Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, October 10, 1861, Image 1
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE, TO W-AJtfIXA. : Thursday Moruing, October 10,1861. , Stlttto poetrn. (From Vanity Fair.) ALARUM. Men of America, t'p Irom your slumbers! L>sh the thick mist away. F.ach soul that cumbers! Freedom is yet alive ; j Wake, in her name to strive ; S varni. Irom each busy hive. Resistless numbers ! Were we not freemen t>o ra il ere-iwvmleU ? When shall the hiss of scorn Our fame have ended ? The soil of Washington Traitors should harbor none— Though all our rivers run With crimson blended. Our realm is half a world ; Ocean to ocean! Shall -ur tH; now 1* furled 'Mid war* commotion ? S . letr Chief's command, Over IT ,J L.tke and 'and. 11 aw every freeman's hand. Each heart's devotion! t" up for l.ibertv! The battle rages ; (if our laud's history l>iood stain- the paces. IVath may be welcome now ; Though cold the lantvl'd brow, Men to its tame shall bow All through the aces. From caitiff rear or S icht. Good Loan, deliver 1 By truce w .lh trait>r might. Give us peace, never 1 Rather go d .wat < dust. As in the end we m .-I. Flaring IN GOD our trust. Freemen te.rever 1 istt 11 anto as. (Frem'Ba: ker's M <.:.u > AN UNCLAIMED DEPOSIT. A ROMANCE"CF REAL LfFE. Former v con u try j -masters made quar to:. V re lIJ UUCH 10 H'C geaeral deportllleiit a'. ffstiwgloa, by depoattmg the MBUMI IU >uiue r.fk'i' * £ bai.k, to the credit of the post ms-t : gt .rrt 1. ami sending htu thereter a et rt.fn- tie of the depository 1H: k. A person iniewding wel an aycntioa, deposited IU our lat k, five hundred dollars, and took the us na. certificate. He was a strainer to u>. :or did we kuow bis rtadtMC : mod the occur rence hav g nothing pni ar a out it. e:u :• ed ttt gtMTtl uoticc. and was 5,,. 1; forgo' ten. &eterl years eip-*\i, when, OB a tran-!\ r of accounts cousnj'ieiit to fe op. i : g • ' n : a' ledger, our book keejwr stated to uie toe t x s lance ol tne defo.-ii, and t. e '.. me iiu j re- Ulume l il' a . vl ;t ut t..e >'• - - r.- ( ■ - ED BO parUctilwr actio I —WE sat MM I th tt : E depart AWN t, karieg faod* LA . I,.. I **. .. ■— en to let it i.e Vitb us Tbe U |>-.tor, boa* inr, as we sohstquri.t.'y lean ed. had, on re taraiaft bone, placed the entdcaie ia a draw er among otlier papers, ii.te. d i g to traasßMt to W ash lug ton, after he had copied some \ .chers which rre io4v\i uq ant it ; tut !>e c takes suddenly ill, and his illness lertHiu- j s g speedily in u.ath. the transmission was iff accomplished. The existence of the cer- • -c was utikn.'WD to anv ore person beloag iag to '.he p*t office. at:d the lux>k> of theo.e --t-exhibited oi.'y the amount of the in debtcdaeaa to the general detriment, while .. wh rewith to j.my the n.vie 4adaeaa i be found, alter the most diligent search trie premises and inquiry of the widow The wmditioa of the office BMBBMd tuuch the ap- j re*r*:.ce of a de: a vat ion. and rt nu rs soon ' iv.necled therewith ibe sudden death of the Nipfsvsed detai'.er \\ hispers ciivolaied around ? l< ghlß.rhoovi that he had taken poison, • ie -oaae .i.stead n.s sted that he had hunsr : and a . remembered that he had. for *eral days previ us to his death, evinced a | ae-Tous and unbecoming urgency to collect i .:-;a i.og debts that, iu the period al '■ ■ were accorded by country postmas ers '•a o- residences. Nor was the de f-arta.-ct at Was too in iguorance of what 'i (;-.*••-d An active po lviau of the v.: f*. a..v bad Jong coveted the office, a; j bad ■•de frequent efforts to supplant the iucuoi r<-'-> *:. .e speedi yto Washington, for the p.av'e. taking occasion to justify hi# 'I itiv>a of the tenth commandment , •J " 1 .£ the eXiStmg defwh-atiou, and io ? -'I X tkat his :ong expectation of such a | .. isreu ibe icwdiug motive for his for* . s f<r the office lie succeed t a> atid in addition, re-ceited i s •' * * t uemaiii from the two suret.es of i w* drceased a liquidation ol the ta'ance due ~ th. of tre head of a fan iy ■ •fUat .alaai ty, io its most nnugatcd 'oriu . i ' assaßies ouwootrd w;en \ ' - * * ta a loss of the means of support ! i v t-r-ar-d i usehold, and the v.urn- . ' 1 " la .: i*. u st-Tbj i its • .vv.s SvX ho*t Vef, Was , "rr- ** • l . ol li*t * .tioi id the 1 " • *'. at.. itKombeftd auso .u '.tree - -rra Tey were too yu;gto u i - fu.l i.a ure of tbeT benwtentent; < ■ - posaaaaad strot-g set-.' It - as the greatest of her affi.e ions, the 5 "rTa- . y .er v.'Cv a-c. . u-i a i ; - - ' ' 'ue ituuced to beiieTe his geuit, j \ - * knew net to c trover; it-- , '**'• w oosUvvs 00 her part should ope- j , y* 'jury of h.s sare ies. and that thus \ - -cbwau * c„iracttr m gat part,a yre ; : - ?ke Tolautar.iy to cce of j '"t r j„t o: da a itra'.joa oa tae .ates. ♦ THE BRADFORD REPORTER. tate's estate, and the trifling effects might all be sold in the most expeditious manner. The adiuinistra or happened to be a benevolent man, and by udvaucing some funds of his own, j the government was paid the balance due from the deceased, and the family were left iu the | ownership of their small homestead, with most of its essential furniture—the efforts of the: widow suffi-itig to provide a scanty susteuauce for herself and children. Years passed 011 this way ; the subject had originally engrossed the I tile village, and reached to some of the surrounding parts ; but it bad king been forgotten by the young, and 1 was only occasionally rtmeuibered by the old; when one of tbe widow's children, a female, j just grown into womanhood, a>ked her mother ■ the use of retaining so many old papers that ' were lying in a trunk which the young woman had long desired to posses-. The mother ad- ! nutted she knew no use ia retaining them.— j Some of them, however, were letters which she had received from her husbm d during his I occasonal absence from h ine. and j>he was re luctant to destroy them though -he was equal ( ly reluLtaut to read them ; but the greater j part of tbe papers were old post office docu- j meats, way bills and blanks, of no u-e wh itev er ; and it tbe daughter would re- rve the let ters, (they would not amount to a large 1 - I ber. the other papers riii.ht be destroyed Forth sped the girl, elated to take pos>e--:on of the long coveted trunk, and the letter* ware soon sorted from the mass that was des lined to be destroyed. Curiosity induced the g.ri to open a few of the unt'quated sallow letters, w hen in one of them she found a print- 1 ed paper, that so arrested her attention t.y it r.seui lance to a bank note, that she to.'k it ! w.tii her whenjslie returned to her mother, that its character might rie elucidated. The moth er no sooner saw it than she recognized it as a cert tieate of deposit ; and her true woman ly instincts, all loyal still to the husband of her youth, sarauMd immediately that it might, in ! -otue way, f e connected with hi- alleged le : fwicatiou. She lost n< time in sliwing it to the benevoit nt surety, vriio - ill lived 111 the neigh borhood, and who had eeattastij assisted her 111 her struggles to keep the family from want and to educate the children. He bid long exercised the office of justice of thi peace, wed understood enough of bu-ii.-- generally to I know the nature of such a pap I : jvrt • I to be issued by our 1 >. h r.-ce pt of five hundred dollars 1... n- credit of I I >st Blaster ■ .i. He kindly ; f t- •; -•. : . ' of uiT.. r, tic :gh t.-.e - ■ ed. He ventured, t owever, to • - • 1 ney to our bat k. and there as •to -i t %\ the money was still undrawn ; and OB this oc- j casiou we became aware, for the Cr-t time, of I all the preceding occurrence*. But we could not yet t>c sure that the government were not the owaers of the moaey ; fv>r though its bav g been left so long undrawn would have been c tsclusive aga.nst it- owner-hip by a private person, yet the gorerumeut m ght be influt nc- , ti by d.ff-rt " pnjic : at : ' ic k :v:-- ' ed lhut the cert fica'e shon' i I e -ei " to Wash ington. with a narrative of the circumstances, j is * a rquest t ai, if the Prpartmet.t had to ' claims iLrreon. thej should return the cert.fi I • a'c da j e.Oi reed, -o thai live I ai.k could pay j lb. money to the widow. Tl.e I-*-.*'d" J'c was accordinglr sent, as we j had aviriseil. and, after no long delay, it was j returned with the coggeitodeadnrunaeat —the ; goti rumCßt alleging no claims thereon—and e ja i five hundred do! irs to the widow, who tna :e B joorwej to receive it ; though, a -he w as not the administratrix of fur husband, j the money had. in form, to be paid to hr fr end. the admiLi-trator. who accompanied, her. T: e amount seemed t > her very large ; but the greatest pleasure she derived from tbe transaction was the justification it produced of i the integrity of hei husband ; and though we had heard all tbe circumstances thereof before, j we could not resist bcr evident desire to re-1 count it to u- herself, and tbe g r at fcation we saw -he received from the recital relieved the tedium of a twice-told tale. She returned home a happier woman than she had been since ber widowhood, and insisted on reimbursing to her husbar i's surety what the t ff-c'.s of the estate had faded to meet ; though he resi-teothe of fer. t :. 1 he saw the recept.on woul i be more benevolent than the rejection. Tae amount remaining in her possessiou was a '.rifle over three hundred dollars, which, being judicious ly loaned on intcre-", added greatly to her re - : -mail as the income serais to persons in a d ffetent scviety T:.e sopp'>ed defa ca tioa had not produced, in its day. a greater -eu-ati n:n the v ige than the discovery of the missing money ; and what most surprised the widow, was the assurance of her neighbors t w for the fir-', t toe disclosed t at they i.ever had for a moment believed the o'd sto riew IB the d -a-ivantage of htrhu-band They a . new the truth w-ul-1 at length be man,test ed. a. d Lsd so dec.ar\i a th • u-a i t.nies— the only j*r;ies who ever sceui-d toprojiagaie tbe ccwi dai oens some few who bad long since eea iru.J T Otherwise left tse v.. ge. The old trunk shared in the general appreciation of the fatuity, and was frequently exhibited to give a phys.cal reality to the narrative But what made the ,<a-ilf Mill more satisfactory, was a ptfitiaa CrOBI the ne:ghfw>rs to the poat master gentral, tna tLe w.dow should be ap 1 *.ei to ".:ie effi e f} -t tn-*-"tr —tae t\ st ing iccumhet-t haTi-g lapsed in his polities and become at pot ular—a .d as tbe petition was supported by the coogressonal represen tative f the district. Bbo knew all the listory of the little office, the application was speedily soceeswfwi : and I iearoed. but a tkmt 'imw sg s. that the widow was permuted to retain the cffice tiR ?h< vo'nntanir te'inqtiisbed it it ' favor of a highly respectable voting druggist, who had married her d*ugh*er. the young nomas that foand the cert fi.-ate, at-d that he - trie p"r-: : potstniA-s'er of the v. -ge, ". at wj- a vear ago. when I hward from the locality. A LAT SIXMOS A " curtais lectare PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH. The Man who knows Everything. A mighty knowing man was Caleb Page, who kept the grocery ut the fork of tbe road, near Woodchuck Creek, Sprag Hollow, iu the village of Hornville. No occurrence had taken place, ot all the particulars of which : Caleb did not possess a thorough knowledge i in the minutest detail. All matters in tbe prospective were anticipated, discussed, arrao- ' ged aDd satisfactorily disposed of by Caleb long before tley look place. If a neighbor rushed into the store to communicnte what he Ix-lieved to be a very recent piece ot news, he would have the conceit takeu out of him by being told by Caleb that he " had heard of it a week ago." Events of the past, pres ent and future were al! the same to him ; bis obiquitous knowledge grasped and covered them all—to him they were all " stale news." A small bet was made one evening between Si Stevens and doe Stubbins. Si bet Joe couldn't nonplus Caleb with eny piece of intel ligence—real or imaginary. Joe took all such bets as that. The following evening Si and Joe, accompa nied by two or three more of the " boys'' of the village who were to "help the thing along,'' and " fill in," proceeded to Caleb's store After being comfortably seated here and there on boxes, barrels Ac , Si opened the evening's amu-toneut by askiug in a manner that indica ted be was continuing acover s ation commenc ed lie! re they had eutered the store : " So vou av, Joe, thev have caught him at last." " Yes, S'r, about seventeen miuutes after eight." " Well, Joe, how far np the creek was it ?" " On a careful consideration, I should -av it wa about three miles, or three miles and a huif up the creek Caleb, who had not lost a word of the con versation, dropped his sugar scuopwith astou i-hment and opened his ears, for the boys were talking about a matter in which he was not " po-'eo up " The conversation continued : " Well," say- Si, " that couldn't a been far from Deacon Hunt's." " Je-t so," answered Joe, " It was about e : o ' - 1- fr in Deacon Hunt's bog peD, in a - , ■ oh wi-e -t:•- " '* D t you leaf, .1 with a face as solid .-agra.e stone, " bow much lie they got ?" '* Yes, I did," replied Joe, with another a -olid a- two gravestones. " I heard that go*, nigh ahnt sixty ber'ls of He " I. e wrs observed that Caleb - getting • x . -y at "p! dit on." V) i. ' ~ W.. gW *- *1:0 ttp'i'f ?" " W- . S . • . • ii.s-c-.-t .ia. about e g'l'v two feet loog Bad iwei.ty-eight odd inches broad— " I . ..jt, J e. ti.at I re was a { air on Ym ?" " That's a fact, there wa# two on ' ut they only saugiit the be one." At this point of the dialogue, fiH V-cane -odes. - r <l-ex '• ill-! e could contain t im-t.f uo longer, and snappishlv demanded *0 ktio*" " i) it in the thunder they were !ii* ab it ?"' " Why." said Joe, with well feigned aston -base r, •• don't you know about t'ue:r catch -11 g that are—"' " I'hatare what ?" snarled CJ -B. " Wny, that are whale !" seriously an swered Joe. " A whale !" exclaimed the bewildered Oa eb. " Have they caught that whale up the creek ?" " They bavn't caught anything else,'" said tbe impertnrable Joe. " And how much tie did they get T" inquired Caleb as be recovered his win " Ninety-two bar'l-," sanl J-"e. forsrelting the • mount he had previously mentioned. " Well." -aiO Caleb w;;b slow deliberation, and a satisfied him, for I heard they were arter h.ui." East Geaesee Coaference. Tbe se-sion vu remarkably peaceful and pleasant throughout Tue preachers seemed to enjoy a Ti-it to Towaaia. With many it was prooably a 6rt v.-it. as Towaoda. though a Urge vi.iage and a proaiiuetit place, lies iu the extreme aootb east piart of the Conference, and is at some dis'.ance from the great thor oughfares. But all tbe world canuot be on r.i Ir ids, if tb.s fast age does rote stages, coaches and pacseta a nuisance. There, a* ei-ewhere, tne careful ob-erver will see une . I.vocal s gus of progress : the wholecoantry in full sympathy w ; tb every onward move ment. We had not been in that region for tight years, and the marked improvement vis it e at - i poiuts was peculiarly gratifying During that time the North Branch canal 1 has been opened to Waverly, where it con nect- with the extension to Elm sa, thus giv ing to Towanda the commercial advantages of two of the greatest canals in the United States. ; T: addeo to :'.s great natural highway the Su-q.haxua K.ver, sull much used as an un tax. 0 rt ad to market, affords all necessary c n venieiK-e to the business operations of the tn bab tan'.s. A Leal ra Iroad, extend rg from the v.lUge fourteen m les back to the coal ; n. aes. ;s do rg for T-waoda what tbe Bloss l-urg railroad did a long .time for Corning, tai dy, making .1 a Ta-t transhipfloeat dewt. and preparing it slowly for greater railroad ; facilities. Oue of the test ttn pro reseats is 1 vet to be me* tioned—a fine literary Institu tion. bearing tbe name of a college, but wheth er r.i wed or net w.th coi.egiate p*?aer. we are unable to saT Such aa institbtiou was i much wanted, and we are glad that Towaada j has cade a successful strike. It is 00 more tbau every Urge viiUge in the country should I Senotag t! .oreu abroad to be educated. i, an expens-ve Uisiacß, aad aot warranted j by r--u.;A We might aim-:-*; as we.i send our houses abroad to be built. Education ; should be far more than it is, a home sffa.r— a m.:.g to be provided for by every coaixun ity The geograph.:ai ftAtcres of the country sppea.-to assume a n* character under toe • " RESARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." hand of cultivation. What is promised to Christian faith is here accorded to industry, the mountains sink down and the valleys are filled up. It is true the hills are still high, '• and the intervening vallf.es somewhat deep, but nothing compaired to what they once 1 were. The whole country is an aggregation I of bluffs, cultivated for the most part from top to bottom, and presenting a landscape of in imitable beauty. The soil, once considered j inferior, is found to be equal to that of most other regions. Bradford County is now one s ot the finest wheat growing sections in the State of Pennsylvania. One thing is yet want ing, and that is, roads. Pload making is yet an art but little attended to, and people con tinue, with surpassing patience, to drag them selves and their produce up and down the hills, just as though it would be a sin to go around ! them. This keeping to " the old paths," how ever, well it tnav be in spiritual matters, is an outrageous blunder iu some things of less con sequeuee. But it will be remedied indue time, that is to say, w hen the people get ether and • more pressiug labors off their hands. Grain, lumber and coal, are not the only products of ohl Bradford. Patriotism abounds tbere ; oor will this be deemed strange when we remember that the couuty forms a large part of the district which has given to Cou gre.s a McKean, a Wilinot, and a Grow.— Towandnisthe home of Mr. Wtlmot. His healtn is poor, but improving, and we think he will return to the Senate at the next ses sion of Congress Tbe Judge opened his house, as did the other leading citizens of tbe place, with cordial welcome to the Conference; be also attended most of tbe public exercises, and spoke on the occasion of a grai.d Union meeting, at which Bishop Baker presided. It is fortunate for the country that Mr. Wilmot is in the United States Senate at this juncture, as his daring, his incorruptible integrity, and his profound acquaintance with the genius of Southern ins f itutions, enable him to act up to the necessities of the times. His ripe jndg ment and inflexible purpose no doubt helped materially to shape the action of the late ex tra session which actually did more for the na j tioD tbau had been done in twenty years be fore. We could say mnch of the country and the Conference, but oar limits forbid. Scarcely anything occurred that was not of the kind est character. The Conference was evidently ' iu uo vind ctive mood. Nor was there anv exhibition of what is almost as bad—au insane j des re to bring everything to the same stand ard. The gs exceptional were allowed their ! place as ex ptlonal. and none warred against them as t " that wh.ch was wanting 1 . d te numbered," if he that counted wa.- oniy persevering The Procrustean bed is ah st oat <>• use m the East Genesee Confer-! c ce, v: ! • .it ...i piece of inrri* ire might as wt;! be disposed of. We learn t some of tl. • 1...0' were t ; exavt : y :a*i-facto ry. bat tbia i* aot —rptiaiug, a..i tbe only i woader is that such aad w in my changes I sh■■'tj' be made with so i 'tie ft'. a. Tt - remaikablc acquiescence of our preachers and j people io a system of annual changes affecting ; tbrir highest interests, aff rd* no -light proof ' that at least, the geria of Methodist policy is of more thau human origio.— St riker 1 Jnit jeitdent. . THE Snmvß ts OVER. —We can hardly re alize the fact, so short does the time seems since buds and blossom#, blue birds and lilacs welcome the refirn of spring ; but the sum- j mer is over, " done <gcae for tbe season," a* the darkey say. The leaves are stil! green, 1 and ample to afford grateful shade ; but in a few days tbey will wear a yellow tinge, and they w : ii no longer be treated with their won ted respect,wntn pedestrians e<.k the sunny side of'he street to travel. Althongh the transition from summer to fall is so silent, ' and occurs just at a time when the fruits of the earth are so thick opou n, and naturailr should confine our thoughts toa chanuei which would induce us, like Young, to —" take no note of tdne. Save by iu loas ;~ yet we see tbe unerring shadow of coming eveuts—the steady tramp march of fall. We feel it io the cool, invigorating breeze of morn ing and evening—we see it in those domestic pots, the fl.es clinging in stiffened groups to the kitchen ceiling—we see in in the C aini-h ing length of the days ; bat we feel it—ah ! most sens.bly, gentle reader-—when coiled up under a blanket, indulging in pleasent dreams of having been appointed a commissary ia the army, ot receive a heavy horse contract, and a shnii voice d speis the terrible delusion by shoaling from the bottom of tht stairs, " breakfast ! Reader, go down to the bark of the river, and you wiii receive an admonishing lesson of the dight of t.me. Tbe blue riier roi s on quietly and majestically, as it did a hundred years ago, and just as it will do a hundred years hence. The fo age of tbe trees are grten. a; parently, as they were a month ago ; but on close inspect on. you wiii delect a *..ige —a . gbt fade. Reflect how long it is -.tee you steed at the same place, and saw :&e -sun® trees putting forth the foliage now about go ing to decay Does it seem but as yesterday? Thai day-, months a:;d years hurry by, and it wiii not be long before we all be called upon to "hand in our chips"—the came cf 1 life will close, ar.d others will take our piacos ar.d shoo icr oar cares and anxieties, our trou bles and our vexatio * tef A yooog lady lately appeared in male ature io Bait more, ami one of tbe editors say? that her d sgu se WAS SO perfect that sbe m ght Lave passea for a mas, " had had a little core modesty ~ Sn?" A good ciry pre- i:cg officers at pab ; c mee ings don't know bo* *o put a qaestioa. Young iag.es thick it shoa.J be popped. Why are good hascAßtis 1 ke docgh ? I Because women */:' tbe a i Prince Napoleon and the old Soldier. A few days ago there occurred one of those rare iucideuts in the progress of Prince Napo leon's tour through the United States, which will not soon be forgotten by oor illastrions visitor, albeit tender recollections thereof may Dot be of long duration with oue of the par ties interested, whose gray hairs will ere long be moistened by tbe clammy dews of death. LoreDZ Harte, a relic of tbe Grand Army of the First Napoleon, now an inmate of the Cook County poor-house, had an interview with Prince Napoleon. County Agent Han | son, learning the wish of the old mao, bowed down with tbe weight of eighty years, was ushered into the august presence, t The Prioee arose to receive his remarkable gnest. There they stood for a moment look ing each other in the face—the second heir to the French crown and the scarred and bronzed | veteran of a score of battles. Advancing, the Prince grasped th> old rnan'3 hand, and ; conducted him to a seat, and spoke so kindly that the veteran's heart overflowed, aad he burst into tears. To those at all acquainted with the history of the Napoleonic dynasty, neither the kind ness of the Prince nor the emotion of the old soldier will be wondered at. All snch well know the remarkable power that the first Na poleon held upon the affections of his soldiers, as well as the wild and uncontrollable idolatry manifested by the latter toward the former, upou all occasions, whether iu victory or de feat. In this interview, the veteran " fought his battles o'er again." The Prince questioned him, and listened with glistening ey* to his recital of those thriving incidents which ever had as their hero a Napoleon. The quick eye of the Prince noticed the ab-euee of three fingers from one of the sol dier's hands. " Where did yon lose your fingers ?" "In tbe retreat from Moscow. I was at tached to the cavalry, and in one of the char ges of those villainous Cossack#, a lance de prived me of my fingers. But," and the o'd veteran's eye shone witb the old battle-light, "my saber fiuisbed him, sire. Ab. those Cossacks were the most splendid horsemen that I ever saw, but they afraid of Ma rat's cavalry, after all." And the old soldier's j mind wandered back to that terrible retreat from the burning capitoi of the Russians, sur rounded by tbe inflexible rigors of a Russian ! Winter, and barrassed day and night by those furious onsets of Cc--aek cavalry—those w .1 and daring children of the plains. " Tnis, sire, was done at Lodi," exhibiting a terrible scar upou his left thoalder made by a grape shot. "And this," baring the calf of his left leg. showing the track of a baliet through and through it, " was done at Acrola." " This saber cut upon my bead was received at An 'erlitze, and so was this sire," tenderly Li' .; up the Cross of the Lesion of Honor, bestowed apoa him by Napoleon for special service on ti.at bloody field. And thus the old battle-scarred veteran arhiled away two pl-a-aut hours—hours wuh proud and tender recollections to both Prince and soldier ; and when the veteran aro?e to go he blessed the munificence cf the Prince, which Lad pressed a well filled purse iDto bis hand, and given him assurance that ii L- t France had not forgotten her veterans, and that a liberal pension should be provid ed for him. ExTRAORriNAKT Poo—At Aider-hot camp there is a large -paciel, belonging to a sar geant in the Royal Artillery, WHO hax been taught by his master, during tedious days of camp life, to perform tricks that are almost marvellous. The dog is perfect in his drill, marching slow, quick, and at the donbi# in obedieuee to the word of command. After he had been put through his paces, his mas'er ea. Ed him up and a.-kcd hi- op.n.oc of the va rious reg.ments oo the grouud. Were the j Plungprs the best corps?—no signs of appro | val. Were the 42i Foot ?—silence on the part of the dog After going over hai? a doz en name*, the raster a-ked, exactly in the same tone as that be had put his previous queatioo, the dog's opinion of tbe Royal Ar tillery. He instantly burst out iuto lovons barking, jumping aboat, and rolling The ser geant called three cheers for tbe King of Prus sia—no sounds ; three cheers for the King of Naples—a low growi ; three cheers for the Emperor of Austria—a 'er.ce again ; three cheers for the of England—snob a voi ley of resounding barks that echoed again. tflmntionjil Departed. Teachers' Examinations. The annua' examinations of teachers for this county, w.li be ho*.den in accordance * '-h the following programme. In three or four instances two town*h.ps have been pat together, ia order that the inspections may all be held teftre tbe winter SCIKK - cornice tee. Exautuatious w.li commence prec:-ely a: 10 o'cl-x-k a. m , tone w ; be inspected who do aot cvae in before 11, unless the delay be unavoidable. Each teacher most bring Sander's fifth Reader, one -beet of fools cap paper, fen, ink aui led peocJ. A.: who lutend to teach during the year mast come forward aci be examined Nunc will be examined privately unless aa Aitcn:*-. r op.-:, t: r sS4-_ uat.ia was ble, o'd—cert fica'.es will not be renewed.— D rectors and others interested, are earnestly invited to attend. tvs.li—-- h Cr*-~i S-wSey B-.i-:.:! H:_. <—CoiaaitAa. Aw Vewwriiie 1 •—es.-!&£!• d. ifiirt Scßoat How, IS—R :z> -v P*crri.>, " la—Swiilitki. Ctstn > Aool Howe, " " t T *—Tl P~rt' firkul llin — ** t-—UBIN, Cwaui Schowl BMM. ti—Fraaklia A Leßor. Chaf*i't sebaol Hew, " 11 Giuiißf, Tajtoc * a.:Sswe, H . ** V—Boriatft-3. i' Srbrx. H '•>—H *-' S r:. zi. . H --f ** is—Viwx, A fill ar Mjersbcrji. ~ - >—R.. 3K- Boro Sck- . i-j —>rwed. a .. > i il— J)OT : M.- -r * A.- s.-.- —• — ~ - _•* VOL. XXII. NO. 19* " 2—Wya]using, Merrjrnll, " 4 Acklejr School Hoose, " s—Terry 4 Wilrnot. Terrytown, • " 6—Albany A Overton. Browns Scboo) Boose. " 7—Towanda. Eoro'School Hons*, " 11—Aeyluoi. Frenchtown Lower House, 1 '• 12—Sheshcjoin \ Ulster, Kinny School Hoase, I '* 13—Athens, Boro" School Hon.'*, " 14—Litchtield, Centre School House. " 15—Windham, Kaykendall School House, ! - K—Warren, Bowen School Hou.-^ Aug. 3. lsei. C. B. CO BUBS. Superintendent. j t&T" The following resolutions were passed at the Teachers' Institute, held at Columbia X Roads, September 20tb. Be it resolved by I the teachers of the townships herein represent , ed. 1. That teaching is an honorable and re . sponsible calling, and to sustain, promote and . elevate the dignity of our profession, we will do , all in our power to make onrselves equal to the standard desired by our worthy State Superin tendent 2. That we recommend to every teacher to study carefully some standard work upon the science of teaching. 3. That we will exert our influence to per suade all who intend to teach, and all who are interested in the cause of education, to attend these annual drills. 4. That we recommend township associa tions, as beiug of inestimable valae to all teacber, and especially so to those who have had but little.or no experience in the business. 5 That we tender our thanks to those who have enlivened our sessions with music ; to the trustees of the chnrch for its use ; to all who have aided as in our discussions, and to the citizens of the place for their hospitality. 6. That our thanks are due to Prof. C. R. Co BURS', for his endeavors to make oar sessions Loth pl?asant and profitable to all who have attended, to li. C Johns, for his instrnrtioa in penmanship, and to Rev. Mr. GIBSON for his ! excellent lecture. T. That oar warmest sympathies are with our beloved, but now distracted country. We love its free institutions, and believe that the general diffusion of knowledge by means of common schools is one of the most efficient means of perpetuating them. Ca?* The Committee who have listened to the reading of the several teachers of the In stitute, would offer the following as their re port of criticisms. In general we have been gratified, and feel that the teachers do not underrate the very dv-.rabie C'-ompi:shaeut of being able to read well. ID giving onr criticisms on the Tarious readers, we shall be brief, and to the point, considering that " a word to the wise is snffi ■dent," and that each will endeavor to profit by the scggejtiocs wj _ay make. We mention DO name- of readers, bat only the selections read, so that each reader may recognize his own. It is also proper to remark here, that where the readers are many, and the variations in many ca-e- but slight, it fuilows, of necessity, that in onr criticisms there mast be a repeti tidn of words, and a sameness in onr remaks. " The School II use in the IVoodt r —Was smoothly and very cred tab'.y read, not however without some faults— .who has none ?) Rather rapidly, atdjwith a want of emphasis. "Try ah belong to Die" — Was well read con ; ider:ng the nature of the selection, for while the yenng reader may think poetry the more easy to read, t:. uk.ng so does not make it so. The reading was too hurried, not suffi ciently distinct in enunciation, and was not I sufficiently emphatic to express the sentiment I of the lines. " The Lui Rote of Summer" -Lacked empha s's, and manifested a slight tinge of the unna tural. If we were not speaking as a critic we would say i; was well read. " Immortality"- —Was read under too much embarrassment to be criticised, though tha reader manifested the qualifications of a good reader. " The I- :ry —Was well studied, and too well read, i e the effort was too great, and consequently not natural. " Ot r L*; si to ot* r Countrf —Manifested want of practice in reading ; and was read withoa: a feeling of the sentiment expressed. " Mr:ncßial T-. it's" —An unhappy selection: and no; such as to test the reader's i abilities as such " Bat - Tie. I." —Too harried, not distinct in enunciation. " DLirru ge" —Want of expression of senti ment. " T in/;sg : .ving" —Well read, distinct and clear, bn: pressed a t-nre of the unnatural in tone " I'c* \ z" —Well read, eoanciatioa good. Manifested Self possession and aUo * proper i v;ew of the sentiment. Too low. "A Tri<rnent" —Sweetiy read. " What a Teacher Should Be" —Ordinarily ' we!!. E iter ing more into the spirit ot the se lection woo l have bettered the exercise. •" Betg~.it on the Rhine" T— Some fault in era; i. a- and something of a monotone. " Active Bmereieuce if the finHfJl" —Want of force and expression. " Courteof Time ~ —Much the ia? " St -rp< 'ty~— VS-T we!! read but not with suffi .--ni feeling and expression. ** THoUg-ue" —Wei! preformed. " > - •' < ■ :\ ■ l ~ —Want lag in oree an i eipres.- >a . " Liberty" —Very well, but not with suffi cient fee. ng ar*i eirrv-.-.on of sentiment. •• Vaalsigfn mi Prayer' —ln all repect we'.i rea:.. 1 ; a word, we would say of in is cor.-.dr: • z :. age and experience of the reader. " Excels • Set Ua s i the KAvm*—Enunciation good. A ::r_- of the nuoatural, bat with a feei.ig of me sentiment "P. i atofsii." —Want of emphasis. Too each tone. "Ilistc m the Study" —Very we 11, bat scarce ly beard. m Mmta Cure n Scotcl" —Much too hurried, and too lew Respectfully sacm tied. Coomittee. j A Farat. 0~'?-"5r-—Cxoeei Berian'f sight OT*r a a n.e rifia.