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ADDlit ESS •
411d;vcred by Prof. J. F.:Stoddard to the ,
Stadents of the " Susquehanna County
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.Normal Sch'ool," at the close' of the Lost
Tam, ll r uv. a, 1857.
(The folloaiog are the remarks 1 made to the
Students, at the chime of the lastterm, es nearly
. as I can. remember, whkb l have. Written oat at
' their request.). - - • S. F . 3.
fir tOV Ng FRIENDS is probably the
last opportunity - I shall have to•speak to you
During :tbe present tent., wbieh is soon to
• C.lO-q3: -I t would 'be a sou roc of ieasttre to ttlft,
and I doubt not to . you all, to bring to- mind
the many pleasant hours, we as teechetwhave
I lamed 'together,- to recouni, t he l l Many, acts of
•
kindness we have received frost each'oiher,
and 'froth the citizens of : Montrose, who have,
• . at airtimes, extended to dorditilly; the
hind of friendship, and who have t a k en ever y
• oneani in theirrpower to encourage us to per.
form - Our duties with faithfulness and-energy
•—that our stay in the it Midst, mightnot only
prove pleasant and .profitable,- but that -when
we leave these halls and assume the responsi
ble duties of the Teacher, we- shall be the bet
- yet prepared. to discharge those, duties credita
bly- to eurselvel'and - proStably- to the pupils
• under our charge.
• • The-41 are facts-upon which the mind fp:
after years will revert with ever increasing in
• I s ete:3l delight.' fleece, I shall leave:the
scenes - of the past term; with their anxieties
- :and their pleasures which are deeply engriven
f-otiltrur.ininds, to be and talked over
- at vont leisure,,and will direct - vour.ihoughts
'this consideration of what sliOuld be your
ititure rouse of endeavor with* the view to
s'pe — nd : ibe half both' mere profitably to you,
!liar/ ,1 :iaerld by recalling pat events, howev
er pleasing such a review may-be to us all.'
. Allow me now, af.tOur separation ; 'to urge
_ - upon you the importance of putting forth vig.
.orottA effort's in the acquisition of -knowledge.
NeOr rest 'satisfied to be'rnere drone in so
ciety, but strive to become active,tiving agents
disbnrsin'g . goeit lei all wound; Allow not
the follies hi vatititand the corroding effects of
indolence enervate your physical nature,
and to steal the tiltioin of health now playing
upon yonr cheeks. Vig.ir, both of body and
mind
.are "yours,—and remember that these
are tI a Wings_With which a laudable ambition
,can ;eleva... you :o .•posi:ions of honor and
trust, and prepare.youfor the broadest sphere .
• of ti.erulnes'‘. -• ,
_ rnstead of pointing . ..to men . who stand forth
in't i
he- firm trnen t science and art-as stars of
strrpassin: , -men of educated
and retined women who've Wo
ven. vontel our way and -gladdened all
• our being women
•
...Final the tip of *hose pen a melody flows,
t§,xect as the nightingale b song to the rose,"
RwrlighliniAnt wa -are not endowed with
genius mid tals:rtc;_ f - - that we are not thus per
ruitt.nl to revei in temples of learning and to
I rit44-iplte -iU the rich pleasures of erudition ;
or in other words; -that -wl3 do not thus com
mand the 'iiihriiration Of tTie viorid- by the
-splendors of our genius and the excellency of
our .leed_s, be up and doing,—labor faithfully
iu polishing and burnishihg your intellectual
atid moral - powers,:--Vput forth effortsnommen
surate with the elevated' standing to which 1
you will attain and success vrin inevitably
-. t.tOtti3 your .endeayors. While on the other i
hatrd,'.if votir only exertion consists• in an ear-_
nest wish, a longing . desire to become educat
ed. and ifsef4 - rest - assured - your hopes will
allure but to deceive yoo.
It is natural for all to de' ire to be, educated
that they may become a positive, intellectual,
- moral . and religious power on earth. So
strong is' this desire that Could the summit of
hill_ of science be gained without an Effort
'on one part, the whole congregated-world
stand. on' its confmanding height-delighted i
with-tile varied, the beautiful, the tin/less:and 1
the grand scenery„ that would everywhere 1
greet their sight ;or could the temple of iris- i
dont be unlocked-by physical force, thousand; 1
yes, hundreds, of thousands more would revel 1
in its halls. But _hoW few, how comparative- 1
ly few possess patience an) perseverance
enough to pat forth tie.vetie and long continued
ex'ertionl of the mind to acquire the education
thiir very nature : craves.
Ah : it is . indolence that piralizes every ef
fort, that magnifies every slight difficulty in .
the paths of Warning and couscous tO'be con-
-tent to- grope 'our *way in life_ thrhugh fthe
dark valleys of ignorance and rice.
~fly ,
friend; tie not discouraged. liememberithat l
ordinary talents 'combined with good judg-' I
meat, strict integrity, and aided byre iirinsr
industry;-Will-make a man whatever he wills.
Friendr, may discoutageohe band of poverty
bind, want stand knockilg, at the door,' and
the silly finger t-f affluence point in derision
and scout at his toilsome lot,still he will arise
and assert his - donainion - Over the- world of ig
tonsnce atid.wealth, and as be ascends'tbe
hill of science, the nobleness of purpose which,
inspires him to continued effort, will cause
the 'very :.thottis in 'his .path ter blossoma into
roses of bright e st hue and swee'e4 fragrance.
It is well to b'ear in rui.pd that many of the;
brightest stars in the learned -profession; ma
ny of the most ,brilliant gems that adorn; the
coronet of art, of scienee, and of literature are
treasuka of richest beauty
. and , rarest wealth
of which the humble cottage can bowl. ' --,
With these truths before them, a majority
of the young enter the broad arena of life,and'
ngsge, at once, innatraggle for the accumu
lation of wealth, regardless - of the means they
employ, little thinking that,.
"Gold glitters most where virtue shines no
- .
• more, -
As stars truth absent suns have leave to
- -
V - the lives of those whole cbief aint,seems
So Le, to. keep what they. hate and get Sli
they ca'n, neglectful of the cultivationl?f: their
etLer, their not,er nattife, tl e Poet-says:
•' O h' : r e ray li sp e nt--Oh fotileat*aste of time!
No time ha* he hi' grovelling mind to store
With Ilistorie'l% titith4 or philosOplate lore;
No charms for s him haii God's all.blootaing Earth
His only qtl49,tioti thie ' tahat:are they wortlir
Art - , nature, nixdont are no match for gsin,: - : - `
And even Roligion bids him pause in vain;", •
'Others II -rough indolence. reek their ease
—t heir highest ambition being to secure-the
,gratification of their grosier, their baser na=
tine and 'as a vonaequenee, they drag out a
life ea wearisome and disgusting to othes, as
it is diagreeefurand degrading to themselves.
Turn with abhorrence front
_either of these
conrees-of life. Tbey will send a withedng l
blight - ore! all your future prospects. 'As
fade and diet the beafitifid flowera'of summer,
at the approach of the chilling frogs of- plc
/teen,- so perish all hopes of future greatness ,
Ly it/claret and inanwritr associations, '
'Cultivate with untiring zeal the nobler
part of sour nature, the sauna and intellectual
pcwers, this will prepare you fur pr9perly
charging yis - ur doses as teachers, and will]
:enable you to &pease gooit toe% Within the
sphere of your influence. w
You are sox again tweilgage is ihe busi
ness offteaching. I am aware your standing
a s t e a c hers and your compensation 'as such
Are by ea means whet they should be ; jet
putty influenee for evil or gel Inc- 4 1 1;1) h,-;
- without bounds. Upon your owl/
industry. integrity and intelligence depend
vials:, future compermitioli asAKaatent and
ottentlino_ iii Pwir:y. • YPS, More than :his, the
h,„„, or-the youth of this ... ,olititry I
. ,
ii:t topur ocrf f•tr ot•mer
and development.
.; In truth, the perpetuity of
our free and religious T Instittitioni and our
Repo!keen Government is resting upon the
Teachers of our cuuipy. Would that we
realized more fully the almost overwhelming
weight of -risponsibiqty resting upon us ae,
teachers. Then perhaps, we would be istimu.
.lated to greater exertions in better qualifyim
ourselves foi the discharge of those all.imi4r.
'tent duties.
I do not hesitate to say a teacher lhould
be a model maa... His habits in every pare
ticutar, should-be in the highest degree war
; thy of imitation, and' his knowledge critical
arid compiiihensive. I regard the accomplish
led teacher as one of the greatest of men. His
sentiriients form the Ere) basis of nobler ac
tion and are telegraphed all over the land - and
sink deep into the hearts of thousands modi
fying greatly their moral character. "The
sun is deemed great-and illustrious -in the
centre
_of family of worlds holding them
all in their sweeping pathway of air and shed
ding upon them ail light life and beauty."—.
• Is not then the accomplished teacher great In
his commanding position, with a society of
hearts and intellects, throbbing and revolving
m quick answer to his own! The hearts of
such men lit up by.true goodness, the princi
ple desnent of-greatness, shall shine when the
stars have ceased' to shine. Theirs are hearts
that shall grow better, and purer, and richer
forever: That teacher who thus by the move.
ment of hie own spirit carries along with him
-a grand retinue of other hearts and intellects,
possesses a splendid greatness that. might welt
satisfy the aspiring% of an angel.
Will you my young friends become such
teachers ! Let the energy and the true no
bleness of purpose with which you discharge.
the duties of your calling answer this question
in the affirmative.
With this day closes the present term. The
. opportunities which it afforded are passed
and whether improved or unimproved they
can never be recalled. I am led to indulge
the belief, however, that. your time has been
so employed during the eleven weeks past, as
will enable you hereafter to reflect upon it
with pleasure, feeling confident that you have
put. forth every reasonable exertion to use it
to-the be a t possible advantage.
Iti conclusion accept my humble acknowl
edgements, my sincere thanks, for the kind,
the gentlemanly and lady-like treatment it
hai been your pleasure on all occasions to ex
tend to me.
Let us now at our•ieparation, iemernbetiag
N It Is not all of life to live
Nor all of death Co die"
endeavor to spend the remainder of our days
that, when we are called to,biti gait' to
earthly scenes and associations we,shall be
prepared to meet in that u pper and betterwoild
where anxieties;traubles,and disappointments
are no longer feared nor felt, but where hap
piness and joy eternally reigns.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
EARRIiBURG, Jainery 19.
The Senate took , A' recess lo attend the
Inauguration Ceremonies.
The House took a recess,• and after at
tending
. the Inauguration. re-assembled, and
on motion ordered 10,000 copies of the
Inaugural address of governor Packer to be
printed. --
liAnwsnunG, Jan. 20
,
' SasAra.—Tbd Speaker presented a com
munication from .the Governor, informing the
Senate that be had IL Ileister,
Esq., of , Berks county, as Secretary of the
ComMonwealth.
Also, a communication from.the Secretary
or the Commonwealth, informing the Senate
that he had appointed Henry L. Dieffenbach,
Deputy Secretary.
Wilkins read in place a supplement to
the Act regulating Banks. The object of
the bill is a general reform in the banking
lawq; the provisions are very stringent and
severe, and intended to prevent such revulsions
as the country has lately passed through.
Mr. Miller submitted A' joint resoltftion,
-recommending the Governer to open a corre
spondence with the Brectitives of the several
'States, on the subjects of franks and curreucy,
with a view to arrive at some uniform system
of Banking, Ind drive out of circulation
notes-of a tionominatioti less than twenty
dollars. •
Horst.—The appointment of Wm. M.
Heister as Secretary of the-Commonwealth,
and Henry L. Dieffenbach as Deputy-Secre
tary, were officially announced.
HARRISBCRG, Jan. 21.
SE:NAM-A message Vont the Governor
was received announcing tbe appointment of
G. Barrett, of llarrisbu • rg, as Superintendent o
the Public Printing. The nomination- was
taken no immediately, and confirmed* unani
mousiv.
The bill supplementary to the_ land office
was passed.
Efoesr..—A resolution was passed,. autho
rizing the Auditor-General and State Treasu
.ter to examine the accounts of F. Knoz Mor
ton, late City TreaSurer of Philadelphia, con
cerning an alleged balance 0f487,900: . _
''Mfr. Yearsly presented for Mr. Dohneit the
petition of Thomas Washington Smith, pray
ing for a dirorce from his wife.
tar A shocking calamity occured in
Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 19th involving the
,hiss of the lives of six children, attending
Public School No. 14, at the corner of Con
cord and Nary streenii, opposite the City
Park. A fire broke out in the female de
partment, about 2 o'clock, and soon extended
over, the entire building, causing a' panic
among the childien, who rushed one over the
other to save themselves. The building is of
brick, and three stories high.
The fire was first discovered in the Pri
_mary Department, by Miss &het, one of the
teachers, who informed the principal, • Miss
Voorhies. They were just about disthissing
'the school," without informing the children of
the cause,, when a little girl cried out "fire,"
and thereupon a rush was made, pelf
one over the ether, . but the teachers, who re
tained their presence of mind, used the ut
most einitions to get them out in safety. In
this they happily succeeded. They all rushed
to the main entrance, and every one of the
girls, so far as could e ascertained last night,
gotinto the street in safety._
. The entire school numbers about 800 child
ren, the greater proportion being boys.' The
Boys' Department was on the Navy street
aide, and here the catastrophe occured. As
soon wilt was known that thelouse wason
ftre, a panic occured, and all 'rushed for the
stairs leading to the door beloW,. The stairs
hecanie choked up. Some fell down, and
'others fell over ibeal, while a great pressure
was kept up from-the top landing:
The children killed were all killed upon
the lower landing by suffocation; not one
was'burned. .
The building was erected in 1853, et a
cost of $17,000. The loss is tole!, there
being no insurance._ •
CtiPA PLC NEs Erser.—We believe dot
is most cases where coughs eedia Coesutop
tkia-r alimelilnesert;tosome poteet yet simple
reietady. like Wittig%Balsam old Cherry,
would have saved WE , Iniemtd lesaltb of the
patien S4ne is. eitit a mien °lgned' 1.
Jl•autrost gitintrat.
A. J. GERRITrN, Editor.
2.4051TP.01313 1 PA.►
Thursday, Febr4nry 4, 1858.
Notice.—
.1 tit papal sent to a distance
unless paid for strictly i advance. Notice
will be given when the term, of pre-payment
expires, when the paper will be discontinued,
unless a remittance be rec4ired.
——- - - .
Magazines lin. 1858.
We would say to those n:6hing to subscribe
for either of the folowing named Magazines,
that we have arrangements with the Publish
en by which we can fuinish them (in con
nection with the Dernocrit,) at the lowest club
rates. For cash in adva ce we send
Godey's Lady's Book and Democrat for $3,50
Peterson's Magazine,_ " 1 " _ " 2.75
Home Magazine • " I " ' 2,73
_ ._
State ConVention.
-At a meeting of the Democratic State Com
mittee, held at Buebler'li Hotel, Harrisburg;
January' 10, 18;)13, it wasl
Resolved, That the nevi. Democratic State
Convention he held at 14rrisburg, on the 4th
day of March next.
Pursuant to said resointion, Delegates from
the several Senatorial and ' Representative
Districts of the State, 4111 convene in the
Hill of the House of Representative!, at the
Capitol, on THURSDANI, MAIICD. 4, 1858,
at 10 o'clock,' A. 1.1., to nominate candidates
(or Judge of the Supreme Court and Canal
Commissioner, and for the transaction of such
other business as pertain S to the antEority of
such Convention.
C. R. 131JCK.SLEW; Chairman
•
H icr ur , f cniNsoN, Secretaries.
s tar The Constitution.idKansas was kid be.
fore Congress on Tuesdayl with a message from
the President recommending her admission into
the Union as a sovereign State. This of course
will bring out the big and little screamers afresh.
We will publish 'the mess.ige next week. -
Jar Nothwithstancling the fact that oar
Spanish quarters _ are- worth only twenty cents,
we shall, at present, continue to receive six
of them in payment of one year's sub'scription
to the Democrat.
,Otber' pieces in 'proportion.
Vl' We wouldoirect the attentien of the
business community 'to the advertisement of
J. Tyler Hodges, 271 lii!oadway, N. Y. We
believe these publicationti sustain a good repu
tation in the Isrge citiesjof the United States,
which alone is a sufficient guaranty of their
•reliability.
kr Tut Gramm( littzn,—This beautiful
original literary paper is published weekly
by I3ecket dr Co., 335 liroadway, New York.
The premiums offered
t o faulmatibent are far
ahead of ary thing heretofore presented. The
terms are $2 a year, with a prospect of shar
ing in the list of prizei offered in their pro
spectus, which may be fOund in our advertis
ing columns. The paper is weekly filled
with a large amount of entertaining matter,
original and selected, and is well worth the
,sulaceiption price. Specimen copies may be
seen -by calling at this dffice.
In response, toj tile gentleman Who
asks us by letter to send him our paper, flee,
we would say •that ere cannot do so. We
print for pay. We are! not acquainted with
the gentleman's circumstances, but presume
he is as well able to ruiy us for our paper as
we are to give it to hiM. He states that he
gets the otlyer County itaper free, and likes to
bear both sides It 4 well for all to heat
both_sides, but most plople pay for hearing
one, and double price for both. 'With all
proper respect to the person referred to and
others who make simil r applications, as well
as those otherwise inft ested, we would say,
if a paper is worth takmg, it is' worth paying
for. This paper , is sustained by its patrons,
there is no special provision for its extra
expenses to be paid.bY a society or order.
Those papers that are 'sustained in the latter
way, can be given away to an indefinite ex
tent Without loss, proirided always that the
reserve fund holds out
What is to be done._
Sam'l A. Newton sends us the following
for publication:
PUBLICI NOTICE.
Fellow- Citizens:—Oave we Tfot complained
murmured, scolded and found fault with those
things pertaining to °lir schools hint , enough.?
I
And what have we effected in so doing but
to injure our childrenjl If the condition of
our schools has become hopeless and past
amelioration—if nothing legally can be done
to improve them, the better way is to cease
grumbling, and to dO whatever we can, as
opportunity may occur, to help our youth
along. If any thing .an be done, surely the
of is worth- laboring fqr, and iluty to the
rising generation rephres .us to do is
proposed therefore, that a meeting of consul
tation and inquiry be teld at the court house
in Montrose, on TU4day the 9th of Febru
ary: next, at 1 o'clocklpremsesy, for that pur
pose, when and where all who feel an interest
in the welfare and pro'grels' of our schools are
I requested to attend.
Jan. 29th, 1858.
IMa:ny Citizens.
There are two capi al points made in the
first two sentences, which, , in our judgement,
cover the whole groupd,.and go to show that
the contemplated meing is ill advised, if the
intention be to "scold at existing evils, real
or imaginary. The m ting seems to be called
upon the ground tba "the "condition of our
schools has become ,opeless" 4ke. This is a
very untenable pret:nise, and cannot be suss
Wiled by facts or public opinion.
1 '
Haw many citize s were instrumental in
getting up the call, w know not, as , there were
no signatures attach to the paper. What
the real object of it s, we cannot fully deter
mine from the nature of the call. If the in
tention be to do sortlething practical for the
benefit of the rising generation, or to' benefit
our teachers or schoOls, let plenty of them be
held . ; if it be to "sco d," the call itself speaks
volumes against it ,tor if the design is to pro
mote a different obje6t (to Which 'We need not
now refer), the. metiting bad better adjourn
before organizing. .
We make these remarks, not to discourage
the holding of a meeting, but to arouse at
tention to, the subject and induce the public
to guard age lust hasty or inconsiderate action.
whirl:4lll3y afterwart .be regretted.
Caution to the Public.
We have received a car . d and printed cit
cular (in an unsealed,:rmyelve) from "Jnn.
Bourne de Co., Leff“" 66 - Kansas," asking,
us to advertise - 10' s l3oo 3hey send no rifet
ence., and shoul:7 t i j '" trusled Withott
evidence of .
the country is
•
so flooded with ;', N L I that it i 3 difficult
to avoid them.
We insert the circular in full:
CIRCULAR. .•
Pioneer Information Agency Office.
Leeompton, Kansas, Jan. 18., 1888,
Sin.: We are desirous of advertising our
Akencv in the -columns of your paper. To
end we make you this proposition tYe
sent to Its two fetters on information, with
your name slgned thereto
may
having received'
payment, for which you publish card, as
long,as the arhount, 2 dollars, pays for it.
if these terms do not meet with approval,
you may publish card to the amount of one
dollar, and when bill is sent to us, with copy
of newspaper, marked, the amount wilt be
forwarded_by mail at our risk.
. Respectfully Yours, .
JNO. BOURNE & CO.
The circular, of course, was intended for
the publisher only. The-cards read as follows:
KANSAS E!►MIGRANTS
Pioneer Intelligence Office. "
SIT Persons who intend Settling in Kansas,
and who may want reliable information in
regard to the best Locations; the Cities;
Towns ; Minerall'oints; Rivers; Soil; the best
route to come ; the prices of Lands, town lots,
Provisions, &c., may address the undersigned,
(Enclosing a Pee °Pasta. Dollar)
On receipt of which a correct and authentic
account of the part of Kansas to which the
Applicant desires to emigrate, will be for ,
warded by return mail.
ADDRESS,
J no. Bourne, & Co., Lecompton. Kansas
Poor Kansas is cursed with 4 number of
letter writers dm., who pretend to give reliable
information, but it is a matter of history that
they wilfully mislead the public mind in re
gard 16 the affairs of the. Territory. This
maybe only•a consolidation of rascali
ty, with a' design to swindle the unwary,
who are troubled with the ;`Western
It may be a reliable cowpony, we hope it is,
for there is need of some means of getting
truth from that region.
If "Juo. Bourne & Co." have a real exiit
enc,e, and are responsible, they will please send
us by return mail good references, accomp
anied by the amount of funds they desire to
pay us for advertising,and we will acknowledge
the receipt of the sante - through the columns
of our paper, and give the public a chance to
judge of their responsibility. We shall send
them a copy of this palter with this article
marked, and await a., response. Meanwhile
we advise tkose wishing information to have
their letter written, and money ready, but not
to send it until they learn from us, or- some
other reliable source, that there is a probabili
ty that Jno. Dvorlie l• Co. wilt fulfil their
ar•reement.
rir ,Marsh is now 'distributing the
County Maps through the County, and it is
well that the subscribers keep the subject in
their mi•nds.,—and fire dollars in their pockets,
--ready to settleup when he calls. Read the
following circular:
TO THE CITIZENS OF SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY'
We, the undersigned having examined Lee
& Maish's New Map of Susquehanna County,
take pleasure in recommending it to the citi
zens of our county. They have been remarka
bly succesful, as well in regard to neatness
and taste, as in the correctness of their work,
and most assuredly their patrons must ever
feel grateful for the pains they have bestowed
upon every department of their laborious en
terprise. It may well he called - the Universal
Guide Book for this county, and it can hardly
be, conceived bow any fami!y in this county
will think of living without so practiCable and
valuable Directory.
• W. T. CAsE, r Commissioners
PE " 4 " W " LB ' County.
0. Morr, Jr.,
1". BURROWS,
Associate Judges,
C. F. READ,
Ilon. WM. Jessta..
BENTLEY oit; HITCH, AIIOTMS.
CHS'S NfiALE, Register and Recorder
J. W. CHAPMAN', late Reg. and Rec.
F. P. Gaon-, Esq., Glenwood.
F. P. flowaTtn, late Sheriff.
far We eip the following from ' the
Joliet (in.) Signal of last week. Our readers
can see how it compares with our' winter
here :
No WINTER Ycr.—We are certainly hav
ing remarkable weather for January. The
oldest settlers never saw anything _ like it.
During the greater part of last week it was
warm enough for summer clothing. Indeed,
it seems more like October than mid-winter.
Sunday, it was dark and mistly all through
the day, but yesterday the ono occasionally
shone out between the clouds in a springlike
manner. A feW more .days of such warm
weather would start the grass. We seti by
oui exchanges that the farmers in different
sections of the country were engaged 'in
plowing during most of but week. The Al
ton Democrat says that several of the farmers
in dila vicinity have been putting in winter
wheat.
For the "Montrose .Democrat."
MR. ED/TOR :
I saw a notice in out county paper!, pur
porting, to ask another alteration in our
School law, to bare three Directors instead of
six, and those three to have a compensation
for services. This looks like an improvement
in the law, but I would ask, with leave_of the
taxpayers of our county, to make an amend
ment to the above. - It will read thus :
That the School law as now established in
Pennsylvania, be so Mitred and arranged for
the county of Susquehanna, that three compe.
cent persons, instead of six, compose the board
of School Directors for each School district,
to have a compensation of dollar for every
day they are necessarily engaged in attending
to the examination of teachers, visiting
Schools kc., and that the offiee of - County
Superintendent of Common Schools for said
county, be abolished after the passage of this
With this alteratiori in our School Jaw,
we would in my opinion have a decided im
provement. The -people would have more
control of'tbeir own • business, and the child
ren more of the public money for education
than they have now.
Feb. 1., 1858. Tax Payer.
has 40 ._
A Coon Court - 111'1'st. our Demo
craticifriends in Montrose, Susq. County, pa,
want a good family paper, ler them subscribe
for The Democrat. It is truthful and sound,
and when the people of that county desire a
New York paper, we heartily recommend
The Weekly or Daily News. That is- a paper
we know all about, as don goodly number
Of the Demacrecy of old Montrose.--if. Y.
:s pails' fro. ]st,-
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I-. We gave a brief notice last week of
the organization of tbelower branch of the
'T. Y. Legislature. No 'party bad a clear
knajolity, itnd 'it was therefore necessary for
some arrangement to be mada;,,thut the pub
lic business might not to lbe neglected.: In
the Senate the Auiericans and. Republicans
united oh candidates, and organized prompt
ly, but in the House the blacks wobk have
all or none, they refused to take Speaker and
give away tho Clad?, so they lost all. The ,
plurality rule , was finally adoptod, and the
ballot under it resulted :
AI vord, Deniocrat, 56. '
Van Valkenbiugh, Republican.s4.
Horton.. 2.
Mr. Alvord not being present, a resolution
was 'proposed that, Mr. Van Valketiburgh be
Speaker pro tem. It was thee. proposed to
amend ibis by sustituting/Mr2 Dayton.
High gentlemen deolined in favor 'or Mr.
Richardson, who was chosen to preside until
the organization wWs completed.
The House then proceeded to complete its
organization, when the following officers were
elected :
CLERK--David Wilson, IlAmerican."
- SemEArl" -A1( s e—Pbihp IS. Lashe De
mocrat.
DkioaamPEß—Peter J. Cocke,"American."
'FIRST ASSISTANT DOCIRREPEN-John Davis,
'Democrat.
SECOND ASSISTANT NormaPza--James
Swarthout.
The vote for Spertler was as follows:
FOR Ma. Ammo—Messrs. Bacheller,Becker,
Hodge, Horton, Law, D. Miller and Reynolds,
".Americans," and 49 Democrats.
Fon. MD.sVAN VA LEENDUEGIT— Mr, Russel,
"American" and A 3 "Republicans."
Foe Ma. Honor—Messrs. Adams and C.
Boughton.
ASSENT AND NOT VOTINO —Messrs. Alvord,
Chauncy, Hart, T. Jones, .Mills,'Osgood and
Tappers, Democrats ; and Messrs. (lage, Hol
ley, Hard, Holbrook, Kn igh t, Sentell, Stewart,
Van Aernam and Van Valkenburgb, "Re
publicons."
• Two Republirin votes were withheld that
were not palrZd off, as will be seen by the
numbers not voting, showing that they has
got tired of fiddling upon n harp of one string,
and feared ta provoke public censure by longer
preventing an organization.
North Bianch CUnail
Mr. Marra has thought proper to resign
his position of Superintendent and Engineer
of the North Branch Canal, to which position
be was appointed several years ago by an ac
of the Legislature, separating this division of
the public improvements from the general
control of the Canal Commissioners. By
voluntarily resignino , be has anticipated his
displacement by the Legislature, find nimbly
avoided, the blow which he foresaw would be
directed against. him.
The North Branch 'C3anal has been an un
fortunate work from the beginning. iThe law
making Mr. Matt 'its sole Superintendent,
and placing him in a position entirely inde
pendent of the Canal Board, was passed be.
cause-he WAS supposed to be more 'familiar
with it, and more competent to complete it
with despatch and economy . than any other
tontiogoiroot. At tho ti'ino of his Appoint
tuella a general feeling , of disgust exiited 'at
the delay in the completion of the Canal, and
the enormous sums of money wasted on it to
'no purpose. But instead of carrying, on his
,operations with a decent degree of respect
for the Canal Board, his nominal - 'superiors,
he undertook to display his independence, by
disregarding them entirely. This created so I
touch bitterness of feeling at the last session
of the Legislature,,ttat Mr. Mavvrr was with
in an ace of being dismissed for his palpable
disregard of the law prohibiting subordinate
of from contracting debts without first
obtaining the written consent of the Canal
Commissioners. Since that time Mr. MstFir
has committed some serious blunders in his
management of the Canal, which satisfied
those most interested in its completion, that
his removal , was necessary before making
application to the Legislature for an appro-,
priation sufficient' to repair damages andi to
put the Canal in working order. i I
The House has already passed a bill res Se
ring the management craw Canal to thy C
anal Commissioners, and a bill ispending in
the Senate to appropriate $.50,000, for re•
building the horse race dam destroyed by the
fall freshet. With the exception of thiTs dam
the Canal is said to be in good order; yet
there is considerable hesitation as to the pro.
priety of expending any more money op this
improvement. So much has already- been
wasted, with the positive assurance that each
appropriation would be the last, that there is
room to fear that - this expenditure might'eall
for another. Ifrpositive evidence could be
given that it woCd be the end, there should
certainly be not hesitatiOn, in making the
Canal available TOT the purpoee of affording
the important coal region it traverses, - an
avenue to market.--=Patriot and tinkle.
nunchstuse'i' wit
The St. Louis Democrat keeps a little
ahead of the facts always. In a late issue it
had an account of a collision with the 1.12.
troops at Fort Scott, and the killing of three
dragoons by Lane's men, who were being
teinforCed 2,500 strong determined to resist
•the Federal authority. The Democrat was a
little ahead of its own correspondents in this
case. We copy
"One of the gentlemen who passed through
Lawrence on Friday saw General Lane and
Got. Robinson in flint town. They Isere
mounted and completely armed; and appeared
much excited. They were addressing the
people, who surrounded them in large numb
ers, and urging them to maintain their rights
and succor their friends. The people of Law
,.rence were preparing to take the field. Jebe-
Calhoun had fled from the Territory, and re
ported himself as going to Springfield, Illi
nois."
That is all news up in this region, but it is
stale in the East, having been repeated so
frequently. So we go. Eastern readers, who
desire to know the facts from Kansas prefer
such statements, through Eastern journals, to
the truth through a reliable Kansas paper.
Were we to publish such statements as the
above, everybody would say ,that there was
no reliance to be placed in our,paper. Should
we depart from the truth, and fill our columns
with Munehau,sens like the above, the paper
would retain a wide circulation abroad, but
would be despised at home.—Lawrence (Kan
sas) Herald of Freedom.
The Sloths Responsible.
• Mr. Pugh,- from Ohio, has introduced a bill
in the Senate for the immediate admission of
Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton
Constitution, and providing that the Legisla
ture of the State may make provision fot sub
mitting a vote on tbe'slavery clause again to
the people. It is believed that this bill, or
that of Mr. Stephens of Georgia, will become
the law. Indeed nearly all our friends writ
ing us from Washington tatty there is but lit
tle doubt of the result,. that ow admission
into-the Union under the Lecompton Consti
tution has become a fixed fact; that the re
sult is almost as certain as if we were now
in the Union. If Kansas-does come into the
Union-in this manner and it is made a Slave
State, - as a consequence, the Sloths and the
dogs-in-tbe-manger who would not vote, nor
re their friends ems, shall bear. !he centUrs.
For the Moott;iee Demoerat..,
DEMOCRAT:‘Sir, I bane recently
noticed a cootroversy in your paper in refs
-ti on to.- our- law regulating common schools,
spirit Of faukfinding with its executive
officers raper than with the law-itself. I also
notice your interdiction of further controver
sy upon pat.subject; but as my communi
cation' will not, partake of that spirit I trust
you will give it an insertion.
While the school law is not perfect. it is
in t i ny judgment as good as' we can obtain.;
'arid would, undoubtedly answer the end of itis
design if administered with the same precii
i'on and in the same spirit with other laws upon
thefitatute book. To accomplish this object
thir same inducement should be given to its
officers and the same dignity to their positlon.
Make them feel their responsibility and they
will act 'accordingly. No other township of
ficers are required to discharge duties so, re
sponsible sehool,directors, - and yet all
others recitive‘n compensation for their servi
ces, while they\do not. This is not right—
it is not just. To remedy the evils about
which so much complaint is made I propose
an amendment to our school law to the fol
owing effect.
Ist. Reduce the number of our school di
rectors if possible, to three.
2d. Give them a compensation of say $1
per day kir each day antnallfand necessarily
empliiyed in the discharge of their duties.
3d. Require them to take an oath of office,
and execute ahond to the township in the
sum of five hundred dollars cooditiened for
the faithful discharge of their duties.
• If this amendment could be made to,our
law it would so dignify the office of school
directors that it would 'hiring to it good and
responsible men who would discharge their
duties faithfully—a thing unknown in some
townships in this county. Those (if there
should be any in the county) who approve
of the amendment can circulate a petition' in
their neighborhood, and .send it to Mr. Chase,
who approves of the amendment. M. L. T.
Liberty, January 12th, 1858.
The Kansas Question Settled.
Under this caption, the New York Times,
one . of the most respectable Fremont "
publican" organs, sa,s: -
" The. Kansas question is substantially set
tled, The points that remain to be adjusted'
may have importance and interest upon the
ground of principle, but so far as practical
results are coricerped they are of very little
consequence. Congress - may adopt or reject
the Lecompton Constitutiou—may admit or
exclude Kansas, under the instrument; it can
in neither case seriously or permanently Af
fect the State, or the character of its political
institutions. The people of Kansas are now
in the possession of their rightful sovereignty,
they can mould theirTristitutienkto suit them
selves, and neither Congress nor hhe Federal
Executive can much longer postpone a result
which dispassionate-men have for a long time
seen to he inevitable
In October last, the 'F'ree State men elected
a majority of the Territorial Legislature,
which will have full legislative authority if
Kansas is not admitted into the Union under
the Lecompton Constitution. .On the-- 4th
of January the same party elected the State
Legi.l is tote, for which prorislon is made in-
Lecompton instr-urtient, and which will have
supreme control if Kansas should be admit
ted and become a sovereign State. Jo either
event therefore, the Free &ate party has po
litical possession of, the Territory. It has a
two-third majority in each branch of both I
Legislatures, and is thus entirely independent - 1
even of the ()Overlie% In either event, there
fure--upon the admission or rejection of the
Lecompton Consti iition—it has only to order
a new Convention, and' frame a . new Consti
tution, which shall embody the sentiments
and represent the interests of the people of '
Kansas.
"It may possibly besaid that if the &comp
ton Constitution should be adopted, it could
not be . bbanged or suspended until•after 1864.
We apprehend, however, that this objection
would bare no weight whatever, either with
the people of 'tenses or_ with the country at
large. In the first pbice there is in the Con.
stitutlon rio express prohibition of its amend
ment previous to ISO 4, but only a direction
hoe it shall be done after' that date while
the Dill of nights expresaly recognizes the
right of the people to alter, amend, or iuspet
sede their Constitution at any time and in
any manner they may see fit. Besides, with
out any such provision, the right of the peo
ple to do this is fundamental and Inalienable.
It has been exercised in many State!, and in
regard to Kansas' has been distinctly recog
nized by all the leadine organs of public opin
ion in all sections of the country , without dis
tinction of party. and more than all this, if
the people of Kansas were to exercise this
right, there is no power that can interfere to
present IL
* * * * is •
Under.existing circumstances, the . liansas
debate in Congress must lose much, of its ih
teresc and importance. We are afraid Sena
tor Brown of ftfissisppi, will not find affitirs
propitious to the completion of his speech
nor can we see upon what grounds any very_
strenuous efforts can be made either for or
against the admission of Kansas tinder tire
Lecompton_gonstitution. The - leading gore
is the drama has disappeared. If the play
goes on the ghost may enter, bat the'part of
Hamlet must be,omitted.
Worthy of Border Ruffialti
An election, or semblance of an election
was held in Mound City,'in Linn county, the
other day. Ninety two votes were cast in the
forenoon for Judge Smith, as Governor, under
the Lecompton conatitution, and a similar
vote for the 'balance of the ticket. James
Montgomery, a Senator under the Topeka
Constitution, in violation of the late act
,ot
the Legislature , Making it a criminal offence
to interfere in any manner so as to cause an''
"irregularity," or prevents fair expiession of
the popular will through the ballot-box;_ did
with force and violence, after the manner of
the Border Ruffians at Leavenworth two years
ago, break up and utterly destroy the ballot
box, though he was professing to be a Free
State man, while none but Free, State votes
had been deposited in said ballot-box.
We have all the particulate in regard to
that damnable transaction, and it is enough
to excite, the injured parties to - violesce. 7 —
Montgomery was not willing the people sbo'd
vote, and after some of them had done so, be
made some weak-kneed Free State men be
lieve it, was improper to do 80 ; and then he
demanded, and claimed the right, to take
tickets, out of the ballot box. Like a • true
Border Ruffian, because this privilege was
denied his .friend„ o he broke the 'ballot box
into pieces. A' fit act for a person who wish
es to enslave a free people, but an , outrage
not to be toleratedin aprofes:ed freestateman.
We are happy to learn that Montgomery
will be prosecuted and punished under the
law passed by our own Free - State Legisla
ture, which was designed to preserve the pu
rity of the ballot hox ;. but we are extremely
mortified that almost the first prosecution
under the law will be a Free State man, a
member of the Topeka Legislature. The peo
ple of Linn county should every where express
their disapprobation of that svot, and bold the
author - of it up, to the public as worthy of
general esecration.—Kansas Herald of Free
dom:
Court Proceeding*
ouzzimisAion of David Wilnips, President
I Judge of the Several Courts of the Thirteenth
judi c ial District,-of John Young, Tligh
Sheriff of the County of Susrpehanna, 7 — o f
O. B. R. Wade, Prothonotary,— a nd , of Chas.
Neale," Register and Recorder, presented
,end read.
Commonwealth Vs. Wigmore—
Indictment for keeping tippling house. Plead
guilty, fined $25.
Commonwealth vs. John Ho]legan.—ln._
dictment for keeping tippling house. Plead
guilty, fined $l5.
commonwealth vs. Edward .Kernan.—rn
dictment for keepl'ng . tippling liopse. Not
guilty, derendent pay the costs.
In the matter of an independent school
district in Apolacoii, the Court centinue the
order till next Term.
' Commonwealth vs. Sila; Winters.—lndict,
ment for keeping tippling house. Piead
guilty, fined $25. -
Commonwealth vs. Jas. H. • Smith and
Walter C. Many.—lndictment, ConspireCy to
defraud. Acc.—Verdict, not guilty, and that
the, prosecutor, T. W. Kent, pay the costs.
Court sentence prosecutor to pay the Costs of
the prosecution or give security that they be
paid within ten. days, and .stand committed
until the sentence be complied with.. .
Upon the unanimous - recommendation of
the BAT of Susquehanna county, Ic ! rathan F.
Handy . Attorney' and Cousellorvat Law in
the County of Broome, N. Y., was sworn. and
admitted as an Attorney and s Counsellor for
the several courts of Susquehanna county, .
Commonwealth vs. Henry Card.—lndicted
for Larceny. The Jury, being unable to'
agree, are discharged by the Court; and D.
C. Roberts is recognized with the defendant
in the sum of $5OO each, conditioned for the
appearance of the defendant at the'next Court
of Quarter Sessions, to answer &c., and not to
depart the Court without leave &e. .
Commonwealth vs. Elias Mack.,---Indict
!tient, Larceny. Defendant s pleads guilty,
whereupon the Court sentence him -that be
return the property stolen. or the value there
of, and pay a like sum for Alto use of the
County, and undergo an imprisonment in the
County Jail for the term of thirty days, ;Ind
stand committed- until this sentence be com
plied with. -
Commonwealth . , vs. Walker Gee. Archer.-
Indictment; Murder. Verdict, guilty ofMur
der in the second degree. Sentenced to pay
a fine of $5 to the Commonvrealth and the
costs of prosecution, and und,erge an imprison.
ment in the Eastern Petitentiaw„ in the City
of P hiladelphia, for the periork:oNive years
and three months, and stand cornmitted until
the sentence be complied with. 'TL Court
ordered that the said Walker Gedrge Archer
be conveyed by the Sheriff to the placers-sinn
ed for hi: , prini.hment wit - tin twentj , day\,
and that the Sherll be allowed one as4stant.
Commonwealth vs. J. C, Miller.-
1.......3
ildiet?,
meet, Perjury. • Verdict, ri.,egriilty,.and that'
the prosecutor, Hamlet Hill, priy the costs:
- Lathrop School District vs. Lenox Seirorzll
District. Appeal. Verdict for plain if, fur
$25. _
azahetit 3f. Puller rs. Andrew F
Divorce. Court dee.ree. a divorce to I
from the bends of matrifnohy.
Polly Smith vs. Manson - Coy and,
Wilbur.--Rjecttnent. eoiet for ph
John Shaer vs. F. P. llulli.ter, Ste
Reynolds, et al, Trespass. Under ti
Lion of the Court, Jury find for cteferizi
Grow Brothers vs. James T. Case a
eus Case:-=- Appeal. Verdict for
For $47,60.
Royal TyLer Vq. George Font r.
riant, Jury discharged, and case
the next feral
Lavina her next friend.
Owens vs. Thomas Wilson.—Lil,cl for
Coat decree a divorce a vincato ma
In.the matter of Sarah Ann Sher . % ood, an
unmanageable chill.—Upon he:lring he cum
plaint, in the presence of said infant e, mplain
ed or, and after a careful investigati n of the
-the matter set forth therein, in the oq.sence of
said infant, the Court order and'adjitqv the
said Sarah Ann Sherwood to be :i — proper
subject for the House of Refuge fur the East
ern District a Pennsylvania, and -tirder the
Sheriff of Susquehanna county to cohvey her
to the said louse of Refuge within twenty
days. ,
Er- We ate Credibly inftumedi dint Mr.
M. IX Ilea, of Cherry township; thi4 county,
is mining a very fine quality of 4ithracite
coal, whit4i is now in general use throughout
that region of -country. This coal twhich he
is furnishing--we believe—at r.,001 per ton,
is of a superior quality, and is pronohnced by
the smiths, who are now - using it,- to be equally'
as good, if not superior to the 13ratlfdrcl Coun
trpal. It is -also highly recommended for
stoves, by those who are now using
The mine is located about four Miles from
Dushore, If we have been .rightly informed.
nearly one imoderetons have ,alretidy been
taken out, and the prospects are that the
mine is ineshaustableY The vein which they
are now working is thirty-six inchesliti diam
eter and enlar gi ng rapidly as the ridners ad=
,
ranee. •
There is no•doubt that the resourees, of this
mine are adeqtratojo the demand, I and that
the coal is in every respect as go+.l as any
produced in this State.
The openi -of this line will b. a
Ten _
benefit to e ccal consumers of this county.
It,cao be ftrnished much easier and with
great deal less expense, than froth tiny other
source.—Sullivan Co. (Pa.) Denzoc4ll.
1:10.N. D. S. DICKINSON.—= We are ipleased to
learn, says the N. Y. News, - teat a/is veteran'
and popular leader of the New Yot
Demon•
racy has almost entirely recovrefe, Born the
effects of his recent accident. Helis already
enabled to return to the practice f his pro
fession, and The Ithaca Defaoer:4 thus no
tice his appearance ip Court at Oat cjllaga
-
last week :
We were no less surprised thaU Owed,
when, on visiting our Court House during, the
last few days, we noticedthe venefat4,.hcad
of the Hon. Daniel 5 . .. Dickinsoit mining
among his cotnpeers of the Bar: We hark
feared from the accident, reported to have
happened to him,. and which we •noticed last
week, that he would be incapaeititted, for a
titnovit least, from attending to his proles
si.mal duties. But be- has, as we' write, just
closed the summing up of an intlio;rtant case.
which he concluded with no • abiatement of
his usual fr id his best " 'stler l.- 1 vigor,
The Gocet
Tuz lr.from
Geo. Seward, Tele
graph Company, dared at London, Jan. 15,
says "Our arrangements here, tyr the corn=
pletion of the work we have in brim' are pro
gressing satisfactorily, and I trust l aud believe
that our next attempt will, be ellwrieJ with
success. The machinery is being overhauled,
under the diPreetions of English an I American
t l i
engineers, and experiments will e carefolly
tried before sailing next 'time, wit a view to
meet every known or anticipated itlieulty.
The English Government has gain gran
ted us the use oiships; and the anufacture,
of new cable to supply the place o thatwhielt
was lost is going on sistisfactorq. it is In:
tended at present to take out 2,800 miles or
cable, Wing 300 miles more than irni tbOU;bt
tilirWiertt last tilIV:.
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