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.