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The President and Ills Surroundings.
It is right the people should have every op
portunity of becoming acquainted with the
habits, and customs of their Chief Magistrate
and the great men by whom he is surrounded,
and in a great measure directed. Our Aboli
tion fellow-citizens, who are generally pious
people, arc particularly interested in the moral
character and standing of Uncle Abe and his
distinguished official associates. For their
special benefit we give the following from the
Washington correspondence of the Cincinnati
Commercial, a paper as black in its politics as
ebony itself, and as devoted to Massa Linkum
and negro equality as Wendell Phillips or
Garrison himself. We - should judge from the
positive manner in which the writer speaks
that he must be on quite familiar terms with
all the celebrities whose peculiarities he thus
specifies :
"Our excellent old General-in-Chief, the
somnolent. Halleek, is not in the moat amiable
_humor in the world, and the same thing is to
be said of the judicious, agreeable and affec
tionate Stanton. They do an enormous deal
of cumin and swearin' when they are to
gether. All the great men here, except Chase,
wear like pirates. Even the resident occa
sionally indulges in a mild d—n ! Seward
swears double and twisted oaths, and smokes
like the pit, not to speak of the smiles he
takes.' It is very sad."
Yes, very ! It is said to give Deacon Berg
ner great pain. He is under concern for the
President's soul, as well as his own, and is said
to be losing Ilea and looking melancholy.
Yes, "it is very sad."
Ws have had occasion, during the past few
months, to note the differences which have
gradually grown up between the conservative
men of the North, and to deplore the existence
of such differences at a time when the spirit of
unity and harmony should prevail heartily and
earnestly throughout our whole organization.
We do not mean to quarrel with the opinions
ru t t4l3 - en — orAr l i o thrust our own
opinions upon the conservative men who differ
with us upon particulars which to day are of
little practical significance. The perils which
threaten us are far too imminent for us to seek
occasion to disturb that concert of action
whereby alone the conservative men of the
country may hope to make effectual theiroppo
sitiou to domestic tyranny and violence, or
ultimately to restore the Union. It is a time
to recognize and study carefully existing facts,
to shape our party policy and principles to
conform to the immediate exigencies of the
times-not for divisions and dissenslone.
11 1 4 conservative party has great purposes
to achieve, a great 1112 or to perform. It is
invested on one side by the enemies of domes
tic peace; it is encountered on the other by
the partizans of disunion. These obstacles
its energy and constancy must overcome ;
these, its common enemies, it must master.
All great movements and undertakings are
slow of growth ; we cannot expect the work
before us to be otherwise than difficult, per
haps delayed in its conclusion. Too great
precipitation may destroy us ; too hasty coun
sels once adopted may prove our ruin. The
effort to break down our opponents begins
naturally at home. Here there are no differ
ences to distract us ; here the people will be
found willing to respond. Time will perfect
the purposes of reunion, if the way is paved
for it by the cordial and united labor of its
Mends.
Meanwhile. it is well not to be earriedttoo
far in the heat of partisan violence and ranee;
to frighten and disturb the friendly sympathy
of those who, while they confess the treachery
and - wrongs we suffer, are not yet prepared to
sanction extreme measures for defense. Man
ifestly these things must be made to address
themselves to the good sense, and not the pas
sions, of the people. If we are saved, it will
be assuredly by their intelligence and support;
_if we are lost, it will be because we have coun
seled, like our enemies, violentlfand without
remembering the cost.
Candor is not incompatible with zeal, ear
nestness is not inconsistent with caution, and
a wise reserve is absolutely necessary to hus
band- our resources egainat the time of need.
If the country ever regains its power and pres
tige among the nations of the earth, it will be
because the people adhered to the distinctive
traditions of.our history—becanse they could
not bi carried away, even in the midst of times
so terrible as these, by the madness of their
rulers or the reckless counsels of their would
be friends.
"Come into Court",
A most excellent chance to make good their
assertions that the Democrats are in favor of
peace based upon a dissolution of the Union,
an acknowledgement of the independence of
the Southern Confederacy, or upon any terms
dishonorable to the loyal Stales, is now affor
ded to the Abolition press. The daily and
Wt tAly journals of that party have a thousand
times falsely charged the Democratic party
with entertaining such a purpose ; now let us
see thew show upon what ground they did it,
and also,• while they are about it, point out a
single Democrat, prominent or humble, who
has ever—like Senator Trumbull, in apolitical
wed, or Biehop Scott Or Mr- FOstee p itt the
N. Y. Methodist Conference—"thanked God for
our defeats at Bull Bun and other places." We
invite their attention to the following challenge
given by the Erie Observer.:
We assert, and we challenge any Abolition
paper or politician to prove •the contrary, that
no prominent Democrat in the North has ever
proposed a separation of the States or a cessa
tion of the war on the basis of dissolution,
and that the only members of either party who
who have urged the breaking up of the Union
have been Republicans—such, for instance, as
Mr. Conway, of Kansas, who offered a resolu
tion in Congress recognising the independence
of the South; or Mr. Greeley, who. declared
that if, at the expiration of three months from
April 22d, "a serious impression had not been
made on the rebels," we should "bow to our
I destiny and make the beet attainable peace;"
or Messrs. Sumner, Phillips and Stevens, who
announce plainly that they "mot no Vnion,
unless slavery is voted out of it." Will any
Loyal Leaguer accept the challenge ? We offer
the use of our own columns to whoever may
choose to undertake it.
Aboiat Soldiers
SO Much having been said by the Abolition•
fists about the feeling in the army in favor of
the administration and its measures, it may be
goefo, and indeed necessary, once in a while
to give the public the other side. We have
long since ceased to be troubled by army reso
lutions published in the administration press,
knowing that the privates have little or no
thing to do with getting them up or passing
them, and that they are principally the work
of Abolition and very weak-kneed Democratic
officers, who have "axes to grind" at the
hegidquarters of the army. Whenever we hear
directly from the privates and non-commit
sioned officers we hear a tale very different
from thst told in speeches and resolutions for
publication to the Lincoln press; for instance,
something like this :
RESOIAUT/ONB REPRESENTING THE REAL SENTI
MENTS OF COMPANY E, 149TH REGIMENT,
P. V.
CAMP NEAR BELL PLAINS, VA., }
March 22, 1863.
WHEREAS, An effort has been made by a
certain party in the North to obtain the moral
influence of the army in the field in support of
a political principle which should, and can
only be, decided by the people in their sove
reign capacity at the ballot-box : And whereas,
The commanding officer of the 149th P. V. has,
without due notice and process, imposed a set
of resolutions upon us, the principles of which
we cannot endorse and sustain ;
Therefore resolved, That we are in favor of a
vigorous prosecution of the war, for a restora
tion of the - Union, the Constitution, and the
authority of the laws—Ann rOn ITO OTHER rtIR
POSE.
Resolved, That we consider the attempt to
accomplish anything further by force of arms as
a dangerous precedent, subversive of the rights
of the people, and contrary to the letter and
spirit of the Constitution; and that we con
sider it our duty to frown upon every attempt
to intimidate the free action of the people of
the loyal States on any subject pertaining to
the political condition of the country.
Received, That we are opposed to the eman
cipation proclamation of the first of January,
1863, as an uncalled for and illegitimate pro
ceeding ; which has proved disastrous to our
cause, as well as subversive of the principles
of a republican form of government.
Eeaolved, That efforts of certain in the North
to obtain the real sentiments of the people
North and South, in a general convention, are
conciliatory in their influence ; and are des
tined to produce beneficial results, if properly
reSpected by the administration.
waitrketre r trietTliVikrieic - e; y - et s- we are not
so slavishly attached to it as to be willing to
accept it on any terms; nor indeed can we ac
cept any thing short of a restoration of the
Union and a recognition of the supremacy of
the Constitution and the laws.
These being our real sentiments, we hereunto
affix our names :
William Carr, Charles Larrimer, James H;
Dougherty, Abednego Crain, John IL Ball,
William Pierce, Edward Goss, William H. Ike,
James H. Bush, Wni. L. Taylor, J. H. Ogden,
Oliver Smith, B. B. M'Pherson, James A.
Rhinehart, Chas. H. Garrison, B. F. Carr, Wm.
H. Philips, George W. Ardew, Geo. W. Lu
rie; Henry Hummel, D. Breen Bernard, Hi
ram H. Hawk, Frank Freel, Christian Lainch,
John W. De Haas, David Cranmer, William F.
Krise, John H. Mason, Peter Curley, Nathan
Waring, James Lucas, Daniel S. Kephart, Jas.
W. goes, Milton tS, Lawhead, John Macum
ber.
From the 126th Ohio regiment, a gentlemen
who was present, writes as follows :
"The 126th Ohio was ordered out on parade
wiliout arms, in the snow, to hear the resolu.
Lions read. The gentleman says he was not
more than ten feet from the officer who read
them, and all that he could hear the officer
say, was, that the resolutions had been passed
by the officers, and that the men must all vote
for them too. Just as he commenced reading
them, a band of the New York regiment com
menced playing, and a locomotive whistled for
about ten minutes, so that the men did not
hear ten words read. And to show the inte
rest the soldiers took in thcm, he says, while
the reading was going on, they amused them
selves by throwing snow-balls at each other.
He asked the men when they returned to their
quarters, why they did not pay attention to the
reading of the resolutions ?
"Their reply NM—they `didn't care a 4-32.'
And yet we will be told these resolutions were
passed by the entire regiment, unanimously.
What humbuggery."
A "soldier" of the 61st Illinois writes
"Stine of the commissioned officers met here
some days since—none others being admitted
in the room—and drew up a set of resolutions,
one of which condemned the Illinois Legisla
ture' but, being so covered up with words, it
was hardly discernible; besides,
some of the
resolutions were very good. And, as they
were all voted on as one, large numbers of men
voted for them, not knowing what they were
voting for. The vote was taken on dress pa
rade. After the Adjutant had read them, and
the commander of the regiment had extorted
all to vote for them, he requested that all who
voted shotqd come to a shoulder arms at 'the
command. When he gave the command, it is
true, that many obeyed it ; but half of them
knew not what they were voting for. Some
shouldered their arms because others did, and
afterwards admitted that they did not know for
what it wasdonseaying that if the vote was
taken by ballot, they would go against the
resolutions. But, when shoulder-straps, court
martials, and military penalties are so numer
ous, upon the least pretense, against the rank
and file, the soldiers have to submit to the ex
ample as well as the direction of their supe
riors. Under such circumstances thousands
of men would submit to such resolutions whose
private opinions were directly:to the reverse,
and, were they not bound in the bondage of
military despotism they would assert their
true sentiments in public as freely as they do
in private."
A private of the 30th lowa, who went into
the army an Abolitionist, sends the following :
" DEMI Finnan : * We are encamped
in a low swamp within sight of the I great
city of Vicksburg.' We have a large army
here, and you will be apt to hear of some fight
ing soon. There is a great deal'of sickness
among the soldiers here. John, let me tell
you while you are at home with your parents
stay there, and never go into the army ; but if
you do you will be sorry for it. I would like
to be up la lowa once more. I am in hopes
that peace will be made soon, so that all the
soldiers can come home. We heard down
here that the soldiers in Keokuk had torn down
the Constitution office. I think they had better
been doing something else. I hope they won't
go to fighting in lowa. People in lowa, don't
know anything about soldiering to what we do
do wn here, * • * I will tell yon that the
negroes would be better off with their masters
than if they were free. lam in for letting the
black rascals stay in the South with their mas
ters. You know that I was a Republican when
I left home, but now lam a Democrat. I don't
say this because you are a Democrat, for I
wrote the same home. I wish that some of
the Abolitionists that raised, or help raise, the
war, had to go themselves, and maybe they
would be in for peace." * * * *
Lieut. Edward R. Bunegan, company K,
125th Pennsylvania volunteers, whose name
was signed to the proceedings published in the
telegraph, denies having signed them, and
sends with his denial a certificate from Capt.
Wallace, one of the secretaries, that his name
" was used without his knowledge or consent."
This we presume is the case in many instances,
and goes very far to prove that army resolu
tions as prepared by the officers for the press
are the veriest humbugs.
NEWS OF THE DAY,
A telegram from Nashville, April 26, reports
rom deserters that Bragg has been reinforced
by 16,000 men from Vicksburg. The report is
doubted by many, but it is known that Bragg
has occupied Manchester with a strong force.
Deserters state that there have been symptoms
of mutiny of late in the rebel army, the Ten
nessee troops going so far as to lay down their
arms and refuse to do duty. Much trouble was
experienced in restoring order. Prominent
Pennsylvania politicians were intriguing to
induce General Negley to accept the Abolition
nomination for Governor, hut it is understood
he will decline, his whole heart being in the
army.
A St. Louis dispatch, April 26, furnishes in
telligence that the rebel Generals Marmaduke
and Burbridge attacked General ArNiell M
Cape Girardeau on Saturday evening, (25th.,)
eight thousand strong. They first sent in a flag,
by order of General Price, demanding a sur
render, which being refused they commenced
the attack, and werti repulsed after three hours
hard fighting, and compelled to retreat. Our
logs was less than twenty—the enemy's not
stated, but probably much larger, as our troops
were sheltered and the rebels much exposed.
Intelligence from Fortress Monroe to the
25th, states that the Monitors were lying off
North Edisto island, South Carolina, on the
22d, and that the island was occupied by our
land forces.
As usual we haye nothing interresting from
the Army of the Potomac. The rebels have
increased their forces along the heights back
of Fredericksburg and strengthened their pick
ets. Their camps are much more numerous
and the troops may be seen at drill almost
every hour of the day.
Sherman, one of Colonel Baker's scouts, re
cently captured by Moaby's men at Brahma
vile, was not hung, as represented. He was
seen between Leesburg and Middleburg, on the
17th, the day after his capture, guarded by
three men. He was waiting for breakfast when
seen and appe,red to be in good spirits.
despatch has just been received;
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FORCES,
BERRYVILE, VA., April 22, 1863.
GENERAL : We caught the notorious Captain
Laypoled last night, at a point three miles en
the east side of the river. I learned of his
haunting place, set a trap for him, sent thirty
picket men across the river, three at a time, at
midnight, and caught him and seven men of
the 6th and 6th Virginia rebel cavalry ; they
bagged the whole party. There is general
rejoicing at the capture of this bold villian,
and Lieutenant Powell and his brave men of
the 12th Virginia Infantry, with Lieutenant
Wycoff, of the Ist New York Cavalry (ever re
liable,) are entitled to all the credit. It was a
bold dash and nobly executed.
I have the honor to be, General, your obedi
ent servant, AND. T. M'EBYNOLDS,
COl. Ist N. Y. Cavalry, commanding.
To Brigadier Gen. KELLEY, commanding liar
per's Ferry.
Among the Washington items in Forney's
Press, April 26, we find the following:
"Mr. Addison has been removed to day from
the chief clerkship of the Adjutant General's
office."
This Addison is the man charged with
treasonable correspondence with the repels.—
If innocent, why discharge him. If guilty,
discharging him is not enough. He should be
tried, and if convicted, hanged. Why isn't it
done ? simply because there are too many
high officers of Government guilty, or at least
strongly suspected of the same crime, and the
administration is afraid to prosecute, for fear
of exposure.
The N. Y. Tribune of the says :
Our news from Vicksburg and below con
tinues good. Six more transports have been
successful in running the blockade—the Ti
gress, Empire City, Moderator, Anglo-Saxon,
Cheeseman, and Harrison. The Free Stone and
A. D. Hine took two double-deck flatboats
through the Duckport Canal. These boats
are capable of carrying one thousand men
each. Transports now run by Warrenton
without difficulty, the batteries being silenced.
Transports ha.ve returned from the Yazoo ex
pedition. The rebels under the command of
General Wood, were attacked by Brig. Gen.
Dodge, with a part of the command of Major
General Hurlbut, at Bear Creek, and driven
confusedly to Craney Creek. General Dodge
now occupies Bear Creek. The situation of
affairs in the neighborhood of the Coldwater
is unchanged. Skirmishing still continues.—
There are various reports from Tennessee, and
Mississippi. The rebels report a fight atTus
cumbia, andclaim a victory. Bragg is said to
be putting his army in working order prepara
tory to an active campaign. It is reported
that the Union troops have reoccupied Holly
Springs.
Our correspondent at Suffolk, Va., writing
on Thursday, (23d,) says : "We are closely
hemmed in ; the enemy are on all sides of us )
save our rear. This is now secure. They
have It knee of from 30,000 to 40,000 men. It
was their evident design to attack us the first
day that they drove in our pickets, thinking to
find us unprepared, but observing their error
on this point, they paused to consider—and
still pause."
By yesterday afternoon's telegraph:
NEW Yowl . , April 27.—The New Orleans
Era has a letter from the United States Con
sulate at Monterey, April 3, which says : The
Gnernment express arrived here list night
bringing news from Puebla of the repulse of
the French forces, after three days fighting.
This news is, generally credited, and is un
doubtedly true in the main. (Signed, M. M.
KINLY, Vice Cousul.) The Tribune has offi
cial news from Mexico to April 1. The re
ported loss of 60 pieces of artillery and 8,000
men by the French is untrue. The news re
costly received via San Francisco is in the
main true. The French suffered several re
pulses at Puebla, but finally compelled the
Mexicans to abandon the Fort San Javier;
not, however, until they had removed all the
artillery and ammunition. The fort is a heap
of ruins, and a new one has been built in its
rear. Up to April 7th, no news favorable to
the French had reached Vera Cruz, and the
inference is that the Mexicans were still hold
ing out bravely.
St. Louis dispatch April 26, says the Demo
crat has a special from Patton, Bollinger
county, dated yesterday, which says : Marma
duke, with 3,000 men and six pieces of artil
lery, left here last night on the Cape Girar
deau road, He has stripped this section of
country of everything moveable, robbing the
Unionists and Secessionists alike. He had a
train of 150 wagons loaded with plunder.
Cannonading now heard in the direction of
Cape Girardeau. If Marmaduke remains there
he will be captured by Vandever, and if he
retreats southwest he will be pursued by us.
We have already taken a number of prisoners
straggling from his army.
WASHINGTON, April 27th.—A dispatch hts
been' received from Admiral Porter, dated
Yazoolßiver, April 16, with a report from Lieut.
commanding T. V. Selfridge, off Arkansas Riv
er, April 4th, stating the arrival of the Cur
lew, Cricket, Rattler and Prairie Bird; also,
the Ram. The Admiral, in the course of his
dispatch, says :—"I have force enough at Ar
kansas and White River to prevent any at
tack."
Correspondence of the Patriot and Union. ~,,
ON STEAMBOAT PLYMOUTH ROOK, t
April 24th, /868,
0. BARRETT & Co.—Gentlemen: I have been
for the last hour in conversation with an offi
cer recently from the Army of the Potomac,
and sit down to give you some of the things
he said, and the thoughts they suggested. In
the first place, he informs me that the army is
in excellent conditien—ill better health, and
better supplied than they have ever been be
fore, but that they are utterly disgusted with
the imbecility of the present administration
and the manner in which the war is being Car
ried on—that since the removal of General
M'Clellan, whom they all idolize, and the issu
ing of the emancipation proclamation, which
they nearly all condemn, they have no stomach
for a fight, and would leave the service if they
could, giving up the cause of the Union in
despair, unless wiser counsels prevail. With
Gen. M'Clellan at their head, and the war waged
for the purpose it was inaugurated, to wit :
" The restoration of the Union as it was"—they
feel they could make short work of the rebel
lion ; but a war for the liberation of slaves and
the extermination of slaveholders, they look
upon as entirely hopeless of any good result—
that the idea of exterminating five millions of
people is barbarous and absurd, and could only
have been engendered in the crazy brain of a
fanatic—and that we have abundant evidence
that the South will never yield while such hu
miliating conditions are demanded. Under
these circumstances they feel that every dollar
expended is a total loss to the nation, and every
life sacrificed a deliberate murder, for which
the powers that be will have to answer at the
usu. IJCell
on for the single purpose of putting down the
rebellion and restoring the Union, it would
have been ended long since. The people of
the South, by a large majority, are in favor of
putting an end to this unholy strife on any
terms that recognize them as citizens of a com
mon country, having equal rights ; but when
you talk of subjugation, as American citizens,
as men, they wilt' not crawl on their bellies, in
abject submission to any power. "But," said
" have they not the most bitter hatred in
their hearts against the people of the North,
that would preclude the possibility of a settle
ment, except on the basis of a separation,
which would be entirely inadmissible ?" "Not
at all," said he, " the bitterness and hatred
exists only with the fanatical leaders on both
sides. The great mass of the people in the
South, as with the masses in the North, have
no vindictive feeling towards their brethren,
and would fraternize with them to-morrow if
they had the opportunity. I have trav
eled through several States of the South
since this war began, or at least the parts of
States subject to our arms, and have uniformly
found the utmost courtesy and kindness, ex
cept among a few extremists, and those who
had received gross outrage at the hands of our
troops. The stories told by some of our peo
ple of the insults and indignities put upon
them by Southern women are mainly false, or
greatly exagerated." "But then," said I, "the
soldiers, who are constantly on the alert, seek
ing an opportunity to destroy each other—can
they ever be reconciled ?" "Why, sir," said
he, (II have seen the Confederate and Federal
soldiers fishing on opposite•sides of the Bap
pahannock, only two or three hundred feet
feet apart, without the slightest desire to in
jure each other; on the contrary, they would
converse on the most familiar terms, establish
the most friendly relations, and, whenever an
opportunity occurred, exchange goods to their
mutual advantage. This is not an exception,
but a general rule ; and to force such men, a
few days afterwards, to imbrue their hands in
each others' blood, is a sight that must excite
the glee of fiends, and 'make the angels weep.'
From information derived from other sources,
and the broad intelligence and deep earnestness
of the gentleman with whom I have just been
conversing, I am satisfied that his position is
correct, and that if the proper means werare
sorted to we could Settle our unhappy differ
ences, on the basis of the Constitution as it is,
without the slightest difficulty. When, under
the Democratic administration of James K.
Polk, we engaged in a war with Mexico, we
sent with the army a Commissioner fully em
powered to negotiate a peace whenever the
Mexicans were willing to do us justice, and
the result was an early settlement of all mat
ters in controversy, and in such a manner as
not only "to give indemnity for the past and
security for the future," but to reflect glory
and honor upon us as a nation; while our pre
sent fanatical leaders draw the sword and throw
away the scabbard, determined to accept no
terms of compromise, but to carry on a war of
subjugation, until our republican form of go
vernment is totally changed and the entire
social order and domestic institutions of one
half the States of the Union completely up
rooted.
How long will Heaven permit our unfortu
nate people t 4 Slumber on in this horrible
nightmare—to be ridden to death by maniacs ?
How long shall our means and blood be wasted
in this fratricidal war ? flow long ? Oh, Lord,
how long? A TRAVELER.
The Spy System
Under Abolition rule we are fast falling into
all the vilest, most repulsive and dangerous
practices of despotism. A Washington corres
pondent of the Cleveland Herald, a full blood
ed Abolitioaiet, of Mtn*, writes as follows:
"The time has come, and this is the place
for Committees of - Safety, whose business it
shall be to watch spies and sympathizers. *
* Union Leagues are well enough, but
they are not, - as at present organized, thorough
enough. * = * In every township a Com
mittee of Safety is needed. * * * Their
duties would be those of voluntary aids to the
Provost Marshals, to furnish lists, and keep watch
of suspicious persons," &c., &c.
To which the Cleveland Plain Dealer replies :
"Listen to this Austrian spy! this fellow,
who proposes a gang of sneaks, who will go
prowling about peoples' bed•rooms to hear sus
picious talk; this Abolition Titus Oates, who
proposes an organized gang of slimy hangers
on in society. Let them organize their Sneak
ing Committees, and every honest citizen will
provide himself with a good cowhide, and:if
he catches one of these whelps sneaking into
his private apartments he will flay him out of
his boots."
New Ilbutrtistmetits.
CEIANGE IN THE LAW RELATIVE TO
SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
The following act was passed by the Legis
lature at the late session!
AN ACT
Relative to the Term of Office of School Directors.
Su, 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn•
sylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the term
of office of School Directers, from and after
the first of January, Anno Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-four, shall com
mence on the first Monday of June in each and
every year; Provided, (That) the term of office
of School Directors, now in office, shall sever
ally be extended until the first Monday of June
of the year in which their term of office ex
pires: And provided further, That the organi
zation of each Board of School Directors, as
provided by the twelfth section of the act of
the eighth of May, one thousand eight Hun
dred and fifty-four, shall be within ten days
of the first Monday of June in each year : And
providea further, That the school tax for each
year shall not b levied until after such orgaai
zation and before the first of July of each year :
Provided, That the provisions of this s it shall
not extend to the city of Philadelphia, 'nor to
the county of Allegheny, nor to the cities of
Reading and Lancaster.
JOHN CESSNA,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEO. V. LAWRENCE,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The 22d day of April, 1863.
A. G. CURTIN.
This brief section effects several important
modifications of the school law, which seem to
require immediate explanation :
I. It provides that after Jan. 1, 1864, the
term of office of Directors shall commence on
the first Monday in June next after their elec
tion.
1. This means that, no matter in what agonth
elected, after let Jan , 1864, Directors shall not
take their seats in the board till the first Mon
day in the next succeeding June—that is, till
bile Una lutay wrire--neiraffootyear.
2. This does not affect persons appointed to
fill vacancies. They at once take their seats,
and continue in the board till the first Monday
of the June in which the term of the persons
whose places they occupy would have expircd,
had they remained in the board.
11. It extends the term of all Directors
office" (whether by election or appointment)
on the day of /to passage (22d Apr)), 1863) from
the day on which such term would otherwise
have expired till the first Monday in the next
succeeding June.
1. This means that Directors' terms existing
at the date of the act (22d April, 1863), shall
be continued from the day on which they would
otherwise have expired till the next succeeding
first Monday in June, .so as to retain. a full
board till that time.
2. This does not mean, however, that Direc
tors, whose term expired during the winter or
spring of 1863, but prior to 22d April, 1863,
are to resume and continue their office till the
first Monday in June, 1863 ; for, their term
having expired before its passage, this act can
have no operation upon them.
. Hence this also means that Directors
whose terms expired any time before April 22d,
1863, are not to be admitted into the triennial
conventions to elect County Superintendents
on the first Monday of May, 1863 ; but that
their successors duly elected or appointed,
whether before or after the 22d of Awn, 1863,
are to be admitted as members of the conven
tions.
111. It postpones the organization of Boards
of Directors (that is, the choice of President,
Secretary and Treasurer) till within ten- days
after the first Monday in June annually. '
1. This renders an election of officers for or
ganization indispensable within ten days after
the first Monday in June, 1803; and annually,
thereafter, within the first ten days of each
school year.
2. But, inasmuch as unbroken organization
is indispensable to the operations of the sys
tem, this not only also admits of, but requires,
an organization of each board for the interim
between the annual election and the first
Monday of June, in 1863 ; within ten days
after which last named day the first regular
organization under the new law must take
place.
3. Hence it follows, that all official acts by
board officers, chosen prior to the first Mon
day in June of 1863, and in accordance with
the old law and the rules of the proper board,
will be legal and binding, till the first election
under the new law in June.
IV. - It , prohibits the leiy of school tax, till
the period between the annual organization of
the properißoard and the first of the following
July.
1. This means that the amount of tax to be col
lected within the then current school year, shall
not be fixed by vote qf the Board, till between
the date of the regular annual organization
thereof and the- Ist of the next July. In other
words, that the official acts prescribed by sec
tion 28 of the school law of 104 are still to
be performed, but at a different time.
2, This also means that the school tax for
the school year which will commence on the
first Monday in June, 1863, is to be 4 ‘ levied"
or fixed in June, 1863, under the new law, and
not " on or before the Ist Monday in May,"
as required by the act •of '1854.
3. As this act eoes not specify the time when
the tax is to be 00 apportiened'? and the dupli
eate made out, which the 01121 law did, (viz: on
or before the let Monday in June,) it follows
that the duplicate may and should be made out
as soon as practicable after the " levy " in
June.
V. It excepts the city of Philadelphia, the
county of Allegheny, and the cities of Reading
and Lancaster, from the operation of its pro
visions.
1. This meanethat those places are excepted
from the operation of all the provisions of this
act, and not merely from some of them_
2. It leaves the county of Allegheny and the
cities of Reading and Lancaster, exactly as
they were prior to 22d April, 1863, in refer.
ence to the term of office of Directors, the right
of Directors to vote for County Superintend.
ente r the organization of school boards, and the
time of levying school tax.
THO. H. BURROWES,
Superintendent Common Schools
SCHOOL DRPARTHENT,
HARRISBURG, April 25, 1863.
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ToIIOPOSALS.
Sealed Proposals are invited until the 4th day of May,
1863. for supplying the 11. 8. Subsistence Department
at Harrisburg, Pa., with FRESH BEEF.
The first delivery of beef to be made on the 6th day
of May, 186; or as soon thereafter as the undersigned
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Bids to be directed to Capt. W. H. BELL, O. B. 11. S.
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nishing fresh Beef."
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