priti orixtporttt Towzacia,.Tl;arsaa3r, Deo: 1373. Mil BDICTORS • o. Goonarou THE 'NEW CONSTITUTION. Nest Tuesday,-the 16th inst.,; the . peOple of this Commonwealth. will ' be called upon peaceably to decide, ,by ballot, whether the organic law of the Commonwealth shall be chimged. The docqpent to be passed upon has been before our readers for several ; wcelis, and we trust has received a careful and perusal. Oar. preSent constitution - was adopted thirty-five, years ago. The growth! of tb.:2 State, and the development of our varied interests and industiies,i tnatnrally require 'a modification, ofl the law regulating and sustaining them.. That the cdpstitqtton sub mated by the convention :Ifs faulty . ; net even the meilibers who framed 4 :deny, but it contains some whole some reforms . , lite necessity of which, have long befit appreciated, by every; Well-wisher_:cf the i Commoiswealth.l In previous issues wb hay . e directed attention to the faults arid the itr. prove ments the new constitntio'n,i and while te sincerely regret the conYentien did not submit it in sect tions,.so that the objectionable featl• nres might iiaye been left out, we bailey,: it ought to lip adopt' al, trusting to the leg,islatutre,to pro vide for larathding, so Us 'to rid it of these poi:tions which experience witl, withont doubt-, prove serious blanh • tterS. .IVe-trst_revely'voter in the county ticill full.V inform himself upon the subject, laud vote on Tuesday nest t a s his - co i tscience sh,all dictate. - If 'prolrrly understood, we have 'no fears l . that, the New ecnstitntion rill be adopted by a lar.e maj,irity. • POBT.A.t. 9PELIATIONg. - 1 , 1 The .annual report of Postmaster .Gene±al Chrswm.r.., ah abstract o l f i which has already appeared, lh the , ' newspapers, captains.a great deal to , interest the general- reader. • . Tiie.oichn'ary revenues of the departmeni'for '• the.oscal year ending Jane 3 . 3.1373, were F 22.- 933.711; 57, an increase of $1,051',315:20 over the ' .precediog year. - The expenditures of alkkinds ° were 5 , 2),0)4.8-15.67 or $2,426:753.36 mole than the year 'ending :ague 30, 1572: Irrem this lit . nill he seen that the expenditures were $6,035,e *20114 in eeve•esi of the receipts.. -- The uireiter at adheSive stampsissued daring t 'ne•ycar ',15414 6:54,931,32J, repreeenting $16,6)11,2 _ • led. tte'rapc4l envelopes, newspaper wrapperk and p -, :::.), cards, 1d2.266 6)), representing 5„3 , ,... 71i: 357, mekine,— a total pl 520.393,776. The ne,r..Wii. - dlpost-Q . :he:is in opeiatien in the Unit.- ,d, ;•:7., , L 2. no Juno3.' - . 1573. was-83,211, an i - • eta :L.-- ,: 1'351 during. the .year. The total tri•t.' • (.f . (2Lnp:toTees in the department thre'- ).):t tie: ..sentry Is 47,361. There were received L: "ti.e Dud-letter Gaze 4.11)2,357 letters, of ildell. 263.-12) v•erd. forei,e), representing aN ',sae of 53,7)3,731.11. - 01 these letters only 1226 103, .were ilcbvered tq their owners or ~-..eit.,e.e. . brit the amount represented by them . - w,..s 55,377,f/23.1.7.. The-mat,ev - vier s:`.etein has troved a coon=. . , :erft:: ttlett , 7.-,4 the report sllowieg that the age: r...e .4. rfte.valie- orders eirneunted to $37,510,. J ' :ile.7). ~ r an.,..ner,eise of IS 06 ;.er cent. over • ....filo pt e. ,lii":4-'5 car. . . 1 , .11; l', e•tii.:ivery sest •rn Lis beeh in opera= ' 1:on .1111'11)„•- the year in 33 of the principal obis' ....11,1- , , , ..1 eitl)cesstul has it proved that the rost rnasier Gclieralis of the opinion that it might to ii,l aroageou4ly extended to towns having L e.t le=e than 10,0:0 population: It is such a ja-.l:lic et,r.vtalic..Le2 ttlat it acts as a".atinaulus to „ c .ri e•• p9:.(ICIICC.' -. = I - The mbetel•-carils haVe been 4verably,receiv - id ae)l made al remunerative bd7einess for the .lep.i.rintient ; the issue in five m -- )htlis. to SeP • ),:e..l.)en - 3))11 last. amounting to aleoo.ooo. The edt rcpeding, the Franking Privilege Mil 11,1 1). - e molested if the Secretary's, advice be ad ~ ..) rel to. .He says the cost of flee matter,i it -4 with the.,regular rates of postagb, ~ ~;;...11; a it:,:on.nt t -, n•-.t less than 52,6432127.72 40- , ,inally,.undep tlic•ohl raw, whilst the 'value 'bf _l)...)amps, ~, o c., renitr the. present .Sestetii of ga -•,..-7."1,-.",,t ,13a7n1 ,- -!.t. dote not amount to - I . fmt one ' hall that. '. 1 , . ' aini Cref.,a•E,:i sects a„new..Plan for ellia4.= pp‘tart en . ne t:.,., wspapers, ti - ii uit.:—Let the pahliebers under oath state the numb r bf rieesp2por, ::..'re., mailed,' and pay) -in pl ./ranee the-postage prescribed by law_: _,P,r) - mti eally_tlais would compel the publishettecoliebt the postage instead of the postmastceri The Postni».ster General thinks-the adootioti of this - i•ystom would le: ten the rates of r.eli'spaper postage, besides dein.; away With the'.stamping of pa•vrre. 3 .. . • 1 • Mr. Cress4ll -again urges the application of the tel:graph to the postal service. In doing • s. - ).-he attache) the Western Union Telegraph t'enina - uv, which ouncars to be the main °pep . sizion to lim - .plam He refers in bitter terms to t1: 1- .- ‘•complime e !ury frank" • issued by. this c...erpany-to prerament• public officials for the perpelii of infle‘ ncieg them againit tee Admin ..,J . , 1-•‘:.... pre ie... - , Tar. Iloo.Sike TUNNEL • _____:___-, _. , ' Lin ' ,Thins'lay last the final, blast . was. fired, that r br0..1..e. through the iip.ll..ili,rtition- , :c•alls separating the tvo -ganl...; of r . ,-orkalen' r:-.lni)loyei on tl.\:.s tanr. , A. 74s ith , :silitrgeti trl nel'on 'this - continent, being a‘..7nt five ihiks.in length. It ii oni- -,- `celle(i ,in , l i la4Littt,clo by that of tlie . Moil:. eenis T4nnel, under The Alps iifias been in bourse of constrnetiOn abolt fifir_c.o tears, and will hare the is i ref Mfiss - nelittsetts by !..;11.,•, it ig at least. tiG • 000,f10[1: The work was unOTeitakeli bY,cOn-actin f 806, for $1,000,000, • L but the company bEcominz diasatis 4, litigation followea, and they finally gave it up. The State oflSlas sachtietts an 1862 resolved'; to as sume the work.. A commission was appointed -.t0. - - superintend if, and since that tiim6 two-thirds of the en tire tunnel has been made. A co l - 'respondent of the New York Tribut e • this plate - a few' days ric, - and.tims speaks of it • The ;.:reati-st roginccring obAucics is tiis et.txrcaniChave re4ult , cl fire from the • demoralized rock "at the West End, rcquir irz a -rest deal of care and much arching ; and comity, from the immense quantities of water t tne West Shaft, amonnting ,R,t, ono time to cr 1.1 1 0 . 0 gallons a minute. To remove thin was a costly and difitenit work, rcqhiring meat of. powerful FuMpint , engines 11:fore an edit could be driven to meet the h'est hcad:ntz. Now tbat the whole - is open to the \Vvet End; tho water ands its way out by the I , cd of the tnur.eL The excavation decom )s.d rock has been lined l eith a substantial trick Work from two to four' feet in-thickness. The third main astacie was the wafer encoun tered in the work from the West Shaft, wester ly, nbere The-rock was round less laminated and more_granitie than the Shaft, and contain ing many'gvater-bearnag seams, though firm cuough to noicid ho support. The engine of 80- horse power was nretty fully taxed in Iffay,lB72, by the constant flow of 250 gallons-per minute. The last fourteen feet of advance brought in 100 gallons per .minute new water. • Work at this point was consequently postponed until the mt;eting of the Eastern heading, on the 12th .•f licceriaber,. afforded this drainage. Since "hen the work toward the West heading has atendily•pnrsued. ' ' • F, The: work stillnecessary to completion. after few remaining feet - aro cut throrigh, will 1 the , enlargement of it considerable portion • thelnunel. west of the Central Shaft, and the arching of certain portions of decomposed lock now supported by timber. Two drains mast be built. The one from the tunnel sum - mit to East End will be carried. in a drainage pipe two feet blow the floor of the tunnel. On the T.T,Stern halt of the tunnel will be a 2t2 .. - e.rain,-eorgred:byflageng. The arches for the WI watt entrances are still to bo built, and much ir.cidental work to be done. The tunnel will 'probably not be ready for trains before the at. • ter part orneit summer. tbougb it is possible a jubilee:train r may get tbreughlon the filth of July. Thecgoston people are calculating' largely Upon the avantagee to b derived from this improvement, as it will give them, a direct line to the West.- They hope to divert much of the trade that now goes tosew York city, and the newspapers of the latter place are . keginning to comprehend the real situation: • I W. A.LVORD TEE Supreme Court of ;the State last, week, made a decision advent) to the right of the constitutional Con' ventioit to appoint electio4 commis sioners to superintend the election in Philadelphia. The . qtieidion .was -ably argued, and the decision was unanimous. The question involved, as we understand waSlWhether the towers of the convention were supe. rior to the legislature. . I THE NEW CONSTITUTION. ADGCNIESTS PRO AND CON. I While we are decidedly in\favor of the New Constitution, we Print be-. low several articles givino the views of different parties on both sides of the question. To TELF. ELECTORS OF' BRADFORD CO. The importance of the , chUnges proposed in our organic law, by the constitution to be submitted for your approval or rejettinn on the 16th inst., is the sufficient reason why all should be at the polls on that day. That instrument iis the work of some cf the, best minds of both par ties in, our Common*ealth. While in some respects deficient„ nothing huMan is perfect. Besideil, you may, after its, adoption, eliminate in a_ brief period the Objeticuaable feat ures. That, it is a great improve ment-upon the constitution of 1838, no -careful reader can fait to. agree. Its restrictions upon corporate and legislative powers ; the ear& thrown around the pardoning power; the additional security against m prudent appropriations; its wise protection of the ptiblic moneys; and the prevention of spe i cial commend it to the people at large. The provisions in relation 'to new counties particularly commend it to citizens of Bradford County. We, therefore, urgently call upon our fellow-citizens to 'rally to the polls in its support. W. T. DAViES, Chairman 140. Corn. - EB. 31.11E.ui, Chairman Deis. Com. ASTLIIII, Dee. 8,1873. Mn. S. 1V; Ar:vono—Dear Sir :: carefidly read the new con stitution, .1-coine forward, to make an apology - lOr I a casual remark I made in your 'columns in Sept. last, in reference to the constitutional can .vention. I . Alluding to the undue . proportion of lawyres in that . body, I said' in substance that it \ out Id ;out the year, empty the Treasury, mill proba •bly male a constitution Which trould be rejected by the ; people; Ithonght then that their protracted. sittings, so needless and expensive, would create a .disgust in the Minds of the people that would be unfavorable to 'the adoption of the new Constitution, whatever .migh:. be its merits. I think now that a c4 - .;nvention 'Made up of business rritn to the extent of -three fotirths of 4 - 1 - niembers, with a sprink 7 ling of lawyer ripeluditag the - Ildis ting,uished el-governors and exi-mem ' bets ofd the: legislature 'who were 'in the body,. 'would have .finished its labors . - iu • one-half • the . , lime, and . mar: a constitution free from some, of the objectional 'features that ap pear in this. ; • • When - the people elected one hun- - dred lawyers to divide their time be tiVeen the county courts and the con stitutional convention, they had no milt to expect a ,short sitting or an economical arrangement of _their ju dicial system. Those professional gentlemen 'have left their impress on article 5, and if we adopt .the consti tution;we shall have a splendid ex.- ! parisive judicial system; which will give official employment to those lawyers who are ambitions of judi cial:honors and emolument.: • • But as our present- system is un liAted as to the "numberof judges or the amount. of salaries,- hot of which 'have been rapidly increastd, I find an improvement, in the - new constitution which' forbids any in crease or diminution of salary dur ing a term of office, and: which con , fines the yay Of judges:to the amount of their salary alone. • , It is in article 3d, however, under the head of "Legislation,' that 'I find 'the gems of the new' constitu-; tion. The . great problem of We day: Hoy! can a free people under .repre senthtive government protect -them selves against the unfaithfulness. an .: selfishness of their public servants, has been most . admirably answered' is the provisiOni of this, - .article,. and I . honor the. experience,statesman ship, wisdom and courage, whether . of lawyer or layman, that has worked out the plan. Special legislation has wrought more mischief land- confusion than can well lie estimated. Every Gov ernor we have had, since I began to read Governor's messages, has point ed out the evil and warned the peo ple tif the dangers flowing therefroin. There has been a constantly-increas ing volume from year to year; and since concentrated wealth and cor porate power has set up an organized agency in and about our, legislative halls, it has become of tenfold more dangerous character. Legislation has been sold like some commodity in trade. Men in the, legislature have enriched . themselves by this shameful traffic; and years since we reached the condition that nothing of a local or speCial nature was too ! monstrous to.pass,- if backed by en ergy and funds. Section 7 of thiS article tears pp this foul ,growth by the roots, and if it becomes a tart of our organic law will' destroy the occupation of that miserable despica ble class that has brought reproach upon republican government, by trading in legislation, and violating public trust for the sale of private gain. The last time Ilooked in upon our State legislature, in larch, 1872, near the close of the , session, and saw its modern machinery in full op eration—observed the influences that surrounded and eentroled; may, per meated, both - bodies—l came away disgusted and appalled, and was forced to the • conclusion 'that our legislature,, as at present eonstituted, and - with ital)resent powers, is a dangerous department of the gov ernment. There are nuMei,ous '' sections in .this article designed to destroy well Irnown abises that sexist' under our old constitution. I copy section 13 entire: "No law shall qextexid the nem time of an Peale piker, oaf bicreitee or: diminishhis fiddly or emolument after his, election Or; "ppoin;tanout." This, if adopted, will in ten years,i save tha amount which the constitch tiring convention his cost .the Com+l minimal* and will relieve us from! thU present latinnaliatruggkt over aPS9Priiktion bill, in ` regard to the salaries of our staved officials! !' Section 1.5, Restricting the matter! inthe general appropriation bill; to ~9it t 3 th e ordinary xpennes of .governnient,i, interest o public debt, and: for soh h 3, consigning all other apPropriati ns Weeparate bills em °, bracing but ono isubject, is a !host valuable proviaion and in connection; with section 11, in Article 4, whicl gives the:Governor 'power-to pnmo, the appropriation bill, by vetoing any , item of which he disapproves, withi out i destroying the balance of 1 they bill,',will result in a /mat diminution! of : appropriations tor doubtful ;43b4 jects, and plunge some of the get begga.4s who have fastened on !the State Treasury into profound trbu+ !glom - i , i , Section 24 ' Forbids the stealing (to put it short) of the bonds or oth+ er: obligntions ,beld ,by the State 'against certain'railroads, and will be notice to the Pa! R.lt. Co. ,to Prof pare 4 Day her oWn bonds given for the priblic works, aria also those which she' has endorsed for other companies. ' 1 ' ' ' 1 ' I Sections 29, , ,30,' 31 and 32 'are inr , —. yawl dlf, arb' _ tended to pre4nt; the bribery of,offk ails, State and municipal, and ark, doubtless well deiaiaed to seenre that i, l obect in view. , I The recital of the - various eta'op the part of a member of the Asienli bly that shall constitute bribery, is broad and sweeping . ,:and seems dd.. signed to reach eYery imaginable case;, ;and the r ptthishthent, in case 4f conaiOtion, of disqualification "from holding any Office or position ; of hon or, trust or profit ; in this Oimaniori wealth," Seems logical, effective ;and juit. ; The Public! servant whO prove - untrue to his trust deserves Isuch la brand; terrible as it is, and should be foiever shut out from public ern playa:dent, else by, the free use of hts ill-gotten gains, and the force-of par-. ty.drill, he may again reach public office 4--like some of ;the great thieves in New York city : i, . , t There arenumerons provisions to Article 3 which I have not mentioned which appear to me of great value ' • and on a.parefid review of the whole Article, I would notehoose to strike out, a single section.l I Article 4. The ,Eiecutive. I find nothing in this article to condemn, and much to approve. The change in the term of the' Governor frcim three to four yeais, and his non elig ibility', to re-electiOnfor the next sne ceeding term, are, the most notable, changes so far aS the Governorls 'concerned,-and taken together prona , ise improvement. , , I The addition of a Lieutenant-Gov ernor;' to preside over the Senate and to-become Covernor in case ofl a vaean4 in the office from any cauge, is a wise preeautionagainst acaicle't, and enables the pePple to designate (except in, an extreme case) wo shall be Governor, instead of leaving if in the pewer of the. Senate, as it prese,4 , . t. I cannot, `within the limits of this letter,! go over the details Of the work ; but the new I Constitution -hag in it E o mach that meets the wants ,of the State—so iiinch that is indis-- pensible to any reform in public al fairs—that I, for i one, am willing lo accept it es a great improvement over the old-constitution, and as the beit we can get for Some years to come. I shall vote for itrejoicingi if it becomes our organic law—that there is so much in it calculated: , to strangle " Old Monopoly," and epee, ble' the people to recover the 'centre] of the legislative halls - nowein the hands' of lobbyists and roosters In : that event; - ' I think these last mined 1? adespien will have to seek same new business, and the needy adVentnre,rs dill find our seat of goy Raiment a very Poor. .Place to' build np a failing pecuniary condition. A!'n awakehed and enlightened ,'• public opinion will, I trust, reach' and con trol in the future the action of the legislature upon ' those questions where its poiver has not been 'as fully restricted as we could wish ; and I amendments may be made to the constitution as time and experien , lee indicate Weal: points therein. 1 - . 1 We have but little agitation or in terest;and no excitement of the pulp lie mind such as we often witness on the eve of important elections ; lint I venture to say, that the people of this State have not had since the war, and will not have for years to come, 'as important matters befo' e them for decision at the polls, as', they will have on the .16th inst. :Let 1 us da a good day's work for Repute heap government, for ourselves arid our successors, by , going to the polls and voting for the new constitution. I l YoUrs, truly, , ‘ ' ' B. LAPOirri. -- 1— S. W. Arsoan --Editor ReportP7 4 : After having exannin the Nfl!W Constitntion, which is tote subtnit red to the people for adoption 14n Tuesday the 16th inst., wish some care, J desire to state through the meditun of the TtEroirrEn, some Of the reasona for its adoption, • which in ray judgment are of paramount interest to the people in its fever, over all objections which— can 1?e urged against it.' By some, objection. is raised o thaincreaied number of members . .)f the legishAttre, and especially of the lower Horise. § My experience in-.the le,gislaturd conVinces hie that this lie a most wise and salutary provision, promotive of public - safety, which] if adopted will prove an obstruction to the, facility with which pernicious leff c islatien, may be prOcared through the legislature as now constitnied.l As at : present constituted . the House of Bepwsentatiirefis compos ed of one hundred; members. A majority under the miles ii3atquorain: competent, to sit and legislate for the State. Twenty-six members voting in the affirmative; fifty-One members being present and voting, may under a call of the yeas and nays pass any measure within, the present Consti tutional Waits.' The Senate as now consfituted,iis composed of thity•three membeis, a majority being, ' under the rales a quorum, seventeen members being present and voting, nine votes in the affirmaHve may I pass under ; a call of the yeas and nays, any meas ure , within the limits ; of the present Constitution. 1 • F;01:112 these factp it' .will be seenby the most inexperienced observer inf legialative affairs,' that legislatiOn which %Jo affect the rights 'and material - interests Of three and a half millions-of people. Of the Coniraon wealth, may be obtained by the affit mative votes under a call of the yeas andl.p_ays, of bat dirty-five membets .utof'the one huidred and thirty. three, now . comprishiglionibranolies of the legislature. t ykinie and more dangerous than this, is the { fact that under a umsnuluin of the Ades, bills may be paesed, underwl4and spar, by merely the reading of Ale 'We without reference to a Committee, and. without its second, and third reading in detail as required by. I the tales ; and any bill nolY 00 pared Without a call of the yeas and nays. Still more dangerous is the fact, that legislation may be passed 3 ,without a call of the . yeas' and nays in the absence of a quorpm; pude* suspen sion of the tales relating tO,,the read ing of bills in detail, unleiwit meniber shall require a call of the rfouse.l In this manner individnal. rights are trampled upon and ertished out, and much of the pernicious jobbery which diegracesZthe statute' books of the Commonwealth; and renders Our legislature a by word and ti reproach, is procured at Harrisburg.; i' 1 The provisions of the new consti tution under Article 2d, "The Legis lature," and under Article $4, "4eg islation," furnish ample Safeguards against the dangers above referred -to and if the people . arty; alive to their own rights', 'and "dare main tain qiem ".against 'the obiketionh of such as have schemes of egislation for private gain yet on b ! 4nd tol be consummated, and againEit thejob jections of thosewho maybe eonaci entionsly opposed to iits,; adoption upon other grounds of Miner impert anee to the people, the eleetors will turn out enmasse on Tnesd4ythe 16th inst., and vote in favor of the adopt ; tion of the new•censtitntiOn. Section 16, of Article 2J, provides that the Senate shall be eemposed of 50 members, andlSection 17, of the the same Article, will rpquire the election of about 200 *ubers' in the House of Representatives. a L Article 3, Section 1, prd+ides at "no law shall be passed :except y bill, and no bill shall be 0 altered or amended, on its passsge throragh either House, as to change its- origi nal purpose." Section 2, Same Aitt de, providea ,that "no bill shall be considered -unless referred to a com mittee, returned therefrore,and print ed for the uste of the members." Sec tion 3, same Article, prevides that "no bill, except general appropria tion bills, shall be passed containing more than one subject, which Shall be clearly expreSsed in its title." _ Seca tion 4, same Article, provides that " every bill, shall be readi at length on three differenfdays in each House.; all amendments thereto; shall Ibe printed for, the use of the members before the.6nal vote is taken on the bill, and no bill shall became a law, unless on its final ',passage the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the persons toting for and against the seine be ..ntered on the journal, and a majority of the rheMbers.elect ed to eacteHeuse be recorded there on, as voting in its favor. 7 ,Centrasted with the present sys tete of legisidtion, as above specifi cally stated, the new constitution, if adopted, will require the ;affirmative vote of , 101 members of House and of 26 munchers of the Senate, before any bill shall be4ome a law, and this under a call of the yeas and nays, end the: vote of , each member shall be recorded upon the journal. The ample i security for the rights of the people in theseprovisions,,is t easy of compreheetaon, and should not be overlooked , by any Citizen who regards his penonal rights worth protecting. There can he no shirk in',a of responsibility on t he part of the representatives of the people' in the 127„islature. i Adopt ,the new constit;utioo, and members of the logisl4tnre meet stand or fall upon their .Own merit. Under the"present conditien of things the more upright and worthy the member, the More he is decried and hounded down by the Ilooby and their allies who 'hold seats in the legislature, as oancimpracticable and worthless legielator. He is unable to maintain a i'espectablelposition as a member, and is reported to his constituents n 5 utterly "inpractica ble " anduseleFs at Harrisburg, and they are advised to keep ham at home. The objectiOns to the Udoption of the new constitution springs from three sources. ° Ist. Judges lof the courts, many 'of them, object to the provisions:of Article 5, " The Judiciary." 2d. Those who object-to the man ner of voting,ior the numbering of the Wets. as Prescribed! under Ar rcle 8; , -'" Saffrage and Elections." 3d. Those , who oppose the restric tions upon legislation, ;anainry be cause it enrtalls special; legisLit ion . and .breaks the power of the lobby. I impugn the motives of none, but a careful reading of the ;instrument will disclose the reasons Whinh give rise to the objections, and it aloes ap pear that theypartake mre'of a pri- - tate of personal nature than other wise. r t 1 The provisions for the I protcction of purity of this ballot-baN. are emi nently wise and just. ThOse, coupled with the restrictions upbu tion, should (tarry the"constitution against every Other objection. Ample provision is furpished for ,correcting; by future amendment, any require.ment of the now constitti tion.which, upon trial, mcf,y be found to work injuriciusly. • If dm people remain silent now, and will not seize the opportunity to correct, by voting for the, new con stitution, the (abuses of Which they have so long justly; comphiined, and break the power of the lobby at Har, risbirg for obtaining corrupt' tion for special purposes, and of cor-, recting the abtise of the elective fran chise in the "large cities,: let them hereafter hold their peace,iand stiffer without complaint. Giro us puie elections and pure legislation, and then, with ,the judiciary inure, the rights of the people are safe. The conflict ofauthortti, growing out of the manner - proscribed hy the convention for; holdinr , e thb' 'electi . bn in the city of Philadelphia,! which ig nores the Board of Aldermen, as the supervisors of the registry and of the elections under the election laws - lof the State, has I been ,decid'ed by the Snpreme Court . against the; power of the commissioners appointed by tie convention' t? net in the Ipremises; but ,this is not necessarily , fatal to the election in ;that city. It goes the extent of deciding under what authority the election shelf be con ducted and no farther. ' If I hive uttered my sentirrients4 plain language; I have. done 'so froth motives of i public good; with no wish of injury to- ; the feelings et such 'as may 'disagree 1 , -ith me iirthe matters discussed. With 'sincere hope that the neW constitution may hWadopteid, I am, Very ReSpectfully,Ao., 4 - .1.,H oLcome,l -- I A stfescuincti requests US to cory, the following article from the Beaver fiadicai and Argus, on the; new con stitution: SPou.r.ri SiIdItETRY. The excuse given by those of ,the ..delegates to the noistitutionel Exmvention, who have!a little shautelift, Sr their fail ure to sitbmit - separate proPttsitions to a Septirste vote, is that such eetiou would mar the symmetry at the..lloW instrument.; There are those to wha that symmetry is hard to find; and. , who:consider it a oroolmd, etiff; 'distort humpbacked, --epalqued; halting, limping production, as , ever w,pc presented to the gaze of an telligent people. 1 But assuming for this I once that it is, beautiful and syml cal as young Eve, fresh 1 • etri fromiher Creator's hand, how much will this supernatural splendor and syintneti7 be Marred by 'knocking out that provittion which deprives . the People of Pennsylvania of a free ballot? How mach will it be marred by striking out ;the , tudiciary article tinder which a little clique of Phila delphia politicians in each party have already elected the next two judges of tht) Supreme Court, and enacting the doctrine that the people shall choose their jtidges, ;and that the majority shall rpletl, How will it be marred by striking -orit the, cumula tive *ote (which, as - applied to , bor ough* the people of the State titian= imoasly spewed out last , winter) in corporate elections? Why will it be marred, if in the legislative article, the doctrine of fathers is restored, that till citizens shall be represented , - equally, and that stricken out which in effect disfranchises a hundred thoniand voters; giving a represen tative to 4000 people 'in Forest, and none, to 17,000 in Lancaster? Why would it be marred by making the tax article so clear and unambiguous that it should cease to be the subject of a 'different interpretation by eve ry country lawyer? Why would it be marred by a repeal of the narrow and illiberal restrictions placed upon the charity of the State? 'Why would it be marred by erasing the childish provision againet the issue of freo passes, and sale of discounted tickets by our railroad corporations'? In short, why should it be marred 'by .knocking out alt the stuff, and ob scurities, and ineffable meanness, and !giving'-the people what they wanted, reform in legislation, and finance and municipal affairs, writ ten in the English language, so plain that ibo who ran might read and understand it? - • 8. W. AIXOLID—EdiIOI . Reporter F I notice on read. lug that a large majority of the newspariers who me In support nf the proposed New L- ConsUtrition, are, filled not with arguments in Its favobut villUi tion od those who oppose it. . Just wh this is so I certainly do not comprehend. unless it be that the editor! of thosojerrinals have become so accustom ed to the use of billingsgate. that they believe It to be argument. With the full knowledge then, that I,must incur th• penalty of being called s"aliyater" i"licluspitile," and perchance many other equally genteel names by those undoubted ;tampions of "free, speech." I ask that youl , give place to the fol.. lowing; as being some of.the reasons why I shall vdte againal 'the, proposed New Constitution. And here let meceay, that I shall think none the less of apy min who may honestly &fret with me on the points which I raise ; neither shall I call him a " fool" or a " knave," for so doing. Neither do 1 kisk any Mau to read those reasons andaflirm my deductions to be right without, himself having first read thi3 document attacked. for I certainly do not desire tomato awrong impression Id any man'. mind in regard to the Constitution exibridltcd. But this tench I.do ask : That, having carefully corn. pared tile proposed Constitution with the old one, and wit s quite a number of the law. which the new one wilt make void, I have formed the °vivito, given below, And I ask, therefore, that no man who has not theis made the same examination, shall say that the allegationacontained therein are untrue or that the deductions aro unwarranted ; but that he shall first make such °inn:dilation its will warrant his forming an Intelligent opinion of the qtiestion, and then vote in accordance with that opinion, and not bo influenced by the . cry that • " Bing" has been • • ferried t to defeat the measure in order that certain members of each "Bing" may still continua to successfully carry. out nefarious schemes against the people, when such a " hail:undoubtedly, an existence in no place save in the disordered fancy of some editor who having been paid to publish the propost4 Constitution, coasidera himself bound to advocate its adoption by the Reixple:- I shalt rote against the new 'Constitution became rnts - r. It increases the public officials 50 . per cent.. thereby necessitating an Mere:flied public ex penditure of a million and a-hat/del/draper annum,. Which amount will have to be raised by an increase of taxttion upon the people, , SECO3D. It destroys the fundamental principle of our •structure of government—elect one by a majority of the people. (See Art. V, Seca. 12 and, 16, art.ITIV, See. 7.1 • ~ Titian. It destroys the secret ballot, thereby not only depriving the voter of one of his dearest 'rights. but placingit within the, power of the great corporations and monopolies of the Commonwesith to contrial its politize, whilst it leaves the ballot box jest 34 mail open for the perpetration of fraud as did the eonetitation which it to succeed ; its en tire proVislons in.th's respect being almost identical with tb present RegisU7 Law—the provision ex. I tending thedime of permanent residence from ton daysto Itwo months being more of a distinction than a differeace to that class who perpetrate the frauds complained of. Fouttl i ii. it exempts fromtaxation Only fourciass. . es of property, and if adopted; .no legislative enact. rsent csi exempt real estate froin the payment of a Stater ax, inasmuch as real estate is not included in the fourlmaeses made exempt. ' The 21 Section - of Article kx says : " All laws exempting properly ' , from illation. other than thr property above l en umer- Wed. Willa, DE VOLD." ..Tht4C will rope .1 and make void Section 4 of the law of 1866, which reads :- 1 "Fromnd after* tie i , passage of tile act, the real estate o this Contosontoecath ;hall be razz same TAX. 4- nA for State purposes; rrovided. That this Section f la shall not be construed tO relieve the said real estate from the payment of any taxes, cue! the Common wealth, at the date of the passage. of this act," (dee • Pampalet Laws of 1866, Act 22 ) As tinier the pro visioos 4f the proposed Constitution taxes must be uniform, the farm or the poor • man Must pay a tax in the same ratio with the purse-proud corporation whose nioata aggro rate 29 par cent...whilst those of the farrier do not equal 4 per cent per annum, I trust yobr readers who',, are owners and tiller, of the soili i Will carefully weigh this portion of the docume t submitted for, their suffrage, ana not al low thei ' F views upon this point to become warped by the fact thit some of the Delegate. who helped to frame it, have declared that " it was not the in ten don of the Convention to restore the State Tax up. On real estate." ~ What tit* intentions were on this point, dbee not seem to me to be of much import ance, but what they really did do, does not seem to admit of the shadow of a doubt. • Tho manner of its submission as a whole, and not by sections, is arbitrary and unjust. and in Oslo opPosition to Article X of our present Consti ! tntion. is well as of the spirit of Section 6 of the Declaration of Rights, which Section esplicit4 de clares that " Elections shall bo razz and Tao onlY reason that I can see whi'the instrument was sabinitted in the present manner,, was because. that moat of its objectioimble features were giie • to it bi a few worn out politicians, who "ha g anealed'" into the . Conrnitem within:it a vote of the people, and havihg succeeded in 4 taUting". the members ofithe Convention into adopting some of. their thCeadbisre hobbies, hoped to force the people into adopting them also. in- order that they, the people, Might secure the benefits of the good points of the document. of which I am free to Confess there are many. Eirsru. , It will cost less to reject the proposed Constitution, thus referring it; back to the Ocmven- Con, who can strike frotki t what are generally de. dared RS objectionable features, and again submit it; th p to adopt it and'seven years hence pay the expensei of another ceurention. In conclusion, permit me to refer your readers to Section D of Article %IV for: , a: contradiction of the widely circulated 'allemition that 111 county officers will be salaried under the New Constitution: The Section referred to simply salaries ofileora,of coun ties having ' a population of, 150,000. Bradford county licks nearly 100,000 st the reqUired amount in order to participate in the benefits which must inevitably accrue to the people who ar e erected by the provisions of the Section named. And perMit me also to urge upon the voters of Bradford Coun ty the importance or attending the "election on the 16th. Make no engagements for that day that will parent your voting i The matter then to be acted span, concerns every man; woman and_ chile in thli tuned' Commonwealth, Bomber, that if a, _majority) deelare for the proposed Constitution nest Tneadayo it becomes the 'tsar of this State' for the next MS ;TEAMS. and no amendment can strike from it an obj'ecti 'stable feature In a less,pericei. . Bear this in nand when you go to rote. -Let no =aid eradiate teethe political party to which you are sl tached bias your judgement. This is not apartisan matter. I Do not vote for it because some man, high in your [arty councils, says It is all right. Nor yet barons° its framers were men of great wisdom. The woofer, man makes mistakes. To err lsit0:11141. Let not thifXy that none but Snorters " CIE ibi AMMO* OW Tr frolt TOt 6 4 kW" kit? ReMerribst to tide rotleit, tlit AVMs! illitite Recd. Mattillargetlitheliera COW Pin* sag ilbie Peden of the flenti. Are openly. Olgelling it.' !Water .pact d 4oti - b* tudnenced by the n et that ram. mil ottle protithase . inil belle emir; IMMO*. rielikblortiold4 - Nee acme seillehnese. If you beliefs AO doallthent la Wise' stme. pue. and idli Maki Hi . Worms. millikkthe peogler have sti. . long etnenried to accOlimilith fll fee, billiere 'that. ,- under He workings the: wllOin people Wei alf. Waited. tildititterilli l menbilod And vote for it. If. in the andssey. Towle:ben there are tiortione oche document that are wrong, do not belittle per manhoodby a MUM to vote spinet them Do net depend on the Mare to eliminate these wrangle from your organli law. Bencember that an "ounce of ransrnon is I .ertirth is pound device." 1 . HespectfuLty yours, I . I 0 H =EH. l ' Towanda. fiber ii. 11119; 1 t ; I Ho. iticromme: I will misfire the new Conatita. : um. HOCOMPII• lat. The Immo of the members of the Letthilateire, in cerattectlen with Um biennial Instead of annual sesaltruM is cemmendabla I as tt will be *check upon corruption and will decrease the expense to the Stele. i large bodies are leas 114 abbe to con Option than small oases as it takes mom time for corruptioutate tol and out those who are muceotilmeto bribery. and the increased number would regents an increased corruptios fund. and more risk and time to dietribute ilt And also ti*. moth *Pedal legislation, which is a praline _source of Corruption. has been Mee away with. 2d. The representation of the minmity t as pro. vided for in the election o f the county mmmlimion. ere, auditors adjudges Of the Supreme Om* is more thiccordance with justice and the true spirit of a Republican form of government; which means a government of the where the whole pew pm—the acieority as we the majority—will have 5 real and potential In its and not • mars sham voice, as under msjority rule, where it has the mock privile ge of vain* without deriving 1 any benefit from it. object Of good govern ment is to protect th ew It against the strong; and why not protect powerless' minorities against the Wenn*: power and arbitrary injustice of majori ties? While the mejority'rule gives a monopoly of power to majorities. It. virtually disfranchises ml. north" to midrib the elective franchise is a mere non entity. t This model o wly s keeps the power of the government in the hand, of the mairity. which cm only be taken Out of its hands the disaffection of its own friirads on account o bad nominations; and hence Majorities Will be cannel to nominate good mend tostmd of mere' party hacks. This mode applied to the election of come• ty commissioners and anditers, manes en honest managent of ;people's In: because: where em those officers the are all of one_p terests olincal party. like the New Yolir Tummy Hall Bing, they can cover up their fraud+ upon the people. as that in famous Meg did for years and swindled the tax payers of that city out of milliobs of dollars. All parties bare an interest In this mode; as by the mutations of party ascendency the 'majority party 'of this yea' may , be the minority of nett year. The tame reasons Will ge apply to a minority representation in the Supreme Court. sa: The Conn of sari pries. in which the judges of the supreme court have jurisdiction in jury IA: ale, has been proprzly steedshed. as the increase of the common pleas judge" will ren 4 er its Anther continuance unn oesaarr: and the supreme mart Judges, eyed with their increased number, •111 inn !me se meth as they out do in reviewing the de. elsiOne of the lower court*. 4th. The associate Judges, not learned in the law, are dispensed with; Which will 119 a saving to the respective counties. of ftMs 4600 a year; end they are about as useless. on Mc Bench, as automatons. ISIEL The work d the sapreme court will be lean' onp-mus by the indium of their - number; and, by relieving them from their; alit pries duties.- eth. The new judges of the anpreme Court win be elected at the general election next fall. and will tako their sesta as soon as they -receive their elect *lon oertihcataa; and the Jerk thereof will be ap pointed as heretofore. ' I 7th. Comities containing 4,000 finhabltants will form separate common pleas judicial districts,-and: Col2.lltiell with a less popplation. hot exceeding 4, will be joined tog,aher , forming other diatricte. so that the whole number, will not' be inegeased be yond the requiriments or an lxicreourd population. Bth. The convention Mimed legislative action only in cases otllegrant amissiont by the Leeds— tare. ~° . 11th, Every ballot tioted shall be numbered in the order in which it shall be received: This, to my mind. Is the moat valuable feature in the new con stitution, especially as the election boards are to be sworn not to divulge hod any vein votes. It was adopted to prevent electicin frauds in Philadelphia, whets Monsen& of votes are changed in the ballot boxes, tcalled bal'et-box Istufeing), by taking on! one kind of tickets and stuffing the ballot-box with enotlior kind; by which. instead of the ballot-box being a true medium of eXpreasion of the popular will. our elections have become a mere firo.eal MIEMM!!MM - a great improvement upon the old one; and some 01 our wisest statesmen have pronounced it to be the best State Constitobon in the United States. To have - submitted It to IC vote of the people.' in sod. Wins. would have been hipracticstde; as there are some 237 sections in-it,,Moluoing the Pretrab l4 . It would have encored each voter to vote 237 tickets. In an election district of tont, 350 voters, the total number of tickets to be voted, would be 59,230, all of which would have to-he read and counted by the election board; and eachj.taliy list would contain 475 hues, and cover about half a quire of foolscap. And moreover. as each subject is sectional by itself, each ticket,would have ttFesignate the, subject to which the number of the ction relates. The opOsition to theflew Constitaton is mainly from those whci make a trade of politics to profit by corruption, With a few Ring othee.holders, who ao. knowledge !salty only, to the Ring induences that elected or appointed theni, f ;Air A5ti.11.730 Cmzeit. , $ tsow Bdcel'tisemCnts. -_ 11EADQUARTER8 i. • VOA WATcHES,,I JEWELRY AND S I,L V E WAR E! M.H.E*DELSIAN Uss oPened a 'NEW JEWE L RY 9N BRIDGE STREET In Alto building forutery occupied by Young & Titus, with a large assortment' of Gold and Silver Aniericati and Swis,3 Watches, • /- Gold Jewelr.,C , , Gold CHAINS k.it• RINGS, Fino CHAIN BRACELETS. BUTTONS, PINS, &e. sr,c ' a fun limo of B•SLID stLcza and plated ware, SPECTACLES ANi. EYE GLASSES O! all !Lindy—Gold; Sdrer ant Steel. . • cibcKs , . . _ .. Prom tho cheapest to do best, and many other art cles too numerouito Mention, but -to bo seen by calling, 1 M. ararecaus. ' N, B. Watches. Clocks t