Educational Department. TO TAE PUBLIC. At the late Meeting, of .the Pennsylvania State Teachers' Association, the Executive Committee suggested, and recommended to every County Superintendant the propriety of procuring a coluirin in each of the county papers, where practicable ; to be devoted ex clusively to the cause of education, to be termed the "Educational Department," and be under the control of a professional teacher. The proprietors of the different papers in our county having kindly consented to such an arrrangement the duty of taking charge of this department of the Globe de volves on me, and in assuming the responsi bilities and taking upon myself the labors of an educational editor, I have no further ex paiation to make and no apology to offer. fhat man I conceive to be a public benefac tor who stands at the fountain of knowledge and draws for a thirsty world. The subject is one of vital impottance to all and if the signs of the times indicate anything, it is that a better day is dawning, that an increa sed interest is awakened in the cause—if my feble efforts therefore be of any service in push ing forward the great educational car, then I shall be amply rewarded for whatever of time and labor I may expend in so doing. If we read the names that know not 'death, we will find that the brightest laurels that have ever wreathed the brow of man, were not won by deeds of valor on blood-stained battle fields, but by the cultivation of their immortal minds. He who labors for the inimprove merit of his race, and for the purpose of en lightning and cultivating the minds of others is entitled to the highest niche• in the proud temple.of fame, and may be raising for him self a monument which will stand "When time shall make the lasting brassilecay, And eat the mighty pyramids away." The invitation is extended to teachers and friends of education generally to contribute to this department, I trust that all will avail themselves of the opportunity, and that through their generous efforts, the Hunting don Globe may be rendered, as an education al paper, second to none in the country. The proceedings of the Huntingdon Coun ty Teachers' Institute during its last Session, having been reported for publication, will oc cupy the first place in this department and. being somewhat lengthy - , may exciude.,for' some time anything like a variety of matter. R. McDivitt. Huntingdon, Jan. 8; 1855 Runtingdon County Teachers' Institute, Metin Huntingdon on Thursday Dec. 2.lst. at ,ten o'clock A. M.. and organized by ap pointing J. S. garr, President pro tem, The attention of the meeting was then for some time occupied by remarks from the President on the subject of Teachers' Insti tutesi .their importance &c. He said that in and . throligh the instrumentality of such as sociations we had-already accomplished what never could have been done by any other agency. That in-connexion with Education.. al Journals; Teachers' Libraries, &c., they were calculated to be 'beneficial in bringing about an entire reformation in the system of -education. Their effects-were already visi .ble in the advancement of our schools, the Tmprovement of our teachers &a. He said it should be his aim to keep in view the ob jects they were there to discuss. He trusted the most cordial feeling would exist during the meeting, and that all would feel them selves in duty bound to lend their assistance - in 'prornoting the great cause of Educational :Reform. R. McDivitt was appointed to report synopsis of the proceedings of the 'lnstitute for publication in the Penna. Sdhool Journal, and in the county papers. . AFTERNOON SESSION. • Mr. Hall on the importance of order and system, said the importance of the subject was so palpable as to meet no argument— nothing could be well done without order. It is a first law of Heaven.—ln the school rocm, in all places and under all circumstan ces, it is necessary in a republican govern ment, where liberty often becomes lawless ness ; and in an age of progress bordering on rashness, good government in the school is supremely important. Thousanes of the rising geLeration in the United States, soon to be rulers of the land, could never acquire habits of order, self government and subordi nation to law anywhere if not in the school room. He would not argue the importance _of order and,system ; but attempt to show how they were to be established and main ' tamed. He would adapt his remarks to the rural districts particularly. Regular and punctual attendance of pupils, and uniformi ty of books are essential to good order in school. These must besseeured by exciting an interest ; and for this purpose it may be necessary for the teacher to canvass his dis trict and make some sacrifices. But a dis trict—almost any district can be arouse e d by 'earnest, faithful effort,' and it must be.- - Here the speaker illustrated his method of • arousing the parents and children of a dis trict so as to secure a pretty fair attendance at once, and a, fair chance of uniformity in books. He - then diiected attention to the school room and after laying down and en forcing the propositions, that the teacher must himself be orderly in all his movements, cool, deliberate and methodical in all he does and says ; that he must attempt but one thing at one time ; and depend mainly for success on his power of arresting the atten tion of his pupils ; he proceeded to describe at length, the complete organization of a school. He clearly demodstrated, that the picture he presented was no fancy sketch but a beautiful reality, which even children Yearn to love, and in many important Particu ' Jars, value - as Inglily and cherish as fondly as they dOtheir favorite sports. He conclu ded by saying, it would be presumption in him to exaggerate in his remarks, made in the preience of many of his former pupils, now teachers, and perfectly competent to die -- bern the subject in all its importance and. charming interest.• Mr. Brown said he would like to hear those plans carried on further,. in a school where new scholars were coming in eveor eeszeek he conceived it a.little difficult to re peat the routine every day. He was in the habit of having his rules written Out, occa iionallv calling 'the attention of the new scholars to them until they became familiar with them. Mr. Hall said he was never in much of a hairy about placing new scholars in a class. He did not require them to do much for a few days,' until familiar with the rules and regu lations of the school. Mr. Baker said he never pursued the course laid down by Mr. Hall, from the fact that he did not knew it, and was not able to think of it. He had never can vassed. the district be fore commencing school, it was ,not always convenient. --As sooon as he had time how ever he Would talk with the pafent and urge upon therin the importance of sending their children regularly and in • time, in order to secure an early attendance, he was in the • habit of- closing the door of his school room,' at nine o'clock in the morning and leaving it closed for a short time. Mr. Williams said he had some ideas of good order before he"Cairie here, but since he came he had lost them all. All the teaching he had ever done was iu rural districts, the greatest - evil he had to contend with in secu ring" order, were tardy and irregular atten dances, and the want of a uniform system of books. Mr. Brigham said he had taught in rural districts and experienced the same difficubies —had labored hard to secure good attendance. The President here remarked he thought the subject was taking too much latitude. Mr. Hall said it was hardly possible to discuss the subject without discussing the obstacles in the way." Mr. Brigham then said with regard to vis iting the district before commencing school he did not always rind it 'convenient—he would endeavor to visit the parents as soot. as possible after commencing. The importance of a uniformity of books in securing order he conceived established by all. He had labor ed hard to impress upon the minds of his school the importance of a uniformity of books, and of order in the distribution of their time &c. - Mr. McDivitt said the great secret of pro-. curing order he conceived was 'in giving them something to do. Children were nat urally industrious and if not employed, would find some other means of enjoying them selves, 'mischievous tricks and' disorderly conduct would then be the consequence. . Mr. Benedict said the first thing secure order was something to enlist the child's mind. As the tones of a: stringed instrument must all be in harmony, so must the child's mind. Let children in school be interested and then order follows as a matter of neces sity—provided first that the teacher has it himself. When the child's mind is properly awakened an•l his attention arrested, he comes to school for fun and stays at home for a task. He referred to the schools in our large cities, some of them he said had been gathered-out of the gutters, but they had got there and learned something that pleased and interested them, and instead of studying a toilsome - and irksome task they were at :play. He did not consider the strictest disciplinarian always the best teach er, you might as well, he said, call the sher iff a good governor when he hangs a man, because he executes the law. Adjourned till half past six this evening. What a Whig Says. Tits following, from the Pittsburg Gazette, shows pretty clearly that there is still some, mettle left in the Whig party, , and we com mend it as a reason at least of, the hard hit: " Sam" got in Pittsburg and Allegheny cities, at the late elections : - " A Convention of the delegates of the Know-Nothing order of this State is now As-, sembled in this city, and the inagnatee_of the cable are here froin all pails of the"com mon wealth. • We outsiders, of course, are not permitted to know what this secret:conclave is about, so far as its members can prevent it, but - as - there are always some leaky vessels afloat in such a fleet, enough has leaked out to indi cate what the delegates contemplate or are engaged in. It is a' gathering, we understand, to take charge of the 'general affairs of the order, from settling petty squabbles that arise in ward and township councilaup -to the grave affairs of the State. The quarrels among the faithful in this city are a portion of its troub les, but it essays, meanwhile, as we are told to discuss (perhaps to, determine) who shall be United States Senator, how Governor Pol lock shall manage amid the difficulties which surround him,. what laWs shall be brought before the Legislature, and how worded, what shall be done with the public works &c., &c. So far as State affairs are concerned, it is, if these facts be true, an imperium in iniperio— an.empire within an empire—which blocks out the legislation of the State, and leaves to our representatives the simple task of regis tering its edicts. Judging from the vote of Speaker in tii 4 t. house, the Legislature would seem to be inclined to bow to this invisible • dictation and suffer the momentous questions which concern us as a people to be settled in a secret cabal of meu, in . whom the people have reposed no confidence, and to whom they have entrusted no power. Are the people prepared for this new meth od of Governingl When they chose their legislators, they (apparently) did it under the conviction that Harrisburg was to be the seat of government, and the Capitol the:arena for discussing and settling the -subjects of legis lation ; and it did not seem to be in their minds that an irresponsible and unknown 1 band of men would venture to set the accoun table representatives of the people aside as a secondary and subordinate body, arid make them the mere mouth-pieces of 'a power be: hind the throne." Sixty Clergymen in one Legislature One of our exchange papers informs us that of the new members elected to the Massa chusetts Legislature, srxry are clergymen.— Forty-eight of this number, it is said, are _Methodists: four are Presbyterians; four are Baptists; two are Lutherans, and two are Universalists. Here is Jesuitism for you, with a "vengeance ! over one-fourth of the entire Legislature of Massachusetts compo sed of clergymen ! What means all this ? Why is it, we ask, that in nearly every State n the Union we see ministers forsaking their sacred desk to. mingle in politics and seek for office ! These sixty clergymen of the Mas sachusetts Legislature are all Know-Noth ings, of course, and they left their pastrol du ties to obtain office. Protestant, as we are, in feeling, education and sympathy, We ask, is it not time for every sincere clergyman, and all who feel an interest in the great cause of religion, and wfio are undefiled with world ly contact, to take the alarm, and nip this al liance of politics and religion in the bud ? If our halls of Congress and our State Legis latures are to be turned into . missionary schools to carry out the proscriptive and big oted views of Know-Nothingism, and the scheme for uniting Church and State is to be made the order of the day,let the fact be pro rnulgated to the country at once : that every man act understandingly when he again de posits his vote in the ballot box.—West Ches ter Jeffersonian. 11:7- White Musk-rat, a species of "var in int" rarely found in this country, was caught a few weeks ago, near Douglassville, Perks county. THE GLOBE. HUNTINGDON PA. Wednesday, January 17, 1855. Circulation—the largest in the County. See New Advertisements. A valuable farm in Dublin twp., for sale. A miller wanted. The Foundry property in Warriorsmark to wnship,.for sale. A farm in Licking Creek Valley, for rent. Auditor's notice, estate of David Diller. Gov.. Bigler's last Message. The conclwion of Gov. Bigler's last Mes sage will be found on fourth page of this pa per. It is an able communication, sound po litically, and abounds in patriotic sentiment, and should be persued by every tax-payer and voter in the State. As the subscribers to the Journals have been denied the satisfaction of finding the message in that paper, we hope our subscri bers, after reading the Globes containing the message, will hand them over'to their unfor tunate neighbors. . ' [1::;=° Hon. John McCulloch, Hon. J. L. Daw son and Hon. S. A. Douglas,—and Col. John Cressw ell, A. W. Benedict, Geo. Leas, and Geo. W. Smith, Esqrs, will please accept our thanks for pub. does. and papers. Education. We have consented to an arrangement by which a column of the GLOBE will hereafter be devoted exclusively to the cause of edu cation. Any communication on that subject should be addressed to R. McDxvlrr, educa tional editor. Doings at Harrisburg The place, for two weeks past has been full to overflowing. Hundreds of hungry Know-Nothing office seekers are crowding every place of accommodation. Pollock has some twenty or thirty offices, great and small, to give out, for which, two weeks ago, there had already been over thirteen hundred ap plicants. • . A large number of petitions have already been presented, some asking for the passage of a prohibitory law, &hers, to do away with beer and - ale shops.- and groggeries ; and oth ers for the s - ale'of the publicworks, etc., etc. On Monday the Senate and House met in canventionin the Hall of the House for - the purpose of electing a State Treasurer. The vote hailing been 'counted was announced as follows : Eli Slifer, (K. N. Whig,,) of Union, 89 votes• Joseph Baily, (K. N. Dem.) I " E. W. Hamlin, (Dem.) . 35 " B. B. Chamberlain, (W.) " 2 " T. Nicholson, ('AT.) 2 " Mr. Slifer was declared' elected and the conventioAdjourned. MILITARY DISPLAX.—The ALTOONA GUARDS, commanded by Capt. REED, were received here early on Monday morning last by the HUNTINGDON GUARDS, and both com panies exercised themselves through uur prin cipal streets and in a field opposite town un til the arrival of the afternoon train which conveyed them to Harrisburg to see the ele phant. Genls. WATSON and McGm., and Major GARRETTSON ) mounted, also took part in the exercises. The ALTOONA GUARDS had the appearance of being a hardy set of men —looked well—and might do some fast work if crowded. The Latest Foreign News The steamship Baltic with Liverpool dates to the 30th ult. arrived at New York Thursday last. The Liverpool market for breadstuffs was active, but no advance in prices, had taken place. ' Sebastopol still held out: Prequentsorties i.vere'made,:but, no regular battle 'had taken place: The Allies were fully prepared for battle. The Russian bulletins -'generally claim important advantages aver the besieg ers. Reinforcements for the Allies were rap idly arriving. The Russians had received large reinforcements. DISBANDMENT ' OF FOREIGN MILITARY COMPANIES.—Henry 1. Gardner, the new .Know-Nothing Governor of .Massachusetts, has disbanded seven military companies in that state composed of foreign birth. We should not be surprised if Gov. Pollock is sues similar orders for the disbandment of ma ny of our military companies, as but few companies exist in this Slate composed en tirely of native born. Hon. JOAN Y. MAsoN..=Letters have been received in Washingtor. by the last steamer from Europe, which justify serious apprehen sions in regard to the health of Hon. JOHN Y. MASON, our minister to France. Mr. M. was struck with paralysis on the 26th Ultimo, and, according to the last accounts from Par is, his situation was such as 'to excite the deepest solicitude on the part of his friends. DC7' The Reading Railroad company held a meeting on :Monday tbe, Ist inst. From the annual reports submitted, we leain that the gross receipts for 1854 were $3,781,639- 91, and the total expenditures . for working, repairs on machinery for the road $1,445,- 530 65, the nett profits being $2,140,426 97. A dividend of 10 per cent., payable in stock at par, was declared. -- A NOBLE RksroNsc.—Tbe congregation worshipping in the Aich street Presbyterian Church, Phila., on Sunday last, contributed one thousand and twenty-eight dollars in aid of the suffering poor of that city. Democratic County Convention. In pursuance of previonii notice, Delegates from the several townships and boroughs of Huntingdon county met in Convention at the Court House in the borough of Huntingdon on Wednesday evening Jan. 10th inst., and organized by calling to the chair, Dr. LADY, and appointing NICHOLAS CRESSWELL and Gno. EBY, Secretaries. The following delegates then took their seats in the Convention : Barree—John Love, C. C. Ash. Brady—John Smiley, John Montgomery. Cromwell— Covert, - - Strunk. Cass—N. Buchanan. Franklin—Daniel Shultz, Wm. Riley. Henderson—Jas. Goodman, Jacob Miller. Jackson—Henry Selfridge, Coal. Morris—Job Plympton. Mt. Union—Geo. Eby, Dr. A. B. Lee. Porter—Peter Stryker, J. Harncame. Shirley—John-Long, Sam'l. H. Bell. Tod—Samuel Kellerman. • ' - • Union—John McComb, John Swaggart. West—Thos. Armstrong, Jas. Reed. Walker—Henry Isenberg, John Hastings. Alexandria Bo.—N. Cresswell, F. Connor. Birmingham Bo.—John Copely.. Cass Bo.—Geo. W. Speer, Dr. Haggerty. Huntingdon Bo.—John Scott, David Black, Petersburg Bo.—Dr. H. Orlady, Joseph John- ston: Shirleysburg . Bo.—Jr G. Lightner, Wrn. Mc- Nite. On motion, nominations were then made for Representative Delegate to the next State Convention which will be held on the 4th of July next. On the 9th ballot, John Scott had 18 votes. John Love " 16- " Mr. Scott having a majority, was declared elected. For Senatorial Conferees, the first ballot resulted as follows : Thos. P. Campbell, 24 votes. F. Connor ; 23cc R. B. Petrikin, 8 cc A. B. Lee, - 26 cc Messrs. Campbell, Connor, and Lee, were declared elected Senatorial Conferees to meet the Conferees of Blair and Cambria to select a SenatOrial Delegate to the next State Con vention. On motion, the final ballots were ordered to be published. On motion, adjourned, H. ORLADY, President. • N. CRESS WELL, Secretaries. ,GEO. EBY, Railroad Troubles at Erie .again The Erie people have again taken up a portion of the track of the Erie and North East Railroad company. The sheriff and several other persons who interfered to pre serve the peace, were injured. The Stipreme Court have issued a writ of assistance to en able the company to hold the road. Ex-Mar shal.Keyser of Philadelphia has been order ed to Erie and empowered to summon such force as he chooses, either in Phila. or Erie, to preserve the peace. On the 10th everything at Erie was quiet —the bridges over French and State streets were being rebuilt. On the same day in the councils a proposition was discussed to order the bridges to be again taken down, and kept down. The subject was finally laid on the ,table to await the action 9f the Legis - lature. 'O A Harrisburg correspondent of the Pittsburg Daily Union, under date of Jan. 12th, says "The stale of things as -they exist at the capital at this moment, is of such a nature as to appall the stoutest heart. Men who ziever before were known to leave their peace ful homes, on any occasion, are now to be seen at the seat Of government, dancing at. tendatice on the behests of the secret order, 'di conspirators; who seek to subvert the gov- • ernment by their moral treason ; and who are now endeavoring to overawe the minds of men in the discharge of their constitution al and sworn duties as representatives, be cause the secret council has dedreed that this or that man shall be elected to any particular •iii`Ree. The know-Nothing order has been in session both day and night in Harrisburg, for a week past, regulating the business of legislation for the whole State. The Dan tons, Robespierres and IVltriatS of the Order can be seen prowling for victims around the halls of legislatiOn. Surely the'peiiple of the country will arise in the majesty of their alight against the Catalines who seek to tram ple upon our written Constitution, and bring disgrace and obloquy ,upon the very name of American." THE SUFFERING Poo:: ':J THE CITIES.—In Philadelphia every effort is being made for the relief of the thousands of_suffering poor. In New York on Friday last, amemorial was presented to the Common•%Council by the working men, in which they stated that 60,- 000 men 59,000 women and 10,000 children in that city were out of employment; and that 70,000 persons were -dependent on thenffor support: ' A frightful state of things. Awful Calamity. The country residence of John A. Haven. of New York, situated near Fort Washington, was destroyed by- fire early on Saturday morning last. Three of his daughters, aged from 14 to 22, were in the building=—two were suffocated to death and the third was rescued in a dying condition. lam' Gov. Pollock has appointed Thos. E. Franklin ; of Lancaster ) Attorney General. Pittsburg Eleottons---Know-Nothingism 4 , crushed out An election was held in Pittsburg on- the 2d inst., for ward officers, which resulted in a complete defeat of the Know-Nothings.— On the 9th inst., an election was held -in the same city for Mayor—and also for Mayor of Allegheny City. Mr. "VoLz, anti-Know- Nothing candidate, was ' elected Mayor of Pittsburg, over the Know-Nothing candidate, by a majority of 434; and Mr. ADAMS, anti- Know-Nothing candidate Was elected Mayor of Allegheny, over the Know-Nothing can didate, by a majority of 226. These elections, says the Harrisburg Union, may . be justly regarded as -a true indication of popular sentiment in the Western • part of this State. There are hundreds of Whigs who refuse all connection with the secret or der, and who have, and do now as zealously advocate the broad principles of the Consti tution as any other class in the community. For years they have been made the "hewers of wood and drawers of water" for the wire workers of the Whig party, until at fast for bearance has ceased to be a virtue, and they are to belound side and side with the democ racy.. The attempt to transfer them over to the keeping of the secret order has failed, and we may safely assert that the foundation, deep and strong, has been laid for the organ ization of a party freed from every ism, and looking alone to the maintainance of the glo riousyrinciples of the Constitution. In the election of VoLz and ADAMS, a fu sion of old line Whigs and Democrats is plainly seen. It was a meeting upon com mon ground—it was a sacrifice of party pre judice and bitterness on the altar of public good, and it was but the commencement of a political era, which will prove to the world that the American people are still true to those principles which have made us the greatest people on earth. The same fusion will shortly be seen in every part of the Com monwealth. The people of Pittsburg and Allegheny cities have begun the good work, and as far as they could at present go, done it well. They have shownto their brethren elsewhere, that while deception may for a time do its work, yet the day will come when its strength shall be as a broken reed. The nomination - of Mr. DAKSIE, by the Whig party, as a candidate for the office of Canal: Commissioner, and - then the betrayal of him by those who should have supported him, cannot be justified on any pretext what ever. It was a gross and flagrant wrong ; not susceptible of even a decent explanation. It ministered to the election of Mr. POLLOCK, and the defeat of Gov. Brur.na, and this is probably all that was desired by the office hunting:Whigs, but there was a species of political immorality in the whole transaction, that carries with it its own punishment.— Men are mistaken if they think the people will long countenance such a course. To en sure permanent success, men have to be hon est, arid this holds good in politics as well as morals. Among Protestants there is a deep seated prejudice against Catholicism, and because it is so, politicians who care-for pure religion only so far as it may enable them to gratify their ends, minister to this prejudice, and in duce hundreds from very fear, to join an or ganization secret and political in its charac ter. But is such a course that of a Christian —of one imbued with the benign and holy precepts established by the Saviour of the world We think not, and the elections in Pittsburg and Allegheny cities but foreshad ow the sober second thought-of the people. So long as the principles of our Constitution remain as they are, so long is the country safe from Catholicism, or any other religious ism. But the moment a commencement is made to tinker with that instrument, that moment the reverence the people have for it is broken, and no one can tell what the end of it will be. If these elections be a true indication of poptilas sentiment, and the fact admits of no doubt, then 'we have the gratifying fact to communicate that in those two cities alone, there is a,clecided change of over three thou sand votes. Mr. PoLLocx received a major ity in Pittsburg of fourteen hundred votes, and in Allegheny of near twelve hundred, making in the two ,cities about twenty-six hundred votes of a majority. This was re garded . as'a Know-Nothing triumph. Now the combined vote against the Know-Noth ing candidate is about seven hundred, which, added to the twenty-six hundred, makes a difference in popular sentiment of thirty three hundred votes. This is a change worth recording, and when we consider it has been effected within the short space of three months, we may well say, no party can last which looks to spoils and not to principles. Well Said. Question.—What, ought to be done with a gentleman who *gages the .affections of a young lady, and then leaves her? - ' • 'Answer.—Bless him, and let him go.. We always think, in such cases, that a young la dy has abundant cause for congratulation, and instead of whining and crying over "split affection," let her put on her ,sunny smiles, and endeavor to captivate amore worthy beau. Youttnay depend upon it, that a man who has no more stability of mind, or hones ty of purpose, than to act in this way to a young lady, is not worth a tear of regret ; on the contrary, she should be especially happy that she has so luckily . got rid of , al.person who throughout his life in whatever he un dertook, would unquestionably exhibit the same irresolution of mind. Love is like ev erything else; a man who is hot to be trus ted in that, is very likely to be unsafe in oth er respects.—New York Times. What litnow,Nothingism Leads To As an evidence of the' perfidi9us policy of the Know-Nothing organization, and its di rect tendency to demoralize not only the body politic, but all the moral relations of life, we call attention to the conduct of JEREMIAH IVIENGLE, JOEIN F. LINDERMAN and SAMUEL SHEARER, the three Representatives in the Legislature, elected from Berks county, on the Democratic ticket. They solicited and, accepted a nomination of the Democratic County Convention, andim avoid every thing like suspicion of their political preferences and standing, published the following CARD and PLEDGE, *with - their names attache& ; which we copy from the reading Gazette and .Demoerat of Saturday fast : We, the undersigned, nominees of the Dem ocratic party of Berks county, do each of us for himself, solemnly declare that we ars not, directly or indirectly, connected with any Soci ety, Order or Lodge, known as, or commonly called " Know-Nothings," or " gons of the Sires of '76," or having any other name or organiza tion, one of the objects of which is to prevent any citizen or class of citizens of this cocntry, from obtaining office or public trust under tho United States Government, or that of this Com. monwealth, because of their religious belief; and we have not assumed any obligation to aid in ceecting these objects or any of them;. and to the truth of this declaration we do severally pledge our sacred honor. 7a' JOHN F. LINDERMAN, EU' JEREMIAH MENGLE, SAMUEL SHEARER And Others. Reading, September Mb, 1854. Who would have supposed' tha't human .na ture had become so degraded under the influ ence-of Know-Nothingism, that men holding respectable positions in society could be indu ced to stand before their fellow-citizens of this Gommonwealth with the guilt of moral perjury upon their souls, and the stain of premeditated lies upon their lips The cor rupting obligations of this Secret Society is presented with the most startling effect, in the fact, that the three men whose names are signed to the Pledge, riot only were members of the Secret Order when they signed the pa per, but that it was their intention from the first to cheat their brother Democrats, who had bestowed upon them the highest marks of confidence. The three Representatives mentioned above, at the organization of the House at Harris burg, made no hesitation in acting with the Know-Nothing party in all its secret ar rangements; from the vote on Speaker to the present moment. Their treachery is so bold and contemptible, that even the more respec table members of the Order, do not attempt to excuse, palliate or justify their conduct, Can there be any honesty of principle in a Society which not only permits, but oncour ages its members to violate every compact hitherto held sacred among men What must be its ultimate effect upon the . morals of the community Are we to deal with each other as with felons of the blackest hue To this, it must come, if there is no confi dence to be placed in mankind. The Reading Gazette states, that the Democracy of; that County has been cheated,but twice since its organization; but this is the most flagrant of the two. We say, and it will be echoed by every person having a moral sense of the in famy which attaches to the act of the three Representatives, that their vileness is with out a parallel in the history of parties in this State, and that it should subject the offenders to the enduring contempt of everY,. 'respecta ble citizen.—Pennsylvanian. SUDDEN DEATH. —George V. Bacon, Esq., the Treasurer of the Permsylvnia railroad company, fell dead on Tuesday evening of last week, at his' residence in Philadelphia, after partaking of his supper. Mr. Bacon had been, complai . ning for some days. The cause of this sudden visitation is attributed to gout in the heart. THE SAD RESULT OF IGNORANCE.—The De troit Advertiser relates an instance of an. ox being killed and a sled broken to picks by a railroad car and all because the ox could not understand French. The facts of the - case were these., The team, consisting of one English and one French ox, drawing a heavy load of wood and driven by a nen(7h, driver, was crossing the track when the express train of cars made its appearance. The dri ver, in a great excitement, immediately or dered his oxen to chuck (the French for "haw.") The French ox understood him, and turning off the track, saved himself from injury ; but the English ox, having never studied the languages, pressed further - on, and was instantly killed. This case should be a warning to farmers to have their oxen pro perly educated., ODD DOINGS.—A letter • from a citizen of Livingston county, Ky.,. to the Danville Tri bune,. relates the following bit, of family his tory in that neighborhood : • • • "A widow lady took • a.it orPhaolmy to raise, quite: small, and when he arrived at the. age. of eighteen,years she married him, she then being in her fiftieth year. They lived - many years together as happy ; as any couple. Ten years ago they took an orphan girl to raise. This fall the alit lady died, be ing ninety-six years. of age, and _in seven weeks after, the old man married the girl they had raised, he sixty-eight years old and she eighteen." Croup.. A medical correspondent of the New Hampshire Journal of Medicine states, that for three years he has used alum, in croup, and in all that_time has not seiiia fatal Qase which was treated with it from the begin ning. He usually gave about ten grains, once in ten minutes until vomitingis induced, using at the same zime tartar emetic or the hive syrup freely—the latter subduing the inflammation, while the alum hasmore of a repulsive action. ANOTHER KNow-NOTHING DEFEAT.—The Know-Nothings were defeated at Maysville, Ky., on 'Monday of last week, in a contest for the City Council—every man. elected is anti Know-Nothing.
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