regainils I'owcr?
within a few weeks of the
the 30th Congress-. Memo
is the history of many in the
/? none lias'ever equalled in moment
HyMnftiethcr regarded as efleeting the pros-
Went or the future—the Congress, to eon
a vene on the first Monday of December
I next. Various complex questions will
I demand solution at its hands;"but the
•jravest of all will meet at the very thres
hold of the session, and on its determi
nation will depend much for weal or woe
[ to a .Nation just rescued from treason by
p the matchless heroism and counties* sae
f i ifiee- of a loyal people.
I When (he roll of the new Congress
112 shall have been called by tho Clerk, the Beprc
Beprc entatives from all the States lately
& in rebellion against the government will
I demand that their names be added so
j that th y may participate in the organi
k sanitation of tho House. Mr. McPhnr
■ son, tl Clerk—who is the presiding offi
E cer of the hnuse until a Speaker is eho
!; noil —will refuse to recognize the members
• fron< the seceded .States, and on the dc
■Vmination of the inevitable motion to
the rebel uauics added to the roll,
r he will call only the members whose States
fhavo maintained their fidelity to the I'n
«Hi, and thus submit the question to the
rlcliberate consideration of Congress.—
*j this he has no alternative. The law
Hfines his duty, and he can but obey it.
JJcrc ho to do otherwise lie would com- |
fit a most flagrant usurpation, and would
predetermine the most important issue to
be decided by the coming Congress. If;
he should once place their names on the
roll and call them oil'll questions arising
in the organization, we should witness
the marvelous spectacle of a band of rcb- !
els, fvesh from their inglorious fields and I
I murderous prison-pens, voting themselves
into Congress and into power in the gov
ernment tl ey had exhausted themselves
in a vain effort to destroy
We do not overrate either the magni
__ tilde or the danger of tho issue. En
couraged by t he leniency of the admi-nis
taation, the Southern members will be
chmorons for their admission, and there ,
w : ll not he wanting those who will bend j 1
I ore a united South as in olden times. !
lyicld to the pressure for their success. : 1
! shall hear much of fraternity and i
fmony; of brotheily love; of the tics I
race and language, and it is not itn- !
bablo that even at this early day. with
blood of tlio Five Perks still tin
ihe I frew tho soil of the Old Domin
, we shall havo threats of turbulence,;
sord and it may be disintegration iii
y are denied a voice in our highest
Wativo tribunals. For all this loyal j '
Igrossmcn must be prepared, for .bus : '
Hhe conflict como, and whether it '
illie mighty or but a ripple on the I
> surface, depends upon the fidelity with 1
which it is met. If there shall he fear j ■
and trembling, then will tho appliances , ;
of power and the thunder of lordly trait- '
ors shall gain ground daily, and the ad- 1
mission of rebel delegations into OHr Na- j '
tional legislature will he but a question i '
| of >1 «w weeks at wost.
' —Should they be admitted? Wcarc j '
not insensible to the fact that they are to •'
form a part, and no unimportant, part, of 1
our regenerated Nation, and we concede (
that tho time nvust -come, n-nd we hope at <
afl early day, when they shall justly re- 1
, gala their proper position in all depart- 1
ments of the government. Because 1
rebelled is not, in itself, a rea- <
their exclusion. If it were, they !
i be forever excluded. Nor can '
tht j'/c placed on protation until they 1
1 think, feel anil act o» all (questions as do '
the people of the North. They w ill cv- 1
3r chei ish their heroes, mourn their be- 1
reawnuwits of their friends, and will not 112
soon team to love the haled sons of the 1
sterner qualities they prove ; '
11, 0 featdu!T\i i !?HkjJ^ VCBon ra
fields. To ask tha^llll i y~iJii 1
j their convictions and their afFcetions, be
••fore restoring them to power, would be to
'doom them to lives of dependence. But
jwc must not bo unmindful that we have
ijust emerged from a terrible war—a war
that hns left its hundred of tlrousands of
untimely graves ; that tins staggenied fhc
Nation with milliotisofdebt—awarcause
losa, wanton, wicked and most cruel; for-
Ajjpon an unwilling people, without re
course ito the constitutional redress for
real or imaginary grievances, and a war
.which has tangible, logical results now
pntcot to the civilised world. Tf these \
rotults were alike acceptable to all, then 1
mediate fraternity iuour Nation
al legislature be the first dutyof the A'in- !
dieated gor>orirment. But fhc deadly, !
desohitmg civil -war of Ainei : ica docs not j
differ from other -great wars in having j
victors and vanquished ; and it but re- !
feats the history of the arbitrament of
.the sword iu all times past, in making np 112
norths at the cost of the 'Jisromfitted.— '
North has lost nothing in the great '
hsdues of the war, the South has lost ev
erything it staked on the conflict. The
North lias deep wounds to healin broken
ciri As, and its full share of war's inexo- |
' rsbi? exactions, but it has won the priuci- i
pies for which it pavo its noblest blood.
The South has no less sorrows to solaco j
•and has lost tho issues it staked in the
» .deadly struggle. It is defeated, subju- j
■ytedjiyLhows sullenly to the hopeless !
It yielded -nothing -while the I
be drawn in wrath -, while i uieet
uieet .man in blood. A com- i
a common Nationality
in in giving us pcadt. It was •
HKreVider to the direstueeessity, and they ;
T o( iw coaMMHth life, property, honor, eiti- |
; forfeited by Weason I
I —with] nothiug more to loso and every
thing t*> to gain, whether little or much, |
in (the work of restoration, (
and y«> we Ibani from their loaders tbflt
\ tbeir i«prosetttatives Jiave unquestionod
1 right to seats in -Congress to determiuc |
[ the penalty for their oVn and to
[ djrect the dostiey of the j»*vernment |
they failod U> everthrow. ' j
* The results of this war are tar from 4e- '
lined and settled in the the go- j
vemmeot abolished
UifrUic war we are -ii+itiT Mow ? If the I arerfu
arerfu thy/T n»u, aud over .were,
a-mooatrocu* usur-
by constitu-j
and if tliey
Union,
without
question, t!: a are their provisional Gov
ernors usurpers, ami the Presidential in
structions that lliey must abolish sla"ery,
repudiate debt, Sic., tlio work of a dicta
tor and confronting the very. genious of
our institutions. We except the destruc
tion ot slavery as one of the logical,inev
itable results of the war; but how ttnd
upon what terms is it abolished? Georgia
demands Compensation for slaves; so does
Louisiana, and so would all if they saerifi
sed discretion to truth. It will be for
Congress to determine whether slavery
shall fall as a legitmate fruit of treason's
war, or whether it shall be compensated
and the Nation £ivs still millions more to
compromise with its crowning crime.
Who should determine this grave ques
tion? The North whose valor fairly won
the result? or thi South who made the
war for slavery and lost it?
The .South comes professing no surreu
ilor of principle. It justified the war
on tho plea ot State rights' and yields
not its favorite (allicy in demanding ad
mission. Shall this question remain, as
Heretofore n stumbling block for honest
men, and a stepping stone for future trait
ors to inaugurate fresh discord and prob
ably future war? It not, who should,
and who must, adjust tin question for the
safety of the Nation? Should the friends
or the foes of the government devise the
measure necessary to avert, war and pre
serve the Nation's ife by peaceful means?
It is confessedly wisdom to leave no im
portant questions open t > lattitude of
construction for present or future traitors,
and who should judgo the remedy ?
Those who in their richest blood and
with boundless treasure maintained tho
right? or those who deluged a continent
in gore tc overthrow its authority ? Our
debt is crushingjit weighs Heavily, upon
millions who cheerfully incurred it for gov- j
eminent and law ; but it is an acceptod j
law of war that its uuthoi may be
made to boar its fullest burden. Such I
was the policy of ibis Government in
the revolution as applied to traitors, and
in the last war with Kngland ; such was
tho policy of treason's government, which I
relentlessly confiscate.l the property ol
every loyal man North and South that
it could reach, and such was the delib
erate enactment of our own Congress.—
In the Sooth every claim duo the
North, and tho property of every loyal
man was confiscated. Ileal estate may
now be restored, l)ut who js to restore tlie
millions of dollar? plundered from loyal
citizens in the South which perished in !
its use ? Shall restitution to such he !
made from the property of those who in- j
nvfgcraled the war.? Shall it he done i
from 'uir common treasure, or shall it not
be done at all? These inquiries arc yet
to bo answered by the highest legisla
power, and who shall decide them? Shall
the men who made the war and the debt j
and who were instrumental in the spoli- j
ation of loyal citizens in the South, bo-i
come "judges in Congress in the adjudica- j
tionof these momcntus qucsti us ? Our
Congress has solemnly enacted, as n pan- i
ishmcnt for treason, that uo traitor shall j
sit in our National legislature—that none j
but such as can affirm that they hive not !
aided or abetted the lebcllion can bo qnal- I
ified as members. The strict cnfor.cwent I
of thi« law would exclude orery Soutli
ern member elect. Should they be ad
mitted in violation of the law and aid in
the determination of the issu2 whether
this penalty for treason should be revok
ed ? If treason is thus to set in judg
ment tipon treason, where will be the pen
alty for crime ?—where the reward for
virtue? Our organic law may prove to
be defective—unequal to the preserva
tion of our great. National .cenipaet; and
to whom should bo entrusted tho respon
sible duty of adjusting it to
try s woes ? Snpjif V.,' 11 lo'Thosc who
to weaken and snh-
Tert our great charter and ended their
perfidity in revolution. There are bill
ions of rebel debt. Shall it be paid in
part or in whole ? There are thousands
upon thousands of rebel maimed and
scarred, won with a heroism worthy
of a better cause, anil there arc other
thousands of bereaved mothers, who
■would 'have irrcsistablo claims upon
tho generosity of a government to
which they had been faithful ? Shall
they be pensioners upon our common
treasury ? These aro issues which
treason does not flaunt up n its ban
ners as it thunders at the doors of
Congress; hut thev must be met. and
who shall meet them ? If met by
united delegations of rebels from the
Southern States, -with their concen
trated power toitppeitJ to ambition,
well may the patriot despair of the
Republic.
—Let no Union man from I'tnn
sylvania presume so auch upon a
faithful constituency as to hazard ev
ery issue of the war by the admission
of the rebel delegations into Congress.
They come pursuance of no law ; the
offspring of a provisional organization
that is but a petition to Congress for
acceptance ; and we owe it to the
faithful people who have maintained
the government; to the hundreds of
thousands of our martyred heroes
•who were sacrifices upon thr altars of
our liberties ; to the hopeful living
who are stricken in their holiest aff
ections by the madness of treason ;
and above all do we owe it to the fu
ture peace and harmony of a mighty
Nation, that every issue of the war
shall bo definitely and irrevocably ad
justed ; that its lull fruition shall bo
fixed as the stars in the spheres, Be
fore one faithless representative of a
faithless State shall sit in judgment
on Freedom's ncfb'lest struggle for
mankind ! — Frrmktin Repository.
Brigadier (Jvth'i'al Horace T. Saun
ders of iViacortsiii, died in Wisconsin.
morning, of consumption.
j —The latest news from the Miss
issippi .election l,s the report from
! Jacksoit that Humphrey's majority
| for (Joverr.or wiH reach 1-0,000.
Jstsli Billings says there is 2 thing*
in this life for which we are ncvei
; fully prepared .and that iz twins.
She Citizen.
The Largest Circulation oj
any Paptr in the County.
THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor.
M. XV. SPEAR, Publisher.
BUTLER PA.
WEDXESHAY SOV. 23, ISOIS.
and Union, How and Forever, One
and •nieparable,"—D. Webster.
JBsaflu the lust issue ol the I/r rati I we
are favored with another article on deser
ters voting. It seem 3 to r.e under the im
pression that we are quite worked up on
the subject, iu this it is quite mistaken
If that class were three times as numer
ous as they are, they would not bo able
to assist the democracy to elect any
body. The highest power in the coun
try has taken from them tho right of citi
zenship ; hey have no rnor.il right to vote,
and wo believe they have r.o legal
right, but can easily abide our time which
will come bv and bv.
' tteu 'Th: negro lecturer, Fredrick Don
glass- thinks President Johnson is worse
than Booth or Jefferson Davis.—lTc
said, in a lecture delivered lately, in
Boston:
'We abhor very properly Jefferson
Davis and Booth, but a deeper and
more dreadful execration wiH settle
upon that man's name if lie shall sac
rifice us as his policy now evidently
aims to do. Why, it I werp a white
man', after this war,.l should h'tish to
my bones to look a black man iu the
face and deny him the right cf suff
rage.'
As tlio Citizen took the trouble a
few weeks since to publish a long
speech delivered by this irrpressible
American citizen of African descent,
why does it not publish that from
which tho above is an extract?—
For goodness sake, Tom d'j not allow
your communication man to reply to
this.''"
Tho above is from tho ITcraht fef
last week. We don't think tho responsi
bility of replyintj In this interrogatory very
great. Wo did not publish the speech
referred to ''firstly" because wo did not
sec it We would suggest to our neigli
boi that., a> we have given the gentleman
referred to a hearing, in the publication
of his former speech, which we consider
ed a good oue, i,t is bin Uuv.i now; conic,
neighbor ho gencrr-us. Just give as its
caption, Douglass' last fpeech," and our
word for it. your readers will vow it"the
best speech the Little Giant ever made."
Try it John.
"Anollivr Sprculalljiiu."
In the lie raid ol lust week is found an
| article under the above caption, which,
on perusal wo4nul to be a general bill of
'indictment against all the benevolent en
terprises of the country, almost. It com
mences by paying, "A, circular has been
issued by certain patriotic gentlemen in
Philadelphia, calling for assistance in es
tablishing a School or College fur the ed
ucation of the children of deceased sol
diers, and it is couched in terms of most
intence loyalty, designed to catch the j
Amuses, k is tiiuo such Jiumtuig&erj
should cease. Wo think this late at
tempt to «)uecze more money out of the
people, on the plea of patriotism, which
it wore completely thread bare, is about
as trifling a business as men could be well
engaged in," Then follows a general
charge of corruption and fraud, on the
part of those benevolent citizens
up "Sanitary Fairs", qf which out neigh- :
bor says, they were "the most stupendu- ;
; ous frauds ever committed upon a too ered- ,
| ulous people." Not content with :
. making a general charge he goes onto j
specify "It was so in New York I'hila- :
I didphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati—.every ;
j place where tbeso Fairs were held."— j
; Now when an editor undertakes thus
I squarely to charge corruption upon those
' in whom the people have had entire con
i fidcnce, it is to be expected that he knows
j whereof he uffirms. The people ofJPitte-
I burgh, for instance, have earned, during
; the war, the proud reputation of being
, among the most patriotic and beuevoleui
luf people. No soldier, during tha whole
j struggle, whothcr white or black, who
! wore the uniform of the Union,was allow
ed to pass through that city unnoticed'
A cup of warm coffee and a roll of good
bread with a variety of vegetables, was
always ready for his nourishment. Not
only so, but the Iwnevolence of Pitts
burgh reached the suffering in both the
Eastern and Western armies; thus allevi
ating their suffqrings and, iu many in
stances, saving precious life. It is against
: this people that the Herald charges all
j thus# thiiigf—for ho included the Pitts—'
: burgh Fair with the rest. We have not
I time to notice all bis specifications, but
! iu behalf of our benevolent neighbors we
j call rip hiiu for the proof whereof he
affirms. Jfe is bound in uonor to
: it, or if -that cannot ho done, to retract
the base falsehood, thus uttered aga»:isti
1 ! one of the most patriotic institiuiopa
which the necessities ,d' !hu
ed. We ara sorry that we ennoot, for
want of space. quote more largely from
this article. It alleges that when these
opportunities are pone, this class seek to
eontinuo their villainy by procuring
"Soldiers* homes, Orphan Asylums, Mon
men!*, Ac." Anil windcs up by caution
ing "the people against all such schemes.''
Many will inquire, "what iff the cause of
all this burst of abuse ?" We can only
account for it from tho fuet that thcelec
tions all "went wrong" as a Copperhead
would say. Up till tho 7th inst., tlicy
still hepod to hold sway in "Noo Gersey"
at least, but now that that hope is gone
tho Editor of the Herald throw 1 ! off all
restraint, and is himself again.
Tlie l'rn>ldi>afs I'ollfj',
In a former number of our paper we
took occasion to invite the Editor of the
Herald to explain on what grounds he,
»s a democrat, could sustain the re-con-
Atruction policy of President Johnson.—
To our interrogatory he replies at great
length in the Jterald of the 15th inst.
This article seems to bo written upon the
assumption that we were opposed to the
President and his policy too. This is a
great mistake. It is true, we may not
see the wisdom of every movement of the
Presideut, nor may wo have entire faith
in his re-construction policy, ns it is call- |
ed, being successful. Hut our object was j
not to combat cither the policy in. general
or any particular part of it. We belong
to the party iti power. A\ T e have always
believed that whatever was necessary to
be done for the preservation of the unity ;
of lite country was The j
leading question with us was what I
policy would best secure tho great, end in |
view—the preservation of tho country !
and its free institutions. We never ad- |
hcrcd to " State Sovereignty," U'e are ;
not fanatical ou the «übje_ct of " Stiftc I
Rights.'' Our object iu calling the atte.ii- |
lion of tho Herald to tlrs matter was j
simply to see how Ac, as a ''State's Right I
Democrat" coul 1 sustain the arbitrary !
acts which the President is perpetrating
upon tho rebel States. For acts not j
half so arbitrary Lincoln was, by the I
same authority, declared a tyrant. We |
never believed the pretentions of the |
Herald and its friends, in sustaining the
President, sincere; nor do w.e uow believe '
them so. The reason assigned in this |
article, for the arbitrary ruling of the j
Executive has the merit of novelty at j
least; hear it.."The freeing of the
slaves, was an act. (so the President sta
ted,} and so his adhorants proclaimed, of
military necessity. If this wore true, |
then it is the duty of President Jofcn- !
son to sea .that jt is faitMiilly carried out. j
at to show that a permanent necessity I
exists for its withdrawal." We bcliev* j
it is admitted on all hands that, in time {
of war, each bcligcrcnt can do whatever
tends to weaken thevother, avoiding cru
elty. An invading army may burn des
troy, and confiscate whntevcr it can be
longing to the enemy—so can a retreating
anrjr. In the rebel states were found
horses, mules, cottir., sugar and nog rocs,
all used by a public enemy hi obtaining
materials to carry on a long war. They
were all confiscated. Hut as the nogrocs
had—if not mind—at least a higher or
der of instinct than the horses and mules; !
for the purpose therefore, of reaching '
him uiose effectually, a Proclamation e.f
Emancipation was issued, declaring him
henceforth and for ever free, in the locali
ties mentioned. This was intended to
weaken a p\rbUc ORowy. That .enemy, iu j
a military point of tfew, don't note exist.
What,right, then, has Any executive to
follow the matter any farther? The status
of theso persons would eccm to be a prop
er subject for the courts, or tho Lcgisla- j
ture of the respective states. Hut wc '
arc at a loss "to sco how a proclamation !
issued "by Mr. Lincoln, should juKe any '
legitimate influence upon Mr. Johnson's I
re-construction policy, now that the war I
is over. These persons are cither free or'
not free. If free, they Deed not the
amendment, and if slaves yet, certainly 1
no military necessity uow exists for their j
liberation. Bntihete is another view of I
the matter which our neither seems to
have quite overlooked. The E-imneipa- '
tiou Proclamation, only affected '-persons" |
and made no pretensions to affect the »«• !
stitution of slavery art all. To confiscate :
all the horses found in an enemies conn- j
try is good common sonse, but to decree !
that, iu addition to that, the people of i
that country should ucver aftor own hor
ses is quite a different matter. Slave* are
one thing, and the institution of slavery J
,is quite another ! The proclamation !
of freedouT was a military measure in
time of war. the constitutional amend
ment is a political measure in time of
peace,and ihere is no comparison betwe'
1 thcin whatever. Our neighbor will
havo to ,find some other reason for the
Presidents position, and will havo to fit*l
h:s power somewhere olse than in milita
ry necessity. Hut the President not only
requires the adoption of this amendment.,
but aUo that they put a similar provision
in their own constitution, and that they
! repudiate a portion of their state debt!
' Where does these pojjrerH come from.
| i'or o-urscli, we ore free to say Ujat we
j/are at all lines for f*t&d«o to all men,
uld much prefer that the his-
not havo to write, that
adopted by compulsion on the part of the
Executive, while the country was held
under martial law, iu time of peace.—
Hut we don't wish, to be understood
to feci indifferent to tho fate of this
amendment—far otherwiso. Wo hold
that those states by their treason, forfeited
their rights as states. Upon this princi
ple Congress has been legislating for the
country for the last four years, upon the
same principle treaties have been ratified
and tho presidential vote of 'O4, counted,
leaving out tho votes of threo re-construc
ted states. I'pon this principle tho
constitutional amendment is already
adopted, and wo have no hesitation in
believing that so the highest Court in the
nation would declare, wee it submitted
for adjudication. Hut say some, what
do yon think of Mr. Jo'mson ! is he go
ing to play false? We have no such
opinion. We believe his heart is all
; right lie is a trua patriot, and will ,we
trust, modify his p>!iey, as the
popular voice tenches him. In the mean
time, it is the duty of the loyal Xortfc tg
remind him. tha". his whole time should
not be occupied in audiances with robed
pardon seeders.
<o«niM<inoNs.
_ Ftf tho Jmcricun Citizen.
lddrrsN, to tlie Ciliz.rii* «>l" But
ler County.
You have, by your votes, appointed us
as guardians of an important interest be
longing to Hutler county. As Trustees
of the Hutler Academy, we arc anxious
to per'ortn our duty faithfully, and to sub
serve the best interests of the people.—
But we find ourselves in charge of an old
stone building in a dilapidated condition,
entirely unGit. for school purposes. To
prepare it for the purpose for which it
was intended, would require a Jacge ex
penditure of money, The property and
funds of the Academy arc worlti from
82,500 to M,o®j; of this money and
bonds being about $2,000.
To attempt to keep up a High sehool
in tho present building, while there is
another Academy in thcplaco in a flour
ishing condition ; would bo futile. And
no sufficient compensation Could bo offer
ed to a Teacher. To build a suitable
honse wryjM absorb all our means, and
Ki'eatc for tne county'a debt of two or
three thousand Dollars. What then shall
bo done ? We ask the citizens of the
county what they would havo u* do.
Several plans havo been suggested to
the 1 ruslees, neither of which would
probably be satisfactory to all the people
of the county.
1. It is suggested that the money lie
at interest till i.t accumulate to such a
•fund as will crectf. a suitable buildi.ng.-~-
This will take some 20 or -30 years.
2. It is suggested that the property
be sold, and tiiat the proceeds, together
with the funds on hand, bo equally divi
ded among the common schxd* of tho
county. This would give perhaps twenty
dollars to each school. Would this car
ry out tho wishes ol the original foun
ders of the Academy ?
&. It lias been suggested that, a farm
be purchased with the money, on which
to erect a building for Hie use of the poor
of tho county. Would this be iu accor
dance with the object for which Iho
school was founded.
4. It has been suggested that the lot
and money be banded over to tho Direc
tors of the common schools of the boro.
of Hutler; and the Legislature ftf Penn
sylvania hav.e passed an Act authorizing
l-lifc Trustees of the Academy to place
them iu flic hands of tlie said Directors,
if they think proper. The Trustees .ca,n
do this. Would this be in accordance
wiili the wishes of the people of the
county ?
ft. It has been suggested, as falling in
with-the object of tho school, that it he
eoiMicrtid.-rted with the Withcrspoon Insti
tute in such a way ns to rclaiu unimpair
ed all the rights and advantages of the
county.
The Witberspoon Institute is a High
school established in Hutler by tho Pres
bytery of Allegheny, and now in a flcur
ishing condition. The property of that
I school is supposed to be worth SO.OOt'J or
87,000,includingjlot, building.Philos#pU
ical Aparatus, library, &c. The Presby
tery uf Allegheny have consented to the
union of the two schools, and to give up
for that purpose the denominational or
sietir'an instruction in the school, but
retaining in the new institution a repre
sentation eyual to that of tho .county, —
The Academy would gain all the valua
ble property belonging fo the Withcrspoon
Institute, amounting .to more than the
I .value of the property of the. Academy,
and £ive up no principle,only yielding to
the Presbytery of Allegheny the right
! of appointing half of the Hoard of Trus
tees. The Presbytery of Allegheny would
! give up jo principle, but consent that tho
; shorter catechism shall not be taught in
j the schools as heretofore ; nothing else
i having ever been taught that tho people
! <if the county would object to. Indeed
! scholarsfrom the various religion-) d-uot.i
--| inatious havo attended the school, and
j their religious opinions have never been
I interlercd with, tior sectarian instruction
inculcated, so far as known to us,
■ That tho jxaipic «112 tho county may
j know precisely the -conditions on which
the consolidation is pro|tosed to be made,
I wc append fhcpi, as adopted by tlie Pres
in tc»y aiJ<l Trustees, subject to the deciij-
ion of the citizens of the county. What
ever the decision of the people of the
county may bo, if fairly given and ascer
tained, the Trustees of tho Academy will
endeavor faithfully to carry out. so far as
they have pojrer. To ascertain this, we
issue this address. Aud we earnestly re
quest the citizens to meet in their sever
al townships, and express their views on
the subject on the 23d day of Decem
ber next, at 1 o'clock, I'. M.
If tho county fail to give at) expres
sion im the subject, we shall conclude
that the proposed plan of consolidation is
satisfactory to them, a«d petitions will be
eiroulated and sent up to the Legislature
accordingly.
Afu?r your njoetings, please send up
the number of votes gtven for #aeh plan
above named, or nny other; to Ebenezer
JJp.Junkin Esq., Hutler I'a.
Hy order of tho. Trustees.
Loyal Yoi no,
W.m. H. Tibbies, -Com.
Ejikvk/EK M J U.N KI M, )
General Principles on which (he Butler
Academy and the Withersptxm Jnsti-
I title may he consolidated.
11. Tho rights of the county of Hutler
j on the one hand, and the rights of the
I Presbytery of Allegheny, on the other,
are to remain unimpaired in the consoli
dstcd Institution.
2. Tho name of the Institution shall
bo The Hutler Institute.
3, The object of the Institution shall
be to afford instruction in such branches
as are taught i.u IJigh schools. Collages,
and Female Seminaries; and also to im?
part moral and religious instruction, nofc
denominational, founded upon the word
of (tod.
4 Privileges frranded to any pars- ii in
the county of Hutler, as described in the
charter of tha Hutler Academy, shall lie
contained in the consolidated Academy.
5. Tho board of Trustees shall consist
of eight persons, of whom the siiperin
tendant of the common schools of Hutler
county slipll ho one. Three others shall
be chosen by the Directois of the common
schools of Hutler county whenever they
meet <o choose a Superintendent", and
four shall be chosen by the Presbytery
of Allegheny, each to hold bis nffico as
long as the Presbytery shall think prop
er. A majority of the Trustees shall
be a quorum for the transact' fn of busi
ness. Vacancies occurring ly death'or
otherwise, shall bo filled only by
tho Presbytery or Directors; but the
Presbytery aud the Directors may each
appoint, a committee to fill vacancies till
they shall meet. And the Superintend
ent of the common schools of Hutler coun
ty shall appoint threo Trustees after the
pas age of the act of consolidation,to hold
office till the Directors of the Common
S'.-Jmols shall meet.
6. The Hoard of Trustees thus consti
tuted, shall havo control of the property
and funds njw belonging to both schools,
and \vliicb shall belong to the rmsolida
ted Institution for its use and benefit; and
they shall also appoint the Principal of
the school.
7. A committee consisting ef ■fmrj er
sons. two appointed by the Trustees of
tlie liutlcr Academy, and two appointed
by (bo Presbytery of Allfighciry. sball
prepare a charter in accordance with the
above principles, to bo submitted to the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, and.-hall also
prepare a petition to bo circulated among
the citizens of the .county, setting forth
the advantages of uniting the two insti
tutions, mid asking the legislature to pass
an act of consolidation.
W. It. HUTCHISON, WM. 11. TIIHII.ES,
WM. S. IJOVK. K. M'.TUNKIN, LOYAL
Youxn ~\KA If, WATERS; Trustee! r/the
liutlcr Aea<hr\\y.
Approved also by the Presbytery of
A R< phenyl
November 20, Ifos.
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T.i* the ntV«r;u.
MR. F/MW>N ; :—TO looking over the
/ Won Herald of last week, I poUCcd a
| long editorial, v.uder the caption of"An
| other Speculation," In wliicli the editor
1 seems to have quite an [objection to tbo
j erecting of a Col lego or School for the
I education of the children of deceased
; .soldiers.
lie thiifkn '-it is time such hunfbug
\ gery should cease." lie also condemus
i Sanitary Pair*. ( he advocate I them during
Uhc time of wr) and in fact condemns
every thing which pertained to the com*
■ fort of the soldier while in the field, and
i tries to poison the public .blind against
; fixing anytlyng far the .education ( ,f
| children, wjiosfc tin'vcrs' t loixl cemented
this great Nation together. U'hal else
could bo expected ofthc editor of a paper
whose columns have been devoted to l{:e
denunciation of rUc war and the (jovern
' nicnt, for the last four.years.
lie denounce* the Sanitary Fair as be
l ing li onc of the most stupendous frauds
! ever committed upon a too credulous peo
' pie." That "old women put up jars of
' sweet things for their son* iu the army,
which were stolon <ind e&teu by rascally
I efictr#. -Young girls knit warm sucjs.s
and mittens for their brothers in the ar
■ my, which were stolen by thieving public
J agmits.. Brother had boots made for
I brother?, which found owners in the per
| son of Colonels or \lajors before they
1 reached half way." Now the question
1 arises, how does the Editor of the llerakl
: know these thiugs, was ho in the ariny ?
iff not, from whom did he derive his in—
•formation? .1 know that his patriotism
i was so great, during the four .years of
, war, that he remained oouifortably at home
I doiug every thiug that .bedaro, topecpeU
t uatc the war, aud uvei'lbiow tko Govern-
lucnt; uud yet tie tclU ua Ihtil 'Loots scut
to brother* io i'ouutl owners in
fioloncla oi - before ihoy reached
hail' way." W< owUiply eo* i<i uct have
'lorivv'l tUi.« inlvrnjaii'in from lb/ mi.-
democratic candidate for State Senate in,
this District, or from ll»o distinguished
"shoddy" gentlemen who made up their
late State ticket—whom the people so
magnanimous)y elected to stay at home.
From the fact of being in the army
| four y«am, I have the extreme felicity of
knowing that the editor of the Hcrahf
has stated tjiinjjs very wide of the mark.
It was proved to a demonstration that the
existence of the Sanitary Commission wag
indespensibly necessary tor the comfort
of the soldiers, sick and wounded ones iij
particular. Many more would have been
sleeping their last sleep, and their bones
blanching on Southern battle fields, had
it not been for the care aud help of the
Sanitary Commission. All will admit
that there have been some abuses eom
mittcd.but on reporting them to the proper
I authority, the rascals were either punish
! cd or dismissed, and in some cases both.
Boxes and packages which were sent
to the army, were sometimes op.ejjcd and
pillascd. There being those who would
9 tea I from soldiers as fast as any body
else. While the army of the l'otoinao
was encamped near Fredericksburg, V a .,
desertions become quite frequent, and a
great uiMiy citizens were found through
the army; an investigation of the mat
ter wi s made when it was ascertained
that citizens clothing was sent to the sol
diers through the express* to enable them
to desert more easily. Gen. Hooker is
sued an order authorizing I'rovost Mar
shals to open all boxes. This was dono
cither in tlie presence of tho owner or
his proxy, and when any thing contra
band was found it was destroyed, but in
110.case \".ote boxes opened uulcss some
person interested was present. Jn con
clusion let me say to tho editor of tho
llfrnhl , if lie does not wish to givo any
thing fur tho benefit of soldiers or sol.
t io s eliiUrc;f himself, be would ;.t least
show a little charity by not trying to
prevent others Irom contributing.
A Por.oiKii.
For tlio AMERICA* CITItKX.
KxtrAclsorilio ,'<JiniilcH of iUo
(Sutler County Tnulicis' In. U>,
U>,
Tlio JJnllor County .Teachers' Institutu
met agreeably to appointment by the Su<-
perintendent, in Prospect, Butler county,
I'ii.. Nov. 7th, 18(1,j, at 1 o'clock, p. in
The institute Organized l y cloeting
Rev. A 11. Wtiters. Provident. unit liev.
•112. •). Rockwell, t-ecretiiry. yro tcm.—r
Opened by prayer.
11n: President appointed tlyj following
comm.it'ee on permanent organization T
Wm. Humphry, 11. J-'hsnor. and Miss S.
Henry.
Tint report of the committee if= as fob
lows: President, A. 11. Waters; Vicv
President*, .J. H. M tlhows, M. Young;
Secretary, j. J. Rockwell; Ttcasuier,
Miss S. llenry. The President then gave
a short and a bio address, stating the ob.
jeet of the meeting.
'J'Jie President appointed Win. 11iimjili -
ry, S. Young and Miss I!. A. Snyder as
.coviuittce to draft a VVxistitntioii.and
By-Laws, by which the society shall Iw
governed 'J he repot tof the enmmittev
was received and adopted. Adjourned
to meet at !)}, a. in.
iVou. 8, ISf,:,.—lnstitute met at o}, a
m. ; by prayer. 'I be discussions
were conducted in a spirited and hurimv
uii us manner.
Itccess until 1 o'clock, p. in.
Class drill in reading by 8. Voting.
Class drtll in Mental Arithmetic by
| Miss H. A. Snyder.
The above clause* were conducted in n.
very able imd tract ire manner, lie—
ranks on exercises were interesting and
instructive. Discussion, Question :—-
Should corpoel punishment be used in
Common Hcbools 112 Institute passed the
fo.llowi.tfg resolution :
flctolcci/, 1 hat it is the '. pinion of this
Jnstitytc tlpt, corpo.cl punishment is
necessary in special Ci.sc, tut, should he
used only as a last resort.
Recess -wivtil.tii o'clock, p. m.
Address by JJov. J. J. Hock well; sub
ject, Kdueatiui. Class drill on (jyuinas.-
tics by Win. Humphry, which were amus
ing, yet interesting. Kssny by .Miss
Henry, subject,' Our Departed. After
which the Query box was brought forth.
Adjourned to meet to-morrow at 0 J -
clock, y. m.
Nov. 9, 18(55. Institute uiet at 9i o'-
clock, n. pi.; opened by prayer. 4
Class drill in Arithmetic by William
Humphry. 1
Claw drill ia Geography by Miss A.
Tebay.
Class drij,l in Grpuimar by -Miss S.
Henry.
All fhc above classes wcro conducted
in such a manner as to be instructive to
all present, and reflect credit on those
who conducted thcui. llecess until 11
o'clock, p. m.
C'nwdrill in Algebra by Miss S. Henry.
Class drill in Orthography b)t,R. S.
Hhanur.
Class drill -i.i Heading by Miss I), Gal
loway.
iler.nrks on tlio at»ova exorcises wore
pointed ami spirited, yet harmonious and
instructive. Recces until 0} o'clock, p. m.
Claw drill on object
A. U. Waters, alter wiikfrtie tnivc a very
Able aud eloquent address on the advan
tages of Kdueation, and the wants ofour
Common School system. Miscellaneous ■
bwsioc®. Th«; Superintendent then is,
siuid lVr'f<*siooal certificates to Williaip
Humphry, k. S. Shanor, Miss M. Koth,
ami Miss S. ITeury, accompanied witfe
surtablo remark*.
The following resolutions were read and
| udopted:
, JirMilvcrl, That tho Chairman of the
Kxecutivo Cqmmittec, rcquent Rev. J.J.
j Rockwell to give him a copy oi' his ad
i dress delivered to thi,s TrLstitulc, lor pul?-
Hewjoa.
Hetab/ed, 'Chat a vote of bbanks is due
to tfie -citizens of ■i'vonpect uutl vicinity
for hoojii tali ties rendered tlui members <|f
! Tnstitpte. ,
Closed with prayer.
A. II TV'ATKKS, .Rfc*,
-I -J I'oi KH-m.i See'v *