Railroad Law.
The following, clipped from the I'itts- |
bfargh Commercial, is a synopsis of a.
Qeneral Railroad law, which Repsiselt;
Utirc Harbison of Lawrence county, «-
tends soon to present, for \Jie considera
tion of the Legislature. It remains to be
seen, whether the Representees of the
people will carry out their icstrunctiomi,
and give the people soHietiwag tangible,
»nd not permit themselves to be controll
ed by monopolies. It is about time that
the will of the people should be carried
out by such legislation as will prove to
be beneficial to all sections of tho Com
monwealtb, and not confine their action
ip favor. of those who have controlled the
itlme for The people have per
mitted of things, until forbear
ance, in till* direction, has ceased.to be
a virtne. If we are to have a geneial
Railroad law, let it be one, that will be
operative in its provisions, and not hem
med in and fenced, by.influences iutend»
ed to benefit the few at' the expense of
the people,,
The following is tho synopsis, above
rffe/red to :
HARRISBURU, Jan. 5, 1867.
lion. W. C.-Harbison, member of the
House from Lawrence couuty, has in
hand and will present, soon, after reas
gp.mbUng, *,bUt'for a general railroad "aw
for the consideration of the Legislature.
The bill has been carefully prepared,
and as Western Pennsylvania is deeply
interested in the question, I have thought
that a synopsis of Mr. Harbison's hill
would interest the several thousand daily
readers of the C«)MMEKCIAI<.
The first section creates a bureau to be
charged with the execution of all laws
relating to State railroads, its chief offis
cers —the Comptroller of Sta)o railroads
—to be appointed by the Ciovernor. on
tjhp of Senate, for three
y&rs, aud "not to be interested under the
ict.
Section 2 and 3 refer to certain details
about seal, office rooms, kc.
By section 4 any number of persons
got less than five may unite to form a
railroad, by filling with the Comptroller
of State Railroads a certificate contain
ing name and diagram, line of road,
amount of capital stock, number of shares,
names and places of residence of sub
scribers to certificates, and their pledge
that the pro <osed road shall be construc
ted with all due diligence.
5. Wherever the parties have duly
complied with previous sections, they
and their asrociates are constituted a
body politic, with the usual corporate
pewers.
6. The Company may construct a sin -
gle or double track, with necessary aide
traoks, turn outs, offices, depots, etc., and
also such branch roads from the main
line to other towns and places within the
county, as they may deem necessary.
7. Capital stock to be divided into
shares of SSO each ; 5 per cent, paid at
time of subscription, and not less than 10
per cent, per annum thereafter, as may
be required by Directors. Unpaid stock
subscriptions may be sued for, or Direc
tors may sell same at auciiou for unpaid
installments,due public notice being f\rst
given.
8. Such stock is declared personal
property, transferable No change shall
be made in the articles of association or
by-laws by which the rights, remedies or
security of the existing creditors of the
Company shall te impaired.
9. The stock may be increased by a
majority of existing stockholders, or re
duced in like manner by filling a ccrtifi
pate of authority from such majority of
holders, with Comptroller for that pur
pose.
10. Books of subscription may be
opened after thirty days published notice
of time and place. When 10 per cent,
is paid in, and on due public notice,
stockholders may meet,and choose seven
directors, each share of stock having one
vote. The Section directs the manner of
electing officers and provides for filing
with Comptroller, a certificate of such
election. Said officers shall from time
tp time make such dividends of the pro
fits as they may deem prqpcf
J} On due compensation made, said
company may enter upon, survey and ap
propriate uuy land and usp any building
materibl necessary for said road.
12. Provides for partial variations of
the original line of the track when nec
essary.
13. Authorizes toads to agree with
jnunicipal authorities and private owners
in regard to right of way.
14. All appropriations of private prop
erty to the us» of any railroad shall be
piaae by assessment, when the road and
pyatra cannot agree—under the
provisions of existing law prescribing tie
manner qf assessing damages.
15. Directs the manner in which two
or more roads nj»y use the same draw or
swing bridge in grossing any navigable
stream, &c.
. 16. A company maj divert any road
or stream from its former course, if nec
essary in the construction of ttye road,
but the company shall withoui unneces
sary delay place such road of stream in
such condition as not to impair its grace-
fulness
Provides the style of bridge and
the manner ol' guarding and crossing
Banjej, ifhefl, any canal or navigable water
is tope crossed. • The plans of all such
bridges; to, bo approved by the Railroad
Comptroller before being built.
18. When the track of any State rail
road crosses tjje track of the same guage
of any other rai'road, the'owners or con
trollers of either road shall have the
right to connect the tracks of the two
roads so us to adinit of the passage of the
par* from one road to the other, and so
tg to avoid the necessity of changing cars
or trans shipping freight, &c.
39 fnd 20. Provide t(>e basis for con>
solidating roads, where are so con
structed as ff> admit the passage of bur.
den or passenger cars over any two or
jmore 112 such road« without
i*«k ■ Ktfftmytiaa, '
21. Any Stale railroad company maj
at any time, by means of subscription to
the capital stock Of any other company,
aid such company in the construction of
its road for the purpose qf forming a con
nection therewith by, Uie road furnishing
such aid, on th* assent had of two-thirds
of the stockholders of said roads.
22. Kach railroad company under this
act shall make its road and branches of
uniform guage from end to end.
23. Companies may acquire*by pur
chase, and hold all lands necessary for
track and buildings.
24. Any existing road uiay bccom • a
State road under the provisions of this
act. on the assent of two thirds of the
stockholders,
25 Two thirds of the stockholders may
authorizo the issuing of preferred stock,
tit? •9 n f, v"i
greater tlian the amount lit stock actiyilTy
paid in.
26. Provider for the issuing of bonds
to amount of twj'lhi'rds of the cap
it'll stock, for ilio purpose of raising man-'
ev to construct its road and appendages,
p'urchnsing rolling stock, P&y't'g unfund
ed debt, etc. Dvtrds tolbear seven per
ceut. interest.
27- The company may charge cent.,
a mile for freight and for passengers.
28 Annual reports should be filed with
the Comptroller in January each year ?
containing a full exhibit of qfijiira, show/-
ing
-of receipts and income, cost of construc
tion, repairs, incidental expenses, divi*
dcßds paid, bonds issued and every par
ticular necessary to a fa'.! exhibit of Com
fanies' affairs—these reports togo to
legislature in February. Company shall
also publish such report in the newspa
pers.
29. Affairs of the Company shall al
ways be open to the inspection of stock
holders, and a list of stockholders shall
he kdpl fur, iospcqtiotj of all ciejitors,
and a revised li3t filed annually with
Comptroller.
30. Directors shall be liable in their
individual capac-ty to stockholders f3r
damages which they may sustain by ron>
son of the unfaithfulness or wilful mis
management of said directors.
81. Directs precautions as to crossing*,
fencing traok. Ac , and provides penalties
for neglect.
3 'i. Regulates the manner of guarding
the crossings with constant watchmen,
aud directs which trains shall have pre*
ccdence In starting.
38, Directs as to the publication ol
rules and regulations for running trains
and generrl management of the road.
34. Hoacts severe penalties lor any en
gineer, through whose neglect of sections
of the bill in regard to coming to a full
stop at river bridges, and crossings, where
loss of life or injury to person ipay occur,
and makes the company also liable.
35. Municipal authorities may regu
late the speed of trains passing through
cities, but shall not limit them under four
miles an hour.
36. Makes embezzlement or other mis
appropriation of Company's monty, funds,
bonds, or other property, a misdemeanor,
punishable with not less than three years
imprisonment at hard labor in the peni
tentiary.
37. 38 and 39. Any person who shall
willfully and maliciously injure any track
I so as.to endanger travel thereon, or aid
ami abet in so doing, shall be guilty of a
' misdemeanor, and on convictioa be pun
ishable with not less than five years im
prisonment.
40. Fines any person who, without the
consent of the Company, shall drive any
wagon, carriage, cart, or other vehicle, on
its track.
41. All roads constructed under this act
to be military and commercial roads, sub
ject at all times to the authority of the
State for transporting troops and
rialg of war.
42. lloads organized nnder the act to
pay a per centals of earnings \oyfards the
expense of maintaining thp Railway Hu
| reau hereby organised.
—A recent <?e\>ate in the House reveal
ed a significant fact as to political pro
scriptions during the past summer aud
| fall. It appears that during the recent
campaign the Secretary of the Navy is
sued an order for the discharge of all men
in the navy yards thet did not endorse
the President's pokey, and a member
from Philadelphia, Mr. Q'Neil said that
this order was faithfully Executed. In
(he Philadelphia navy yard', a hoard of
three high naval officers was constituted
a grand inquisition Court of Inquiry , the
political faith of every man wuq ascer
tained, an official report was made to the
Department, and a largo number of wor
thy and capable men, some of whom had
served during the war, were removed as
being Republicans.
Tin: ASSASSINATION PI,OT. —It will
be recollected that at the last session.the
House Judiciary Committee made a par
tial report on the complicity of Jeff. Dak
vis in the plot to assassiuate President
Lincoln. They intend to continue their
inquires, and to summon John ii. Sur
ratt before them the moment he arrives
here, with a view of taking his evidence
in the premises. It has been deemed
best to do this before he is brought to
trial.
PENSIONS. —The Pension Hureau ad
rises those interested of certain rales
<irhich are strictly adhered to in that office
Original applications are numerous, and
theit receipt acknowledged, and they are
acted oq in turn, and not taken up out of
the order in which they are inserted.—
The condition of unadjusted claims are
n.">t reported, unless they have been filed
thi-e"! months, except in special cases.
Copoer"°oro has been found on the
Connoquen easing creek, in Wayne town
ship, Lawrenc** 00. Specimens, equal ng
the purest of the Superior ore,
have been
deoliues to point out exact locality of
the concealed treasures.
See that each hour's feelingf apd
thoughts and actions are pure and true ,
then will your life be such. The md?
pasture is but separate spears of grass;
the sheeted bloom ol the prairies but iso
lated flower* -
$Ue guujvicuu Citisru.
The Largett Circulation oj
any Paper in the County.
07e. ANDERSON. - - - Editor.
BUTLER PA.
- -- Liberty and Union, Now Tid r oi»v«r . Or'
Webit «r.
ommuuicationV.
' " For tli« CITIZEN.
MR. KIMTOR :—We, Americans, are be
coming a fast people. Thought is now
made to travel with lightning speed, and
(he produjc of t)\e farm is transported
from one section of our vast domain to
the most extreme pointoof.thef f .the same, in
almost an incredible short
A ij.idon U*ly, living in l'enn town*
ship, Duller county, received a splendid
turkey, ready dressed, and cooked, for ft
Christina's dinner, which, four days pre
viously, was roaming at large in his I.Wll
er's barnyard, within five miles of lowa
city. If we were confined to the ancient
mode of transportation, practised by our
forefather's, our widow friend would not
have had the satisfaqtion of partaking of
Mr. lowa Turkey, thus provided, dressed
and cooked by her far off friend.
18$7. & W.
For the CiTiStir.
MR. KDIIOA Tljc writer has been
greatly interested in little vol
ume receutly published concerning "The
Harmony Society at Economy, Pa."
That society made its first settlement
in Butler county, at Harniopy. George
Itapp was the founder of the society, and
accompanied the members from old War
temberg, Germany, where it originated.
The book is written by Rev. Aaron
Williams, 1). 1 >., who has had every fa
cility for becoming acquainted with this
peculiar people, their origin, their histo
ry. their religion, and their social system.
In other respects the learned author is
well qualified to execute a work of this
kind, as the reader will find on perusal.
The undersigned has thehonor of an in
timate acquaintance with him for nearly
forty years, and can assure the public
that the history cannot be otherwise than
reliable.
The people of Uutlcr county should
avail themselves of the opportunity now
offered for securing the book. It is sold
by Mr. tlcinenian, at his Book Store.
Yours,
LOYAL YOUNG.
, For th« Citizen.
MR. EDITOR :—lt has been soma time
since you he:ird from Slipporyfek t.iwn
ship. V e are *till alive an.j movinti in
the line of improvement We have tight
schools in this winter, all under
the care of good competent teachers
Mis# 8 M. (kwpboll, of. Concord tp.,
is employed in School No. 0. She is a
first class teacher, and understand; her
[business. The Crocker school is tauyht
bjr a l*lisß Stine, daughtei of Dr. Stine
of Plain Qrove. She is well lilfed as a
teacher; but it is unnecessary to partic
ularise, as iu a flourish,
ing coodUiou- Ayd we have only nien
itioned these two schools because we ate
more particularly acquainted with then
. than the others. We have no doubt,
when the visits our town
ship, he will find our schools in good con-,
dition, and our teachers laboring faith
fully lor the advancement of those under
their care.
Our township is rich in mineral wealth,
especially is this the case in regard to Ui»
tuminous coal. It is generally believed
that wc have enough te supply two or
three countiei for a number of jears. It
is now conceded that we wilj have a Rail,
road thiough this township, qpd then, we
will be all right. Our qoil is good, and
adapted to the raising of grain or grasses.
At present, land can be bought at what
would be considered a reasonable figure,
and it is generally belived that, w'nen the
contemplated Railroad is finished, land
will be double what it is at present in this
section of Butler couuty.
Centreville is tha lnotropojia of oar
township, and a vast anjoqnt of business
in done in this place. There are 4 stores,
1 foundry, 2 wagon shops, 2 blacksmith
shops, 1 tailor {hop, 2 furniture shops,
and a host of other mechanics too tedious
to mentioq. )V C hare two doctors, there
are fonr churches, 2 school houses, and 2
tavptps. The latter jtavo been on £he
(jeolinc, and it is generally believed that
they will be on the tick Hit before long, as
their medicine lias ri)n oat. and tbas far
they fiaye not been able to procure a new
Buppjy, and even if they had it, the peo
ple—who are the sovereigns in this couo
try, have heretofore said, that it shall not
be dealt otji to poison the community,
and corrupt the morals of the same. The
work of reformation has commenced, and
most be carried through, until the sen
timent of society i; entirely renovated an<i
changocj. May the woik of progress iii
pducauqu, tewperau..*) autl luurak be
pushed forward until thit whole commn<
njty, couajy, and country shall be fully
prepared to fulfill the high destiny de
by tho Ruler of the universe.—
Will the friends of progress and refopn
speak out from all sections of our ?
Let us hear frcflb you, through the col»
urns of the CiTizrN. F. .
Slippcryrock, Jan. 5, ISO 7.
£pr the Clfflßlt-
MR. EDITOR :—Having some business
to attend to at Ilarrisburg, I left Hutler
on Wednesday morning last, in the Pitts
burgh stage, being an open box on run
ners It was excellent sleighing, but a
little cold for comfort. We reachrd Ha
kcisl'iwn lor early dinner; alter piirta*
kiug of which, we were tianslcrred to a
I jack, wbiellj on account of its pioteet
ing us from the cold air, was quito ac-.
ceptaWe. Reaching Pittsburgh? at half
past three, I took the 10 o'clock train for
the East, arriving in Ilarrisburg at 'J the
next morning after a comfortable night's
rest in the sleo[>in« carl old' and
familiar faces were arid many
r«cjjj;yi>l greetings passed. Activity
was visible everywhere. Tim approach,
ing inauguration was the leading subject
among one class of tho citixens, and was
tho cause of unusual activity in the Ex
ecutive Department. Secretary Slifor,
and all the Clerks in the Department,
were very busy, closiug up thr-. business
at their various preparatory
to the approaching change.
With politicians the Senatorial
tion seemed to be the absorbing theuio
Your readers are, doubtless, already aware
of the final result. The mode, however,
by which that result was reached,may bo.
of some interest to them. Indeed, Leon-
Bideritof vtyal interest. It is a fact
well known to tho observer of passing
events that Governor Curtin wns the
choice of the people for the position.—
Why, then, it is natural to inquire, was
he not chosen ? The primary reason is,
beoause he did not get votes enough.—
Hut why the representatives of the peo
ple saw fit to disregard the expressed
wishes of their constituents, may possi
bly remain a matter of inference Con
sidering General Cauieren's past history
—in connection with this office, —to say
nothing of former occasions, the remem
brance of his arrangement with 15oyer"in
'O3, by which he agreed to pay him
twenty thousand dollars for his vote, the
public judg mont] will unerringly settle
on the conclusion that the people's, will
was overcome wilh his money ! To give
a detailed account of tho extent of the
perfidy which resulted in his nomination,
would Require more space, thafi I could
reasonably ask. I will, therefore, take
only a few casca, as samples ; and in the
first place, our county in convention pass
ed a resolution declaring Curtiu to be
the choice of our people, and requesting
our representatives to vote accordingly.
Lawrarii-o county done tho sauie In
?>ierccr no organised action was taken,but
tho Djijjutcli, the party organ, declared
(bat CuHaty v#s the cfioice of their poo
pie: this ayouueement was never called
in question by any. Uvcr and above all
this, as question was canvassed the
sentiment ot the people be, came more ue*
fined and intensified. Under these cir
cumstances,had we not a right to expect
a united delegation for the Governor?—
Certainly we had. How then were our
expectations fulfilled? Mr. Pillow of our
county doue hia duty by voting for Cur
tin, while our Senator, and oiir Repre
sentatives from Mercer county, voted for
—— Orow ; and Harbison of Lawrence
county, voted direct for Cameron ! Hav
ing no doubt in mind as to the cor*
rupt influences that were controlling
some and having confidence in the
integrity of our Senator, I sought an
interview with him, in the course of
which I attempted to persuade him of
wishes of our people. He treated
me with great frankness, and waived the
necessity of my laboring to convince him
ot the sentiment of the district, by at
once admitting that in every jiounty of
the district, the people were in favor of
Curtis'* celectiod,and in none more than
his own where the sentiment, |ie said
T/as, overwbeling. He further informed
me that there wus a delegation of his
friends here pressing upon him the pro
priety ol hia voting for Curtin, but that,
hotwithstanding all this, he bad pade yp
his tnind to vote for Grow first, and Ste
vens second. I suggested to him that
ours was a government ot thq people,that
their will should be tho law; that repre
sentatives were chosen as a matterof con
venience, because all could *ot conveni
ently meet to enact laws, and not because
they, as a class, were considered wiser
than their fellows. He admitted the theo
ry as a general one to be correct, but
seemed to think it subject to exoeptions
He assured me that it would give him
great pleasare to respond to their will.
But that he thought Cuitin not suffi*
ciently radical, and gtated as an evidence
the fact that, on Curtin's return 'from
Cuba last printer, he called upon him to
counsel fq reference to the franchise bill
then befon;'Coogress, and that the Gov
ernor was not then in favor of the meas
ure. 1 replied that the election 'was
between Cameron aud Curtin, that al
-1 though Cameron's mouth was shift'dur* '
ing the discussion ot the whiile'qiifntiou
yet it was worthy of remark that at a
-- i-J »iir ■ •_£. JT
later day in tho session, when liu and
others were pressing a resolution of in
structions through tlie State Senate,
through the influence of Hall Cam •>
oil's right bower in that )>■ 1 , t! •• n->..
lution was buried in the budiy ~i tli
Judiciary Committeo trom whence ii. wu»
never resurrected; that lt«H had also
declared that he would Ktaud by John
son's Administration. L have
further added that Cameron's organ, the
Tilrflrajih, continued to lu'fljj lulUouie
eulogies upon .Johns HI an I > abuse all
who opposed. It nnylit IIMI, R t>o <>ii—
served that the !- tin I e<l
States, at that s- v
bili. It is « <vth\' i ! 11 link here, that,
line Lincoln, Ctmju MIEI J,IMIU.-S!!II tii
leud publir scutiuicut. litii wua always
content to keep pucc with it. During
the prosecution ol the waf, the Goveif
nor contented himself with sustaining
the policy of the Feiferjil Government,'
responding toailTliei calls ftir ..en.
and with'ministering to Hit; wants til our
soldiers wherever Inuud. Wlieu tl)u
great recohsti uction moa ure ufUongresi,
—the C'JUstitutinnal amendment, was
passed, he was the fiist Governor ill the
North to propose its early adoption. In
his late message, too. ho takes strong
ground as to the radical purer* J
of the Federal f-Jovijnuicut Congress
having at its present session passe 1 the
franch.se hill which it declined to do at
the last session, he fully concurs iu il.—
It is worthy of remark, too, that this fact
was L nown to our Senator. For iu an
swer to his question, tha Governor, as 1
was informed by one present, assured
him, that, liad he been in he
would have voted with his party to pats
the bill over the veto. Hut it is qrtite
unnecessary to follow this brunch of the
cose any farther. If a representative has
a riyht to iguore the judgment of ten
ithousnnd voters who elect hiui to rrprc■
Kent ihem, then,wo have no right to coin«
plain. Itut this I hold to bo a position
at war with the fundamental principle
upon which our govern men t rests. Fr.im
its earliest history, too, it has been the
custom of the American people to exer
cise the right of instructing. In eigh
teen huudrcd and forty-seven, while he
was in the Senate, the Legislature of
Michigan instructed Gen. Cass to vote
foi the Wilmot I'rovuio, ft measure thai
had not his approval. In announcing the
reception of these instructions, ho t
occasion to acknowledge tiik right of l,ho
people to instruct thoir representatives,
and assumed ihat the only alternative li lt
for the representative was, either Vi nljry
or to retiffn. This we take to be the true
theory. Indeed our Senator himself was
one of the most bold in assuming this
right to instruct by (.tessing the passage
of the already rcfe-ed to.
And, if memory serves right, iiyif
Ueiwurds voting for a resnltyiiun calling on
Senator C/>wan~ to t<enhjn Ucau-e liu 'uil
eU (o act iu obedience t i en.sh ol his
conililuentt. It is nut pi isant for me to
thus examine this subject. Our Senator
has always treated uie with kindness. 1
have a greSt respect for hiiu ; but I have
a greater g'.iil for free goveruuient. What
freedom, —what democracy is there in a
government, if the voice, the judgment
of ten thousand qualified voters, can he
disregarded and that of one vote set up
in thoir place? While the very a r scenic I
with corruption, we believe our Sen
atoi's hand* are cle m,yet we must insist
that lie entirely failed to realize his duly In'
no vote, since he reached the Senate, did
tho people feel such an interest, in non'e
have they been so disappointed, au' 1 their
sentiments, and riyhti too compromised.
Again, what evidence have we of the
superior radicalism of Grow ? lie left
public life before the Republican party
assumed its present radical principles,
and, so far a° we kkow liaA been, Aince
then, engaged id founding the famous
city of lleno, in opening up thorough
fares to atfd'fiom it, and in speculating
in oil property. While I intend noth
ing derogatory of Hon. (1. A. Grow as
a fair uian, I mast say that it is surpris
ing to find the representatives ot our dis«
tri'ct, (with one honorable exception,)
casting their votes for him. The expla
nation is only found, in the fact, public
ly stated by Cameron's friends, that the
Grow men' were', in general, Cameron
mep in disguise, that, if necessary, they
could have been used directly for Camer
on. In conversation with one of our
Mercer county members, he assured me
that the three fourth/ of their people were
for Curtin, and expressed great surprise
that their Senator (Brown) should votp
for Cameron—thought he would have
trouble to get the people to understand it.
But strange to s»y, he seemed to be quite
oblivious to the fact that he was
of a less justifiable act" (to voting for
Grow—whose friends had' neve/ 1 bceq
heard of in this diitritt .
ID conversation WAB the delegation
from Lawrence county, iu reference to the
Vote of Harbison, their member, I sug
gested thkt they would not think hard if
our people should repudiate his conduct
and refuse to support him for re uoiuiua
tiou. They assuifc.i tin- th»: m.aueh tie
ceasity fhoulu fi,a , ~ , U |,j utvu r
be hear»f of'agaiu u t (it, In
deed, ill" v/ow of thy i, •! »t, a t h« br uglu
his tamily tat *. .Ik hiuij afld that his j
lady i.ad beeu AEV u IU'CVIUMIUC** cart, ]
it was bUppuseyt tiiat (lie Oeueral uiight
- j*- .3 i
retire liim on a competency, outside of
Lawrence county. Tlie tote of Ihe Craw
ford ind r!rie nienibsfs is ns invsti i ■>
a* • niic of til.; rest, Col. Mlt rv »ii
'if from lirii *"! d '.he C.ov
<■! iior - iiim time sime tlial v.b '• I •
Caiiierou Wci'iL iu iitteuilint'c ai. tiro onii
vention lusi in!l, tlie latter gentleman ic>
quested liiui to beeotne his candidal* for
Speaker in opposition to Quay, who was
supposed to lie in sympathy with Curtin.
and that, after examining thei-muitei.
fueling public ill I'
he informed Cameron tin li< nl■; • i
comply with his wishes beu.m-" bi i
pie were oversrtielmingly in bum
IJoverdoi iii Si iiatof ; mid lliat l.e » u 1
have ton K <ci heir i-enlimeuts an vote
for him. afterwards prueuici
the posillo4 of Adjutant (Jeueral,
which*rendered him independent of the
people, he ca«t his vole fur Simon. Cfaw
ford County instructed for Curtiu, but
thtir whole rote wont ajainst him.
Another singular instance of sudden
conrrriion is found in our eastern border
Au Assemblyman who had not stood too
high with his constituents, came home
last spring, and, to secure a re
tion, declared himself in favor of Curtin
Tor Senator. Jjeoplp ruined around
him and put ljiin through, lie w s out
spoken in his adherence to the Governor,
and invited him out to their convention
to assist in rallying the people. On his
arrival in llarrisburg he was still an un
compromising Curtiu man. Soon after
Ir's arrival lie reported an attempt at cor.
ruption. Ue subsequently informed a
leading Curtin man—• member of the
Legislature, that lie had been offered
000 40 vote for
Gov. Cut I in, and would not desert him.
Sot n after this he assured an Kx-Speaker
of the House, a citizen of a western coun
ty, that he had been offered 85 000 and
a life situation on the Northern Central
rjad, (Cameron's) for his father ! Hut.
as before, he was still an out-spoken Cur
tin man. A change, however, soon came
over the spirit of his dream. lie be
came quite reticent, and finally went into
caucus and i-otcd for Cameron ! Com
mcnt is unnecessary.
At their annual nominating Republi
can convention in Chester county, a re>«
olutioo was ofTerred instructing their rep
■-c.icntativcfe to v.to, for Stevens first, fur
iCurtip second, aud under i(a circumntan
ec, to vote for Cameron The ipgolution
was' reueivel with cntliusiastiu cheets
.ini'f passe I uiiiinin:-us.y Sli < r.
'i he Legislature iuei. it was allegitu il.it
their iiienibcis did nol, (ousidei ihu in
structions binding, because passed so e.u ly
in the canvas's. Fo,t the purpose «il ob
viating all tr,oub|p on that point, anuther
! convention Has called and re uOirmed
' tboir old position. Nulwith-laii i'■
tbis their representatives, w
honorable exception, voti d !• i
Similar instrnetimis ant! pledge- *■ i
-iuiilurly broken by tjio Philadidpina
members. A luge delegation ol their
oitixens were on the ground insisting on
• heir votinir for Curtin. Uut it wa- no
go. With a few exceptions they voted
for Cameron. A delegation ol citizens i
composed of constituents of three mem
bers who bad been pledged to Curtin in
responce to instructions but who voted
against hi 111, feeling outraged, determin
ed lo repudiate tlif'Ui in as emphatic a
way as possible, led liy (ie'orgu MOT I,
Ksrj , Clerk of the Courts of Philadel
phia, went through the form of auction
eering them off to the highest bidder, lit
all the leading hotels of llarrisburg! As
was hatural, I "had stopped at the Locihicl
—Cameron's headquarters (J). I witness
ed the performance there. Smith had
procured a fine mimical hind bell, upon
which ho performed equal to that of
s Swiss bell ringer.' '
Having rang the bell round the liou.se,
he took his position in the midst of the
large sitting room, and after another per
formance, announced' that he was going
to offer three of their representatives for
sale! Throe gentlemen who had been
in&tiuctcd to vote for Curtin, and who,
in icsponce to tljeir instructions, had
pledged themselves to do so, but who bad
just recorded their votes for Cameron !
The first gentleman offered was
Ksq. After his name was before the
crowd some time, a chew of tobacco was
offered for him, which was repeated by
the auctioneer in the usual way, and "no
more being offered he was fiually knocked
down to the first bidder, tfmidrft Toaj-S of
laughter. The other'two wero disposed
of in the same way. The sale at this
place occupied half an hour, and
was jntersporsed with anecdotes and oth
er episodes"of much interest. Two or
three attempts Were ma 'a by Camerou'»
f'r ends t > stop the'sale, all in vain.
Fr.ttrklin iit.l o'her dwttiC'- *ei Itkr
wtao t<eti'ayfc'i; i»ut space prevents ui.
from specifying.
Had the voice of the people been lairly
reflected, purtio would have had two
thirds of the wholir vote. id' it was, he
had little over one-quarter* of the vote.
The Governor seemed to feoi <|u < >iti
fortable under the cucumstu • es 1
was very busy doing U|> jiu ufficius u
aincss* (lis iriends, however ■.•!
Ed for him, aud blushed lor the Uea. h
ery that raqsgd his overthrow.
Gen, u.tiou looked us coujj.ot>«d as
t- " 4. i t J
1 a deacon, an if was as aeiTve as when" 1 !*
fi iw him vi- it J I not of'
j Uu.:-e wiiViciu'Viii, 'liucouiing. atiolhei
'<'« art I!, mav 1,,, a knave, he is «r
--''if.Mi! I oe, thereliiiw, I
' h ,
ei 11 - •'!> - n" '!ije-lit,1 is 11 it t.i
bis elect I'.a, person .11., but thai, a* n
ce lent,it est iblVht s the laet that brains
is uo pa.-spoit to Ili.Oor and power when '
j ''r ught in eon taut villi vilabli I w ', m
ifvm.' in ill' exlie.- H"u i|„. tin . '
tit toijs hei. I' -: liotvors who
- \ mi' 1 111 uff I .(t I■ I, . \o-it t* * '
; tsn i'if 1 j, •4. 1; iv tliat their c Hl
'j«titUCnt» >vi-:!".r iliuirt t' V 't" for ('tin, .
Looking ovei lit !i ile untiei, it .l
indeed consoling okimw, tliat Uov Cur*
tin, as a faitblul public sei'Vant retires *
Iroiu the high office he has so ably adv '
luiuislere I, with the confi lencc and sym
pat by of the people, while the
rt pre enlatives by whoso Votes their ex
■ press wisi e.s h.'ve bcey mert'iime will re
turn i|omc will, the ban ot political eon
■ 'dcninatiju indelibly impressed u)ion
1 them. ' '
There are many otl:#r things I would
Ijke to write, and of which I havo no'
, doubt your roaders would like to hear,
1 bMt 'spacc forbids. 1
' TIIOS. KORINSOK
H.viuti>iiunii, Jan. 11, 18(37.
I'. S.— Having stopped at Cameron's
■ headquurteis I was souiewliat disappoin-'
1 ted end quite disgusted to|find on prepair
! irig to leave that my bill was unpaid (!)
j. Wool Grower'a^Attocit'ion.
j.. 1 lie members ol llie Slippery rock Wool
I i 1 owi'i'i Association nro requested to '
meet in Ccntroville. 011 Saturday, Febru
ary 2d,at 2 o'clock P. M. A full attetid
anee is requested, as business of import
ance will be transacted.
JOHN LIMN AM, Sic'y.
IMPORTANTTOTOUNG MEN AN#
TEACHERS.
I'wy 'j'tng man, *bg lever nm.v be hit future falllrif
In life, Will find a thorough mid prietlrnl
edtl.-n lit* gr<-nt»«t aldjo «ucce*M. Fnrli a courtf*
l»r hid I7 nil, M tlii- rxpruie rwi I time nocemiiry fur m
thiiroiigh |irr|uinttliitt rant»» apnrrj fro»i lb*
• e*rnln|c« of evtry lu liutrlinn v<»af I.in Ui* eoautrj.
Tlurr IIIOI.IIm i.nlj' nre nprcararjr f».r n pr#pftr*tlsn lliM
"liall intrmlurn Unjr fkrnirr> ton, fenrlier; or m«<-lmnlr,
r into a lnMiiif>4(i p.n|tl«n that •hall b in* liim n «o. .|
inlrtr.v, and Hint rn-iy li ad him on l<» a buniitftN >n«rraa #
At I'liild.lvlpliU, pi. i aytfn of ,n net lon La«?trth
> li tr duci .l InlftJ. < ' mi.i. . -i , ~n,aim l|i«*Krh|di *
roll v«- flint -tl o n*l«lv . it'iirnl, nii'l wo k n
Tv »l • n ' II wi|« hut
' , ' 1 < ' ''i t' I tl'f. I. i.-if I.l' U x
I »• " • i I • .. ,r n.truHi.iu . \,f i,i,| t b. *.
, 1 ' •'! '(«•«• lllel .r •• fl.rmU |u <>,.■ ||„|. M
Mt>s. > equir'■ for ll- ~.. r»f„|, laliui. a *'«•;«! •
y IMIIHIhm of atifli-nti In dail.t fttteiidiuice. Tliib fyiif».-
in rereiv nx tiiv cn. oiira(ri>m< iil ><n I «»*if ulff» »n,.
port of !!.«• I end l n,' hnelupia urn mil eduritl«>r» Ihrough
r oat ill* c iHilrjr. and l«drawing f#r tlii* i'o!leg
| tr»naK# fr .m nrnrlr tvrt; Htnle in the I nl..ii Ttir -
|»r.o lit-1| nrraiitfrment «»f err-ry dapartmmit it
pr ifl'ililf f-r ronrtc men to lim.drrdt of
fiiJ- j Its advantage*, fw at IM> nthar nd in liu-«'•»«.-
II y can r*|iiHl ndvai tißi'* IM« had,for limine** tdnnlloi.
l:«v. ciai k. e-lilor uf ChrVt Srh(*>l Lima
t--r. in a n««t»« «• cf tliat - Coin
nrireinl < j.. .1 ij. Mtiuifnd eombln«** in iti plait
more |iru-litalllUa and ln«ll<-r dliirip|in«« iff* *tnd«-nfi
112 >r •hiin fitful t.i, ltie«M than an> Niinllar iu»tiimion wii a,
wbli li I niu n<-<|ii tiui-ii in ilioe 1 !!-. and but on* in our
whole c IIIITIT it-Miy wi erini|Mi«4 with If,and ihnr
one put-ma a method -oninwhnt (he niu.r but parbaiu
If A ll* tixlljr defelo^.d.
-I Foci, a report 112. an lu-r Ali-i. ndir (. Ink I-•tro., K
j e.'ldenoeof flt't'charaeier and afamtliif of ihi* trhool.
rhn ('ollrpr fiulll lln *| lall of ln«ti u«- * ItM thr Nt-
tentjon «»f the niaMri,andai It i-«m-» man> puM!k'atl«*n«
«-f plana tor] of Ite wnrkliiß. whlrh are mulled fr*o «.f
wi- *u-uest tb^ t ilu»*e
fl *rnd an application for at ihr y will no doubt
,| be fornUhed innna<liat«l> MI te eipt of re«|ue«t.
Addi«**H J. 0. Mumfurd,
Jan no. 0. 'imo.
A New and Grand Epoch in Medicine!
DR. M AD(IJV. f," is the founder Uf'a new
1 Medical SyrfdniThe tjiia'iititarians,
1 whose vast interdal iCoses enfeeble the
8 stomach and p.iralvzc the bowels, must
' give precedence to the nittn who restorcn
health and appetite, with from one to two
d of his extraordinary I'ills, and cures the,
n most virulent sores with j box or so of his
wonderful and all-boating Salve. These
tiro great specifics of tlio Doctor arc fast
superseding all the stereotyped" nostrums
of the day. Kxtraordinary cures by
Maggicl's Pills and Salve have opened
the eyes of the public to'the inefficiency
of the (so called) remedies of others,
upon which neople have i.i long blindly
depended. Maggicl's Pills are not of tht
' c}ass that swallowed by the da;en, am!
112 of which every box fall taken creates an
absolute necessity for another. One ct
■ two of Maggicl's Pills suffices to place the
L bowels in perfect order, tone the stomach
1 rceates an appetite, and reader the spirits
112 light and buoyant ! There is no griping
' and no reaction in the form of eonstips-
tion. If the liver u> affected, its f unc
tions ire restored; snd if the nervous
system i« feeble, it is invigorated. This
| last quality makes the medicines very
desirabla for the wapb of delicate fe
males. 112 Ulie-rods aril prtiptixe disou-cv
r are literally**?!,, u 'to V 'n- tliu 'li-fi',
feci mi ,mw»i n Ma te -• Si
it ~ t WuSjAi .M I>B
It i.i.S cur' wltsru s|i ii'dte - :;ul W'iiiit
for Hums, Scalds, (JhiiUlainr. Cuts and
all abrasions «112 th» skin, MaUihWb
SALVC u infalliable. Sold by J MAfl
at EL, 4"J' pulton Strept, New York, -acd
all Druggists, at 25 cts. perbo* '"»<
For Sale at Dr. 1 J H\HA 51 '& Drue
»iror<* -oio \.eui in Kuile'r p«
way !l, tjti.)
* —' A i-iiei'k in tiiue saves nine," says
• mean hlt-btiiiii i Xj.htinintf thai
y.iii- v y..ii: .> fg . xtravaganees ebeqk,
s.e w ask for oae every week.