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They will be entitled to 1 column, confined exclusive ly to their business, with privilege of change. ffip* Advertising in all cases exclusive of subscription to the paper. JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain and Fancy colors, done with neatness and dispatch. Handbills, Blanks, Cards, Pam phlets, jfce., of every variety and style, prin ted at the shortest notice. The REPOBTEB OFFICE has just been re-fitted with Power Presses, and every thing in the Printing line can be executed in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. TERMS INVARIABLY CASH. (Sarlis. RPIIOMAS J. INGHAM, ATTOR- Jl NEY AT LAW, LAPORTE, Sullivan County, Pa. PEORGE D. MONTANYE, AT VT TORNFY A T LA If—Office in Union Block, formerly occupied by JAMACFAKLASK. WT. DAVIES, Attorney at Law, • Towanda, Pa, Officfe with Wm. Wat kius, Esq. Particular attention paid to Or phans' Court business and settlement ot dece dents estates. MERCUR A MORROW, Attorneys at Law, Towanda, Penn'a, The undersigned having associated themselves together in the practice of Law, offer their pro- Ir-sional services to the public. ULYSSES MERCUR, P. D. MORROW. March 9,1865. PATRICK A PECK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offices In Union Block, Towanda, Pa., formerly occupied by Hon. Wm. Elwell.and in Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. They may be consulted at either place. U. W. PATRICK, apl!3 W. A. FECK. HB. McKEAN, ATTORNEY & • COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Towan da, Pa. Particular attention paid to business in the Orphans' Court. July 20, 1866. HENRY PERT, Attorney at Laiv, Towan ia, Pa. jun27, 66. WH. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR • NEY AT LAW, Troy, Pa. Special attention given to collecting claims against the Government tor Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions. Office with E. B. Parsons, Esq. June 12,1865. DR. H. WESTON, DENTIST.— Office in Patton's Block, over Gore's Drag and Chemical Stors. Ijan66 LUIWARD OVERTON Jr., Attor- J_Jnry at Law, Towanda, Pa. Office in Mon anyes Block, over Frost's Store. July 13,1865. DR. R. DAVIES, LERAYSVILLE, PA. has permanently located tat the office formerly occupied by Dr. B. DeWitt, for the practice of nis profession. May 9,1867. IOIIN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY ■*) AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Also, Govern ment Agent for the collection of Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty. *#" No charge unless successful. Office over ,he Post Office and News Room. Dec. t, 1864. I USES A DEMOREST, Coopers, *t Towanla, Pa. All '.kinds of Cooper Work on hand and made to order. Particular atten tion given to repairing. Work can be obtained at the shop in the Keystone Brewery, or at the store of W, A. Rockwell. Cash, or work, paid for stock. May 9,1867. OD. STILES, M. D., Physician and • Surgeon, would announce to the people ot Rome Borough and vicinity, that he has perma nently locate i at the place formerly occupied by Dr. G. W. Stone, for the practice of his profes sion . Particular attention given to the treat ment ot women and children, as also to the prac tice of operative and minor surgery. Oct. 2,'66. DR. PRATT has removed to State street, (first above B. S. Russeil & "Co's Bank). Persons from a distance desirous of con sulting him, will be most likely to find him on Saturday of each week. Especial attention will be given to surgical cases, and the extraction of teeth. Gas or Ether administered when desired. July 18,1866. D. S. PRATT, M. D. DOCTOR CHAS. F. PAINE.— or fice in GOKK'S Drag Store, Towanda, Pa. Calls promptly attended to at all houis. Towanda, November 26, 1866. 1) W'D MEEKS—AUCTIO NEE R. JU All letters addressed to him at Sugar Run, Bradtoid Co. Pa., will receive prompt attention. FRANCIS E. POST, Painter, Tow anda, Pa, with 10 years experience, is con fident he can give the best satisfaction in Paint ing, Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering, Ac. tar Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the country. April 9, 1866. T K. V AUG HAN— Architect and • Builder. —All kinds of Architectural de signs furnished. Ornamental work in Stone, Iron and Wood. Office on Main street, over Russell A Co.'s Bank. Attention given to Ru eal Architecture, such as laying out of grounds, Ac., Ac. April 1,1867. —ly. J J. NE W ELL, COUNTY SURVEYOR, Orwell, Bradford Co., Pa,, will promptly attend to all business in his line. Particular attention given to running and establishing old ordispu ted lines. Also to surveying of all nnpattented lauds as soon as warrants are obtained, my 17 WHERSEY WATKINS, Notary • Public is prepared to .take Deposi ons, Acknowledge the Execution of Deeds, Mortgages, Power- of Attorney, and all other instruments. Affidavits and other pipers may be sworn to before me. Office opposite the Banking House of B.S. Russell A C., a few doors north of the Ward House. Towanda, Pa., Jan, 14, 1867. I). K N A PP, Watch Maker and Dealer in Gents and Ladies Watches Chains and Finger Rings, Clocks, Jew elry, Gold Pens, Spectacles, Silver ware, Plat ed ware, Hollow ware, Thimbles, Sewing Ma chine, and other goods belonging to a Jewel ry Store. Perticular attention paid to Repairing, at his old place near the Post Office, Waverly, N. Y. Dec. 3,1866—tf. JOHN MORAY, ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER. Will promptly attend to all business in his line. Special attention given to Landscape and Stere oscopic Photography. Views of Family Resi dences, Stores. Public Buildings, Animals, Ma chines, etc., taken in the best manner. Particular attention given to the novel and beautiful stere-copic representation of objeets. Orders received at Wood A Harding's Ph olo graphic Art Gallery, Towanda. Towanda, April 23,1867 yl. rPHM D N DERSIG NED HAVE A opened a Banking House in Towanda, un der the name ci O. P. MASON A CO. They are prepared to draw Bills of Ex change, and make collections in New York, Philadelphia, and all portions of the United States, as also England, Germany, and France. To Loan money, receive deposits , and to do a general Banking business. G. K. Mason was one of the late firm of Laporte, Mason A Co., of Towanda, Pa., and his knowledge oi the business men of Bradford and adjoining Counties,and having been in the banking business lor about filteen years, make this house e desirable one, through which to make co ilections. G. F. MASON, Towanda, Oct. 1, 1866. A. G. MASON. A CHOICE SELECTION OF MI& celianeous and Juvenile Books at BiDGWAY'S DRUG A BOOK STORE. PAPER, ENVELOPES, "BLANK Books, Writing Fluid, Ink, Pens, Pencils, Slates, Paper Slates, Visiting Cards. Reward Cards, Writing Desks, Ac., at BIDGWAY'S DBUG.4 BOOK STORE, ' jjj E. O. GOODRICH, Publisher. VOLUME XXVII. hotels. HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA. On Main Street, near the Court House. C. T. SMITH, Proprietor. Oct. ft, 1866. IC AN HOTEL, TOWANDA, PA., Having purchased this well known Hotel on Bridge Street, I have refurnished and refitted it with every convenience for the accommoda tion of all who may patronize me. No pains will be spared to make all pleasant and agreeable. May 3,'66.—tt. J. S. PATTERSON, Prop. HOUSE, a four story brick k/ edifice near the depot,with large airy rooms, elegant parlors, newly furnished, has a recess in new addition for Ladies use, and is the most convenient and only first class hotel at Waverly, N. Y. It is the principal office tor stages south and express. Also for sale of Western Tickets, and in Canada, on Grand Trunk Bail-way. Fare to Detroit from Buffalo, $4, is cheaper tnan any other route. Apply for tickets as above to C. WAKFORD. tar Stabling and care of Horses at reasonable rates. Waverly. N. Y., 0ct.26,1866.-3m. C. W. gMITHBORO HOTEL, SMITHBORO, N. Y . Having rented aud Refitted this well known Hotel, 1 am ready to accommodate all who may favor me with a call. I hava a large Hall at tached, suitable for lectures, dances, &c. Pass engers carried to any point by applying at the Hotel. No pains will be spared to make every thing agreeable and comfortable for the t ravel ing public. J. B. VANWINKLE, Jan. 10,1867. Proprietor. iUillincrt) ant) Dress fllaking. GRIFFIN, Would respectfully ask the ladies to call and examine her stock of Spring Millinery Goods, just received from New York. Every thing beautiful and new. in the line ot Bonnets, Hats, Trimmings, etc. She takes pleasure in offering to her friends and the public generally. Of her work, those who have patronized her, are the best judges, and to them she refers. Towanda, April 23,1867 6w* jyjlS S ES WOUGHTER & SHIP DRE3S MAKERS. Rooms over Bramhall A Cowell's Store, Main Street. Second Door below Beidleman's Block. Towanda, Pa., April sth 1867.—3 m. JjILLINERY. MRS. J. C. PIERCE, Would announce to the citizens of Towanda, and the public generally, that she has just re turned from New York with a well selected as sortment of Goods, and opened a MILLINERY STORE, Over Shlam's Clothing Store, in the front room formerly ocenpied by W. C. Bogart, Esq., where she will be pleased to see the Ladies of Towanda and vicinity, being confident that with a varied and well-selected assortment she can supply their wants. Having procured the services of one of the best Milliners trom the City, she believes that she can give entire satisfaction. Particular at tention given to STRAW WORK. tar Come and see us. Dou't forget the place, over Shlam's Clothing Store, next door to Mercur's Store. Towanda, April 8, 1867. MISS M. A. BUFFINGTON, Would announce to the ladies ot Towanda and vincinity, that she is now prepared to give her time and atteution to DRESS MAKING, And solicits a share of their patronage, All or ders will be promptly attended to. Rooms at the residence of N. J. Keeler, (up stairs) two doors east of Dr. Pratt's office,on State street. Towanda, April 15, 1867. E W MILLINERY AT MONROETON. Miss EMMA SILL & Miss MAKION S. RIDGWAY, Having just returned from New York with a fine and well selected assortment of MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS, Would inform their friends, and the public gen erally, that they would be pleased to receive a call from them at their rooms formerly ocenpied by Mrs. H. M. Tracy. tar Particular attention given to Straw Work. April 17,1867. fHistellaiuious. T 0. OF O.F.—BRADFORD LODGE JL No. 167, I. O. of O. F., meets at Odd Fel lows Hall, every Monday evening from the first Monday in April to the first Monday in October at 74 p. m., lrom Octob. rto April at 64 p. m. J. S. CAREY, Sec'y. April 23. 1867. PUBLIC DRAY.—The subscriber has had made a new and convenient DRAY and will hereafter be prepared to do hauling for all persons desiring his services. His Dray will stand in front of Patch's store, when not engaged and all orders may be left at that store. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited, as by prompt attention to orders, and, by punctuality and low charges, he is determ ined to merit a share ot custom. FRANK STEPHENS. Morch 28.1867.-3 m* GRIST MILL.—I have purchased the grist-mill known as the Hale Mill, sit uated near the month of Towanda Creek, and about two miles south ot Towanda Borongh. I take this method of notifying my old friends of my location, and am in hopes to gain many new lriends and patrons by strict attention to my business. All I ask is a fair trial, as lam well satisfied that I can suit my customers. WM. BAHR. South Towanda, April 23, 1867. JT E W A R RANGE ME N T AT THE NEWS ROOM AND BOOK STORE. The undersigned having purchased the BOOK STORE AND NEWS ROOM of J. J. Griffiths, respectfully invite the old patrons of the estab lishment and the public generally, to call and ex amine our stock, "ALVORD & BARBER. 8. W. ALVORD. F. E. BARBER. 1 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI . ENCE IN DENTISTRY. J. M, SMITH, M. D., would respectfully inform the inhabitants of Bradford County that he is permanently located in Wavcr'y, N. Y„ where he has been in the practice of his profession for the past four years. He would say that from his long and successful practice of 25 years duration he is familiar with ail the different styles of work done in any and ail Dental Establishments in city or country, and is better prepared than any other Dental operator in the vicinity to do work the best adapted to the many and different cases that present themselves oftentimes to the Dentist, as be understands the art of making his own artificial teeth, and has facilities for doing the same. To those requiring under sets of teeth he would call attention to his new kind of work which consists of porcelain for both plate and teeth, and forming a continuous gum. It is more durable, more natural in appearance, and much better adapted to the gum than any other kind of work. Those in need of the eame are invited to call 'and examine specimens. Teeth filled to last lor years and olteutimes lor life.— Chloroform, Ether, and " Nitrous Oxide " ad ministered with perfect safety, as over four hun dred patients within the last lour years can tes tify I will le in Towanda from the 15th to 30th of every month, at the office ot W. K. TAYLOR, (formerly occupied by Dr. O, 11. Woodruff)— Having made arrangements with Mr. Taylor, I am prepared to do all work in the very best style, at hla office, April 23,1867. pteattatucuA (Correspondence of the Boston Journal.) Parisian Life and Character. PARIS, March 24, 18C7. A RAMBLE IN THE STREETS OF PARIS. I propose to take a ramble through the streets of this wouderlul city— the heart and soul of France— the capital of luxury, where fashion holds her imperial court aud where plea sure sets up her saturnalia, it is Vanity Fair, where you may pur chase anything, where you may dauce away the golden hours, for getful of the flight of time ; where balls, masquerades, grand parties and receptions are nightly held.— And yet here, if seriously or studi ously iucliued, you may fiud rich stores of learning and exhaustless Ueasures of art. You may stroll by the hour through the long drawn gal leries of the Louxembourg and Lou vre, or attend without expense the great schools of art and medicine.— In this city tin re is full scope lor wisdom or wickedness. No Sabbath interrupts the hurly-burly. In the churches masses are said. A few thousand of the two millions of peo ple enter the churches, dip their fin gers in the marble-fountains contain ing holy water, make the sign of the cross, say a prayer, and then hie away for a jolly time in the Champ Elysee, or the Bois de Boulogne, or at the race course. Sunday night is the grandest of all nights at the the atre. Week in and week out, day and night, the hurly-burly goes on. But we shall obtain a truer idea of the life of the inhabitants by taking a stroll the city than by dwelling upon general statements. We can even read the character of the French as a people in the signs along the Rues—their passion for sentiment.— Take the names of the streets. STREET SIGNS. Paris takes takes good care of her military renown. The soldiers of France, and the citizens also, are perpetually remiuded of the deeds of valor won by the armies of the Em pire. The room in which I write fronts on the Rue de Rivoli, a name emblazoned on the flags of Napole on's battalions. It was at Rivoli in his first Italian campaign, where he overthrew the Austrians. Leading from the Rue de Rivoli, is the Rue Gastiglione, another Italian battle field. So also Wagram, Austerlitz, Eylau, Moscow, and other battlefields won by the troops of the first Napo leon are kept in remembrance. Nor are the deeds of valor of the troops of the present Emperor forgotten, but their record of glory is kept be fore the people in the boulevard Se bastopol, Inkerman, the point d' Al ma, and point d' Solferino. One would think, judging from street signs alone, that the people of Paris were very religious, and so they are in the matter of signs.— There are nearly 200 streets which are name after the Saints. What an array of saintly names the street di rectory presents ! Besides those commonly known we have Saint E loi, Saint Andrew of the Arts, Saint Good, and Saint Opportunity. In ad dition to these streets of the Saints we may walk through the " Road of the Cross of the Evangelist," the " Cross of the Little Camp," the " Cross of the Wooden Wainscot ting," or the street of " David's Small Tower." Names most sacred and profane are indiscriminately used— names which it is almost a sacrilege to mention—the " Street of the Holy Spirit," and the " Street of Hell 1" Not only are such names given to the streets, but looking from my win dow I can see a sign over a store door with this inscription : " The shop of the Child Jesus." Farther up the street the proprietor throws out in glaring letters the name of his eetablishment—"The Good Devil"— and to impress it upon you he has a pictured representation of his guardian spirit—an imp with a horn ed head carrying a carpet bag ? Another proprietor has put up the sign of the " Poor Devil." It would require much space to give the curi ous nomenclature adopted by the Pa risian shop-keepers ; the above will suffice for examples. But in our ramblings we may pass through the " Street of Ancient Com edy," " Street of the Beautiful Girls," " Street of the Little Shelf," the " Boquet of the Camps," " Basin of Copernicus," " Good News of the Miracles," " Street of St. Genevieve's Almond Trees," " Street of the Wo man Without a Head." But with all this and much more of the sentimentality, we come upon streets which bear such honored names as these : " Rue Beethoven," " Rue Bellini," " Rue Auber," " Rue Rossini," " Rue Beranger," " Rue Franklin," " Rue Petrarch," " Rue Laplace." Generals, statesmen, po ets, painters—great names in science literature, art and jurisprudence-- not only in France, but of all lands, are thus honored. It is thus that we see along the streets, in the very si<>ns which have been put up, the peculiar features of French characters—sense and non sense, wisdom and wit, seriousness and soberness —a strange mixture which defies analysis. BREAD. Bread in Boßton and elsewhere in the United States appears in the forms of loaves ; but go into a Paris bake shop and you will see it stand ing up around the room in rolls as long as fence rails ! There goes a womau now, past my window, with her left arm full of sticks of bread— the sticks about four feet in length— as if it were an arm-full of fire-wood In her right hand is a stick of double length, which she uses for a cane.— It is fully seven feet long—literally the staff of life 1 REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER. TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., MAY 16,1867. In this matter of bread-making, American bakers have something to learn from the French. Bread here is sweet, moist aud nutritious ; that left at the doors of many of your city readers is not unfrequently dry and sour. The bread here is rather hard baked, but other than that it is ex cellent. And yet, for nice, nutritious, hunger-satisfying bread, there is none which can compare with that baked in thousands of New England kitchens where these lines may be lead—those white, generous loaves, moist and tender—the crust a deli cate brown. Ah! it makes one's mouth water to think of them ! You farmers of New England, although you have long winters—although your laud is hard of cultivation, and the remuneration of your yearly la bors small, you sit down to better ta bles than the people of any other land ; aud although other lands may be sunnier, other climes more genial, there is none under the snn where such good living can be found as at your ever hospitable and generous boards ; and better than all this, there is no laud so abounding as yours in honor, virtue, truth, and all that can ennoble the mind and soul ! EMPLOYMENTS OF WOMEN. There is no laud in which women are so respected and honored as in America. A woman in high life on this side of the Atlantic is treated with marked courtesy,but women, as a class, are drudges aud nothing else. Looking down from my window, I see a scavenger's cart with two men and two women, scooping up the off al of the streets—the women with great brush brooms, and the men with shovels. Come with me to the great market of St. Eustach, a few steps from the Rne de Rivoli. It is an immense structure—a great iron shed or sheds, covering two squares —women at all the stalls—burly, red-faced, wielding cleavers, cutting up sides of beef—fish women, crying in shrill voice the excellence of their sole and salmon—fruit women—also sellers of vegetables, aud pretty girls with flowers for sale, beseech ing you with Buch grace that you are the owner of a boquet before you know it. There goes a woman with a basket of potatoes on her head ; another with a big tub filled with meat. There comes one with a rack on her back, filled high with bask ets. Another trips along with a yoke on her neck, bearing two pails of butter milk. She is certainly un der the yoke, and so are they all.— High born—those who would go down on their knees before the Duch ess d' Angouleim, or my Lady High flier, would crowd every one of these hard working women into the gutter. No respect is paid them in public places. Gentlemen puff away at their cigars in the cars without def erence to the presence of a lady, no matter how well dressed or well be haved. No Frenchman resigns his scat to a woman. He will bow very low and do everything for Lady So aud So, but for a woman whom he may meet in public—never ! A WALK ALONG THE QUAY. The river Seine, which winds thro' the city, is bordered on both sides by magnificent stone quays, begun by the First Napoleon and completed by his successor upon the throne. There are nearly fourteen miles of stone masonry along the stream, besides the numerous bridges which span it. The river is subject to freshets, and the banks therefore are considerably higher than the ordinary water level. The river has its ports —or, we should say—places of deposits for goods.— Port Percy is the great depot for wine, oil and firewood ; the Fort Aux Tuites for bricks and slates ; " the Port du Louvre" for goods from Ha vre ; the Port d'Orsay for wine and stone. But conspicuous in the river are the immense floating bath and wash houses. In the latter the linen of Paris is washed. It is quite a spectacle to see several hundred wo men at the wash tubs rubbing and scrubbing, with great kettles steam ing, with bundles of dirty clothes go ing in and baskets of clean ones coming out, borne on the heads ol stalwart washwomen. The fee for a day's washing with cold water is eight cents ; for the boiling of a ket tle of clothes, two cents. The bath houses are immense float ing structures—some of which are fitted up in excellent taste. The largest and best is at the Quay d'Or say, which has several large swim ming saloons, three hundred and fifty dressing rooms, divan and coffee rooms, where the bathers can refresh themselves after a bath. The rates are at a moderate price for use of towels, brushes and soap. Near the Louvre is moored the " Good Samar atane" bath house, where excellent warm baths may be had for ton cents. There are also sulphur and medicated baths. In all there are over two hundred bathing places in the city, and furnishing an annual average of 2,500,000 baths. Most of the wealthy people have baths brought to them. You see a man pushing a hand-cart through the street with a sheet-iron tank upon it, and carrying a bathing tub. He halts at a house, sends in his tub, draws several buckets of hot water from his tank, receives his fee and goes on to find another customer. The river baths are extensively patronized by the poor people in hot weather. When will Boston have cheap warm baths for the poor ? The crowds which last summer flocked to the bath houses on Cambridge bridge indicated their appreciation of the privilege. Let them be multiplied— give every man, woman and child a chance to bathe without cost, or for a trifle, and the result would appear in raising the rate of the duration of life. There would be less crime and less wickedness. "Cleanliness is next to Godliness." Who is there among the wealthy men of Boston who wants to send his name down to the future ages, and receive the grat itude of millions ?• If there be such a man let him establish free baths, and ten to one he will accomplish the end. Surely America ought not to be behind Europe in bestowing such a blessing upon the people. BUILDING. The preseut Emperor is transform ing Paris. The old city has disap peared. Wide avenues have been carried in every direction, cutting right through the old town. The "improvement" ot the city has been entrusted to Baron Ilauseman, one of the Emperor's personal friends, and the Baron has used his liberty with out regard to cost or anything else, except to make Paris the most won derful city in the world. He has plowed right and left, north and south, east and west, tearing down and building up with astonishing audacitj. The structures now rising, whether public or private, along the new boulevards, are magnificent and imposing. There is but one kind of material used—white limestone— quarried a few miles north of the city. There are no glaring brick walls, but instead walls of uniform color, a neutral tint, and pleasing to the eye. The stone when quarried is soft, and if put at once into the wall may be dressed with an ax, but it hardens by exposure. It is a strange sight to see a workman with a broad ax hewing the whole side of a building, from top to bottom, dress ing it as neatly as though it were chalk. Outside walls, therefore, are easily raised, and figures wrought with facility. The comparative ease with which the building material can he wrought, its beauty, its beauty, its unvarying tint, give Parisians a great advantage over builders in other cities, enabling them to rear at little cost structures of surpassiug beauty. I know of no sight more imposing than a look from the" Quays of the Seiue. Stand ou the massive bridge of St. Michael, which spans the river at the very heart of the city. As far as the eye can reach up and down the street are massive buildings—'the Tuiliers, the Louvre, the Palace of Justice, the Legislatif, the Hotel de Ville, Norte Dame, the Chamber of Commerce, the theatres, with numer ous massive private edifice , the bridges, the long walls, holding the river in its proper place—all so neat, trim, beautiful and imposing, that you involuntarily exclaim that there is no city so beautiful as Paris. STREET SCENES. The streets of this capital of fash ion and pleasure are alive with peo ple. There is not the dull, heavy, constant roaring of London ; there is wanting the heavy traffic of New York, but light vehicles roll along by the thousand. It requires twenty thousand cabs to do the light riding of this people. Riding is so cheap that you cannot afford to walk.— Thirty cents will carry you anywhere inside of the city walls in a cab, but cheaper than cabs are the omnibuses - -not running belter skelter, but un der a system—all owned by one com pany with some 000 omnibuses and 7000 horses, carrying eighty million passengers per annum. The east and west lines intersect with those ruuning north and south, so that you can reach almost any section of the great city for six cents. Stand anywhere you please aud watch the never ceasing tide of life sweep by. Omnibuses, always full, cabs jogging at a regular pace,great loads of hay not pitched of in fork fulls, but done up in wisps and sold by the wisp ; loads of wood done up in little bundles, brush for kindlings, tied up by the peasant women. Now a great wagon filled with calves, going to market, all of which had inspection at the city gate to ensure heath in the Metropolis ; now a pro cession of wine trucks ; here comes the great stone crusher, weighing several tons, grinding the broken stone to powder beneath its ponder ous pressure ; soldiers from Algeria, swarthy Turcos with Zouave cos tume ; soldiers of the line iu trim uniform, of the Imperial top heavy with bear-skin cap; workmen in wooden shoes—such shoes as would make a sensation in Boston—clamp, clamp, clamp they go upon the side walk—-worn here in Paris and throughout France, by those too poor to wear anything as soft as leather. And now the workwomen, in coarse dress, but eveiy one wearing a white ruffled cap. It is their only head dress. Never a bonnet have thpy owned, nor will they ever own o|e. At home or abroad it is ever the same white cap. Look at that space a rouud the tower of St. James and you behold it filled with servants and young children, and every little toddling creature, every infant, chub by-cheeked girl, tumbling on the grass or making dirt pies, wears a white ruffled cap. A work woman or servant girl appearing without a cap would be out of her sphere. And what strong creatures these servant girls are ! They will carry a great trunk up to the fifth story, or tos6 it from the ground to the top of a cab as if it was the easiest task in the world. But enough of this rambling.— Next week the Exposition will open, and I shall endeavor to give early information of what is to be seen.— CARI.ETON. NEVER chew your words. Open the mouth and let the voice come out. A student once asked, "Can virchue, forti chude, gratichude, or quiotchude, dwell with that man who is a stranger to recti chude ?" A stray contraband from down South was lately inspecting a horse power in operatian, when he broke out thus : "Mister, I have seen heaps of things in my life, but I never saw anything whar a horse could do his own work aud ride him self, too." For tho Reporter. SCHOOL GOVERNMENT- It is alleged by some that as good order is not maintained in our schools at the present day, as formerly, aud various causes are alleged for the de fection. Some charge it to the inexperience and want of self-control on the part of teachers, others to the want of co operation and support of parents and directors, while another class make the County Superintendency a sort of wholesale scape-goat to bear the sins of the people, whether of omission or commission. It is said "that distance lends en chantment to the. view." How much of the laudation of the schools of for mer days may be attributed to such enchantment we shall not attempt to determine. Nor is it necessary to our present purpose to question the truthfulness or falsity of the allega tion, for it is freely admitted that want of good order is one of the prom inent defects of our schools. The great question is, how is this defect to be remedied ? and are we ready to apply the necessary means ? A re formation is needed, in this all will agree. That each may go about the work and know the part he is to act, it is necessary to know the causes, remote as well as immediate. The first and chief cause we name is, defective family government. Children properly governed at home seldom give the teacher tro.uble at school. This remark we have so often heard from the lips of experienced teachers, from parents aud directors, and it accords so exactly with our own experience that we are forced to accept it as "the truth" "and nothing but the truth," if not the whole truth. That as good family government is not maintained now as formerly is an assertion often made, and seemingly with as much or more truthfulness than that with reference to schools. Indeed we have heard it remarked, and often too,that family government had shifted hands, once parents gov erned their children, now children rule the parents. Such remarks are, p-.a baps, somewhat extravagant, yet they contain too much truth. That degeneracy in parental in fluence and control over their chil dren, has, and does extend its bane ful influences into the school, no can did observer,it is believed, will deny. Here then we find an efficient cause yet so remote as to be beyond the direct control of teachers or school officers. Will those parents who are loud in complaints of the teachers want of ability to govern schools please to turn to the scriptures and read the parable of the "mote" and "beam" then consider the following facts. Teachers bought up under loose government, never having been re quired to govern their own temper and feelings, and not having practi cal knowledge of what good govern ment is, can not be expected to main tain that evenness of temper, friend ship and decision of character neces sary to the successful control and discipline of others. It is contrary to the nature of things that they should. They may when they arrive at mature years, see and feel that their habits are wrong,that they have not had proper discipline, may put forth efforts to correct the evils, but can not wholly eradicate them. The power of self-control should be gained before the habits become fixed.— Again those, whose children are al lowed to have their own way at home, and indulge in improper practices,and give loose rein to their passions, are the ones most likely to bo incensed at, and complain of teachers. The character of the parents and habits of the children render this probable,and experience proves its truthfulness.— Not the least obstacle in the way of remedying evils of this character ex ists in the fact that those most in the fault, are the very persons least like ly to realize the truth in the matter, or take the steps necessary to reform. Some (and some here includes far too many) take sides with the child as | against the teacher in any grievauce, real or supposed, apparently because their sympathy is with it, and it seems to be the easiest way to get along,—forgetting that the good of the child requires that the whole truth be known before a decision is rendered. How often thus by a has ty and imprudent course, is set in motion a tide of untoward events which destroys the order aud useful ness of the school. Unfavorable re marks are made—pupils take the hint—trouble and discord,if not open rebellion follow. The truth of the whole matter is, the teacher must have the co-opera- J tion and moral support of the pa trons of the schools, and must be presumed to have done right until upon a fair hearing it shall be proved per Annum, in Advance. to be otherwise. There is, we are fully convinced, no other one thing which serves so effectually to drive persons from the profession of teach ing as these difficulties and obstacles in the government of schools. Ev ery one of these adds to the neces sity of an increase to salaries, for if we throw obstacles in the way on the one hand, dollars must be put iu on the other to induce proper per sons to attempt to overcome them. Tliis truth can not be too forcibly impressed upon the minds of all. In proportion as the difficulties, perplex ities and responsibilities of a calling are increased so must the compensa tion be augmented. We do not desire in the least to relieve teachers of the weight of re sponsibility resting upon them in this matter. They have an import ant part to perform, which they should undertake with cheerfulness and earnestness. r 'Many of them neg lect to cultivate the spirit and en thusiasm of the true teacher without which they must fail. Their hearts are not in the work*. The sooner such are induced to seek some other vocation the better. There are ma ny however who are laboring earn estly and zealously for the good of those in their charges. Let these receive substantial encouragement. We throw out a few suggestions and hints which may possibly be of service. 1. That teacher who fails to receive the approval of the better judgment of the majority of his pupils in his means or mode of government, may be assured something is wrong ; bet ter search himself for it first. 2. The teacher who does not pos sess a friendly or conciliatory spirit, must not expect such spirit to be manifested toward him by pupils or patrons. 3. The teacher who feels thus: I have the law on my side—don't care whether you send to school or not, — I'll have my pay any how, is, if in school, where he ought not to be, and the sooner he is out of it the better. 4. The teacher who on becoming acquainted with the larger pupils, male or female, permits them to take improper liberties, or those not al lowed to others, should make a note to this effect : I lack moral courage and love of justice, for I show a par tiality for which I am justly liable to censure. 6. The teacher who cannot call to order, reprove, or punish a pupil if necessary, in the spirit of kindness, but must to do either, be energized by passion, may be assured he lacks at least one quality essential to a good teacher. 0. The teacher who is profuse in commands, threats, promises, or use of corporeal (punishment, gives evi dence of weakness and want of knowledge of human nature. 7. The efforts to prohibit entirely the use of the rod in school, has had an injurious effect upon the order of schools and increased the necessity for its use. 8. A wise discretion must be exer cised in administering punishment ; they never should be inflicted with any other feelings than for the good of the offender. 9. The teacher whose interest in the welfare of his pupils, or whose desire for improvement is not strong enough to induce him to improve some of his leisure time in prepara tion for school room duties, lacks that degree and kind of interest which every teacher should possess. 10. The teacher who does not re spect the rights and feelings of pa rents, as far as is consistent with his duty to his pupils, in managing the affairs of his school, will not bo like ly to receive such support as every teacher needs. THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. If there be a more beautiful spot on earth than that which the men of Paxon settled, we have not seen it. From its source in Ostego Lake,! where the great American novelist has described it in language which will never cease to be read ; along by its lovely winding, where the Chemung intersects the North Branch, whose beauties have been embalmed by one of our most graceful poets ; by the Valley of Wyoming, which lives forever in the imagination of Campbell, but which is fairer even than the semi-tropical fancy of which ! he was enamored ; on by the bold i scenery of the meetings of the wa ters at Northumberland, to its broad 1 glory, celebrated in the New Pas • toral, and its magnificent union with I the Chesapeake, every mile of the i Susquehanna is beautiful. Other I rivers have their points of loveliness lor of grandeur ; the Susquehanna 1 has every form of beauty or sublim ! ity that belongs to rivers. We have i seen them all: Connecticut, Hudson, Delaware, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri. There is nothing like the Susquehan na on this continent. Its peculiar character depends upon its origin in the New York meadows, its passage through the magnificent Pennsylvania highlands and the mountains. Every where its coarse is defected ; begins a wooded lake ; it winds a limped brook by meadows and over silver pebbles ; makes its way through mountains ; it loiters, restiugly, by their bases ; it sweeps in broad courses by the valleys. Its vast width,in its mid spring freshets,when swollen by the melted snows, rushes from the hills with irresistible force, sometimes causing frightful inunda tion, leaves, with its falls, island in its channel, of the richest green, and most surpassing beauty ; while those passes through the mountains afford poiuts of scenery far fiuer than any one would believe them to be from any description, if he ha not seen them. The Susquehanna makes the grand est of these passages, just below tie mouth of the Juniata. Its course there is several miles long, before it entirely disengages itself from the rapids, called Hunter's 1 alls, which are the remains of the rocky barnei which once resisted its way. En tirely at liberty, it pours'its stream, a mile wide, along a channel sons fifty or sixty feet beneath its bank. About seven miles below the mount ains, at a point where they look blue in the distance, a sheltering well from the northern blasts, flows in a little stream which the Indians called Paxetang, Paixtang, or Paxton. This mountain ts the northern boun dary of the Blue Ridge which, under laid with blue limestone, covered originally with the richest and no blest forest growth, and including within it the garden of all the Atlan tic slope, extends from Easton, on the Delaware, by Reading, Lebanon and Lancaster, by Harrisburg, York and Carlisle, by Chambersburg, Ilagers town and Winchester, until it loses in the North Carolina hills. The point of greatest beauty in all that valley, is the spot where it is cloven by the Susquehanna. A hundred and forty years ago, an enterprising young man from \ oik shire, in England, by descent, proba bly, one of those Scandinavians,who, under the great Canute, held posses sion of the North of England, and gave its main chaiacter to it, made his way to Philadelphia. He mar ried here a lady who came over with a well-known Yorkshire family of this city. Impelled by the same en terprising spirit that brought him -from the cfd world, and using the in evitable eye that was characteristic of him, he went to the banks of the Susquehanna. He settled for a brief period at a point above Columbia, where the village of Baiubridge how stands, a place much frequented by the Conoy or Gawanese Indians. But he was not satisfied with the loca tion. Exploring upwards along the eastern bank of the Susquehanna, he advanced until, instead of the Conc waga hill at his back and on the up. posite side of the river, he found the entrance opposite to him of that most beautiful valley, already described, with two Sue streams flowing into the river about live miles apart, and on the eastern side an elevated pla teau unsurpassed in loveliness in the wide world, with the little Paxton flowing at the base of an elevated slope or ridge of land. Here he settled, and the ferry across the river to the entrance of the Cumberland Valley was called after liim. His son, the first white child born west of the Conewaga hills, subse quently laid out a town on the spot, and with a singular forethought set apart six acres on a noble hill which rises on the northwest, which he con veyed to the State for public purpos es. The Capitol of Pennsylvania is now built upon it and the city of Har risburg bears his namd. NUMBER 50. A DUEL AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. —AN amusing duel took place recently about five miles from Havana. Tt origiuated "in a remark made by a man to his friend on seeing a lady coming out of church. The lady was unknown to the person making tin remark, but happened to be the oth er's wife. A slap in the face was the cousequence, and a challenge came soon after. This was accepted, and the seconds selected a place. The wife got wind of the affair,and imme diately took steps to prevent the dreadful catastrophe. Her first thought was to notify the police, but that might have given her husband the reputation of a coward, and she took a better method by going to the house of the other party, where she met his wife, and a plan was soon concocted between the feminiues.— On the morning appointed lor the duel both husbands got up early ; wives ditto. Husbands took carriages, and their wives—one armed with fiv<- children and the other with three- - took other vehicles in waiting. When the two duelists arrived at the spot, they were somewhat astonished on seeing the two other carriages drive up with their passengers, who coolly informed the men that they also had come to fight, so as to make it a com plete family quarrel,each at the saint time produced an empty purse and a package of baby linen as their arms and munitions of war. The little ones had popguns and fire crackers, and soon some indulged in a cry. It is useless to add that the bloodthirsty Benedicks made peace on the spot, and returned to Havana in company with their seconds to celebrate tin affair over a c .ampagne dinner. An editor in Illinois recently saw a patent clothes washer. It was in the shape of a wheelbarrow. The revolutions of the wheel put in motion a crank that moved the plunger that pounded the clothes. The body of the box was mounted where the load is in a wheelbarrow. On the top of the box was a wringer. A lady can put her clothes in the machine, pick it up and go out calling ; the longer her list of friends the further she will have to wheel her burden and the better her clothes will be washed.— Calling will then be of some use, and an eternal gadabout will become a first rate washerwoman. WIGGINS was one day with A friend, when lie observed a poor dog that had been killed, lying in the gutter. Wiggins paused, gazed at the dead animal, and at last said : "Here is another shipwreck." "Shipwreck. Where?" "Why here's a bark that's lost | forever." His companion growled and j passed on. A young man in Cincinnati was lined S2O for kissing a pretty girl when she didn't want to. Many a young man has i paid more than that after kissing a pretty | girl who did want him to.
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