The Democratic Watchman.
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
3()F. W F1 , 121 , ,Y, A94oelliTl Enllllll
Terms, $2 per Annum, in Advance.
it EI, E N 'l' I'.\.
Friday Morning, March 10, 1871.
The Old The New
the 11. t iidiourned
on S;ittirday 1:1-1, vontet red grcnter
benplit spots tFsv cnnntrk, l o doing
tlinn throiwli an% iiietivure
passed doling 1-Ivave. It
sax kill of " , :% 11.\+ shit acre
dark and nick. thus sere p1:111" lilt
birth svitw, Inu6c 1 upon %%ith ,h-trtiHt
not,l 11(1.4
bevti Ii silo l ‘%I tll vl :Ind r pm
trig We van cal
ntvatt. , tirt. , t that the cettnir ‘‘,,t1141 not
have been as %veil and nerliart bettor
ofr and the tiolorif Ihent
auJ I.r... , rerity
With ,11•Ter.:t1 “I Ow I I ',,tt
he .111,‘ 4 -if
RH% 11 , 1‘..etorth, n(
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t‘ritit. :t% t t-,t
check 4 , 1 the Mill
he•Axy It .I , lte:tl littl 101101
extreme- There Hal,/ •1 el.ll-11 , r Ode
moderate ICeptildo.m. rleincht iu the
acre p0.1,a1.1% 0.,•(
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01 1151t.,,e hllpa,
tile pro-pet( Cook 4. l,r‘ , 4l,tet (01 the
lull:, Th.' pre-ent 110 Itvpre
looi tort \ three nu toLer-. ul
whlch noollwr tus” I,‘Pli
Iv 11,.• ntr afnvt , lv elet led I .mrtren
are a...lwhon'lhw t ,
dive the 11,,ti , e gill -itit..l
YIN De.1114 , 1 . 1“1-
hundred. and Idur‘., ..esen l(ad‘eat..
Tne ha.e
irnis :he 11e555 e551.n..1 M.
It,•; ‘,s Isllt,
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The Oeinocral. , ha ‘e great r e t-mu
C , Mgr'll‘ll'll , the nn
IMIZI
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for the tirtml itt.l
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The Apportionment
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apportitoftiiirtll II- I
12111111=11111111
1.111 at 11111 A it
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expertr,l that the fire
,l'Wll.l b.. aft 11,1,
It 1 . 1•41111 r,. 11111.. )11.1 perft,
go Import Rh l 11l meg/HUN. 3- 11)r apigo
lommelo, :pt 0P lilt rf. 114, 11 , 11,10 that
,orile re.pe .1. ••••Inle will 1 - 1,011
1.1 , 1er ils tht• left!, 01 Ole
blll, As It WA, I.IIIIIIIM, 11 will lie I,ell
that Cr
3111/141ln. Perry litho IL men
iro-i,f4nifirant Alum!, dlitv npnn it,
fiehirhthrvrrnalrred tmorthl
nut .hrmk from, ,11.eommothtig them
mekee rt little toe the µlikr of neettm
11'"." to nrl "I , n'i . ! l "" r ph.ho, t r tt erent reform I,et lie
atorLir 11..( 1111,w i th 4,111• itor, aii.i
with Cle;irtwiti mi.i It repre.,,,taii
ihr.trlct. (Ml11111•Illlll'f+
aiiii it will doliltile,A ttiolerg,,
Ini ,l l , lifillll/1/1 4 . 1 ut, it t P-. 11111.
e , eil se or jiit•llee pvri, hat
bo4ly NA we think oblates in the , :enate,
there is a good 1ir...p..1g of a Inir 31)
portioriment icing tillalk Made To
the bill as presented by the
arrisinag Trio/rap, 111:0t4.8 hi tier
objection, but the Telegraph al wa vs
opposes everything that iii the least
intertere , with its itching desire to get
its tigers into the public treasury It
calls for the defeat of any mill that will
not insure it large inajority for the
Radicals in troth branches of the Leg
imlature, The Slate Jou; nal, the other
Radical paper at llarrielmrg, thinks
the bill is a fair one, and is 11181,0M.1
to ftvor its adoption by the
Nevertheless there are so many eon.
llicting interests to Huliserve, that we
should not he surpr'seil to see the
present bill very materially altered.-
We trust, nevertheless, that both
Houses will agree to act solely for the
welfare of the people, snit not in a
factious, illiberal or partisan spirit.
FOR I(V.N r --Sever. rooms, centrally
bolted in business portion of the town,
water and other conveniences In the
Ipua. ; rent $lOO per annum and tales,
payable in advance. Inquire
of It A. office in Bush's Ar
The Coal Question
All ()ye] the country, we hear loud
complaints in regard to the high prices
of anthracite coal. Thin seems hi' be
the re-mit 01 it coilibianlmn between
railroad companies 1111,1 coal I,nonopo
nem They appear to be in cahoot,
sharing the prolit4vrung from (lie
people, who are.compahlil-M-4my cant,
no matter it it hat price.
pri.gt ionic scent, lo have been Cool()
de% iced, Inl , l eu!.l Idondedly carriol
Av
noon av the coal enwienll ,, gel
huge ).lured up, enough 19 11C
coniniodale nut demand (lint may be
made mum (hem, then it go the rail.
road heights and low ii go the ‘‘:inen
1 - t1 11,e,
and then the ptice of coal goi , s up, ow,
and nn nor cliiihtian railroad amt 01;11
COMpalla , hate et eryllitilLZ their ott
trot. The% can Itql, and
.rlt •-, then
anal be had, and II v iololv It.V II
=II
for a e,lt,w, tom. Ihi. 111110 . 1, etI:11 111
New 1 n7l a ' , _41,(111 a ion. nlnl XOl
f ot Iliirr iffillioiof of limy wort. all
intnit•n.t . nllll making 01f:re
I iirE4IICH µII
of Ilw p,01.1,.. AII 'hi.. wmter 0,,t1
1 .411 1 1 11 li:I% IleCI, for .I¶,l.
.1,113 r, ft 1011, %,101 profit
11:01 iht %\llgl, 1,1 illt.
=MEI
MEM
OWN' ' . it . wvunr
their nn II 1 . 111% %%;14 Jll.l V.11:11
-t. 4.111te.. ;11,1 1r11;111111 , i1g 111 , 11.1..
(ISt , 151 , 111 , 1 It c.t liiii , C ,•nee
fur putting up the in or coal,
the.railroad- , in .vmpaihy WOI then/
their freiglite, and they
.ecitred tlom the ill gotten 10111 , 4
Willeil they are nun gloating over and
I•eto.een then, No matter
It tw 11111011 the pre r,
shivering people of our great ell ter% en
dured from tatome, , Ickne , - and cold
They had to ply to New York at the
rate of . ....' 4 211.1141 per ton MT coal, or
Iree7e •%Va., the fiat of tite%e
railroad and coal comp:one:h. NVloit
eared the% for the nece, , rtie•s or
Int Ihry ;.1 , )1 their de
lidded still more (t, the
illtr-e% in their Fuleket4 •I•hr
poor ito,l I lie prices or do %11 II
nut ~ iii I 10. earful logic of car
lal
10 bp I,r,,keit up ni 11o1111) fill Or 11 114/11
Cr Tile 1111111 0p1ir0141.4 11111
grind I lie hive-to( (lie punt ought 14/ lie
take.. Mil it IL( Ila 11414) of 11(x0 rail
rw..l awl coal rrionai.oll..ts by law. IL
enn an , l 414 114111 141 Ili . 4141n0, 111 1 4 41 1:1 IPIV.
~,,r 1:1‘v uutkrre rt•luer to mien
f ,•• u, 4.lfr ht.l.filf, or if fiffy Ihrni"•ltt•a
sin• The pryer fire &old. r the
r a, 4,1 th.-e emi.ruiu•N, ilia( Iln•v an
nnlrlu•ndt•nlly or fearle4.
1%, tilt, lel tile 1.1...p1e taise the HI it't
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.ket It ‘‘lll re,ivr 1110 r.l I ti• I
n~ ci .• in.irhrl. Lruc
ME
11.% I I
to their Yellet•Y I . lll` , e
Le .1.,,te Itt ot, rht A tin,' deternlina
(inn ova, the nt anthracite CI MI
fl. Itlel, :111 , 1 I, 1111• /1 , 1.,[111011 m 104
01 the tellllllllllollM, 140 gettPrAll)
a!io et erywhere throughout °lir
country •I'o i.e Hire, this lioolll.l
IttetttivettuLtiee 111 the
rittittee or it little more patoke and dirt
1.4 !tufo).holt upon the fofe of
nuthracite, I nt the de.rend l intH of the
1,101 melin throw odriplottd4 or 1011 11110
Bl.tllll Ilnrhor, rather than pay MI
11(1110. 1111.1 w. 5011111 Mn/.11 Pee 1he•0 1 . 119 I
erlt/lirir,o r r I ner.o.
praVi lorgiveltet. and Begging for
just it mile of the liosine,ol they for
uteri,/ 111 , 1, in the anthracite line, at the
demand of the great Mid prosperous
l'eorny I Bituminous coal abounds
ithnost everywhere. It is cheap and
vist as useful flier fuel 11.41 anthracite.
And who knows how soon some in
genious fellow will insent a stove
that will burn It with just as little
smoke? When that hoar arrive., the
days of high r f neem for coal will be
numbered. Thev may be MI nibered
now, if the people no Will it. Make
"Bitumir OUR " the watchword, and
overboar I will go the monopolists.
—The Millersburg Farmer nom].
nates Hon, (lemma N. Prsintrrow for
Governor of Ohio, and Gen. THOMAS
EWING, for Lieutenant Governor. ride
would be a strong team, but for the
first mentioned gentleman the people
of the United Statee have probably
higher honors.
I f —A Mneetichneette railway in
\ IS34 gave notice that "Pa*engere are
not eent by the compact), but seals are
pro , itle4l for all who apply at the tick
et ottiee."
----The lake at Cleveland is frozen
over as far to one can see.
In or l-r• ti it iiar rendk.rs !nay un•
Local legitilatioti lins
liven a I asked for at Ilarrk
btu it ae I ago o•e published
the 1111, , and a synopsis of all bills that
110 111'011 iiitroiliweeit up to that time,
mid to day we give a resume of adqi
tiorr4 hills, presented Qinee we referred
to this Matter.
1111 art 141140ellre 1110 .1, n hon for thell
1.0. t 111 the oi 4 Ml,
This iwt reters to labor
ers t hi , (flintier 'business
It gives:thein n six in,intlis lien ngaint.t
any logs or i•iipinre timber they linee
aided to Cut, peal, Jinni iir hew, the
amount ofiltillelitrilue. , (lies way hare
ttgain , t the conlriteior or nwner, for
getting out or norhing at said timber.
\\'e will publish 11114 11111 n, l 11. e
&t ~ li li
101`C.111.0 1,31
on iiie+entel Irina- , for poor pnrpeqA
are In be eollei.lo,l ether taxe.,
EMI:
111 t%1.111i .' 11, , 111 Bi•II0 , 11,111t• hr all ;Mint
t:retllrt. yoooll, 11,11 exco.rloig forty
rile- ui le r h, cuL the rit..,lit to COll
, tIIII . I !Fr Ilid1(15,;2 - ) 11111, , Ion)!
MEM
LIMIESIZI
MITI
IMIMM
=BE
It thi4 bill the 1 Wicial Terriiof the
let k'tOrllON %%II! Le tied to corn
)roielav after the ht
weel, N.,vember emirt
.1 0011,14tno•11t nn no 1 throrpornting 1111 ,
I entre 111.14 tonnotllntn I nrnpulso 1 . 0111
pans'
I: 11114 1011 beCOIIICH a kw, It will
roily+ e Iro , M hr•eping rn
rep:or th,4"Rirt nr lhrir r..t loi tilliti
own! v from Nfilrov to and
wake% I it to‘‘ll•dop road It 141441
:otillorlit , the morel,. of 141114 "i 3 per
=
The Lett imlnir% Centre and Spruce
creek three nullinn •tipplernent is Flllll
of the llntist;',liere 111
all prnltability it will he amended pat
111 II) antltnrire the I,l4 e lng 01 11,0 111
wend of tlirve dollarH, when,
ax our people .10 nut ,term t() have airy
n new drew, and ,JI our., I
Ile editor in probably gett
into shape that they may do
after he gel , ' to be Auditor I
a spirited paiwr Wpwl
nib coffiril It wisiie+
%Vr wed' we (soil,' nller it !wore
1'11111‘.{1•11111111 CIA
beeow.• ;1•4440C1ai1 . with Mr
lt , uui in It. I , lltOrni etirolisrt 1 . 01.
1,,0 1+ A grni.,llli rlirt,
nmllllP+ Irrrn (••mtriblititt , In Hie .Iyr's
1,1,111 e Wilt
- - The Clark mleir, ron vervaltre
it+ marked 'X ' NVe thought
rune to our mail Omuta elloweil flail
we were 111114011,mi I t'a all right now,
however liy the act mole of the Irma
xeirtitire, we PCO that one of the editors,
Faysv,,i.n, has come all the way to
Pennyylvnnia for a wife Don't )011
hate any good looking girls in
Went Virginia, Ltti.E, that you must
come all the way back home for a het
ter hall? Well, we wish you much joy,
et eelern!
-\\ ' e Ila‘e received the first number
rot 7'hr
new paper, It 1. eight pages, with
fur wide (iliiwitie io the page, and
handsomely printed. On the margin
14 111,0 1 1 1 h:10W11114 "TO the editor—lf
you like this paper please say HO; or
it you don't like It, say so —TitzonosE
Tii.roN." We say that we do like the
appearance of it, hot have just got it
and have riot hail tune to examine it
touch. We hale nu doubt of its abili
tv, but Ty,rir.:' , 4 ability is of it kind
that we have not been in the habit of
greatly admiring. however, we will
not pre-judge him.
—( hie ofour exchanges, the Louis
ville Daily Sun, propounds the query,
"Who is Thiers?" nod then poceerls
to answer its o•rn question as follows.
Fort)-one years ago, M. Titters wits
011 P oh the committee appointed at the
hotel of Lafltte, the eminent Paris
banker, to proceed to the residence of
Louis Phillippe, Duke of Orleans to
tender him the throne, then vacant by
the abdir "`tarles X. It is an
extraordi
and vital
conapini
of 1870-71. lie has passed through
safely, and is the hero of three revolu•
Pons, viz: 1830, 1848,and 1.870. With
out his sitiootlivees, versatility and elo
quence. Pif.Thiers has all the skill and
dexterity or Talleyrand, anti no matter
what change of government ensues, he
Loos! Legislation.
act (4 , oolloot ion of poor 1.x.•••
01 1111 , 1 1 .1f1' 1 1 /.11141+01 1-1 11 11, 1 1 .4 11 101 ,111,n11111ii'1
11(1, CS
IS% lily pro% 1 , 11111. ( , I 1
fhi Lill 111C1,111.4
I 1.1 t•X 04,1111
New‘paporial
,t,,,, ~;,,iii,/,/
,e,1,4 %%ell
ing things
bun credit
icneral.
KIT , Ilr• A Ilil.All 11/Ist , ruined
r retired Irorn dui
of his longevity
should now he am
tench Revolution
is always upon 11114 feet. The historian
01 the flint French Republic and Erm
pire, he has served the governments of
the restoration of the Bourboit inon•
nrehy, the Orleans dynasty, the second
' Republic, the second Empire, and now,
nearly fit fOIITSCOeb, he prOlnices to he
at the head of the last phase which
politics IP matoniv, in France. This
ottmlerful old mair appears to he cm
dot‘ed auh all the activity and vigor
of Young Anlerlen
--The government and people at
Berlin are preparing a grand ovation
for King Witt' tit and the victorious
German arniiVEl on their return. front
France. They esteem the conquest of
the latter (vinery a big thing, and nee
dot gthtig to let it 1111:ili without a good
t i me. It is well enough, perhaps, that
these Prussians should have a little
rejoicing. it isn't eery day that a
country like France is overrun by
Ilion, nor IC it probable that they will
ott,r)lo the same thing again, do let
them have their little fun rata:. French
t e nceanee is biding its time, and years
n Pane over the cornitteat of
dm “eriiiiii empire
111111 V 1
' I Ili( 1 ,••
That beautifill specimen of the
t)l",t•r•ipliia girt, the rrintp's
, for I• . ebruary, Is upon tl6r table
H. S. Mt tviN, Philadelphia, is the
editor and publisher, and he prints it
lor - the low price of one dollar - Ili year
ui wire. It IM n valuable book to
, I‘l ress 515 Minor street.
print, r. 4
----The Council Vi l tove (Knneam,)
Democrat, tlt.R the name of lion.
A ENDRICKM, Of 111100114, nt
uy inaNt head nn tin choice for l'resi
dent Mt. ItFKDRICIOI WOlll.l
n indeed, and one of
idiom the country would lie forever
proud.
Effect of Example
flow rapt it is to start a new fashion
politieal a 4 well 11 3 31 social morals.
Let lint one conspicuous partisan Wrong
lie perpetrated and every upstart poll
{ ICIII3I 11111101 331 11111 leader, and screens
lormiell behind the impunity of hip su
perior., Mr. ll rn nt btarted the fashion
of receiving brilies, poorly disgimoul
with of —presents," and from
lion to the rowdy radical repenter, cor
rtiption has been the prevailing party
ep t deinie Congress passed bills sub.
eet.ng the vivid to the military author.
ity in the South, and gave to the Pres.
'dent the military arm to etumpend civil
go‘ertintetlt and to manage twit tuantp
aline eleetionB with the bayonet, 81131
immediately after every radical legisla
ture in those parts plundered the Mate
treasuries to arm a militia organization
and e%ery thisernor undertook to de
clare martial law and with the bayonet
perform the brutal belon•ts of rersonal
or parte rapacity.
'I he experiment Wllll tried at Wash
ington Id making the elate race nub
ser‘ient to all thinga to the caprice or
interent of the black, and in clone 11111
moon the carpet bag governments of
e.ery •;otitherti State outraged the
"hue rave with even H. more arbitrary
and olinoxiom+ hutniliation, Grown
.1, e o,er the imminent downfall
and ,1et,••,1 r.41..31 party, Con
gren, ‘• over the "pu
rity lit elect . placing the power of
, lent of politician,'
1.1 I 11 . 1 . (kOnit tu the hawk
of treat p.dge.., and norrounding
the ballot 1... x., with armed deputy
ttiar,haln sell. led from the Nlllllll4 Rll.l
1,n11,1Q of populous
clothed with Dower to arrest without a
warrant and to ,all to their aid, the
army and nav-v of the Untied Staten,
11 their tiviarioom work. Following
such high example, the carpet bag leg
inlaturem 01 dinfranchined States have
es en mitntripped their exemplars, and
made regulation,. which, if mellectual
to reverse the popular will at the poll,',
place the ballot-boxes for ten days in
the care and en,,tadv of party hirelings,
to be manipulated and tampered with
to nuit the extgencten or the party
fraudulently and forcibly tel
to power.
Congress net the example of dealing
out impeachment to uncongenial exec
utives, and upon a pretext 80 ...hallow
that the simplest clown could Acne
trate it, demonstrated their disregard
for law, illative and right, their litter
contempt for solemn and geFiolim prece
dents, by arraigning President Johnson
at the legislative bar for the putt•„
of driving an advocate of the Constii.,
tion out of the position they longed to
fill with a more abject and arcommo
dating partisan. The disgraeetiol
scenes and speeches of drat din, wloen
the q uiet anttntimition and Maitre' ence
of the American people, under the stu
pendous infamy enacted at Washing
ton, was the moat painful evidence of
American deterioration, in fresh in the
memories of every man capable' of In
dignation car root empt. 90 COrimpleil
OEM a crime could not well be lost upon
the partisans who abetted or the pa
triots who condemned it. Upon the
one itimpressed the impunity of power,
to the other it conveyed a proper esti
mate of radical uoscrupulousnees, and
demonstrated the ease with which the
most tottered safeguarde of liberty and
law could be invaded. To both classes
it strongly suggested political possibil•
ities that had better been left In the
conservative channels to Which eighty
years of constitutional government had
consigned them.
The ice once broken, however, and a
prominent exampliz set, it seems that
we are to have a surfeit of impeach
ments in this age of imitations. No
Inns ihnn there carpet-bag and rattiest
flovernore are arraigned upon articles
I' l
irppeachment at tiorivar pf their re•
etpAtive state legislatures. The reme•
dy adopted in Washington itabont to
come home and plague its inventors.
Holden, of North Carolina, deserving
justly n place on the scaffold, stands his
trial, but at the same - thrie invoices the
interference of Congress in his behalf.
Clayton ' of Arkansas, a viler renegade
than whops- aas never called to the
bar of jatice, refuses to answer, and
swears in tntlitia and accepts the aid
of Federal bayonets to enforce his eon.
tinned sway and defies the power of his
former radical friends in the tfeneral
Assembly. Huller, of Nebraska, has
been impeached, lint we have not yet
been informed whether he will comic
seepd to consent to trial or not. The
example at WAshington bile thus pro
duced its Half iinnte results ; for had
not these ruffians been encockaged m
their partisan crimes by Washington
example, they would not have acted
with an audacity that spbjeets them to
legal penalties ; nor sithont a former
example would slid' legislatures have
ventured lightly uFftn so gra . % e and
solemn a remedy. —Tallman' Sunday
Telegram
Starers' Homesteads. Land for
Soldiers and Sailors.
The following i. the text or the bill
reported in l'lntgre , , , 4 n lent thtyn 'once
tieneral Stoughton, and pt red wi th
only tno diusenting %oten.
A hill to enable honorably
eloirged soldier+ and tilort., their
svnioN‘tt and orphan children, to lie
quire homestead. , on the public
land , 01 the United Suite.,
lie it eihteted, clr , That every pri
vate soldier and rillicer who has served
in the atm) , of the Cutter! States dur
I ing the recent rebellion, for ninety
days, and who war, honorably die
charged and has remained loyal to the
government, including the troops
mustered into the service of the lint
led States liv virtue of the third sec
lion of "An net entitled an act making
appropriations l'or completing the
defence of Washington rind for other
purposes," approved February 13, 1862,
and et ere seaman and mantle and
ollieer or other person who has served
in the navy of the l'oited States, o r in
the marine corps during the rebellion
tor ninety days, arid who wax honor
ably discharged, and has remained
loyal to the f ;overnment, shall on
compliance with the proVII4IOIIH nl All
net entitled "An Oct to secure home
steads to actual settlers of the piddle
domain," and the arts amendatory
Iliereol as hereafter modified, be vim
tied to enter upon and receive patent,
for a quantity of public lands, not
miners', not exceeding Ifin acres or
one quarter sectimi, to lie tal.en
compact torn) H(ettriliog to legal sub
divisions, including the alternate re
served sections ul public lands along
the line of any railroad or other public
work, or otlivr lands I.lll9Pet to erore
under the Homestead law in the
led Stites, w,hatev er wildly lands have
b een or may he granted by "ae;s of
Congress Pro% ided, that said home
stead settler shall he allowed twelve
months alter locating has 1101nel-teal)
%%Unlit' % , hich to commence his settle
meal and linprosements , 1111 , 1 prove
lied also, that the homestead settler
shall have served in the army, nit) v,
or mantic COrpc ithire.aid, or if dis
charged on account of wounds resew
erl or disability incurred in the hoe
of duty, then the term of enlistment
shall be deducted from the time hereto
fore required to perfect title ; mid pro
vided further, that any homestead
settler as aforesaid may assign los
homestead certificate within twelve
months from the date thereof to any
cal/en of the United States over tit en
ty pne tears of age, or person who
has declared has intention to become
such, who has not previously availed
himsell ()Mlle benefit of the home
stead or pre eruption law, and said
assignee shall succeed to all the rights
of the stud homestead settler but no
such assignor of a homestead certili
cafe shall thereafter have the right to
avail himself of the benefits of this net,
or the nets heretofore passed granting
homesteads to actual rettiers, nor shall
such assignor have the right to acipnre
any oilier homestead m,der sal I as is ;
provnled, however, that no patent shall
be issued to a homestead settler or Inii
assignee who hart nut resided upon,
'dorms ed. and ettltiNalud his said
home-lead for it gerund it at least two
o- cpt as pro,lded nn heetloll
1. , “Ithis (Ler
2 Anil Lv ,t t,,111„ ~ , •trted
lit \ e4Oll • Illt•d,
pro‘ l , ,,ons nl 11,4 ~ ,cgu.ing, •ueelillo, I.
Culler a how , lewd, Who nay have
heretofore , ~tered under the 1/0/11C
OICII.I - a quantity of land lei.. than
one hundred and MI Ct r acres, shall be
permitted to enter under the proVil4lolll4
01 this act so much land as, when ad
ded the quantity previously entered,
snail not exceed one hundred and tax
tv acres.
Sae. 3. And he it further enacted,
That in ease nt death of any person
who would he entriled ton homestead
under the pros tniona of the first Bee-
Limp of this net, hie widow if unmar
ried, or in cnse oilier death or mar•
riage, then hie minor orphan children
shall he entitled to all the benefits
enumerated in thin net; provided that
if pitch person died durit.g his term of
enlistment the whole term of hie en
listment shall he &ditched from the
time heretofore required to perfect the
title,
Sec. 4. A rid he it 41irther enacted,
That every eohlter and every merman
ninrif.e, and officer, who served in the
nn“ a .1 navy for the said period of
nu“: Mt) s, and is now inscribed on
the pension roll of the United Star, , ,
or is entitled to be so inscribed on ne
count of wounds received or disabili
ties incurred in the line of duty, may
in lieu of the rights, privileges arerj
benefits herein before conferred, enter
upon by an agent or attorney, and
receivfsa patent for, one quarter seem
iron of land, as provide•l for in see l i on
iji-I 4.1 thin net, and shill be entitled
to all the benefits of sari drat section
or liable to all the provisions thereof
except to Ow actual residence; and
that all ucts and things required to be
d on e by said homestead Pettier
first section may he done by said split
vr attorney ; provided that no such
agent or attorney shall act as ouch Itir
more than one person at the iqune
time.
SFr'. 5. And be it farther ennefol
That all dechirati MN and midi+ 're
quired undo isl hie A ct rola former 804
grnoting,horneqemle to nctenl wafer„
may be taken before the judge
!elerk of ate pourt of record in
United Staten, or in any RI
tur n
tory, and when dilly unthetmennl,
tinder the ofIVI seal of anal coon,
shall be th tonne force and vibe! 89
if taken before the register
atilt, proper Land Officer.
SFr. n. And lie it farther mime, ,
Th a t O w Cortiniissionerm of the ilesior
al laud (Mice ahnll have antlinray to
inalyi all neeilltil rulry and re'ttlilnivi nq
In ettrry into effect the nravninin. of
tide net.
The Apportionment of the State
The followinv apportionment ht;l
bur‘ been reported from Mc :::ercil”
l'oninott :
Philadelphia :
1. Fir.t, Second, Third, Penril:,;: e ,
NO I), Ell.llllll /111,1 Ninth wardm, I.
11. Tenth, Thirteenth, rmirti.l.l,ll),
Fifteenth, Twentieth and TNeilty ninth
Ivtink 1.
11 I h llh, Sixth, Eleventh.. Itodttb,
Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighto nth
wan', I
I\'. Nineteenth, Twenty
I y rwrowl, wen I y rrd, Tivents loan!'
Twenty lint, 'Twenty
I ., aentv annk.
V. Chester and Delaware, I,
VI. l'otitizotnerv, 1.
VI I. Ibielto anti Northampton, I.
VIII. Iterka, I.
I X. Laneasier, I.
X. St-111101:111, 1
X I. Lehigh and Carbon, I.
X I I. Dauphin and Lebanon, I
X I I. Imierne, ,Monroe Pike amt
IVavne. 2.
N. IV. Pandlord, Stmpieliannit
Ws onlinE, I.
XV. Columbia, Lycomitig and
livnii, I.
XVI. Potter, Tiogn, Nit:Kean anl
Cameron, I.
XVI I. Clinton, Union,
h, Maud and Afontour, I
XVIII. Blair, Cambria, Clearnc!l
and I{lk, I.
..X IX. Cumberland and York, I.
XX. .lilattiti nod Franklin, I
XXI. II untingdon, Bedford an,l
I , ultoti, I.
'X XI I, Snviler, .Juniata, Mullin,
Venire and Perry, 1.
XXIII A lii•glinny, 3.
XXI V. I niliana, Jefternon, and
Artiii.trong, I.
X X V. Sothis/ow t and Weettnorelari4,
XXVI Fayette, Greene and Wash
Mg1"11,
XXV I I. Beaver, Lawrence and
Butler. I
XXVIII, Clarion, Venang , ,, rnrest
and Mercer, I
XXIX Cranford, Erie and War
rem, 2
I=
Adam' Frankha, 2 ;
7 , Araimtrung, 1 , Beaver, 1 ; lirdlnnl
and Fulton, 1; Iterks, 3, Blair, I.
liradflaiii, Sullivan) and NVyaiiiiiig, 2,
Bucks, 2, Butler, 1 , I
Cameron and Clinton, I ; Carbon. I
Cheater, 2, Centre and Clearfield, 2,
(,'inriml annul Forest, 1; Colombia, 1,
Crawford, 2; Com ber'and, I , Ihrnplirt
2; Palawan., 1; Erie, 2, HI, lull
detTerroa, 1 ; Fayette, 1 ; lirerne, 1
lliintingdon, 1 Indiana, I , Juniata,
Mifflin and I'err ,2 , Latteamter,
Lawrence, I ; Lebanon, I ; Lehigh. 1.
Lucerne and Monroe, 5 ; Ly (.1111111/g,
Snyder nllll Union, 2; Mercer, I ,
McKean and Potter, I ; Montgniners,
2; Montour, and Northumberland, 2,
Northampton, 2; Puke and %Vas ne. I ,
Srhuelkill 3„,,• Somertuet, I ; Situ lac
Immo', I ; Thugs, I ; Veriangn, I.
Warren, I , Wcetrnoreland, 2; Yt.rh,
2, \Vashingtoii, I ; I'hiludclp6ni, I',
SI Alt 111 i BIRDN. Journals in
filar3 land report that great distre, pre
% ell. among the birds in that region of
country, an owing to tllO Ground being
covered with snow, tht•y are depri ill of
their tonal means of obtaining lied, and
neon, it hi• 111 a starving condition he
rt ridges. eruWu and hatNioi stem I,• In
1.1 o ion•lt efe.4,l,undtto• loos k•,
inn( It lams•! than usual, cone' egate
boldly around ilto harn.3 ards Inn loud
-- -Never, has there occurred ii MOTT
tomhingd bnruUful IIPCf./I.f) thou that
of 11 re Thema.. D' A rey 'thie, widow
of the prominent ox-Chtnadian inine.ter.
I,dot week Phi. wits found dead, kneeling
with hyr prit‘er-buol, in her howl, evr
dr huvmG died affielst h e r devo
tions
--The latest thing in the boot and
shoe line in Holston inn crimped ulf
boot, the calfskin tanned with the hitic
on, and made up with the hair out:ode,
tipped with alligator leather. ',miles'
boots or the same style have ilko ado
their appearance.
--The Kentucky Supreme Court
has decided that dogs may be executed
when found roaming on a neighbor's
premises without proper, human cowpo
ny, and their owner may not plead In
their behalf that they wore enticed from
home.
--During tho Beige of Paris, Baron
Rothschild, tiring (drat, vainly eared
500 francs for a pheaaaric He was forc
ed to take fifty aparrowa inalowl, for a
pat pie, irilnes each.
—A paper in Charleston, S. C.,
apparently, is quite provoked at au old
gentleman in Liverpool because he
neglected to die, ttpd leave his nephew
.C 40,000, until alter the latter, a t ailor
boy, list' died in that city.
—Agriculture, wedded to mann
factures, gives birth to commerce.
BEI