Marshall County Republican, Volume 5, Number 22, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 April 1861 — Page 1

MARSHALL COUNTY REPUBLICAN.

TttfttU I hat und 51 National Republican Newspaper. Oawtcö to Constitutional Cibcrtn, Union, anö tmtn true interest of the Count. VOL. 5 NO. Si PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. THURSDAY, APRIL 4. 1861. ' rWHOLElvo230

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OFFICE, IfCllftMfc, -etwee. IM HI OmERSOY I. M ATT IN GL. Y & SOX, ferHw oi Sul.-ci?iptioii. If paid ia advance, $1.50 If pcM ft.-r six months, At the end oft he year, -r w ist ' -li 4Mm-l antil nit jM-rt-arnfM ar l'it, attbo i-;liR of 1m- inli.lT. TERMS OK ADVERTISING. On- rihiyi -f r1- Xitwrr lt,"flr, S' ". sir ' . - . a ..t.M I. pr-MrtH. i.,kaak-ifalarf...-i,;irSia.i..if l.rr...-raIf lwra-tlM-l.i.rtfl a wh..l. a...r. . .tea--aroijfÄ Tan . ,-i.tr . .'' T-a- far--. r, . K irr--, 7, V ..irtW o-lnm i. Tliir.l .-laai. . H ir.-4an. !". Y!ir---(MrlM Ibiiim .' Uta- Jnm-i, iVW Ul a. ? r.. - lll.l.l 1.'."lajiw IT.! JT.'ii M,M 4 t,-' ij in - 5 ...'- M.ll '.'.I 111,1.1 i J.'' 1 !.'' ja.m 1J.I i..' iv! JJJ-JJJJ w'.m I Aa vi! ti-n f lar-nfT-ÄTf pr rent will be ma4 ta the T"?M .irlan. wilt u -.1 ta.my. ' " (vrieaMmixi-ti. .t i. .vivrrrfaa-iiK-nt . ..f anj kimi. , Will Nr m rt.-i t .-a th in r-.-'ii.ir nr.-. BUSIXKÖS CARDS.

- ard i : . fore held for such seminaries, all fines asPHlLLirS k DE VOR, : sensed for bicuchcs of tho penal laws of XTftotSEYs i n n rXfgiMt. thh State, all forfeitures which mav accrue, rLTjTVv.'' "P w ' 0 ,f ",,"k lall lan.ls and other estate which .hatl esmm fi 1 in aar!' Mi.ihn. K.a-hiak. Elk- cheat to the State for want of heirs or kinhrt. Sr J..-h. l-P rl. r-rt.r. l-ik. I'uat-ki. M;irki. j , . . . , i t. . , . , . i -.it-H.. i nnn. - i..i in Ii .f i.m. ia r- drel entitled to the inheritance, all lands a-Nui aurati. in u -iv.-,, i.- .utter, .r .. i!-fi..i. , w,jc, nuly hnre Decn or ,uav j,e hereafter n TÄ? JStmU. w ,,.,,, -n. ; Fran.ted 10 tho ,ate; whcQ rt. ii. m iii.a.ifh. r War-: I J. iv J -t. - i a.. i feet is exnrcsücd in the grant, am! the pro-

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THE REPUBLICAN.

THE NEW SCHOOL LAW. AN ACT to provide for s general system of Common Schoo., the officers thereof and their resretive nowers anrl rl.rt.V anatneir respecrne powers and duties , ) ..,... 1 a 1 .1 I ivm, aou lor me .i.biuiinieai aua regulation of township libraries, and to repeal ail lawn inconsistent therewith. Section 1. Be if enacted fhj the General Asembfy of the State of Indiana, That there shall be annually assessed and collected, as State and county levenucs arc assessed ami collected ou the list of taxable property Tor Slate purposes, and on tllO taxable poll, Siull .I1II1S (IS may b TCquired r-y law: j'roi'ufcd, towerer. lhat anv in Acs aiui o.uiu ni.ui iiui oe levioil anu ka ,.,.... r.... 1...11 I I r i i collected from negroes an 1 mulattoe, nor shall their children be it eluded in any enumeration requiied by this act, norcntitlclto the benefits of said tax. C al t 1 1 .a t . iiiu uinus ncretoiorc Known and -""nds, all funds heretofore appropriated to f . L 1 I a 1 . I - v. ommon ociioois, t lie Valine i'UDil, the , Bauk Tax Fund, the fund which has been or may be derived from the sale of county ' seminaries and tho property belonging i thereto, the moneys and property heretoceeils of the sales thereof, and the proceeds of the sales of the swamp lands granted to the State of Indiana hy the act of ( 'ongres-i of the 28th of September, 1&0, after deducting the exj enses of selecting and draining the same, the taxes which may from time to time be assessed upon the property ot coiporations for Common School purposes, the fund arising from the 114th section of the charter of the State I'ank of Indiana, shall bo denominated the Common School Fund, the income of hieb, together with the taxes mcntionc 1 and specified in the fiit section of this act, and the money and income derive 1 from license for the sale of intoxicating liijuors, and uiulaimed fees, as provided by law, shall be denominated the Common MMM revenn.i for tuition; the whole ol which is hereby appropriated and shall be applied exclusively to furnishing tuition in the Common School of the State, ivitllulil AIIV ilii ! iii-f inn f'.ir t ha l'lAIUI ul collet linn or disbursement. Sk . 3. The several counties of this State hall le hebl liable lor the preservation of so much ol' taid fund an is or may have been entrusted to them, and lur tin- payment of the animal interest shall If lull and complete every year, and shall appear in tho Auditor's report to the Superintendent of l'ublic Instruction; and .he Stipe: intendent of l'ublic Instruction .-aaiall, at any lime, when he discovers from the report that there i. a deficit in the aluouut collected for want of prompt collection, direct the attention ol the Uoard of County Commissioners and the County Auditor to that fact, and said Board of County Commissioners are hereby authorused and required to provide for such deceit in their respective comities. Sk 4. Each civil township, and each incorporated town and city in the several aBBBB I.A . vf L . kv'l .A . "I 1 ft B u oiaie, is iiereuy declared a ,- . - j - , , . mm tmpmrnmrn for chool purposes, and the tiutce lor such townahip, and the trustees provided for iu the next section of this act, shall for their respective township, town or city, be trnstee, and perloriu the dutiea of clerk and treasurer tor school hiiriHises. .st-c. 5. tj10 awfui voters of th , a . ... . . . iiLoi .t.-taicti tow ns anu cities ol the Mate shall, at their next regnlar corporation election, and biennially therealter, elect a school trustee who shall, before eutering upon the duties of his office, take and sub--cribo an oath and give a bond, similar iO the oath and bend reo ni red of fh inwn. ship trustee both of which shall be disposed of in the same manner which is provided for the disposition of the oaths and bonds of township trustee: Provided: 1 hat nothing herein contained shall be so constructed as to prohibit incorporated cities towns from electing more than one trustee for chool nnrnosM ami tho I g- "( WM HIV said cities and towns shall have power in accordance with their ordinances or special eaMuter, to diieet in ease more than one trustee is elected, which one shall bo treasurer for school purposes, and said treasurer tlll lin vn w.m ... I 1... -.11 1 i 6u,l"utu o me provisions of this act. ft fit aa a . . - Ane v onnt' AiHlUor. in fixing Mio nAMAl I . . a . 0 njr auu Bpwoving ana accepting ihe bomU of -n --tce, shall to their sufficiency to secure the School revenues which may come mto tbuir hands, M M lh? .' J township or other revenues; and in case of a vacancy in the üffin of trulce' lUe Auditor hall appoiat a poison to fill the same, who shall take an otU and givo bond as providctl iu the Last prececdiug section: )crintendcr.fc ot l'ublic lubtruction tho . J ä a names uu post omce address ot each trusSec. 7. Tho trustee, as treasarer, shall receive all school revenues belonging to hit township, town or eity, or which may be apportioned to it by the State fort he CIH.tuirt saf . ,.la-.l . .. -J a. a 1 t r'' 2 ai Pv oui me same M llle PP084 or which they are collector pportioued : he hall keep accurate acCOftftta of his reirrintH ami .Ynnn.litnr ... and settle win the Board of CountyConv miMinnA 1 .... 1 7 m. - - a. i unci: iu eacn year, and as mncn ol tenor as they may require, and on sock settlement, such trustee .hall render an account current with the proper vouchers, and his charge for services in aa-.ina t. 1 ciu aha" be verified by amdarit; and upon a failure of such treasurer to discharge any of the duties required of him by law relative to the schools and school fevennes, the Board of county Corrrmissioners shall cause suit to be instituted ftgaingt him on hU official bond. ÄBd in 2?. overy -gainst him. the court feuderiug tha judgment $Wl asiess upon

the amount thereof ten per cent, damage, to be included in said judgment. Sec. 8. fhe trustees shall keep a record of their proceedings relative to the schools,

iiiiiiiiiiiig an uiuBis im niiiMTaui-vs uu a .1 e i. i? i . a . . 1 i: -li -1 1 . . couni in tjoi, luau.ung aiso accounts ot aTI receipts and expenditures of school reven',e distfngufshin between the special ac,00 revenue belonSing to their town- . i 111. iur .... ...u,u IP. " ami hv if n nnnrt mnoil rn their towns hin. i "J a"' V 'V . '

ftWOTH Vl . I K J BW .lälVIl, " M.v... . a . a a. a.r for saiil schools. They may also establish graded schools or such modifications of them as may bo practicable; and provide for admission into the higher departments of the graded school from the primary schools of their townships, such pupils as are sufficiently advanced for such admission. Tliey shall have the care and management of all property, real or personal, belonging to their respective corporations for common echool purposes, except tho Congressional township school lands, which landftgfthall be under the cue ami manacmentof the trmUee of tho civil township in which such lan ls are situated. Sec. 10. All schools in a township shall be taught an aoua length of tirus, without regard to tho diversity in tha numbor of pupils at the several schools or the cost of the school, an I each of said sehoola shall be numbered by the propar trustee as School number . Sec. II Tli3 tnntecs of tho several town-ships, tows and cities shall have power, with the concurrent of the board of commissioner of their respective counties, to levy a spjeial tax in their respective townships, towns or cities, for the construction, renting or repairing of school houses, and for providing furniture and school apparatus and fuel therefor, and for the payment of other necessary expenses thereof, except for tuition, but no such tax shall exceed the sum of twenty five cents on each one hundred d "Hats' worth of taxable property, and fifty cents on each poll, in any one year. And any tax-payer who may choose to pay to the treasurer of the township, town or city wherein said tax-payer has property liable to taxation, any amount of mouey, or furnish building materials for the construction of school houses, or furniture or fuel therefor, shall be entitled to a receipt therefor from the trustee of sai I township, town or city, which shrtll ,sn.( .m -U tax-pnyer from any further taxes for said purposes, until the taxes ot such tax-payer, levied for said purposes, would, if not thus paid, amount to the sum or va!uu of the materials so furnished, or amount so paid; Provided, That said building materials, or furniture and fuel shall be received at the option of said trustee. Sec. 12. The trustee shall, between the firsUof July and the first of September in each year, mako an enumeration of the j children within th-jir respjetive townships. towns or cities, between the ages of five and

they shall not permit to be expende 1 for ; or city of an a joining county shall py any other purpose than tuition nor even to the treasurer of ; ao.-h townsl.tp. town or for that purpose in advance of its appor- . city ( when a tax is levied therein for the tioument to their respective ( corporations, purposes aforesaid,) a sum equal to the tax Sec. 9. lie trnstees shall ake charge lev.ed computmg the same upon the propof the educational affairs of her respec- erty of such person ,n the township, town tive townships towns and eitles employ or cty where he resides according to the teachers Jlötfc ÖJft'ÄtÄt TnT' after mentioned and shall establish and , and in default of such payment, shall be

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. - . V , ., , . iai inen ski revenues are .ogeiner wun a similar statement ol ttio but after an .-..l.a .1.- f.-.. Ihn ii 1 iif.it i nti nf Ilm f'iililr. tho t n it- n ill t n Inmn rr f -t n ...K. .1. 1... . . .... .. .. I w . .. . . ...,

7J' , 7 v . jrir ; Tr' : " r ,7' T r w PPononed, to mi vacancies that may oc- number licensed of bimse f, shal be ap- Forty-five , . . I I . , , I ra. Alhi.l-lltl.1 VlfAlM.lil I lift m VT ll -ft If A I I.I.III t,an.i i . a t- . . a 1 i n 1 i . ..... a a aw. ... . AWIVW V

u.eren . a.m uu w.-w. .v,. ...... ,., .-, ,,, .., ., irusiee eur in the office or director, to designate Maded. by said Superintendent, to his thirty-four v. suitable houses, furniture and apparatus thereof shall noufy the trustee of the town- i 8,,.h renaJrs as ihov m.v ,Um n.- l,;..n;j ' u r I

twenty-one years, and excluding m irried , er of the enumeration ol the children, rcpersous. Iu making said cnum ration, the j port and fnrnish the statistical information trustee shall list tin name ol tin parent, I obtainil from the teeclprs of the schools guardian or head of family hf.ving charge of tluir respective towaahips, towns an 1 of auch children, and against eajh name, in cities, an 1 embody in a tabular form the appropriate columns, he shall enter the ; following ad litional items: The number whole number of such children in charge of district; schools taught and their grade; of th person n vim 1. the num'ier of male-i. I teach'Ts, male and female; average com -the number of females, the number of the pensation of each class; whole amount school district to which such person is at- j paid for tuition; average length of schools; (ached for school purposes, an 1 shall de- j school-houses erected diring the year and signate by numbers and initials the Con-, cost of the amo; number of volumes in the gressional township iu which suc'i person library, and the number taken ont during

resides, including in said list and imumeration the names and children of such persons as have been transferred to their ! township, town or city, from adjoining territory, and excluding therefrom tho names and children of such persons as have been transferred from their township, town or city, to a ljoiuing territory. And

upon the first enumeration after the taking from, together with such other informaetTect of this act. the trustee taking the j tion as may bo called for by tho school exsame sliall enquire of all poisons having ' aminer and Superintendent of Public Incharge of the children thus enumerated to ' atruction. Failuro on the part of the trus-

wnich school they desire to attach themselves; and npon making their selection, such persons, together with tho legal voters hereinafter provide 1 for. shall bj con sidered as formiug th; district or assojia

: t . I i r .i 1 i I all legal voters,! who may have attah?d themselves to such district at the time of the enumeration, shall bs voters at all school meetings. Src 14. When persons can be better accommodated at the school of an adjoina I 1- . . l-l a I ing township, town or city in which such i l ii ' r person reside, snail, u sncn person so request at thi time of maVing the onumera tion, transfer tMn, for educational purposos, to snch township, town or city, and ' notify the trustee thereof of such transfer, ,U : ..1. a! .. -I. .11 t --.L. . uicii uuuee snail lurntsn me enumeration .r .1 . r .V. . - me cuuureq ot .ne persons so irausierrail A,l 1. U-11 ... v:. i .u,...,.,, outii, rt.vq uis report of the enumeration, report distinctly the person transferred to, or from his township, town or city, for ichool pur-

aiuu iur äcuooi purp jsos ot mo sciiool se- j oy tho Auditor when h makes snch aplectod, and noiu shall be allowed thereaf- j portionment, and och "delinquent trustee ter to ettach themselves to, or have tho 1 bo chargeable therewith and liable in his privilege of, any other school, but by the ' bon 1 for the amount se: withhald by tha cousent of the trustee, for good cause Auditor, which amount shall be addod by shown; Provided, that at subsequent onu- ; the Auditor to the sum for apportionment merations the same inqnirp shall be made end approved therewith, of each person having charge of children,! Sec. 21. If a trustee shall fail to diswhose residence has boon changed, or charge any of the duties'of his office relawhose children have become liable to be ! tive to tho seh ols, arj person may m iitieunmcrated for the first time since tho last j tain an action against him for every sjch previous enumeration; And Provided, fur- offense, in tha name of the State of Indither, that nothing in this act sliall bo so ana, and m iy recover for Wie use of the oonstrued as to djny persons the privilege Common School fuud any sum not exof attending the public schools, on account cceding ten dollars, which sum, when colof their beins mo.e than twenty-one years lectod, shall be paid into tha county treasof age; And Provided, further, that any nry and added by the coanry auditor to said legal voter, whether having tho ohargo of fund and reported accordingly, children or not, may attach himself to any j Sec 22. Any pers-fti elected or appointohool by making a request therefor upon ed such trustee who shall fail to qualify and the trustee at any tituo before closing tho j serve as such, shall pay the sum of five dolenumerafion. lars, to be recovered as specified in the preSec 13. All persons attached to the ' ceeding section, for the use therein named, district for school purposes, including 1 and in like manner added to said fund, widows who have charge of children, (and ! unless such person shall have previously

poses inlicating in said report tho norabjr of children in charga of the person transferred, with the same particularity that m observed in the enumeration; aud it

i.i r.i 1. . . . fin . Mtau vtv inwmi lor ma trustee oi me town- .. ! I 1 . . I snip to wnicn saui territory slia'l be transferred. to locate and build hoot-houses upon any territory of such adjoining township so transferred, the Mhe as if such . . . .i ... . . - ..unci. , " . ; J i . nrr 1.1 h.a.- nnrc-An lvincrn.r,,i f V t U V IVIHU M.I Ka10 t, V a I W M I I I i i j t , r a . 11 . . . o.a.,,, y r. ... .i ...... icsiues, vi ticn exclusion, , c', , . , , ' .a.. w diuoi rxininor of the proper county, a copy of his s ii I list and enumeration, with his afli Iuvu euuorseii increon. lo mo eitect that the same is to t best of his knowledge and .a 1 . .1 a bidet, full and accirat, and that the enumciauou uocsnot inciuue persons who are Ijss than nvc or more thau twenty-one years of ago. S;:c. 17. When a Congressional town ship is located in .rn.- - , f . it e na nroiiAr tr HUM Inr oni-li nnr inn t I ..... . ah ui luuitf luiiuiio, V ft ... a r.rrw. v... ,..a... v.iv.w. in me several counties, biiaii report at tue .a sanu time, and in like manner, as provided in the last prececding section; to the school examiner of the county in which the Congressional township school fuud of such township is held iu trust and managed. Sec. IS. The township trustees and the school trustees o( incorporated towns and cities, shall Immediately after their annual settlement with the county commissioners in March, make a full statement of all their proceedings, receipts and cxpenditdres for the year proceeding, relative to their schools, and shall came the same to be published in some newspaper, if any is printed within their jurisdiction, or by posting the .ame in three public places in tli-ir respective town-hips or corpor.de limits. S;:c. 10 To enable the trustees to make .-eports which arc required of them by this act, the teucher of each school, whether in township, town or city, shall, at the expiration of the term of the school for which such teacher shall have been employed, furnish a complete report to the proper trustee, verified by affidavit, showing the number of the teachers employed, male and female, an 1 their daily compensation, the number of scholars admitted dnnoir the term, uratingnishing between males and females, and between the ages of five ami twenty -one, and those over the age of twenty-one years, the average attendance, and boo'is used, and branches taught, and number of pupils engage ! in the study of each branch; ami until such report shall have been so filed, Rnch trustees shall not p iy more than 75 per ceut. to such teacher for services. Sec. 20. The tiustce shall, at the time of making his report to the school examinthe year ending on the first day of September, and also the rumber of volumes added to the library; assessment on each one hundred dollars of taxable property and each poll of speciil tax for schoolhonse erection, and amount of such levy; numlier of acres and valne of unsold Congressional school lands and income there tecs to make the aforesaid roport at the time specified shall subject the township to a diminution of twenty-five dollars of its nxt apportionment Of the Common School revenues, which sliall be withheld .. . . . . serve J as uch trustee Seo. 23. The inhabitants whether resi ding in or out of the township, who shall have disignated any school in such town ship as the one to which they desire to be attached, as provided itt section twelve of . t . i.. .1 -. 'this act, shall meet annually on tho first r. a . ft. . Saturday ot October at the school honso, i if there be any, if r,ot, at some convenient place, to be designated in the notice of such 1 meeting, and choose one of their number' director of such school, who, before enter.i .. . ... . .. a ai ing upon tno discharee ot his dotiei, snail . . L . ... ft ... ., taao an oath faithfully to discharge tne mi., i. . ' I Li .. . -,l same, ine uirector so eieciea snan, wuin ten days after his election, notify tho trustee of his election, aod-in case of fail'ure to elect, the trnstee shall forthwith ap- J

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point a director of said school; but any director so appointed may be removed upon a petition of three-fourths of the person attached to said school, who aroontitlcd to

i . . . - vote at school inectiutrs . . . O" Sec. 1:4. Other meetings of such inhabitants may be held at an time, upon the rail of the directors or any five of the inhabitants. a.. m.11 l,cK ol ancb school moctii. by i poMiiig nonces in nvc puniic places in the T irft 1 1 ? rn r 1 for want of such notice, in the absence of fraud; .snob school meeting, hall have power to designate the teacher whom thej desire to teach their school, to determine what bra a che, they deefo shall be taught in such school, and the period at which their school shall be taught, and t,,e ma'mer f ci' Tenue annortioned to them for tuition with. I l" I II I I V t UUt HO IllCCtlH" SilAll I a I to their school-house; to memorialize tho township trustees for the removal of their , v' v-v-. ii.ii v. hu tine, ..it i upon nny otbor suliject connected with thei s,.,ool or tnwnshin- Pm,,Sdl Tlt.t nml, any other subject connected with tlir in l,or;., nitiintnl hall ka an ..no.l as to prevent the trustee from exercising a J SOund discietion as to the cost of such repairs, removal or erectiou of sthoolhouses SCC. Zij. When such meeting shall petition the trustee in regard to repairs, reIf . ft ft a -a . -a .-a a -m w m . a ft ft movalpor erection ot a school-house, they j Sh., tilllltsh tn sue 1 1 rmf f- an isti m al . i.f I .1 t it ... t i ,Me nron.-ii) e cost ot sue 1 renair. removal I I I

or erection, or the sale of any obi school- ; str iction; they shall receive from the trus- of Southern union must be shifted to the house, and the grounds belonging thereto. ! tees their reports of enumeration and their slave ijuettion.' Then all the papers in Six. 27. The trnstee shall, in every i regular school and other reports which are bis interest, and especially the one at case in which a majority of the voters en- required by law to be made to them, and Washington, published by Mr. Duff Green, titled to vote at school-meetings have de-1 otherwise gather up the necessary data dropped tariff agitation, and commenced feignated the teacher they wish to be employ- and information, including that relative to upon agitation, and in two years had the ed. employ the same, if he or she can be had private Common Schools, High Schools, agitation ripe for the inauguration of the on reasonable terms; Provided such teach- Colleges and other private institutions of slavery gnestion. Ami iu traciugthls ager has a license to teach; and in no case learning within their respective counties so itation t. its present stage, and to comshall the trustee employ any teacher whom j as to present a view of the. educational fa-: prebend its rationale, it is not to be fora majority of such voters have decided they j cilities ol the State, and enable them to gotten that it is a mere continuation of do not wish employed; and when at any f make full and complete reports to the old tarilf disuni m, and pieferred because time after the commencement of any school, ' Superintendent of Public Instruction, and mire available." Vol. LI of "Thirty if a majority of such voter petition such ! receive for and distribute to the Township Ycurs in the Sen ilc." trustees that they wish such teacher dia-J Librarians such books as may be furnish-j a missed, such trustee shall dismiss him, but l ed for them, and a lise such a disposition Mr- Corwin nn.l ihe Importance of his only upon good cause shown, but such and use of them as will tend to increase! Mission to Mexico.

teacher shall be entitled to pay for services rendered. Sec. 28. The director of each school shall preside at all meetings of the inhabitants connected therewith, ami record their proceedings; he shall also act as the organ of communication between the in habitants and the township trustees Sr.. 20. He shall take charge of the sciiooi-nousc auu propeny oeionjainj mere- ; to, under the general order and concurrence of the trustee, and preserve the same, I i l it a . ii . rl i ii i ; .1 vi -mm muni) ait ..(.tirary rppair ot tho school-house, furniture and fixtures, and provide the necessary fuel for the school, and report the cost thereof to the

a. m . a cou-iuct snan noi cxtcn'i Deyona tnc current term, and may be, in the discretion of the director, for a shorter period. Sec 31. The decison of the director in excluding a pupil shall be subject to appeal to the township trustee, whoso decision shall be final. SCHOOL EX.VMlXEns. J Skc. 3'2. The boards of county commissioners of the several counties shall, at their Juuc sessiou iu eighteen hundred and sixty-one. and triennial ly thereafter, appoint for their respective counties a school examiner, whose official term shall expirees soon as his successor is appoint- .. t u,,,-. C ler ngupin. Ilw. i iih.w nt hu iitli.-o cliall ..!-.. .. 1 l I i ; i : . l ...k .: v., Wmm .a.wwo v.-. AA.m , oil.ll latAV ÜI1 I subscribe an oath according to law, which 1 oath sh ill be tiled with the County Auditor; and all the proceedings relating there to shall conform to the law relative to oaths of public officers; and theieipon the sev eral County Auditors shall report the name u . posa-ome ftuuiwu. tue person ap-1 pointed in their respective co;:ntip tn K 1 -CU -.1.1 f ( - g - 1 - aa w law Superintendent of l'ublic Instruction. Sec. 33. Said school examiner shall examiuc all applicants for licouso as teachnf ,u ftmin n a,.Lnnl- n( ,un C( t Z Ll T"! ? " " ?..Ji I

trustee tor paymenr. govern appeals lrom Justices oi the l'eace moa purchasing arms for the purpose of Skc. 30. Ho shall visit and inspect the ! to the Common Pleas or Circuit Courts, j organising a largo military force to march school from time to time, exclude any rcfrac- so tar as such rules are applicable, and their across tho Uio Grande. Tbc I den in tory pupil therefrom; but the exclusion of j decisions of all local questions relating to i the Southern Confederacy avow their inany pupil from the school for disorderly ; the establishment of schools, and the lo- tentions of extending their territorial limI . . II . a li i.i I . I "a a r . . 'S

rin7-werai7wriE ü ; h I ,i5tical io-ormation exhibited in the reports , uch property as they may acquire, beyond o to ZJSJZthl i.i , of tuch trustees in such form as miy be N rent paid to their lord. When we retion. In 1 ll hi u-riiil ? prescribed by the Superintendent of l'ublic member what slavery is in our own land, mav ked and .naw nf 1? i"ri instruction. FailurJ to make the reqnkfd I northern men are even yet found Zl h. r Jii of corre t .1 reports at the pro,ier time shall subject the to uphold it as consistent with Christianit Z AaZZTL7ET IctomdSSci &ay of ty and civiliZation, we are tempted to er caidencos disclosed by the examination Um r .i v.- c..ii wond r at th,a fftatiewm nf tl TWan ,-

the applicant is found to possess a knowlBlllIO IllC.J I BU1IICI12UI. lit IIC UHlimailOB ol the examiner to enable said anolie.nl I . l i.- . :.. ciz .: . .i. to successfully teach and give instfnetion 1 . O .iiomuhiuu ... . ... in the Common Schools of the State, in orthozranhy. rea-linsr. wrilimr. arithmetic. a a 0 v ' - geography and English grammar, and to manage such a school, said examiner shall ' license said applicant for the term of six months, twelve mouths. eirhtn nmnilia

or two years, according to the ratio of cor- apportionment of school revenue to the Ä question in this country as to what conret t answers and other evidences of qnali-'" KVel townshipe towns and cities of j stitutes au Abolitionist. It will be a setti cat ion giveu upon said examination, the their respeotivo c-muties and parts of con- j isfaction to many to have the question setstandard of which shall be fixed by the ex-j gressional townships of adjoining conn- , we accordingly take pleasure in aminer. I ties, whose congressional township fund . ,,,, . rVV Sec. 31. If the persons attached to and ! managed in their counties, and report j copying the following authentic definition forming a school district, have at their j tn6 8tne to the proper county Auditor by j nf the term from The Southern Literary school meeting designated other branches tu day of November, annually, so as Messenger, a respectable RkhwoAad 3ag of learning in addition to the one above to enable the county Auditor to accurately azjnelit A t aa A j 1 MU!..l. lla .1...- A. . ft- I ft ntllW 1 Alt t Vft A C'ah.-v..! f -Amm lM.'l!. t

mniiuiucu, men tucy uesne IO nave' . taught in their schools, the trustee in em ploying a teacher for said school, shall re quire said teacher to be examined as to his h . . , r V.l nnal ih mna tr tua.h luiwdi w. -. i y au L; tinnol irinn i.k 1 on. Ka cm. rt . . .ftVaSSäftt VI UllVH.O, j tfttS'l 111V OSIU UAUlU llft'l : shall be entitled to a fee of one dollar for each male, and fifty cents for each female applicant exami led for license, to be paid ! by sucl. applicant. ) Sec 35. AU licenses granted by the' exam ners snail be limited to the connty in which they .ire granted, and if the examiner in his discretion shall grant a license to any applicant for less than the six branches mentioned in section thirty. .a r .11 . ti . a. atnree oi tnis act, sucn license snail state .. r .1 . .a .. . . I upon us race mac me otner branches i :t.l .U .r are oumiou iu request, oi me proper trustee, and such license shall limit the person to whom it is granted to the particular school from which the applicant

comes, and in length of time not exceeding six months, and a second license shall not be granted to tho same person for such low rra.de of nimlifiration

. c " j Sec. 36. The school officers haviir power to grant licenses, shall have the power to rei immorally, fca nf th aiiicna Ul 111 revoke licenses for incompetency, cruelty or neglect of tho bulast week of M.v annually, renort to the

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öupenntendent or Public Instruction the nutn o f sa ftrr Ann Ski n.l.n. la. Im ad Si granted I license since the laut report for hisjeounty, di. iajruiehing between Ihoa, li- , censed for six, twelve and eighteen months, and two years, and giving the number of males, number of females? and total numher of licensed, and the number, but not the names, of applicants for license whJ are rejected, anil the number of licensc? revoL-e.l- an .lwir. f 1.:, rnr I " " ' ...v. i.w.ii ...1.1.1 .li.u.i... a .a -.1 ... .'.. - a. Sec. 38. Said examiners shall constitute a medium of communication bctweea mm i tie Biiooruinaic sciiool omcers ami tue schools; they shall visit tho schools of their respective counties as often as tliav

a - j ... . . I as practicable, uniformity in their organi - zation and management, and their conform I a. . I - aa. : . 1 it to the law. ami the rejnlations an 1 insi ru.-t imiiu nl Iii Stotn nir, nf V.I11.0 - - - Win, . yji .i . , n . lion, and nnerlnteu, ent ot Pnhiin in. ' m 1 - - - - - --w-.w their usefulness; they shall see to the introduction of authorized text books into their schools, and advice the trustees as to the most

may deem it necessary, during each school against a protective tiriflF. That, being p t term, for tho purpose of increasing their down in 1833 under President Jacksou'a usefulness, and elevating, as far as praeti-! proclamation an-l energetic measures, was cable, the poorer schools to the standard immediately substituted by the slavery agof the liest, advibinar and securinsr. as far! itation. Mr. Calhoun, when he went homo

t approved school furniture, ap- tm3 adoption of a vigorous policy in conan.l educational agencies, and, as nection with Mexican afiairs, and that Hr. . i I m a I

paratus far as practicable, they shall furnish trus-

tees ana teacners wun the regular lorms, Wl be instituted to repair at once to blanks, regulations, instructions anil re- ti,e cjty 0f MlxiCOf and commence negoports which issue from the Department of1 tiations for a tieatv which shall mmrmukwm

.D.-Li-r . .? t.i...iit uouc instruction, an i reiaie to ineir respective branches of the school service. Sec. 39. Appeals shall be allowed . a u r.t. a a l . . . irnm uu' u.'.-jsions oi UlU triMOCS, rC.IUVfi to school matters, to theschool examiners, wno snail receive and promptly tietcrmeie tnc same accordins to the rules which .1 a. . - ... I a ftT.i.l ft-a canon, untitling, repair, or removal oi

school houses, or transfer of persons for fa commencing the movement. The adschool purposes, shall be final, niinistration believe that this filibuster Sec 40. The school examiners arc campaign can only be effectually checked hereby authorized and empowered to ad- by entering into a treaty with Mexico, minister all oaths relative to the school ( guarrauteeing her independence, and indubusiness in their respective counties. cjng France and England to j'oin the proSec. 41. When any trustee shall neg-'jeet. If Mr. Corwin is successful in hia lect to file with the school exsminer an mission, it it beli?ved Col. McCullough enumeration of the children of the town-1 will Hinl a 'more formidable antagonist ship, town or city, as herein before pro- l,ar, his old friends, the Mexicans, and vided, tho school examiner shall, iuimedi-: that will be obliged to measure swords ately after tho first day of September in with troops already inured to warfare in each year, employ a competent person to the Crimean campaigns. X. T. Bearld's

! take the same, and allow a reasonable component ion for such cervices, payable from special school revenue of the ...... township, and shall proceed to recover the

name of the Srate of Indiana, for the use ilitude to that greater curse, absolnte slaveof said township by action against the said ry. The Russian system prohibits the de trustee in his individual capacity; and in grading traffic in human beings, like cattle, such suit tho school examiner shall bo a in the market; it requires a sale of land to competent witness. accompany the sale of every serf; it guards

Sec 42. The county school examiners fc . f , fif. f u" " or ueiore tue nuccniu nay oi September, annually, make out and forward to the Superintendent the enumcra-1 tion of their respective counties, with the ....... a .1 same particular tiiscrirai.iaiion requircu oi Ac trustees; he shall also furnish the sta- " "Tu" , T. TV T. .. ' i ,i nntentle wWh. makes the appor- J iuiiiuuC n in. 11 snail uc tatiiiii iu uj tue I - 2 A I rffti . i J u,",e"1 "VPr"' 1,1 Cül"7 nave 1 f. . 1. I 1 1. . 1 .. 1 : . a-uicss lui iiiu luw on tue ucuiitiucui ex- , WUH:u au cu,-üa uring : r v. -a; i vlli Skc 43. The school examiners shall make out from the lists of enumeration, an I I4u r no ts of transfers, the basis of the "Ffv"v,v" vuuui icieiun lor luiitotl, . '1 according to the one hundred and twentythird section of this act. Said school ex-ol..lft-l t .u r annuers shalPalso, at the same timo, fur-1 ft .ft A a . ft ft nihil Llm POiint v Aulihnr wilh uipK a clafn. f Viii. r n T ai i ftiAJlt tit all h'ani Ar. ftfl um II nnah n f wi --a-w w www aaa- vra Wä mw ft III V1IIIUIV V Iv Auditor to assess the persons transferred the proper special school tax, levied by the trustee ot tue township, town or city to which such persons are transferred. EC- 44. Tho school examiner shall nom stateu punuc examinations oi appncants lor license at some eligible point in his county, after due public notice at least once every three months; and he shall, as fr as practicable, make such public ex- : 5. 1 .1 aminauons oy masses. . öec. 4ö. Th saiil KfdiAnl iiminnr , ,7 . . snail receive lor au his services required by this act. such per diem as may be rea-, sonable and just, to be allowed by tho Board ot Commissioners of his county, to

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be paid out of tho special school tax of each township, in proportion to tho services rendered au J time employed in each; and the county Auditor shall draw hi warrant on the county treasurer in favor of said school exanvner for the amount su allowed, who shall pay said warrant ont of the special school tax in his hinds boeel, in th. -.r.ate. im.n, than .in. hin. dred dollars nor annum for his services ex- - ... . äaaf 1 J aaSät - iL.'-i. a2 this act conci ,df.d next week. - . L i Methods Conference. Baltimop..:, March 25. The Methodist Conference mljonrned on Saturday to Staunton. Va., after adopting a plL of acporntioi from the Northern church by r bq it- n:. t. .u- nul:. I .1 UII1T VJI UU, IIIU U 1 11 U l I 1 1 I 1IU ' ildll. - ' - . -. . . a . . . Is declared the action void. members declined voting and ere absent. Col. Bextox ok the Slavery Agitation. "The regular inauguration of this slavery tion dates from the year 183d; bat it f.nmmpni'ftil ttrn vn.ru hcfr.rp. anil in bad this wav- Nullification and disunion had mmmnnKol in 1830 unon comolainU v u in iiici.v-' ; from Congress in the spring of that year, told his friends that 'the South could never 1 U united again t the Xorth on the tariff ' a- 1I.1 it !m r r nir-non iiiut a o 5 "ju rime rt'.fi- v) ijuuis I- J J : . eev her oit. and that the basis IUU tCC4S' Washim. i on, March 20, 1861. T 1 Cm,n mmAXäA !,. i -v.ii.lta.-l.. t. iv..l.-vl'l- t CC'Ult- VllOte the administration hn .latin 1 nnon Corwin, if he will accept the mission. I . . . . . o tt w the independence of that country. The 'President belie ret that one of the earliest steps which will be taken bv the Southern f a T ' t'cf,. ,,,,-y 1 lu. f.. ..f ..-... . in.r p0n the adjacent Mexican States. It ü undeistoo.l that Col. MeCallouffh. the eelhrlJ T.tn l.'nn-,.i is nnw in Rich. its over Mexico and no time is to be lost (jor Serfdom in Russia. Accursed as it is, it has little or no simfemale purity, recognizes the marriage tie. forbids the seperation of famlies, and gives i th wc her liberty as soon as the husband -s obtained his; it allows in general to the field serf the right of voting for their ..Ml flK 1 al - 1 " "ö" vu"-v:a - 1"-" not a legal guaranty for the security of tw TZTu wi h 1 -- w - ... " - - . 1 - . . r f, their system of serfdom. If American c Uvaru to at ,..... m. t,l I n-ut um inch. - -6 tiilioti tlini- oi-j tu- ii-nr, I w in ran r anffnamt -" ' av ..v ..v-.c strong enough express the excellencies of that which Russia is blindly throwing away. Christian Examiner. if-fT For nearly thirty years it has bctn ... . , . a a , i A n knlkliAntcr ic a 11 v m an M n t iiqaa not love slavery for its own sake, as ft diA AAA iLUVlJIIVUigv J . v www Vine lnsiitiuiwii, uo uoca out woimiiu u V e . ti... . ...t..i . ...k. .1 , . . , : 'BS UlUWa MCI OtUlIC Jm II a W - T ft VVftftV : does not adore it as the only poss ble ao r cial condition on which a permanent re publican government can be erected; and who docs not, in his inmost soul, desiro to sec it extended and perpetuated over the whole earth, as a means of human reformation, second in dignity, importance and sacredness alone to tho Christian religion. Ho who docs not love African slavery with this love is an Abolitionist." "1 think I have seen you before, sir; are von not Owen Smith?" "Oh. yes. I'm - o i i : 2 - . ... a ... Win OPIIIP, IUU own oi;,., awnmu Brown and owin' erery-body. ' r r Those two lines that look so soletoj., Are put iu bore to fill the cplemtk