-1 ‘ - 11 'te. possep iif t-e nt d States., odor 7 3 flfifit8all4 qs.thy- he question is brought rrT /46 r.ele ild Ct 4 f r ti .who brio it up ;itis no £.:li6 mil it is.biou ht up, whether ifi'the'liforning, at ttelve o'clock, as- it •":'"*a.k=toldliyi"Or new, at ten o'clock at night; b'elock in the 'morning; whether -wo'lierbeinFtlen, sunrise, or eventide; I am always ‘.4.'iAsi' found there; always on the side of the olliouie of Representatives, freedon, and - free °J and-always against tho Senate, slave. '''"Prfi'and Alive labor. if there is cowardice in I [ 'aitutt, Inm willing to submit to the imputation. i`id[The Senate refused to take up the Home. • . . . . ' 4 "; - stead bill, and it'died on the table of that body, as both Senators predicted.] . ._ .gOrett.from the Letter of Hou. Edw,ard _, 1 0 : -- :. '' ' Bata! of Missouri, . To Messrs. J. Praises PMENIX, WILLIS ' , • BLACKSTONE, IL iSt RLSINGtZ, DATIU . • J. 'Lissy, and H. R.lStirrn, Committee, New - _- _ York..:. '- a As - to our Forty - Policy generally, I lace but little to Say., lam not much of a - I progressives and am content to leave it where • - , WashingtooTlaCed it; upon that wise, virtu- . ..- -eels, safe maxim--" Peace with all .nations; Aphnhingling alliance with none." • The greedyS -'-', ,- sinti - indiscrimMate appetite for foreign acqoi -:- ' -Sidon; -which makes us covet -our neighbors' - -'' binds, and devise, cunning schemes to get them, has little Of my sympathy. I view it as a sort of political gluttony, as dangerous . to our body politic as gluttony is to.the nat ural man-producing disease certainly, ha • - tening death, probably. Those of our poli ticians who are afflicted with this morbid ap : petite are wont to cite the purchase of Lou - ' isiana and Florida, as,giving countenance to their inordinate desire. But the eases are • wholly ufflike in almost every particulat.— Louisiana was indispensable to Our full and safe enjoyment of an immerse region which was already Owned, and its acquisition gave '2 - 60 unquestioned „control of that -noble system of liiiit2issippi waters,_ which nature • seems to have made to be one- and indivisi ble, and rounded off the 114 of the nation ' • into one uniforin and ,from acted whole.= Nothing remained to mar and disfigure our national plat, bet Florida, and that was de ' sirable, less for its intrinsic value, thdn be cause it would - form a 'dangerous mesas of annoyance, in case of war with a Maritime . • Power, surrounded as it is, on three sides by the ocean, and toilehtiJg three of Mir present • States, witt(tio barrier between. The pope= lation of Louisiana and Florida, when ac ' quired, was very small compared with the lateness of the territory ;,and, lying in con tact with . the States, was easily and' quickly - • absorbed into and assimilated with the mass, ' of our peoPle. Those countries were cc ' gaited, moreover, in the mostpeaceful and friendly manner, and for a - satisfactory.. con sideration. , "Now, "without any right or any necessity, it is hard to tell what we do not etaith in all the emollient south of us, and the adjacent islands. Cuba - is to be the first fruit of our grasping enterprise, and that is to be gotten at all hazards, by peaceful purchase ifs we ar; by war and conqsmst if we must. But _ Cubi is only exte m - p!post. the Empire of 'lslandi find_ ,Intal:countries that are to litr : , fo ll ow. liit -ng Serintor has lately de . Oared (in debate on the Tnirty Million Bill) * that we roust not only have. Cuba, butall the • islands from Cape Florida to the Spanish Main, so as to surround the Gulf of Mexico . and Caribbean Sea, and make them our 'mare • ciausam,' like the 'Mediterranean, in old times, when the Roman Emperor ruled both i its shores, from the pillars of Hercules to ' the Ilene-spoilt. • This claim of mare nbstrum implies, of course,- that we must own the --= , -continent tha' bound s our are on the west, as s well as the string of islands that inclose it on - the eaSt—that is, Mexico", Central Amerina, and all South America, so far south at least as the Orinoco. In that wide compass of sea and land-there are a good many.native goys ernments and provinces belonging to the • strongest maritime powers, and a narrow Ccmtihental isthmus which we ourselves, as well as England and Fence, are wont to call the iagliway of nations. - To fulfill thegrand conception, and perfect Our tropical empire. we must buy or conquer. all these torrid _ , countries, and their nsongzel populations.— As to buying them, it strikes me that we had . ' better wait a while , at least -until the Goy eminent has ceased to borrow money to pay; - its current expenses. Ahd 'as to cOnquering` them, perhaps it would be prudent to , pause * and nave d eome estimate of costs and contin gencies, Ifefore we rush tuts war with all maritime Europe and half America. - . "I am not one of these 'who believe that , .? the United States is not an independent and safe nation, because Cuba is not a part of it. On . the contrary-, I believe that we are quite capable of self defense, even if the Queen of the Antilles' were's province of England, Franee,Mr Russia; and surely, while it re =elusion appendage of ,a comparatively fee - 'ble nation,Cuba has much more souse to fear us than we have to fear Cuba. In tact, I . . - gentlemen, I cannot help doubting the hones ' ty of the cowardly argument by • which we are urged to rob poor old Spain of this last - remnant of her western empire, for fear that she might use it to rob us. • .• , -_ "But suppose we could get, honestly and ' peaceably, the whole of the contitry--contin - ental and Iniular—from the Rio Grande to' ' , the Orinoco, and front-Trinidad to Cub; and , thus" establish. our mare clataum,_ find shut the,gate of the world - across the isthmus, can - we govern them wisely and Well ? For the _ last few years, in the attempoto govern our, - borne Territosics of liansas and Utah, we bave not very\ well maintained the dignity ,'" l and justice of the nation, nor secured the _peace and prosperity of the - subject .peciple. :Can we hope to do better with the various' mixed hstees of Ile-rico, Central sand , South ' ' Ameajca, and . the 'West India islands? Some , of Age countries have been trying for fifty , ' - .yeso . , to establish -republican got trust - milts on coil:node, but in et ery instance have miier ablifitiled;_and yet, there Was no obstacle to colriplete sueeess but, their own inaptitude: "For my-part, I should be grieved to see my country become, like Rome, n conquer ing and dominant nation . . for I think there are few or no examples iii -history, of Gtiv -croments whose chief objects Were glory and ',Tower; which did ever secure the happines ' and prosperity of their own people. ' Such Governments Inv- grow great and famous, and ,adiance a few of their citizens to wealth 1 ~. .and nobility; hut the price of their grand , otitis the personal independence and individ ual freedont of their people. Stililess am I inclinedito see absorbed into.oursystem,' on 'an equal footing with the original States,' the" various and mixed races (amounting to I Know not how many millions) which inhibit •-; the continent and islands'sourh . 0 * f our pres enthorder. lam not willing, to inoculate' our ,body - Wide with the Ssirua of their - dia .-- eases, .Tislitical 'and social-diseases which, with them, are ;chronicand hereditary, and'' with could-hardly fail-to produce corrup tion in the bead - and weakness - inthe mem bers.' li ' - "Our. own country, as it is, 'la position; forth` : -'and sise,-is a siotider Nthielt proclaims a wisdoiriaboie thg xzt of inn. Lurie ;enough fi)reur posterity, for eentaries - to "eotne: All in the temperate zone, nod there rfore'espable of a, honsogeneoni poprulitioe, yet talivereified iu elimnt4;s and as io • :produce everything 'that peons:try - to the comfort aptlitedtkof jpzat people &lin& DM ed east and west by great oceans, andbiseet ed in the middle by a, mighty river, drains and fructifies the continent, ..na binds. together the most southern and northern por• tions of our land by it ..ben4F-stromr,; - thatc iron. Besidenll this, it'is.new,and &owing , —the strongest, on Ltbo scontiuirit with no neighbor whose power ti fear ofc".whse, ambition it has eau# tikbejeerous.. , ;-:Surety. such a &nary is . great.enoligh and good enough for all the ends :of honest ambition and virtuous 'power._ " It seems to me that an efficient, home,. loving Government, moderate and economi c:4 in its administration, "peaceful in its-, ob jects, and just to all nations, need - havo no fear of an invasion at home,. , or serious as gression abroad. -The nations of Europe -hive to stand continually in defense of their existence; but,*_conqitest .of.,our—petuutry, by a foreign power is'sunply impossible, and no nation is to absurd' as to entertain, the thought. We - luny conquer? ourselves by local strifes and sectional animosities • and ~ _when, our fully andwickedness, we' have aecomplishcd that great calatnity, there will be nonolo pity us for the consequences of so great a: crime. . . . " If one Governinent would devote all its energies to the promotiort of peace _ and friendship with all fiweigu countries, the rd vaticement or COnimerce, the increase of Ag richlture, the growth and of Manu factures, and the cheapening, quickening, and securing the internal trade and travel of-our country ; in short, it, it would devote itself in earnest to the establishment of a wise and I steady policy of internal government, I think -we should' witness a growth and - consolida tion of wealth and comfort and , power for -good, which vanhot be reasonably hoped fey; from a ductuatihg policy, always watching for the :turns ,of good- fortune, or from a grasping ambition to seize new . territories, which are hard4e, get and harder to govern.. "The presetits position of the Administra ' tion is a' sorrowful commentary upon the broad democracy of its professions. in the ory, the. people. have the right and : ability to doinny thing ,ain practice, we are verging rap idly to theOne-Man power. ' '' The President, the ostensible head of the National Democrats, is 'eagerly striving to concentrate power irtbis own hands, and thus to set aside both the People and their Rep resentatives in the actual a'ffhirs of govern ment. ' "(laving emptied the Treasury, which he found full, and living precariously upon borrowed money, he„r.ow demands of Con gress to entrust to his unchecked. discretion the War power, the Purse and the-Sword.- First; he asks Congress to authorize him, by statute, to use the Army to take military posseaston ; of the Northern Mexico, and hold it under his protectorate, and as a security for debts due to our. citizens—civil posses sionwould not answer. for thht might expose • him, ;as in the case of 'Kansas; to be annoyed bye factious Congress. and miebellieus Tei-' ritorial Legislature. ": • . - '• Sectlndly : Not content with this, he de metals the discretionary power to use the i .Army and Navy in - the South, also in block, riding the coast arid marchirra his troops into • the interior of Mexico and New (4ranada, to I protect out citizens against all et, it doers , along the transit routes of Tehtfantepee and Panama. ••Andlie and .his supporters in Con gress claim this enormous power upon • the : l ground that in - this particular at least, he ought tribe the equal of the greatest mon arch bf Europe. They forgot that our fath -ers limited the.power of the President by de sign. and for the reason that they had found out by sad experience that the monarchs of I,Europe were too strong for freedom. - , " Third :- TT! strict Torso:ince of - this doe trite, first publicly announced from Ostend, he, demands of Congress to hand over to blot thirty-millions Of!`dollors to be used in his discretion to factiliiate his acquisition of Cuba. IFacilitater how i Peiiitara ,it might be id at• . prudent to tel - ; • . s . "Add to.. idl . this, the fact (as yet unex• plained) that i on4f the largest naval arma ments which evfa- sailed from our coast is now operating in SoUth America, ostensiblyagainst a poor little republic far up the La Plata Paver, to .s - ettle,some -little quarrel between the two Presidents.- -If Congress had been polite enough "to grant sthe President's de mand of the sword 'and . the purse against Mexico, Central America and Cuba, this na-. 'vy, its .duty done at the south,. might be made otaitssway home, to arrive in the Gulf very opportunely, to aid the -" Commander in Chief" in the acquisition of some very j valuable territory. . "I allude to these facts -with no malice algainst Mr. Bnchanan o but es evidences of the dangerous thanee which is now obvious : iy sought to be: made in the practical w'Orkt .ing of the Government-the concentration of power in the hands of the Preildent, and the dangerous policy, now.almost established, of looking abroad for temporary glory and ag graellizement, instead of looking at home for all the purposes of good goverionent—peace able, moderate, economical; protecting all in..' .terestialike, , and .by a fixed policy, calling into safe exercise all the talents . and industry of our people, and thus steadily advancing our country in everything which can make a nation great, happy, hnd permanent.- . - "The rapid increase of the Public -Expen ditures (and that, too; under the management 'of statesmen professing to' be peculiarly cert. ' nondeal) is an alarming . sign. of 'corruption and decay.. . i • • - " . " , That increase bears no fair proportion to the growth and expansion i f the -country, bnt looks rather like wanton waste or crimi nal ntjtligence, !Att. - ordinary objects of great expense are not inaterially augmented —the Army aril Navy remain on -a low peace estahlishniant--the millitary defences arc little,. if at all enlarged—the improve- ment of Harbors Lakes and livers is aban doned, and the Pacific Kailtciad 'ls not only . not begun, tlit Ito very location is serambted" for by angry sectioes,ovhich succeed in noth ing but Mutual defeat. li - i short, the money to an enormous amount (I am told at, the rate of $ 80,000.000 to V 09,000,000 a year) is gone, and we havelitilt or nothing to show for it. lu profound space with foreign no: liens, and sarroundea With the proofs of Na tional growth and individual prosperity, the Treasury, by less than two years of roismaio . agement, is made bankrupt, and the GoVern ment itself is living from hand_ to "Month, ' on hills of credit borrowed money I "This - humiliating state of things .could harali haPpen if men. in power • were both hOne t st and wise, The DemOcratie, econo mists in Congress confesS that they ; hat e recklessly wasted the Public - Revenue ; they confess it by refusing to retie - the Tariff to Meet, the present exigency, and • by ' insisting that, they can replenish the exhausted' Trees,' ury and, Auppokt the Goveritnient, in credit,. and efficiency, shy simply striking off their'! former.eXtravagence. - : - - - . . "Assilluitriou - s. predecessor al the Pr •. est • - , dent 4:reportedlo have declared ' that those who pie on hoitoWed money ought to break.", I do nut concur ' in:ildt - harsh . saying; y et - I ein clearly ,iiit 'opinion; that tiro' Goverament,'• in eorytmon probente"(to 83y . nothiegof pride, raid dignity), ought to r eserve 'its , credit, for: great transactions and imforseen:eieigteles. - In common' times of Peace, - it.:ought - ,altkaia, - to',hai . 6 . stl e . stobli . tlied revenue; equal: it resat, eo: its current expenses. ' And that' revenue : entighc.lia, he ao levied as to fostei and c protent #..! Jtideatr,y ‘ of the , country ertiploieit fttl-intr most Ve0i4417 and imPortiit PfirttlaOirei .i• ,--,0.0. ,i, le;::: --F-r-- ale Irßepeo.elyi Rreptlblie4ll. aura I 2176. C. F. READ d: H. If. FEAZIER, EDITORS F. E. LOoifIS.OOI;I:ES,PON'AiNG EDITOR MONTROSE,;SUSQ. CO., PA. Thursday, Aprii .111; /859. STATE GONYEItTION .•. . . The' citizens 'of Philadelphia 'and "of Of the sevet;tl counties of thia'CornmonSrealth Attached to the Pea• ple's party, and nil others who nre opposed to the un wise and extravagant measures of the liativand Ad ministration- are retintsned to send deleptes,' equal in number to their representation in the General As. senthly, to a - Convention to be held at ilicatS;trita, WITINKS.DAT, TaY: Bru or JUS'a, 1859, to nominate candidates for Auditor General andrsoyveyor Gktneral, to be voted fur 'at the General Election in nest (tete. _ber. lIRNRY 51: FCLI:ER; Cliairnote. Wm. B. 311.v0l 'Serrebirn r 'The absenCe 'of. one editor find the illness of the other. will account for the lack -of editorials and for .qtly other unusual short- Comings iri the Republican this- week. We ; hope to be all right agaih neat week..! _ .r- re^ On 'our fourth page will be_fourl an article on the pecullatities of spelling adopted by Dr. Webster. iVe publish it, beeanse it shows in a small space the sum total of those pectiiiaritics, and not because we think Web ster's spelling in all these cases- ineors der.— We shall continue to spell trawler with a single 4 as well as music Without:a k. The Pennsylvania Legislature ad. jouruel sine die on the 14th inst. The Legislature of New York has passed a law for the registration of voters. The object, is the prevention of - election frauds. which are becoming alarming)i fre quent all over the country. !! 7,... 1 77• A telegraphic dispatch from Charles ton, dated April lei, says: " The case .of the slaver Echo was decided to-day. Verdict— ' Not guilty' " A lire broke cut ir. Carbohdale a lit. tie after midnight. Sunday mornieg, Sprit 10, in tho buildings,'_'' owned by Messrs. Poor A: Mills; and occupied by Col. A. Dart as :a store. From these the !lames spread, destroying, a building occupied as a meat market on,the north, and the " lierri son Ifou s se" , on the south: CF . !. ' The 'Sickles trial at Washington' is still prey,ressing.• The plan of the defense seems to cover considerable ground, and the point now pending is, Whethei, atter nll their - ingenious arguments and eloquent pleddiugs that_ the adultery lenity 'and - morally justi fies the murder, they shall be allowed - to put .in evidence in regard to that :fact, which as yet has only been-assumed, and which, after the rejection of Mrs. Sickles's confession, may be difficult to prove. "' State . Rights Democracy met in convention, at ILwrispurg, last week Wed nesday. Mr. Alex. Kinney, of Westmore• land, was elected is President of the conven tion, assisted by 29 Vice Presidents and 18 Seeretaries'.. Col. J. W. Forney was selected as chair man of the CoMmittee on resolutions. Oue of the 'resolutions repudiates the Candidates and the platform of the Buchanan Convention. =1 The Wyoming Conference of the M. E. Church will hold its next session in New ark, N. Y,, Mar 12th.: Bishop Ames is an nemneed to preside, We havbiliiird the in quiry made several times, wht the liletho diet Cenfercrice did not hold some of its ses sions in Montrose f We know of their meet ing, in smeller places than our own, near '_by us, and when, we eyesore, they could not nc• commodate a hundred ministers as well as they could be in this place. Is it fur want of an invitation from our, Methodist friends ? Let us see. ,* . rff- The New York- Evenik7 Post has been coMpelled 'to extend', its borders. It comes to us e ith a column acldi.:d - to each p4e. it has been driven to this enlarge. umut by a pressure of advertisements. This pressure renders the enlargement a necessity and a . pleasure; and As thousands of readers will rejoice ,most heartily at the evidence .which this pressure-furnishes Of the high ap preciation in which the Post is held by the' business public of the metropolis. . . 774 EviniAli Post is a model newspapeF. Although unequivocal inlts. political charac ter, and properly Feeloun • (as it - is always able) in , the maintenance of its-principles, its political - articles are never tediously Oats). rate; while its literary . and news depart ments are conducted with a =Land discrim ination.unsurpassed by any journal on. the continent; - It is.pro:cminently a family pa. per, which every *member of every bonen : . ltold-reade with pleasure and profit,. Were jolt* in - its prosperity; GUTTA PEnellA TYPE.-- , -GUtt'4 paella ster eoty pea • with gotta perclia matrices, 'tire among . .the objects produced from that won derful article at the present. day. The ma-' trii is just takewby pressure from the block ' types'While the sheet of gutta percha ,is hot and FON aud sharp and fine impression' it is quite capable :of taking.. When cold: and-hard, this .stereotypinil ,ptate of gotta ,percila is ready to` have &like . impression, or reverse of iiself;taken'alsci by the pressure of a secorid - s'eft md' moist, sheet' of gutta . perela upon it, and this, when old.and hard, la ready at once tit- the press, pligte or c,ylitt der. : The speleimena of r printing . from letters and enffrigifings:thds formed eke as sharp as taken in Metal, an theflexible nature -of the, substance iidinits 'OrAta . being; Curled adapt iuglaco More completely to .the w4ion, of th , - .tyllnger r-.. 1 q 1 P4.* W 4 1 4e• - - • TO the People of finsqueliNuut, in Behalf 2T - \of 'Mount tlrprnon. It becomes my duty* order to fulfil the truieess. mmitted to iny,ffitirge s -,.t0 ke ittthe aPPoWniado to this Std, by 4id wa diiising:4o inhabitants of this Count , .y, in,*hiatt I reiti -Upon - the subject of the pnrcha4 of Hotiki indloinh,of Washing n. Far a number of year ' s past, the tohib Which contains the ashes of the illustrious Father of his Country, and of Martha his ,wile, has.ticen fitilinginto.ruin.and decay ; the'ro.ansi on where they lived and died has become - dilapidated and dspoileitytitid - the , whole - place has'long presented a. picture neglisct, reproachful to the nation 'Which owes bin' such a debt of gratitude and honor. - • ',When our Washington died,t. hiti home, it is said, ware beautiful.. spot.... The grounds were laid out according to the 1E.% lg. , lish tast,e, and planted With-trees and threbs by his own hand. He took pride in 'adorn'. 'ing his home—that abode of hospitality. and ,refinement=thronged; as it *as, whit' illua. trious guests of many nation*, ee&er - - hold the 'greatest of nicti . When'e/ilhA bV his country to kayo this lOvely'syb; 'which was for a period at one, time of etglit' years;', his heart was ever at filOunt liernofi, longing fbr its blissful repose, the shade of its grand .old trees, - aud the sweet S.lewTorthe-I:Pote time which flows peacefully by. No estate iu United America, he writes in" One, of his letters, is more pleasantly'. situated. - Were he lived in old age, looking back 'upon l a life of glorious dee4 s , mid here with thel-wife of his youth—and +slie not lest! beloved' wifp of his age—he quietly passel - the tomb . . No child had be to tend that -sacred spot, to come from time to time with filinl love and repair the crumbling walls--uprnot the grow ing weeds and plant the roses in their place and America, while.calling him Father, per formed not the duties Of the-"ehibiff: 4 This: tomb is negleeted;--decay sisniped :ev- . eryliting around, and visitors turn away math a sigh over the desolation of the seette.- The same old trees yet wave in the breeze; and seem to whisper the namti of the departed hero—but the shrubbery-has become a • tan gied wood, and the weeds have overgrown his footprints. Within' the mansion everything is elo- quent with his memory. , There stands, a chair ho was wont to sitjn—tbere is the din ing-roodt once tilled with happy guests—, there the drawing-mom with its carved ceil ings and wainscotted walls—all proclaiming that it was once a house of elegance and taste, now bearing an air of forsaken beauty and dectiyinggratideur: - -;--There has it stood, until Woman, who has ever held 149 a sacred Once the grave -et de parted worth, whose hand it is that scatters the flowers over the tomb of the loved and lost, she, who brought spices to the sepulchre of our Savior, is touched with sorrow at be 'holding the neglected tomb Of Washington, the Savior of our nation, and is seeking to rescue it from farther decay, to restore the place to its former beauty, and make it a spot where the traveler from every_ clime may de light to linger while he bows with reverence .before the silent dust of the immortal Wash ington. The smallest sum contributed for this ob ject will be thankfully received, and, will be recorded with the name of.the'dimoi in the' records at Mounv.Vertirm. • Read carefully the Appeal of the Vice Re gent for particulars of the purchase, in' the Repualican :of April ith. LYDIA C. SEARLE, 3%lanager of the Mount Vernon Ladies' As sociation,-for Susquehanna County. Montrose, April 12, 1859. - For the Intkpeud , nt Republiian. Proceedings of a Meeting of the Members of the Susquehanna County Normal School, in Montrose. Ai a meeting of the members. of the Sas quehanna County Normal Schutt', held Apri 15, 1859, B. 0. CAMP, Chairman, A. - W I.dattuuns, Secretary, the following Pream ble anirflaolutions NV , re adopted : . . WHEREAS -We the Students of the Sus quehnntnt County Nor ial School, believing that the prais*orthy alias of Prof. J. F. ) : STODDARD, in advanei g the interests-of Com mon School edueati •in this County, have been highly efficie t and commendable in prep:trill. , teaChers fer their arduous duties; and as :he cat se of popular education at the presetit time demands the earnest cu•opera tion in its behalf, therefore _ Resolved, That w•e tender' to Prof. J. F. STODDARD and his Assistaiit_Teaeliers, our sincere thanks for their able instruction. . Resolved, That we cordially invite him to re-open the Normal School in this County the coming Full. Resolved, That we will use every effort to promote the system of normal instruction, as practiced by Prof; J. F. Stoddard. • Reeolved, That a copy of these resolutions be pres'ented to Prof. 3. F. Stoddard, and also to the Editors of the County Papers-for Helen E. Dewers, Laura - A. Mackey, El len M. Whitney, U. S. Cimk, Daniel Han nah, and .W. N. Chamberlin, Committee. for the Indepeiuknt Republican., - Teachers. Factsr HoLLow, April'l9; 1859. TE*1171;111.111Y, - Colin ty SuptiiYitenden Dear Sir you be so kind as to give I the ignorant but honest harmers of this coun ty a littkili;formation in regard to the duties, of your office. • In your Report, as published id the'..itepuUican. of March 3d, you state that there ire in this .coiinty three hundred and seventy teachers, and - of these three hund red and seventy persons who have received from the County Superintendent a license to teach school, you report only 'Trey "qualifi ed"' how does it happen that three hund red and twenty unqualified teachers have re ; ceived license ,to teach 1 Is it your duty to give license 'to unqualified teachers tees are iu the habit of thinking that any per on• who can. exhibit . a certificate - from the County Superintendent is "qualified",. tai teach a common district school, and in' tbs choice of teachers they have, been governed by that , idia. They are tistOnished to heath , from s o ur report, that a certificate from, you is.no assurance of the bearer's- conmetency, that it is no assurance ,that he or she. is "qualified." Indeed, it is rather an evidence that - he is;' unfit" to teach school, for out pf the three hundred and twenty teachers whom you have unhesitatingly set down as you report. one hundred and. forty "unfit." , According to ydur report you have keeased fifty qualified, and three hund rediand twenty unqualified teachers, and of the, unqualified, tine "hundred rind:forty are absolutelytr_unfit" to teach Wand. That* if a teacher exhibits, a licenie from you,..the chances are 'seven: to one that his e d sad. three to cme,:tigit he is t i unfiL7 This may be right, indeid. Ido not doubt but that it is, all right; only• I cannot_ unders,titml it. I write you thts,letter ,before.,you cora inenee the exaeinatiotrof, teachers this spriog i merely to ' k igge4t . ,titatjt w,i)uld greatly faed iutie the Trustees In the discharge of tbei duties, if you tiot - tnarki:on' all the teachers yoliPiellse.-80 that t hey' can' diatin= gait', the few. 'cilnalifi . ed" from the 4°4,4 .114(1114itied. ir 4 a,friexid and inpmter of come:toe eotreat, yeo 4 to I ?iarttii.gY4l,!` , iliirq r .i.VAL er t 43 . viP l i ,Y°l4 ' 4 11.!'" 1 " • ble mark, for.l qui assure that there ii not a BoardATnisteoi in this county that will =Worm of the I‘ - unfit," If they know it. "NiburOeritrespoclill jtf • kan.„: r , MEssas. &mous :—last eveninOur tent. ple of Erudition, in New Milford, Was dedi cated, Prof. J. F. Stoddard officiating as Or t ator, and J.Dickerman, Esq, Chamois.— And thoug h tictivenitligires.stainiy the sti-1 'diericewas fair; 'rho - exerdses opened by prayer,lead. by Rev. D. A. Abbey, of the `,Oongregationid - ChurcklAfter prayer, sing.' his tieµ Glee'" Hundred years to Prof, Stoddard is a smooth speaker, and all'the Mites (have of his lecture were , writ ten with a.pencil 'on rhy wrialbands as he proceeded, ,llis IntrOduction was pithy, be ing taken from;an article' written by an Eng lislunan; relative to American Schools. The head and hody, of his lecture were joined by theliegroes' scripttire„"lllested:adi dcr man nothint, feehe'enotdisaVinted2' 'ITe pronounced 13is hiltrers the friends of ed- Octal* and all teachers; not excepting - the betiding ;",impressed oer:Minds With the ne cessity of being fixed In our purposes; and untiring in prosecutlig.;,'"As examples he spoke of ".floward, - item_nstkenes, and St. not ask - for a copy of the lee- Juri,for puhlication, for judging from the size of his manuscript he must have spun 'as he wont." • • • . . Te "Deep Blue Si!' and "My Own Na tive Landy wore toleqibly well sung ; and, after a unanimous rota of thanked° the Pro fessor, We dispersed. li• ' By Making someinquiries I find that the building is 40 tent square, and that the low er story lain two fine room, for district school purposes, properly graded. The up per story is in one room with an ample plat form; and owned by the citizens of thiS vil lage, to he opened for select schools, lettures, &e. Externally the building is an °raiment tq our village, and fortunately located near the centre of the village.. -Yours, New Mammon. Comipondeace. Co.,'April 3, 1850 !WRY C. CAREY, :ESQ., PIMA": Dein. Sir:—The undersigned, citizens of Luzerne County, have watched with pride and inter est the prominent part you have taken in de fence of the Protective Policy. We believe that your mark an era in the science of Political Economy. To your researches and Judd arguments are we indebted for the . explosion of the absurdities of Malthus, Say, and Ricardo, in regard to the decreasing pro ductive power of a.seuledlirming region.— American industry owes you : a; ,debt _which cannot be repaid, end which it will ever 1 • 43 proud to acknowledge. Regarding, you as one of the foremost champions of the great doctrine of protection s which lies at the fo rm 'dation of our national prosperity, and is es peoially. identified With the leading, interests pf our honored . Commonwealth, we-shall happy to welcome youln our-midst., and we therefore, cordially invite you trknarne a dity when it will suit your.convenience to pay a visit to this region, prior to your departure for a foreign land. Very respectfully and truly, Geo. W. Scranton, J. Brishin, S. T. Scranton, ' Jas. J. Albright, J: C. Platt, • James Archibald, -C. F. Matta, ' Thai. Dickson, J. Amsden, • Jos. H. Scranton, Richard Drinker, J. C. Burgess, Wm. Frothingham, A. N. Meylert, .1. Chase, ' Chas. Fuller, Wm. Jessup, Wm. N. Jenks, Wm. S. Reddin, Lewis Jones,. Chas. Law & Co., E. C. Scholl, Benj. D, Beyea, P. A. Macartney, J. 11. Jones, R. D. Lame, , • J. H. Jenkins, T. Strong, 0. F. Gaines, G. M. Richert, • M. L. Everett, Knapp & Bro., , E. A. C,oray, Benj. Jones, W. P. Miner, A. Hine, - • G. M. Harding, T. M. Burton, Chas. A. Miner s , E. F. Ferris, . - V. L. Maxwell, J. A. Wisner, E. B. Chase, R. J. Wisner, " G. D. Palmer, John B.,Smith, J. 13. Fellows, Clark & Sax, Frank Stewart, • Chu. Drake, Iltulerson Gaylord, M. W. Jackson, - John M. Poor, W. W. Ketchum, Davis Alton, IL M. Hoyt, • D. N. Lathrop, C. J. Baldwin, R. E. Morvin, • S. P: Longstroet, Washington Burr, -Ira Tripp. , Lewis Pughe, , D. G. Driesbach, Thomas ~ Hiram Dennistm, Andrew Watt, Wm. Root, Abel Barker. IlePli. • Iles. lassos. G. W. SCRAiTOX, J. BRIEF am, - Join &rims :—Many thanks, my dear 'sirs, for your very kind letter, and for the flattering terms in which you have been pleased tO speak of my labors—all - of which, as you may readily imagine, is the more gratifYing from the fact that! among your names . I recognizif those of distinguished members of all our political portico, now ,united for the vurpose of promoting The re establishment of protection to the farmer . in his efrort4 for bringing the market to .his door, and thereby - relieving himself from the wasting and destructive tax of transportation to ;which he is now subjecteft Let _Ouch u. spirit ac,is here manifested become common throtighout the State, and the day will not then be far distant when our good old Com monwealth will be foetid occupying In the national councils that position to which her extensive territory, the nembers and the in. telligenee of her people, - and her vast natural ' resources, so well - entitle her. • M - Ore than any other State of the Union has she suffered under an crroneotis ,ational rsolicy, and yet, more than any other does she, at, this mO 7 ment, possess the power so to 'guide and dig rectihat policy as to promote the prosperity of our.whole people, North and South, Eist and Wes and to restore harmony to the relations of these States. To *it end eke needs only diet union at home which must, ere long, result from the growing convictlims of ;her farmers, her miners, and herhere manu facturers, that all their real 'and Perman'ent interests are in perfect harmony, each with every other. ' . Apxious to promote that union; and dishre ous to witness its existence as now , .so fir established among yourselves, I :gladly itb cept your' hospitable invitation, and 'will hope to have the'pleasure of meeting you . on tiondij week; the 18t1i,rertininlug,`Inetin-• `,while, 'With great 'maid, Yours, very truly, • tlittorr C. CARLY: " 'Phi lad' etplita; April 7,18 P. • . • 7. 141" New 'Orleans papers of tho llth eon; tein the details of the news' by the Tennessee: Thelihetil arthy,l3,6oo'strong, pearly - mil rounded. tie 01 1Y.'or sod had succeed, ed in cutting Ofr supplie>S provisionT, and'we ter. A,espitniStiokis expected -soon to like 'Owe; . 1(not, dkcit:battlels unticipsted, both firrnieslieing reitifeteed. ire confident of success;' 'The iffiule - ceuittri deilentbli 4011 4 11. • an extract from the'reqrt4htr.tliolciriatfe speech ~,I I - he recent en i l etlfmlston Conven -14, , _:,,::.• arrisburg; t, i i -"- - tii . Reekoetts 6 ' , 1 ; , 1_ t ,,..0 . 1_ theabisorts. ti ,- , ' i: ,eOW ' i: ~. . ! 2 ln t hose .of , t ,'' .tiv 7 7 ,. `Mlle treachery Ames of I the , k peliii -,..., i t 2 Aen . allied 4. the il ti Ipiriii - ,Shir id the tiinldra l eceijred s the hon. eat. Isforelrecently hoNtexer.(w,hen the; reo. - I ommendationi of the President Were thotight to favor the agricultural and manufectijring States, when the propriety of a new tariff ' 'hivoliais suggested, when the scsedled Dem oeratic members f the Senhte Ind Hopse, even the Cabinet officers,- raised the _veide of denunciatory opposition, it milk, all.right;titid I ribillion beams loyfilty....i.,Aristqsit - Penn , l Mtlit4MßeAtißiti,f4..-Mg.h.-aill„,s'..- nib . tne,y ,e99tmene .4... -uains never istanked up -4-11,-4011404-!iik*ltiAtiokeriervilo and , del . batik . ' s 'llirectititi4e Turthii4iiiiiit-the admin; iteration fdltfrjleuluinfin one main cause by which - we triveiewlied the point a national intolsrbts4;iiisSchleSiilitiallgality'llt . the er-, E.,)9401*41114 Oblit liiintAYaba.' th‘ lie:. .valling .ifleeih',.tliW il4a4kiiin* , id.lhe;Graiv . - - erttment....:,.ie ,referred. to: the, Vail Plireirei). .11,i.1)40.409.0i.1ihRri. the ~..: 13. ,_ kllaiOlfill'.f 'tie 1 Goverminent wer e Itnirty,seven - trilluons--r This Mi. considered ,very .:extnivagant; : but nothing trfeompareiwith ,tbe.-present ;time,. when theespenuessroinereased teone hinidY red , millions. -. lie thin alluded - to' ' the ijavy yardw; all crowded with - supernineraries, while - the expenses of thiPostofficeipart nient are "greatly , augmented. 'Dies!' pro: ceedings, ; which .hn.eharatterized as' outrage 'tli, pre . eridOrS.4 as genuine , by a • Conven tion' puriorting - Vi represent the PmnOtiatie party of the.State.'-!. .: , ~•,: . '.. , -"7..7 , . • Mr.Rickman. Might lave tnadw'w:ttiuchl .more strikingicaitrast,if , hiviiml- Oven. , . the expenses of ,the,Goyerntnentuude,r;John 44,.., Adams's, administration, when they were less than twelve and a ,half raillioiii ; 'brit piThaps he was . afmidnhatifte told the whole truth.. a:Meer:sin ,g.t he pilfering operations of Mr.' fluchananstiffteitili;indlhe alarming increase of expenditures - under his •aclinlnistration, Democrcili wiai!df.rait,,boavri kap:, `. :... f The Washington Skrtesr-in a iticent article,: well defines the !difficulties • under Which- the DemocracY `of the Nertberit States bavn laboied, es follows: ' "In this critical contingency they are ap 7 palled by edema still farther-and stint more =harassing txmce,sslons. 9 it . is not' enough that - they should eatiction t 'slivery in its mostobjectionable aspect, by siding in the recapture of the lugitive AtegroL--it Is not enough that they should admit slavery into the Territories under of the Constitil tion--it isnot eitiughthet theY should consent to reverse the tradition:alit:Hey 'tif the Gov ernment end to atx:ept' the 411 imitable eaten , sion of southern institutions—Atis not- enough 1 that they,should fetter the arm of-Tongress, hitherto-ao active and efficient in the restric tion'of slavery, , andievoke . the dormant ener. gjee of the judiciary for its - protectioniti the . federal domain—all-these things, and more betides, the Northern Democracy have yield ed ; but their Southern associates are not yet content. They, must ages i- to employ; the. , potter of the Government for the propagation of slavery. : It condition they cannot ac.' cept. it is an exaction for which- they are not prepared after the solemn recognition of sox-nertavelvrton, *along the' fundaMental principles of the party. What wonder if the Northern Democracy-now surrender in des pair 1 - Who is surprised when they say 'it is no use for us to struggle against such over. whelming odds--on one side the frantic 4nat icism of our own section; on the- other, the ever-increasing exactions , of our Southern allies. Why attesnpt'to bear up under this accumulation of embarrassments/ Over and over again, have - we encountered defeat, in support of the South, but, the sacrifice is not yet sufficient. ~Why make further ant,. when, at best, It will be unavailing against our foes, and unsatisketory to our, friends?' Without pausing to _discuss the propriety of the-convictions and feelings involved in this complaint, we have no • hesitation in affirming that their prevalence among the Northern Democracy explains the result of the recent elections. May the party profit by the lesson!"' 1 ' Rum& To Soma PURPClM—Referring to the fact that . tbe' President provides liber ally for all politicians wbo havcs been defeat ed before" the people, the New York Courier says Addison 'tells us somewhere in the Spec. tatorHt being there, of course there can be no harm in repeating it—the story of a girl whd had' been a servant M a gentleman's houSe. ' She discharges herself without cause .assigned, and when Mir , late master meets her by accident in the street, be asks what good -luck had befallen her; so smart her. gown, so guy her . bonnet.- "Liwks,.sitr was the reply, "dent you know I have been ruined?"' So has the late Senator Wright of New Jersey, The Nebraska bill and LeconaP ton have undone hint 'slut be wont mind that Ire will be inirigh feather yet. Just look at his &Noir servants. There's Senator Cazi-L-he voted for the bill—lost his situation —risined—SecietarY of State.' Toucey—vo ted for the bill-lust his situation-ruined= Secretary of the Navy. - Glandy Jones—vo ted tor the his:Situation—ruined— Minister to Austria; 'Senator"Jones of lowa —voted for the bilk-lost his situation—ru ined-.-lifinfster to Bogota.. Senator Pettit of Indians—voted for the bill--losthissituation reined--Chief Justice of Kansas. Senator Wright--voted for the billa-lost his situation —ruined--and.‘. l Lawk". he certainly have finery:;. We Shall see'what! • • E' . ' DANGER, or EIIiCATING Iltißil ,DEMOCRATS, -In a manufacturing Village near Hartford,a evloiti,Pentociatic sehoormastardavcited his eningi, for some time before the late elec tion, to theivistruetiiin:of a company or Irigh. men, in orderqia:fitifatim to become , Demo erotic voters.' i After getting . them 'educated up - to the requtrenients of-the statute, which 7euirea them to be able to read the Qmsti tu on, he took-thent to •Thirtford - and ~had. t m naturalized, arid` relied with 'great; con fidettee on their votingthOk'rigitV ticket."— When electicm day came, however, the school. mister was puzzled •and Mortified to-see near: ly all his hopeful pupilavoti• that Republican ticket. "The cusses," he said, 4 ‘ had , turned. against him; alter he had spent more "than'a hundred dollari-iin ,them." ~ The' incider# shows the }terns Or edueition to =that: Den& Credo party.'-. ' --'- -r: Pllr A neYr.aintroversr with Greit Brie- Itto is growing up.in , the North It seems, that whenlir. Polk and "Mr. Buchan an tokve np : the right of , the United Buttes to all the teriterYee the-Pacific, pt far it* 4O North latitude, they laid (lowa. , the new Itiinultiry, which they adopted, in such an ig norant and rimless Juanita, : that it is not uncertain whether , Ortsin watery and islands below to Great Britain gr .Washington Ter- The recent gold discoveries in Fra ser River, and. the consequent ',index of set ;lam have rendered these 41oulitilil • islands valuable and, accoiding latest accounts, difficulty.ou the stibjectis Rt, hand, Do you surer Mter eating, or from 'of - the atottu4 — binirt burn, water' ludition IMMaiate reliefineti:Oktaine4 b yusing, the dzygetisiedltilitet% • 0 ptrtatin g a: I. ti t -4 • • PI glAllting and tay. eris,'pailietrbythe Legiatattii•i'tiri "the last 'day'of the'rsiessloo;und-slgtied by thiGover.. An 'Ad rekiterag to the grunting of licenses to hotak otlitetra,keepfra.. , - titd: , d3e tke. l , l ,That lt Shall he lawful for the -- several Courts of Qusilet Sessionti of thla'rottiltiotittrealth.to heat peti. lion s l tit additiert,te;that the applicant,' in liver of and itenicinitiancoi !against the ap.. plication of any person applying to either of them for a license to keep a hotel, jun, ox taveni,*id'thi.retipini refße'tlid.-tthle wl!en eVet., thh opibtoli Otatiid tourt, such inn, hotel, or tavern is not'necessary for the sc.= cotnmodatior. of the public, : and :entertain . : taint of strangers:and traveleri. ' ' and so rntsali of the oth section rot the - A ct-of As. aembly relating to the,. sate of intoxidating litAtora k passed-the 20th day of April; iB5, as, is inconsistent heYealth, Is , hetehy pealedi•Protiided, That the siiiiefal Coon s of tittiaftet. Eletsiblicernpowered to grant 'li 'mica shall have and exercise such discretion, and,o other, in regard (iv the' necessity of inns or taverna,..as is given'to said. Courts by the.act relative toinnisind tavettis,tinproveil .11th MarcbTlB24 :..ProtVed:fttithir; That nothing In this tiet shill 'appty city of • - • • 1418f3lk". 15164 GOLD Iteiirtia. l - - -There is a n doubt that'a large . poition of theglowing and seductive accounts ..of the glittering aurae tiimi of Pike'i Pesk, arc_ pot In eh - oblation by parties interested in inducing iptnigration 'I that direction, Now and then there. eotn a counter stateinept which represents qujtil different condition of affairs. in :the last Km. Aits . City itotiritel of crAcarteree there is pah.i fished ti letter.from. the late. mayor of Ne. 'brinks City, in'which the Pikes Peak gold mines are emphatically denounced-as a hum. bug, and tite friends, of thelfriter are earnest: ly advised to stay • away .11om them: Ile says that his Oinpaity 0 1 haie found the bet: quality, of gold yet discovered, and- mimot make one_dollar . per day." The letter (which iea private oue) concludt as. follows: 1 ". We were quite surprised d few days since when we read the gold accounts in the Ali, twirl river papers, of what the miners - are dr.,.- ing_out here. I pronounce them a park of lies, written and reported back by a . set of piety one horse tows speculators, and are eal -oulated to ruin many a poor devil be s ides ytxrelturnble servant. That there may be gold enough discovered to pay, I will not de. ny—hope it will: lam here and may as well stay until satittfied: Should anything turn 'up, I will inform yoti." , Tux Woisa WHO LIVES WITHOUT Erna. el ls "--A correspondent fen's Falls, notivin2 . our recent paragraph ncerning the detectitn of the imposture ' to :be practiced by MM. Hays who preterits-Litlive without es: leg, denies the tact_ orliuCh - detection. Il e soya that that Committee appointed to inveS. tigate the matter. 'instituted a watch of sn persons, . who were to -continuo twenty-me days unless sooner convinced of the imp. 6. tura. -The bed on which . she lay was tort. 4 to the centre'of the room and the clothing - carefully examined. .•No person but tißponi mittee and Mr. Hays were allOwedicWa. to the room and the latter not witbklesfut of the bed. On the fourteenth day a pki• . e of a single cracker was found in the bed, and this is the only 'indication of 'any kind tha. appeared to show the presence or use o • food. , Our correspondent. states that th member of the Committee,..who fond th , cracker was the near reiattieo - rn -man who had Offered to bet $50,0 that:the whole lin was an Imposition. The investigation; - then fore, seems,ttr satie nothing. l -IV. Y: Timer . YOUNG MURDERIGOVMENTENCED. - -Dire young bays were reeenilygent to 'the Sta: Penitentiary of Missouri-for life, for the run: der of a perion nained-Mth,Downy. Te. were originally convicted of_jmurder,in th first, and the third of the samecritne in -t0: second degree.. The two were sentenced t be hung,,,but the,dovernor, on account, their extreme Youth;Cominuted the seinen, to imprisoninent for life, and the Judge' R. the third there for the same time. It is tr ly horrible tareflect tblit fora long litetict these young lives must reach. maturity, an mayhap•old age, in the cells of .a prison. I.f , er again to look upon the green fields minglein the-tin/Me& of life with their • lows. 'Such a prospect as this would see. ehough.to make o ne wish for *lath as a d liverance from bondage. Or Spare - the Birds, Sportiment L. us hear their delightful songs •gurgle out' joyous, roundelays from their tiny throto through all. the long,,long summer dims. you WOlf,rspare'tbeni for the love of the tic, warblers, perhaps you will think twice bet', you shoot once, when you read •the followir section of ha Act of-Assembly, passed Ai.: 21st, 11358:•,- ' "That froth and-after the passage of th Act it shall not be lawful ft.r, any ,here within this Commonwealth to shunt, kill, any way' trap 'or ..'destrpy any Blue-Inr Swallow Martii,,or otherinsectiveroufbir at any season - cif. tlielear, under, the of two dollart‘" , —Paniphkg Jaws, 2nr9e271. - t • DZSPZILATE BArrix ntrretEEN Tkxl.v; (MRS AND INDIANI3.—Ncw - Orct.E.vis, 15.—Infartuiititin - received - hero (rum" North' ot Texas states that.Captrord's ru pany of Teilan Rangers, numbering forty en mem, encountered a bedy \ of Indians were soon afterwards surronnded by cc hundred - of them. • The Indians demanded Ant the Ta: should'surmideri•which was-refused, sit upon a dkperate battle ensued. - Capt. Ford and four of his men cut U. way throUgh"theViins and escaped. :- The; greateet excitement: exats among , people residing on the 'frontier ' and r comp a nies-will - proceed in search of the lu ans. far The Kansas 'Election, held pn 26th ult., to decide whether the People WO have a COnititatiOaal,Oenvention to /mine State Constitution, called oat very 4 vote ; first, ;because there was no serious o positiott the 'Calf; 'secondly, because day was:intensely stormy and inclement. Bo far as. we have heard, the vote star 2:740 for a Convention, to 456 sgaiost,it cotr.pton did Kiclitip*of unblessed memo are the only 'teems' which gave a majority the negative.- - Q. - of :Q.' F. Publicte:loorati# INDEPENDENT ORDER Of ODD-FRIO At Jicksou, Swq. CO., P a. 0 •• llama wi ll be aratalla,Celebration of tLe O. F., A Jackson, Den C0.,!,Pa., APA I L 28E11,185 9, thi yorrixist-ARNIVIRSA RY Older. A cordial invitatictnis given to all raea 'of the Order.tbroptthout the District to join firotheiniOßY at liontsoge, and aera User Adreoses - also titm Great Bead nrs o . V "r, be fa 'attendance, Addresses, Ste., to be V''' . lkiptist - Oliinch.,' Exercises to commence IV' W 114144 1 . : E enit, Onisus OsEro. LsattD tiospt, 4.40 31, uct. 6 `' V Book M, 1111 MIN E x=iiii
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