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WARY, 6, 1852.
THURSDAY,
ME
isiness
• Oa Monday the I met at the usual hear. ,
President Judge -, tary, ai al Associates
Baas Loci .0 illtn ger, tote r.eatq. '1 he Grand
Jury' bei:tr c;Cied rII found to he present. i
They re:ited to if 0.1.:.t end elected ihnres 1
Lackey, E. , (1., re 11iiq feri-illn , `. Being pro•
pared to e , ti , r niu'dil tiesities.s c 4 the Sea- t
rite', the 1;.- . ..4.t A: y informed thorn that
ho had nodiirig in h -.tts to present, where- 1
upon the Gland ll' t adjourned to meet
a ;:lin at 2 o'ciiick. e :triclinic:lh [caving
again trifurtr,ej the that - they weroleady
-10 act upon lirly bi!,ithat might be present
e' to thorn, they told by tho Court
that thero was no I. to be brought be
fore there, nod v - t•rpordinly di..chnrged.
This molrl , iy is! first instance of the
kind on record itie..iunty, and E peal:s well
for its tn , ,rai.4. Ourenty in proportion to
exception of ono, the
It — pays - into - the- State
two lees therefrom 15,r
is t‘iti,
Fmr.liest in the
Treasury 11101 V,
...County pariao•eF, ut
any other conitly 1.1
are in a piotteroi,
debt is only I'l2
pnl don 10 113 ri%C, than
Iter financial :411,tirs
udili 1. Ilex. Pittdie
I Eur Public building , .
b. Iler ',nonillions for
nre of fir,t o l der,
11,e. Stale. Fier Jail i.
nre in Ow t , e-d eurti
tho rnhly it or i i,„
nod tt vomit] to Lotto
We: pre,entreent wag
pe-t at its.prefent Ses•
the State, auk, cau
er:}ply, ot,(I n,a
mnoe!otheGnnd
sit.n. %Vim: Cr-miity
Bey 0667
Railroad
Our 1,t2i!!,!,(,r of i
"ottstown•
.6ontinel," in
tre;:lit! of reve-iiil
,c.:0•1 to ('liiiadeliihia,
I.tenTlieeki ou Ihe East
nn F,;11)!
Rail lloa.! routei Iro
nearer tl.un the cuc•
ride 01 the Delawate
114 i lit'n l tot:to 1ti0..."(1, r•tott. from Easton
In Shitner•ville, tl oti uh thrt ',-.ll3(tett Creek,
ty,here bend a iot.ottouh.. whit the
Swamp f•..eck. the (lowa tho Pert:ion - leo
to l'awliuu':t Brit!op, their: urite with the
Itontling Nail Road.
Tho rililatlelphia
tv li 1 , r ,
iir
Sbifiler-%:i:r. I \.ti-tna•", 42 "
I ;,,:iddhitt, 7tB "
n; , ltl - 00
The second rot.te ittrosed, is to rori up the
Baueon Creek to C. trslttirp, Ilit"tco to Qua"
hert two, Li. , 7tlontgoinery Square,
NVltitetnarsh, anti Gerttartown to Philadelphia.
'l . liti distance frdin idttit to Philadelphia by
this route is said to le GS miles. 'Phis route
we thitth is too I illy, and the expense would
far exceed the ordinary cost of rondS, so that
this elthnueli it is ,:‘; , l to be the shortest, would
4* lite roost rctu!!.
The route priipost e. in the illegister' of the 22d,
from Altentown to Pottstown is by far the most fa
vor.thle. With a connection of roads between
these two places 28 miles in lentzih, the distance
from the Leho r zh Coal P.rginns, starting at Mauch
tvould be only PO miles in Philadelphia,
whilst by the Quakertown route it is 110; by the
Norristown 110; by the Doylestown 114; and by
the Trenton ronie 121.
This route n , ,,01d connect the trade of Easton,
Freemansburg, Bethlenctn,Allentown and Crdtie•
which i 10.0 nett.,,,.
Coal Trs.do
moil trade of tl.e United Stales, scarce. ,
ly a quarter of a cent .ry old, is already enor
t-totts. The value of the ...Gal. mined (hiring
the your jist e!,tsed, rate the l'hilade•lphia Sun,
is computed at thirty , live millions of dollars,
of which twenty mil;inns were supplied by
r,,iiii,y!vauia alone. o,lr mints may be said
to bo inexhaustible, possessing in half the area
of soil throe tinter the amount of coal in Goat
13Coaitt. And yet it has been co moped, that
p/e , sess coal mines, which
at the pFescot ram o!" cow:on - union, it trill take
500 years to oNl.aust. Consequently, it will
be easy to ascertain by computation, that the
minus of Pennsylvania will last a *toillion of
years, tit lc.; the tariff should be Si rood fi , tl
as to fo•t•r our manufactures. Tho number
of tons s , ot to tordlcct holt year was 4353,730
ton•:, be , ide which about 1,00.000 %vein con_
snored by locomotive on the line of transpor..
Union, in workshopg, inaltittg in the
.6,300,000, which at the entreat [Moos would
he worth t'.:22,150,000. Notwithstanding the
low pricy of cool the 1a..4 year, the itopotta•
lions of it from abroad leached one 'Minot)
nod ninety-two Thousand tolls
Rail Roacl to Erie
The follow irc %dila ‘‘ii glean horn the
"Denville shlivs tha mode the
N o rtics,ed ern couniias pr.trme to hi;;;,,l th e
Rail Ror4l to
"Thel. itor of the "Gazette" suggests to the
citizens o. Steibuty the propriety of that Bo
\
rough subßtibing tr.:-50,00U lu the meek of the
Sunbury anti Brie road, provided it is"matle to
Sunbury, au. coorn Mend: that coutse on the
Around that du. ad wou!d yield thvitionds large
enough to pay I latereF4 on the r'i 50,060, and
Eds . .; pay all the pen , es of the 13orough In
corporation. Ats is plan is likely to be so
advantageous, Dal illo may as welt take '3100,.
,003 of the stock, p vide(' the road is made to
thi4 place. All the iglia an that this road will
be made."
What rliould the c4izens of Allenteun Fay
if the Herring!' would subretibe ff 50,000, and
the County 6100,000 fertile building of a Road
to - ectineet with LIM Rbote.
1 1 :3charg,cd.—The charges of Perjury, brought
by Unstner Hanway against Henry H. Kline,
the officer who was cancerned in the Christ!.
ana affair, were ignored by the Grand Jury of
'Amster county lam N ek.
Railroad from Allentown to
Philadelphia via Pottstown.
The project of communicating Allentown with
the great manufacturing city of Philadelphia by
a direct Rail Road is very seriously discussed
by the merchants and capitalists, of the city of
brotherly_love. Capitalists who have lately
visited our Borough, advanced the idea of con
necting with the Germantown road—others pro.
posed a connection with the Reading road at
Pottstown. The latter connection would only
t quire 28 miles of Road to be built, to enter the
Lehigh Coal filed. The Coal trade last year on
the Lehigh amounted to nearly a million of tons
allowing that the increase of trade be carried
over this road would make an accession, of at
least twenty.five per cent tonnage. Should not
the Reading Roil Road Company take this mat.
to into consideration—weigh Well its advanta,
ges-a n d:go-to-work—and - b u i Id-th e—road:--24 Hew
town Register.
The idea of connecting with the Germantown
road, gentlemen, when a connection can be made
with the Reading Rail Road now one of the
most complete. in the United States, would not
be entertained for a moment by shrewd capital_
lists. The nature of the country admit of the
road being constructed very - cheaply.A direct
line can' be run from this place to • Allentown,
with it is supposed, comparatively little grading.
An equal distance cannot probably be traced
across an y section of this State upon _.which a_
road could be located with as little cost for grad.
log as thiF.
The distance from Allentown to Philadelphia
by the nearest stage route is 51 miles—and the
nature of the rout is such that a Railroad mm,
nectioo with Philadelphia could not be made
short of 56 or 58 miles and a very expensive one
at that. A large portion of this route as through
a purely agricultural country, where grazing and
dairying is a main occupation, giving compara_
tively little freight, independent of which much
of the trade for half the distance, would still be
advantageously carried to the city by teams
which bring return loads of such a character as
cannot be more advantageously brought by Rail
Road.
A connection with Philadelphia via Rail Road
at Pottstown, requires but 29 miles of road, to
connect with one of the most important and • efft_
cient Rail Roads in the country. In connection
with this, there is then a choice of market either
East or \Vest—which cannot be attained by the
other route. It brings the Lehigh Region in
connection with the great Eastern outlet of the
great Lake road, which will be made in a few
years. The Lebanon Valley Rail Road which
will certainly be made, forms a connection with
the great Central Rail Road. It theta not only
brings Allentown in connection with' Philadel
phia by the most practical route, but gives it a
connection with these great improvements, Wes•
ward and Northward. The local trade on this
branch road, would be of considerable import-
10 mi ev
70 milo.
anae. It taps seretai important iron and Hine.
stone districts. The whole district through
which it would pass is a rich agricultural grain
growing country, the streams of which are com•
pletely taken up with large flouring and other
mills. The grain is generally converted into
flour, and then seeks an eastern market, via the
Reading Rail Road. The travel is very consid
erable upon the State road between this place
and Allentown. A stage line put upon part of
the road the past summer, pays well and it is
proposed to extend it to Allentown in the Spring.
We noticed the other day laden teams which
came through from Allentown to Pottstown,with
some 60 or 70 barrels of the produce of the dis,
tilleries of that place to be left at the warehouse
in this borough for irmisportation to Philadel•
phia via the Reading Rail Road. This alone is
evidence of this being the cheapest and best route
to Philadelphia. There need be no better offer,
ed. This is indeed a project worthy of the at.
tention of the Reading Rail Road Com patty, one
which would throw much travel and business
upon the eastern part—nearly one half of their
road, with a certainty of the way trade on the
branch road itself, paying an interest on its con-
MEE=
Wake up, citizens of Allentown, ElOyersiown
and Pottstown—wake up millers and manufac•
turers, through the district of country through
which the road would pass, and 's , ou may soon
have a railroad winding through your neighbor
hood, and conferring similar advantages derived
frotn such improvements elsewhere. The day
is
. coining for action friends, if you would se,
cure the advantages nature has placed within
your reach.
This road would intersect with the Mauch
Chunk and Easton Road, at Allentown, wh:rh
is intended to connect at Jersey City, and thus
open a line of Rail Road to New York and the
Eastern States. We think this matter of sutli_
cient importance for Mr. Tucker to pay Potts.
town a visit ; take a ride in the neat ' , sleigh.
roach," (provided the snow lasts long enough)
named after him by Mr. Goldin, the enterprising
proprietor of.the Boyerstown Stage line, view
the country, its resources, and feasibility of malt
ing the road, and decide upon it as a.stroke of
; policy, before improvements are made to divett
it through less favorable channels.—Potbtown
Ledger. .
Franklin Fire Insurance Company
The annual statement of this Company is
given in our columns. Its ni•sets amount to
$1,7.84.,300—an ample guarantee, we should
judge, of its ability too meet all ordinary and
extraordinary liabilities. There is probably no
better fire insurance company in the elate, or
one that affords the same security to (he in
sured. A. L. Rube, is the Agent for the Com.
pany in this County, to whom applications for
insurance must be made. .
TM Administration and the 2thontons.--It is
said, that as soon as spring opens, the Presl.
dent will supersede Gov. Brigham Young, by a
competent and vigorue man., A military post
will be established at Salt Lake. City, and the
judges will go back with instructions to enforce
the common law in respect to a plurality of
wives, and other points of morality in which the
practice of the Mormons condict with that code
and with public policy.
MEG EDITOR
' From a sense of duty,i am in
duced to send you these few remarks for pub
lication, with an extract from Hon. Thomas 11,
Burrowes' Address before the Educational So
ciety of Lancaster county.
Mr. Burrowes says :—The Legislature has
been informed, again and again, by Governors
and Superintendents and Conventions, that the
great want of the system is the want of insti
tutions for the improvement and preparation of
Teachers. All admit this to be the main cause
of i.s want of perfect success, and consequent
ly of the evils just described. This is plain.—
i If Teachersgenerally Were enabled to improve
t themselves, their schools must be better. If
I the schools were better, their benefitil would
•be more fully appreciated, and they would be
kept operi longer. And, if this state of
existetiTth - e — '' Vets, why the ost bre
.171' tearel io are .. enetble
agents of its production,-would he more valued
and better paid. Again, until they are suffi
ciently compensated to ensure their contilin.
ance in the profession, and undivided devotion
to it, little permanent improvement in the re
sults of the system can be hoped for. But not
withstanding this plain ease of need, and these
evident principles,tno relief is afforded. With
short-sightPd policy, 5200,000 a year are ap-
propriated to the system, cause it is sbe ),
lippy
dto be popular, when the at lual additio n of
de
one-sixth of Thal amount, tor t he tipprovement
of its te'achers, would make it twice as popular
and increase its usefulness four-fold. This is
'the breath of life' which is yet wanting, and
which no earthly power, save that of the Le.
gishourc, can breath into the system.
A portion of 'its short-comings is also failly
attributable to Directors. If no citizens, ex_
ct3pt such as feel an interest in the schools,
were to permit themselves to he elected to
this office; if the responsibility of making
small addition to the school tax for a year or
two, was assumed ; and if a corresponding rea
sonable addition was made to the Teachers'
salaries, and to the duration of teaching, some
portion of the evils complained of would be
obviated. The increase of 'compensation would
attract better teachers, and induce greater ef
fort on their parts; prolonged teaching would
produce more satisfactory progress in scholar
ship at the end of the term; and the lax-payer
who in most cases is the parent, would soon
make the diseovety, that he receives much
more than an equivalent for his slightly in.
creased rate, in the greatly increased progress
of his children. In this way, viewed even as
a mere question of popularity, a year or two
of murmuring would, in all probability, be fol
lowed by that degree of approval, which is al.
ways conceded to tight measures, by an hon
est and intelligent community, when satisfied
that public good, and purity of purpose are the
guiding principles of their agents.
Nor are you, teachers, without blame in this
!miner. Your fault heretofore has been a want
of faithfulness to yourselves, and through your.
selves to the public at large, and especially to
the rising generation. Instead of associating
together as a profession, and adopting means
for mutual improvement, and measures for el,
evating your own standing, and asserting your
proper position, as one of the most respectable
and useful classes, you have been content to
wander about as isolated individuals through
out society, lightly esteemed and worse paid.
Thus the term "school teacher," instead of be-
ing the mast honorable itt the land, as it ought
to be, has been one, if not of actual reproach,
yet, at best, only expressive of patient drudg
ery and ill-requited learning."
All who have clorely watched the workings
of our present Public School System, will at
once admit the truth of the above rematks.-- 7 .
The first fact to which he calls your attention,
and the one to which we would call the special
attention of- the public at present, is the want
of a due preparation on the part of the teach
ers for their work. There are many, alas! too
malty young men who engage in the profes
sion of teaching, that are wholly incompetent
to discharge the arduous duties of that import
ant station. To satisfy•yourselves of the truth
of this assettion, take a tour through Lehigh
and Northampton counties and examine some
of their fel1001S; and when you return horse,
we think that if there is anything of a philanr
thropic spirit within you, and if you have the
wellate of the rising generation at Imait, and
desire to witness the growth and prosperity ol
; nor institutions, we think you will be hiCittced
In act at ()nee in the matter.
What We want you to do, is in establish
Natmal Schools designed especially for pre"
raring teachers for the duke of Weir proles.
They have them in New York, and in
the Eastern States, and wherever they have
been established the good it:thence produced
by them has been felt and appreciated by the
community around: I believe there has not
yet been cue established in Pennsylvania.—
Why not? For what are we waiting! Now
the plan I have to plopose-is this, that Lehigh
and Ncrthilici•ton comities erect an
institution of this.kind. And lot located
in Allentowo, that bei:,g ntnirly tLc 'wind
' part. No doubt if a school of that kind is c4i
inbliblicti, it will receive sufficient patronage
to insure success, if School Directors 'would
agree to employ no teachers but such as come
recommended by the Principal of said institu•
Lion, after having gone through a preparatory
eourse of instruction in said school. What say
you . citizens of Lehigh and Northampton, will
you second the plait herein proposed 7 Let us
hear from you soon.• E. M.
Goa. Johnston.—We learn that the Whig mem.
bers or the State Legislature have addressed a
letter to Gov. Johniton, in which they.teatify in
the sirongest manner io the fidelity and ability
with which he administered the affairs of Penn_
sylvania while he occupied .the Gubernatorial
chair. It is signed_ by every Whig member of
the Senate and Honse, and is of the most cordial
and complimentary character.
Communiosted
A public) newspaper, which IB conducted
with a view to afford entertainment to readers
of a variety of tastes, is a veritable salmagun
di. The curious, and, in some cases, ludic
rous advertisements,.the items of foreign:and
domestic intelligence, the conflicting opinions
and speculations of contending correspondents,
the variety of its selections, editorial essays
and paragraphs, serious, comic, descriptive,
scientific, and political, the recont4 of ship_
news, deaths, marriages, dreadful accidents,
markets, stocks, etc., etc., altogether form a
fund of entertainment and instruction for a
world of which it is, in itself, no bad epi
tome.
In a newspaper, the general tenor and ar
rangement of the various articles of domestic
-news-is-not-a-little-curions.Paragraphs are
-tkrown-together-with-but-fittler-regard-to-the
subjects of which they treat—and it is often
the case that those of a character entirely dis•
similar are placed in juxtaposition. Not noire
quently we find, immediately after an article
of a grave' and moral tone, a ban met of a ten
! dency somewhat equivocal—e tale of murder
followed by a witty epigram—an account of a
-public-dinner—an obituary_of. sorne_dignity,
who died of apoplexy. After a long array of
toasts conies a pathetic illustration of the evils
of intemperance—a homily in favor of sound
moral principles is' succeededed by-a string-of
paragraphs, detailing various cases of theft,
fraud and swindhog—an editorial essay show
ing the value of the Union, precedes a detail
of facts which smack strongly of irreverence
for the Constitution—an appeal in favor of
peace treads on the heels of a decimation ofl
war—and a neat compliment to the virtue, in
telligence. and good order of American citi
zens, is followed by an account of a fatal duel,
or the disgracefUl excesses committed by a
lawless mob—thus the paragraphs in a new&
paper will often follow each other in the same
natural order as incidents in real life.
It is also curious to observe the different ef
fects which the various articles of intelligence
have on different persons. Thus one„person
will turn up his nose at a learned dissertation
on composts, and banquet on paragraphs re•
lating In railroads or navigation-01m delights
in a tale of slander, another in an essay replete
with pious instruction—one is in ecstasies at
meeting with a cut-and-thrust political article
another eschews politics, and looks for roman
tic incidents or wonderful stories—one search
es for scientific, information another snaps up
with gusto a humorous anecdote or conundrum
—one is in raptures with a piece of poetry,
another devours eagerly the account of the
money market—one values a new.paper for
its numerous list of deaths, another fur its long
array of marriages.
And thus a welbcondueted newspaper is
happily ealculated to hit the ordinary and un
bounded prejudices of society—to excite and
put in motion all the feelings of the human
mi ul. It is a magazine, a toy-shop, where
every one may find his hobbyhorse—and
where all capacities and descriptions may be
furnished With instruction, amusement, and in
formation. It is a well arranged table dhotel,
where are found all the luxuries, as well as the
necessaries of life. Kossuth and his mission
to this country is now the roast turkey of the
times, while the latest news from Congress or
California may be regarded as plum-pudding,
HY is greedily swallowed by all. Other suh.
jects ant as vegetables, and our steam-pack,
els are bringing its condiments of the moat
piquant character in great abuodanee from
abroad.
Such is the character of a netvF•paper of the
present day, anil the family that does not take
one, at least, is to be pitied—it is thus depriv
ed of an important t•outce of information and
enjoyment._
Portrait Of a Newspaper
Grants of Land
A bill granting 1 . 800 ; 000 acres of Land to
lowa, to aid in the construction of railways
through that State, was under discussion in
the U. S. Senate n few days since. Sir. Un
derwood cflered an amendment to the bill
making provision for the old States as follows:
Gianting to the State of Maine 583,040 acres;
New Ilamp-hire, 317,750.; Vermont, 313,920;
Massachusetts, 994,340; Rhode Islatid, 1.17,••
520; Connecticut, 370.560; New Yolk, 3,097,-'
280,; New Jersey, 489,280; Pennsylvania, 2,-
311,680 ; Delaware, 90,560 ; Maryland, 510 ; •
880 ; 1,231,680; North Carolina, 753,-
286: South Carolina, 514,240; Georgia, 763,-
280; Tennessee, 906 ; 660, and Kentucky, 897,-
920 acres. The amendment proposes to give
to the several States the dispo s ition of the
lands, but provides that no portion of them
shall be sold at a less price than $1 25 per
vere, and it reserves to the United States ,the
right of mail and war transportation, free of
toll, over all improvements that shall be cod•
mulcted ihiough lairds deVi”ed by those grants.
Mr. Underwood explained somewhat in de
tail the object he had in view, in ()tiering the
amendment, and while he thought the propos
ed grants no more than e6norion justice to the
old States, in view of the liberal grants that
had heretofore, and were constantly being
mode, to tIM new States; he conceived it to
be of paramount interest to the government
to make them, and thus extend the hand of
encouragement' to the-spirit of enterprise and
progress which , was every where distinguishing
our country from all the other nations of the
world.
laternaiional Magazine.— The February num
ber has been received, and is really an. excel.
lent one. Besides the selected articles by BM
vier, Dickens, James, &a., from the British mug.
Baines, the number contains original poems by
Stoddard and Field, a review of Judge Story's
Life, from the pen of A. Oakly Ball t together
with the usual notices - Of authors and books,
fine arts, historical review, ecc.
'Cl'N' eglecting to advertise, and wondering
that you do not succeed in business.
tegislative procctbings,
HAnnisnuaa, January 29, 1852.
113E.NATE.
On the 24th, Mr. Jones presented a petition
from Lehigh county, for a Bank at Allentown,
to be called the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank
and three from Montgomery, Chester and lierks
counties, for a Bank at Pottstown, Montgomery
county.
Mr. Shimer, two from`Lehigh county, for the
Farmers and Mechanics' Bank at Allentown ;
also,
: several remonstrances from Upper Mount
Bethel township, Northampton county, against
changing the place of holding their elections;
also a petition from Lehigh county, for the in
corporation of a railroad company, to connect
the Lehigh navigation with the mines in that dis•
trict of country.
liiMMlg:=l
porate the Reading and Kutztown railroad com•
pany.
Mr. Shimer,.rend a bill in place, for the incor
poration of the Lehigh and Macungy railroad
company
On the 25th, Mr. Shimer presented two peti_
(ions from Lehigh county fur a bank at Allen_
town, to be called the Farmers' and Mechanics'
Bank, and four-from-Berks and Schuylkill coun•
ties, for the construction of a turnpike 'road front
certain points.
Mr. Multlenherg, read a bill relative to the ap
pointment of - auditors and masters in chancery;
also, a bill relative to ;he salaries of associate
judges in the Commonwealth ; also, joint resol
utions relative to the tariff.
On the 27th, Mr. Shinier, presented several
petitions from Lehigh county, and Mr. Crahb
one from Philadelphia city and county, fur the
re•chartt•r of the Easton Bank.
On the 28th, Mr. Shimer presented several pe.
'Atkins from Lehigh county, for the incorporation
of a hank at Allentown, to be called the Farm.,
ers' Mechanics' Bank.
Mr. Shinier, read a bill in place to incorporate
the Partners' and Mechanics' flank, at Allen•
11111
On the 29d;', Mr. Shimer, presented several pe
titions from Lehigh county, for the incorporation
of a bank at Allentown to be'called the Farmers'
and Mechanics' bank ; also, one asking that an
appropriation may be made to pay laborers' to
whom money is due for work performed on the
Delaware division, Pennsylvania Canal.
Mr. Stringer read a bill in place, relative to a
turnpike road in Lehigh county.
1101;sE
On the 21th, Mr. Lilly, introiltwoil a tupple
tnrnt to the act incorporating the Dolawar-,1,i-.
high, Snintylitill st.d tiucqurh:uul' a railroad coin..
pane.
Oa the 26th, Mr. loory presented two peti•
tions fur a bank at Allutluwn,• Lehigh comity;
one for a railroad from Pogolsv Ole to the Lehigh
navigation ; and also, two for a road in Lehigh
county.
Mr. llart, a petition a , Ling fur a batik at Al.
lentown. •
Mr. James, of ‘Vtirren e presented the present. ,
tarot of the grand jury of Warren county, in re.:
lation to small notes; which was read.
Mr. Broomall moved to lay it upon the table.
Mr. Kelso opposed the motion.
Mr. Bonham thought that the presentment
was disrespectful, as the powers or iluties of
grand juries did not extend to matters of this
sort. He defined the duties of grand juries un.
der this very law, and showed that the jury in
this case had transcended thir legitimate pow.
ers. Instead of presenting the persons who
vi
odted the law, they had presented the law itself.
This was simply ridiculous. So far as thc.ope•
ration of the law was concerned, it had and has
worked well every Where, except along the bard.
era of the New York State line. In New Durk,
every man who has the means can issue notes
or start a bank. He was of the opinion that that
paper should not be treated with respect, as it
was neither a petition or even a legal present
ment. The House having no tight to receive it, as
the Whole matter was a stretch of conscience,
not very creditable to the county of Warren..
Mr. Madeira came from a. border county.—
The law was, in his opinion, really a nuisance.
tinder its provisions a person has the tight to,
receive, but no right to circulate the notes of a
small ,denomination issued by banks in other
States. If the paper just read is respectful, it
should be received and properly refeited. The
law was well enough, but not effectual, bemuse
disregarded. He hoped the presentment would
go to the Bank Committee, where it propetly
belongs.
Mr. James, of Warren, defended the citizen;
of Warren County from till imputations. He
said he wanted the presentment referred prop.
crly. The grand jury is the conserva,
'ice power to keep the peace and protest the in.
terest of every county. It has'the power to in
quire what is an injury to the citizens, and to
report. The grand jury of Warren s county had
examined a law passed by this Legislature—had
found it to be an injury to those they . represent
ed, and here we have its opinion. His own opin-
I was, that the law never could be enforced.—
It was openly disregarded in this, the capital of
the State, daily, as it was in the city of Philadel.
phia. He would vote for a repeal of the sec.,
lions of the law which prohibit the circulation
of small notes from other States, and intended
to bring in a bill lP that effect, nS' it was a duty
he owed to his constituents.
Mr. Broomall looked upon the paper just read
as a matter to be laughed at rather than one to
be treated with seriousness. This, nor any oth.
law, is a nuisance. His only wonder was, that a
Ipresident judge could or would receive sucha
presentment. Ue would like to know what the
district attorney has done or will de, as an in.
dictment always followia presentment. ()an Lit
send up a bill, and against whom can it be sent?
The 'idea and th e - whole matter was entirely
.too ridiculous for Legislators to pay any regard
to it.
Mr. Kelso did not look upon it in the light he
thir. Broomall) did. MI the bordering States
furnished and contributed to• the circulation of
money in this State..
_Their money'should have
the same privilege ourshad. -- lie did .not think
the jury, in.this instance, had gone beyand their
.
duly and if this law if oftted an injury to tbei
people of Warren county, It was a bounden duty
for the .jury to present it as a nuisance. Ffe'
looked upon it as an important 'matter, not only
is it regarded convenience, but as it did the mot'
als of the Commonwealth.
Mr. Kilburn remarked that be came from re
county near to the New York line -- that of Pot
ter. in it they had' good judges and jurymen,
and there, ns well as in Tioga county, the law"
had been presented' as a nuisance. He wanted•
a hearing before the proper committee.
The motion to table the presentment was not
agreed to—yeas 40, nays 48, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Benrdict, Bigelow, Illair,lion"
ham, Brock, Broomall, Craig, Demers, Ely:
Evans, Funnier, Fretz, Gabe, Gibbs, Gaffey,
Henderson, Hill, Hook, Huplet, Jackson, Kean;
Laury, Laughlin, Leech, Mellinger, Meyers,.
-Ranh how,-Ileifsnytier,-Reiley,_Ringer,_Rubicami
Dose it, Shu-gart;Sh-trllTSriu-derSpringet;Stew
ard, Thomas, Yost and Riley, Speaker-40.
Mays—Messrs. Anderson, Appleton. 'Foyer,.
Black, Blaine, Chandler, Dungan, Fiffe, Fiani" .
can, Freeland, Gifford, Gillis, Gossler, Hamilton,•
Hart, Harris, Herbert, Hubbell, James, [Chester,]
James, (Warren.] Kelso, Kilbourri, Kingsley,•
Kraft, Landis, Maclay, Madeira, M'Cluskey,.
M'Cune, M'Connell, M'Granahan, Meloy, Merri
man, Meylert, Miller, (Allegheny,] Miller, [Phil..
county.] Miller, [Northampton,] Mutt, Mowry,•
O'Neill, Penney, Puwnall, Reed,Seltzer, Sharon
Smith,—Torbert,-and Walton-48.
The Speaker then referred it to the Cortimit..-
tee on Banks.
1 lace toTncor
On the 28111, Mr. I.lltry, (of Committee on'
reprted with amendments, a bill to in
corporate the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of
Allentown.
On the 3001, Mr. Hart imrodueed a bill to ea.
tablish a system of 11.toltimg based upon State
Stocks
On Saturday laQt, linuary 313 t, a large num
ber of friendi of Edovatiou met according; to
pro vices notice, in the "Union Church," North
Whitehall.
In the forenoon the meeting' was addressed
by the [testa. Kessler and Brisbane, and S. K.
Brnb-t read no E-say.
la the afternoon the following questioni
I.vere
1 How are.teaclieri: to ha prepared for their
important office? •
2 Li it right to en rust the smaller child•
10.1 to such teac!terA a 4 are not capable of
teaohing all the ordinary blanches of a com
mon
3 tlotv many Ireori should children be kept
in school each dap?
4 Chat improvement:4 id onhl bo made in
the constreeti,.ll of nor school•houees?
5 Ilqw way Religion be ta , ght in our Free
Fettool.
The next me tng of the Teachers and
ftioods of Education %vitt be held on Satur•
day the 28th of Febrnary, in Ttexlertown.
Fell Chilli Carpels.—The New York Journal
of Commerce gives an account of a novel pro•
ductiou which ihe'llay State Mills—those which
recently drove the British shawls out of the mar
prodoeed. It 1a a felt cloth carpet.
printed in block work, and designed according to
weight either as a floor cloth or dugger. The
thrends of wool are not spun or woven, hut
drawn out and laid together, the whole mass be.
ing felted like a hat body. kin a few months
fabrics have been put together iu this way, show.
ing a diff-rent color on either side, and designed
for coats to be made up without lining. The
Bay State Mills make this cloth with a white
ground. about 40 inches wide, weighing from 4
to 54 ozs. per yard, and print it in elegant carpet
designs, showing the richest combination of
brilliant colors, and furnish it at 75 to 90 cents
per yard. '
We do not see wily this kind of carpels should
not enswer as well as the woven kind.
of Agr:culture.—The Congressional
senate Committee to which was referred the
subject of the establishment of a Bureau of Slat.
istics and Agriculture, are about to report a bill
in conformity with Executive recommendation.
The two subjects will be considered in one Bu
reau at present, but ultimately will be separated
They are tnith subjects that must command in.
creasing attention. It is the wish and design of
the Administration and of Congress that the pre
sent able and amiable gentleman who is at the
head of the Census Bureau should take the head
of the new Bureau of Statistics and Agriculture.
Tle has qualified himself for it by informs,V,A
and study, and will pursue the subject with 8111
his great energies and his elevated arid liberal'
views. Ile has devoted his talents to those great'
subjects, and there is no doubt that the incoming ,
Administration, which will be necessarily a ve.„.
ry liberal one; will continue him in the station.
helpless poor of Lancaster, Pit., are'
every winter provided with fuel, from a perpet,...
ual fund, sometimes since furnished by Hon..
James Buchanan.
CV "Refusing to take a newspaper, and being!
surprised that the people laugh at your ignorance.,
rirCol. Daniel B. 14toz, of l3erks county, is .
named as a candidate for ,Canal Commission.
er, before die 4th of March Convention.:'
Silver• Mine in New Mexteo.
The Intelligencor is informed that a de
spatch has been received from an officer of
the army stationed in New Mexico, stating
that an extensive and rich silver'nine has
been discovered on the public lands, in the•
vicinity of Fort Fillmore. in that Territory.
The main or chief vein is said to be over
five inches in width at the surface, and ir•
exposed from the summit of a mountain fif
teen hundred feet high to• its base, over
a thousand yards in length-: The eastern,
slope only of the mountain line been ex
plored, but there is no doubt that the vein
' passes entirely throught it. Arr analysis of
the ore has heeatnade by a Mexican silver
worker, who pronounces it very rich. Fort
- Fillmore is about twenty mike north of El,
Paso,
School Meeting