- Goreni.or Bigsrpille 5. ....1,144
, LATION TO TIM FRANKLIN CANAL tOMPA '.
To Ike Senate it,nd Hone al Representafiv 4 :
GENTLEMLN:—Tho la* revoking thas'etor ter
:-;-- thd Franklin canal company, made it' the duty
of the,Governor to take such measures as might
be necessary to carry its, provisions into effect,-
To perform the duty . thus imposed upon me,-1 --
paired immediately to the city of Erie,and reit
ed to the seat of government on Thursday mit
ing last. I embrace this • early opportunity
communicating to you the results.
‘:
• On the second instant, I cansed a copy of he
•said law, together with a communication referr ng
~to its provisions, to be presented to the president
sand directors of the Franklincanal company ; cud
Ammediately thereafter, took possession or the
railroad claimed by said company, in the name of
the Cetnmoiwealth, . and appointed - William F.
Packer, Esql; to superintend Its operations, with
.the power te select such assistant as might b e
found necesiery. - - , • • ,
' Arrangements Were subsequent' tr.'ade _with
the Cleaveland; Painesville and Ashtabula rail
road company; to stock !and use said ; road on
terms and conditions deemed just and reasonable
to all Parties Interested, and advantageous to the
public, The business, therefore - , has been fully
resumed on lithe entire line from Cleaveland to
Buffalo. rind will; hereaft&, in my opinion, be
lararrsacied To a manner more advantageous and
agreeable to the traveler and transporter; than at
tiny' former period.
. The aceompanying correspondenceon between the
officeri of the Franklin canal coMpany and my-,
self, together with the annexed copy of the con-
Arad with the Ohio railroad company, for stock
ing and..using the road keel Erie; to the State
, line, will exhibit to you thi: details of my-action
under the lei% . -
.., i ~
M
It affords e unaffected pleasure to inform you
that notwithstanding the *lent controversy •
Which hatheen maintained for months past, be
tween the railroad companies and the „people of
• -Erie, and thb high degree of excitement incident
to such a contest, I encountered bit little diffieul-.
tydn areomPlishing the objects of thelaW. . No
serious dispesitiem was manifested at any time,to
„resist ; the authority of the. State, Forbearance
rand prildenice appeared to distinguish the con-
Auctof tbe mass of people, as Well as the action
of all the parties directly concerned in theAust
meat of thi'unpleasant affair. '.' , .
Whilst, therefore, it is hoped that the settle-.
-.merit of thel-difficulty in the manner just indica
ted may prove satisfactory, the: restoration , of
peace and qiiiet to that dommunity; will donig
=less he subject of gratulation throughout _ the
- country ; ' a it certainly should be of special grid- -
• ideation to you and the other authorities of .the
State. , With an unfaltering determination on
the part, of the people "of Erie, to maintain their
eights before the courtsond to insist upon'aieas
urea of legislation for tho promotion, of their
welfare, [ ' feel assured that they are equally
prepared to !restrain, and if needs be, to resist
any act of violence to persons or property, or oth
'ex acts in derogation of the law._ .. •
The churl of the State to the route freed the -
city of Erie to tho Ohio line, having been thus
.maintained, the enquiry naturally arises, shall a
grant for a road between these points be made,
and on what conditions ? I have no hesitation in
, expressing the opinion that the grant should be
made, and as promptly as convenient, and thus
put the controversy at rest. The State shoutd'
-certainly dO thia,:pi make provision for_ptiyment
.. to the stockholdirs Of the ''r.ariltlin canal compa
ny, a fair compensation for the railroad construc
ted by them; and keep it herself.... Of these prop.
ositionti am inclined to prefer Abe former.—
.Shoulifith, e grant be made co a cerporation, such conditions eon he annexed s. will meetthe wish.
ca of the - people- of ,Erie, pr mote their Welfare,
extend the business and use. Incas of the hart,,,,.
lit that place, and advance the enerar prosperity
o f
the State, without subjectin travel or com •
-
-meeee a more than an incidental or unavoidable
inconvenience. •
.•
.Amongst ,the conditions, should be one rglquirs
Sing this road .to connect with the harbor at Erie ;'
and such other terns, as the general' Assembly .
-
\ may deem right and proper. . • 1 1 ..
\' With these remarks, under other circumstan
' ces, my duty might close: But the manifest mis
. reprosentations'which'have characterized thedis
cuSsion of this unpleasant controversy in' certain
sections of the - country, Nave induced me to pre
sent a brief r t tatement of the of the case, as
a defence fef the State and her represergatiVei.,
The Commonwealth has had no • controversy
with the citizens or corporation's of other State,
nor has she been inclined to interfere with their
rights or interests; or to unnecessarily interrupt
the travel or commerce cf the country. SI has
• beeddeafino. ' With a refractory ereatire 6 her
own, which bad moat palpably "misused and
abused" the privilegesto.nferted epee , i t l / 4 t ... by law ; i
a Corporation that had attempted the usurpation
of power, that had infringed the sovereignty of
•the .State, and, invaded her rights of eminent do
main. It' in this contest she was "brought into
collision with citizens and corporations of other
States, the difficulty was not of her own seeking.
The vindication - ;of her honor and dignity .was .!I a
duty which she could not neglect; and I Ohre Ito
*hesitation 'in saying, without_ any .- referacie to
the difficulties at Erie, that it was right and pol:
itic on the-part of the State to exercise the pow.;
.er which she had reserved over this corporation.
The.act, I doubt not, will exert a Wholtome in
fluenCeie future, over the conduct ofsimilar bod
ie.s. If neglected inarcase so manifestly proper,
it would be idle to insert reservations And.condi
tionsjn-similar corporations for the protection of
the public, as it would also be uselesi to grant
additional raiiroad charters. Under such a With
• dinarian construction as claiined by the Franklin
canal company, those already in existence Could
occupy every feasible route in the. State. _
In 1844, this corporation was created for the
purpose of improving the French creek division
.- of The -Pennsylvania canal, the State reserving
tho right to re-possess said canal, at any time
thereafter, by 'repaying the company the amount
of money expended in its improvementovith six
per tent. interest.
In April, 1849, the company was authorized to
'construct asailroed on the banks of said canal,'
and to extend the same from the head of the ca. 1
nal north to Erie, and south to, Pittsburg; the
Legislature expressly reserving the right e , to re
voke the charter of the company,should the priv.:
lieges e a - ranted be at any time "misused. or abus
ed.' The company made no - attempt to imprinie
said canal; nor to construct the railroad fr(iht the
- termini' of the canal to Pittsburg or Erie. In
4850, however, they commenced the construction
of a railroad from the Ohio Statelino too the.
.city of Erie, parallel with the lake, and nearly at
; right angel with the route assigne:to theta by the
,Legislature. : •
..
They were early adiuonished against this at
tempt.. ' In 1851, the' Pittsburg and Erie railroad
i,.
company, 1 institatfd proceedings &gains the
Franklin Canal company, in the Supreme wart,
on the grtiund that they had no right to no strut .
a load on the location which they were=sttemp.
Ling to oc4upy. '
In the spring of 1852, the Attorney .General
- made complaint against said company before the
- Supreme poet, in the name of the COMUIOI3.
wealth, and prayed for an injunction to- restrain
the construction and xise.of said railroad. The
opintiartObe Court in this ca 57,.., was delivered
' in Jamul, 185;, by chief Jestice ke,hitt ; and ,
whilst the injunction prayed for was refased on.
the technical ground, that the Commonwealth
touldnot under the law, give security for dsuna
ges, the dews of the court - literally annihilated'
the right of the company to construct diroad on
the routeovhich they were then -occupying', and
in this opinion the Circuit Coed , of the United
Slates, atiPittsburg, has fully concurred. .
The Legislature of 1853, 'repealed.
irni the, law re
qug the Comnionwealth to give secunty; for
damages, and thereby nerved the only 4bstigle
in the ,way of a filial decree against the'eomParry,
is the.case then pending,• But ieaseasieh is the
railroad, to the mean time, had 44iett colopleted,
and the only ; effect of the decree valid be to. re.
".• , strain the use of the road, it waa'desweed prOrr.
er to
pow
the meetingor. the Legislature, the
; 0
only powr that could proerlysod penumen
,y
dispose of this controversy. .
The Legislature did net, and'. by virtue of the
reservations ;contained in the Charter already -
furred to,lreVoked and annulledall the rights aid
privileges, granted to said company. This rarl
road with!alll its appurtananges, is, therefore, in
the posiseriaion ef the State, and its operatki ns
undonthe; direction den °Sect of her own se
lection. L
This btefhistoty will be sutricient, it is h
to vindicate the Commonwealth against the c
of havhigfoilled this company, by indurgen
!heir manifest. inclination to assume rights
g' , hO3 o familiar with th e sub.'
. ,
Aect,l I am eonfident, will agree. With; um ireopie.
ion,lthat the attempt on their part, to usurp the
right has delayed en express grant , . Tha; cont.
pant wereladmoniabed at, every step, that they ,
wee, transeendingitheir legitimate provinctr; but
the pnly effecteeemed it, be to stimulate! them
to greater indignitY to tit State, arid incicased
fatality in jtbe aantlumati st of their own destrac.
lion. _ , I -ri •I, i
It has been frequently alleged' that the State,
in her controversy ;with t us corporation, W i ns ac
, tueted by • a selfish ! maiv ; that she 'dem ed to
I interrupt the transit of, p mods and tonagrrover .
that part Of herj territory. . -. ~.,
l'he answer to this all gation, Is ;that bet an- , 1
thorities could long sine huve had a final defame
against the' conapany, an restrained the : tse of
the road ; and It lilt! al be 'perceived, that as '' I
soon as She t 3.2 get contr 1 of it, arrangements'
etltirely rigreeahle[to the public,'wire me t tle tor ,
itti Mae. She was; also willing to remain,' quiet 1
Until rho Leglslatiire assembled and disported of
the whole controvbrity; but it , seems thet her
indulgence hoe not been properly appreeieled--
Prudence and a just respectfor the,Stsiti,ehould ,
he al s dictated-tp the railroadcompanies;thiadop. i
tion of dihnilar liberal policyl •., , ,
Tree i ; may be said, that the - repeal t ,o ...
ttne
gate la 'gave, the eompinies owning thel roads,
east of Erie, , the right to change .their late ;
but it is equally true , thatithe opinion of e Su.
, , - ;. .
pre e Court " delivered ini 1852, was nohco to
the that the State had not granted the right to
E
ma a readier - oy, gauge, from Erie to the Ohio
lin4 and; his fact ;was not, overlooked in, mad.
ori the repeal of the gauge law.: Was t pru.
den then on their part, to changcf, the
,war dth of
T T
thee . road to ;suit that of one constmicted in
kn'etra violation of law! • Was it hot to iiray the
least Of it, prestimptuous - to - cot:oll2de that the
State ;Amid confirm this fraud upon hal:i "ghts?
!olio Icl it, not have been the pari of se ore to
have rested iquietly until the State hadie Used
j a
a ; rote front EriteWest ? I know. that, tb, , affir
mation of this,l islield by gentletrien connected
in rnterestiwith the railroads. TO, this 'tinter.
Neel, moveinent,: , more. than to arty other, may
be et ribut'ed a l degree of excitement andiresist.
rince on the part of the pePple of Erie co , ty,for
which the, State authorities have heen uch
ceinsiired. - ,i
~; .1 ' ;
Fite Citizens ofiErie and the present EX I utive
1 1; n1
have been condemned fair
.alleging th l t there , '
,should be a break of gauge at Erie ; and I must.
; beg 'lour' indulgence On this point foil a me.
flaeni. , • j , i : 1 . •
i - A demand'for an unecessary break of railroad
gauge, and the, oases rat transhipment Of ton.
l e
age and passe i, it old be coricedeckwould
n i
be ne t illiberal; ia ction, d an impropcir inter
ruption cf the i crommerce of ' the country:- But
aell is not the position of the question at Erie.
T le necessity i v for a brink! of gauge between the l .
esilhed the Athletic cities; results from the
policl
of New York and (phi°, and not from that
of ion own State, The ailroada , i of .01do are
uniforrnly four feet ten inhes wide, and those of
i
New York, tour feet eigh -and-a-half inches, ex : ,
Leept oile, which ii six feet' in width: ,A tranship
meet is theretere inevitable. 'lt taint occur, and
the-only question;is as to the proper point. rAf
ter all the reflection I ha e given the subject, I
mu t again repenewhatt id, in my annual met,
rut e; that I dan see ne reasons founded in public
po cy by ho t break ' shbuld occur at. Buffalo,
thli r
do hot apply with- qua! force in fever of
Erie. The iinipediment, t trade land travel will
1 3
be alike at eithr pointi, with the advantage of
greater unoccoPied space at the' latter, Nor
have 'heed ablelo discover why , it is, that if 'a
break of gauge isao entirely meriportant, there
shiedd be so much solicitude to have ' itl.at the
city at Buffalo, or to anderstanilhow this city
has escaped the execratioes so freely heaped up
on thecity of ,Erie. If ft transhiPment at Erie.
be av - v...i. ,, 1wl- to the Oinatierl t ieterests of
New Yprk„ wh y is not a mat nt ~ u ato equally
so ? -.There is flow a bre k of gauge at eritkand
is it not strange that whilst the hitter city has
complained ot, Erie, it failed to 4is4over a
simildrobstruetion to trzi e and travel in its own
.icinityi . When this shat have heen removed it
b c
will he time enough, it siems to me;• to complain
~
of Prhsylvania. - , 1 . ; •
I T illcistrate this , idea till more forcibly, sup
pose it were possible to orce
.. b
thrit narroiv etrip
of ,territory eastward for e few iles, and per
mitilNew York and' Ohii. to' cone ! together at
Erie, then where would tea.the break of railroad
gauge,' and who' would tie at fault? When the
capitalists of New York commenced the con
struitibl of a railrotul fr,one the ciity 'of Buffalo
westiverd, differing in width from the other roads
of that State, they had determined to impose up
on commerce the ineonVenience:incident to a
-transhipment._ Solicitoui as lam to facilitate
intercourse bet Ween the great. West and the' At
lantic Cities', and•to tnaietaie aliberal poliei to=
wards neighboring States, I have been unable to
disco 7 , a reason , in public policy; why this ann.
voida 1 transhipment should not occur at Erie.
Such a position fit not Wanting ib courtesy or
kindness te our neighbo4.- New Work bait select
ed her, poliey as to the width of railroad's. She .
,desires to extend them Westward,: and Pennsyl
vania is willing le admit! them within her limits.
Ohio on the other hand; desires to get . eastwasd,
and pcnnsylvania extends to her an equal degree
of conrtesy. The latter ( State asks no advantage
she is wilting to extend her roads to Erie, and
meet 'Xzw York and Ohip on' equal terms, on her
own territory. Surely .there ear{ be no 'want of
courtesy in this position. However much she
may regret thirnecessitilfor a transhipment, she
has not 'the power, to obviate it. 1 But on the oth
erhand, it is demanded that a gauge of railroad,
unusual te, Pennsylvania and Now York both,
with which neither can Iconnect, should extend
from Ohio to the city ofißuffslo, on a line a mite
and nfore south -of the harbor, at . Erie, and cut
ting off the chaticesr)of nnection with the Sun
bury and Erie, in the fo er State, and the New
cf n
York and Erie tailroad, in the latter. This art
=gement may answer the owners of the road
better than the public. it has been assigned as
a reason for this policy ithat Buffalo is a gmater
citylhan Erie, and that the former should be re. I
guided as the eastern temaini, °fiche western bus
iness. = , Atlantic cities will scarcely be Willing to
adopt this idea. -,- ~ I i . - I '
I however, regard the connection of this Lake
Shore road, and the Sunbury and Erie, and the
Pittsburg and Erie milr ad with the lake, at .the;
harbor of Erie, as •vostl more important to the
State read the city of.E e than the termini of the
it
'gauges. The harbor at; Erie, is oneof the safest
on the lake, and its othe.r natnial advantages are
not surpaseed. It cart he connected With the At- ,
lactic cities by a shorter and better railroad coin- '
`municatioe tiem any Other, and it-needs ,but this
to place it in possetisiOn of an immense business. I
t
But it will be vain , el anticipate the Rem:meta.
tion of the vast products of the,country in that
harbor, unless facilities Ibe afforded to transpor
tation to and from it,' Igor is it any more reason
able
to present the coniition of business in the 1
haibor, at this time, as en argument against the
construction of such fealties. It would be as'
sensible to expect to,rhScover full grown_ corn in 1
the uncultivated foresti z as to find the vast pro.
ducts of the country in harbor from which there
is no means of transit The natural adeantages
of this harbor have bee thus far rudely rejected;
but - this pplicy I dna co fi dent, cannot be longer
maintained. The in asieg busineea, of the
c i l
country' will' demand the use of this eligible spot
as a necessity; as I ant atso confident, the con. I
election of the lakes with Philadelphia by, railroad .
will distinguish an erajof rrewed 'growth and
greater prosperity to ; ! , th e erty of Erie and the
surrounding country. i i ,„
I lia4 approached the cliscusision of this sub
ject with much reluctance, because of the an
pleastuit feelings which' it has excited in certain
sections of the countryi e I ha rp only been con
-strained to do lo by a Ilse °Nut to the State
in her Sovereign capacity. Will t eicontroversy
which hasbeen so vigorously Mai tained for a
C.
year or more at Erie—With the , minaticrn and
i f
recrimination betweenithe railroad corporations
and the citizens, between coniing interests at
Cleaveland, Erie and Buffalo ,ad the pee liar pot
rt
icy that each may have used to accomplish the
endin view, I have ; not felt cared tot terfere,
nor.to correct the varibus metrepresentations of
my official acts in reference to the late difficulties
afErie, I hare felt meat concerned tor..the State
add her character. Far Pennsylvania, the birth
place, of the IDeelaration of , hadependenee.-the
prolificmother of brava hearts, and 'stout; lulus,
everreads to idefentl the country against fereigri
NgresSioul-the bulwark of ear 'national Strength
U 3 domestic coidlicti—the Keystone of the Fede
ral Arch, and the unfaltering defender of theCon
*Motion, she Will ash duly whit is right, ;luid sub
mit to noffilag that is Wrong:'; i Whilst she will
never yield her , rights) to tlic,u'eurfltioct , Ofcrea'
, I ' I I ' •
C.
n.
U.
of
1 \
I. i;'
_ . .
tures of her own; or 'suffer the - invesion of her
sovereignty by th?se_Uf another. State, she will
never make an' nnjust`or unreasonable denumd up.
on °there. l Claiming her rights and seeking to
promotes her own ;welfare by _every proper means,
she will !nevertheless rejoice at the prosperity of
neighboring States, and advance their interesteby
only means just in her power.. •
. ! ' WILLIAM BIGLER.
I txsctrrtva CiAMBER;
Harrisbarg, February, 11, 1854. •
Ett gitutocrat.
Tim NGEST diCULATION IN NORTUkRII rEige.t.
E. EIPRASE:iir ALVIN,DAY, EDFITIRB;
-31outTose ! February '2B, 1864.
Or We are 'under obligations to _iron. J.
L. Datison, M C. fez: bound copy. of Presi
dent's Message
l and accompanying documents.
Also, to Messrs. Platt, Deegan and Pass
more of the Legislature, for public documentS.
kir In another, column will be seen a
call for a'meeting to protest against the, vio
lation of the Missouri Compreinise. It is
signed by a . late number _ of our citzens with=
out distinction ; of rrty. Hon. David Wil
mot has consented to be present and address
the meeting ; fudge Avery, of Owego; Hon.
H. M. Fuller„'.of Wilkesbarre, and others,
have been invited to attend this meeting.
a rar: We have received - the; first.nuinber of
a new paper just started at Tunkhannock,
entitled the North Branch Democrat.: It is a
.
very neatlyprinted paper, got up in good style,
and thorenghly deinocratie in pOlitics. D.
A. Varitigton and Dr J. V. Smith, editore.---
The Nebraska Bill.
In political, iai in natural science, new faats•
are coastantlyibeing inscribed on the tables.
of human-experienee . ; news combinations ex
tend the! sphere, of human views, and new
lights beam upon the collected mass of hu- .
man knowledge, to correct its theories and to
fortify its conclusioni... It. hai - been said that
the burning flood's and frightful. explo
sions of NT&•uvitis poured' ruin and desolation
on every object within its reach, the elder,
Pliny was seen expising himself to all its re;
ried fermi of `danger - or
. the . benefit of his .
Country And his speeies,- 7 -his spirit soaring in
subliiuity abote the wreck of matter, as na
ture in•all her: terrific .grandeur and power
to dqtroy stood- revealed, before him. - Where
to-day,' and in , this hour of great need to our
country's penee and
,quietude is there an
American Pliny, = one . Who has the boldness
of heart, the firmness-of 'determination, - and
the power to stand the threatened,
danger tOthe inf,egritY of the. Union of these
States, and, amitl• the wreck, of false-hearted
faith, rescue the •COnStitution ..itself `from
threatened sunverstonr no snail Interpose
and prevent the• snapping .asunder of those
ties, twisted With the very instincts of. Nature,
and, which bind together the American, con
•federacyl •
Weare ndalarmist. We have frowned:
eien 'with ridicule upon the oft-repeated cry
of danger to the 'Union, but who so blind as
not to see, that if 'Compromises honestly en
tered into between 'sectional' views and inter
,
ests, are not, io be maintained in all their
parts With virtuous, integrity, sooner or later
events must transpire which will tear asunder
the .eord.orunion and confederacy. Those
'events will, come' inevitably when personal or
sectional interest s or the spirit of revolution
shall-have seen excited beyond the_ point of
Submissive' forbearance!, by reason of violated
faith and forfeited integrity. -
We hare said that lieW facts are constant
ly appearing; in politics. Who dreamed
when the preSent Congress assembled,—when
the President' announced that the disturbing
elements of slavery agitation was effectually
quieted by the. compromise, and' the whole
country was reposing in peaceful acquiesence;
that unhappy, dangerous and apprehensive
Contention on that subject had reached its
iron destiny,- 7 was ,dead and -buried ;—we
ask who dreamed that so soon agitation and
strife would rear anew their dreaded front!
Few, few indeed ! And- has it come to this
that no compromise is effectuab—no arrange
ments
potent, or- enactments powerful to
put finally at rest this, dangerous and 'dis
tracting question ! • The country demands
peace, concedes even to humiliation and peace
follows the concession. A little while and the
foundation upon 'which the beautiful structure
of peace was built is tornfiom under, and An
archy-is reared thereon to fright with its fear
ful shapes the hopes of: the nation's heart.
. Says Lady Morgan, "there Was a -time in
France when,the'-fiowers seemed to breathe
their odors for- ri - Otle senses, and to expand
their beauties to carpet the steps of royalty ;
but in their; place now the bearded thistle
waves ifs lonely head, or the scentless" sham
rock, unprofitable blossom of the soil; creeps
untrodden upon." Has the thistle and the
shamrock taken the place of, flatters about
the altar of American freedom,- prosperity,
happiness.and quietude Is there indeed no
•
end to agitation, fanaticism and strife,—no
point at which we can arrive and-exclaim,—
"thank God, Slavery contention is at an end
/brevet.?" I3ut:we have Moralized from our
subject -
It is claimed by the friends of the Nebras
ka Bill, that, the Missouri ComProinise line
is repealed by e Compromise of 1850,-
9aat they are therefore only carrying out in
good faith that' Act by leaving the question
of Slavery in that territory to be settled by
its 'people. Did we believe this to'be true,
and could siefunl' any evidence aside from
mere declarations to found itupon, we , would
then conceive it our duty to say Amen to its
passage, for twureasona, First because we are
utterly hostile!to any revival of the Slavery
question, and Second because under that Act
we are perfectly willing to rest.and abidethe
decision of the people on all questions Bak-
-
Ling themselves in their capacity of self-gov
ernors. But we deny. that the3lissouri Com - -
promise, or any part thereof, was repealod by
the Act of IBiso, and turn ourselves to the
record .to suatithr' that denial. The following
is the Missonti Compromise so far as relates
to this `subject:---
"That in , all-teryitory "ceded , by France to
the United States, under the mite of ouisi
. ,
ana, IVhick lies north of thirty-sixilgr ees and
thirtst minutes , north latitude, nottinCluded
withlii the limits of iliii! State contemplated
by this act, slaYeryanitinvoluntary'perVitude,
other Wise thati;in thii ',punishment 'of crimes,,
whe 1 f the mities Olin, have been! duly con
vict ' shall be; and is hereby forevei probib-
Refl.' .
• .
Fr to tbe.iil;o, ve qtiotit . tion our readers will
Understand that SlaverY was excluded north
, t
-30. d.g. 30 min. in inil the territory then
ownerl by the United . :§tates,
, and i t ' thetn
sae
.A.eb \ declared that teriritory afteni"Wsitegt:!!'
ed, ould. be subjectto the same rovisions.
This ttled the queStien on well de ned terms.
1
, 1 •
The oint Res4lution i, s : lA , nnexin g- T ma to the
Unit States provided as follows :•F; -
' ": _ at new i Stateti 4f cOnvenie t Size not
exe.4ding four in number, in addit on tosaid
State of Texas'aud haiing suffieir popula
tion, may herCafter,' E 'bY the
. cons nt of said
Stat ,be formed out'of the territory thereOf,
whit shall be entitleit to .admission under',
the rovision. ;of the :federal' cons 'tution.—
And such States as they be formed out of that
porti, nof said territory lyiugsont ofthirty , l
six degrees and thirty minutes no li latitude,
comMonly known as Pm Missouri f Cempro
miseLine, shah be adinitted into the Union
with or•withont slaiery, as the° people of each
Stat asking admission may desire: Aid in
4 1
such State pr Statea, aa.Shall • 'be formed out
of sa d territory north i'.'of the Missouri Com
, promise Line,t slavery or involuntary servi
tude (except for critne)sliall be. prohibited:"
1•• Texas embraced the first territory acquir
-1 ed ater the Missouri Pomproroisei was pass
ed, and from - :the ibtive extract ;it will be
seen that the Misso*ri l fine was recognized _to
its f llest exteht and settled, in that ease ; the
i l
:, ..
whole question. The: Compromise of 1850
contains the folleiving-proviso in reference to
Slavery in the territ4ries. • •.• 1 , .
"I`rovided, , ,that nothing herein:. contained
shall be,coustrued to impair, or qualify any
thing contained in the third, article of section
second of the Joint
,resolutions for : annexing
Texas to thelinit,xl§tittes. Approved March
Ist, A. D.1846'," . i' , 1 -
IsTew we confess our, utter inability to per
ceive in the Act of ititiO anyiiingl_ like a re
pealof the MisseurilC,:improinise, but on, the
t k i
ic ,•
con Ty we regard ; Alas affirmed by the pro
viso last quoted. it , i Ceitainly affiims and
!. ”
continues the ;principle, of the Act for the ad-
L
mission of Telias, ald,lthat as diathictly lif
'finnl the Missouri eeinprom as
iselanguage
can pake it . do. . We ;will now . quote from
'the Nebraska'Rill:' ', • 1
. , •
Sze: 21. And be
,it, further enacted, That,
•
in order to aVoid all •,j: misconstruction, it is
hereby declared to be 'the true intent and
meaning of,this act,so . • .
,far as the question 'of
slavery ks concerned, ip carry into practical
operation Pic folloWing propositions f and prin.
caph,ls established by the Compromise meas
ureslof 1850. r 1; * • I ,
1
Tie abovelpropo'sitien contains so much
• • ,
of cunning, and cowardice that edo nut,
know which most ko,' 'Admire. It was min.-
fling to attempt, to; carry an, infamous bill'.
. ,
and ;secure aCquienee in its provisiOns, byl
creating the impression that it .only.sought'
,
,•
to carry out Pie CtlinProinise of 18i5.0 in good
faith, and which the Whole country was faith- 1
full‘l acquiescing in ; h i nd cowardly to iiroposej
a scheme which sagOted such a si resort. 1
We have One niori;! extract to:rualre and ;
I
then we will 'close thialartiele. The ;extract'
I
is from the great speech of 'Senator Douglas,
at Chicago soon after the passage of the Com- I .
promise of 1830. ge:th ' en and there iaid:—'
"1. am prepared!; to !stand or fag by the` ,
American Union Chilling with the tenacity'
of life to all. its gicirions memories of the,past,'
and its precious -hopes of the - future; and
atuqng those glorieui, 'memories of the past, I
pronounce t4e-Afi.4souri Compromise to be
tme. l " i 1. ::
.. We arc then forced; to the conclusion that
after the passage or the Cmnpromise of 1850,
for I which he had!yoted, even Mr. Douglas
did not entertain thcl remotest idea that the
MisSeuri line . had been repealed; and we
find him-ampng his iron constituents, in per
haps the ablist.si4ech of his life, declaring
thai he would 'Or• fall by it as one of
the i gloriousinemerie4 of the past. What a
conimentarv!
",The Erie. War.'t
, ,
We desirc to cill the attention of our read
] : ..
read
ers to the speech of Mr. CliAitnErtits, on the
Bill, annulling the.' Charter of the Franklin
Canal Company, \ delivered in' the House of
Reinesentativ& of this State.' We are sure
it will be read, not only because of the inter-,
estmg character of the subject, but also E '
be
cause Of the, :
reputed ability of the speaker,
1
and his eitensire 'f!cqUaintance witi the ques
tion in all its bearings. He has inrwigated
it Ni;ith a depth' 4:!,t' re arch which has rade
him master Of thasubject, and vindicated the
righta and liOnor of the Cominonwealth.
in our columnioeio-day will also be found
a very able: and' ? interesting rnes- , ge from=
Governor Bigler, rpn this same subject. The
Harrisburg Trniori speaking! of it, says, "In
theL „
dicharge of the duties imposed ujon him
bythe law annullingtbe f charter of the Frank
lin Canal Cninparry,Mie governor has acted
wi l a promptitude and energy which entitle
t,t
hint to thehighetit praise. He has:successful
ly vindicated thei honor of the state and pla
ced her enemies, in a, Position from which they
1' si !
cannot extricate thetnselves. His Vetter of the
3d February, addreskied to the "President and
Directors of the :Franklin Canal .company,"
„ ,
is a' master pieca,o f oonoise and , determined
di lomacy. ' Hepntied the Gordian knot with
th celerity i of Al.exander, and restored peace
and commerce bY a)etter of a doien lines.—
The services of a,uclt' an executive cannot be
di4ensed ‘rith. i ” ,' 1 .'"" '. j I
I ' .
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pONFIR3IOIOiip AND REJECTIOX.r-Ib, Sen
ate, in Esedutire i SesSion on Menday,' con
firined the ; nomination of Mr.' Gadsden, as
Miniiter tolMexiCo Gen. HoustOn alone vo
ting !Irina hint:. I
On Tuesday the :: nomination: of John L.
O'Sullivan as Gliarge'to Portugal, . was con
firmed bp 26 ye 4 nayi. Gorge Saun
ders was rejected asleonsul to London, by 6
yeas to .33 :nays: The Administration—the
President, is well as the Cabinets—desired his
rejection. Mr. saunders, instead ofattending
to his Official dittis,` has beeni engaged in
writing political letters to , thet INew York
Herald, under his Own signaturi, 'and thus
niiking the Gocerninent, In a measure, re
sponsible far his :individual opiniOn.
e Marfland Legislature on !Wednesday
rele eeted Jam* A. t'earee, Whig
. linited
S Sentitor . for -six Tears from ',the 4th of
.!‘ ~h, 1 e. 36, , •
•
C.
6itoriat Corrtspodtittel
I ;
". Ileus.bmuno I Feb. 18 184
i .
' , ,jittsinese in i
the Legzr iature—the Erie "tro'ub
j- lhe!Senale—Arebtaska
ResoNtions—Sale of the Public icorks,
.
D ' iAli D.Ei :—lt " , ha •. been sonic: time since
i had an opportunity, consistent With tin per- 1
!alive diities pressing I ipott me to cominfini-
Cite in the epiStolary °rut 'with - your re dens,
An hottr of thi - evening . gives nt - tliat i !
. 1
; pleasure.. - - ••. I ,- . -
These s has been mu .11't.Ok and 'much work
;two:. Weeks' past in ipts-,l'Legislifure.; - 1 The •
:Prohibitory Liquor Bill,- she Jewell milli t
case -.a the Nebraska BesOlutions have tit
ken;,thii I lend, - and each in turn exeitel deep
linterest.! ; Besides these a great aniount of ;o
val business has . been done. In 'the..otise
the private- calendar;towl stands comp etely
.-
i clear, which has rarely been the case at, this
period! Of the Session in the past. - Allitliat'
kind of
! business has thus far been dis 05 0, ,
;of as fast as ithas accumUlated. 'The ',corn
iiilitlientl so generally-paid to the House fiythe '
;press, and by those visiting Ilarristure'who,
have been well ite,quaintodiiith Sessions past,'
lof being one Of the ablest assembled hreiin
thethistery of the, State, is well deservO.t— .
Witile - we have full, and often Protract Od-
lbates;;still business is dispatched with rapidi-„
Ay, from the fact that,. it is prepared with able.
and: skillful hands, and therefore ready 4 be
acted upon promptly when it Is brougl abe-
fore the House. ' Yesterday
. we passe per
Isixty Bills in a Session of - three hours I •
Ihit.,.with all - possible dispatch, we shall
probably have a long' Session. The local .
business is' fully equal to that of Sessiongen- '
erally,While the general business' is ofa char- -
ncter to !consunie much itiore,. time ti an it
l usinilly:has. The Liquer - La*, the sale of
rthe public Works, the ApprOpriation liill, and
the final disposition ' ! of the Franklin 'anal.
Railroad, are great publie matters whictan-
Amt.! be
! hurried much. ' , They wilil ! pr Yoke
i ,
lengthy discussions. .-W e - have but quieted'
'disturbances at Erie, and not yet touch A the
'mo i st difficult part of the works, viz. t clis
4oir of the Read. :What: shall: be don with .
rit ' in. who shall have it t -is a question.vhich
I ‘ •
will be' einbarrassing amidst the numerous !
projectSpreposed. - The Governor sent! us a
!sts...ial Message Satunlity last, • which.; hope
von will publish and- urge everybody to
read.
1e,,10 perfectly , defends the, position of -the
iSnite, that all attempts to answer it must be.
idle.. Let every One. read ! the -Message and. he
will theh - understand thequestion. It ii most
gratifying ti) : witness the-change in !the tone
of the press of New York and, Ohio-on this
stiliject: :They seem. at hist to be coming to
a just sense Of Right and Wrong. .A.t!Gle.ve- I
laud, Whitch.(4 the . Governer went after taking 1
possession of the Road, and whose press has .
teemed' With the Vilest abuse of our Sta t le and
m
.her Exeentive for onthS; a great dent
,nstya- . 1
ltion was made ou his arrival, arid whilei there
llie*its-feasted and toasted extravagantly.—
Pennsylvania. owes to,Governor Bigler debt
? of! gratitude for his 'firmness,!Oudot e and - 1
sagacity, in this matter, which leng ! yOrs of l
public I,!Contidenee and public, honor s
s can I
•
.-..scaree tepay._, , •
bi
um Liquor n , receiveu a . tempiblow
in ;the : i .- _ienate last' TueXiay. It had assed 1
tt ,
thieugh the Committee of the. Whole - '
and.
al
- seeot lreading to- the . eighth' section, l i which
authorized search and seiZure of Liquors, , about
private' premises. It Was -arrested . .-at this .
stage tiy a most interesting diScussioh. Mr.
. Price of the!city,-.and -by! the way one Of,the
purest 'and best of men, ! inid a - !sound, practil
cal ten perance man; with the eloqUentißuek
alew, Quiggle and Heister, came doWn like an
avalanche upon the Section; as a g l oss in
'fraction Of the Constitution and a wanton in=
vaSion lof individual - and private tights: The
section in the Constitution of the State, hay-.'
- ing reference to this subject, reads tints : . ,•
-l!" That the people shall be s4Cure
. in.their
person?; houses, papers and possessions from'
unreasonable searches and - seiztires 1., and that
no. warrant to searelt any platie, or. to seize
any person or thing's shall issue, without des
crib,ing them as nearly as may; be, nor with
out probable - eause,,suppotted by oath or af
firination." . - , - 1 ; l.
The right of search was defended With zeal
and ability by Mr. Kunkel and
. others, :but
the seetion. was lost' by- one vele., The Bill
was thin postponed till I tiv,o' Si.;nators. absent,
and whO, it is understood, are friendly to the,
Bill, shall return, when another trial. will' be
Made to pass it. A fair! arid, reasonable Bill
will pass both Houses,bue l by pressing an unr. a
minable one all will be lest. If indeed it could
pass, it 'would likely enhounter defeat before
the peOple; and it is all-important to the real
friends of teinperance l that:ithis question
ii
should besettled now, that may stop the
business of the gracelesa!politigal pirates-who
are se zing upon it for ulterior tend selfish pur
poses: Such dO net
,want the question set
tled, and hence are forcing upon the Legisla
ttire! Bills 'unconstitutional and outrageous in
their provisions, knowing full well that they
will .be -rejected and thuS the question be kept
open for their benefit: They:arethere 'merce
nary politicians]. and generally
Morally as 'politically. : ! They .will - advocate
the *lle Law, and if Opposed will even, be
come Violent with rage,; and the same Men
will be. drunk in some; Oyster-cellar before
bed time. 'They will be present at C'enven
.tiens arid county meetings called by. tem.per
mice-men, will Make - the first 4nd.rast speech;
and Write - the Reports and iteiplutions.: They
will 'aso. draw:up long Memorials to the Leg
islature, and manage to have them printed by
! that body and scattered over the State with
their names attached. • . '
Flathing addresses will be put forth to the
people State, and poor !miserable, consump
tive presses,purcha,sed by a few dollars to
Puff the author into 'nbtice. It- not unfre
quently happens that some peison is noniina
ted. for the Legislature Who has stood in their
path and exposed theulcharaCters, aid when
such is the case, you may, ' l ook for these
wolves in sheep's clothing to get up a grog
seller to defect him, and ;he'll you. need not
he surprised to see tho Same then, as though
fate itself drove theln onto 'an exhibition of
their infamous character, six ',months after
wards calling akin,' on the people' to rally
for 'the Maine Lair ! County conventinos will
he assembled, and these supporters of Grog
selling candidates dmi' up the: lines. They I
thust`havo the Maine and nothing else.
The people must have the llaihe Law, and to
get it must send them to the . l..Legislature.- 7
All right, they, are nontinatedi and. now the
ticket must be made strong, f+r they nre, real
ly anxious, strange to Say, to be 'elected.—:
Along comes Some poor scamp
.. Of a bolter,
and, who has two or thfee Liquor shops, be
sides being ditink halfl the time himselfi--
Jtulge D. talk., with Doctor' J. and erich
pledges to the other Itilsupport and influence.
The Brandy barrel is thus united to the
- ter-spout, and on they Igo through the qm-,
Vass, each party' chegtmg the other, and the
probability is, that both will land in't.ligut::,
ter as soon ,as the night of the election. li...Yotit!.
readers may think the t above. picture over
drawn, never having_seen any of these politi
cal Temperance men +but I amure you it Is a
true picture, only tha ' Li have Ifailed entirely
to pamtit in!the odi s form which"disgusts
the reader with the - iu,bjeet ' , painted. But
-3'-ou 'can gain from it, Perham a. faint idek of
the under currents '.and manuvering of tbe
temperance itolitirat . , ,
AL In the House, Thu .. ay last, a motion - prei ,
vailed making the Bill tb pectin' order for the
\
22d inst. I thi uk I nifty safel say that thn yoke
of the - hont:st temperance asses ' . Will bet
beavd and heeded by this Le4islature, and,
that a proper and satisfaetoiy iiill Will bei
,
passed. * .1
Poor Jewell, the Pittsburg, murdeat last,
will have to stretch, the cord,— the 134 gii,-;
ing a Rule for a new trial halving fail in I
k et
\g,
the :House by one pote, and no m ittion Navin 1
. been made within the time pieseribed by the'',
Rules to reconsidei the vote. This-is` ; prob-
ably the first' time ' t a man wall ever hung un
der the Rules of the I
1 ,
The Resolutions: inalueting out Senators
rind nitinbets' of COngre.:?s to 'vote against the
N' e hiaska, BIN gigi bang in' 11;.? Senate.--+
They were probablY int.aYineed for the purl
pose of introducing the Gubentational ' can 7
vass Nilth - the!question next fall. They can I
never pass either 'louse I think. .The tl4et;3-
tors and Members of Congress of this State),
are respOnsible to the same constituency as
the Members ',of thd Legislature, and haVe aS
much right to attempt to instruct us on ques...,
tiOUs before tholhiuses as we have thexn.--1
This mixing State Idegislatures with`questions
before - Congress of xt national' character, is an
unwarrantable and arrogant assumption of
power. . ' 1 -
.F - if ,tlit
rout , days of ;the secont week in .
,tarel
will be Consumed with the State Conventions
- and the Philadelphia. Celebration of the.iittsi.:
age of Consolidation:till." I should! not
be surprised if both BraneheS should adjourn
for the Airhole), - week and most of the membeis
will then go honie_ • • . E. B.
..
THE , PEOP L ES' -MEETING'
,
, • ,
To Pr test aiainst Slavery in Ire
, brinks&i . 1 ..,
• The citizens of Susquehanna County ivho
;
areopposid to the; violati-of the Missouri
Compormse, as proposed ib a 1;111 now before
the nate of the. United ISlates, and tojthe
extensi l on of Slave Territory, are invited to
meet - at the Court House. ;in Montroseen
Wednesday the Bth day of , March
,next] at
one o'clock in the! afternoon,
,to utter their
stern, protest agaitist the threatened_ breach
of faith, And their !determined hostility to any
encroachtneut bylthe slave • power on jthe
rights of free, labOr in the territory.seciired
by that coMpact. I ; :. ' • 1
•
Geo. Fuller 1 D. C. Meeker
A. Lathw Wm., H. Boyd
Franklin' Fraser D. R. Lathrop . 1
W. K. Hatch • lohn Hancock
C. D. Lathrop . Amos Williams 1 ,,, ' I /
Geo. R. Hawley • Wm: A. Crossman L . ,
J. T. Langdon Wm, J. Tnriell ' •
Simeon B. Chase - F. J. Lathrop -
,r 1
Charles L Brown'- B. C. Sayro . I
13enj, Sayre J: Ethrridgo
Henry F. Turroll P. Dav
M. A! NeweemtL Geo., Keeler 1
C. N. Stoddard , -, .J. Lyons . ,
M. C.:Tyler . • - R. B: Little ' ' •
Hi:my:olof Samuel Jessup
4. VI OCK
Isaac L.Tosti • I • Chas. F. Read
Alfred Sayre . A: N. Bullard
M. S. Wilson. • P. Hinds •
John F. Dunmore E. S. Park •
R. F. Jomesou N. L Austin •• • .
H: J. Mulford John Harrington
F. H. - FOrdbath ' Sam. F: Carmalt
A. Chamberlin • i . Isaac. Post • •
Chancey Wright - m. Jessup .
D. D. Warner • • ' Wm. H. Jessup .
A.. Baldwin ; -• . • b.• Ft Fitch .
Wm L Post /.. HoraLT Smith.
.•
A. W. Diniock • • Daniel Searle .
A. J. Brewster i Gen, •.13. Lewis •
Israel J.Stebbini • Charles Sprout
Joel Cogswell • A. ,Wooaeock .
W;MOtt • s Gad. L. StOtie ••
NV...Granger. Geo. Henry ••
Bleirit Mott, - Sathuel Warner.
.Avery Frink • . C. F. Loomis
Phinems, Smith. , J S. D: Cornell •
Abel Patrick !•• •0. & Hempstead. '•
Dan Smith i . Alan Day
-. • -
One Nlirek iater from Europe,
Prussia and Austcia to c04,-o' prate with Fiance;
andEngkEndt-the Russian Ministers Care.
left paris and. London, 30,000 French:,
and 10,000 British. Troops ; to be sent. 10
"the assistance of Turkey Rumor, of anoth-,
er belle between the Russians and TUrksH
The Turks v'ectorious—Parlintent
,openedj
! ..Buchanan-not Present .on the acca.
lion- the Queen's, speech.---Cotton same-1
tahatcrepregsect,—Brecistuis declining., •
The: Cunard F..te.ainship America, from Liv , ,
erpool Jan..3l,.arrived at BoStou • yesterdqj
Morning at 9 O'docli - ,,and the. Canada, from :
Liverpool Feb. 44 arrived at Halifax .last eve-.
ning.
;.
The political news from' Europe is ominous :
of a general War. • • •
Austria had ninewed her demands: for the:
extradition. of foieigners in the service of Ttr-;
.key. •
, .
- . The rumor that Persia ,had , re-established;
friendly relation with Turkey is fully con
firmed.!, - - 1 • .
.
There is no dciubt that the; reply of the
French and English Gli e verninnts 'to the last
Russian note is Of a - firm and decided char
-
acter. .
- - .
Numerous ivakon loa , of oundediroOps
had arrived at ItrajoVa. I _ -
The,news frorn'St. Petersburg *as
decisive, Ther& was a reportovhich required;
confirmation, that a great • battle had ben
fought at lialeNt on the : 23th of Januar)'—
the Turks victorious. ConsOls closed at 901
to 9OX • ; • ;
FrOh insurrentions had, taken place among
•
the Wallachian poptilatiois, notwithstanditig
the RUSsian Generals hail Shot . -several
ants, taken with.arins;fighting for the Turks . ;
The; British :Parliament met ou the 31st
ult. -
The Queen's speech
. mentions the .Turkishl
difficulty in moderate terms, and congratut,
lates the_nation u the French alliance: Her 1
'Majesty reconunends an increasoof the army!
and navy, in view of the fact that there is inn
minent danger Of a general war.
An tinfyorab)e reply had been given in
writing to the Ozar's reest inquiry respect
ing the movelneMs of thrFrench and Eng
lish fleets; and the departure of the. Russian
Embassadom from London and Paris *as
hourly-, expected:. •
It was currently.reported that orders had
already been sent to St. Petersburg for *'th
drawai of the FFench and British EmbAsa
dors from the City.•
There is a good reason to believe that
Fraecelms•decided to_ send eighty thousand
and i England ten thousanditroops to the 'as
sistance of Turkey, The-British Government
is to pay one hill of the total expenses of the
twouations._
The latest report from Vienna is to the effect .
that, Austria and Prussia will c6-operate with
France and. England.
The, latest nears from - Vienna by 'mail, , re-,j
ports - Count - Orloff-dissatisfied with his reeep
tioir ; and it is further said thatthe Emmor ,
of , Austria will regard the Russians !ercesing
64 Danube as d declaration of war ; but, this
reiwt is most unlikely. -
The Russian Minister is reported to hive
'withdrawn him:ielf from Paris, and the Minis ;\
I ter 4cas to leave London on' the. 4th inst,
Englen is se 4 naing a detachment of small
steamers take soundings of the entrance to'
the Bald or the fleets... ,
A Conan ntinople letter say‘theallted fle e t s
f
had returi l l and. anchored in Beicos Bay,
causing ch astonishment. It Is elsewhere
mention ' at this was merely a portion o ,
the fleets escort s tores to Varna. .
Poulin ore Quessadehas been. appointed
'Naval Co 1 mandant
.at. Havana.
1
ATEST 'A EltiB--.IIIGULY IMPORTANT.
1 • -
- 1 •
Count lino! has i drawl!. out a
of neutrality, witl a strw lean
the views of the WesterthPowers,
eii this to Count Orloff as a 'final
rloff's mission has therefore &lied.
's proposals were to fonn it.defen
no with all the- q,rinoin Niel;
Western Powers atitaelied any one
THE VERY
V/ENS i , I
declatati .
'ng toga I
a. has
ans••er. .11
, - ,Tli: Cza
femice, ;. t i !,
and if tit
thetiof R :
with th ',
without, o
' The G i
. . .
'long been agitated by. the Stitte,.
1 is demanded by the unanimous
Ihe people. It is; a mockery t&
and attach to their violation, Oen
itt making them , `known " to , the •
der the present system 'it is int- .
,more than one in ten thousand
acquainteil with the: t itnistt.'esiess I
At 'itre passed from yrear:Jo- year, '
te, may be informed vihat the law
'irsttime by-being,"ehnrged with its
lien he had no -possible - means of
when he is made to pay more in a • .
nee than it would require to pub-.
s-for the whole county. A -bill
re the legislature_ to remedy this
ring= the following provision.:
~
[..
, •
AN. - ACT • I
. • I
of a ' for the
,early Publkation ut -
iws and other 'purposes. . ,
SEc. 1. Ile ii enacted- by the Senate and House%
Of Repres dtatires of the Commonwealth of:Penti
sykania, al General Assembly met, and it ishere
by enact tki the authority of l the, same, That, im. '
mediately titter the passage of .each, and every : -
law of a h oral character, enacted by the pres.
eat and e ch. subsequent Legislature, itshalrba
the duty .
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'tithe Secretary of State, to cause the
the same [t i o be published in two English and
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one Gerui4it newspaper, in the- county of Dan.
phin, if teie be so many therein prated, to be..
paid 'for tit : the rate• hereinafter pmvided, out of
the Treuty of the Commoriwealtly of Pero.
sylvania, and to forward, a copy of one of each
of said eiwspapers, containing such law ' of
al
laws,lo thh . commissioners or the several coin- -
,
ties of ihisiState. • • it i • '
SEC. 2 That the ,commissioners or every'
county othis State, except ' the county,of Mut.
phin, ar ;herebY -required forthwith, after 'tie ii
•receptiontf a copy Of said laws, to proceed to,
contract dr their publication in two newsra
jars, - 'if lap_ many are published in the coun
ty, at a post of not exceeding eighty cents '
per one thousand ems to each paper, and he
paid for dut of the State Treasury: - Prori•
ded, Thl•Such laws are published correctly; and
where th rhis a German newspaper printed in
any county:, said laws shalt alsalbe,publisbed in
Such Gernian paper, in addition 'to the • number
hereinbefqe provided{ and any county that is
entitled loifour members hi the:House of Repro
sentativt..S,lshall be entitled 'to have said lawS „
published ',in two additional English newspapers
to the ntiniber heretnbefoie 'provided ;'imad any:
county and city over 'Which said,county commis*.
loners shall have jurisdiction, that .is entitled to
more than ; four membrs in the HOuse of ltenne..
itentativet,ishall_be entitled to have said, laws:
'published in one Gorman newspaper, and to a
number Ofl English newspapers equallinghathe
number Oft members to' which said -county mid,
city shalil be entitled, if there be,. so many there ,
in printed: ,-
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SEC. 3.lThat the cotianissier4riof.anrconntjr`i,
may, in their discretion direct the publication, in
like ma air , such of the local acts as may affect
the peo 14 of their said county,•
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'Sc.E . !That the commissioners shall read and
compare the pro& of the laws in newspapers, "
,before tteir publication, and sei-'that theyl are
printed Coirectly, and accompany them with a
certifictite Ito that effect.
' S i gc. .5,1 That all laws or parts of laws, in any
manner conflicting. with the provigrons of this act -
are hereby repealed.
SEC. 0. 'That all laws providing -for the iinbli- -
cation othe laws of the Commonwealth of Penn.
sylvenia a l .
lit pamphlet or nay other, form, are here
by rope, Ind.a.
• . SEC. 'That this act to be in - foto° and take
effect Pr a t;, 'after its passage. 7. , '
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Provi4ingt
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/ .1 1 ' WitiolVilittik. .
On the 3th inst. by Rev. Dewitt C. Hynesby,
RARSOMAA.VEDDA, M. D./m(l4s* Esig.T LKA,OI,,
.both of Chatham N. Y.
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V In. Pi ts.on on the Mb inst. by Rev. tir.Peek,
Mr. DE - ' ER kSIBLES Esq. of liniford to Nis!,
JANE E. STEWART of New ?MlA:dd. • •
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At Al aPkesha, %%lir, on the eveninvof the -3411
inst., of,disease of the lungs, Dr. E. B. Warr,,
formerli of this county, aged nearly fortpnine
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years. t.. . ,
N • In JaCkson,of the Small Pox, on. Monday lan..
9th, 1354 i. LATFAYETTE Wit.staurn,. aged 4Z
years. Mri - Wilmarth has left A Wife and five - chit..
dren to Mpurn his loss. . -, •
" t Inattnony, Susquehanna cmmty, Amstar
WI, id: 4 son of David . and Cornea Taylok
tig'etl. aboitt 5 years,
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Death may the bands of life unlose,
[But can't dissolve my love;
Msilions of infant seals compoie
IThe i family aboye." -: • [Cott. '
itIICTION ! AUCTION i t
ON tednesday; March Ist, the subseriberwill
tinience selling at Auction from stock Of -
Dry-Goods, Groceries, Harslwarev Crock
cf; Wass Ware, Paints ; Gl,..Dss,eugs, -
- ' Pfedieines; Hats, Cap, • Boots -
' 1 1 'Ready-made Clothing, '
and aOat many,other . kinds of Goods, to ens.
merate all ~• o f which would require too 'much
time a 4 space. Suf fi cient to say that - here is a
quality df Goods, to be sold, among which every
r
one in yi find something thoy Will_ want, and now
is the tune to Lily. ' - . • .
Sale e' commence at 10 o'Clock A...Kai:4volt.
thine in day to day until all are sold.
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TE IS.--All sums of Five iDollare and ns.
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der; C SH,:ovor Five, three months and over
Twen y dollars six Inotith credit with interest
and a ,placed security, or. pr. cent die. for cash.
Paul Is auctioneer. . I. Si. I,ITTLE.
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l' • LIST OF LETTERS
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Re riirking, in the _Montrose Post' Office Feb.
20th, 054. -
Allin e , john B. Holly, Seth-
Allen rs. Mary A. Rem Henry L.
Brow iss Ann - Lindaley , Noah .- .
Balder. LU. - - - McMillan, Wm. '
Bbiserl o hliorSankt L. Mitchell, Wm,
Brew' et, Mrs. B. A. Morse, Nathan
Browii,ilarnes -.. Mitchell, Joseph
Baked pamuel - Montgomerz, B. H.
Chan I
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r,'• Miss LucK,A.Meßeeby, bilbert
Chainler, Miss L !.'2 BieColinm,lohn
Collo ri A. • Normile, Simon
Cross 0, Mrs. - : .- Pratt, A.
Conn %Mary : Parmeter, bIIM I - Lovigta
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_DollprqAtirbael . --, Pickering, Mrs. Elesnor.
Pa irig, 'Asa \ Roam:mots Samuel,. ,
onacie, 04i.p 3 ' Reasegue, James