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And, for the fruits that should be thine, Brings only withered flow ers 7 'lhe moments, spent in vain regret Might yield it nobler store t The present is thy working time. 'rho past returns no morn. Let neither memory nor hope, With dreams thy soul beguile, The present only has the power To r make the future smile. So work, for truth, for goodness, Ere the passing hour be flown, The past, the future, leave to God, The present is thine own. fairJtellaneono. The Fugitive Slave Law bill to amend the Act entitled, "An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their wasters" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Smerica in Congress assembled, That the persons who have been, or may hereat ter be ; appointed commissioners, in virtue of any not of Congress, by the circuit courts of tho United States, and who, in consequence of such appointment, are au thorized to exercise the powers that any justice of the peace or other magistrate of any of the United States may exercise in rope". to offenders for any crime or offense against the United States, by arresting, l Imprisoning, or bailing the same under and by virtue of the thirty-third section of the' act of the twenty-fourth of September, sev enteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled, “An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States," shall be and are here by, authorized and required to exercise and discharge all the powers and duties confer red by this act. SECI. 2. and be it further enacted, That the superior court of each organized terri tory of the United States shall have the same power to appoint commissioners to take acknowledgements of bail and affida vidts, and to take depositition of witnesses in civil causes, which is now possesed by the circuit courts of the United States; and all commissioners who shall hereafter be appointed for such purposes by the superi or court of any organized territory of the United States, shall possess all the powers, and exercise all the duties conferred by law upon the commissioners appointed by the circuit courts of the United States for similar purposes, and shall moreover exer cise and discharge all the powers and du ties conferred by this act. SEC. 3. and - beit farther enacted, That the circuit courts of the United States, and the superior courts of each orgruized terri tory of the United States, shall from time to time enlarge the number of commission ers, with a view to afford reasonable facili ties to reclaim fugitives from labor, and to prompt disoharge of the duties imposed by this act. SEO. 4..4nd be it further enacted, That the commissioners above named shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the judges of the circuit and district courts of the Uni ted States, in their respeotive circuits and districts within the several States, and the judges of the superior courts of the Teryi tories, severally and collectively, in term time, end vacation; and shall grant certifi sates to such claimants, upon satisfactory proof being made, with authority to take and remove such fugitives from service or labor, under the restrictions herein con tained, to the State or Territory from which such person may have escaped or fled. HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1853. SEC. 5. lind be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all marshals and deputy marshals to obey and execute all warrants and precepts issued under the provisions of this act, when to them direct ed; and should any marshal or deputy mar shal refuse to receive such warrant or oth er process, when tendered, or to use all proper means dilligently to execute the same, he shall, on conviction thereof be fined in the sum of one thousand dollars to the use of such claimant, by the circuit or district court for the district of such mar shal; and, after arrest of such fugitive by such marshal or his deputy, or whilst at any time in his custody, under the provi sions of this act, should such fugitive es cape, whether with or without the assent of such marshal or his del" such mar shal shall be liable, on his official bond, to be prosecuted, for the benefit of such claim ant, for the full value of the service or la bor of said fugitive in the State, Territory, or district whence he escaped; and the better to enable the said commissioners, when thus appointed to execute their duties faithfully and efficiently, in conformity with the requirements of the United States and of this act, they aro hereby authorized and empowered, within their counties re spectively, to appoint, in writing under their hands, any one or more suitable per sons, from time to time, to execute all such warrants and other process as may be is sued by them in the lawful performance of their respective duties; with authority to such commissioners, or the persons to be appointed by them, to execute process as aforesaid, to summon and call to their aid the bystanders, or posse comitatus of the proper county, when necessary to insure a faithful observance of the clause of the constitution refered to, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and all good ci tizens arc hereby commanded to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law, whenever their services may be required, as aforesaid, for that purpose; and said warrants shall run and be execu ted by said officers anywhere in the State within which they are issued. SEC. 6. .4nd be it further enacted, %hat when a person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the United States has heretofore or shall hereafter escape in to another State or Territory of the United States the person or persons to whom such service or labor may be due, or his, her, or their agent or attorney, duly authori zed, by power of attorney, in writing, ac knowledged and certified under the seal of some legal officer or court of the State or Territory in which the same may be execu ted, may pursue and reclaim such fugitive person, either by procuring a warrant from some one of the courts, judges, or commis sioners aforesaid, of the proper circuit, district, or county, for the apprehension of such fugitive fibril service or labor, or by seizoing and arresting such fugitive, where the same can be done without process, and by taking,or causing such persons to be ta ken, forthwith before such court judge, or commissioner, whose duty it shall be to hear and determine the case of such claim ant iu a summary manner; mid upon satis factory proof being made, by deposition or affidavit, in writing, to be taken and certi fied by such court, judge, or commissioner, or by other satisfactory testimony, duly taken and certified by some court, magis trate, justice of the peace, or other legal officer authorized to administer an oath and take depositions under the law of the State or Territory from which such person owing service or labor may have escaped with a certificate of such magistracy or other authority, as aforesaid, with the seal of the prier court or officer thereto attached, which seal shall be sufficient to establish the competency of the proof, and with proof, also by affidavit, of the indem nity of the person whose service or labor is claimed to be duo as aforesaid, that the person so arrested does in fact owe service or labor to the person or persons claiming him or her, in the State or Territory from which such fugitive may have escaped as aforesaid, and that said person escaped, to make out and deliver to such claimant, his or her agent, or attorney, a certificate set ting forth the substantial facts as to the service or labor due from such fugitive to the claimant, and of his or her osoape from the State or Territory in which such ser vice or labor duo to the State or Territory in which lee or she was arrested, with au thority to such claimant; or his or her a gent or attorney, to use such reasonable force and restraint as may be necessary under the circumstances of the case to take and remove such fugitive perion back to the State or Territory from whence he or she may have escaped as aforesaid. In no trial or hearing under this set shall the testimony of such alleged fugitive be ad mitted in evidence, and the certificates in this and the first section mentioned shaft be conclusive of the right of the person or persons in whose favor granted to remove such fugitive to the State or Territary from which he escaped, sad shall prevent all mo lestation of said person or persons lay any process issued by any court, judge magis- trate, or other person whomsoever, SEO. 7. ./Ind be it further enacted, That any person who shall knowingly and wil lingly obstruct, hinder or prevent such claimant, his agent or attorney, or any per son or persons lawfully assisting him, her, or them, from arresting suoh a fugitive from service or labor, either with or with our process as aforesaid; or shall rescue, attempt to rescue such fugitive from ser vice or labor, from the custody of such claimant, his or her agent or attorney, or other person or persons lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when so arrested, pursuant to the authority herein given and declared; or shall aid, abet, or assist such person, so owing service or labor as aforesaid, direct ly or indirectly, to escape from such claim ant, his agent or attorney, or other person or persons legally authorized as aforesaid; or shall harbor or conceal such fugitive, so as to prevent the discovery and arrest of such person, after notice or knowledge of the fact that such person was a fugitive from service or labor as aforesaid, shall for either of said offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six months by I indictment and conviction before the dis trict court of the United States for the district in which such offence may have been committed, or before the proper court of criminal jurisdiction, if committed with in any one of the organized territories of the United States; and shall moreover for feit and pay, by way of civil damages to the party injured by such illegal conduct, the sum of one thousand dollars for each fugi tive so lost as aforesaid, to be recovered by action of debt in any of the district or ter ritorial courts aforesaid, within whose juris diction the said offence may have been com mitted. Sec. 8. .Iml be' it farther enacted, That the marshals, their deputies, and the clerks of the said district and territorial courts, shall be paid for their services the like fees as may be allowed to them for similar ser vices in other oases; and where such servi ces are rendered exclusively in the arrest, custody, and delivery of the fugitive to the claimant, his or her agent or attorney, or where such supposed fugitive may be dis charged out of custody for the want of suf ficient proof as aforesaid, then such fees are to be paid in the whole by such claim ant, his agent or attorney; and in all cases where the proceedings are before a com missioner, he shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars in full for his services in each case, upon the delivery of the said certifi cate to the claimant, his or her agent or attorney; or a fee or - five dollars in cases where the proof shall not, in the opinion of such commissioner, warrant such certifi cates and delivery, inclusive of all servi ces incident to such arrest and est:twins: tion, to be paid in either case, by the claimant, his or her agent or attorney.— The person or persons authorized to exe cute the process to be issued by such com missioners for the arrest, detention of fu gitives from service or labor as aforesaid, shall also be entitled to a fee of five dol lars each, for each person ho or they may arrest and take before any such commis sioner as aforesaid, at the instance and re quest of such claimant, with such other fees as may be deemed reasonable by such commissioner, for such other additional services as may be necessarily performed by him or them: such as attending at the examination, keeping the fugitive in custo dy, and providinr , him with food and lodg ing during his detention, and until the fi nal determination of such commissioner, and in general for performing such other duties as may be required by such . claim ant, his or her agent or attorney, or com missioner in the premises: such fees to be made up in conformity with the fees usu ally charged by the officers of the courts of justice within the proper district cr county, as near as may be practicable and paid by such claimants, their agents or at torneys, whether such supposed fugitive from service or labor bo ordered to be de livered to such claimants by the final de termination of such commissioners or not. SEC. 9. .Ind be it further enacted, That upon affidavid. made by the claimant of such fugitive, his agent or attorney, after such certificate has been issued, that ho has reason to apprehend that such fugitive will be rescued by force from his or their possession before he can be taken beyond the limits of the State in which the arrest is made, it shall bo the duty of the officer making the arrest to retain such fugitive in his custody, and to remove him to the State from whence he fled, and there to de liver him to said claimant, his agent or at torney. And to this end the officer afor ' said is hereby authorized and required to employ so many persons as he may deem necessary to overcome such force, and to retain' them in his service so long as cir cumstances may require; the said officer and his assistants, while so employed, to reoeive the same compensation, and to be allowed the same expenses, as are now al lowed by law for transportation of crimi nals, to be certified by the judge of the district within. which the arrest is made, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. SEC. 10. "Ind be it further enacted, That when any person held to service or labor in any State or Territory, or in the District of Columbia, shall escape there from, the party to whom such service or labor shall be due, his, or their agent or attorney, may apply to any court of record therein, or judge thereof, in vacation, and make satisfactory proof to such court, or judge, invocation, of the escape aforesaid, & that the person escaping owed service or labor to such party. Whereupon the court shall cause a record to be made of the mat ters so proved, and also a general descrip tion of the person so escaping, with such convenient certainty as may be; and a transcript of such record authenticated by the attestation of the clerk and of the seal of the said court, being produced in any, other State Teritory or district in which the person so escaping may bo found, and being exhibited to any judge, commission er, or other officer, authorized by the law of the United States to cause persons esca ping from service or labor to be delivered up, shall be held and taken to be full and conclusive evidence of the fact of escape and that the service or labor cf the person escaping is due to the party in such record mentioned. And . upon the production by the said party of other and further evi dence, if necessary, either oral or by affida vit, in addition to what is contained in the said record of the identity of the person escaping, he or she shall be delivered up to the claimant. And the said court, com missioner, judge, or other person authorised by this act to grant certificates to claim ants of fugitives, shall,upon the production of the record and other evidences aforesaid, grar.t to such claimant a certificate of his right to take any such person indentified and proved to be owing service or labor as aforesaid, which certificate shall authorize such claimant to seize to arrest and trans port such person to the State or Territory from which he escaped, Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be constru ed as requiring the production of a trans cript of such record as evidence as afore said; b•it iu its absence, the claim shall be heard and determined upon other satisfac tory proofs competent in law. [Prom the Democratic Whig.] The Teachers Institute. ..illessrs. Shoemaker car Johnston, GENTLEMEN :—The other day I heard a speaker at a public meeting, contrasting the moral and intellectual spirit of our good Commonwealth, with those of her Eaftern sisters. The comp rison bore hard on Pennsylvania all over, and on Centre coun ty in particular. If the gentleman had been so fortunate as to have attended a meeting held at Me chanicsville, during Christmas week, his language would have been as hopeful and. glad as it was desponding and gloomy. I refer to the meeting of an association of teachers, organized under the name of the Teachers Institute of Centre county.— Something of interest and more of curiosi ty, induced myself and some others to at tend, but we remained and listened with real admiration and delight. A great variety of topics were discussed, all relating to the business of the school rooms. The teachers seemed to be in al most a tumult of enthusiasm, while those who witnessed their proceedings were scarcely less excited; yet more harmony, and pure unbroken cordiality of feeling I have never witnessed in any assemblage. I was told of some instances of members of the Institute, who had not been on speaking terms for years, laying aside all personal feeling; and, on the ground of public good, entering with as great unanimity upon the duties and labors of the Institute as if bo som friends. Such conduct is heroic, and, in truth, the Teachers present, as a body, seemed to win golden opinions from all who witnessed their proceedings. Certainly the flattering treatment they received from the citizens and School Directors, of Howard township, was most warmly and fittingly bestowed. The proceedings of the Insti tute aro to be published in pamphlet form, and will no doubt be a document of great interest to every one who cares for the ed ucation of youth.. Since the Institute met, I have thought much about the posi ion and public estima tion of Teachers. They are underrated greatly. Young men, of quick, generous,l and ardent minds, are the ones who natu rally engage in the calling, The discipline' of the school-room renders thein forbearing, discriminating, and 'ready to unite upon truth. But their scattered, se cluded position's, and their quiet baths of study, make them modest and backward to excess. This meeting, of the Institute, has opened a new and brighter prospect, it has given a taste of the sweets and profits of intercourse between minds, : pf similar hab its and interest,' the ennobling sense of be ing engaged, and successfully, in a cause of vital importance, the approbation of all around, (appreciation of their labors is a rare treat to teaehers,t these are aiming the ft 4 d() ViltswttAti r4 r, sources of enthusiasm that cannot soon die out, but promise to extend until, (it is to be hoped,) all the districts in the county may be governed by it. Really, no better advice could be given to the district or vil lage, that would have a general stir crea ted on the subject of Education, than to apply at once to the Executive Committee, D. 'clrindgate, Bellefonte, Chairman,) and endeavor to secure au appointment of the next annual session of the Institute within its limits. Several very interesting incidents occur red during the session, and some of them would be worth relating to your readers, but they would exceed the limits of a sheet. Very respectfully, OBSERVER. Tell Your Wife Yes, the only way is to tell your wife just how you stand. Show her your bal ance-sheet. Let her look over the items. You think it will hurt her feelings. No, it won't do any such thing. She has been taught to believe that money was with you, just as little boys think it is with their fathers, terribly hard to reach, yet inex haustible. Shc has had her suspicions al ready. She has guessed you were not so prosperous as you talked. But you have so befogged your money affairs that she, poor thing, knows nothing about them.— Tell it right out to her that you are living outside of your income. Tale her into partnership, and I'll warrant you'll never regret it. There may be a slight shower at first, but that's natural. Let her see your estimate, and when you conic again, she will show you that you have put her bills too high. True, she bad an eight dollar bonnet last winter but "it is just as goal us ever; a few shillings will provide it with new strings, and refit it a little,— the shape," she says, "is almost exactly as they wear them now." And you will be surprised to see how much less expen sive she can make your own wardrobe.— She will surprise you with a new vest—not exactly unfamiliar some how, looking as if in another shape you had seen it before,— yet new as a vest, and soaaucly costing a dollar where you had .411,5 1 414 five. Old cravats will experience a resurrection in her hand., cooling out so rejuvenated that nobody but those that are let into the se cret, would suspect that they are old friends in new shapes. The gown you were goin; to buy—out of what forgotten chest she has gathered the matrials you cannot imagine—but there it is, comforts. , ble and warm, and just the thing you wan ted for the long winter evenings that are coming on as fast as the almanac will let them. You wi.l find a wonderful change in her tastes and appetites. Whereas, she al ways fancied what was a little out of sea son or cooling into market—now if beef is dear, she thinks "boiled mutton is delight ful,—as tender as chicken." If lamb rises, and fish are plenty, she thinks "a striped bass is so good, occasionally," and always insists on having it Fridays.-- Whereas, before, site must hear all the musical celebrities—now she is ' , out of all patience" with these foreign singers. If Jenny Lind were to return and sing some of our own sweet airs, she'd like to hear her; but she has had enough of Italian Extravagances, all written on the leger lines below or above, as if it were a sin to tarry long on the common staff. Before you have thought much about it you will fine yourself spending most of your evenings at home, and such evenings, too ! so full of domestic enjoyment, and fireside pleasures, that you will look with wonder on the record of last year's expen ses and marvel that you found time or re lish for the costly entertainments that so seriously tasked your port-monnaie. My dear friend, if like Spain, your out goes threaten to exceed your incomes, be. sure and tell your wife of it. Not lu, a tone and manner that will lead her to think you don't want her to buy furs this winter, but just as if you wanted a counsellor in the day of your trouble. And if she does not come up, heart and soul, and most success fully to your relief, put me down for no prophet, and her for no worthy specimen of a Yankee Y . Times. •CIPTIERING.—"How do you get on with your Arithmetic and Catechism l" asked a father of his little boy the other night.— "How far have you got?" "I've cipher ed through Addition, Susbstraction, Justi kcation, Sanctification, and Adoption"' an swered the little fellow.. It used to puzzle us a good deal, we rofnerobsr, when a boy, to "cipher out" the meaning of several of those fast-named sums.—Knickerbocker. WuAr MAKES A MAN ?—Tho longer I live the inure certain I am that the great difference between men, the great and small, is energy, invincible determination, an honest pupose once fixed, and them victo ry. These qualities will do anything tbe4 can bo done in the world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunity, will make a two-legged creature a malt without it. VOL. 18, NO. 6. gouda' eolutnn. Lazy Boys. A lazy boy makes a lazy man, just as sure as a crooked twig makes a crooked tree. Who ever yet saw a boy grow up iu idleness that did not snake a shiftless vaga bond when ho became a man, unless he had a fortune left him to keep up appearances? I The great mass of thieves, paupers and en minals that fill our penitentiaries and alms houses, have come up to what they are by being brought up in idleness. Those who constitute the business portion of the com munity; those who Make our great and useful men, were trained up in their bby. hozd to be industrious. When' a boy is old enough to begin to. play in the street, then he is old enough to be taught Low to work. Of course, we would not deprive children of healthful, playful exercise, or the time they should spend in study, but teach them to work lit, tle by little as a child is taught at school. ILI this way he will acquire habits of indus. try which will not forsake him when he grows up. Many persons who are poor, let their children grow up to fourteen or sixteen yearsef age, or till they can support them no longer, before they put them to labor. Such children, not having any idea of what work is, and having acquired habits of idle• ness, go forth to impose upon their employ ers with laziness. There is a repulsiveness in all labor set before them, and to get it done, no matter how, is their only They are ambitious at play, but doll at work. The consequence is, they do not stick to one thing but a short time; they rove about the world, get into mischif, and finally find their way to the prison or the alms-house. With the habit of idleness, vice may gee • orally, if not invariably, be ound. Whore the mind and hands arc not occupied in I some useful employment, an evil genius finds them enough to do. They are found in the street till late in the evening, learn ing the vulgar and profane habits of the elder in vice. They may be secu hanging around groceries, bar-rooms and stores, where crowds gather; but they arc seldom fotind engaged in study. A lazy boy is not only a bad boy, but a• disgrace to his parents, for it is through their neglect that he became thus. No parents, however poor, in these times of cheap books and newrpopers, noel let their children grow up in idleness. If they can not be kept at manual labor, let their minds be kept at work, make them industrious scholars, and they will be industrious at any business they may .undertake in after life._ We know of many boys —young men—. old enough to do business for themselves, who cannot read, and much less write a de cent letter. They, too, are lazy, for igno rance and laziness arc twin-brothers. We always feel sorry for such young men— their habits are for life—the twig bent itr childhood has grown a disterted tree, and there is no remedy for it. They inuetpass through life as they have lived—in laziness and ignorance. Think of it, young Leader, and take heed that your habits and charac ter be not formed like theirs.--Palme.• Journal. • Learning to Spell. Bad spelling is discreditable. Every young man should be master of his native tongue. lie that will not learn to spell the language that is on his tongue and be fore his eyes every hour, shows no, great aptitude for the duties o f an intelligent, observing man. Bad spelling therefore is a discreditable indication. It indicates a blundering man—a man that cannot see with his ayes open. Accordingly, we have known the application of more than one young man, made with great display of penmanship and parade of references, re jected for his bad spelling . Bad spelling is a very bad Indication, lie who runs way read it. A bright schoOlz boy, utterly incapable of appreciating your stores of science, art and literature, can see your bad spelling at a glance, and crow over it. You will find it hard to inspre that boy with any great respect for your attainments. Bad spelling is therefore' di very mortifying and inconvenient defect.— We have known men, throlen into promi nent positions,so ashamed of their deficien cy in this respect, that they never vetntur ed to send a letter till it had been revised by a friend. This was, to say no more, sufficiently inconvenient. I say again, learn to spell. Keep your oyes open whenjou read, and if any word is spelt different frem your mode, ascertain which is right. Keep your dictionary by you; and in writing, whenever you have the least misgiving about the spelling , of a word, look it aut at once, and remeraber.it. not let your laziness get the better of you. (0'" By industry we thrive, 117'• Idleness is die parent of cioe and mixery. • '" Atl Work and no ploy 4146 Jack a doll boy; Al! pin and no I,ork I%fake, Jerk a mere