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ADDRESS,
Delivered by IL McDivitt, before the
Huntingdon County Teachers' Insti
tute, December 23d, 1853.
Subject—History.
From the time when the Sentence "good"
Was passed upon "all things," by. the fiat of
Omnipotence, down to the present time, the
mind of man has been turned towards the ad
vancement of knowledge, and the developemcnt
of truth. Tastes, not for one deportment of
science only, but for every department, have
been called into action; and the brightest in
tellects and strongest minds, have been strain
ed to their utmost tension, in bringing about
those important results. The Philosopher is
spending day after day, in tracing out the pro.
perties of filth's, the effect of electric currents;
and the great link which connects cause with
effect. The Chemist is spending "the meridi
an and noon of his life," in his laboratory,
"with torch and crucible its hand," in analyzing
the component parts of the material world, and
dcvelopeing those mighty laws,which "hold in
unison the Utirerse of God." The Geologist
is pushing his researches into the bowels of the
meth, in search of the hidden strata which have
lain concealed since de foundation of the
world. The Geographer is laying down his
maps, defining his land-marks, and locating
the continents, islands, seas, &c., which com
pose the world. The Mathematician is draw
ing his geometrical diagrams and demonstra
ting his problems. The Astronomer is soaring
into the heavens, stepping from star to star,
and from system to system, measuring their
distances and calculating their motion and
size; guided and directed by the workings of
his mighty genius, and assisted by the wonder.
ful invention of the spectacle maker's boy, he
is enabled to look into regions hitherto "nn
pierced by human thought;" to rend aside the
veil which hides from view the shadowy and
dim future, and to read the destiny of the world
upon its mighty pages, with more accuracy
than "Greek or Roman ever dared assign to
his God."
But the advantages arising from a study of
History must not be overlooked amidst all
these. They too, most certainly are such as
are calculated to lead the mind from the dull
and narrow, and sordid and grovelling confines
of Nature's darkness, up to the contemplation
of the Great Fountain of Light from which has
eminated every good and every perfect gift.
I remember once of reading a fabulous ae•
count of what was called a wishing hat, or a
Let which possessed the remarkable property
of transporting its owner to any place he might
wish; he had only to place it on his head, and
wish himself at any place and behold he was
there. Now all these advantages, to a greater
or less extent, may be derived from a study of
History. The student of History is not only able
to transport himself, in imagination, to any
place, but he has also the advantage of being
there at .ny time.
History may be divided into two kinds; An
cient History, or a record of events which have
transpired ages and cer.turies ago; and Modern
History, or a narrative of events which have
transpired more recently. It may also be di
vided into sacred and profane, or. that which
is incidentally gathered from a perusal of the
Holy Scriptures, and that which isciven by
different writers and historians.
The history of man is included in the time
which elapses from the cradle to the grave—
from the period when that immortal principle
is first implanted in his bosom, to the time
when that principle is fanned by the breezes of
two worlds. Until he has
..Crossed the solemn border, and passed the
silent warder
That forever guards the portals to the shadowy
spirit-land— •
Death's mysterious book unsealing, ho has gained
the lull revealing,
'Of the strange and solemn problem whirls pre
cludes a scene so grand."
The history of nations is comprehended in
the period which elapses, from their rise till
their fall. The history of the world is included
in the time which has elapsed from "Creation
down" to the present; from the time when the
fiat went forth which hurled it forth in all its
variegated loveliness, fresh from the hand of
the Great Architect Divine; down to the pre
sent time. We find, in pursuing its history,
that it is truly "an old world." The decaying
elements of sin a thousand years have warred
with all their mighty powers upon its surface.
Water hits at one time been passed with lava
like effusion upon it. Subterranean fires have
burned, and burned, continually, at its mighty
heart. Quaking thunders have assniled its
mighty props, whilst forked lightnings 'taco
flashed ungovernably around its bare sidcsi and
vet it moves owl unswerved from its course,
unaffected by the war of the elements, the
4 .wycli of nvitter," sod the cliange of ',eon.
Ute flu . ittingtipn ;Jourititt
. I BEE NO STAR ABOVE TILE GORMAN, PROMISING LIGHT TO GUIDE US, BUT THE INTELLIGENT, PATRIOTIC, UNITED WHIG PARTY OV THE UNITED STATES."- [WEBSTER.
As the trembling Neophyte is conducted by
the hand of the groping antiquarian, from dy
nasty to dynasty, from step to step, down the
crumbling verge of hieroglyphic lore, he meets
at every step objects calculated to interest and
instruct him. Ile passes, alternately, to pluck
the unfading flowers of literature which grow
in his pathway; and to gather the relics of for.
mer ages which lie scattered around him.
We see in the history of nations, striking in
stances of the vanity of all earthly pursuits.—
Nations have sprung into existence—have
flourished—and have passed away. Gone down
into the dark night of ages—and like the "base
less fabric of a vision," left no trace behind.—
Their very names almost obliterated from his
tory's page; and the place where they once
stood, enshrouded by a mantle, as dark and as
silent as the vale where the fabled Lethe emp
ties her waters into the gulf of Oblivion.
How bright, bow beauteous, was the morn,
That saw their rising day !
How dark their night,—how wild the storm,
In which they passed away.
We meet at every step in the history of man
examples to be alternately emulated and exe
crated. We see where Virtue, Truth and Jun
tice, have flourished above every other senti
ment; purifying and elevating the moral char
acter of man, and rendering earth a paradise.
We see again, where strife, discord, and mental
anguish, have held their mad revels when there
was no hand to stay them. How man, "robed
in a little brief authority," has ground down his
fellow marl beneath the iron-heel of oppression,
until he has rendered himself the worst foe to
his race—how brethren have buried their swords
into brother's hearts, until wars have degener
ated into murders, and battles into butcheries,
and the earth has opened her bosom to receive
the best blood of her children—how the dark
mists of ignorance have overspread the earth
—how bigotry and superstition have lit up the
fires of the martyr's stake, until they have
mounted, crackling, upwards, as if calling for
vengeance on high Heaven.
All races, all classes, and all conditions of
men, are here presented for our consideration.
The Greenlander, frem the chilling blasts of his
icy home, wrapped in his mantle of furs and
skins—the Esquimattx from his feast of blub
ber and walrus; and the Chinaman from his
rats and puppies. The Hottentot, from the
shores of Southern Africa; the Hindoo, from
his "smoking rites," by the sunny banks of the
Irawaddy, the Burampooter and the Ganges;
the Lacedemonian, from his "black stone;" the
wandering Arab, from his desert of sand.; the
Thug, from his Farther Indian jungle; and the
tawny Savage, from our North American for
ests—all, all, present themselves before us; ar
rayed in their peculiar costume; all bearing the
impress of Deity upon them, and presenting
fruitful themes for our instruction and investi
gation.
We go back to the time when, pure and sin
less, our first parents roamed amidst the fra
grance and perfume of Eden's rosy bowers; we
gaze again upon the deluge of waters which
sweeps over an ungodly world, and the tempest
of fire and brimstone which descends upon the
guilty cities of the plain. We stand with the
old patriarch in his tent-door, as he gazes forth
on the plains of Mamree, and there amid the
simple hospitalities of his rude tent, in his own
peculiar oriental style,which has never changed
from then till now—entertains those bright in
telligences, which have come down to this
world of ours, on an errand of mercy; from be
neath the focal-blaze of the Sun of Righteous
ness hard-by the Eternal Throne. We view
with Jacob of old, in the visions of the night,
the mystic ladder, let down from Heaven, on
which the Angels are ascending and descending
to nod from this lower world.
We watch the "pillar of cloud by day," anti
"the pillar of fire by night," as they guide the
wandering Israelite, in his perilous journey,
safely over to the "promised land;" we gaze
with awe-inspired feelings, upon the dark host
of Egypt's monarch, swallowed up, amidst the
dark and angry waters of the Red Sea. We
see their fruitless struggles for life; we hear
their agonizing death-shrieks, as the briny ele
ment rolls over their heads, enveloping them in
one,common grave; and the setting sun, as it
gilds the red hills of Eden, looks down upon a
scene, the like of which was never witnessed
before nor since. We stand with the awe-strick
en and trembling Israelite, anund the base of
Sinai's fire-girdled mount; we ascend with the
old Law-giver,tohcr smoke-pavilioned summit,
there to receive the ten Commandments, writ
ten with the finger of Omnipotence, "on two
tables of stone;" we descend with him again to
find the chosen people of his heart denying
"the God of their fathers"—drinking in the
full flood-tide of their iniquity, and sporting in
shameless rites around an idol - of their own
rearing. Wo stand with the old prophet as be
assembles his faithful followers around the foot
of Nebo for the last time; there to give them
his parting farewell, and his blessing. We view
him as he turns to ascend the mount, there to
take a last look at the "goodly land" which he
is not to enter, before ho slumbers forever, in
the unknown grave, prepared for him by the
hand of God. We see at one time, the strong
man of old, as he bears aloft the ponderous
gates of Gaza upon his brawny shoulders; we
view again the eyeless Nazarite as he stands,
shorn of his locks and deprived of his strength;
a gazing stock and a reproach for his merciless
foes. We see the "queen of the South," as she
comes "from the uttermost parts of the earth"
to hear of the wisdom of Israel's king, and to
lay her treasures at hie feet; rts she leans over
the lofty parapets of the princely Castle and
“Listens to the tinkling sound
(lfdudas'daughtersdancing round."
We stand again on Cartnel's Mount. We
watch the shadowy form of the Tishbite as it
recedes hoot view, borne up iu his chariot of
lire, to his everlasting home in the sides. We
hear the half.sulting, hnlf•agonized cry of his
servant, "my father, my father, the chariot of
Iststel and the horsemen thereof!" ns he gath
ers np the fallen Mantl,, and wrapS it around
hint. and tarns to pnr,, hir kilFrmv and care•
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1854.
worn journey alone. We behold the prophet
of the Lord cast into the lion's den, and the
three Hebrew children walking unscathed
amidst the flames of the "seven fold heated"
furnace of fire. We listen with rapture to the
hallowed words which fall from the Inspired
lips of Isaiah, transporting the mind through
the regions of "cloud land," and elevating the
soul to the very gates of Heaven. We stand
again where the "roses of Jericho" bloom, nigh
to the "cedars of Lebanon," and there take up
the lamentation of the "wailing prophet," as he
gazes upon the lofty spires, and towerning min
arets of the distant city, and weeps to see her
glory so soon to depart forever; as his prophetic
eye pierces through the dark vista of the future
revealing to his view the flood of desolation,
which is shortly to sweepover the City of Peace,
destroying the temple of the Lord, and con
signing to destruction, to the sword, to famine
and pestilence, to dishonor and to death, the
sons and daughters of the living Clod. We stand
at one time on "Mars Hill," where the Apostle
Paul once thundered forth his injunctions to
"ye men of Athens;" we stand again where the
Royal Master of that great Apostle wns crown
ed with a wreath of thorns. We view at one
time the Eastern Magi coming from the far
land of spices, with their odours and perfumes,
their gifts of gold and frankincense, and myrrh
to present them at the feet of Bethlehem's
slumbering babe; we stand again, where a God
has suffered, wept, and died, for the transgres
sions of a sinning world.
We stand amongst the ruins of these proud
old Capitals, where the most exalted of earthly
powers have crumbled into nothing. We visit
Jerusalem the once famous Capital of the Jew
lob Nation, and the City of the great King, to
find that her glory has all departed; that "Jo.
dab mourneth, and the gates thereof languish;
they are black with the ground; and the cry
of Jerusalem is gone up." The shade•born
beetle is now wheeling its drowsy flight above
her ruins; the wild jackall is crouching close
beneath her walls; and the desert lion is ma
king her lair on the prophet's tomb. We visit
Babylon the great City of old with her lofty
towers and kingly palaces, her crystal foun
tains, and her hanging gardens; to find that a
doom darker than Sodom's has been hers.—
The mole and the bat arc now the sole tenants
of those princely halls where once resounded
the voice of eloquence and the strains of music.
We vist Rome, the once proud mistress of
the world, to find that all her boasted power
and glory have long since departed. The proud
eagle of her liberty has fled to other shores,
and the boding owl of desolation is now hoot
ing his mournful requiem over the grave of her
departed glory. The fox is skulking under the
eaves of her Coliseum,now covered by the necu•
mnlated rubbish of ages,
And Greece, the land of eloquence and song;
where Plato philosophized and Homer sang of
the fame of her heroes. The halls where Dem
osthenes' eloquence once struck terror to the
hearts of tyrants, are now silent, and the red
arm of the Goth and the Vandal has levelled
her beauty with the dust. And Thebes, with
her hundred gates; her temple of Juno and her
oracle of Ammon; the rank grass now grows,
the lean lizard crawls, and the scaly serpent
hisses,where the devotee once knelt the knee of
adoration; the oracle bath been silent for ages,
and "the priestess bath long since fled from
her fallen shrine." And Egypt, the cradle of
the arts and sciences; where Euclid once drew
his geometrical diagrams upon the sand; we
find no vestige of her former splendour remain
ing, and the towering monuments which now
rear their lofty summits above her arid plains
are unrecognized as the work of any known
people under the broad canopy of Heaven.
We pause for a moment to wonder at the
blind infatuation of the Persian monarch "lash
ing the angry waves of the ocean" as if they
were indeed vassals ready to do his bidding and
subject to his will. We behold him viewing
from a distant eminence the millions of his de
luded followers, and weeping as he reflects that
mutability is stamped upon them. We linger
at the pass of Thermopylae to drop a tear over
the graves of those martyred heroes wlto offer
ed themselves upon the shrine of their Conn.
try's freedom. We stand where haughty Mos
lems once hurled defiance at the Christian
World. We go down through that long sue
cession of bloody wars where the Crescent and
the Cross strove together for the possession of
the "Holy Land;" when the West in blind in
fatuation, precipitated itself upon the East, for
the purpose of rescuing the Holy Sepulchre
from the hand of the Infidel.
We pass again through that sombre night
of the dark ages when the light of Christianity
was hidden from view and the Bible was con
signed to darkness and solitude of a monk's
cell, until the light of a Luther's mighty genius
burst upon an astonished World.
We see every where striking instances of the
vanity of earthly glory,and the mournful end of
human greatness, how all that this world has
called great and noble have passed away.—
Alexander, after he had climbed to the topmost
pinnacle of human ambition, and 'coked down
upon a subjugated world beneath Isis feet, and
wept because there was no other world to eon•
quer; dim—dies like a beast;—lies amid the
Bacchanalian revel of a drunken debauch.—
Hannibal after he has crossed the almost im
passable barrier of the Alps; put to flight the
armies of Imperial Rome, •nd enriched him
self with the spurs of her slaughtered knights;
dies—in lonely exile without a friend to cheer
him in his last moments, to smooth his dying
pillow or wipe the death•damps from his cold
and clammy brow—dies, from the effect of a
poisonous draught administered perhaps by his
own hand. Omar after the Rubicon of Iris
hopes is crossed; after he was humbled migh•
ty Rome and compelled the mistress of the
world to own her master in a traitor; dies,
amidst the theatre of his former greatness—
dies, by the hand of assassination, its the midst
of thosevrluitn he considered his Hest fti on d s ;
: 1 / 4 7nrolron, aft, I- 11,1
blood, and waded through it to the top of an
imperial throne, dies a lonely °Ail° on a bar
ren island in the far ocean. We follow him
through the progress of his strange and eventful
ilfel we see hisdeluded followers falling around
him on the frozen plains of Russia; we hear
the crash of the Kremlin, and we see the smoke
and flames which come up from burning Mos•
cow; we view the torn heads of his mighty col.
utnns as they lay stretched in the plains a l
Prussian Eylan; we see the last lingering star
of his destiny fade out in the bloody plain of
Waterloo; and amidst the holdings of the wild
est storm that ever rocked that ocean•cradled
isle, his fiery spirit is trumpeted up into the
presence of the King of Kings.
We come down to the time when the crew of
the May-flower moored their frail barque on
the wild and stormy shores of New England;
when they knelt upon the frozen snow, and
prayed to that God "who tempereth the winds
to the shorn lamb," that here they might finds
refuge from oppression, and freedom to Ivor
ship God. Whilst the only sound which broke,
the awful stillness was the roar of the ocean
waves as they lashed their rock-bound shore,
the howl of the wolf, the scream of the pan
ther, and the war-whoop of the merciless sav
age, the only inhabitants of that vast wilder
ness.
We go through the dark days of our coon.
try's struggle for independence—those "times
that tried men's souls," when the march to the
temple of Liberty was literally made in "naked
feet," which bled at every step over the frozen
ground. When a requiem to our departed
hopes seemed borne on every breeze and heralded
by every storm. When the old lion of the East
advised his fierce followers to reserve their fire,
until they could "see the whites of their ene
mies' eyes;" whilst the mingled smoke and
flames which leaped upward from burning
Charlestown, blended with the roar of Artillery
and the clashing of arms which rose from the
heights of Bunker. The scenes of Lexinton
and Concord and Charlestown and Camden,
the Cow-pens and Guilford Court-house, pass
rapidly before us. We hang with breathless
interest around the fortunes of that little army
during the cheerless encampment at Valley
Forge; when the great leader of the American
forces was wont to retire into the thick recess
es of the forest, there to wrestle with Omnipo
tence in behalf of his bleeding country, and to
plead her cause before a throne of Mercy.—
The crossing of the Delaware amidst the float
ing ice, and the storm covered march upon
Trenton, are vividly pictured before us. And
finally we see the flower of the British army
marching out to lay down their arms, upon the
plains of Yorktown.
We witness our country's nap:trolled advan
cement, in population, importance, and wealth.
From thirteen weak and distractbd States with
a populations, of three millions; the digits of her
number, are now inverted, with a population of
near ten times that number. Link after link
has been added to that mighty chain which
binds us together in one common brotherhood.
Stone after stone has been added to that wide
arch. Star after star has been added to that
brilliant constellation. There is now no land
where her voice has not been' heard; where her
power has not been felt. There is no sea
where the white sails of her commerce have
not fluttered to the gale, and where her flag
has not been respected.
And. later still, the clamor of war is heard
pealing up from the far South, and thousand
of bosoms are bared in a moment to whatever
of danger and death there may be in war, and
are rushing for Anglo Saxon glory into the
heart of devoted Mexico. The scenes of Palo
Alto, and Resaca De La Palma, and Monterey,
and Buns Vista, are yet green in our memory.
The battered and beaten down wall of Vera
Cruz, and the flag of our country waving over
the Castle of San Juan DeUlloa; the triumphal
march through the heart of our enemy's country
with the scenes of Cerro Gordo and Contreras,
and Churnbusczond the Nationalßridge;—until
finally the heights of Chepultepec aro carried
at the point of the bayonet, and the stars and
stripes are waving in triumphal folds over the
ancient City of the Aztecs; covering with glory
our nation's arms, and crowning her with a
wreath of laurels, the brightest—the fairest—
the purest—that ever was reaped on the field
of carnage, or gathered with the sickle of
death.
I have now endeavored to present to your
view a few of the inducements to a study of His
tory. I cannot take leave of the subject at
present without expressing the hope, that each
successive page which may be added to its
mighty volumes may grow brighter and bright
er, that the animating beams of the Son of
Righteousness may ere long enlighten and
fructify the darkest corners of the earth; that
the lamp of liberty may be kept trimmed, and
her light steadily burning on our Western
shore; a beacon-light to guide the fugitive and
the wanderer, from a land of bondage to a land
of liberty—that ill fated Hungary may rise
again, from her ashes, and that the flag of free
dom may yet wave in triumph over Buda's ru
ined walls—that the red hand of tyranny may
soon be stricken by the hand of Justice
—that the grave of oppression may be dug by
the hand of destiny, and the standard of liberty
may be planted every where. And that as
each succeeding year drops from the "time
stream" and rolls into the ocean of Eternity,
we may be able to look upon it•with a proud
satisfaction as we behold the long shadows of
its twilight, flung over a peaceful world.
gpErA Constable pursued a thief, who took
refuge on a stump in a swamp, and pulled the
rail after him on which ho went out. The Con
stable made the following return:
"Sightable, conversable, uon•est como-at•able
—in swampum—up starnpunt—railol"
D® r Mrs. Partington says she never eared
touch about grand spectrielve,or other sights, but
there are two things she would like to have
seen—the inoculation of Franklin 0051
cnrrr V;ct,,ria.
Pennsylvania State Teachers' Assooia-
The First Annual meeting of the Associa-
tion was held in Fulton Hall, L ancaster, Dec.
27th, 1853.
John H. Brown, Esq. of Philadelphia, Presi•
dent, called the meeting to order, and it was
opened with prayer by Rev. N. A. Keyes.
On motion of Mr. Burrowes.
Resolved, That the hours of meeting be 9
o'clock in the morning. 2 o'clock in the after-
noon and 7 in the evening.
Mr. Travis, chairman of the Executive corn
mittee, reported the business for the afternoon
session. On motion, adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. Durrowes read the report of the Commit
tee to prepare a memorial to the Legislature
in favor of Normal Schools. The report was
accepted and on motion of Prof. Thompson,
the printing and circulation of the memorial
was referred to the committee that reported it.
Mr. Travis read the annual report of the Ex
ecutive Committee, which was accepted.
On motion of Mr. Grhnshaw, the suggestion
contained in the report, “to appoint a commit
tee to confer with the editor of the Pennsylva
nia School Journal, as to what means may be
adopted by the Association for the advance
ment of the Journal." was then taken up, and
discussed by Messrs. Travis, Dickey, Thomp
son, Wright, Wickersham and Colver. Ad
journed till 7 o'clock.
EVENING 5E3910 Y.
Association assembled at 7 o'clock,
On motion, of Dr. Wright. Resolved, That
.a committee of three be appointed to confer
with the Editor of the &loot Journal, on the
best means for its improvement. Committee—
Messrs. Wickersham. Gow and Travis. On
motion of Mr. Travis.
Resolved, That a committee of three be ap.
pointed to revise the Constitution.
Committee—Messrs. Travis, Wright and
Beck.
The report of the Committee to consider the
expediency of appointing State and County
Superintendents, was read by Mr. A. K. Browne.
On motion, the report was unanimously ac
cepted. Mr. Travis announced the business
for the morning session. Adjourned.
SECOND DAY.
The Association met at 9 o'clock, A. M. the
President in the chair. Prayer by Rev. C.
Plods.
Prof. Thompson offered the following roes
lotion:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Asso
ciation, the office of State Superintendent of
Common Schools should be seperate from that
of Secretary of the Commonwealth; and.that to
render the services of that office most efficient.
we also need County Superintendents, and
thorough going practical teachers as such offi
cers. The resolution was unanimously adopt
ed.
The Committee to confer with the Editor of
the School Journal offered the following reso
lution.
Resolved, That each member of this Associ
ation feel under obligations to renew his efforts
to procure subscribers for the School Journal,
and to add interest to its columns by frequent
communications.
The resolution was adopted.
The election of officers being the next heal
ness in order, Messrs. Beck and Jones were
appointed tellers. Prof. Jan. Thompson was
elected President, and Messrs. Wright, Schnei-
der, Travis and Davis, Vice Presidents. J.
Joyce and A. K. Browne were . chosen record
ing Secretaries, and T . G. Barnwell Correspon-
ding Secretary.
Rev. C. Pions was elected Treasurer.
Executive Committe—Messt, Wickerlimn,
Covell, Stoddard, Gow and Barr.
The business for the afternoon session being
announced, the Association adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Association re-assembled at 2 o'clock.
On motion of Mr. A. K. Browne, Rcsotred,
That the Executive Committee ho requested
to call a meeting of the Association in August
next at Pottsville. Prof. James Thompson, of
Pittsburg, delivered a lecture on Language.
On motion, the first Wednesday in August
was fixed as the day of meeting at Pottsville.
On motion, adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
The Association re-assembled at i o'clock.
On motion. Resolved, That the next annual
meeting of the Association be held on Tuesday,
26th of December, 1851.
Prof. Thompson nominated Pittsburg as the
next place of meeting; decided in the negative.
Mr. Roberts nominated Philadelphia; decided
in the negative. Mr. Ibach nominated Read
ing; decided in the negative. Mr. Barr nomi
nated Huntingdon; decided in the negative.—
On motion the further consideration of the
question was postponed until morning. Mr.
flow read the report of the committee on Pri
mary Schools. On motion the report was ac
cepted. Adjourned.
THIRD DAY.
Association assembled at S o'clock A. M.
Prof. Thompson addressed the Throne of
Grace.
On motion of Mr. Burrowes. The following
committees were appointed to report, 'at the
next session, on the topics suggested by the
Executive Committee. 1. The Past, the Pres.
ent,and the Future of the Teachers of Pennsyl
vania. Committee—Thomas H. Burrowes, of
Lancaster; A. T. Wright, of Philadelphia; and
Amos Rowe, of Lancaster. 2. The co-educa
tion of the sexes. Committee—J. P.:Wiekers.
ham, of Lancaster; Prof. James Thompson, of
Pittsburg; and Sandford Colver, of West Ches
ter. 3. Compulsory attendance upon school.
Committee—W. V. Davis; of Lancaster; John
Joyce, of Philadelphia; and J. S. Barr, of Hun
tingdon. 4. The teaching of Composition and
Declamation. Committee—E. Lamborn, of
Lancaster; Wm. Field, of Schuylkill Haven,
Cyrus Brinton, of Chester. 5. Voce' Music in
schools. Committee—J. H. Brown and A. P..
Cream, of Philadelphia; and Conly Notts, of
Muncy. 6. Moral Instruction in schools: Com
fnittee—Prof. Wm. Travis, of Lawrence; J. 11.
Brown, of dad John Beck. of
Lancaster. a. Usion Graded schools in To-yr
and eolvery, f.,enmittce J. M. Barnett. of
Allegheny; D. S. Burns, of Lancaster; and Dr.
J. M. Dickey, of Chester. 8. The workings of
the public schools in Philadelphia. Committee
—Wm. Roberts, P. A. Creager, and Asa Jones,
of Philadelphia. 9. The influence of Females
as Teachers. Committee—A. K. Browne, of
Pottsville; David Wilson, of Juniata; and Ira
C. Mitchell, of Centre. On, motion the ques
tion of the place of holding the next annual
meeting was again taken up. Mr. Wickers
ham nominated Lewistown.
Mr. Gow nominated Pittsburg. Whereupon
LEWISTOWN was unanimously adopted as the
place of holding the next annual meeting on
the 26th of December 1854. After discussing
and adopting other important resolutions, the
President on retiring from the chair addressed
a few affectionate parting words to the mem•
hers of the Association. Rev. Wm. Bishop
closed with prayer. Adjourned to meet Ang.
2, 1854, in Pottsville.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Alo9day t 23, 1851
The Speaker presented•petitioa remonstra
ting against the Consolidation of the City and
Districts of Philadelphia Also, the resolutions
of the Board of Trade, at Philadelphia, for the
sale of the Public Works.
Mr. Harsh: presented the memorial of the
Eastern House of Refuge, asking for aid.
Mr. Foulkrod presented six remonstrances
from the County of Philadelphia, against Con-
solidation.
Mr. Price presented the resolutions of the
Commissioners of the District. of Northern Lib
erties, in favor of Consolidation. He also pre
sented a bill fur the sale of real estate of Joseph
Norris.
On motion or Mr. Buekalew, the bill to ro.
peal thelregistration act was taken up and pas.
sod finally—Yeas 17—Nays fi
Mr. Price called up the . bill regulating the
width of Green street, Spring Garden. After
a second reading it was laid over.
Mr. Evans rend a bill to lay out a public
square in West Chester, which was passed, and
the Senate adjoured.
HOUSE OF OEIMESENTATIFFS
Various petitions of a local character were
presented, and a number of local bills were re
ported and passed.
Mr. Strong, from the Committee on Corpo
rations, reported bills to incorporate the Dimes
Saving Institution, of Philadelphia; the Hope
Mutual Insurance Co., of Montgomery county;
the James Page Library Co.; the Allentown
Iron Co,; the North American Iron Company.
Mr. Sallada, in place, road an act for the pre.
serration of the Geological Cabinet at Harris
burg.
On motion of Mr. Boyd, the House proceed
ed to the consideration of the bill incorporating
the Northern Gas Company of PhilSdelphia,
which was passed.
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On motion of Mr. Patterson, the House tool:
up the bill incorporating the Northern Home
for Friendless Children. It Was considered
and passed.
The House then adjourned.
SFibTE.
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1814
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A number of petitions on various subjects
were presented, amongst which were the follow-
Mr. Hamilton, one from the citizens of Le
high and Northampton counties, for the incor
poration of a Bank, to be located nt Catasaqua.
Mr. Goodwin, one from the Commissioners
of the Northern Liberties, in favor of Consolid
ation of the City and Districts. Also, a remon
strance from citizens of the county against
Consolidation. •
Mr. Sager, one similar to the last. Also, a
remonstrance from citizens of Bucks county,
against the passage of a Prohibitory Liquor
Law. Also, a petition from Monroe county, to
prohibit the sale of liquor in any quantity less
than thirty gallons, alone the line of the Lack
awanna Rini Western railroad.
Mr. Ferguson, one for filo incorporation of a
Bank at New Castle, Lawrence county.
Mr. Hamlin, of McKean, one from tumber.
man of Potter county, for the appointment of
an Inspector of Lumber by the Governor.
Mr. Quiggle,.one from the Commissioners of
Clinton county, for a change of the Revenue
Laws, to exempt excess of valuations from tax
ation.
Mr. Evans, a statement of the affairs of the
Penn Mining and Smelting Company. Also.
two petitions numerously signed by citizens and
laborers of Chester county, for a law to insure
the greater security of the payment of wages of
labor, and in favor of ten Lours labor in facto.
ries.
The Speaker laid before the Senate a resolu
tion from the Board of Managers of the House
Refuge, inviting the Legislature to visit the In
stitution. Also, a memorial from the citizens
of Washington county, for the establishment of
Normal Schools in this Commonwealth.
The Contested Seat of Mr. Fordkrod.-31r.
Price, from the Select Committee on the sub
ject, reported in the ease of the contested elec
tion of Levi Poulkrod by J. W. Stokes. The re
port briefly states that the petition of Mr. Stokes
was not sustained, and that Mr. Foulltrod was
entitled to his seat.
Mr. Hamlin, of Wayne, reported, from the
Committee on Finance. the bill to regulate the
compensation of County Treasurers. for certain
services rendered the Commonwealth, as com
mitted.
Mr. Deride, from the Committee on Finance,
reported the bill relative to the House of Re
fuge of Philadelphia, and on hie motion it was
taken up. Mr. D. briefly explained the provi•
sions of the bill. One of the objects was to
place children in the interior counties of the
State on a level with those of Philadelphia, in
regard to admission into the institution. An-
other object, to aid in the erection pf the addi•
tional buildings now in progress, for which
$20,000 is appropriated. The bill, with some
slight amendment, passed its several readings.
Mr. Barnes read a bill in place, relative to
the sale of the estates of decedents.
Mr. Crab)), a supplement to the charter of
the Allentown Railroad Company.
Mr. McClintock, a further supplement to the
act to reform the female laws of the Common;
wealth.
Mr. Foulkrod, a supplement to the net in•
corporating the Kensington and Frankfurd
Plank Road Company.
Mr. Darsie, a supplement to the Rouse of
Refuge of Western Pennsylvania.
Mr. Evans, one relative to the Com Mission.
ers of Chester county.
Mr. Crabb moved to change the hour of
meeting from 10 to 11 o'clock, A. M. for the
present. After some discussion disagreed to.
Mr. Evans offered a resolution directing the
Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the
expediene3, of amending the Registration Act
in certain partieulem, which, after some discus.
idon, in which Mr. Evans supported, and
Messrs. Heicter and Crabb opposed the resolu•
tion it setts disitgreed to.
The bill to legitimate Mary Amelia Tram
rer. of Bucks county. nod a hill to incorporate
ths Lock }lnver , (. 47. and Water Cemrs,,y.
NO. 4.
Mr. Price called up the hill to widen Green
street, between Broad and Schuylkill Fourth
streets, in Spring Garden, on its final reading.
Mr. Crabb moved to go again into Commit.
tee, for the purpose of amending the bill SO u
to relieve the county of Philadelphia from the
payment of damages. The motion was opppos•
ed by Mr. Price, and supported earnestly by
Mr. Crabb, and wan finally agreed to by a vote
of 15 to 9. and the bill so amended, passed a
final reading.. Adjourned.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Fry, from the committee on the Contes•
ted Election case of R. M. Carlisle, by T. Alex.
Simpson, reported that the petition of the con•
testant was insufficient, if the facts set forth
were true, to entitle the contestant to his seat.
Mr. Simpson being offered, best not accepting
the offer '
to amend his petition,Committee
unanimosly agreed to report Mr. Carlisle entb
tied to his seat.
The Report was laid on the table.
The following private bills of interest to
Philadelphia were read the first time, and or
dered to be prepared for a second reading:
To confirm the title to certain real estate
in the District of Spring Garden, and county
of Philadelphia; to incorporate the Hope Mu.
teal Insurance Company of Philadelphia; to in
corporate the James Page Library Company
of Kensigton; to incorporate the Anthracite
Insurance Company of Philadelphia; to author
ize the recording of a certain deed made by
William Gardner Morris to Isabella P. Morris;
to erect part of Lucerne county into a separate
county, to be called Lackawana; to legitimate
James Crow, of Lancaster county; to incorpor•
ate the Pure Spring Water Company, of Fog.
lesville, Lehigh county; a supplement to the
act to incorporate the Columbia. Gas Company;
to authorize the Governor to incorporate the
Susquehanna Steamboat Navigation Company;
a supplement to the act to incorporate the
Deleware Comity Turnpike Road Co.; to incor
porate the Ancient Good Fellows' Hall Associ.
ation of Philadelphia City and County; a fur,
titer supplement to the act entitled an act to
incorporate the Insurance Company of North
Americo.
All the above bills subsequently passed sec.
end and final reading. except that erecting
Lackawana County, which was postponed on
second reading for the present. Adjourned.
Sr.YATE.
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 185 d.
The Speaker laid before the Senate a coin -
munication from the State Treasurer, in reply
to a resolution of the Senate of some days since,
embracing a statement of the amount of mon
ey of the Commonwealth on deposit in the sev
era( ]tanks and Savings Institutions of the
State, on the first day of each month, during
the year 1853. The communication gives the
amount thus deposited in the aggregate. This
not being regarded as satisfactory.
Mr. Mester subsequently introduced a Simi.
.lar resolution, calling for a statement in detail
of the amount deposited in each Bank, and the,
name of the Bank, on each of the days speci
fied in the former resolution, which was read
twice and adopted. So we will have a detailed
stat2ram.t.
The Speaker also presented an abstract of
the annual accounts of the Germantown and
Perkiomen Turnpike Company. Also, a mem
orial from the Board of Trade of Philadelphia,:
in favor of the repeal of the usury laws.
Mr. Darlington, a petition from citizens of
Lancaster county, in favorof the establishment
of State Normal Schools.
Mr. Price presented a series of resolutions
from the Board of Commissioners of the Die.
trict of Southwark, in favor of Consolidation.
The Committee on the Judiciary System, re•
ported bills as follows:
The bill relative to the limitation of actions;
supplement to the act graduating lands on
which money is due the Commonwealth; supple.
went to the act abolishing public executions;
bill to divorce Thomas and Hannah C. French:
supplement to the act regulating divorces; bill re
'atm to release,and bill to authorize the Court
to vacate lanes, roads.allevs, &c., when useless.
Mr. Goodwin read a bill in place supplemen
tary to the act incorporating the Penrose Fer
ry bridge Company. [The act of last session,
to which this is a supplement, authorizes this
Company to erect a floating bridge, with a SCO
feet draw. This bill authorizes them to erect
a pivot bridge, with a draw on each side, of 66
fe.et in width.
Mr. Dottie read a bill to classify the salaries
of Associate Judges. The bill slightly increas
es the salaries in some instances.. _
Mr. Sager. one to incorporate the Richland
Turnpike or Plank Road Company.
Mr. NClintock, a supplement to the net in•
corporating the Coal Hill and Upper St. Clair
Turnpike Company.
Mr. Fry, one for the erection of a bridge in
Lehigh county.
Mr. Darlington, one to incorporate the Co
jumble and Maryland Line Railroad Company.
Also, one to incorporate the Donegal Savings
Bank.
Mr. Jdmison, one for the erection of a new
county out of parts of Westmoreland: Alleghe
ny, Butler, and Armstrong, to be Called Madi.
Mr. Crabb, a supplement to the Mount Car
bon and Port Carbon Railroad Company.
A few other private, but unimportant bills,
were also introduced—all of which-were appro
priately referred.
Mr. Fry introduced a resolution, calling me
the - Canal Commissioners to inform the Senate
whether any frauds have been perpetrated at
the Collector's office at Philadelphia, and if so.
when, by whom, and to what extent. Read
twice and adopted.
A bill to consolidate certain road laws in
Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence counties ; passed
its several readings.
A bill to divorce Thos. French and wife pass.
ed committee of the whole, and was laid over.
Mr. Evans called tip the bill supplementary
to the act regulating turnpike and plank road
companies, which was briefly discussed, and
then rrferred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Crabb,o n letut' , read a bill, a further
supplement , to the Philadelphia Plank
Road Co. Referred
erred to Senators of city aad
county.
A hilt to incorporate the Richland Turnpike
Plank road Co., was taken up and passed; also,
a supplement to the net relative to Releases.
A resolution was introduced by Mr. Hamlin.
of Wayne, instructing the Committee on Prin
ting to inquire into and report the cause of de•
lay in the public printing.
The resolution was briefly discussed by
Messrs. Hamlin, Crahb, Haldmnn and Evans.
and was adopted. The complaint of delay in
the printing was general—the fact being sta•
ted that the bills en file did not reach beyond
the sth inst. This delayed the business of the
session, and at this rate it was impossible to.
tell when the business could be done. /t, was
urged upon the Committee to act promptly and
report early on the subject. Adjourned.
1101:FE OF AEPRESENTATIVES.
Tith Speaker presented an invitation from
the Managers of the House of Refuge, inviting
the Legislature to visit and inspect that insti•
tution; also, remonstrances from the Districts
of Belmont and Blockley,againstronsolidation,
also, resolutions frons the District of the Nor
thern Liborties, in tAvor of Consolidation; ale,.
statements of the iffairs of the Ocrmantnv n
od rarl , hantrn fmnpikc Read Cempenv; asg