STAR OF THE N'ORTIL
nt. w. waives, EDITOR.
Dloaassbnrg Thursday Slerch Id, 1669.
TfcMPERANCP, HKFOROI.
Wa ipaite attention to tire report of the
90kate Committee on ♦iee and Immorality
which we p<4#tb to-day. it is from the pou
of trtr.'Price, who has been sadly abused as
being the obarapioq .of (ho '< rum party."—
But such things as this report show the force
-of public sentiment under our Democratie
'institutions, and this is a much stronger en
tgine of -rdform than ail the bond# and pen
>altiea of statutes. In England this popular
-element hat fully illustrated its force. The
.prineiplee of parliamentary reform were some
yeari ago discussed by obscure bu{ intelli
gent men, until the'haughty aristocracy wore
foetid to abandon such abuses as the rolteu
borough system, and to enlarge the privileges
of ihe elective franchise. The bill was pass
ed in pieces, but (he work was well done.—
Wellington the true representative of the ar
istocracy was unable to stem the torrent, and
gave way. Sir Robert Peel was in like man
ner forced to go with the curreut in that
meaeere, as well as ou Ihe bill tu take Irom
Catholics the disabilities of the old law of
bigotry.' The law to give the people cheap ,
bread was in liko manner forced over lite
ministries ol Wellington and l'eel; for these .
men knew what it meant when Macauley
arose as the champion of the people's cause
oo the midnight of the memorable debate on
the bill for parliamentary reform, and, while
'London was a sea of infuriated delegates
gathered from all England lashing (heir rage
against the walls of parliament, lie declared
to the trembling Lords and Commons -through
,parliament or over parliament this hill mail pass.'
We do not mean by this that men like Mr.
Price have been driven to change their views
-on the subject of temperance reform, but
thut reform must not depend on an act of as
sembly alone, but on the strength with which
the cause, upon its iuheieot merit, appeals
to the popular sentiment of right and neces
sity. Legislation in itself cannot make men
sober nor keep them so, any more than it
-can crtate wealth by larifTs and banks; and it
can only be effectual for good while it keeps
even pace wirh popular sentiment. .True, it
-must keep up to the bat tone of publio mor
als, and must protect the reformer iu his
work of progressive good ; but the moralist
must lay the foundation to sustain the super
structure of the legislator.
The more Democr&tio a government the
greater will be the license for wrong, just as
in a republic (hero is also a greater scope
for good. Men live faster as they live with
more freedom, and the character developes
itself early and fully.
Bancroft against KnowXothinglvui.
The great historian, in an address recently
delivered before the New Votk Historical
Society, spoke eloquently and justly of the
obligations duj from the American people.
He views the great subject from an elevated
stand-point, and bis utterance of truth meets
with a warm and cordial response from the
hearts of all truly patriotic men. He says:
"Ourlaud it more the recipient of all
countriea than of their ideas. Annihilate
the past of an) one leading nation in the
world, and our destiny would have been
-changed. Italy and Spain in the persons of
Columbus and Isabella, juiued together for
the great discovery that opened America to
-emigration and commerce; Franeecontribu
ted to its independence; the search for the
-origin ol the language we speak, carries us
to India; our religion is from Palestine; ol
the hymns sung in our chu'cbes, some were
first beard iu Italy, some iu the desert of
Arabia, some on the banks of the Knph
■rates; cor arts come fi 4 om Gieece, our juris
.prudence from Rome, our maritime code
from Russia. England taught us the sys
tem of representative government; the no
ble republic of the United Provinces be
queathed to us, in the world thought, the
great idea of the toleration of all opinions—
in the world of action, the prolific principles
-of Federal Union. Our country standsthere
foro, more than any other, as the realiza
4ion of the unity of the laces."
Luzerne Real Estate-
We understand that a gentleman in New
York has purchased Judge Woodward's Rose
Mill property, lyiogon the road to Plymouth,
-near the village of Kingston, for $15,000, be
ing at the rate of about SIBO per acre, for the
entire estate. This is a good prooerty, and
handsomely located, situate a* it is, adjoin
ing the Lackawanna &Bloomsburg Railroad.
It is said that Hon. Henry M. Fuller has
entered into contract for the sals of his large
•coal properly,lying above Mill Cresk, for
SIOO,OOO. The coal lands are being sought
after with avidity, as their great vaiua be
comes known to Capitalists. No man can
make a mistake in buying lands in this Val
ley.
Mrs. Sarah $. Coveii has aold her Home
stead and borough property to Mr. John Carey,
•of the Plains, for S6OOO. A good bargain.
a The Law Movement.
The New York Pick is edited by a gentle
man, who was formerly private secretary to'
Mr. Calhoun. He opposed theKnow-Noth-,
ing movement until tt took up George Law,
and now comes out flat-footed for the'new
party. In his last paper he saj-st a Georgia
correapondent: "when Mr. Calhoun died we
made up our mind to have done with poli
tics But we see an opening now for the
" Calhoun principles," and our coat is off
George Law is the man ; be Is sound as roach,
and he can be elected. Go and talk to the
editor of your Conrier about it."-
Tbe.Seuate Committee on Banks has
reported §dersely to the application for the
Montour Bga|c of Danville.
•
Important to Old Soldiers.
We publish to day in foil tbe*new act of
I Gongreia which gives to all the aid artdiers
110 aeres of gnd to ihoeiit who
have drawn smaller war ants heiaiofora,
enough more to make 160 acres. Our tnanks
are due to Hbn. S. P. Waldo, fur forms and
instructions necessary to make applicatioe in
proper .form, i feince the forgeries of Ford
and Voiiderfmith, the Pension Department
is more strict in the allowance of claims,
and the new forms are more exact than old
onea. Two witnesses are required as vouch
ers, and other precautious introduced., The
instructions say that -wMere the setviA hat
been rendered by a substitute he is the per
son entitled to the bounty. A widow, or if
no widow a minor child or minor children,
may claim the benefit of the act. Persons
within the age of 21 years ou the 3d of
March, 1855, are deemed-miuors;
To obtain Ihe-benefits of this act, the clai
mant must mttke a declaration, under oalb,
substantially according to the form annexed
to the instructions. The eignatuTe of the ap
plicant must be attested, and his or her per
sonal identity established by the affidavits of
two witnesses, whose residences must be
given, and whose credibility must be sus
tained by the certificate of (he magistrate
before whom the application is verified.
No certificate will be deemed sufficient in
any case, unless the facts are certified to be
within the personal knowledge of the magis
trate or other officer who shall sign the cer
tificate, or the names and places of residence
of the witnesses by whom the facts are es
tablished be given, or their affidavits, prop
erly authenticated, be appended to the cer
tificate.
The official character and signature of the
magistrate who may adminirter the oath
must be certified by the clerk of the proper
court of record of his county, under the seal
o( the court. Whenever the certificate of
the officer who authenticates the signature
of the magistrate is not written on the same
sheet of paper which contains the signaluro
to be amneuticated, the certificate must be
attached to said paper by a piece of tape or
ribbon, ihe ends of which must pass under
the official seal, so as to prevent any paper
Irom being improperly attached Jo the cer
tificate.
Applications in behalf of minors should
be made in their names by the guardian or
next friend. Where thore are several mi
nors entitled to the same gratuity, one may
make the declaration. The warrant will be
issued to all jointly. In addition to proof of
service, as in oilier cases, the minor must
prove the death of his father, that no widow
survives him, and that he and those he rep
resents are the only minor chilJren of the
deceased.
If a party die before the issue of a war
rant to which he wouM be entitled, if living,
the right to said warrant dies with him. In
such case the warrant becomes void, and
should be cancelled, arid the party next
eulilled in right of the service claimed should
make an application ; and if there be no
such party, the grant lapses under the limi
tation of ilia beneficiaries to the bounty. If
the claimant die after the issue of ttie war
rant, ihe title thereto rests in hit heirs in law
in the same manner as real estate in the
place of the domicile of the dectrased and
can only be assigned or located by said
heirs.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LUNATIC HOSPITAL
V r e have received from Mr. Maxwell the an
nual report of the Pennsylvania State Luna
tic Asylum, for 1854. The institution is lo
cated near Harrisbnrg, and the buildings are
extensive and commodious. The report in
forms us thai the whole number of patients
admitted to tho institution during the four
years it has been iu operation, although a
reasonable number have been discharged as
restored or improved, yet there is a remain
der which increases annually, and may be
considered as a permanent charge. This
was 37 in the year 1851, and 106 in 1852, at.d
182 tri 1853, and .214 in 1854. During the
ia.t year W4 patients have been admitted,7o
being sent by tin) public authorities and 74
by their frieudt, ainuutliiug, with the remain
der front the previous year, tr an aggregate
of ?26 patients, of whom 112 hav* been dis
charged, 27 as restored, 22 as improved, 30
as stationary and 22 by death. Of lbs re
maining 214, the number of males is 127, and
ol females 87. The report says that more
than three hundred patients cannot beaccotn
dated in the institution with benefit, and as
applications for admission are increasing,
many must necessarily be refused. In view
of this, the managers recotntneud 'he estab
lishment of another institution io Western
Pennsylvania. Of the pa'ienta that havebeen
in the institution since its estalflismenl, 333
were natives of Pennsylvania,aod ltMoffor
eigu countries, 57 being from Ireland, and
27 from Germany.
Ibe New Postage Luw.
The Post Office Department calls attention
of Postmasters and the public to the new
postage law,requiring that all letters between
places in the United States shall bo prepaid
from and after the Ist bf April, 1855, by
stamp or otherwise, and that from and after
the Ist of January next Postmasters must
place postage stamps opon all prepaid letters
upon which suoh stamps may not bare been
placed by the writers, or which may not
be enclosed in stamped envelopes. From
and after the Ist of April, 1855, the postage
| to be charged on each single letter for any
distance in the United Slates not exceeding
3000 miles is three cents, and over 3000
miles ten cents. The law does not change
the existing rates or regulation in regard to
letter* to or from Canada Or other foreign
countries, nor does it aflect the franking priv
ilege. The provisions io regard to Ihe reg
istration of valuable letters will be oatriyd
into effect, andepeofal instructions Issued to
Poetmasters on the subjec', as soon as the
necessary blanks can bo prepared ami dis
tributed.— Phila. Ledger.
BP" At the instance ol Mr, Buckalew, the
bill' repealing the act which established a
ferry at Centreville, in this comity last week
passed the Senate.
I*" We are pleated 10 learn, thai the new I
io^Ttfmr j
working toqfie felkpwisfaopon of (is prarif. i
tore, Last-week it turned oet 126 loos of good
pig metal,' j v ' j,., , " .j
Ist %,
tw Tb Tunkhaanoek"J)emocret censures
Senator Pipit tod Mr Latinop, lor voting In
favor of Siikpn Cameron for United States
Senator.
" 1 * m
iar The editor of the Luzerne Union has
given a column of his paper%> the cause cf
education, under supervision of Mr. LESIIER
the County Superintendent. -
ty Those persons *OO will this spring
visit the city to buy eny furniture will do
weW to call on Mr. H. F. Hoover in Second
street below Dock.
W Correspondents from Harrisburg in
form us that Governor Pollock's administra
tion is turning to the strong favor of the "old
line" Whigs, and gives very cold comfort
to the'Know-Nothings.
ur The proposition to loipi anew county
from part of Bucks and the rural districts ol
Philadelphia is finding much favor in the
legislature. The corruption andextrsvagancu
of the Know-Nothing city government is dis
gusting every body.
, iv We shall bo pleased to publish next
week the speech of Senator Buckalew against
the praotice and principle of municipal sub
scription. It hasthe ring ofsound,solid, good
sense ; and its tone will please every honest
man.
We understand that the Susquehanna Di
vision of the Pennsylvania Canal will be
opened on the Ist of The North
Branch Canal on the 16th.
DIVISION OF UNION COUNTY.—A bill for the j
division of Uuion County, with a clause sub
mitting it to a vole of the people, ou Friday j
the 16th inst., has passed the Legislature.
The Baltimore Conference of the Me.ho- i
dist Episcopal Church convened in the city j
of Baltimore on Wednesday the 7ih inst. j
James W. Clark ha become associated i
with Theodore Wright in the publication of
the "Lycoming Gazette."
BP The boats commenced loading coal
at Schuylkill Haven on Tuesday of last week.
They must expect early boating.
BP" To-morrow (Friday,) the township
elections will lake place in this county.
t?" The epicures at Tamaqua feast on j
fresh shad. J
t# Last Saturday the fourth annual com- i
raericement of the Philadelphia Femalej
Medical College took place. The degree of J
M. D. was conferred on six ladies. The in- j
•illation is seid to be in a fioutishing condi
tion, and during the past session it has had j
40 students, though a number of these at-'
tended only to acquaint themselves with
raodical eeier.ee. Some ladies who in other
years graduated are r.ow engaged as practi
tioners, and draw large fees from the mod
intelligent families in the laud.
1 1. I.USTH iocs MEN. —The New York papers
are full ot the death of Poole, a notorious
pugilist, who was killed in an affray with
some other ruflians of the same stamp.—
One reepeclablo paper gives his. biography,
with as much laudation as is usual when
some individual dies whose life was made
illustrious by publio service and private
virtue. The next thing will probably be an
enlogium upon the life and public services
el Jack Sheppard.— Ledger.
CATHOLICS HOLDING OKFICC. —The Senate
of Massachusetts have passed, iuconcurreuce
with ihe House, an order directing the com
mittee on constitutional amendments to leyorl
an amendment prohibiting Catholics from
holding office in that Commonwealth. The
order was amended by itiseiling Ruir.au be
fore Catholic.
These liberal minded law makers should
I at once re-enact the famous Blue Laws.—
Nolhi' g could be mora consistent with the
above proportion, as they originate from the
same fanatical les'Jing.
4<S' •' "
ANOTHER SCHEME BROKEN
tor Cooper has been appointed l'residc.?t Ol
Col. Ktnney'e Central American Expedition.
The pioject appears to have fizzled out rapid- J
ly since the suspicion of filibosterirm has
tainted it, whether justly or not we do not
know. There is one fact certain, the break
ing up ot all the schemes for the acquisition
of territory by lutce, shows that theft has not
yet become so popular as to be incorporated
as a principle in our national ethics. In the
nalmy days of the Grecian Republic, steal
ing was not considered s crime, hut our re
publio rests on belter moral foundations than
the Grecian, and gives therefore promise of
longer endurance.
A RIGHTEOUS VMDICT.— In Noblesville,
la., Mrs. Julia Fiyberger brought suit against
Martin Moumjoy, for damages csassd by
liquor sold by the defendant to the plaintiff's
husband, John Frybergar. She charged that
the defendant's liquor had mods bar husband
a drunkard, bad caused him toloae hi* time
and waste bis money, and claimed one-thou
sand dollars damage. The jury gave her a
verdict for.ssoo.
Judicial Salaries.
A bill has been reported in ihe House of
Representatives to raise the salaries of Judg
es in Pennsylvania.
Tbia bill fixes the salary ol the Judges of
the Courts of Philadelphia at $3500; Alle
gheny $2750; Chief Justice ol the Supreme
Court $2750; Associate Justice* of the Su.
preme Court $2500; the Judges of the sever
al districts under a population of 75,000, $lB
- from 75,000 to 100.000 population $2200.
The increase is about 20 per cent. The pres
ent rate was fixed twenty years ago.
r-tzare from lUIMgm
Oxtt LegMitiirre at Uarrtsborg.
A ootemporiiy' declares that marry of the
present ntem'bM ot the 'Pennsy'lvania'Legis
lalure, belonging | f , all are Shame
fully incompei^t; but attributes their elec
tion, by what sf ems t brat a (MfradoXleal as
sertion to thei." utter obacurity as individu
als. Our cotqhpoiary, however, is not far
wrong. Thsfc no question that the
standard of nftpViaiity bas been steadily
declining, forminy years, in the Legislature
of this Commonwealth., are apt prepa
fed to say, with our cotcmporary, that the
present Assembly is the worst we ever had,
bftt certainly if If bad enough. Before :thad
j beea in session a Wio*th, dinrges of bribery
I were so openly'mnde on its loor, that a com-
I millee of inquiry hSJ to be appointed to in
vestigate the subject. A legislature ought to
be, like Cesar's wife, above suspicion.—
When it beeomes necessary to take notice
officially of accusations like this, it may be
considered established that, whatever the
commiuje report, there has beea corruption
somewhere. If wo tire to jadge of the way
in which political affairs .are conducted, by
the talk of politicians themselves, it ia regar
ded no crime to bribe, provided, to use their
own phraseology, they "cover up iheirown
tracks." When such language is employed,
wn may be sure there is secret guilt.
Much of Itie Iwuempetency, profligacy and
venality legislators is to be attri
buted to the facrthat po'Hics has sunk into
a trade. Men new follow it for a livelihood,
and not, as to enhance the public
good. The timeWs, and within the mem
ory of many yet tving, when legislators were
chosen, like Ciicinnalns, for their eminent
public virtues. \But now, as our cotempora
ry has observed; it is obscure men who are
most olten elet-ldd. Obscure, we mean, as
individuals. Peisons, unknown to their fel
low citizens generally, either as worthy, in
telligent, public spirited, sagacious or hu
mane.
But they are dot obscure in the pluces,
where, by the to which politics
have sunk, tl e wires are pulled that elect our
representatives, livery grogshop knowsthern
every demagogue'has their acquaintance,
every venal seeker alter oflice is in their in
tercut Or they Jflrtuuwn, nominally as re
formers, bnt really us old political hacks, who,
by a sort of leap-ffog, mount to power over
the backs of the people. In a word, they are
anything but obscure in the world of trick
ery, double sh ullling, and corruption, though
obscure eriongh in the more elevated sphere
ol public virtue, patriotism, capacity and hon"
est)-.
To a certain extant, nevertheless, it is the
fault of the. people that such legislators are
chosen. It is the indifference of the public
at large which enables artful men to make a
trade of politics. At the late special election
for State Senator, for example, bnt two-thirds
of the voters went to the polls: and the delin
quents were about equally divided between
the two parties. To ward meetings three
fourths of the electors never go at all. Is it
a wonder that the management or public af
| lairs falls into Mounds it does? A trier-
Tfliaut, who'shotnPßffoct the details of his
business, as citizens neglect the details of
government, would soon bo ruined ; and is it
surprising, therefore, that public affairs have
got to their present pass? The people have
nobody to blame bttthemselves, that Harris
burg is full of ignorant, corrupt, artful and hyp
ocritical legislators; that everybody belives,
though nobody, perhaps, can prove, that bri
bery is going on all the lime; and that, if the
Commonwealth is not disgraced—ruined it
cannot be, thank God!—it it because the com
munity at large ha* 100 high a character for
public virtue to be uffected even 6y the acts
of its agents.
From the Boston Pos'.
| I-ieul. Gen. Icoii Bombard* a Hhl| and
Know-Nothing Falschood-
Hon. William S. Darnell, the anti-slavery
t Know-Notbirg member of Congress from
l Massuoi. dsetts, assorted, in hi* lec
| lure* in couely, that the Oathoric
vole was offered to Gen. Scott at the lute
| Presidential election, several persons who
heard him determined to get at the Iruth of
the matter, and therefore a ! dressed a loiter
to tho distinguished veteran, who returned
the following reply. It is a cliochor :*
NEW YORK, March 1, 1855.
'GEHTLEMEN:—-1 have just received, through
the Hon. Mr* Hibbtrd, M. C., at Washing*
ton, your joint letter, dated the S4th nit., ir.
which you say to me that, in some recent
political addresses, delivered in yonr neigh*
Lorhood and in yonr presence, the speaker
declared subs'anliaily, that in the last Presi
dential canvas*.
" Bishop Hughes, of New York, proposed
to Gen. Scotl'to sell (he Catholic vote, who
hesitated to reply ; when the proposition was
in ado to Gen, PnVftse, and aocepted, ant) a
Jesuit was paced antic head of the Post Of
fice Department, that Bishop Hughes' de
mands wero assented to by the parly to
whom he first proposed, except that it de
manded a cabinet officer, upon which you
hesitated; and the proposition was made to
Gen. Pierce, and he assented-"
And your letter to me is thus concluded;
" Believing the statement to be lalse and
basely calumnious of the fair fame of your
self and the other distinguished gentlemen
implicated thereby, we would respectfully
request of yon to iuforrti ns at yonr earliest
convenience whether the statement of Mr
I hastsn to say that tits statement or state
ments I have quoted from your letter, as above
are in respect to tpyself, ABSOLUTELY
FAI.SE, and J have no. donU they a r c equally
to in rtSfeot to my yt&kul friends and oppo
nents in the conveys alladad 10.
I remain gentlemen, with great respeot your
obedient eervent, i ..'ft
WINDFJELD SCOTT.
■■* r- .
NEW JERSEY LEUISLSTIOH.— They have a
'• bribery and corruption" case, in the New
Jersey Legislature. A member of the House
was otfe red #IOOO lo vole the several bank
bill* before that body. The House has siDoe
killed these bank bills,, It .will be good for
New Jersey if the same eflvut will follow
the causo in the same proportion.
" fßbntatienut EJcpartnttttt. 1
Teachers' Associutioe cftolumjyfa l o
in pursuance of notice given by the Com
mittee of Invitation, the Teachers' Associ
ation of Columbia County me' at the Court-
House, in Bloomsburg, on Saturday, the 10th
of March, at o'clock, t, M-, the officer* ol
the last meeting present and acting^
Mr. Wm. Tvahler read a report oft Mathe
matics, and Mr. Abia John a report on Geog
raphy.
On motion .of Mr. iurgess it wqs Resolved
That is Coramittea of live be appointed to
report permanent officers of the Association.
William Burgess, Wm. Kahldr, "Samuel J.
Bealer, Nathan W. Stecker, ami Xbia John
were appointed the Committee who retired
and after consultation reported the constitu
tion lately adopted by the Lycoming county
Association, and officers under i'. The con'
stitution was discussed, and after being
slightly amended was adopted in the follow
ing form:
CONSTITUTION.
ART. I.—A'umc. This association shall bo
called "The Columbia County Teachefs' As
sociation,"
ART. 2— Object. The object of this Asso
ciation shall be the mntual improvement of
its members in the the.ory and practice of
leaching; and the advancement of the canse
of education generally, throughout the coun
ty.
ART. 3.— Officert. bee. 1. The officers of
this association shall consist of a President,
six Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Recording
and Corresponding Secretary, and Executive
Committee ; and they shall each perform the
duties usually assigned to such officers.—
Sac. 2. The ExeculiveComniittee shall con
sist of five members, whose duly it shall be
to prepare items of business for the consid
eration end action of the association.
ART. 4.—Sec. 1 Of Memberekip. Any
Teacher or School Director in the county
may become a regular member of this as
sociation by subscribing to the Constitution
and paying an initiation fee ol twelve and
a hall cents. Sec. 2. Of Honorary Members.
Any friend of education may be elected an
honotaiy member of this Association ; and
to honorary members shall be accorded all
the privileges of regular members, except
that of voting and holding office.
ART. s.—Of Public Lectures. This Associ
ation shall, through its corresponding secre
tary. from time to time, invite any woll
qnahfit'd person to deliver a public lecture
befere it, on any subject connected * ith the
cause of education.
AHT. 6.—Ten regular members present at
any meeting, shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of ordinary business.
An*. 7.—This constitution may be altered
or amended by a vole of Iwo-ibirJs of the
regular member*.
The following officers for the Association
were roported by the Committee :
President —R. W. Weaver.
Tife Presidents —Wm. Kahler and John G.
Freeze.
Recording Secretary —William Burgess.
Corresponding Secretary —John C. Stokes.*
Treasurer —Nathan W. Sleeker.
On motion ol Mr. Everett, Henry S. Men
denhall and Charles M. Hill were added a*
Vice Presidents, and the report was then
adopted. The Committee's report of con
stitution contemplated only two Vice Presi
dents. . Tr.e change to six was made in tho
Association.
Mr. Burgess then read a well written eisay
upon tho Art of Teaching.
It was then Resolved that an Executive
Committee o| five be appointed to arrange
business for the Association at its meetings.
The following persons were appointed un
der the resolution: William Burgess, Sam
uel J. Bealer, Abia John, Miss Martha B.
Younte, Miss Sarah Jane Walker.
It was then' Resolved that when Ibis meet
ing adjourn, it adjourn to meet at Mitlville
on the third Saturday in May,
The President then addressed the Associa
tion at some length in an appropriate and in
structive manner.
' Tho afternoon now coming to a close the
Association adjourned.
Month'y Decisions, Explanations and In*
| strucUons by Uie State r-uperlntendent.
1. Interference in the Discipline of the Schools.
It is the duty of Directors and Teachers to
maintain the discipline and authority of their
schools, against the improper interference
of parents and nil others; and if such inter
ference developo itself in oveit acts of tres
pass and violence, the ofTonder should be
! handed over, at once, to the custody ol the
law.
2. Immoral, cruel, or meddlesome Teachers,
I should not be employed or retained; but friv
olous fractious com plamts should not bo
countenanced or encouraged by Directors.
3. Authority of Directors to administer oaths:
In the investigation of difficulties between
leathers and pupils, or their parents, Direc
tors mnst determine the weight of evidence
from the age, character and intelligence of
the witnesses, whether minors or adults; but
have nd !*c'#l authority to administer oaths
or affirmation?-
4. Division of school money in a district:
There are no aub-distriots under the new
school law, and there can be no division of
the school money, in any district, by the tax
able or the scholar. It is the duty ol the di
rectors lo keep all tho schools of the district
open the same length of lime, at the expense
of the entire district, and pay all the expen- 1
ses of the schools for tuition, fuel, &c., out ol
the district treasury, without reference to
sub-division lines, but so as to do as nearly
as possible equal justice to every part.
5. Expense oj building, Ifc., school houses:
School houses are to be rebuilt, and repaired
at tire common expense ol the entire district,
and not solely of the citizens in the immedi
ate vicinity; nor can Directors shorten tbe
term ol school in a particular house on that
account, or reduce it to an inferior grade, in
order to reimburse their building expendi
tures.
6. Arrangement of studies tf classes: Teach
ers possess loe exclusive right, subjeot only
to the control of the Board of Directors, to
classify and grade their pupils; and oeiiher
parents, nor anybody else exoept directors,
have any right to say what studies shall or
shall not be pursued by the scholars in each
school. Pupils who persist in re losing to
study the branches prescribed by the teach
er, should be expelled. But teachers, in fix
ingtheir classes; should carefully endeavor
pnpils, and arrange them accordingly.
; 7. *lhefifty cent tux on trades, professions
and occupations, prescribed by the section
307>f the school law, is separate from, and
independent of all other takes, and is in ad
dition tberetf.
8. lax oft single frcenuf. There is no legs!
way of escaping the poll tax on single free
men, except to have the law repealed, or—
get married.
9. Payment of school money by the State Su
perintendent ; rue Superintendent does not
accept orders fsota, or step payments due to,
any officer connected with the Department.
Warrants on the State Treasurer Bre issued
to rhe order of tba persons officially entitled
to (Ire money, and to on others. Any other
course would be without authority of law,
and would 'lead to endless embarrassment
and confusion in the accounts of tha Depart
ment.
AT ■ .IT
KOSSUTH UPON ENGLAND AND
FRANCE-
Kossuth has published another long letter,
showing how Euglandcame to be involved
rn the war with Russia. According to the
Hungarian leader, England would not have
gone to the Orient if Louis Napoleon had
.not resolved to go. Englaud was afraid to
let him go a'one, and so she followed him.
He goes into a long history to prove that
England has been at: unwilling bobtail to
Louis Napoleon. He argues that if Louis
does not succeed in his policy of alliances
against the Czar, he falls by the Czar; where
as, if ho suceeds so as to CAUse serious ap
prehensions to Russia, he drives Revolution
in the hands of Russia, and be falls by w hat
he desired to avoid. But it is only he who
falls—Frar.ce would not fall with him. With
England it is different; the fall of the Gov
ernment is the fall of the couutry. England
has) no army more. Hence she is com
pelled to lean upon Louis. He adds;
Now, imagino all Europe hanging on the
thread of one men's—and suoh a man's—life
and lucky and then imagine that thread bro
ken. Oh! how ibis (ctten Babel will break
to pieces at one single blast! Men of Amer
ica, be prepared for great events'. And if
you desire to have a future, be prepared to
deserve it, or else you likewise will be
swept away by the inexorable logic of
events.
The French army in tho Crimea is tremb
ling on tho brink of a military revolt. Read
the letter I to day send to the Sunday Times,
i here enclosed. The war is not popular in
Francs. Palmerston, at his late visit to Paris,
was so much striken at this fact, that he ail
vised the Emperor to resort to some " con
stitutional concessions," but be fears to paint
the evil one on the- wall—ho- might step
down, of course. The unpopularity is such
that not one volunteer recruit is to be hud
in warlike France, either for love nor money.
The ''conscripts" betake themselves to their
heels by hundreds. Their families are
made responsible, and can get no substitute
under 6000 frunces, (82,400.) At Paris, pe
tween the " grade" and the •' line," a dozen
duels day by day. Difference and division
in the head-quaiters of Bonapartism, and in
the very midst of the family. Fould and
Morny are for peace at any price. The
" Emperor'' is for war, but only as " a sim
ple diversion a f esprit public," and there
fore a war restricted to the Crimea, and to
the Pruth at the utmost, just as Louis Phillip
pe desired to make the war in Algeria.
Certain member* of the "lamily" tell him
that '.his is as much as to lose the only real
army he has, and to oppose France to a coa
lition, without having any force to oppose
but raw recruits, badly paid, because it is a
fact that he has got no Generals, (the Cavar
gnace, Changarniers, Lomoricieree, Redeaus,
Lefies, Charrases, remaining irreconcilable.
Tho " Emperor" asks: "Well, what is to be
done?" Some of the family answer; "Re
call the army from tha Crimea; leave
tbe English to do in the East as they can,
and a ' Polish campaign' with the whole of
the resoorces we have felt."
Upon this the Emperor gats in a fit, and
shoutf: "So you advise.nevolution ! D—n
you, rather Nicholas." Anil he sen da forthe
lawyer Hetmont, and orders him to draw up
a memorial showing that Momy, after hav
ing been Momy for 46 years, ia bit own le
gitimate brother, a full blood the
heir to the Throne, upon the of the
Roman law Pater est qoem myta demons!)ant.
The memorial is the course of preparation-
Very likely you will soon have tome Bona
partes ic America again, probably wihoui
pasporte, if the peoplo will let them go.
How He BECAME A MII.LIONAIBE —Mr Mc-
Dooough, the millionaire of New Orleans,
baa engraved upon hie toinb aseries.of max
ima, which he bad prescribed as the rules
for his guiJance through life, and to which
his success ia business is mainly attributa
ble. They are so sound, and contain so
much practical wisdom, that we copy them:
" R'.'fe* for the Outdance of my Life, 1104—
Remember s!ys thai !;Nw is one of the
conditions of our existence. Time i* gold;
throw not one minute away, but place eacb
one to acaount. Do unto all men as you
done by. Never put off till to
morrow what' you can do to-day. Never
bid another do what you can do youself.—
Never Covet what ia not your own. Never
think any matter so trifling as to deserve no
tice. Never give out that which does no:
first come in. Never spend but.to produce.
Let the greatest order regulate the transac
tions of your life. Study in your course of
life to do the greatest amount of good.
"Deprive yourself of nothing necessary to
your comfort, but live in an honorable siin
plmily and frugallity. Labor, then, to the
last moment of your existence. Pursue strict
ly the above rules, and the Divine blessing
and riches of every kihd will flow upon you
to your heart's content; but first of all, re
member that the chief snd great study of
our life should be to tend, by all means in
ou: power, to the honor and glory of our Di
vine Creator. John McDonough, New Or
leans, March 2d, 1804. The conclusion to
which I have arrived is, that, without tem
perance, there is no health; without virtual
no order; without religion, no happiness'
and that the aim of our being is to live wise
ly, soberly and righteously."
„ - - MAW ■AH—SI ,1
ENOLXHD COUNTISO TH* Cost or THTWTL
—Mr. Bright, a clear beaded merchant of
England, anJ a member of Parliament, lia-t
been'figuring op one year'* cost of the .war.
Me calculates that tbe British are paying one
hundred and fifty millions of dollars mora
for food on adhount of the war, while tho
government-are spending one hundred mil
lions cf dollars exlia on the same account;
and what isthere obtained in return?
is selling'in England for 73s - id. a quarter,
or is. 6d. higher than the highest price ever
known since 1819. Yet tbe harvest of JBA4
in Englund was the ptoduurirw ev%t
known. He gives U as his solumu belief
thai if litis foreign policy Jceap| food M 9 >*>
high, six millions' quarters of iom bcfng
kept out of the country by War, Worn two
years are over the Governmotft will, gjioor
Englishmen in the streets. Hundreds 'of
sailing vessels,- and sixty or seventy of tho
largest steamers, instead of carrying passen
gers ami manufactures to all parts of Ibu
world, are now employed most unprodno
lively in carrying soldiers, horses, stores,
shot, end shell to the Crimea. In the trade
of the Bailie there is a falling off of 5000 ves
sels, about 50 per. cent, in the English, and
nearly 90 per cent, in the Russian. The
vessels of the other Srates have also suffered
a proportionate diminution. Pru-sia has
! suffered slightly; .Sweden forms tire ordy .*-
j oeption.— Ledger.
Mexican News.
Some curious "intelligence'' in the form
of Mexican news comes to us every few days
from New Orleans. The last was that Santa
Anna was preparing to leave Mexico, alarm
ed by the progress of the revolutionists under
Alvarez, and that he hud sent the sfereii .
millions of dollars receivod from tho United
States out of tho country. This ridiculous
statement is the more inexcusable from the
fact that advices, as late as those pretended
to be quoted, show from tho Minister of
Finance in Mexico how the money has been
appropriated, tuid that Santa Anna never had
possession of it. The march of Alvarez to
the capital, (by the way, he has been inarch
ing there for the last year.) is probably equal
ly as unfounded.
FROM TIIK SANDWICH ISLANDS.— IF'ashmg
fori, March 12.—Mr. H. H. Field reached this
city to-day, from Norfolk, as bearer of des
patches to the Government from the Sand
wich Islands. He came passenget in tha
Illinois from Asninwall. It is understood
that there are now no hopes of the annexa
tion of the Sar.dwich Islands. The King
and his advisers are strongly opposed to the
measure.
HI
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