The Defeat of the :Postal Appro.
pat:Alen -11111.;"
A LETTER Ffto3l SENATOR CLINGIIAN.
5.R.7 - tturit CtiAgnicn, Marelli, 1859.
• Oentnase: You -have- rbsiebtliesss been
apprised ere this that the bill rietking the
aporoptiitions fur the pest's' service of the
truiesd States ores lost at the late Session of
'Congress. It is dllS to my constituents-that
they should he informed of the causes .if tins
extraordinary occurrence,*and I reelest the
use of your column- to enable me to present
a ehOrt statement of thi fatits. -- I.7ncier.„tbe
• rules eel rtsuagss of the two Houses of Gem-
K ress :lie anneal appro t ie.Gtioto hills hare in
vatiehly-ofieinetid iii -414 e Musty or Repre
:l9(l,‘ after - pessing tbtorigh that
_ they hive keen tiered upon by the-Sen
ate, and such amendment: made to them as
a majority""of the Senate .though: proper to
iire'-t. -Thee were then 'returned to the House,
-e . t.d, if a majority of ;that body agreed to the
amendment. of the Senate, no farther action
weee t ece-sese3- tp the telseage of the bills. If,
he-waver, the lions! 'disagreed to any of the
‘en'ste smen.inteute, on that feet being cum=
wee.c.ited • to the Senate, it !night recede'
from ouch ameildthents, and, on its so doing, ,
the hill stood as passed. It often happened,
however, that th e
, Senate in-isted on some of
its amencimentezeind itsked for a committee of
conference to cousider the disagreeing votes
of the two honsesi This was agreed to by
the House, .and there was a joint• committee,
composed of - mercibers-of both hbuses,
on consultation, decided 'which 'amendments
shottld.stand anti- t wbich ehoublifhe given up.,
Whet: ,their report was it,ireCtl to by each
:House ' the drills were considered as pes3ed.
This has been the 'comae of proceeding at
every se..xeiois of tey„ service- in„...Criagress.
Tee Poet
_Office Appropriation bill came
from the'llotise br the Senate at the presseiiit
',sr:i.e. in the usual mode. It. midi appro--
piisaien: to the extent of above $20.000,000,
'Art' which a little leas. than $4,600,000 was to
pay otf d e ficiencies or- debts due before the-,
00th of June next, -and the remainder for the
leo-staid service for the touting year.- The bill
_ was enormity eou4lered by the Senate for
- be.Yeral days, and as; usual -a number of,
amendments were made. -Aineeg than was
one abelialtishing the franking privilege of
Senators and 'Represenatives, and another
raising the postage . of „letters from three to
- five cents, site. •It was sent back to the lipase
for concurrence.: in these amendments. For
ensue time. after it, .reached that body,. the
- majority refused tie consider It: though 're= ' I
- pelted attemps wets made to tace_it up. Ai 'I
length, on the last night of the +slet; it *es
taken up, but instead of its amendments be
`eing cousidred as pion], and agreed to or re-
jected, a resoletiou wes moved declaring in I
. - -eubstance that the Senate had violatedethe
Constitutien 7ie proposing to ivCrease the
rites of posrage, and directing the Clerk- of
the House to carry back the bil) - and amend
mints to the Semite with a copy of their
. resolution. This motion was -Made. by Mr,
Grow, a noted'Aimlitionist front lienesylva
nix, and the2Ciadidate, at the. late Congress,
of the Black Repeblicin", party for the of-s
lice of . Speaker. It. was supported-by all the
:neele. s of that prey, by certain individuals
belonging to the late Know Nothing or
merican" organization, and by several
Damper as, and was therefore pa. .
As this was a viol's-ion of all iliamenta-4
ry usages, of all legislative proprieties, and al
:course ittsulting to . a ce-Ordivate
.branch of
the Congress, its sepleortere doubtless thoughi
• that the Senate could not consistently with
its own '4-respect take' any notice of the I
ntafter, and-thus-the Lill be sitifered.'to die
quietly to the detriment: l bl the public service.
When the message was, brought in by their_
. clerk, however. the &mete, feeling that the
public se'r% iee ought ku be.of par :mon ot eon
sideratio9,, determined to overlook the insult,
• -however - grciss it might.. ,be, and send back a
respect f u l - me ssa ge to "the House requesting
. a Committee of Conference to Consider the
•
di-agreement en the hill— This_was acceded
to, and a Joint Committee was raised.- When
it assembled, however, the members of the
. house refu-ed to cons i der this bill in any
way.- *. Had they dope so, 'the Senate I feel
confideut, would have receded from all its'
amendments rather than let the bill fail. In
accordance, however, with the' views of the
House, they would have nothing t o d o w i t h
this bill, but iesist e d that the Senate branch
of the Conroluee should stecep . t, instils(' of
it, an entire newbill, which was represented
to be similar to the one - which had originally:
come from , the House. -.The Senate branch
.- of the Committee. setiree that nothineelse
could be done. hietreell' report this bill -to
the 'Senate ter its 'consideration.
The repOrt was accordingly , - made to the
mate .'on the.last day of the session, just
forty minutes before 12o'clock, the period at
which by the Constitution the session was
necessarily to terminate. The,. bill was SO-
Doonce..l and teed by its title only for the first
time. A call - was then made for e the reading
of it throve.; but it was said that there would
not be time to read it over before the period
;- ofLtlie adjournment. It -was a new bill to the
! Senate,ltad never ...been printed; hut I sap
prose that the-Secretary could' probably have
-Tomtit over oure-ebefore 12 o'cloCk, though
ter was certainly no time to consider its
pmesions. •
It was said that we must either pass it
oehttoot reading it -even once or not at all.
A debate sprung me which exhausted the re
maining minutes. end 'the bill was thus left
Impacted upon.
Ought the Semite- .t a hew passed the bill
aithont ltti helms_ read over once to let Sens
." tore know what: tort ofw measure it was!
• mem_ber that by - a-rule of the two hoaxes all
noiselee r e ed -three times in each House;'
_ and ibis is done. uniests waived by general
-consent of all the members. • Ought a legis
rative body ever to pass a bill'without at least
reading it once to ascertain what sort of a
t -measure it ist - Title, however, wee represented
to beg bill , appropriatin,g twenty millions of
money. Few persons realize bow large- a
sem this is. '
- The taxes in our State are considered high
many of our The amount raised
-
lest wee, I think, ens about five hundred
thousand dollars. Would, therefore,
fe-
Zaire ferty years of such taxation as the pet..
ea of err AIMS are : payilig to raise a curia
equal to what this bill was said to appropri-
ate. If it existed its the shape of Killer coin-it
• . would wirier:file its traresporrotion three home
dyed wagons ; each Carrying four thousand
pessilds, and making a train perhaps three
fieght the Semite to have passed
such-a bill without °rola rearling_it over to see
what. ;en fact it di 1 contain 1 if might have
. • tiolated say one provision of the Ckinstitutibn.
Rut those constituting a majority-of the
lionse ate trete...toeing to defend their coutse
byloting that \the Seeley', exceeded_ its '6oastii
- tuitional authority when it proposed to raise
the reeuige on :letters from three to five'cents.
But this was, not in, tact a piop6sition to
raise revenue by taxation. The carrying let
-Lep is a service done for individuals by the
Coverrenents and it ie.cempitent forthe Sea
' ate to iay.tbet more ought ter be chador
it than is already provided-by law, ;vat :as it
has repeatedly, without objection, heretofore
passed .propoaitione; - io increase the prieb of'
publiciands, dtc. Thmare - also complaining
- _ of increasing the rates of postage on the peo
ple. But - since the reduction of the postage
SUNOS teats tliA dope/tram:it bas been tame
'le to sustain itielf, and'tbe deficiency of the
nest year - nes estimated to, amount to up
wards ofsnme millions. We must therefore
do one of . three things: either cut down the
present postal service, or increase the rates of
postage, or thirdly; draw large 'urns Gem the
Treasury to be replaced by high titrill taxes.
We were opposed. in the first Place to cutting
- down post routes glnierally, believing a-better
arrangement could be made.
It was thought that the abolition of the
flanking privilege of the two houses of Con-
Igress would , directly br indirectly, be the
means of saving not less than $2,000,000 an
nttally, and that an advance as proposed on
letters and bthcr postage wOuid supply what
Might be found nellessarv. Let us see wheth
er this would not have been better' then the
;last of the three modes. The whole emouitt
paidlast sear for postage in North Glrolina
fwas sl,ooe. If postage were raised on letters
from three to five cents, and the same num
ber sent through the wails as -formerly, the
increase would amount to $53,000 only. Our
people being mostly•e4aged in', agriculture,
do not write at Many letters as do many
'other classes sof the 'coattnunity. Suppose,
however, that this deficiency should be paid,
hot according to the.number of letters written,
but out of the Treasury, and raised through
thernperation of the twill. It then has to be
paid in the increased price of sugar, salt, iron,
and merchaudise generally. If North Care
ling should pay in proportion to her poptria•
tion as a State of the Union, she would halls
to advanCe one-thirtieth part of thes2,ooooo
of deficiency , equal to $300 , 000.
But, in fact, as I have lately had occasion
to show in the debate on the tariff, when this
sum of nine millions is paid In , the Oporters,
they charge a percentage on it when selling
to the retail dealers, and these latter likewise
a profit upon what they sell to the consumers
.of the country at large. These two profits
amount to at least 66 per cent. on the -first
rourn, so that the people pay, in fact, to get
these nine to Ilium into-the Treasury, about
fifteen millions in all. The share of our State,
therefore; would be $600,000, or nearly, ten
times the increase of postage. Besides, it is
supposed that the manufacturers realize quite
as much to the shape of protection as the
Government receives. As both of :heft bur-
dens fall upon the consumers it is thefore pro-
bable that the people of our State would, by
reason of this deficiency of nine millions, pay
twenty, and certainly ten, times as much as
they w.ould do by reason of the increase of
postage. -
..But.suppose 1 am wrong in both of these
opiniobs, why did notate House disagree to
these two arnvidments I- We might - then by
recedinefrom them passel the Lill. Why did
they adopt this extraordinary course, unknown
in the history of our legislation? It appears,
howeve, from the report of the proceedings in
the liitelligencer of the 4th inst., that there
were precedents for his resolution in the pro-'.
ceeding4irf theltritish Hods° of Commons in
the year 1640 and 1644. - ,This, however, war
a period-of disorder and volution in Eng- I
in
land. The quarrels betwe n the two Houses
of Parliament brought d a revolution .in
which the King, was briber' ed, the House of
Lordkabolished, and : ult mately the House .
of Commons alit, when Croinwell sent 'a body
of his soldiers to drive out the . Perlin-
meat" at the point of the bayonet. telling
them the Lord had no further esti for them.
j rrom thitt day to the day of his death he ,
geiverned Great Britain with despotic, power
us itm ald.of loin ...ma". -.p....i. r.......4;. 6
il; these are eminently fit to be referred to by
Mr' ' Grow and bad as theiii pre precedents are
{ - thee seem to have been sufficient to satisfy
his backers.
, II„ was not alleged that any such case bed
occurred in American legislation. The HOM4e
sometimes seeds to the Seuate—bills which
that body regards as unconstitutional. Not
long since a - bill ierrodeeed hy-this.same Mr.
Grow; proposing to" give away the public
lands to all persons who would go and settle
on them, came from the House to the Senate.! convention.
"A mejolrity - here were onpoae-1 to it, and It sill have been observed that the resole
many of the Senators regarded it as uncoil- : . u •
stitu "lona!, but no one proposed to sand it 1 tions of . .41 e cenvenou made nirieference to
lack with an insolent message denouncing . Governor Packer. The ample reasons for
• the House for passing it. I••• this are apparent to all. ' His course from the
Why did the House take this unusual-1 first hour of hi" Gubernatorial career tote
course! The Black --`
.`Republicans" expect I been one of beagles, ingratitude—not to say
to be stronger in the' next Congress than in I
- the last one. There are a few Democrats and I treacbery—towards the friends who labored
;some Know Nothings who have been laboring I to place him in that position, over the demo
to get 'an increase of the tariff. , All
... theke i gogue Wilmot. ; The appointment of Knox
' classes seem to have been acting in concert to I as Attorney General was one of the first acts
i defeat the Appropriation bills-and render an
lof his strange career. Koos ; it is believed,
extra session necessary.
This Post Office. bill containeean apPree ; had desired and :expected to be the opposition
Hpriation' of nearly four Millions, to supply de- candidate for Governor, and was bought off
I ficiencies which are needed before the first of by Wilmot with : a promise of the poet he now'
liiily next. It was supposed that an extra ; holds, in ease of Wilmot's election, and it has
sealers mast be called immediately. To ems- i
been since suggested , and we think coirect
ble the Bootleg' States to he represented at ' • --
all, their elections must be hurried upi, wbilely, that Le had the same offer from- Packer,
California and Oregon, it was siippOsed,'Pould i who well knew that no man-could be so ern&
not probably be represented at all. Both I ly - defeated as Wilmot,..Knox is no more a"
these Slates are Democratic; and, as the I Democrat is any sense than is Wilmot, and
Blatt "Republicans'? had made gaits in the I . 4 '
therti elec tions , they doubtless _supposed Its one of the leaetersin opposing the principles,
I that they might - in this way, with the of.t policy and nominees of the party. Yet such
their allies, get the control ofthe House, force i is the-nan who:is the chosen adviser of Gov.
tthrough a high tariff . , and make arrange- i Packer ! Launian, Flour -Inspector, Hine-.
meats to help their party in the Presidential ' line, Sofierintendent of Public Printing, and
electiotrto come off next year.
I all the other appointees, with one or two ex-
Mr. Grow having hen their candidate for 1 -' -
Speaker at the commencement of the last I ceptions, are of the same stripe. So much
Congress, doubles' felt more interest in the .' I for his appointments When- a candidate,
matter than stir one else. Another consid- I Packer denounced the sale of the main line,
erailon, probably, operated likewise. Not and declared that if the public works must
withstanding the losses in the free States,
sold,
there is still a Democratic mi!jority of thir- be
they should be offeredto the highest
teen in the Senate. This majority is coin- bidder. But the transfer of the canals to the
'posed of -true men, who are willing to main- bankrupt Sunbury and Erie R. R. Company
tarn the Constitution and protect the, rights .for millions of okum less than they would
of all sections of the 'Delon.
have brought i
The Black "Republicans" had the roomsiii Offered for axle to the highest
datey in the Congress of 1854. In the late and best bidder', shows how true he has been
Congress, with a little outside aid, they fre- to his pledges. :-It. is well known that at least
quettly ptrrieekthi; day. They hope likewise 8225,000 was lest in the transfer of the Dela•
to have the *trot of the next Congress. But .wire Division by the act of Packer in failing
the Senate, as now organised, stand ready to
tocarry out the teguirementi of the law,
resist-their movements. They are evidently'
desirous, therefore, of diminishing its- Ittfiu-obey.Witt this act,
which be is "Wens to .
enee, of lowering it in the public estimation, alone, before it. the Convention could
and - forcing it to pass, without amendment, cot - and dared not endorse his "State
whatevef bills they may send to it. The is , I
p olicy." : - _. •
sue, therefore,. is 'one of the utmost moment,
The introduction and advocacy of the re
to the South especially, and as such ought to I
be understood by our people. I-have felt ii solution endorsing Packer, was a novel pro
m), duty, therefore, to'presect a short state- ceeding from first to last. His friends began
meet in relation to it.- The result of the by distinctly repudiating his appointments
whole proceeding must be either by delaying „d disorganizing
the payments to contractoes, to' inflict serious course, but asked that his
Statepolicy be endorsed a;t 7 is. measure of
injuries on many iunocent persons, or, in the
,_ , • .. -
second place, to oblige the Government' to conciliation . ng position
In this humiliating
curtail largely the postal service, to the great three or four of his friends -plead at great
detriment of the, public ; or, thirdly, to force length for its pemage,atid one of , them freely
the calling of an extra session, which-in 'the hinted that they woOld labor to defeat the
absence of tile representativei of some of the . • , ' ,
States, may th row th e " orpo se e ti„ of the ticket if his wishes were not granted. Never
House into the baud's of the Black "Itepobli.t before did so-executive come before a con
cans" and their 'Abettors. Whatever may vention under! such circumstances. - Bis
happen, it is manifest that - neither the Senate friends 'began 'by denouncing one half his',
4,ar the Democratic, party, at a Whole,
is justly,, meta, e
ts. and wh o the canal fraud was refefred
chargeable with env feihire iii thedischarge • ' •
of its duties. Iraqi respeetfulleyonts, tke to as an objection - to an .endorsement of the
... • _ • T. LCLINGMAW , other, they did pot 'Offer one solitary , word
I
To blesset. Howes t Wuscrs. i " i either it director indirect defence of it. Of
!course; when no part of hie acts foned it
singledefendet iin the convention, the resolu
tion felt. Of the 37 who voted for the reso-.
!taloa, all, or nearly all, did so for thb sole
purpose of conciliating the Governor aid his
to. An actor io G orgja,in:tile course of
a play: kissed the 'wife of a brotlfer actor
once ofiener thatt_tbe authorized- version •of
the Saylequired, and vu zhereupon severely
whipped by she outraged husband,
THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT.
A. d. GERRITSON, Editor.
MONTROSE, 111SQUEHAWA11611i,
Thoisdaii, March 31,11$ 5
v t - •
FOR AUDROR ONERAL
RICITARDSON L. WRIGHT, Pbilad'a
FOR AURVATOR GENERAL:
JOHN 11,0111, Franklin
INTOtioe.
Aa the &A. of April is a general °pay day'
we suggest to those irlim'otre ue, that we ex
pect to hear from them 'before thtt time; or,
at the latest, during coutt.
Shoed the abotie hint not be acted upon
by a goodly number, we fear that there will'
be costa for somebody 'to pay.
jrar beaters visiting New York City can
hot do better tbanto buy their salt of Gao.
W. MANN. From; a bysiness anquaintante
uf two years, we feel safe in commending him
to the public. See his card elsewhere.
=:2C==1•1:1
'Jar The Deidecrsitic State Conventioh
which feet at Ilairisburg on the 16tb, fully
and fairly represented_ the Democracy of the
Stare. The proceedings were harmonious,
and alnimt unanimous, as may be sett by
the report published list week. The dele
gates seemed universally impressed with a
sincere desire to overlook minor differences
on questions of policy, and cordially unite in
endorsing the—great futidamental principles
thst from the basis upon which rest!' the on
ly party that takes the Constitution and the
welfare of the whole Union for its guide.
The resolutions Were prepared with great
care and mature deliberation; and that they
.fully express the eentiments of the true heart
ed Democracy, we need not nerw pause to
argue—every. octet who has read them has al
ready formed that conclusion. There may
be slight differences of opinion in regard to
some matters of detail,but they could not he
amended so as to more correctly embody-the
''‘iews of all throughout the State. _ Their
passage on second reading, with a- few slight
verbal alterations: without a solitary "no,"
proves s convlusivelY• that there were no con
flicting setitimenti entertained by any dele
gates. Nye point to this fact with pride and
pleasure, establishing as it does, the fact
the Democratic prirty are a unit in sentiment
and purpose, throughout both State And
Nation, this ensuring ns a triumphant vic
tory over all factiOns which may be arrayed"
egainst us.
Of the candidate!, nominated, we Deed not
speak at )eagth,i as they are, men of well
known integrity. 1 Richardson L. Wright of I
Philadelphia, the candidate for Auditor
General, is a man 'of good abtlities, great
energy of chnfacter, and unspotted integrity.
Re has served four years in the House of
the Senate;and
commands the confidence and respect of 'an
who k.now,hitn. Out oppccnents, who are so
fond of charging 'corruption upon all Demo
errata, agree that he is incorrupt and incor
ruptible. Such a man is needed for Auditor
. General. John Ru*e, of Franklin - County,
who was - Pe-nod:dilated fur Surveyor General,
1 has performed thn duties of his office so well
that there. was no opposition to him in the
friends, for not one dared rsi+e his 'woken in
defence of the Sunbury and Erie swindle,
and, we candidly believe, if that act had
been specified, not a man would have voted
•
It need dot be argued that a "Lecomp
toe-issue was made upon Packer. That
question of the past did not intrude itself in -1
to the doings of the convention in any shape, l
and of the 37 *lto toted for the resolution
endohing him, a majotity *ere "those who
have been known as 'Lecompton" men. The
resolutioi3 covered his Slate policy only, and
the vote was a test upon that questron only,
except that several delegates who did not
fully endorse it, were willing to waive their
objection to secure the aid of him and his
friends in supportof the ticket. _ --
Altogether, the convention cottld not have
acted more wisely. An unqualified endo.se
meat of the Governor would have been an
act of madness, and a qualified approval of
his State policy would have fastened the
canal iniquity upon the party, dooming it to
certain and deserved defeat. While the con
vection-refused tb endorse the course of the
Governor, let it be remembered that they re
(rained from an utter repudiation, such es a
majority of the delegates felt that he deserved.
I In the language of a delegate, the convention
by its acts said: "Go your way,sin nolnorii
after a time we shall be glad to, hear from
you." If time shall vindicate de acts of our
Gerstner, we shall be pleased Hat on their
molts alone mu.t he depend for popular ap-
proral :
t i r We notice a ll in tunny's Prris
for a Logue State convention At Harrisburg
on the 12th of,April. The call is sieved by
man of all political stripes. Among them
are Forney. Hickman, '9l. Q.) Pearce,
Webster. Cake, and several other Abolitien
ists and Know-Nothings (rota Philadelphia,
Berke, Chester sad Schuylkill counties. The
purport of the call is to hold a "democratic"
Mass convention that shall . repudiate the
National Administration and endoise Gov.
Packer. The real design is to get up a ticket
that shall either draw off a few Dernecratic
votes and give the regular opposition ri . clear
'field, or one that shall reeeivb the endorse
ment and sopportof all the opposition fac
tions in the State. The latter plan looks tnost
probable, as the regular opposition have also
issued a call for a meeting of their committee,
with a view to hold their State nominating
convention at the same time, or soon after.
The call Is a treacherous moveritent, for not
one of the leaders in it .will vote their own
ticket, should they select one, unless it be
adopted by the"Amerlcan"and `!ltepublican'
factions. Should-a third ticket be pot in the
field, those who conduct th'e movement and
do the shouting, will quietly 'vote for the op- .‘
position. nominees, as they did last Fall,
leaving their dupes to throw away their votes,
thus rving half a vote to the enehty. In
I.ltis section, such a ticket can command no
perhaps get one, and possibly two votes, but
not more. The persbn who would be most
likely to vote such a ticket, voted with the
iopposition last Fall, and will again, unless
t the movement be perfected, and even then
his vote would be-doubtful, but in• no case
%would he Tote with -the Democrats. The
other person to whom we refer, stood a_t home
I last Fall, and will most probably do so again.
iu any etrent a third ticket mobld do 415 no
The excuses put forth by Forney &
Co for the calling of this .conrentiun are
based solely upon falsehood - and misrepresen-
talion, so
.far as they claim that the
,late con
vention did not represent the position of the
Democratic party. Forney says that the
ne leo es had "moms bcert eltcted as Office
holders, "or DT offire.holders;" a statement
which he knows is designedly and wickedly
false. •The balance of his charges and state
meta are on a liar with th!s, in regard to
until and decency. Greeley highly approves
the movement;aod will labor for the dewed
,end. A pretty sight indeed,—Forney,Greeley
& Co.
Efr We notice that the opposition press
is attempting to make a political application
of the recent amalgamation case in Datford,
this county, by alleging that dm act of the
girtin marrying the darklewai owing to the
that her father is a Democrat; diet forc
ing the conclusion that Democratic doctrines
tend to amalgamation. Every man, woman
and child knows better than this; a directly
opposite state of affairs being the correct con
clusion. We bare no desire to make any
political reference in this matter, but as the
issue is forced upon us, we accept it. The
girl's fatheris a Democrat. We agree with
the .. opposition that somebody's teachings
have teamed her to take the step she has,
but we deny that she learned such detest
, able ideas at home, or among Democrats.
There, her society was with white Demo
crate; now she is with black and white Black
Republican amalgamationists. She , 2 like
many abets, was raised under Democratic
induances, but, like them, she has been se
duced fiom the good faith of her Demo- ,
. erotic father, and gone over to the oppo i
action, politically and socially. She is sim--
ply a convert to Black Republicanism, to
its fullest extent, ,Others are Cat half-way
converts ; she takes the whole doctrine,—
"goes to its extreme, but ultimate end. Others,
, in tithe, will follow her, nblees the tide re
cedt. 'When abe associated With Demo
crate, she would base shuddered at, the
thought of Deg's:, equality. Now her only
companions are the redoes colored votaries'
of Republicanism, and she takes stnegro to
her bosom, as the dearest thing on earth.
Wbesee this change! Adherents of the
opposite party--those who not only advo
cate its political dogma*, but also accept' - i ,
its extreme but Mailable social result as
a desirable one, by , eothe means :obtained 1
control of beri - to a certain extenti 4 poisoneid
her mind with their detestable ides; and 4
ended' the tragedy by sedating di . ..dealing , 1
her from the *parental roof s arid ceased not
[ in their infatuated crusade against dishonor I
of their race and common ,detennyi until
a. young girl was 'raided and thsfobd hopes
of a cheerful family circle blasted forever.
Look at the leer* and those who' endorse
it—if any white man can endures it=.3re
politicians who wish to urge politics ea a
MUM, and see if they are not of your own
stripe. We hurl back the charge -to its
originators, for with your political party, if
with arty, nuts the curse. The fruits of
her new-learned fanaticism, like unto-your
own, pill be far from white, yet not decent
ly black, Black Republicans are very
unfortunate, when they attempt to raise an
issue:on this question; men who live in
glass houses. sliould, not begin to throw
stones,
NW not to be understood u
charging upon the respectable Republicans
of Raiford any ayinpatby with this dis
graceful affair. A large minority of them
dotted We rot regarding it is a disgrace
to all coneerted. Yet the whole gang of
conspirators belong to no other party, and
it will not do for the oppoiltion to raise
[the question-, with a view to. throw a re
flection on the Democratic. party.
tar The opposititin majority hi the'New
Yrork State Senate bare hutted a democratic
member frrim his seat
, because he applied for
au appointment as Postmaster ; his applica
tion having been withdrawn before being
acted upon by the department. Such an
outrage is tinparallelled.. Had be received
the commission, the act would' have made
his seat vacant according to law,but that - he
should be ousted because he made r n applis
catioh only, is The ettortniies of
the %Maas party is not, yet fully developed.
For the Democrut.
LETTER. PROM UTAH.
CASH' FLOYD, UTAII
Feb. 12th, 1859.
Eorion. , —beur Sir . :—Being attach
ed to that portion of Army which is now
stationed in Utah, I have taken the IMerty
of sending you a abort communieatim,witich,
if it proreaeceptable, you ate selcove to
publish in your valuable paper.
Camp Ployd it situated some 40 miles
south of the lately renowned Salt Lake City,
arid is Composed of Adobe of Mud Buildings,
.u.ed as quarters for officers and soldiers of
the U.s, Army. They number about 'BOB,
and welthe soldiers) built them ourselves.
The adobe is constructed from mud, and .
moulded in moulds 8 inches by 4, and are
laid in the same manner ah tea•ons lay brick
in the test. Tire camp is laid out in regular
equates or streets,•and looks quite like smell
city. The seationi here vary it great deal.
Dtiring the summer months you may con
sider yourself InOky, If, on a windy day, you
escape.. being blinded or suffocated with
dust. .1 remember one day: last September,
when etl T. M. a feattier. . would scarcely
rise from the ground and in half an hour
after, the• wind Comtnenced tb blow. We
made a break from the bdildings in whial
We were at work-s-they at' the limo hying
conatructed,—and tried to find ont tent!.
Some of uh found ourselves in contact with a
wood pile, others in officers rents, and many
more lying flat on ' the ground, waiting
patiently' 'until old Berens would stdp to
take a draw for his own special benefit. Our
winter is very mild, although the mountains
around us (for be it u.ncierstood we are situa
ted in a valley) ate covered with snow.
Sloe the first of this month dawned Upon.
us, we bane bad a yegulat thew, and 'on ace
count of tire snow melting in the mountains,
and the son acting pretty severely oe the
heretofore hard ground, you may naturally
surpose we are at the present time dwelling
cortfortable—in Mud. A few Moimons are
sitieted outside of the limits of the camp,
slmilook file a forlorn ahl dejected pedple.
Th.y seem to have no regular occupation.
Sege haul wood, others raise a little grain
anti brew beer, which they sell and tra ffi c to
w 1. 4
01 ever may fall in with them, and on some
sions you will find a sole owner of a
b el of whiskey, selling it at esbbrbitant
pr es. The latfer tonalders himself quite a
m' hant.,.:We are in 'no way short of arniiSs
mot, as we can boast of a very good circus
a 4 theatre, in veparate departinentt, and
hie very good - performe.s attached to each.
' t
I' . also have some fine billiard saloons aWs
bud tables as Can,be found in our pripci
,aides. Ourbotels 1 cannot say much a
., although they are very good for this
:whirl.: A livery stable at which you can
'4.
gt A a "2.40" nag at any time bra good pair
atisleigh in season. The transportation of
v i r
p itiiona and stores of di ff erent kinds for
s a long distance makes the prices, When
bib to purchase of the itofekeepers,come
vti heavy on us, and especially now' when
04,are' rather short of the "needful ;" not
ilog been paid 11:.f the last six month.
, have a very good paper-published here ;
It little .sheet betted the Valley 'dh,l
hilted by kirk Anderson, tsq., (a GentilB
i
utse) which, I have no doubt yon have
. ed ere this. 'Brother Brigham and Co.
ery docile. iiitvdoubit they begin West
big guns, arid ate *verge to the smell of
er, and that ticklish seheation, when
iin bodily contact with rifle balls.
Yurs, • - _
_- ' 11#E.
Vote«-Oregou.
will interest all out readers to;-know
the Pennsylvania Delegation voted on
!arltni4sion of Oregon. , It migkt have
expected that upon each a question,
would be a unit. But it was not so.
dictates of justice and patriotism were
borne by the ty - iadnous exaction* of
y. Herd is the, vote:
he Yeas were—Messrs. Ala, Chapman,
art, Dimmick, Florence, Gillis, Jones,
• kel, Lindy, Leidy, Montgomery, Phil
. Reilly and White-14.
, e ?Drys were—Messrs. Covoder Dick,
e, GROW, Keim t Morris, Purviance,
bie, Roberts and Stewart—lo.
todged—Jobn Hickman.
t will thus be seen-- that one .Opporitiou
ber—Mr. Kunkel,- of Dauphin—bad the
-pendent* to sink the partisan in the
riot, and do whathe knew to be right:
arrrioNs have been preheated to the
slaturo at ditYd,reni trines during the
"on asking for;. the abolition of, the
.e of County School Superintendent.
oiiir them is one which the editor - of the;
oh Chunk Gazette reports as follows
Know all , mew by the pressend that all
sine this pettutshiin go in fur to
.ugh out the suPerititond of saloons
.ess our herds ind seelei
E===l
ORIENTAL WANDERING.
ARAD GRATITUDE.-THE LIGHT OF THE HARES/
During a successfol medical cari - er °furore
thfn twenty years, in the course of which be
has visited every quarter of the globe, it may
well be supposed that Professor Holloway
has ken the recipient of many distinguished
marks of honor and confidence. As 461
originator of a system of treatment which has i
swept over the world with a force and rapid-1
ity, that, in this enlightened age, are the
prerogatives of Truth; his fame everywhere
preceeded him. Even in :reversing Arabia,
.some years ago, he found that his name and
discoveries were well known to the Sheiks; of
the various tribes, and deputetions of Arabs
met hitmat various faints of his journey, soli
citing the great 'Hakim," (their - bathe for
physician) to riot their rents and administer
to the sick. At every encampment he was
received a ith must profound respect, which
deepened into absolute reverence as the ef
fect of his wonderful remedies' was witnessed
by these children of the wilderness. Some a
his adventrires among them were 'quire 'of a
romantic caste. One of their' chiefs, a majes
tio old Hetlowin, whose favorite daughter
had been for years alre,cted with a scorbutic
disease, was so carried away with rapture at
her recove•y under rrofessor Holloway's
hands, than, in a burstmf gram it ude,he offered
h;m half his 11.•cks and herds; if he would
kremain with the tribe and be its guest. for
' life. . • .
While viriting Ctinstantinople, oribis ... re
turn home, he had an addience of the Sultan;
_and was requested to prescribe or a favorite
odalisque in the imperial baretti, whir had
been pronounced int:arable' by the Turkish
doctors. She was a Circus lin slave_ of sez
pas-ing beauty, end realized in her form and
face the description of •'Young Nourmirher
its described in Lella -Rookh. H.q.' disease
was ilyspepsii, aggravated, no doubt, by the
ennui, created by a sequestered and mono'
bilious lifc. 'Within a month, however,
Professor ilolloway's great tnedicinea, with
the all of Gaily exercise in the gar lens of the
Seraglio, 'accomplished a complete cure, and
he subt,equently-rect iced an nit ograpb Ie ter
limn the ;Sultamtbanizing him in mu warmest
terms, for restoting to health the ' Lgl t of
his liarein:r No sooner was the news of this
cure noised through Constant:Doi:le, then
The lodgings of the 'Great Frank l'iiyrici tii"
were literally besieged by dyspeptic Pa r ties
and bdious Wytt, and fro:n the pario.i of his
departure to the present time, the demand
upon hie agents in Constantinople fur Use
tentedirA that bear his name has continually
I
increased.—Sir, Livingston's Trarcti.,
THEIR OCCUPATIONS.—The occupations o f , I
the gentleman composing the Senate AA . the I
State ere fifteen lawyers, viz : The Speaker,
J. Cresswell, Jr., Mes.rs.
Coffey, Finney, Miller, Paltrier, Penny,Schell,
Scofield, Shaeffer, Limey, Welsh and Yard
ley ; seven are M etch:tors, viz: Me.mrs..
Baldwin, Blood, Peter, llarrti., Keller. Myer,
and Raridall ; tlfree are farmers, viz: Messrs.
Francis„lsTunetnacher, and Rutherford two
ate Gentler - ben, Messrs. Steele and Wright
Mr. Craig is a lumberman ; tizg IS nu,
irournaster ; M.. Gazatm and Marsclis are
physicians ; Mr: Shindel wits a clergyman ;
Mr. Thompson is a ton voter, and has acted
fur many year,...ie the captitty of justice of
peace. Colonel Gregg is the olde.t. Senator,
'and Win. U. Welsh, E y. , the late SlOtal.ir,
theyounges , . The priis.:ut speaker, Hon.
Julie Cre.swell, Jr.,lont occupied a - seat in the
a lora r per.cd than ally pretent
Senator; of the old members, Mee-r-. Gregg,
Finn e y and Welsh•-were. re-elected ;. the
eleven new Senators, anti tho.e occupying
re Its for.their first. term are Mes.rs.
Keller, Struemacher, Pal iner,Psrket., Penney,
Themps,n aitd Yardley.
Of the tuembers of the House. Oa re are
twenty-iwo'lawyers, tienty-trine farmer., tee
merchants, lie u printers, Lao edltOi% two
gentlemen, one :r .n-master, .ix physicians,
one transporter, one millwrigh•, one shoe
dealer, three lumber dealers. one - contractor,
one shoemaker, two Clerks, two surveyorsome
calimetrmaker, two Moulders, ono manufac
turer, three coal dealers, One brick-'ityer, one
carpenter, one deceased; and qne occoproi o.
unknown. The oldest member_is Judge Wil
cox, of McKean, who is .ixty-four —the
youngest, S. Greti, of Philadelphia, who is
twenty-one. I.lls deceased colleague, Geo.
W. Wood, was abaut the same age, perhaps
younger. Three are mer reity ; four ale
under sixty, and over fifty; array ar:l'under
',fifty, and over forty; ferty-sis are under forty,
and over thirty; eleven are under thirty ; and
over twe,nty,five; and three - are under twenty
five.—Patriot and lawn.
Caught iu their aim Trap.
Voliticians sometimes, in 'attempting to
play Smart, get caught in a trap they little
dream t,f—and this is the case with those of
theßepublican s ettipe in Illituiis . As for
example, the republican members of.: the
legislature of that Scats run away -from the
Legislature to defeat the bill making a new
apportionment oT - the State, as they asked
last fall It was !noun that Governur
would veto the bill, and it was fear'ed that
the rMtnotrats would pass, it over his veto';
they, therefore, cleated out and-left the Legis
lature without the quototn required by the
Constitution. They, however, left too soon.
As there was no quorum present, no bnsineli,
of course, could be - transacted, and when the
Governoi's veto message was sent in it could
not be received. The republicans were not
present to make a quorum within the ten days
which the Governor is allowed to consider
and'it therefore became a Jaw without
Hi consent.
. -
Th'us, the Republicans, in attempting to
be- shrewd, were completely . crittgbt in
their own trap, and they should now subtnit
gfAcehilly.
iefteno,t! and the Hand of Cuba.
PHILADELPIIIA.--The New York Times
dispatch sacs : A hig,hly' interesaog letter,
(tom Commodore Charles .Stewart, was to
handed to President Buchanan, disclos
ing en item of secret histrry never before di
vulged. President Jefferson's gun boat navy,
which was the subject of multi ridicule, was
ostensibly built for the protection of our sea
coasts. One hundred add eighty of those
boats were Haut southward. Commodore
Stewart now rnakts knoeti the fa c t th a t th ere.
boats was built for the special purpose of
taking po a! , aion of Cuba, but before the
plans of Mr. Jefferson were perfected, our re
lations with England became threatening,
artd, the preject was .postponed and Bever
afterwards revived.
•
Tut cost of the late short Fession of 'Con
gress, of only three months duration, (oohs
up the enormous sum of Two Millions .
Eleven Thousand Dollars. So says the
Appropriation Bill. _
Or A man named Joseph Locy, aged a
bout Mitt? years, WAS found dead in his bed,
at his residence at . Whitney'. Point, Broome
County, on Sunday last. The coroner's jury
rendered,* verdict thitt the deceased came to
WA death' by,tbe riptbre of ■ email blood
vessel and the inteinpitrate use of ardent
Spirits, •
.110'"The a ife of .% young clergyman died
at Andersontown, Wartru . .County, N. J., on
the .11th inst4under suspicioas circumstances.
It is asserted that there is a suspicion that.
shames pOisoned withatrychnine by her-hus
band whO had fallen in love with another
woman, although only married five mouths.
DLANKAIOT.E I4 . Dee and a variety of
mber,llllunka tor sale at kalt, 01 rice.
Important to lreinaltm---Dr. Cliesse.
tnan's Pitts, Prepared by Cornelius L.Cheese.
man, New York City. The combination . Of in.
gredients_ in these Pills are the result of a long
and extensive practice. • They are mild in their
o peration,and certain in correcting all iiregulaid.
ties, painful menstruation', removing all obstrnc
tms, w h et h er from cold or otherwise, headache,
pain in the side, palpitation of the heart,dbiturbed
sleep, which arise from interruption of whore.
TO MARRIED LADlES,these Pills are inval •
Defile, as they will bring on the monthly period '
with regularity. Ladies whp here been disap•
pointed in the use of other pills, can place the
utmost confidence in Dr. Chessman's Pills do.
iog all they are represented todo.
NOTICE.—They should not be used during',
Pregnancy, as a mis-earrisgo would certainly re
sult therefrom.
Warranted purely vegetable, and free from
anything injurious to life or health. Explicit
directions, which should be read, accompany
each box. Price sl.' Sent by mail on endow.
lag $1 to any authorized agent. • .
R. B. 11111VTCHIETBS,
165 Chambers-St, Neu , York. .
General-Agent for the United States, to whom
all Wholesale order.' should be addressed.
Dr. J. WAXMAN, Tunkhannock, and ABEL
TURRELL, Montrose, Agenb. jan2o ly
FARREL, lIERBOIG & CO.,s
PATENT CHINN SUE.
LATE FIRE AT DUBUQUE. lOWA. •••
7 - ' Dunuque. Ito. 7, '59.
Gents : I urn requested by Mr. T. A. C. Coch
rane, of this place, to srtA to you that on the
morning of the 4th instant, about 3 o'clock, his
store took fire. and the entire stock of goods
was destroyed. The heat became sc, suddenly
intense that none of the goods could pussibie
be saved ; but fortunately his books anti papers,
which were in one ofvour Champion Sates,were
all preserved perfectiy. And well they may be
called Champion, for during the whole errata
gration there was one incessant pouring of flame
directly upon the safe which contained them.
And still, Upon opening it, the inslde was hound
to he scarcely warm, x•hile the outside was
truest severely. scorched. Yours truly,
N. A 31:.CLURE.
Holing's Patent Chumpi , m Fire nod Bort!far-
Proof Sri les.with lA..I4 . PATE 'ST POW DER
PROOF -LOC.K.S., ntrard the tirentes4 security •
of any Sate in the world. :Thor Sideboard and
RurlOr Safer.. of elegant workmanship and fin. ,
ish, ft r plute, &e.
FARREL; lIERRING7 & CO., hare removed
from 31Walstut Street, to their new *tore.
tio.ll , 29oaestuatt Street,(JAyses HALL.) -
where the largest assortment of Safes in the
world cun be found.
FARREL. HERRING & CO;
6i9 CHESTSLIT STREET,
(.Ilynes
PHILADELPHI.4,
march 11—tf.
enrd•-..Dr.TOAVRE of the Binghamton
Water:Ctire, - 'will be at Sumitiehanna 'Depot
(N,enol's (foie!) on the 6th. of each month du
ring the
_Spring a n d Summer for eumoiltation.
Invalid+ will find it to their-advent:lde to give
him a e:•11. Patients reeeived at all tittles at his
estahlis'iment .ir. Binghamton; N. V., where
every comfort and convenience may he found
for the succes , fwl tre4t went of 13 [tf.
Ifollowai 'l6 Coughs, part-hiular
ly those of a herd. dry eharaeter, frequenly pro
ceed, prim idly,' from e diseased condition of
the stoirmell end the liver. and may often be
removed by a single dose of these cairaorilinary
Pills., Dyspepsia is sometimes aeennipattied
with tt. harking cough, end a cough is Also a
symptom of consuption of the en In such
cases. physicians generally give mercury. a
practice as unnecessary as it is dangerous,.
since a few doses, or at any rate a tulle , ursie
of the Pills never fails to remove both the - caug e
of the difficulty and .the. c rlitliculty itself. The
invigorating influence of the remedy upon- Ilia
weak and debilitated is truly marvelous.
MIL EDITOR :-W4, would thank you., to al
low us through your columns, to execs oar
gratitude to the religious sintietie* in :Gibson,
fur their liberal donation in us on the 17th,
at Mr. Samuel Chamberlain's, which amounted
to. between 815 and $80; included a box con•
Lathing money anti valuable clothing; which, we
understand, wa• filled principally by the exer
tions of the ladies who reside in Vie village neat
Judge Burrows. We; wish to add an expressinn
of thanks to our fritlbds in Harford, and td the
students of the institution, who have so kindly
assisted us,lduring the protracted sickueas in
our famikthe winter past.
LYM A N.RICHARDSON,
SARAH RICH Anusorti.
avAvonno, •
At Harford University, March 29d. by Rev.
Lyman Richardson; Mr. W3l. CoRREY of
Wayne, and Mies ALVIRA Z. WEST-of
Lenox, SoNfl'a Co., Pa.
asaa.
In Ararat, Sustpiiihanna county, March 10th,
of disease of the' Iunds,EMILIN.E, daughter of
O. S. and E. I. Carpenter, aged 5 1 .6 years.
All who knew the deceased, will bear testi
mony lo the cheerfulness, she spread around
her wherever she moved. - A true Christian, a
dutiful daughteroa valued friend; and a loved
arid suceessfel teacher has passed froin'Eart h
to Heaven._ tFor more extended notice sea
"Northern Christian Advocate.]
In Springville, February 25th, 1859, AARON
BLAKESLEE, aged year?. .
The subject of this brief notice came to
Springville, Susq'a &minty, (then Luzerne,) in
1801. He was among that gallant band of
pioneers who first penetrated this ,gionniy forest,
and suffered the vicialtudeit and hardships inci
dent to all who enter the primeval forest. Our
pen is too feeble to express the kindness and
respect we ought to bear those early . settlers
who left behind them-many of the .comforts and
enjoyments of life, to seek ,a scanty subsistence
in the wildereess. Mr. Blakeslee diefi, upon the
farm he commented upon, fifty-four years ago.
He was ever ready to extend the hand of friend.
shipoind always met his _friends with a smile
upon his, countenance. It has been our privi
lege to enjoy a social and intimate acquaintance
with the deceaied for a period of forty years or
more. He was trulran exemplary n ; and
the. kindness and urbanity of his manner en.
geared him to all his associates; while the aim.
plicity . which was a marked feature , of his char
acter,did not permit him to assume an offensive
or unreasonable control over their opinions. He
was a consistent add exemplary member of the
•Methodist• Episcopal church, and was a very in
fluential and generous. contributor towards the
erection or Ombra° of a good house in the -mil.
Inge -of Springville where that society met for
public worship. His hinge has ever been an
asylum for the itinerant clergyman, as bo tray.
meted his circuit, through wet, heat and cold ;
and we doubt not that a petition has been sent
up for him front - many a greatful heart.
• • He has left a highly respected family to mourn
his exit. A telegraphic dispatch had been sent
to an only son, on whom he fondly doted, but
he did-not arrive in time to clasp the band of
honored and esteemed father until he was cold
in death. 'Sometime previous- to his death lied
while his -reason was yet bright, he lisped the
name of that son, the Rev. George 11-Blakeslee.
His remains - were, borne to the church, where
a very large concourse of persons assembled,
and Wetted to a very impressive discourse, de
livered by the, Rev. John V. Newell. The porn
tion of scripture selected-tor the occasion was
Balms Btli cl(apter and 40 . verse : " What is
man that-thou art mindful of him, sad the son
of man that thou visitest him)"