MESSAGE.' ' " rations should be created, it is too lament
£b the maii&tfi'of 1 the Scjidle a?ul House ably true, that more modern legislation
_ H )6f Repfxsentativea of the Commonwealth !* ias "‘ c ' e b' departed from this theory, and
•r«r Rmninjlvaniw: " • - jwo arc compelled to regard certain kinds
\ J . . *oi corporations in their truo nnd manifest
■ GBNXI-EMfiN: rAn imperative senso of character. 1 took occasion in mylastaji
-0 duty constrains me to return to you (louso nt)a | mussago to designate such corpora,
bill No. 142, entitled “A further supple- tjons as were intended to promote private
intent to the ttet incorporating the Penrisyl- ’purposes, and among these I regard the
vdnia coal company,” without my appro- Pennsylvania coal company.
Vt?l. ; n; therefore, the use and enjoyment ofi
Apart from oilier reasons against this |bo railway ol the Pennsylvania coal coin
measure, a constitutional objection is pre-: jinny is confined to the company itself and
eenled, which to my mind, is too clear to a very small class of persons on the line
bo overlooked. Among other things i: is 0 |- the read, and they only for n limited
proposed that the Pennsylvania coal cum- purpose, it j s not „ public highway or in
• pnny be “authorized to extend its two tended for a public use. I “must bo re
tracks of rail road, with necessary turn- gnrde.d the private road of the corporation,
outsand appendages from any points there-: should this company be authorized to ox
of, in an easterly direction, through the J tend llicir road through the counties of Lu
counties of Luzerne, Wayne and Pike, or 7iCrnCi Wavnt, Piko and Monroe, it should
along Brush Hill in dje county of Monroe,: bo open to the use and enjoyment of the
to connect with the New \ork and LrieJp U b|ic on reasonable terms, and its opera
fail road, or fo such point in the Slates ol i tjons mndo in this way to minister to the
New Jersey nov New York as the respcc- convenience and prosperity oftho people
live legislatures of said Stoles may author- j o f that section of the Stute.
i7 ' c " . . ■ Besides, there are no provisions in the
The constitutional objection to which 1 original act of incorporation or any of its
refer, has its origin in thepeculiar terms : supplements, requiring the company to
under which this company is organized.— j furnish cars or other mode of transports-
II it were a railroad company furnishing a for general tonnage, or even to fiirn
publie high way upon which all persons, ■ j s h motive power to the very limited class
upon e<]ual conditions, could travel and w |io have the right to passover this road,
transport, or be conveyed and have their [And consequently the company could at
merchandise and other commodities trails-1 pleasure pevent all transportation except
ported, as on the road ol all properly or-, rheir own tonnage. This reasoning, ap-
railroad companies, no such ob- plied to a mere carrying road, could have
jeeimn could exist. But such is not the; but little force, for such a company would
case. Dio Pennsylvania coal cumpnny is; seek tonnage and business, but this conipa-
Itot a railroad company. The railway ; n y will supply theirown freight, and there
which it has nlr.eadyconstructed,although may be times when it would be their in-'
consisting of two tracks of considerable; [crest to prevent others reaching the mark
length, is not a public highway, but prac-Vi in which they sell. But if allowed to
tically, and by the terms or the act crca- do so by the bill under consideration, a
ling the company, it is a private road lor valuable route to market over the lands of
the use of the company in tlie transporta- others, for the trade and travel of these
tioil ol its coal and other products, and i counties, rich in their natural resources,
nominally, also, Tor the use of the bo occupied bv the Pennsylvania coal
of adjoining and adjacent lands, who, by: company for its own special use, and a
connecting with said railroad, by lateral 'comparatively few others, to the exclusion
roads, may have the right to transport the 0 f the public at lur-e.
products of said lands. The proposition ; Th'j net to which uis proposed to make
minis bill, is, therefore to enable ti coal, ibis bill supplementary, nmhurizes this
.Company to construct a railroad of some , company, for the purposes therein contern
fifty or sixty miles in length, over a couti-. plated, “toentcr upon any land which thev
try in no way interested in its operations, shall deem necessary for the construction
and Tor this purpose clothing it with tho and completion of the sai l railroad or rail
authority to enter upon arid take the lands! roads, or any part thereof.” And further
of private citizens not for public, but for provides Ibra mode of estimatin'' damages
the private use and benofit ol the corpora- and making compensation to the owners
lln ”- of land over winch said road or roads
By rcforenco to the act of the 16th of shall pass. Tho proposed bill authorizes
April, 1838, incorporating the Pcnnsylva- an extension of the railway of said com
ttin coal company, it will be seen that tho! pany, a distance of fifty or sixty miles,
road which it was thereby authorized to! over lands now held by other parties, and
construct docs not bear the characteristic Jalthough it does not in express terms, di
ofa public highway. The first section J rect the entering upon and taking such
creates this corporation‘for the purpose ofj lands in the manner provided for in the
mining coul and for the transacting of the 1 original act, yet this follows by ncccssn
.usual business of companies engaged in jry implication. The bill is called a sup
iho mining and transporting to market, and ! ptement to the originul act, and by its cn-
of coal, and the other products of uctment becomes substantially a part of
Coalmines.”' . 1 the same. Any new rights conferred by
, The 25th section of this act confers on the supplement must be taken in connex
thQ company tho right to construct a rail- ion with, and will be sustained by the pow
road with one or more tracks, from any ers conferred by the original net.
point or points on their lands, to intersect Hence, therefore, this”right is in effect
With Other improvements or works there- re-affirmed as regards the extension of the
in specified, and provides, “that the said road, ns provided for in this bill,-and my
company shall not prevent any person or j approval of the same would carry with it
persons, company or companies, hercaf- the right and power in this company to
ter incorporated, being the owner or own- exercise tho Commonwealth’s right of cm-
of the lands horderipg on the said rail-jinent domain, to enter upon anc? take the
road or railroads, or adjacent thereto, from 1 lands of others for the purpose of making
lateral railroads, to connect them with the this proposed extension of a road that can
Said railroad>or railroads from their said be regarded only ns a private one.
lands, as the said person or persons, com- Should this be done? Can it bo done
pdny or companies may conceive necessa- under the constitution ? Can the Legisla
ry for the purpose of transporting their ture confer upon n company or individual
coal or produce upon said railroad or rail-, the right to take private property for pri
roads, subject to tho payment of certain jvnte use? The constitution itself, in ox
j’a,es of toll, &c. It is further provided press terms, furnishes a negative answer,
jn the last clahse of this section, “that the Tho government is clothed° with no such
turnouts for such lateral ronds shall be so power. The people have not found it
Constructed and kept as not to interfere necessary to surrender their natural
Wlh the use of the main road or roads to acquire and possess property to answer
tend nil cars or wagons upon the same j any wise purpose of government. They
shall be subject to such general rules and ! have, on tho other hand, happily protected
regulations as may by the j themselves against such encroachments
company, intended to keep tho track ofj upon their rights, by declaring, in the or
eaid road free and open for tho uninter- ganic law of this government, that such
rupted passage ofthe cars or every person right is “inherent and indefeasible,” and
desiring to travel thereon.” by providing that no citizen can be depriv-
It win ' ,e perceived that the first clause ed of his properly, “unless by the jud«-
in the 25th section, as already quoted, lim- ment of his peers, or tho law ol'tlie land?’
its the use of the said road or roads of the i h is true that the commonwealth, by reas-
Pennsylvania coal compnny to such per- on of her right of eminent domain, and as
dons only as are the owners of lands bor- sovereign, may call upon any of her citi
dering on said railroad or railroads, or ad- i zens, for the public use, or for sovereign
jacent thereto, nor is this right in any way I purposes, to yield, to somo extent, tho en
fiXteudcd by that clause in their law jjoyment of their private property. But
Which regulates the turnouts and lateral i even this right is restricted bv ihe 10th
roads, and provides that all kinds of cars section of the 9th article of tho constitu
“ wn B on ® which may run upon the road, tion, which declares, “nor shall any man’s
shall be subject to such regulations as the property betaken and applied to public
Company may prescribe, to keep the track use without the consent of his representa
.fefsoid road or roads free and open for the lives, and without just compensation bein"
Uninterrupted passage oftho cars of every made.” It seems to mo clear therefore 0
pterson desiring to travel thereon.” There that the power proposed to bo conferred"
WDo tyjthority given to any person to use on the Pennsylvania coal company by
the .road except the owner of the adjacent this law, is in contravention of the spirit
lands. No rate of toll is fixed for other ir not of the letter of tho constitu
parties. And consequently no‘other con- tion
wtruction can bo given to tho provision rel
ative tb turnouts and lateral roads, und the
I‘egulutions relative to cars and wagons,
than thutthe terms “desiring to travel
llleredn** can only embrace such persons
,«ts ha\|e t]|o right to do so by being adja
cent landholders, and having constructed
lateral roads. It could scarcely bo con*
'tbnded that hllpersqns \vho might desire
tt> or transport on said road, have
-thb,;righr tp do so, and yet.t’fiat they may
triitret, either entirbiy free off charge, or.
liutijibet to such charges as the company
at will impose.
i. The Pennsylvania coal company haying
been created for the purpose of /ninftag
'tioal, ftjad transportingand selling the same,
js by its terms a corporation for private
' gain ohly. It possesses no element of
public utility that does not beloh" to uny l
dfegitimate pursuit, of indiyiduqjsJcpgtiged |
rP :d. o wl9ping and pro- j
.d. u C(B.of tho earth. Wliutever mayhave!
peen the.originnl itheor.y as to the public!
■ character, of tjip purposes for which corpo- 1
Other objections have.been urged against
this measure, which should not bo over
looked. It seems to boa subject of much
controversy in . that region of the State
where tho operations of this company are
located. It has encountered a most vig
orous opposition from manv.eitizens of
Luzerne county, whilst othersTave favor
ed its adoption. I have patiently heard all
the reasoning for and against it. Much of
tho feeling ot hostility seems to ariso from
tho peculiar topographical formation of tho
country through which the proposed road
must extend, and from jealousy of the cp
larged powers enjoyed by this company,
Under present laws. It is alleged that
there are but few passes in that mountain
ous region, through which a railroad can
be constructed—-that tho eligible routo for
w public highway or locomotive road from
that section eastward or southward may
ho monopolized under the proposed law,
for the use of this private corporation—
that tins company already etijoys greater
privileges and advantages than are usually
conferred on corporations of this kind— The Amazon and Allaniic Slopes of S. America,
that tho company are doing a prosperous 1 \y e ]iavo had the pleasure of presenting
business, di\iuing large dividends, and t 0 0U1 * readers some interesting papers re*
haye now one good avenue to market, unc! lating to tho Amazon, the last of which
that they should not be allowed the op- were of the above title, over the signaturo
portunny of occupyirg the only feasible of“lnca.”
route through the mountains for their own These papers attracted attention not on
private use, to tho vast injury and inconve- |y j n this country, but in the countries im
nicnco of tho public. The coal company, mediately interested in tho free navigation
on the other hand, claim that it is unroas- ] o f t | le Amazon. Tho last arrival from S.
enable that (hey should bo demon the op- America brings us the gratifying intelli
portiirnty ol constructing an avenue to genctl t | mt Belzu, tho enlightened Presi
martet. dentof Bolivia, by decree of January 271 h,
It will he observed that the terms or 1853| has ~i rovil open aU the Bolivian
this supplement to the charter of the com- triljutnricy of the Amneon and Ln Plata
[iany aic voiy hroud and quite indcfinatc,, that are navigable, to the commerce of the
giving to the company the right to com- ( world, nnd ofli , re d n rownrd of ten thous
mcncc at any point on their present road,,, (nd dollars to the master of the first steam
and extend the new road to any point tfiat cr ,| mt shall reach any of these tributaries,
may promote their .rarest and convent, 'either by the La Plata or tho Amazon,
ence. &ueh n broad r.ght for the con- Lieut. Gibbon, who was sent out about
struciion o a highway, ora mere carry- jtwo vcars ago with Lieut. Herndon, U. S.
ing road where the projectors and. owners' tmvyi t 0 cxplore tho Amazon from its
ol tho road have no connection with tho jSourco t 0 its mouth, has just arrived. We
tonnage wit 1 which it is to be ireighted, have find the pleasure of conversing with
an w lere tle general luce o; the country him upon the subject of this most interest
is adapted to such improvement, might ! ing expedition.
perhaps bo allowed, but it is a dangerous 1 n 0 passcd ,hrough the Bolivian provin
power to con or on a pm ale corporalion. ccs \vhjch are thus thrown open to the!
or is it at a sti.ingc, that the people ol commerco Q f n || nations, and describes
tat section ot ie State should guard with t |iat whole region us one of the most beau
care unc even jealousy the few outlets ijful, productive, and finest countries on
r rt * C 't| Call ,- C °| ln r future public use. the face of the earth. In his opinion, there
10 a egn ion t iat this proposed law is nlo now materials enough there to give
oo vnguo an in efinate ns to the location ldsc t 0 a commerce of several millions of
o ie con omp nt„d improvement, is well dollars a year, and that n commcice ofi
un e aru reasonable. It is u very un- this value would spring up the moment a
u.ua ling to incorporate a company to f rco t ran ait is secured for it up and down
construct & public highway without fixing ,| IC Amazon, thro’the territories of Brazil.
)o pnin ol beginning and ending, ibis Considering the large space which that
Ji rcnqn.ucs no particular point of com- region of country has of late been made to
mcncernen; or termination, nor intermc- ( occupy ; n tho public mind in this liemis
diatu point l ean see no reason why p hero by the publication of the ‘lnca’ and
this should be the case. It is no answer other papers with regard to it, by the re
for the company to say that they arc not cent exploration of it by/'officers of the
certain where ti proper location can be American navy, we regard this action of
found; that is the best eval-mcc that could t | lu Bolivian government as a subject of
be iurmshed, that there is no pressing tie- congratulation
ccssitv tor the proposed legislation; and From this decree, we think, will corn
tins very fact has doubtless contributed nience a now era for the Spanish repub
much toward exciting hominy and local -|j cs 0 f bouth America,
jealousy on this subject. |- The revolution which the free naviga-j
Lur Ido not wish to be understood as , t j ol , 0 r the Amazon and its tributaries and
assuming the ground that this company; 0 f t | lc La Plata and ils tributaries is to
should not be allowed to construct an uv-| ma i iu j,, t i lc commerce of those republics
enuo to maiket. 1 only insist that their will he greater than that which the com
rood should be in express terms nnd prae- nicrcc of Europeunderwcntin consequence
tically a public highway for the use, bene* 1 ol*the passage of Vasco du Grama mound
fit and enjoyment of the whole people on lt | 10 Capo of Good Hope,
reasonable conditions—and that such right j Lieut. Gibbon has, ho informs us, a list
be given in tho ordinary form, so that the ; 0 f 10,000 abandoned silver mines in that
citizens generally in that naturally rich|country, many of them upon this water
and highly flourishing section of the Slate .shed. The silver ore has been tuken from
may participate in tho eonstruction of said i Biu veins until the miners reached the
work if they should see proper to do so I water, and then for the want of iho means
and that its location be confined within 0 f drainage, most of the mines have been
reasonable limits. As a public highway, [ abandoned.
open to tho use of ull upon the pavment of
reasonable charges, it might tend to de
velop tho resources of the country through
which it might extend, hut under the m
definate term of itg present charter it might:
he made the means of wrong to the private !
citizen; and inconvenience to the public at;
largo. |
The wishes and feelings of the people;
residing in the vicinity of this proposed j
road, while they might not constitute a I
sullicicnt reason for the exercise of the
Executive perogntive, ore certainly enti- |
tied to much consideration, and those citi- i
zeus will now have another opportunity of j
being heard before the representatives oil
the people.
In my difference with you on this sub
ject, I am consoled by the reflection that
if I have committed an error it can be
corrected. Whilst on the other hand, had
the proposed bill become a law, the evil
consequences might have been incurable
WM. BIGLER
Executive Chamuek. >
Harrisburg, Feb. 28, 1833.
Harrisburg, March 19. —In the Senate
to-day, another veto message was received
from the Governor. There had been at
tached to the bill incorporating the Wuy
nesburg and Washington Finnic lioad
Company, a section relating to a certain
school district in Greene county, and it is
upon this matter ol' special legislation in
reference to school districts that the veto
is based. The Governor for the same
reasons, vetoed a bill yesterday. After
tho reading of tho veto, tho question was
again taken on the bill, and stood—Veus
0; nays 2-1.
Col. Benton and tiik Pkesidknt.—
Tho New York Times has the following
version of the interview between those
gentlemen. It differs somewhat from the
reports which were received by telegraph :
An amusing story is told of a recent in
terview between Col’, Benton and President
Pierce. Tho Colonel expressed himself
heartily gratified nt tho result of the elec-
and very desirous to support the new
Administration; but ho told tho Presidont
he had one man in his cabinet who would
make him ridiculous—a “perfect nondo
script, sir,’’ said he—“a perfect nonde
script—neither ono thing nor the other.”
Tho General inquired what gentleman of
his Cabinet had been so unfortunate as
thus to incur his displeasure. Tho Colo
nel named Cushing, and launched out into
a repetition of his epithets, which I have
given, not exactly in his words, but as
nearly so as would be strictly proper—
closing by saying, that lie was the only
man on earih who seemed to havo been
created for the express purpose of being a
Tyler man. °
The President heard his formidable ob
jurgations to the end, and quietly remark
ed to tho Colqnel* that he had been delight
ed, on reaching Washington, to find so
munygentlemen who were quite indiffer
ent as to his.clection,' exceedingly solici
tous coricernihgitho welfare of his Admin
istration.
Whether the story is quite authentic or
not, I cannot .spy,; but it cornea from a
Democratic source. True or, not, it is cer
tainly good. 1 :...
Tho machinery heretofore used in the
drainage of those mines was only such,
our readers should bear in mind, as could
be transported upon the backs of mules
from the seashore across the Andes. With
the Amazon open, it may be taken by wa
ter almost to the very spot where it is
wanting, and of course, then, with tho
ability to procure larger machinery, this
decree may bo expected to give a new
impulse to the working of the silver mines
ofl'utosiund elsewhere.
We propose to publish at an early day
this important decree of Bolivia ; it ;s now
in the hands of tho translator.
Washington Union.
The Troubles in Honduras.
Boston , March 19.—8 y tho brig Helen
Jane, which arrived at this port this morn
j ing from Honduras, we have further ad
; vices in relation to the aggressions of the
'British in that quarter. The dates are
from Truxillo to the 27th of February.—
The accounts state that Her Britanic Ma
jesty’s war steamer Devastation, Captnin
Campbell, arrived at Truxillo at 4 F. M.
on the 18th, from Belize,and that immedi
ately upon her nYrivul an officer was sent
on shore with a despatch to the command
ant ol the port, demanding the removal of
certain troops stationed at Limas, on the
Ilomain river, in Honduras territory, but
for some time past in tho possession of’lhe
English tnahogony cutters
The demand disregarded by the
commandant, and a second despatch was
afterwards sent from the Devastation, de
manding that the troops bo removed by 12 *
o’clock on the following day. This de- j
mand was accompanied with a promise!
that the British subjects should not be in-1
terfered with for tho future. If tho de
mands, however, were not complied with,
Captain Campbell stated that ho should
proceed to Limas to remove tho troops bv
force.
As no resistance could . be made by the
people of Truxillo, tho demand was com
plied with under protest.
PAPER CURRENCY.
In speaking of the attempts being made
in Maryland to embarrass'the working of
the law preventing tho palssagc of small
notes in that State, the Baltimore Ameri
can says :—“There is, witlji some people,
a sort of infatuation, j by which they are
brought into completo subjection to a pa
per dynasty. They would! shut up eve
rything like specie from tHe public eye,
and we doubt not prefer the/ghost of a fip
shadowed out upon paper, t|o the thing it
self. And they would heroically wage a
modern civil war—that is on niaper—in vin
dication of the sufficiency jbf the ghost,
rather than suffer the origintV substance to
glide into the hands of the tbloplo. They
would twist, garble, and, iOhsible, defy
the laws of tho land, rathekJ%i countc
nance the restoration and e//,- Ftphmpnt of
a_ specie currency They 'f item mend
tho. banks for violating th. .21* ‘S| an( i; nn
doubt rebuko the mint tlib
means of observing it rat!ffeOjV no ° ( | lO
gold and silver thoroughly
out the channels of tmde, \ o ® masses
of the people in the hahitiA „tgl „r _
With perversity of this
the people have little sympat'ngßlt.: 1 ;Y.| v
weffiavo none. - :' ' : ■ A'llf
r-’rcm llio Na«r Orlonna I'nlto of th« 9tl|.
PROM MEXICO—SANTA ANNAFORPRfiSIDENT.
Wo have received Vera Cruz papers to
the 2Gth ult., and Mexico papers to the
20th. In La Union of the former place
we find no item of any interest. From the
capitnl wo have some hows.
It seems to bo a settled point that Santa
Anna will bo elected Prosidcn. The dis
tricts of Queretoro, Michoacan, Oajaca,
Tamaulipas, and Vera Cruz had voted in
his favor. San Luis was also said to have
voted for him. Tho Trait (V Union
thinks that Snotn Anna will bo elected
unanimously. '
Jalapa had joined Vera Cruz to ask
that Santa Anna bo invited, by a commit- j
tee, to return as soon as possible into the
republic. Vera Cruz appointed Cassano
va and Scrrana; tho committco from
Mexico was to meet it, to go and look for
the General. Santa Anna was expected
daily.
The Siglo of the 17th ult., says that
Santa Anna had declared that ho would
join tho liberal party.
Blancnrto reached Morelia on tho Gth,
with a division composed of 1,500 foot
and 13 pieces of artillery. It was report
ed that several inhabitants had been in
carcerated in Morelia for political causes.
An amount of $9,770 was raised by sub
sciiptionin Morelia to aid the government
in its financial embarrassment.
Yucatan had joined the Jalisco plan.—
Ilarbachano was rc-electeded Governor.
v Gen. Wall had been called to Mexico,
“Where he was expected daily.
Canales is at Mexico, Cardenas is a
prisoner at Vera Cruz, and Avalos has
just been driven from Matamoras.
The house which is intended for Santa
Anna’s residence is already secured, and
being furnished to receive him.
Puebla is in a state of excitement, ow
ing to the opposilion shown there against
anything but the exact application of the
Jalisco plan. Tho convention of tho Gth,
and the provisional section of Lombardini
for the presidency, did not meet with the
approbation of its inhabitants, and rumors
of discontent and turmoil were rife.
Tho government of the State of Mexico
is also among those who refuse to endorse
the present state of things. Tho govern
or, Luis Madrid, declared, in a correspon
dence addressed on the 10th ultimo to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, that he would
not admit the convention of tho oth. He
does not support Santa Anna.
Some opposition also came from Guan
ajuato.
The civil war was still raging in sever
al quarters. In Sinaloa, Valdes was pro
paring to advance to Culiacan and drive
out Vega. By a decree of the 27th Janu
ary he ordered the ports of Albata and
Navachiste to be blockaded.
Matamoras has adhered to the resolution
with the other parts of Tamaulipas.
It wijs said that Carvojal has sworn to
avenge the murder of Rufino Rodriguez,
which caused such a sensation in Mata
moras. It was rumored that Carvajal
had routed one hundred men under Cruz,
and taken two pieces of artillery from
them.
Ignacio Martinez is elected governor of
Onjaco.
General Uraga addressed a circular on
the 10th ultimo to the States, showing
what he has done to put an end to the civil
war.
BANK FAILURES.
We cut the following from the money
article of the Ledger:
“We learn from one of our brokers that
intelligence has been received here of the
failure of three of the Eastern Banks—
institutions, as we are informed, establish
ed in Connecticut, and mainly owned in
the city of New York. They arc the
Eastern Bank, at West Killingly ; the
Bank of North America, at Seymour, and
Woodbury Bank, at Woodbury, Connecti
cut. The banks at tho eastward, and es
pecially those owned by New York finan
ciers and located out of the Stale, are in a
very uncertain condition. Wo have no
ticed for some time, that there is quite too
many of their bills circulating throughout
Pennsylvania, and probably the sooner
they are discarded the better.”
The whole system of establishing wild
[cat banks, as practised in New Jersey, N.
j York, and the Eastern States, is errone
|ous, and should be putdoum. During tho
administration of Governor Johnston a
great effort was made to introduce it into
Pennsylvania, but thanks to the firmness
of the Democracy, it failed; and the con
sequenco is that the few banks thnt wo
have in Pennsylvania are in good credit,
whilst thcro is constantly a panic in re
gard to somo of the Eastern banking insti
tutions, whoso name are legion.
Now that gold is becoming so very
plenty, efforts should be made to restrict
paper issues and introduce tho precious
metals more generally amongst tho peo
ple, instead of covering over the whole
land with paper, issued by tho thousands
ot new banks that have been springing
into existence in many of the States.
In Pennsylvania the rein has been drawn
and wo imagine no new bank of issue will
be chartered for a long timo to come.
Harrisburg Union.
03-A rather funny incident occurredat
the jail in Hollidaysburg on Thursday last.
Major Raymond, editor of the “Whig,”
being curious to see the prisoners,
the Sheriff was very politely show
ing him through, when, in an ungtiard
ed moment, they suffered ope of the
“darkey” prisoners to stop outside his
apartment and close and fasten the door
upon them. Mr. Darkey then made his
escape, leaving the. Major and the Sheriff
prisoners! They were soon released,
however, and foe fugitivg recaptured.
P3“A defect ( of strength; in us makes
somo weighty to bo immovable, so like
wise defect pf understanding mpkes some
truths to bo mysterious.
TIIE SOUTHMjBK TRAGEDY. "
Examination and Commitment of ArikyA
Spring to ansiver the Double Murder)
We stated in yesterday’s JSetvs, that the
son of Arthur Spring, tho suspected murd
erer of Ellen Lynch and Hannah Shaw. 1
had made disclosures which weht strong
ly to implicate the father. We might'
have said further that tho statoiffent of tho
son, if believed, would fasten tho' crime
without doubt upon him, and convict him'
of perpetrating ono of tho foulest human
butcheries that has ever been recorded.—
Much a? wo disliko to givo the character
of that statement with tho other facts elic
ited, lest injustice should be done to the
miserable accused, who is entitled ton faif
and impartial trial, we nevertheless deem
it proper that the public should be put fo.l
possession of tho truth at once, as such a
course will do more to alloy excitement’
than would from their concealment. Ar- : :
thur Spring underwent fin. examination
in the County Prison yesterday afternoon
before Aid. Isard, and was represented by j
Joseph M. Doran, Esq. Mr. Reed ropre.
sented tho Commonwealth. Tho first wit.
ness examined wus Patrick Maguire, tho„
keoperof the house in which the accused:
boarded. He testified in substance, that
on tho night of tho murder, Spring weot ]
to bed at about eight o’clock; he could not I
say whother he was out after that; the I
witness had seen somo gold pieces in I
Spring’s possession, but they were smalt I
pieces. Muguiro admitted on the cross- j
examination that the prisoner had bben l
speaking of buying him out, and that@4ol) I
had been named as the sum, which was to I
be obtained from a friend. Mrs. Maguire I
testified in substance to seeing a 85 gold I
piece in Spring’s possession. She knew!
nothing more bearing upon tho case.—>l
Jane McKenney, a girl ten years of age,l
living with Maguire, testified that she was!
up in Spring’s room on the night of tho I
murder at about 10 o’clock, and that ho i
was not in bed, she had no light, and the I
night was cloudy but she was satisfied!
that Spring was not in'bed. Charles Ise-I
man, a Jew boy was examined, ond testi- l
fied to selling shirts to tho son of the pria.l
oner, who gave him in payment a ton dol-1
lar gold piece. Young Spring told him !
that he wanted llie shirts for his father!
who was sick. Officer McGee, of the!
Southwark Polico, testified to arresting!
Spring at the house of Maguire, and to I
finding two bloody shirts of his; also to I
seeing blood upon his coat cuff and knee, I
He t&ld the prisoner what he was arrested I
lor, who stoutly protested his innocence, I
and said that the blood ho got upon him it) I
a fight with Carroll. John Carroll and I
his brother William were examined, and I
testified to going t.o tho ball on tho night I
of the murdor, but they knew nothing bsar-1
ing upon the prisoner. Bartholomew I
Lynch, the husband of Ellen, one of the I
victims, was examined, and testified to I
speaking of the money ho had,about
in gold, in the presence of Spring. The!
money obtained through young Spring,hsl
thought, was the same. Arthur Spring, I
the son of the accused, was now intro-1
duced, and disclosed one of ihe most fear-!
ful tales of blood that was ever listened to!
Young Spring is of rather ■
appearance, and is apparently sixteen!
yea rs of age. Ho manifested but little re-1
pugnance to testify against his father,!
though in so doing he knew ho was pro-1
□ouncing his doom. He first identified!
tiie sheath of the dagger which was found!
under the arm of Mrs. Lynch, as his,said!
that it was a present from a friend in!
Washington, and that the father had bor-l
rowed it from him somo two or three!
weeks since. He then said that his father!
had spoken to him about the money of!
Lynch, and that he expressed his doter!
mination to get it. He Imd gone tliore for!
that purposo on Tuesday night, and Ml
got into a difficulty with Curroll, nncj tin!
in going out ho had changed hats, fiel
went again on Wednesday night, hfl
found that there were too many thero fell
him to attempt it. He remarked to Mu!
Shaw that he would come tho next njgbl
and seo them, but sho said that'ho need!
not, as Carroll and his wife wore going (el
the ball, and thero would be no one homel
but herself and Mrs. Lynch. (It was ini
this way ho learned that tho females would I
be alone.) Young Spring went on to saj|
that on the night of the murder, his fntlierl
who had been out, returned at about 111
o’clock, and told him that ho had murderl
ed tho d—d b—s; thoy were nothing bifl
w—s. Tho father had gone to tho froifl
door and knocked, and was let in by Mrfl
Shaw, upon whom ho commenced on sll
tack, and after stabbing her several timeiH
and when sho was nearly overcoms, MnH
Lynch came down in her night 6lothefl
and interfered, and made efforts to
him from murdering her sister. Ho
turned upon her, find stabbed her a
her of times ; that she fought liko a
and it was difficult to subdue her—that iH
at lust got her undor the setted and iH
thought he had killed her, but to his
priso sho tqsq again and resumed the
Tho attack was first commenced in tl^!
entry, and was continued to the back root
After he had murdered tho women, I
went up stairs and opened the trunk nil
dhe blade of the dirk, and in doing it t
point broke off. fsjije got the money, cap
down stairs, and 'attempted to sot fire.,!
tho house. A portion of the money,irt
given to tho son, and one of the pieces
$lO coin) was passed for the shirts,
tho course of the narrative, the son wi
frequently affected to tears, as were mail
present. He, had several times to suspet
it, so much was he overcome. The po*
oner exhibi(od great nerve, and doo#
|l|at Jie had anything to do, with the crip
imputed t.o him; he charges his son *®
two others with perpetrating h. The ii
timony of young Spring, being concljjW
Mr. Reed asked,for the.final commito)*?
of thq ppisoner tpansw/or^which wnsdif
He sa(d thatthehill’of. ; jpdictment : .trip
laid before the Grand Jury to-day. ■ ■
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