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TEE PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDEM;
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
HARRISBURG, P A
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1864.
The Removal of the Capital.
It is natural that the people of Harrisburg
should feel a deep interest in the discussion
of the question involving the project to -.re
move the seat of government from this city to
Philadelphia. Hence, it was with perfect
propriety that they assembled in mass meet
ing last evening, to resolve on such Action As,
might seem juclicieiii to them to ,Prevent the
object of _removal fiom. being, coniniturfatdd:
The meetingwas decidedly the most respect
able ever assembled in the State capital, char
acterized for a calm judgment which indi
cated the earnestness of its object, and dis
tinguished by a unanimity which was highly
cheering. It was a meeting, too, of all classes
—all interests and all parties. The speeches
of the occasion were temperate, and abounded
with the strong common-sense argument
which can only have weight in such a discus
sion; while the resolutions offered by Col.-It.
A.Lamberton were the best condensation of the
merits and justice of a good cause we ever
heard read in a public meeting.
—lt is to be hoped that the movement in
augurated in this city, in opposition to the
removal of the seat of government, will be
followed by meetings in other portions of the
Commonwealth, protesting agaiast the prc.-
ject. The proposition to change the location
of the State capital involves an immense ex
penditure of money. Millions of dollars
would not defray the cost. The question then
is, are the people willing to assume such an
expense?
The Defamers of Darr/Oa*
We are frequently amused with the ridiculous
mistatements published in the Philadelphia
and other papers relating to the city of Harris
burg. The Press of last Monday contained a .
glaring falsehood concerning an attempt to
extort from the State a higher price for. a resi
dence suitable for the Governor, than the same
property could be purchased by private in.di-'
vicluals. The whole story published in the
Press is a wilful and malicious mistatement,
from its beginning to its end.
The Inquirer of yesterday publishes u'iudet
ridiculous letter on the • same subject, and, to
close up the programme,'our friend , Hiestand;
of the Lancaster - Examiner, produces an
equally false statement, all no doubt originat.
ing from the falsehood coined by the corres
pondent of the Press.
But the 'citizens of Harrisburg have nothing
to fear from these falsehoods. The sharpers
and Philadelphia; speculators have done'their
utmost to traduce the people of this city, by
charging them'with• illiberality and ei4loition.
We do not intend to 'boatt Of the liberality
of our citizens, butWedare remind our friends
that the county of bauphin pays a weekly
sum to 01 the families of her soldiers in.the
army; a sum sufficient for 'their support and
succor, while the husband and the
. father are.
absent in the service of the country... Does
the great metropolis or the county of Lancaster
show its liberality in a similar manner ? Thou
sands of sick and wounded soldiers have been
nursed and cared for by the wives and daugh
ters of the citizens of this city.
It is not fair that the malpractices of Phil
adelphia sharpers and pickpockets who folio*
the soldier should be fastened on our citizens.
Unfair.
Whether the capital is permitted to remain,
or whether with indecent haste, it is renioved
from Harrisburg, is a matter with the Leg
islature and the people, but we question the
right of certain correspondents of eastern and
western journals of the Commonwealth, to
malign and misrepresent the people of this
city, by charging on them acts of the most
criminal and unchristian character. We will
not attempt to deny that there are those in our
midst, who have no more claim to reputation
for liberality, than have an:equal number of
men in any other city, but is 'this any cause
for oondemning our entire population? We
deny that the soldiers or civilians •visiting
this locality on business, suffer from any im
position practiced by our own people. If such
impositions are practiced, they are to ,be
charged to the hungry camp followers who
haunt the army in all its marches and 'who
have.made this, city a sort of headquarters.
The same men - would attempt the same game
in whatever locality the capital nay be situ
ated. And so far
,as the greed for money is
concerned, that is a failing peculiar to certain
men in all localities—a failing to which We
dare attribute many of the evils which new
curse the American people..
May we not ask, then, that the correspond
ents who have set themselves to work to
manufacture arguments for • the removal- of
the State Capital, at least spare the feelings
of the old residents of Harrisburg, .people
who have long been distinguished for their
hospitality and their patriotism, and• who,
deeply deplore that wrong of any des?ription
should be enacted in this city: Such theie
have contributed liberally to the war. Long
before the people of other portions of-the
State-knew what the war meant, our, citizens,'
had began to make their sacrifices—our wives
and daughters wore accustomed to the horrors
of the hospital, and had earned the blessing
of many a poor fellow before he bid farewell
to life. In view of these facts, Wre protest
against the misrepresentation alluded to. If
we are to be disposeessed of the Capitol --if
with suspicions haste, the seat of Government
is to be removed from a locality in which it
was supposed it was fixed forever' by every
moral obligation making a contract -binding,
let our people at least retain the ' reputation
which they have earned by deportment as,
blameless and services as useful i -as thomle of
any other people in the Commonwealtk
Public Meeting.
In..accor4nce with public _notice given .by
the City - Council, the citizens or `Harrisburg
met at the Court House last evening at half
past seven o'clock, for the puipose of express
ing their sentiments in regard to the pro
posed removal of the Capital from this city.
JAI:ow V,irrae„Esq. • balled •the meeting
to order, and moved that •
MA - Mn altOßNlFOA'rlhe selected to.pre
side over the meaing. ‘.,. ..• -. •
The - following tentlemen were seleand as
'TICE PRESIDENTS:
Hon. Val. Huinmel, - J . : C. Bomberger,
Hon. Simon Cameron, William Buehler,
Alexander Hamilton, Chas. F. Muench,
Hon. Jno.J. Pearson, Rev.-W. R. De. Witt,
Herman Alrieks, Wm. H. Kepner,
E. M. Pollonlr, , , George Vince,
.R. F. Kelker, Joseph Strominger,
John"H Brant ; ~ Da`vid Mumma.
-Gov. D. R Porter, ..
The following gentlemen were selected as
SECRETARIES:
John W. Brown, John A. Weir, ...
B. F. Etter, H. Murray. Graydon.
~
Mr. LAMBERTON moved that: a.committee of
twenty be appointed to draft resolutions ex
pressive of the . sense of this Meeting. The
following gentlemen were appointed a
•CQII,II4IIIZE ON .11Nt.301,ITTIONS
RA. Laniberton, James W. Weir,
Wm. Colder, Dr. A. Patterson,
Henry Ward, . Di. Geo:I.;: Bailey,
George Bergner,. Philip Dougherty,
C. F. Munch, Henry Thomas,
John Stemler, Wm. ICepner,
.Wm...CleCkner, A. K. Black,
Jacob .W.Eby, Joseph Strominger,
DatelD. - Boas, Richard Hummel,
David Mumma, Henry Gilbert.
After the committee on resolutions. had re
tired, the following letter was presented to
the meeting from Col. H. C. ALL.Faux, one of
the Representatives from this county. The
letter was read, as follawst , .
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
HOUSE OF REPRE9ENTAtIua,.
IfAionsetruo, April 12,,184.....
To the PreOlent s and Citizens of. Heirrisburg,
assembledtinloten-meeting.
GmarmEnT:' I 'regret exceedingly that 'my
official duties willpreclude me from being with
you this evening. Of one thing rest assured,
however, that I will use all honorable means,
and inirelentinglY resist the med . project of a
removal of the seat of governinent from liar
xisburg. I feel an intense interest in this
matter, and willnot fail to act promptly, with
all energy at my"command, and express
myself freely and fearlessly when the time
comes for decisive • action; and should it be
come necessary for me to make sacrifies,
,will make them, regardless of consequences,.
for the benefit r of-lay constituents. The in
terests of the Commonwealth are great, and
demand protection,' but I am not unmindful
of one fact, "that charity begins at home,"
and I -would-be recreant - to . the -responsible
trust reposed•in me, if I were not willing to'
make almost any. sacrifice for the - benefit of
those who kindly confided inme.
I have no doubt,of the unanimity of feeling
of the people of Dauphin county, and partic
ularly of Harrisburg, upon this subject; but
that feeling should be expressed in some tan-
gible shape, and I trust the good judgment
of your meeting will have a salutary effect
upon the legislative body. •
Very respectfully, your obedientservant,
The centents of the letter were loudly ap
plandedi
Mayor 110171TFouT • then congratulated those
present on the promptness with which they
had responded tothe call for the meeting, say
ing that it evinced deep intereienot only iii
local welfare of the city, but that it proved
a proper regard for that which concerns 'the
;,Commonwealth at large. He then proceeded
to discuss the proposition of removal. It was
not only unjust, but there was an impropriety
in it, which merited for it a prompt, condemna
tion. The very fact thatho petitions had been
presented on the subject, exhilllK its impro
priety. Certainly a measure fraught with
such vast importance, should direelly
from the people. It should not be the bant
ling of a caucus, or the buncombe of a party.
It should grow out of the petitions of the
people, setting forth some .good reason in
support of, and insuring some large benefit
to be derived from, removal. This had not
been done;"and hence he regardedall legisla
tive agitation of the subjeCt as irrelevant. '
Mayor li t ouipopy . tlenwiniit history
Of the t-Oapitel logation; asserting that the
great reason for its reMovalfrona - Philadelphia
was that the capital should. go with the surg
ing tide of population,.which Nas -westward;
and that f it. should , be, located „centrally
for the benefit :of the people of all por
tions of the' Commonwealth,,;. and that
all the avenues of trade, turnpikes, canals
and railroads, had , been•
,made to centre
here, for the purpose -of-making the capital
easy Of 'access. With •the change of the capi
tal location, all these interests *Old be more
, or less injuriously affected He deprecated
I the lodation of the capital, Particrilarly;"in the
midst of a large commercialmetroPolia. Such
a location was dangerous on account of the.
_liability of popular Outburst. -Bad men could
easily asseMble irresistible mobs, if the Leila
-lature holds its sessionein the metropolis, to
arrest wholesome legislation. - We have,•ex
amples of this fact in history=Paris be*
the most prominent, in which
the mob more
than Once succeeded in dethidning. kji teg ,
Acattering authorities, and inaugurating or
gies of the la* t499dy ferocity. Our own
and our sister Slates, seem to have been con
trolled in locating - their Capitals, -brthese ex
amples of history. If they desire to maintain
their purity and their peace, let- them wisely
adhere to their course. The remarks of Mayor
R
, .
OUMFORT were' frequently. interrupted -by
great applause, am. created a deep feeling
Of so - dß' faction among those, present
Col. R. A. LAMBRTON, chairman ot.the corn
mitteedon resolutions, presented the following:
Wiranms, The subject of the removal of
the seat of our State - Government from its
present location is,under consideration in the
Legislature; and •
• Whereas, It is meet that a proper epression
should be made of the sentiments of the peo
ple, whose interests would be.so immediately
affected by the contemplated removal
Therefore, The citizens ot.llarrisburg, in
town meeting assembled, do most earnestly.
altd .rcspeetfullf protest against ..,any 4 3 004 ,-
hioia Viipharacter proposed;„
- 1. teciinse a removal of the capital has not
been - asked•for by,thoselghose !ace should
Ve ISt tt66.1:(1 - a4d -I r9/od-411epeopiii of tlie
2. Because the removal of the capital to
Harrisburg, a half century ago, Was made
after mature delibeintion -- by - thoughtful and
sagacious legislators for coffent reasons which
are none the less powerfu?to-day..
3. Because of that wise rule, exemplified•in
almost every State 'of the Union, to have the'
law-making poweraway from_ the direct or
disturbinginfluence of the population of a
great city.
4. Because Harrisburg is more central and
accessible from all'parts of the Commonwealth
than Philadelphia.
5. Because such unlooked .for legialation
would be a flagrant wrongand ruinous to the
interests of many of our best citizens, who
have invested here large amounts of capital
upon the faith that the location of the seat
of Government was fixed and permanent.
6. Because the influence now wielded in our
Legislature by the city of Philadelphia and
her interests, great as it 4 ought to be, 'com
manding as it is, should not be inordinatelY
enlarged by placiiiT - 11" IC - Capita - 1 Withinter:
midst.
7. Because we firmly believe so much dissat
isfaction with the.. change to. Philadelphia
would be manifested throughont the State,
:that another removal would be demanded and
had by the people. , : •
8. Because (apart from any question as to
its legality or the utter insufficiency of the sum
.proposed) the appropriation of one million
of dollars for . the erection of thexecessary.
State buildings* the Councilb of-Philadel
phia, now a seeming gratuity, will constitute
a claim to be returned by legislation to fur
ther the special interests of that city.
9. Because by such removal the expenses
,of the several State officers whose presence is
required at the capital would be heavily in
creased,, larger, salaries would be demanded,
and heavier taxation to pay them follows.
10. Because, whilst the energies and the
wealth of the nation are, and should be de
voted to, the suppression of the rebellion,
qnestions of mere temporary expediency, of
personal piques and dislikes, or which will in
evitably provoke coinplaint or contention,
should be avoided.
Resolved, That a coP3r` of the proceedings
of this meeting be.sent to each member of the
Legislature. - - -
Mr. LLAmEaToN, in support of his ,resolu
tions, said, in substance, that the question of
..„.
removing the seat 'of GoVernment, was one
of vast importance, involving the , general in
terests of the people of the Commonwealth,
by Contemplating an outlay'of iii4iney which
could only be, characterized as unjustifiably
extravagant -and 'reckless. The remarks of
Mr. L. can, only be referled to as having been
lof a very able, common sense character.
Aside from the general principle of right in
volved inits permanent location_ at liarrit3•
burg—the interests which are thus preserved
for all portions of, the Commonwealth—the
danger avoided which emanates from over
whelming population—and . a speculative corn-
martial community, constantly seeking spe- .
cial privileges in legislation—Mr. Lamberton'
showed to the meeting that it was the interest
'of every man in this city, as well as his
iniperative duty, to make all honorable
efforts to retain the seat: of the State Gov
ernment at Harrisburg. It was not only the
real estate owners, the merchants and the ho
tel keepers, who were interested in the matter.
The laborer and the mechanic had an equal
e.
niterest—every man who drove a nail, drew a
thread, pulled a vtiNe, pushed a planii 'or
rwielded , a sledge, would be affected more or
less hy the n change, and hence it was every
man's duty to use his influence in prevent
ing the removal. During the delivery• of his
remarks, Mr. Lamberton was loudly tip-
Vended.
A. J. Ef.Ene, Esq., appeared and spoke silt
stantially as follows:
Mn. 'PRESIDENT :The citizens of this place
have been surprieed•td learn of a proposition.
now before the Legislature, to move the seat
of government to - the city of Philadelphia.
The promptitude with which you, as 'mayor
of our ;city, acted in the premises, and the
vigilance you have &Splayed in guarding the
interests of this community, deserve the un
qualified thanks of all. The agitation of this
subject is no 'new thing'; but it was never
imagined, even in these disturbed and revo
lutionary times, that it would assume the
tangible skape it has. `There ought to be
'Very cogent reasons for this change, and un
less such!are given by its advocates, I cannot
see how it can bejustified before the people. It
will take them much by, surprise, as it has us.
They have not passed upon the question, and,
as it is one of great importance,-it seems to me
it would be but common courtesy to
have paused °•u reasonable time, until they
could have expressed some opinion in respect
to the matter. If that could be done, I have
no fears as to the result. For that intelli
gence, which is the boast and the glory of our
people, would at once suggest many moral,
seciable and political grounds against tlie re
;Maya of the;seat of government to any large
and overcrowded city. The teachings of his
tory are' very' plain' on thispoint ;'but history
-would be written in vain if we ignore thafact
tut it is always dangerous to have the capital
of 'a great-nation located in a populous city.
All along the stream of time you can see the evil
consequences ofa disregard of this truth. Many
• a nation has been taught this in suffering and
blood. It is the part of wisdom tojearn the
future from the pOt of man, But if we in
blindness or ignorance refuse to baimstructed
by the experience. of
those Who have gone be
;fore,; waeanuot - expectlo be made'an excep
'lion to the operationof an inexorable law of our
- being. Our forefathers }mew this, • and, there
' fore '
they iviselYdetermined to establish the
seat of governMent as far from the
ef large, cities as they It would
be very easy to point out the pernicious, influ
ences which must surround the Legislatnre in
4-city like that or. Philadelphia. It is the cen
4.re of all Corporate power. The railroads and
banks, the marine and insurance companies,
stocks and exchange interest - concentrate and
meet there. The Legislature would be, com
pelled to move' in at atinoiphere created by
these monopolies; and it would be expecting
too much. to, that they would have no
influence in shaping and controlling legisla
tion. -I leave it'ipr any man of ordinary sa
daoit7,tci say, Whether that influence would be
for good or evil, The appliances which would
be resorted to by these organizations tcrle
complish their own designs,• would, be in
creasediunumber, and strengthened in power
.121 i the various places of questionable auntie
ment, whose doors would be thrown wide
open to seduee, and mislead men fresh from
the purer scenes • of country life. If it ever
'h as been made the subject of regret that
some of these things exercise their baleful•in
fluences remote from the eities=in a quiet
and less popilous plaoa—how much greater
would be the cause of regret if the seat of Gov
ernment should, unfortunately, b e l oca t e d
Where these influences could act•with ten-fold
force? Instead of .the political atmosphere
:being purified, it would only become more
pregnant with corruption. Where there is now
ohe cause of complaint in this respect, there
:would then be twenty. The danger of this= has
been fully reePri.P4 by all philanthropists
aid Skateslnere; and has always been, quoted
as- a sound tizgluOut against the policy •ef
having the seat of Government in large cities.
The possibility,-too, of- theLegislature•being
ovefaWedby is not with
out solemn importance. The student of his
tory,..nrust be familiar with numerous inattm
-4 few:idea for our benefit, of the multitude
IW o o t a n g suddenly and madly inflamed, and
in the tempest of their passions demanding,
at the mouth - of the cannel:6W. at theoint
of the bayonet, the passage of stch law l ag in
their fury they then:called for. spark may
set fire to - the slumberiig passions .4 men;
and; where once all waawene and faticid, in
as irditaxit you will witness Wild uproar and
confusicin, terrible to the stoutest heart to con
template. No one is wise enough always to
anticipate and prepare for these out-breaks.
They come when they are least expected,
and spring from causes as vdried as they are
little understood. Sometimes the spark. that
ignites is fanaticism—sometimes it is religious
bigotry—sometimes it is hunger—sometimes,:
and more frequently, the schemes of ambi
tious demagogttetare the-tio#hvifare
whatever be the cause they' are always de
structive of the goOd order andimace of society,
and the freedom of Legislative deliberation.
Byzantium, in ancient times i and Paris, in more
modern times, are historiea
,examples and
proof of all this. 'The freqUerieY with which
discords, tnmiilts andrebellions were.foment
ecl in'these and othevlarge cities, , by the rest
lest element of politics coming in contact
with other mischievous tendencies, always
found in certain classes of men, should be
regarded byus as so many beacon-lights erect
ed in the past to,warn us against the shoals
and quiek-sands upon which they were strand
ed. It is even within the .memory of man
when our own Halls were desecrated by the,
Presence of out-laws, wielding the bludgeon
and pistol to compel obedience to their man
dates. If this has "been done here, what:
would it be ,in Philedelphia;? The fact that
but one or two States have their seat of Gov
ernment in the Metropolis, shows that this
danger has not been over-looked by others.
But, sir, momentous as these certainly are,
the citizens Nfl this city and county have
other interests at stake. Those interests are
entitled to some : consideration.: .
sums of money have been invested by our'
capitalists, with the implied understanding,
that the seat of GoVernment should be.per
manent. Manufactories have been started—
improvements have been made—rolling mills
have been erected—ihouses have been built--
contracts invothiag thousands of dollars have
been entered into—all in the reasonable and
well:grotnitedbelidf - that this"city would ZOlT
tinue to be the capital Of Abe Commonwealth.
Shall all these avenues of trade be sud
denly closed to industry, and enterprise ?
Would it not be a breach of faith to paralyze
our prosperity by the:, paseek,e. of this bill ?
And what ultimate, advantage could the people
at large hope to secure, in order to palliate
such a wrong to this community? It could
only make - Philadelphia be to Pentasyblmitx,
what Pakisr is to France. And, just as the
provinces, lying outside of the:want Of 'Paris,
suffer in science, art, literature and commerce,
because of the centralization Of :power in that
city, so would every county in this State suf-,
fer by the centralization : of power in Philadel-'
phia. The only reason that has ever been
given, why this is not also true of London, is
that the two great seats of learning—Cam
bridge and Oxford—exercise a counteracting
influence. With this, additioN4 power. im
ported to PhilidelPhia,by the 'mere force of
the law. of attraction„she would .absorb into
her own bosom all the channela of commerce,
wealth and industry, and, by a dispriwortion
ate superiority, destroy the importance of the
.restiof the country; (becoming at %length the'
tyrant of the Commonwealth rather than the
head of a well organized body. 7 •
The expenditure of a million of dollars for
new buildings is as unjust - to the tax-payers
of this . Commonwealth as it is unnecessary
and inexpedient. 'can- see nothing to
excuseisuch wasteful extravagance. The
exigencies of the times forbid it, while the
enormous taxation We already labor under
should make every prudent man hesitate
before he approves of a proceeding caletdated
to increase that burden. For increased it
will be, if this bill becomes a law. It will not
do to meet this Objection by saying -that the
city of Philadelphit Will liquidate the oipen
ses. It is true, her citizens may be willing to
supply the means; but, the principles of true
political economy still declare that every dol
lar uselessly expended is so much drawn from
the wealth of the people of a State. And
unless it can be demonstrated that some ulti
mate compensating good will accrue to
the people from this proposed 'change,
the principle • must be supposed apply
itself to this case with all the strength
that truth, verified by experience, can impart
to it. But if what 'I here assert be fallacious,
I submit the question, How long,will it he be
fore special legtsration will be resorted (
,to in
order to relieVe the citizens of . Philadelphia,
and saddle the costs on the people?' Let the
history of railroads, canals and other corpo
rations answer this question! . If such things
have been done in the:past, Where is the Muir
antee that they will not be done in the fu
ture ?
All these considerations, sir, unite in
appealing to the Legislature not to adopt a
measure so unwise in itself, so detrimentallo
the true interests of • their constituents, and
so serious in its consequences. The well
sustained reputation of Pennsylvania for
steadiness of purpose, should be jealously
maintained by all her - children, instead of
being frittered away by the removal of the
seat of Government at this late day.
A half century's experience has justified the'
wisdom of such men as Governor Findlay,
Chief Justice Gibson and others,. in selecting_
this as the site for the capital. .With,the eye
of a prophet they looked into-the inturel and
saw a beautiful city grow up on the banks of
the Susquehanna, the centre of a thrivingpOp
ulation, With railroads and canals branching
off like arteries from the heart and bearing
the comforts .and conveniences of life to .the
highest mid let West of gxpleful . posterity. •
But it has reinaified 'for, their descendants,
dressed. in a little brief tanthority; to - attempt'.
to destroy what the 'patient roll of Years has
crowned with success! We Can only hope that
more soVer counsels will prevail, and that the
madness of the hour will soon pass away. But
if not, the bitterest wish I can have for those
who may commit; this erithintrt Wunder, is that
they may live to reap the fruits of their act hi'
those civil distraedons and political dissen
sions which Will inevitably convulse our, good
old Commonwealth!.- - .
The resolutions wore unanimously adopted
and on motion the meeting adjourned.
Pennsyla:vnitt Legislature.
REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE ' TELEGRAPH
- SENATE.
Wzmummiy; April 13,1864.
The Senate convened at 10} o'clock. •
M'CANDLESS reported, from the Com
tnittee on Finance, as committed, Housi3 bill
No. 957; an tict to authorize the settlement of
the accounts of John Care, late treasurer' of
Dauphin county.
Several other private bills were reported
from committee, ,
mr.ts nt rr scE.
Mr. C,HAMPITEYS, kfurther, supplement
.
to an act to mcorporate,the Wrightsville and
New Holland railroad company.
Mr. RIDGWAY, an act to meorport4 the
S. mining c9l4,anY,: ,
apt to =corporate the Arizona gold,
and silver mining company •
Mr. LOTRY,. a supplement h g
,
of the Philadelphia and Erie railroad cam
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AFTEILYOON A\') ETEI:Mi"G SESSION
Mr. CONNELL offered a resolution provid
ing for an afternoon and evening session,
which was adopted.
• THE APPORTIONMENT BILL
then came op in order on third reading.
:On motion of Mr. CH2iNTPNEYS, the Sen
.
atlireSolipd itself into doniMittee of the whole
.
for,. general amendment; bht the committee
refitsedt6 amend the bill, and it:was reported
as Committed(
The bill, after considerable discussion and
the futile attempt of its opponents to engraft
several amendifients on it, passed finally by
the following vote:
' YaAs—Messrs. Connell, Donovan, Fleming,
Graham, Hoge, Householder, Johnson, Kin
sey, Lowry, M'Candless; Stein, St. Clair, "Dar
rell, Wilson, Werthington and Penney, Speak-
NAYS—Messrs. Beardslee; Bucher, Champ
neys, Dunlap, Glitz, Hopkins, Lamberton,
Latta, M'Sberry,liontgom9rABidgway,%th:
and Walla-ea:43
BELLS CONSIDERED
- On motion of Dlr. BUCHER, Senate bill
No. 583, a further supplement to the free
banking laws .of this„CunAmonwealth, was
taken up extd.Ctinuteifrad.Ct Laid Over-On sec
ond reading.
Air. LOWRY called up House bill No. 953,
a supplement to the Philadelphia and Erie
railroad corriny's etterter. ,I.Passed,finPY-
Mr.; JOMNTSON :cidled.hip!House `bill No.
-
370, a supplement to an act concerning the
sale of tnrnpike and plank roads, railroads,
bridges and canals. Passed finally.
Several amendments of the House to Senl
ate bills were concurred in.
At 1 P. M. adjourned to 3 P. nt
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
,Wrommsnex, April 13, 1861.
The Rollie resumed and finished the con
sideration of bills on: the private calendar of
,yesterday.
Mr. QUIGLEY, on leave, read in place an
act to incorporate the Twelfth and Sixteenth
street passenger railway company.
Referred to the Committee on City Passen
ger Railroads.
A number of bills were reported.
Among the bills passed were the following:
A supplement to an act relating to the sale
and conveyande of real estate.:
Afttrther supplement to an act te,incorpo
rate 'the'City Of - Philadelphia. •
An• act to incorporate the , Sullivan laud
company. - •
An act to amend the charter of the. Franklin
institute of Philadelphia. '
An act relative to the Crescent oil company.
An act incorporating the Excelsior improve
ment company of Schuylkill county.
Adjourned until 3 r. m.
330 tteienrap6.
FROM EUROPE.
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ARRIVAL OF THE ETNA
PARTICULARS OF THE WRECK OF THi
CITY OF NEW YORK,
CO-OPERATION OF THE PRUSSIANS
AND AUSTRIANS.
SIJCCEi , OV,
_THE INSURGENTS POLAND
France and - tne London Treaty
• N.P.w Yon; April 13.
The steamship Etna,- from Liverpool on the
30th ult., via Queenstown on the 31st, arrived
at this port-this morning. ,
Her papers contain additional particulars of
the wreck of the steamer City of New York:
She ran on Daunt's Rock, at the entrance of
Queenstown Harbor, at 3n'clock onlire morn
ing of-the 29th... The rock penetrated the bot
tom under the bunkers, and as the 'tide rose
the ship filled to her main deck.
The passengers, 'nails, specie, etc., were
safely landed. Numerous steamers assisted
in dismantling the ship, and endeavoring to
get out the cargo. Little hopes are enter
tained for the vessel: Some of the- cargo may
be saved, but in a badly damaged condition.
. The -Prussian: Division of the Guards have
gone 'tO . F.rederica: to eq 7 operate'aith the Aug
triartain wntinuing the-siege.
Two-engagements; which. resulted in favor'
of the insurgents; had occurred' in Poland.
Prance is said to have declared it unadvis
able to maintain the treaty of London as a
basis of negotiation on. the Danish question,
and that she considers universal suffrage the
only means of arriving . at a solution of the
question.., ,
The fear of wwar- in Italy is said to be
disappearing.
Five Danigbsteiniers. have appeared off
Eagan Island. •
The court .of .Amize, at Paris, sitling.withont
a jury,•liave . c - on4lemiecl Maziirii to tnumpor
tation for participating in the conspiracy
against the life of the
_Emperor:
DIVISION OF THE
Fatal Accident at Huntsville.
T.1,.:; . • - .oi*gL,wi NEAR 'CAIRO
-.t -•- - Cerao, April 12.
Last night the guerrillas burned two houses
and stole several horses on the opposite side
Of the river from Cairo. A squad was report
ed to have been today on the KentackS ,
shore, between here and. Columbus, not more
tlianteri mileefrom Cairo:
. . .
Since Forrest's late- operations, a larger
number oPrefrigees are flocking into Mem
phis, awaiting transpOrtation North, than at
any previonS time sines the beginning of the
war.
SIX SOLDIERS BLOWN TO PIECES,
, ,
..-HtmrrsvusziAla' .. April 11.—A caisson of
Orosswell's Illinois Battery exploded this, noun
on the railroad,erossing xn front of thaidepot,
killing privates Jacob Englehart, John-Olson,
William litunphreys, David Roach, William
Mathron and Horace Allen, and, woundin g
Geo. Barnes • and William-Ryan. Several
bodies of the killed were blown to' atoms; por
ifons whereof Were found."-five hundred, feet
distant. The horaes attached to the caisson
were killed.. The railrord • depot was badly
shattered. One citizen had his thigh broken,
and several Othersifare . elightly injured.
.Fr,oin „California.
SAN Fneutisco, April 12.
•2 The ship Lade. has tFrived here from New
:Yerk.:f . The' for money is rather active,
~ w i t hi i:geivirAV'egiiiplaint of short collections.
Tile reterie bankezefor good business paperis:
liigaperOent. a mon h, ond on the street'
the rates'tire 2®t per cent tlantld ammo:lr
lk9hange. •
. -
The War at the kiwi;
FEDER IL t' MY MITRING EAGLE PISN,
XICA.N NEW-s.
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A French Victory Near Matamoras
Corpus Christi Ito-Occupied by Ft Fors,.,
REINFORCENENTS FROM LIFO{: 11
Another Fight on Red River.
DESTRUCTION' OF TILE utr.Er. STEAMER CLITD,X.
NEW YORK, April EL
A letter to the Times, from the 'United Stat t .
steamer Arkansas, at New Orleans, dated the
2d inst., reports that the rebel steamer Clif
ton, formerly the United States gunboat of
thatittfae, captured at Sabine Pass, while at
tenlttinglto run the blockade off that Pas,;.
the night of the 21st of March. with 71;01i:di.,
of cotton, got aground on the bar, and thi ,
rebels had to burn her to prevent tier 11, 11!
falling into our hands. She was totally coi l .
sumed.
A large side wheel steamer with 9.000 aNIS
for the rebel Government, had run into 1",-
.laseo, after being driven off from Gitiv,:,:;ton
by our fleet
NEW ORLEANS AND MEXICO
Canto, April prisoner who es eat ,..,l
iifrom Forrest, at Jacksontown, has arriied
Memphis, and reports that Forrest had t. t ,
pressed his determination of holding we,t
Tennessee, and of driving out all the
men. About 20 Federals were taken pris 11,ti
in the late ftght at Augusta. Gum. Dixon,
with a large rebel force, has succeed,. d in
crossing the Arkansas river.
The Memphis cotton market is line, {till,
considerable inquiry, and a good deal oft:lin : l%
Receipts aro light- Prices range from l;2(.
67c.
The steamer Pauline Carroll, from No r
Orleans on the sth, has arrived. Generals
McPherson and staff are among the passer.-
gers. The steamer George Washington had
arrived : fiord New York, with eighty thousand
dollars in gold. The United States transport.
Continental, from Portland, arrived on the
same day. A large cotton-loaded sehoom r
grounded near Velasco, was burned, after
-part of her cargo had been thrown overboard
to lighten her off_ The transport St. Mary's,
from Brazos Santiago, had also anived.
Four thousand Federal cavalry occupied
Eagle Pass, after a slight resistance from the
rebels. This pass is four hundred mile.;
above Brownsville, and was the great highway
of the confederates for running cotton and
other articles into Mexico. It was the deter
mination of our trpops to occupy the idaee
'permanently.
The French are marching on Matuinora,;,
and a fight took place, in which the Fn•ibli
were victorious.
Three French frigates are off the bar, pre
paring to cross.
Cortinas had issued a proclamation order
ing all the troops to be concentrated on the
Rio Grande, below- Itlatainonis, to resist the
occupation of that place by the French.
Corpus Christi has been reoccupied by our
forces, and 800 prisoners captured. The old
residents had nearly all left the plate previous
to its reoccupation.
Eight thousand (2) California cavalry had
arrived overland and joined the Union forces.
The refugees fi - om the rebel conscription
were flocking into our lines by hundreds
daily.
Immense quantities of produce have been
secured by our troops.
The lst Texas cavalry, 1,100 strong, were
co-operating with our forces.
Corn and cotton planting had commence.l.
The steamer Ltuninary is reported burne.d
on the Red river. •
The Polar Star had taken 800 prisoners
from New Orleans up the Red river, supposed
to be for exchange at Shreveport, as we hare
about that number in the rebel hands them.
The citizens of Alexandria were forninn.;
guard companies for their protection.
An election for delegates to the free Slat,
Convention took place at Alexandria on uLa
Ist, at which, A. Casabot, W. IL Allati, John
A. Newell, and Tlios. W. Wells, ill rein rep
resent the parish of Rapides.
Col. Clark, Adjutant General of the Depart
ment of Tennessee, Gen. Fennell, of Ken
tucky, and the Hon. Sherrerd 0..1)1,11S, a
Virginia, are among the passevg,p; by the
Pauline.
Reports of another fight up the Red river
have reached here. Soon after our troops left
Alexandria a largo rebel force, under Pia
Snyder, attacked our fortifications, but were,
vigorously opposed by the 38th Massachu
setts, 12th and 126th New York, under Col.
Smith, and 128th New York. Onr treor:
fought bravely for several hours, with consid
erable loss. The rebel loss was also consid
erable. No further particulars are known.
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QUARTERLY REPORT OF TEE FIRST
NATIONAL BANK OP UNION MILLS, county of
Erie and State of Pennsylvania, showing its eenditiou on
the morning of .the Ist day of April, 1564. before the
transaction of any business on that day:
ROIJRCVA-
Loans and discounts
Indebtednow of the directors of this 2SSOCia
lion
Overdrafts
Due from banks and bankers..
brati!nal Banks in the following
cities
Specie and other lawful money of IT. 5...
Bash items and revenue stamps
Bills of solvent banks
Remittances
11. S. bonds deposited with Treasurer of U. S.
to secure circulation
IL S. bonds deposited with , Treasurer of U. S.
for other purposes i
S. 7-30 notes and ' certificates of indebted
ness on hand -
Bills of suspended banks §— —, estimated
value
Real estate
Furniture and,Fistures
Expense account
Total iet-ource3
LEABILITIER.
Capital ¢50,000
Circulating notes received from Comptroller.. ),04.r0 00
los circulating notes on hand
Notes outstanding
Profit and low
Due to banks and bankers.
" individuals and corporations other than
banks • • • •
Dne to Treasurer of the E S 1/0
" depositors on demand...
'Amount due not included under either of the
aboveheads
Total liabilities
State of Pennsylvania, County of Erie, ss:
011 this first day of April, 1.881, personally came 1 , -' 11, r 2
the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of said county,.
John Johnson,president, and E. D. - Sunderlin, cashier 0 1
the First National Bank of Union Mills,who being linlY
sworn, upon their oaths say that the foregoing is a Ira: .
and accurate Statement. of the affairs and condition r
said Bank on-themoninn of-the tirstday of April, ISdt•
year above E. D. Writ
ten ilied and sworn to the day aq.l .
.4.,casiiieJr,
Subscr
JOHN JOHNSON, President
W.&l OJACKSON, J. F.
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