Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-09-04

TuE Next CoNoREss. Tho Richmond
Wing. ono Of the ablcst, and certainly
the sprightliost Of the anti-democratic
Journals in the South, has been review
ing the result of the late Congressional
elections throughout the country, and
the complexion Of the next Congress in
respect Of party divisions With
House Of Representatives composed Of
ninety-three or four black republicans,
ffty-two or three Northern democrats,
and eighty-nine Southern members, Of
which all but about eight will be demo-
Gratis, the Wing regards opposition to
the Democratic party, through any Of tho
old organizations, hopeless and idle TO
think Of. Nevertheless, it is in favor Of
opposition, as the following extract from
an article in its number Of the 1lth inst,
! will show;
\ We may learn lesson. however,
from The particularly cruel disaster which
has befallen the wings and Americans
throughout the country. Experience is
the only sound and reliable teacher, and
we should turn its admonitions to d use
ful and immediate account. What,
then, is the moral we should draw from
the result of the recent elections? It
is, in our Judgment, that we should
re-organize our forces under a new namc
and upon broader basis Of principles.
And this should be done speedily-in
time to be fully prepared for the high.
duties and labors Of tho next Presiden-
tial campaign. Americanism, as par
ty organization, is essentially and etor-
nally defunct; and the sooner the mem
bers Of this party, leaders and followers.
recognize the existence Of that fixed and
simple fact the better ii will be for
them and the country,
| ut may be replied that whiggery is
just as dead. We arc willing 20 admit
III; but know-hothingism is not only
dead, but stinkch From the tomb of
the lattor no fragrance viii ever come,
and its unfortunate life supplies no plea
SAINT recollections. Wbiggery is totally
unlike it, therefore, in this respect; for
it smells sweet and blossoms in tho
dust In all seriousness. then, we adj
wise what We have heretofore advised an
l'tDuHuouiuCHb vi blc liielcsb TCuhfns Oh
the American party, and a substitution
in their stead Of new and living party,
with Just and comprehensive principles"
Riot AT CAMBRIDGE. On Tuesday
morning the steamers st. Nicholas and
/ Georgia left Baltimore city for Cam
bridge, both with large number Of pas
sengers to attend know-nothing mass
meeting at that place. II was not long
after their arrival before there was diff
iiculty tmong them One OF the party
Tired his pistol, when the sheriff of the
county ordered hls arrest and committal
to jail. Soon after, as we learn from
the Sun, he was put in Jail, number
OF his friends demanded his liberation,
which the sheriff refused to acceed to,
and repaired to the prison with deputy
70 protect it. The friends Of the party
incarcerated then added TO their number
and expressed n determination, If their
demand was not at once coupled with, to
break open the jail and rescue him. -
Being again refused they made on as
sault and we're not long IN forcing the
doors, until they reached the cell whore
tho party was confined, and set him at
liberty The sheriff and his deputy re.
sisted the rescue, but both were severely
beaten The rescued man was then
borne of in triumph towards the wharf
whore the steamers were lying
There was general fight on the wharf,
in which slung shots we're used very
freely. A dlihculty occurred between
Sergeant Rosonbury. Of the Southern