:Ilatriot Union. SATURDAYXORNING, MARCH 16, 1861. O. BABBITT—A& -THOMAS .0_ MAODOWILL• Tub .lisherA and,Pcaprietors. ClommunigAtipvismill not be pabliobed in the PATRIOT LID trams walesitAccompanied with the name .of the author. S.-M. PETTENOILL At CO., Advertising Agents,•li9 Nassau street, New York, and 10 State street, Boston, are the Agents for the PATRIOT AND UNION, And4he,enostinfinential and largest circu lating newspapers in the United States and Canadian They areantheemedto contractfor net at our fowestrates FOR saiAE. A Nemindlqind ADAMS PRESS, platen 39% by 26 inches, hi good order; sea be-worked either by.hand or Steam power. Terms moderate Inquire at this office. To Members. of the Legislature. THE DAILY-PATRIOT AND 'UNION will..be-furnished-to Members of the Legislature during the. session at the low price of Osz•Des.r.4a. Members wishing extra copies of the DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION, can procure them by leaving their orders at the publication Write, 'Third street, or with our re- porters in either-House, the evening previous The success of the Republicans in New Hamp shire is .attributed partial friends, to the efficient services of John .Covode, who visited that Stateprevinns. ie. the election, made sev eral stump speeches _and carried everything before him. The North Anterican,-in the course of •an article en the eleetion of Davvid Wilmot, uses the following4anguage: " The great-proviso which gave Mr. Wilmot his celebrity:in theffirst instance is now practi cally abandoned. In the time new territorial bills passed by the late Republican Congress not a word is said about slavery, the people being left free to frame their own institutions to suit themselves. This had obviously become a necessity in the changed condition of the country, and the dlepublicans acted wisely and patriotically in giving-up the prohibitory clause. Colorado, Neveda, and Deootah being sure for freedom, it is idle to t probibitalavery in them." If the Republican party has any clearly defined, distinctive ! principle, which it is pledged to carry oat, .it is to prohibit slavery in the Territories by Congressional enactment. It was the announcement -of this principle that created the deep hostnityaf -the Southern States to the Republican party —and it was the refusal to abandon it which induced the seces sion of seven States, and prevented a settle ment of our national difficulties at the late session of Congress. If the Republican party would consent to announce, in some authorita tive manner, in the words of the _North Ameri can, that the principle of the Wilmot proviso , or Congressional prohibition of slavery in the Territories, is now practically -abandoned, and would also allow the people to frame their own institutions to suit themselves, subject of course to the Constitution of the United States with the authorized judicial interpretation thereof, one of the most formidable obstacles to a peace ful settlement of difficulties and a reconstruc tion of the Government, would be removed.— It is this very unconstitutional and irritating threat to exclude slavery from all the territo ries, which the Republicans refused to yield, that prevented the Peace Congress from agree ing to the Crittenden Resolutions, and after wards caused the defeat of the propositions finally submitted to Congress. An Important Question. In considering the propriety of the General Government abandoning Fort Sumpter and other fortifications in the seceded States, it is worth while to look at the question with refer ence to the policy hereafter to be pursued to wards these States. Mr. Lincoln announced in his Inwagural Address that he would hold and possess the property and places belonging to the Government. Perhaps it is his duty to do so. His.discretion is limited. The Execu tive has no power to surrender or transfer any portion of, the ! pubtic property committed to his charge; nor : has,he power to recognize the in dependence of th.e,Southern Confederacy. Mr. Buchanan took precisely this view of his duty, and declared that .he could not do otherwise than retain the property of the Government in the seceded States, as long, at least, as it was practicable to do so. Bat an Administration is not required to perform impossibilities. When Maj. Anderson abandoned Fort Moultrie, the late Administration did not &sem it an impera tive duty to de3patch a force to Charleston, adequate for its re-capture, but Abandoned it as so much property lost by the operation of imperative and unavoidable circumstances. It is true that Mr. Buchanan might hr.,ve sent forces to Charleston to retake Fort Moultrie, might have directed the guns of Sumpter to be opened upon it, and night have initiated it bloody struggle, without transcending the power vested in the Executive by the Consti tution. But for very humane and sufficient reasons he did not choose to take this step, which would have proved fatal to hoes of peace and continued union. So Mr. Lincoln might have determined to as semble all the forces under his command and have despatched them to Charleston for the relief of Fort Sumpter; but he has very ration ally counted the cost, and concluded, in the exercise of his discretion, to order the evacu ation of that place belonging to the Govern ment. Now the question is a very simple one, what usewould any of the forts or places now held by the Government be to it, in case the seceded States determine to maintain a separate gov ernment, and refuse to acknowledge the juris diction of the Government at Washington ? Mr. lincirin says that he will not make war upon them, that he dew not intend to coerce them back into the Union; then what possible advantage can there be in holding fortified places in these States? If they come back voluntarily, they would bring the government property with them. If they refuse to return, and the Forts are not to be used to force them to return, how much would our Government gain by holding property which is worth nothing except for ag gressive or defensive purposes ? These are questions which Mr. LINCOLN'S Administration may not, possibly cannot, un dertake to determine, But Congress can settle them. The present anomalous position of the Government, having the name to rule without the power, cannot long continue., We must speedily come to one of two conclusions—either to establish the supremacy of the Federal Gov ernment by force of arms, or to acknowledge the Independence of the Southern Confederacy, and open the door wide for their return into the Union, PENNA' LEGISLAIURE. SENATE. FRIDAY, March 15, 1861. The Senate was called to order at 10 o'clock ,by Mr. PENNEY, Speaker pro tem. A large number of petitions, remonstrances, , &c., were presented to-day, all of them of.sitn ,ilar import to those heretofore presented. BILLS IN &TAOS.. Mr. SMITH, an act to ,establish a system of wharfage. charges for the port of Philadelphia. Mr. PARKER, an act confirming certain grades. Mr. CLYMER, an act to sell certain bank stook and mortgage real estate. Mr. BOUGHTER, an act authorizing an ex amination of the claim of Barke & Gonder. Mr. ROBINSON,.anaet for the relief of Rob ert King. Also, an act relative to the claim of James M'Kean. Also, an act 4o establish a ferry ever the Al legheny river at the mouth of Oil creek. Mr. CONNEL, a supplement to the act incor , norating the Philadelphia, Norristown and Ger .mantown railroad company. Also, an act to provido for the more effectual and faithful assessment of real estate in the city of Philadelphia. Mr. HIESTAND, an act to authorize the Chestnut Hill iron ore company to borrow money; which was subsequently taken up and gassed. Mr. KETCHAM, an act to incorporate the Mayhew coal company. Also, a supplement to the act incorporating the Wilksbarre and Kingston passenger railway company. Mr. LANDON, a supplement to !the road laws of itush township, Susquehanna county. Also, a supplement to the act incorporating the borough of Montrose. Also, an act to change the place of holding the -election in Liberty township, Susquehanna county. Also, an act to incorporate the St. Joseph's female academy. El LLS CONSIDERED Mr. HALL galled up House bill, entitled "A supplement to the act incorporating the Alle gheny Mountain health institute ;" which was passed finally. Mr. BLOOD called up the act exempting the Presbyterian church of Concord from taxation ; which was passed. Mr. CLYMER called up an act to authorize the sale of certain bank stock, and for other purpo ses ; which was passed. Mr. MOTT, House bill, entitled "A supplement .to .the .act incorporating the Big Black Creek improvement company; " which was passed finally. Mr. PARKER called up the act to confirm certain revised grades ; which was passed. Mr. SCHINDEL, House bill, entitled "A sup plement to the act incorporating the borough of Easton ;" which was passed finally. Mr. SERRILL, House bill, entitled "An act to incorporate the Green Lawn cemetery com pany;" which was passed finally. Mr. ROBINSON, an act to authorize the election of two additional supervisors in Shirty township, Huntingdon county ; which was .passed. Mr. NICHOLS, an act to incorporate the Niagara hose company; which was passed. Mr. PENNEY called up the act to incorpo rate the Lucesco oil company ; which, after some debate, was passed—yeas 17, nays 6. Mr. BLOOD called up House bill, entitled " An act to declare the west fork of the Clarion river .a public highway ;" which was passed finally. Also, House bill, entitled "A supplement to the act incorporating the borough of St. Mary's, in Elk county;" which massed finally. Mr. HALL called up supplement to the net incorporating the Bedford mineral springs association ; which was passed. Mr. FINNEY on leave, read in place an act relating to filing of opinions in the Supreme Court. Also, an act to facilitate the collection of debts due the Commonwealth. Mr. CONNELL called up joiunt resolution relative to the purchase of Colonial Records and Archives for members and officers of the Legislature ; which, after some debate, was passed—yeas 14, nays 12. Mr. PENNEY called up House bill authori zing the appointment of two additional notaries public in the city of Pittsburg ; which was passed finally. Mr. PENNEY called up public bill, entitled "An act relative to the distribution of the pro ceeds of Sheriff sales of real estate." Passed to a third reading and laid over. Mr_ BOUND called up House bill in relation to courts in Union and Snyder counties ; which was passed. Mr. KETCHAM called up House bill entitled " A supplement to the act incorporating the Scranton gas and water company ;" which was passed. Mr. BENSON called up House bill, entitled "An Act authorizing the Methodist Episcopal Church of Warren to convey certain real es tate ;" which was passed finally. Mr. ROBINSON called up an act to repeal the bounty on fox scalps in the county of Mer cer; which was passed. Mr. BLOOD called up an act to repeal an act appointing commissioners to lay out a State road in the counties of Elk and M'Kean ; which was passed. Mr. CONNELL called up supplement to an act relating to corporations ; which was passed to third reading. Mr. BOUGHTER called up a supplement to the act incorporating the city of Harrisburg; which was passed. Mr_ PENNEY, on leave, read in place a sup plement to the act incorporating the Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester passenger railroad comps,ny. Mr. CLYMER called up supplement to the act authorizing the Limerick and Colebrookdale turnpike company to extend their road ; which was passed. Mr. GREGG called up an act relative to the estate of Samuel Grimes, deceased; which was passed. Mr. BOUND called up House bill, entitled "A supplement to the act incorporating the borough of Port Clinton ;" which was passed finally. Mr. CRAWFORD called up a bill to authorize the sale of certain real estate in Mifflin county which was passed. On motion, adjourned until 8 o'clock p. m on Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. FRIDAY, March 15, 1861 The House was called to order at 10 o'clock The Journal of yesterday being read, Mr. PIERCE moved that the regular orders be dis pensed with for the purpose of hearing reports from the standing committees, as no calender could be made out for Tuesday unless this was done; agreed to. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES A large number of reports were received from the standing committees. Among them the following: Mr. SHEPPARD, from the Committee on Ways and Means, an act for the better regula tion of intelligence offices. Mr. LEISENRING, (same,) to exempt from taxation the property of the Union temporary home for children. Mr. LAWRENCE, (same,) an actto equalize the rates of taxation on watches and carri ages. Mr. BYRNE, (Judiciary General,) an act for the appointment of an additional law Judge in the District Court of Allegheny county. Mr. RANDALL, (judiciary Local,) a supple ment to an act relative to inspections; also, an act for the relief of Spalding and Rodgers. Mr. GASKILL, (Claims,) to authorize the Au ditor General and State Treasurer to settle certain accounts with Schuylkill county. Mr. PIERCE, (Corporations.) to incorporate the Greewaan t cemetery of Chester county. To authorize the Methodist Episcopal Church of Westchester to convey certain real estate. Mr. DONLEY, (Roads and Bridges,) to incor porate a company to build a permanent bridge over the Schuylkill, at Mattson's Ford, Mont gomery 'county. Mr. HILLMAN, (same,) a supplement relative to roads in Middletown township, Delaware county. Mr. RIDGWAY, (Corporations,) to incorpor ate the Freeport gas and water compony, Mr. BUTLER, or Carbon, (Judiciary Local,) an act to change the name of Mary Ann Mar garet Erchar; also, an act to amend the char ter of the borough of Catasaqua. APPROPRIATION BILL The House went into committee of the whole (Mr. BALL in the chair) and proceeded to the consideration of the general appropriation bill. The first section was amended so as to pay Mr. Charles D. Hineline $OO for office rent. The second section was passed without amendments. An amendment to increase the salary of the Auditor General to $l,OOO was voted down. The third section was amended so as to ap propriate $l,OOO for registering and copying clerks. The forty-sixth section, making an appropri ation of $1,500 for the publication of meteor ological observations made by order of the State under the directiou of Franklin Institute, was voted down. The bill otherwise was not materially amen ded. The committee arose and reported the bill to the House. Adjourned until 8 o'clock this af ternoon. AFTERNOON SESSION. The House met at 3 o'clock, and resumed the the consideration of the bill for the erection of a boom, in the Susquehanna river at or near the borough of Jersey Shore, in Lycoming county. The pending question was on the second sec tion of the bill. Messrs_ ARMSTRONG and BARTHOLOMEW earnestly opposed the bill. Messrs. BUTLER, (Crawford,) ELLIOTT, REILY, and SELTZER advocated the bill. Mr. ARMSTRONG proposed several amend ments ; which were voted down. i' ending the question on the bill, at 6 o'clock, the House adjourned until to-morrow mor ning. GENERAL NEWS. U. S. SUPREME COURT DECISION IN THE GAINES CASE, ETC. WASHINGTON, March 14. In the 11. S. Supreme Court to-day, Associate Justice Wayne announced the decision of she Court in the case of Mrs. Myra C. Gaines. He said it was of long standing, and heretofore of doubtful result. The record covered three thousand pages, and at least eight or ten points had been ruled by the Court with regard to it. At last it had been brought to a conclusion.— The decision was, that she is the only legiti mate child of Daniel Clark, and his universal legatee under his last will, and, as such, was entitled to all the property, real and personal, of which said Clark died possessed; and the defendant, Henering, having purchased cer tain property with full notice of the nullity of the title under which he held the same, she is entitled to recover immediate possession of it., with the rents and profits. The Court said measures would be at once taken to enforce the decree. Justice Wayne said, in conclusion, that the future writer of the history of juris prudence would be obliged to register this cele brated case as the most remarkable. INTER- CONTINENTAL TELEGRAPH.—lnforma tion has been received at the department of State, showing that under the sanction of the Russian government, lines of telegraph have been established from Moscow to Kazan, and thence are extending eastwardly through Si beria, in order to connect with the numerous Russian military posts and settlements along the Amoor to the Pacific. A company has also been ehartered by the Canadian Parliament, with a large capital, to connect Quebec yith the trading posts of the Hudson Bay Company in the territory north of the Columbia river, from whence, as it is believed, it will not be impossible to unite the American and Asiatic lines by a sub-marine cable across Behring's Straits, and thus bring the net-work of tele graphic lines on the two continents in connec tion with one another. We shall then receive our latest London news via St. Petersburg and San Francisco.—Nat. Intel. A Manchester paper says a new article of commerce introduced by the late French treaty is the "bois duree." This "bois duree" or hardened wood, which has been improperly described as wood softened and then hardened, is made from sawdust, which, under the influ ence of a high temperature and the enormous pressure of 600 tons, acquires a hardness a good deal exuding that of wood. It is of a very fine grain, and fears no atmospherical variation ; but its principal merit is its adap tion to moulding, and by the most economical processes forms and impressions are given which would require, in any way, considerable labor and workmanship. In Manchester there are only two places where the products of this new art can be seen. If-4he footmarks of a good horse that has galloped over turf be measuaed, it will be found that in every stride his four feet have covered a space of twenty-two feet. If, in cold blood, he be very gently cantered at a common sheep hurdle, without any ditch on one side of it or the other, it will be found that he has cleared, or rather he has not been able to help clearing, from ten to twelve feet. In Egypt, an ante lope, chased by hounds, on coming suddenly to a crack or crevice in the ground, caused by the heat of the sun, has been observed at a bound to clear thirty feet, and yet, on ap proaching a high wall, the same animal slackens his pace, stops for a second, and then pops over it. TRAVELING .ToKE.—A little joke was played upon the Palmer (Mass.) boys about the time Mr. Weston, the pedestrian, was expected to pass through town. A man who seemed dis posed to have a little fun out of the thing dis guised himself with a shawl about the waist, his coat collar turned up, and his hat pulled down over his eyes, went out of the village and came in on a fast walk, measuring a yard at almost every step. A large crowd of youngsters and sporting men who expected Weston, went out to meet him and did not discover their mistake till the pedestrian revealed himself at the Antique House. Of the origin of camp meetings the New York Evangelist says : T,,lte first camp meeting held in America was in Kentucky. Two preachers —one a Presbyterian, and the other a Metho dist—met in a village, on the Sabbath, where there was but one church. The Presbyterian officiated in the forenoon, and the Methodist in the afternoon. The interest upon the sub ject was so great that they continued the meet ings for a day or two at the house. The attendance soon became so large that they ad journed to the woods, and continued the meet ing for a week. And this is the origin of the modern camp meeting. It is well-known that several species of fish may be frozen quite stiff carried several miles, and when put into cold water they will revive. Several artificial ponds have been stocked with fish carried from a distance in a frozen state ; and yet it is stated that the celebrated Dr. John Hunter, having tried several experiments to restore frozen fish, always failed to do so. A recent French experimenter in this line states that he has discovered the reason of this. He asserts that the tissues of fish and frogs may be frozen and the creatures may be restored to activity, but if their hearts be3ome ice -chilled, they never can be reanimated. CALIFORNIA EXPORTIL—We notice that the ship Moonlight, which sailed from San Fran cisco for Hong Kong, on the 19th of February, was laden in part with 140,000 feet of lumber, 50,000 flasks quicksilver, $150,000 in specie, and 400 deceased Chinamen's remain! THE WEALTHY PHYSICIANS OF PARIS.—The practice of M. Ricord, the distinguished sur geon of the Hospital du Midi (hospital for veneral disorders,) at Paris, is the largest in France—perhaps in the world; it is worth 300,000 francs ($60,000) per year, and he wears decorations from every principal monarch in Europe. After M. Ricord, the largest practice is that of M. Nelaton, surgeon, which reaches beyond 200,000 francs. M. Nelaton, who was rich by birth and by marriage, aims to be the richest surgeon in the world. After M. Nela ton, come nearly in the same rank, Messrs. Trousseau, Rayer, Andral, and Velpeau. RECEPTION OF MR. RUAHANAN.The welcome home to ex-President Buchanan, on Wednesday last, was one of the greatest popular demon strations ever made in the city of Lancaster— almost equal in point of numbers, to the great Democratic Mass Meeting of October, 1856. Although the notice was very brief of the time of his arrival, and but a day or two intervened for making preparations, the people in town and country turned out en masse, and gave their old neighbor and friend such a reception as bas, perhaps, never before been given to any retiring Chief Magistrate since the days of Gen. Washington.—Lancaster Intell(geneer. THE OHIO FAT Boy.—The body of Vantile Mack, the celebrated Ohio Fat Boy, who died in New York, while exhibiting at Barnum's kluseum, passed throngh Pittsburg on Thurs day, by railroad. It was marked, "Agent Ohio Fat, Boy, Darlington, Pennsylvania," and was described on the bill of lading as follows : "1 Fat Boy—dead. Double first class passenger freight.—Weight 600 pounds. Freight $2 50." The weight as given above, includes the coffin and box. DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. Some eight thousand tea plants (Thea Thais) have been distributed from the propagating houses of the Agricultural Bureau this season. Many per sons who received plants last year have made favorable reports of the success which has attended their cultivation.—Nat. Intel. A reckless fellow", smoking a cigar, while making cartridges, at Jackson, Miss., on the 19th ult., dropped the ashes into an open keg of gunpowder, which exploded, blew up the place, and nearly killed four men. John W. A. Leigh, of Huntsville, Texas, fell dead in the street on the 14th ultimo. He was a Virginian, and a prominent lawyer. A clerk in the Commercial Bank of London has lately proved a defaulter to the tune of $300,000. The Prince of Wales' income during 1860 from Cornwall, his property, was £50,625. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH From Washington. WASHINGTON, March 15 The Cabinet held another meeting this morn ing, at which Gen. Scott was present. This strengthens the surmise that they were in con sultation on military affairs. J. H. Wheeler, ea-Minister to Nicaragua, has been removed from the position of document clerk in the Interior Department. Accounts from Charleston say that Gov. Pickens and Gen. Beauregard have decided on erecting fortifications on Stone Island and at all the-inlets leading to that harbor. Col. Forney, in command of the Pensacola Navy Yard, informed the commander of the IL S. steamer Brooklyn on the Bth, that he could get no more water or coal at that sta tion. WASHINTON, March 14 Chief Justice Taney delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court to-day in the matter of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against the Gov ernor of Ohio, (Democrat,) deciding that it was a case of original jurisprudence, and, in effect, of one State against another; and, therefore, the Court has jurisdiction under the Constitu tion. It is a case to compel the Governor of Ohio, by writ of mandamus, to surrender a fu gitive from justice from Kentucky. And the Court says the demanding State has a right to have every such fugitive delivered up; that the State of Ohio has no right to enter into the question whether the act of which the fugitive stands accused is criminal or not in Ohio, pro vided it was a crime in Kentucky, and it is the duty of the Governor of Ohio to deliver up, upon any proper proof that the act charged is a crime by the laws of Kentucky; that the act of Congress of 1793 determines what evidence is to be submitted to the State of Ohio; that the duty of the Governor is ministerial merely, like that of a sheriff or marshal, and the Court appealed to his good faith in the discharge of a constitutional duty for the reason that Con gress cannot impose any Federal duty on the officers of a State, and that where such officers are called upon by an act of Congress to per form such duty, it relies upon good sense and good faith on their part. And, on these grounds, the writ of mandamus was granted. From the South AUGUSTA, Ga., Mareh 15 Vice President Stephens has passed through this city on his way to Washington. He was received with a military salute. MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 15. A hill has been introduced in Congress to es tablish an Admiralty Court in Mississippi, the Judge to reside at Vicksburg. News has been received here, from an appa rently reliable source, that five war vessels left New York on Tuesday night, well armed, and with a large number of marines and ample provisions. They are believed to be destined for some Southern port. NEW ORLEANS, March 1&. The Galveston (Texas) Civilian, of the 11th instant, says the surrender of Fort Brown was agreed upon quietly, between the Texas Com missioners and Captain Hill, on the 6th. The Galveston News says Fort Brown will be given up as soon as transportation can be found for the Federal troops. The latter will be al lowed to take to their point of destination two light batteries of artillery. Alleged Ticket Swindlers Acquitted. BOSTON, March 15. Charles r Evans and Ephraim P. Evans, ecently arrested here on the charge of embez zling Pennsylvania railroad tickets, have been honorably discharged, the grand jury failing to find a true bill of indictment against them.: Sailing of Steamers for the South. NEW YORK, March 15 The U. S steamer Mohawk, the store ship Supply, and the steamer Empire City, have sailed for the South. The steamer Coatzaccal cos has been chartered by the Government for transport service. East Baltimore M. E. Conference. CHAMBERSBURG, Marchls. The East Baltimore Conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church is now in session here. There are over two hundred ministers in attend ance. The Markets. PHILADELPHIA, March 15. Flour quiet; sales extra at $5.25, and extra family at $5.62M ; $5a5.25 for superfine and $6.25a6.75 for fancy. W heat in demand at $1.25a1 28 for red and $1.35a1.45 for white. Corn sold at 55a59c. Rio coffee sells at 13a143 cts. on time Whisky dull at 18a183c. NEW YORK, March 15. Flour is firm—sales of 8,500 Irls. Slate unchanged. Ohio $5.45a5 55 ; Southern $5.25a5.60. Wheat quietbut steady; sales of 10,000 bushels at $1.22 for Milwaukie Club, and $1.45 for white Western. Corn steady—sales of 25,000 bushels. Pork dull at $16.75a16.87 j 4 for mess, and $12.50 for prime. I,ard steady. BALTIMORE, March 15. Flour dull ; Howard street and Ohio $5.12,4,4 Oity Mills held at $5.00. Wheat steady ; red $1.54a1.27 ; white $1.40a1.65. Corn steady- ; mixed 52a55e. Provisions dull and unchanged. lido coffee 1230.1335 c. Whisky steady at 1735 c. DIED. At Elizabethtown, Lancaster county, Pa., on the 15th inst., from Purpura or Spotted Fever, MARY ELIZABETH, daughter of Dr. David and Jane Mellinger, aged 10 years. Funeral on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. * New 2tbuerti9ements. Ak N ORDINANCE CONCERNING f THE MARKETS.--Sucrrols 1. De it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Harrisburg, That there shall be held two markets in each week during the year, the one on Wednesday and the other on Saturday; and the market hours shall be between the hours of five and a ght o'clock, a. m., during the months of April, May, June, July, August and September, and between the hours of six and nine o , elockot m., during the residue of the year; and each and every person who shall buy or sell anything in market before the hour appointed for the opening of the markets as aforesaid, shall pay a fine of one dollar for each and every offence and the costs of suit: Provided, That nothing contained in this ordi nance shall be so construed as to interfere with the eve ning markets, as heretofore held. SEC. 2. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That tbe stalls in both market houses be num bered as follows 00000 0 0 0 0 2 I 1 MARKET 3 I 4 00 0 0 00 00 0 0 00 020 0 1 0 o c , 0 °0000" And that the Clerk of the Market be and is hereby au thorized and instructed to lay off and designate by num bers, on a plan or draft to be prepared for that purpose, all the stations or stands between the two market houses and at the ends thereof, and also similar stands or stations from time to time, as occasion may require, for the use of the country people and others attending the markets, from the side of the Square out Market street, on both sides thereof, as far as Fourth street, and out Market street towards the Harrisburg Bridge as far as River alley; and also along both sides of Second street from the Square as far as Chesnut and Walnut streets, and also around the Square itself. Sao . 3. And he it. further ordained by the authority afore said, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Mar ket, on the first Wednesday of October neat, and onthe first Wednesday of October annually thereafter, to rent for the term of one year from said day, by public auc tion, to the highest and best bidders, the stalls in both market houses, or as many as may be desired. The in side ranges of stalls in the upper market house to be rented to butchers for the purpose of vending meats, and the outside ranges of stalls in the upper market, house, and all the stalls in the Joss9r market house, to be rented to persons for the vending of country produce and other commodities. The rents for said stalls to be paid to the Clerk of the Market, half yearly in advance, whose duty it shall be, immediately on the receipt there of, to pay it over to the City Treasurer for the use of the city. And it shall also be the duty of the Clerk of the Market, as soon as the said stalls shall be rented, to report to the Council the numbers of the stalls rented, according to the plan prescribed in the second section of this ordinance, the names of the persons to whom and the prices at which they shall be respectively ro„,. Wmietnht Councilsw w h i t i h h p e r osthiatilLis,t agcthearog accordinged ;ill st.:: power to exonerate him from payment of Snell s l ap) , 1 ; '''' of said rents as he may not be able to resell"-, „f t ',',' t .,i , ‘ , ll , diligence on his part used to collect the same; SEC. 4. And be it further ordained by the ai • a , q , aforesaid, That if any of the stalls should not b'otrii.,,T,,Y at the time appointed for renting, visions of the third section of this ordi”auce, it - y..'",' be the duty of the Clerk of the Market to rent the : 11. ",,,: l by private agreement, to such p-rsons as may bed ...",."*, of renting them for the best prices he can obtitili-thrr--3 for, payable as prescribed in third section, but not fT,. longer time than to the end of the time for whird,%,_" other stalls shall be rented ; and when any start ei.,sc be so rented by private contract, it shall be the d 0 . ," 41 / the Clerk of the Market forthwith to pay ove-21,,rd amount of rents received to the City Treasurer, ,ir make report to Council, as directed in easel] of rennti4 by pubic auction. SEC. S. And be it further ordained by the a„, i ,,,,. aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of butchers to pro vide their own hooks, and find their own blocks an,l" ° : commodations, and not to extend their benches or block'. more than five feet and a half from the pillars of t ' l ,' market house inwards ; they shall leave no offal • - 1 about the market house, and shall also clean and reirlilio% their blocks after market hours, and place them undo-.' th..ir respective benches ; and no butcher shall, during market hours, keep more than one dog at his shin. wiling shall be kept tied or chained to the stall durin g t• '.. the con- SEC. of market. SN.C. 6. And be it further ordained by the uu t h ret aforesaid, That all beef, pork, mutton, land., •,,, i yi l all kinds of poultry and fish, and all otherartielea of faot'i'd whatever, that shall be brought to Market, or publi c '," exposed to sale in the city, and shall be found diseas e d tainted or in any manner rendered unwholeso me. " or at' fit for use; and all veal whim), when killed, shall not have been of the or ag p e e rosfonfosu exposingr isekis shall the s i b tm e e l o fr,fctierui tis.eiadri, s a h n a d li th in e o p re e e rs v o e n r, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of four dollars for the use of the city. SEC. 7. And be it further ordamed by the authority aforesaid, That the occupants of-stalls on the inside ranges of the lower market house shall not occupy with tables, barrels, baskets or produce, more space market hours than five feet and a half from the pillag of the market house inwards, nor shall the occupants of stalls in either market house, on the outsile. reale r . 6 , c u m as aforesaid, more space during said hours than three feet from said tillers outwards ; and no person shall occupy or obstruct in any manner the min or cross passages in said market house, during market hours. with marketing or otherwise, but said passages :41111 be kept open and free for the convenience of purchaser, and others attending market. SEC. S. And be it further ordained by ,fie , I „ t h r „ ity aforesaid, That no person shall occupy a stall in either of the market houses, or a stand or station whith has been laid off by the Clerk of the Market. during market hours unless he, she or they shall have ientei the same, Sae. 9. Be it further ordained by the authorLy °f ore . said, That no person shall, during market hours, sell meat of any kind by less quantity than a qua, ter of a carcass, unless it be from a stall or bench in one of the market houses ' or from a stand or station laid off by the f C o l r e r s k al o e f 8 h th a e l lMbaerkoeft their; aud own unless raising: saidid p m r e o a r ts e T iz i . ever, That this section shall not apply to the regular butchers, who are by this ordinance confined to the in side ranges of stalls in the upper market house, and tO such stations or stands outside of the upper market house as may be set apart for them by the Clerk of tiF ; Market. SEC. 10. Be it further ordained by the authority ilia, said, That no person shall buy or sell an, provision of any description during market hours, in any part of the city, except within the Market Square, in Market street between Front and Fourth streets, and in Second street between Walnut and Chesnut streets; and all provisions shall be exposed for sale in said Square and streets du ring market hours, at the stalls in the market houses, or on the wagons, carts, sleighs, sleds or other vehicles in which they may have been carded to market, backed up to the curb-stones along the pavements of said Square and streets, or from a stand or station laid off by the Clerk of the Market. ego. 11. Be it further ordained by the authority afore said, No person shall use steelyards within the market limits, during market hours, nor shell sale be 'made by other weigets and measures than such as shall havebeen legally regulated and stamped by the Clerk of the Mar ket. SEC. 12. Be it further ordained by the authority afore said, That no horse or other animal shall beat any time fastened to any of the columns, piers or other fixtures of the market houses; and if any person shall wilfully injure or deface any part or fixture, or appurtenance. of either of the market houses, he shall incur a penaltyef five dollars, and shall, moreover, be liable to make com pensation for the damage done; and all persons attend. ing market shall be required to unhitch their horse or horses and lie them to their wagons or elsewhere. Sao. 13. Be it further ordained by the authority afore. said, That If any person shall sell, or bring to the mar ket for sale, any bread, butter, lard, fruit or other pro. vision, in lumps, loaves, tubs, vessels or parcels. as or for a greater weight or measure than the true weight or measure thereof, or shall employ any device for haps'. tion or fraud in the sale of any provision, the said ant. ele so offered for sale shall be forfeited for the use of the city. Sec. 14. Be it further ordained by the authority afore said, That the market houses shall not be used for any unlawful purpose, nor shall any one shake carpets there in, or create or leave any dust, dirt or nuisance therein of any kind. Sec 15. Be it further ordained by the authority afore said, That no person shall, during market hours, buy, or cause to be bought, any articles of provision, fruit or other commodity whatsoever, for the purpose of retail ing or re-selling the same. See. 18. .Be it further ordained by the authority afore said, That no huckster, dealer or other person whatso ever shall buy or cause to be bought, within the limits of the city, any articles of provision, fruit, vegetables or other commodities intended for the market, for the purpose of retailing or re-selling the same, between the hours of two o'clock, p m., on Tuesdays and Fridays of each and every week; and nine o'clock, a. m., on the regular market days heretofore established. SEC. 17. Be it further ordained by the authority ufore said, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Mar ket to sweep out the market houses every market day after market hours, and shall Mice in each week during the months of April, May, June, July, August, Septem ber, October and November, cause tnem to be washed and thoroughly cleansed by the use of the hose and hy drant water; and it shall be his duly, moreover, to at tend each market day during market hours, within the market limits, and at such other times as maybe neces sary, and enforce all the laws, or ordinances and regula tions, relative to the markets, and shall seize and pro. secute for all breaches thereof, and shall prevent all persons from occupying stalls or stations without au thority, or for purposes not authorized. He shall weigh, try and examine all bread, butter, lard and other provi sions purporting to be of a given or accustomed weight or measure, and all scales, weights and measures which are found in the market; be shall examine all persons suspected of unlawfully purchasing, during market hours, articles for retailing; and shall take such order respecting all provisions and other articles which may be seized under the prey Mons of this law as the Council may direct . , and shall not accept or take from any per• son attending market any donation, fee, perquisite or re ward, under any pretence whatever. STREET 5 =3 Sac. 18. Be it further ordamed by the authority afore. said, That no regular butcher or other person shall, di rectly or indirectly, purchase, or cause to be purchased. from any farmer or other person, any fresh meats (ex cept pork in the hog) offered for sale within the bounds of the city, and re-sell the same meats, or any part thereof, at wholesale or retail, under the penalty of five dollars for every offence. SEC. 19. Be it further ordained by the authority afore said, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Mar ket to attend every Tuesday and Friday morning at the Harrisburg bridge market, and see to it that all the pro visions of this ordinance in rvlation to the regular mar ket on Wednesdays and Saturdays are duly observed and enforced, so far as they may be applicable to this market, and said proyisions of this ordinance are hereby made and declared to be in full force, bind legend obligatory en all persona attending the said bridge market. Sao 20. Be it further ordained by the authority afore said, That for any and every infraction or violation deny of the provisions of this ordinance, (sot otherwise pro vided for,) the offender or offenders shall be fined in any sum not less than three, nor more than ten dollars, at the discretion of the Mayor or any Alderman of said city, before whom the offender or offenders may be prose cuted to conviction. Sao. 21. Be it further ordained by the authority afore said, That all ordinances heretofore passed upon the subject of the markets, embraced within the provisions of this ordinance, are hereby repealed. Passed March 2, 1861. T. A. HAMILTON, President of Common Council, pro tem. Attest: DAY/D HARRIS, Clerk. Approved March 14, 1861. dlt WM. H. KEPNER, Mayor. DROCLAMATION.—Whereas, the 1 Honorable JOHN J. PEARSON, President of the Court of Common Pleas in the Twelfth Judicial District, con sisting of the counties of Lebanon and Dauphin, and the Hon. A. 0. EIESTER and Hon. FELLS nanny', AM ciate Judges in Dauphin county, having issues their pre cept, bearing date the 16th day of February, 1861, to me directed, for holding a Court of Oyer and Terminer - and General Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions of the Peace at Harrisburg, for the county of Dauphin, and to com mence on the 4111 Monniay of April next, being the P2d day of April, 1581, and to continue two weeks. Notice is therefore hereby given to the Coroner, Jus tices of the Peace, Aldermen, and Constables of the said county of Dauphin, that they be then and there in their proper persons, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, with their records, inquisitions, examinations, and their own remembrances to do those things which to their office appertains to be done, and those who are bound in recognizaaaces to prosecute against the prisoners that are or shall be in the Jail of Dauphin county, be then and there to prosecute against them as shall be just. Given under my hand, at Harrisburg, the 15th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1861, and in the eighty third year of the independence of the United States. J. D. BOAS, Sheriff. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, Harrisburg, March 15, 1861. HOUSES TO RENT.—Two convenient Houses in Dewberry Alley, between Cherry and Ches nut street. Possession given on the first of April nest. Apply to ROUMFORT BROTHERS, Fourth and Chesnut streets. marl6-414t—"Telegraph" ropy. . VENTRAL NURSERIES, YORK, PA. v.) EDWARD J EVANS & t 0. PROPRIETORS- - Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Grapes, Small Fruits, Rhu barb, Asparagus, Shrubs, Roses, Bedding Plants, &c., in great variety. Orders left with G. U. SAIALL, at the State Capital Bank, will receive prompt attention. Cat alogues gratis on application. marl6-Imda4tw J • EL LIES!!! CURRANT, PEACH, APPLE, BLACKBERRY, ORANGE, RASPBERRY, QUINCR, P E A R Direct from NEW YORK, and warranted Superior. feb27 WM. DOCK, A., dc CO. marl6-d&mtd
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