REPORTER
Wednesday, February 19, 1845,
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The Office of the Bradford Re
iporter has been removed to Col.
Means' Brick Store, (up stairs,)
entrance on the North side.
Enlargement of the' Reporter.
it lit with Much pleasure that we
make the announcement to our patrons
and readers, that arrangements have al
ready been made to enlarge, and other ,
wise materially improve, the Reporter,
at or before the close of the present vo
lume.,We deem this due..as' well to the
liberal support rendered to. this piper,
as to the spirit and taste for literature
which is proverbial of our county, and
which is steadily and constantly in
creasing. Enjoying a circulation more
extensive we presume to say, than any
other newspaper of the size, in North
ern Pennsylvania, the growing business
of our town and county have already
warned us that our advertising columns
were too much limited to _permit full
justice being done' to the enterprise of
advertisers. •
-The support rendered us, is the best
and proudest evidence we could have,
that our labors have entitled us to the
support and confidence of the Democra
tic party. It is not necessary for us to
-make professions for the future. we are
willing to be judged by the past.
The Reporter will probably be en
larged, at the commencement or the
next volume ; to the size of the Elmi
ra Gazette," and printed on the best
quality of paper. The terms of the'pa
per will remain as at present, $2 50
per year t' 50 cents deducted if paid
width' the year, and for cash actually
in advance, $1 00 will be deducted.—
These terms will be strictly adhered to.
IWmaking this improvement a large
expense is necessarily incurred, and we
shall expect those whose accounts have
not been settled, to come forward and
aid us in this undertaking.
Before the enlargement of the Repor
ter, the postage upon newspapers will
undoubtedly be modified so that Sub
scribers within the
_county will not be
subjected to postage. We trust that
every man will then conceive it to be
his interest to subscribe for the county
paper. We believe we can make it
more interesting, and valuable to the in
habitant of Bradford than the be-puffed
mammoth journals' of the city.
Another veteran Gone.
The last of that" noble race and brave,"
who fought the battles of our liberty, are
fast passing away. We have to record
with sincere regret the demise, on the
9th inst., of u revolutionary patriot, Cap
tain OZtAS BINGHAM, of Wysox, at the
advanced age of 95 years.
Mr. Bingham was born in Connecticut
June I I th, 1750, Old Style, and volun
teered' as a sergeant in one of the earli
est expeditions to Canada, where he re
mained about a year. • Rising to the
rank of Captain, he served in that capa
city till the end of the war of Independ
ence, at which. time - he was furloughed
and not again called into service. He
was engaged in recruithig and in Quarter
Master's department in some period, of
the war. The engagements with the
enemy in which he participated are not
known to us, except that he bore a wor
thy part in the battle of Germantown.
It is hoped that materials exist for a
mere deserved tribute to his Revolutiona-
ry services. • '
Captain Bingham settled in the valley
of Sugar Creek, a few miles above To
wanda, near fifty years ago ; and for
the latter part of his life was pensioned
according to rank. It was he who,
while on a visit to Angelica N. Y. up- .
wards of forty years since, arrested with
his own hand the murderer of Ira Ste-,
phens, a brother-patriot of. the revolution,
also visiting there from this region,-nnd.
father of Ira H. Stephens, Esq. of this
Borough.
This Revolutionary veteran has fallen
with the frosts of almost : a century upon
his head and a glory encircling it which
posterity'can only admire kvithout hoping
to emulate as it occurs but'once to'the free
=that of sharing ,the Mows of Nation
al Discntbralinent.
Reduction of Postage.'
There seems now to be some likeli
hood that this measure, of so much im
portance to the'public;• will soonbe eon
sumated.- The new post office bill re- -
eently _passed the United States Senate,
by a large majority. The following are
the principal features, for - which we are
indebted to the Pu'3lic Ledger : All sin
gle letters weighing half an ounce shall
pay an uniform rate of postage offive
cents, and ten cents for an ounce weight,
and so in the same ratio, to any part of
the United States, Drop letters, accord
ing to the bill, that is letters for deliiery
in the city where they are deposited in
the post-office, are- to be charged two
cents. If letters are advertised they are
to be charged with the costs of adverti
sing, (two centg,) in addition to the
postage, when delivered.
Newspapers, of no greater size than
nineteen hundred square inches, (which
will cover all the Baltimore city papers,)
can be transmitted through the mail to
within thirty miles of where they are
published, free of postage; if sent over
thirty miles the same postage charged as
at present. s'
Printed circular letters, unsealed, are
subject to a postage of two cents.
the franking privilege, as it now ex
ists, is totally repealed, and officers of
Government are required to keep an ac
count of the business letters which they
receive, the postage on which is to be
paid by the department to which they
are attached. The assistant postmasters
general are allowed to frank, but are lia
ble to a penalty of three hundred dollars
for franking any letters'but those on offi
cial business. Deputy postmasters are
to have all the postage they pay on bu
siness letters refunded, and if their com
missions do nut amount to twenty-five
dollars per annum, then the Postmanter
~‘" •
General is allewed to increase them..
Governors of States are allowed to
transmit through mail, free of postage,
certain books and documents : and mem
bers of Congress, the Secretary of State,
and Clerk of the House of Representa
tives can frank all public printed docu
meats, and the franking privilege of the
Senators and Representatives on all let
ters and packages not exceeding two
ounces in weight is left as it now is, and
they are also allowed to receive letters
and packages during the session, as well
as for thirty days before and . after the
same. The Postmaster General is to
keep an account of the charge on all mat
ter thafgoesithrough the mail free, which
is to be refunded from the contingent fund,
or from the Treasury.
Newspapers to go out of the mail with
ou t subjecting the senders or carriers to
any penalty. Private posts for carrying
newspapers, but not letters, allowed.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars
, is appropriated from the Treasury to be
applied to the Department, in case of
any deficiency in its income, caused by
the general reduction of postage made by
this act.
ANOTHER SCENE IN CONORESS.-Mr.
Black and Mr. Giddings have been ma
king themselves appear supremely ridicu
lous, by making the floor of the House a
place for brawls. After some considera
able talk about " knocking down" the re
port of the proce,edingsof the 6th inst., says
" Mr. BLACK was here observed rush
ing into the bar towards Mr. G., with a
cane upraised, but was seized and with
held from entering the bar by Mr. Hios
3iET, and other southern gentleman.
There was much noise and confusion at
this time, with frequent calls to order."
The matter will be amicably arranged,
we 'have no doubt.
AccinEvr.—The Tioga Eagle, records
the following accidental gccurence.—A
man named Thomas Leon, irr the em
ploy of Mr. Wellingto, was,,on Satur
day last, killed instantiOy the falling of
a tree, on the , premises of A. C. Buih,
Eq., on Mill creek. The deceased was
a native of Ireland, and lately a resideUt
Essex county N. Y. The only relative
the deceased had in this country, as we
learned, was a sister, who resides some
-where. in,the State of Vermont. Every
attention was paid by . those gentleman
in whose employ the deceased had been,
in having the body interred in - the - most
respectful manner, at Tioga Village.
LANCASTER env Etecttom.—The
charter election held in Lancaster„ on
Tuesday 411 t inst., resulted in choice
of Democrats for every office from May
yor down, by a majority varying from
200 - to 350. The Native vote, has fall
cn off ucoris 200 since last full.
Bradford County Court.
_ Morino., Feb. 10; 1845.
The Coort„to-day, sentenced George
Soper, convicted of subornation: of per
jury. — last week, to forfeit and pay to
the Commonwealth the sum , of twenty
dollars, to undergo an imprisonment in
the Penitentiary for the -Eeastern dis
trict of Pennsylvania for the space of
one year, to pay the Arts of prosecu
tion, and stand committed till the sen
tence be complied with. The Sheriff
is ordered-t 6 convey the prisoner to the
Penitentiary with , in thirty days, and
to be allowed one assistant.
In the case of fornication and bas
tardy, of Which the same defendant was
convicted, the Court postponed the
passing of the sentence until the first
shall have been complied with.
DENNIS B. KNAPP VS. MARE PRES-
Tos.--Assumpsit for work and labor
in a saw mill.
The defendant Opposed a 'recovery,
on the ground,'that the plaintiff did not
fulfil the terms of his contract to work
in the mill through. the hawing season,
and that he quit without any good rea-
son.
The jury in the case of Knapp vs.
Preston, rendered a verdict in ¶avor of
the' defendant. .
TRUSTEES OF THE FRANKLIN COL
LEGF. IN TELE BOROUGH AND COUNTY OF
LANCASTER VS JOHN and FREDERICK
SCIIRADER.—This was an ejectment for.
a tract of land situate in the township
of Monroe.
There was no dispute about the title,
and the defendants„adted merely for a
special verdict., with a reasonable time
to pay the balance they still owed,
having paid a considerable portion of
the purchase money. The Jury found
for the plaintiffs ; upon condition, how
ever, that if the defendants shall pay
into Court for the use of the plaintiffs
the sum of two hundred and seventy
dollars - and twenty-eight cents within
one year, with interest and costs, then
judgment to be entered for defendants.
Said money, when so paid in, to be
subject to the order of the Court, and
not to be paid to the plaintiffs until they
shall execute and file in the Prothono
tary's office for the benefit of the de - -
fendants, or deliver to them a good and
sufficient deed, With covenants of spe
cial warranty, for the premises claimed
in this suit.
HENRY T. THOMPSON vs. BENJAMIN
Quicir. This was a scira facies against
Benjamin Quick, late constable of
Smith Creek township, for a false re
turn on an execution in favor of Henry
T. Thompson against one Robert
Queal, for the sum of nine dollars
seventy nine cents and cost. After the
evidence was closed, a juror was with
drawn, and judgment was entered in
favor of the plaintiff for the amount of
the execution and costs, except consta
bles fees.
Julius S. Holden vs. Francis Cole,
Israel Smith, Daniel Cole, George
Coolbaugh, Marvin Thayer, Nelson
D. Warford, Wm. Coolbaugh 2d., and
Wm. C 09.11.
This was an action of trespass to re
cover damages (or entering on the plain
tiff's land, and throwing down about
twenty-four rods of fence.
It appeared that some time in the
year 1827. viewers appointed for thit
purpose, surveyed and reported a road
running at least in part, through land
of Holden ; which road was confirmed
by the Court at February Teem, 1828,
and ordered to be opened of the width
of thirty, feet.
That some time after this, one of the
supervisors of the township went on to
open the road ; that he had no sum
or, but in opening, relied upon the in
formation he derived from those who
hied in the vicinity, as to the location
intended by Ike viewers.
That in process of time, some parts
of the road became difficult of passage.
in consequence of the wearing away' of
the bank of the river, and, othercanses.
That the road was not located by the
first supervisor in the right place, and
that a few years since, 'Fiancis Cole,
one of the supervisors of what was then
Wyeoz township. (now Dureti) went
on with others to open the road ac
cording to the returri made by the view
ers in 1828;
The plaintiff alleged, that in attempt
ing so to open this road; the defendants
encroached upon his land, which was
denied by the defendants. ' -
The" testimony on botb„ sides, Was
long and multirarias, and we ,deem it
unnecessary to give the details. The
Court charged the Jury, that ilthe.road
had not; been located in the right 'place
by the, superv . ior :awho first went on ' ',
Mr. Cole "would hefe the right to open
the road according to the riturn'of the
viewers. That if, in so doing lioWever,, ;
he run the road through land of Hol
den, where the order did not call for it,
fie,*ould_be liable. That if a road by
reason of the wearing away of the river
bank, should be "in such a condition as
to render it unsafe to travel it, the pub
lie would have a right to enter upon and
use the adjoining land, until a reasona
ble time should have" elapsed to enable
an application for a- new view to be
made to the Court. And that if a new
view should result in the locating of a
road in another place, that- then the
owner of the land might apply to have
his damages assessed and allowed him.
That if the Jury believed, that they
went on and opened the road in the
place-where it was intended to be ori
ginally, their verdict ought to be for
the defendants. But that if they be
lieved the defendants did open the road
on land not belonging to it, and that'
they acted wantonly in so doi",-Aey
ought to find for the plaintyr-exemplary
damages. That how,v,er, if an officer
trespass on landu,aciing - under a mista
ken idea of _hie' duties, remuneratary
damages:only should be given
FEB. I 1 , 1844.
--:in the case of Holden vs. Cole, and
others, the Jury found for the defen-
dants
LEDDIUS ROGERS VS. JANES GORDON.
This was an action on a promissory
note for fifty dollars. The defence set
up, was, that Mr. Gordon was overta
ken while driving a drove of cattle for
for H. W. Tracy by Mr. Rogers, who
claimed a certain yoke of cattle in the
drove, and threatened to prosecute Mr.
G. for stealing, unless he would settle
the matter with him. Mr. G. at
length executed this note for fifty
In the case-of Rogers vs. Gordon,
the Jury found for the plaintiff thirty
eight dollars and sixty-four cents.
APPOINTMENT BY THE P. M. GENER
AL.—The Post 018 ce in this borough
was taken in charge on Monday last, by
ALVAN S. CHAMBERLIN, by appointment
of the Post Master General. The late
incumbent, Col. BAILEY, has discharged
the duties of'the office with fidelity, but
we are certain that it will lose nothing
by the appointment of Mr. Chamberlin,
as he is every qualified for a faithful,
prompt and courteous officer.
Hos. DANIEL S. DICKINSON, was, on
the 4th inst., elected U. S. Senator, for
six years from the 4th of March next,
by the unanimous vote of the democratic
members of both houses of the Legisia•
tore of New York.
ExEcunoN.—Friday, 14th inst., the
extreme penalty of the law was to have
been executed in the State Prison Yard,
Providence, 8,. I. on John Gordon, con
victed,On circumstantial evidence, of be
ing a participator in the murder of Ama
sa Sprague.
NEW PAPER.—We have received the
first number of the " NEW STAR"a paper
established at Troy, in this county, by
Messrs. Sherwood and Rockwell. We
wish them the success that printers gener
ally merit but rarely receive.
M'KIN LEY & LESCURE, propose to pub
lish by subscription a periodical law-work un
der the foregoing title, to consist of the best
productions of the press of England, under the
direction of FRANCIS J. Troatraer, Esq., of
Philadelphia, Hon. Erms Lswp of Lancas
ter, and WILSON M'Casrimiss, Esq., of Pitts
burg. .
This work will contain the best productions
of English law authors, Without regard, o pri
ority of claim on the part of any American
publisher. Such bOoks are now notoriously
too dear. The reason is, that as 'fastas they ap
pear they become monopolies in'_ the hands of
booksellers in. the Atlantic cities. Under the
the plea of right acquired by the, addition of
of notes of American decisions, the latter claim
an undivided title to those works and set a bur
thensomo price on them. The publishers of
the work now offered to the profession through
out the Union, will not respect such titles, but
will reprint the standard and British .law - books
as fast as they emanate from the London mar
let. Should new editions of the works of such'
writers as Starkie, the Chittys, Stephen? and
Archbold, appear they shall also be included;
and DIGESTS of Equity and Law decisions—.
works which have been studiously kept out of
the Law Library published at Philadelphia—
shall have a place : in the proposed new one, to
gather with every new valuable English trea
tise on Chineery or Common law.
Trills work- will be 'issued monthly_'
numbent of •160: pages, printed on Fins
%UTZ-PAPER .43111 anon St zur 1,04 , 0 PARTIIVI
Ti's, at seven dollar's per annum,payable half
yearly. The firstrunnbeiwill beptiblished on
or about the flist of May next.
Editois 'with iirhoin' we exchange , ail)
confer a &vor by'giving the above a few•inser•
• . • . '•
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 1845.
FRIDAY. Feb, 14, 1845
The New Library of Law and Equity,
Correspondence from Harrisburg,
[Letter from the Senior Editor. 3.
• HARMSBUItqI 11th Feb., 1545,
An imPreision seems have gone
abroad, in relation to the position as
sumed by Gov. Shunit,ln ins Message
of the 29th ult., on the subject of the
payment of the interest on the üblic
:debt, as unjustifiable as it is erroneous;
and when I first saw the Reporter -of
the sth inst., I feared your correspon
dent from this piece had been laboring
under the same mistaken opinion : but
on a more careful reading of his letter,
and recollecting ' how hastily, and I
might add, sometimes carelessly such
letters are urrittenel'am certain he en
tertains correct views. I. allude, of
course to the , iMputation that Gov;
Skunk was opposed to pay:jng the
whole amount of interest duenn the Ist
of February. Nothingcduld be farther
from the fact. Revues not only 7101
opposed to the fey of the interest,
but he wee -decidedly in favor of apply
ingaumlablefande in the Tree
surite that purpose. The only differ
ence of opinion that prevailed between
the Governor and any portion of the
Legislature wasp how much the State
was now able to pay, and how much
could she pay in August.
Front a full and thorough examina
tion into the affairs of the Treasury,
Gov. Shunk found that the ability of
the State to meet and pay all her liabili
ties, was not as unquestionable as might
have been inferred from the message of
Gov. Porter and the accompanying re
port of the late State Treasurer.
Indeed it appears that the prosperous
condition in which Governor Porter
presented the comnibnwealth, was part
ly manufactured in open disregard of
law, by neglecting to cancel $50,000 of
relief issues, and withholding from do
mestic creditors more than $lOO,OOO
which had been appropriated to the
payment of their dues.
In conclusion, I will append an ar
ticle I find in the Pennsylvanian in the
shape of an analysis upon Gov. Shunk's
message. The article is quite long.
hut after looking it over again and again
with a view of condensing it, I really
can find no part I am willing to omit,
and as the subject has excited great at
tention and elicited unnumbered re
marks from the press, I give it to you
at length without apology, adding as
a closing remark- that, if proof were
wanting to establish Gov. Shunk's
willingness and anxiety to redeem the
faith of the State to the utmost, it will
be seen m the promptness with which
he placed his signature officially to the
Bill making the appropriation, and the
alacrity with which he repaired to
Philadelphia in company with the State
Treasurer to discharge the duties im
posed upon him in disbursing the funds
to the holders of our bonds.
The message begins with a state
ment of the loans which from our fund
ed debt, amounting in all to $10,703,
866 89, and bearing an annual interest
of $2,035,013 56, of which $971,395
90 falls due in February, and $1,063,-
617 66 in August.•
It_then proceeds to give a view of
the annual receipts into the Treasury,
from the surplus-of which, after defray
ing the necessary expenses of govern
ment, this interest is to be paid. It
divides these receipts' into two classes,
and sets against each the charges that
belong to it.
It shows first, that from auction du
ties, licences, and in a word from all
sources, saving only the direct State
Tax and the Public Works, there was
received in the year ending first De
cember, 1844, $378,646 08. The ex
penses of the government, throwing the
interest on our debt out of view,
amounted in the.samitime t 05567,420
79, so that, if we were clear of the pub
lic works and the public debt and the
direct tax, altogether, we should have
run short in, the year •1844, $188,780
71. •
• It then goes on to show that in the
same year 1844, the canals and railroads
paid us the clear sum of $629,658 82,
and the direct tax $751,210 01, making
together $1,380,8.68 83. But then the
interest, for that year. though less by
$BO,OOO than that for the present,
amounted to $1,954,187 14; and there
was therefore a deficiency on this ac
count also, amounting to 0573,318 31.
Thus taking in ail aclnts, the mo
neys received by the Treasury in 1844,
were less-than the calls on it by $762,-
099 02. .
-This of course made-it impossible to
.pay theinterest during the, last year;
for the balance in othe-'treasury,when.
the year began was only 8179,471 50.
and there was nothing else to supply
the deficiency. Besides. there were
,soma
,ether pressing clams ; against,the
State, which the Legislature flay?. fit ,to ,
_pay . -first,; AO thus, it:, Arappeeed that,
although the interest tray Stlireted
- go by, there was in the Treasury
the Ist of December lasti l only 0,6 , 8 3‘
851 88;
kici far the message is made op 0
facts. It next proceeds to estimate,an
endeavors to show how the Treasu
will stand at the end of this ye ar.
The calls on the State-during the y
he sets down at $2,948,432 05 , and II
supposes the income for the sam e p .
Oa to be $2,056,510 68. Ti;
would be a deficiency on this sheyr a
of $891,921 37, but for the balance i
the Treasury at the begyating of th
year, which will make r up the defi r i e
cy in part, though z -it still leaves 11
money in the Treasury on the kip
cember 18,,short by - $228,069 ,
the claims/against it.
This/Calculation takes in the wh o
year l ii - receipts up to let De cemb.
,next; bat unfortunately our i nter ,
falls due on the Ist Armin, four m oat
before the year ends, and there'
months have heretofore : been arno
the most productive both of tolls al
taxes. . The' Governor thinks thereto
that, though by the end of the ye ar
shall. want only' about $200,000,
make up what we owe, yet in Augu
when the interest falls due, the amen
wanting to meet it may run-up to pe
haps four times that sum, of n ear
$900,000.
The Governor next goes on to sho
how. much money is in the Tteasur
It consists he says of funds equal Lo go
and silver. 449.684
Relief notes 399,450
Making in all $849,1351
or about $185,000 more than was
the Treasury on the Ist of last Decec
ber. The interestnow due•is bower (
$971,395 90; or $122,260 80 th o!
than we have the money to meet.
Starting trout this fact, he next welt
to determine what will be the condik
of the - Treasury on the next linen
day, let August; and making use 1
this purpose of the estimates of the C;
nal Comthissioners and othe , -
of information within his rr
that there will probably'
to the Treasury before tiv
2.1:1.0 12. He also finds t;
sary expenses of the Gol
ring the same time will b
and that the payments to
ditors and the provisions
relief notes will be $202,
So that after paying up
$122,260 80 of the Febi
for which .we are at thi,
means of payment, the
stand Thus :
Receipts from Ist Feb,
to Ist Aug.
Disbursements
Balance en hand Ist Aug
1845
which sum is all that w
have to meet the $1,063,
terest, falling due that day. .
ficieney will of course be about 8874
000, an amount corresponding eluttl
with -the estimates made by the Gote
nor ►n an earlier part of his message.
The conclusions at which the Gore
nor arrives may be summed up dir
We are able, by using all the him
in the treasury including P relief not
to pay at this time all bur Febnia
interest, except about .5.222,000. B
if we do pay our Fel rJary interest
full, we shall probably not be able
pay more than about one fifth of the'
terest that fails due in August.
The Governor, having stated th
as the conclusions of his wan tni
presents the question to the I,egisla
whether all the moneys which mil
in the Treasury on the Ist of Febraa
shall be converted into par funds, a
paid oul as far as they will go in d
charge of the interest then due;
whether such a rate of interest shall
paid on tlic first of February, as e
with reasonable certainty be again p.
on the Ist of August, looking to
gradual increase in the amount of o
future interest payments as our imp
ing circumstances shall warrant,:
,holding the State fully bound to ma
payments of the arrears at the earh
time:"--and pledges himself, whale
May be their decision, to " co-ope
with them in the great work of yin
eating the integrity and renovating t
pride of our commonwealth."
The Legislature by a unma:
vote decided, that the moneys in
Treasury 6 , shall be paid out as la
they will go ;" and the wing news ,
pers praise the Legislature, for the
gislature is composed of Whigs as w
as Democrats. The Governor ef
the law as soon as it was presented
him, and the same whig newsp
abuse the Governor, for it soloPP'
i
that in his composition there s . nof
ttcle of whiggery. Honest critics,
partial friends of public credit!"
.
'Correspondence of the Bradford Repeei
HARRISETURG, 14th Feb., 1 845 '
A bill was read by Mr. Sherso.
in place, providing for the erection 0
new county out of parts of MO
and Lvcorning. An immense nom'
of petitions have been presented in
Tor of the bill.
The bill providing for the remo il
the seat of Justice of Columbi a f r '
Danville to Bloomsburg, but so 1//64
ed, as scarcely to have a.kat ure
of
dell
; Rouse bill about it. treat