(E DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA: ftursday Morning, September 26, 1861. Stltrttb |htirn. A HUMAN SKULL. i bumaa skull! 1 bought it passing cheap ',)(course 'twas dearer to its tirst employer ; 1 thought mortality did well to keep eoaie mute memeuto ol the OiU Destroyer. P , a ghostly monitor, and most 'Experienced our wasting sand in summing ; It is a grave domesiie finger-post Ol Life—au emblem of the shadows coming. Time was some may have prized its blooming skin : ' Here hps were woo d perhaps in transport tender ; Some may have chucked what was a dimpled chin, And never had tny doubt -about its gender ! Did she live yesterday, or ages back ? What color were the eyes when brisht and waking . And were your ringlets fair, or brown, or black Poor little head! that long has done with acbiug . It may have held (to shoot some random -hots) Thy brains, ELIZA FRY, or BARON BYRON S, Ti.c wits of NELLY UWTNH, or Doctor w *rrs. Two quoted hards ! two philanthropic sirens ! Py this I surely knew before I closed The bargain on the morning that ! bought it H was not'half so Lad as some supposed, Nor quite as good as many may have thought it. Who ! ve. can need no special type of Death : Vc bares hi- awful lace too soon, too often ; telle- " bloom in Beauty's bridal wreath ; jad does not yon green elm contain a cofAu? ara mine, what lines of care are these? l.eart -tii! lingers with the golden hours, in autumn tint is ou the chestnut-trees, .tad wl.ere is all that boasted wealth of flowers ? , Life r, > m re can yield us what it gave, | • .- ! used with inucti that calis for praises— It t.:c worthless rogue may dig the grave, : hands unseen will dress the turf with daisies. i —- : §c 11 ct c b it aI f. The Grave of the Hungarian Girl. There was a time when the countries now so ■'itiaturallv conglomerated in toe grasp of the iouble headed Austrian eagle, each formed an aud happy realm, under its own atire prince ; wlien the dukr? of Austria, al though the emperors of Germany, possessed but i small strip on either bank of the Danube, iiiuled by Fu-sau and Presburg ; when uu s 'e to defend themselves against their neigh thev !on the stone pavement are said to ui: x-ent b'nod of the chevaliers, which ■ 'every effort to efface them, retain - -h hue, a- if to bear eternal witness ■ ' . ty perpetrated on them. Higher -e mountains, the castle of Landsee ris- Te tn e surrounding country One of its ' po>se--ors, in coosequeuce of a fit of j 'C caused Lis young and beautiful wife tnnred here A few days afterwards, 7 convinced of her innocence, he broke r** sof her prison. But his repentance ■ .• Overwhelmed by ncessant re • or his feul deed, the husband made a . ' the remainder of his davs as a ber r - the very cell in which his wife had en- V; he horrors of a death by starvation. • „ 1 * wg a enrp of six thmiMnd regtilw * r '- Matthiaa th-ni bim-vlt, and T aii-t 46 * is<> ' n lime of l"* r *- lhe ,la * ~, *, Ti.s legion mi-u-rrd tle bravest men., '. 7-., _ u * r :rr *t!stiUe charge often decided a vicio- , "• —l£ tic* the most of tbem by aaune. THE BRADFORD REPORTER. ID the vicinity of Landsee, upon a steep rocky summit, is the fortress of Forcbtensteio, still in good preservation, wheriu the vast family treasures of the Princes of Eszterbazy are guarded by greuadiers kept in their pay. The most picteresque of all castles in that neighborhood are the stately ruins of Kirchs chalg, encircling the brow of a conical moun tain projection, and overlooking a magnificent valley and a borough of the same name. About hall au hour distaut from that place, in easteily direction, stands an isolated lower ou a granite block, its mossy walls partly hid den by lolly fir trees. It was in former times otic of the fortifieatious erected at the com mand of Matthias for the protection of the borders, aud is situated at the left bank of a mountain rivulet, which at that point, for sev eral miles, forms the boundary between Hun gary aud Austria. The secluded nook is kuowu as the " Grave of the Hungarian Girl," a name well adapted to its loneliuess aud sol emn stillness. But the melancholy the place iuspires is changed into paiutul sympathy, when reealhug the traditions attached to it, the touching as well as soul-stirring episodes . which invest that otherwise unimportant ruin ! with an unfading interest, and at the same time | couuects its fate with that of the castle of I Kirchschlag. The facts, as they were narrated to us, ran j thus : \\ heu Matthias establish*! his line of i defence, the land in the vicinity of the " Grave j of the Uuugariau Girl," fell to the share of | Karol, a gallant officer in the Black Legion, who, alter buildiug his stronghold, settled with his family and a dozen men-at-arms, clearing trorn the woodiaud as much ground for agri cultural purposes as was necessary lor their subsistence. At that period, the castle of Kirschlag be longed to a powerful and wealthy Austrian, Ma gnate, the Count of Fuchheim, who besides possessed several other castles and seigniories throughout the land He was of the new fa vorites ol Frederick IV., hating the Hunga rians most heartily, and ravaging their coun try 011 every plausible opportunity. As he however, plundered uot only Hungarians, but also his own countrymen, the people bestowed on him the expressive deuominaliou of the "j Knight of Evil. Fuchheim was aw idower, with an only son, Rudolph, a youth of noble disposition, who, quite the reverse of his father, abhorred his nightly revels and predatory excursions. He therelore, so otteu as he could, withdrew from the banquetiDg at Kirschlag, and, taking his bow and arrows, rode out to hunt in the for ests of his father's dominions, which even now a-days have an inexhaustible supply of game. Oue evening, as he bent his way homewards along the winding course of a rivulet, his ears caught the tones of a female voice, singing the " Ave Maria," with touching sweetness, whilst the eveuing bcii tolled from the castle. With mingled feelings of pleasant surprise and curi osity, Rudolph followed the sound, and after a ?hort walk, at a sudden turn of the path, be hiud the overhanging cliff, he discovered a sceue of peculiar interest. On the deep bank of the sparkling streamlet, which ihere formed a clear bay, a maiden of uncommon loveliness i j knelt ou the green turf, teaching her little sis ' ter ttie tuelody of that evening prayer, her I countenance lightrd up with an expre-don of ' j childlike piety. The group was charming, but j more so the songstress, who, in the first bloom of youth, looked the very picture ol in nocence and beauty. No wonder that the scene produced a marvellous effect upon the I young count, and he uncousciously tarried,lost in contemplation, uutii he was accosted by a warrior ot imposing appearance w ho, on learn , ing the name of the stranger, introduced him to his daughter Gizela, inviting him at the same time as a good neighbor to bis house. Karol led his guest and children up a flight of stairs, rudeiy hewn into the rock, to a spa cious cieariug, where, round a mas-ive watch tower, stood several huts, surrounded by a plot of arable laud,, the whole enclosed by a rampart and ditch There, ou Hungarian groiiu 1, Rudoph enjoyed the hospitality of the simple but true-hearted inhabitants, giving hnn>elf up wholly to the uucontrolable emo tions which the presence of the commander's eldest daughter awoke in hioi. The host's friendly wish, that the young count should re peat his visit was a welce me pretext for his coming agaiu and again to the Hungarian set tlement, till at last he felt that lie could not exist one day without listening to that voice which thrilled through his every nerve—with out seeing those features that reminded him of a picture of a guardian angel in the castle chapel ol Kirschlag. When unable any longer . to resist the toree of his love, he avowed the state ot his heart Gizela, whose affections he already possessed. They mutually plight ed their faith, aud the father of the maiden blessed their happiness with a feeling of per fect and conteut, caring little withiu their owu fairy circle for the egotistcal scheme of the outer world, where, however the e'.orm was already gathering round their heads, that would so soon break upon their bliss with an , annihilating power. Among the gurrison at the watch tower was a vouth, by birth, a German whom Karol, when a boy, baa rescued from destruction, at the storming of an Austrian fortress. From that time, the warrior kept him iu his family as a playmate for Gizela. The youth con ceived a violent passion for the maiden his suit, however, having been rejected, bis love changed into hatred to which the saceess of the young count added fresh aliment. His keen", jealous eye detected without much diffi cultv.lhe cause of Rudolph s daily visits, aud ou remarking the progress be made in the maiden's favor, the ungrateful miscreant, forgetting the numerous marks of kindness bestowed upon hira, by the family of his bene- j factor resolved on betraying the secret of the lovers to Rudolph's father. He nccordinglv hastened to the castle, aud informed Count Fuchheim Low affairs were going on iu the Hungarian watch-tower. The wrath of the haughty magnate was terrible. Besides his j ■ hatred against Hungary, he felt his arristo- j 1 cratic pride and prejudices deeply wounded bj PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH. the proceedings of his son. In order at once to put a stop to his youthful lolley, as he deemed it, he informed his son two weeks from that day he was to wed the daughter of a neigh boring cavalier. At this intimation lludolph felt the crisis'of his fate last approaching. Fully aware of the uelessuess of openly opposing his father's will or of imploritg his pity, he withdrew ap parently satisfied, and rode over to Karol, to communicate the sad intelligence to him. The warrior knew of only one way to surmount the mighty obstacle, and that was to go with out delay to King Matthias at Vienna, Irom whose justice and humanity he promised him self the most satisfactory result. WheD the day for their setting out was once fixed, the betrothed quickly forgot their troubles aud now began to look upon their dreams of a glowing future as already realized. Although the preparations for the journey were made with great precaution, still the Austraiu traitor's suspicions were aroused, and no sooner were they confirmed, than he again sped to Kirschlag, imparting the fresh tidings to the count, who was just then making merrv with several boou companions, lleateil by wine and passion, Puchhieui swore, in the presence of his guests, to prepare a suitable nuptial couch for his Hungarian daughter-iu iaw. It was the evening before the day of de parture. Rudolph and Gizela had visited fur the last time, all the places so endeared to them by a thousand sweet remembrances. — Before entering the dwelling, they lingered at a lovely spot not far from the ramparts, cast ing a farewell look on the glorious mountain scenery, bathed in the gray hue of approach ing twilight. Lost in silent reverie, aud over whelmed by au inexplicable feeliug of saduess, they did uot remark that uight" aud darkness gradually spread over valley and mountain. As the girl leant on his shoulder, Rudolph, al! ou a suJdeu, felt her whole frame shudder violently. Tue uext moment, with a faint shriek, she sank iuto bis arms, her breast pierced by au arrow, aud her heart's blood gu.-hing in a warm stream over her lover,who, iu a paroxysm ol mingled agony and madness, I sprang forward towards a thicket, from whence the deadly miss le was shot. Freeeiv ing the figure d a man moving off stealthily, Rudolph, with a bound, fell upon him, plung ing his dagger, in mute rage, repeatedly into , the breast of the murderer. ! The catastrophe soon became known at the settlement, and Karol hastened with lighted torches to the spot, from whence two bodies were carried into the fortification ; one was Rudolph's father, the couut of Fuchheim, and the other the victim of his vengeance, the geutie Gizela, lovely even with the impress of death ou her pallid cheeks. The former still lived, and he spent his last breath in cursing Ins son, who Mood aghast between the corpses of those whom he most loved aud venerated upon earth. Gizela was buried near the tower, and her untimely fate awakened so much sympathy tiiat the people immortalised her memory by giving the place the uuuie already meutioned. The bereaved lather left the mournful spot, and settled farther eastward iu the Raboitz Valley, where the village of Karl now stands. Rudolph, broken-hearted, joined the war iu the East against the infidels, from whence he never returned. He was the last of the di rect line of the Fuehheims. The castle be came deserted, aud left graduully to fall into ruins. The inhabitants in the vicinity of Kircbs cag uffirm, that at midnight, they bear the tramping of Rudolph's horse, as he gallops up the mountain ri ge that separates the castle from the watch-tower, where he halts at the grave of his betrothed, until the cock calls biui back to his distant resting place. THE FF.RIOD IN* WHICH COAL WAS FORMED.— Of the lapse of time in the formation of our coal fields we cannot have the faintest concep tion ;it is only measured by Him with whom a thousand years are as oue day. But the magnitude of time is not surpassed by the boundlessness of the providential care which laid upon these terre.-triai treasures in store for his children, whom he was afterwards to call into being. Let them therefore dismiss this profitless subject with one illustration Mr. Maciaren, by a happy train of rcasouing, for which I refer the reader to his " Geology of Fife," arrives at the conclusion that it would require a thousand years to form a bed of coal one yard thick. Now, in the South Wales coal field there is a thickness of coal of more than thirty yard", which would have required a period of 30,000 years for its formation. If we now assume that the 15,000 feet of sedi mentary materials were deposited at the aver age rate ot two feet in a century, correspond ing to the rate of subsidence, it would have required 3.807,000 years to produce this coal- j field.— Hull's Coal Field of Great Britain. m MENTAL EXCITEMENT. —Bad news weakens the aciion of the heart, oppresses the lungs, destroys the appetite, stops digestion, and par- , tiaily su?peiids all the functions of the system. Au emotion of shame flushes the face ; fear blanches it ; and an instant thrill electrifies a miliiou of nerves. Surprise spurs the pulse in to a gallop. Delerium infuses great energy. Volition commauds, and hundreds of muscles spring to execute. Powerful emotion ofteu kills the body at a stroke : Ghilo, Diagaros, and Sophocles died of joy at the Grecian games. The news of a defeat killed Philip V. The door keeper of Congress expired upon hearing of the surrender of Coruwallis. Emin eut public speakers bare olteu died iu the midst of an impassioned burst of eloquence, or when the deep emotiou that produced it sud denly subsided. Largrave, the young Parisian, died when he heard that the musical prize for which he bad competed was adjudged to another. The doctor is often an overtaker that makes work for the undertaker. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." A HOLE IN THE POCKET. Jonas Slack and bis wife commenced house keeping, as many other young people do, with ■ little means for defraying the necessary expen ses ; but as he was a good mechanic, he could geuerally find employment in bis native village, and she being au iudustrious littie woman, be sides doing her house-work, earned considera ble in the course of a year, by doing plain sew ing. But still they did not seem to prosper as did Ned Bowen aud his wife, who commenced house-keeping near theui about the same time, uuder cimilar circumstances. The reason why aud the way lie made the discovery, we will I let him tell in his own words : My wife said to ce ODe evaniDg— " Mr. Slack, I wish to get some thread aud needles at the store, and want a little change." I felt iu my pocket, examiued my wallet thoroughly, but could find nothing that would pass for curreucy at the store, and reported the unpleasant fact to her. " Why," said she, " what has become of the half-dollar I gave you this moruiug, that I got from Mrs. Jones for sewing ?" (She had always made me cashier of the firm.) Alter another unsuccessful attempt to find it, 1 said : " Mrs. Slack, I think there must be a hole in my pocket, lor certaiuly I have not got it, and 1 do not think of any thing I have paid it out for." " I will look at your pockets this evening," said she mildly, " aud w.U mend them if they need il." It was not long after this conversation that I remembered having treated myself and three friends to ice cream and oranges at a coufec tiouer's shop, but concluded to keep the discov ery to myself. " I could not find any hole in your pocket last night," said my wile, the next moruiug, iu a geutie tone, and with a look that my feel iug- prevented me from scanning closely ; and all the reply I felt willing to make was, "Ah, couldn't you ?" A few days afterwards she called on me for twenty-five cents she had lately deposited iu my sub-treasury for safe keepiug. " Really, Mrs. Slack," said I, thinking it best to show a bold front, " there must be some corner oi seam in my pocket that is open" —though really I could not tiud one, anymore than I could the missing quarter. " If there is it is singular that 1 did cot find it the other eveoiug," she said iu her usnal quiet way, " but 1 will be sure to liud it this evening if there is auy." Uu the way to my work after dinner, while passing the Arcane Saloon, the fate of my wife's quarter came distinctly to my mind. It bad vanished iu smoke iu front of that institu tion ; i. e., it had paid for five finely flavored cigars which some of my village friends bad helped me to dispose of while discussing poli tics there the previous eveuing. Mrs. Slack had never told me whether she found auy hole in my pocket or not ; and I did not feel disposed to push the investigation ou the subject auy further. Although I was seldom entirely out of mo ney, still it was unpleasantly scarce. Iu fact I spent more than I was aware of, in small items, from day to day, for the doable purpose of maintaining nay reputation of being a "clev er fellow," aud to gratify my appetite or fame for thiugs 1 could have doue very well with out. The result was that I did without things at home which tuy wages would have enabled me to buy, aud left some for charitable pur poses. Uuc day I was presented with a subscrip tion paper for the Orphan Asylum, which I reluctautiy banded back without siguing, with the remark that I really could not afford it. My wife smiled sadly, as she said to me in 1 an undertone : " Ned Bowen subscribed five dollars." " I dou't see how he can afford it," I re plied, " as he does not get any better wages or work more hours thau I do." A few days after the foregoing event, on an iuvit&tiou from Ned Bowen and his wife, 1 we spent an evening at their house, which we found much better furnished than our own, though there was no apparent attempt to make any needless display of furniture. The evening passed pleasantly away, but I could aot avoid some unpleasant feelings when ever I contrasted their home with the appear ance of "our own. " I wonder," I said to my wife, on our way home, " if Bowen don't go in debt for some.of j their furniture ?'' " He does not," she replied, " for his wife told me that they do not owe a dollar in the : world." " But how can they live as tbey are doing on his wages, if he gives live dollars at a time j for charitable purposes ?" " I think I can tell you," said my wife, in a hesitating manner. " Well, do, if you please," I replied, Dot a little curious to know what her ideas ou the subject were. "Well," she continued, " iu the first place, she never buys for herself any unnecessary finery, and takes good care that uotbiug is lost or destroyed that comes into the house—" I " But," said I, interrupting her, " I doubt ! amazingly whether she is more careful iu that respect than my own model wife," " In the second place," said she, " he is as careful iu these respects as she is. He buys no ice cream, oranges, cigars, Ac., neither for I himself nor any of his pretended friends. In short, my dear Mr. Slack, he has no bole in his pocket." It was the first word of suspicion my wife ever uttered on the subject, and that fact, to- j getber with the conviction that she clearly saw —and so unexpectedly—but in so kind a man ner told me the real cause of the d:ffereoce be- j tvrcen our home and that of Ned Bowen and his wife, cut me to the quick—or rather, I should have said, it sewed me up, &Dd my , pockets too ; they have never been in holes j since that evening. Her chaDge has always been safe in them ever since, and onr home now will not suffer by a comparison with that of our friends, the Bowens. With good books and papers, I can spend my leisure hours more pluasantly and profitably at home thau any where else ; and the saving of small expenses more than pays for them, aud is the secret of success. Too Good to Keep. An afflicted lady, according to her own ac count, had a year before, during the perform ance of her toilet, accidentally taken into her throat oue of the bristles of her tooth brush. This bristle had stuck in the top of the gul let, aud set up au irritation, which she was convinced was killing her. She had been from one surgeon of eminence to another, and everywhere iu Loudon aud iu the contry the faculty had assured her that she was only the victim of nervous delusion—that her throat was in a perfectly healthy condition—that the disturbance existed only iu her own imagina tion. " And so they go on, the stupid, obsti nate, perverse creatures," concluded the poor lady, " saying there is uotbiug the matter with me, while I ara—daying—dying—dying !" " Allow me, my dear lady," said the adroit surgeon in reply, " to inspect for myself, care fully, the state of your throat." The inspec tion was made gravely, and at much length. "My dear Miss ," resumed the surgeon, when he had concluded his examination, " you are quite right, and Sir Benjatniu Brodie and Sir James Clark are wrong. I can see the head of the bristle low down, almost out of sight ; and if yon' l ! let me run home for my in struments, I'll forthwith extract it for you." The adroit man retired, and in a few min utes re-entered the room, armed with a deli cate pair of forceps, into the teeth of which he had inserted a bristle taken from an ordi nary tooth brush. The rest eau be imagined. The ladv threw back her head ; the forceps were introduced iuto her mouth ; a prick—a loud scream ! aud 'twas all over ! and the surgeon, with a smiling face, was holding up to the light and inspecting with lively curiosity, the extracted bristle. The patient was in raptures at a result which proved That she was right, and Sir Benjamin Brodie wrong. She immediately recovered her health aud spirits, and went about everywhere sounding the praises of "her savior," as she persisted iu calling the dexter ous operator. So enthusiastic was her grati tude, she offered him her hand iu marriage aDd her noble fortuue. The fact that the young surgeon was already married, was an iuseperable obstacle to this arrangement. But other proofs of gratitude she lavishly shower ed on him. She compelled him to accept A carriage and horses, a service of plate aud a new bouse. Unfortunately, the lucky fellow could not ketp his own good counsel. Like foolish Samson with Deliliah, he imparted the secret of bis cunning to the wife of his bosom ; she confided it to Louise Clarissa, her social friend who had been her bridesmaid ; Louise Clarissa told it under vows of inviolable secrecy to six other particular friends; aud the six other particular friends—base and unworthy girls— told it to the world. Ere long the story came round to the lady herself. Then what a storm arose ! She was in a transport of furv ! It was of no avail for the surgeon to remind her that he had unquestionably raised her from a pitiable condition to health and happiness.— That mattered not. He had tricked, fooled, bamboozled her ! She would Dot forgive him, she would pursue him with undying vengeance, she would ruin him I The writer is bappv to know that the surgeon here spoken of, w h tse prosperous career has been adorned by much genuine benevolence, though uuforgiveD, was not ruined. How ONE FEELS WHEN HE IS SHOT. —We take the following from a letter written by one of our gallaot lowa volunteers, who fought in the battle near Springfield, Mo., " I ' was standing, or rather kneeling, bebiud a lit tle bush, reloading my musket, just before the ' rebels engaged in this clo.se worx retreated.— Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in the shoulder, and fell to the ground. Jumping up, ooe of our boys asked me if I was hurt. I replied that I thought not, drew my musket up to fire, when he said, " Yes, you are shot right through the shoulder." I think it was this re mark, more than the wound, which caused the field, all at once, to commence whirling around me in a very strange manner. I started to leave it, with a half once musket ball in my shoulder, and ouee or twice fell down with dizziness ; but in a short time recovered suflfi . ciently to be able to walk back to Springfield uiue miles, where the ball was taken out." A schoolmaster, in a neighboring town wishing to discover the talents of his scholars for geoeraphv, aNked one of the youngest of them, what State he lived in? The boy re plied : " A state of sin and misery." ■feay Mrs. Fanny Barrows, aged 93, a na tive of Groton, Conn., who was twelve years I eld at the time of battle of Fort Griswould, j and assisted in making garments for the Rev olutionary soldiers, is now kitting socks for the R.hode Island volunteers, iu Frovideuce. Luxuries soon cease to be sources of pleasure, and become mere necessaries, the passessiou of which gives no enjoyment, but the privation of which is a positive pain. m It is a pleasant and profitable habit to store up agreeable images of the past, with a view to present and future improvements as well as enjoyment. No cabinet maker can make an easy chair for a discontented man. 6&~ It is estimated that Virginia has al ready lost more than 5,000 of her slaves. VOL. XXII. NO. IT. Ctaualuniri itprlmtnt. Teachers' Examinations. The annual examinations of teachers for this couuty, wilt be holden in accordance with the following programme. In three or four instances two townships have been put together, in order that the inspections may all be held before the winter schools commence. Examinations wilT commence precisely at 10 o'clock a. m., none will be inspected who do not come in before 11, unless the delay be unavoidable. Each teacher must bring Sander's fifth Reader, one sheet of fools cap paper, pen, ink and led pencil. All who intend to teach during the year mast come forward and be examined.—■ None will be examined privately unless an attendance upon the examination was impossi ble, old—certificates will not be renewed.— Directors and others interested, are earnestly iuvited to attend. Oct. 15—Wells & South Creek, Rowley School House, " 16—Columbia. Au-teusviile " 17—Spriugfield, Centre School House, " 13—Ridgbury, Pennyville, " 19—Smithfield, Centre School House, " 21—Troy £ Armenia, Boro' School House, " 22—Canton, Corners School House, " 2J—Franklin £ Leßoy, Chapel's School House, " 24—Granville, Taylor's School House, " 25—Burlington, Boro' School House, " 2ti—Monroe, Borough School House, " 28—Wysox, £ Standing Stone, Myersburgh, " 29—Koine, Boro' School House, " 3D—Orwell, Hill School House, " 31—Pike, Leßaysville, Nov. I—Herrick. Laiidon School House, •' 2—Wyalusing, Merryail, " 4 —Tuscarora. Ackley School House, " s—Terry £ Wilmot, Terrytowu. " 6—Albany £ Overton, Browns School House, " 7—Towuuda, Boro' School House, " 11—Asylum, Frenchtown Lower House, " 12—She-hequin £ Ulster, Kinuy School House, " 13—Athens, Boro' School House, " 14—Litchfield, Centre School House. " 15—Windham, Kuykendall School House, •' 16—Warren, Boweu School House, Aug. 3.1861. C. R. COBURN. Superintendent. Official Correspondence—Profanity. Seer The followiug letter, as will be seen, was writteu in reply to a question of a county j Superintendent, relative to his duty toward teachers of his county, who held certificates, and were in the habit of using profane langu age. It is an old letter, it is true, but it in volves principles that are as important now as they were twenty years ago. If any teachers who may read this letter, are accustomed to thus degrade themselves, they will do well to think upon the subject seriously : Photnii, Sept. 10, 1824. DEAR SIR : —Having expressed my convic tion to a party of teachers not long since,that 1 should consider habitual profanity a suffici ent grouud for annulling a certificate, some of them considered me altogether too rigid. I therefore thought to lay the subject before yoo for your consideration. Your views upon this question will be read with interest by the pub lic, exert a salutary influence on the great mass of teachers, and confer a lasting benefit on the taught. Yours respectfully, O W. RANDALL, Dept. Sup. Oswego Co. Hon. SAMUEL YOUNG. Albany, October 6, 1842. DEAR SIR : —You iuform me that your opiniou that habitual profanity wculd be a sufficient grouud for anuulling a certificate, is deemed by some teachers "altogether too rigid," and yon ask my views on this subject. In the first place, I cannot imagiue under what construction of law, or code of morality, an individual addicted to habitual profanity, could ever have obtained a certificate as a qualified teacher. 15ut sach a certificate hav ing been procured, no matter by what means, I should deem it the imperative duty of any tribunal haviug the power, to affix upon it at the earliest moment, the blot of annulment,and if possible of oblivion. " Good moral character " is made by the statute, an indispensable requisite to the quali fication of a teacher. " Profaße cursing and swearing " is a legal offence, punishable by fine and in default of payment by imprisonment. Can ebony oe mistakeu for topaz? Can "good moral character" be ascribed to bim, who " habitually " puts both the laws of God aod man at defiance ? Most of the crimes and vices which afflict and digrace society, can plead that they are based upon some of the animal gratifications. It is to satisfy his real or factitious physical wants, that the thief commits larceny. The glutton, in the indulgence of bis appetite, is sustained by a precedent " rnnniug on alt fours " in the swine ; and the gross debauchee can claim the goat and the moukey as his brothers ; hut profanity is a spontaneous ex hibition of iuiquity, a volunteer sin committed without temptation, and without reward ; a bustard vice destitute of parentage—wholly disowned by nature. Phreuologists profess to find the location upon the huniau skull of all the animal propensities. No one, however, has yet been able to detect the " bump " of profanity. Pandora's box is full without it; and the amateurs in human mischief and human misery have superadded this as a mere gra tuitous evil. I can conceive of nothiug more horrible and repulsive than to send innocent little children to a school, where th?y will be taught, either by precept or example, to stammer oaths and to lisp profanity. This is to poison the whole stream ol life at its very source. If you know any teacher within your juris diction, who is addicted to the low and vulgar vice of profanity, I advise you, in conjunction with the town inspectors,to immediately annul bis certificate—unless you believe that such an exercise of power will impair your useful ness, and not be sustained by public sentiment. Should you so conclude, I direct that you send to this department the name of such teacher ;on the receipt of which,l will relievo you from all responsibility on the subject. Yours respectfully. SAMUEL YOUNG, Sufi Com. SCJMJ 0 W. RANDALL, Esq Drpt. Sufi Osvrge C*.