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A fJBWS AHD SUS3NESS PAPER-DEVOTED TO MEJSI, A HD DOIV3EST3G KEWS-i MORALS, 'fEMPBRAWGE, EDM'OTJ, AGRICULTURE, AMD 'THE-BEST ifiTERBSTS OP S0C3ETV. vol. xxni-wo. 37. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1855, WHOLE NUMBER 1131.

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professional (forts. yT B. DAVIS, at. D., PHYSICIAN A 8ÜR tKU X . Orr . at hi resldnnea, eorner ala aad Ja me streets. Brook villa, I od. nsT j xr'mtr,-v nr. eox destist. JJ OrriCI, One door SOU 111 Of th r mi i Valley House, er Tsias. All work .v urnoud. So charge foreismlu-'j7 v-,--alio radele. UJLXJ -4 4 A4ray oc Coaaewllor at law, Hrnnk Till, lad. Orrira. 9dlory West's new building froailagth Court Uous 43133.

T7 EOXSOW, ATTOK.tKY A COUNSKLWs UH AI 'LAW. Orrict, So. 7, Hall' Builuiag, Brook villa, lad. 3143 A17.7AE3, ATT0R5EYrOÜ?ISKr.l.0K JX AT Law. Orrita, over Powtn' Store, brnokvttle, lad. C:i3 J, LtIT.-ATTüKXKY ATHW orT rUBtic. Of rift a, on door aouUlor ibe Valley Ham, Hrankvllle. Ind. Will I . ackoowledgmeui of Deeds, lake and certify Depositions, Affidavits. rTinoif as J. whtte-sotary public, X Lao au, la., will tu depositions ml sckawtdgtaala, and attend to Notarial business gwaerally. HARRISOX DlliECTQRV. FETIfT. DKALKR 15 OKOt'EKIKK ASD Provisions, Market street, llaasiaoa. Onto, knoa baati a rood assortment of all articles la la da. ALSO a general assortment of rOBNITCUE, Wh ieh k will tall ehsap for cash or country produe. ol ? 4i iMt. T"TTLTC!T TTrXXXtL-oK dook kast or A L Urug Jnr, H.aaisoa, Ohio, pealer In AMCKICA.1, FKhaUH A.1U K.NGUSH DKY OülJtf, Boaret aad Boaat Trimming of ktl stylet knJ price Ladle. Mieses and Chlldrens4 (I hoc kepteonttanil j oa hand, oct S? 43 e a. aaeea. war. Lean. T,SüZa LraOH. DKAI.KR.S IM PAKUY 2i and Utraailie Urnt Oooe, LaJIe DrvMiiuOdt oftTary kind. Graaorlaa, Hard war, 4aeaa wa ra , Uooli, Shoe Car p titi, dke., CotKia M ititT AR Waihi'T Stuiti, HAkklSOX, OUIO. Oct 17 45 t4 Di MIUtmL-UKAtKR IN DK IRS, .Uicih, Hitiau, Oils, Varntahes,Ulaast ija KiatTa,., Coraar Mala and Mark! Street, HARRISON, OUIO. ' ett7 43 134 OZIO EOniV.-COKaK AIS A MARKET feUu, n ARRIHOX, OUIO. D riftllCUt Prprlctr. 0tS 7 43 134 PltAlJlTLHI COUNTY IRECT OEY. Ciarrit CookT maeta the ll Mondajre la Febratrrand Aumt may ait Ihr wmki. Coaaaa Ki.iACorarm--au lt Monday la Janmry, April, Jul aal October may U 3 waaka. UiliHwaaii'i CaciT aaaeta lt Monday In Jaa, aWptoiiioar, Ooembraad March nay aü als day ach Um. Caat- Otricera. A. K. MeClry. tiaaator, Ilm axplro Oct l"" F. K. A. Jetar. ttep Koat Millar, M Jtm at. Joan ton. Clark, M. Mum, aHff. m Mfr. Ktbaaan,Trraarer. Job H. Quick, Aad.tor, " Jl4la 0b-r, Vsrnn'ar, 44 Jnaa Kwlty,CarAnar, W. W. Hobbard, Surveyor, M Cor rrT Coaataaioxtitc Tyrat lfM Frb IKUI et IK-W1 Auf H? Mar Ki!) Oft 1-3 Oct IH.'rtt lf.0 Qaltk.J. II. Faarot, Ela-er Hyatt, tltn xplrut October, I8ä3Jastlc r the Peace. aooiriLLi towhi mr. Cyrwa Kllfor, Comiataaloa expl eiApr 11, 1KA Alrtwd Ward " AprSO, lf3T Wa. H. Howell, " 44 Apr 2:, ii7 Jaaaa Mawhinny Ott 31, l;i arainariBL mwaantr. Japa MTelab. Commiaaloa expire Oct 7, l"5f A.C. Millar, Oct. 13! Haaiaal Uolllday, 44 Ar 4, lf3J auo,ai)tcaOTa Townmr, David Slaarbtar, Commltaloa ipiro 5or f, I."9 Jaa Claataala, 44 " Apr HI, IP j 7 imn Towiaair. John Oonlla, Conmlaaloa expiree 5ot 1, 130 Albert Uraoam an, 44 Dee 3, lü PkiariaL tow ir W. A. J. GlideweU, Conn axplrea Fob 80, if.vj Jona Cochran, 44 44 Juue,5l&i! wawtVTOwasmr. Fraaela Kakt, Comululoa xpire Vor 6, 1839 Fntaals A. Bowtrt, 44 - Oct 13, 1-Ü3 l4Ckt TOWHIHIF. ItaaeClemeata Coiniulsaloa axplro Dee 21, Lad wick Knam Inger 44 44 So t, IK RoaanU.Jink 44 44 OctSd, 1131 rrtaOKA Towxamr. Job a ITorsley, Conintasloa exptrui July 13 13.V5 W. 8. Cooiey, May 3, IHPi rOBT TOWMJHir. Robt.H.MUler,Couimllon expire Kcrt JS,ir,7 Jaaeel.More, 44 44 Julyia.lsu itt Tsimiir. Henry Relmeler, Comuiaalon expiree May CS Is3 Bwraard Moormr t 44 44 Mayl!, H3'J aatTrakia rowatntr. Aaa Ilay. Comatlaaioa expire JnneS7, 1.h39 laaaa fkUUpe, 44 44 tat 84, 1137 wirrra with towmbif. Walter Mltchfll, Commiaaloa expiree Sep I, ILM Rtlphal! Barber, 44 44 p 13, IH3 DuWI Wlleon 44 M MayV,lc3u bt Towaanir. John Blow, Cotamlaaloo axplrea Jan 2', PjS LawlaWkltamaa 44 44 April 8, Id5 jmbu "cotjuty directory. Ciacvrr Cocar meet the 4ln Monday In Febraarr aad Antraat may aitlwo wli each tlm Coa an a rLB4CoraT maU9d Monday In Febnary. May, Avcaat.aad Sotiminr; exerpt whan thr ar Moadaya la tb prncdiiir luoutn than tat Monday. Nay tl wvakaearh liuia. oaaiaeioBaa'a I'ocbt biooU lat Monday In Iaa, tfepumber, Duceutbor an J Marc a may jt talajaca time. Cuntr Ofacerc. Mlaor Meeker, Kanator, Um expires Oct. 1835, Uo. W.Clark. Ren Oct. i"ij. Kaoch Ward, Sheriff, K. Barddde, Clerk, W. Oawana, A aditor C. B attar, Traaaarar, Wa. S. Kom, Coroner, J ease Cook, Kurveror. La w Is J. Clin, Reeorder 1 M 4 ii t tt Auf. 35, ?io. I-.VV Sor. Au-. If-iiS. M M Oct. I Kid. Oct. IfM Sov.l&iJ. Cswrv Coaataaraaaaa Garret Wllaoa. Inic 8aldr,aod Aim. M. faddock, time expires fep lember, iji-e-. Jaatlce ef the Peace B. Jarrall, Commiaaloa expire Apr. 1.4, ir.i W. BraaTf, Hep. 10, lM. Irs Maxwell 44 R.I.Hawrth, " J.F. ReaaatV 44 G. WIIant, 4 T.J.CelTla, " Ju Umbfl, 44 H. Rldar, 44 J w. , 44 Jnaepb Brow a, 44 H. Keffrr, 44 Geo. Wilson 44 J. K.Tampletoa44 X. Fait; aus, , 44 Apr. Ii, lei. Way 5. 1"3 Koe.83,iar, Oct. 10,11-53. hep. I, I Kitt, HdO.54.lfi3 Apr. 9, IMl, Aug., IfU, Kfb. 14, If.'xJ, Anr.X.1,IT)rI May3. IciT. Oct. 3, ii'i. Apr. ii,lrü PAYETTE 1C0U1TTY DIRECTORY Cracrrr Coobw meeta 8l Monday of March and Reptembar, may sit two weeks. Ciianana Pi a. a C'ocsT iU 4lb Monday In Jan nary, April. July, and October; hold tw o week If aataeaa rwqaira. CoaauaiaHM Cocbt meete lat Mooday in March, Jan, BapUmboraed Doceutber; may 11 Bin days If necessary. Coea-r or CoariLi.-noa sits wbea buslnr re qalraa la any Jwdtctal day of tha Seaalon of Cum Ceaatj Officer. Minor Meeker, eaator, Um expire Oct. la36 Ifalsoa Traalar, Krp 44 - ikm A. H. Kd wards. Clerk, 44 44 Vvb. 1KW Wa.MeCleery, Sheriff 44 44 Oct. li-iH Joba McClery, Jailor, 44 44 imJ Wm. H. bWck, Treasurer, 44 44 Krp. mu Job Klent, A aditor, 44 44 Mar IK! Joseph T. Tate. Recorder 44 44 AulKi7 Heary Morris, Surveyor. 44 44 l)e la Cowataaioaaaa, Axarlah I. Recket, Joseph Dale, aaa w m. if. tioaatoa. Jaatlce of tbe Peace. Jama Beard Commiaaloa expire July IG, 1R.V JoaB. Ta'e 44 44 April 17, 1-.M Wdluua H.Tat, 44 44 1'c 3, 1-.Irt James C. Kea 44 44 April 19, IM William Freemaa 44 44 May lu, If Vi Joka M. Cuaaualnr 44 44 A pr 17, IKW Tba K. MeCoaoell 44 44 Av I, IKW Jaatee hhulrtdf 44 44 April 17, IKi-4 Joseph B. Daniel 44 44 Oel2.',lif Joha x.tipriacer 44 44 Jan 2, I J oh a Back 44 44 Ajnl 17, li.d William Cornett 44 44 17, 1;M Ruay Citlum 44 44 44 83, LioH.R. Hamtlwa 44 44 44 IT.f'SM Zlmri litter 44 44 Oet8.Cl34l Jamee Liinpaa 44 44 April 8i,ijd James M. Uraaa 44 17, IrUd mia . Lake 44 44 44 17, IM

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From Household WorJ. TH rXOWESS' PETinOJT. We flowers and shrubs In cities pent, From fields and country places rent, (Without our own or fnonds consent,) In desperate condition, Yoton no wilful ou trage bent, Do humbly here petition. Whero,jilnt our illent will; With los of tun and purling rill; Cooped up la pol, Ol wludow 111, In rickety old boxes The city's breath onr beauty kill, And makes as gray a fuxe. Con lomntJ In wall of brick and 11 mein narrew bod nf clay and Mine, To open our buds and shed our prime We need some kind defender) Wa pray, oh let us live our time! Aw are very binder. Oh, cheat u not of kesven's dews, JCor al r (however stale) refuse; Co l knows His little we can ase, So choakad are all our vital; slightest rare wilt we abase, nor faiUlu fond requital a. Well breathe our doUoate perfume; Well glad jour eyes with choicest bloom; But do not hut u up In room, Or tifllrg, crowdnd plsees The sky, In cluls and light assumes To u far lovelier face. Our lutty and bedrspglod fate, (Oar evergreen turned chockolste,) Do wo ascribe to aplle or bate? No, we are uro you love o, Yet, half aahamod, we beg to lato ' We love tbe un above us. Then treat us In your'aentleat ways, And nextanto Hie sun's own rays, Wlhhrkoty'ahoinigfl.Incenst prnlie, - W aaor will care yoa. And to tho endlnx of our daya In grateful illcnre Mom you. From the Indlanaplia locomotive. KOTHIB, THOU ABT OKO"v7I50 OLD. Yes, mother, thou art crowing- olJ, The lirht Is fading front tliln eye; With thse lifo' talo I almost told. Aad time now moves on wearily. Ah! time w know ran wait for none, Bat burriei mirtuls onward (till. And ere this life Is scare begun. Kind heart are summoned at hi will. And, oh. what pain It gives, to gaxo Upon thy pail and furrowed cheekTo think that death, ere many days. The ties that bind as her will break, And bear to brighter lands above The mother who hath nurtured mo, , And waU'bed,wlth mother's kindly love. My way throagh bopeles Infancy. It sHvna m pal. Indeed, to rata Upon tby t lila sod wealing form - It darken all brl ght,oyou ray That once my youthful heart did warm, When I am forced to think aguln ' That time I quickly moving on That I.ero lone, must bear the pain. Of living still, when thou arltone. Ah yes, it pains thy wayward bey. To lit Ink that we, era long, must part That time will sover every Joy That now make glad my yonttful heart. It tell me bow a motker's lov Hath gnided ma for many years How ehe bath aver looked above. And prayed for mo with flowing tear. It pains me, yet I shoul d not grieve. Or mourn. If trials should be glveo, My future life I so may live, Thal I may live with thee la heaven, That I may live again with thee, And greet thy loving smiles once more; Where mortal from all pain are free.l ' And welcome to hit bountooa ttore. I PRIDE. IT JOHN . All. Tis as curious a fact as ever waa known, la human nature, bat oftea shown AUko In es tie and cottage. That pride, llae pig of a ee tain breed. Will manage to lira and thrive on "feed" As poor as pauper's portage! Of all the notable things of earth, The q-ieeieat one I pride of birth, Among our" He reo democracy'." A brtdce across a iunbred years,, Without a prop to ssv It from sheers Xot even a couple of rotten Peers A thing for laughter, fleers and Jeers, I American ariitocracy! Dopend npou it my snobbish friend, Your family thread you can't ascend. Without good resPon to apprehend, You may And it waxed the further end, By some plublan vocation. Or, worsethsn that, your boasted line May end la a loop of stroncurtwln That plagued soma worthy relation! Because yoa flourish In worldly affairs, Don't be haughty and put oa airs. With Insolent pride of station! Dontbe proad, ami turn np your nose, At poorer people la plainer clothes. But learn for tho t ikeof jour ; mind's rrpoae That wealth' a babble that come aad goesj And that all proud fleh, wherever It grow, 1 subject to Irritation. EPITHALAMTUM. BT J. . C BllI4BD, I MW two cloud at morning, Tinged with, tho morning ion; And la the dawn tly floated on. And mingled Into one: 1 thongtit that morulrg cliu J was blest, It moved o wcetly to the west. I saw two summer currents, Flow sweetly to thair me etlng; And Join Ibeir course with silent force, In peace each other rroetlnsr. Calm was their course through bank of green White dimpling edd!,! playud betwaca. Such be your gentle motion. Till life' last puls la 'lbeat; Like summer's beam.m.il j miner's stream, Float oa In Joy, to wert A calmer wa, where Joys shall ceaso A purer sky, where all I peace . FASTEST HÖHT. rrark'.rrora the woodlands faraway, Sounds th merry roundelay; Sow across the ruet plain, Slowly moves th loaded wain; Greet the reapers as they cam Ilnpr.y, happy harvest home! Xever fear lb wintry blast, Hummer suns will shine at last; Ree th golden gra In appear. See the prudcaee of th year: Greet the reaper they come Happy, happy harvest homo! Children, Join Uiejoekund ring, Youngand old come forth and lugStripling b lib and maiden gay. Mail the rural holiday: Greet lb reaper aa they come Happy, happy A arrest home!

Circular letter. Hie White Water Regular Baptist Association, in 8jfio August iQtU and lMh. A. D. 1055, to 'tie Children of God icaiUred abroad throughout the Imndi of this and fistr Associations, sende th this her Annual JZpistle o( Love: The time of our Anniversary havinr ny;ain rolled around, and we (through the . continued mercies and lonj suffering of our Heavenly Father,) are permitted to meet together in consultation, and to hear from many of the different churches of Zion, you will doubtless expect an address from us, and most gladly do we respond to that expectation. So many and various are the subjects to which your attention have been directed on similar occasious, that we cannot now expect to introduco any thing entirely

new, nor peculiarly interesting, only, as tho cooling water to the thirsty travler is always refreshing and invigora ting : so the Oospel of tho trraco of rod, and good news concerning his kingdom, is always refreshing strengthening to Zion's Pilgtims, and lhen permit us in this address to all your attention to a very biitf view ot the rue ana progress ot this Association, as drawn from her Min utes. It will not however bo expected that in the limits of an ordinary Circular tter, or from a very brief perusal of the Records, that wo (hall be able to note all that might be interesting in her history to those who are mem bers of her body at this day. 1 his body whs organized on c-atur-day the 2Uth day of October, A. D. CUD, and composed at its constitution Oi nine churches, as follows, viz: Clkliorn, Twin Creek, Dry Fork, Newhope, Mount Happy, (since called White Water,) Cedar Orove, Mount ethel, Lawrenceburgh and l rovidence, the first eight of which enme out of the Miami Association. There were present, by appointment from the (Miami Association. "Wm. Jones and Stephen Gard, who pronounced said churches an association, and (rave to them the right hand of fellowship as such, rnJer tho titlo of the White Water IJaptist Association; which held her first meeting after her organ ization on the third Saturday in August, 1810, at which time the Indian Creek Church waa received, and the number in fellowship set down at 289. This yenr therb were threo queries resented to tho Association; uue in the following words, viz: "Is a minister of the gospel justifiable in takim; u Civil .Magistrate 7 and answered in the negative. In 1 3 1 2, every church in the union reported baptisms, ranging from ix the lowest, up to 31 tbe highebt number baptised in any ore church. The increase this year is 202, and the total numbe.' 502. In 1813, in eleven churches there were as many ordained ministers, and in 1815, tli ere were 125 baptisms repor ted, also, the time of the sitting of the Association altered to the Friday before the b:cond Si.tnrday in August; which time is still continued to the present day. There appears nothing special ex cept a gradual increase, until the year IC 1 8, whc.i we have grown to a body of 20 churches, in which there are reported thisvea 155 baptisms, and the total nuuber increased to 104G. lor the foir following years there is a of chu-ches, but not a corresponding increase in the ministry, nor yet in the aggregate number ol communicaHts; still, the work of the Holy Spirit was manifest at that day beyond what we seem now to enjoy ; and oar total was increased to 1 27 1 . In 182-1, there were present at the Association thirteen ordained minis ters; and in the year 1825, we have 33 churches, reporting 119 baptisms. from this period until the year 1829 there U some decrease; but in 1829, the intelligence is again very pleasing, and the number of baptisms reported is 340, and received by letter 1S3, which brings our aggregate number up to 1,308. For tho next three years there is nothing very special, rather a decrease in numbers, but the list of ordained ministers is perhaps at its highes, point in the history of the Association. About the close of tU$ period, or in the year 1833, the churches forming the Lebanon Assoc'atiun seem to be ' missing on our list of churches; also, the title H altered to tho White Water Regular Baptist Association. In 1 C3 It we have thirty-six churches which is about the highest number of churches ever ecteied; as in 183G, tho West River Association was constituted at Milton, Wayne County, Indiana. Still through the mercies of our Heavenly Father we are permitted to maintain our grand total in 'about the same range, and to enjoy uninterrupted peace for several year?, and until IC41: an epoch in th history of this Association long to be remembered in sorrow by many that yet live ; when the terms Means and Anti-Means began to be excited, and some seeming to forget their high and Heavenly calling, to engago in speculation on, and misrepresentation of, the .views of others, until those who had long went to the house of (tod in company, and had taken sweet council together, could nolonger meet in harmony and good feeling, to consult on any matter pertaining to the kingdom of (iod; nor could churches go on in the even tenor of their way, nor in their (heretofore acknowledged) independence, and exclude unruly members for their conduct but they must be called to account for their conduct before a tribunal; a part of which, had already passed sentence against them; or resign their seat in the Association; which led in the fol lowing year, or in 1845, to a division of the lody where there was doubtless a rending of hearts more than ot gar menu. Alter which, altnougn we had ft majority, our number was redu

ced down to 20 churches, with aii aggregate of only C03 member, amongst whom there seems to be only eight oidained ministers, and stilt we went bound to feel the blighting effects of strife amongst the professed followers of Jesus, and of its withering influence on our prosperity ; and for a few years we declined, and then again as the God of Israel manifes'ed his power amongst us. wc began gradually to rie, until 1851, we numbered 21 churches and 879 communicants ; and about this time there being dilfeient publications in religious journals respecting th feelings and views of our body, in reference to the Missionary and kindred institutions of thn present day, (though unknown in tho formation of this Association, ) it was thought by some to bv a duty she owed herself, as well as those abroad, to come out and publicly define her position. Whereupon, in 1852, tho Association inseried in her n.inutrs it preamble and resolution, advising the churches and all their members to stand aloof fnm all institutions not having the Word of God for their supjio.t, nor a tli'.s saith the Lord for their creation. And although said ifiolulion was adopted with one single relative vote, yet some took ".mbrage and b.-eakir" off" i.ou U' fori.- J an oth"r c ociation the same year, thereby virtually declaring an unfellow

ship with us, which again bro tght o.ir number down in 1853. to 15 churches and C27 aicmbers. Since which time there has nothing very special occurred, though you will see by our iJnrtes this year, that tl o Lord ..as not altogether forsaken us ; but that soi.ie of our churches in the past year have experienced the droppings of his mercy, and the ingathering of souls into his kingdom. And now, very dear brethren aau sisters, in reviewing our history through a period of almost half acentu.y, and in rctlection upon our own unworthines a..u the workings of ot'rr.nruly passion.?, and our shortcomings befo.-e him, may wo not with the deepest gratitude of heart, ibreak o'lt and say with one of old "truly, God U good to Israel and his mercy endureth forever." Our fath-e-s, the founders of this Association, where arc they ? and our beloved pastors that faced the beating storms into and early, travelling the then almost pathless desert, to proclaim salvation to their fellow ive.t and women, and to labor for the upbuilding of their master' kingdom ? Hare thty not long since Tillen asleep that they may ret from their labors, and we seo theui on earth ro more ? And v..t the goodncss of God and the riches of his mercy is still continued to us, their children, and' every day and every hour; yea, and every nioment of our lives, we experience fresh displays of his loving kindness. And in view of all this, and that we too soon must die, a . a as .a . . and that all earthly things mut be dissolved. What manner of persons ought we to be, in all holy conversation and godliness, and how ought we to strive together and pray our Father in Heaven, to send forth more laborers into his harvest, for the harvest truly is great, but laborers are few. I low ouyht wo to deny our selves and take up our cross and fol

low mm. Ann now, brethren. lare-1 row at the outset, to secure the conwell. Live in peace, nnd the God of ( venience nnd advantage of this order Love and Peace will be with and bless j of mauaging the fiscal department ol

you. Amc, Common School Circular. D E P A RTM E XT O F I ' I'D L I C I X s V II V CTIO -V, ) Indianapolis, Aug. 10, 1855. j" To the Board vf Township Trustees: Gentlemen: The time is rapidly approaching when, in the discharge of your duties, it will become necessary to take the enumeration of the chil dren between five and twenty-one years of age, in your respective cor -

poralions. It is exceedingly impor- best instructors. But under that ortantthat the next enumeration should; der of things, which substtutes for the be accurately taken and promptly ru-; legal currency time drafts on an trap-

ported to the County Auditor, in accordance with the requisition of ser. 10 ofthe Revised School law. You will perceive by reference to said section thrt the enumeration hereafter will be less complicated under the present than under the former statute. There are many and weighty consideraa a a " f is-snQ i m rw 1 1 1 ri f fh n full itful rmrf IIVIW Mlljv-lllll V U KMllltMl j' 1 Itl litance of this duty. Educational sta - ttsüc deuve all their value from their accuiacy aad completeness. You are the agents on whom the Auditors and Superintendent depend for the materials of their reports. On you, therefore, devolves the responsibility, and on you will rest in no slight degree ... . . .. the honor of furnishing a full and very satisfactory report of the educational statistics of the Commonwealth. Let no reasonable pains be spared to realize the juct expectations of our fellowcitizens. While there is a less com plexity in the information sought, and a corresponding diminution of perplexity in the preparation of the report required to be made by township boards. it will be perceived that there h a spe - cial reason for promptness and fidelity' A in takini? tho present enumeration. present enumeration. since tho choice of districts this year on the part ot every individual, parent or guardian, becomes permanent, and!

is not subject to an annual change as ; should the reimbursement ot pervertheretefore. As certain 'franchise as id funds be sought at iheir hands by

well as definite educational privileges j the aid of legal suasion, are attached to this choice, it should! An accurate statement of the numnot be frgotteit tl at, rs matter only j ber of school houses erected, either can be stereotyped, the election of the 'partially or entirely during the cur-

present ocCtipaut ofa tenement will' rent year, and the total expense theredetermine the educational connection ' of, will constitute an important and

ofits subsequent residents. Other wise fluctation and change would still prevail and defeat, in no idiirht de gree, the obvious purpose of the statute. The mutibiüty ot this choice, tolerated by the former statute, was one of its manifest detects, and experience has suggested its correction. It will become your duty, therefore, . C 1 I r to inform every head of a family of, the permanency of his choice, that he may act intelligently, deliberately,

regret tl ie Tt;e form of the Report tobe m.ide to the County Auditor, found on page 32 of the aforesaid Statute, will furnish all the information necessary for a full and accuiate exhibition of the icsults of yojr investigations, the labors of your teachers and the condition of your schools. Let it be an illu'minau d thermometer of the educational atmosphere of your township, a living index of the vitality of your corporation zeal in this cause. -It is very desirable that there should be no error in the statement of the number of districts in each township. The item, "nurober of common schools in the township," in the form alluded to above, was not designed to ascertain how many sessions, schools have beea taught in the corporation, but in how many districts there have been schools during the educutnual year, commencing the 20th of September. Taking tho enumeration by congressional townships, or parts thereof, as may be iucluded in your civil townships, you will bo able to report with p ..-spicuity and nccuracy on a point involving no little trouble and perplexity 'o the Audito.'. Due care aad attention in these matters will materially relieve that officer's educational burders and secure his cordial thanks. TI10 rverago attendance in all the schools of the township can bo easily obtained by dividing the aggregate attendance, found in tho teachers' ropo. ts o 1 this point, by the number, of schools. These uatorials will always bo at command, if yo". invariably insist on the o'oscivancoof tho requisitions of section 23d of tho law. The Uuut .üj aru required, by section 27, to make their engagements with the instructors employed in the several districts so that the. sessi .ns in all shall be equal. To divest this matter of all perplexity, let the school sessions in all the districts commence at the same time, as far as practicable. The known wishes and obvious interests of school districts should not e pcrtiraeiously ignored to secure this uniformity of beginning. Rut the manfest advantages of such an arrangement demand that it should be generally adopted. Thus Trustees andl)irectors could so arrange thoir duties as to occasion the least possible draft on their time and p atience, and at the same time secure the most cmcient action in the discharge of their supervisory JutliiK- If the 'utiJiA tUl -m-,rTr n school in each of your districts only one session, let it be at a season when the interests and convenience of the largest number will be best subserved. This order and system once introduc ed and established, will make your official labor more pleasant to you, more acceptable to others, ard more efleclive to the cause. All can arrange j their plans nccoidingly, and more gen . 0 erai saiiMacuou uesecureu. 1111s poi icy will enable you to ascertain the length ofvour schools the moment you employ the last teacher, for the amount of your public funds is definite and known. This remark is made on the supposition that these funds have not been anticipated. It would be well worth all the necessary trouble and expense in every township, I our educational allairs. JJetter have j no publ'c Bchools for one year, than J perpetuate a state of things forever U velopcd in doubt and uncertainty. i coining couiu oc more enib.i.rassing to Trustees than an empty treasury and an uncertain apportionment. Competent teachers can seldom be obtained under such circumstances. i u uh cash m nana we can compete with our neighbors in the market for the best article, so with a full trcas!urv we can 6ecure the services of the tv townshiD treasury, we must oe Kubiert to worse than Egyptian bon-da-'e. The public funds can now be legally appropriated to on!y one solo and speciiic purpose, viz: tuition. Anv disregard ot this provision ot the statute! . . . . 1 will be a manifest violation the! 1 , 1 . .,,1 tltat Tr 11 af t4 mill j Jlltl i UI1U tilt A"-- ! such mal-appropriatioii, .. - to be required to refund every dollar.! -No excuse or apology win ue a suo - stitute for the funds thus diverted from their legitimate object. If, thro' i norance of the law, any hat e tinned in this respect, the proper evii'enci4 of penitence aud the appropriate atone - 1 inent for the fault, will be tho us.sessruent of u township tax to replace the funds illegally used. It they have been paid to liquidate debts for school; houses erected previous to the passage! of the revised school statute, or have! been appropriated to school structures now in process of construction, the authority for the aforesaid assess- ! ment 'u undoubted, not merely un- ! Questioned, but imperative, as the A. lan"u;i"o of the 9th section abundant - Ivpinvt-s. Errors in this matter mu-t! IJy r j bo corrected, and Trustees must not ! complain, if they decline the statutory method of correction of such mistakes, - j valuable item in your report. It is to , be hoped that all reasonable eare and eiFort will be used to make that item ns full and satisfactory as possible. In reporting the number of volumes in your libraries, it will be a matter of much less trouble for you to simply state the number and mark of the boxes received, as lo.' example two boxes, B. & C, or one box, A. or C, or B. This method of reporting' will be of great service to the Department,

and have no occasion lo election. '

since it will indicate both the number of volumes and the works composing each library. It is known atthij Department how many books each of the three classes of boxes above indicated contained. A. ard B. boxes contained 107 volumes each, and C. 112 volumes more. By the .aid of such a report, we shall know where to commence the next apportionment books to each township. Theio bein no providential hindering, we hope ' to complete that distribution next June. The inequalities income thirty-fire of the larger townships, will be corrected tliis fall with funds now on hand. Please ascertain from your' librarians the 'proportion of the books, which on an average, are weekly taken out and in constant use; and also state your impression of the estimation in which the library feature of our' system is regarded by tho citizens of your township and the reasons for it, whether favorable or unfavorable. I would strongly recommend " that the Township Trustees and District Directors establish the rule of holding stated meetings, and that they bo at least semi-annual. Such a course would be productive of great good, contribute lo harmony of views, efficiency of action, and a livelier interest in the caue committed to their supervisioi. Let there be a mutual undcrstruding between Trustees and Dir ctors relative to their appropria'e sphcicsof duty, ;'.nd thus forestall negligerce, dispute rud dissension, and thereby sec are prompt," cordial, and effective co-operalion. Nothing you can do will conduce . so much to tho prosperity of your schools, after you have provided comfortable

and spncio s housus and competent

teachcrs, rs systematic and frequentoiction of the wisdom and economy of

visitation, hndeavor to secure the company of as many parents as possible in these educational .visits. Frequent calls on the part of the school officers nid parents will encourage both teachers and the pupils. If you would not employ a hand to maul rails for you a week without at least one visit, why should your children's progress and your teachers success be left uncared for, month after month? Your schools will necessarily be, in no unimportant sense, just what you make them. Ns law, by its own mere inherent power, can infuse life, impart energy and insure success to an enterprise, however wise and disereet its provisions. As well might you expect a steam saw-mil) with im proved machinery and ' itbundituco o-' offuel, to manufacture good lumber without efficient manament ar.i ncientific supervision, as to look for or-, der, substantial progress nnd successful teaching in a school, whose inmates aru never cheered by a parents approving smile, nor the official guara . . aian s coruiai commendation, .uumcinber the employment of teacheis of doubtful literary competency of questionable moral character and habits will prove the height of f Aj even in a pecuniary view, and in its literary and moral asp-:ts, is entitled to the severest reprobriion. Active minds andpiusceptiblt. hearts are too delicate and priceless to be subject to the moulding influence of auy of doubtful character or attainments. It is also to be hoped that you will not overlook the advan.agc to the pockets of the parents, the progress of the pupils aad the comfort of the teacher, that results from uniformity ol textbooks. References to section 118 and 157 will show the intention and j views of the Legislature on this point. j A hearty co-operation with the State 1 Board on the part of Township Trus- : tees, in this matter, would do murh to 'secure a very important element of succesj It is believed that the text I boots recommended by the former ; board and now in extensive use in our . schools, are such as to furnish no valid cause for change, except tho Geography, for which the present Board, af - 1 a i . i . i ter due consideration and patient exanimation, nave resoiveu to suosiuuie Cornell s series, which in their ludgcmentis sufficiently superior to tho one forraeily recommended to fully justify the change: and hope that Township a 1 1 I a ri . f loards will lend a hearty co-operation in effecting the introduction of these valuable text-books. a . 1

ma!c.ng any jjaouots nave arisen in some locaiimay expect ties relative to the rights of individuals,

transferred from their own civil townisiup to an aojacentone lor euucation al purposes, to the use of the libutry of the township to which they have been transferred. On this point it is j pethaps'sffiucient to remark, that alt 1 the educational privileges and immu nities ot a transicrreu inuiviuuai, irrespective of county lines, go with him, and that he is entitled to the use of tho Library as well as tho school of the corporation he has selected. The law contemplates and the citizens ex pect that the lrustee will act promptly and wisely in the location and custody of tin library, and that great care will be Vaken both by them and the librarian they may appoint, in the 1 prompt assessment and collec'.ion collection of dama-'es done to library books. The price of the books of the firstpurchastj were not attached to the catalogue, but this oversigl i will be corrected in the next. iSTo tax or assessment for the use of the books can be legally laid on the persons taking them from the library. Where this has been done, it must be refundod, and the expense of procuring book cases and the compensation of librarians must bo included in the general charge- for fuel, repairs, stc.; aadjmet accordingly. If any towrs'uip wishes to enlarge its library by private donation,' they will lind thejSuperintcndent ready for any desired co-operation of counsel or purchase. 'There U one error which must be cauutiously avoided, and lo , accomplish this will often test thewis'dum and firmness of the Trustees, vizthe formation of small districts. 'There may occasionally bo individual iucoaven-

iencc, but the infelicity of such cases'

will generally r.dmit of gradual araelioratious, and if not, it will be more than componsated by the superior advanfages incident to strong districts. In some localities there will be temporary weakness, but this will ultimately be eliminated by tho growth of the township. There must be no division of funds between the districts, either on the basis of the number of pupils in them, or on the ground of equality of schools. Your official responsibilities cannot be met by any such surrender of control and management. It isonejof tho fundamental elements of the system, indeed its crowning exCkllence, that all the schools of the township are under the control and supervision of a wise and efficient Board, and that tuition is a Stale prevision, while the school house, furniture, fuel, and fixtures, are a corporation charge. I hope ere the lapse of a year, to have a personal interview with you at all your respective county seats. I will give your Auditors sufficient notice ol the time of my visit to enable them lo apprize you of the contemplated meeting. Your annual report is henceforth to bo made to the county auditor, a wise change, vet I shall aa O r feel myself under great obligations to each township board, if they will favor mo this coming October with the library report as suggested above. I trust that the suggestions contained in my circular of June 9th, relative to the sitca, enclosures, construction and furniture of your school houses have been duly considered. A careful perusal of Barnard's School Architecture nnd Griscora's Uses nnd Abuses of Air, ennnot fail to Impress the conthe course recommended in that com munication. We must not be discouraged by the exhibition of selfishness, nor disheartened at the existence of ignorance and nnd prejudice, nor appalled at the ap-l athy of individuate, nor frightened at the hostility of theso combined foes. Let us labor to dislodge selfishness by the cultivation of a more excellent spirit; displace ignorance by tho substitution of knowledge, compel apathy to give place to zeal and activity, disarm prejudice by the conviction of its error, and convert the - hostility of these opponents into cordial amity. These results both justify anddemnnd intelligent and unceasing effort. If there beany dieappnintmont of hopes, ,ny - failure of exp etitioris. let not th cause of them be justly chargeable, to official dereliction. The success of the enterprise, the permanency of our institutions, and the welfare of the youth of our Commonwealth demand that all charged with educational ' responsibility should faithfully r.nd fearlessly lo their duty. The Text-books for common schools recommended by the State Board of R Ju:a ion, are the following: The Bible; McGuffey's Eclectic Speller; Indiana I, II, III and IV Readers; Ray's Arithmetic, Parts, I, II, III; Cornell's Geographies, Parts I and II; Butler's English Grammar, Webster's Dictionary; and Cutter's Physiology and Hygiene, (School Edition.) Yours truly, CALEB MILLS, Sup't. Gentlcnich of the Indiana. Press: You will confer a favor 011 me and do your citizens an important service, by the publication of the above Circular in your weekly issue, so that the informations and suggestions therein mav reach all interested, whether officiuls or unofficial. Yours truly, Caleb Milss, Sup't. Potentates of Platte. Platte County is hard to please in the matter of its popuhr sovereignty over Kansas. It wants no Northern j man to replace Col Reeder. Shannon ; is too arctic ; even a Northern man without a Norehern side, is very far from suiting the tropical maturity of their views. Thev clamor, if we mav confide in public and private accounts I- . from the throne of squatter majosty, for a right Southern man. willing to be roped in, like a s-ir.d of twir.e, with the Stringfellov , nü follow the most extravagant lend they may choose to propose. The Govecor, in their terminology, is a man who can be governed ; they have asked for such ol Mr. Pierce, and ht has most obligingly complied ; but they are as ungrateful as the fabulous frogs, when the stork was invested with the throne of King Log and the monarchy of the duck-pond. There is only one more thing to be done, if Govcnor Shannon prove indigestible. Let the President muster courage enough to appoint a Southerner a Slave-holder if he pleases a very ultra, but at the same time an honest man, wi'h a reputation behind him $worlu retaining and let him be ihe Platte County Governor of Kan sas. We question very much whether the bcenes of outrages so flourishing lately in the neighborhood of Westport would not abruptly ceaso under the administration ot such an appoin lee ; and a more emphatic assertion of the federal authority find utterance, iu place of the treason and lawlessness encouraged by the President. Could any tepu table public man at the South be induced to accept the position, we venture to say his very first official act would be to repress the insolence of Platte' CoHnty, and consult the oversloughed and disregarded population of the Territory. He could not, with any regard to propriety, dp otherwise. The only fear is, that a foreknowledge of the fact might prevent the person described from occupying a post of so great difficulty, or from exposing him self to the necessity of being just on that judgement-perverting question ofj tree and slave soil. A. i . limes, jtirThe taxable property j of (New York city is about 487,000,003.;

Louisville llioti Official. We have already published the true origin of the Louisville riots. The following is the rfficial report made to the city council and adopted unanimously by that body. Though its temper is not to be commended, the

facts, arc indisputable. Tu the Common Council, City of Louisville'. The Committee on the Polics, to whom was referred a message from the Mayor, concerning the destruction of life and property in the.city, have had sundry conversations with many of their fellow-townsmen upon points immediately connected with this tauch to be regretted occurrence, nnd have obtained information therefrom of a character unmistakable in its connection with the origin of the late election riots. On the day of the election a portion of your committee visited various parts of the city and were rather surprised. than otherwise to find such universal quiet and good feeling at the polls throughout the city, and had it not been for the foreign population commencing the difficulties in every instance the day would have passed more peaceably than is customary on such occasions. So far as your committee are apprised,' and we believe we are correct in making the assertion, that there was not an occurrence of an improper or serious nature at any voting place within the city. . All disturbances originated at a distance therefrom, nnd were commenced by foreigners with a willful and premeditated determination to destroy indiscriminately the lives of American citizens. The property known as "Quinn'a Row" at the corner of Eleventh aud Main streets, was a complete armory. For threo week's previous to the election, arms and ammunition were stored therein, and the owner and occupant of the premises (Quinn) in conversation with sundry . gentlemen, asserted that said guns would be used against the Americans, and actually exhibited balls which had been moulded for the purpose of shooting from said guns. In order to substantiate this accusation we refer to D. L. Bcatty, a member of this Council, and to G. Wr. Giffey, Street Inspector of the Western District There were 'also several others present whose names it is not important to mention. '. Oh the day or flection scveräTlrisS men were seen in the cellar of Quinn'a house, moulding bullets, and numerous others going in and coming from the buildings with guns, pistols, bowie knives, Ac. Mr. Griffey further informed your committee that he is employed in removing the rubbish from the premises recently the residence of said Uuinn, and that he has taken therefrom the remains of muskets, rifles, shot-guns, and pistols. Other tire arms were carried off by persons making their escape from said nouses, before and after they wero fired. From this Irish armory, from this Jesuitical reso. t, and by a den of assassins therein congregated, the first attack was made, the first blood was shed, the first murder committed in the Eighth ward. By these priest-ridden foreign hirelings, and from within the walls of these desecrated habitations, peaceab'e and quiet Americans were shot dead without provocation, while in the discharge of their daily and legitimate business. This premeditated, unprovoked, and indiscriminate slaughter of innocent men was worse than Americans could endure. The operations of these potentates of Rome in the first Ward, were cf a similar character with those of tbe Eight. On Shelby street, between Walnut and Broadway, the houses occupied by foreigners were mostly supplied with guns, and unoffending passers-by were shot at from nearly every dwelling in that neighborhood, and many of them badly wounded. In various other portions of the ward murderous attacks were made by foreign Papist on unsuspecting Americans, and doubtless at the instigation of those higher and more skilled in the dark deeds of Catholicism. After a thorough investigation of this whole subject, your committee conclude that the foreign born population, aided by would-be Americans, planned and set in motion the machinery from which all disturbances originated on the day of election. U must be an admitted fact that the killing of so many estimable American citizens, and that, too, by the followers or the Pope of Rome, was enough to create in the breast of every true American a feeling of revenge and if, in the moment of excitement and from causes undeniably just, they manifested a retaliatory "disposition, your committee cannot and will not impute to them a censure therefor. In proof of every declaration herein made, whether direct or implied, your committee refer to the following testimony, as published in the Weekly Journal of the 15th instant. The committee ask that the evidence as abovenamed, be spread on the Journal of the Council, and further, that this report be adopted. J. A. GILLIS3, Ch'm. &"The Trustees of the Ohio EmLg gralion Association have decided on a location in the state of Iowa. The point which to them seems roost favorable is about 130 miles west of Dubuque. The lands in this 'vicinity are remarkbly fertile, the prairie high and rolling, well watered, and convenient to largo groves of timber. There is an abundance of coal, limestone and iron in that part of the state. JtiTLord Stanhope was a printer. Ben Franklin was a printer. Reranger the great French poet was a printer. Theirs, the great French historian was a printer.

Kot Worth, the Trouble. 'Ol.it' not worth the trouble to dress, r.see only my husband. " Then, madam, if your husband is not better worth pleasing than a host of " company," it is a pity you are married. Not worth the trouble to look better to him than his merest acquaintances. Not worth the trouble to surround yourself with every grace and fascination that you are capible 6f? Then if you are aneglected w ifc by and by never complain, for it is your own fault it was "not worth the trouble to have a happy home. "01 it's not worth the trouble;" says the nervous mother, snatching the implements of work from the Lnd of her awkward child; "not worth the trouble to teach her, 1 ' can do it better myself." Can you? then how, if this is your method, will the child ever learn toccorae useful? If her timid services are not worth the trouble of teaching and correcting, how can you blame her if in after years sho prefers to sit in the parlor, and leaves the work to you? The instructor, who has not one lithe of the interest you should have in the child, thinks it well worth the trouble to impart to her a dozen different kccomplisbments; alas! that the mother should be more indifferent than a stranger. It's not worth tho trouble. How often the words arc uttered! and with what sad consequences followed. The woman becomes the slatternly housekeeper, the daughter the insignificant pleasure seeker; frieuds are estranged because "it's not worth the trouble" to explain "that little difference" land tho influence of the spirit per vading such a decision is ft It to the detriment of every walk in life. Bo careful, then ,piow you carelessly utter the words, "it's not'worth the trouble." Oliee Branch.' '

from the Kandu.k v Kr'i.lor. Hoaxing the Present Admia ist ration. Post Master at Attica Eemoved Mkssus. EniTons. A short time some two or three wnggisb fellows (I am sorry to 6ay that there was a lawyer of this place amongst them) concocted a letter and directed it to the Post Office Department, setting forth that our Post Master, Marcus Schuyler, a good, honest and worthy Democrat, had in his employ a sub-Deputy Master or two who were Itepubtican or Free Sailers, in principle; and that for so offending against the strict rules of the Democratic discipline be should be removed or cxpeüed from office, and a Mr. Augustus Shoenbite appointed in his place, who jras judged tobe of the Simon pure order in view of the appointment. To the surprise, of all, the appointment came for the tilling of said office by Augustus Sboenbitc, who is and always has been a j thorough and rigid W hig until since his appointment. He now says he is boucd.to go the , whole hog for the Democratic party, and particularly throughout Frank Pierces administration. It is preferred against the remaining Post Masters of Old Seneca at the same time, they alltwould have shared the same martyr fate, for not strictly adhering to party obligations. (A BYSTANDER. The Pope. What is to become of masonry now? An old chap at Rome, whose . name sadly belies his character," somewhat famous for bis pcregrinat'ons to Gaeta and back, has expressed his opinions r relatiee to ''secret societies" in an clocution (what does that mean?) on the 9th of December last: "We have still to lament the existence of an impious race, who would exterminate all rsligious worship, if it were possible for them; and we muit count amongst them, before all the. members of secret societies, who, bound together by a criminal compact, reglcct no means of overthrowing the Church and States by the violation of every law. It is f gainst them assuredly that the words of the Divine Redeemer are directed: "You are the children of the Devil, and do the v. or x of your Father?'' Not so, Mr. Pius; our Saviour had no such persons in view. His denun-. ciations were against a corrupt priesthood, whose delight it was to throw dusi in the eyes of religiously-inclined persons and whose "tithe of mint and cummio, was'toogrivous tobe borne.". You can make the application much nearer to Rome, than any Masonic Lodge. Free Mason jt-The Memphis, Tenn., Eagle, noticing ths' comments of the Times upon the letter of Key. Dr. Brcckin' ridge, adds the following : 4We have nevf r thought that the intelligent and just of the Noithern people contemplated any onslaught upon the intItation of Slavery, as it exists, and as it is recognized in the Southern States by both law and Ccn titution. We have not thought they were prepared for a forary upon the rigLts of the South within the States. But we have not disguised the fact, either from ourselves or from the South that the issue in the North is clearly made up on a resistance to the extension of Slavery, and hence the formation of societies at the North to insure the settlement of the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska with the opponents of Slavery. If they can do this, and thus secure the inhibition of the institution through the means of Sutc laws, the dangerous and exasperating issue of rejecting the application of a new Slave State for admission iato the Union will be escaped. But if Slavery is not excluded from the Territories by the people thereof, the North trill oppose the admission into the Union of a State formed from such. Territory. This is the issue presented to the cointry by the old pzrtiea ; and the American party in our opinion is tie only hope cf tie South a tie prc-t cnu. we

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