Whole No. 2604. M* Ji i®(B2a, -SJ L.W =££ 3H 0 \- r I'M-: n List Market street, Lcwistown, r (r. Fr:inc!cuß' Hardware Jr. L-y-k" wiil 'no at his ctfcee of Oiivii month to spend the uiy~3l * X. J. AT2£23^3OM, ui.nently located in Lewis ■ -ts his professional serti v - "f town and country. Office k-t St., opposite Eisenbise's Hotel. ■ •lie door east of K' uiptij- alien t- d to oil anpi Cat at res..; t n ce ,f the uniersig:. ,'i in Main ' !. 'A ihtoW 11. . "d'J (JECRGE MILLEIt. Nw Fall and Winter Goods. | r. ELLIS ,i' the late firm of McCoy * u •-...i5, j.as just returned from the city - vie-ice assortment of Dry (roods ana Groceries, with care anil purchased for cash, ffered to the public rJ a small ad -i. fho stock, of J>ry Goods eiu .seriptions of Fail and Winter Goods ■ i.adie.,. Gentlemen and Children, w patterns. His (Kroccvitg •' Sugars, Molasses, Java, Rio i Coffee, superior Teas, &o. Also, s -"ies, Queensware, and all other o-u.'.lly in stores —all which ni-rs of the late fi>m and the public - 1 -i are invited to examine. R. F. ELLIS. Produce received as usual aud the I rice allowed therefor, own. October 25, 1800. h by tiie barrel or hundred—i'aocy, r - lamiiy aud Superfine Flour for •JOIIX KLXXEDY & Co. k". LAMPS, Shades, Chimneys, . J ---ies, Burners, die., for sale by JOHN KENNEDY & CO. ; he? Per than the Cheapest! JT —Tumblers at 62*, 75, 87, I, . * p"'. ,in( ? - P er dozen. Goblets, ' ru '* Stands, and Covered Dishes, I JOHN KENNEDY & CVa. LST RECEIVED. 10 bhls. p; c jfic Craekerc, Roston Biscuit. , " Sugar Crackers; . Family " "s'a f. '' Biscuit. \ f ie , Lakery. Low to the trade, JOHN KENNEDY & Co tMta ' a ' aia o®wany®aiß9 aawass®wsj 9 scauoaiM JRS* Edited j UJ- A. SMITH, County Superintendent. For the Educational Colurn An Informal Beport of the Schools. tl.\ ing concluded the visitation of schools lor another season, I wish to pre sent to those interested in educational afi taus a Statement oi the present condition atui luture prospects < -f 31 ifiii 11 county so oil' as trie coimuou schools are concerned. I have, during the pa.-t year, examined i candidates f>>r teaching ; have granted !' ' provisional certificate', 11 professional eei tifieuo;-, and have withheld certificates from 5 applicants. This last act, though lur less agreeable, seems not less necessary and useful, than granting professional cer tificates to those who merit them. 1 have visited every school once, ail but three twice, and several three or more times. bruin these visits 1 have gained much valuable information respecting the excellencies and the defects which mark the schools of tho county. Those defects which exist in many teachers in regard to general management oi schools, modes of conducting recitations, special treatment of pupils, 1 shall not mention here, Lut bring I do ill to the notice of those who shall at tend the Institute next summer. Let me biggest to director;, patrons and teachers, some method by which the efficiency of the schools can L>e greatly promoted. 1. Directors, in nearly every dis tvict, can increase the usefulness of the teachers labors by adopting a uniform so- I vie-s of text books in every branch of'study j and not permitting any others to be used; i by Visiting the schools more regularly and j .-bowing teachers that they feel a heartv I interest in tho good order and prosperity of i the schools; by procuring such simple and tamable apparatus as every teacher can readily and most advantageously u-e. such as globes, outline maps, ample black- : lioard surface; by encouraging, if not bv ! .he terms of the contract, requiring teac-h -- in attend district institutes, and so far i seem- proper participating in the exer- i .use- with the teachprs; by arranging school 1 ooms .-J til at i hey may be sufficiently A aimed and veutilated at once; by dcclin ng to employ any teacher with a poor cer- i ideate, or one who evidently has no inleu- 1 ion to improve himself. (I'roLably the 1 it st mode is to pay teachers according to ;.e grade of tueir certificates, thus oiler tig a premium to those who exert thetu •cives to secure full quaiiucuti >ns.) 2. Patrons can do very much to ai l the cacher and promote (lie usefulness of i; ■chooi by sending pupils regularly at; ' ! punctually: by providing them with -u ; a mils a- the directors prescribe and of the i rade which the teacher advises: by en ouragiog t'hein to study at home m the jvtuiugs; by supporting the influence and | iuth-ri'v of the teacher by iudicioug re- I |",.. , * * ~ i or by retraining from remarks upon 1 lis disciplinary by allowing the teach ;r to adopt his jwn modes of instruction md government withoi! dictation: by vis- j ting the school and observing the order • itid spirit ivliic'i prevail; by remembering I sontinmiily fl.t ; f,;alj and labors which cv ry true teacher has to undergo; and bv ittendtng educational meetings. 3. Teachers have the school in their >wn hands, and make it what they desire i :r can. In order to do what ought to be lone ii every school, a large majority of h.• teachers ol this county need more cholar.-h p —good steady, continued, thor ough study. With the facilities which will re within their reach the coming season at Lewistuwn Academy and Ki.-hacoquillas "-eminary, or at Normal Schools elsewhere, bey will hardly hexcusable for again resenting themselves as candidates for ichools without a very respectable decree if scholar-hip. 'i his matter deserves im mediate, determined action. Tliose per sons who anticipate teaching will please read over the two or three preceding sen :ences with great care, emphasizing every word. Those teachers who study to improve, who are faithful in attending institutes and issociations, who read books and periodi cals on education and modes of teaching, who are resolved to be first-class teachers jy virtue of pusitive excellence in knowl edge and discipline, they are the best teach in?, without exception. It should be the aim, the resolute deter mination of every teacher holding a pro visional certificate to be qualified for the professional certificate before the luii cx iinination.-; if anything preclude tais, ai least to merit a provisional certificate or of much -better grade than the last; but the professional certificate is the true prize, for this year, then, the State certificate. The above suggestions intimate the de tects which have been noticed in the schools. But the excellence of not a few schools deserve meution. In many schools in the county, and in a high degree in some of them, the most approved modern system of instruction'is pursued. Pupils trc taught to think, to reason, to speak cor rectly, to perform every act required in the school room with propriety, thoughtful ness, thoroughness and dispatch. They are not driven or transported through their books, but leu , land ot" njy longing-, b-yond tli*Atlnntic, What horrible dream has disturbed thy repose? What dream bus driven tiiy eilizeiis frantic— A grief to then friends, and a joy to their foes. !s ii true they are aiming to kill one another ? 1 hut sire uud son are in hostile array ? i hut brother is baring his blade agHiust brother Each madly preparing die other to slay? s it true the situ-banner, so dear to the sight Of all freemen, may fall by a factionist's blow— I hut banner 1 ve borne through the midst of the fight, Side l>\ side with thy sons, as we charged to the foe ? would not, I will not, I cannot believe it! < >h ! rally around it, and sv.nd by the start ! 'r the ehildren of men will have reason to grieve it, And the tyrants of men v ' ultmgly laugh. Vye, .-ure would the priests and the princes of eartit Oreei tiie fail ot thy Uag witli a joyous ■■ hurrah!"' -voii now. -••ar- Uftnoiiiiw mirtl). Tin v would had thy deeadei; -v with tiendiih'dia! ha!" I ml he who would help them to win tin ir r'ul game. V. nether Northern or s . ithern—llo matter win h claims him— >.* a brand on tr.s i row. ..n.l a blight on his fame. And -worn on t .1 . f the humblest who name him! Je pai.-ied the ana that haws sword fratieidal! ?! ty the steel . t!ie trai;or be I •■_>!. ain two ! day las m u in betrothed, on the morn of his bridal. Prove laitld - ro him. as ho has been to v nt! 'nit. .. ii-. power "ueath heaven ei.n shake thee as pn: ] !e-n.bed despot e cr smile on thy shame— isunder. i.ne . Is tfr.-y w..l bruise t!i -e, and break tliee. And -.v.. . then as flax in the pniies.- ila.ue. v. oe. vveo t>_ the world, if this fata! division Should ever arise,,a the ranks cf the free; > brother! avoid, then, the fearful collision; And millions unborn will sing praise- to thee! M tr:.E Reid. Ic, : !>. . The L ame of Euchre and Life. There is genuine humor iu the idea that in Arkansas man finds the most natural jxpression, even of parting advice to his son, in the language of the table, and the manor in which the terms of a game of auchre are there fited to the game of life is ingenious : 'Bob, you are about leaving home for strange parts. \ ou're going to throw me ..ut of the game and go it alone. The odds is against you. Bob, but remember that industry and perseverance are the winning cards —they are the 'bowers.' Book learn ing, and all that sort of thing, will do to fill up with, like small trumps, but you must have the bowers to back 'eut else they ain't worth shucks. If luck runs agin you pretty strong, don't cave in and look like a sick chicken on a rainy day, but ltoid your head up and make 'em believe you're flush of tramps; they wont play so hard agin you. 'l've lived and travelled around some, Bob, and I've found out that as soon as folks thought you held out a weak hand, they'd buck agin you strong. So when you're sort of weak, keep on a bold front, but play cautions, be satisfied with a p'int. Many's the hand I've seen euchred 'caus they played for too much. Keep your eyes well skinned, Bob ; don't let 'eut 'uig' on you ; recollect the game lays as much with head as with the hands. Be temper ate; never get drunk, for then no matter how good your baud, you won't know how to play it ; loth bowers and the ace won't save you, for there's certain to be a ' mis deal' or something wrong. And another thing, Bob, (this was spoken in a low tone) don't go too much with the women ; queens are kinder poor cards ; the more you have of them the worse for you ; you might have three and nary a trump. I don't say discard 'em all; if you get hold of one that's a trump, it's all good, and there's sure to be one out of four. And above all, Bob, be honest; never take a man's trick wot don't belong to you ; nor slip cards nor nig, for then you can't leok your man in the face, and when that's tue case there's no fun in the game ; its regu lar 'cut throat.' So now, Bob, farewell; remember wot I tcld j r ou and you'll be sure to win, and if you don't, it wtli serve you right if you get 'skunked " THURSDAY. APRIL 4, 186). Billiant Strategic Move of an East ern Shore Militarv Company. The Easton Star of Tuesday relates the following extraordinary military exploit upou the authority of a traveler: A short time ago there was raised a very handsome uniform military company in one of the towns in Worcester county. Some time alter the company had become quite lam'.liar with the drill, an oyster putitry Iro.v .New \ crk anchored in tlie waters of Y\ oreester, and commenced catching oys ters contrary to the laws of Maryland in such eases made and provided. The fact coming to the notice of the sheriff, he forth with went ti work to capture the punuy. To make ' assurance doubly sure,' he be thought him that a new military company would be the best posse com itat us he could summon; accordingly the military were or dered out, in lull uniform, properly officer ed and i pruned. with 'guns shotted'ready for action. Arriving at the shore, opposite the puugy, it was decided to put the mil itary in ambush until the ' overt act' was committed in order that there might be no mistake about the proof, in the Court of Admiralty. ilie military did not have to wait long behind their masked battery, made of ce dar bushes, before the overt act was commit ted. jhe 2> r ew York captain, not having the lear oi the \\ oreester Sheriff before his eyes, and being anxious to load hi;- puny, very soon put down the rakes, and com menced to draw up the contraband bivalves. 1 his was the signal for the militarv to advance to the charge. The Sheriff having given the wink to the officer com- I manding the military, that gentleman gave the word— l fonc ant-si ARCH' —and the ; company was soon on board of a batteaux, making directly for the ' prize.' In the meantime the captain of the pun try, dis covering what was out, ordered his decks to be cleared and prepared for action, re solved not to surrender without a struggle worthy of the days of the immortal Paul Jones. \\ hen the military got within one hundred yards of the prize, the captain of the pungy, being without swivels or col umbiads, drew out a piece of stove pipe. ■ and placing it upon his 'caboose,' commenc ed to sight it at the military, which at once : manifested symptoms of discomfort, evi dently disliking such a terrible gun to be pointed directly at them. 1 lie hesitation manifested by tire mili tary encouraged the captain of the puniry to press matters to extremities, and calling to one ot his hands for a chunk of fire, he commenced to blow it, till the sparks flew in all directions. This murderous proceed- j ing of the savage captain brought the mil- . itary to their feet, ready for the most des pciate dec Is ol daring. Ihe moment was i critical, with every advantage on the side j or tlie captain of the pungy, who straight ened up, and at arms length, prepared to j or ply the match. Simultaneously as he thrust the chunk of fire into the end of j the stove pipe the military jumpctl over- i hoard, and such a 'sloshing about,'and ; diving was never witnessed in the waters ot Worcester. It. is needless to add that, : while the military were under the water, ! the captain of the pungy hoisted sail, and bid farewell to the waters of Maryland, and that, since this marvelous adventure, the military company aforesaid, for behaving s0 > gallantly, has been called the ' Stove- Pipe Invtccibles.' An Itinerant Ghost. The prevailing sensation at Cleveland is i a phantom of variable form and size, which occasionally perambulates the streets of that city, after 'the witching hour of night, to the intense terror of some score or more oi timid persons who have enjoyed a ' glimpse of his ghostship, and the indignation ot a stii 1 greater number who irreverently j regard the nocturnal visitant as a miscre ant worthy only of summary punishment, j ihe latest doings of the apparition are ! thus related by the Cleveland Iferald of j last Saturday : . much indignation has been excited by his reported doings that ou Thursday night about one hundred and fifty persons were on the watch for him. Many of the watch- ! ers were armed with pistols, and from at least some ol thera the ghost would have met a warm reception. No one prepared for an encounter has yet been so fortunate as to obtain a sight of the white-sheeted indi vidual. Ou I uesday evening a young man, clerk in a superior street store, was walking up Eric street, when he suddenly beheld'the ghost a few feet to his right. The figure be say- was ten feet in height, and moved smoothly and noiselessly along. The young man remembers nothing more until he touuu himself lying on the ground, the ghost nowhere to be seen. He had faint ed. lu the same neighborhood two boys en countered the pretended apparition a few nights since. Picking up a heavy stone, one ol the boys followed the figure, which was retreating towards an alley. Just as the ghost turned into the alley, the boy threw nis stone, and with such correct aim that it struck the figure fhll in the back. A groan, unearthly enough, but too vigor ous for any but sound lungs of flesh ami blood, was the response. Per baps the ghost was admonished by thio adventure that his nocturnal per itnbu lations might be attended occasionally by unagreeable circumstances. Certain it is tn.if when a man encountered it the nest night, and proceeded to administer the cas tigation it so richly deserves, theghoStpro uuced - nee ;inil pleasure reigns, -tin! heavenly praises ring. '.'HOB 1 '. We'll be there, we'll be there, I'ulltls oi vi'-l ry, crowns of glory we shall war, In •' .. oeautiful world on high. Th'-rc is a bcautifnl world. W here sorrow never comes, A world where fears shall never fall. In sighing for onr home. i'here is a beautiful World, 1 us eel) to mortal Sight, And darkness n-ver >lll rs t", rc. That home is fair and bright. The iv is a beautiful world, 1 1! harmony and 10.. 1 ay we safely enter there. And dwell with God above. Sunday Evening Reading. I>Y REV. C. 11. SPI'RtiEON. j Life is but death's vestibule: and our pilgrimage on earth is but a journey to the grave. The pulse that preserves our being ! boats but our death march, and the blood • which circulates our life is floating it on- ! ward to the deeps of death. To-day we see I ourfriesdsiu health, to-morrow we hear of' iijoii decease. \\ e clasp the hand of the ; strong man but yesterday, and to-day we j close Lie eyes. We rode in ;t chariot ol comfort but an hour age, and in a few more , hours the last black chariot must convey : us to the home of all living. Oh, how ' closely allied is death to life ! The lamb ! that sporteth in the field must soon feel the i knife. '1 he ox that loweth in the pasture ; is fattening for the slaughter. Trees uo ' but grow that they may be felled. Yen, • and greater things than these feel death. : lon pi res rise and flourish; they flourish < but to decay, they rise and fall, how of- j ton do wc take up the volume of history, ; and read of the rise and fall of empires, j \\ e hear of the coronation and death of kings. Death is the black servant who rides behind the chariot of life. See life! and deat 11 is close behind. Death reaeh eth far through this world and hath stamp- j ed all terrestial things with the broad ar- , row of the grave. Stars die mayhap; it is ; said that conflagrations have been seen far off in the distant ether, and astronomers have marked the funerals of worlds—the decay of those mighty orbs that wc imagin ed set forever in sockets of silver, to glis ten as the lamps of eternity. But blessed he God, there is one place where death is not life's brother—where life reigns alone; ' to live is not the first syllable which is to be followed by the next 'to die.' 'There j is a land where death-knells are never toll- j ed, where winding sheets are never woven, j where graves are never dug. Blest land , beyond the skies.' Letter from Hon. James T Hale. About the same time we published some j remarks on sundry strictures made in the j Potter Journal 011 the course of our mem- j her of Congress, Mr. Hale wrote a letter j in reply which was not published for two or three weeks thereafter in consequence of the illness of the editor of the Journal. We copy it for the information of our read ers: WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 1861. EDITOR OF POTTER JOURNAL:—Sir— -Ihe article in 3*our last paper under the head of 'Border State Propositions' not be- j ing quite accurate in its statement of the seventh proposition, the one relating to j Territories, I wish to correct it; and while on the subject to say a very few words re specting the others. The article relatiug ; to existing Territories as agreed to by me and reported to the liepublican caucus was as follows: 7. That the line of 36° 30' shall be run • through all the existing Territories of the ' T'nited States, that in aii north of that line ' New Series—Vol. XV. No. 22. slavery >hall be l -rever prohibited, ami south of that line neither Congress nor a i ;rrituri.-i! Legislature shall hereafter pass any law either for or against slavery, and when any 1 erritory south of that line con taining a sufficient population forone mem ber ot ( -ingress on an area of (>(>,000 square miles .-bad apply for a lmission as a State, it shall be admitted with or without Sla very, as its eonstitut'n.u may determine. ;th tliis correction the propositions it inch are to be regaided as the basis of a settlement arc as follows: 1 KycAiiiisiu'-iiiliiiy the r< j i .1 of all the Personal nn.vitv Bills. ill.;: the FtiL'irivc- Slav.- Law bo amen.led for Ut.i p..-w>nnitg ol ki.inappint!. ami so a< t.. provide for in.- .-.|ii!iii/atiou . i the I'ouiutis.sioiifr- Ice. ie. i h.i r rlie f . .iistitntioii be so aiitcmlc.l as to pro -y iiiturferetieo with slavery in any of t' c sa.to- v.: , re it now ovists. I. i a.a Congress shall tint alfohsh Slavery ,u the Soeniei " J.-., kyanls. arsenals. A<\, nor in the District ■ - ' ohitio.iuyritiioui the < 011- nt ot Warjlaud and the ecoiseni ■ i tne inhabitants of the District, nor without eonipcn-ation. •>. • hat < . i.tTO-s shall not interfere with the inter -11 .1 slat. trade. : 1.. then- shall in- ap. i!..-tn-(i prohibition of the iu ' v< trade. iTI.--Tib p, n tv-rrect.'d t-v Mr. Hale is girt n above.—Ed.] lhe first two propositions may le regard ed substantially as one. The fugitive S:.t\c law being justly regarded as afford ing iaeiiities for kidnapping free person's it.d faking them into slavery, many States i e.ievj j it necessary to pass laws for the prevention of this crime, called, per sona! liberty bills. \\ hen the fugitive slave law shall be altered so as to prevent the very evil that personal liberty bills were intended to remedy, then there would seem to be no impropriety in asking te states to repeal them. These bills are very offensive to the South, being regarded as a violation of their constitutional rights, and are one of the chief causes of complaint. The North alleges that they are required to protect free persons from unlawful seizure under the fugitive slave law. Now when the South consents to change the fugitive slave law so as to pre vent all danger from this source, is it un reasonable in them to ask the repeal of these offensive bills? I did not so regard ir, therefore, if it aided the cause ofpea.ee 1 consented to it. 1 lie third proposition which proposed that the Constitution should be so amend ed as to prevent any interference (by Con gress) with slavery in any of the States where it now exists, simply puts into a dis tinct and unmistakable form a uoctrine that has always been held by the Republi can party, so far as I know, without ex ception. We declared it in the Chicago 1 Matform, in all our conventions and speech es before the election, on every occasion irul in every form, and when asked by Un ion men in the Border States to put it jn such a shape that there could be no doubt about it, that apprehensions excited by cte -igning and unprincipled demagogues as to the purposes of our party might be allayed and the hands of I nion men strengthened, was toat request unreasonable? If refused f . by us might they not with some show of"' * reason doubt our sincerity and good faith in the declarations on the subject? f of course agree there was no necessity for it; is the Constitution now gives Congress no [tower over the subject, as every Republi can member of Congress, without excep tion. has this session voted that it did not. Mid 1 did not think it either wise or ne cessary to refuse this request, especially as it, was alleged, and 1 have no doubt truly, that it would tend to hasten peace and pro ven; a total dismemberment of the Union. Ihe fourth and fifth propositions were not to be Constitutional amendments, but simply joint resolutions of Congress, agree ing not to do what nobody proposes to do, ind which I presume not a single Republ; an in Congress contemplates doing of at tempting to do. It is precisely the ground taken by Mr. Lincoln on the subject be fore his nomination and election. No Re publican that I know of believes that it would be wise or expedient to attempt if, and yet this harmless resolution that may be repealed by any subsequent Congress that thinks proper to do so, is regarded, it seems, as a very dangerous concession tc , slavery. , - • 1 pass by the sixth proposition, as I pre sume no one would object to that. The Territorial question is the pnly one of real difficulty, and has exercised the friends ol the ( nion more than all others. 1 o appoint it so as not to sacrifice our prin ciples and yet satisfy the Border States was unquestionably a UUpcult task, and therefore is not yet accomplished and mav never be. Yet I firmly believe the tenns of my proposition are no real giving up of Republican principles, jand they certainly did at the time satisfy "the representatives of the Border £ lave States. It will be observed that it does not recog nize slavery as existing south of that line, and does not establish or protect it there, [t simply agrees to let tha subject remain as it is under the act of 1850, and allows them to come into the Union when of suf ficient population, with or without slavery, a3 provided by the same act. I have long maintained (hat freedom needs no legisla tion for itg protection in the Territories. All it asks or requires is fair play and an honest administration of affairs. Jfciven with all the injustice and oppression of the Federal Government with its Border Ruf fians, corrupt Judges, dishonest officials and regular army, it overturned slavery in Kansas and triumphed. If it could do this with all these fearful odds against it,