JMews Items. —Old Bullion is in exMacies at ths result of the recent elections, and rejoices especially over the re election of Mace, and 'he signal overthrow of the impartial Chairman, Mr. Olds. He thinks the Ne braska iniquity is not popular cither in the Great A alley or in the country. His language is, " It ia'nt popular, Kir, I thought so in the beginning, Sir.— My opinion is confirmed. Sir. Iris'nt popular. The voice of the people must be obeyed. It must be bowed to, Sir. —The Ilarrisburg Herald states that on the 3d instant a drover undertook to drive about nine hun dred sheep across the Susquehanna liver, near Liv erpool, Pa., and lost seven hundred of them. The citizens went to the rescue with boats, and with a great deal of difficulty succeeded in rescuing abont 200. —The WarTaxcs now imposed directly upon the British people, and paid for it in hard cash, am >unt to fifty millions of dollars annually. This is about equal to the whole amount of annual taxes levied by the United States Government on its revenue duties. —ln front of a fine dwelling in Marlboro', Mass. there are six majestic elms, which the owner keeps insured against injury from lightning or lire, in the sum of five hundred dollars ! —There were 653 deaths from yellow fever at New Orleans during the month of September. — A party of thirty two men and two women from Maryland, provided with hunting materials, bouud for Nebraska, passed ever the Oiange Railroad on Tuesday. They were to be joined by another party at Culpepper Court house, for the same destination —The Reading papers state that three women from that place.of doubtful reputation,attended the Volunteer Battalion at Bernville, Pa., and cut up some very tall capers. The citizens procured a drum and fife, captured ihe ladies, and drummed them out of town to the tune of the rogue's march. —A letter from an officer of the United States steamer Saranac, dated at Spezzia, September 18, states that when she was at Constantinople, the combined English and French forces had lost some thirty thousand men by cholera, and they were still dying in great numbers. The English frigate had lost one hundred and seventy men during the night. —A Cincinnati paper says that a sparring match has been arranged between Tom Hyerof New Vork, and McGowan, of St. Louis. The stake is S3OOO. The parties are to meet midway between St. Louis and New York. —Fanny Fern is writing a domestic tale—a novel with an old-fashioned, homely name, " Ruth Hall." It is hinted that in the heroines some glimpses of Fanny's own veiled history will be divulged. —A cigar maker named RETNOIDS, of Corning, was assaulted by a young blood from Rochester.— The " blood" was sentenced to ninety days in jail, and fined SSO. —A Grand Jury in Charleston, S. C., recommends that the Slave Trade be legalized, by repealing all existing laws against it. The grand jury are, no ] doubt, sincere, but their slavery fanaticism exceeds I any display of that quality yet exhibited by the most ! rabid abolitionist. We sha' 1 cxt have the Grand jury recommending piracy . very honorable pur- , suit. —lt is computed that there will be twenty-one thousand miles of railroad in the United States on the first day of January next. The longest railroad upon the surface of the globe is the Illinois Central, ! which is seven hundred :nd thirty one miles in length, and is rapidly approaching completion. j —The United States frigate Mississippi,Cammo dore Perry, from Japan and Loo Choo, arrived at j Hong Kong on the 32d of July. It is said that the ! Commodore has secured certain privileges at Loo ! Choo for citizens of the United States. —There were but six barrels of flour shipped from the port of New York to Liverpool during all last week. But little wheat and corn are going, and the packets have to go almost a begging for freights. —The China, which arrived at Quebec lately, re ports seeing off Cape Race, on the 30ih ult., aquan- ' t.ty of wreck and a great number of chests. They ! probably belonged to the unfortunate steamship ; Arcuc which met her disaster but three days before —The ladies of New York have it in contempla-. ! tion to present the survivors of the crew of the Arc tic with a life preserver and a leather medal each, ! as the most appropriate memorials of their late achievements. —The Niagara Falls Gazette says, that workmen are busily engagod in re-building Brock's monument on Queenatown Heights. It is placed a short dis> ' tance from the former site, nearer the brow of the mountaiu, and in a more conspicuous position.— From the view obtained from the American side it looks as if it would be much larger and more beau tiful than the old one. —The Life Insurance Companies of New Ycrk city suffer to the extent of SBO 000 from the loss of the Arctic. Of this sum $15,000 was on the life of Edward Sar.dford, of N. Y., and $5,000 on the life ] of W. W. Comstock, of Providence, Rhode Island. ; The latter effected the insurance, for the benefit of his family, just before starling for Europe. —The Wild Cat Banks in the West are exploding like soap bubbles. A large amount of the bills of these banks are circulating in New York, being j pushed iff as tar from home es possible. The con- i sequence is, that the people of New York have their i pockets sbamefullv picked. —An American citizen, named Phillips, was re- 1 eently arretted at Basle, Switzerland, on the suppo sition that .he was Mazzini. Mr. Phillips was treat ed very harahlv, and confined in jail for several days. He aska 25,000 francs as damages, and an apology from the Swiss Central Government. This has been refused, and Mr. Phillip* comes home to get the Federal Government to interfere in his behalf. —lda Pfeiffer was one night last week, publicly presented to the Bostonians, by their Mayor, at Fa ueuil Hall. A native of Vienna, she is about fifty eight yejgs of age, with a dark complexion and a fine black eye. In thirteen years, entirely alone, she has traversed nearly the whole of Asia, crossed the deserts of Africa, has been in Hindostan, in the islands of the Pacific, and in Peru, and in Iceland, and lastly in California. —Among the ladies who have aohieved the ascen sion of Mont Blanc the past season, was a French woman, who, after reaching the summit, caused her self to be lifted upon the shoulders of her guides, so that she might be able to boast of having been high er than any man in Europe. —Texae negroes, of late, are in the habit of run ning off to Mexico in droves—tempted thither by wandering tribes of women, wandering about like gypsies. So it is said. The slaveholders, however, ■re organizing, to prevent a continuance of the stam pede. —Hon. John (Long John) Wentworth closes his report of the recent election returns in the Chicago Democrat, as follows: ''Taking Judge Douglas's course as the Democratic platform, about what year cf our Lord will he be sworn into the Presidential chair?" —An old man aged 60 years, ran away from Cin cinnati last week, and carried with him a lass of "sweet sixteen," the daughter of one of hie neigh bors. —lt is stated that Dr. Townsend, of New York, hss dor.ated four lots of ground, valued, in the ag gregate, at SIO,OOO, as a site whereupon to erect a building for the "Christian Home for Female Ser r&nts," in that city. —Among the names of those who were lost by the destruction of the Arctic, few are more widely known than that of Mahlon Day, for many years the only publisher of children's books in the United States, whose name is known in every corner of the land, and whose toy books have passed through so many editions. The ground was covered with snow to the depth of two inches in Montreal on last Monday morning. The hills of Vermont were ( fikewise white with snow on the same day. —Gov. Biglc'r was at Waehingtm. on Saturday last, stopping at W.Hard's SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Probable Discovery of Ihe Remains of bis Parly. MONTREAL, Oct. 21, 1854. The Herald of this morning has the following ;— " In our extra of yesterday evening, we intorm eJ the public that a rumor w as current in town, that the remains ot .Sir John Franklin and ol his crew and their ship had been discovered We immedi ately dispatched a special messenger to die Hudson Bay Company's House, at Lachine, ami through the : kindness of the Governor, Sir G-orge S inpson, are ! enabled lo lay belure our readers the following out -1 lines of a dispatch received by him yesterday Irorn ■ Dr. Rae." " Di Rae has been absent on the coast since the I first ol the mon h of June, 1553, and returned to Yoik Factory on die 28tti August last, from when, e ho forwarded leitets by express lo Sir Geo Sirrip son, via the Red River Settlement Alter briefly noticing die result of his ownexplo rations, and die difficulties with which they had to ; contend, lie proceeded to s ate dial hum die E-qui i in an x he had übained cerium information ot the j file ol Sir John Fianklin, who had been starved to J death, after the lo*s of their ships, which were crushed in the ice, and while making their way south to die G.eai Fish River id Buck near the out let ol which a par y of wiiites died, leaving ac counts ol dieir Milleiiiig* fti die mutilated corpses of some, which had evidently furnished food to their unfortunate companions This information, although not derived from the Esquimaux, who had communicated will: the whites, and who found dieir remains, but from an other band who obtained the details vim voce may ye; be re! Ed up n No doubt is left ol tetu li of ihe. it-port, as the natives had in their possession various articles of European manufacture, which had been in possession of die whites. Among these are several silver spoons, foiks, etc.. on one I of which is engraved Sir John F.ranklin, K C 8., j while die othets have crests and initials on them ; which identify the owners as having belonged io (he ill-fated expedition. Drawings ol some ol lliese have been sent down. Tins fearful tragedy must have recurred as long | ago as the Spring of 1850. The foregoing embraces all ihe particulars asyei known, Additioual Particulars. BOSTON, Monday, Oct. 23 Late Montreal papers contain some additional details concerning the discovery of Sir JOHN FRANK LIN'S party, obtained by Dr. RAE from the Esqui maux The report is as follows: In the Spring of 1850 a parly of white men, amounting to about for y, were seen navelling southward over the ice and diagguig boats with thein, by some Esquimaux Indians who were kil ling seals on the north shore of Kmq William's Land, which is a large island named Keiiiuk by the Esquimaux'. None of the party could speak tfie native language intelligibly, but by signs die na tives were maJe to understand that their ships had been crushed by ice, ard that the whites were now going to A- here die) expected to fir.d deer to shoot From the appearance ot the men, all ot whom ex- j cept one cb ei officei looked thin, they were sup- ; posed lobe get.ing short of provisions, and they ! purchased a seal from the natives. At a later dale during the same season, but pre- ' vious to the disruption of the ice, the bodies of about i thirty white persons were discovered on the continent , j and five more on an island near it, about a long day's | j lurney—say 35 or 40 miles—to the northwest of a large stream which can be no other than BACK S j Great Fish River, as its description, and that of the j low shore in die neigtibothood of Point Ogle and : Montreal Island agree exactly with that of Sir j GEORGE BACK'S. Borne of the bodies had been ! buried, some were in tents, o hers under a boat j thai had been turned over to Jorm a shelter, and j several lay scattered in different directions. Of; those found ou the island, one was supposed to ; have been an officer, as he had a telescope over j his shoulder, arid Ins double barrel gun lay under- j neatii him From the mutilated state ol many of j die corpses, and the contents of the keitlrs, it is evi- j dent that the party had been driven to the last le- j source, " Cannibalism," as a means of prolonging life. There appears to have been an abundant stock i of ammunition, as the powder was emptied in a j heap on the ground by the natives out of die kegs j or cases containing it, and a quantity of ball and j shot was found below high water mark, having • been left on the ice close to the beach. There j niu-t have been a number ol watches, telescopes, j compasses, guns, &c , all of which appear to have , been broken up, as Dr. RAE saw pieces ol these ' different articles with the Esquimaux, together wi li some 6ilver spoons and forks, as m .oy of which as could be obtained were purchased, and a list of the most important of the relics found, with the draw ings of others, were to be forwaided to London. INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE FROM DR KANE'S EXPEDITION —A lerer horn Dr. Hayes, of Chester county, one ot ihe second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, has been received in New Yoik. li is dated the 2'Jih of July, 1853, at Proven, one ot die most tioiiheily of trie Danish settlements on the Greenland coast. The expedi tion was just about to S;art <>n ITS exploration. The most active preparations had been made for the search; which would begin at the point where die vessels could not penetrate fur'her on account of the ice. A boat and sleighing party were to con duct the search. The great object of this expedi tion would be to pave the way for future opera'ions in the spring. For this purpose they carry with tbeui a stock of provisions, consisting of pemican,' preserved meats, meat biscuit, &C, wi'h a lew luxuries, to be left at different points on the way. The boat " The Forlorn Hope," for so she is ca - led, is so constructed as to propel either on ice or water —on ice by eight men operating against vvooden bars lashed athwart the boat, while the Doctor will lead off in advance to explore die track The stern is covered with an India rubber cloth tent, lo serve as protection by night and cooking apartment by day. Having arrived at the terrtiitia ; tion of iheir journey, leaving the Forlorn Hope arid provisions to the mercy of the wolverines and bears, they will return to the brig on foot, in the darkness of die polar night, guided by dieir com pass and the stars The party will endeavor to prevent attacks of the scurvy, caused by living en tirely on animal diet, by active exercise anil daily ablutions in die snow. A large supply of ducks and other birds and their eggs, abounding in that region, is to serve for the principal articles of lood and loxury during the winter. Mr Bousalt has ta ken a number of Daugerreotype sketches ot the country, the chemicals working hne in that high latitude. This is probably the last intelligence which will be received from the expedition till the arrival of the Advance at New York, next month, where she is expected. ShoulJ she fail to reach port within that time, it will probably be because Capt. Kane had determined to continue his re searches in the Arctic regions for another season. SAM IIorsTON AND THE PRESIDENCY —The de mocratic eeneralcommiitee, representing (he Burke and anti-Nebraska section of the party in New Hampshire, have adopted an address lo the people of the United States, recommending them to sup port Gen. Houston for the Presidency, in opposition ■to any nominee of a convention. The address I 9 said to have been written by the Hon. Edmund Burke, formely commissioner of patents, and who recently commended ihe doctrines ol the Know- Nothings. To politicans this movement is worthy of more than passing consideration, lor if ihe suggesiion be successfully matured and developed, it may de ' stroy the Presidential prospects and ardent aspira* j tions of certain gentlemen who have been playing | desperate games to come up " trump." i o tr A PENSION of £IOO a year has been award. ! ed by the Queen to Mrs. Taylor, widow of the well : xnnwu discoverer m steam navgation. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. Towanda, Saturday, October 28, 1854. Terms of TUe Reporter. S'l SO per annum—if paid within the year 50 rents will >e deducted —for cacti paid actually in advance 91 GO will be educled. No paper sent overtwo years. uulesi> paid for. Advertisemkjcts, per square of ten tines. 50 cents for the fir-it and 'ls cents for each subsequent insertion. [n7~t>fi>ce in the'* Union Block." nonhsideol the Public Square, next door to the Bradford Hotel. Entrance between essrs. Adams' and Elwell'slaw offices. The Result. The overwhelming defeat which the Democrat ic party has sustained in the late election, furnishes mailer lor much speculation, and is worthy the con sideration ol every voter. But two years since, (he Democracy emerged from a Presidential con test victorious—more than victorious. That "party was then thoroughly uniied, and gave to their op ponents such a Walerloo deftrtu, thai it was a sttb ject of serious consideration with many of the Whig leaders.whether their party was not totally and irremediably annihilated. The administration ot FRANKLIN PIERCE was in a igurated under auspices more brilliant than any preceding it. The policy ot the country seemed settled peace spread her blessings over the land plenly was within our borders, and general pros perity prevailed. Yet in every election which has taken place during the summer and autumn, a spe cial rebuke has been administered to his Adminis tration, i s literals have been stricken down, and disaster and defeat seem yet iu 6tore. What has wrought this great and humiliating change 1 What has demolished and prostrated the Democratic party, until it can hardly be said it exist, except in name ? lii our judgment the question admits of no argu ment. It is as plain, as the most self evident truth. The most potent measure in producing this remit, has been the Repeal oi the Missouri Com promise. That measure shocked and alarmed the whole county The most indifferent to the en croachments of slavery, saw in that unjust and un called for Repeal, a degree of moral and political turpitude, adisregarJ ol Compromises, and solemn obligations, which awakened ihe fears of the least timid, and aroused a state of public sentiment such as never before existed in this Country. Men, who in the struggles of the past,have been arrayed against the efforts of the friends of Freedom, be came alarmed at the extent to which Southern arro gance and Northern ambition and treachery dare go, and denounced the aggression with as much zeal as those who have been endeavoring for years to curb the progress of Slavery. We are content that the results which have as tonished politicians, should be ascribed to any or ganization or sentiment, they see proper. It the friends of Judge DOUGI.AS find comfort, in endeav oring to convince themselves that the Repeal ol the Missouri Compromise did not enter into the con test, but that the overthrow the Democratic par ty has sustained is owing to the agenc> ol that mys terious organization, known as " Know Nothings," we are cotiten*. Because there must be some great and powerful cause, underlying all, which can give to any organization for such purposes, any great degree oi potency and strength. There must be some weakening of the bands of party, some loosening ot party lies, before such an ele ment can become powerful. A> early as May last, the Representative in Con gress from this Dictiict, in the course of his remarks upon the Nebraska bill, amongst other truths, ut tered the following prophetic sentence:— " But, Sir, as an early and constant friendof this Administration, I desire the defeat of this bill; for its passage will, in my judgment, insure beyond a doubt, an anti-Administration majority in the next Congress. As an earnest and devoted friend of the Democratic party, to which I have cheerfully given my best energies from my earliest political action, ! desire the defeat of this Bill; for its passage will blot it out as an national organization, and, leaving but a wreck iu every northern State, it will live only in history. As a lover of peace, liaraiony,and fraternal concord among the citizens of the Confed eracy, and as a devotee at the shrine of this Union, with all its precious hopes to man, I desire the de feat of this bill—for its passage will tear open wounds not yet healed, lacerated spirits already frenzied, and " the bond of confidence which unites the two sections of the Union will be rent asunder, and years of alienation and unkindneas may inter vene before it can be restored, if ever, to its wonted tenacity and strength." How hi? forebodings have been realized, let New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio and InJi ana answer. Is (here in any Northern State any thing more than the wreck of a patty, and can the fragments be relied upon in a tuture contest ? But it has been in Pennsylvania that the direst efforts of the Nebraska iniquity have been experi enced. It was been here that the blow has fallen with the m >st weight. It has defeated the re-elec tion of an Executive, whose Administration of State affairs meets the approbation of men of every par ty. Bolter that a hundred DJCGLAI'S had been de feated, than that one BIGLKR had been stricken down But he has the proud consolation of know ing that it is lor the sins of others that he suffered ; that in all the contest through which lie has passed r>o one has dared to say aught against his reputa tation, or attempted to arraign his Administration of the affairs ol the Commonwealth. His name will stand amidst the list of Executives, a bright ensamplar—his recommendation and his vetoes be models for future years. The feeling of respect for Gov. BIGLER, of admi ration of his official acts, saved him many voles, which otherwise would have been cast in the man ner best calculated to express disapprobation ol the Nebraska bill. Democrats voted against him with the utmost reluctance. They acknowledged his worth as a man—they admitted his soundness and wisdom as an Executive—they knew thatachange could not better the Administration, and yet they dreaded more that the triumph of the party should be heralded as an endorsement or even acquiesence in the Repeal ofthe Missouri Compromise. In vain Gov. BIGLER declared that he wished to be tried up on his own merits alone—in vain his protestations that he was not accountable for the actions ol Con gress—the People decided that through him and through the Democratic party, the rebuke was to be giver. The loss of* Democratic Executive we deeply deplore—the causes are with that ambition which would betray the interests of our country to propiti ate Southern sentiment. Judge DOUGLAS and his coadjutors in political rascality are answerable for tne defeat of Gov. Bigler and lor the present miser able condition of the Democratic party. That par ty, will in time, we have no doubt, arise in renew ed s rength,pruned ol such despicable excresences, and one of its first acts will be to vindicate the ol ficial and personal character of Gov. BICLF.K Judge Campbell. We observe that one or two papers are endeav oiing to create the impression that the appointment of Judge CAMPBELL as Attorney General of this State by Gov. BIGLER, and lite supposition through his recommendation and influence the iormer was placed in (he Cabinet ofGen PIERCE, has had great effect in producing the late disastrous result in Pennsylvania. How far this may have affected certain localities we have no means ol judging; but as far as we have any knowledge,the assertion is totally without foundation. We speak more par ticularly of the North, where Gov. BIGLEK'S vote has fallen off, very materially; and where this cause assigned has not had the slightest influence. When Judge CAMPBELL was a candidate before the people, the North sustained him nobly, and grieved when treachery struck him down. It is not likely that the same section would now urge his elevation as a reason tor opposing Gov. BIGLER On the contrary, we know many men who have allowed their friendship for Judge CAMPBELL to mitigate their opposition to the Administration of which he is a member, but who utterly ar.d totally condemn its policy. This charge is not only unjust and unfair, but it is put forward to hide the true causes of our disas trous overthrow. Antipathy to no one man could have produced that result, and though there may have been those who desired the selection of some other man as Post Master General, yet that the pres ent incumbent has faithfully and impartially dis charged the duties ol his po-t, all concede, and ihat done, all just cause ol complaint ceases. We make these remarks ae a simple act of jus lice to Judge CAMPBELL ; we have not received nor shall we ask any tavore from him. Our best en ergies shall be devoted to the overthrow of any administration favoring the designs of Slavery— but in anything affecting their personal character, i or standing at home, will ever be ready to do all] men justice. The Canal Commissioners have appointed W. R. MAFFET, of Luzerne county, Engineer ard Superintendent upon the North Branch Canal, in place M. A GAMBLE, resigned. Mr. MAFFET has had great experience upon the Canals of the Com monwealth, both as an Engineer and as Supervi sor, and has a very high reputation lor ability and energy. Mr. GAMBLE resigns on account of business en gagements which demand his undivided time and attention. During his stay here, he has secured the confidence arid esteem of the entire communi ty, and will carry him their best wishes lor his prosperity. MOUNT PPOSPECT WATER CURE. —This institution located within a mile ol the village ol Binghamton. N. Y., is deservedly one of the most celebrated resorts tor invalids in that State. It is delightfully located at the foot of Ml. Prospect, commanding a view of unusual beauty, in a healthy spot, affording admirable facilities for walks, drives and boating, and an abundant supply of the purest spring water for bathing. The visitors are under the care ol Dr. TIIAYEU and Lady, lesideul physicians, who have a high reputation lor experience and skill. The proprie tor, Mr RANNEY, also gives his personal attention to the comforts of the guests. We can confidently recommend (his establishmeal, as offering advan tages 10 be met with at no other place. APPOINTMENTS BY CANAL COMMISSIONERS. —The Board ol Canal Commissioners will meet at Har risburg on Tuesday, the 14th of November next, for the purpose of making the annual appointments to office, on the Canals and Railroads of the Com monwealth. A FREE FIGHT —The Pennsylvanian is down up on Judge WILMOT, REAM FRAZER and SIMON CAM ERON ;the feeble puppy of the Patriot yelps in uni son ; while the Union pitches into BUCHANAN, FOR NEY and Judge CAMPBELL. Ain't we the harmo nious Democracy! PROHIBITION.— CompIete returns from (ne State show a majority of about 20CT0 against a Prohibi tory Liquor Law. When the official vote is ascer tained we will publish it. The official vote of the State and a complete list of members of the Legislature have not yet been published. When they are published, we shall lay them before our readers. THE NEBRASKA BILL SINCE THE ELECTION.— There never was a completer or more disastrous miscarriage than the Nebraska bill. It has not on. ly blasted every expectation that was originally formed of it,but it has proved to its authors a posi. live and unmitigated curse, lustead of giving el lect and confirmation to the compromise ol 1854, it has blasted that compromise into nothingness.— Instead ol securing two' additional slave States to the Union, it has secured two additional free States And instead of putting an end to Free Soil doctrine it has given that doctrine a power and a respecta bility which it never possessed before, and which, we believe, it could never have attained through any other medium than thai opened by this bill We do not speak ot this in exultation. Most cer tainly not. There is much in the present aspect of things that we deplore—much that ws did our ut most to prevent, by Joing our utmost against the passage of the bill. But the responsibility is not with us—our duty has been thoroughly discharged. Able to do nothing more, we can fitly turn the "bai lie over to our former opponents ol the Virginia school, and, withal, enjoy a smile or two af the sight of their obstreperous vowmgs before all the stars ol high heaven lhey'll ne'er submit, yet all the while submitting— Charleston JS r eus. EMIGRATION OF MORMONITES.— A large number of persons in South Wales have left, and others are soil preparing to follow, for the Mormonite settle ment in North America. These persons are prin cipally from the Counties of Carmarthen and Gla morgan, and many have given up a comfortable home and subsistence in order to seek their para dise on the banks of the Salt Lake. A very large exodus of these deluded people has taken place from South Wales, and the movement appears to be on the increase. The emigrants are principally small larmers, mechanics, iron-workers, colliers &c , with here and (here persons of a better class. They make their way to Liverpool, Bristol, or Ply. mouth, and thence r.art lor New Orleans, where i th *J' awend the river to their new settlement. Por the Brad ford Reporter. Teacbct'N Association. Several objects are to be attained by the occa sional meetings of the teachers of a town, or coun ty, a few ot which 1 propose to point out in this communication. One, and perhaps the fist in importance, is to be come acquainted with each other. Not to torm a speaking acquaintance, so aa merely recognize each other when they meet, but to know one anoth er in their feelings and plans in educational mat ters—do understand the views upon all subjects connected with school matters. Such an acquain tance, will entirely dispel that spirit of jealousy and distrust, that has hitherto prevailed. At the meetings of these associations, the difler erent methods of teaching the various branches are discussed. The different plans lor arranging, classifying and governing schools,are talked about. The duties, responsibilities, trials, troubles and pre plexities ol the teacher, are made topics of conver sation. The numerous text books are criticized; in short, every subject that can interest '.hose en gaged in the great work of educating the youth of the country—is brought before the meetings. Up on these various topics, teachers and friends of ed ucation of experience, give their views and expe rience, those less experienced learn their plans, and the methods of imparting instruction, by which they have gained a reputation as teachers. Take for instance, the best method, or rather, the vari ous methods of teaching grammar, lor a topic of discussion. There are almost as many modes of teaching as there are teachers—all cannot be equal ly successful. It is true, that no one way will be the best for every teacher, under all circumstances —still, there are some methods of teaching this im portant branch, which w ill always be more success ful than others. Now it is important for the teach ers to know what those methods of communicating instructions are. How scholars can be made to love to study that which has been considered so very dry and dull; how they can rapidly acquire a cor rect and critical knowledge ol their own language Young persons, who have never taught, but who intend to lake upon themselves the duties of the teacher, would gain very much in their teaching life, if they could know, when they commence, how others have been successful in teaching gram mar. Let this matter be discussed at a meeting where the teachers of the county are collected; lei the experienced give their views and plans—each one, of course, differing in some of their details, from any other. From these statements when ful ly presented and rigidly criticized, the inexperienc ed will be enabled to adopt a plan for themselves, by which they can teach grammar more suecesslul ly. than if they had spent one or two terms in try ing experiments. Again, those who may have very good methods of leaching, will be likely lo find, by hearing the plans of others, that theirs can be modified and improved, by adopting a part of others. What is true ol leaching English Grammar, is equally true with the regard lo each ol the other sciences. The alphabet, the corner stone of all our education, is taught lo little children in much less lime by some teachers than by others. In seme schools, the small scholars, if they have not been taught the alphabet at home—as all children should be—will be kppt drilling at their letters three months, while in oth ers, all the letters would be taught lo (he same scholar, in as many week?. This is not because the first teachers are not as anxious as the last, to have their pupils do well, and learn rapidly, but because one has hit upon a better method of teach ing the letters than the other—both are doing the very best they can—but one knows how to do be'- ter than the other. Now if so much time can be gained, by some teachers, in teaching the first principles ol ail sci ence, is it no: worth while to take some measures to save it. II by getting together occasionally, and comparing notes, and exchanging sentiments upon this department alone, all could adopt some expe ditious mode of learning their small scholars the names of (he several chaiacters which represent the sounds of the English language—would not th e compensate for all the trouble and expense it might cost tor one year? But this is one only of the many interesting subjecls thai should be brought up for consideration—one only of the many things lhat are to be laughl by our teachers, and that the most elementary of all. In others, (here might be as much lime gained by some teachers as in this, if they knew the best way lo leach. C R. COBUKN. Is Senator Douglas a Slaveholder 1 The editor of the Dealer recently denied that Arnold DOUGLAS owned any slaves, directly or in directly, and offered to make a bei of SI,OOO to that effect. We have been famished with the fol lowing facts from a persona! acquaintance ol Douo LAS who has them directly from his own month. Some twelve years ago DOBOLAS married ihe daughter of a North Carolina slaveholder. The father-in-law possessed a worn out plantation in North Carolina, and on it 150 half-star'ved negroes, besides some 850 000 of Bank stock. Some time after his daughter's marriage to DOUGLAS he pur chased two tracts of land in Mississippi, and stocked one with 80 and the other with 40 negroes, the residue of his "peculiar properly" remaining at the dilapitated homestead. A few years after wards the iatlier-in-law offered lo make a gift of the larger Mississippi plantation to DOUGLAS. BUI fear of public sentiment in Illinois and the North deterred him from receiving the " live stock" in his own name. He suggested to the olj man thai, under the circumstances it were better that the " nig gers" sh'ould be settled upon his wife, which ac cordingly was done. Shortly afterwards the old gentleman gave up the ghost, and was gathered lo his fa'hers ; the other daughter alsc deceased ; and recently his own wile, leaving him a widower with three children, the oldest of whom is six years oIJ. His wife's sister died without issue, consequent ly her plantation and forty or fifty niggers fell to DOUGLAS' wife, as also ihe " family niggera" of the father-in-law, upon his demise; the widowed relic, we believe yet survives, holding a life estate in her husband's properly, "mixed" and real DOUGLAS derives the rents and profits of both the Mississippi plantations, and anually pockets the surplus labor of some one hundred and sixty or more Slaves. He visits his plantations frequently and gives his negroes a grand barbacue once a year' inspects h,s crop of picaninieS of African, Ameril can and Senatorial paternity ; gives instructions to his overseers, and receipts to them for the cash extracted from the sweat and toil of his human chatties during the preceding year He will be legally emitted to repeat his burbacues and collections lor fifteen years, wh~>n his eldest son will come ol age, and relieve his lather of one. third of the profits deiived from the Slaves. DOUG LAS does not technically own the Mississippi Slav, es, but he owns their usufruct , as a lawyer would term it, which means, " the right of enjoying a thing which belongs to another, and of deriving from it all the profit or benefit it may produce." The reader will observe the technical loop-hole through which the' Postmaster 'expected lo crawl in case of his Set being taken up.— From the Cleve land lAAiUr. Tbe Present State or Parties. It is surprising how rapidly intelligence is con veyed from one place to another in our country The Washington Union, the organ of the adminis tration, has got news of the election in the three great free states along the slave border. As an evi. dence of its prompt attention to the subject, it quotes from a North Carolina print, the Raleigh Standard, an aiticie relating to (hose elections, to which it gives a conspicuous place in its editorial columns. It begins thus: " We give, in another column, elections returns from Pennsylvania, Ohio and tmliana. The friends and advocates of the constitutional rights of the South in these stales have encountered disastrous defeats. Anti-Nebraskaism, or, in other words, abolitionism, and a determination on the part of the free states to circumscribe slavery, if possible hate swept nearly everyihing. Know Noifnngiam' has had some agency in producing the results; but the main element ot evil is abolitionism." We are happy to perceivs this indication tha they take the true view of the matter at Washing ton. Not much of the late election is to be ascrib ed to Nstiveism. The unpopularity of the mea sure introduced at the last session by Senator Doug las, adopted by the administration and carried through the two houses by corrupt means, has done more than any other caue to break down, in all those states, the party which supports the adminis tration. There never was a better choice of terms than made by the Raleigh print in speaking of the great question on which these elections turned. There is a " determination on the part of the free states to circumscribe slavery"—that is to say, to resist its further spread in the United States—a de termination to which the late measures of Congress have given a far higher degree of strength and in tensity that it ever possessed betore. The repug nance of the North to the ex'ension of slavery has been set at defiance and treated with scorn by the politicians at Washington, until what was simple repugnance has been changed by a series of ex asperation into the resolute determination of which the Raleigh print speaks What we have seen in the late election is not the last manifestation ol it. There is one point, in the mean time, to which we wish to diaw die attention of those who occu py themselves with what may be called tha philo sophy ol the formation of parties. It is the natural tendency of men in ail states of society where the expression of opinion is free, to form themselves into parties ; that is to say, people who hold the same views of public policy will associate and act together. There is a gregarious instinct which at tracts men to tnese associations, like that which leads wild horses 10 wander in droves Men feel a sense of power and security which (hey are band ed together, and a confidence in the opinions which are delended by men ol strong intellect aciitg with them In ordinary times there naturally arise two par ties in every free state, cne of them in favor of a paternal government and much legislation, the other in lavor ola simple government and sparing legislation The people are satisfied (o range them selves with one of these parties as long as the ob jects for which they are tormed are kept in view. When, however, the aclsve men in these parties become corrupt and attempt (o effect by the aid of paity organization purposes which are not fairly within the scope of their party creed, an element tif discord is introduced, many of the oid adherents of the party separate from it arid form new combina tions. This is the case at the present moment. The men whom the democratic party has placed in power at Washington have been busy, almost ever since they took charge of public affairs, in the work of giving their old supporters a pretext for abandoning them Thousands ot their Iriends iiave fallen away, but in separating themselves from the support of the administration they have not given up their habit of party association. I' may surprise some of our readers to learn that the Know-Nothing taction inclodes a vast number of recruits from the democratic party, who form some of its most active membeis. In every part ol our state it is certain that numbers ol these who were formerly depend ed on to cast democratic votes, lormtng what is called the rank and file of the Know Nothing lod ges or inclined to favor their objects These men do not find in the measures of the democratic party, a* it exis s