l)c iMcrsomau.
TKTJBSTJAY, NOVE M85
Bobbery.
On Friday evening last, the granncry
of Mr. Peter Kobeson, of Stroud town
ship, was broken open and robbed of a
bout fifteen bushels of Buckwheat.
CO H- D. Suafcu, Erq. thcnewly elected
.Sheriff of this county, has entered upon the
discharge of the duties of his office, in place
of James N. Dnrling, whose term has expir
ed. Mr. S. isa gentleman of courteous man
ner, and fully competent to discharge the
'duties of the office.
Paper MilL
We learn from the Easton Argus that
a gentleman has been examining the Wag
ner property, upon the Bushkill, near Easton.
with a view to establishing a paper Mill.
The site is a good one, and we have no doubi
thai, if commenced, an establishment of the
kind would pay well.
omcthing for the Ladies. !
The Xorrietown Herald gives the follow
ing recipe for making a Corn Cake, which
took the premium at the Agricultural Fair oi
Montgomery county, and endorses it as the
-Vound corn":
"Take the whites of eight Eggs; one-fourth
pound each of Com Starch, Flour and Buttrr,
half pound of Sugar; one tea-spoon full of
Crcam-of-Tartar; half tea-spoon full of Soda.
FJavor with Almond, or to suit the taste.
Cr Ex-Governor Johnston has authorized
ihe editor of the Pittsburg Gazette to contra
dict the report that he was a member of the
Know Nothing order.
Oregon.
The Washington Union states that Presi
dent Pierce has appointed George L. Curry.
Governor of Oregon Territory, William H.
Furrsn, District Attorney, and B F. Harding,
Territorial Secretary. There is one thing
slyLl these cppointn.ents far which the Pres
ident deserves credit the otneerswere all res
ident of Oregon prior to their appointment,
and are therefore more identified with its in
terests than persons aeiil there from the At
lantic States merely to hold office.
fcv" It is oaid that Gov. Bigler is an appli
cant for the mission to England, to succeed
Jdr. Buchanan, who will rtitum in July net.
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Cnpid Out West.
The young god of love in his old ago
seems to be getting reckless os to the di
rection in which he flings his fatal shaft.
In Somerset, Ohio, a short time since.
Vo girls were so captivated with the war
"whoop and dances of a band of Indians
who were eshibiting in that town that
they eloped with two of them, and pro
ceeded as far as the town of Putman,
when they were overtaken by their angry
mother, a widow lady, who called on the
police to rescue her daughters from their
newly chosen husbands. Finding all her
efforts of no avail, the at length yielded
to the solicitations of a third dusky war
rior, and, joining her fortunes to his for
better or worse, accompanied her daugh
ters on their western tour.
Life without Ifourishment.
Ia ordinary cases human life may be
preserved from six to eight days only
without food or nourishment. Sometimes,
however, remarkable causes occur where
life is retained for a much longer period.
The Medical Essays, a medical journal of
reliable character published in Edin
burgh, mentions the case of a young lady
who was thrown into such violent tetanus
or rigidity of the muscles by a severe
mental shock that she was unable to
swallow any food for a period of fifty-
four days. A still more extraordinary
account is related, but upon what author
ity we know not, of a man who, on re
covering from a fever, had such a ditdike
to food of all kinds that for eighteen
years he never swallowed any thing but
water. The board bills of such a man
would not amount to much. Boston
Journal.
A reporter of a Boston paper, learning
that the Know-Nothing Convention was
to be held in Tremont Temple on Wed
nesday, secrccted himself in the baptis
mal tank to take secret notes of the secret
proceedings. An examining committee
ascertaining this fact let on tfic water, liv
ing the unlucky eaves-dropper a more
complete introduction to aqua pura than
be had enjoyed for years past. At the
same Convention anolbrr curious individ
ual was found snugly ensconced in odc of
the organ pipes.
jQrFifty Pollar Bills on tho Mechan
ics JBank of Philadelphia, which have
been altered from fives issued by the
same bank, are in circulation in Lan
caster. OeoijU Jbas -broken out at Etjia, in
AiiU3youDt3', Pa., and seroral dbaths
rfj?lpTred .
Hemians of SirJohn Franklin's Party.
The Mor.troarpapers contain eome addi
tional detailm relation to the discovery of
the rcmabjf of a portion of Sir John Frank
lin's part'. It appeals that in the spring ol
ISSO.a parly of about fuity whiles were seen
traveling fconthwurd over the ice, and drag
ging their boat?, by a party of Esquimaux In
dians, who were killing seals on the north
-shore of King William's Land. None of the
parly could speak the native langinge intel-
lifiblv. but bv-si:n the natives were mode to
understand that the ships to which the party
bc!ot"ed hid been crushed in the ice, and
they were thin going where they expected to
be able to find deer. From their appearance
the men were ill, and all of them, except one
chief officer, looked thin. It is supposed they
were getting short of provisions, inasmuch
as they purchased seal from the natives.
At a later dute the same season, and pre
vious to tiie disruption of the ice, the bodies
of about thirty white persona were discovered
on the continent, and five more on the island,
near abont a long day's journey, say thirty
five or forty miles, northwest of a large stream,
which can be no other than Rack's Great Fish
River. Some of the bodies were found bu-
ried, some in tents, others under a boat turned
bottom upward?, while several lay scattered
about in different directions. Of those foum!
on the Island, one is supposed to have beer,
an officer, as he had a iclescpe strapped over
his shoulder, and a double barrelled gun un
derneath him.
From the mutilated Gtatc of many of the
corpses and the contents of the kettles found,
it is evident the parly had beendrien to can-
aoalism. inc pany jijijjuuis i iwic uau un
abundant slock of ammunition, and there nsu.-M
have been a number of watcher, telescopes,
compasses, guns, &c, all of which appear to
have been broken up. Dr. Ric saw pieces
of these articles in the possession of the Es
quimaux, together with some siher spoon,
forks, &c. As many as could be obtained
were purchased, and a list of the most impor
tant relics found, with drawings of othere;
would tc forwarded to London. -
Xbt Yet Satisfied.
Mott's last letter denying that he U a
Know Nothing, does uot satisfy the Edi
tor of the Doylettowu Democrat, .ho
pours out his grief in this wise:
There is only one method of condition
left to the friends of Mr. Mott, as far as
wc are concerned, and it is the universal
feeling of the Democracy of this county.
It consif ts in a full and conclusive affida
vit before a judicial officer, of his inno
cence of the chare. If he will no before
a magistrate and solemnly swear or afhrm
that he has had no connection with any
secret political organization by whatever
name called, that he has never taken any
pledge to ote for no Catholic or foreign
er for oScc, then we will take a generous
'pleasure in recalling every word we have
j said. aud uo him to the extent ot our pow-
jer tbe most coapicte &tc. If the
ci,arse U true, he will not of course take
uch an obligation, if it is ialse, no easier
method could be adopted to clear himself
from an imputation which wc regret as
sincerely as his most ardent friends.
Treasury Itfotes Outstanding Ifov. 1, 1854
Amount outstanding of the
severul issues prior to 23d
July, 1S4G, as per records
of this office,
Amount out.-tauding of tho
issue of U2 July, 184G,
as per records of this of
fice, Amount outstanding of the
issue of 2tth January,
1S57, as per records of
this office,
103,361 64
7,750 00
1,050 00
Total,
113,061 G4
Deduct one cancelled note in
the hands of oneof the ac
counting officers, under an
act prior to 22d July,
184G.
50 00
Total, 5113,011 04
Note. There were no notes reimbursed
during the quarter ending September 30,
1854.
Damages roil Slander. Miss Martha
Parker, in an action for slander against a
man named Spencer, tried last week in
the Oneida, (N. Y.) Circuit Court, ob
tained a verdict for $2500 dauuges.
.Kf,,
Scsuscitation.
It is said that tho scientific men of
France are at present speculating on a
recent instance of a young man brought
to life alter being frozen' eleven months
on the Alps. The blood of the living
man .was infused into tho vfcins of the
frozen youth; and he moved and spoke.
The experiment was afterward tried on a
hare frozen for the purpose, with com
plete success.
The Presidency.
The Erie Gazette publishes a commun
ication in favor of Gov. Pollock for the
Presidency. It say.", 'The asitation of
the question at this early day may seem
premature, but the idea is certainly a
good one. The character and position of
the distiupuished individual proposed
seem to poiut him out as, above all others,
the man tor the time and the occasion.'
Judge Pollock, Governor eleefcof Penn
sylvania, is, wc understand, a consistent
member of the Reformed PrcBbytcrian
Church, and a Sabbath School teacher.
Presbyterian.
Another Terrible Railroad Tragedy.
Chicago, Nov. 8. The passenger
train which left hero on Wednesday night
for Rock Island broke an axle, cuusing
the engine and train to run off the track.
Thirty or forty first-class passengers were
killed or wounded, and about a dozeDi
iBcalded, same of whom mast die. I
Election IRiot Four Men Balled and
Twenty wounaeu.
.-NkwYork, Nov. 7.-9 P.M. There
has been a terrible riot at me election
polls in Williamsburg, between the Irish
s
and Americans, x'oui iuv.w utu vu
killed, and twenty wouuded.
..
Eoault of the Election in New York
Nkw York, Nov. 7. 12 P. M. The
returns of the election for Governor in
tbo city are, up to this late hour, still
very imperfect. Enough is known how
ever, to show that Seymour, Soft Shell
Democrat, will leave the city by a major
ity of probably 12,001)0 over Clark, Whig.
Tillman. Know Nothing, polk a very
heavy vote, and is thus far ahead of
Clark. For Mayor or tne city, me con
test is between "Wood, Democrat, and
Barker, Know Nothing, ami the former
is probably elected.
In Albany County, Seymour for Gov.,
has 1300 majority over Clark, and in
Buffalo Ultnann has 1000 over Seymour,
while the vote for Clark is very small.
The indication from the interior counties
are, that TJlmann's vote will be large in
the State, and. that Seymour is probably
re-elected, though of this there is as yet
no certainty. .
Thus far the Know Nothings have de
feated several Whig Assemblymen.
SECOND DESPATCH
New York, Nov. 8, 1 o'clock, A. M.
The returns from Albany, Orange, West
Chester, Ontario, Orleans, Livingston,
Monroe and Niagara counties, in all
about forty-five towns, add up for Ultnann
12,000, Clark 10,900, Seymour 12,500,
Bronson 1700. The contest in the State
will be between Ulirann and Seymour,
and the result is very doubtful.
The Know-Nothing vote damages the
Whis largely in Western New York.
Eailroad Bow in Missouri Gannon Used
to Suppress It.
Jijftrson City, Nov. 1, 8 P. M.
The Irish hands on the railroad from
'Pimnrarv count v. workinir on the tunnel
and for r.i.inv miles l.'ciow, turupa out a-!
bout 200 strong, some say 300, and
started for Jefferson City, to kill and de
stroy all the Corkcnians in Jefferson City
aud run them away from the railroad;
they only came iu sight of Jefferson City,
and, on perceiviug the citizens ready to
meet them, they halted. Captain Par
sons bcinc informed some time before,
ordered out the Metropolitan Guard aud
citizens, which order was promptly obey
ed, and a company of about 125 to 150
men were ready with cannon and rifle?.
Squire Ilnrrison aud the prie.-t went, to
them and read the law, and they prompt
ly promised to po home. They did not
o ou the appointed time, and Captain
Parsons' company advanced with the
cannon loaded with chain, which put them
to flight without any firing; they pursued
them a mile or so, and overtook some;
they all promised to be quiet. The cau
non are still loaded and ready at a mo
ment's warning. Another attack is ex
pected to-night. The Tipperary men
were all armed with riScs and knives.
The town is quiet. Fuss has been going
on for some time. Yesterday the Cork
oniaus went to the tunnel to whip the
Tipperary men away from the tunnel,
but found them too strong. They made
excuses and came back. St. Isolds Rep.
Destructive Fire at Toledo.
Toledo, Nov. 7 Last evening a fire
broke out in the Warehouse occupied by
Brown & King, at the foot of Cherry St..
which was entirely destroyed, together
with the adjoining Warehouse of Cobb &
Co. Uoth buildings were filled with goods
and merchandize of all kinds, of which
a portion was saved. 1000 bbls. of Flour
were burned. But little of the merchan
dize was insured, and the insurance on
the buildings will not cover the losses.
The steamers Golden Gate and Arrow
lying at the wharf had a very narrow
escape, both being much scorched. The
total loss is about 540,000.
Past and Present.
An old citizen who has kept an account
of everything purchased for bis family,
lives the following list of articles aud
their prices in 1829, to which he has ap
pended the price of similar articles at tho
present time.
Flour per barrel,
Wood per cord,
Potatoes per bushel,
Beef per pound,
Yeal " "
Pork "
Butter l
Checs "
Total,
1829. 1854.
S3 50 510 00
1 00 3 00
0 25 1 00
0 04 0 10
0 03 0 09
0 05' 0 10
0 10 0 31
0 00 0 12
85 03 14 97
Showing an increase in the aggregate
prices of the above articles of two hun
dred and ninety-eight per cent
Coffee Trade. The imports of cof
fee, direct into Philadelphia, since the
commencement of the present year, have
been 121,289 bags, being a decrease of
-:4,1b J bags as compared with the same
period of the year previous.
A Dismal Record.
The following is a list of Banks that
have bursted within a short time past :
Patchin Bank, Buffalo.
Farmers' & Merchants' Bank, Oswego.
Farmers' Bank of Ganandaigua.
Drovers' Bank, Ogdensburg.
Bank of Carthrage.
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, Md.
Bank of Milford, Delaware.
Farmers' & Merchant' Bank, Mem
phis. Massillon Bank, Ohio.
Ohio Savings Institute.
Cochituate Bank, Boston.
Bank of West Killingly, Connecticut.
Eighth Avenue Bank, New York.
Bank of Ellsworth, Maine,
Elkhart County Bank, Indiana.
Bank of Northern Indiana.
Bank oFVVashtonaw, Michigan.
Erie and Kalamazoo Bank, Michigan.
Newport Safety Fund Bankj Kcntuoky.
Thirty Honrs in the Tribune's Press-Room.
To the Editor of the iV. X. inoune.
Str Allow mo to civc your readers a
tatemcnt of what was done in the press-
room
of vour establishment on Iliursaay
art" of Friday, the 26th and 27th
ult. iv o comnieuoea at 't o ciuu
on Thursday, and in thirty hours wc bad
printed and mailed one hundred and eighty-two
thousand four hundred copies of
The New-York Tribune, or-three hun
dred and sixty-four thousand eight hun
dred impressions. By far the larger por
tion of the blank paper was received dur
ing Thursday forenoon, and of course had
1 i . i- 1 A AI
to be wet and turned. Had this paper
been all in oue pile it would have reached
the bight of seventy feet; its. weight, wheu
mailed", would bo about twenty-two thous-
add eight hundred pouuds; in cubical
measurement, about seven hundred and
live feet and a half ; its superficial meas
urement, if all spread out, would be a
bout forty-two" and a quarter acres; the
lineal measurement would reach about
one hundred and twenty-six and two
third miles.
Yours respectfully,
J. W. 1UCHAIIDS,
Foreman of the Press-Iloom.
Tribune Office, Nov. 1, 1804.
The Late Railroad Tragedy.
The details of tho catastrophe that oc
curred on the Great Western llailroad on
Thursday night are full of horrors. From
the latest accounts received fifty-rigid of
the hapless passengers on that hapless
train were dead, and scores of others who
were still living were mangled and maini
,cd. Gross and inexcusable carelessness
Caused this wholesale daughter. 31 ore
lives were lost by it and more people in
jured than by any other railroad accident
that has ever occurred. In magnitude it
stands alone. The Norwalk and Chicago
tragedies arc the only ones in our entire
record of disasters oy railroad that will
eonmare with this in extent. J lie scene
must have been a terrible, an indescriba
ble one. Ye can scarcely conceive of a
slant mora areau:ui mau mat ut uie
raangieu, cutanea, uieeuin, suapeiess re
mains of scores of human beings, picked
out from the ruins of such a wreck as
was made at Chatham. In the list pub
lished men, women and children are set
down as 'unknown. Ihey were 'un-
known' to those who extricated them, but
somewhere, and to many a bleeding heart,
each was 'known,' and each will be
mourned. Albay Register.
Closing of the Crystal Palace.
The exhibition at the Crystal Palace, at
New York, was formally closed on Tues
day evening of last week. It is said that
the articles not intended for sale will soon
be removed, and those to be disposed oi
will be arranged for public auction.
A Fictitious Bank Exploded.
From the New York Epress of Saturday.
At the commencement of the week in
formation was given to the Chief of Po
lice that a swindling operation was beiug
carried on in this city at No. 60 William
street, termed the Merchants' Exchange
Bank, from which had issued bills to a
ery large amount, winch were circulated
West and South, and that the pretended
bank had no existence but upon the face
of the paper they had issued. The mat
ter was immediately placed in the hands
of Mr. McKcllar, (clerk to the Chief of
Police,) who was so successful about a
year ago in breaking up the operations
known as the Farmers' and Merchants
Bank of Georgetown and the Merchants'
Bank, Anacostia. Mr. McKcllar asso
ciated with him officer McPherson, one of
tho Chief's aids.
The bills are headed Merchants' Ex
change Bank, Anacostia, District of Co
lumbia, and arc signed by F. E. Curtis
as cashier and II. Dewey as president,
and a printed endorsement was across the
front of the bills, 'Redeemed at the Bank
agency, 60 William street.'
From an affidavit mado by Fred. E.
Curtis, of No. 105. Third avenue, it
appeared that between the 1st and the
16th of July, 1854, a person named Jones
came to him and said that there was a
new bank about to start, and that"they
desired to have him as cashier. An in
quiry was mado as to the salary the per
sons were willing to pay, and a request
made for a clay or two for consideration.
Mr. Curtis, after consulting his then em
ployer, agreed to take the situation, and
went to No. 60 William street, whero he
was introduced to Holdenge Dewey,
Leonard Westbrook, Alfred Hyde, au
othcr person whose name he did not re
collect, as the persons who were about to
institute the bank. He stated his busi
ness, accepted the situation, and was im
mediately set to work to sign the bills as
cashier, which he did to the amouut of
S70.000. Also, that all the bills were
made and signed in the city of New Yook,
and that there is no such bank in the
District of Columbia. The bills were al
so signed by Dewey as president, and cir
culated most extensively in the West.
Mr. George G. Jones, of Cincinnati, a
gent for the Cincinnati, Little Rock and
State Company, deposed that he made a
contract with Mr. Dewey, who agreed to
purchase 886,000 worth of stock of that
company at par, with the understanding
that the payment was to be made in the
notes of the Bank. 830,000 was paid,
and Mr. Jones agreed to circulate them
in Arkansas upon tho understanding that
when presented they were to be redeemed,
and that the bills should be quoted in
Thompson's Bank Detector on the same
footing as other country banks. This
was afterwards varied, as it was stated
that he did not know whether he could
get it inserted there, but would try, but
that an arrangement equally effective
would be made.
William A. Fincauid, 29 Wall street,
tressurer of tho Haverstraw Iron aud
Mining Company deposed that on tho 7th
of September, 1854, he made a contract
with Messrs. Dewey, Westbrook, and
Hydo for 810,000 of the bills; 82,000 qf
the bills wero given, and two checks, one
for $5.00 and the other for 81 ,'500- Tbo
first oheck was presented and paid; the
other was dated somo days ahead, but
was subsequently exchanged for other
bills.
Win. M. Arnold, of 29 Wall street,
corroboaated the statement of Mr. Fin
cauld, and stated that a contract wa3 en
tered into by Mr. Uiucauld and a person
who stated he was the counsel of the bauk
and the bill3 given consisted of one, two,
and threo .dollar bills, and that he paid
tho bills to the workmen employed by the
Tlaverstraw Iron Mining Company, and
across the bills were printed 'Redeemoble
-.it tho Bank a.eucy, GO William street,
hut. on nresentment of the bills at that
address they were not redeemed, and that
t 1 L
he had S0O of tho bills wlncii tie present
ed to Mr. Dewey for redemption, but who
said ho could not redeem tliein tnen, out
would on the following day, which was
not done, and that he went several times,
and finally ho got 817 worth redeemed
That on the morning of the 2Gth of Oc
tober, finding the bills were uot redeemed,
he went to the office of tho Chief of Po
lice. Che having the previous day been
there and made a statement,) when he
was met there and called aside by Leon
ard Westbrook, who said if he would go
with him to the cornor of Leonard street
and Broadway he would give him the
money due bun on tho bills, lie went
with him. and when there he was paid by
Westbrook in money and stock to the a
mount of his claim, and that at a prior
time, in conversation, Dewey had told
him that he had been to xVnacostia and
?tuck up a sign.
Win. Knight, of Haverstraw, deposed
that about tho 1st of September, 1854
he received 8100 of the bills from th
Haverstraw Iron Mining Company, for
debt due to him from them, and that h
presented the biib at No. 60 William st
when payment was refused, and that h
has never been able to get the bills re
deemed.
Information was also given that a large
quantity of the bills were about being
sent West.
Officer McPherson was dispatched to
the establishment in Wiliiam street to
arrest the parties and bring to ti e office
of the chief of police all the parapharnalia
of the business. On the arrival of the
officer there he fouud no one, but brought
on the iron safe of the bank, which is said
to contain all the issues of the bank in
their hands. A warrant was then is.-ued
for the arre?t of the parties, and yester
day Leonard Westbrook was arrested.
On being searched, $74 in 81, 82, am
S3 bills of the issue of the bank were
found; six dollars in good money and sun
dry papers were also found, and letters
which identify him with the concern, and
a 8500 check given by Mr. Fincauid on
the Haverstraw Iron Mining Company.
The possession of the ch'-ck is explains:
by the refusal of the company, on the dis
covery of the fraud, to honor the cheek?-.
The arrest was for the issue of false tokens.
Leonard Westbrook was theu locked up
for examination.
We have repeatedly cautioned the pub
lic at a distance against taking the notes
of banks purporting to be located at
Washington, with no office here, but with
agencies at distant points. The cbtab
iil'9L Brinks in the District of Columbia
are : Bank of Mctroplis; Bank of Wash
ington; Patriotic Bank; and Farmers' &
Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown. There
are various private banks, of which we
can now call to mind only three that have
notes in circulation, viz : the Exchange
Bank of Selden, Withers & Co. the Bank
of Commerce, Georgetown, and C. W.
Pairo. The notes of the Corporations of
Georgetown and Alexandria are current
here for home use. National Intclli gen.
.
From the Ohio Journal of Education
PROFESSIONAL.
The Teacher in the School Room.
It is well for the teacher to remem
ber that each of his pupils has, ordinari
ly, an equal claim upon his time and at
tention. Generally speaking, probahl',
there are not more than three hundred
minutes, in the school day, during which
the teacher can give instruction. In a
school of forty scholars then, he can give
only seven and a half minutes to each.
From this, and other considerations, the
propriety of the following suggestion.-
will be easily seen: 1. Classify, as far
as possible, all the pupils in the school,
and in every study. Not only in read
ing and spelling, but in arithmetic, geog
raphy and grammar. Ten or fifteen pu
pils may be profited by the same expla
nation, or by an illustration on the black
board, or otherwise, as well a3 one.
2. Havo as few classes as possible, that
as much time as is practicable, may he
given to the recitation or exercise of each
class. In reading, spelling and some
other branches, it is desirable that al!
the members of a class be furnished with
hooks of tho same kind; but this is not
indespensiablo in all tho studies. In
geography or arithmetic, for example, if
yon have severul scholars ot nearly the
same grade of advancement, and entire
uniformity of books can not be s'ecured,
it is better still, to have them in one class,
to have the subject assigned to them, and
let them study from their different books
and recite and be instructed together,
rather than form two or threo small
classes. This course may often be pur
sued with good results, especially with
scholars somewhat advanced, aa any in
teliigent teacher can easily reconcile the
apparent discrepancies between the works
of different authors on tho same subject;
and, in geography if the teacher uses the
outline maps, or in arithmetic, if he
tnnkea free use of the black-board, he
will find that different text-books on the
same subjeot arc often an advantage,
rather than othcrwiso.
3. As far as possible, give your entire
attention to the class whilo reading or
reciting. -No pupil should be allowed,
under any ordinary circumstances, to in
terrupt the teacher, while ho is hearing a
recitation or instructing a class, by asking
permission to speak or leave bis soat; a.nd
any disturbance, mado at such a time,
should bo regarded as a much more seri
ous offence than if it ooourrcd whon tho
eacber wa3 not thus occupied.
4. As often as convenient, Beek oppor-
unities lor communicating general in
duction ou important topics, to the whole
hool. Such general exercises sbould bo
short, conuned to a
single subject, or a
few related topics, and it should be tL8
,
.i
urn to secure the entire attention ot mu
scimol during the lecture. Ibis mode ot
coramuuicaung lnatruenuu
portant as a means ot preparing pupus
to gain information through the ear, in
subsequent life, from conversation, lec
tures, uddrcsscs, sermous, etc.
5. As no scholar should be permittca
to attend school without giving some at
tention, every day, to spelling and read
ing, so all should be instructed in arith
metic in some form; in mental arithmetic
if not in written. The youngest pupils
should be taught to count and to number,
then to udd and subtract, multiply and
divfde, commencing with sensible objects;
those familiar with these exercises, shouldf
be made acquainted with notation and
numeration, and tho mode of performing
the fundamental operations in written a
rithmetic; and those the most advanced
in tho study, should be frequently and
thoroughly questioned on tne denmtiona
and rules, and exercised in the solution
of examples mentally and on the black
board.
During the warm season, much efforfe
will be needed on the part of tho teacher
to give the exercises such variety and in
terest as to command the attention of tho
school. For this purpose, his plans and
modes must of course be somewhat fre
quently varied. The smaller scholars
should have come concert exercises, aa
repeating the names of the Beasons, tho
days of the week, tho months, etc. thtf
eieuts of the compass, the names of the
town, county and State in which they
live, and other facts in geography; count
ing, numbering, and the addition and
multiplication tables, etc. ihe old pu
pils should also have some concert exer
cises in arithmetic, geography, history,
aud other studies. To awaken interest
in spelling, the younger pupils should oc
casionally spell a number of common
words, to be dictated by the teacher, such
as knife Jire, tvrist, tongue ; or they should
be allowed to mention and j-pell tho
names of familiar objects, such as the ar
ticles in the scho ol room, or furniture nt
home, or tho ciffc-rent kinds of food or
fruits they cat, the garments they wcar.
etc. The older pupils bhould sometimes,
write on slates the words pronouced by
the teacher, aud for this purpose a simi
lar course to that above named may be
pursued. It should always be borne in
mind by the teacher, that the great ob
ject in attending to pell:iig,. is to acquire
the ability i.aicrite words correctly.. Oc
casionally, if thought proper, the scholars
might he allowed to "choose sides," and
.-pcud the last hour of Friday or Satur
day in spelling in that manner.
In reading, if a class boeome dull, let
each read only to the first pause, or to a.
period, and tnus pass arounu tne class
several times in a few moments. When,
it is desirable to read longer sentences,
if they do not "keep the place," call up
on them pro miscusously, instead of read
ing iu rotation. If they do net pay close
attention, read yourself aad m-ke nris
tak"S, by mis-pronouncing, aud emitting,
or inserting words, and require them to
detect and describe the mistake; this may
be n-peated to the fourth or fifth time,
and almost any degree of enthusiasm a
wakened in the class, if it is adroitly done.
If the teacher can sing, a few minutea
spent in singing some cheerful juvenile
song will do more, perhaps, than any
other single thing to enliven the school
and quicken both teacher and scholar;
and, perhaps, nothing exerts a better in
fluence over the minds of all concerned.
a. L. D.
A little boy, after listening for somo
time to his mother's efforts to get a ped
lar to throw in something with everything
she purchased, cast his longing eyes ou
some primers in the trunk-. The pedlar
readiug his wishes, offered to give him
one.
-tne uiue tuuuw uosiiaicu, una
when urged, said: 'I don't know as I will
take it, unless vou will throw in some-
tills l llll'r
'a
Thou hhalt not carry off the editor's
exchanges unles thou art sure he is dono
with them, neither shall thou talk to him
when ho is writing or reading "proof,"
lest he gets angry - and kiok thee out of
sanctum.
Convicted qf Rape. Stephen S. Beale,
the Philadelphia dentist, who was recent
ly charged with committing a rape upon
the person of a young lady while iu his
office and uudcr the influence of chloro
form for the purpose of having a tootb
extracted, has been tried aud convicted.
Ho had niantaiued a high standing in
his profession, aud was a member of a.
church. The prosecution offered to provo
thut he had perpetrated other outrages of
the same sort, but were not permitted so
to do.
Appointments by the President.
George L. Curry, of Oregon, to be
Governor of the Territory of Oregon.
William H. Farrar, of Oregon, to
be Attorney for the Territory of Oregon.
Benjamin F. Harding, of Oregon, to
be Secretary of the Territory of Oregon.
Important to Teachers. School
Teachers under the new law are instruct
ed by the State Superintendent to bft
careful to make out monthly rvpots, as
required by the 27th sec. He says the
duty i3 required p.eremptorily,and advises
Directors to withhold tho compensation,
uutil it is complied with.
At a special election for a Councilman
in Heading last week, there was enly om
'oandidatc' and he was beaten, two to
one, by a good-for-nothing K!. N.
A. largo military turn out is to take
place at Harrisburg, Pa., on fchoioccasiou
of the inauguration of Gov. Pollock