politicai;
, .. A i It E S
6f the Dcno'cralic Committee of Corres
pondence for the Gity of Philadelphia.
. Fu.ow Citizens: Tho Democratic
Committee of Correspondence of tho City
of Philadelphia, havo deemed it advisable
tt) address you on thb subject of the ap
proaching Gubernatorial election. It is al
ready known to .you, that two candidates
aic presented for the suffrages of tho pcoplo
of tl'is commonwealth, one of whom is Jo
seph ltitner, tho present minority incum
bent, and tho other is David R. Porter, tho
jiomincc of the Democratic Convention,
which assembled in Harrisburg on the fifth
of 'March last. Between these two candi
dates, the pcoplo of necessity will havo to
.choose, andso.far as wo may be permitted
to draw conclusions from the spontaneous
expressions of public feeling which meet
us on all sides, it can scarcely be consider
ed doubtful what will bo the result. Between
federalism and aristocracy on tho one hand
and democracy and popular will on tho otu
cr, there can be. no room to question what
will bo tho .issue; and our only object m
addressing vou at this crisis is to excite
you to vigorous 'and united effort, in order
that this portion ot the state may have
pome share of the glory which, will result
from the victory. That David R. Porter
'tnust, and will be elected, is conceded by
all who arc conversant with the politics of
the State, and who are willing to yield to
the evidence that it is obvious to their senses.
1 he democracy when united have never
been defeated in the Keystone State, and
their harmonious action has heretofore al
ways resulted iri securing tho ascendency
ot democratic njen , and measures. Such
wo predict will be the result of tho election
In October next, and the state will then be
redeemed from the humiliation and degra-
Uationmto which she has tallen.
That our opponents arc strongly impres
sed with the belief that General Porter will
be elected, is obvious in a great degree
from the virulence with which they assail
liim, and the gross misrepresentations to
which they continually resort. They allege
that the democratic party is hostile to the best
interests of the people, and is continually
engaged 'in endeavoring to break up the
credit system, under which the community
has prospered. They aver that it is hostile
to all banking institutions, and is seeking
,to their overthrow and luin, and endeavoring
to Impose upon.,the country a iriere metallic
circulation. This, suffer us to remark, is a
sheer imposition upon tho credulity of the
community, and is at. war with all the prin
ciples ever entertained by tho republican
party of thecountry. The acts of all demo
cratic legislatures heretofqrc corroborate
this remark, and show that banks have
been brought into existence, and fostered,
and'protceted by democratic administrations.
Even the last official organ of the party
which assembled at Harrisburg, (we allude
to the 5th of March Convention,) have ex
posed the fallacy of a contrary notion, and
have vindicated the party from this slander
of the enemy. That democracy has ever
been opposed to the credit system is utterly
untrue, on tho contrary its friends are con
scious that its influence in connection with
the credit and enterprise of tho people, has
limit up our country to its present great
ness, contributed to fill up its dense popu
lation, and intersected in all quarters with
railroads and canals, indicating the giant
inarch of internal improvement, in a yet
infant nation. A contrary system, founded
p'n the exclusion. of all credit, would essen
tially tend to make the rich richer and the
poor poorer, a result tho very opposite of
that which democracy seeks to produce. All
hat the democratic party has ever sought to
accomplish was to place the banks under
ivholeSome and proper regulations, td cheek
an excess of issues which might flood and
endanger the land, and so restore a metallic
currency as to make it tho basis of a circu
lation that should be healthy and safe for
the Community. How desperate, then,
musf be the hopes of a party which can re
sort to audi misrepresentation, for the pur
pose of retaining a power which it original
ly obtained against the clear and recorded
votes of a majority of the people of Penn
sylvania. That the democratic paity must triumph
in tho approaching Gubernatorial contest,
will be evident from a slight review of what
has occurred wi'tlfin tho last few yoar3.
That the present position of the antimason
Jc and whig party iri Ppnnsylvania is pure
ly the result of accident, is, shown by tho
actual vote by which Mr. Ititncr was elect
ed He did not receive a' majority of tho
votes of tho citizens who rccordeJ their
will, and is, at this moment conceded to be
a mere minority Governor. At that very
election", when tho democratic party had no
Chance whatever of success owing to an
unfortunate division in their own ranks
yet they recorded a majority of votos against
the supremacy of federalism, which even
then showed that old Pennsylvania was
democratic to the core. And what lias
been the result since? Let facts answer
tho interrogatory. From the yoar 1835,
when Mr. Ititncr was olected, down to tho
present time, wo havo always returned a
majority of monhers to tho House of Rep
resentatives', and havo since sutained the
as"cenden6y of the party by casting the voto
'if oursfote for tho pjesent democratic ox
utive of the Union. At tho vory Iastge
rtfrul election? which took place in the com-'
mqmvcalth, wo showed a clear dcrnocra.li,c
majority of near ten thousand votes, which
was mado up by tho (fairest of all possible
tests, viz: by taking tho votes of those high
est on tho legislative, ticket in each county,
1 . .1. It H i
anu comparing mo pou. moru tcccih evi
dence may bo discovered nearer home, and
our local olections in this section of the
state havo already given us an earnest of
what awaits us in tho fall, and old South
ward Irt hcrrecclit election, and Moyamcn
oing in her commissioner's election., havo
indicated what they mean to do with the
enemy in tho coming contest.
Another reason which, must satisfy all
who are doubtful as to what will bo tho re
sult of the contest for Governor, is found
in tho chaiacter.and principles of tho candi
dates who arc presented for the suffrages
of the people, Joseph Ritncr has been
proved and tried, and is shown to be desti
tute of all the requisite qualifications which
fit him for an executive station. Ho has
bcqn intent only oij tho keeping of power,
and has suffered himself, to be controlled
and led by desperate and adventurous poli
ticians and pedlars from other states. In
order to rotain the station into which acci
dent has thrown him, ho sanctioned the
districting of the state in such a manner as
to secure a misrepresentation of tho sentl
montS of the majority, and enable a minorl
ly to rule, by apportioning the members of
the legislature in palpable and direct oppo
shipn to tho number of taxablcs. Besides,
to use the language of the Cth of March
convention "For more than a century, the
election laws were uniform throughout the
state, and every citizen enjoyed the same
rights and privileges under them. On the
day of election, the suffrages of the pcoplo
in the cast wore legulaleu by tho same
laws as those of the west; and the people
of the south on that day, knew that their
brethren in tho ndrth were as free and c
qual as themsolves. But it became tho bu
siness of the present governor and his fust
legislature, to restrict the people in one
section of tho state, in tho exercise of their
right of suffrage; to except the people of
the city and county of Philadelphia, from
the uniform provisions of the constitution,
and the general election law, and to impose
upon them the odious duty and disgrace of
having their names registered for somcdays
preyjtou4 td the election." Can then, the
people of Pennsylvania, and especially the
citizens of Philadelphia, lend their suffra
ges to. a candidate who has thus impaired
the dearest right which freemen can enjoy,
and rendered the election laws of the state
a by-Word and reproach throughout the
land 1
Besides, Joseph Ritncr has violated all
his principles and all his professions. A
vowing himself to bo an anti-mason, he has
continually appointed masons to office, thus
showing his hypocrasy and want of princi
pkvand has exercised tho veto power in.so
arbitrary and tyrannical a manner as to
make it the instrument of executive oppres
sion. Ho Has used it for tho purpose of
lecturing and reviling tho representatives
of freemen, and has shown that he' consid
ers a veto in the light of a mere negative
vote, and supposes he ought to use it in all
cases in which he would vote in tho nega
tive, were he a member of the legislature.
His supporters are also equally inconsistent
with himself, for you find that all the anti
masons in the senate of tho slato voted at
the last session for an open and avowed ma
son for speaker. How bdsc and hypocriti
cal, therefore, must be the conduct of su'eh
men, and how clearly does it show that an
timasonry is a mere delusion, and a trap
for the unwary. It is certainly time that a
party so recreant to profession and princi
ple should bo removed from power and their
places filled by men who are honest and
capable: and who will exorcise the influ
ence of their stations to promote the inter
ests of tho community.
The presont position of our opponents is
such that no man can view it without being
sensible of the truth of a remark often made,
that it is composed of tho fragments and
factions of parties of parties which have
changed their principle just as frequently
as they have changed their names. That
the antimasomc ponton of tho nartv is hvn
ocritical and insincere, has already been
shown, and that tho whig portion of tho al
liance is just as little guided by dignity and
adherence to principle may bo readily dem
onstrated. After a National convention of
wings had. assembled at Baltimore, and no
ininatcd Henry Clay for President, and
John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania, forVico
President', tho whigs of Pennsylvania aban
doned their support of thoso candidates.
and east their votos for the candidates of
tho anlimasonic nartv. How flagrant nn
instance of a violation of principle, and of
.1 .11 .1 , r , . .
uuauiuuu ui tuiig-iriuu pouucai incnus. And
yet tins, was dono by tho boasted whig par
iv oi l einisyivania. uvor since men. tho
whigs have boon following in the walks of
mo anumasons nave ucconio me more
hewers of wood and drawers of wator for
thorn, and are compolled to sustain what
ever their aiitimasonio brethren may ad
vise.
In opposition to Josoph Ritnor stands
tho candidate of the democratic party, Gen.
DAVID R. PORTER, of Huntingdon
county. Ilo is a democrat of tried ami up
nroved principles, and oho who has uni
fornily upheld and sustained tho interests of
the party, lie is a republican or the truo
Joffcrsonian and Snyder school, and is a
native ot old domoeratic Montgomery.
From his youth upwards It is devotion to
the party has been, uniforniund constant,
and his legislative career formo a bright
page in the history of his slato. Ho is a
man of cullivntcdmind and vigorous under
standing, versed ih the knowledge of all
our political rights, and nerved with tho en
ergy necessary .to sustain them. To him
the community may look with confidence
in her present emcrgoncy, and safely con
fide .to. his. hands tho destines of our gicat
and growing commonwealth. His admin
istration will bring us back to tho days of
Jofferoonian democracy, and onco more
place old Pennsylvania among the demo
cratic states of tho Union.
All that is necessary to enable us to real
ise our utmost expectations at the approach
ing contest is to unite vigorously m support
of tho nomination of tho party. Union and
Harmony, should bo our motto. Ilo that
would distract should bo viewed as. an Akan
in the camp, and an enemy t tlxo causo.
Tho redemption of the state from political
pollution should bo the sole object of every
democrat, and no sacrifice should be deem
ed too great to accomplish it. Let us then,
fellow citizens, steadily adhcro to tho great
ttuths and doctrines wo profess, conscious
that our prosperity as a people is to bo at
tributed mainly to their influence, and all
will result well. We will still continue to
be a people increasing in virtue and great
ness, and will leavo as a rich legacy to our
children, that which is far better than gold
or silver, the inheritance of upheld and
perpetuated civil and religious privileges.
Adopted at a meeting of tho committee,
held on Wednesday, May 23d, 1838, and
ordered to be published.
JOHN W; ASIIMEAD,
JOHN D. MJLES.
Secretaries.
iwrnt in LimiGir.
For tho last two weeks wo havo been considerably
out and through many parts of tho country, vvhere
wo met and seen many of our citizens. Porter,
Porter, Porter, is tho burden of tho song, let you
go where you will. Wc can assure our distant
friends, that Lehigh county will not only do htr du
ty nobly but that tho friends of Democracy and
Porter will poll more votes next October, and give
us a larger majority, than has been tho caso for n
number of years. Union and harmony prevails
among tho friends of Porter andJJcmocracy, in all
sections of tho county, and it is cheering to sco and
learn how zealous and activo o.tif frjends arc. Wo
arenotgoingto stop at a small majority but all arc
determined of doing ubig business and tho way wo
shall put down our opponents will lie long remem
bered by them. Thcro is at this tinlo ntiich dissatis
faction and division among thcin; some arp for Har
rison, some for Clay, and many do not like Ititncr.
A number have declared themselves favorable loGcn.
Porte: many aro on tho fence and when gather
ing time arrives, Ilitner's voles will be mighty slim.
Wo go for at least 20,000 majority in tho etato it
cannot well bo otherwise, when wo havo such a first
rato man before tho pcoplo as Gen, Porter, who pos
sesses much experience, truo and inflexible, superior
qualifications, possesses moral and political integrity
of such qualifications is tho man of our choice
mad of, and such is tho choice and favorito of the
people and further this is tho very man they will
elect. Lehigh JJulUliiK
bo fount! in his old creditors, every one of
whom aro his warmest and most enthusias
tic frionds. DaVid R. Porter has never
been suspected of having purloined any
. . t. .1. 1.1! rt- . , ,
.papers irom hid puuuc oiuces, oi wnicii no
is charged in that letter. Such a charge
was first hoaid of from that letter and
creates nothing but disgust horc amongst
both parlies of politicians. IT iS NOT
IRUlil David K. Porter was elected to
office in this county, when no other man of
liis party could bo elected. This proves
that tile assertions of tho writer aro totally
false. An indictment is now pending in this
county against R. Campbell for writing
that letter. If ho cannot bo proven the
author, of courso he will bo acquitted if
otherwise it will bo shown in what light ho
stands beforo the peoplo of tHis county.
You no.doubt observed that the letter has
never been republished by the liilner press
here: l hat would nevor do. Upon tho
whole wo say that a more black hearted
tissue of falsehoods never were invented
against tho character of any man; and they
go on to show what shifts will bo made by
some men, to prop up a causo when other
means have descried them.
SLANDER REFUTED.
A large number of the citizens of Ilun
ingdon have come forward and exposed the
falsity of the base slanders propagated
against the character of David R Porter, tho
Democratic candidate for Govornor. The
following letter signed by eighty-four highly
respectable citizens of Huntingdon, all
neighbors of Gen. P., and 20 of whom
voted for Cov. Ritncr in 1835, will carry
? .! , 1 r ., ... ,
conviction to every mum oi uie total ab
sence of any foundation for these charges,
and of the reckless depravity of tho leaders
of the party which resorts to such dishonor
able means to prop up a sinking cause. Lot
it bo borne in mind that the said. Robert
Campbell, alluded to in the letter, is Got).
ernor llitncfs Prothnolary for Hunting'
don county! Harrisburg Ilcporlcr.
Prom the Union" Times.
CAMPBELL'S LETTER.
It k known to tho people of Union county,
that a letter signed "Robert Camnboll." has
for some timo been shown about by Norr
Middleswarth and others, and more recently
read at a public meeting in Mifllinburg ma-
wing various grave cuarges against Uen.
Porter. The following letter signed by 81
lesponsiblo citizens, neighbors of Gon.
Porter, puts quite a different faco upon this
matter. l wonty oi these signers voled
for Ritncr in 1835, among whom wo re
cognize several who formorly represented
that party in tho legislature. Read tho
letter
Huntingdon, May 12, 1838.
To Isaac Slenkcr, Esq.
Dear Sir Having heard that a letter
purporting to havo been written by Robert
Campbell, has been read in a public moot
ing in your county charging David It.
Porter with certain things altotroth ar disre
putable to any man, let alone a candidate of
ino great slato oi Pennsylvania for Governor;
wo tako tho liberty of writing to you a few
linos upon tho subject. We
David R. Porlci for many years; somo of
us sinco ne came into this county, and being
ni iioaranu immediate neighbors can tcsti
ly with honesty and truth to his i-lmmpinr.
and the falsehood of tho charges made
against him in that. Mr. Campboll, it is
said, having since been called
that ho is the author! But as a letter of
mis kiiiu nas no uouut neon written, and
endeavored to bo circulated by gome indi
viduals for oortain purposoa, wo can say at
onco that David R. Porter has nevor bocn
ohnrged by the people of this county for
dishonesty, but on tho contrary, is consider-
od, and always lias been, as a strictly hon
est man. lie never refused to nav an lion-
est debt, and the beet evidence of this is to
Thos: P Campboll,
Andrew Jolmstonj
Daniel Agnoa,
William Dorris,
Michcal Buoy,
S S Wharton,
C Coats,
Michcal Claubaugh,
John IS ail,
J M Cunningham,
John R M'Cartny,
David L Wilmot,
T B Ludcn, M D
Isaac Ilaggs,
D Ncwinghani,
John Aghly,
Thomas Forster,
William K Rahm,
Thomas Montgomery, James A Kerr,
David Woods, John Henderson,
Joseph Ilarvy,
I' ranees B Wallace,
W R M'Cay,
Levi Wcstbrook,
Walter B Hudson,
Chas. A Ncwingham,
James Simpson,
John Livingston, ju
W S llildebrand,
John Colestock,.
Robert Cromwell,
Joseph Stellvillc,
George Black,
William Woods,
Edward Woods,
Johnston Smith,'
Thomas Smith,
David Hazard,
John Nash,
D Coldstock,
John Livingston,
John White,
J Powell,
William Stewart,
Job Pympton,
Henry Miller,
Win. Allen,
James S Stcrrclt,
John Lauck,
Jacob Claubaugh,
A P Wilson,
James M'Conncll,
D Black,
George Guckscr,
Alexander Weslbrook, David M'Murlrc,
Henry Knees, John Simpson,
Gcorgo Jackson, Win. II King,
Christian Coldstock, John Williamson,
John Montgomery, Patrick Gwm.
Samuel Africa,
James Gwin,
George Gwin,
William L Snyder,
William Glass,
Daniel Miller,
James Uollinshcad,
Charles A Nash.
Martin Griflitis,
Thomas Ilorrcll,
Irvin Horrell,
G Nash,
David Snyder,
James Manly,
Alex. M'piure,
Samuel Bciford,
James Hemphill,
Alexander Gwin,
Fd'rl'unalc Kicane ,t)!ir (nm iv..
few davs sinco thrown intn n mmn r .i
most painful exqtcment by an accident
which wc aro happv to stato did rm
fntnllv. lIr. Mnsns -.Tnno n ,it...
j. ... , !.uny gjjji
industrious citizens of Quincy, wascimag.
od at Mr. Shorman's a short distance from
tho town in sinking a well. He had exca
vated to tho depth of 80 feet, and comment
uuu laying up uiu wail, removing bv d
. .-I.:. ,.(. i.t i b J UB-
1. lug.nuuiugMmiiuviuw unit sunTiortiniT
if Willi ni-ntia itnlil 1m ol,t,1.1 , h
. ...... (..wfu, ....... .,w oiiumu replace it
villi stono. The wall settled tho prong
iccamo loose the curbini? rr.ivn ,.. J,
tho soil, which for many feet abovo' was
loose sanu, caved in around him. Who..
the clods loll he jumped on them, and cried
ij his ussinimiiN iu ici uown ino rope: but
icforo that could bo dono, tho sand pressed
lown so fast, as to cover him nn inmni.,."i...
and a second fall occuring soon after buried
him to the do nth of six nr mabt v.., tt-
i f) tL,i.i, 1113
head was forced to tho sidn of the wall, one
arm lixcd to his side, and tho other nm
stretched from his body. Some clanhnnwi.
'Inch fell in with tho sand were sodispos.nl
round him. as to fasten him ritridlv
nositiontw hue thuge nrniuul biu lw-,i
bly preventing the sand from filling jn sons
to suffocate him. Immiiilininlv Imin
........J t.L.ll Vi ti3
aflorded; but from tho danger and difficulty
jig nun somo tune was ron.siiiii.
cd in nronorlv sccurinrr tlm u.nll
further slides: and even then the narrownp
f the place made it impossible for mnro
liail two to work tnrrntlmr. 'Vhnv lr,K.i
--0 .uuuiru
incessantly for his relief, from 2 o'clork on
n i . . ...i . i . ., ,
Aiiusuuy ai which time ino sand gave way,
till past 4 o'clock on Wednesday evening,
when to their great joy, he was drawn up
uninjured after being thus earth fast for 9r,
hours. QuincM (JU) J I 'hi sr.
CAPTURE OF RECTOR.
Wo find in tho New York Courier and
Enquirer the follwing account of the capturo
of Rector j who it will be recollected escaped
from the city prison in N. York, by forcibly
detaining the under keeper:
Yesterday afternoon two countrymen,
named William Light and Robert Brown,
brought to this city from, Poughkccpsie,
Thomas Rector, convicted of murder, whoso
escapo from prison wo noticed a few days
since, and for whose apprhension a reward of
ono thousand dollars had been oflercddjy tho
Governor and Sheriff. It appeared from
the statement of his captors, anb of a negro
who had a hand in the arrest, that Rector
had stolen a horse from a Mr. Mills, residing
near Peekskill, and somo young men hav
ing got upon his track, followed and came
up with lnm when a few miles from Pough
kcepsic. He then managed to escape and
got into a swamp, where ho cflectually
eluded his pursures, who, however, recov
ered tho stolen hotsc. After travelling
somo time through this place, he mot a
negro who took him in to Poughkeepsie
for three dollars. He then stated that ho
had fallen overboard from a vessel coming
up the river, and as he was wet at the time
the poor nogro believed tho story, and lent
him an ovorcoat. On their arrival at
Pqughkcopsio he also purchased for him a
pair of shoes as he was barpfooted, and ho
himself purchased a new hat.
Tho negro as ho was going homo met
Light and Brown, who were in search of
Rector as a horse then, and ho went buuk
with them to Poughkeepsie, to assist in
finding the rogue. After much trouble, ho
was found sitting noar tho dock, waiting
for a steamboat, aud while watching him
ono of tho young men chancod to take up a
papor containing an account of tho escape
of Rector, and offering a reward for tho
apprehension ol the murderer, and also giv.
iug n description of tho person of Rector
Ahor looking at the accused for somo time,
they became satisfied that ho was Rector,
the murdorot, for whom tho reward was of
fered, and they accordingly arrested him
and brought him to this city, where his ar
rival was hailed with great joy by tho un
fortunate koopor, who was accused of
abetting his oscape. Tho fugitivo stated
that after remaining somo days concealed at
a place near this city, ho walked to Yonkcrs,
whence he started in tho steamboat for Sing
Sing. Having landed thore, ho wont on
foot up tho rivor, until caught as abovo
stated. It is but fair to state, that ho entire
ly exonerates the keepers fiom aiding or
u uiinig ins escape,
to
1)0
Wc extract the following article on tho
subject of the origin of .coal, from tho
"Journal of the Franklin Institute" for
April. It may not prove uninteresting
many of our readers.', .
ORIGIN OF COAL.
Coal is supposed by sonic writers to
the remains of antediluvian timber which
floated in tho waters of the deluge until
several mineral strata had been formed;
others conceive it to bo autcdiluvinn peat
bog. It was used in England anterior to the
reign of Henry III for that monarch, iu
1231, renewed a charter granted by bis
father to tho inhabitants of Newcastle, by
which they woro permitted to dig coal on
the paymont of 100. per annum. Coals
had been introduced into London beforo
1300, for in that year the use of them as
fuel had been prohibited, from the snpposed
tendency of their smoke to corrupt Jho air.
About the beginning of the sixtecth century
the best coals were sold in London at tho
rate of -Is. Id. per chaldron, and at Newcas
tle no more than 2s. Od. for the same. Du
ring the ensuing century, however, they
were received into such general use. that in
1018, on tho scarcity of coal in London,
many of the. poor woro said to havo died
from the want of fuel. The whole quntity
of coal sent into London on an average of
four years, has been estimated at 1, 870, 000
chaldrons per annum.jjTlierc has been much
dispute on tho origon of coal, but Brogniart
has givin tho following as tho general con
clusion of naturalist: I. That coal was
formed at the same timo as, or after the ex
istence of, organized bodies. 2. That
this mineral when first formed was liquid,
and in a great degree of purity. 3. That
tho same cause' which produces this sub
stance is aoveral times renewed in the samo
circumstances.
4. That the causo, whatever it may be,
is nearly the same over all the earth, since
tho beds of coal always exhibit nearly the
same phonomelie iu their slructuro and ac
cidental circumstances. 5. That these
beds have not been deposited by any violent
revolution, but on the contrary, in the most
tranquil maimer, since the organized bodies
that are found in them aro often found en
tire, and tho loavos of vegetable impressed
in tho slats which covers the coals arc hardly
over brusod or otherwise deranged.
Merthyr Chronicle-
Extract of proceedings of tho Board of
Canal Commissioners.
Canal Iioom, May 10, 1838.
Messrs. Editors, Tho Board of Canal
Commissioners havo been in Session during
the past week and have agreed upon the fol
lowing order of business:
Lettings of portions of tho Erie Division
will tiikc place at Moadvillu, on tho 20 of
June. At Erie, of other poitions thoreol,
on tjio 1 0th of July.
Of tho Wost Branch, on the lYth of July;
(place not decided.)
Of the North Branch', at Tnckhannocl;, on
the 23d of July.
Of tho Wjsco;iisco Feeder at Halifax, on
tho 1st of Augii3t.
Of tho Allegheny Feeder, at Kitlanning.
on tho 11 th of August.
Of the Gettysburg extension, at Gettys
burg, on tho 24th of August-
Betweon this and tho 8th of June, tho
Board will visit tho Columbia and Philailcl-,
phia Rail Road, and tho Delaware Division
of Canal for tho purposo of inspecting the
works, and settling claims for damages
Apout tho 11th of June, they will lcavo
Harrisburg to inspect tho works westward
ly, and on thoir routo will settle all claims
for damage which may bo presented totlicm;.
and in like mannor, will ssttlo claims for
damagos on tho Wost aud North Branches,.
oij their roturn from tho lettings of thoso
branches.
W. C McPHERSON, Sccr'y.