pkimwim B. W. EWTOR. " aiogasslmvp, U*LiMMdu/, Juu. 21, 185 T. RWIM*RLVWN I A ®BT RAYED. By this time almost every person in Penn- jn}Sih£d-of iheekciioo ol Came ron by treachery and corruption. No man i heart rejoins* over this remit, for even those Republicans who may like the treason despise the traitors, and have their misgiv ing* that thia will be for rhem a fruitless • victory. They begin to see the responsibility they have assumed, and feel like Phvrrus of old.—-"another such victory and we are un done," 't wo years ago even Know-Noth ihgirm ahrntrk appalled from contact with ruoh * man as Cameron, and assumed the (ambiance of a virtue if it had it not. Re publicanism has fallen even lower than was KnowNothingism. Defeat tnd desperation has destroybJ every memory and impii!'* •in it except its intense hate of DEMOCRACY. Upon that hato alone it lives now, and upon that it rftllied together for Cameron the men who once'talked about honor. It was this hit* of Democracy that-spiced the "buzzard's feast*' to which they all went in. But the traitors had other motives, and sfai for Pennsylvania that it should be so I ft treed dot surprise men, for every time has feed its Georgey or Arnold. Even among the twelve faithful ehosfn by him who spake aanever man apake there was one to betray. Human nature has its fraii'fie# ood these are •of them. Bold bad men evoy vear corrupt the fountains of logiilation, and bang like parasites around the members at r.'ai'isburg ami Washington. Even members ge s° ,n * ialuated with the life of reckless and dipt- 0 ' lute adventure, that alter they have lust *ll character and hope at home they go year , after year 'o beg some situation of lackey or j hanger-on at the outskirts. The members •from Schuylkill care only for money, and . would just as likely have long 6ince belong ed to the Opposition if it had looked expedi- . cnt and profitable to do so. It is as easy for the'm lo serve one party as another. They j 'tlvc in the wild and whirling tide of a , changeable population and still more change- , able business,—speculation more like gam- ■ bling lhao business—where character is sel dom inquired after. Cameron has long since j had his stool pigeona in Schuylkill, and these causes.made these men approachable by the arch-intriguer. As to Foster, he has as effectually destroy- i d himself as Lebo, Waganseller or Menear; j , and sold himself for the low price of selfish j ( passion and revenge. The mind roust be | ] narrow which, like I.ts, can give nothing to | the cause it presumes to help lead. A nau j„ is never great who cannot sacrifice selfish- [ ( cess. In litis case, when he end his taiseJ the staodiud of rebellion it was pointing out , the way for treason, and offering a p.'Otext and justification for it. The result has neither injured the cause of ] Democracy nor its chieftain in litis fray.— j Col. Foruey lias lost nothing in the contest, j ■ for the treachery was lo favor Cameron, and i the cause was money. So it mattered not i , who was (ho Democratic nominee—the recult j would have been the same under*uy othor j , leader of our csuse. The C'nnnl Hoard, The Marr'tsbttrg Vn ton of the 17th says : ' t "Col. George Scott, the newly-elected Canal j t Commissioner, was qualified on Tuesday | '• last, and took his scut in ths Board. Col. < Henry S. Moll was elected President, and 1 Thes. L. Wilson was re-elected Clerk. The ; Board now consists of Mesrs. Mott, Plumer, j t and Scott. Col. Scott is a gentleman of s:er- i ling-integrity, is practical, and thoroughly 1 posted upon lite working* of onr State im- oravemettis. and will make su oble and effi- , eicnt officer. Tfco Board, as now constituted, is unex- , -eeptionable, and will command the confi- I Henro of the people of the State. We have, heretofore, spoken in terns of high praise of ' each member of the Board, and we have had no reason to change our good opinion of j thvrn. In their hands the inletests of the I Commonwealth are safe. Col. Th.os. ft Forsythe has made a model officer, arid it is a matter of regret that the I State has lost his services. Ha bears with j him,'ld his retirement, tho regsrd of public ' which can appreciate honesty and induitry. ' • AHr-r the Traitors. Tlvc Democrats of Minersrille held a large indignation meeting in denunciation df the j recreant members from Sohuylkill. I At Tremon' a similar meeting was held, i The Democratic delegates who last fell nom inated Lebo and Wagonsellcr are called to I meet at Pottsville in county convention. j SNOW STORM.— On last Monday a large body of snow fell, but it was as light as the | cold, dense air; and drifted in miniature mountains according to tho whim ol the j kvind. j The cars aud mails have been delayed, i be' as nothing of interest for honest people . transpires at IJam.btirg or Washington our; readers will not lose much. tyWe call the attention of our readers ( ,o the proceedings of the Democratic Club at Pottsville. They are significant, and show that the traitors voted for Cameron will; get fgar comfort at Rf" 110 - Philadelphia, by lh o kyMOi, o c^eton ,0 count qf the election of Simon on lhf U. S- Seaato. T.'ie Triors wereJ i'enounc(R A resolution was adopteo to, memorial** fiie Senate • S el ble ay Express* Company is very how, and its charges arc quite g,. Persons can receive packages of tb. country with wlaty and EDUCATIONAL. i —= G SCHOOLS L.\ COLUMBIA COUNTY. ' [CQmNUCD.] Eveh in Sc'OA KLOAF TOWNSHIP, which eer talnly has many difficulties to contend with in the effort for good schools by reason of its sparse and sra'.teretd population, we found a school with a chtss of 16 scholars in Geog '• rapby, whit a uniformity of books both in - this and- other studies; and in which there seemed an eatnist zeal to lero in every . scire, far, and. n correspui.diiig labor of love . on the part of the teacher. Tfue, all'the , schools of tho district are not 60 successful j as the one at Cols-s Creek, but this school 1 proves that all can be made good if there is . a proper effort. Sometimes persons say 'any j teacharwill do for our school, for it's very f | bickward,' If such persons were told that f j their children could not learn like others, or I did not deserve to be equally well taught, 1 because lltey were made o( different male- j , j rial from the rest of childkind, die/ would , j feel insulted. Aud yet it is Hio same insult | which they use themselves. Auy school oan , I be made good, but it requires effort, and the j co operation of pareuis, directors and teach- j , | era. Nothing is more pernicious than lite | , election of a.ui-sehool men as directors, or | even of men whose heart is not in the oause. | HEMLOCK district has r.ot as good schools I as its opportunities and means ought to ex- ! i iiibit. lit could be one of the first districts jin the county. But so long as the Directors persist to employ a teacher who does not ' know-a note of interrogation nor its use, and J cannot add f and J together our hope for progress is laiut. We found Menial Arith* 1 nietic taught -only in Miss Ferlie's school, 1 which seems-in all rcspeots lo ; be the best conducted and most advanced school ol the ! district. At our first visit there two winters ago we found the scholars were not taught ! the difference between a comma and a peri ' od. There hascertuinly been a maiked pro , gress since then. At the Forks school we I gave instructions to have a class organized 'in Ural Arithmetic, and thai punctuation ' sJiotfld be taught in the reading exercise; ' w |,, oh we are told has since been done.— j ivConce't to ®ding in its origin was found at the new ißickborn school, but it is surely , impossible for'scholars to learn oven puttclu ' ation or the i " f ' o ad"g f" Emerson's | books, whichCv'"do bi neither instructions for | reaJiug, uor any t xefdses to illustrate inllec [ lion or modulation ci f lb o voice. Mr. Kahler labors fa.tbfully-to imp.' o '"® sc h°°f- MONTOCR distirct has ex ce'fenl brick school houses, in which we have s' e ß' 10 ® ni ' the lack of black-botrrlis. LL*' oummer we visited the schools at Mr Ruber'*' Bo< ' al r - Dieterich's ami found them both con ducted lor primary schools. The scholars relished their instiuction, ar.d were ink erect ed. This winter w-6 visited fhs school'-" Dreteriehs and at Lazarus' but they ate st.'H pimary schools, and retorted reading, •oeit reading, and oral arithmetic had r.ot yet j got into the schools, although there are , scholars of advanced ege. Mr. Swisher in I the lower school, at onr suggestion, orgoniz- I ed a class in ernl arithmetic, and wo wit- I I nessed one raihsr creditable exercise of the , '.-■ lass. Grammar a-uJ Geography have been j intiV'dueed this winter. So we hope the work ) ( vj'ill go • j i f,l Moi'Nrn.s.ASANT there has always been ; ( somolnt. -tchoo'l feeling. j , were no free schnoN. In the 1,,,. two schools , we visited this wittier lb* teachers had no. > . olain "he difference be got so Ur as to ex^" 8 "' twoeii a comma and a jl'Tiovi iti raai in , nor , to tho use df the r|ueslions I tic ; but as they had been piok 0;1 ' irPC ( j tdrs for certificates and receivetl tt. ~?rrt ,v " 1 • 5s aud Os, no person was deceived. A iedch- j or ol this kind kept two years ago al (us , Miller school-house, where we found this j ( year a decided improvement. The schools j ( at lkelera and Kitchen's are good ; and the ( ( teacher at Ikeler'e amung the best io the county. This illustrates that in a district beset with, eveiy diffiuulty there may be gcod schools ostebiished if the right effort is made. Ulscipltne of Schools. A case was lately tried in the Luzerne Court which has some interest for Teachers, . Directors, and "had boys!" It is thus re- ( purled tho Record of lite Times; CO.M>.ONWK'LT" 1 tmric(m^AM#oll j E. D. F. BROWNRM< ) AN F Battery._ R. H. Lackey, Trosecufor. j This was a case icvolvi.-'g the '"ght of cor- j poral rcmaisb menl iu school. The defendant | was a teacher of a private snhool in ihe j Borough ol Providence. The prosL-cutor was , one of the Patrons of the school, am'. * 0 "'" I ! his hoy, a lad of some 14 tears. The bP)', ! "was rather indolout," to use the father's ex-. 1 oression. A lesson had been assigned lo ) him by 'b o teacher which J failed tu ac-, quire for lhree successive days—in conse quence the teacher kept him after school in company with ano'her scholar, (who was re | taine-l for the same ."ause) and told them j they must get the lesson. H 0 stepped out j of the door for a few minules, saying her J would be back soon and hear the lesson.—j Tho boys escaped by a back door. The | I Lackey boy played truant for a few days, ( j and returned to school—was called loan au , count for disobeying the rules of the school. 1 The teacher attempted lo inflict chastise -1 menl—the scholar resisted—sufficient pun -1 ishment was inflicted to make the pupil suh ' mit and promise reformation. The boy was taken out of school, and the teacher bound | to answer a charge of Assault and Battery j in ihe Quarter Sessions. Verdict, "not guil ry," and the prosecutor, R. H. Lackey, to ! pay the costs of provecution. I S. S. Winchester, District Attorney, and | Charles Pike counsel for Commonwealth ; ; D. R. Randall, for defendant, i The Court iiled the rule ef law relating I to ooporal punishment, to be as follows. "That the teacher is placed in the position of p-veut, and has the same right to use cor poral punishment, if necessary, to produce compliance ryllh the rvgalatioaa of th school, but lo be held responsible fof >"7 unnecessary or exceteire punishment ' The Vote in Fall. The following' the detailed-vote in-the Conventron on lost Tuesday for the election of a United States Senator: For SIMON CAMCROU— MeSsrs. Cdffey, 1 Crabb, Flenniken,;Erarer, Gazzam, SpoField, * Gregg, Harris, Jordan, Killinger, 1 er, Penrose, Scofield,Sellers, Sliuniau,"Sou 1 ti er, aud Taggart, of ihe Seriate; and Messrs. ' Angustin, Babcock, Backhouse, Ball, Beti " son, Bishop, Brown, Chase, Clover, Craw ' ford, Diekey, Dock, Eyester, Gihbony, Ham ' ilton, Hrestand, Mine, Hoffman of Lebanon, ' Housekeeper, Imbrie, Jones, Kanffman, Kerr, j Zel/o, (Deal.) Jl/eueur, (Dem.) McCalrooul, I Moorhead, Mumrrta, Musselman, Nichols, ') Penrose, Petsrs, Powualt, Purcell, Reed, j'Shaw, Sloan, "Stevenson, Strulhers, Thorne, j Vanvoorliecs, Vivkere, Volgley, Wagonselltr, 1 I (Dem ) Warner, Williston, YVintrode, With- I row, and Wright, of the House—67. 1 For JOHN W. FONNKY —Messrs. Brewar, I Browne, Evans, Fellon, Ingram, Knox, Latt bach, Steele, Straub, Walton, Welsh, Wil kin*, and Wright, of Ihe Senate; and Messrs. Abrams, Anderson, Arthur, Beak, Brower, Brandt, Campbell, -Carty, Ent, Gildea, Ha mel, Hancock, Harper, Heins, llillyear, Hoff ' man. of Berks, limes, Jenkins, Johns, John sou, Knight, Leisenring, Longaker, Lovett, | Mangle, Mcllvatn, Nunemacher, Pearson, ' Petri kail, Ramsay, of Philada., Ramsey, of ■ York, Reamer, Roberts, liupp, Smith, of Centre, Smith, of Luzerne, Tolan, Voil, Wal ter, Westbrook, Wharton, Yearsley, Zim merman, and Getz, (Speaker,) of the House. —SB. For HKNRY D. FOSTER —Mr. Cresswell, df the Senate, and Messrs. Backus, Calhoun, Fausold, Hill, Nicholson, and Smith,-of'Cam bria, ol the House—7. For VY'M. WILKINS —Mr. Foster. The Democrats who voted for Mr. Cam eron, aro Messrs. Lebo and Wagomeller, of Schuylkill, and Menear, of York. The announcement of the vote was re ceived with prolonged hisses, groans and applause in the galleries. Mr. Browne presertted a protest against the legality of the proceedings, whioh ie un j derslood to reler to the proceedings of the Senate in not electing a teller, at least one day before the election, according to lw. Mescre. Ball and Penrose objected to re ceiving the protest, on the ground that the Convention kept no Journal. Rending the qtiestion, Mr. Penrose moved to adjourn, which was lost by a tie vote yeas 66, nays 66. Mr. Browne's motion was then discussed at some length by various members, and finally ruled out of order. The Convention then adjourned. The Senate having retired, the Teller of '.lie House reported the result lo the House, and thereupon the House adjourned. Another Hook by iUrs. Hentx. "Love After Marriage ; and thirteen other c botoe Nouvellettes of the Heart," is the jpk* of a book by Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, | wliic.' l '* now in press and will bo published I oil Sai'c'ny, January 31st, 1557, by T. B. | Peterson I° 2 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, j Of this book the Philadelphia Saturday Con tier says: "A liis'"> moral, and religious : charm pervade# all the stories in this vol ume, imparling a glow to the finest feelings of our nature, and from the beginning to the end strengths# added to strength, and beauty ;o beauty. Her characters are finely drawn, ami Mrs. Hentz seems to have dipped her per. in the fountains of the human heart, and with a wizard hand laid bare the various and complicating passions o! their na(ure." Com- j plete in one large duidecimo volume, neatly bound iu cloth, for one dollar aud twenty five cents; or in two Volumes, paper cover, fur one dollar. Copies of either edition of (| B work will bo sent to any part of the Uni j Stales,/'" of postage, on remitting Hie price ot .'he "'l'tiou they may wish, to the publisher itl J" folter. Wbi'te Slaves. By the following eTtrao" from D™* o ' B His ' tory of Boston, it appears ti'.nt out Puritan ancestors not only owned Lloetc, but ichttf : slaves. Drake says: "By order of the State of England, many Irish people had been sent to New. England. On their arrival they were sold by those at whose expense lliey had been brought over, to any of the inhabitants who were ill wont i of slaves or servants. There arrived lite lost ■ year a ship colled the Goodfeiloxv, Captain I George Deli, with a largo number or emi ! grants of the above description. Many ol I die Scotch people had been sent before this jin the same way. Some of them had been i taken prisoners at the sanguiuary battle of | Duubsr. There arrived in one ship, the 1 John end Sir*, John Greene, master, esrly j in the summer of 1652, about 272 persons. I Cupt. Greene had orders to deliver them lo ' Thomas Kemble, of Cftarlestown, who mi to ! sell them, and with the proceeds to lake freight freife'bt for the West Indies;" The Traitor's Howard- HARRISBUBO, Jan. 14, 1857,-Menear, of j York, openly boasls itM he received 88,000 ! for voting for Cameron ; he says ho would 1 have voted for Forney for 85,000. 1 lie ' boarders at Wilks' Hotel, where Menear has I been stopping, protested against bis [ ernal "" ing ; he was consequently dismissed by the landlord. Brady, to whom he opplied for board, re fused lo receive him. Omit has given Y\ ag onseller and Lebo notice to quit. Io the House, an effort will be made to expel Me | near. 1 ty A Cincinnati paper stales, as an illus ' tration of the difference between talent and ! humbug, that "Lola Montez, under the man ' agement of Mr. Jones, realized, in this ctiy, six 'housand dollors in ten days. Miss S.an- I ley, with the same manager, a lady of deot ! ded talent, has not paid expenses." iyin the Circuit Couit, Cheoaogo Co., j Illinois, John C. Dell, has obtained a verdict of fifteen thousand dollars against the Galena j and Chicago Union Railroad, for damage at a public crossing, when neither bell was rang, nor whistM blown, nor speed slacked. ■ **"■" —infUT'T- -"Turin """ Douglas, of the tJWlfhilteß on.Ter n ritories In iha Senate, has in charge the mat ter Involved in the bill of Rice of Min , neeota, to authorize that Territory to form I, apifnslilution and Slate government, prepar atory to Iter admission into the Union. It i . understood that Judge Douglas will soon re i, port a bill for this purpose, aud also form a new Territory out ol the 7"ti:riiory of Miu . nesota, to be called the Territory of Dacotah. Judge Douglas' MM will propose the division , of Minne.ontu, by a north and south line, into naartf equal pans, the eastern half to form , the State of Minnesota, and the western half the Territory ol Dacotah. A bill authorizing the people of Oregon to form a-constitation and State government, is in Cummittuo of the Whole in the House, and it is probable that ibis will be taken up' and passed tbtough at the same dime with the bills above alluded to. ty It is rather discreditable to quote from the New York Herald upon political subjects. The reputation of that paper in politics, and perhaps ill other metiers, is rather shakey, and Its opinions must be received with much caution; but the e(tract we give below is to exhibit His effect which success in an oppo neiu has upon some men, who always desire to be with the big crowd. Mr. Buchanan has as yet done nothing to change the opin ion which entertained of hirn last summer, and yet the weather-cook has come round with remarkable facility : "We anticipate from Mr. Buchanan a prac tical, capable, united working Cabinet, and a policy of now appointments, if necessary, every tfx or eight weeks, until this desidera tum of a team of seven horses that will puli all together at the crack of the whip, shall have been secured. We anticipate also, I from the President elect, a general policy of | honesty and conservatism, and yot of rigor, ability and progress, in our foreign and do mestic affairs, eminently satisfactory and advantageous to the country. Already, too, 'as if in expectation of such things, we per ceive that the Southern fire-eaters are oooling down, and that our Northern agitators are -subsiding into the sober affairs of every day life. In a word, all the signs of the limes are auspicious of a new administration ps firm and straightforward as that of Jackson, ! yet as conciliatory to all parties and section# : as that of Monroe. REPUDIATION IN CALIFORNIA. —The Califor nians have been running very largely into debt, though the Constitution of the State prohibits ar.y debt to be contracted which shall swell the total amount of indebtedness beyond 8300,000, unless the bills making any further appropriations should be submit ted to the people, and be ratified by them. The amount of debt contracted by the Stale is over three millions of dolltrs, and all the ex cess over $300,000 without iho people's ratifi cation is by a decision of the Supreme Court doclarcd to be illegal. Tuis decision affects : parties ill Now York and Philadelphia, where | the bonds of the Slate are held, and it has I already seriously depreciated the vatao of I sncli securities. The sentiment in Califorv l nia, so far as the San FTarrcisco jonmole re flect it, seems to be decididiy in favor of the people sanctioning and legalizing the debt. YANKEE ENTERPRISE.—A Boston mechanic named McGowan has contracted with the Russian Government for the removal of the ships of war which were sunk iu the harbor of Sebastnpol for the defence of the town.— The vessels were made air-light, and were supplied with orifices to attach hose to pump ,hertl out. On attempting to raiso them in this manner the seems were found to have started to such a degree, as to render it im possible. They will now be raised by ohains and large scows made for the purpose, ap- j plied to the ships by men in sub marine ar mer. There are one hundred and twenty one vessels in all, and the price to be paid i is said to be in the vicinity of $200,000. United Slates Senators. Zachamh Chandler has been elected Uni tpd States Senator in Michigan for six years j |,< the place of Gen. Cass. In Massachusetts Charles Sumner has been re-elected. In Maine Hsitnibal Hamlin has been elect ed lor six years, and Amos Nourse for the | short term. J, JUDGE BLACK ROBBED— On Tuesday night, 29th ull., the trunk of Hon. J. S. Black was taken liom the boot of the Somerset pack, in the immediate vicinity of the town. It was found on New Year's day by some skaters in the German Catholic Burying Ground. Part of the clothing and some val uables were taken. The trunk contained a large assortment of the Judge ( s opinions, whioh the rascal left behind. They praba j ably did not relish that kind of literature. THE BENTON LECTURES. —The New York Times saye:—"ln reply to an application from an association in this city, Col. Benton slated that he had nevel received, any pay for his lectures, and never would ; but the Boston people have complimented him by making hirti a present of two hundred dol lars for a lecture, and that a similar compli ment would be satisfactory to him. There was a charming Bentoniaa simplicity in this ingenious method of getting over the awk wardness of so distinguished a gentleman's receiving pay like a common lecturer, for his services/' tyThe largest mirror plate ever importeJ into the United States, has just been put up in the bar room of the St. Nicholas Hotel. The plate is seven fet wide, eleven feet high, and half on inch thick. The original cost and the cost of importation was $1,200; the frame and putting op $200; making alto gether $1,400. >s# UNI VERSA LISTS AS YVITHESBES. —The state ment that the Supreme Court of North Caro lina boa confirmed (he decision of Judge Manly that members of the Universalis! Church are incompetent to teslify in oonrta i of justice according to tba laws of that State, it a mistake. ' . .-# f ' •H KUUUUU lilt ftlUNllVothlttc Portrait ol Their Weir Serial"*. • THE CHAJtAC#&t OF SIMON CAMER - ON DRAWN BY HIS PRESENT JOLfT - ICAL ASSOCIATES Am) VS U PPO RT , ERS, INCLUDING FIVE OF THOSE \VH6 VOTED TOR HIM ON TUESDAY _• LAST^. ; j ' 3l K I I. \ K i Of the Twenty-eight Setedtra fronethe 'Know-Nothing Caucus, of 1855, to their Constituent*. 1 High convictions of duty impel the under -1 signod to submit to their fellow-citizens the following statement: — At the commencement of the present ses sion of the Legislature, the friends of the ' American Organization, in the House of Rep resentatives, resolved to act as an independ • ; ent party. As such, they met in caunus, and : determined to admit none to their defibera | tions but such as were known to be true to the great principles of that Organization. Jn vindication of those principles, they also de termined to support no man fot any office in the gift of the Legislature, who was not equally kaavutYo lit> true to them, as well aa to the interests of the CommonweaYftf. At the' Conventional Caucus, helj to nominate a candidate for State Treausrer, members of the American Organization were relused ad mittance, simply because they had refused to co-operate with the party from'the begin ning, and to vote.for Its cduCUS nominees.— But at,lhe caucus held on the evening of the 9th insw, (hose who had been refused admit tance to the previous caucus were found in attendance; and some who wire only known as the bitter enemies of the American organ ization, were with us, directing and controll ing the iromfinaiion of one of the most in- Iriguemg, if not ihe most corrupt politicians in the State. A resolution was offered to exclude these objectionable persons, and their own votes indefinitely postponed the consideration of the resolution. Amotion was then made to proceed to nominate a candidate for the United States Senate by a viva voce. An amendment was offered, substituting a vote by-ballot. The amendment was adopted and the resolution carried by a majority df only thru— thus showing (hat those who had no , right to be .present held a controlling influ ence, or the balance of power. Here let us reflect for a moment upon our j ■own position. There were before that cau- | cus some of the best men in Pennsylvania, whose friends were urging them as proper , candidates. There were in that caucus less . than twenty men who openly admitted they ( would vote for Simon Cameron. Under those , circumstances It seemed scarcely possible , that ho could be nominated. He was openly . repudiated by three-fourths of the members, | and certainly we had no reason to fear, with (his open avowal of hostility, for elmost any other of the names before us would have , been acoeplable. It is (rue they had masked I ] themselves by the secret ballot; but to ns j , this was more at, evidence of cowardice than | of perfidy. We could not believe that all , who had voted for the secret ballot, had done | so to hide themselves from their constituents, , or to betray us into the support of a man de- / spued and disowned by every political or- ; gan'za'tion in Pennsylvania- ft wss not until ( we t'eganto ballot, that ourbetraya! became | manifest. It was then that wo discovered the / treachery that was pretending to oppose Cam- eron, tvttd yet hypocritically and Becretly vo- ( ling fa: his nomination. t The power that controlled thai caucus was fi too psllpable, corruption was behind the throne, and DO wonder that its victims skulk- s J behind a secret vote, and covered their 6 deeds lr.im the eyes and knowledge of the t beholdfeu. , YVei|e we justified in leaving the caucuß ( when the evidence, to our minds, had become ' \ demonstrative ? Could we, as the represent atives Can honest constituency, hsve served j thetn with fidelity by remaining I Could we have exonerated ourselves from (lie odium of such,a nomination if we had delayed our deparlnfe and aided to consummate such n result I Could we beve remained in that oau cu6 believing ourselves bound by its action, and justitied ourselves in votiDg for a man whose uliole history is but Ihe history of in trigue ?—a man who has deapiaed all party obligations', and treated all caucuses with contempt? The inquiry erisea, who is Simon Comeron! As a Si ale ,man, fame has never associated hit name with the word. Ae a politician, he has always professed to be a Democrat, and yet that patty only remembers him because of his treachery, and speaks of him as a traitor. As a Whig,it is his boast that be never voted a Whig ticket in his life—that party being saved from tuoh a disgrace. At an American and Aoli-Slatvety man lot the record speak for itself. At a County Convention, held in the Court House, to the borough of Harris burg, on the second day of last September, Simon Cameron was a delegate and an ac , tlvb member. The following resolutions were offered iR that Convention, nd aw Mid A" nave oeen in his handwriting. Certainly, - they mot with no opposition from him; Resolved, That wa hare confidence iu the ! administration of Gen. Pierce, because he , has manfully battled for those prinoipies, and , thrown its influence in favor of sustaining . the right of man to eelf government. Resolved, That the able, fearless, aud Dem ocratic administration of Go*. Bigler meets , our heady approbation, #nd we congratulate , tno Democracy ol the Slate upon the certainly of his election.. .7 - , Resolved, That Judge Black, the able and r intrepid Justice of Ihe Supreme Court, has So conducted himself as to win the esteem and confidence of the people.' Resolved, That the manly repudiation of i Know Notbingism by Henry S. Molt has won j i the respect of even bis enemies, and will i add largely to his majority at the coming t election. , Resolved, That wo are in favor of the No braska-Kansas bill, because it embodies the vital principles of belf-government, which never can .conflict with the interests of free- j • dom. Resolved, That we are opposed 10 the pro- I scriptive and anti-republican order called t Know Nothings, and shall deem it our duly, i aa Democrats, to oppose for office all persons , known to hav* any connection with it. When baa he changed hj? opinions upoa dßowpediham ? And even tfTLeje be any, recertt recantjkion go( up (oi. thspresefll emer gency, there h not cbaracfer *nough tn the men to impose upon credulity itself. Bet do not fbe people of Pennsylvania ex pect'someth',ig more of the present'Legista luro WiWliA election of "an eld polideM hack?" Tire great polhtsal revolution that brought tbe American party into power, has no parallel in tho history of Pennsylvania.— The old party organizations were dissolved by au unseen power, and old politicians with all their schemes, left floundering or wrecked with the elements that supported them, ab sorbed by the mysterious power of au organ ization beyond their control. JThi* great rev olution is not without its lesson. The old parties with their loading politicians, were corrupt; and it was their signal destruction tho people sought when tltey put their power into the new organization. They did rebuke corruption, and the parly in power stands as a monument of,that rebuke. Shsil the American party then,in the face I of all its professions and actions, be now made ! the dishonored insttuonenl in elevating Simon Cameron to the highest office in its gift? and thus hold him up to the world as the expo nent, embodiment, and personification of Americanism I We trust not. WE CON SIDER HIM A FIT EXPONENT OF NOTH ING GOOD ; AND A FIT EXPONENT OF NO HONORABLE PRINCIPLE. As Penn sylvauiaus, we remember that our State mot to, as adopted by our ancestors of seventy-, six is "Virtue, Liberty and Independence." We reverence this glorious old motto; and bear in mind that we but recently swore at representatives, to perform our Juliet as such, with fidelity ; fidelity to our constituents, fi delity to our native Slate, and fidelity to the ennobling principle engraven on our Slate escutcheon. Shall we then, or oan we con sistently with (ire oaths we have taken, sup port a nomination so destitute of every ele ment of virtue, which would disgrace the Amer ican Organization and our own native State; and which we feel assured, our constituents will repudiate with scorn and rightoous in dignation. We recognize no power in any caucus, 'to require us thus to sacrifice our in tegrity to throw away our self respect, or to vio late our oaths ; and therefore it is, that in the independence of freemen, we strike down king caucus at the bidding of our country. Above our venerated motto, and associated with it in all the true memories of the past, and our hopes of the future, the Amerioan eagle—our national emblem, and our coun try's pride. Il ever adorns our starry flag ; and it spreads its "wings of glory over us" as a protecting angel. When we go into the Hal! of the House of Representatives, to exe cute the most important trust confided to us, we desire to meet something there having some analogy or concordance with these glo rious recollections, and these sacred emblems. Grnnt us this or something approximating to this, and all will be well; and our hearts and our hands, will be with you, both to do and to date. But what we say unto one we say unto all invite us not in there to partake of a buzzard's feast. Ask us not to support a nom ination brought about, as We believe, by the concentrated and "cohesive poivar of public plunder," and tho superadded element of shame less and wholesale private bribery. All counte nance and participation In such things as these, we not only most earnestly and por emptorily decline, but have pledged our selves unitedly and determinedly to oppose. Such is a brief and hasty outline of our past action and our intended future course. We submit it to our constituents, confident of a triumphant vindication, and we cordially in vito all our hottest fellow-representatives, whether in the late caucus or not, to rally with us in this contest, and to make common cause with us for the honor and the glory oi out Native State, assuring them that though it may have passed into an adage that "Paris is France," yet Harrisburg is not Pennsyl vania. Nicholas Thorn, John F. Linderman, T. L. Baldwin, Samuel B. Page, E. G. Harrison, R. B. M'Comb, J. Alex. Simpson, M. J. Pennypacker, T. H. Maddock, G. Rush Smith, S. P. M'CALMONT, Otis Avery, James M'Culloogh, JAMES J. LEWIS, Daniel Loll, James Lowe, I DAVID TAG.GART, Watson P. Magill, IF. R. JORDAN, • Mark A. Hodgson, John Ferguson, W. Stewart, C. J. Lathrop, H. N. Wickersham, B. Laporte, G. J. BALL, J. Hoicorab, Lot Bergstresser, Harrisburg, February 12, 1855. T'be men whose names are printed in cap itals, voted for Cameron on Tuesday the 13tb instant. . Tits TROUSSEAU or A SLAVS Btupi.—A let ter of the Joatnal of Commerce, from a lady who'owns slaves in Georgia, gives an ac count of the recent marriage of one of her negroes, in which she remarks:— "The cpupte, ttwt nfght, were both very young and handsome, and tbe groom in a full suit of black, with a white cravat, looked as serene and unembarrassed as if he had been a gentleman. The bride's trousseau, furnished by her parents, who, like herself, are common field hands, would do credit to many a decent white mechanic. She has seven ntew dresses and a shawl, besides more necessary articlss, and the trifles from the groom, one of which is invariably a bottle of cologne." X3F The Erie City Bank has closed its doors, owing, as some of its apologists very truthfully say, to the "heavy outside pres sure." This is one of the banks created two years ago as belonging to the "judicious in crease." The Germantown Telegraph trusts that the Legislature will be very careful how it yields this session to similar "public ne cessities" lor new banks. EF* lh the Superior Court of Connection!, On the 6th inst., two more verdicts were ren dered against the Ndw Haven Railroad Com pany for damages resulting from the great disaster at Norwalk. Tbe amounts Were five and fodr thousand dollars, respectively. In tbe former case the man died of his injuries, and in the latter th< individual w maimed for Irfm • ; "1! > ' " ""Corrtsponderue of the Penmybtanidn. 1 fraNo Schuylkill Cobnty---Whai their Cms- ■ •Utuentv Thlulr of 11. ■ Ajfiedting of the Buchanan and Br ochre- I ridge' Club, of toitsville, was beld at sbo I Middle Ward Hotel, on Wednesday, Jauuary ■ 14thj 1857, f