Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-05-09
From the Pittsburg Gazette.

Nothfnglsm as exemphhed In the acts OF Its
representatives Argus
ed From the Pittsburg Gazette.
The Legislature.
It is not long since the Harrisburg Her
aid, the Know Nothing organ there, intima-
ted to the members of the Legislature that they
had better go home; they were doing too
much mischief there to warrant them instaying.
So far as the majority of them are concerned,
they are more in danger from an outraged
constituency at home than they are at Harris
| burg and so they make it point to stay there
as the safest place-for themselves. Is not
the Treasury there? s 81
The Harrisburg Item, another K. N organ,
is also severely exercised about the graceless
crew. It wants to get rid of them. Hear
how it agonizes: - ~
:. The fact is, legislation has fallen into bad
hands A set of political scoundrels took ad-
vantage of the late revolution in political SEN
timent, and, where they did not honestly sue
ceed fraud was restored to in order to accom-
plish the object, The legislation ofthis session
its glaring apsurdites and villainy, to make
use of the mildest terms, viii be execrated by
every honest man in the Commonwealth.
The honor of the State is bartered and sold by
a secret conclave, as if they had no masters,
ner in any way responsible to public opinion.
Banks are chartered amid boisterous meri-
ment, and foreign railroad capitalists are the
/ lions who are worshiped at the shrine of
Mammon. When viii Moses descend from
the mount and cast down the golden calf 7"
/ A correspondent of the Chambersburg
| Whig, which was also one of them, not long
since, thus daguerreotypes the Solons chosen
| by the pure party which was to reform our
politics so amazingly:
This is one of the legislatures it en-
phatically is In many respects it is without
precedent, and but for the fortunate constitu
tional limitation, would probably be without
/ end of years In the Senate there is some lit
tie care taken II the IegirisssiorI, b-t "a. ths
House there is neither political discipline, or
dinary industry or average honesty Itstrikes
an unsophisticated citizen ike your corrspon-
dent, as would loose aggregation of jackasses,
with a horse thrown in here and there to break
the monotony of the braying. 1t would be
quite an institution in some wooden country,
for it can out-log roll! any style of log rolling
ever before conceived Of Itpasses new coun-
ties with perfect yell-all by about the same
vote, unless more are asleep, absent or-oh
| Pll never mention it-than usual. 1t passes
new banks as fast as they ara called up-either
in or out of regular order increase the cspi-'
tol of as many as give a respectable wink ON
the subject, and would run through re-char-
ters for all the banks between Pittsburg and
Philadelphia against time, on wager offried
| oysters against sumthin' to take"
| We object, somewhat, to the sweeping re-
cital here made, for strange to relate t1co new
county bills were defeated on Wednesday -
There was probably nothing in them.
When we reflect that this legislature was
chosen by an entirely new partly party
which derived its eclat and its power by harp
ing upon the story that q the old parties were
so corrupt hopelessly given over to repro
bacy, and which Haunted huge promises to the
public eye that it would reform all these things,
would choose men fresh from the people,
honest men, free from the faint Of demagogue-
ism-when, we say. we call these things to re-
membrance, and ponder over the fact that the
| legislature chosen by this new party as its en-
! bodiment has had everything its own way,
what commentary is afforded in the fact that
this Legislature, this honest legislature, fresh
from the people, and blooming with virgin
purity, has turned out the most corrupt, shame
less and worthless Legislature ever assem- bled
| in the State. Its base venality is matter of
notoriety, so much so that even its party friends
denounce it as ssthe essence of corruption -
and besides being mercenary beyond all exam
ple,. Il has ended by being ridiculous butt
Tor jeer ana mOckery, ana tne lauSnlng STOCK
| Of the whole Commonwealth
Ifthese things be done in the green tree,
what may we expect when it comes to bear
| fruit in its season ea
n,-Over SIS, 900 worth of postage stamps were
sold at the Pittsburg Office during the last quarter
E-Judge Packer is named by the Harrisburg
correspondent of the Pittsburg Union as the next
Democratic candidate for Governor.
05-A Cincinnati paper says s. s. Cox, late
editor of the Ohio Statesman, has declined the APP
pointment Of Secretary of Legation to peru.
GJFMr John P. Freeman has been tried by the
Supreme Conrt at Woodstock, Vt, on lis counts
for liquor selling, ON seventy-six Of which he was
found guilty, fined $720 and costs, and sentenced
to three months imprisonment
Bo-Parson BRowSLow, of the Knoxville (Tenn.)
Whig intimates it as his belief that twothirds Of
the Methodist clergy belong to the Know Nothing
organization. The Parson is, Of course member.
o1-THE editor Of the New Hampshire Pdt,ia
has been introducedto hens 'segg which measured
nine inches in its greatest circumference, and
weighed Eve and half ounces-lsid bya native
hen. srts "a sifs
WATER has been obtained at New Orleans, ID
an Artesian well. at depth OF S45 feet, among
sand and sea shells. The well yields a gallon a
minute