There have been added to the pension tolls, during the year endirm the 30th,of June last. the names of 15,770 invalid solders, and of 271 disabled seamen, wek. ivg the'presant number of army invalid pensioners 22,767 ;and of navy invalid pensioners 712. •Of widowS,, orphans, and tuothers,s2,99B have been, placed on the army pension rolls, and 243 of this class on the navy rolls. The present ,nuniber of army pensioners of this 'class 21Y,433; and of navy pensioners 702.- 7 At the beginning of the year the number -t3t-Revolutionary pensioners' was 1,430: 'of tliami" were' soldiers; of l ferhomvseven-have.-sinee died... The re• p:Tier...are those, who, .under the laws, receive pensioas beeatise ofiClationship to r t y ? olqy al7 aolders. - - z,i.Puriu2 the year eoding • 3oth of June, ,92 hav e; paid 'te E xiiyalorielp of 411elasses. . , ,Pu,Fgao nistxrunotts. LLP-tcheailully commend to your contin. AtedliatrotiagE the benevolent institutions ottheillititriet of Columbia, which brve 'hitherto - begs:l.:established or fostered ly tlengress, acidyespeetfully refer, fur infer. platten concerning them and in relation to tho Washington aqueduct, the .tel,and - other matters of local interest, -ti) :the report of the Secretary. •,!lho.igricultural Department, under Abe seperviiiiin of its present ener,... etie Aitid faithful head, is rapidly commending ; itself,to the great and vital interests it ileac created te,advanee. It is peculiatly the People,s Debartrueot, iu which they ;led morc directly concerned thanin any .other.., I commend it for the fostering -care. of Congress. —itEstiurs OP TUE WAtt. The war continues. Since the last an• rtil - inessage, all the iuiportautliucs and positions the occupied by our forces have-peen ma ntained. and our arms tuive _been' steadily advanced, .thus liberating the regions left in the rear; su that Miss ouri, Keirtuelty, Tennessee and parts of - Other States, have again produced reason ' ably fair craps: • The dost, remarkable feature in the ilitury" 'operations of the year is Peneral Sherutun'satteutpitetl march of three !inn• ;died ntiies ' dircetly through the ittsurgent - It tends to show a great ine.ea;ic of oiir'rehitire strength that .our General- `in . -Chief should feel able to c3nfront and liold irrcheek every active force of the en ,' iqiy,and Yet' detach a well appointed large - artuy to move on such an.expedit.on. The result.' not yet being knows,,-conjecture in 'figard to it is not here indulged.' . ~; i titportant movements have aIS3 ed 'during the year to the effect of mould.: log society for the durability of the Union. Although short of complete, success, it is Linn'eh'in the right direction', that twelve thousand citizens in each of the Slates Arkansas and Louisiana have organized, local State Governmeata with free (lousti• - tutions. and are earnestly struggling to iilhlntaiu -.and atitniuister thew. The movements in the Same direction more .extensive, though lees definite, in Missou ri, Kentucky, and Tennessee should not .:be overlooked ; but Maryland Freents the ctatuple of complete success- ,;lary ' land is secure to liberty and Unien for all- the future. The Genius of ltebel.ion ieill no More claim Maryland. Like an other foal spirit, being driven out it may :Peek to tear her, but it- will . woo her nu toore. At the last session of Congress'a_.pro- Lvosed amendment, to the Constitution, yebolishing slavery throughout the United States, passed the Senate but faiW for 11414 of the requisite pvo•thirds rote in the flothe of Representatives. Although the Present. is, the same Congress and • .. nearly the same members, and without questioning the wisdom or patriotism of those who stood In -opposition; 1 venture IQ recount:4.th°' reconsideration and pas. tiage of the measure at the present 'session, ofCotirse, . the abstract question is not :changed, but c at' intervening . eleetion ehacre almoit.eertaiuly that the next Con. gressiiill.pass the measure if this does not. Ilune.e;there is only a question of ; Ons as to - whoo the proposed amendment, will the States for their action, and, skit is to go at all events, may we nut 'agredthat, the sooner the better? It not eliiimed that the elietion has imposed a duty on - members (opiing() their views pr, tbeir cotes any fruitier than as , an ad' Ational element to be, considered ; their judgment may be effected by it lt is the voice of the people, now for the first ,time heard, upon the question. In a great national crisis, .like ours) unanimity cl Alien among those seeking a common end is very desirable, almost itidispeosable and yet no appearance to such unanimity i+ attainable - unless some deference shall be 'paid to the will of the Majority, simpl . l I because it is the will of the majoolY: • TUE PUBLIC SPIRIT. cite, the common end is the maintenance of the Union, and amon2 the meanes te'seenre that end, s ich through the election is most clearly de glared in favor of such .a constitutional ?tnendinent.. The moat reliable 'lions of public purpose in this country is 'der eed through our 'populai t jruigiug try ia, recent canvass, and its results, the . purpose of the people, within the loyal states, to. maintain the integri ty of the Union was never more firm tior more nearly unanimous than now. The leirtriordinl4.,oaininess anti good. order As s which the Wilms of voters min"led at dui pond gareitrimg asHirabee of this tfot who supported the Mimi ticket, go Balled,' knit a great •mr. l joritir of tin b oppOsing party'also may be airly eLticued 'to 'entertain hnd to' be actin. ated by cite ,saute purpose.:. It is , as U-D. answerable argument. to this' effect that no candidate for any office, however high or low, has ventured to seek tctes on the nvowel that he was fir giving, up the Union. 1 has been •muell' impugning Vf f m otives, and, much heated controversy as inthe propei - meanes and ibbst mode of advancing the Union eauSe;i but on the distinct issue- of Unigo or do union the polttioians hare sholffl their j iustinetive knowledge that there is no diversity among the people. In affOrding to the people the fair oppertunity bf showing one to another, and to the *cup this tirtu, ttess and, unanimity Apurpose; thevelee• tioo bas been of vast value .to the nation. al cause. • • NATIONAL RES OT Ing9; The eleetion r has exhibited another fact not less Valuable*to be' ktiown—thOlict'that we do not approach exhanstion in the . most im portant branch of national rest:nines—that of living men: White it is melancholy to reflect that the war has made so .many graves and carried. mourning to so mari, hearths, it is souls relief to knOw that, coliipared with the surviving, the fallen have beeti so fevi. While corps, and divisions and brigitdes, and regi, meats have been formed, and fought, !anti dwindled, rtnd gone out of existonee, n greto majority of the men Who composed them-use still living. The sane is true of the naval service.. . The election returns Prove this. So many voters could not else be: found. The States regularly holding election, both now and four years ago, to nit; Califon:Oa, Con necticut, Illinois, Indiana, !Owe, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachns'etls, Michigan, ' Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey. New York. ' Ohio, Oregon, PennsylVattia,i Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. and !Wisconsin, cast 3,952,011 votes now, against, 8,810,222 cast then, showing an aggregate new of 3,9d2,011 To this is to be added '43.762;ca5t now in the new States that did not' vote in 1860, thus swell:ng the aggregate to 4.015,6T3, and the net increase during the three years and a half of war to 115.541. A table is appended show'fig particulars To this: L apin should be added the number of soldiers in the - field from Massachusetts, Ithntle Island, New Jersey, Mel aware, Indiana, Illinois, and California, who, by the laws of those States, could not vote away from their homes, hand which num ber cannot be less than 90,000. Nor yet is this all. The number in the t.u;ganized Ter: ritories is a trifle now to wild!: it was four years ago,.whi!e thousands White and black, join us as the national arms 'press back the resurgent lines. i h ' fri , , coy . d SO much is shown affirmatively end nega tively by the election. It is 'not material to , inquire how the increase has .been prOduced. or to show that it would haVe r been greatm but for the war, which is probably true. The ineput taut filet remains deruodstrated that we have more men now titan we had when the war began, that we are not exhausted, nor in' the process of exhaustion, that we are gaining strength, and may, if need be,; maintain the contest indefinitely. This, as toi'men. Mate rial resources are now- more complete and abundant than ever. ! , TEM MAINTENANCE OP TEE UNION-CONDITIONi., OP PEACE The national resources then are unexhaast• ed, and, es we believe,' fiTexhaustible. The public purpose to establ.sh abd maintain t ti ui~n.tl authority i& unchanged, and, as we believe, uncbangible.. The manner of con tinuiag effort remains to choose. On careful consideratiun of all the evidenco ac cessible, it seems tq. me that nu atteinfit at negotiation with the insurgent leader could suit in any good. Ile would accept noth ing short of a severance of the Union, pre cisely what we will not and cannot give.— Bis declarations to this elfect ar: explicit and oft-repented. lie does not attempt to deceive us. Ile allot ds us' no excuse tu de ceive ourselves. lie cannot voluntarily re accept the Union. We cannot voluntarily yield it. 'Between him and us toe issue is distinct, simile and indoxilde. It i s an is sue which can only be tried by War and de•-ided by victory. lf we yield we i ore beaten: II the Southern people fhth hirir lie is heden.— Either way it, would he . the ictory and 'dc fe•u following war: What is true, however, of him w i lio heads the insurgent cause, is not necesSarill true of those Who follow. Al though he cannot re-accept' Lhe Union, they can. Some of them, we khdw, already de sire peace.aud lounion. The bomber of such may increase. They can at any moment have peace. simply by 1.13 it 4, dowtOheir arms end siannittinz to the waiunnUaiubority under the Constitution. After so touch the Gov, eminent could not, if it would, maintain waif against them. The loyal People would nut sustain or allow it, if queSticos should re mair, we would adjust theni by the peaceful means of legislatiou, - conferences. comas, and votes o7erating only in cOustitutional and lawful channels. :Some certain and other possible questions aro and Would be beyond, the Executive power to adjust, as. fur instance, the admission of members into Congress, and whatever might require the appropriation of money. The Executive power itself would be greatly diminished by the cessation of actu'l'tt war. Pardons and remission of furfedurA, however, would still lie within the Execuiive control. In what spirit and temper this con trol would be exercised can he judged of by the past. A year ago a general pardon and amnesty, Upon specified terms, were offered to all except certain designated claSses, and it tins at the same time wade knoWii that the excepted classes were Still within contempla tion of special clemency. During the year ninny availed themselves of the general pro vision, and many more would. only that the signs of bad faith in some led to such .pre cautionary measures as rendered the practi cal Process less casy,and certain. Durin,r, tlfe same time. aim special pardons hire been gran'ed to individuals of the eta-pted classes, and no voluntarc applleali , ill has been denied. Thus, practically, the door lias been for a fall year open to all. except ouch as were not in . condition to make free chnire—that is, Ellen ' • as were in custody or tinder constraint. It is still so open to all. Bid the time way come when pubic duty shall dth . nand that it be closed, and that in lieu tit* vigorous meas. ures than hereto:lime shall he adoptid. Ju picao, ! .th., l .: the I.b tndtmment of armed resistance to too national inntlinrity on the -part of the itistivreni.i as thC'only indispensa ble condition to ending the; war nn the pert of the Government, I retract nothing hereto• fore Bail as to slavery. I ri;:"ieat the declar ation made a year ng-1, that while I remain in my present nos . tion I shall, not attempt te retract or modify the Emancipation Procla mation. nor shiallta•turn to, slavery any per sun who is free bylthe Willis of that Focht-, nation or by any Of the acts of Congress. If t the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it na - Ex-cotiv+ duty to re.en slave such persons, another. and not I. 'most be their ins:roment to pt rform it.. In stining i a tingle condition of pearejlneon simply to ! site, war *illeoei - sa on the Emil, of the Ooverntnent : whenever it sh:111 have ceaaed ea the part of thuse'Who began it. :ABRAHAM . LIYCOLN. DecemberC, 1864.1 Washington Correspondence. WASILINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8,18G4 ,The present Week has been marked by the coutthencetntat of what vrotnis'es to be a very ithportani session of Congress. Atuong the measures looked fer are some needed ":amendments to .the Internal Revenueltaw, and 'an amtentituent to the Constitution prohibiting human slavery foieier in . tho,United States:.." The appointment .ot.the ion..S. Chase, to till the vacancy on the Supreme Bette!), Caused . --by ;the 'deal' of Jw.tice Taney, has been hailed' by the' radical, reliable itten,wtth tinbotteded satisfaction: flop. 'denies Speed, of Kentucky, has been : notitioatetl . l/ the -Presiiient to . fill the acancy caused resTrnatien of 'Attorney GeneralT - 13ateS.' The Senate had nut acted neon the name .up td the tune of -adjournment over Monday. but it issupposed the failure to aet;indi elites ne(oppusition to that gentleman. A- bill . to -prevent- then payment .of geld, silver or:bullion for more thamiti current value aslnsarked on the coin, and:to pre vent the payment or acceptance' of the lawful chrreney *of the United Sirs fur less than its curtent value, wag-.on Tues day offered by Mi. Sievers, and re,ferred to its proper committee. Yesterday fir Blaine (uf Malec) called up -aid, "During the twenty -four -hour,' -since this 'bill was intrJduced, much mischief has been done, and every day I amid hour the House stands co.ntizitted to it, still greater mischief will result. , It indicated three states of this Union. and . ;nude every man guilty of a tnisdeineanor, and every clause attempted to commit the House ti; impossibilities. Gold rose yes terday P.i per cent. fur the very reason of rite introduction of thi; extraordinary b:ll,'' He moved a reconsideration of the vote of reference with a view of utoi:ing, to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Cux (uf Ohio) said he did not agree,with the gentleman that this bill was the oneans of nutting up the price of g old. Ile rat her plough t the President had played the bull" -by his Message.l Atter sttine further remarks the bill was laid upon the table. Toe particular part of that remarkable, document, the President's Message, : ; which I suppose to be 'particularly obi . tioxiuus to the copperhead faction of which this "gentleman front Ohio'' is a -tepresentative man," is the last para,:. grupli in Mr. Lin7c2ln's 'peace proclaina• tiou." Nutwithstat.ding the larga popular majorities iu favor carryina on the' war, these gentlemen were looking, so it .. , seems, ',for some "ove:tures" froth the' Executive. and here .they are. - I quote from the Message : . . =4, tttating it single condition of peace I tucan to say that the war will cease on the part of the Government whenever it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it." That, is peace doctrine, so plain and siurple 'ultat a child might understand it. The meaning is clear. It means just what the people of the "South will have it meati. It may mean honorable :restor. ation to former !tights under a free gov ersupe.sit,-elearetT of the incubus of slavery --peace, prospe, ity, and all their attend - - and hies:slugs- 7 they so will it's or it may mean subjtigation, and peace through extsaustion. It means l'pericrl" at all 'events,. and lasting peace, but uut the' peace these democratic gentlemen want. l'eaceOvithout Slavery to quarrel about, and without the Democratic patty in power,: is the very •conditiou of all others they stand in dread of. They would prefer eternal war ; but they Cannot have it. They can find u little fault. now and I than, Oat, give the Administration much! trouble if they Choose, and even give gold. an occasional upward tendency, but thel dual - result they cannot change. The only good result likely to conic from their Mel:clings is the hopeletis but ial of them selves in the debris of tile fabric they have reared, when it falls. In the way of amusements we have the Leutan "Opera at "Drovers," and Miss 3litchell's play of -Fanchurs" at i -Fords." Congress having arrived the -gay season" is faitly inaugurated:— Theatrical managers and Dad keepers are ''inaking ha) while_ the sun shines.' Considerable amusement has also been affutded by the sending of a delegation reptcsenting the merchants of I'hiladel• phia (who met recently at the Corn Exchange) to urge the name of Cul Forney us the candidate of Pennsylvania, for a place in the Cabinet, rheuld Mr. Usher. gu un the ben . ch or Mr. Welles accept: the embassy to France. It was the practiee some years ago, fur the Preside', t to appoint his Cabinet subject to the :confii mutton of the Senate. Tie effort in favor of,Cul. Fut•ney is to say ~ the least. MERIT. [we . do not concur in the opinion of our Cerresponticut in reference to Cot. Forney: if LI biltty, influence, and serv ices rendered, are considered, then we 41 know, ot'ne ono in Pennsylvania more fully entitled to B position in the next Cabinet.—ED Penasvh:anta has 2.51'2 miles it rail way, Which:enst. $143,471.710. The ea. nals at:o 1.0-17 miles in length, costing 830.811.700. The real and personal es tate 1860 amounted to 81,416.501,884 The State - debt Novetober: , .3o, 1863, was 639,486,506, showing a decrease from the prPeolir g year of $41.5;617.. THE °K4 M CAMPAIGN. ..... Victories from every pointotthe pass-,- 7 -nothing:hut victoriCi:thisglorione morning. Pr em Tenessee, front Georgia, from .Mississipitii, firm Virginia '.-frpin all quarters where the brave - soldiers of the Unioti are defending'. the Flag - of the Tie; public; laureled Victory sits , upon their swords and smooth success is strewed be fore their feet.l Thomas hai buten :Heed -the besieged defeatini , the besieger; Sherman has taken Fort ' - McAllister, and brushed from ;his path the last obstacle hetween and the sea';' Canby in Missiisippi baS fallen on the cotnmnpica tiods orthe'Rebel - tiring - that- threatened Nashville, atones deStroyed.thein; Stone ; map and Rurbridge in West Virginia have struck-the Tear of Breckinridge„and have cut off at once hiS line of supply and his,licia of, retreat. Frous one end, oft he line to the other, it is it .whirlwind • . ,Fori. McAllister will be.remeiribered as the : formidable ; earthwork that lat tear defidd the efforts of the monitors. We. hawken and Passaic.. 01;ginally bhile to guard the, passage to Savannah froM the 'sea, it guaideti equally in_thtseuiergency the approach Of Sher Man to the 'fleet, which brought him reinforcements and supplies. It was the One defence which !protected Otisabaur SaUnd ; the point we have indicated est' the ,probable end of Sherinan's March ; end upon this prized -alegnerd of savannah Sherman has full. en with' the. sudclenesa and force of 'a thunderbolt, and has' carried it by an it.. itsistible cooli de main. It is one of tha,keys to Savannah, which -the genius and courage of Sherman have made to unlock—instead of closing 'the avenues to-that stronghold .of the Rebels. - We have meanwhile, a report by way of Ann. apolis that Sa'vutinali itself is fallen ; but whether . that 'be true or not it is at least clear that Sherman has simultaneously in. i . vested that city and cut its northern com munications. The junction of Gen. flow.) ark who commands the right wing of Gen sherman's army, with Gen; Foster, who has severed the Charleston and Sa vannah Railroad at Pucotallgo, cum pietas the insulation of the city of Savannah, And'so clearly foreshadows the fate of this commercial capital 'uf Georgia that it is scarcely important to consider whether , the Annapulis report of the capture be true iu fact or he only an anticipation of the fact. We, do at all events know that Sherman is absolute waster of the, situation in Georgia. The Dispatches from Gen, Thomas at -Nashville ate of the same joyous tenor as those which from Gen. Sherman thrill the country with anticipations of complete !and final victoryorerthe'Rebelion. Abon doniug the defensive, Gen.. Thomas has -resorted at last to the strategy of -attack ; penetrating at the right moment the fatal . mistake of Rood hi converting a cam paign, which was stategically offensive, into a tactical defensive. The elaborate earthworks of the Rebel commander, which were meant to environ Nashville, hare failed eVen to protect him against the retributive onskught or the force he supposed hiMsell to have shut up in a garrhioned ciiy. The bast! of Thursday was the vindication of Thomas's halting and retreating conduct of the campaign which he now Crowns with triumph un-_ der the walla of the city which he chose to defend in accordance with. his well known dews of prudent and secure' war fare. The dispatches show thaaboinas, havirig been reinforced and deeming him. self strong enough to resume once mere the offensive;assanlted on Thursday, the intrencliments of Hood, carried them. drove the Rebels eight miles toward Franklin, and effectively and finally lais ed what has been called the seige of Nash. vile. Hood lost'veventeeti,guns and many prisoners; lost the initiative of the cam rain; lost his chance of success in Tenn.' essee ; lost even his security of retreat. into Alabama ; and dependent upon chance for a temporary and unsure retire went on the line of his advance, Add to all, this the occupation 11 the forces of Canby of Jived's line of supply anti base at Jackson, Miss., and where vanishes the hopeof the Rebel lead er ? Lle has none remaining but in itu• mediate and precipitate flight, and not much even iu that. The same fatu falls on nrectinridge in East Tennessee. lie shares the, ill luck or his superjor, for his sole , railway line into West. 'Virginia is gone and the very ex:stencs of his army is put in peril. Su from one end to the other of the military Geld wane the fortunes of the Rebellion. and was with unexpected rapidety of increase the' fortunes of Republic. Gen Sherman announces i tinder his own sicmatnre, his arrival on the coast. The capture of Fort McAllister, on the 13th, completes ills communicatiun With the fleet. PreViously to that he had destroy ed all the railroads and invested the city tuis march was "agreeable," the weather fine, supplies abundant. It is remarka ble,that we hear nothing of these astoun• dine ravages which the Rebel Gen. Wheeler has , all along been reported by the Richmond papers tohavo made on Sherman's forces. But Gen. Sherman says he has *not been "at all molested by guerrillas." Not a wagon lost on the :rip. Be has trterly destroyed over two hundred miles of railz.• And he: "re gards Savannah as already _wined." Noth tng could . lie more perfect than.the whole conduct tit this .expedition, as notbiaz will be moreAlorious than ita final result. From Gen. Thomas we• continue to receive accounts of the enemy's defeat and flight.i Our,foroes wore. eight miles beyoud Franklin—:twenty six south • of Nashville—on Saturday; continually cap. ,en ring prisoners, trophies, and gurti:- - i3est of all, Gen. Thu - ill - as alicouoCe's his purposeto keep on, and evidently, means to clear Tennesseekof reebefs before lie•stops. Head :has but two-linis of re treat ; one to Tlerenee, Ala.; the other to Cotinth, Miss. . The death of Fort Pillory Ferrest is re '. A more netiVe, resolute, and bloodthirsty scoundrel did not exist in the Confederacy.. _ . i" State Normal School. -•" 13ROOKIAND, Pa., Deo. 8, 1864 When the school system of our State becomes, more fully,understood, it. will...be better apprmiatetl. , If a scholar goek:thiongh 'the course prescribed in common or District. schools and then through ther.cOurse pursued in our Normal schools he is fitted for nearly . I any station in , life, and., if he .desires to follow any profession he is amply prepared for the particular course of study required. IVO hare DOW in our State three State Normal Schools. These institutions, where such buildings have been made lby the citizens as have been pronounced by the :Examining Oominittee, suitable, as required by •the law on the subject, and• to each of which, the Legislature has appropriated $lO,OOO. .; One is at 'AI iliersville,T.,ancaster eounty, l under-the care of Professor Wiehershain as 'Principal ; one is at Edinboro', Erie county, of which J. A. Cooper is Princi pal; and the third and youngest is at Mansfield, l'ioga • county, and.• has been fur one term and is now on .the 'Second, to in charge' of Professor Fordyce A. I Allen, assisted by Professoi Strait, late of the Edinboro School, and others.— Doubtless' allure supplied with able as si,tants. Atd what is a Normal School, and what arc its - prospects ? The leading idea of the Normal School is to prepare teachers for the common school's.- Any one, desiring to be a good teacher should place himself- under an instructor that really knows how to teach. one who has had long experience, and thus learnmore iu one or two -:eritis, of the art of teaching, than might be learned in yearsiof personal experience without first receiving thorongh practicakraining. It is often said , •The . beginner is the best, he will try harder." IVould you say The same if you wanted a young and , valuable colt trained? Would you not I rather- give him in -charge of 'the mts experienced manager of horses you could find ? If you wanted to -learn the art of horse taming and training, wuuid you, go' to Esrey himself, or, to one of his imitat ors who had just commenced its practice? -Now would- you:he lees wise in refer. ence to the 'educatues of your children ? Would you not rather trust your child to the care of one' who had been perfectly drilled in the art of teaching, than to one who was just about to commence the business without such traiOing., and - rely ing entirely upon experiment? • s Again, when one has -leaked to control mind, has learned to study and know human nature. he iS prepared to occu?y a position of influence in society, and is capable of usefulness either iu business pursuits or in thei-iprofessions. So that whether one is intoding to teach or not, a thorough Notunti course is extremely desirable. With regard tmeommon school teach ' crs, so great is my • confidence in the benefits of such , train : ng to .thein in their profession that I Would pay 25 to 50 per cent more wages (yes, more than that), other things being' equal, to the one who lead taken a thorough course in one of our Normal Schods, than to one who had nut. I believe a great effort should be made—inducements sl)uld be held out by an offer of Mi ,, her• wages, to induce teachers to attend those schools. lam not sure that it would not be economy for a District to educate•one or two proud:fling teachers at its own expense upon condition that their services should belong: to the District for several years. Does any one ask which school tdat teod ? I answer :' Attend the one most convenient. Neither of these schools is in our Normal School District, and the choice is iu favor of the one most con verient of access, and of best teachers = ...L. Bird" committed an error some months since in stating that Mansfield was in our Normal Diwict. In another article I will give a sketch of a visit to the Mansfield sOool. The same friend of youth and educa tion. N. D. I;,".The °Meal canvass of New York State gives Lincoln 6,79 G niaj: oveer Mc- Clellan, and Fenton 8,453 tnaj. over Sq. mour., State Officers, Congress, and Leg islature, Union, by a large maj. tbs_ln Wayne township, Clinton Co.. Pa , were 'hien veteran voters for Lincoln and Johnson—Joseph ,Montgomery, aged 93; Petri. Norman, 88; Win. L Mont gomery, 86. PUBLIC SPEAKERS, :MILITARY OFFI CERS, and SINGERS can use" Brown's Bronchial Tiocnes," or Cough and Voice Lozengers,.as freely as requisite,--con• tainkao. c . nothing that can injure the sjs• tem, They are invaluable for a(aying the hoarseness and irritation incident 'to to vocal exertion, clearing and strangth ening the voice. The draft for State troops, it is said, has been temporarily aboudooed. . The Tyrone Herald has been suspend ed for ;cot of adequate patronage. PRICE CIIRRENTii' 2 . . • Corrected every :Wednesday by Pt A. STEB:' .:- 'ELNIE' & CO.,- Retail Dealers in GtOceries 1 : : •,; and Provisions, . i • - V-, okpoSite D. F. Glassmirpts lintel, 1 •:. , -- -; Coudersport, Pa. Appleiygreen, ifl bush., $ Vito 1 00 • do. dried, , " 2-00 250 Beans,l ~1 - " ; . 1 3 00 '3 50 Beeswax, 10, lb., . : 40 60 Beef,' . 1, ;1 . 0 " . • - -:, )8,1 9 Berries, dried, r quart • -,- i 5 20 Buckwheat,V bush., ' 37 100 Buckwheat Flour, 3 90 -3 75 Butter,r lb., - a 5 38 .: Cheese ", 20 -25 , Cloverseid ; - 7007 50 Corp, r buth., ! 1 25 150 Corn „Neal, per cwt., . , ' _ 35,, 4 . 25 Eggs, r dot , - .; t , 18 Flour,;extra, r bbl., 12.,00,15 ; 110 do ;superfine " ' 10 00 12 00 Ilams,ll 1b . ., • 25 Hay,' 1 ton; : - - -- 20 0045 00 Honey; perlb.," -• , .15 20 Lard,' c - ' " - • • '•" -- - - f - , 257 .30 Maple Eager, per lb., - . 20. -,: 25 Oats, 'l bush., '75 1 80 Onions, ' " • - - -Pork, .0 bbl.,' • •••.. • 35;90 40 00 • -do TO lb.; , -.- ;20, 2 5 , , do in whole hog, r lb., ;12 15 Potatoes, per bush., . 163 88 Peaches, dried, r lb., --_ .125 \- 30 , _ Poultry, rlib., „8 1 10 Rye, per bush., - - \ . 1!.5 - 0' ABs Salt, 11 bbl., • 7100 725 , do r sack, - : ; - .-25 Timothy eed --- , . 50 '3 50 i Trout, per 1 bbl., - ' - - Et , . 00 9 - 00 . \ Wheat, 'i4 bush., , , 1/ 75 2.`00 white-Fish;. f-bbl-, ••) 8100 • 9 00 ______ ItinSTAR'S BALSAM . 'or WILD CHERRY, 05.8, OF 'TEE OLDEST ADD MOST HEL4ABL/ lIY- EpfES TEE IVORLD FOh Cou4as, Colds, Whoopion..Coti ,, h, Brot- chi Lis, Dithgolty of kreithini, nla, lioarseeese, Sore Tilroat, Craw, acne} every Affection of THE U THROW'', LUNGS ANDkaIEST, ; INCLUDING EVEN ; I ; OONEUTIITTION. 1 • WISTAIt'S BALSA I IT OF WILD CHERRT, So'general has•the use of this remedy be eome, and so popular is it everywhere,that it is unnecessary for me to recount itsivirtues. 'Re works speak for it, and find • utterance in the :thuneant And voluntary testimOny of tho manyl who from long suffering and settled' diseake have. been restored to pristine vigor and health. We can present w mass-of cri— dence in proof of our assertion, that: • CANNOT BE DISCREDITED.. Theßev.,Jacob Sechter, Well known and moth respected amortrther Gerrnan population in this country, makes th• fullowing statement for the benefit of ,the afflicted: ! Ilexovga, Pa., Feb. 15, 1859. .Nar Siri:—flaring realized in my familyr important benefits from the use of your valu able preparation—WistAtt's-Bst.sim or Cnnairv—it affords me pleasure tOrecominend. it to the pltblic. Some eight yiaii ago one• of my daughters seemed to be in a decline°-• and little hopes of her recovery ;were enter- • tatn4d I then procured a bottle....',6'f yourex— celleut Balsam, and before sholed taken the whole of the contents of the bottle there.was a gri:at improvement' in her liedlth. I hive, in niy individual ca.e, made fietitient . Aso or your valuable medicine, and hate also beano benefitted by it. .- JACOB . SECHLEEL From Jessie Smith, Esq.; Prelident of the Morris County Bank, Iforrio trn, ICew Jersey. "Havink used Da. •Irts:iart'sl3Ats.tx or , WILD C/141111Y for abbut fifteen years, and:, having realized its ;beneficial results in, my family, it affords me:great pleasure in recotn- mending it to the public as a valuable reme— dy in cases of weak lungs, colds,' coughs, !cc., and a remedy which I consider to-be entirely innocent,: and may be taken 'with perfect afdty by the most delicate in health." Prom non;Jolin E. Smith, . A 4i3ting,nislied Lewyer in Westminster, Md. - I!have bn several occasions used Dn. WM- • TR'S BALSSJI OF WILD CHERRY for serere colds, nod always with decided benefit. I know of ' no preparation that is more efficacious or: .more deserving of general use'. The Balsam has also been used with,ex-• cel lent effect by J. B. Elliott, Merchant, Cress Ro:ids, Md. Wistafs Balsam of Wgd; C4eny. None genuine unless signed BUTTS,': onl the wrapper . • FOR SALE BY J. P. Drxmonn, No. 491 Broadivoy, N. York . , S. W. FO 1"1.17M. & Co., Prciiirietoo, Etistbn. And by all Druggists Administrator's Notice.' :s VF-lIEREAS Letters ,of AdMinistratiorrto , T the estate of W3I. B. JESKINS, late of hippen townsbip,Cameron county,deed,hays , been, granted to the subscriber, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to mak* imCediate payment, and those; haying claims , against the same will preseht them, duly au— thenticated, for settlement to • JACOB JENkIINIS Coudersport, Oci. 25, 11354-. =•_- - HOOPSKIRT§, and The DUPLEX, ELLIPTIC (or dotibre), STEEL SPRING -SEIRT. 'l l , he meet popular and flexible in, usviir STEBBINS:: COITi)ERSP ; • ORT ACADEMY J. W. ALLEN, Principal, Late of the Wellsboro Ac.idemy, assisted! by competent Teachers. The Full Term commences September stb, acd continues Eleven-Weeks. ; Tuition, to be paid" at the! middle - of the - term, $3 to $B. No scholar aidMitted for ies.- than half a term. A Teachers' Class will be instructed fteefi charge.. - .• By order of the Trustees : . • D. P. GLABSlift • P. A. 5TE131314 , 15, S.IIOSS,I Coudersport, Aug. 8, 1864 D A. STEBBINS & Co. ate closing ripen, _lL • old Ledger. All person&lettebted to them will please- tail and settle, befbre the accounts are left with the proper officer for OollectiOD.r—Nor l r 18,'63' ! • • - Trustees ,