Wrictilmtni, jortign ma filitind PK,
The New School Law
Thu new School Law has passed both branches
of the Legislature, and has received the
bation of the Governor There are sever:TlP::
portan t changes in the law; although in most
particulars, similar to the old Law
It mace each ward in a city, or borough a se
orate district, elect three directors who shall hold
all property—levy tax and draburse for the ben
efit of the ward, exclusively—the Directors of all
the wards to constitute a Board if Control for
the whole town or city There is a pmviso for
consolidating the property into one district, how
,•ver, if the Directors think beet to do so. -
Thirty•tirpt section does away with the present
way of collecting School-tax, and provides for the
appointment of a collector
One new feature, is the election of a County
Superintendent-4 matter sufficiently important
for us to lay the provisions of the law in relation
thereto, in full, before our readers.
Sec 87 That there shall be chosen in the
manner hereinafter directed, an officer for each
eounty, to be called the County Superintendent.
It shall be his duty to visit as often an practica
ble, the several Choi is of his county, and to note
the course and method of instruction and branch-
::. taught, and to give such direetionsin the art
of teaching and the method thereof, in each
qehool, as to himgether with the Directors or
ontroller!. .hall h )
deemed expedient and owes
wiry. so that each school shall be equal to the
grade for which it was established, and that there
m a y is. a. far as pr.tetieable, uniformity in the
course of studio. in .ehool. of the several grades,
respectively
SEc It shall he thobduty of each County
Superintendent, to see that in every district there
shall be taught `orthography, reading, writing,
English grammer, geography and arithmetic, as
well to. such othsr branches as the board of Di
rectors or controller- , may require. In case the
hoard of Directors or controllers shall fail to pro
vide competent teach-ri, to teach the several
branches above specified, it shall be the duty of
t h e Co u nty Superintendent notify the board
of Direct, irs yontrollers, in writingfof their ne
glect, and in case provision is, not made forth
with fir teaching the branches aforesaid, to re
port such fact to the Superintendent of Common
Kebo )1., w 111:.) duty it shall be to withhold any
warrant fir It quota of such district of the an-
nail State appropriation, until the County Su
perintendent shall notify him that competent
teachers of the branehes aforesaid have been em
ploye4; and in CaAt' of neglect or refusal of the
board of Director, or controllers to employ such
competent teachers a- aforesaid, for one month
after such notitic,tt ton by the County Superinten•
dent that such teachers have not been provided,
such district shall forfeit absolutely its whole
quota of the State z eppropriation for that year.
SEC 39 That 'Se school directors of the sev
eral eountie- of the Commonwealth, shall meet
in convention at the -eat of justice of the proper
county, on th' first Monday, of .lutre next, and
on th , first Monday of Slay to eset'third year
thereafter, and si loot viv,t Voce b 3 a majority of
Th e whole number of directors present, one per
son ~f hterary and seientific acquirements, and of
.kill and experience in the art of teaching, as
County Superintendent for the three succeeding
school year , And the schts,l directors ur a ma
jority of them in such convention, shall determine
the amount I.4) inponAatiun for the County SLl
perintrnilen,. which said compensation shall be
pail ' 4 Up , rintendent of Common Schools,
h) wtrrsn' drawn upon the State Treasurer,
in hall )eariy ins , almoit4, if desired, and shall
be deducted from tit, ...mount of the State appro
priation, to p.iid , hi:s..ieral school districts for
said‘eimntv
Sec 4i That .hall be the duty of the
President :IU./ ~ f the triennial craven-
Lion of directors, to certify to the Superintendent
of Common Schools the ; name and Post Office ad
dress ~ f ti: elected County Superintendent in
punuanee of the provisions of this act; and those
of all the tither eandidate,s who received votes,
together with the amount of Lawtion fixed
,x7e*be made,
the Superintendent of' C.iannon Schools shall
cominissnon the person elected for the term of
three years But if no objection be made with
in thirty days, to the issuin g of such commission,
the Superintendent of Common Schools may re
quire such evidence under oath
. or affirmation,
in regard to the election or qualifications of the
person elected County Superintendent,, as he
shall deem necessary, and shall then issue his
commissions to the person properly qualified, who
shall have received the highest number of votes.
SarTroN 41. Thy it shall be the duty of the
County Superintendent, to examine all the can
didates for the profession of teachers in the pres
ence of board of the directors or controllera, should
they desire to be present, te.whotu they shall firs i t
apply in his county, and to give to each 'person
found quliatied a certificat e , setting forth the
branches of learning he or she is capable of teach
ing, and such examination and certificate shall be
renewed as often as any such teacher shall be em
ployed in teaching any branch of learning other
than those enumerated in hi s or her certificate, and
no teacher shall be employed iu any school to
teach other branches than those set forth in such
eretificat'e of said teacher Pror;ded,
• That the
County Superintendent may annul anY such cer
tificate given by him this predecesaorti in office,
when he shall think proper, giving at least ten
days previou, notice thereof in writing, to the
teacher hol , hri: it, and to the directors or con
trolers or the d:trir't in which ht or she may be
mployed
sees 42 That County Superintendents shall
-nnually on before the first Monday in June,
orward t i the Superintendent of Common schools
the reports of the .t•veral school districts of their
respective counties, and shall also themselves
make an extended- report of the condition of the
schools under their charge, suggesting such im
provements in the school system as they may
deem useful, and giving such other information
in regard to the practical operation of common
sehools, and the laws relating thereto, as may be
deemed of public interest -
SEr. 43. That until sifter the election of a
County Superintendent, provided for in this act,
it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of
Common Schools, by puhlication at least three
successive weeks in two newspapers of each coun
ty, if sostbatty there be, but if noneare published
in such county, then by printed notices, sent by
mail to the Secretary of each board of directors
of each- school district in such county, of the time
and place for holding the triennial convention of
directors, who shall then an I there assemble and
select a presiding officer from one of their num
ber; and the directors then present shall proceed
t o th e electi on of County Superintendent., in
the manner heroinliefor e provided The notice
that shall thereaft..r h-• given of the assembling
of the aforsaid triennial Convention, shall be by
the County Superinamdent in the manner above
provided All expense' , of giving notices direct
d by this section, shall be paid out of the same
f un d as the salary of the Cannty Superintendent
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( ILYSTAL PA LA E )N TR jB Tugs.—lasi KIM
~e there was raised at the Crystal Palace for
the Washington M. , eutuent Fund about $7,000,
:,verag,ing five-eights s cent per visitor. Bad
loch visitor contributed tett cents, the aggregate
aeiount of contributed i•outribution s
.would have
been in the vicinity ~f sloo,oflo
_aft. Th.. "know-uotling•t" rre not tu have all
th e fuu t., thetueelvt • Auo;her organization
been i ntro d uce d, c,1111.14 th. "Say•oothulp."
eg6, The lett( r will hive ei advantage, Übe
I , )rmer, a. well as the Odd Fellows do net enley
—woman canno,l be initiated.—Nerpore mg:.
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miVer•
There is still another order about Uslring
field, called the "Do, Nothings." It has
wasted, thongk not - properly orpaised; ,014 is
this t!uder, the - iolooft--etlig, romp of
figire quite u:
•
• • • is the Tem of eds.
A betel-dated Madrid, Agwilllst, to tbo LoS
den Times, mart
Lost eight, in the saloon ofen ex-Minister, sit
idle report, which obtained no credit, olf
ties b ein g imminent between Spain and the 114
ted States, brought on *discussion as to the prohl
ble consequences of @noir& struggle, especially
regards the island of Cuba. Its garrison of tip
wards of '20,000 men and the improvements that
have been made in its fortifications since the at
tack of the Filibusters, afford, in the opinion of
Spaniards, a sufficient guarantee for the safety
of that possession in the event of war with the tor ID Marion, S. C. a boy of 14 years, hav-
United States. The troop! there are now &rm..' ing a slight quarrel with his cousin, aged 12
ed with mine riles, instead of the wretefusd tint yam, •
muskets upwarde of twenty years old, which were
their weapons at the time of the piratical attempt ' of Illas John F
the Bootonreeiti.
-' Slee p er ,rouftw for 20
a, Y es elmed rs the
his e d m
uon it:
above referred to. There are also Paixhan guns , neotion with that paper on Saturday last because
in the batteries of the island, and there is no rea- of ill b . sitb.
son to doubt that a stout defence would be made.
But lam inclined to think thaethe Spaniards, oft. An English jury in a criminal case is said
although they may possibly not overrate their to have brought in the following verdict:—& uil
own military value and means of defence, under- ty, with some little doubt as to whether he is
rate the prowess of their anticipated enemies.— the man
They justly enough observe, that the success agh, The oontributions to the English Wesley
of the Americans in their wars with the de- an Missionary Soiliety for the year 1858 &moan
generate undisciplined Mexicans are not to be te a to a b ou t wisp% b e i ng i n i ncrease on-the
taken as an argument that they would be equally Fireoo d e t nig year of a b ou t e4e , 000 .
successful in an attack on Cuba At the same
tine they hardly take sufficiently into considers- NB. Hon. Joseph L. White has purchased the
tion the tenacious valor of the Anglo-Saxon race, farm f e eme l4 l belm i te 4 4? Fellin' nee C .6 ° . Pert
the expert rifle practice of the Americium, and on the east side of Lake, in the vicinity
their abundance of wealth, that great element of of Cooperstown, and is about to erect a summer
success in war. To any 'but Spaniards there can residence thereon.
scarcely be a shadow of doubt as to the fate of ass-A Destructive Fire occurred Cu the suer-
Cuba in case of war between Spain and the States ning of the 18th inst., in Richmond, which de
-supposing, of coarse, non-interference on the strnyed among other property a dwelling house
part of soy powerful ally in the former country belonging to General Scott. It was unoccupied
At the same time, America would not escape at the tune, and was evidently the work of ari in
undamaged in a contest with this comparatively ceodiau His loss was covered by an insurance
feeble country. The ocean woult) be quickly co- o f $5,00 .
vexed with privateers under Spanish colors, and
TRADE OP run SANDWICH it4LANus.—Dunng
American commerce would suffer greatly And
th
at the last moment, when all hope was lost, 1
thee year 1863 1 827 Am erican vessels touched at
fully believe that Spain would emancipate the i slands, of which 500 were whalers, and 127
me
slaves and abandon the island to them, sooner me r chantmen. The tonnage of the latter amount
than re its darling possession—the "Queen of ed to 45,235 tons '
the Aritillee,"—fall an easy prey and flourishing no., The Grape Shot has proved au alibi, be
possession, into the hands of the ambition and yond doubt. She is now lying off Belize with
encroaching Republic, which gives it so much muskets on board for Santa Anna, only awaiting
uneasiness. I infer thii, at least, from the tenor the ratification of the Gadsden treaty before de
of conversation here, and 1 doubt not that the livering them n.te It is thought the privateer
Spaniards, their ingenuity by their defeat and in the English Channel jos a myth, and that John
spoliation, would find means t, , leave the island Bull has been egregiously hoaxed
in such a state as would give the Americans a
CANADIAN 'VILLAGE CONSUMED —A des
vast deal of trouble, even after the last European
patch dated at Montreal on Wednesday says that
hid quitted its shores. The most sensible men
the village of St. Hyacinthe was almost wholly
in this country admit that Cuba must sooner or
destroyed by fi re toeisy. St. Hyacinthe is a
later, pass into the possession of the States; but .
beautiful village on the railroad between Mon
they admit it with a feeling of infinite bitterness.
treat and Portland, and about thirty miles from
and with a stubborn resolution that the change the former The population consists of about
of owners shall occur as late as possible, and the 3,000 persons. The chief public buildings are
prize be dArly bought by the conqueror, the parish church, college, hospital, nunnery
Burning of a Propellor. young ladies' school, court-house, and theatre
Gone Ads'
A vessel was discovered to be on tire iu the
Lake opposite Dunkirk, on Friday evening last.
The L ,
—Juisialiv went out to the vessel, but when
she arrived, the wreck was burnt near the wa
ter's edge Considerable anxiety was felt to learn
the particulars which are stated as follows in the
Buffalo papers :
The vessel proves to have been the Propellor
H. A. Kent, which left hereon Friday at 3
o'clock, bound for Toledo, with some 200 tons of
merchandise, destimed for Chicago and Milwau
kee and adjacent country. Capt. Herrick of the
Kent, who arrived in this city about 11 o'clock
Saturday, gives the following ae•stunt of the dis.
aster :
A few minutes before I; o'clock, the Captain,
who way conversing wish-the Engineer about the
working of the machinery, Perceived the smell of
oil burning, and told the togincer to see if the
Journals were not getting hot. On turning to
go away, he saw the flames proceeding through
the hold from the main hatch, and in ten mm
utes the whole vessel was in a sheet of flame.—
The disaster occurred about 15 nilles out, off
Gravelly Hay The Kent burned to tlo. water's
edge, broke in the middle . , and sunk a h w min
erekv, iu number, unding
that they could not save the vessel, took the boats
and reached Canada shore. The Clerk was un
able to save any of his books or papers, but was
fortunately able LA secure what money was in lus
safe, before leaving the boat. In the hurry and
confusion, but one oar was put into the small
boat, with which they managed to make the land.
The Kev is about five years old, had recently
been thoroughly repaired, and was estimated to
' be worth $24,000.
The H. A. Kent was Owned by J C. Evans, of
this city, and Hubby, Hughes St Co., of Cleve
land. Evans is insured 18,001.1 iii the Buffalo
Mutual. Hubby, Hughes A; Co., $6,000 in a
Cl eve l an d Co m p a ny Goods mostly insured in
New-York.
Br.syrox's REMARKABLE VlSlON.—Benton,
in 1830, described our immediate future of to
day, as if with a prophet's eye. Let what it
passing before onr eyes say whether this will not
exactly apply In Is3o, Benton said:
"I can have a vision -also, awl of a banner with
inscriptions upon it, floating over the bead of
the Senator from Massachusetts, (Mr. W) while
he was speaking the words 'Missouri Question,
Colonization Society, Anti-slavery, Georgia In
dians, Western Lands,'More Tariff, Internal Im
provement, Anti-Sunday Mails, Anti-Masonry.'
A cavalcade under the banner—a motly group,
a most miscellaneous concourse—the speckeled
progeny of many conjunctions—veteran federal
ist—benevolent females--politicatu who have lost
their caste—national republicans--all marching
on the next Presidential election, and chanting
the words on the banner, and repeating, 'under
these signs we conquer.' Did you see it, Mr.
President? Your looks say no. But I cannot
be looked oat of my vision. I did see something,
the shade at least of a substance—the apparation
of a real event—making its way from the womb
of time, and casting its shadow before. I shall
see it again—:at Philippi---and that before the
Greek kalends, about the ides of November,
1833"
Suppose a Senator had arisen in his place and
said: "Yes, and you, Mr. Benton, will be , the
leader of this speckled progeny." What a scath
ing rebuke the then Democratic champion would
have uttered! "I, sir ever to be the leader of
such a motly group, sir! Never, sir,: I repeat,
sir, never! The very suggestion, sir, is a libel
on my reputation, sir,!" Time, ambition, and
disappointment work great revolutions. Now
the motly army is forming, and this Benton is
striving to be commander —Boston Post.
Maxim tta.tvEar.—When crossing at Ilir
°hove a single Turk exhibited a degree of brave
ry which would parallel anything of the kind
performed in Mexican war. He was a pri
vate soldier of he Bachi Ba,youk, and had, by
some means, bee separated from his regiment
while retiring from the sooty. Seeing his un
protected position, thr6: or four Russian troops
made a dash for him. But the Turk, undaunted,
stood up to receive them, and as the foremost
trooper swung his sword to deal the blow, the
moldier, by a powerful effort, nixed his horse and
threw him on his haunches, and then, quick as
lightning, cleft the trooper's skull. Then spring
ing to the saddle; he turned to face the others.
Instead of - waiting the charge, he shouted the
name of Allah, and spurred to the contest.—
With single lvind he maintained the unequal fight
for soon: timid, and till two out of four lay at his
feet, The Russian Seer still fought bravely,
bat animated by fanaticism, and the determina
tion to conquer, the Moslem seised the officer,
though a 'Urger men, by the belt and dashed him
bite a child to the earth. With another blow he
hurled the' renudeing troepen from the saddle,
and nesering the steeds, he made his env in misty
to the hapiria' I Up, where his exploit had been
whose* and where be was dubbed op,* on
sta e sia
the Olt; I , mention this Wald to
dwir '.
t. __lteaort_ . 11 ". 0831
nee. bravery sad
age ,
, itordheiils., dem a most
144 stated that Lewis Cass, Jr , is about
so be married at Rome, to the daughter of Hen
ry What, Zsg., of ?rev York
us. Wheat is now selling in Louisville at one
dollar, and fifty oenta per bushel, the bigheat
price ever obtained - before.
BANK OF TITS UNITED STATE —The truqoes
of the old United S•ateA Rank have is..uc , l a no
tice tfat they intend declaring a further dividend
out of the a..s.sets in their hands to the ereditnrs
of - the trust Those concerned are notified to
come forward and present their elailmt, at No.
70, Walnut street, Philadelphia. hcforo the 30th
of June next.
TEL= titangill STATES DEBT.—The debt of the
United States, now outstanding, is 8&0,315,872,
l'pwartis of $21,000,000, in principal and pre
mium. or more than one-fourth of the entire in
debtedness, has been paid since March 4th. 1M53
e---a period of hula more thin one year, and the
surplus revenue now in the treasury i 4 equal to
more than one-half of the amount of debt out
standing.
THE TIWN 4W WARRENTON, GA , DESTROY
,tit) BT FIRE.—A despatch dated Charleston,
April 27th, says the town of Warrenton, Geor
gia, was nearly destroyed by fire on Saturday
last. Every store, the Court House. Post (3t.
flee, with many of the best dwellings, and a num
ber of offioes are destroyed. The los- is estima-
No at from Ai MO MA • _ .Ines
Vir We regret to learn that a yoang man
nrmed Hayberger Wiii drowned in Love's Mill-
Dam, in Milcreek township, last Saturday even
ing. He had been out on the Amu inn boat with
a friend in seerlsk of some wild ducks and the
boat proving defective and commencing to leak
quite freely, ha with his companion, jumped in
to tile water, and, u already; stated, was drown
ed—the other managing to reach the shore. The
deceased is spoken of in term! of high respect.—
Wow" ttf .
TUE Sri STEAM FEICUTZB.—The Washing
ton Star says that the Secretary of the Navy has
determined to build one of these ships in the
ilosten Yard; another - in the-New York Yard; a
third in the Philadelphia Yard; a fourth in the
Washington Yard; and two in the Norfolk Yard;
There are two ships already under construction
in the Portsmouth N. H., yard—th Santee and
the Franklin The machinery of one of them
will be - constructed in the Washington yaird, that
being the only govantment establishment of the
kind in which such work can be done. The ma
chinery of the other vessels will probably be
built by contract, under some of the most success
ful private steamship builders in the country.—
Engineer in Martin, will al= ri.et Europe
with a view to examine the mosi eodern and im
proved naval machinery
lam' Woman --do you lore her' flee she left
home, hex pirate. her listen,. li..r brothers, her
friends, all for you—do you I.),:br her? has famil
iarity.-indneed you to mareleven , •se? have yon for
gotten the vows you made in4ier before heaven's
tribunal? has times and the trouble incident to
all life made her phycieally leas favorable in
your eyes? have you Ibrgotteik that her youth,
; ha. hope, her aspirat ions for that sphere, that all
Imisorible women covet, was pledged to you?--
$ and have you abolished her, and are you still to
( her all in all? If you are, then she is happy,
and you have acted, a part to be applauded by
I your fellow men, you will receive one day your
Irecompense of rtward. But on the other hand,
have you beeonmdimatialled? have forgotten
the being you swore to cherish?, have you left
her to her own resources and by • your continual
&beeped, caused her to dine in solitude, like a
meek gentle seem? if you have, oh, man! you
will one day pay the penalty of your negle .
Omit HVIDZID TEOU*AJD DOLLASS Rs
-1 WAIIID.—To PURE Cirufan.a.—J. Y! X h a s
j
transmitted to Dlranitarey, Secretary of State, a
Metter from Alex. Vattainere, die great French.
I man who has done so much for the diffusion of
!, knowledge by international exchanges, stating
1 that by his will he leaves $lOO,OOO to any per
/ son who disoovers the "mecum o/ awing Asia
1 Cholera or the mow of the peatilosee: To give
1 publicity to the feet this
. publiCation has been
i made. The power of awarding. the prize has been
1 conferred an the Institute of France, and the in
/ serest of it, until it has been awarded, is to eau
-1 atitnte asi enamel prise, to be given kt-those who
mimes the knowledge of the wise of Cholera
and its remedy.
AN APPL&L.—Matt. F. Ward has published
an appeal to the editors of the United States,
bogging them to suspend judgement in his .met
until the publication of the testimony in an accu
rate form, which publication, he say s , w ill be
done by the Messrs. Appleton, of New York,
very shortly. Unfortunately Sot Hr. Ward, too
much testimony has been published already.
He killed a brother man without any sulkiest
promotion. The evidence as to that point—end
that is all the point then in..-was fall and mon
troverted. Hat, after all, wit do not know 'hut
the penes and the public are pursuing Ward too
mertikerdy. He stood mak, and was ac qu itt e d.
As say sawkeig wee444o mode
UMW' 10 OSP 1 0 11 ‘ 4 4 111 14/ .I*We ose
the elopes or the tild e j 51114 1 .1101 1. soy Atiltht welt
hove been useilanag*Skais Amides to these
*sive bee who, by their verdict, wiped his
ay. Ow jury itetuld_ #e deemed the
lihedsSake seltodhoheNe.—Ans-
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XIII'. PA.
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s ATURDA VIIOII,NING, 111-AY 27, 1854.
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4 • RAZZ NOMIIIATICIII.
POIL 80YLINOR:
WILLIAM BIGLER,
Of Cleoliidd County
JUDGE or salon Cllnallt
JEREMIAH S. BLACK,
Of Somorsot County .
FON CANAL OONNINIONNA
HENRY - S. MOTT,
Of Pike County
. ■y. Dr. H. M. Devts, late from Virginia,
proposes to speed a few months in the counties
of Erie, Crawford, Warren, Mercer and Lawrence
for the benefit of those having Cancers, Sore eyes,
Club Feet, and other diseases requiring skillful
surgery ge comes very well recommended and
solicits a share of the public ruconage
City of Brio vs. Iris a North last Railroad.
MEM=
The Supreme . eourt of the State have fixed up
on the first Monday of June for closing the testi
mony in thiA came. and the seoood Monday for
hearing the arguments in the case. We congrat
ulate Our citizens upon the prospect of au early
settlement of this long pending question That
all will cordially acquiesce m the decision of the
Court there is not a doubt, for notwithstanding
the great amount of froth that has been expend
ed in cursing us for our illegal acts so Court
thank heaven, has yet decided that the course of
the authorities of the City of Nrie, or of the
township of Herb!), was illegal, and we have
no feartethat any Court will say so.
oft. In another column will be found a sy loop.
sis of the new law regulating the Common &hoods
of the State. Its provisions are generally pretty
well spoken of by those who are "postaf' in-the
wants of that department. We are not sufficient -
ly familiar with the form , r 'law to point out the
difference and exhibit the advantage of the new
lair over the old, but all concede that the election
of :4uperinteoden L. by the directors will result in
great benefit to the system If properly carried
out, we presume it will, bat if it is suffered to
run into polities, as it undoubtedly will, we are
not so sanguine of its benefits. So long as men
are selected for their merit instead of their creed
it will do, but when that is departed from it
might easily prove a curse instead of a blessing
A fair trial of the law. however, will be the best
test '4 its utility.
J We understand that the "powers that be"
in the matter have announced the death of the
Erie City Railroad Well, insomuch as there
were only about a "bakers dozen" " in this com
munity who ever had the least notion of its liv
ing, we presume but few will be astonished at
the d:cease. Of oottrst we cannot tell what has
been affected or attempted - by this effort at hum
bugging the people. One thing is certain how
ever, that those men who have been put to ex
pense and trouble along the located line of the
Road will king hesitate ; before seknowledging,
that they have been eitiighonestly or honorably
dealt with What the people in New York think
who were expecting a eetneetion with the pro
w:. ream Ina lky• lama
10 MI l e
City antler its present management.
We watched its birth,and knowing its parentage
proclaimed an early death certain. Let's have
the first move of the next game.
ugh. Judge Pollock, we learn, intends to de
vote his time and energies to the political con
test as soon as the necessary arrangements can
be made for that purpose. Cot. Curtin will ac
company him in his tour through the State.—
We learn, furthermore, &um the
,the
,source,
that it is the desire of Judge Pollock that Gov.
Biglvr should meet him on the stump, and dis
cuss with him before the people the politics of
the day.—Gazette.
.And before Governtr Bigler would have time
to administer more than one or two prescriptions
to Judge Pollock, to core him and his Mends of
their presumption, the whole Whig Press would
be wild with' indignation at the idea of a candi
date taking along elecioneeriog tour, neglecting
official duty and receiving a salary. In this sense
should Governor Bigler attempt anything of the
kind, our Whig brethwn would be delighted in
deed. -
Stir An extended reply to the wanton attack
of the Buffalo Express ipon M. B. Lowry, of this
plat*, and upon some o? his long since dead an
cestry, will be found in our columns of to-day.
It is not our intention t. say anything upon the
hots in controversy, for be they as they may, we
look upon the thing as none the less disreputa
ble. It is very plain, we think, that the Editor
of the Express is but the donkey and his paper
the vehicle in which the filth of certain others is
oonveyed. Therefore, when we say to the said
Editor, that the next time be makes a tool of
himself to be sure to get into the hands of decent
men, we have said all that be probably needs
for the-present. To that man who recently vis
ited Philadelphia from this City, to obtain the
sheds, of a base for the foal publication of the
Czpress, and to those his colleagues who pes
tle around him and enjoy his periodical monoma
nia for dirty work, we have a few words more.
Smithson, (and its only fora convenient form
of mikes that we style yen thus,) what do yon
expect from conduct so revolting and unmanly.
Is it to gratify a petty malice, or do you imagine
that perhaps by dragging some one or two down
to your own level you might by probibilittappear
to *little advantage. If you induldge such a
hope, we can tell you, you were not more mistaken
when you supposed that by shooting one or two
citizens "down like dogs" the remain der would
tamely submit. We are much deceiv e d, if the
way txrrepair a shattered character in Brie Coun
ty is by violating the sacredness of the grave,
ind with demoniac joy scattering its quiet ashes
to the winds. Richert°, the infamy of a relish
for each violence has been enjoyed but by the
wolf or hyena, and we pray you don't force us to
add to that catalogue the Name of evemone
Besides, if after swam:mightily attacking a living
man, what is there but the barest brutality' in
belaboring a capes. Suppose that the men re
ferred to, in the early pert of this century, did
do wrong in not leaving their all 'poi the first
eight of a man with a bit of paper in his hand,
and take to the wilderness spilt with their wives
and little 01,4 what men sense or hover
would bad their Whiten responsible kr the
fault! We emet think theft a second thought
waif girstrto the dike, or it would have OM
suppremed. Par siseely, Negroes an eaip op
en the most menu at wee nev
er inane
a ' bet by 2:t il loO or oo
kr*•
GovintreWeles Veto.
For a year or so pest it has bees the habit of a
certain interest in asd about this esetio' d the
State to zuresent her as but wan is the beads of
the worker, whatever her authorities were touch
ed in the "right spot." That certain appliances
would invariably accomplish certain ends, irre
spective of the claims of patriotism or other duty.
Some of us, too sensitive, and from the boldness
and f req uency of the charge, fearing that the
good old eomnonwealth was, about to be deliver
ed into the 'hands of the Philistines, shorn of her
Oil
beauty and her strength, have teen tempted al
most to leave her borders for a season Hut a
moment's thought taught us the rank injus
tice we were doing another. In our, extreme
sot eitudif.* had forgdtten, for the instant,
that Wrm.Lam Bonn was Governor of Penn-
Sylvania. The past winter has deeply iml?eded
the oonviotion, universally, that while his band
ulholds the helm, the course of our g 'o old
14
Ship of State is to be only onward. en Gov.
Bigler tel;gvaphed the citizens of BrieStiat "his
sympathies- were with them," the word contain
ed the spirit of what is presented in the • states
manlike document on our first page If it's au-
tnor's previous high executive career could have
been by any possibility blotted from history,
this one act of itself would have fallen little short
of placing him in the same elevated position in
the minds of his fellow citizens We only wish
that we could adequately express all the feelings
that crowded upon us while reading the docu
ment referred to To the people of Eric County
every word has is peculiar 'charm , and value.—
The great struggle through which we have re
cently passed was based upon the same eternal
principles of justice and equality; and to find so
able au adaocate as governor Bigler, directly or
indirectly, will, no doubt take a deep hold upon
the gratitude of all. It would be useless, proba
bly, to say that we most heartilvoneur in all
the sentiments expressed by his Excellency in
his message; for wherever an idea of right or
wrong in government has an existence, there
will be duly. appreeiated the wisdom of the pa.
per"
The principle that corporations should be
watched with a jealous eye cannot be too often
presented to the consideration of this country
With other free countries, during the past histo
ry of the world, the danger was from the evil
genius of some ono successful man. With us,
we apprehend a great, if not tke great danger
to our institutions and happiness is to be expect
ed' from the efforts of legally associated men,
armed with all the corrupting influences of mo
ney andlprefermetit. Every blow that strikes at
the semblance of such a freaful consummation, is
a blow struck for freedom, and deserves the warm
est commendation The doctrine, that a bit
of parchment given for some specific proper pur
pose to .three or four men, necessarily conveys
"the divine right of kings"to lay on and spare not,
disregarding every tie of friendship or claim of
duty, hits never yet we believe found its way
id
to an American law-book, and, we- know never
for an instant into a true American heart
Every man in the State should read the veto
of the bill proposing to make a distinction between
corporations and citizens, in favor of the former;
and if after so doing each one does not respond a
hearty amen, then with the prophet of old sot will
we exclaim, "alas, this people perish for lack of
knowledge!"
sir The disappointment and vexation of ~u r
eastern adversaries at the arrangements about to
be concluded between the Sunbury and Erie and
Western Railroads, begins to manifest itself
quite plainly. The Buffalo El-prat, which ap
pears to be peculiar organ of all Railroads, leads
off with about three columns of abuse of one kind
and another In the wake follows the Railroad
Constitatima of this city, which shows quite plain
ly that the owners of the charter of the Erie City
road are turning their attention to carrying that
road across Crawford if it be possible, instead of
bringing it here, as their charter promises, be
cause they were not permitted to carry out their
graudanoney-making schemes, to the utter ruin
of our City
They commenced the fight and,like all bragging
bullies, have come out second best, and all they
have to do now is to abide the oonsequences
In about four weeks we shall have a decision
from oar Supreme Court, which will pretty ef
fectually lay out what is left'of them Mark
the prediction!
THE Waw.lNo BRIDGE DICSTHOYZD.—The
tornado which swept over a large portion of, the
country on Wednesday of last week, reached as
far south as Wheeling and entirely destroyed the
suspension bridge across the Ohio at that place.
The Daily Gazette of Thursday says:
"The wind was very high nearly all day yes
terday, and at about 8 o'clock it rose to a fierce
tornado, swinging the immense Wheeling Bridge,
the grandest structure of the kind, in the world,
to and fro for about ten minutes, when the fast
enings gave way and the whole superstructure
was plunged into the river below. It is a great
talamity, the greatest ,apparently, that Wheeling
has ever experienced. There was nc, one on it
at the time, and no'one hilt in the least, although
the toll house was torn in pieces and some small
building near it uninjured.
The anchorage on the south side appeared first
to give way, by the parting of one anchor bar.
Other cables on the South side were thrown from
the tower, and in the small ones the wire parted.
Two cables on the north side still remain firm in
their places, the whole suspenders having given
way, letting the bridge faU, a complete wreck,
into the river."
The storm was quite destructive in this vicin
ity, in the way of unroofing and blowing down
barns, blowing down fruit and forest ,trees, re
moving f e n c e s &c. We think it was the most
violent wind we ever witnessed.
lair The following letter from the celebrated
Dr James C. Ayer, gives the honest side of the
Nostrum question. Since the Public will use
these remedies we wish for the sake of suffering
humanity there were moreof then' like his Cher
ry Pretoral Cathartic and Pills, which require
no vecrecy to make them go down.
EOM
moons
Onrrikomr:—Yvan of the 234 toot, asking me to join
In a combination to put deem the Ohio Nostrumli,eeenes
duly to band. I woof amide to year request for Me fol.
kiwis( meows
The kw regniriag that the ilompasttioli br.
ad, of every mediates sold in the Oink, maws l e to the
hoary anybody who deserves preemie& I pith.
tubed the rodeos of my medleines for Mesa mane sad
believe tbto te be the basest way of making Mehl Times
knows to the monsiaity. The listlieal Preheats pub
lieb their disooverite Is the weds* as @sea as made, for the
benefit of all manklad. Why should we sot? Tbe Law
_white you fear wiltileserey year basiasse, stn Won mat
r
them who falsely pretend to dkeemwies and meets
sot. It will expire the amnions of such pre.
sad fo titt s Z es will Ws aside 6081 NIA prepar
ations as we te be visible= whoa their timpoeltion
is imews. If ban real wank they eriN be wi
ly the bees ammiatati and the botem p 4lZ a y
tic ape to the soy
PIMP Wir l . llll NE* here nal mal it le Its
la sea= *des, le the salleeing sigh, t1 , , ,e 4 POW
health and Is the ere of imentaatty, *ahem should
too" them to ovoid thew.
Teen ai , stipsegllk ai ,
C. Ana
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Lowell, 26th April. 16h4.
I)4stl-imll 'Woeims.
The Olmstead iikrald for the hist six
months has planed sad wallowed is the very
Smoot d seunility, to lind laarage sulki° ll4 /
low to apply to this city and its eitiseas,—whose
lying, slanderous snicks have been oopied and
re4zopied over the whole country, and who never,
from the coalmine - taunt of out troubles to the
end, published owe word of truth with regard to .
us although they knew it, are now making a death
bed repentance after the following style:
"The mutual advantages and concessions of the
settlement are obvious. Pielladelpha, Erie and
Cleveland have special cause for - congratulation
in the important aid thus secured for the con
struction of the Sunbury Road. This will open
a valuable line of travel and trade, and the ar
rangement made so interlaces the interests of
the three cities named as to make this great line
at once a bond of harmony and union.
We have always urged that the cities of the
Lake Shere must depend, - for their increase of
lake solinieree and local trade, rather upm their
railroad connections with the interior, than upon
the East and West through roads. The history
of our own city is proof of this. The Cleveland
and Pittsburgh, and the Cleveland, Columbus,
and Cincinnati Roads with all their interior con
nections, have brought to us the unbounded min
eral and agricultural resources of the State, and
have opened to our merchants an immense and
inoreasing trade. It is important to state in this
connection that the paesenger business of the
lake has ceased to be profitable The line of
boats running between Cleveland and Buffalo
dunng the season of 1853 MIA sustained at a
heavy loss The same wad true of the 18andusky
aitd Buffalo line.
In this state of facts, it may be L.ontidently
predicted that the Erie sail Sunbury Road will
open . to the city of Erie an era of prosperity.
Noivr CAN DISPUTE. THE EXCELLENCE OE HER
HARBOR and other commercial advantages; but,
like all other lake cities, she must depend upon
her means of communication with the interior
for her trade and commerce "
Isn't that nice talk? Take up the files of that
paper last winter and compare their language
with the above and what conclusion would one
come to' Our harbor has not altered, our posi
tion on railroad questions has not been changed,
Our population is the same, and yet that most
scurrilous of all sheets (except the New York
Times) has found reason to cease its clamors
against us, and even to sing praises to the "ex
cellence of our harbor" and our "other commer
cial advantages," and to pat u, on the back and
say "good boy; we tried . to cut your throat from
ear to ear, but you were too many for us,—we
tried to blot out of existence even your name,
but hydra-headed like, it still stands above us
with the same determined look—we proclaimed
that your name was a 'by-word and a reproach
throughout the land and stunk in the nostrils of
the whole people,' but you have most gloriously
proved us a liar and finally and manfully qua
tained your dignity, and proved, even to to that
you are worthy a place on the face of the earth "
Beautiful indeed'," When we told the Herald
and the West that it was for their igenefit as well
as our own that we were contending—when we
showed them by arguments clear-and 1111,11141r,r
-' GU , that we were mit terong, but contending for
what was right to us and to them,—ithen we
proved conclusively that we were only trying to
keep the halter off the neck of our last hope for
commercial importance, the Sunbury and Erie
I railroad, did they discover then that "Cleveland
and Erie, and Philadephia" were to become twin
sisters, to belong to the same family, and to be
benefited alike by the construction of this great
Cdr till, no. IL us awl" w lieu we tuaYe stood
up and taken from them the rod with which they
were scourging us—when we have triumphed,
gloriously triumphed over the whole race, that
they are 'brought to see our excellencies Only
when we have sent their great men to our legis
lature on their knees, praying that they might be
forgiven for - last offense* and making good pro
mises-for the future ere they Could obtain a par
don, that this beautiful Herald has discovered
so much virtue in us and such advantages from
unanimnity, harmony and good feeling between
"sister cities of the Lakes."
Now, .We can only say that we want none of
this. We are not believers in "death-bed rep.n
tance." Th ere is no virtue in an acknowledg
ment that is forced out and much less in articles
of the above stamp from the Cleveland Herald,
or from any of the rest of the slanderers of Erie.
Whatever advantages we have by the late law
we have got with our own hands and the help of
such friends as we could call to our assistance
within the State, and to those and ourselves do
we ascribe all the benefits that may uecrue to us
and to others We know that Cleveland and
the whole West will b. , beriefitted by the open
ing of another and a better channel to the sea
board, but we don't know it any better now than
we did la.st winter, neither .1 , 1(4 the Cleveland
Herald In COLICII/NiOn, we would say to the
&raid and the balance "f th.• pack that have
been harrassing malor the past six months, we
want none of your sympathy, none of your prais
es, none of "kissing and making up." The good
will qt a dog is better than the ill, but tlt good
or ill will of the whole tribe of bribed Aniroad
prrws amounts to nothing, in the opinion of the
citizens of the city of Erie. We want do "death's
bed repentances."
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TRUE AN PSZACHING.—The Germantown
Telegraph, in speaking of the prior of Newitpe
pen, Biqa:
"Newspapers of the size of the Tdegrapi,
( which is about the same of the Observer,) ought
not to be published under three dollars per an
num, and that should be paid cash at the com
mencement of each year. At the present price
sot a sirvile cent is reserved as profti—every dol
lar of subscription money being demanded to
meet the expenses of publication. There is not
a mechanic or manufacturer of any kind, who heti
not increased the prices of his labor and produc
tions, and why should not we—the last people
in the world to safer to be unrecompensed, if
justice had its eonrse—be left to eke out a mis
erable business existence for a want of a little
spirit and firmness to assert our right lobe com
pensated, aecerding to the graduated scale of the
times?"
Den Sto•P's Circus will be here on next Tues
day, and we expo, everybody will go. If it tint
better than that last humbug of s coalman that
attempted to show heie it say as weU not put
up the tent. We shall all Were to go and see.
Remarra.—Two thirty-feet row boats, the
Aims llamas and the Limy, owned in tb is village
bad a contest of speed on Chautauqua Lake on
Monday last. The distance was 'one mile sad a
half and raters. no lower buoy was at Ma
nama, 0 4 the upper it the head of grass Island.
The Boas has four 1$ feet, oars, alai the Lacy
six 9 feet oars. The Lake was quite rough, yet
the boats started at the signal. The Lamy led
a trite' on the arrant peamqrs, but lost
in making the clreuit of the Wood, so trtit
two were nearly 'even et the start for the return.
The Lney plied gradually upon her easpeditor
sad led in by a abort diatoms. The viostaty was
well emelmeteal, sad in rolived in good spirit.
—Jameson lama
►« Os %arm
Erie llsrAtanditikry Lawny
t ri•• l ot 26 W, lu t
To Lia Aliso, of Ow BO& grrysi•
Btu— on Wiled& ls You Palm of Yelt• May mar
inidalglag in the soot wanton aboni of
Poonsylruala aid of &WO wwilinthor,
Ui. following Wigwags.
"The Aorta has subsided, and Kris bee yaw s I,
ecesseel to peratitniag the cenneetion betwe ia ih,
the Woet t• pass thrtiegb its Writer,
Now if "the Storm has sated s N "Zrte t ad y,
If you were passing over War territory " a i l k 4 . ‘
track," if your triumph is templets in n amatim
We Grand Jury of our county bays ewers o . y .
and enneoeseary baleen., over our hands sad
feet," if this is all tree, it Wy heetwaes ih e aim
captors to exult over ea in oar isidartuas, sad ,
make Out ezultatioa the more Itensiliatia t ..,
point to the sire of one whose you bare 'Stam m
slandered, and to dig that old ma's befstiters •
1 graves, where they bore lain for forty / aim am
niece, their children, their grind ebtideea. ea(
raid eh ikletto, the 'hereditary rsienlity" 4
and the dead.
It is nut my present purpose to show tko z ,
AliP you have brought, or *ma being wo w , a ,
character are without foundation in troth •
whom you labor for "free tithe*" have daub e d
reputation to eternal Quay by aasaihai mutat,
mtUreant tool, are when so low that no
rotenactiude or galvanise them into life; and tf
imminent in assailing the repoustom ~f use ~k
and passed away before thirty rune on Me oar,
I shall not complain. The surviving one
owe ancestry" is too blind to road the s o w } ti
children and grand ebildren love him tin, tee_
of his "rascality," aa published on the eery gr,
lie was acerastouted is the past century o ,
And should his great grand children Iwo tt,
the attack, to tits hearing, the old man ers.:
prayer that its perpetrator might he Melo n ,.
venture the opinion that that would be as ,
Pother done for him, for I take it
who ever madie s a prayer, was ever coned vole
ster for an ellpriug.
I used not tell you that you have given 7„
but a garbled account of the 00110i11111i011 of the et
outrages perpetrated on those fret elation or
Lake Erie. An aneenapnicou Editor with
docket fur his text book, and an Editorial t
paper for the Judge . ' charge could make out a
nue crime" against the unborn ehildren of
patrick. Kirkpatrick. Sherwin' and Junk, fifty
The eau of the United States vs. Morrow I
drew Lowry and John Lowry, Is aotormus with ,
tiers u a ptece.of Judietal federal treaty, sad
ume received the unqualifled condemnation of
country, and when the facie were toads known
dent Jefferson, he not only pardoned them ,
—remiting Sou and outs, but sent an tat
his own hand wriung to the prisoners to visit
they had bun so long incarcerated, he finding
were deetitute of means to defrey their et
them liberally through the father of George k
It would be as well for me here to owe by
they came to Le imprisoned, sad to retreat my
have examined some manuoript nearly thy yea.
my mother's hand writing. The faote are
many in this moiety, and will he handed down t
ty, I am informed, by Judge Foot of
.see flan
work which he us preparing, un the ouly sett'
Pennsylvania.
In i•ousequenee of religious intaleraus to Ms
Ireland, Margaret Lowry, a widow with urea/111
tier. of the Presbyterian Church, coigns* it
try about the year 1790. id proclamation \ no
the State authorities of Pejusaylvania, Unit
on the land known as the "triangle." My
ten children and their ilsailies noosed the
Mountains on pack hones and emigrated to tie
of Lake Erie. and settled on lands which were
in the Proclamation. They. occupied and tures
land, and after fulfilling the various millirem(
laws, paid for_auti took out patents under ch. ate
Commonwealth. I will not now go into a
the fifty years of war which followed hetweio
n powerful Land Company Siutgiv ato
panytwas wealthy and consequently had
Legislature Courts were established with
diction, altar it had been decreed that the
States Court had none. When auntie's were •
they were bribed by the Company to teen the
and when this could not be effected, they wen
from their homes, and as is now veil knows is
one metance. horriblylanrdened„ The
the seal of the Commonwealth for theo
sand in Pennsylvania at that time contest
meet of the company, inch by inch.
wasted in attempts to protect their ballet, du
ing against fearful odds, for as I said litiforr,
was wealthy.
Those whore names and memory yea sea
for your umirrovoked attack in your paper of
were forced to go to Pittsburgh ro foie thrust
unbroken wildenieu, ten successive tones, w s
(burn, and were ossccessfel in :tea ejeuzloat
two jury+ of Penneyleania, bet: by a trick,
employers, the Railroad Compiaues, have
itated, proceedings were then commented u.
courts, end five times they crossed the fi.teu
went to Philadelphia to attend court. Sickia
mg tome of them attending, when the cafe •
final hearing; judgmen' went against them Si
Deputiarshal came on immediately -
They rig a mild and gentlemanly manner oAkt
fer the execution of his onion unul they ^could
Philadelphia anti make an attempt to her.
opened. The Deputy Marshal returned to
•nil made oath that he had been Restorer in or
of his wnt, n La ..'prowl.
These men who went to Philadelphia to auto
ing of their grieeaseee, were there arrested ty
instrument of their oppression, on the oath nor:
that he was resisted while in the execution
duties,. They were committed for rootempt—c
being committed for contempt, was like bet
`purgatory' where they can't get out until Mei
"the insulted dignity" which prejudged Vats
dietasent against the Lowry, then vlbs ao of" .
"For certain good andaalliciesit reasons to tie et
said Thomas Jefferson, they were pardoned "i
and coats," and nevu eau, as I stan d adorgod
of a prison after they obtained the "awful semen , '
ed in yesterday's Erprese.
The land title troubles in Penneyleuts.
more than Stly years. It ariginaaed ,betare 1 acv
"why should my teeth be ant on al e. lfor the real
posed sine of them mho hare gone tolfure Do I
incorporated wrath "will take orattn; by:the moot
Hold me if yon Ammo Mr. Clapp elhe 5016 r
Erie Railroad OW to any set of my Ids in •
the Land difattlty, which brought .iirh a 01 1 40 0
mantehemas of** menunonwealth. One II!'
unlit will bear tastimeny that the Legislate) a
trodneed and carried through by meander the esno
repeal of the Niclobson Court and Comuessiours
the first real triumph of the people over the Land
Judiee was not done to thousands of the pique ,
war, bat the fault will never be laid et my +Jot
The Lowry. of the beginning of the imosict
were the firm and unwavering advocates Of the
characterized the administration of Jefferson ,
and uswalpireingretistsoos to federal Kgreirta
termined adherence to - "State rights Lad Suite
V," sod to this to some eiVret cllll 1. 0
ut
froaseutioss by a powerful inoctaly s 1 r"
the early settlers of North-western Penayiresta
in this respect where they then stood. on the std'
war fights." opposed to federal encroachment. v
greelion of incorporated wealth. Thi. I lithe°
them, and those early impressions hare wit*
vital pnneipie of my life, via., that
form of tyranny is .tbediemee to in
there IA a similarity betere me th e ed ../ of Lo "
past and Luwtl of jbee present; the same mouse
the pAsersitiossa in tooth mew They were tor"
400 miles from home, the willderness aperso
the mesa or opportunity of making s Je'
were convicted of contempt in • Fedee
oath of a Deputy 'Siam epees/mew ,ea:
Plaintiffs for their espeeial sae, lad by a I .. 10 ‘
impeachasent alioild that eouTtetion fail. be
the similarity *ads, for when my trial ,tee e of
pared to .aseert and maintain facts by soca
testimon y as the ideal dignity of L Greer -
his four nultuarn Deputies from as man! 324.1.
not override or awe into a basement. and I
ly discharged. They were ruined by
wealth, but. am not yet, and the whiamti 4
;doyen that their light with me last .acme'
$ 6041 0 000 , may giro yes something of La iti.a° /
it may omit to Asia that Mad.
But air, you have eonaltted smother birias
148 " 11 1 , sit yogi proem to dust -Brut
that the eon peat ihreviek? HOT POW"'
it whe• a• pieposed so year Nallur si
single nil se Nimbi • owed woe of d°
gesetitit EN awl* tbe remit of Jobeial
Abe Me meta tityableet to be ►rte'