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FURNITURE.

FURNITURE.
TURNTTURE, FURRTTURE- Dash PRTn
polo for houeehod furniture Of every desopu carpos
che 9th feathe, beds watches, ewery, firearms, surgical
musical and nautical IN uments Parties promptly wate
BY dropping q line calling on HC0AFFkAY WAL
JEkS, auction and commission merchants No % Ca herns
street. or 462 Broome street, corner Of Mercer.
dispose Of the furniture OF paror bedroom and kicon
Apply 81 Hudson street, Hobcken up stairs from I'LL
O'Clock In the afternoon.
NNURNItURR.-wIlL BE BOLD VERY Low, GOOD MA
hogary fu niure, carpets kitchen ware DC, 1t prtvAh
sale As the In In health and about leayins
the city, he will sell bargain Apply at l56 West Thirty
eighth street. near Eishh avenue.
L,OR sALE-A QUANTITY OF SECOND HAND wa
rure In good condition; also, piano, hree years oo
good chance for parties about 70 commence housekeeping
AddresnH H.. oox |. 604 Post Office.
I sON RAILING AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ug Company, the sole manua Of Crowsps
braed iron railing without rivets also Of bis euy stv
OF wire raDg the pre6s and warranted tho cheapest made
In the Uned States: They make castings Of columns, Of al
nels once and dek railing, srders, verandahs brackets
vsut covers anchors gratngs, &C. N short notice AMI
lowest prices ard contrast for the whoe Of the ion
buildings of class sections OF al their work the
warerocm No 81 Greene street between Grand and Broo
1hey manufacture for the wholesale and retail trade
description If iron furnt The largest establishment
iron furniture in New York.
DECLINING CHA!Rs,.
III Wheel chairs,
Chamber chairs
Library chairs,
OF every variety,
Manufactured bY
W. W. KING son,
468 Broadway and 100 Mercer street, New York.
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NEW ARRANGANRNT- AOCoMMOD ALTON LIMB
~ For NorwAk landing OF Few Rochelle and Rocky Neck
The Heaner NoRwALK, Capt Georss J. Rodmaa, On anA
ater Tuesday. Apr r. 1855 VII leave ee aas q o..
P. n Returning YIN lsaye Pects dock .soush EvwAA.
daily. Leave South Norwak q o'clock A. u, hss 90 eens
leavea Rooky Neck at sls a. NJ are ssnts, leaves Mo-
Rochele -. n. hre % oenta Frsixh hk0 atysAsoasb0
delivery u In goods All persons arc SosbM Espl aay
account Of I'D boA - Wthepo
3 written order ffy m The agent } NR44 us
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NOR ALE-A SPLENDID STORE, NEWLY FIrrgD
up tuate down town, in thorous business street. an
ola stsrt well adapted for liquors and ocsres 10 an in
dustr,oume son. with without iamy, good chance Il
now oieri. apply this day, at Is Spruce street.
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OLOTEHNG, 60
* ono WORTH OF NEW AND CAST oPx G01N
buy clothing OF description Gentlemen having large
small lots 70 dispose OF VIII receive the highest price pa
for them by calling ~ The store, addreng Thomas D. On
roy, 491 Pearl street.
% O0O WORTH OF CAST OFF CLOTHING WANT
pA.VOO od.-The highest price ven and cash paid IL
current money Gsnuemen having good leu Of supernuoa
clothing dpoee Of obtain liberal prices sondins
address 70. or calling on JAMES M0RONEY, la2 Wake
sreet, near Centre.
CLOTHING AND FURNIrbRE.-LADIES OR G&NrLg
" men having any 10 dispose cf receive fair ossh
price for same bysending 70 Mr.. g. COHEN N0i Chatham
late 66 Elm street Party and fancy dresaea bought Ladies
attended 70 by Mrs. @.
GREAT BARGAINS IN eLOTHING-FOR ONE weRK
~ 70 close ne concern Per cant below cost VII be
sold ths week, Tuesday next at auction.
u,O TAILORs.-MY SPRING PLATE FASHIONS sc
cond diploma American Institute. ia being oevsrNo
q the nsual price Of q SO patent shee and boob included
hare also hand al the moved systems,
stenemets. ST. Acons SIS; and Wker IS; Desssudos
venie 81 Actuo's Ladee systems - Patterns cut Cor
wArdoo my former terms
b. B, PR THREW, vesey 1t, Aston House.
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NOR ALA GOOD FAMILY HORSE, ABOUT lbn
hans high, warranted und and kind IN all haruess
isbmen be sold low, Il sop led TOR immediafey al 10
AbrRdc pscs corner OF HUDSON street. Inquire till
otc och
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HUDSON RIVER AUTHORIZATION APRu. ), :,
II 1856, the trains VIII leavp Chambers sasn
bws-kxpress, GA. n aneSP. mail "a n; throo, h
IL tor sing sing NsS = Ard 2 u ms Ha1,.
Sing and Peekski trains stop he sAosa passgea
0ken Chambers canal Chris cpher and Thirty IRA sees.
4AsP Il. and nast Albany ats $50 and lls A. T. and 5l6
Pm n L. SYKES, Jr., 6up't
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GLOBE HOTEL-THR ABOVE HOTEL rs SITUATED
NJ nient locality of FrAnkfort and VI
hsm streets, New York 1t completey renovsted, and
Quoted the European plan Rooms furnished
be day week 1T rs and cents per DAY Meals served
all hour Porters In attendance all hours Of Ne night
Rooms for families. 10. French, Proprietor
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vWE GREAT FEMALE MEpICINE--DR. POWERS PR
! 4od,c pills 81 per box Sold b. DR. PoSsrs 50 Canal
street. corner d Broadway,
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fNOUsTaY RESIDENCE ar SING 81 20 FOR SALE-I
" will sell the premises the highest bidder the hou
ARD grounds now occupied b. Geq storms 70 Or h.a
adjoining nsne0n Of John T. Esq. Wednesday
Apri g. al O'Clock p. M Terms made For pAiou
lars spply to HkkRY STORMS, "a futon freet, NY
JOHN I. YOE, Au suonoer
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ppoR fORFOLK AND PETERsBURG.-rHE UNITED
II States mail seanship ROANOKE. Oaotsin Them Skin
win leave for the above places wednesds 2d ins'
ut o'clocS p NJ, from pier Is North river She win
Petersburg fol wing
morning Passengers tor the South will proceed directly
Southern mail line 70 Char estOn Augusta g.
wanna, &C. Those CIR Richmond win at thar dssna
early Friday morning Travellers WI find his the oheas
are with aaeroom Norfolk. ST. TO Peersburg ai,b
mord, so. Apply to LUDLUM PLEAsAkTS 80 Broad
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LNOhRALE-THE FIVE YEARS LEASE. T)GKrHER
wh fixtures and furniture, without stosk Of one OF
NJ bes public houses IN the lower part OF he city bss
been osupisd the last fon by hate proprietor
who s bw deceased TO Responsible person whole Will
~ soldn terms apply the premises x Uhstbsr
street cto p GAkkICK, sixth Ward dote. corner Duane
and Ce streets. 800
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abshed segar and iobacca stre centrally situated
nussss street one block from Hudsn river and New York
and RE railroads. and the california steamship depot
nrrooas mo other shipping from whi,ha capital shpong
apo crntry trade done opposite Stewards refinery
vher 800 hands are employed. For Tor disposn
&c, apply at 296 Green wich street, Cha ulbers
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FOR SALE.

fsS0R Al Il 100 BARRELS DAMAGED FLO6R, IN LOfs
70 suit purchasers Apply 10 VALENTINE MOTT, No.6l
pnfaa All
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WAGON FOR sALH.-A a0oD SECOND HAND BUG
w Nv wagon. With top, spd painted back Apply TO
ffrEk THOkPsoN, 40 william street. corner Of Bsekman
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a change tor country residence advertiser would
ee his ty loca ed mansion, this city including,
sired, tho furniture recently made for Ire owners use
place the si from 5000 $4,000, would be
River Railroad preferred address, with full particulars
for one week. tox 705 Post office, n. Y. n
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sAFs AND PROFITABLE !NvEsT4khr-REAI.
IA In the consolidated city Of Phi adepha will be sold
OF pyiva hs property consists Of thryone acres
suitable for building .ots and having thereon suoeucy Of
brick ella, orck bust and the lots be
Jet o. building pnrp2sss This property 70 part OF
the Nicecwn Lsne and Rea<g and Germantown Railroads
Twenty first lweps secord Twenty third AMI Twenty fourth
running through the same, number Of building
associations u will be sold in one lot In three
els TO suit purchasers Inquire Of GEORGE CRAGnR
vaat rtnunn tke M erntse
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HOTELS.

FsoILIrs HOTEL. FOOT or CAvAL srREEr~W q
fm lee parors suites or single rooms on reaso
be terms For summer tho location 10 unequA He'd
having full view of the Hudson River and Jersey shores
rALLMAN Ma PES, PROPRIETOR.
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Oh sAvANNAH AND vL0RIDA.-UNlTED STAT Es
- mail 1ne-rhe and elegant steamer ALABAMA 4,
captain Geo scher e. will leave on saturday April D.
signed on board. For Eeight or paarage apply to g.
NIT HILL sroadw.y For Florida through tickets from
odous leave Savannah fer Florida three times
week connecting with the steamers from New YORK fue
Id SaturdAye,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14

they do great deal for us grown folks,
Now don't you see that rosy boy, with ths
news oil the great acquisition to his family
treasures-a tooth for the baby-has changed
a coach full of ill-tempered people, iItb D.
Cheerful and even kind-hearted company {
Don't you see how he has made friends !o5
my little companion here, who is too young
to speak for heraelf2 Why. we are oil tho
better now for riding with this little one, and
my word for it, you'll think Of her after tou
60 home, too" Then, tuning TO the, widow,
ne asked her to whose house she was going.
When she answered him he said 90, ,..,,
! Oh, it's too far to ride tonight with the
| poor tired baby--stop and rest with Tia
grandmother will give even strange baby d
wclcome--for we've just buried our pet at
home-ny daughters little one. She made
the house very cheerful for us, but she's gone;
but not forgotten No, l believe grand.
mother loves all babies better since she died
so don't be afraid of intruding."
Moved by such kindness, the widow, in an
under tone, told her painful erfahd to her
new friend.
"Ah, ah p he said, "vell your relative is d
kind man, if you go to him just the fight way;
and folks say Know how to manage him as
we'll as any. In the morning I'll drive you
over there and present your case in the most
judicious manner. Never fear he will be
kind to you; 60 keep up good heart my
good friend"
Overcome by such unlocked for kindness,
she wept out the tears which had all day been
gathering in their fountain, under the cold
looks and sarcastic words Of those around
hef
Miss Trimmer, who, when not in hurry
or a crowd, was really a kind.hearted woman,
looked compassionately at the faint effort the
young widow had made towards wearing
black for the dead,
won't you call at my shop with the lady;
as you go by in the morning, Mr.. Bond?"
she asked II should like to speak with herr"
and again she glanced at the straw hat, With.
its band of thin black ribbon, with an ex-
preston which promised & new one. ~
"Well, here We are, my friend" cried inc
old man as the coach stopped before an old
brown mansion, "and there is grandmother in
the door waiting for us"
The little belle offered to hold the baby
while the mother alighted, and the softehed
Squire handed out her carpet bag and basket.
Good night"-crack went the whip--and
the cheerful travellers rode to their own
homes. Light and warmth, and cordial
welcome for the night, and prosperity on the
morrow, awaited the lonely widow; land ALL"
so said her noble friend, "because a baby had
tooth, and his little brother told Of it p
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Not Dead Yet.

1t seems that Mrs. Jamison was a spright.
IL old lady in her hundredth year, who had
long been promising her handsome fortune to
her nephew He had waited for 1t half q
century, hoping daily to have the pleasure OF
closing her dying eyes and lingering her mon.
ey. Every night, il he heard the slightest
sound in the house, he FASTENED to her door
in the fond hope that his dear aunt was in
the last pains, and his day of possession was
at hand At last she rang her bell violently
at one o'clock in the morning He flew to
her bedside. She must be dying he was
sure of it, and glad of it, too.
Aunt, dear aunt what can do for you?
LA! John, nothing's the matter; its the
FIRST day Of April, you fool, you. am not
dead yet y
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14

An anecdote is told Of Finney, the revi-
voist, and canaler, to the following ef!
feet:
He was holding forth at Rochester, and in
wayking along the canal one day, came across
a boatman who was swearing furiously. Co.
ing up he confronted him, and abruptly ask
ed ..r- ...
Sir do you not know where you are going
or
The unsuspecting boatnan innocently re-
piled that he was going up the canal on the
boat u ohnny Sands"
NO sir, you are not" continued FiEney,
"you are going to hell faster than canal boat
can convey you.
The boatman looked at. him in astonish-
ment for minute aud then returned the
question. --.. -.
to ?"
al expect to 60 to heaven" ..,
mo, sir you are going into the caual. :,
And suiting the action of the word, took
Finney in his arms and tossed him in the
murky waters, where he would have, drowned
had not the boatman relented and fshed him
out.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14

TEXAN TALK.-All the world in Texas
knows Old King, as he is called, sort OF
Daniel Lambert of a man, weighing his $50
lbs. full of jokes and hospitality renowned
for his "Seditons" in his new house, and
whose only trouble in the money line is his
"costive" gals, as he terms them. lie once
owed man q just debt which he refused to
pay, when due, in silver, but he had made his
creditor tender of blank bill, which was
refused-su;t braught judgment obtained,
and property levied on. Hear him in his
own "Gorerentia" language; "Now, Squire,
spose you owed a man jist debt, and was to
make him tender of a blank bill, which he
refuses to accept, and he fetches suit and gifts
q judgment, and the Sheriff was to level a
writ of execration on your truck, what would
YOU do in sich a case? p "Don't know, Col
onel," said the Squire, "it would depend on
circumstances" "Well," replies old King,
an tell you what III do: if that yarmint
sells my truck, d--n me if don't make sa-
crament Of him.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14
Explaining to the Children.

A gentleman on board a steamboat with
his family was asked by his children "what
made the boat CO." when he gave them We,
ry minute description of the machinery and
its principles in the following words:
"Y ou see, my dears, this thingtmbob here
goes down through that hole and fastens the
jigmaree, and that connects with the-crlnk-
unl-crankum; and then that man, he's the
engineer, YOU know, kind of stirs up the
wkat-do-you. call-it with long poker, and
they ali shove along, and the boat goes
ahead"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14
Dumorous Column.
Modest Assurance.

"A good looking young fellow stopped all
<A'"o"''L, ~ Nt~;~- Poll'n hotel Gnhawba
the boat, and went down himself without pay:
ing his bill. Said the Major: ..,...,
"Sir, you must not leave without paying
your bill. l can't afford TO hire servants, buy
provisions, and board people for nothing"
"You can'tT'
"No."
"Well, then, why in creation don't you sell
out your tavern to selife one who cab"
Our informant is extremely anxious to
chalk that mans hat both ways, as slight
tribute of respect to his magnificent impu-
dence
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stlett noetrg,
(From the Iroquois Free Press
CORN POETRY.

The West can boast of glorious streams
And prairies grandest laws
OF lake and forest old and green,
But most Of Indian Corn.
lis sweet when summer suns go down,
Wher winds have ceased to blow,
To list its rustling, cracking sound,
And think we hear it grow.
/ love to pull it from the stalk
When it is in the milk, ..-
And husking out its sheath and talk
OF its soft, shining silk.
And when at noon aside we dash
Our work, for bell or horn,
Give me dish of succatosh,
Or ears Of Indian corn.
I'll take il with true delight,
And costier dishes scorn;
For nothing tempts the appetite
Like ears OF roasted corn.
Then when its sheaves stand thick about,
And fruits the fields adorn,
How gushes out the merry shout
From buskers Of the corn.
Where freedom floats on every breeze
And fields of Indian corn
Are spread ont on the land like seas.
| JOY that | was born.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14

"How do you like the character of ST.
Paul y asked porson OF his landlady one
day, during a conversation about the old
saints and the apostles. "Ah, he was good
clever old soul, i know,-for he once said,
you know. that we must eat what is set be-
fore US, and ask no questions for conscience
sake. 1 always thought should like him for
boarder," ..... si
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14

There is Physician in Troy who now and
then deals in little sharp practice. When
ever business is dull he gives juvenile party
and so Grams the rising generation with pas
try and warm lemonade, that in less than
twenty -four hours, cholera morbus gets In
among "his young friends" that keeps him
proitably employed for the next three
months.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14

Whats the difference between Northern
man and a Southern man 2"
Case ones free. holder and the other
STAKEHOLDER"
"No, SIR"
81 give it up, them. -, ~
other boots his own blacks"
Good, I'll treat"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14
FOR SALEl

FOR SALEl -
a sTEAM ENGINES 80 Horse power each,
~ with boilers Would make excellent pump
ing engines, together with large blowing cylin-
ders, suitable for blast furnace. Apply to
HENRY LoNGENECKER & co.
6hamokin Iron Works,
shanSkin, Pa
shamskin, July 81, 1885,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-06-14

Render unto Caesar the things that are
(esar's. and unto tho printer that which thou
owest him. FOR be hath need thereof -
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Cheap Watches 8 Jewelr.!
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new and choice collection Of Copyrights never before
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Arranged in familiar style, and sdapted to the
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BY c. JARVIS and J. A. GETZE.
This work contains great number of new and
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The great variety of musical compositions here
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capacity of the Singing School, the Glee Club
and the Family Circle.
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u. s OF A

O. OF u A MI
&SUNBCRY COUNCIL, No. 30, o. of U. A.
- NJ. meets every TTEsDAr evening in the
American Hall, opposite Z. y. Brights store
Market street, Snnbury, Pa. Members oi the
order are respectfully requested to a,tend.
p. NJ. SHINDEI, c.
a. HoovrR, r. s.
Sunbury, Oct. 20, 1855.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-26
MiRINE AFFAIRS.
ARN,NrNT OF InE nrRRINAc.

ARNtNLNT on TIE nFRRINAC.
The Merrimac carries q 9-inch shell guns each
weighing about 1000 pounds and anch shell guns,
ench weighing about T. 900 pounds. She has also
amounted toro and aft two heavy pivot l0-inch she
gurs weighing - 900 pounds each and throwing l0o-
pound shells. The boat guns 81 the Merrmac,
three in number, cast at the Washington Navy
Yard and can either be used in bOats mounted as
fcd-pieces TO use shore. One il n l2-pounder,
weighing iyo pounds, another l2pounder, weighing
100 pounds and the third pounder, weighing 200
pounds The Merrimac has received her entire arma-
ment and ammunition, with the exception of some
laIge shells which on board the packet Andover,
row ice bound near Alexandria.
YEw PLAs TOR RAISING FoUNDERED VESSELS.
Capt Bell the wrecker, is constructing novel
apparatus for raising shps 1t consists of two large
timber tanks, shaped like bootjack to receive the
ends ~ sunken vessel between them. They Will
BE- first .unk, by filing with water, and attached to
the vessel 10 be raised, after which the water
will be exhausted, thus securing immense lifting
power
Efforts have been made to blow up the ice at 81.
Louis, Baltimore and Philadelphia, with gunpowdsr
The experiments have proved Not very successful
NEw LIGHTHOUSE.
vast iron lighthouse has been constructed for the
Iard Of II. Isaac among the West India ISLANDS. 1t rs
feet in diameter at the base, and will rise
10 the elevation Of one hundred and fifty feet to the
top OF the lantern The entire work il formed Of 81
res OF vast iron plates Of about and three quarter
inches in thickness upon the lower courses with ra'
dating joints diminishing to the thickness Of seven
eslths Of an inch in the upper courses. The lower
portions Of the lighthouse to the hight OF twenty-five
feet Ill be filed in with solid concrete.
lost STEAMSHIPS.
Since 1883, twelve steamships lost at sea- have cost
! 40 human lives, and e. go, 900 Of property. ne
Independence" sank with 10 lives in the fseinc,
and the Tennessee and the 81. Louis followed, total
wrecks. The Humboldt ard the san Francesca were
wrecked in the Atlantic the same year The frankhn'
Citv Of Philadelphia, and Yankee Blade, fau IN tae
catalogue Of ls5i. City Of Glasgow with $50 ives'
The Arctic with hundreds more, precious i'e- were
the crowning cstastropbe- of that year In I-30, We
have the sinking Of the North Carolina, and the strand
ing of the Golden Age which last however, was ssfed
and repaired. iliunt's Merchant Magazine
THr HaLr-PiLOTAGE LAW Al PHILADELpHiA.-
A Philadelphia paper says:
"streDuous efforts are being made at Harrisburg
by the Board OF Trade 10 abolish the hafPl9tage is"
which Is deemed injurious 10 the trs4e OF fHiladeiPns
aud oppressive 10 the growers aud owners OF dome'c
produce The petition Of the Board of lndae say
: Is unjust tax levied for no services rendered
premium paid to a comparatively wealthy society
FOR the privilege Of navigating grea. h.gnwsr, vac
common property Of the citizens OF al the nuea
States With such barrier ct toe very mouth o oui
bay can i be sarpr.ins 70 sny ooe toat 'ae ''H'
New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-26
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

The regular monthly meeting of this body was held
saturday evening in the Hal of the Board of
Education. the President J. H. F,SNIsG in the chair.
The minutes were read several new members pro-
posed and The following Standing Committees for 1856
were appointed:
Csmu.itse Of Iarea9afion-wm. W Smith Solomon Jsn.
uer and John Nal.h
Co~Hies o. Literary FEeye.e-Henry Kiidle James n.
McEligoti AMI 1homrs Hsrr>on.
resolution referring TO the desirableness Of strict
school supervision throughout the State proposed,
but the subject set aside for the present for the
purpose Of dsrOsing Of matter Of more immediate
interest TO our city schools contained in q commuui-
cation from the Book Committee Of the Board of Kdu-
cation to the Association. The Committee desired an
expression Of opinion 10 regard TO the de-rableness
and proprety Of establishing uniform series of teEt-
looks for public schools and invited the Associs-
ton TO indicate such az met their approval.
Several members spoke upon the subject more par
tcuaIy in reference TO its vital Importance and the
matter involved in the communication referred to
Select Committee composed Of the following
teachers, who to submit their report at special
meeting of the Association to be held next Saturday
evening: Nessrs. Thomas +. Harrison, Leonard
JIazeltine, Thomas Foulke, John Walsh and VIM. T..
Graf.