Close pau, Vroprittors. sititrt Vottri. The Groomsman' to his BY wir.LIAX cr . a.Eii. BRYANT. Every ,weddinE, my* the proverb, m a k e wanother soon or late, Never yet was any marriaLre, Eateretl.in the honk Ofrrate, Tut, the names were alsO written Of the patient pair that wait. Blessings then opOn the waning When my Mend; with fondest look, By the solemtilites permission, To : himself, his mistress took, And the Destines recorded. Other Other two within their book. %%lithe priest fulfilled his Mike, Still the ground the lovers eyed, And the parent.% and theicinsmen • Mord their gl4nees at the bride, But the gruum.untin eysitthe %;irpons • Who were waiting •at,hor Three "there"wine that Stood beside her; •One was dark and one. was fair, Satlnor fair to w dark the atiier, Sive her Arab eyes and hair ; • Neither dark nor fair I call, her, Yet she was the fairesit thefo. I - While her groonvonan--;shali Z own it? ~ Yez, to thee, and onlyi - Wee— ' • Gazed upon this dark -eyed maiden - Who - was fairest o f the owe. Thus he thought: " Ho* blest the bridal Where the bride were such as she?" Their I mused open my adage, Till.my wisdom was perplexed, And I wondered, WI the chord/Mart Dwelt upon his bitty text, .. Which of all who heard his lesson . Should riquiro the service next. , •, • Whose will be the next 'occasion . . For the flower4.,'the feat, the wine? Thine perchanco, my deart•st • Or, who knows?—it tarty be mine Whit if't were,--forgive the ranee— What if't were—both mine ana thine. Vistellautous. ' A Great Fir`Obet, - We mean the great freshet of pub lic sentiment whiCh is just: now attaining a height and overwhelming :force which prom ises to sweep sway the whole system of liquor drinking and vending under. which -crime and misery have reached such gigantic proor tions, and sneh a desolating sway. ,Weltave been attentive and . interelAed. observers. of the various reforms of th© last thirty year , . We have marked their rise and prlgress, and sometimes their \ deelincand fall ; and in some instances have 'seen refornis which were at .first-unpopular, rise to an encouraging po:nt a success and public favor. But never have we seen such triumphant .victory achieved. by any enterprise of the kind as that which, now rewards the efforts of prohibition. It is but a few short years since, as - we well remember, the idea of -prollittititigli(tterly . by raw the traffic in intoxicating drinks; ...was Considered sheer fanaticism Of the most 'ultra character; by all'save-a fesr! leading spirits 4; the Temperance ranks: -.lt is not more than , , five years since the condueters of the Organ ;.were assailed with much - Warmth and actt raony.by active temperance. men in .various parts of the country, because they adVocated and urged legal prohibition 4 Soutethnes'eo- Pies of the paper were sent. back with notice of indignant dissent from a subscriber,- and sotetimes long letters rebitking the editors-. ..fns their heterodoxy in apt*aling . to legisla - tare interference instead of moral suasion... • But the world . does move; and on this sub-. .ject'it hits made an advance whigh may .well gladden the hearts of Al the friends of 'man. Not in one or two States merely ; not in any one large section of our country, but east and *est, north and south, ins the British prrAin- ees of North America,•in England, on the Pa ,- cifie, in Australia, the great moral discovery of legal prohibition of the tragic in liquor, as the remedy fen intemperenee, is cordially em )braced and earnestly advocated by all except tie supporters of tllie traffic in free drinking. A temperance*n opposed to prohibition.is almost as rare' a. it remain as an Mitiiy *saurus or any pre-minikle And .the growth of this sentiment in favor of prohibition,-; whiCh was so 'slow • and . &file& t, at Mat, hak • forlhe last two br three vears, been More like „the Spread of a mighty fresh et than : any thing else.' Politicians, shrewd, tainagillgiilitielans, who happened to twerldok or desptse.thiS new doetrine,ltave siiddeiily found - themselves lifted off their feet; and left high and dry nowhere. And this Oa* of men everywhere find that their foolineal exigence depends upon showing reg:i -..„'peet and obedience to . . this great -- nod over scheiming eletnent. - • ' •• And still :tXie sentiment , S.prends and deep ' • ens. The wonderful benefits seen to result ;;.' ftoth swiping the sale of liqnor . 0m the Sab' bath, in this and some other places, have led many to exclaim, what h bkess 4 nl; it would bc if it could be stopped Itliagethei, instead of one day in seven.. The great tran4onnatiOn in' Connecient under the new law, has the happiest effect in .winning all decent men to the right side. And the de:perste reek . Illness of the liquor sellers;- as shown here mid . ekewhere, in the determination to prose cute their, nbontinable ~business in ,-spite of . public sentiment, - bus dune much . towirdS 'eadin quiet, well citizeng. not in tenapomee organitatioui,to give their influ :enc.e for prohibition. Ina:neighboring rhy. Where we have good opportutity s of knowing the sentiments of u larwe number of men on this * A bject,' iwe can safely say, that We could point to hundreds, who„ within a Riots year, • haie changed from hostility or indifference to; a warariptere4, in favor of prohibition, and; this chieti,Y on aceOunt of the bold. • realt,s' / • . conduct "of Air forcing - .their traffic:on an -unwilling eeanttnunity. • .Within the last few days _ the voice of_ the pat west r lns rolled l i ver the mountains, pronouncing . prOldbitio the - laW. tfiere as well min' 'the east l . nna 'anon all this great North Atiterican Continent and itta mighty' sisterhood' of States territories and provinees, wilt have:outlnwed.the tratitiC, utterly and for ver.—N. Y. 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The native Jewish families in JertisaleSas Well asi' i tlmselitt other partsvf ralastine, pre senta tnarketh difference to the Jews of Eu rope. i ;, rope . and America. ,' They' prernt the satire physical -• Characteristics— , -the • i darksobloagl Oye, the - prominent itase„tlie strongly inar , l 1.41 cheek and jaw—but in thii, latter, the'ie traits have become coarse and/ harsh'. -C4n turie.s.devoted to the I6West aid *most debas lug furies of)'tniffie,,,yith the endurance . li3f persecution. and* contumely; have great y changed!' and vulgarized the:ppearance . f the . raee. But the Jews of the holy City still retain a noble beinty, which ! ; . iroyeti to my. inind their desCent from the 'aticient.princely hot sei Of Israel lite forehead is loftier. the. eye is larger and more frank[-in its expres ston, the'nose mere `'delicate itt its ~ p roniin:ence, :ence, 'and the face o€. a Purer [oval. I have !iremarked.the NUM distit4.,tiOri in the com-. itetiancel . of those Jeishili fattlili of Europe ;whose members Have{ devoted t ithemselves to art or- literature. * liiilnlelssoliti!s was .a.fttce ito 1.. av•-ntight have .hetonged to the hoes.° of David...., .. ' • ' , . • 1 ' [ .. On the eVeni n g Of my[ arrival in the City, as I set c . ittt,• to . walk threagli4lt4 bazaars, I en; co aat e i e d a 'i n ati lt ; !! . jeiy, s hose face will haunt Me for the rest of'MY life. ' I was sauntering slowly.'aloug, asking mYstilf, " is this Jerusa lem r when liftingtnY eyes, theYmet!those of i Christ ;t vast 4 'very face which I:aphael L lets.plinted+-the fraditional features.of th e' o , z , avtor l 'as they 'fir. recognized/ accept accep . ed by all . Christendom. The waving brown I hair, partly hidden 41 a Jewish' iiap. fell .elus tering'abouOtis earil ;I the faclkvits the most perfeet oval, 'and alinOst feminine.llll the puri ty of itii'otitliiie; 'the serene, ch`dlike mentli was shaded with a light inouvaelte, and a. r 'silk'y ',ma" beaid clinhoi the Chin : but the eYe2' - "schaii E tivr hipk. into such orbs ' again 1. Large, dark, u tif4 Ili ii: oaf Ile, then be:tined with. an 4pression of; divine love and 'divine, for , : few, such asi neret-, before sitW in human face. The man hail jtl4 emerged from it dark .areliwav, pm(' th e 'del g l o w o f the sunset, reflected 'fribir a. wi:it e. w l ill above, fell upon his ftice: l'erliaps it ; ; Was the transfigu ration tha't ntinb?, his h ea lityis i- itm e arildv; but Jtiritig, the moment that 1 saw him, - be waS ti, me :a i'tel:1110t1 of 'the Savior. ' There are still ;Monies in the land of Judah. ~As the iltisl 4-ather . ecliii the deep streets, I could see nOthitg . btiti t le ineffable' 4weetness and benignity of that countenance. and*iiiv friend was . not [a little astonished ; if not Aock,`,,ll. When I said' to him,•with the ea tan of belief, on my return: " I - haVe jut seen . Christ"' i ~ .1 . rbe Dead . WA1re...... - in cOmparisoa with' the loss Of a wife all other bereaveineuts_are 4ritles: The wife ! she who fills F].) In rve n spaeeln the dOntestie heav en, she who isiso buised, so unwearied --bit ter, hitter its the- tear that . fll* on . lair, clay.— Yea,stand .beside her grave andi l think of the liast ; it ',s,eeins an ainber . -IcOloril patlie-4; where. tle snit shone upon beautiful] flower ! , Or the stars hung glitteiing over head. Fail: , would the]sotil linger there.- N i o thorn's are remembered above diatsweet - clay, save those cont own band may, have unwillingly, planted. ilerriinble, tender heart lies opet to your iii- . • Most Sight. You ttiink of her as all °geode ness, all . beauty andl purity. Bit she isAead!. The dear head so often laid upon your 1 - k]Soni Inow:restS]upon 1 pillow of clay 4 The hands. that ministered:sr) untiringly arelfulded; white and cold, beneath- the gloomy 1 Or.tals. The (. ;beak whos'e:]every beat, measure an eternity . of love, hie under your feet. And there is no. white aru 'fiver . your Shoulder n - oW ;- no speak- ' ingface tbilook up in 'the eyes of love; no' trembling qO., to 11111.11Titil-" Oh, it is toosadr i There! is strange a hush . in every. room !--, N'o stitile tb greetiat night fall—and the clock 1 tick and . strikes and ticks. it ° was sweet I, music When sheicoilltl liearit ! . :'ow it seems 1 to knell only the hour* throng), which you 1 Wtflied . he shadows Of death galiering tipon .II r 'swee face. But tiffany a tale it - telleth of : joys past, orrows sliat(td and beautiful ,words and deeds registered ithove. You feel dint. the grave cannot keep)ier. Yon know she is in a loippiei world, but feel tluitshe is often by yonr siclit, -an angel .presence. Cheri-1i these enuitions ; °they Will 'make ion - happier. Let her holy pre.senZle. be as a eliaim to keep *lron , from evil. in all. new and Pleasant con itel]`-tions.. ,give her . a plaue, In };our Iteit:L- 7 ;Weyer- forget ialiat she has dotte ftir you- 7 -- that she has loved_ . you. : Be tender of her - , memory. , - °] .1 - GIR ' AND 891..5.--i-It. is a curious fact in the naioral . history of little I, , irls, that al thotigh they - are, pat sionately attached to ft / y'outp , children,' the feeling gradattily chang es toloiviitight hosti ity as the: creep tip iti to the category of breat boY,s.! . The great li s m . y, 4n itii.part; can hardly be4.itid to recip roeate the,ettinity ; oil at least, 14iis . dislike is; so ;" r , iiiiipli 'chastened i with contetnpt as to c hange its character. I He meiely poo-poops thil little girl. <lle lOoks upon her as a nat orally - .itiferiOr atitna/—irferior iin wisdom, cottrage and strength; and it iti not. till he hat left great-birybood behind, Oat he finds I st i.ou't h s : smistakel ! - Them he begs to blush lind fa ter in the pre , tence of 4le expanded ; tW,,eakli p,..e; then he, pays, obethenee to the ligftte:st - lotik of this .tower -nature ; then . he 1 dedicates to her'servitie, and makes her own,' all those tiittallties on the exeltssive po, , ession otwhie.lt le hild prithid hintself;! . . then he' ac- I litusrldges iii his heart— h yea,; his heart of ' hearts 'the sUprentaCy ,of ivettnaithood. .. ;Not so Very Greek. i : A cosmic - mid apparently ver.hint •xlip..wh2 g-4.e hin Imiliitiarlace ns -4 171.1 iVarmounr, slain(' iltimelf ,c 7rtr.,unded. upon a' ,ertain ue . -. ot4ioni r by it e all of quitting u otarts, .whO neented . Lent upon displaring thei own mart nek nt the expense Id tite Yaukt i' hello, ! Jonathan r I , 4ys. one, eon bound?" • wolf "Ik!oun to Besting, otta little the seisly.. 1 i - . r. I . " s .Viit.l l your hUiLine4. ilin B I.nne(l theiinouititire gentleman.' li " ob,.yil' Oeoun arter iny peni '0.!393.0nded gretty: .. i' ' - ' 4 Pem.ioti !money 1" tiaeulnied . wbiskers; t boy: unteh '(10 you . geti and iw i at, are you i l liriwing it'ension money fcir r ' • . .i. ~ .“0h 1" answered the bountii•: nn, "I get tft 'our-cents every•year—teiri to • m nd my own •busitteni; rind ten to let Ober. lo ks' business alone 1": - - , 1 1 •.• V. . The crowd bad no utOO. reinitrips.to offer. otte: answer was 'entirely satisfactory. Ikl - • '" • • FWEEkIY 30PNAL--:pEVOTED TO POLITICS, EWa "where, ate `tamp," +At* • toni" con= i on money, " Doutrist, SusrAanna (t, cautta, Vtin'4,. allitrs4aulterning, 'Slarq '1; 1855. aummimitatins. .Letter from the West. - FORT Dzigovir., lowa, Dec: . 31, 1854. JOEL TEititELL, Esq Dear Sir----Presek circumstances, and the vocation I intend to follow fora few Years hence, if not for life, induces me 16 write to you'. I have been following the pro fession nearly a year, ankliVe if much. The little practice I had' with you did me more service than ever :1-anticipated. Raving a peculiar . titste .cor the business, and no:.pros pect for it where ti then lived, I picked up my duds and sought my" fortune in the west. _I first went to Illinois,—stopped there for a short tinie, but could not find sufficient pros pects. Ilhought I was getting pretty well west„ but found I had. only arrived at the por tion of country where western fever ratred the. highest. It was " going west,'; some to lowa, others to .Nebraska; Oregon and Cali fornia., &e. I 1641. about Inc for a week or two, and finally concluded if there could be. an% better countryi than where - I then was, Would find it' before I resolved to settle in any portion UT the we\st. Consequently I re. newel my jourfie . xl and repaired to lowa, - where My antWTat,ions were More than.met with, notwithstanding they : were ivrought up to the highest pitch. -I thought when in Il linois I was in the ,most beautiful eountryi ever saw, and in faCt it wits. It was in the northern p:irt of the state, on those" rolling prairie's. A.tiehe r r more • beantifol country the eye never 100441 upon.. Far as the eye .euuld yeach, and etiil A waybeyond ;lie p o w e r of vision, extends the beautiful, undulating Maio. When I re4hed lewd 1 was satiAol —I went no further. litre I found a pros .peet 'of pros:eating 'my linSiness. It was fall, and no clutfice.thea. I We4t into a whole sale grocery store tdttil spring, when the peo ple of Keokuk, lo‘ 4 o. got up n railroad eK eitement, and by tOling, them thlt : l urns In civil . engineer, I got a situation as rod- - man at f;u1,25 per day. _We made the pre liminary survey of 153 miles. Commenced the first of A pril, coinpleted it June Ist l . - Nev-H er, slept inside a hou se while out. We - to o k tentswith us, In , ' encamped u:lterever night overtook :u" .and this - very nigh, to the Mid•st of wittter, t tds.tgo in - the s: - ane fix. I hive been employed in this. survey . sin c e :Sept, 26. have surveyed this ri i ver 207 miles from therilMissisSippir I hare-slept on the bank of this strum on a. inatras.s. throWn on the leave's while the river was elos ing up by my side, bUt as often, a. , it has frozen over it has broken up • again: We• have nut had ice enough to raft on yet., We are nut more than 'one (04' ter finished yet. weigot up to Fort Dernoine (the-extent of thel navigatical,) we laid idle two weeks waiting fur ice to take sounding of water. - We are e now on our return) : We . intend to survey all the land under :15 feet above the surface of the water at pyesi'Att stage.. We have got Si miles down, and we have surveyed over 11,000 acres. You . ' cam judge something of the extent of our Work in going 207 miles, and in addition W. this., we hate to take soundings every 50 . 0 feet, and at each of these points to takethem every . 50 feetacrOss the, river. There are;twelve of itfthe corps. have run'the , tratWt on this route since the first Month, „and. probably .continue until. When I pminenced I was scarce ly able to carry tite i ling.' My average weight was 123 lbs—now I Weigh 145. I have not time or paper to tell half sia.' 4%14 to bur den • yoU with, conserently 111 will defer it un-, til next year, and give you the particulars of our:New _Yeari in camp, for we have a Leat-. fish, one dozen" cans Of oysyers, and a gallon of w r l igli e y for the, 4easiou, mull have laid nothinadof lowa yet; Which I presume you think is nearly out Of the world\; but if you were to visit this' country you would not he lOng in finding your mistake. IC,afraid you will be inclined: to doubt my veracity should I state• some'fltivarnished facts, such as the general featt4es of the country and the emigration to it. . • As I mentioned in the first sheet of giving adesOiption of a -New . Year's in camp,l will proceed. In the .firsc.place I will-give a his tory on catfi s h. I believe I can. perceive no differenee between the eatfilt and bull-head, except in site. spate of having one for New Year, and . leSt yon ; . ttiight doubt it large , l enough for. sixteen of will give you a I deceription hereafter - Suffice it to say we , , tf• - , had one, and toe fuo rit-was t hat' we stole - our ewn fish: We :di went to toWn on Sun day, and part -returned previous to the oth ers, and crossing the:i-iVer f hey bonght a fine fish—having no way to carry it left it in the. -ferry r boat, with striet-injiinctions to give it -to!eatry in the wagon. lint as luck would have V it when we gotto the boat no ferryman Was there. We droie in and pulyd across, but .before we got atiross ‘(spied a n 0 1,1 e. -1 fish lying-in tie boat. -It being so near - New_ Year's eve, we !liougist it would go line, we slipped it into the Wagon, and. bore it away in trintripli, vutil w4•arrived in enmp, and foUnd it had been-left' for us. Suttee. it to say, we had some gay scenes that evening,. "as there waano one-to nudist or make Hs afraid." As to grime,' we have every descrip tion from n mouse to; n buffalo; I - saw. eight elks the other day.. i:Their Votns are from two to five feet long. ij I also saw three.buffa , loa, but they .srere. 'onwtietttesi. Liam a pair of . American asthenia in .FortDemoine museum, caught beat . : that eke.- The sped- . . tens-of this museum: are I all caught in the State. Tbose , ostric* a 4 I thinlr; the only thing of-the kind, that has Fes been discevel•- ed in the U.'S: A, The male bas as magnifi., cent a plume as iI e : 8117 . supported by I* - - fair'Ser of the Count ' ' Fish are abuntlanl. , . I , . Yeaferiay think I ant out; to tell alish ski , I re but it is true. I Ould net believe until. ,- I , I waS convinced by toy own eyed. The fish tqe Catioitt • in spines an d ' ki t h •boOks. They are 0, of great variety. I lul • re .en no eels, but iI believe there are some.' I h: ye seen fish from 1. to 5 feet lung, and Ott i i'slt that weigh from 8 to 140 lbs. I saw One lasi. July Caught whit 4 common hook 114tweighed - 140 lbs.' . It kvas a monster indeed.lAits head looked tO t.• rifyinn• Me could e asily a man's hea'd , • co , i in his mouth, and I d4nbt whether you ba ttle 4 ox that will.mehsur t e as much between iii 4 , esl4„ I inimsured tltit; i n self and found i t to b4;41 inches. People w old go to theluar ket an\buy off a fe4lbs. .along the back 1 t bone, thessame as a beef. i . - • . • ' - I: 'll think'the va ll ey Of il Demoine is,in nMst respeck. the mwt • 4utif,.l.. Country I ever saw: Tie , are porti nts , of Illinois that may perhaps Idik as w"ell, ut for convenienee it is noWhere. •re 4ery river and ravine is : s kirted vvitdi w'o\ , leaving, the prairie 14 \ long and nartokstr ),•', se.ilnit no part is fais froin timber. lfjon lok ,tirtrit the map and 1 , : see, toe :c ourse of . } L ie Si rea4i., you can judre 1 _ , 41 Of the shape of thekirarrie. f [ I have now been • i„ with a corps of entnems or 400 . mile.s and. „ s : 113ve had g00..t opp ) t ,!,.tot: i l. to see the coun= . tic, averaging :thou j+o miles a day. 'The pOrtioti of i•ountry ing between the. Dr.; Moine and Skunk r e ras is termed "the di• 1 vide.” After 1 you glfron one half to • font. miles back from the )etnoine, you raise ice a bluff which extend s om the source to the Mouth of, the rivet s i . eine places it . ' , i A immediately, on th Ili , r, ti others three or . four Miles back. tlfti:i r sing this, is one 1 broad expanse of : aiste,f l oin 3to 15 mileS wide, 520 miles I 4.1. - nii4 Probably is in; ~ chub; in•the rail °tithe I)etnoitte. 'lndeed, Mr. Tamil, it, st is Itlia nowhere' in the %%id,: world, has a 14 belt so lavi s h with her gifts as here. 'pica: tvavel for a week in the direction of leitili:i.le," and En fu 1 and behind-is, in so t i er, tine bearytifill plain of green carpeting , sat , al.' nt.200 feet above the water in the riv,, .1 Atl tell side von can see tiinberpitost of t! ihn; but sometimes , it I) Irshape of tbecatlli tit, so that: the 'iv i4tance looks like ehoriz.M, neatly in.onell Like,Erie , ' l l. ,11:1.1 I - lime; I I e beauties of the . and space ferbiir, i f etl your patience eetions, f,;r what on my knee Nitit , and besides yon eels after elatUbt;r ay. i [ ; , y "how many ita46 i on,but a nuinber • , hey OW over one lavpass one 1144; 'heythe s a u t e h average ta,- :e in-for land. iI action, and intend , is so fir : , away that thsVova. almost.earries it ont'iptl sigl oitheloiest away -1,11 . 1.0 a-litite clout! , setting In th tlki.same as when void api ottthe N. Y. & E. R tilroaii coUldi*rito for hours .in di river and "conntry, but 'time and I presume I have !ea; :etc this. 'Excuse. all hope i ;riling I do has to be done ut even a chair tofsitl in, an know about hiliv.ote P i ) I ill' g through the bini.li all c 1 . I will not attetipt to sa 1 - I come to-.this State:thisiseal lof men'llart told toe' that t hundred emigrant.; oui, ime,i and they come in s allldirec i rate. In one land office 1 000 per day that - they' tat _ have purchased a quarter * to purchace Another: I I • , Yours-Truly, I Wort rat Litnto i Susquehanna Connt,' socialio Pursuant to notice the Teacher's Association held ( i t tto Baptist -church at Ja , ' wally the 10th 'Feb. 1 35. The Pnsident uot,l Tewksbury called the - tneet J. W. Cargill was dilly lo ec lcm. No other business k sociation; the Chttirnta t 0 f 'the Counnittee 8 1 , 1 , metifing,to wrort on t rived front the tau: of dentg. B. F. Tewksbur) ber of the committee p .se expected to report -tti on thiireforn lind not preip:t ell suppof.ed the duty yt.Otatl b .Citainmin of the Com Mitt JAN. 211 d. 1855 not object to otferinza fe v teniarks in re . , Bard to it, ' that the ,golijeet might be placed, in a tangible form for disci ssion. ! fie_ could! see no goOd reason why': w 'should not hack. 1 rt g'vneral superinteathint 'n the Common. School dt,partsnent as %%lell its. in the otherdil partments.. The sante.tirgumeuts that 'would abolish tho' of&e: of: et) ! nnty Superintendeut, • would deprive the Couituo' Schad system 4f : I tli any concentrated Super nte dency whatevei.; which is n ruino4s porn Yin any business. it'; is a, trite anti true sayit&, that '` what is e+'- 1 i ' ;. , erybody's business is notaalty's," anti judging, frOtit the situation Of titt} C4uttnon Schools - it , WWI Id seem we had pursued the polies/ that i- ad: was intended to ridieule-or illustrate, i • k , quite too long already., i (1 ! . Reuben Il !arriN Esq. isai he wi4 dissatioL. fled with the ofrt,:eof COitutv Stipeolintendent - art conducted in this cotintyrat le . As lie wit not certain but it could ```be made of 'benefit to the schools,. but raw noPririg of the kind-4s yet. E. orris, gt been visited asluontemplited by the law. B. F. Tewksbury s:Liel thequeetion was nc t it whether the present County Superintendent was performing the dutio that office; but whether the uties of the o oci, properly per ! • , - • EIUW4 G'RICULTUR.F4 SCIENCE, AND 1101,1ALITt. formed would be olbeneff,t to the schools. E. C. Rogers thought it could be made of great benefit, and argued it at length an able and eloquent mannei,. Bunnell also supported the affirma tive in some timely and appropriate remarks, arguing the correctness of the.principle in general. M. J. Come expressed a concurrence in the 'rims given as to the justnesse of the princi ~ple. Eld. R. G. Lamb was then called-npon and gave a highly interesting account of the.ben ,efits of the, office of CoUnty Superintendent in Conneeticut and Massachuietts ;•thoughtl'he !opponents of the law; or of that . portion of it establishing the offlte of County Sdperinten -leut, were liasty and pre' [Madre in their eon <l • usioris t and quite too apt to found their es ituatte of educatitm upon: dollars and cents, and that n't\ rather a low mark. - That - Pekisylvania should never . recede from the noble step she had taken in behalf of the4adueation of her children; His re marks were listened to with deep interest.— The following resolution was then offered and . Unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we heartily approve the ..piincjple in the Common School Law estab lishing the office of County Superintendent. . The following resclutioni was then -offered and snppor:ed by J. - W, Cmil)l, L. M. Bun nen; H. Kingsbury and B. F: Tewksbury, and - opposed by A.'G. Bushnell and Reuben Har ris: • Resolved.,-That the County S'uperintend.: erit has discharged with fidelity the dUties de voleium upon him according to the conditions of his election. - . . The discussion - continued"for some time. With no little spirit and animation. 7 The ires".: . ()intim' finally pasSed. \. On motion of R. Harris, Esq. the subject of :t uniformityof Teat 'looks was taken up for discussion; but it being the hour of adjoniti. went, E. C. Rogers moved :there be .an 'eve- ning session, and that thef'sabject lie over till 'evening—which was carried. The A•zsociatiou then adjourned to meet at 6 o'clock, P. • ft` Evening.—Association awentblettnnd elee- • ted E. B. , Norris, Chairman pro tempore. The discussion of Text Books was, then taken : up and continued at length by R. I.larris,,,E-N. J. W. Cargill, A. G. Bushnell, L. M. Bunnell"; E. C. Rogers and 8.-F. Tewksbury. 7: All agreed that unifortnity was highly:Ae siiable in every - 'school: and tilso,' the gOliool Directors eight - to dis , .:l)ara.„ hal this inikki, at duty of tlitur oilize itutnedildely in case they' • have not already: " • ~ The meeting at Jackson was one of . the 1--best attended the Association has ever held. The good people ofJackson•displayeda'spir: it highly creditableto them, well sustaining the reputation they have heretofore Arnjoyed for intelligence and . deeKinterest in .the -Corn= mon Schools. - . . . , [ The parent came to confer witlitlie tecith, .er upiat this, to . him and the . state, mothent ous Subject of the education of his (iltildren. A . glorious Sight indeed ! '" Fit pieture for angels to gaze.upoit.7 When will every pa rent feel that he- and• the teacher have-one common interest, and that education of 'the child is the 'first, great inters t• of both,- ,Wlien will weafeel . that their interests are linked hc.one common-tie to, the welfare-of his offspring. Well may it be asked, wile .more than - the parent Should feel an interest in Common School education ? Ample ne comniOdationt were prepare(' for the enter- . tainment of the Association, and among these mast worthy of individual notice - for their ac— tive exertions are-Reuben Harris, Esq. d. J. Turner, G. Williams, --- Culver, Esq,. and Eld. R. G. Lamb, to :ill of whom . the Associ ation is much indebted for theirkindness:— Mom adjournment the Secretary read a note's frOm Prof. W. RichardsOn,Stating that he by accident hail the Fcilay . evening Vevious re ceived a Severe injury in one of his'eyes, and that in consequence - of that:lie should.be Un able to attend the Association. Ho ek•press ed a warm wish that the meeting might be harmonious and, useful. . Association then -adjourned to meet'at, Harftird.University on Saturday Feb.24th, Igts, at 12 o'clock, meridian,- B. F. TEWKSBURY,,Rec. Sec: G. R. Cr: en.6l Teacher% At.- ,Strineltanna la meeting in die , - Corners, on S 4; ig present, B. ling to orde r';l ted Chairman pr,q kttg before the - Ail.. hsl for the repott led at a previoti enefits to be de-1 ti I to, 4ittiy •Siipvrinteti.: the t,Fuftl he hnd not e he 'suNeet, nnt.l those'''. lie hail pe . tfontted by e, but he woulii pcha►b► not Er A gentletnan in Alabama, in ex erting ItittiSelf one day, felt a sudden pain, and :fearing. his intern machinery had been thrown .ont r -O: gear; sent o fitr a negro on his •plantation, who made Some pretensions to medical . skill; to pre. scribe for hint. The negro, hiving investigated the ca§o. prepared and administered.a dose to GIS patient witlythe utmost confidence of a lipeedy rare. No relief being experienced, howeer,the , gentleman sent for a . physiefan, who, on arriving, inquired of the iiegro . .what medicine re had giv. en his master. Bob promptly responded-"ro. sir and atutnn, I." •" Whatdid yea give them for?" vintineett the- doctor. '-"Why," ,replied Bob, "de alum tb draw de parts' togedder, and de rosin.to sadder. um." The patient event. daily rceilivered. Fremili paper tituA Armes the so t jam, .of a resaleri of suivertisementi : The ilist aelvertigement.--ite.dou'L sea it: . The secepd insertion-41e sees it, but don't rod it.. \ Thiel. nsertion— . l.le read* it. - • Fourth insertion-14e looks at'the price. insertion --Ho speaks 4f to his wife. Sixth insertion—She ns - willing to buy. The seventh—Ele purchases. ' • /Ur It was remarked by an intelligent old farmer, and very sensibly t 00..--" I would rather be taxed for the education of the boy; than the ignorance of the meat for the one or the other I am compelled, to otiticat Artitits. bitorial o.irrespnenre. ILkatusocac4Feb. 12, 1855. Sint.e writing day before yeterday . queer thing» hare transpired:. liarriOaurg• ix in a state 4rf foment,--d terrible excitement. The Knosi-.Nothings.are strove, up,--knoated into pieceti. • Saturday evening betweien thirty and. fcrty 4elti,another caucus . and) bound t4ein7 dire to twit the nomination of Cameron and blow up . `the organizatimi.' They say -they would vote for the Dernoeratie nominee to defeat, Cameron and prostmte'the Order, if they eoulahave time first to plow up the or ganization and withdraw from the oaths they save taken- to rote for none buti their own ►nerotiers for office. ‘ What a commentary is this upon, their Order 3 Think of to.velioni the people- have entrusted their dearest inter- tests as law-makers, being, bound by a dark and secret power which prevents them from carrying out their honest convictions of duty to those:they represent. _ look upon-such a state .of things..and nOt ex claim ; " t tremble fur thefuture of my cOun trtri." • - • The pian on foot now, is to revolutionize in the louse 10-morrow and prevent aaelee= tion, In •that case.tlinelection will go over. to nest year.. when the prople will ~luiye, time todispose of thiS . neSt of corruption -which is . dignified by, the name_ of Teglsiature,. and elect talon in' thpif plaees wiw will come here. I under no pledges sage to carry ,'ont.ltenestly the -public will, and i attend faithfully' to, the interests of their censtitnents. Knew . ..igOth z. ingism has receiiiedi it ~trfortal, blow; . and ie. now reeling' like a drunken c.,. A hire and by far the'rnost, respectable portion of the Order, denOneelbor. Pollock as a weak.anfl cowardly Exccutive; wholly void . .of decision or rnagly•courage; and, as-evidence, point ft) the nomivation of Onwereh over . Curtain, the Administration candidate, which they . say the Govevnor.was too weak with .his own party to prevent and tN4pwardly to try to prevent: to this they aide 'right. Ile has •evidently been greatly, Mierrated as a man' of . talents and'as a politician. r.tlis Administration has made a mast disgraCeful failure at the.outset, and 1' have no deul4 it will be regarded, in six months,,as..the. weakest that ever disgrac ed the State, not efe epting Joe Ritnerle,".for !tithes' had-some talent and holdtmis.ih the person Of Tbad. Stephens,: land Poooeswklli be. destitute of that. If the people of -this ' State could bUt har j e one gaze itt tlip,powers:! .that be" in this , town, and then, walk to the polls, they would pia Governor Bigler back in-the Exectitive Chamber by 10,000 inaj4ri . ty. , - Pollock is too cowardly 0r . .t00 uortirpt to make his appointments, and retains,as yet most of the old ones, I s.tY he is .too ardly or too corrupt&-some say it is coward ice, lest the disappointed Ones . should *raise a rebellion 'and . aid to prostrate l his' party while others say that he has_ kept-them back to.eri able him by. promises' to carry the election of Senator. - icilerttlway it . i s disgraces him and his Administration, fur the former is dis graceful in itself, and he 'Las failed certainly in the latter. The truth is,- he 1.1 - 11. s •had no 'experience in State 'atiairs—has himply - ,been a :successful county- politician, blundered into the Gubernatorial Chair by accident, and Will retire frotdie in .disgrace. ~To all present tip ! pearances, if Bigler shall 'live till 's7,.the peo ple will be glad enough to make him Gover nor -again. . Bitt there Will be fun to-inott.: Pollock pretends to be. hard nt work to defeat Came- I run, And b&ists boyishly .that - ho has; got over fifty of hi*liabw Nothing. friends, !pledged to, revolutionize,' l i have little faith howeverin. hiS attempts to lock the door after thelorsc has been stolen: It . prObabli end sttle- 7 like the . " bloOdy snows" and "ghost ly intolerance" of hiS.iaaugral,—mere'words and fury. Certainly-it' will end so unless the old line Detnoerats'shallt ometo his .rescue. I But I think they are disposed to lot him der onand expose his follies. Undeubtelly he meanswell, but he_ is a weak man; too n., experienced -to guide the - destinies. of this great State.. ills now. Nothing party .is now split in twain—the. remains of the,Wbig party curie - him for, having destroyed their • Organization to make himself Governor, while , his ".'free soil friends" point to tbe butchered and •Weeding Wilmot, and exclaim, ',away with his murderer, let us crucify him, let.us crucify biro I" : Indeed, it was a ~sad day for Pennsylvania, when such a. Governor as ;all acknowledge Iligler was, was, attack down: to. give place to this pusillaaimous„striPed;speck eled and bastard Administration . 7 So Emini isms were courted, So - many pledges made,' , and so many conlition4 forined to . elect Pollock, that he now has not the cou.foge to fulfil - any for, fear of denunciation .frotn the others. , Surrounded. thus by. fires on all Oda, he is roasting alive, not knOsiing, which, way I to jump.:• lie was the nominee .of - the Whjg . -party, brokciup their_ organization anti..4efea-: ted his colleague on the ticket (16...parsi . e.) c lic promised the free sellers to, make *II.. Mot; U.. S. Senator, and when_ Ile' got their Tour,, endeavors to crawl' , out by otfet , iugthe'sifficaO(. Attoraei 00414;104 salary of. Which, is only; pi }'ear - , mot would'nt accept, and he. theta ..let oaMe . o ron be nominated over. : hini Senstot,;_r:in spiter of the Tariff letter. )113 Mised the. ,74ine . laer to thetempariaCa Sota;end is now putting them off With a ....modificatiOn'ot the license laws simply, fair fear Aat,ithe inlet will defeat , int for Preside') in 1 50 ; for, ;twinge; 4 it may '4 l pisi, the pops felrowl; really thinks he wilk.le elected - to &slog* - ' 4 to E d, tor, ef,the o'Llopa. A : wholwanks ,-, to b appO: ed flour %specter, diseovere4 ~' the Awes or steaknecaand_pet 14 Sew 70 , , thelead of is paper its "*e American can..-i didatp 'for: tee .Presidency ? "- To.- thet-Knote Nothing Democrtts he mnials& st,tair diyis• Lin of the spoils„ and has- pet,,iheetet Aride appointin g Adiutikutorenq of -- the inilitia, at *salary Of-11230 perlyear, an , office which turns out ilkig lola eateett! To the trishvoters he denied beings:Knew Roth: , , ing ; and 'at the same timkjoitied, +l.oider and swore he Would ostracise:all thelha*lts and Barays in the: State, and:lilt 'theirigiesa with MethOdist Preaclierst . i,. - 1 . . ,- The IloOse - has palmed- a ,Bill „for:a laity '' - county alit of Luxerne, ,without 4poiiiticio, and it will also pats the Senate., , • A Bill has also peteed 'both hrenehea, l igt changing the thee of holdiug the Orli Tergt of Court, in Susquel.via' count ~froill , l e e third'Monday in April, to .the first 314c0 y in April, to take effellt icifiediatjyt Judge Jessup's project foi a reT Itt4icial District, will not be passed' this tcaWdell. , I cen think' of nothing ,else interesiing te i SusqueliannalCounty„ .!. , 'L B. 0.; - . Can the real patriot , .•,)',-;....,'ft,..--7. Votunie 12, nnibtrS A s' It ill not all Gold 'Mai Glitters." , A. few days after-the election in Nest Jer. sev. wW• werelooastfully told by the know -, NOthings, ;that the Dentocrits-weroleft in - -that State "without arlegto stand upon,"!nd, ~ that the Whigs Were 'buried-beyond what . otie -', Of the most intelligen! and leading 'Members"- , of"the - Se - eret r -Order -f4illed thee poWer.of ifi.' eustieeitien I" - The same itifeilectue/ lemisixof , the Know : : Juforened- us, i,whott we dispUted his 'eslinuite - : of, Ids own fiction's strength in New Jersry., that we-a had a hal- , ucincition' ot ininetipon the subject, And. that' ' they would soon show - tis is law - . "if dectrpitatiOn tax .upon foreigners." . i v the informed us, that be had been' ectedt - .or 'Was deandidate for the 'State Senate ; and` ' when he interi:og,ited him as to where h e was educated; 'he, replied at Carlisle, for the min iStrf, 'under brother Tiffany. - : . '. - - This'iniy account 'or the great spread , of Gispel truth and brotherly , . charit¢ of late r - It ~ Welt, bovi does ,the. rilekOnitig foot up in New .. Jersey ? , Accordihg l 'te the telegraphic : 're. ' port of the- organization of both_Honsev of..:',' the Legislature, which' - will be' found in an. - -. other euluinn, the cotil of Know Nothiniit , .in . turns out to be ad dross. , Not a 16191 be longing tt:i that deßgraceful. Order hips- beep elected tolany position. '=lt appears that:W. C. Af.EXA„. I / 4 DER • was elected Speaker of the--.: Seta and Mr. 'Throckinortoh,'Clerk.'-'.-both,' Dernoe.ratl; In the - „Heite, ,Mr. Pow#,,,a", .Whig, -was elected Speaker, and; r: Vita:imp - . a' I)ertmeritt, Clerh, 4 The Toni tion of th e . latter is not yet complete,: Wli t - iiiiii be come a "Sam" in New - ...Jerrey 4 1 Has -he , been submerged in the sand,: or -lost in - the 'pine barrens 1_ If the, loafer is not hunted up,i die - will, birsmothereclln the one elm, or sterv-f , ed to death in the other. Where is thebell-:'- man I -Who -has seen "Sam" in New Jersey . 1-. 1 C,l{ the Ceuta:it tOgetiker,-and expel the nut l'ettll who drone him into exile: - - The Double : by, Ett Lanais .. . . . - We stated a few d ays •sine that a: strange:. ease of malformati on , bad Itic cutied 'at.: Lan-': r-i caster this State, and premised: a_more full, .1 ileseriptiO of the curious,rialectiee, - , Whieli 1 we hoped. ite obtain at' th e' - heeds of some of 1 our int:4lC* friends. ,As they i dlowever,•fron some cause or -Other do not incline to d01t, , . ire have put several of theta-under. cross-ex -: - smination; 'and intend to embody in our own _ language w nage What ive,laye kaieed. . .. I' rom the loegt extremity Of the breast: s • b one -where - the junction of ,the trroThediee4.. takes place;,---upwards, ther e: are are :the up=• per parts of, two. perfect -"awl Well .developed: infauts—tWo heads, tiro cilits, two stomachs, - - two hearts,•two pair o lints; find. two liveri.- 'Frem the same points owtiWards, the blend;: - in& of the two syste into one becomes more and more intimate, until it semis almost per.' fece•and , :cc;n4lete. The• intestinesi, and all, the lower Argans are in . common with Com ! , mon fermi - eh, and - the cgs made up of 'that • right leg Of Otte and the - left leg of - te otber;: : . - area pair; standing in - -their proper- position : relative to each other - , mid ~ to the. ,organyin their vicinity... In the rear, however, the r, ion is - less perfect, there, ,heing two It/ell de!. •. veloped spinci•,.each terminating ina/ieparaie: - os cookoisHind . -what is peculiarly ,strange, the two inner legs, dislocated at,* hip joints, .. ate throwntiaiikivani r s.: and ApWards and ,joined together;MC:found • - persuig under: the true skin of .the back Of - ',the hedy . . upon the tie/ Vibe feet. being es icated and standing / .., up, Iwo) to heel, --' - in its face.,, .--• ~-, ~. - _,, • The - child is . a.fia ale, =with; apparently .a . perfect sexual' erg. nitatieti;; the; bodies do. not °rattly face each oilie r ,; but. are mere nearly face to fitee than Side _to side: ~'One is apparetitly - tO e inewhat • tame robust•thati. the ' other, and it )8 .evident tha in - many of the cluirauteristicS of their constitutions they are, •, different.' 'AS one , isvetipalite.of':suffering, • 'while the other is iininmscous of pain , it - fel. • . . . lows that theirne rvous systems :ere sei,erek . is, from whichit we -- suppixse,. to be inferred 'that in case ilia}ild . survive,- each will posse - B.3'a character and individuality . of tar own... - , . - .'• - - • ' - * ' ' •" ~ - - This.strange 'phenomenon is the o ff spring '.. . of re s pectable parents at Lancaster. • lithe:, delicate, it is thought the 'chances are in fa- von of its 'surviving: l ake : pate is iii the hands • • Of I)r., Bostle4 one, , - ittf the oldest - physicians in • ad. State, .whoee WO in',l te• t reatment is sp. ken -of in tetiml.of higlireoingiendation.-ein 'chianti Conimplcial,'./ars...o. :.' --. : • -...':- .. . . _ AtirsAs return at ter the lapse =4, winter, so friends, lovee4,land kindred meet agataribev will meet again.in tbn prat** ofale 21144. ing Fattier; and then Mat will theyl4rtit whole with eat; othei and *la - . cv.4ql44urf good, aa - er whit. itdy ii4suglit, and strent,lst: -vitiP ads 'taeal wsrid; • - gen nl4emarked. thaathar dayiaritit a grave lice, Oar boweviai ,4thatalat _ao,,iii taous yoneg aridows might ;.1", boa,ktmat many a gay young widowl7., "Ile wily to makola is to Now afibatbit* OH= _ i 4 s! t • \-• 4 . i J
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