O<E oaLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA: ■■. I * Thursday Morning, May 1, 1862. jJtlttftb f oetrj. HOME AND HEAVEN. BY MBS- 1- H- ItOODBNRT. If thou hast peace at home, What boots it though the rabble rout XJplilt their hoarse, discordant shot, Though the unquiet world should toss And cast up feculence and dross, And warring tides each other mock, And vengeful surges smite the rock,— And men contend with angry mind If thou iu sheltered nook can st Cud Sweet peace at home. If thou hast love at home. Why need's! Thou care though throngs of pride With sneer of scorn thy course deride . Assail the fabric ol our fame And ring their changes on thy name ? Thou would'st not to their taste refuse Such pungent pastime if it choose, While shielded from the unseemly blast Thy comforts all are garncr'd fast By love at home. If there is rest in Heaven. And so the Unerring Word declares, Why shrink from labors, grief or cares ? The appointed agencies to try Tb.v patience and thy constancy. For like the illusions of a dream, Like passing bubbles on a stream, Khali be their memory and their pain When thou at last shall blissful gain The rest of Heaven. i[ omntwit i c at ioit s. For the Bradford Reporter. Enemies of Sheep. An English tenant of mine, came to my study door the other day. bearing several whit ish worms in a glass bottle, that he suid he had taken from the head of a fine South Down ewe, which, like three or four others, had died very suddenly at.d strangely. The persons in trailing, discouraged his speaking to me on the subject, advisir.g him to go to the Doctor with his inquiry. " Well, if Mr. W. can't tell what these vermin ar£, that's killing his sheep, I don't see what's ihe use of his having so many books in his library," said the blunt Yorkdnre roan, resolutely beut on an investigation. I could not help overhearing the remark, and feeling there was point to it ; and so called hiin,in, with a view of seeing whut make of his prisoners. I have thought, as there has been au unusual fatality this Spring, amongst sheep, in thisngiouof country, the fruits of my examination might possibly be in terestiiisr, if not useful to your readers—altho" the subject is not a new one, and I have little to offer besides what I find in books, and w hat is already known to intelligent sheep-growers. The worms he produced, I found to be the lime of the (Kshis avis, a fiv belonging to the numerousorder Diptera—the Gad-tly of sheep This fly makes its appearance in the Northern States of America,between May and July, and is a great source of alarm and annoyance to the flock, in the same way its near relatives, the (Kstris bovis is to horned cattle, or the (Ki lns eqms to horses. But it disposes of us egg> in a different manner from that of the (iiid-Uies which afflict horses and cattle—lodg ing them in the flaps of the sheep's nostrils, where they soon become vivified by the heat and moisture. The larva, or maggots thus hatched, next tnake their way into the frontal sinuses situate between the eyes. These larver in t lie course of their progress, give great pain to the animal—crawling upward by means of two small hooks which grow out from the i sides of their hrads. By means also of these nooks they fasten themselves when they reach their abiding place, aud here for months, feed upon the mucus secreted by the Using mem brane of the chambers they have chosen. To ward Spring, they have growu to about au ch in length, flattened somewhat, ami pre rrnting eleveu rings or apparent joints, which I tie microscope shows to me edged with a few thort bristles. When they have become mature w a worm, (usually iu March,) they begin to retrace their pathway, which again brings ag ouj on the poor animal whose brain they have finis invaded. It stamps its fePt, tosses its ! -ad about, sneezing violently, and so com in t ! u r , until its enemy is expelled at the nostril AUer expulsion, the maggot crawls off, finally burying itself in the ground, where it assumes I ( he impa form, out of which a new fly is hatch ed, to go the same unwelcome round of life. Amongst writers on the6ubject, various, and w S<MW respects opposite opinions are express < i a>uithe injury these worms inflict on the amunl; nd the manner in which they produce ' ■'di. Ipou the whole, it would seem that * 1 a fer J large number of worms are gen :rau'd, tfaey produce irritation and inflamation " ' ie head— possibly on the brain, and thus oy tlirir victim. A very few might not I 'tie tliH result. Sev ral writers of note Jli ® :l ' Economy, appear to class this fly Rn.oi.gst the more harmless enemies of sheep ; 'e ancients deemed t hem bred iu the brain— Hi did is cerebri <latebris." . :, ere is great uncertainty in regard to the • iig cause which leads these lurv.ee to sode themselves as to cause the death of a , ' lhe same as ll,ere " lhat which Mtcs their cousins, the hots, fatal to horses : { f it would seem, are fatal .at times, or un ff certain circa i.staoces. That the first ore i'leutly lodged iu the heads of sheep, and Uieir destined round ol life, without mate '"j'T.v, is just ascertain as that the hot of K Hired fly is sometimes matured harmlessly 'he stomach of horses. | ould respectfully advise our farmers to to their aid in investigations of this sub - the Medical profession of the county, and "ever it can be done conveniently, have wo rtem examinations made. Sheep are I : .i, ° UI raoßt Valuab,e domestic animals,and c r rn \i m ' s t a ltoa in the public spirit • r -Medical aud Surgical practitioners,when - I® * & '* ' " <** . *.'? th • sew J: i * U|l|g{] JHf fHlg TUT* XMm 1 4 . THE BRADFORD REPORTER. I say, most of them would cheerfully assist iu ventilating any useful question of Animal Eco nomy, if invited. Sometimes sheep which die of the rot, are placed wrongfully to the account of worms in the head. The most common symptom of the presence of such worms, is the raising and crooking of the head aDd neck ; eyes glaring, aud a twitching of the eye-lid and ear on the same side ; running off suddenly in a circular direction, with occasional spasms, and a slight frothing at the mouth. As a Remedy , Bi.acki.ock, the celebrated sbeep-culturist, advises the employment of to bacco. Take a common clay pipe, and push the stem well up into the nostril of the sheep, havintr first half filled the bowl with common smoking tobacco. Light it, and then cover the top of the bowl with a thin doth and blow the smoke into the sheep's head. A violent sneezing follows, in coarse of which, the worms are often ejected in large numbers.' Scotch snuff, administered in the same way, is said to produce the same beneficial result. As a I'retentive, tarring the noses of sheep at shearing time, or a little afterwards, about the time the fly makes its ifypearance—is the most rational of any thi g I have found in the books. A plowed field, or a few furrows run ning through the sheep pasture are eagerly sought by the sheep in fly time. They then rub their noses in the earth, and thus, it is thought, expel the intruder from his lodgment. The approach of the fly is easily kuown by the sudden huddling of the flock, with their noses inward and hidden I remember that my father, who was an ex cellent practical farmer, always tarred the nos es of his sheep at, or soon after shearing time, " to prevent taking cold, and also to keep of the fly," a he said, out what fly he meant, I hud no idea at the time, nor indeed, up to the day 1 turned to the books, from which I draw these hasty notes for your columns. He also constantly kept tar within reach of the sheep at the bottom of small board trough*,scattering salt over it, and tnus forcing the animals to take up a portion of it. with the salt. I dare say this was done with profit, as few finer and healthier flocks were found, than those which roamed bis hill sides. I shall tar all my sheep this Spring, for it is plain " au enemy is at their gate." C. L. W. Tow A NOA, ATRIL 24, 1862. lion. 11. W. Tracy's Speech, On the repeal of the Act Commuting the Tonnage Duties, in the House ol Representatives, ot Penusy.vania. Mr. Speaker, some two weeks ago, when this subject was under consideration, I intimat ed to the House that if there should be a gen tleman upon this floor who proposed to discuss the act under consideration upon its merits, I should then desire to say a few words before the vote should be taken. Now, sir, I observe by the clock that we have left, not two hours 'ocger before this vote shall be taken. The remarks which I propose to make iu the few minutes which are assigned me, shall be mainly in the way of answer to the gentleman, and the one gentleman ot all others, who has dared to stand up in this place and maintain that the act which we proposed to repeal, was wise and judicious. How strange it is that but one man in this whole body, now, when we are ap proaching the consummation, gets up in his place and takes this position. Every other gentleman who opposes this repealing act has taken a position behind some constitutional I objection. My friend from the city, (Mr. Ab bot,) is the only one who has ventured to de- I fend that act on the ground of its intrinsic merit It was that gentleman, I remember very well, who had tbe honor of reading the bill in place. That bill was one which I considered fraught with the gravest mischief ; as has been truly said, I considered that bill, and the one which seemed to b* coupled with it last winter, as serpents trailing themselves through this hall. Yet this is an act which the gentlemau thought then, and thinks DOW, wise acd judicious, and for that reason not to be repealed. Now, sir, if I could be convinced that that act was wise and judicious, I should not vote for its repeal ; hut until I can be con vinced that the act has merit in it, I must, not withstanding the scruples of geutlemeu, and lawyers too. who say that we have not the con stitutional power to repeal it—l must act from the light which I have, and the evidences brought before my mind in regard to the con stituiionality as wtll as the wisdom of that measure. Thus advised, I shall cheerfully vote for the repeal ; and lam glad to believe that we have reached a point when, so far as this body is concerned, that act shall be repealed The gentleman in starting out with his argu ment, to prove that this act was wise and judi cious, lias told us that the Pennsylvania rail road company has always been a Arm and reli able fiiend of the State, lie also tells us that the construction of that road has never beeu detrimental to the receipts or the income from the public works. Now, sir, if I could be con vinced, as the gentleman thinks he will be able to convince the whole people of the State, that this act was wise and judicious—that the Pennsylvania rati road company has always been a fast friend of the Commonwealth—that the finances of the State and the iocome of the public works have never suffered from the op erations of that company, then, sir, I confess that these considerations would have mncb weight in my mind to dissuade me from voting tor this repeal. But what evidence has the gentleman given to the House iu support of these extraordinary propositions? In proof of the position that a railroad run ning the whole distarce from Philadelphia to Pittsburg parallel with the public work#, car rying the very tonnage that tbe public works were constructed to carry, would not operate disastrously to the revenue upon those works, the geutleruan has read to us an extract from the message of Governor Shunk, and also an extract Irom the report of the canal commis sioners. Well, sir, if the testimony of Gov. Shuufc be good authority, aud if tbe report of the canal commissioners be good authority, the statements of those officers must be considered PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUiNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH. iu connection with the time at which they were made. Those declarations were made when it was not kuown or expected that this company would ever refuse to pay to the State this small pittance, the tonnage tax—it was when that revenue was steadily coming into the cof fers of the State. These declarations were not made when the company had refused to pay this tax, or wheu an act had been passed re leasing them from this taxation. If the non payment of this tonnage tax had been antici pated no such declarations would have come np here from the Governor or from the caual commissioners. The gentleman has stated that the Pennsyl vania railroad company purchased those public works for double what they were worth. Well now,' I had supposed that the Pennsylvania railroad company was a very sharp customer. Every gentleman who has had dealings with that corporation—every man who has sat here as a member of this body, must have learned that that company is a very sharp party with whom to deal. That this corporation should* absolutely pay for those public works twice what they were worth, will, I think, strike the minds of most of us as very extraordinary. — That company is not in the habit of consum mating such bad bargains, it. is not in general disposed to spend i*s money in this extrava gant way. How does the gentleman propose to prove this ? Why, he argues that the Main Line vvas sold to the Pennsylvania railroad company for an amount vastly more in propor tion to the cost of the work than the amount for which the residue of the canals sold. Well, sir, 1 do not know but that may be true ; but it is also true that this improvement constitut ed an avenue between the two great cities of the State—the eastern and the western city— opened communication from the Atlantic to the great Ohio, which flows into the Gulf of Mex ico. It is true, al-o, that this work constitut ed a line on which tonnage would be more likely to be carried than it would be on those other canals But, sir, there are other consid erations iu connection with this matter. The sale of the Suubury and Erie railroad company was not conducted in the same manner as the 01 her. The sale to the Suubury and Erie rail road company was made ior a price that was fixed in these halls. The sale to the Sunbury and Erie railroad company was made for three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars less than the amount of which the company sold the works afterward ; L will endeavor to show to the House that they afterwards sold it for the lowest price that they couid get, and lor the poorest pay. They sold for three millions and a half, properly, which if put up at public sale, would have brought more than double that amount How was this done? Why, sir, would not the country be shocked to know that, while the bill was pending in this body— a month before its passage—the Suubury uud Erie railroad company executed contracts with individuals in different parts of the State—for what ? For the very purpose of securing votes for the passage of the bill ! This accounts for the price at which the work sold. Tne com pany absolutely entered into contracts, solemn contracts i > writing, in this capitol one month before the law was passed through this body, to convey these branches to different parties ; and these contracts were made for the very put pose of procuring votes. Is it, then, sur prising that these works should bring so small a sum ? Is it astonishing? And, sir, worse than all, these infamous bargains, these shame ful contracts, thus made one month before the bill passed this body, and for the purpose of obtaining votes topassit here—these coutracts were absolutely consummated and were ap proved by the Governor of this Commonwealth, wheu bids were put in, (as he himself tells us iu his message,} after these infamous sales were made, for a larger sum than that stipulated.— To show the manner in which this transaction was consummated, I read from the message of Gov Packer—the executive documents of 1859 : " Sales were made by the Sunbury and Erie railroad company, and reported to me under the oath of the president of the different liues, as follows: The upper and lower North Branch canal to the North Branch canal company, for one million six hundred thousand dollars ; the West Branch and Susquehanna divisions, to the West Branch and Sti-quehanna canal com pany, for live hundred thousand dollars ; the Delaware division, to the Delaware Division canal company of Pennsylvania, lor one million seven hundred and seventy five thousand dol lars ; in all the sum of three million eight hundred and seventy five thousand dollars. Upon investigation and inquiry, having be come satisfied that these sales were made for fair prices, and upon such terms and to such persons composing the various purchasing as sociations, as to iusure the payment of the purchase money, they were severally approved. " After the contract for the sale of the Del aware division had been entered into and my consent had been verbally given, and seveuty five thousand dollars of the purchase money had been actually paid purchaser, upon the fact of the couiracc, and my assent thereto, I was informed that p higher price had beeu offered by responsible persons, for the canal.— But, under the circumstance, my opinion was that the offer came 100 late ; and as the rail road compauy ciusidered itself bound to con summate the agreement by a delivery of the deed and possession of the property to the first purchasers, I could not, in good faith, with hold my assent. The North Branch canal company, subsequent to the purchase of that division, sold that portion of the canal lying between Wilkes Barre and Northumberland, to the Wyoming caual compauy, for the sutn of nine hundred and eighty-five thousand dol lars." The Governor says ; " After the contract for the sale of the Delaware division had been entered into, aud my consent had been verbal ly given." Now, sir, when was that contract entered into ? Was that nlso entered into a month before the bill had passed this body to sell it to the Sunbury and Erie railroad company.— The Governor has failed to tell ns. When did be give his ascent to it? He has not told as. " RESARDLEBS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER." Why, sir, if the transaction had not been con summated, what business had the Governor to be pledged verbally ? Is this the way that the people's money is cared for ? Is this the way that the cannls have been disposed of ? Why, sir, for aught that appears here, this contract for that line might have been made as early as the contract for the North Branch I canal was made—one month before the bill had passed authorizing the sale of the Suubury j and Erie railroad company. Now, sir, this may account for the disposi tion of our canals, and their deterioration even below the proportion fot which the main line was sold. Then, how was the contract ex ecuted by the Governor in regard to the North Branch ? lie says that it was sold (and he approved of the sale,) for one million six hun dred thousand dollars. Yes, sir, and he could have told you that there were bids presented from just as responsible parties for two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which he rejected. He could have told you that at the time when he approved of that sale, there were bids presented from just as responsible parties for two millions of dollars, one hundred thousand dollars to be paid in cash, which he rejected. I say that, had he been disposed, lit could have embodied those facts in the same message. Now, these facts account very well for the deterioration of our public works ; and this is the twin-serpent that was here last win ter in company with the ether serpent, the tonnage tax, which is now under consideration. The gentleman from Philadelphia says, in regard to the sale of the main line, that the Pennsylvania railroad company would never have made the purchase, if it had not been with the expectation of getting rid of the ton nage tax —they never w juld have made .the purchase except for the purpose of getting the State of Pennsylvania to surrender a portion of her sovereignty ! They intended to make a bargain by which they should be exempted from taxation, or they never would have made the purchase. The purchase, accordiug to the gentleman's statement, was a conspiracy against the sovereignly of the Stale 1 That was the object, and, as the gentleman says, the only object, that they endeavored to attain, though 1 think he must be mistaken on that point ; for when the Supreme Court struck out that portion of the bargain, the company were still very willing to make the purchase. The com pany would doubtless have been well pleased to succeed in getting Pennsylvania, through her representatives, to abandon a portion ol her high sovereignty, but failing to do that, they were very williug to take the public works at the price that was set upon them. Bnt another very strange idea is stated h u re. The gentleman says that the repeal of tiie ton nage duties inures to the benefit of the State. Well, now, I think that the gentleman would be a little surprised, if, when walking along the street, some fellow should stop him and re lieve him of his pocket book, and then, when remonstrated with, should turn round and say, " Oh, yes, I did take your pocket book, but I did it only to oblige you ; it will all inure to your benefit." This appears to me somewhat the nature of the transaction by which the State has had taken from her treasury, by the Pennsylvania railroad company, three quarters of a million in cash, which ought to be in the sinking fund, and which according to the argu ment made last year by my friend from Lycom ing (for whose legal learning I have the high est respect,) was by construction o.' law in the j sinking fund. The Commonwealth is also re- j lieved of a revenue of from three hundred thousand dollars to four hundred thousand dol j lars per annum in perpetuity*. All this my friend says, is to inure to our benefit—to the benefit of the State. Well, I think the gen tleman would be hard to convince in the case of the larcoucy of his pocket book under the circumstances I have mentioned ; and I think j the people ol Pennsylvania wili be hard to con-! vince that to have their treasury depleted in J this way is going to inure to their benefit. I s think the gentleman will have some difficulty ' in enlightening the public mind so as to com prehend the manner in which transactions of this sort inure to the public bencGt. The public are perfectly aware—almost ev ery citizen, learned or unlearned, iu my por tion of the State is aware—that the State of Pennsylvania has expended the vast sum of forty million dollars for public improvements —that money was borrowed for the purpose. They now see themselves relieved of the whole of thise public works by the legislation with reference to the Pennsylvania railroad company and the Su ibury and Erie railroad company. They find that all for which their money was j expended is gone forever, and that the debt is left as a burden upon the people, to be paid by taxation. Now I would say to the gentle men who has been t he strong advocate ol both these measures and who has labored here to pass them through this Hull, ihat I think it would trouble him to convince the people that ' they are to be benefitted by this proceeding.— When the tax gatherer comes uround yearly to collect taxes frotr the honest yeomanry in sny section of the State, I do not be lieve that they will be able to read the gen tleman's speech and say, " we are convinced that this is all for our own gocd and it is to be for the good of our children iu the future .—we are convinced that the payment of this heavy tax every year is to inure to -our bene fit." The people will not be able to under stand such a theory. It will puzzle them worse than my friend from Lycoming has been puzzled. They will be utterly unable to under stand how such a proceeding is to inure to their benefit. But the gentleman has undertaken toargne j the legal and constitutional question. Now. I know that our legal brethren arc rather op- i posed to laymen, like the erentleman from the eity and myself, undertake to grapple with a legal question. Those gentlemen have a sort of professional sensibility about such questions as they do not like to have ns meddle with them ; they think, perhaps, that such ques tions belong of right to them. Vet the gen tleman from Philadelphia has ventured to en gage iu this discussion, in its legal coustitu- tional aspect, I hope no gentleman will be of fended if I undertake a word of reply. The gentleman says that the act of 1861 is clearly not unconstitutional, as taking money out of the sinking fund. He looks npon the abstraction of that money as merely u "draw back"—an equitable draw back." But ray friend should cousider it is such a tremendous draw back ! It draws back the whole thing, and settles it perpetnallv. Such a terrible " draw back" as that, I hope the gentleman will not. insist npon. Why, we might draw beck all the rest that is in the sinking fund— and then how is the public dpbt to be paid ? This is carrying the id<-a of a drawback to a length which I believe this House will not be ready to adopt. Even our legal friends who take refuge behind the constitutional question, without pretending to say that the actiu ques tion was wise and judicious, will he a little startled at this idea of a " drawback." But the gentleman has referred frequently, in his speech, to the Supreme Court. Now, I have grown almost as tired of hearing my friends here refer so frequently to the Supreme Court, as 1 was the other day when my very excellent friend from Lycoming, (MR. ARM STRONG,) referred so often to the Governor.— It does seem to roe a little out ol place for us, grave legislators, sitting here to do our duty as we have sworn before high heaven, to be all the time talking about w hat the Supreme Court will do. Why, geutlt men,l never have thought about the Supreme Court,except when you have brought it to my mind, any more than I had about the Governor. I was per fectly indifferent in regard to the action of the Supreme Court. That body, I doubt not, will do its duly ; and 1 trust in heaven that we shall do ours. I shall do my duty here without tlie least reference to the Supreme Court. I shall judge this measure upon its ex pediency, upon its wisdom, upon its constitu tionality, without the least consideration wheth er my course may please or displease the Su preme Court. I am a little surprised that gentlemen are so fastidious and timid in regard to some apprehended opinion of the Supreme Court. I know that, while many gentlemen here are constantly expressing their reference for that tribunal, my friend from Allegheny, (MR. WILLIAMS,) leans a little in the other di rection, and when he refers to the Supreme Court in his peculiar style,some gentlemen get very uneasy ; but I must say that where he has referred to that court once, other gentle men on the opposite side of the question have referred to it a dozen of times. Now, it does seem to me that it would be more becoming the dignity of this body if we would come forward like legislators, like statesmen , and determine for ourselves what is wise, what is judicious, what is constitutional, avoiding all these side issues. I have no fears with regard to the Supreme Court. I do not intend to trespass upon their functions, and 1 hope that they arc not disposed to tres pass upou ours. I have been a little surprised at the sensi bility manifested by my friend from Hunting don, (MR. SCOTT.) That gentleman, (who, they tell me, is a very able lawyer, aud who lias so zealously endeavored to keep the Su preme Conrt and the fear of it continually be fore our eyes,) was startled and horror-strick en at the remarks of my friend from Alleghe ny. (\1. SHANNON,) to which I propose to re fer. Had lie been pleading as a lawyer for his client, lie could scarcely have manifested more sensibility and excitement. I am no law yer ; I have no client except the people who sent me here ; and, Gon sparing me, I intend to serve them faithfully; they are all the client that I have or desire. Having had the terror of the Supreme Court held before our eyes during this whole discussion, my friend, (MR. SHANNON,) inno cently, as I thought, said that he would like to have the opinion of this body on this ques tion, and that he had no objection that that opinion should go before the Supreme Court wheu that tribunal should be called upon to determine this question. This very innocent language so horrified my friend from Hunting don, (MR. SCOTT,) that he notonly shook with excitement, but he said that such language re minded him of the enraged Hebrews; and w hat Hebrews ? Why, sir, that band of men that cried aloud for the crucifixion of our Savour I Why, sir, I see nothing so alarming in the sug gestion that the opinion of the people, as ex pressed through their representatives in this hall, should, if it lias merit and truthfulness in it, be considered ana weighed by that high and honorable tribunal, the Supreme Court.— I see nothing startling in such language, jt did not remind me—nor do I think that when my friend from Huntingdon, gets the excite ment off it will remind him of those w ho cried out in that evil hour for the crucifixion of our Saviour. But my time is fast drawing to a close; and before I conclude 1 desire to say a word fur ther in reply to the rtinarks of my frieud from Philadelphia, (MR. ABBOT.) He says that his measure in relation to the Sunbury and Erie railroad—this twin serpaut, this lean snake, as I have characterized it has already gone before the Supreme Court ; and what judgment do you think he says the Supreme Court have passed upon it ? He says that the Supreme Court have pronounced that measure eminently wise and proper. This opinion seems to gratify that gentleman exceedingly. Now, I appeal to uiy learned friend whether it is a judicious course on the part of the Supreme Court to indulge in such expressions of oppin ioo with reference to the prudence aud expedi ency of our acts of legislation. Are they au thoiized to sit in judgment to tell us w hen our determinations are wise uud when they are fooli>h ? I had supposed that tribunal author ized only to inquire whether our acts are con stitutional and to give them prrper judicial construction. 1 had supposed that we had left to us at least the prerogative of determin ing whether measures submitted to us are wise aud expedient. Has it come to this, that our acts are to be submitted to the judgment of the Supreme Court to test their wisdom aud expediency, aud are only to be deemed wise w tiea that tribunal shall so declare them. VOL. XXll.— xo. 48. Now, sir, I thiuk such expressions on the part of the Supreme Court are very unbecom ing and unwise. I hope the time will never come when, before we can know whether our laws are judicious and wise, we must obtain the the opinion of that body • for as I have said, it is a body that I have not thought any thing about ouly as 1 have been reminded of it so often on the cue side atid on the other during this debate. Since I last occupied the floor on this sub ject, 1 have listened, as I always listen,with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction to my frieud from Lycoming, lie tells us that he voted against the passage of this act last win ter, that he thought it unwise, and that he had doubts of its constitutionality. Yes he comes in here now, and when we talk of repealing that act, he says, " you connot do it ; it can not be done." lam surprised at the position which the gentleman occupies. lie say that, though a majority of this Legislature should be bought, should absolutely be corrupted with money, yet we cannot undo the act induced by these*corrupt influences. He has read us an authority from the SupremeConrt,in which that court has said, if I uuderstand him cor rectly, that it would be unseemly on the part of the court to inquire into our conduct here. Now, Ido not know butthat it would bo unseemly and indelicate for a tribunal of that sort to undertake such an in quiry Hut, sir, that is not what we propose to do. The gentleman proposes to submit this matter to the consideration of the Supreme Court; but I do uot, my friend from Allegheny does not, and the men who act with us do not pro pose to submit any such question to that tri bunal. Mr. ARMSTRONG. I would inquire of the gentlemau what he does propose. When this repealing act shall have been passed, will it not then be competent for the Supreme Court to oass upon it ? Mr. TRACY. I propone to let the court act within their proper sphere in this case as in all others. Ido not propose to trespass up on their functions. If parties having an inter est in the matter desire to submit this act to the court, they may of course submit it. Mr. ARMSTRONG. Then you propose that this question shall be submitted to the Supreme Court ? Mr. TRACY. Ido not propose to submit it to the Supreme Court ; but the parties in terested may submit it,as they do in other cases —I have no objection. Mr. ARMSTRONG. I only desire to un derstand from the gentlemau whether his idea is that this question can be decided without a reference to the Supreme Court. Mr. TRACY. 1 propose that wc shall de cide it here. Mr. ARMSTRONG. Yes, sir, so I undT stood ; that is, the geutleraan proposes that the Legislature shall decide upon the cousti tiouality of the law ? ' , Mr. TRACY. I do—indeed 1 do. Mr. ARMSTRONG. So I understood. ' Mr. TRACY. If other parties, individual or corporations, have an interest in this ques tion, and dedre to carry it before that body, £ shall not interpose any objectiou. They have a right, under our Constitution and laws, to do so. The gentleman's amendment proposes that tre snail carry the question to the Su prerae Court—that we shall order the Attorney General to carry it there. Now, 1 do not propose to make any such orders ; 1 am not disposed to give any such directiou. Again, the gentleman says that a majority of this body have been corrupted, we cannot inquire into the corruption. The Supreme Court have said that they would not inquire into it. Then, sir, who is to inqnire into it ? Why, the gentleman says, the people may elect other and better representatives. When those representatives come here,what are they to do ? Have they any more enlarged powers than we? Can they inquire ? No, sir, they would still constitute the samefLegi.dature.— Then, sir, if we and our successors and the Su preme Court, are powerless in regard to thia matter, we have ft state of gloom even more dark and appalling than that presented by my friend from Huntingdon, (Mr.Sooir,) because he inclined to the opinion that the courts might inquire. But if the Supreme Court cannot in quire into the corruption which may have in duced legislation, and if we are prohibited from inquiring into it, and if our successors will have no more authority and power than we huve, then, sir, the institutions of this State are enveloped iu a pall of gloom of which I had not before conceived. If this reasoning be true, to what helpless condition we are re duced 1 A great, a crying evil exists which the courts are incompetent to reach. We, too, are powerless to apply any remedy ; and if we go home to give place to our successors, they, when they come here, are equally pow erless ' That sort of reasoning does not sat isfy me ; thai sort of reasoning, 1 am well as surcd, will never satisfy the people of Bradford county Bor Pennsylvania. A MAN SWF.IT OVER GENESEE FALLS.—ON Wednesday morning, about 6 o'clock, a man by the name of Francis McKeau, the proprie tor oi the Canada House,on Froot.street, com mitted suicide by jumping into the river be tween the Gas Works aud Brown's Race.— His brother saw him start for the river, and divining his intention started after him, but was too late to avert the catastrophe. The unfortunate man, the moment he struck tho water was beyoud the reach of human aid.— The body of tne man continued on the top of the water as it swept under the railroad bridge, aud remained iu sight until it reached th brink of the falls, when it passed from view to the seething nnd boiling caldron below. Mis Kean is said to have been laboring under an attack of delirium tremens for several days prior to bis successful attempt at self destruc tion. He leaves a wife aud four children.— Rochester Democrat. V&" The right thing in the wrong plahe is a love-letter written on a mourning sheet of pnper; " *
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