STAftOF THE NOKTH-
R. XV. WEAVER, EDITOR.
- ' -illoomburg, Thursday, May 23, 1851,
NOTICE.
The Democratic Electors of Columbia
' County pre notified to meet at the placet of •
-■holding the General Elections in the several
townships of the County on Saturday, the
24th iiist., between the hours of three and
.• seven o'clock, in the afternoon, to elect del
egates to represent each township in a coun
ty Convention to meet at the Court House
in Bloomsburg on Monday, the 26ih inst,, at
tvrelvo o'clock noon. This call is made in
• consequence of the failure by the Conven
tion ot.the 12th inst., to conclude the busi
uieta proposed for its action, and in order
that ti full expression may be had from the
Democracy ot the county on the subject of
the representation of this county in the
Reading and Harrisburg Democratic State
Conventions.
HIRAM R. KLINE,
FRANKLIN McBRIDE,
•JOHN KELLER,
ISAAC YETI'ER,
JOHN H. QUICK.
Standing Committee.
May 16th, 1851.
Vad Accident.—On last Saturday in
"rangavtlle, Mr. Phillip Keller of Light !
Street, met with a serious accident. He had
been assisting in firing the cannon, and was
in the act of ramming in a load when it
went oir sadly tearing and mutilating both
his hands. Ho xvas carried to Achenbaclt's
Hotel where his xxoonde were dressed.
or We invite attention to ihe advertise
.men tin another column of a Cirrus and
Menagerie which will be exhibited here on
•Friday the 30ih day of this month.
THE CONVENTION.
The notice of the Democratic Standing
Committee (which we print in this num
ber,) for the election of Delegates on Satur
day to meet in County Convention on Mon
day next, it wpuld appear is rendered neceo
-sary by reason both of the action and non
■ action of tho Convention which met here on
the 12th of the present month. It is to bo
' hoped that the Convention of Monday ne xt
-may compromise afull represen atio'i of all
the townships and that it may conduct its
deliberations with judgment and hamioni.
cully.
A full convention numbers 36 Delegates-
The convention of the 12th inst. consisted of
, 20 delegates only, representing 10 out of the
18 townships of the county, and all it did
was to pass a resolution by a vole of 11 to 9
denouncing the standing Committee! Wheth
er the convention had authority to pass such
a resolution is not now material, nor wheth
er, if the power be granted, it was expedi
ent and proper to do so. It is sufficient to I
say, that immediately upon the adoption of
t he resolution the Convention broke up with,
out doing anything further, and that 13 out of
the 20 delegates, including all the officer?,
went home.
The Convention in fact simply annulled
the appointments heretofore made by the
Standing Committee of Senatorial and Rep
resentative Delegates to the Harrisburg Ju
dicial Convention, thus destroying as far as
it could, the representation of this coun'y,
and it did nothing mote. It is hence nec
ce-tary that further action should be had in
order that tho Democracy of the county shall
bo represented or at least not misrepresented
at Harrisburg.
It is true that reran out of tho twenty dele
gates some time after the Convention broke
up and hat! separated, went back into tho
Court House and went through some procee
dings, but of course they had no authority to
cct and whatever they might do, was null
and void. They were a slim minority and
after the separation of the- Convention they '
had no mora right to meet and act than any
-other seven men in the county.
We have no doubt that tho Convention
of next Monday will not be actuated by
personal feelings, and that it will harmoni
ously and justly correct any oversight or
< mistake that has been committed.
Ultra Progression-
We dq hope somebody will knock the
moisa out of the Rochester knocking!, and
unwrap the mysteries of the spiritual rap
. ping. Barnum is the only man in the conn
try who csuld have the business respectablo,
and he thought it too transparent and be
neath his notice. A parcel of cunning
mountebanks have now taken charge of the
trade, and they remind us of the itinerant
fire eater* and painted harlequins who have
.been wont to astonish .the immature minds
of the juveniles. By and by xve shall have
the knockers brought into our courts to in
voke some spirit oT the by-gone lime lor
proof as to who "feliciously, wilfully ana
maliciously committed an assault and bat
very on the body of William Patterson yeo
man." All facts can be proved by calling
•on the spirits, and a family of knockers will
(become an indispensible adjunct to •very
court, like a court crier; and we suppose
they will lie kept at the publio cost, since
their services will be decided to be pro bono
publico. In the year of grace 1865 then we
may expect to sec some notice like this
among court proceedings:
"Upon the arraignment of John Smith for
(manslaughter, the Commonwealth asked
for a continuance of the case to the next
term for wont of soma wiqjesses who could
not attend at this term. But his Honor
Judge Progress decided that he could enter
lain no such motion, for tho Court Knockers
.w.ere in attendance, and the spirit of the de
ceased might be called to the witness stand,
and thus the whole facts at once brought out.
He said that in these days he could allow no
.delay of justice, and intimated that the
counsels request in this case-should be noth
ing mora than a trick to defer sentence.—
Mr*. Fox was then called and commenced
communication with the spirit of the de
ceased, Mr. Grundy. The spirit testified
!bat Mr Smith was the perron who struck I
"'■v i rfr'i
the blow wi.h an axe in the crowd ol las t
Sifttmw y i>ighl, and that the said blow ws (
the daiise of Mr. Grundy 's death.- The
coutnsel'on both sidei declined to argue the
case. The court charged the jury that the
case xvas clearly mace 'Out, and without
leaving Urn box, ibe Fdtetmm 'reported that
tho jury had agreed upon their ve'dict of
guilty. Mr. Smith xvas sentenced to five
hours imprisonment in the oyster cellar of
the Wilmot House, the jail having had a
pane of glass broken, and hence being in
the opinion of the court, unfit and too dilapi
dated, (at least during cold wiids.) for tho
detention of n human being in this Christian
age. His Honor raid he would have length
ened the sentence to tan hours, but for the
fact that Mr. Flnpdoodle the Court-Phrenolo
gist, had upon examination decided Mr.
Smith's mental organization to be of such a
character that it xvas impossible for him to
have avoided this transgression, which
xvould otherwise have been a crime. Judge
Lingo dissented from his other brethren ot
the bench and thought the sentence too
harsh for this age of humanity- But Judge
Progress referred to a rigorous ancient statute
which required imprisonment ir. such cases
as this, and said the law required to be vin
dicated. Judge Lingo thought the laxv re
ferred to, had bccomo obsolete.
But upon telegraphing the facts bl ','ne
case to the Governor, His Excelk 11C y l„ ten
minutes relumed a full ), ar don for Mr.
Smith, and added, in t r'jbnquint dispatch,
that he regretted to gee Judge Progress so
trifle xvith the '.'lOerty of any citizen. Wo
regret to (for xve disavow all party bit
ternessl that after this Judge Progress cannot
recp/.ve ten votes at the ppll next Monday;
and he will hardly venture to be a candidate
Rjptin next month. Notts vfrrons."
Chronicles of Crime.
Almost every paper which xve pick up in
those days is filled with long and vivid ac
counts of " Most Horrible Murders," Rob
beries, Seductions, Thefts, &c., &c., ad
' nauseam. Some editors seem to hunt np all
the filthy sickly chronicles of the age's de
pravity, and to gloat upon them as over a
feast fit for the gods. The barbarous, the
tragic and the horrible alone have charms for
these refined minds, and just in
to the brutality of a paragraph's detail is it
valuable lor the maker of morals. It must
be terrible or it is no choice bit of scandat-
But to this too much familiarising the
mind with pictures of depravity, we cry out
—cui bonol Mankind has not too good an
opinion of human nature, that it must needs
be lowered. Credat Jwlaeus Appeia, non ego,
■ We cannot think that it xrill improve the
public morals of the young, for the chroni
cles of lawlessness, depravity and vice to
become as familiar to them as household
words. Let us hope then that the long col'
umns of sin and shame and crime, may be
curtailed much, and not continually offending
propriety ard virtue.
Our JTable.
Tlu North American Miscellany —The last
number of this interesting Magazine comes
to us this week, filled with useful and in
teresting matter. -J* contains ft variety of
articles xvhich cAnnot fail to please all.—
A. Palmer k Co., publishers. Terms 63.
The Monthly Law Magazine. —We have
received uumbers 5 and 6 of this valuable
work, very neatly printed, and containing
the following articles : Nuture and Method
of Legal Studies, completed; Law Reform
in Massachusetts; Inaugural Address of
Hon. A. Cnralhers ; Recent' American De
cisions; Notices -of Nexv Laxv Books, &c ,
&c. It is a xvork of rare merit and should
be in tho possession of every lawyer.
Glen son's Pictorial Drawing Room Com
panion for this week, is a rich number con
taining poetry, tales, miscellaneous matter,
&c., &c., and is beautifully illustrated with a
number of fine engravings, among which
is a likeness of Jenny Lind and Giovanna
Belletli, Gen. Scoti, &., kc.
Progress of Aristocracy. •
The progression of these days it qot at all
of the republican order, it xvould seem. The
titled fashionables of the lyiglish court pro
pose to have ranks of nobility established in
Canada, and a Vice Royal Court at Montreal
with the Prince of Wales at the head.—
Counts, Viscounts and Marquises will then
be sxvarmiug thiok and full along the line;
and be within the reach of every Yankee's
romantic daughter.
Mr. Whitney, the celebrated Railroad man
has lately gone to England, and thereupon a
splendid and costly book comes from tire
London press, entitled " Britain Redeemed
and Canada Preserved," xvhich proposes to
extend the broad belt of England in the tern
petate zone around the world" bv the erec
tion of a railroad through Canada to the
Pacific. It looks to making Canada a coun
try of importance—a part of the British
Empire worthy of a throne and a court,
whose Windsor would be at Niagara. *
Another mark which the spirit of aristoc
racy libb made in these days is the resolution
of a London Club excluding from commu
uion such American officers as had soiled
their hands by conducting cargoes of Indus
try to the Worldls Fair.
On this side of the water we have Ihe
issue of a nexv book at New York, entitled,
"An American Hand-book of Heraldry,"
with tbe crests, pedigrees, and arms of what
the author calls the "first families" of the'
land, and lull directions for crests, mottoes
and liveries. All Snobdom is thrown into
convulsions, and Willis says the book "goes
like hot cakes." The daughters of green
grooers, lemon-pealers, orangemen and
money changers crowd thick and fast around
the publisher's shop tp get an early copy of
the "precious, deai book," and already each
one imagines herself a Dutchess or a Count.
| ess.
OF" Dr. W. H. Boy'le has tdken charge of
the editorial department of tbe "Chambers
burg Sentinel, and bids fair still further to in
crease its efficiency as an orthodox Demo
cratic Journal.
— I
Daguerreotypes in Oil after a nexv method 11
has been commenced in New York j
wmmmmm- - ■ -"■ . "mi
t Opening of the Great Exhibition. -
i On Thursday, the Ist of May, the Great
> Exhibition of'the Industry of all Nations in
' the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, was open
' ed with tfkuch ceremony, by the Queen in
1 Sta'e. Thirty thousand persons we re plea
-1 ent, and notwithstanding the immense mul
f titude, the ceremonies went off without ac
> cident or mishap. Up to the previous eve
f ning the Crystal Palace was a scene of busy
1 life, but the immense mass of contributions
1 was finally arranged, the rubbish wholly
" cleared away, and the building, presented a
> most magnificent appearance.
1 On Thursday morning the doors were
• opened at an early hour, a very strong po
-1 lice force being on the giound to prevent
disorder or confusion. The multitude of ex
hibitors and ticket holders began to pour in
and quietly and without confusion, i^ o k ( ) le
1 places assigned to them. By b dl f pasl e | ev .
; en o'clock the multitude wan admitted, and
1 then the doors were closeu to visiters until
I after the visit oT the C.u&en.
| The Royal Commissioners assembled
then in front bf the platform in the transept,
which hsfi been erected for the Queen. At
12 o'clock a flourish of trumpsts announced
the approach of Her Majesty, who entered
by the North entrance, attended by the Royal
family, the Prince of Prussia and other
' guests from foreign Courts. As she eqlered
II an immense choir occupying the north gal
' lery of the transept, Bang God save the
' Quean, in Which many of thq spectators,
5 joined. Sir George Smart superintended this
part of the musical services,
j The formal coremonies and delivery of
. speeches, took place as announced, and a
' prayer was then pronounced by the Arch
bishop of Canterbury. The Hallelujah cho
rus ot Handel's Messiah was then perform
ed, under the direction of Sir Hsttry Tishop.
, The Royal procession then moved round
. the building, Mr. Paxton, the architect la
■ king the lead. As the Queen passed, the
I multitude rose and received her with cheers.
I Tho eight great organs In the building suc
. ceisively struck up with fine music as Her
i Majesty passed them, who, after returning
. to the platform, announced tne Exhibition
r opened, which was communicated to the
i public by a flourish of trumpets and a na
i tional salute from guns at such a distance as
t not to endanger tho glass hoirab. The Queen
. and suite then departed, and the door was
i again opened.
Outride of the Crystal Palace the crowd
i was immense, and the lines of carriages
i unprecedented. They were kept in good
order by the police.
TOE MOUNTAIN SECTION or THE PENNSYL
VANIA RAILROAD is to be put tinder contract
immediately, between Ailona and Pringle's
'Point, 25 mHes. Proposals will be received
from the 9th to tho 12th of June next, at
Johnstown and Summit, for the grading and
masonry. The road within this distance will
cross the Allegheny Mountain, encountering
some of the heaviest grading.offered in this
country. In addition to a number of exten
sive cuttings, embarkments and culverts,
there will be oue tunnel 1,200 yards in length
at the summit of the mountain, and another
of 200 yards through Pringle's Point. The
Pittsburg Gazette in communicating these
facts, says by the first of July, then, the
grand work of levelling the Allegheny
Mountain will be fairly commenced, EH'J
when it is finished, there will no longer be
any obstruction from this cause, between the
waters of the Ohio and the Delaware, and
Philadelphia will be brought within fifteen
hours of pleasant riding of Pittsburg. By
that time, also, we 6hall have a continuous
railroad highway to the Mississippi, and
most probably to Chicago. Who can esti
mate the effect ol this vast line of travel
opening up between the East and the West,
and bringing the extremities of our vast
country into a mere neigtiborhood distance.
THE REMAINS -or GEK. Woqpii.—A reso- ,
lution was adopted in the Board of Alderman
last evening, appointing a Special Commit
tee to select a site in one of the eemetaries
for the remains of the lamented General
Worth, and that the Committee confer with
relatives of selection. Also> instructing the
Committee to procure a design (or a monu
ment to be placed over the over the remains
of this distinguished officer.— N. Y. Courier.
MAIL ROBBERY.' —The pouches dispatched
from the New York city post office for
Auburn and Syracuse were cut open on the
steamboat on Sunday night, and the Auburn
pouch rifled of all the letter packages ex
cept one from Cincinnati, Ohio.
THE NATIONAL WASHINUTON MONUMENT
The whole estimated cost of the monument
is 81,250,000, of which only about 8150,000
has yet been collected. The work upon the
monument ia, rapidly progressing. The
structure is now eighty feet in height, and
will reach one hundred and fifty feet by the
coming autumn. If adequate funds are
promptly supplied, the shaft, it is thought
will Ire carried to its destined altitude of five
hundred and sixteen feet in eight years from''
the present time.
AMERICAN NEWsrAratts.—Mr. Poore, wish
ing to form a perfect coilection of American
newspapers for the City Library of Paris, re
quests a copy of every daily jonrnal publish
ed on the 4th of July, 1851—and of the next
published number of every' semi-weekly
and weekly journal, directed to the "Ameri
can Sentinel, Boston, Massachusetts."
A Toua TO THE NORTH. —President FiH
more, accompanied by Hon. Daniel Web
ster, Secretary of State ; Mr. Conrad, Secre
tary of War; Mr. Graham, of tho Navy ; Mr.
Crittenden, Attorney General, and Wm. Hall,
P. M. General, left Washiugton City at 7
o'clock on Monday morning for Baltimore, i
on their way to New York, to attend the
opening of the New York ami Erie Railroad, j
on Wednesday. Thoy were well received
at Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Bur
lington, and other towns on the way.
17* A down east editor advises his read- i
ers, if they wish to have teeth inserted to go i
and steal fruit where a watch dog is on his |i
guard. j I
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The SoNlli Carolina Convention.
The secessionists sf South Carolina, after
a session Of several days, adjourned sine die
on the Bth inst., having firsT Adopted an Ad
dress and' Resolution* strongly in favor of se
ceding from the Union at sortie future, but
indefinite period, either with the coopera
tion of the other Southern States, or "solita
ry, and alor.e." We append a copy of the
Resolutions, together with an abstract of the
Address, in order that our readers may see
that there are other ibola and fanatics in the
United the Northern Abolition -
1. Resolved, That in lift opinion oi this
meeting, the State South darolina caunot
submit to the Wrongs and aggressions which
have be',, perpetrated by the Federal Gov
oWiment and the Northern States, without
dishonor and ruin; and that it is necessaiy
, to relieve herself therefrom, whether with or
without the co-operation of other Southern
States.
2. Resolved, That concert of action with
one or moro of our sister States of the South,
whether through the proposed Southern
Congress, or in any other manner, is an ob
ject worth many sacrifices, but not the sacri
fice involved In submission.
3. Resolved , That we hold the right of Se-
I cession to be essential to the sovereignty and
freedom of the States of this Confederacy;
and thnl the'denial of that righ would fur
nish to an injured State the strongest addi
tional cause for its-exercise.
I 4. Resolved, That this meeting looks with
confidence and hope to the Convention of
the People, to exert tho sovereign power of
1 the State in defence of ita rights, at the ear
'i liesl paiirnhln pariadand in the moss ef
fectual manner ; and to the Legislature, to
adopt the most speedy and effectual mea
sure towards the same end.
The Address, in Rubslanee, regards the
present position ot the Southern States as
degraded and ruinous. The manifest ten
dency and design of the systematic aggres
sions suffered by the South for yeais past, is
the subversion of slavery, and these mea
sures were being steadily pushed forward to
Theaccomplishment of thai end.
The ground is broadly taken that ftiere is
no safety for the South in the present Union.
South Carolina (says the address) has here
tofore desired to follow the other Southern f
States, and not to lead ; but forced at last to
act for herself, she has made up her* mind
that she will not longersubmil to Northern
aggression.—Still, however, she is willing to
adopt the action of any other State likely to
promote the end in view.
The right of ■secession is regarded as guar
antied by the Constitution, and its denial by
the Geueral Government is a sufficient cause
for reNf*taire. It were better to be conquer
ed than to yield without a struggle. Any
Slate has a fight to secede without molesta
tion.
It is hoped, however, that the necessity of
separate action by South Carolina may be
avoided, ami that other means may he de
vised by a Congress of Southern Slates. If
not, South Carolina will go alone, at some
future time.
DYI.NO DECLARATIONS—-CURIOCS DECISION
OP A JUDGE. —From an Article in the Wash
ington (Wilkes county) Gazette, we jearn
■that Judge Baxter of the Northern Circuit
Court of Georgia, has recently decided that
the dying declarations ol a man cannot be
given in evidence on a trial for murder.
This is an important decision, and overturns
the common law, as understood and hereto
fore administered. The point was presented
on the triul of Lovel for the murder of Bell,
in the county of WarrCn, ar.d was argued by
Messrs. Toombs, Cone and Pottle, for the
Prisoner, and Solicitor Woemi, Gartrull and
• Dawson, for the State. It was contended by
the prisoner's counsel that the 6th article of
I the Constitution of the United S'.sles glTaratW
tees to every man accused of a crime the
right "to be confronted with the witnesses
against him," &c. To admit the dying de
clarations of the deceased, it was furthei
contended, was a virtual denial of this
right, and the court so believing ruled out the
testimony. The prisoner was discharged.
BARN BURNT.— The barn of Mr. Jacob
Sidier, of VallA- township, was struck by
lightning on last Sunday afternoon, and to
tally consumed!y fire, with all its contents,
in lite short parVl of half an hour. There
were Jretween tw\and three hundrerh bush
els of about the same quantity
of com destroyed in the bam, together with
some hay and other grain. The buildiug
was insured in the Lycoming Mutual Fire
Insurance Company. A son of Mr, Sidier,
who was standing near tho barn at the lime
it was struok, was severely stunned, and
carried away senseless. VVe are glad to
learn, however, that he is rapidly recovering.
I Danville Democrat.
PRICES OP LODGINGS IN
dreams of lodging-house keepers are begin
'(ring to be made public. Of these a notable
specimen will suflioe. A gentleman in Ed
inburgh reported to have applied, a tow
days since, to a London lodging house keep
er, to learn the terms for a residence ot four
teen days for himself and wife. In reply,
informed, that for a bed-room and
sitting soAffftr-a fortnight from tho Ist of
May, the charge would be £3l 10s., bonus
to be paid dotvo to secure the bargain, £5 5.;
service, £2 ; total, £3B 15s. The Scotsman
m which this instanoo of metropolitan rapa
city is recorded, proceeds to characterize the
demand as monstrous and extortionate.
CSPT. LYNCH, of the United States Navy,
has it appears from a report lately read be
fore the Geographical Society of Paris with
fegard to the most important geographical
discoveries made ia the year 1848, been
presented with two silver medals for his ex
ploration of the Jordan and tho Dead Sea.
ADDISON eayv I never knew a man of
a general favorite with
women ; some singularity ia his behaviour,
some <whim i his way of life, and "what
would have ifaade >him ridiculous among
men lias recommended him to the other sex
COL. IV. FORNEY is, the Harrisburg Union
says, to bo the Democratic candidate for
Clerk of the House of Representatives at
Washington, at the ensuing session of Con
gress.
OP* A broker in Wail street got stuck tho
other day with a 8100 countorfeit note in this
way. A beautiful lady-iike woman called
and asked to have it changed ioto small '
notes. The broker lells his own story: "I
was looking mora at the woman than to my
businoss." Pretty good. ! i
From the Luzerne Democrat.
r TUB CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.
' Below we give further extracts from the
testimony in the Contested election case, at
( Danville, before the lion. VV. S. Jayne, from
the notes of evidence taken by Hon. John
Brisbin.
j The testimony is that of Peter Kratz and
, Po'er Haun, who were the two Gertnans
spoken of whb were prosecuted foi illegal
, voting, hy Gallbailh (Whig) clerk of the
Commissioners of Montour County.
Peter Kratz sworn.
} Quertion—Did you vote in this Borough art'
t the last October eleetiou for Congress I
i Answer. Yes, Theodore Garretson gsve
- me my tickets, I went to the Court House
' and handed them to Mr. Kitchen and gave
r in my name.
i Q. How long have you been in the United
States.
1 A. Two year*.
Q.* What ceuotry did you come from ?
A. Prussia. ' -
■ Q. Did you tell Garrison you had no right
to vote 7
A. I told him I bad no right to' Vote, Gar
. rison said I must go and vote, that all the
- Germans must vote.
■ Cross-Examined—Q. Was it in' December
last you voted ?
r A. It was Blb October
f Q Did you Toad the ticket you voted'?
A. No sir.
' Q- Do you know for what officersyt>u vo
. ted!
A. No,i cannot tell.
1 Q. Can you tell whether you -voted for
1 anybody for Cbngress ?
A. No, thai I cannot ssy.
i 'ln Chief—-Q Can you read English?
A. No.
1 Q Did you vote the bunch of tickets Gar
( rison -gave you I
A. I voted all Garrison gave me.
-Cross Examined—Q. Do you mean when
' "you say thot you cannot read English, Jhat
you cannot make out the words, or that you
do not understand the languugo when you
read it!
A. 1 can make out English words, but
cannot understand what they mean.
Q Did you and Garrison speak German or
English at the time you of?
A. It was English, he does not speak Ger
man.
Q Did you at that time understand the
English language very imperfocily?
A: It Was so.
Peter Haun, sworn.
Q. Did you vote in this Borough at the last
October election ?
A. At five o'clock we all quit work went
down to the Rolling Mill office—the Com
pany's Office—and our tickets were given to
us, we went to the Court House and gave
them in at the window.
Q How long have you been in the Unfiled
States ?
A. A year and a half.
Q. How many of you went to the office to
gether and got your tickets, and went togeth
er to the Polls ?
A There was maqy there and got their
tickets and came over to ihe Court House.
Cross Examined—Q. Was it last Decem
ber vou voted at the Court House ?
A No.
-Q Can you say for whom you voted at that
election or for what officers f
A No, I voted (he tickets that were given
me.
Q Can you reud English ?
A. No.
In Chief— Q. How long had you been at
work in the Rolling Mill at this lime ?
A. I have been working there seven
months.
Q. How old are jou ?
A. Twenty eight.
Q. What country did you come from ?
A. Germany.
Q. Did you vote the same day Peter KralZ
did ? • .
A. Yes, I<l id.
Cross Examined—Q Do you knftw wheth
er they took your vote and pm it in the fial
lot box and counted it?
A. No, I dont anything about it, I dont
know the man that gave me the tickets, he
was a stranger to me, about that I cannot
tell, I gave my tickets in at the window,
gave in my name, there wero others about
and I went away.
Q. Did you go to the Court Hoase at the
same time as Peter Krotz ?
A. I was there befote Peter.
Q. Did you see Peter Kratz voting that
day?
A. I did not.
Q. How do you know that it Waa the Same
day he voted?
A. r don't know what voting means—there
was nothing said To me about it.
Peter Kratz recalled. .
Q. Did Theodore Garrison toll yon not to
come herb and tesrify ? ( Objected to.)
A. Theodore Garrottson told me I should
go hom* ?
Cross Examined—Q. Afier Garretson told
you lo go home who told you you must
stay ?
A. I can't say now.
Q. Did they threaten you that if yon went
away, they would have you arrested and
imprisoned ?
A. They did, thoy said they would have i
me brought here by the Constable. - <
Q. Who told you this ? I
A. I did not know the man. <
Q. Is the man in the room, and if so point I
him out? i I
A. He is not here. | i
This Theodore Garretson, who acted so <
conspicuous a part in getting unnaturalized '
and otherwise illegal votem to vole at the I
October Election, and who also endeivcrod, 1
as will be seen above, to keep the VYitnes- I
sos from appearing and testifying, is the
Clerk of the.Roliing Mil! Company at Dan-, <
ville.—We think it would not be surprising '
if, at the next Congress, especially if it <
should be a Whig one—the Rolling Mills t
shontd ask Congress to protect them in their j '
frauds and villany. - ' ; t
The votes of Peter Kratz, Peter Ilunn to-.' c
gcthcr with Felix McGrann are those spoken i
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UILiL * ..1 iT'll" "1' " '
of by the federal Telegraphic despatches
god papers as baring befn illegal. McGrann
says h rotea for Col. Wrlghi-tha other
two don't know for Whom they voted.—Col
Wright has already proved by thirty four
rt\en that they voted for him at the Danville
polL Eleven more have have mode a vol?
Uutary atfidnvit of the fact that they voted
for ijtm—making thirteen more than were
given him by the, Election Board to wit: 33
vote*—Admit that the two men Kratz and
Haun voted fei him, then there wouhl have
beeadifleen votes more for him than allow-
that thay voted for Fuller—then
iheywiere two illegal volet for him—further
comment is unnecessary.
THE SELF'EMPLOY LR.
Mr. L. A. Iline an able and talented west
ern writer is now issuing lit Cmcinnatti a
series of reform pamphlets, from the fourth
numDer of which we take the following ex
tracts
"Let every man, b'y all means, endeavor
to employ himself. He who would be as
completely'independent as the System ol
Nature will permit, must be the superinten
dent of his own life, the master of his own
labor.—There is nothing which more humil
iates ten individual ihan the necessity of
traveljing frorti'fartn to farm and from shop
to shop in search of Wdrk to do anil bread
to eat. He most thoroughly 'feels thai in
stead of being an individual man and (over
feign of hlfbself, ha is an instrument in the
hands of others, to be used as they please,
fend not for the fulfillment of a glorious hu
man destiny. He feels—if he have any
thought and sensibility—that he lives lOr the
purposes of others, and not for himself;
that he is not a man, butfe beast of burden
to bear the load of another.
The influence of this situation upon the
developemetil and character of the depen
dent classes of socie/y is most pernicious. It
'divides the people in\o castes as distinctly
marked as were those'of the Feudal System j
or as are those of the Aristocracies of Eu- j
rype and of Ine Slavery of our own country.
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It is true that the dependent laborers of
the free portion of the Itepublic are not re
duced to quite so low a degradation, are not
qaite so nearly annihilated as to all true
manhood ; but the influences under which
they live are greatly to be deplored, and
their removal anxiously desired. They live
in fear of their Employer lest he should dis
' charge them from service. They observe
' the disparity between themselves and their
| masters as to wealth and independence ;
: they behold the fawning flatteries bestowed
I upon them by the public, and the cold neg
lect and discouraging indifference wHth
\ which thev themselves are treated. They
fear to can their souls their *own, or to claim
any respect whatsoever. If one chances to
! hare Sufficient Democracy in his blood to
| make him preserve Iris own manhood when
1 despotism presses upon him, he only floun
(tiers to be lower crushed and more thorough
;ly humiliated. If his Democracy is stiong,
| the necessity of supplying the demands of a
hungry family is still stronger, and his man
tjpod must surrender at discriCo.t.
When we break the manly spirit of an in
dividual, we destroy his aspirations, blast
his hopes, and put an end to his improve
ment. It is useless to attempt anything fur
his immediate benefit, unless his sense ol
equality and self-respect can be retrieved.
He is cast out of good society and improving
influences, thrown among the vile and the
vulgar, and one more is added to the lists of
vice and crime.
This is the principal cause of the disorder
and criminality of the world ; for as long as
an tndividnal appreciates his self hood, feels
that he is somebody in the world, and was
born to grow wiser end better, lie will keep ;
I aloof fro.Ti the low and vicious, and constant- !
fy advance in his own elevation. But when >
he becomes discouraged, humiliated, and j
feels no sense of petsonal consequence, It is j
thee ha becomes careless, indifferent, reck
less, disorderly and criminal. Most of the
•dissipation and crime of the land spring from
this source.
It follows, therefore, that the wholo com- .
mnnity is interested in the Emancipation of
Labor from Servitude, and in the Self-Em
ployment of the people. The toiler hitnsell
ia, of course, most deeply interested in this ;
or, at least; he would be did be appreciate
his condition and feel within an impulse
toward a higher life. If he would be a man
a hero, and grow wiser as he grows older—
if he would Cnerish noble thoughts and lofty
aspirations,—he must seek to employ him
self, and become thoroughly his own master.
If he be animated in the least degree by
these sentiments, he witl eudeavot to rule
himself in alt things, to provido himself with
work, to place himself where he can breathe t
its freedom and act at all times aooording to j
his own will. K
It is true that mauy, from ignorance and ;
servilo habits, are so much depressed that it I
' is impossible for thetn to control their own | i
lives, but must work under the direction ofl I
the Employer. But those should be treated ( i
as Wards or grown up eons whom a kiud •
and intelligent father Would improve arid as- i
sist in every possible mode. The necessity ! i
and obligation of this has already been en-1
forced.
But because some are necessarily depen- j
dent and servile, it docs not follow that phil- 1
anthropista should hold their peace on the ! ]
question of Self-Employment, or that the !
laborers themselves should not confer togeth-! (
er and agitate this subject. If they never re- ' |
fleet upon and discuss the matter, their con- i
dition will never be improved. If they rest 1 t
quietly ami yield all power to their Employ- I
ers, they give their assent to to the maxim
of. old Conservatism, that "if government i
takes care of the rich, the rich will take
care of the poor," and thus they must con
tinue subject to their power. ,
Mental developement cannot be 100 highly I
exalted as the "master-key" to ail improve
ment. The condition of society is but an e
outward manifestation of the character of \
the public mind, and as the latter is elevated,
virtue and plenty, peace and happiness will f
abound. What next? Why, if the dependant 0
classes would improve their condition in any
tespoct, ihev must first improve th-ir own ~
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heads and hearts. Labor cannot be indepen
dent) nor receive what ft prod noes, until
there be a real upward lency of the general
mir.d. The toiler most begin by purifying
himself, and strengtheuidg his own under
standing. Ha must oease wasting his time in
. follies, and devote his leisure to all the
means of true developement. He must save
i that money which he often wastes on the
evanescent and frivolous, and expend it in
the great work of advancing his own man
■ hood. He must struggle against the humili
ating influences under which he is employed
and prova his equality with his master by
emulating and surpassing him in all that is
good and great. Merisl endowment and
moral oulture, a thinking intellect and aa
aspiring soul, will command respect in spite
of oil impediments. Mind is more potent
, than all other influences, and must ever con
quer where it is nobly endowed. Let, then,
every Laborer being now in the reform of
himself, and when he becomes prepared fbr
complete independence, he will inevitably
i acquire and enjoy it
The Xibtiny and Sofijhekanna Railroab.
This great project ia meeting With the
most flattering manifestations of favor, nfit
only along the line of the proposed rbute,
but in different sections of the state. A
writer in the Argtts remarks: "As perma
nent and valuable stock, there can be noth
ing superior to it in the stale in railroad
stocks, not even excepting the tJiiea and
Schenectady, calculating that at the present
advance, and the Albany and Susquehanna
'to par. There can be no parallel or rivalry-
It passes through a district ot country of
great fertility ■ abounding in products that
would seek a market, through -this channel.
" Its sources 'Of income -are varied.—
First: The travel from the east and great
west—its termination toing at Hinghamlcft
—will there meet the New York It Erie and
other roads. Passengers can be taken from
Albany to Binghamton, and vice versa, ih
| the space of three to four hobrt, frOrft Bing
hamton, to the centre of New York city in
eight or nine hours by railroad. This being
the case, with lbs low grade and straight
lines, it is easy to judge what course the
travel will take west of Binghamton, des
tined for New York.
"To the cities ef Boston and Naw York, '
; this Tend wilt open a new mibe of wealth,
and Albanyfertd"its neighborhood Will come'
in for n liberal shaft?.
" Second : The way travel, if nothing else,
would support the road and pay good divi
dends. It would peas through a district of
great fertility, and take to market the sur
plus product* of a hardy, virtuous and in
telligent population of 200,000; people
enough to form a respectable Stare; and
with this oudet, each being )he stimulant to
industry and the bringing tit o r rfew acres
for cnlrivation with improved husbandry,
the present products would in all probability
be doubled.
Third ferfd last, far the present, in regard to
'coal, the great source of tvfestfh and prosper
ity when cheaply obtained. The road would
open a direct avenue to the inexhaustible
cifel beds of Pennsylvania. It ia calculated
that coal from these bedv&efald be tanded in
Albany $3 per ton, the price at the beds
being only 60 cents. Should this be tbO
case, the transportation of coal ulone would
support the roaJ, for tho district to be sup- •
plied with this, which is extensive along tho
line to Albany, north, cast and south to a
certain extent. Let these considerations be
thought of by tbe citizens of Albany and its
vicinity, and the districts on the line of the
contemplated road, and if found to be cor
rect, aside from all considerations, they
must, we think, look upon an investment in
this road as most promising."— Albany Ex
\ prut.
j The Yirgina Convention has settled the
j "basis" question, which has been so much
| the subject of contenton in the Slate Con
vention for revising the Constitution. It has
adopted the plan proposed by the Comprom
ise Committee. By Ibis plan, the Western
section Of the Stute will have t majority of
Jburimn in the House of Delegates, and the
Eastern section a majority of ten in the Sen
ate, giving the West a ibnJority 'of four oil
joint tmttot. It also provides that in the year
1865, in ease the General Assembly shall
uol be able to agiee as to the principle of
representation on which a reappointment
will be made, the question shall be decided
by life qualified voters of the State. This
proposition WIM adopted by a majority of
seven vfltds.
• . .
The 'Objects of the uew Reghtration Law
which goes into effect the first of July next,
are to pe , elu no evidence of the marriago
birth and death of inhabitants ef this Com
monwealth, and to gather important sanitary
tacts affecting the physical welfare of tho
human race.
RAILSOAD CONVENTION.— The convention
for the purpose of conatruoling a railroad
from Pittsburg via the Allegheny river, to in
tersect with tho New York and Erie Road
will be held at' Warren, on the sth of June
next. All the counties intersected will ho
represented.
MARRIED.
In Huntington. Luzerne county, on the sth
inrt, byJumet Layoock, E-q., Mr. A. CLANK
LAVCUCK, to Miss CLARA A- MILLARD, ill of
Huntington.
On tho same, by the same, Dr. P. B. HICK",
of Salem, Luzerne county, to M as MAKY M.
DODSON, of Huntington.
On tho same, by the samo, Mr. B. ROOMS,
to Miss PKRMKLLA M CAICRTV, all of HNU.
tington.
On the same, by the same, Mr. JOHN FUL
LER, to Miss SUSAN LONG, all of Huntiigton.
DIED.
In Derry lp., Montour county on the 7th of
Mar, Mr. JOHN CARR, aged 33 yqars, 2
mouths and 3 days. A
On the Ist inat., ef consumption, in Madi •
son tp., Montour county, MRS. Wnifri.c
wife ol Uaao Whipple, aged about 27 years,
At the city of David, Province of Chiriqui
New Grenada, on the 10th day of April last
of Billious fever, Mr. A. B. SHIIMAN, Mer
chant, late of Philadelphia and foimerly of
Berwick, Columbia county, aged about to
years.
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