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PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY. JANUARY 11, 1873. BElTEBJf ALLEY. will be either ex-Congressman Armstrong of ors. Is that which requires them to prod ace to Lycoming, Mr.

D'mintck of Wayne, or tne oouit the eonteut, in writing, of a majority Thayer of Philadelphia, most probably the i a BUiubsf of tbe qualified electors'1 of taeir Boih Messrs. Armstrong acd Domlnick 1 rwpecUv atstrtcts. As thev are tec red by arc member of the Constitutional Convention, th ctfeiKits, and directly refHHivibe to buf the iUiofi of Attorney general wlii oot thm, thev dem this parof th law as uaseces-conflict with that p'wiison. Mr. Armstrong Is a sary as iu exvculion is treuaiesoaie.

Coming Down toLaVer! manut uuc ici auiiiiics auu gieai itusousu pop ularttv. A. Wilson Norris, an intimate friend of tle Governor elect, ts generally named for Private Secretary, Mr. Quay, the probable Secretary of the Commonwealth, was for six years the Private Secretary of Governor Curt in, and during that period had experience In the Secretary of State's office, and Is thoroughly conversant with ail Its duties. VINaJtCISX AFFAIRS.

During the mouth of December the amount of Slate bondd redeemed by the Commissioners of the Sinking Pond was 175,674.44. The unexpended balance In the State Treasury on the first of January was $1,214,789.49, besides 8338,319.85 applicants to the payment of over, due loans, relief and Interest certificates. Tue following is a statement of tbe pnbuc debt ot toe btate at me eommeucsment oi me new year Debt beariug coin interest. 4,428,500 00 lebt bearing Interest ta United States currency 21,828,650 00 Debt on which interest bas been stopped 242,070 85 Debt bearing no interest 100,742 05 Chambersburg eert ideates 127,857 10 Agricultural College Land Script Fund af FeaiMylvanla 500,000 00 ToUldcbt 27,27,20 00 Tbe total receipts Into the State Treasury for the Bcai year ending November 30, lajl, were of which the largest single Item was receipts from corporation stocks, amount ing to Si.tfL'B.tHjy. AnCTIC The Eepoit of "the Superintendent of Com mon and Orphans cohools.

Sjttrrtml Corro-4rae mtUbmxg aSaacttw llAKBiESLlta, January 4, 1672. OF OCa EDUCATIONAL STsTEM. Tim splendid educational system of Pennsyl vania rests upon a slender basis, so far as Constitution a' authority concerned. The Coostl- uiBU 17W seetrei that tbe Legislature shall provide by law lor uto schools throughout the State tn such manner the poor may be taught The Con stitution o' 1S3S adopted this section, audits q-iaiat language merely cos teai plating the education of 'Hue p-rf' "graU," is the Comtttu-lional bisis on which has been reared our noble ysteio of gMieral edneatlon, taking Sn rich and poor aitfte on tnm ot porreot equality. The aw ot isdi iia tne inunaauon ot the system tt Oomioon now tn u.

It owes Its exittenc-? on th- statute boots to the indomitable enerry and of Thaddms Stevens and the Annuel ut tit repreMeutative Pnuasyivauia German Govern-r, G-org Wolf. This law pm-rldt'd for a s-btHH tax, and that nchootfl should be maintained at the public expt-nse, and in- iraoMl tEetr supervtiiion to aBoaxd if Directors to bt cbHen by the p-ople. These were Its anec. teaTurestfit the piopte ot each district wera Sikwt-d to dt-termiae. bv an electiou.

bother The new cUo)i stttem sttHiid thi adopred- Prior to tne law of 1954 tbe public schools were "paupsr schools." with raie ex-cs-pina. Iu litttit and meaning. The tuition of te-chtldreu of the por waa paid by the County mm wi oners whenever the returns of the rhowed that Ihe parents were anable to oar ths cvc. Iu lVi3, Uws than 4 0 chiidiea attended school at pnbUc ex- peuw, a tvd rtnst of these wre taught by Jncom-pieiit Tt-acb'T. The efcildrpn were cia-tolft-d py aad papr" schma-s, and tiiU the law that most odiou ot diMtQCtions oue rearing fMiiely oa wealth.

Then came the act of l3l, and ub It progress, at rime siiow. ut and ure. rurthr amend m- f('wrd. Vot be ssteia did mt reach its u.i.h iw (c. i jc-- tuc first rtme ltlA-- p.

oifted the srh-aol officer with sde-r titeulMft-e tiia laws: THE WUKS er TaiSTT TSaHS. Thfl ia oi itde opU'nai with Use school itr ic to eoae under the provisions of the ia. The number of dtttrtcts rep-trted ts hen te system wa prtla.4y in opers- lioa. ift wsicii iSft were reported aa auK'tltary. loTa, the of districts ts reported at 2, ail of rbioh hare eotaie uadr the prtioiw of the laate law.

excpt three. vt: HaftiH'tiy. Beaver county, and OvcxlVsid, attd Asiltiigwa, Wyossiiig lfeevul before the of tit then for tne first Urn Ute schawl of Fnnylvania wili be eompiete. Tte tiamr ot sea-Mars reported la 1S5S, at avt-H'O, i at 3J.M4, bad iiicreased In 1S wiKti the vas t-arl in operation, to li'i the number of scholars re-prted ts tw gt some fijryrw from the rec- better lhaa The tosatiiiare trm the reports of iSio aail the two firt yers after the school system weut into operation THE FARM AND FAMILY. aa- Bad A workman at known by his clyiw, and the eTidenons of goad farming he found ta the general thrift, or its lack oa tbs (arm.

It is mot an Ti'lenc of good farming to at dilapidated fences broken K- swinging oa one un's, pernapa nut awaufiuc at all- It ot an evidence of good Jitnaing ta rind tUe plow frozen in tlie furrow, the barrow just where it was List need, the aarYeeter sheltered in an angle of the Virginia lence, too mower stanuicg in the middle of the aieadow, where tlie last wath waa finished, it ia alt an evidence of good forming to hnd minor tools lying around kjoae to be covered by the aaowa of winter, the corn crib un-eovered and exposed to the aun and rain, nor a few dozed by the weather, to be worked up iecemeal, aa wanted, or perhaps, if coal i used, lying in a ecat-tered pile, with no eoTcrimr save the eanopy of heater It ia not suggestive of thrift when hog are allowed to root np the aaaadovs tha perhtp nu be cut lor hay neat season, or Lonwa and cattle allowed to roam IL ere at will, lone after the at graaa iadevo ired, eating into the ns aad perhapepnac limit the tuif soaked with rain. It ia not food economy to allow etock In Winter to gt unprovided with comfortable stables or sheds, because you cannot afford to buy the lumber to ahelter them with. Tbeee are aome of the principal evidences of bad farming. The minor own an many, for that which ia worth buying ie worth preserving, and he who I the beat farmer makes the most money in the end. The way to accomplish this ia to begin yoang, for habits oi orderly care acquired then will be improved in mature aga, just aa carelessness will be intensirie with the growth of years.

The farmer who owns but little stock and keeps it fat, ia richer than he who, awning much, allowa it to waste and be come poor in the endeavor to keep more than hie farm can carry. 3Iucb of the thrift aad order about the farm lies with the children. However much the parents may strive, howerer hard they may labor, if the children are not interested in preserving order, if they have not constantly before them incentives to do so, one little derskction will follow another, until in the and disorder will pre Tail, the farm will begin ta run down, and it will be found that it eoata mora to bring it back twice told than it would have to have kept it intact at tint. Whenever you are through with a tool or implement for the season, put it away in a eeeura place. The objection sometimes i that it takes so much room for stor- ac.

is mot valid. There is on every farm plenty of Loft room for the lighter tools. and many ways will sutfgeet themselves for raising comparatively heavy ones, as plows and barrow, and a little time spent at the right tin. will he money in the end. Even mowers, lukrvetatera, and threshing machines, occupy but little room, if properly taken apart, and the exercise of doing bo and putting- tbni together again, ottcn give valuable lessons in mechanics, and renders the operator thoroughly conversant wiin workings tt the machine ttseit.

Them is more in the care of little thiugs than most people for if these are thoroughly looked alter greater ones are not apt to surfer. neetern aural. My Method aslilng. When the clothes are removed Sunday morning, they are put to soak in a tub or barrel containing cold water, i without aiMtpk) which is made ready the evening before, of course, assorting them into four lota namely, fine, and flannels; flannels are not soaked. ia Monday morning they are pounded and squeezed in this water withalong-hrmiled light mallet, then wrung out, and after the water is removed thrown back into the barrel with a sufficient quantity of soap, and boiling water poured over them flannels and colored clothes not put into boiling watery then pounded and squeezed again a few minutes.

Very few, if any, will need rubbing on the board, as this process leaves them clean they are then wrung out -ssnd put into a hat and on to bod in cold water, with a little soap. After boiling about twenty minutes they are removed to a tub of water and gently rubbed, that no particles ol soap may adhere to them; then wrung, and put into a little rinsing water, a little blue and lightly warm. Rinse, wring, shake ou: well and hang np to dry. White naunels should be washed is. fcra emd, and all vrrilen rinsed in water of the same temperature as that in which they have been washed.

A very little starch in the rinse water improves the looks of white as well a colored clothe; besides, they are more easily ironed. My clothes, waajied in this way. am as white and clean as any one could desire. I find a Wringer a great help in washing. htarca for common clothes I make as follows, and find it superior to that which is boiled and strained, and much less trouble Stir about four tatle-sponfiil of flour with cold water into a th-n past, Waving no lumps, and pour into it a quart or two of belling water, stirring all the while.

Then pour into a quart or two of cold water, and let it stand a few minutes to settle. After it has settled, the top may be poured off for use. Mrs. Jim M. Wellucil.

Are none of the numerous washing nuv-ehinea better than the old pounding barrels? It terms to us so. We know a housewife who uses one abandoned the pounder for it, and could not be induced toreturn to it under any circumstances; indeed, ahe has not used a pounder for years. I annot some of the rural housewives tell a better and quicker way of washing than that given above JtVrwVs Jiurai Sew Yerkr. i a A correspondent of the Oh to Farmer gives the true solution, as to how shade acts as a fertilizer, in the following sensible remarks That shade ie a fertilizer is a fact which baa long been noticed, and much has been written to explain it. A few words will be sufficient for that purpose.

tShade operate simply by preserving the ammonia which tain the soil and which iscontimr-ally furniawhed by rain and snow water, and alio by manuies, and which is rapidly driven off from a naked surface of the sod, by a scorching sun. To preserve the ammonm, the ah illful farmer plows bis manure shortly after it ie spread upon his soil; and spreads bis manures upon bis meadow late in the tall, or in the winter, or early in spring, so that the amni'-ma Mj be washed out of it into the toil, thus preventing its evaporation by the sun. "Ammonia is either food or a coudiment for most plants, and ia necessary to their rapid growth. It has been ascertained by repeated experiments in England that the Urges crop of wheat can be raised by imparting to the soil an extra quantity of ammonia, either by directly spreading salts of ammonia or by guano. Hence the greatest fertility of the sod will be more surely preserved by an alternation of crops rather than aaked tallow, from which a srorchipg aun drives off the ammonia rapidly.

We hould ever bear in mind the -eloquent word of an English writer, that "mighty nature renews her strangth, not by indolent repose, but in alternations in energy," ftpwre the bwe Lwsk Oneof the principal sources of revenue from a nock of long wooled sheep, is the early lambs, that, if well grown and tat, always command a good price. In several inetancea coming under our observation, i Mtriawi made, as we thought, and still before a mistake in parting with their ewe hunbe, instead of holding them and reducing the Hock to the demirsd number, by culling trm the old ewee. True, the Utter are not usually ready for the butcher so early in the Summer as the Um be are, nor can they be depended upon to bring so much money; but this heary drafting from the young and growing end of riock will eventually prove a loss, no Mil 1i i rsy be the present apparent advawtage. There are two ways to keep np the standard of a Hock. One the policy that keeps all the best animals that are bred from it, selling those that are be- low the average in smmetry, style, and all the more de.in.ble cuaractcristics.

The other ia the policy that looks ouuide the Mock tor all improvement, by the purchase of the better animals that other breeders have bad the judgment to cultivate, and the prudence to preserve. There is a fair lemuneratitHi in the business for the man who pursues the one, occasionally infusing a -train of new hlood, if it can be found in animals better than bis own. The man whopnrsuesthe opposite policy must needs I start rich and die young if he escapes pov- eity. Carefully select the be sheep to beep, though the butche otters a high pnee for litem. It ta by such a coure alone, eoupicd with high feeding, that the best anirnssi can be bred and grown.

Vermont Fanner. Mens Ibil fr'-st -Kgg Thebest way to break hens of egg eating ie to break their necks and re-stock with birds that Have not acquired the habit. Fowls that are expert in egg sating Hrst attack the egg with their bill. If it is a thin shell, a few strokes will break it, and the rest is an easy job. If, however, the tvhcU is a thick one, they generally fad to Joaascoe loved tacs SDOTt and mnxxsum to rang, tliroags the HUit pr oT; be prepared hi tru-T rifle, tuxt TrT r- r.

Uy in the SJT part of Bridgiarr. Uk fil bunting gToand iwardT, iirr01" rZ7 HhS- very oimS Mdng 0 9 tn uXj: t'0? rd tue UeT Tr'ut 7. Piston. AtJZ'' a houa. aiiba4 tiw oa tat rasa house' was at work oL n-A "maa 01 large 4ag.

He nw 1 Mvrr. pmt4 "MI got his ZZ. I the man and bear srere iufroU confij 4ml ad et tne bear on tfc. UrelT rrtr.t toward Ito ritS the meu, and wont to tbe for'sr, Ti rtnt la 001 aa "unoooditlonali, lu. eyed ta.

rto 'J Ttetory. but loos brooJhtlT terms, after serersl boiw. h.Z.. Wm. whea be wa broagut aaor.

aad di2I ut. oax iHPBorcHaBTa. After this date. laiproreDMats er aw. rapid! aiade, and senral tae taiwiio during tbs sueeeedlug yrv Cp te tbe break, tag out of tbe late war, ttirta edaeational IBM-wtloas bad bees pat op, two or tbree eh.reaes.

sod a good substantial MKnaw. operatioa. Ia 1861 the CiiHed rmbnerisa Oburcb, and la 1862 the puMie aehool tmltd. tag, were erected. Indeed, tha last tea ran rf the btatorr of tbe town, have bna ir.

most progretie, daring whk period tt has beea aioderaized aud rellen-d Tery atoeb of iw mum pnmoes, of Its early lile. foe people Mr, a trifle UtetMr. If they -meant business," and aliegrrber It has put on quite a business air. It at fact awutg the eproseh that a-ied to be sttaehrd to oa seeount of its quiet ar.d seeminiey girl lasf. tude.

People no iubfter ssrof Beam. -It', our county sod then l.k a. If they werw sbbamed to mention tbe fact; but oa th. eotra-ry its a -high when the town, snd town, tup. send their beaat, and wit to the vsrloiis c-unry gatherings, and o.d Bearer h) ahea xe- But Beer has much to learn from the other alley towns, and can.

in tbelr huh ML mate of tbemselve. If llirv will, team much to Ihelr prodt from the goodsuld, muOVl town ot Beaver. Suras. OLDEST AND BEST. 17861873.

Ill His Year of lis Eiisleice. flith Increased Faclliti.s Determiaalioa aBtl Keswyrcett, ts Slake Ibis Leag Lstnbhnned liunial a MOEE WELCOME MTAST Ever to th Bosineaa Places aad Homes of the People, the DAILY AM) WEEKLY Enters upon a new year, which it will be tbe aim of its proprietors to make the brtgbest aud most useful tn iu history. Increasing business in ail its departments bas recently made additions and improremeuur. necessary in its mechanical arrangements, so that now The "Gazfttf" it the Larmt liaiiy Paper Printed in ffiufc Ivaiua. With this bas Come- added emciciirj vo rat ta.

torial, commercial and news departments, fully keeping it abreast with the great jaurnais off tbe country in all tbe essentials of aa interesting snd instructive newspaper. ITS KE.VEB1L PlPOKE, This will be to Intelligently discuss all public questions frost a progressive standpoint. It will give a cor dial and enlightened support te orgxnlzarijn, principles aud represent aues the Republican Party, as the best means of maintaining national unity and the equal rights of ail under tbe oust tuUoa. The ta-XSTTE does not believe the mission of tbat parry accompUsbed. with the success of its great elemental principles, nor that tt should be atiowea fail iuto tbe dry-rot of political decay, or made a mere machine for personal promotion.

has other and higher du'tea. in fasten ng an exalted Patriotism, pronsoting Universal Education, making Economy and Fidelity the waton-words of the public service, Btate and Natktnai, and advancing all Political and Social lhtgreN based on tbe theory of tbe greatest food to tbs greatest Bturbers. Believing tbat all needfal Reforms are possible witbiu the Republican Party, tbe AZE TTE will seek tn promote them therein, rather tlmnciarescfaismatid disorganisation; but to be effective in this re pert, tt iil bold Itself free to criticise and condemn where censure ts demanded by the interests of tbs party or the people. Independent of clique, leadership or oombinaiious, it will aspire so represent and advise Its great consUiueuey with frankness and honesty. ITS SI HK Oi PiRTWEVT.

In respect to tbe early publication of News, azettjc will have" increased during lie year. The ilobe ts now e-iicted the Telegraph, aud its memhervftip tbe great Prens Associati fur obtaining tou-Ilig-Bce from everv quarter of tbe world, place tne Ga- zettk od an equality with tbe Metrt'p-iiiai Jour nals ot this country and Europe, its 1 omiopr-ctal BeMirts, home and abroad, sre noted fe their accuracy and absoiuie fierOcru from ayncH-lative intlueuces. Its Local luteihg-Dce is gathered by a corps of active and reliable reporters, securing to onr readers the first sen of most Important Home Events. Ehirlng tbe sea- sions of Cougress, aud the Legislator and Con-Ututlonal ConventioQ of Peunsy iacia, Correspond eats nt Washington, Harrtaburg aud fniladelpbia will group In attractive form tne salient features of their The htgh- elm of JournaliHm is now tbe speedy aud correct trartamtssion of new in nil Its important details. Tbe Gazstts accepts this as t9 only limit of Its enterprise.

THE WEEKLY GAZETTE Has now circulation far tn excess of any poetical Jonrnai published i Penissyivania. It de mands and receives careful suprvi-aiut. la ml l'-S iepartments. Its dav oi piiWIca kn ranged aa to suit rne mt r- price is fixed at a figure purposely low to attract a large sutaeriutiutt list, Kkiu if rue (Cheapest aud Largest Paper of its kind in tbe Its Editorial, Kews, OamroeTctal, Slver, Pt- naucial, Keligious, Agricultniai. Scane and Uterary Departmeut wilt be iroadncted tbe same earnest desire to command 'the puoiie ap probation, which has sireaoy beea ounp4ovs-ly manifested, and which oonfeediy reitards the Gazcttb as the speelai organ and mom red-able reporter tor tbe kauing bitereat of Western Pennsylvania.

Tbe Market Reports of tbe Wstot Gaznra are a standard authority In Commercial eirotes Uroogbont this region." its files sre aoeeotra an authority for retereooe tn tbe Courts of tbe eountv in Important issues, to determine the ruling of pnees at any given period ia dispute. TERMS. DAILY CAXETTEl Om Yar. Six Huatat Tarse Hootba. Delirarrd la any part ol um CliW aad ad)a- CMit Boroughs tor IS Cenu far Wank, pay- aU to tbe Carriers.

WEEKLY GAZETTE SlngM par yaar Crass ol Kr, each eop, 1 C.ab ol Tea, eaca copy Aad one to tae (tetter ap of tbe aaraos. 9-All Psatasssten are to aat as oar Agents. Hpeebaea Copies farabbeal oa applieaafoa ta rroprtetora. Aaaresa, KING, REED OOm QAZKTTB BUILDISO, Cor. Eirth Arame and Emithfield Street, flTTafuKviB.

Pi. As iactdent, worth saentieaing, tkac has not been recorded in auy of tba paasra, took plaoe near tba time of toe praapsot horror. H. H. Pottar, OaBerai-atna-toadant of Ihe road, gat OB If Marnlle, and hom saunoa; maa wbea the traiastaruaV ithcaoadootot waa cot aware of the that he was aT Uie train).

He af iar the train, motimin tt to stoiHit no oi- s-in(; him ha was obliged to aim back ta bih Awig-aoa. All koowhat happened to the train tarse Brass father eat. It at not likely tw. Mr. Joaax arOl discharfe the ooadue-tor tar aoaeakimt aboard tha train.

Pittsburgh Gazette business, and anticlpared a still richer return from the manufacture of bogus "evidense," so called to order. The Credit Mobiller promised, to be an ex-tended affair, and these sharks were jubilant over the "good thing'' thus brongat to Uicm. This prompt aetiun of the Htue, however, disarranges their plans, and they are looking for something else to turn up. Yhe people everywhere will honor the Houe for its Just and speedy action. TBB f.

SWISS MACfllNS MEN. The sewing machine men are hei-e In force, aud there is evidence of a combination of these manufacturers having for its object tbe extension of patents, another seven rears. One promt neut lobbyist who of course is enthusiastic in the business, is said to have secured for nis services. The plans are well laid aud if sue cess does not crowu their efforts it ill not be through any lack of effort. The extensions proposed if secured.

It estimated will be worth millions to the manufacturers, and will result in the maintenance of tbe preatut prices of ma- WllUCa. NEW TOUX CCSTOSt HOCSE. The committee appointed to make investiga tion into the defalcations tn the stamp depart ment of the ew York Custom House have their report about ready, and will oSer it soon. They niu rxouvrato Assistant reasurr housA. and further set forth that Johnson, tbe clerk no stole tbe stamps and sold them, waa an old.

tnea and trusted clerk, and had held the position so long that he was regarded as one of the dm men in me uepartmeut. The committee, In eouciwulon. will rermrt that rh Atomn- Treasurer uved due diligence to prevent fraud. SBCUSTAKW F1SIC BCCCSSSOR. The Intention of Secretary Fish to leave the cabinet on the fourth of March Is unalterable, and not long ago, the President, seeing this, had a conversatiou with Hon.

Wm. Fvzrte that gentleman wa here, on the subject of the icwruip. Alter expressing aia appreciation of Mr. Kvaits' scrvlte la the Geneva cn ference the President remarked that he. It new of do one better fitted to succeed Flth.

Mr. Kvarts did not decline. Since then thA Pri. dent has confidential? informed him that he would be appointed Secretary oa March and Mr. Cvarw now making preparations to fill his new dignity TO as to lfNMr uo Fish's hospitality.

Ir TBS SAJt POM 1H GO SBSSiTION. That sensational rumor that the San Domingo annexation question was to be revived, has no foundation, in fact. I know from head quarters, that the President his no knowledge of any proposed revival of the project. The rumor arose from the talk of a put chase of real estate on the island fcy a num ber ot capitalists in New York and PhitadripUia, but the plans these cenllemeu have nothing 10 do with Govercmental policy. Their propi-ed purcnase is merely a pnvate speeulatiun with men the tiovtmmeat has no mure to do tr has with other real estate Uaoittloiii of Ameri.

cans In foreign countries. Ta war aaaiNsi suit a. It Is stated that advices have been received at the Hussiar. Legation that an undersraodiui; has been arrived at between England and littsxU wii r-jraru 0 toe war aaainst Kmva. Prinee UortschakoiT has triveu avsaiaiiw iem BiHWfa Miniftter at J.

Petersburg that Hni-. has no hostile desttru on AfftiiiUfin. and he Russian expedition, commanded hr fin-. Kaufman, wsjs sent to Lunis.h the Kabtto Knt who st ill refutes to surrender tlie Kutan wl. oo-rs.

The Krttish tiwenussBi tiaw-ir satisfied with the exp-assation. rBSjAKie roa tux matoraaTios. The Committee oa Inauguration Cer-moQt have submit Led the following tie aUjoureed public meeting, which has been adapted FirM, that the iov-mor ot the Out net at be requested to call a meet If; of the I-HUi- ware rrcotuiueod sn 8pprtifriatlun lu n-- fray the expenses of th Inaugural ton crrc montes; secyitid. a civil and processWa, ftrewarks, at.d the iisumiuailoa ot Petu svaoue fnra the Capitol to asrvrnteectii streer, and baii; third. th app.iinto-at of tientri Jatrni H.

as thief Marshal; ftarsh, ttw at- pof5tment of a ciuference aud raiku othef eommillcs to tvtHtol snai teerceoi. lako c.FFict 1s.sTtajr The Cotniisluoer of th Gnvra, Lai.d OfOce is in receipt of a dupat. ts-dav, r-e wilnc that the land manv ntd at Nebraska, were, destroyed tv nre lhe, sio hat aii the records of the iaJ ofSo at lrlaii. Arkac re e4uumed in Us which destroyed sbout bait taas vn shout a week ago. CBJOP KM PORT.

The last staieiseiit of the general acd fui cotton cup returns of the letartnieot ft Asti- ctttture was uva-i on the Sad of N'ovemrwr. The lfceccmber returns tvi eoU-a. and a voluntary statement wer which da not escutiay ehmug tie vember twtv nfpottTAUT to orrit aot.i?rr The Prestaeua iu vt ite ncrmxni. State to prepare Immediately an xcaUv oidi rneilect proitlbttitifr holding fared cmmL-iJtis frum occvpyiyg office so4er Mai aatoorUv. LATENT OIL LMLLUtiiME.

Strike Dear Petrelia, Parker's Landli.gf, i ana in nuttei naty and ther fiacis He nnr and Prod or r. The CHI men' Jaitmai, pubUshed at Parker. of January A Urge wii was struck oa the Widow gsitth property, near Petro'ia. oa the 21st n't. It Is reported at sevealv-Cve bar- reis, atd ts owae.1 by Preston, of Parker, asd M-Ktnnv.

of Frn.kiiu, A new wed i struck on the MeCiesrv farm some two weeks ag. It Is good Sftecn barrel il. A well was recently struck on the C. Martin farm, three miles southwest of rtrker Latl lug, which darted at oue hundred bai reia pet day. the eMtt weit, er tbe UrahaTa farm only doing five barreis.

It started three we ago at the rat of sity barrrl per day. lark and Moorhead nf.iJid a weii tia the Wal lace farm, oa Thumlav of feist wntrk, whu-a started en at sevrnty.nve trrei. Tlw 8r.t well slruek on Mai. Adams f-rm, which was reprted seme thjte nutiis ago 4J a two hundred barrel mH is sow doing Two wells were flotstjed about two weeks ago on the Walker fa.m and are onty pumping tartw oarren eacu. woorneao, wus put the welt down.

These geniiemeo, however, disposed of the wells to Mr. Itrowumm. by wtiam eighty acre of the Walker lifts is owoed. be having purchased fume six moaiits ago for uuo. Another eood strike was made tm the Htone H'Mis property on Tuesly of last week.

1 commenced to flw al the rate, of eighty barrets per day. (4. D. Karns snd sir. Nortoa are the owners.

O. Karns eompleted a well on the Ford farm, one-and a half tntk't southeast of ths Mc- Clymonds', on Tu'Sdy of last week, which strrted at twenty barret pr day. (race on the Kttl1te farm, commeneed to pump on Thursdav of last week. stai ted at tbe rate of one hundred barrels per day. The weu owuea oy reter urace ana oiners.

well was saruck on the Mitlord tarrc some four weeks ago which we understand has beeti guiug at the rate ofsevenry barrels per day. lue uaiiy is new strike on the Scott farm. Dear Karns City, ft started oa Friday of last wet at the rat ot twenty-five barrels pr day. i a Dig striKe was maue on ine aiorv tarm, vim mile east of Buena Vista, Butler county. It commenced to pumpoo rbttarday evejitag of last i week.

Ub tlie totiowtng Monday wat yietd- tng oil at the rate of one hundred anil forty barrels per dy. The owners are Messrs. Thompson ami eaner, oi rieaa-antvuie. i ne second striae awav to he trout was made on the and M. l.

Kai ns ts the lacky The well is situated on tlie sfanitsoo lain, at Oree City, and i but a Ie ruds distant from the 51oni.it)t w'tl. The. mrt penetrated less thau a tot wheu It counueucfd to flow at the rate of fully 246 bit re Is ur day, but It Is bow going at about 12S barrvll. TUe Butler people, as usual, are great fy exclUl over the strike. 8.

N. Oeios struck a well fcist week on the Orat.tao farm, near Petrolla, that ts now flow, tug I'm barrels, a day. is only four feet in tbe sand, snd gives iud lira! Ions of continuing to produce at ttt rate for rtime time. HaturUavs ritusvitie vouru avs the 0rt order of barrels, by the prjduoers tu the refiueni bas already commenced, and so Tar as we bear, the movement takes a fin siarL Iherefiners, beyond a doubt, have undertaken this move in perfectly good faith, and tu less than two weeks more the whole barrels wtu bave been received, and the advanced payment made upon It. It will now devolve upon the producers to slop all drilling for the prettem.

Product 'en and Hhlpment at Parker's landing and r'raiiklm. We are pleased to learn, says the Tltusvllle Omriefi that the producers are faithfully collect lug statistics and giving the same tlie public The course cannot be too highly commended. The following figures are furnished by Mr. J. M.

Lambing, Chairman ot Committee on ntatis-tles tor 2d, or Parker's Latidiug District, and read at the meeting at Parker's on tiatmday last; Barrels. Stock op band December 31st. Noveber 30th 102.fiHs.S7 Number wells pumping lec 641 drtinug commenced In Iec. 7 completed lfi abandoned Barrels. Slilpments during December from the Brst three districts as Shipments during November from the first three dt-drlct 200,720.

32 Stock on hand December 1st in third District The small number of walls started iu the Parker district, during December, renders it propabte tbat production win lall off the-e dur-tng January. 11 the proportion of the new wells throughout the reiou shall turn out to be no greater than at Parker's there will also be a decrease of production throughout the region The shipments of heavy oil from Franklin during tbe mouth of Decmber, were is, 346 barrels, a decrease of 41,114 as compared with November. The average price for the month wouia rat at snout fx, 35; itm now. however. leading buyers predict a speedy decline to two aoiiars, or even less.

Ana yet producers go on developing sad torpedoing all the ssnrn as If there was a steady matket at reoumersUv ngurss. break it with their beak: then they begin to scratch in the nest, and. with their feet-throw the egg against the hard sides of the box until it ia broken. r'irbt of all make hens lay hard shelled egg, so harl that they cauuot be readily broken by a hen's bill. This can be don by fredtng freely with slacked Ume, ground or broken bones, oyster tdiells, etc.

io pmem oreaking against the sides of the box, the nests should be high and lined upon the sides with ft or other soft material. Their only chance then is that thev ma? throw two evv fur. cibly each either. To prevent this rob them of the nest egg, aud gather the eggs ssvend times a day. It is a good plan to leave a few bins eggs near the nest for mem to work at, which will make their bills so sore that thev will strika lait-ral egg with less force.

Cor. Poultry WorlH. Mrft Pwtatues. During the winter and spring potatoes begin to grow old and to uecar, when they become particularly unwholesome. Never eat one of these.

If there ia inr taint about them, any bad taste or nmell, never put them in your stomach. People taa iuc uuiurj Dili HUIICT BO nlUCQ frOIU inability to get gixxl potatoes as neorde in the city do. In the city thev are so much exposed to cold, aud heat and light, and Kc- uruiaeu mai are never so good as wl en they come from the farmer's cellar. While on this subject we will give our readers a recipe for raising wholesome and delicious potatoes. (Jboese a soil that is dry and sandy, loam, if possible; but any soil will do except where it is positively wet.

With a plough maik out your furrows three and a half feet apart, and eight or ten inches deep. Now rill this furrow with thoroughly rotten oak tan bark, or chip manure, ou which is a good sprinkling of salt. Over this spread the sod, half an inch thick, and plant the host "varieties of potatoeH. Strictly follow this rule, aud nutritious and delicious potatoes will be the result. Fertilizing Melons and Cucumbers, The Gardiner? Magazine says: The artificial fertilization of the female flowers of cucumbers and melons constitutes a most important article of faith among practical horticulturist.

The "setting" of the crop by hand is insisted on in all garden calendars; if it is not necessary, immense amount of time consumed thereby is wasted. In the thousands of gardens where handsome and well-navored fruit is everything, and seed of no consequence at all, we believe the operation to be altogether unnecessary. At alt events, we have managed to secure for our own use. for many years past cucumbers and melons in suriictent plenty, without putting ourselves to the trouble of applying the pollen, hve long since been satisfied that, except for the production of seed, it is labor wasted. A Negleetrd Source fr'aod.

Ir. Muter, in the pages of the Food Journal, calls attention to what he terma. neglected source of food. Some time ago, whue investigating cocoa by means of the microsope, he discovered an ingredient employed by way of adulteration to which he could give no name. Subsequently he had a sample of a substance ottered at the Mark Lane Exchange as an article of fond for cattle, forwarded to him for analysis.

It now became necessary to deal with the matler seriously, and so further microscopic investigation led to the discovery that the mysterious ingredient was simply the liour ofthe African pea or earth nut. Ir. Mutfr declares, however, that the bean of this peanut is an excellcut substance, which, instead of being used only as food for cattle, or by some adulterators more enlightened than their neighbors, should be everywhere recognized as a marketable article of human die. The Swiss Cbard Beet. Fur the first time in our life we last season grew the Sieita Chard Beet, without a thought or impress of its value more than we had had years back but we had room and J.

J. II Gregory, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, a noted seedsman, having sent us a package, we decided to plant it. The result is. that we found it productive ef a leaf stalk equal if not surpa-teing Celery, and grown with half the care, more deli cate ltt iCXtUre, SVaafJca, Llt VA MlOw It only partially earthed np to and bleached. have notnuxg to say of it just now, more than this.

We shall try it again next year, and advise all our readers who love a nice delicate salad, and our market gardening growers who wsjt money at three to five hundred per cent, of outlay, to try the Swiss Chard leet. Fat a Instructive el Animal Phylelogr. We lay no claim to science, but the re cent record of the "Short Horn Conven tion" at Indianapolis, adds another item to our foregone impression relative to the values of animal Hie when excited or fulminated by excessive expansive unhealthy, yet digestive food. The exhibits of moat, if not all of our prize cattle receiving premiums at Fairs, it is well nown by those who have knowledge of nature laws, are incompatible with true progressive advance, and we rejoice that this Indianapolis Short Horn Convention carefully put themselves down to the truth that, while the largest and fattest sold best and won the premiums because of the fancy imcompetent judges, yet the man who knew aught of breeding kept hid animals carefully free of any excess of fatty nesn. Pigeons sre Destructive.

The XrTthem Ensign says: 'Sir John Sinclair, of Dunbeatb, Ireland, has forwarded us the crop contents of a wood pigeon shot by Mr. Stone, in the neighborhood of Barrock, the other day, as an illustration of the destruction which the wcod pigeon commit on the com fields of this county near woods. The contents of the packet are no fewer than grains. Sir John says that it is found impossible to thin down the wood pigeon in his neighborhood, and he is anxious to obtain the opinion of corre pendente who have had experience with these birds, as to the best means of extirpating Dog Mheep. Official reports siaw in Ohio an annual lose of sheep of in injuries a loss equivalent pounds of wool, or a tax of two per cent, upon the total sum invested in sheep in that State.

It is said that in two years, from lHrt to Illinois sank from the sixth to the ninth rank among the States in the number aud "value of it Rheep, and this great falling on is attributed to the proportion ite increase in the number of dogs, and the lack of proper legislation to prevent their ravages among the sheep. Id Maryland, the re trims from live counties report over sheep killed in one by dogs. feaade ter (-Ism Houses. The best permanent shade for plant nouses is linseed oil and sugar of lead, in the proportion of about a teaspoonful of lead to a quart of od; but the exact trial must be governed by the amount of shade required, which can easily bo proved by trying it npoo pieces of waste glass. First, wash the glass thoroughly elean, and then, on a dry clear morning, take the oil mixture, aud paint as thinly as possible over the glass with an ordinary paint brush.

By dabbing it gently with a dry brush, it will impart to it the api-arance of ground glass. 1 he shading will stand for a season, and be removed by washing it with a strong pearl ash water. Basall Onions for Seed. Very small onions, say about a half-inch in diameter, are extensively used by our market gardeners, instead of seed for raising an early crop, which is usually pulled and sold in market aa "green These 'Sets" are produced by sewing seed very thickly on very poor soil, and as soon as the bulbs are of the requisite size they are pulled np an 1 dried and laid away for planting the next season. Now, if your small onions are of the size we have named, they will probably answer fur seta but if much larger they will be very likely to produce seed-stems, instead of larger bulbs.

Rural Aim Yorker. Keerets el Health. First, keep warm. Second, eat regularly and slowly. Third, maintain regular bodily health.

Fourth, take early and very light suppers. Fifth, keep clean skin. Sixth, get plenty of sleep at night. enth, keep cheerlul and respectable company. Eighth, keep out of debt.

Ninth, don't set your mind on things you don need. Tenth, mind your own business. Kiev enth. don't set np to be a sharp of any kind. Twelfth, Subdue curiosity.

Thirteenth, avoid drugs. Hones ltr Hugs. A correspondent of the Western Rural writes: When I fatten Spring pigs I get bones, burn them, and feed. It saves them from breaking down before butchering time, which they often do when fed higii. When my bogs become unea snd root and gnaw their pens, I give them embers of charcoal in their swill, after which they will he down quietly.

nARlUSBURG. Tlie Prospective Organization of the Legislature. 4n Unusual Absence of all Exciting Contests at the Outset. Cftarlemagn Towers, "4f Schuylkill, the Senatorial Aspirant The Motive Power that Backs him and Encourages his Supporters. Tiic Fruspfcls of the Sucfcss of trie In trigue vest He mote.

THE COMMON SCHOOLS OF 1835 AND 1872 COMPARED. Some Startling Figures as to Illiteracy in the State. pe4ftl lagrittohfrghi aatc. January 6, 1ST 3. SMOOTH WORK IN rSOSPBCT.

In tucruaiiScj there ts uathlttgmj nleasarttc the eye as complicated or p1sftfui macMsery ruuntng without Jar or Impedsaaent. Tbe sme Is undoubtedly true of politics and legtsatton, if you happen to sympathize with the running of the machine, and its products. Iu this view the prt9m ttm Lasgislatare promises to be one of the smoothest wuiktu! t-. enjoyed for many a day. In politics it i strongly Republican.

Iu tueHouK the majority, seenrdiug to the returns, ia twenty, but the i-rieiot (tne uemocraue orgats) of oils morn tug summarily transfers Sam Jo-ephi and air. Welch of Philadelphia the lfepubiicans. The first naaed' however, haa a repatation that make the gift In no ways acceptable. He win probably ahirntHb the Uftt of both parties, or where the pvt- tuie are mt artractivc. Mr.

Uagan, the BJfffiir from Greene, ltai tteeeased siuce lii elect inn, ana tbe fwriot, alter Us reeling out of Weish aud JasrpbM, ciauins but tUin-vro votes on Us ite. In thrt Senate iite majority la tiiree, criimtloi' Mr, Alex. K. MctIure with Use IJeHct. Tbt is a feeaUhy lisurw; larce enotigh lejcitiniate pufptwef, rut nut aumetent to eneowrae ex-SraviHTir iritatton.

strong minoriUea vtv a sort of safely-valve lor majorities. in the Oigsnizauoa ot toe two uouites. there baa been, 1U be. eo cOdteAt to peak of for tht principal office. Xotbtoir that ieave a u-ioe of ui frehng.

There wlii re the usual qmaooie isr pet-iv office-, hat the "State" Chb- mut- retulat these thing by matbeuiat leal tuikk Gireu many offices pti, pd may itf.uMUma (natra and 'tH-wntatlvcs. aud tlie j-robm of each mmberv fe caMiy out. and ifte ilbersiityRaiti- fled. The I. tilted Vat Seajg.tr ts regarded 8etid, and Setiawr Csmerou wiil be re-etected uuprecedeuted uuaaimi'T.

Tlie 'lreurrr bcM ever uuMi his 1 elected by ih proiltse wnire of sirife atJ cr- ruction out of tbe way. All tbta ti rv tXt- urgiLg to geatlemea wuA fluattctai view. Li iw Dr-ict aocmir. diTlitenar it: IE tr ergauizaium and elertliius by the Lgk- rrtma in ma: tanS! ewf i tbrouttli tfiecii and vihtr tegfittatt-m. Tdere is a propc tfeere an dvtuaid ft-r ail rt of graft, at thi aestvu.

r.ie b. -i is gtaral that fcmeiided repcf, aad this create ade.axid Irom et-uuoi of the S'aavie, tjr special au-a si tbta sesstoft. 1 U'ji the lgtilaiure wiU be at ail ehary ta metvibg thedmaud. aad it ta the ihe paHpi Nx-k lor protectioa from the moff ur i ar "1 I he trnt far Bs-cin irorerpu Hfctifaeti sdmtBistiattoia wili probably try hi mvf taorttuhiy ttwui ti. rrnaata.der 4 bis term.

Hi op-MiuUies wiri tm wy grest, anJ if be avetAtftm with a ettteat fitttMt. he jr. la nertt high k-nsor. and the poof wiil he prompt ta sccoidlng Ut rtwmiA I twaere tiii geatiemsa waa siarted as caodldaie by cartles in fit auLfefSd aoUe of fits eaUMfiday wa a t-inmQdteaika for) tn th Phil- adepnta tntfutr, g'vjkg a very fJ.rten(ic eiSPhteai "ketch of Mr- Towers and bu er- rccen to the KVpobtteaa parly. Tbe repen-w ha ivn by so aaea.ua entxuragtag, UU 5Hr.

lowers' fileuoa havw vpeaed Oed quarters at tit s-Ale Capitai tel, wtth two eommodioua yi kn and am twm roaou a firs? ciaas SCSATUKl Ai. MOT KMT with the asoal coacomiUiit ef cgars snd lccai optlfB." Tiii under the char of Col. Wm. B. Si pes.

formerly a Philadeifhla democrat of no particuiar loflueio-, but ge-aeraily reputed to be use "suuti" ne tBvw prummeai, asd tn lAtt the only petnaucnt KepuUlcati ftoppirter Mr. Towers, so far a I have heard. Is Laa lim a th CtMJ.tl! tttlSaU ry roeriuiy acquired a grievuee fxn At and wauta to gtf fciin nre trouble ia his bo ib mx roweai The first answer oae hears to this question is why he graduated at Harvard ut the same class and ahead of Charles Sumner." as Mr. Towers fet comparatively unknown in the Went era part of tiiii tate. rt may be stated that he i bim- tics, ew ork, and rtxty- four vear-i of age, an4 a very fine kxriUng, ee.

raH geucjvjiMu. In bis be waa a hard ujti.t atjd graduated at Harvard tn lsi, wlis hiith ho-r-t; he studied ad pravciloed law iew -na citVi and at ataer- ent ptiitiM in that w-Me until 13-tA, wbea be re- tu theti the iHubty seat of tV'huyiktJl couciy, aad when that waa to Poitsvirle. ia ls.il. he o-taovrd there, auii is tw ateldnt of that plac. In be wm elected by the leui.crta Prottecuttug Attorney nt HcbufikiU county, and this fcs the etiiy civil he haa evtar heid.

believe sotne iroubie grw out of ttii. lorotfgh the uial-t-aanc ef aa assistant, which pit. Mr. Towers uuder cloud. frm which he has nM recovered, for he la tberevere of popular In his own county.

At the ottthrcu.k of the war, Mr. Towers promptly changed his pilicaJ relatlDna; enlisted a company for the thrw mouths' service, very liberally a Iter ward. to raising voiunteera. In be was made pnvost marshal of the Lebauim aiid Schuyikill district, and was very etPcient. He was a candidate ftr ''Congreataman-at-large liefore th State ComtDitte atraiaat tieueral Albright, but received a very limited support.

TUB MOST IK PORT A ST POINT In connection with Mr. Towers' Senatorial candidacy ia that betas millionaire. When be first seltled In Schuylkill county he purchased tracts of anthracite coal hinds at a very low price, and to these he bas constantly added until he Is the heavle owner OT eoat lauds in the county. He has Sio had a large and profitable law practice, and stands high In his profession. Mr.

Towers la vety amtmtous of political posiiinn, aud of all Ihhigs desires a seat In united (Kates senate, irtis weaknes has been taken advantage of to him as a nandtdate. A contest ou something Is deemed by a go.Ki mauy members the Sitauclal ueuen- iy oi tli wtgitoa. He Is ald to tr entirety ttorant of lha devlius ways of Pennsyivifiia politicians, and tit us tth his great wealth. makes him an eligible candidate. Sj far as I cau he does not THS OUOT Ut A CB4XOS to be nominated, or receive auy suftpoit worth tlonintetaw the Republican eaucuss, while ft I seems equally absurd to suppose that enough ttepubllcan members can be corrupted to make I an arrangement with tbe Democrats effective, even supposing the latter could be Inducts! to vote lor lowers merely to beat Cameron.

Tbe i general sentiment here Is that the movement ts ire to "pinch" money oh the Senatorial question, and th-u Towora is urged to his owu undo ing by preteuded friends who want to kill him at home. He is highly spoken of in all the relations of life, public or private, nd It seems unfortunate he should be the eentrbf such au lutilgue. Mr. lowers was expected tu Harrtabur to day, to bead his campaign, with Ltnn rUNliOlo- mew as chief inautpuutur of the wires, but last week be met with a fall, fracturing his arm very badly, and it aano-jneed that hit physician will not permit blw to leave home until next week. A CU BREST STOKT.

One ot the stories current here Is that the sum of fifty thousand dollars was put aside to make break la tlie Philadelphia delegation lu favor of Towers. Negotiations were opened, but the contracting parties split on mere question of detail; that was whether payments should be made at onoe or after the Senatorial election. With their habitual blga sense of commercial honor and bustaerts promptness the PbUadelphians demanded cash down on the nail, with their promises as the sole guar anty of the fulfillment of the contract. The representatives of the senatorial aspirant demurred thev were over-eautlou: thev utd c. O- D.

was their rule of action, and so the whole business came to grief. Man's Inhumanity to mail may mase wuu" mourn, but tlie ungeuerous suspicions nudoubtdW made the Piiiladeiphlatis mourn. I gjvo th6 for wua it is wona, pui twns worth much. UOVSHBOH HAMTRANPT's C4BINST. tveruor Ilattranft came to town this moru- ing.

He is stilt reticent about bis cabinet, aad, generally speaking, knows how to nu OWn counsel in a most admirable manner. If there have been any leakages on the subject they have not come through him. I believe, from manv concurrent ciicurosiancestriat M. 8. Ouav.

K-a ot Beaver county, will be feee urv nf th rommoDwealth sad that the Attorney Geaerst THE CAPITAL. The Opening Day Congress. Notes from the Yellowstone Expedition. ANNUAL MEETING OF STEAM BOAT INSPECTORS. Religious Sentiment President Lincoln.

STORY Or AN INTERESTING IN DIAN REUC. The Mixed Claims Commis 8ion Meeting. DOORS OPEN FOR CREDIT MOBILIER. apeeftsa Msatelite rite Car frtte. Washington, Jauuarv 6.

1873. Toe camp followers that sre alwava found In roe rear oi every victorious party are assembled here In numbers. Lobby UU aud office- seekers of every grade are filling us hotels and Hoarding houses Every tmaginar? scheme for extracting money from the National Treasury iu irleudu aud advocatea. An entrprtalog irginia real estate owner fa here for the pr pose of getting government std to develop i eoi mine that he thinks exists in or upon his estate. A ge ntteniau from Nevada, a Mr.

Surra, asks aid to develop mineral property la his State couple cf million dollars will answer for a nest egg, If more Is forthcoming when fast Is gone. Almost every description of private cater prise is here asking gore rs men aid except newspapers. I do not as yet heir ot any gov ernment aid being asked to start or maintain newspaper establishment. FLORA or TBS TKLLOW5TONE. Mr.

Vasey, bo tan 1st of the Department of Agri culture, snd Mr. ColtoD, botanist of Hazdln's Yel lowstone Kxpedltiea. are engaged in classifying and distributing the botanical collection made ia the Yellowstone National and its environs test summer. There are about 1,200 species of Flora Indige nous to the territory embraced within the ilintis of the Park. The woody Cores are chiefly pinrs and firs.

The pines are of thru vaneUs tlte ivd pine, and two short roueti snev.es, wtilct. stiain a height of from twenty to thirty frei. iuiq is snout the tei.eta of thru Latin names, the only ones of which they are now poaa-aaed. There are three specimens of spruce, eommonly called "white piie" and 'swamp pine. and the and bite spruce, or sliver nr.

Tiro latter is soit beau tiful tree. ben at full maturity. Its lower branches, which sweep the ground, spread out ovrr a disk some 25 feet ta diameter. lor rat us the bae of a cone which iws u( antretuently to a height of liUItet these there are a few cedars and poplars, and several inferior specimens more like large bushes, but which tarouli counting are bre vei led trees. The bee line on the Tito is at about tbe usual attitude ll.Ot-i) feet, but on Mount Bay.

den it is much luciivr. This peak is feet above thrr level of the sea, and vegtathxi luxnrUnt until within about feet of the top, where it stops abruMly at tbe baae of a eoiie of granite thu cap the nouuiiia, and so steejj aad smooth that even auom cannot effect a lodgment upon Us sides. Grasses is great variety and abundance sad of finest quality for grazing cover the lEountain sides to great height, an 1 hither in ummr by thousands etc, deer sod oibar herbivorous animals to brouse upva the broad luurku pea- tUTfS. Tbe flora display Is remarkabfy abundant, va ried and brilliant, for in buanl the famed prairies of tbe UVsurn Hates. frim-roses, je-amtues, e-umLmes, rouuk tm gMve, and a thousand other rare cover the earth with brightness and BU the air wan fragrance.

ft LssmTroBs or BTKAXaOo-S. Tbe Boara cf Supervising inspectors of iKesrs. boats holds Its regular annual meeUttg here this month, commcQctDg on the IHh. The existing law has had a little? over one year's trial, and Important modtttcaiious La tbe lutes governing steamtxiais may be expected, evn if Congress fails to mxke anv change to the law Itself. CCSTOMS KBs'KXrS VATTKKS.

Hon. Wm. T. Hainea. Commiwiouer of Cm-torus, has returned from bisutp to tbe West and Southwest, where be went for the of settling ont standing ba lances against the ex-serveyorsof customs, and has beea ispatcbed by tbe Secretary of the Treasury to Yrrk and Boston, for the purpose of inspecting tbe United fetates appraisers' stores ta these cities.

ths Marts DisasTsa. Tbe Supervising Inspectors who aovagtigated the Metis disaster, report to the Treasury Department that at the time of the enii--tn the schooner tailed to display proper signal iigbrs. The Scrtary will at once comine-itce ifgal proceedings agaiu. her through the Wprti-ot of Justice. iMatmsATion st rimes.

Tbe Chief of the Bureau of Statistics has just received the French and German edition of his Immigration report, containing inforBuaUoa for immigrants, and etll shortly forward bx of this document to ertnira, antwerp and Havre, for distribution ta IVetmaa and French countries. They are aot for dts-tributtoa la the United tKaien, tft li braries), but wiil be sent to any adtiif-w in either of thonc count ri, if stamp to pay postage be remitted to the Bureau- The wnrtii of the (ierman edition is under and the French under IS ounces. THS laTTSlt LIFS OW MR. L1KCOL. Rev.

James A. Reed, of Springfleld, Illinois, has been hunting up evidence In regard to tbe latter life and religious sentiments of our martyr Fresideut, Abraham Lincoln. He has embodied the result of his researches In lecture which he has beea requested to deliver Is this eUy for the be neat at one oi our enaritaMe institutions, lis zaaxaxD flax. Tbe plant furnishing this material Is found plentifully on the shores of New Zealand, and the leave, without sny preparation save dyeing. Is used by the natives fur strings and small ropes, ta all their domestic necessities.

The fibre has been proved to be stronger than any other thread, with tbe exception of SiUt, large number of plants are being prepared by th lie part meat ot Agriculture for distribution in the Dortners and westrrn mates, oeiug si ted to stand a It mite, ven sthough the ther mometer reaches nearly to zero, it will also flourish in swampy aud low grounds unfitted fur tbe growth oi cereals, ana requires no cuitiva. tion. Like tbe Ronnie plant. Its future uful- nem depends upon the lttviioa and adaptation oi mactiinery lor prrpairag tlte nore for com aserce. Thin preparation however, involve chemical as well as mechanical ektH, both ot wb'ch will undoubtedly bw furthcoming as aooa as their services are demanded.

iMroKTaitT uisoovsar. It has long been a question with ethnologists whether tbe pre histoslc men of America were scquaiutrd with the manufacture aud use of textile fabrics, but tbe question sow settled affirmatively. The mithsontan Institution has Just received copper axe taken from an Indian mound, near Illinois, which tells the story: The axe was evidently wrspped in some fabric when burled, slnen the oxidation of tbe copper which penetrated the tnleistiee oi the ctdCb, has made distinctly traceable longitudinal aud transverse fibres ot wttrcn ic was woven. The axe also proves that the art of melting and casting ot metals was sot known at tbe time It was made, aud that they were hammered Into the shape of the various utensils required. Oxidation has brought out distinctly tbe striae of the mctats, which would not have appeared had the Implement beea cast.

Belies such as thts represent the bronze age of American pre historic civilization, brouze Itself as a pre-historic mttertal being known asnonr the antl'iultles of Central and Bouth America. There Is every reason to believe, not withstand In a- the Immense number of pre historic copper Implement, ffcmnd as tar east as Massachusetts, and as far south as ixmtsiana, that the material of which they are fanned was all obtained from the lake Superior region, where there are still Indications of the excava tion of copper, and on a large scale. atixso ciajMS. The British and America a Mixed Claims Com mission will meet on the 7th sad centlnue Id session without any lengthy recess until the last of March or the first of April next. About 350 claims are yet to be examined.

Of some 150 claims already disposed of, 125 were either dismissed or disallowed, only i oi the elaira ants who have appeared before the Commission are American citizens. Tbe aggregate of the Brttihh subjects' claims is about of which but an exceedingly ainaU per eeuuge Is likely to ne suowea a susn or BILLS. There wss an unprecedented large number of bills snd resolutions Introduced to-day Is both branches. Over two hundred were sent up to the clerk's desks sad that's where perhaps vrv larre maiority of them will stay. It Is hardly probable that mots than oue out of ten will ever be heard from again.

nooaTaaows wan. The actios of the House to-day tn throwing open the doors os the Credit Mobiller Investigation, brings great distress upon sensational cor iiNmoMSBts. who wars doing a thriving A SCBtwjt. TEttM Or KrE MONTHS. The last Legislature passed law iDcreaiing fhe minimum for schools to be kpt open from three to AU districts must now fceep their schot.is open at least five months in the year, or loso ihetr Srate aid.

This law wiU have the effect of aeeurlng to more than two hundred thoucd chiiartu muc-t belter education than heretofore. Tri superintendent says sime of the poorest mouauiu districts of the State, catching the spirit lJie iaw bave gone beyond Its requirements, aud provided tor a term of six months. SCHOOL ATTENDAKCX ANT UJJTERACl. Under this head. Prof.

Wickersham, In his report, says "A table complied Lv the Bureau ot Educa tion, at WashiDgton, from ths returns of the late census snows, among other things, that there are tn Pennsylvania, 131,728 per sons, ten years of ags and over, who can not read, and 222,306 who cannot write. Of those who cauuot write, 95,553 are foreigners. The ages of those who cannot read are not given, but of those who cannot write, only 11, are between 10 and 15, and 19,976. between 15 and 21; white 190.829 are over 21. Sad aa Is the fact, that 31,522 youth In our State, between the age of 10 arid 21 years cannot write, and, of course cannct read at all or but little.

It Is stlil gratifying tbat the numner is so small iu comparison with the number of Illiterates over 21 years of age. It shows conclusively that our common saHools are producing In fair measure the fruit that is expected of them. It is to be feared, however, that the number of Illiterates, both of youth and those of mature age, reported to tbe census marshals Is much below the actual number. Few Would be reported by themselves or by taeir friends who were not totally-ignorant. The number report ed, therefore, should be doubled and more laaa doubled, to hud the actual number of youog persons In the State, who are growing up, with a little knowledge of reading and writing It may be, but iu virtual tguoranoa.

This number was set down in previous reports at it Is not less. And is it not fearful to think that this great nam bar of childroa are growing up to be men and women lu this land of schools and churches, intellectually and morally, heathens nrn ot Meoa musionjutes to lar off Iodut i or to he end work. It here, at our own door potts. IS TEACHING. The great defect, the Sdreriutendeot thinks.

Is routine, running the work of the school room in rules. Hvtui tbe ormai Scltools are not ex empt from the evil. No remedy Is suggested; tne matter lies with the teachers ELECTION Or COCSTT The triennial election tyk ia.ee last Mav, and, as a ruie, gKa selections were inad without re gard to personal or parly cnstUeration-H. Of the sixty-five men elected (Philadelphia rpjects the idea of a Superlu'eudt-at), forty bad previ ous servea ii: ora-Je. me aggregate increase made in saiaiir was $5,72 and the same, iuequalliies in saUrle heretofore coia-p Sained of stlil cTDtirme to xfct.

iVuee Siipr-tutiidenfa are pid several Slraes aa much for tbe work they are required tu do a OTHCS TOPICS-The other tropies treated by Prof. Wickers-ham are the Centennial Exposition prop er display therein the growth pn-s-ent eoudilon of our setiool system: Education aud Technical Elucatimj, the ne'-ify of whieb is shown by satistics'of the crimuial sod puper class, democntratiitg how trail a proportion ever learned a trade; and SoUcols for Meu." In wbi.b it ts p--inted out That th time hai eoise Ur a uoitrxi efxart to etatlih in ur towns and vUlagea, literary societivs, libra-nea, readmg roms. CfursH of lectures, museums, art ga set-tea, and parks. XDUCATlOW lit THB OOSSTTTCTIOIf. Prof.

WiL-krhim thinks ti Const itutiouaj Couveu'ioa houH entitge the narrow basts on which our educational )-st-m rea'a, aad witictr ts referred to in tue flrrf part of this ieurr. Ue "ut'Riits a form of const ltutional aaieiulaaeui this poin-. wbteb I cau not do bettej than t(uvte in full, as showing the view? of tiic ieadit- edu of the 1. forasmuch as 'Tat which makes a god uiuft keep ir, viz mn of wisdom and tnere shall be ktpt In operation throughout the Siate system of emraoa school, free tn youth ti wwa the iri-. ut six aud twenty-one yea.ni, aj corapreheuMve in its course cf lustruciion as may be louid practieabie.

2. The arts and sciences shall be promoted In the several CO of and oiber bLjthr institution of ioarulcz and schools of art. by stiemrtbeofng lawn aud ce-Hled ap propria tltms." 3. Normal srhoois. far the traitiing of teachers, shall be encoujag'rd by appiopriate leisLa-tloo.

4- The Genera! AssemMy provide mrs fnr preveutlug truan', vagrant aud neieeted 6. A lparimrtt ot Public shan be orgaiiized enmigh to embrace ail tbe school of At its head shall be placed a General Superintendent, with a prt pet force of assistants. e. A State educational fund shall be provided by law.not iu any one year one-fourth of ait expenditures reumred for school purposes for thit jeai; which fund ihaube amoiig the several school dKtricU la pro-portiio to the number of children, of school age, resident therein. ths soLiLCHfl" oaraas scbools.

Prof. Wtrkersriam ha at' prepared a very interesting reprt on tbe Soldiers' Orphans' Sehool of the State, of be is Superintendent. This is one of the noblest educational en-terpri'ies ever conceived in Pennsylvania. It originated fh ex Goveruor Curiln, and to htm beUng the hiirh honor of beiug the fa'her of the sistem. The baxis of tt ww a donatltn to the State by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Jan- nary, of to aid in paying bounties to itMuutasers.

In June, 1964, Governor Cnriln, acting under legt'auieaatbcrity. appointed lr. Burmwea, of Iaacaster. to supervise the ex-! peed) tore uf the 5 j0.0' In "the educatloB and of orphano. The bttc made tta first appropriation in 18A3, and bas appropriated siuce that time $3,422.38.34.

to it lea may be added private donations amounting to f6. Ihe control of the Orphans' Sbools were under tbe charge of Prof. Wickerham in June, 171- fie at once removed rentrtctiias on the admission of orphans to tbe institution, and now all soldiers' orphans, trn tvftre January lSritt, are alluwed the privileges of he sob'-ols. This has largely increased the number ot child- rec. and swHla-d the expense.

Much of the hi-- i tory ot ths Orphan's' Scuoila ts condensed lu tlte foliowtug Ktatement; I Number of tostltutmne to which there are soldiers orphan. Number of orphans In schools and homes, My 31, 1S72. Number of orders itsued fnnn May 31. 1871, to October 1, 1972 Number of dNcharges front May 31, 1871, to October 1, 1S72 Number ef orphans In citarge of the Stare, tctiber 1. 172 Nuntr of orders of admission Issued siuce system went Into operation Number applicants now on file.

Probable number of orphans that wil be cared for under the sv-tem 37 3,. "127 880 847 3,42 T.218 None. r.eoo Cost of the syntetn for tbe past year. $475,245 47 Whole cost of the srstea since going Into operation. 3,467,643.

PI Probabie amount of future appro- priatttns that will ne needed 1,500.00 f0 Prof. Wtckerbam states that not two per centum of the chtldteu who leave the schools at tbe ae of sixteen, turn out badly. "What they would have become If the State bad Dot cared for ttwrn, may be inferred from tbe start Hug fact that ftcoftirds f'ie population of stir prtmns ana houses ren.pt? is composed or orpftns Tlie Supet I uile intent iu this view urgM ttte Legislature to extend the system, lu a Momwhat tuodiitert form, embrai-e all yr-phana. For every dollar tbe wuid Judiciously Kpnd In ehg for her detHu'e orphan children, ue wi-aid save at tea do.iard, acd, hat vaslii" uf more acCimnt, wmn itw ehUd Of -the Moiltsy and zal which the educational of the fctiate are supervised by Profer Wtckersdism, no wards wf pi ai are requisite, ilis works speak for him. snd st-teats his Udellty to his great trust.

AttCTlc t'OSYICltU Of ML'KDEB. Circumstantial tividenee As RcuarAable a st'iry as Auy Ever Recorded by friction. BenShelbv, Arthur Shelby, Ball Woods snd 'William Woods were convicted of murder tn the Urt-t decree, lu Burnett mnty, Texas, and sen. tcnoed by Ji.dge Turner to be banged ou Fii- uay, tne iwn or jauuary next. Tlie prosecution was-couducted by Judges Terrill and Wal ker, employed by the friends of the murdered man.

The case was one of the most interesting In the annals of criminal trials, and evi dence, though conclusive, was entirely drouai stantiat. lies ch.ee ver, the murdered man. waj shut frm his horse at ntxht near tbe resi dence oi tne sneiuys bis throat cut and his bodv carried on horseback three miles, and thiowu luto a cave in the prairie 1 50 feet deep. A large rock was placed on the bloody spot wherw his throat was cut, atid apparently every precaution was taken to avoid detection. The appearance of tbe rock Indicated to the keen eye of the frontiersman that It bad been recently placed there.

Close by it was paper wadding that had been fired a shot gun. On exaininlug Hie gun of Ben Shelby, paper wadding was fuuiid in it, and another pu-ee oi paper tnai oaa -vi dently been fired from a shot gun was found under Sheihy doorstep, ta his souse was found a periical, aud it was ascertained by comparison that the three pieces of gun wad ding had bees torn from that paper. A small fragment of McKeever'scoat, of pecuUartexture, found st tbe bio-xiv spot, revealed the fact that tbe murder bad been committed there. Thre were many other ct cutus tanc pointtrtg to the accused persons as the but one ob serve especial mention. On carefully placing the paper found where ths blood hail oen cov ered by the rock, and comparing It with the wadding found It) Ben.

Shelby's gun, the following enigma could be read from one paper tt another With piece of pper or a slate, Sit round the Are ooth targe ana small; A letter make, almost an eight. And now you see wast covers all-" a limes. Til IIEAITIFCL MtNKKY EV IIRCIHG BEAVKR. The Town it Our Day, is A FEW PEETIKEET BUGGE3TI0K3 ros iMPfioviaiTirr. TUe Con kit Sea Hits AViUlernessw.

LaKLl IKAtES OP THE ADVAIME OF CIVILIZATIOX. CCorresprHidence or tbe Pltt'nrgli Gazette. 3 Paper So. 5. BEAVKB THB OOCBTT SKAT.

Beaver, tbe county seat of Beaver county, the oldest town ta Beaver valley, having been laid out during tne last century, while yet the hole country around It was a "howling wilder ness" snd the home of ihe wild beasts, native Though me life of the town has been an eminently quiet one, and scarce a ripple bas been raised oa its surface by the commotions and excitements incident to simoat everv other town in the valley, yet a part of its histo ry, iu its aoongioat lire, tradition informs us. characienz-u by some of the most roman th an daring advent snd some of the most tbUrreUiig incidents, ever witnessed is tab country. Tbe bare mention of Beaver, throw; the mind back nearly a century, to the building oi oici rort a ana to it suosequeat careei aud history. Clustering around the history of thai oia run, is iouna mny as event or transaction iwt would lend an encbactmeut to me pen tne mot g.itd writer, and furnish toe uterary worm iib some of the brigULeiat and luuruaeiy worts oi romanee and dar ing. For years tb fort was occnpled by soldiers aud tradeis, some of whom had houses on the outside, which they occupied with their families, undt-t 'going the privations of frontier life, and euj'i)l''g the exciurments and sports attending ii.

xl uas oeen toe tueatre of many an exploit inrpoowu4-a tsrauy ana nis brave assoclales, and under tlie inspiraUou of hotly contested cha' alter tiie red kius, some of the most eootiojiaate JtilI and sublimest bravery tha. ihe worid ever saw was there displayed. Who hits ever shown a nobler or more self-sacrificing buwjbu spirit tne rougn irntiersmau, who, ro-Kave f-iom eapnvity and death a neighbor "uin, ruwra imo ine verv taws oi aeath. aud dt-fylug the jiaos ai a troop of savage, carried uer ou in aioty to camp, aud restored her to her homt? HF.ROXC DDS IK KaVKLT TIM KS. Where tLere ever been a njore forcible lllus (ration of b-r-jtherly love, than that of mas, surpojed to be devoid of ail the finer feelings of ui umjuity, raised and trained amid the wild sctrBi-s ft backwoods life, who, when his com raue was wounded uuto death, rather than leave a.

to the mvrcv of the savages and a vic tim to the scalping knife, picked np fai shat- iu if), ana carnea nun on, loiiowed by a horde of heroe savata. with their demoniacal yells and brauoiibed tomahawks: But such UUus di-J occur. Another tnieresting incident ta rciattd. occurtiug at Jr'ort Mclutosh about tL; uir 1781, wluji mu-it close this series if rsonal adventure. There were three brothers living at the fort by the name of liev Ugtuu, tite eiuest of whom had a family living lu a oi their own.

The three brothers were abseat from borne upon one occasion. The wife and chlid of the eldest were at the house tite other two had not theu married. A hlFrd man ptou gttltsg in a HeUi. ctoae by Uie duuog the day a neighbor r.ne up to the door oo horseback, and was Uikiug to Mrs. Bsviiigioa.

Whilst he sat on the horse chatting wiih her they heard a gun go uS. The iaiKtrercame runnlniE toward the house. The aeigiiox iiiitaiiif dim-jonted. took the saddle aud btiaie from bis horse snd turned u.m tovve. inre were two Indians pressing the wouiiCg latrorer hard.

sirs. ft rig ton and tue neighbor entered the house, drtertulned to keep tue dor ajar until the poor, fellow could and theu instantly close it. After Cii-rirg shs trussed hr youngest child. The settler seized a gun and rushed ou Itr it a tw wect the wounded man pass-eu lif ana as be caiue uj. but his gun snapped.

He ran tow j.id lha dtttermtued to reeevte it or die. When he got close by it, one of tbe savages ws upon run. He instantly clubbed hi t.fle and knocked him down over bog uouga, seiaa uic cqiic ana Dure it tn triumph tue uouse. me xnataa was severelv hurt by the biow, aud he aud his companion made on rapidly, taking care to keep a cover between liiTir bodies and the port holes of the house, airs. Beviugtou shouted to tacm in tones of de-rtsion "Not to be In a "fcurry, to come but they retreated, intent upon escapini? iuu- iahmenu" I'pou the abandonment of Fort Mela tosh.

the fields that bad been cleared, avsin became Dart of the wtidertiess. LaTISG OCT BBAVEK. History furtaisbes us with tbe following infor mation relative to the laying out of the tsrwn of Beaver: By the set of September 29th, 179L Thomas Mifflin, the governor of the State at that time. was instructed to be caused to be surveyed 200 aere ot land In town lots, near the mouth of Be-aver creek, on or near ihe cround where tbe Oid French town stood, aud also coo acres adjoining, on She upper side thereof, as nearlv Kquate as might be. iu ontiots, not less than five nor more 1 01 ten acres each.

Bv tbe same act. fi0 acres were graiited for an Academy. Dan-iel Lec fmrveved the town ntot." be probabie motive at that day for locating th county seat at a distance from the creat manufacturing advautases at the falls, was tne existence of the weli known shoal Just below the mourn 01 Ht-avrr. a ditucua aud dangerous passage to the keel boats and other erait in use at tbui day. By the location here tbe town was accessible aliice to tbe lower and upper trade, aud the obstructions theme-ives wouid probably throw couMderable business iuto the place.

Jvmuel hrst nettled at Beaver In 1796. Uf kept au mn on the bank of the river, near Fort Hclno-h. lu the town was made the seat of justice, and Incorporated, March ZHh, lt2- Among tbe early settlers, we find recorded the uames of such meu as Jaaaes Allison, how -as HiMiry. Jrpii Ht-tr-phiil, James l.yon, Sam. Bel Laurence, men ot honar aud character, snd ho, though bow at rest with their fathers, are yet reme-BiDerpd wit sacred reverence by the generations following them Their integrity of character, intellectual ability, and moral worth.

bave left some ot the substantial and leading men of our eoauty. It would probably be invidious to meuUon the names of any of tbeee worthy dwseendants, when it is remembered that all of tbem arc held in the highest esteem by ihetr neighbors, aud some of whom nave oc cupied high places of trust and honor, at the baud 01 the country, and state, and fellow-citizens. At the time of the incorporation of tbe town the whole region was a dense wilderness of trees and jiapiings, as indtca was nearly the whole ef- tie euttre valley. It is related with great interest tv thoM wore bovs at the time, bow tbe milling nv-d to be done iu those days, wnm Mk was but one mill for aU located above New Brighton, and calied Wolf's situ." There wa a siisste, narrow road cut through the forest leading to tbe mill, over which tbe food old fathers of the olden rtme, tised tocar- rv UaV4M' woeseoavoav oe grouoo, ana eurn io tue a -ur. 11 is nauu ior one in hi vaiiev of mills, where tons of wheat are grouud dally, to now comprehend that ever such a time existed, exempt in uaaginatioaa.

KaBJLr raDicaxions or civilizatios. Tbe first officer in the eouniy at tbe courts was David Johnson, a man ol bigu literary attain ments', and great ability, who was appointed as first Prothouotary by Governor McKean. Mr. Johnsos waa the pioneer of education in this western country, and sacrlnoed an linsw init amount of valuable property, nearly all bis possessions, tiuder the patriotic impulse of giving to tbe neglected of nts country the principles of educailon. The ooaxt was held at that lime In a tittle lug cabin standing on the bank of the river, not a great distance from Fort Mcintosh It is to be regretted tbatnolneideiits of tbe early courts eau now be bad, aa tbey would no doubt be vrry interesting.

Border Justice ts not pro verblai for Us gravity, aud we read of many iudi-erous occurrences in Western Pennsylvania, during the eitUug of some of tbe courts ta early times. BeaVer remained mostly wilderness for long series of years, no building of any consequence being done until about 1810 er 1411. A court houe was erected la 18 lu, of brick by Ferclfer I ay lor as contractor, to wblch an addition was putin The original structure, though sixty two of age, bears Its years well and looks good for as many more to come, a Jail was built tu T812 which stood a great many yar, and was suoceeded by a fine saud atone structure built in ird. What tbe court did for a place for ctimluals up to 1612, history does not inform us. but It may be that tbey were confined in part of tbe court botue the old log buiidn.g.

Or tt may be that prisoners is those da bad more respect for the dignity of the law than is now shown, mud gracefully obeyed its senterase until released by proper order. of tbeee two buildings to meet the ends of Jnstise, but HfJ tm peeve merit of any cojisequeuce took place. Bers aud there amid rhe gloosnv STaudeur of tbe forest trees, a hum ble rVaStdence waaereeted for the Sjccossmodatioa of tbe plain people, who dug Iron, the unwilling soil its roots and brush and forced it to supply ineli' warns, ana mere tara tan inunaattou tor tbe future irreabness and com fort of a people not so plain in costume or living. a tAa stokt." But very nttle ptugieta of any kind wMssswt until about 1828 or InSG. As an insiaarn ef ttss widseea of parts el raw eountry, I ftv p-sss the of to It tbe by est It as ta 15.

eSo 745 SOS 1 573 4m. i. Sm. 34 $i3 34 11S 32.344 4 tl.l2H tl 04 St. 670.

5 27.1t!V37 No. of district. ifrhrtricw acce-ptliig. litrKts paid iUKtricts reported-. ot whooii.

Time sHttwris pea. No. of te h-m Py maie mou'h Pay female Wti-r. o- of KhLlar Av. th ei; srlwwii.

At. cost each scrt4ar Hrate Tat IWWJ'W lusirof? joa, luei SDd conttticeocteaj 19. 97 a 0 Conipare the atve with tbe annexed tate-raeut of tbe ceodttton of the public schooLs of the tat tor l7i, an piBSented in the report of Prof 4. Slate Superintendent of Common SfhKrfj: Sfeueoi dtti1ct la the State Number of sriooj dumber of graded Suiisber of fatot direptrB. of superintendents Numtierof ucher Averse Miarles vf maieieachers per month Average ftaiarta of female teachers per nttMsth Avtvraire length of school term la nf toth Number of pupils.

ve-jag mamber of ptipus 2,029 4,9 1A.4M1 h5 41 71 tM 60 S34.31S 5.6,2il Pere at at uda ce poa the wtiuM nuaitr registered, ,4 Average coi tuHluu per month tttr each pupil SI f0 Cost of toliion for tbe year. 63 CmU of buitdtng, purcbasing and renting school houses Cotuf con tilt geocleta Total cit tor tuition, butWiug, Ac, and eontlngenciea. Total est. Including expenditures of all kinds. 2.S.113 At 1.2ri,6s5 90 7s 8.S45.072 7ft Estimated falueof school pr-perty (to tVmpare the eipendlturew: In 16 the school system cot lu 1472 there were expended fr srhoot purpose, (Including soldiers' orpbaiiA), under the Mup-rviton of the State Department, SM.S5a.P0i.

th This looks ilke Ittv eral progres-, Out the fact that the but census reports 131, 7'2 prons in Pennsylvania over 10 years ot age who cannot read, and 322, SS of the same age and we-nr who cannot write, shows that we bave not so much to boast of after alU It Is almost lnciellblc that there la such a mass of Ignorance in tbe State, but these are the official figure, and they understate rather than exaggerate, for no one, however p'wr and Ignorant, cares to leport hi own dendeueiea. In kkift sLatcment in found a strong argument for compulsory educaibus. A CVMPJLISOS W-ITK LAST THAW. A comparison of the exhibit of 1S72. gjvtjn above, with that ot 1S71, shows a cheertng in-orea in the.

number of graded schools aud in tbe saixrtfl of teaSier, but a decrease In tbe number of pmil eurelled, compared with 1871, of 30,967. '1 his was owlug to the prevail lies of smalt pox iu klmlist all parts of the State dur-iu tue wtuter Tttere is alo adecresve tn the amuuut expended tvt tMiuAitig pchoui Iiouvr of over Uf a million dollar-, but this is attribuiatile to resit let ions alludtd to below lu thstaw-of 1871. RKrOEtT OF THS SCrUURTEHDBNT OW COMMON schools. The annual report of Prut. J.

P. Wickcrshanv, SuptTlnteodent of Common Schools and of Soldiers' Orphan' Schools, presents a comprehen sive view of the great in te renu intrusted to ins upervMou. Tlie tabular statements embraced in toe report, prepareu with great care from the reports of local officers, have an especial Inter est to those Interested in educational subjects. MOBMAX SCHOOLS. Thre are now six State Normal Schools, and building- sre tn course of erection for four others.

The law of 1857 contemplated ths es tablishment of twelve schools, and that number wlM be supplied within few years. Professor thinks tue weaK point or our ior-mat School policy Is that the people have too mueh and the btate too little control of their management; hence their administration Is rather in the interest of private than public ends. Hereafter, however, two trustees will specially represent the State In the Boards of Trustees ot uie several normal no Boots, ana this will cure all the defect and harmoniously blend public and private luterests. BRA OF SCHOOL BL IL1MNG. The period during which the present Superintendent hak been at the head of the School Uepartmettlt, may well be called tbe era of school house bull ling.

There was paid for building and tepair rig school houses In the state. In 165, tHtVS.OSS in IS? iu 167, in li, $1.991, 55; In 189, t2.46.. 71; In 1870, 2.76fl.f44 34; In 1871. 263 SI, and iu 172, S2. 854,113 35.

The Super-iuteudent says: The, falling off In the amount expended for oehool houses during tbe last year is owing to the passage of ths law of 1S71, authorizing the aeversl courts of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth to rrsnt school directors power to bor row money to build school houses. This law was enacted for the laudable purpose of pre venting the passage of special acts concerning the borrowing of monev by school boards, it was not designed to check the progress making in sehool affairs, but it has had tbat effect. The feature of the law mfW objectionabi to direct 4 sa I i i.