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ITIORNING DEW
BY O. A. entrox
The dew•dropc vanish one by one,
That swat to glisten everywhere,
Prawn by the lasses or the OWI
Ina► the thirsty lap or air;
They vanish, awl they do not die,
Altheugh the thirsty road be dry.
Thu. dew at night will fall in vain
broken herbage by the way;
The dew will ehanzo to gentle rain.
And waken Ihr-ot Bowers to May ;
Yet hells and flower in every Ay,
In every land, are born to die.
The pleasant thottAts of dawning youth
Are parched away IT toil and care,
And leave the duty road or truth,
The trodden path of duty, Imre;
And Net our plea ant thoughts are true,
Although they pass like morning bets.
They pass from us, their light is shed
On broken works of weary hands
They pass from us. their sweetness f e d
Some nobler toil in happier lands;
Yet every mat' Instead' the sun
]loth aU his deeds to be undone.
Our pleasant thoughts arc like the dcw,
One•bult' of heaven, noe•half or eartl►,
The eee►n to die, hut ►hey renew
T to sacrament of their sweet birth ;
lout frnittid plants and deeds of :n•u
Are earth, and turn to earth again.
In tliimy fields of Lanett nir
The (kw is torn to tall in vain ;
:fur thoughts go up to heaven, owl there
Th e y change to titi:4B of golden rain,
Whereof the fourfold roluitaiu Lead
In Paradise is ulwAys fed.
Our thoughts, thus mein to canto and ;to,
Abide, indeed, in Cod (n t hi g h,
For lie ordain to water so
The only tree that does not die ;
And awls in it., :hadow sit ;
But who is he Anil! eat of it ?
TO THE VOTERS OF COLIM
BIA COENTY.
READ! READ!!
March 2A,
Cot.. LEvi 1.. TATE,
Dear Sir:—Since the passage of the act
"ellaeging the name of the smibury
Erie Rail Road Company and to facilitate
the completion of a Railroad to Erie" You
have published several Columns of denun
ciations of the measure and its supporters,
characterizing it as "a cheat," "a swindle"
mai "a fraud. Rut in my humble opinion
yen have no good reason for intiumang in
such Epithets nor tio you show the ball to be
wrong. It is much easier to cull hind names
than show a thing not to be Right. Now
Fir I voted fir this hill and if your language
lie true I have assisted in swindling the
State. I examined the measure carefully
and thoroughly and I ant confident I have
done no such thing, but on the contrary
have done what is for the hest interest of
the Commonwealth, my mums are these;
Ist It is 10 the interest j 11w st a b; to
m u d,* for sendotm mid /Sri.' Mama
2(1 The Lill for which I odd oboes not im
pair the Rectally qf the commamemlth.
The counties through which three fonrtha
of this railroad runs, never received any as
sistance front the State in making internal
improcententA, while millions on millions of
the common funds of the people was lav
ished in building the upper north Brandt,
th e Wy o ming k other canals. the result was
the land in the counties throng which they
passed have quadrupled in value, while
there has scarcely been any perceptible rise
in Real Estate in Potter, .slelcean, Elk,
Warren, Cameron and Venantro Counties
within the last thirty years. The sample-
lion of the Sunbury & Erie Road will add
twenty millions of dollars to the amount of
taxable property in the State, and develops:,
an untold amount of wealth that now has
dormant and always will he if thisimprove
ment Is not made. She will derive a very
large benefit in the increased value of taxa
ble property, if she never got one teat of
her mortgage on the Sunbury and Erie
Road.
But this is by no means the ease, next as
to the security or the State now has, com
pared with what she bad belsire the bill
passed, Previous to the passage of this net,
the commonwealth had the one halt' of a
mortgage of seven millions of dollars on an
unfinished line of Rail Road, on a R a il
Road that would require several millions of
dollars to furnish and equip, It was a first
mortguage the eminence had three millions
/41 a half and the State three millions st. a
half, But before Either the State or the
company could realize one cent a lien of Six
teen hundred Thousand dollars, would firs
have to be paid, Is it likely if the Rua
was forced to 4 jedield side it would bring
more than this sixteen Hundred Thousand
Dollars Especially CV the party purchasing
would be compelled to Expend at least three
millions of dollars more before they could
realize anything out of their investment, It
is absolutely certain that it would not have
brought more than this aunt, consequently
the State would not have realized one cent
from her lion, Beside the Rend might have
passed into the hands of foreign capitalist
who would have diverted its trade to cities
beyond our borders,
How is it now, The company is permited
to issu a first mortgage of five millions of
dollars with which it will be enabled tojiaish
and eptip the road, and then the eounnon-
wealth steps in with a second mortgage
which I think is perfectly secure, surely a
remind mortgage under these eircurnstnpees
is much the wilt, mi n i who were entirely
acquainted with the whole subject, were
satisfied that the States lien was worth noth
ing in case of a foreclosure. and that ulti
inatcly the kw millions of second mortgage
would be secured, It does seem to 3110 that
people who have received as much or the
bounty of the commonwealth as the people
living along the north Branch canal should
Ise the last to get up an outcry against a little
indirect assistance given to other portions of
the State, more particularly is this the case
when the State does not part with anything
she is in possession of, I hope you will do
me the justice to give this an Insertion in
your paper—not because you have denounc
ed me personally—but because you have de
nonneetl a measure I voted for, and which
consider a benefit instead of a detriment to
the State, I however do not claim infallibil
ity nod if I have Ord it is the Head and not
the heart, ItteTectfully yours
11. 11. KLINE.
....el Si)
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It will befeell by the above, that the Min.
footle Member from Columbia eounty,find
ing that no out' of his coustituents will so
debase himself as to attempt a defense of
such an enormous fraud, as the net giving
four millions of dollars belonging to the
State, to the Suubury & Erie Rail Road
Company, has entered the lists in his own
behalf. lie is right welcome. We give
him a hearing with great satisfaction ; and
we only regret, that in his letter defending
his course, he has entirely omitted to ex
plain why be voted against the amendments
offered on the bill repealing the tonnage tax,
and for the bill, section by section as it
passed the !louse. Ilowever, for what we
have let us be duly thankful. Barring the
grammar and orthography of his communi
cation, whirl, we publish verbatim, and of
which we shall take no further notice ; we
claim the right, and shall proceed to expose
the fallacy of his positions, and the weak
ness of his arguments.
The Ihmumble Member first charges, that
millions of dollars were expended in build
ing the Noah Branch Canal; forgetting or
not knowing that the State also built a canal
up the West Branch of the Susquehanna;
and that canal, belonging to the people of
the State, is among those now so recklessly
given away. And although the gentleman
hUnse:f ignores the fact, yet the people will
very well remember, that if millions of their
teiWie.r were expended in public improve
ments, they were, when completed. the
property of the people; yet the Honorable
Member has voted to give this property of
he people to a soulless corporation, fur the
purpose of building a Rail Road, which
shall helene, not to the people, but to irre
sponsible, and to a large extent, foreign
stockholders. The Sunbury and Erie Com
pany Were to pay the State, thr certain pab
lie improvements, three millions five hun
detal thousand dollars; the property was
worth twice that sum, and to such an amount
the State MIS cheated in the sale originally;
now the small pittance that eras to have
been paid, is in effect given by the legisla
ture to the Sunbury & Erie Bail Road Com
pany.
; ood ►fords
In the first instance, and before any legis
lation on the ridded, the State, was an equal
owner of a mortgage lbr seven millions of
dollars. Then if the Road had sold for two
millions, the State would have gut ooc, and
so for any sum realized. Last winter an net
was passed, authorizing the Comp:lnk to
issue scrip, to the amount of six hundred
thousand dollars, which was to "be prefer
red to the mortgage held by the Common
wealth."
The 1 lonorable :Member, in Lis defense
rays it was " sixteen hundred thousand dol
lars"—a frlae statement—whether wilful or
not we cannot say—but if not wilful, he is
the only man in the legislature so ignorant
as not to know the sum allowed ; and if wil
ful, done for the purpose of showing the
State already so far behind as to render any
claim hopelessly bad; so that Lis vote could
not, at the very worst, lessen her chances.
But let it pass, there it stands.
To that sum of sixteen hundred thousand
dollars, the present legislature, aided by the
!honorable Member, have added FIVE MIL
LIONS, to take precedence of the State
claim —and yet the gentleman has the impu
dence to tell us we aro better off now, than
when the State had a lien against filly cents
of every dollar the Bead was worth. Now,
if the Bowl were to be sold, ban° the
State could "realize one cent kom bet lien,"
it must bring five millions six hundred thou
sand dollars, costs of sale, and the constantly
wooing interest on that runt. Is it not
preposterous to tell honest tax payers that,
although about *.1,141,009 debt and inter
eat. have been given away, that they are
richer than when owning that amount ?
Does the gentleman wish to play upon our
credulity or our ignorance? Perhaps he
had better follow the example of Eileuber
ger of Northampton, who got Ball of Erie
to go over there and explain the matter to
his constituents.
Much stress is iaid upon a possible fore
closure of the mortgage. It is hardly ne
cessary to say that so long as the State held
the first mortgage, it sate would not he bad
under the mortgage, if' thereby the money
should be lust; but now, when by the vote
of the flown Lk Member, the State is put
nearly .56,000,000 behind, those persons who
hold the first mortgage can make money by
a foreclosure, thus cheating the State out of
every cent of bur claim, and putting into
their own pockets over t 4,000,000 of thc
people's money. A sale under the inert
gage would not have been profitable before,
now immense fortunes can be realised out
of it.
But again. Col. Kline says that if tho
Road hod been sold, " the purehluer would
BLOOMSBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 15,186
have to expend three millions or dollars be
fore he could realize any thing out of the
investment." Be it so. Rut then it' time
millions of dollars would be enough, why
did Mr. Kline help to give the Company
fire ? It needs explanation.
As an argument, however, that shall cup
the climax, it is asserted that the lien of the
State was already worthless, and therefore
no harm was done. This is not true. In
their report to the legislature, the Company
admit that the State might, in the first in
stance, by a sale have secured ono million of
dollars. After the six hundred thousand
dollars was preferred, the State might still
have realized Vow*. Ilet, having now
preferred viva 3111.1.10N8 MORE, we think it
beyond Mr. Kline's mathematical genius to
cypher up what could now be realized.
The llosiorahle Member arraigns the pee
pie of the North Munch bemuse they ery
out against such wholesale plunder. Ile
should remember that the people are honest,
and that all he is the people of the North
Branch have made him. And he insults
their good sense, when ho calls giving away
to the Sunbury it Erie Company $1,1)0 0 ,1 , 00
of' their money, "a little indirect to§i,tence."
How use duth breed a habit inn new—
would Col Kline have called such an opera
tion, "a little indirect amistoner," this time
last 'ear?
Tt is publicly proclaimed and no where
denied, that money in titiation.4 sums, was
used to pass these hills; that the Press bus
been bribed to silence where it could not be
bought to delimd, that paid agents of the
Company, travel thli wintry with specious
arguments and ipeeie; and the burthen of
their song is, that it is in the interest of the
State to pass those bills. What numbskulls
the people must be not to sue what is so
much to their advantage; and how awfully
dull of comprehension our legislators must
be, if it is true that it took $::00, 1 kltl to own
weir eyes to the innattifwenee and imper•
tanvu of this bill to the commercial and pe
cuniary interests of Pennsylvania. Nol no!
we undertake to assert, that those appliances
are not necesmtry to pass an honest and fair
bill, that people can see their interests with.
out golden spectacles, and that you can con
vince men, legislators as well as others, of
their true 1 , 417, by figures other titan those
stamped upon batik bills, or upon tint cur
rent coin of the Republie.—CoboUt Pen,.
Plairorns of Principles
ildoptrd tej du. Denwrridir X;its:»utt Con
mann, et 41% ir Ark, Joty 7, Isns.
The Democratic party in National Con•
vention assembled, reposing its trust in the
intelligento, patriotism, and discriminating
justice of the people, standing upon the
Constitution 11:4 the foundation and limita
tion of the power 4 of the government. mid
the guaranty of the liberties of the citizen;
awl reco g nizing the questions of slavery a n d
secession as having been settled far all time
to come by the war or the voluntary netien
et' the Southern States, in ConFtitt►tionai
Convention assembled, mid never to be re•
nowed or reagitated, do with the return of
peace demand :
17rxt. Immediate restoration or all the
States to their rights in the Union under the
Constitution, and of civil government try
the American people.
&cond. Amnesty for all past political
offentvs, and the regulation of the elective
fronchise in the States by their citizens.
77.1 . a. Payment of the public , debt of
the roited States as Mpid ns pracsiesible ;
all iam ai y, i d rawn loon the people by ma
lion, except so much as is requisite for the
necessities of the government, centiomieally
administered, king honestly applied to Audi
payment, and where the obligations or the
government do not expressly state upon
their lure, or the law under which they were
issued does not provide that they shall be
paid in coin, they ought, in right awl in
justice, be paid in the lawfid Homey of the
United States. 'Thunders of applansml
Pburth —Equal taxmion of every species
of pmperty netording to its real value, he
eluding government bonds and other public
securities. I Renewed cheering, and cries of
"read it nom"
F•ph—One currency for the government
and the people, the laborer mid the &lice
holder. the pensioner and the soldier, the
producer and the bondholder. Ifireat
cheering, and cries of "read it again." I The
fifth resolution was again read and again
cheered.
Seth. Economy in the administration of
the government ; the reduction of' the stand
ing and navy; the abolition of the Freed
men's Bureau; (Great cheering.) and all
political instrumentalities designed to secure
negro supremacy ; simplification of the sys
tem, and discontinuance of inquisitorial we
sesshic and collecting internal revenue, so
that the burden of taxation may he equal
ized and lessened, the credit of the govern
ment. and currency MRIIO good; the repeal
of all enactments for enrolling the State
Militia into national forces in time of pence,
and a tariff for revenue upon foreign im
ports, and such equal taxation under the
internal revenue laws as will afford inciden
tal protection to don test ie manufactures, and
as will, without impairing the revenue, im
pose the least burden upon and best pro
mote and encourage the great industrial in-
Wrests of the country.
&walk. Reform of abuses in the admin
istration, the expulsion of corrupt men from
office, the abrogation of useless officers ; the
restoration of rightful authority to, and the
independence of, the Exeentivo and Judi
cial departments of the government ; the
subordination of the military to the civil
power, to the end that the usurpations of
Congress and the derpotisni of the sword
may cease.
Eighth. Equal rights and protection for
naturalized and native born chinos at home
and abroad ; the assertion of American na
tionality which shall eommand the respeet
of foreign powers and furnish an example
and encouragement to people struggling for
national integrity, constitutional liberty and
individual rights; and the maintenance of
the rights of naturalized citizens against the
absolute doctrine of immutable allegiance,
and the claims of' foreign powers to punish
them for alleged crime committed beyond
their Jurisdiction. (Applause.]
In demanding these measures and reforms
we arraign the Radical party for Its disre-
gard of' right, and the unparalleled oppres•
sion and tyranny which have marked its
career.
After the most solemn and unanimous
pledge of' both houses of Congress to pros
ecute the war exclusively for the mainte
nance of t h e government and the preserva
tion of the Union under the Constitution, it
has repeatedly violated that most sacred
pledge wider which alone was rallied that
noble volunteer army which carried our flag
to victory.
Instead of restoring the [Won, it has, so
far us is in its power, dissolved it, and sub
jugated ten States, in time of profound
peace, to military despotism and negro au
prom:my. It has nullified there the right of
trial by jury,- it has abolished the hobssis
(~,story—thatffiost mcret writ of liberty ; it
has overthrown the freedom of speech and
the prom; it has substituted arbitrary seiz
tires and arrests, and military trials, and
secret star chamber inquisitions for the con
stitutional tribunals; it bas disregarded in
time of peace the right of' the people to be
free 11-em searches and seizures; it has en
tered the post and telegraph offices, irtel
even the private rooms of individuals, and
seized their private papers and letters with
out tiny specific charge or notice of affidavit,
as required by the organic law ; it has con
verted the American Capitol into a If:wile;
it has established a system of spies and offi
cial espionage to which no constitutional
monarchy of Enrope would now dare to re
sort; it has abolished the right of appeal
on important constitutional questions to the
supreme judicial tribunals, and threatens to
curtail or destroy its original jurisdiction,
which is irrevocably vested by the Constitu
tion, while the learned Chief Justitm has
been subjeeted to the most atrocious culotte
Dies. nu'rely Immense he would not prosti
tote his high oldie., to the sill sport or the
Pike and partisan eharges preferred against
the President. Its eorruptiou and extrava
gance have exceeded auything known in his
tory. and by its fr a uds and monopolies it hits
nearly doubled the bidden of' the debt cre
ated fly the war. It has stripped the Presi
tlent of his constitntimed power of appoint
ment, even of his own cabitiet. Under its
mpeatea assaults the pillars of the govern
ment are rocking on their base. and
it seemed in November next and inaugurate
its Pre-ident, we will meet as a subjected
curl emspiere.il people amid the ruins of lib
eriy and the metered fragments of the Con
st ; and we do declare and resolve
that ever since the people of the 'United
States threw off all sullieetion to the British
crown the privilege mid trust Of suffrage
have belonged to the several States, and
have been grantee], regulated and centrolled
exclusively by the politiol power of cacti
Suite respectively, and that any attempt by
Congivss, mi any pretext whatever, to de
prive any State of' this right, or interfere
with its exereise, is a flagrant usurpation or
power which can find no warrant in the
t'onstitution, and il' sanctioned by the peo
ple, will subvert our form of government,
and can only end in a single centralized and
tonvolidateii government, in which the sep
arate existence of t h e States will he entirely
ab,sirbtsl, and an unqualified despotism be
established in place or a Federal Union or
co-equal States; and that we regard the re
construction acts (so-called) of' Congress, as
such, are usurpations and unconstitutional,
revolutionary and roil
That our Addiers and feilorg, who carried
the Ng our country to victory against a
most gallant and determined the. intmt ever
be gratefully remetuhertal, and all the guar
ani vas given in their favor must ho faith
full curried into execution.
1 hat the public lands should be distrib
uted AS Width' its lufAble among the peo
ple, and should be disposed of either under
the pre-eruption or homestead laws, and
sold to reasonable quantities, and to none
but actual occupants, at the minimum price
established by the government. When
pant, of the public lands may be allowed
ne4aresery 14 the encouragement of impor-
Itaut pul,lie, improtements, the premed,' of
the role of such lands, and not the lands
themselves, should be so applied.
That the President of the United States,
Andrew Johnsen. (applause) in exercising
the power of his high office in resisting the
aggressions of Congress upon the constitu
tiveal rights of the litotes and the people,
is entitled to the gratitude of the whole
American people, and in behalf of the Dem
ocratic party we tender him our thanks for
his patriotic efforts in that regard. [Great
appnillSO.
lioln itio; platform the Dentoeratieparty
appeal to every patriot, including all the
Conservative element, and all who desire to
support the Constitution and restore the
:Cnien, forgetting all past differences of °O.-
Im, to unite with us in the present great
struggle Ibr the liberties of the people, and
that to all such, to whatever party they may
have heretothre belonged, we extend the
right hand of fellowship. and hail all such
en-operating with us as friends and breth
ren.
Crum:sr. currespondent writ
inß from Paris tells the fidlowing story: "I
wax in a hairdresser's shop a fbw days ago,
when a man entered who offored Ibr sale n
large lot of Chinese tails—l mean human
hair tails, such us adorn the beads of the
subjects of the celestial empire. The bar
gain was soon struck ut the low rate of two
francs and a half per tail, and the vender
was encouraged to bring us many more as he
could procure. The hair was coarse and
black, and did not seem to me fitted to ad.l
to the attractions of any female head. so I
inquired to what use it could he put. "Use!"
exclaimed the hairdresser, "soyt.: intioquiVe,
lam not anxious about that. Them is such
a demand for hair just now that we are too
happy to buy whatever wo can get." I tell
you this story, as it may f urnish a useful
hint to some of your lady readers, on fash
ion bent, but still of frugal minds. They
will be glad to know that by asking for
Chinese tails they may procure cheap hair
for country toilets, or more especially lbr
sea-bathing.
AN Eastern exchange ant's: "A story is
told of ajolly fellow who twirled in Chicogo
fonr years, while on an eastern visit, was
asked how ho liked the water out west. "By
george, Mr. —," said he, after a mo
ment's reflection, "I never thought to try
it !"
THE latest invention is stud to bo ink
made of India rubber. It has been sug
gested that writers inclined to "stretch a
story" will wake use of the article.
Report of the Examining Com
miller.
runroirs IX THE TILOOMOBITRO LITERARY
INSTITITE.
It is sincerely to he regretted that the
Chairman of the Examining Committee,
lb" C. c o oci t N, could not report
to on to.night, the result of observation
and examination of classes, at the close of
this secondear of the Illoqinsburg Literary
Institute. In his absence, lum pleased to
give myself a little latitude, as long an ob
server of the growth of this plum., null well
acquainted with its struggles, for many year.,
in the cause of education. •1 may be allow
ed to express my surprise, no I compare the
present with the past. What a contrast!
Ile old Academy on Third Street and the
Institute upon this beautiful hillside, stand
lit symbols of the systems of education prev
alent then and now. In dimensions, loot
firm, surroundings, interior, facilities and
felieitics, the former in its dilapidated con•
didn't and dingy appearance, suggests the
prkon rather than the educational hall : to
look back at it is like looking unto the hole of
the pit from which the cause of education
has ken dined. The spirit of education
has taken effect upon all the incidentals of
a aotilc enterprise in your town, and the
rising generation has been brought out of
scenes ill suited to its development and cul
ture; upon this llill of Science more fitting
accompaniments are secured, better apph•
awes for culture are at hand, a force of ed
ucators we si'e }trouped here that promises
for your people, and for surrounding tom
mutinies, that for which many older towns
are too patiently waiting. for which the
greatest advance of our noble State may be
hear' to cull that her physical resources
may be suitably matched by her mental cul
ture and her metal elevation.
" What constitutes a State?' is still the
question fir onr earnest eonsiileration. and
for our political ambition, to answer by re
doubled energy atel effort, that we may
form a bulwark of educated mind and
thoroughly cultivated moral sme.eptibility
around our domestic, religious and political
institutions.
It may reasonably h o asked, "flow hae,
this town reached this esonninnabig eleva
tion, secured so enviable n distinction for its
educational enterprise mol lnstiotte?"—
While f would duly regard the delicacy of
the topic, and the modesty of the one who
deserves such public reference, I mu yet in
duty to the subject bound not to pass his
unquestioned worth and excellence without
a tribute. The Committee must congratu
late you upon the intellectual ardor and
thorough culture of your Principal, Prof. 11.
l7aryer, whose call to this work seems to be
found in his :Twilit aptitude, his creative
imagination. his executive energy in apply
ing resources that hisincentive genius
brought to his hand, his determination not
to acknowledge the possibility of defeat, his
deep moral conviction of the claims of a
higher order of oi portunitics for the young.
and the necessity for such in our ;semen
society ; but, above all, his confidence iii
your sympathy with him in Ins nobly ambi
tious effort, your appreeiatiou of the value
of such enlarged schemes for the education
of your children, and therein the better cul
ture of society. flow fey would have been
sustained by such confidence in your ability
and disposition to come nobly to the rescue,
when only new and enlarged demand upon
your patience and your purses fidlowed the
a pplieaiimi of his noble schemes! But the
compinnent, nay, !et me rather cell it the
delicate truth plainly spoken in the ear of
this large assembly, takes a twofold
Heir flow much is due your common citi
zenship. that there should have been so
enthusiastic a reception of his propositions,
so hearty a welcome to the educator, and
such devotion to the work of erecting this
elegant building, the provision of these am
ple enemas. the selection of this hillside as
of a very Parnassus ! Let it be sounded to
yowl. praise along this beautiful stream that
waters so many towns, yet far behind you in
edneational enterprise; whose population
nod wealth exceed yours, whose early his
tory would antecedently have led us to ex .
peet their preceding you in the cause of
education. Rut, thus indulged, IPM to
the more immediate and special duty to
bear testimony to the results of this enter
prize, the fruits of educational effort by the
corps ol' teachers, in the training ofso nanny
pupils, es presented in the examination just
closed.
The first tost of the teachers work must
he in respect of thornughness. It faease",
the Committee thus formally to assure the
vuhlic of the mrefulness with which the
foundation appears to have been laid in the
pupils rudimental training, the conscienti
ous watchfulness by each teacher to whom
hare beep eom mined the discipline and cul
ture of the tender anti susceptible mind. It
appeared in the teachers' demand for exact
ness in the pupils' recitation, in the syste
matic prosecution of the pupil into the
rotioaok of the subject, in the analysis of
principles without any neglect or the prac
tical bearings of the science. Very credita
lily did the pupil bear the pressure, meet
the questioner, with no little independence
lend off in the analysis of the subject to the
development of the principle, Tina also show
a clear view of the drift of the study, as
hearing upon utility as well as beauty, as
not a utereabstraetion but fitting l'or the con
crete of life. It was gratifying to the Com
mittee to observe so ninny evidences of
symmetry in the course, while till appre
hending the tendency f to give undue place
to the study of mathemntics as appearing
in so ninny schools: hem very many pupils
presented themselves, now in one ehms,
again in another; at one time in physical
science, next in mathematics or in languages
ancient or modern, its well as in the gram
matical analysis and composition in our
own native tongue, At these several trans-
Wei* pupils:it:quitted themselves with no
little success. Committee regard this
symmetry as one of the severest tests of a
well graded curriculum, a well balanced
course, resulting in well developed mind,
and promoting sympetry of character.
There appeared a pleasing harmony in the
effort of the entire corps of tenchers ; and,
while each admirably magnified his or her
study, the influence of each rind all appear
tsi in just proportion throughout the entire
school.
In the unwind department, the performs
era aoptitted themselves admirably, show
ing u charmingly cultivated ear as regarded
time, an exquisite taste in the emphasis and
elocution of musical expression, and great
delicacy of touch upon the key hoard. Nor
should mention be omitted of the beautifkil
exercises in Calisthenics anti music, by the
primary department. It was testimony to
parents that their young and tender off
spring would he carefully developed physi
cally as well as mentally, an element in edu
cation heretofore sadly disregarded, but now
become a power in the Kb . Ruddy faces
and erect forms shall soon be seen in ex
change for paleness and emaciation. What
can education be that disregard the &ma
mom in corpnre IRMO ;' In fine, whether we
regard the result of training, as apparent in
musical expression, in the compositions and
their reading by the young ladies, or the
declamation by the young gentlemen, there
was unmistakably apparent the fruit de
high toned effort by Professor Carver and
his worthy Aids, and no little coincident
effort by the pupils, to secure an education
embracing culture, the development of our
nature in itA widest capabilities physical,
mental and spiritual.
In closing, the Committee would suggest
the voluntary contribution by citizens, of so
much money to award prizes, as may relieve
future Committees of the embarrassment
attending their selection of so few out of so
many, who sconce, quite equally to deserve
commendation. To present material awards
to all who have deserved well, in these clos
ing exercises. would be to ',ire hoed/you!,
eromen.
May such 0111Tes..e* continue to swell the
influence of your institute, and may you all
be preserved from undue exultation.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. Comm's.
Chairman pro. lent.
BrleflMillory of I lu• Bloomsburg
LiSentry in,4itiste
It is deemed expedient that a brief account
should be given of the rise and progress or
111.0011SIII'ltil LITERARY I NIISTITUTE the
buildings of which, as well as its inter
ests, are abed to be identified as a &atm
NortstAt,Settoot, the corner-stone of which
is laid this day.
The chatter thy the Institute haying been
obtained from the Court of C 011111 1 ,41 NMI
Or Columbia County. on the sewed day of
May, Met, a portion of the Trustees named
in the Charter of Ineorporation met in
Bloomsintre. and effected a formal organi
sation. This, as will be noticed. was at a
point of tittle when the pecuniary eenflition
of the country bad been by no means ren
dered cninfortable and nourishing. Not
withstanding the discouraging condition of
monetary atioirs, the people of I tloomslotrg.
as well us of the surrounding country, upon
the earnest representation of men in our
midst who have always had the substantial
good of the rising generation at heart. took
the matter of establishing a first-class Liter
ary Institute, at Bloomsburg, seriously and
determinedly in hand, and the mattifi.st re
t.ults of their labors are to-flay shown in the
stately building now before us on these
grounds. Of benefits more lasting than
brick and mortar, and ofgreater value 01311
silver or gold, the progress in moral and in
telleetual culture made by the two hundred
students who daily assemble in its halls, nu
der instntetion of the able faculty, must in
the future speak.
On the second day of May, A• P. MI6, a
portion of the Trustees moms] in the char
ier. met, as we have said, in Bloomsburg.
Little further than the twrfecting of an or
ganization was accomplished. Resignations
of some of the Trustees,followcd, the pro
ject languished, and soon the only charter
utembers who remained in the Board were
Leonard B. Rupert, David J. Waller and
William Snyder. The grounds now used by
the Institute were, however, secured, and
at a price known to be reasonable. Confi
dence was inspired, and on the third day of
April A. u. isn7, less than nine months of
ground was broken, and within one year
after the first meeting of the Trustees, the
Bloomsburg Literary Institute was dedica
ted to the exalted uses for which it had been
erected. When it was known that this in
volved a cash expenditure of twenty-five
thousand dollars, in round numbers, to say
nothing of a considerable amount of gratu
itous mental and physical labor expended
by persons having the matter immediately
in hand, the working Trustees are bold to
any for those of our citizens who contribu
ted this money, as well as for themselves,
that the complete success of the enterprise
is a source of pride. It is to be hoped that
the rising generation will find it a source of
gratitude. A bell of over twenty-two hun
dred pounds in weight, proper furniture,
spat-atter worth one thouusand defiers, and
such improvements of the grounds as could
be made during the limited time indicated,
have been added to the requirements of the
premises, since the time of dedication; and
the Institution to-day challenges comparison
with any of similar character in central
Pennsylvania. Its location speaks for itself,
and mil necessarily do eo as long as pellucid
streams and wholesome, breezes are recogni
zed as being among Nature's bounties.
But it must now he recorded that to the
inspiring energy of Prof. Henry Carver, the
Contractor and Principal, the public is main
ly indebted for this Institution. When the
interests of others who had wit th e cause of
education so deeply at heart, tinged, he, and
the Building Committee, consisting of Leon
ard IL Rupert, Peter Billmeyer rind Freder
ick C. Eyer. the first named being chairman,
continued unswervingly to push forward the
enterprise; and the evidence of' their labors
we have before us.
The Blootusburg Literary Institute is now
to he incorporated as a State Normal School;
one of those &Alice:lt institutions which a
wise legislature established for the benefit of
the youth of Pennsylvenim The glory of
the 'lnstitute is not to be eclipsed, hut it is
to be augmented. Profound gratitude is
duo from our people to the State authorities
fir the additional educational fiteilities thus
to be furnished, and for the presence of his
Excellency Gay. Geary and Mr. Wicker
sham, the excellent State Superintendent of
Conitnoll Schools, which. it into be hoped, the
rising generation will pay in works of piety,
patriotism, and beneficence.
LEONARD B. RUPERT,
President Board of Trustees.
HORRIBLE FREAK of NATI'RE.—We
learn 11”ont a gentlemen of the mutest relia
bility that a woman in Bath enmity gave
birth some time ago, to two ereatures which
from the him down arc well-lbrtned children
but above that point are perfect snakes,
one it black and the other a rattlesnake.—
Ther arc kept in separate bout; and fed on
milk with a spoon. The story seems in
erodible, but comes front such a source as
to entitle it to credit. The mother was
gratly frightened while cnciente by a black
and rattle-snake fighting.—Looseille Cur-
A atutimt writes that he takes no stock
in the " now woman's dub." Ile says the
" old woman's club" is enough for him, and
hequently too much."
AN eccentric clergyman lately said in one
of hia sermons that " about the commonest
proof we have that man is made of elagil,
the brick t.o often found in hip bat."
NUMBER 21.
The Leettste.
11711 the Loomis Sting—nlitl will the Sting
• Produce Awls.
As there gems to be a great difference of
opinion as to whether the Locusts will sting,
and whether the sting will produce death,
we clip a number of notices from our ex•
changes from different parts of the State.
in regard to their doings. That they will
sting there seems to be little room for
doubt.
The seventeen year Locusts are very pl:n•
tiful in some parts of the country. In this
vicinity they are not se nutuvreu , . though a
Etw nre seen occasionally, and may he bean!
singing in the trees at alinost all hours of
thu day. We advise permns to be very
careful in handling them, as the story that
they could not sting is all 'bosh.' The
pers from all nroutol us furnish art:mints of
deaths or serious injuries resuDing from
handling these insects, and being stung by
them.— PaNtotris Legg, r.
We have heard of but one person being
stung by a Locust in this neighborhood.—
This case was that of a lady who was stung
on the shoulder. Nothing more than the
usual awompanimeuta of an ordinary sting
was the result.
Since the above was in type we have heard
of two children being stung I,y these insects,
but with no serious result.— rade flaxen.%
A dispatch from York. Rs.. says that a
few days ago in York county, tin the road
leading front Little York to fiettysbure,
seven hop, the ohleo 17 years of age, mem
bers a one fatuity, named whaler, while
out in the cornfield, worn stung I'y locusts,
and all seven died. They wore all buried
the saute do
This despatch looks as if it might need
confirmation.
Last week we copied from the columns of
one of our city coon' - wades two accounts
of persons in this enmity having ken stung
by 100t -t., one of whom, a 111isa Gambler,
residing near temple Station on the E.
IL It. (it was reported) died from the effects
of the sting, after three days of suffering ;
and the other—a Mrs. Ream, of this city,
was saved only by the timely application of
chicken flesh to the wound. Up to the time
of going to press with our last issue these
statentcuts were unrelated and we published
them WI items Of importance, though we
could scarcely credit the truthfulness of the
reports. It turns out however, that both
statements are without foundation.—A7 ks
nod Schuylkill ,horrorst
Mr. Hobert llutehison, an overseer at the
Kauffman Iron works, was stung no the
hand by a locust, on Thursday. His hand
is greatly swollen, and causes much pain."
—Caumbio SAY.
On Wednesday last, a son of Gerhard
Iteeder, painter, of this borough, was stung
by a locust on the hand. It was swollen to
a large size and was very painful. Young
America will have to take care how they
handle the insect.-1711age llecord.
The Chin Fever.
This affection is usually prevalent among
boys from fifteen to eighteen years old. You
don't know what chin fever is perhaps. The
first symptoms ate a frequent inclination to
pass the hand over the chin, sometimes
over the upper lip. The sufferer has an
expression as though impatiently expelling
something, which delayed in coming. lle
will frequently gaze carefully in the looking
glass, as though it was the mirror of for
tune. As the trouble increases the afflicted
boy may be seen to get a little cams) by ap
plying strong soapsuds to his face; so tom
ions is he sometimea.to get rid of his trou
ble that he has been seen to cut his throat
with his fflther's razor. As usual, the quack
medicine dealers take advantage of persons
in such trouble, and advertise compounds
warranted to cure the worst cases in from
three to six weeks; but these applications
only aggravate the symptoms, and cause
more violent manipulation of the face.
It is a relief to know that this trouble is
not fatal, and disappears gradually as the
beard grows, though we have known cases
where some of the symptoms, especially
passing the hand affectionately over the face,
have remained through life. The best treat
ment for the patient, perhaps, is to let him
alone, as an advance in such cases Trovilly
aggravates the complaint. If any, how
ever, should really wish to know what to do
with the beard when it first appears, we
answer, let it alone until it becomes unsightly,
then trim it. Too early and frequent shav
ing will make it troublesome in after years ;
if not abused by continuous cutting it will
be more likely to remain soft and silky.
SINurI.AR AFFAIR—A LtrrhE MUTE
Boy CAsT UPON Tun 11'0111,1).—On Thurs
day night the train from New York took to
Troy a little deaf and dumb hos, who was
sent by the conductor to the Troy House
with a tile saying that the lad's father
would arrive in the boat the next morning,
and also directing that the hotel porter
should take the boy to tho boat to plat: out
his fitther, as the latter 41 not know where
to find his son on arriving. The boy was
kept over night and the next morning sent
to the boat. Thu father did not arrive, and
the little fellow was brought back t. th e
hotel, where he soon grew uneasy and began
to cry. Various expedients were resorted
to to please him, until finally a gentleman
from Troy, whose little son is also a mute,
came up and took the stranger to his houae,
where he has since remained a.s " happy as
the day is long." lint the faller has not
yet arrived, and the fear is expressed that
the poor lad may have been deserted by his
Nrenls.—New York Exprfesr.