THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOT ED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
forced, is, that the system is self supporting.
In no contingency should that department be
a charge upon the public Treasury in time of
peace.
In referring the attention of the Legisla
ture to the elaborate reports of the Auditor
General and State Treasurer, relating to the
finances of the State, which will be laid be
fore you, I cannot refrain from giving expres
. sion to my views on the importance of a
change in the mode of keeping and disburs
ing the public moneys.
The State Treasurer receives and disburses
between four and five millions of dollars an
nually; and it not unfrequently happens that
there is a balance on the Treasury exceeding
me million of dollars. The bond of the
Treasurer is but for eighty thousand dollars.
He deposits the money of the State wherever he
pleases, and it is paid exclusively on hie own
cheek. The monthly settlements with the
Auditor General afford some security that the
funds of the Commonwealth will not be mis
applied ; but it is entirely inadequate to
the complete protection of the public interests.
Until the State shall adopt a different sys
tem fur the collection, safe-keeping and dis
bursement of her revenues, the money on
hand must be kept either in the Treasury
vault or deposited with the banking institu
tions in the State. For many years the lat
ter mode has been adopted. I respectfully
recommend that provision he made by law
that no money shall be deposited in any
bank by the State Treasurer without requir
ing security to be first given to the Common
wealth fur the repayment of the sums depos
ited—that all checks issued by the State
Treasurer shall be countersigned by the Au
ditor General before they are used—and that
daily accounts of the moneys received and
paid shall be kept in the office of the Audi
tor General as well as in the Treasury De
partment.
The Commissioners appointed to revise the
Criminal Code of this Commonwealth, are
progressing with the duties of their appoint
ment, and will report the revised code before
the adjournment of the Legislature.
The various charitable and reformatory in
stitutions, which have heretofore received pe
cuniary assistance from the State, such as
the State Lunatic Hospital, at "Harrisburg,
the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, at Pitts
burgh, the Houses of Refuge, at Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Training
Sehoolfor idiotic and feeble-minded children,
the Asylums for the Blind and Deaf and
Dumb, at Philadelphia, the Northern Home
for Friendless Children, at Philadelphia—l
recommend to your fostering aid and care.—
The annual reports exhibiting a detail of the
operations of these noble and excellent char
ities, during the past year, will be laid be
fore you. fcannot recommend appropriations
to charitable Associations, of a purely local
character, however praiseworthy the objects
and motives of their founders and supporters,
or however useful they may be to their par
ticular localities.
The present condition of the revenues of
the General Government, demonstrates the
urgent necessity of increased duties upon for
eign importations. The people of Pennsyl
vania have ever taken a lively interest in the
proper adjustment of a tariff; and they have
with singular unanimity, at all times, favored
such an assessment of duties, as would not
only produce revenue, but furnish the largest
incidental protection to the great mineral,
manufacturing, and industrial interests of the
country. Had their voices hitherto been
more potential in the councils of the nation,
it is no longer problematical that much of the
pecuniary distress lately experienced by all
classes and conditions of business men might
have been to a great extent averted. The
necessities of the government and the people,
now alike demand - a change—an increase of
duties—and I take great pleasure in indor
sing the views of the President of the Uni
ted States, as expressed in his last annual
message, relative to the change proposed.—
His advocacy of specific duties on all "com
modities which are generally sold by weight,
or by measure, and which from their nature
are of equal or of nearly equal value,—such
as iron, of different classes, raw sugar, and
foreign, wines and spirits," has met with a
hearty response from the great body of the
people of this State. It is to be hoped that
his views on this question will be favorably
regarded by Congress, and that the action of
the federal government may correspond with
the suggestions of the President.
When I was called upon to assume the
Gubernatorial chair, nearly one year ago, in
deference to public opinion, and my own
feelings, after a rapid review of events in
Kansas, I stated, that "to the people of Penn
sylvania the admission of a new State into
the Union—into that Confederacy of which
she is a member—must be at all times a sub
ject of high interest. And I belie-. a I ex
press their sentiment, as well as my own, in
declaring that all the qualified electors of a
Territory should have a full and fair oppor
tunity to participate in selecting delieates to
form a constitution preparatory to admission
as a State, and, if' desired by them, they
should also be allowed an unqualified right
to vote upon such constitution after it is
framed."
Subsequent events have confirmed me in
these sentiments. The deplorable disputes
in the first session of the present Congress—
the popular excitement resulting from those
disputes, together with other proceedings in
their nature novel and alarming, would all
have been averted, had the people been se
cured in " the unqualified right" to vote
upon their domestic institutions. I regret to
be compelled to say, that, under various pre
tences, this sacred franchise has been virtu
ally withheld from them. When they re
fused to accept the Lecompton Constitution,
made for them by delegates representing the
minority, they were explicitly denied the
privilege of making their own constitution,
unless upon a condition not previously exact
ed. If they accepted the Lecompton Consti
tution, they entered the sisterhood of States
at once, with a population less than one half
of the existing ratio of Congressional repre
sentation ; bnt if they refused that Constitu
tion,, they could not be admitted into the
Union; with the Constitution of their choice,
until they were ready to show, by a formal
census, that they had attained a population
equal to that ratio. The results have become
historical.
The last expressive vote of the people of
Kansas against the act of Congress, common
ly known as the English Bill, for. a time
arrested Congressional intervention. Peace
has resulted alone from the votes of the peo
ple, not friem the suggestions of outside in
fluences. But, during the angry feelings
which this controversy has aroused, the theo
ry has been started, and insisted upon, that
it will henceforward be the duty - of Congress
to e prqtect slavery in,
.the territories, if the
p_eople of the territories shall fail to do so.—
Who warrant for this extraordinary assump
tion is alleged to exist in the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States, in the
case of Dred Scott. Entertaining, as.l do,
profound reverence for the decisions of that
august tribunal, and standing ready to obey
them, whenever they are enunciated, I have
yet to be convinced that any such construc
tion can be fairly given to their action in the
case referred to. Such a doctrine no matter
how sanctioned, or supported, will shake the
very pillars of our constitutional fabric. It
would compel every territory to elevate prop
erty in slaves above every other description
of property,—and to establish a slave code
in its early municipal regulations ; or else it
would convert the Congress into a theatre of
crimination and confusion, and fill the whole
country with strife. And all this, without
securing a single advantage to the North, or
protecting a single right of the South.
Regarding myself as fully committed to
the doctrine of popular sovereignty in its
broadest sense, I can never subscribe to the
theory of Congressional intervention, as un
derstood and supported by the opponents of
this doctrine. By popular sovereignty, I
mean no violation of the rights of the States
—no assault upon the institutions of the
South—no appeal to sectional prejudices.
On the contrary, I regard the doctrine as the
embodiment of the popular will in States and
Territories, as the conservator of the rights
and the equality of Staten and people—and
as the only means by which a vexed and dan
gerous agitation will be satisfactorily and
perpetually "settled."
A theory equally heretical has been ad
vanced in another portion of the Union. It
has been held that this government, divided
into free and slave States, as it was framed
by our revolutionary fathers, cannot endure
—that all must become free, or all become
slave. When such a doctrine shall be enfor
ced, the constitution will have been subvert
ed—State sovereignty prostrated—state rights
disregarded, and the liberty of the people de
stroyed. It should meet an indignant re
buke from every lover of his country, and
the blood bought right of the people and the
states to self-government.
Under the various amendments to the con
stitution of Pennsylvania, the influence of
the Executive has been greatly reduced by
the transfer of patronage from the Governor
to the people. This is in accordance with
the principles'of self-government, but it must
be acknowledged that in relieving the Exec
utive from many serious responsibilities, it
has diminished his ability to maintain the
rights of the State against Federal and other
encroachments, and has thrown a greater
share of responsibility upon the people. The
extensive patronage of the federal govern
ment, and the large salaries paid to its offi
cers, in comparison with those of the state,
present constant inducements to our citizens
to overlook the state in the pursuit of more
lucrative employments under the United
States. It is, therefore, the more necessary
that the people should guard the sovereignty
of the state with increasing wachfulness.—
The constitution of the United States contains
the great fundamental principle which thould
govern its construction on every question
respecting the extent of the federal power.- -
“The power not delegated to the United
States by the constitution, nor prohibited by
it to the states, are reserved to the states, re
spectively, or to the people.” It is on this
broad platform that every claim of federal
power not granted by the constitution, should
be sternly resisted. The tendency to centra
lization is so great, and the overshadowing
influences of power and patronage so seduc
tive, that liberty cannot long be preserved
without the exercise of sleepless vigilance in
enforcing a strict construction of the federal
compact. The doctrine of state rights is the
doctrine of true liberty. Popular sovereign
ty is the life-blood of our free institutions,
and the palladium of our safety. Every pat
riotic inducement to sustain those great prin
ciples should be fearlessly held out to our
citizens, and every unauthorized assumption
of power should be resisted with an 'easing
energy, and by all constitutional means.
Having now discharged the duty imposed
on the Executive, by the Constitution, I can
not conclude without congratulating you up
on the peculiarly favorable auspices under
which you enter upon the duties of the Ses
sion of 1850. Few important subjects of
legislation press upon your attention. Pru
dence, firmness, fidelity—a watchful regard
for the interests of the Commonwealth—a
jealous guardianship of her finances—on the
part of the government—are all that are re
quired, under Providence, to ensure the con
tinuance and increase of our onward pros
perity. Pennsylvania may then, at no re
mote period, rejoice in the extinguishment of
her public debt—the repeal of her onerous
and burdensome taxes—a fame and a credit
untarnished— e -a free and popular educational
system—and an industrious and loyal people,
prosperous and-happy.
WILLIAM F. PACKER
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, }
Harrisburg, Jan. sth, 1859.
A Brain and Nerve People.
Some one who appears to comprehend the
American people, physically speaking, says
with no little justice:—" The Americans are
in fact becoming nothing else but brain and
nerves. Fat and fibrine are only valued as
they sell in markets, and muscle is only
thought of as it pertains to our draught ani
mals. Our stimulating climate and our fast
habits make us so nervous, that life is be
coining to us but one continued spasm. Our
movements are like those of a dancing jack.
Even our pastimes are so intense that they
fatigue us as much as our business. The
so-called rest which we begrudgingly give
ourselves, wears us as much as our work.—
We cannot bear to have another called more
smart' than ourselves, and wo will die and
be buried, rather than not become as rich as
our neighbors. There is ever the same un
satisfied spirit of restlessness, whether we go
abroad or stay at home. Nobody shall
travel faster or see a given number of ob
jects in a less number of hours than our
selves, no matter at what cost of money or
health. There is no impossible Alps that
he will not climb, or no deep cave of
earth or sea, that he will not explore.
There are none who shall grow numb before
ourselves on the highest frozen peak, and
there shall be none who can hold their breath
longer under water. When the guide is not
looking there is no King's throne or people's
chair on which we will not sit. There is
nothing within the scope of human ability
which we will not undertake, and when we
boast of what we have accomplished there
are none who shall draw a longer bow."
THE GLOBE.
Circulation—the largest in, the county
ORPNEI2II - Dall PA,
Wednesday, January 12, 1859
LANKS ! BLANKS !. BLANKS 1
Co.\ STABLE'S SALES, ArrActrT EXECUTIONS,
ArrAciimENTS, EXECUTIONS,
St3NINIONS, DEEDS
SUBNENAS, )101VIC;AGES,
SCGOA ORDERS, JUDGMENT NOTES.
LEASES FOR ROUSES, NATURALIZATION BKS,
COMMON BONDS, JUDGMENT BONDS,
A It RANTS, FEE BILLS,
NOTES. with a waiver of the $3OO Law.
JUDGMENT NOTES, with a waiver of the $3OO Law.
AItTICLES OF' AGREEMENT, with Teachers.
NIA RIG AGE CERTIFICATES, for Justices of the Peace
and Ministers of the Gospel.
COM I' LAI NT, WARRANT, and COMMITMENT, in case
of Assault and Battery, and Affray.
MERE FACIAS, to recover amount of Judgment.
COLLECTORS' RECEIPTS, for State, County, School,
Borough and Township Taxes.
Printed on superior paper. and for sale at the Office of
the HUNTINGDON GLOBE.
BLANKS, of every description, printed to order, neatly,
at short notice, and on good Paper.
New Advertisements.
tTw Information wan ted of the whereabouts of James
Groover, by Caldwell, Lewis S.' Co.
It Fresh Ground Plaster at the Juniata Flour and
Plaster Mills, by Samuel Hatfield.
11,2 Music, Musical Instruments, dm., by Win. Lewis,
Dealer in Books, Stationery and Music.
$, Gov. Packer and Hon. Wm. P. Schell
have our thanks for early copies of the Gov
ernor's Message.
is stated upon good authority that
a new Democratic paper is to be started in
Philadelphia in opposition to the Pennsylva
nian and National Argus. It is tä be 'the
especial champion of the National Adminis
tration. We had supposed that the Pennsyl
vanian and Argus would stoop to any thing
to gratify the powers-that-be, but it appears
their Democracy is to be thrown overboard,
and something more pliable substituted.
Arrival of Senator Douglas at Washing-
Senator Douglas arrived at Washington on
Thursday evening last, and he was heartily
welcomed by a large number of citizens. Ile
was louldly called for by the multitude who
thronged the street before his house, and in
answer to their calls he remarked that "hiS
heart was indeed filled to overflowing by this .
unexpected and spontaneous reception of his
friends on his return home—for next to Illi
nois, his adopted State, there was no place
upon the face of the earth where lie felt as
much at home as be did in Washington city.
That State had received him when - a boy,
with open arms, had nurtured him to man
hood, had honored him with high public
trusts, and had stood by him in all his measures
up to the present day, and the present botik.
For sixteen years he had been in the public
service of that State, and the greatest joy 'of
his heart was that his official conduct had met
with the approbation of her citizens up to the
present time. lle was fresh from his constit
uents, and next to their approbation, was-this
reception most gratifying to his heart. This,
and the cordial receptions he had met with
along his route hither, showed that the heart
of the American people was ever found right
when its chords were touched by the hand of
patriotism. He said that the people of the
District of Columbia, although they had no
voice in the National Legislature, had ever
maintained a patriotic conservatism, which
had exerted a salutary influence on the poli
tics of the country. As he expected to bh
among them now for some time, he would
beg to take leave of them for the present,
and bid them good night."
Pennsylvania Legislature.
[Correspondence of The Globe.]
On Tuesday last, the 3rd instant, the Gen
eral Assembly convened at llarrishur,g. The
following officers were chosen
In the Senate :
Speaker—John Cresswell, Jr. ' of Blair. •
Clerk—William H. Miller, of Dauphin.
Assistant Clerk—F. M. Hutchinson, of Al
legheny,
Transcribing Clerks—J. Simpson Africa,
of Huntingdon, A. Jackson Barr, of Wash
ington, W. S. Picking, of York.
Sergeant-at-Arms—Theophilus Snyder, of
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms--Wm. P. Bra
dy, of Clinton.
Doorkeeper—Charles Noef.
Assistant Doorkeepers—John Farrell, Phil
adelphia, J. R. Dunbar, Perry.
Messenger—Harman Yerkes, of Philadel
phia.
Assistant Messenger—Geo. W. Long, of
Westmoreland.
In the House :
Speaker—Wm. C. Al . Lawrence, of Dau
phin.
Clerk—Samuel J. Rea, of Philadelphia.
Assistant Clerk—Judson Holcomb, of Brad
ford.
Transcribing Clerks—C. W. Gilfillan, Pear
son Foster, E. 11. Ruch, John Picking.
Sergeant-at-Arms—John Clemens.
Assistant Sergeants-at-Arms—J. M. Har
ley, J. W. Fletcher, F: Gher, S. R. Elles.
Post Master—S. C. Stewart.
Doorkeeper—John O. Morgan.
Assistant Doorkeepers—J. B. Reece, S.
McDonald, William Gardy, A. W. Kimmell.
Messenger—A. D. Davis.
Assistant Messengers—James Williams,
Daniel F. limperly, John Rheimer, William
Deal.
Speakers Cresswell and Lawrence, on be
ing conducted to their respective chairs, each
in a pertinent manner acknowledged the
honor conferred. The annual message of
the Governor was read on Wednesday. The
same day a bill abolishing the Canal Board,
passed the House.by a vote of 04 ayes to 6
nays. The Governor returned without his
approval, twelve bills passed by the last Le
gislature. The seat of David R. McLain, of
Philadelphia, is contested. Both Houses ad
journed on Thursday until next Monday, at
3 o'clock, P. M. JUNIATA.
ton
- 136 Our County Court commenced on Mon
day. We notice quite a respectable attend
ance of country people. Court proceedings
will be published next week.
RE-ELECTION Of SENATOR DOUGLAS.—The
Legislature of Illinois, on the sth January,
re-elected Hon. Stephen A. Douglas by the
following vote:
For Douglas, - 54 votes
For Lincoln, - - - 46 "
Gov. PACKER'S MESSAGE.—We give this
able paper in full this week, and we desire
every subscriber to the Globe to read it, and
then if he sees proper to part with his paper,
hand it to his neighbor to read. It is a doc
ument every Pennsylvanian should read.
MR. EDITOR you permit me through
the medium of The Globe, to devote a few
minutes to the editor of the Journal—Doctor
Brewster.
For a period of two or three months, the
Journal has been almost destitute of any
thing like editorial matter. But the issue
of last week came forth with what one might
imagine to be, an ebullition of long pent up
indignation against the inoffensive institu
tions of our county, from the Agricultural
Society to the High Sheriff.
It was an evil moment for our country,
when the Doctor conceived and sent forth
that critique. But what gave rise to it, or
what were his intentions in publishing it,
the public is left to infer. And a man unac
quainted with the facts of the cases, might
possibly give credence to the Doctor's mis
statements, and harbor a feeling of reproach
against the objects of the Doctor's virtuous
indignation.
Now, sir, as you and the community gen
erally know, the statement in regard to the
Agricultural Society, is simply false; and I
think the Doctor knows it. The expenses of
that institution were decreased materially
from what they were the preceding year—to
an amount over slso.oo—which goes to
prove conclusively, that the officers were not
only "honest" men, but economical.
And now, Doctor, a question if you please.
Was it not because the expenses were re
duced, and the officers honest and economical
in the management of the financial affairs,
that you were provoked to the publication of
that item of destruction ? (?)
Was not your displeasure made manifest
because the officers of the " Fair" refused to
pay you three times as much as any other
Editor charged: or the same amount of print
ing? Now, sir, I shall leave you to cogitate
-- =lon these questions while I prepare an
other. But yet one" word more before we
leave, the " Fair." For Heaven's sake, Doc
tor, don't use your influence to "put the thing
down" entirely ! Don't ! don't ! That would
be the heighth of recklessness. Let us have
one more " Fair," anyhow justone !
The reference to our gentlemanly and af
fable Sheriff, was no less the result of pecu
niary matters than that of the Agricultural
Society.
You didn't know that the "proclamation"
was published in both the Globe and Ameri
can when you said, quoting the (to your
pure (?) imagination) violated law, that it
was inserted in but one ? Thu didn't?—
Why, where in the name of sense, Doctor,
were your " specs?" The Sheriff turned
" Know-Nothing" because he advertised in
the American? Ha! Ha! Oh ! Sheriff,
Sheri . ',o7 why didn't you advertise in the
Journal and save your head from this shower
of wrath, and the county from ruin ! Poor
Journal! can't you resuscitate the drooping
energies of our noble county,or must the Sheriff
quit advertising in the American and bestow
his outside favors upon you, before confidence
can be restored? But, alas ! then he might
be dubbed " Republican ;" and there's the
rub, again. Well, Doctor, if we are to form
our opinion of the Republican party, by
making you our criterion, we would have at
least, the satisfaction of knowing that al
though to be an " American," is to " Know
Nothing," to be a " Republican," is to
" Know Something" less than nothing
Doctor, adieu! MINNEIIAIJA.
HUNTINGDON, Jan. 6, 1859.
To the Members of the Huntingdon Co.
Agricultural Society and Citizens of
Huntingdon County. ..
[For the Huntingdon Globe.]
To the following article, taken from the
last issue of the Huntingdon Journal, we in
vite your attention.
Agricultural Society.
As the annual election of officers of the Society is at
hand, it is to be hoped that care will be exercised in the
selection of capable, honest, and impartial men, who will
redeem the character of the society; otherwise the noto
rious mismanagement of its affairs will continue to dis
please and disgust the thousands of country people who
annually bring to our town, during fair time, at least
thousand dollars of hard earned cask, and spend nearly the
same amount in valuable time in tending the fair. "'Rh
ea° "the Fair," we are inclined to believe, has been a
swindling concern from beginning to end. We believe it
was got up to benefit a few sharpers at the expense of tho
unsuspecting public. It will take something very COnrill
sing to change our opinion; and we look to the result of
the next meeting for the signs of great improvement, or
prompt destruction. Our course is taken. We are deter
mined to use our utmost influence-and efforts to put down
the whole concern, if it fails to give ample evidence of a
change in its treatment of us specially.
We are not convinced that the interest and
success of any institution dependent upon the
patronage of the public, will be advanced by
newspaper controversies. We believe that
the officers of such institutions can better
apply their time than to devote it to the pub
lication of vindicative replies to every trifling
scribbler who imagines himself slighted by
their action. Entertaining, as we do, such
opinions, we would be inclined to permit this
effusion a the Jouriuzl writer's clouded brain
to pass unnoticed, to that oblivion which it
justly deserves. However, considering that
some honest and well-meaning citizens may
really be misled by their denunciations, and
that a false impression of the transactions of
the Society my get abroad among the peo
ple, and thereby engender, if not a positive
dislike, a luke-warmness among its patrons,
and ultimately injuriously affect its success,
we have volunteered to defend its officers
from any and all imputations of dishonesty,
or partiality.
A detailed report of the expenditures of
the Society for the year 1858, as passed by
the Auditors, was published in the Globe of
the 17th of November. Let it here be noted
that the report of expenses by the Commit
tee of Arrangement was passed without a
single alteration, by IL McDivitt, F. 11. Lane
and Theo. 11. Cremer, Auditors. Then these
gentlemen were either parties to, or indorse
that which "has been a swindling concern
from beginning to end," or the Journal writer
asserts what is not true.
We here append a brief comparison of the
expenses of the Society for two years, 1857
and 1858, viz :
Morning police
Afternoon police
Night
Doorkeepers and Auctioneer
Music
Fuel and postage
Labor
Hauling
Lumber
Officer's compensation, Secretaries
For The Globe
and Treasurer's Clerk
Merchandise
Printing,
Miscellaneous
Marshals
Xctual expense attending the prepa
ration of the ground, payment of
policemen, lumber, cost of erect
ing sheds, advertising, printing
bills, cards, &c., salary of Secreta
ry, music, &c., Cc
The Society has paid premiums to ex
hibitors, as follows: 1855 1856
$237 00 $213 00
Total expenditures
The Society received money as fol
lows, viz:
Annual membersbips sold
Life `•
Single admission tickets
Auctioneer's license
Victualers' license
Sale of hunk. ,
From County Treasury
Donations
Total receipts
It is obvious from an examination of this
statement, that the expenses for the year 18-
58 were less than those of the preceding year.
In entering upon the discharge of their duties,
the . Committee for the fourth annual Exhibi
tion, (1858) resolved to practice the strie,test
economy, and succeeded in reducing every
item of expense. Notwithstanding this the
expenditures exceeded the receipts, and if it
had not been that there remained a balance
in the Treasury from 1855 and 1856, the so
ciety would this day be in debt. The princi
ple cause of this deficit for 1857 and 1858,
was the unfavorable weather during the time
of the Exhibition.
We regret that we are compelled to con
dense our account to so limited a space as to
exclude the particular items of expense.—
However, if the editor of the Journal who has
been so liberal in abuse and sparing of com
mendation of the Society and its Officers, will
give us the use of the columns of his pa per, we
will take pleasure in laying before the public,
a full and correct statement of the financial
condition of the society, givinL , a true account
of to whom and what for, EVERY CENT of mon
ey was paid: We await an acceptance of the
proposition:
Every effect must have a producing cause.
The Journal writer has opened his vials of
worth against a harmless Agricultural Socie
ty ! What then has produced this state of
feeling ? Because he has been wronged ?
No. Simply because we, as a committee,
would not permit him to exact from the So
ciety more—three times as much—feu• a par
ticular job than his neighbors asked. Here
is a correct copy of the Journal man's bill :
Agricultural Society.
To the Huntingdon Journal, DP..
Mar. 31, ISSS, To Pub. Notice, 75
Aug. 4, " "a 75
is , •CC 4: cc Meeting , I: 250
" 25, " cc" Premiums, col. 7t 34) 00
Oct. 2& 7 " " Print 1100 cards, 1: 11 00
" 4, " " •• 48 Badges, 100
uB , CC CC cc Bill s, l 00
" Card paper, 19
$47 19
" This item the Committee refused to pay,
for it was merely a publication of the minutes
of a meeting of the Society, and was inserted
in the Globe and American free of charge.
t This item was reduced by the Committee
to ten dollars. . That being the amount char
ged by the Globe. American and /I;:ralci, and
is standing price for publishing the premium
list. If the Journal was allowed THIRTY dol
lars for doing this work, it must of course be
allowed to the three other county papers, and
we would have to pay the enormouse sum of
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY' DOLLARS annually
for giving publicity to the premiums alone.
This item is higher in price than is usu
ally charged by other job offices for the saline
kind of - work. Yet to avoid contention, it
was allowed. The amount of the Journal
man's bill, reduced to $24,69, was tendered
him in GOLD. This he refused to take and
the Committee felt relieved of all responsibil
ity.
Here then may be perceived "the. source of
the enmity nursed by the editor of the Journal
and exposed in the Just issue of that paper.
If we had allowed him to rob the Society of
$22,50, his last slanderous article would. not
have been penned.
From the sweeping effect of the insinua
tion that the officers of the Society are dis
honest and impartial., we take appeal, and
willingly bear testimony to their faithfulness
and honesty. The President, Vice Presidents
and Treasurer, do not, and never did, receive
one cent in the way of compensation for their
services. The only officers of the Society
who do receive pay are the Secretaries who
are given a small annual salary.
We as a Committee of Arrangement, who
have devoted our time to making the neces
sary preparations for the last Exhibition,
purchased the lumber, employed policemen,
supervised the erection of sheds, personally
attended to the arrangement of the articles,
sold the lumber, drew orders on the Treasur
er for the pay of each laborer, policemen, &c.,
all without EITHER COMPENSATION OR TUANKS,
cannot justify or indorse the payment to the
Journal man his unreasonable claim, the re
fusal to do which has caused all his clamor.
J. S. ORIFFITH, Chairman.
ALEXANDER PORT,
M. F. CAMPBELL,
Committee.
HENRY CORNPROPST,
J. SIMPSON AFRICA,
AGRICULTURAL MEETING LAST NIGIIT.—The
annual meeting of the Agricultural Society,
was held in the Court House last night, and
after hearing the charges made against the
Officers of the Society by the last Huntingdon
Journal, the same Officers were unanimously
re-elected for the ensuing year. The whole
might of the influence of the 'editor of the
Journal was not suffici,ent to crush out the
attentive and honest gentlemen, who have
given the Society so much of their valuable
time, free gratis for nothing_
Proceedings of the Teachers' Institute,
Held in Huntingdon Dec. 27, 28 and
29th, 1858.
The meeting organized at 2 o'clock, P. M.
by selecting J. M. Stonebraker, President,
pro tem, and A. G. Ewing, Secretary. '
The County Superintendent addressed the
meeting, stated the efforts he had made to
engage the co-operation of teachers, and
hoped the members would approve his efforts,_
which had no other object than the success of
the Institute.
The President J. M. Stonebraker, approved
the holding of institutes, but advised that this
should not claim to be the Huntingdon Coun
ty Institute.
Jno. Lytle said he did consider it the Hun
tingdon County Institute—it was held in
Huntingdon County, and by the teachers or
it—he did not know what county it could be- ,
long to.
Mr. Owen said he was indifferent to the'_
name—his only wish was for the success of
it, without discord. He wished the teachers
to decide that matter for themselves, but
would suggest that there be no further dis
cussion until a full meeting be had—which
was expected to-morrow.
Mr. Pletcher thought all that was necessa
ry now, was a proper feeling on the subject—
he come to be benefitted, and hoped for a
profitable time during the session.
Messrs Clabaugh, Dough, Delmer and
others agreed with the last speaker, and de
sired' the success of our Institute.
Mr. Lytle thought it necessary to have a
permanent organization, with a definite un
derstanding, and would therefore offer the
following resolution
Resolved, That this is a Meeting of the
Huntingdon county Teachers Association.
The resolution passed unanimously.
On motion, it was resolved that an Execu
tive Committee be appointed to prepare the
business of the Institute fur its future ses-
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The chair appointed Albert Owen, John
Lytle, Milton Sangarce, Mrs. Peck, and Miss-
E. Glazier.
. Prof. E. J. Osborne addressed the Institute
while the Committee were in conference.—
Looking backward he could see a marked
progress. Things now look much better—
still there were obstacles ib the way. He
would cheer the teachers on to efforts for im
provement.
The Chairman of the Executive Committee
reported the following subject for a general,
free and voluntary discussion. viz :
''The Means for establishing System in
school, and interesting scholars in a success=
ful course of study." •
The subject was freely discussed by the
members.
On motion, the Institute adjourned to Cif
o'clock.
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Levi Clanhaugh in the chair.
The subject of interesting scholars, and in
troducing system was further considered.
J. Sewell Stewart, L'sq., responded "to a
call from the Executive Committee, and de
livered an animated lecture on Geology.
On motion. the thanks of the Institute were
tendered to Mr. Stewart for his interesting
lecture. A debate upon a ins/ question then
engaged the time of the Institute for a half
hour.
institute adjourned to meet at 9 o'clock to
morrow morning.
Institute met pursuant to adjournment.
A written report on "The means for pro
fessionalizing Teachers" was read by Prof.
Walsh.
J. Lytle, moved the adoption of tho
Repint
• Mr. Tussey did not endorse the sentiment
of the entire report. A further discussion
was had by Messrs Lytle, De Forest, Baker,
Mcßroy, Eldridge, Walsh, Ow - en, and others.
The report was adopted and ordered for
publication.
A. W. Benedict, Esq., being called, lectur
ed on Reading.
Institute adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock,
P. IU.
A written report on the study of Physical
Geography, was read by Henry McKibben,
Esq., and adopted by the Institute.
Prof. M. MeN. Walsh lectured on vocal
music in schools.
English Grammar was introduced by the
Country Superintendent; and discussed by
Messrs Tussey, Colon, Eldridge, De Forest,
and Walsh.
Outline Geography was called up by G. P.
Eldridge, who lectured upon his method of
instruction. Other members took exceptions
to his method.
_ .
Mr. Funk gave an analysis of the Elocution
ary Chart, and explained his:method of teach
ing from it.
Being called, Dr. John 11. Wintrode lec
tured on Reading and read selections.
On motion, the thanks of the Institute were,
tendered to Dr. Wintrode fur his interesting
lecture.
Prof. Walsh offered some remarks on cor
rect orthography.
A. B. Brumbaugh read an able report ort,
"the Utility of Introducing the higher branch
es into common schools."
On motion, Institute adjourned to meeet at
9 o'clock to-morrow morning,
Institute assembled pursuant to adjourn
ment.
The County Superintendent asked for a re
reading of Mr. Brumbaugh's report, as he.
was absent last evening. The report was
again read, and called out a•general discus
sion.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
the following which were read and unani—
mouly adopted.
Resolved, That TeaChers' Institutes, when
properly conducted, arc an eminent means'
for improving the qualifications of teachers,.
and advancing the interests of education.
Resolved, That, in view of this, we will re—
new our efforts, and henceforth tax our men
tal and physical powers for•the promotion of
the cause which we have undertaken.
Resolved, That we appreciate the labors of
our County Superintendent, and we willcordi
ally'and cheerfully assist him in every effort
for the improvement of the schools. •
Resolved, That a friendly intercourse.among
teachers is desirable, and that we recommend
the visiting of each other's schools.
Resolved, That, when this Institute ad
journ, it be to meet at the Mooresville High
School building, at the call- of the County
Superintendent, and that a programme of the•
exercises for that meeting be published in,
due time.
EV r. s LNG SESSION.
SECOND DAY
AFTERNOON SESSION
Institute adjourned to meet at C o'clock.
EVENING SEP:SION
TIIII:D DAY
DAVID TUSSEy,
JUIN LYTLE, Corn.
JAMES A. DEFOREST,
On motion the Institutue adjourned.