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Friday Morning, 4 'Dec: 4th . 1868.1
The",:beetorql . College.
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,Republican Ele . etors for ',the
State of • Penusylvania---::assembled.jn-
Harrisburg on Wednesday, and east
their votes for Gen. GRANT and 110 n.
*: : :S.CIIUYLER COLFAX. The Hon, Thos.
M. Marshall-was-elected—Presid-ent-of
'"the College, and Jana 4 S. Rutari,;Esci.,
the - Illeseenger to' carry the vote to the.
:Speaker atilt) United States senate
• CoNonEsp will early be calbid upon
to . start Mississippi on her career of
reconstructionland progress.' The ques
tion twill Come before hem in the shape
• of._ an address from the Republican
Convention 'of the State, calling upon
• them to declare the Republican ticket
--run last June to-be elected, and the
r•;constitution to be ratified. A. cora
- inittQl3 or five wee appointed by the'
= first convention to watch the proceed-
- big of the election and report upon its
merits. Thie committee, it will be re- .
Membered, reported few days agn'.
• They say that a majority of the legal
votes of the State were cast for a con
, stitution.' Thhi report has been the
basis of the address, of the convention,
and will be strong evidence to work
upon in . --4 0ongresS. - , „
WE notice in several of our exchan
ges, says Forney's Press; that Wayne
McVeagh,.Esq., of Chester county, is.
named as among the probable candi
dates far the Senate of the U. States.
We)are in a position to state that
thiErnse of his name is wholly without
his sanction,.and thatin no contingency , -
will he be a candidate for the place.
We make this mention of his position
to guard against any, misunderstanding
of it, as silence in such matters has
sometimes been construed into candi
dacy. . •
We, believe Mr. Id - Neagh's prefer-
dice is well known to be for Mr. Stan
ton as the successor of Air. Buckalew,
that his own highest
bition at this period .of his life is to
serve the Republican party ith.it private
• in its ranks. '
LATERintelligence has juet been,rp-
ceived in Washiligton froth Buththe
, .
Ayres in relation to the difficulty be•
tweeii ei-Minister Washburn° and the
' Paraguayan Government. As the
factS had become known. the attacks_
on Mr. Washburne by the Braiilian
press bad closed. Eton. ,Tames Watson
Webb, American Minister to Brazil,
had 'written a letter to the Anglo-Bira
---zilifur7Torres7-warmly -defendinofr,
Wailiburne, • who, he declares, has
faithfully discharged his day under
very trying. circumstances. A letter
is published from Mr. Bliss, the Amer,
ican who was torn away from Wash
harm while he Was on his way to the
Paraguayan steamer, in which he,says
.be wishes to bear witness to the un
swerving constancy with which Mr
'Washburne insisted upon the rights of
-the-Legation, and did for him all that
was appropriate under the cireafristan-
THE bill which Senator Morton will
bring forward early in the N esAion,fix-
ing the day for resuming specie pay
--,--mentsrivrin-accordanee-with-the-theor
to which he has held for some time,
and which is shared to a very consin.
erable extent, in and out of Congress
He bolds that greenbacks_ would im
mediatelybegin to appreciate, and that
by the time the redemption day curiae
round the gap would be virtually clos
ed. In support of this view, the Sen
to', refers to experience under bank
suspensions, when the process of re.
demption has been virtually accom
plished by fixing the day for,,paying
specie. RepresentatiV'e Lynch, of Me.,
will early call -up his-bill to provide
against violent expansion and contrac
tion ; also his bill for the gradual re
Aunption of specie.payments.
'TIM Echo de la Bourse, published'
in Paris, bas an interesting article on
the operations in the United States
bonds in Flltllee and Geimany. This
journal states, that of upwards of six
hundred millions of dollars worth of
American. securities held in Europe,-
four-fifths, at least, aro held in-(Ger
_. !many. The daily sales of United States
bonds at Frankfort, Hamburg. Bremen
and Berlin - , Will; Ms psertedic(impare
faVorably With the transactions in Wall
Stied, and at Rotterdam and 'Vienna
the sales are larger than in London.
. In Paris tile}purehases Are small, and
aro principally effected by Americans
• 'residing iii ‘ or passing through that city.
The,Echo 'states, howevei,. that while
the European securities have fluctuat
. ed greatly in value, the United States
bonds continue to advance steadily,
and at present aro quoted on the bourse
at a high figure. AppreCiation of the
high value of Atherican securities is at
tributed to the Monthly Circulai.,lß
•• sued by the Treasury Department;
shOwing the financial condition, of the
country, and wiAch is 'sent to all the
bankers of hurope.-
Tea case of Jefferson Davis, the
President of the late so-called Southren,
Confederacy, was called for trial at the
Circuit Court in' Richmond on Monday
of 'last week. Qn notioii of the coun
sel for the Government, it, was, post
: pOiied'utitil the next term of the Court.
it is clear that Davis will never be
tried, and:•also that if, ho should be
Weight be acquitted.
Is it not" time that the : . ceremony of,
calling his case and putting it off ahead
cease? What la' the . useof 'keeping
up 'a formality so destitute of pacaning7
,Why not enter -a none: :prosegui and
&Swiss the defendant to the merciless
judgment ,of history and the riefer
fmding piluisbnvnt of his own,'".cOn.-
111dectit • , •
United States Senator.
• In all National.Campaigne the vote
of Pennsylvania does more, Perhaps,
than that of any other Commonwealth,
in the Union, to detefminelthe reitat .
of the _varions_issues carrjed_before the,
people. Her position is central, tor
;vote large, and hdi• populate - o'ot' that.
steady, unwavering character which no
political conyulsion„ nor no.refinernent_
of demogogiern can readily affect:, ' In
deed, - the.jtblas it were;e:barometei• by
which is indicated, the condition-of our
National 'political atmosphere. This
being true of ' the Suite, beyond all
doubt or cavil, it should also be true
-tliat—into—the r -councils:of=the—Nation
she should carry the weight Corres
ponding to \ her influence in popular
elections. •1n the lower House of ConL
gross this is true, b - ut,ln the . Senate of
the United States, it is a painful fact
to ponder over, she has seldorn'had the
weight and influence to which she is
_most justly entitled. Trui3;-now and
then, we send a man there who is able
and influential enough to have her in
terests properly taken care of, and to
make —in—the-national
legislation. Such a man is our Present
worthy aeratei, the Hon. &moist CA hi-
FIRON. On the otho hand the - election
of such men as Brodhead, Bigler, Cow
an and Buekalew luis done very much
to bring the character and•influence of
Pennsylvania into humiliating disre
pute.
Our Legislature; which meets next'
month, will- be called upon . to elect, a
United States Senator for.six..,yeats,
to succeed-.one' of the imbeciles, .to.
whom We have above alluded,- Mr.
-Buckalew. Upon this subject and the
prospective action of the' Legislature
thereupon, the people of this State aro
'deeply. agitated. Ther almost hold
their breaths in suspense, to see upon.
whom will fall the choice. Many
names have been and are Stilibeing.
pressed for the position ; and among,
themmiay be found two or more good
and able men, who seem, to stand more
upon their own merits thitn upon the
intrigue of wire‘pulling politicians.—
This is right and proper, and their
action should arrest the attention of
the
.honest and earnest men who are
sent, to. Harrisburg, ,to represent con
stituencies, that would seem to throw
their votes for men simply liecause
they come from this or that locality;
or because this or tbatscheeming poli-,
tician presses their claims. The United
States Sendtorahip is. a matter that af
fects the interest -cif. the ailea;i State,
and no local feeling should for a mo
ment be allowyd to have weight in the
selection of the man to fill the position.
POlitical scheming and intrigue,
_should especially be- disregarded and
frbirned upon, It is the interest and
welfare of the loyal people of the entire
Stale that should be consulted and re
garded, aud not Tlio interest and v; el
fare of any one individual or set of
individUals. And let it be steadily
kept in mind, that unless a man of de
cided intellectual superiority,trd po
litical experience and stamina! be se
lected, we 'will again fail to have the
weight and influence to which we are
justly entitled. As we have' before
stated, Senator Cameron - has already
done much to regain our lest prestige,
brig he needs an able and efficient col
league to give us the weight and influ
ence which many other States possess
in that body, by reason of their having
in their representation two men of the
proper qualifieations.
_Cowan_ treachery,.and Bnekalewls
imbecility are still fresh in the minds
of our people, and, unless we improve
very greatly upon either of them, we
will not deserve to have the interests
and claims of our state receive the con
sideration which is justly due to them.
Let, then, all feeling of sectionalism be
laid aside, and'all claims of small pol
iticians be utterly disregarded ; let a
good and competent man be chosen,
whose past record hall he ti sufficient
guarantee for his future, and whose
legal acumen and ripe statesmanship
will enable hiM to lead as well Rafe/-
loth, and then, in conjunction with
Senator Qameron, we may properly
expect to see Pennsylvania attain. as
proud a,position *in the Senate Cham
ber as isha has liMg held in the lo';ver
Howie.
All good men in the Common' wealth
should do their utin6st to accomplish
this most desirable end.
`NE Wnis Tax.—lt is said that
an effort will be made at the next ses
.sion- of--Congress,-by--a--whisky -ring,
having large .amounts of whisky ,on
hand, to increase the - fax by raising it.
to the old rate of two dollars Or- gal- .
len, thus making a profit of $1 50 on
the stock hrstore... The Commissioner
of Internal Revenue does not believe
such proposition can be enertained by
Congress, as his report now' in prepai
ation will show that the receipts from
the tax has been largely in
excess, under the workings' of the new
law, of the receipts' for a correspondL
iiig period under the old two dollar
Jaw. at is also believed that the re
ceipts,'Willyeach 'the estimates, of the
Committee of Ways and Means.
CONGIRESS should at an early day
complete the work so gallantly com
menced by the return judges in some
of the counties of Louisiana, If there
is ' desperation. and diabolism enough•
left in rebels to count out the vote of
Union men by preventing the from
being put into the ballOt-box, there
surely ;ought to •bo decency; dignity,
and firmness enough in the Represeia•
tatives of a lo•yitl rmajority to count out
the votes.of these rebels,, by declining
to receive ,tnembers who present their
credentials based upon them,
REFRAINED BORING.—It ja
etiitil that Oenertil Grant, sin&slijo re" ;
cent return ioWashington;onweases
much gratifieation„at,tho fact that of
the'very lingo, number of gentlemen,
ho snot, both in Now , :lrork and; Phila.
dolphin, not onie solicit:od bin] feMan
*dee either for liipleolf. or i 1 61044,
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r no
The P'ernocraey, having beenutprly
routed , and' overwhelmed in the late
National contest, are trying to explain
-away tbeir terrible defeat bielaimiiri
that had not So', :many of jilt's', chivag•
r i c of the *intik been
disfranChised'-they. -. .woyld , 'iMbe had
a majority of the popular ;vote. -Gen.
Grant's Majority, when all the official
'returns are in, we iroubtriot will read
four hundred thousand, 'and yet these
pettifogging politicians have the-har
dihood to assort' that disfranebiseMerit
alone; prevented' thein from 'ribtaiping
the majority. To show how utterlY,
-false-and absurd-is-their-assertiony : We
give below the statistics, sliowingielear
ly' thtommber disfranchised under the
Reconstruction Acts d— -- ---• '
Arkaneits,
Florida,
Georgia;
Louisiana,
Missiesi 8pi,...
.
North Carolina,
Sotith.Claroliba,.,
Texas,
Totel,
In this Connection, too, it is.well to
remember that in South OkiHutt, since
the adoption of the new Constitution,
'all were' . entitld by - conhent'ef both
parties to vote at the Presidential elec-.
Lion. .This. we believe- was -also the
case in - Alabama, and several other of
the lately rebellious States. These
reductions would cut down the whole
number of 'disiranehised rebels- to hiss
than forty thousand.
The whole number of registered
voters in these States, exclusive et the
disfranchised, is given atone million
three hinadred and three thousand one
hundred and nine, almost - double the
number-who voted in the same States
at the Presidential electinit-in 1866.
Taking into aecount; - the number of
Union men who were. kept away from
the polls last month by. the terroriOml
of the-rebels, it be__Been.tthat.Lthe:
disfranchiSement amountedtC:but fly
little in 'proportion- to the. number of
actual votes.
" But; - what •if there were a few reb
ele disfranchised? Has it not been a
custom and practice among all the
nations of the - . world_to_disfninchise
men - for crime, tard - whatcrime is greater,
than treason, especially when aimed
against a liberal and magtumimons
Government ?
On the other hand, the number of
blacks disfranchised in Maryland and
Kentucky alone far exceeds that 'of
the disfranchised rebels. And justly
the Meeks by their patriotism during
the war were .eVrancltised, while
the rebels by treason, forfeited every.
right to Which they had been entitled.
flertainly the • principle that virtue
should be rewarded, and
pun
ished will not be .questioned, even by
politicians, of the degeiterate Demo
cratic School. And on this subject of
disfranchisement, we think, the mag
nanimity of the Government towards
the rebels should in common decency
foreVer 'Close not only their
but also thoie of their sympathizing
friends, knOwn by the name of North
ern Democrats.
Irishmen to Office
It has often struck us as somewhat
singular, that while the Germans in
I this country do so much of the Demo
cratic voting, they get so few of the
offices, while thc, " Dimocratic" Irish
men are so handsomely provided for
-617-3eNnere. —t
The following from the New York
Herald chows how the Irish in thitt
city are recompensed for voting the
Democratic ticket.' •We advise our
German fellow-citizens of this county,
who regularly vote the Democratic
ticket, to think of this. The Herald
says : The following is a list of the
public offices in New York, at present
filled by the worthy, r spirited . and pat
riotic sous of old Erin, God bless them !
Sheriff; Register; Comptroller; City
-Chamberlain ; Corporation Counsel ;
Police Commissioner; President of the
Croton Board; Acting Mayor and Pres
identof the Board of Aldermen; Presi
dent of the Board of Councilmen; Clerk
of the Common Council; Clerk of the
Board .pf Councilmen; President of the
-Board of Supervisors; Five-Justices of
the Courts of - Record ; all the Civil
Justices ; all hut• two of 'the Police
Justices ; all the Police Court Clerks ;
three out of tour Coroners ; twoMem
bora of Congress ; three Out of five
Staie.Senators; ...eighteen_out .of tsven-_-
ty-one Members •of -Assembly ; four-
Men-nineteenths of the Common Conn . -
6141 eight-tenths of the Supervisors.
- This certainly is, the way in which
to reward a dews of men for voting, a .
ticket that would otherwise be spurned
by them. Our German friends in this
tOwnand:County - should' Fake a f3k9i
lar demand. Surely rather than-lose
their votes the Democracy_would like
wise give them all the offices. is
at Jewit worth trying. .
THE' INDIAN• WA It.—There is much
interest fOlt in military circles b Wash
ington in the result of Gou. Sheridan's
expedition.: into the Ihdian country.
Col. Tappan, of the Indian Commis
sion, does not hesitate, to say that he
belie;TEl,,that Gen. 'Sheridan, if - he *m
eow:Ors the Indians, will lose all his
horses and come back barefoot. He
defies anyliay to point to an instance
withiti the past ten years where a party
of hostile Indians have ever been whip
ped... Ho says they can hover around
Our troops, harrass • them , at will; and ,
escape With the greatest ease; and that
mbund of Indian warriors can travel a
hundred miles ti day; when the tough
est dompany of U. States troops that can
lie found cannot travel above fifty. Cn
the other, band, military Men zenerally
have the greatest confidence - in the re
sult okpresofit operations, but the offsbt
of the open expressions - of Mich views:
riirCOl.,TappMk. holds, is to .mahe, all
hands fook for :news from the ludiati,
colintry 'mire thttn dainviTY
to ,
=1
7 7"--"BalliltiW:arettBOn:-''!--'1!
.
Strange ns .such . .;tin. announcement
inayseerkSinitTiPerAna is attliis me
, ment.nne i ilthO,Most-reesonable of the
States lOU reinilt . efi. 'against the Gov;,
.E;ithrier4: l 'jSbelvatqhtitiestin take that
ivah StdOi'iiati.Orter of the `boldest-and
• litmost unceiniirOMislng \ it(pteparing`the
'diSpo` sitith4f lier.peoli . le for it, and was
ardent' and sincere as any in .main 2
taining and — iii - oseetiting the Ciar.:-
iirincipaimertof that State bevi, almost
always been of ctlitufe•htitl
HoiveVer 'theta)
ries: •niayicondenin, -- their views, they.
have always been:obliged to acknolr:-.
e be.power.a. intellectual
Strength with which they were upheld;'
and no man is dispoeed• to' deny'Or de,.
tract from the emiregeen4 . the censten
c';l. I:with they 'were :defended'
during the war. When the arbiter, 0
whose rteciSion the:riMbreitted 'their
cans% decided against them, very many
*ercdisinised'tasubreit . and 'make the
best :of a condition of ,"things
their error bah. brought about., ;There
can be no qUestion that many sineere,
honest' end iniright Uteri in -that State
wore so; disposed,, and , woifid liaVo so
acted;, at; the very close 'of' the - war.
They gave' proof of such a disposition,
and wotild have carried it out but for
the inaeltimitions - and, 'persuasions .of
,Abdrew'Jehuson. It web his perfidy
Which raised-the old hopes, to life again,
and to which, Wado'Hampton gave ex
pression in the New York platform.
Now that this is- again decided against
them,.there ate the, tiame..lonest,sin
cere menwho still deal t° to accept and
imp - Mire-the situation. 'l7, is to be hoped
they may be allowed to go on this time
undisturbed. TlM,"first , great'need of
the Se:utile - 1m people was-Ouch a-dis
position and such a resolution; It pre
supposed, if not a Change of temper and
feeling, at any rate a conviction of 'the
tiecessity of addressing themselves to
the& .
repair of their fortunes.' When
that 'begins and is once fairly under
Way, we may hope for' such a Change
id,ood '
5,000
500
8,000
5,000
6,000
. . 'B,OOO
5,000
3,000
... 12,000
62,500
Of — temper as will ore tha old
feeling - also. The people of South
Carolina, as well RR of the other South
ern States, will find every disposition
in the Republican party to aid them,
notwithstanding the hue and cryto the
contrary of the Democratic newspapers.
Jt_the_vish_as_i
the. supporters' 'of' General Grant, tosio
everything in.their power to restore
' and preserve peve, and to bring hack
again as soon as possible the old rela
tions the
States as they existed before sectional
and political animosity culminated in
civil war.
The,Trite Bodicalisin of Grant
The St Louis D CMOC74 says: There
are two elements—a Republicanism of
principle and a Republicanism of pas
sion. General Grant,- we fancy; will
be fotind with the Republicans of prin
ciple. When the war closed he was
denounced by many for his magnani
mous terms to Lee, and afterwards,
when some proposed to Famish the
traitor by civiLlaw,_Gen. Grant firmly
insisted that his pledge of protection
Must be respected. Neither during the
war ner at any time since has be man
ifested' any feeling of vindictiveness
towards the conquered, and it is hardly
likely that he will begin at this late
day. " Let us have_ peace" means
something from him. It means safety
and security for all loyal men in all
their rights. But it does not mean
Vengeance or harshness. True mag
nanimity will crusli a bostile_isicam .
merciless severity, but not the individ
uals Nvhci have honestly entertained it.
We Shalt have the laws obeyed; and
the Constitution in all its guarantees
respected in every part of the land.
Those who persist in lawless behavior
will 'stiffer. But their) who mean to
obey will have' every encouragement
that the Government can justly give.
If-we judgerightly, then, the admin
istration of Gen. Grant will be pecu
liarly satisfactory to that element in
the Republican party which was last to.
become convinced of his fitness for the
responsibilities of a President in these
trying times. It will also satisfy- those
Radicals that care for ideas. The true
and himest men of the-Repnblican par
ty will find, we believe, that "General
Grant will accomplish'ldrthdt they
sought-by his "electiqn- 7 the triumph of
Radical principles, tlid settlement of-all
vexed questions on the hags of justice
and the restoration of the Union to tt.,
safe and enduring peacq.
A-LocAu'EVA'ounahsassyrias‘uu.
—Rev. Alfred Hazen, a Local Preach
or of the Methodist Episcopal Church
at Natchitoches, La., was fiendishly
murdered during ,the flight
,of October
31. His only offense was, that he had
received, as was believed, same-Repub
lican tickets for circulation. His inur;
derers, knowing he was unarmed,pro
ceeded to his house late at night. The
New Orleans Advocate says : • -
-"On their 'way they; came across
Brother Falkner, the Secretary of• the
M. E. Church at Natchitoches, and the
teacher of the colored school. They
pit him out of the way by beating.
.Proceeding to the:house of .Brother
Hazen, they informed him that they
intended- to burn up him and 'his fami
ly. They then demanded the Repub •
lican tickehl, which' were given them.
They again said that they were going
to kill them 'all. ' 'Brother Hazen be- -
Sought them 'hot to kill or 'hurt' his
family,, but if they desired to kill him
he was ready to die. The miserable
fiends .theh ;Ark. him out, peaceabre;
unassuming at that he was, and mur-•
dared hiin in cold'bloo,d, as they would
'slaughter 'a -sheep."' ,
No attempt was Made either to ton
vict or arrest the murderers. The same
paper, dated Novembe'r 14; adds':
" How,many more of our ministers
have,been killed we cannot tell. We
Lave heard" but , fromfew - iffarges since
election., We :know flint .some, were .
absent from their charges previous' to
election,' but;,Whe,ther i. dead or' simply
run off we'have.not
Rover y ,Johnote therat er-.
l an •
Afinister who' hae made,the court
try to
,whickhe wee sent a stumping ,
grptink i
• ,
. ,
There is no need of : urging the duty
of Life Instirance. :Every man having rr
others deO*dentlipon him forluppo4;
:knelt that in no etlfer way can ho tie'
SuelA,Y proyide for ,tinfir:futuie;Comfert
itaysecttiing'stulli ati;'amonnt of
income allow hiiri
to pay' for. Of
_cOurtie'it becomes a
matter of personal interest Yo know
Where the most insuranpe can be'liall .
for, a specifle,sum:,. : The National Life!
Ituftilaned Con:11;14 . of . 1,116 .- I.l:."Sateti'
'Of AiiCerie - a; 'chartered by congiesti-in
makes :an offer : of: insur
ance' nPon the - - ordinary Life , plan at
--extreinelf-lew-rateeTtlie7priptiple—of
its operation lining that'a.smaller sum
of cash inihand is. hetter for both buyer_
'and seller than ja larger am . ouriOntseff
upoif4O dontingekcieiCef fU
tureprofite Or'llivideryl;VFor this 'small
itum it guarantees a certain amount of
insurance,. the - ctintrad between insur
ed - and insurer being:too plain for any
Complications . such. as. may attend the
settlement of notes or,dividends.
is a recommendation to start with,.aini
if the Company is a secnreMie; its low
rates Will naturally be popular. For
this security We' find, two ationg ghat.-
autees) one is a pai4-apCapital.Of one
million dollarts ample - f•or - all , possible
present liabilities, and the other is the
character of the managers of the' Com
pany, among whom are Jay C,ooke, C.
H. Clark, Hon E. A. Rollins, Hon.
Chltndler, and others, of high
national repute: . It is not ainne by its
low cash rates that the'new National.
Life commends itself to thoSc contem
plating insurance, for it offers, beside,
a number of novel and favorable meth
ods by which the insureror his heirs
may reap tninsual pecuniary benefits
from his or her investment.. These
new features—the Return Premit.m
(by which the amount of all premiums
paid will be returned to the heirs of the
insured in addition to 'the amount for
which he was insured), the Income=
Producing, and other . plans=will ,be
nip - lain - 6d in . detail' by the agents of
the Company, whose card may be found
elsewhere. We can see no reason why
the new Company is not entitled to a
high degree of public confidence.
Mis6 - ellaneoirs Items
Yale College was never_eoJulll
now, there being.7.so students in at-
tendance
THERE i 8 a letter now laying in the
post-office at Altoona addressed "To
the Prettiest Lady in Altoona."
The C01:1511B of TS7O will show, it
is said, the population of the United
States to be forty-(W'o The
__—
universal Yankee nation is rapidly be
coming-the mightest of all the-nations
of the world.
The New Orleans Picayune Hap
the reported Cuban tillibustering ex-.
pedition in New Orleans is a myth.
It can't say as much, - truthfully, of
the barbarities cif the Democratic.
rebels ir that city on the day of the
late election. They were no-"myths,"
but fearful realities. -
_ Minister Johnson has been hearing
the great American comedian, Clarke,
play Major Wellington de BoMs —Mr.
Johnson himself has been enacting a
part in a "play" by no.meaus so en
tertaining or amusing to Americans,
viz, the play of toadying to English
snobs and aristocrats.
At Newark, New Jersey, a sham
soldier with a sham lameness, ran
away with a hand organ which he
had undertaken to grind on shares.
It is not stated however whothei he
ran away before he had contributed
his part in helping to carry that State
for Seymour and Blair.
Pennsylvania emigrant .farmers are
juakiag the valley of the Shenandoah
the most prolific region in the State of
Virginia. Doubtless,, however,
,the
chivalry persist in calling them carpet
baggers and Northern vandal's. It
will be a glad
,day for the South
when her whole chivalry shall have
been supplanted by men of this kind.
-Sow, Hopa.—There is now -some
hope of New York city soon being
made Republican. The La Crosse
Democrat is to be moved thither. It
had such a revolutionizing effect . at
La Crosse that at the last election not
a Democrat was elected to any. office
within a hundred miles of its place Of
publiCation. But our readers ..have
probably heard of that before.
LITTLE DIRETIIENCE.-TO show
the extravagance of the Democracy of
Now - York - eity;lierc:isiiCaßolii - poiiir.
The keeper of 'the City Hall receives
for his salary $3,700 per annum. The
Governor of the State of-Now: York
receives' for his salary $4,000 per an
num. In view of the Blight difference
between the two distinguished officials,
the keeper, of 'the , luis the
best of it. . • . _ . .
Tint defeat of• Mr. Roebuck
member of the British -Parliament is nn
indication thatno statesman who inakes ,
auintesllA toward , this country the cor
ner-storiV of his policy on now look
for popularity in England. American
in thieve is •rapidly spreading and root
ing itself among the masses of the Ord
Worldi and the,growth of liberal sed
timenta must be frealr recognized' by
any one who would hereafteV hedome
a leader in English politics._ This
feat is another, kick &rift', Reverdy.
Ahnson.. ' ' ' ••
Qua exchanges are •Dot yet th4tigh
, telling, stories of bow. this or that 'old.
man, of
,ninety,' or a hundied years,
trudged tremblingly up to the polls on
the 3dult 7 -,=or vcssbiouglit by u, bleat
tiful; yount lady in a: , carriage—and '
deposited,his vote; said old : man baying
Voted - for 'every, successive - President
since 1788, fronrWtaihington dawn' to
There is only one objection
these stories: they aro nef strictly true:
IndeaLthey 'cannot -, be, for ,Washing,
'ton Was' not voted for„ : at all by the .
people, but by the fespeetive , Stateil
The 'fil4,popular2:vote:'for President'
Wae ick /848,
WILKES thinks Weston a humbug. _
GRANT is . sablr - to , Jeprry : the
General's keys. !
W.q , ' , 4ciNi'oc,AtaseachOsotisol:talked
of fol. pecretaiy of War.
GEZ , TRALTS.I4*,.7ALLACE Is prouii
nentfy,inentioilaTio'suce - eea Mr:llOn
dricks.
,Geo. Francis Train's Know-Soine ;
liiing . party for 1872 'je in process. of
.
• Cassius Dl. - Clay;- our Miniiter: tO •
Russia,. it is: thought:: will nqt° be dip
turbed by the - iiresea Administratidn.
- Cron. firaWifis said; Will visit
-Now
,ow
England next 'week; to ,place his son
"atlfarvard. College. •
4 ,
Sergeant Bostee,Corbett, the man
who• shot :Wilkes, Booth, reantLy
preaelecrih,-Oeineetiest.
iSmiall P. 'Benjamin, "of Linetilo's
Inn, London, .bUirristei.' at-law," ..h . as
issued a treatise on the law of sale of
personal property..
Henry A. Wide, ea-Governor of Vir
ginia
_and es-confederate general, _is
writing his autobiography. •
An, "intimate friend" Genethfi
Grant says he will recommend, in his
first annual- melisUgo, the adoption of
the one, term rule.
"Governor Seymoui carded but one
county 'eacli . in Nebraskii:iiud...Eausits.
Th&Kansas-Nobraska bill is still ticir
i4j. friiit.
Barnum haunts the now museum in
New York, and people say.helins quit
the shOw and humbug business only in
form:
;Postmaster General #Midall is still
removing Republican postmasters in
Wisconsin, to make room for -hungry-
Democrats
- Ex , Governor 3 ielceiis, of Sontli
is reported to be lying danger
ously ill at his home in Edgefield
His disease is inflamtn.aiion of . the
lungs.
General Lippincott, doorkeeper of
the-House of Representatives, will, it
is said, resign_ upon" the meeting' of
Congress.. He was recently -elected
Auditor General of Indiana.
Public ,sympathy is said to run_
strongly'th favor of Cole, who shot
-Hiscoek, at Alb-rmyTand-othis-of-ten
to one are Offered' in bets that there
will-be-no agreement by the jurors in
the case. -
TB late Fhineas Stowe, of Boston;
obtained_ ten thousand signers to the
temperance pledge, and, assisted in
founding the Soldiers' home, Mariners'
Exchange, Scattergood, Society and
other benevolent - Boston institutionw.-
llfntt. H: lja-penter, the.distinguish
ed Dfiiwaukee.lawyer, and. probably
the next United States Senator from
Wisconsin, is going about on crutches,
in consequence of an injury to his imee
recently received.
A young German, of Milwaukee, shot
himself on Saturday, because anc -ex
pected remittance from, "Fatherland"
did not come. The iMinittance came
On Monday, in time to meet the expen
ses of his burial.
Brick Pomeroy announces his doter
minatimirqublish the La Crosse Demo
crat in New York after the Ist of Jan
nary, and to call it Pomeroy's Demo
crat. He sends it'free to all who are
too poor to pay, and the poor get badly
cheated at that.
A man named Gable, in North Car
olina, wagered• two gallons of tar
against a quart= iifliilunly — thal
should drink the quart of brandy and
then Walk home, a mile distant, before
becoming, insensible. lb drank the
brandy, walked half the distance, then
sank down, saying, "Boys, Zve lost
the bet," and instantly expired:
It is rumored that John Slidell in
tends to make an effort to .recoveAis
property iii.. ) New Orleans, and for this
,
purpose,nts executed a power of attor
ney to two New Orleans gentlemen.--
This was acknowledged before Gen.
Dix, American Minister in Paris, by
John Slidell and his daughter, and in
Fratikford by his son, before tbo U. S.
Consul ther. Young Slidell is a clerk.
in Erlitriger's
G4N - . GRANT'S RETORT.
linportAnt Recoinmendatioßs--Troops
still needed, South,.
The following•ie,, the report of the
General of , the Army, for the present
year, transmitting the reports of his
subordinate commanders to the Secre
tary-of—Walt.:
ARMY 01"YU-NITICD g.TATIIS
WASIIII46II'OI4, D. di, Nov,:kl, Dm.
9eneral J. At. Scofield Secretary .01 War:
SIR : I have the hdnor to submit the
reports , of division, dit3trict and depart
ment commanders for the. paSt year.
These reports give a full account of tho'
operations and services of the army
for the year and I refer to tiuudfor de
tails.
I would earnestly renew, my recom-.
inendatian of last year that the con
-41.01 of the Indians be transferred to
the War Department. I call. "special
attention to . the. recommendation 'of
General 'Shorn:pi:tun. the subject. It
has my earnest approval. It is unriec
essayy that the argulmenta in. favor of the
transfer should be re-stated. The ne
cesSity for. ,it beeomes, .stroagor and
more evidEfireVery: day.. , " ---- ; •
While the Indian war continues,
do not deeni any general legislation for
the reduction of the army
The' troops an thezplains - are' all need
ed; troops are still needed in the South
orn,Btates, 'and further, reduction cats
be made in the way already used, and
now in operation when" it is Safe, viz :
By. allowing the dompanies to diminish
. by,discharges without being stren — glh•
ene'd..by reernits, and_ by stopping
pointments. of second, lieutenants.
• It it should be deemed athatble, the
veteran reserve ,regiment !night be dis
contiriued hy:absotption,Und retirement
of
,oirieere .0 discharge of y irten *kb
out.detrimeatoia *mice.
Very respectfully, yeuf obedient ser
.yant, : U. p.,R.OLNT, General.
. „
• .
lifore..porikoßiOld Rocnarkfiliyo• 9or.'
tttyl' . ty of. ,prompt :foot,• every
good quality, yigoartlntoo4„ fOr
O re, B'. A.
.4LT4103 ,IMprON;I3I.I et , ACW,aly/o), Efair Ito
storoi or Drosaingt(fn 07 . 10 . bpalv) Every
,Dr tiggiAiaells . „ grica, ting p9l,lar,
. •
'' ofdit"t~lld: `O ut tu.Cutter ;
THE - FitSTIVItJES OF W1Fpp1t..... ,
While thonold, dismaldays of winter are
regarded ai'prectirsors of misery-:-whiell,
in fact, they aroit& 'a great extent they
bring with thorn maiiy pleastires,"iunkas;
bails; parties, Sodial:den, fairs and hops. A.
liirgo number, of these aro in_Prospective;
and the season no dOnbt will bo ono of un
usual enjoyment.- These festivities , rob
winter of much of its. disagreeableness.
Permit us to add, in connection ;vial this
subject, that ive aro prepared to print Ball
Ticlrets;. P,rogrammes, -Wedding Cards,
Visiting !cards, and every! description Of
- Fancy' and 'Ornamental.,'Printing, in the.
most artistic style, at the sbortest notice,.
and on'veasonnble.terms. •
A SKATING PARR , —Every town of
note has its Ska,f.,g Para, and why should
not Carlisle have one? We can see no
gqed,;roasou why wo should' . hit with Out
brie; and•wii are glad to learn that - efforts
are being made to got up a Skatilig Park
in our borough,. There is no more health
ful ,or',,pleasatit , exercise than skating, and
our "'young moo and maidens" have long
felt the want of such an institution. Wo
hope 'thoyoung men will persevere in their
efforts to 'establish a Skating Park,' and
that theyzday be aided and encouraged by
citizens of mote mature age.
FAIR.—By reference to our adver-
tising colfimns, it will be seen thiit the
Cumberland Engine Company intend
holding a Fair and Festival during
. the
holiday - S.—We hope they may meet with
liberal encouragement on the part of the
public. It is a prompt and efficient corn
ponyomd has asked nothing from the
community for, years. Its apparatus is
now in such condition as to require a gen
eychis contribution to maintain- - themeo
fulness of tho company. - All can dd some
thing:. to aid such a commendable object,
and should do their share cheerfully and
promptly.
DEDICATION OF AN ODD FELLOWS'
I.IALL.—On Tuesday evening lust at Mt.;
Holly:Springs, wia dedicated-Lodge No.
650 Of this order by District, D. G. M.,
Samuel N. Eminger. A lar a delegation
from Carlisle Lodge;No. 91 was in attend
ance. The following ol9eers were duly
elected and installed;' William 'Hughes,
N. G. ; Charles H. Mullin, V. G. ; J.
Goodyear' Treasurer. After' the Lodge
`{Tll9 organized, a splendid and bounteous
supper was given at David Guier's Hotel.
jtsv. F. SCIIOEPPE, giinister of the
German Lutheran Church, instructing
soMe young ladies and gentleman in the
Oerpne language is reqUested by some
°Me' iato.ppen_a_second-Gor in n
cording to this request ho will begin n new
course iti German. Young people, ladies
and gentleman wanting to learn to speak •
German will please call atthe office of Dr.
P. SelcoErri, No. 42, West Pomfret St. t ,
where information concerning the terms
will be given.
IMEI
Tine APPROACH 01 , '14113 HOLIDAYS.
—Christmas, With its merry train .of de
ligbts pleasures, is coining on apace,
and we see that our Merchtints, Jewelers,
-Fancy Shop - keepers, and others, are` pre
paring for its approach. The - merchants
have replenished their shelves with the
most sessonublo goods, and are now Pre
pared to wait upon customers with alacrity
and cheerfulness.' Dealers in toys, candies,
Sc., are already receiving large additions
to their stock, and their 'windows begin to
wear a hojiday appearance. The children
aro impatiently etanting the weeks and
*days that will elapse lioforo thi3 return of
that - delightful season, and the visit of
Santa Claus. How they hint - what they-
would like the gno ' d. ItrisO Kringlo to bring
them, and they arc wondering whet they
will receive from papa, mamma, brother,
sister, uncle or aunties. Christipas with
thern is. the happiest, jolliest season of the
year. We think that every child should
have a Christmas Tree, oven if it is only a
branch. It seems more like Christmas, and
on;y requires a little more trouble to pro
pare. it.
SALE OF REAL•F{srATE.—Mr. JAS.
linAttia.o_. fluid at publie..sala, on Niue-.
10th a very valuable out-lot situated in
the borough of Carlisle and adjoining the
South Mountain rail road, containing
- aljout.sii acres to B. PLANK,: at. $.lBO per
1- • -
111:2
This lqt ernbriices a very valuable lime
stone quarry, and we understand that Mr.
PLANK intends to erect hme kilns cm it, :'
,TIIR AGRICULTURAL SOCIUTT ! -:—,..
We trullt, that the following communica
tion from Mr. HENRY SAXTON,. in this
weeks Vo/unicer is.suflipiently full and ox.-
PliCiC to satisfy oven its junior Editor of
the false and ungonerous character of his
numerous att:Mks.opon Mr.SADLon, in his
capacity as Secretory of the Society:
CARLISLE, Nov: 30, 1808
Nesai-s. Editors: As Treasurer of the
Cumberland County Agricultural Society,
I would state for the information of the
public, that Ireonve all.monies paid int.)
said Society, and mako r all its disburse
ments.
The books containing the entries of those.
receipts and expenditures are, in my pos
session,
and never have boon in tins keep
ing of the Secretary.
I would state further, that they are at
all time; open for the inspection ° of any
persoriS'''who may wish to examine them,
and that the usual statement will be made
by the Treasurer of the Societrat its an;....
nual nicetingin,lan uary_. next. _L.__
HENRY SAXTON..
. • Treasurers
121:=
THE NEWSPAPER IN TILE FAMILY.
—lt is not every /ono that appreciates as
itahould be the, eine of tlio family now;- ,
paper. Its visl ations into the home cir
cle are at all tee interesting and agree
able. "It is a rind and companion that
is not easily dispensed with. To the 'seek
er aftei knowledge it is ever welcome. -
The father,' mother and child all like to
hear and rend the news of the week. Their
paper is looked upon as an 4ivaluablo edu
cator in . the family. It' will instruct
how to read, how,to think, and how to-use
and value facts. It is bflon a sure guide
in business. , 'lt generally contains inhir
mutton of a .practical character upon id
most ovary tepio. The farmer gets infor
--rnation fi'om .I,li3lcolurrins in ieferencO to.
the markets mid : his business, worth ten
times - itaannual - 'cost. .The housewife re
ceives hints in reference to hquiehold af
fairs. The interests of .the,, community
aro always sustained by a live progrossi'e
newspaper. The laboring Man' is.beneflt
od by its Coachingiand the man of wealth
and property,is• cared, for In its instrud
tions. The• nowspaperla. also - a pleasant
literary companion, While you read over_
'its 'well-tilled' pitgos it- seems like, holding
converse with, a familiar and intelligent
friend. *lt' tmlightope the-mind and un
derstanding. , It ; Improves the heart. It .
eloviges the soul and 'enlarges the ace:
Hods.:, go, onoalipuld :49.7 . 109 . 14 a well .
conducted, carefully edited newspaper. It
is the companion of our solitude, the con- .
solar. of our spirits, ,a' true and valued
friend, whose propene° has. a reithing.in
'nuance and whosO inptructions and worda
elli invaluable and immortal. ' - . -
=EMI
PINE GROVE RitiLitoAn.-;•-The cont
Mon of this,4l , ond is z rapigly progroarl
o
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str
tAlgo_
GOLLEOE'.:-In the F' o B7'
pority of ibis venerable Institation our
whole : community should fool au especial
interest, and should rejoice in-everything
'that indicates increased rigo - r and ability
in
,ita Management,. The . following ...as- 7
tract froni a Religious Paper of last wok
is _fall of encouragement to ovary , friend'
. of education-in our midst :•- ••
"We have encouraging advicos. front
Dickinson. The institution has entered
upon a new era: :Her friends ,everwhero
are rejoicing at tilie.tokert . which she gives'
of vigormis and lusty life.: Dr. DA.snrx . m.,
the new. President; hes•assurned his. duties,
.and .is at work .with great seal and efli
cieney.. Th 6 energy which ho infused into
his department and administrations felt
everywhere. Faculty and sty - clouts recog
-raze the eminent fitness of the Doctor for
-his—positioni -- and — his — success - 113 — arearly --
marked. 'His entrance upon - his - college
duties very mireh relieved the other Pro
fesiors Who vfere parrying on ,his work;
and necessitates a re•adjuatment in th 6
vision of labor among the Facility,. At
the , meeting of the Board of •Trtisteesin
Philadelphia, Which elected thO , Presitiont,
Professor.Bowreari Was dirdoterf-In'assume
for thifpreseat yeafat lerist,.tihey'reeponsi:
bility of tho.instruction,Of the'-last three
classes .4vplassic Greek- - --an notion :Which
was in harmony ,with thb wishes of the
'Faculty; also, we learn that he is prose
cuting this work with fine success: His
department proper—thatof BibliCal Lan
guages ankLiterature,•created at the last
mooting of the Board, is in naive opera
tion. Some 20,stirdents are now taking
the Biblical course of instruction, embrac
ing Hebrew, New Testament, Greek,
Exegesie, Sacred Geography,' &c:,
The College:in thus furnishing a depart
reent for the training of young men fcir
the ministry of the Gospel recognizes the
demand which - exists for faithful, cultured
and s dpented preachers, and is endeavor
ing to do her part towards satisfying that
demand. May the young , mon who' are
there preparing for their groat work, be
cultured and disciplined in heart and life,
as well 'as in tntollect, and may Faculty
and students be richly blessed in all their
labors."
=EI
:Tin following from, the School
Journal, in reference to the county insti
tutes, we 'give place to for the bandit. of the
largo number of school. teachers in this
county. _ •
1. ,The law concerning Institutes Pro
vides as follows : "Thettil Boards of Di
rectors may allow the teachers in their
employ the privilege of attending such In=
stitutes without making any deduction
from their salaries." . If this provision of
law Is not considered imperative as to the
duty of Directors, it should be considered
as haying the same moral force. No ono
can read the law without seeing that the
Legislature wished that teachers. should
have acoo4ded to them the privilege named
•in the
2. No. teacher can attend a well con
ductedlnstitute without being bonefitted,
and in tiirtr, benatltting his pupils. The
amount of this benefit is in a largo major
ity of cafes more than an equivalent for the
loss of time.. If teachers were better paid,
tho argument would not boso strong, but the
expense they are necessarily nt in attend
ing
the Institute is a ullisjentbutclen_
upon them, without compelling them to
lose the time they tire absent from School.
3. A Teachers' Institute is not intend
ed to benefit teachers alone.; it is intended
to confer its benefits upbn the whole corn
mupity. Citizens of all professions,. tale
part. Mils proceedings, and derive. profit
from its deliberations. It seems proper,
therefore, that teachers ought not to be
expected to bear all the losses' attencung
the holding of the meetings of such bodies.
I==l
Trlt; LATE, Hoßl. WILLIAM LINE.—
(The late Judge LINE, whose demise, at a
Very-advanced age, wo chronicled a week
or two ago, was in his day 'quite n iirorni ,
vent man, and had held many offices of
trust and hOnor. De was a native of this
county, received 'a good English and Ger
man education, and was a Well read'nnd
intelligent man; as well as ezentleman of
great business capacity and .untiring in
dustry. entered into public life when
quite young, having been appointed O-Jus
tiefi of the Peace by Simon Snyder fn 1818,
and in 1814 he NVIt s
ii )tppoi n d Deputy
Surveyor for Gumbo and comity by the
then Surveyor - dotterel of the State, Hon.
Richard T. Leech. In 1818, during a time
of great political excitement, Judge LINE
was appointvl by Gov. Findlay to fill the
offices of Register and Recorder. Ile also
served a term of three years as a County
Cons hissioner: In 1328 'Governor J. A.
Schulze appointed hint an Asipciiste Judge
for this county,'Which station he filled with
great credit until 1835, when Gay. Ritner
appointed hint Register of this county.
This stiles he held until it was made elec
. ve...w.h.e.n....amdgcc_l-Azirelized toAy,rs
life. Ile, however, continued to feel a deep
interest in public alfaiFs, and during the
dark daysof 'the Rebellion was an ardent
_Union man. _We _believe. _ilia, _last yobs
given by Judge' L. was east 'for GRANT
and Col,rAk.
"Mmtav's Musttum."-I—We call the
attention of the reader to the Prospectus of
" M USISUSI" in another column.
It is an Illustrated Magazine for Boys and
Girls, and is the oldest work of the kind
published in the United States. It is ed
ited with great taste and tact by Miss
Autorr, who is already known to the
reading world by her writings.
Some of our readers may fear that by
placing their money in the . hang of these
Life Insurance oompanies they will be
swindled. A dollar is a dollar, and often
times represents hard ;work, and it is not
pleasant. to have it stolen by - sharpers.
Well in the first place, we h aye no remem
brance of any Life Insurance company
ever failing. if there wore such a danger
it certainly cannot be with a company
miinaged by such men as des 000K.Ev
With a paid,up capital of A million d ol—
lars, and managed by men of national rep-
LIVE ixorinANco Comr.iiiir, recently orL
ganized , under—ren.art—of-Uongress. Life
Iniurarico is reduded to 'a
science, and the
ripest results-of that science aro embraced
in thls,now company. ,The directors have
adoptaq the simplest and safest Plan. They
moan to conduct the business legitimately.
to insure nt the lowest rates,.and to adopt
every method of doing the'greafest good
to itspatreni consistent.' with - • the rules of
a sound- insurance business. The NATION-
Lis.a: I NIIIiiiANCII Cosfr&a7, RS it
stands to-day,' is one of the best and safest
in the country " •
-Q
TIM "GftEnlA:v ms it
is more,proporly called; tho St99l)"
freaks of, fashion; which we hope oyory
is one of those monstrosities or. orazy
sonstbleilidv reader of ours will _vigorous
ly discountenance. It is unhealthy, un
gainly, immodeit, to say the lowitof it.
Wo ‘ presume the, next fashionable folly
bo a kink in Alio othor
liackwards—and, then what Kprotty spec
tacle for doting fathers,, loving husbands,
and want-to-got:marriageable young mon!
limping kangaroos losing • their balance!
yry, ladies,.ona .and all to act sonalkly
in these matters; bond only in thb right
direction and folloiv the fashion . tie long as'
its influence is harmless ! It is quito tlio
mode now in "genteel Kiddy," for ladles
to adVise their husbands to bend in the di
rectidn of Messrs STUART PETZRSON &,
CO'S mammoth' establishment, in Phila
dolphia~ Aid
lots ordors - f6r - tho - celebra-'
tor"liarley ghost" Cook, the, finest stove
the world has yet,seen! groat stove
burns either' wood or coal with remarka
ble economy,
,trod possesses so many ox
collent points, idiat Nye, shall over refer to
dtin the highest terms—we're bent on that I
Write for a•Ciroular; • • *.'
For ealo.by EitTitglant kityrr, Car
cli9Fuly;t4o,drtes;s,akwaya. i resuit.frpin the
usd i...tre
storative, on'the contrary, like the admix.-
able preparation known qe, !qtarrett's
Vegetable Hair . renders it
scift, glo'eey and ,inxuriantl4,Bp4kejlecd
OEM
•. • •
Ailne head of hair is such anind • espen
'sable adjunotto beauty that no one
- who
prizes goOd looks should. neglect to •use •
the.best proimratiOn.tolie hud to increase
its growths reit:orb its eoldi• or prevent' its
falling off. Ring's .Vegetable. Kmbrosia
is one of - the most- effectal' articles •for
...• . u .
the purpose'wo have 6vor seen, besidos
_being '.one -- .of 'the :most delightful hair
drossingvand - - -- yoantillOrs — Oktar.
free from the sticky and gummy prOPer- '-
ties of most other dreasings, and being
delightfully perfumed recommends itself
to every lady- or
_gentleman using fine.
Onov'oB-Im.. '
MIES
CUMBERLAND.COUNTY'TZCH
BRWINWMMUTM
Proceedixlgn oclhoFlikeentb°
Iffee - tlnir
The Fifteenth, Aiinual Meeting ot- the
Cumberland County Teachers' Institute
convened in Franklin, fall, in Mechanics
burg, on Monday, the 23d day ofNovem
ber, 1868, MT — o'clock, and was called to
order by County Superintendent Swartz.
After prayer, by Rev. Geo. Bigler; a per
manent organization was effected by elect
ing R. R. Thomas, Esq.; of Mechanics
burg, President, IV. M. Berktresser, Sec
retary, and )3,..E. Nast, Treasurer. •
Tho seCtions.ofthe ScboolLaw relative
to the holdfrig:of Teachers' Institutes were
rend by Professor-Swartz,
Tho roll was then called, and fffteach-•
ors responded to their..names, The Chair
appointed a committee; 'consisting of Pro
fessors Palm, Kest, and Hippie. to prepare
business for the sessions of the Institute.
The follikvfng time'sehedule waa•nclopt
od by the convention: Morning Session—
from 0 o'clock to 42 o'clock;_ Afternoon
Session—from lf o'clock to 4 o'clock; Ev
ening Session—from 7 o'clock to adjourn
ment.
D. K. Noel addresscd the' Institute on
methods of teaching English, Grammar.
lie taught that there mutt be an actor
and a thing acted'upon—thatthe name of
the actor is alwhys a noun and the word
denoting the action always a verb. These
princfpal elements are modified by other
words, . and this combination constitutes
the complete sentence.
Ft, Prof; A. T. Palm thought we confined
our pupils too closely to definitions'—that
we taught too much from the text book.
Many of the rules laid' down by ouc'eu--
thors wore not philosophical in their con
struction.
W. Penn . 'Lloyd; Esq., urged upon
teachers the necessity of cultivating a
correct form of expression. He thought
grain 111111 . should be taught practically._ An
anitmtted--disetresion-of --thiSl—subject—voke—
continued by Messrs l oell, Swartz : and
Capt. rale, to the hour of adjournment.
MONDAY EVICNING.
Convention mot nt 7 o'clock, President
in the Chair.
Mr. JohnitruGarizilek addressedile.ln
stitute on the subject of History, contend
ing that the boundaries of nations are
fixed by an all wise God, and - when-a na
tion runs-counter to the Bins of right, it
bust suffer and decline.
The utility of Mental Arithmetic'as a
branch of study in our Common Schools
was very ably discussed by Messrs Gring,
Snydor, Wolf, Dr.- Brandt and -W. P.
Loyd, Esq., all the speakers agreeing
that it is tho. most iMportant branch cm
btriedcl in our CoMmOn School Curriculum:
The relative merits of Physiology and
I.listory.of the United States, as branches
of study in our Common
,Schools wars dis
cussed by Messrs. Cain, Snyder, Rex..
Groff,, Kash, illapf. Vale and Noel.
Adjourned. ,
ICS,TS44It. RN I NO.
Curt v,ntion met at 9 . o'clock, President
in the Chair. Ezercises opened with
prayer bY Rev. Sigler. Minutes read and
approved. Roll of Teachers called by
County Superintendent and 128 Teachers
responded. Prof. Swartz read the section
of law relative to the election of Commit
tees on permanent Certificates.
At the request of the County Superin
tendvt. 'Prof. F. A. Allen, principal of
the State Normal School; Mansfield, Tioga
County explained the law goveining the
election of these Committees.
On motion of D. K. Noel the Institute
proceeded to the election of the Ccrnimlttee
On Permanent Certificates.
The Superintendent appointed Messrs
Noel, Stouffer, and McCormick, Judges
of the election.
The following teachers were planed to
nomination:.J. Zeamer, A. D. Eiseohour,
A. . 'a m, 1. .r . . ertng,
S. P. Goodyear, F. A. Cain, V. K.
Plower, D. E. Knit W. A. Lindsay, Miss
Jennie clivler, Miss B. T.' McLaughlin
and Miss A.- G. naming
Alter the voting was completed dial
while the judges were determining tho re
sult, tho Methods u? teaching Geography
were .discussed by Messrs Lindsay, Sny
der, W. Palm and Shtiner.
Prof. Madison Watson of Now York
was introduced to the Convention and de
livered an able and instructive lecture on
the elementary
.sounds of the language.
Adjourned.
TUESDAt ATTERNOOk.
Convention met at the regular hour,
President in.the Chair. Roll valled,.llB
teachers responded. Tho judges of elec
tion reportedthat J. &rimer ' A. D. Eisen:
hour, A. T. Palm, W. A. Lindsay and
Miss Jennso Givler,' having received the
highest number of votes, wore duly elect
ed a committee on permanentrortificateii.
The following named gentlemen were
elected a committee of examiners on spell.
ing: D. 111. o.•Gring, Ellickor, Capt.
J. Landis, Dr. Brandt, - W. D. Wonder
derlich, Capt. W. P.- Lolyd and M. Kale.
The prize spelling exercise war•theil corn- -
menced, , 100 words being dictated by
Prof. Swartz from tile - history of the Uni
ted States. - • '
, , ,
Prof. Brower of Franklin county being
then introduced by the President, ad
dressed' the Institute on the spbjeek of
arithmetic, illustrating the princiges of
-proportion by the.solution_of_mumerons_
examples on the black-board„ Ratio, ho.:i
thought, Was incorrectly • defined in moat ;.
of our text books. The proper definition
would be, ' , ratio is the measure of the re
lation between two quantities." Hisze
marks Were listened to,with attention, and ,
favorably received by the Convention.
'At the close of Prof. Brewer's lecture
the President introduced to the audience
'Prof. je. A. Allen, Principal of the Stater
Normal .Sehool,.,.Mahsfield,Tioga county,
who delivered an able, Practical and.
highly instructive . lecture on school gov
ernment. Ho defined government .to be
the power }which one mind MO over anoth
er. The teacher should become thorough
ly acquainted with the'dispositiens of the
'different pupils miller his charge. lie bo- • .
lieved that children can no controlled
with Opt the aide of brute force. Tho„
teachers are impressing themselves upon •
the hearts and giving tone, to the charac
ter of the 'children under their charge.
Give kind words and deeds and yola"will
receive them-again in return. .The teach
er should ask,-.l'what, manner of spirit - am •
It"• and should appeal to God for guid
lineo,in hie groat work. Tho ;Professor •
spoke for an hour, frequently • lllustrating
his "views by_incidents oCeuring in his own
elperionce.. • '
Adjoiirno4
rTo' be Continued. ;
Philadelphia ;Market
Monai, Nov. 90,1868
I•LOtilt.-L4fie receipts of Flour continue light for
this period of the °neon, and with exceedingly
small strate. 11Oldere of desirable brands of extra
famllleo ore indltkirent about operating, except at
fllll palm. Tho diruignd Is nhlvtly thr good` spring , '
whost.ihrully 'grades, which may be quoted 250 per
bbl bettor than on Saturday last. About 800 bbla
wore taken by the home consumers. Including go. ,
parilne at sB,sosBcextriei at $0,2555,50003 bbla lOWA
Wlsoonein, and lifinnersota' double extra epilog,
wheat family at $1,760375; ,200,0154'ennsylvanta•
,wintanwheat do , at 0a10,75;,and fimmy brands It
13, according.' to quality: Rio "Flour lit'sellinirat..—
$7,75a8 per bbl. .I.h Corn Meal nothing doing. ,
ItAIN.--There in a 'firm feeling In the, wheat "
Market, and a good Inquiry ton prlme'lets at fall
priors; but buaintasle restricted by the paucity of •
the receipts and:stook.; Estee of 7,000 bushel red at
$2a3;16; some anibb at 82;1542,10, and 2,000 bushels
Kentucky white a ts 2 , s o.y,Ayo Is scatte oteaky;
calm of 800 bushels Wostorttat,l,,66al;6l::. Corti is
firmly bold, but their Is' not mut% ' Otivltit litho of
1,000 busbols old yellow at $1,25; 8000 busbelo sew
'do 'at sl4l,lo,'lncludlng`l3oo - bushakii'.Yery;damp, at .
80a. Oita aro 'ln steady requolit,- sales of
7,000 bushels dark and itccify •Wrcdsrn at 074728,
lip Change to notloo BittleY,ol' viktp.- •