a, BELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, PRINTED BY 7HOMAS J. PETRIKIN. Vol. VL WEDNESDAY, December 24 fa , 1823. ee arm Eighteenth Congress Wednesday, December 3d. House of Representa- tives. The House resolved itsell into 2 commitiee of the whole on the statef] of the Union, Mr. Condict in the chaiv, and proceeded to the considera tion of the Message of the President of the U. States. or Mi Taylor, of New York, submit ted the following resolutions 3 1. Resolved, That so much of the Message of the President of the United Slates as concerns our political/d ‘4 relations with other independent gov - © ernments, be referred to the commit m 1 0 acts of assembly providing for the Brewster, Cadwallader, md Power appointed. as relates to Education, be referred to (he committee appointed on that sub- jects as relates to bridges and artificial roads, in which the State holds stock, lor is interested, be referred to the com- recommends an alteration in the acl ‘Vice President, so as to change the by information which he is receiving, be will be able tg introduce many im- provements, as ti publication pro fareases. wile R= i We have the honor to be very re spectfully, your obedient servants, © ANDREW GREGG, Secy, SAM’L COCHRAN, 8.6. Mc Smith offered the following resolution « Resolved, By the senate and hous of representatives of the common wealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met: : That the Secretary of the common- wealth be authotised and directed ww dispose of the state maps, as follows : to the commissioners of the several counties in the commonwealth, cach one map for the use of the respective offices.. To the sccretary of the com aintainence and support of the poor, or iy a bi otal eo - co : 0 , OR Bior 3. That so much of the Message 4- That so much of the Message iittee vnwoads bridges and inland avigatlon, 5. That so much of the Message as irecting the manner, lime, and places f electing Electors of President and tee on Foreign Affairs, 92, Resolved, Wad ly BR referred to the Comm mercer aA 3. Resolved, That so the Presidents Message as r the encourag be refered to the Comm That so much of the Presidents Message as relates to commerce, to the erection of piers in the Delaware Bay, and the removal of obstructions to the entrance of the arbor of Port of Presque Isle, bein } ) Haruor of the of Com. tion of the act imposing a duty on re- much oflred to a special committee. —-Lmien; clates to Conyngham, Dickerson, Rea and Wia- a revision of the Tariff, with a view ement of manufactures, h ittee on man. relates to the Militia, lace of meeting of the Electors, from the seat of government to some other place, be refered to a special commit. 1ee— Burnside, D. Mann, Duncan, Harrison and Feger appointed. 6. That so much of the Message as recommends the repeal or modifica tailors of foreign merchandize, be refers to ter appointed. 7. That so much of the Message as the state of the |Arsenals and the Public arms, be re- wits SEP tT oh Bi gs Wey an So ufactures, ‘4. Resolved, That \ the Presiden’s Message as relates to § the Army, the Militia, the O«dinauce! Department, the Military Academy, Fortifications, Armories, and Arscnals, pe referred to the commtitee on mili- tary affaivs. | "5. Resolved, ‘That the President's Message as relates to, the organization of the Naval Estab- lishment, and the suppression of Pi racy, be referred to the Comimitiee on Naval Affairs. 6. Resolved, the President’s Messag 2 S Public debt, be referred to the com mittee of Ways and Means. 7. Resolved, That so much of the President’s Message as concerns the Post office Department, and the revision of the laws relating to the same, be referred to the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. 8. Resolved, That so much of the President's Message as relates to the settlement of the Public Accounts, be rcfsrred to the Committee on Pub- lic Expenditures. 9. Resolved, That so much of the President’s Message as concerns our relations with certain Indian tribes be referred to the committee on In dian Affairs. 10. Resolved, That so much of the President’s Message as relates to the the suppression of the African slave trade, be referred to a select committee. 11. Resolved, That so much of the Presidents Message as relates to] the Cumberland Road, be referred to, a select committee. ? 12. Resolved, That so much of] the President’s Message as relates to the councction of the waters of the Chesapeak and Ohio, by means of a Canal, be referred to a select commit- tee. 13, Resolved, That the said sclect committees have leave to re- port by bill, or otherwise. These resolutions were severally agreed to ; when the committee rose and reported them to the House, and, the same being again read at the Clerk's table, were severally concur- red in by the House. The House adjourned. Db GE Proceedings Of the Legislature of Pennsylvania. t 1 so much of ferred to the commiitee on the Militia tees and salaries of oflicers, & recom- mends a more early promulgation of] 'the laws, be referred to the committee so much of on the judiciary system. opted, and the committees appointed. letter from the Secretary of the com- monwealth and surveyor gencral, as| follows : ystem, 8. That so much efthe Message as nggests a further diminution of the 9. That so much of the Message as recommends a more prompt and strict ed accountability of officers and agents ientrusted with the receipt and expen- diture of public movey, apd recom: That so much of mends an annual examination of the e as relates to sR0N/sY eoncerns oF ihe reastigy be 3 ireierred to a special committee. ails Revenue and redemption of Gi ey Barnard, on Allshouse and Coleman appointed. | The forgoing resolutions were ad- he day subsequent to t he above. | Thursday, December 11, The Speaker laid before senate, @ Harrisburg, December 9,1823. “ The undersigned, in virtue of the ecutive of each state in the Union for the use of their respective legislatures one map. Adjourned. monwealth and surveyor general, each one map. To the President of the United States two maps, one for the ase of his office, and ong for the use of the library of congress. To the secretary of war, the secretary of the navy, the secretary of the treasury and the postmaster-general each one map| r the use of their resbective offices. To the secretary of the senate of the United States one map. To the clerk of the house of representative: of the United States, for ‘the use of the said house, one map. To the ex- Saturday, December 13. Mr. Burnside, from the committee to whom was referred that item of the governor’s message relative to the place of meeting of electors ol Presi- dent and Vice President of the Unit States, made REPORT : The importance of the subject, and the high authority from which the re. commeudation of changing the place of meeting the electors of President and Vice President has emanated, in- duced your committee to give it their serious and deliberate consideration. The constitution of the United States declares that « each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legis- lature thereof shall direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of senators abd representatives to which the state may be entitled.” This supreme head bas left it to the respective states to direct who shall choose electors, kod where they shal: meet, to perform their functions Congress has declared the day ou authority vested in them, by an act of assembly, passed the 1st April last, entitled ¢ A supplement to an act di- which those duties are to be perform. ed. There is no uniformity io the recting the formation of a map of Penu- sylvania,” and agreeably to the direc tions therein contained, took an early opportunity of applying sion. Mr, Hulme absolutely refused complying with the demand, until the government would pay, or assume the payment of a large account stated 10) knowledge the undersigned posscssed, to Thomas Hulme, the assignee of the late John Melish, for the plates, prints and other property of the commonwealth which they understood were in his posses- be due to Mr Melish. With the that Mr Melish had received all the money which by law he was entitled manner of choosing electors : each state pursued that mode which was be: lieved by themselves, to be the mos: suitable and best adapted to secure the permanency and happiness of the Un- ion. So important a subject as the election of a President and Vice Presi deat, was not to be expected to have passed over,without producing some excitement. It fiequently has engag ed the attention of our distinguished statesmen; and the want of a uniform rule, as to the mode and manner of choosing electors, has been considered by many, as a most serious and alarm- ing defect in the constitution of the to receive until he would have deliv. United States. cred a hundred copies to the surveyor] It is believed, by your committee. general, agreeably to the provisions ofjthat at this time, the states of New the act directing the formation of the; Hampshire, Rucde-Island, Connecti Map, they, of course, denied any poss- cut, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin ibility, on their part, of complying with'ia, North Carolina, Ohio and Mississip- the condition he proposed ; but engag 1pi, choose their electors by gencial ed that on his surrendering the plates ticket. That Massachusetts, Maiy- and other property, and furnishing and land, Kentucky, Illinois, Maine, and delivering as many coplesas in addi- Missouri, choose by districts ; and tion to those furnishedby Mr Melishithat in the states of Vermont, New- would coinplete the hundred which, by York, Delaware, South Carolina, law, he was to dcliver, he should be. Georgia, Louisiana, Indianna, and Al paid five hundred dollars, as directed abana, they are chosen by the Legis- by an act of assembly passed on the atures. In our own state, the elec 2nd of April, 1822, entitled © An act'tors have always been chosen by the making appropriations for defraying people, with the exception of the very certain expenses of government.” memorable election of 1800. After much delay and considersble cor-f After the excitement produced by IN SENATE. MonDAY, LJECEMBER 8. | Petitions, for a change of place of holding elections in Auburn township,’ Susquehanna county : of Grant, to be indemnified by another lo- cation for sundry unsatisfied land war- rants—were presented and referred. Mr. Barnard reported the following arrangement of the Governor’s Mes- sage: ‘ 1 Thetso much of the message as relates to the election laws, and to the subject of wagering on elections. be referred to a special chmmittee— (iroves, Herrington, Henderson, Ma- hon and Dewart appoint 2. That so much of 3 Message as reconunends a revision of the scyeral George respondence, personally and by letter, that election had subsided, when no e- the plates were, at length, deposited in lection was approaching that could his lank of Pennsylvania, aod the huo- produce a contest, when all was tran- red co subject to the disposition of the legis- lature. The other property has, as the manner, times and places of bold | yet, been retained by Mr Hulme, and ing the election, for electors, and di- i [Ls recovery by legal process, has been rected, that the electors so chosen, | committed to an attorney. Mr ithe plate, has bee copies of the map, which the quil and harmonious the legislatu-e of publisher was to deliver, are pow here, Pennsylvania passed a general" law, providing for the future, and regulating to Ishou d meet at the seat of government Benjamin Tanner, who engraved of this state, on the day appointed by - Wednesday in December—the time Hays, Mitchell. fixed by the constitution, for the meet ing of the general assembly, the fics |county, for aid to re-build the public Tuesday in that month—it will gener-ouildings destroyed by fire, and to sup+ ally happen, that the legislatire are{piy recérds whi then in session, and that they bave{ieferred to Sill, Stinson, Ogle. commenced their labors, the day pre- ceding the meeting of the electors. [resolution : Should it ever bappen, that the moath of December commences on Wedoes-{portatce to the Commonwealth of lay, the legislature will not be in ses- |{Peunsylvania at large, and to her mes | sion until the Tuesday following, and tropolis in particular, that the waters | a special provision will be necessary of the west and those falling into th Atlantic ocean, should be Luited by a If it were so, that there was some-(Canal and lock navigation, through (0 supply vacancics. thing imfiure and imperfect in a con-| cise of ¢ extrinsic influences” for c¢i- erally a majority of the popular branch of the legislature are new members ; each other; strangers to the executive —a}l the members of the house of re- presentatives, and at least one-fourth of the senators, emanating immediate-) ly from the people.—~Where a vacan- cy has happened in the electoral col lege, the practice has been, of choos ing the elector from among the gentle- men attending ut the seat of govern- ment, from the vacant district. Yoar committee are not able to dis- cover either impurity or imperfection { p— cither the want of vigilance or caution, greater imperfection in the legislature supplying a vacancy in the electo colleges than there would be in ag other body of men of the same nun ber. In addition to this, it is a duty prescribed by law, and performed un- der the solemnity of their oaths. Your committee, with all due res- pect to the opinion expressed presumed from a contingent necessit of filling up vacancies, should any od curyas the electors present will be fully competent to the task of perform ing that duty, humbly coaccive, that it is the subject to strong objections, so numerous as both branches ol the legislature, nor are they so 1mmedi- ately responsible to the people : be- cause it is impossible to foretel how many will be present—whether a ma- jority of the electors or a less num- ber : and because the electors present may be strangers ; nor can citizen be presumed to be there present from distant parts of the state, where ab- sence is most likely to happen: The law of 1802 appears to your committee to combine the very bes! and most approved mode of chosing clectors—first, by the people, the source of all poweryin this common. wealth, and the sovereign authority ; and secondly, filling of vacancies by their immediate representatives, the mode adopted by many enlightened republican states of this great and hap- py confederacy. Believing, then, that the existing system is neither impure or Jess perfect than could be expects ed from human institution, they sub- mit to the senate the following reso. lution : Resolved that the committee be discharged from the further consid- eration of this item in the governor's message, On motion of Messrs Burnside and Dewart, the resolution was read a second time and adopted, House of Representa- tives: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6. The speaker presented a letter trom the secretary of the land office, with documents, and one from the surveyor general. Mr. Brown presented a petition from inhabitants of Allegheny ; pray- ing for the repeal of the law providing for the better education of the poor in Pittsburg, and for the passage of a general law on the subject, Mr Commings presented the peti- tion of Stewart H. Whitehill, praying for aloan of two thousand dollars to aid 2 manufacturing esiablishment. Mr. Dale presented a petition from tinue the publication of ) 0i the map, agree- happen, by the absence of any elector ably to the provisions o; he act direct-{the same law provided, that the legis rity to make settlement and do allithe vacancy. nif to con- congress. When vacancies should ing its formation, having given secu-|lature should, by joint vote, supply | Against thig systems, ther matters and things agreeably tolysur committee have never, before, inhabitants in Ubpion county, 3 Snyder, M’Bride. Mr. Streator presented a petitior from Stephen Wilson, of Bradfor¢ county, praying compensation for the provisions of theact. Recent ad- heard a murmur or complaint. vices from them furnish assurance that The wale iract of land, confirmed to Conaecticu day fixed by conguess, the frst claimagly Referrgg @ Streator, munication with the Jegisjature and 'cure the tiade of ti executive of this state, there is no time ing the Ohio aud for even the apficarance of the exer- to the city of Phitad ther branch of the government. Gen- of western Pennsylvan many of both branches unknown to fefent sections of this great and in this system ; nor can.they discover |i nor can they suppose that there is a {ge in the message, “ that no objection tos the proposed alteration can arise, it is§ of unfinished business, relative to x Because the electoral college are notjcomplaint against Mills Hays, a jus- relative! to a turnpike road-—referred to Dale, 2ifurther violence ¢ Mr. Sill, from. inhabitants of Erie - 3M were consum Mr. Clark offered the following hy Whereas it is of the highest im-= 1 f the laterior of the stale tate the transportati the seaboard; and als ties of mutual inlerest grows commonwealth. j- 5 And, whereas, a line of communi through the centre of the statey t ars to be practicable, by the Union. nal as now laid down, between the. ers Schuylkill and Susquebanna, | by the Juniata, Conemaugh, and: legheny rivers, to the city of Pitts- | burg, Therefore : ik “4 Resolved, That a committee be appointed 10 inquire into the expedis ccy of appoinung commissioners and f¥csting them with authoriiy to ex- | ine and report to the next legisias whether a canal and lock ng ation can be extended ata a Wpense, trom Middleiown, on the | usquelianna river, to the city of pisburg, by the rivers Juniata, Cone mgugh and Allegheny.” . os oMr. Koight moved to refer an item J ugfinished business, on the subject, | gi the Potomac and Ohio canal, to a gmmittee. Commitiee, Knight, Sta= tnson, Markle, Sill; S. Lawrence mmings, Cochran. Gr Mr. Gardner moved to refer an em of unfinished business, relative tor | election of inspectors in York boroughs Referred to members from York coune, x ty. Andon forther motion an item Ph ¥ fi tice of the peace, was referred to F, Smith, Shearer, Forry, Hummel, Hays. 5 Mr. Holgate moved to refer an item | of unfinished business, relative to & new county, out of part of Philadelpbi« . Referred to Holgate, Stinson, a /ise. big « Audenried moved for reference of an item of unfinished business rela- ive to an academy in Orwiggburg— eferred to Audenried, Huggins, For« by Aha “Mr. Lehman moved to refer an iteny| of unfinished businesss relative to the | appointment ot a beard of commissions ars, for the purpose of promoting in. ternal improvement. —-teferred to Leh man, E. Lewis; Reynolds, Hummel, Diven, M’Clay, Ogle, Clark, Ever~ bart. ; : On motion of Mr. Norbury, a joint commillee, consisting of Norbury, Shippen and Hutter, were appointed to join a similar committee from Sen=~ ate, to open the returngel election fo governor. 3 The following bills were reported. An act for the relief of C, Treziule ney of Centre connty. An act to authorise the executor of Elizabeth King dec’d, to sell a certain house and lot. 5 BR ee ATTEMPT TO MURDER. On Tuesday evening last a most. violent attack was made upon a Young man, who is clerk in the Store of James Noble, at Hop Bottom, “Phe circumstances as told to us, are theses The young man on returning fromy Harford, whither he had been sent to receive a sum of money, was fired at. by a villian whe made bis appearagca! by the way side. The fire was from oi pistol ; the ball struck the clothes of! the young man, and penetrated as. fap as the vest pocket, where it lodged its progress being arrested by a large! knife which was luekily theres To discharge of the pistol frightened the horse, and the young mau was instant] 4 (dismounted, when the desperado fel upon him with a knife and attempt ito stab him; but did not succeed in ie ing a serious wound, It is Mio f ‘probable that the villian was mistake, in the person, and that he did got g; 4 cover his mistake till he came in close engagement, when he desisteg fom and made off | Pires Gazgype, | NV: i {great aste.
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