Independent Republican. (Montrose, Pa.) 1855-1926, June 17, 1858, Image 2

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- : th ,emitribirtions t uf free States' an i
d .Of slave ,
. Sietes, showing die, Corner a hundred fold - 1
- ater than-the tatter, "were unbecoming_ a 1
. .. ristian journal , r Christian people." -
It is true," salys hei "We make moraccin
tOutiona. The !city of Boston gives for:for
eign missions,'pethaps more than all the slave
. 'States, and the city of New York - perhaps
triere than Bost() . But What of that? We.
,gt:e a few Cents' Piece, and only a few cents,
t
foi foreign Missii:ths each Year, which amounts
td i, great sum, because we are a , great pee.
p'e. - Wesend men to heathen nations, far
Over - tte ! watir; th. tell aboitt.theirTuture des
tiny.' We are refill not to send 'our best
I
WI); *e keep o r Notts and Waylandsond
.• onr . - Be*her‘s an ' Cheerers; at home; but
iometithes aludon escapes . ..trot us before
•
*lste know :What be is. This iskr•-•
about the let
, --:
tent vie slibmit theelf : merifice for' the sake
ti
• the -heathen; ' i = ' ':•' .. -
.t
'‘'.ii there,any cause for etaltation'in this;
wen we see-whit our southern brethren have
,/it and are doing? When have eve ever
-en the heathen to our hearthstones 'and to
taur bosontst '.When have we ever. admitted
the heathen telsocial communion
_with our
,selves and oar ebildren ? ' When have weev
er taken the heathen to our large cities to show
. them the works lot - art, - Or to the . watering
pitees - to show them fashionable society; and
eautiful seeneri ? . - Did you ever see a Yen
.; lee at the Whine Sulphur Springs shedding
. r t e igign religions influence over a little eon
' ' don of he4then companions I- {Laugh'-
ter.] -We have fine women in the Northern
j ..
unites;-whose bright example has ' made at
t. etive the patio of virtue and religion.—
ermspicuous athot them in every good work,
re . the Wives o4'.ministers and deacons:—
' but not arni...of these Within die range of my
4cqu4intance; would consider lierselfqualificd,
..iitherby. nature 'or by grace, to. be chamber.:
maid, dri'llyrse, and spiritual adviser to -wa
r twenty keathns in her. own faMily, But.
ir, hed'these worthy dame been, obk, lad
t it
. they come down to us from th q( blood of
orman Kings„ I through the' beun tag pulses
f inardry_cavaßers, and then had been. wil
lingto assume these humble offices of Chris. :
, ltali charity, w should have believed - the
ime, so often Prayed for, 'bad-already
,come,
Wiken • ‘.,iiinga sbould be fililiers . atid.. !weans
v - •
- - auising mothe•iti. , .the ' ehttreh," Where
• • hen is thefgro nd of this exultation on the
is
"art of the'No i th ? - I tell you'dratit cannot
be. prompted. by anything but a rotund, bulb-
otis self-righteushess; • Sc much for the
social .kiterifiee.sl. of our Southern brethren."' ,
• . Mr, Thayer hen praceeded 1.6 rteount the
moral and irate teethe( sacrifices of our south.
era'brethren.t. regenerate this race of hen
drea.•- To nut e hiapoint good that such sae
,
tifioes have •be 0 made, he quotes. froth 'etni-
Inent southern statesmen end jurists, and ( m in
ithe records : of i , religious societies. , Then Ihe
proceeded to t. e spotheosis'of' the' southern.
',Martyrs in estylOthat must have been 'aa
toundin,g-to the Kettle, the - Or.rs, the Short
'ers; the Masons and the r',liiitatatis of the
House; . We quote;
' . "New ; in addifiew,to these 'Moral and in
tellectual sacrifices whieh.thir southern breth
lren admit, there!are pecuniary sacrifices which.
,IYou Ithow to k e Verykreatt• indeed, had V ir
f ginia been free4fly years ago, had she been
exempt from • this, ge,eat" tendency .to Chris
tianize the Afri*l'ra - ce, she would have been
berth more this diiv than are all the Arlan
di States south ofgew . Jersey.—And'should
alie by ,aer chance become' frill you-will see
ner wealth and 'her population increase in
proportion as this missionary spirit is dimin
-rshek [Laughter.l- •It is t rite ; .ou.r:southern
krethren, impressed with this grt'.at• idea of
Christianizingithe Afripan 'race, htivin;r, for
their 'onlj• ambition to present the souls of
their negroes; NV htiout spot or blemish, before
II
the throne of the. Eternal, have sacrificed al
most everything. I could quote from south
ern- men* in thii subject. - The sagacious s tati. s
man who gOverna,the Old Dominion, in, a
speech a few .years ago, said : • '
"*-Ilut in alrthe four cardinal resources
-1 -
wonderful toli - 11,-. l disagreetible to tell, shame
i ful to annoube - r -:but one. source .of all four,
i in time past, has been employed to produce
Wealth.. We have had no work in manufac,-
' Inciter, and commerce has spread its wings
' and frown from us, and agriculture has only'
. skimined the Surface of mottier earth. Three
• put of the four cardinal virtues have been
idle; our yOung men,. over. their cigars and
/ tOdly, .iiive ,been talking
_Politics, and the
l negroes have been left to themselves, until
we have all grown poor. together.'
". But trials, and tribulations; and poVerty,
haie ever beset the pa:hiay-, of the saints:-
lln the-earliest days, they "-wandered about
in sheepskins-land goafskina,persecuted,afiliet
ed, tormented. 4 ' Even now, in the nineteentlt
century, the condition 6f Our southern breth
ren is-not - much improved, 'Sinee th,y are.
compelled " tg, chase the stump-tailed steer
over sedge pa - tehes which outshine the sae,-to
get a tough sek," and'to listen to the per..
petuel cry _tlf "debts I debts rt " taxes V
1 taxes!"
"In this age of materiel progress,you hive'
seen, the. nprth-Outstrip you ;. hitt with, true
Chriathin patience and,. Christian deiotion,
you have adhered to the great work of rege.e
eratbag thelleathen. . [Laughter.] . Throu gh 'evil report-and-through good report; -reproach
ed and.maligned by those who did not un
derstand;your Motives, and, Worst of all,
sotrietiines 'bused at borne by the ungrateful
objects of your Christian-charity,.
you.have
still pressed-on-toward the ' mark of your
high calling. ; Now ; sir, where Was there ev_
. er g class of men so devoted arid self-saerifie- 1
- ing! - I have read the history, of ; the .Apps- 1
• tles ; I have read the history of the Reform- '
ers; of the. Scotch Covenanters, of the Htigue-
• nots, and of the, crusaders ; and I tell ybu not'
.
in one or all of--4.hese have I seen such Iriroie
self-sieriftee feffahe good of another race, 'Or
for 'the good of-other_ men, as I do see in the
hietory of these - slave 'States. I have- seen
... Fox's .Bekok Of Marfyrs, but, there i nothing
in that to compare :at all with- the. martyrs
1,1 of the tout& The census of the United States
is the: greatest book of martyrs ever printed.
11,1 , ingh,ter.] Other books- treat of martyrs
as individuals • the_ census' of: the United
•Statestreats o f ? them, , by ‘-counties and by
Stated. lake how a marl, impressed with a
graidand noble sentiment, should, perhaps,
in exeiternen.t or in emer g ency, g ive up his
'
life tosupport of it; . pulLexuatiot See how a
man can saerifiee his Iriends,.his family and•
his country,. for a re% . ious idea . ori. an al,-
. ....Owe, then, sir, is. the position of our
southern brethren sot. this subject.- But the
• worst is„yet to be- tdld—the- doleful conelu
. 'sueof the 'whole matter; They. have made
snerifities, and it seems -to me that they were 4
etalitled - to the reward, for thens; and I doubt
not that theyhive often consoled themselves
411 ciintemplating the rewards in Ole future
which inuat await Them for Such good Serviu
-ea '..iiithe present.. I have no 'doubt, sir,:lhat;
ofteitimes, seeieg they. have no treiSures• on
eerily they supposee(they had treasures, laid
•up 'm heaven: - [Laughter.] ..But just at that
time; - when they seemed to be almost in the
- fraitkat of their labors, when 'the gentleman ,
keit:Missouri, (Mi.,Anderion,) in great ex
ultation of spirit; was speaking of the instim
licitrthatlutd -.raised the-.nweck!,from :barber.
iiii4oChrietianityand eiviliiation-, aridWiien
ithtelientleznanirpm.lntfutna (Mr. llughes,)
lad•-inuight the inspiration, and saikthat dm'
theibody•lot the African - might be tolling un
der the lash, "hill soul was. free, and could
don.verse on_ the !Ain:test prineiples tif sci
.
enege d phi osophy —wlicultith had almost
heccune sight—just.then, sir, out conies the
Supreme. Court with the decision that
'A NEGRO HAS NO SOUL! . [Latighter.]
4 Angtts and Ministers . of grace,. defend
us l" •All tliese treasures that were sUpposed
'to liave been laid up' "where neither moth
nor rust d6tb earrypt, and where thieves 'do
not creak: through nor stenl" - have • been, in
vaded by the decision - of the supreme Court,
and scattered to the four winds of heaven:—
'Afore than two centuries of prayers and tears,
of heroic self-sacrifice ant; Christian devotion,
of faith and hope, of -temporal and spiritual
agony, have come to this "lame and impo
tent conclusion." [Laughter.] IThe moral
dignity of the grandest missionary enterprise
date age is annihilated.
"As - a northern man, tstand here a disinter
ested spectator of these event's. • 111 do not
like the decision of the Court, I have a higlier
hie. • The negro himself can. appeal to• the
court of heaven- 1
but what- refuge, has
. 'the
. Southern Churelt [Renewed laughter.
None whatever. This decision is a blow di:
_rest and terrible, falling with cruslfing s yim
knee tipon our southern brethren. The'Su.
preme Court, with crueland relentless
ity, has persecuted the southern Church as
• the dragon of the Apocalypse pursued the
wortian into
. the wilderness ,
seeking to de
vour. her Offspring. [Much laughter.]
" What motives 'mold hare impelled the
Court to•this act!. I have.no doubt a pafri.
!tic motive: lam not here" to impugn the
Motives of any man, or of any. set of leen;
much.less of the highest judicial tribunal in
thiS land. No doubt, sir, their motives were
'oatriotie, for they had witnessed the devas
tation of this terrible religious fanaticism
throughout the south, - They had Seen . the
raE•ages of this disastrous filiSsi(lilliry therm
mania, and they determined tat thervnist
,-bean end of it; and how coal they so 0E24-
'. %luny elid,it by,annihilating at - once the ob
jeet of its aims and iispiratio»s? That,
they bare done.
, 4‘ llere,;then,'endeth the .oral power of the
institution of slavery." •
After a fashilt° quite as telling as the
above, Mr. Thayer discusses the political
power of the institution,provingthat the very
course adopted by its friedds for the perpet;
uation of this power, cannot fail to result in
reiidering it powerless ; that political death,
death by suicide is now inevitable. We re
gret that we haVe not space at our dispoal
to cepy from this tvrtion of Mr. Thayces
speech. •
. Mr, Thayer's entrance npon the political
battleground of the two antagonistic social
, systems-of this country is opportune if- not
providental. Ire appears just when orgm
ized emigEal ion has become an essential ,suc
cess. He puts his agency into successful op
eration; impresses a living- energy into it ;
and then, panoplied iii, the righteousness of
hip cause, armed with fitet4., with great good
sense, with a genial nature, - and with a power
of seldom, equalled; he _enters: the
arena of combat, engagespe•enemies of free
labor under a • new system of tactics, and
deals,them• the most terrible and deadliest of
blowsl. We cannot-but regard him as one of
the most remarkable men of the times—as
the chief interpreter of the gr,eat *aides
Whieh science .and.invention have placed with
in the-grasp of man, and with which not only,
is the physical - world to be subdued to—his
use, but false systeins arid oppressive institm
tion.s fbunded in fraild are to Inr crushed out
of existence.
• •
Introduction of African . Emigrants.
Arplication.,was recently ,made to the _C4,I-s
lector the Customs at Charleston (S. c.)
by 11fessrs. E. Laffite dr, Co:„ merchants of
Charleston, " to elearthe American ship Rich- :
lard CA , bden, W. F. Mack, Master, burden
750.31-95 tons, for the 'clast, of Africa, for
the purpose of taking on board African emi
-1 grauts,' ! in accordanCe with the United States
paTtenger laws. arid returning with the same
tO a port of the United States.'!
Upon being consulted by the Collector, the
Secretary of the Treasury instructed him, on
1 , the 22d of May, not to grant the clearance I
asked for.' ,
•
• Mr. cob() shows that existing laws prohihit
the importation, not only of slaves.x, hut-of ne
°gives bound in service Of, any kind, for any
period - . The first section of the act of 1807
provides: • '
• "That - froin and after the first day of Jan
uary, .1808, it - shaft notbe lawful to imnort or
firinf , into the United States,or the Territo
rios thereof, from any•foreign kingdom, place,
or ecinntry, any negro, mulattO, or person of
color,..as a slave, or to be held, to service or
labor."
Mr. Cobb treats as idle the pretence that
the Africans prOfeSsed_ to be imported are to
be free, and if they were to be so, their itn
ort.stien,woutd be contrary to the- laws
. of
nearly all the.slave States; The Charleston
Aterthiry says:
•" The whole letter shows What we have re
cently ,asSerted,:that to reopen the African
slave trade; (and, the apprentice system is
that trade,only under another name,) wheth
cr wise or not, is impracticable in the Union.
Even if the la* oflBo7 did not exist, the
Northern Representatives in Congress would
.pass laws effectually- to prohibit the reopTen:
.ing of this trade, in any ,form whatever.' On
this account, we - haVe deprecated the agitation
on the subject, as . tending only to divide the
South, without- the yossibillty, of having any
piactical existelee•whilst the Union contin
.ues."
Mr• The Pennsylvania .Argns, an old fash
iontmi democratic journal, has no faith in Sen
ator Hammond since his declaration in the
Senate that , "NOrtliern laborers are but
slaves.'„' It calf him "a base imposter,'.' and
denounces " all professed democrats who fel
lowship with him as politiyal knaves, and out
of the pale'of the Democratic party.".", After
publishing extraets from Hamniond'a speech,
which have beretofore been given in' this pa
per, it adds ''''
, 1
9 Blistered be the' tongue tnat could utter
such sentiment's. Ile ip a vile traitor to" the
country, who has heart. so ',lick as to con
ceive,:and a throat-so foul ifs to utter such in
solent language. Strange as it may appear,
this foul language. was uttered in an Ameri
can Senate, and spoketi* Democratic Sena-.
tors without one word of rebuke, one look of
di'sapprobation from the Leconipton side of
the Senate, although the-n - trist cif them were
elected as democrats. Mr. !Broderick, of
'California, an anti-teecuriptone democrat, sok
ministered a scath!rig, rebuke, for which he
deserves the:thatiks of eery .? bin-A
-working
democrat In 'the Union,.; 'Northern Demo-
crats, what think you eftlie- mn whom you , i
elected to the Senate,, 2 wo4 I d quietly sit
.4 4i
- and bete you denou ' 'as LDIUD BILLS !--
mans ! and on an . Ifi wiM die South.
ern negro, and have ti ate word to utter in
defence of your lionor , :7,' 'Out upon such.Sen
atOra- A certain v yarTrtoAntry is full ofauch
democrats;" -''„: ',-',-" : , : '
Tag BoOc.i's Gxu,sev:--Ai large addition
of daguerreotypes has 'l?een lately made to
this collection of likinOses, including tbose
of the must noted and,elcpert thieves. It is
visited by raany.persotts. daily.. The police
detectives have been sii , vitlaat as to have
intimidated? the - pickliOckets By arrange
ments with the proprietors orpranibuses,Ahe
defectives ride free„ as :to banish the
thieved from the , publiC cons;eyances,- 2 .4i1e
Illuafrated; • ;
hursdat, .Jimue IT,. 1859.
led on Monday last. The Senate
dent to meet on Tuesday in Ex
as the anticipation that a large
msincss would be left over was
ought probable that the Session
if beyond Tuesday. • This
,Ses•
ouc little but quarrel over the
run the country still deeper: in
Ingreis adjou
by the Pre;
essiou ;.
but
(Executive
Cam - c,
watiiTh
scut e
amount
MET
not rcali
would n
t be prolong)
ongress basi
sion Of
Slavery
debt.
nestion, an
f . Education in Northern Fenn
„to learn that the Susquehanna
is to re-commence nest Fall,
t Prof. Stoddard. With so able
pal, the school will flourish, of
failed to attend last Fall and
'any who then attended, will
he renewed•opportunity to profit
to friends
will-be g
F;onutirSch
charge o
lar a Princ
litany whO
as well as
mselves of
svlcanitt
County
11411
and po
I=
Wintdr
avail tl
by his . nstruction.
~ The ;lowing fret
Mr. St dartl's repul
Prlf. J.. F. Stod
hanna o. formal
with th Fall Term
We co nsider the T
se'eurin his :service
al one of the bes
Maelve •in the :tai
Carbondale Aifrance bows
tiOn as a Teacher :
rd has engaged in the Susque
`•hgol as Principal. to commence
n the nOth of August next.—
steeS of the School fortunate in
i. Mr. Stoddanl is well known
qualified and most sacces.sful
and at thb same time as re
the general management of a
•-wining of teachers is cs
cs position as principal of
he a primary aim is pe
-ish him and the school
adapted
.Bev
his.
I in
.aPP I
sue(
nivkak
school,
peciall
a sclux
culiarly
decided
The
utra,
~=
~7
oti
11 all
EC
reet,
f th
MEM
Ell
aggt
I)ltlisarowel
lE=
A - r/ The foll/w
of Sathrday last, • ;
between the Doug
Leeonfrton
ig extracts from Forney's Press
4ye little token of reconciliation
wing of the Dgniocracy and the
he Press's article is heldcd, " The
llinois," and commeikes as fol-
Sword drawn in
lows:f
"T le intelligen
ns to the future p.
e from Illinois disposes of all doubt
riiey of the Democratic opponents
I latlorm, in that State, and per con :
other State in the Union. The;
-holders, at Springfield on
as placed in nomination ,a full
r ogulwr nortkinationa rtf thu Domo
affirmed the Lecompton heresy.,
[ed this double treachery by the
Its upon Senator DouglaS and the
Is who coubw his noble feat •As
ter of the men who control and
went, We need only mention that
is a Doctor Charles Leib, well
ania, nifpartiettlarly in Lanca.i,-
bunties. 'This notorious person,
an object of contempt, is in fact
position arrayed against the De
in
of thej Chieinniti
sentience in every
eon veron or ofti
the 9t of June,
tietret the
eratic ip arty, has r
and his accompan
most liolent assau
masse4 9f Democ,
shown-the cha
stimulate this mop
the lendingspi'rit
,I ti
know. in l'ennsyf
ter a d Schndkill
nlwa ;.1 regarded . ;
the chief of the. o .!
mocrlicy of Mimi i
Alter proceed!, to denounce Howell Cobb, Secre
tary f the Treast- e y, as the most proscriptive, fire
main Lecomptoi.yelk Mr.'Buchanan's. 'Cabinet—
notw titstanding tl eil! that while cauvas,ing Penn
sylvaki in 1556 W ith Bigler and others he plead so
f
melo lowly forTh ! chanan and fair play in Kansas--
the ress goes o.
,to say that the' hand of the.Treas
.ury i openly disl ayed in controling the action of
the I linois Leco . ptonite Convention, and closes with
ni l.
the f flowing co arison of the present position of
thrt party in IBM is and in Pennsylvania:
).Ve do not S eak of these things with pleasure.
The are not', a seeable to our feelings. But we
havea duty to p orm to a great cause, and we shall
f a
i f
3,
not fail to disch ge that duty. A monstrous at
tempt is making. "crush the Democratic party to the
earth.- Revoltin doctrines are put forth, and made
a test . In-this tati these doctrines are commended
to u by what is 11E41 the regular organization-Of the
De ocratic part . In Illinois they are forced upon
the emocracy ' ver the head ' s of thr - , ular .---
ati r
.
,cy
izat4m. In the
for these - doctrir
by die regular
porT 11 exacted .•
Bet we are ou
regidarnornin
at i
if edo not op
con..istency ace
derkd !MC watt
put in office to
putt and - mos
nee ed the itch
ois Ito erown•th2
tio c i ; and tyratt
es: ts of Abel ,
n l c r h aeiys
made f Pei
w i
ity
_"
__ ie regular organ
sue case, our support is demanded
ies because they have been adopted
rganization. In Illinois, this sup
:, de:Kance of all regular nominations.
of the party if we do not go for the
ons; there we are out of the party
..e them ! And to make - this in
rptable, the public money is squan
' - and the most profligate scoundrels
Aecute vengeance upon some of.the
upright citizens in the Union. It
evement of tliti office-holders in Illin
column of inconsistency., proscrip
hy, -which has
' grown out of these
st nine Months. What will the De.
nsylvania say to the new demand
tpoir their forbearance wad their 6del-
. ,
Far the indtpen dent Republica's--
T e State -Convention.
upitlEssas, R, D & FRAZIER :—I read . your article
It the...prim sed Convention to be held 14th July.
I s ggest to y u and your readers the propriety of
t
ad pting the Republican Platform at said Canyon
tio , and we, tie Republicans, will give'thrm the of
fices, prorided they will select reliable candidates
who will fully . .. rry out our principles. Perhapi, it
wOuld be well to insert this in your paper in order to
gile the;parti time to consider this
'Y ,- urs, _respectfully,
4 i;L Bend,
MEC
i
Iz. For lee, Independent Republican. t
i Studi of the English Language.
- IMEssits. E TORS:—As it has been suggested to
me that the ge - Ction that the word " like" is some
times compar d regularly—like,. liker, - likerl,—and
.1-
Ilex " to" or unto!' is always expressed or under
s+o after it, vices proof, 'with your permission
I rill proee , to give such examples, from standard
Epglish authors, as I have now at band. The follow
ing is from Spenser's Pairy Queen, book In, canto
r r-: • ~ • • -
"lEftsoones o
.ili; bideons be
Tbst could tb
Monst,rous, ..
NV itir ilio :- • I
Thereto so a I
Like never y J
Hut likeat it
'/"hat feeds o
I Again,' in t
"Him nee:. 1
Himself
In Colerid
We — . I
t of her• bidden cave she _called
t of horrible aspect, --- •
stoutest courage have appalled;
shaped, and all his back.'waa sped.
spots of colors _quaint elect;
ilt that it all beasts did pass;
t did living eye _detect ;• _
~ en hyena was
_women's fiesh,as others feed on grass."
le succeeding canto of the same poem :
ed not instruct which way were befit
fashion likeit - Florimell."
•'s Ancient Mariner (one, version) Wo
"Her.lips ere red, her looks , were free,
Her lo -s were yellow as gold ;
Her skin as as white as leprosy, --
1 And she' - tarliker Death than he;
1 . • Her H et made the still air bold." •
The folio '' g is from SusxxsexisHt :
" And illy power doth then show HAM God's,
• When M y ' seasons justice."
And this- from He. Murray's History of _Europe.
e
f n Longue ' a, vol. 1; p. 334):
{ "The o1d • qman and even the modern German ;
lire much li si. to thg Visigothic than they are to the
infect of Edda,"
f
_ .
ii I retnern r having Met with several other exam
ples, in- boo s not now in my posiession ; bit tot;
ktbtive seem to he tiiiite enough to establish the fact
that the wo is regularly compared,' and that it is
'Pot a prepo itiou. ' A k
=1
===l
,onsea from England on
reported 1y the Nova
ill great satiAction on
do the pacific se-nti
and leading to the belief
our commerce will be
HENay McKiNsEY
MZssa.s. EDITORS I have read, with muck sur-
prise, a notice from the School Directbrs of Bridge
water, pithlished itt your paper of Ity 20th; find I
would Like to be infornied by what authority`they
hare made such an order. It '<rightly. understand
It, teachers are authorized to open their schools id
any way they please. They may do it with singing.
or reading the bible, leaving .it 'without. comment in
the ordinary Tay,'but they jnay pray any Sentiment,
doctrine, or explanation they Rlease, after reading it.
Now, it strikes me, Okla manifestly improper, if
not illegal. The practice otopening eommon schools
with prayer has been, I think, - wiselydiscarded by all
true friends of common scloie education. it is a
wonder to me ithat our Directors'sliould fall into such
an error. Our schools should be guarded from all
sectariatkinitiertges, for the obvious reason that they
are supported by all ,de.nominations, and each one
does not want another's creed forced upon chit.
dren.
_ Moreover,the law in this State requires the Direc.
,
tom, sit lire teachers, to meet and determine each
year " upon a series of school books, in the different
branches to be:taught the ensuing year; which books
old no others, shaH, be used In the schools of the
district during said period."
Now, hav they decreed * that. the bible shall be
used, either as a reading book, or a book of science ?
If they have done either, then it becomes the teach
er's duty to eiplain it, does.it not 1
Hoy, then, can they recommend to leave it with
out comment'?,
I the independent .4i - en — eh/iron.
'Letter from Wyomin g m County.
Ntcuotson, Vitytititing -to.; Pa.,
June 10th i 1848,
Etnituts:-4 - 4he .credit of epistolary
promptness has generally been accorded to me, by
my 'friends, though your . twiumtexperience with me
might lead you to think differently. Pere! 'twinning
with me a distinct remembrance a .promiSe made
some two months ago, to send you a, letter; and I
waited patiently for something to "turn up," to
make it out of, till one week there did happen
enough to satisfy any reasonable correspondent. --
One daz o f man attempting tfinross onr ere* a
tittle above here, with horiel and luntber"wagon,
found it so ranch swollen by recent rains, that mid
:wily in the stream, his wagon crume apdM, leaving
him afloat in , the box, while his - borses, escaping to
the blink, With the forward wheels, ran away, The
felloiv, unable to swim, halloed for dear . life, as he
saw the current rapidly bearingdown stream the frail
ungovernable craft, in which he' bad, much against
his will, 'embarked. Fortunately he passed near
enough to a projecting snag to make good his escape,
and thence, theapigbly frightened, by the aid of
some ftoo&woOd, succeeded in reaching the shore.—
The horses were rescued not myth injured, and the
box with hind wheels, was obtaihed, a few days, all
terivard, by means of a $3
13esides, there was a barrel of bones dug up near
the Icailroad bridge, causing no small excitement, as
dame Rumor said that they were human. And there
was a spirited game of base ball, a bird hunt and
several small fights: I\otice-w4 also due of a Teach
ers' Institute at Factoryville; of which yonr Trof
Stoddard was the leading star, 4nd lefxa very favot:-
able impression upon thentind of all who attended.
These topics and others, yoni. correspondent was
prevented from duly setting forth, by a severe attack
of rheumatism hi my right arm and shoulder. ,Ilave
you ever been afflicted with that malady ? I so,you
can ask *better. excuse for the delay briny prom
ise.
Since my last writing, I have removed from Ba
con's, my home for more than five years, to very
-pleasant quarters near the Depot. • Mr. B. did not
apply for a license this i'ear.
,Wfiich, with only two
licensed hotels hereat the DePot, is some improve.
went. .-
In attending the Pioneer Festival at Montrose, last
week, I regretted thatillis County had no represent
ative. Esq. Bacon intended to have been there, but
having 'Worked too hard the day previous, and taken
a alight cold, he was unable to go. • Ile expressed
great interest in my account of the affair, and will
not fail to attend the next annual meeting, if life and
health are spared. ' . .'-- •
As there are many persons to whom the details Of
this &d pioneer's life are of interest, I will briefly
make a statement of some of them. -...... '
Nathan Bacon was born at-Bristol, Litchfield Co.,
Ct., May. 28th, 1778. At the age of 16,,he removed ,
with his father to Windsor, Broome Co,. N. Y. Be
was a soldier in they. S. Army from li9s toso3
was at Cincinnati in ';.lB—no frame house there,tlien,
and not much village. There was. a small fort on
the opposite side of the river, called Washington.—
He traversed the wilderness from that place to De
troit—was at Erie when there was but one frame
house there—spent one summer at Oswego—was at
Rockester when there was no „house there—was at
Fort Nittgara and:vicinity some three years- , -asiisted
.in Making a military road from Lewiston. across the
eountry.to Carew ic.,, , k. and Niagara river, some
miles above the Falls. That - ccumtry-,141..,, covered'
by a dense, heavy forest, is now occupied by spicit;
did farms. Ile helped raise the first frame house in
'Buffalo, in 1799 or 1800—McHenry's tavern house. •
During most of his servieedn the`artny, he filled
the post of Sergeant major, and was much employed
as a bearer of dispatches. e did not sleep on a
bed-during the five years o his' service, and but
rarely-in a house, Gen. Slilkinson Was. his com
manding officer—Tfamtrancklhis Colonel, and Arm
stead his Major. A few years since, he received his
Warrant for bounty land-10 acres. yrom Goy.
Snyder of this <ate, he received commission of
Captain of the militia. , I
. 1
In Septerhbet, 1804, he was married to Sarah Nich
ols, (whom everybody know and respects as Aunt
Sally) born in 1782, with whOm fur 54 years . he has
lived in the experience of unalloyed happiness. -
In 1807 he removed fromßVindsor, to a point on
the Tunkhannock, Creek, three miles below here, go
ing.
n across the. country hiniseif with an ox team,
while hifi family Went around by the river, in two ca
noes lashe&togetber, with taptatfortn on the top. l -7-
From the.mouth di the Creek they came up on an .
ox-sled, the only mode of conveyance by land at that
time. _
There were bin-few settlers here then—Zebulon
Marcy (the settle Mr. Miner mentions ; I suppose) Jas..
per Billings, Stephens„ Felion—at now dead; and
Esq. Bacon is now the oldest surviving inhabitant`
this section of country:, Samuel Oakley, Jesse Ste=
PlienP,and a few others who were boys then, still sur
vive.
Esq. E. used to go to Wilkesbarre and Pittston in
a canoe to mill and for provisions--principal fare was
venison and juhnny-cake. -
lie wassthe first .f , istige of the Peace under the
present organization of this township—from
,1816 to
1827- . —When he resigned to become Posunaster,
which taco ho.held 22 years; till 1849, when- Post
master General Collamer appointed another man in
his place.
i ch ols on fonnetly included much of Susquehanna
and Wyoming counties within its limits. At one
time, by repeated diminutions, it was reduced to 35
tasables—it now has the-largest number of tasableo
of any in the county, And pays the highest tax.
tsq. Bacon is a pioneer of 61 years—eight in
Broome county, five in the army, and fifty-one here.
Ile is the father of twelve children, eight of whom
are liviit—has fifty-three .rand-children,•iirid six or
seveir-great-grind-children. •
No history of Pioneer life in this lection would be
complete without a sketch of him ; and I liove a
some future time, to furnish you further incidents in
regard to.him,-and•other " old residenters."
Our fartners are delighted with the,splendid weath
er of these palt ten days, and are busily linproving
it. Most of the lumbermen below here bare suc
ceeded in getting their lumber to market, but above
here there hasgoot been water-enough to start a raft.
. Making it a general rule to stop when I get 'thro'
Ilan, as ever, Yours, truly, 3. 3. 8.
For the fruierendent Repl46llean .
The Bible in• Schools.
MosTßosE, June 10, 1858
Would it not be well for our directors first to:tier:
form all that th e law clearly requires of them; be ,
fore (hey Introduce things foreign and objectionable ?
I Should anyone say, none but Catholics and Infidels
object to the bibleind prayer in schools, I reply,:no
welbinfortnedtrian or true Christian: would say that.
But let us change it- a little, . Would you like'to.
have the Catholic, the Infidel, or the Universalist,-
teach - their doctrines to your children hi school! If
not, how 'can you thus attempt to 'force .yours upon
them? If jou have due regard for the golden rule,
or our own statute law, you will not attempt it, it
seems to me. I Imejlierefore,,that that order will
be speedily recalled, for it is establishing, I fear, a
bad precedent.
I have other reasons that I may present at 'acme
other time, if it becomes necessary:
Resioaful!y yours, X. T. Y
• FII,OM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence of the N. .nautte.
WASHINGTOIi, June 10, 1858.
Notwithstanding all the billing and cooing
betwe'en the' Douglas interest and the Aidinin
istration, which has been observed here fur
some time past, they have 'at last come to
points and thrown away tlie - seMbard. This
result was_ long since threseen to be inevita
ble, by those who kneW the deep feeling en
tertained by the President, ,and how deter
mined he, was to Make* no compromise that
would lei ego resentment—for the crusade
which the Senator from Illinois led in Decctn
her last. The order from , the: White House
was to crush him out at every hazard, even
to imperilling the success of the party, for to
bitter was the hostility, that the ,success of
Republicanism was regarded as a preferable
alternative to the triumph of Douglas, even
with the rank and file of the-Democracy at
his back, The nominations at .the .Spring
field Cnnvc.ntionYesterday, reed no resole.-
thins to explain their marlifAt purpose.—
They convey an open declaration of war,
which is fully 'understood bete; and will be
heartily reciprocated by Douglas -in good
time.
ThIS instructions given to our of eers in
the Gulf of Mexico.,have not vet been comil
municatcd tyl Congress, and it is only through I
mysterious supcstions that the public have
been enabled to understand their •drifr„—
When the fleet of large and little craft start-
ed out in such a hurry, everybody supposed
its first duty was to' .t smell the blood of • an
Englishman." and then devotir'him without
the least ceremony. This, was believed to
be the reason-why the Styx suddenly diSap
pittreti, smelling the coming . sto_im from afar:
It turns out that the instructions were much
more amiable, mid that Mr. Buchanan is not
the bloody-minded lresident he is represent,
ed to be, These officers were - only ordered
not to ,flow any acts of visit, examination or
detention to be committed in their presence.
It is difficult to see how such a_ contingency
c ould well happen, and it was probably.
that view that the' gallant Mr: Toucey .'sent
his fleet roaming over the Guff, knowing that
whoever attempted retaliation .for an outrage
perpetrated outside the limits of his orders,
would be liable to dismissal. Altogether it
may be regarded as a very ingenious mode
pre.seriing the publ ic
, peace. ThA,_ Navy
Department deserves a leather Medal certain
ty, and ttle-uakeej are inclined to sohz....eit.,
since the insurance companies will not now
put up the pretniums on their valtiitble
TutSritcoot.z.--The week is distinguiShed
by a fier2e struggle upon
,the appropriation
The Senate, in which the Administration
party is supreme, loads them-all down with
atnendments, in one instance more than doub.
ling the arnoupts voted by the Uouse. The
Weals. contracts and plunder for tltvorites.
The House, Nrhero - the Republicans are
Stronger, is making the best possible resist
ance to-these attempts.
Virginia is especially 3,-!olent for enormous
grants7tirrthe Army and Navy, those .great
branche's" of the public service being nearly a
close monopoly of that State. ' .
The sums voted in th`Senate, it is said,
will make an aggregate acceding one` hund
red millions of dollars.
The Policy of the Adruinktration is to' re
pudiate all the debts of the Gcivernnient,- by
voting_down all private claims, and to.devote
the entire resources and-credit of the country
to expenditures which may enable- them to
carry the' elections.— Washingtc; t 4 Republic
11114
raF The Easton Daily Time: says: The
Democratie party of Schuylkill County met
on Monday last at the COurt House in Potts
ville, and,.among others, passed - a series of
resolutions recommending a modification of
UT Tariff. It is the opinion of the mrty—
" That a jadicions tariff upon foreign manu
, thcture - S - and products, that enter into dompe
tition thb manufactures and products of
our own ebuntry, is essential to the best in
terests of Pennsylvania and the prosperity
of her pedple,• By 'a "fadicious tirttr" is
meant just such a graduated rate Of duties on!
imports IA will yield a fut . } arid sufficient
amount of revenue for the expenses of the
General Government, and by proper-discrim
ination 'give the mechanical and la - hornier
I •
classes on AttiCrican - soil Ia full and • fair op
portunity to make labor honorable as well as
profitable j '
Col. CrOstend, prie of the speakers at the
meeting,. thought the .Democratic • party; of
Pennsylvania-should take hold of the tariff
question in earnest. •He thinks that the par
ty should select good mend V represent' it,
and endeavor , to produce i result .favorable
to the wholelaisiness of the Commonwealth:
He feelingly alluded tn.-the difficulties our
laboring classes are suffering from and traced
them_ to the fact that our public men do not
always work for the gobd of their, constitu
ency. The break;-doWn in business, the
speaker contended, was the result of contin
ued tinkering with tile, tariff, .constantly redd
cing it, rega;dless, of the interests of the bus
iness men engaged in producing the great
staples of Pennsylvania.. "Our inountains
and hills are filled-with iron and Coal! Out'
wallies - and plains are cnvered with . harvesti
and herds;!_tuid must tj,ur -- laboring popula
tion starve for the want' of work when FDP
er laws discriminating,fa little in favor of
Pennsylvania's hardy sons would set it all to
rights'!" ,
The pemocratic party olSchuylkill Conn
typo expect very little sympathy with'thetr
peculiar views upon this: subject from thd
Deroocraof of the tnion. The National
pemocrati(Party is coMmittedto jre trade;
the free laborer of - our Mate, who seeks
protection from sthe ruinous competition of
half paid labor nukst look for it elsewhere.
;But the Schuylkill Democracy differ from .
the National Democraey in another import
ant particular. They adhere to the "Squat
ter Sovereignty" notions of. the DemEcratie
party of 1854. They; hold---" That the peo
..plo of nTerritory have the ;right to. 'decide
fairly at the baliotJua.v. upon, all'proviston.s of
a constitution; .beforii 'Congress 'shall -grant'
their application to berincotporated-into our
Union as eState ; and that the admission' of
a Territory into the Union as a State,, of on
such fair submission to the people therf,in. of
all theprovisions of its constitution - I'6;a con
dition precedent is in strict Accordance' 'with
the fun'damental principles of our Geyern
ment." So wego. -
Itgr The 'excitement spreads.
They heye dEzecrveyed tbe lame iniquity in linglikl•
"WNit will the End bee'
From an editorial in last Thursday's Press,
with this.heading, we extract • the. Hiffing
Rassages: They exhibit the pres'ent- weak-,
liess and. the final end Of..the 'DersibitiSie4o%
ty in a light: hat , :will permit -if() 40peptiap.'
,Even if the mantle of propheek.has no fallen
port the writer, their palltabW truth' .tpiag
make s deep . lin pressidn. upon the_public.-';:It.
is too late to re-establish the integrity of the'
Democratic party as a governing power, and
it Inust sink hopelessly to'ilecay.. The Piess
first refers to.the "reading' out" of Douglas,
Walker,' Chapman, and Hickman, and says:
"If Democrats are read out of the party
for one purpose, they are read 'out for all put.-
poses. If they are to be eut ofl from 411 influ
ence with, and participation in Abe:favors of
party, we suppose that they are exonerated'
from all the duties and responsibilities ef par.:
ty. Freemen are not to be scourged and
then used. They are not to be struck by, the
right hand and patted with the left. They,
are not to be leaded down with epithets and
disgraced, and then asked to approve of and
sustain such treatment by their, votes. Our
fathers, when struck, returned," th.s
What Will their,legitimate. descendants be,
likely to do when outraged I The futuie will
tell: , Let those who profess to .believe that
Democratic supremacy necessary to our
interests and hontkponder these ,:ttlitigs, and
learn a 'plain tesson. of wisthim... • • • '•'
" Muctias some men may be dispcisCd to
doubt it, our 0"ople have a love of justice
and spiOt left taahetn. Honesty - and man
hood have not been wrung out of thein by ;
the half-dozen half fledged, second-hand diela
.
tors in,otn-midst. ••
" This " readinif 6 eye will answer very well
for all days of the year except election. day ;
then, alas, "reading in" . becomes the better
policy. But no one but the hereditary slave
wilt permit himself to ,be kicked for three
hundred and sixty-four days, and hisied on'
the three hundred and "sixty-fifth.. The con,
trolling, deciding power of the Democratic
party resides, where it lamas always resided, in.
the free States.'' How touch. strength- could
we have tlirown away. there iti our last strug
'gle, and still )achieved our victory-
W.;thout disintegration, we haute- not grown
stronger since. We .will not. state why the
fact is so, 'although it. might be done .4th
great point and brevity. -1-Ve Should study
addition, not, sulftraction. If we do riot do it,
where will be our triumphs in '5O, '59, and
'GO Reader, can you tell , us If you can- I
not, then you pill agree with us,
that the
policy of which we speak is Wicked, &moral.
izidg, destructive. Standing, as our party
now does, with the ban Of expulsion against
maly of its most influential and valuabl&
members ; defeat is as certain as the. 'coming
night. That ship which has sailed alike over
i calm and stormy seas foAlte last half centu-•
ry, will be seen, dismantled 'and in flames,
dashing agtimsithe rocks,.. She will sink
never to rise again. This will be the end,
unless the bat is removed, and .lreachery
to principle disavowed.".
Petiple's State Coaventioll,
-Our readers will learn from a joint icall
signed by'the ledders of the differetill por
tions of the o_ppositibn in this State, theta
new programme bas been"adopted for the
prosecution of thg ensuing campaign, involv.
ing,the election Of State officers, and mem
bers of Congress. This course has. been de
termined upon at the earnest desire of' many
prominent men throughout the State, seCond."
ed by the known anit - eipres i se,d wishes of the.
manes of the people, as opposed the pres.
ent Administration: ;
This.announcement will..be—reeeird with
pleasure and approval by
.all who sincerely
desire the rebuke, of the policy or-Buctuin
an's adminittrati.m, find the restoration of
our government to the high position it once ,
occupied. • It affords ALL an opportunity tel'
participate ; without any sacrifice of „previous
Committals.. The earnest .opponent of the
further spread of . the'curse'of vegro slavery,
the friend of the 'mechanie• and ‘laborer,
4-
most ruined by the prostration 'of busines', •
the inanufacturerlind the operative—as well
as the Deinocrat whoni proscription has driv
en
from his old associations, will find equal
footing on,the principles einbratedlinthis I
proposition.. .
Public sentiment thronghout.the State has
for some time been strongly in favpr of .the
movement. In .our' own intercourse with the
people, we have found this tote the base,and
our advithsfrom neighboring 'counties hare,
all pointed to thiS as the ,-- trost practicable
means :of entering .Pennsylvania's proteat
against the corruption and extravagance .of
the ruling party. Now that tt has come, the
masses of the intelligent voters of the. State
will follow with enthusiasm the tohle!, exam
ple of Philadelphia ib,the work of refrma-
A victory
,igainst them at this crisis
,will break the, backbone of the. pro-slavery
and free trade Democratic party, in.the State,
everijiow tottering under its"accumulated sins.
We can say for the Republicans of Bucks'
county that :they will cordially and unani
mously respond to the call made upori them
tofraternize with their anti.Lecompton and
American brethren in a contest upon which
so much depends,. They will enter warmly
intothespirit of the campaign, wlscious of
the righteousness of their cause, WO • with a
determination to urge it onward to - triumph.
—Bucks Co. intelligeneer. • ' ; •
m":.A bloody Italian battle was itbught
at Shakqee, about eight miles from st. Paul,
Minnesota; on the 28th of May, witnessed by
five -or six hundrednitizens, men, women, and
.children; who-relished the sanguinary specta
cle better than their breakfast, which they
lett untouched, in order to witness an exhibi
tion of Indian bravery and ferwity. The
battle commenced sabout•SlK o'clock in • the
morning, and lasted . for three hors and, is
probably the most sanguinary Indian battle
ever, fought In the midst of a thickly settled
country; and witnessed by the whrtes with a
relish, and without an'effort, or even a wish
to arrest its progress. About thirty-five Si
oui warriors encountered in - this fight about
one hundred and fifty -Chippe - way braves.—
There has always exiitett a .deadly hostility
between . the Chippeways and Sioux; and the
late excursion a the Sioux into the Chippe-
Way — country, which terminated •in takitip,
twenty-five or thirtiChippeway scalps, exas
perated the Chtppyways tolvenge the death
of : their biaves. - ,
•
WHAT THE SOUTIIRN!RADICALS Tuniger
The Charlegton Memo y Says the passage of
the English bill "Krill-not ullay agitation ;
and thosewho, think that the .Uniuo s is to be
preserved by,such instrumentalities,l.will on
ly add
_another proof ot the• vanity of their
titniA•akd short-sighted policy," • ,The Mercw:
ry alto believ'e.s "the Douglas defection will
roostlfrobably, annihilate at the Fall elec
tion',, the Democratic adherents of the Sonth
in, the Nortb,, and
,present,. in _the , popular
branch ihe. next Congress, an almost, unit
ed,.
anti-Southarn sectional majority against
us." l'bat opinion is well founded,
CAR.liapitt CALVES IN TIM STRILF43.-r JUST
tics: Burdick, of Rensselaet county,,\ decided
lest week, in the ease, of Peckham egainst,
corder Bue), th 4 those Who eatly ooltres aro'
tbp stiects•of;Troy moot ,not
This decision oil {I subject - se eleeolieonneet"
edmith the "gotter quest,ion" qiey he. 0
Wiest to the ladie.
g Fiom•Europa we. have three' days'
later,_nowt. The conference between ,the
Lordit,:aturConimons resulted in . ._ an agree
ment to idMit Jews to Parliament, 'and J.
4itt ild will probably soon • take his
*lnt 'in tlidlleuse of Commons. Mr. Mara.
„elf haltdeliveted, at a dinner 'given him by .
t is . constituents, a brilliant speech. At Ply,
'thouthoneisages had bean sent through the
Whole length..of the Atlantic Telegraph -ea.
bld on board the Niagara and Agamemnon,
which were lying within 200 -yards of each
other. The squadron was to sail on the - et.
perimental trip on the 29th ult., and, alb on'
board felt confident of success. The Peril
Conference 4i - settle, the question of the prie
eipalities had met; but nothing Vas known of
the proceedings. It •was thought that Abe
French Govetnment would revoke the pro.
jectlor the sale of hospitals and other chari
table propirty, so_great Wil9 the opposition
to it. It was rumored-that the French were
about to make an, attack upon Mbroceo.—
M. De•Pene,,the victim of the recent mut
derous duel, was in a critical state. -The In.
depeadanse Beige had been Prohibited in
France-and Le Nord in Austria., A special
Diplomatic - Commission-Was to have eon
ened on the Ist. oflque at Constantin ople
to settle 'the - Montenegro.questibn.. From
India there are no later dates, 'but we have
interesting details of the news and prows.
tics of the futute. It seetes'elear that-much
has yet to be done before the rebelliuti i s
suppressed. Cotton and breadstuf f bad de
clined.' consols closed at 0nt0.971.--N,
Y. .Tribune, June
A REMARKABLE COUNTY.—In point o
ural curiosittes'and material resources; the-
County of Napa, in the, State of California, is
probably equliled by no other county or any
similar extent of territory in the World.—la
one portion of'it isa collection of hot springs,
covering a space of several acres, which have
a temperature sufficiently high to boil eggs
in eight
,minutes and make tea in the spabe of
three. minutes. The water is slightly im
pregnated with alkali, arty has a • wonderfel
faculty of clearing the Ain. The baths are
much sought. fur. Twenty-five ;miles from
these-springs,-high up.in the Mountains; two
the remarkable geysers, surrolinded by a
wild, romantic scenery of'a volcanic nature.
Not far distant are-some recently diseOvered
borax lakes, the largest about, ;kro hundred
acres in extent, • The waters arelstrongly im
pregnated with borax, and, tire supposed to
contain quantities sufficient. to supply the
world. From this lake, a mile, north, is a
sulphur bank, covering over thirty acres and
thirty feet thick, sufficiently pure for'all per
poses. The importance of these two: latter
di-,coveries may be inferred frOn the fact that,
the annual aportation (11 brin - iftone from the
Afediterranean to the Atlantic States amounts
to 20,000,000 pounds, irvciith $170,000; and
of borax 80,000- pounds, - Worth $154,000.
Sixteen miles from NitiaaXittis a collection
of sulphur springs, v' -r ilitch are. much resorted
to for medical purposes, Cochineal,-similar
to that found in blexicAA and. Brtizil, bas re
cently been found in !the quantities, and im- ,
mense be,,ds of volcanic glass, have. been dis
covered in the vicinity of Clear Lake and oth•
er p.vts of the county. Flit addition to all
these ad v4ntages,`the soil of the valley of Na
pa Tliver is orsremarkable fertility, and the -
climate is almost perfect; r,ender, Me county
one of the Eden spots.of Califernia.-=Life
JustraMd. •
A NEw DoihE.—A new dodge is about to
he perpetrated by . the Lecomptonitea:— .
They make no secret of it. It is intended
for the . Pennsylvania market partiOttlarty. I
mean the adOptton of
. a 0 mteciiivl tariff pd..
cy; to get our of the ignominy of I4entopion..
Ism. ' Dwelt Jones is in high', glee about it,
and he, R 11v,-DeWart, Dimtnick, Aid, Gil-
lis, Alison: White, Landy,and-even Phillip,
are expect to mount the hobby, and ro joie
in-and fill up the -cry. They. are . already'-
booted and spurred. -It is even reported
that Mr.. F. W. Hughes; of Pottsville, is to -
'starr.p . the State On the tariffpolitty to -. sane - ,
the necks 'of thelecomptoniteS. It is a sly
I.l \l
trick to report to i these days ofprostration i
in-business. But who . will trust these excel
lent
Representatives? _. "If mine enemy cheat I
me once, shame on him ;'. if he cheat me tirice,
shame onme." • . The men who were so ready i
to violatea pledge in,aite case; can never be i
confided in again. Better let thitge men take
up their original sin, and carry f it,. than ran 4
the risk of being laughed'' at{ by offering a
neir promise.which they never intended to : ;
keep.—Phda..PreBs. ~
. , .
TUE - SUPREME 001.711,r O ' PA. ON TIM Rig
LOVE biIIESTION,—ThEV, ` National,Library Association" applied f®'&charter o inairp.
ration. Theyreamble orift-eNtitution de.
cures its object to be "the priamktion of fit
erature and the cuitiviltioli or: friendly feel•
ings," add also for "the, ageumulationcf
works and other matters productive of litera
ry attainment." , Chief JustiedlAiwrie thinks
these definitions rather loose, and says: -.
"If we grant a - charier to an association
`for the cultivation'of friendly. feelings," and
for aniaccumulatron, of works,' and these
vague terms are left .tO' be, interpreted ac
cording to the principles of any association
which May choose to use thern, they ms,y_in•
elude free love societies; and the works spok
en of may be works of art ; such as. are for•
bidden by law and good morals:" -
From this we'infei * the Supreme Court to
be Most decidedly "doWn on" free love and
the model artists. • •
CHICAGO Gotwo- - Ue.--aThe 'Editor • of itie
Phih Ameiican, Presbyteripn, writing
'from Chicago, tifider a recent, date,l..4Yst—
" The Chicaoans•are actually carting in •dirt
from-the country to 'raise the' rsite •of their
city. s After raising ihe, streets (rim three to
ten feet, they go, • to work with jack screw'
and supporters, raise the houses and under
build them. I yesterday Sipsr,a row of haus
es, foitr story •bri,cl; houses-, with a front of
twenty-four windows, thus raised in one nittss
some ten-feet, and a whole story. being built'
beneath them to tiring them todhe new grade.
Pe pie were-livirig in•the house's, with their
geraniums-in the windou-s, as undisturbed by
this upheaval as if it were a trifle:" .
It is. , gratifying to hear of the gradual file.
vation of such a community.as that of Chita.
go.
ANdifiEU AMERICAN VESSEL - VIRED tINTO.
—The brig Arabella, Day, from Aspinwall;
arrived at New York; June 12, and reported,
Ist lust, lat. long. 88.:ktit P. 31.,
waa tired into by. a Brigsit gun - -boat, when
the brig was. hove to.
Soon after,a boat (torn the ateamer,,eame
alongbido,Atad the °lgor in charge inquilyd
where die brig was_ bound, where from, and
demanded, to s a e, her -Which- wen'
shown kiln, and ,after. serutin4ing them„
lowea , the, brig to proceed. Tito, officer 141$
yery ,pollte.. ' • .
Foe.
.
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St. rierre Syd,ney, - ,arrive4 at
June 12 reptuts a heavy ' . :previeqs to
the ist ins 6 on tie Viankb `of Newfoundland ,
attended with` mpertse loss eflift'an.d. prop'
eiliVfilifFTench . kdiermen. I V.'. I
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