North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-03


nenily before the public the doings of the
two principal characters mentioned therein.
We know nothing Of the parties or OF the
proceedings except as contained in this re-
y TT, not havin. read tho formtr report aIlu-
ded 10. We fear the writer Will incur the
inputafinn If being personal, winch we would
advise him To avoid, hereafter, by all means.
Ed
MR EDIToR IL had thought / would not write
anytaing about the Tea hers Association, held ut
Pin-hervile, but as such unreliable report Of It,
appeared in th. Wyoming Republican of Oct. 29th
/ now propose giving you correct sccouut OF the
proceedings thereof, for your benefit as well rs the
benefit OF Others, who may chance to real your pa
per. 1t appears ut Teachers Association, held at
Northmoreland last spring, committee Of t.. rec,
was appointed, together with Mr. Mtrcy, Supt, of
Luzerne County, to nuke preparations for Union
Association of the teachers and friends of ucation,
of Wyoming and Luzerne Counties On the 9th of
Sept the committee all met with the exceptional
E. L. Underwood, son of-we really do not knew who,
for we never heard that any would own him
The reason of Cuderwood'S absence, is simply this
he was pr sened with son, few days before the
committee met. which. (alhough it the irst)
had a powerful effect upon him. for almost immedi-
ately he was taken with d" secession fits Notwith-
standing all this, the committee fixed upon the 9Th
10Th and rh Of Oct for said association and think
ing matter OF cours,, that Underwood would Ger
tanly be present, if his health permit did not
seld written invitation to his majesty as they
should have done, an As they no doubt would have
done. had they known, how much suffering il would
have saved him. On the morning of Oct 9Th. a
goodly number came together. AMI we were autici-
patIng good time, but alas how often arc we
doomed to see the morning sun overcast with clouds
which his beams unable to penetrate. Mr. Mar
cy procee led the business of choosing officers and
being connected To said Underwood, by marriage, I
suppose the fact has cen of deep grief to
Mr. VI } leicacy forbade his nominating him for
presi lent, which Mr.. T. mot looking upon it in the
right light y considered slight to his superior aua-
ifcatiOns, and when chosen for secretary, he ~
ru!ely declinel thai otce, showing tv his manner,
that he consi ered himself an agrieveI person and
a soon a. he could conveniently set himself about
getting up secession association but rs To It party
not very Numerous he was obliged to give it up
Finally prevaile upon him to IN .et with u.s. gain
in the afternoon, whJn every thing passed off very
pleasantly. but in the evening were lis appointed
at not leholdins the sight oi his benign counte-
nance, and, on inquiry, learned thut he had been
seized with another secession" fit acsomp nieI by
the gripes, viii 50 completely overcams him that
he unable to again favor US with his presence
but we somewhat beguilel of our grief when
the choir sang so pntr,otcaliY:
McCellans our leader, he's geiiq,,t and strong,
Let US gird on the ani be z7arcaia along : /
After which intcrestn essays were read especially
one by Miss P. A. Culver in which, she buried all
Secession School Teachers, aId furn shell their shc
ars with stars anl stripes sincerely wish that
Underwood had been present for then his secession
principles would haze been nippel in the bud The /!
second day 1t WAS somewhat rainy, but the teachers
with one exception AZ their posts In good seq
s'n This exception was no less pefsonasa thar I
Mr. William Hefeil, (son of David T. HeffelI ESa. F!
and brother of Theo lore who at present engaged
IN returni g runaway soiers to their posts when
they are not cunning enough to get away from him
an also brother Of Gordon, who in the time of en-
rollment, was suffering seriously from breaking
out on his breast, whenever be got warm aud On
that ccount claimed certificate Of cxomptionl who
was appointed to teach Algebra but when the time /
arrived he was among the missing You NAV Judge
how dlsappoint' we were, when we TIL you, that .
We were expecting something very crudite. as we
learned that he had spent the previous night at the
house Of LYDIA, deeply engaged in the study of the
met suraion both of solids and EqaiIs But words /
can OF express cur grief when We heard that his !
body had been tounl in large cistern, where be /
ia p obahly gone 10 get drink, as we beard a !
prominent teacher say, Come Bill! let's 20 I'd take |
irink" And tie two noble youths, left the assoc-
alton together Considering the darkness and rain
large number pre- ent in the evening and IN or
der to enliven the meeting as much ms possb,, the
Northmoreland choir (Which il was generally known
had been practicng for long tine on purpose for
the occasion,) were called upon for some singing
The first two pieces passed off very well, but when
called upon for th5 third there arose a dilemma for
it seems they had intended to sing only four tdnes-
that is two tor each evening bat thinking perhaps
they might be call~d upon for IN Extra, they had /
prepared fifth. They sang three the first evening
and in order to make ne 3rd for this evening they
were obliged 10 repeat 'narchin' along" which was
done with great brilliancy by calling il tle aid of
those whom they nad once rejected after which, the
meeting adjourned Saturday morn ng met pursu-
ant to adjournment had short exercise in phonetics
also one in parsing-a few re olutions were passed
(or true copy Of which refer you TO the Wyoming
Republican of Get 22nd) after rhich the meeting
adjourned sine die. Thus passed the meeting which
we should lcok back upon with great pleasure were
it not for the remembrance of pain at teholdng
the wrthing and contortions of Underwood which
were truly awful, AMI also at seeing the body of a
rIy ad trio md viii faoo
as ne was taken from the water, which came near
proving the of his death.
ESSEX.
sS The Now York Times OF Thursday contains