The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-27
Our Columbia Correspondence.

Our Columbia Correspondence.
COLUMBIA, Pa, Feb %, 1885.
The Senatorial Question Caresons Position, Chances
Or Success, de-, de-
The weather of the past few days has put
lie and vigor into our people, the severity Of the
winter having only fitted them the better enjoy the
sunshine Of pleasant day The business of the spring
promises very fair, tight tines gradually mending
ard there Is doubt but the approaching viii
find happy, active and full Of enterprises,
any Of it's predecessors.
The only thing that to trouble the perfect
repose of the people, the question: who shall represent
Pennsylvania in the United States Senate during the next
tx years' The peculiar workings Of the Know Nothings
have given strange tenor to the politics of this State
everywhere else. Old, clustering politicians evil
IDENTIFY at present, trying to assume virtue, IL they
have it not and by marvellous agency those who
have heretofore been the noisiest apparently
calm. There u.s. however, enough Of excitement to be
witneased-yet with party it Is kind Of suppressed
excitement which must itself away best it can
whilst with the other 1t occasionally resembles raging
torrent which must lose its terror simply because it
cannot hit the object at which it aims.
the great elaton occasioned amongt
the Know NothiDgs, by the nomination Of ST.
Cameron, in their caucus, and their certain
spoiled-an unexpected blow was struck and from the
manner in which the old foges continue to growl and
Young to pOus seems TO have nit both 9TH The
ties preparing for the fight Whatever plans and
schemes may have been engendered in the interval win
rously at work Cameron has visited the Know Nothing
councils Of Philadelphia and II the boilers DO set
msss to be wen represented It Harrisburg on Tuesday
by little politicians, whom Know nottingham has mys-
teriously dug up from obscurty, and old huckstsrs
whom 1t has mysteriousy set aside Legislators will be
carefully beset and judic0usly belabored and imp0r
tuned and amid the amount OF good COUNSEL and Bold
threats, the poor fellows win have very pleasant time
Of it.
The choice Of tho United States Senator seems to DO
beyond the control o. both parties The mutiny in the
Know Nothing camp has placed them In q very equvo
cal position but they determined that
shal 60 to the Senate, Pennsylvania remain unrs-
selves they prevent the election Of another man.
although there are other causes which may do
msn.s Of their spponsnts can be united, and until
. thorough union be effected, Cameron is the
''strong man" The persons thus far named cannot
secure that union and long as old "Reminiscences
and old party feeling hold controlling influence
the votes Of members, It may be hard to find who
can. What if the farce Of the Baltimore Convention,
which nominated Pierce, should be enactedthe law
makers baIotng and quarreing among themselves and
a.
inIunera occasions 70 repent Of the folly and stu
snd has many warm personal friends throughout the
State. He was not idle at the fall elections and had
ton to the United States Senate, on the rst ballot
would have been certain The outside pressure is in his
favor, and it may 30 more SO On Tuesday next The
placed In the back ground. Stevens and Johnston
no longer thought Of His opponents sscrbe his position
to bis money but after the best investigation possible
under the circumstances it is conceded that the
charges OF bribery against him were false. They may
have owed their origin 70 the inquiry Of ss: Lsgs
The probability thus far, seems to be that next Tues
day win witness the election Of Cameron Dotwithst.nd
to- haA hAa~ Uvn.uH slv ak,aol Sol taA
One OF his most serious misfortunes is many of his
friends not disposed to confde too much in him. yet
another postpc nement may be the Came.
ron, electier-that IL fixed upon by his sup
poIters Which win their opponents preferf We must
wait yet in the meantime the cali is, "to the CAPT
tai to Harrisburgp'
Apart from the interest manifested in the pending
election for United States senator there nothing astr
in our borough which could interest your Pennsyyana
readers. CLEVELAND.
Our Reading Correspondence.
READING, Pa, Feb. 10, 1855.
Inc Amertcan Porys Na,tonal.ty-TAe Senatorial Etec
tion-TRe Election in Reading, &c.
Ny predictions in my former letter regarding United
States Senator have far proved Ex-Governor
Johnston (of the abolition firm of Seward, Johnston
Co.. received but ten votes in the American
the fret ballot the fifth it reduced to one and
afterwards withdrawn altogether. think this proves
concusvey that the American party in Pennsylvania
right the great question of slavery and de-
termined to crush the agator in the beginning to save
trouble hereafter assure you let the nomination fall
upon who it may 1t will be whose principles
10 advocate the repeal Of the Fugitive Slave act
and Nebraska bill. The last named has passed and
become law the governments in the Territories have
gone into operation, anti slavery OF the North have
fast possible 6ght them with the great weapon (he
ballot bo1) at the coming election So let 1t there be
decided To repeal it would be wrong, and would again
aInp In aS
the passage Of the bill As the second attempt ap-
pIosches TO elect Senator the excitement continues to
.eeion r ase Mace s session ro any nnnn no
differ believe that the boilers from the last caucus
with the ard OF thote who will be instructed by the
Lodges to oppose Cameron and unite upon a man,
will be strong enough in the next caucus to make q
nomination. and, even admitting that there twenty
Eve Cameron men, who viii disregard the action of that
caucus, there win still be eight true Ameri sans
left. Including Pratt Of Phils phia which will just
be majority of two join. ballot Let them nominate
and who win faithfully carry the wishes of his
coniitusnts, and all viii be uen
Our election for city and ward officers comes of on the
10th Of March The democracy, who have always had
majority OF s5O have fallen asleep and like Sampson,
the fatal lock has been clipped and they up crying
"fusion," illusion, in order gain their strength.
They terribly alarmed, and remind of the Irish
who brought into court to be tried for crim
nal offence He seemed much troubled about it, and the
Judge told him not TO lie alarmed that justice would be
done him " Toth, says Pat and it's st what ! n
riggers they afraid justice will be netcd out to
them, aud so IL w The ballot the 10th will toll
overwhelming tale against them. RIFLE
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
SIMON CAMERON EXPOSED.
Prom the PENNEY lvanisn, administration crgan)
The following Is an authentic cory OF the letter Of
Simon Cameron, in reply 20 the letter of j. NJ Kirkpa-
city q P,barg in regard TO which there has been
speculation IN political circles