Edacational _Department
By 8.. M'DIVITT.
I have taken the liberty of publishing the
following letter,-addressed to the County Su
perintendent,--from Mr. W. G. WARING of
Centre county, a gentleman of well known
literary attainments, an accomplished teach
er, and sterling friend of the cause of educa
tion.
Near Baxi.suu - aG, Pa., March 23, 1855
Mr. JAS. S. Batter—My dear S77' am
rejoiced to learn that you retain, as Superin
tendent, all the enthusiasm that distinguish
ed you as a teacher, and especially that it has
contributed to a measure of such estimable
consequence and value as the establishment
of a school to teach the 'art of teaching.' If
further proof were needed of the wisdom of
the enactment providing a County Superin
tendancy, beyond its results in the great im
provement, in the management and effective
ness of our schools in almost every town
ship—it may be found in the brightened pros
pects for the future which are owed to it.
And among these is one important result
which the most sanguine advocates of l^;u
perintendeney did not anticipate. Many
thought that the establishment of Normal
Schools—a measure which has been always
held to be of essential importance in giving
due effect to our system of Common Schools
—but for the establishment of which the
State has never yet been able to spare funds
—would do most service in rendering Popu
lar Education equal and effectual through ev
ery corner of our territory. But the Super
intendency, at least in our county, and in
yours, besides redeeming its own promise,
brings the Normal School in its train—thanks
to the devoted friends of education who have
on their own responsibility undertaken its
establishment. And I cannot see that an
endowed institution, however well furnished
with library and apparatus, could do more
than the supply of our first and most impor
tant school wants than can and will be clone
by Messrs Hall, Baker and M'Divitt ; three
gentlemen, distinguished for their eminent
abilities as experienced, practical teachers of
the very first order, yet difTeting, as one star
from another, in peculiar qualifications, the
sum of which will make the trio "hard to
beat" as conductors of a Normal School.—
And, in the present condition of our schools,
we do not require grand opportunities of
prosecuting the higher branches of education.
The opening of a school ; the arrangment of
classes ; the various modes of maintaining
discipline, and a knowledge of what discip
line is ; the proper teaching of plain reading,
writing, and the very 'A. B. C. itself ; some
acquaintance with the laws of health, such
as every teacher should possess, who is en
trusted with the care of scores of children,
each so liable to physical detriment by
“sehool-going"—t hese, and hundreds of
points of right and of duty which the teach
er should have first thoroughly investigated
hefute undertaking his sacred office—are
among the first things to be treated and
practiced upon in a Normal School. And
the text book, works of reference and appa
ratus necessity for illustrating these, can be
found as readily at Huntingdon as at collcge.
The skill. expetience and wisdom of the
principals ate the best endowment of the
Normal School.
It is no small honor for the Superinten
dents, teachers, and citizens of Huntingdon
and Centre comities that they have been
among the first to establish Normal Schools,
devoted to their proper object, and that by
private enterprise.
I hear of at least one board of directors in
this county proposing to offer their highest
rate of salary only to those teachers who
have attended the Normal School and passed
with credit.
To teachers, who have now such pressing
'inducements on all sides to perfect them
selves more and more in their most honorable
vocation, these schools afford the first oppor
tunity of direct professional study and prac
tice, and will not be neglected by any young
man who has any self-respect, or the least
desire to excel. When it is not proposed to be
come a professional teacher a session's training
in a Normal School will be peculiarly valuable
and instructive to every youth who has the
least aspiration for usefulness. With many
thanks for the early information you gave me
of your enterprise, and assurance of my best
wishes and efforts for its success, i remain
yours, truly. W. G. WARING.
The following ably written article by Mr.
Hall in answer to certain inquiries from a
correspondent, on the subject of Normal
Schools, their utility, &c., I publish this week,
by permission, as being entirely satisfacto
ry, and containing the necessary amount of
information on this subject.
"Enquirer" is right in "believing that Nor
mal Schools are intended to educate teach
ers." Their special desi z zns is to prepare
young persons for teaching, and improve
those who have already some experience in
the business. Other schools teach the vat i
ons branches of learning. These do the
same, and besides, give instructions in the
art of teaching. The course includes all the
branches usually taught in the public schools
to ,-, ether with the most successful methods
of teaching those branches, the most appro
ved system of school government, the best
means of removing or conquering the diffi
culties that beset the young teacher both in
school and out of it ; and in short, all the du
ties and qualifications 'of the accomplished
teacher of a Common School. Such will be
the object, and such the course of instruction
in the Huntingdon Normal Institute to which
"Enquirer" alludes in another• pact of his
communication. And. though we cannot
boast of any "easy plans to make persons
learn," we are free to promise that we will
impart to our students more knowledge that
twill be practically useful to them in the
school room, in six weeks, than a majority of
them would acquire by ten years experience
in teaching;—more knowledge of the tact
and skill which make the successful teacher,
that could be attain d in twice as many monzhs
in the best literary and scientific institution
in the land, not specially devoted to the
training of teachers—l would not be under
stood as claiming for myself or colleagues in
our proposed Normal Institute, any superior
ity over the average of good teachers in the
country. I have no such vain feeling and
make no such arrogant pretension. But I
do, nevertheless, fee] safe in saying that such
are our facilities, that all young persons who
aregood spellers, good readers, and tolerable
arithmeticians, and who possess proper nat
ural endowmen's for goon teachers, can, un
der the course of instruction which we intend
to pursue,.qualify themselves to teach with
acceptance, all the - branches named in the
first class, or professional certificate. Ido
not mean to say that even the most gifted can
in so short a time, obtain a thorough knowl
edge of these branches, or any thing like it.
What I mean is that they can and will ac
quire such a start--such a knowledge of the
principles of these branches—and such a sys
tem of self-culture and daily preparation for
their work,that they may confidently engag e
to teach all the law requires, without any clan
ger of failure.
Having, [ hope, satisfied "Enquirer" of the
efficiency of Normal Schools, it on ly remains
to correct his opinion as to their necessity.—
Here the statement - of a few facts will suf
fice. By the Report of County Superintend
ents it appears that less than one tenth of the
Common School teachers now employed in
Pennsylvania, hold permanent certificates !
For Huntingdon couaty the report is more
favorable. But even here, out of 170
teachers examined since last August, at least
120 received only the temporary certificate!
It is proper to inform "Enquirer" that these
temporary certificates are only good for one
season, and that they will be annulled in ev
ery case where the holder has failed to im
prove greatly in his knowledge of the requi
red branches, or to give satisfactory evidence,
in the school room, of his ability to gov
ern and teach according to some improved
aystem. A few, no doubt, will so far im
prove tbernselves this winter as to justify the
Superintendent in continuing their credentials
another year. But without instruction and
that of the best kind, a large majority will
not stand the test, but will be compelled to
seek other employment, and what is worse,
leave many of our schools vacant for want
of qualified teachers. This is not all. The
instructions of the State Department to
County Superintendents, are that they shall
not renew any temporary certificate except
where the holder's deficiency in the required
branches are fully compensated by his supe
rior skill and success in the art of teaching,
and further, that the professional certificates
shall be withdrawn from all those who shall
be found incompetent properly to conduct
their schools, no matter what may be their
scholastic attainments. From these facts it
is plain that many persons must, in some
way, be qualified to teach our country schools
next winter, or a majority of them will, as
before stated, remain vacant. It is this state
of things that has pressed me into the service
of the Normal Institute; and though I have
no personal interest in, or connection with
the Public Schools, I have always been a
friend to the system; I like the new school
law, and feel that it can only be sustained
by a speedy supply of well qualified teachers;
and that this indispensable requisite can be
furnished in less time, at less expense, and
of a better Tidily by establishinga Teach
ers' School or Normal Institute iu every coun
ty, than in any other way.
If "Enquirer" is a teacher, I most cordial
ly invite him to come up to our "institute."
He will find "Old Huntingdon" a pleasant
Place, the Normal School arid its appliances
both interesting and profitable; and if lie is
made of as good stuff as I think he is, I can
promise that he will return to his field of la
bor amply armed and equipped to discharge
its duties
-9. Voice from. Delaware
There is little danger of a majority of the
Whigs in this county abandoning their orga
nization, for the purpose of joining a party
whose principles are hidden from view, even
if that patty does publish a bastard plat
form, to which but little objection can be
made. By this means they may d..2ceive a
few Whigs—a few may estrange themselves
from us by the idea that the party is to be
come a great national party, but the sober,
thinking portion will remain just where they
are. It may be, in the course of events. that
it may become necessary to fuse with the
Democrats, who always act boldly and above
board, so that their movements are under
stood. The K.-\.'s move in secret and exclude
Whigs who are not of their organization,
from all participation in their victories, as
they did at Harrisburg in the organization of
the Legislature. We cannot consent to place
Know-Nothing.ism in power until we know
something of its tendencies. If the Whig
party is dead, which we do not admit, our
correspondent, and thousands of others, will
have to choose between something like old
fashioned Jeffersonian Republicanism and its
opposite—Know-Nothingism. We are pre
pared to act with those, be their predilections
heretofore what they may, who go for the
greatest good to the greatest number—who
recognize a man as a man wherever they
may find him, and who will not trample up
on him, because he is weak and ignorant.—
The large majority of the people of our coun
ty are of this character. Some few of them
may be led away for a time by the novelty of
a political monstrosity—they may, for a
time even be induced to sanction doing evil
that good may come of it, but their "sober
second thought" will lead them back to sound
political republicanism.—Delaware Republi
can.
From the Carlisle Herald, Whig K. N
Open American Organization.
The Know-Nothing paper in Boston has
come out in favor of an open organization of
its party, arid declares its belief that for the
safety and perpetuation of the American par
ty such a course is au actual necessity.—
With regard to the most prominent persons
now before the order for nominations to the
Presidency, as they are affeoed by the se
cret mode of operations, the Editor says :
An evil result of the secret action of a po
litical party is its liability to sacrifice princi
ples to men. This is an evil from which the
American party is in no wise exempt. as we
propose to show "by way of illustration."
injudicious partizans of certain prominent
men have so well succeeded in coupling his
name with a team well understood by every
member of the secret American party that
the public outside, and many of the members
within, begin to look upon the Honorable
Sam Houston as the head and front of the
American party—as the only exponent of its
principles--as its only eligible candidate for
Presidency. In a measure it has already be
come, not a party of principles, but the par-
Ili of a man; and for the imperfections of
that man, whoever he may be, the party
must consequently suffer. This state of
things has naturally excited the jealousy of
the partizans of another prominent citizen,
and we find that "Stockton Clubs" are be
ing secretly organized in every part of the
Union. This, of course, will arouse the
friends of others, and unless the evil is check
ed. we shall soon find that instsad of work
ing together, as a unit, for the advancement
of important principles, the American party
will be divided and subdivided into partizan
clans for this, that and the other man, until
its total disruption is accomplished.
Nicholas' Death.
The London Times has a great deal to say
upon the death of Nicholas. In one of its
recent articles it says :
For these two years, all Europe has beheld
with increasing astonishment how one man,
assuming and exercising silk - the attributes of
absolute power, and, therefore, having. him--1
self alone to rely.upon, could maintain that
single-handed stiuggle against a world of
statesmen, cliplomatists,.;_grnerals and admi
rals, representing all the\lart , e of
the civilized world. Colkikel
fresh determination at
,1 4 f
phase. of the strugele
deeper phalanx and .:ti
he stood at last in a pos ion of which it is not
too much to say that, as regards either side
and as respects either of the questions at is
sue or the tremendous armaments employed,
the world has not seen the like before, or
anything near to it. But then, as in the fa
mous statue of his great ancestor, having sur
mounted the dizzy height, he stood with the
precipice before him.
At this last passage of his fortunes we
have seen the Czar ever rising with the occa
sion ; defending his policy, protesting against jj
that of his foes opening negotiations, fighting
at once with words and with arms, weighing
phrases snit organizing measures. We have
just seen him stamp, as it were, on the
ground, and call new armies from its sut face.
We have seen him arm the whole Empire.
We have seen him set in motion the whole
of his million armed men toward the south,
directing routes, and preparing magazines at
the extremity of his empire; we have seen
him send two sons to battle, and even, it is
said, prepare himself to follow ; we have
seen him pledge to the very utmost the cred
it of his empire to obtain the necessary re
sources; there is not an act of Government
or of conquest that we have not seen him
perform on the direct emergency and the
vastest scale. Seriously menaced along
many thousand miles of frontier by land and
by sea, the enemy within sound of his capi
tal, with his fortresses beleagured or actual
ly destroyed, his commerce shut up, his
merchants ruined, he nevertheless, with his
own vast intellect, directed the whole war,
and maintained the resistance of that one
mgis, s it were, against innumerable dan
gers. There never was the man—nay, we
hope there never will be—of such art ada
mantine frame as - to stand this superhuman
task. In this feilest struggle and this dark
est hour, Nicholas ; still tightening his grasp, I
still stretching his ken, still wielding more
gigantic weapons, still calling louder to his
vassals, and rising higher in his tone, at the I
fullest tension of his Heart, mind arid soul,
and every sense preternaturally quickened
to the.last, has suddenly succumbed to the
law of mortality, snapped at full bend, 'fallen I
at full flight, and, like that most formidable 1
foe of his house, whose representative, by a I
strange chance, he has seen once more inva
ding his soil—
''Left a name at which the world grew pale,
To point a moral or adorn a tale."
The English Press on the War
The following remarks, extracted from the
London Morning; Chronicle, give the view
which seems generally held with regard to
the future policy of the new Czar :
"Although the present Emperor is known
to be a moderate, prudent, and, to a eel tain
extent, unambitious man, he cannot•and dare
not swerve from the hereditary policy of his
ancestors. He cannot and dare not concede
an iota more than was conceded by his fath
er, as regards the present crisis. He will ad
here sti ingently to the late Emperor's reso
lutions. Nothing more will be accorded
than was intended to be accorded by the
father. The late Emperor was mighty and
powerful beyond all pare 'el. Ills subjects
venerated him ; their cot: fidence was unboun
ded. And yet he dared not venture beyond
certain iiengths. Those lengths are known.
The present Emperor has a reputation to
establish ; be has sundry hazards to encoun
ter. The wondrousprestige that almost bea
tified his father does not envhon him ; and
lie ce:tainly is not likely to commence his
reign by exhibiting symptoms of weakness,
and thus risking to excite the of the
Pan-Russian party and the army, both of
which have been fanaticised to the utmost
pitch.
"Nor will Prussia stand idly by. If she
yielded submissive and reverential deference
to the late Czar, she will deem it a holy duty
to vivify in the son the sentiments of the
father. Prussia, for the time being, will be
more Russian than ever, from the simple
fact that she considers the son's indivi , luality
less powerful and secure than that of the fath
er. Prussia throughout the whole Oriental
crisis has been the undisguised adversary of
tile West. Everything at this moment tends
to render her still more adverse ; and yet,
with singular blindness, it is desired to in
crease her powers of mischief by admitting
her ; under nearly unshackled conditions, in
to tire Conferences.
"The present Czar cannot and will not
concede more than the late monarch. How,
then, is his accession to act• favorably in the
Conferences for peace, unless the Western
Powers concede to him infinitely more than
they seemed disposed to concede to his fath
er—infinitely more than is compatible with
the honor and future security of France and
England ? It would be strange, indeed, and
not less pa iuful, if we were to embody all
the venom of Russian policy in one man, and
regard Sebaaobol, the Black Sea fleet—in
shurt, the whole Black Sea and Turkish ques
tion—as rendered completely innocuous for
evermore by the death of that one."
Change of Front
We clip the following paragraph from the
Savannah (Ga.) Courier :
"We have read with intense admiration
the remarks of Gen. Cass on the French and
English alliance, in its bearings upon this
country. We wish that we could lay them
before our readers—but cannot to-day.—
Heaven bless the old patriot, and spare him
many days as a vigilent sentinel on his coun
try's watch towers! We take back, now
and here, all that we have ever said or thought
to his disadvantage."
The Courier is the leading whip paper in
Georgia. Its tone is slightly different from
that of some of its Northern cotemporaries.
The Courier's ejaculation—" Heaven bless the
old pats iot, and spare him many days as a
vigilant sentinel on his country's watch
towers," is responded to by millions of pa
triotic hearts.
DEATH OF J. ELLIS BONHAM, Esq.—J. El
lis Bonham, Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee, died at his residence
in Carlisle, on Monday the 19th ult., aged
36" years.
a. WEICIISELICUUDI,
OPTICIAN AND OCULIST,
FROM PH I LA DE LPH lA.
ESPECTFCLLY informs the citizens of
IL Huntingdon and vicinity, that he will open
STORK:a at. Mr. Coot's Hotel, on Wednesday
of first Court week, where he will offer for sale
SPECTACLES of every variety size and qual
ity. A new invention of Spectacles, for dis.
tant or close reading, with gold, silver, steel and
tertoise-shell frames, and a new and improved
assortment of perifocal ground' flint Glasses of
his own manufacture. He would particularly
call the attention of the public to his Specta
cles for NEAR SIGHTED PERSONS, and for
persons who have been operated upon for the
cataract of the eye, and to his new kind of
Glasses and Conservers of the sight made of the
best flint and azure Glasses. Also Microscopes,
Spy Gasses, Telescopes and Magnifying Glas
ses. He can always select Glasses to suit the
vision of the person, as he sees them, upon the
first trial. He will remain in this place during
April Court, and those in want of the above ar
ticles will - please give him a call.
The very best Eye_Water always for
sale.
March 37, 1855. •
ADMINISTRATOR' S NOTICE.
ETTERS of Administration on the estate
d of 3, McCartney Sankey, late of Render_
son township, dcc'd, having been granted to the
undersigned ; all persons indebted to the estate
are requested to make payment to him, and
those having claims will present them for set
tlement. ALEX. PORT,
March 527, 1855. Adm'r.
Notice to Contractors
SEALED proposals will be received at the
Engineers office of the lluntingdon and
Broad Top Mountain E. R., up to April 10th,
for the laying of the track from Sec. 1 to 28
inclusive ; also the ballasting of Sections 12 to
28 inclusive. Specifications can be had at the
office ten days prior to letting.
H.S. WILSON,
Engineers office, Hunt. March 20. Eng
JUNIATA ACADEMY,
MUIE Summer Session of this Institution,
cated in Shirleysburg, will commence May
15t,1855, and ecntinue five months.
The location being pleasant, free from
the Ague and Fever of the Juniata Val_
Icy, and easy of access by a daily line of Coach
es from Mt. Union, seven miles distant, on the
Central R R., is well suited as a retreat for
youth leaving home for a High School. In ad
dition to good buildings, there is provided a
Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus at a cost
of over $lOOO. No ardent spirits are sold in the
town, and boarding can be had as reasonable as
anywhere else in the centre of the State.
The Principal has secured the assistance of
Mr. E. P. SWIFT, A. B. of Jefferson College,
and the son of the Rev. E. P. SWIFT, D. D.
No reasonable pains will be spared to give liter
ary training, along with all proper attention to
the moral and religious culture of the pupils,
in order to prepare for entering our best col
leges, and espacially in view of practical life,
the irreat end of education. The government
will be firm, yet parental. Personal advantage,
a sense of honor,and the great laws of the Bi
ble will be appealed to rather than the teacher's
authority.
TERMS.—Boarding, tuition and room, per
session, in the family of the Principal, fifty
dollars. Early application desirable.
Tuition in Primary English, eight dollars.
Higher English, ten dollars,
Cl as si cs , twelve dollars. Payable quarterly
in advance.
REV. G. W. SHAIFFER,A. DI. Principal
REFERENCES.—Rev. A. B. Brown, D. D.—Rev.
\Vw Smith, D. D., Canonsburg—Rev. D. Elliott,
D. D.—Rev, E. P. Swift, D. D. AlLogi - lam:—
Rev. A. G. M'Gill, D. D. Princeton,
"d•eorgc Elliott, Alexandria—John Brewster,
Esq., Shirlusber,g.
March 2.0, 1855---Gt
MILNWOOD ACADEMY,
Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pa
MILE licit session of this well known Institu
1_ tion - will open the Ist Wednesday of May.
It is located at Shade Gap, 18 miles from the
Mount Union station en the Pennsylvania Rail
road, from which place there is a daily line of
stages. Being situated in the co: nary it is re
moved from all the vices and temptations of
town. The buildings are large, airy and ac
commodating—capable of accommodating some
fifty boarders. Those who cannot be accom
modated in the Institution, can obtain good
boarding in the neighborhood at about 81,50 per
week.
Terms $5O per session of five months, payable
quarterly in advance. IVashing 30 cts. a doz.
Light and fuel an extra charge.
For further particulars address
W. H. WOODS, PRINCIPAL-
The, Principal's address will be Easton, Pa.,
until the first of April, after that time, Shade
Gap, Hunt. co., Pa. Feb. 14, 'SS.
PLASTER AND CLOVERSEED,
GROUND Plaster now ready andfor sale.—
Also cloverseed.
KESSLER. & 13110.,
March 13, 1855. Mill Creek
.
FILOUR AND WHEAT.
pi FLOUR for stile.lt a ti l l i r k! s \ tc Vl-lE rc F on hand and
L'-itc..sV, rnh 6] D. P. GWIN.
STRAW SOW.
'•• Came to the premises of the
= subscriber in Penn township,
'.----lluntingdon county, about the
last of July or the first of August last, a white
sow, supposed to be about two years old, The
owner is requested to come forward, prove pro.
perty, pay charges and take her away, other
wise she will be disposed of according to law.
March 6, 1855,',
ESTATE OF SIMON LEVI
A a ii persons e
Trust
e i son s interested
Account
of
David
a re he y
lv notified tht
Blair, Esq., Assignee of Shnon Levi, late of the
borough of Hunting-don, has been filed in the
Prothonotary's office and that said account will
be presented to the Court on Monday the 9th
day of April next, for confirmation and allow.
auce, unless cause be shown why said account
should not be allowed.
M. F: CAMPBELL,
March 6, 1855--* " Prot'y.
BLANKS!BLANKS!! BLANKS!!!
A full assortment for sale at the "Globe" Of
fice.
DEEDS : SGMINIONS I ,
EN'S. AND TRUE. DEEDS, EXECUTIONS,
MORTGAGES, SUBPCENAS 2
BONDS : with and without waiver,
WARRANTS, LEASES,
ATTACHMENTS, COMMITTINIENTS,
AGREEMENTS for the sale of Real Estate,
NoTEs relinquishing all benefits of exemp
tion laws.
fl ARPET BAGS of every variety, just •re
k.,/ ceived and for sale by
JO!'•N NORRIS
J. & W. SAXTON
Administrator's Notice
r ETTERS of Administration have been grant
ed to we upon the estate of Captain Wil
liam Johnston, late of Barree township, deed.
All persons indebted will make payment, and
those having claims will present them to me
for settlement. ROBERT JOHNSTON
Jackson tp. Mach 20, 1555..* Admr.
NOTICE
ALL persons having unsettled accounts in
the books of the subscriber, arc informed
that such accounts have been left with William
Dorris, Jr., Esq. All interested will please call
arid' make se:AL:limit at as early a (lily as passi
ble. Al- A. HENDERSON . ,
Huntingdon, March 21, 1855.-4'
STOVES ! STOVES ! ! STOVES ! !
WHOLESALE
AND
RETAIL.
rpHE undersigned would respectfully call the
I attention of Stove dealers, and those in
want of a Stove for Parlor, Dining.room and
Kitchen to our extensive assortment of every
description of STOVES do viz: Bay State Six
holes on top, Globe Cook, Buck's Cook for wood,
Modern Troy, Complete Cook, Sweet Home,
Lilly Dale, Yocum Cook, Hagar Cook and Par
lor STOVES of different kinds, too numerous
to mention : also, to our celebrated 11 , 1AeGnEomt
Heating Stove for parlor, hotels, halls, and
large stoves warranted to give more heat with
one quarter the fuel, than any other stove now
made.
We are agents for BARSTOW & Co ' s cele
brated stoves, which for fineness of casting, du
rability and utility, not to be excelled. Also,
Queen's Patent Portable FORGES, the best now
in use. References in regard to the above stoves
arc always to be seen at our store.
NEMAN & WARNICK,
N. E. Corner SECOND & RACE Sts.,
March 20, 1855. 3m PHILADELPHIA.
S Es'ECI A. ff., .11 OT IC L.
9 1 1 - 10 SE indebted to the undersigned for Ad
j. vertising and Job Work done during the
time he was editor of the auntingdon Journal,
are hereby notified to pay up immediately, and
save costs. The Advertising of course, is sub.
ject to the division between the undersigned
and the presentJourna/ editor, which was, "All
advertisements published more than half the
time for which they were to he inserted, (at the
time Brewster got possession) fall to me—those
published less than half the said time, tall to
Brewster, and those published just half their
time: arc to be equally divided."
S. L. GLASGOW.
Shirleysburg, March 13,1855.
Dissolution of Partnership.
rrHE co-partnership heretofore existing he
" tween F. & C. Schneider, was this day dis
solved by mutual consent. The books of the
firm arc in the hands of F. Schneider, and all
persons indebted will call and settle on or befbre
the first of April next—after that date the books
will be placed in the hands of a Justice for col
lection
March 12, 1855
-AGRICULTURAL.
NTOTICE is hereby given to the members of
the Hunting,don County Agricultural So
ciety, and to farmers and mechanics generally,
that a meeting of the society will b? held at the
Court house in the borough of Huntingdon, on
Wednesday evening the idth of April next, fir
the purpose of transacting. such business as
may be deemed necessary to advance its inter
ests.
All persons interested in the promoiion of ag
riculture, science and the domestic arts, arc res.
pecifully requested to attend.
JONATHAN MeWILLIA MS, Prest.
J. S. BAII n,
N z Sec' ws.
J.S.IsuTT,
Administrator's Notice.
Estate of Marg Flemming. deceased.
Estate of Martha Robison, deceased.
AT °TIM: is hereby given that Letters of Ad
ministration of the estates of said deco.
dents, were this day granted to the undersigned,
and all persons having claims against the said
estates or either of them, will present their
claims to, and all persons knowing themselves
indebted will make payment to
SAMUEL FLEMMING.
Barree township, March 10, .1855.4(''
Executor's Notice.
T ETTERS testamentary having been granted
Li to the undersigned on the Will of John
Wakefield, deceased, all persons having claims
against his estate will present them for settle.
went, and those indebted will make payment to
either of the Executors at their respeeti✓e places
of residence.
J. R. HUNTER, Petersburg.
GEO. P. WAKEFIELD, Shirley tp.
March 13, 1855.
Shirleysburg Female Seminary,
Shixlcysburg, Huntingdon co., Pa.
rUM subscriber gives notice that he has as.
sullied the charge of this Institution as
Principal, and that he will open it for the reeep
tion of pupils on Wednesday May 2d. It pos
scscs superior attractions in its healthful lo
cation, convenient buildings and handsome
grounds. The Principal flatters himself that
equal advantages will be found in the acquire
ments of his lady and himself, and their skill
gained by long experience in New York City
and other places. They will spare no exertion
to give their pupils a thorough intellectual
training, a cultivated taste, polished manners,
and above all, moral culture founded on pure
Christianity without sectarian bias.
The charge for hoard with English tuition,
will be per term of 22 weeks, -562 50
Day tuition per quarter $4 to $6
Reasonable extra charges will be made for
Ancient and Modern Languages, Music, Draw
ing and Painting..
Till the opening, Circulars containing full
particulars, may be obtained of Win. 13. Leas,
Shirleysburg, or of the subscriber at 121 Clin
ton Place, New York.
J. B. KIDDER, A. M.
REFERENCES—
Rev. Wm. R. Williams, New York City
Rev. A. D. Gillette, do.
March 13, 1955-8 t
Estate of Thomas Johnston , dec'd.
NoTicE is hereby given that letters testa
mentary on the will of Thomas Johnston
of West township, deed., have been granted to
the undersigned. All persons indebted to the
deceased arc requested to make payment, and
those having claims to present them for settle.
ment.
JOSEPH JOHNSTON, Executor
Feb. 527, 1855.,
WAR AT HARRISBURG
rri HOSE knowing themselves to have unsettled
j accounts in the books of the subscriber, arc
respectfully requested to call and settee. Mon
cy or no money call and settle and have your
accounts standing for four years closed, and ac
cording to the old saying one stitch in time will
save nine. Face those old accounts they must
and shall be settled.
R. C. AIeGILL.
Huntingdon Foundry, Feb. 20, 1855.
F. SCHNEIDER,
C. SCHNEIDER.
saErarrs SALES
BY Virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Faceas,
Levari Facias and Venditioni Exponas, is.
sued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Hun.
tingdon county, and to me - directed, I will ex.
pose to Public Sale at the Court House in the
borough of Huntingdon, on ToEstinY the 10th
day of April next, 1855, at 1 o'clock A. 111. of
said day, the following described real estate
One Tract, Piece,. Parcel or Tract of
of Land, including an interest in the Raystown
Branch of the Juniata River, containing togeth.
er sixty-six acres, be the same more or less; be.
ing - part of a larger tract of land in the name of
James Murdock, and being the mansion place,
whereon the widow of James Entrehin, Esq.,
dec'd., resided bethre her death. Also one oth.
er piece or parcel of land unimproved, contain..
ing fifty acres, more or less, being part of a lar.
ger tract, in the name of Casper Myers, adjoin.
ing the said last described other tract. Also one
other tract, piece or parcel of laud containing
ninety-eight acres, be the same more or less,
adjoining the Murdock tract, on which is ercc.
ted an old grist mill, together with the heredita.
ments and appurtinances. Seized, taken in ex.
milieu and to be sold as the property of Mathew
Crownover.
Also---One Lot of Ground in the vil
lage of SaulsburgTßarree township, fronting 60
feet on main Area and extendinc , back 120 feet,
bounded on the east by Thomas ' 'Stewart, on the
west by George W.Chesong Best, having there.
on erected a two story log house and kitchen
and other outbuildings. Also, twenty-two acres
of land, more or less, adjoining the village of
Saulsburg, about 20 of which are cleared, boun.
ded by lands of Job Slack, on the west, on tho
east by lands of George Jones, having thereon
erected a bank barn 50 feet long by 30 wide,
with a wagon shed attached thereto. Also, 98
acres of land, more or less, lying in Barree
township, Huntingdon county, with 35 acres
cleared, adjoining lands of Alexander Bell and
others. Seized, taken in execution and to be
sold as the property of John Harper, esq.
Also---A small Tract of Land in Bar
roe township, Huntingdon county, containing
forty-two acres, more or less, with a small log
house, a frame stable and blacksmith shop
thereon erected, bounded by lands of James
Livingston, Joshua - Green, and others, with a
small portion cleared. Seized, taken in exceu.
tion and to be sold as the property of Gilbert
Cheney,
Also---Two certain adjoining Lots of
ground situate in the village of Orbisonia, in the
township of Cromwell, each fronting 50 feet on
Cromwell street and extending in depth 140
feet to an alley, and numbered 9 and 10 in the
recorded plan of said village. On lot N 0.9 there
is a two story log house used as a whcelright
shop, and on lot No. 10 there are a two story
frame dwelling house and shed stable. Seized,
taken in execution and to be sold as the proper
ty of Joseph Conghenour.
Also---All the right, title, interest and
claim of defendant in and to two adjoining lots
of ground in the village of Shade Gap, Hunting
don county, adjoining the Methodist Church lot
on the north, lot of James Sheran on the south,
fronting 50 feet each on the public street or high.
way through said village, lying and being on
the west side of the same, and extending back
at right angles thereto 140 feet each. Seized,
taken in execution and to be sold as the proper.
ty of William Myers.
Also---All the Defendant's right, title
and interest in and to one lot of ground in the
borough of Alexandria, bounded on the north
by the Penna. Canal, on the west by' an alley
20 feet wide, on the south by an alley, on the
east by flartslog street to the canal, thence by
the said canal to the place of begining, having
a tannery thereon erected, containing 24 lay-a
way vats, 2 limes, 4 handlers in the house. The
tan house being 45 feet by 24 feet, frame, two
:Aeries high—a bark house 60 by 24 feel, with
a water privilege from the upper spring forever.
Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as tin"
property of Daniel Piper.
Also--All the right, title and interest of
defendant, in and to a lot of ground in the bor
ough of Cassville, with a new frame house
thereon erected, bounded by a. lot of Joshua
Greenland on the cast, and by the Lutheran,
meeting house lot on the west, and a street on
the north, and south by lands formerly belong
ing to the heirs of Robert Speer, deed. Also
all the defendant's right in and to a house and
lot of ground, known as the mansion house of
Robert Speer, and having a large house thereon
erected being a double house, part of brick, and
the balance frame and plastered, and weather
boarded kitchen. Also one other lot in the south
ern end of Cassville, with one and a half story
log house thereon erected, fronting the street on
the east, and joining a. lot of Isaac Ashton on
the south, and on the north and west bounded
by lands of Joshua Greenland. Seized, taken
in execution, and to be sold as the property of
George W. Spoor.
JOSHUA GREENLAND. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office,
Huntingdon, March 13, 1855.
CASSITILLE SEMINARY:
MALE AND FEMALE
The summer session will open the 4th May.
Our new and commodious building will then
be ready for use. We will be able to accem.
modate, in the Seminary and in town one hun
dred and fifty students. From present pros
pects this much room will I .)e necessary.
NVe have determined to connect with our In
stitution a Normal department, and will gile
special attention to, and deliver lectures upon,
the science and art of teaching.
We have now a full and competent board of
Instruction consisting of four gentlemen and
three ladies prepared 'to impart instruction in
all the Literary, Scientific and Ornamental
branches usually taught in the best Seminaries.
Farther information can be had by addressing
the Principal. J. T. TOAILIN.
Cassville, Huntingdon co., Pa., Mch. 6, '55.
BALTIMORE CARD
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CARR, GIESE & CO.
COMMISSION MERCHA NTS,
FOR ,THE SALE OF
MOUE, GRAIN AND LuramEß
SPEARS' WHARF, BALTIMORE.
ID — Agents for Newark and Rosendale Co.
Cement and Plaster.
Fine and G. A. Salt, constantly on hand.
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N. B.—la - era' CASH advances iniAliC on con.
sig,nments on receipt.
Baltimore, Jan. 31, 1555. •
JULIUS STER.NT,
No. 145, North THIRD Street, (3 doors above
Eagle Hotel, PHIL! DELPHI A.
Wholesale Dealer
In Fancy Dress Trimmings, and
Goods, awl Manufacturer of Fancy
Silk Bonnets,
_ _ _
r7EEPS constantly on hand a very extensive
LL assortment of Silks, Ribbons, taces, Em
broideries, Flowers, Bonnet Frames, Gimps, Frin
ges. besides a great variety of other Fancy Goods.
He solicits a call from country Merchants visiting
the City, and assures them that they will he sure
to find any article above mentioned. at the lowest
prices. March 13, 1855—'2 ra