Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-08-15


every two years by the popular vote, and
the party lines are drawn as tight as party
spirit can make them, so much so that IN
act Of official courtesy and justice on the
part Of the present incumbent towards his
predecessor of opposite politics, lost him
the denomination this fall. although he
proved himself an able and most diligeut
officer. He is required by law to visit
each county once every year, and is allow
ed one clerk, but cannot have him more
than six months in the gear! With bis
complex duties and responsibilities, it is
easy to see how much of the time his Of
fee must be closed. The School system
here is slowly reaching an assured founda,
tion, through an experience in some re-
spects very similar to that of our own
State, only Of less duration. The evils of
single school districts, and the want of
County supervision a.e felt and deprecated,
and in these particulars they are cheercd
and stimulated by the example Of Penn.
! syvania. In libraries and text books
they are much better off than We are !;
though, for all that, much prefer that
the selection should rem,in in the drec-
tors, a. with us, near the parents, rather
! :han in the combined heads Of depart
ment, as with them. As in our case they
are sorely crippled, for the wan, of normal
schools to train teachers.
The next door brought me in contact
with Gov. Wright, slender six footer of
some forty-fve years, with a high head,
slightly bald, long face, and clear gray
eyes frank, courteous and direct in con-
versatiou, and a man Of ability, az was
shown in his address at the E.nlira State
fair, last fall. In politics, a radical dem.
ocrat, yet justly deprecaiing some of the
ultra democratic tendencies Of the times,
that Look towards weakening of some of
the essential checks and balances Of con-
stitutional repubicanism. Being candi.
date for the U. S. Senate, his Influence
will doubtless be cxertcd to the utmost in
this falls campaign. He denounces
"wrongs on both sides in Kansas" and
is particularly severe on the Republican
party, but not so much so as on the nix.
weissers, the bulk Of whom here, would
be Buchanan men, if they should drop
Fillmore.
The Governors room is q sort Of th-~n
cornered affair, occupied by himself and
Secretary land quantity Of public records,
without any reception or consultation room.
Marrow quarters enough, for either official
comfort or the public convenience.
Did not visit the Legislative balls. The
mex, room was occupied by the Secretary
aud Librarian of the State Agricultural
Society, which is in a aourishing condition,
and does up its business with great efficien.
cy. herewith mail you their premium
list for the next State Fair; and on my
return will send you the last annual vol
ume of their prcceedings-a donation from
the Goyernor-but which viii probably be
of more use to yourselves and our readers
than to INC. The Society purchases and
distributes large quantities of the annual
agricultural reports of other States; con-
sequently farmers in every county can
have access in this library of their own
county society, to all the annua, reports of
every State in the Union in which State
Agricultural Society has an existence. The
advantages Of such an arrangement are
obvious.
CHOW is politics." you will be apt to
ask Well, have not troubled myself on
that score, aud can not tell you very much
But if any body in your county is suffering
from cnnui, let him by all means migrate
at once to this region, and plunge into the
vortex of the Presidential campaign. If
the fiery pith and pungency of the contest
don't wake him up to the fact that the
scr;sis which were to have arroven has ar
roven," aud that somebody or other had
better stand from under, there would be no
use in shovsling hot Goals on his back,
anywhere.
The Kansas outrages have brought up
public feeling to a high pitch Of excite,
ment, and for that reason the prevalent
tone seems to be in Fremont's favor. Mr.
Buchanan's nomination soothcd it some-
what; but Democrats Of my acquaintance
who would have come "straight out
agains, either Pierce or Douglas, but cheer
fully support Buchanan, volunteered the
declaration that failure to relieve the
Kansas prisoners. or the driving back from
the Missouri of any more computes, whom
they kneo to be composed Of god citizens
and good Democrats, would compel then
nolens uolens into the Fremont ranks, fol
"human nature would ut stand eceryttiaJ.'
| Attended Presby terian church yesterday
Rev. Thornton A. Mills, pastor; one o
the heavy new school guns-a stout farm
u.