TIT "FT ZTk "R I Ml Mill f lliWflf BY" 0. X. WOKDEN AND J. II. C0I.NEL1US. t At $1.50 per Year, aluay In Ariianrc. LEWISBURG, UXION CO., PA., FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 18G0. 'THE UXIOX," eitaMished h l$Ii---lVLc.e Xo., 2,329. "CIirvOXICLEr es!aMi.I:cd la Y.'Ii&Ie Xo, F27. ji.v .v'i7v;.v".vr t vrr.r joi jcxAL Uaurd FrldJ3sl UnUburu.lalun cuunij, Ptna'a. JLwintTrf if ur moti.L.TSctsi.r .. month. 1 j..i. lour or five ear: aj:o, ihtre can be no doubt tio to. ll KMC SCHOOLS, County Superintendent's Report. If we contrast the present with the con ii- tiun m uhicrt we fouud our common schools M .1. tor Mixle-n moiithn, a J-l. lor two ir un yttx, j.u I'T l-u upitf on- . & els. r im ui ly miiil (i quurr o vsi uf lit-n. "I l'n .!. r-r-.?. in wy. b-n th Hnx- -irrIt.r liit-tt a .it is iu;iik-d, fuut.fi we t.- ruiiimiiE awv'Hii.ti it i- M'MTi;i. AifTliLM-.vT! h.mlM.m.-ly .ii.li-h.l. at . ,-ti wr i l1iI. ir vr. Itulf sjiu - -ts t'l", - doi.a.iol. T"iuarrti I .Vl.4'fi,snO. M.Tflmnt. Ac. n'ur.T otw tourtb uf column, 10 dot. prr j.ar. Olh.-r Mi m-ij tJ up-m. A uaiv If t Jlitimifir ma!ls! tv-. rl't iirxtiarcr. A.tvr rti--ai.ms dra ra itin. il)rl,orwinJ.iueU-n.l-nry not a.lmitfc j Commonication .1?irrd n i...ics t.f u.tI int-r--t an.t av .mptit.-i hw th writ-r real n:un and aJ.ln--c. Tb MA'i.NKrii 'rfcl-K'iliAril i loost.. in the ottii-e of the Air rf-' Ari'L-,hy lii' h wvttfh-ninwriiiupurtaut Jew in advantv uf th I'tnliii.- Mailtt. C"nn-rt.t with tbf fti r- am.I mtria!af'r mwt kiDJuof JOB PaiNTIDIti, whifh wilt lf tuUjJ with Ktow and dt-j,fh and n r--ooll U-rm. t.4'aual adtt rttnmfnUi ti (h- cal l fT ah. n hand-d n j.t. Hi.rk wltcndfhverwl. AllbttUdwm vevntitum. -J,i IP KH : K on U arkt wiuaiv.n. rth -id-. hc--nd f V .n-y. Jan l.lvw. WOi:iKN X OlKNKI.US. CJ)f 5tor and CJjroniclc. noMiiv, rrn. 13, ihko. CoMl.iicTtD r tin ."r,! k Cubwieu-J OtPH?G IIP TtiU WATER i Kolibjtr.iii.X Kl.tlifranT "doghWr, briukiDi;. in Let n-y ylux Jiiuig up tlie ostcr. II. Lrh aucotiMJiout charm dil eti, mde my lor the bol der. III. Fi I loly. t. ndTlr, rnl nod kiwll hr Drmnk with bttr fruni out the ilremm bludliiog KittJ KiJrr. IV. TV I uM, "tbf p" WI u. lifr i Hk rirr ; fcbiil wv uot it waU-rs nt always drink l.lb-rr- V. f any yrart baTP paiwd us by likr tbp ftowinr wabr: 1 jl I rlrnk hf. '.- slreasi lu-day lUl KaU-, tu farmer's dau'bU-r. NtlliUAM, M H00. N.L.W. The State Superintendent. Ia last week's Stab & Cuoonicle, we espied from two Democratic papers (the l'bilad. Lttlyrr aud tie Harrisburg Senti nel) notices i the last Arnual Report of the SupcrinieodeDt of the Public School System of the State. These extracts indi cate cordial approbation of the manner in which that officer has discharged his duties during five years of service. The Sentinel further adds a regret that this year should probably terminate the labors of the in cumbent of that important station. We see and bear similar expressions from others on the Republican side, aud from prrsons of no particular bias. The question aric?( Is there any ne cessity for the removal of an acknowledged zealous and efficient officer? He takes no active part whatever in politics. No one would know fr m him, in any official act, what may be his views of public men aud measures, oatsida of the publio school sys tem. The office is in no sense partizin, and should be kept as free as pos-ibie from periodical scrambles for stations of ease or emolument. The present super intendent has chosen his assistants, and couferred his patronage, about tqnally between the two grcit parties. He has amassed a store of information, from per sonal observation and correspondence with 11 sections of the Slate, which he can not transfer to another. He has bad the ex ecutive charge of the system, during a troublon and eiperinsentive era, aol is in ! th'"chut the cunty. A vr . . . , . ... imtjcritv of trarttrvs, an1 ob'i? that resjeet best fitted to guide it still j ln (,,,. p.,,h. shooM we l. longer. Why, then, should he not be f4 if he mud' some mistake than if he mudr continued in the position be to well and as to iheir improvement. No intelligent per- I son who has g-ven this sul jecl due atlenunn will deny it. uul how was this change euec- ted ! We answer, on the aame principle lhal changes or reforms are hruuzht about in man- uiacturmi; or asr. cultural pursuits. As I as there is no distinctu.ii made in the price ol did'erem qualities of goods or produce in our market, we must not look for a very superior article, inasmuch as the production ol a good or superior article is accompanied with more expense than the production ot an interior ar ticle. Hence, the merchant who paid as much tor a bushel of wheat, that was mixed with rye-chop and cockle, as he paid for a bushel of pure wheat, encouraged a wrong. because he either paid too much fur the one, or ttio Intle fur the other. "Neighbor, why don't you clean your wheal, or pet some improved seed! Whals the use ! I can raise more of lhat stulT to the acre than you can do. Then.what's the use!" This was the case with our grain market, nol many years aco. But since the farmeris paid lor hts produce according to its quality ; since our Mate and County Agricultural Mucieties and Associations ofier premiums for the best artiele of produce, the most unproved speci men of live stoek ,&c, we find a great change to have taken place in agricultural atlairs. So in almost every other industrial pursuit. This reform was accomplished by a system of inspection, which is designed to reward every one according to the true value ol his production. Prior to the enactment of the school law of IHUi, the teachers were either nol examined at all, or examined by persons who kuew but little of their duties or responsibilities. The nature of the questions were often neither calculated to instruct t.ie teacher, ascertain hts menial capacity, nor to induce him to seek tor higher attainments in the art d teaching. I was once examined by a board of direc tors in whom I wasan almost entire stranger, and had no letter of recommendation to them: but alter asking me a few questions as to w here I was from, what 1 had been at, &c , they gave me a paper, certifying that I was a man oiipiod morocharacter, and compettnt ta track a tc'toul" (Some, no doubt, by this means first discovered that they had a moral character, and were Competent school mas ters.) Utliers were examined at the same lime, and received the same siereotyped edi tion of certificate, diil'ering from mine only in the name. 1 discovered that mental capacity or skill in teaching, neither altered the char acter of the certificate, nor the teacher's com pensation. Thus, the elficienl aud inefficient were placed side by side : the one locking to the future for brighter days, when his pupils snouia tie awe to appreciate his toils, and re- want the same by proving usetul to society, true to their country, and grateful to their Creator. The other, looking to the future on ly for his dollar, and longing to be liberated from his prison ; acknowledging his unfitness f-r the duties he assumed, not by his works, but by words. But if you asked htm why he did not qualify himself for the duties of a teacher, he told you it would not pay to spend time and money for an education or lor prep. arations for duty w hich directors would pay him to perform withnui any prrpiirtitwn on his part; that be could get a ceriiucai readi ly as he who bad spent vears in preparing himself for the work. On i'ie other hand, the more efficient teacher, who, at first, wilh'al, entered upon the discharge of his duties, find- inz his labor unappreciated, and himself weighed in the balance with him w ho was ig norant of the first principles of those branch es he pretended to teach, became discouraged, arid olea Mink, wstra l of nsinz. in his pro fession. The evil resulting from Ihis svstem was seen and felt by manv. Dot only in this county, but ihroushout the tate, and no doubi led to the enactment of the law of l.'t. When this act was first announced, many tf the friends of education looked upon it as calculated to bring about nol a ijitidy but ul timately the d't'rrd chance. The 4'ounty Miperiijtendent meanwhile en tered upon the discharge of his duies, unac qua.ntd with the wants of the dittcrcnt schools A Mrarsger to the d to tread in p.ilh. shonld we le more surpn The school term will, this year, average about five months. Parents aie beginnirgto seethe importance of visiting their schools, and co-operating with the teacher. County and district institutes are among the most efficient means to improve our teach ers and united the common school friends. Conlrat. In the fall of "- I met thirteen school directors, and examined fourteen teach ers, at the dideretitappointmnis for tl.e coun ty. At nearly half the appointments. I found neither directors nor applicants. In the fall of lrs.rM, I met f:fly-four directors, and exam ined tiinefy-Jirt applicants for schools. Our editors and publishersare sliil with us, giving us much encouragement, by publish ing educational communications sent them by teachers or others. May this kindness be ultimately rewarded by many new subscribers from among the rising generation ! To our citizens, generally, I owe a debt of gratitude for their kindness and hospitality; to teachers and directors, for co-operation in the improvement of onr schools. l. HKCKEXDOUN, Co. Sup't. Xiw Bin us, June SO, lso9. How it "Concerns" Us. Union Meeting in Kentucky. There wa a very large meeting of citizens of Mason and adjoining counties in Ken tucky, as well as of lirown and adjacent counties in Ohio, irrespective of party politics, at the Court House in Maysvillc, Ky., ou Monday Jan. 2, 1800. The fol lowing resolutions wcro adopted, among others : "That none of the alleged evils which have ever disturbed, or which now disturb the harmony of the Confederacy, are just ly chargeable as the effect of the legiti mate operations of our Federal institutions, but are chargeable alone upon the eritui ual disloyalty of those who, in obstructing the liws and authorities, arc tbeiiiselvcs.de signcdly or undesignedly, enemies of the L oton; and, so far from considering these troubles a pretext for unfriendly demon strations against il, wc regard them a fit occasion for summoning every patriot to its defence agaiust all assaults, from what ever quarter or on whatever pretence. ''That the dissolution of the Union would cure no evil, repel no aggression, right no wrong, diminish no alarm, indem nify no damage, but, on the contrary, that it would be a crime against mankind, in blighting the last hope of man's capacity to secure the blessings of eelf-govcrnmcnt." At Knoxvillc, Todd., a similar meeting was held, which expressed indignation against the threats to overthrow the Union in the event of the election of a Republi can President. They "Resolved, That whilst there are those in the North who have rendered them selves obnoxious to rebuke and the seve rest censure cn the question of slavery, with which they have do right to couccr.i, i it wouid be uncandid for us to pass over a fact which stares us in the face, that the South is not without its disorganize, manifesting, no less than the Abolitionists of the North, a want of reverence for the Constitution and the Union ; that those possessing this feeling arc not true expos i tors of Southern sentiment that, in our opinion, those who fav r disunion cousti rOEll. Bl Mas. ELUX KEI BUM. At Mrs. Blunt's first public reading in New York, recently, she introduced two pleasant things not set down in the programme, one being Tennyson's latest Poem, for which he received about fifty dollars a line. The early copies of the poem had reached the Reading Itoom of the Mercantile Library Association. bv the mails of ihe Anglo Saxon, only the day before, and thus those present at Mrs. II I u ill's entertainment heard il in advance of almost any one else in this country. The other in terpolation was the followine little poem, written as wen as read ny Mrs. mum. J Ml' LITTLE BOAT. I have a little boat To sail upon the tide; In it, three little children Are sitling ide by side. And I work, because those children Are sitting by my side. Al 'round me on the sea of life Are stronger ships than mine. With better sails and brighter flags And they tell me : - Mine is thine Come into ours. I bless them! Bui my boat, it keeps its way. For I'm trusting to a Pilot Who never leads astray ! And I will nol leave my little boat) Il shall sail upon the tide; Because three little children Are sitting side by side. They tell me that iican not be I'pborne on the world's wide wave; That a woman's heart, and a woman's hand, Were not wade to be so brave ; Th . i fashion can not cover, With her robes of grace and lace. The form of her who over- Meppeth her rank of place ; That the power of human prejudice. And ihe strength of human pride, Will wreck my little boat. With the children side by side. Would you tell the shipwrecked not to land. Though the land be near to see, Because it is a woman's hand Trembling for mastery? Because it is a woman's voice That riseth o'er the tide. To ransom bark her little boat. With the children side by side 1 Oh ! when earth's forms shall pass away, And the "fashion" perisheth When the greater ships come riding home Where the wandering enlereth Then shall my feeble woman's boat Safely at anchor ride; Because three little children A.e silting by my side. Faithful "Old Sorrel." I once beard the following story rela- FraiSB yOUf V.fel i on -e pressing the free foil of the glorious Praise your wife, man ! For pity's sake, ; old Koiati ne State, and bad a vi.'l to to ted by Dr. C, Medical Professor in the give her a little encouragement. It on't biek to tht.ir kind mas'er, (for Mr. Wheel College at D. It indicated a process so turt ber. gbe b -our to.cc ,om. cr ;, ,7 w,.re Iafa::y .muirej, hon- almost incredible. But X b 'J' lnl "rJ ' sagacity was so remarkable, bad been a-en I ,l,"'k L,r lf """""S n,ore- SaedWtes- could prevent it? If Daniel and Ixaiaii by the Doctor himself performing his daily j Pc it; it win Dune her yes open wider and Jne tre Zelil :a ".avery ty te roo- How He "Ketches" It! G. W. lirown, whilom editor of tbe Lawrence Herald of Freedom, and later tbe traduccr of Ossawotamie Brown, has sold out his paper (now a regular Lecomp ton Locofoco, Pro-Slavery organ,) to Gov. Medary, aud returned to Crawford county, Pa., his former residence. Finding his presenco quite refrigerating to bis eld neighbors, U. W. B. concluded to call a public meeting and purge himself of tbe charge of treason to the principles of his party, as well aa to justify bis attack up on John ISrown. He went before the public aud made bis speech, in the course of which be wascoufrouted by Juhn ISrown, Jr., and brawled il. .1..1.I Tl io i.lr it,. .i;r..n; ! w aslant. M utd '' ( 1 U Slltl'.UIWK UUk duty, and bis owner, an honest aud relia ble man, gave this account. Rollins, a farmer in New Hampshire, resided about three miles from the district school in C. He was accustomed in win ter to carry bis children, as tbe snows were usually too deep to admit of tbe smaller ones walking ao great a distance. "Old Sorrel," as he was called, a horse valued more for bis gentleness and docility than his great swiftness, was harnessed in tbe morning, the four or five little ones were suugly packed away beneath the buffalo robes, and carried to the school house door. Mr. Rollins then returned, and driving Sorrel under the shed, occu pied hia time in sawing wood, or, as be expressed it, "choriog about," until school closed at dooD. Tbe same proeess was re peated in tbe afternoon, and thus tbe chil dren were acquiring an education, and en joying any number of exhilcratiog sleigh- rides, at the same time. One day, perhaps two months after school commenced, Mr. Rollins was detained by business, and did not go to the shed, where he always found Sorrel munching bis bay, until more than half an hour after the usual time. Sorrel bad acquired such a habit of steadiness, that Mr. Rollins never took the trouble to fasten bim ; imagine bis surprise, when he entered tbe shed, to fiud bim gone. "I wonder if any of tbe folks in the house have gone after them children, now ?" inquired Mr. Rollins of himself, as be bad no one else to question, and thus talking as be went be entered the bouse. "No," bis wife answered, as be reitera ted tbe same question, and she added, that she was sure she bad not seen or beard any one abont the shed. (If she did not add, "I told yon some thing would happen if yon let that horse stand without bitching bim," she must have been a remarkable woman ) What ever abe said, Mr. Rollins was soon trud ging through the snow in search of bis horse, threatening himself with direful punishment, "if be ever left that creetnr without tyiu' on him up again." "Ab, here be comes, though I" exclaim ed Mr. Rollins, as the well-known sleigh than they have fuf tbe ten years but it bers, 1.'. tie Sti-te uf Pecntylvauia redexm will do ber good, Tor ail that, and you, too. ' thera. If :'joy oesiro to go h--k to Mr. There are many women, to-day, thirstiug j Wheeler, let ro Pcnnaylvanise deter them, for the word of praise tLo language of But shall t lie Stat3 of Pennsylvania pay encouragement. Through summer's boat for slaves? Let ns scs what the Fin&nc. and winter's toil, tbey have drudged un- Committee cays cn tbe subject. Better eomplaioiogly ; and so accustomed have ! not piy more for scrvioca than interest on their fathers, brothers, and huabands be-1 first cost 1 Don't bo too liberal, or every come to tbeir monotonous labor, that th?y I good for nothing rascal mih a yellow hido look for and upon them as they do on the ! that can't he made profitable oa a planta- daily rising of the sun and its daily going : lion, will to brought in the Stats on soma down. Every-day life may be made beau tiful by an appreciation of its very home liness. You know that, if the bouse is clean, manual labor has been performed to make it so. You know that if you can take from your drawer a clean shirt when ever yon want it, somebody's fingers ha7e ached in the toil of making it so fresh and agreeable, sosmootb and lustrous. Every thing that pleases the eye and tbe sense, has been produced by constant work, excuse cr other, and let loose with hop. of getting pay for bim ! riews---Grov:dea cut, last week. New Ohleano, Fob. 3 Gov. Hous ton's message to tbe Legislature of Texas transmitting the resolutions of tha South Carolina Legislature, opposes the proposi tion for tbe holding cf a Southern con vention. In tbe Legislature, resolutions had been introduced sustaining the Gover nor's views, on tbe ground that Texas baa surrendered her indenendeoce to the Union much thought, great care, and untiritg ' this emergency not deeded a BuScient efforts, bodily and mentally. It is not that many men do not appre ciate, and feel some gratitude for the num berless attentions bestowed upon them iu sickness and in health, but they are so selfish in that feeling. They don't come out with a hearty, "Why, how pleasant yon make things look, wife 1" or, "I am obliged to you for taking so much pains 1" Tbey thank tbe tailor for giving "fits ;" they thank the man in the full omnibus, who gives them a scat; they thank the yonng lady, who moves along in the concert-room ; in fact, they thank everybody, and everything out of doors, because it is tbe custom; and tben come home, tip their beads back and heels np, pull out the newspaper, grumble if wife asks them to take the baby, scold if the fire has got down, or, if everything is just right, shut tbeir mouths with a smack of satisfaction, excuse for so important a step. Henry Ward Beccher was asked to lec ture, at his own price and time, before tha 1S0O young men t f an Association at St. Louis, provided be did not take cp any topic of reiiiou3 or political controversy. He replied that it was only on sncb liva topics that be ever spoke be wished to make men wiser and better and if tha young men never heard such subjects bo thought they had weak diet. Lawrl.nce, Mass., Feb. 3. The ver dict of the Coroccr's jury on the recent calamity at Pcmberton Mills, has been rendered. It treats tbe subject at length, exonerates the owuers of tbe mill from di rect blame, and divides the responsibility upou Mr. Albert Fuller, who furnished tha iron pillars, and Captiis C. U. lligelow, tbe architect of the nulla. Grace Greenwoc l gave a lecture to tha convicts and visitors at ths OLu Peniten tiary on Saturday the '-il iust. About a 'KniiJAr 1 -. n j n l a asura irk n - m J but never say, "I thank you." I tell you I b tttait tlout endearments what, men, young and old, if you did but 0f home, f-thers. mither.. sis'ers and show an ordinarv civilitv towards vnnr brother, were ti.-.se.lin-! wives if you gave tbe one hundred and I viog many to tcara. sixtieth part of the compliments you al-j Acocsta, Georgis, Ib. C John W. most choked them with before they were Walker, ao overseer i f a plantation in tha married fewer women would seek for i tlelt"t c i-ajueo -rojh, ah t John l ui a urriumt cf tb.t place, dead, oa ani In po.se, in i -ii auimr: m, inn irrp.r r.r :nu.-p mia bells came ringing around a corner, "and , lr H he good qualities she has, and you 1 ,ii, reFiJanc?, an 1 sLit fciru d. al, also with every one of them young ones, as maJ rc.t assured that her deficiencies are j woaadid his wife aad child, the latter fa- ;!y aJcctiog, mo- other sources of happiness than your cold, " D' 1 ti"rt!il"t cfJ' . , .. '., . ' , . ' MuiJay. Ihe then!: so-soish affection. Praise your wife, then, ,,. 'in . tha , c,. acceptably fills? It was expected that the present efficient and well-adapted Deputy Secretary of tbe Commonwealth, Mr. DlEl'FESBAcn, might be promoted to tbe Superintendency. But if we correctly understood his statement in a recent issue of the Lock Haven Dim rraf, be would decline that and any other office in the gift of tbe Governor. Before retiring from power, Gov. Pol lock bestowed perhaps bis last important gift that of State Librarian opon Dr. DeWitt, a life-long, uncompromising Democrat. Applicants of bis own party were not wantiog, but tbe Governor, con sidering tbe office to be n n political, snd one requiring stability, and regarding Dr. DdWitt best fitted in many respects, con tinued him in the place, well knowiog that be was an ardent political opponent Gov. Packer has now an opportunity to return, gracefully and appropriately, that expres sion of courtesy and liberality, and pro mote the general welfare, by rising above all mere party considerations, and contin uing Mr. Hickok. in tbe position be honors. Such a proof of the Governor's determination to keep the Sohool System as much divorced as possible from tbe party politics of tbe day, would be credi table to bim as a man and as an Executive, and would impart dignity and benor to tbe system, both at home and abroad. Let Superintendents and friends of the system make known tbeir wishes on this point, and we know not why they should not be heeded. An Item fob Bora Tobacco boys will make tobacco men, with tobacco mouths and tobacco teeth, tobacco breaths, tobacco pockets, and a general tobacco smell. And what is worse, they will have tobacco appetites, which will crave tobaceo enough in tbeir life time to buy a small farm and raise a family. They will, moreover, spit tobacco all along their way through life, to the annoyance of their neighbors, and tha displeasure of their wives and families- nn' ? In due time, his first duty was done. The teachers had passed the examination, and were foand in Iheir respective school houses. But were they any better than they had been before the examination ' To this question you received from Ihe majority of our people, an emphatic No! Kor, as we are supposed to live in a fast age, it was no doubt expected bv many that the County Superintendent should be able, by a smg'e examination, to metamorphose the indifferent and inefficient school master, and place him before "Young America" a finished scholar and a master of his profession. But this power not having been conferred upon him, be was doomed to disappoint the expectations of those, who, like the ancient Jews, looked fora miraculous deliverance, not from bondage, but from hea vy taxes or indifferent schools. This was somewhat the condition in which 1 found my field of labor. Four years have elapsed, and still ihe cA'inge that some have looked for is not yet effected to iheir satisfaction; but ettawzn are not always improvements, except when we change poor school houses into those suited for the purpose inefficientor efficient teachers boards of directors that go in for short sessions and cheap masters, regardless of their qualifications or character, for those who see that economy in education consists in competent instructors, good school houses, comfortable seats and desks, and longer terms. In order to induce teachers to improve themselves, the standard of qualification was raised, every year, according to the number of more efficient applicants that were expec ted to apply fur schools. But not until last fall did we find a sufficient number of appli cants at the public examinations to supply the wants of our schools. Only four applied for private examinations, and two of them were rejected because they had no written requests from the directors. I was obliged to annul one certificate for dishonesty in the holder. He received a No. 3 certificate in an adjoining county; but, on crossing the river, found such figures could not secure employment ; so he changed three 3's to three l's, and got a school on condition that I would indorse his certificate. He taught two months, and left for parts unknown, with out either certificate or money. The first year, I was obliged to erant cer tificates varying from No. I to No. 5, in order to keep ail the schools open. Last fall, I granted but three grades, besides two county certificates. All who could not reach Nos. 1, 2 or 3, were rejected. This measure either sends the incompetent teacher to school as a student, or out of the school as a teacher. School Diretlort. Politics or opposition to free schools is not a test of a man's qualifica tions for the office of a school director with us. In nearly all of our districts, the most in telligent, or those most friendly to the school system, are elected to office. School houses are gradually improving, but recreation ground is still wanting. Text-books are nearly all of a uniformity throughout the county. , of the illustrious renegade's snine. and he tutc tut a meagre minority in tne coutn. i Iuf, ,be g.aoJ jn worse odor thlD Wc record tbe fact with pleasure, that j G w. I!, should apply for an office of there have been two Union meetings at tbe h,lnor ,nJ prgfit un(J(;r jj, nuch,nsl)) io. Soutb, which bad the candor and courage staDtor ,,a h Mr0(;d it tiMjjjar. to rebuke their own Congressmen, Govir-; TijlUr,j Telejr,ij,h. n rs, Senators, Editor, Si:., as well as the j Tbe mie o( u,.. W. Brown, late ed- nanuiuu oi avonnern aooi.uou.sis, wno . Uor of ,hc llrM of FrerJom b filcd 1 fuQ;, tureaicn io u.ssoive me t,mon. pc;ti,)n in ,te j, Coan of big That "tbe North have mo cmtrrn in tbe J f d cUroi ,1., -a'j question of slavery," is legally true only j 1!ri)WD wj,h ,,, 0B 0,.1hu. iu the sense that they have no authority tui ,',,(,,, treatment, such as to render her condition intolerable. She bas re tained Judge Smith and S. N. Wood, Esq , as ber attorneys. This G. B. Brown is the creature whose slanders against old John Brown were so industriously circula ted by tbe pro-slavery press at the East. He also during his editorial career ma ligned nearly every prominent Free State man in Kansas. This slanderer of the living and the dead is thus beld np before the world by his own wife. Tbe footsteps of justice are sometimes slow, but sure at tbe last. Lawrence (Kansas) Republican. true as I am alive. What 1 what! chil- o liar and defamer of dre0( ne akedf jmping into the sleigh as be spoke, "who went after yon ?" "Sorrel, I guess," replied a black-eyed urchin who sat holding the reins. "Ha fully counterbalanced by your own. tally. Assist your wifo in making home bap- A little sea of R.tert J. Lynn, cf Col py. Preserve tbe heart you have wun. urnlia county, was so terribly burned by When yon return home from your daily ! IU3 y"'"0 of a,lli '-T. recently, avocations, do not sit down in a corner si-, when we came out "We kept 'specting yon, Pa," ehimed in a younger one, her eyes glistening with delight. "We thought you bid, just for over it, or responsibility for it, in the sev eral States. Bat it docs "concern" us with its miserable vagabonds aud its no ble and worthy "fugitives" its three fifths representation its weakness in for eign wars its expensiveness to the Na tional Treasury its clannish monopoly of official privileges its standing requisition upon ns for aid in crushing tbe risings of men for liberty its reproach, as a carica ture upon our free form of government its constant, increasing, leech-like manoeu vres for more land and more power its denial, to tbe vast majority of citizens, of the rightof freedom of speech, of the press, and of tbe forms of common laws and above all in its perfidious and bloody ef forts to curse our Free Territories with its own blighting, sectional peculiarities. As a moral and religious question, it does and will "concern" every friend of trutb, of right, and of Christianity. As men, we can all say, with tbe old Roman, "I am a man, and I feel an interest in whatever relates to tbe interests of mankind." No chains upon oub lips, or upon oi'R presses! Advertising. I i ooutinuing to adver tise, says the Philadelphia Bulletin, is like taking down one's own sign. It is a sort of intimation of retirement from business, and the public tieat it as such. Or they may regard it as evidence that something bas gone wrong, which requires privacy for investigation. Whatever construction may be put upon it, tha result is disas trous. Now we advise all our readers who may have fallen into the common error of the season, to come out of their holes, to put np tbeir signs once more, and to ad vertise in as many papers as they did in the best times. While business creates advertising, it is equally true that adver tising creates business. It makes a talk and a stir in business circles, and reminds people that tbey have no right to be lead ing drones' lives even though tbe times be dull. And even in tbe worst of times advertising always pays well, and tbe more of it there is, tbe greater will be the j HayThe.way in which it is hoped tods feat tbe Republican candidate for tha Presidency next fall, ia thus openly pro claimed by tbe N. Y. Herald: "If money is wanted to elect, in Novem ber, a national President, it will be given. MTiat tcere a million of dollar?" etc Since tbe slaveholding aristocracy of tha South and a part of tbe money aristocracy of tbe North have struck bands, and agreed to act together tj demolish the rights and interests of Free Labor, this is tbe inso lent way tbeir organs talk. They know tbey have money, and tbey audaciously vaunt tha fact that it is the weapon by which they will buy np the masses of lbs people to voto for tbe universal spread of slavery. Ar. Y. Tribune. On! DEMocRAcr. The Freeport (III. J Journal states that at a Union-saving meeting, lately beld in Polo, Illinois, a Republican offered tbe following Resolu tion, which was voted daicn by the Der.io crati by a strict party vote : litsolved, That the recent legislation of South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi, with a view to tbe dissolution of tbe Union, is treason to the Union. What will our friends of the Lecompton Democracy say of Thomas Jefferson, whose name is so sweetly blended with the Dec laration of Independence, which be calls tha negro, his brother ? Read what he says : "Wa must wait, with patience, tha work ings of an overruling Providence, and circulation of money, and the sooner will , hope that time is preparing the deliverance be restored a condition ui prosperity. 1 of these, our brmrcn. "Did you send Sorrel alone, Pa?" inquired a third. "Wasn't it funny be wouldn't let aoybody ride bat ns?" "Who wouldn't?" asked Mr. Rollins, more puzzled than enlightened by this stream of answers. "Why, tbe horse, Pa ; the boys all scrab bled in, and 6creamed, and langbed, and whipped np the horse, bnt he wouldn't badge au inch, and the schoolmaster came and told them to get oat, and let Mr. Rol lins' children see if tbey could drive him. Well, I took the reins, and just as soon as we were all seated, Sorrel looked round, as much as to say, 'that's right,' and off be started, and then how the boys cheer ed I" "Do yon suppose Sorrel knew 'twas time for ns to come home ?" inquired one, after all had listened to Iheir father's ac count. "I don't know bat ha did, children; these creetnrs know a good deal more than we think for. I guess I'll try Sorrel with out hitchin' bim again." The worthy man was completely over come when at night tha sagacious animal deliberately backed ont of the shed, and taming into the main road, trotted off at just tbe right time for bis load, which was safely returned as before. "Now, Doctor," added Mr. Rollins, in conclusion, "it may sound like a pretty tough story, bnt it's trne. Tbis creetcr ain't no great of a horse to look at, but no money would buy him. Every day since, Sorrel bas brought them children safe home. If anything keeps 'em in school longer than common, be allays stands sad waits patient as a lamb, until tbey eome out, and then he is ready to start, and afore t'jat no whip or spar will start him oat of his tracks. He ain't very accomo date', for lie won't in any o' tha neigh bors' children. Tbe boys try it ofteo, just to see how set he is about bavin' just his load and no more. But it beats me to tell how La knows just when it's time to start, and pausing in bis eulogy, Sir. Rollins stood gazing at his faithful horse, with an air of superstitious admiration, as if unable to set any limits to the under standing he might possess. Youth's Companion. -ruing persona that he 'lied io s. f "V ht!ur. Accileufsof ,1 'j, !,:.. i . t t . : ' .. -. 1 . . r . 1. - -l 1 I I .ml ant ,n Un esirk l oi Krot. ant 1 ... J 1 n.uuu s.gua u ii, ui mt Kuwii-iivuc . ' - . iDj uesp.te tbj repeated wi visage repulsive. Meet your beloved with a smile of joy and satisfaction take fluid. her by the hand. FanzE.v to Death. PaviJ S'.illinger, Never indulge in coarse, harsh or pro-j of St Js!on towublr, N. J., went to fane words. These, to a woman of refine- J fodder his c-lris last Thursday evening, of do ieata and tender sensILUitv. 1 Dat ceinS rilJer ID "1u :r. ' rnriT.liiin r..Pnlj ,1 in f ! . n.a t,( r.tirninr 1 V . . - " o ment, i II - . ,, are exceedingly disgusting, and t:nd to 1 "T aDl1 D1J 'rouuia w S ... ? . , , ... , 'out. Ida then wintered a short distance. grieve her spirit. Let tbe law of kind ness dwell upon your lips : write it upon tbe table of your heart. Modesty and virtue are gems of priceless value; keep them polished like burnished gold. Be exceedingly cautious never eo ray or do anything that will tend to mortify ths feelings of your wife in company. Here, if possible, show them more marked atten tion than when alone. Give your wives to understand tbat you esteem them above all others ; make them your confidants ; confide in theai, and they will confide in you ; confidence begets con fidence, love begets love, and sweetness be gets sweetness. Above all, sympathize with the wife of your bosom in the hours of affliction. Re joice with them when they rejoice, and weep with them when they weep. Who, if not a bosom companion, will wipe frca tbe cheek the falling te:r of eorrow ? Shall Pennsylania ray ftr H&7C3? John H. Wheeler, of North Carolina, lost three slaves ia Philadelphia, in 1255, while he was on his way to Nesv York, to sail to Nicaragua as Envoy of the United States to that Republic. Mr. Wheeler now asks that tha State of Pennsylvania shall pay him tbe value of hb negrses, and for tbe loss of iheir cervices. For Daniel, be want $1,C9 For Isaiah tiOO ' For Jane 1,000 For services "2,000 Mr. Wheeler's petition was presented to tbe State Senate, January 24, and re ferred to the Committee on Finance. In it, he says tbst these slaves were taken from him by force, and against tbeir own will and consent (sbrcb, however, is cot trne.) Our readers will recollect the aZair, ts Passmore Williamson Pgur6d in it largely, and was imprisoned by Judje Kane fcr "contempt'' in not returning the slaves with a writ of habeas corpus. It is hard ly worth while to argue the question whether a alave, under the laws of North Carolina, (which, according to tha opin ions of Mr. Wheeler and bb friends, should control tbe case,) could consent, or have a Kill at all. But after they were be ly and finally sank from exhaustion and died. Mctton-i.ovi.no Dogs. In a petition recently preeenui to tbe Ohio Legisla ture, pnyirg for relief agaiust the ravages of dogs among sheep, it is asserted that not less than S15u,00 worth of sheep ia annually destroyed by these worse than useless brutes. An agent soliciting subscriptions to Fleetwood's "Life of Christ," was recent ly tarred and feathered in Alabama, and a gentleman who had lived eleven years in the State, and married there, was com pelled to leave because be would not play the flute in the procession. Rev. Abel Stevens .estimates the num ber of Methodist communicants through out the world, at 2,CG0,0G1 persons. Es timating three limes that number for their congregations, it would make an aggregate of ten millions atUndunt upon tbeir min istry. Thurlotr Weed, in a late letter to tha Pioneer Association cf W estcrn NewYork, says that he went to Rochester in 1322, with a fortusa consisting of a wife and two children, ani a cash capital of 81-25 in bis pocket. Tbe ure in Elm street, New York, was caused by the attempt of a little girl to fill a fluid lamp while lighted. The fluid in the can caught Crc and spread over ihe floor of a baliery, to a pile of shavistrs under the stairs. A gentleman cf Bennington, Vermont, has discovered a process for enameling common brick, making them impervious to dampness, proof aiiust frost or heat, and rtnderia them beautiful as marble. The Common Schools of Ohio contain COO.Col, or about thi.-ty thouitcJ lesa than Pennsylvania. The eipences ara 52,G0O,0CO, or 51 50 f.-.r each pu;il for an average of six monies tuition. A deaf man ia New Or!er.. recently bad his hetringcompletely restored by tha discharge of a heavy canr.ee, ncr which he happened to be passing. Buifalo, N. Y.,reb.-'. The Prey teriun Church at Colden, Erio Co., waa destroyed by lira ou tic 1st iust The reports cf negro rioU in Canada turn out to be pure fbricsticuj, invested by the Detroit Free 1'rejs. The death cf Rev. J. A J-lsia Alexan der, D. V., an eminent and learned Pro; fec.et at Piiiicvtou, is auaouuecd. t l . 'il I II 5
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