II TIN .liiaalieilt)'ol iie,imibiiiqii. F. Elt4gIER, EDITORS. MTINI4IOE PA. , . Ttiiiir+v, December 4, 1856:, -RENT!! ICO TICKET - FOR 1860. 1 1 :01Z PAZOIDENT, 401INICHARLES FREMONT. • re* Fcct PRZSIDUT, WILLIAM L DAYTOX: Rsa and- Vieedom. !oat:, riolitiral oontot through 'which-we •bave just passed, a principal-object of the Re .liahliitans was 't6 prevent, if possiblel the ad• Inissiokofkanans as a Stave State - , Aware; - . from, the experience of the last; few months, - -that the Federal Executive in a grek s degree Controls'he destinies of the " people in that • :territoryl we desired to plaee in the Presi- I fielitiaiOftax: one who would" \ take care that tba.lawfhe' faithfully executed,"_ instead of • one who wild, like President Pieke, Axel. - ; ; ,Spire with land pirates and ruffians aainst the Vices and rights of 'peaeeable citizens. We,• • liikve so f',,rfailed in our object, that aol. Fre , Mont its defeated:'Stine are disposed : to look , uf)otilliis i d:.tfeat as fatal, and to believe that it : ensure. the. establishment of Sluery 'in - Kansas, and its consequent eittensieri overall . re ..h Wl. - teri - i Territories. Others, ' nof re,h ope " • ful, belieiCi i liat with'- proper effort Kansas tiay . yet be saved for Freedom. • Wiihout placing any 'confidence in the assertidn oeitir• Buchanan's Nertherr, supporters,, that he4ill , pursue a oiirse I substantially more favorable • to the Free State settlers than I .) erce has `done, we;Cannot ' but believe that 'that broad 'and 'fertile. region will yet be rescued from .the eraso l of the spoiler. How this is tli be ~- ts .1 'done is lot clear. ,1 13.ut it is eertainly„very iinportati to maintai , what we haVe had l from ~., • rust, p.-Free Soil' majority' in the, Territo : . IT so as Ito he able to take advanta4e of any 'opportunity tuat may proient itself _should - such a thing ever happeft.r-ot apply i g to the • Territory the. Democratic principle. of goy "- ernment l by the will of the majoriti. • ~ An elibrt Will undoubtedly be made to 'ad, -mit Kanflas 'with a ,SlaveTorstitntio? l , during - the prose itCongress, sole; to relieve the in. corning faiministratioti, of all responsibility in that. respect. We have Strong hopeiihat the `"effort wi;11 be nnsuccessful. In that case, ' . next Spt4ng will probably see the struggle' between Free State and Pro-Slavery men for 'pos-.4lss'n of, 'the 'territory, resume with 1. - greater Intensity • than ever. -- Prep . 'ons • a - rctmak lll ing oft Moth' sides to send in a iod of emigriation as soon as the . Winter is past.. In a fair !strife of thiasort the frieadt of (ree l dein hmie'nothing to fear. 4 The _advantages. ; t are greatly in our favor, notivithstai 'ding the ..• .1 ~i the' Slave contiguity ol te" States tot e Terri tory. Slave* are very precarious property —a kin/ of Chattels liable at any' m..ment to take leg's. a run away—and their owners " 'are always Cary about carrying thutn where the right to hold such property is but" fully established. "I Hence the number of 'laves ifi 1 Kansas ,'?'s now small, in comparison !with the ' nu rnber;of SOu herners there. A age ?turn her of the sett er's from the South are-non. slaveli4licsi - But here another iliffieultY `arises. i 'Molt of these non-slaveholders from the Soiith being poor men, many - of - them' be : come itlfavOr of making Kansas a Free State, - after a brief contact with the • "-Yankee Abo ritionistp." _I From this fact and the reluctance Of•slaveholcle.rs to immigrate with tblir slaves ,into the Terktory,arose the necessity for hir •itigandl sendiigthi'ther the vilest of the " poor • mill:te- t - ti-,,ish" of-the South, not as ,settiers, but • to conitiol the elections and drive out the Free State s e ttle rs... . 'On tie:atberhand the Free State emigrants t. (To on tit. build houses. mills. hotel, stores i , ;i* stores , layyoutleitieN improve farms, .St,e. • By virtue 'of , p - eciliniati l .y interests thus acquired, super .a.ded tp their desire to aid the 'caus4 of free dom. bPmaking Kansas free, the'Nothern ~ 4 set tlers h4re iiiready beecome strfingly Donna to ttie Rix-lion-, and cannot easily be driven to i 1- give' up, tiler foothold in it..• . But tie perse ..euflonsito which they have been subad ant.. fugthe past season--'many having een re: peatedly and vexatiously called fr to their l'f ., farms AI whrkshops by Lefxl;mpte'S . Border kuffian court, or driven from 'their hcitnes and ..lespoiled ,Of their property by the Border, Ruffians' th . etniel yes—have leftraanyin a des titutii.tendition. unprovided with ears for pasiting the; winter in the Territory. It is to ..,: l • furnish means for sustaining these settllers, ,•-10 that they may 'wit be forced •to leave the • Territory tO escape starvation; that funds are now being [raised by the friends ofk l ee Kan sas in the Ilorthern States.. The tn neys so • raisehavu not been_ expended for ele tioueer .: ing pu ses,us the doughfaces or whlteslaves \ ix) of the Noah assert, but have h‘. applied for the rell' fof the Free State settle ; Mn. ther rs'it ue; as•these same .uigger-drivers' i o Northern , Is . assert, that the syml athy of , ..our people IfOr their suffering brothe to the ; Territory ceased :With the Presidential_ Wee 'tion. .We Ilearn that' the amount ccit:tribut,ed to the KenSas fund per week has iner t eased in . . - stead of fluminit.inu' g since the election. The v . uthomite3of Freedom apPreciate theaet that their etrortsi in huhalleof Kfmsas„,"mus now be in ainly directed to sustain tlia F 'State 1 1 3 inen there, and to incresoe their runnings as ' greatly as:possible. ~ • ' -.- , • if, under HU *awoke Free State ettlers of Kansas lire to have L thesaoie . righisandihe same prOte!diOn that* settlers of other-Ter- , . ;itories *ye always- toyed,' . they i wi11...6 I found penetrable, Jaw-abidiut citizens i but it _they are still to be treated as outlawi whose' 'dearest rights may be, tranklikaisidei foot"by the Boraer Ruffians witiompwilt i yi-,w, ? se _found' e believe it will be thAtStrie, tra#lolllll4o that Tsiritori hare only just, beguti, . - . . W . We.' du not hold ourselves responsible for the 'tlpinints or views occasionally .put forth 'byeo - riesnondents in : our columns.— ' Their. correctness must be judged by the — read., _ . i esr wid they must stand. or roi .. orf'tpeir own merits.-'? For. instance , wee do not adopt as . . . . . , Our ‘ e'wrt the .4imarki of :our I Jessup - eorres.: pendent oti".:Visitint Schbols.. 'I The Snbjeet . of Universal *education , is one of We: first PP.' portauce, - . to the community,. the epp.a n r o e. ' wealth, 'and the nation, i .a,kright.judging .. . Minds appreciate the fact thatlta'standard of [ common school eduCation iii this _State is la , I mentably low, and : all reasonable efforts to raise it, should be Well• - rreeived. by the pea -1 pl e. Among othei.planadopted for this put pose is the creation , .of the Office of County ' Superintendent. .There May be and no doubt, are irnperfections in the S,y-stem of which this Office-forms.a port, and " errors in carrying it . out. These imperfection and errors Should: be freely capiassed, by Ilia ,people, and where proper rainedies can be,deieuvered they Should 'be. applied. ;-- - ' • - f 1 . , • . There arc serious diffictitties that present themselves' to - the „Coe M . 4 . Superintendent at the outset. The object ,of the School law is to improve the Schools. . - But to improve the Schools, we must improyeithe teachers. How is this to be -done?' - SupPosc that the Super intendent sets out to visit evcry, school in the County, "whateOr their number, once at least during their'continuanee. i He. finds that by commerieing with the coMmetteentent of the suinmer schools and visiting eachhalf. a day, he. will just luivii'time to go Through the schools of the county once.. -And so of the • winter schools. But what . will - he have ac. complished,bysueli visitation ? If he - is very .cnergetie and tboteugh, he -will have acquit -ed a tolerable knowledg e of the condition and standing, of the schools, and that is about all. He can have done, very little towards their improvement:: Half a day's interview,' and .most of that spent in going - through the exer cises of the school to - show the teacher's sys tem, can afford but little *time fir improvitif, the teacher. And if these interviews are sep arated by intervals 'of Six Months or a yeat, it 'niay ; be calculated how tong it would take. to effect much of an improvement in the ,node of instruction, . gove ril to ent il .i.x.. The Super. - intemlent therefore • secs a once that if the sehools•of his county are to be elevated to a high s standard through his efforts, it must be ! by Other Means than , :inn* ..ty - visiting the.' \schools. ~ The must important pre!iminary: for .haVing good.'schoole heing • to provide good teachers, instead of f r ittering away the WhOlecyeat in rating from, school house ti, school house:land enatehing -a hurried inter view with each-teacher, haertdeavors to bring ',them together in .a mass, during the vaeAtion of theii'aeheols, .and, calling in to his aia etn. .anent instructors from ,abroad,formsa Terreh. er's Institute, and thus pavel the way for good , schools by prepAring *qualified and well-train. 1 ed teachers.. This plan,* been adopled in ' t this and most other counties orthe State, and' . rwe,believe With - the general approval of the I I people, and to the -benefit of-the schools: 'And I we cannot see _what just muse of complaint.' Any ,one can:have against the Superintendent , because he thus, provides Away for' doing _the. I work of twenty days in one, and that more thoroughly_ than by taking,,'each- teacher sep. arately at his schoolhouse': It would -seetn that by spelt a course .the people's money is economized instead of being wasted.. i • At the same time that we approve -di 'the efforts of the Superintandept to pertbrin; by instructing the teachers in mass, what it would be impossible to accomplish* in detail, we think a considerable portion.' f the year shOiild lbe devoted to the visitation of schools. And live have heard no complaints against our Su. periutendent in this respeet, except: those of' 'our correspondent. _ What Mr. Teirksbury's ' plans are with regard tO visiting different parts of the' - (Aunty; we do not know, but 'Should think it advisable, While ..attending to', 'the exarnination. Of teachers,. - Sze.; to confer with the School Directors and visit,xonze of the schools of . each ToWnship, . each season, till all have been Visited. . . . . - However tax.ridden the people of Pennvyl-. I vania may be, we bellevethe money they are ' called . upon to disburse for the • advancement . of general education, could not be more profit. • I ably. expended. If the people of Pennsylva - -: nia were 'better educated, probably theiitax 7. 1 es Would he lighter in .proportion, to their - ability to pay: them, Besides, the general r edneationand,lntelligence of the Plusses forms the only sure . foundaVori of our Republican • -institutions. While it: le difficult gr t eatly to_ 1 miSlead -- the "inteilgent; thoughtful4reading voter, the ignorant . become an easy ; prey to the designing • detnagogpe and are often led to east their stiffrageS' -put onlyagaittst theii . own interests, but ih oPposition to what they honestly intend. We shoulditot lightly place • a stumbling: block in the way of those:who /re laboring to inert* -the general intelli gence-of the:people; even the* we MAY not fully approve of their Course,Por iminexliate , ly,:i*ceiier ,the" prOmis'cd benefits - of .their la. *4, .:. Wa do not; sayi. this in any di`sparbge. -anent of our Jessup '4:Sirrespondent. i ' He ,is probably as warm a 'friend of education As we, 'and we lay his co% . niimication before the public, th.at , it therP i'Aptything wrong in the ceurre of our Superintendent, it .may; receive • attention and be arri*fed.: ' . . . , . . . BrIcRANAN.OWN4 • HIS Kix 0"; To , F I L L . morm-7--Altheugh 'unsuccessful i the election of its candidates, the American rty -deserves the gratitude of the country fi t what It has done in the recent ntest. . e supporters Bnchanan may rejo 'over ir success.— They may shout lo dly,over eir victory, 4p. in but the fact is . plain that if at contest had been ainglehended between "F r t and Bu chanc,rn, Fremont would teifhotif doubt have been elected. Fremont has - been defeated; and the Democracy oise.their-ceess to the fact that the Fillmore party w kin. the fi eld. To its efforts the country is in ted for the defeat of the NOrthern sectional arty: .Lora. o isville (Ky.) Journal. fb The New Yo r k Bxpress, the ' , special organ :of Mr. Fillmore, mikes the: sante claim,— This is worthy 'the attention of such of. the American party, as put cx?nfidence in declare ,tions of those &lief; of Aft. Buchanan, who as. ... -,4,4 sured there not Only that Mr. 1 4 71 - Elmore could KANSAS aFFAltte..i--i I be elected--bu6.that his opposition to the ex meet that Judge. iicecontsl 1 tensiot) of slavery was as infleixible as was teas for the iirrest Of 64 1' I Mr. Fretnont'si , • - i contemrt Of coprt i : i cot . . Donal* . ,refusetrt,re-west -Hayes, 'Tt HOW THEY II "O. /5 EorPT•i murderer of Buffum,.; commanded by.Gov. 1 o Bemeratie ' P!' en says : Geary, - and sea in hk en *gnation of the. B wid ' makes' . a °lean- Bre a litsi flee of U. fj- Marshal, which has been aseept- gard to e illegal voting in e d. Hay e s it as b eet i re.arsistedi and an api lowing honest Confessions in hi pli‘lition foi• a ifabsak.coque in. his ease was) 15 th i aat.: . c : N, ;' . - - -refused by Judge Cato, causing great e i c it e . ..l . "Being satiefied with the fa us it . t. 1 . donrhrieker a inteaded,to stuff nt among the prO-slavery rden,.. ' i , , i b iLt . Le 1 0 th : .. 1 • 4 "" of we advised,the judgesin the _ c, mp e asgrantw a taveas carpus t n 1 - ttie of ' gypt' to keep thr 44 tiotyl t iiine. Free State. prison. OSmap from 4ivmpt:on on the 42 Yiolet4e wolb lis4l by them; i The Tfibutie learns, on Nibat con , aid* unqubleanti*ty, that Mr: , l3n. (imolai offerisd 1:ken:CIO the *sitiOn - 1 . 3412 4w:Y *entl".* the coirerlunk holeitiee*itt • I .r _ . . - The North Branch Canal:. • . We are glad to learn that . thi: Canal, Which has heew tio mibiy years building, and 'cost the State-se many millions, has at length been so. far coMpletec.,l that 'several : b4t-loads of coal have -1 ed - thedtigh :its entirn length. The North Bra ' Canatextends final Pius. hll. ton, the Northern . . t . ..' tn . ' Mai:of the Old cabal 95 miles, 6:tba Jnactitin Canal, wh eh - is,l7 j i Miles in length, and connects at El 1 Ira with m the Cheung .. .canal in New York State. The . Clietnung.canal!',Onnects; through. t e Seneca Lake , a 0 the Cayuga and Seneca . al, with 'the E:rie or Great Western Canal ,; and thus by toe completion of the North Bt nch can al, have the greatest cabal coins : nieation ~ un earth; uniting the waters. of th Mesa ,,. Ivaite Bay, the:Great Lakes, and the ' Hudson Itiyer. • The systeni Of Pennsylvania fliprove ments of .which :this is the. doniple - ion, was -G1 projected nearly', ; a generatiOn ago t connect with the New York - system originated. by DeWitt Clinton: • - : .. . .„ . . .. - • The North Branch Canal will afford the best avenue for the of coal from the great c4:41 fields of this Statti l to \\Test i: New: York ant'. the .-:enl, r , . . r - e—The Thirty-Fourth Cimgress bled at . Wasiiiiigion, for its short . s.ssion, on Monday last.. The Senate, on. learning that the President would, not commit licate his meSsage'tO the two Houses till Tuesday, ad ,lig jonrned. In thet.Housc aihintere-ai : debate spiuug . up . tin. the presenting of a e • ereden.- tials of Air.- Whilieldltitielegate rom !Cau -1 Sas. , We.ext roc!, . a sketch of the -r oc eed i ngs fronfothe Tribune ' s Washington c irespond. ence. -The Scho& Geographies s y "ft is suppopea that the average of edheati .11 is high er in Vermont than in any other St4te." . -,Su we should think, frem the w 4 the Ver monters vote. Only edue.?te the itople, and the great teajority will vote rig lit That is the reason that the ,more discerning among the .advoe%ttes of the Slave systeitil of society hate the name of Free -Schools. *. +:54 - 11. statement is :being (siren ated in the , Buchanan country_ papers, ;hit Co . Fremont swore in his vote at the PresidentLl - eleetion, • I • • in New York city. The N. Y. Tribune says that Col..Frenvintdid not wite.attall, at the last elec'tiGn, not being.a citizen ofithat state, hut of Calitbrnia. Satifrdqy Eveniuq - adelphia, the proipee:us of . whiel appears in our advertising eolunin is weil knowu as bee of the - most widely tircmlate4 literary newspa country. rof - Californht has gone fbr B By what majorAy had not been down to the time of our latest. news. ' Uro'v. Adams, Of &mit itolina, in his annual. message, regards the cent ryes-' idential election as merely establis 'cgs truce ' be-Cavell' the North and the Soutih. lie ad voeates the revival l of the Afrivtit Slave trade,' and thitits every . ; ofdepartment labor should be in the handS Of slates.. He ys that.,to _enabiatis to compete - with, Di r • peen won. - tries, " tce - - ni 11Zi have cheap' Idiot /so"--- - -that 1 • • I is, we suppose, the wages Of. labor here- mus.t be reduced to "ten cent 4 a day,". to enable; • this country to cOn' ipcte;w!th the pauper la bor. of Europe. •;' I . • . . The Governor proceeds to sayT: • if we cannot supply the demand for slave labor, then we Must expect to e supplied , with a species a labor we do not want, and. [which is fram the very nature of-things an -1 tagonistic to our institutions. • It - is much* bet- I ter. that our drays should be driven by slaves ! =that out factories should be !Worked by. slaves—that Mir : hotels should .be served by 1 slaves—that our locomotives shohld be man ned by slaves, than that. we should be. expos ed to the e introduction, from an quarter ; of a Tepid:lmin alien, to us by birth, raining and ' educatik ' and which in the pr sof time mustlead to that conflict betwee ciipitaland labor,• 4:which makes' it so di ult to main -4 Min: free' institutions in. al l wealth + and highly civilized nations where such inSitutions as ours • do not exist."' In all slavehOlding States true polity dictates that - .the superior race should direct, attic the inferior periform all me nial 'service. Competition betty' en the white. And black man' for thiS service ay not dis turb Northern sensibility, but it oes not ex actly suit oun latitude. irrespec ite,Jalwever, of interest, the ail of C ongress' clewing the - . slate trade piracy is a brand u us which .1 think it impeirtant, to remote. I the trade be piracy, the slave must .be Omder, .and no ingenuity can avoid the logical necessity of I such `conclusion ' " i • I ;yin p we poi and every precinct, and to 'sic til the official Marne Crow that sentla to, and reported by, th/ Spate : and Vour advice -us. ii ins is' algi ginng-en in Owe pa • At Roine, on the 13th Hiram P4latenty; offitan Fran{ one thoutandOestite for see L the throme of the Pope.. ' For the Republican. 1 Tha 'es of Montrose and: *77 Democrat: ,a 4.1 -,E rroas or- ma EllfitTBLICA.* ,;-.4.My first thou ht was to send the foilewing to. the "gen, -tlenien" to *bon', it is addressetl,butr efleetioti: suggests that a .'priVAin:" reading :would . do theiU . no good; (it - ie dpubtful if a public one ,will he any film salutary,) and as it woul. not, in all probability, gaid publicity: in that qua4ter, I send it to you to -use as'you think bestl: - - . . To the Editors of the Montrose. Democ , ot : Sirs :—I do not address you for the pur ' • pose. of defending the right of women to take an aelive part in the politicatquestions -ofthe day," _(althoUgh I believe they. have , such right, if they choose to exercise it,) but to ask yen IC, look againAt the editorial of. last week's Denioerat, relating' to , the recent Banner pre sentation,- wherein , you take very unwarrant able liberty in your allusions to . the " Ladies of Montrose, " and the sex in-.general. . . he"` Ladies" referred . to, thought they had the unquestionable right to givethis pub- lic approval to,thosenoble freemen of Lenox,' for Ftheir. exertions in behalf of the greA prin- Ciples of Freedom, which, lam happy to say, I - • ' - not l. only alntost the whole of the `f. Ladies of, Mdnirose ! '? but by far. the largest portion of thiq'wornen of • our Republik., - believe :to be I th ' only trite and just basis of goVernment ; an did nut stopto consider vthether; in do-1 'PT so, they should or should not, incur ycur 1 , pleasure and come -within .. the range of,' hr wrathful vituperations., 1 did. not Kap. ii to be one of the number whoassisted in !paring that beautifill banner,!but, presura that " Ladies of ltlontrose,',' if not at:home, il elsewhere be supjosed to , mean the lole ofthem, (that is, all who - entertain Re- blicati'sentirrients,) and being - Gp_ of the )dience on that occasion, 1 , . very naturally Ink. myself included in your ungeritleman int4nuations, You much mistake the dar er of the women ofllonAse, (I Vont so 11 like the term " Ladies,") when you ,oak of them as " bigoted and seetional,!? as lyoUr interpretation of the poetic request I preserve - the honor ...:,f the banner for il.ontrose ladies',N‘ Ike-" von it means , , . say alliance with a td bigott;d and sectional ~re•a.~.sc~zt- 1 II lanizattott." DOn't try 'to excuse it- by 4 ing.tlat you meant the. Republican Par ty.i for we don't believe it. Like yourselves, lam willing to be "generous,", and credit ynit with . the will to say oven More than you did ;. and have no very high respect for the nafurci/ digclence which kept you from it.— P . vious .to this, iti . ''speaking of Mr. G roW an those ' able debaters," you said it. was -v " I s' manly. to denoUce them in the presence . te of I.in Woerwand bigots," as if our sex.. were no - nulre capable-of appreciating and discerning -than men_Asho had become-blinded by big °ter and !prejudice. I 3s . glirC yon,• - sirs,. we . think it no dishonor lo - be associated with such " bigots" as. those noble men whose um es yon so often use, and whose characters yot:'so unjustly :Malign, In the columns of yot l r paper. ion say "we pity but can nOtitate. Reverse those terms and your .". 4 ceeli.; woulk be:, better.tndicate4ss the I s ‘le te,ior of your- remarks goes to prove. 'lpu wish a genuine illustration of " bigot just- read that - article through. carefully., if that does not satisfy you; you.need go. tlrtlier than you; own mirror to 'discover " thee it wears." CB 'st, Mil -1 fur .1557 this O e ' r y e A ek nc pen in the cliananA,L scertained California rest if y, ry,' l and no the. our sex are as weak in some respects as "diseased imagination" pictures them, leerely hope that they will show a just t-n for the v'tdueyou place 'upon woman, so fully.appree . your potdiar qna/i- OM El rett and] ties as to forever leave y,ou in .that forlorn situation in 'which your ,Oreat bachelor leadei, has hitherto. fowl & himself. Ilhave no knOWledge who wrote the poem . rea4 - by Mr. ,Jessep; to which . you. so sneer ingly allude, but 'allow me tosuggest'that those who have neither the poetry of manli ness, ness, or common their, organiza tion, .should not envythoie who have. ffeave you, with the confidence that if dis etion in all that is of evil report, is the ob 7 at - which you aim, .by ptirsuing' the. path ch you now are, treading, the goal of your 'Mon will soon be reached: • • Not very affeetionately yom's, • A Woman - OF D!I4TROSk led wll am: Western Correspondence 'of the Republican. Who has Wont n - . EMPLAE, Ill.' Nov. 25th, 1856. . ll'he greatest political struggle -the country. has passed through sham the United States ez.ste4, has terminated, find terminated in the defeat of right and liberty:: Yet Ido not be hove there is one sincere Republican but pro tein his party and principles with derent,,to Sham: Democracy and victory. The fact forces itself on one so plainly that the honest, the intelligent, the virtuous are so universal ly. with us, while villainy, ignorance, and all manner of vice are with our opponents,ihat we are not much to blaine,for feeling an hon est pride in ourlaqy, , Mud and waternev or. separateil from each other more distinctly than vice and , ignorance have from virtue and intelligemitt the lasttampaign. Even States hive within themselves shown a well-defined contrast. Our own State, where settled-by men from the Northern States, has given overwhelming majorities for freedom,' while Egypt, which Is principtdly settled by South ern menJ luta gone so dead set the other way as to quite overcome us, and give the State to Buchanan: Northern Illinois carried 36,- 000 majority for 'Fremont to Springfied, while Egypt brOught up 42,(0) for Buchanan. I observed through thecatipaign that when ever a man swore pretty ' loud and drinked pretty often, he was just about sure fur Buchanan. . And' in 'fitct the whole thing has been as Much a cuntest between all that de cent men , arc;supposed to. admire, and all that 1 decent Men are supposed to detest,. as it has between the 'North : and the South, eor'Repnb i limnism' and Democracy. - 1 Bissell, 'Our Republican goveinnr, .carried 1 the State by 9,164, wiiile Buchanan only won I by 4,629. The Philistines have been upOn the " Little Giant," and have cut his hair short, - enough. Indeed, I am:inclined to, tilt* if his strength Tay In his bai r r . , 2, 4 has . been pulled, put by the • ~.. The Chico. ur old friend, of it 'in re pt, in the ful ' PaPer of the t tbat the free : he ballot box- various coun. . open in each we votes un north were ;di fSe,cretary -of ene heeded vol " 11." - - fOctobir,W. was fined Ig•hin*lf eotiseApoioeqei." 4 There was a fatality about the Missouri Compromise line that I ruin on its authors and abettor from an unknOwn beginning, ea 'pet son of .111 inois s .but it spoiled out stopping to . - "Conger what Impetuou Turoa atom awl planets is a ditrere , 11. • stied too much and like Ph, ' At once from life 'and from the cha The ambitious boy fell thunderstruck Five years ago, itDoivlas ha nOis to helii him repeal the M prothise line,: i she would'!faire . five y,!ars have brotight a flood who . knew not "Joseph" 1 an Dougliii:- go he is dime fur save Cats was drying up with all cy itt him, and the prospect West bet:oil:is petrified in the 'hearts eiats, But the rock. lay in his bled arid fell, and now Ilea Ist hands and heels, asking.4) l tne Out of • the mud ; but the Dcr help him,and the Republieans w I advise him to Call on the 'Pope will have some gratitude; and followers to turn him,o.er, at I believe the Republican nu Sate gerferelly go Fremont President. The,tthll rains have been (pate' The Alississippi is at a good ~ta Wheat 65. eents, Corn:, 20 . ey scarce and loaning readily at per moolh. For the Visitifig Elehoolz• - J:issur,. MESsas. EntTons,l—As the's cid by . the above title is ty siderk:d of vital iinportatice, thiough the mediuth 'of your p! a few remarks and: present a . corning tic same. :1 find by ports of the.--,respective. COutlt, outs of the State , .that this , •pari ties is made the great destde 'lancing the value . of our - sChoO ing thein'nearer to perfectiOn . 41 fact the section of th 4 makes it, the duty of the COlint oats to visit the schools over w control a's often as practicable... tiowarises; how is this-. to be *. often must it be ?- once,• mice, times a .tear? To venture would • seem that to visit ea, during , its ccinhnuance, ;/,.i'.il the me',:uMig , of the -Act; .:t and . of this would render the seine n let us look At the facts as the County. It is - over' tWo j i and since the oilice 'of County Supel created, and scarcely a school ed in, this part;of the County t to, the present—certainly not trio. since the present Sup'erini Ni ) stalled.ip ot&c. - Wily:this-de ty ? Says _one, "The s: ary been so small that, the L'uper unable to; spend hiii.tirn Jind accomplishment of this hl jest, important feature of the law 1 . , filled." Well.; last Spring the creased, nearly doubled, atlif, the result ? The Sun - ill - Mr. :', closed, and many of the V(iit menced,:in this and adjoinin not'a solitary one bas' be that tithe. " .saYs perinte,ndenes :duties are so cantrot Vlsit,all the, schOols in By. refOring to the reports - oI tentients; we find..tiit in Man ; ing a far greater number of eel nearly or quite all of thein ha during the year, and why coi sonably 'expeet.' the lonic in This • hulk however, is not ,1 county, ~but' exists-to . "a !greate ,• throughout the State •,' these faCts fully in view, :the cadent' at iiarristthrg had iss copy of Which I now have bet nlendi rig that - each Boardi of should'; enjoin upon • their se. each school within their, res at least once a month, and ti* for their time 'and trouble of the public funds of the di Friends of edueation. fe Pennsylvania ; overwhelnied are, , ponder and- reflect, wh • to.pursue. Shall we still co MOneftor that . for Whieh an equivalent. in retnrn or the recommendations of th, telidertt above referred to ?, are *questions '*ell worthy t of all. I am 'well as that thi guage, and I reluctantly At no unkind feelings tov... from bias or , pi,ejudice, and - *Ain; not to detract one i earned reputatio 'oureo ent. , But feeling - deep an in the welfare Andihperit &hook, and mar ver twin of our School system, my el and justice reqUire that ; I s tention of a candid public to subject. i . Fgr the Ri-publi - 1 • Tettehers' Usti We proposl to work to Spring, holdin Instituted in ferent places i the county..' secured the se vices of Pro of New York, tut shall ha% a in addition. ch Institut:, l week; or, co mence on 11 ,1 close on Frida night .of the The busineis of the Insti exercises foreaehers dues ject pertain's to their dot (room_; and t evcning4 w' public. hictur on subject. est; by Prof. toddald and The exer t' s, both day be free to all peetatirtr w diThe 'fries in some 'loos OieFed to .b ' d the g each: i for the privit epl eeloyin 9 .the Institute i and we are 4 , , peal-of the rings a sure eutnstances to . make that 'a proviso incase any locality has an Institute, , i' DOUgIAs, •Also,-thai'a suitable room for the exereis. es dity;and evening, shall. be furnisheiffree of charge:. - ; to be . the irn; With- - We.interid to hold' one in Iriefideville - for the. Northwest;" Mr the Southwetii oneeither in - Springy i I le, Dimock,.or.Jesstip . ; the Northeast one in Great Bend, New Milford,- or !Susquehanna Depot; and in - the East either in Herrick Center or .Uniondale.. place hat takes the most" and - -- - earliest inter est, will ofeourse take the Institute. We shall . probably commence about the 16th of March: tore ,c toiirse." Ot driCen; rnni heaven." aikedllll: ssouri Corn• one it; but .t emigrants Wit' would name the fall - Owing gentlemen as a comtnittee in .each place- to canvass and inform us at an early day, what. can pee. ttively be done by their respective localities. friendsvilles, - Messrs. Brown, Robbe, and Horton (Directors): Springville, D. -Wake:: 4ee,,Dr. Lathrop,'and 0; Lathrop.; Ditnotic., L. 11.!Woodruff, G, %V. Lewis - and A. 0.1.5 7 .sidy• Jessup, W. Fatirot, Dr., Bissell; and. A. Sherman ; - Godersvitle, G. B. Trowbridge,, Dr: ; Great Bend,J. •Dubois, '-Brooks, and P: Decker • New Milford,-H. Biirritt, 0. Pratt, L A. Smith, H. Baker, and S. IL Morse; Susquehanna Depot,Board of School Directors; Herrick Centre,_W. - : Lyon, B. S: Wairous, k Henry, Lyon ; Uniondale,. Ira Nichols, E. Churchill, andltirTAliflci..... Our object is to have it. so •that the teach ers,.anay attend fret of any charge whatever ; and those.whe are named above will confer a 1 titvor . by toking immediate steps to ascertain hest what the !rinds Of their respective lo calities may be able . to do. And; we must add, if any. adjoining : locality can make a more, ackaritageous proposition than those. ! above mentioned, it will be entertained. !oared not ercury can't his democra hat he would If the Demo. .ay, he etym. icking ap•his e to helii him merats can't t't. • 1 would ; may be he , ommand -his s through tho •:fur our next heavy of late. e. Grain is cents. Mon. Iwo per cent G. C. L. 30, 1830 ibject y jnAv con- Let the friend's bestir themselves . Let the Teachers of the Cnunty..tahe hold of it and we will have a season blest with .abun- „beg leave, • per, to makf: ew facts con- caul imivesL One word to employed duringthe ' coming Winter: We would like :o have the teachers of 'every town organize- a Teacher's fzllual Improvenzeni Association, and do it lat once. Meet once or. twice a e•eek (even ings,) and invite. the friends in to aid you - in conducting the exercises. Discuss some ques -I,tlon relating to . the interests of your Schools,- rot have - - practical exercises iu Orthography, ( -- Grathtuar,'Reading, and Mental Arithmetic. L - Elect a President and Secretary,- and keep a !plume - of all : our proceedings. . • rusing the re- Superintend- of their du- atun . ) fi , r en- s, d usefulno, , i Sehool• 1. 1 aNV , ,1 Superintend tickhey•have But the'tiues defined? how jor .how v Let us see: how many towns shall be beard from. All organizing-.. such an Association, and informing us who their offieers are, and when their times of meeting, shall have a no tice given of the same' through. thU Public Press of the County. _ n opinion, h school once Come Avithin nything short g4tory... - But eigt, in ttis (Northern -Pennsylvanian 'please copy.) • TErmsatiar, -Co Supt IlanyoßD, Dec. Ist, 1850. • a half yeai.s h I tend ent was lits been visit,' -um' that time e ; in this- dis. endent• was in diction of do heretofore has. .Mtendent wa s means for the and hence : thitii las• been unful salary waS in'... what has been Owls 'are all r schools eora.. disfricts. and I n visited since ;her, •' the Cu= 1 rd am s l that he the Ciitanty." other cli-ierill -1 THE FIRST DAY IN . THE HOUSE. Aepublican Triumph — W hitfield Rejected. seciai Dispatch to the Trib WASHINGTON,. bunchy,-o.:e. 1, lbrA: IThe new compensation : - law brought a cull. attendance in the House. One 'hundred ?nd ninety-three .answered to the call, and the -ag gregate was subsequently increased. After the newlY-elected members were sworn in, W hitfield, confident -in his strengt . h . , - olThred his credentials, through Mr. Phelfs. of - Missouri, Grow at once raised an.objection, which he abandoned last session under the appeals. of his friends aga inst. the adtninitration of the oath upon the papers presented. :Mr. -Phelps contended that the proceeding was usual, and not calculated to affect the : material issue, which. would come up on the report from::the Colmnittee on Election. 7— .Cainpbell and others interposed ; (ur . a tempo: rary suspension, to allow the. appointment Of: a committee to. wait on the President, 'which was granted. • - • counties hay ools that , rs, re been visited' Id we riot Tea, county . — I onfined to this or , lesS extent o doubt with State Stiperin,. ed" a eir'eular, a arc tiic;_tectilitr elwol birectbrs Tetary to Visit eetive districts Afterward. Mr. Grow reviewed the whole ease, showing the action of the Mouse upon the report of the Investigating Committee at the last session ; the extent of the fratidS-com toitted, and•the charaetni(Of the invasion froth Missouri, concluding by:demonstratin g that even ifthe laws of the Bogus Legislature were valid, Whitfield still only represented a kop -stituenity embodying oppression, d'was,nut entitled to a seat. His speech was:well put ja positithiS, and attracted deep interest in the hall and galleries. . - • \ Mr. Phtdps' , • 'reply was characterised by the sane 'special . pleaditg.which has heretia fore marked .this dieussion, without introduc ing any new or imposing argui»ents: At'its close the house, unexpectedly to itsell; came to . a vote; and seven majority were recorded against Whitfield's admission.. This result produced an electric effect sides, none being: prepared for such a demonstration. Mr. Washburn of Maine; was brought in from a sick bed just as the - vute waSannoutic ed.. a com•perisation . 1 0 pay thdui out trict-. 0* citizens -of ith taxes as you coui•se•is best i tinue tu - : pnyunr ed6,not receive shalt gee adopt State superin , r troth 1 These e consideration Messrs, Fuller, BrooM, Whitney, Valk and Moore, voted for Witfieid, and Scott liar .rison announced the same purpuse oncoming in'too • Bayard Clarke,.llaven; and Bail, went with the Republicans. - . Promptly, upon the result being promul, (rated Mr. GroW inked to reconsider and lay that motion .on the - table, to •elineh: the nail effectually, but the .bemocracy,s.th.ough - stunned by the concentration and fozee attic Republican side,'rallictl, and.then connnene-. ed a series of . parliamentary- performances. Motions to adjourn, motions to call the. House and other, expedients were ,employed, one after another, to weary out the majority, and give time for new accessions to their strength.:. - They began the day counting without their. host, and would conclude it in the hope of gaining reenforcenients . to-morrow. , The.-Republici' ins stooftheir groinid nobly, and conscious of, having gained:a great tri umph thuS, far, an . adjournment- Was ,e-tirritii, to rene4 the struggle ,recruited- - to-morrow. The following is the ote on the quittior. Whitfiel4 be swOrnr : - . is using plain do it, entertain rd any one, free more than all, t to from the u•ell- I nty Superintend= 1 I ,„ abidina ititti•est 1 of our Cotnmon an ardent friend nvietions of duty nuld call the.at- this momentous' EQ U ITY. lEE! one - month next three or fourdif- We have already . J. F. 'Stoddard Yeas•-:—MeSsrs. Aiken, Akers, Allen, Barks. dale, Bell, Bennett, of Mass. ; Bocock, Bowie, Boyce Branch; Brooks, Broom, Burner, Cad wal fader, Campbell, of Ky. ; Clingman,'Cobb, of ea, ; Cobb, ot Ala. ; CA;Xt Crawford, Cullen, Den ver,'Dowdell, Ed cn un-- son, English, Ethridge, Evans, Faulkner, Vlorente,.Foittir, Fuler, of Pa. ;, Fuller; of Me, ; Garnett, Go o, Greenwood, Hai ris, of Md. ; Harris, of A a, ; Harris, of,lll. ; Hick man, Hollinan; Houston, Jewett, Jonef4,' of Tenn.;.Jones, of Perm. ;- , Keitti Kerr-. nett, Kidwell, Lake, Lacher, Lindley, Lurn kin,Marshall; of Ky. 'Marshall, of ill. ; Max well, McMullen-McQueet_i Miller,:of lid.. Miti s pu,ltoare s 'Aturrisoft,Urt, Packer, Paine, Peek, Porter, Poviell; Per year, (/,ultintin, Ready, Roland, Ruillan,'Sanditige, Savage, Shorter, Smith, ' of-Penn.; ' of Va. ; Smith, of; Ala; ;. Sneed,''Stevens; Stewart, S'Anpe, Tripp, Tysola, :Underwood, - Vail, Valk, Walker Warner,'Welts, Jr: ; some Other aid itl continue a nday at noon and same week, l utes will be drill g the day, on sub. :es in the School- I e occupied by of general inter others. and eveninewill o desire to at tend: ities-have, already free 'of charge the exordia' oC inpelled by eh.; "Froi)) er, - Whitney, Williams, Winatow i and Zorn,. coffer - 47. . . . Nays: - .Messrs. - Albright, Bar our, Barclay, Bennett,. of. Nei* *.York Berisien, Bi I linghureit, Bingbatn; Bishop, Blies, Brenton, ffington,Beilingsme,Campbell, Pennsylvania.;;c e Campbell, of Ohio; Chaffee,: Clark, of New York ; Clark; of Conn.; Claw gon,.Colfax, GM ins, CO VO(l4i .Cragin, or Mass, ; Day, Dean, Dewitt, Dial', Dowd, D u rlree, Elie, Edwards,:Emrie, Ftagler, Gil. loway, Giddings, 'Gilbert, Granger, '' Greer, h ail, of Mass, 'Harlan, Haven, Iludg II:s et .11prtn, of York.; Herten, , Ohic.; Howard ; ljughstion Kelsey, Xing, Knapp; 'finight, Knowlton - , knOzy Keiser, Mace, - Matteson, McCarty, Miller, , :af Near YOrk ; Morgan; .. 1,1(43, Murray,. Nichols, Oliv or - Ma* Pearce; ...Peitor - Penuilegton, Phelps; Pike, Pringle ; Robbins, Roberts, RokiscisSbirr, Sege, Scott, Sherman;-:ShumOna, Stanton, Strait:dial!, Tappen;.:.Tliorier r r x : .21ineetek . Tcrdd.Trifinn; W4O, Avek ifaltilagef NValiiion t ashburne -of NV iatontsin.;!Was/k, borne, of Watson, - Walelip Weak, and Woodrutr--164 - 2 - • THE AVRIbAN SLAVE ' Slur, cial.br:gatiritLthe tional Administration, takes' gixittrid-itt-fiver of re-Opening the African Slave' Tode.: - • .-The aavocacy of,. tin's project • just 'ptioposel South darolina; gratall . y . Working .it. northward, and by 1.860 we may'OxpeCt to , see -the ;northern democracy incorPorts ting it• as a new plank 'in its platform At•-will have to do soc if it expects to retain Southern sup. Port. \ • The . Star .says.: • : - _ ".We are glad to:perceive.olitie7id.tation awakening to the Subjeet„because'it /B.oce . vast importanee;to the future of ti.nininicase portion of thelnerieanbontinent::o4:Pat not do its legitimate share iw.thicLobbimac e of the world„,:by apd thrino rj r attiter ' O ne African slave labor. Thou holy alli. mice of 'l5 took Measures .to stop the tilde, an&, though this wiVerninent, France- and; .England subsequently; by , treaty, -Agreed to do the same thing at an enormous cost;; so: nuahly out of their treasuries, it bas ae;uoi i. doubled at least in all' its vied* 40:totted on the passage, - While it has not.: ; leiseued. so - .far as the. number actually shipped -.13.•c0n -eerned. . Thus the.tesult,bf all_that hasik en done to put a stop to it has only - bee,n. an In. crease-'of its bad' features. No Irian of.ok n : mon sense imagities. that . the - Afficati4iegtb is not in a better condition in slavery in iea, than 'in' barbarous: captivity or evenbar barons freeddm in his native hind: .'Huntan.- itv superinduced the abblishmerit Of_thelle- • galify of the - traffic; and Matters. m:iv'Jook as though, with the increasing - horrible coolie slave trade (which already equals.the Alm= sitii - c trade in extent when that was thegicat, est) humanity Will ere lung cry aloud forlbe • removal b: all existing restrictions 0 the old - trade :between Africa and America," • - A.. NOBLE ACT GF TUE I.OREILIF: Af9UKTAIS 13 . 46 done • Agt 44ite. honor by• voting f§0,460 froeii her Treaaary to furnish food and clothing•te. the.liestltate and starving "settlers Of . Kartitas.C. She leads nobly the grand . array ofthe Free State— When one of the smallest of :thein,-:-frotii.il Treasury replenished' only by direct taxation ; —gives thus freely and abundantly fur tileir relief their resene..frorn • Suffering,4 'already secure. • - • • • f The reality of thelr diStrtss. is_ plated N . 'ond doubt. . The fact that inrist of - them went thither: poor, with „nu ratiaube eicept their own labor,---rand that has been interrupted and its ; frifits cut le . hy.the', comm otions of the -coati tey;--shows .e.te4ly enough that they. cannot be preptied r cold and inclemency of the approaehintyiqn ter.• .They, must be .aided there, or they mast leave the Territory, just. , :stre.2,4e.. titre when it is must Importantfortheinieh*.itted fur the country at large that. they should Stil V. • We have no. doubt that the example of Vermont will, lie. foliowed. by other State.; and ° that there will :13e .8 g4nerons, rivalry 4- - mong seeY.Nihieb exhibit most alacrity and most liberality .itt aiding so good a work. U:NI'oPULAa AT HoliE.---rln Concord, tit. residence of President Piercaohe flute-is ;. . Fremont, ' • : . 1,825 Buchanan, • .874 . • The Wheatland distridin•Lapeaster coun ty, Pa:, the home of Buchwnan, also gave a majority against hini. In the-elty.ef Buff4lo, the ward where Mr. 'Fillmore resides, gave the following vote • • , • . • Buchanan, • • • • .818 .Fil:more;- ..... • -The Fifteenth Ward of New York, which contains the presentresidence of Mr.Fretnom, was the only. Ward. in the: city_ which -gave him a majority.. : - I • LW , "' Senator Douglas was last Neek•triar; , ried--tby a Catholic priest.--toa - lashing Cetholio lady at Washington: - :- i'DOu;glai hay - hiinSelf. always profes.4ed.-Protestantism,and . Attended the BaptistehuNli i of which his first wife Was a Member. ThoSe Whounderstand .his' reckless anitiitioni" . eall' his'inarriage . With MisS Ada Cutts ,a ;Stroke of pOlicy to 'secure Il the omish power hi - his, fairof at- an early day.. But the_ Dethocrat.s.and the ',‘.‘ dog No.. ble'' who howled so - long and - loud. because emont was inaryie.d to a Protestant by a. CBtholie, have nought to say:kvinst Donglas' . marriage to a Catholic' . by-a - CAtholic! But' who shall be elected lady, of thei•White,,lrow inl.B6o; 7 4JEssm or ADA ?--LiteithifriChis'stv• M Famb BY S Lay ii.--Thp*pßison(,' rtt,)l Messenger has The following: accoant 'of aft atrocious murder near. -ifieret•:. • • On Tuesday. night, the;3othf : ult..,. isin.Pearde, residing ahiutt , ._fivo:tralet,..fietn! this.pluce„ whilta he wto..eatitig ; supper,. midi tuie of his negro men who.litkcilbeetrgtiiitY. of some misdenlownr, th 4 ty3 iioert, Its : Ws:o tirOught he would giye cOrdingly, when he got Up, fr!.).4th6l:taPe, he . Went out into the back yard iyid t :O4krithi 3 fellovi - out of the kitchen,. stnti,lo,ajlim.. to come to him. Afttnitmting*#*t.4eiti-ot submissiet, he oloy,ed,-bilt.:*sonm,is lie got'. striking distnneelArenr, been concealed, and iii.tsiitt . .theilad oi l his . mxster s 'settit.eTtiwtlw Taiinc ,hin7exe .ry. 4'l- . rection.. The. negro-- itistoittly not been . captt* t 7_ • TIIE'CHESAPEAKE 4-K.- 1 : 14 : 0 ,. 4 ) 1 4 1411 z s. UNITEn.—The waters or the UneSlsollll4 ere now united with the 9reat L'id . tOZ' 'The first boat throu4 file 'North VratOhlka) and Junction Canals arrived at Elmira .1' on Monday, froia Pitto4son, , Ptt, he was, four days on the pasqlge,,anke'etiktillOWtretfic ... - -,ed with ,col. The arr.itil of boit was e4.teil with great rejptiogs ntira peopir, . • „. , . , rTh© Lediex te*ts Llie the demand fur. 1.)r.. Kane* , Ar.0 11 4:•F' 4 1 4 7 thin greater . than #ll7 , lkHairitver- _ I Wietl in . Phi bidelphitt.. 'taitritiolisftilit lips, Sarum sen Co, have•o.rilizet copies- te` the amount. of $25.000. tar The mtljority-againseatielfaitat) ift thar Fres - States is tnQre then - hait a 011011
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