El)C 3cffcvsontcnt.
5- The Pennsylvania School Journal
for this month contains its usual variety.
The matter, instructive not only to the
teacher, hut to every friend of education.
No poison, who. truly tcw:hes, will do
m ifhout it. It contains the decision of the
State Superintendent , and by one of them
Pi rectors are authorized to "subscribe for
one copy and pay for it out of the funds
of the District.
j We have received the October
number of the Xcw York ll-aclicr, which is
the Grst of Volume 3. Its appearance is
much improved by tho new cover, and
we have no doubt its contents will keep
pace. Wc are sorry to learn that Mr
J. W. Valentine has resigned the po?l
which he bo ably filled as resident Edi
tor, but trust that Mr. Bowcn wil
keep it up to the mark. lhc subscrip
tion, price is one dollar a year, and we
hope that every teacher in our county, af
ter subscribing to the " Pennsylvania
School Journal,'' will take a copy of this
work.
r&r- 1 he Eastou btane met with an
accident on Thursday evening last, near
the Kit ta tinny Hotel, at the Delaware
"Water Gap. The night being dark and
the road very narrow, the fore wheel pass
ed over a log, laying on the lower side of
the road which caused the stage to turn
over, precipitating the passengers and
bswirasrc down the embankment. Sever-
al of the passengers were slightly injured.
Mr. James Bell, Jr. of Experiment Mills,
had one of bis arms put out of joint, and
a Mrs. Johnson received several injuries,
and several others were slightly bruised.
Thanksgiving-.
Governor Biglcr has isssued a procla
mation appointing Thursday, the 23d I
iuL, as a day of general thanksgiving
-iml praise, throughout the State.
ESFMVc observe that a new Barber
shop has been opened in the basement of
Doct. P. Hollinshcad's Drug Store, by
Mr. Nicholas Roth. He h represented al
a skillful Barber aud we have no doubt
be will be liberally patronized.
To The Ladies
Mr. Darius Dreher, returned from
the city last week, with an elegant assort
ment of goods. She is now prepared to
accommodate all who may feel disposed
to t.ive her a call. Call and examine her
t-tock, and if you do not find one of the
hand.soincst and richest assortments ot
Millinery goods ever offered in this place,
then we are no judge of ladies "fizins".
We arc informed that Mr. Samuel A.
Benne tt, has disposed of bis Cabinet Ware
establishment to Wm. T. Baker, Morris
Smiley, and Adrian Sayre, who will con
tiuuc the business at the old stand on a
lamer scale than heretofore carried on
May their efforts be crowned with success
Burglars About '.Lookout for them !
Bv reference to tho "Eastonian" of last
Saturday, we observetbatEaston has been
pestered by a gang of thieves. The dwell
ing of Mr. Jas. Lewis was entered on Tues-
O
day of labt week and robbed of $20 or $30:
and the dwelling of Michael Butz, was cn-te-red
in the afternoon of the same day,
while the family were in the back part of
the house. The thief proved to be a German,
and succeeded in carrying off a number
of books, which he disposed of & then left
for N. J. and afterwards returned to Eas-
ton, when he was arrested and committed
to iil.
More of them.
John Lutz and Henry Gregory
were arrested in Eastou on Tuesday last
on suspicion of being burglars. They
had been staying at Mr. Keller's Hotel,
aud upon search made, pistols, bowie
knives, letters, and various matters con
firming the suspicion were found upon
thorn. They were taken to Reading on
Thursday by the police of that Borough
on a similar charge.
It appears that these worthies are part
of a band quartered at Xcw York. Wc
were informed that one of the letters d
reeled these fellows to journey to Strouds-
burgr where the chief of this band would
meet them. As these two gents uave
been taken to Reading, we will not, in
all probability, be favored with ticir
presence very soon.
Can't Read or "Write.
It id 6tated upon authority that in
Georgia
there arc forty-oue thousaud
white grown persons who cau neither
read or write 1 Iu 1840 there wero but
30,000, showing that one of the most
thrifty of the Southern States is retro
grading rather than progressing,
Official Result.
Tlic Democratic Union publishes the
official vote of all counties in the State,
and they sum up as follows :
roit GOVERNOR.
Pollock,
204,008
107,001
Rigler,
Pollock's majority,
FOR. C A N A L COM M 1 SSI ON KH ,
37,007
Molt,
Darsie,
27 '1,074
83,331
Molt's
Black,
Baird,
Smyser,
majority, .. .
FOR SUl'HEME.JUDGC.
100,743
1G7.010
120,596
73.571
Black's maj.over Baird,
40,414
PROHIBITORY LAW.
Against,
For,
Majority against the law,
103,510
153,342
5,105
Re-Dedication.
The Richmond M. E. Church, in the
village of Richmond, Mount Bethel, hav
ing been extensively repaired and newly
fixed up, was rc-dedicated to the worship
of Almighty God on Sunday, the 29tl
inst. The dedicatory sermon was preach
ed by the llcv. George Winsor, of Belvi
dcrc, N. J. It was an able, eloquent and
impresfivc discourse, and was followed by
appropriate services in the afternoon anci
evening. The cost of repairing and fit
ting up the church, was stated by th
pastor, Rev. Win. B. Wood, to be 000
to meet which they had 400, on sub
scription, lie tben appealed to them for
the remaining 200, to which they re
sponded after the manner of our Strouds
burg friends, by contributing some S21S
This enterprise we con.-idcr to be a cred
it to the members of the Methodist
Church in the place, as well as to those
persons not members who came forward
50 nobly to their assistance. They have
now, in the opinion of persons not mem
bers, the most neatly finished church in
the two Mount Bethels. An extra meet
ing is now in progress, which promises to
result in the salvation of many souls.
Communicated.
Supreme Court Decision.
In the case of the Borough of York vs.
Forscht, recently argued before the Su
preme Court of Pennsylvania, the follow
ing important law points were decided :
Where a reward is offered "for the de
tection and conviction" of an offender,and
a person is detected and convicted, the
record of the conviction is evidence, in an
action for the reward, that the person
convicted was the true offender.
It is within the legitimate province of
the burgesses of a borough to offer re
wards for the detection of offences against
the general safety of the inhabitants.
Something About Schools.
5rWc invite the attention of our cit
izens to tho following article, which wc
copy from a late number of the American
Agriculturist, and would suggest that the
inquiry be made whether it Euits any of
them. Our wiuter schools arc now open,
and it is the privilege aud duty of everyone
to visit them. It will show your children
that you take some interest in their school
and make both teacher and scholar more
careful, in order that they may be able
to bear inspection.
We know a man who last summer
hired four colts pastured on a farm some
five miles distant. At least once in two
weeks he drove over to see how his juven
ile horses fared. He made irinute in
quiries of the keeper as to their health,
their feed, and the like; he examined the
condition of the pasture; and when a dry
season came on, made special
arranse-
incuts to have a daily allowance of meal,
and was very careful to know that it was
regularly supplied.
This man had four children attending
a district school kept in a small building
erected at tho cross roads. Around this
building on three sides is a space of land
six feet wide, the fourth side is on a line
with the street. There is not an out
house or shade tree in sight of the build
ing. Of the interior of the schoolhousc
we need not speak. The single room is
like to many others, with all its apparatus
arranged upon the most approved plan
for producing curved spine, compressed
luns. ill health, and premature death.
We wish to stale one fact only. The
owner of those colts, the father of those
children, has never been into that school
house to-inquire alter the health, com
fort, or mental food daily dealt out to his
offspring. The latter part of the summer
wc chanced to ask "who teaches your
school," and his reply was, he did not
Know, he believed her name was Parker,
out lie iKul no time to look after school mat
tcrs.
luve Ocean Steamers have been lost
during the present year, the melancholy
list being as follows : The City of Glas
gow, tho JJranlUin, the Humboldt, the City
of Philadelphia and the Arctic.
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Tiffany's Grand and Novel Exhibition !
OF TIIK
Italian Fantoccini, or moving- Automata,
Will perform at Slroudsburg on Fri
day evening, November 3d, 1854, in the
Court Houso for one night only. Doors
open at 7. Performances to commence
at half past 7. Price of tho Tickets 18;?
cents, lo be had at the public houses.
Great Excitement at Worcester-Arrest ol
a Kidnapper.
"Worcester, Oct. 30. Asa ,0. But-
man, the notorious kiduapper of Thomas
Sims and Anthony Burns, was discovered
"booked'' at the American House, in this
ity yesterday, and was immediately
posted throughout the city. In the even
ing a vijzilance Committee of citizens sur-
rounded the Hotel aud watched Butman's
movements.
He llourishcd a pistol at them and
threatened to use it, whereupon a warrant
was issued, and he was immediately ar
rested, and this forenoon brought before
the Police Court charged with carrying
concealed weapons. The caso was post
poncd two weeks, and he was required to
give bonds for his appearance.
A large and excited crowd gathered
around the court room, and it becoming
evident that Butman's life was in danger,
Mr. George P. Hoar, Prce Soiler, and
son of the venerable Samuel Hoar, who
was driven out of South Carolina, ap
pealed to the crowd to let the kidnapper
go in safety out of the city. The crowel
gave way, and Butnian, accompanied by a
strong guard, went to the depot, followed
by the populace, where the colored men
fell upon him, and would undoubtedly
have taken his life but for the intcrfer
ence of Martin Stowcll, James A. How
land, Mr. Hoar, Rev. W. Iligginson, and
Stephen S. Poster, all Abolitionists.
Butman was hustled iuto a carriage, ac
companied bv Mr. Hinffinson. and thus
escaped with his life. Mr. Iligginson w
considerably cut hy the missiles thrown
at the carriage, and Butman was pelted
with rotten eggs and stones, and was kick
ed and beaten almost to death. He prom
iscd never to visit Worcester again, and
probably will net. He is now out of harm
wn
Rich Scene at a Political Meeting.
Gen. Cass delivered a political speech
to about 15,0G0 persons at Chicago, on
the 20th ult. He was listened to with
great attention, but after he sat down
.some one called tor three groans lor
Judjxc Douilas, who was also on the
stand. The call was hissed down, but
cheers were given for Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Indiana. The - Chicago Tribune
says :
" At this juncture considerable confu
sion prevailed, when some one called for
a speech from Frederick Douglas, (black
man) who was in the room. It was caught
up and responded to, apparently, by five
hundred persons. The effect was as ex
citing as if a bomb-shell had been thrown
into the room. Colonel Snowhook rush
ed upon the stand and brandished his fist
at the crowd, while Colonel Hamilton de
clared, in the most emphatic manner, that
if Douglas came to the stand he would
have him sent to the watch-house. Such
an uproar that followed we have seldom
witnessed. It seemed as if pandemonium
had broken loose, and the threats of the
Ncbraskaitcs had only made the matter
worse. rreueriCK juougias uau tue good
sense to retire, during the confusion, but
the crowd did not know it. The meeting
was dispersed by some one turning the
gas.
Remarkable Case of Second Sight.
A New York letter mentions the fol
lowing extraordinary incident, in councc
tion with the loss of the Arctic :
A young gentleman, lately residing in
this eity, fell through a hatchway in his
father s store some time last summer, and
was severely injured, one side of his body
becoming completely paralyzed, and af
ter a while he entirely lost the faculty o
opecch. Iu this position he remained un
til the 27th ultimo, (about the time of the
accident to the Arctic, on board which
steamer it was Known that tho young
man's father was a passenger,) when he
suddenly started up in his sleep, and ex
claimed, to the surprise of all present,
'My father is drowning I ' fell back upon
his pillow and died. It was tho first time
he had spoken for months; it was the last
forever.
The young man referred to was a sou
of Mr. G. G. Smith, of New York, who
was lost in the Arctic.
An Exciting Bear Hunt.
The good citizens of Patten's Mills, in
this county, had rather an exciting time
in capturing a bear, who, on the 17th
iust., ruthlessly invaded their quiet neigh
borhood. The announcement of the un-
summoncd guest was a signal for a gen
eral muster, and it was not long before
the troop appeared, some armed with guns,
some with clubs, and others with pitch
forks. The stranger not liking his re
ception, made for the forest, hotly pur
sued by all hands. He received four balls,
to which he paid little attention. A grey
hound next threw down the glove to his
t i i . i
uearship, when a rough-anei-iumoie im
mediately ensued, from which the hound
escaped with a second drubbing. A
large bull-dog next claimed the honor of
an encounter with bruin, but soon left
the field minus a portion of his underjaw.
At this stage of the affray, Mr. Cornelius
Bentlcy stepped into the ring with a pitch
fork, the prongs of which he unceremo
niously thrust iuto the side of the hither
to successful combatant, but in an instant
the fork was shivered to pieces, and Mr.
Bentley in turn became the pursued, and
barely escaped with his life by the timely
arrival of the rest of tho party, who ini-
oicdiately surrounded the infuriated ani
mal, and after a desperate fight, in which
all kinds of weapons wero omployed, his
bearship was finally captured and borne
off in triumph. He weighed four hun
dred aud tiveuty-fivc pound3. Sandy-
mil JfcraJd, Oct, 24,
The Tune Changed
The Washington Union, the official or-
cran of Pierce Douglas & Co., could
not find languague too strong to condemn
the Know Nothings before the election ;
but since popular sentiment is revolting
d all-quarters at the contemptible policy
of Democratic presses and leaders, in
pandering to foreign and-religious preju
dices, it has suddenly changed its tune,
and is now directing its efforts to concil
iate the Know Nothings and thereby
save what little is yet left of the admin
istration. We especially invite the atten
tion of such as voted with the Democrats
at the late election because of the new
issue forced by tuckling politicians, to
note carefully the remarks of the Union.
Here they are:
"In taking its position it should b
carefully borne in mind that the Demo
cratic party wither etssumcs that the nat
uralization laws as they now exist arc per
fect, nor that foreigners have not on some
occasions subjected themselves lo jusi cen
surcs, nor that thcllomcn Catholic religion
is based upon the true Christian creed
Citizenship is a boon granted to foreign
crs by the liberality of our institutions,
and this fact cannot be too caretully
weighed and apreciated by our foreign
citizens. J hey should constantly remem
ber that the high privileges conceded to
them have been granted upon the reason
able expectation that they would surrend
er their distinctive native nationalities
and become fused and assimilated to our
native citizens in all their feelings, scuti
nrchts, and devotion to our liberal institu
tions. It becomes than noio in view of the
late significant expressions of popular feel
ing, to consider well whether, in their 2ast
conduct, the? mav not have given occasion
to much of the opposition which exists a
gainst them. Native Americans arc just
ly proud of their high prerogatives, and
thai arc naturally jealous of anything hh
foreign influence iqion their institutions
In these sentiments and feelings wc pa
licipale to the fullest extent and it is be
cause we do that wo so earnestl' repe
the imputation that the Democratic party
has pursued, or will ever pursue, "an in
cendiary policy," in order to conciliate
the foreign vote. Naturalized citizens
ought
see, in
the
e immense increase o
foreign
immigration
within the last few
years, legitimate reasons lor an earnes
investigation by native citizens of the
probable influence of this increase o
foreign population upon our institutions.
This is a fair and legitimate subject for
discussion; and if it shall result in the
conviction that our naturalization laws
are defective and require to be amended
and reformed, the 4naturalizod citizens
ought neither be surprised nor complain.
It may be assumed as a fixed fact that
the native American population will nev
er consent to any modification of the
principals which characterize their insti
tution?, and from whatever quarter they
sec danger of this kind they will be prompt
to meet and repel it. When the sugges
tion is made that this danger lurks under
the religious creed of the Catholics, it is
right and proper that the truth of the sug
gestion should be sifted lo the bottom, and
to such an investigation none will contrib
utc more than the Democracy.
California Edibles.
The Acta California says there is no
country in the world which is better sup
plied with game and fish than California.
Among the varieties of game which may
always be procured in the San Francisco
market, are bear, venison, hares, rabbits,
squeirrels, quails, doves, pigeons, snipe,
curlew, plover, moor fowl, and geese and
ducks in every variety and in the greatest
profusion. The game laws in California,
for a new country, are very strictly com
plied with; it will therefore be, in all prob
ability, many years before the supply di
minishes. The variety of fish is very large, and
their quality unsurpassed. The salmon
of the Sacramento sometimes range as
high as sixty or seventy pounds in weight.
Sturgeon and skate aro abundant iu eve
ry bay and creek, and tautog are caught
upon tho shores of tho southern part of
the State. Cod-fish, rock-fish, mackerel,
flounders, smelts, sardines, soles, herrings,
together with craw-fish, lobsters, shrimps,
crabs, &c., in large quantities, may at any
time be procured in the immediate vicin
ity of San Francisco. Oysters aro al
most the only fish which do not flourish
well, and are always to be found in the
markets. Those which are brought in
are small, and their flavor is inferior.
Poultry is very expensive in San Fran
cisco, but from present appearance it will
be abundant in the course of a year or
two. Domestic meats are generally of
inferior quality to those of the Atlantic
states. Vegetables and fruit of nearly
every imaginable variety suited to the
climate grow luxuriantly in California,
and may always be found in the market.
The fresh butter of California is said to
be of a quality which would reflect credit
upon the skill ol a Vermont dairy maul,
and the character of the cheese is such
that large quantities of it find a ready
sale sti high prices. Eggs aro abundant.
Ihey arc mostly those of sea birds, and
brought from the Farralones Islands.
They are large, of greenish color thickly
covered with dark spots, and are cousid
dcred very nutritious.
Samuel Dunham, a soldier of the Rev
olutionary War, died at Mansfield Conn.,
on the 12th inst., at the ago of one hund
red yeara and twenty days. He was the
oldest Revolutionary Pensioner in the
State. Mr. Dunham leaves two brothers,
one of whom i3 ninety-five and the other
nicety seven years of age. . Both of them
wero soldiers of the Revolution, and one
of them, to the irreparable disgrace of the
country is the inmato of tho alms-house.
i - i.i.- i - a- -
The telegraph brings news of the death
of Gov. Burt of Nobraska. Gov. B. was
a brother of tho Hon. Armistcad Burt,
member of the last Congress from South
Carolina.
AWFUL RA1LB0AD COLLISION, j
Fifty Persons Killed A Great Number
Injured ureaami . uetans.
?rom the Detroit Tribune of Friday last.
Through the kindness of W. O Ruggles
wc arc able to give the particulars of the
most heart-rending and terrible railroad
disaster that ever occurred in America.
ne savs : A few minutes aftr 2 P. M.
yesterday wo left Niagara Falls with the
first-class and two seconu-ciass passen
ger-cars, one express and one baggage-
After leaving Hamilton we were
detained about midnight, between Ham
ilton and London, by a freight-engine be
ing off the track. After a delay ot an
hour and we started, aud reached Lon
don about six hours behind time. About
three mile3 west of London the cylinder
head of our eugino burst, which delayed
us two hour3. We backed down to Lon
don took a new engine and started again
for Windsor about 1 o'clock, and about
1
13 miles west of Chantham, on the Bab
tist Creek Flats, going about 20 miles an
hour, we came in collision with a gravel
train of lo cars backing cast, the col
lision was frightful in the extreme. Our
locomotive was completely thrown over
to the right, the express car thrown over
and crushing the first and secoud class
car into mere splinters, demolishing the
next, and making a wreck of the third
car, and driving in tho end of tho fourth,
the passengers m the last cars escaped
unhurt or with slight bruises; almost tho
entire load of the second class cars were
killed or wounded, some cut completely
in two, others with mangled heads and
bodies, and without limbs.
The screams and groans of the ming
led was awfur in the extreme. Every ef
fort was made by the Conductor and pas
senders to relieve the suffering, but not
withstanding all superhuman efiorts to re
lieve them, all were not extricated unti
more than four hours after the collision
Among those whose exertions in saving
the victims, aarc Thomas F. Meagher ane
Junk, the baggage man. Mr. O. A. Brown
son, and others of the passengers. Heaps
of the dead and mangled were lound in
the ruins, piled together in all mangled
shapes.
One poor fellow was cut out of the ex
nrftw car. his limbs hanging out of tin
i j - O
side, fifteen feet from the ground. One
of the strangest features of the accident
is, that all the gravel cars were demol
ished and piled upon each other, with the
tender of the engine stove in. The con
ductor of the gravel train was on the rear
car, with his signal light and a negro boy
at his side. The coneluctor saved himself
by jumping; the negro was killed.
At the time of the collison thero was a
dense fog, it boing almost impossible to
see lights. Where the blame belongs in
this awful catastrophe, we know not; but
there is gross and culpable negligence in
the operation of the affairs of the road.
The conductor of the gravel train sa ys he
was ordered out by the superintendent of
the gravel pit.
We ought to mention that on the third
car from the rear we had no light at the
time of the collision and was in total dark
ness, nor had we anything but pieces ol
candlcs.stuck in tubes at any time. Those
had gone out at the time of the col
lision. The dead arc lying around, and
being mostly emigrants their names can
not readily be got, but about fifty are
killed outright aud many of the wounded
must die, of which there arc about forty
alive. There was one women buried un
der a mass of ruins, and lay there over
four hours before she was extricated.
She must die.
Wc were 32 miles from Detroit and 13
from Chatham, the surrounding country
for miles a vast swamp and no aid or
physician at hand, which, with the dense
ness of tho fog and frightful screams of
the wounded for help and water, render
ed it the most appalling scene imaginable.
It was heart-sickening. Yet all was done
that could be during the long five hours
that the miserable unfortunates lay wait
ing their turn for assistance. One man
had six friends with him, all killed.
There aro whole families killed and we
cannot ascertain their names.
We are informed by R. P. Tom?, Esq
of this city, who was also a passenger on
the train at the time of the collision, that
no blame cau be attached to the engineer
of the train, a3 he had taken every pre
caution by telegraphing from one Nation
to another, by waiting for trains to pass,
uud by the strictest orders to run very-
slow, to avoid any accident. The censure,
he thinks, must rest solely with those in
charge of the gravel tram, and with the
watchman left to give notice when the
last train had passed, who, instead of at
tending to his duty, seems to have fallen
asleep at any rate, he gave false infor
mation to tho engineer. Why tho gravel
train was on the track it such a time, is
for those to explain who have thus causcel
this fearful loss of life.
Mr. Toms informs us that when ho left
the scene of the disaster, it had been as
certained that 25 men, 11 women and 11
children had been killed, and 21 men
and 20 women and ehildrcu badly injured
one-half probably fatally. It was
thought that a8 many as 15 dead bodies
were still buried in the ruins when he
left. Our reporter is now on the spot,
and will furnish additional particulars,
which wc shall publish in an extra. Our
citizens will rejoice to know that Mr.
Toms, and a son of S. M. Holmes, Esq.,
who were on board, have escaped unin
jured. ..
A Broken Heart-. A sad suicide is
noticed by the Lockport Courier. The
wife of James Bowen, of Summerset, Ni
agara county, cut her throat with a razor,
while in despair, induced by tho dissipa
tion of her husband.
The Pittsburgh Union corrects an er
roneous statement going tho rounds of the
papers, that the Hon. Thomas Irwin,
Judge of tho District Court of the United
States for the Western District of Penn
sylvania, is dead. He ia living, and in
excellent health.
Spread of Know Nothingisnl.
The history of the country fails to fur
nish a single instance, in which a body of
men have organized for any purpose what
ever whose principals have spread with
such unparalleled rapidity as those of the
so called "Know Nothings." Although
it. n romnaratively short time has elaps
ed since they were first heard of through
tho public prints, yet, in aiui every
State of' the Union they already wield a
controlling influence. In Massachusetts
hev are said to number eighty thousand
strong a body sufficiently numerous to e-
ect every officer in the state, inaepena
nt. of aid from either of the old partic?.
And what is true of Massachusetts is said
o be true of tho majority of the States.
How are we to account lor this singular
phenomenon ?
It is, as is charged by the Cmcinnatr
Enquirer and kindred prints, an organi-
zation composca oi uroucu-uown politi
cians, discarded political hacks, and dis-
sapointed office seekers generally, togeth
er with a sprinkling of a certain class,
who are said to delight m mobbing tore
iners, burning churches, &c? Any eno-
who 13 not politically dihui or insuucra
bly stupid, knows that this is not the case-,
and nothing but abase heart and a stolid
intellect could induce any one to make
charges so utterly destiute of even a sem
blance of truth. In none of tho political
demonstration of this body of men have
we seen such results, as would be likely
to flow from an organization composed of
men politically and morally corrupt.
Wherever they have maac their power
felt, it has only been to rebuke political
dishonesty, and to hurl from high places,
men, who by their actious had shown
themselves unworthy of the confidence of
the public. If this is the only evil which
is to grow out of the Know Nothingism,
in all honesty we must say that we bid
it God speed.
The fact is corruption has crept into
every department of government, State
and National. American sentiments' and
American feelings seem to have been lost
siht of. Politicians by trade, in their
race for office and anxiety to appropriate
the spoils, have lost sight of the highest
duties of an American citizen, and have-,
not hesitated to pander to the lowest and
basest passions of certain classes of our
population, who arc not supposed to he
overstocked with information, and who,
instead of being acquabted with the spir
it and workings of our free institutions,
aro sadly in need of instruction in politi
cal ethics. That this is wr,ong rjo ono
will deny. That it needs erecting, ev
ery citizen, who is not a demagogue by
nature, will freely admit.
It is this state of things thatfyv? neces
sitated and brought into existence tho
order of Know Nothings. Is it to be
wondered at, that when the attempt was
made to indoctrinate the people anew
with American sentiments that the great
heart of the American people should re
spond to it. Wc think not. If the cur
rent newspapers reports of the case are to
be relied upon, this new. order has already
obtained a lodgment in nearly every city
and town in the Union, and as short' a.
time as it has been in existence is akcady
gigantic in its proportion and hiags:Hko
a cloud, black and treatening, over the
heads of the dishonest and corrupt poi
ticians of the day, who stand trembliug
in the fear that the nest bolt from this un
seen and impalpable power will dash their
prospects to the earth and blot out the
last Jiope they have of political prefer
ment. Under tho circumstances we do not
think that it is a matter of surprise that
this order s-preads with such rapidity.
On the contrary, if we arc correctly infor
cd as to its aims and objects, wo should
be surprised if it did not spread and con
tinue to spread until it had thoroughly
purged the country from the corrupting:
influences now at work aud threatening
the pcrnancucy of those free institutions,
which were bequeathed to us by our fath
ers of the revolution as a sacred heritage.
Dayton Daily Herald.
Important Convictions at Montreal.
We learn by telegraph from Montreal
of the conviction of two most notorious
criminals, Hurd and Evcrtrec, arretted
in the eastern townships, for counterfeit
ing. The former is a celebrated inmate
of Sing Sing prison, who, on his last exit
from that place, was offered 4000 a year
by one of the leading firms of engravers
in New York, but refused honest employe
menf, so certain was he of making more
money by counterfeiting. The effect of
this conviction has been that two other
scoundrels of the same gang awaiting trial
for forgery, have pleaded guilty. Their
names arc (Jlcason and Wellington;-ib'o
former a resident of tho townships, wor(h
over ten thousand pounds in property.
Uucucc Aim
ircuni. jcu zi.
A
souri
Parmer, named Hughes, in Mis
. shot himself dead on accounfcof the
drought. lie apprehended suffering
his family on account of a short crop.
in-
A Strange Presentment.
The Grand Jury of Richmond District,.
S. C, among its presentments, has reco
mended the re -opening of the African,
slave-trade. They set forth its supposed
advantages, and ven. necessity, to tho,
South, and attempt to justify its humani-.
ty and morality.
9
The Washington National Mominicnfc
has attained a height of one hundred and
sixty-six feet, not quito one-third of that
which is contemplated.
An Active and Useful Old Age.
Mrs. Anna Ilughos. wife of Deacon
Stephen Hughes, Rnssell, Mass., aged
eighty-ono years, has, ii four weeks end
ing on the 11th inst., braided fifty dozen
whip lashes, besides attending to her oth
er duties. Tho Westfield News Letter
saya she does all tho house won ior a
small family, has tho charge of a dairy of
three cows, washes and does up nuo
clothes so neatly that no young man
would be ashamed to wear them when
going to visit his lady love.