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<A the purpose of taking action ■
on the fate eTroclous conduct of the members ■
of the House of Reprasentatives from Sehcyi- ■
At haU' past seven o'clock, I
Connor, the President, took the Chair, and ■
E. F. Weston, u fr.etn*n :o V'h* Secr|- I
tary pro lem. V I
The Hon.? W. flughss sts'ed the object
of the meeting, end after appropriate Mtnbrks,
coudomnators of the conduct of Wia. a.
Lebo and George Wsgoa seller, moved thai
a Committee of Fifteen be appointed to draft
resolutions expressive of the opinion of the
meeting, which being seconded, the Chair
appointed the following CommttleoHan.
F. W. Hugher, Hon. Bernard Reillay, John
Clay ion, Goo. D. B. Keim, Col. J. M. Weth
erill, S. K. P. Kepndr, Washington Raifony- I
der, Alex. IJeiherirtglcn, Jaoob Kline, J°l|U X
Mcßroom, Enoch Bryor, Charles N. CIMB f .fl
ens, F. P. Dewees, David Esterz, aud I# MU
Magginnit, who reported the following
amble and Resolutions, which WOto
rnously adopted:
WHEREAS, Tbe Democracy of this county
have been astounded with the iuforroatfutt
that tho persons elected to tho Houao of Rep
resentatives of Pennsylvadib from Schuylkill
county, here perpetrated the crime of a most
gross and flagrant betrayal of the known
wishes of the party who have eleoted them,
and their own solemn and oft repeated
pledges, by voting for Simon Cameron fos
United States Senator, alter bis open and no
torious notion as it loader among the Know-
Nothing and Black Republican Fueionistoof
this State, in opposition to tbe Demooratlo
parly and the integrity of the United Stales.
Resolved, That the conduct of WiHism B.
Lebo and George Wagonseller, in connoo
tion with another traitor from York county,
in voting for Simon Cameron for U. S. Sen®,
tor, in known and open defiance of lb*
wishes of the entire Democracyref Schuyl
kill county, is a direct violation of their re
peated assurances and professions before d
their election.
Resolved, That for such traitors we know
of no adequate punishment provided by law,
and can oi.l/ express the e' ecration ot a de
ceived and outraged conslitutettoy, who wIU
treat these Arnold's and Gorgey's with ex
clusion from all social and and political iu*
tercourse.
Resolved, That we have no doubt this coo
duct is the result of bribery, that the consid
eration for this betrayal was gold—and that
these guilty wretches and their confederates
may be exposed to the world as a warning
to all others, we ask the House o? Represen
tatives of Pennsylvania to cause a full in
vestigation of the means by which this un
paralleled freed and treason was cotnmilteJ.
Resolved, That we request the County
Committee to notily the delegates in the late
County Convention, who by misplaced con
fidence caused the nomination of these trai
tors, to assemble at the Court House, In
Pottsville, on Saturday, the 2-ftb inst., aud
that a County meeting of the party be called
to moot on the same day and place, at such
an hour as shall be fixed hereafter, to ex
press their opinions and wishes, respectively,
in refcrenco to this treason.
Resolved, That for a professing Democrat
to sustain or approve tho conduct of these
traitors, is acknowledging their own com
plicity in tlieir infamous transactions, and to
confess that at heart they have boen hypo
crites and enemies of the Democrstio party
and its principles.
Resolved, That we hereby solicit the Bu
chanan and Breckinridge Clubs in the sev
eral districts, in this county, to assemble and
make known their feelings of fndignation at
the wrorg that has been inflicted upon them.
J. M. WETHERILL,
Sec'y of Committee.
On motion, resolvod, That the Hon. Bar
nerd Reiley and J. M. Welhbrill be appoint
ed a Committee to 6endji copy of these pro
ceedings to each Democratic inerabrrof the
Legislature.
On motion, adjourned.
EDWARD O'CONNOR, Presf.
E. F. WESTON, Sec'y pro lem.
Special Notices.
HOLLOWAT'S OINTMENT AND PILLI.—TBW
applicability oi these extraordinaryAaediea
-1 meuts to the disorders of all olimates, rea
ders them indispensable to all who journey
by tea or land. Scurvy, the most terrible.
' scourge of seafaring men, is eradicated ky
the use ol tbe Oiotmeut; while the PiiW, by
their alterative and conservative opemtiOiv
r upon the stomach, the secretions and the
bowels, soon relieve the worst cases of bil
ious (ever, idarrhea and eioranob complaint
' Taken as a preventative, they fortify the ays
i tern against tbe disorders consequent upon
, changes of temperatare, and deprive tho
process of acclimation of its principal dsn
!' ger. Emigrants to the Far West had bettor
' go there unprovided with implements of la
bor, than without these unequalled curatives.
3 MO FAMILY ~
a Can afford to be ivithoul Mustang Lin
a iment in their house. The niany acci
dents we are liable to, mtty rhnder il ne
cessary any moment, and nothing is ca
pable of performing such a certain cure.
(Extract.) ••In lifting the kettle front
Y the fire it caught and scalded my hatids
i- and person severely—one hand almoei
J to a crisp. The torture was unberable.
- It. was anpwful sight. * * * The
Mustang Liniment seemed 10 , extract
v the pain almost immediately. It healed
. rapidly and left no scar of account. C,
Foster, Broad street, Philadelphia
It it truly a wonderful hrtfr.le. It will
c y r . e an y case °f Swelling, Burns, Stiff
l, Joints, Eruptions or Rheumatism. For '
- "orses il should never be dispetUed!
. with. One Dollar's worth of Mustaryf
t "ms frequently saved a valuable hotte.
„ It cures Golds, Spraint. Ringbone, J
n Spavin and Founders. Beware if hn
ttations. Sold in all parts ef.the hob*
' table Globe, ,-j ;
a BARNES k PARI, : i
J l2 4 jjiopnetors, New Yotk.