BITES OF ADVERTISING.
Naar lines or less eonstitnte half a square. Ten lined,
ex more then four, constitute a square.
Half eq., one day..-- SO 30 One sq., one day...-. SO 60
." one week.... 120 " one week.... 200
" one month.. 300 " one month.. 6(0
" threemenths 500 " three monthslo 00
a six months.. 800 gl six months.. 15 00
a one year.—...l3 00 a/ one year -- 20 00
VW' Business nofieesinserted in the LOOLL.OOLVXIf,
Of before carriages ant deaths, yin OBATS rim Liss for
sack insertion. To znerchante and others advertising
hy the year, liberal terms win be offered.
il:r The number of insertions mast be designated on
the advertisement.
EX' Marring's and Deaths Abe inserted at the same
rat* as regular advertisements.
.filisallancous.
FENsIONS, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY,
War Claims aid Claims for Indemnity.
ART, STEVENS, °LAB." & CO.,
4ge o enls and Counsellors-at...Late and Solicitors
for all kinds of Military alaims,
460 PENNbYLVANTA. AVENUE,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
This Iris, having a thorough knowledge of the Pen
'on Business, and being familiar with the practice in
the Departments of Government, believe that they
sun afford greater facilities to Peados, Bounty, and
User Olsinsats, for the prompt and eacceasfal
aasom
hmeat of business entrusted to them, than any other
firm in Washington. They desire tes secure snob an
=Sant of this business as will enable them to execute
the business for each claimant eery , cheaply, and on the
heels of their pay contingent upon their success in each
ease. Tor this purpose they will secure the services of
w Pines in each prominent locality throughout the
' • •
where saemay' be had; furnish such
with all the necessary blank forms of application and
lividenee, requisite printed pamphlet instructions, and
cullers for distribution in their -vicinity, with amus
elates names inserted, and upon the due execution of
e papers and transnussioact the lame to them by
• -ir local associates, they will promptly perform the
Ilsoliness here.
• 117' Their charges will be ten dollars for officers sad .
oe dollars for privates, for each Pension or Bounty and
oh Pay obtained, and ten per cent on amount of
Claims for Military Suppliss or Claims for Indemnity.
Soldiers enlisted since the ist of March,lB6l, in
_ •• y kind of service, Military or Naval, who are disabled
-by disease or wounds, are entitled to Pensions. All
soldiers who serve for two years, or during the war e
should it sooner close, will be entitled to $lOO Bounty.
Widows of soldiers who die or are killed, are entitled to
Pensions and the $lOO Bounty. If there be no widow,
then the ' Airier children. And if no minor children,
then the father, mother, sisters or brothers are onti
as above tothe $lOO Bounty and Back Pay.
JOSEPH B. STEWART,
HESTOE L. STEVENS,
EDW altD OLKEN,
OSCAR A. itTEVENS
WILLIS E. GAYLOBb.
WAsinatrot, C.,1862.
alie - r Apply at our once, or to our Associate at
PLASEISBUIDI, PA.—JOHN A. BIGLER, Attorney and
Counsellor.
PITTSBURG, PA.—ARTHURS & RIDDELL, Attor
neys-at-Law.
Punic LS, YA.—Wed. B. 031111TH, Attorney and
Counsellor.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.—I. G. KINNICHILD, al Atwood
street, WM. M. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor.
WASHINGTON, PA.—BOYD CRUMRINOE, Attorney
and Countsellora
jy3l-dly
JACKSON /6 CO.'S
SHOE STORE,
NO. PDX MARKET STBWAIT,
HARRISBURG . , rA.,
Where they ntend to devote their entire time to the
manufacture of
BOOTS AND SHOES
11 all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and moat Usk.
_nimble styles, and at satisfactory prices.
Their stock will consist, in pare, of Geeraemett's tine
Calf and Patens Leather Boots and Shoes, latest styles;
Ladies' and Misses' Gaiters, and otherphoes in greet
variety; and in fact everything connected with the
.1 oe businees.
. _ CUSTOMER WORK will be particularly attended to,
and in all mama will satisfaction be warranted. Lasts
*cud lap by one of Me best makers in Ike country_
1 The long - practical experience of the undersigned, and
their thorough knowledge of the business will, they
*met., be enlrmient guarantee to the public that they
; will do them justice, and furnish them an article tha
' c. will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and dura
bility. . pant)] JACKSON k 00.
tURLNGER'S PATENT BEEF TEA,
a Solid, concrittrated extract of
BEEF AND VEGETABLES,
Convertible immediately into a nourishing and deli
, cions soup. Highly approved by a number of eminent
_Physicians.
This admirable article condensed into a compact form,
all the substantial and nutritive properties of a large
bulk of meat and vegetables. The readiness with which
it dicsolres into a rich and palatable Soup, which would
require hours of preparation according to the usual
method, is an advantage in many situations of life % too
obvious to need urging. Its highly nourishing quatties
combined with its delicacy, renders it invaluable for the
sick; while ff.t those in health, it is a perfect substitute
for fresh meat and vegetables. It will keep good in any
climate.
It is peculiarly well adapted FOR TRAVELERS, by
land or sea, who can thus avoid those accidental depriva
tions of a comfortable meal, to which they are so liable.
FOR INVALIDS, whole capricious appetite can Mae
be satisfied in a moment.
FOR SPoRTSMEN and EXCURSIONISTS. §-z,
both its compactness and easy preislavro, whom,
• ...OIL will recom
mend it. For sale by
sep2-1-tf
CHARTER OAK
FAMILY FLOUR! .
11NE.XCELLED BY ANY IN THE U. STATES
AND SUPERIOR TO ANY
W d •Q - '2" .lEL 370 es
OFFERED IN PENNSYLVANIA!
IT IS MADE OP
CHOICE MISSOURI WHITE
117" Delivered any place in the city free of charge.
Terms cash on deticery.
jy3o WM. DOOR, Ja., & CO.
QOLDIER'S CAMP COMPANION.-
very convenient Writing Desk; • also, Portfolios,
Memorandum Books, Portmonnaies, &c., at
SCH.E.PPER , B BOOKSTAB
CHEESE 11-100 boxes Prime Cheese
(on consignment) for sale at lees than market rate.
W3ll. DOCK, JR., & CO
XTOTIONS.—Quite a variety of useful
vi and entertaining articles—cheap—at
SCHEFFAR , S BOOKSTOIti.
;TED.— —A GOOD COOK at the
Ai
BOMGABDNER HOTEL. Apply immeiliat
ET WINE ! !—We are closing out
ea Fb litir SUPERIOR LOT at less than cost!
tia WM. DOCK 7z CO.
lIIORIME POTATOES 1-A LARGE LOT
just received and for sale low.
ocV.4-dtf WM. DOCK, & CO.
VW
DOCK,
D s o ll o ter ir kor k j o IIS t
received A
ved i and forT
CCONDENSEMILK t—Just received
and for sole by WX. DOCK jr., k 00.
EMETICALLY SEALED
'HERMETICALLY
Tomatoes, Lobster, Salmon, Oyrters,
Spiced Oysters, for sale by WM. DOCK, jr., 4r. CO.
SMOKED HALIBUT I—A very choice
ratick, just received and for Bale by
WIL DOCK, jr & 00.
: 6 '9ll, Dl` e : an'
Domestic Pickles, (by the dozen or hundred,) Su
perior Sahel Oil, Ketchup, Scum and condiments o
ovary description, for sae by
mySTI WM. DOCK, 75., & Oo
LAKE TROUT I I—A. small invoice of
LAMB TROUT, (Mackinsw,) trimmed, and the
sweliiT "A PO. 1," just received sad for tale very low
Cr WM. DOOR, da. , & CO
Ni.TARI WAR 1 —BRADY, No. 62
Nuke% street, below Third, hos received *large
aseertment of Sweeps, gnaw arid Desire, which h
will sell very low. smv.o-dtf
•
SELF SEALING MIT JARS 1--
Best and (Theapest In the markets! ChM end
Gamine them-
b'3l 8008, Js., & CO.
VOR RENT—Two desirable OFFICE
X BOOMS, second story front of Wyeth'S Ballads'
Corner of Market Square and Market street. Applyil
lids °Mee street
IyIACKEREitiI!
MAMMAL, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, In all sized packaged
new. and each package warranted. Just received, and
or side low by WM. DOCK, Ja., & co.
DR. WM. R. DE WITT, JR.
RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE,
TRACT AND SUNDAY SCHOOL zarosnuity,
• E. S. GERMAN.
lirt MIR lIMOOND STRAIT, ABM,' OHISNIIT,
KARSIBBITAG, PA.
31ot fortho solo of Stereoecopos,fitormsoopielfiewo,
MAC sad Musical Instruments. Also, subscriptioval
talon for religious pollootiorio. n 020.417
WM. H. 'MILLER,
.ATTOUNEY AT LAW.
011103 IN
SHOEMAKER'S BUILDINGSA
SIZCOND :TRIVET,
BETWINN WALNUT AND NARENT SCITYABS,
mai] Nearly opposite the Buehler Noise. rdawly
JOHN G. W. MARTIN,
FASHIONABLE
OARI)• WRITER,
HERR'S HOTEL, HARRISBURG, PA.
Allmanner of VISITING - , WEDDING AND BUSI
NESS CARDS executed in the most artistic styles - and
most reasonable terms. • deel4-dli
FRANKLIN HOJJBE,
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BALTIMOHN, MD.
This pleasant and commodious Hotel has been tho
roughly re-fitted and re-furnished. It is pleasantly
situated on North-West corner of Howard and Franklin
streets, n few doors west of the Northern Central Rail
• Ray Depot. 'very Attention paid to the comfort of his
guests. O. LBIBENNING, Proprietor, .
j.12-tf (Late of Selina Grove. Pa.)
T HE O. F. SOHEFFER,
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER ,
NO. 18 MARKET STREET, HARRISBURG.
Er Particular attention paid to printing, ruling and
binding of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, Insurance Poli
cies, Checks, Bill-Heads, &c.
Wedding, Visiting and Business Cards printed at very
low prices and. in the best style. jan2L
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WM. DOCK. SR.. & Co
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011101:
SECOND STREET, ABOVE LOCUST.
jinne2-dba.
DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS,
PHILADELPHIA,
XANUPAOTI7RH
CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS,
WINE, POSTE;, NOLWEBAL WATTS, PICKLE. AND
PILESEEYE BOTTLES •
OF NYWAT DIEWRIPTION.
H. B. & Q. W. BBNNBBB
oel9-dly ' 27 South Front steret. Ph il adelphia.
•
MUSIC STORE'
10. 98 MARKET STREET, lIABBLEBErRe, PA.
SHEET MUSIC, PIANOS,
MELODEONS, GUITARS,
VIOLINS, BANJO STRINGS,
Of every description.
DRUMS, VMS, SLUM, ACCORDIONS, eta. at
the lowest CITY PRICES, at
W. KNOCHI'S MUSIC STOKE,
• No. 93 Mumtaz Drumm.
C OAL NOTICE.-WE HAVE THIS
day completed um ....rangemerit with Henry Thomas,
Esq., for the sale of the /oaf", amoun t o f LygEivs
VALLEY and SHORT ATOUNTAIN__en_Lr-,
by him to be delivered at Hilieraburg, have this day
appointed E. DYERS Sole Agent for the State of Penn
sylvaiiii, except Philadelphia.
SCITOrt, PENNINGTON & CO.
Harrisburg, Pah, 12, 1863.—feb13 d4w
TII.A M S I I I —Just received, a large
supply of COVERED SUGAR-CURED 'HAMS, of
.he best brand is. the market. Every one e old is 'guar
enured. jutue27l WM. DOCK, JR., & CO.
BANK NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby
given that the undersigned have an assor t a_
and prepared a certificate for the pogese of estab
lishing a Bank of Issue, Discov;is and Deposit, under
the provisions of the act ent',:ded `'-il supplement to an
act to establish a s
Yste'.. of Free lianking in Pennsyl
vania. and to secure t :ne public against loss from Insol
vent Banks,” ,Pyr"..,ved the first day of May, Antic Domini
eighteen hP2.. - ,„e'd am.,_ sixty-one. The said Bank to be
called
~ " ;:IIE FftlritiEßS' BANK OF MOUNT JOY, to
b- -meate:Z. in the borough of Mount Joy, to consist of a
4:m7A .. .el stock of One Hundred Thousand Dollars, in
shares of Fifty Dollars each, with the privilege of in
creasing the same to any amount not exceeding Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars in all.
J. Hoffman Hershey, John M. Hershey,
• Martin B. Peifer, Jacob M. Stauffer,
Reuben Gerber, John M. Bear.
jan2B-d6nioaelS
A. BOOK FOR THE TIMES !
American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of
Important Events for the Year 1861. In 1 vol.
8 vo. over 750 pages. Cloth 03, Leather $3.50.
_Published by D. Appleton 4 Co., New York.
The design of this work is to furnish a record of all
the important knowledge of the year. The events of
the war, owing to their prominence, will, of course, oc
cupy a conspicuous part, but all other branches—Scd
ence, Art, Literature, the Mechanic Arts, &c. 2 will re
ceive due attention. The work will be published ex
clusively by subscription, and ready for delivery inlune
next.
. .
Also, now complete
Bestows Debates of Congress, 1.0 volumes, $3 and OA
per volume.
Benton's Thirty Years in U. S. Senate, 2rodumss, 52.10
and $3 per vol.
Cyclopedsa of American Moonless* containing ths
speeches of the most eminent Oranits of America, 14
steel portraits, 2 vols. PM each.
Parton , s Life and Times of Andrew Jackson,3 voitemss,
12.60 each.
Address 7. P. STRASBA.IIGH, Harrisburg, pa.
!General Agent for . D. APPLETON & 00.
ler Circulare descriptive of Annual Cyclopedia.
sprilB-d&wtf.
QWEET CIDER !—A very ,superior lot
L.) just received and for dale by WM. DOOK,jr., &Co.
POTATOES. -300 BUSHELS OF A
ouperior quality just received and for sale low, by
WM. DOCK, JR., & CO.
DRIED PEACHES—PARED AN
uNeAßßD—inat received by
WU. DOCE, 7k., & CO
SOLAx M.A.TCHESI
NO SULPHUR!
NO SME.LI.I
puppy GROSS of the above Superior Matched jut
mired, and. for sale by WM. DOM, JR., & 00.
MINCE PIES 1 —Raisins, Currants,
Citron spies% Lemons, Cider, Wine, Brandy and
Bum, for sale by WM. DOOR, & Co.
iIItIICKWELEA,T MEAL 1-15,000 lbs
Super Extra jest received hi. and for sale by
deal W DOM, JR. & CO.
HARRISBURG, PA:, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1863.
kAmad
Weekly "Patriot & Union , "
THE CHEAPEST PAPER PITBLISH3D IN .
PENNSYLVANIA I
AID
TEA OnT InIMOORATIO PATIO% TUBLIMIIIID AT
TED OAT OP GOVERNILTANT!
FORTY-FOUR COLUMNS OF READING MAT
TER EACH WEEK
AT THE LOW PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR
AND FIFTY CENTS!
WHEN
arifisanDED POR Il MUDS OP NOT LESS
THAN TEN COPIES TO ONE ADDRESS! •
We have been compelled to raise the club subeaription
price to one dollar and fifty cents in order to save our
selves from actual love. Paper has risen, including
taxes; about twenty-five per cent., and WWII!. rising;
and when we tell our Democratic friends, candidly, that
we can no longer afford to sell the Weekly PATRIOT AND
UNION at one dollar a year, and must add fifty cents or
stop the publication, we trust they will appreciate our
position, and, instead of withdrawing their subscrip
tions, go to woik with* will to increase our list in every
county in the State. We have endeavored, and shall
continue our efforts, to make the paper useful as s a party
organ, and welcome ail a news messenger to every fam
ily. We flatter oureelves that it has not been without
some influence in producing the glorious revolution in,
the politics of the State achieved at the late election ;
and if fearlessness in the discharge of duty, fidelity to
the principles of the party, and an anxious desire to pro
mote its interests, with some experience and a moderate
degree of ability, can be made serviceable hereafter; the
Weekly PATRIOT AND UNION will not be less useful to
the patty or lees welcome to the family circle in the fu
ture than it has been in the past. We confidently look
for increased encouragement in this great enterprise,
and appeal to every influential Democrat in the State to
lend us his aid in running our eupscription list up to
twenty or thirty thousand. The expense to each indi
vidual is trifling, the benefit to the pasty may be great.
Believing that the Democracy of the State feel the no-
Ceacity of sustaining a fearless central organ, we make
this appeal to them for assistance with the. fullest confi
dence of success.
The same reaSMIS which induce us to raise the price
of the Weekly, operate iii regard to the Dallfpaper, the
price of which is also increased. The additional cost to
each subscriber will be but trilling; and, while we can
not persuade ourselves that the change necessarilymade'
will result in any diminution of our daily circulation,
yet, were we certain that such would be the eons°
queues, we should still be compelled to make it, or au!'
fer a ruinotis loss. Under these circumstances we must
throw ourselves upon the generosity, or, rather, the
justice of the public, and abide their verdict, whatever
it maybe.
, The period for which many of our subscribers have
paid for their paper being on the eve of expiring, we
take the liberty of leaning this notice, reminding them
of the same, in order that they may
RENEW THEIR CLUBS.
We shall also take it as an especial favor if our present
subscribers will urge upon their neighboie the fact that
the PATRIOT AND Union is the only Deinocratic paper
printed is Harrisburg, and considering the large amount
of reading matter, embracing all the current news of
the day, and
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES
ti.tathe_mj23tie_ot_ the paper goes to
press, political, MiFlcellarteous, generm - ms2 - I—e - mt - nows
market reports, is decidedly the
. CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN
THE STATE!
There le ecarcely a Tillage orlown in the Btate in
which a club cannot be raised if the proper exertion be
made, and surely there are few places hi which one or
more energetic men cannot be found who are in favor of
the dinva:;mination of Sound Democratic doctrines, who
l'ionld be 'willing to make the effort to raise a club.
DEMOCRATS- OF THE INTERIOR 1
Let US hear from you. The uslating war, and the ap
proaching sessions of Congress and the State Legisla.
tune, are invested with unusual Interest, and every man
should have the news,
TERMS.
DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION
Single copy for one year, in advancess 00
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Single copy during the session of the Legislature.. 2 00
City subscribers ten cents per week.
Copies supplied to agents at the rate of $1 50 per hun
dyed,
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Published every Thursday.
Single copy one year, in advance $2 00
Ten copies to one address 15 00
Subacriptions may aommence at any time. PAY AL
WAYS IN ADVANCE. We are obliged to make this
imperative. In every instance cash must accompany
• . .
subscription. Any person sending us a club of twenty
subscribers to the Weekly will be entitled to a copy for
his services. The price, even at the advanced rate, is
so low that we cannot offer greater inducements than
this. Additions maybe made se'sny time to a club of
subscribers by remitting one dollar and fifty cents
for each additional name. It is not necessary to send
us the names of those constituting a club, as we cannot
undertake to address .each paper to club subscribers
separately. Specimen copies of the Weekly will be sent
to all who desire it.
0. BARRETT & CO., Harrisburg, Pa.
N. B.—The following paesed,by Congress in 1500,
defines the duty of Postmasters in relation to the de
livery of newspapers to club subscribers :
(See Lzttle, Brown : _it Co.'s edityon of the Laws of 1860,
pagi 38, chapter 131, seitionl.)• -
"Provided, however, that where packages of newspa
pers or periodicals are received at any post office directed
to one address, and the names of the club subscribers to
which they belong, with the postage for a quarter in ad
vance, shall be handed to the postmaster, he shall de
liver the same to their respective owners."
To enable the Postmaster to comply with this regula
tion, it will be necessary that be be furnished with the
list of names composing the club, and paid a quarter's
or year's) postage in advance. The uniform courtesy
of Postmasters,. affords the assurance that they will
eheerfuliyaccommouata club subscribers, and the latter
should take care that the postage, which is but a trifle
in each case,bepaid in advance. Send on the clubs.
WHITE BRANDY !!!—FOR PnEsEnv-
Iwo PIIRPOBSS.-A very superior article, (strictly
pwrej just received sod for Bale by
Julyl WM. DOCK, Jr., & Co.
NEW PATENT CORN SHELLER-
Cheapest and most complete ever invented. Far
mers and otbers please call and see it at WIKOFF'S
Cigar Store, Market street, 2d door below Third.
County Rights and Machines for Kale. leb2.
COAL NOTICE.—We would respect
fully%) inform our erstomers that we have appointed
Major DAVID WOORMICK Agent for the Aisle of Tre
verton Coal. All orders sent to him will receive prompt
attention at our regular prices. MOWTON & 00.,
Lessee of Treverton Coal Mines.
Hawing received an agency for the sale of greverton
Coal, I take pleasure in recommending it to all my cue
tamers as Karat elan, free burning coal, free from all im
purities and dose not clinker. For domestic and steam
purposes this coal cannot be excelled.
DAVID VOORMICH.
Harrisburg, February 14, 186.3-febleo6t*
BROOMS, BRUSHES, TUBS • AND
BASEETAI of all dosariptions, qnolitios and pie
es 7
for sale by WM. DOCK, az., & CO.
DAMS, DRIED BEEF, BOIOGNA
LL SAUSAGEB, TONGIOES, &a, for sale low, by
WU DOOHja„ & 00.
COFFEES AND SUGARS OF ALL
GRAMS, sad st reasonable prices. for sale by
WM. DOCK, Js., & CO.
C 0 0P X R'S GELATINE.—The bed
article in the market, just received and for sale by
vaarl4-tf WM. DOOR Jn
MEW ORLEANS StßitAßl—FuesT IN
1.1111 Muss , / !--1/c• isle by
/YU
M. DOCK, Js., & 00.
flit ant d
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 5. 1863
PEN.N'A LEGISLATURE.
SENATE
WIFDRESDAY, March 4, 1863.
- The Senate met at 11 o'block a. m., and was
okiled to ordir by the SPEAKER.
PIiTITIONS
Mr. CONNELL, the petition of 146 citizens
of Frankford in favor of the use of 'steam power
on the Frankford railway.
Mr. STEIN, six petitions in favor of the ex=
tension of the charter Of the Farnters' Bankof
Easton; also, two from Lehigh county forfthe
passage of slaw prohibiting-the immigration of
negroes ami mulattoes into the State.
Mr- REILLY, a remonstrance from Schuyl
kill county against empowering corporations to
hold large bodies of land for mining purposes.
Mr. MOTT, one from Pike county in favor of
a national convention.
Mr. GLATZ, one from 349 citizens of York
county for a law excluding flegroes and mu
lattoes.
BILLS INTBODIICBIi.
Mr. KINSEY, a bill incorporating the Dun
ham bridge company, to construct a bridge
across the Delaware at Dunham Furnace.
Mr. CONNELL, a supplement to the Phila
delphia Lying-in Charity for attending indigent
females. Considered and passed finally.
Mr. WALLACE, a bill to incorporate the
Keystone canal and transportation company.
Mr. PENNEY, a bill relating to the payment
of stamp duties, requiring stamp duties to be
taxed with costs in judicial proceedings.
BILLS CONSIDERED
The bill providing for the distribution of
State documents among the different States of
the Union , passed finally.
Mr. CONNELL called up the bill to extend
for two years the time for the payment of the
enrolment tax on the bill to incorporate the
Philadelphia and New Jersey ferry company,
which passed finally. Adjourned.
1:011P1NI] S 3320 f.`ol+lloAl/ WO of:I
WEDNESDAY, March 4, 1863.
The House was called to order at 10i a. m.,
by Speaker CESSNA.
The Juditiary Committee reported a bill pre
*eating negroes and mulattoes from coming
into the State.
COUNCILMEN AND LEGISLATORS.
Mr. BARGER called up an act relative to
councilmen and legislators, which was passed.
'An act authorizing the holders of bonds of
the county of Allegheny to compromise with
said county, was considered and passed.
TONNAGE TAX.
The special order of the day was the consi
deration of a bill repealing the act by which
the tonnage tax was commuted in 1861.
The question was on an amendment which
had been offered by Mr. NOYES, of Clinton
:
canal companies, steamboat or other navigation
companies, shall pay to the Treasurer, for the
use of the Commonwealth, a tax upon all ton
nage carried upon or over their respective
lines of transportation : to be graduated as
follows; to wit :
"First. Upon the products of mines, for
each ton of two thousand pounds, two cents.
"Second. Upon the product of the forest, on
animal
,vegetable food and all other agricul
tural products, three cents.
" Third. Upon merchandize, manufactures
and all other articles, five cents.
SEcrioN 2. In all cases where the same
freight is transported over different but con
tinous lines of transoortation, then the tax
hereby imposed shall be paid by the several
corporations carrying the same, each in pro
portion,:o the distance transported, as may be
adjustei. among themselves, the State Treasu
rer beirg and he is hereby authorized to col
lect the whole of said tax from either of the
oompaties carrying the freight as he may elect:
Providd, That the carriage of all freight ship
ped throng - at and over one or several lines of
transpatatien shall be chargeable with but one
tax as aforesaid.
SEJTIos 3. Corporations whose lines of
iraproieraen.t are used by other for the trans
portation of freight, are hereby authorized to
add tin tax hereby imposed -to their charges
and to collect the same therewith.
" 83CTION 4. That all revenues derived from
to.nna.;e duties shall be and it is hereby appro
priatl to the Sinking Fund for the reduction
of tly State debt, and shall not be used or
appripriated for any other purpose whatso
ever.'
Mr SMITH (Chester) moved to amend the
amendment, by striking out the fourth section
and inserting the following :
"%it the tonnage duties to which the afore
said companies or either .of them are made
liable . by this act, shall be and are hereby sp
propiated to' the Sinking Fund provided: by
the 41section of the 11th article of the Con
stitulio of this State, and shall not be used
or app priated for any other purpose what
ever.'
Mr„ MITH (Chester) urged his amendment
at leigth, and entered upon a full review of
the 3ireumstances attending the imposition
and:epeal of the tonnage tax, contending that
the lammutation act was one in the nature of
a ecitraet Which could not now be affected by
the legislature, which was one of the parties
to 4.s contract. The Supreme Court was alone
cometent to decide. v.
M. ROWLAND contended for the passage
of le original bill.
M. PERSHING. said that the commutation
eithr was or was not a contract—if it was not
tbei the State had a right to collect all back
tonhge taxes, and it certainly had no such
roil.. The . original tax of five mills had
beet imposed to protect the line of the public
itawvements from loss. These fears of injury
to, *2l works of the Commonwealth were soon
prird to be unfounded. After the purchase of
thtptate works by the Pennsylvania railroad,
tbOcmpany took the ground that the tax was
o, stitutional. •
e bill was discussed up to the hour of ad
jo ant.
GREEN AND COATES STREET RAILWAY.
act relative to the Green and Coates
If
St t railway company, now in the bands of
thißailroad Committee, is as follows :
li it enaeted, 44., That the supplement, ap.
pr ed March 21, 1862, be and the same is
bey repealed.
S e supplement referred to prevents the cam
ofo other railroad company from running
cube track of the Green and Coates Street
rairay,and allows them to use Lauding avenue
ant to run over other roads. Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
he House resumed the consideration of the
to age tax bill.
r. PERSHING continued hie remarks,
wing that it would be unconstitutional to
atlMpt to repeal the commutation act. It was
PRICE TWO CENTS.
alleged that the charter of the old. Milted Stites
Bank was obtained by fraud, but 'the reinedY
was not by a repeal. of thenharter at the ensu
ing session, but with the people, who swept ' ' the
party out of existence who had chartered the
hint. It would be unjust and unfair to tax
any one corporation more than others.
Mr. KAINE admitted that even if the com
mutation act was obtained by fraud, it was
nevertheless slaw; but it was the right of the
people, if it had been thus procured, and if it
infringed their • interests, to have it repealed
by a succeeding Legislature. There was a
reason why an effort was not made in 1837 to
repeal 'the charter of the old United •States
Bank, end that was, that it was well known
that en .the 10th May of that peal., a conven
tion. would assemble in Harrisburg and revise
the Conzititution so as to authorize .the Legis
lature to repeal, revise or-destroy any:charter
ever granted: This amendment was inserted
in theXonstitution, and the Legislature a has
actually power, if it chooses, to repeal they
original charter of the'Pennsylvania railroad,
and all its supplements, and to fix the amount
of damages thus sustained by the corporation.
Mr. MITI! (of Chester) wished to be nn
derstood as admittinthat the Legitature had
power to repeal any act except one involving a
legislalive grant or a contract. But it was a
monstrous doctrine to assert that the Legisla
ture could repeal and destroy charters simply
by its own will. He held that it was first ne
cessary for some calm tribunals, such as courts,
to pass judgment whether or not such charters
had been injurious to the people.
Mr. HOPKINS (Washington) urged the fol
lowing reasons for the restoration of the ton
nage tax: First, because it was voluntarily
asssumed. He illustrated this, and said that
the construction of the Pennsylvania railroad
had ruided the State canal. Second, the tax
should be restored because otherwise there
will be a deficiency to be made up by taxation
n real and personal property. Third, it
should be restored because its repeal was ob
tained by direct bribery. Suppose the banks
were to come into the Legislature for a coin.
mutation act, and ask the State to give them,
as she did thetiPennsylvania railroad, about
s7oo,ooo—which should properly have gone
into the Treasury—what would be said of any
.legislature that would pass such an act ? He
• had reason to believe that the company
was even-now negotiating with. members on
this floor for the construction of a railroad
through their districts if the tonnage tax
should not be restored. In this manner seve
ral members had been influenced . in 1861.
They did not return to the. Legislature, and
this might be the fate of others.
Mr. BENEDICT said that any man who at
tempted to farce members to vote in a certain
way under threats that they would not be
again elected to the Legislature, was as base as
any man who received bribery money in 1861.
Mr. HOPKINS said any man who alleges
upon this floor that my suggestion is base, is
a liar and scoundrel.
Mr. BENEDICT said he hoped his aged
friend would not die with roilroad on the
brain.
Mr. HOPKINS said he would rather die of
that than nigger on the brain.
Mr. GLENN should vote against amend
menl4l39 a", for ttto twmeatate ..oto.otion of
the tax. The Constitution made the Legisla
ture alone the judge of whether it was advisable
to repeal any charter.
Mr. JOHNSON reiterated the argument, that
neither a legislative grant nor contract could
be repealed, although an ordinary act of As
sembly might. If the amendment taxing all
railroads was passed, it would relieve real
estate of tax amounting to five hundred thou
sand dollars, and there would be no law suit
with the PennsylVanio railroad company, which
would naturally follow the passage of the ori
ginal bill. Adjourned.
WHO IS PRESIDENT?
From the Providence Post
There is a power behind the throne. The
President is said to be a weak man, and most
people think there is no, injustice in the state
ment. "He lacks backbone;" say some of the
radicals. "He lacks brains;" say others.—
"Backbone and brains ought to be supplied by
the people," say the Abolitionists; and straight
-Way they mark out his course, and commence
&pressure. They hedge him about,'on all sides,
save in the particular direction they would give
to his travels.
They praise him, kick him, abuse him, spit
at him, coax him, and beckon him. If he com
plains that their' prescriptions render him un
comfortable, they tell him as the quack told his
patient who had swallowed three boxes of
Brandreth's pills in a single night, and felt no
better, that he hasn't gone quite ftar enough.—
They keep constantly ahead 'of him—are con
stantly grumbling that he does not travel faster
—and they succeed, undoubtedly, in making
honest people believe that they have not much
faith in him.
But the great fact, after all, is that he fol
lows them. He is generally a little ways be
hind—sometimes almost-out of sight—but on
the track, somewhere, he can almost always be
found ; halting and hesitating, it may be, but
still on the track ; facing the rear, possibly—
arguing with his drivers, perhaps—eating pea
nuts and telling anecdotes, now and then—but
always, or almost always, on the track.
We are in the habit of saying that this is the
result of pressure. But is it not remarkable
that only the pressure from this single source
should ever have any influence upon the Presi
' dent? .The Democratic and conservative pres
ses of 'the country have warned the President
against following the radical policy. Thurlow
Weed, and other Republicans, have implored
him to turn back and stand by the Constitu
tion and the old flag. The November elections
were a warning which even a deaf man might
have noted.
But not all this has moved him from his
path. He has halted, and argued, and stam
mered, and implored to be let alone ; but he
has not, after all, changed his course. Down,
down, down, he has traveled, until all his ori
ginal pledges and even the creed of his party
which he so reverently worshipped in the
start are out of sight. How shall we account
for it ?
We think the National Intelligericer accounts
for it. If its words mean anything, they mean
that Wendell Phillips is really the power behind
the throne. He is President ! He abuses the
President, it is true ; but that is evidently by
arrangement. He says the President is weak,
is partially blind—is at best only a Kentuckian.
But he is "honest," says Mr. Phillips. Mr.
Phillips visits him as though they were—(we
do not doubt that they are)—warm friends.—
And then he goes out into the lccture Bali, an d
tells the people what to do and whet they will
get if they do it.
His predictions are almost always . verifi e d.
He calls for a proclamation and it comes. He
denounces Buell and M'Olellan, and they are
removed. He praises Butler, and Butler is
caressed at the White House. Ha denounces
Seward, and gets a promise from somebody
that he shall be dismissed. He asks for negro
regiments, and they are authorized. He de
mands that the South be colonized with Puri
tans ; and Eli Thayer is straightway told to
execute his plan.
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Connected with this establishment is an arienalve
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type, unequalled by any establishment in the interior o
the State, for which the patronage of the public is se-
Halted.
He says : " Take away the commies'/ow of
every Democratic officer," and the " weeding
out" process at once commences. Right on Ms
track follows Mr. Lincoln. Who wonders that
peOle say Philip. is President ? Apparently,.
even Sumner himself dose not exercise half his
ibfinence at the White House.
'We acknowledge our conviction. that Wen
dell Phillips, the impracticable abstractionist
and theorist, is the great man of the adminis
tration. He is the men behind the throne.—
Hie counsels are more invariably followed than
those of any member of the Cabinet. He com
plains that the President is stupid and slow,
but admits that he comes along at last. He
endorses what he has done, since be started out
on the negro track. He tells us what is to
come. Fremont is to be Governor of North
Carolina, in place of Stanley, whe doesn't med
dle with negroes.
Baler is to go back to New Orleans, or to
Texas. Democratic officers are to be removed'.
tie screws are to be put on again, at the.
North. Abolitionism is to reign at Washing..
ton. The machine is to be run on Garrisenian,
principles; and the people are to submit.
All this may be realized, or may not be. It
is possible that Phillips may, as a matter of
policy, and as a blind to those who have no
faith in his patriotism' predict some things
which are not to come off. Bat that he is
in the President's confidence and is entrusted
with his secrete—nay, that he exercises a con
trolling influence in his counsels, we do not
doubt. Nor do we much doubt that the Presi
dent will follow him, as he has followed him
and is now following him, until the cause of
the Union is hopelessly lost.
MEETING OP THE B ULLSKIN TOWN
SHIP DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION.
A large meeting of the :Democracy of Bull
skin township, Fayette county, assembled at
Gaut's school house on Saturday evening,
February 28, 1863. The meeting being called
to order by the President, the committee on
resolutions, consisting of D. P. Patterson,
(chairman,) H. L. Sparks, J. P. Miller, D. g.
Spears, John Longenecker,F. Andrews and P.
D. Rees, reported the follthiring, Which were
unanimously adopted:-
WHEREAS, We hear from all sections of the
country the cry for peace! peace! and there
is no peace, this reminds us of the children of
Isreal on their journey to the land of Canaan,
when they came to the desert where there was
no water but that which was concealed be
neath the flint rock, and they cried unto Mo
ses for water, and Moses prayed unto God, and
God said unto Moses, raise thy rod and smite
the rock, and Moses did as He was commanded,
and the water immediately gushed forth, and
they all did drink and were satisfied, and pur
sued their journey towards the promised land;
thus we have cried unto our political Moses,
which is the great Democratic party, and he
has prayed unto his God, and his God said
unto him, raise thy rod, which is the ballot
box, and smite the Abolition rock under which
peace lies concealed, and, like the water in
the desert, will gush a river of peace, and the
people of the nation may drink and pursue
their journey towards the promised political
Jerusalem; further, it is indisputable that the
United States Government arose out of a
Christian people, and that the Constitution is
essentially Christian, but not sectarian; it
recognizes all the great virtues and customs of
true Christianity, and especially the sacred
ness of the Sabbath day, and in all our his
tory the God of history has been authorita
tively proclaimed as the King, and the only
King of the people; the Declaration, the Con
stitution, laws, Executive, Judiciary and the
Legislative powers of our country have mani
fested, uniformly and 'decidedly, that Chris
tianity was the basis of political statutes; it
is not necessary to quote documents by the
cart load
. to establish this position, for it has
always been agreed to,.and none will take the
shameless pains to dispute it; then wby not
say with the Democracy: the Constitution as
it is, the Union as it was, and the negro where
he is; therefore,
Resolved, That the Democratic citizens of
Bullskin township, Fayette county, adhere with.
inflexible fidelity to the ancient landmarks of
the party, discard all novelties which are cal
culated to breed needless contentions and dan
gerous discords, nroolaim as the cardinal
maxims of their political creed the equaltty of
all citizens before the law, rigid adherence to
the Constitution, strict accountability of all
public servants, economy of the people's mo
ney, the unimpaired preservation of all the
popular power, opposition to- monopolies and
special legislation, the co-ordinate rights of
the States of the Union, and their absolute
sovereignty in all cases where there is not an
express constitutional grant of power to the-
Federal government.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to each
other to unite our most untiring exertions to
secure again to our country her former pre
eminent political position. In this Common
wealth we will neither relent nor relax until
the star of the west shall once more shine
with resplendent brilliancy in the firmament
of Democracy.
Resolved, That the Democracy of Bullskin.
heartily tender their thanks to their .retired
editor, Mr. Roddy, for the firm manner in
which he defended the Democracy of our coun
try, hoping that his successor will not hi less
diligent iq watching over the sheep-fold to de
tect the approach of the wolf.
Resolved, That we heartily coincide with our
representative, Mr. Kaine, when he says the
writ of habeas corpus is not suspended in, this
State, and that we have law here to punish
crime ; and we would further add, we have
the courage to do it ; and further, we pledge
ourselves to sustain our representatives in car
rying out every constitutional measure to main
tain the dignity of our State.
Resolved, That we believe that there has
grown up a great evil tree in our national
garden, of which Secession is the trunk and
branches, and Abolitionism the roots; and
we, as good cultivators df the soil, have re
solved to take up the political mattock and dig
out the roots, and naturally the trunk and
branches must 'die. And now, to sustain these
resolutions, we give them our national 'pledge,
which is our lives, our property and our as.-
ored honors—so help us God!
Resolved, That these resolutions be published
in the Genius of Liberty, of Fayette county, and
also in the PATRIOT AND UNION, Of Harrisburg.
(Signed by the officers.)
By way of Ban Francisco 'we have Mazatlwa
dates to 29th January. The Comopotitatt, of
that city, says that on Saturday and Sunday
22,000 troops embarked for the sont'nern pert
of the Republic to operate against the French
invaders. The ships comprising rue expedition
are the Danish ship Mazatlan, American ships
Alert and Carroll, end the Mcixican sohoonena
Bmigila and Condovera. The Mexican steamer
Esmeralda will soon follow with more troops.
Their precise destination is not known. Ja
marin is the naval commander. General La
Vega has the chief command of the troops and
Colonel Newton is second in cone and.