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NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE FRIENDS
OF CoMMon ScHOoLs.-The foregoing is the
caption Of a3call, published in Wright's
Pepper and Casket, over a large number Of
distinguished names from every part of the
Union, and addressed to the friends of Edu.
cation throughout the United States, to as.
semble in Philadelphia on the 22d of Au.
gust next, for the advantages of mutual con-
sultation,' and to endeavor to Systemic their
efforts for the promotion Of this "paramoun,
interest Of. our Republican Institutions.
Judging froad the energy and forcibie
character Of those Papers-the commune
cations IRON the various quarters of the Un-
ioE, and the names that are coming 10 the
rescue, the prospect Of a National Educa-
tional Convention is reasonably within the
range Of success. There is . great field
for the action of its members, and the sub
ject is well worthy the attention of every
phiianthropist.
We would rejoice ct any measures calcu-
lated tofurther the great cause of. knowl-
edge among the masses, and the dissipation
of provincialism, peculiar to this country,
BY the establishing Of : National dialect.
II Letters have been received in this
city from E. N. BLOCK, Esq, formerly Of
this county, dated at Panama the 7th Of
March, BY bis friends here, which we have
been permitted to read. He gives a salts
factory statement of the accommodations,
expenses, and advantages of that route
~corroboratipg what has previously been
written gift, and concludes by asking US to
warn all persons here agsinst that route
He had fortunately secured cabin pas
sage ticket on . Chillian vessel for $780,
10 afew hours after, they we're in active de-
naad Ncfrom three e 1--WE hundred dollars.
Two thousand psrsSnsi were still waitingl
ESr4tansient vessekiH which to SAID, with
but little prospect, Of q departure soon
Indifsrenf board was:two dollars per day.
IN .y3s:.3s IT, as,ri 1.-A |
Telsgraphie despstehes received at ST.
Louis, say it is rumoPsd that Col. Doniphanl
has been appointed Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs at Washington, b.. !
The news by the Cambria, published I'M
another column, from Europe, is Q MARIA
ton Of "war, pestilence, and famine"
.RSome weeks ago ws,aoticed casually,
but favorsbly, the appearance of the frstl
number Of the Record, published in this
city. We, however, did not tell the peo-
pie that it was edited BY the young mani
whose name appears as publisher and prof.
pristor, il. default Of which, We appear toll
have aroused the iEs Of the real editors,
which boiled without yenttill belched forth
ct d inths second issue q that paper, on
Wednesday, last. It evidsntly wants to bel
noticed, and ws have concluded to crafty i'll
this week. JudgingfFomthe calibre ofthe
thing, We might have bssn led to believe
that twas edited by the young man-(iu
We, certainly would have stated
but the iaformation lhat we possessed
Of him, and Of others. forbid, it. We must.
bsssxeased for failing to sfstes thing that:
nAens here could. bsiieve-we have tool
mash rssPeetf for eurvssscity. As to what
10 ecLAIHED TosE'' in an editorial we care,
bddE litfIs:: = - If4 ymA srei f1g .'aI l.
E5i1ffSI L.rBGeud aa brG !5ar ~ r-a. II
ExoasITANr.-A public meeting, Of tiiel
emigrants, was called at Panama on the
Istiinqs Of Darisn) Do the 9Th of March,
to dsviss measured ef relief 10 consequence,
the sxoebitantipI;ess charged BY vessels
Ter Pssssgs thsnesto "a; SEA Francisco. The
price asked By Esglish sailing vessels thenII
10 POft'wss $sIs6 stsersgs and $4,000 fore
cabin passage, With the privilege ~oflsndingll
The passengers q any point on the coast III
.Ihsirseiloss Shossad ssert-ths p~asseneersly
b cook their ora provisions. The meet,
assesotution declaring ,ti.eyIr