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BIcIUCRTRIE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hti.NTrNaDON, Pa.
omoo on Hill street. Prompt attention will be given to Ihe prosecution of tho claims of Soldiers and Soldiers' heirs, against the OoT¬ ernment.
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" Education and lilbert j are tho bases of all social bnrmony and all human prosperltji.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 35.
HUNTINGDON, PA., JANUARY 30, 1867.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 8, NO. 6.
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HUNTINGDON, PA.
-I TltTON S, laVTW,
A TTOR.VE r AT LA W, Huntinodon,   Pa.
rrompt allcntion gi^u to ail legal business entrusted to his care. .
Claims of Soldiers and Soldiors' heirs against tho Oovernment collected withoul delay.
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MAT'rEItni   S. 8IPE,
ATTORNKYS AT LAW AND
GKNERAL CLAIM AGENTS, Huntinodon,   Pa.
Office on IHU slrcct.
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Huntinodon, Pa.
Thcy will also givo coreful attention lo thc colloeilon of milit.'iry and other cinims ngainst tho .Stnto or Government. Ofiioo formerly oc- cui.if-'l by .1. Sewell Stewart, Esq., ndjoining tho Court House. [fcb.7,'00.
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U. Riuco Petiikin & Mordccni R. Massey havo become associated in the practice cf law, under tho firm of I'ctrikin & Massey.-— Prompt attention will bo paid to all business cnti listed to their care. Pt-actico in Ilunliug¬ don aud the adjoining counties, rensions and all claims of noldiers end nihers against the St lie nnd Vnited States promptly attended to. Otllco tho same heretofore nccupied by Wihson & Peirikin. It. URUCE PETRIKIN,
WOKD. B. MASSEY. Huntingdon, Dco. 20, 1805.
OR,
The New Gospel  of Peace.
CHAPTER I.
1. Now, the birth of Saint .'Vnily wns in this wiso: Tho Devil, begat liurr, IJurr begat Calhoun, Calhoun bnir.at Davis, Davis bcgnt Uooth, ond Booth bcgnt .St. Aiiily tho Apostnto.
2. lichold the lord of tho Insh appeared unto Andj in a dream, saying, "lliou shnlt got thee up from thy nbolition slumbers and gird on thy armor, for thou slialt be our tonl, nnd wo will innko thcc rulor ovor Is¬ rael."
3. Thon shall bo called Moses, and by thy ctceeding ability thou shall load lho children of Israel backward through tho Ked Sea of Iheir own blood into the land
Mayors of cities and Governors of States.
12. Blessed are tha States that rebelled, for thcy shall bo exalted.
13. Cursed is every mnn that ourselh not tho nigger, for ho shall have no civil rights, neither shnll ho havo a bureau.
14. Cursed is evory roan that fought to sustain thc Union, for thcy shall be lurned out of ofTico and bis placo filled with chil¬ dron of tho tribo of .Icflio.
15. Cursed is every man that worship- cth not tho Tailor, for ho ig now a mighty man in Israel, nud thc shadow otjffB closo fit may bo .seen in New Orleans.
W5. A''crily I say unto you, Thaddeus and Sumner are »".ti».-o. „ni| Eornoy is a 'dead duck," thoy shall havo no ollico tor I am a Tailor.
17. But a certain righteous man called Alexander II. Stevens is in favor of "Jly Policy," and hc must bo admitted into Congress.
LS. And furthermore, boit known nn¬ lo you, that I have n son-in-law who was .Tollic's Judge, and ho is now a Senator from Tennessee.
19. Ar.d if hois not admitted tbc mighty Tailor will moko Iho earlh ([uako. for hi.i lord is tho  lurd of Iho  lush,  and  he has
of Egypt, and tho house of bnndngo. , ,    , , . . -     , ,    .,
4. IVnw all this  was snid that  it iniglit! l"'"'.:':" "P ""» ""'""' ""'o """1 ""'' "Jo " bc fulfilled which wasspokcn by the iiioulh   "t-'^^'^^ of tho   prophet, .saying : "Behold I   will
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A TTORNEY AT LAW,
Huntinodon, Pa.
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J SURVEYOR,
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call tho roll of my slaves, from Iho top of tho great Whito House, and Ihey shall answer by a pow wow, in a wigwam at tho eca shore."
5. Now, Andy being raised from sleep by a Gin Cock Tnil, wont and did as tho lord of tho lash had commanded him, and ho knew no moro tho ways of rigliletnis ness. And tho dagger of tho n.=.«a.5sin made a new President, and ho called his name Moses—because ho mado a great noise liko a bull in tho rushes. CHAPTEU II.
1. In those days camo ,Tohn llio lioth, (he wns called Uoth), because ho was boih man and devil, and ho pretichcd in the land of Secc£.sia by tbe banks of Iho Poto¬ mac.
2. S.aying, rejoico yo, for Iho kingdom of .Jeff, is near at hand.
3. For Ihis is ho that wns sp<ikci> of by tho prophet Abnihani, saying, "I would rather bu aa.°assinated on tho spot."
4. Now, beheld ho thnt cometh after mo is a mighty tailor, nnd I am not wor¬ thy to stoop down and behold his clisc fit.
5. Then couieth tho Tailor frnm Ten¬ nessee to Washinglon, lo bo baptised of him, and liooth snid, "I am not wnrihy," but Andy said, "it must bo so, fur Ihis is "My Policy."
fi' And ho baptized him in the nnmo of Abiahnni, and chr'g oned hiiu Mnses ; and n voico from Kebeldoni eried. Peace! Peaco ! Now wo will hnvo peace,—Let us kill tho nigger.
7. And Moses said, "Ye.", wo will hnvc pence: And he issued a declaration, nnd immediately the cry of murder bcgon lo bo heard in thc land; and Mo.''Cs said, "Listen, I told jou wo would have pcaco!"
8. And overy man who had enniiiiittcd murder, ho mado a rulor in Israel ; and no loynl mnn daro come unto him, for thcy wora all "dead ducks" iu tho new dispen¬ sation.
CHAPTKlllII.
1. Now it camo to pass that Mo»cs wns moro sober Ihnn ho cver had been beforo.
2. And ho said I will make a grent limentation in tho laud of Israel .1 will pull my hair and tear my clo.so lil, nnd mnko trenson odious.
?,. Uut presently Moses grow loo big fnr his closo fit, nnd the lnrd of tho hish took him inlo an execedingly blnck temple of the southern chivalry, nnd tho lord of the lash spake unto Moses, saying: .Ml Ihcse will I" givo theo, if thou will lend them back into Egypt.
4. Now Mosca-roinenibcred how his fa- thor-in-law had a colored temple, and ho laid, I was a tailor and made a close fit.
I). And Moses said it is written ; "Mnn shnll not livo by tailoring alono, hut he shnll havo an offico onco and a whilo."— Therefuro, ho said unio tho lord of the lash : Thou art my god, and if thou will make "My Policy" Presidont, I will be your Moses to lead the children of Israel backward through tho lied Sea of their own blood into bondage.
0. Now, tho lord of tho lash spoko ngnin unto MoEcs, snying : lichold Ihou nrt a tailor and art slow of good spoech, but I will make Doolittlo and K.aymonds f-penk for then, nnd I will mako thcm banl as young calves bawl for milk, and whichev¬ er bawls the loudest shall bo high priest in tbo blaok lomplo.
CHAPTKIl I\^
1. When Unoth had finished hia work, ho cried, ".Sic Semper Tyrannii," nnd the lord uftho lash callod bim to his bni<i>in, nnd tho V. F. Vs. worshipped hiin.
2 Hct a certain Boston Corbet punihli- ed Houlh in tho neck, and ho departed for a warmer country to prcpnro another place for tho mighty Tailor.
3, Now, when tha wiso men oftlio Ilasl heard whnt wns dono, thcy camo to seo tho child lhat was born by n dnggcr, nnd they fell down nnd worshipped him.
4, And ho said unto himself, I mu no longer a tailor, but I om "some pump¬ kins."
."j. And soaing tho prcnt muliilndo, his liillo soul was troubled, nnd got np at night and went up inlo the great While llnnse nud opened hia mouth, Miying:
0. lllissed is tho Tailor, for ho wns once a "horse" in a city, nnd now ho is Proficient.
7. lilessed is ovcry mnn that ourseth lho Digger, for I was n Tailor.
5, lileiieil tro all thoso who shall mourn for lho poor Tailor, fur they ahall bo com¬ forted.
9. nicssoJ is every man that killed n nigger, for ha is a pcaoewakerand a child of tho mighty Tuilor.
10. ISIoiscd aro thoso who do hunger nnd thirst after "My Polioy," for tbey shall bo Glled.
11. Blessed oro all those who shall hnvo murdered loj-nl men, for llicy shall bc rankle
20. Verily, I say unto theo, when thou prayest pray for ".My Policy."
21. And if tho test oath bo not repealed, I will tnkc another clojo fit.
22. Yc aro begotten for "Jly Policy," nnd I hnd almost forgotten to mcnlion lhat I wns a tailor.
CHAPTEU V.
1. Now, whon Moses, tho Tailor, had como down out of the temple, after telling llis "dead duck" story, tho people gather¬ ed nround hitn, and n certain scribe said unto him, Maater, I will follow tbeo wher¬ ever thou gocst.
2. And ho said unto him, I go baok into Eitypt, follow mo, nnd thou shall re¬ main Prime Minister nnd heat the "goose," for me.
3. And imniedintely tho scribo cnlled a great concave, nnd as tho dog days wore near nt hand Ihcy caved in a Wigwnm nt tho sea Khuro nnd forged nncw lho chain lo bind n raoo, and declared to tho world that fnur yoars of iiondish wurfuru to des¬ troy lho big parchment that mado them better Ihan loynl men.
4. And fiirthermorc, ^nid Ihe grent scribe, if theso rebels luil to govern this country wilh the sword, wo will holp them.
5. And if they cannot do it psaceably, tiiey aro unworthy tho namo of men if thoy do not attempt it by force.
0. Now bo it known to the frionds of this eounlry, thnt Ihero is ft mighty croW nil clad in gray clothes that fit nico, for their caplnin is a tailor.
7. .\iid lliis happy band of Loyal Trai¬ lnrs w.int lho Keystone for Clymer nnd then llicy will climb the bnso of IJunker Ilill and cnrry Oettysburg to linston.
8, And nnolher ono of hia dieciplcssnid unio him. Suffer me Crat lo go and bury my fntlier fur ho wns killed in tbc wilder¬ ness of "My Policy."
0. liut Moses snid unto him. Let Iho tho niggers bury tlio dead, follow "My I'oliey." and wo will havo a good thing in 'OS'.
10. Verily, I say unto you, Iho heavens nnd earth shall pnss away, but "My Poli¬ cy" mustbc President.
11. IJohold tho axe is laid at the root of the trco, and every treo that supports oot my pnlicy shall bo hewn dnwn and caat in¬ tu lho tiro, for I was a tuilor.
CHAPTI'MIVI.
1. Now, the peoplo mado a bureau, that Iho.so who wero loyal should not bo perse¬ cuted by traitors, but those who had pur¬ chased their freedom wilh their own blood shuuld enjuy it.
.2 Hut JIoBcs said unto thcm. Wo aro going bauk into Egypt, nnd wo can cnrry noilher Cupboard nor liurcau, nothing but ".My Policy."
.1. liut tbo people snid unto him, Mos¬ ea, thou ntt a dead duok, wo received this linrcnu from our father Abraham, and they placed it beside tho Tabernacle uf the Covenant, and Muses wept.
4. Nuw thero wero certain men oalled Kopublienus in Ilia land aud they inven¬ ted a lill of Civil llighls which said a loyul man had just as goud a right to swoar to tho trulh as a perjured traitor.
0. liut Moses lifted up his vuico nnd snid. This ennnot bo dune, it is not My Policy. Thc uigger is un inferior being, nud I was a tailor.
0. Uut two thil ds nf the penple said un¬ to Muses, Abraham wrote in the big parch¬ ment, that slavery shuuld lc no luurc, and you nro a dead duck.
7. .Pluses bconmo very wroth and open¬ ed his big mouth ngain, saying :
8. Mon und brolhcvn wo aro going back into Egypt, wo aro no mure men nt all if wo suflur BuoU oppression; My Policy lUUHt prevail.
0. I will bo your Moses. Wo will pnss tho Uod Soa oud occutiy that fair land which Ihc drafted moa nave taken, called Can-I-dio (Canada).
10. Therefore, you will gather together your tnbcrnaeles, your slavo pons, your auction blocks, your chnins, your mana¬ cles, ond your human cliBtlles, and wo will tnko our old Statutes, our old Consti¬ tulion aud My Policy wilh us, nnd will go where tho Demooraoy went duriug thc war, oven untu Can-I die.
11. Now bretbern, bo of gond cheor, lircukinridgo is ihero. BKdell and Mason are there. Davis thall go with us, Vnl- lindightm iball go beforo for ho knows lho road; we will tako the bancs of liooth with us, and Clymer shall go wilh Mosei, and Icnrn Iho tailor business.
12. And when wo shall have taken pos¬ session of tho Territoiiea of the New Dis¬ pensation, I will divide the couatry into twolvo tribes of TraiturJ, that bavo fought under My Polioy.
13. Vallandigbint ahall hava a king¬ dom and Clymer ahall have n ktogdom, Alexondar H. Stephens shall hare a king¬ dom, Orr shnll hnvo it kingdom, and Sew¬ ard shall bavo   a kingdom^ but   Doolitllo
shall  hare no kingdom for ho has done but little.
14. Nevertheless, every man thnt killcth a nigger shnll hnvo a kingdom, and every man tbnt can show n commission under Davii or Lee, ehall havo an ofiice, fnr I am thy Moses tbat taketh theo out of tho land uf liureaus and Civil Rights into tho plagues of Egypt and tho houso of bond¬ age.
CHAPTER vn,
1. Now thero was a cortain Ihing called Clymer, nnd ho had boen climbing for many years to get to bo tall among trnit¬ ors.
9.. Vallandigham said Clymer hnd a dis¬ puto as lo wi.:.i. ahouia i.. „ >.,,.i ;„ ,!.„
kingdom of Jofiio.
3. And Jeflie said unto them, shame ! Why   (|uarrel in such a largo country?
4. Lot Vallandigham gn into tho West and Clymer into the East, and I will make you both rulers.
.'¦>. And the peoplo heard tho oivil words of Jcfiio, and thoy threw Vallan¬ digham oiin hundred thousand miles inlo utter darkness.
0. And Moscsspoko unto Vnllandigham in a sorrowful tono, saying, "Uoraaiu in the wilderness until Octoler, for I mu coming.
7. And when thou shall hear tho voico of a mighty tailor in Ibe wilderness, cry¬ ing, "dead duck," then tlinu shall know thnt wo jouruey for another oountry, and thou shall go beforo.
8. Abd it oamo to pasa in thoso dnys there was a great rebollion, and Clymer and A'allandigbam strove to soo which could do tho most for tho dirty rag with ono star.
9. And Vallandigham was a mighty man and bo worked in tho lead, and as thoy pulled together Muses struck Clymer to mnko him pull tho harder.
10. And it camo to pass, thnt na ho pulled, ho toro his ebisc/il and his uaked Ircasun-curacd carcass became a great stench iu Iho laud.
11. And wakiug up from Iheir slumber and seeing thoy were naked, they aaid unio each other, Ict us do ns .Jeflio did ; put on ^<i't//y confs, and perhaps wo can hido
12. But tho poopio Said unto (clymer, the feo of lliut hundred thousand that carried Vallandigham out, aro al tho door, and shall soon carry theo out unlu a for¬ eign land where Moses can repair tho close fit, fur ho is II Tailor.
CHAPTER VIIL
1. And it cnmo to pass ns Iho children of Israel journeyed in tho wilderness, thcy camo into n great cily callod New Orleans, nnd Iho liultcrnuts stood nt Iho corners of tho streets with arrows in their hand.', nii'l Muses slood afnr off and watched thom mnrder his people.
2. And when tho last one was driven uut of tho oily, Moses laughed like a Tail-
3. And spnko unto tho mnrdercrs wilh wings of lightning aaying do it more, Aa- run's rod shnll comfort you.
4. liut tho people when thcy saw Mn. se.s was bound for Egypt callod bim to judgment.
5. And in tho curiosities of L'ncle Sam's hnnsc, there was a striped coat of fcmalo atliro.
li. Nnw tbis wns the samo in which Da¬ vis hid from the sight of Uncle Sam's men.
7. And tho people pincod thin garment upnn Muses, even ns tho Lord hnd com¬ mnnded, and thcy found it wns nn oxceed- ingly close fit.
8. In so mueh that Moses exclaimed, my punishment is greater Ihan I can bear. Is it posaiblo thnt I was born of the .snme moiher, or begotten oflho aamo iBtlior, for behold! this garment doth fil liken "dond duck."
9. Now this is Iho gospel of thn Now Dispensation. Ilcnrkcn unto tho voico uf tho lord of Iho lash, and may penco bo with all who dwell in Canada. A little while nnd I will bo wilh yon all. Amen,— For I am n Tailor.
THE ETEBNAL WORD.
No fragment of an nrmy ever survived so many baltles ns tho liiblo; nn rni.k was over ao bnltered by so mnny hurrionnes, and so swept by sturni.s. And yet it stands. Il hns scon tbo rise and downfall uf Dan¬ iel's four empires. Assyria boqucalhs n few niutilnteii figures to tho riehcs of our natlonnl museum. Media and Persia, liku Djlylon, which they conquered, havebecn weighed in thobalanco, and long ngo found wanting. Ureeoe faintly survives in ils his¬ torio fame: "'Tis living Urcecenotnoro;" aud lliu iroo Rome ofthe Cipsar.-i ia hold in procaiinus oecupalion by a feeble hand. And yet Iho liook Ihal forclclls nil this slill survives. While nations, kings, phi¬ losophers, systems, instiiuiions havu died awny, tho liiblo engages now mon's deep¬ est thoughts, is examined by the keenest intellecis, standt revered before the high¬ est tribunnls, is moro read and sifted nnd dulatcd, moro devoutly loved, and more vehemently assailed, moro defended nnd moro denied, more industriously Iranala¬ led nnd freely given lo the world, more honored aud inoro abused than any other book tho world ever taw :
"Strange words fulfillcl, an.l niighly works
achieved. And trulh in all tho world both hited tnd
believed," It survives all cb'ngei, itself unchnngcd, it muves nil minds, yet is nioTcd by none; it seot all things decay, itself incorrupti¬ ble; it toes niyrinds of other books cn- gulphed in tho slroam of time,yet ia horno nlong trianiphaotly on thc wnro; nnd will bo borno along, till the mystic nngel shall plant hia fuot npon the aea, and swenr by
TEACHERS OF COMMOH SCHOOLS,
In a  recent   nrtiolo on   tho   ooiuuiou schools of Pennsylvania wc referred to-on'y n fow of their  fealurcs.    They  nro   very imperfectly supplied with properly   qunli- fied tenchers, nor is il likely  this  scrioA^ deficiency   will  bo   completely   remedied whilo their honoriblo vocation fails to so- curo tho  respect  nnd   pecuniary   rewnrd which arc duo to ils intrinsic imporlnnco. In a gcncial work suggesting subjects of invcstigntion lo travellers thoy nro ndvised to inquiro whelher "lho  romunernlion  of the mastors nnd the general  considorntion in which thcy aro held are such lliul  per¬ sons of merit and high   stnnding   1"    ''"" I'-afped world for,   .doonio    Ibeiivselves    In tuition without prejudice lo their  reputa¬ tion ''"    To ask this question in regard to lho publio schools ouisidu of a  few   cities and largo towns is to answer for  it.    The supflrintondcnt, Mr. WirKKitailAM, states thnl "of the whole uumbor of persons  ex¬ amined  as   touchers  in   the year   ISOo, 12,171   received provisional   cerliUcatos, and   3SS   professional    cinificates,   and 1,3,'il   wero  rejected.   Tho   largo   num¬ bor of provisional cerliGcates  given   indi¬ cates Clllicr n general wnnl of seliolnrship, ur of oxpericneo, or of both.    Il indicates no doubt, n wnnl of both ; for  the  nver¬ ngc grndo of such ceriificales in Iho   Stato was two and ono-eiglitU in a scale of five, nnd this nverngo wns probably   ralher   too high than too luw; nnd thoro weru  4,GS2 teachers who had oithor never   taught   nt nil, or had laught Icjs than ono   year,   !),- till whu had never read a look relnting lo thoir profeaaion,   nnd   10,:):!0   who   hnd never aitendod any kind of normal schnol, either Stato nr privntu." Amung tho rem¬ edies prnposed nro increased salaries,   prn- Iniiged school tcinia, nnd an inorcB.sod num¬ ber   of Stnto noruial schools, 'i'lc reports of thn county suporiutondonts abound with complaints of inadequate rcir.uueration. It is slated, for   instance,    Ihnt   in    Adams county, whilo tho  schools  aro chiefly in chargo of ynung   nnd   inexperionced   por¬ sons, "some very good teaohors   rofuso   to tench hecnuso they  cnn   mako  more   by working ns common dny-laborers.   A good teacher refused to teach  last   wintor,   bo- enuflo ho was ofTercd   two   dnllars   a   day for making   slaves   nnd    Bhiiiglos."    The nnlurnl tendency in to increnso  the   num¬ ber of female and decrease lho numbor  of male teachers.    Thero aro now  8,707   of the former, and (i,13l of the   Inlter;   an 1 eventually the   wnrk    nf   educalion    will probably   dovnlvo ehiefiy   upnn    womnn, thus opening tn tliem a wido   field uf em¬ ployment fnr whiuh llioy nro in .somo   ros peels even bettor qualiliod thnn  men.    It is curious lo observe   tho  mnrked   difTer¬ ence between difTerent countie, in   regard to tho cmplnymciit of   mnle   nnd   femnle tenchers.    I'ho   Ocrmnn   connties,   ns a rule, employ a iiiTijority of mall',   und  the eniintics occupied chiefly   by  inhabilnnts of English descent a mnjorily   of   femnle lenchcrs.    .\ fow statistics will   illuslrato tbis atnteucnt:
preseni normal schools, and that measures shuuld bo taken to secure their exclusive attention to the work of educating toach¬ era, as Well aa lo establish tcmpornry nor- mal schools in districts not supplied with the present instiiuiions. Tlictj sugges¬ tions aro evidently worlhy of careful cnn¬ sideralion. Tho valuo of educatiuni.1 train¬ ing, for a spoeifio purpose, should no more bo lost sijjht of in preparing school teach¬ ers Ihan in lilling tho ranks uf the Icnrned prufcssions. I'lnnt lo seeuro this und nro evidently not wanting; and, by sustaining aomc general and   cniupiehcnsive  system,
[Hlfo^J^uiS'ft'i't^ Jif ^flB^iffiifiliM" fmh1'i''l\
I'ennsylvania.—Phllt.  Prett.
- Tbe Jonrnal *. American.
FUOLISmD BVKBT ITEDNEflDAT BT
J. A. NASn k CO.
Office on  the corner o/ Bath antl Wtith. ington ttreett, Iluntingdon, Ptu.
TtnMs:—Two DoUtn p«r yttr io ad« Ttnce ; Two Dollan tod Fifly Centi if not ptid within tho year, and Threo Dolitra if not paid nntil lbe ezpiratioo of the year. Thtte terms will ba itriotly tdhered to. No paper discootinued until tll arreartgea arc ptid, unleaa at our option.
by Horning; Written Arithmetlo, by liortt; Ortmmaf, by IIultziDgcr.
EvE.M.NP Se.ssio.n.—Knsayisia, Ilart- tunn tnd Steel; Orator, M'ttrlhy; Dis¬ cussions, 1st, Shall the lenglh o( the pre¬ aent aehool term be increased ? 2d, Should vocal musio be Inught, at ao eierciso, in the common scboola.
Oa motion, Ihe Inttitute adjourned to meet at G} o'cluok thit evooiof;.
Ilouae called to order by the Pretident. First in order was a pieco in voctl music, after whieh Ihc Inatituto wts favored with an Essay by W. W. liorst.    Sul jeot—An
^dijress_lo tho Patrons.    This wta follnw- gaverameni, opcne'if by iroftiiBgSf. 'XYlcr
Gorman Conntics.
licrks
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lehigh
Jlonlgoniery
Northampton
York
Teach
Male.      1
347
20,')
142
103
100
179
248
ers.
'"emal,i.
ISl
109
31
fll
84
49
112
[From the I'enn'a. I^ehool Journal ] CONVENTION OF COUNTY SUPER¬ INTENDENTS. Thc Convention of Cnunty Superinten¬ dents which was held in Hurii.shurgln tho enrly pnrt uf December, waa largely at¬ tended,—fil'iy four counties boing repre¬ sented. Tho discussions were of n practi¬ cal character, and the aclion of tho Cun- vcntiiin upnn the several rcsolulinn.s re¬ ported by lho Uusiness Coiiiiiiiltei', is siiriiificnnt, ns inilicaling the direetinn in which we mny luok for progresi in Ihc fuluro.
l'"or llio very full nnd antisfnelnry report of thc prncecJiuga of this body found in this numbor of lho .Litirnnl, we nro in¬ debted tn Messrs. S. 11. I1kii;k.«, of Vnrk, W. LaMo.ntk, Wyuminp, nnd .1. Fiiank Condon, of Cumbria, Scorctnrics of the, Convention. We havo nl-.n received cnjiies iifsevcral intetostiiig reports re.id during the sessions, which, owing tu the prossuru upnn our columns in this nnniber, we have buen compelled lo bold over uulil our no.\t issuo.
While Iho great importance of tbc measures di.seusscd and acted upon, sceins lu claim mueh more Ihnn a passing nnlice, tho limited t.pnee at nur command prevents anything boyond a brief cnumeratinn of llio mu.sl impurtant resulutinns np)irovcd or rejeelod ly the Convention, liut it may lo thnt uo more Ihan this is needed, sinco cvciy roadi.r uf the .Inurnnl will turn to lho repoit given elscwerc, and cx¬ ainino it for himseif.
The following woro among Iho moil impnrtiint roaoluliuns npproved by tho Cunventiun, namely: 'I'liat Iho hc-lmol fund be raised by eipial laxalion llirnii;:h- uut the Stnto ; lliat the Stnle nppropria- tinn bo ini'rcaacd; thai said nppruprinliiiii le distributed In the several counties in proportion tn llio number uf pupils in eacli between lho ages uf aix and twenty- one yenrs : llat tho sohool term bo extend¬ ed frum four to tix mouths; that direetora lo outliorized topurchaoe sohuol boulsiind apparatus fnr their re.spoitivo di.'-lrioia ; lli;it ceituin locnl ncls relalinglo the ^c- leclion of silos fur st'hnol houses, and lho appropriation of funds frura lie ciunly Ireasurics in suppurl of I'uunly liieliiutca, lu made general; and tint llu number of directors tu ench district bo reduced to three wbo shnll be paid 81,.'lO per dny fur services rendered in their nflicini cnpncily, the number nf dnys fur wliich enld com¬ pensation shall bc mado nut tu exceed thirteen during each school year.
Tho fnllnwing were nmong thc uinst im¬ portant resululiuns dianpnroved,   nninely :
Jlr. Hulliinger had given ua quite tn tbIo nddress, some very excellent rcmnrks opoo thc subject were made by other teaehera present, when, on molion, the lubjcct clfl.scd. A piece in voctl muaio wtt Ihen pcrfurmed, at the conclusion of whibh an excrci.sc in Calisthonics waa gone throogh with by tho elass.    Adjourned.
T. M. LIVINOSTON, Seo'y.
1,504
G57
INTEMPERACE.
The following is the most graphio dclin- entinns uf the uiiscties and eflfects of in¬ temperance thnt we have ever seen.    It is from   tho  nrguments advanced by certain citizens of Portage counly, Ohio, in a me¬ morial In the Legislature on the subject; ".'\nd yet iU mnrch nf  ruin is onward still !  Itrenches nbroad to oihera—invades thc family nnd social circles—tnd sprctds woe nnd sorrow all nrnund.    It cuts dowo youth in its vigor—manhood in ila atrcogth —nml nge in ils weaklncBs.    It breaks the father'a hearl—bereaves thc doling moth¬ er—extinguishes   natural alTeclinn, crtaea ennjugal   love, blots out fiiini tttnchnient, blights parental bnpo,   and   bringa   down mourning ago iu lurrow to Iho grave.    It produces wcakneas, not strength ; aickncu, nnt henlth ; denth, not lifo. It mtket wivea widows, children orphans,   fathers  fiends, and all of  thom pnupers and beggara.    It hnlls   fevers,   feeds   rheuniatiaiu,   nurset guut, welcomes epidemics, invites cholcia, imparts pestilence, nnd embraces aonaump- liou.     It covcra tho   land   with   idlonrta, pnvorlVi disease and crime.     It feeds your jails, supplies your nlnn-huuses,   and   do- inauds your asylums.     It engenders  coo- trover-ios,   fuslcrs  quarrels and chcriahot riots.    It condemns law, '•puma order, tnd Invps mobs.  It crnwdj your pcnilenlitriea, nnd furuishes tho   vietima  for  your actf- fulda.    It la the lifoblond of Ihe gambler, Ihe climnto of the cnunterfi-ilcr, tbo prop uf the liighwnyinan, aud the supporter   of the midnight incendiary.   It cunntenancea Ihe liar, rospeets   lho   thief,   and  ealeema tho blasphemer.    It   violates   olllgaliont, rovcronces frnud nnd honors   infamy.    It defnines benevolence,   bates  Invc,  fcornt viilue and slnnders innnccnce.
It iucilea thc father to bulchcr hia off¬ spring, helps Ihe huaband to massocre hit wife, nnd ni'ls lho children to grind hit parioidnl axe. ll burns up man and con- Bumes womnn, delcfls life, iur.i08 Ood und despi.ses heaven.
It -ulorna nitnespca, nuraca perjury, defiles Iho jury box, and sltina tbe judi¬ ciul ermine. It bribes voters, corruptt eleeliona, pollulea our inttituliona, and en< dangcra our gnvernment. It degradca tha tizen, debases tlio   legislator,   dishonor!
Tejchcrs.
Kngliah Counlica.
liradfoid
Chester
Luzerno
Su.squehanna
Tioga
Wyoming
Cambria
Male.
9.i
02
107
70
40
19
43
Female
419
31,1
874
.'IOO
: 14
81
128
520
1,991
Thus, whilo sovcn Oeminn counties employ l,hil>l mnle aud 0.17 fcmalo tench¬ ers, seven English counties umploy only 520 mnio nnd 1,991 fcmalo Icaciieni. Thn small compensation puld will generally sccuro better female than male toachers, the avcrnge 820,31 per month paid lo the former boing a much better cuin- pensation for female employment than tbo avcrago of 834,34 per montli paid to tho latter for mnle ciiiployuicnt.
Tho normal school law of 1857 divided the Stato into twelve normal dietricla, und eontemplnled tho erection of twelve iior- mnl aohools, but ouly four iu opernlion, one haviog been ostablisbed nt Millcrs¬ villo, Lancaster counly, in IH.IO ; ono nt Edinboro, Erio counly, in 1801 ; one at Muusfitld, Tioga connty, in 1802, and ono at Kulztuwn, licrks county, in 18C0, Other districts, •however, will probably soon cslnblish similar inslitutinns. Aa the theory and practico of tcnching, na woll ns useful cduralinnnl branchm, ure Inught at these schools, thcy are cvidenlly doing muoh towarda tho qualification of teachers, ond dcsorvo Iho genorous aid of tho Stnte. The total number of their atu dents up tn this time it 2,008 males nnd 2,089 females. Tho SHporinlcndciit rc¬ porta that "it ia believed thnl full fnur thouaand teaehera in tho Slato would nnw altend Slate normal schools every yetr for a longer or shorter time if theao schools wore convenienlly located nnd elTioienlly warmed." An influenco of inctluulalle value in aecuring properly qualified leaoh¬ ers is Ilus presented. Put great care I should be taken to accure to tho Stale common schools aa largo a ahare at  posni-
__  _ „  „,   „...      bla of tho bcnnfits of the inslruclion  thus
iiim that irvcth"foreTcr a'nd'ever that time   imparled.    Thiais partially   provided  for
I'hat County Superinlciidenls be   cmpnw.   ii,o Btalcsiunn, and disarms the patriot. It ored to mcot with olid   partieipato   in   Ilc   -   - -
business nf linnrds of Direclnrs; that mi cortificolos bu grnnted for a longer period thnn ono, two, or threo yenra,according lo piuficienoy ef tpplionnt, nnd thnt nouo be gra_ulcd wilb a number lowcr than "3;" tint a unifurmily uf text books bo eslab lisbed fnr each county; thnl provisinn bo mado for the appiiintinent of Local Supcr- iiitcndcnts; thnl enndidntes fnr Ihe Cu'jn ty Soforintin leney be rcnuircd to re¬ port to tho .'''tnte Superinlendont for ox- nniinr.liuu; that llu eulirios uf County Suporinleiidenia bo regulalcd upon aomc eslablished basis, said basis to be deter¬ mined ly thu Statu Hupeiiiitondenl; nnd thnt the appointment nf County Siipcrintor- dcnls bo laken nul of tho linnds nf thu Sloto Superintendent. In twn or throe eases tie Vntu wns very cluso ; in one cnso indeed, a lio volo rejecting the rexilutiun. The matter nf prufcseinnal ceriificales, nnd the qucsliun uf whnt tu do with them, wns nlso disuussud with spirit and at annio length, but nulhing dclinito rocuiiiiucndcd.
TEACHER'S INSTITUTE,
Tho Wibt Tuwnship Ttuchei'a Iiistilule convened on the 12ili insl , at 1(1 u'elojk, n. m. Tho President elecl, .^l^. I'laufl- man, being absent, lho Vice Presidcul, W. W liorst, called Ibo hjuse to order. Kull cnlled. Toachers present: .^Ie»sr» llnffii^nn, Hurning, M'Ctrthy, Horsl, Unit mnn nnd Livingston. Minulcauf pruviuus meeting rend and adupied.
The first PXcrcisiB uftho Ariertmnn R.:a sion consisted uf a clnM-drill in Reading, by   Livingston, lha class being c'lmpnfcd
shall bo no longer. "For all fleah is ns grata, and all the glory of man aa Iho flow¬ er of grasa. Tho grnss withereth, and the flower thereof falleth owoy ; but lho Word nflhe Lnrd eodurclh forerer. — Christian Companion.
New Yorkera eomplain that tho sirrel railwaya companies pernist in aprinklinff aalt upon their tracks to oiojt the  ice tnd
bnow
by an existing law, nllowing, under ccr tain eonditiona, fifty cenla per week lo eaoh pupil ofthe normal ichoola who de- aigns lo bfconiB a teacher, and fifly dullnrs to nil grndualts who agrco to teach two full years in nur commnn aehouU; and "disabled snii'Icrs or aailora, or orphan childien, whose ftthort lost their livtj in the aen ico of the counlry, rcccivo Iwico aa luuoh per week as crdiotry itiidenls." It it anid that sciiou.'< dcf«w-ls cxii>l iu thc
of the tuuohera present, itluslrnting li niethud nf letrbing ihis branch of eduea¬ liun, after whicb lemnika were madn upuu tho subject in riuc.sti"nby Hartman, itnrat, nnd Dr Orlady, Director. On inuliun, the aubjeot cliseJ.
Ncit in order wns a elau drill iu Geog¬ raphy, by M'Carthy, giving his melhnd of leaching tho aamo. Inquiry was made ua to the Lnncnslcriun system of cuudueling a r<eilation in this bra'nch. Ono of ihe li.ichers prosenl, nn "old Noriiialiic," sat. isfled the demnnds of thia inquiry. Some general remarks upou the subjoot uf Uu- ography were mtde by learhera preaent, nfter which, on tni.tiun, llm subject clused.
The aubjeet uf .Mental .\rilliiuelio waa then Inken up, and a cinia drilled by Iltrt- ninn, giviog his uietboJ of conduoling a recitntion in thii branch, after whiub .s<>nio general remarks, petlailiingto tho snbjict. Were ii.ada ty tenchora preienl. On motion, ths tuljo.t clused.
A oommitieu, anuiisling uf Muira. liora'., IIolTmin aod Huluiugar, were then '.ippciulcd by Iho Presidcut, lo prepare n programme of exerciao for next mcoiinj;. Tno committeo reported Ihc fulluwing: Plac^f meeting, Shaver'a I'eccU Urid;;e ; time, Jan. 20th, nt 1 o'lluck, p. u. AI nnsoo.w   Sts«io:i. — Orthography,
bringa shame, nol honor; terror, Dot safety ; dtapnir, not hope; misery, not happiness.—And now, as with tho mttero- Imico nf a fiend, it calmly surveys itt frigltful dcsoiatiuns; and iusttinto with havoc, it puisoi^s fi'licily, killa peaeo, ruins mnrals, bligbta cunfidenee, alaya reputation, tnd w.prs oul nnlionil honnr, thun curses Ibo Wl rid, tod Iittgha at itt ruin. 	
How TO L'hk Li.mk.—Tbo bett math- ud of using IiiilU ia In mix ii with oid litne, in tic pmnortiun of one-eighth lime, and to place it immedintely in tba hole with the corn. When used for utb¬ er kinda nf grain, il shuuld bo apread on the tup of lho ground tfter it it plowed nnd harruwed in witb the graio. No on* can fully cdimnic lho vnluo of liuio for ibis purpoae, unless tbey Iry tho experi- m.nt. Tho avertgo differrncc in a crop Is frotn ono llird lo one-half mnre by oaing limo ll ia nlmust thn only auro preveo- tinil of vermin on fruil trcea in ihia tee- linn of the cnuntry Limo placed about lho body uf a tree, early in spring, will prevent their increase. Slacked time, mixed wilh aonp and water, uaed aa • wash on the part uf Ireea where iheae io- aeeta havo deposited their rggv, will do- sifuy ihcm eaiirely. This bss bo«D pr«¥. ed by   Iho   writer. — Gtrmnntuwn    Telt-
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Want of Siiri.Miii.itv.—Luther taid "I bavo bceu silting near toma folka for yonrt, and we meet every Sunday in th* nislct or In the vestibule, but they bava nerer taid 'f!u-.d morninc'or 'lluod ovon- iiii;,' or 'How do you du?' or aoylhing.-*- Tht-y never smiled at me. I tried font' erIy to look aa if we knew each other, tad allemptod lo gel up a sort uf a amilo of rccoguutiotf, lut they looked like Kgyp- lito Spliynx. Such peoplo holdiog no cnmmuniou wiih ihcir fclluw Cbrialtaot, certainly eannol bo bappy io ibeir reltgioa.
Mr. 0. U. Faitbrother, proprietor oflho Terre Haute House, at Tcire Hiult, who wat ahot br a discharged eerrant girl, hai diod of bia wounda. Hefore hia death, lha deoeased stated Ihnt he had oerer bad any diffioulty with hia tnurdereaa lill Iho liuie of lho ahooliog, aod did nol hara anylhlog to do with dischargiog bar. Th« girl ia io jail awaiting trial.
The room devoted to lha Congreiiiontl Librtry at Washiogtoo hat been azteodad and refitted, and it oow largo enough for '200,000 rolumea. The pfetcol oumbet of rolamea ia ihia library tt 140,000, th* Itlett tddilion htving been 40,000 vol- umci belonging to the hiatotietj library nf Hon. peter Foroo. Tbo Coogrottiootl Library loom is eniirely firo-proof.
.\ chap oaiDcd >latbl« has bteo hum> bulging tho Looduo thoalrc-coiog foUu i by palmlog himtelf off at Booih,