Educational DepartmcnL
efter school hours when they failed in their
recitations, but- lie did not much approve of
this in cOuntry :schools... He had used prizes
--- =-= ----_._----,-- ----- - and also the rod, anilrfountf:cach effectual in
Proceedings of the Huntingdon County so m e cases.
_.
Teachers' Institute.' - I '-- . - ...
Mr:: - Brumbatigh s'aid he had found it very.'
- [Cortinunn.] slifficult,to secure theco.:operation of parents:
THURSDAY .F.VENINGt. - ' •. He had given up the idea....'-of assigning night
lespits--: on that account, :and confined -the
Mr. Baker closed the diteussion on Order
time-'_ of sl'utly'entirelik - to the school roam:
and System:" He sailrif we may judge from
and to school hours. Mr. B. spoke al some
the condition of a great many schools we
would think there was no importance attach-
length, but unfortunately his remarks were
ed to this subject. He described the way not reported.
in which some schools are conducted ; the Adjourned till 2 o'clock P. M. Prayer by
manner of coming into - school and leaving ; Prot. Tomlin. ,
I
also the scholars' nondnct , during the day; —--
and thought -it- impossible to study amid such . FRI DAY .A FTERNOON
..
•- I
confusion. He had , visited, some schools Subject of secrning goeil recitations con- I
where it was almost ii possible to tell wheth- . tinned. " ' I
er-it was reeeSs'Or study hollis•—:.some talking, • Mr.-Benedict said he' was not - a praclical 1
sarne laughing, somegoing out; and perhaps teacher in, the ordinary sense of the term.—
a few trying to study. ,When , the exercises lie would therefore merely philosophize on
Of the day - were over, the word dismissed what might be useful. He held that there •
was given, and then there 'Was a 'general ,is wisdom in a multitude; of counsellors. In'
scramble among the scholars; each frying to regard to what plan should be adopted to se
be Aret;tnit of the house. A school should be cure perfect recitations, it was not for any_to
dismissed quietly, and this could be done . say. What might be - efficient. , in some in
without much difficulty, by dismissing a stances Would be valtiless iii others. It was
classat.itime 3 there was time saved by do- important he 'thought, for the teacher to im
ing so.. - .There must always be crowding and press the child with - the • idea that he was i
disorder-when the whole school is dismissed , himself interested - 4i the study.. There was
at once.
. .
.
- ! a kind of contagion, some : sort of mesmeric 1
. -
Y R. NE 7 DIVIT
Adjotimed tiit Friday , 9 o'clock' A. M
FRIDAY MORNING SESSION.
Subject for discussion.—Best methods of
securing good recitations.
Mr. Tussey said this subject has frequerit .
ly agitated the mind of every teacher pres
ent. How shall we overcome.,,dislike for
study and-beget a thirst for knowledge 1—
How break the habit'? of indolence and pro
mote industry ? How teach the scholar to
think,' reasoni-- and depend `on himselfl are
questions that must present themselves to the
mind of every,faitfitnl ,teacher.. He was not
vain enough to suppoSehe had anything new
to advance, brit he was happy to know there
wore: others present • who had. The first
thing necessary. was in , his opinion, that the
teacher, thoroughly 'understands the subjects
he tries to teach. Without this he cannot
succeed: It would be a rare thing to find a
teacher interesting a class on any subject
which he did not understand; whilst even .
the most illiterate artisan could be interesting
explaining the.principles of the art which he
understands: The teacher if compelled to
resort to the text book for the answers will
always be more or less perplexed, his manner
will be awkward, and his countenance dull
and spiritless. Scholars will be-quick to no
tice his deficiency and their Confidence will
be diintriisited. If a teacher would - be inter
esting he should review every lesSon and
thus be enabled.to present thoughts that do
not occur in the order of recitation. A prop
er classification was also of vital importance.
in every school- were found' scholars of dif
ferent..capacities. Some, would master their
lessons with little'difficulty, and others would
not; and Laplace two 'such scholars in the
same-blass was doing- -one injustice. The
- teacher should be'acquainted with thaability
of-every scholar and:make , his classification
accu - rdingly. The best arrangements would
rot, howeyer always place all the scholars on
an eqUality. 'lithe lesson 'assigned are too
long the recitations would be imperfect: and
uninteresting, and the class discouraged,-
When a class recites correctly they feel that
they have done something; but if ansuccesfu I
ihey - lose confidence in themselves.—Here
Mr. T. referred to an incident related by M.
Page in his " Theory_ and: Practice of Teach
ing," setting 'forth the evils of what.he calls
the - drawing out process . . 'This he said might
be an extreme case; bat the praetice 'of help
ing scholars:through prevailed nErsome extent,
and should , be discouraged. If the scholar
knows that the teacher .will help him. he, will
not be- likely to prepare himself; and a 'child
educated in this - way would 'never makenn
iralependent. thinker. and :.sound- scholar.—
_ The object, of education was not to make the
scholar acquainted with any
' amount of facts,
but teach to . thinic. The child' that
- has - been taught 'to think; is , educated akeacly;
if his mind has been properly awakened-he
will perform the- rest himself., In learning
geography' he conceived it possible for a
- child Lobe able to• answer all the qiiestious
in order arid - yet -have a very poor , idea- of the
science. He-believed the questions should be
varied and - asked promiscuously.. ` Sketching
'in 'the black-board,
,'drawing froiri memory
&c., he considered very useful in fixing the
'boundaries and :localities of places hi the
mind. 'reading. lessons he was in the hab
it of calling on one,of the class to read and
allowed the rest 'to correct errors. He' had
also pursued the same course in grammer and
had always found-scholars interested in cor
,recting each others' errors and mistak es.—
He was not in favor of the priZe system, be
lieving that its evils 'More:than counterbal-
L anced'any 'good effects attending it ; it gave
art:undue 'prominence to an inferior-object ;it
was nut
,for. the,prize but :for the -sake of ac
- quiring an education that ~t he child should
study. He had, however , no objection to a
'isysterri - ahat-'Would reward every scholar ac
--,cording to 'his efforts and not- according to
his qualifications., He did not -,believe in
rewarding falenx jyresppctive of effort., ,
Mr. .Eldridgasaid
,he 'thought the law of
kindness Should pervade- the school room
-,that prizes .were generally „falling into dis
Mr: ''MeDivltt was oppiiied to tbe -- ize
-
''sjsieii In all it's forms ; it, aPpe:alS: to the
:'lower faculties of mind, awakeneS a vain
~ambition and creates envy.. .He insisted that
schOlars should be taught to „love learning
'for isOwn - sake;.fo SttidY bedause it is their
and interest to learn ; and be made to
feel that , these higher and nobler - motives arse
. the only. proper mcentives.to action. •. •
Mr.. Baker said -that.
,in order_ to secuze
•
good recitations we', mist Impfeis mind
Of the Scholar with-the importanCe of knowl
-edg,e-l-titsadvarktages..t.in, after life: ''Re•re
,PotAmended .conversing with parents and
,oaining their good will and co-operation.—
children'and'the
-and
and imients
:united and interested;* they. generally study
vvell s ,aml as a;matter, of 'course,- recite
Ile•had made use.of „prizes :in„,some cases to
' , ;:ciOd'effect: Ile was not so muzli: in, favor
'of thetir . as some, nor - was' he altogether "oppo
sed to - Ahern:: •. ~!, r • . _
NSr. kept a:. weekly ac=
,count of each scholar's studie.,. :progress,, de=
prirtment '&c, He":"bad „often prevailed, en'
-piiirents - to' visit the sctinol, and in this way.
.had-seeured good recitations when Yie would
.othersvise have failed.: He , had also, in ex-,
_treble. cases, calleci.in oDr,. Birch" for : assist..
anae, and to gOOd purpose.
'Mr. Brown said the most difdeult 'part of
his: labor .was.to get par - en is to apprediate tte,
value of good recitations. When he could-.
not get Ate, co_ operation_ of_parents .. he gen
erally,diepTtsed with , : evenin,g ',lessons, He
had also tried the plan of keeping in scholars
influence by which the minds of teacher and
pupil xveredraWn together and made to act
in concert. When a.teacher thus prevails on
his:scholars to think they have the same de
dire and, 'intention, then those scholars be
come plasticin his bands, and almost any
thing may be effected; 'amt without this inti
mate union of mind, between the teacher and
the taught, all expedients must, fail. to pro
dded the highek results.
The Times and the Remedy.
The present position of parties in the Uni
ted States suggests a crowd of reflections to
the contemplative mind. There is an appa
rent coincidence and concurrence in the
events and the errors of the day, which give
to these events and' errors an extraordinary
character: When we-see Christian churches
divided by slavery discussions on - the one
hand, and united in the enforcement of a wide
and vast system of religious intolerance on
the other; when we seeclergymen'preaching
politics from the pulpit, -and deserting the
house of God for the contentions of bolster
er:is public meetings; when, in American ci
ties, great crowds of men - march the streets
derrianding "bread or blood ;" when the sa
cred cause of religion - is stained by the rude
championship of. vile and profane partisans;
when a conspiracy, bound.into a conquering
party by hideous oaths and 'debasing orgies,
lords it over eminent virtue and unchallenged
intellect ;.and -when• to this long train of dan
gers and of degradations we add a list of
bankruptcies, frauds, and financial troubles,
We may well pause, and ask ourselVes what
fate. such aggravated: wills fore - beide-to - our be
loved country 1 - If we,, turn to-_another pie
ture, we fin dour general. happiness ; nim pair
ed—labor contented in ninety - nine'cases but
of every" 'hundred—our - government 'Wisely
.and. well administered—and our flag•honored
all over the globe., ,But froi,,v . lengpan, this ,be
while society yields to the perSistent,efforts
of blind and infatuated'men? How shall *e
discover the motive that - prompts such efforts?.
Some tell us it is.a spirit of ,reform ; and , yet
the remedies proposed to effect- thispbject
are vriarse than the imaginary disease, with
all its exaggerated horrors ! Others say•it is
to purify-the old, parties; - and yet they take
as their leaders someef the most
_corrupt ,po
litiCal'hacks of the ,times. Then we are in
structed that it is an 'organization to
. protect
- the Protestant religion . ;-and - yet- we see -Urri
,versalist- preachers: :set Up for
- governors-by
these pe w - reformers, and peaceful, precepts
_exchanged for
,belligerent speephes,and 'pas
zionate- 'decrees'
,of exCommunication. We
say 'that - before such organized wrong—such
- combined persecutions-. 7 such. profane .ex
tremes—no society, born out of, and depen
dent' 'upon, piiblie opinion, can hold out with
out being seriously im Pai red. - Those• who at
tempted to reform, religion in Franceforgot
God- himself, in their-sublime investigations
after perfectibility ; and, , in, the pomp arid
pride of their 'vain=glorious ' theories they
worshipped v: divinity . . whom they called
"Reason,". and lost sight of: the prostitute' in
gazing upon the idol.. Let us. beware of these
'false prophels:; - --Let us pduse before; follow
ing these bad examples. Let us take coun
sel before we yield ourselves unresistiney to
a current which may overwhelm us in ru!n.
Does not this rapid glance at the present
position of - parties foreshadow an - array Of
.evils, before which those complained of by
our new' reformers sink into insignificance?
Is not the idle and .insane clamor about a
l'Pope's power a far less grievous calamity
than divided congregations and warring
creeds .I , :ls.not .the apocryphal peril result
ing from. foreign emigration inne hely 'subor
dinate to the spectacle of domestic organiza
tions pledged to proscribe their neighborSnnd
their friends? I What Jesuit - vow - is 'more
I binding or more. dangerous than a know-noth
ingl oath? What "foreign influence" is one
1 tithe so fearfyl as thePrusade against proper
ik; anuiriit "law:, and 'against the private rights
of - 'the citizen, now rising With potency and
•._vi ith, numbers. simultaneous with this ‘newair. 1
0.
.anization 2 And finally , . what , cause can : be 1
0
called a good cause, which, in order toechieVe 4
i' impossible 'resrilts,• • 'breaks - out into 'excesses,
:_and endorses errors that shake Pur ;aanialsYs-
I tern from its,centreito 'its eircumfercrice,, and
1 imperil the structure of, our free institutions?
"
But'is there-no remedy for the alleged grie
vances W hi ch are held ti vie' Vietisei theie'bic
i cesseAl• .That is. the - question;-and it is to
1
.thitpoirit,that we , desjre to direct thefhaughts
,of inflamed - bigelS, whether .clergy men
laymen', ;Or
i, laym, arid th'e'energics '
of our 'iellovir.:CPUn-;
1 try Men. The first and only remedy is• to ap
-Iply to•thesegrievances the test of :common
(sense and rational
_legislation. , You cannot
- ,-
break down the Catholic - Church by persecu-.
I Ling Catholica:''''Protestaittiirri •iiirtot . •SO - far
1
_boner isthis' and - thereis . -no , niore. aviidorri
• I
,-in.resortingl.o_such folly, and 4nadness -now
than there, were hyndied of years ago,. when
hunted ProtestantS' on . ' the one hand „grew
r strong Upon 'Catholic prescriptitiris, - hrid: when
'hunted Catholics on the other handflOurished
Lamitt the tern.pest of,Proteatant,persecutions.
I Nor is Americanism to beinfoleimpregnable
i and irresistable by eficlUdirir“ -
I grants,-or'hy 'branding Witti-a. • Mark of hire
riority. upright ' and .: deserving -adopted . t
citi
zens.. The, regoil- will come if the,.eourse of
this infatuated
r proscription is not suddenly
arrester; - and reactions like this • alWays pro
r duce a harvest of repentance and 'Of sympa- ,
„thy'. , The remedy is: to. commit ..efisting
• complaints to the process of careful and con-,1 seientious legislation. The party ' - th 'W'jiiCh.
1 - this duty: should be'.c'onfided is the demociat
lie party, -Renaember that history -is fullPf
monuments of the practical value of the de:
mocratic party to our free institutions. Of
ten defeated because it has dared to-do right,
it has always risen when the „wrongs of its
adversaries have vindicated.. the - democracy
.:and pOniShed:liremseives..... , (f there is neees
sitY km any Changein the naturalization:laws,
•so far:as the:"generia government -is conbern•
;ed, whether 117 the correction of, abuses in re—
:,garkto•emigration,;or. in regard'to any other
'subject within the jurisdiction of the'federal
go vernment, there is a party, represented - by.
pure and enlightened statesmen, and crown
ed with the laurels of many a noble victory
over the internal and the external foe, that I
can meet the crisis , and 'satisfy all rational
public exPectat - And .those who doubt
this suggestion now. will shortly.find that, as ,
their own crude expedients fail them, all
hearts wilUtuon - to the deiniocrady :for counsel
and for aid.—Washington. Union.
THE GLOBE.
HUNTINGDON, PA-.
Wednesday January 31, 1855 .
Circulation—the largest in the County.
Read Them.
Our inside columns are unusually and un
expected crowded with'new advertisements
this meek. Read them. ..
Notice by Scott & Brown to all per
sons having unsettled. accounts in the store
and mill. books of-Henry Cornpropst...,.
Three tracts of land in Shirley town
ship, with improvements, for sale.
A tract. of seven hundred acres of
land in Penn township, for sale..
[l:7 - Dwelling and store house and lot in
McConnellstown, for sale.
13:7" Carr, Giese &. Co, Commission Mer
chants, Baltimore.
ElC7' Nine, stray' sheep in Penn to wnship.
Eft' To persons out of employment.
Receipts and Expenditures of the
county of Huntingdon.
VALENTINES.—Valentines have already
commenced to circulate. A large assort
ment; embracing some of the most beautiful,
are for- sale at COLON'S. - .
THOS. V. CHAPLIN'S SAPHIRE BANDOLINR
HAIR FIXTURE.-Mr. Thos. V. C. has pre
sented' us with a bottle of - his Hair Fixture,
said to be r by the many, who have applied it,
an excellent article . 'to remove da.ridruff and
prevent the hair from falling off. Those los
ing or likely to lose their hair shOhld make
immediate 'application to - Mr..C. for a bottle
Of his Fixture.
Fpnnsylvaatia,Legislature.
Quite : a ,large number of bills have been to
ported by committees :—One to. establish ,a
board of controllers of the public schools of
the State—several to incorporate banks—to n .
imprOip stock, in this commonwealth—for
new counties—to tax dogs—to prohibit fish
ing with.nets—to incorporate fire insurance
qmppanie—for the prevention of the sale of
liquor on
,the Sabbath—&c. &c. &c: 1
Mr, Price's bill for the, sale of the Main
Line, has beep reported, by the Committee on
Canals and Inland.Nav r igation, with a reporn
mendotion that it be passed. : .
Its chief features..are that the : Goyernor
shall - again advertise proposals for the
sale, of , the. Fublie ,Wo!ks,. such propo
sals to be received ;nntil. noon ;of -the
first Monday.of August next.. „Ilemay, ac
cept ,theefor, any, bid not ,less than eight, mil
lions
of dollars, payable in cash• in twenty
equal annual payments : from the date of- the -
acceptance of the offer,
,with,interest half ]
yearly on•the first days of
,Febrtiary and Au
(rust at , the ,rate of five per cent per annum•
Other security in acilition to that of the
works,, to the satisfaction of life GGever_nor ;
shall_ be given for onefourth pail of the pur
chase money, and any, part of . the price may
be, paid in anticipation of the times designa
ted, in sums not less than one hundred thous
and dollars.
Any incorporated . . Company, chat tered :by
this tate, which may ParehaSe said works,
shall have and enjoy; besides the powers con
conferred by Rs existinc , charier; all the pow
ers.. ,
andprivilegee which an association of in
dividuals if incorperatecl under the aet to
I which this is a ! UopleMent could' or I."veilld
, haVe enjoyed, r, , ..!, be sujajeCt to the, reserve
' tinris and restrictions therein .• contained and
• _ •
to legi . slative investigation: The: Company
purc - hasTrig'shalltave "the ' PoWer ' to .: charge
I an.yrates of toll they may deem, expedient
r not exceeding the rates fixed and' establistiel
1 f01r,41,Rie... by the Canal Commissioners for
, the year ote thonsand. eight hundred and . fif-
I ty three.
Should - the.Penrisylvania Rail Road Com
pany become the pluchasers v and pay at any
tirna,withih five years the sum of.. five , hun
.i.lred thousand dellays,eash into the. treasury)
,in_additionio the, pArchase money, theses
essation,pf ~11,!,ight.of .the.S . tate to purchase
the Present
. works,of Isaid.,C.ompari . ,,h and• the
. three.mill talF•ort the, ,tonnage, thereof,. shall
: cease, And the Company
: shall have the right
to, extend its, railway by a direct route from
Harrisburg to any point or••pnints. in the.city
of , Philadelphia,,, and 'exercise in relation
thereto. all the powers conferred . upon, •it by
. The ,bill.:frorrt the Senate to repeaLth'e•Act
providjug
.for i the Registration. of Births, Mar
riages, . atm', Deattte„ leas finaljy ~ passed .the
lEli
Qom' Advises Ali • Sandt'vick Islands,
bring information + - pi the "death 'of• King
"-Kornehatneha ) and that: his eon - had bean . de
plaretFthe.successor '4o - the thione. •
1.0cAr.,--2F,ine — sleigtlini•- ;r porn brooms 37{
—our wood pile low.
BY TEETS MORNING'S MAIL.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.-THE
LATEST.—The steamship Africa, from Liver
pool, 'with dates to the 20th inst., arrived at
Halifax, at noon, yesterday. •
• -
The previous repofted decline in Bread
stuffs bid been overcome, and Floir showed
an advance of 6d. Wheat was firm but not
active at 2d. advance. The war news is en
tirely unimportant. Nothing decisive had
occurred before Sebastopol. and affairs there
were unchanged.
Negotiations are still in progress r but noth
ing is certainly known respecting them.•
The Right Spirit
The Augusta Constitutionalist thus notices
the result of the recent election held in At
lanta, Georgia : . : '
"But few elections have been held recent
ly but what the .know-nothings received the
credit of success,. particularly if the demo
cratic ticket was defeated. We have always
:viewed this so called party as short lived.
Oil and water can be mixed, but will soon
separate if the mixture is not well shaken.
So with the democrats and Whigs. Some
few may be misled—and, that too, honestly ;
but the principles which divide the democrat
ic from the Whig, and all other parties, are
so much at variance, that should the former,
under an erroneous impression, he led to sup
port a ticket got up by the latter, the day of
repentance soon comes round.
"Witness the result in Atlanta on Monday
last. The know-nothings, we understand;
ran a regularly-nominated ticket ; the people
—that is the democracyanother ; and we
are informed by a telegraphic deepatch, and
through a private source, that the know
nothing ticket was completely routed."
11:' Mr. Hickok i , 'Depot Y Superit.tendent
of Common Schools, in a letter from Harris
burg to the Lewisburg Chronicle, says :
."Gov. Pollock has been closely besieged
by throngs of applicants for, office. They
have been as persistent and pertinacious as
gad-flies in the dog days, but have thinned
off within a day or two. There are over
1,000 applicants for the 20 offices at his dis
posal,'?
Commendatory
The National Intelligencer, the leading
Whig 'organ in the United States, and - which
hatalways been regarded by the small fry of
that party as reliable, - says in reference to the
management of the` General Post-Office De
partment :
" We do not believe that the daties'of any
department of the government are more ar
duous, or are discharged with moreintelli
eenee than this one." - .
- This is certainly "very commendatory of
the Post-master General, the 'Hon. JAMES
CAmp_er.r.Liand shows clearly that-the public
business of the department is being transac
ted in a very satisfactory manner. It is not
ofteii`'Whig papers .'endorse the action of
Democratic officers,' or-'give , theni credit for
what is-due: but the National Intelliffencer,
breaking th'rough the trammels of party and
party tactics, maintains, in the Short para
graph we have quoted, its - Character'for•truth
and veracity.—Harrdburg- Dem. Uni,Q7l-.
The Work has Commenced
A MOVET;IENT IN' BEHALF OF CIVIL AND
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY `IN GHAWFAUQUE CO.-
The Chautathgne (N. Y.) papers publish. a
call for a County. Mass Meeting, to be held
at Mayyille, Feb. 2, of all those opposed to
secret political associations. Attached to the
call are the names of . a large number of.the
citizens. of :Chautauque county, irrespective
of .party.. The call expresses
,the belief of the
signors that an open declaration of principles
Li more in aecordande with the spirit of our
institutions;Tand declares : - '
1. That the designs of-every civilized gov
ernment should be,the ,protection of individ
uals and, communities in their respective
• rights-of person and property, and - to secure
equal and exact justice'to all-the gaverried..
2. That
.all laws should originate with the
people, or their immediate. sepresente fives,
and be in accordance with the wisheS of a
:rnajo 'cif the go iter n'ed. '
3. That every citizen is- mortally bound to
support and defend the government created
and sanctioned by a majority.
4. That the tight to emigrate and absolve
allegiance is a right pertaining to every
citi
zen:
5.. That our, government should have uni
fOrna naturalization laws.
- 6. That all' the ty.irdens and immunities of
governitents inure alike.t.O . native'and adopt
ed citizens, as.secured by our State and Fed
eral constitutions, - ,•
7. That secret Political societies, are anti
democratic and corrupting' in their tenden
cies: arbitrary- in -their operation's, and a
,perpetual .restraint on free discussion, : and
.therefore : dangerous to. republican , inst itu
•
'B. That 'we' still hold that men are Capable
of self-giivernment: •: - • . ;•
„ o;:That the ends : of government are .best
. promoted by_ well-organized political associ
ations, acting openly before the people.'"'
10:That the system of ''delegated 'conven
tions is the only safe and convenient modb of
presenting candidates for the suffrages- of the
Tribune.
'We commend the above to the people of
• Pennsylvania.' -The dangerobs tendencies Of
secret political associations .is. becoming
manifest, and in•every sectism of the ; country
the - mre adopting Means. to guard
'against' the evili trich' "they . see iiinst follow
the organization of :suoli , societles , .Thetels
.nothing like an open,ancl. manly :avowel of
,principle. Our, constitution guarantees to
- every one the - right of free "speech,' and be
•
who refuses to exercise it 'when' occasion-re
nal res, " love darkness rather than 'light,- be
-cause his claeds.are ,Union. ,1 ;,,,.
MOTHERS MADE THANZFUL.---The . local
editor of the : Buffalo, Republic • has made , him+
self one 'of the imriricirialk ,by pnblieatiori
of •a discovery Whiete - he'''has- made 'of gi.6.t
importance ta•motherS.:' • YU. is an infallible
means : • 9f ; keeping . babies,- fromil.N.o,m.tep
Months old,. Verfectly quiet, for, honrs.,, the
4ritultis'op - erar4di is AS fi;,lll(iviA':' . '"AS . sewn' as
the' , squatter' aWakeis, set , the ;Ch Id ,:prop
ped-by pillows: if it:cannot .sit. alone, ,• and
.smear its fingers w,ithlhickmolasses z . Then
putbslf aldoen feathers into . its hands, and
the koiing sit and pick' the feathers
from one hat - RHO . -the - othet, until it drops
asleep. As soon as it wakes, more molasses
ansi mor&feathers,.:and in place of nerve as
tounding yells, there will . be silence and en
joyment- unspeakable.
Pardon of Alex. Hutchinson•
Alexander Hutchinson; tried and convicted
of the murder of a colored marl 'named Na
thaniel Edmonson, was pardoned last week
by Governor Bigler—the pardon being one of
the Governor's last official acts.
It will be remembered that Hutchinson
'shot Edmonson on a-boat at Leech's Ware
house, in 1850, as he alleged, for threats used
against him. Hutchinson was arrested, tri
ed, and convicted of murder in the first de
gree, and sentenced to be hung: Strong ef
forts were made to procure a pardon for him,
but Gov. Johnston refused to grant it—neith
er would he fix a day for his execution.—
When Gov. Bigler was elected, efforts were
made in the Legislature to have a law pass
ed commuting his sentence to imprisonment
for life,' but abill - to that effect was defeated.
The most powerful efforts , were then made
to induce Gov. Bigler to pardon him,-but , as
he gave the applicants no encouragement,
Hutchinson, after being incarcerated in our
county jail nearly four years, succeeded in
-making his escape. Since then he has been
frequently-seen, and could easily have been
arrested,,but no person felt inclined to do so,
as there was but one . opinion in regard to
him—viz: that he had been punished enough
—more especially as no Governor would sign
his death warrant. •
In granting the pardon,
,Gov. Bigler an
swered the prayers of at least two thirds of
the people of Blair and Huntingdon counties.
Hollidaysburg Standard:
BIG GAME OF BILLIARDS .-A. number• of
gentlemen seen a very pretty and interesting
game of Billiards, played by Major Joseph L
Polton at his saloon in Harrisburg. He made
102 points on the two red balls, after - holdinc ,
the white on the second shot and had the
spot ball bared. The United States cannot
boast of a better, more easy and graceful
player.—Harrisburg Item.
The Liquor Law in Ohio.
7CINcrISNATI, Jan. 22.--,The Supreme Court
of Ohio on Saturday, decided that the Liquor
- Law passed by the last legislature is consti
tutional. It prohibited the retailing of liquor
1 - with the exception of native wines, beer and
cider, under the penalty of a fine and impris
onment. Several coffee houses and hotel
proprietors, who were arrested and found
guilty of violating; the law some months ago,
the sentence of whom was deferred 'in conse
quence of their appeal to the Supreme Court,
will,now be imprisoned twenty days under
the law.
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
• MONDAY, Jan; 29,—P. M.
Cloverseed is dull. Holders ask, $7,25 per
641bs. for, prime lots, but buyeri only offer-86,75
a 7. Flaxseed is scarce and wanted at $1 ',Boal,
85 per bushel.
The receipts of Flour continue small and the
stock is light, but there is little or no export de
mand, and the sales are confined to small-lots
for home consumption at $8,75a9 per barrel for
common and good brands, and '50,25a9,50 for
extra ; shipping brands 'are offered at $8,75.
Rye : Flour and Corn Meal are dull—the former
is held at $6.25, and the latter at $4,50 per bar_
rel.
train'-21`lie market is nearly bare of Wheat,
and it is-in fair request. • Sales of 1000 bushels
at $2,08 per bushel for prime red, and $2,17 for
white, all in store. 250 bushels Pennsylvania
Rye sold at $1,25, at Which' figure' it is in de.
mand. Corn comes in very slowly and com.
pands 91 cents for good yellow. Oats arc dull
at 'our last quotations. -
DIED,
At her residence in Huntingdon on the 22nd
inst. Mrs. MAT:GARET SUNIMERS, aged about 78
years. . • .
NOTICE
T S hereby given that, the Store and Mill Booksof Henry CornproPst have' been assigned . to
us for the benefit of certain creditors-,all per.
sons having, unsettled accounts in said books
are requested to call at our offiee and make set.
tleinent without 'delay, as 'suit "will 'be brought
on all that remain unclosed after the Ist day of
March next, without respect to persons...
SCOTT & BROWN
Huntingdon, :T;in. 30, 18-55.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
(Estate of Joseph. Gifford, of Shirley township,
deceased.)
BY virtue of,an Qrarri• of the Orphans' Court
9f Iluntingdon county, there will be sold at
public vdriducoiv the premises' in Shirley town
ship, iii-said , county, , on , Tuesday the.27 - th day
of Febrvary next, at 10 o'clock A. M., three sev
eral tracts or plantations of land, situate in
Mack Log valley, in said township, described
as follows : , .
N0..1 contains 192 acres and. 87 perches
N 0.2 a 157 is 152
No. 3 {I 160 " • 121 1 ."
4..:_k - On each tract ofland there is a house
`` and barn and other farm I:l7rollngs—a
- lile4PP! -
MN 114,;:- duc proportion is cleared—a consider_
• 1111 1 "`=able part of which is excellent meadow.•
TEEild OE SALE.=-One third of the purchase
money,to be .paid on confirmation : of .the;sale,
one third in one year, thereafter, , with interest,
and the remaining third, in two yea thereaf
ter with interest, to be secured by , tbe.•bonds
and mortgage of the purchaser.
JOSHUA GREENLAND,, Trustee.
Jan: 31, 1855.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
Din virtue .of.an Order:uf the Orphans' Court
of Huntingdon County will be exposod to
public sale on the premises, 071 Satuuday the - 3d
dtiy of 'Mardi& by•purblie veddue or outcry,
the following real estate, late thepstate.of Jon
athan ,Fipk, late of Penn. township,.deceased,
viz
SACTbit LAtTD,
situate in Tenn township afOreatiia, in the coup,
ty ' H untingdoti,' and State -of Pennsylvania
adjoining- lands •of Joseph , Norris,' 'deed., the
Raystown Branch of the ; Juniata River, and
.
others, containing atieni
700 Acres,
'more or l; le i si', 'three hundred acres of
which is reounta hi land, • on = which • i's :erected
'various improvements (excepting:, a..,small, lot
and house on, the same for the Widow s .which is
not to be sold.) . . ,
- • aboire land• of excellent- quality, -and
!deserves the attention of • pereous wishing to
purchase real estate. It . will be offered in a
whole
,(except the part reserved for the
as nfciresaid,) or-in 'parcels to "suit purchasers,
and,.
-as the,sanie. may sell most advantageously
for the estate. ,
' oFSA'r..c.--Orie third of the purchase
money to be paid on confirmation of sale,:•—,one
,third in one year • thereafter with interest-from
confirmation of sale, and the residue in two
years thereafter Willi interest as aforesaid I‘.
be secured by the bonds and mortgage of the
purchaser, or purchaners. By the Coujt,
H. Glazier, Clerk.
Attendance giver, by ' VALENTINE FINK,
ABRAHAM STATES,
Jan. f 26, 18$5. Executors.
Adminit*tors' Sale.
(Estate of James Campbell, of 111"Connellstoton,
deceased.)_
DY virtue of authority_ given in the will of
Dsaid deceased, there will be sold at public
Vendue on the premises on Thursday the let day
of Mardi 1855, at 1 o'clook, P. M., the follow
ing described Real Estate, to wit :—One lot in
said village of IVl'Connellstown and township of
Walker, bounded on the west by lot of John
Snyder, north by lands- of George and David
Haun, east by Union church lot, and south by
the main street of said village, Containing
about three fourths of an acre. The buildings
and improvements ;Ire a large frame houSe,
• store kz,..tse, 'wash" house, wood house,
le. carriage house, and two large stables ;
with.a fine lot of young fruit. trees on
the lot:
Tnams or SALE.—One third of the purchase
money to be paid on delivery of a deed immedi
ately after stile—one third in one year thereat:
ter with interest, and the remaining third at
and immediately after the death of the widow
of said dce'd, the interest thereon to be paid to
her annually and regularly during her life—to
be secured by the bonds and, mortgage of tho
purchaser-
JOHN SNYDER,
ALEX. PORT,
Administrators with the
will anneied.
Jan. 31,1855.
BALTIMORE CARD.
- Z
I moo 7 .
70°.-
ffirag.Z4:7l. SA,*
-CARR, GIESE & CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOR TEE SALE OF
FLOUR, GRAIN AND LUMBER,
SPEARS' WHARF, BALTIMORE.
r.4 - ' Agents for Newark and Rosendale Co.
Cement and Plaster. -
Fine and G. A. Salt ; constantly on-hand.
Of
N. B.—LiberTil CASH . advances Ll:l.de on eon
signments"on receipt.
Baltimore, Jan. 31,1855.
STRAY SHEEP.
(TAME to the premises-, of the
kJ subcriber in Penn to wnship, y„ ; . Huntingdon county, Pa., some
time in the latter part of - October
last, nine head of Sheep, one having the point of
both ears cut off, on &with the point of one ear
off and a slit in the other, the others have a
small fork cut out of the under part of each car.
The owner is requested to conic forward,• prove
property pay charges and take them alkay, oth
erwise they will be disposed of according to
law.
Jan. 30, 1855.—'4.
To Persons out of Emiiloyment.
AGENTS WANTED,
In every section of the United States.
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THE . YEAR. -
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VALENTINES.I VALENTIN
'VALEN_TINES
.., , sTreeeived—,_erribracin g every, 'va.riely, .of
•,,elband Cornic—faney, envelopes to match
for s.. Wholesale and retail, very low*.' All
'orders fr, the 'country proMptly atteiided-to,
and ataltierally :as though the purchaser. was
present. : , :
Adrees::
. .
•:* ' • WM. "COLON;
• - , • :..Book Seller , jziuntingdoe.
January 24,28.55. „
J. HIG6ENS . ' SON,
.
lt IrOST - respectfully make known tolheir
'III friends and the; public 'generally - that Ahey
are carrying on the Cabinet making ! business,:sn
all its various branches,. Isi'lluirrxxceqN, Where
they' }laic - Constantly on band - , and make to'nr
'.der, all -kinds, of furniture ' -
such , aS Bureaus,
Tables,•Wash and. Sewing Stands, Cupboards,
Book Cases, Wardrobes,COttage,Treneli and
High Post '-• Bedsteads, • spring Seat.• Salim arid
- • Sofa, Rocking Chairs i .Winsor
Chairs and Settees, and every
other ortiele of furinture which
may be eillad for—all of Which are made of the
very best material and in the most fashionable
style, and will be sold at low rates.
The publiC are respectfully invited to call and
exiinine' their furniture before purchasing else
where. • :
„
Wa.reroorn on Hill street, Soutlfside, five doors
•• ,
East or J. G, Miles' dwelling.
Hunth.gdon, Jan. 23, 1855. • • '7' ;'•
A MILLER WANTED..
good millei'of';ieher and inclustriou' s lin.' b.
its, wanted at the Vineyard Mills, Shirley
township, Pa.'• One with tt fainily preferred;
S, 4.13ELT,!,
Jan. 18, 1855,
VALENTINE FINK.
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