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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-01-21

1f1 Nlnwing is tho detailed svots ia IN
Con giisio6 on last Tuesday for the election
foi 'Uniied Sla,es Senator. s8, /,
For SIMON CAmEnox~- Messrs Coffs,
tcnbb, Flenniken, Frazer, Gaszam, Scoield
sGregy. Harris, Jordan. Killingsr, Ieyis, MY.
er, Penrose, Scoisld, Sellers, Sh6msh, South
ef, aud Tsgssn, Of ihs Senate and Msssfs
Aususiin, Babcock, Bsckhouse, Ban, Ben
son, Bishop, Brown, Chase, Clover, Cay
ford, Dickey, 'Dock, Eresier, ,Gibbony, Ham
iton, Hesiand, Hins. HoiImsu Of Lebanon,
Housekeeper, Imbrie, Jones, Kaufimati, Kerr,
Ltbo, DENY Msnsar, ,(Dem.)) M.ccaimon,,
Moorhsad, Mumma, MusssIman, Nichols,
Pensose, Peters, Pownall, Purcell, Reed,
Shaw, Slcun, Stevenson, S:uthsrs. Thorue,
vansoorhsss, vickers, yolsley, 'KagonslRsr,
(Dem Warner, Willision, Wintrode, With.
row, and Wright, Of the House--67.
For john W. FoNsEy-Messrs. Brewer,
Browne, Evans, FELTON,, Ingram, Knox, Lau.
bach, Steele, Slraub, Walton, Welsh, Will
kins, and Wright, Of The Senate; and Msssrs.
Abrams, Anderson, Arthur, Beck, Brower
Brandt, Campbell. Carly, Eni, Gildes, Ha-
mel, Hancock, Harper, Helms, Hillyear, Hoff-
man. of Berks, lnnes, Jenkins, Johns, John
son, Knight, Leisenring, Longaker, Love,,
MangleY McIlvaln, Nunemacher, Pearson,
Pe,rken, Ramsay, Of Philada., Ramsey, Of
York, Reamer, Roberts, Rspp, Smith, Of
Cenvfs, SmIlb, OF Luzefne, ToIan, Vail, Wal
Ter, Westbrook, Wharton, Yearslsy, Zim.
mesman, and Gesz, (Speaksf,o Of The House.
--5S
For HENRY D. FosrEa-Mr. Cresswell, of
the Senate, and Massrs. Backus, Calhoun,
Fausold, Hill, Nicholson, and Smith, Of Cam
bria, OF The House,.
For WIN. WlLKNs-Mr. Foster.
The Democrats who voted for Mr. Cam.
eron, are Messrs. Lsbo and WagonssAef, Of
Schaylkill, and Menear, Of York.
Tito announcement of the vote was re-
ceivsd with prolonged Kisses, gsoans and
applause in the galleries.
Mr.. Browne presented protest against
the legality Of the proceedings, which 10 nm.
derstood 10 refer to The proceedings of the
Senate 10 not elecling teller, at leas, one
dry tslbfsshe election, according 10 law.
] 111ssess. nsa and Penross objscied TO re.
esisine ths protest, on iha ground thai ihs
coatsntioakep no Journal. ts-
Pending NE question, Mr.. Penrose moved
10 adjourn, which was los, by tie vote
yeas &c, rays 66.
Mr.. Biowne's motion was then discussed
at some length by various members, and
finally ruled out of order.
The Convention then adjourned.
The Ssrsie having retired, the Teller Of
the House reported The result 10 the House,
and lhereupon the House adjourned
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The TraIior,s Reward.

HAaRIsBuRo, Jan. IA, is57.--Menear, oi
York, openly boasts that he received sS 900
for voting for Cameron he says he would
have voted for Forney for $4,000. The
boardeis \, Wilks' Hotel, where Msnear has
been stopping, protested sgainst his rem ain
ing he was consequently dismissed by the
Landlord.
{ Brady, 10 whom he applied for board, re.
lused 10 receive him. Omit has given Wag.
onseller aud Lebo notioe TO quit. Ia the
House, an effort Will be made to expel Me-
near. a Sp asa Ea.,
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YANKEE EsTERfRnE.-A Boston mechanic
named MCGOWAN has contracted with The
Russian Governme for tho removal Of The
ships Of wa: which were sunk in the harbor
Of SebaStopoi for The defence of the town.
The vessels were made air-iishi, and were
suppl ed with orifices TO attach hose to pump
them out. On attempting 10 raise them in
this manner the seems were found 10 have
started 10 such degree, as 10 render il i'm.
possible. They will now be raised by chains
and large scows made for the purp ap.
piled TO the ships BY men in sub marine ar
roor. There are one hundred and twenty
one vessels in all, sad1 The price to be paid
is said 10 be 10 tns' sicinily Of 5000, 900.
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THn BrnsDN L.lcruaEs.-The New Yorl

The BEsseE L.cruREs.--The New York
Times says:-"Ia reply 10 an application
from an association in this city, Col. Benton
stated tha, he had never received any pay
for his lectures, and never would but the
Boston people aave complimentsd him by
making him present Of two hundred dol
lars for lecture, and that similar cempli-
men, would be satisfactory 10 him. There
was charming Benionlan simplicity in this
ipgenious method Of getting over the awk-
warduess of 60 distinguished gentleman's
receiving pay iike scomrnon lecturer, fol
his services, q %
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JUDGE BLACK Rop,rn'-.Oo Tue,dav nj,

JUDGE BLACK Ro.ssD--On Tuesday night,
2sth ult., the trunk of Hon. J. s. Black
was taken ilom The boot of the Somerse,
mack, IN the immediate vicinity Of the town.
II was found on New Years Gay BY some
skaters in the German Catholic Burying
Ground. Part of tAe clothing and some val
uab'es Were taken The trunk contained a
large assoruaen, kf the Judges opinions.
which the rascal NJ behind. They proba.
ably did noi feiish. .fhal kind Of literature.
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q II is rather iiscreditable'to quote from
the New York Herald upon political subjects.
The reputation Of lhat paper in politics, and
perhaps in other matters, is rather shakey.
and lis opinions must be received with much
caution; but The extract we give below is 10
exhibit The effect which success in an oppo.
men, hasnpon some men, who always desire
TO be with the big crowd. Mr.. Buchanan
has as yet dops nothing 10 change the opin-
ION whichdhe Herald enlas,ainea Of him ius,
summer, and " ths weaiher.cock has come
round wahrsmltksbie facIiiys. ~
"We anticipate from Mr. Buchanan prac.
iicaL capable, ufsed working Cabinet, and a
policy of new .ppoir,menis, If necessary,
every six or eisH weeks, until this desidera.
tum Of team ofseven horses thst will pull
all together at tho crack of tie whip, shall
have been secued. We anticipate also,
from The Presideht elect, = general policy of
honesty and conservatism, and yet of rgor,
ability and progress, in our foreign and 90.
mes,ic Affairs, eminently satisfactory and
advantageous TO ihs country. Already, loo,
as " in expectation Of such things, we rer.
ceive thai the Southern FIRE eaters are cooling
down. and thai our Northern sgitaicrs are
subsidmg into the sober AFFAIRS Of every day
life. In word, ell ths signs of ire times
are auspicious Of a new administration as
firm and slrAiahsforward an 4ha, af laal..A-,
yet as conciliasoryao oil parties and sections
as that Of Monroe.
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a In the Superior Court Of Connecticut,
on the slh inst, tive more vefdicis wore rem
dsred sgainst the New Haven Railroad Com.
pany for damages resulting from the great
disaster at Nofwaik. The amounts were five
and four thousand dollars, respectively. Id
the ioimsr case the man died Of his ininfies,
and in the latter The individual wss MANNED
for Hfe, 'ttea7 s2~
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United states sena,ors.

Zschariah Chandler has been elected Uni
ted States Senator in Michigan for six years
in the place of Gen. Cass.
In Massachusetts Charles Sumner has
been reelected.
In Maine Hannibal Hamlin has been elect.
ed for six years, and Amos Nourse for The
short term.
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Amer the Traitors.

The Democrats Of MinerssilIs held large
indignation meeting IN denunciation Of the
fecreaGt members from Scbuylkill.
At Ttsmoa' similar meeting was held.
The Democratic delegates who last fsls NOM
mated Lsbo and WagonselIer are csl'ed 10
meet al Potsvifle in county convention.
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~ The Erie City Bank has closed it's
doors, owing, as some of lis apologies very
Guthfully say, 10 the "heavy outside pres
sure" This is one of the banks created two
years ago as belonging 10 the '.judicious in.
creaee." The Gsrmantora Tslegrapk trusts
that the Legislature win be very careful how
il yields this session to similar "public ne
cessiiissn Tor new banks.
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uA CincinnSii paper states, ss an illus-
tration Of The tlifefeace between talent and
humbua, thai "LoIa Mostsz, under the man.
agsment Of Mr.. Jones, realized, 10 this CITY,
six Thousand dolisrs in ten days. Mlss stan
ley, with The same manager, . lady Of deci.
ded islent, has no, paid expenses"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-01-21

A case vas lately tried in the Luzerne
Cour, which has soma inleres, for Teachers,
Directors, and ''bad boys!" Il is thus re-
ported in the Record Of the Times;
co"n0AwlAl'H "! Indictment, Assault,
f. D. r. BRowsELL. and Battery.
r. n. Lackey, Prosecutor,
This was case Involving the right OF cors
poral punishment in school. The defendant
was a teacher OF private school In the
Borough OF Providence. The prosecutor was
one of The Patrons Of the school, and sent
his boy, lad of some IA years. The boy,
swas rather indoleul," to use the fathers ex:
preston. A lesson bad been assigned 10
him by the teacher which he failed 10 &C.
ouire for three successive days--in conse.
auencs the teacher KEEP, him after school in
company with another scholar, (wbo was re-
,ainei for the came cause) and told then
,ney must gel the lesson. He stepped on
OF The loor for . few minutes, saying h'
wouId be back soon and hear The lesson
The boys escaped by a back door. Th'
Lackey boy played ttuan, for a lew days
and returned to schooI-was called 10 an ac
count for disobeying the rules OF The school
The teacher attempted to inflict chsstise
meu,---,he scholar resisled--s -sufficient pun.
ishmen. was inflicted 10 make the pupil Sub.
nit and promise reformation. The boy wal
taken out Of school, and the teacher bound
10 answer charge Of Assault and Battery
In the Quarter Sessions. Verdict, "not gull
w. aus the prosecutor, n.sH. Lacksy, 4
pay the costs OF prosecution.
SIS. Winchester, District Attoffsy, ant
Charles Pike csunsel for Commonweaah
D. r. Randall, for defendant.
The Court stated the rule OF law relating
10 coporsl palishmsnt to Be as follows:
"Thst the teasher 10 placed in the position
of pafeaI, and has the same right to use cor
poral punishment, il necessary, 10 pfoduc'
compIisncs w.ih the regulations of th'
school, bot 10 be held responsible fof sn,
unnecessary or excessive punishment"
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SSow SroRM.--On les. Monday larss
body of snow fell, bu, it was ss lish, as The
cold. dense air: and. drilled an. rnini.s-re
mountains according to The whin ot the
wind.
The cars aud mails have been delayed,
but as nothing Of interest for homes, people
trauspires at Harrisburg OF Washington our
readers will not lose mucih
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= Z. ,ha citcnit Cnu,t. cl

y Ia the citcui. Couit, Cheuanso Co.,
Illinois, John c. Dell, has obtsined verdict
Of fif,esn shousand dollars aeadnst the Galena
aud Chicago Union Railroad, ier damage al
pubic crossing, when neither bell was
rung, nsi whis,Is blewp, nor spsed slseked'
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az We call The attention OF our readers
to the proceedings of Iha Democratic Club
ut PoilsviIle, They are significant, aad show
that the traitors who voted fot Cameron will
get poor comiort a home.
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az The larses. rnuror plate ever imported

~ The largest rnIror plate eyefimporteI
into the United States, has jus, been put up in
the bar room Of shs 81 Nicholas Hotel. The
plate 3 seven fsst- viee, eleven fee, high,
snd half an inehi thrk. The orisinsl cost
and the COS, Of impota.ion was si,2oo; the
frame and putting up $500; making alto
gethsr 81 400. - - #ss
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a An indignation Meeting was held in
Philadelphia, BY the Ksysleas Club, on ac-
coun, Of the eisc.iop Of Simon Cameron so
The U. s. Senate. The Traitors were bitterly
denounced. A resolution vas adopted TO
memorialize .lls Senate a. o he Illegally
oil bis elacIau. ste ~
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REPuDIATIos IN CALIroRNIA.-The Califor-
nisns have been running very largely into
debt, though the Constitution of the State
prohibits ary debt 10 be contracted which
shall swell the total amount Of indebtedness
beyond 100000, unless the bills msking
any further appropriations shosId be submit.
ted 10 The people, and be ratified by them,
The amount of debt contracted by the State is
over three millions of dollars, and all the ex-
cess over $500, 900 without the peoples ra,ifi.
cation is by decision Of the Supreme Count
declared 10 be illegal. This decision affects
parties in New York and Philadelphia, where
the bonds of the State are held, and Il has
already seriously deprecated the value Of
such securitiss. The sentiment in Califor-
mia, so far as the San Francisco journals re
feet ii, seems 10 be decidedly in favor of the
people sanctiouing and legalizing The debt.
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n HowaiPs Express Company d very
wsll managed now, aud i,s chasgss are quite
IsaAonabls, Persona car receive packages
from any part sfihs country with safely and
despatch.
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Harrisburg, February II, 1865. -
The mon whose names are printed in cap.
itals, voted for Cameron on Tuesday the 18Th
instant.
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sb6se lsl,hfuliy 10 improve bis school.

MonTous distinct has exceiien, brick school
houses, in which We have regretted TO find
the lack Of black. boards. Last summer we
visi,edFhe schools at Mr., Roberts and a, MIR.
Dietefch's aud found them bnih well con
ducted Tor primary schools. The scholars
redisbed their instruction, and We 70 interest
ed. This winter we visited the s.:hools at
Dietericbs and at Lazsrus7 but they ale still
pimary schools, and retorical reading, con-
cert reading, and oral arithmetic had not YET
got inlo the schools, although there are
scholars Of advanced ege. Mr.. Swisher in
the lower school, at our suggestion, organiz-
ed class in oral arithmetic, and We wit
messed one rather creditable exercise of the
class. Grammar and Geography have bsea
introduced this winter. So we hope the work
will go on.
In MorhTpLEAsAsT there has always been
some ani.scbool feeling, and las, year there
were no free schools. 10 the frst two schools
we visited this winter The teachers had not
got SO far as 10 explain the difference be-
lWceH u Couima e"u PCiiou III toduiHBt Hot
TO the use of the questions in the ari,hme-
tic but as they had been pressed by Direc-
tors for certificates and received them with
IS and os, no person was deceived. A teach
or oI this kind kept Two years ago at the
Miller echool-house, where We found This
year decided improvement. The schools
a, Ikelers and Kitchens are good and the
teacher at Ikslsr's among the best 10 the
county. This illustrates that in a district
bese, with every difficulty there may be
good schcois established if the right effort is
made.
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By Ibis iiIns almost svery ,p.r.ou. in p

By this iins ilnosl every person. in Penn.
syivania has hesrd OF The sIsclion Of Came.
son By tteschsfy and corruption, No man
ai hesH'fejoicss over this result, for even
those iRepublicaus who may like ihe treason
dsspiss the traitors, and have their misgiy.
ings that this will be for them alftuitlsss
victory. They begin TO see the responsibility
ihey have assumed, and feel Ike Ply Hus sef
old.-s.srother such victory anu We are vi, i.
done." Two years ago even Know.Nolh.
ingism shruuk appalled, from contact with
such man as Cameron. and assumed the
semblance of virtue If il had il not Re.
pabiicanism has fallen even lower than was
Know.Nothinsism. Defeat ind desperation
has destroyed every memory aud impulse
IN except its intense hate OF DsmocRAcy.
Upon that hate alone il lives now, and upon
that !, rallied together for Cameron the men
who once talked .sbout honor. II wasahis
hate Of fDsmooracy that spiced tae abnzzarc's 5
fsast' TO which lhey all went in.
Butthe traitors had other motives, and
alas'for Pennsylvania that Il should be SO |!
hnssd not surprise men, for every time has
had lie Georeey or Arnold. Even among
the twelve faithful chosen by him who spake
as never man spake there was one to beray.
Human nature has iis frail.ies and these are
Of ihem. Bold bad men euery year corrupt
The fountains Of legislation, and hang like
parasites around the members a, Harrisburg
and Washington. Even members get SO in
aaiuated with the life offeckless and disso-
luie adventure, that after they have lost all
character and hope a, home they 60 year
alter year 70 beg some situation Of lackey or
hanger-on a, the outtkiris. The members
from Scbuylkill care only Tor money, and
would just as likely have long since belong.
ed iolhe Opposition il j. bad laeksa sEpQtfl
.ekfxn ~ tlliS1a.. ! ~ e -. iaE.
!! :!
bling than business-where chararter is sell.
dom inquired after. Cameron has long since
had his Stool pigeons ia Schuy lkill, aud these
causes made these men approachable BY The
arch-initiguer.
As to Foster, he has as effectually destroy
ed himself as Lebo, Wagonseler or Menear;
aud sold himself for the low price Of selfish
passion and revenge. The mind mus, be
narrow which, like his, can give nothing TO
the cause il pussrmes TO help lead. A man
is never great who canno, sacrifice selfish
ness. 10 this case, when he and his raised
The standard OF rebellion il was pointing on;
the way for treason, and offering prelext
and Justification for it.
The result has neither injured the cause Of
Democracy nor its chiefIain in this fray
Col. Fornsy has lost nothing in The contest,
for The treaehery was 10 favor Cameron, aud
the. cause was money. So il mattered not
who was tie Democratic nominee-the result
would have been The same unde. any other
leader Of our cause.
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Abolition and KnSv-Neshiue PsssfaitU W
Their new seussor.
THE CHARACTER OF SIMON GAMER.
tON DRAWN BY HIS PRESENT POLfT-
.ICAL ASSOCIATES AND SUPPORT. I.
tERS, INCLUDING FIVE OF THOSE
WHO VOTED FOR HIM ON TUESDAY
LAST. x
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Discipline of Schools.

? A case vas lately tried in The Luzerne
Court which has some interest for Teachet,
Directors, and s'bad boys" II is thus re-
ported in the Record Of the Times;
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EDUCATIONAL.
sscRcons IN CoLUnBIA COUNTY.
[cokrlNuro.

l-t - tcpNIIhUEO %sast<
Even in sboAaLoaS TownsHIp, which Ger
tainly has many dii1icuilIes 10 contend with
in the effort for good schools By reason offs
sparse and Scattered population, We found !
school with class Of i6 scholars in Gso2.
raphy, With q uniformity of books boin.in
this and other siudies; and in which there
seemed an earnes, zeal 10 learn 10 every
scholar, and s,correfpoIdiss labor Of love
on the par. Of The teacher. True, all the
schools Of the dis,rict afe moi % succsssioj
as the one at Coles Creek, ont this school
proves that all can be made good IL there is
proper effod. Sometimes persons sas .any
teacher will do for our school, for its very
bfckwsrd.' If such persons were told that
ther'childfen could not learn like others, or
did moi deserve TO be equally well taught,
because they were made Of different NATE
rial irom Fs resi- Of childkind, they would
feel insnlted. And yet il 10 The same insult
which they use themselves. Any school can
be made good, but j, requires effort, and the
co operation of parents, directors and leach
ers. Nothing is more pemicious than The
election of aati-school men as directors, or
even OF men whose heart is not in the cause.
HEMLoCK district has rot as good schools
as It's opportunities and means ought 10 ex-
hibit. ltcould be one of The fiat Jistfietss
in he county. But 90 long as the Directors
persis. 10 employ a teacher who does not
know a note of interrogation nor its use, and
cannet add ! and ! together our hope for
progress is faint. Nc found Mental Ari.h.
melic taught only in Miss Farlie's school,
which seems in all respects 10 be the best
conducted aud most advanced school Of the
d islrci. AT our fir-s visit there two winters
ago We found The scholars we're not iaught
The difference belwesn comma and peri
cd. There has certainly been marked pro.
gress since then. At the Forks school We
gave instructions 10 have a class Organised
in Oral Arithmetic, and that punctuation
should bs taught in The seading exercise;
which we are told has sinoe been DONE
Concert reading in its origin was found at
The new Buckhom schuol, s,balsiAsianunle
Ippossihlp tsttpss = lpaniss> 90
liiap d ihs raIess Of fssding from Emetson b
- wkida ssaasia nsiihsr inesseissefus
= = - au : ee1s illonpuk kjnnsdt
\ hsdsial1e = ,hs ydisssaDet. .ikahier
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OUR TERMS.

The following additions to our TEENS
may be found on the fourth page, tc go into
effect after the present date
.zIF~ Obituary Notices exceeding one
square in length (lG Iines) will be charged
for the ovcrpIus, AT regular advertising rates.
l4y- Tributes of Respect, rated rs ad
vcriISmcnts.
e=y" Subscriptions not received for less
time than six months.
We viii here remark, thai we are ut all
times glad to receive notices Of marriages
or deaths, rs they occur. They are mat
tcrs Of general interest and We charge moth
ing for their insertion bat Obituary Noti-
ccs beyond certain length, cancot be so
considered, and hereafter, they will I've chat.
gcd for the ovcrplus. Such is the rule of
by far the majority Of our exchanges and
the necessity for our adopting it, is OBJ
vious.
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THE PALMEII0ES

The anniversary cccbraliUu OF the Pal
mctto Association came oil in Columbia on
Thursday last, and is characterized 10y the
papers of that City, .s II beautiful and I'M
posing demonstration. The following, we
cAtrucl from The CGroiwtaH
We were pleased 10 notice that mary Of
the places OF business were closed during
the celebration, rs i mark Of respect buiu
TO the gallant dead and tilc honorvd sur,i-
vors OF lhc raimclIccs. Inc procession
escorted by that tine budy OF soidicry, shc
Volunteer Battalion, FasS,d through scvc
raj Of the streets at The city, ana finally
reached the Court House square, where a
commVdiuus awnng hId been prrparcd--
Tnc PROCESSION then dnIded, ana lrucvedc,l
to the stage in Inverted ordrr. On the
stage we noticed the Governor, Col. l.. Nj.
kc!tt, ana The remnant OF The Paime toes
prcscnl--about thirty ia number, The
Judges, also hoacrcd ,he occasion with their
presence.
The exercise opened with beautiful,
earnest aud appropriate prayer from the
Rev. Robert W. BurnweII, Who, among
other things, bcsougnL The favor Of Heaven
upon the widows ard Orphans of those
members OF the Palmetto Regiment who
had fallen in the cause of their country.
The President OF the Association, W. b.
StanIy, Esq, ihen introduced 10 the audi.
ence the Orator of the day, Gen. Samue!
AicGuwan, of AbOcNIlc-a man Of luc ap-
peurancc and soidicrIy bcarIng--who, III
nnr.atng things of which he Was n great
part. entered CON spirHO into his theme, and
III a clear and eloquent sty le gave expression
IN the srnIimenls OF his lTutntul heart
Like II gallant ship, wiIh sails spread, aud
cOIors flying, lie bore down upon hs sub.
jcct, and after graphing with 1t, Withdrew
sadly, amid the cries OF The dying aud the
moans OF the sick OF the living he for
bore to speak, but 10 the doad OF the rcgi.
ment he paid eloquent tributes,