whole No. 2403. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. O\E DOLLAR PER ASAEH, IN ADVANCE. * For six months, 75 cents. NEW subscriptions must be paid in ISIv .nice. If the paper is continued, and nc t within the first month, §1,25 will be charg- if not paid in three months, §1,50; if not li,l in six months, §1,75; and if not paid in months, §2,00. papers addressed to persons out of the will be discontinued at the expiration of He time paid for, unless special request is made contrary or payment guaranteed by some fjKponsiblc person here. ADVERTISING. Bren lines of minion, or their equivalent, con- a square. Three insertions §l, and 25 jHnis for each subsequent insertion. JOSEPH A. NEEDLES, MANUFACTURER OF ■ire, Silk & Hair-Cloth Sieves, ■■arse, medium and tine in mesh; large, middle size, and small in diameter. BIETALLIC CLOTDS OR WOVE* w IRE, |^Bthe best qualities, various sizes of mesh, Nos. 1 to 80 inclusive, and frcin one to sii feet in width. are numbered so many spaces to a lin eal inch, and cut to suit. subscriber also keeps constantly on hand KCoal, Sand, Ore, Lime, Grain. Gravel, Gu , Sumac, Sugar, Salt, Bone, Coffee, Spice, gs, Dyestuffs, &c. Together with an as- ! of ■BRIGHT A\d AWEALED IKO\ WIRE. ■til of the above sold wholesale or retail, bv J. A. NEEDLES, ' ] KV. L. B. MUSGRAVE & CO., Wholesale Druggists, AND DEALERS IX : D H IJG-S, SPICES, lOSHEMICIAIS, ii i a S'/JJ J f 5 , *1 <yi CHA "rTv rr- * ~ P AIN TS, Oils, Glass, &c , lark ft St. above 1 Hit, S. side, Ptiila. L-Druggi- ts and country merchants are ■ftcd to give them a call and examine j stock and prices, before making their GAS FIXTURES. subscriber has just received a splen- I ■ul assortment of Gas Fixtures, among ! It \DA ATS, BR.ff KETS, DROP LIGHTS, ;|HIt\HiLF. TIBES, t.I.OLES & SHADES ofßil descriptions, and a general assortment of ! all v hich he will .. at PI iladei- | prices (cut, fitted and put up free of c &Bg e -) Call and examine for yourself. P'pe put into houses, shops, stoics, &c. j at ■<• shortest notice. r fg2l G. W. STEWART. 1 GAS! GAS! . SELIIKIMER would respectfully in rui the citizens of Lcwistown that he rring to put up s Fixtures of all kinds, 1 I 'dies, Stores, Dwellings, Public Build 1 lops. See., in the best manner, llav- j cured an experienced workman frum recommended to uie to be one of the ■ .rkmen in the .State, I can safely war ■ 1 wcrk and feel confident of pleasing Lcwistown, May 22, 1856. 1T277- yiRKL subscribers, trading as McWilliams & rrett, have leased the Lewistown Mill : now prepared to buy all kinds of grain, ! ich they will pay the highest market ! icash. j ) will be taken in store on the same j s heretofore by John Sterrelt & Co. ers wtio wish to have grists ground, cr ; hopped, will he accommodated on the ; will always have on hand for c ale a full lour. Grain and Feed, rill be delivered to any part of town by orders at the office in the Mill, f them will at all times be found at the give their personal attention to the ' band they hope to merit a continuance ; atronage bestowed on the old firm. i GEO. W. McWILLIAMS, i F. R. STERRETT. ■town, January, 17, 1856. HBO. 7f. ELDER, Attorney at Law, F. in West Marketstreet,oppositeEisen i '• Hotel, will attend toany business in the ] f Mifflin, Centre, or Huntingdon couu- j Lewistown, Julv 1, 1853. Ho lE:<.l;<\ I>I:\ II.ST. LtsSIONAL business promptly attend p' an< ' charge# reasonable. Lb on North Main street, second door "e town Hall, and nearly opposite the _ jc 21, 1855-tf. ! Jrs. Moss & Stoneroad R their professional services to the cit " ot Lewistown and surrounding coun- ! thee at the Beehive Drug Store. jes to Hoffman's for Tubs to Hoffman's for Churns , ""ffman's for Buck-ta Hoffman', for Brooms " ,loff mar,'gfor BmXu decll j jKßHsrasiE ass® jpws&nssiffi® irsr ®a®is®ja r 3 ifa. eoimmiuicatcous. For the Lewistown Uazette. PROSE POEMS. A SERIES OF DAY UKEAMS. BY I. J. STIXE. No. 111. It was a beauiiful thing—the castle I was building. The plain was wide and smooth, and a little knoll was the site of the castlc. A rippling streamlet meander ed by. Its banks were green, and beau tified with flowers, sweet wild flowers.— The tall trees which threw their shadows around the castle, were fresh with the buds and blossoms of spring; and in their waving branches the sweet warblers of the grove sang merrily. The lambs sported o'er the green lawn, charmed with the loveliness of their first spring-time, while their more experienced dams looked on well-pleased with their innocent sports. — .Mv little deer —my pet —with its romping and roving, its skipping and playing, was the pet of the household also, and begui led th# weary evening when the sun was going down. But why was I building a ceistle? A collage in the country is generally con nected with scenes like these. I saw other c.isiles rearing their massive pillars all around, and mine must be a castle, too. It arose "a thing of beauty," and I antici pated itj in its completion, as "a joy for- i ever," never once dreaming that the poet had idly dreamed— "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." I'lie future looked all bright before me, as the present looked all bright around me. In the morning, when the sun arose and the flowers opened, and the green earth smiled, and the birds sang their hymns of morning praise; at noontime when the sun stood in the heaven, and the lambs sought the shade, and the birds were quiet among the branches; and in the evening, when the sun was setting, and the lambs were sporting, and the birds were chattering their low love notes, and the pretty flowers were blushing beneath the kisses of the sighing zephyrs—l was happy. But my castle. It arose, beautiful in 'he morning light, beautiful beneath the rays of the noonday sun, beautiful in the mild gloaming of evening, and beautiful beneath the smiles of tiie moon. The vines began already to clamber up the walls on the East side, and a rose bush that stood by the South-east corner was beautiful with roses. My castle looked toward the south. The rich carved work of the massive pillars and the cornice was of a superior style. And within—l was furnishing it with the costliest materials. The richest carpets covered its floors, the richest papers its walls; and the largest and costliest mirrors, and the paintings of the masters ornamented hs parlors. The morning was bright and lovely, and I stood and viewed the beautiful casil% — Suddenly a dark cloud appeared in the east, small—not larger than a man's hand at first. But it rapidly grew larger, and soon the whole heavens were covered with darkness, as if they were in mourn ing over nature's grave. The lambs ceas ed their sports, the flowers hung their heads, and the birds sought hiding places amunt; the bushes. A storm passed over my head, a strong wind rushed by which laid me upon the ground. 1 arose, and looked again; but now there was nothing before rne but the wide plain. I had built a cuslle in the air. And now the storm was over and the i clouds had disappeared, and the sun shone, but not tor me; and the flowers bloomed and the green earth smiled, but not for me; and the birds sang more sweetly than ever, but not fur me; and even the increased sweetness ot their songs made my heart still more sad and thoughtful. Then 1 betook me back to my home in the moun* i tains, to my "cottage in the wilderness," to my strong fortresses among the rocks. Not long was I there, however, until all was bright and Jjoyous again, and 1 j was happy. My days were peaceful and full of pleasure, and when 1 lay down to sleep at night i thought I could hear the angels whisper. And as I lay one night in meditation, when all around was stiil.a ; sweet voice came to ine and said, "arise; I have a work for thee to do. Go, speak to tlte castle builders around thee of the ! changeableness of all things earthly and their fleeting character, and of the only j hope of man that changes not." jmi aiia3o2L_ WOMAN'S LIFE. 1 saw tier first in halls of mirth. Tin; fairest of the fair; And tike the bird among the flowers She seemed to tread on air; tier eyes were like the young gazelle's, So beautiful and bright, And I have loved no other eye Since that remembered night. When once again I saw her form, iter bosom heaved a sigh. And the blight that oft on beauty fulls Had dlium'd her bright pure eye; For he whom she had loved so well Had pl.iy'd a faithless part. And when I looked upon her then I read her broken heart. I stood and gazed upon tier grave, And saw her borue along, Her love, her sorrow all forgot. And he who did her wrong Soon wiped the tear—lf tear there fell— And took another bride; But I still weep for her I loved. Though none should weep beside. TWENTY YEARS AGO. I've wandered through the village, Tom, Aud sat beneath the tree. Upon the old school-house play ground," That sheltered you and me. There's none there left to greet me, Tom, And few are left to know, That played wit!; us upon the ground Some twenty years ago. The old sciewi-house lias altered some, The benches are replaced, With new ones very like the same Our pen-knives have defaced; The same old brick are In the nail. The belt swings to and fro. The music's Just the same, dear Tom, Twas twenty years ago. The grass is growing ju.st as green, Bare-footed boys at play. Are sporting as they were, dear Tom, With spirits Just as gay. But the master sleeps upon the hill. Now coated o'er with snow. That 'forded us a sliding place Some twenty years ago. The river's running Just asstill. The willows by its side Are larger titan they were, dear Tom, The stream appears less wide; But the grape-vine swing's in ruin now. Where once we played the beaux. And swung our sweet hearts, pretty girl-. Home twenty years ago. Close by the spring, upon an elm. Von know I cut your name, V our sweet hearts Just beneath it. Tom, As you CU mine the same. Home heartless wretch has peeled fhe bark, 'Twas dying sure but stow. Just as the ones whose names we cut Died twenty years ago. The spring that bubbled'neath tin- hill, Close by the spreading beech, "Tis iiott -o high, 'twas once so low That I could almost reach. While kneeling down to gel a drink. Dear Tom, 1 started so, To .-e how much that i had changed. Since twenty years ago. My lids they'd long been dry, Tom, But tears came to my eyes, I thought of them we loved so well. In early l.rokei# tics; I visited the old church yard. And took some flowers to strew Upon the graves of those We lovol S<;me twenty years ago. Home are in the church-yard laid, Home sleep beneath the sea. But few are left ot our old class Excepting you and me. And when our time shall come, dear Tom, And we are called to go, I hope they'll lay us where we played, Just twenty years ago. ilapii a a ail g. THE USEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL. The tomb of Moses is unknown, but the traveler slakes his thirst at the well ol Ja cob. The gorgeous palace of the wisest of monarchs, with the cedar aud gold and ivory, even the Temple of Jerusalem, are gone, but Solomon's reservoirs are perfect. Of the ancient architecture of the holy city not one stone is left upon another, but the pool of Bethsaida commands the pilgrim's reverence to the present day. The col umns of I'ersepolis arc mouldering into dust; but the cisterns and aqueducts remain to challenge our admiration. The golden house of Nero is a mass of ruins; but Aqua Clauda still pours into Rome its limpid stream. The Temple of the Sun at Tad mor iu the Wilderness, has fallen; but its fountains sparkle as freely in his rays as when thousands of his worshipers thronged its lofty collonades. It may be that London will share the fate of Babylon, and nothing left to mark its site save the mounds of crumbling brick work, but still the Thames will continue to flow as it now does. And if any work should rise over the deep ocean of time, we may well believe that it will be neither palace, temple, nor monument, hut some vast reservoir. And if the light of any one should flash through the midst of an tiquity, it will probably be that of the man who, in his day, sought the happiness of his fellow men rather than the glory which outlives all others, and shines with undy ing lustre from generation to generation, imparting to its work something of its own immortality, and in some degree rescuing therefrom the ordinary monuments of his torical tradition of more magnificence. THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1857. ANAGRAMS. An anagram is the dissolution of any word or sentence in letters as its elements, and then making some other word or sen tence from it, applicable to persons or things named" in such original word or sen tence. Thete are words of this descrip tion, both of ancient and modern applica tion which exhibit coincidences that are truly surprising, and afford a very peculiar fund of amusement. The following is a selection of some of the best transpositions: Radical reform—Rare mad frolic. Astronomers—Moon starers. Democratical—Comical trade. Encyclopedia—A nice cold pie. Gallantries—All great sins. Lawyers—Sly ware. Misanthrope—Spare him not. Monarch—March on. Old England—Golden land. Presbyterian—Best in prayers. Punishment—Nine thumps. Revolution—To love ruin. Telegraphs—Great helps. Penitentiary—Nay I repent. ELEVEN YEARS A SLAVE. The following paragraph is from the Westchester, Pa., Milage Record: "We mentioned in the last Record that James Henry, a colored man, horn in \Y estchester, had been kidnapped, sold as a slave, and remained in bondage, in Vir ginia, until he made his escape, a period of eleven years. Since our publication Henry hjs called at our office, and detail ed a considerable portion of his experience, lie is a light complected negro, and his father being a preacher, he was taught to read and write. lie has a good address, and is fluent of tongue. In 1833, at ten years of age, he entered the U. S. Navy, where he remained eight or ten years, and was discharged as a tirst class sea man, with a medal for good conduct. Af ter being on shore for some time, he enga ged as a seaman on board a vessel hound for lite \\ est Indies. The captain of this vessel, having sailed, anchored on the coast of Virginia, took him ashore in a boat, and telling him he would shortly be back, pushed off" to the ship, and left him on shore. The captain did not return, anil Henry soon found that he was claim ed and treated as a slave; he was knocked down and ironed, and in company with various other negroes was marched off to the South and sold. They traveled during night, from station to station, being in day time confined in strong slave pens. He everywhere protested his freedom, but re ceived no attention; no man was willing to befriend him, and he was doomed to bon dage for years arid years, until he ctnild find the means of escape. llow shall lit is man Ilenry obtain redress upon those who have enslaved him—beat and maul ed him—and insulted the majesty of Pennsylvania, which was bound to pro tect him, or avenge his wrongs? How? Can any one answer? INSANITV FROM VIM RTTUALISM. In the Allegheny Court of Quarter Ses sions last week, J. 11. Hampton, Esq., made an application for a jury de luiuitico ioquirendo iu the case of Frank McCrack en, a young man who had recently been employed at the freight depot of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, hut who had become insane from reading newspapers devoted to spiritualism and giving his at tention to the subject of spiritual rappings. McCrackeu's mind had become so much impaired that it was unsafe for him to be at large, and he was, some week or two since, committed to prteon on a charge of surety of the peace made by Mr. W. C. i Connolly, of the St. Clair Hotel. The Court ordered the application to be filed, and after the transaction of some other business, McCrackcn was brought into ; Court, and his insanity, as above stated, i fully made out by the testimony of several j witnesses. He was head receiving clerk at the Point Depot, and was considered one of the best clerks iu the city. lie had previously been in the Western Pa. Hos pital, and was discharged, supposed to be I cured. He labored under the impression that the persons about him carried mag nets, by which both his mind and body were influenced. He appeared sane enough except on this subject of spiritual ism and magnetism. He is an Irishman by birth, and has no friends in this part of the country. The jury, without going out, found that the prisoner was insane, and had been for several months, that his last place of residence was the Fourth Ward, Pittsburgh, that he was unsafe to be at large, and had no property to the knowledge of the jury. The Court or dered that the unfortunate young may should be taken to the Western Pa. Hos pital. ELECTION OF COUNTY SUPER INTENDENTS. This may be the last No. of our Jour nal that will meet the eyes of Directors before they assemble to elect County Su perintendents for the next three school years. The proper performance of that duty, so as to effect the original design of the liberal and far-seeing Legislature which established the office, will be of incalcula ble benefit to the Slate; and the contrary will be equally injurious. It is, therefore, our design, as one amongst the thousands of Pennsylvanians who are watching the workings ot this new feature in our edu cational system with intense interest, frank ly to slate the conclusions to which our observations have led. I iiree years ago, few Directors or others had any clear view of the necessity, na ture, mode of operation, or probable re sults of this office. The natural conse quences were, in the first instance, numer ous mistakes in selection and compensa tion. These have been, we think errone ously, attributed, in and out of the State, to a settled purpose to defeat the office, out of general hostility to the system it self. In a few cases, this feeling may have had its influence; but in most, the action complained of really grew out of mere want of knowledge of the nature of lite office itself, and an honest belief that such an addition to the expense and the working machinery of the system was wholly unnecessary. Whatever may have been the cause, it is certain that the dutv of selecting County Superintendents was so performed as to produce one of the three following results: Either, 1. An incompetent person was chosen, who failed, no matter what the salary. Or, 2. A competent was chosen, who failed, or was crippled in his operations, by total inadequacy of salary. Or, 3. A competent person was selected, with adequate salary, who fulfilled the just expectations of the friends of the law. From litis it would appear that fitness in the person and adequacy of compensa tion are the elements—the essential con ditions—of success. Of course, as in all other complex affairs, there are instances that appear to conflict with this conclusion; but on close inspection they will be found rather to confirm it. For example: one Superintendent may have been so well qualified for his station, and so devoted to the system, that he discharged its duties at a most shamefully inadequate salary. But who will argue from this, that it is the right of the public to impose such a bur then on private means or individual patri otism? Or it may have been that all the conditions appeared to be secured—both adequacy of salary and "skill and experi ence in the art of teaching"—yet failure ensued. But who will condemn the office, because, here and there, a good teacher may have made a poor Superintendent? Many an able lawyer makes a miserable Judge; few of the most successful practis ing physicians are qualified for the Pro fessor's chair; so a capital teacher of boys may not succeed as Teacher of Teachers and administrative officer of a complicated school system. It would be no difficult task to run over the whole State and show the correctness of the conclusions just staled. But it is neither proper or necessary. Taking for granted, that experience has fully justified the wisdom of the Legisla ture in requiring the selection of a fit per son and the payment of a sufficient salary, for this office, two questions arise: 1. Who is a fit person for the office? 2. What is a sufficient salary? In answer to the first question, it may, in the words of the school law, be replied that fitness consists in 1. "Literary and scientific acquire ments? These are both indispensable, and the degree of ihem should be consid erable. In every county, schools of every rank and grade—from the lowest primary to the high school, w th its full round of branches—are or must soon come into ex- New Series-Vol. 11, No. 23. istence; and to d ischarge the office proper ly, the Superintendent must be qualified "to examine" all the Teachers, "to visit" them, and to "give such instructions in the art of teaching and the method thereof in each school" as the condition and grade of m each shall require. How can this be done, except by one who is scholar enough to teach the Teacher of the highest branch taught in the highest school in his county? 2. ".Skill and Experience in the Art of Teaching, is another requisite— not only skill to know, but practice to do. It is no doubt true, that, in some instances, the office has been well filled by persons of no great actual experience in the art. This is owing to the known fact that some men have naturally in them so much of the elements of the Teacher, and such a love for the work and the cause, as to supply, to a great degree, all other defects. But the exception only proves the rule, for the instances of failure for want of this ele ment have been too numerous to leave the question doubtful. But mere learning and professional skill are not sufficient, unless, as the law and the necessity of the case everywhere intimate, they are accompani ed with power to make tlxm efficient.— Hence, 3. Ability to impart knowledge, and give information, publicly us well asj)ri vately, is indispensable. Since the pas sage of the act of 1854—in addition to the public meetings for the examination of Teachers, and the visitation of schools in the presence of directors and parents thereby prescribed—the holding of district and county Institutes, Associations and Meetings, for the improvement of Teach eis, and the delivery of public lectures and addresses for the furtherance of the system and the explauation of the law, have become so general, and are found to he so beneficial, that they may now be regarded as an integral part of the Super intendent's duties. % All these occasions impose the duty of addressing the public; and the officer who does not do it, fails in his duty. Some ability therefore fo speak in public should be embraced among the requisites of fitness for the office. 4. Energy oj character and love Jor the work, are the last essentials that need be specified. Without these, the highest degree of scholastic attainment, of profes sional skill, and of power of expression, will fail, for the great moving forces of the required character will be wanting. With these present in a large degree, "even a medium of qualification in other respects may succeed. Amongst the qualifications necpssary to this most important office, it is, of course, not deemed requisite to speak of temper ance, honesty or industry, nor of common sense, suavity of manners, or knowledge of human nature. These are requisites to the safe and efficient discharge of every public trust; the one in question being no exception to the general rule, but rather demanding them in a greater degree than most others. In a word,, and aside from special requisites, the nearer the character of a County Superintendent approaches to that of the Christian gentleman, the great er will be his acceptance and success. The answer to the question, What is an an adequate salary? will depend mainly on the locality; and the experience of the past thiee years will, in many cases, modify past action on this point. Many of the Conventions fixed the salary in 1854, un der a total or very material misapprehen sion of the nature of the office, the amount of service requited and the degree of good to be effected. Now, in many parts of the State, all these points are clearly com prehended, and the action of the directors will no doubt be different. No one who knows the people of Pennsylvania will, for a moment, suppose that injustice will be done in regulating the compensation of those who are found to be amongst the most useful, most laborious and most im portant s>f our public agents. The salary must, as just remarked, depend on the cir cumstances of each case; still, certain gen eral principles are indicated by-the nature of the office and the wants of the schools, which it may be useful to elicit. The first point to be determined is, whether the whole, or only a portion, of the officer's time will be required for the full discharge of the office. This will wholly depend on the number of schools in the county. If they are materially over lul) and should be increased, then the best
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