f J LL I i ml ' l" . .' 1. Ll j I i ' ii',". ' 1- I n...n'l ii i -I' .'' 'Tum'm- i" "' .n" nil i jin ' 'j jiiS'ljli!Yuu'''uL"i:"'''"""''r' " ''" -TV- .;-,..:,- ' j"'JS:' -- n-v . -r .j- --, . .-,- .r ........ . ....... A .ArftTl III' l,llinau.l, OLUME-8. frriLUAM KITTELL, Attorney at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. YQflS FENLON, Attorney at Law, I Ebensburg, Pa. i . ... -1 t i r; n j(jmce opposite vco jjauii.. Ljut HEORGE.M. READE, Attorney at IT Law, Ebensburg, Fa. TIERNEY, Attorney at Law, 15 Vni jUtuCC la LiOiODnaae now. jan-- OHNSTON & SCAN LAN, Attorneys at Law. Ebensbare, Pa. gjy Office opposite the Court House. i J "WATERS, Justice of the Peace -4 ' --a i 05:CC adjoining uweuiug, ou uigu jgW- ' lfeb7-6m EKIXKEAD, Justice of the Peace , and Claim Agent. 3 (Juice remoYeu .u iiic oiuce luriaenj 'BpieJ bj M. Ilasson, Esq., on nigh Btreet, 'ensbarg, Pa. jan31-6m A. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Particular attention paid to collections. jar Office one door east of Lloyd A Co. 'a .-.king House. . jao24 MITEL SINGLETON. Attorney at n U, Ebensburg, Pa. Office on High a, vest of Foster a uotei. Will practice in the Courts of Cambria ad : oitnng counties. . . nST Attends also to the collection of claims 1 joUitta against me uoTernmcas. rjau-.- YOV.C.tt W. O ATM AN. Attorney at pT Law ud Claim Agent, Ebensburg, Jmbria countr, Pa. " Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty, and I iliUUry Claims collected. Real Estate light and sold, and payment of Taxes at tdcJ to. Book Accounts, Notes, Due Bills, laments, Ac, collected. Deed3, Mortga i, .Agreements, Letters of Attorney, Bonds, rifatly written, ana au legal Business fullv attended to. Pensions increased, i Equalized Bounty collected. jan24 C WILSON, M. D.. offers hia eer- Tices, as Physician and Surgeon, to r.tireas of Ebensburg and surrounding ".trr. Aing been appointed Examining Sur- n, he is prepared to examine all I'ension- i tad applicants for Pensions who may d b:i services. SST Office on High St., three door9 east of i. church, in office formerly occupied by Jouet. Uesldence immediately anjoin ofiice. jan24-3m LLOYD, f Dealer iu HE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS, tlLS, AND DYE-STUFFS, PERFUME- . RY AND FANCY ARTICLES, PURE FINES AND BRANDIES FOR MKDI- L PURPOSES, PATENT MEDICINES, Ac. Also : :t, Cap, and Note Papers, Pens, Pencil, Superior Ink, And other articles kept by Druggists generally. .itfuru' prfteriptiom carefully compounded. 'ice on Main Street, opposite the Moun- t House, Ebensburg, Pa. jan24 tT.NTlSTRY. cou3 . P" - R- Zeioler, baying opened an . ..M'to ia me rooms over II. K. T homaa storu. ,dUJle,rs bis professional services to the citizens 'a- Jlt'beasburg and vicinity. .. ap!8-4m : a V - , hEXTISTRY. V The nnrt irsl;mpl C! rnn tn nf tVi Tlul. beil oaosj orul re College of Dental Surgery, respectfully 'a his professional services to the citizens s ci ad -benaburg. He has spared no means to ouguly acquaint himself with every im minent in his art. To many years of pcr d eiperience, he has sought to add the irtcd experience of the highest authorities fatal Science. He simply asks that en "unity may be given for his work to i its own praise. SAMUEL BELFORD, D. D. S. fences: Prof. C. A. Harris ; T. E. 3ond, R. Handy; A. A. BIandy,P. II. Aus- i iu i0' ce )Si!l be at Ebensburz n the fourth -Tof each month, to Btay on wiek. luuary 24, 18G7. an ice LOYl) & CO., BanJcers ' EBENSBrttG. Pa. col4 fGoU, Silver, Government Loans and pr securities bought and sold. Interest bro 'ed on Time Deposits. Collections made U accessible points in the United States. a General Bankine Buaine33 transacted. 31. LLOYD & Co., UanZrers afts on the pnncinal cities, and Silver 0iVlc. collections made. Mon received on deposit, navable nn Himn.i -out interest, or upon time, with interest kl'n"0'? J'rett- T. CAIDWELL. CastJr. OF ALTOONA. GO VERNMENT A GENCY 'GN'ATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI- TED STATES. 3i Altoona, pa. ,n v"li .100,0U0 UO CAPITAL PaIM IN...... 150.00 00 f'ble terms. ... rl Revenue Sumps of all denomina 1 "iwavg on win be allowed, as follow S;sn to OaX Cent; $,oc 10 S200..3 per cent, upwards, 4 per cent. nar,- ,AilUEL SINGLETON, Notary Pub- - or roster'f H- nf4 ' i i E. H l"TC III TV S O HT , Publisher. I 1 ft' P Rlt ATE SALE! The subscriber will sell the following property at private sale : One House ai Portage Station, on the P. R. R., with 2 acres land. Suitable for a store room or a dwelling. One House and 90 acres land, on P. R. R., one-half mile west of Portage, opposite the Biding of the Union Mills of the subscriber, and at the terminus of the railroad of White & Co. One House and 2 acres land at Portage, now occupied by. Louisa Keepers. A good site for a store. One Water Power Saw mill, within 10 rods of the P. R. R., one-half mile west of Por tage, together with timber land, 100, 200, or 30C acres, to suit -purchasers. The barns and bouses on the same cost $1,500 when lumber wag cheap. Or," I "will sell the whole tract of 480 acres, with timber enough on the same to run the water mill for seven years. The property has 1,500 to 2,00 feet of side tracks connect ing with the P. R. R. A general Warrantee Deed will be given on ten days notice for all the foregoing prop erty, and possession of all houses, Ac, given on the 1st April next. The improvements cost the subscriber $6,000. 150 acres of the land is timbered with good Sugar, and the land itself is warranted to be as good as any in Cambria coucty. Three creeks pass through the land, viz Trout Run, M'Intosh Run, and Wright's Run. There is Coal on the land, and any amount of Cord Wood. The location is the only oatlt to the coal lands of Burke and the Win. M. Lloyd k Co. lauds. Two pieces of the lane adjoin the land formerly owned by Hon. Thomas A. Scott, known as th M'Coy Farm. One-third the purchase money will be re quired down ; the balance in jix and twelve months. - Ten per cent, will be deducted for cash payments. The property will be told in preference to rented, as the subscriber has not time t col lect rents. ' The house and lot, say 1 acre of land, at Portage, now occupied by Louisa Keepers, will be sold low if sold soon. Also, the store room at the same place, with 2 acres land, formerly occupied by Victor Voeghtly sold to him at one time for $725 will now be sold for $600. The former will be sold for $350, cash, or its equivalent. Call Soon 1 WM. R. HUGHES. Wilmore, January 31, 18C7. Q SAVED ! THE GREATEST O INVENTION OF THE AGE! WAIT AMD XJET Till CHBAPMT ASD BK8T I Three Dollars saved to each buyer of Figge's new and complete WROUGHT IRON HORSE HA Y FORK GIDDINGP1 SELF-LU B lO AT IN G PULLEY. J&j$ Tfii Fork ttand unrivalled, 1. It is easiest managed, works easier in th hay, and will work in damp hay or straw. 2. This ForI never discharges the hay or straw until theproper time, and then perfectly. 3. It is simple, not lik"ly to get out of re pair, having only thref pieces and two rivets, and is made of the best j uuiata wrought iron. 4. All who have tried it or seen it used, praise it. We retail Figgc"s Fork at $S, and warrant like samples shown. Others retail at SI0. I am now canvassing this county, taking orders for said Forks and Pulleys. Don't forget Fiege's Fork at $8, and tbe Wrought Iron Pulley at $1. Wait and sec ! READ CERTIFICATES. This is to certify that we, the undersigned, have teen Figge's Horse Hay Fork work , in the hay, and believe it to be the best and cheapest Fork in the country, and that itwilL do all that is claimed for it. We cheerfully recommend it and Giddings' Pulley to the people of the .country. .. J. R. Stall, Uri Updegrave, Jas. n. Benford, Win. Palmer, Charles. Unvtrnaght, J. K. Hite, Jacob Fronheiser, Wm. U. Geis, J. C. Berkley, James H. Howard, John Parke, Jacob Repro gle, James Cooper, (Wood, Morrell A Co. s stable.) . . JNO. HUMPHREYS, Conemaugh Station, Sole Agent for Cambria co., Pa. J68" Agents wanted in every county in the United States to sell said Forks and Pulleys. Address, immediately, E. W. GIDDINGS, Johnstown, Cambria co.. Pa., General Agent for tbe United States. See Handbills. fmarl4eow4t. "V7"ALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR T. .. SALE! The subscriber offers at private sale the Farm on which he now resides, situate ;n Cambria Township, Cambria county, con taining abQut 5tt acres, nearly all of which are cleared, and having thereon erected a T wo-B to ry Frame Dwelling House, . a new Frame Barn, and all the necessary Outbuild ings. There is a good Orchard ou the Farm, and an excellent Well of Water at the kitch en door. Only five minutes' walk from the Railroad Depot. Terms moderate, and title indisputable. Apply to the undersigned on the premises, or address : SAMUEL TIBBOTT, apll-tf Ebensburg, Pa. , "PBENSBURG LITERARY DEPOT. . James Murray, dealer in . - -BOOKS, STATIONERY, CIGARS, TOBAC CO, PERFUMERY, FANCY SOAPS, Ac S&" In the room formerlj occupied by Dr. Lemon as a Drug gtore, ; . : ; High tt., Ebknsbcbo. Keeps . .. j. Blank Books. Magazines, . Envelopes, Paper, Newppapers, Pens, Ink, Novels j Histories, Pocket Books, Prayer Books, Pass Books, Toy Books, Ac. " Stationery ' and Cigart sold either wholesale or retail. '1' matr.3m O AL ! COAL I COAL ! The subscriber is now carrying on the Colliery of Wm. Tiley, Sr:, at Lily Station," on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Cambria coun ty, and will be glad to fill all orders, to any amount,, of citizens of Ebensburg and vicinity,- Satisfaction as to quality of-Coal guar antied in all cases. , , : ; WM. JILEY, Jr. T Hemloek P.O., Jan. J4, JS67.: . J.i AftvVrtlM la Tht Alt&knlan, I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hksbt Cut: EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY Washington In tbe Olden Time, j A Washington correspondent of the New Orleans Crescent gives tia ' the fol-ii lowing reminiscences : - -. . - - One of my chums has resided in "Wash ington just fifty years, and seen fifty seasons ot metropolitan society. He has watched with .interest all the various changes since the last term of Mr. Madi son, when. he settled in town, down to this present year, of graces , He has reminiscences of the "immortal George." He knows all the'scandals of the saloons, where Madame Genet secon ded the intrign.es of her husband."' He can remember the time when the site of the "White Houso was covered with charred ruins remnants, of the deeds of that famous raiding flotilla that sailed up the Potomac: under the famous Sir Edward Cockbum, Rear Admiral of the Blue.' Then the Capitol was not built, and the Treasury existed only in the brain of its architect, and the American people had cot commenced that work of ages the "Washington monument. There was no gaslight in the streets; the stately avenues that now bear princely chariots and eleighs, were poor embankments of mud and roads almost impasfabie. The colonial lords on the other bank ot the river still wound their horses for miles of chase over the broad Virginia manors. Every morning at break of day John Randolph,' of Roanoke, rode up the Georgetown turnpike, with . a pack of hounds at his horse's heels. Those were the days of the proudest, stateliest gen tlemen. , Then we wore the broadest kind of. ruffles, and the finest kind of silverf laced velvet coat. None of your whipper snapper, willowy canes, but we used heavy, substantial, gold-beaded sticks. Then what muff real Turkish snuff. "It seems to me snuff hasn't tasted the same for forty years' quoth my venerable friend. ', . "Receptions were receptions then, not what they are now. Mr. Madison lived right out on this street," said he, pointing out of the . window.. "They were just rebuilding them, after the British war, and the President lived in a large old private mansion, further down the. road." "Why, what do you man, mj dear friend?" I interposed. "There: is a row of new brick buildings, there, and a retail grocery for .the!-. corner. Biore-"', No, mj boy,", snapped.' out.' ruy. (estyantlq'hary, "those" places are" not ' new. They"are nothing but the old buildings" renovated. I think I ought to know when the ptd house, green with ivy, was pulled down aud that block put tup in its place. I ought to know, too, where President James Madison lived, because it was there I went to my firit President's recep tion. 1 11 tell you how it happened. Thtre was a party of us three or four young bloods just come by a long stage ride from Philadelphia. We v were in gooa spirits at coming to our journey s end, and thought we would pay our re spects to the Chief Magistrate. ... "So out we went to the old house, and found several private . carriages . in front of the door, and eaw light? and heard music ineide. One of us stepped up and rang the beil.' : A lacquey in livery came to the door, a.nd after surveying us, said we couldn't coCie in. 'Why. so; isn t this the reception evening V 'Yes, yes rejoined the porter, 'but I have strict orders to admit no one who ia not in evening costume.' We were rather aston ished. We had on good ruffled and fluted shirts, and fine walking boots, turned over at the eides and curving-down benjnd in the shape of a heart, as . the fashion was those days ; but there was no remedy. lucuoor-jteeper aiu mat tne tjomissioner of Public Buildings told him to admit no one without knee breeches, silk stockings and pumps. So we had ;fo turn away, not very much pleased, I assure you, and it was a long time before we went to another reception. r "Soon after," continued my loquacious monologis!, "I forgot all about that, and went to Mr.. Monroe's levees. The Pres ident was email, not five feet four. inches high, a straight, puffed, potbellied man, gracious enough. He was,, perhaps, the last one of the real old-fashioned people. His evenings : at home were genuine offi cial receptions not so ., social as Mrs. Madison's graces had mado . the White Uouse, a few years before but with all the - pictorial admixtures of the grand seigneur and the good fellow pertaining to flue gentlemen then. . . ;"Mr. Adams, I knew personally, very, well. : I used to aeo him about five o'clock every morning going down on the opposite bank of the river, in front of the pastures where the monument" stand. - There he would bathe,, and thinknothing of plun ging, into the Potomac in "the".' .coldest weather. ' He would come back afterwarda to the Executive mansion as red as r a Georgia peach, and this system of exertion may have helped to prolong his life, even if it could not keep him in the Presiden tial chair more than a single term." "Do you remember J ackson J" ."Yes, I remember Jackson;" here he commenced to drop the Mister. "He was atsort of straight-forward, good-hearted old fellow; not much ceremony about him ; he didn't believe in it ; he was for doing things without, any fuss.; He tiled to promenade his arm ; he didn't' care. . I knew her well; she. was a beautiful woman and a good-hearted lady, too." The Johnstown Disaster. Col. J ohn P. - Linton, the representa tive from Cambria county to the State Legislature, has written" the following letter to the Johnstown Democrat in -explanation of how he venue of the Johns town disaster suits' was changed from Cambria to Center county : ' "April 20, 1867. "Messrs. Editors Manv nerson have inquired of me for the particulars connected with the passing of the Bill authorizing the Penna. Railroad to change the venue in the actions brought against It by those injured on the 14th September last. - Knowing it to be a matter of gen eral . interest in this community, and knowing also that the circumstances con nected "with the progress of that Bill through tho Houses are, to Bay the least, very singulart 1 am iuduced to make the following statement. "The Bill to change venue to . Blair county .was. introduced into the. Senate by Senator Wallace, and' was there referred to the committee ou Judiciary local. . Be fore this cummittee Messrs. Johnston, McLaughlin and Potts appeared, and made such statements asioduccd the committee to resolve to report the Bill negatively. Apparently ascertaining this before any report could be made by the committee, the Rail Road Company caused a motion to be made in the Senate to discharge the committee, which motion prevailed. The bill being thus brought before the Senate, Geol. White aought in vain to defeat' it, but finding the iufluence of the Rail Road too potent, he endeavored to amend it bv substituting some other county for Blair. Somerset, Allegheny, Westmoreland and Indiana . were severally voted down, but at last Centre was agreed to by a ma jority. In this shape, changing the venue to Centre county, the Bill came into the House, ,and was referred to ; the proper committee... ' Without giving me notice, this committee acted on the bill favora bly, but got no opportunity to report until the 5th inst. On Tuesday, the 9th," two Says before the final adjournment, it came up in Order and on my motion Somerset county was substituted for Centre, bv a j.ote of 55 yeas. The fact that this sub stitution was made is incontrovertible - The JournaJ tf the IIoue, the' Record, the interlineations and marks on the orig inal bill, tho vote the recollections of the Speaker, the Clerks, and many ot the Members with whom I conversed, all unite in sustaining the assertion. There can be no doubt that the amendment was made. As amended, the Bill passed tbe House by a vote cf 45 for to 42 against it, and having laid over for third reading .Ml 7-J I -.1.1 . mi e'-ioesuay, waa on mac aay passed Dy the House, as amended. "At this point the singular part of thin transaction appears. . Though tho Bill was amended as above stated, and though it went into the transcribing room with . K K - these amendmentainseried, tt was trans- tcribed and returned to the Senate as Tiav ing passed the House without amendment. ms must have been late on Wednesday afternoon, and at a late hour that night the bill was signed by the Governor, who was, of course, ignorant of the circum stances connected with its passage.' On Thursday before dinner, when trying to learn tho situation of the bill, I found that on that morning a certified copy had already been obtained by an ofiicer of the Company, and that the enrollment tax was raid. -. - - v -. -: J'l do , not intendjto comment Every one must .draw, bis own inferences from the facta as stated. Jno. P. Linton." . . Old Knapaacks. -The following' beautiful extract is from a letter of "A Woman in Washington' to the N. Y. Independent : ; ' . "I saw a pile of knapsacks the other evening at the cottage on Fourth street: knapsacks and haversacks left behind for safe keeping by the boyo who went to the front and never camo back. The eloquence of these worm-eaten and mould ed bags cannot be written. Here was a piece ot stony bread uneaten, the. little paper of coffee, the smoked tiu cup In which it had boiled so often over the hasty fire on the eve of battle. There was the letter, sealed, directed, and never sent, for the soldiers could not always get even a stamp. Here was a letter half written, commenced, "Dear Vife : How I want to see you ;" "Dear Mother : My time is nearly out."-- The rustv.pen just as it was laid down in the half-filled sheet by the gallant and loving, hand which hoped so soon to finish it.. .Here. was a scrap of patriotic poetry, and inspired lyrics carefully copied on sheets. of paper tinted with red, whit6 and : blue.. Here were photographs of the favorite Generals. and photographs of the dear ones at home. Here were letters of heart-breaking love, and loyalty to duty, and holy faith and cheer, written at home ; and here was the Testaioent' given him' by the woman he loved J best, soiled and' worn. ' For the American : soldier, if he "rarely read it, still he would carry his Testament as a dear talisman to save him from harm. Here were thesrs mementoes of brave 2, 1867. living, loving life gone out. They never came back 1 The mourners at home do not all know where they fell, or whether they were buried. To one unfamiliar with the soldier's life, these relics might mean little. To me they mean all love, all suffering, all heroism. I look on them, and again seem to me the long lines of marching men file pant, dust covered and warm, on their way to battle. I see the roads of Virginia shimmering in the white heat, lined with exhausted men lying down to sleeD and to die. after th"lnct defeat, hear the cry of the wounded, the iuoaq oi tue dying, see the halt filled grave, the unburied dead. All the awful reality of war comes back. . So, too, do knightly days and dauntless men. Peace walks among the May time flowersand already our soldiers seem almost forgotten. Bays of war and deeds of valor seem like dreams gone by." Ilovr Tea ls Adulterated. A New York paper gives the following account of the various modes by which tea is doctored and poisoned : In the manufactured teas, tho leaves employed are of various kinds almost any, in fact, will suit the purpose but the principal bases for the inlusion are sloe leaves, white thorn leaves, and bay leaves. Experiments, however, have de tected the presence of plum, oak, cherry, and even cedar. .When any of these are used in the manufacture, catechu or terra Japonica (Japan earth) are employed to give the compound. an astriogencv and color peculiar to tea. ; They, as it "were, supply the place of tannin, which belongs to the genuine article, and impart a flavor similar to that of Bohea or Hyson kin. Both terra Japonica and catechu are vio leni medicines, injuriously affecting the system ot the unsuspicious tea-drinker, and doubtless the diseases in many cases now afflicting our people, especially wo men, have their origin in the u$e of these noxious articles under the name of tea. The manufacturers use also a gum, which causes a contraction of the exhausted leaves on drying, and gives to 'them the appearance poculiar to tea itself.- It may be well to know, however, that the forms of the leaves in the manufactured aiticle are shapclessly broken and agglutinated into small flattened or round masses, which, if the microscope be used in ex amining them, present an appearance a differeut from tea itself as cheese is from CDal'c- '-ne PIan pursued in .manufac ture, or adulteration, is as follows : The exhausted leaves, or any others that may be used, are spread out on a drying floor, and dampened with water. After re maining here for a time, they are taken up in parcbls and placed in a pan before a hot furnace, when the gum is poured upon them, and they are stirred until the ingredients (which" differ somewhat io imitation green and black teas) become thoroughly mixed. The agglutinated mass is theu replaced on the dry floor in a room which is heated to intensity, and after remaining sufficiently long thtreon, it is packed in tea boxes, and is ready for delivery. There are also employed, be sides the articles we have mentioned, in imitating the color, taste, &c, of the sev eral varieties of green and black teas, the following drugs, all of which are more or less injurious to the health sulphate of iron, rose pink, logwood, (which imparts strength after the manner of chicory iu spurious coffee,) plumbago or black lead, china clay and soapstone, (to give bloom and luster, or "lace," as it is termed,) indigo, (tor the same purpose iu making up spurious greens,) tumeric powder, Prussian blue, -mineral green, (a salt of copper precipitated by an alkaline car bonate, deadly poison,) verdigris, (used especially in the preparation ol spurious Hyson, Young Hyson, and Hyson skin,) arsenite of copper, chromato and bichro mate of potash, chromo yellow, (all poison ous,) chalk, (which enters into the compo sition of Dutch pink, and is used to color tbe imitations ot best quality greens,) and many other deleterious articles, which, h, proportion as thev are used, make un th Souchongs. Boheas, Twankays. &c , that are sola oy dishonest dealers. In many cases, especially in the adulteration and manufacture of imitation black. an'd U aa ingredient. A report made to the British Government mentions that in one instance where a quantity of counterfeit teas was seized and analyzed, examination provcd'lhat twentv per centum of the hasp compound was sand. Not alone do th manufacturers: put into market the vari ous imitations made out of the materials mentioned, but by a strange process of transmutation, the exhausted leaves of black tea are made to become moat beau tiful greens. Much of the spurious Young iiyson wntcn nnds its way into market is "made over" ic . this manner. Gen. M'Creary, of Erie, appointed some time since by Gov. Geary to the po sition of Adjutant General, will not as sume tho duties, thereof till October, in consequence of the constitution prohibit ing members of the Legislature from holding any other office until their term expires.'.,.,.;.: r-v ;. John B. Gough made , his first torn, perance speech in -Rochester on the 4th of July, 1843. He has delivered 4,300 like (rpscehes and lectures fine then. a! M0,$2.00 Itf ADVANCE. NUMBER 15. Supplement to tlie School JLavr. Among the last work of the Legislature was the passage of a supplement to the Common School law, which makes certain salutary changes in the manner of organ izing, supervising and conducting the Common Sehools of Pennsylvania. - .This supplement has been signed by the Gov ernor, and is now in full force and effect. It provides that when school directors are unabJo to procure from the ownervor owners of land an eligible site for a school house, thy may enter npon and occupy such land, to the extent of oue acre, and the damages Tesultifig from such occupan cy to be determined by a jury of viewers ; and in case the award ot the viewers is confirmed by the Court, payment shall be made within thirty days, after which time collection may be made by execution, a3 in other cases of judgment against school directors, aud either party shall have the right to have reviews appointed; by the Court. The same act provides for the. holding of county Teachers' Institutes, to continue at least five days in each year, and appro priating out of tho money in the . county treasury, not otherwise appropriated, ta the county superintendent, oce dollar for every three days attendance of teachers upon the ius'itute, said sum to be expen ded in procuring the .attendance aad instruction of competent lecturers ct said annual meeting ; and for uon-attendance, except for a good cause, a teacher's certif icate may be reduced in grade ; and tho time spent in attendance on the institute may be allowed the teacher by tho board ol directors The superintendent must make a full statement of the expenditure of monies in his hands. ' The act also provides for the selection, of text-books at each tiienuial convention of directors, the same to be validated by confirmation at the annual meeting of directors and teachers, held as now provi ded by law; and a majority of the boards of directors may at any time call a special meeting of director.; rfor the purpose ef appointing a committee on text books prior to the triennial meeting in 18G9. City and borough superintendents are authorized, in places having over 10,000 inhabitants, to issue three grades of cer tificate?, the lowest to be called "profes sional," to be good for one year only; the second "professional," which shall license the holder to teach in the county, city, or borough "wh-ere issued during the official term of the officer issuing it, and one year thereafter; the third or highest grade is calied - a . "permanent certificate," which must be signed by the State Superinten dent. All professional certificates hereto fore issued before the first Monday in June, 1860, shall cease to be valid after the first' Monday of June, 18G8. Any professional certificate may be . renewed by the proper officer, if he is $atified that the holder is entitled to such certificate. The act also provides "that no person shall hereafter be eligible to the office of county, city or borough superintendent, in any county of this Commonwealth, who does not possess a diploma from a college legally empowered to grant literary de grees, a diploma, or State certificate, issued according to law by the authorities of a State normal school, a professional certificate from a county, city or borough superintendent of good standing, issued at least one year prior to the election, of a certificate of competency from the State superintendent of common schools; nor shall such person be eligible unless he has a sound moral character, and his had successful experience in teaching within three years of the time cf his election. Provided, That ssrving as couoty- city, or borough superintendent, shall be taken as evidence of the requisite qualifications." A Long Journey. Col. M'Clure, of the Chambersbuig Repository, will start in a few davs for a summer tour through the Rocky Mouutains. He will proceed to Denver, Colorado, and after a brief stay there, will go by stage over the Rocky range to fait Lake City. After taking a look at the Mormon country and the Mormons, he will go north by stage to Idaho, and theDceby the same convey ance across the Rocky Mountains again, to Montana, where ho expects to remain most of the 'summer. The trip will re quire over three thousand miles of rail road travel going and coming, hardly less than two thousand miles of . staging, and over three thousand miles by steamboat, making in all a tour of over eight thous and miles. During the journey, Mr. M'C. will fulfill a special engagement o write a scries of letters for the New York Tribune. He will be accompanied by his, wife and eon. Wigfall is engaged in business in ' London. He has scarcely ..been heard of since he cradled into a porthole ot Fort Sumter, at the beginning of the war, very dtuok and with a flag of truce in the shap: of a white handkerchief in his hand. - - A Montana paper says that "."the mortality of Helena is .extraordinarily good, only seventeen men having been killed during the past two weeks." .The Lancaster county Bar unani- mouly recommend Hon. Thomas E. Franklin for Supreme Judge.. . . j .. " . Mr. Peabody . lately made bonfire -cf four them rand bg?ng Istttr. f ir J t
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