. , / , •;"• ’ ' - ■ - “OUR COUNTRY —MAY IT ALWAYS BE BIGHT-BUT-RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY." ■ VOL. 49. VOL. 49, AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. published EVBnr Thursday uonsixo by JOUS B. BRATTON. TERMS. SnnacniPTioy.—Two Dollars if paid within tho year) and Two Dollars and Fifty Oonta, if not paid within' the year. "Those terms will.be rigidly ad ■bored to. in every; instanoo. Xo subscription dis continued until nrresragos aro paid unless at '(be optionof tiro Editor. ADTEBTtSEtiESTS— Accompanied by tliooAsn, and pot exceeding one square, will bo • inserted' three times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional' insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion.'- • . JoD-PniNTiNo —Such as ITaml-hillsj Posting-bills, Blanks, Labels, Ac. &0., executed with ,'ccuraoy and at tho shortest notice. , THE LOVED ONE GONE, t A light ia from our household go no, >. , A voice wo loved is stilldd> . A place is vacant at our hearth, Which hover can bo filled ; \ A gentle heart, that throbbed but now With tenderness and love, Has hushed its weary tbrobbinga hero, To throb in bliss above.'' Tea, to tho homo where angels are, ’ • His trusting soul has fled, -• > “ Aud.ye.t.wo bond above his tomb . . With tears, and call him dead ,; We call him dead,- but ah I wo kqow -Ho dwells where living waters flow. V&jjuiss theo from our homo, 'dear one, thod from thy place— life will bo-so.dturk without fTho sunshine of thy face ! • for thee at eve’s sweet hour. Whorl-stars begin to burn, Wo linger 10 pur oottago porch ■ Too-i’ook for thy return; - But vainly, fd.r ihy coming stops * We list through all the hoursr— ' We-only hoar the wind’s low voice That,murmurs through tho flowers, And the dark river's solemn hymn ••Swoop among the woodlands dint* Tho.bifd wo loved is singing yet • • Above our cottage door, ... ■Wo sigh to hoarit singing now, ■ ~ - Siri-co heard by thee no more ] ■ , The sunshine and the trembling leaves Tho blue o'errarching sky, The music of the wandering winds That float in whispers by—. And speak in tender tones to mo. * Of aUlifefs parted hours and ! thooi „ s X do not sco theonow, doar.dno,. I did not see thb now;' ■ • But evQu,whon tho twilight hropzo . Steals o’er my lifted -brow, I hear thy voioo upon my oar ;Iu murmurs low or soft, , I hear thy words of tohd'Crnoss ••. r. : ••XPhat-I-have'hoard so oft j .‘ rv -v C'. And on oarwouaded'sp^^ ■ Ablcssing'from above, : : . " thy lifo i Wei>ayaj&pUosUtby. h ; ; • - Still > Nquccc! ofFame's proudvoico for thoo, ‘ No : nced for earthly famo*!. " Thou art. enshrined in our fond hearts, And tliatjs all.tho same j / ■ >\ , Ay, full of faith, and trust, andhopo, , , Wo tread lifers troubledrgea, ' Till tlrpdas fcthrpbbin£ whvo.of time - Shall bear onr souls to thoo, ' : - To theb, oh 1 it will bo so sweet - With all our eins forgiven,- . . To mjnglo with, our loved r an,dUost,' In our sweet home in Heaven.; To spend,with.all.tho blest above , 4 And-ondlOB'lifoofporfoot'lovo!' / Mmllmm. lIABRE WdTSON, OE OUB CLASS. A Rcmlulscciice of tlic Past* H We are I bow tbo thought will rise When a glanc a is backward oast, To some well remembered spot that lies In tbo divmeaa of tbo past.” There was no one more universally beloved by his schoolmates, and admired by the inhabitants of our country village than Harry AVatson. There was ,a becoming modesty ■about his manners, a refinement about his , ways, a suavity in his disposition, a benevo lence in his heart, and a warmth of affection in his bosom, 1 which won for hini the esteem •of the young and old. Seldom, if over, was Harry .AVatson' seen arranged, as a prisoner for a misdemeanor before the desk of old George Clark, the village schoolmaster ; and everywhere was he held up as a worthy 'example for imitation by the parents of hia schoolmates, and by old George Clark, who with emphasis would often exclaim that Har ry AVatson would become a great man yet. Yet no one was more sprightly in the play or fond of amusement than Hurry, Horry AVatson was the only son of a poor widow, who was..compelled through ne cessity to gain her livelihood- by her needle. His father had died when yet but a child, and had been one the most influential as well as affluent men in the village, his death he left all his earthly possessions to his bereaved' wife ? biit she enjoyed their blessings only a .short time : for some avaricious and dishon-. ■cst neighbor attempted to break the will of 'Charels AVatson,' and after a long trial, they succeeded, and cheated the helpless widow out ■of every dollar of her property,, and she Aiecamo suddenly poor. There were’ many hearts that sympathized with the unfortu nate widow | foi? they werocdosQiohs that by an unjust trial—-by bribery and deception— She had.been’-wronged’out of her rightful possessions. Although thorp came a change, ati unexpected changeover the circumstances bf Mrs. AVatson, yet in her misfortunes she was Still as much thought of, still as respect ed ns when she rode in her golden car of pros berky,, and plenty .filled -bar. hearth. For Hrs, AVatson was an, exemplary Christian, ami her benovnldnooto the poor had made her beloved ,-and. admired- by dll. Exercising that true, Qod-like piety which reveals itself distinctly in the outward walk through, a, whole ‘ course .of lifo, ebo did not neglect 'natal the true principals of morality deep ly within the young heart of bor son and to Jeach hint the snored precepts of religion, and thus to bnild within his bosom a foundation ... virtue, which would lead him sale through labyrinths of temptation, and, throw “f 0 ,,, , him a, mantle of morality, which wild protect him in after ybars from the fa- Cl no.tion-6f vice.. , R „ 0 Itavo remarked that Harry whs Imnd ),i ’ e ~ an d So indeed ho was. Ills light beat re°u nut-brown hair, which curled (i»t ft over diis snow-white expansive will, i 1410 H o altbful glow upon his cheeks, femin*’ nvo n very fascinating though Ay at ‘ no appearance'. .And this was Harry thou , waa not much to ho wondered at, of ii,’ "° was a favorite of all the girls’ ' Vl ,‘ ln S°’ and a particular one of Clara j i the youthful belle of Orocnvilltown. Olnra was a sweet and lovely creature, and many wore the young hearts who sought to win her smiles, to steal a kiss from her rose bud lips, to ho her mate in the play, or her guardian when she strolled through the forests or over the green hills ; but Harry Watson was always the successful aspirant. Glara Gray was tho only daughter of tho wealthy farmer Graj whose house stood a little, back_ from the village, on the banks of the rippling stream. ..None were greater friends than' Squire Watson and farmer Gray ; and since his decease, and the change of circumstances of tho Watsons, it neverthe less did not lessen the friendship which had ever existed between the tiyo families. -Time flow rapidly away, Harry Watson grew with his years. Noho could excel him in drawing and painting,, and ibis beautiful specimens always gained for him the highest mark of favor at our yearly exhibitions. Harry was a poet, too ; a'nd as ho grow old er, Ins propensities for painting and poetry boonmo. more visibly developed, 1 -- Nought would please him more than to take's, stroll along the. banks of the little stream that coursed its. way around tho village, and sketch the" scene before him, and then to compose something in verse to his Clarii s But wo must hurry on with our sketch, throw away , the intervening years of Harry’s schqll boy doya up to. the hour when he was about to bid farewell to his' friends and schoolmates, and take a journdy far away to try his fortune in the busy world. 1 It was a' bright spring morning when in front of the habitation of widow Watson an anxiouO' group had gathered. Harry was about leaving tho parental roof where ho had been nurtured, to go he knew not whith er—was about to. bid adieu to all‘that ho held dear—about to shako for the last time the hands of many a loved comrade, hover again, perhaps, to look upon them certainly hover more to mingle with them in the play, or tread the pathway to the old school-house. There wore tears in many eyes, there wore sighs heaved from many a bosom, and hearts that were sorrowful and sad. , “ God bless you, my boy h Mind the advice that I have, always given you—be honest; faithful to every duty, and-you will grow up to manhood respected and honored.” And then that dear old mother of Harry’s lifted hot trembling, hand above bis drooping head, and mill a faltering voice breathed a silent blessing on, i' er boy. “Good bye, Harry,” camo from many a saddened heart; and as I reached fortii to grasp his hand and falter those sorrowful words, oh 1 I shall never forget how warmly he pressed it—how it trembled in rhy hold, .with fears in his eyes how softly he breathed' ■into my ears words which I never have for got Take core of Clara* Dave, protect her well, for. into your hands I consign her. until I return, and—and Dave, if I should never come backhand he wept as he spoke, you marry her.. Do not, oh ! do not let such a lovely flower wither away and die 1” . And_tlien he his way toward a group lawn, a, little distance from us; I'heed not tell iJiat'Clara was there—of the vovrs that were made—of thV parting kiss—of the rose bud'that was espied on Harry's bosom as he mounted the conch, Mute and silent wo stood watching that old coach as it rattled with its heavy wheels over the road until it mounted tho hill-lop in the distance,’ and then we could discern a white handkerchief waving for a moment in the hands of Harry—and it and tholoved one it held whs lost to our vi sion. Harry '.Watson foundhis -way to New York, where ho procured a situation as a cabin boy on hoard of a packet bound to Liverpool. His upright deportment, his polite manners and his intelligence, won for him the warm esteem of the captain, a,nd mado him many friends of those who were passengers on board. Among these was a celebrated Ameri can artist, who was on his-way to Italy tp study under some of the polished profes sors of that .land of refinement and art. ' He discovered in Harry the «strength cf his mind, the propensities' which characterized him—and was surprised at the specimens of paintings which Harry showed him-i—a few of which he had brought with him. Six months had passed away, and then wo find Harry Watson in . the labntory of an American Artist in.the beautiful city of Na ples—himself already a promising aspirant of the art. The friends of Harry had not heard of him since he loft, and many were predictions as to his,fate. Years sped and, still our 'comrades did not. return. One by one my youthful companions were leaving their homesteads, and at last it came my turn. I bid farewell to my relatives, kissed the brows of the village girls, shook the last remnant of the relics of that old,group of seven, and was myself a wanderer in the world—an aspirant after honor and station. Five long years had passed into eternity, and I had wandered far over the world— had grown to manhood—but still in my dis tant home I had hoard nothing from my old school-mate, • „ It was a bright May morning ns when Har ry Watson left his native place, that the.samo old village coach came rattling up the road. It stopped in front Of the residence of widow Watson and a gay dressed gentleman, per haps some two-and-twenty years old, deoond ed from it. His heavy moustache gave him o foreign appearance, yet he was remarkably handsome. Ho knocked at the humble door, and an old man of years and wrinkles opened and bade him enter. “ I believe you do not recollect mo, sir.” The old man gazed for a'moment upon the stranger—it was but for a moment, for he tottered ■ towards him, grasped him warmly by the hand, and said: “Why, Harry Watson, is it you?.’ How glad lam to see yqu. We thought you were dead—wo had heard nothing from you since you bid adieu to old Grodnvillotown,” “ That is strange, for I have written home, and supposed you had all departed; for I never received an answer." . ■ “That is strange,” muttered old George Clark, the village school master, for ho indeed it was, and the mysterious stranger was none other than Harry Watson himself. . “ But rav mother, where is she ?” anxiously inquired Harry. The old man’s head fell upon his breast— a tear fell from bio eye, and he spoke not. “ Speak my dear old friend, where is mv mother?" v ; . ' “ I ibar to toll you.” faltered tho old inan. “ Prepare yourself; my noble boy,, for the worst.” And then pointing with his. long, bony fingers through the open casement ho whispered into Harry’s ear — 11 She lies in yon grave yard !” 11 Dead ?” ■, “ She is no more, Harry.” And Harry wept—wept that his long an ticipated joy—tho -happy moment when ho should meet his dear old mother again ( had all vanished. “ But Clara—what of her?” A smile played around the tdd man’s coun tenance. ’ ■ “ She lives and lives for Harry Watson V* “ Thank God I that my Olara is yet alive.” Happy was the meeting of Harry and his loved Clara, and in his joy he almost forgot the grief the loss of his mother had occasioned Soonjfc was sounded through the village that that Harry had returned,* and many were the smiles and greetings of his old friends. But what a change had come oyer the scenes of other days I His associates had all like himself, bid adieu to the haunts of their young ambition, and were widely scattered over the world. Old George Clark was no longer the village had come to fill his place, and other faces occu pied those old time-worn benches.' The scenes of boyhood- had vanished. . Time had stamped a visible mutability upon ithe coun tenances of his frionda—had whitened the locks.of old George—hud slain his nfdthier-*- had faded the last trace of childhood from brows of his youthful companions—and had made his Clara a blooming maid of twen ty*—a woman. Amidst it all ho half forgot his disappoint ments, and was very happy—happy once more to tread upon the soil that gavo him birth—happy to yieW the faded haunts where he had passed the most blissful hours of his life—happy.once more to breath the tales of love into the oars'of his Clara. I.shall never forget with , what rapture I received the first letter from Harry after his return, followed in a few weeks by another with an enclosed note containing an ' ( invita tion to attend his wedding ;; for lie anil Clara were about to become one. It was a lovely summer evening in the latter part of, Juno, that I stood for the first time since I left, in-my native village. More than wanton animation seemed* to ho visible through the village—for I heard music from lutes, and songs -from fair ones coming from grty dressed groups, wend ing their way toward the mansion , of farmer Gray. Harry and Clara were to bo united in the'sacred bonds of matrimohy that very' evening, ■ \' There was' a happy group asseiiihled at .old Farmer Gray’s yhen I arrived, and a glo rious, welcome did' I receive from my old friends gathered there, i “ I see'you have taken good pare of Clara,” Dave said Harry, “ Yes, Harry, and now I am happy to he enabled to witness a union that will make a sun of bliss for you both, and life’s dark path with beams of happiness, and make fragrant its thorny.labyrinths with blushing roses.” “Roses; did yon say?. Do you remember, that rose bud Clara, gave ,me when I left the* village 1” ■ Yes; hut what of it?” - ", “ I have preserved it as a sweet memento .of her, and have it yetand then Harry drew forth from, the leaves of an old portfolip the very identical rose-bud. And see here—l have its imago too.” And sure enough, Ilarry had it beautifully painted and potvayod—the very image of the roeo-bud, loo.king for all the world like ,it d id on tho morning when wp parted,:, ■ ; Hatty auffOliii-a' wdre''Unil(jd.f ';' Years have sped away since then—Old farmer Gray is dead—and Harry and Clara, reside upon the farm, which, together with all his property, was bestowed upon him at liis decease. Old George Clarke, too is dead. Tho old village school-house is deserted, and a now, one has been erected at a small distance from * the old site, in its stead. Harry Watson is the father of several in teresting children, and Clara is yec beautiful ns ever, as happy, as pure and unsullied love can make her. Harry is pursuing bis favor- ite avocation, and he has already become celebrated as an artist and a painter, and bids fair to, stand at the very head of his pro fession’; for who is there that has not hoard of Henry Watson, the celebrated American Artist? .' The Orphan.' ■■••■“■l thought ’.you were to bring Elmira Wriglit home with you,” said Mrs. Dawson to her daughter Lucy as she came home from school; ■“ I could not ask-her without asking Elinor TVators, and I didn't want her to come,” said Lucy.' “ Why not I” ; “ Because she is not an agreeable girl.— She is so dull and mopish.” u She has not as much to make her cheer fill as you have. She has neither father nor mother, and her aunt with whom she lives is hot, I fear, very kind woman. I wish you had asked her to come home with you-. It might have been a bright day for her.” Lucy's heart began to smito her for not having had due sympathy for the orphan, but as nmny other persons do when they are conscious of failure in duty, she began to de fend herself: ./ “ Ndbocty likes Elinor. , She is considered by all the.girls as a disagreeable person,” “ Has she any marked faults ?” “ I do not know that sho has, but sho is not a pleasant girl.” Thei more nfied, then, of taking some pains with her to make her agreeable.” “ She has no especial claim upon mo.” “I think she has. The orphan has an es pecial claim upon the sympathy and kindness of those who have ,a happy home.” Lucy could not hold out any longer. Sho hurst into tears and said, I* } 9° rr y I did not think of these things; if I had, 1 should have asked her, I will ask her to-morrow.” “ Very well, my dear. Wo will try to make the' poor girl happy,” The next day Lucy was especially kind to Elinor, and asked her to come homo with her and Elmira Wright. Elinor seemed surprised that she should be an object ef kindness, but accepted the invitation. She appeared awk ward and embarrassed at first, but Mrs, Daw son spokeso kindly, that sho soon felt at homo and smiled f as sho had never been seen to smile before. _ _ ! From that day her wanner towards Lucy changed. She became towards her gentle and affectionate. Other girls began to treat her as Lucy treated her, and the result was that ere long she was regarded as one of the most interesting girls in the school. All this was the result of sympathy 1 expressed for her. It called out qualities which it was not sup posed she possessed. Young persons arc apt to neglect those who do not happen to interest them. They thus often neglect those who have heavy burdens to bear—those who most of all need sympa thy. Sympathy is more precious than gold. It will confer a happiness which gold cannot confer. . It affcqts the character of its object; and upon character, not upon condition, does happiness moinly depend. —Sunday School Visitor. • Leoacv. —I will and bequeath to my be loved Bridget all my property without re serve, to my oldest sou Patrick one-half of tlio remainder, and to Dennis, my younger son, tho rest. If any thing is loft, it may go to Terence O’Carty, in sweet ould Ireland. : CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 23,1863. Report of llic Senatorial Inves tigating' Committee. Wo.present helow the report of the Sena torial Investigating. Committee, 1 which was presented to the House of Representatives on tho 7th instant. After the report had been read, Mr. Brown, pi Northumberland, offered a resolution directing the Governor to institute criminal proceedings againet Simon Cameron, Win.. Brpbst, John ifT.'-patterson and Honry Thomas. , This resolution occa sioned a long and exciting discussion. After which, Mr. Brown withdrew his, motion, un til, as wo understand, tho minority of the Committee were ready .to presopt: their re port. - The Houso directed ton - thousand copies of the report of the majority fo he printed, with the evidence; find '&e people will then be able to read and comment upon this attempted fraud- upon the iWiocratiq party of Pennsylvania. .vti" The Commjttee appointed under,the reso lution of the lOth of January lest; to inquire whether unlawful means were-’employed to secure the election of a United States Sena tor, with authority to send for, persons and papers, beg leave to offer the, following re port : ■ !. ' i . That they have held.,forty-thveo sessions since that'time, and examined : thirty , wit- BOSSCS. ' ■ The.flrst witness was Jdff. : Boyer. [lie testified, precisely ns ho wrote in his letter published after thereloetion,] Now if this statement of Mr.Btiyer is true; there can be no doubt about tile employment of unlawful means to secure the election of General Simon Cameron to the-.'Senate of the. United States. But the Gomijiltteo had oth er testimony before them in to the transactions , related by Dr. Btiyer, and it became necessary, ;in jtho sight ipT that testi mony, to examine his : claims to truthfulness. That there were, within 'a few days pre vious to the Senatorial election, repeated ’in terviews between Mr., Brobst and Mr. Boyer cannotbo doubted, because th’ey. not' only both testify to this fact, but their testimony is corroborated by that of CaptainClmtzman, Dr. Early,’ Michael K. Boyer and Mr.Vaun'- han. _ They also agree; ili regard to the pri vate interviews had between. Iff. Boyer and Mr.'-Gameron, first at the State Capital Bank, and afterwards at Dr. Boyer’s room, in the Pennsylvania House; and in this they are sustained by the testimony of Captain Chritz l .man, Dip Early, and Mr; Vaifghnu. They agree, moreover, as to the arrangements and preparations which were made to visit Gono jal Cameron at his own l house, at the request n.f .Mr. Brobst; and us- to the-fact that such .preparations were made, we have the testi ipony of Dr. Early. '.-j There is also a marked asfeoment between the testimony of Dr.- Boyer and that of John J. Patterson, They both tesßfy that .they met at ,Harrisburg,; on the Friday immedi ntoly prececding thq-Sonatbriatelection : thal they went -to, itcading' iri tiro afternoon of that day, bn that General Cameron was on the same train ; that arrangements were tbpre made between j Mr.. Patterson and-Dr. Boyer fo.meot Gene ral Cameron at tlie house of his son, J. D. Cameron, on the next evening, that they met according to appointment, and that on the following Tuesday morning, the . day of the Senatorial election, Dr. Boyer at the request - Qf Mr. Patterson, Went to.Patterson’s.room, in Herr’s Hotel, where he found General j Cameron, and afterwards mot Dr. Puller. These are only a few of the- numerous points of coincidence botivooil the testimony of Dr, Boyer and that of Messrs. Brobst and ! Patterson. Indeed, there is.alnibst a perfect agreement between them, except in regard to I the alleged money transactions. It must he j evidont to every one, that Idt, [lie interviews’ which Mr. Brobst and .Mr,'Patterson had with Dr. Boyer, their only, object was to in fluence him, 1 by some mennser otlior, to vote for Gen. Cameron, for United States Senator. But by what means did they attempt to ,ae complish the object. T Hero the testimony of those three, witness- • 03 involves a"direct contradiction. Dr. Boy er assorts that Mr. Brobst tolcbhim ho was authorized by. General Cameron to oiler, five thousand dollars for a vote, /which Mr. Brobst denies, and that General Cimoron and Mr. Patterson positively agreed to give him twenty thousand dollars, and finally, twenty five thousand dollars, in oijlor to secure his vote for Simon CamerDn, which is emphati cally denied by' Mr. Patterson. Wo are, therefore, bound to conclude either, that the statement of Dr. Boyer on-the one hand, or those of Mr. Patterson and Mr. Brobst on the other, in regard to the pecuniary considera tions, are downright anj deliberate false hoods. ' ' a Men always act from motives. •: It is, there fore, legitimate to inquire, what jnotive could have influenced Dr, Boyer in tjiis single case, while all the loading features of his state ment are shown to bo true, to bear false .tes timony 1 It could not have been fear, for surely ho had no more to feat from telling the truth than from a declaration of false hood. It could not have been the hope of gain, for.it is impossible for lifiy one to see how he could have expected niiy benefit from the utterance of any such falsp statement.— Nor could ho have been actuated, by a ma levolent or revengeful feoling‘,!for there is no evidence of any such foelingibn the part ol Dr. Boyer against General Cimoron or any of his friends. Moreover, tt>! suppose any man could falsely and knowingly charge up on his follow man, .without soipe strong mo- tivo, a crime which would forever blast the reputation of its perpetrator m the commu nity, and then call upon God; in the most solemn manner, in attestation 1 of the truth- fulness of his charge, would bj to ascribe to him an unaccountable degree; of moral de pravity. : Here another ,question will nitiirally arise. Can any motive bo discovered on the part of ‘Messrs. Brobst and Patterson Which might incline either of them to.adenialbf the truth, in regard to. this money transaction ? The answer of this is easy. If this feature of the statement of Mr. Boyer is true, they have botli been guilty of attempting to bribe a member of this Legislature, which is, under our laws, a high misdemeanor, subjecting the offenders to a severe penalty. But who does not know that lie fear of exposure and punishment, and of tho odium that must necessarily result fron tho com mission pf suoha crime, would bl one of the strongest motives to impel men to) falsehood.. It is not reasonable to expect men to crimi nate themselves. ; '/ Let us look at this testimony from another standpoint. Truth is always consistent with itself. Tho'-stotoment of Mr. Boyer is a plain, straitforward, circumstantial, 1 and na tural story of such events as might occur, and bears upon the face of it no apparent disoreponoy. It is corroborated iu nearly all its leading details by tho testimony of Messrs. Brobst and Patterson, and in several partic ulars by that of Captain Christ?,man, Pr. Early, Mr. .Vaughan. Michael K, Boyer and Dr. Fuller, all of which may be seen by ref erence to the testimony of these gentlemen, herewith submitted. But now let us take a brief survey of the statements of Messrs. Brobst arid Patterson.. Mr. Brobst met General Cameron some weeks before the meeting of the Legislature, but no conversation passed between them in regard to the election of a United States Senator. Subsequently, without any request from any one, and of his own accord, ho came to Harrisburg, went the same evening to see’ General Cameron, and offered him his ser vices without being asked to do so, to secure his election to. thfi Senate of the United States. Ho again returned to Harrisburg, stopped af Herr’s hotel, but soon removed to the Pennsylvania- House, where Dr. Boyer had his room. He there met with Dr. Boyer, and had repeated interviews with him ; invited Boyer to go with him to General Cameron’s house ; provided horse’s and carriages on two occa sions to convey, him there ; visited the Gene ral throe or four times at his residence, be came the medium of communication between him and Boyer, and made the arrangements for several meetings between them. All this was done by Mr, Brobst, be it rem embered, at considerable cost both of time and money, and without any arrangement whatever with General Cameron, or anybody else by which ho vvas to be reimbursed. This is possible, but it is sXX probablef But again :—Mr. Brobst is positively .im plicated on Other testimony than that of Dr. Boyer; in alleged bribery. ■ Mr; John Hancock testifies that Mr. Brobst told him .he had the authority of General Cameron to use money to secure his election, arid-that any arrangement he might make, within a reasonable amount, would be im mediately complied with by Gen. Cameron. The testimony of Michael IC Boyer on this subject is that Mr. Brobst told him he was authorized to offer §lO,OOO. It is also in ev idence that Mr. Brobst told Mr. Potteiger, a member of the House, that if he would-voto for General'Cameron ho could make an in dependent.fortune ; that he would guarantee to him five thousand dollars in hand, and a i position worth forty thousand dollars; that if he would, naiine a day lie would bring Gen. I Cameron down to Berks county to make a final bargain, and that he had better let party go to the devil and make his money. The testimony of John J. Patterson, as already intimated, corroborates that of Df. Boyer, in nearly eyerypoint. They agree as to their, trip to Beading on the Lebanon Val ley llailroad ; their interviews.on the cars; their arrangement to meet General Cameron at the house of his son previous to the Sena torial election ; a meeting, according to this arrangement, to have an Interview between Generaß Civmeron, Df. Boyer and Senator X f uller, in My. Patterson’s room in Herr’s Hotel. ;Buli.'Mr; Patterson denies most em phatically that he. or General Cameron of-’ loved Div Boyer money or anything else as a means of inducing him to vote.for Cameron. Thisv whethor truo ; er,.false ibfitaqlf, is what Iniglß' bo expected under the mfeumetniicoa; and is, according to the‘statement of Dr. Boyer, what Mr. Patterson said he wfould testify if the investigation should be ins'tUu-. I ted. There were other statements'in tho testi mony of Mr. Patterson that are worthy of consideration. He says ho canto to Harris burg at the jjequeat or suggestion of no one. That he arrived here on the Bth of’January, between five and six o’clock in the afternoon. That after supper he mot General Cameron by accident at the Post-office, and was in- J formed by him there that ho wos not a can- J didate for U. S. Senator. ' On the next day he sought an interview with Dr. Boyer, in order to ascertain whether he really intended to vote for Gen. Cameron. That alter having some conversation with Dr. Boyer, on their way to Reading, ho had no faith in him and concluded that ho would .advise General Cameron.not to trust him, and that General Cameron said he would have nothing tet do with hint. Still, however, ns the testimony . of both Dr. Boyoy and Mr. Patterson shows, they persisted 1 in holding interviews with Dr. Boyer,, in order to secure, his vote for Gen. Cameron. All this service Mr. - Patterson performed without fee or reward from any one. There is one other point in filr. Pat terson’s testimony that may be noticed. Ho says that he was present during the whole time of tho interview between Senator Fuller, General Cameron and Dr. Boyer, at his own room, in Herr’s Hotel. Accordingly, he re lates, in his testimony, the oonvorsotion which took place between the parties on that occa sion. KEPOiIT. But the testimony of Senator Fuller, is that Mr. Patterson was not ip tho room while ho was there. Here, then, is a flat contra diction between these two witnesses but the committee have no doubt, from tho evidence before them, and from all tho circumstances of tho case, that the testimony of Senator Fuller is literally true. * It appears from the testimony before tho Committee that there wore other members of the Legislature besides Dr. Boyer,- to whom offers of money end place were made- to in duce them to. vote for Simon Cameron, for United States Senator. Those who would come to an enlightened judgement in regard to this question, may consult the testimony of Messrs. Graber, IV'olk, Thomas and Ham mer. - . Mr. Ofabor testifies that Mr. Henry Thom as, at his own house, and in a private inter view between them, urged him to vote for General Cameron for United States Senator, and asked Mr. Oraber to make his own fig ures if ho could do anything. He, miS-eovor, insisted on Mr. Grabor to go with him at a late hour of the night to see General Came ron at his own house, and propose to taka him in his carriage, but Mr. Grafaof did not consent to any pt those proposals. Mr. Wolf’s testimony is, that Mr. Henry Thomas said to him, “ Go for General Came ron, and you shall be well paid; ,etato how much you will take to vote for General Cam eron ; put down tho figures.;' It is also in evidence that Mr. John S. Hammer tcld Mr. Wolf that ho could make §5OOO by voting for General Cameron; and again, that ho (Mr. Wolf) could make n.nice thing of it. The report concludes with the assertion that if the testimony of those men is true, then Gen. Cameron and those already impli cated are ouifrir. Tho testimony in this ease, os taken before tho committee, is very voluminous, occupy- , ng 132 pages of largo bill paper. O' Tho rustic amusement, of oudgel-play ing ought to bo prevented, as it affects the security of tho crown. O* A ’ beau dismissed by a belle, and an arrow dismissed by a bow, are apt to bo off in a hurry. Wanted—By an attorney, a clerk to engross other people's attention. The Beverly Tragedy. A Son Poisons All His Relatives, From tho Boston Journal. Simon Staokpole, fatlior of the person now under arrest on the charge of the murder of his sister, and of the treble attempt to take the lives of his own father, mother and also a second sister, removed from this city to that part of Beverly, known as Monscrat, situated about three miles from the principal village of the place, in the year 1857. lie had pre viously, been in'the brokerage business here, but the conduct of some members of. his fam ily becoming intolerably and uneontrolably bad, the' parents resolved that they should no longer remain where influences of a de praving character might continue to operate upon them, and accordingly located in the quiet and respectable town whore the recent revolting chapter in the annals of crime has just been enacted by the second of Mr. Stack pole’s two sons. At the time of the removal alluded to the senior Stackpolowas estimated to have been worth $lO,OOO or $12,000, though it has since then been reduced somewhat by the misconduct of these same sons.. The •family consisted of the father and mother (a couple about 50 years of age);, ason, Samuel L Stackpole, 25 years of age, at. present a soldierl.m the Bth llegiment; a daughter,. Mary, 16 years; an adopted daughter, Caro line, 3 years; the son Charles L. Staokpole, who is now 21. years of age. The first positive indication that attempts wore being made to poison the Staokpole fam ily is believed to have appeared on Friday, March 27th, on which day the family had a Soup for dinner, the eating of which made,, them all sick. Charles, the son, ate sparingly of the soup, and saidho was unwell afterward and the same soup being warmed and put bn the dinner table on Sundoy, they all partook .heartily except him, he saying that the soup had made him sick once and ho would eat no more of it. Some of this soup was subse quently _ analyzed, and arsenic was found present in large quantities. : The family were taken very, ill after their meal on Sunday, and on the following Tues day a physician was sent for, the'impression being that both the daughters were dying. ; — The messenger despatched for the doctor was the son Charles, who, instead of procuring a horse (the physician resided several miles away), set out on foot, and having reached a shoemaker’s shop a short distance from his father’s, wont in and sat down, engaging un concernedly in'conversation on frivolous top ics, and, after an absence from home for an hour or more, returned, telling the agonized family that the doctor would soon be in atten dance. A . long interval elapsing, however, and; the physician not making his appearance another person was sent for him,, and by this process ho was speedily brought, this being the ohly.intimation received by him that his services wore required. : I 1 The daughter Caroline died, having endu -1 rod groat Buffering, at about 12 o’clock on the following Wednesday night, and the body .was duly;entombed. The other members of ' the lainily gradually recovered from their ill riess Until Tuesday of the present week, when, haying sent Charles to procure some oatmeal they had some cakes forsupper, which, being Oaten, produced sickness exactly similar to j that from which they were then in process of recovery. Doctors- Swasey and Torrey, of Beverly wore summoned to attend them, and it becoming apparent there was'just ground for suspicion that all was not right, a con ference was had with the town authorities' relative to the subject, and the body of the dead child was exhumed, and an examination thereof was had, the stomach, with its con tents, being sent to a distinguished chemist in this city for analysis. Evidence accumulating meanwhile, a war rant for the arrest of Charles Staokpole was issued. Staokpole was told by the officer, that hgfinust go with him. lie inquired what for, and on being told that he was charged with murder, said“ By t—' —, they’ve got a ‘ big'thing’ on .me ; I wonder what they’ll | get.up next.” lie wanted to get his coat, and very soon expressed his regret at being compelled to leave bis parents, with whom he was expecting to watch that night. He also alluded to the death of his young sister, and saidho always loved her, denying his guil’ and nhedding tears, evidently at the recollec tion of her suffering; Stackpole was arraigned before Justice Hill and was then committed to Salem jail, to await an examination on Tuesday next, at 10 o’clock, a. m , at the Town Hall, Beverly; Since his commits! to prison he has at times manifested signs of being deeply affected, but for the moat part has been stolid and indiffer ent, It is a clearly-established fact that within three weeks ho has bought poison not less than four different times, in each in- stance mentioning that the object in procur ing it was the destruction of rats in a,stable of his father’s. When arrested ho had upon his person a vial partly tilled with arsenic, and on reaching the jail at Salem, the drug gist, Mr. Barton, at once identified beyond question, the bottle, and also the man who purchased it, saying, however, that there was not so much arsenic in the package as when it was first obtained. . The Forthcoming Draft. —lt seems to he very well understood that as soon as the pro vost-marshals are selected and an enrollment scoured, a draft will be, first ordered in those States that have not fill|a their quotas under the old allotment, for men enough to fill up deficiencies. This will put at least forty thousand men in the field, with .prospects of I a call ere Juno for two or.throe hundred thou sand additional. A Southern Peace Partv. —Among the lato Southern items of nows is ona reporting the formation of a peace party, headed by Henry S. Poole, Alexander Wesley, editor of the Kiohmond Whig, and others. Rosolu-. turns on the subject would probably pass the lower House of Congress, before adjourn ment. It is said that the course of tho Kioh mond Enquirer is disapproved by many load ing members of tho Southern Congress. C 7" Piety, which is a true devotion to God consists in doing all his will, precisely at tho time, in tho situation, and under the circum stances in which jio has placed us.— Fenelon. _ BZF How does tho President’s emancipa tion proclamation conflict with tho tariff? The one imposes a taxon wool, while tho oth er makes wool free. CT” An Irishman of our acquaintance late ly looked under the head of “ Obituary’* in a newspaper for tho list of dead letters. 0“ The Irish citizens of Chicago are taking measures to send; a contribution for the relict of the distressed in Ireland. JD6F*" Daily Evening Moil”—A lover calling on his sweetheart. From tho Cleveland Plnindcalor. Outrageous Case of Coverinuent Swindling. Toung men Inveigled info ihe Army as Sub stitutes, and then Advised fo Desert-—Hor ace Greeley’s Brother one of ihi Principals'. A devilish scheme of swindling the Gov ernment has,just been brought to light, the prime movers of which are O. F. Lewis—; “ Pop Corn Lewis”—of this City, and N..Bar* nes Greeley, of Wayne, Erie county,’Penn sylvania, brother of the notorious Horace Greeley, of the Now York Tribune. The. main facts have been in our possession foit ' some time, but wo have forborne publishing ;' them until the whole affair was brought. t<> • light. It seems that a number of substitutes, who had been swindled by Lewis and Gree ley, made out several affidavits, certifying thereto, while in Camp Cleveland last-fall. _ One of the affidavits embodied the fact that its signer—a resident of Wayne, Brio county, Pcnnq,.,—had been drafted!" hut had received no official notice thereof, Greeley, tho man spoken of above, advised him to go to Cleve land. Greeley represented himself as a Sec ond Lieutenant in tho Second Ohio Cavalry, and that G. F. Lewis, a wealthy and influen tial (!) resident of Cleveland, and a banker there, was Colonel. At Cleveland Lewis would pay him $lOO to enlist; if ho refused to do so, he .(Greeley): w'ould liquidate his expenses thither and back. He said'there was a fund in the Bank of Cleveland with ' which to purchase substitutes fordraftedtiien. He impressed upon-the follow’s mind that ho ■ would hayd but little or no trouble-in procu ring a second lieutenancy, also a snug sum in bounty money, after which he couldresign. The man came to this city and enlisted in tho : Tenth Ohio Cavalry, and claims that he was outrageously swindled by Lewis and Greeley j The burden of all the affidavits was the samel story of cheating and swindling,, invariably •■■■ at the hands of Lewis and Greeley, ■ On Wednesday, District Attorney Paine received the affidavits that had been forwarded to. Washington by Colonel Senter and Major Thayer, from judge Advocate Turner, Ac* companying the affidavits was a note from Mr. Turner, stating that the culprits could not bo reached by United States law, and suggesting that they to held under State law, Lewis was arrested yesterday afternoon; and his confederate,. Greeley, will also be-ta-- kon into custody in a short time, it. is not thought. .' The plan adopted and practiced by tewid* and Greeley, was to represent themselves as : officers, as stated above, and thereby .induce, young men to join the 10th Ohio paying them $lOO or more as bounty money." After selling the victim as a; substitute—rev beiving generally. therefor a large sum of monov—they would induce him to desert, af- ' tor which ho. would bo -sold by them again as a substitute in some other regiment. ' Thus these scoundrels managed to make a ‘.‘ hand some, thing” -.out of a. very, dirty. and ugly transaction- ‘ . One, Thomas Kin# a person who bad ru* oeived $lOO from. Lo’wis to join the 10th Ohio Cavalry, ran away at the instigation of Lewis, who took him to his own house, hid him. in the garret, furnished him with citizens' clothes, and eventually spirited him away.—* This fellow was recently arrested at Coldwa* ter, Michigan. A demand being made on tha authorities ;for the culprit, he was sent forward —arriving at this place on Thursday night, in charge of a U. S. Deputy Marshal, and lodged in jail. (C/* Lot no Democrat be deceived.by tha appeals of the Republicans to join their Lo yal Leagues.” ' The whole scheme is an Abo lition one in disguise. Its .secret nature should be enough, to condemn it inrtho.minds of. all ttuo patriots, but, when, in addition to this, Umy look ot the character of the men who control it, and reflect' over their former antipathy to the Dnion, their contracted see* tionnl views, and the# rejection of the Grit* tenden Compromise, measures, by which war might have been a ton-mid strongeif argument is presented wV.y they should re frain from connecting themsOyes with it. BIT* The Democratic party is League” enough' for every real patri ways true to the Union, having devi carried through nine-tenths of the gfei. ures that have made the country prosperous* never equivocal in its sentiments, and per fectly faithful to all the truths reposed in it* it needs not resort to secret organizations, and midnight conclaves, to promote its objects.—• Let all honest Union men connect themselves with it at once, for it is the only jparty that has proven itself consistently and unaltera bly devoted to the national cause* BZ7* The Administration, having- a plenty of spare time on its hands while vigorously prosecuting the prolongation of the war, is going into the plantation business. It is about organizing regiments of male negroes at the- West and working gangs of negro women and children for agricultural purposes at He* lena, Arkansas, Island No. 10, besides oo!o“ nies for Texas. . tD“ According to Republican testimony, there has been $300,000,000 stolen, by con- ■ tractors since the war began, The Kentucky radicals, who are for voting men and money, I are by their convention instructed to Vote .to feed those radicals. That is about an aver age tax of fifteen dollars to every man, wom an and child in the loyal States— Louisville ' Democrat. A Coop Suggestion.— The Philadelphia 'Journal proposes that the Bo ; called “ Union Leagues,” which 'have been instituted to in* fluonce' the next Presidential, election, &0,, under the auspices of the proprietor of thd Philadelphia Press, be called in his honor “Forney Leagues,” which Will bo at least a more honest name than the one.tlioy have as sumed, , ' Does any one in his ordinary senses suppose that tho vast hcrd.of contractors,:sut-‘ :; ' lers, government agents, tax colleoltofsv ahd;l. other officers, whose purses arc growing 'fail ' off of tho war,'desire it to cease ? Rot oho of them. The longer it continues, the better for their interests., Fot tho contest stop,' and the occupation of most of them “la gone,” _ tt-7” The Tribune. heads- its returns front' Connecticut ■“ A Complete Overthrow of the Copperheads;” A gam of 6,000 in a single year is rather a novel sort of “overthrow.” O” A Western eotompornry, in comparing the Royal League to tnolvuotv JVothiugs, says, “ it is l the -same old Skunk in a new hole.” . ' . A, Friend of ours says bo has noticed ope curious fact, that the so-called “ War Demo crats” seldom go to the war. NOi 45;
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