' - GOT. Walker's Inafigural.
We give the following extract from the
• .
Address of tob. J. Walktr to the citizens of
-Kansas:
"Our country and the world are regarding
'with profound interest the struggle nonr
int
'pending in .Kansas:,-o
,Whether we are compe
tent to self governnientovhether we can de- ,
cide this controversy peacefully for ourselves
bj our own vreles Witliont fraud and violence,
'whether the grlat.principles of self govern
ment and State. sovereignty, can , be • carried
here into successful operation, are the tress
tioninow to: be determined, and upon -.the
plains - Of r ansas may now be feuglit the
iastgreattml deeisiVe 'battle,
,involving the
fate of the. Union ; of state sovereignty, -a
self governaft and the liberties of the world.
If ydu could, even for a -brief period, soften
or extinguish sectional passions or prejudice,
and' . lift yourselves to the full realiznien of
the 'ilea:eau , issues entrusted to your decis
ion, you would feel that no greater responsi
..bility ,ever devolved on any people.—
it is not. merely shall slavery exist or •disap
pear from . : Kariss.s, butshall . the great prinei
,ple of self-government and state ;sovereignty
be maintained or subverted. State 'sever
• .eiguty is, tnainir .
,a practical principle in so
far as it is illustrated by the 'great 'sovereign
right of, the majority of the people in form
e
. log a state government to adept their own j
social institutions; and this principle is disre- '
garde& whenever such decisions is subverted
by Congress, or overthrown by external - in
. trusiorn'or by domestic fraud or rielence.—
All those who.oppose this principle, are the
enemieabf State rights, of self goy-err:Mleat
of the. Constitution and he Union. Do you
hire slaVery so much or hate it so, intensely,
that you would endeavor to-establish or ex - -
ite k by fraud or violence, against the will
of the majority of the *pre I What is
Kansas. with or without slavery, if she should
,siestroy'itie rights and Union of the States - I
`Mere veould be her schools, dier free :wade
miss, her colleges and universities, her towes
and. cities, her railroads, farms and villages,
withOut.the Union and principle. of selfgev-,
vrtitnetitT Where Would \ , e her peace and
prosperity, and whet - the value of her lands
and property I. Who can decide this quo
• .tien for Kansas, if not the people themselveS
':and if they cannot, nothing but the sword
-can become the.arbitrer:
the,one band, if von can and will de
. .cide 'Peacefully this question yourselves, I see
•for Kansas. ne immediate career of power.
progress and unsurpas , ed in the
history of the world. • I.see the peaceful.es
tabAshment of our State Constitution, its rat
ification by the people, and our immediate
tdmisston into the Union,, the rapid extin
.4tiishinent of Indian title, and the occupan
cy of those lands by settlers and cultivators;
- the 'diffusion of universal education- pre
, :• -enaptiOns., for the actual settlers, the State
'--rapidlj.iotereected by a pet wort: of rail
roads ; our.churehes, schools, colleges, and
University, tarrying westward thtfProgress
oflawitntl religion, liberty'aud c iviliz a tio n
our towns, cities nod villages prosperous an. 3
progressing, our farms teernieg with ablin
elant products, and greatly appreciated in val
eta, and Peace, happiness and prosperity
scni
ling throughout our borders. With proper
filauses in, our C.mstitutione and the peace
- ful arbitrament of this question, Kansas mac
become the model State of American Union:
Shp may ~bring down upon: us from NOrth to
South, from East to West,, the praises and
Ideisings of every pat riotie,..k na erica n, awl of
every,frietel of • If government throughout
this she i ay record her name on the
proudest page of the history of our Country.
and 'of the World, - and as the youngest and
• last born child of the - 4mezican . Union, all
will hail and regard. he with- respect 'and of
fectioa. •
On the otherhana, if you cannot' thus
• peaiefullY decide this questionfraud. Violence
and injustice will reign supreme throughout
our borders, and we will hake : achieved' the
undyirrg infamy -of haring destroyed the lib
erty Of',our country; and of the world:. We
wifibecotne a byword of reproach and oblo
quy ; and all history will record -the fact,
that Kansas was the grake of the. American
Union. ' Never was so momentous a question
submitted to the decision. of any people.; and
wicannot avoid the alternatives now placed
beforons of glory or of st ame.
' May that over-ruling Providence whO
brought our foie fathers in safety to • James
town and Plymoutte who - watched over our
colonial pupilage; who convened our ances
tors in . harretornous councils, on'the birthday
of 'American lndependence ; who gave. us
• Wesbiugton,' and carried UT suceessfully
threingh the struggles. and perils of the revo
•who assembled in 1787, that noble
- band of patriots and statesmen , front North
and South who framed the Federal Constitu
' thin, who has augmented our numbers from
three millions to thirty millions, has . carried
us - from the Western slope of the Alleg,hanies•
thraogh the great 'callers of the Ohio,
sippi and Miesourieand n'ow salutes our sten
-dard on the shores of the Pacific, rouse in
our hearts
,a:lore of the whole Union, and a
patriotic devotion to the ihole country-emav
it extinguish or control all sectional . paseiens
and prejudice, an&enable us to a, successful
conclusion the great experiment of self pi-era . -
merit now being made within Our 'own beuu-
41aries.
Is it not infinitely better that slarery
should be abolished or established in Kansas,
rather Than that we should . become., slave
and not permitted to govern ourselves. Is
the absence or.existenee of slavery in Kan
van paramount .to the great questions of state
noser6gnty, of self government, : and of the
'Union l Is the sable African alone entitled
triyeur rympathy and consideration, even if
he were happier as a freeman thin as a 'slave,
either here orin St. Domingo, or the British
Weit Indies, or Spanish America, where the
emancipated slave has receded to barbarism
and approaches the lowest point in the de
scending scale of moral, physical, and intel
lectual degradation. - Have our white breth
ren of the Great American and European race
Ito claims upon our attention ? Hare they
no rights or interests.entitled to regard and
protection ! Shall the destiny of the African
_ in Kansas exclude all considerations connect
' ed with our own happiness and :prosperity !
And is it for the handful: of that race, now in
, Hawes, or that may be hereafter introduced
that. we should subvert the Union, -and the
great principles of self government and State
sovereignty, and imbrue' our hinds in, the
blood °four countrymen Important as this
African question may to in Kansa+,. and
which it is your'solemn right to determine, it
sinks into insir,nificance compawl with the
perpetuity.of the Union 'and the final succfts
futostablishment of the principles of State
sovereignty ar.d free gosarnment. If patriot.
lam, if devotion to the Constitution, and love
•
of the:Union, should not, induCe the minority
tO yield to the majority: on this question, let
the rflect, that in no event . cart the minori
ty snout:Addis , determine thiSquestionTerma
. paltry ; and that in .no contingency will Con
gress admit KauSits as a due or . free state,
unless a majority di the PeoPle "of Kansas
*hall -first have.fairlyarul freely 4;lecided this
question for thetasetres by a direct !Vote on
the adoption of the Constitution, -excluding
Asp frandand :violence. ! The minority in reg
. istering the will, of the Aseionty, mar Invalvt)
games again in Civil yrar r may bring
upon her reproach and oblogy, and destroy
her progress And prosperity ; they may keep ,
her for years reut,of the Union, and in the'
whirlwind rat'agitetion e sweep away the goy
meat itself. But Kansas never can be brought
into the - Ullitt ' II
. *ith - or without slavery,
' ei
centlyn previous solemn decision fully,fiee
lv and fairly made by a majority of her peo
..
tile in voting for or againste the adoption ;of
her State Constitution.. Whyi then,. should i
this just, peiteefuband constitutiopal mode of i
settlement meet-with opposition front - any 1
qnnrier I Is Kansas willing to oestroy her
own hopes of_ prosperity merely tlitiFehe may;
atTord political capital to any' party, astd. per
petuate the agitation of slavery tbilughout
the. Union ? Is . sire to become, a me'rc theme
for agitators in other State4the theatre,. on
which they shall perform tire, bloody drama
of treason and disunion ? Does she want to
see the solemn acts of Cotegress e the decision
of the people of the Union... in the reccent
election; thePegislative,executive, and judicial
authorities of the country all: overthrown,
end revclution -rind civil war inaugurated
throughout her limits I Does she - w2nt to
he 41 bleeding. Kansas" for the benefit of polit
ical Agitators within or without her limits, or
does she prefer the peaceful and quiet arbis
trament - of this:question for herself ? What
benefit - will the,great body of the people of
Kansas derive from these . agitations I They
may for a•brief period, give consequence and .
power to political leaders and agitators ; but
it is at the expense of the happiness and wel
fare of the great body of the people of this
Territory.
Those who oppose slavery in -Kansas do
not base their opposition upon any philan
thropic, principles, or any sympathy for the
AtriCan race. For in their so-called4oifsti
tution, framed at Topeka,.they des:test:bat en
tire race so inferior and degraded, it - s: to ex
clude them all forever from Kansas,` i•liether
they. be bond or free, thus dekiviti7, them of
nitsighte here, and denying even that' they
can -he citizens of the .United States, for if
they are citizens they could not be constitn
,flly exiled or excluded from Kansas. Yet
such a'clause inserted. in the Topeka Consti
tution, was submitted by that convention fur
the vote of the people, and ratified here by
an ovet whelming majority of the anti Slavery
party: - The party here, therefore, has in the
: most posithe manner, affirmed - the constitu
tionality. of that portion of the recent decis
ion of the Supreme Court of the -United
State, declering that Africans are not citizens
of the'Uniteil States.
This is the more important, inasmuch as
this Toneka Constitution was : . ratified with
this clause inserted, by-the entire republican
party in Congress, thus distinctly affirming
the recent decision of the Supreme Court of
the UnicM,:that Africans are not citizens of
the United States, for if citizens, they may be
-elected to all offices, State and 'National, in
eluding the Presidency itself ; they must be
placed upon a basis of perfect equality with
the whites, serve with them in the malitia,e
on the bench, the legislature, the jury box,
vote in all elections, meet us in social inter
course ; and intermarry freely with the
whites. This doctrine of the perfect equali
ty of the nhite with the black in all respects
whatsoever, social and political, ideally fol
lows from the position that Africans are citi
zens of the Uitited States Nor is the Su
aireme'Court of the Union less clearly ciodi
'eritecl by the position now assumed here by
the published creed of this party, that •the
people of Kansas, in forming their State Cepir
stitution, (and not Cengiess) must decide
this question of slavery for themselves. Hav
ingli t us sustained the Court on both the
controverted points, decided by that tribunal,
it is hoped they will not approve the Untirch
ical and revolutionary proceedings of other
States, expunging the Supreme Court front
our system by depriving it, of the great pow
-1 er for which it was created, of expounding
I the Constitution. If that be \done, we can
Ihave, in fact, no unlit,: of gancerrienont, or fan
datnental law; but just as many ever varying
Constitutions as passions, prejudice and local
,'interests may, from time to t' ,e, prescribe iu
the thirty-one States of e Union.
I have endetOored ere e teflire faintly to
foreshadow the . ,k - yronlet urprospetity, - which
evould follow a6once in Kansas, the peace
ful and Onal.settlerent of this question:. But
if it should be in tle power of agitators to
1 ;
prevent such a re.su , nothing but ruin will
pervade our territory. Confidence will' expire ;
and law and order will be subverted. An
archy and civil War will be re-inaugurated
among us. All property will, greatly depre
ciate in value. Even the . est. faints will
become almost worthless. ; Our towns and
cities will sink into decay. Emigration into
our territory wilreease. A mournful train (4'l
1 returning settleti with ruined hopes and]
blasted fortunes, will leave our borders. All;
1 who have purchased property at present pri-
1 - ces %ill be sacrificed, and Kansas will be
i e reark e d U s universe! ruin and desolation.
. Nor will the thheliief be arrested here. It
will extend into every other State. Despots
- - i';.iil exult over the failure here of the great
i een e ipt es pf ee l f g o% ertiment, and the ap
proaching downfall of cur confederacy. The
pillars of the Union will rock upon' their.
base, and we may close the next presidential
counter, amid the scattered- fragments of the
Constitution of our once happy and united
people. The Leiner of the stars and stripes,
the emblem of our countrys glory, will be
lent by contending factions. -We 'shall me
longer have a country. The friends of hu
man liberty iii other realms will shrink des
pairing from the conflict. Despotic power
elll resumelts sway throughout the world, ;
and man will have tried is vain the last ex- 1
periment of self govertiment.
;. The architects ,
of our c untry's ruin, the asettesin of her
peace and prosperity, will share the saute
cotranon ruin of isll our race. • They will
I meet, whilst living, the bitter curses of a re-
Lieed people, whilst history will - record as
their. Only eptiapb :- . They were the-'destroy
ere or the American Union, of the literties of
i their country and Ville world. . ,
But I 'do not despair of the Republic. My
hope is in the patriotista - and intelligence of 1
the people ; in their love of country, .of Lib- j
erty, - and of the- Union. Especially is my
confidence unbounded in the hardy pioneers
and settlers of the Wept. -It., was such set
tlers of spew state devoted to, the. Ponstitu
tion and the Union, whom I long represented
in the Senate of the United States, and whose
rights and interests it was my pride and
pleasure there as well as in the Treasury De
partment, to proteet and advocate. It was
men like these whose rifles drore back -the
invader from the plains of Orleans, and plan
; ted the stars and stripes upon the victorious
fields of Mexico. These are the men whom
gold,cannot corrupt, nor foes intimidate: 7
Fidm their towns and villages from their
farms and cottages, 'spread over the beautiful '
prairies of Katisas;•they. will ..tome forward I
now iii defence of the Constitution and the
.[Tnion. - Time are the .glorious legacy, they :
received from our fathers, and they will trans
wit
to. their_ children the priceless heritage.--;
- Before the peaceful power of their suffrage,,
this dangerous sectional agitation . will disap
phr, and peace and ProsperitY.Once more
reign throtighoutthe borders. to the hearts
. of this, band of patriotic settler r, - the
. . ~ ~
love of their cutintry and of the Union. is in
, eitinedishable; :It Jews threw trot in _death,
its-llf. , kilt ) .lim ittoci — illl* ' thatilighet region , where, With Withingtan, fah cr Franklin and
their treble compatriots, they' look down with '.
undying affection upon their Country; and
offer up their fervent prayers that the Union
and the Constitution may -be perpetuated.— .
For recollect, my fellow citizens, that ;it is .
the . Constitution that males the Union, and,
unless the immortal instrument, bearing the',
name of the Father of hiaCountry, shall be '
maintained entire in - • all its wise provisions
. and sacred guarantees, otfr free , institutions
must perish. •
• _ Mc reliance also is unshaken upon . the
same ovcrru'ing Providence which has car
ried us triumphantly through so many perils
and conflicts, which has lifted us to a height
of power and prosperity unexampled - in his
tory, and, if We shall maintain the Constitu
tion and the Union, points us to.. a future
more glorious and sublime than mind can
conceive or pen describe. . The march of our
country's destiny, like that of Ills first-.‘bo
sen people, is marked by the . foot-prints of
the-steps of God. The Constitution - and the
• Union are " the cloud by day, and the pillar
of fircv by night," which will -carry us safe un•
derlis guidance through the wilderness and'
bitter waters, into the promised and ever ex.
tending fields of our country's glory. It is
ills hand which beckons us onward in the
pathway of verreeful progress tad 'expansion
' of.powerand renown, •until otir continent in
the distant future, shall
.be covered by the
1 folds of the American banner, and. instruct-
led by our example, all the nations of the
world, through many trials and sacrifices,,
I shall establish tire great principles of our Ou
t stitutional confederacy: of Tice and 'sovereign
• ! States." •
poutrist pcntocrat.
S .11. McCOLLITM,
A. 5. CIUMTSON ,
MII=MIIM
ThnnidaT, June 1111 t. 1957.
DEMOCRATIO STATE TWEET.
FOR .GOVERNOR.
WILLIAA F. PACKER,
Of Lyrominy County.
FOR. CA NAL COM MISSIONER.
IV I I .ti ROD STRICKLAND,
Of Chester •Countu.
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,(W- We would invite our readers to care
fully peruse the extract from Gov. Walker's
Irump:viral Address, which we puhli , dt to teas.
it is both dog-lent and arvirne.ntative, ami
Fought to be read Wall who wish to view the
Kansas question impartially.
_ •• Mr. 11. C. Conklin of Dirnock captur
ed a gray erle afew days since, after slight
ly wounding it in the wing by a gun shot.—
_lt weighed - six and a half pound., and from
tip to tip of wing mes►=ured 6 feet eight ineh
ec. It was brought to town, and left at the
meat market.
We call attention to the advertise
ment of Mr. Wood, who is paying our town
a visit l'or the purpose of giving our people
a chance " to see ourselves as others see us."
'After an apparent effort on the part of
the Town Council to drive him from the Bor
ough,, he was left to . the tender mercies of
some persons unknown, who tried to tip over
his Car ; and destroy his property, on Friday
night last.. Meantime, fe understand, Mr.
I Wood is doing a rush of business.
Is Wilmist ail “ American ?"
The Philadelphia Daify Sun, an old
Naae American paper, advocales the elec
tion of David Wilmot for Governor as a
"TRUE AMERICAN."
In this - district the opposition papers hoist
the ticket and call it "Republican Ticket;"
in other counties it is called "American Re
publican ;" in others "Union American ;"
-while in Philadelphia an old "Native" paper
claims him as their candidate. Now will
some of his organs in this part of ' the State
inform as which cf these shades he really
'represents; or whether he is a Sera sided
oncemincluding_whatevei may be supposed
necessary to help "Iluk the Democrats with."
Sir Some communications intended for
tcHiers psper, have been defered for want of
room. : The7_, will appear next week.
• Tllie li. N. Riots at Washingtou.
We have !nighty reports of the late elec
lien riots - at bur National capitol. It stews
dint alarge number _Of the hirelings from
the dens of Know NotbingisM, in Baltimore.
:Were senlonio drive back the Anti-K. N. vo ,
Mere, intlisiace the city dovarninnt in
. the
hands of the .opPosition. These cutthroats,
commonly called ,"Plug Uglies," westing!
the K. N. ticket for a budge,. Marched from
precinct to precinct driving peaceful and un:
offending citizens from the Pullsovith threats '
and violence. After"-driving several of the
electioi officers from their posts, they finally
stationed themselves with . a swivel, loaded
with chunks of paving stones, market balls
tke., - and defied the citizens to proceed with
the'election. Mayor Magruder, finding it
iMpoisible for the Police forge to maintain '
I. order, applied to the President. fur leave to
I call:Ason two. companies of Marines to quell
1 the 4
. istutbances. Leave was granted, and
the rioters were dispersed, but not until sec
; eraliives had been sacrificed.
The opposition papers denounce the Mayor
and - President, for calling out . the Marines,
and attempted to fasten the paternity of the
difficulties - upon the" foreign" .votersin the
city-. But it is fur the public to judge who
were really the " foreigners" in Washington
,
mieleCtion dor - peaceful naturalized citi
zens,
,
zensorarmed gangs;-of inurderiers awn a
1 neVitoring city. Vi public meeting was to
be held to denottace the riots and a7nstain
thecourse of the authorities in restoring or
der.
,
IL J. WALKER
Late reports state that several of the "Plug
Cl;lies" aro t u ffe ti ng it:e.retely Crum their
wounds: They bad been taken home to
Baltitnore. •
EDITORS.
I A-Contradiction.
• The follOWirg card was -published in the
Telegraph, and Phi/adelphia San,
(Wilmot Papers) but is declared by the
Xems. ("rttraight" out American) to be a
f. - 4;, , nry. If untrue, it may be-a trick of these
organs to bring about an endors_ement by
the"'straight" faction, of the " Free trade
tory," Davy. If t. ue it confirms the opinion
that Wiltrel,ttis connected with the infamous
and prorxtiptive trilAs of Know Nathingism.
Petheo o 4 Bradford county cotemporaries
can vouch for its truth or falsity.
• : .ITartisburz, June 4th, 1857.
iltesrt.Viters :—The Convention which
met at Lanitster yesterday, to whicli I was
a delegate from flradforti, being composed
chitty of Men 'who considered the great
question of Slavery extension of little or ITO
account, and some of them exceedingly vio
lent agairfst any shadow of Ilepublicanistm
and I being the only delegate from the north-.
ern part of the State, I came to the yonclo
sion to presentto the officers of the Conven
tion the following, ivhieh may. not be pub
fished in the proceedings. After presenting
my notice of withdrawal, I left the Conven
tion before the nominations were made.
"Mr. President—ln vier of the fact that
the entire manes of Americans in' .Bradford'
county (which I have the honor
,to represent
in this Convention) have full co nfidence, in.
theAnuriranism . wad iniegrity of David Tr/-
rue/mid cannot by any means be drawn from
hin t to . the ? upon of any other Min for Gov
ernor, and the fart that laut'a small part cf
the'Commonwealth is represented here, r re
spectfully withdraw from ony further co-ope
cation in the action of the Convention.
13. S. rAnTr.
Another Black Republican Hobby.,
The recent attempt of the State authorities I
in Ohio, to prevent the execution of the
laves of the C. S., has been made the theme.;
for a new- edition ofKansasshri.l.4, and dole-.!
ful repetitionia the "aggression: of the Slave
power." As these gentry are so fonfhisip
pealing to Judge ,)IcLeart's opinions on sucli,,
question", we give his decision in the matter
of er parte Robinson, defining the Federal
autlforitv. •
"State rights ate.itAcked by the counso.
if thete rights are c9tistrokl to mean a hub
the federal . authorities, they
may be soine.,hat in danger: That the com
mon power, - has jurisdiction in this case is
dear. While duly engaged in the inresti-
gation of. the matter, the Honorable Judge
of.the Common Pleas, whose Motives I by no
means question, by a habeas corpus took
!rotn - the custody or the Marshal, the body of
the fu- a itive which left the . Coinmissioner
without a case. It wrested from him, Without
authority of law, the subject .of his - jutisdic-
Aion. mi., so far as i know, i 3 Without pre
culenf. llad any Comrnisiener or Federal
Judge, interpoed, and by . the same means,
had disregarded and disturbed the jurisdie,
tton of the Slate Court, I should have felt no
Less concerti the eloquent counsel. .A
,seuse of duty compels me to say that the pro
"Ceeding,a cf the honorable Judg,e were not_
only without authority of law, but agairfst
law ; and that the proceedings are void, and
I bound to treat them as a nullity."
The Supreme Court also settles the ques
tion and establishes the priciple in the case
of ex parte Wallace,
.reported 2d Wallace,
525; in Which it is described :
"The jutiFdi,ction of tbe Court of the Uni
ted States is limited,,but within its limits,
supreme. Th© State Courts have often, in
many eases, a concurrent jurisdiction over the
same subjects and persons; but neither can
treat the other as an iuferior jurisdiction, ex
cept'in the cases where the Constitution and
'the acts of Congress lave given such power
to the Courts of the United States; When
persons 'or property are liable to seizure or
arrest by the process of both, that which first
attaches should have the preference. Any
attempt of either to take from the legal cus
tody of the officers of the other would be an
unjustifiable exercise of power, and lead to
the most deplorable consequences. Therefore,
if a person be imprisoned under the civil or
criminal process. of one, the other cannot
take him from such custody-in order to sub
ject him to punishment for an offense against
them. A fugitive cannot be taken from the
legal cnstodt of the Sheriff by any warrant
from the Courts of the United States, in or
der to extradition, under the acts of Congress.
Neither can such fugitive, when in custody of
the Marshal, under legal proofs* from a Judge
or Commissioner of the United Ststes, pe
delivered from such sustody by • means of a
habeas corpus, or any other .frooess, to an
swer-for an offence against thealate, Ithether
felony or misdemeanor, or ibr any other pur
pow
tar By reference to our advertising col
umns it will be sea that s daily line of sta
ges is now running between- Springville• and
Tunkhannock Station. -
Decision of the State Superintend•
ents of Common Schools.
Taken from the Official Department of .the
penn'a Common School Journal. :. •
Ist, thtt.reiNsEr TMLd u :—Atterupta
are still made to employ teachers ivithOut . a
certificate from:the County Superiutedent.—
The State Appropriation trill be withheld
from the °fending district, in-every instance
where Directors thus violate the School Law.
2nd, VocAt. Music t—Vocal music is' Very
desirable hi the Common Schools. Itainteo-
Auction is not only not " unlawful," but eVe
ryway strictly legal and proper.--!-Debts of the
Districts,—Offsets : -A collector of School
tax has nothing to do with Claims against
the Board of Directors; nor are such clainis
legal offset against the demands of the Col
lector upon hie dUplicate. The only regular
method .of paying, the - debts of the District, is
by orders drawn upon the District treasurer,
in pursuance of a previous resolution of the
Board. , Claims cannot be legally paid until
they have been exAmined and and. approved
by the Board. They should he presented to
the Boar] at their regular sessions ;- or filed
with the S. -- ,cretary, to be, by him; laid before
the Board at their next meeting.
3d, Scucoot.olthrits is illegal for
Concours of School tax to buy School or
ders With School monies in their h'inds..—
Nor can the District Treasurer be c omp e lled
to receive said orders from the Collector in
stead of the money. See, in this connection,
decision N. , . 41, on page 40, of the paniphlet
edition of the School L'P'. •
4th, TEACHER'S Moxrit :—The Teacher's
tiwnth it simply the current calendar mouth,
with the Saturday 4 and Sundays otnitted..-- . - -
This arrangement presents a.practicable and
reasonable standard for the settlement of this
vexed question, although it does not fix a
uniform number of days fur every tnontl4 and
it is one of which neither !hectors or Teach
ers can justly complain. The I:losing of the
Schools on Saturday. is necessary, for the
mental and physical health ofibe pupils, and
their sound and healthful Progress in their.
studies. They need that day for recreation
and such work as may he requited •
of them
at- home; and will prat more :by their
schools and make more real progress in the
outcoursc, than if confined to their desks six
days in a week. , •
This being the reason fur the rule,it is an
error on the part of the Teacher to count out
the minimum lumber of scliool days : in • the
calendar month, and then keep •the - school
open from Monday morning till Saturday
night; until they are completed ; and t
practice is a great Wrong done to piipil.st
which Directors should not peimit.
If a Teacher loves' his professlou
worthy of it; e glad to thus have
one day in the week 'for recreation' and self
improvemont in his vocation instead of hurt
;fully crowding himself and his pupils in the
usual labors of the school room, -
Stil, DISTRICT SUrr.r.INiEND,.NCT
District Superintendency is not - compulsory,
but optional, with each Board of Directors ;
and whenever the Sec. is.' unwilling, or
incomplete, to the task, it is better to wait
for more favorable tircutnstarices, before rut-
Ung itTuto operation.
We °Uhl call the . particular attention of
those interested, to the above Decisions cf
the State,Sup't, especially to the first one;—
assuring them that every-word is meant, and
that those who violate the School Law, will
only do so to receive the'pen3lty indicated.
We really* hope there will be no occasion
for the State. Superintendent to exercise - that
authority, toward any portion of our County,
which is rested in/SM: y law for punishing
all those who viola le law which he is to
see properly
,execut . But we- most at the
same time assure all that if any such occasion
present itself it will be met by him promptly
- and decidedly.
B. F. Tcwrisncitr,
News 'tome.
.... The "Straight" Ametican - Conrention
met at Lancaster on Wedne3d:iy, June 31
Isaac liazelhurst, RN, of Philadelphia, was
nominated by acclamation for Governor.
Jacol> 'Broom and Jasper- . E. Brady were
nominated after a long contest, great c-rinfli
slop prevailing, for SuprerneUudge,s, John . 11.
Linderman. of Berks county, was nominated
for Canal - Commissioner.
Gov. Qeary's name was not presented to
the Convention, he having sent a dispatch to
his friends declining to have his name used.
.... 7itie following item appeared in the
Sun, a Wilmot organ in Philadelphia,on the
4th of June. .
A Kausaß - copespontlince of the Now York
Tribune writes:
•
"There is a prevalent rumor fora day or
two, that Judge Cunningham is 11.1
left Kansas City three weeks ago for his
court at Fort Scott, and has not been heard
.from since. Ile was the only Free State
Judge in Kansas; and it is known he has been
somewhat obno:tions to the Pro-Slavery rab
ble since his appointment; We belie to hear
something more definite sou'n:"
Judge Cunningham was from Beaver noun
ty,'Penu'a. - .Letters from . Kansas in the Chi
cago papers, of a later date, state that noth
ing further luta been heard from him, and
that the feara . eoneerning him are deepiug.
, Unfortunate ty however for the truth of this
report of "Outrages in Kansas," the follow
lag notice was published at Washington the
day before : •
Hon. Joseph Williams, of lowa, has been
appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of Kansas, vice Cunningham resigned.
Judge C. had' gone home to }leaver County
and was quietly enjoying the society of his
friends, while he was thus being murdered in
Kansas by letter writers.
- .... Gov. Gardner, gives as his reason for_
vetoing the Kansan aid appropriation, the
fact that the State Constitution forbids the
drawibg ot moneys front the treasury except
for the support and the protection and: pres
ervation of the inhabitants of the• State. - lie
also deems the resolution ineipedieni.
.. The fellow who won a beet( Ove dol
lars against a pair of hoots, thst htt:would
shoot and scalp an•Al;olitionist near Leaven
worth Kansas, last fall, - and escaped_ punish
ment isihought to have been discoreriul 4: l sa
board of a bosi'on the Missouri river. lie
IZ==9
was'arrested and committed to answer; Judge
Lecompt refusing bail. The pro-sjavery men
agreed with the free State men that he should
.be summatili dealt with.
.... An organized band of* Counterfeiters,
and Burglars has been discovered *in Maris
burg. Piiesbach, the turnout, horse t u rner
and trainer was amng them. A qttantity
of implements, coin, and documents were
found.
.There were, it is sated, on first day 0f
June, masses of 'frozen spray and snorr„,_ fifty
feet in solid thickness, under the 'American'
side,of the falls of Niagara. -A heavy rock
thro n upon them makes no more impression
tha on hard ice.
The Montreal Witness states that
creeds of French Canadian young- men 'aie .
leaving that city and Lower.. Canada, this
season, fur California, Minneota,' and other .
points in the Greatyest. AJi many
.as one hundred and fifty have: goals in a sine
gle company. ‘ ,
There have beep several cases where
the, new cent has been s‘ViilloWed bychild;en, -
and in which great irritation of the stomach
and bowels - has. followed, because of tIM cor
rosive nature of the metals composing it, as
well as of itsinechanical.hction upon . the
cate mucous . surfaces. -
.... A recent writer . , discoursing of the .
nature ,Of Commets, their motion, &T., says
that the speed or the Cornet of 1843 was
at the rate of Laomoo miles,an hour, •or
eighty timeslaster than the telegraph -meS.
sage is transmitted. '
Oen, Scott, with the approbatioriN
the - Presidenr, has issued the following or-,
ders : Two companies of the Second Dragoon's
to more from Fort Randall to' Fort 4aven--
worth ; the Colonel Of , the Second Infantry
to detach three coMpinies of that.R*giment,
i two to occupy Fort Snelling, and one Fort .
I Ridgle,y. The Mb Regiment to bereplaeed
in Florida by Volunteers, who are to proceed
1 to Jttferson Barrack, abdtheNawait - further.
orders. The Tenth Infantry are ordered to
Fort Leavenworth, eight companies at once,
jand two to leave at Ports Snelling and Ridg-,
11,1, as soon hs they are relieved by the cord-,
1 panie4 . from•the Second ltegiment. • '
The above arrangements will he made %Ril
-1
the least po , Sible delay. The military orders
i were sent both to Nets York . and Laven-
I. worth. • . -
On Wednesday of last week a fire.
broke. - out in the WeStern Penitentiary, at
Allegheny-City. The upper floor was dam
causing a , loss of 'about $1,600. None
of'the prisoners escaped. The fire originated
in the flue at the roof of the building.
The Costa • Rican authorities have,. it
is stated, authorized arrangements to be made
fur transporting all .the fillibusters that- re•
main in the country to the United States. It
is also:state.l that a treaty has laen concluded
between Costa•ltica and Nicaragua, providing
fur the speedy resumption of travel over the
transit route. •
.
The Cecil Democrat learns that the
horses are dying in large nutibenrin.New
Castle county, Delaivare.
.... 9n Industrial Society of Swiss colo
nists advertise in - the St. Louis Democrat that
they at e desirous of purchaqg in some eligible
part of Missouri; twenty-'five thousand acres
of land, and have on'had a cash capital of
more than a hundred thous.. d, dollars avail, I
ble for that purose: .
.... Col. Duryea, 'of the National 'Guard
New York, has lost the suit hi:Ought against
the Guard by Mrs. Castle, (Or damages for
the death of her child and damages to her-,
self, oceaaioned by a stray shot . during a pa
rade at Rings . ton in 185.
.The jury gave
Mrs. Castle $1,500..
.... The Tampa (Florida) Peninsular
states that on the 12th ult., a large whale
was seen from the deck of the Fashion, on her
from New Orleans to Tampa. lie.
"spouted" or s• Wowed" four times in sight,
expo4ing to view each time about sixty feet
of body. •
- .... The United States 4 Court House at
Bm•ton has been indicted as a nuisance by.
the Grand Jury.
..,.. The motheybf Qtleeu Victoria is 11.
years of age. . _ •
. A few days ago a little . - s n -of Mr.
Green, at Cherry hill, felt down a well : fifty I
-
three feet. deep, containing eight feet of wa
ter.' his .mother was. alone at- hothe, and
ran for.a - neighbor who reached the place:i t l'
nearly hale an bon'. after the boy had fallen,-
and being sent down, in the bucket brought
the child up from the bottom, apparenly
dead. lie however regained his breath-and
is doing So says the . Elkton 'Whig
abotild be remembered by Post
Masters, that for the protection of
_newspaper
publishers, a law was passed requiring them
tp notify editors of any paperrerttining'un
called for within five weeks, or be held them;
selves responsible. . • .
Mr. C. 11. Ickes, a well known rest - P
dent of Sussex county, Delaware, on . Wed.
nesday of last week, was standing
-in his own
yard, when two negro women by an precon
netted signal rushed upon hirn, threw him to
the ground, and while one held him, the other
with an axe severed his bead from his body.
~... A bear weighing 365, pounds was
killed in Yadkin county, Nortti.Carolina, on
the 17th ult. Ile Was in the ad of devour
ing swine when disc vered.
.... The' Toronto baes states that last
year one-eighth of the g ss population of that
city was arrested for dr keriness, and that
at.a recant felibt .the cost of liquors emended
the contributions. -of the city. for one year to
all the public charities. Tb g e'are nearly fire
hundred licensed and unlice sed grogrrie.s
inthe city.
.
.... A widow t - a has been offered
one milkon fire hundred thousand dollars for
a angst estate on that island. _Anot er par
ty has been offerectemi million - two undred
thmastod dollars foe his-fdantation;
... t , th-CitifOrnis hunter
who iirtl:aiaaed the Backhora - Chair to the
PresiOent, has received 'an aipaintrevat
J.
KZ==
assisting: to', remove certain Jodi
Pacific coast, at a salary of about
annum.
. . _
. .
..- - Tbe latest datea.from Minaesota •hotr tic g .
85 Democ4ta and 11 111 .4)4 1 icanshave Leto
elected to tite•COnstiOtionat Cony min.,
.. ~. ..
•:', ....,Eo:lo,on6r I.lebb, : bf 0,1) u, wh u r ,::'
Gently fired upon a party
.r otattrena en. a t h..,
residinco la Wincbago: county,. I liacig, an t i
kili q d
. oae of them and wounded tilers:h a ,
been* . honOtably di charged after a 101 l i n , a ,
tigation .of the matter. - ': The serpnailer ; it
: ariptatii, were a gatig.of insolent rokvdieg: a l, 4
surroundedthe house of the F..-Goiverrior an,i
-insulted bis family; Wntil he 'WM 1 1COM . rAll e 4
.to :fire: upoa LIAM,. after leggitig heto:to
.
leave. .. .
.... The Middietonin, Conn.,
timates the numb* of shad eatmh
between Ilarford and Saybrook,
Saybrook, sends an average of 10
Sundays excepted, to, the Ne.vrYn
A 'Lafayette (Indiana) paper 8:1,
diamonds of
,the - first water, one o•
a &pall pea and the other that of
.wheat; were recently taken !tom
yea in' that vicinity: .
lion. L. M. Kei tt i ‘ of Sout
has been lecturing in the South o,
moll y of :Creation:' The photo
says that " he has made goal use
snatched from. the arduons,laborS
ern Statesman," and 4'6.4 mi
stored with leaning must make
upon the world."
: A fire it Toledo, Ohiet, la.
destroyed the 'steam elevator o
Ki t.g. involving a loss of V 15,000;
ing cost ';'47,00; and contained 8;
00064heis of wheat, some flu
visions.. Each of the partners w
10,000.
• Wednesday morning--11
girl aged..six Sears,,datrghter 'of M I
Christ . y,'Catlkill, N. as- bu rit
The 'mother ,locked her 'in 'a.root
an errand. On her return fihe
the - child bad been playin,T
matches. which set her chillies on pl
nearly all-Of them from 'her bud
flesh to a crisp. Death soots ca
relief of tile Suilerer.- . -
- ~. Three, United • States Se ,
New Hampshire have died - within
and all while in office: viz'. ties
Charles G. Atherton, and James
, eotemporars; talking
men of New Yolk,says . ," Win, B.
joy the inc6nie of $5,1/00,a'
hare it, bnt it is extremely doubt
be enjus it . c'eat 'me ancre . -c
French sar,
• A..short time since a labtring man
was Linking -and singing - at, a p bile hou , e
near Reading England. -The'son was 'An
nie Laurie," mid . when came tai the:werls
"I'll lay - me dOun an4E . 4ee," he -threw
head back: The person's- preset!, thong'
he di ti it-for effect." Aker : Waitinr a she
time they endeavored. io7 arouse
found him.Oite dead... ;:. *•.
Cul t pepper Tiond i leyi a
pensioner, died a few days since,
tuck, Conn., at the age - of - 05,
widow oldertlvin himself.
.... The Philadelphia Bagel
ports froi - various. rafts. of. New
Pennsylviania, and therels. every
Of the . heavlet Clop of peaches ei
In regard.•!to other fruits the prosp,
to he as favarahle_or nearly' so:
• •
• .....-The election in Vitinia .. hl
in a - complete' triumph of .1
Richmond the famous -Gibraltarc.i
has surrendered. The Legislature
Democratic; and the whole thirteet
men- are Democrats, being,a gain
Theodore an en
Rochester, N. Y. ; on The.sday mora l
on the tracton the Csikrttml teak
from the city, .pui led Iris hat oV.er'
and threw himself on the track as
Approach - O. Ile was instantly kill
.... An individual invested $
years since in St. Louis -property,
now valued at $150,000.
;Tire Richmond Eqzeiiir s
Governor Bragg. of North Carolbaa
resol ritiou" passed by 'the Legislatur
State,- has contrttoted with:,. W.
of Richmond, for the, castling of
statute of WashingtOn L after the on l
the Capit : in Virginia. The wor ,
$lO,OOO, id' when finished is to be s
front of tai': Capitol at Raleigh.
T e great tunnel on tire fr.
tain Itailr.'ld in Missouri has just Li
pleted. is 800 feet long;- la feet
13 feet hi,b.
: .... T e.Baptists . of Virginia I
tributed ' fpreign`inission atone t_
$7,214 73 during , thefait.twelge
.... A negro, monied Thomas
went ti the house of Nary Shanno.
. 'colte, Broome county, N.. Y.' a f
since, and attetopted to enter by fi
broke in the dinir and lighted tient
the woman who had pronared a gn
dead. .
.... The Topeka tegislaturo. w
on Tuesday-the Mb. -
.... The Americans have been
National Convention at Louisville,
'waive before adjourning, peak "
must rule America." -
.
A. Rielpirdson,
tee beeti appointed Governor of the
of Witbiaska, - in place of MarkW. T
present.ineinnbent.
OitingOKS JN CLINTON C01749' '•
Oh the 28th ult,, some forty or: fi
vigilance committee of Jackson cu
proceeded to Deo itt.tkononulY se at
,
county;, armed *At all rK)ilitti an d
the prisouers confined fit jail_ there,
been- remqved. from Jackson' eon
charge of venne. The shetiff.resi . )
demand, and,stintlooped the by-iit,
,his assistance, rho refused 41 aid
*ev knocking the sheriff over the h
their guns, they succeeded.. in settle
ion of the.heys, ant imitated, the
took oat gurget cofilined foe mod
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