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Operate 17. That iormeilintely after being
qualified as aforesaid, end annually thereafter,
Fore the first dareatoAptiL . the erred hoard
shall give dee nodes by riaveriteeinent , in et
h abit t wo newepapere pienliehed ill their re
spective evaluate of the time and plate) of their
sleeting, when iiiid e wherer. and from time to
time. as way be * . cesNary ; the said beard shell
proceed to a ppo rtialuataon thiwards _of Hai.
city - of Philadelphia, and wards, townships
And boroughs, within the county of Allegheny,
the hotels, inns and taverns, and eating houses,
to which-said' city and county may be entitled
under the provisions of this act and to receive
evidence for and against said application, and
to grant licenses for - which purpose they shall
inquire into the mural charceter and sobriety
of the applicant, and ascertain the loeafity,
commodiouteneesand extent of the houses and
property, proposed to be occupied for the pur
- pose mentioned in the petition, and -.whether
the said license be required for the , ace
commodation of, the,.pahlic enact the clerk, of
the court of gearter fesOonti of. the said coun
ties. shall produce before seigire;pective boards
of licensers the epplieationefiled in their offices,
with proof of pat)jicationoi notice as .aforesaid,
and shell, as a majority of the said board shall
determ i ne, miek on said applications 4* g ran Led"
. or "refused and the said board shall, et: the
same time decide 'upon the, suflicienny of the
sureties m the applicant's bond upon justifica
--ttorteorproofe-fet-which-purpose. and in the
discharge of their-other duties, the said board
shall have the power to administer oaths and
affirmations with thelike efiict as if taken in
&judicial proceeding in court.
sec. 113. whenever any license, as a
foresaid, Omit be granted by . said board, - they
shall, agreeably to the provisions of the twelfth,
thineenthand. fourteenth sections of this act,
and - according to , the classifications therein
contained, estimate and ascertain the annual
sales of said venders, and of said keepers of
eating houses, and the yearly rental or valua
tion of the house and property occupied or in.
tended to , * occupied as a hotel, inn or tavern,
and shall decide upon the rated price to be
paid for said licenses for one year, according
to said classification. The .peutioes and bonds,
in all eases-where the applicatiou may be gran
ted by said board, shall be returned to the
said clerk's office and licenses therefore be is
sued by him at any time after five days from.
the date of said return, unless an appeal, be tee,
ken, as liereinafterpro . ided, from the decision
of said board upon any apportionment, classi.
fication, or petition, as aforesaid, in which
case at such time and in such . manner as may
be ,fixed.by rule, of ,Cotirt- the said Court of
Quarter Sessions shall forthwith proceed to
consider and determine upon said appeals ;
and in the event of any apportionment or class
ification biting •set aside, the said board shall
. proceed to correct the same according to the
order of said Court and if an appeal from any
license shall be sustained, they shall return
from the applications already made, - such as
may be -most meritorious, subject. however, to
an appeal iu like manner. and so from time to
time as may be.neceseary. -
See.- ,19. That appeals from any apportion
ment,
classification ur grant of license by said
beard -may he taken to
,the Court of Quarter
Sessions of. the proper county : Provided, That
the exceptions, thereto.shall be in writing and.
sustained. by,oath or affirmation, and shall be
filed ins said clerk's office within., five days after
the return, but lice appeal shall be taken many
apportionment-as aforesaid, unless the excep
tions thereto shall be signed by at, lexedetwelve
citizens of the ward, township or borough af
fected thereby. And if exceptions to the gran
.ting of any license ,as aforesaid :shall be Sus
tained by said court, the deciSion of said court
shall state upon which of said exceptions the
said license may be refused, and shall be en•
dorsed upon the petition, and returned by the
clerk of said coon to theßoard of Licensers.
Sec. 20. That after the lapse of five days as
,aforesaid, or as said appeals shall be detennin
ned by the Court, the said clerk shall make out
and issue-to the proper persons said licenses,
which shall run for e oue year from the first day
oftll - 4; but no, license shall be issued unless
the applicant shall have paid the following fees
.towit : To the clerk of said court for puhlica-
Corr of notice and petititious, and for all other
services, one dollar, and for all the, services of
the Board-of Licensers one dollar, which latter
amount shall be aceounted for and paid over
wee:tele* the respective treasurers of said city
ce county, to defray the necessary expenses in
curred-by.leaid board for advertising, stutione
eye-and otherwise. Each, - member -of said
Board of Licensers shall receive five dollars for
- etechday necessarily occupied by hint iu the dis
charge, of his duties: Provided, That it shall not
exceed in any one year the sum offive hundred
dollars, and eliallbee - paid upon warrants , on the
Stele Treasurer, drawn by the Auditor General e
in favor. of the parties- entitled to the same.
Sec, 21. That if any person shall give, be-
stow,. or promise any atoncy,,reward, cim'ce, or
anything of value, to any tamber of said
Board,of Licensers for the purpose of intitten
.eiug his 'action in granting
any such license ;
or,if any member of said board shall accept
the same for his vote or influence therein, any
person so offending shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and on couvictiou thereof, be
fined in a sum, not less than one hundred dol
lars, nor more than five hundred dollars,, and
suffer itnprisonment not, less than one mouth,
Sec. 22. That every 'person licensed to sell
spirituous, vinous. ntalt, or brewed liquors un
der this Act, shall fratne his license under • a
glass and place the same, so that it may at all
times bp conspicuous, in his chief place of mak
ing sales, and no such license shall authorize
.isates by any person who shall neglect this re•
. quiremeut.
'sec. 23. That the commissioners of the sev ti
-
eral counties, amid board, Of licensers, shall
furnish a certified list of - all persons so ap.
praised, with the classification, as made out
and finally determined upon, to the treasurers
of. their respective counties, or the city of
Philadelphia, as ,the case tuafbe, who shall
-within twenty days thereafter transmit to the
Auditor General a copy of such list, and shall
receive and collect the sums to be paid fur said
licenses, in the manner direted by law, with
any fees payable thereon.
See. 2t. That it shall be the duty of the Au
ditor General to charge the said city or county
treasurera, as the ease may be, with the aniaa at
kayable- by the several persons in sail lists :
tram the payment CA' any part of Which .I:nount
:laid, treasurers shall only be exonerate:l b . ,.
producing satisfactory evideuce to the th!part
meat, that the. party or parties so retarued,
failed to obtain aliceuse as aforesaid.
Ses. 25. That itshall be the dut: of the Au
ditor Geuera.l to returns° the Le-i.,lature an
nually, in the month of. January, a ,tatement,
arranged in- tabular furor, of the itarnber and
classification and license rates ofali importers,
brewers and distil era. keepers of hotels, hots
or.taverns, eating houses,_ and ve,tilers of vin
ous, spirituous and malt or brewed liquors, ei
ther with or' without other got) k. wares and ,
mareltandizei designating each comity separ
ately.
Sec. 21 That. where any license may he
grantaias aforesaid, under the elasifieation, oi
the twelfth, thirteenth and fonrteciith,
of this act, it shall notlau trans erable nor
it confer-the right to self:liquors as afore , .id ,
in-any other:house, building or )ilace that, Ili.:
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shall die, emigre or edge to keep said Jaot,-!, K 0. n..w Naiiiio prioel l ,l,.. A i t , it 1 1 0 ( le la I.i rid a -
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inn, 43.rees, 'eating hi or store, the said mean : "NN 4.-.ourt., 1,..1 Anilitart., no isionvy, no 'House of Representative to prute,:.t hu:uau Lire
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airy term of the court, to his or her
slice e saior who shall_ comply with the law in
other respects, except solar- as relates to
ishing Of notice.
See. 27, That the number of licenses so
granted to keepers of hotels, inns or taverns in
the aggregate, shall not exceed in the' cities one
to every one hundred taxables, nor iathe sever.,
Leoutities_of_the-Sta-te, one to eveiy
tired and fifty taxables, the number of said
taxables to be taken from the returns of the
preceding year, and it shall he the duty of the
Courts of' Quarter Sessions of the respective
counties, (the City of Philadelphia and county
of Allegheny excepted, whore the - board of li.
censers shall perform such duties) immediate.
ly after the passage of this act to apportion the
aggregate number of hotels, inns or taverns so
to be licensed under the provisions hereof, a
mong the cities, boroughs, towns 'and' town•
ships of their respective counties, which appor ,
tionment shall be, made with reference to the
convenience . of the public 'and the' accomoda
tion of strangers, travellers and sojourners , ;
and the said Court may, from time to time, as
occasion may arise, alter, enlarge 'and, change
such apportionment Provided, That the num.
her of licenses to - keepers of eating houses
shall notexceed in anycity or - county - onetourtlf
of the number of licenses for hotels, inns and
taverns to which the said city or county trtay.be
entitle 1.
Sec. 28.. That any sale made of vinous, spit , -
ituetes, malt or brewed liquors, or any admix
tures thereof, contrary to the provisions of this
law, shall be taken to beca' misdemeanor, and
upon conviction of the offence, in the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, of any city or
county, the person so offending shall be sen
tenced to pay a fine of not less than ten, nor
more than one hundred dollars, with the costs
of prosecution, and to stand committed until
the sentence. of the court is complied . with, not
exceeding thirty days ; and upon a second, or
any subsequent conviction, the party - so offen
ding sha'l, in addition to the payment of a fine,
as aforsciid, undergo an imprisonment in the
county jail of not less than one month, nor
more than three months, and iflicensed, shall
forfeit said license and be incapacitated from
receiving any license, as aforesaid, for the pc
riod of five yeitis thereafter ; and, any keeper
of any drug or apothecary store. confectionary,
or mineral, or other fountain, who shall sell a
ny spirituous, vinous, malt, or brewed liquors,
mixed or pure, to be used as a beverage, shall
- be deemed guilty of a demeanor,rilkarid liable
to conviction and puniMtent, as foresaid.
gec. 29 That any person who shall he found
intoxicated in any street, highway, public
house or public place, shall be fined upon the
view of, or upon proof made before any Mayor,
Alderman or Justice ofthe Peace, net exceed
ing five dollars, to be levied with the proper
costs upon the goods and chattels of the defen
dant.
Sec. 30. That any person who shall sell
spirituous or other intoxicating liquors as a
foresaid, to any person who shall drink the
same on the premises where sold and become
thereby intoxicated, shall besides his liability
in -damages under any existing law be, fined
five dollars for every such offence, to be recov
ered in debt, before any Alderman or Justice
of the Peace, by any wife,- husband, parent,
child, relative or guardian of the person so in
jure'd,- and levied upon the goods. and chattels
of the defendant without exemption : Provided,
Thai suits shall not be instituted after twenty
days from - the commission of the offences in
this And the preceding sections.
Sec. 31. That it shall be the ditty of the
Court, Mayor,- Alderman' or Justice of the
Peace, before whom any fine or penalty shall
be recovered, to award to the informer or pro
secutor, or both; a reasonable share thereof fur
time and expehae, but not in any case exceed
ing one-third, and the residue, as well as the
proceeds of all forfeited bonds -as ,aforesaid,
shall be paid to the Directors of the Public
Schools of the proper district, except in the
city of Philadelphia, where -they shall be paid
to the City Treasurer to be supplied for Seheol
purposed,-an-d-nothing herein-containecl-slu
brevent any such-informer or prosecutor from
ecoming a witness iu any such case.
Sec. 32. That no - person pursuing exclusive.
ly the business of bottler of cider, perry, ale,
porter, or beer, and not at the same time fol
lowing or engaging in any way the business of
keeping any hotel, inn or tavern, restaurant,
oyster house, or eellar,,or place of entertain
ment, amusement or refreshment, shall lie re
quired to take out 'a license under the provis
ions of - this law : Provided, That such persons
shall not sell or deliver said cider, perry, ale,
porter or beer in less quantities than a dozen
-bottles at one time, nor permit any of said li
quors to be drank upon the premises occupied
in said business, end any violation of this sec
tion shall be punishable us, and in the manner
provided in the twenty eiuhth section - of this act.
And provided further, That - producers and
manufacturers of domestic wines and cider may
sell and deliver the same by any measure not
less than five gallons, and in any quantity not,
less than one dozen bottles, without license
therefor.
See. 33. That the constables of the respec
tive wards and townships shall mace return of
retailers of liquors,.as now provided by law ;
and in addition thereto it shall be the duty of
every such constable, at each term of the Court
of • carter Sessions of the respective counties,
to make return on oath or, affirmation, whether,
Within his knowledge, there is any place with
in his bailiwick kept—and maintained in viola
tion of this act. And it shall be the especial
duty of the judges of all said courts to see that
this return is faithfully made: And if any per
son shall make known in writing with his or
her name subscribed thereto, to such constable,
the name or names of any one who shall have
violated this act, with the names of witnesses.
who can prove the fact, it shall be his duty to
; make return thereof on oath or affirmatiou to
, the court, and upon his wilful failure to do so
!he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
_awl upon indict-mart and-conviction shall pay
a fine of fifty dollars, and be subject to impris
onment. at the discretion of the court, of not
less than ten nor more than thirty days.
sec. 34. That it' any person eng,aged in the
sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors, as
aforesaid, shall employ or permit any,intempe
rate person. in an r wav to assist in such mono- j
facture or sale, it altallbe deemed a misdenum
nor : and any person so °treading, shall be lia
eonviction and famishment, as provided
in the *.::th sec.ion of this am
Sec. :15. That nothing' herein contained shall
be construed to itrlpai rot. alter the provisions o f
an a •t, approved the 2tith day of February,
Anno Ihmini, one thousand eight hundred
a rid jit'rvnive, entitled ''An Act to prevent the
sale of intoxicating liquors, on the first div
the mi* commonly called Sunday :" nor of
the net of the eighth of Mav, One thous And
eight hundred and fiftpfunr, entitled "An A c t
to n. nect certain domestic and private rights,
and prevent abuses in the sale and use of in
teni axing drinks':" and the same are hereby
glee ared to be in full Curve and effect : Provided.
':ever, That the act entitled "An Act to re
strain the Sale of intoxicating liquors," ap
proved the fourteenth dar of .April, Anno rlir
one thoiriand eight hundred and fifty.
five. and all other laws or parrs of 'awl in-eon—
swent herewith are hereby repealed. Provi
deti alsn, That any iioense heretofore granted--
than not he here:)v ittraii,_• 7
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REPUBLICAN COMPILER.
GETTYSBURG, PA,
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1856.
JAMES BUCITANAN,
(OP PENNSYLVANIA')
(Subject to the deaden oftho N,etben4l Convention.)
GEORGE SCOTT,
Jai. MO 0114'1=1111,1
TIMOTHY IVES,
BUCHANAN IN MARYLAND.-011 Saturday
week, the primary elections for County Dele
gates. to select State Delegates to the Demo:
cratic National Convention, was held in-Balti
more county, the most important county in
Maryland. The Delegates elected are unani
mously for Buchanan.
CALIFORNIA FOR BUCIIANAN.---It is Stated
that California has elected a unanimous dele
gation in favor of Mr. Buchanan for the Presi
dency to the Cincinnati National Democratic
Convention.
A .gentleman from Schuylkill county in
forms us that the election in Minersville, on
Friday last,. was' a hotly . contested one, the
question being Buchanan and anti-Buchanan.
—The Democrats, at their ntminating meet
ing, passed a Buchanan resolution, and placed
their ticket before the people on that issue,:
and nobly they carried it through, by electing
their whole ticket by about 200 majority.
Last year Minersville was carried by the op
position, by 150 majority ! We are also asur
ed that Schuylkill county will give next fall
2,500 majority for Mr. Buchanan.- 7 Lebanon
.advertiser.
Democrats and old line Whig
combined in Lancaster county, have about
two-thirds of all the officers elect 'in the coun
ty, and a large majority on the popular vote
over the Know Nothings and Black li:epubli•
cans combined. The election.nefxt Fall will
give the finishing stroke to Know Nothingisin
in Lancaster county.
1/erThe borough of West Chester elected
the anti-Know-Nothing ti ;lot over the Know-
Nisthings rind Republic,ins.
rO - The Democrats have carried the mayor's
election at Springfield, 111. It was fusion be
fore.
KrThe "old line" Whigs of . Philadelphia
met in city convention on Monday, and al:
-r - rrrach — diseassimrami eve' ,
nominated the follovi-ing ticket: Ald. John
Thompson, mayor; William S. Price, city so.
licitor; Robert Allen, receiver of taxes-; Ben
jamin Bucket, city controller; L. Theodore
Esling, city commissioner. Previous to the
nominations being made, the Hon. Josiah
Randall (who had opposed nominating a tick
et) announced that ifon the day of election the
contest is between the American and Demo
cratic parties, he shall vote for the latter.—
Several others similarly expressed thenmelves.
Mr. Randall withdrew from the convention af
ter defining his position.
A CRUMB OF COLD COMFORT.- Alfred Conk.
Hn, for more than twenty years United Slates
judge of western New York, the warinrperso
naLand petitical_friend_of2ll4—F_illinere, and
minister to Mexico under that gentleman's ad
ministration, in a long letter of the llth ult.,
declares he cannot support Mr. Fillmore.
CO - The Louisville Courier says that Col.
Garland, late Treasurer of New Orleans, of
whose defalcation,-flight, arrest and imprison
-ment. the public have been apprised, was one
of the leading Know Nothings of the City.--
His defalcation is for several hundred thousand
dollars,in a Savings Bank of which he was Presi
dent, which was loaned or given to irresponsible
parties, to be used for election purposes .during
the last canvass. The money was mostly de
posited in small sums by the Germans and
Irish, whose hard earnings were used as the
"sinews of war"—a war waged against them.
PETTY VENGEANCE. —Mr. Dunn, being_ the
mover of the resolution to appoint the-Kansas
Committee, should have been appointed Chair
man, by all the rules of parliamentary cour
tesy. But he was not even put on the cum
'Mace, and the reason is attributed to the fact
that he did all he could to defeat the election
of Banks us Speaker.
Cr..) -- Com. Isaac AleKeever, one of the
veterans of the United States Navy, died at
the Portsmouth (Va.) Navy Yard, where he
Was in command, on Tuesday morning, from
an attar]: of apoplexy. The deceased was a
native of Pennsylvania, and entered the navy
in 1809.
Grorge A. Madeira, D4q., formerly a
mendier of the Pennsylvania - Legislature from
Fraill.lin county, died in Philadelphia on Tues
day.
(*—A grand Floral Concert is to be - given
at York ,to-morrow evenin , z, by the •'Singing,
liird3" of that plae4., under the direction of
Mr. A. J. Potterfiel4l.
3~ 1 .i brother of Gen. Stints Anna is said to
be in Louisville, Ky., and conteinpl.ttes
For President,
Canal Conmilsslaner,
(OF COLUMBIA COUN'TY.)
Auditor General,
(OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.)
Surveyor General,
(OF POTTER COUNTY.)
Well Done !
The License Bill Passed. i The Spring Elections.
:The Tavern L'cense bill, (and to repeal 'the From ITIA - utrrters of the State we hear of
THE - FIRST OF APIUL was truly. A ..busy.
Law,") which - had been - ln the handl - Of the iriumphi of the Democratic party in the
the Committee of Conference for some days, late Spring Elections. Even in their strong. day." We do not recollect to having ever
,was reported to both Houses of the Legislature - holds: - Know Nothingism and Abolitionism before seen so general a stir in our streets "at
, have been defeated and routed. Sam is no moving." Indeed, they were perfectly throng.
Jo - tiger the “invincitile." Know ls.lothingisin _ed-r-rettlinding7one of the-'-,Jams'''-so-common—
has of late gone a begging, and we now see
in the principal thoroughfares of the leading
the papers of that party pleading with old line cities' And then, too, there were in town
of
numbers
Whigs. Abolitionists, and the odds and ends largepeople from the conntry,
of all factious, to join them in an etlbrt against who Caine to attend to money matters, many
that ihey recent sales demanding payments—and no
the'DelabC'ratic party, in the hope
may yet save themselves from .annihirati6n.---- small amount." cash. We should judge that
The very men that Sam affected to despise so
the Bank of erettysburg discounted fifty thous
and dollars on the two last discount days. to
much one year since, he is now wilting to fun-
say nothing of the th - Onsands used from other
die on. With tears in his blood-shot eyes, lie ;
pleads for
_help, Ind makes the most hurniliji- sources. Ling propositions to the -- ‘ablack spirits and
white" who are attracted by his cries. But,
no efforts of Know . Nothing demagogues can
save them from the fate they so richly deserve,
and the present ' effort of that despised and
,pposed to ecrtair. features of the --
on Saturday week, and, after some discitssion,
adopted without-amendment.
In the Senate, Messrs. Killinger, Buckalew,
Cresswell, Ingram, Laubach, Frazer, Welsh,
and others, said they did not approve of many
of the provisions of the bill, but would vote for
it, because they believed it the best that could
be passed .this session,—the next might reme
dy its imperfections. The Senate vote was
thereupon unanimous, in favor of the bill, as
follows :
Yaaa—Slessra. Browne, Bnekalew, Creswell, Ely, Evan',
Flenniken, Frazer. Grogg, Mize. Ingrain. Jamison. J.
Hillinger, Knox, Lauback, M'Clinteek, Pratt. Price, Sel
lers, Shuman. Souther, Straub, Taggart, Walton, Welsh,
Wherry and Platt, MUM-ER-V.
Nmes—None.
Abgent z MeeAre. Crabb, Ferguson, Finney, Lewis, 4•SeL
-1,1.V.ir.R, and Wiikins.
In the House, also, many members expressed.'
bill, butwould vote for it,and trust to the future.
The House, passed it by the following vote :
YEAS—Messrg. Anderson, Augustine, Backus, Baldwin.
Barry, Beck. (Lycoming.) Beck, (York.) Bernhard, Boyd,
Boyer, Brush, Buchanan. Caldwell, Campbell, Cliiver,
bock, Dowdall, Fausold, Foster, Fry, Fulton, ° Gaylord,
Vets. Haines. Hamilton, Harper, Heins. Hill, Hippie, Hol•
comb, Housekeeper, Hunsucker, Innis, Irwin, Johns, John.
tom Laporte, Lebo, Longaker, Lovett, Magee, Manley,
Mangle. Miller, Montgomery, Morris, Mumma, Orr, Patter
son,. Pearson. Phelps, Ramsey, Riddle, Robinson. Salim.
bury. Shenk - , Smith, (Allegheny,) Smith, (Cambria,) Smith,
(Wyoming,) Strouse, Whallon. Wright, (Dauphin,) Wright,-
(Luzerne.) and Zimmerman-44.
- NAYs.=Memsrs Bolt, - Brown, Carty, Cobourn. Cfaig,
Crawford, Edinger, Giblioney, Hancock, Hibbs, Hil togas,
Huneker, Imbrie, Ingham, 'Herr, Leisenring. Lott. M'Cal
mont, M'Carthy„ M'Comb, Moorhead. Purcell, Reed, Rein
hold, Roberts, Smith, (Plilla.,) Struble, Thompson, Wal
ter, Wintrodu, Yearsley and Wright, Srnsitstt —32. .
Gov. Pollock has signed the bill, and it is
now a law, in full force and effect.
The entii e Act will be found in the several
preceding columns of this issue—and as we
suppose the interest felt in the matter will in
duce all to read it from beginning to end, the
necessity for an editorial synopsis does not ex
"
That this is the fairest bill—demanding con
cessions from all sides—that could have been
passed this session,does not seem to be question
ed in any quarter; and there is some .corn fort iti
the fact. that another Legislature may alter and
better it.
' • —We observe that a number of gentlemen
have already filed their applications for Tavern
License with the Clerk of the Courts, viz :
Harvey D. Wattles, Peter Shively, Benjamiil
Schriver, Gettysburg ; 'Jeremiah Johns, Co
wngo ; David Goodyear, Franklin ; Francis J.
Wilson.. Abbottstown ; Isaac Robinson. Fair
field ; Win. McLellan, Hatniltonban ; and John
13usbey,-MaherrystOwn.
'lii the Senate, on Thursday, Mr. Wal
ton read'in place'a bill to repeal the twenty
seventh section of the newly enacted License
law.
(rJ"llie Senate, on Tuesday, passed the bill
supplementary to the charter of the Hanover
: Railroad Company, by a vote of yeas 16, nays 7.
The House also passed it, on Thursday.—
The vote is not stated.
SIJOCKING OCCCIIILENCE. —A correspondent
informs us that On last Thursday night, about
10 o'clock, a man -came to Mr. Oberholtzer's,
in \Varwick township, Lancaster county, Pa.,
knocked at his bed room window, and calling
him b his name demanded fift dallars of
- money in a hurry, or he would set Mr. o.'s
house and barn on fire. Mr. 0. did not do as
requested, and the: barri:was soon_all in flames.
It contained forty-seven head of cattle, horses,
sheep and hogs. Not one head was'saved.—
Philadelphin Ledger.
APPALLING FlEE.—lntelligence received at
Charleston - from Knoxville, Tenn., states that
the town of Sevierville, in that State, was al
most entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday
week. -It originated in the house of Mr. Dug
o -: -
, ran sheriffof the county, and involved the de
struction of the jail, court-house, store-houses—
in fact, the whole village, with the exception of
three or four buildings. The only person in the
jail was a man recently committed, and he was
burned to death.
EFFECT OF MOBS.—Real Estate in Louisville,
Ky., is very low just now. A block of eight
two.stori dwelling houses, brick, with lots 18
feet front and 100 deep, were sold last week
at from $7OO to $825 cash..—less than the
houses could be put up for. The Courier says
that this is a fair specimen of prices just nms.
MISSING MAILS.—The Postmaster at St.
Louis reports the mail made up for Boston
on the 26th January, the mail of the 27th of the
same month for Washington, and the mail of
the 7th of March for Philadelphia, are all mis
sing, and have fallen into the hands of robbers.
These mails contained money and large
amounts of drafts, and from the moment that
they left the St. Louis post-office they were in
the charge of a mail agent.
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RAILROAD Aconavr.--Pittsburg, Pa., March
30.—Th o train which left Pl:iladelphia yes
terday afternoon for this place was thrown
down an embankment fifteen feet, and was on
ly saved from going into the river by the ears
lodging in the trees. Two o; the passengers
were seriously injured and others badly bruised.
is rumored that TimmAs E. COCITRAN,
Esq., the "anti" nominee for Canal CoMinis
; sinner, will not 'accept the nomination. That
' Convention was too strong a dose for a man
honestly claiming to be an old line Whig.
al7The town elections in Fl ushing. Jamaica,
Newtown and Hempstead, New York, have re
sulted in favor of the Democritc.
Lr - 7 - r The Black RepuLlicans and Know Noth
ings combined have carried Rhode Island, but
by tite thousand less majority than the Know
Nothings alone had at the last previous Gov
ernor's election.
The latest news from Europe is to the
22nd of March. The business of the Paris
Conference was understood to be chised, and a
committee was,engaged in drawing . WO a for-.
mai Lreutv of - 1-3,:ace.
.771 n Lancaster county the lirvstv Noth
',,77-, Ket-r%; stable at y or a i, p a., Tra.s 1,1 ; r4 have loAt t''.fl thousand votes di cutup , . r.
' bum ou Tuebday. ed n ith last you.
I==MEll
condemned faction, to induce the old line tugs
to join them in a crusade against the Demo
cratic party, will only sink them deeper and
deeper in the "slough of despontr." — The re
sult of the Spring Elections in this State drives
the last nail in the coffin of Sam. Next fall
the Democracy will clinch the nail, and bury
the monster. Mark it !—says the Carlisle
-Volunteer, and so say we.
'Know Nothings Re a lly "Ignoring" th-e-,
Constitution.
The Richmond Enquirer gives an amusing
account of an amusing scene which lately
transpired in the Kentucky Legislature. The
Enquirer says:
In the Senate the committee on federal rela
tions recently reported a series of resolutions,
which the Hon. John P. Martin, of Floyd,
moved to amend by adding the following :
"Resolved, That no religious test shall be re
quired as a qualification for any office or place
of trust," &c.
Copying the very language of the Constitu
tion of the United States. Upon the vote be
ing taken, Mr. Martin called for the yeas and
nays. The amendment was voted down by
a party vote, and one prominent member, bit
ter in his antagonism to everything emanating
frorn, a Democrat, declared he voted against it
b• ause it was "ungrammatical and - uncouth
n expression." One can well imagine the
scene when Mr. Martin announced that 'the
Know Nothing Senate of Kentucky had voted
down the Constitution of the United State's, and
informed -the pedantic memirer that he was not
responsible for anx z error in construction or
uncouthness of 'exp?Cssion, and proving his'
innocence by reading the exact clause from the
C onsti tu Ulm !
So much for the Know Nothings' knowledge
of the very instrument of which they have
constituted themselves the especial guaidians
_ National Whigs ' in North. Carolina.
The Raleigh Standard furnishes, the evidence
below that-the_national Whigs of 'North Caro
lina are taking the plain, common-sense, pa
triotic view of the duty of all national men in
the pending contest :
“We hear from varions portions of the State
of high-minded, patriotic Whigs who, in the
struggle now going, forward h..itween the na
tional Demoerac and the Know Nothins
have avowed their determination to- act with
the Democratic party, the only-really constitu—
tional party in the country. The Hon. Thom
as L. Clingman and the Hon. John Kerr are
now both substantially-with us; and among
others who will doubtless . co-operate with us
for the future, we may mention Thomas Loring,
Esq., the able editor of the Wilmington Com
mercial ; Jonathan Albertson, Esq., in 1852.
the representative of Perquimans county in the
commons ; William S. Ransom, Esq., of War
ren county ; Doctor William Terry, of Anson
county ; and George Green, Esq., a young and
rising man, and recently one of the commoners
from Craven. Mr. Green has been appointed
a delegate to the Democratic State Convention
by the Democrats and anti-Know Nothings of
Craven. • We are glad to have the aid and co
operation of all such Henry-Clay Whigs.
These gentlemen have not forgotten. that in
1850 Clay and Cass, Webster and King, and
Douglas and Badger stood side by side, with
out regard to party feeling. in the great effort
then made to Settle the slavery question and
save the Union. They feel that the country
is in greater peril now than it was-. then; and
they believe, as we do; that the only party
which may be able to save it is the Democratic
party." -
le Railroa
At a recent special court at York,before Judge
FISHER, for the trial of certain actions to recov
er dainages for pijuries sustained by different
persons by the atei:d . ent near Hyde's, a few
miles south of that place, on the 6th of
March, 1854, when the cars were precipitated
down an embankment of some 30 feet,,the fol
lowing verdicts were rendered :
Mary Mussel man, widow of Abraham Mils
selinan, deceased, vs. The Baltimore and Sus
quehanna Railroad-Cornpany.—This was an
action brought by plaintiff to recover damages
for injuries sustained by de'c'd., and alleged to
have caused his death. Verdict for plaintiff for
‘1 000.
Elizabeth Trasil, by her next friend Sam'l.
A. J. Traci], vs. Swine defendant.
Suit by plaintiff fur injuries to said Eliza
beth, at the same tittle. Verdict for plaintiff
for 8950.
Botti cases, we understand, go up on writs of
error. So says the Gazette.
:MILITARY EICCAMPNENT.—The Chicago Light
Guards are making arrangements to have at
that place, on the first of July next, one of the
largest military encampments ever held in the
IThited_States. _lnvitations _will be extened to
all the principal volunteer companies in the
country, including several in Baltimore:- --
77^A. K. NleCLuttz, Esq., of the Harrisburg
Telegraph. has been appointed by Gov. PoL•
LOCK. Superintendent of the Erie and Northeast
Railroad, in place of Hon. JOSEPU CASEY, who
has resigned.
"'_j-A heavy thundeesunm, accompanied
ED
LOCAL ITEMS.
TURNPIKE ELECTION.—At an election
fur officers of the York and•Gettyshurg Turn
pike Company, on the 27th ult., the, following
gentlemen were chosen President, Lewis
Rosenmiller ; Managers, Michael Doudel, Luke
11. McClellan. and George Swope ; Treasurer,
Philip &user ; Assistant Treasurer, George
Swope. Philip - Srnyser was appoilit — ed Super
intendent on the lower division, and George
C.Strickhoner on the uppeirdi vision—Abbotta
town being the dividing point.
ORGANIZED.—The Town Council met on
Friday evening week, and organized by ap
pointing—jo-nsttnifirr-President-, arid R. G,
WCREARY, Esq., Clerk and Treasurer: The
Council now consists of Messrs. Hugh Denivid
die, John Rupp, John Gilbert, D-Kendlehart,
Robert Cobean, Wtn. B. Meals. .
The new Board of School Directors organized
the same evening, by electing W. L. CAMP
BELL, Esq.., President, and J. AUGHINRAITGH,
Esq., Secretary. The Board now consists of
Messrs. John Winebrenner. Jacob Augliin
bane), W. L. Campbell, Dr. J. A. Swope,
David .McCreary, Dr. J. L. Hill.
It is understood that the School Board wilt
shortly publish a statement of Receipts and
Expenditures for the information of the tax
payers. The annual publication of such state
ment should never have been dispensed with.
NEW COUNTERFEIT.—There is another
new counterfeit afloat, of which persons Ehould
beware. It is a Five, on the Erie City Bank..
Vignette—two females with a shield between ;
on either side a medallion bead. The vignette
of a genuine Five is a steamboat, ship and
other vessels.
RAlN.—This region was-visited by a genu
ine spring rain, on Wednesday evening. ,anct
Thursday,•turned out to be a "}ove of" a day.
WILD PIGEONS have been plenty in this
neighborhood for a week past ; but, the sports
men say, too "wild" tobag.
COMING—House cleaning day. Thep men,
ddgs and cats are generally not to be toon4 at
home.
(C7At a recent meeting of the "Independent
Blues," the following officers were elected:—
Fifth Sergeant, Alexander Harper : Second
Corporal, Alexander Woods; Fourth Corporal,
John T. Milhenny ; Marker, Duncan Little.
['"'We are requested to state that the sub.
seriiption-schools-otAliss-M-Vanoyi-
AUSTIN and LITTLE, will °pent today-.
(I'We are under obligations to Messes.
BRODHEAD and CADWALLADER, at Washington,
and Messrs. INlELuxGtat, RowNsoN.
and. Joaxsati, at Harrisburg, for their attars.
tions.
fp - Our merchants are laying in their - spring
gam• -
Arithmetical Questions.
NILIMER ONE.
Two boys, Peter and John, have together
100 eggs. Peter says, if I count my eggs by
tens, there is a surplus of 4 ; and Jam says. if
I count mine by eights, I find tale same surplus
of 4. How many eggs had each ?
NUMBER -TWO.
What number is that whose half is as mneh
less than 67 as its doable is greater than 98 ?'
Answers nest week.
Tor the Compiler.
MR. EDITOR r—lrr giving the result of the.
towns tip e ections rn.
.your ast paper, you ,
have not, I think; given sufficient invortance
to the result in Huntington and Latimore.—
The result in the former gives- abondant evi
dence of a decline in the Know Nothing stock.
The highest majorities giverti were fot Judge
and 'Treasurer,-for which R. U. Livingston
and B. V. Gardner reeeived mqority out
of 234 votes polled. Last spring the. latter
gentleman' received majority, out Cf 2.29 ,
votes polled, malting a falling oft of 34 .4. which,
taken in connection- , with the well known pop
ularity of those gentlemen, being ord. line
Whigs, is evit4frice of a waning of Dark
Lanternism. Now, take the ease of W. B.
Brandon, the former Vice President of the
"Huntington Council." This gentleman re
ceived but 25 of a majority for Sehool
tor, when last sprints she SeiroolDireetors re
ceived over 100 majority. This latter is ad
ditional evidence of the fact, that Know Noth
ingisin is or will soon he numbered with the
isms that hate been. In Latimore township,.
Daniel Minnigh received bat 36 , majority for
Magistrate. Mark that ! and' mark the fact
that his opponent, A. Ziegler, declared that if
elected he would not lift his Commission.—
The best informed in Lathnore say that had
Mr. Ziegler avowed his willingness to accept
the office, Mr. Minnigh would have beets bad
ly beaten. So much for the boasted ..York
Springs district," which the Editor of the
Star says has "done well." "Happy is ho
that expects little, for he shall not be disappoint
ed." Youk: SPRINGS.
So says
Latimore, 2(1 April'' 1856.
PENNSYLVANIA PrBLIC WORFS.-A bill is
before the Pennsylvania Legislature making'
provision for the sale of the main line of the
public works to the Sunbury and Erie Rail
road Company for the sum of 87 500.000.
The purpose of the hill is to put the public
works in the possession of the Pennsylvanta
Railroad Company, and ass she.credit of their
price for the completion of the Sunbury and
FIRE IN YORK. COI:NTY• - Last Therqdav
week the dwellina boost- 0)t Mr, J \y a k* ,
of Wiad:or township, York co - aritv, Pa.. w as
} Jim a, with ail its roLterils. Aii the fatnEy
14 ere absent at a sale.
eiser,
lines,
Per the• Compiler