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At $1.50 per Year, aluay In Ariianrc.
LEWISBURG, UXION CO., PA., FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 18G0.
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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.
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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
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ment, i
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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.
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