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SANFORD'S
LIVER INVIGOR.ATOR
NEVER DEBILITATES
IT is compounded entirely from Gums,
and has become an established feat a Standard Medi.
clue, known and - approvedli,j 'hy oil - th a have used IL
and Is now resorted t0,1 ,1 4_ with confidence in all th e
diseases for which it is re j 0 commended.
It has cured thousandelly within the last two years
who had given up all hopes
. 1 - 4 - of relief, ds the numerous
unsolicited certificates in ` 4 l my possession show,
'the dome must be adapt a j ed to the temperament co
the individual taking it,atull used in such - quantities at
to act gently on the bowels.'
Let the dictates of your
use or the LIVER INVltio_ilos
LLYBR COMPLADHB, SH.I.IOCa:
10 DURUM/RA, SUMMAIR COkt
BY SOUR STOMACH, HARM
Cinema WHAM% Comma
JAIINDICR, FRMALB WRAHI
successfully as an Dama n - will cure SICK HEADACTIF ree
IN Wont Muthrrol, 1P rwell`q
nem at commencement oft
Au. WRO MUT ARS OW
favor lla
isrillLt. Water hi the_notuth with My In
•Itgorotor, and swallow both together
PllOl 097 nomak Pll 110111.1
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SANFORD'S
FAMILY
CATHARTIC PILLS
COMPOUNDED FROld
PURE VEGETABLE EXTRACTS, AND PU
UP IN GLASS CASES, AIR TIGHT, AND
WILL KEEP IN ANY CLIMATE.
TIC PILL Is a gentle be
proprietor haa used In hi
years.
lug demand from those who
and tho satisfaction which
their hise,; hai indutaid-Ms
reach off all.
that different CatharUes eat
bowels.,
TIC PILL has, with tinere
Beheld fact, been componn
purest Vegetableliatracts,
part of the alimentary ca.
in all oases where a co-
Derangements of Stomach; .
Back and Loins, 4!kattveness
body,Redlessnat,peadache
Inflammatory Ilsseas.ea,
alto, Rhannatunt, a greai
many diseases to which
to mention in this a tool,
The. FAMILY CATHAR
active cathartic which the
practice more than twenty
The constantly berms
have long used the PHIS
all express In regard to
to place them within the
The Profeatdon well know
n difterent portions of the
The FAMILY OATH AIL
terence to this well eslab
dad from a variety of the
which act alike on every
nal, and are good and vste
thud° Is needed, such 19
dimpiness, Pains in the
Pain an d Soreness over tea
or weight in the head, all
Worms in Children or Ad-
PurVier of the Blood, and
flesh is heir, too numerous
tenement. Doan, Ito 8
PRICE. SO CENTS
TUB LIVIR brVIGOBATOR AIM FAlm OATILAR
10 Pau are retailed by Druggists generally,and
sold wholesale by the Trade in all the large
towns
8. T. W. SANFORD, M. D.;
Manufacturer and Proprietor,
je2o-dawyt] - 836 Broadway, New:York.
HERR'S HOTEL
NEWLY REFITTED !
TPHE UNDERSIGNED having leased
this well known and popular hotel, in the city of
risburg, is now refitting and furnishing the same
with NEW FURNITURE in the very best modern style.
It is located in the most central part of the city, within
a Short distance of the depots of four different railroad
and also near the State Ca pitol buildings.
The house is large and the sleeping apartments are
well ventilated.
The TABLE is well provided with all seasonable arti
cles This city is well known throuttiont the . State as
having the best. market outside of the-Atlantic shim, end.
consequently no complaints shall be made oni.hat score.
The BAR has also undergone changes and will be kept
stocked with the beat and purest Liquors in the country -
No exertion will be spared to make the traveler and
sojourner comfortable In every respect. A confliniance
of the patronage of the old Customers, together with new
additions is respectfully solicited.
J. B. BENFORD & CO.
Harrisburg, August 23-tr
• rilikvAvil
FAMILY DRUG SPORE.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS OPENED
a Wholesale and Retail Drug and Prescription S ore;_ i.
a Iron Front Befitting, 'No. 128 Market' street, lately
occupied by 'Mr. Eby; wehre can be found - an enti renew ,
stook of Fresh and Pure Drugs Perfumery, Soto. COA..
OIL„ COAL OIL LAMPS, Burning Flyikl Ale *hot Patent
Medicines, Stationery, Fancy, Articles ,
Ace., AC- `We
have the agency for the sale of Celebrated Artl-
MIMI Teeth, to which we would invite the attention of
Dentists.
• • .
By strict attention to business, and desire to please,
we respectfully ask a share of rublie Patronage. •
G. W. MILS.
N. H.—Prime Havana Beep and. Tobacco constantly
on hand.
•
apre-dly
"OUR GOVERNMENT."
64T HE unity of Government, which con
sauna you one people, is now dear to - you."—
Was ingfort's Farewell .Addreu. A nationality* essen
tial to the enduring prosperity of our country.- True pa
triotism mud arise from knowledge. It is only a proper
understanding of onr civil institutions that - can induce
strong and settled attachment to their principlei,und
impart ability fur their maintenance.
uODR GOVERNMENT : An explanatory statement of
the system of Government of the Country," contains the
text of the Constitution of the United States, and theVen
siltutional provisions of the several States, with their
meaning and construction, as determined by )ndiciel au
thority, and
_precedent and practice, or derived join
standard writers; digested and arranged for popular use..
Price $l.OO. Sold by M. MTINIVEY,
del Harrisburg, Pa'.
CITY .LIVERY STABLES
BLACKBERRY ALLEY, UN THR . REAR .Ob
HERR'S HOTEL.
IsHE undersigned has re-commenced the
livery business hi his NEW and SPACIOUS STA
, located is above, with a large and varied stock o
DORMS, CARRIAGES and OMNIBUSES , which he wii
hire at moderate rates. ". F. K. SARTZ.
sep2B.dly
BUEHLER HOUSE,
MARKET SQUARg,
HARRISBURG, PENN'A
OEO. J. BOLTON, PROPRIETOR.
• -
The above well known and'long established Ertel la
now undergoing a thorough renovation, and being In a
great degree newly furnished, under the proprietorship
of Mr. Gamma J. Banos, who has been an Inmate Of the
house for the last three years, and is well . knotili , Mt
12 guests.
Thankful for the liberal patronage which It has 'en-
eyed, I cheerfully commend Mr. Bolton to the public
vor. fjeS wtfl da WILLIAM BUEHLER.
JUST RECEIVED,
A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED
STOOK OF BRANDIES !
stenNo OF
PINET, CASTILLION & CO.
BISQUE"?, TRICOCRE & CO.
JAMES HENNESSY & CO.
OTARD, DUPUY & CO.
J. & F. MARTLE.
JULES ROBIN & CO.
MABEM -& CO.
For sale by JOHN H. MIMES,
78 Market Eared.'
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THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE
DR. TOWNSEND'S
COMPOUND EXTRACT OF
S AR BA PARILLA,
IS
The Great Renovator of
THE BLOOD.
THE SOVEREIGN REMEDY FOR
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
ULCERATED SORES
AND ALL FORMS' OF CUTANEOUS
DISEASES,
These complaints can be speedily and effectually cured
by the use of this
WORLD RENOWNED
SAR SA.PA RILLA.
Thousands have experienced Its • salutary effects, and
tens of thousands have witnessed it, until it baa ceased to
be a question among the intelbgeut portion of the corn
munity.
When the Blood becomes lifeless and stagnant, either
from the effects of Spring weather,. change of climate
want of exercise, the use of a uniform saline diet, or any
other cause ; this compound Extract of Sarsaparilla, will
Resew the BLOOD, carry off the putrid humors, mums
thesreamn
REGULAIE THE. BOWELS.
And impart a Tone of Vigor to the
Whole Body:
TO THE PUBLIC.
The public aro hereby notified that the preparation Ex
tensively known' s Dr. S. P. Townsend's Compound ex.
tract of Sarsaparilla is now manufactured under my di
section and supervision, from the original recipe obtained
from Dr. S. P: Townsend; and I certify that it is compos
ed of Ingredients PURELY :VEGETABLE, and WITHOUT
CURY; and gatio that the ingredients are judiciously
no i minded . , so as to obtain from them their greatest
medicinal effect.
'Magmata guide yuu uu th
ItATOR, and it will cur'
ATTAthis, DYSPEPHIA,CBRON
PLUM; DWI.1111111R; DROP
nAL, Communize/3, CBOi iL
FLATCL
Ames; and nay be et
kV FAMILY Manama. 1,
thounanda can tacitly
OR TERRI TEARPOONPULS a R
attack
thrti their tebtlinonY in it
JAMES R. CHILTON, M. D:, Chemist.
Dr. S. P. TOWNSEND'S CoMPoUND EXTILACt Ortimisa
PARMA, has a reputation among all civilized nations as
the best preparation for
Renovating and Purifying the BLOOD
whioh science has ever offered to man. In this resides
Its PECULIAR EXCELLENCE, and to this is duo its world
wide renown.
It contains all the vegetgbie principles which experi
ence has proved Useful in clearing the SYSTEM from
DISEASE, extracted and combined with the highest skill
which the refinements of modern cheirdstry , enable us to
employ.
Whatever may he said by mortified computitors or
splenetic physicians, the fist that t . 1413 medkine is VERY
-WHERE USED, and that its use creates an increased de
mand, shows conclusively that It poiseeses medicinal
merits of the first order
To avoid imposition It will be necessary to see tbat
DR. JAMES R. CHILTON'S
CERTIFICATE as well as the SIGNATURE of tor. S. P
To wnsend, is on the outside wrapper of each bottle.
BE VERY CAREFUL TO USE NO OTHER.
Proprietor's office, No. 41 Fulton street, N. Y
And far sale la every Druggist in this city.
ap3o-dataw
JOHN. B. SMITH'S
BOOT St'SROE STORE,
comaa SECOND AND WAl t "1:17 EITS., •
sareiabalg, Pa. • .` • •,‘
A LWAYS hand a large assortment of
A
BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS, Re., or the very best
tualittes for ladies, - gentlemen, and • children' wear.—
Prices to snit the times. All kinds of 'MORK MADE-TO'
ORDER in the best style by superior workmen •
REPAIRING done at short notice. •
ortl6-dtf . JOHN . 5. SMITH, Harrisburg.
Patent Medicines. Family Medicines,
Patent Medicines.. Family Medicines.
Patent Medicines. Family Medicines.
Trusses, Supporters, Shoulder. Braces.
Trusses, Supporters, Shoulder Braces.
- Trusses, Supporters, Shoulder Braces..
PERFUMERY.
PFRFUMERY.
PERFUMERY.
-FANCY AND TOILET. ARTICLES.
FANCY AND TOILET AINLICLES.
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES.
PRIME HAVANA CIGARS, TOBACCO.
PRIME HAVANA GIGARS, TOBACCO.
PRIME HAVANA CIGARS, TOBACCO.
We endeavor to buy and sell the . Very best of every
[fibrin our line; and always have good assortment in
store from whlehnuatomers may 'choose. And selling at
fair.pricee. we dd command a fair share orpatronage.
C. S. FrELLEIRM DRUG STORE,
No, ill Market street:
VAN INGEN & SNYDER,
Designers and . Emayerts on Weed'
N. E. COR. FIFTH-8; CIIEMI7T
PhtdaddpMa
TEIXECIITE all kinds of Wood . Engraving
..124 with beauty, correctness 'a ord!dispa tch. Original
designs furnished for Finn 'BoOk_Blustrations. Perkin
wishing cuts by sending a Photograph or DiguerreotYpe,
can ,, have views of Cidlegita;
,Churches "' Store .Fronts,
Machines, Stoves, Patents, kn.; engrave d as Weir on per- -
snail applioation.
Fancy Envelopes, Labels, Bill Headings, Show Bills,
Visiting, Business and ether Cards, engraved 'in the
'highest style of art, and at toe lowest prices. •
For specimens of tine engraving, see the - Illustrated
works ofJ. B. Lippincott & Co., E. H. putler,&c.o.
oct2s-Iyd - .
ALBUMSI . ALBums!
The finest assortment of it131:144§. ever * offered In - thin
city, ranging in price from 50 canto to $ l.O 00 2
each hound
In all styles of Binding, it -
BE4GNER
'8 CHEAP' BOOKST9RE,
12nov ' 5i Mark Street.
~
_ H. L.
lure and at WIN. KNOCHE'S Musick; Store, 92Alarket streel
.at Orders left at the above namwgplaeo, or at the Buehler
House, will meet with prompt attention.
First also PIANOS for sale. seplB-dly
CANDLEs!
_ P&BAFFINE
. _SPERM:CANDLES, •
I. ,. .. , `ADAMANTINE CANDLES,
.: STEAIUNE CANDLES, •
STAR CANDLE%) ,
CHEMICAL SPERM. CANDLES,
• • TALLOW CANDLES:
A large lot of the above in store and for sale at the 'low
est prices by
WM. DOCK .JE. - 85 CO.,
jan2 , OppoelteitinConrt House.
HAVANA. CIGA.IIS r
A line tuisortmeat, comprising • -
Fwenoi FOY FLY,
ETILVINA • '
1,4.131/IZ, Le BILIMPrO,
Bran; Osrrrouo.
.Or all sizes and qualities, in quarter; one-drib and one
tezith boxes, just received and far saledow, by
. • • JOHN H. Mt 1LK13, ,
.400 • , . .- . : '7g ideriret &rest,
APPLE• 1 •
VAISKY
PE JERSEY APPLE I store and
ob
for intle by JlA3l l3 l li ar tri t t et,
. .
"INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGSNEUTRAL IN NONE."
VOL. XIV.
filtbical
CAUTION.
DRUGS AND: CHEMICALS.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
DRUGS AND ,CHEMICALS
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 14, 1861
Speech of the Hon. A. K. M'Clare,
ON THE ACT FOR THE COMMUTATION OF THE TONNAGE
DUTIES UPON ALL THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
OF THE STATE, DELIVERED . IN THE SENATE, TUES
DAY, sm. 26.
The first section of the bill, entitled "an Act
for the commutation of tonnage duties," hav
ing been read,
Mr. PENNEY offered an amendment provid
ing that the Governor might restore the tax
upon tonnage at any time that the sinking
fund might need the same to pay a'certain por
tion of the debt.
Mr. M'CLITRE said :.The amendment now
before the Senate has already been considered
and rejected by the members of 'this body in
Committee of the Whole. A gentleman so in
telligent and so familiar with all the details of
State policy can scarcely have mistaken the
manifest purpose of the original section to af
ford the State the amplest protection. We do
not propose to surrender the right :to tax- the
Pennsylvania railroad in, any legitimate way,
including a tax upon 'tonnage. The bill ex
presaly provides that the State may re-impose
this tax should any necessity arise for it ; but
it does very properly prohibit an unjust dis
crimination against the trade of any particular
section of the Cominoroiealth. There is no
reason why the man who ships the products of
his industry to or from , Pittsburg shall pay a
direct tax to the State for the privilege, while
the citizens Of every other section have their
avenues of transportation to both our own and
foreign cities free from such restrictions. There
is no equality in such a system of taxation,
and on no sound principles of State policy can
it be justified. I doubt not that the Senator
from Allegheny fully comprehends and appre
ciates this glaring inequality ; and yet, without
proposing to make this tax general, so that it
might fall with exact justice upon all 'our peo
ple, he earnestly contends for the taxation of a
single route, and that one the great artery de.-
signed to give fresh life and increased greatness
to our leading.commereial cities.
The time may come when the State must look
for extraordinary revenue ; and this bill pro
lects the interests of the Commonwealth fully.
Should such a contingency arise, then let the
whole tonnage of the State. Pay tribute -to the
treasury ; and however at war with rui enlight
ened commercial policy, we will be at least just
to every portion of our people. ,Put should that
dark day dawn upon us, let none other than
the legitimate taxing power perform this task.
I object to vesting the Executive with the dan
gerous authority to impose taxes by proclama
tion. To the Legislature, and to it alone, should
that delicate power be entrusted ; and as it-has
been wisely placed there, it must not be disturb
ed. Our "broad acres —a most familiar ex
preasion—are not in danger of onerous taxation
as long as we have prosperous corporate inter
ests 'ever adding to their owe].-wealth andle
that of the State. A Legislature coming directly
from the people will exhaust all other resources
before increasing the burdens on our agricul
ture. Let this tax be reinstated, if ever, by the
legitimate taxing power of the Commonwealth;
and for this we propose to make a complete pro
vision in this bill. - -
•• While upon the floor I willallude to-another
point. It is urged persistently that we are
about to relieve a great corporation. Such is
not the purpose, nor will such be the main re
sult, of this bill. I ask thatihose. of my, con
stituents, and the constituents 'of otlier'Senatola
who wish to expand the dark' cloud that rims'
over the manufactories of Allegheny by pour
ing thither the rich fruits of their capital and
industry, shall not pay a direct tax for the pri
vilege of doing so. Every , ton of irou'fran my
immediate section 'of the ,State that 'seeks a
market in Pittsburg must pay.from eight cents
to one dollar of a direct and arbitrary tax for
the mere right of transit over our own soil.—
The railroad - company does not pay it. It falls
directly upon the producers' whose misfortune
it is;to live in a particular section, while all
othets are entirely free. It restricts the com
merce of our own. State, and cripples the ener
gies of our own people. • Ohio and other west
em States can pour `into Pittsburg'their miner
al wealth and produce,,free from all such tax
ation:; but to be a citizen of Penitisylyartia; and
engage& in converting her vaitidisoaces, eg
poses one to the discrindiudirin of our laws
against our own trade. That the. Senator from
Allegheny should, sustain a policy so fatal
the thrift of his own constituents, and so
pressive upon every one who seeks a market at
his home, RI truly miming. iThaVhcriliotdd
stand upon the floor of the,Senate, speaking for
the second city of the State, and demand -that
all who would add to' its wealth and . griminess
by their trade, must pay a direct tribute if they
transport upon our own soil, while:every other
channel is free,is strangely incompatible 'with
his widespread and just reputation for libe
ls:l' and enlightened views.: The principle can
not be justifledsave as an extreme measure for
revenue ; audit' the revenue were ra necasity,
it `should - 'be cccllected - with. - egnr.;-deliTee - ef
equality from all. A siiklg brig:4 4 ot bidustry
conducted by a few men, in a county near to
this capital, pays over's26,ooo'annually of this
tat 'and for what? For the right to carry 'the
trate 'of their energy to the city of 'Pittsburg,
there to cernpia - o'f - other,
States who reach the market with'cat such im
position. Is this , equality in taxation : ?. Is it
just ? I,s it a wise policy for Pennsylvania •to
pursue towards her own enterprise ? We have
vast natural advantages. We have a popula
tion eminent for its industry and thrift—a peo
ple who.have made- the .Stattr. mighty in der'
fiance °flier - liberal Submit - whether
the day his not come whenthey shall be per
mitted to develop the resources. of. the State
without tang crippled by
_the strong arm of
the Government. DO you watt revenue ?If
So, Should it be imposed iiphi -au Wencher' "of
our industry, or should ittillifillinnecittal and
crushing harshness uyon those who develop
your fair fields and exhaustleas Mines ? This is
the true position ; and I regret , to see the'Ais
thiguished Senator from 41,1egieny far forget
the interests of his :city aid State ash; to'
demand that a tax shall lieunpikieti upon our
internal commerce—upon'that which has rear
ed his-city into greatness . , and: made his. State,
an empire within herself:::when iin all the
world'beaides it has been alimdated. _
New York once taxed her commerce and
made' t pay tribute to the• State 'for the privi
lege of enhancing the greatness of the COrmnon
wealth. She said by her statutes—there are
vast corporations ; they have abundant mega;
our people must employ them, and they shall,
`therefore, enrich the treasury. • But when Penn
sylvania opened a great trunk line, . piercing
the teeming bounty .of the West, and appeared
as a competitor in the prairie marts of cora
l:4*P; proposing to bring its golden frniti to a
. r ival State, and her seaport city,, New York
not hesitate as to her policy... Her Legisla
lire did not tremble lest'some narrow prejudice
should oreithrorVa small marrlere-and there.
:V • n . _
' . .
Whenever our iron horse shrieked his wild song
over the Alleghenies, New York treated it as a
question of State interest ; and although her
Erie canal runs parallel with her railroads, the
tax upon tonnage was promptly and uncondi
tionally repealed. She declared at once that her
internal commerce should be free ; and thus
our natural advantages in distance were de
stroyed, and fair competition upon the part of
Pennsylvania rendered impossible. Was New
York right ? Look at her commerce today,
and then glance at ours. The one advances
with the rapid, progress of the country, the
other languishes in the midst of growing great
ness and multiplying wealth. And why ? Penn
sylvania, always her own most dangerous foe,
turns upon her own energies with suicidal
hands• by imposing unjust discriminations upon
her own people, while New York invites the
wealth of the continent :to., her citizens ,hy a
generous - policy. New York' could 'afford to
tax her own commerce while she enjoyed -a mo
nopoly in the means=of transit; ; "but' in'lBsl, •
when Penniylvania, - br . thionghline linsur-•
passed by any ot4er in the Union, reached out
for the wealth of the West, the Empire State
unshackled her energies, and until now we
have had an unequal struggle because of our
own-illiberality.
We'ask to-day that it shall be stricken off
upon terms amply protecting the revenue of
the State; and making positive provision for
the speedy payment of our crushing debt; and
we.are answered 'that _we are legislating for a
corporation. • When great States are struggling
for the commerce of a continent, and' millions
have been invested by our own people to make
Pennsylvania second to no other State in pro
gressive prosperity; instead of granting equality
with rivals to our enterprise, Senators stand
upon politicalor other petty prejndices, and
insist that we Musf!not cease to tax this cor
poration. Such an argument; if it may be so
dignified, is unworthy of -the representative of
an enlightened people. The railroad never
paid this tax out of-its treasury. It is paid by
every man who transports a barrel of flour, a
sack of corn, a bushel of Wheat; or'a 'ton o
iron, or any other nf the products of our indus
try, and it is nothing more or less than a direct
tribute demanded by a State from its own citi
zens for the right to reach a home market. We
propose, not that the railroad shall be relieved
from it, but that our producers shall cease to
pay it until it may become necessary, if ever,
to impose it equally, upon all. We require by
this bill that the railroad company shall reduce
their rates, from the present tariff, exactly the
amount of this tax; and whatever may be the
mutations of trade, they can never advance
their charges. Who shall profit by this change
—the railroad or the people ? This is the cor.
recta the truthful yiewpf the question of a tax
upon tonnage, and no Senafor has attempted
to refute it, No one has ventured to,say that
it is a wise commercial policy to impose this
tax, and especially
.can, no Senator justify it
-when it is levied unequally.
I appeal to the distinguished .Senator from
Allegheny, (Mr. Pgramr,); whether this restric
tion is either just or wise = whether it is not a
.fataltiisedmination against hisciwn city, and an
onerous burden upon every citizen of Pennsyl
vania who looks to his home for a market?:
calf upon him to answer whether it . is, not
ehackl cur Nast , i4Uxesta..-m*,.bimling-the
inergies,eijour pepple,who must pay this tax ?
Look at, Pennsylvania! On the north are two
great trunk lines of railroad traversing the Em
pire state from her commercial emporium west
ward, tapping the rich treasures of, the . Lakes;
and connecting also with a perfect net-work of,
railroads, all of which come hulenwith the pf
feringe of a thousand Channels of industry.
These lines are all free from commercial, re
strictions of 'every kind ; and the giant freight
route has received liberally of the bounty of
the Enipire State" to -construct it. New. York.
gave four millions to complete the Erie Rail
road, and it has repaid ; that. beunty by _pouring
almokt countless, wealth, into the lap of her
commerce ; by rearing ,eities and villages-and
golden fields where there was but an unbroken
wilderness before, and by adding two hinadred
millions to the taxable property pf the State.
Turn further North, and you will find that
while the, boasted liberal government of the
world has been quibbling with corporate enter
prise, England has stretched out her strong
•arm, and is now a most dangerous competitor
for the . commeree.of,the West. She has - con
structed a trimikline from Mentreal along the
St. Lawrence, tapping all . the. Lakes, and run
ning into : Detroit and Chicago, the heart ef.
Western wealth, and she will there give you a
bill of lading ,clear through to Liverpool, She
Can take the produce of the West .to Montreal,
•thence'to Portland,, and thence to. .Europe, al
most. if not quite for.the same cost that our di
mot routes can carry it, ..Why ? • Because when
England-saw New York taxing her corporate
wealth, and Pennsylvania taxing both associa
ted wealth and tonnage, she constructed the
Canada line without imposing a: tax , bf any
not.eYen upon real mstate.,,rolling stock,-
liends'or anything else. Turn South - of us,and
the Biltintocte and Ohio winclaittiortuouspath
over the Blue. Ridge and Alleghenies, and re
turns to the
‘ third commercial. city: of the Union ,
laden with the produce of the West. No illib
eral State enactment demands that it must pay
tribute the treasury., of,Maryland for every
ton of goods it can bring - Within 'the State, - or
or that' every citizen of. Maryland who develops
a field or a mine, or rears a factory, shall pay
taxes to the State for the privilege of giiMg to
a home market. In' he centre of these com
peting, routes StandaPennsilVania. In agricul
tural wealth second to none ofher rival Statei,
and.greatly surpassing them in to richness and.
bOttrity of her mineralaL-With vast natural 'ad
vantages in distance in Competing for the coin
memo of the Weat, and with the second city of
the Union reared on our Atlantic coast, we in
terpesa anddeclare that the
advantages hestoWed on us by a beneficent Cre
ator shall be,inere than wasted by. an unequal
tax upon - the thrift'of our own people. We ad
hertilo' this policy against the judgment of the
civilized world, against all the interests of in
dustrial progress and against all the lights . of
expprience and reason. .Why does not Lglancl
impose atak upon her tonnage in Canada - 4 Why I
does notbreiv.York gather millions from her
two.griat trunk lincia by a shriller - tax..? Why
does not _Maryland enrich - her - treasury in the
Same wax?' Simply becain, ft would be paraly
zing their own energies, wasting their respective
commercial advantages, and une q ually taxing
their own prodUcers. •
Certainly the time has come when Pezpisyl
vania should 'take 'broad and liberal views of.
this question. If it were an issue affecting only
the railroad corporation, proposing to relieve it .
and transfer the burdens to the people, I should
go hand in ; hind with the . Senator from Alle
gheny ; t es i t 'the measure with all the
energy arid: eeble - poWer, I possess. , But when
this tax "is "thrown; with gla.ring, inequality,.
upon (mown ettkene, crippling our own 'ener
gies, ande . maling very eyidenos of
..thrift pay
tribute'as it panses fromour min and ftelds
and factories to our emporiuM of trade, I say it
is wrong, fatally wrong, to our people and to
our commerce. Such is the deliberate judg
ment of an overwhelming majority of this Se
nate, and I know that many admit the wisdom
of the policy who bow before narrow preju
dices, and will record their votes against it. It
is not for me to question the propriety of thus
discharging the solemn duty of a legislator ;
but for myself, knowing that the measure is in
accordance with the progress of the age,
just, and even liberal to the State, and inaugu
rating the freedom of our internal commerce,
and the equality of taxation, I hesitate not
to vindicate it, feeling fully assured that it
will stand the test of time. It is a measure
that will be commended by the intelligent
judgment of all parties and all sections, when
the prejudices of the day, with the men who
.bowed to them, shall have passed Into forget
fulness. Then will our natural advantages,
unrestricted by unequal laws rapidly multiply
our material wealth;.Philadelphia will then
receive her just reward, for her liberal devel
opment of the State, as her commerce gathers
the choicest fruits of our Western Rewires; and
our mighty Commonwealth will stand side by
side with New York and Mar7land, with her
energies unshackled, her resources unrestricted,
her home market free to all, and her growing
greatness surpassing all her rivals. The people
of Allegheny will then cease to tremble at the
name of a corporation when, spite of her
Samford; the expanding interests of her lead
ing city shall be advanced by giving her' the
products of our own enterprise, on .the same
terms she receives the wealth of Ohio and other
States, I am willing that her people shall
judge between her confessedly able but, as I
believe, illiberal Senator and myself ; and with
them alone, leep-seated as may now be their
prejudices, I would be content •to trust the
complete vindication of the vote I shall cast on
this momentous issue.
I submit, sir, whether these are not views be
coming men representing a great Common
wealth. They may not suit some convictions
created by local interests, or local struggles, or
local hatreds;'but they are just, and to justice
all our prejudices must yield at last. We
should remember that we are legislating for a
State teeming with beauty and rielmess, and
for a people who are pleading to their local and
General Governments for the privilege of clevel .
oping our greatness. They ask that when
their industry has made a new field to bloom,
or a new mine to give forth its wealth, they
shall have the right of transit over their own
thoroughfare to their home market, without an
arbitrary, and, at times, a prohibitory tax be
ing imposed on them. But the. Senator from
Allegheny answers practically :" "I represent
the second commercial city Of the - State ; my
constituents want the fruits of your energy to
enrich them ; but, while to the citizens of other
States our capitalists have opened free avenues
of transportation, every. Pennsylvanian must
pay an unequal tribute before' he enters there."
[The question was then further discussed in
opposition to the bill by Messrs. Penney, Mott
and Bound.]
Mr. McCLIIRE. Perhaps a word of explanation
is due to myself, as well as a word of admonition
to the Senator from Northumberland; (Mr.
BOUND.) It is charged. by that impetuous Sena
tor that this principle , of :unrestrained .con-.
mama is but an inventionlo plunder' the State,
and impose new, burdeas upon the people.. He
seems to have brought to the Senate all the ar
dor, and only too much of the recklessnese, of
the stump; and when he sweeps such indis
criminate denunciation upon all who - happen
to be more liberal than hiinself, - I Mink it
well to remind him how harshly his own worth
will sound, when he sees the, full extent of
Of their aim. I- beg to remind him that the
removal of the tax upon tomiagokis - not a novel
doctrine. It is taught by every State to-day
but our own, and it has been urged upon Penn
sylvania by many of our best men.
I remember, sir, that six years ago there was
a man presiding over the destinies of this Com
monwealth, confessedly pure in purpose, irre
proachably honest in all his acts, and a man
whose wise statesmanship and intimate famil
iarity with all questions of State policy, made
him second to none in our Coinmonwealth.—
Under his Administration, Was pas - 8a for
the sale of the main line of our public improve
ments, to which he gave his prompt and -cor
dial approval. When, in 'pursuance :of the
law, he exposed the main line to sale; one of
the canal commissioners,SloW to surrender so
rieh a channel of 'pecuation, had tested the
constitutionality of the act, and one of its sec
tions had been declared unconstitittional. That
section repealed the tax upon - tonnage in case
the Pennsylvania- Railroad Company became
the purchaser,•at one and a half Millions more
than the maximum price to other purchasers.
To this the Supreme. Court
~ did not interpose
any objection: ; but' the Becton went do as
- to release the railroad company.froniall:taxes
upon its property for State purposes, and on
this -point the - section was declared' null and
void; and, I think, very preperly: . " The works
were then offered . for" sale by:the Executiv e
without the right release any taxes - under
the bill, and the railroad company refused to
becoine the purchaser. It is well, known that
`no man,' or association of men,' except the
Penns3rlvania Railroad company;could or would
buy the main line for $7,500,000. The, Execu
tive, therefore; gave his pledge to the company
that if it should-'become: the pirchaser-of the
mainline, and thus arrest the plundering . of
our treasury by a swarm 'of vampyrea Under
the Canal Rani, he ;would , give the power of
his official position in favor of the repeal
of the tonnage tax, inasmuch as by the
sale of our improvements, the necessity that
created it would cease. I refer to Von. James
Pollock,.the preceptor and law partner of the
youthful Senator from. Nortlunnberland: Trne
to :that pledge,, Governor. Pollock- strongly
urged the removal' of the, tonnage tax, in his
next Mutual message, and he took precisely the
- same view of the question that.,l have taken
td- ight—a view which every man who claims
to have a liberal and enlightened appreciation
of theinterest of Permsylvartie-should take to
day, and which, in a few years, the Senator
from. Northuniberland would blush to dispute:
I read from Governor Pollock's annual message
of January 6, 1858:
"The law incorporating the Pennsylvania
Railrced Company imposed a tax of three mills
per mile per ton on alltonnage passing over that
road, as an equivalent for any decrease in the
revenues of, the.. Coramonwealth .that might
arise from the anticipated competition of the
'road with 'the briainess of the mainline of the
:public improvements. This tax is not imposed
"uPon the Company, but upon the tonnage, and
is paid by the owners of theireight transported
over the road; the company acting at; agentem
Its collection and payment to the. State. It is ,
virually a tax upon the trade and commerce of
the:Commonwealth, and upon' the cminiserceof
oth& Statesmhoie productions seekailEisteim
'Market over this road ; and thus, by increasing:
the'rate'of charOS and the cost of tratisportae
Nam Wu* fart.
Having procured !team Power Presses, we are
prepared to execute JOB and BOOS PRINTING of every
description, cheaper that it can be done at any other ea
tablishmentin the country.
_ _
RATES OF AOVBILTISING.
Egy-Four lines or lees constitute one-half square. Fit
Ikea or more than four constitute a square.
Half Square, one day .. .. • • •
one week .
. .. ......
one month •
as three months . 3 00
64 six months 4 0
ono year .••... 6 00
One Square one day 60
I, ono week..
...... ............... 2 00
it ono month . 8 00
46 three months__ „. .......... . 600
a six, months— . . 800
one year 10 00
yHrßusinesa notices inserted In the Loco/ column, or
before Marriages and Deaths, FIVE CENTS PER LINE
or eaohlosertfon.
NO. 69.
Aar Marriages and Deaths to be cbargeit as regit'ar
advertisements.
tion, the produce of the West is forced upon
the competing railroads of other States, and to
other markets than our own. The necessity
that required this tax, as regards the Common
wealth and her improvements, has ceased. Its
continuance can only be justified as a revenue
measure. It should be the policy of the State
to invite the transmission of the products of
other States through her territory, to her own
markets, and, therefore, the propriety of re
lieving the trade and business of the Common
wealth and conntry from this tax upon it is re
spectfully submitted for your consideration."
Thus did he redeem his plighted faith to the
purchaser of the Main Line. True, he was in
advance of the sentiment of the State, or rather,
he arose above the prejudices of a large portion
of the people; but because he proposed an en
lightened and just policy, was it said that he
was the creature of a corporation, or a tool of
the lobby ? I regret that the Senator from
Northumberland has not profited by the pre
cepts of one who, in all kindness permit me to
say, was competent to advise him--competent
also to Umh him that men are not to be ar
raigned as faithless to the State because they
choose to advance while he prefers to stand
still. Gtov. Pollock did not adopt his views
hastily. He did so after mature . deliberation,
and his faith to the purchaser of the public
works was but the offspring of a settled con
viction that it was an unequal and onerous re
striction upon our own people; that it was a
tax upon our own commerce, and a discrimina
tion in favor of rival States and rival cities;
and he asked that Pennsylvania should cease
to paralyze herself—should withhold her strong
arm from suicidal blows upon her own industry.
Equally fallacious is the assumption of the
Senator from Northumberland, that the com
pany is to pocket the accrued tax. It has been
collected Wrongfully, and after the State had
enacted its repeal. The company have litigat
ed it, and it is still in litigation ; and as to the
tax on through freight, I think it clearly un
constitutional. The company does not propose
to put it into its own coffers. The bill before
us appropriates it to the completion of certain
railroads leading to the main line of the road,
and I think very properly. It proposes to re.
fund it to the very people who have paid it,
by opening new channels for the development
of their wealth. This money has been taken
from them nnjustly, after the faith of the State
was virtually given that it should cease; and
it can be returned to them in no way so equal
ly and' justly as by opening the avenues of
transportation, which enhance the general pros
perity Of the whole community.
Sir,. as I have before said, in the course of'the
debate this evening, there axe not five Senators
on this floor who pretend to justify a tax upon
tonnage. I put the question directly to the sen
ior Senator from Allegheny, (Mr. PENNEIO
whether it is not an unwise and illiberal policy,
and hee. has not ventured to answer. Indeed,
this main point, the very heart of the issue, has
been studiously evaded by the Senators who re
sist the repeal. Theythreaten us with a depleted
treasury and increased taxes, evidently un
mindful of the fact that since the sale of the
Main Line In 1857 we have had no revenue
whatever from this tax—for its payment has
been resisted on legal grounds—and yet we
have never.before in the same time paid half so
much of the State debt, and our State taxes have
been reduced to two and a half mills. "
The sale of the main line waif resisted by the
same aignments we have , heard to-night. Im
pending ruin was pictured with all the zeal of
the Senator' from Northumberland ; but what
does the history of your years teach ? The man
now who should propose to restore the improve
theists to the State, and have a Canal Board,
with its horde of plunderers running riot on
them, would be regarded as insane. The name
of Gov; Pollock - will be cherished by our tax
payers as one, of the State's noblest benefactors
for disposing of those works, and when the full
faith of that measure shall reach fruition, by
removing the unjust restrictions upon our com
merce and our industry, Pennsylvania will
stand forth among the States of the Confeder
acy with her mighty energies unshackled,
second to none in greatness, and surpassing all
in internal, wealth and substantial prosperity.
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Games' Sowing °lovas, best article manufmtured.
All the different kinds of WINTER GLOVES.
largest assortment of EMERY in the city.
CHAVA7; SIISPENSERS, GASDESROSIEFS, Beady iiienmod.
'And every Morin Gents' wear, at
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AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
THE Auditor appointed by the Orphan's
Court of Dauphin county, to distribute the balance
remaining in the hands of Anasnissi-Bowsterr, Adminic.
trator of &nun. FRANIC, late of Jacks:l:la township, in
said county, deo!d-, will meet tne parties interested, at
his office, In the city of Harrisburg, on TIP , SDA C, the
19th day or .March next, at 10 q'elocis A N., at which
time and'
di place they are hereby notified to attend and
present theirulaims GRAYDON,
febl9-3.tds3tw" Auditor,
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that an associa
tion is formed far. the 'purpose of establishing a
hank of issue, discount and deposit under the provisions
of 'the 'Ant Festablishing :a system of Free Banking in
Pennsylvania—said Bank to be called the "The Slate
*Bank - of henttsylvania,'.' to be lc hated at Erie, Pa.., with
a capital 'of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, with the pre ,
Ttlegetif *Hash* the same to Five Hundred Thousand
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