BEDFORD INQUIRER.
BEDFORD, Pa.
Friday Feb. 3, IStSO.
FEARLESS AND FREE."
O. OVER —Editor and Proprietor.
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1860,
HON. SIMON CAMERON,
OF PENNSYLVANIA,
(Subject to the decision of the National Convention.)
PEOPLE'S MEETING.
A meeting of the People's Party of Bedford
County, wili be beld at the Court House, in
Bedford, on the evening of Tuesday, the 14th
cf February, next, being the Tuesday evening
*>f =Court week, for the purpose of selecting
confeioes to meet the conferees from Adams,
Franklin, Fulton and Juniata Counties, to ap
poiut two delegates to represent the 17th Con
gressional District of Pennsylvania, in the
National Convention which is to meet at Chi
cago, to nominate candidates for President and
vice President. Other matters of importance
will be brought before the meeting.
Several addresses jmay bo expected, and it is
hoped that there will be a good attendance of
the members of the Party.
By order of the CouD'y Comn.ittee.
MONEY ! MONEY ! !
The approaching Court w.il aflTi.nl many of our
friends an oppoitunity of settling their accounts
with us. We have recently sent out a number of
bills, and we hope all these persons will make it
convenient to bring the amount* or send tbem to
us. To others to whom we have tailed to enclose
their accounts, wo hope tin-y r.lso nvy come for
ward and settle. The sums generally owed us are
small, from $ 1 to sllO, aud nearly every one CSII
make it convenient to pay. \Ve have recently
purchased a property to which we expeui to rem..•re
in the spring, and we have a payment ofneaily
SI,OOO to make. Our friends will thus see that wo
are in earnest and actually needoui money.
A e do not wish to bring suit against any one,
yet we are afraid if this request is not complied
with we wili hare to do so. Please call and see us
at any rate.
tr©ol) SVAXS.
ELECTION OF SPEAKER.
The following telegraphic despatch from our
attentive friend, D. J. Chipman, Esq.," of
Philadelphia, informs us of the election of
Gov. Pennington. Mr. Sherman withdrew,
and Gov. Penainglon was ivcniin-ted by the
Republ.oai. Mr. Pcuuingtcn was a support
er of Mr. tLrcughocf. The country
wili now breathe freer:
PHILADELPHIA, F.B. 1, iB6O.
To Inquirer. —Gov. Penning ton, of New
Jersey , has jest been elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives. Mr. Pennington
is conservative, and has never belonged to any
political organization except that of the Old
Line Whigs, flis election to the Speakership
is hailed as an evidence of returning good
feeling between the different portions of the
Union.
Printer to the Senate.
We tailed to uotice last week, that Geo. W.
Buwmiu, furmcrly of this place, who became
somewhat notorious on account of big roosters,
big hands, and other choice wood cuts, with
which he was wont to iilunjin ato the Bedford
Gazette, was elected Printer to the Senate on
the 17th ult. We copy, on cur first page, the
debate in the U. S. Senate on the sdbjeot, and
it will be seen that Senator Brcwo, one of the
Southern Loeofoco fire-eaters from Mississippi,
makes some very serious charges against Bow
man, which if true should make hitu the inmate
of the penitentiary, instead of the recipient of
the emciumeuts of Printer to the Senate.—
Senator Brown, iu opposing his election rnado
'he following objection : "That Bowman, in
advance of getting the printing, and in direct
violation of the law, which requires that the
public printer should 'Xicute the work himself,
had hargjincti it away. Also that while Su
perinteudcut of the Public printing, in viola
tion oj the law, he was interested in the very
accounts audited by himself s Puliio printer,
having bargained with Wendell, the then owner
of the Union uewepapor, to take it off of his
bauds, Wtudell stipulating to pay Bowman
$-0,000 as long as he (Wendell) skoulJ ro
main Public printer." Senator Brown com
mented with severity uu the am~u_it of m mey
paid from the National Treasury to sustain
sinking democratic organ?, stating that ho had
heard that §15,000, have been paid the Phil
adelphia Pennsylvania!* aud §6,000 to the
.f/gus of the same city. Baring ;Le course of
Lis remnks, iu toply to an interrogatory from
Mr. Hale, bo admitted that Attorney General
Black knew of this precious piece of currup
tion at the tin JO it transpired. Senator Biglcr
who is st*id to have been the go-between in
arranging these corrupt bargains, endenook to
defend or rather excuse Boycawn for this ras
cality, and coolly declared that the transaction
was an entirely private one, with which lha
Senate had no business.
These charges are not made by the Oppoai
tioo, but by tho Loeofoco® themselves. Tbo
penalty attached to the crime with which Bow
man is charged, is "imprisonment in the p>eui
teutiooary of tho district of Columbia, for
any term uot leas than one nor taorc thou five
years, and in addition thereto may be fined in
*uv sum from one thou'uu Ito ten thousand
dollars." Bowuian professes great morality ;
let liiai and Buchanan uow deutaud an investi
gation of tlm charges cf their friends j if vlioy
don't do so, and acquit themselves of the char
ges, let the finger of scorn be pointed at them
by every bouest peron in the laud.
Our frifcDd cf the Delaware County Repub
lican, truly says: '-And with this serious charge
against biiu, he was elected by the democratic
majority in the Sena'e. Mr. Buchanan catered
the arena, instructed his supporters in their
duty, and succeeded in the accomplishment of
bts wishes. It is another instance of the sin
gular disposition of the President to reward
h'.s enemies and punish his friends. Bowman
was dragooned iuto the support of Buehaiun
while editing the Gazette at Bedford, and ex
hibited his opposition to the President, by dis
playing at the head of his paper the name of
Mr. Dallas for Chief Magistrate, while the
true friends of old Buek were struggling for
his nomination. Truly, Mr. Buehauau is grate
ful to his opponents. Can honest democrats
sanction the election of this man, with a full
knowledge of the fact that be has appropriated
unlawfully forty thousand dollars of the pub
lio funds ?"
Iu oonclusion, we would call on all persons
to read the debate on tbo subject, in our col
ums to-dav.
THE TARIFF AND LOCOFOCOISM.
The following patriotic Resolutions in rela
tion to the Tariff, pn*seJ both brunches of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, by a strict parti!
vote. Tbo Americans and Republicans of the
Senate aud House all voted for them, and ev
ery Locofoco of both * branches against them.'
Among the ayes iu the House will be found the
names of both our members, Messrs. WIL
LIAMS and \\ ALKERJ and in the Senate, among
the naysy will be found the uarne of Mr.
SCIIELL. We hope tho people of Bedford
County will remember this fact. The Locofo
co party, and particularly tbe Locofoaoa ol
Bedford County, pretend to be Tariff ineu,
and yet, when a chance is given to express to
the world tbe united viows of Pennsylvania,
by her Legislature, in favor of such a measure,
the Locofoco Senator from this District voted
against it! Had it been kuown that Mr.
Sebeil was in favor of Free Trade, and in fa
vor of the continuance of tbe present hard
times, brought about through Locofoco mis
management and measures, ha would never
have Lvi the chance to misrepresent the in
ter, its of the pc. pleof tjj District. Without
a change in the pr sent Tariff laws, the peo
ple of Pennsylvania need never look for net er
times. Mr. Schsil, and the Locofoco party iu
this District, in sustaining bim,are accountable.
Messrs. Williams and Walker have the thanks
of the people for their roles, whilst the coarse
of Mr. Sche i, and his putty will be remem
bered against them next fail.
i Lc fvlloTvng are the Itss' lotions!
W ii EREAS, The operation cf the present
revenue laws of the general government i*
rapidly iuort.siing the national debt, crippling
the energies of the nation, retarding public
improvements, destroying industrial enter
prise, diminishing the value of property, de
priving the people of profitable employment
by encouraging excessive importation of for
eign goods aud products of foreign labor,
which ought to be produced by our owu peo
ple, aud prolonging a* fioauciul crisis caused
by an excessive foreign trade; and whereas,
i.a immediate alteration of the laws relative
to the duties upon imports is imperatively de
manded to inspire coi iidtnee, replenish the
national treasury, restore the public prosper
ity, and prevent the constant export of Amer
ican gold, now annually amounting to the
enormous sum of more than seventy millions of
dollars; therefore.
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, in General Assembly met, That our
Senators in Congress be instructed, and our
Representatives requested, to earnestly en
deavor by their votes and influence to procure
such a revision of the revenue laws as wili
restore the national credit, prevent rxcossivo
injporti'iou of foreigu products, and secure
to American labor and enterprise vn ouiple (
reward.
Resolved, That the views of the Governor ;
of this Commonwealth, an expressed in his '
late annual message, in favor of placing the
revenue laws upon such a basis as to afford lo
cur great mining and manufacturing interests
the iargest incidental protection, ami to sub
stitute specific for ad valorem duties on arti
cles which from their nature are of equal or
nearly equal value, or change the foreign to a
homo valuation, are emiucntly sound and
practical, aud meet the approval of the Legis
lature.
Resolved, That tbo Governor be requested
to forward to each of our Senators and Mem
bers of Congress a copy of tbc foregoing res
olution*.
—
Blackwood's Magazine for January, has been
received. It is an excellent and interesting
cumber. This Magazine is one of the oldest
and beat Magazines in the world. Its writors
arc cmcug the first ia Europe. Prico of
Blackwood, §3 per year. Price of Blackwood
and one of the four British lloview?, §5. —
The four Reviews and Blackwood, §lO. Leon
ard Scott & Co., 79 Fulton St., New York,
Publishers.
See the advertisement of Messrs. Taybr &
Mowry. They wish to have their notes and
hook accouuts settled by the first of April, and
all interested will better attend to this matter.
LOOK Oof CEVOR.IL of our citizens have
recently hat a considerable quantity of meat,
fiuur, aud &0., plundered from them. Look
i to your locks.
BBBFORB WMMM.
Kiiow-Xothiugisin and Laeofooisra.
The people of the country will no doubt be
surprised that after all the abuse of the Know-
Nuthings, by the Locofoeos, they have finally
fraternized aud uuited with that party in Con
gress. On last Friday, the Southern Aiuert
caus put in nomination Mr. Smith of North
Carolina. Several of the People's members,
from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, gave him
a complimentary vote, beiDg assured that the
Locofooos would not vote for him. When it
was seen that if all the members of the Loco*
fooo party would vote for hiut he oould be elect
ed, they withdrew their votes from candidates
of their own parly, aud voted for him. All
voted for him but three. Among the number
wbo withdrew from tbeir cwu candidate, were
the only tLrse Locotocos from this State, Flor
ence, Diutuiick and Montgomery. Mr. Smith
would have been elected had not ibe Pennsyl
vania aud New Jersey People's members with
drawn from him, whom they only supported as
a compliment. Mr. Smith was defeated bv
three votes. Hereafter, we suppose the L ,00
loco will be as loud in pruiae of the "dark-lan
tern mid-night assassin Kuow-Notbings," an
they formerly abused and maligned them. But
what will our Catholic friends have to say ou
the subjecr? Ilow will they relish their votes
for an Old Line Kuow-Notbiug Whig?
It is thought that au organization will soon
be effected. Head the*letter from the Wash
ington correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune, in
iO days paper.
BOUN A GENTLEMAN.— The WASHINGTON
Constitution gives the public a word about, the
editors uf that sheet, in which the following
paragraph occurs:
"The junior editor was born in Ireland.—
He was born a gtntleman. This may bo his
misfortune, but it is certainly not hU fault;
and if it operates prejudicially to .'tis interests
or advancement as an American citizen (which
he became upwards ot two years ago,) he has
yet to learn it."
•'We respectfully inquire, as to the meaning
of the pbras9 we have italicised. What pe
culiarity was there about the birth of Win. )I.
B.„wue, junior editor of the Constitution, to
entitle biuj to distinction as a 'gentleman?'—
How does he happen to know he was 'born a
gentleman?' Isn't it probable that he was
burn a baby? Is he sure there is any blood in
him batter than that of others iu whose fami
lies tiries have uever been held? Wouldn't it
have been possible for him, by anv form of ed
ucation, under any rtress of circumstances, to
have become a blackguard? When the j.rinct
pal editor of the great national organ of the
Democratic patty—such is Mr. Browne's po
sition—"iv:'S the country to understand that
e was 'born a goiii.vu.an,' it is time tor the
Deuucracy to-begin to inquire what the phra c c
means."— Cincinnati Commercial.
If it wero not tor the well kuowa fact that
Bowman, who figures as the senior editor of
the Constitution, and who knows oo more
about grammar than a Log does about Latin,
writes none at ail for that paper, we would
suppose that it was from tho pen of that indi
viduil himself, from its similarity to aa ex
pression of his m a speech, a few years ago, :.t
the "Forks of the Xload," in this County. Iu
that speech he said : "Gentlemen, behold mo
bere, now the editor and proprietor of the
Bedford Gazette, yet 1 urns born }>oor, and
without shoes and stockings on!"
LOCOFOCO LAWSUIT ABOUT OUNGSEISIOSAL PHINT
ING.—Advices from Wackington says that the Se
nate printing is still the cause of considerable dif
ficulty. W'eade l has commenced a lawsuit against
Bowman for violation of contract, and sets damage
at thirty thousand dollars. Wendell says he give
Bowman twenty thousand dollars and the Union
newspaper upon agreement that Bowman would let
Weniell do all the Senate print icy as long as Bow
man was printer of that body. Wen Jell says that
at the time be made this trade with Bowman he
could have sold the Union to Douglas for thirty
tho usar.d dollais. Wendell contends now that
Bowman, by making his recent contract with Hives
to do the printing lor him, has violated bis contract
with him, Wendell.
BEDFORD BIBLE SOCIETY.
At a meeting of this Society, on Saturday,
28th January, last, at the room? of the Rev.
John Lyons Chssio.il Institute, it was
Resolved, That the members of churches,
and tho citizens of Bedford generally, are
earnestly requested to make known any in
stance of destitution of the Uuly Scriptures
withiu their knowledge, to one of tbe ladv
managers of the Bedford Bible Society, or to
the Treasurer, Sauiuel Shuck, through whom
the party may be supplied.
Resolvd , That tho lady managers aud offi
cers of the Bedford Bible Society, present
their grateful acknowledgements to the gentle
men ot the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion, of Bedford, for tbe handsome donation
made by tbeui to the funds of the Society
REV. JOHN LYON, P rU M.
0. E. SHANNON, Sec'ty.
Second only to tho skinning of Davis, of
Indiana, in tho House the ottier day, was the
Hinging of "our own Montgomery" by Messrs.
Covode and Moorhead, iu that body, on Wed
nesday. "Our own" uudertook to be particu
larly sovere upon the antecedents of Mr. More
beau, alleging that be (Moreheadj bad boxed
tbe entire political compass iu three or four
yeais. Whereupon Mr. Covode arose and sta
led that he bad written a letter to leading Re
publicans pending Montgomery's election, ask
ing their support for "our own," at tho latter's
request. This fact brought "our own V colors
to half-mast, and effcjtually shut that gcutle
wan'd mouth. If there is any meanness char
acteristic of the dough-faces just at this time,
it is tbat of begging Opposition votes before
their election, aud repudiating all oonneotion
and sympathy with them after their votes have
been cast and the victory is wou. Perhaps it
may he a lesson to some of the Opposition in
the matter ot taking um .itioos Locofocos at
, wut tUey claim to be. ."Should it prove aucb
j a lesson, uothiog will have boon lost, by the
i election of "our owu Montgomery," Horace
! F. Clark, Davis and Briggs.
For the Inquirer.
CilA-ÜBERSBURO, Jau 27, ISGO.
Mr. EdJTOIUj— We are in uiid-winter, and
the weather unusually pleasant, somewhat re
sembling "lutiiau Summer." This weather,
however, operates considerably against the
sale of til 1 kinds of winter goods, and our
bu-iuess men are complaining of extraordinary
dull times, which we think are not confined to
Cbuuibersburg aloue, but are sensibly felt all
ovet the State. How is it in your county?—
It ts expected that a change will take place af
ter the first of April, inasmuch as the farmers
may shell out the "almighty dollar," as is gen
erally the case. Notwithstanding the pinch
ing times, our town is improving rapidly.—
A bout one bundled uutldiogs have been erect
ed during the past eigbteeu mouths, some of
which arc exceedingly largo and handsome,
..nd still there is u great demand for houses,
showing that out population is continually in
creasing. A short time ugu our Botough was
tXleuded about three-fourths of a mile each
way, which we hope will not increase our bor
| ough tax> s as they are high now; but it is
done, and we must be satisfied.
By the way, another ilsilroad is in contem
plation from heie to Gettysburg. A meeting
Was held on last .Saturday eveiilug, at Fayette
vthe, auu the matter Wis considered ui some
leugiu rcetiiuug in toe hope that the road will
ultimately be iindertaKeu. Tue project is a
• good one. It will operate considerably against
|me Cumberland Valley iioad, as it will be a
much shorter and more direct route to Baiti
! more. But of this atiou.
To-morrow night, the great Pioneer of the
.Uet hod is l Episcopal Cuurch of the west, tin
itev. Peter Cattwr ghi, will lecture to our
| citizens. Subject." "Early Scenes of my Life
as a minister aud citizeu of the West." A
rate treat is expected.
Cur Court eudeJ to-day, after nearly two
weeks session, and as is usually the case, the
Common wealth had a goodly number of Jfirk
eases to contend with, which are uot very proi
tta hie.
I; was our pleasure to attend a panoramic
v<ew of Johu Buuyau's dream, which was ex
hibited in Franklin Hall on last Monday even
ing. This was one of the most interesting and
profitable entertainments (bat it ever was our
good fortune to attend. The Hall was filled
to overflowing, aud all seemed to manifest by
their feelings that they had teceiveJ the worth
of their money. In the alteruoou ii was ex
hibited to the ssbools of our town, and our lit
tle trieuds were greatly amused and delighted.
VVc consider those amusing entertainments to
be well calculated to create, in the minis ot
the young, a loudness for reading, and no nook
contains mote solid matter tluux Johu Buu
yan's Pilgrim's Progress. 5
h'iuco we commenced this letter, the weather
has oJuujged from a clear blue sky to a eioudy
one, aal a driving suow storm. We are now
in hopes of gocd sleighing, jolly times and a
revival of busfuess. H. 11. J.
i Verj ttiack Veio.
We have received tue Message of Gov. Black
of Nebraska, vh'oiug tue oi.i p. slotting fhu
very in tmi reru.'ory. It is long and
i at. , aud attempts a good dual of hard Wt-rk.—
Cue of the Kiuaii jobs undertaken iu it is to re
view and refute Mr. JUk'tk'-e Curtis's atguiuent
delivered on the occasiou 'd the Dred Sectt
decision. This, the reader auuM naturally think,
would require considerable sp-ace, at least.—
1 bat, at luisr, the Governor gives to it. But
we only design to call utteutiVu Xo the main
point tu the Message. The Governor admits
teat the orgauio act allows the people of tue
itiritory to mumge their domestic u.'fut.s :n
their owu way. But tiieu he esys the.c:sc turns
uu tue question. "VVho are toe people of Ne
biask..?'' lie des.ies that their reprcsen/atiyes
iu the Territorial Assembly are the peophe re
ferred to iu the organic act, or that those .rep
itsetiUUves have any power to act for JUe
neuple in the case.
Ibis is the latest form of Popular Sov
ereignty that We have beard of. Could anybody
out tue smallest sort of a pettifogging lawyer
uave ever dug up an argument so contempttole
as this? Ihe people ot a Territory Want an
act passed to prohibit Fiavery. They elect a
Legislature to euact the law. Aa soou us this is
Oouu, the Governor comes detru w.tn his V-.-to,
and kills the biii ou the ground .bat it was not
the people who acted ou tue sutjsct —it was
only their represent a. tves iu the Legislature!—
lie makes no pretence that l iiosu representa
tives are not unanimously backed by their con
pit uentSj but aim- lo nudter bituaelf uuder toe
subterfuge that the Representative# of the peo
art Dot tue jKopitu
o•i the whole, we tuiuk this is about the most,
impeltiuent -lap in ifie lace the people have
' ver received troiu any ot the trioky politicians
•. ngondi r- d iu the stniie of Ljjomp.ouism.— JY
Y. Tribune.
AN ACF IN REFERENCE TO TLLE COM
MISSIONS OF JUSTICES OF THE
UEACE AND ALDERMEN.
SECTION 1 Be it enact* dby tbe Senate mid
House of Representative* uj itie Coimnonwealth
of Pentutyl&inia in General Assembly met, and
it is ke'eby enacted by the the authority of the
same, That every person ht rentier elected to 1
the office of Justice ot the Peace or Alderman,
shall, witLiu thirty days alter the election, if be !
intends to accept said office, give notice there
of in writing to the Prolbouotary of tbe Coui
mon Pleas of the proper couuty, wno shall im
mediately inform tbe Secretary of the Cuuiiuou
wealtli of said acceptance; and no cijamiissiuii
shall issue until tbe Secretary of the Common
wealth has received the notice aforesaid.
SF.C. 2. That so tnuoh of an Act of Assem
bly as requires Coustables to send copies of the
returns of tbe election of Aidetmcn and Justi
ces of the Peace, to the Governor of the Com
monwealth, is hereby repealed.
APPKOVEJ) —The thirteenth day of April,
Auno Domini cue thousand eight hundred aud
lifty-niue. WJI. F. PACKER.
"I tell ycu gentlemen," said a leadiug
Democratic politician -to a small assemblage at
Washington, at the time wheu tbe Kansas-Ne
braska Rill was being urged through Congress.
"I tell you gentlemen this bill will lay us all
iu our political graves ; but the party requires
it, aud we must submit to tbe saenfioe."
lie was right in his presentiment, and iu the
same way those Democratic leadets who are
now yielding to the party pressure, aul either
tacitly or openly adopung the Disunion pro
gfiiliiujG W til oh luo OJUiliciU iAiugloia ol liic
Democratic orgauizauou have forced upou it,
will be buried up so deep tbat their remains
will never again be seen among men.
Correspondent cf the N. Y. Tribute.
TBK SCENE OS FRIOIT—THKS PER
IL--THC ESCAPE,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. 186 U.
Long era this th telegraph ban infotmed
yon tnai this has been by far the most exciting
day of the session. Karly in the forenoon it
was whispered around that the South Americans
encouraged by the v<te already given to Mr.
Smith of North Carolina, bad hoM a caucus
and concentrated ail their vine upon him, in
cluding the very inflexible and decidedly in
dependent Mr, Winter Davis. About the
time of the assembling of tho House, it was
confidentially stated that five or six gentlemen
troui Pennsylvaim auJ New Jersey, who had
been supporting Mr. jJbtruim, would, op the
first ballot to-day, try tlie rather hazirdous
expedieut of 'cumpliurenting' Mr. Smith.—
The votes thrown for hiui by Mr. Keitt and
other Democrats gave currency to the rumor
that that party would also endeavor to unite
their strength upon tho same gentleman. But
the firm belief that Northern Democrats, and
especially those of the Western States could
be induced to dig their own graves with
their own hands, by placing OH Line Whig
American iu the Speaker s chair, led the lie
public its generally to scout ine idea that this
attempt to consolidate uncongenial elements
would result otherwise than all its predeces
sor* had done—in utter failure.
But that indescribable ur.-ntai phenomenon
called 'magnetism' impregnated the atmos
phere of the Chamber with n sotaething that
said to every cautious mind on our side of the
iluli, 'Beware!' '1 he galleries were crowded
to repletion; there was an unusuai buzzing,
and running to and !ro on the floor. After a
few brief 'personal explanations' of Anri Le
compionites, wliicb showed that some careless
person hai been firing into that flock of rare
birds, and a call of the itsl of members, and a
comparison of 'pairs,' the tellers took their
scats at the Clerk's do>k, and the House en
tered upon a vo'e for Speaker. To tho c tsmi i
observer, the tedious roll call, and the stereo- '
typeu responses, indicated uo change, exe-jpt
that Smith was seemingly obtaining ail the
South American vote, with 'some half dozen
quasi Americao Republicans from Pennsylva
nia and New Jersey, and a larger proportion
of the slavchoidiug Democracy than ou any
previous ballot.
But no sooner had tlie clerk reached the in
evitable John V. Wright, than half a hundred i
heads on the South fiiue of the Hail, in squads j
of threes and lives, eu'ersd upou an earnest ;
consultation, while scores of pencils ware put j
in requisition to ascertain the precise result j
and us prubiblo bearings, ihe Chamber, oiean- j
while, rebounding wt n that hotu of human I
voices so reeoguizable but iades rtbat.le, which
always indicates intense feeling, and ofteu pro- j
sages comiug eveute.
Alter a little coyness and hesitancy, so nt
urat and becoming in iucn who were about to
take a leap in the dark, doubtful whether they
were to iand on a bed of rosea or a ledge of
rocks, the Democratic stampede commenced. Iu
ti." twinkling of an eye, a score of the bolder
■pirits piep-.,ei for ttio ex-d-'s. Ta- mote
sensitive gene: oily gar's rather teimus uu:
usually quite otisatisiaotory reasons tor aban
doning Bocook. Milison, Lunar, sud their oth
er tried brethren, for this North Carolina-Kn-: w
Noihing Old Line Conservative National Whig.
The more sensible made short work of the dis
agreeable ; ib, by simply requesting that their
votes be changed.
lae struggle now became interesting. The
fe mate a. j.uirued, and its meiubers went over
almost en matse to the l*.'prectenti.iivo9 Hall.—
ii iportera, spectators of uoie, and p> litioiaos
from ad sections of the Union, found ingress
upon tue floor, and the excitement beoumc ia
teusc. Ine crowd above tilled every uook of
the vast gullet ies and overfioweJ into the ad
joiuiug passages. Some of the more timid and
.nervous Hepubtioans begau to feel auxiom.
l.hs six amiable geutiemeu who hid * eomph
tueatod" Mr. Smith began to ehow some signs
of utitusiuess.
The advaueing wave bad already reached the
Northern Democr.i ty, and had swspt in its outer
edges. -Mr P.a i Jci. fetckiea bad just grace
fully "c.wed" ami gone under, when Mr. John
Lochrsiis toort the floor, and io a speech of ton
minutes bis col leagues to stand firm, and
bravely tamn.g the surge, said: ''Thus far, but
no farther!" The exhortation and the edict wore
alike unheeded. The tide still poured on, bear
ing down Tom L loreaee, MoClernaod, and oth
er sturdy champion* of our adopted citizen?.
At iengtu it was amuuLced that Smith lack
ed Out eight oil urges more to elect bna. Bill
English sends up a dying wail ami disappears.
Seveu more changes, and the work is done!
iiarr ot New York—what vriil bis Irish ifays
say to that? iiarr stood lingering, shivering on
the brink, aud leareel to launch away; bat said
be .was ready to leap into tha gulf, like that
other iiomau, when bis plunge would elect Smith
and save tho eouotry. Vailandigu ot said ditto
to B-arr. lie was ready to commit suicide at a
moumut's notice. .Morris of Idiuuis, bold and
bluff, tried to stem the current which was sweep
ing Hie North Western Democracy to partition.
110 said be wouldn't vote lot Mr. Smith until
ne declared bis opinions on Squatter -Sovereign
ty and a Slave (Jude.
I'ue battle Wia beginning to look doubtful,
when Mr. Hickman, who hail withheld his vote
on the regular call of the roll, now recorded
hie uame b>r John Sheruiau Mr. Smith, who
had heeu aiding on a re.tr se.it, seemingly holt
(lighted out of his wits,and actually loosening
his cravat to facilitate his breathing, now re
tired to the cloaK rooiu, an 1 was speedily fol
lowed by a dozen Democratic members. We
cannot Bay what transpired there. We only
know that several geutlemen wore immediately
thereafter vociferous iu declaring that Mr.
3 uith had given them satisfactory assurances
io regard to his opinions on suoh <{ue-tioiis, aul
was'all right whereupuo some of the weaker
and more reluctant brethren caught at those
straws and weut down with the tide—Mont
gomery and Feiideiton and Howard among the
rest—the galleries and floor applauding, as
they had toon doing for a couple of hours,
wheuever some strong swimmer, after buffeting
the Wuvcs awlnle, gave up the ghost and was
borne out of sight. Aud now Mr. J -htt Coch
rane again took the floor, aud disclosing the
faot that his objections had been charmed away
by au assurance from somebody who hid an
interview with the gentleman in the .cloak
I .OIU, he went over to Mr- Smith, amid eu
must .sue oueers trnuu uo>r uuu oeuiug. T.. •
or three others followed, wheu the pages
brought the repot t from the Clerk's desk that
Smith was elected bp cue majority !
I And now, see the tali and graceful form of
, hitu who IN the Republicans had so steadily HQD
t ported for -even weeks, and who had not east
vote lor Speaker during that long aod anxious
period, slowly rising, end with cool denwanw
and eaitu voice, say, Mr. Clerk, call my name!'
liiEtaiitjy comes the stentorian challenge, 'John
Sherman • - io vhicb, in firm tones, Le gives
j back the reepcßc f 'Mr. Coiwiu ." Yon might
i have beard * pin drop on the floor. Mr. Smith
] was tied J 'iaca the stampede couimeneed co
j the ether side. Judkin, Scrauton, Nixcn.
j Wood, auti finally Joy Morris withdrew fiom
j Suii'h, three returning to Sherman, end oca
going to Car win, and one to Pennington,
j Tfco coalition, though discouraged, still
I struggled foi victory. Vallaudigbaui plunged
| into the gap without hesitation. Morris of
Illinois made a luine apology for stultifying
I himself. Poor Cox, after uttering a dying fire
well, also muni under. The Republicans were
! yet in peril. It required 115 votes to elect,
and Smith had 112; while there remained Al
len of Ohio, Ho!men and John G. Davis of
Indiana, and Adrain of New-Jeisey, out of
whom to get the necessary three. But tho
game was blocked, and Smith was defeated ;
lor, the Republicans knew that A-irain would
not vote for Smith, while, oven had the other
three above named given hiui their voices.
Mil!ward of Penn lylvatiia would have deserted
him, aud HE WOULD then have lacked ONE of art
dtcliot!
it was sailing very near the wiud, though!
Two or three things now occur to us :
1. A.'! the Southern Democrats have voted
lor u Southern Know-Nothing, when tiny
would m ver ;1 vote for a Northern Democrat
2. To prove that they aie not 'sectional,* tfce
cut ire South has voted in a body for one cf their
own men, while the 'sectional' North h-.s been
divided,
•J. A portion of our friends have, by %
h-z.rdous 'experiment,' which came near eo
guifiug themselves, submerged the Northern
Democracy, where they now flounder indie.
jjraco.
To ilie People of (he United Mates.
I oder this ue.nl leti of the most prouiiueut
and influential of ibe tuiity-six citizens, lately
expelled from Keutuukv, publish an address in
yesterday'- Cinoinnatti papers, giving a history
ot tbiir colony, and ihair expulsion from the
Stale of Kentucky, and ciosiug with souue ad
iice to anti-slavery men. Wo quote one or
two paragraphs : '\\a were charged witn the
violation of no Lvr, but told that the spread of
anti-slavery seutiments (which wo htld) endan
gered their institutions. Wo were then engaged
as farmers, artisans, teachers, and n>iiiwters,
maintaining ourselves by our owu iuuintry,
(t vo or u as tUimsiers receiving a partial aup
poit troui the American Missiousiy Associa
tion,) wit juo heated zeal for any "isai," but
•;u eavoriug quietly to promote iho cause of
Const. We otlieve, and did no* hesitate e>
declare, wneti the occasion demanded, thai
slavery iv a moral and social evil wfnoh it
was ttio duty ot all good iuu Co oppose. vVe
set ourselves against too spirit ol oaste, sad
lut*>re i to suppress all feelings ot boatiihy be*
:wju uou-siu.tooltiers and slav holder, be
tween siuvt-a i.ua masters. In all Miv-ps we
sought wisdom ir m above, snd aimed lo'cxer*
ci>o i hat wise uiseretioa wuieti is especially
needed by those who bold uupopuiar opinions.
iSy the Usituiony ot slaveholders, many o(
whom we reckon among our personal friends
and weli-vnsuer.-, our presence and labors Dad
so changed tint part ot the county, that it ha t
ocoouiu as noted for ;bc upright conduct of its
mbabi anrs as it once had been tor horse rasing
and ruioiuperauae. We bad founded a Lite aiv
lasiiiutiou winch was receiving a liberal pat
ronage iiom ail classes.
Tae settlement at iicrea tra jucreasiog i
□ umbers .md importance, when, at the news of
the Upper's ferry foray, a wonderful pauio
siezed too people oi the coun.y, which was in
cleased by pnuiad aunoaaoeajco;, that it bid
bceu discovered that an insurrection was sooa
to bieah oat tu Kentucky, and that a i,o* o i
Sharp 3 rules, directed to cue of car number,
hud ooeu intercepted, and hy other declarations
equally fai->e, until a perfect torrent of r>ge
Wa3 attnei Up aga list our eoumiuai y, airea iv
ohuoxiau. because of its tufljcuoa la fa*r cf
freedom. iionorabij met), many of them
slaveholders, and the mass of the people within
a few miles of us, opposed this tide, hut were
uuatle to diminish its power. Finding ihoui
ejlrts unable to cueoit the rage of loturiated
rney, aud that there vu uo protection for us by
taw, although We were not eburged with the
infringe moot of a tiagis statute tney with per
fect unanimity requested us to retire for a urno,
before the storm. Thinking it the pari of
wisdom tu yield to the united request of our
trtuods, whoso counsel had thu greater weight
fruai the fact that our departure would bo to
their pecuniary uijadvantcg-j, and learning
(ruin various reliable sources that a rabble be
yond the ecutrol of the Committee who waited
upon us, wore purposing to take the livei of
some of as tf we reuiAiued, wc believed it to be
oar duty, though iu luid-wiuter, to leave the
county. Accordingly, we hud ourselves to
day, with our wives aud Utile oaes, homeless,
ana eeparatea froin the people with whom wo
Imped to live and die.
Parson Id; o widow, of Tenaesaec, bitter!/
pro-y]nvei j as he is-, batts the Democratic
pari/ with a perfect hatred. Iq a recent num
ber of his paper ho says:
"Wo of course will rot advise Bonthern Op
positiou members what to do, believing them
competent to preserve their own self-respect
and o discbarge a sworo dut/ to tbeir country
aud their constituents. But were we member
of the Southern Opposition iu Uougrea, be
fore we would occupy the paltry ami contemp
tible attitude of creeping after a party that had
spurned us by its deliberate acts, we would era
the Capital of the nation, and all the territory
north aud south of it, auuk to eternal perdi
tion. Nay, we would see all tke political or
ganizations tu America us far io h—l as a pi
geon could fly iu a tbousaud years, or a forge
iniMiuer would fall in twice that length of
time! Sooner than thus degrade nursed", un
der tho pretence of batiitug for the homes and
rights of our children, wo would see then) all
starve to heath, and then Stat ourselves up?tt
t/iiir coffins wit A a Southern gentleman and
play push pin Jor a drink of /a^rr-besr.
Pittsburg ooatrmuted §1,500 iu aid of the
Liwrance sufferers. Pretty libera], consider
ing the tightness of the tocoey market.