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•itidn that Education dissipates the Evils of |y
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The Moon and the Weather furnish a subject
Cfmncb comment and speculation. Dr. La#d
ner, the celebrated-English philosopher and As
tronomer, in answer to the question, “ Does tpe
.yooOn influence the {weather 7” says: “It is as
sprted—first, that afthe epochs of new and fall
moon,'and at the quarters, there is generally?.a
«change of weather 1 .; and, secondly, that tfie
"phases of the moon, or in other words, the r|l
' ative position, of. the tnoon and sun in regard
tq. the earth, isths cause of these obanges.-f
- Now these, and kindred opinions are very ex
tensively .held in.this country. By reference ko
meteorological, tables, constructed in various
countries, after themost careful and extensile
.observation, the result is that no correspondence
exists between the condition of the weather aid
the phases of the moon. After a full examina
tion, we come to (be'donclosion that the condi
iipn of theuealker as to change, or in any otner
respect, has, as a matter of fact, no - correspon
dence whatever rcith the lunar phases.” [
Iri another leoturp on the moon and wealbeir,
Dr.' Lardner expresses the following decisive
opinion : “ From all that has been stated, |it
follows then, conclusively, that the popular na
tion* concerning the influence of the. lunar pha
ses on the weather, {have no foundation in theo
ry, and no correspondence with observed facte 1”
And such is. the bnjfoTm testimony of the best
informed on this si&ject. ' I
Other absurd notions, are entertained with re
spect to the influence of the moon. The opin
ion is entertained byjnady that timber should
be felled only during;the decline pf the moon!;
for if it be out down during its increase, it will
not be of a good or durable quality. This im
pression prevails ,i)ji various countries. It |s
acted upon in England, and is made the grout|}
of legislation in France. The forest laws if
the latter country interdict the cutting of tim
ber during, the increase of the moon. In the
extensive forests in Germany, the same opinioh
is entsrtained' and acted upon with the mo|t
tmdoubting oonfidedee in its truth. j
M. Duhamel Moi|ceao t a celebrated Frenr
agriculturist, baa made direct and positive e:
periments for the purpose of testing this ques
tion, and has clearly land conclusively showp
that the qualities of -timber- felled in differera
parti of the lunar ,' mjdnth, are -the same. He
felled a great many! I trees of the same ag|,
growing from the same soil, and exposed to thfe
same aspect, and neybr found any difference in
the quality of the timber, when be compares
those which wereffellfed in the decline of the
noon with those i rhjph were felled during its
iacreaie; in genefaßthey have afforded tins
bir ol the same ideality.' Popular opinion has
bean, in this rsspiot, Igreatly at fault. j
It.is an aphorism received by all gardeners
and agriculturists! in' Europe, that vegetables!
plants, and trees, yhiph are expected to flouij-'
isb and grow with tpgor, should be planted|
grafted, and pruned dhring the increase of the
moon. This opinion, 1 la altogether erroneous);
for the experiments npd observations of several!
-French agriculturists) have “dearly established
the fact that the increase or decrease of the
moon, has no appreciable influence on the phe
nomena of Vegetation, This erroneous preju
dice prevails on this; continent. ' Some- plank
vegetables in the ,decline of the moon whose
roots, are used as food, and on the- contrary,
they plant daring the increasing moon the
sugar cane, maize, rice, beans, etc., and thoete
wh|ab bear the foopi upon their stocks anil
’Experiraerjta, however, were made
and reported by 51. de Chauvalon, at Martini
que, on vegetables jof both kinds, planted at
different times llunar month, and no ap
preciable jin; their qualities was dis
covered. “ Truly/'i says the celebrated M.
Arago, “ we have nesd of a robust faith to ad
mit, ’without proof, that the moon, at the dis
tance of two hund and forty thousand milef,
shall, in one position, not advantageously upoh
the vegetation of hearts, and that in the oppo
site position, and At the same distance!, she shall
be propitious toUniils.’’ Dr. Lardner goes into
a minute and detailed discussion of the surf
posed influence of the moon on the growth dp
grain, on wine-mkkijig, on the color of the
complexion, on on the sire of sheli
fi«h, on the number ipf births, on mental de|
rangement, and litfqr human mollies, anl
shows forcibly thtlrtftter want of, foundation-
The influence oil the phenomena of humal
maladies imputed to:||the moon is very ancient
Hippocrates bail ?o||strong a fakh in the infli
ence of celestialj)tij( cts upon animated beingi
that he expresslyre fl’o physician t
be .trusted, wbo.ls ignorant of astronomy.—
Qalep, following'Hippocrates, maintained thi
same opinion, espeoihlly of the influence of the
noon. The critical flays, or crises, were the
’ eerentb, fourteenth, and twenty-first of the dis-j
| sais, corresponding !tb the intervale between!
the'moon’s principal r |phases,. While the doc|
trine of alchemist* prevailed, the human body
was considered as|a michrocosra, or an epitoma
of the universe, tbf hjihrt representing the sun]
and the brain, the jaioon. The planets bam
each his proper influence: Jupiter presided!,
over the lungs,, Saturn over the spleen, Venusji
over the kidneys.j&cl' ' The term lunacy 'whiohj
still designates uilsoubiness of mind, is a relief
of thosejgrotesqneJ dotiont, and is a species ofi
insanity or madnessJlformerly supposed to bet
influenced by the; moon, or, periodical in the|
month. But thisi tqfm may now be said, in
some degree, to lie banished "ifrom the nomen
clature of medicine'; it bqt however, taken
refuge, in Ithat receptacle of'all ab
surdities of phraseology —the Jaw—lunatic still
being ilia term for,|hp<ubjectwho is incapable
of managing his offrnj affairs. _
Sanctorums, wrose name is celebrated in
physic* for the invention of the thermometer,
held it as a prinoipl#|hat a healthy man gained
two pounds weight at the beginning of every
lunar month,-which be] lost towards, its eomple- ■
tion. This opinion appears to have been foun
ded on experiments, [made upon himself, and
affords another instance of a fortuitous coinci
dence hastily generalised.
For all the progress that has been made in
this country toward t|he removal, from the pop
ular mind, of theij numerous'corrupting and
debasing absurdities' .which have hitherto! en
slaved it, we are indebted to our enlightened
and chastened systems of popular education;
and to these, and ti these only, may we confi
dently look for entire-freedom from the thral-!
tjom, H. C. Johss. [|
Tbs Southern Congress has confirmed Presi
dent Paris’ Cabinet appointments as foVgw's i
- Secret »»y of State 1 ....,;.., -...Mr. Toomb'i, of Georgia.
Secretary of Treasury Mr. Kemminger, 8. C:
Secretary of W«..„.......-..Mr.L. S. Walker, of Ala.;
The Congress on Thursday last, drafted a
resolution directing th’e finance Committee to
inquire into the expediency of aa M- j
port da*jon i 6 " _' . ij
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HUGH YOUNG, EDITOR A; PROPRIETOR.
WEIUSBOnOCGS, PA., .
WEDNESDAY {MORNING, FEB. 27,
tST Every step of Mn Lincoln's prog reps,
from Springfield iup to the borders of Maryland,
has been nttendod with the wildest enthusiasm.
At every'etationj crowds have greeted hi|n as
statesman was! never greeted* before. Hi ar
rived safely at Washington ot Saturday morn;
ing last. Instead of stopping kt.Ba)timore and
accepting of a re teption offered him by the city
authorities and the patriotic citizens, Mr. Lin
coln passed thro jgh that - ciiyiineognito. The
reason for this jet range proceeding iscxplnlncd
from the fact that a messenger had called on
Mr. Lincoln, at Harrisburg, on Thursday ragbt
after be had rallied, and Convinced him tint a
plot had been formed at [Baltimore to.ass|ssi
nate him, and that the conspirators had teen
sworn to never let him leave' that city a ive.
Mr. Lincoln held intendec leaving Harris! urg
at 9 o’clock Friday roort ing by special tain
and peach Baltimore at 1 o’clock Saturday, but
by the change jof plans he reached the tatter
city nt 8 o’clock and wmt direct to Wash
ington, |
THE. DISEASE AND ITS CAEBEE
There ii a cool audacity in the arrogant]
mand that the North shall giveaddiilonal gt
antics for the security and protection of siavi
which is, to say the least, quite amusing. '
slave States have, under the Constitution s
is, the undisputed-right to manage and con
their slaves in their own | States just as t
please, and a guaranty for their return if t
escape into a free State. ! In addition to
they have through their negro represents!
an unequal advantage in] the federal govs
mgnt, equal at this time about twenty*]
members in Congress. !
. Now surely these guaranties, if they j
‘faithfully observed, ought jo satisfy them ; a
if they are not! faithfully observed what gJ
would additional guaranties do ? Would t|
secure a more faithful observance of the 0
stitution ? We don’t thinh they would. |
If the complaint of the Soutb;be founded on
the character of the Northern, people—their
bad.faith in the observance of their duty under
the present constitution and not -on any defects
of the constitution itself—then the rernedyjfor
the evil is not to be sought through amand'
ments to that instrument, hut art entire sapijra
tion from a people who have been faithless to
their obligations, by secession or revolution!
Has the North been unfaithful in her. obser
vance of the Constitution |n reference to Slave
ry? Let the history of the past] answer, j
The first serious struggle on this subjectlbe.
tween the North and the South‘was in 1920,
upon the admission of Missourijnto the Un|m,
This controversy was amicably adjusted by: the
Missouri Compromise. Did the North observe
this compromise ? That she,didis fully pro red
by the concurring testimony of President I i lk
in his message accompanying his approve of
the Oregon Bill; and of Messrs. Clay. C iss,
and Douglas, in their speeches of 1848, 1350
and 1854 respectively.
The nextconthlversy on this subject betw sen
the two sections commenced in 1848 and ■ ?as
amicably adjusted in 18501 by the Compromise
measures of that year. Htis the North übser red
that compromise ? It is well known that bjtb
of the then great political [parties adopted il
the basis of their party organization, and t
the great mass of the people everywhere b
North and South acquiesced in it as a final i
tlement of the slavery question, and that urn
its influence the country was, quiet enough
four years ■
Id 1854 slavery agitation was re-opened
the repeal of the Missouri jCompromiee for
purpose of converting territory consecrate!
Freedom into slave territory. Was this No!
ern or Southern aggressionif To this quest
there can be but one answer. It was an act
aggression on the part of ijhe South to wr
from the North a fight accorded to her I>4 a
sacred which in the language {of
Senator Douglas if as in iti sacredness “aßn
to the Constitution!.” |
To resist this aggression I he Republican par
ty was organized. Its object and purpefee
were and are defensive and not aggres
sive. It does net propose to disturb tlie
adjustment of 18S0, but t does propose fto
leave the status o' our territories precisely
as it was fixed by that adjustment. It defe*
not propose to repeal or eve n to modify the fu
gitive slave law, repulsive ni that infamous b|w
is. Its mission is simply to resist the effort in
augurated by the Democratic party to spreld
and extend slavery by the action of the fedeml
government. : i . I
Why then this great excitement in tbo South
against the North ? _< i f
It is simply men, in orderly
accomplish their Ibng cherished and treasona
ble schemes to break up -find destroy the bast
government ever devised by'the wisest of meo,
have systematically and persistently, misrepre
sented the principles and purposes of the Re
publican party. The masses of;the Southern
people have been made to helievf such lies sis
Mr. Toombs pnt into bis Georg)a manifesto.
“The Republican party,” says Mr. Toombs In
that manifesto, “raised their standard in ISqd
and were barely defeated. They entered the
Presidential contest .again in 1860 and atm
oeeded. The prohibition of slavery in the ter
ritories, hostility to it everywhere, the equably
of the white and black' races, disregard of till
constitutional guarantees in its favor were bolji,
ly proclaimed by its leaders and Applauded liy
it# with these principles on their
banner, and these utterance# on,their lips, the
myority of the people of tbjs demand
that we’ shall peeeirs th«m a* W tiflett/i I ,
THE. TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
- j I it is by such' infernal lies 'as thess, that the
■* i honest men of the South have been hurried
into rebellion. It is because ‘the. Democratic
pr s sea of the .North hare insidiously if not -as
flagrantly misrepresented us and our principles,
that they persist in such rebellion. And we
: have the humiliating spectacle of a convention
j of the remnants of the Democratic party meet
ing at Harrisburg the other day, and gravely
resolving, that the Republican party is to he
blamed for secession ; resolving that they sym
pathize with traitors, and- that the Union can
on’y be le-oonatrueted .on Democratic panel
p.esl ' \ - '
, God save the Commonwealth I i
I —Haring'thug glanced at the disease, its
causes and its history, we shall next week try
to show the remedy. 1 Now-a-dsys every man
hia his peculiar patent panacea for saving the
Union ; why .then should we not present onrs?
I We owe an apology to oar readers for re-bash-'
ing so much; history jTamiliar to their ears as
hlnnsehold words ; hut in these days of conces-
slon and conciliation and comjpromise, we be
lieve that it is only nelcessary to do this to re
ihind all godd citizens of the duty which they
ojwe to "themselves, to freedom and to their
country. We believe that no man whose heart
and mind approves Republicanism as interpre
ted in the Chicago Platform oanjread the histo
ry of the hist ten or twelve years without feel
ing measurably strengthened in his laith.
PBOM WASHINGTON.
Summary of the News of the Week.
[Specially for The Agitator.]
The Peace Confess i yesterday voted down
the proposition in favorj of half hour speeches.
The debateon the various plhnspf adjustment
was then continued. It is thought'the Con
gress will vote on the subject before them on
Saturday, and it is predicted that the Guthrie
plan will be rejected, and that a {call fi}r a na
tional convention will bp agreed to. ,f
In Congress yesterday the Senate p issed seve
ral private • bills. The House bill authorized
this discontinuance of the.mails in States where
the postal service is liable to be interfered with,
was taken up. An amendment was offered,
that the Postmaster General be directed to dis
continue the mail service in the seceded States,
and make arrangements with the government
of the Southern Confederacy .for inter-postal
communication therein. Without taking ac
tion on the subject the bill was laid aside,-and
the discussion of the Tariff bill was resumed.—
The amendment reducing the duty on sugar,
and placing a duty on tea and coffee, was
agreed to, the tax to continue for two years.—
A five per cent duty on wool was also agreed to.
Several other ammendments were adopted, and
the bill was passed by a vote of 25 to 14.
In the House yesterday Mr. Uncock, of Vir
ginia, occupied the. morning hour in an elabo
rate speech in opposition to the bill empowering
the President to call out the military forces of
the country and accept the service of volunteers.
He characterized the hill as a declaration of
war against the seceded States. The Naval
bill wits taken up, the question being on agree
ing to the Senate’s amendment providing for
the construction of seven steam sloops-of-war.—
THVamendment was agreed to by a vote of 111
to 38. In the evening session Mr. Ruffin, of
North Carolina, made a speech in favor of se
cession. In the course of bis remarks he spoke
of Mr. Buchanan as »• driveller, am} Gen. Scott
as guilty of usurpation.
Friday, 22d. —The Peace Congress was en
gaged yesterday in debate. A vote will, it is
understood, he taken at one o’clock to-day on
the Guthrie adjustment, and should it be defea
ted the proposition . for a National Convention
will next he voted on.
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In Congress yesterday, the Senate resumed
the consideration of the bill providing fur the
discontinuance of the postal service in the se
ceded Suites. The Miscellaneous Appropria
tion bill was also discussed. In executive ses
sion a largo number of rippoinlments were con
firmed, principally army and navy officers.—
In the House a report from the special com
mittee censuring the Secretary of the Navy
for deception the resignations of naval officers
belonging to seceded States, was presented.—
Mr. Bocook resumed and concluded bis speech
on thrf Force bill, and the debate bn the subject
was cpntinued till the expiration of the morn
ing hour. The Washington and Oragon War
Debt bill was also discussed.
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Saturday, 23 d. —The Peace Congress yester
day were engaged n portion nf the day in de
bating the application for admission of a dele
gate from Kansas. The subject was referred
to the Committee on Credentials- The Congress
commenced voting on the various propositions
befo'fe it yesterday, and the Crittenden plan
was “rejected, and it is not unlikely that the
Guthrie plan will share the same fate. The
republican C"mmissioners appear resolved to
agree to nothing but a call for a National Con
vention, and it is not certain that they are har
monious on that point.
In Congress yesterday the Senate discussed
the ammendment to the JP.wt Route hill pmri
ding for the overland mail service; and the bill
m iking appropriations for the suppress!,,n of
Indian hostility in California. The Mlscella
nious Appropriation hill was taken up, and Mr.
Gwin renewed the proposition to carry out the
contract respecting the Chiriqui Isthmus, hut
no action was taken on it. The House was not
in session.
Mr. Van Wyck, member of Congress from
N“,w York, was assulted nn Thursday night in
Washington by three persons to him unknown,
lie was wounded with a heavy knife, and while
desperately resisting,, was knocked down. Re
covering himself somewhat, he discharged his
pistol at hi« assailants, and believes the shot
tookinffect upon one of them. The party then
retreated. Mr. Van Wyok reached his hotel in
a weak, hot not dangerous condition.
Mr- Hamlin, the Vice President, reached
Washington yesterday.
“ The ' Uniqn, the Constitution as it is,
and ins Enforcement op all tbe Laws.”—
This is the of the people, of? the Old
Guard. Yesterday a petition twenty-five feet
in length, containing the-names of over one
thousand good and true men in Lancaster
county, was forwarded to Hon. Thaddeus Ste
vens for presentation to Congress. Mure peti
tions are coming in, and will be forwarded in
a. few days.— LanaXtlir Union, 20 th. -
The Legislature' of Kansas -has postponed
the election of two United States Senators until
April.
WismsGTOs, Feb. 21, 1861
PBOM HABBISBUBO.
SpccUl.Correapondence of. The Agitatir.
: lUitniSßtmG, Eeb. 18, 1861/
, Of course you will excuse my absence from
vour" columns last week, because you couldn’t
.help.it. . Neither could L . Xt ia-vcry hard to
write what is going on in a place if you happen
to he absent and do nof know. I saw Old Abe
and his new whiskers at Pittsburg, heard his
speech so ridiculously murdered by the tele
graph, and now jrou .must not wonder if my
ideas are somewhat obfuscated.
The two groat measures before the Legisla
ture of .which mention- has heretofore been
made in this correspondence, have finally.pnssed.
the House. I gave you yrytfornier letter a full
summary of the prCvisionSTCf the Sunbury and
Erie Bill from which, your readers could form
a correct opinion of its merits, or rather its de
merits. I now propose tc-’enlighlen you in re
gard to the Bill for the repeal of the Tonnage
Tax. When the Pennsylvania Rail Road bought
the public works three or four years ng<v for
$8,500,000, there was a kind of. implied under
standing that they, should | be released from the
further payment of the Tonnage Tax. This,
tax was originally levied by law for the benefit
of the counties —Tioga among the rest—through
which the road did notpass, and which the
mad could in nowise benefit It is needless to
saylhat atax thus impos-ed upon a giant mo
nopoly was as just as any! tax upon any corpo
ration of like magnitude, land as just ns a tax
upon'the stocks of hanks or other bodies corpo
rate. It seems that the Supreme Court ruled
the sale of the public works to the Pennsylva
nia Railroad (with such ah understanding, for
§8,500,000)* invalid, and | decided that they
might buy the works for $7,500,000 and con
tinue to pay the Tonnage; tax. The Road ac
cepted this decision, paidlapart of the laxes
arid refused to pay any imore, and took the
matter again into the Courts where it still re
mains undecided. It is quite significant, I
think, that the Company should come before
f,he Legislature pending this litigation, and ask
for a compromise under the euphonious title of
a “Bill for the ‘Commutation’ of the Tonnage
Tax, Ac." The argumenthised to support this
hill was, that if the Courts refused to decide
the Tonnage tax legal, then the State would re
ceive nothing at all; a very nice argument in
deed, as the Courts were, in my opinion, sure
to decide just the other way. The Bill which
has just passed provides- for the payment of
the sum of $400,000 annually into the Treasu
ry of the Slate until the principal due on the
purchase money is all,liquidated, which will he
about the year 1890. A very handsome fight
occurred on the passage of the ,BiII, (or rather
Bills, for ns I said in my last the one was made
to carry the other) by a small, honest, and.de
termined minority, against a large and confi
dent majority. In this connection I will men
tion two very significant facts: first, that the
minority on both hills numbered the members
from the most Republican parts of the State;
and, second, that, the majority vote on both
bills was about the same. You may make
whatever inference you please from these
facta. It is quite possible that in passing
through the Senate they may be so amen
ded os to Be less objectionable*than they now
tire. I sincerely hope that they will accom
plish all the good that their friends claim fur
them.
We are anticipating a “ big time” here next
Friday. The Railroads have issued excursion
tickets at half-price, and preparations are being
made to receive a large crowd. Besides the
birth-day ceremonies in honor oi Washington,
spoken of in my last but one, there will he the
special attraction on that day of a visit from
the President elect. He is to leave Philadel
phia at 9 o’clock on Friday and get here at 1
v. h. the same day; is to be present.at the
ceremonies aforesaid, and will start for Balti
more and Washington, the morning after. I
will try and give you a full description of the
event which we are all looking forward to with
so much pleasure. I see that he has been kiss
ing the girl who suggested his whiskers. Un
less she was exceedingly plain, he hail altogether
the best of the bargain. If Old Abe is a judge
cf beauty, (and I’m sure such a homely man
ns he is, ought to he) then our Harrisburg
belles will make him wonder, or else I have
lost my judgment. ‘ c . Snodgrass.
THE CENSUS OP 1800.
Mr. Kennedy, Commissioner of the Census
Bureau, has made up the following interesting
table of the returns of the Census of 1860:
STATES. FREE. SLATE. TOTAL.
Maine.,.. 619.658 619,958
N. Hampshire... 326.072 326.072
Vermont 315,827 315*.827
Massachusetts ..1,231,494 1,231.494
Rhode Island... 174.621 174,621
Connecticut 460,670 460,670
New York 3,851.563 3,851.563
New Jersey 676,034 676.034
Pennsylvania...2,9l6,olB ' 2,916.018
Delaware 110.548 : 1,805 112,383
Maryland 646.183 |85,382 731.565
Virginia 1.097.373 495 826 1.593,199
N. C irolina 679.965 328.377 1,008.342
S. Carolina 308 186 4,47.185 715.371
Georgia 615.336 467,461 1,082.797
Florida 81,885 63.809 145,694
Alabama 520.444 435.473 955.917
Mississippi 407.551 479.607 887.158
Louisiana 354.245 3*2,186 . 666,431
Arkansas 331,710 ,108,065 440.775
Texas 415.999 184.956 600,955
Tennessee 859,528 287.112 1,146.640
Kentucky.-. 920,077 ' 225,490 1.145;567
Ohio 2.377:317 ' 2,377,917
Indiana 1.350.802 1.350,802
Illinois 1.691,238 1 691.238
Missouri 1.085.590 115,619 1,201,209
Michigan 754,291 t , 754.291
Wisconsin 763,485 763,485
Io«a 582.002 682.202
Minnesota 172.793 172,793
o'regnn 52.566 52.566
California 384.770 384,770
1 Total 27,241,791 3.999,353 31,241,144
TERRITORIES.
Kansas 143,645
Nebraska . 28.893
N ew Mexico 92.034
Utah.... 50.000
Dakotah... 4,839
Washington 11.624
District of Columbia...... 75,821
486.346
Total
..ISecretary Dix, on receving letters of res
ignation from revenue officers,!refuses to accept
them, but addresses them: fetters dismissing
them from service. This course of Secretary
Dix is not relished by these gallant of ficers.—
Some of them merit a summary introduction to
the yard-arm. So says tbe Albany■Jbwtial.
. FROM TBS PflOPtE.'
, Mansflqld Classical Seminary.
'To thl.Erlilor of 'The Agitator; '
PermiLme through your columnato draw the
' attention of thfe friends of education of this
i county to the nbove named Seminary."""
1 - The institution is, from this* time henceforth,
to be a fixed fact, a powerful institution for
good, in the hands of skillful arid experienced
educators, to mould- the minds of the.youth of
Northern Pennsylvania. The founders of this
, great educational, enterprise, and those who
have, labored long and hard, under adverse cir
i cu instances, have their eyes fixed upnn a dity
, but a few, shorx.monlhs.distanVKhenllhesxon
fidently expect! to realize theironca almost
Utopian dreams and reap a rich reward for all
their labors. I
Again the sopnd of the hammer, .and the
saw is beard to resound through its spacious
and numerous apartments, which is not to
cense till the finishing blow is struck. When
this js done there is no institution of -learning
in all Northern Pennsylvania, that can afford
'as good accommodations for students as
this. The rooms are large, and tasteful
ly and substantially finished. One third of
the building is finished for the, accommodation
of students in which there is now a school in
successful operation; another third, including
the large chapel; capable of bolding 800 per
sons, and the primary room capable of accom
modating seventy-five pupils, will be completed
before the opening of the spring term. We
shall thus be able to accommodate to their en
tire satisfaction all who may present tharaselves
as students. With these considerations, to
gether with the ktill more important f»ut that
thri present Faculty, with Prof. Wiidman at its
head, is to continue in the school, I commend
the M msfield Seminary to all who are anxious
to. get “value received’’ for; them time and
money spent at school, with the greatest confi
dence that none go home disappointed.
The trustees regard themselves particularly
fortunate in securing the services of Prof.
Wiidman at a time when the Seminary so mu<’h
needs a principal who possesses in an eminent
degree those powers that are his peculiar char
acteristics, viz., eriergy, perseverence, and ex
perience. - 1 ; 1
Prof. Wiidmanihas been a successful teacher
for several years. His faculty to please, his
easy familiarity jwith his pupils, and to still
posse-s the power to impress them with a supe
riority, and his aptness to instruct,-place him
among the first educatorsof the State. He has
already implanted himself in the affections V/f
the people of Mansfield, and they will deem
themselves fortunate if theyshall be able to
retain him for a series of years.
The other members of the Faculty give en
tire satisfaction, and I would particularly com
mend the music department to all who desire
a thorough training in that branch. lam con.-
fident no better instructions can bo bad in
branch in this county. We hope and
to see Mansfield Seminary, with its present su
perior and increasing advantages, well patron
ized by the peoplfe of this and the adjoining
counties. R. A. Drake. '
THE NEW EEPEE3ENTATION IN
CONQEESS.
We publish the! census of 1860 in another
part of this paper r The ratio of representa
tion is 127,216. This will give the several
States of the Uni<iri the following number of
representatives in Congress :
’ 37th 38th
States Congress! Congress Loss , Gain
Maine... J. 6 J 5 1
New Hampshire....!. 3 3
Vermont ; 3 3
M issaehusetls 10 1
Rhode 151 and..,..,,!. 2 11
Connecticut ;. 4 4
New York ;...,|,33 80 3
New Jersey i. 5 5
Pennsylvania ..25 23- 2
Delaware ;. 1 1
Maryland !. 6 6
Virginia i,13 11 2
North Carolina ~ 8 7 1
South Carolina j. 6 4 2
Georgia j. 8 7 1
Florida j. 1 : 1
Alabama....;, 7 6 1
Missia'sippi 5 5
Lmisiana -4 4
Arkansas 2 3 1
Texas 2 4 2
Tennessee 10 ‘ 8 2
Kentucky 10 '8 2"
0hi0....- -...'....21 19 2
Indiana.....'. 11 11
Illinois 9 13 4
Missouri ....... 7 19. 2
Michigan 4 6 ’ ‘ 2
Wisconsin 3 6 3
Liwa 2 5 3
Minnesota. ..... 1 T j
Oregon 1 '1 -!
California 2 3" '1
Kansas . ...... 1 1
■ Total ...... .238 234 22 • 18
Thin it will he seen that thei Slave States will
hive lot Elyhfyfouv Members in the .House,
while the Free States will have One Hundred
and Etfiy-nine —a majority of seventy-five.
A Printer Driven from Arkansas.— A
young man hy the name of Cressey, son of Dr.
Cressey, until recently a resident of Michigan,
but now living in Maine, was; requests 1 by the
Vigilence C immittee of Little Rock, Atk., to
leave the town and the State, for having express
ed [the opinion, .in answer to: a question, that
*’ the Secessionists were a pack. of tools.”—
Every journeyman anil boy irtthe office where
he was at work was of the sahio opinion ; bnt
,a< he was a Yankee he hud to march. He gives
his employer credit for having paid him up in
full ; and was able to get through without mo
lestation. It was a relief to .him, however,
when he found himself in a free State, as he
knew of several Northern lumbermen having
been hung for no greater offence than he had
committed. In on case tbe only charge'against
the unfortunate victim was!' that a Lincoln
medal-was found in hiavalise. -
...Quiet nn amusing episode! occurred in the
trip of the President elect between Cleveland
and Buffalo, At Northeast station Mr. Lincoln
took occasion to state that during the campaign
he had' reoived a letterfrom a young girl of this
place; in which he was kindly admonished to
dq. certain things, and-among others to let his
whiskers grow, and that, as he had acted upon
that piece of advice, he would jnow be glad to
welcome his fair correspondent, if she was am jng
the crowd. In response to the call a lassie
made her way through the crowd, was helped
on the platform, and kissed by the President^
, MISCSIiLANEOtrS Trjjyg
...A yonhg/Wan, who, two years a t. o
ifftd $70,000. is now posting bills at Chj
Highly talented,.and a first class acco,
roni has rutnfed him.
..,The|valiiB of foreign exports at ft.
Charleston, S, C., in 1859 wag $3O
- fell to $900,000 ; secession wi|J
it this year to nothing.
...Prentice says : The Secession p*
not possibly geti along in unity. It
be like the ragged fellow’s ehirt. which 1
be washed fcy the dozen because it *,
dozen pieces.
...Tho,lEnglii«j
654,000,000 tvora
while thelDnited
Great efforts are
culture of cotton
ih papers say that j B ,
w of csittoft-growfnj
1 States has- about r
' befftj; made to stimuli!*
i in India.
Erie, some gentleman
e wine, and rather f„
Lincoln replied ; “ I h a ,
it the use pf any liqur
jorth tfhilft to change
...At dinner at
Mr. Lincoln snrn i
upon him; Mr.!!
fifty year# tvithon
do not think it vt
its now.”
...The London
the American cri
Buchanan, Its,'
called upo n io p
part have been fi
their' situation.
■t Bow,
5,' was
;;witb'i
> ic
he san
Times, in another editoi
sis, is very bitter on P
ya few. men who have
ay so important a pul
und more utterly uneqt
m; of Norwich, Conn.,
drowned in the met.
ither hoys and fell th l t
e as long as possible, bi
t, crying—“ Good bye,
ell my mother ”
...Her her
years of aas
was skating
lie clung tl'
inghis bold
Lord bless i
an only son
...A Sprj
Post says t
whiskers n
facial app|
markable,
lank jaw-b
ness and rq
escapes th
Washingtoj
Many ye
bronze nie<
distributed
dies broker
Daniel Dll
statesman
should attn
week recei
express.
correspondent of the
vigorous growth of
rely changed Mr. Lini
i'~ . The improvement i
uht, hollow cheeks, and
s so enveloped as to gii
■ to the entire face, ahd,
ers, Mr. Lincoln will
oeedingly presentable
, a small number of el
of Hen'ry Clay were
; personal am
of these was laid as'n
be_ presented to the
tins; Clay’s prin'ciplei
e Presidency, and ws
Mr, Lincoln thruagh
2dwan
lection
Payson.of Boston, pn
wagered that it Mr. Li
mold walk from Busk
of tan-consecutive days,
bauguration. A time t
been published, by whii
■as
...A, Mr.
co tbellate <
was .electee
Wasbingtot
be present i
of hie jburn
appeals tbt
the 22d ins
will ayerng
(lays. The
gramme is
will make e
noon servic
[, lie
i insidt
it the i
ley: tiai*!
:t he «?
t. Th<
to start from Biutnn
distance is 453 miles, it!
45 dales-a day fur thr
e diver
Jongei i
0 hiile .l
1 nt II i
jy two
lind b
litjht f
t day’s travel in the
s, and the shut-test 22.
' on Sunday and attend e!
irtford, Ct. He will be
friends, who will ride it
m. He anticipated.- rt
■om the varied scenery.
ges the hopes that the cii
snow and rain during
compainpd !
distance be i
ing much dc
th- rout, nnc
will withholi
journey.
...The All:
Carolinians :
invadetabd :
charge) of th
expect big t
launched ea
the mounte<
turn out “t
the raft and
rooms for th
Carolina nat
to the inspei
invited to be
sleeping an
ted with sev
d indu
d their
sany £
iro prt
lemoli
aickerboeker says the
caring a mfc with whit
h Port Sumpter. Whin,
i cabin is not stated. '*•.
'rom this raft. It- trill a
it week, on which occii'i
lorums of Charleston C
i reast.” Having laurels
Up tho lower cabin as its
e rs, the first piece of Sui
liteature will be thrown ops
f the public. The ladieso
r t to inspect the pantriescl
i its. The raft is to be tnta
i rue Major GenetSla, eipkij'
hundred and thirty-five Ci>
: onnon stolen from the Get
got the raft in order, it
he fort by means of footles;
i oat. ■ If they all pull
is believed -that the Fort «if
la time,” if not earlier. B ! V
prt, the seventy-three Mat
(back their sleeves, doublet)
fouble dare” Major Andfrsrt r
jnock a chip from Gov. Ps i -::
mould Anderson refuse, ik r
mels are to “ double dare
n refuses to face the ColooA
and thirty-five captains are tt
:e faces'” at KTsTwife and »
me all this, the raft is to ops ?
le the Fort will return theer*;
ing on the city of Chariest® -
iof the raft, after disuovariif
■to shell their own houses, J
't, to talk over maters and ptf .
cocktails. {:
a ladles
things
■ly nes
il cocks
Ihfefe al
fitted i
13 i mSc(
«al arch
; tiun of
: preset
ingmei
■nty-th
Is,' two
fCtirin (
[•‘T*ng
i-arda I
sever Colone
tains, and c
eminent.; ]
be wwed'to
skiffs and a
sums direct!
be reached
ing reached
Generjile w 5
their fists a;
horse-1
on,, it i
‘ after
the Fj
ill foil I
md “ dfi
to coihe oult and
en’s sboulderj i
eighty-seven JCol
him. l If Andersi
the two bendred
thorlzed “ mal
‘tersj Hiwing d<|
on the jwhia
pliment by open:
Thecommanderfe
that: it won’t pay
the ri
iurboi
withdra’
take of 1
) THE SECESSIONISTS'
n. correspondent of the Sprfofj
SCOT
A Wsrihingtc
field Repuhlicai says
“In all (tie seceding; Slates there is n slll ®
an unpopular a the present moment a Gefiwj
Scott. Not ev ;n Abe Wncoln or Mr. Se«™
I AM
is the object of bo much:-criticism and at]®*
as Gen. Scott. He in bated by every aecesfi®
ist in the count ry, and for one reason only—
because be is fur enforcing the laws
fending the pro party of the United States-""
The nation owe a an immense debt of-grid®*
to Scott,|for in the darkest days of the rep s ® 1
lie, when President and .Cabinet were >e®
slough of secession, he stood erect, if' l ' l t
entire adjministratiun against him he was fij® -
He did riot fearito say plain and hold tkiotf
to Mr. Buchanan. Said he, “ Mr. Buck*' 1 * 11 '
Major Anderson has saved the country’s kj 8 "
or, and ypw’s u iik it.” At one time Mr
chanan .inclined to ordering Anderson e l **
fo Fort Moultrie. Gen. Scott declared hii P lf [
pose in such a dontingenoy to resign his
mission, i Such an act the President well kP*
would rouse the people of, the Free
the fighting pitch. It was the additional o“ B
, which called dawn the union weight. -S'
then the [President has been tolerably fi r ®'
The appointment of Mr. Stanton, of .JL
to the Cabinet was an era in our history,
moment he WASjinaide tb« council of tk#
tion, he and Holt combined at once their
and theirj influeooe to save the country fro®
miserable doctrine of secession. Befo r9 *
Holt, who was a true Union man, had beta*
tirely unobserved in the Cabinet by
Thompson, Touesy. and Company. No* .
joined hands with Stanton, and both pn
the views pf Geh. Scott in the Cabinet. 1
gentlemen, H dt, Stanton, and Scott, are
most popular nden in the country t unis* s *
cept Audersoh.i