0 frit hOtrber. 11 0 SATURDAY, AUGIRIiI' STII, 1863 bUxAL VlCalAra a TUB PaPLII II TUB PRICY a Ainuciur Mins/ Jackson. Democratic State Ticket. FOR GOVERNOR. W. WOODWAUs of Pldladetptda. TOR 811PRElit =OE, WALTER 11, LOUIE, of lllegbeay Co. ,OBSERVER FOR THE CAMPAIGN. In order that the Observer may obtain as wide a Circulation as possible during the important political campaign commenced by the nomination of Judge WOODWASIP, we have decidod•to take subscriptions for the period of. four months, at the rater of ~6„fty cents for each subscriber. This is as low as we can afford at the present high prices of printing materials. Persona can • commence M any period they see tit, be tween this and the first of October' next, and will receive the full number of papers • required to make up the third of' a year. At the expiratiO of the time; the papers will be promptly discontinued, unlitAi those receiving them shall give us noti` z y beforehand of their intention 10 beconite permanent subscribers'. We hope that. our friends will go to work with zeal to obtain as many campaign sub scribers as possible. We intend. to print , a paper that will be fully worth the mon ey, and desire to have it obtain a wide/ circulation. _if. Repuidican Ticket. The Republican State Convention Tet at Pittsburg on Wednesday, and, after a contest of the fiercest, nature, re-norrUna- Ted Gov. CURTIN by a vote of 93 to 3. Hon. DANITL Aozcvc, of Beaver county, Was placed in nomination as Judge of the Supreme Court. We regard the tieitet ae by no means ' a strong one. The Kentucky Election. The telegraph announces to ns thk the so-Called Union ticket is elected in Ken . tucky by about twenty thousand majority over the Democratic ticket, headed by Hon. Cass. A. Wtextirre. Althouglithis lection is claimed ag an Administration triumph, there does not appear to be a great deal of difference between the prin ciples of the contending parties in that State, both claiming to be in favor of the Union, and both platforms denouncing the radicalism of the , Pretident and his Cabinet. The question therefore was one more of men than of measures. In order to prove that we make no misstatement of the position, we give the following ex tract from a speech delivered by"..fudge BitsaLETrx, the successful candidate for tmovernor. Otir Republican friends are welcome to all the .encouragement they can get out of it: , " The points of undying devotion and loyalty to the Government, and the deter mination to adhere to it and preserve it at all hazards ; the duty of the State Gov erntrient to see the laws executed ; the condemnation of the radical measures of the Administration in power, and—the pledge to correct them by peaceful and constitutional means, through the ballot box, all meet my most cordial approbation and support. There is no i-aue made against them in Kentucky." Abolition Blame of Gen. Meade. It would be remarkiible, indeed, if,Gen. MEADE should escape the abuse of thek rad icals, who have assailed all the other good and successful Generals which the Army of Potomac has had, and defended only weak and unreliable ones. The Boston Common wealth's Washington . correspondent writes that "The escape of LEE from 'the nerve- less grasp of the Army of the'POtomac, is still, of pourse, the theme of all tongues ,cl. in th ,capital. It need hardly be said that a all hands it is regarded as the grica• es! blu of the war. Such, indeed, were the precis ds of Mr. Lincoln, unreservedly ap plied to it. The Vice President was more emphatic; 'and in the i laeat of the excite ment or} the ground, he declared that,this e alone threw the war into another year."' We certainly 'do not deem Gen. 3IxaDE the best commander the. Army of the Potomac could have, believing still that Gen. MC- Ctsuart, the man whom that Army with one unanimous accord demands, is the fittest officer for the place; but Ivo do be lieve that Masok has done the best that was possible, under the circumstances, and so thinking, shall,sustain him until we obtain evidence of his unfitness. :What ever elle he may-be, he has , the merit of modesty, and that is something his imme diate predecessor, at least, did not 3. 8458.5. - , Witarsvirat may be thought of WENDELL Rizttittrs' extreme opinions, ho has the merit of being honest. In 1856, when he first began acting with the Republican party, he gave the foilowi ng definition of \ that organization : 1 a "There is merit to the Republican par ty.' It is the fret seuional party ever or ganized in this country. , It is the Noarn armed agaiszt the SOUTH. The'fret crack in the iceberg is - visible. You WILL YET ELM IT GO WITH A CRASH THROUGH THE . CILV Titie !" Events' since then. have amply demon strated the truth of all that PRILLIP'St d&• eared. 404. Hactser, One of the Hines' raiders, told one of Hoosierdom after his capture, that they were induced to make the raid into Indiana by the stories they heard that the State was full of their friends. He said they expected from theta reports to raise ®iment in the second district, "and," said he, we did raise a regiment, but, by G—d, it was on the wrong Exchangt.' Who was it that itiforroed the rebels that the "State was full of pair friends 0-- Didn't they obtain the information from Republican newlipapers and speaker)? Tea Tribune announces that of the per sons drafted in one of the Wards in Wash ington city, five hundred and fifty-three were Were& The "freedmen" who,have thus been caught in Uncle Sam's conic-Opt trap, will Probably wonder what they have gained by being released from Southern slavery. thaws Fear utc cm GemLt.--The New York Esesiv Ain states ,that a lady ftiom Atlanta, Ga., who has resided there since the war broke out, reports that there is in thit laity and' elsewhere in Georgia; 'a strong Union seritimftt4 which the alight: eat 'slow of liroteotiosi`by the federal Gorteisseit wed; itainecllitelr 'Tsu' craws for damages by the New York riot now presented amount to liird e .10le. McClellan at Gettysburg. We have waited for a number of weeks, in expectation of seeing in some*.of the Republican papers, a denial of the.re peated statement that the'name g Gen. McCisixsx was made use of, to rallithe discouraged spirits of the Army of the Potomac, en the second and third days of the battles at Gettysburg. „That denial has nevei'coßto, and if it had, we are in possession of so much confirmatory' proof of the fact, that we could' not doubt it; if we chose. The army correspondent of thelihilidelphiaAge was the first to men tion the circumstance, and since then it has been reiterated by other newspaper correspondents, and iu various priiate letters. We find in the NeW York World a communication: purporting to havebeen• written by an cifficar• in the Potomac Army, in which odours the following: " Let me tell you that Gen. McClellan was reported to our troops, July Ist. as commander-in-chief in Place of Gen. Hal lack. It was received by the troops with the most enthusiastic cheering and beat ing of drums on the march that evening toward Gettysburg. 'They fought with that impression at Gettysburg, and officers say McClellan's ghost fought the battle at Gettysburg." The Boston Courier also contains a letter front'. "a Massachusetts officer of. high rank," which alludes to the matter. He Crai " Late in the night before the battle at r ettysburg, whilst on the march and the men so fired that they could hardly get ' one foot-before the other, a rumor was started that McClellan had been appoint. ed again to command the army ; it put new life into the men, and they forgot their sufferings, and as the report passed down the column, cheerafter cheer went up for McClellan and victory. God grant that he may again be put where he be- longs, at the hand of the Army of the Po tomac." A wounded officer ivrite to the New Haven (Conn.) Reginer, under date of July 10th, giving still further porde/Ulan : "1 deein it proper to state here, what: none will have the hardihood to deny; that on the second day of, the engage ; ment, when our men began to feel more or less despondence as to the result, it was announced to the soldiers that .Gen. McClellan had beep appointed comma der-in-chief in place of Gen. and'lvas actually on the geld, directing the movements of the army. This an nouncement was received with the wild est demonstrations of enthusiasm by our troops, the shouta passing from division to division, and from corps to corps, until the air was rent with acclamations of re joicing along our whole line, everybody untl.erstanding from the intensity of the cheering that it meant McClellan.. We have Since heard more than one group of soldiers bitterly complaining of the fraud that was practiced upon them—declaring 'that the battle-was won under the inspi ration of McClellan's name, and that 'it was a burning•shame lie could not have been there to share with them the honor of the victory.' " And, as if to make the proof still more positive, we have just come in possession of ;the 31oni1or, publishOd at Monroe, Mich., containing a private letter, written by a soldier from that town, which gives the following particiilars : " Yon ask if we have the same confidence in our present leaders that we used to hare in 3fcClellaa..; I answer .&c, and our gaining this victory was more due to McClellan than to the Generals in the field. The day before the battle we marched all , day and all the following night, mill about 10 o'clock in the evening all the generals stationed themselves along the road where corps - and divisions were to pass, and at; the men passed by, footsore and weary, they shouted out that 'Little Mac' was in command," and pro posed three cheers for McClellan. Musa and shouts immediately went up in'the moat enthusiastic manner, and stragglers and those who were worn out got up and went into the - fight. Life and power seemed to be given to a worn and wasted army in a moment, and most of the com mon soldiers went into the fight under the impression that they were actually fighting under their old and beloved leader. The citizens 'along the route, even,, were got to help on the ruse and cheer the men. McOlalcut is first is the heart of !very soldier in this araty. o .- Here are four different statements, printed in four different papers, widely separated from one another, given in pri rate correspondence, intended' only for those to whom it was immediately di reeked, and all relating the same general circumstances. Could it be possible that such a thing is the result ,of deneption We believe that the particulars , ,men tioned itr the extracts above printed are strictly true, and shall continue to do so until we see stronger evidence that they are not than the sneers and calumnies of Gen. McCuLtair's enemies. The above article was prepared sev eral weeks ago, but delayed until .the present time, through a pressure upon our columns. We have since had a con versation with a gallant and popular offi cer from our own county, one well known here, and whose politiessl predelictions have always been opposed to Our own, in which he gave us the most complete and unanswerable confirmation of all that we have copied from other papers, relating to the above particulars. Tie says that not only was the impression widely cur rent among the soldiers, on the last days of the fight, thaeGen.-McCat,t,is was in command, bat that the report was Origi nated at headquarters, two of General Aly.A.or's'etaff officers lisiving_passed about the camp and given each of the Division Coma:Lauder. instruction!, to tell the men that such was the fact. It was felt to be vitally important that the battle on that occasion should not be lost, and the exp.• client resorted to, it was well understood, in the language of our Oros:mint, "would be worth a whole .m.O of fresh troops." The country knows the result, and that result, glorious and encouraging as it was, is as much owing to the unbounded po patrity of Gams McCummu with the Army, as to the ability and bravery of its real leaders. CAs rr az Taunt—The Cleveland Plain dealer is justly horrified at the receipt of the following : "litiraasatuto, 011ie. July 27. "To the lasting disgrace of 3filleraburg„ the Abolitionists of this place burnt bon fires to-night over the death of Hon. John J. Crittenden. z uYours, We understand that the National Dem ogriktio Central Comities will meet, August y,►th. at Newport, Rhode Island.. Thq Royal Lows is Cony . WI two zoostisp and Wen Nizzledout," Sot as s pqa coke . The owns Las sus snot witlistsok !gloms in this comity. • ebe-lispabliesa Saga Coarestbst ask Plikketre cis Wed/maw. The 7.th away daleptas Inn Jame XII awl Alba P. Via. war SR.. Letter from a Wounded Sold - • [The writer or the qtlli•Witt.e. line die! attlicheit to die Army of tha EME2!MfftME! participated in almn4• all 114..h4 Yo'rlanwn to Getlyshutg. Valid wit, severely wounded ink n llnvital iu He assuming that thr aentiinPnt i vi h es are those of the whule arwy. eiceptinn 41f "that portion who 'aro Or, eTreentrir trirtn'w 'o4l7lll'lttft Lion: "1 s , "It k iuterestiug to w solAlier Lit ly look over the political affairs of I up North. It is now nearly two we enlisted in the army. At that. was no party spirit, but all were fur ing or rebellion. All Ml6' encoun go into the army, and were soon gOintt to be with us themselves. Bat evim then there were those who thought themselves better! Union men than the reit of citisens. Tho+ who had op valiantly carried the lamps during the 'Pres* idential campaign, were certain! ' the best patriots. I remember yet how boastingly they proclaimed that they would place 'Honest Old Abe' in the. White House, notwithertimding the threats of the South ; and if the latterriisould rebel, they *bald tarn 'their last ; into muskets end "wipe' the Smith out if loxistenee. - ' How bravely they have Nine up to their bout inge ! Why, you can hardly And Pas out of twenty who acknowledged that be supported 'Abe' for the President:ly. llt is encouraging to see thee. who, a little over two ivies ago, 5 re were tt 'bravest of the brave,' 14 time of need, ' the last to come out to defend their idol's olio, ! . and yet they are the brie. : that pro° im all Who de not agree with their Pre dent as copperheads—aye, traitors. What bra es ! We have just learned lately that thee* wir call all opposed to their teachings trait ors, were the first to leave the State When the 4bels invaded it. Those whose palrletiens is s i ct strong, whose bravery is so extrtiordinary, were the only ones to run 'away front the ens my—the only ones to refine to tilifend owe capital,—the truly braviscertaktly ty in time of need ! And now, what are theeti patriots doing ? reviling those who_ look arm' io diftwid their State, and designfite them as cowards , and traitors. There are some feW fl i nch men in the army i but a soldier can soon tell their bravery. Whenever a man tells IA that 'Old Abe' has done nothing wrong, we bins' at once (and every soldier knowaj ''that behao either just came into the service, or has t:tett 'bum ming' hit; time out in the . hospitals.: 1 In nine cases out of ten you will find thin the truth. !"In conclusion, let no tell all those brave ones that if the Democrats are suet' cowards and traitors, it would do the soldiers' heaTta good to see some of those, who gloo in their patriotism and bravery, out in the 1411:1y. We need brave men in the fiOd. l'hey:cin hare a chance to distinguish themselves With their courage or dies soldier's death, andibe among the honored ones by .postritY. ' While they are blazing away at hiinist-thinki4 Demo crats, they could be 'faitiiig their talents to good use in crushing rebellion. :Then they will have a splendid opportunity of displaying their braveryand patriotism ; but to:he always blowing of themselveq, leads un Iti 'plink they are the coward.; and the traitors. A.iNirorn•Bot.ncre. Letter from North East. " Mesta EAST, July 2t, 1863. ' DEAR EDITOR :-Durii3g the time that has intervened since I last *rote toyed, my time has hung heavily on my handl, and were it not for politics, one would pus' ini4 a stale of obsetnity. I was invited by a friend the other evening, to partake of a dish of lee cream at the saloon of Selkregslirothers, whose ability and taste are the very best. They have also . ts large stock of groceries, which they are dig = posing of at a trifle above cost. ' 1./early op posite is Foot's emporium of gentle fashion- able clothing. lie finds a ready sale for all his goods by selling cheaper that; any other firm in this county. Ensign and JOnes, on the opposite corner, a‘ doing a smashlitie badness. Their stock of goods consists Al the very latest styles of dress' goods and is choice as; sortment of groceries and crockery. - *Vas"- improved his store and business' Wonderfully when he took "Frank" for a part*. Money seems to be' very plenty i : every one almost has their pocket, full. widejs they in tend to use in the coming draft, ta the tune of "We are coming, Father Abraluan i ,'three hun dred dollars more." We have ' cheering news if ], from all quarters where the dr* 'has taken place, and no doubt the men asti r re drafted will save the these hundred for - their families sad take up arms for the Govmundit! : i! Our Republican friends here knaw not what to do. A great number have joined' bur staunch graft, "Democracy," and many more, I trust, will see their error,,, and ere the fall campaign closes will join oar ranks. Bat they are stick a set of hot headed, rash beings List they will not be convinced until it is too lag. if . this place was infested by tfte blaoki as some are, niggerlim Would Boa play, oat, and their stook depreciate wonderfally:- - It is a - pity that some of theta ilgger dynipalltising people couldn't be placed on sonde plantation South. There the tames are at kettle, happy and oontentedonuoit users so than l " any whites at the North. There they have co me one to look out tor them—here they ha to look out for themselves. Perhaps some ofloar &pub- Bean Mends se* great beauty an strength in the black race. Their beauty a" very dark, and all will join me in sayin g th / it derfresytA" can't be best—Dr: Winthrop is n comparison to them. , Truly yours, , i TB YELLER. Baum& Suarron's hisscaniim OOLLIMI. —We take pleasure in calling attention to this institution, ponessingas it dOci, so much pulsing - merit. ' The time of a good business *inaction, cannot be over-estimated. , The young man possessing it lis in a meas ure lattpudtmt, and in a position to , himself, and not. obliged to lean upon the 4 of friends or •reimives. The practical method of &big bit:mien in this institution, is the admirable, feature.— Students count over their tholumade of dollars with as muck coolness as a millionaire; buy and sell merchandise, real estate,,stoclm, t 0.,. with u much suavity as our first merchants, —thrill converting theCchool room into a beak it ing house and worn asehange, 'introducing the actaalitise of baldness , u as the ab.. stride, theory of ,bock keeping. ?deem BIT' . ant & Stratton have been woad ' , y sncoesw. fat in introducing ,this preedtbai loathed of importing butenctios, . and &witty' number of students in attaciance at their rooms at the mind time, is ample proof that their eforti are fully apprecdated by the public. * Asvtartisto.—There is no tight that the pit lever Is the extension of ,lane, is so4impali Wool is ativertiaag ,• bat the taimeaNpopularity of that'oelebnitet remedy for:Dyspop - - Liver eireptaili, ifervehe' batty, &a, fiettiktite Grew fie; la sot es meek whq to the hat that 11 Ma bass as *dyermraress‘ssu la to he ;ran, cart the article. troralleee akediche mayokraiatakome. quire a short-lhed seaelsty,batitimakee the basis et tree amptit.- la order to I ketaha Iteelf tit.A•sokrublu o lesitk. tipar. ,11.4 lea's Ofrararalliesei bat i LlOnt• -tit• _ s he itat• * sae saerfeedef Vic sa d mpg psalmists,. Theellittits are forisle 17alldraggles sed deists is sediebes, IMMO, pee Will ! , • 1 w. 1 (tier r uhlish the : felkos4nt unuoj catst. :family addresitet)lif . t es al request of -1 ca m a t e i r fi ggettiiiChistte. 'NORMAL 1 1 elgO° 16 ' llr_s e s. T6IIR6IT & toe sublect of our Normal School I have seen noticed in the Ga:eU and other papers of late. Having been from the first deeply inter (sited algrengsgett in our scbool until the present lints, an thaving• - been is Trustee „ duyinstaiseisehote-paiosLtillAsklot fAieo" Lion, with the exception of two years, and given, perhaps, more time and attention to this matter than any other living man, I thought m'y'self competeni.,from an in timate keosykedge of all !ye .circumstan ce. to give to the public ''soniof the causes of ; our disaster and ruin. The facts in the Case the public havea right to know, lince they have given largely' \of their-substance in E'rie City and in differ,. eta parts of Erie,and Crawford counties, ts consummate the grand plan of our State Normal School of this District. a I wish to treat the matter fairly and candidly.. I with not unjustly to' impugn the motives of any one.' In this commu nication I ,shull give many facts that can. be proven; and necessarily some things that will dilly be matters of opinion. First, then, the original difference abOtit the location or the buildings has not been wholly lost sight of. and has had some what to do with our present difficultrand the deposing of Professor Thompson.— Many of the same arguments • used then were used now with effect. But to come directirto the point. Two years ago in August next, J. A.. Cooper came to take the second position in- the school ; within six or eight months thereafter I wad told he was a •rival for t,tie Principalship of the school—a very Absalom at the Ring,. gate.,r gave my attention to the subject, and bcame convinced it was. true. I say now, once for ell, I believe he -has acted to that end for the last eighteen months, until be has arrived at the goal 'of *his am bition. arid he stands now. at the head of the school. • 'A escort time before the election of Trus tees, which took place in May subsequent le -the advent of Prof. Coops among u-, there began to be manifest some degree of opposition to Prof. Thompson. Parties began to Organize for tilt, conflict. There, has been. --from the 'first, an opposition party Itt our school affairs, but the opposi tion has4enerally let the elections go by default. At this time they were full) , or poised, with the ostensible object of put ting_at interest the money to he received front the :3tate, instead of using it for ma king' improvements, 'strengthening the Faculty, etc. Many ,supposed then tint the real object was oppo:ttion to Piofeszor Thompson. which opposition Stimulated in a greater or lees decree those who ac tively participated in -the canvass. The ' friends of the schoSl and of Prof. Ihomp stin, ao-called, succeeded in -the election. Soon after the organization of the .Board, I discovered we hadisne or more members not very friendly to Prof. Thompson.— About this time, Mr. M. W. Oliver, Prin. cipal - ,af the Model Solfifol, service of tisranuttr9-.- -,The School , Direc• tors of the Edenboro scbool district and. the Tnistisep _of the Normal'School agreed upon 3. R. Merriman to fdl Ibis place. The School Directors agreed to give Merriman $4OO per annum, and the Trustees of the Normal School agreed - lie gip's him $lOO and in addition to his dutittas Principal of the Model School he wett tc,i,.take one of the Professorships in I th* formal School. Merritnati Wanted the Professorship of the Theory and Practicie of Teaching..— Thompson objected, saying as it was the chief okiect of the school to prepare tea chers; that Professorship of right belonged to the Principal. Finally Grammar and English 'LiteratiareWere, assigned to'him, the duties of which although he received pay he never performed. iman com menced his duties as Principal of the Mo del School about the middle of the fall term. It soon becaine evident that he stood antagonistic to Prof. Thompson -- This was manifest by htirrefwial to attend Faculty meetings, and by direct opposition to Prof. Thompson's educational views ex pressed -to pupil teachers: at the Millet School. Ile was not ihe rival. The rival" was in the 'person of .1. A. Cooper, who acted in concert:with Merriman, so far as I could discover, in all things pertaining to the school. Thus matters stood—Mer riman and Cooper arrayed l vainst Thorrip: son. • I,- • • i... a :La rcis Pojitio4o, aid otari, 1 ;-; lee,, from Dow lie+ I arvlami exprewe wiih the rrd:cirisr, 4ovs- .Iw'tioual e country re since me there he ernsh ns to Merriman was active and vigilant in his opposition, and gathered around him most of. the old opposition,' to'getlicr with what new elements had become dissatisfied from any canse whatever. Thai matters moved on till spring, Thompson's enemies be= coming more sad more active, under their leader. J. B. Merriman. !I-had supposed that Thompson had a anjority is the Board. but to my, surprise iJ. It. Clark pre sented the resignation of J. R. Merriman as Professor of English Grammar and Lit erature, and brought 'before the Board a resolution which called forth a test vote showing that, Thompson'a friends were, is the minority. This resolution gave the Professorship of the Theory and Practice of Teaching to the 'Principal of 'the Model School, which Principal was J. R., Marti. man. This vete pee gr.iitit dissatisfaction toile school and showed ooacluaively that Prof. Thompson kad the hearts of.the pu pils. The whole of-the'Norrnal class mien taily signed 6 petition! to have 'the se tion of the Basra reversed, and sent it into the Board bya committee of six - ladles. The petition was treatedlwith- annempt, wholly diaregirdingthe feelings of the pu pils in the matter. From that time to this the pupils hiveliteadily refused to go into the Normal' class under I Merriman, with very few exceptiona. Why was this action taken and parented in, against the wishes of the pupils ? _Why, when the ,Normal ekes were perfectly satisfiedwith Prof. Thompson, as their tataer, force upon thari a man - under whole they utterly re ' foxed to be taught? Echo wove% why? About this time the ekolion of a new Board of Trustees was to be held, and aunty of ' the friends of the institu tion had declared their intention not - to fight another school battle. as the meat worked injury to; the actual. To bring about harmonious action, I went to some of the principal oppmitioa, telling them of the facts; cotinse them 'to sa lon ciandidetesuptm whom we could unite and with a view to the Well-being of ,the scheatha,t we mighCheartily coope rate for the .best interests of, the same. All this win dinegardel. ' Merriman made himself' °token eeleoting can didates, and, in feet, as I !learned, con trol'''. the selection of those members re. siding any alone& olitirciY• this, he bad, mouths before, immured the plea lee te many of the coniribitbre in Erie. Cooper, too, had writtento row" for pro's is, a fact which came to light after the election, showing beyond.* timibt the cam- V i r: Y Prof. ;sonl rrici ten l a d th C : m eTt r on l i ) . Their action in tion t 4 the proxitv; needs no coneineflionit me.; This alone I will eatiely in impartial" public of their resin=The =skratkin came or. and there Wog , bat little, opposition, the I proxies !ere not needed. I cannot believe that c amels cif en' of Erie would hive given Yerrima his proiy had itstntended tie beim made known. ' • Hai* pond tie election. lye mese now to the ratios of the new Board and. ,t/t. brellking gp of the school. As was &Aped, the new Band ;had a , *get wortan,t_ l3l 4 o rUT Wind Prof. !Pet meg .6 •member of the l = l 4 .their acts I . sanest speak So positively. Onst bar redo' beforethe ekes of, the I lAA term. Prof. T. reoeh 11 later from thislleeretaxy of ihe Biewl" of Trititest; tegesistthg his-reignetipa, Ito take dint at she aspiaktial ef the . and this his amiket,assmadmato. e Thermo. illgarillisl44 ll trito issloater. lehoseir ia year ie. sae of two woks Nish over the signsatare dl. W.Chombsilsod • ftwaidikk I.lntist beg leave to differ, both as to, mat tert of fact and inference .- I First, then; at to the number of pupils. he beeki show en attendanoithis,terat f ;sixty - taco pu pi* forty-eight lef whoa ;Tear to' 1 4Lvo• been in attendant* *eh TrOf.,T- resign ed. There may have " been twenty-five who remained. Many of theta I know were dissatisfied. Two •cf them Wished i n to graduate and were to d, as I under sten :, that if they left t y could trot do so. , Others:stayed beca they were not willinsL• to lose their ti e and Money, hitiinglitild their' - Mee t and 'tuition in advance. The facti ar that had tbere been a vote taken by t students whe ther Prof. Thompson or per Adult/ be Principal of the School,. Prof. CoOper would not have received ix votes. 1 As to an expression of entire atisfaction with Prof. Cooper, so far as I Itnow the feeling, was exactly contrary, aUd dissatisfaction wait most fully and freqy expressed on 'the pail of the students. i Igo further. I believe if all the con*.ibutors,. to the North-Western State Normal School were to 'decide by vote, having knOwledge of the facts, Prof. T. wouldt have winajority of:the votes. Most certhin it is that his 1 friends represent a majority, of - the means placed at the disposal of the Trustees for the establishment of sail iichooL' As it regards the school being left in the hands Of a subordinate, one wing I do know, that. Prof. Cooper on the morning that Prof. T. resigned, and before the resigns tion was anpounced, offered to hire a young lady, to teach the balance of the term and the'following irear.• One of the charges brought , against Professor T. is his want of administrative and executive ability, and that he, failed in building up the school. A statistical' account of 'the rise an. progress 81 'the school since its recogni on as one of the State Normal- Schools, will answer that charge better than I ca. do in any other way. • There were in ttendance as fol lows; Jan. Tann. A pl.. Term. 'Aug. Term. Nor.Terrm 1851-45 pupils. t.. 2 pupils..i 46 papila. .! 41 pupils.. 1882-14 " 40 .• 195 '. ; AO . 1543-83. .. CC . ' • The above statement i of facts shows that the school was growing in, reputation and favor abroad, ( as the i crease or students Was mainly from a dig t nee, 1 notwithstan ding the great disadia tage under which we have labored.' T? national troubles t.e ..a had drawn largely cm young men to the army, and in many in noes their sisters had been kept at ho e in their stead. But worse than this, rof. T.. instead of haring a Faculty 0 dily eonpF.:rating With and sustaining hitter, had to contend F gainst the adverse infhiences of two of the prominent members. ilt is only wonder ful that he succeeded 4p well in satisfying the pupils., attaching tP'em to him and.tlif; .. school. ..... , Point,me to the cchoot that has increas ed in the same ratio in these times if you ranli t n ; then say that rof T. 'his snide a failure, and ,not tilt ben: No; O we must look elsewhere !Or t is most singular eotive pursued bir theiTrustees., Had he failed greatly in governnse.nt, would the Is :ichool have shown sn a steady increase? Where can you had parallel for such a ,counte of conduct? B oved by his pupils, respected by the corttmunity, competent , 7 in every branchot e enoe, why, then, I 1 3 ask once more, was deposed and the place given to one or whom the pupils "hid no especial , and who , is,inferior in every esisentia - q litr that makes a great teacher? Ah! the truth inn t lie tnidi the war -was waged "upon Thompson's friends, and Thonipson must be tiiie Victim. • ISAAC R. TAYLOR. Baring been a Tradtee for the last two years, and from my kt owledge - of the facts I believe the aborts- mmnnication to he substantially corrrct.lo t .. ,T. 11. REEDER NOWB from n Qututers. —The Richmond I ...'Zate.b. claim:, that the rebels have defe4 Gen., BankL, in 1 Loui s i ana " capturing i.,000 prisorier., —The notorious rebel leader, William L. _Yancey, is dead. !lie was a member of the Confederate Senate from Alabama at the time of .his death. • 1 f. --r.A dispatch from !Charleston says len . Glamor° is confident of success. pie is ineunting siege guns;to attack ! Fort rium ter with. ! - The Paymaster-heneral has directed rimesters to make up their rolls as rap idly as possible, in order that the array of the Potomac may be paid up to the Ist of June. The preparation of the rolls, has unavoidably been delayed owing to recent active movements of the troop!. —A recent sale_ Of negroes in Mont gomery County, Maryland, illuitrates the comparative worthlessness of !slave pro. pert,- in that State. Seven likely, full grown young negroat brought hi'all $46-- an average of only $lB a head. ''Before the war, Oee same negroes were Worth on piece. an average $l,BOO a ! —A serious and'utook plaoe in Keo kuk. Co., lowa. on- relay, between the Democrats and Republicans. A consider able number of shots were• fired, and sev eral persons killed. I At last accounts it was reported that the miens parties had gathered to the n ber of-11500 and a bloody fight was - eacectedi—Richmond papen have Charleston dis patches .to the 3110,01 t. Cummings Point was bombarded on the 30th for about five hears by the Irortsbllei and tab monitors. Batteries Gregg, SiMpkins, Wagner and Fort Sumter replied. Two men were killed and'one wouddid In Battery Gregg. Oft the next rgring at daylight the Itebehebegan to bard the Union works on Morris Island ; !Fort Wagner kept up the fire until 2 o'clock. ' No report' cf cas ualties. ' —The tho' ernix!eit gives notice that the law of retallatioh is to be fully carried out.' Every case of ill-treatment of our dames 'or men, black or white, by the Rebel; is to be r4dhited in k' g ing..fa hanging,lootiog for shooting, imprisonment • for imprisonment. If a black soldier is • en prisoner and sold into Slavery, a Bebell soldier will be con. fined at hard labor n some prison, there to remain until th eblack soldier shall be liberated. * 1.,0 - -Acrxmling 'to Washington corres pondinee of the 'ew York asesterria/ Advsniarr,'"Mr. Lin hk contemplates mak ing a short visit tot e New England States during the month c'f August, if his official duties will permit. He. is sadly in need of a little relazition. -tie will avoid all of the; fashionable places, proceed quietly to the *White Mountains, where he will meet Mrs. Lincoln! and his oldest son. The ?resident wlllfdecline all receptiona end ovations and ill go as a quiet cithen on a health-eeeking tour. Mrs: "Lincoln is now • and has been for some time, in PhiladeWs, and the President therefore keeps Rsebelor's inall at the Soldiers Rome." • • 1 ! —Rev. Mr. eonw4y, the representative Of the abolitionists Ow in Europe, writes from r Parii in to intervention, as follows : 'Us for co, she moans to inter "an fens ii beistfof tAr A. We may prepare for this. She w il l hard to get Eogland to join her : if En d refuses she will 1 tvy Spain ; b ut, i she has ..to sot alone hence" will interf . I am • sorry to say that the measure - is • a 'popular one in Fauce. 1, -. have , us ed with some of tha moat • • • Parisians,. and they say that the people agree with the lerorin 11 61mOre than in j abliexican .; their general iphrase mpg that 'the mar la as algileasano UIdION SI it is bkiody: .issior Franoe'a' EMU* 'of inference ;will be Poem ,Themanks."' - t ;—Thasfieetion 'th Davis and his Con *eery in 'North Carolina 15 growing rap $OO, , %%s , ' ',Standard , 41cmottnoes ..W* an a in whist no m 49• trs 14 eau be , end' predict, the if hit 'to setup* Govern -Tki liapsirse. edited br theamresi of ea = as iohn Masi, demo the d the Raleigh paper and nt rite Carolina Supreme t: am.' The hot,. .in fief the , Richmond power, 'lin(' ,iv 1:,.. ' Gov. Vahcr will stand by lite t Far , ~ o , : t the paper also, and meet tnrots It'll. it -:', 0 . .• ~.„.. . The Standar(' denounce. Allele : ~-,.-: r.-ce -- agent of Great Britain ,- cwking t. , , i, ,i- - .1 - i )x . W . this country.. North 0. 1 .0 , ,ins ;, !in . ..- , ,„ nisbed 55,0i - 10 men it.r ill, Hebei artiti.•., :..'1;:"'f:,711,l, of whom 40.1100 have 1.,...n 1..i11e . 1 an.,.'-',',..:-; . i--,-, : wounded. The Raleigh e d i tor .ay. tl i .-____.-.i..,... --- i if il'i State should .-Jenti to Wa-liiii.:. - .11.,; --. ;• .7.. - ..!'•'" to leirn what term- of ri : enn-iii : i ;o n . to : -, be made. . ~,, , , GEN. GRANL—TiIe lialoii•L II ti : •Id 1; 1 1, • I . settles the vexed. q ue!‘tilsr i •:-.. ...s time:. • State Normal School, Grant's political mon., 11 . 111',.. in .. • .; . My be never voted, lon alt.-r he ..•..1r..1 0 , Olenboro, Erie County, Pa. Galena be declared 1inn . .4.11 a j 1;..,,,,... . ,„, . . and voted in 180 for Stephen A. I f0u1.. , ' , 1- ; FACULTY : for President. It Phon!ii be itrelt , i.ltnr„: .3; A, (ooper ; 3, yt,, Ws. L. IL Cosier, that it requires a (leal.oi' moral c ,111.1,9 ;.i. i J. T. Strklt, A. 11.. /11u S. Cebu", a butiinesb man to acknowled. , ... I,:ra .--if ,;I E. C. netlintoth. lbis S. N. Thaink, r. Democrat in Northern lilinoi-... Tim ,. -N. I „.,, •,, , err.or .vats , pi r t„,i e ~t I 1 1 tion - of country ii more in t..n -el v .;1 I 1 , ....rt 1-:1-,-..,... t 4.(4 :A bigotedly abolition than ..t.-er..AL-t..,;tt - i,s,- i ‘ i. , ,;•77.-, ~„ ic.Pludra: nee of yr:it Booka, pot setts .or the Wectern Reserve. ficutT :1 j ,t, Grant dos not ,trouble him.,_•1t:.,n , :1,. about political organizatinnQ. •Fii .. I_ Fittr-', is to obey orders, and win fill t 1 .tc,•. 1 - - can. —The draft - is but the nws r.:•• •, i•I some of the New England disnict example ,in the 4th (lloctoti) whole number examined . !nit .wp waz 1,135. of whom 9:17 wen - . exemptc.l, it paid POO, which makes l,ftfii 'th at , got( 1..0* 108 offered Buktitute4, and ten were pte--,p,1 Bit fit for duty.. 'Chu.; le.. than rm. , in 9. hundred of the miginal eon •rrivt • in t,) the army. DIED, In eranamville, Pa., on the :13th 10. t ON , 1411.1 formerly Portlanl, .1 , 111 4-otln.r, , aE,OI vl years. ZOl/11(0 AtirertiVAlt NOTICE. };c,,ifyrn,- (1171 , r, Vel! 1. ~. 1 :: , ! 4:61y, loivitt lt,i, l' - .... :. ~ I)ROPOSAL9 fqr Wolk nn EarlaA Hoge, r. Cr:A. - s• it wanted from II sionn, Illermimith. DUI 1A,,,,..cra Miens be seen and intonastiral 9...,11,ntiet 1 11: -1. e:: Offee, In Wright'm 11. , .-1- . P.Oftr E. Cr 1:P1r.,:, tag!-It. - .k= r lant iThri , :r- r PIPES! \PIPES ! • we otit ()TIT:RING e. le.r.-., 3,t ,-;f: 1.1 y,.. ~..,,, i , Gatti' Perch'', Brier ROO% • , / , ' , A A , .1 i - ' , . , ' PIM . At lOw Cgoreo .. . . tadsinprdied at Irf..-egt :.-.`.!..:..-, -. .• T,E"Cf.ti it: r,l': - . irr, • . COAL F COAL H :,4, 1 A I, 'HIT_ r.. juo. I"( ptj or r -•• t 1 , !". - - EIGHTH STREET bathe Citzti, is the ple.7a 2:. ' -, 1 - . r het 17111 •ave =nu,: ca A. 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