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CtEARFJEtD, PA-V JCL.Y 1, 1857.1
-.-4t .'3IHE STATE TICKET. ,.t?i
. From every section of the gtate we receive
encouraging intelligence; of .the prospects, of
i,be American Republican State Tjcket. The
' candid aies ara deservedly popular, and ,tbj
tuore liic'y are known, the better are they liked,
for their opinions are such as to highly com
nend them to the support of. every true A.:aer
peaaand Republican ;in .Pennsylvania., Be
sides this, the nominations combine rare lite
ary.a well as intellectual powers. But these
are worth little in the estimation of the Loco
Joco leaders, if the men do not entertain and
advocate the peculiar political dogmas of mod
ern Democracy. . The old cry -of "abolition
ist' is also freely -used to create prejudice a
gainst Xr.Wibnot and the other gentlemen
vlio compose the ticket but with the sound
reasoncr. thfc true patriot and the good . citi
zen, it will have no weight A colemporary
well remarks, that Judge Wilmot has been as
sailed in the most virulent and relentless man
ner by the Locofoco press, for his advocacy of
the principles of the Jefferson ian Ordinance of
J8i , and which he embodied mJiis famous
Prov:so," as the sentiment of the Democratic
jarty, (with which he was then acting, and iu
.which he .was,"at the time, sustained by those
very, self-fame Locofoco papers, as well as by
Hie Resolutions of that party in the StateLe
'gislaturc, headed by Bigler, and its State Cori
Tentions, headed by Black. The principles of
the' Wilmot Proviso were Democratic with them
then, but now he who sustains the doctrine of
the' tame Proviso, is traduceds by these still
living and . iorraer .proviso-advocating Jocofo
cos as a vile ''agitator" and "abolitionist."
Ten years completely change the views of the
boasted Democratic party, on a well-defined,
long-established and truly democratic princi
ple! Will honest men not think and act con
sistently T T -- : "'
r. Til SlTREMK CO CRT AND THE M.4HT LlXE.
.The decision of the Supreme Court,' on the
application lor an injunction against the sale
of the JIain Line, was delivered by Chief Jus
tice Lewis. The points decided wero as fol-
JoSIJ: ... - , - .
, 1st. That the Legislature had constitution
al authority to authorise the sale of the Main
Line. -- -
2d. That the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa--aylmay
lawfully become a purchaser at such
ale.: !t !' . -" -- ; - -
d That the Legislature have Constitution
al authority to repeal the tonnage tax.
; 4th. That the Legislature cannot bind the
State by contract from 'imposing equal taxes,
and tbat the condition of. sale to the Pennsyl
vania Railroad. Company-in. that respect is
void and an injunction to' that extent is grant--ed-Bat
-'. - . .
, 6th. That in all other respects the sale may
-go on and the Penn'a Railroad Company may
-bid and purchase cn the same terras as other
corporations or individuals.' " ' .
Justices LowTie and Knox also delivered o-
ptirions, in which they discuss the question of
exempting corporations from taxation. Judge
Knox's opinion was as voluminous as that of
the Chief Justice!
., SitE OF THE MALS LjSE OF PUBLIC WoBKS.
The Sun of Friday'the 2Gth June, says : Tbe
Main Line was sold last i.-tjjht, at TJ o'clock, at
the .Philadelphia Exchange, .ior the sum of
-even millions five hundred thousand dollars.
I t was (he flrstnd only bid made, aud it was
announced .as thetbid of J. Edgar Thouipsoa,
the President, of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Companjv .There was a very largo concourse
Vf persons present, and the excitement was
quite manifest. The strong feeling exhibited
was favorable to the sale, aud when its con
summation was announced the crowd broke
forth in one loud and prolonged shout of ap-.
jdause. The Locofoco opposition to the sale
did not seem, to .meet with much encourage
ment in that quarter. What will Schnae
"an'J-Iott do now ? ' . , '
- in i " " " "
' 'Important to Postmasters It should be
remembered by Postmasters that, for the pro
tection of newspaper publishers, a law was
jassod not long since requiring them to notify
-editors of any -paper remaining uncalled for
within five weeks, or be held responsible thern
Jsjelves.' Postmasters will obey the law and
confer favor by informing us of changes or
Tefiw&is to take the paper, and' thereby relieve
is of considerable loss and enable us to mail
imt paper more correctly: ; ' ;- '
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J COXTOTTKHr OF CoCJTTr SCFERIXTEKDEXTS
& Convention of the County School Superin
tend eats. of Pennsylvania, has. been called by
-Mr. Hickok,the efficient State Superintendent,
td Assemble in Reading, on Wednesday, the
tld day of July, instant, for the: purpose of
jconsnltation with regard-to the present condi
tion and future, prospects of tle Common
School system of this Commonwealth.
it oyTbere ha been shipped from Bermuda,'
isioce fa opening f spring, .684,000 pounds
ot. ct,Kns, 19,820 barrels. of potatoes; .12,755
-.boxes of tomatoes. Of. the dbove there was
-chipped; to ;Aew;!.york.,c J1T,810; pounds of
jOBioosr I6j299. barrels off potatoes; 1211
frofca of tomatoes. . .f'j: !
SQUATTER .SOVEREIGNTY IGNOEED,
The line of distinction, which the leaders of j
the pro-slayery Democracy have aceii' com-
nelled to draw between Utah and Aansap uor-
monism and Slavery in the application of the
sublime doctrine of popular sovereignty,"
which has been promulgated with so much
unction by the sccvans of the party on both
sides of Mason's and Dixon's line, must be
highly edifying to the disciples of that politi
cal school who are presumed to swallow plat
forms and gulp down political manifestos, "in
all sincerity and truth." We can imagine the
perplexity with which a meirfber of this docile
and amiable class of partizans, who has been
soundly imbued with the interpretations of
constitutional law and the views of popular
government, advanced by Senators Douglas,
Cass and other eminent "donghfaces," for the
purpose of fastening the -'peculiar institution"
on the free soil of Kansas we can imagine the
perplexity of such an individual when 'he reads
"the little giant's' opinion' in1 regard to the
Utah question, wherein "squatter sovereign rj'f'
is qnietly ignored, and a position more in'nc
cordance with common jeason and common
sense substituted. We will presume that this
Individual has had the advantages of the teach
ings tho greater and the lesserlights of the
modern" democracy in thelast'PreSidential
campaign, and has,'conseqnentIy," at his finger
ends the luminous notions advanced; by ihat
party during its great struggle in behalf of
Slavery' extension and Southern Aggression
flow he can reconcile the position, maintained"
in the annexed extract, with' all the other po
sitions assumed by 'his party'" leaders on this
subject, is a matter for himself alone to deter
mine." In a recent'spcech at "Springfield, II
linois, Senator Douglas' thus disposes of his
former teachings, and turns his back upon the
connatng Jiormon allies oi tnc democracy :
"Mr. Douglas said he had heretofDre advo
cated popular sovereignty for all the Terri
tories, but that he had now become convinced
that the Mormons were traitorsenemies of
the Union were treacherous scoundrels and
murderers. : He was compelled to reverse his
old opinion. The organic act of the Territo
ry should be repealed. When a people be
come unfit for 'self-government, other people
are empowered by law and Christianity to take
hold and govern them, nolens volens. lie said
that the national government ought to act
with vigor move qnickly and when there it
"ngrht to pply the knife and cutout this pes
tiferous cancer which was growing within, and
would destroy the body politic.' '
Alas and alack ! for the great Democratic
doctrine ! the saving clause in the creed of
modern Democracy, and the soundest of
planks in the famous Cincinnati Platform !
Tho mutability of the principles of the party
w hich elevatcdMr. Buchanan to thePresidcncy
passes all nnderstanding ! One thing to-day
another to-morrow "sometimes pig and
sometimes puppy" no one can predict what
its position will be a year hence. It is only
unchangeable in its attachment to the "flesh
pots" of this great nation, and to secure them
there is no evil too monstrous for them to in
flict on their country. '
We regard Mormonism with its hundred and
one abuses, as merely an exaggeration of the
evils of slavery, as tolerated in the- Southern
oiaics. it seems as though Ltali with its
harems and its disregard of the social and do
mestic relations, is but a reflex of the condi
tion of Southern plantation lifeand servitude.
Polygamy is by no means original with the fol
lowers of Brigham Toung, who practice it on
the shores of Salt Lake. It is practiced by
the black population in the slave-holding com
munities, under the encouragement aud by the
connivance of white men and women, who
profit by the monstrous evil, and who at the
same time hold up their Jiands in holy horror
at the barbarous rites and ceremonies of the
"Saints" and "fclders" in the territory of
Utah. Virginia slave-husbands, as a common
circumstance, have a plurality of wives, and
no apologist for slavery has ever presumed to
say that the domestic relations of the negro
married parties are respected either by the
customers or laws of slave-holding communi
ties. Husbands and wives, and children at a
tender age, are placed under the hammer of
the auctioneer, and sold off to various sections
of the country, and'separatcd for ever. When
the free state men of Kansas made an effort to
save their territory from this blighting enrse
by invoking the interference of Congress,
"popular sovereignty" was the 'stumbling
block placed in their way by petty politicians
of the "Douglas school. But it seemshat,
wnue it could serve as a support for slavery in
Kansas, it has no virtue in sustaining Mormyn-
ism in Utah i " " ' ! " '
Y ' Ptrange there should such a difference be
..'Twixt twecdle-dum and tweedle-dce!"
Wo regard the entire democratic doctrine
in reference to territorial government as mon
strous in the highest degree, ami have pro
nounced it to be such on all occasions j yet
we confess to a feeling of anxiety to have ex
plained to us the difference " the political con
Uition of btah ; and -Kansas. This "popular
sovereignty" doctrine is indeed wonderfully
mysterious in" its operation, and poor-Mr.
Douglas will have a sorry time before he gets
through with it Pittsburgh Gazette. ; .
ETTke Kansas correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat writes : "I open this letter
to give you information of the terrible massa
cre aad tho. destruction of an overland emi
grant train to California of which' intelligence
has just been received here." The train, which
consisted of seventeen "wagons, when about a
hundred miles west of Fort Kearney, was at
tacked by a party of Sioux or Cheyenne In
dians, who murdered every person in it men,
women ' and children burnt the 'wagons and
drove off the cattle." The number of persons
in the train is said I obave beenabout twenty."
-' lET-Whalebone has nearly doubled in price
within the past four months in consequence of
the enormous consumption of tie article .in
skirt hoops. " Where the wholesale price was
forty or fifty, it is now eighty and ninety cents
a pound. - t ;, . ; : -x-, - .. '
CLIPPINGS AND SCBIBBLINGS. v v
CScarce--grain of ail kinds. " "
CSTlen' new advertisements. '
rxP"IIandsome the boquet we received a
few evenings since. -
Hp-Broken the Bank of South Royalton,
"Vermont, and "the Seneca County Bank, Tif
fin, Ohio. " .
CyA slanderer of the fair sex undertakes
to prove that Satan was a woman whose name
was Lury Fir - - TT'T"
E7-The Wheat Crop of South Carolina, it is
said, will be the largest this season,-ever bar-
vested in that State.
-- X7"l nng ladies are like arrows? they are
in n quiver till the beaux eomej and can't go
oQ without them. - : , .. .. ,.. ? ,
C7"Genial sunshine and . warm showers du
ring the past week bare imparted an unusual-;
ly healthy and vigorous appearance to . the
crops in this region. . ' . ; 1..i,,ir, ,i.
: . j. no sua ui iieijry.o. uuii, vi .uiaaissip-
pi, ran off a few weeks, ago with his father's
second wife. ' The young "son of a Gun'ihas
not been.heard of since. '? t' . , "i-j
$y Jacob Rishel of Miles township, Centre
county', killed a' bear on the night of the 6th
June, after thev"varmint" had killed a number
of his sheep.. It weighed 470 lbs. ; J ' J -:
' tt7It is now positively ascertained that the
Republicans have a working majority in' the
Constitutional Convention in Minnesota, now
about to assemble in that State. ' ' '
I "Minnesota papers complain that, tb
grasshoppers are more numerous in that terri
tory than they were last season," when njparly
every green (hing was destroyed by them.
, ,nr"Thc Louisville Journal says that all the
old lumber of Henry Clay's home at Ash laud
has . been sold to Wm. S. Rand, of Maysville,
Kentucky, a Democrat, for the manufacture
of canes, boxes, &c. .. .-) . , -; - ,. .,';; :
C?"rancjr the street improvements. in our
borough. ' The gravel crossings are the all
est"kiud of embankments, and are admirably
adapted for "smashing" or npsettirg vehicles.
We are -'getting up in the world," sure.
" C-Pred. Emery, the notorious murderer of
William Philips was married on Monday, the
25th of May, to the belle of Leavenworth the
young lady who offered her hand to any uian
who would bring her the scalp of an abolition
ist. ; - '. .-;-.-"
GIt is said that previous to the year 1850,
the number of Americans who indulged in a
tour to Europe never exceeded 7,500 in uny
one year. Xow the number of those who cross
the water for an airing, annually, has swelled
to S5,000. " .
terrible hurricane occurred at Panda,
Illinois, on Friday last, which destroyed prop
erty to the amount of seventy thousand dol
lars. Thirty-three buildings were blown down,
a child was killed, and a number of persons
badly injured.
CIn some parts of Russia, which are in
vested with robbers, , travelers carry their
pockets full of snuff, to throw in . the eyes of
the brigands, while they get ready their revol
vers and poignards. : Such a mode of warfare
is not to be sneezed at, queer as it is. '
- E7"That bright and pleasant little monthly,
The Schoolfellow for July, is on our table. It
is, in our opinion, one of the best periodicals
that conld be placed in the hands of children
(By the by, can fhe publishers tell what has
become of the July jTo. of Household Words T)
E7"In Marion county, Ohio, a few days ago,
a man sued another for the rent of a house
On the trial, evidence was adduced that the
house was haunted, and the jury decided that
tbe defendant be paid $15 damages, instead of
paying rent.' " Shouldn't wonder if after this
haunted houses would be plenty.'
EP-The St. Paul (Minnesota) Times Is In
formed that the two surviving white women
who were amongst the captives made by the
Indians, at the Spirit Lake (Iowa) massacre,
had been rescued, and were at .Yellow. Medi
cine, under the protection of Mr. Handram,
the Indian agent. ' '.'.',
DIIad two Wives. A curious case came
before the Surrogate at Brooklyn, ST. Y., last
.week. A man named Xorris died in March
last, leaving considerable property to a lady
whom he called his wife. . Deceased, however,
it begins to leak out, had two wives, and No.
- applied to have tho spoils equally divided !
Queer case indeed ! , ; r
DSStruck by lightning Week before last,
Mr. Spies, of Hopewell township, Bedford
county; Pa., and three daughters-wero in the
field planting corn. A thunder-storm arose
and . they all sought protection under a large
tree, when tbey were struck by lightning. . One
of the daughters was instantly killed, and the
father and other daughters wero insensible for
some time afterwards. ; '
"Another Mammoth-Cave. We were
heretofore content with possessing the largest
lakes, the highest water-fall, and the largest
cave in tho world. Hereafter, however, we
can boast of two Mammoth Caves, as a new
one, it is stated, has recently been discovered
in Marion county, Missouri, rivaling the old
Mammoth in Kentucky. One gallery of it has
been traversed for two miles, and contains de
posits of saltpeter. ' '
' CSThe Daily Newt seems to be alone in its
advocacy or the Straightout ticket. The edi
tors must be caught as was the Western con
ductor, who, when asked why he was discharg
ed, said, "I was discharged for giving a free
pass." "What made you such a fool as to
give a free pass 1" ""Well; yon see," replied
the conductor, "I got tired of riding alone', and
gave a friend of mino a free pass to get him
to go along for company.' - ' -
PrrrsBCEGii "Market. On Monday, Flour
sold at from $6,62 to 57,25, a shade higher
than the previous week ;' Cora 80 tai 90 cts. ;
Oats 48 and 50 ; X. O. sugar, by the hhd., 12
cts. per lb ; coflee 1 2al2 1 ; shoulders 1 1 , and
hams 13 cents.-. A sale of 5000 lbs. choice full
blood wool was ma4e at, 49 cts. v fc
New Rcle. Important to Matuemati-
T - -t L
CiASs--The lollowing Rule is. purely original
with the wrjter, and he" submits it to the math
ematical world, desiring them to test its mer
its and application. ' i - -'', . v
.When the." height of a tree standing on a
horizontal plane is given, and it is desired to
know high it mnst be cut off. so that the top
cf it may Tall on a point a given nnmber of
feet from, the bottom of the tree, the end
where it is cut off- resting on the stump the
annexed Rule, it is believed, , iwUJiold gootLia-
all practicable cases.
f -Rci-e Subtract the sqiiart of the lase or giv
en distance from Ike bottom of the tree, from the
square of the altitude of the tree, and divide the
remainder by tvrice the altitude, and the quotient
will be tkeheight of the stump.' - :!'- t
' TKo "Vri ter 1 knows of ' ho R ule " purely 1 a-
rithmetical,T other than this, that will in all
questions of the kind, bring the' exact answer.
If mathematicians knowof any other;' they
willoblige tho writer by bringing'it beforc-fhe
pnblie." i ' ' : iiWi'At Campbeli." -
' Clearfield Institute; June 24th,' 1857;" :7
Da. J. CJ Atek, the world renowned ClicniT
1st of 2cw England, :is now: stopping at the
Burnet house in this city.;? He has been mak
ing a tour of the Western States, with his scien
tific associates, to investigate their remedial
productions, or such as life' can make remedial
We iiotice he has been received with marked
distinction by our leading citizens of the West
and are rejoiced to " find . they have shown a
proper estimete of the man who has perhaps
done more for the" relief of human ills than
any other American. Daily Journal, Cincin
uati, O. . f. r: ",.v .-';.: -i - . '
JTAwrrt Calamitt. The steamer Montreal,
on Jier way from Quebec to Montreal, Canada,
to.ok fire and was completely destroyed, on the
2Gth, causing the most horrible loss of life.
There were four or five hundred persons on
board, .mostly Scotch emigrants, the rest Ger
man families and American passengers, and it
is believed that over three, hundred persons
perished, some in tho flames, and others by
downing. Mr. Philips, of tbe extensive lum
ber firm of Morcross & Philips, of Three Riv
ers, is one of the lost." , .
New School Law. The Ilarrisburgh T"c7e
graph reminds all interested that the second
section of an important act passed by the late
Legislature, and which goes into operation ini
mediately, provides as follows: "That here
after the tax imposed by section thirty of the
act. approved May 8,' 1854, for tho regulation
and continuance of a system of education by
common schools, on trades, professions and
occupations, or on singla freemen, shall in no
case be less than one dollar.".
C7"The grain harvest in Europe, according
to intelligent iniormation, will be magnificent
The vintage seems likely to rival the grain
crop and to redeem the failures of several
years. : . . ; ;
KTI"An exchange tells of an editor w ho went
a soldiering and was chosen captain. Ono day,
at parade, instead of giving the order, "Front
face, three paces forward,'" he exclaimed
"lash, two dollars a year in advance."
Q3"""0n Saturday a young lady of St. Louis
commenced suit in the Circuit Court against
ncr own latncr, ror siamier, laying the dam
ageatS2000. -
New Advertisements.
fffECIALNOTinK-nM Cnr. T!r,.a
3 other metals will be taken in exchange for
aajmiug in our line.
j"lyt MEURELL Jt CARTER.
TnOMAtfG. SSYDClt, MERCHANT. Peal
er in Sawed Lumber. Shingles, Square Tim
ber, et cetera, KYLEIITOWN, Clearfield Co. Ta
July 1,. 1857 tf. . : . . '
NOriCE.-Tho Books nnd Accounts of Ewcn
L. Miller, of Cush, CIcarBeld County, hare
been assigned and transferred to cerbtiu of his
creditors to pay his indebtedness to them, and are
now in my hands for collection. -
All persoDS indebted will save coets by calling
and settling at o?ic. W. A. WALLACE.
Clearfield. June 23. 1857 jnlyl-3t. -
T OOK OUT ! PAY UP AXD SAVE COSTS !
Ji All persons indobted to the firm of liloom &
Jlontgomcrj, Cdrwcnsville, Pa., are urgently si
licited to call and square their accounts without
delay, or they will positively bo left with nn offi
eer for eo'Icction. The books are in the hand of
the undcrsiguod. ... ISAAC BLOOM.
July 1. 1357 ."t.
AUCTION ! AUCTION ! ! AUCTION !!!
Tho subscriber will sell at public sale, on Sat
urday, July 1 1th. proxinie, at bis residence in tbe
Borough of Clearfield, the following property, vis:
Center, Dining and Kitchou Tables, Bureau, Cve
sets cane-seated and M'indsor Chairs, 'five pairs of
Bedsteads, wash and a wing Stand. Book-ea?e,
Cooking Stove with its apparatus. Coal and Parlor
Stoves, three Hu.k Mattresses, fifty yards of Car
peting,, a full set of Pelton's improved Outline
Maps for singing Geography, one Buggy with fall
ing top. one Horse, riding Bridle and caddie, one
set of Harness,' one string of Bells; also dishes,
pots, kettles, and various other articles. -.
Tbe furniture is all nearly new, and having
never been abased, has an appearance almost
equal to that when first purchased. Porsons wi.sh
iug to examine it, or any of the other property,
can do so at any time by calling on the subscriber.
Sale to commence at 9 o'clock A. 31. of Paid day,
whon a liberal credit will be given, and tenuf
made known, by W. a. CAMPBELL.
July 1, 1357. - ' ; --
ORPI1 AXS' COURT SALE VALUABLE
SAW-MILL PROPERTY.
' . Estate of RUliard Curry. Sr Dec'd. '.
. In pursuance of an order of the Orphans'. Court
of Clearfield county, granted at May Term, 1857,
there will be exposed to p iblio sale by outcry, on
tht premises, on Hondo? the 10th day o f August
at 2 P. M., all that VALUABLE SAW-MILL PRO
PERTY and TIMBER STANDIXO. late the Estate
of Richard Curry, Sr., dee'd, situate in Pike and
Knox townships in ald county, on IjttU Clear
field Creek, about one mile brloic j"r Millport,
bounded and described as follows: Beginning at
a hemlock, corner of Win. Box's land, north 100
perches to a post, cast 121 1-10 perches to post,
north 140 perches to post, cast 94 9-10 perches to
post on Fitch Boynton's land. onth 240 perches
to post and west by lands of Thompson A Sloppy
216 perches to beginning, containing 205 acres and
112 perches and allowance, and having a xair-mill
in rood running .order, jmth. a new dam; and a
small log house thereon, and having a large quan
tity of valuable pine and oai timfgr thureou, and
a part of tbe and being valuahU for farming pur
poses.: Also, all tlie yiue timter standing on 100
acres of land adjoining the same, now occupied by
Geo.' W. Curry, beginning at sugar corner of Wm.
Kex's land, cast 121 1-10 perches by lands of Cur
ry's heirs to post, south 140 ptrcb.es to post, wet
121 1-10 perches to post, and sooth 140 perches to
beginning." Tho title is indisputable. ,; ? -: . .
Terms of Sal. Ono half nr confirmation of
fhe sale, and the balance in one year with interest,
to be seoared by judgment upon the premises. -
JOHN S. CURRY, .
WiLEEXr
July 1, lS7f -: j L. Admiafctratorj.
JBY AUTHORITY,
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMEND
MENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
OP THE COMMONWEALTH.
Revived, bv the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of tht Common wealth of rennyliania, in
irenra JUxenoiy met: xnai ineioiiowing amvuu
lutnU are proposed to the constitution of the com
monwealth, in accordance with tho provisions of
the tenth article thereof. - - -
FIRST AMENDMENT! -There
shall be an additional article to said con
stitution to be designated as article eleven, as fol
lows :
nnCLF. xi.
- OF PUBL1C IEBTS.
Sectios 1. The State may contract debts, to sup
ply casual deficits or failures in revenues, or to
meet expenses not otherwise provided ior; but
the aggregate amount of such debts direct aud con
tingent, whether contractod by virtue of one or
more acts of the general assembly, or at different
periods of tune, shall never exceed seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, and the money arising
from the creation of such debts, shall be applied
to tbe purpose for which it was obtained, or to re
pay the debts so contracted, and to no other pur
pose whatever. ;; -
, Skctwji 2. In addition to the above limited pow
er, the State may contract debts to repel invasion,
suppress Insurrection, defend the State in war, or
to redeem the present outstanding indebtedness of
the State ; but the money arising from the con
tracting of such debts, shall be applied to the pur
pose 'for which it was raised, or to repay such
debts, and to no other purpose whatever...
Sectios 3. Except the debts above ppecificd, in
sections one' and two of this article, no debt what
ever shall be created by, or on behalf of tho State,
t. Sectiox 4. To provide for tho payment of the
present debt, and any additional debt contracted
as aforesaid, - the legislature shall, at its first ses
sion, after the adoption of this amendment, create
a sinking fund, which shall be sufficient to pay the
accruing interest on such debt, and annually to
redueo the principal thereof by a sum cot less
thanfcjtwo hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
which sinking fund shall consist of the net annual
income of the public works, from time to time own
ed by the State, or the proceeds of the sale of the
same, or any part thereof, and of the income or
proceeds of sale of stocks owned by the State, to
gether with other funds, or resources, that may be
designated bylaw. . Tbe said sinking fund may bo
increased, from time to time, by assigning to it
any port of the taxes, or other revenues of the
State, not required for th ordinary and current
expenses of government, and unices in ea.se of war,
invasion or insurrection, no part of the said (ink
ing fund shall bo used or applied otherwise than
in extinguishment of the public debt, until the
amount of such jfebt is reduced below tho sum of
five millions of dollars.
: Section 5. The credit ( the commonwealth
shall not in any manner, or event, be pledged, or
loaned to, any individual, company, corporation,
or association; nor shall the commonwealth here
after become a joint owner, or stockholder, in any
company," association, or rporntion.
Section 6. The commonwealth shall not assnmo
tho debt, or any part thereof, of any conntv. city.
borough, or township; or of any corporation, or
association ; unless such debt shall nave been con
tracted to enable the State to rejel invasion, sup
press domestic insurrection, defend itself in time
of War. or to assist the State in the discharge of
any portion of its presant indebtedness. '
Section 7. The legislature shall not authorize
any county, city, borough, townsnip, or incorpora
ted district, by virtue of a vote ot its citizens, tr
otherwise, to become a stockholder in any compa
ny, association, orcorporatiou ; or to obtain money
for. or loan its credit to, any corporation, associa
tion, institution, or party. -
SECOND AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional article to said con
stitution, to be designated as article XII., us fol
lows :
ARTICLE XII.
OF NEW COl'NTIES.
No county shall be divided by a line cutting off
over one-tenth of its population, (either to form i
new county or otherwise.) without the express as
sent of such county, by a vote of the electors there-
ol ; nor snail any new -county be established, con
taining less than four hundred square miles.
THIRD AMENDMENT.
From section two of the first article of tho con
stitution, strike out tho word, uoftie city of Phi
ladelphia, trnd of each county reticctivtJg ,"" from
section five, same article, strike out the words, "of
Philadelphia ami of the several counties ;" from
section seven, same article, strike out the words.
"neither the city of Phila-lflphta nor any,''' and
insert in lieu thereof the words. laiid no f and
strikeout ecctico four, same article, aud in lieu
thoreof insert the following : . ... "
Section 4. In the year one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-four, and in every seventh year
thereafter, representatives to the number of one
hundred, shall bo apportioned and distributed
equally, throughout the state, by districts, in pro
portion to tbe number of taxable inhabitants in
the several parts thereof ; except that any county
containing at least three thousand five hundred
taxablcs, may be allowed a separate representa
tion; but no more than three counties shall be
joined, and no county shall be divided, ii the for
mation of a district. Any city containing a suffi
cient number of taxablcs to entitle it to atleait
two representatives, shall have a separate representation-assigned
it, and shall be divided into
convenient districts of contiguous territory, of
casual taxable population as near as may bcvcach
ol which districts shall elect one representative."
At the end of section seven, same article, insert
these words, 'the city of Pluliulclphia shall l di
vided into single senatoritii district, of routisfu
ous territory as nearly eyrrtil iu tajeahle populiUion
as possihle ; hut no ward ultatl be divided in the
formation thereoj '."
-The legislature, at its first session, after the a
doption of this amendment, shall divide the city
of Philadelphia into senatorial and representative
districts, in the manner above provided ; such dis
tricts to remain unchanged until the apportion
ment in the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four.
FOURTH AMENDMENT.
There shall be an additional section to tbe first
article of said constitution, which shall bo num
bered and read as follows : - - - -
Sectiox 25. The legislature shall have the pow
er to alter, revoke, or annul any charter of incor
poration hereafter conferred by. or nnder. any
special, or general law. whenever in their opinion
it may be injurious t j the citizensof tho common
wealth ; in such manner, however, that no icjus
tico shall be done to the corporators.
Is Sesate, March 27, 1S57.
Resolrrd, That this resolution pass. On tbe
first ainondmcnt. yeas 21, nays 7 ; on the second
amendment, yeas 23, nays 8 ; on the third amend
ment, yeas 21, nays 4; on the fourth amendmoaH,
yeas 23, nays 4. . -
JExtract from the Journal.
OEO. W. HAMEKSLY, Cterl.
Is the IIorsK of Reprhsextatives,
t , v April 20, 1SS7.
Aesofird, That this resolution pass. On the
first amendment, yeas 78, nays 12 ; on tko second
amendment, yeas 57. nays 34 ; on the third amend
ment, yeas 72, nays 22; on the fourth amendment,
yeas S3, nays 7. -
(.Extract from the Journal -
JACOB ZEKJLER. Cleri.
Filed in the Secretary's office, May 2. 1S57.
A. G GTKTIN,
Secretary of the Cuvtmvnwealth.
- SecwETARr's OrriCE,
. : . IIaebisbibo, Jnnt 22, loa7.
Pennsylvania, .
I do certify that the above and foregoing is &
true and correct copy of the original "Resolution
proposing amendments to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth," with the vote in each, branch of
tho Legislature upon the final passage thereof, as
appears from tho originals oji file in this office.. :
In testimony whsreof I have hereunto set
t. S.J my hand and caused to be affixed tha seal
. : of tho Secretary's Office, the .day and year
above written.
, A. i: CURTIN," '
' Secretary of the Cqmmontoealth. - .
. ' - " . Is Senate,5 Mirch 27, 1857.
Ihe resolution proposing amendments to the
Constitution of tho Commoawoalth being under
consideration,
.On the question,1 ' ; --' :" ' i - - ,
- - Will the Senate agree to the first amend-
?u - ' ' ' ' ' - ' -
.Aoeyeaa and. nays wcr takaa agreeably fa tit
provisions of Ihe Constitution, and were as fol
low, tU :
J B AS Messrs Brewer. Brown. Coffer. TA-r. E-
vans. Fetter, Flenniken, Frazer, Ingram, Jordan.
Killmgcr, Knox,. Laubach, Lewis, Myer, Sco field
Sellers, Shuman, Steele, Straub. Welsh, Wilkin.
Wright and Taggart, SpealerU.
Nays Messrs. Crabb, Cresswell, Finnev. Grtss.
Harris, Penrose and Souther 7.
So the ciuesaon . was determined in the affirma
tive.
On the question.
Will tho Senate agree to the second amend
ment?
Tho vcas and navs were taken agreeably te tbe
provisions of tho Constitution, and wcio as fol
low, vis : , ..
X eas Messrs. Brewer. Iirowne, cresswell, titr.
Evans, Fetter. Kinney, Flenniken,. Ingram, Jor
dan. Knox. Laubach. Lewis. Mver, Sellers, f hu
man. Souther, Steele, Straub, Welsh, Wilkins,
right and Taggart. speaker 23.
Navs Messrs. Coffey, Crabb, Frazer, Gregg,
Harris, Killingcr, Penrose and Scofiold 8.
bo the question was determined in the aSrma-
tive. . ----
On tho question, '
Will the Senate aree to the third amend
ment ? . . . " . .
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably te the
provisions of the Constitution, and were as fol'
low, via :
Yeas Messrs. Rrcwer, Browne, Crabb, Crese-'
well. Ely, Evans, Flenniken, Frazer, Ingram, Jer'
dan, Killingcr, Knox, Laubach, Lewis, Myer, oo
field. Sellers, Shuman, Souther, Steele, lraabf
Welsh. Wilkins and Wright 24,
Nays Messrs. Coffey, Gregg, Harris and Pen
rose 1. . ' - - - ,
So the question was determined in tbe affirm-'
tive ?
On the question,- . ''
Will the Senate agree to the fourth amend-'
mcnt?
The yeas and nays wore taken agreeably to ther
provisions of the Constitution, and were as fol-'
low, viz :
Yeas Messrs. Rrcwer, Browne, Coffey, Creeew
well, Ely, Evans, Flenniken. Frazer, Ingram. Kil
lingcr, Knox. Laubach, Lewis. Myer. Scofleld,
Sellers, Shuman. Souther, Steele, Straub, Welsh,
AVilkins and Wright 23. -
Nays Messrs. Crabb, Finney, Jordan and Pen
rose 4. " ' . ' - '
So the question was determined in the affirma
tive. . '
Is tub IIocse or Representatives,
; April 29. 1847.
The resolution proposing, amendments to the
Constitution ot the Commonwealth being nnder
consideration, - " - k
On the question,- , . - . .
Will the House agree to the first amend
ment? ' " - -'
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to tbe
provisions of the Constitution, and were a fol
low, viz :
Ykas Ms?r9. Anderson. Arthur.: Backhoasey
Bull, Reck, Lishop, Rower, Brown, Calhoun. Camp
bell, Chase. Cleaver, Crawford. Dickey, Knt, Ky
ter, Fausold. Poster, (Jibboney, Gildea, Hamelr
Harper. Jleines. Hicstand, Hill. Uillcgas. Iloff
manv (Berks.) Imbrie. Innes, Jacobs, Jenkint,
Johns, Johnson, KaafTman. Kerr, Knight. Leisen
ri'ng, Longaker, Lovett, Manear, Maule, M'Cal
tnont, M'llvain. Moorhcad.' Mumma. Musselman,
Nichols. Nicholson, Nnnernacher, Pearson. Peters.
Petrikin.. Fownnll, Purccll, Ramsey, (Philadel
phia,) Ramsey, (York.) Reamer, Reed, Roberts,.
Rupp. Shaw, Sloan, Smith, (Cambria.) Smith. (Cen
tre.) Stevenson. Tolan. Vail. Vanvoorhis. Vickers
Voeghley, Walter, Wcstbrook, Wharton, Willijton,
Wiiherow, Wright, Zimmcrmau and Gets. Speak
er 78.
Nays Messrs. Backus. Benson. Dock, Hamil
ton, Hancock, Hine, Hoffman. (Lebanon.) Lebf
Struthers, Thorn, Warner and Wintrode. 12.
- So the question wi.a determined in the affirma
tive. . ; -
On tbe question.
Will the House agree to the second amend
ment? -
The yeas ar.d nays were taken agreeably to the
provisions of the Constitution, and were at fol
low, viz : . '
Yeas Messrs. Anderson. Backhouse, Ball, Beck,
Rower, Calhoun. Campbell. Cartv. Ent. Fauaold'.
Foster, Gildea. Hamcl, Harper, fleincs. Hiestandr
llillcgas, Hoffman, (Berks.) ilosekepcr, Imbrie,
Innes, Jenkins, Johns, Johnon, Kauffman. Knight.
Leisenring. LonRaker. Lovett, Manear. Mang!r
M'llvain, Moorhcad. Musselman, "Nichol. Nichol
son. Nuncmachcr, Pearson. Peters, Petrikin, Pow
nall. Pnrccll, Ramsey. (Philadelphia.) Ramsey.
(York,) Reamer, Roberts, Rnpp, Shaw. Sloan. To
lan, Yail, Voeghley, Walter, Westbrook, Wharton.
Zimmerman and Getz. Spejtier 57.
Nats Messrs. Arthur, Augustine, Backus. Ben
son, Bishop, Brown, Chase, Cleaver. Crawford. Ey
ster. Gi'uboney, Hamilton. Hancock. Hill. Hina.
Hoffman (Lebanon.) Jacobs. Kerr, Lebo, M'Cal
mont, Mumma. Reed, Smith, (Cambria.) Smilbr
(Centre.) Stevenson, Struthers, Thorn, Vanvoorhis,
Vickers. Wagonsellor, Warner, Wintrode, Witbtr
ow and Wright 34. ' ' . - -
So the question was determined in tho affirma
tive. '
On the question, '
Will the House agree to the third amend
ment? The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to the
provisions of the Constitution, and were as fullor
viz:
Yeas Messrs. Ao lerson. Backhouse, Ball, Beet,
Benson, Bower, Brown. Calhoun, Campbell. Chan,
Cleaver. Crawford, Dickey, Knt, Eystrr. Fausold.
Foster, Gibbnney, Hamcl, Harper, Ileina. Ili
etaud. Hill, Hi.Ucgas, Hoffman, (Berks.) Hoffman r
(Lebanon.) Hotxsekoepcr, Imbrie. I lines, J.ieobjr
Johns. Johnson. Kauilman. Kerr. Lebo. Longaker,
Lovett. Manear, Maugle. M'Calmont. Moorhrad,
Muiutna, Mussclman, Nichols. Nicholson, Nun
raacher, Pearson. Peters. Petrikin. Pownall. Pur
ccll, Ramsey, (York.") Reamer. Reed. Rupp. Shaw.
Sljan. Smith, (Cambria.) Smith. (Centre.) Steven
sou, Tolan, Vail, 1 anvoorhis, Vickera, Vavghley,
Wagonseller. Westbrook. Williston. Witherow,
Wright, Zimmerman and Gett, Speaker 72. '
, Nays Messrs. Arthur. Augustine, Backus. Bish
op, Carty, Dock, Gildea. Hamilton. Hancock. Hine,
Jenkins, Knight, Leisenring. M'llvain, Ramvr
(Philadelphia,) Roberts. Struthers, Thorn. Walter,
Warner, Wharton and Wiutrode 22.
So the question was determined in the affirma
tive.
On the question, ...
Will the House agree to the fourth amend
ment ?
The yeas and nays were taken agreeably te the
provisions of the Constitution, and were as follow,
viz :
Yeas Messrs. Anderson. Artbnr, Backhouse,
Batkus, Ball. Beck, Benson, Bishop, Bower, Brown,
Calhonn, Campbell. Carty, Chase. Cleaver, Craw
ford. Dickey. Ent, Evster,' Fausold, Foster, Gibbo
ny. Gildea. Ilamel, Harper. Heins, lliestand, Hill,
llillcgas, Hoffman, (Berks,) Hoffman. (Lebanon.)
Housekeeper, Imbrie. Innes, Jacobs. Jenkins,
Johns, Johnson, Kauffman. Kerr. Lebo. Leisen
ring. Longaker, Lovett, Manear, Maugle. M'Cal
mont. M'llvain. Mumma, Musselman, Nichols.
Nicholson. Nunezacher. Pearson, Peters, Petrikin.
ub nun, i ureeii, jianiscy, nitaaeipnta,) Jtaia
Wagonseller, Walter, Warner. Westbrook. Whar
ton, Williston, Witherow, Zimmerman and GeU.
Speaker 83. r
Nay s Messrs. Dock, n am iltnn.Ha ncock, Strath
erg. Thorn, Wintrode and Wright 7.
So the question Was determined in the affirmative
Secretary's Orrica,
' Tlarrisburg, June 22, 1857. '
. Pennsylvania, ft. . - -
I do certify that the above ar.d foregoing is a
true and correct copy of the -Yeas" and '-Nay "
taken on the resolution proposing amendment to,
the Constitution of the Commonwealth, as the
same appears on the Journals of the two Ilouaoe of
the General Assembly of this Commonwealth for
the session of 1357.
Witness my hand and the seal of said of -L.
S. ficc, this twenty-second day of Jane, one
v- thousand eight hundred and fifty-aavea-
- A.G. CLBTIN,
erretary of the CommouteealtA.
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