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A. li"L iiv -r on.--liur-.li -I rtt. .v .in tii iv In no V.L-t ivj .-. nr .1 d-iu iri'.i'i.i : ; ! 1) it vv iliiiu lit. r.m .-ri:iij.:uiii..J l.v thi' w The M I t t Til 1 I i in ! I. p.T ar. tilh.T i-1 Hi- .n. A :n .r.- i i - lin. v nr u-t !i:-r. A Iv . r' i-n.i'iits of in: I l..r ' .-lit-., n .t .ini-.t...l. .-l nn tntiM. ..f iMtirl IlltlTiHl ;..irtiz.ui i.r m r:.-iri:iii . nl.- t,autl t.-rV r. I n.iiiiu nn.l mlilr.-'i.. Ji : A I'll i-I cal.J in lli.-OIH-e v.. .-I .ii itiMTt iui...rt..iit N.-w I Mill. V V. Ili I llli III M 1 an- ipr.'i- r.is . riaU f.T ciivt f.rc!t i.i-ii viiii ii vM.-iii.-a r.u . Ii : -i. . "r i i. ' it ' I : .ii..if. tj..rt!K i l-.M-i-onil hlorcy W.'iuiF.N S: C'i!:xi:i.ii"s. TliECSIRONSCLE. ."3:4V, J IX. 2S,lsn!. rut THE LLV.llll Ita CHRONICLE. THE PIT I LUST l. HIS IM'.INIT. Tiiiu little phiTul', Jailinc of my h.art, Hiy ti.if o'.r, anil we arc cal!-il t- (.art: The lioi wlin vrav.- tln v, lie haf Vil thve 4Krome,n -CiciD up to m.-, to my celestial Home." I woulil out keep tli.-e h.-n-. po then aliOTe, AnJ mii2 the Trainen of n-leeinius li.e ; Thi Savior lovef, ll ralU thee to liiv Lreagt, tlo, thi n, anl ou his L-mom na-e.-tly rest. AnJ I will thick of tine ly day, liy nijlit, Ii ijh tu'ry ill ar, t . uli th -u nit l. t to hitht; 1.1 ptnw thy little firave aith lli.wrf., ati-1 fray a I. at st.-. ii-.li be iiv.u roinrli.-ai-J to my vlay. Anl whta I m-et, on hiirlt, my lovely lmy, ly h. art will i-w !! viith i!ure, n-rajihii- j iy ; J II take tlie l.y the h. n 1. tl.i .1 l.uuil.ly fall, Aui lirio tUee crowu our JcUJ L.-iil i f ail! AMICUS. Tin: jiaki) times. -.IrrTlrafs Imprvuln?" -i pi. mi -nvii sh.n in -ra. brronlas mstt djJf?" A hatr no Munrj-Si jra:"-",..ia! I-, tie i'.-ti peel?" , . , I iiee with siinn ir annum; ii o'unes are . , , . , . . oficn pr.ip.iun led. In-w.-r I o nu n'li and by , , . , , , .iter; and we hive th m-li: a h..rr cl.ir 'i-r . ... , . . , n the su' i-et mav rerhs.'S he u-r nl to v. rv tnany. We sf.eC. (,:. a . an cannon from th.- Mumr. . .' the i n,, n, a most comprehensive :.. truly uMr e.-ito- r.a!, from a laic Hum jer o: Trilr'iilf, Viz : .I.- ... i-.i. T1 iv vr-r'.",') ro.f'cwiili i-n mvcil rvm-iH-.- I'm- liviii, -j ni,l iii.li.-trv yi lor in, i'm-s and indu-trv. Th.'i-e i- a iron, ral Si.-n-o of rJiel "a foeliiV that tho worst is over a ooti- i i: 'eace that the iu-t c; liio.-n month- 211,t I.,-, at the worst, Ihr kss Uuas' - ltn 1',., ii.c. ... ! . . ,,.; crash of 1-.17, tho -oi iii..-nt j.uriily- sis of traile in li, wiih the tiiort i crops throughout the most fortile aud fioil-proJiicing section of our coun try, have left our people very poor ; but we are all expecting to do better. The di ;;. :cr-; of lioi c:;u-ed a very general stoppage of i.n.iiufacturing aad iniiiiiitr ; and, though trade has since been slack, and the demand for fabrics and metals restricted, stocks have been gradually reduced and worked oil' until factories and furna ces are I'div-T set r.i i:i'Kio:i sigasa j with a l'tir !.-!nai.-l f;r their j.md acts ! nt living price.-, 'i'hoso prices are lower than formerly; but labor, and i other elements of production, wool excepted, arc cheaper tuan tJiey were prior to the revulsion, and afford a lair basis for moderate and steady activity. Should the Tariff remain unchang ed, we i-'hall have a season of very large importations, giving an immedi ate lillip to trade and the Treasury, at the cost of a speedy recurrence of pecuniary embarrassments. Por the country, it must not be forgotten, is in no condition to pay for heavy im portations. Ourgrain crops for 1S5S were very light worth at least One Hundred millions less than usual. The country could easily be induced to buy Four Hundred millions' worth of imports liiirilig io'.l; but it has I means, has discharged untold millions of in liOt the whcrewitnal 10 pay for tlieui; 1 debtedness, all over the land, and we are to to buv them - to invoke a speedy 'just so much nearer daylight. Let this be return oi' our late commercial cmbar- continued, another year, and all. will know ramonts. Evcrv dollar of imports where ihey stand, and can move firmly, in lbo'J above Three Hundred mil-! TH E YEAR is.9 s-HOLLD l!E A VEAR lions, Will be a dollar added during j FLLL SETTLEMENTS. Let every the year to our already burdciisomo ' raan dur,nS lhe season do a" 1,e can 10 sellle ... . . i" . ' .... B I J ll.ito ...n In tl,a l-Vii-oi.'n lolit a tlollar w nc i wc shall not merely owe next January, Lut lie importunately urged to pay. lut, should Congress proceed forth with to revise the Taiili' so as to se cure adequate revenue for the Gov ernment with incidental protection to home industry, every interest, every Mctiuu, will "feel the beneficent im pulse. The erection of new factor ies, fiirnaccs, .kc the demand for new cngiues, dams machinery still more, tiie renovation of old ones- will give employment to thousands of mechanics, Urtlt-illlS- lrilinrpi'3 tvlirt . ,. . . . ... ,. ..w lave lor mouths languished ill unwil- .u.v....-.-.. ,ui lro., merely or : severe lessons we have been taught!! mainly, but brick, stone, lime, and al- Uijst every product of human indus- A "settlement" does not necessarily in try, will realize a quick demard at c,u,le a 'flJ"n"''-alhuueh ,h is alwavs fie onti,' Ir. w,.;., i- uuua!'U a , vcry advisable and desirable. Hut gel your pWc prices. ianueWlll bo ! dJls aU(l credits in a tangible, undoubted tv.Uiu.atCd to Increased activity from : state, so that your heirs, executors, adimnis COIiscioilSllCSS that UCTV markets for j 'rators or assigns can master them without '-'r products are Fprin-'in" un it dlPule or iess- &w bS note, bond, due-l--ir t'anr- ,,.!.io , i i ,r I b'U r judgment; with or without interest; 15, '..-ina kcts which proiTer ! payable ,n one, ten, or twenty years; trans ti.;'.11 ' ei' 'or potatoes as j fcrable or nol transferable payable in cash, : "la obtain for Wheat While our i goods, or labor, or by an exchange if other -..u are mainly ju England i P"Per' 'd'-anng-house" fashion-HwEVE J-.ari; . ' , ,,,' v you may settle, do KETTLE, and you will o:. .... 'ai tuLIU a3 much for , Dathe fr. an4 ,an , and 'k. sn.nd COuM n; . "o" ul uccl3 u.-i uicy : and . ulu OoU'M f .... . - 01 ctv ,i....r.. !..,.. at. cd to-, T r acrcs 01 cxI'rt- aa a l " . - :c0l"w.'ntiy believe that irai-iiJ'11'0' wi'cy discriminating, trfi'tiiwill largely iu- . .- jo tiijiior !,.,! mi.;-,. R. CORNELIUS. Xcwh Journal. : ly of our linning ana manuf;K tunnj,' ; i,ut cvcn 0f our agricultural industry, while precluding a relapse of the re vulsiou and insulin-' legitimate and i ' permanent relief to the Trenvury. All this is within the immediate alul ity of Congress, and the next fifty dayj must deterniino whether it shall or hall not be realized. Let it in no ease Lo forgotten, that we are to vanquish our lingering cm- barrii.-s-niciit.s only by j.ndl&tuv ana economy. There id no other way. We desire a Protective Tariff, be cause wc arc sure it would summon tlinnuanila I'midi tillnnn aild i'J cicney to positive, productive work. We want sueh a tariff, because we be lieve it would add many millions per i i. i." r e. I uutiuiu iu itiu juocucus oi our juruu- ! ccs, factories, forges, workshops, witk- ! out sublractiny: one penny worth from the products of our farms, but rather increasing the quantity whiie enhan cing the price paid therefor to the producers. We desire a Protective Tarilf, not to cuhauce the market val ue of corner-lots which it can but rarely and meagerly do not to ena ble more persons to live and thrive as mere go-betweens but to bring producers aud consumers nearer each other, aud thus enable each to buy cheaper while selling dearer, instead of wa.stisg half to two-thirds of their several products iu effecting their ex change. J u short, we want a Pro tective Tariff to render work more plentiful and ri'inunerative at home. and enable our country to pay Off iu- stead of increasing her ouerous Debt Those who fancy that this or any other beneiicent measure would re store the excessive trade, wild specu lations, and general prodi"ality, of l.iiiii,r v,.;.N will llti!ii-i-Ivi ilUrmtiniiitpil in tin. r... nit - m-i.. ,. i i .., .. i i " i m .mi uv .v. mun .v .- I tweeus, but fewer, and has resolved to -,i . i ,. i ... i ; rciiice, either by bankruptcy or star- ' ,., . ,. i , . i ! at:onf l..c nunibcr en:it:cd in and , , , .- . . . suiisistej by merchandising, to a point , i i , - lulul i ,"UL'.'1 tiearer the level t.1 actual Uf j CCS"V- 1 rotccttoa, railroads, union Sfrc,9'. ?nJ 0th COntTlVanCOS for -"li'iiit in., iraut! aim ciirainauntr I therefrom the clement of loose credit ! lluu lu re.-un, so liiai Hie ?00,J (,llm c'""S' rs vitally '00,i llmc coming differs vitally , i'UiU ' ' til!1''3 80 rct.entI.v Iast. I WLcr :ou'; saarc in tnc pros-; 1 1" - "l:u ,s lQ w 1,0 6urc Uiat - 1 r.P"e"Ja)tn's noevcr ,11'iy at work, 1T.0DLCI.NIJ SOMI-TIM.VG L.-i:i'UL, and t-o ilisposmsr of it to pay his own way aud add a little to his savings, is tcnsildy aiding to re store the era of prosperity ; while he v. ho spends more than he earns, vain ly looking and wishing for better times, and waiting for "something to turn up," is doing his best to keep the country prostrate, impotent aud mis erable." Thus far Mr. GniiLit. In the country most remote from the vast piles of useless hard cash, hoarded up in banks and safes the prospect is not so bright, and the relief may not come so soon as in the cities. Bui, nrf, as well as thrrc, much money is lying idle that mittht be njly invested in a man ner that would operate very beneficially to the public. It is the imperative duty of every man and woman, who has means, to aid in furnishing Employment to all especially when '-a friend in need is a friend indeed' A new Tariff alone (however necessary) ean not make each of us independent. The be.-l government can only aid individual pros pcri'y; the worst can not wholly distroy it. If Farmer A. buys $2,000 of the Merchant every year, and pays him only $1,000, he must soon find the Sheriff upon him. So if America imports from Europe One Hundred Millions per year more than she exports back, bankruptcy must ensue. ui moke thih roc srkxi), is the true, safe method, for na tions and for citizens. During the past year, the process of pay ing off old dues, and living within honest ur ".."""""."'-"'"" 31st of December next, and 18G0 would open like a Year of Jubilee .' Work work at something honorable and useful, no matter how common or how much less remunerative than you desire; it is the only way to sure prosperity. Buy nothing not absolutely needed, unless you can pay down for it, aud owe nothing. Credit no one unless for the necessaries of life, and thus realize all your earnings. Courage, kindliness, energy, thoughtful ness, maniy labor, and decision will under the blessing of Heaven soon bring us out of i the wilderness of doubt and doom. God .i :.i::j...i 1 grant mai wc as luuiviuudis miu a a j.cu- pemay have sense enough lo profit by the . '.. Z - give, collect ana iraaslcr, wun greater j SU1C.J .IIU LOIUI.II L. Th3 Silver Rule (to hi carried out iu the lyiril uf t'iC tiultbn .V. .) 'I'o pay each di-Ii, and coWlc! ai'h !u I- id.' !... A J'.ii nir xa :h" l-.'jt l "i y-m. LEWISBURG,. UNION CO., PA.,-FRIDAY, In a Bad Way. Tbe present owucr and occupier of Mount Vernon, who proposes to sell for 5200,000 what, independeut of tlio fact that it was the residence of the great anu pood Washington, is not worth one tenth of that sum, must he in a lad fix, if wc may jutl,;o from the following new adver tisement, which has an cxtenfivo circula tion tjratls. It original!? appeared in the Alexandria Caztlle: '.l.(;i:oi:s tor hire Fivi wmh a si) til uls an n two 15 fn. Anion? iSie wtiinen are Cooks and Hout-e Servants. Apply, per si.tiatiy, to the tiiii!ersif;np.t, on "umlay and 'I'ue.-dav, lite STth and 2ih of Deeerulier, at Inunt Vrernfa, where the nrjrncsran he seen andei.-.mined. JOH N A.WASKIN'UTON. Mourn Vernon, Ie. -41 dlw." It is very doultful whether this "John A. Washington" from th; above exhibi tion, aud from his demanding 209,000 for property hardly worth $10,000 has not already taken the lone? of WASH INGTON and sold then- to L'arnum ! It is time, certainly, that the grave place of Washington was no lender in ths nominal posseesion of a slave-trader a character which (Ac Washington detested ! More of It Vore nl Leaner onlli The Iltltimore t'un of a later date con tains the following advertisement : SIOO RCWAitC-Kurt ana? from my farm near rialem, in Tauquier county, Virginia, my "iKG.IOS r.tA. JOK. Joe is about 21 years o!J,5 feet 10 or 11 incites hih, and very dark, t'tough nut entirely Llack col or, lie has a very p!ain tire u scar on Ins threat I ihini: on his nht side. ll:s at'drets I and manners are ptilne. He was purchased a snort nine since irum .iir.Ji tin Kiciiartison, near liorry villr, Cl.ir.e county. Viriuia, and will probably go either in that uin-ciicn or toward Point Kocks. 5i(0'l rewaru u-ill l.e paid for hurt if taken in Vir.-ima, ihe District nf ,;"lamkia oron "' ir"'""ac 'Ter- -" I !f taK'n Maryland ; and one-half of whr.! iir will si I! tor in Alexandria.it tai:en else where. In any event, to be s cured ant! (ie. Iivtfd lo me, in the County Jail of Alexan dria, Va., before the reward i paid. JOHN A. WASllI.NGTOX. Mount Vernon, Va , Jan. 11, lsitl Jtaltw Fivu hundred dollars reward ! Where are tho blood-hounds ? Where are the black whiskereJ, square jawed ruSanwith revolvers and whips, and chains and oaths, to set them on ? A slave, whose ddrc3 and manners are polite, has dared vavo a'touni urnon, anu la lurn ms tick on the tomb of tho Father of his Country, and the heir of the great aboil tionist'. name and estates offurs 5500 Lt r' This "man Jo" is partly white. I'o help the Lcgro-monger buy slaves to aid 6 . -- nf xchich will, en to pay for advertising, if not for capturing this "man" Edward Everett is making orations, and writing letters ; pious and patriotic women are legging dollars all over the country ; and tho -Vcic York Humbuij'jtr is gloatiDg over it all as a "slick speculation" to 'put money iu bis pocket" John A. Washington lots out men and women for gain, ai he would horses and swine he offers reward for a genteel man with white blood in his veins who has gained bis liberty and then be sordidly demands an enormous sum for the ashes of the immortal great, iu order to get rid of a little, ei.tvery blasted plantation that be is too poor to keep ! (See the doom of those who make "merchandize" of "slave?, and touls ef men," as foretold in St. John's lleve'ations !) now Jitwi LUiroiM pat nut hm izivkh. In the following reflections, we do not wish to s?.y one rord against the many excellent and valuable monthly publica tions that aie now issued ; but we protest ag iinst the country press advertising those periodicals at such an enormous sacrilice. The practice of tho country press is some thing like the following : If an editor's wife or daughter desires a Magazine, be forthwith publishes a I Prospectus, worth at least five dollars. He then sends on a marked copy, and con tinues to send bis paper one year SI. 50; and on the arrival of each Magazine, he is requested to give a notice in bis paper 12 notices, 12 dollars making an aggro gate of $18,50, for which be receives a j monthly, worth three dollars, (to say no thing of the perversion of truth which often appears in the notices of the merits of such publications.) Tbe loss for tbe labor actually dono, is perhaps less than the indirect loss sustained by the country press ; for proof of which we appeal to the experience of every country editor, if be has ever been on a canvassing tour for the purpose of increasing his subscription list, fur at least one third of the answers to his solicitations, are "Why, we now take one city paper, and Book, or Magazine, and that is as much as wo can aflord to pay-" If bo asks how they como to send for those papers and that Maga zine, they will tell him thrt they saw ad vertisements of tho cheap papers, with a chance to draw a prize, &c, and in an ed itorial article of perhaps bis own paper, they saw a recommendation of tho samo, and were induced lo send on tho money for tbcm ! Is it not time for tho country press to look to their own interests, and be paid an equivalent for tho labor performed? If tho present policy be pursued, it inu.it eventually prove disastrous to country ed itors, and we are determined to follow this suicidal course no longer. Our city co tetnporaries with please stick a pin. Jrrty Shurc lufuL'iMH. Oncctinaal Pcpartuicnt. Sta-Thc Report of IIo.v. H. C. IIickok, .Superintendent of Common Schools in Pennsylvania, for 1&5S, is over 100 page3 less than that of tho previous year, but quite as full of in tcrest. The System is now so well established, and so few (if any) chan ges are asked for, that all that is nec essary aud judicious to print may be confined within this less expensive publication. The general prosperity of the Pys tern as evinced by the large increase of pupils, the greater outlays of mon ey (even in these hard times,) and the higher standard required for teach ers, and their improved remuneraticn is most evident, and most gratify ing. ' Push on the Educational Col umns," and oit State will soon be come the first in the Union in the strength, and prosperity, and we hope the permanence, of her Educational basis. We ha7c only room, this week, to copy at length the KrOBI OF XHK l.MON fol.m Ern.B.ttfEXlfKYT. Scyoot Hocais. 1st class, good, 25 ; 2.1 class, improvable, 37 ; 3.1 class, until, none. The tint class houses are tjooj buii.tiugs, but deiieieut in play-grounds and om-h u es. MUcrialvf Srwul-lfuusra. Brick, 11; sl'.ne, none; 1.., none; frame, 4 r. Sci'voo.' 1'urniturc. 1st class, good, 20; 2J, class medium, 42 ; 3d class, un'it, none. iStiiunf.. 1st class, graded, -i ; 2d class, claiS.fied, 18;ueitiu-r grad. '. cor ':lass;td,i. i'licuns. A 'cs uf Tcarheri llftween sev enteen and twenty-one, SS ; between twentr- one and tsrenty-five, 27 ; between twenty-live and th'rty, 10; between thirty and forty, 9; beuvcen forty an t tiny, 4; ever iiily.l. Lir.k-pluce of Tcwhrs. Born in Pennsyl vania, ?U ; out cf IVnnsylvan.a, 3. LjcpcricKce ii Tearhmj. Ta-iLt lc-s than one year, 213; from one" to three years, SS ; Iroin three to tii years, 1; from i tc ten years, 3; Irota tea to twenty years, 4 ; over twenty years, 1. Vrvjattiunai Heading. Number who have read books or periodicals on teaching, 45; number who have sot, 2K. i'crinanent Teaekert. Number who intend to make teaching a permanent business, 43; those who do not. 30. Crude nf Teacher). 1st class, qualified. 33 ; 2d class, medium, 32; 3d class, uolil, . GtiasiL Klxauks. In my tirst visit to the schools of this county I devoted the greater part of my time to searching lor real or ap parent delects in their machinery. Where 1 thought the teacher himself could do more for ihi. .idvancemcut of the school, I made suita ble sugcauons. Where I found the scholars inclined to depend loo much upon the teach er for help. I dndeavored to convince them of e'rs'or il ;?1 IiT'sE So'A fSVi 1 iienV.W P(l.e4rik, as they were dependent upon their teachers to help through with every seeming difficulty that might present itself in their different studies. W here I thought more interest on the part of parents, or citizens generally, would add to the advancement of schools aud the cause of education, I made appointments lor evening lectures. The particular defects of the school, generally, served for the sub ject of my remarks. The teachers, m most cases, entered into the spirit of this work. Some of those meetings were well attended by the parents, but unfortunately that class of citizens which I had designed to reach would not attend, or, if they did, it was not to be convinced, but to find fault. Although these measures may have seemingly had lhe contrary effect, yet I have an doubt but the fu ture has in reserve some fruit as a reward to teachers, direciors and others lor the effort. In my second general visit I took with me one of how's Common School Registers, and obtained the names, ages, studies, progress and deportment of all the pupils. I was thus enabled to test the improvement in schools. From this register I have made a tabular report which exhibits the present condition and advancement of the respective teachers. I find it a very delicate point to make a cor rect or satisfactory report ot the prolessional sk.ll of the teachers. The best scholars are not always the most successful teachers; nor do those who possess the highest faculty in illustrating principles, and communicating their thoughts in a comprehensive manner to iheir scholars, always possess the most skill in governing a school. Again, some of our best teachers failed to give general satisfac tion, from lhe tact that all ot our citizens do not or can not appreciate their labors ; while other teachers of less merit, but more display, win lhe popular applause. The report above referred to, is elaborate, minute and valuable; but the limits of the Appcndii do not permit the printing cf the voluminous details in this connection. Stt Scrr.l 1'crmanrnt Schonl Remitters. In the schools of Lewisburg, Uull'aloe, East lluilaloe, Kelly, Union and New Berlin districts, 1 found Row's' Pennsylvania Common School Register. It gives general satisfaction, and is a valuable assistant in lhe government of pupils who vi olate the discipline of the school without hes itation, so long as the infliction of corporal punishment will alone for lhe ofience. Bui as soon as a school register opens an account for every scholar, giving them credit for ev ery good and worthy action, and charging th-ni with every unworthy act, we timl that the most reckless scholars will strive to have the account of their merits overbalance that of their demerits. In this manner the teacher may, with judicious management, overcome evil wiih good. Teachers are too ofien ready to chastise their pupils for every trifling error or violation of their school discipline, while they are totally indifferent to the encourage ment of the opposite impulses, by rewarding their scholars for every act worthy of com mendation. The school register comes in as an intercessor for those long neglected vir tues, by keeping an impartial account of the virtues and progress as well as the follies of the pupils. Uniformity nf Text-Books. The Books rec omiueuded by the directors' convention have been introduced into the schools of East ltuf faloe. Union and Mnllinburg; and into all the schools l!i at needed them, of Lewisburg, Buf faloe. West Butialoe, Kelly, Jackson, Lime stone, and New Berlin. The classification of books is improving every year. Iu a few years more we shall have uniformity in all the schools of the county. Improvement of School llousenand Furniture. Iu Hartley district, seven of the school hou ses have been improved within (he last year, and lhe seals and desks altered to suit lhe age or size of the pupils. The two in Hartteton ought to give way lo a new one large enough lor iwo graded schools. In Lewis, a new school house has been crccltd, a ! close to the turnpike as l lie law JAN. 28, 1859. would allow the directors to build it. Eui all the ground that belongs to it, is apparently covered by the building. The house i-. com fortable, and lhe desks are good. Another one was removed lo the edge of a field, close to the road side, where it commands a full blast of the north-west wind ; remote from the shade to screen it from the summer's sun, or protect it from the winter's storm, with the public road for a playground. Auother one was repaired. In West Buff:i!oe, a new house was built, large and comfortable, with suitable doks. One of the old houses was moved and re paired. The directors of Mifllinburg purchased the St. Eliaschurch.con verted into a school house, having four comfortable rooms, in which all the scholars of the borough are now accom modated with well graded schools. In Lewisburg, the direciors refitted the Northern Liberty school house, and divided it into two rooms suitable for primary or sec ondary schools. Four more rooms, or anoth er building Lke the one erected in 18.r5, will accommodate all the pupils that now attend the public schools of this place. In White D.'cr, one of the school houses was re-built. Some others need repairing. Iu New Columbia, they need a new house with two rooms, or two school houses, so that the schools may be graded. Niuety-thre: pupils are too many for one teacher, where many of the a are expected to learn their manners as '.veil as their a, b, c. The only improvements I noticed in Kel'y district, aie new coal sheds, and larger black boards in the school bouses. In Butialoe, a new school house would have been built, but the directors could not get a sufficient amount of ground al the most suit able place, and rather than follow lhe exam ple nf tome of their predeceisors, i.e., giving the location lo the lowest bidder, which often brought il upon some barren bluff, into some disrr.r.1 swamp, or upon lots nf r-round thai could not be used for any other purpose, they cc.cluded not lo build at all until they ran get a suiMble site, with a sufficient amount of rroupd to give the children room for recrea. tion, without fear of being run over by hor ses and vehiclr-s, or betn punished f.T tres. passing upon private property, or appropria ting th fields for play grounds. It is the opinion of many of our citizens, that a .eneral law should be passe t.prrmtlimg school directors to select suitable treasons for school house, with a sufficient amount of ground for all school purposes, by paving the proprietor a jut compensation ; providing al ways that such school bouses should not be located so close to other buildings as to prove an annoyance to the occupants. Improvement vf i'lavground. At Buffaloe X KoaN, through the enterprise of the trach e r.H.lCKennedy, and his pupils, supported by the citizens of the neighborhood, the school house ha been enclosed by a neat and sub stantial fence, in a two acre lot, of the best quality of land. When I made my last visit to thai school, I fonnd the teacher and schol ars devoting their leisure moments to niiin? up a flower garden in front of lhe school house. They all manifest a deep interest in the improvement of iheir school house and grounds, as well as in the improvement of their minds. The Town Hall school house, in Lewisbun stands in a spacious enclosure. I beheve the directors had designed the yard in front of the building to be appropriated to shrubbery Ac, but for want of taste or encouragement, lhe in'- Vvmre brHvMRii'sJeriJtiifftt unohses have an ample amount of play ground, but are not enclosed or improved. I he Kelly school houses have good lo cations, bul might have more room for recre ation. The school house yard in Mu'Dmbiirg is rather crowded for four schools, but the direc tors could do no better. In all the remaining schools, not more than ten have a sufficient amount of ground to give the scholars necessary recreation, and not one half of them are suitably located. Iwtitutfu. The Union and Snvder institute held one session in Mitllinbtirg of three days, and in Mtddleburg of two and a half days. 1 he Buffaloe district institute held a session every other Saturday at the different school houses of lhe township. It was regularly at tended by directors and parents, and o'ten bv teachers from adjoining districts ; all mani festing a deep interest in the exercises. 1 he New Berlin institute, in connection with the Union Seminary, continues to hold a session each week during the greater part of the year. laical ituprrvmon. Lewisburg is the only district in which the district superintendency has been fully tried. In New Berlin and Mif- fiinburg, the blanks are used, but the visita tion and duty of preparing the reports are not assigned lo any particular member ot the board. Conclusion. The friends of education are beginning to see the importance of electing intelligent directors men, loo, who teel an interest in the education of the rising gener ation. Those, even, who are elected to op pose the system, sometimes become the most zealous supporters of the schools. The hard times, and the failure of the grain crop the staple of the county were severe ly telt last winter, and occasioned temporary difficulties; but with it all, progress has un questionably been made, and the future is promising. Amidst all vicissitudes I have had the uni form and powerful influence of the newspaper press. D. HKCKtsnna, County Sup. New Berlin, June 22, 1858. Successful. William Hodges, of Rochester, New York, says in the Rural JVYtc Yorker, that bis sugar cane this year produced him syr up at the rata of 300 gallons per acre, which be estimates to be worth $150 or $100 net product per acre allowing one third to pay for boiling &o. If such a result could bo generally re alized, it would be better to "raise molass es," than corn, even at G5 cents per bushel Tbe corn product would be worth but half that amount. Iu tho West, where corn is worth but half as much as here, and New Orleans Molasses is considerably higher, tho ad vantages of growing Sorghum are increas ed an hundred fold. Iron. A onco famous British minister, M 'Horner, said that iron was the machi nery of civilized society. Locke declared that if tbe use of iron was lost among mankind, they would unavoidably return to the savago state ; at tbo same time, be styles the person who first made aso of iron, the "father of arts and author of plenty," for of iron all tools are made, and with the tools thus made, man tills the earth, builds houses, makes clothes, ob structs steam engines, bunus rauroaus, const rueta ships, steamboats in Hue, d jos all the business of civilized life- ESTABLISHED At sfl.fi! it "ARE Y7E RICH ? IIOTIIEPa." , . . , " Mother, are we nc.i ,r , , -i i "Yes, darling, tery rich, answr.td , ii l f. Mrs. Lawrence, quietiy, as she leaned for !.!-. i ward toward the window, in tac d eponing ..,.,...,, ,, twilight, to thread her needle irica un re, . , . ,-!. ,t , , for the last stitch iu the garment she w-s completing. There was something iu Ur tone which made little Anna turn ., look earnestly at bcr. There had U-n, for the past half hour, an unbroken s.l. tee, durinE which tho child bad been iitl!ng in a musing attitude, gwiog earnestly in- tc. th irlowiri.T fir.. The m.leil .otin.l of the embers falling from the grile, minrMicrr wun inn iiiw murmur ci t m .i . i r ., 1. . wind .ith.viit. m it shook the falling snow from the branches of the ttee3, only deep ened her reveria. Now, Ler question re vealed the subit:ct on which she had been pondering. " Do you really mean eo, ccthcr ? Are tee very rich ?' " Yes, my child. It is true ; we arc rich ; perhaps not in the se:;se in which you understand the word ; but wty doe my little Ann uk tho quiston? Has she not all that sLo can reasona' lj do sire ?" "Yes, mamma, surely." And Anna turned and surveyed thccoy litth prior, with iu blading Cre ; tht o'.d ft.ijiicd easy chair, With its worsted piuid Covering, in which, as she Lid bcaa tiiJ, " gtaiiJ ma" use! to sit, in Lcr lioullc -ruCl.-a cu: anJtpectacief;reii:cg with eU-jcd Lat.d, reverently, the 15ih.eonhcrhi.ee; tbe Iare eld duck, which bad s;jod U Cftv 11 i.i.i the hours now with the 3.tuo t'-.r.ty and precision as when ia its jwutuful days it was placed there ; tie oM mirror. wi - i th its shining black frame, wUca grnopa u-cJ to tell Lis eldest L'rat.dchil.1, ti4 been I bought with Continental money, anl co?t ten thousand dollars ; the old Turkey car pet, now faded and threadbare, tu; Leat as bouaehold care could make it all these, with the ccutre-tablc, covered with its bright crimson cloth, told her, that at ler-t they were rich iu comfort, l.'ut she was thoughtful still. " Why did you ask the question, my child r "Because, mamma, we had a new schol ar, to-day, at school. She told mc that her father was very rich, and a.-kol mo if my mother was ? I told her that I did Dot know, aad she thought strange. tf twin luai ai.c was pttiuei. i'o you think that people ought to be proud of riches, mamma '." " No, my child, unless they have ob tained them by their own iti Jas'ry, aul then have made them the means cf sub stantial good to themselves, er others. Even then,pri'iie is not the jr -per fe-ehi g It should be ijratituJe to liim who has given us the ability to acquire, and the wisdom to use our acquisitions aright." By this time, the twilight Lad yielded to darkness. Mrs. Lawrence laid aside her work, and stood for some minutes a: the window, looking out pensively upoti the starless night and the increasing storm. " God pity the poor ! God pity the home less I" sho prajtd in thed pLs of her heart; aud then, with thankfulness for her own share of earthly comfort, she let fall the full cur'aibP, and turned to the genial heart cheering warmth of her own fireside. Seating herself iu the oi l tine honored arm chair, sho took her little girl of ten years upon her kueo. The J ukaess grew denser without, and the (ire glowed more and more checriug'.y within ; occa sionally, it sent up a rich rud ly gleam that iigtueu up .lie wans, anu .ue lew oia pic- tuies that hung there, among them one dearer than all, that seemed to smile pro- tection upon the widow and her fatherless child. " My darling, I will answer your ques tion now, more fully. I said, truly, that we are rich not in money, ur in lauds, but in something far better. Wc are rich j in the proofs of God's love constantly sur rounding us; iu friends and health, in home and happiness. Uur wants are all j supplied by this good providence, aad 1 i 1 ! . a l I! I .1.... 1. uuuiuiy trust, uiy uuuci. mill wu aie riea , , , , , m gratitude and love to God and man. " lou have been too y out p, as vet, to know J ci j t tnc story oi me past; our, you scau near it now, aud undorstuud how ec, the wiJ- ) owed and the fatherless, Lave been shelter- ed from the storms of iife, beneath the i evcrlastiu" arms.' i v .e t .1 . t, I "lour worthy father, whom vou never J ' I knew, was once, though cot wealthy, in i ory comfortable circumstances. I'rudeut and always thoughtful fur the welfare of ' his growing fsmiiy, ha made preparations in the season of health, for a time sheu f premature age or sieatuess mtgut cripple his energies of mind or body, liis efforts; had been successful ; he felt at case, and happy, in the sunshine of bis homo ; per haps too happy there, and tho brighiuess of our earthly dwelling made us ail, per haps, forgetful of that homo not mado with hands.etcrual in tho heavens.' There came a season, however, which bad its teachings, and called that either world viv idly to our remembrance. "Unfortunately, the large proportion cf his property was invested iu one instil u- I tios, where fas consii-TcJ it p tfcc'ly s . j IN IM3....WI1ULE NO., 772. I'tnr, alwajH In .Idianrr. i cure. That institution fail.-!, and a corn- binati'in of circ'i'iistanci f llow. d which r su ldetily re 1'iecd n-i Twin C mifurt to n:u- : " i ury. The (17 et upon your fu'ber was ' ' , , , f -arfil. The s'rons man wa- bowed down, , l'Mli x " . ' for in a mora-nt, al! Ins b.pr-s for the fu- i ... , !, ,. , , i tare of his f.'ailv, a.l bis flan fir tha ' ,!"0 ""F'ent of hisc lu.dr -n, were swejf away, .s by . wh.rlwtn . II "S5m Vtnt,i. Mer.ta.iy anl PHy. " nk b. neath the shock, nJ, like one ha.f prabxcJ, Le went dwly I 10 ' V' "f lu"DtM' ""g unconscious why Le did so. This state ! f t"" '- ttrte montb 5 but t; ' heart was Krk' n, and one morning, WU'U ! earring Lis room, he full dead withou sih or a groan. " Then it was that Ignite Mercy look el upon my s rrow, an ) through all the glocm, I Mir, after a time, the band of a loving t'a'hrr, guiding anl directing all thin;? to some great cad. Up to this time, worldly c-rts, the daily arrargemnts (et my little hou.hoid, bad too much en grosser u.e. Horn, . fi atone, with Bono to sh-.re my re.'p.nriLiiitie?, no earthly arm on which to kin, I turLed with a deep, conviction cf my weaknus atd helpless ness, to ' Olb mvy to save; and, l.k? a . J she; htid, he trcttUd forth Li btud, ! giiLcred me aud my little euc i-it.j his earti.lv fold. There we hate evtr .' sirice Lt a !"!.. . j H it ! t mi ind, safe, happy. h w you A ie Lis hve wis rJs me. I Lai a br jthvr, ,:. 1 i v;-.-, the d.ir Cum chiihioi: at.1 Low God misssc t. j a wuts l.-ud r i ' t"".a c-I my f - ' ..- . e 1 f iiij'.c Lita ti.vi iu-'.ruu..ui oi iov rei.ei 1 He riiJ J in a distut part, and when tho ! lid.ugs of my s rrow cached him Le Las- ' ttned to my ail. When at Ltt we met, I h y u?',!i ; I.. '1 ef suiT. rir.g. He t ick : -, ai.d c jEifi rtel me, and I i Losjui. (,' I s.J, iu my in Lis z.: ci uFoa 11 anui.-h, my chiilrcn! my chil-ireu ! friendless ! what will become f itherl of them ? " tuier, they sha'l never want,' bo sail ; " all that I have is theirs. lie comforted. Tru.-t in God in me." " I did I did, my child, and tho prom ises cf Gol, an 1 of that darling brother, faded not. Frorj jojr to year, his liberal remittances have suiiaiced us. My chil dren have been fed, and clothed, and edu j Cited, by his houuty j a bounty inspired cf God. As your brothers and sisters Lave grown up, bis giod judg-meui has iiUoi tuom to Mice-, inti. F..i.s ; i,f0f and Lis a.-sistaiuo has boon uulil they were enabled to sustain them selves. And, uetr tbrj ooi are married and gone from their home, except my yjung'.-st treasure," and she beid lii.tie Anna closer to h. r heart, ''Lis bounty still supports us, iu a great degree ; t. r when he tiled, he left ali that remained of hid property, whieh was never large, to bis only sis'or. He has gone to Lis reward ; and we are left to blcsa his memory. "Now, my cliiid, are not our riches bet ter than gold and silver ? home and lrieods, contentment and domestic love ! A love a'l, we humbly trust, a faith in Christ j a trea.-cre luii up ia heaven, that fodeth cot away." "And, mother, if I pray, shall I always hv.'o this V "Ycs,niy chiM. Tray not f r riches which perish in the us.ng : but for love to God, which will ensura us peace, ami Ufa fterntif." Chinere Apiculture. The Pi iinytianian, referring to a rjar- rativo of trivcls in China, published by j p . - ,his auh ,iko (,th(,r wlo taj Tis:(cJ chia.J( bcarJ t.,stll,,cy to ,be development of I ar,.,u,,re i:l th.,t cvsterious couulrv. The iiarvrst in China, he remarks, produ ces City, seventy and even a hundred fold. The cause will be Lund ia tho care witlt which they manure the ground, and the custom of sowing early, of weeding anJ watering, etc. The aero cf land yields in Kuiilaud, Germany, and France', twice or three times as much as with us, but tho Chinese agriculturist surpasses even the European by far. "How infinitely infe- i i r t - e- it- i ; rtor, says 1 roiessor Ltebig, "is the agri- , ... . .. , ,-i ti culture t-f i.urone to that of China . Hue. !. . . , . ., , i ... l,p niit nili.iirnt, ft ft nriit-iiri an. uaitc rf f:ar,tf, f, r each of whirl. t'uty understand hoT to prepare aud at ply the best adapted manures. The gricul luro of their country is the mcst p.rfect iu the world; aud there.n here tbe ciimate, iu the most fertile districts, diff. rs liitio , , , , fr m the European, very litilo value is at- IacXmi, t0 ti(J cxenmKMi f ,nim;i;s. With as, thick books are written, Lut no experiments in.-titutdl, ,e. Travelers tell us of one particular a- taitm cnt of I'hinesc agriculture, which, though it is not always ef practical value, indicates a wonderful knowledge of the laws of vegetable growth that M, tho power of enlarging or dwarfing, at will, many of the productions of nature. Thus, an onk tree, for instance, will frequently to seen growit.g in a Sower put, bearin-j its thrifty little leaves and bringing its tiny acorus to maturity with all the regu larity of its forest kindred, the entire tree, cot being uioro th iu two f-.- t high. Such yjceiuiene of Itmuau ing- uu y nny bo -iihlf, but ti..y :.iply a kn.aielgi ai.d i 1 J
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