COMNIUNICATIONS.
For the Potter Journal.
In a Quandary.
Will you allow me, Mr. Editor, the use
of your °Outline to address such of
fellow citizens as may hilly be concluded,
from the present state of political parties,
to be in a quandary. We are upon the
eve of a'struggle, the event of which is
calculated to give an entirely - new direc
tion to an important feature of our nation
al policy. The question of I the extension
of Slavery has assumed &form. and a sup
port is claimed fur it, that .has divided
the great Democratic .party into irrecon
cilable paste , and- forced a new party into
existence. whose objectis to protect white
Iplioreis from - the encroachments of 'a ser:
vile black race, forced into Juxtaposition
with .us. I propose to take a common
sense view of the question, and see wheie
we ought to stand.
For twelve years past we have uniform
ly sustained the policy of non-interven
tion,by Congress in the question of Slave
ry in the Territories ; and we have as nal.
Comb , -seen our efforts to banish. the ex
citing topic fioin our discussions and is
sues rendered nugatory, by the conviction
of th@ richhern mind that the Souili was
endeavoring . to commit a great wrong by
extending it . to 'out Territories, and the
deterimination of the South to exceed it,
in' defiance. of. the repeated pledges of
Demouratio Conventions and resolutions
of , DemOcratio; Cungre.sses. When . the
doctrine of non-intervention was first pro
clainied 31r Cass iu '4S, we rallied to
Lis supporlas the embodiment of a policy
which we firwly believed would give us
political quiet and settle the question.
In cur Tnsistency we opposed the= Wil
mot Proviso, not that we thought it: de
sirable to have more Slave Territory, but
that we desired all to exercise the same
freedom of choice which we claimed for
ourselves. This has been the idea and,
.desire that lam governed us for ale
have
for
)cars. , Our southern friends have
for the most.part agreed with or yielded
to us, until they think they see a suffi
cient degree of servility in us to warrant
them in throwing off tne mask, and- we
are asked to subscribe to a doctrine at
which our souls revolt if our best inter
ests did nut forbid our indorsement of it.
Another party which . had its origin 114
1848, based on the doctrine of the Wil-
Mot Proviso, hag, with Uniform cOnsisteu
cy, demanded the intervention of Con
gress for freedom in the Territories. Of
the acts and doings growing out of this
difference of opinion, I need net speak,
they being fresh in the minds
,of every
one. Suice it to say, the Republican
party, backed by the moral sentiment of
the people of the North, has ahnoqt en
tirely overwhelmed the Democratic natty
in the Free States . , and that party at the
South,-claiming, as they have a right to
do froth predominatiee in power if not in
numbers, to tale the party. have resolved
to make the extension of Slavery to this
Territories by the action of. Congress the
issue. Now when intervention is the
rule of both parties, the one to extend,
the other to prohibit Slavery in the Ter
ritories, when I say, we are reduced to
the plain choice, not of iuterventiou or
.uon-interventiou; but of extension ,or hon
extension, I cannot hesitate in my - choice,
but. must say Ibelieve the polio of of our
govOrnincot ought to be opposes to the
( extension of Slavery. Who of you, work
ing men. and farmers of Pot:er county or
of the North, have not come to the same
:conclusion ? It is useless to present the
clap -trap of the tariff, gad ether questions
which are equally safe with either or nei
ther pary, to distraet our attention from
the maid issue, they being, with the sin
gle exception - of the Homestead measure,
locally , advocated or locally
.condem tied.
In what I have said I have considered
the Democratic party united. They are
so, practically, fur with two Presidential!
candidates,, the best wan of the two has'
- not a gnost of a chance; and if he had-1
if his election was sure, it, would but be I
postponing the evil a little while—effect
ing
one of those compromises which give
_less satisfaction than hopeless defeat.
I will endeavor to explajn-:myself a lit
tle further and a little chisel., and show
why we should resist the extension of
Slavery. We are entirely out of the resch
of the institution . ourselves, but many of
Us' have friends in the Territories, and we
.know not where we may find ourselves to-'
• - cated in the future, but none of us antic--
,ipate or desire it to be in a Slave-holdinz.
community. Therefore we should en
deavor to preserve our Territories uncon
taminated with the Curse, fur what white
man desires to work in company with
black slaves, and submit to the -deeTatla,
tion of being ral.ked on a level with the
negrci? I freely admit the .property in
the Territories to be in the people of all
the States; but I esti never admit that
one man was ever rightly held in 'bandage
by another--that one acre of God's 'free
earth was ever rightly_ pressed by the foot
of the slave--or. that any man has tile
right to set himself down in the ,neigh
borhood of ivy csbiT and set his -Week
laves to doing that which God,. in his
providenee,Aras ordained me to do, there-
by . bringing contempt upon me by the
cons comparison. The Republican par
ty is.belied in this respect 'as well as in
some others. They are charged
. with be
ing Abolitionists, with fraternizing with
find desiring to bring about social and no :
laid 'equality between the black and the
w - riite races. It is not true. Niaetytnine
linudredthit of tbi party *like the negro .
' as, initoh 011 . 1 do, and abhor . any minim:-
, idatina Vith. him- socially or politicalry.
• I'srotdd not asiociate with him—l would
ttof gap' with .
might eat with
hini, for I sometimes 14:-.re
with my dog—and above all things I
would not work with him. "I would
not have a slave to-till my ground" nor
n - ne , rro though a freeman. Conversing
witlf a great many : working mai and farm
ers, membeii:of -the Rerubliettn.,party,' I
have not yet•Tound onewhoSe sentimentS
differed from the foregoing. There are
undoubtedly sonie Abolitionists • actin g
with the party. to endeavor to-stop the
spread of the social and political-cancer,
but. the*party is not responsible fur their
peculiar ideas. It dues not seek to med
.
tile ivith Slavery in. the States. With
them
. they adopt the_ let-alone policy.
But in respeef - tolhe Territorids the-ques
tion has passed from intervention or non
intervention, to extensiuu:or non-esten
sion by , authority' of 'Congress, and the
voice of every man, especially.every work
ing man in the Free .States; ought to be
given for nom-extension. Deinoemtie
farmers and working men, ask yourselves
if this is not true. Think' of the ,thotis:
and and one things I have not had—the
time or space to niention. all coiiperating
to prove what I have Qaid, , and see if be
fore nest November you. do:not.come. to
the sauin conclusion.: Above ail .thing;
let us no longer be ."liewers;of wood and
drawers Of Water" to the owners of eMsar
and Sainlio. Yours truly, . • •
E. 0. AUSTIN
SYLVANIA, July 20th, 1860. ..
Fur t.'4e Potter Journal.
A Word to Parents and Stu-
dents.
EniToit :—Failure to commence
sellout with the teruris . ofteu eonsiderer
of little moment. "It will do you no
harm to stay a kW days" Fail a father
to-his son, the day of opening school iu
one of our - public• institutions. Nothing
is more erroneeusllian suck an opinion.
As well might the, employer expect his
hands to perform a mouth's labor in a
week, as for a parent to imagine his son
would derive the same benefit froM a part,
as from the whole of a term's schooling.
If a.scholar enters kchool after tire open
ing of the terni,.he can join no class with
athantage. Should he take up a new
study, he ought to begin with its ele•
mentary principles. : Those scholars who
commenced that study with the term,
may have passed the simplest portions
before the tardy scholar entered; if so,
he canuot join their class with profit to
either them or hiunfelf. Should he at
tempt to enter their class,, they must be
kept haul: for his advantage, or he must
precede in ignorance of somethings very
essential to his future progress. In 'the
former case the class will lase their inter.
est in the study, in the latter the tardy
scholar will suffer many inconveniences,
arid perhaps neverthoroughly<understand
the subject. If one wished to review
some study, with which he was partially
acquainted, delay in commencing
scarcely - less injurious. The . prosperity
of the school requires the presence . of all
the ,scholars the first morning of 'the
term. The faithful teacher bas much to
say, which all should hear. He _points
Out the proper order,of studier., mention,;
the use and benefits of each, gives,advice
on the course of, study the different sulMl
- should pursue, mentions the regula
tionq of the school, their importance and
necessity, describes his manner of con
ducting school, lays before_ the seholars
the plus of the term, and communicates
many things in which all have a mutual
interest. few moments talk at the
opening of a term, is, often of more benefit
than ,a week labor of anothet time..
tie teacher desires the presence of all,
that he may complete his own arrange
knents, that he may know what studies
aid how manyclasses 'there will be, and
what cLiss of scholars he will have.
At the recitations. the first day of the
term, the t. a ter de.he , to meet all the!
class, to inform himself of their advance
ment, acd then of his ability to impart
instruction: lie has much to .tell each
class about the subject iu hand, its im
portance, hi:tory, location in the "Circle
of the Sciences," relations to. other sub.
jests and means of becoming master of
it. For these and other reasons, the
first day of ai term is the most iMportauk s
of all, and no : scholar should unnecessari
ly absent himself. Yours, J. A. C.
ULYSSES ACADEMY, J uly
Translated fro,a the.Pitiablirg Courier
Principles, not Men.
" Don't trust the' powerful, because
men are weak and changeable, even the
best of them; but principles are_ certain
aril everlasting. Be no man's man, but
devote thyself to truth and thy father
land. _Now and then tempted to. look .at
a certain m,n as a leader or oracle, for it
is very easy to join, to follow; and to
I trust; but it is more certain and wise to
look and prove with our own eyes, and
to take our own course. The atmosphere
lin a great man's palace may seem warmer
and more convenient ; but the free air un
der Heaven's canopy is nevertheless purer
and healthier." • _
Those words contain a great truth, and
are a 'golden rule which could have lev
eled the path for the best reforms in the
Union if they had been tairly considered.
Indeed, wherever we turn our eyes we
see that more or less confidence was given
to ruen,and principles:have been set aside.
With many it is mere• carelessness to
think for themselves; and with the ma
jority it is rather the monstrous ruling
ambition and selfishness which draws the
_benefits kir themselves from the success
of one or the other of their distinguished
men. This proves to be rather ruinous
to the principles in question.
For instance, look at the DLuglas-de
mocracy. Leaving their principles and
following their leader, they are now as
tl.eN will be :n Neverni) , ?: nut—
t hatis, 'broken:and defeated ibecauscrthev
wefts blind enough to follow theirprinci-.
Ipal and forget. their principles. •
Manifold -has been theZaffections for
this or thatireat - advocate-of RiOblica
principles at the Chien° convention—,
especially for the-Senator from New .
who - enjoys . the sincerest - affection
all adniirers, and whose nominatida woultl
have caused--a great enthusiasm in. all
'free States; but it was absolutely necesr
sary to, choose a'• man who could insure,
the triumph of our great principles in the;
.pending election. -in regard to-this-feel=ing, all' personal affections - and prefer aces
were cheerfully submitted. Therefore,
as long as the_Republiean piny - places its,
principles hip:-,ber than its leading ?item;
and follows the Sboie ,golden rule the'
breadth of a hair, so icing can: it, depend
on success but as.soOn as,.it eve.s its
I preferences.to - inen it - will
-'prepare its mf r .
avoidabkruin.., A party'cau be a:s strong
as . Sampson ; bat personal Prefeitnent is
the Delila which undresses a4d l inlis li of,
its beauty and. power., ,
'6'.11 Ipttrt:..oiili.i.ti.:::
COUDERSPORT, . PA.;
liitilWag ?nal - 14)g, Dug. 1800:
T. S. CHASE. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
i~apgMh Lni If --( ShO.
FOR PRESIDENT.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN;
=I
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
CEIZEHE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
Senatorial,.JAllES POLLOCK.
. Tumus
Representative.
DIST. DIST.
I. Edward C Knight. 19. Ulysses ilferenr.
2. -Robert P. King. 15. George Bressler
3. -Henry Baum. 16. .A.. B. Sharp.
4. Robert M. Foust. 17. Daniel 0 - Gahr.
5. Nathan Bills. 18. Sainnel
6 John M. Broomall. 19. Edgar Cowan.
7. James W. Fut!tr. 20. IVm. M'Kennan
8. Levi B. Smith. 21. Jn. Kirkpa trio'
9. Francis W. Christ. 22 . James Kerr.
10. David Mururoa, Jr.V/3. Rich'd P. Robert
11. David t
Tagmtit t. Henry Souther.
12. - Thomas R. Hull. 25. John Grier.
13. F. B. Penniman.
run. GOVERNOR,
ANDR E W G. CU RTIN,
OF CENTRE COUNTY
'FOR CONGRESS, .
HON". JAMES T. HALE,
=I
We give up a large. share of our
paper this • week to communications!
'While w•e like to accetninodate- letters,
from the people as much as possible, We.
would ask our fl ieuds to be - as brief and;
explicit in their letters as possible—par
ticularlt• such as are mere complimentary,.
notices, or expressive of mere individual
'political opinions.
The canton Dem6crat sports the
names of Douglas and Johnson, but goes'
in for the fusion- electoral ticket. This
is a characteristic. position forDieffy, who
never refuses to "be pig and puppy both"
whenever he can't help himself. ills
sympathies are with BreclienridO, as the
Duuglasites declare all to be - who are in
flivor of the fusion ticket.
•Z.V•The County Committee having
addressed the Hon. aim Hickman,
vitiug him to speak here on
.Tuesday of
Court week y lnive received a reply from
him in which. he says, I regret that 1
am compelled to decline
.it. At present
I have no voice upon which I_ can
If it were otherwise I would try to be
with you at your meeting. I drew so
much upon my strength lust Winter, that
1 an, now 'almost au invalid !"
te 6 bouglas is stumping klassaelittj,
setts in his . own. behalf. - - He has just
finished stumping Connecticut: He does,
his stumping on s tbe involuntary priuci
ple. He is serenadcd, of couts6: has to
return-thanks, and, demagogue-like, he
cannot resist the excellent opportunity .to:
explain his position, whereat he enter
tains the crowd with from one-to i
hours of 'popular sovereignty" and " the
regular nomination." The road, from
Boston to Chicago is a long one, and he
will have a chance to stump a gbod deal.
before he gets around.
IlEr The Warren County Republican:
convention met on the 20th- ult., and
nominated the foll Owing ticket
Assembly, E. Cowan; Treasurer, Geo.'
H. Ames; Register and Recorder, R. K.'
Russell; Commissioner, Aril& MaGill
Auditor; N Preston.
Judicial conferees Were appointed Sod
instructed to present the name of S. P
Johnson. The row . stocid, Johnsoe,
Curtis, - 20. We congiatulatextur: friend
Johnson; and hope he will be . equally
fortunate in Abe Conference.
L. D. Wetmore, it..B. Kinnear;"Ld
Wm. 0. Blodget Trim appointed Con
gressional conferees, uninstructed.
We 'Congratulate. our cotemperarjr of
acminttict) fcr 111111111111 l
I 1
OE
county nee4l Tisra , . no fear s for
her int i orests at Ilarribbirg the coming
winteri and the nominee bee well earned
his.position by. hp 3 unflinching devotinn
to her interests to.. a n
-editor.
At&! - The wonder-creating' denizeng - of
the Titusville oil [region have at last gone
beyond their aerial, and are CIO* `agape
with wonder thtntselves. A vein of oil
,
has just been att. tck in the Viilliains well;
one Mile east of itniville, which throws
pure oil up from t,t depth of 145 feet and
runs it into a barrel at the rate of :tabor.'
rels.cr 480 gallons a - day. There is no
other expense attending the well than the
cast of the barrels and the wages .of One
man to attend td it—each • barrel of -oil
costing (aside; from horitig eipenso)
about one "c1611c1; 1 •! The well is owned
by-Williams, Tanner & Watson, of War
ren, and is the reward of a song and ex
pensive sieo of boring, 0116 Iv' ell ha'ving
been aband r oned by them after boring to
the depth .of 28f2 feef. The' well just,
dinned' is significantly called the "Fenn;
tarn-WelY :Till hag created a great ex
citement at TitusvillO. ' - .' `A'
Ite.,,;The objedtion'of the Lock Haven
,
. Wu tchmait. to the inforMal re-nomination
of Judge Hale i I fully explained in its
next issue, by a hard from an •' Old Line
l
Whig" recommending L. A. Mackey, of
Lock-gavel], as a candidate for Congress.
We are
perfectly willing .that Clinton
county shallpresent any name she may
desive4she invar l iabl2, has One—and we
are also perfetly l
willing that a .formal
conferehee shall be held to accommodate
that prdsentatiotprovidecl that gentle
man and his fiiehds will, defray the ex 7,
penso thus (we think) unnecessarily - and
unavailingly in6urred; and. provided
further,' that the "Old line Whig" will
lii•St, asSbreous th t i kis nominee is a Re
publican and no a "fossil fogy." , He
does not even hiet at the partisan char
acteristics of Mr./ 3lackey, except his fos
silary signature 'i's intended to convey the
-
desired, identification. In our opinion,
neither Judge Hide (whose re-nomination
is quitd certain) 'nor the conferees from
the other five counties, should be made
to incur the expense and trouble of a con
ference'inerely td gratify the office-odek
ing aspirations of afew of Lock Haven's
politicians. If every county conVention
in the'district, but Clinton., re-nominates
1
Judge Hale, we think that ought to sat
isly the most fastidious-stickler for " par:
ty discipline," without the formality of a
district chufereoce;and we arc disposed
to believe this will be the case. •
A Trud -Degenerate
GEORGE A. COFFEE, Esq., of Phila
delphia, delivered au address before the
Alunini of Dickinson College at its last
commencement. lnstead of confining
himself to rhetorical seuteuces,dnd Spread
Eagle language '?n the exercises of the
day; and thegreatuess of that particular
college, he chase a live theme : to wit
" the relation between public opinion and
individual Libert l y ?" And he elucidated
this theme in such a way as shows him
self to be . a live Man, oapable of waking
up sleepy old fogies. We feel very sure
that a host of trite hearts all over 'this
Conintotmealth feel largely indebted
to Mr. Coff:e for; his brave, and
,tuauly
effort to infuse a few living and!pfactical
ideas into the ...Verna and Faculty of
Dickinson College.
1
And 'we trust the press and people of
Pennsylvania will so rebuke theSe in
authority at this lCollege for the insults
1 1 -
heaped noon MrJ Coffee for speaking as
.
becomes a descendent of Franklin, that
4
1 they will speedily mend their manners,
and treat their next speaker decently,
even thb' ugh he should quote from the
I .
Declaration of Independence" and illus
trate hiS quotatie , l ns by reference to the
I facts of'history. "Public opinion" has
I ample power io put this College under
training for bett e r behavior. It is quite
:time that power was exercised. '
- We ~ire beloW a few extracts from. the
'admirable addre'ss, and earnestly hope
1 Mr. Coffee will fbllow up with vigor the
noble Work•he his so well be do
~.
• "Liberty, after self-preservation, is the first
nece;:sity and aspiration of every human be
ing. Without it there •cau he no spontaneous
activity of body orj mind, and therefore no in
telligcriee, or •virtue. It is as essential.tc pro
gress and happineSs as is-the air tb life: Lib
erty is the atmosphere which civiliiation must
breathe or else die As Shelly sings, it is one
with justice and, owe. Accordingly, it at
tracts alike the vague longings of the savage,
and the profound Speoulations of the philoso-
Ther. It is the dream.ot Poetry, the ideal of
Art, and the inspiration of the Hero. IS is
the.great question lof.allages. History, from
Hero - dotus to Baneroft, is but the story of its,
birth, its struggles and.'its victories. The
great battles of tie world—the 'Marathons,
Ao Phaiasalias, the Hastingses, the York
tolims, -- thti . Waterloos and the Solferinos-•-4e 7
rive their interest from their effects updn his=
man liberty, which liting over them all, like
the gods of HOmerjover the plains- of Troy,
trembling in the clouds of war. ' • .
.
* * * * j* • •
•
" .i:g.tit..;;:cr.3 avow thew-
• •
series as resting upon the etinsent of the gov
erned, and securing all the ii)alientakle rights
of Men.. The
upon
our Republic is
rock-based upon these, and the oi:teen-washed
gates of AmericaWdemocra4 blaze With the
',Fero* forever alit!,
_"Alt inert - are created
equal; they are. endowed s •hy - - their Create
with certain inalienable rights ;* among,..tbese
are life, liberty and the purSuit of happiness.
-To sebare these-rights, govetuments are insti,
anted among men, deriving Pgir jest powers
from-the consent of the gceterned." .- -In dis
tinct recognition of these pettaordiel axioms,
the _Federal Constitution, in ;its Majestic pre-
amble, announies'that the Pebphi of the United,
States - ordain it to secure the blessings of lib
erty tor themselves and their posterity. •
" I; must be confessed' that we have not
consistently practised our own principles.—
The absolute'rights of man, such as personal
security, life, liberty and property, are enjoyed
by much the greater part oil our people, but
not by all ;ler about four nplliens of inno
! cent men and•women of Afrlcan deicent are
forcibly deprived of all liberty and property.
r and of nearlyall-personal security. Political
rights; tharis,those . which attach to as as ,
members Of_civil society, are or may be en
joyed by all white men, butt not by women,
or by men of color. I woncl4 if our highly
civilized posterity, two Ord three' centuries
hereafter, will ever marvel that, in the days
when 'Victoria was Queeri dud Liberia first
flourished, we should. put ode bootblacks and
our mothers on ;the saint; co4stitutional level,
and persilt in political 'disabilities upok the
sex of Florence rigl tiatgule tnd the complex
ion of Alexander Dumas. ;
Public opinion built tbOower of Babel,
n-andered from tue foot of Sinai to worship
aron's,golden.calf, ,swelled 1 the rebellion of
Absalom, ostracized Aristides, poisoned Soc
rates and,cfucified Jesus. lt hurried away
the chivalry of the middle ..ages to the Cru
.salles, restored. the Stuarts to England and
the Bourbons to prance. Itlassassinated the
pensionary De Witt. guillotiqd the Girondins,
e.icited the Lofd Gordon riots, hung the Sa
lem .witches,. burnt Pennsylvania' Ball and
Saint Aug, ustines. chui ch,.defeated the ferry'
Clay.whom Allow canonizes,.acipritted Daniel
E. Sick,les, and mantains ihe s 'vast circulation
of The 21 - cw 1:p.1.1c 11;7(114. Public opinion
abhorred-Faustus in league*ith the devil,
applauded the imprisonment . of - Galileo, al
allowed•Pulton to die a beggar; and howled
for fears at Clarkson and Wilberforce.
" But all this bravely- changes. Pi blic
opinion never fails in due time to Gash from
'their shrines.all its false god's. It has long
ago dispensed with crosses, scafrolds and
dungeons. As it grow,s relined it Scouts these
Course appliances. It now clamors, or laughs,
or sneers, dr. gives you the cut, or votes you
down. Its most efficient engine is the Peri
odical Press. When this is Servile or,yenel.
or blind—unable or unwilling to publish the
truth, and defend the rib it, and rebuke the
folly of the . hour i it sprear and strengthens
the errors and - wrongs to wh t it defers—
The Press is the .cherubim'si' fli fling sword,
turning every way to illumine and g •trd the
way c f lift. •Falsehood 14tini essays to ceize
and wield it. What woful {havoc dtges c
celestial weapon make ere ft falls from the
awkward grasp of the drunken giant r
~ Migcellanewas Neivs Hems.
ON the- Sth inst , Cassiiis 31. Clay, at
tbe invitation 'of the Central Repubihean
Club, addressed some two thousand of the
citizens of Louisville from the Court
House steps, delivering th'e first llepuh
liean.speeeli.that was
. evit. ipade_in the
open air in that city.
WESLEY MINN, the fat man of Ger
than valley, Mei - iris co., was buried
On the 27th . June. -He was ' a middle
aged man, and weighed about 600 pounds.
It took 910 feet of lumber to make his
coffin. He leaves a wife weighing about
500 lbs., and of very large size.
OFFICIAL, returns froth the Oregon
election give Shiel, the Democratic can
didate fur . Congress,.7o ui6j. over Logan,
the Republican candidate. In the Leg
islature, the Republicans and Anti-Le
compton Democrats have . a 4,n
joint ballot, thus ensuring the defeat of
Joe Lane as U. S. Senator.
THE present-predicament of the
." De
tnoeraiy," says the Oswego Ti*s, re
minds -one of the answer once giVon, to a
traveler. lie had arrived at. la point
Where - hi - s road " forked." . The ieply to
his question as to which road he had . bet
ter take was, "It don't make a bit of dif
ferenee. Take whichever you please, and
before you get. - half-way .through,
be sorry you didn'.i take the. other."
PARSON. BROWNLCIW 'says- that the
Rev. Dr. Daily, recently! deposed • from
the.Presiderfay •of Bloomington College,
Indiana, and at the same time. expelled
from then Methodist Church for drunken
ness and adultery, has been nominated
ft;r. Congress :by the. Democrats of the
Madison District of Tennessee. Wheth.
er it is by the Douglas or' the Breckin
ridge Democrats, Browulow doesn't say.
TEE Fowler- Committe, in New York,
have collected over $60,000 toward reim
bursing- the government for Mr. Bowler's
deficiency. The ' Tribuzie is informed
that numbers of the persons -to whin Mr.
F., in his palmy days , , leni•large sums of
money, without taking amy memorandum
or written acknowledgment, have gener,
Quay Come forward and paid into the
bands of the ecantnittee the entire amounts
due. • This makes that paper think better
of human nature.
IN Washington city,. D. C., applica
tion was recently made of the Republi
can ,Association for permission to laisc a
linerty pole in that city The Mayor
consented,'as did also the, Commissioner
of Public Buildings, at Erst, but after
nine days' delay in an examination of the
laws, Dr.. Blake has diseoiered that it is
unlawful to erect liberty, poies in that
district; and therefore the 'permit is with
drawn. Queer 'country this when a lib
erty pole can't stand in the capital of the
republic. - I
.THE.GzuitA.N.PrzEsS.tin 1.852, the
Gerznan Press were nearlyall Democratic
--only, three papers in the United States
being free-soil. What a change in eight
years ! To 7 day the majmity . are Repub
licans audio many States dedoeratio
_paper can' be &and. .In-Ilissourr and
lowa, each, there is only one democratic
Gerinan paper.; 'in Minnesota tic:lllc_, in
Wisconsin 9 demo vat ie, I ,2llaillea, 6-week,
lies, 1, tri.weekly,) BRe r pnblican,
lies (1-veelilies).; -in Michigi n 2,
oeriiiio ond 2 Republican ; 01;i 0,
- -11e4,, York ind Peunsylvaaia,
majority - ire Republican. :=pitta
&mien
Fbr the Poitei , .Tou ro .
Chime :—During a recent . ,e;
:Ulysses. I - met the. Principal of the
etny :and learned some. thingsin tem
the past his tery of the - institution ltd',
present Prospectewhieh•lWOuld be .
to cimaiminieate. ' Though seareelys'.
sinee.the school opened, yet itren„,
has been - truly flattering." It has air;
sent out,i titamber of teachers, some
whom are now engaged in its vieiuu
rOnit'of its - students is engaged i n then ;
istry - , -another is at -thn•West• Poist
tary Academy, while - otliersexpect io
resent it in .the,first colleges of the *
try S . o . far fro* merely giving ki tt y
tions.in the - common branches, If s
that during- the•year it bad also inch: ‘.
Latin, Greek 'and Oertuan•, Algebra',
otnetry - and Surveying; Book•K eep h .
I Rhetoric' and -physiology. The. hatit
tion is . .now preparett to -- givo•-instratt".
in every branch taught in our
high.
Seminaries; Music excepted,- and
Trustees desire to . Make it thorough,
practical. - Of the - 1-10. different et u d e
.who have • eujoged Its privileges,
one have- taken. reading as a'studv r
more Than *half have -studied Geogrtg,
- thus _showing' l one great ilesian o p
school. is to prepare its .pupils fog int
ers. - Its . . terms are arranged to•se,
with this'pnrpose. -The Fall term opt
about the time the Slimmer schools el,.
and closes before - the Winter schoolie- i ,
menee: 2Thes nearly all the teaches.
the county can ,attend-at least sue to
in a year. A Terteher's •Library of
I volumes upon . the..." Theory and Practi
of Teaching," is an advantage seldomi
I with. These are all new works; and E .
eral; as the " Normal Science of Ede;
tion,'-f "Teacher's Assistant,-" . se.,
just been p - übliSlied• during the pasty
rhe institute, under Prof. Bantlers,atf
!eloSe of the Fall terni,.Will be a great la
I efit to 'leachers
.who". May be so fortun
as to be in attendance'. The Superiont
lent of Tio g a county • Will be pra t
throughout the entire institute, autiott
experienced educators will take panel.
exercises. The unexpected success
the past yeaf:bas led the friends of
institution to furnish many things oh
though at first desired ivere thought
be ithattainable. . They are preparing
paper the buildinm 'r' abbVe and beloir;'
to pit on - a coat • of blaCk.--wall when
it can be usedas a black-board, to prat'
more apparatus and furniture, and toll
greatly to the Library'of Reference. Er
' during. the
,past year it has exce:led
institutions in this' respect ; having
of the - more • important - reference boo .
Its friends 'intend to make - the buildin,
model in all that pertairs to the heal
comfort, or *happiness' of . the stoat
While nzany institutions endeavor
make the students physically co:Octet:.
too few attempt to Cultivate the tastal
combinitg.refinement with converdett .
The institution thus: far has bees a
patronised not only by the youth of;
own neighborhood for which it wasp'
ci pally intended, but I learn that studer
from different counties iu New York
well as in Pennsylvania -have already
tended the school. -- Nearly all the il•
dents. in attendance - , through the I
have beenyoung men eitd women, a
of whom purpose coming the net*
as understand. - This. was. hardly•n
peeeed though very gratifying. The ,
rons' seeming wisely to conclude thatf
• advantages of;leveral terms in suceeso.
will be much greater than the aggre
advantage, of - the separate terms. 1'
Winter term commencing about the
of December -and, ending the beginoil
of March affords an oppertunity for th
whodesire to-enter the "spear-bush"'
ly in the Spring. •I will here speck.
.
the "-Pi
_Office," in which -1 spr:
• a few moments there.. A Prima
Press in .Ulysses was sernewhat unespfn
ed to me. - It seems towork finely. Tl•
Principal. thinks he can make it useful
tine school by printing oullines of stud'
order of -exercises,. regulations, &c.,
But most important of all, monthly •
ports - of attendance Will 'answer the pa
pose of Catalogues, as each report will a
taint the names and attendance of, the p
.pils. This, wit be a strong incentive
the stnderit • to promptness, punctualit,
and regularity, as each month the patro
will receive these reports and draw I . '
them much information with regard
the school and the scholars. • Thus
pupil and i
patron will take a deeper •
terest in :the ; prosperity. of the echo!
The Prineipil endeavors to mop:
the seiMiars
_by having frequent ail'
from others. Occasionally they-are
cored' with an address.' Among . t 1 .16
who have'thus - favored them already,.
whose remarks are . said.to'bc very sfir
priate • and useful, e're the Bei.
of flornellsville;.a warm friend aid°.
and••the Bair.' -Wm. limner, -edi
of the' Indepeident. Wednesday O'
noons are &soled tO exorcises itt" tom"
sition'and denlaulation; followed by 0:'
•
it
graphical and 'Arithmetical •gurne.sr i
tame, 'experiments or so' mel , „eneral
vises.'Students: 'Of courie , willoals
be much interested - in , all' such .exerci ,
Faiolt set has..alsa.establisbed a Lite
Society mr.hicti-iS' atiVaarageO4
nesday evening, arilyer =iueetingi
are rweli'litteudert by .rneinbers'Lot
school also r calls lily' attention, as itsu
&Lenart has seetni3d to piove very boo'
dal, as well as cheering to the ler:
who wish to exert timoral - andeb....
infliteade. Beipectrully- yours,
. ..• ' ,N;