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OLD  SERIES,  VOL.   29.
HUNTINGDON,  PA., THURSD-VY,  NOVEMBEK 1,  1801.!
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NEW SERIES, VOL.  2, NO.  48.
JOURNAL AND AMERICAN.
Tburgdas', November T, 1861.
jTX^SilUlJfc «. WnUTVAKER, Editora.
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OUR PLATFORM !
Tke Union,
The Constitution,
The Enforcement of the Laws
HoHB "Inspecho.n."—A praut many more horaes havo been insppctod here this week. ' A greater faroe tras never phiycd. If the Inspector knuwn anything ut all of the go(i(l or bad C|ualiiics of thn oniinals he passes, he ccrbiiiily ia atrnre that he is authorizing nn outragvous not. We wero prcqemt laat Tuesday afternoon at the in- •pectioD, and came away iiior* entirely dis gUfllel than ever. Ono horse wa.i passed whioh has been knnivn tu suinc of nur^it- imiis for tucnty-niue wars ! Another one throe timn befure lejeetad, waa passed.— One lialf dead witli the heaves, ircnt thro' like * ribbon. One alTeoted with distem¬ per, bre»kinpout in blotohea on hii head, aud which will dio the DrBt severe weltinp; it gcta, pasaod like a oraokor. The only wonder with us was why the hones were e.2'(iniine>/ at ell.
We advise everybody win; has broken down cows, dromedaries, steers, spavined, ring-buned, blind or Lime hnrscii, to brin^ them on, aa that appear.) to bo tho stock best ndaptfld for Government service—ac- eordiui; to the opinion of those who are ^ainining the animals.
Wc uuderstnnd that one contractor in the short time ho has been enpapcd in the business, dairiin to havo cleared five thnu- s(nd dollars, and othcri huve made a pood thinp out of it. "God save the oounlry," and may the horse jockeys go to h—allo- Injari^,
Price or Coffee, Te.v and Suoar.— The present increased price iii the ncces- asry articles of ooffec, tea and supar, is not owing, as many suppose, to the scarci¬ ty or the itiod-vat- t-.i wh'oh tho Oovern- meot hue felt its duty to impuae, tn miso additional mcuns to snppurt the war. The causi! of the increased price is that specu¬ lators have seized upon the occasion to . buy up larpt) qaautilies of these articles and hold them for liipher prices. The eomtnon quality of brown sugar has ad- Tanoed one hundred por cent. This iu- «rease in prior will induce greater economy in their ute.
ipHE Fleet—Th» late storm oaused no ierinuB damapo to tho (Icot, whioh,   it ap-
- pears by positive information, landed safe snd .snuiid on Sunday, in Bull's Bay. It is ab^ttt thirty miles this side of Charlcs-
¦ ton, and it is said the country is favorable far • iMroh on that city. There are no defeoeea oxeept auoh as have been oon- •tructod since the war be^ap.
Prubnbly ere this, CharlcsloQ has been •Hacked. We shall touk wilb iiupatience for good news from (hat qaarter rery thortly-
RWN Onr.—A poTeraineatl6»in,of four 1lOF<i|C«, Sittached to a wiipoD loaded with provisions, ruDsvayon Tuesday afternoon, upsetting the wagun and soatterjng the pTovinder OTer the street. One of the iorwB w«» »e»«re)y injured.
On Di«.—That it will soon be neoeaaa- r; to fit up one of tho rooms nt tho Whits House at a nursery. 8uch an apanotant ha>«ot.t)eeD needed there lince John Q. Adtm* v» Pteeident.
Mi^jyir. A. Tyliurst has bcoitiu* vaoci- «<« editor of lb« Hunliaii^on Globe. Al., here's oat 10', and we again welcowe you IptP the ?ditotrial corps.
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SIX MOITTHS AGO, AHD NOW- When the month of Msy opened npon the country, says the Phila. Inquirer, its condition was perilous indeed. The unu.sual Toioe of war was stunning our oitieens. For the sudden and onexpcotrd ozipency we were sadly unprepared. The position, too, was a painful one. Bnlti- moro was closed to tbe passiage of our troops. Tho mob of April 19th had shown tho spirit of that city, nnd had cut off ull direct coiuiuuDioatioa with Washinpton. It was only by tho Wny nf Annapolis, on tho Potomac river, that tho loysl States could piiur men or ino»»s into the Nation¬ al Capital. The conspirators in Mnryland were now busily plottiiip to hurry that Stato into Secession, and with what they deemed fair prospect of suooess. Oniru was held only by a small foriSfc, which was in constant fear of assault. Missouri, under the lead of the Kebct Oovernor Jackson, was collecting furoes at St. Lou is, to be used against the United Statcfi Kentucky wns being betrayed, under the rule of Magoffin and tho influence of Breckinridge, into Iho part of n troacher UU8 neutral. The ports of the rebeUinus Statos were open to foicipn couiineroc, and the cuiniucrcial intorcotirsc between tbeni and tho Northern Stiilea was almost «n- heckcd.
On the port of the Goreniment there was an army yet to form, a navy (in largo part) to b(j created, a treasury depleted by the conspirators to be replenixlied, muni¬ tions of war of ull kinds to be provided.— TliB N'avy Vuld at Ni,rf.,Ik snu tho Artcn al at Harper's Ferry wero in tho hands of the Kobels. nnd they were making the best use uf all the material of war that remain ed from the pnriinl destruction tffootcd nt those places. It was a hcrcuU'.in task to hich the Government was called, and, in looking at the work already accomplish¬ ed, we msy well congratulate ourselves upon the results.
Six months ago, men gravely discussed, not merely the po!.sibilily, but the proba¬ bility that tho Rebel army might siege Washington nnd push on, swelling its ranks from the traitors in Maryland, and oooupy Baltimore, and even move forward towards Philadelphia, and eaplurc it, with all its vast and acceptable rcsuurccs. It was a season, in fact, when few could prophesy, with sny di'prec of confidence, what the future might nnfuld. There wns, it is true, a deeply rooted convicrmu that, in the end, tho Govornmont w.iuld gather its forces, rouse to tho full its power, roll back tho tide of treason, and crush out the foul robellion. Bnt nunc could tell what defeats might nut first bo experien¬ ced, what reverses and losses might not eome. It was said by some nfthe presses of New York ihiil we must Imik for rovei- ses in the beginning, until wc had gather¬ ed onr forces and learned hnw to use them. Kven those who cry out iiuw sn bittfrly if wa aro worsted in a minur skirmish, at that lime deemed success possible only after many a heavy dii^aster had taught us—a nation hitherto given to the arts of peace—how to carry on wnr.
But now the first sis months have pnsa ed, nnd we oan sit down oaltnly to review its history. As we write we have thnapht of being disturbed by tho rost of hostile eannoii or the rattle uf Rebel mus¬ ketry. All along the line of the Potomac, the vast army of our soldiery, brnvo in heart, buoyant iu hope, and fully fitted for the ean6iot, stand like a living \ wall be twecn us nnd the dangers that six months ago seemed so imniinont. The strong en tranohments of Washington, the heavy ar¬ tillery of MsClellan, uod tho bristling bkyoneta of our gallant men, loom up be¬ fore the Rebel Icadera like some rook- bnund coast before tho raging ocean. The petty efforts of the traitors of Maryland oan no more move that State from its fllace io the Union than tbe hand of an infant oould toar the pine-clad mountain from its solid seat. Western Yirgiuia, with its bold mountains, stands like an unconquer- ed Swi lerland, firm on the side of the right. Kenluoky, despite of internal treachery and external violence, has been swinging grandly into the place that b«. Idnns to her, because of her past heroism and her former glorious renown; and her noble IM* will yet add new lanielf to those that already adorilier brow. Mis- aouri has alao Men tbo advance, yet iho hai likewise witOMMd the retreat of tbe fiw, Moi \M» h\r i«oj) to b« Mi^^wd
forever from their pretence. When that I work is done, and the Rebels in Kcnttnky are forced back into Tennessee, the soil of tbe loyal Slave States-will be free from the touch of nn open traitor's foot.
In looking over thn past, it must not be
TEUESaRAIAS.
forgotten that not ono of tho Free SUtcs has yet soon the face of the enemy wtio, six months ago, so proudly boasted of his power and resolve to make them the seat of thn coming war. We lament that nny of tbe Border States have suffered from the ruthless inroads of rebellion ; but it must not be overlooked that their suffer¬ ings havo been brought upon them by the complicity of their own citizens and high¬ er ofiioials with tho traitors. For those men a day of reckoning will surely come, and it will be a fearful account which their suffering fellow-citizens will require of them. But for Kentucky and Mi.^9ou- ri, also, the day of deliverance draws nigh. Soon tho Rebel States will find that tho war hns been pushed back into thoir own borders, and their people will bo com¬ pelled to bear its evils themselves.
The last six months have been, on the part of the Government, mainly a period of prcp'aratioQ. That work, when wc re¬ gard the circumBlonces, has been pushed on with surprising celerity, and is now well nigh done. Ils fruits havo yet to be gathered. With a powerful Army and Navy, both daily increasing in numbers and efficiency, and with tho substantial adrautugas of tho campaign thus farwhol ly on (lur side, wo begin tho history of thcr sii month:. V.'hen it eomes \" be written fully out, wc triLst it will con¬ tain the closing chapters of the record of this great and mad robellion, and will place on tho psgo of hi.story a standing proof of the power of tho people to protect Iho Government, which they themselves have formed, ng.iinst tho foulest treachery and the fiercest assaults of unscrupuIou.< internal foe.
OUR LETTER-BOX.
Metari. Etlilors:—As it is a long time since you heard from this neck o' woods, I have concluded In write vou again.
Tiiiici are unusually dull hero; scnrocly enough doing to e,\pcl the ennui that nri- ses tiom tho present dormant state of affairs.
The "United Brcthorn" hnvc just clo¬ sed a protracted meeting, in tho Lutheran Church ; some five or six priifcgsed to havo found the Saviour precious to their souls.
Tho Lutherans intend holding n pro¬ tracted meeting in a couple of weeks.
Thero has been a good deal df dysentery in uur ncighborhoiid, which took many to "that bourne from wbcuco no traveller re¬ turns" ; but it has now almost disappeared.
The grain looks excellent. Tbe wealb- or is uncommon pleasant for Ihe timo of year, and from the smoky apponninco of the ntiiiost.bcro, 1 havo concluded that Indian Summer is hero.
Yours, 0MP:GA,
Branch, Nov. 5, 1801.
A Sad Accidk.it.—On Monday morn¬ ing, Oct. 21, Brucy, son of J. W."& Mar¬ garet Soidt, aged about 2 years undO mos. was dreadfully burned, so that he died in a few hours afterward. Tho parents and eldest son were from home when tho acci¬ dent took place. It seems that the lady with whom the children bad been left, had gone ont only a little way from tha houie, when she was startled by the shrieks of tho suffering victim, nnd rushing in found tho hou.so partly filled with smoke, nnd the child lying upon the floor with hia clothes nearly burat off. She sucoeaded in ex¬ tinguishing tbe flames by wrapping him io her own obthet. C.
Eagle Foundry, Nov. 4, 1861.
TiiK Paoikic TELEOttAI'U.—a great section of tho "girdle round the earth.'' was finished on Friday last. The Atlantic an^Pacifio were united by telegraph, and now the Atlantic cities and San Francisco oan talk together. The oonoection of the Kasl'jru nnd Western divisions at Salt Lako was established oo Friday, and tbo Phila¬ delphia Bulletin snys tbat hundreds of dcs- patcheg hav« already b««B reocivtd and sent, somo of congratulation from public funotiunarios, but most of them legiliinale business messages. The eourse tuk*n by the wires is said to be four or five thousand miles long, and the eoterpriiie is altogether the mo8t stupendously auooessful one known in telegraphic history. A great part of it is through a wild country, where the Indian still dwells lind the buffalo giill roams. It is a subjeot of special congrat¬ ulation that io time of war, our people have been able to achieve this brilliant triumph of peaou. This line of telogmph ia to he 0 irricd over into Russian Asia, and thonee to St. Petersburg, where it will oqpnect with all the si.iiie* of liurop*. Who mows but that in tha ouuraa uf a yaar «o may be gettioK oor European  news  by  this
KoiiTnE.''S Mo.NuoE, Nov 'Z. Theateatnor Bolvidora, one of the expe¬ dition laden with horses nnd stores, return¬ ed to Old Point on Monday noon, nnd re¬ ported that sho was separated frgm the fleet in the storm on Friday, nud .i por¬ tion of her upper works was slovo in nnd so roughly handled thai she w»« compnll- cd to return. Twelve of tho horses were killed. She knew northing ns to tho bal¬ ance of tho fioot.
About throe in the'afteruoon the steamer Monticello, 'roin tbe blockading fleet off Savannah, arrived and reported thnt she passed the whole fleet moving along finely on Saturday night within thirty miles of Bull Bay, Tho storm had neatly abated nnd tho ofliocra havo no doubt thnt thoy entered Bull Bay early on Sunday morning and landed within twontv-five miles of Charlcslou. This point ot the coast wqf but slightly fortified.
A Norfolk pnner of Monday says the des¬ tination of Ihe ffoct ia known to bo Port Royal Entrance, which ia sixty milessoulb of Bull's Bay.
No less than sixty eontrnbands eame in tho fortress and fioot on Monday. 'Hiey report that nia'ny troops have been with¬ drawn from Groat Bethel, Yorklown and tho vicinity of Norfolk, but tiny do not know where tliuy have gone. Thoy were picked up in boats and oanocs. Ono boat had twenty-four in it.
Passengers by a flag of truce Buy that no inforinntion hnd been received there relative to the fleet at 10 o'clock on Mou day morning.
The Dull Honk mentions a rumor that Beauregard hus roAigncd, and also publish¬ ed a di.sputoh from Itiohiuoud montioaing a similar rumor there.
Mavbvii.le. Nov. 4.
A messenger arrived this evening re¬ ports that Geo. Nelson took possession of Prcstonburg oo Saturday morning without resistance. General Williams falling back six miles, where it was eipooted be would make a stand.
Wasiiinoton, Nov. 5.
It appears frum official statement thnt tho amount of the drafts upon tho Treas¬ urer Isst month wns $10,500,000 of which 8<i,r)00,000 wero drawn from Now York. The unavailable bullion fund is 890'2,000. The total balance to tho credit of tho Uni¬ ted States Treasury in the States now un¬ der insHrrectlonaiy control is stated at 60,- ."JOO.OOO. and after making a deduation of tho unavailable, gives the uvailnbic bal¬ ance nt «1.!)00,000.
An ofliciul telegram dated to-d.iy stales Floyd's force at seven thousand, nnd tliut Benham and Sohneok's brigades were ful- lowinp him on the new rond. Tho dij- patch is exiremnly hopeful of a brilliant victor}, snd prospeot is cheering.
Another telegram from Cleveland, da- tod Inst night, stales thnt the Kanntvhn bnnt hnd jn»t pa.«scd Maysvillo, nnd repor¬ ted that Rosecrana had repulsed Floyd, and at last nooouuts Bonhnui uud .Sohenk had gone iu his roar,' and it was thought Floyd's foreo would be captured by thom
Tho President received a dispatch this miiiiiiuM iir,r.oar.ci.-.s th=t the 2cct;rs:.-.-s kon nn Thursday thirty miles distant from Charleston.
Tha President intends to sustni.i Iho Provost MarKhal's Court in Alexandria in its course in reference to tho property of rebels.
Gon. Scott's first aid left Wnsbingtoo to day for New York. The General, it is understood, will sail for Europe on Satur¬ day.
Col. Fiiodman, of tbe Cameron Dra- poons, contradicts tho statement that bis Re'giniont desires to have a Jewish chap¬ lain. The oorresnondenoe published on this subject it declared to be a hoax.
Tbo officer in command at Great Falls tclograplia that Ihc body of an infantry of¬ ficer hns been washed ashore at that place. Probably it is one of tbo drowned al Ball's Bluff
It is niDiored Ihnt Thurlow Weed and Archbishop Hnphcs aro about to atari for Europe, on Wednesday, to endeavor to onunlernet Iho operation of tbo southern emissaries and prevent any recognition of the lonthern confederacy oy either Fraooe or England.
I.rf3visviuR, Nov. 1.—A despatch from Knox- vllle, Tennosiee, to tho Now Orleans IMoayone of Ihe'.i0lli InataDl, makes mention of tha bailla of Camp Wild-Cut. I have not aoen tho paper, hut am lofiirmed that this despatch repraaanta that Ziilliootfer ouuoisndad in parson: that th* retreat was eceaainnod by some miHcoiioeption nf orders, and that tho rebel loss in killeil and wouadad is put down al two bniidrcd and aixljt odd. As it ia geoerally safe to aatimtte rrbal losses as twice as large as adqiilted, we may suppoao they lost over fiOO.
Two younHMuarricd men of Scarsburg, Vt., who loft fur (California «oiii« years since and returned home recently, fouud their wives remarried. Thev having heard noth¬ ing from their husbands sinoo their depar¬ ture, applied to a young lady spiritnalist, who was very exact iu (lesoribing to them tbe death and burial of their husbands, (he date of their fuoeral, and the disoaie iifwhipbihe^diad. TlMir vivos supposing this (0 ba icliahle, remarriad, and there w*s a funoy time when the long abaeot hua- bandt retnraed.
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TiiR Bai.i.'h Bi.urr Affair.—Wo have examined and compared tho various li.sts of the killed, wounded nnd missing at the buttle of Ball's Bluff, and we nre inclined to the belief thnt the following figures will not vary much from tha official reports :
No. Engaged Killed. W'd. Miss. California, 670 18 42 227 Tammany, 3G0 10 20 120 Massa. ibth, 654 14 6!t 245 Massa. 20th,   318 8       41        110
Total, 1,901 50 108 702 Tho rohola report having taken but 529 prisoners, and as that is 173 short of our number reported iniasing, it is fair to pre¬ sume thnt nearly all of tho balance were killed io the battle. Of tho prisoners, probably ono hundred at least aro wound¬ ed- With these additions, tho list of cas- nalitics will Stand as follows :
Killed. 223
Woundoa, IGO
Wounded among prisoners, 100
Prisoners not woundod. 429
Total, 918
To tho above must be added the killod and wounded of the Third Rhode I.slnnd battery, tho First United States nrlillcry. nnd Iho United Statos cavalry, which will probably swell the number to nine hund¬ red nnd thirty, or nearly fifty pbr cent, of the whole force engaged.
TmiiMiLKS IN Kansas.—Tho Lnwronee Republican of October 24, brings as intel¬ ligence of serious troubles in Knosns. On Oetoher 13, an armed body of rebels, nni- ong them several Cherokees, surrounded Humboldt, in AUcu connty, and after plund?ring tho stores began to fire nil the buildings. Twenty onij houses nnd stores, and a mill—more than one half the build¬ ings in tbo place—were consumed. The military company of the town ehunced to he drilling without arniR nt tbo time, unu no resistance could be made.
.On the night of October 22, ten armed men visited Gardner, .Johnson county und succeeded in getting poods to tho ainouiit of perhaps 88,000, including all the guns sent thitlier by tho Governor for Iho pro¬ tection of the town. Gov. Robi^nn had despatched an armed company for the op- prchcusion of those outlaws. A fiphttook place at P1at|sburg, in Clinton county, 15 miles south of tbe Ilannibnl and St. Jos¬ eph Railroad, on Sunday night, Oct. 27. A force of seven hundred Union men at¬ tacked aud captured a camp of rebels, kil¬ ling eight of Ibcm, taking twelve prison¬ ers, and capturing ono cannon and u lot uf small arms.
No BoUNTV Lani>.—The following im¬ portant document has been issued from the Pension Bureau:
Pension OFtiCK, Nov. 2, 1801.
Sir: Tho applicntinn for bouiilv hind, forwarded by you in bchnlf of n soldier of the present war, is berewilh returned to your address. A .sufficient number of sim¬ ilar anfiiunded claims havingbeen presen¬ ted to require spcoiol action on my part, both to prevent imposition upon soldier* who may be misled into tho nsserVion of Hneh_ n claim, nnd to save this office uiufh useless Inbor, I have to inform you that 50 p'P"'" "f Ihia eliaranler will be niaoed upon onr files, or in any manner entertain-
Thoro is no law granting bounty land for any service rendered subsequently tn Ihu .Id of March, 185,5, nor will any applica¬ tion bo treated as valid, undera future act of Conprcsn, if tuadc before the dote of tho approval of sueh net by tho Executive. Respectfully yours,
J. II. Barrett, Com."
iNTKBEi-TiNa Rki.ics.—'fbo occupation of tbe Fairfax Court House, alternately by tho Federal nnd Confederate forces in Virginia, hns enuscd the almost entire dis- mantloniont of the Episcopal church at that plnco, so renowned for its antiquity, and tbe soldiers of both armies, when en¬ camped there spent much of their time in converting pieces of tho woodwork of tho sacred edifice intoaouvonirs for themselves ond friends. Many of tbcae took the shape of Buiwking pipes, nnd we have seen some of very ncut shape and fiuLsh. Tha oliiiruh at Fiiirfux Court IIuusu wu> built by Inird Fairfax, and the nalpit nnd altar were constructed in Enpinnd. In this ebiirch, and ntthis altar, George Washington Was married. The altar ha* been nearly al! cut away, and it is mostly from the m.ite- rlal ooiupnsiog it that the pipes are mnde by tbo souvenir seekers.
Mr Times boinp hard, and oold wiliter ut haod, many really clever persons iro at their wit's end for sows means of keeping tho wolf from the door. J>eBpor.uinn has driven one of theui to the dire extreinitT ho so forcibly portrays in the following ad¬ vertisement :
"WANTED—A situitioo a* SON-IN- LAW, io loine roapecublo family. No objcotioD to going a short distnnoo into the ooaotry. For raference and particu¬ lars address Frank Stuart,   Williaioiburs.
N. y."
10^. a eorrespnndent of the Sirele Paris, ibi '"vernnient organ of France writes froii( TuAia, Vluierv ns fnllowfl: —
•¦Our Colleue of pliilosuphers at licioe, may, ind probably do nceomp1li<h a pri^nt deal for Qia -nuse nf science, but the Americans nre tha people to turn these discoveries lo_ praetj^al eeoant. Many of Ihe romlern inveniionsTn mo lero nro Aluarlonn. nndone Ameriean chemist, I)r. J. C. Ayer of Lowell, supplies much of tho mediotno consumed in this coi^Qlry. His Cherry Pectoral, 1'llls, Sarsaparilla nnd .Ague Cureoon- lltute Ihe staple remedies here, beoanse Ibcy re of easy npplicniinn, sure in their rcsnlls, ind have tho coiifidi'noa of Ihe people. >Thile the scienca of Medicine Is osrrled to a klfther porfeetion in our own enunlry (Franco) than any other. It strikes a Prenelimnn ns a Iftlleatti- nular Ihat an Amrriem Physician shonld fur¬ nish the medical skill and rnaedtfa ftw atr I'rlnclpal I'ro«i«o». ;    .
We nre happy to inform onr readers that lhe«e tniHTior medicines which the Umpernf'a prlncipiil Protiiicea la oblige* to g«t''fi<ani America mny b« had by our nAlgbbors, at Jl(» Head's. .    :   ./
A Bad "Move"—It is reported io Kith iiinnd papers that Mr. Paul Morphy, the fumous chess player "hns kindly oonaentuJ to bo present" at tlie mooting of a whei chess oinb in the ('nufedeiuto enpilal. TMn s the wnrM mnvemoni ho has mnde, and he need not be surprised to find hiinivlf check-iunted ut the end of ihe game.    It
not a snfo "oponirg."
Crowded—Our town with "rlil^>kina4,
spavined, splint nnd blind" hnnir#.  •  <,!
MJi^Tho sloop* of war and gunboat* or¬ dered hy Congre** wijl sunn be afloat and ready foi action. The ganbnnU ar* pier¬ ced for twelve guns, find will sarry for- jmidahla piooesfore and afl.
EI)UC.\T10NAl.
It. M'DITITT, r.dltor,
IT'i whom nllei.inuiunienlli.n.and ar'.icIC) un Ihe hiilijeet of  cdiieitinli sliluld be adilrtntd.]
PEEMIUM 8 FOR PUPILS.
I'roiiiiuiiis properly awarded to pupils would bo the ttieans of greatly onielioral. ing llm less pmniisinii MihnuN Ibntiiffhout the eouiitiy. It Is to prcuiiums thnt the pri)"pcrity and advnncamont of all Coun¬ tries is attributable ; thnt iniprovemeiit* ¦are made in tho various brsnohes nf ap^ri- cultnral, mechanical nnd inteltectnnl in. duslry ; that organitjlioiis nnd associa¬ tions arc instituted for Ihe dlsscminalioti of useful knowledge ; for preniiumiof some kind nil are aiming.
Awarding premlnnia for Hii<cnverio9 in the arts and soionces, is rife in nil coun¬ tries, ond was eomiiion also in antiquity. To-dny every nation offers a rewsi-d for at- cry discovery or improrement that is made, nnd Io ; whnt toil and cinulalion, what buRllinc; and aspiration, whnt inliignoinj; and success, all for ihoso pieni pretiiiunis —poiver nnd fanin. If rownrds nro such incentives to this UDoansingyeornin^r, why nliiiujil wo not profit inoro by it ia our do- oio.-ilic circles ^ Why uot throw out snin* boon to woo the evanescent thoughts of 'lur youth ':* our snhoul material 1 aye, there's tho Ihonglit.
Kxlend these gifts to the nnrnery of lit¬ erature, ns a bonus for exeollence, and the iifl'oi't will beeonio an axiom. Ijot well'. limed experiment in some of onr sehnnia he the advocate of this potent adjuvant.
'I'lic teacher should projierly alassify hi* pupils ill all tho branches Isiighl, snd if» his leifisler, bo slmulJ record Iho luerll* and doinnrila of paeh pniiil i then al th* ind of each month an ngirrpgstioH should lie Hindu ofall nioritn and dentcritsoreach one in each class, and the loss of these de- dni-ted from the grentcr, and the result in each pupil's ease be promulgated throngb- iiul the school.
Would not ilirrelors bo greater auailia- ries to Iho oducatnr in requiring loaehen to keep H correct rigistured neconiit of th* recitations and deporliiienl nf ihcir pupils, and donating to each schniil a sNinil anni of iiiMiiey to bo distributiil to thn |>npiU' who Hliind highest in th* oaiahiguu nf' worth ?
IjoI a sum of five, six or ten dollars bo distributed among the clas-.es, trUin*'llio ino»t metitoribus one the gro ilest prmniotn;' the next best the ai'cnnd preiuiuin, and »<i on down in each data lu iho aevanik mr ni;:hlh pupil. Truly thn pramiuma wontj' be small to llio less diisorviiii!—nevenhtj-! less they aru premium', and miineihiiif to. Inbiir for, nud aniiiftihinir. wli..|i bini'lit diiwn so liiw. iho least anibilioua wiU feal sure of L'lininir. Thn enniest leaohnrwill find lirtle iliifirolty in keeping tb* rv.-iatvti nnd dividinir his inoniiy into pmniama/ the laltor of which mnst bo done al thai opening (^ the sohmd. aa well aa the nffai>-' ing of the pn'ies. At lb* •xpiratinw nf the snhiiol lerni the credit nf ea*h pvpH can be readily nblalnod fmm the nianlhlr report, and in aoeiirdanae with ea*h pn*. pil's prosperity, the pruiiiiains awarded.
The trial of this inmivgiioo—as many may call il-~«auld evince, and ils iptn* duct ion be propiiinua of great good. AIT would toil inecaaiintly, not fnr only 0S« prixe, but for all within tneir reach.
Every one knows witK what im*I and iiasidaity the eidlegian labors, Ihat he mi. shine as on* of the brighlest •iant «J| secure Ibe highest plnee in ths oelalnpwy of Ihe institution uf which he ia» tnemlx
If Ibis Iririnl^appartnlly—r«««rd such a stimolant tn   the  minds  of mature years, ton tini(>« irraaler   mist the effi-et UDon lb* Hkcaroinp! liMellotti oor wistftil bot* and (Hri*.
P8lf AWl
Spru** Or**k, No*. 4. IMI