l)(E DOLLAR P£ r annum INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOW-A/NTD-A.: Thursday Morning, August 23,1860. human judgment. A Story to Fonder Over. t>ART FIRST. YVe were a happy family—happy in retire lt and seclusion.- We children numbered pc of whom I was the eldest, and our dear overness completed the circle. At the time wh chl write, Miss Norman had been a year To our family.' Previous to her coming, we hid been taught at a little school in the vill pe • but it was much more pleasant to hare school at home, and a great comfort to our mother to have a kind ar.d judicious assistant in our supervision out of school hours. We vooo learned to love our gentle teacher,not that she was weak and lax of government. Miss Norman was firm in the maintenance of author ity and strict in requiring due attention to study' but ' icr ru ' es observed, her wishes obeyed, with no milder or more indulgent -lurdian was plastic childhood favored. Nor did she fulfil her trust merely lYcra a sense of Vv • hef heart was in her task ■; she was ten rtprfv interested in our welfare ; and, for her trouble, her time and care, she felt fully re munerated in our improvement. Upon her first appearance among us, there was much j>ieculation as to the impression she would Bike upon the young men of the neighbor 1. d: but her Utter indifference to them soon became apparent. She we* cheerful in society Lmetioi' s even gay and playful, and the gen ' defflen she treated with easy unconcern,so that the vc'mest could see they hud no place in her thoughts. It was evident Miss Norman's 1 .cart was in no danger amongst our rural ' ttanx. Mv mother joked her about being ftlrtauv engiged. She blushed and looked erar but made no denial 5 her disinclination • t converse r.pou lite subject Was manifest, and it tvas mentioned no more. Put the tacit ad mUion was not withdrawn, thoUgli no further revelation was made. Eveu the name of her lover the coy maiden concealed, going herself 10 the village when letter.": were to be mailed ■■those superscription we were not to see.— Whatever the came of t!i" lady's reserve, her ■rtret was respected, so that at the end of the tear we knew no more of tho affair of her part than we hud known at the beginning.— Bat oli, we had learned to know her loving, { '.bful.iinworldly nature,to measure the depth 1 olbtr affection, tor this cherished idol, and to VAcarr.. s"'y that he might prove worthy of with a treasure. Tteieh Miss Norm an Vrux naturally of a ■\m\\ ' itinera men t., her countenance sorne t.iaes . a'.ed care and sadness"; but what ercrAtr/r.'oite trouble was, it n vrr niarre 1 tin ei-r. ndness of her disposition. Our was therefore, unmingled with any V 'p tulant'c in the school room, when one " ' 'g. she tor>k her seat at the breakfast her dear fucc bearing unmistakable sofa disturbed mint'.. The previous even -1 r-lie had received ah tier, which she had r ito her chamber to read, and mj sister ! 1. who occupied the adjoining room,heard her slippered foot pacing the floor long after tehad retired. At length it ceased, and I tnxions to know if she had lain down, arose, stole tu her door, and opened it softly, peeped in; tut her bed was vacant, while, low on her bees, in wn ping murmuring prayer, the poor girl was bowed. I returned to my pillow and Hie sleep of childhood soon sealed my eyes ; i.et Miss Norman looked next morning, as if h--r wrestling prayer had bistec night; A '.'blued aii was over our little rchool thai day. lAnnaitj'. nons determination to save our belov ed teacher any annoyance made us dilligent in wr studies and careful in our manners 5 and v were aronly rewarded in seeing the calm urn to her troubled brow, the love glance to ' while her sweet voice pronounced 11s ; ldren, ami a tender kiss to each, nc- I i by a whispered blessing concluded our - -noon exercises. I - 115 the hour of recess, as we played on 1 ' •'•ci, a carriage drove to the door, from ra.< 1 & geiitlemari descended, and soon after ve the carriage tnrn and drive away.— j T -.ng it wassome visitor to father,we took ' U-ther notice until we returned to the house '■- n *e were met by mother,who informed us Wre would he no afternoon school,as a friend ■ M.ss Norman's had called upon her, and she fas engaged with him in the parlor. There . J!( 'd "o need of speculation as to what this ' ! be ; and my mother's hospitable ; i-ngs towards him were mingled with the .""'t'* • east ' ,IS v 'sit should have for its object ; depriving ug nf our incomparable gover- ! •f\anrafan —'"' ,r RO Miss Norman introduc a ni,c ' melancholy looking 1 foreign uir and haughty manner. In . 1 • n with my father, during dinner, ' 1 P a J f; da richiy-endowed mind and vast r.u'l ° ''" orQlal ' on ? vet the impression he not the most hsppy. His attention jrr the warmth and teu - • .e>s w.iieh t i ie j r long separation would have We f t l xcusa .' , ' e > e,reu presence of others, i , u ' 1 he did not love her as she deserved, j : -wi' j ro .'" e "° ta^e . lea ve, my father pro-' he t ', ol . tr ' n S? a carriage to convey him to >]: '' i hut this ho declined, saying that thitho ,rr:an had promised to accompany him 6 ; - r , and they most prefered walking. "It's . g time since we have had a walk together i 9 rf 1 W ' th a faint smile," and she tells ' ' pleasant path through the woods bv ( • we can go. A sylvan ramble in a treat thant T" 11 !- 7 ' Yoa wi " therefore accept my -•j; fu'-the Offer °f your carriage, and do lha * 1 appreciate it tho less that I w walk instead " * 0 -- ac DC>V appeared ic bQcnet and 111 ■ l l wmwi ■ ■■■-Tira^not9c,"a>ji■ ■wKMwmjaMßwopwMMßwtMwiM in—roei i BI ■■WMaw*'i | i'wiiw^MWw>wwi shawl, and never did I see her look more love ly, never felt tnv heart more closely knit to her. I?v some unaccountable impulse I clung to her, and tours rushed to my eyes as she stopped and pressed her lips to mine. 1 felt like springing after her, as, with the stranger, she descended the steps of the piafcza, and rav eyes strained after her slender figure as she moved across the lawn, and, by the side of that tail stately man, became hidden by the foliage of the wood. My brothers and sisters went to play but I coulil not. Restless and uncomfortable I wandered up and down listen ing for the sound of the train. I thought it would never come,but at. last the shrill whistle told of its approach. My heart bounded.— " There ! " I exclaimed, " the gentleman's off ! Now who will come with mo to meet dear Miss Norman coming back ?" Accompained by a brother and sister next in age to myself, 1 fled with joyful haste through the quiet wood. Anticipating the pleasure of the return walk with her whose conversation was delightful as it was instructive. The path Was one along which we had often leisurely strolled-, lingering over the beauties strewn there by nature's hand ; but no bird or flower or insect caught our eyes. We should see them all, we thought, when coining back, and on,on ve speed, peepinir intently through the vista for the fondly expected sight, of our fried. The distance was more than half trodden, still she did not appear. Two-thirds of the way had been passed over and we began to fee! anx ious. " She has gone with him !" exclaimed my brother iu mingled grief and anger. " No ! no !" I answered, " siie would not," bt my heart was sinking as I spoke. Could any accident have befallen her—a snake for instance? In the horror cf the thought., I rushed 011 faster. We had got almost to the end of the shaded petli—a little more arid the railroad would have been reached—when oh, what did I see ? My sad forebodings had not been for naught. Prostrate, amongst thorns and tangled vines, a few steir* aside from the beaten way, my shocked gaze descried the ob ject of our quest. She lay as dead, for fea tures pule and still. One hand clutched, the grass by her side,the other was pressed on her bosom, covered with flowing blood, which satu rated her dress, and rain dripping to the ground. The children shrieked at the sight. I had no power to utter a cry,'but springing to the spot,cast myself down by the inanimate form, while a flood of agony, such as my child hood had never known, such as time lias never known, such as time has never brought me since, rushed over my soul. A conviction that I ought to do something made itself felt, but it vs! the last effort. 1. feeling—! became un conscious. Wlicn I revived I was in my own lied, my mother leaning over me, applying water to my temples. To my eag"r inquiries she replied that Miss Norman was qe.ite ill ; she had received a hurt iu the wood ; the doctors were with her ; I could not sic her now ; but, if I would compose myself and sleep I should should see her iu the morning. She was not dead then ! I was satisfied.— The doctors were in attendance ; she would soon be well and I should see her in the morn ing. Hope whispered to my willing ear, hug ging the svVcet promise, Isutik upon my pillow and yielded to sleep. And well 1 did, and fortunate for my my nervous and physical sys tem were fully renewed; or how should 1 have borne thG horror and anguish npon which my (ys opened on the ensuing day '! My sweet teacher was dead ! In the dark and still hours of midnight her pure spirit hml departed,driven from its fair shrine by the pistol bullet inflicted by in the lone recess of the woods. My tender parents could not conceal from me the dreadfui tragedy, for the coroner required my evidence 5 and 011 tiiat one long, evil day,! lived an age of terror. The exciteftieiit thai pro-tailed frits alarming. Dr. Strattan when brought to the hortse in custody— a despatch having forwarded to 15 the (deeding victim was discovered, was receiv ed with scorning brows and bitter threats.— declared his innocence j but the testimony against him was too strong to admit a doubt of his guilt, lie had induced the murdered lady to go with him through the wood, declin ing my father's offer of the carriage. When the train stepped at the station, he appeared alone hurrying from the wood, and, pule, and pantoig, sprung aboard the cars. I pon being arrestad, a pistol Was found on his person, in to the barrel of which the fatal ball fitted. The motive of the deed was also traced.— In mv mother's evidence, Miss Norman's secret engagement was revealed, with the reasonable supposition that I)r. Strattan was her alii me ed, whereas, the doctor alleeed that there ex isted no bond between him and the deceased but that of friendship—his heart was given to another. As to this other.it was elicited that she was a lady of fortune and position ; and here was found the clue to the commission ol the crime. 11 is engagement with the humble governess stood between him and an advanta geous match ; her death would make him free. From mc was gathered, as I best could relate it amid tears and chocking sobs, the mental agony the deceased had suffered, alunc in her chamber, after the receptiou of the lust letter. For that, and any other letters which might throw light on the affair, search was then in stituted, but without avail ; if the lover had ever written a line which would bring accusa tion against him, woman's strong love had taken care that it should not exist. * The investigation at length came to a close; the jury unanimously agreed ; the coroner ren dered his verdict, and Dr. Strattan was con ducted to the county jail to await his trial uu der the awful charge of wilful murder. After the lirst shock occasioned by his ar rest in 13 , the proud man conducted himself camly. When brought iuto the pre sence of the dead, he betrayed no symptoms of guilt ; and as he gazed at the sweet uncom plaining face, sorrow, rather than remorse was depicted on his countenance. His account of himself was given in a few words, and with self possessed manner. He saw the strong feeling mat existed agtiasi hire ; and thougc PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TO WANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." his cheek blanched, Ilia features became even more haughty in their expression as he bowed to the coroner upon hearing the verdict, and with stately dignity submitted to the officers who took him In charge. The crowd had retired, the house again was still • and oh, how still ! Grief, tod deep for tears of wailing, hau visited our hodsehold j the assassin's hand had delta blow which reach ed to ovef-y heart, and dumb silence reigned throughout our late glad and joyous circle. In the parish church-yard, within onr otvn family lot, a grave was prepared for our go erness ; and the largest and most serious funer al attendance which had bcenseen in the conn try for years, was that which accompanied the murdered maiden to her grave. Tne trial Dr. Strattan for the mnrcler of Miss Norman was a case of no usual impor tance. The little-country court house was crowded to excess, while the the town over flowed with visitors from afar and near, many of whom had an interest much deeper than curiosity in the result. The prisoner Wa3 Sur rounded by a strong phalanx of friends, while the most eminent lawyers conducted his de fence ; but the array of evidence against him was as complete as circumstantial evidence could be, and his conviction was looked far a? certain. Even the witnesses called in his be half afforded him no aid ; his previous good character, his education and respectable stand fug in society brought nothing in his f.ivor.— The crime he stood charged with was a black one, and there was no mercy mixed with the loathing which glanced at him from every eye. Such was the general feeling when the case closed, and the prosecuting attorney arose to address the jury. He was a, roan cf strong thoughts and rare talents ; and his speech on this occasion was the greatest burst of eloqu ence that was ever echoed within that country court house. The theory which the evidence sustained he sketched with a master hand ; filled it up with the vivid coloring of highly ex cited sympathy. The secret engagement which gave the fickle lover a chance to pay attention to other Indies ; the letter, probably contained the first hint of his altered feelings, which brought such sudden anguish to this maiden's heart ; the visit, immediately following, all the particulars of which were d welt on ; the sylvan walk, and the trusting confidence with which the loving woman laid her hand on his faithless arm and plunged with hiin into the solitude of the wood ; then the last scene, the fiendish aim, the cowardly shot which laid his fair be trothed at his feet and drained her pure, fond heart of its life-blood. While dwelling npon this dark detail, the strong speaker shook with emotion, large drop*; of perspifatiOn beaded his broad temples, and his voice sunk and quiver ed with pathos. A thrill ran through tiie as sembly, rough checks were wet with tear-s.sup pressed sobs were audible, and the prisoner, pressing bis hands to his eyes, seemed wishing to shut out tiie horrid picture. The powerful addre-s was concluded amidst solemn silence ; the judge summed np the evidence, and gave an impressive charge to the jury ; the latter retired, and, after a brief con sultation, brought in the expected charge, which pronounced the prisoner at the bar — guilty. ttpon the nsital question being asked of the chiprit as to why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, the unhappy man replied in sad tones, that, by a strange dispensation of Providence, circumstances bad concurred against hhn ; that nv those concurring cireum stances lie bad been judged, and condemned, and nothing that he might say could avert the sentence cf death from his devoted head. Vet before God, and in the presence of that large assembly; would protect hi? innocence of the awful cHine of which he had been eonVicted ; and though by his erring fellow men the pen alty of another's guilt might be exacted of hiui, in the sight of heaven lie stood clear hu man blood, ami he Imped those who wronged him by this foul attaint would be forgiven. The extreme sentence of the law was then pronounced ; the prisoner was removed from the bar to prepare for an ignominious death and the people retired to their bdmes;satislled that an act of Justice had been accomplished in rendering vengeance where it was justly duo. His lift days were spent by I)r. Strattan in a solemn preparation for eternity ; but in the firm denial of his guilt he never wavered. Kven when the final hour arrived and he stood on the narrow threshold of time, his farewell words, uttered to his friends and the public, in presence of the vast concourse assembled to witness his execution, asservated the purity of his hands und conscience from the stain of biood, and prayed the forgiveness of God upon all who were instrumental in his untimely death. ratiT SECOND. It was a soft evening in early spring, just twelve years after the terrible events above narrated, when I accompanied a friend to a revival meeting, in one of the churches of New York. The sermon was one of those awaken ing, heart-searching discourses under which sinners quail, and the careless and indifferent start up to a sudden consciousness of their guilt and danger. It was followed by a pray er meeting, in which the leading members of the church united ; and around them flocked the penitents, whom the " sword of the spirit had wounded, and who groaned in the "gall of bitterness " for a relief from their sins. Of the latter was one whoso convictions were so pungent as to be distressing to witness. He was a man of middle age, but prematurely withered, and bearing in the coarse lines of his face, an index of a depraved heart and vicious life. Hy what meaus ho had been brought under the sound of the Gospel seemed a mys tery ; for he was evidently a frequenter of the haunts of wickedness, a companion of those who hate the services of the sanctuary. The iron, however, had entered his soul; conscience hud arisen like " a giant refreshed the turies of remorse and terror were let loose upon his prostrate spirit ; and, writhing in the torments of despair, his piteous icoaus pierced every teart, and filled evei'y eye with ua.*3. was no Ordinary case, and the brethren wrest led in prayer for him, entreating the whole congregation to join in beseeching God for tnercy on his stricken soul. An hour of in tense excitement ensued. Satan contended with the angel of God, and disputed his right to the prey ; but iu answer to importunate prayer, the Lord rebuked his enemy ; the troubled waters became still • the scales of unbelief fell from the eyes of the penitent; he beheld his transgressions Washed away iu the blood of the cross ; his heart was filled with love to his crucified Redeemer, and the accents of his lips were changed to praise and adora tion. It was an occasion Of great rejoicing ; the dead was alive again, the lost was found ; oth ers, who had wept at the foot of the cross, al so testified to the forgiveness of their sins ; the Holy Spirit had been graciously poured out npon the meeting, and all raised their voices in a glad hymn of thanksgiving ; then, receiv ing the solemn benedictions of the pastor, dis persed to their respective homes happier and bettor than they had ever been before. But v.'ho was lie whose conversion, from, the deepest pollution of vice, it was my privilege to witness? 1 soon learned his story. It was spread before the world in the columns of the public press ; and I was not the only one whose feelings were harrowed and whose blood run cold npon perusing the dark details. Early upon the day following that ail im portant night when he who had been " dead in trespasses and sins" was "quickened'' and "raised up," one of the principal city magis trates was waited on by a man of serious bear ing who desired to make deposition before him of a uuexpiated crime committed years before. No eye but the All seeing had witnessed the deed, he said, arid unless he revealed it, the awful fact would go to the grave with him ; but not many hours since his heart had been changed ; he had been brought " from dark ness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God," and now the duly of confession must be performed, and the sin committed in secret must be atoned for opeuly. Ho then proceeded with his statement. llis name was Frederick I! esc. Bern of respectable parents, his education had beeu such as to fit him for a superior standing in society ; aud had lie left homo to enter upon a professional career, chosen hir. associates amongst the good and virtuous, the crime and wretchedness of his life would have been un known. Without any strong propensities to evil, he joined in the fashionable folties of tiie city ; gay companions led him into temptations which he had neither the will or tiie power to resist, until he became depraved in morals and a reckless votary of unholy pleasures. For pome time his direlection from the path of wis dom was not believed by the partial friends of his youth ; and one there was who for a long time refused to credit the vague report. Julia Norman had been a schoolmate in his country home, and the love of his boyish heart. A sisterless orphan with one brother, the little cii'l had not many with whom to share her af fections ; and the gay, bold lad who called her his pretty sweetheart, and lavished on her most delicate and unremitting attentions, soon won from the artless maiden every tender thought which her brother did not absorb.— The childish attachment grew witli their growth ; and eveu when separated, he to pur sue his college course ar.il she to finish her ed ucation (It 8 popular seminary, it still contin ued with unabated Strength. Arrived at man hood Fredrick sought the city to embark in life, carrying with him the understanding that when success had crowned his enterprise, he might claim tiie gentle Julia for his wife. But, before his hope was realized, a barrier had Sprung up between them 5 rumors of the loose course, he led pained her who was all purity ; and though she long closed her ears to the sad truth, convincing evidence had at length to be admitted, her lover was an ungodly, dissipated man, and while so her husband he could not be. It was in vain he urged every plea that love and ingenuity could devise, with earnest entreaties he besonght her to marry and reclaim him, the determination was fixed that the re form must be effected before she promised him honor and obedience. Meanwhile, tho brother of Julia, who had learned the profession of a surveyor had en tered the Government employ, and was obliged to have his home and his sister for a far distant rphefe of duty ; and then it was that she, suddenly deprived cf both friends, upon whose protection alone she had calculated, conceived the idea of gaining a home and kind guardian ship by entering a private family as governess. This decisive step excited all the angry oppo sition of the loTcr. With talent of a superi or order, lie had prtispered in his profession beyond his compeers, and, despite his extrava gance, he was able to maintain a wife in ease and opulence. That the woman ho loved should turn her back npon him now, in his opening fortune, and go to eat the bread of strangers, shook his faith in her love and con stancy ; and, though she solemnly declared her heart unchanged, and pledged herself to fulfill her early engagement whenever an alter ation in his course of conduct should justify in so doing, yet the demons of jealousy and dis trust were aroused within him, and, instead of admitting that the blame lay with himself, he vented his wrathful feelings in unjust allega tions against her who would liaVe sacrificed her life for his good. And so they parted, she to carrf through the duties of her new life the burden of a hidden grief—he to soothe his disappointment by a deeper plunge in dis sipation, while he nursed within his proud heart jealous and revengeful feelings. A year passed, during which the lovers had corresponded, Julia's geutle pen breathing af fection and earnest desire for the much needed reformation, that of Frederic pouring forth passionate devotion, mingled with unworthy suspicions of the maiden's motive in postpon ing his happiness. At last the wild scheme entered the young man's head to pnt an end to tho tantalizing uncertainty in which he lived. He therefore wrote a few fierce and burning lines, informing Julia that he would pake one last appeal to be." ia person, and, if she still persisted in refusing to fulfill her con tract and become his wife, he would shoot himelf before hbr eyes. The day following, the rash lover started to put his threat in execution. Arrived in the neighborhood where his betrothed resided, he sprang from the train ; but instead of calling a carriage to take him immediately Cn he turned into a wood which offered an inviting retreat, where he could rest awhile and calm his agita tion. The quiet wood, however, was the last place into which Frederick Reese shoitld have turned his excited steps. He had scarcely penetrated its shades when he saw what made the blood leap in frenzy through his veins. At a little distance, in a narrow path stood she whom he was on his way to visit, in the act 01" parting from a tall dark man, with whom she had evidently been walking. The farewell words reached not the ear of him whose fiery gaze was fixed upon the pair, but he noted the pressure of the hand, hastened over the inter vening space to the railroad, which he had barely tirao to reach ere the train started. Julia lingered until the sounds of the swift and heavy wheels assured her he \Va5 gone, then turned to retrace her steps, when; sud denly from amongst the bushes, a maniac face appeared before her, while in low choking tone an infuriated voice exclaimed : " Pefidious woman ! you shall never be another's." As the words were in utterance a bullet pierced her breast and Julia fell to the earth, the pistol report drowned iu the loud neighing of the fast Retreating iron horse. The murderer fled, he knew not whither— through woods, along lanes, back roads, over fields, and across streamlets he wandered, shunning the sight and habitation of man, and vainly endeavoring to escape from his own racking thoughts. Night overtook him, and, amid darkness and despair, be sued on,till sud denly he reached a railway station, at which a down train had just stopped. Weary and worn he stepped aboard, and, sinking into a seat, crouched down like one asleep, while he listened to the conversation that wen on around He heard the subject of his dastardly deed discussed, and the guilt fixed upon his suppos ed rival ; and a fiendish joy shot through his breast with the knowledge that not only had lie escaped suspicion, but the man whom he most hated been convicted, in the public mind by a chain of circumstances wherein not a link was wasting. Free from the brand of murder, Frederick Reese mingled again with the world ; yet, did the non-discovery of his crime secure him peace ? Not so ! Long days and nights of cool reflectiou, aided by outraged conscience, made life scarcely endurable 5 and the gay scenes through which he moved to hint were realms of torment. As long as he felt that in taking the life of her he loved, he had punish ed infidelity and avenged a heavy wrong to himself, his depraved heart endeavored to -oothe Lim with a chow of justice in tiie deed; but snon he learned his fatal error and eveu the unholy comfort which vengeance gives was no longer his. He whom, in his jealous rage, he had sup posed to be a favored rival, was a schoolmate of his childhood, and of hers who entertained bet kindly feelings towards all with whom she come in contact. Edward Strattan, as sur geon to the United States army, had lately been stationed at a distant outpost, where he had met his qnnndom friend John Norman.— Returning, the In*ll r charged him with affec tionate messages to his sister ; and it was for the faithful conveyance of those that, when oa his way to I> , where his own lady love resided, he tailed cn Miss Norman. This was Dr. Strattan's defence on his trial ; and Ilecsc whom spell had drawn to that country Court House, felt, in the inmost sodl, if every word was true. Tt was a heart-sickening recital, that of the bitter sufferings of him whose guilt was known only to his Maker ; his fierce struggles agaiust conscience, who urged upon him the duty of saving an innocent life by con fession and sur render ; and his mortal agony when, after the execution nT the guiltyless, he felt his soul crushed under the weight of another and a double murder—that of the fame ns well as the life of the victim. From that day Reese was a lost and ruined man. Pride, ambition, talent hope, all were extinguished. Lower and yet lower he sank in vice and wretchedness, an out cast and reprobate, by friends and kindred dis owned. He had no desire, no motive,no aim in life ; and beyond tile consciousness of his animal wants, all feeling was dead within him. Hut oh, the stupendous power of saving grace the immeasnreablc tenderness of love divine ! He Who was passed with scorn by his fellow worms was led by the hand of mercy to the foot of the cross, his load of misery and sin re moved, his polluted soul washed clean,and the love of justice, even to the rendering up of his country's laws, implanted Within his heart. The ease was a peculiar one, and it excited tremendous interest. The judicial inquiry was conducted with care and precision the sftnity of the self-accused thoroughly tested, hut every doubt pas dispelled, arid the accuracy of the deposition fully proven. The long deferred sentence ot justice was passed, and Frederick Reese expiated his crime upon the same scaff old where human judgement had sacrificed an innocent man twelve years before. " Mike, whr.t kind of potatoes are those you are planting?'' "Raw ones to be sure. Be the honly booker ! an'does ver hon or think I would be aftber plantin' biled ones ?" SOT* A in Illinois has the followiug over the door : Notice—Tobacco-chewers are requested not to come to this depot very long before the train leaves?' A gentle bint that they are considered a nuisance if they remain too long X!©~ The question, " Why printers did not succeed as well as brewers ?" was thus an swered : ' Berauso drinters work for the head and brewers for the stomach anywhare Twecry cave stomachs, bat one has b.roia VOI,. XXI. NO. l'2s (tbucatioital Department Itey"" Editors of Educational publications to whom this copy of the lltpbrltr is sent, wil! please to exchange or retorn this to the editujH of ths educational column, C. R. COBURX, OLIVER S. DRAX. * SS?* The Teachers' Institnfes for Bradford County, for the fall of 1800, will be holdeu at * the following times and places, viz : For the towns of Windham, Warren, Or well, Rome and Litchfield, at the Euion Church in Windham, on Monday, September 10. For the towns of Smithfieid, Athens, Uls ter, the two Burlingtons, Springfield, and Ridgbury, on Monday, September 24, at Smithfieid Center. For the towns of South Creek, Wells, Col nmbia, Troy, Armenia, Canton, Leßoy, and Granville, .Monday, October ], at Alba. For the towns of Franklin, Overton, Al bany, Asylum, Monroe, the two Towaudas, Wysox, and Sheshequin, on Monday, October S, at Monroeton Borough. For the towns ot Wvalusing, Pike, Iler rirk, Standing Stone, Tuscarora, Terry, and Wilmot, on Monday, October 15, at Merryall. Each Institute will commence at 2 o'clock, p. rn , and close on Saturday, at 12, noon. It is expected that the teachers of the coun ty, will attend at least one of these gather ings. All interested in our schools, are invited to meet with us as frequently as possible Teachers will bring with them Readers, Spell ers, Intellectual and Written Arithmetics, Music Books, and paper and pencils. C. It. COBURX. Towanda, Aug. 14, 18G0. School Houses. Perhaps there are to be erected, this sum mer and fall, a greater number of school houses in this county than has been before for severa! years. The people, in several of the towns are waking up to the importance of having com fortable houses for their children to spend their school going days in. A good, substantial edifice, well built and properly taken cake of, Will last, and be com fortable, for twenty-five or thirty years. This being the case, it is important that those hav ing the charge of building these houses, should see to it thut they are prbperly constructed; and made So that teachers and pupils can be comfortable in thctr. Let not a penurious, " penny wise,'' policy prerail, and build just as cheap houses as pos sibly can be erected fcr the honest tax you dare to levy, but do as meu do in their own business, build as large houses as arc required; and make them every way suitable for the purposes for which they are erected. Because the school in a certain neighborhood is small now, it is not certain that it will be ten, or even five years from this time. The relative size (if the schools in a district is continually changing, it is not good policy or gcod econo my, then, to put up a house only large enough to accommodate twenty or thirty pupils, be cause there are ro more than that number who will attend the school at the present time. Let the directors look well to the internal arrangements of their new houses. Many school houses look well out side but within they r. r e most miserable appearing as though directors and builders had exerted their ut most ingenuity to devise machines of torture for the children, and the teachers. Children require comfortable seats, and con venient desks, and why should they not have them, iastead of benches so high that not one hall of them can touch their feet to the floor, and mere slabs or rough boards stuck up against the walls. Teachers want some ac commodations about the houses in which they are to Spend a portion of their time, and why should they not have them, as well as other people. What would be thought of a farmer, who should build a hi use and pay no more atten tion to the inside arrangements, ihan we find in some of our school houses, even some of our new ones, merely because it costs a little more to have things comfortable and conveni eht. Let the directors see to it that there is a great amount of black board in each school house, there cannot well be too much, our best teachers use the black board in teaching al most etery thing there is t a right in school.— Bind the contractor to put one or more in thd wall and bind him too to put iu good ones that will last. Black wall is to be preferred, if it can well be put on, but the materials of which the* plaster composed are not easily procured in the country, and it is only once in a groat while that a mason can bo found who under stands putting thefci on, so perhaps a crood board had better be nsed. In the last num ber published We gave a receipe for making this plaster blackboard. We will make but one more suggestion at prerent, and it is this, provide vonr school houses with suitable out houses, procbre good sized lots, and put upon them, besides tho school house, such out buildings as every per son in the neighborhood will say ought to bo provided for any school house whether new or old. It surely is not very much to the credit of any neighborhood, to hnve the public school house standing on one ot the corners where four roads cross, or rather standing in the road with no out house of any kind around it AN ENGLISHMAN'S ORDERS TO HIS HIRED MAN. —" Enry, take the arness hoff the hofltorse, slip the alter hover is ead, haud give irfnmme ay hand boats." 63?- If a civil word will render a man hap py he must be a wretch who will not give it to biin. . Kss"" Let the Commonwealth take care of the children and the children will t; k? care of the Commonwealth.