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seem to overlook the deplorable . extent to
which education is undervalued, and the un
willingness which exists to bestow the time,
labor, and money on its attainment. The ob
ject of this argument is not to accommodate
this evil, but to overcome it. The truth of
our theory ought not to be suspected on ac
count of any difficulties in the wayof its ap
plication. Many an important "d6ctrine, al
though true, and believed to be true, is resist
ed in its application by the human mind.—
It suffices in any such case, to know that the
change proposed contemplates undeniable im
provement, and discreetly consults the nature
and laws of human perfectability. Education
is doubtless greatly undervalued by many ;
it is held in due estimation by few. It is al
ways most despised by those who have least
of it themselves. But where is the man who
thinks lightly of the knowledge, or the men
tal discipline he possesses ? If many who
have education, in respectable degrees, err
in some of their habitual views of its higher,
and more solemn relations, they only betray
their share of our common infirmity.
This plea for education is not a human de
vice. It conies from God, combined by an
adorable philosophy, with the leading princi
ples-of heavenly wisdom and love. The plan
of divine culture puts the understanding and
the heart together ; and exhorts, and com
mands, in language above all imitation, but
scarcely admissable, on any other principle,
by the literary taste of its own age : "If
thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and ap
ply thine heart to understanding ; if thou
criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy
voice for understanding; if thou seekest her
as silver, and searchest for her as for hid
treasures, then shalt thou understand the
fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of
God." Can such a requisition be answered
by a pure heart without a cultivated under
standing ? Is not this single sentence the
comprehensive argument for a complete edu
cation, and the true, and safe guide of its
aims ?
In a word: the needful, and perfect educa
tion of the human mind is of the Gospel.—
The proper Teacher of the understanding is
the Saviour. "In him was life, and the life
was the light of men." He revives, in the
dark, and dormant mind, the lively and
healthy thirst for knowledge ; strengthens,
and - governs the mind, by faith in his own
power, and love, spreads out the universe of
mystery before it, and urges it, by all the
motives of an everlasting life, to search out
those mysteries. His word, and his works,
the two great volumes of his revelation, are
fields for the discipline of the understanding,
and nurseries for the pure affections of the
heart. Only prepare to present its utmost ex
pansion to its influence, and the work of edu
cation is done.
A just view of the claims of every human
mind to cultivation, disagrees with the no
tion, that those only are to pursue learning,
and mental discipline, who manifest an ori
ginal taste for such employments, and a pe
culiar aptitude for success in them. In the
light of our present discussion, this notion
appears extremely false and injurious. It
presumes that the blind, and perverse under
standing of a child, will do its office, better
with indulgence, than under resolute checks
and guides;—that waywardness may work
the health of the mind, and yield the proper
fruit of mental action. It helps parents to
form excuses for neglecting the scientific edu
cation of their children ;—leaves in the low
er circles of human intelligence those who
ought to rise into the higher; and forfeits for
them the everlasting and invaluable blessing
of disciplined minds. It surrenders immortal
powers to those low propensities which ren
der them averse to discipline, and gives them
over to a dominion, under which no reflecting
parent can be willing that his child should
be bound. What is the child's want of apti
tude for learning ? Is it not a dislike for the
regular, and efficient exercises of the mind;
—aversion to the strict control, and proper
discipline of the thoughts; and a proneness
to yield them up to every idle influence that
may stir around them ? It is one of the
fruits of sin. It partakes largely of the es
sence of sin. And shall such a principle be in
dulged and fostered by a mistaken and per
nicious prudence? Can parental policy or af
fection overlook such perversenes as a foible,
and let it fix the intellectual destiny forever?
Shut that mind up to its work. Guard it
from distraction. Tempt, and guide its ac
tivity, according to the laws of its nature.—
Withhold from it the liberty of choice be
tween education and no education, and be
tween one kind of education and another.—
Give it no alternative. It is formed for the
severe, diligent, and. blissful exercise of
thought, and to hold that exercise now, and
forever, as a part of its perfect life.
The doctrine of this discourse involves the
important, and seasonable admonition, that
to begin, and conduct the mental cultivation
of any person, male, or female, with refer
ence to a. particular, temporal occupation, is
but a very inadequate method of compassing
the ends of education. The results of such
training will continue with the mind, after
such objects have passed away. That intel
lect is on its way to its everlasting state, and
shall its whole structure be built for its pas
sage ? The person so trained may seem pe
culiarly fitted for a niche in this world. He
may get through life with a seeming pro
priety and success. But how many of the
temporal offices of the human mind must
such an one fail to perform ;—offices I mean,
which belong, not to a few peculiar stations
only, but to man, as man. How many of the
weightier matters of truth and right must he
omit for lack of capacity to handle them ?
And how does he compare in intellectual
stature with the perfect man ? While from
the unavoidable necessities of the present
life, -wen betake themselves to their various
occupations, each will the better suit his
.place, for the more general education he has
received. But to leave out all knowledge,
and discipline, except what seems indispen
sable to the temporal calling, is to make but
the, part of a man.
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_SHORT SERMON AND A GOOD ONE.—The
Rev".:Dr. B--- of Philadelphia is noted for
brief, sententious sayings in the pulpit and
out'of it. As he was coming down Chesnut
street the other day, a gentleman asked him,
"Sir, can you tell me how to find the sher
iff's office?" " Yes, sir," was the reply,
evelitime you earn five dollars spend ten 1"
Saying this, the Doctor walked on, leaving
his questioner gaping upon the sidewalk.—
He was a stranger who had come to town on
business, and asked for information ; but the
more he pondered the more he was convinced
that his unknown informant had answered
him wisely.—N. Y. Observer.
"Died of thin Shoes," is the inscription
upon the monument marking the grave of a
young girl, in New Jersey, and for once,
no doubt, mendacious marble told the truth•
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Our readers will find on the first page
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Education, delivered by Rev. CURRAN. It is
not an every-day address, and should bo care
fully read by every body.
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The Lecompton Constitution.
A majority of the Delegates elected by the
people of Kansas to frame a Constitution,
were elected under pledge that they would sub
mit it to a vote of the people. Calhoun, the
President of the Convention, as soon as he
was warm in his seat,—out of the reach of
the voters,—was foremost in betraying them,
by refusing to submit the Constitution to a
vote of the people of the Territory. And
now, should greater trouble come out of the
question, who will be to•blame,—Calhoun and
those Who sustain the action of his Conven
tion, or the people who have been deceived
and misrepresented by the men they elected ?
The Democracy are pledged to the principle
that the people of Kansas shall be perfectly
free to select all their domestic institutions,
and under no circumstances can we be influ
enced to endorse the outrage of forcing the
Constitution upon them without their consent.
ZED - The vote in Wisconsin upon the propo
sition to extend negro suffrage was—yeas
28,235, nays 41,345; majority against, 13,-
110.
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The News
Among the documents referring to the Ter
ritory of Kansas, transmitted by the Presi
dent to the Senate on Wednesday last, was a
letter from the Secretary of State to the Hon.
Robert J. Walker, accepting his resignation
of the office of Governor of Kansas. The
Secretary remarks the impropriety of replies
by the Executive to the criticisms of resign
ing officers, which, if countenanced, and thus
allowed to increase, would either consume a
large amount of valuable time in replies, or
else remain on file as uncontradicted argu
ments and charges against the Government.
In reply to the statement that the President
has changed his policy in regard to Kansas,
he declares that his responsibility would have
been of the gravest character had he, on ac
count of his preference of a submission of
the whole constitution to the people, failed to
secure a fair election on the question of slav
ery, which alone the convention resolved to
submit to the people. The President never
thought or declared the convention bound to
submit to the people any portion of the con
stitution except the question of slavery, nor
did he thlhk that its other portions would be
invalid without such submission. The ques
tion of slavery was the all-absorbing ques
tion, with which the Governor was not to in
terfere, his office being merely to provide a
full and fair election for its decison. The
Secretary concludes with an acceptance of
the resignation.
The Secretary of State, in a letter of in
structions, dated December 11, to the Hon.
James W. Denver, the new secretary and act
ing Governor of Kansas, states the reason of
the removal of Mr. Stanton to have been the
introduction of a new element of discord
among the people of Kansas, by his procla
mation for a special session of the Legislature,
to meet on the 7th instant. He directs the
new secretary to preserve the peace of the
Territory; to secure the freedom of election,
both as directed by the convention and as
may be provided by the Legislature ; and to
see that the members of the Legislature are
secure and free in their deliberations. Ile
concludes his letter with the statement that
no action of the Legislature about to meet
could interfere with the elections of Decem
ber 21 and January 26, in the mode proscri
bed by the constitutional convention.
The Secretary of War, on Saturday last,
received confirmatory despatches of previous
advices, that all the troops of the Utah expe
dition were concentrated near Fort Bridges,
in comparatively comfortable quarters. The
troops were in high spirits, and there was
just snow enough to proect the grass from
fire.
The latest advices from Kansas are to the
17th inst. The Legislature had passed "An
Act repealing an Act, entitled an Act to pro
vide for taking a census, and election for del
egates to a Convention," over the vote of Gov.
Stanton, by a unanimous vote in the Senate,
and by 29 to 1 in the House. The rumor
that Walker and Stanton had been removed,
was generally credited, but caused little ex
citement, almost every one saying, " just as
I expected."
The steamship Northern Light arrived at
New York on Sunday night last, with Cali
fornia dates to the sth inst. She brought
$2,000,000 in gold. Among the passengers
is General Walker, who, with one hundred
and fifty of his men, were captured by Com
modore Paulding, of the United States frig
ate Wabash. The General is on parole. The
men were placed on board the United States
sloop-of-war Saratoga, to be conveyed to Nor
folk. The lake and river steamers on the
San Juan have•been handed over to Messrs.
Janison & Morgan. These steamers had
been captured by General Walker, but were
re-taken by an expedition from the Wabash.
[ Fort Castillo had also been captured by
General Walker, and a party of fifty Amer
icans, under Col. Anderson, still hold posses
sion of it, as well as the river San Juan. An
derson has a• full supply of provisions for
three months, with six pieces of artillery and
an abundance of ammunition.
The Detroit Free Press, one of the sternest
Democratic journals in Michigan, gives a
graphic account of a meeting held in that
city in favor of the Kansas fraud. Resolu
tions were submitted against the fraud, and,
amidst the greatest enthusiasm, were adopted,
ten to one—and every man voting was a de
voted friend of the administration of dames
Buchanan. A much stronger vote against
the fraud could be had in every city and
county in the - free States, if the question
could be fairly taken, even should every office
holder and his influence be exerted in favor
of the fraud.
11M..Mr. Jahn Martin, of London, is being
put in possession of the "Jennens property,"
which for so long a period has been without
a recognized heir. The sum, in cash, he in
herits, amounts to the inconvenient sum of
$80,000,000, while his income will be $250,-
000 per annum. The inheritor has been
wretchedly poor all his preceeding, life.
.C.623'=.The War Department has ascertained
the actual cash value of the property destroy
ed by the Mormons to be nearly fifty thous
and dollars, covering other items than army
supplies.
Senator Douglas in Philadelphia.
We learn from the Press that Senator
Douglas and lady ariived in Philadelphia on
Thursday evening last, and no sooner was the
fact known than an excellent militia band
serenaded him. The area in Chesnut street
in front of the Girard House was soon crowd
ed, and a loud call for Mr. Douglas having
been made, Daniel Daugherty, Esq., who so
ably addressed the Democracy in this place
in the campaign of '56, in a few appropriate
remarks, introduced the Senator to the en
thusiastic multitude.
Senator DOUGLAS then appeared on the bal
cony, and, amid loud applause, stated the
broad principles of the Constitution, upon
which his conduct, as regards the Kansas
question, had been based. lie enunciated
the opinion that the will of the majority
should rule, and his declaration was received
with great cheering. A compliment having
been paid to him as " author of the Nebraska
bill," he declared that he was not author of
the great principle upon which that measure
was founded—that principle was coeval with,
and was part of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States. He deprecated the idea of hos
tility to the President:or to his Administra
tion, and expressed his belief that Mr. Bucu-
ANAN would prove eminently worthy of the
high opinion formed of him by the Democ
racy of Pennsylvania, which had elected him
to the high office he now held.
Senator DOUGLAS retired amid great ap
plause, and then arose a loud call for Colonel
FORNEY, editor of THE PRESS, who responded
in a brief speech, declaring his inviolable ad
herence to the great principle of the ascend
ancy of the majority.
These agreeable proceedings did not ter
minate until one o'clock the next morning.
Senator DOUGLAS remained in the city dur
ing Friday, and was called upon by hundred
of the true friends of the party and its prin
ciples.
Who are true Democrats?
Just now, a few of the Democratic press,
a majority sustained by government patron
age—and a few reckless politicians holding
office from the President and his Cabinet, are
amusing the people with a grand display of
their insolence, in an attempt to read out of
the party, the only true And reliable mem
bers of it. In the language of the editor of
the Newton (N. J.) Herald according to our
own home spun, county notion, a true Demo
crat is one who ad4eres firmly to the doc
trines of the party, as announced in the reso
lutions of our convention, the speeches of
our leaders, the columns of our. presses, and
the measures of our representatives: Let us
apply this, as a test of position in the present
crisis.
WE—and when we say "we," it includes
such noble champions as Douglas and Walk
er, who have never faltered, &Most the whole
Democratic press of Pennsylvania, the entire
Democratic press of Illinois, every Demo
crati, paper in lowa, except the Dubuque
.Arorthwest, every Democratic paper in Wis
consin, and in Michigan and Indiana, and
Ohio; the leading Democratic papers of Mis
souri, Kentucky and Virginia, and nearly
the entire Democratic press of New Jersey:
wE are all pronounced traitors to the party,
because we adhere to the following land
marks :
Ist. " It being the true intent and meaning
of this act not to legislate slavery into any
Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom,
hut to leave the yeople thereof PERFECTLY FREE
to form and regulate their domestic institu
tions in their own way, subject only to the
Constitution of the United States."—Nebras
ka Act.
2d. "Resolved, That we recognize the right
of the people of all the Territories, inclUding
Kansas and Nebraska, acting through the
fairly-expressed will of the majority of actual
residents, and whenever the number of their
inhabitants justifies it, to form a Constitu
tion with or without domestic slavery, and to
be admitted into the Union upon terms of
perfect equality with the other States."—
Cincinnati Platform.
3d. It is the imperative and indispensable
duty of the Government of the United States
to secure to every resident inhabitant the free
and independent expression of his opinion by
his vote. This sacred right of each individual
must be preserved; and that being accomplish
ed, nothing can be fairer than to leave the
people of a Territory, free from all foreign
interference to decide their own destiny Jbr
themselves, subject only to the Constitution
of the United States.—Buchancen's Inaugu
ral.
4th. "When such a Constitution shall be
submitted to the people of this Territory, they
must be protected in the exercise of their
right of Toting for or against that instru
ment, and the fair expression of the popular
will must riot be interrupted by fraud or rio
lence."--illuchanan's instructions to Air.
Walker.
sth. " Under these circumstances there can
be no such thing as ascertaining clearly, and
without doubt, the will of the people in any
way except their own direct expression:at
the
_polls. A Constitution not subject to that
test, no matter what it contains, will never be
acknowledged by its opponents to be anything
but a fraud.— Washington Union July 7,
1857.
6th. "We claimed [during the Presidential
campaign] that the Democracy were more the
friends of "free Kansas," because they wish
ed to have her people perfectly free to select
ALL their domestic institntions." William
Bigler, in his speech delivered last szenznzer in
answer to a speech of David Wilmot.
7th. "I understand that you and all your
Cabinet cordially concur in the opinion ex
pressed by me, that the actual bona fide resi
dents of the Territory of Kansas, by a fair
and'regular vote, unaffected by fraud or vio
lence, MUST be permitted in adopting their
State Constitugiks, to decide for themselves
what shall be tgeff• social institutions. I con
template a peaceful settlement of this ques
tion by an appeal to the patriotism of the
whole . people of Kansas who should all par
ticipate, freely and fully, in this decision,
and by a majority of whose votes the deter
mination must be made, as the only proper
and Constitutional mode of adjustment"—
Walker's Letter of Acceptance
Bth. "I repeat, then, as my earnest convic
tion, that unless the Convention submit the
Constitution to the vote of all the actual resi
dent settlers of Kansas, and the election be
fairly and justly conducted, .the Constitution
will be and ought to be rejected by Congress."
Walker's first speeep, in, Kansas.
9th. " A Constitution wisely framed and
properly, fairly and honestly approved by the
time citizens of Kansas, will settle all the
difficulties that surround us, and that have
been surrounding us, and will at once restore
harmony to the Union." The high and res
ponsible duty, therefore, devolves upon us to
take in our hands the organic act of_ this
Territory, and, acting upon its principles, to
present to the Congress of the United States
a Constitution framed in such a manner, and
having such an endorsement as that we may
not merely petition for admission to the
Union, but demand that we shall be admitted.
Address of Calhoun to the Kansas Constitu
tional Convention.
10th. "I trust, however, the example set
by the last Congress, requiring that the Con
stitution of Minnesota, should be subject to
the approval and ratification of the people of
the proposed State, may be followed on fu
ture occasions. I took it for granted that the
Convention of Kansas would act in accord
ance with this example, founded as it is, on
correct principles, and hence my instructions
to Governor Walker, in favor of submitting
the Constitution to the people, were expressed
in general, unqualified terms."—Buchanan's
Message.
PROM WASHINGTON.
From. Correspondence of the Daily Press
WASHINGTON - , Dec. 24, 1857
Congress adjourned yesterday for the Christ
mas holidays. It was a timely adjournment.
Great events will occur before their next
meeting, which may solve questions as full of
embarrassment as any that have engaged the
minds of our representatives for many years
past. By the 4th of January, the doubters
and waiters will be deprived of all further
excuse for dodging the great issue which has
already been made on a question, in relation
to which it would have involved a gross re
proach:and libel, six months ago, to have sus
pected=any Democrat to be undecided. And
yet, what can happen, what turn can take
place in the affairs of Kansas, that will not
justify the course so manfully pursued by Gov.
Walker, by Senators Douglas, Stewart, Bro
derick? One of three results must have hap
pened on the 21st, any of which would ren
der the position of these gallant Democrats
impregnable. Probably no election was held
on account of the violent opposition of the
people in Kansas; this would prove the wis
dom and prudence of Governor Walker, and
Senator Douglas, in opposing the submission
of an instrument so repugnant to the great
mass of the people. But if by the employ
ment of the United States troops an election
is held against the will of the people, the
returns will be miserably meagre, and either
for or against slavery. If the former, there
is no Northern man who has stood by this
Lecompton swindle, as a fair expression of
the will of the people, who will not be,cover
ed with shame and confusion.
How will those Democrats who have from
the commencement, on the very threshold of
the controversy, declared themselves in favor
of the right, of justice, of self government,
and true popular sovereignty, stand by the
side of the trimmers and waiters, and the
open and declared enemies of the great prin
ciple which constitutes the very core, the germ
and life of the Kansas bill? Their position
is taken; it is in any event a secure and safe
one; it is all plain sailing for them in the fu
ture; but for the others there are awful break
ers ahead, and dark tempests gathering in the
horizon. We are not surprised, therefore, at
the contented, self-reliant, and assured air of
Senator Douglas ; in his last speech, in reply
to Fitch, in which he declared that in sixty
days he should have the warm approval and
gratitude of those who now looked so frown
ingly and menacingly upon him. Instead of
being turned out of the national Democracy,
they would be prepared to vote him a medal
for his fidelity to its principles. This idea of
ruling or reading the intrepid Illinoisan out
of the party of which he has been for so many
years so gallant and faithful a chief, is exceed
ingly rich.
One of the allusions in the letter of Gen.
Cass to Gov. Walker may provoke further
correspondence, which will add to the com
plication of this affair. It is the denial that
the President ever instructed Gov. Walker to'
insist upon the submission of the Constitu
tion to the people.
WASHINGTON", Dec. 25, 1857.
Arminst the few letters from placemen and
political managers published by the Union,
Judge Douglas can array not less than eight
hundred letters per day from the purest
sources of.popular opinion, which are poured
in upon him from every quarter, endorsing
aud applauding his course. It will show the
strength and sincerity of the feeling in this
behalf that many of his correspondents hold
Federal offices. Not a few of these letters
are from the South, a great many from the
interior of counties of New York and Penn
sylvania, but most of them are from the great
West. You are right in saying that the South
is far from being a unit in favor of the Le
compton iniquity. The Southern people are
not dlways represented Tip their political
agents. The habit in that section is to in
dulge their representative in sectional ultra
ism, on the principle that it is well to be over
zealous in a good cause. Hence the strong,
defiant language, the menaces of secession,
the violent demonstration and great tenacity
for abstractions, which constitute the burden
of the speeches of their public men. But
when it comes to acting and voting, the peo
ple set aside these fiery gentlemen and de
clare for themselves their conservatism, their
devotion to the Union, to justice, and fair
dealing.
With some familiarity with the Southern
people, I think I am safe in asserting, that if
Northern Democrats had not taken . the initi
ative in favor of the Lecompton usurpation,
it would have had few real and sincere sup
porters in the South. " But," as a Southern
Senator said, " when onr Northern friends
volunteer this concession, with what grace
can we refuse it, and thereby expose them
undefended to the fury of their own people."
Such a declaration speaks better for the gen
erosity of the South than for the manhood of
the North.
The news from Kansas is very alarming.—
It adds greatly to the burden and anxiety
which oppress our patriotic President.
-The shock of an earthquake was sen
sibly felt in several portions of Maine on
Wednesday last.
GROUND PLASTER—The Juniata
- Flour and Plaster Mills. one mile below Alexandria,
Iluntiugdon county, Pa., have constantly on hand Ground
Plaster of the best quality, for which Grain of all kinds,
will be taken in exchange at the market prices.
SAMUEL HATFIELD.
December 30, 1557-2 tn
HUNTINGDON and BROAD TO
RAILROAD AND COAL COMPANY.—The azar
meeting of the Stockholders of this Company will La h
at their office No. 309 Walnut street, on TUESDAY',
12th day of JANUARY next, at 11 o'clock A. M., w
an election will be held for a President and twelve Dir
ors, to serve the ensuing year_
JNO. P. AERSTON, Se,crita.
Philadelphia, Dec. 30, 1857
-DISSOLUTION of PARTNERSEETP.
The Partnership heretofore existing between the
undersigned, carrying on business as Farmers, in Spring
field township, Pa., under the style of Norris 8r: Lane, is
this day (10th November,) dissolved by mutual consent.—
AR debts owing by or to the firm will be paid and received
by Jas. Norris, Springfield township, Htintingdon Co., Pa.
JAMES NORRIS,
THOMSON LANE.
Dee. 30, 1857
THE CASSVILLE SEMINARY
As the present Principal of this Institution is not well
known in this vicinity, we beg leave to call the attention
of the school patronizing public to the following letteis :
NEW YORE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
Albany, May
.4, 1855.
This may certify to all whom it may concern, that tho
bearer hereof, Mr. M. 11IcN. Walsh, is a graduate of this In
stitution, and that he always sustained a high character as
a gentleman and a scholar.
He has taught with great success in one of the schools
of this city and in several of other parts of the State.
He is proposing to improve himself by foreign travel,
and I have great pleasure in commending him to the
friends of education and learning, as a gentleman in an
respects worthy of their confidence.
SAMUEL 33. WOOLWORTH (LL.D.)
Principal of the I. Y. State Yormal
SUPEIIINTLYDENVS OFFICE., I
Department of Piddle Instruction.
Albany, May 14th.1855.
To whom it may concern: The bearer, M. McN. Walsh,
Esq., a graduate of the New York State Normal School, and
for several years Principal of one of the Albany City
Schools, desires to add to his usefulness as a teacher and a
citizen by a tour of observation and by study iu Europe.
31r. Walsh bears an unsullied reputation for integrity
and honor, and is earnestly commended to the encourage
ment and favor of the noble everywhere, and especially of
those Who have pleasure in making the sojourn of the
stranger happy.
Hoping that he will find in Europe a generous welcome
and be especially guarded and protected, while absent, by
Him who watcheth over and careth for the people of all
countries, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the
Department of Public Instruction of the State of New
York, this 14th day of May A. D. 1855.
Y. 74. RICE,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
NEW JERSEY STATE NORM.U. SCHOOL,
Trenton, Oct. 20th, 1.81.4".
Having been for several years past familiarly acquainted
with Mr. :11. McN. Walsh. as a scholar of fine attainments,
and a teacher of rare ability and success, I can most confi
dently and cheerfully bear t eAimony to his eminent fitness
for any position as an educator to which he could aspire.
The careful culture to NN hiCli Mr. W. has subjected him
self; by means of schools at home and travel abroad, toge
ther with his marked adaptation to the work of Instruc
tion renders hint a most desirable person for the supervis
ion on au educational establishment of a 'Agit order. I
should deem any community fortunate in securing his ser
vices in such a capacity. _ _
WTI. F. PHELPS, (A.:11.)
Principal of the N. J. State Normal School.
r 110 TEACHERS.—A class for instrudl
tines persons widhing to become teachers, will be un
der the Principal's immediate charge. The next quarter
commences January 18th, 185 S. _ _
JOHN D. WALSH, Supt.
Cassyillo Seminary, Dec. 30, 1857.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the fol
lowing named persons have filed their petitions in
the office of the Clerk of the Court of 'Quarter Sessions of
Huntingdon county, for license to keep en Inn or Tavern,
Eating Houses, which will be presented to the said
Court fur consideration, on Wednesday, the 13th day of
January, nest:
John Donaldson, Inn or Tavern, Mapleton.
Samuel Belgic, Eating House, Spruce Creek.
Alexander Seeds, Eating House, Spruce Creeek.
D. CALDWELL, Gerlc..
Clamß's Omer,
Huntingdon, Dec, 23, 1857.
GAS CO. NOTICE.—The stockhold
ers of the Huntingdon Gas Company are .heroby no
tined that an election will be held at the office of the un
dersigned, on MONDAY, the 4th day of JANUARY next,
between the hours of 1 and 4 o'clock P. M., for the purpose
of choosing five Managers to serve for the ensuing year.
According to Section 3rd of the Dy:laws, " No person
shall bo permitted to vote at any election "ofsaid Company
unless he or she shall have fully paid all the shares of
stock by him or her subscribed."
By order of the Board of Managers.
J. SIMPSON AFRICA, Secretary.
Huntingdon, Dec. 23, 1557.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The
Huntingdon County Agriculturrit Society will meet
in the Court House on WEDNESDAY EVENING of the
first week of January Court (13th prox.) at 7 o'cloeh y ' for
the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and
transacting - other business of importanoe. A full attend
ance of the officers of the Association, anal all others inter 7
ested, is earnestly requested.
By order of the•Executire Committee. - -
R. 111eD1VITT, Secretrory.
Iluntingdott, Dec. 23, 1557
I - )UBLIC NOTICE.—The- subscriber
having no permanent residence at present, Wishes
to inform all persons who gave their notes for ,property
purchased at his sale, that they can save cost by calling
on D.P. Gwin of Peunting,don, who is authorized - to re
ceive the amount of said notes, which will bo date on the
Mb of December next. - JAMES PORTER.
Nov. 18, 1857. . -
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