secuiity givPD for the future; f<r it is not to be tolerated, that a government mealed by the people, and maintained for their benefit, should do injustice to any portion of its citizens. Af'er averting her right to withdraw from the Union, South Carolina, through her con vention, aiuung other reasons, declares that she is justified in exercising, at this time, that right because several of the States have for years pot only refused to fulfil their constitutional obligations, but have enacted laws either nul lifying the Constitution, or rendering useless the acts of Congress relative to tho surrender -of fugitive slaves—that tbey have permitted toe open establishment cf societies to disturb the peace of other Strios; that the people of the uou-slavcbolding States have aided in the escape of slaves from tfieir Blisters, and have incited to servile iusturuction those that remain —sod have announced thdr determination to exoludu tho South from the common territory of the Union. A.< the Rsprejeotitives ot the people of Penney lvatua, it becomes your solemn duty to examine these serious chargei, made by tho authority of * sovereign State. I'Vußsyivanm is included ia the list of States that ate charged with having refused compli ance with that mandate of the Constitution of the United States, which declares "that no per son held to service or iabor m cue State, under the laws t.jereof, escaping into aroiher. shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but sbsil.be delivered up, on claim of the party to whom such service or labor, uny be duo." So far troai admitting the truth of this charge, I unhesitatingly aver, that upon a careful exam ination, it will be fouud that the legislative aud judicial action of Pennsylvania, whether as a colony, as a member of the old con federal i< o, or under tho existing Constitution or the Uni ted States, Las been almost invariably iutlu-til ed by a proper appreciation of her own obligi tions, and by a high regard for the rights, the feeiiugs and tho interests of her sister Stites. As early as 1705, the provincial authorities of Pennsylvania, after reciting iu the preamble, that "the importation of Indian slaves from Carolina, or other places, bath been observed to give the Indians of this province sotue um brage for suspicion and dissatisfaction." passed u act tgainit the importation of Indian slaves from any other province, or colony, in Ameri ca, but at tbe same time declared, "that no such Indiana sLve, as deserting his mister's service elsewhere, shall fly iuto this piovince, shall be understood or cotutrued to oe comprehended within this act." And when, iu 17S0, more than eight years before the Uousti'.utou of tue United States item iuto operation. Pennsylva nia passed.her law !or the graouai abolition of slavery, mindful of tLo rights of hot conied- e rates, she declared ib:l "tb.s act, or anything in it contained, shall nut give any relief or sue! ter to any absconding or runaway negro, or mulatto slave, or servant, who lias absented hiuiaolf, or ah all absent himself, from his or her owner, master or iutsi:e>s, residing in any other Siate or country, but such owner, master or mistress, shall hive like tight uoi ail to de mand, claim sod take away his slave, or ser vant. as ho might have bad iu c isa this act bad not been made." A provision much mors un equivocal iu iis phraseology, aud diroc: in iu eotritUatid-, than tlose found, on tire suiue sub ject, iu the Constitution of the Union. The by its terms was undo inapplicable to do mestic slaves attending upon delegates ia Con gress ftorn tuc other Ataetioau Slates, and those held by persons while passing thtough thia Sute r sojiurmug tbereie tor i peticu u • lancer than six months. in 1788't; s.s mad* high * nil ( {fen ; for any person, by force, violence or trand, >o take out of tftiiia State, toy negro r mulatto, r. :tn the intention of keeping or seiliog'the sail ne gro or mulatto as a suvc, for a t.wm of years. Soon after tbe jassrge of this art, tbe Supreme Oonit of Pennsylvania decided that it uii uci apply to the lUicioie removal of u iLve, by the owner or Lis agent, but that its object Was to punts-h the forcible or fraduient abduction from toe Stale of free uegroes, with the intention of Keeping or selling thorn as slaves. Thus at that oarty day, giving judicial sauct'cu to the dootriue, that a master had tho right to take his slaves wherever Le could fiui tf.em: The fir.-t sol of Cougreas prori<i:pg for the rendition of fugitive.- from justice t utor, wo 8 passed in 1793, and oiigiuttteii freui tbe refusal of ibo Governor of Virginia to surrender and deliver up, on the requisition of the Governor of Pennsylvania, three persons who had been indicted id Pennsylvania for kidnar-piug u ne gro, and carrying liim into Virginia. And wi eu t was found that this Congressional st .tutc did not affoi'i a simple, speed) and tffiueut reined) for the recovery of fugitives from labor, the Uegi-latute of Pconsyivanii, at tie request ot the adj lining Stat,; of Maryland, iu 1a26, passed utr aul#to give affect to the provisions of the Constitution of tbe United States reid iive to fugitives from labor, for the protect! jQ of free people of color, and to prevent ktduap ning." f uis exceliout uu-1 well considered law utt ail the existing emergencies. It required tti jsniges, just ces of lb* peace and aldermen, of tbe State, upon the oth of the cluiuant, 10 issue tin.if warrant lor the arrest of any fugi tive from labor escaping into ibis ftstate; direct ing, however, ihat such Warrants eboaid be made returnable, by whomsoever Usuid, before a judge of the proper county. It required Sheriffs and Constables execute such war rauts. If authorized the commitireut of the fugitive to the county jail, aul otherwise uiade provisions to secure tts effective ei.cu iou, and si the s auie tioio to prevent its übuse. This law eonriuued quietly in operation uu til the decision of trie Suprouu Court of the United Stales, made in 1842, in the ease of Prigg vs. The Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia. The his ory of iLc oase may be briefly stated: Edward Pugg was lodteted io the Court of Oyer sod Terminer of York couniy, tot kidnap] lug a coioreu person, named Ma.- garet Morgan. Llpoo the trial it appeared that eha was held a slave in the St.te of Mary laud, aud that bc .escaped into the State of Peou >ylvnu in tho year 1832—that ta 1857, Ed wtrd Prigg -vns appointed, by tho owner of the slaty, to seize jnd arrest her ash fugitive from tabor, iu ..uisnnice <-f ibis authority, und i-t-di-r a wura.it issued DJ • a Jast-ee of tie Peace, Prigg caused tbe negro worn in to be ar rested, and without having obtained nuy war rant of removal, he delivered her to her owuer iu tho Slut* of Maryland. Tties# facts were fonnd by a special verdict, uui by the agree ment of eoutfti'l, a judgment was entered s gainst Piigg- I'ioin this-judgment a writ of trior was fatten to t:ie Supreme Couitcf the State, where a yro Jorina judgment of affirm ance was rgain, by agreement, euterod, uod the ease removed to the Supreme Court of the Uni ted State*. It will be observed that 'he question, whether Edward Ptigg was really gn.i of the oiimeof kidnapping, under the Pennsylvania statute of 1826, was never actually passe < upon, either by the court or jury, in the county of l r <>rk, or by the Supreme Court of tbe State The jury merely fouud the facts, and the fiction of Loth coutt* was but a matter of form. In the argument and determiuaii m of the ease, in the Supreme Court of the U. States, it appears to have teen taken for granted, that our act of 1826 made it H criminal offence for a mantei tj take bis slave out ®f this State, without, a warrant of removal ; ami, upon this construction, the aet was aeolared unconstitu tional and void. This, I submit, wis a clear ini.sapprfiben.iioa of tho purport and ineauiug of our legislation. Tuo first section of-the aet of 1826, uuder which the indictment again.-t Prigg was framed, was almost literally copied from the seventh section of the act of 1788, to which a construction had already been giveu by tho highest judicial tribunal or the State of Pennsylvania, where it wis held ta have no application whatever to the removal of a .HI.VC by the master or his agent, with or without a warrant. Such was the uudoutu -d law of the State under the statute o: 1788, and iti re-enacting that statute, lu the aet ol 1826, with an increased penalty, it is manifest that the intention and ehj tot of tbe Legislature was to protect free persons of color, and to punish ili.'oe who, by fraud, foreo of violence, were guilty of ktduappiug, and holding or selling i'tee men as slaves. This tin; OiaU. had a clear right to do ; and nothing but a miscou* 9trnotion of her aot could have induced the declaration that it was forbidden t-y J-.n --atitutioa of the United States. It is prr.'ejtiy clear, tiiat Edward Pngg had committed no crime iu removing Margaret Morgan ft out the Stute of Pennsylvania to the State of Mary land, and delivering her up to her owner ; and it is ifjuaily clear, that no attempt was made, by the statute of Pennsylvania, to declare h:s act a crime. He should have been discharged, not because the &c; of the State was uueu sii ut-oual, but because he had u, t transgressed its e..inuirndf. The Supreme court of the United Stifes not only pronounced the paiticular aeetiou of tie act of 1826, thou before them, unooustiiutioual, but a majority of the court field that ids whole act was void, because the power to provide for the reuditiou of fugitives from labor, was vested exclusively inOu r gross, aud the several States wsre therefore iaamupetem lo pa>s statutes either in eid of, or t> ruuder, deiay or prcveut, tbe delivery of .-neh lugitives. That this was the extent oi the deoieion, as delivered by Judge Story, cot only appears iioiu the opinions of the aiajtiiy, but also from tim dissenting opinions delivered by toe minority of the emit, iiy this unfortunate decbion, ft was aathoritativelj proclaimed thatPcuosylva nia, ia enacting her liberal statute of 1620, making it lbs duty of her own orik'ers to aid iu arresting aud delivering up fugitives Irotn labor, iiad mistaken her constitution*! obliga tion, una ihather act was tu violation of, raider than iu obedienue to, the (Jonstitutiou of the United Slates. Under each circumstances, it was tuc manifest duty of the Stati to repeal uar law tiies declared unceua'.utiouai. ' dots Wee by toe act ul 184 i j and ii tb'.t act h.d coetein *i nothing more than a repeal cf tla J law of 1826, -mi the re-enactment of the l*w against kin ppiag, it could not have been subject to any just jouspiatut. Lit tae thira sects.a of the act of 1817, prohibits, under heavy penalties, our judges and magistrates from acting under any a.t of Congress, or othe. Wia-j taking jurisdiction vf tue .case of a tugnive ftoui labor; and the i-juitu aeetiou puuisbes with fine, and Impiiicauieot, 'be tumultuous aud riotous arrest of a fugitive slave, by -uy person or persons, under uuy presence of authority wuatever, so as to create a bieach of the public peace, l'tte sixth section, denying the use uf the couuty jails tor the detention of iugitivo slaves was re pealed tu 1b52, auu ueoi ooly be referred to -s show.tig ttie gcueral spirit of tne act. due seven h section repealed the provisions of the act of 1160, whieu authorized persons passing tarougu out St ito to tuk-a their slaves wtih tlicui, and gave to sojouraers tt.e iignt t.> onug totrir s; iVeS iuto Hie Scale, and retiio theui hoie tor any period uet exceeding six mouths. i'ae provisions of the third and fourth sec tions ot the aot of 1647, stem tol.ave been predicated upon Ibe language of the Supreme Court iu Uii'gg's c.se. It is there admitted thai tie several Sut.-s may pronioit their magi.-.iates, aud otuer olßeurs, Irom xeto.siug au .authority conferred by an act of Congress; aud that white au owner ot a slave, under au.t iu viitue ot the Constitution uf the U. Status, is cioihs i with power, iu every Slate ot tuo Union, o seise aud recapture his aLve, lie must, uev rtueltss, do so without using any lisegat violence, or OJinumiuig a breach ot tue peace. It ia evident laai Ihe irauier ot toe act of 1647, had closely studied the case of i'rtgg's us. d ue oouiuioowealih ot Peuusylva ult and bid kc-} t his law strictly witbiu its lei er. iu uuuy r.speon, tue act is aiu <d.ti o/t.oQ ot the pfiuojples euuucuujd oy the couri ; aud more fuuu uiay justly bo tuuuu vith its temper than tts waai ot cuusiuutiouai- Hy if fugitive slave-. were st.ll olaiiuod under the act of UoJgrCa-1 ot i7lfd, the dental lo t.ie muster of tne aid of Sta'3 j ides and magis trates, might be a source of great iucouveuieuce to him j out me complete and peiteo* remedy now piuviugj ny the act of Congress of Iboid, renders htui entirely lujeptu.ioui of State Officers. Aud toe puuisumeiu of uireal wiihout warrußt, by a master iu the exurcue of his constitutional light of recaptiou, hut m*do iu a violent, lumuiioaa and unreasonable uiauuei, amounting to a Ireeob ot too peace, is but teoc-guiziug by staiuto, what wis before tho common law. These sections were re-enacted in the revised perisi code cf fentisy Iv.uiu, at the last session i f the Legislature, aud are still tao l.wof the State : but they are not now of any practical importance, aud as their retention ou our staiute hook ia Calculated to create tho impiesston that the peopio of this State tie unfavorable to {; e execution of the fugitive siave law, ami the discharge of itieir contoderatu duties, and with the view of removing tuts subject of re proach. 1 earnestly recommend their uueon-'' uiuouai repeal. While a majority of the judgts of tha Snpremo Oourt of the Jnited States, iu the case, lieid, tnat a State aad no catuOtuunaal rignt to provide by legislation for dei.vcriug up tuginves from iae-ir, a minority were tiiea of toe opinion tajt dtite laws, consistent with, an 1 in aid of, tho constitu BEDFORD praUIRER. tiotiai injunction, were valid ami proper. And this minority opinion is now the judgment of the pre sent court, as recently indicated in a case which arose in the State of Illinois. There is, therefore, nothing to prevent tbe revival of the act of 1826, and i's restoration to the place in our code to which, t>y its merits, it is so justly entitled. This would leave to the option of the claimant, whether he would seek his remedy under Stato or National laws, lie had this right before the repeal of our act of 1826, and in my opinion, no good reason can he assigned for refusing to place him again in the same position, i would also reccuumend that the constat of the State be given, that the master, while so journing in our State, for a limited period, or passiug through it, may be accompanied by his slave, without losing bis right to his service. While such legislation is duo to tbo coiuity which should exist between the different States of this Uuion, it would, undoubtedly, tend greatly to res'ore that peace and harmony which are not so unwisely imperiled. By it Pennsylvania would concede no principle —wo would simply he fulling back upon our aucicut policy, adopted at a time when our people wore themselves struggling for their rights,.and never departed front, until, by a misconcep tion of its meaning, otic of our most important statutes was declared unconstitutional.. Front 1780 to 1847, a period of sixty seven y ars, Pennsylvania, herself a free State, permitted the citizens of other States to sojourn within her limits, witli their slaves, for auy period not exceeding six months, and to pa.-s through the Stite, in traveling from one State to another, free Irom all andestatioo. Was site injured, or was the cause of human freedom retarded, ny tno friendly grant of this privileged This question ounuot be truthfully auswered in the affirmative, but it may bo safely averred, that by changing our policy, in this respect, we h-ve, in some degree, at least, alienated from os the feelings of fraternal kindness, which !>uuud together, so closely, the sisterhood ot Siatea. Lot us, rhea, renew the pledge ct amity and friendship, *ud ouee mere extend a kindly welcome to ths citizens tf our common country, whether visiting us on tusiuess or pleasure, notwithstanding they any be aecoui panted by these who, under the Constitution and the laws, are held to seivice aud labor. The Territories of the United States belong to ibe General Government, and in those ter ritories the people of tbe several States un questionably have equal rights. 'i' Ley were acquired by means of iho common expendi ture o I blood and treasure. By the Federal Ousts tut ion, power is aivou to Congress ''to di-pn'C ot and make ail needful rules and reg ulations respecting the territory and oilir property belonging to the United States."— Whether under this, or any other power con ferred ny tnu C institution, Congress cau pro hibit or pro c.-t slaver; in the tenitoiies, has been serionsiy que;iiou'-d. But.it. the power to legislate upon this delicate and important subject was clearly vested in Congress, iu my judgment it ought not to bo exercised To deeiare that slavery shall not exLt in the Ter i itories, is calculated to exclude from their oc cupancy Hie citizens of the Southern and hi tvehoidiog Srntea, white, to unke it a legal institution in ail the territories of the United ■states by Congressional enactment, and to pro vide for it- continuance duriug their entire Terr iter i ■ 1 existence, would be equally injuri ous to th? people of tbo f.te Stales. The prioeiple ah-p ei in the Ooutproori c mixtures o; 1850, for ii?:o ing of tl* q i>t on 0.~ slave ry to New Mexico and Uiah, nd reiterated in Kansas and Nebraska bii sof 1854, of n>n iutervca ion by U-'ugltss scith --every in the States and iu th? lerntutiei, is the iruc rulo. it is tho duty of Congress, when a 3uffi?ieut number of hardy and adventurous' pioueers iii.d thoir way into our distant T-.r Doric*, to lut'iish them a shield of protection and a furm ol govern ate ut; but to the people themselves belongs tie ng'nt to regulate their own Un mtsiic Institutions m their own w-.y, subject only to the Constitution of the Uoired Stales. While tueso views have b?en long entertain ed by uio, vn 1 while 1 am sincerely of tho opinion that t:i< ir general adoption and faith" t'ul euloreemeot, would have preserved, and may yet rcstire peace and harm ny io ad sta tions of our couniry, I am nevertheless not so wcddcu t > them as to rcj.et uocetrinoatously ail oiber propositions for th 3 si-ttkment of the vexed questions which unw threaten to sunder tho bonds which for three quarters of a centu ry havo mole ma one p-ople. Forty jeats ago our tatficrs se,tied uu uugry controversy grow ing out of u similar question, by dividing tiie Territories purchased from France, and provi ding t hut slavery. iu voluntary servitude, should noi exist north of a certain line; uod the wbolo oouulry acquiesced ia that coaipio titiss. In 1854, that restriction upon slavery was removed, aud the po >p'.e ot ill the Terri tories were left free to decide the quect.on for t.u'uiseives. Now trie S'-ctiou-al ts.;ue is again [•resettled, by the North claiming that slavery cannot legally go into the Territories, evea if sanctioned by Congress or .he Territorial Leg islature; aud that tt is the right and the duty ot Congress tu proutcit its existence. While the doetnuc niueb obtaiua with a majority ol tbe people tu wo ot of toe Soutb oi u Btatcs is, that uuder tiie Consiitu ii , tho Territories are ali open to slavery; tout ueiihur Coogress uor the Torr.torial L.g i*laturo c.iu lawfully prohibit its existence, and that it is the 'iusy of Congress to provide for it ail ueodful protection, uny we not wisely toliow too example of our fathers, by rt-eDaet tug the old compromise lino of 18z0, aud ex tending it to the boundary of Califoruk? Not oy tbe means of legislation of doubtful consti tutionality, but by an amendment to the Cou stitu iou itself, and thus permanently fix the couuitiou of too Teriituries, so that those who desire to ooeupy them, may find a home at their discretion, either where slavery is tolerated, or where it is prohibited. If the adoption of such an atneudiuuut wouid peacefully settle the dif ficulties which now surround us, I am satisfied ibat it would bo sanctioned by tbe people of Pennsylvania. At all events, they should have an opportunity to accept or reject it, if made as a peace offering. 1 would, thcrefoic, recom mend tho General Assembly to instruct and request our Senators aud Representatives iu Congress, io support a proposition lor such an unreadmcut of tue Constitution, to bo submitted for ratification or rejection, to a couveutiou ot delegates, elected directly by the people of the Biatc. Iu tiie event of the failure of Coogress speed ily to propose this or a similar aineudmettt, to tue Constitution, the citizens of Peiirasylvauia should Uave an opportunity, by tho application ot some peaceable remedy, to prevent the dn utemuerutent of this Union. This can only be hone oy calling a convention of delegates, to bo elected by the people, with a view solely to the consideration of what measures should be taken to meet the present fearful exigencies.— If Congress should propose no remedy, let it emanate from the source of all authority, tho people themselves. Every attempt, upon the part of individuals, or of organized societies, to lead tbe people away from their allegiance to the government, to induce them to violate any of the provisions of tbe Constitution, or to incite insurrections in any of the States of this Union, ought ta be prohibited by law as crimes of B treasonable nature It is cf tbe first importance to the perpetuity of this great Uuion, that tbe hearts of the people, and the action of their consti tuted authorities, should he in unison, iu giving a faithful support to tho Constitution of the United State. The people of Pennsylvania are devoted to the Union. They will follow its stars and its stripes through every peril. But, before assuming tin* bigh responsibilities now chuly foreshadowed, it is their solemn duty to remove every just cause of complaint against themselves, so that they may stand before High Ileaven, and the civiliz-d world, without fear and without reproach, re tdy to devote their hves and their fortunes to the support of tbe best lorm of government that bus ever been devised by the wis dom of man. In accordance with tb t provisions of the Consti tution ot the State, I shall soou resign tti: oiMeo of Chief Executive of Pennsylvary i, with which the people have entrusted me, to him whom they have chosen as my successor. I shall cirry with me into the walks of ptivate life, the consciousness of hav ing honestly discharged the du'ies that have devolv ed on me during the term of my office, to the best of my ability, and slmll ever cherish the warmest affection for, and the deepest interest in, the iutui-R welware of our beloved Commonwealth and our glorious Republic. The shadow of a dark cloud does indeed rest upon us; but my hopes and my af fections still ciiug to our Union, and my prayer shall bo that lie who orders the destinies ot nations, when He shall have chastened us for our sins, aud humbled UH before Him, will restore us again in mercy, and bind us togethm in stronger and inorc h tilowed bonds of fraternity, to remain unbroken through all future time. " • FFM. F. PACKER. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 1 Harrisburg, Jan. 2, 1801. J BEDFORD IN QUIRE R" V "\y BEDFORD, Pa. Friday Moriifuy, Jsiu. 11, IHGO. "miFLESS AND FREE." s>. OVER - Editor and Proprietor. Won't some of our subscribers who never pay us any money, bring us some flour, wheal, rye, corn, buckwheat and wood? We need ail these thing®, and haven't the money to buy them. SUFFERING KANSAS. A meeting was held in the Court House, on Tocsday evening, to nid the suffering people of Kansas. It was addressed ty Mr. Daniels of Coffee County, Kausas. 110 dej.i ted th" suf ferings of the people in a feeling manner.— During th last summer, there was a fuiniua there—no rain—and nearly every stuck of corn and blade of wiited up. Not less than twenty-five thousand people are in a starving condition, sud will need the necessaries of life, to curry them over the winter, nd into the sutuiner. TLeir cry fcr aid should bo respond ed to heartily by the people cf other parts of the country. Every one should give something. Two Committees were appointed. One for the ladies, cfutposed of Mrs. Barries, Miss Mary Russell art'l Miss Gcorgie Mower; and th? one for the genthmen, is Fraucte Jordan, O. 11. Giither, and 11, 0. Reamer, to solicit subscripr tions, to be forwarded ta Mr. J. E. Williams, President of tho Metropolitan Bank cf New York, who is th? person appointed to forward relief subscriptions. We b->pe persons in the coautry may call on cither of these committees, and give their uiito to save their fellow-ore tares in Kansas from starvation. O. R. Shanuon, K-q , said in tho Bedford Lyueum, ou iast Saturday night, iu discussing tho question, "Was the President justifiable in not reinforcing Fort Moultrie?" that if bo was compelled to take up arms in this contest, "Ar would go down South, and point his gt/n at the people of the J\orth /" Wc are happy to say that the expression was reoeived with a general hiss. John Cossus, Esq., made a pa triotic speech, and stated that the South had no cause for its preseut treasonable actions, and that tho time bad come for every man to take sides, attd that be who went with tbe South was a traitor. His speech was fre quently loudly applauded. HON. SIMON CAMERON. Hen. SIMON CAMCUON has been tendered tbe office of Seoretary of the Treasury, by lion. Abraham Lincoln, and we understand has accepted. This is gratifyiug to the peo ple of Pennsvlvauia. It is tbe very positiou in the Cabinet she would have him choose.— Mr. Otiuierou has always been the friend of the interests of Pcunsylvania, and as Secretary of the Treasury, will be able to do much for her. The appointment will givo general satisfaction, and is one eminently fit to be made. UNITED STATES SENATOR. EDGAR COWAN, Esq., of Westmoreland County, was, on Tuesday last, elocted to the United States Senate, to take tbe place of Win. Bigler, whose term expires ou the 4th of March, uext. Mr. Cowan is one of the most talented mou io tho State, and will make a Senator of whom Pouusylvania may well be proud. HF'Our readers may remember a good Di alogue publi'bed by us somotirue since, which referred incidentally to that good, stiunch old Journal for the Farm, Garden and Household. i The publisher's card now appears in our ad ! vertisini: columns and we recommend all our ! readers, whether residing in country or village, | to respond to his invitation to try th e Agricul turist for a year. We feel quite sure that the dollar it ools will bo a good investment.— WbeD you write for it please say it was upon our recommendation, and we will guarantee you good satisfaction. We have received the first number of the 20th volume of the flori culturist, which indieates a valuable treat to ull who subscribe for this volum*. Governor's Message. To the exclusion of utuch other matter, we this week, publish the la-t message*of Governor William F. Packer. The message is well writ ten, and shows the finances of the Stale to he iu a good condition. On the all engrossing question of the times, be takes strong and pa triotic ground*, and opposes secessi&D,*and says that the government will hive to put it down by force. On the whole, tbe message is en excellent one, and but few things in it to which we can't agree. It will be seen by reference to the Prospect, us of The New York Ledger, which will be found in another column, that the proprietor of that popular weekly has secured an array of distinguished contributors for bis paper for the New 5 ear such as has never beeu eq mled by j any publication in tho world. The L'.dgtr is lways characterized by a high moral tone, and has a circulation larger than that of auy oth'ir ten literary journals to the eouutiy. BASS —Two bears, tin old one and her cab, were shot last v.eek,ontho Cove mountain, about 8 mil.-s from Bedford. The cub weighed 104 lbs., | and was shot oc Thursday, by Fr. Zimmors and George Colei.augh. The old one weighed 104 Iks., ar-d was shot on Friday, by David In l.r and Geo. Cobier. The bears were both very f it. ill PORT AA 1' MJMOIt. There is a rumor in town that tho Star of the West, has beten fired at in the harbor of Charleston, and that Maj. Anderson, has commenced the bom bardment of Chailcstou. We don't know what reliance to place on the rumor, however. . ' i A PRESENT—That is a nice vest presented us as a New Year's Gift by our friend, Mr. W. W. BnucK of the firm of 8 Shuck A Co , and fits nicely. There's where you getjoar good end cheap goods. That's so. We learn, by telegraph, that Secretary Thompson has resigned his scat in the Cabinet cf president Buobauvn. This is another trai- j tor less in that Cabinet. THE NATIONAL FAST DAT. —Some of the stores ; were closed oiviatt Friday, an.l business only par : tially auspen led. Services were held in the j churches. ITlie steamship Stir of tbe IVest, left New York for Charleston, last Saturday, with provsions, fuel, I and 250 men to reinforce Maj Anderson. __.* Bedford fooaly Teachers' Associa tion. BEDFORD, Wednesday, Deo. 26, 1860. ! The Association met according to previous ; notice, in the hall of th? Union School House, <at 1 4 o'clock, P. M. The meeting was or i canizud by the election of A. N. llaub, Pros j ident, -J. B. Fluck, Viee President, 0. W. I Greene, Secretary, M. A. Points, Assistant Secretary, and Geo. Sigafoos, Treasurer. A Business Committee wis elected, compri sing J. G. Fisher, M. A. Campbell, A N. i llaub, J. E. Satterfi Id aud J. H. Miller.— , After some remarks by tbo former President, : Mr. yiuafoos, the officers took rheir seats. A resolution was offerod aujouruiug tbe As ! sociation until Friday eveuing. and ooustilut ' ing tiio body of Teachers an Institute, under tite direction of the County Superintendent, ; and was adopted. kfc A Business Committee, consisting of Messrs. Fisuer, Bliss aud Points, were sppuiuted to report the programme of exercises for the In stitute, and at the oloso of each session the order for the next meeting was adopted. On motion, "The best means of prom tiug the ed ucational interacts of the County," was adopt ed us tho tonic of discussion, and remarks were made by Messrs. Fisher, Sigafoos, Greene, Rawlins, Walker, Bliss, Kerr, Miller andßcp logle. A resolution fixing tbe hours of meeting at 84 A. M., 14 P. M., and 6} P. M., and of ad journment at 114 A. M., 44 P. M., and 94 P. M., was reported. Adjourned. WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Institute was called to order by tbe Presidcut, and as at each succeeding meeting, the roll was called, aud the minutes read and approved. Mr. llaub delivered a very interesting leo turo uponJfSohool E'bics." The question, Resolved, That tho Legislature of Pennsylva nia should enact a law oompolting parents to send their children to school regularly, was adopted. Me.-srs Fisher, Sigaloos, llaub and Campbell, on the affirmative, were opposed by Messrs. Points, LongeDeoker, Fluck, Osborne, SatterficlJ. Filler, Tate and Barclay. The question was decided by a vote of the Insti tute iu tho affirmative. Adjourned. THURSDAY MORNING. The lustitute wag called to order, and the i exercises were opened by prayer, led by Rev. Sigafoos. After the transaction of regular business, an exercise in the Elementary Sounds and Ar ticulatiou, was conducted by Mr. J. IJ. Jltller. Mr. Greene gave a lecture upon Reading,; and the method of teaching it. Mr. Osborue addressed the lustitute upon j Physical Education. By request of tbe In- ! stitutc, Mr. llaub showed the manner of con- I duetiisg an object lesson, and urged the neces- ' sity for their introduction into the common ; schools. | On motion, a committee of five were op. ; pointed to report tosaluiior.s expressive of tbo souse of the liiitiiuie. It w.* composed of Messrs. Kerr, Fisher, Stte*fi-| i, Miller and | Campbell. | Adjourned. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The Inf'itute wa- called to orde- b- t ; Presid-nt. ' ® i Mr. Raub delivered lecture upon the First Principles of Written Arithmetic. J. B. liuek f.'llowctj with an excrei-■ i n j English Grammar, and, as in all other cxer- I eises, qoe-tions were proposed by members. Methods of teaching Geography were given by M s-re. Livingston, R*ub aud Greene. Adjourned. TUURSDAI' EVENING. After the usual introductory exercise*, Mr Longeuecker addressed the Institute.' His th. uw wa# "Tbo Relation of the Tocher to his Country J' "Jr. Gc-yer read an int resting j fis ay upon "Teach-rs' lustiiuics." Mr. Wi.c --j ders j a well written essay upon " improve - meats. ! On motion, the question was adopted t"i d;.-ctssion, "Resoli*?, ih t the study of Mitheiuitiea is better calculated to develop the mind ofir.su ti,..n the study of the Classics." It Was discussed by Messrs. Points, on the af firmative, urid llrab, <n the negative. ihe di.-cussicu being closed by motion, the qoestiou was adopted, 1 Resolved, Tisat Fe male* are better adapter tor the profession of teaching tbeta Males." It was discussed by Messrs. Greene, Henry v\ . F;-her, Stgafoon, Replogle and Kin-el, on the affirmative, and Messrs. Miller, Eun\R-.nt, j Campbell and Speice, ou the negative, i Adjourned FRIDAY MORNING. The opening exercises were the singing u the Doxology, and prayer by Mr. Sigafoos. Mr. J, G Fisher lecture i upon Pcr.rasu ship. Mr. Sigafooa gave a practical exereiso ii i Mental Arithmetic. Me. H. \V. Fisher gave his method* s teaching Orthography, and was lollowei b Mr. G recur. Mr. Greene then formed a Reading Clam aud criiicised trio reading of each member. Adjourned. FRIP AY AFTERNOON. After the introductory exercise?, .Mr. Ran lecturrd upon Written AritbuA'tiit, explaioii the principles or Long Division, Comnn Fractious and Proportion Misers. 11. P. Wiliiarus, Livingston and , G. Fisbcr conducted an exercise in Vocal Mu si-", and with the assistance of others, f.vore t e Institute with several sosg;3. On motsor. "Tiic too. bods uf conducting schools" w;p auopted for discussion, tht Institute being re solved into a committee of the whole. M*sr-. Fiuck, Sigafuor, Green "and Fuul pniticip.ted. Apj 'tiroed. FRIDAY EVENING. The As'oriatiori was called to order by lbs President. Prof. Brim road a beautiful ao< iustructive address, (akin* ..s Lis tbeinc "Tfc Cultivation of ti.e Muid." An essay bv Mis* L. P. Blackburn, s' iLeo rood by Mr! J.O. Geyer. Also, an essay, by .Miss ii. 0. Arnold, upon " 1 tie Puieuit of Knowledge read by 0. W. Greene. 1 he question for discussion, "Rescl'fd, That tLe teacoer exerts a greater influence iu form ing the e aracter of the youug," was re-d by the Secretary, and an animated discussion en sued between Messrs. Bliss, Cau.-pbell, Porter, Raul>, Greene aud Rawlins, on the affirmative, and Messrs Fiuck, G lither and Shatihcn, on the negative. The question was decided by the institute in too affirmative. Tae bus;- noss committee reported that U A semi-aocual meeting of the Bedfwd County Teachers' As sociation, will be held at Bedford, on Friday, April I9ib, IsGl, at oac o'clock, P. M." ihe following persons were appoiotad !o re port then on appropriate subjects. As Lecturers, Messrs. A. N. llaub and J. N. Lougcutckcr. As Essayists, J. ii. Fiuck, M. A. i'oicti, Jas. J. B-rtidoliur, J. G. Liv ingston, Miss Mary E. Allison, and Miss E. C. Arnold. The Committee on Resolution* leported the foilowiug preamble aud resolutions : \\ iltltt-AS, \\ c believe that Teachers' Insti tuted aud associations of the friends of Edu cation exc-rt a beneficial and lasting iuflaenoe, upon all concerned, stimulating and encourag ing teachers to attain to a higbcr standard of excelleuoo ia their responsible calliug, and arousing the poopie to a hotter appreciation of our noble system, therefore Resolved, That we hail with pleasure the growing interest iu this subject among the teachers ot this County, as evinced by the large attendance at this suasion, and that wo regard ttns us au auspicious omen, promising rich fruits iu the future. Resolved, That the Teachers of Bedford Oouuty, who do not attend tiie meetiugs of the Teachers' Association, stand in their owu light; that tneir success iu teaching must necessarily be hunted ou account of not availing them selves of the opportunities within their reach, to improve themselves. Resolved, That we approve of grading teaohers' salaries according to their qualifica tions. Resolved, i hat we, as teachers ol the Coun ty Association, will use our influence in organ- I iziug Township Institutes iu our respective tovrnsuips. Resulted, That the Treasurer be authorized ! to pay the contingent expenses of this Associ ation. Resolved, That teachers have a right to conduct their schools independent of outside influences. Resolved, That we favor Vocal Mu.*io as ats exercise iu Common Sohoole. Resolved, That we offer our grateful ac knowledgments to the School Board of the Borough of Bedford, for so generously grant" mg the Association the use of this liaii. Resolved, That we tender our hearty thanks to the citizens of Bedford tor the hospitality which they have displayed in entertaining the members of tbis Association. Resoived, That it is the unanimous senti rnout, of this Association ihat every teacher should be a subscriber to tLe "I'euusylvauia School Journal.'* Resolved, That we heartily commend the successful efforts of our able aud efficient County Saperintent, in getting up and con ducting this Institute. Resolved, That too publishers of the county papers be requested to publish the procceeiugs of tbis Institute.
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