STAR OF THE NORTH.
R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
I 1— —J :
Hlnouislitiru, Wednesday, IVb 3,1, tH.I7
'1 he lind or KepuhlicnuUm,
. It it notorious ill hi in (lie history of the
republic no Congress ever borne a* bad a
reputation for Integrity as the ono now ir.
session. Tangible and definite evidence of
(his fact was produced lust week w hen the
Committee to investigate the charges of cor
ruption made a report which detailed the
machinery ol legislation now in n#c at Wash
ington, and proposed the expulsion of four
corrupt members. These are all Black Re
publicans who bad crawled into their places
linder the gaisc of moral reformers, and
promised to cute all the evils of tho old Na
tional Democratic and Whig parlies. 1 hey
are of that gang of corrupt demagogues who
destroyed tho party of Clay and Webster,
and by the vile arts of clamor and fanati
cism played upon the lowest passions of the
populace lo gain a temporary and short-lived
victory over the cause of democracy. These
men cried piteously to the '-dear people" for
humanity and "bleeding Kansas" and went
to Cor-gress lo ''make a nice thing" out of
Pes Moines navigation schemes, Pucifiu
railroad projects, and special legislation in
gpnrral. Kansas they left to bleed, and the
'black man to his master ; white their votes*
went for land grants in consideration of
$lOOO fees and shares in factories. Tho
ioom intelligent ol the witnesses testifies that
no person expected to get any measure
through Cougtess by reason ol its merit o'
justice.
This is the political Republicanism which
vaunts with Pharisaical rant about its purity
and Immunity—about its devotion to princi
ple, and its disregard of all pecuniary outlaid
erntioNs! iiui its days are numbered; and
it will not survive this blow, l.ike Anteri j
nanism, some tiuludaii men tlioUyht dio new !
taction was in earnest, bul this exposuro will
undeceive lliern, and the demagogues of ,
passion untl fraud will bo driven back to their
retirement with tho brand ol infamy upon ,
them. Know-Nothingism could not survive j
the defiling embrace of Simon Cumeiou—much >
less can llcpublicanism mnoire the ignominy ,
contagious from the whole race of Cumerons, !
Mattersons and Gilberts. Maitetson was ono
uf tho front leaders ol the Republican move
rnonl last full, and tl Fremont hud been sloe-,
ted, would havo been in the inner circle
uromut the President.
Revcrdy Johnson les'ifies that there nr.*
twenty or thirty ol those netartous Ca'aliues
who conspired lo vote the domain ol tho re
public only lo those who could pay the con
spirators wall.
These things nre humiliating to the true*
I eared A met can win; rtlloeis 'hat* - ,
wit! be drank vritn greedy ears uud eyes by
every pimp of European despotism. Hut as
the disease exists, it is high time that the
cure began.. For neatly three-loorths of a
cpntntj' the Democratic party had the power
in Congress and no such corruption fourd
food In an evil hour the people chose for
leaders those who fell down and worshipped
the image of golden Mariposa, and \vc see t
iho result.
When the report was presented in Con
gress the Republican members would not
have it rea-f (trow of this Stain frothed and
foamed that it was mi ex parte proceeding ;
until Col. Orr explained that Iho accused
members had appeared before '.lit* Commit
tee and examined witnesses on every point.
Then tho cry was that one of the witnesses
was unworthy of unbeliel. Rut tho two
Marsltalls ol Kentucky arose and declared
that he bore as tair a chatactei as any mem
ber of the House.
The only security against the corrupt arts
of such men is to stop the projects c. special
legislation which yearly* send the ex-member
Chases to change the voles of members by a
whisper.
l.ct there be no more Das Moines gts'it#
no mere land speculations; and no more R* I
rosd projects in which no prudent eapi*.il<s:
ftas confidence enough to inves*. a do'hu o
bis own money. Even now one brsnch c:
these Republicans propose to divide the pill •
lie treasure among the Sue- —.hat j, n
cut cIT the our Hydra-head of corrup'iort that
tkirty-cne may spring up in i'.s place O,e
lobby is not large enough—they xvant a
chance in every R ate. The pr, ession o
borers is evidently getting overstocked r.
Washington, and needs branches to sust.ii::
ltaell. If the public treasure was y vide.'
there would be a glorious chance for a dose
I-ebo's and Menei>r's at Hart.sburg o eng -
neer Tape-worm RarroaJ b i s through the
legislature. (Mbert and 1" lward# might
then financier at Albany, and so leave a
more profitable bus ne# t-r Ma.terser,
Chase and Greeley a*. Wa-L pi or
Rcmctat..—John G I'ree.c. E-q . leaves
cur town this week to take charge cf the
Bradford Times a: Towanda. Tr.ere is a:i .e
opeou.g in BraJlorJ for an energy, c and i*.-
dependent Democratic editor; a d thoug:
the labor will be heavy, the gr.i ifica of
working a pclnical rev 'alie i there xx I iulix
repay that later, ar.d give la euviable ci.ar
aciet and position to the man w: • w.l. do
that service to the cause cf the re: *>. We
hope Col. Freeze will be sueecs#:.;. in his
new eruerptise.
Hcksx Kr: itr —On last Friday as M-
William Mrs el'er ws drive g over the <lo e
brsige a! the coper erd of town, the arch
gave way a; a srra'i spot rom be. g racked
by she frosl. srtr l <i*>s ef the b~#es becom-
Hts entangled ,n toe ho;e siumo.cd a rng a
tew steps, fed and infaatlr ci,ed. lae ground
has been frown deeper this wister tbaa tor
many years before
tS r Our opponents quote the Fotuvii.e
Emfcrum u a Deaaocratw: paper. Tc is is
not true I| i# a toi Eoow-No.h -j Abo'i- i
* >c almat, wiitcg voder Me cdon >
——l^y———
Tbc Temptations ol Office.
' Many men who are more clever than dis
creet are yearly ruined in the wild chase for
office; and those who are successful in pro
curing a place are quite as ofter. mined by the
temptations and associations into which it
leads them. Success rind reckless, shrewd
speculators tempt tho artless and unreflect
ing into extravagance and wild adventures,
lo use them as tools: but are the first lo
_ | abandon the poor dupe when the day of nil
j versity coitps. Aii instructive case ol this
kind we copy Irom the Hurrisburg corres
e poudent of the Philadelphia Ledger :
a "A t'ill w*fs before die House this morn
r ing, which gave rise to considerable discus
f sion, and exhibited one of die financial cfli
s cers of the Common wealth in no very en
• viable light. The bill was to extend the
! ' time for the payment of the money for which
• ! the bail of Mr. Sirickler, some time since
' collector ol tolls at Columbia, were bound.
" It was amended so as to entirely exonorate
* the bail from the payment of their liability,
' under these circumstances. Mr. Sirickler
" * was induced lo enter into certain stock spec
* ulations by John M. Bicki*l,at that time State
1 Treasurer. Alter being in office one year.
> I and his application Inr a re-appointment was
belore the Canal Board, tliry referred to the
' Treasurer lo know the state of his accounts,
' and were assured by that officer that they
' were all correet.
' The same assuranco was given by the
1 Treasurer lo his snritics, who *.vere thereby
I induced to go again upon his bond. At this
lime lie was actually a defaulter to Iho
amount of 620 000. At the end of the sec
ond year he was appointed for the third time.
The same application was again made lo the
Treasurer as to the condition of his accounts
by the C una I Commissioners and by his au
nties, and agnin they were informed that
they were correct, when in fact the amount
of his indebtedness In tho S:ate hud largely
increased. At the end of Mr. Sirickler s
term his defalcation was discovered to be
: 555 000. Under lhe.*o circumstances the
House thought that lint bail were not legally
I hound. They have ulieady paid 625,000.
A strong di-poiiion was manifested by the j
: House to reach the late bialo Treasurer, who j
' is regarded as the cause of tins delalcatinn,
i and through whose false information these !
i surilics were induced lo go upon Mr. Stuck
lur'a bond."
I'olumblit county Con).
Wo ate pleased to learn that there is a |
I prospect of soon getting cheap coal Irom the
mountains of our own county. The Colum
bia Coal and Iron Company have leased their
mines in tl'.C Mi Cntilej Mutiutu'ti lo Messrs,
' Dull, Crcsswell & Dull, who will commence
tl!ining operations as soon as practicable, ami
expect to have coal for market by the 41 h of
July next. There nro large bodies of ex
cellent coal in thu mountains of Columbia
county south ol the river; niul a few years
it oio will entirely change the character of
business in that region. It is only to be
lio**ed that safe men of actual capital will l-e
l.nzeme and S.hny'h.,! n.. h l-.„* 1..*- ic
suited to honest iaborers and merchants from
the failure and embarrassment of the reckless
speculators who in too many ins'ances press
ed themselves in*o the coal business without
having either tho requisite capital or busi
ness capacity.
*1 lie Contrast.
The bile explosion ol corruption at Wash
ington furnishes an instructive contiasl lor
hones! men lo think about. When recently
eircntnstanti.il evidence showed that three
Democrats in the Pennsylvania Legislature
had so'.! themselves, the w hole Democratic
party denounced them When in Coi'prc: >
the evidence was positive and conclusive
a. aiast lout members, the Republicans shield
ed litem. When a nun, like Cameron, be
comes cortupt the Democratic party casts
linn himitt, ai d then Republics* isin wel
comes hint with n " Rorrard's less, and
sings " 11 nl to the Chief I"
Ilia Tariff Again.
Mr Campbell's b I to reduce As the drill
p:t cd the II * use oy last Friday by a vote of
110 to t* 1. Mr. I .etcher previously proposed
to amend the bill by a general reduction of
20 per cent, on the talcs of 1546, but this
amendment failed. T! c ditficu! y is that
each cornet cf the Union looks oit'v lo its
own profi* and will not vnde-s'and tlut this
is a measure lor the t '.oV Union. Tims,
l.oit s ana ol ;-#cts to a rednc'.io'i of the duties
AO sugar—New York wants low ditties on
every : irg but her salt—lVntmlvama thinks
ron a' c needs a a high tariiT—and so on
to the end cf the chapter.
I nnd 11 nrrnnlt.
As spring approaches the pr'.cc of lard
warrants 1 ra'urai'y advanced. a**d they
are : nv q.;oted iu the New York market us
follows
R.ty I g ra*e. Seii ng rs e.
gp's, El I*2 per acre. St 16 per acre
f s. f- '* 1 02
5 s, 100 " 104 '*
ISO's, P8 " 102 '*
160's, 100 " 101 '
r?" One day last week p.: Party e. Mr
Charles Frank, a German boarding at the
•>use r. Mrs. Shucx on Welsh Hill had
5145 taken from his fu: k. Tnroogh t.e
we . rac ed a**.d determined efforts oi Con
s 3.> Us ;;t 515." : re rttc ey was recox•
e.'ed .u a sink t ear tr.e ! ry.e
r-tvisios.—Mr sit .h of I. rerre has p*e
senieu io the Leg sis yvc a tiil to d v ;e that
con. r. hu: as M\ Steele in t' e So* s e and
Mr. Je k.n*i.i r.*e House will oppose the
project, u is no( l.te'r :c pass.
C 7' Many r ' e hired negruee iu the tobac
co Jactoi.es Richmond, (Va .) icake trc-rri
£s .to Sl2 per week ever wc k without ur
etitaoninary 'sbor
Rots is N'tur Yo*x.—R is said thai reel*
hare greatly adrarced io New York city—
raogicg from 15 o 3? per cer: aad ir. rx.e
favored ioca.>:-es. 40 per ccc;
, * tgsssagg .
CD btufltiounl
■ ( schoola Iu C'olumtilu Couuiy
j Centre township has some very GOOD
p j schools, and a few quite poor ones. The
I, ' school at Fow le'sville is lh best; and shows
- the fruits of good leaching last winter. The j
! | class in Menial Arithmetic was among the
g best (if not the very besl) wo have met with j
(l in ihe co. The Cenlreville school is also above
I the average, bul might b improved in men- j
g tal arithmetic and reading. The sciiool 1111- i
j der charge ol H. C. Brown near Ihe Brick :
j Church is well conducled and evidoilly itn- |
| proving. In another instance we found a |
' old and intelligent sctiolars as in these !
schools, murdering Grammar, drawling mon
| otune, misrepresenting Geography, and so
i cheated out iheir precious time, without re- j
0 ,
1 i ceiving any correction or insiruciion from a j
teacher with a No. 5 cerlifiealo who had •
I ; been hired clicip.
UiiiarcheeK district lias secured a faultless j
uniformity ol hooks in all Ihe schools which j
' j is, it must be regretted, almost ihe only j
j point of progress that was mel. Mr. Davis j
and his daughter bestow the rnosl dilligent j
attention upon tho schools in llieir charge at j
Berwick. Ai Foundryvillo ihe school is Uir- !
! ger thun most others of the dislriel, bill no
I class was found m either Grammar or Gang- !
' * rnph.y; and the Superintendent had to ex
' ! plain what lie meant by Menial Arithmetic. -
, ' Wondering what was taught there, lie asked !
j for nil exercise from the most advanced rend-
I ing class, in which it wus found that no j
j scholar lincl been lunght Ihe name or ue of
' : n single pause, nor of any principle of read
ing, though they were all given iu the book
! of which ihe latter pari was used.
The next srliool on Ihe Turnpike presented
1 creditable recitations iu all Ihe common Eng- J
; llsh branches. It was n good school last j '
winlcr, nnd we were pleased It) find it now | 1
going onwar l and upward in the pall) of pro- ( '
gross, li is under Iho charge of Mr. Noah j 1
N. Bowen, and the neighboring director lia i 1
been doing his duly toward it by visils ami 1
intention. The schools nl Miller's and al '
Planks' are of iho middling class.
I
Composition.
No exercise in school embraces so many i
departments of study ns Die writing of com- I
positions. It is a review of every branch of t
learning; and includes iu lis operation wri <
tine, orthography ami grammar. It has been
a mailer of regroi to lis to find that so few
schools in the county require a weekly com
position from each advanced scholar as a I
regular exercise. It is not a separata brooch
ol study, bul Ilie practical application ol i
those elementary principles of our language |
which must bo taught in every school.— i
There is no harm in allowing the scholar lo i
follow some guo.l model uf style al lirsi; for i
ihe impetuous blood of youth will lend to I
bombast and pedantry. There m nothing
belter lo cure this than a dose of the "Spo'l
taior' or Johnson's Russules with iheii sim
plicity ami purity. Ol living authors, no one
w rile# as finely finished English us Macau
lay-
lie correoied by the teacher and then return- \
i ed io ihe scholar. The reading exercise on *
' the lust day of the week may with much
• profit be made to consist of the school's
1 home productions; lor scholars will rea l with
more spirit and correctness that which is en- i
lireß intelligible lo them.
/ .
Gove Mini's House.
We icgtet io perceive thai a rcsoloiion has 1
passed the House of Representatives a! liar- :
risbnrs, by a vote of st< to 37. directing ihe
committee ol ways and tveauslo inquire i* lo i
Hie expediency of creeling a Governor's
house. W e regret it, because if the proposi
' lion is adopted, u vast amount ol money will
' be Spoilt for a very useless purpose, and be
cause it will forever preclude any man of
moderate moans from accepting the office of
1 Governor. The expense devolving upon the
oeetipsnl cf any such house as would be
i bud:, would swallow a fortune ef not less
than 510,000 a year, and if the Governor's
salary should be raised to that amount,
he would be compelled to increase hi#
; rvpe; ditures accordingly. We know* that
. Joh is *n aid Ibglcr each lost about 50 000
I during thrir respective terms, w.ihout tiav
it g an expensive establishment to keep
. no. With such a house ns is proposed, both
would have lelt the chair of S;e e i.i poverty,
, if not bankrupts.
We have o:her objections to ih : s scheme
It jirbrs from no motive of public good, li
? i# the offspring of puppyism—of the lowest
species ot toadying. A plain, sens': V demo
, cra'ic Governor can row go to H.irrisbnrg j
am', rent a good bouse (if t.e has good credit i
or a friend io bail l.im) for n modern;e s..m. |
and that house is a casi'.e xviihin wl.h-h no '
man I a# a 'ighr to tresd exoep*. by leiv? of
, the occupant. Build the bouse proposed,
a id tke Governot must go to Harrisbv.rg wri.h
1 *.s money I g. hi rUtr.ue of servants. Ac .
fv.v The house will be the ••people's house."
and every hat -wi ted Philadelphia raiistaeh
ed s' argha —every gambler—every loafer,
from the hunter af.er the least office lo t:ie
g*e.. es:—tiie whole c.,ng of legislative bo
rer#—every s ..v prmp. or ditty rascal who
ca . obtain admittance into decent society
:*. shor . ah the impudence and xi -anv
.. at coi.gie... e about Hurrisburg and latest
s us streets, xv .1. gamer i:ito the Governor's
1 boa##—and how can l ey be repelled ! For
? sooih. (iecen; people w i.l iee. that they have
a r tto go there, a wi.i tae Governor be
- prepared to decide who is decern ar.d who
■.* ' Or rr.es*. every mar. catty a certifica.e
c: v. araciei w. h fii.ii when he gees :o see
• * . s exe< fey
T:.e prop. #, on is the foolish chi'J of ig
'• norarca and erobeeilny, and, thocgh we do
! t.r; t . ~>*. cf e: er a r.ieg a very high opinio:)
cf r. r Leg;#'a ors. we re suipri.-ed ic hear
c: 26 i; to consider i* ser#oc*Jy. A sn.x.i
monkey-snow go: trpfo.-ihe especial ainus
ir.er.: of the Gorsrt.o:. aid supported a: the
psbl* sx,-er.se. would be etch mere seesi-;
hie. and rrcuir he desemag of far more co.i
s.Jera'.ioa because less eipeusive and less
injurious is a! i re spec s.— Ciir.'.m Demote it
IT Bear; have been sees in toe neighbor
hcoi f' Har* sba*g dorir.g the c-ast few days
'I 118 DEATH BLOW TO ICEPDBLICAK
ISM.
coitm FTUKT EXPOSED.
Tii7rTiisriiiosi*.
The following is uu abstract of the evi
l donee embraced in the report of the Cotn
] mittee'in Congress which has been inves
| tigating the frauds and corruptions of the
niembers of that body.
! James 11. Sweeney, of Waterlown, New
! York, an ex-messenger of the Mouse of Rep
i reaentalives, was asked by Air. Orr (ill the
| committee) whether he knew, of his own
1 knowledge, of "any attempt of any member
' of Congress to obtain compensation tor votes
given or to be given upon any measure now
pending or that has been pending during the
j present Congress."
I The witness said lie knew of a case in j
! which a member agreed to get a bill or proj- .
j ect through the House for a certain amount
of money—a hook relating to the pension
) and boo ity land laws, by Captain Triplet!, ol
j Washington.
When tie was asked the name of the mem-
J ber, lie .-aid lie preferred that lite committee
I should relieve him from answering theques
; lion, pro utiiing that thoy could get the name j
from some other witness. j I
111 stati :g the circumstances of the case, j
1 Mr. Sweeney produced the following paper: j |
"The Clerk ol tho Mouse of Kepreaeuta- j
lives will pay to J- 11. Sweeney, out of tho , l
appropriation in behalf of me, for certain |
copies of my work on the pension, bounty j l
land, and other laws, passed at thi. session ;
of Congress, the sum of fourteen thousand i
live hundred dollais, (14,500) lor which litis
shall be a receipt. I 1
"Aug., 1850." F.F. C.TRin.ETT. j
The witness, in answer to the question, <
what was to be done whit this sum alter he !
had collected it front the Clerk, said that there ; I
vvus a misuiider-iaudiiig upon that subject; t
ant) as he supposed there would be conflict- , t
iug testimony upon it, he desired to have the J
question postponed for the present. Me said j t
however that this contract, not the written j
one, but the contract, was entered into in his j (
presence between the author of that work |
and the member of Congress. At the tunc t
no writing was made ; figuring was douu.— : i
At o subsequent day tho witness was request
ted to procure diet writing. Mo was uskod to , :
get it from Mr. Triplet!. j '
fly Mr. Orr—By which party 1 , 1
Witness—By a member.
By Mr. Orr—Then you applied to Mr. Trip- I
lett for it ?
Witness—Yes, sir, lie gave it to me. I was
requested to take it in my own name. 1 re- | I
peat, that in making these statements, 1 do
not disclaim having an interest in the meas.
tire. 1 simply disc'aim having any pecuoiu- >
ty interest in that paper.
By Mr. Orr—Who was the jmember with
whom this contract was rntctcJ into in your
presence 1
Wrnoss-—Am 1 bound to answer the ques
j tton directly !
By Mr. Orr—lt is the opinion of every
member of the committee that you are re
i vision of lite Supreme Court is worth any tiling
we are tori tiled by that. We requite you to
| answer the question.
Witness —Hon William A.(Albert.
Tho witness subsequently stated that he
! did i.ot know Oi.it he was instructed, in so
' many words, to pav the money to anybody,
i By Mr-Oir—Then that it was the under
j standing that it was to be paid to Mr. Gilbert
| by you.
Witness—That was the understanding at
the interview to which I have referred. As
1 have stated, 1 was not called oa afterwards ,
to pay it to sot body.
And at another stage of the examination,
he said lie had no distinct recollection, at
bus lime, of bearing any other member, or
of hearing Mr. Gilbert, in the presence of
any other member, say that they were ittter
ested in the bargain to which lie had teler
red.
fly Mr. Davis—llave you any Information
go'.: g to show that any member ol Congress
has received m icy or land, or other valua
ble consideration, for the vote given by him
on any measures pending, or that has been
pending before the present Congress?
Witness—l ask the Committee, as gentle
men and a lawyers, whether I am bound to
answer that question ?
By the Chairman—The Committee are
unanimously of the opinion that you are.
Witness—Then I answer that I have been
told by a member of Congress that he re
ceive.! a certain amount for his vote and
influence tn the passage of the lowa railroad
bill.
By Mr. Orr—Who was the member?
Witne-s—Man. William A. Gilbert.
In reply to the interrogatory, what was the
amount! The witness replieJ, "I do not
know whether ha received this or not. Me
said to me that he received seven square
miles ol lan J attd some It tie stock. - ' The
negotiation according to his impression, was
made with Mr. Chase, art ex-member ol
Congress from New York. The witness
wished to state under oath, that there was no
a-rangement between Mr. G.lbert and him
self by which he was to be involved In the
matter. Whatever connection he "had with
t! e mattet'was entered into in confidence, as
a matter cf accommodation for the other par
" In >o other way than that had he any
i-:ei est, except what was between the author
a: d himself.
Mr. Sweeney, the day after the above les
: mvttv was given, said, "there was e claim
ir.io.ving a smith amount of mor.ry, pending
be -e one of the eotnmi'.tes of the House,
which I desired to have favorably reported.
a::J sc s:a*ed to the member to whom the
paj-ers were referred to for examination.''—
He saM to me that be trad r.o doubt himself
that it was a meritoriors claim, but some of
the comrr ee scrutinized such matters close
ly—or wc *ds to that effect—and that he
would have to wait a favorable opportunity,
or thai. per. Ps, it might become necessary
- to use a I t a? money, fii.y dollars or so, to
make ait ngtjt This >< ell I remember to
have beer, sa d between os. relative to the
subject. No money was paid or demanded,
noles* thai be construed into a demand
By Mr. Wticer —What was toe nature of i
.be ciaim * '
The witness relused to answer any ques
tion s to the nature of the claim or the name
of the member, unless the committee con
strued such a refusal as a contempt of the
House. The committee decided that lltey
should so hold such refusal to be a contempt
of the Mouse. ,
Witness— It was an invalid pension claim.
By Mr. Warner —Who was thoclaimant?
Witness—A widow woman.
By Mr. Warner—Stale her name.
Witness—Rosalia Kimball.
By Mr. Warner—What was the name of
tho member ?
Witness—William. W. Welsh, of Connect
icut.
By Mr. Warner —Mas that claim been re
ported ?
Witness—lt was reported upon its merits,
without any other consideration, as I ur.der
i stand.
By Mr. Warner—What was your reply
when Mr. Welch stated that it might become J
necessary to use $5O?
Witness —I really do not know that I made
any reply, or that we even alluded to the :
subject between ourselves afterwards.
By Mr. Warner—There was no money I
paid for reporting the claim, as far as you j
know ?
Witness —There has never been a cettl t
paid, as (ar as 1 know and believe.
fly Mr. Orr —Did you communicate this to
the claimant or to any other person ?
Witness —I believe I never lold it to but
two individuals —one was a member of Con- '
gress, and the other a gentleman outside. j
F. F. C. Triplet!, being sworn, said ho had i
"never approached any member npon any j
subject with an improper proposition." I
fly Mr. Orr—Have you been brought in '
contact with any member in that connection?
Witnsss—l have. 1 suppose there is no
body wlio knows the organization of Congress
who expects to carry anything through it
merely from love of justice.
fly Mr. Oir—ls that the general reputation !
of Congress ?
Witness—That is the general reputation of,
Congress.
During the examination of this witness in |
relation to Ins order on the Clerk for 5514,500, j
in the event of the passage of a resolution for j
the purchase of his book, he said lie received i
a message from a member of Congress, that j
he desired to be introduced to him, and to 1
see him in reference to the book project. j
Mr Orr—Was it your impression when Mr. j
Sweeney ntade application to you for the |
writing, that it was made in consequence ol
anything that bad passed between him attd !
the member, iti other words; that his appli
cation was based on an interview with the
member!
Witness—That was my impression though
tho member never told me so. Ido not know
that he attd I ever had a conversation about
1 that at all. -The truth is, that Mr. Sweeney
came to nte originally upon the subject. Me
knew all about the matter from the first. 1
supposed that he was n friend of this party,
anil that if I paid him it would be satisfactory
to tho patty.
-v.— .. I,n,iiftiait t- e-s ,,■* of
' the member, but the committee unanimously
decided that he was bound to answer tho in
i terrogatory.
! The witness then named William A Gil
bert. of New York—saying "ol course I had
conversation witltother members ol the Mouse
but tins was tho only thing that seemed like
a definite understanding with a member. - '
The witness lit it her stated that another
member of Congress had conversed with hint
about tho book, "the tenor of which was
based upon the idea of receiving a part - ' ol
the contract; nc.d lie recollected thai on one
1 occasion tho member asked bint, ill the event
of their having to distribute mora money than
they had contemplated, whether he (Tnplelt)
would not do what was tight, or something
of that sort.
Question by Mr Orr—What was the name
ol that member!
Witness—Dr. Welch, ol Conn.
Hon. Robert T. Vainc, sworn—Said in an
swer to an interrogatory, that he did know
ol an cflort to procure a vote (or the passage
of a bill pending before the House, by hold
ing on: a consideration tor the support ol the
bill. Such n consideration was held out by
the lion. Francis S. F.dwards, a representa
tive from the Str.te ol New York, to hitn,
attd the consideration named was 51,500 Me
then proceeds to detail the conversation be
tween them, and that the answers to the in
terrogatory were inferences which be drew.
From the conversation, they were such as
were impressed npon his mind.
The Hon. W. Yalk, sworn—Said that per
haps ten days from the commencement ol
the present session of Congress. Judge F.d
wards asked him how he felt towards the
Minnesota Land Bill. To which Mr. Yalk
replied that he felt hostile to the principle ot
the bill. As near as he could recollect, Judge
Edwards then said he or his brother (hecoulJ
net say which) owned considerable land near
where the road would pass, and that it would
be enhancing the value of these lands very
much if that bill could have a favorable vote.
Mr Yalk replied to him that he would look
into the merits of the bill, but that lie should
give it no consideration except upon its in
trinsic merits ; that he should vote for o: a
gainst it, as he thought just.
James S. Pike, sworn—Said he was one ol
the wtiters of the New York Tribune; and,
antong other questions, Mr. Orr propounded
j the following:
'• Will you now state any hint or innuendo
that may have been thrown out" to you by
any member of Congress, in which you con
cluded from it that it was bis purpose to sub
std:ze your pea."
Witness—To come directly to the point,
the only instance in which 1 remember any
thing of the sort was a case when one ol
these railroad bilis was before Congress, at
the last session. A gentleman said to me,
"Yon and Harvey—Harvey is our regular
correspondent; I am rather an amateur: I go
end come when I please,—and a lew of yon.
clever feliows. roust have a section of land."
"Well, Well," said he, "some of these sec
tions are pretty vaiaable—worth as much as
ten dollars an acre." It was done in a jaunt
ing manner, and the thing passed by I bad
: occasion very aoen afterwards, to comment
' on these bills, and expressed my opinion.
which was,that they were plundering schsmss
and ought not to pas?. 1 do not know of
anything that comes nearer lo the poiut than
that.
In reply In u question, whether it was the
impression that it was on ofTer, which, if ac
cepted, would have led to 8 transaction, the
witness said his impression wos it meant
something.
The committee unanimously decided that
Mr. Pike mnsl tell the name ol the member,
nnd he named Orasmus B. Matterson.
He thought this was about the time of the
passage of the Wisconsin bill, but he did not
know whether Mr. Matterson ha'l any inter
est in that bill. Mr. Matterson did not name
any particular bill or location.
[The testimony is so voluminous that the
reporter can only glance a* it ]
William C. Johnson, of Ulica, N. Y., sworn
—Said he was the President of the DesMon- J
ies Navigation and Railroad Company ol the :
State of lowa. He gave a long account of!
| the history of the Company, nnd replied that j
■ lie had rumors, but had no knowledge that :
! any agreement or arrangement had been en-
I tcred into by himself or any other member of |
| the Company, with any members of Congress, |
I or with any other person, directly or indi- j
1 recti)*, for lite benefit of any member of i
I Congress, by which such members of Con
| gross were to receive any valuable consider- j
| ation for tbeir aid in carrying through a bill
| lor the benefit of the Company.
[ Question by Mr. Orr—Have you received
any communication from any member or
| members of Congress, or any communication
1 written, as they allege, by the authority or
I sanction of any member or members nf j
I Congress, with reference lo the passage of the I
| hill.
j Tito witness replied--onc only,from Oras- j
| reus B. Matterson. It was signed by "0 M (
j B." It was the handwriting of Mr. Matter- |
I on, and not denied by him. It wastranked
)by Mr. Matterson lo the witness. After the
| existence ol the letter became public, thu I
j witness sat s he avoided, much as possible,!
I having n interview with Ititn.
j Henry A. Daniels, sworn—Sa}9 that lie ro- j
j sides in Utica, N. Y., and produced the fol- <
j lowing copy of the paper referred to.
[Private.] Washington, July 15, 'SC.
! Dear Sir, —The Coinni'tiee in our House j
i have agreed lo report your resolution in Mitt
i tresota to 272,000 acres, or as you wished it, ]
j but there is much trouble in lite way. Some
I outsiders make mischief. Are you willing
i to let your ) of the factory be cut up and used
to cant/ it through, in addition to what Stry
! ker arranged J I can have some agent prom
' ise outsiders stock in a new factory. I.el me
j know without fail by return of mail.
Truly, O. BEI.L
\V. C. JOHNSON, Esu
lion. Reverdy Johnson (who is counsel for
! the Pes Monies Navigation end Railroad
Company of the State of lowa.) having been
sworn, testified, among other things, that
some eight or ten days before the adjourn
ment of the first session ol the present Con
j gress, while 1 happened to be in the House
-' of Representatives, Mr. O. B. Matterson, of
i New York, and a member from the State,
! asked me where the President of the Dos
j Monies Company (Mr. \V. C. Johnson) was.
1 told him I thought he had left the city
I That I had not seen him for several days, lie
, j titer, expressed very great surprise at his hav
, i ing left the city, nnd said ho nuist come back ;
! that ho was sorry lo tell me, but so was the
. fact, that there wore from twenty to thirty—l
, 1 aiu not sure as to numbers—hut 1 am sure
5 that it was either twenty or thirty members of
j the House who had associated themselves
> together, and pledged each to the other no:
;; to vote lor any law or resolution granting
i money or lands, unless they were paid lor it i
) 1 101 l him 1 could hardly believe it. 1 think
. the expression 1 used, for I was indignant,
j was, that it was a ,f d J outrage." He
; i agreed with me, and was, as fat as words
j and manner were concerned, as warm in Je
i iiour.eiiig it as 1 was. He said the j were a
. j set c(d d scoundrels, but there they were,
,- ; and nobody could get anything of this sett
a through without them ; that Johnson roust
. have here SIOO,OOO to carry this bill, &c.
, John Stryker, of Rome, N. Y., a director
| and member of the executive committee, of
1 the Company, testified that he made a draft
in faTor of Horace llreeley lor $1000; it was
j a retainer for counsel and advice in aid of
. procuring the passage of the I ill for the ben
. efit of the Company. It was to be used en
tirely itt his discretion. The witness, three
s weeks ago, met Mr. Greeley in New York,
and he told him that he had received the
-1 money, but that he had no personal interest
if tin it. The witness underwent a long exam
. ! inalior, saying, in reply to a question l>y Mr.
e ' Pavis, * If the bill had passed the House, Mr.
„ j Greeley had power to make whatever dispo
rt | sition of it he saw proper. There was no
e limitation however upon him. I had confi
d | deuce in him rh3t lie would usei; properly."
r ; It became necessary, he further said, that the
d ' bill should have the attention of some one, as
y ! there was none here to attend to it; Reverdy
\ ! Johnson being absent on account of profes
k ; sional engagements, or for some cause, the
d | witness wished to proride that some one
i- ; should be here as agent,
i- ' James \V. Simonton, correspondent of the
; New York Times, sworn, testified that he did
if' not know ol his own knowledge, by legal er
1, idence, of the existence of any such organi
d za ion. He had heard that there was such
an organization, snd from evidence conclu
-0 sive lo his own judgment, he had been sat
y I isned that it did exist. In the course of the
i- examination he spoke about the activity of
1 Mr. Chase (ex-member of Congress) in con
trolling members. He had seen him call
t, them out. and whisper confidentially in the
ear of twenty or thirty of them : sent them
it , back '0 thoir seats, and they had voted the
it j reverse of their previous rote. This afforded
strong conviction to his mind, without ena
ir j bling him to give legal evidence. Chase pro
o : posed outside to have control of votes inside,
i. j Mr. Simonton was asked the question—
" j \ou hare stated certain members approach
:- j ed you, and desired to know, through you,
s i if they could not procure money for their
- I votes upon certain bill#. Who are they 1
d I The witness replied that he could no! art
t J swer. withoo* violation of confidence: 'ban
do whtrh he would rathet suffer angthrog
He, in referent)* to another interrogatory,
said he was not, nor had he been, interested
in the Minnesota land bill. Bo'he was of
fered an interest in the Michigan land bill
not by a member of the House, but by Mr'
G. W. Chase, but declined it for the reason
that it was one with which he could honora
bly have no connection.
[lt is right to add that Messrs. Gilbert,
Welch. Matterson and Edwards deny the
charges, and three of them appeared befote
the Committee to examine witnesses on ev
ery noist charged against them. They also
swore to thoir own innocence, but the Com
mittee found the evidence against them over
whelming and reported resolutions for their
expulsion.]
Stole convention.
There seems little doubt but that Judge
! Strickland will receive the nomination for
Canal Commissioner at the 2nd of March
Democratic Convention ; end that Judge
t Lewis will be re-nominated fur Supreme
i Judge. As to Governor, the contest lays bc-
I tween Tackor, Wille and Hopkins.
Philadelphia and Montgomery have iu
■ Rtrneted their delegatus for Hon. \V. H.
i Wine.
j Gen. Packer now has Bradford, Susque
( hamta, Dauphin, Union, Clinton, Centre, Ly-
I coming, Sullivan and Potter.
Clearfield and Wayne instruct for Hon
Geo. R. Barrett.
Lancaster and Washington for Col. Hop
kins.
Milßin, Huntingdon and Juniata for Hon
E. Banks.
Clarion for Selh Clover.
' Allegheny, Butler,"Mercer, Westmoreland,
1 Redlord, &e., for Col. S. W. Black,
j Greene for J. I<. Dawson.
Schuylkill for F. W. Hughes.
1 ho deported Cabinet A ppolulmeutj
I: is bnliiu'od by members of Congress
I and others, both from letters and verbal ro
j potts from Wheatland, that tho new Cabinet
will be composed as lollows :
; Secretary of Stale —Hon. Lewis Cass, ot
j Michigan.
! Secretary of the Treasury—Hon. Howell
1 Cobb, of Georgia.
I Secretaay of War—Ex-Governor Floyd,
! of Virginia.
' Secretary of tho Navy—Ex-Gov. Brown,
of Tennessee.
Attorney General—Hon. Isaac Toucy, of
; Connecticut.
I Post Master General—W. C. Alexander,
of New Jersey,
j Secretary of tho Interior—Hon. Jacob
Thompson of Massachusetts.
EST Several thousand unemployed work
men iu London, the latest F.tiglisll papers tell
us, and almost us many in other parts of tho
Island, are out of work and besieging the
• . poor-house for bread, and the magistrates for
advice. Tney ate holding meetings in Smith •
field to devise plans to keep thomselves and
' their wives and children from starvation. —
f | The London Times advises the workmen to
i 1 go lo Australia, or some other of the colo
• : nies.
I'xtr.i Seln of the I'. S Nennte
, ; The President of the United States has
called an extra session of the United States
Senate, to convene at Wasaingtoti on the 4th
| of March next, at 12 o'clock, to receive and
I act npotl such communications as be made
> to it or. the pari of the Executive, who will
j 1 that day be inaugurated.
5 11 Tow iti's Onitmcnt and Pills —The best
; pr.viloftlie wonderful and uniform efficacy
; of these remedies, is to be found in the per
; feet conformity ol the testimony in their favor
from all parts of the globo. The testimony
• is coin.hed in at lea-d fifty different languages,
> but is all of the same purport. Remotest In-
L* Jia, and the centres ol civilization alike da
< elate that these unrivalled external or inter
• nil curatives are never administered in vain,
i There are no exceptional cases Such mas*
;1 of coincident evidence cannot be produced
, | in favor of any oilier preparation that has
t claimed the confidence ot .mankind silicon mo
t ! began.
" WOODLAND CREAM"—.? Pomade for
r beautifying the Hair —highly perfumed.
[ superior to any French article imported, and
( for half the price. For dressing Ladies Hsir
j it has no equal, giving it a bright glo?y ap
-5 pearance. It causes Gentlemen's Hair to
I curl in the most natural manner. It removes
. j dandruff, always giving the hsir the appeat
ance of being iresh shampooed. Price only
fifty cents. None genuine unless signed
? FETRIDGE& CO.,
, Proprietors of the
a " Balm of a thousand Flowers "
i For sale by all Druggists. New York.
, Oil the 19ih ins!., bv the Rev. William J.
F.yer, Mr. MICHAEL MANG, and Miss MABT
' CASHNKR. both of Cooper township, Montour
° | county, Pa.
~ i On the 18th inst, at the house of Mr. Pe* J
" , ter Moil ret, near Danville, by the Rev. D A
e W. Wolff, Mr. HARVEY BRUM BACH, of Cata- I
j wissa, to Miss SUSAN EVERETT, ot the vicin-JI
iiy of Catawissa, Col. Co.
■ i On the 10th inst.. by the Rev. J. G. Roth-1
'■ rock, Mr. CUSTOM MENDENHALL, of Frank- '
e i tin township, to Miss MARGARET MCMCRTRK,
e ' ot Locust township, Columbia 00.
Oi the 15:h inst., by the Rev. Geo. War
ren, Mr. Wm. COOL, and Mts. JANE MILLER,
j both of Hemlock township.
J O.a the I9ih inst, by the same, Mr. JORHCA
'* i FATS, of Bloomsburg, lo Miss AMELIA DRICS
i- ; DACU, of Hemlock township.
|! Administrator's Soticc.
; NOriCE ■s hereby given that letters of
> administration upon the estate of Robert
p Fdirman, late of Greenwood township, Col.
'' co.. deceased, have been granted to the un
- I ders-gned, both of whom are also resident#
II jot Greenwood township. All persons in
| debted lo the said estate are requested lo
make payment without delay, and those bav
t : inp accounts for settlement to present them
a forthwith to ELISHA HAYMAN,
j ; EDITH FAIRMAN.
j Greenwood, Feb. 25, '57. Adm'rt.
Executor's Notice*
t. NOTICE is hereby given that letters teats
. ; memary opoti the estate of Peter Herlocber,
j late of Mifflin township, Columbia county,
j deceased, have been granted to the under
'■ I signed residing in the township of Mifflin,
r i All persons indebted to the estate are re'
i quested to make payment withoot delay, and
those having accounts for payment to present
• them to
n JOHN H HETLFR. Ezkutor
Mifflin township. Jane 31, 1857-6.*
I