tax i 1 1 4A$ iS 1 1 jC ill ;:.Oiv:;;r::v-vJ PUBLISHED IX Terms. $1 A WEEKLY PAPEK 00 a year in advJfi VOLUME 5. CUM MIll.V. nv WILLIU KHOAR I'Anull. 'Lives t'uero u mini with mul so dead AVho never to liim?rlf hntli p.iid. This Is my own my native laud ?" .... By kon. My country ! 'tis of thee I sinK ; I i-lusp my harp I tinich its Urinjt And bid it send ii sweetest struiu, And give to theo her heat retrain. X lovo thoe land of Liberty, My couutry nntion of the free, When tyrant's law nnd freedom's nam Alike we spurn alike wo claim. (h ! never shall 1 cene to pay My tributo to her glorious sway; And if in other lands I roam, T never will furpet my home Where Warre bled'and 1'i-ruv fmifrht, Tho homo by 1'utriot's heart's blood bought, Where I'uanki.in lamed tho fiery lire, Mouse brnlo it tread tho electric wire. Tho classic secnes of other times, Or sea-girt Isles in tropic climes, Italia' land tho i-wiTr. Kit's plain, And Uhkec'F, with her immortal train, Or AU'WJf each may fur un hour Hold o'er my beart iuipa.sioued power; Hut like the needle to the pole. My thoughts will back to couutry roll. Aye, may my lips be ever mute Kenuiubed, the senses now acuto, If ever I forget tho land Vy freedom's sacred breezes finned. No ! louder wake, my bnrp, thy strain More glorious bo thy plad refrain In houor of my native land In memory of her patriot band. Adventures cf a Ulan as a llsuse maid ; .Vdfri mould f Enyaji mint ; Feat cf Ayilitg ; Huh Icry Arrctl and Exposure. A few months ago a robust looking per son, dressed in tho becoming garb of a fe male domestic, made application at Durt's Intelligence Office, in this city, for a sit uation in the country to do ordinary house work. Soon after a lady of Schohario co-jnly applied for "help ;" but those she selected were unwilling to leave town. Tho "domestic" above referred to, how ever, expressed her willingness to engage, but tho lady did not ko her appearance. Rut finally she was reluctantly compelled to accept of her services. She accordingly ordered her to appear with her trunk nt the Mansion House, at 8 o'clock the following morning where sho found her, in time, but quarrelling with tho carman, whom she olfercd a sixpence all tho money she said she had for conveying her box to tho place of rendezvous. The lady settled the difficulty, placed her protege in the sfigo and proceeded with her to her pleasant mansion in Old Schoharie. Nothing transpired for several days to disturb cuhor mistress or servant. The latter took hold with most wonderful in dustry rising at 4 o'clock every morn ing and working so long as thero was any work to bc done. The first remark on her eccentricities, was made by a little girl, who entered t!io parlor, with open fhou;h and eyes, ex claiming : think, that Oh ! gramma, what do you new L'irl noes down the cellar stairs at a single jump! but tins was not deemed sufficiently strange to ex cite any other remark than that she was a "smart girl." New developments were in reserve. A few evenings after, when all tho workman were nt supper fifteen or twenty in number the household was startled by the boisterous laughter of the nvn. On inquiring tho cause, it appear ed that "Elizabeth" had, on a b'tnicr, jumped square over the broad table, dibhea and nl!, at a bound, and ollercd to wager a new bonnet that sho would do the same thin if a chair were placed on lop of the table only stipulating for a single step backward. No one, however, accepted the waer, but all concurred that Mic was a littlo the smartest cutter id tho dig- eTn tho courso of lime, a fellow servant cirl (with whom the strange girl roomed informed her mistress that she could not remain any longer .n the farndy i, LI . ,rl nnt luavc. fchc reluscu to us sign any reason for tins intimation, "Llizabclh," when arraigned, said ., . . Mia ivnm nnerv With licr but the be- Zs " a nTfu-cd to contribute, dollar STorSst." As this was known to bo rue Elizabeth" was told to go to her Zk and the other girl to leave she per ;itcd in her demand. Szabeth" continued to grow ,n favor u hnnds. in snito of her apparent slu- ' ,:,.l.irlv so with one pw... ?,u:.::r:rm . to often took rnT'r Her distress c hided her Khis intimacy, warning her og ma all lly deceivers;" but sho cosed all re proof by tho very unexpected piece of in- rni'ed to he married I . . No one suspected anyth.ng amiss "Elizabeth," until ono morning, on he rr-turn of the ccntlcm.;ii of tho house, aRor cral weeks absence The fami y were ouictly seated nt breakfast wnh "Ebza tho table. The gentleman S tin 7 ol her pretty close y, wK Z retired, tho breakfast table was startled Ji b?, throwing down 1. knife and fork . " i..:.: ..thntLT r 'saman didn I ana ck;i-. r Now j0IJ't bo . Kor I card I "iMOW uuu uv Slfrema .heir cp."""' CLEARFIELD, BY I), W.MOouE their good luck in having picked nn En ""ood a oirl." In a week or two, the gentleman of tho houso had on occasion to leave homo for a time, nnd was about to got into his car ringc, when it occurred to him that thoro might not bo money enough in tho salb for household und business purposes until his icturn. IIo looked through tho account book, and found that there should bo somo 3?5 in gold in the safe, besides somo pa per money. On looking to sec whether he was right, he found tho paper money but the gold had disappeared. Here wus "a go." "Who was the robber ?" was the next question. lie decided in his own mind that there was but ono servant in tho house with wit enough to get hold of tho keys and rcmovo tho money unob served. And sho was tho favorite and trustod iiursc of the grand-ehildrcn, whose mistress was then absent. It was deter mined therefore that she should be arrest ed, her trunk searched. &c. A search warrant was accordingly obtained, with ,!;....,:., , .i m . i ,. . d. ecl.ons to the otllcer to be in readiness r null DCiU lur. As if to confirm thejustico of these sus picions, tho girl informed tho son-in-law, whose children sho had nursed, that she would leave in a few days although she had frequently expressed a desire to always live with the family, who had uni formly treated her with great kindness. "What do you mean, Mary, by this sud den determination ?" "Because there are thoso about the house who are stealing ever) thing they can get their handson ; nnd 1 cannot stay where they aro." "Why did you keep this information from us V "Because w hen I went to tell Mrs. , she said sho would not lislen to nnv complaints from servants about each other, and com-i polled mo to bc silent." "To whom dot you refer!" "To 'Elizabeth' who has! been stealing something every day." She then proceeded to name several articles which sho knew "Elizabeth had stolen, and to justify herself for the course she ' had resolved upon. This revelation changed tho aspect of affairs, and the fact that the same day "Elizabeth" announced her determination ! to leave next morinm;, did not render them any the less interesting, but prom ised a moro speedy denouement than was anticipated. It w as against her trunk that ihc search warrant was now directed, just as it w as ready to bo placed on the M.i"c. .-! .1 I I ... .1... I .i uncovering ! Keels ol hncn, chemise, fmo 1 1 a -uniin, ,ai.v, un.. ....... 0,1,1 ., u.s ; enough for "daddy Lambert," nnd sundry other commodities, indicating the wardrobe! of an heiress, rather than that of a cook, j V 1 7 :T ried of to jul-tho officer behevu.g hut In cm a nl hpp nrr,lpl.nlione .lin line hnr when in bars sho would relent and confess But net she I On entering the cell, she looked round rather complacently nnl ordered up her baggage. This was refu sed lr r, but slu persisted so rrsaluielv that her request was complied with, oi) the cno iK-muweu, uui ukj r.iw, .u una smgc ; K0 Kitallv, that a fewer in the vicinity oh of proceedings, knows no demurers, nnd j t!,iued the designation of "Tho plague tho trunk was uncovered. And such au j pit." tho disease in that quarter br!in ground that she should only lake out what charged with being (ho causo of the dis- j sho required for her use while in prison, case. Tho report of tho engineer, who! On doing so a razor strop nnd razor fell had inspected 207 houses, represents I out of the bundle, and on Icing told thatthemns in the most disgusting state of i she could not retain articles so useless to her, the begged piteously fir them us "the onhi things h ft to her by her dan; dead father." Of course no humane officer of the law could ciisregird sucn a pica, and in mo city, or any unusual suspension she was allowed to retain them. j of business, or desertion of the city by Ilcr trial came on, when her counsel nny portion of tho population, more th in advised her to plead guilty. This at first ; nny odmary season. she refused to do : but finally consented j A Sinny jt.DGn.A 6,,ort time sincc -not, however, until she had remained I a qlJctr cns0 f(jr a Ch.cuil Juj over night in custody of the under Sheriff, 1(J Wegtcrn jjisrict of Tennessee. lie at his house, lie persuaded her to this wna a gooJ Iawycr bllt carcJ nollli for course, and took so much interest m her , ncCj anJ ,CS3 for dre,g T)e ,at. case, that very unkind suspicions found i ,cr ,)0 knew nol,ing.about it Lcing uftcn. uttcrnnco, how unjustly the sequel W'l I ,rcy to Dctty, his wife. His Betty was show. In consideration of her ploa of absent frorn homo Onco when ho started guilty, tho Judge was very merciful and arounJ on ())0 cirruiti lcavin lhc :lK, t0 sentenced her three months to tho Albany pnck his cIo,hc9 for ,hc ,ri lle diJ S()( I'enitcntiary. Hero she arrived a few but ins(aJ ()f find;n )lis hliirtgj10 .ciod days ago, nnd the worthy matron received I a pdc of his wifs what's-you call-'cms, her kindly, introduced her to tho female 1 US(J(1 ror a ;ko r.urposei A cnrnnj broth department ; and from thence to the- bain- j cr who TOimcii wilh him wa, much a,niJ. imi room, from whence a series ot loud ' 1 fpw mnril;n. nOr.ru-.mU m il.r. ,.. screams for "Mr. Pillsbury were soon hear; and on his appearing, the matron bid her blushes, nnd requested him to "take that MAN away!" Mr. Pillsbury like a gentleman, as ho is, complied witn this very reasonablo request had tho lus ty rascal cropped and atlircd in proper garments, set him to work among those of bis own sex, where he now is, with as proper a crp of beard as nny man could desire. aruT'such a crop as ho could any day havo had while a housemaid, nnd as ho would havn had but for the semi-daily application of tho razor left him by his "trar, dead Jalher" The rascal refuses to own to tho steal in" of ihc $1375, being determined, doubt- less, to get hold of it as soon as no is ro leased from Ins present quuueia This .;.,,,. l...s wonderfully nirrcd up iho blood of iho Schohario Dutch, nnd ' ,t;M;nin,l ihnsn who had a promise of nn opportunity to "dancont tho wedding" of Patrick and Elizabeth ! AND CLARK WILST.V." (1 W ifpai.l within s vOTED TO ix months, CLEARFIELD, TIIURSD.a. ; n , Kc-Ajinctir;in'e of tlicl'liignciii London. A story bus been circulated in this country of tho frightful ro-appcarnnco of mu ionuon plague, which ravaged that cily a hundred and fifty years ago, the contagion having been derived frernboncs disinterred in carrying a new sewer through Argylo street, by digging to nn unusual death. It is asserted that physi cians have pronounced that tho diseaso is not the cholera, but that it is undoubtedly tho plague, nnd that it is proposed by contagion, and is even moro speedy in its fatal effects than tho cholera. Tho wri- .- in an uniciu wunoui ciatc, wriich is copiod from' tho Home Jour not savs that "Tho disease, in a week from tho time nt which it broke out, had completely rava ged tho streets in Soho and its immediate vicinity. At the present moment Poland street, Argylo 6treet, and others, are clos. ed against all passers. Half the shops in Regent street are shut up. The remain- der aro rnnidlv closing. At two o'clock iii iiiu uny, puuieeiy u persons may bc mel wlb inthat r-reat thoroughfare. In ,t. i.. .i 1 o tnoso street wtiicit tho disease is most speedily depopulating, the dead bodies are placed in the open air, immediately that lifo has departed from thorn, so great is the fear of contagion. I have seen in two instances, half a dozen bodies bein" car ried off in black sacks, like bales of goods, lor burial, lou will easily judge how great a fright ibis has created. Every one who is ablo to do so, has fled. Lon don, generally at this timo just emptying, is now nan depopulated. The London papers do not contain any. thing to countenance this story, beyond the fact which has been repeatedly stated, that Hie cholera has prevailed m London to a greater extent : th in in any year since lot'J. Ihedeatns from cholera in that year to tho 3d of September had carried off 12,201 persons, This year there has been in ten weeks to the same date, 8D.j3. The latest santitary report puWished in the London Time of Sept. 27, says "the cholera is slowly retreating from London, but it destroyed last week 12S1 lives, nnd 19 persons died from the allied dis ease dinrrlirto." The doalhs from ched. era in the m.t preceding week were 1519, und in that next precedi.ig 20j0. The number of deaths from nil cuuses during I the last week in London, in a population or2,3G2,23fl wss 2501. There was a district in London in which tho cholera nrevailod for n short rr rind - . 1 . . 1 i attributed, in articles which appeared in 1 auiuw ui ita una iu uiu upeii nr'S lino no streets 111 mat vicinity lor tho ven. tilation of some newly cons'trucled sewer, At a meeting of the 'Metropolitan Sewer Commission, on tho 2('.li of Sentcmber.a i onrr rnnnrl unu nin. .- mmn n thnmrwo, - " .-"p" ; mvcsHgahon of the cases of tho particular virulence ol tl echo era m that locality. 1 s.;ems to have been fully accounted for by he excessively crowded nnd filthy state of ihc houses, and the want of drain- ago communicating with' tho sewers rc- . cenlly constuctcd, and which had w hich had been ! fllh from tho attic to tho cellar, and en- lirely without drainage, and no intimation j is given that the diseaso is tliflerent from that w hich prevailed elsew here. No panic ! enranco of t10 Judg0( nothing being in j gi , bul his hrnd) ormS) onJ i, . ,ook 0f bewilderment nnd his soto voice rcMcctions, which were, "I. wonder what on earth made Betty cut 01T my sleeves 1 I don't see." It is probable that ho heard the reason tho next time he saw Betty, but not before, ns iho bar kept dark on tho matter (to him) that round. Loss of I In io Horace Greelkt and all on Board. The brig Horace Gree ley. Capt. Smith, which sailed from Georgetown, S. C, on tho 5th September, for Philadelphia, wns upset during the gale of tho Oth of Sept., nnd nil hands were lost. Tho wreck drifted on Pauley's Island, 20 miles northward of George town, ou tho r.'th inst., bottom upwards, ; with a portion of her cargo, which con- ! sisted of limber and naval stores, in her 1 hold. Cant. Smith and his male were , native of Boston tho former leaves a wife and family. POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, AND rORi:K.N ........ i J)a(, vt.-n 1U0 month?, nnd xj y . &9 M - uij l''rmi the (iinerve, Narrative of t lie French Sailor who Mi1'1 ed from the Wreck of tlic Arctic. My namo is Jassonet Prnncoise: I nm from Caucale, a village situate 3 leagues distanco from St. Mnlo: 1 nencrallv em ploy myself every jear in fishing at St. 1 icrro. 1 embarked on board tho Vestu to return homo; when tibout noon on the 27th, I chanced to be on deck, 1 heard the men in charge of tho watch, nnd who were in tho foro part of tho vessel, sing out "Luff, luff, there is a ship bearing down upon us." I think, to the best of my opin ion, that not moro limn half a minute elapsed bebro wo rcceivud tho shock. Our ship struct the Arctic in the starboard bow, near the wheel; our forecastle was swept nwny by tho blow. When wc saw this accidcut, a general confusion ensued and a man ascending from the hold cried out that tho vessel was filling with water, which created a general panic among the passengers and crew. To lower a boat, nnd precipitate ourselves into it to tho number of seven or eight, was tho work of n minute, and wo proceeded towards the American vesselj-which continued its route towards land. Our intention was to savo ourselves on board tho American ves sel, for our ide.vwas, that our own would go down immediately. Wo rowed for some time before wo could roach tho bow of tho vessel, but a wavo sent us to a dis-! tnnce again. Wo then approached the wheel, and, owing to some nccidont which 1 cannot explain, the boat was caught in it nnd upset. I alono was ublo to reach a rope, and got on the deck of the Ameri can vessel, w here a general confusion and panic reigned. J I soou learned that tho vessel was in danger, and I cast mv eyes around mo to find some means of safety. There were; ln "Potion ut i. nst lour monuis in cacu near mo about thirty bottles ; I got a rope; 'car. ,Ik7 afc indictable for misdemtnnor and attached them to my person, but one i in-office. of them being broken 1 soon saw that it! - Public meetings have no power to would not bo possible to throw myself into' discharge school teachers, nor to employ the sea wiih them ; that is why, finding a . 'hem. Directors must perform the duiies box near me, I fastened myself on it with' required of them by law, but in perform, strong cords nnd cast myself into the sea.1 ing them should, ns far ns practicable, By good luck there happened to bc close ! consult the wishes of the people of their to thu vessel a floating piccoof iho wreck, 1 district. The latter, however, cannot con which I seized hold of, unJ abandoned (lro1 lho nctlc"'s f tho former against their mvself to tho mercy of the waves. In consent. company with me on this raft was a young ' School directors have tho power at American of from twenty to tv.enty-two ,in.v tlmo t0 dismiss a teacher, "fur incom veavs of age; this youn;' 'man died on the Pncy, cruelty, negligcncy or immorali on the morning or ill" 2S:h, from tho cf-' a,1(J sJlould l' Prompt in the exercise fects of cold nnd hunger. The. cold had'01" 'hi Pou'cr whenever either of these laken sueh n l.ohl il,i,n thit it I wvnn ! char-'cs are established ngaiust a K acher. impossible for him lo nit', r a singlo word. i .. , I tool; him m my arms nnd supported his on my shoulder. W hen he breath- 1 lis last si"h he "avu me such a violent fchocl: that he wns near upsetting me in;o tho tea. I nltaehed him to the raft with cords, nnd I kept him for nbout twenty ,!. :.,,: ,.r ...i.:i, . 1 .... . linding that ho was really dead, nnd np. ... visi. of . ,ia. j lhrcw 6ulf ,he sca fter being j a, )e mp . nf wavM for Q cn , ,vg an . ... , Rnv flf'.tWo hours, cn tha COth, towards ten in the morning, I perceived to the west a sail, w hich seemed lobo approaching me ; then with the small plank which served mo as an oar, I was enabled to make some sig nals, which did not seem to bc noticed by the vessel, I continued to swim for anoth er hour, nnd I ihrn became convinced that tho vessel was steering directly towards nif. This gave mo a little courage, for my stren'rlh had bcan to abandon me. I made a fresh smnal, nnd I saw that they perceived me, for the vessel came straight; triu-nrd. nm I n liowtr 1 nn Iinnnl. nnd ; Ijavo them to understand, ns well ns I could, by signs nnJ a few words of Eng. I lish. thrit them u-rre tn thn Innwnrd R front! il,r.l r.mtain nc.-ordinMv rlmned hit course and steered in that 'direction. We nicked un eleven persons, who bad not on float - ing pieces of wreck, ns also Captain Luce. We then made sail, nnd proceedrd to (i'ic bee. It wns in this way that I escaped tho waves, which threatened to engulf mo every instant. 1 was in the sea fifty two hours, without food or drink of nny sort, wilh the exception of ono small sai lor's biscuit, which my companion in mis fortune gave me before ho expired. Wholesale Mvhdi:u asp Si icidk. By tho Into foreign arrivals, wo have the following sanguinary item from Italy: A military man was in love with a young lady whom ho could not obtain in mar- nage. incensed at her re usai, lie reso.ve.t Incensed nt her refusal, he resolved on vengeance. Arnnnjj Inmsclt with lour revolvers, he repaired to tho mansion of tho fair one. The Hrst person that nppen cd was her mother ho shot cr, the cxt was her father he shot him; lhcrcamc tho young ludy herself he sbot Kr; then enmo tho uncle and nunt he-not them; and then lis shot himself. The ConnLtns "Lat" WToRns. " I feel that I wax weaker each succeeding day, and that I p-n Ast approaching my end; a few mo.e t-'itclia and awl will be over; in heaicn there is rest for my weary sole: earth ha no sorrow that heaven can not heel" having said awl he wished, he j calmly l-cnthcd Ins last. it tint paid until tlic expiration o; 7 - t TUG I'UMON SCHOOLS. Dei H'iiih of tho Si.ii riiittiik'iit. bo iiicwly elected directors arc held to certificatcsifl snnn as they rcceivo their, charge of n teacher, in tho blank agree at a meeting ol nlir-n, or claim their seats ' nicnt between directors and teachers, print denco o( their electiflil.w ith proper cvi-1 cd in thn pamphlet copy of tho school law, supplanted have no nuthon'y'o. directors , is intended merely to cnttblo the directors their successors are elected. ' after , ' tormina to tho agreement at tho end ofa 2. Thoro nevr-r- is amw board of direct nionth, cr quarter, and does not, in any ton w here t!u luw takes its regular rourse, ' Ji-1-cr qualify their power nnd duty to except when new districts aro formed. j competent?, teacher ot any time, for "in Debts legally contracted by a board of di- ality." -lty, neghgenca or immor rectors in any year, nnd left unpaid, must '2. If a board ot u. Lo liquidated by tho board in succeeding ' gnni.e, because no one of lffl fail to or years. " j a majority of votes for president," il obtain 3. Directors may, in their discretion, re-' neglect of duty ns will justify the CourTb. quire tho schools of their district to bo! Quarter Sessions, upon tho complaint of kept open every day of each calender six taxable citizens of the district, nnd, month, except Sundays. Tho most gen-1 "P011 uc rrr'f thereof, to declaro their cral rule is to keep them open twenty-six j seats vacant, and appoint others in their days per monlh, but some districts limit stead. tho school month to twenty-four days. "3. When two directors arc to bo elect But the directors should re juirc theschools .cd, nnd three persons havo nn equal num- to be closed every Saturday at noon, lo be opened again on Monday morning, or in lieu thereof, to bo closed every alternating Saturday, and thus the timo given to the pupils for recreation should not bo deduc ed from tho teachers. 4. School directors havo the abstract right to compel pupils to go to cither of the schools within the dinct ol their res- inec, if they fco at nil ; but this right or power should not be arbitrarily exercised. Where n pupil can be more conveniently accommodated in an adjoining district the directors should make such arrangement as is provided for in I ho ninth paragraph of the twenty. third section (page 8) of the school law. 5. If tho school directors do not keep o11 ,Ii0 necessary schools of their disttict 8. Tho directors aro not personally lia ble for tho salary of the teacher legally contracted. ft. A pupil cannot bo suspended or ex pelled from school unless "found guilty, on full examination and hearing, of re fractory nnd incorrigibly bad conduct" in school. 10. Four directors constitute a quorum, and acts ofa majority of these arc as le gal nnd binding us though all wero pres ent and voted on the same side, except that tho ani.ual school tax must be levied by the votes of not less than a majority of tho members of tho board. 11. If n teacher receives pupils know ing that they have been ordered to nuoth cr school by tho directois, ho is guilty of nn net ol iiisuuoniination he "neglects his duty in refusing to carry out the re quircmcnts of the board for which the directors can discharge him. 12. A vei b: l discharge of a teacher by a director, authorized by the board, is suf- ncieni. hut it is recommended in nil cases nolV 10 wact.cr el uiscnarjo in wr,. t"1!- 13- School directors are not required to ho fiWorn on entering on tho outies ol the office. 14. If iho school directors nelect to OniM within (wci li -n. 03 opacified by law, they may do so. !o'y 'uluro nnd suc organizaiy" u-111 l.f! slricltv ii-.T'i! if nn Kteni wcr- la " J --o"-' -"I " ken in the meantime to remove theirpc tors elect from office by duecour of law. 15. School directors arc iiocu"l'tlcd to compensation fnr any servir3 they may render ns such. 1G.-"A vote of iho cie'"" n rlrl',, cr authorize nor prove1 ,no directors from levying n specified amount or tax lhc school law reu!;-cs 'hem in that regard. 17. W hero -0! t3 ar0 imposed oy tne cotirt upon nJoa,d f school directors in c;v;; n.-ti-n nainst them in their official capacity 8;,c'' costs may bo paid out of tho S",ol)1 lllllu ol ins uisinci, uuu r-:'inn . .. ..-li.- i i.-. r.i..... f nr-r-.naliv i Met'! 111 "5CS 01 ' u' i .i.- j- ... l r. o - , ., ,. . , ",0 i"-or. ;i.- misdemeanor, and tho costs are imposed upon them, they must pay the wa.c out of their own, and not out of tho school funds. IS. Any necessary expenses of n civ 1 action, nol imposed by the court upon - I . . olber parties, such as nttorncy lees, mayiulu pui be paid by tho directors out of llie school mnd. 10. School directors have no nuihority to appropriate nny poriiou of the school funds to Sunday schools, nor to causa the common school to bo taught on Sunday. , 20. If tho directors illegally appropriate tho school funds to unauthorized objccls, AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE tne year wwiu ucctiariicu. NUMBER 41. ll.cy can bo compelled by law to refund the money. 21. Tho clause in reference to tho dis- I ut'r ol votes, thero is no election, and such vacancies iherefore exist as authorize tho board to fill them by appointment until tho next election. 21. If any citizens establish a school without nuihority of the directors, and if such school is net dirctly approved of by n majority nfthu Loaid of directors acting in their ofiicial capacity, the former cannot compel the district lo pay the expenses of such school. 25. While the law docs not in terms authorize it, the Superintendent does. not see that there con bc a reasonable objec tion to directors making such arrangement as is provided for in section twonly-third of the school law, with adjoinning States; but in such caso it is necessary that tho consent of nil persons directly interested bo given. , 20. School directors have power to es tablish schools of different grades in their respective districts, and to require the pu pils who havo obtained different degrees of advancement to attend such school ns is best suited to tho course ofsludy ofench. Every branch of English education may bo taught in Common Schools. 27. The law does not authorize a teach er employed by iho directors to collect additional compensation from parents, guardians, &e., of pupils, nor can tho di rectors authorize him lo do so, nor do it themselves. Where it is desired by persons send ing pupils to a school to pay a teacher a higher salary than the dirctrrs aro wil ling to pay him, they may either make a direct contribution to the teacher, or pay the same in to the school treasury of tho district, r.nd the directors can npproprialo it to tho purpose designed. Bul no person can bo compelled lo make such payment nnd the school must it; tvciy rfpr-ct fco governed ns other common schools nro and conform in nil things to tho rjquiti mcnts of tho school law. 29. If tho president ofa board of sdiool directors cngagesa teacher w ithout pathor ity, the contract is not binding on fie dis trict ; but if the directors in nn' manner recognize tho contract, by pying the teacher, or permitting hint tog or. with the school, knowing that he lis been thus employed, &c., the dislrict bouud to pay him the salary agreed u,'Cn, until ho is legally discharged. CO. School directors arc not authorize J by luw to admit pupil, from tin ndjoining district into tho 6ch'3 f 'heir own, ex cept in ihe niantv' provided in division ninth, section twenty-third, of the school law. If, wii'out authority of law, they permit pup' f'om ol'K'r diiiricts to attentl their selv's ''R,y cannot recover com pensate11 ft'-"" 'hose di.striets, or from pcrs"'s whoso duly it is lo educate the c,:drcn. In the ubsence ofsuch arranger-cut as the law provides, no implied con tract exists upon which nn action can bc maintained and compensation recovered. Ml. Under no circumstances ran nd'ool directors he justified in paying "the collect or moro than five percent for collecting school lax, or I.e in receiving it ; nnd this rannot be done even wheic the directors had agreed lo i'j r i, fcr they have no nu ihority to tnnko such ngri .. incn', so far ns the public funds nrc concerned. yA parties would lo acting contrary to express provisions of law, and both would there fore subject themselves to prosecution and penality.- C5"A story is related of un honest far mer, who, attempting to li.ivc huuin a bull, got suddenly hoisted over the fence. Bccovering himself, he saw tho animal on I n,i,. ,a ne,un ra;u sn-in ih. nir the other 6ido of the rails, sawing tho nir j w " " ''cod and necK, ni paw ing the giound. Tho good old m m looked stead- ity ni nun iur a iiiuii" nu ouuniu his f.st at him, cxcliumed, "Uarn your Apologies; vou ncid'nt stand there, you ...... t: I . ' 11 1 n nr.. (nrnnm 1 Untl ".u" i r- OrNature is shockingly imi. odost. Til! children an taught " what is what," they w6uld ns soon run rroerd wilh nothing on but their arms nnd legs, r.s they would in breeches nnd petticoats. Blushing is an artificial commodity, onJ came into tho market with knowledge and moutua-ma. kcrs.
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