THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GEN UAL N NWS, &C.
TUFA GLOBE.
Circulation—the largest in the county
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Wednesday, March 25, 1857.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR GO'VERNOR,
F. PAC WEB, of Lycoming,
FOR SUPRIME JUDGE,
non. ELLIS LEWIS, of Plkilzidelphigt.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
NIMROD STRICKLAND, of Chester.
The Investigation Again.
The poor, contemptible old sneak, Brews
ter of the Journal, appears over his name in
his last paper, proposing "that affidavits of
witnesses taken before an Alderman or Jus
tice of the Peace, by either party, after eight
days' notice, shall be read as evidence before
the Committee—also, that letters from the
Post Office Department at Washington, may
be read as evidence of the construction of
laws relating to Post Office matters." On
Thursday, one of the gentlemen we named
for the Committee, waited upon the crazy old
quack doctor, with our acceptance of his prop_
osition—when the old thing backed down and
refused to go into an investigation of the
charges he had made against us,—charges
ho called his God to witness, as the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth.—
What can an honest community think of such
a man? What can those of his party he has
deceived into the belief that his charges were
true, think of his cowardly conduct? Just
two months ago, he accepted our proposition
to investigate all the charges he had made
and might make against us as Postmaster--
now he declines, because he knows that he
must fail to sustain his charges, even before
a Committee, a majority of whom would be
of his own political party. The poor, sneak
ing, cowardly wretch!—is it at all Surprising
that his own party are ashamed of his con
duct, and despise him?
Book Notices
A MOST EXCELLENT BOOK.—WO have no- I
ticed in most of our exchanges, favorable
mention of a very excellent Book now upon
our table. It is Bishop Mcllvaine's Eviden
ces of Christianity, in one neat volume, of
over four hundred pages, and selling for
only fifty cents. This work is strongly re
commended by the Clergy, including those
of our town. The agent for the sale of this
work will remain in town but a few days.
Blackwood's Magazine for February is re
ceived: Contents " The War in Asia."—
"Scenes of Clerical life." "Ticket of leave.
A letter to Ireneus." The "Athelings; or
The Three Gifts,—Part IX." "From I'era to
Bucharest." Letters from a Light-house--
No. 1. "Lord St. Leonards." Address Leon
ard Scott, & Co., Publishers, N. Y.
The New York Teacher for March, is re
ceived. It is a good Journal for that depart
ment of Mental Culture. Address 3. Cruik
shank, Publisher, 82 State St., Albany, N. Y.
)2Cr AlTe invite the attention of the public,
to the advertisement of Messrs. LEAS & HAnsu,
Bankers and Laud Agents, at Des Moines,
lowa, and at Leavenworth City, Kansas.—
These gentlemen are highly recommended,
and we believe they are fully entitled to the
confidence of the' public:
HARDWARE.—Messrs. JAMES A. BROWN &
Co., have just received a new and large as
sortment of Hardware, &c., from the City,
and are now prepared to sell Wholesale and
Retail, at City prices. Go in and examine
their stock, and you will be repaid for the
visit, by a sight of the newest and best inven
tions of the day. These gentlemen are ac
commodating in their business transactions,
and are, in every respect, highly deserving
of the patronage of the public.
JACKSON' lIOTEL.—We understand that
W. B. ZEIGLER has again leased this popular
Hotel. Visitors and travellers will find Sher
iff Zeigler a clever fellow, and his accommo
dations of the first class.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE.—The
following are the appointments made by the
Baltimore Conference, which has just termi
nated its annual session, for this district.—
It is a subject of mutual congratulation for
our citizens generally that the Rev. D. SHOASF
has been continued as Pastor of the Hunting-
don congregation:
Bellefonte District.—C. B. Tippett, P. E.—
Bellefonte, John Guyer; Bellefonte Circuit,
A. Brittain, Jas. Hunter; Penns Valley, A.
M. Barnitz, S. M. Hartsock; Huntingdon,
David Shoaff; Manor Hill, Geo. Guyer, James
T. Wilson ; Warriorsmark, J. W. Haughawout,
John A. Dixon; Bald Eagle, J. T. Stansbury,
R. A. Bathurst, sup. ; New Washington, Chas.
Cleaver, one to be supplied; Clearfield and
Curwensville, Thomas Barnhart; Clearfield
Circuit, E. W. Kirby; West Branch, R. Kel
ley, one to be supplied; Lock Haven, W.
Downs; North Lock Haven, A. Hartman, one
to be supplied; Great Island, J. A. Melick;
Jersey Shore, John Moorhead; Pine Creek
and Liberty, Robert Beers, Daniel Shaffer;
Sinnamahoning, B. P. King; Portage, Asbury
R. Reiley; Ridgway, to be supplied.
Corzuivunniu.--Our Harrisburg correspon
dent communicates the following:—"Why
should a certain member of the State Senate
be divorced from his wife? Ans.—Because
he is linger, (killing her.)
GELRY, Governor of Kansas, has
resigned. No appointment to fill the vacan
cy has as yet been made.
xt6'Ex-Governor John Bigler, of Califor
nia, has been appointed Minister to Chili.
The New Apportionment Bill
HARRISBURG, March 2.o.—The following is
the apportionment of the State into Senatori
al and Representative Districts, recommended
by the majority of the committee appointed
by the Senate, as reported this morning.
•tPI'ORTIONMENT OF SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
Philadelphia city, 4; Chester and Delaware,
1 ; Montgomery, 1; Lehigh and Northamp
ton, 1; Schuylkill, 1; Berks, 1 ; Lancaster
and Lebanon, 2 ; Dauphin and Cumberland,
1; York, 1 ; Adams and Franklin, 2; Bedford,
Fulton, Blair and Huntingdon, 1; Somerset,
Fayette and. Green, 1; Washington and Bea
ver, 1 ; Allegheny, 2; Indiana and Westmore
land, 1 ; Lawrence, Butler and Venango, 1;
Crawford and Mercer, 1; Erie, Warren and
McKean, 1; Armstrong, Clarion and Forrest,
1 ; Jefferson, Elk, Clearfield and Cambria, 1;
Tioga, Potter, Clinton and Centre, 1 ; Perry,
Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder and Union, 1; North
umberland, Montour and Columbia, 1; Brad
ford, Sullivan and Lycoming, 1 ; Susquehan
na, Wyoming and Wayne, 1; Luzerno, Car
bon, Monroe and Pike, 2—total 33.
Representative Districts—First Ward, Phil
adelphia City, 1; Second Ward, 1 ; Third,
Fourth and Fifth Wards, 2 ; Sixth, Twelfth
and Thirteenth Wards, 2; Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth and Tenth Wards, 3 ; Eleventh, Six
teenth and: Eighteenth Wards, 2 ; Fourteenth
Fifteenth - and Twentieth Wards, 2 ; Seven
teenth and Nineteenth Wards, 1 ; Twenty
first and Twenty-fourth Wards, 1; Twenty
second. and Twenty-third Wards, 1 ; Delaware
county, 1; Chester county, 3 ; Montgomery,
1 ; Bucks, 2; Northampton, 2 ; Carson_ and
Lehigh, 2 ; Berks, 3 ; Schuylkill, 3 ; Leba
non, 1; Lancaster, 5 ; York, 2 ; Dauphin and
Perry, 2 ; Cumberland, 1 ; Adams, 1; Frank
lin and. Fulton, 2 ; Huntingdon, 1; Bedford
and Blair, 2 ; Somerset and Fayette, 2; Green,
1 ; Washington, 2 ; Allegheny, 5 ; Westmore
land, 2 ; Armstrong, 1; Butler, 2 ; Beaver
and Lawrence, 2 ; Mercer and Venango, 2 ;
Erie and Crawford, 3 ; Warren and McKean,
1 ; Forrest, Elk and Clearfield, 1; Clarion,
Indiana and Jefferson, 2 ; Cambria, 1; Potter
and Clinton, 1 ; Mifflin, 1 ; Juniata and Sny
der, 1; Union and. Lycoming, 2; Northum
berland, 1; Montour, Columbia and Sullivan,
2 ; Tioga, 1; Bradford, 2 ;Wayne, 1; Luzerne,
3 ; Susquehanna and Wyoming, 2 ; Monroe
and Pike, I—total, 100.
State Central Committee.
In pursuance of a resolution of the last
Democratic State Convention, the following
named gentlemen have been appointed to be
the State Central Committee for the ensuing
year:
Cn Al RNIAN—Chas. R.Buckalcw, of Blooms
burg, Columbia county. . _
Pia i ladelphia—Hon. Richard Vaux, Edward
G. Webb, Dr. Andrew Nebinger, Gen. Wm.
Reilly, Wm. A. Porter, John 0. Kirkpatrick,
Eugene Ahern, Wm. Sergeant, John Robbins,
Jr., Dr. Edward :Norwitz, Geo. Williams,
Alm Brown, Gen. Megee.
Montgomery—Edward Sotterthwaite, 'Hen
ry W. Bonsall.
Chester and Delaware—Robert E. Mona
ghan, Joseph R. Morris.
Berks—Dr. C. H. Hunter, E. L. Smith.
Bucks—Robert Tyler, Stokes L. Roberts.
Lancaster and. Lebanon—George Sander
son, H. North.
Northumberland and Dauphin—W. B.
Sipes,
Jas. M. Bay, Richard Haldeman, Jes
se C. Horton.
Northampton and Lehigh—John Davis,
Jno. W. Hutchison, Mifflin Hannam.
Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Waync—Samq
McLean, S. S. Dreher, 0. 11. Mott, W. P.
Wood.
Adams and Franklin—Henry Riley, J. W.
Douglass. .
York—W. 11. Welsh, Jacob K. Seidel.
Cumberland and Perry—Thomas M. Bid
dle, C. J. T. 'Mclntyre.
Clinton, Lycoming and Sullivan—H. L.
Diffenbach, John W. Maynard, James Degan.
Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon—R. B.
Petriken, Gen. Adolphus Patterson.
Columbia, 141.17.0111 C, &c.—Asa Brundage.
Bradford, Susquehanna, &e.—D. W. Over
ton, Gen. John Blanding.
Tioga, Potter, &e.—D. L. Sherwood, Edwin
B. Eldred.
Mercer, Venango and Warrerz—Hon. M
C. Trout, L. T. Parmlee.
Erie and Crawford—Murry Whallon, John
P. Davis.
Beaver, Butler and Lawrenee—Gen. Jona
than Ayres, Gen. Charles Carter, John Gra
ham.
Allegheny—llon. P. C. Shannon, IL Bid
dle Roberts,- Chas. Barnet, Wm. Black.
Bedford, Somerset, &e.—Hon. W. T. Dough
erty,' IV. J. Bare.
Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion—J. Alex
ander Fulton, W. W. Barr.
Mifflin, Juniata and Union—D. M., Dull,
Chas. Merrill.
Fayette and Westmoreland—Hon: John L
Dawson, Col. A. E. Wilson.
Schuylkill—Hon. F. W. Hughes, Benja
min Christ.
Trim BOROUGII ELECTION.—Tho Borough
election on Friday, passed off without much
opposition. The ticket elected is as fol
lows :
Judge—Thomas L. States.
Inspectors—John Simpson, Wm. K. Rahm.
Assessor—David Black.
Constable—S. S. Smith.
School Directors—Graffus Miller, Ales.
Port, Esq., and Wm. P. Orbison, Esq.
Auditor—John W. Mattern, Esq.
SLIGHT DIFFEITENCE.—In the highly clas
sical sheet, the Altoona Tribune of May 29th,
1856., we find very complimentary mention of
MAX. GREENE, Esq., as " the poet, author and
lecturer." How does that contrast with its
recent revilings? The explanation may be
found in the castigation which that great
leviathan, the "dog-chub," received at the
hands of the aforesaid "poet and author,"
upon the occasion of its having calumniated
the good people of Tyrone, after eating (and
drinking) their Fourth of July dinner. Our
piscatorial friends had better be tranquil,
whilst they are sheltered under the native au
thor's silent contempt (as per letter in last•
week's Globe); for should he get after them
again -with his Neptune's trident, they will
not know whether they are " fish or fowl."—
(Foul, we should say, in recollection of that
"cat story."
zirThe Altoona Tribune don't quote flu
dibras. We do. Dog-chub—
" For profound
And bob(' lying much renowned."
The Temperance Laws.
The following digest of the temperance
laws now in force in this State, has been
prepared by DAVID BLA.In, Esq., in pursu
ance of a resolution passed at a - late meeting
of the "Huntingdon TemperanCe Alliance."
'We had prepared an article in addition to
what we have already said in relation to the
temperance question, but this digest of the
laws, and the conclusion at which Mr. BLAIR
arrives, would seem to make any further re
marks by us unnecessary. We commend it
to the careful attention of all parties inter
ested: •
In compliance with the resolution of the
Temperance Alliance of Huntingdon, the un
dersigned begs leave to report : That the act
of Bth May, 1854, commonly called the Buck
aim law ; the Act of 26th February, 1855,
commonly called the Sunday law ; and the
Act of 31st March, 1856, the present License
law, contain nearly the whole Statutory law
now in force in Pennsylvania, authorizing,
regulating and restraining the use of intoxi
cating liquors. The last named Act express
ly excepts from its repealing clause, the Buck
alew law and the Sunday law, and declares
they shall be and remain in full force. The
Act of Bth May, 1854, is highly penal—the
first section declares the wilfully furnishing
intoxicating drinks by sale, gift, or otherwise,
to any person of known intemperate habits,
to a minor or to an insane person for use as
a beverage, a misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion thereof the offender shall be fined not
less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and
undergo an imprisonment of not less than ten
nor more than sixty days ; and the wilful fur
nishing of intoxicating drinks as a beverage
to any person when drunk or intoxicated
shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable
as aforesaid. The next section provides that
any member of the family or blood relation
of an intemperate person, or any overseer of
the poor, or any magistrate of the district, or
the committee of a habitual drunkard may
give notice, verbal or written, to any person
making, selling or having intoxicating liquors,
forbidding him or them from furnishingsuch
intemperate person with intoxicating drinks ;
and if within three months after such notice
any one to whom the same is given shall fur
nish or cause to be furnished intoxicating
liquors to such intemperate person to be used
as a beverage, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished as provided in the first sec
tion of the Act. The third section is general
in its provisions, and makes any and every
person responsible civilly for any injury to
person or property in consequence of furnish
ing intoxicating drinks in violation of any
existing law, an any and every person ag
grieved may recover full damages against the
person so furnishing, by an action on the case
instituted in the proper Court.
The fourth section prohibits any Judge,
Justice or Clergyman from performing the
marriage ceremony between parties when
either of them is intoxicated, under a penalty
of fifty dollars and imprisonment not exceed
ing sixty days.
The fifth section prohibits the adulteration
and corruption of liquors made or intended
as a beverage, whereby the same arc render
ed noxious and injurious to health, and the
sale of such adulterated liquors with knowl
edge that they are such, under the penalty of
$5O for the first and $lOO for subsequent of
fences, and imprisonment not exceeding sixty
days.
The sixth section provides that the Court
shall allow any person prosecuting an offend
er to conviction for violation of this law, a
sum not exceeding $2O for his expenses. and
services, to be taxed and paid as part of the
costs of the case, such allowance to be in ad
dition to his compensation as a witness in the
cause.
The seventh section de3lares that no suit
or action can be maintained for liquors sold
in violation of any law of this Commonwealth,
and the eighth section authorises the Courts
to revoke the license when any person hold
ing a license shall be proved to have violated
any law of this commonwealth relating to
the sale of liquors, or whenever the premises
of such person shall become the resort of
idle and disorderly persons so as to disturb
the general peace of the neighborhood, upon
notice given to the person licensed.
Such are the provisions of the act of 1854.
Any town or neighborhood that will enforce
this law will become a temperance communi
ty in six weeks, for if the sale &e. of intoxi
cating liquors to minors and persons of in
temperate habits is stopped, as it can be by
this law, drunkenness is at an end at once.
The first section of the Act of 26th Febru
ary, 1855, makes it unlawful for any person
or persons to sell, trade or barter in any spir
ituous or malt liquors, wine or cider, on the
first day of the week, commonly called Sun
day, or for the keeper of any hotel, inn, tav
ern, ale house, beer house, or other public
house or place, knowingly to allow or permit
any spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider,
to be drank on or within the premises or house
occupied or kept by such keepers, his her or
their agents or servants, on the said first day
of the week.
The second section provides that any per
son or persons violating the provisions of the
foregoing section,. shall ; for each and every
offence, forfeit and pay the' sum of sso—one
half of which shall be paid to the• prosecutor,
and the other half to Guardians of the Poor;
to be recovered before any Mayor, Alderman,
Burgess or Justice of the Peace, as debts of
like amount are now by law recoverable.
The third section provides that in addition
to the civil penalties imposed by the last pre
ceding section for a violation of the provisions
of the first section of this act, every person
who shall violate the provisions of that sec
tion, shall be taken and deemed to have com
mitted a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction
thereof in any criminal Court of this Com
monwealth, be fined in any sum not less than
ten nor more than one hundred dollars, and
be imprisoned in the county jail for a period
not less than fen nor more than sixty days.
Such are the provisions of this humane
law. While it protects the sacred hours of
the Sabbath from the contamination of a sin
ful business, it affords rest to him who sells
and him who drinks intoxicating liquors.—
The way of the transgressor is hard, and no
one more than he needs one day in seven to
rest.
The third and last statute referred to is the
Act of 31st March, 1856, containing thirty
five sections. We shall only give a summary
of the law, without referring in detail to its
provisions.
Instead of sales by a not less measure than
a quart as authorized in former laws, this
law prohibits all sales by less measure than
a gallon by venders of vinous, spirituous,
malt or brewed liquors, either with or with
out other goods, wares and merchandise, un
der a retailer's license, and increases the
price of the license to sell by the gallon to
double the rate of the Act of 4th May, 1841,
and in no case shall such license be less than
$5O. It also classifies all breweries and dis
tilleries and increases the price of the license
for the same, double the rate of the Act of
10th April, 1849, and in no case is such
license to be less than $5O, nor shall such
license authorize sales by them of less than
five gallons, except malt and brewed liquors,
which may be bottled and delivered in quan
tities not less than one dozen bottles.
It authorises the Courts of Quarter Sessions
to grant Tavern licenses at the first and sec
ond sessions in each year upon the proper ap
plications—and provides that objections to
such applications for license may be heard
by evidence, petition, remonstrance or coun
sel. The Clerk of Court shall publish three
times in two newspapers of the county, the
names of all such applicants, their respective
residences, and kinds of license. The Peti
tion, as under former laws, must be signed
by twelve citizens, certifying to the necessity
of the tavern, to the honest and temperate
character of the applicant, &c. The ninth
section requires that the tavern keeper must
have in cities and county towns for the exclu
sive use of travellers, at least four bed rooms
and eight beds, and in any other part of the
State at least two bed rooms and four beds
for such use. No provision is made for feed
ing the hungry traveller or his horse—liquor
to drink and a bed to lie down on is all the
law requires.
The tenth section provides that before any
license for the sale of liquors under the pro
visions of this Act shall be granted, such per
son applying for the same shall give a bond
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with
two sufficient sureties, in the sum of one
thousand dollars when the license shall be
above the seventh class, and in five hundred
dollars for all in and below that class, condi
tioned for the faithful observance of all the
laws of this Commonwealth relating to the
business of the principal obligor, and a war
rant to confess judgment, which bond &c.
shall be approved by the said Court and filed
in the Clerk's office; and whenever a judg
ment for any forfeiture or fine shall have been
recovered or conviction had for any violation
of the provisions of this act, or any other law
for the observance of which said bond shall
be conditioned, it shall be the duty of the dis
trict attorney of the proper county to enter
up judgment and institute suit thereon, and
thereupon the same proceedings shall be had
and with the like effect, and with the same
costs as now provided by law in the case of
forfeited bonds and recognizances in the sev
eral counties of this commonwealth. The
bond to be given by the keepers of eating
houses shall in all cases be in the sum of five
hundred dollars.
The fourteenth section provides that no
license shall be granted for the keeping of
eating houses except when they may be neces
sary for the accommodation of the public and
travellers, and shall only authorize the sale
of domestic wines, malt and brewed liquors.
By the twenty-eighth section the penalty
for a violation of any of the provisions of this
law shall be a fine of not less than ten nor
more than $lOO, and upon a second conviction,
imprisonment of not less than one nor more
than three months ; and a forfeiture of his
license, and incapacity from receiving another
license for five years thereafter.
- The twenty-ninth section provides that any
person who shall be found intoxicated in any
street, highway, public house or public place
shall be fined upon the view of or upon proof
made, before any mayor, alderman or justice
of the peace, not exceeding five dollars, to be
levied with the proper costs upon the goods
and chattels of the defendant. The thirtieth
section provides that any person who shall
sell spirituous or other intoxicating liquors to
any person who shall drink the same on the
premises where sold, and become thereby in
toxicated, shall, besides his liability in dama
ges under any existinc , law, be fined five dol
lars for every such offelce, to be recovered by
any wife, husband, parent, child, relative or
guardian of the person so injured, to be lev
ied on the goods &c. of defendant, without ex
emption. By the thirty-first section the Court
is authorised to award to the prosecutor a rea
sonable part, not exceeding one third of the
penalty imposed, on conviction of any offend
er, and the residue as well as the proceeds of
all forfeited bonds, as aforesaid, shall be paid
to the directors of the public schools of the
proper district, nor shall this prevent the
prosecutor from being a witness in the case.
By the thirty-third section the constables of
the boroughs and townships shall make re
turn of the retailers of liquors, and in addi
tion thereto, it shall be the duty of every con
stable at each term of the Court of Quarter
Sessions of the respective counties, to make
return on oath or affirmation - whether within
his knowledge there is any place within his
bailiwick kept and maintained in violation of
this act, and it mall be the especial duty of
the Judges of all said Courts to see that this
return is faithfully
. made : and if any person
shall make known in writing, with his or her
name subscribed thereto, to such Constable
the name or names of any one who shall have
violated this act, with the names of witnesses
who can prove the fact, it shall bo his duty
to make return thereof on oath to Court, and.
upon his wilful failure to do so, he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall pay a fine of fifty dollars and
be subject to imprisonment not less than ten
nor more than thirty days' in the county jail.
The thirty-fourth section makes it a misde
meanor punishable with fine, and for second
offence, fine and imprisonment, for any person
engaged in. the manufacture or sale of intox
icating liquors, to employ or permit any in
temperate person in any way to assist in such
manufacture or sale.
Such are the provisions and restrictions of
the liquor laws of this commonwealth, and
such the pains and penalties of their viola
tion. If these laws were observed and en
forced, drunkenness would cease in a day.
Hastily and respectfully submitted.
D. BLAIR.
Auspicious Signs.
Notwithstanding the spasmodic efforts of
those who live by fanaticism, the general dis- .
position of the country is manifestly one of
confidence in the principles and intentions of
the new administration. Seldom has au ad
ministration commenced its career under more
encouraging evidences of public opinion.—
And this is the more striking when it is re
membered what a whirlwind of political ex
citement preceded the late presidential elec
tion. All the elements of party discord had
been let loose, and raged over the Union with
almost unprecedented fury. Those who look
ed at the canvass from abroad, without a
thorough acquaintance with our political sys
tem and our people, may well have anticipa:
ted most wild and fearful consequences, upon
which side soever the victory might incline.
Yet the moment the contest had ended, the
clouds vanished, the sky became serene, and
the angry . waves were stilled. As the Presi
dent well said in his Inaugural, "the voice of
the majority, speaking in the manner pre
scribed by the constitution, was heard, and
instant submission followed." The love of
our people for their institutions, as well as
their habitual regard for law and order, re
ceived thus a new and most welcome illustra
tion.
Since the election, everything upon which
public opinion could act has exhibited the
same tendency of peace. The Executive has
been heard through his Inaugural Address,
and it has received generous commendation
from all parties and all sections. The later
proceedings of Congress have manifested no
tendencies in the opposite direction, and
wherever faction or treason has attempted to
sound the old notes of discord, it has scarce
ly excited any other emotion than those of
pity and disgust. The Supreme Judicial
Court, moreover, has been heard upon con
stitutional questions involving inflammatory
party principles and prejudices, and its po
tential judgment is bowed to with general
submission. What a beautiful and encoura
ging practical commentary is all this upon.
the theory of our government!
If in some other countries of the world
there is no change of President except by vi
olence, and the period of office is also a peri
od of revolution, such is not the case among
us; and it would be well for all our citizens
to appreciate as it deserves their good fortune
in living under a government which is always
stable, though periodically changing its ad
ministrators, and which, however it may be
tossed upon the waves of public opinion, yet
rides out every storm securely, and is all the
stronger because it rests upon popular sup
port. Let any man who feels disposed to
quarrel with our political system because, in
his view, it is not perfect, inquire of himself
where on earth there is a better one, and
where, if mad and impious hands should suc
ceed in destroying it, he could take refuge
with the full consciousness that he had im
proved his condition? This single inquiry,
in the mind of every thoughtful citizen, ought
to put at rest every whispering of discontent
as often as it arises, and substitute in its place
a spirit of devout thankfulness to Providence
for his guidance of our fathers to that con
struction of government which is one of the
marvels of the world, and his great care of
their descendants, under whose hands our
country has been so largely extended in ter
ritory, and become so increased in population,
and power, and wealth. Let us hope that
the favorable symptoms which now promise
so much good to the republic may continue,
and that the ordinary avenues of public opin
ion may no longer blaze with the bale-fires of
discontent, and crimination, and disunion!—
The spirit of destruction has been rampant
in our midst for a long time, making war
upon almost everything that was once thought
valuable. It has quarrelled with the consti
tution, with the structure of society, and,
sometimes, with the Bible itself. It is quite
time for wise, and thoughtful, and discreet
men, of all parties, and in every section of
the Union, to resist its further ravages, and
to unite together in order to give the country
a little breathing-time of repose.
LOSING liis SOUL.—A man well clad, and
apparently "well to do," passing along East
Broadway yesterday, dropped a pocket-book
as plethoric and well to do as himself. A
manikin of a fellow, with red cheeks, bright
eyes, and toes that could be counted every
one. through the worn and tattered shoes,
spied the fallen treasure, picked it up, and
bounded off with might and main after the
unconscious loser.
"Here, sir !—here's your pocket-book !"
panted the little fellow. The man stopped,
quietly took the book, opened it, rapidly ran
over the bills—Gs.-10s.-20s.
There was a little silver—dimes, shillings,
quarters, and among them a poor, clingy
looking penny, just one, sole representative
of the whole Lake Superior regions.
It was all right—every bill, atom of silver,
even to the dear little perkily, was there.
The man seemed to be musing. What
would he do? thought the boy ; what would
he do ? thought we. Perhaps he would give
him a dollar—certainly a quarter—at least
a shilling. May be he would take him into
a neighboring shoe store and buy him a sub
stantial pair of boots. That would be better
still. At least he would purchase a pair of
warns woolen mittens—nice red and white
mittens—for the little man who looked up so
earnestly and honestly into his face. Slowly
he fingered the change in his pocket-book.
lie takes out a coin deliberately, and with a
generous smile places in the open palm of
the lad a whole cent.
Frightful. Railroad Accident
A Train Plunged into a River—Sixty 01
L:iglity Persons Killed.
TORONTO, March 12.—The train which left
this city this afternoon for Hamilton, ran off
tho bridge over the Des Jardins Canal,
above Hamilton, precipitating the engine,
baggage car and•two passenger ears into the
water. The locomotive and baggage car
passed over the bridge in safety, but the two
rear cars, containing 120 passengers, fell
through. Between 60 and 80 passengers
are supposed to have been killed on the spot.
Among the killed are:
Samuel Zimmerman, the well known bank
er and contractor. He was a native of
Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Street, a millionaire of Niagara
together with his sister and mother-in-law.
Thomas C. Macklam is also reported as
The passengers who escaped death are all'
more or less mangled, and most are injured
beyond all hopes of recovery. The doctors
are leaving Toronto and Hamilton to render
services to the wounded. There are several
Americans among the wounded.
The bridge is partially broken down. The
cars fell one on top of the other a distance of
forty feet.
The excitement caused by this terrible ca
tastrophe is beyond precedent.
The Parliament adjourned immediately on
learning the tidings. Nothing that has here
tofore occurred in the vicinity has created
such profound grief.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
TORONTO, March 13.—We learn the follow
particulars of the railroad accident at Ham
ilton, C. W., from a gentleman who left the
scene of disaster this morning. The acci
dent occurred on the Great Western Rail
way, at the bridge over the Des Jardines
Canal, which is elevated some sixty feet
above water. The bridge swings, and it is
supposed that the train which passed for the
east a short time before, had sunk the bridge
so much that the locomotive of this train
was obstructed by the - abutment to such a
degree that the passenger cars were raised
up and thrown into the canal.
The train was the local accommodation
from Toronto to Hamilton, and. left Toronto
at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
number of passengers, was estimated. at from
seventy-five to one hundred, of whom only
fifteen were taken alive from the wreck, and
of these five have died. The water in the
canal is eighteen feet deep, and nearly all'
those not immediately killed. were drowned.
The engine and tender, with the engineer
and fireman, were pitched headlong into the
canal, and buried fifteen feet below the sur
face. The baggage car and two passenger
cars are completely shattered, and, one of the
latter turned bottom side upwards and near
ly submerged.
When our informant arrived this morning
the parties were still busy in extricating the
bodies from the wreck. In an • outhouse ad
joining the station house at Hamilton, about
fifty or sixty corpses of men, women and
children were lying on one floor. No inqui
ry into the cause of the accident had. been.
held.
Most of the passengers were from Hamir
ton, Toronto, and the adjoining towns
Samuel Zimmerman, of Niagara Falls, Isaac
Buchanan, of Hamilton, Vice President of
the road, and Captain Twokey, a popular
commander on Lake Ontario, are among the
victims. Only one of the lady passengers
was saved, and she was much cut and bruis
ed. A German lad in the hind car, seeing
the conductor hastily retreating to the back
door, took alarm and followect, him, and he,
the conductor and three others were the only
ones who escaped with trifling injuries.
Failure of the Bank of New Castle.
This institution went by the board on Fri
day. The following account of the failure s
we clip from the Chronicle :
A GRAND SWINDLE-FAILURE OF THE BANK
OF NEW CASTLE, PA.,-CASHIER ABSCONDED
WITH sso,ooo.—Our community was startled
on Saturday morning by the ratification of
the rumor which prevailed of the actual _fail
ure of this institution. Rumors effecting the
credit of the bank have been afloat for some
time, but they were thought to be groundless.
It appears, however, that the half was not
known. The affairs of the bank are rotten
to the very core, and although the Directors
are men of integrity, they have themselves
been most shamefully duped, and have al
lowed the community to be swindled by their
unprincipled cashier.
On Friday morning the bank had just $4,
in coin, to tedeem its outstanding circula
tion which amounts to over $lOO,OOO.
The Cashier, John M. Wagonseller,
is a
defaulter to the amount of $50,000, and le °
on Thursday morning for parts unknown,—
lle is reported to have been a fast liver, of
loose and expensive habits, and deeply invol
ved in eastern speculations. Large sums,we
are credibly informed, have been recklessly
loaned to corporations, the great amount of
which will be a total loss to the bank; among
othtrs, $20,000 to the worthless Gramercey
Bank, Indiana. The causes of the failure
are similar to those of the Lancaster Bank,
and occurring just now, when money is in
such urgent demand, • will" tend still further
to increase distrust and uneasiness in the
money market.
The affairs of this concern Must have been
managed with the most criminal carelessness,
and our community will wait with considera
ble interest for further disclosures to reveal
the facts of this deep laid - bank swindle!
The Voice of Lycoming!
The Democracy of Lycoming county met
in Williamsport, immediately after the nom
ination of their fellow-citizen, Gen. Packer,
and after several able speeches, the following
resolutions were passed amidst the greatest
enthusiasm. Every part of the old Court
House was filled with the friends of General
Packer, irrespective of party, some of them
travelling miles on foot, in order to be present,
and the meeting passed off amid the-greatest
excitement.
Resolved, That the Democratic Convention
at Harrisburg, in nominating our distinguish
ed fellow-citizen, Gen. William F. Packer, for
Governor of this Commonwealth, has justly
and truly reflected public sentiment, and hon
estly discharged the delicate duty assigned
it, and merits, and will receive the approba
tion of the party and the people of the State.
Resolved, That we, the immediate neigh
bors of Gen. Packer, make haste to bear tes
timony to his unimpeachable private charac
ter; to his political consistency and fidelity;
to his great experience in public affairs; to
his unbending integrity, 'and to his eminent
qualifications and fitness for the office for
which he has been so triumphantly nomina
ted.
Resolced, That while we admit the merits
and the claims of his distinguished competi
tors, and hope for an opportunity to do them;
in turn, honor, we nevertheless think that
the crisis demanded the nomination of Gen.
Packer, and that he only could at the present
time, under existing circumstances, comman
ded the united support of the whole party
and insure success.
Resolved, That with Gen. Packer as our
leader, the north will not only stem, but will
roll back the tide of Black Republicanism,
which fanaticism and demagogueism have
been busy to direct against it; and that the
approaching election will show that the em
pire of reason, under the influence of the
"sober second thought," has re-asserted its
dominion over passion and prejudice.
Resolved, That the nomination of Nimrod
Strickland, for Canal Commissioner, meets
our entire and cordial approbation, and that
he will receive in the north the full party
vote.
Resolved, That the re-nomination of Judge
Lewis for the Supreme Bench was not only
an act in accordance with the usages of the
Democratic party but was a well merited
compliment to his commanding ability and
legal acumen.
Resolved, That we congratulate President
James Buchanan, upon his happy selection
of counsellors, (so far as the public have
knowledge of them,) and hereby reiterateour
confirmed and expressed opinion, that the
Union will realize in the Pennsylvania Pre
sident a wise, prudent, conservative, and suc
cessful Executive, disposed to do equal and
exact justice to all sections of the country.
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.—There will be a to
tal eclipse of the sun this evening. It will
take place about or a little before sunset, and
therefore will be visible only two or thre e
minutes.