jinelligencer & Journal.
Laaca.ster, May 11, 1852•
GEO. SANDERSON', EDITOR
J4ME.BfCN , NAN,
(Sullett to the decision of the National Convention.)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
RENATORLAL.
GEORGE W. WOODWARD, of Luzerne.
'l,:iiii.sort 61,CANDLcss,of Allegheny.
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,ADDITIONAL DIBTRICT. - .
i'.OBEILS PETTERSON, of Philadelphia.
DISTRICT , .
1. Peter Logan, 1.,. H. C. Eyer,
9. Geo. 11. Martin, 14. John Clayton,
3. John Miller. 15. Isaac Robinson,
4. F. W. Bockius, 16. Henry Fetter,
6. R. McCoy, Jr., 17. James Burnsi ' de,
6. lA. App l e ,lB. Maxwell McCaslin,
7. N. Strickland, 19. Joseph McDonald,
8. [Abraham Peters, 20. W. S. Coluhan,
9. David Fister, 21. Andrew Burk,
10. R 2 2. . E. James, William Dunn,
11. John Mcßeynolds, 23. J. S. WCalmont,
12. P. Damon, 24. George 11.• Barret.
,
ID
FOR CANAL COLMISSIONER
illiam Zeal:4o,
OF FAYETTE COUNTY.
County Committee.
The following resolution was passed at the Dem
°cretin County Convention, fOr Lancaster county,
held in this City on the 14th of January last:
Booked, That the President of this Convention
be duthorizeti to announce, at a suitable time, the
Derhocratic County Committee for the ensuing po
litidal year.
In obedience to this resolution, Mr. Thomas S.
Wilvain. the President of the County Convention,
has handed us the following list 01 the new County
Committee for publication.
WILLIAM MATHIOT, Esq., City,
Chairman.
4damstown—John Echternacht.
Bart—William
.13/ eck n ock—D avid 31.'Colm.
&ems; von—Dr. B. F. Bunn.
Corwin—Abraham D. Whiteside.
eoeulito Eng—Col. AndreW Ream.
t'oratito West—William Bechtel.
Conestoga—S. S. Welsh.
Columbia—William Brown, Peter A. Kimburg
Lonny—John Filbert.
City Lancaster—N. W. Ward—Jno H. Duchman,
Ja . ob Weaver.
. W. Wm d—Col. W. S. A mweg, Jacob F. Kautz.
t. E. Ward—H. B. Swarr, Jame. L. Reynolds.
~.. E. aardHenry Wilhelm, Edward Morton.
Drumore—Robert W. Moore.
Donegal East—Jacob S. Roath.
• Drnegal Arent—John Gross.
Elizabethtown L'or.—Benjamin F. Bear.
Elizabeth—Lewis R. Hibschman.
' Earl—Anthony Garpenter.
Earl East—George Duchman.
Earl West—John Forney.
Ephrata—Jacob L. Gross.
Fulton—Samuel Wicks,
.Hempfield East—Henry Inihoff, Jr.
ilernpfield itrest—Dr. A. K. Rohrer.
Lampeter East—Henry W. Gara.
.Lampeter West—Henry Raub, Sr.
Lancaster Tup.—Bevj:lmin Huber.
isacork—John L. Lightner.
Leaco . rk Upper—Dr. A S. Bare.
Britain—William Hays, Jr
Martie—Dr. George W. Smithson.
Marietta—Dr. James Cushman.
Mount Joy Bar —Joseph Porter.
Mount Joy Bor.—John Sheaf - Ter.
• ilianheint Bor.—Benjamin Donaven.
ittanlitim Tap.—Benjamin Workman,
Manor—Abraham Peters.
Penn—David M. Eberly.
Paradise—Daniel Girvin.
Bapho—Joseph Mas:erson.
Sadsbury—Robert Steele.
Salisbury—William F. P,aker.
,Strasburg Bol'.-W. F. S. Warren.
Strasburg Tup.—Joim Raub, Sr.
Want:wk.—Daniel Kreider.
Ti'ashington Bar,—John A. Brush.
The Township Committees wi r d he announced
heileafter.
The Firenien , s procession
The Philadelphia pcpers of Tuesday last are
fined with account: of the great Firemen'sProces
eion—the most magnificent pageant of the kind
ever witnessed in this country—which came off in
that city on she previous day. There were dele
gations, accompanied by splendid bands of music
fro l m New York, New Jersey, Boston, Baltimore,
Fiederick city, and various towns in Pennsylvania.
• The Procession was about fre miles in length, and
numbered from 6 to SOOO equipped men. The
whole number of Companies in the line was 95, of
which 69 belonged to Philadelphia. There were
At bands of music in attendance, and every thing
Was on the most ample scale of grandeur. The
Procession was headed by an immense bell on
wheels, the ponderous strokes of which gave notice
td the citizens of the approach of the line. The
route traversed was nearly twelve miles in length.
IMmediately following the bell came a cavalcade
( ~ 5 Firemen, handsomely mounted, consisting
one member from each Company in the line
Ilx,equipped in the dress of their various comps
Throughout the whole route, flags were stream
ing in countless numbers, comprising those of every
civilized nation in the world. Beautiful arches were
also erected at various points, and an immense
nkimber of briquets were thrown by the Ladies to
the Firemen as they passed along. The march
lasted nearly eight hours, and no disturbance or ac
cident of any kind occurred during the day.
A fire broke out in Coates -street, while the Pro
cession was moving. The Chief Maishal promptly
detailed ten Companies to extinguish' it; which they
did and rejoined the Procession in about an hour.
The occasion and its incidents will doubtless,
long be remembered by the citizens of Philadelphia
117" The simple reason why AT have not here
dote noticed the charge made against Mr. Be
ILLNAN, in the Chambersburg Sentinel, of having
ictated the article against Mr. Siertionte, which
rtppeared some two or thrde weeks since in the Bed
ford Gazette, is on account" of its absurdity. Sure
'y, the editor of the Sentinel is not serious in his
charge againstß
Mr.
A SUBSTANTIAL PLArronst.—We learn that the
ommittee of Arrangements for the reception of
the National Democratic Convention, have ordered
d i irect from the Hermitage; 20,000 feet of primeHruc.
oI
Ry ,oAnne for the construction of the PLATFORM
upon whi c h the Convention is •to hold its delibera•
tions.
We like every thing that comes from the Her
mitage, and shall feel very safe upon the proposed
platform.
NEW JERSEY CONVENTION.—The Demo
cratic State Convention of New Jersey met at
Trenton, on Thursday last, and appointed seven
delegates (with alternates) to represent the State
in the approaching National Convention. They
go without instructions properly, but a resolution
was adopted declaring Gen. CASs the first choice
of the Convention. The delegates are left untram
meled, except so far as the resolution referred to
may be considered an expression of preference on
the part of a majority of the body who appointed
them. - _ _
The struggle was between Gen. C.h.ss'and Com
modore STOCK.TON—the friends of Mr. BUCHANAN
not wishing to contest the matter with the Com
modore in his own State. It is understood that
Mr. Bucusx.kri is the second choice - Of the dele
gates, as he was of the Convention.
EC'The Supreme Court is now in session, at Har
risburg. The present week is devoted to cases ari
sing in Lancaster county.
Er George M. Philips, Esq., formerly of the Car
lisle Herald, died at his residence in lyashington
city, on Saturday last, after a short illness.
The Same Scheme Again.
The close observer of passing events need not be
told that during the late canvass for Governor of
this Commonwealth an attempt was made by whig
politicians, and in which the whig candidate for
Governor himself joined, to impress upon the pub
lic mind that the debt of the State had been re
duced to the amount of several liundred thousand
dollars, and, to present it more effectively to public
view, large arrays of figures and nice calculations
were resorted to; and perhaps some even yet sup
pose the reduction of the debt of the commonwealth
was as stated by these men; whereas, facts prove
that no such reduction was made, but on the con
trary the indebtedness was only changed from one
•
responsibility to another.
The Presidential election being now close at hand,
and the whigs in power, the same scheme is being
resorted to in regard to the debt of the general gov
ernment, so recently exposed in this commonwealth.
Statements are made, masses of figures are pre
sented, and labored arguments entered into to show
that certain large sums have been paid by the ex
isting whig administration, for which they ask
credit.
The facts are; that the revenues received by the
general goyernMent, through the tariff of 1896, ex
ceed in amount the largest estimate of its most ar
2ent friends, and hence were it true that a large
amount of debt has been liquidated, it would only
be in accordance with the natural order of things.
But when the undisputable fact is presented that
during this whig administiation, during a time of
peace and plenty; the actual expenses reach or ex
ceed the amount expended by a democratic ad
ministration during the prosedution of an expensive
war, it will necessarily be asked how this can be?
The expenditures of the present whig adminis
tration are unexampled in the history of our coun
try; and the large amount9 - dxtracted from the treas
ury for the payment of old; and long since rejected
claims, are not only matters of general notoriety,
but cast a stigma upon the whig administration
which all their figuring cannot explain away or
justify.
When the expenditures of the government, under
a democratic administration, 'reached thirty—mil
lions of dollars in one year, whig presses and whig
politicians made a great outcry at the enormous
extravagance of a democratic administration; but
now, under a whig administration, in time of peace
too, the amount of expenditure reaches more than
fifty millions of dollars, and the whig papers and
whig politicians are mum upon the subject. Con
scious, however, that the facts will appear, the truth
I will out, they resort to the game of blocking off by
presenting an array of figures in advance, with the
view of pre-occupying the public mind with the
I idea of a decrease of the public debt, through the
economy and good government of the whig admin
istration, but, as will be made manifest, they are
only preparing the public for increased astonish
ment when the developement of the whole matter
shall .be made, as the present whig administration
will appear the most exfravagant of any that has
ever existed in this country.—Norristown Register•
State Appropriations.
The following is a synopsis of the general appro
priation bill adopted by the State Legislature at its
last session :
Salaries in Dxecutive Department
and Clerk hire.
Contingent expenses of Executive
and State Departments. '
Contingent expenses, Aud r. Gen-
eral's Office.
Contingent expenses, State Treas
urer's Office. 1,225 OU
Contingent expenses, Surveyor
Generals Office.
Expenses of the Legislature,
Printing, folding, binding and
stitching.
Packing and distributing Laws
and Journals.
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Water and Gas for Public build-
For support of the Common
Schools.
Pensions and Gratuities.
Expenses of the Judiciary.
Payment of interest to Domestic
Creditors.
Payment of Guarantees.
Payment of,interest on Funded
Debt.
Repairs and improvements on Ca
t nals and litailroads.
For relaying north track Philadel
phia and Columbia R. R.
For the Allegheny Portage R. R.
[5200,000 bl this sum to be taken
tram the North Branch Canal
t Loan, and $200,000 from Bur
-1 plus hind if there be any.)
I Delaware Division Pennsylvania
Canal.
For ordinary repairs,
Expenses for motive power, 1852.
Expenses for motive power, from
and alter 1832.
Far payment of Collectors, Im
porters, &c.. &c.
Expenses Canal Commissioners.
Rebuilding of Locks in the Ca
nal at Northumberland, and re
pairs to the schute at Shamo
ken Dam.
Repairs to road and farm bridges.
Payment of debts contracted for
repairs & damages by floods, &c.
Paying of debts contracted for
repairs previous to Dec. 1, 1850
For repairs of damages that may
be done by flood or fire to pub
lic works.
State Library.
Payment salaries in Eastern and
Western Penitentiaries.
Improving Eastern Penitentiary.
House of Reit" ,, e.
Pennsylvania Institute for the
blind.
Pennsylvania Institute for the deal
and dumb.
State Lunatic Hospital,
Completion Western Reservoir.
Publication Final Geological Re
port.
For damages to private property
by construction of Railroad to
avoid Inclined Plane, at River
Schuylkill.
Additional Clerks in Surveyor's
Office.
Clerk hire in State Department
Books for Registration.
Pennsyl'a Colonization Society.
Public Grounds.
Expenses at State Arsenal.
For payment claims.
To this may be added the loan of $850,000 tar
the completion of the North Branch Canal, from
which $200,000 is to be deducted for the Allegheny
Portage Railraod.
The section of the bill authorizing the Governor
and State Treasurer to negotiate a loan 0f55,000,-
1 000, and issue therefor 5 per cent. coupon bonds,
for
,the purpole of liquidating the 6 per cent.. loans
falling due inBs3 ap I 1854, was agreed to with-
out a. divisioh. By this operation, $50,000 will
be savM anififity to the Commonwealth. So
much for Governor BIGLER'S policy.
lP Why is it that a majority of the whig pa
pers of the South are assailing Mr. Buchanan with
such bitterness? We can hardly open one which
doe's not contain some new slander, or old ones re
vamped. All the othenprominent democratic can
didates are permitted to past scot free, and in some
instances are even eulogised, and the vials of whig
wrath are aimed at the devoted head of this one in
dividual. Why is this? Do they think he will
be our nominee—and are they afraid of
"Straws show which way the wind blows!"—West
✓lfabamian.
Faust BITTEN.-A Miss Frost, in Massachusetts,
has recovered
,$305 of a gallant, for a breach of
promise. He' courted her a year, and has to pay
at the rate of dollar a day for it.
BuyrEn. Is New Yonn.—lt is estimated that
125, 000 lbs. of butter are used daily in the city of
New York, costing $41,250. Butter is now selling
at 377 cents per pound.
Judge ViroodW:ard
We 4 igive below, says the Pennsylvanian, the cor
respondence between Governor Branca and Judge
Woonwann, by which it will be seen that Judge
Woonwaaty has accepted the office of Judge of the
Supreme Court. During the term of that Court
which has just passed, the Democratic Judges
elected at the last election, performed all the duties
of their stations in a manner which added to their
high characters, and increased their already widely
extended reputations. Their opin i ons, brief but
learned, in which there was not to be found an un
meaning display of authorities, but in which the
main governing features of every case were succinct
ly and forcibly considered, were highly extolled
and admired by the entire Bar of this city, and we
have no doubt that when published ; they will
equally instruct and delight the Bar of the State.—
Their labors were very severe; the business of that
tribunal being largely in arrear, but they were
compensated in a great degree by the manner in
which those labors were received and appreciated
by our whole community.
Judge Wo . onwann will be found to be a worthy
and fit colleague for such men, and more we could
not say of any man. It is well known that a num
ber of his friends in all sections of the State, were
very .desirous to have his name before the late Ju
dicial Convention, but that family and other con
siderations prevented him from consenting to be a
caudidate. On the present occasion his views were
the same, and we know that he expressed a wish
to the Governor that the commission might be be
stowed on another. In accepting the commission'
Judge Woonwenn has sacrificed much, and we
feel that our party and our people Will not fail to
appreciate the sacrifice which he has thus patriot
ically made.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
Harrisburg, April 27, 1852.
Hox. Gso. W. Woonwestn—Dear Sir:—ln view
of your high character as a citizen and eminent at
tainments as a lawyer, I have conceived it to be
my duty to tender to you, as I now do, a commis
sion as a Judge of the Supreme Court, in the room
of the Hon Richard Coulter, deceased. With sen
timents of high regard, I remain, dear sir, yours
truly, 'WM. BIGLER.
His EXCELLENCY, Wu. BIOLER—Dear Sir :
Y our polite note of the 27th ult., tendering me a
commission as a Judge of the Supreme Court, in
the room of Hon. Richard Coulter, deceased, has
been received. On a review of all the interests and
circumstances connected with this appointment, I
feel it to be my duty to accept it.
I beg you to accept, dear sir, my thanks for the
confidence implied in appointing me to so import-
ant a trust, and my assurances, also, that, while I
enter upon the exercise of it with great diffidence?
I shall, whatever time it my hands, spare no efforts
to fulfil it faithfully. lam, with great regard, your
, obedient servant, GEO. W. WOODWARD.
An ACCOMPLISHED SWINDLEII.—The Philadel.
phia Bulletin of Wednesday, tells the following—
Yesterday an officer of the Mayor's police arrest
ed a female about 21 years of age, named Ann Eliza
Burns, alias Shaw, alias Black, alias Spindlar, on
the charge of perpetrating numerous impositions
and frauds, and committing various larcenies in
Philadelphia and the various towns of Pennsylva
nia-and New Jersey. The prisoner was taken into
custody at a respectable house in Market street,
where she was boarding.
It has been ascertained that within the last two
or three years, she has taken to herself no less than
three husbands, (their names are Shaw, Black and
Spindlar.) She married only two weeks ago. He
is a young man of very respectable connections in
Lancaster county. She has been lately traveling
about, and lately came to this city from Belmont,
Pa. Her native place was the vicinity of German
town. She has been in ,the House of Refuge for
early improprieties. In that institution she staid
only a short time before winning a card of merit.
At the age of 13 she was bound out, but did not
remain long at service.
Her criminal" career has being going on for the
last seven or eight years. Among the false repre
sentations she made at different times and to differ
ent persons here and elsewhere, were that she was
the heiress to a large fortune on coming of age, and
owned a number ot fine houses in Philadelphia.—
Some of these buildings she took ladies to see, and
pointed them out as hers.
When she wedded Shaw, one of her husbands,
she refused to let him work, saying she had plenty
of means which she would very soon have the ex
clusive control of.
The impostor is an exceedingly shrewd little
woman, full of fun, and remarkably quiet in her
demeanor. Her appearance is specious, and her
manners wonderfully free from suspicion. Two
larcenies have already been traced to her—one of
them the robbery of Mrs. Bell. All persons who
have been swindled by her, should call at the May
or's office.
$29,900 00
2,985 00
1,330 00
995 00
100,000 00
25,000 00
2.400 00
200,000 00
20,000 00
90,000 00
5,000 00
26,017 50
2,000,000 00
199,900 00
200.000 00
400,000 00
ANOTHER :YERRIBLE FIGGT A'r CGAGIIES. - A
correspondent under date of April 7th, gives .the
following account of another bloody battle at Cha-
Chagres has again been the scene of another
bloody battle. It was at this time black against
black, Carthagenians and nativesagainstJamacians.
It commenced at the house of a Mrs. Johnson, on'the
American side, a Jamacia negress, who, it appears,
gave a fandago to her colored countrymen. About
one o'clock id the morning an unfortunate native
entered her house, and as some ill feeling existed
since the last row between the Jamaicans and na-
60,000 00
112.01 0 00
864,000 00
70,000 00
87,000 00
0,307 00
tives, they beat the poor native most unmercifully
He immediately went over to the - other side and
sounded the alarm, and in less than half an hour the
little river which separates the Americans from
the Chagres side, was swarming with canoes, loaded
wtih Carthagenians and natives, who came to
avenge the injury done their companion. They
assembled on the bank to the number of about 300,
armed with hatchets and low , ' knives, and march
ed in a solid body to Mrs. Johnson's when the work
ckt destruction commenced. Glass bottles were hurl
ed at the natives, pistols were fired, but the natives
forced their way in, and after tearing everything in
the house to pieces, attacked 'the Jamacains with
hachets and knives. The Jamacians were forced
to retreat after being cut in a most frightful man
ner. One poor fellow had both arms cut off, just
above the elbow; some their fingers cut off, and
some their back and face horribly mutilated. Such
yelling and screeching!—it appeared to me as if
some wild beasts were devouring the whole popu
lation. There were some three hundred and fifty
Jamaica men, at the time, up the river. Had they
been here, the slaughter would have been awful.—
They fought desperately cm both sides for two hours,
but the drum on the fort sounded for the troops to
muster, and some sixty came over and charged on
the mob, who scattered pell melt to the woods. The
troops took possession of the field of battle and ar
rested some twenty of the fingleaders and took
them to the fort.
25,000 00
15,080 00
174,180 00
13,732 78
fio,ooo 00
700 00
40,417 00
10,000 00
11,000 00
12,000 00
15,000 00
30,000 00
55,000 00
11,350 00
575 00
700 00
2,100 00
4,500 00
2,000 00
It was whispered that another attack would be
made the next night, on the Jamaci.iiis, and num
bers of them Bought protection in the Castle, but
order reigns again in Chagres. The Jamaica men
are leaving for home, and the Sierra Neveda took
some forty or fifty to Jam acia. A strong guard is
kept on the other side, and canoes are not permitted
to cross over after ten o'clock at night, while a
guard is on this side ready to give the alarm in
case of another outbreak. The troops in the Cas
tle remain under arms, and sentries are placed
within call on the ramparts.
200 00
232 00
58,066 46
$4,542,433 54
SEND THEM &ex.—The Judges that fled from
Utah, have been ordered to return immediately to
that Mormon territory, or to send in their resigna
tions. They don't feel much inclined to do either .
They prefer resigning themselves to their corn fort
able positions at home. They prefer the "fleshpots
of Egypt," to the chance of "Manna and quails"
in the wilderness.
There are thousands of men, however, who would
like very well to go as their substitutes. The plu
rality of wives allowed by the Mormon creed, and
indulged in by Mormon practice, would suit the
Oriental inclinations of some folks exactly; and we
are afraid that if the runaway Judges were a little
more youthful, the difficulty would be in keeping
them away from Utah, not in driving them to it !
Ma. BUCHANAN in Trxes.—The San Augustine
Texas, Herald, which unfurls the Rag of Genera
HOUSTON( for President, says:
Our honest convictions are that Mr. Buchanan
will be stronger in the Baltimore Convention than
any other candidate, and will probably receive the
largest vote on the first ballot. The two-thirds rule
of voting will undoubtedly be adopted by the con
vention, by which the nominee will have to receive
the vote of two-thirds of the whole convention be
fore he passes.
iv-Rhode Island and :Massachusetts have both
adopted the Maine Liquor Law.
WILKESBARRE, May 4, 1852
City and County Items.
fl For the last ten days we hare had warm and
seasonable weather, which has put quite a different,
face upon the appearance of vegetation through this
section of the country. But, as every bitter is said
to have its sweet, here in the crowded thoroughfares
of our bustling little city, we are almostsutTocated
with the dust. Two weeks ago, and for weeks pre
vious to that time, it was nothing but mud—mud,
and short-legged folks were in danger of being
swamped; now, however, we are at the other ex
treme, and it would require a great elongation of
stature to keep one's eyes and nostrils above the in
fluence-of the clouds of dust which fill flit streets
and which is so annoying to many of our good
house-wives who wish to keep their furniture and
carpets from blemish. 0, for a sprinkling of rain
to—but we won't complain, for fear it .might be
worse. We can stand a little dust, but mud is an
abouaination in our eyes.
fig- Messrs. Hewitt Scuussecusa, a. celebrated
Violin player, and GEORGE F. PaxTraros, a first
rate Pianist, expect to be in Lancaster, in the
course of a few days, for the purpose of giving one
or two of their inimitable concerts. From the high
character of these gentlemen as distinguished mu
sicians, they will hardly fail in drawing crowded
houses to listen to their performance. We bespeak
for them a cordial reception.
FULTON .H.A.I.L.—The new Hall to be erected by
Christopher Hager, Esq., on the old jaihproperty ,
is to be called "Fulton Hall," in honor of Rober t
Fulton, the discoverer of the power of steam, who '
was a native of Lancaster county. The name, Ful
ton Hall, is a most appropriate one, and Mr. Ha
ger has evinced a commendable pride in the corn.
memoration of one whom Lancaster county may
ever feel a pride in claiming as one of her most dis
tinguished sons.
The Hall is to be 53 feet in front, on Prince
street, and 148 feet in depth, and three stories high•
The first story to be 20, and the second 23 feet.—
The first floor room is intended for the holding of
public or political meetings, county conventions,&c.
The second story will be fitted up with more ele
gance, and is intended to be used a a lecture-room,
for the holding of concerts, &c. &c. The third story
will be occupied by societies. We hav6 heard that
the "Red Men," a very flourishing society, are to
occupy it. • '
The workmen began tearing down the old Mid'
ing on Tuesday morning.By the 10th of September
we have the promise that we can have the pleas
ure of hearing Jenny Lind or Catharine Hayes in
Fulton Hall. We know if energy and business
tact can accomplish it, Mr. Hager will not disap
point us.—Examiner.
SERIOUS BUT NOT FATAL MrsTAKE.—The Co
lumbia Spy learns that a few days since Mr. Henry
Arfert, residing in West Hempfield township, gath
ered a root, which he supposed was snake root, but
which proved to be of a very poisonous nature, and
seriously though not dangerously poisofied himself
and Mr. Henry Wolfersberger. Parts of their bo
dies became very much swollen, though by medi
cal treatment they were relieved, and are now do
ing well.
El 7" The General Appropriation bill passed by
the Legislature this year contains the following
items in favor of citizens of Lancaster county, viz:
For the payment of claims arising from the de
struction of property in the warehouse of Stehman
& Herr, by sparks from a locomotive engine on
the Columbia railroad, near Enterprise, the follow
ing sums :—To Henry, Herr, $1.70,29; to Henry
Cassel $27; to Samuel King $50;59; to B. Fisher
$257,31; to Jacob Lam, $29,44; to Peter Lefever
$84,53; to S. K. Cramer $174,86.
For the payment of the claim of Thos. McEl
rath for damages sustained in the destruction of
fence; posts, forest and ornamental trees, caused
by the burning of the Conestoga bridge, $385.
For the payment of the claim of Margaret Dig
man (widow of Francis Digman) for ilamage done
to two lots of ground in Marietta, by the overflow
ing of the canal, $lOO.
For the payment of the claim of William Wiley
for damage done in the breaking of his carriage by
a locomotive in Lancaster, $35,50.
OCIR CITY-IMPROVEMENT/3.-The present build
ing season promises to be an unusually brisk one in
our bustling little city. In addition to the Court
House, German Reformed Church, Mr. Hager's
Town Hall, and any number of new and beautiful
fronts to Stores, Shops, &c., theis4 4) will be erected
not less than one hundred substantial brick dwell
ing houses in various parts of town--some of which
are inteVded to be really elegant mansions. In ad
dition, there is now every prospect that a new and
splendid Catholic Church and the buildings neces
sary for Franklin Marshal College, will be put un
der contract the present season. A former resident
of Lancaster, after an absence of ten or fifteen years,
would hardly recognize the place any more, so
completely has the old town been metamorphosed
in the appearance of the buildings within a short
time. Carpenters, brick layers, masons, house paint
ers, &c. &c., will have a busy time Of it this sum'
L ERE'S NEW STORE was opened on Wed
nesday last, and attracted great attention. In the
evening, after being lighted up, it Presented a mag
nificent appearance, and hundreds of people, of both
sexes, took a stroll into East King street for` the
purpose of witnessing the beautiful sight. ••
111 It is in contemplation to have an Ono FEL
LOW'S PROCESSION, in this city, sometime during
the ensuing summer or fall, on which occasion the
Hall, in South queen street, will be formally dedi
cated by the Officers of the Grand Lodge, a cere
mony which has never yet been attended to, altho'
the building has been erected and used by the Order
for several years.
0-The following is the result of the election
or School Directors, held in , this city, on Tuesday
Regular Ticket.
M. D. Holbrook, 2081
J. W. Hubley, 1991
John Bear, 210
J. C. Van Camp, 205 1
A. H. Hood, 202
John Wise, 201
Henry Stoek, 2041
*G. M. K line, 406
•J. W . Jackson, 343
• W. G. Evans, 227
H. Rotharm el, 207
H. B. Swarr, 209
• On both Tickets.
117'Sssinac SLostir of Philadelphia, has been ap
pointed architect for the erection of the new Coun
ty Court House. Mr. Sloan is a master in his pro
fession and the Commissioners could not have made
a better selection.
Leone' Fem.—The Ladies of the EpiscopaL
Church in Columbia, will hold a Fair at the saloon
of the Odd Fellows' Hall, to commence to-morrow,
at 10 o'clock, A. M., and to continue until Thurs
day night. The doors will be open throughout the
entire day and evening of Thursday. The articles
to be offered for sale will consist of useful and fancy
articles, and a choice variety of refreshments. The
proceeds of the Fair are to aid in extinguishing the
debt still remaining on the Chnrch.
THE LUMBER TRADE.—The lumber lx.:siness this
spring has been unusually large. From the time
of the first spring freshet to the present, the river,
almost without interruption, has been in good run
ning order, and as a consequence more lumber has
come to market than for many years i3ast. Prices
are something less than they were last year, though
they are still comparatively high.' From the im
mense quantity brought down, they will in all prob>
ability decrease somewhat.—Columbia Spy.
ll3The Board of School Directors of this city
met, for re-organization, on Thursday evening, and
re-elected Gro. M. STEINMAN, Esq, President, Ram
Zrzemznuasr, Secretary, and NWT'. McCormhty,
Treasurer, for l the ensuing year.
113 A temperance meeting was held in the Court
House on Saturday evening, which was :addressed
by Rev. PsarissL COOMBE, of this city, and Rev 4Dr
McLux, President of Lafayette College, Easton. '
LATINO 13Y CORM STess.—The corner stone
of the new m. E. Church, in Columbia, we under
stand will be laid on to-morrow (Wednesday) af
ternonn, •at 3 o'clock . . Rev. John Chambers, of
Philadelphia, Rev. Pennel Coombe, of this city, and
Milers will be present and deliver addresses on the
AapOrrrrxsarT.---Mayor Kieffer has appointed
Charles Frailey, Clerk of the Police Office, in place
of John Wise, resigned. This is an excellent ap-
pointment
117"Hev. Dr. McLuis . , of Easton, delivered an
Address, in the Court House, lait evening, on the
subject of Education. The object of his.visit here
is to dispose of scholarships in La Fayette College.
That Institution is under the control of the Old
School Presbyterian Church, and is represented as
being in a flourishing condition.
113 The Lancaster County Agricultural Society
will hold .a meeting at the /Mechanics' Institute, on.
Monday, the 17th of May, 1852, at 10 o'clock, A. M
LIST OF PUBLIC HOUSES IN THE CITE AND
CUUNTY or LANC,ASTER.--The ' following tibia
which we copy from the Independent Whig, gives
the number of public houses within our city and
county, as also the number in each ward, borough
ar.d township
Adamstown` 3 S. W. Ward 9
Bart 6 Lancaster twp, 3
Brecknock 3 Lampeter East 6
Cmrnarvon 3 Lampeter West 6
Cocalico East 4 Leacock 4
Cocalico West 5 Leacock Upper 7
Colerain 2 Little Britain 1
Columbia 22 Manheim borough 3
Conestoga 10 Manheim twp. 11
Conoy ' 4 Manor 11
Donegal East ' 3 Marietta borough 10
Donegal West 1 . Martic 7
Drutnoie 6 Mt. Joy borough 3
Earl ' 10 Mt. Joy twp. 3
Earl East . 2 Paradise 7
Earl West 8 Penn 4
Elizabeth 4 Rapho 4
Elizabethtown 5 •Sadsbury 4
Ephrata 7 Salisbury 0
Fulton 5 Strasburg borough 4
Hempfield East 17 Strasburg twp. 4
Hempfield West 6 Warwick 4
N. E. Ward City 9 Washington Bor. 3
N. W. Ward t 23
S. E. Ward 12 Total 304
The Lynchburg Republican, after giving the
names of the sixteen delegates appointed last week
to represent the eight counties of the Buckingham
Congressional district in the National Convention,
says:
No preference was directly expressed for a can
didate Mr the Presidency, but every delegation pres
ent was largely in favor of JAMES BUCHANAN as
their first choice, and all the delegates appointed to
Baltimore, except two, were understood to be fast
friends of that distinguished statesman, and in favor
cf using all honorable means to secure his nomina
tion. Mr. Douglass had a few friends in Convention
—Cass not one.,
The Democratic Convention of the Ninth Con
gressional district, also composed of eight counties,
met at Alexandria on the 3d inst., and appointed
eight delegates to the National convention. The
list is headed by the Hon. Sohn S„)3arbour, the
President of the late State Convention, and tile Del
egates are all the friends of rc Bucuthiss.
The ball is rolling onward ?E
THE WESTMINSTER 163vrm.—The re-print of
the April number of this very able British periodi
cal- is now on our table, direct from the American
publishers, Leonard Scott & Co., New York. The
contents are as follows:
The Government of India.
Physical Puritanism.
F.,-rope: its Condition and , Prospects.
A Theory of Population. ,
Shelly and the Letters of Poets.
The Commerce of Literature.
Lord Palmerston and his Policy.
The Early Quaker and Quakerism.
Contemporary Literature of England.
Contemporary Literature of America.
Contemporary Literature of Germany.
Contemporary Literature of France.
, This, 'with all the other British periodicals, for
I sale at SPANGLER'S.
LIS INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.—The pro.
gress in the arts of the pupils of the Pennsylvania
Institution for the Blind has be'en very great within
a few years. It is not generally known that in
1847 a bronze medal was given to the pupils, for
needle and bead work, by the Franklin Institute
In 1849 an honorable testimonial was awarded to
the same for useful and ornamental articles; and at
the same exhibition Miss Cruzer, a pupil from New
Jersey, carried off the prize for a bead vase and
flowers. The premium for brushes has'been award!
ed twice to the pupils of this institution—in 1840,
and again in 1849. This is an evidence of the
wonderful skill of those deprived of the blessing of
sight, under the able tuition they receive.—Daily
News.
COL. FREMONT IN I.:DlM—Letters have been
received from Col. Fremont, dated London, April
13, stating that on the evening of the Bth of April,
he vas arrested by a 'party of rude officers add
locked up for twenty-four hours, at the suit of un
known persons, for liabilities amounting to $70,000
growing out of the military operations in Califor:
nia. From an article in the,New York Herald, it
is very clear that the U. S. Government is respon.
sible for these claims, and that Col. F. has about
as much to do with them as the man in the moon.
f.L7Oue of the Cotton Mills, at Gloucester, N. J.
below ,Philadelphia, was injured by fire on Friday
morning last, to the amount of about $30,000.
By this disaster 125 hands are thrown out of em
pbyment, and it will require six weeks to replace
the machinery.. The loss on the property is covered
by insurance.
Independent Ticket.
A.
W.
K. Ha
Dennison,m e s y ,
2 20 02 2
I. N. Ellmaker, 203
I Jos. Clarkson, • 207
A. B. Kauffman, 200
H. A. Rockafield, 200
J. Fondersm lib, 192
Jacob Meyers, 201
F. H. Carpenter, 201
Geo. M. Kline, 406
J. W. Jackson, 1343
W. G. Evans, 227
THE LOAF BILL.—We publish on our first page,
this morning, a bill passed by -the Legislature on
tote 3d inst., and approved by the Governor on the
4th, authorizing a loan of five millions of dollars at
5 per cent., redeemable in twenty-five years. The
bill originated in one of the series of measures ad
vised7by Govenor BIGLER, in order to reduce the
State Debt, and, thus relieve the burthens of the peo
ple. The proceeds of the loan are to be applied
only to the liquidation, of the 6 per cent. stock now
due,—the certificates Of the domestic creditors, and
the certificates of intrest on the State Debt, both of
which' now bear an intrest of 6 per ct. per annum.
In the present abundance of money both in Europe
and the United States, there is ne dif.ubt that the
loan can easily be procured, and thus a very con
siderable saving be effected. There is one provi
sion which will afford to European capitalists, who
generally prefer long dates,at a low rate of interest,
to extend the time for ten years, by taking the loan
or any portion of it:at:4 per cent.—Pennsykanion.
NEW OnLEANs, May 3.—Dates have been receiv
ed from Brownsville to the 28th ult. Great excite
ment prevailed at Rio Grande city in consequence
of the murder of Mr. Patton, a respectable mer
chant by the Mexicans. A number of citizens pnr
sued and overtook the murderers, and lynched them,
together with a party of six others belbnging to an
organized band formed for the robbery and.murder
ing 'of Americans. The murderers professed to act
under General Gentiles and say that Canales intends
to capture Brownsville. The settlers on the Amer
ican side of the river were preparing for the attack
CHILD SUFFOCATED ix WHIAT.—The Richmond
Enquirer reports the death of Miss Fannie Taylor,
an interesting little girl of 12 or 13 years of age,
daughter of Alex. Taylor, Esq., by suffocation. ;
"With some of her companions she was playing
on a huge pile of Wheat in one of the upper stories
of the Gallego Mills, and was drawn down by the
suction of the trough through which the Wheat is
passed below, and she was literally buried and suffo
cared to death' under the Wheat."
Tan PENNSYLVANIA\ Balm CAsr..—The case of
the Commonwealth vs. the Pennsylvania Bank, is
before the Dauphin County Court. It involves a
answer $1.72,000, which it is alleged the hank owes
the State, and friam the payment of which it claims
exemption, we believe, for services rendered the
State, in paying the State interest Judge Mallery,
Hon. Thos. Sr. Bell and James Fox, Esqrs., are coun
sel for the Bank. The Corninonwealth is represen•
ted by John N. Purviance late Auditor General, and
James M'Cormick, Esq.
)
Voice of Virginia.
Late from Europe.
Naw YORK, May. 6.—The steamship Europa
reached her berth at half-past 5 &clock this after
noon, bringing Liverpool dates of the 24th ult., and
52 passengers.
Fergus O'Conner, the member of Parliament for
Nottingham, is one of the passengers in the Europa.
The Cotton market closed on Friday, the 23d,
firm but not buoyapt.
'Breadstuffs Were in good demand, and Flour was
Gd dearer. Corn had advanced is. for yellow, and
the market.for Wheat favored the sellers.
California Gold Mining shares were in improved
demand on the 22d.
ENGLAND.—Ou Thursday,. in the House of
Commons, the subject of abolishing the stamp duty
on newspapers, and the duty on advertisements
came up for consideration. Mr. Miluor Gibson
made a long speech in favor of abolishing all taxes
on knowledge, and introduced a motion to that ef
fect.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he looked
on the question as one of revenue, and that the
Government could not afford to lose a million and
a half per annum. At his suggestion the discus
•sion was postponed till Friday week.
The Militia bill was read the second time.
The ship Brilliant bad arrived in the Downs from
AuFtralia, with gold amounting to £217,000.
This vessel reports that the ship Statesman was to
sail in February with 80,000 ounces.
Twenty one vessels with emigrants from the ad
jacent Colonies were entering. the harbor of Port
Philip when the Brilliant left.
The Orestes sloop.ot-war had captured a Spanish
slaver in the Mozambique Channel, alter a desper
ate resistance.
. .
By the -Overland !Mail an account has been re
ceived stating that 234 native emigrants left. Ma
dras on the 3d of December (in the ship Fultan Sa
laam) for Mauritius. During a gale on the 23d
the hatches were battened down, and every one of
the poor wretches perished from suffocation.
A telegraphic despatch froth Vienna says that
the persecutions against the Mother and sisters of
Kossuth have been suspended, and they are to be
allowed to join their son and brother in America.
A remarkable statement appears in the London
Times respecting the course to be pursued by Aus
tria, Prussia and Russia, in the event of Louis Na
poleon assuming the title of Eniperor, the substance
of which is, that Prince Schwarzenburg had ad
dressed a circular to the European Courts, express
ing his conviction that President Napoleon was
about to erect an Imperial throne, but_ ddin. that
Austria felt no alarm, and advocating the claims
of the President to' the friendship and alliance of
conservative governments. Prussia answered the
circular on the 18th, and Russia on the 29th of
February. The tenor of both replies is that the
two powers looked upon the design of the French
President neither with fear nor hostility. That
they believe he is disposed to follow the foreign
policy of his uncle, and is now aiming to separate
the powers of. Europe in order to profit hereafter by
that separatiob, but that the three-powers, acting
in concert, could keep him in check. Russia and
Prussia, however, would recognize him as Emperor
if elected to that office, but merely as an elective
monarch—not as the founder of a Napoleonic dy
nasty.
FRANCE.—The most extensive preparations
are being made in Paris for the grand fete of the
10th of May.
La Patrie announces officially that the President
'has no intention of proclaiming the Empire.
It is stated that a camp for the exercise of 60,-
000 men is to be formed at Compeigne, to be com
manded by the President.
ITALY.—Letters from Genoa state that trade
has revived fully in that city since the commercial
treaty made with France.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.—The New York
Mercantile Journal, gives the following exhibit of
our commercial affairs. That paper says : Prices
-of bread stuffs rule very low on the other side of
the Atlantic. Our stock on hand is large;and su
perabundant; and consequently prices have been
brought down to a level to admit of very extensive
shipments. The declining rates in freight have very
much aided this movement.
The exports this month, Ist to 20th April
1852. 1851.
Of wheat flour are - 61,496 against 26,563
Of wheat, - - 114,220 bush. 17,490 .
01 corn - - 86,504 " 52,550
Of rye - • - 129,231 " none.
As the season advances in Europe there will be
an increased demand, which will admit of the
shipments continuing without being checked by
any-further decline. Cotton is improving in price
at the Southern ports, showing that they understand
there that the large crop is met by an equal, if not
an increased tonsumption, and from henceforth we
may anticipate better accounts from Liverpool.
Every element is in favor of a Rolm of prosperity
and a reduction in the imports of dry goods (with
which the market was overstocked last year) as is
shown by the returns so far, which is another indi
cgtion of a continued easy money market. The
following are the imports of Dry Goods at this port
for the past week :
1851. 1852.
Total entered at the port , $915,905 $496,493
Total thrown upon the market 856,954 545,723
From January Ist.
Total entered at the port $25,702,043521,872,161
thrown upon the mart 25,566,171 23,432,646
The decline in the value of imported dry goods
since Ist January, is thus shown to be nearly $4,-
000,000.
IRELAND AS Sax as.—ln Horace Greely's "Glan
ces at Europe," published in New York in 1851,
page 31. 1 7'we find the following passage:
"Walking with a friend through one of the waste
streets of Galway, (Ireland,) beside the outlet of
the lakes, I came where a girl of ten years old was
breaking up hard brook pebbles into suitable frag
ments to rnend.roads with; we halted and Masked
how much she received for that labor, she answer
ed: "Six pence a car load." 'How long will it take
you to break a car load?" "About a fortnight."-
1
Further questions respecting her family &c., were
answered with equal correctness and propriety, and
with manifest truth. Here was a mere child, who
should be sent to school, delving from morning
till right at an employment utterly unsuited to her
Isgx and strength, and which 1 should consider clan
!
gerous to her eyesight, to earn for her poor parents
a halfpenny per day."
Such being the miserable pittance paid for labor
of the hardest kind, is it any wonder the popula
tion of Ireland is, at this time, a million and a half
less than it was: seven years ago; that her poor
houses are crowded, and that every vessel which
leaves her shores is crowded with men, women and
children' !!!
TIIE Fens! JOURNAL. ~The No. for this month
contains the usual amount of useful matter. This
journal has already attained a circulation beyond
the expectations of its most sanguine friends, and is
now one of the leading agricultUral periodicals
published in this country. The low price at which
it is afforded and the large amount of valuable read.
ins matter it contains monthly, recommend it to
the 'favor at every person interested in the science
of agriculture, horticulture, &c.—Terms, one dollar
a year. A. M Spangler, publisher, Lancaster.
RICHMOND, May. 4.—The Democrats of the
Filth Congressional District of Virginia have elect
ed Delegates to the National Convention at Balti
more, without instructions, but they are all for
Mr. Buchanan, except two who favor Judge Duo
glass.
THE WEATER AND Coors.—The Upper Marlboro,
Gazette says that the recent sunny weather has had
the effect to forward the growth of the Wheat, but
the effect on the Tobacco Plant*has been injurious,
vast numbers of the fly, have made their appearance.
Unless the weather be soon more propitious, the
'plants will be so seriously injured that the crop will
be a scant one.
BALTIMOUS MAT 9.—The Maryland Legisla
ture have adopted a resolution direciingGov. Lowe
to appoint commissioners to collect facts and con
fer with the Gov. of Pennsylvania in relation to the
killing of the fugitive slave at Columbia, by officer
Ridgely.
A Pitxxxx Siowr.—On Tuesday morning a train
01 44 cars passed through town, freighted with 209
head of cattle, consigned to S. H. Baker, of Phila
delphia, by S. M. Baker of Ohio. The entire train
was drawn by the locomotive 'Tiger,' and contain
ed an aggregate weight, exclusive of cars, of 251,-
300 pounds—being an average of 1202 to each
steer. We understand that this train will be kept
employed by Mr. Baker for several weeks yet.—
Carlisle Democrat.
1:17" A Woman's Rights' Convention is to be held
at West Chester, Pa., on the 2d and 3d of June next,
"to consider and discuss the present position of wo
man in society, her natural rights and relative du
ties." All persons interested in its objects are re
quested to be present and participate in its delibe
rations. • •
ED — Mrs. Press married her second husband, not
because she admired the' sex, but just because be
was the size of her first pr to "and would come
so good to wear his old clothes out." Considerate
woman, ths.t. Mrs. Press can't bear to see any
thing go to waste, as Mrs. Mulloney observed when
she fried her potatoes with an end of a candle.
Land Warrants.
FORMS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE AS•
SIGNMENT OF LAND WARRANTS AND
LOCATIONS
GENERAL LAND Offica, March 23, 1852.
By the first section of the act of Congress enti•
tied "An act making land warrants assignable, and
for other pnrposes," approved March 22d, 1852, it
is provided: "That all warrants for military boun
ty land which have been, or may hereafter be issu
ed, under any law of the United States, and all valid
locations of the same, which have been, or may
hereafter be made, are hereby declared to be assign.
able, by deed or instrument of writing, made and
executed after the taking effect of this act, accord
ing to such form, and pursuant to such regulations
as may be prescribed by the Commissioners of the
General Land Office, so as to vest the assignee with
all the rights of thn original owners of the war
rant or location." . .
In accordance with the provisions of this section,
the following forms. are prescribed (or the assign
ment of the warrants and locations referred to, to
wit :. •
FORM FOR THE . ASSIGNMENT OF VII WARRANT
NO. 1.
For value received, I, A. 8., to whom the within
warrant No was issued. do hereby sell and, as•
sign unto C. D., of —, and to his heirs and as.
signs forever, the said warrant, and authorize him
to locate the same, and receive a patent therefor.
Witness my hand and seal,' this day of
—, 185
Attest
E. F.
G. H.
Form of acknowledgment where the vendor is known to
the officer taking the acknowledgment.
STATE OF -, COUNTS' OF
On this day of —, in the year —, be
fore me, personally came (here insert the name of the
Warrantee.) to me well known, and acknowledged
the foregoing assignment to be his act and deed;
and I certify, that the said (here insert the name of
the Warrantee) is the identical person to whom the
within warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment thereof. [Officer's signature.]
Form of acknowledgment where the vendor is not known
to the officer and his identity has to be proved.
STATE OF -, COONTY OF -.
On this day of in the year —, be
fore me, personally came (here insert the name of
the Warrantee) and (here insert the name and resi
dence of a witness,) and the said [here insert the name
oPthe witness] being well known to me as a credi
ble and disinterested person, was duly sworn by me,
and on his oath declared and said, that be well
knows the said [here insert the name of the Warran
tee.] and that he is the same person to whom the
within Warrant issued, and who executed the fore
going assignment, and his testimony being satisfac
tory evidence to me of the fact, the said [here insert
the name of the TVarrantee,] thereupon acknowledged
the said assignment to be his act and deed.
[Officer's signature.]
FORM. FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OP TILE LOCATION.
NO. 2.
• •
For value received, I, A. 8., to whom the within
certificate of location was issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto C. D., and to his heirs and assigns
forever, the said certificate of location, and the war
rant and land therein described, and authorize him
to receive the patent therefor.
Witness my hand- and seal, this day of
—,165.
Attest :
E. F.
G. H
Form of acknowledgment where the vendor is person
ally known to the officer taking the same.
STATE OP —, COUNTY OF —.
Oa this day of —, in the year —, be.
fore' me personally came, [here insert the name of the
per son to whom the certificate of location issued] to me
well known, and acknowledged the foregoing as
signment to be his act and deed; and I certify, that
the said [here insert the name of the person to whom
the certificate of location issued] is the identical person
to whom the within certificate of location issued,
and who executed the foregoing assignment thereof.
]Officer's signature.]
Fonn of acknowledgment where the vendor is not per
sonally knnwn to the officer, and where his identity
has to be proved.
STATE OP —, COUNTY OF —•
On this day o f —, in the year —, be•
fore me, personally came [here insert the name of the
pehon to whom the certificate of location issued.] and
[here insert the name and residence of the witness.] and
the said [here insert the name of the witness] be.
ing well known to me as a credible anti disinterest
ed person, was duly sworn by me, and on his oath,
declared and said that he well knows the said [here
insert the name of the person to whom the certifi
cate of location issued,] and that he is the same
person to whom the within certificate of location
issued, and who executed the foregoing assignment,
and the testimony being satisfactory evidence to
me of that fact, the said [here insert the name of
the person to whom the certificate of location is
sued] thereupon acknowledged the said assignment
to be his act and deed
Assignment No. 1 and acknowledgment must be
endorsed upon the warrant, and No. 2 and ac
knowledgment upon the certificate of location; and
must be attested by two witnesses, acknowldged
before a Register or Receiver of a Land Office, a
Judge of a Court of Record, a Justice of the. Peace,
or a Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State
from which he derives his appointment; and in
every instance where the acknowledgment is made
before either of the officers above specified, except
the Register or Receiver of a Land Office, it must
be accompanied by a certificate. under seal of the
proper authority, of the official character of the
person before whom the acknowledgment was made
and also of thegenuiness of his signature.
All assignments of bounty land warrants issued
under the act of September 28th, 1850, made be.
fore the date of this act, are invalid and void.
The same section provides, "That any person en
titled to pre-emption right to any land, shall be en
titled to use any such land warrant in payment of
the same, at the rate of $1,25 per acre for the
quantity of land therein specified."
By this provision, all persons entitled to pre-emp
tion, whether on offered or unoffered lands, can use
,a military bounty land warrant in payment for the
tract pre-empted, reckoning the said warrant at
$1.23 per acre for the quantity therein specified,
whether the land so claimed is at the usual or en
hanced minimum.
Should the area of the tract claimed exceed the
amount called for in the warrant, the pre-emptor
will have to pay for the excess in cash, but if it
should fall short, he is not entitled to a refunding
of excess.
It is further provided by the same section, "that
the warrants -which have been, or may hereafter be
issued in pursuance of said laws or of this act, may
be located according to the legal sub-division of the
public lands, in one body, upon any lands of the
United States subject to private entry at the time
of such location, at the minimum price: Provided,
further, That when said warrants shall be located
on lands which are subject to entry at a greater
minimum than $1,25 per acre, the locator of said
warrant shall pay to the United States, in cash, the
difference between the value of such warrant! at
81,25 per acre, and the tract of land located on."
By these provisions, where the lands are subject
to private entry at $1,25 per acre, the holder of an
eighty-acre warrant can take any two forty-acre
lots, forming a compact body - of eighty-acres; and
the holder of a warrant for one hundred and sixty
acres, can take two eighty-acre, or four forty-acre
tracts, forming a compact body of one hundred and
sixty acres.
Where the minimurri price of the lands, subject
to private entry proposed to be located is more than
$1,25 per acre, the holder of the warrant can lo
cate, in accordance with the instructions contained
in the foregoing paragraph, the quantity specified
in the warrant, by paying the difference in cash.
This act does not authorize the holder of an
eighty-acre warrant to locate therewith a forty-acre
tract of land at $2,50 per acre in full satisfaction
thereof, but he must locate, by legal subdivision,
the compact body of eighty acres, as near as may
be, and pay the difference. So also of 160 acre
warrants.
Each warrant is to be distinctly and separately
located, so that it follows that no body of land can
be located by an assignee of various warrantees,
with a number of warrants; nor can a pre-emptor
in any case use more than one warrant in the loca
tion of the land ? Tempted by him, and the excess,
if any, must be paid by for him in cash.
The second section of this act provides, "That
the Register and Receivers of the Land Offices shall
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bounty land warrants, issued since the 11th
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February, 1847, the same compensation
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per acre, the said compensation to be hereafter pat
by the assignees or holders of such warrants.
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the passage of this act, or their legal representatives
o w f h th e is the a r ct in P
in ca se ot death, shall be entitled to receive from
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the Treasury of the United States, for services here
warrants, the same rate of compensation provided
tofore performed in locating military bounty land
in the preceding section for services hereafter to be
performed, after deducting the amount already re
ceived by such officers under the act entitled 'An
act to require the holders of military lanff 2 warrants
ro compensate the Land Officers of the United State
for services in relation to the location of those war
A. B. [sm.]
A. B. EszL•l
[Officer's signature.]