INAIIGITE,AL ADDRESS_; . :Delivered - before the Pinnv/vao State -Teachers' 4ssotiation, at Scranton, Aug. 11th, 1858: • - _ BY J. F. 2 ATODt)AItD, A. M. 17 Frlisne Teacheribfilii Penintyl;aiiiia Stale Vaciters'...4kei s iion; and Fricatia,of,t..4:o ~ 1 ~.recurence• 4 .4 our . _unniversary gathering, wilite - it "in 3 ir.k- , the period,of a hap p,y. re imionAlthefriends _of, education, ..stig: gegt&-grave . “I'il e ictions on life- ilight of the e. Stda4ily.Al,l • i:ea-elesi.ly itte Mary Reaper, itioyes::om ...eey. towards the un ndesb rTth I (a t tire, I egii feps alike of the lethatiivihat -Woods like night over ,tint4ink ine. dre.:td' riecesiity that bids thenkayeake to life-and activity;-alike dearto:itie pieadin gs . of the yearning:soul, 'whose keen pri4 t hettclaACes, proclaim a sin - gle •I.lfe teo short to' .: terMit the gathering of hid( thitirdilf that 'strews the walks of '.life; and' tO the shucking theititl; whb; hii sands neer'lei:, 'the• lease of one short year, that the_ neglected - work of life ay not be l M eft -entirely undone. ;.• an, and in its cruise trcars' dl hainaaity.tin to 'their, destined end. Thus warned-of thesteru limitetione, that attach:la ,it. 'tieing. it- behooves us to r inquire whether '-the - 'enterprises and ti r w - 4a6infod 'we t i ve now Met .tol cele . bialejtive teth"peadd with the fieetinglyeaM . - in their,,advance towards accoMpliithment. Wheu:,'"tit Ord summer of the year ,1853, this 'aistictatior. met to deliberate upon the .canilitido and the necessities of the coinnion S4'. , ,hocils, and the Common School DePartment of tfie State, the aveet of affairs, in view -of the, great err is to be accomplished, afforded - bpi little encouragerdent. , The prejudices - of an. ensvise - ly *educated people, and the natural tumconcepttons of the unlettered masses,•in - - veSted' the subject, with ordinary, if not more than ordinary, difficulties. • . , The provisions already made for the edu catioivof the young, seemed to many worthy _. citizens; (rife safficient-. - for their necessities, Autt,tlits innovations that the friends 'of uni , .versal. education proposed, Appeared to them a.'sheer iniasion Of the peace of a contented people. True, there were, schools and school distnats, but in a want of proper arrangement and the utter absence of every provision for imptovement, the ',hole interest_of• the De pertinent of public instruction _witi far too cramped to AdmitAis stoitby success; for, as a system of public instruction, it was sivithbut proper organization and , consequently' desti . tuterirefficieney: • Tidn- particularize a little injustifieMian of the view: we have taken . of the. past 'condition . ofthirigs; we beg you to' but remember. that the• Teacher, isolated 'and, cheerless, shut up -ivitbin .the. baundariei 6f - ' his own district, . could only -plod nn *his: weary way. fra- . wine! -goad united hit, -to his professional kindred in other districts of the State,—no genial interchange of Views on the application of their delicate art,-- - no inspiring-• proofs of permanent advancement, were found in - re vieWini each ritlirs.' experience in the room,--no electriCll; caused by Mental . coetact,:was inide.to Clear the track, 'or light the wayiir a .fellow-teacher in the - patlis.of ed'u'cation i! leadership; but solitary and alone absolved from the conscious responsibilities of efb - Mal Pos-ition, and sheltered from . the chas tening critici3in or associate educators; eacfr wars . .as unhappily iiidependent of -healthful external:influences, as were the ancient Ile: bie - irs - - during; the nmiod in which there: were no3m.ges in I•tael - when ""every man did that is.litch.was tight in his own eyes." . - This`Was by jib means an unaccountable condition of things. 'rite communities nianded nothing better; and the state we have referred 14 was natural and inevitable. No, • wirer' die" community atla ,rie symPa,thi7 l 9 _with 'Of ger.etat . with re'e,:e:lco to.,fhe e•.lncation,of..their iiren atr o the have fully :114.hargeren..:``!"..Ts" . OitizeaFy and p re fitic they,have committed the minds andl.heaits:;l" their offspripk, to those who can -keep_ Amin. frmn mischievous idleness - during ii4 e ir,ip t ki n g• hOurs,,and.who:if they can do _ h time and talent,. and. perform their AvOili for small wages when Paid t,;11 the:district tax for.the . sUppal tof scb s,— when stet, the stamp - and inactiyity of tlte people, there Is . •no, hope:of the elet'ntiou . of our *chouls above.the common lever of igneratice; If, this picture of the character • Mon schools duringthe _years that preceded the , ,Crganizatiori Of this association, appears ton disparaging, we can only say that the• rare ability and .faithful labors of a few ofour teachers,..alone,constituted the exception; for tithing in' the organization of ilin . deparintent ultl, : are-the :schools. from unpleasant contrasioyrai the establishment whist} rt was. bbtit frerand, duly cf. the . - State 16 afford to its children . • TENCILER'S .131-ITVIEX -7 A noble deliverance Trout. this ill-esteetn i ri - ..eondition, s 3s-the work' Which we claiin_ as Been'-wrought thrOugli the agenev of this As sticiation. True it is , that a short time he . foie the . tOnvetition of Angust,lBs3, some of ihfiliare _gifted •in the inuksof our Teachers hearan_ to feel tbe neces-ity A thir improvement, . i satii the waVe of some of 'the more iftcient educators to other State 4, the ixcasional holding of Teachers' Institutes it: ti4ted; atoure,tleir and worthy designs. Without .pt open. o.ganiz-ition,_however, theii etrortsklould be Agit partially eucceesful. The • effluent org:utizttion of dd.: agency with ' a Ptoier head and h ends and pur= posat is among the nobleit fruits of the . "Sfate - Tesidiers' Associiatioa.7 Through thein the. _work of education is invitingly presi4,4 upon tfirconsideration - of all classes, trothtt.acbers and.philttutitropists„parentsand pupili:r 'and:the wisdom gained by thought and- elpertenceo4, in the ,withering together_ ofthe leaeliera itr the 'various counties of the state; freely contributed, by Iltose who have _if, to bestoW, fur the 'benefit and enconiage-, nfent of ( pursuitc, e.pecially in those Ecpar:tmeirts of life labor which involve more of perpliiit.t itnci toil than -pecuniary profit, - always ~..itisirtres feelings of mutual I.#ldriess interest, anal'when , 114 -CU! rent or ibo'i 6roiti to- mind, and' yrrt -frOin..l4-rt to heart, the txMefits of as --sOciatino begin-to be realized iti-proper'meas - nre.• „The whole wot k unistereal education he ion tb`nssOrne its'rightfar in the etsk diriation. of those concerned in it; and the ir"hitititi - ambition to occupy' respectable rink among _lite educators of the day,'lnd Witt4Oiliini,eli the , greater pecuniary -benefit • accruing from acknowledged merit, bergins to possess _t.lia . ,t.kciaq of every teacher "worthy of ;be name.: -- : - '="lhat - CoMpeteticry eisplayed in the work yerformed - should indicate t-he mos ife:orretannehitiini Scte to the _ el l; 'co4 l oede ; `anirBtlen • wesMay he-assured, will be the-Standard . • t t. 6 inachers services, as soon 'xis the - ..j*jr. • tiiiiiiialarents and statesmen is Inackytoitp• fAieinte' the labor oriel Teae.bero nsft organize itand effictently conducted, ikallttirilitt the speel,icist'method.doißigillg ttrr - itcli•Olii,tfia: 6:kinds of 'citizens :at litrieWttlirefeience stibiecta>t gui ~a fir ditailf *lien' 'the parecO t l -4_, . in' carrying forwar the Work vvith earnestness and commendable success,—and when 'an in terest hitherto unknown to the former class of aociety, - will, evince-itself in ark, eag,erness to serve the:cause, equalling, if its iritenaity, the profound apathi that basl,iso lone characterized the.sitnie , • StilittlSTTENDxnr.if Ailotivlmportant..merisure, - flowrug the iiribience of the Association here represen ted;. V the establishment. of, the. County Su . •AS ... .0tio" of the..ridiantages to be derived front . ..this of fi ce, the careful - se ' lee.tion of 'capable. and ‘proPer persons to fill the position of ; Teacher. The requirements of this office involve the subjecting of the ap- Plicant for the Teachers' position and dipro gia to_ this severe, thorough candid_ aortal ny of an(Alice!' 'Who is responsible to the head of our State 'Deparpinent;- and impartiality of -his Zecisions,.and to the . cominunity Atli:Argo for the ability with which he discharges: . his - duties.. -it wilt readily be perceived that this procedMe roust catise.-a multitude 'ofthew who occupied .the position and enjoyed the ernolunaenteef the Teacher, but who possess neither the_ talents. nor the cultivation requisite for the !prober discharge of the duties assumed,' to abandon the - field I andits . litbira.. The certificate of the Superintendent can in no wise confer the' requisite qualifications for the Position ; and when indifferently, ig norantly, or dishonestly granted to an appli cant, must through the assiation, or corn= mingling 'of teachers, speedils work the double cure of espersing the fraud on the part of the Teacher, and publishing td the . Communit,S , the worthlessness of that Superintendent's en . dowement. 'Those unqualified by nituial or education al have alretidi 'found more con genial spheres.of labor. Snell, in brief; has been the effect of the - County Suprintendent's official interference itt behalf of the interest of education,and the reputation:of our worthy and 'capable Aachen. OM. schools have already been purged of .a great number of worthless incumbenti, — Who have, 'for. much too long at.ime, exerted a deleterious influ ence upon them, and their vacated positions are being filled with fully developed meu and women. , , tdoreover,—neder the careful supervision of the County Superintendent in the faithful discharge of his,, duties,. the !real condition of each particular sehool and district, is known to him,and through . hint made.kpown to the Siete Superintendent, the head of the Ulna- Ilona' Department.id our State.; and thus, We trust, a deeper interest in our schools will be 'awakened in the minds, of governing authorities: In this arrangement we approach very nearly.tn the arm' ofpcilver,whosa moy , "• meats on behalf of universal education and . the means to be provided for 4='ecuring it, we Would_be - happy to guide a little. r When our Legislators and others i n appreciate the facts Connected•with this subject,—when it is felt - that the obligation taken by them to seek the best interest of our fellowlcitizens, cannot be ,discharged without taking...into view the wants of the children of the State, then, .indeed, we will have made that advancemeet that benefits us, as a Christian community. We hold it to be a part of every teacher's duty to labor foe this end, and so to dispel the mists that befog the minds of our greater officials and digni taxies, that they will recognize In the ad vancement of the interests of universal ,edu cation in our State, ohe of the first duties of the statesman and patriot. ' SEPARATION' OF TAE SCEIOOL FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT. A third of red contemplated in .the organi zation of.this Association, and one whieh we are happy to know has been razed, was -the entire separation of the departMent of Pub , lic: Insttnetion from . the department of State: - Universal education, abstraitli considered,, hhs always been a imputar itte, in ibis coun try ; but in . its clair*S . upon 'the' exeCutive interposition and 'Legislative aid; it has'sliar ed, in this State, the satite_ey:perienci that . it his met in other States, and been . compelled I to accept too small a portion if geverainent- . ' al-patronage.. When compared, in respect to importance, to the general welfare' of the State with other publin interests, some of whin% have drawn largely upon the public: treasury, and' enjoyed the earnest efforts . cf oar statesmen in their behalf, the cause of eduitationirnay be said to have been sadly overlooked, and our _present claims arelilust so much strengthened by that fact.: It sloes_ not appear to have- fully entered into the 'an - Hs of our publicmen, that education, to be-of 'practical advantage to the nation, or a- State; toast:be Literature and. learnipg have had their Patrons in all ages ; but.during all their his tory,-down to Within two centuries,—distinct and separate front the aristocratic - circles of the governing class; and also, from the de pendent"masses. It is not difficult to Oercetve that while eduiation sustained such relations to -the World, it was poweyless - to 'produce any grind effect upon the character of Na— tions. ,It is only when it'becomes national ized,4-when it holds its • proper rank among the public concerns of State; that its power to 'elevate a. people is felt.- Fortunately for the Common.Sdrools of Pennsylvania,-those who have-stood at the had of the depart meat for a few years past, have beetr:friends to the cause of popular education, and-so far as consistent with other public duties of an engrossing character, it has enjoyed their best services. It is due to the honorable gentle men, with whose administration it has been my good fortune to' be somewhat familiar,— the 'Hon. C. A. Black, Secretary of State, and his akile deputy, I,: Dieffenbieh, as well as rNiorthy simeesiors, the Hon. A. G. Cur tin, and 11. C. Hickok—the last named of 'whom is now our able State Superintendent, —to say • that they have been ably evinced theirippreciation of the importance of thii department'of public welfare. But we have held, and do still bold, that the education'Of the childrenof the State--:-has not occupied that place in the Organization of out State gorernment . to which its importance entitles it, and thatjts' interests' can never be duly fostered, until made entirely independent of every Other-publie interest; and it has for its management, the anineumbered talents and energies of snob our ahlest statesmen and educators Re s in the judgetnent of the appoint- . r ing power, will beseserre the cause. Who,• we would inquire; are = - those for whom we urge - theseclaima. They are, we reply, the foture officera' and eititens, of a ' Commonwealth, -- second in pi/intuition' and influence : ther•Conkdenitioilthit makes the mighty -nation.. - If =true- citisenshiV is a character - to • be -, leer's:tired, what question of interest is so Important toi - ear State,"today, :as :that et the liduesition.lcof oar Saicressont Thcise who,lraire duly considered the 'matter will promptly.concede the claim,,that there is no -othersubject possessing one hell -the public -importance to - the- .State - Ahat this o E L sczwits. no list and moo isottiaot. of t 6, Aeso -041101-9 61/4 °- W ine the,Loliohmtit.aP* ofitiore - :2rointor &kook by t.l4e ageac . y.tof .y.bieh leoaletit4.opr aelooly.nwift ,pnr su~ ii of It#di az4r icistrilot*V.Ssit rtraitc,*.• tistoli crotiiii; 413•Lcs, in other ; ords, wheielbey , might etpoy the teaching and Fitactibakillustratioo of the art of teaching, aticordihg to the methods adopt ed in. the best'appaiMed reboots of Europe and :America,_together with practice in properly organized and . well conducteirModel Sehook. We 'do ;not' heritatel to sai every system of Instruction is . lincotnplete that does not em brace an,lntuitutionidesigned for and adapted to teaching the 'ar' orteaching.; and what ever may be the provisions of private institn. flans for supplying the deficiency, the public. schools of our State will fait td receive - the advantages from this, source tha% their inter est demands, and the whole department lan guish and suffer depression as a consequence. It is positively unworthy eta-populous state like our own, thel second id rank in the Union in .point - 'oil pepulation and. political influence to attempt to conduct the stupend ous svciii• of educatingLber thousands of sons and daughters without the aid of the best agencies that the hest of her educators can devise. - Institutions of the- character of those we propose are by no Means numerous.. Indeed the cost of buildings, apparatus, and other re quisites., is so groat that none are likely to,be had without the l i beral aid of the.govern meat. The law re ently passed by our Legis • !attire, with reference to this matter, permits the establishment in our State of twelve In stitutions to be deyoted to the purpose we name ; but in the absence of a direct appro priation for the ertiction_ of necessary build• logs and Alm support of a profierfaculty to conduct their optiratiens,- we fear that. the benefits contemplated will long be delayed, and that the statute, therefore will prove to be inadequate to our case. We think more over, that fewer than twelve would answer our _present necessities, and tat less than half that number. well appointed Nertnal.Sellools would be quite slifficieat, to accommodate all that would be ih a sitturtion,to avail them selves of their advantages.—lt is in no invidi ous spirit that wtire , rnark that something more than a Yaw, is necessary to constitute a Normal School, I -It is to be rega ded as a symptom favor able to the cause o education, that, l in many of our Academies and Select Schools 'there are todie found departments for-Normal In struction. They rifford a slight approxima• tion to the Agencyfor which we plead, and furnish the stronge st argument possible for the absolute necess ity of the course of profes sional study we suggest, for those who design to teach. But none of these proceed upon. the plan which a I gical view of the subject suggests.. A Non tat School is an institution iu which. the Teac ler student is made to re view the elementary branches of study and to prosecute the more advanced brandies, in precisely that order and according to that method which - is t. be employed in teaching . _ in the common school, and which is deemed to be in harmony ,vitli the natural expansion and development of the intellect ; and in the 'prosecution of thin course to be enabled, also ; to see and appreciate the true antiperfect 4 te lation which each advance Step in the course bears, in That whicprecedes it. So that not only the order or studies and method of presenting them may, be learned, but also,the principles: upon which that order is tstablish ed, and the propricly of- the - method which is proposed:for their adoption'. As we ha've frequently taken the liberty to say, so now we affirm, that Teaching is not only. a grave and responsible work, but ale which - esti be performed properly, only in obedience to the established laws of mind, and heart. The theory of teaching will never be the same in the minds of different individuals. I No specific rule can be gii;on for all the op erations of the; ichool-room in detail ; but claiming for this Fork that it is a profound science, we say that the principles which un derlie all the varying 'operations of the teach 'er's, work are immutably the same. The mind i in ie process of development realizes at least' three distinct mental conditious,—namely : the perceptive, the conceptive, and the reason.' ins, and Any tnetlod which fails to keep the operations of the scLool within the limits pro posed.; by these (natural progressive condi tions, involves a Ipositive absurdity; for the ratter condition, thoth generally removed' from the former by the interval-of years be tween infancy and early youth, onlyais never theless,subject to all the circumstances at tending the moral and intellectualpeculiari ties of ancestry, as well as those of birth or conditionro life 4.tul rank in society, by the effects of which that remove is 'extremely lim ited in one ewe, and largely extended in another. The prUper character of teaching, under one of these conditionseii as ill adapted to the necessities of the pupil , under another, as strong meat is tp the condition of infancy, or diluted milk to `the formation of bone and muscle for the a:in of the laboring man. The equipment -of. the Normal School is, a matter of no little importance-and is worthy Of, careful consideration , . - Our,Only motive for speaking particularly on this pant, is the hope that through-the agency of the sentiments that will emanate from this Association, the community at large will be influenced to speak and act efficiently in the right direc tion in behalf of this item of our claim upon them. First' of iall, there will be required a well trained - andithoronghry competent Fac ulty, to bd chosen from those scholars best acquainted with the principles of mental and moral science, and practically familiar with the condition, wants and process of the mind in the varrousjetages of its development. Next will be needed the proper scientific ap paratus indispenlablk necessary' to present to the senses, in a more impressive , manner than can be accomplirihed by means of lecturing, the important truths of science. The importance of - this object, alone, is sufficient, we apprehend,,to enlist the best- en deavors of aIL the friends of-education to la bor for its ion ;- and -we think it safe to•predicate7ort 3 4 advancement we have al ready made, that we will, ere long, so gain the ear and the convictions of the communi ty in our favor, that the needed appropriation t will be made; a' d. an Institution, worthy of the -name of a normal School, and of the State Under who auspices its walls are rear ed, will grace the roblic School 'department of the State of 'Pennsylvania.. But let it nev er for ', a moment. be forgotten ; that until this hope, is realized, we must sue our work under the most seriousAlisad pursue our. and let the fact of onr upon destitution . becon tinually urged upon the attention of our Leg islators, as well , :as these, whose suffrage they crave and enjoy.t—bearing in mind this en couraging reflection, that with no more than one or two Institutions; such as we desire ) , the characters of the rulers of the next genet.' ation will bestir& as to require but little ,urgiug, we thiA, to secure all that may be desiied forthe'CaiMmon School department. r itkt 711 A MING, 11118 di . ..osing thisldiscussion, we them it proper ,to ref"r to that barich of Common School, as well as :Normal sebool Instruetion, to which all otber branches "are..stiborlinate - namely, the cultivation of the HEART, OT ,t 11; inculca tion of wand. Iprituipks—tuuxunprmizing mora4. . . We., l 4trieve.it.4oe.a.grealt.LlSfeat of. all - 80 mutton, w.hether :at. home s , cu., at. thi seboola,-that sbellapi4 attp,cet of all .the ; :iin- Phlllftellti-otii. - iire:-49 7 :1 1 41e Cctusidefed. RegardiagjhaA , clusrit,.;.(opkermittiir tlie Grent.4 pctstie; ol'wlitiki,t4tilsai4,o4..alt..tbe 7 : r:.f. tt..%; rr....-.. I s' t r;-.1( -. 1.1. matt !t4 :;fe, vain ,subst i jituesj as a synotnyn for that su premeN I _ for, and obedience to the truth, which ' tto . form.the chief staple of a maps char trove un - hesitatipgly place the;, ciatielopmen f - the4noral,rinality of the nit; tore 44115, as:th's-arat Object gi elocution: WO helurrtirOflattatever'Charatiler; or rath er pertki ning-.1 to: vrhittevei : subject, comes ;to be regarded. its **naked idea, atia the pOil, even in the trcertakernont of siiesitie truth, is made to feel that he Is 'brought in contact with - sacred elemental—alien, whatever ofpro gross la . may.make Ati,t,he ,acquisigoe t of, knowledge, each alditioit to his folifl of iti telligence - will also-prove -a-step upward in tho - scale of moral existence. It is a self- 'evident truth, that the'development :of :the 1 powers of the mind, cannot be fully, or par tially secured without direct reference to those morel aspects of thought,Which• must in fluence its action to a.greater or leas degree, although- the influence referred to, marnot be fully , recognized.. We think it needful that this feature of the teacber'e duty should be more- generally recognized and insisted on, as a positive requisite in the process of teach ing. The general fact of man's moral ac countability is admitted, and_the duty of self government is the inference drawn from it. : The view we take of the subject is a much higher, deeper, and broader one. 'Facts 'lie but half appreoiated,_knowledge is but half conceived,—and truth itself, is but partial and incomplete, unless they resolve to, and enforce upon the consciousness of the learner; the relation they sustain • to the moral con dition and prospects of mankind. , is the cultivation of the intellect, merely, the teacher and parent may be Said to perform the duties of that office; but in the development of the moral character, every - member of the coni munity performs a part of the work, or con tributes a certain quota to the sum of influences that make the'ruoral character or our citizens. The miuisters of the Gospel are in a greater de gree responsible fur thu moral character, and consequently the usefulness of the rising gener ation around us, than any others excepting'pa. rents and teachers. It is truly due to this class of our citi z ens, to admit that they do not lack in a sincere solicitude for the proper training of youth, especially in morals; but . we ,hold that the clergy have never yet. gppreciated the value of the common schools is the soirrce of charater to the young, else they had: enjoyeddmore of their sympathy and aid. The common schools of our country would long since have occupied a higher place in the estimation . of parents and communities at large„had -their relation to'tho moral charcctei ofew world been appreciated, and the persuasive roice. of the preacher been more frequently heard in advocating a more lib. eral provision, throughr;them, for the education of the young. Th religion of - the Bible appeals to convicted judgments. Its claims aro not unappreciable by the unlearned, not. are its conquests confined to the ranks of the' gifted; but the devout aspira tions of a pious heart are never checked by the clearer perceptions of a cultivated mind; 'nor are the purposes of life tendered less noble and Ipalthful to society,—the reciprocal duties of fellow mortals less faithfully discharged by those whose minds are raised above the mists of pre judice, envy, superstition, and ignorance. On the contrary, it may stately be sald,that-precepts, , when addressed to an intelligent mind, are more sure to command prompt assent-, and the moral claims of a common brotherhood are most likely to be allowed by thoao who. can most clearly discern their common relations Ito the Father of all. Could we but Imbue the" acquisition oftime knowledge with the Sentiment, no less true than mathematical- rf.ClOMS, ‘ that in prciportion - as truth gains ascendancy over error, and the mind yields to its conclusions, in so much only, do we mike adVaneernent. Insincerity would lose its hold upon mankind, and the fraud and unkindnesses that mar the peace and beset the enterprises of life would be anored, and mankind would strive after universal exaltation. In the homage paid to troth, God would' re.' ceive the adoration dee his character and attri bute., and mankind exchange the kindly iniufs try of good will to men; and thnA, the law of love would be fulfilled. . - The ,increasing pubiic sentiment in favor of universal education, the increased and enlarged facilities enjoyed for securing the cultivation of the mind and heart, shodd be regarded as among the agencies ordained of God for the fulfillment of his. benificent designs toward the family of man; and the Common School should long since have been accepted by the Sencptifiod'Sen•ants of of the Redeemer, as a help le the great work to be performed for God by his children on earth. Thus, Ladies and Gettletriett, aro we to fulfill the duties that ffe before us. To the consuination .of the designs claimed for this AssoCiation, let us all faithfully. deflate our eff'erts and our influence. Let the Object already accompi!shed by the Association,sen *enrago us to be true to oar mission. Let the Clergy of our land unite with mit, as far as prac tiesble, in our endeavors to improve the cendi tion.of our common schools, in which the great mass of the people are educated ; and in harmo ny with every helping hand, looking to the best interests of mankind on earth, and the still high er destiny of the Spirits if mankindin the world to come, let us manfully, ceaselessly strive. Telegraph Rejoicings In New York. • m ot The extensive prep,arations are going on for the grand celebration of Beptember Ist. The city , authorities, after receiving Cyrus %V. Field, EN., and the officers of-the Niagara and Gorgon, 'at ft!s. Battery, on Wednesday, .the first of September, and saluting them with a salvo of one hundred guns, will escort - them to the Crystal:Palace in a procession composed of the military and civil bodies of the city. . At the Palace ap propriate addresses will be delivered in their honor and testirc.onials presented to them, and the-scene will be enlive ned . by the. vocal performances of the va.tious musical socie ties. At -the _conclusion of the ceremonies, the authorities and guests- will be escorted from the Crystall Palace to the City. Hall; by the members of the Fire Department in torch light procession. Decorative arclies are to be placed over the gateways of the City Hall Park, baring a height of, forty feet, and- a span of ninety feet: Appropriate transparencies are also be placed over , the gates of the Park, \ throng)) whiCh the procession will pass, and cy , it \ t the City Hall,and idisPlay of fireworks wi be made in front .tbereef, The citizens along Broadway are requested to illuminate their Ictdl 'cgs. - On Thos eh the 2d, Mr: Field and Capt. Hudson and ymah be received by the authorities at the ()over:sot - a tiam, in the City Hall, Wheie they wilt remain from 1 to 3 P. It, to receivethii corigratulations of the citizen% The municipal „elose i in the evening by a dinner k The TYpo-, graphical Seciety, preposeln parade with a printing press in operation,'striking off copies of NiTs._stepheie' ode, rli c ti is, to be sung the Crystal Palace:'`,• otlicr m!tbie city will ' , iliac- I We- in the CelelliAa r oe, as ciao - ortesrifi.r ATptrost gitmetqr _ ...1.:97.1rr50 aitol I T. C 3 3 0 : firbursda.v. • A n • 6 , 855.:, 'I Cl/ N 0 MIP Oks: 'SUPREUE JUDGEi, WILLIAM-A. .1111A40.10111141a . CANAL COMMISSIONED,: • . WESTLEY FROST • „A; •LI fero ittdebted'tO:thifat i:fiini - if McCollniti``dt'GeriitjoD 'for etitirCriiitTen to the Montrose Iketif,4i7:ll are hereby , ..fort>id den settling with: J: .. P.'MeColltito, pr : 4l,ny person in, whose:hands he'ntay place 111(3.'07 counts. Said de t toptityiive tt,ot"yet:ettfstis signed, to him, "coni.tet'iuebee Of'h4, - having refused to. render value for them as agreed, upon before the firtn was; distioliett;, any, leeticins which:he m i v ,m , tke will;be fraudu lent, and his receipts. void, until farther notice be - A J GETIRITSON . Montrose, April ,15t, 1058- • 'The advertißerriatft of • Mr; Higginbotham; watch repairer,'will appear - in our paper neat week. It was banded iti . too , tale this Week,. al" DON T FAIL TO PAY . THE ithIiTEILJEI /Ur C. D. Manley, .y.sq., : of Media, has been nominated for. Congress by the Dernocrsicy of Delaware county. [lon. 'John Llicktnau of Chester county will be his opponent. /Pr We are - unable, for want of .titne.and space s ,-io make any extended comments upoti the doings of 'Monday last. We ;present a report of the convention and evening meet ing, elsewhere. • Kir The opening exercises of the Suvie.. haunt County,Notntal School will take pike at the Presbyterian Church, on Monday, Aug. 30, at . 2 o'clock, P. 31. Prof. Stoddard, Judge Wilmer, and otheri will deliver addresses on the occasion. All who are interested in the school and the.cause of education, are invit ed to be preieni. • VI" We hope the Democrats of the diffe rent-townships in the count . * will take it upon themselves as a desirable privilege as well as duty, to attend the delegate elections, on Sat: urday of next week.' , Don't stay at, home, thinking there will be enough present. With; out you. Let ,every Pecnocrat endeavor to be in 'attendance without fail, and -see that his neighbors are„all present. . . men for. delegates ; those that, are certain to be in attendance, so that. not an electinn-dia! trict shall fail to be. repr es ented. Delegate Election and County • Convention. - Pursuant to netice,the Democratic County Committee of Susquehanna County met at Montrose, on Monday,!August 23d,and fixed the time and place for holding the Demo cratic County Convention at the old Court house in Montrose on the first hefouday iri September,(it being the 6th dayV the month,) at 2 o'clock P. M.; and they recommend the Detnocratio voters of the several election districts to meet at the usual places for hold ing their respective township elections, oii Saturday, Septembrr 4th, between the hours of three and six o'•clock, P. M., and elect two delegates in each township and borough; to represent them in . the County Convention. The following is a list of the Township Committees appoieled by the County Corn ni.ttee for the present year, whose dutrit is to_attend- to holditfg the delegate elections in their respective districts : Anm:AT.—Nathaniel West, B. H. Dix, 0. - L. Carpenter. " • Autunx.,—Humlet tliih G. L. Swisher, Henry ROSA. APOLACON.—David Baffure, David Sheror, Mich. eel Nylon. BRIMEWATER.-0. M. Crane, C. J. Curtia„- D. 11. Coon. Br.ooKtrs.—Ami Ely, C. If. Daily, Chns. Will- • tame , Crarron Burdick, Harrison• Fin n,Adam Wells. Cnocastrr.—lncob Kimball, Edward Barke...E. A. Kinney. J. Dimoca.—C. J. Lathrop, Peter Gavitt, J. Id, Wallace. DtranAre.—;.T. P. Phinney,'C`C: Church, Benj. . Ayres. . . . FRANKLIR.—S. D. Turrell, I.L. Merriman, Titus Smith, jr. FOREST LAKE.—WW. Harvey, James -- Turrell, EliAs Griffis.. FartsosviLt.E.-4ames Mead, M. C. Sutton, N. Y. Leet. GREAT BEND.—Lucien Buck, E. F. Wiknot, R. V. Stephens. GIBSON.—D. C. Roberts, John Smiley, Benj. Dix. ILtamorx.—L. Norton, J. W. Austin,. Wm. Potter. lIARFORD —John Blanding, A. M. Tiffany, B. T Follet. IFERstex.—Henry Lyon, A. Tilden, Washington Barnes. . hicxsos.--Leander Griffis, Reuben Hill, Jesse Dix. • ' JEssup.-=-A. B. hathrop, Zenas Smith, Timothy Depue. LATHROP.—S.W.Tewksbnry,Daniel Wood, Seth Bisbee. LESOM—Hilam White, John Cameron, Amos Carpenter. LIBERTY.—J. B. Chalker, Calvin- Stanford, Richard Bailey. Mamt.wroww.-,-John Bradshaw,Joseph Tierney, J T. 'Buxton. . • MosimosE.—g. M. Gem, C. D. Lathrop,K,P. McCollum. _ NEw Milsoitn.—Norman Tingley,Noimsn'Foot, Daniel McMillan. OAELarrn.-0. Phelps, ,Morgan Shutt% Elijah '?Westfall. . . 14.10E:—Geo: • Harvey, 'Geo.- Snyder; Jambs Logan.ii Strven LAKE.—RObt. Gaige, Timotityßtdlivan, J. R. Murphy. . • • - !•• 15, SrEnmvira.E.—Minot Henry Harris, F. . . - E. Fish: _ . Suscf;t Artnitrong, Dennis McDonald, John Dailitte'-: • ' TiromPsos.j-Chas.Wrighter,Mumford Wrighter, '.Geo. Sampson. , • • 4- • ~•• W3I. K. HATCH,. Chairman. LEET, Secy. August 185"8. , Plovefing Mti*Ch. The plowing match take place at Dimock F.dur Corners, Thursday; Sept. 23d 185% on the ground..f Mason Tingley. Provisions with be modular the mamma: dation. of Competitors' and -"Judges. ' . . , Teartia for start at 2 o cloek. - • - A 'COMSTITTEE of ARRAWaintisw-E Baker, , Lyman Caisidi, Jacob 4,Nirallactivi Hyde, Ordain. atroirts,-(. t " _ itt.t)-imutiriusek ~ ~ The nominating convention of the Tilpeliliqn" or. "People's Party" came off 4) ..gonii4t;lfternoon last. Wilmot was , ,f ir I . *steal foO'resident - :fudge, an row , rii, CnegrOs . ~ WI? tit opposition. . 1 &..... 0 „ f,t , t. t Reit - estntatwe, Messrs. S. B.'C e, 11N. Gl.llkmiaftd , i'Abel Cassidy, J. F. D ni 7iad, `Gr.rgaziei.arere named. Ilei* Etro.,, ceitling to yote;ajcsolUtion was offered, - pro- - ,posing_thatpresentativeshould he nom. inated for a third term. A motion was made 'to table the resolution.; - A sisne:of confusion "fOlioilet - IVA 'it Witi 7- 6617 - cntif after "much serious consultation that it was decided to, ba. in order to put:the proposition ; to table, to a vote - first,'- - ..- - Whicki—wavativiedAry it - vote of 3 . 2 to 22..:, ...',': .1 -re'l .1,.• ,r , : .:-.`_-- The introduction of th 4 twoleTio resoitition, in 1 learni ~w as--iliall laVoitti:; Behan° ' of ofielcic - Ifi. • Chi m e's' riiali,-4.114 - finding that Mr. C. liad been too ,shaw,for him, and :bad succeeded ja packing , : the convention with ~a majoritrof delegates , pledged ,to Ills re-nom. 'nation; looked , upeitiibitas4lie:only method of ' , gettitig"biiise''Ont - of” the way; wbetif4e llOped:, teaecuiW,tlie l , noiniOatffin, lie having / managed ,ix' getting. a .itedgei.;from, sotne of dill, Chase. delegstes that Iw:should be:tiseii second choice. Tbe'tiblini - OPthe resolution, and • the nomination of :Qbese, I wrecked tbe fond,. linpeenfAhis t arcb:Oque:Afpirant, leaving him with a very slim,' Complimentary nte, indeed., ,'• - ' ; -.1- ; : - .2 On, proceedine,-to rote,,the.. first ballot re sulted in the selection of Chase, its follov - isis , Ilea. Simeon-B. Chase,'Gretit Bend, 38 vo'es, Abel Cassidy, Dicucelc, ~ - • - IP ,": : George T. frazier',Oaklandi-. 3_ Orlando G. Ilempstcad,Drooklyo, 3 " Rev..dolin F. Deans, Bridgewater,' 2 " - For CoaniY,'Comtnissiober a 'multitude of Candidains were named, the most prominent of whom wera,L, S. Page of Stutfa Depot M.O. Stewart of afford,, and Albert Trues dell of Liberty. - -The 'seventh!ballot resulted in.the selectiOn of Mr - Page, the natnenflfr. Truesdell having been withdrawb. l :. For _ Auditor, Rev. 4elin, F. Deans was nominated, whereupon after the appointment of a committee do rest:4l)l*s; - am.; the ',con vention adjourned till evening. On assembling in the evening, Judge Jessup. wait called to.the chair, when he took occasion to make n brief. 4teech,, endorsing the , confusion State ticket; giving; Konsaii touch, and -edifying ,the anAVeiici3l'withthe intelligeuce that the eipeuse‘ of the government were greater now than form erly, forgetting; of course;. , to- say tliat- the in crease Was - caused by the ntiturel and desirr able increase of the governed: "- After'the realt'ng . of Grow _Occupied - the , el'ening, with speech on slavery, Kansas,„&c.;.,asserting in the course of it, (doubtless' -for.! Want of -an expression With -Which to - fenfiti;Vp'The peril I:) • Was.infeie - d'into the Very atmosphere!" We doubt ;; whether many, , of his hearers believed thisibutif Mr, believes •it himself,it mast, be pleasant for him to know that at every 'fo inhale the delightful (I )„petfutue, ; natural to the ehony.race,i - xir in, other Woids, ~, ; to "smell wool." . •• • Judge Wilmot-was called„upon and made few .rambling , and 'disconnected, remarks, which; iilthough'pretty'intieli all "nigger," as usual,. weie no t delivereefn Isis ,Ctistonaa-ry style. ..Ile svaW,a.„quecr; l'Ook'ing ; picture, as he stood before the audience. ,In addition to his immensedevelopment about the middle, and his 'bloated • countenance, there was a more than ordinary glow upon his phi; a remarkable look in his eyes and thickness of his .tongue, which.indicated that. his honor had probably been trying a very complex "spiritual" cause diming the fore p:irt . of the evening. • .' - • .•• • Conapairisoql., , ; • • Of all the al,:s . tirraties eontegte4 with the At lantic Telegraph : that have found their way into print, the following• frimr thelteput)lican"of the 10th caps the,elimax : 7 • = P. - "A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT, AFD A[ GREAT Rs ruspeas VinTour.—Two - _remarkable events distinguish the present month. First—the- en-, expected success of VyrusW.Field and his asso ciates, in stretching a Telegraph wire .across - thc Atlantic Ocean. Second—the in Victory achieved by the 'RePublicans in Kansas, over Buchanan, the . Democracy, and alrthe . powirs of the — Slaveholdiog bligarchy, which ' -renders it abitost certain' that:Kansas will cofne in as. :a Free State.. With such men as. Field to lead in scientific enterprises,and theßepublimn party to battle for Freedom and the rights of man, the People will have hop e . We can safely. say, the world moves. The progress of man is onward and upward.- Harm for Field and the RePitlali ean Party !" . . .The 'Republican' might have . stryigtheted its , . illustrations,a t Made them more truthful, by_adding : 'the Atlantic Tetegrapti. is the greatest achievement ever wrought .by science and enterprise ;the Republican party, the most notorious humbul, ever devised by scheming politicians ;---tho former, is,.succesful laid, and the latter laid out ; the first is submerged in the depth of the broad ocean, the last is prkty es• s'eetially run' into the ground;" and the rhapsody; to express exactly the evident ideas of its writer; should have closed with . the .classic quotation; "How we .apples -swim T,Binghanuon Demo . DONATIO!r-FROM 3 SLavanothart.=—We learn that-,EI. Walwertb,'Ess.;-9f-Arkan- SRN now visiting in the eity, - liits'anide " - a _do nation of slooo' to theWestminstei . Chimeh, ft`Siv: F. T. Brown. It' is to aid 'in the cot strue,tion of the new church, building, and is ver.v . geneions arid aciteptabledonittion, pnciaily coining from southern gentleman one of - due northern anti-slavery churches. reminds ni of incident which occurred Geaugar zotinty some 'seven' or 'eight years since: • Mr. Walwortb," then 'at) now, blind, Went` to 'Chardon on a visit to sorne'friendif, accompanied only.by his' bOdy 'servant, a slave. Nirsooffer was it ascertained that the servant'. was 'a - slave, than the Black Republicans - and Republican detei mined upon rescue, Theyfiilled - ripon 'the slave; informed hiin that ..they': would' assist Mtn to iscape,' - ind'orged'hi n i tole° to Cail ada, refilsed.4told' 'friend; that, slave is hi - wait, he 'had more money; better clothes, and iiinvie=' - friedora than they; and that nothing could itzluce him to disert his kind o h l',.,.maater, ..Argnment, failing, the rescuers,thregened _to - ,use force, wheu . the slave,told them firmly,that he would shoot doy!ti..ttkirst man , who laid bantls on him. Tl 4 pts . ,t,ats . entl, • to. .effurt, to stela =2*. tjf 1 0 1 6*— 7 - teCP9t#4 between tbss : treat 7 Ane4whicii.,44 then”,rfe9Wed'eed which he low beiiiisviiipotiti k i - people section 41cLuitespiking, 9s1„; reden4 tnno. , hatt ! in Pinfint irony are'werth'y'of'emiks, t i1. 5 ! )0 :7. - .C.10V 4 P 4 44 112 4 .11 ,5!4fr-r) (14;„ galleys% itlesiag arid - Edition. Last QueenMria sIF eto President Buchanan, togothe ith tbd ve tipplferiate response of sijksthy loecuian Of , the 4 1Vhile if - louse any rtroqked Pie . ntitust r , •tiween the two ; s x, lib til Piesident'sibetimg 'bah in style and •,, • ~,, , ~ • tic ttbnett, I . , , wiss.„ l „Rseuliii . , appropriate, the , etranxijnit-,ao 1 ngnt,.. , ail The tint day this,Otyi arrived tharoliTy a small part of "Her Afajest - ils'_!message,fiad keen received!, It ap. pears that,for the puipose of mlking so e slight , repairs, the apparatus had'susper.ded fora time, and.those on_ this side, supposing Vic'oria had finished, Sent the brief dispatch _ on to ashing. tnt. •Atspompiete4,themessage,soun a a little i t ineiiirlike: what' the :ciriiiiiitid -head. 4, Great Britain should indite for the first , dispatch over tite-Allantk Telegraph, —We tippenithoth.mes. sages infull. , , .= • . „T.! : . 'THE - QUEVO . B i!dESSAGfLi ,, ' To the Presidenty the United States - \ Her ..111ajesty desires' , to l'congrattibite' the President upon the successful completion of this giest international work, •in which th ,Aneen has taken the deepest intereet• •• • _ The Queen is convinced that the, reaident will join_ with her in. fervently.hoping: that this eitctri4csblo'which,now, connects are t Britain With the-United Bfitea, l Will c korialr dditionsl lipk between the nations, - whose fri odehip is founded upon their 'common interest ad recip. • rocal otteorm .• ••••4-• • The'Queen has.niuch pleartare!,in , astern. rounicatingwiti! the Prcaident t ond.retevringlo Jim her wishes fur the proirperity oft e United States. -" THE PRESDENT'S ftEPL . • :To Queenrietdiriaof Great' Britai . :To, President' of the United State cordially reciprocates the . congratulations of He Majesty, the Queen, on the success Of the' .Oeat inter national enterprine,accomplished try•the-science', skill.and iidowitableenergyof the two !countries. It is a.triemph moreglorioas,bccause pore use ful, thma was ever woo hy, the Conqueror on the field of tiattle: MeV s ibe Atlantic: l r elegraph Company, - arider - the blessing of Hemen, piny°. to be a bond of perpetual 'peace and friendship between'the kindred nations, and an hstiumeat destindd by Divine frOvidenee to 'di ruse Reli gion, Civilization, Liberty and Law throughout the World'. - _ , . view, will not ; MI the Christendom, spontnneeielt i duration that: it *hall be. :forever n that its eommunieationel be b in'passhigto the plitees of their des the midst of hostilities? " WASHINGTON CITY', t e . itlgql9t. 16th Col,liiiion, of OcArilibi and, A'pa4enger on beard: the Ambit late' passage froM. •Liietpool; has the New YOSlCTintei with the par the fearful ,collision \ 'which occu rte . . that steamer and the. Europa. Theaccident occurredit . little past P.M . .;4l(%vhich' iiine 'the 'officers-Ari-o ofthe.Arabia (11.iov'e - fe4 a . I; g liri,l *board bow. - The helm was ching toStarboarck . and, the Ship's 'head . when before it ivaA ,, p6—ible io di:, objectApprOaChing, :arid' , 'i t r, ,l e ss minittesfr.tm the tune the order , i to Starboard the lielir.,ihe Arabia Si port bow . :Of the Europa. The sig4 the engine had' already been give , reverse, and the Engineer was. in obeying the secOmc signal when give sion ocutiired. There. was some alarmamong ,Il gees, but tbe cool behavior of the assured th - em, and those who cam qiiiin'the trouble soon went belo'W,i boat was'', lowered from the Europ iriin: the citent= of dainage don 1 Which; by request .of Captain Ti 1 Arabia remained by -him. Up' eonsulostiou, it was decided - that E. should, proceedso St. Johns, N. F., (-,,,31? ascertained that the shack l o the Arabia:: shaft out of line. di: starboard. wheel. ' This' was fi,i.lll neetc.l, and she proteeded to ''. working,unly her port whell. 11. was necessarily slow,and r otherwise by a constant sitccession of 'ft g; 4 l Considerable anxiety- began to her in this city, on aCconnt of her ' 'The damage of the 'A , abia is:tio ous nature. Her cut-wa.er -and ' were knocked away, her undo-5i and one of the .sponsoon beams w The injury of the Earopit was ritt! but She will sail for Liverpool Aul -The _Cunard steamship Persia,' New 'York on - the 18th foi Livery call ats(.‘..rohns for the Earopa's and. snails. The . pasiangers d a Europa he all Well. ' -- _ --.•-•.sts-or------4-- ' Elect' ous—G lorlocis 4, • Idisstatiri, far:the first time in sends ,- nn entire - Democratic .1 * Congress. The members elected.. - 1.-„J. 13. Barrett , : 5:.j. LI. AV 2..1'. L. Anderson. 6 .J. S.- PI • . 3.. John 11. Cbark. , 1...1: W. NI - 4..--'—:-Spraig. • . . . All firm and earnest friends - of tl ist ration. . ' In . Kentucky the Democrats h i the State by. 10,000 to 12,000 m the - KnoW.Nothing candidates: 'Order' seems to• be at an end. 1 to see how the proud. State of the noble-hearted Clay has wheelel Democralicline. North Carolina alga retains, her the Democratic line. Judge tills nor; is3elected by a majority even that giveti- to Gov. •llragg two which was 12,494. Thus the p the true 'National Democracy are ly:sustained at all points. • Who owns the All Optic T -legraph. The projectors of the Atlantic telegraph enterprise arenow the principal ownera. They/ are. Cyrus' W. Field ; Peter Cociper, Moses Taylor, Marshall p.' Roberts, anti dbandier White, ill or New 'York. Eat of/these parties have lclo,op - o invested -i / te euter prise, and; one or two_ of therri-, ven more. With these gentlenien . are aasiMi ted David Dudley ,Field,'S. F. B. Morse; And ethers who have contributed largely, to the, fi al success of the eiperiment, but'are not s extensive holders of the stock. : Thera are o er parties, too, in this country whose means are ; involv ed to a, greater or less extent; but none wore equal to thoseT]whose names are mentioned above. ,A large stare or the stoc • i 4 owned in - England, but _these are to principal • American owners.--Pitle,Post. The Eighth Wotifier of t Map of the Submarine rekr Europe and Amerive. And also Portrait of CYRUS W. FIELD, for BOOK STpRE, by' . Montrose, Angina 25th, 1858: . , . • • - • '7' .Fire: Fire:: Fleet , Itioittrotie 'F ' t ,soggr Ai wear No. ogine their E * - day, Augus_ 30 646 p;nl. S.: It. WILSON, ..Secretary. -Itieliglom IV altice.—•:rha Bartow,.. will:, preach in, §t- j , Paul Chtirdh, lgontroseimi Sund ay , morni ittist.:',s4rCices 6litnutilgo at 'lO. ,1 4ikaat 24141658. • N.:l)oplittl • tiflliiiorillall; . fifilaittril; the in,Sopt.'at half,Rast .I'oniii'olctok; ' . ir * 'P : - 41EVIVT 011 r 01 with haldlta `neit!M,ated-riviati4 , Tnesdai,"thik of Elnnininliblvatll A. MUTER, Stitt i=m6 :'ations of ' the de utral, and I Id tncred ination in uropa. a on her furnished ,iculars of `betwil•en 1 o:clock, the deck the qtar (l"quickly wung uff, • ,ver thu than tu,) 'CDS given .truck ale to stop , also the he act of e conens- le pagsen- Ewers re ,up to in- Gain. A •I o Il e, (luring' ,I FY furtip..r 3'll trel7 I>lll it %RS thro.vii legi r3i;~•~m •,, y t, 1, •r p•ol.m_r I felt f...r , 1 -at r . %al of a se)). g.ure beat rn started , s broker). f.erioca , , guit 25:11. rtssengers bait:il the !. UHL, t I any }:earn, egalion, to I.od ion el pi. itiel. a Atlinia- re carried jority over tv fact, the is glorious . allant and • into the posi tion?ri for Gover rger tban years ago. rinuiples of 'iumphant- l e World. latte4l34Bl-epkaleitwentdhaidne re Coin ill meet at so on Mon. It t -ipa, at 'Foreman. pr. Ilea" B. s Episcopal ng, tho 29th ) o'c.lock. will preach rat Sunday VoNiip3 thiiitf,iiii I, el . o!iiii.m. e d cloik.
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