Ijncpsis cf tliaTrocssdiaga of the Co
Itintia Coantj Teachers' Institute.
pursuant to public annouscetnent made
by a committee of the Teachers' Association
cf Columbia-county, the teachers of the
cemnty convened at the Lutheran Church in
Cattawisra, on Tuesday, Dec. 24th, 1861,L)r
ths purpose of holding a-o Institute.
TOREXOON EBS3I0N.
Ths meeting was organized by appointing
William Burgess, County Superintendent's
Chairman, who, after expressing thanks for
the confidence thus placed, stated the gener
al object of the Institute and informed that
though we should be disappointed in not
having the assistance cf some claeir instruct
ors whom we had5 expected, Prof.'F. A Al
ien, Principal of the West Chester Normal
School, and H. W. Gilbert, of Greenwood
Seminary, were with us, and ready to enter
upon 6uch labors as might be assigned.
On motion, U. J. Campbell and Wm. Ta
rda were appointed Secretaries, and Lucy.
A. Greenwood," Emily Clark, Kate Mears,
A. B. White and H. T. John, teachers of the
Cattawissa schools, were appointed a Com
mitter of Reception, to assist the teachers
in finding suitable boaiding places among
the citizens who bad generously proffered
their hospitality. ' ,
M. McIIenry, II. II. Brown and A. M.
White were appointed a committee on Fi
nance. Jamej V: Keeler and Mary A. Tiieh were
appointed to assist the President in arrang
ing business for the afternoon and evening.
. Adjourned to meet at 2 P. M.
AFTtBSOOX SESSION.
The Institute convened near the appoint
ed time, and the chairman commenced the
order for the afternoon and evening. Prof.
Allen was then introduced and made an im
pressive address on the general objects and
leading features of these institutes or schools
for the teachers1 improvement. lie wished
to impress the importance of such move
ments, thongh be had nothing novel to pre
sent, and might not interest us with any new
- methods or experiments. He related some
incidents which had jeeurred in his expert
ence as a teacher, and which led him to
adopt the methods he is now using. lie de
sired teachers to relate their experience in
teaching and especially to present the diffi
culties thev had to encounter. Mtssrs.
White, McIIenry, John and others respond
ed by giving their manner of conducting
class exercises in school, and the improve
ments they bad made to interest the pupils
and fasten their attention upon the subject
before them. Prof. Allen followed with
some pointed and instructive remarks on or
der, and the best method of preventing whis
pering in school. Adjourned to meet at 6
o'clock in the evening.
EVENING SZSSIOTf.
A good audience of teachers and citizens
assembled to listen to the exercises. The
Secretary read n letter the President had re
reived from Prof. II. D. Walker, slating that
his engagements would prevent his meeting
os at this time, which he very much regret
ted, and boped to be able to convene with
s in the future iu our associated labors,
whenever bt could.
. Prof. Allen addressed the audience on the
bearings of Education at is now is, and as
it ought to be, lie alluded to the sad events
which haTO befallen our country, and attri
buted the cause in part to the neglect of the
education of the masses ; the present diffi
culties being only the outbreakings of the
clouds which overshadowed the minds of our
people, and which had long followed them
in ignorance. So far as oar educational sys
tem had teen applied, we had given great
stimulus to the intellect to the neglect of
moral cullere, and those placed iu authority, j
as a general rale, had received an education j
of the intellect without sufficient moral de-.j
elopement, to stand as leaders under demo- j
cratic institution?. lie desired our educa- ;
tional Cuort3 to be so directed that the mas j
tes may in all things be educated aright, to j
promote oar physical well being as well as
the culture of our moral powers and of our
intellectual faculties; that the whole man
may be trained aright to work in harmony
with the laws of hia being and the design
of his creation.
The entire lecture wns interesting and in
rtructive, and could Dot fail to make a deci
ded impression.
Mr. II. W. Gilbert next spoke on Natural
Ilistory and the tendencies which the study
of that branch would foster if introduced
into oar Common Schools. - He would have
it introduced cot only for the benefit of the
vast number of facta which would be inter
esting and useful to the pupils, but for the
tendencies it would have in fixing attention,
cultivating tbe perceptive faculties and in
ittSlAT I
" 'i"" y.
more exalted aims and aspirations and do
much towards the culture of more true po
litenesjand refinement. The lecture was j
ehaste in style and deeply instructive, bu
without any affected display F oratory,
which is more captivating with some than
clear thoughts and noble ideas.
DIC. 25. HORNING SXSSIOIT.
The exercises were opened with prayer by
Prof. Allen.
The chairman made some remarks on the
bnsiness affairs nf tbe Institute.
On motion, II. T. John, Chas. Barelav, TI.
W. Gilbert, Michael Whitmoyer and Sillie
E. John were appointed a committee on crit
icism, and U. J Campbell, R R. Pealer. M.
A. Rich, L. A. Greenwood and S. II. Arm
strong were appointed to prepare suitable
resolutions before the close of the Institute. '
Prof. Allen then lectured on spelling. j
He spoke of the various methods adopted in !
teaching it and also presented a method of j
bis own. He thought the oral method, ex- j
. clusively.edueated the ear alone and not the j
eye. He thought the best method nf mak- l
fwuHutui s... ..,..,
j i . . i l . r f -
ansiu ue meuiorn or ine organ oi vision
tr.asthe ev should be trained to observe j
v Vk WOTa, 8na t0, dctect errors I
when taerccnr, or it would always b a )
J . . . . ". Yur u"uJKrpny '
r0i iu..w pnonetic basis, and even
- - ... - i
,M'"" " e. .7 r lo P" ext,nt 'et 1
t t e i-ths. i - n' irii.i.ci,
at defiance, bo tn Ke.n? Rn arl
tern dependent opon Nm.mflr. fnrlt.enm.
y.lete mastery
' -orrect foi
e mastery, we Sdcate the eye to
r!fmLTrt - )
good usage has aaoptea. . k wonH t,
fare have pupil tn trnte tbeu .,.
eroiws on the blackboard or sK -
oral spelling may also be fact. -teachers
should try different ne""J
ir. m,-n"e br the cirlnu
-a. I
th.m. Pumlsshould dV.
VI . '.nht to write compositions, and theiconld not expect to improve, nor coaUl they
T ..v.orvb nhould be noted and
orthograpby should be noted and
errors iu
hearsed, -tjorreci pronnncmnou ......,.
be exacted and impressea dt me eiam-
rof the teacher. Remarks on tne same
itisriect were made by Messrs. Campbell.
Gilbert and McIIenry. -
ter a recess of ten minutes, Prof. Allen
cain lectured on Reading asd the import-
r-ca cf greater attention to this enbjecc tov
c- by teachers, but by ministers of the
G- 'r l, and all public speaker, who may
iiira to emrt an infJuenee ever the comma
tr thrcuch the agency of the vo.ee. He
ten:
A o rvortlnn of FCTiTjtore as ne nan u.w-
- i frrm the pulpit and then gave a more
t'-'nl and impressive reaamg io snow n.o
n--i. lie dwelt particularly upon the
; -r rtasce cf rr," 7$ii nd in illnstration
-'"r l "e-.'e rmdi renteoces which, by a
.,!"-, alc-te,matle most import
. ;n ire raeaT-lrt:. Mr. Gilbert
r - ',- r?rr .'i rtzitxls and
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After the transaction of some miscellane
ous business Prof. Shark of the Oraogeville
Male and Female Acidemy spoke upon the
subject i of Grammar. This remarks were
brief but attentively received and regret
was expreised that be could not remain
longer to participate in our exercises. Prof.
Alien Ccntinued . the earn subject. He
referred to the peculiarities of some of our
text books and the extremes ' to which they
have tended in the study of technical names
rather than the study of language. Mr.
Gilbert also made remarks having a critical
and practical bearing on the study of Gram
mar and recommended the reading of good
authors if ws deireto improve and attain
a correct style of writing and speaking.
Alter a few minutes recess, Prof. Allen lec
tured on Geography and gave an outline
of his method of teaching it. Most Geogra
phers present tbe world as a whole and then
dissect it and consider its different parts in
more minute detail. lie would reverse the
plan or place the horse at the opposite end
of the cart, and commence with such objects
as first present themselves to the childs
mind. In teaching the Geography of auy
country he would present the moBt striking
object to be found in that country and by
means of drawings, pictures and the repre
sentation of prominent facts and features
would make durable impressions nf these
loading characteristics, lie exhibited . the
proof sheet of a work on Primary Ge-gra-phy
arranged on this plan which he had
prepared and which would soon he in the
market or open to inspe2tino.
Having Engaged to meet the teachers of
Luzerne at Carbondale, Prof. AUeu was
here obliged to leave us after a feeliug ex
pression of his desires for our improvement
and success. .
-KVCMKG SESSION.
The comtniuee on cr'nicisrn throuah Mr
Gilbert reported various inaccuracy in syn
tax and pronunciation which had been no
ted.
Mr. Gilbert then delivered a lecture on
history. He urged its introduction into our
common schools, and .thought it should he
studied more bv the mat,s of the people
to make them more thooyhttui aid intelli
gent, artd better acquainted with trie move
ment ot the race in all aiie of t"e world.
I tie history even oi our own tte was too
little nrderMond ami the character o? it
great launder wm not generally appreciat
ed We had not sufficient fvate pride in
the? lhir.es. We permit New KnIaiiders
and eve i (he V'rgitiiaos b surpas- u. and
we of. en study the early hNtory of ifose
Stages t-ote titan our own Every youth in
the land 'is taught the name of the vessel,
the Mayflower which lauded the puritans
at Plymonili but comparatively few in our
Slate rati name '.he ves-el. the Welcome,
which brought Win. Peon and hi compan
ion to f it' country-to colonize the wilder
ness and spread the blessings of peace and
of civilization in a manner unparalleled in
the history of Ihe country. After reoe-n the
following question was proposed and din
cussed, viz: Resolved Jhat the character
of ihe child depend more upon the train
inn of the teacher than of the parent
Messrs A. M. White Wot Knckbaum R.
R Pealer. M Whiunover U J- Campbe I,
Wm Buries, W. W. Vm.th, H. W Gdf ert.
M McHenrv and Mis Jal ie E John p.irii
cipaied in the discussion.
j morning sksion. ec 26;h.
t 1 he meeting convened at 9 A M. a:d ih-
chairman real a portio ol scripture
On motion it wasacreed that the Institute
should close this aiternoon at 4j o'clock
and thai a synopsis ot our proceed nii
should be ofered to ihe paper of the coun
ty for publication.
The President introduced the subject of
orthography and reading by alluding to 'he
1 grave error in many o! oar ctioni of per
j milling clae to read lesson upon lesson
j for day alter day without any instruction
; whatever on emphai. the modnlati'Mi ot
jhe. voice and kindred il.i g He thought
; many teache' shoiild lev'e tn-re time
; upon siri!e paraarap?!? in irononncina and
j defir.in .the words and reading the:n fre
j quentiy enough to bring out the meaning
I of the authors and make fixed impressions
of clear ideas.
Arithmetic was next taken up and discus
sed by .Mesfl's. Gilbert, Bufties. Vouna,
John. Krickbaom, Pealer. Campbell, White
and McHenry.
Mr. Gilbert then made some instructive
remarks upon Etymology. He wotdd en
courage the introduction of the subject
wherever practicable. We cannot under
stand even our ordinary reading aright it
we "have not been accustomed to consult
our Mciionarie ana outer ae;ui :ext oooks
'or the prpp of studying ,he ,n,
and
,he origin of word it was alt
important
to the stuc.ent ot hne'ish who would atifcin
even a respectable knowledge of hi own
native tongue that due at'ervion should be
- en (0 ,hU too mach IiP2,ec.Pll ,,ub;tfC,
and teachers couui do mncn in fostering a
love ot such studies among their pupils
Adjourned to li o'clock
A7TEKNOON SFJSIOH.
The subject of School Government " as ta
ken up and diacnsed b; Msr PeaUr
Gilben, Smith. A. M Whi e, Campbell
Krickbaom, and Miss John for about an hour
and then ot-mied.
Af'er a reces the com mi tee on finance
made their report. Tnev had received ?29
and 'he expene were 19 70 leaving a sur
plea of $9:30 in their hands.
It was fljireec bv o;e to refund to Lieut.
C B Brook wav who p epared the proceed
ina of the Institute last year at 'he amoii' t
he fnrnished fr m bi own mean for that
purpose wid that the balance shonld be
placed in the hand of tbe Co Supt io be
transferred to the eonvnit'ee of the State
TeacheT' Associatio-t who areraiin l;nd
to e'inp a lecner I .aMrn to r-e prenectej
. ,h oovernment at W a-ninjiiiMi to at1 in
r.titin. t,
'own the rebellion
1 The cimmittee on rt'ten maie trieir,h
1 Tl
nal report which wa fo lowed bv general
-,; j j j o-eful and entertaining part of
n nst tute. for teacher l.ke m .iiv other
HI! liniHUlCt iT-.iri- s.t an 'MJ
peope. are nor frre from imperfection and
errors in the use of lanrua e. and friendlr
errors in trie use ot language, i
criticiam if kindly received and
.i- .i t J i
eveti court
rl7Ze '
The crrm-th
en addressed the teachers
of the Institute on general u jei-ts i ertai-i
i-12 to their pro'es-ion He ehorted them
to labor faithfully in their repective. sphere
to e!eva'p their profession and thereby ele
vate themselves in the estimation of the peo-
p'e. If they made no effort- to excel they
fVifer a mnch benefit upon the commn
Knfer a mnch benefit upon i
ai
in charse
a? bylhey teach by their exam p'e a well
tant thr precept it wa hiahlv-i.'mpor-correct
a'nir examples shonhf '"always be
in vnlsar o.pmendable. If thev inlnl2e
would acqnirevjrion habits their pnpds
respect and desbme ihey would forfeit
goon. Innnirpoceeir mnier.ee even 'or
spiriiuon liquors on"e use of tobacco of
a sancMon over pinn t"Noart.wonid tnrow
blent the mora' sensibilinK which would
ilar indolences He hopeoip,,! If s,m.
come when the filthy and per woj
would be banished from the sv wee(j
fVeed Uom it ieSi denci;
.l- cro to work in earnest t
miht soon obtain thi great dpstderatnn0)n Calilorni: to Europe, -with another
The teacher should always be carefu in his Horn Chail which hfl w;, fir9, exhibit
consis.emiy ivi " r
and tha els?atioa cf tha peopla out
paths of vice and the awamps of igno ance.
Mi. C. Schlicher being called on address
ed the Institute Quite forcibly on the 'aims
j of the teacher and the general obit els of
tne profession.
Rev. Mr. Wolfe and Mr. Davis each be
ing called for, responded in a neal ai d ap
propriate address.
The commiitee on resolutions reported
series which afler slight modification J wete
adopted as follows :
Resolved, That the Teachers' Institute has
ajdecided influence upon teachers n it only
in encouraging them in their noble railing,
but in infusing within them a desire for the
progression of educational interests a id also
of a reformation and improvement within
their respective school rooms, and ! hat the
benefit ot their mingling toge'her is t lat this
interest may become contagious, thereby
receiving and imparling instruction, for "In
union there is strength," and tha those
teachers who are contented to remain at
home without making any effort to partake
of the benefits are not entitled the mpporl
of intelligent communities.
Resolved, That the present difficulty in
which our country is involved is the result
to a great extent of the neglect of the moral
education of the masses and, that we, as
Teachers, do all in our power to ele ate the
standard of education in all its variou forms,
believing, that our institutions of liberty
can o-ilv be preserved by establ shiug a
higher degree of intelligence.
Resolved, That in the removal by leath of
Mr. Lewis Applemac, our late Coi nty Su
perintendent, whose presence we ha fe miss
ed d ii rin if the sessions of our Ir.Mitute and
whose loss we lament, the cause o ' educa
tion ha lost an earnest and conscientious
laborer.
Resolved. That the teacher of t h It county
are under unceasing obligations to xir effi
cient Superintendent Mr Bu'tress, for hi
untiring efforts to elevate Ihe'ataidard of
School Education in thi County, ind we
truly hope that hi energetic latum will be
appreciated by every teacner. show ng their
effect upon their minds, and in the r works
aio through t eir pupils to future fenera
tions, which will be ihe only jul r sward of
the faithful.
Remlvei, That the chaste and in eresting
lecture ol Mr G.lbert, upon the ei luveiion
cf taste and an admiration of the trcly beau
tilul and iiood shouid receive the i.tien'.ion
of every teacher. That thi suljert whxh
ha been fadly neglected is one of vai im
portance and worthy the study of all
Resolaeil. 'Thai we regret that the brevitj
ot Prof Shark's May with us, gave is but a
momentary feast out of the abundance of
hi well stored wealth which left u with
a strong appetite for more.
ReilveJ, fhat the thank of the nembers
ol the lootiiuie be tendered to th t-iti7ens
ot Cau.iwiNsa and virn iiy tor the ht-.piuMe
manner in which they emertaine.1 us and
also !o :he Lutheran ougre. nation in this
piace for the tree ue of their rhun h.
The Itistituie then adjourned
U J. Campbell, ) c ,.
Wm Twi.B. j Secr m
the Trent Affair.
Lincoln, Seward it Co , have su: rendered
Mason and Sldeil to the British, "heir ar-
resi at tir-i. under the circumstances, wa I
lorli-h, ad had :rue otatesmeii be :i at the
head ot the Goveruirieut men equal to sucii
positions the moment Cap am Vilkes re
porteit his ae on he ould have tenn direct
ed to return the prisoners to the pi ice where
captured. Instead o' that however our au '
thoritie received and imprisoned them, thus
approving the capture and then si rrendered
them upon an insolent if not instiling de
mandanother evidence of the fully of the
peo, le in placing gabbling demagogues in
the position which e talesmen ale tie should
occupy.
I he act of surrender was a receijsily
there wa no escape from it, inless the
Southern Confederacy was at oticsto be ac
knowledged. The choice was onl bet ween
these two measures One or the other was
a inevitable as thai two sobtracte i from two
would leave two remaining. Th trefore the
tMirrender i not digrace!ul to ih Nation, it
beina sir:p!y that son of a necessity which
impels ce man to retreat when i Hacked by
a hundred well armed enemies ent on his
destruction. &ut to the individual members
of the administration it is terribly humilia
ting and irretrievably disgraceful It at once
establishes their utier impo'.enty, a total
want of the intellectual power nicessary to
a sta'esmaiuthat they are a ack )f curs who
have sneaked into place belonging to rcas
tinV England, of coarse, acted wi t her usual
meanness. Had we had no rebellion had
the villainous ideas of abolition and rebel
lion never entered any body' head Eng
land would not have threatened war with
ati intention of making it. Bit we have
a rebellion on hand that reqni-es all our
Mrength. and hence England ro ild afford to
be insolent insul ing, and to e ure war.
Whether this action will satitly England
remain to be seen. We bel ete that she
want a war, for the purpose of opening the
Southern pons in order to mpply her Man
ufactories with cotton, and to eaken the
uoerof the United States. Ve believe
-he wid make a war lor t li
purpose
whether she ha. an excuse or lot. Hence '
u in ostentation! announced u the Brdi-h '
newprapers, upon authority, '.lat whether I
the Tren affair be settled or no , the prep !
ration-, for
Dcfnnctat.
war will continue Lotkkiven
Fire in PHiu.Det.PHu Frid ly morning
lat,abou 3 oxiock, a fire was c iscovered in
in the large granite building belonging to
Dr. David Jayne, which has a ront at No.
105 South Third street, and 2 48 Chestnut
Mreet. The fife originated in the ba.-enieut
on Tfiird stret.occupted by John Trenwith.
Newsman, a:d quickly communicated to
the other portion of ihe buiUttig, which
had various oce ipants, whose property was
more or less dartiujed. The p incipal loss
es appear to have been sustained by the
Howard Expren Company, wio occupied
the Chestnut street front, and tie American
Telegraph Company. The da.nage lo the
building' does not exceed S2.0C0.
Some fellows haye been flocrged for
sTliiig bquor to soldiers in Vl'astiington
Served'em riht. and it is a pit Jr ihe whole
country is not under martial law, for this
purpose! Flogging i too gcod for some
of these poison venders.
Seth Kinman. the o.d Hunter of Union
nd Lvcoroing counties, is notr on his wav
tPaK.r..v rli;s u.nM..n
STAR OF THE NORTE,
WM. 11. JACOB Y, EDITOR.
BLOOMSBUBG, WEDA'ESDAY, JIS'1 8th, 1862.
Ser ?oInme.
With this number we commence a New
Volume the 14th. If the Democrats of
Columbia county wish a strictly party or
gan (for we are determined to publish no
other) during these times, every one should
feel tome interest in our paper and exert
himself in getting us new subscribers. Let
every subscriber endeavor to convince some
of his neighbors of the necessity of sustain
ing a paper like the Star or thc North,
one of ihe ml free and independent jour
nals in the county, and which dares to
speak the truth at all times, without fear or
favor. It is really necessary that onr list
increases, to make up for other deficiencies
It con be done, if onr friends will but exert
tbemselve. Every man should tow see
the absolute necessity of a free pre not
nominally but really. Those who cm,
should try and pay up now ; as we mw.'f
have money. Those to whom we Fend this
paper hav:ng this notice marked, will please
try and pay np at once. A word to the
wise is sufficie it, &c.
Suspension of Specie Faymenti by Banks.
At a conference of the New York city
bank on Saturday evening last, by an unan
imous vo'e. they resolved upon an imme
diate suspension of specie payment. The
Government will of course follow suit.. It
is a judicious movement, and will not prove
in any decree prejudicial to our bnsine af
fair. A short time ago onr city banks had
a specie acrnmnlation of some forty mil
lions of dollars It has been reduced to
twenty-five millions a reduction which in
dicste a drain and a strain which it is prn
denf to stop. Of cnnre the banks of Phila
delphia, Boston and othercities, and all onr
country bank, may be expected to foll-iw
thi example of our metropolitan barks
In lookme out tor their ojrn interets at
this crisis the banks are consulting those of
the jrovernment and the country, for they
are intimately blended with each other.
Our financial affairs will now go on smooth
ly. No country cf modern times ha ever
yet been involved in a great war without
beinc compelled to reorl to the precaution
ary measure of a bank snpenion of spe
cie payments. Bv thi movement th two
hnndred and seventy-five million of specie
in the country will be retained here for onr
own use. The Boston and Philadelphia
banks have also suspended.
Wbo it Erspnnsib!e.
Tn view of the startling exponres of fraud
mae by the Van Wyck Committee, some
of the Republican papers console them
selve with the reflection that if corrnption
has occurred nnder this Administration, its
own panirans have not hesitated to expose
it. We don't see how this mitigates the
enormity of the frands perpetrated by the
chosen agents of the Government, or re
lieves it from the jut odium of squandering
the public money at a time when above
all other its disbursement should have been
jealously guarded. In the case of Mr
Cummings. every opportunity was offered
for the perpetration of fraud. If the object
had beep to squander the public funds, no
better plan could have been devised than to
give him unlimited power to drawn npon a
snm of two millions of dollars. Thi loose
and irresponsible way of doing bntnes in
vned peculation and considering the char
ac:er of disbursing agents it is hard to resist
the conclusion that fraud was expected and
intended And this is not ar. isolated cae.
for it seems that the same loose system ex
tended throughout all Government transac
tions. A multitude of harpies fastened their
fang upon the Treasury becanse the op
portunity of plunder was literally thrnst
upon tnem. If the Republican party wih
to clear their skirts of Ihe responsibility for
squandering millions of the public mnnej,
they should not merely expose the cniltv.
but repudiate and pnnish them, whether
they occupy hich or low place. This
thing of exposing enorroow peculation and
then covering the author and asen's with
a thin coatir.w of political whitewash onlv
exci'e dnion and isroti'a:p future frauds.
T: e Republican party made creat profes
sion of eco-omv when it wa before the
country a suppliant for popular favor, and
must stand accountable for the falsification
of it promises. Read ihe following resolu
tion of the Chicago platform, and contract it
with the transactions of the past nine
months:
"iSi'z'A That the people justly view with
alarm the rckles extravagance which per
vade every department of the Federal
Government ; that a return to rigid econo
my and accountability is indispensible to
arrest the sys'em of the public treaury by
favored part iai.s ; while the recent start
ling developments of fraud and corruption
at the Federal metropoii show that n en
tire change of administration is imperative
ly demanded."
Let ttiese political doctors take a dose
of their own medicine. Thi resolution
could not be more applicable if it had been
written for the present time.
The Hon. J. Glancy Jones returned home
at Beading on Monday of last week
He wa received by a.select committee and
escorted to the Keystone Hall, where he
was welcomed back by Mayor Wcnnvr. in
a neat address ; which was very appropri
ateiy and affectionately replied to by Mr.
Jones. His health is said !o be excellent.
He has been about three years in the dip
lomatic service of his country at the Court
of Austria. Mr. Jones has always been
among oor foremost Democrats of his State,
atid as a statMman Hands fair.
Drifting from tbe Landmarks
While we have air armory of sir hundred
thousand men in the field to preserve the
liberty and unity of (Lis ; country, there is
no Utile danger that the foundations of civi I
liberty may be undermined and impaired
by the very means ostensibly used for its
preservation. Assaults upon individual rights
which in less perilous times would have
agitated the whole nation, have excited
little more attention than the arrest of a
drunken vagrant upon any of our crowded
thoroughfares. The" boasted bulwarks of
freedom, that cost ages of patient toil and
suffering to erect, have been battered
down by the graceful wave of a hand, and
outrages upon individual rights, similar in
principle to those that cost Charles I his
head, occasion scarcely a perceptible ehud
der among a people who boast to be the
freest on -earth. " When the framers of our
Constitution defined and carefully limited
powers ot the Government, they imagined
that they had constructed barriers against ar
bitrary power too strong to be broken, so long
at least as the people remained worthy of
the liberty bequeathed to them. They
adopted every precaution that human
foresight could "devise to secure io their
descendants a government free from those
arbitrary and oppressive 'features under
which they saw other nations groaning and
suffering. Were the Fathers of the Repub
lic wrong when they prohibited arbitrary
arrests and imprisonments, unreasonable
searches and seizures, secured to every
man the right of 6peedy trial by jury, and
made tbe habeas ccrpu a writ of right?
Were they right in all this, or are those who
presnme to act a if these guarantees had
no existence, right ? The question is not a
mere abstraction, but one that comes home
lo every citizen. It is a question of per
sonal liberty. If the Constitution has ceas
ed to become the supreme law of the land
and is no longer binding upon our rulers,
we are livinj under an experimental govern
mentwe are a people without law sub
jects, not citizen ; and our future history
will be that of a Nation that lost its freedom
without a struggle.
A people who are unable or unwilling lo
proiect their own clearly established rights
from invasion, may 'exert ihe physical
power necessary to subdue rebellion, ar.d
in the end lose all they are fighting for a
free constitutional Government. While su
premely occupied with the armed hosts
arrayed against the Constitution, the sap
pers and miners may be quietly progress
ing with the work of destruction, until in
the end victory is little belter than defeat.
Patriot and Union.
Trinck Albert We exceedingly regret
to have to announce to our readers the de
cease of Prince Albert, consort of the Queen
of England caued by an attack of gastric
fever, which assumed a typhoid character.
Prnee Albert was of German by birth, ar;d
consequently did not possess that turbulence
of character or bully disposition so much in
vogue in England. He was eminently a
Christian man, and preferred to see his adopt
ed country in the right, rather than she
should accomplish a wrong by her great
power. The English people were jealous
of him, and there were those found in the
kingdom, at the time of the Crimean war,
who covertly accused him of favoring Rus
sia jtift the same as there are those who
accuse Mr. Lincoln of favoring the Southern
inurrection simply because he was born
in Germany. Prince Albert, knowing the
character of the people among whom he
was placed, wisely abstained from taking
any public prt in the administration of the
nation, and yet it is known that he private
ly used hie influence so'to temper the oper
ations of the Government as to make them
appearmoreconciliatory and less overbearing
in the eyes of other rations Hi wisdom
did not desert him in the laal. moments of
his existence and his advice to the govern
ment to let gentleness and forbearance mar't
their demeanor towards this country, inhab
ited as it is by a kindred people, b?ar tes
timony to his knowledge of the affairs of
the world, and of his estimate of the worth
of America to the English people. He knew
by years of experience, the tyrannical and
exacung disposition of the ministery ,and he
foresaw that if ihey continued iheir outra
geous conduct towards us it would end in
disaster and disgrace to his wife and chil
dren, and hence in tiis last hours he sought
to save them from the shoals and quick
sands that beset the path oi the ship of state
a it was b?ing direceted by its ruler in
iheir dealing with a free and magnanimous
people. The people of America lament
the death ol such a man, not only on their
own acrount, but because there are too few
ol then, in the world to afford to part with
one ol them Victoria ha- ever had the af
fection of our people who, without regard
to the position she holds, look upon her a
the model of a woman.a wile and a ma.her.
and the asperity of feeling excited towards
the people of England by the outrageous
conduct of the ministry and the press, has
not had the effect to lessen their admiration
of ihe Queen, and hence they deeply feel
for her in this the hour of her great ufilic
lion. Police Gazelle.
An extensive firk occurred in the Gov
ernment stables, at Washington, on Wed
nesday night of last week, in which overone
hundred horses perished. A large quantity
of harness,&c-, belonging to the Government,
was also destroyed. Tne fire resulted from
the carelessness of a negro, who droped a
lighted lantern in the straw.
.
Going to Harrisbcbg. Van Wyck's com
mittee will go to Harrisburg in a few days,
to overhaul the Government expenditures in
that locality. It is understood that they
will also examine into contracts and all bids
made by the State which the United Stales
Government are asked to pay. If one half
the reports of sharp dealing, in that quarter,
are true, the committee will have an exten
sive field for operatiin.
Five of the member of the volunteer
company from Northumberland, viz: Albin
Newberry, Win. Cample, A. E. Kpp, Hen
ry Dale, and Simon Gibbona, have died
inca Auguit last.
I Last Request of a Sooth Carolina Volunteer.
Found oh the person of a dead Rebel in the bat
tle at Drainsvilte, Dec. 207A, 1861.
Oh carry me back to my lov'd Carolina shore,
If on the battle field I fall take me home oncie
more,
For I would sweetly rest beneath her bright
blue sky,
With her green sod on my youthful breast,
there let me lie ;
Oh boys carry me back when the bloody
strife is o'er,
And a mother dear with a grateful tear will
bless you evermore.
I know you will not forget a broker's last
request,
And if there's but one comrade spared he'll
take me home to rest,
And tell the loved ones there, the mourning
house-hold band,
To meet me on the blissful shore, of a bright
er, belter land ;
Oh boys carry me back, carry if I die,
Carry me home no more to roam, there only
would I lie.
I had a dream last night, a dream so foil of
bliss,
Mother's hand was on my brow, I felt a sis
ter's kiss,
I gazed on Reedy 's stream, the old moss
covered mill,
The lover's seat beneath the trees tbe Col
lege or. the hill ;
Oh boy carrj me there, in sight of oor moun
tains blue.
In my natie town, there lay me down, is
all I ask of you.
I saw, too, in my dream, a maiden young
and fair,
A gentle, loving girl, was she, with sunny
golden hair;
She was sitting by my -side, and we whis
pered vows of love
Though she may never be my bride, still
may we meet above ;
Oh boys carry me back, there only would I
ideep,
And the maiden fair, with golden hair, o'er
the soldier youth shall weep.
This is a noble State, and generous hearts
are here,
To whisper kind and cheering to the stran
ger, volunteer ;
But it on Virginia's soil I fall, to rise no mare,
Carry me back, carry me back to lov'd Car
olina shore;
Oh boys carry me back, I ask no marble
tomb,
But lay me down, in the sacred ground, of
my own dear mountain home.
There is a lonely spot in the quiet church
yard shade,
Beneath a tall and spreading oak where I've
olteti strayed ;
There the deep tones of the organ steal so
gently on the ear.
In the stillness of the Sabbalh morn, from
the old church standing near;
Oh boys ! lay me there, when my ear hly
course is run,
That a mother dear, may shed a tear on the
grave of her only son.
Palmetto Camp July 3, 1861.
The above lines were "confiscated" from
out a dead rebel's po ket by a member of
the "blood) sixth," during the engagement
at Drainsville, and copied by the undersign
ed on Monday, December 30ih. 186 1. The
poor fellow did not receive his lait request.
He was buried at the above p!?.ce. The
" Iron Guards" are all well, and ready to
meet the rebels at any time. I ihink the
next time we get in contact with them we
will make them "git" a little fasterthan at
the battle at Drainsville. "We have got our
hand in."
I. H.
Woman Plating Spt. Quite a funny in
cident occurred in Washington recntly,
goina to prove that in spite of all vigilance,
the secession spies often hucceed in escap
ing detection. A horeman, clad in a sort
nf ram!r nnafnma with a hoavp r p rm -j I
. i I it. , tT' i k if '
and sloched hat, had been noticed for some .
time dashing about the city in rSther a st. j Dodder, all of Fishingcreek twp , Col co.
picious manner. At last the authorities lilt j On Ihe 3lt ult., by the same. Mr. Phenii
themselves warranted in arresting him ; anil : Young, of Centre twp. to Miss Lucy Ana
accordingly, one morning, when trottinj j Everett, of Orange twp., Columbia county,
down Pennsylvania avenue, he found him j On the 31st of Dec. last, by Rev. Mr Por
, r . , . . r, ii ter. Mr. J W. Fobtnes, of Lurerne countv.
self suddenly surrounded by a fi.e of ; IO Mi ILl daughter of John Hdl
diers, and was carried off to prison. But; t,f Columbia county.
:he funniest part was to come. The inves- In Berwick on the 10th ult. by Rer. H.
ligation that followed resulted not only in Hoffman, Mr. Gkorgk Harm., to Mrs. Lo-
the discovery of certain important pa- j
pers, but also the fact that the gallant chev
alier was a woman. How long she had
been at the game it is impossible to guess.
A Sad Mistake What were supposed to
be the remains of the son of Capt. Jewe'.t,
of Vienna, Iowa, were carefully sent home
for burial. The family and friend, with
the local military, assembled to bury the
dead, when the codin was opened, and the
face was that of a stranger. The funeral
ceremonies, however, proceeded, and the
strange young soldier was buried in the
grave prepared by loving parents for their
own son.
On Friday last Mr. Wilon introduced
into the Senate 9 resolution instructing 'he
the Committee on Military affairs to report
an additional article of war providing
that all officers ot the army shall be prohib
ited from using any portion of the force
under their command for ihe capture or
return of fugitive slaves. It was passed.
General McClci ean's Health "he re
ports ol General McCIellan's serious illness,
are authoritatively contradicted. The latest
dispatches from Washintou say that at no
time has he been dangerously ill. He is
rapidly recovering from a severe cold taken
at Gen. Porter s last review. He is atleuding
to all important business, and will be out
in a few days.
Dead Rebels A gentleman in New
York, recently took the trouble to add
up the number of rebels killed in the vari
oui engagements siriee the commencement
of the war, as reported in a IUu Yvrk pnper.
Ihe grand total amounted to 1,200,000
Gen. Jim Lane says ihat hi brigade
would "follow him to hell" ii he desired
tbem. We little doubt but what they nrill
any how, if be keeps going straight ahbad,
and his men don't desert him.
Resign cd. Colonel Ricketts. of the Sixth
Pa regiment, which took such gallant part in
the Drainsville engagement, sent in his
resignation on Tuesday last Protracted it
health is the cause. His men deplore
greatly tbe necessux of his taking this
ttep. Dtmocral.
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Skirmish on tlie Upper Potoraie.
Point or Rocks, Jan. 5 1862.
Six thonsand Rebels attacked the 5:h
Connecticut Regiment, near Hancock, yes
terday. They were protecting the rail
road .
After a slisht skirmish oar men retired to
this side of the I'otomac to await reeuforce
ments. Menwhileihe Rebels destroyed the
railroad arid telegraph lires, breaking oar
communication with Cumberland.
Geo. Lander is marching to the releif of
the 5th with a sufficient force.
The loss in the affair on either side is not
known here but it is believed to be trifling.
The rebels have been shelling at ii'er
vals all day. Our arillery responded Their
shell did no mischief.
AM it nit: I).
On the 26ih uit.,by Kev.M. I. Crothswaite
,,r Monrn. n,lZ , .f: R-h , t
ci.nd om etii cks, ooin ot taiem Luzerne
county
On the evening of the 3lst u't , at the res-
Vlenceofthe bride's father, by the same.
Jr. Horace ScHwrppeinHEtscn of Columbia
! cinriiy to Miss Fra ncks Cath ERIN'S Seybcbt,
! otSalein Luzerne county.
)n the 31st nit., in Berwick, by the Rer.
I fUhl, Mr. Hknrv Shtfer. of Centre twp.
. lo.Miss Mart Awn Creasv, of Mirrus twp. "
Cd umbia county
On the 2d inst. in Berwick by the Rev. I.
j Bal, Mr William Bson to Miss Scsax
Swink, of Nescopeck, Luzerne county.
J B Uev J. R Dimm, at his residence, in
' Bloomsburg, on the 24th ult , Mr. Krastcs,
jV.FJ.u-r to Miss Si'sansa Matilda Bona,
ai. oi;ionior county.
Bythe same, ai the Exchanae Hotel, at
this fjace.ori the 3 1st nit , Mr. Morris B.
Frk- to Miss Harriet Ann Frcas, all of
Centr twp., Columbia counly.
On she 31st ult . by the Rev. Wi'liam J.
Eyer.Mr. William Bame, of Roaringcreek,
to Mi Martha Jane Smith, of Light Street,
Petm'a
DIED.
On Christmas day, Dee. 25ih at the resi
dence n his father ia Hemlock township,
Montourcounty, James E. Brugler, in tha
26lh yea of his aje
On thelst ult . after a short illness Mi
ria. wi:'ef Daniel Fenstermacher.in Valley
iwt) agetf.37 vears.
At thisUace. of Dvptheria. on the 31st
ult . Ernm Catherine, daughter of Dannia
and ManaBnnk. ?ed 15 months.
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Estate of Cknatktr Heller, hte of I
township Col co., decease-l. I
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