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' "'"liiiithiiie:*" ' 1 , 2 30, 57
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otilkfliff Company;
ROSltiior ;• : Av Von he
1 1001 0 1'4 0 44 mouth of
1 . 66 ,r4 ll'; ic tP 7l4e ls4" :
ll
iciit,lo atibserißtlo4
lieu! ,16 4tited:'"-
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lffittirPlY , so 'be fo he
ief,4 o 9.ol) o of,tbe•ftrot
ihe",io'ad
4thich.
ktfir 1 Wor,, July bort: -
Attie;
.gifj 4,4 1 0,
4_9 Otiabi2ning to War:
Ipbtt; ';‘ , o) ich eutlittle
, and thti tielitei: Part
meted
triPoo l l'of one.million
Elie: -Act of
418 - in so thal, : nearly
til, l the hihount
40.-overAlis000,000; an
ides; . &e., amply stall
fiotelitiolO Erie, and it
iiiiitieri4utefte 'Minot
-to ;17 4
them% reitotrroes'lsiot:
pen;
tlielii4 ,44r Will, Ale. seefircii
ei500;00g; tea:-
fled
I,kest.,„itif-
,Piti.xfolW9f
grentlitjter;
or. Ititeri:Up! ,
this just
'ng lit the
weer the
lel
who
1860;
.tiar
1.1.•,... 1 .1;•_-=•:.:.
;1101.114111Tegicin , Wititpuftb&
„Fltiii:itt!teatit - 42,0Ci0;0,00-below
ketitoloeie '' ' 0?"0. 0 00,11141t1lifii`Cli4;
!t'ialiOrn I.ltfritillOViPie!led Of irtfie
it:'C 'll6l;ryatitinaiti.: triltithe'
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f
1) i :L,lgif,itrpilliAii t i::it e iiiiy!, * --tittryotyo to • state,,:
„RA-stlts . aelit e i to
,abmptatedi , th a t:Ji,:ll e
" 7iol`tri,delented,:virtieli;' - ior a eiteftif bitirnina.::
"•41 . 604P - th44l
e'olastibjeCtisWillapPear,•-•to be tor,'
,t he'litett'interesteuiletbe CoMpany v taking 440)
•• full,ccintideration•earmOmy cif emit ttuetion;di's
' tanßeigradesi,conne.et ions
,atist,dommtrie int ad,:
1 I.4ttiitigeri (4 ; ';'-,'.•:' ': • ',. ' 4- ''', -.i. ~' , • . •.'
• Shred bee data orthe`,,last drieutit Wieri,'"the,
'.Nertherlj central Ranted - a, ' has' beeti piiitspletedis
' l , :to•lStinftririt; and :Odnneete& with dur , itrifill ..e
• that, pciliit; thiiit*,ifording,ao.,tbskstetrupted „cono-1
, • rnunientiPn 40):Ialtirrictrei4atalulip:-lo:pitiitidel.'
phia,trxtive.',roatei:tb, - ;Harriithittg=:Pria,Sy.thei
Piiiiidpiiiisla Calitrilltiil Void; - a iiii fhit; other:
tiyqho'Lls',"biirtonitalleji-tind‘Reading Reilroad'i. -
'As,it.hadAteen been; tire: learpolicyt. by;
111.111 , C, 9,t,SPUrn_Y•tn.OxPetlkni!; l 4,,n refouicee;ln the .
"kat ; plate,for'llse completion of; the line of road:
`:to': ite,•iligllnird his eritere'd into a timpßra-:
o.,iiiiititsitTialth *the" Northern Central Rail.;
mail.Cointranycto, tun their. trains int our Road,
.ftetts..49ooll to;Yyiiiintn!POttr, upon terms be
Ileyed;tetre,inuch more 'favorable: to this cern
parii thin ,Could feeult frore Working, this sec
tion'an• imlifovitn Recount:- .Thiecontra`ct'is'ter.. ,
Minable. -at any time; by ;either party," %upon
.giving threemontbs' notice tothe other.: • .. • •
...:Ttie,..conneetions.dlrd,ntly completed withille; .
',Btutl,uiryartiliEtie rtadroad ore. ea, follow/It - '
,l; ~,The. Northern ~Central, connecting at
„Stbihnry, forming, de • above s a tated, , 'direct,
OiiiriiiiarriciitiOn'svitif: Baltimore and alsti With
..Philadelphitr s 'by tWeroittes, one by the,Penn
trYlvunia Contra!, ,the tither' Ity :the Lebanon
Valley and Reading;Road., ~ . ~
.• . ,•
.'. _
.. ,
2. . The Shamokin, end Ststitinry,•eirrineciing
arlaritibtirY,.+4o . miles in lengthoind •penetra-
tins'the . heart settle: anthracite 'Coal 'deposits
of :the miihildoreentr.sl.basin, - '
.B., ; ;Tbe tjatawissa :and WilliamspOrt, con
necting- al,Miltrin, 12 miles above • Senhpry,
'forming IS direct. line to' the
,eity..of' New; York,
'iiritl'a third , ati;Pilirect - route to. Phitudelphiti, by
the Little•Schnylitillincl•Reirding Roads; •
rt. . 'The Williamsport and Elmira, - connect.'
r'ing at. 'Williamsport, 48. .miles above Sunbury,
forming, a dirßet 'Brie to 13uffhlo 'and' Niagara
Ealle; find crossing the' New. York 'and Erie at
Elmirei,ancl the New. York Central at Crinati
ilaigua ) •dtstributing,pointspn" this,llues of drams',
•,.. , .
- Besides " the conneetlens , already formed,
"Otheitt','Wilt•botnedd; ai• folloWs:' '-' •• •
• i'., 'The Tyrone and Lock Haven, 63 miles ''.,
length, to connect at Leek. Haven,• 0 2; m il es
yveat , of.' Williamsport; ‘oBs ui:...g through' the
tieli,,rnineral de'posite •';;;, Centre 'county, and
eonneeiink i'iqi..nis Pennsylvania Road at Ty.
rone.
•Tt;:o
:road spill'be Completed during the
r' r 'l'eentJrcoi . .". ' • . - ... •
.6a Three coal roads), finisbed'and/,stocked,
40 , connect - at Farrandsville, and now awaiting
the completion - . of the Sunhury
,and Erie ,to
„that:point: These roads• ektend•to• the hituini
lions' eoal bids of the , TatigasePotack. ,
. 7.. • The Allegheny
,Road,to connect
rtt or etist•Of Ridgway, comitsnicating•direetly
•with, Pittsburg arid thewalley, of' tlfe Ohip, and
forming a nevi:and favorable route frorn Pitts.'
burg to . Philadelphia. ,
'B. - : • The'"V'enatigo ; Road, :to c o nnect at or
west of R.idgirtiy; forming 'with its connection
and Or line through the.rieltest parts-Cif , Ohio,
Indiana', .and Illindis, to .Couesil Bluffs, on ,the
Missouri.' very link of , La ex ensive me . is
now in progress, except that part of it which '
'extends - firm the Ohin'Statd tine 'to•the con.
neeting•potnt Petite :Sunbury and Erie Road.
~11...,•The Lake. Shore road to connect at Erie,
communicating with.all.the,,priecipal•eities.of
the
. Northwestern Lakes:. , . ~.
Several Pl otheicOal.roads have, been 'Projected
atid ahartered, to connect at different pOints - on
'Par line; sorne . .of Which are "already in progress
otconstiuction. - • • . •,. . • •
, It. is impossible `, to estimate t e sa ue o the
iiturienSe trade which ; thette connections must
pour upon - tire Sunbury anti Erie read, the kreat
trunk line . from the harbor of Erie to the valley
Of the 'Susquehanna'. ' • ; • '• , 1
, .
,• ,
The• Committee of Ways and Means of the
.41ouse of , Repredentatives•pt' Pennsylvania, in
their report' reCornenending' to the Legislature
the,sale of the Canals to thls,Compa,ny, were
`Much influenced in their deeliion by 'the can
sideiatiod thatit wctuld 'secure the completion
otour road. ;The Pidlowiripextraet from that
,report marbe appropriately introtilueeeto show
the ',..estimation fr in we
hicour work •••Itt held, by
intelligent tniefireiliar with the the
titde; the ImProvement's and the necessities of
.the Commonwealth. • •`• •: • •-: • , .
~After,adv.erting to,the opinion that the pas-,
sage of•the..act , th question would enable' the
Oomiiatirt6, 4 aciiiplete' and • put, in
,'operation,
ails great highwey
,through out. crivit territory
to Erie,'" they lays. •.::::: • •' • • ." -, - "..;
~ itStichts rastilt 'would'be 'hailed by.the people
of Penrisylitaniales the comMenCetnent of is:new
Anifg - lcirious•era in. the prosperity of their State.
The undevOlotied. and neglected wealth of more
than" feurteeri• thopiandsquare mileti Of 'our ter:
ritorylautails' in the 'silettiti almobt 91 an Ara;
pia,n,tle t tectp•;a-hi g hviay to
,the P markats or the
world: Between . the: Pennsylvania Railroad
'arid ;the Near'Yorks line , taking Ridgway ewe
en
ctre, there is an tireent". least equal to 120,
miles'. square,. within, 'which not one mile. of
railredd ,has been ARM r.:'end'a -verY large pro-
PUtt,iOn of this immense regiiiti iduntlerlaid.with•J
bituminous Crial and iron'ore, its lurfaee cover
id 'with v,ast. foresidorvalttable timber,"-andthe
8011, when cleared, 'Susceptible of a high degree
1 4,CuitIvation.. '.• . „• • , -..- •
,!tlitere, ; ,then; is: preseeted an area of 9,216,-
000 acted, : comprising about one-third of the
entire State; and abounding in wealth beyond
computation, to:be unproved' and developed by
the'Subhury and Erie•road and its tributaries.
. "By,. ttie Jest report.•of the Revenue, Crimp/is
ail:titers, theaSsessed value , of all she reel estate
in . the Citormiinwealth, taxable' for State pur
poiesitts $488,2715.000.- -, • ',- •
i-ti,A.bout 530,000,000 ofthat.amouni is charged
i0,the9.,216;000 nere,s above mentioned, of
ivhich;the averse absessed. value ie about three
-,,iattlairs,,•ancl" thirty-three ' one-hundredthi per
,-.•:',"Ok.,Tliit , feellion Of:country in. the State OrNew•
Torleihrotigli.i'whiCh the. New, York ands Erie
RailiTalcX . rpieas; sa,ay. be referied•to as an illus.
iatigii i . of the .ANot ;' , of such iinitrove the rite o n
th;) 'inlet driblitteiit lands 'Before the'.road
' 7• l ":° l 7l4tfnet eik4l.bititr,te••••of.-er ild 1 ands in the
L tpnthern,phrt - o , otistgtAti:(gnsapx.aeest three
' • d 'A 43 l 7 Pr- ee'reS::Pit• o ite;,,U e, k4l4,etions 'and al
Aitifit'ipubidiatellfafter',:Ot,firse, train o( extra
lii"ctitalitied'iivitilf‘ihieriiiiiiOntilOriciit which
theratiiiiillatida*eiti 3 OOldi,ther-lit*i4eiangeLon
tl if b ir;Y: lo 4 4 )f7thvz ' aitti; , , , .VllC‘teni2dgliars : per
'ir,e1,4114 tisay , ,ebutimila tp.:l9#O,O",SU inaralitq, ati
' :thitt,teitilintiyAlop:,wltlt2dkitr,:settleiti..."la fa'.
,ifiu.Critiiti.,o 6 lir firrn`Sintri' We oil i 9119 rile:
1 011,,And /tinikor : - .T4iai...404 .'beieri . "increaseifi'
44,9tlik : iltiMilar,ageekiera.: in i ,Inuah„greitter .
tOtt s
. , _ .
ooi
1D y 2
10• i.f; 50)pitiloto z .,
iimitopa
.
; 500. 0 1 4 4
3 ; 5 Q 0 0. 0 ,9 0: 00
MUSE
actively
to of the
loal thin.
ae . }lnca
'.etnined`
cfput hi'
IPod'the
.11011 uptui
iniagion•
414
:gip!prig
"rhe
Off-161r1
I ; 4 1t• tii`;ii"iiiied Withiti'a: few
;Yen re . after that , reatiAtka II -,:lknire
ttl?tboltilrb"or of Er,ie . ,:the'.
*hick itvertige in, the',..StElt!i4iseili4enti
:Of tnreirtllollais and:, thirtydtbiik,inindrOtl4l
riVerage J6O times that
Arl,;; , .Al,lOwing onehthird only Okh . e., ;3,216;1,
0:10 Fic , i , ol:Tqliove...mentioned, to 'cOrniiiit of miner
itillande;', die result ;;Fill be, ibit t lo)72;6o.aerell
'1?i1111 bet- wortb; on an averege,,4o3 per egye
or
sfll 876 060
-The iemeining, 6,1-14-,000; inereeEi
inz 'no mOO. -rot than the
NeVv'Yoricl rinde(yilt"" 'yiroitli.
Deduct the resent adcessed •
ae cibqiie stated. . • 30;000,000
net'gain ;in the : ' assessed.`
.S142,820;000,
Which, at the, Pre sent rate of taxa!: .
Orpeses, would -• •
give an•loirciised'enrival revenue • •
to the:CorifinanWealth.of 357,000
is :4y ‘`no Means en,linpiObable,, or ex-.
travegairt.,e'ttimilio If. Covers !en- extent. of
country'largerlhart.the State of Massachusetts.
and Of:inflnitely - grentei intrinsic vatue, but
whrch at.present •is.so Sparsely *poPtilated that
it is'entitl4 to thiee.Representatiees .otily
the National. Congress . , while. Atruisachuiette
has ti :representation •of eleven members in that.
body.....Aa'Soon as' Ow contemplated .irnprOiti
nient:bringS it into :communication 'with the
tritle.:of•the Lakes and theAtlentic - coast,,itS
extraordinary resources, 'rniueral arid,agricifi
tural, will nttiact. Ort enterprising and.
.ind Us-,
trions poptdatiori;ind willis, furireces,
tories and. thriving 'towns arid.' village's will be
seattered-ovea its vrhele.extent. •-
"The trade.erthe.LakesnoweXceeds
000,000 afinnally,', Passing bk. thecity of-Erie
the prodUctions .the Ncirth-weststoirat Dun
kirk•or Buffalo, and seek.tbe Atlantic tnaViets
by way of . the NeW : York inoprovemonts:,
til these linpflovemente were constMeted, Bid
' tato was an uninmortantlown. •Its prosperity .
dates:froni that perind.; It, has since'' increased
in wealth poWer, 'extent and influence, iyitb
Wonderful,
rapidity, and is now, inagaifle'ent
eityi-with. . a
.population of incir w e,than seventy
thousand settle: Erie, with the besi harbor on
the lake, avveitsr.the 'railway com Mani-cation
• WBb 'Philadelphia: Which . has been eo long
ferred, to enter thotists'es , the comb etitor'of
/ -3 'ffd 4l °•. W hen es t 4.l: .! ; :.e . tied,:oui mine:
rat products _:will find L, Outlet' thrmigh her
gates to the mar.-
ers:Of the Luke Country', and
s hen?P s Voieitnie' in a'.fevi%. yeafs nne• of ,the
pt::.ciplii cities of - the Union,. The 'road . will
plate Philadelphia hearly• • fifty miles.• nearer
-than the city of New , york, to the Lakes; and
will enable'. her merchants; and manufacturers
to open a neiv..and • profitable trade- With that
The Comaiittee on InitindNavigat•
Philadelphia - Board of Trade, in ihei
the commerce of the Lakes; recenil
:to:that:l)oy, refer to"the same'sul
f‘Recont.cireonttances seem to
enrly completion of one *of tt/einaost
Of.theinternal iMprovements, of our
Stinburkand'grie'llailroad.
-
"When the naiigation of Lake To,
•conriected,by'lbli great ;link with t'...,.
roads branching off .from it to our own city, we
shell, have "the .. .whole i!'nin and ..prodtice of
-northern Ohio andindiana, Southern Michigan
-and, that : .part of,'Westero Canada liordering . on
..this lake; laid- at our:doors by, the nearest out
' leCto, an eastern market.' It will then be our
own- fault . if Philadelphia -dues - not Allure, in the
prosperity and the.-- wealth whiCb they have
hitherto poured so overffeliiingly int.' the coll=
ers of.ner neighbors,.;building.,up their. vast
shipping intereste„and thus providing the
for that great 'return commerce which seems
always naturallY . to flow haek in the channel .
of, export trade." '
At its western terminus, thiCempany:owns,
One hundred and fifty. actes of land,Jbe Munifi
cent gift.of the'eity Ortrie, siturite at the most
'aceesslbleUnd:deSirable point of that unential- .
,led harbor', enntaining.eiver three thousand. feet
of Water. front', :susceptible of: being
inorei then doubled-bi the Cohatructicie of the
docks prcivilled for in theplan of improvement
adoPted.aod.Partly executed. This will form
by. farlfielargest and most • commodious coal.
dePot ,in . the .world*;,. capable -of accommodating
'a business - of many Milliona of tons anon:illy.
Our Road. will pass:for more titito ' one hUndred
rnijea,through .some, of the.
.finest bituminous
coal fiebla helciund in.the country,:amr,aCits
eastern ektremity,,eonnects.direetly,:ei above
stated,, with: roada,penetrating, the 'great ',riff-.
threcitd.dePtisiis of the State, - , forming their.,
nearest outlet co Ole Great-I : lakes, and the Pop.
ulous State On. their 'borders:, Itlis safe,
therefore, to assume that upon the .eompletion
of the'road, (in addition to the passenger and
ordinary freight 'business Which:from itsio.ea-.
ticto, it must, command;), it 'will hecompone,of
the.most, 'erterisiVe ,eoal,. carrying roads in the
Country.. For this purpose it . will have facili
ties not Posiessed ~hyi a ny other. road, as the
same trainawhice will carry the coal. from-the
East to .the will return freighted -'with'
the live itoek, and other: agricelturni products
at thegreat .State. bordering-on the Lakes, -to
supply the-wants of the miners and manufat
..
turers of the oriel regions,. and. to seek through
our eastern porta the'markefs of the world.
rhe distance from the, harbor of , Erie to the
heart Of AU . ' bitaMinous., coal fields; 'by this'
road,.does not exceed 'one 'hundred - miles, thus
ensuring to it the.earrying of a yery large pro
portion of the irrimmuse'dernand for •that artichi
for the Lake §tates-. : .
Theqtahracite coil mined' and Sent to* mar.'
ket•frorn Permsylv.ania, noW amounts to about
six,and a half ,millions tons annually; of this
amount; but a very proport ion.now fire's,
its way to the Lakes' for want . or proper facili-'
lies of transportation and for storage and ship
ment when it arrives there. - , Both of these. faL
cilities the,cornpletion of Our improyement will'
furnish.., The'dirtance frorn the Middle anihra-
cite coal,fields to Erie Will be it!)out three'hun
fired' miles, and 'With the advantages' possessed
by our line the transportation _ can'l4e:pioiitably
effected.at.a rate .to •secure:.thd. .supply the ,
almost. unlirdited,detnand kir the growing cities
and 'immense 'e xtent of 'country. surrounding,
those inland seas; now becoming densely'popu.
lated, but much of yehicifis alMost destitute of
, . . .
No, .
d.improvementhap ever been, iinderi.
akenle the United ttates•with a more certain
• ,
'prositeet of.renunerative returns to these.
!cerhed•ja•it, than - the SunburY and
,T..rie,Reil 7
road. Andthe time is near, when. all who uri
. .
interested iit the enterk ftri'd
ise will . they high"-
'eat estimates of its vahle to thernsetlies'anti—tV
the CommOtiweaftli more than realized.
Submitted: by orderof the Bciayil.' .
. . :, . . WM.• , G - ..1 1 /0011HEAD,, , preet.;
.
„
Eastei,; will be on . the 24th 'cf April . ' this
.
;;year, it fell'on thilt. day last in 1791, arid will
,Sitt fall.on, thy saine date again till the :,year
-- A - 1 -, :ti -. . iiii"it,'',ii: - 'o'u'iiii4'.'•:::-itiiii:i . i.ii., t,i;:.
eb; 24) 1 859. 2 '
, ,
14 I le PETTENGILL - '400'8":' .
•• '" • •
.141,314C..i4r,'129 W t{.titilY , • •••
'Neu) York . 119410: , State St.. ,16fristoa.
,9. .11.,-I , TT ENG,ILL , tho Ageata Joy, the
'WhlLta , ..DattocasT and
~tha
:olieuinting•Xewspaiiors in the tinitaa Shitosand tho:Can
'adast;,...That:ataattliorlaad :to".otiatraot.' rot'
sul.". lll , l tie AND XRIERAILR94P.
"61,440,000
obi•iittiders-:are .satriewhat, interested in
tha"prospecti, pr.:the completion of ..this
gibe . the report of"the board 'of inana 7 ,
gers
.tO the stocithcOderS, exhibiting . the . condk
tion of the company's .the.:prOgress.
• • • •. • • , .
slreadyMade in. the construction, of the,road,
the benefits ,ishich MuSt'acCroO.fo• thosojec
tions of the-. State through whiehit
.11611 - peas,.
the natural atijc;ther'.fidiitintagaiivhi6h
.it
wilj iihSbeas''over"all aS'a great
.1: .
At the' annual meetteg'•Of the stockholders
,• .
on:the-14th. inst.;•the.• old board of managers
was re-elected,' aa.folloti , at Wm.:G. Meorhiad,'
Ji C.Cresson;.S. V. Merrick; "C.. 13. Wright,
A:",:Boyd".Ciirninings ?. Ellis Lewii, C. M:
to be' re
gretted that Col. Thomas ltana.ivaS not re-
tained.On. the board"; but at the :,election by
yhiladetphia Councils, which.; eleets'.three .
.. . .
recters,:palitical . pteferen6es a 4 party. dicta
tion overruled.• • ,
supCrior, qualifications and the
public interests, . Ph.iladelphia is represents d,
M;..Rilek; Alex. 'Climmin'is,"..yos.
Flanigeni ••The re-elected board - of managers
met on the 15th inst., and .re , elected . the Old
. It will he seen
.by the report . that the route
of thelniddia section,. between Warren and the
mouth of the Sinnamahoning, is not deter
mined upon, and' a more , thdrongh . survey jyill
be.mada of the :various mutes suggested; and
ine one ielected which the best int erests. of the
company shall dictate, "taking into conSidera
,
lion economy of construction, distance, gradei,,
connections and. commercial advantages:"
A large quantity of proyisimis which We here
tofore' ndtieed as, about being p'urchased at the
has arrived' at Olean, and is now being
hauled to v.mions points along th.e, line of the
If will be . gratiGZing to . thotie intereeied in °
kuow,l
for
about tWoirpothe,taber we's Matie'by a Demo
cratic legislature. „While weadinit the fault
`on the part of the legislature, insupposing that
Rogers services were Worth $1,7 . 00 per annum
more tban the Governor's, we, cannot whollY
exculpate' that gentlerria . n . from charges of ity
gratitude towards'biEbenefactOrs,,and a mark
ed disregard forthe•publiC interests ;, besides,
he seems to halie haitthatlove for . the . Natio
nal Democracy. which herprofcssetkin - Certain .
quartets'While the $650 bill was pending, and
the paper he i Prints . sicup, inll4'.liettn , " Ones 'Mat
have' that political, coloring whicli the frien.ls of
•
- s9sobail.nOght to expect.
,• •
• We did. not. intend to-thrOw stones, .but was
merely , : cautioning that-gentleman against
,so
dangerMiSa'pritetiee;fer, While he was a'party
in. the trarisiciion;'he at the same time is very
ungrateful:; We will. need no asSistance, in
going back to look' up siMilar cases, sLF:a very
recant one has Come:ander our observation,
with die exCeption that both parties are this
Lira: r'f the,Same cblor... •
•
Yion'T It* Hzeir Lirri.The following,lrom
the W.irreri, Ledger, confirms' the repOrt
. • •
•
ed here a :fewdaya.. , s
inca, Concern ing . the .flog
ging:of S..i'..Johnson, hy another lawyer
• • • . . • .
st.A.:lawsuit was beingtried before, a board of
'Arbitrators_ at I.l,te"ollice,,of B. WI Laey,.F.sq.,
with Mr. I....engdge . d. side,' and Mr.. S.
Johnson,• natio!' of . ,the lecture •on "True
Manhood," on ,the other: Some. little legal.
sparring h4l.' triken'pliCe. between theselaw.
.yers upon thkpreliminarY matters connected
"with the when Mr: J. 'struck Mr. L. a. .
violent•blow in: the' faCe . ' when that gentleman
wati etitirely-impt'epared for :an assault: : : Mr.
imtediately turned upon Mr. J.. and-retalia
-6d in such a mariner that soon put him hors dw
jpindat, as the French Say. ,Sundry kicks
_and
..blows inflicted' upon , Mr: disabled
.hirn So'
• , ,euch that.he is unable' to appeal . to court this
meek; and ea' he was th'e aggressor •in this.in
.itance, he receii , es'no'sympathy (coin the . pub.
; :'Ve have -received frern 'Hon. a
bill entitled
_“An,,Aciseitilhilthing eertnin.riost
'tomes," • which , rpis-paiiiCii the House,' and
• Is now, in the. hands of the Senate committee on
Post Roails, in Which 'we: find 'the follOWin's
Oe‘k• rontes throngh'our immediate. vicinity:.:'
Fran- Smothport to Kendall Cieek.... •
...Froth gentreVille,: Via St. Afary'e,l:Buena
'Vista,•llierviu'a,Cteek; to Smethport..''
A.s WE Ricri:O7rsin4Mi. editor
, Of the Lyeoinillg•Gazette,,has beau,'appoinied;
bry GoveinO.fParlper, Grain Measurer. in Philn=
in . pla i co, T.' Allison, deceased: We'
epngitulate our brother .of
.the ou his
attaining ,the position.' , ; • .• • -
:The Freshlent's 'metrage in' relation to. our
Mexican and Central American affairs wilt be
, hound-in;anothei columii. Mr. Buchanan is de
tOrmined to protect the country's interests and
honor abroad, as well as athome.:
'We have i ceived tbe Erie .6:rpross, iiblish
ed at Erie, Pa.p by S: Giodrichi.editor,-a
.
riCatlY eliCated iaper, deyoted, politically, to
the"cattae of Stephen A. Potiglife...
•Vite;A ci:v
Tilden hasleased the . Coal..Beds.of L. Davis,.
atlj,afayetee and is alyeady z ectively. eugaged
iiireparing a Minufacto4::for makiug.: . deal
64 ( 4 at : hat place. ' , I-fir:into:rids - , i*Onding
manufacture of C . oal imdohbiedly, be
Made profiitable in thig-count.v.e,v4h? our P!pa.
"ent.means of transportfitioh; and Mi. 'Tilden;
we trust, will make well. in the operation.
I .
_ .
We 'are nt tlid elose •of the firit volume
, of the'btnteircit, next• week will': afford a.gbed
opportunitifor the'Se : ,:;.whe•aio arrears IV
pay . Op'theli, intlehterieis;: also te..renew
subscriptions for volume have al
• read r y,Oargelist ocstil4criber.s,:fint, stilt there
is room for a few, rnore-names.on our books:= ;
-
In order to.a.e‘eproollate our frienila who'find it'
ineonyenient,..during. these cthard. times," to
.spare money, we.as ill take all kinds of produce,
at the r
market pice, in:payment aubser:ip•
In the Semite, 'on - Ai . rednestly; SlidelPs. bill,
, appropriatiqg
.v0,0q0,000 rtii be . 'tieet!'.bY . :'the
Preeident . in the.ptirehesu of cuba;:were:gerier
diseueseth undnubt . ailly . ..'pais;the
Senate as originally reported;, its . P . ‘te.;:in the
Houtie.istinedriain; : . • • • ' •
. .
. . . .
I[' is, tktought.t4at :Congtess reator' Ihe
ariff of 1840; b6fore its .ailiburnment.
. The March•Ne; of , Tkg 'GREAT REPEBLIe
MON T IILY been received, and is, ati.usuali
filled . to oi7erflowipg . w4h :good . things..
The CaliforOircLeigilature,lly . a vote of fifty
to ohei'iaive requested Mr'Broderick, to resign
his'i.gat'ui.the U. S,'
Inl . 4)Ortant kessfige from-the PresideXll.
. ,
Washington - , ,Poh.lB.—The Preshtent to
day .trttnentittett the lopo . wing Atessage.to Con
. .
.
To the Senate' and onso . al Repre,ventativos:
. The r brief , period . which .remains,.of'. your
present sesSion,..and the. great'brgencY and itn-,
portunce • of legislat.ve .neflon•beforit ts terrri 1 7
nation- for the , pintection of •A r merican citizens,
and iheii.propertywhile in traoSit.'neross the
Isthmus routes between our Atlantic 'and Pa , :
..cifie 'Possessions, ;render it, my, duty dizai . n to
-
recall:this subject to your dotiee..i. I hltVri here
toforn. presented • li in my. Annual, Messages
both' of December '1851, - -ancrDitcember. 1858,.
to.which I beg leave.to refer: In. the latter r.
th'e'. sxecut.ive - Gpveinmewor thiS•
country, in.'ittrlntercourse with foreign
tions, limited to the employnient :Of diplo;
Macy alone. - -, When: this fails... it can *proceed no
further. Lt cannot legrtiinately resnit to force
without the. direct 'authority' of :Congress, ex
cept in'resiating'aiirl repelling'hOstile attacks;
It would have,no anthbrity . 'to enter 'the terri
tories of Nicaragua, ..even to prevent the des,
tructioa.iif the transit.; and
. protect the•:lives•
andProperty.,Of our own. citizens on, their pas'...
Sage. .:•Ir .on a - sudden: emergency of
this character,•the President Would direct any.
armed force in the 'vicinity •to thareh tts their
relief, but in doing this he would act upon his:
own 'responsibility: - Under these circurnstan
ces I' earnestly' recommend to Congress. the
passage - of an 'act. authoriiirig.:lhe• - •President,•
under such,.. rest rictions.:ls. they' may deem.
Proper, tai employ tlie land.aint , NaVal forces of
the United .States in preventing the - .transit
fiorn being obstruCted or ,elosediV . lnwles
lenCe . ,and• in proreeting:the Gives ond'propet,ty'
. .
of American 'citizens traVelling 'thereupon, re.,
quiring at. the 5 . 11 . 1110 time that these'forces shall
'be' withdraw/lithe' mornenf.t.lie-Janster Shall
have passed' away, Withoht such•a provishin )
our citizens wlll be cOnstantly . exposed 'to in
terference in their progress and to l*awless
" . neeessity'eNiSts 9 for. the
.sSgeof such on'act-for.the proteetion.of Pana
.maandino.Tehuatitepee rontes. -
knother - sublect.equ'alrylmOortant, cornman=
ded: the attention of the Senate'n.t.th.i last.ses
sion of, Congress. The Republics south of the
United. StateS on this 'continent, have ,unfor
tunotety- been-rrequentlY,irt . astate, of revolu
.tion and war ever since . the • achie v ed
their independence. As.one,orthe eitheepa'r
ty has'prevailed and ohtained posse s s;sion of:the
pnrt s open . to foreign commerce, they have•sei
zedand Crinflscaicti American'VpS , .els and their
cargoes in an arbitrary .and:lawleis. manner,
and enacted . money froM.Aweriean,citizene•by
forced Marts and other violent proceedirits to en
able them to carry on hostilities.' The . .Exec.a z
.
governments
o
gie or Circa( Britain, France and
'other -Countries;'.possessing
poWer,.-caa promptly.-,employ •the',necessary .
Meensto'enforce immediate redress for similar.
-outraged upon their 'subjects,. Not so the'Ex
ecutive'Oovernment of the. United States, lf
.the ,President.orderS a 'vesSel sof war to any or,
thoSe - portsrto'dernand Prompt redress for but;
reges"oommitted,*the, offending parties aie'r-vvell
-aware that .ifMase of refusal the con - inlander
could do' o 'More tham . rerrtonstrate:.' •p.q can
resort. lobo , hostile act, '.The, question 'must
then be•referrecite diplomacy; andin many .6;1 7
see •adequate. redress '-eart,,never bp obtained.
Thus American Citizens: are, 'deprived • of the
same protection under the flag of their cotintry'
which•the '43obik•ctii of oi her countries enjoy.—
The remetif of this state'of things can only be
'supplied. by .Congress, since the. Censtilution
has confided to . -that.hody .alone the Power to
Make war. Without the authority of :Con
the-Executive cannot lawfully
, 7 divet
anY .
heevever' near. - it 'May he. -to the
scene
. of difficulty to . enter the territory of
.Mexico, Nicaragua, or New . Granadai• (qr. the
purpose of defending the perechhi and properly
of- Arriericarf Citizen's, even ,though.the.y . pony
be:violentiy'assailed whilst passing in peaces-.
ble transit over•thelrldMantepec,. Nicargua :or
Panaina iontes.. - neeannot, without transcend;
ing the,constitinvonni:poyvera, 'direct a gun to
be fired into a port or lulud a seatnan or Marine .
I.9.protect.the lives*Of our countrymen on-shore
'or to obtain 'redress.; fer,ah .outrage, .on: their
property: The, handit ti. which lrifest
boring Republic of""-Mexico, always • el:dining
to - hero/too:One - or the'ot her a r the , hostile-Par.
ties, ;might make.a sudden descent" on . Vera'
trui.or thel'ohilantepee rotite„and he - weniti
have ho to employ the force, ori:obip'..,
hoard in the Vicinity-, far their relief, either. In
prevent the 'deader Of Oar .merchants .or -the.
Transit
inyeference to countries whe're'tli'd . loeol au
thorities are strong 'enough to enforce th,e
the difficulty here frulicdted ean seldomhiPpen;
-hut, where this AtEnot .the , case, and the local
authorities do nofposseas' the physical power.
even if 'they po tt nes4,:thq ,to protect Our.
Cit , izois within their limits; recent "experience'
hirsheiva that Atner,icen yxecutive - shotild
itself. be•authorized to -render (hitt' protectiou,
Such,a 'giant' of authority thus limited in its
extent, could. in nojust softie: be regardeil.itioa
. .
freinifer 'war-rnaiiing poy,.nr to "' the ' Ex
-944v,g1;:1?ut.:01/1- Aze&Ci4*.°Y
thi,q`pe*Ailikths exelpsi.ifely
tieleirie , fity: The. riot At.:F-Peniirriii-In. 1836; in
"which+great - nuritberi* oni c eilixeris lost their
iftheS•l:;.iiiiitite 11) rit,Spii.nf it he -,ite
c'tisOl.l",tvOlicia intWerittirfor the'Oiertinlitif
auttiorits 1 0 1 #refei'ei!eiiineeiff reniiiiamencl
to
elvel bliforertheirzhiljoiirn:
:mgit-ecinferring'ne , the:President, the pnwer-to
protect the liVes of Arriericlitr;nitizensin,- the •
cases which-I liaye-indiented;_irtiler.sunkre
strictions-',and conditions 2
. 8 they deem
advisable. : - -Thn. knoWledie:tliatinieh :law
exists would of itself:gO,ftir 10, prev,entiihe , eu. t.:
.raies:'Whfchi:it A S ijiit o,i;relt
.4o;;-'reakeSsistict`leii
der the eniplaymerit. of force unnecessaiy.--
Withont'this ihelresident - Sof the triiited:Stateti*;
may lte placed itfa' painln/::-,pesItion-,:tinfore the
'rneetingorthenext Onicgriss. In trio present
disturbed:COn'rlitipii •olliiiexieo, and' one ot inore
rii the other-Republics Solith °fle ? " np-person
can terse& - What'Occiirrennee may take . place
before that perjed...... our: case - of.emergency, o
citizens seeing tha t they, do not enjorthe same
protection - With subjects. of "f„.iiropean
men tsi; hive just cease to cemplain, On
the- of her hand-, sluild. the Eieciztive in terferei
and esPenielly• should ,the *result:preen
trous arid tiaisabfe NveS. be lost; he , might
ject himself tO severe"censure' for havini :
sumed a . power-alai . cotineded.tn:'hirn. by . the •
Constitution.S. It to ** *ivardagainit, this con
tingeney that I notv;appeal to Othigseis,;'::
Having- thus recorrimended - to pengress a.
measure I.:dpern necessary.arid expedient for
the interest end'. honor of the country, I- leasie
the-whole subject:to their , wisilom•airid
..JANIE,PUCHANAN.
Two. fashierntib le-. attired ludiesc 'met op -the
sideWitllf a day Or:two 'sinee, , wheiethe , deep
snow had Only been Slioveled. 'wide enough for
one to • . .
one get along. ". It was.a . hamiliatingthOught
foreither to back: . out ; and after enduring each
other's indignant gaze for a 'moinnt;•they
solved natio do' it. As' 'Gr,eol, meets Greek,"
so they•met. `There was. aclasb..Of steel,, a
claud.Cf..snow—L-then two collapsed,' quantities
4 tlfy. GOods and,hartl.ware went sailing, along
the street in opposite directions . with , .the: nia
jesty of a 'Seventy.fotir gun shatter
mußßrilb,
On the'22.:l initaptity.the. Rev. • Coltimbug
Curn,forfh, at the
.raaiden . c..of John got.
.13 c:INETii; all Of .Nanvich.taywinship.:. " •
DIED,
At Annin. Creek,. Ct ITS tqwnship, on'Fridiy,
the 18th' instant . , 144g8 aged
dbotit 24 years'. • . • "
• In Keating townshiii,.ori the: 13th instant,
fek INlewse:%;dieghtei:of.oeOige Pheb . e
aged 3 months 23 days.
Youdg; like a bed. about to blew; •: •
trek. God did call and ; ehe yeast • •
God tikes her Lorne ioair4e ..":
To murrniTr now you must fncbtiari •
Since unio'yonshe was but lent—•••,' • ••
Her time's event . ,- •
She's taken 4104t0 i~im on
To ;the brightWorld•l?e•pitni the sky,
Comity Directory.
. ,
PrWt.-.L.iclffe---..4.0ri..• R. G. White, We);aboro
I
.
'Astoetutz , TerdsesHon: . J:'Drlipg; Sinthport,
Hen. S. liolrads,:pikiford. - . • ,
, Sheriff- 7 Joseph Morsp,'Spietifiort.
Prothonotary—a Ippc . re.• -,Hir4e,..SmetkPoft• •'
.. • .
Trodj'arer . , (prb 'tem. s Fs on s, grad in
Comniisci,m f.:ldred;
•
•
CaviniLsionei.s.'.C'lerk-J: R. .C.badwick.;
41rdttors-13:.d. doiwin, -. .snwfiiiorj,. V.: P.
'Carter, Ceres.:
Disttiet .4tiornry,—Wqrfep Cowleg,Smethport,.
Corourn—jarne.s . Boptl,:Lfitayetth.' •
ATTENTION ALL ! ! !
LL PERSONS. having, unsettled. accou nts Awith Dr..L. R. Wisner, are requested to
call and. settle, ihe..sarne yuithont delay. , Those
who Sul to';,lo :6'17.111;11nd their accounts 'left
AvithTsgire Backus a jp_r-collection.
Sinethport; Felirikar'y 22; 1849,
Notice.
TXTA :the subscribers,. have this day entered
_into 'a Limited"parrnership,.egreeably : - to -- - - ..
• the provisions . of .the 'Act ;of Asecinbly of :the.
c?thmo.n wealth of: Pennsylvanian ,passed Altre"
first day of March, 1836,:entitled
mire to Limited. Partnershipe,'!.and do hereby.
.ce.rt . ify . that the name of the firm tinder whic h said partnership is to 'be .conducted
P. TILDEN; that the general nature of the bur&
ness to be transacted ie the mining of:coal and.
Iron Ore . and•lt he •• manufacture of. coal 'pill and
the•same will'belriinsacted in thelow.nshipof •
LafaYette,. County 'of M'Ketm, State' - ,of
Penusylvania ; that the name of the , general .
partner is Bryant P. Tllden, ..of - .Dorchester, .
Mass., and the special partner is .Edwin• Truce,:•
of the city of Boston; MaSs.i that - the, capital:.
contributed ,by the' said tdwirt Brnce,,sPecial
Oar - trier, is three thousand.dollats.in cosh; that
the period.' at;.which - the..laid.partnership is to
,ccimmence, is the 17th day of day of February,
one thonsand•eighchundred and fifty-nine; and.
that it will-tertninate on the - 17th day of Feb
ruary, one thotidand eight, hundred. and' sixti.
one:
~• BRY.A.NT''FIL,.ISEN: '
EDWIN
By his Attorney
Election 'of,i•oe.•
.
WHEREAS, the electors . of.the..torougb_ of.
Vlf Sine thport, at the. cheiter &edit)* held'',
'on .Friday; the eleventh day 'of , February, last
Mist, failed-to:Mac! but : four persons for•inem . ,
4ers of council for . sajd'-..Borough- . -the, general
lawnr nbnitor. requiring .five; amt . , Whereas'
t he electors. a fereaaid failed, to eleo. , 'one person
for town/ Constatile, - according to said , Paw or
charter. 01 said:BOrough:, . - . •. •
• ' And ' . now. to
rn wit . : in compliance'witb' the re
ijuireente 'of the. Ac t. of ; Assembly' in Re s ell
case rr:ide pro.vided; and also by order of a
rnaierlty of -thu above named Connell, I order.
and appoini ti spenini election;to be held at the
Court House in saikßorough of &nett:port, on
the'Oth day of IVrtircli' ,, next, for. the purpose of
electint one . perkon' as iteinber .. of .the
of. said Borough - , and. to;fill,theatieva %Tenney.;
also ideleatthe'perEon,to act as town Coristo
hie of 'said:Dor:out:h.
',SETH ',./C...iiidKU§,.Bitrvis:
. - ..:Snietliport,Pebrnery,2l,, : tSt4
To`Jorth 9; youxb, High Constable;