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Sceatum,
A. J. GERRITSON.
Illogneorie T TlitUrsday. Feb. S t 1557.
The Democratic Mine ("convention
for 1867.
The Denmeratic State Convention; for tire
purpose of placing in nomination candidates
for Governor, Canal Commissioner, and
Judge of the Supreme Court, to be voted for
in October nest, will be held' at IbARRiS
IU MONDAY, the aecond day of
llaseh t lB.s7, at 1 b o'clock, A. M.
J. W. FOR:CET,
Chairman of State Central Committee.
t We ate indebted to Ilon. J. Glancy
Jones for public documents.
Arr . We have received' an anonymous
communication intended for publication; and
if the.writer will send us-his name, we will
read, and decide whether'to pablibh.it or . not.
We occasionally receive such anottirifous ar
ticles, and must say, twee for all, we can not
notice them. If correspondents cannot give
us their names in confidence, ea cannot give
them the use of out columns.
Two Tears Ago and Now.
Shied the election of Sinion Cameron to
the Senate by the, united forces of the A meri
caus7and "Republicans:' aided by the treach
ery of 460, Warmsller„ and Mentor, (aptly
styled the Judas, Arnold 4 . 7 . Georgey,of Penn
sylrania,)- we have watched with no ordinary
degree of interest the expre*"ion of public
setiment through the Press Of this, as nen as
•
other States.
Every . llemocnttic paper which we take
up, unites in condemning the treachry of the
Three, who betrayed the confidence of their
constituencies by electing to a high position
a man whose great influence is said to con
sist In drafts on the Middletown Bank,
and . whose course as a politician has bee
one of intrigue.
But it is to the so-called "Republican" pa
pers of this district that we have looked
with the greatest interest loran endorsement
or repudiation of the 'selection. of the man
whom two years ago, they were pleated to
call a " truckler to the Slave Power, " " Pro
.
Slavery hack," "broken down politician,"
,ke., stc... If the the pretensions of the Wil
mot agitAtors were thought worthy of the
least confidence, it might naturally be ex
pected that they would have been unaninzorrs
in their condemnation of so great an outrage
upon the honest voters of this Commonwealth,
for it is is fact undisputed by all, that had
Simon Cameron been a candidate beforti the : --------0-4.-4.------
people for that office, be could have had no _
ifor In the Legislature, for.the -last week,
.
much of the time has been spent in discuss
show -whatever of success - except perhaps, i
under a pressure similar •to the infamous Fill; j ing the late election, of the notorioni- Came
more fusion, into which the blindly . zealous " QA * '
masses of the opposition were driven last No- 1 Wagonseiler, from Schuylkill county, read
vember. i . : . a e prepared speech in defence of his eating for
. .
Wilmot's organ in Bradford county, (The 'Cameron, and boasted that...nine-tenths of his!
lieporter,)-salys iu commenting 'upon the re- 1 constituents approved his vote. Whereupon
suit," We were not advocates of the election ! a member proposed he should resign his seat 1
.of General Cameron, yet tee CIO not hesitate to I and go back for re-election, but the seller
say that we are not only fully 'satiNfied, but i didn't seem inclined to try so fatal an esperi-
that we rejoice," &c. Here then we have i went. i
from a leading "Republican" paper the most IThe Fillmore Cameron Know Nothings-1
unequivocal eudorseinent- of the very man i there no doubt. are greatly pleased with . the
whom it has been their pride to denouncel treacherous act, but the Democrats have a
' since the first dawn of existence their brief as large , majority in the County, and every
a party. In a letter published in the Repub.-1 Democratic sheet from there has been filled
/lean of February, 1855, David Wilmot in- with reports of meetings in various parts of
dignautly repelled the charge that Cameron 1 the County denouncing Lebo and Wagonsel
was his "preference" for the office of Senator, I ler in unmeasured terms for betraying the
even after the publication of the Kirkpatrick , confidence reposed in the
m.
letter, which was denounced as a mere clap- i - The County Convention that placed these
trap affair, intended to seduce the ~ Anti _ i . men in nomination last Tall has been re-as-
Nebraska" wing of the. Opposition into his 1 sembled lately to express their views on the
support. Not only did the Independent Re-1 s t ubject. We will endeavor to give their pro
/Mit:eon—then in the second month of its ceedings next week.' ,The Convention will
• • nomiaal existence, oppose Cameron'selection, i of course very strongly denounce' the Trait
' but it labored to prove that the Democrats : .
were 'after all the real supporters of the "base
truckler to tbe,Slave Pewee- But noir, when
• so uulooked for a result has been aubieved, the
.Republican quietly endo - rse, the act, without
scarcely dating to give an opinion in the
matter, and wisely too, for it cannot do so
without "kicking out of the traces" or aban
dolling the principles which it has claimed to
advocate. its 4 matter of interest to our
readers we give, some extracts from that pa
per. Read that, and then remember that
Cameron owes his triumph to the votes of the
',. . members from this district, whose election
the Re2ntblirari advocated, solely cn the
ground that they were " free-soilers."
t From tbelkkiblican of February Ist, 1835.
1 "We 'believe the members from this sec
t.- lion• agree, with us that Judge Wilmot is ern
.:;., . phativally the man for the posititin,, at this
1. . crisis of national:sr:friss. But whoever it may
he, let him be a decided friend of freedom,
r
.. and not a truckler, to Slavery, like Gett.
Carairou."
--t. Two weeks later the .R7p . übeican says:
'-1 t 41 , 1 ' - * * , * **
*
* - it n • -
it .
e have not the Particulars of the 'vote,
1, . •but believe the members from our own dis-
It trict and :menial 'neighboring ones, hare re-
I/mined true their 'principles, and we trust
1 .. they they ; will continue so. lint the boast
that Pennsylvania his at last a Free-Soil Leg
t. : iklature seems likely to Be falsified. " True,
."... 'Stomg was elected speaker of the House, and
Eli Slifer was elected. State Treasurer, and
, I both are well knoma lires-Soilers, but 'the
• moral effect ' of.their election will be more
[ than counterbalanced by electing a old politi
,.'i ' cathath and time-sereisag dotty/trace like Si
k.. mon Cameron to the United States Senate. .
'-: Wiwi twcurivcan our Legislature final" for
. f4te i l iff bi l - prin a s n y i ra t ;ia
s in:
n p_ot tu t o i g g s i o vin m g uc so h :
' SUICIDAL A STAB. to .gethern rights and
the cause of hisiaitii ficedom 1 What motives
can They have' for -inch an act! Sernething
',. luvi - beee. said; itt the present Legislature of
the Mktg and .Orruption that existed in
-
.former Legislatures,eepecially the last: let
':them take care not to give the people grounds
to suppose Oat they 'ate is that • re:Teet no
better than theii" predecessors=-the OLD
of Simon Gameron has more infinenoe with
them than. the wishes and interests of their
constituents.
• •
hianachusetts, New York, lowa, Wileonsin,
Illinois; ill havinggiven their voice fie free
dom, and if we yield to 'Pro-Slavery influ
ences, tee shall stand alone in our disgrace,
poor, pitiable, doughface Pennsylvania., Mat
position for the land of Penn and Franklin!
for the State wherein was written. the De
claration,of Independence!
We have.still some hopes that. Cameron
may be defeated, but if not, the Know-
Nothings who elect him,—or any other No
bmska man—must took out for breakers."
One week later the Republican says:
"Rumors . are in circulation that Judge
Wilmot is in favor of Simon Cameron for U.
S. Senator. The falsity of the report is evi
dent from the fact there is not a paper in his
district, Unless we except the one that is
deadly hostile whir. Wilmot, nor a member
from his diatriot,.tbat I. friendly to Mr. Came
ron. On the contrary every one of them is mak
ing the most strenuous efforts to defeat his
election.. Any letter from Mr. Wilmot ex
pressing personal regard for Mr. Cameron,
written in answer. o similar ones from Mr.
Cameron to Mr. Wilmot must have been
• procured by Mr. Cameron's strong personal
aid political friends, and will be published
only by such papers as are really if not osten-
Isibly in favor of -his election. The object is
to procure Free-Soil votes for Cameron at
liarrisburg, and to injure Mr. Wilmot among
his Free-Soil friends at home. The game is
too shallow for success."
EDITORS.
The same paper says:
" We give it as our firm belief that there
are not half a do=n men in Susquehanna
county of any party who are really . in tavor
of Simon Cameron. And to judge from the
tone of the public press, the same views ap
pear to pervade the State generally."
, The Republican of. March Bth, says
"new this favorable state of feeling to- '
ward Cameron was brought about, whether
by orders from the Slave Power, by direct
purchase on Cameron's part, or by the ;in
fluence of Lid "borers," we ate unable to say.
But the fact is manifest, and confirms us in
our belief that President Pierce's Pro-Slavery
administration, has not much choice between
Iluckalew and Cameron—who alike labored
faithfuily in favor of the Nebraska bill, and
would be the pliant tools of Slavery. Came- 4
rotes letter pledging himself. to Free-Soil
principles, we consider as only a part of the
yaw,- and written merely to deceive Free-
Soil men into his support.'"
The above extracts are but a small portion
of what - we might copy from the Republican,
as column after column, (of both editorial and
selected articles,) was devoted to the most
violent denunciation of Cameron and his
supporters. They are however quite sufficient
to show that the endorsement now of Came
ron is in direct and inexcusable antagonism
of the pretended position of the " Republican"
party two years ago. - It proves conclusively,
that under the garb of "Free-Soil" they are;
playing a game of deception upon the voters
of the " Wilmot district,"—that they are if
, possible the most corrupt of the two wings of
! the fileionists of „Pennsylvania.
•
Has our neighbor anything to-say about
" Cameron and Slavery" now if so there
are many who would like very much to hear
it soon.
Tom Quick, the Indian Slayer, and
the Pioneers of the Delaware.
This is the title of a book of 264 pages,
filled with thrilling accounts of the adven
turersiof the Old Indian Slayer of the Dela
ware and his friends. It is the only book of
the kind that was ever published, and al
though issued in a country village. without
the advantage of an extensive system of Tut
fing--such as is given to books published in
large cities----it Las already had a circulation
of thousands. It contains full particular's of
the birth and youth of Tom—tbe murder of i I
his father by Indians—the iiilhssof the Carter
family of Damascus—the . defence of a block
house by a single man against a host of
Indians—Tom's murder of one of the Indians.
who killed his father—massacre of an Indian
family by Tom—killed a buck with seven
skins—Capture and r•scape of Tom—Marder
at Mongauf Falls by Tom—Tom's Revolu
tionary Expl.oits—a thrilling adventure of
Tom on the Sanburgh—his second capture
i and escape—his 'murder of Canophe—his
battle with panthers--his death, dm. she.
Any one who wants a copy 'of the book
will enclose 5O cents in money or stamps,
and address Lis letter to James E. Quinlan,
Monticello, Sullivan county, 'New York, and
a copy will be - sent to hini post paid by re
turn mail,. . Five copies for $2. Agents are
wanted to canvass every town in this county.
TheConsplete Amerlean Statesman
:A new political itistory of the United States,
from the Pilgrim Fathers to the repeal of
the ifiisoari Compromise.
The above i* the title of a new work of
over 1000 pages, published by , Derby
Jackson, 119 Nassau. street Nest York, and
for which Mr. Oliver Lathrop of Springville
is an sprit. We have bad time to give it
but a hasty examination, but belieits that it
is well worth examining and punk t:asp by
all who desire correct information in 'mord
to tire 'political history pc the Republic. 'lt,
.., .
is free from paitisan bias, and . may therefore
be relied on as correctin its statements and
comments respecting party politics. It. is
highly recommended.by the N. r. Tribune,
(Republican ~
papery and various other jour- I
nals of all parties. The 24r. Y. Day Book
(Democratic paper) speaks of it as follows:
" We hair) examined this volume with con
siderable attention, and find that the author
has performed his work 'with much care and
impartiality. Suck a work has long been
needed, and it is well that it has been done
in a manner soiree/rasa partisaatias. We
know something, of the difficulty of wading
through Congressional Globes and Niles
Registers for a simple political fact which we
can find in this volume In a moment. The
political history of our country is •of the ut
most importance to every citizen, and a study
°friar workings of our government during its
existence is the safest way of becoming famil
iar with its powers and duties. .This volume
is almost indispensable to the editor, the poli
tician, and intelligent voter for reference.--
The author has generally and wisely confined
himself to a simple statement of the positions
of public men upon political questions, and
Las not sought to present his own views,
whatever they may be. These positions, we
[believe, are fairly and candidly stated by '
' ex
tracts from the speeches made upon - both
sides of each question. The work thus pre
sents in u compact form the political history
of the country since the formation of the
Constitution. .It is a valuable addition to
any library, and especially is it valuable to
those whose%tock of books is small, as it is
a library of political information of itself.."
The subscription price is *3,30.
The . Past and Present---The Ap-1
. prOstebing Termination of the I
Thirty-Fourth. Congress.
A just and wholesome reaction in public
sentiment, says the Washington Union, was]
-never more conspicuously or agreeably dis
played
than in the changed tone and altered i
condition of affairs in the lower branch of
Congress. The country cannot hare forgotten i
the exulting and almost insolent tone of the !
opposition members of the House of. Repre- I
sentatives on the eve of taking their seats at
the commencement of -the present Congress..l
Suddenly and unexpectedly rising to place I
upon the mad and maddening waves of relig- 1
ions and political fanaticism, they indulged in
the most extravagant ideas in regard to the
extent, duratien, and exercise of• their powers; I
and the number of democrats in the House
was so small and the opposition majority so .
; over whlmingly large, that, extravagant as
these ideas were, there was too much reason
r to fear that. they would be promptly and suc
cessfully. executed. They would repeal the
Kansas Nebraska act.,; they would remodel
, the naturalizatiOn laws; they would Protes.-
tanize the religious element of the country ;
:they would give Reeder his asked-for seat; in
spite oMaw, precedent, and -the ballot-box
and they would so shape their labors and de
liberations as to secure an easy Victory for
itheir candidate in the coining presidential
I election. All these speculations appeared to
Iconic not only within the range of possibility,
1 but of probability; and it was with a courage
; ous, but, not hopeful spirit, that the Spartan
band of some seventy democratic members
gathered togetbir in order that tbe' ,might
present a firm and an unbroken. front - to an
enemy flushed with success, and confident I
from superior numbers of annihilating all I
opposition. Then came the fierce and pio- 1
tracted struggle for speakership ; and as the
struggle progressed, and as, the democratic
phalanx became firmer, bolder and more
powerful with each _successive day, it was
manifest to the country that the oppos i tion
were shorn of all real power before the op
portunity was offered for its exercise. liirhat
was done or rather what was left undone,
after the election of Mr. Speak 6. Banks, '
during the balance of the session, is rea v a
l\l
part of our political history. They did.not
repeal the Kansas-Nebraska act; they mode
no war upon our foreign born citizens; they
established no religious test; Reeder was left
seatless; and they had failed to impress upon
the public mind - the belief that, they bad ex
ercised their power as representatives with
honor to themselves or advantage to -the
people. Nothwithstanding all these failures,
notwithstanding so many pledges and protni
-1 ses remained unredeemed and-unfulfilled, at
ithe es:piration of the last session of. Con
gress they. started for their respective homes
/ under the confident belief that they were
about to engage in . a canvass which Would
result in giving to their •party the power,
i place, and patronage of a dominant national
i organization.
It is unnecessary for us to allude to the
withering rebuke and hopeless disappointment
that awaited them. They MI, and the ad
venturer to whotn they had entrusted their
standard fell with them. Within a few weeks
they have assembled in the federal capital
for the second, and, most of them, for the I
last time. The same opposition. members
who met in the House of lleprsentatives
the 4th of December, 1855 w are the same I
who now occupy seats in the same House;
but how changed in their tone, temper, and
prnfexsing principles !. To use their own
words, they bad been misunderstood and mis
represented ; 'for they hive the Uniont-they
revere the constitution—and not for the at
tainment of boundless powet would they in-s
terfere with the domestic institutions of their
brethren of the South ! In short, if they are
t 3 be credited, they are not what they seem.
The Thirty-fourth Ocing,ress is rapidly
drawing to a close. In less than six weeks
it will be numbered with the past.
Holloway's Pills are the only relialde rem
edy for the sexual disabilities and disorders of
of female. In cases where the functions
celiar to the organization of the sex have
been suppressed, suspended. or in any way
disorded, the mild and conservative action of
the Pills will speedily restore their regularity.
The terrible diseases which result from a neg
lect of these derangements, are . well known
to all physicians, and it is of the utmost im-.
portance that the means of their prevention
should lie within the reach of the whole, sex.
The Subject is otie upon which it is imposssi
hle to enlarge in the Columns of a newspri
per, but it would argue little care for the suf
ferings of the feebler portion ef the human
race, to pass it over in silence.
Notes of School Visitations.
During the coldest weather is December
we visited the schools of Ararat and Thomp
sowand found the Teachers doing the best
they cOuld,probably, under the cirennzslancea.
We found torrly one-I:Ouse, of all we visited,
that was comfortable for the scholars.. :That
was situated in the eastern part of Ararat, in
what is known as thi-KRy.. district. It is a
neat, white house, standing in the'edge of a
fopsst, which protects it from the cold of
Winter and the heat of Summer. The teach
er manifested a commedable interest in her
work. She Lad to contend against that in
tolerable evil, so prevalent in all our schools
—non-uuiformity of books. It stares every
teacher in the face at every turn---ik is -the
"gall of all his happiness pedagogical ;" and 1
unless some active measures are instituted to 1
at once banish it forever, the improvement of
our schools must be carried.forward at a great
[
disadvantage,sa In many parts of the State
the directors purchase. the first supply . of 1
books at wholesale rates and put -them into I
1 the schools ; and then provide ono or more I
places in the town where the same kind of
books may be had by the parents when any
are needed either to take the place- of those
I worn out or lost; or with which to form new
classes. Something Should be done, at lea St.
The evil, viewed in the light of progress, is .
really insupportable.
There is some good teaching in another
school in Ararat, but the teacher has few
tools to work with. A miserably cold house,.
no black-board.,poor benches, poor stove, poor
wood, and extremely cold weather nearly all
the time, are not a very pretty sett of tools
for a teacher to display skill with.
The weather, in.Thorupson, was very cold
when we were there, but the school houses
partook of the same nature to such an extent
that they lost their identity as school houses
almost.
Ilowever the schools are getting along qui
etly, and, in comparison with the past, doing
well.
• Jackson, New Milford, Franklin, Liberty,
and Silver Lake we must leave to be noticed
more particularly in future. In nearly all of
them there are some really worthy-teachers;
in some, many ; but in one only, (Franklin)
is therea Teacher's Association. Such ought
not to be the case, but it is. . •
The weather was quite too severo for the
comfort of the pupils in Clioconut, even when
then4ere in the school houses. Some expe
rienced And favorably known teachers are at.
work in the town, but have many disadvan-'
tages to contend with. Some spirited and
and worthymen, are contending for a better
state'nf things, twd we hope they will get it.
Oar introduction to Apolacon, we must
confess, was calculated to give us a rather
bad impression. 'We arrived at the first
school Monday morning not far from nine
o'clock. We found -the teacher a worthy
member of the Profession—of-teaching we
mean—but not so ‘'erv, pleasantly situated at
the time we speak 4i il ;:ho weather vcas in
tensely cold—the bot o three feet from the
ground and only partially underpinned—the
floor open—four panes of glass out of the
window sash-4 quantity of -green wood
making a faint effort to kiln-dry itself in a
stove—a number of small children to be kept
from freeitng—all in the house shivering and
purple with the cold—and but little hope of
matters being any better very soon. Thus
we found this faithful teacher situated. 'But
we filled the apertures in the .windows
,with
hats, and seat for some dry wood--but got
none.' A friend, who accompanied me, re
marked as we left, that "be. felt quite com
fortable until he went into the save' bowie,"
The next school we found at Little Mead
ows--doing well..
The nest they told us was directly east,
over the hill, about one mile and a half- dit
tani. We reached it in due time, but ex
tended the given distance about a ; _tnile.—
Ilowever.the mile-and-a-ball story aided us
materially in climbing the hill—the road
was full of snow-drifts and we were on foot.
Ten minutes in the school room caused us to
forget all the trouble we had in getting there.
We. found' the teacher demonstrating theoret
ically, that " the letter killeth"L--but practi
cally,- that the spirit ,giveth life." The re
sult was, bright evesand happy faces. Sel
dom are we so happily disappointed Ai we
were on visiting this school. The labors of
P. G. Angell will be long held in grateful.re
membrance by the proprietors of this School
—they deserve to be.
At dusk we parted with the school and
teacher—turning our face toward Little
Meadows.
Somehow we breathed freer than when we
were going over there: It made us feel so
much more gladly to see the school prosper
ous, than it would have done to have found
lit to be our imperative duty to prevent the
i
1 public money from . paying for the services
`therein rendered, that we retraced our path
with a lighterstep. Only one regret troubled us,
and that was that " Angett's visits are so few
I and far between."
IWe visited all the schools in Apolacori, all
1 but one or two in Middletown, and some in
` I Forest Lake and Jessup, a report of which
shall be given in due time. ' _
11. F. TEWKSBURY.
LIBERALITY OF PEITEICIA has always
been said that physicians would disparage
any remedy, however valuable, •whicti they
did not originate themselves. This has been
disproven by their liberal course towards
DR. J. C. AYER'S preparations. They have
adopted them into general use in their prac
tice, which shows a Willingness to coin•
tenance articles that have intrinsic merits.
which deserve their attention. This does the
learned protessiot great credit, and effectual
ally contradicts the prevalent 'erro * aeons no
tion that their 'opposition to proprietary rem
edies is based in their interest to discard them.
,We have always had confidence in the hon
orable motives of eur medical men, and are
glad to fi nd it sustained by the liberal wel
come. they accord to such remedies as Aye?.
Clierry Pectoral and Gather& Pills, even
though they are not ordered in the books,but
are snide known tothe people through the
tewfpapers.—Yetc.. Orleans. Dello.
For the Democrat.
TITS - SWOBII9 OF Pit:VOCAL ADD !/ORAL
Two classes-of cofiquerers appear upon the
earth, and from each class we select a type to
illustrate ,the difference which lies between
their practice and achievements. There area
soldiers whose mission seems -to be to pull
down and overtorn—and such were Alexan
der and Napoleon : there ate reformers who,
from the ruin of decaying systems, create and
build up new structures—and to this latter
class belong such men as Luther and Hollo
way! Let us contrast Napoleon and Hello
way—tsio men, alike perhaps in the normal
nature of their genius, and each aiming at a
certain universality of empire in the profes
sions they respectfully selected. The empire
of the sword which . the former created and
for so many years of fluctuating victory sus
tained and foitered was, after all, an idle and
a Woody dream. It faded in the frost off his
I first reverses, and when he died, a lonely ex-
I ikon the sea girt rock, there-vas no cow
-1 pensating benefit that he Ootilci point to frr
all the carnage, , misery and ruin his personal
ambition cost the world.
'lnventll4 Empires.;
,Professor Holloway made a wiser choice,
although the enemy he grappled - with had
mote than mortalterrors, at command. lie
levied war upon disease, and with the self
made ,weapons of his Universal Remedies has
fought and overcome his enemy in every
land, on every sea, among all tribes and na
tionalities offthe earth. It was a: stubborn
tight and one in which success brongbt no
triumphal cries to cheer the prowess of the
conqueror. The silent gratitude.of a rescued
sufferer, the still small voice of an approving
conscience, the assurance.that his years had
been devoted to a worthy object, and the
growing respect and admiration of all whose
good opinion deserves to be considered,--
these were the only stimulants which prompt
! ed him to despise the 'calumnies of interested
I hate, and persist in th}► dissemination of that
medicinal empire whiCh be has at, length es
tablished among all the nations and branches
of the human. family.' And his is an empire
thjt will last, and a reward that shall not
'priss away. = .
It' would be an insult to • the understanding
of our readers—versed as we must .auppose
them to be in a matter of such vital interest
—to enlarge upon the different steps of the
investigation by which Professor Holloway
succeeded in demonstrating that all maladies_
took their rise in an organic impurity of
blood. He did discover it; and by discov-.
.ering in addition, one single combination of
herbs capable of restoring the bloodto puri
ty, arrived at, the Universal Remedy which,
though dreamed of, acd believed in, and hop
ed for by the wise men of all former ages,
had never before been realized in the test of
universal practice. Great, indeed, is the re
waid of the learned and indefatigable physi
cian : the prayers of the millions he has say
' ed accompanying him through life, and the
record of their gratitude Will have gone be- .
fore him when he is suMmoned from the
scene which his genius and philanthropy
have so largely contributed to improve: The
reward of practical tteuevolenec is an imper
ishable-crown.-2 Y. Sunday Mercury.
Compelling Witnesses to Testify.
The New Law of Congress.
Be it enacted; dm, That any person sum
moned as a witness by the authority of either
House of Congress to give testimony, •or to
produce papers, upon any matter before either
House or any Committee of either House of
Congrais, who shall willfully make default,
or w - ho,, appearing, shall refuse to answer any
question pertinent to the matter of inquiry in
consideration before the House or Committee
by which he shall be examined, shall, in acIL
dition to the pains and penalties now existing,
be liable to indictment as for a miscletneatior
in any Court of the United States having ju
risdiction thereof, and, 'on conviction, shall-
pay a fine not exceeding one thousad dol
lars and. not less than one hundred dollars,
and. Sutter imprisonment in the common jail
not less than one month nor more than twelve
months.
• SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That
no person 4xamined and testifying before ei
ther House of Congress, or any Committee of
either House, shalt be held.to ansWer crimi
nally in any court of justice or subject to any
penalty or forfeiture, for any fact or actvouch
ing which be shall be required to testify' be
fore either House of Congress, or any Com
mittee of either House, as to which be shall
have testified, whether before or after'the date
of this act; and that no statement made or '
paper produced by any witness, before either
House or any Committee of either House,
shall be competent testimony in any criminal
proceedity , n against suck witness in any court
of justice ; and no witness shall hereafter be
allowed to refuse to testify to any fact or pro
duce any paper touching which be may_ be
examined by either House of Congress or any.
Committee of either House, for the reason
that his testimony touching such fact, or the
[ production of such paperi, may tend to dis
grace him or otherwise render him infamous:
Provided,. That nothing in this act shall be
construeu to exempt any witness from prose
cution and punishment for perjury committed
by him in testifying as aforesaid.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
when a witness shall fail to testify, as provid
ed in the previous sections of this bill, and
the facts shall be. reported to the House, it
shall be the duty of the Speaker of the House,
or the President of the Senate, to certify the
fact, under the seal of the House Or Senate,
to the District , Attorney for the District of
Columbia, whose duty it shall be to bring the
matter before the Grand Jury for their ac
tion.
. The above, law was passed to enforce the
developement of facts, respecting the corrup
tions which abound in the. Halls of Congress.
The editors of the Ness York Times charg,
ed bribery and corruptions upon certain
members of Concrresi in such bold and posi-:
live terms that a cOttunittee of investigation
-was appointed.
Mr. Simonton, one of the editors now in
Washington reporting for the paper,, when
called upon to testify before the Cominittee,
refused to name the parties be had charged
with bribery. His refusal to divulge the
facts, and expose the guilty; iuduced.Coogress.
to forthwith pass the abovllaw,-that witneis
es should spill out, whethkr or no. There
is little sympathy for the miss's man, and_ if
be pays the penalties of .8 new law, it' will
be what he deserves, a provoking the pub-
lie invw.tigatiim and then rafusing 49 testify.
Some contend that this _whole affair was
got up by the Times editors anti proprieteri ,
expressly as an 'advertisement for the paylei,:- 7 .
a seherne to give that journal a widet .noto! ,
ri•ty than it could gain by honorable meant.,
From the Washington
The Integrity of Couiress.
We have not indulged io any conjectures .
as-to - the character of the developments That
may be made by the special investigation
now going on iu'regard .. to . alleged (sorrel,-
Lion in the }louse of Representatives. It may
turn out than the charges so confidently made
were unfounded, and if such - is the—cisc we .
shall not regret the result. The proniptness.
and - energy. with which :the investigating
committee have prosecuted their labors will'
secure for its report, 'whatever it tuny . be. the
public confidence, and, its . a necessar y conse
quence, rescit in much good. But, - without
anticipating the consequences that mat ft+
low the labors of committee, we deem it .-a
mater of special moment that the committee
have reported and Congress has passeda bill
which is. calculated -to elevate the character
of our federal legislation, and secure for the
proveedings of the.two Louses much satire of
public con fluence and respect than they, have
lately enjoyed._ The passage of. the bill for.
the. punishment of Contumacious witnesses
constitutes an important . era in congressional'
legislation, and the promptness and uuanimi
ty with which it was enacted will do more to
relieie the House of Representatives from the
suspicions cast upon a portion' of . its mem-,
bers. than any step that could leave been ta
ken. - .We think the law passed is. defective
in same of its provisions • but they are - such
defects as will not neutralize its efficacy, and
.such as experience will develop-and call for
amendment. .It is no solid objection to ;the
law that its necessity as suggested - by' it
special case. Most of Cue statutes" have
similar origin ; but being made general -and
prospective in their provisions; as this is, they
are not liable to objection because they. Were,
suggested by a special case. If - more time
had .been taken the bill might have been
more perfect ; but what might have been
gained in this respect might have been. lost
in the moral etrect.ofa prompt and decided
remedy for an evil which tbreatned to defeat
the ends of justice.
It must be apparent that something. deci
sive was necessary to restore public confi
dence in the integrity of eongrebstonal
Charges .had so repeatedly been
music through tb , .!, columns of journals . of
wide circulation, that. the legislation of Cori-
greys had become a Mere system of pillage
and plunder; that the public mind was be-.
coming tapidly impressed with a suspicion
that the charges *ere true: When a specif
ic charge was tnade,implicating it large num
ber of members in schemes of briber y. and
corruption, we felt that the House of Rept-.
sentatives owed it to its own character to in
stitute an investigation. We thought. the
House erred in manifesting a disinclination to
-enter into the investi g ation upon the charges
of newspapers and their correspondent. But
as the investigation was ordered it is not tim
telial to comtnent on the untenable grounds
assumed by those members who
. deent.it be
neath the of congressmen to notice
charges ef corruption made by the press.:. All
agree in awarding to speaker Banks praise for
.the judicious selection of a committee, 'and
their conduct has already fully vindicated
the jest* of this praise. If they deck ..no
more, they will have achieved' a great good
in bringing upon the statute-book a law
Which will hereafter enable either house to
vindicate its character for purity and integri-'
ty. It is a law which cuts up by' the roots
the, outrageous idea that a witness can listen,
to a dishonest proposition, and, when called
to testify, - that be Cali shield himself under
the 'plea that he received the proposition in
confidence. The very fact that the witness
could receive such a communication in con
fidence,places him in an attitude so suspi
cious that Senator Toombs was well warrant=
ed in characterizing the obligation' as . .:the
code of " honor amongst rouges." The law
passed. abolishes this code, and opens the way,
to restore cOugressional legislation to that pa
rty which it' must maintain if the governs
went is worth preserving.
We_snggest to Lebo Menear and
Wagonseller, the propriety of cutting out
the following extract and pasting it in titer
bats
"THE BRIBED APOSTATE l--blot his hateful
name
From each and every scroll of honest. fame,
Let no man trust Ling— none forbear% shed,
Contempt—and deep dishonor—on hialaetia;
Let scorn still point, her finger and jibes,
And say—,V` Behold, the consequence 'of
Bribes! , -
Let guileless elrifdren,—as he passes by,
Shrink from his touch, and shudder at his
eve;
Let loveb - • woman loathe him with disgust,
And bhiln hirn,—like the reptile in the dust:
And, whilst he lives , let infamy alone, ~
Claim the BRIBED LEarst.sion—as HER OWN ;
Until be dies—and sinks into the grave,
To poison worms, that feed upon the knave ;
Tbete, 7 —midst, the storms—let hideous Fu•
'ries foul,
Hold mighty revel,—and in concert bowl •
Let hissing serpents make that :spot th eirl
home,
And he the guardians of his tomb."—Easton
Argus.- •
•
THE COINAGE BlLL.—Congress has now
under consideration a bill to reduce the value
of the Spanish coins in cirenlatiOn—the old
quarters, levies and fips—to twenty, ten, and
five cents. The bill will undoubtedlyy.
~bec
ome a law. Most of , the business men of
New York already begin to take them at ti.o
reduced valuation. Although the govert-,
meet may fix the value of these coins at 20'
per ceut less elum they non pass for, it does
not follow that the holders of them would
have to part with them at that: -- In Cuba
and other Spanish Countries they, are at a
pretnidm, and the brokers will pay 92 cents
on the dollar for them.
The new bill also makes provision for put
ring in circulation• the new cent.
nr- It is now formally announced' that
after the 4th of March next, thellen..John
Appleton of Maine, beeprees the sole editor
and proprietor of the Washington Unieri r —
The Albany Argus expresses the universal
fetlin;g in - reference to this gentleman saying
that, We are quite certain if we are not
mistaken when we say that Mr. Appletants
accession to the' post named will be received'
with satiifiction by the entire Pemocratic
party ‘Z'the Uuion. He is a gentleman of
fine talents, familiar with public life—having
been in Congress, and served as Becretait of
Legation - at London while Mr. - Buchanan
was Minister—accustomed to tba 'editorial:
service as the conductor of tbe Easter* Argus,'
a paper of - decided ability , and discretion, and
above all, as a qualification for the positiod
which ruroci. assigua'hiar, t.'ing sagaci
ty and prudence. '' is, understood to enjoy
in R high degree, the esteem And confidence
of the incoming President.
zl rte Congradr
• .
WA/1131140TM! ISO. 2900.
BintATlCel..3tr. presiti4l the erei,
dentials of . James Harlan 17. SiSonator irons
lowa, Who was qualified and taek hie; seat,
Sikes, just been t re-eleCted by. the tegisla
turerbis e s leetion:of istaryear/biring been
dietaied inept onAtni - groundof informality
in the meeting of .the joint Convention. '
The official notification 'of the death of
Preston S. Brooks was made by Mr. Erans, -
and after appropriate -remarks by WWI.
Ilunterand,Toombs, the usual resOntithis of
regret and iyinpathy sieniadopte4 •
Tiou.ss.—rMr.;Keitt made the.: annemseio..
meat of the death of Brooks. Ilid r y disease ,
fwas )Tf~amatlOD o the, threat s aads4
and &till, that even his' medical advisers were
not aware of his &tiger until almost the
went of his ) deatit.
Mr. Cainpbeti,:of
_Chic, , said yr. Drools
merited thc,confuieuee,, of bier oeustituests,
because he was always the-faithful' advoCate
of their political sentiments, and , thelealhai
guardian of their rights, interests!and honor.. i"
iiis relationi with . tbe deceased wetesuchits, '
enabled him to appreciate his virtues. 'lte
was amen of kind heart, and inihst. teirfec
-sensibilities. Mr. Keitt had well said , : that
his friendship was orthe mos.testraordium
tenacity. If these elements, which are'among
the highCstcharacteristics of true , tuank,;o l i,.
ever led him to . acts which our
,judgments•
would decide to be wrong, let rertteMber-
-that "to err is-human ; to forgive divine. 7ll ..
After remarks by Messrs. Clingatan,
man _Ad- Savage, resolution's tenderinglar the
family of the deceased, the - symp!tthY of Ire•
House, and that the members wear crape- gm
the left arm for 30 days were_ offered and+
adopted"unanimously.
lie leaves a wife and four children.
Jan. 30..
Nothing of much importance was- doite
either House to-day. • •
Ijouss.—Mr. - Grow, from the Committee
on Territories,' reported a , bill •fising- the
boundaries of Minnesota, and authorizing the:
people tbereof to flame for themselves a Coo
stitution and State" Government, with a view
to be adraittedinto the Union on-aa equal
footing with the'priginal States, according to.
the Federal Constitution.- ' 1 . -
- '
An election i.'s to be held -` on. the first Mon
day in June; for the choice . . ofdelegatet
,t,co
the Convention. - In the event o .: the people
deciding for a.State Government, the
,M4r 7
shells to proceed to "takea census of;tho ter
ritory with a' view of ascertaining the tiuM--
her of Representatives she is entitled toUnder
the present census' - The.carne prolisions in.
this' till as in former bills of a 'similar' char
acter relative to public lands for education,
- Jzc.; are to be assented toss , obligatory on
both Minnesota and the United States. - " '
Mr. Grow said that- • the piopoiscd State
would..ernbrace 70,000 square miles,lea ring
west of the beu4lary about 00,000 . squaie
miles, to . be•hereaftr erected into a :govern
ment by the IMMO of Decotab. .' •
Mr. Phelps - inquin4 how - Much of the. ter
ritory lies. west of the Mississippi Tiver \ . Mi.
Grow replied a.bdut three-1°41.6.
,
The bill -fl.eally passed.. - .
A bill authorizing the people Of•Oregon,to•
fermi a State goreininent win . ; .taken up and=
passed.
motion Of Mfr, Bigler, a reso•
lution alai adopted . for the appointment of
a joint committee, to.ticertaitt and report. tba.
mode of examining tee votes foi President
and Vice Preiident Ad notifying the Pei . -
sons eleitettof theintiectiou.
Messrs. biolei Be %atnin *:- .4)0t 'wee*
appointed on'the part of the-Senate, aiiitthe-
Houie having etmourred` in the resolution, fi
represented hp Jones of Teutteasee, Washburn
of Maine, Fulier . of .Pentaybpthiaileitor and
The Seaate resumed the.ihnsideration of
the Indian .„.ippropriatiott"Biff: and passed it
with many arnemiraents..Among -the amend-
meats is one securing to the 'New York In
dians 'who emigrated to Kansas under the
treaty of Buffalo Creek, the quantity of land
to which they are. entitled, to include-the*
improvements, and - the residue of the tract to
constitute's - part of the public dothiin ;;
an amendment separatihg the affiee - ofPoi'?
ernors of the Terribartes . fria 4/4. af, th e.B%-.
perintendent of Indian Affairs.
Ilotre t z.—After some uniniVorta4l4l4 l .
ins, gumphrey. Marshall, from the Jrk,
diciary Ctimmittee, repcirte4i a bilU dividing
the State of Texas into two ;Judicial DiairiCt.i.
• Mr. Letcher said" that the' present Indio
(Watrous3--who is so much cornpfained of is
by the bill continued in office. - Where (104
he lire t• - .1 •• • "
Mr. M'arihap , retilied-in the :FatiterelD&
The bill then pnesed.
Barbour,,froak the Curtin:o4oa.. 0 11 Al*
Judiciary:, reporte4 a l resolutiou Able, JObu.
Waitous, District ruder for
~ I,.be
,D4tri_ci.. of I
Texas, be impeached of bigh:p4truis arid.
demeanor& - - -
Pending tho ',resblutiod, -Abe' house ad
ournect. . tt: -
Indiana Legislaini*.
IsimiLiptitzi, Feb. 2.
The Indiana House' tßepresentatiret grid
the Democratic members of the Senatei• met
today in what purported to be a Joint-Con- .
vention, with.mferenue to the , election. of
S. Senators, the:4epttblicani - refusing
into ConventloU ;-while the Dernoeratk 'and
the Lieut. Governor were leaving the; Semitil
Chamber, the Reptiblicenti - callect-ane of their
owe number to - the: Chair, and took from the
-table the cuitested Cfne of Mr.: V/ 0 94 8 1, 16
Demoeratib Senator; and in the absetice of
the Demooratic,Senators, declared: his -eett
vacant, and , iniutediately after adie.M4o.
This gives the Republicans a clear majority,
overall parties. • - •
,The 'Joint Conveiitlea Met and idjOtirits4 .
o:the sth inst.,.withOut transacting' any ba--
SZSAIVII Susirmit.— A Wigan correspondent
of the Religious Iletnid:Of liattfarti,
pays: Senator Pawner is 14114,04; ,vottlits.
the streets ' with hie aticustotned.ease and
tioity ; and the - forts of it little cliOie hers fis
-hung/ Aim .ta his glare, fo:ntake to** fbe it
other mort(!) ofia not suteeo4;
Jan. M.
Feb. 2nd.