WAR NKWS. LATtf AND IMPORTANT FKOM MEXICO. The New 0 lesni Picayune of tin XQ h init-, In psprs from the ctt) ol Mexico to the I7ihi( November, fortnight liter than any other Kice. Active jrepira'ioni wire muk.ng foi the meetinit of CorarPM. About forty of the dpputies had already arrived Iron the different department's and the gov. ernment piper ursd the ssemblin k ol the body even in advance of the app ini. oJ lime, on account of the infancy of the matters pqiiiiinR lejtisUii ve notion. The 'events of '.he war with the United Sties; the necessity of fcreat resources to sustain it, and som other points rel ative to the same impattunt matter,' erp enumerated ai the pincipal bui npM to be lf( light btlore the Co.RfPf. Oen, Almonto continued in the de partmenl of war, and hia numerous pub lished oidera in relation to the aetvie evinced much spirit end activity. ( , We find in ilieMexicin papets official communicationa from the authorities ol the different States assuring the Govern ment that the dissensions and threats ol dissena ons which appeared in the cpi tal in October last have not availed to disturb tranquility in the States We find a paragraph including the American army undar Gen. Tsjloi might be expected from the North b) the way of Siltillo about the 21l ofNn- vember, threairini San Luis. It wil receive a terrible thrashing aaya the ed i(o', as the reward of his temerity. We ee nothing definite in relation to the army concentrated at San Luis; not do we find any mention whatever of the elissentionswliichsrs reported by way of Tampico to exist in SantaAnna'srank's Various propofi'ions are made for in. Veiling SantaAnna with dictatorial pow era. The measure ia urged in a me moria! from San Luis. The advance ol Gen. Taylor's division of the irmy tow rd &n Luis was expected eaily in No vernier, and corresponding activity was evinced in completing the f c r i i fi c a t i o n nd otherwise providing for '.he defence of the city. S?nor Vallamil Ins been appointed minister of finance. On the 10 h of November, Santa An n transmitted to Mexico where it was published in the Government Diam, the subjoined iutcresting correspondence between Gen. Taylor and the Mexican commander. illEAD-QuARTKItS 07 ArMITOP OCCU PATION, Monterey, Nov. 3, 1816. Sir, In the Convention ag'tcd upon on the 24ih of September, it was con--ceded that the American forces should not pans a 6iipuUted linn before the ex piration of eight werkis, or until ihey should receive orders or instruction.' from their government. In conformity therewith I have the honor of apprising joo that my government has diiecied me to terminate the suspension of hos. lilitipe, snd accordingly I consider my. bp 'f at liberty to pass the designated line after the 1 3 . h insl.,by which date I presume this communication will have reached your lunds at San Luis Potosi I have been informed that several Americans, who were taken prisoners el China and other point?, are mow at Sjn Luis, detained ai such. I 'rust yon will deem it an art of justice to relees these men and allow them to rejoin tht forces under my oommand. Whtn the convention was entered m !o to which I have iifeired, I entertain ed i he hope th4 ihe terns in which it was conceived wouid open the way fur the two Republics to agree upon hi. honorable peace, am!, oding upon Hi conviction, I at once released the prison, era of war who were in my power, niong whom were three officers. A tint time I did not know (hat thire were any American prisoner who had been sent into I tie interior. 1 Hum that my conduct will be deemed a sufficient ground io j'iaiify you in yield. i.g io this request and io the d ict a ee of humanity t9tvrd th American piuuneik who I un told are at San Luis. Jn case M'jji Qr.h.,m, the bearpr cf f.rm e'irr.ninni!inn. reaches your hedv cuarteia. 'e me nueny tummenu .fciai ly your courtesy, suu Sitill be pleased to rrceive hy him your rppl) o ihia communication, whatever i may he. I have the honor to tie, win he gres'eat ita,irc, your obedient ser van', Z. TaH-oH, M j r Gentfal i f the Ami) ,dl 'he Uiied S i'M. I'u G n. Antonio L )' 2 tie SwitsAnns, Cjmmai.J. r io Chief. LinrtUTiNO It epc dlican Abmt, S... Lns P i-'M, Nov. ,10 1816. Stria Centra: A1 10 this morning. 'iy an official coma uoiion of the Gov ernnr ot Coaliuila . f the H h ins', I re ceived y our Utter ol the 5th, appna ng me of your intention, by ordi r of ynur government, of breaking the convention Mooterev. on th !Mih uf September li, and pasini on lite 13 h of the present monih the hue there- n desinnaltd, by wh ch dn'e you sup- pnsp.l I .hou!d rec-ive your co'niinini- Cation, Relieving (hat :he term" stipuhlpd in ami convention chould he ri-lig'onlj observed by both paries, 1 have lAer no Hep which hhouM 'end to vacate r; but in view of ihe obligation you ilfen mposed upon you by the onlem of your governmt-nt,! cor fi .e myll' by iply ing, that you can, whi n it pleases you. commence hostilities, tu which I shal correspond accordingly. In regiid to the Amenesn prisoners, let ml say that ihere are only seven o hem at this post, a lift of whom is an nexed; and.relj ing upon your represnn1 talion in regard to the release of sever il Mexican, I have dl rmined to re. pond to your generosity by doing the Hima to the seven referred to, whom he comissary of this army will supplj with S70 for their sus'enance upon the road. You remark that when lie ronven ion was entered into at Monterey, you enteitained the hope ihat theteimsin which it was ronci ived would open ih way for ihe two Republics to i.gree upon an h'inoriblejpeace. L ') i 'g o il of the question whether that convention wa the rH!ult of nt'Cetsii) or of the noble views now di. closed by you, 1 eonifin myself with saying, that from the spir it and decision manifested by all Mexi. cans, you should binish bII idea of peac. while a single Noilh American inarms ireads upon the teiiitory of this Repub lie, and there remains in front ol its poils the H'iiiron which ninke war up on ihprn. NeverthelebS, ihi extraonli nary Congre" will a-senilde in the c ital towards the end of ihe present year, ind thai August body will deleiruim A'ha" i' shall judge mot suitable lor tht honor and the interes's ol he nation. Mwj'U Graham has not arrived at my quarters, ilri lie none so, rie wcuiti have been received in the inanner dui to his rark and cm j loy ment, ar.d in conformity with the wi.-hfs expitssril 10 me in his b'-halt by you. I have the hnnor of offming you the aufuranre of my dislirguished consider alion. God and Libeity. Antonio Lortz dk Santa Anna. Senor Maj. Gen. Taj lor, Genei al-in- Ch'uf of il.e7rmy of 'In United of the ISioi th. ARMY MOV I:1K MS AM) I NCI. JjKNTS. 'I'he Cksrleston News of the 13'.h inst furnishes extras from an interesting letter. Jatetl Tampico Nov. 2G.h, wlii. h i.re lollow : Tuinpicu Under AmerUan (lavtniniciit We arrived iilf ill'-bar on Sunday loi- moil. he Tli inst. and were loudly elie, red iy the (1--I t Iving there an wo pat d thein, We riiiirn?d it. and 'he baud struck t.' llai: Coloriilua.' We were compelled to wait iliree or (on: hours fur high water, to ;et in ihe river w hit li we f (Tecie.! ..honi lark, wiih tl.-e assistance ol li e Uojin Imin .he fret. When e limiii-d the Aniiric.oi (l,ig w a- ii.nsiei!, anil niir co uinii ul M'O inun, di plajiug the ifnimcnul colors ol the 3 l Ai- 1 1 1 1-r x , mari'l.LiI into the rq'iare, stiriourdei: liV llious.inda o! silent and sn.pilied Mil c.'aiiv. 'I ti cou.!ftlid on nln'ie v.dH Irai.s hncd by Com. Conner in Col. Cains, ni.n die usual u. um.il txcdianpe of romphrneriu. was made. 'CIih city surrendered without nsislance. Ihe .Mexican eoiuiers, biier lie--Iroy iiijj th armament til the Furls and t . rowing into the iner nin. 0,000 rniiskets Vit-uaied the place, leaving Ihe itiliahiianis io lake caie of Uienif rl ves. Ii mms thiii a ret - on Lad rtaoLid iUuj Oiat Gen. Toylo aa advancing widi 10,000 men on the orii r aide of ihe river ihe appearance of the nulls of the fli-et coiilirrned ihi ir iirprcsaion tnd, like FaUtnir. iViey ngued 'that iliscre. mm is the better part of valni;' and Ult ih Naval Commander undisputed posseasi in. We are now here hold tlie supreme au ihuriiy, and though our number is small, Hiill we tndeaor to mukH our foothold se- tire, by sirergtheniiij the IVrtiu'i'Jiis.one if hirh is about 000 jar.ls and t'.io other one mile diatant from the titty. We are a. no fortifying the roads and avenues leading 10 ihe city. The eoniaiarnl tutioned here now con h'ikis i f enmpinifs U, l.iptil, Anderson I). Captain Uionks, ami F, I, ieul. Arnold ol ilin Unil artillery, Companies I), Captain T. W. Slier. nxn, anil . Lieut. Steptne, of the 31 artd'eryi Companies A, Lieut. Mil ler, and K, Capiai.i Htin', ( f the 4th artil lery, in all snout 500 ell'eclive men. IV e nre nil busily engaged at work on the forts, ivtiit h were dtsiiianled by the fly ine enemy mil placing the city in a stale of defence a tMn iht-ir return, wtiieh is n.uie than (irnbable. Should they attack us it will urohahly be Willi a much superi.tr force but tliey will find ua like your noble Slate mot ln '.Jiimis Opibusrjue jiaruli.' Tampico is situated on a point formed bj a bend of the river, having a l.igoon in the rear. The houses are buill of stone, hand somely plastered and painted, the roofs lie chiefly of slatr, consequently the cisiein wmer i pure and good The rcseivoirs are all they have to depend upon the riv er water, though fresh, is unfit to drink and is used only for caiilo Water is brought fiorn t)ie country ot miles, or d..r keys. and retailed out, Tito streets are remarkably lean the stores are wi II filled with mer- rhandiz", and their cafes are remarkably lean ami geir.eel. The inhabitniits who remained are most of ihe poorer classes, and number about 3 000. The market i well supplied widt all the necessaries of life, which tvo purchase ai ery ehep raies. Cod fresh buef at four rents per pound, milk ll eems pt r qu .ri. mil vegetables of all kinds as cheap as ci.n he pioenred in yo ir inarkct, Tlioi.pii the inhibilants are ao.newliai s.ilien, Mid lliey prefor that we shoi.id rem on among iliem, as ive pay for every thieg wo get, and they would be compelled to luinish their own troops, at much moie reduced prices, with very little chance of being paid, for they state that ihe arbitrary ex -union of llieir mditdry chieftains is loblu-ry in its woist form. Mr. Iiliciilllilii. Mr. fieri y, o' Tennisspp, in his speech of Wedni s.laj m the II..ijse, sta'nl that Hi. S crelarj f Sta'e had, at the same, derlaiied thai he wo.. Id lose h: rij;h: arm before In would sign a treaty it cogn.zi ng the par illel of -1!) degrees ar the bouo.lai y.'Tlii Union in reply llieieto; faj: 'We ai c author iz"d to s.) , thai iieith r a' the time r-.-ft i red to, nor a a-.y other time il..l he m.ke nuct. .ii tjifpri'li d derivation as Ihe one nere ici ibed to him. lie tlnl, l.owtv . r, lepeatt-dly say, from iliecomnicnce mint of the las' srsM. 11, to the Veij few 1 it mis v whom, liom iheir tlliijial position in Congitss, he lilt l.ii)iell a' I bt r'y lo cm Veise i.m the U, pi C, lll .t ' e never would sin s id) a liealv , un 'ess in obi diei Ce io the picvir.usly t x pn s-ed wil of 2 thirds of 1 hi S na 1 ,lh i'o-oi din'e branch f 1 ' t 1 1 ely in jt n, ,)uwtr under Ihe cm-titui 0 1.' The 1'osl Muxttr General's Hcport. I'lie 'orMmait..r (Jenen! in his repoit, pro .oses vaiious cliaiigcs in regard to postage. Fust, that n Hinijlir letter hereafter r-! i 1 1 weigh one tjuar'er ins'p-.d of half an ounce, x.-ept whto writ'in on single sbeei . . 1 1 1- .11 weaning less man nail an ounce I'll. it ilit ha me power bu given to the IVsi- ollice Dcp iriment 10 prevent a violaiiou ol its revenue laws, as is now given lo the Pieasm y Departmeiit to jueveiil smupghng. 3 I. I hat all Inters passing over mail mules winch ri late to ilp cargo, be free w hen un sealed, si.l jeit to the inspection el the Post- iliiee agent win 11 fraud ih M.spertid. 4,h l li.it all new spapt rs ehould bo charged will iiislagc iiccordlllg lo llieir Wl io fit add S:zi ir..l the distance to be itiTud. arid thai ii-wf p.. eis, rot -ei,i in regular e'lbdinbers sliouid be rati d a I 1 bigl.tr osl; e thai iliotiM ;vlueli aie. 6 ti Thai the postage on orm ed n.a'ier on ruto 111 advance, onv! ibni tht post ye on hlifis l.e t. itl er p.mi it idvi.n. e.or el-i' ti.e b ite:; itted with doubh postal") Some of these rlnnges may probably be lound advauiagentis, bu'. that which gives the same poucisto 1'oatmnstci as is given :o the liuvenuc tJlFicprs, who may enter at nieasiiie any eimp m wnicn inev may sup pose smuggled goods 10 be concealed, is strongly objected lo, and would probably lead 10 an aboiiuou ol the I'utt oilice.j LID 123 lCD 23 LU cJ. -5-iJo 'TRUTH ll'HUl'-' VAU V. M. PALMER Em, is authorized to act a Ar'nt fur the 'Coli-mhia Ukmuchit,' mtd re-,-apt dlhiwnienf Subscription and Advatw iiS at !us Adrian in Philadelphia N. 60 Fiiiestnrt. Kew York " G0 Xaxtau-ttrtit. Boston " "5 State-street. ;i,.rc .S. E. cnr. llnt. and Culvert s!. Mrrchanh-Mccltuiiiei nod Tradesmen mat find Utotlicirmhanliiiretn udvtrttue in Una paper a? it in the oi .v ime published at the t'uurit) s-cat -,nd Aat a greater circulation in the cmintij than nmj other paper published within stiliniU. AN AlVKUNTICi:, To the Printing lnnim-ss in wanted at tlii Of fice. An active buy 15 or 1C yeun, of ut: will re vive good eiicoumgi'ini'i.t. The Printer i much in want of a fen bi.sbeUof WllKAT.COilN & 1JUCK V II HA I , of those who owe him uiioi snbscr ip'ion. Ho would also like a fe,v bushels of POTATOES. Josrph Yetter Eq. of Franklin town ship has been appointed by ihe court An !uor for Columbia County in the p. lace ol l'e;er Kline Esq eleeted commissioner. VOLUNTKLRS. The firs Regiment of Pennsylvania vol- nnieeis, having arrived at 'itiohnrg on the 18 h insi., proceeded to the election of oili- ccrs when L' M. Wyr.koop, of Pottsville, was elected Colonel, Saniuel V lilack, of Pittsburg Lieut. Colonel ami l L. 15 iw man of I' e Wyommg. 7ruibry M j.t!"iu ral Cadiwalader of Philadelphia has been ap pointed General of the Origide. .'ill pails uf the Stain furnishing volunteers are rep lesented by the distribution. THE COLUMBIA tlUAUDS. This fine e.mir.any is accepted by tl.e Governor lo constitute a portion of the stc .mil R gimeni from Pei. list Ivmiia, and wi! start Iroin Danville on Monday riexi(TJ.c J23 h; fcr Pittburg. W e will puldtsli a lis of the officer and men a9 soon as we can obtain it. The company will contain from Of) to 70 men it w ouk lie larger but M or 15 of Us members joined the Villkesb;:rre .-mnpaiiy when it wenl through Danville as dicre vvas no prospect then ihat their own company would be accept.'. The cim .-us of Danville have raised about 800 for ihe Guards, and an additional tum lias been raised at other places in li e county. The citizens of Danville will also assist the families of the married Vulimleeis during dieir absence. The Guards will go in sleds is (ar as tlohdayshurg, if the snow contin ues if not in wagons. Conveyances wid be Itberallv furnished to send them on, and they w ill carry wiih them the best wishe .f their fellow citizens for their sifeiy.su'' cess and prosperity. Tllf: MLISSACK. This important exposition nf public ;if. f.irs has, by this lime, been generally p'irus ed in the country, and if it b is nu t i.s d.-. si rt. h is been we I n ceiei il ami 11s man -enlimcnis approved. L'pon the suljecl 0 l.e M.-xican War, ihe vindication of tl.t A'lmini-iraiiun is complete. The fn-ts si inrili in tlie nii-ssiige in relation lo it, an si:flicii-,it lo cniiviiiee any uliprf jmlieei mind, that we have not been rash, unjust or blood-thirsty, in our conduct towari Uixtco; and that while we have, for year pursued a pacific and foi'oeaimg policy, sin has been continually instilling our 6'overn- merit, injuring our comm'rrp, aiul vio.'jt.rg her ir aties wiih us, I' 'n present w.ir is upon our pail, a ju.-l one; and ihe I resi dent's message will eom inrn all ho ib not wilfully close their ears against truth thai it is so, Those who have falsely run: traitorously rbarai K rizcd it as a war of ag oiession and injustice, must be covered will oiifiiMon by ihe array of lliianswei abb lacts in the mibsage, and " ill not. probd.lv be in a hurry to repeat, their calumnies up on their own country and lis Government. L'pon other suVj -cis besid: tha war, tin message is brief but explicit. It exhibit the fact that rip to Dec. 1. 1SI0, ihe vvbolr increase of debt since the Piesidcnt calm into (..'lice, is only about six millions of dol lais I his explodes the ciphering o Whig oramis ..i d tdi rs, who have iri.ido such an ado about ihe national expenecs. Ai die late lession of Conre'-s, Mr. Wel.eiei ,iiit tlo'.vn the naiioi.al exp nithlure.al fm'J it million of dollars a th.y.or over. 51 51), 000, OOOayenr!! beini.' only a mistake ol a hundred millions I ! This did for an dec iio.iec.ing story a while, and now that factU:i'nc,,llr' " ' '"''7. c ' and figures prove iis falsehood, we H.pposel, Mhr'Twe !,,, ,,., I?1(m enjoy, it wil! be succeeded by oihtr humbugs i i,,i satislaeiion for it is the only one iu jually valuable and lutcieeimg. The truth is. the present national AJ ministration is econotriii'l as well as Lou est. Hy the report of the Post Master Gen eral it shewn, thai during the psl yai an increase of Post Oilier' g and a large in crease in the number and extent of iiihi routes, have accompanied a decreased ex penditure by that Department. This is tin way in which Die system of cheap postage .-in be made to suertcd. The reports ot other Di'p .rtilieiils olio that ll is spirit i.i economy is not confined l the Post Matci (ieueral; but lbs, it permeates throng!) all branches of ihe government administration. Phis is what the voters of the Union desir ed in 1814. when thev elevated Mr. Polk to the Piemdeticv. They wtm taiisliud that ho wou'd not fivor a splendid system f administration snd lavish expend lures, .in. I they have not been disappointed. IS y bis vetoes of the Ficnoh Spoliation 71) and of the Ri er and Harbor Un), at the last srs rfion of Congress, he saved over six mil- li.ins of dollais to the national treasury; and by t'ie enforcement of a rigid economy in the expenditures of Govt rninenl, he h;is apt it in credit and fuifi.Ud the jusl expect ations ot the people. Tiip in. s -age is p.lv re io dis'in hint; he T.n (! ao1; of lS-lli, m.d ir.fi- s i li-' the new Lw be hied; u.d that ilnm, - X jj( l iri.ee t Xhlhl'n ll' f cl In i', ll I be time lo inoilify it, in shoit tl at it si-all not be condemned in advance an.' .jiitiit.l. The confident an t .c i p t ion i indulged, itul l! Wl'l Win U, well ii pi .ct.ee, and it i.-, h. litvcd to be Cor prci and j i t in principle. O her topics in Uie messigei1! hav- siruck the a It tition of our leadeis, Uj, m which we w.ll not slop tu coinment. The whole of Ihe message is well writ mi, and it will have an impoitaul and healthful influence upon pnbli; u)iuion. We publish this week in anm'ier column, a teller from the veteran Col. Johnson to the President in regaid to out Mexican rt-la lions, It was written, as will be observed by iis dale, more than a year iinre, in an Ui'ipat Oil of lliu wai that has since broken iiit, and is characteristic of the in Ml whose he an and aim have always been on ihe shit of his country. We invite to it the aticm tion of all our rcadi rs. AN INSTHUCJI IVE FACT. On the 2ll of March lSI'J, Un hard tush ('who was then our .linistcr Plenipo tentiary at tha Couil ol London,) bad an in tcrview with Lord Caslli reagb, Ibe Foreign Secretary, among other limits, in lel.itinn to the execution ol Aibulhuoi and Ambus, ttr in Florida, by the order of Cueial Jack son Lord C; stlereagh said lo Mr. Hush: That he emirs;; which the investigation jjnto Ceu. Jackson's conduct had taken in the House of Representatives at Washing ton, was calculated to einh .riass the eabium of England, the speeches of our own mem bers h'.ivin shurpUj denounced Uen. Jack son. Tliese,' he said, 'were cited and dwell upon in the English journals, ami cist bj ilia opposi'inn into die teeth of the ministry, who had viewed the suiject in lights hvi.HLT from those members oJ Congress, At anot'ier interview, July 19.b of tin same year t.nrd Casllrreagh said, in lela 1 mi to the s iuia ea-e of Arbu'.hnot and Am brister; ' I hat had the English cabinet felt and acted other w ise than it did, such w.h ihe temper of Parliament, and such the let In, g o the conntrv, he believed war michl have 'icen produced by holding op a finger!' What a striking illustrati m we have hen of ihe impolicy and danger of arguing a 'stilus! one's own country, in ca.-c of a dil- li ul ry with a foreign powei! The it. flam- mo v sjicrclirs of imr ineinbeis of ('ongiess was a main element of producing such ex imemeni in Engl.iiid, as almost to plunge the two countries I'll.) a n onjv vvar. anil it v;,s mil) aveitiil by the good s-nse and firmness nf ihe Ei.g'isli mil. isii v ! (Jen. Jackson was 1 leai l juMili. tl by the fiels. in rxc.-utiiig the Britisli cmissaiics, who bad stirrnl up the Indians lo liuiebei- ics of our people, anil so thought the Jhig- I'lsh 7i)inistu but die same spirit thai now deiiounct s the nets of our Government in regard to Mexico, prompted bilu r de nunciations nf Gen. Jackson then, for cxt- tiling the blood-thirsty wretches w ho had caused the murders alungour Southern fr on iu' I I, is country has so far triumphed over Is loee, in spite nf sympathy for their cause by partisans among us; and it will i.g.iin. I'be only snislaciion that traitorism can eni .joy, is the vile one of knowing that ii has . . . h'hieh they ire fair'y nditlcrJ, j Mexican sympatiiiz;:;:s. It is peifcclly manifest, ihatil.e ci ndir t f some pi 0111 merit political men in the I -oiled Soites, in arguing against their 1 u i. country, has tentltd not only lo produce 1! 0 existing Mexican war but also 10 indium die Mexicans to additional iLr'.s since its I'ommeiiieiiieut. When Mexicans si e prominent citizens if the United t?tates, dtnoeiii-iiig the war as ii.jusl and aggrejsive, and charging upon their 011 government the fault of its com mencement, could we expect that they vould not be incited and uilliincd to pros ecute the war, ami that they would tin 11 a deaf ear to our overtures of peace? No other conse qui rices, could w ith reason bo expected, but these; unless we assune that Mexicans dilfer from every other race of people in the wor'd. In an exchange p iprr,we find the folio, ing item among the late itetvs fiuio Vera Cmz. 'Letters have been rect ived in .1rxico (Vera Cruz) ihat President Polk has become the oljec i f particular dislike to his f.-lloA-citizens, thiongh the pcriiriacity lie Ims dis posed in war. The pimple in tl, e North ire s jid lo be on it.o verge of rt volution. 'bioii;;li the enormous expenses im.iilenii.l 11 lie lio.stilnies now i xisu.jf Ix-tweiM) ilia L't.iied Staus and Mexico,' The l'"ie ji.ing sounils naiurul enough lo come from one w bo had been rending the Abolition newspapers, or some of the staid old organs of Federalism in our seaboard ciiiet-; and 11 is with un Ii 'scraps of coni lort' such iii.fliimabiii luall'e that ihrj enemies ol ihe country ain rupplied fri ni 1 1 1 e !abaralurics of pariisaiiism among us. ROAD AND BRIDGE VIEWS As a mailer of in teres'. 10 our readers in ibis county, we publish, below, the new iavv in relation to road and bridge views. The duties olViewers and the righis'of pci sons through whose lauds Roads are laid, are but imperfectfecdy understood, and the publication of the law then-fore may be use In I, .7N .70 r Ite'dl re In public nnuls in certu'n cnunies herein numcd. Section 1. lie it enacted by iheSn atn an, I Hooe of Representatives of the Commonwealth of IVnos) Ivani 1 inGen eraL?S(jpriil)ly met, and 11 is hereby en acted by the iiti bor.ly i,i ibe same, Tint liereal.er the number of luadami bridge vit vveri apt, rioted by the cootis of Tin r sessions of the counties of IJu' ler, Allegheny, Luzerne, Lycoming, find Clinton, shall he three, one of whom shall he a survejoi, if deemed necessa ry ami every view and review shall ba made by th" whole number of persons so appi.inied, a majority of whom shall concur in llieir report, in order toils coi fii m I'ion hy the coin t. Section 2. That in all rases of the i poii.tni-m of vieweis in said counties, o view and locale a public or private road, or to review a public road, t he ...id vieweis or any one of them shall, hefore pioceedmg to mke their view or review, give public notice by at least liree adveiiisi rrients, put op in the vi- tNi.i'y of 'he cor'templjlrd route of s'uclj road, if ibt lime r.n J place where 1 1 , j snd vn-vvirs will meet fur the pu-po-a of mt kiog Mich view or review, at l.ast ove dr,s heloie such rnelmg. SiTTioN '.. Tnal if ihe v ew. is shall lecide in lavur of lucaiing a public ro.nl r I i mike iicj ebani'o in He location of he public 10. d vvhtcli ilir-ywire p iioin!ui t i rev.ew, ii shall be ihe ,1 1 y 0! H e vievves to eruls.ivor to p'ocuie, mm il.p i rsons tl-,rotij,h wbosi liirU -tub loc.iti. n may be nude, relea-es for 'I c aims of d un i;;p. tlijlmgbt aiiso lion. up. mug the sime; end in every ,'ase w licit' s.ui view, is Vl.all !a, io piu .'ine -mil release, and it -h'll ajine.ir t i them thai any ilam-ig-s vv II bf siist.iu, d, ll .-ll 1 1 i be ille.f dtl'V Ui fs-l-ss the I. n.aes and ni.ik" 1 f - j j 1 r I 'li-reof, sfgn (! bv a n.fjoiin 1 I 'i in 1. umber, and 1 e 1 ti r 0 1 h h s ,i m e , ' o g e her v th .il leler-sr s obtained, to llm pioprr cou I of q intt-r sessions. SrcTKN 4. Tul it shall I e ibe duly o said court to examine cart fully the amount of damages ass esse d as nforesaid; pud jf ahl court sdiall be satisfird that tlie amount of damages assess- d in any esse is sii!i thai ihe public inlertsl will be fiibsenrd bi lls pay ment, and the opening of the toad. MiJ enuri shall confirm such view r re- vifw' i,tS6,,len, of dtunagcs-vvlm b shall be paid as now directed by law ; bm ir aid toi,tt el ad i.ol If tmii(C, ll.e uid re 1 "
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