Jcffcrsonicm Republican.
Thursday February 27, 1851.
Pcnti ITItstiial Life Insurance Co.
We would state to our readers that Mr. T. J.
Scott, agent for the " Penn Mutual Life Insiir
oncc Compauy" of Philadelphia, will be at the
American Hotel in this Borough, for a few days,
where he will give all requisite information, and
take applications for those wishing to effect Insur-
ance in said Company.
Here is an excellent and convenient opportunity
for persons to obtain an insurance upon their ciusive 0f the farm superintendent and various per
livcs in a Company, of which much can be said in sons enipl0yed in domestic and other inferior ca
its favor, as it is undoubtedly the best in the coun-' pactcs. The list of studies proposed, includes
try, being established upon principles alike just English Literature and Mental Philosophy; Gener
and satisfactory to all parties. We have several al History and Political Economy; the German
instances at hand fully attesting the promptness of
this Company in paying the amount insured.
Post-Office Operations.
The Post Master General, on the 15th inst., es
tablished forty-nine new offices and discontinued
seven. The following are the new offices in this
County :
Stcmberville, Daniel Sternberg post master
Long Valley, Jacob W. Kresge, "
Farmers Bank of Schuylkill county.
This Institution, now located at Schuylkill Ha
ven, will shortly be removed to Pottsville. Ar
ragements have been made to that effect, under a
law passed last year authorizing such a change.
Snsqiichamia County.
An effort is being made in Susquehanna county
to effect the removal of the seat of justice, from
Monrose to Ncw-Milford.
The 22d of February.
The return of that day. held sacred by the Na
tion as leading back the memories of her Children
to the period when America received her highest
gift and richest treasure, the Parent and Guardian
of her Liberties, in the person of an immortal Wash
ington, was duly celebrated by the " Humane Fire
Company' of this -Borough, on Saturday last.
The day preceding was uncommonly disagree
ble the chilling rain, the lowering sky, gloomy
and uncheering prospect, served strongly to remind
us of the hideous clanking chains of tyrany, the
dark-doubting veil which almost hid Freedom from
view, and all the unfavorable and discouraging cir
cumstances under which Washington assumed the
seemingly unpromising but Heaven appointed task
of achieving American Liberty.
But the glorious 22d opened upon us in smiling ;
beauty and surpassing loveliness, dispelling the according to law.,
misty clouds from the mind, as it had from the sky, The President, by thus early directing attention
causing happy feelings in the breasts of the Fire- to this matter, has shown his characteristic prompt
men and citizens, faintly alied to those pervading ness, in the discharge of the high responsibilities
t':e Camp of Washington on the proclamation of entrusted to him, as the Chief Executive magis
victory over a formidable and invading foe. trate of the government His conduct will elicit
The proceedings of the Firemen were character- the unqalified condemnation of every good citizen
ized by evident harmony of feeling and concert of throughout the country. No set of men, of any
action. j color, have a right to trample under foot the legal-
After parading through the principal streets of ly constituted enactments of a government, and
the Borough, attended by the Stroudsburg Brass set its authority at defiance. They are bound to
Band, discoursing in fine style someof their choi- respect the laws of their country, and no reference
cest pieces of music, the Company adjourned to to any 'higher law' will excuse them from implicit
the Court-house, which was immediately tlironged obedience, so long as they remain unrevoked by
with citizens, to listen to the addresses upon the
occasion.
J. L. Ring walt passed a happy eulogium upon
the subject of the day. Although the effort of el- . bil1 SS ten millions of acres of the public
oquence itself is paralized by the magnitude of lantls to the several states' for the relief and SUP'
merit, and recoils upon itself, when attempting to port of indignant insane persons. This bill has
praise, or heighten the sacred halo thrown around , Lcen 8ot UP and ured fonvard h? Mlss Dlx i and
the memory of the man who, in the universal opin- j if h BhaU Pass tiie IIouse of Representatives, will
ion of the whole world, as well as his own Nation, constitute another monument to the fame of that
so justly deserves the appellation of "Father of his noble-hearted, devoted, and untiring philanthro
Countrv' a man who was under the immediate P8"
guidance and protection of High Heaven, and
whose virtues were almost as far beyond our com
prehension, as his conduct was past criticism.
S. C. Burnet, Esq. followed ; and with flowing
eloquence and deep feeling pointed us back to the
dark night in the history of our country; the terri
ble struggle for Independence ; the first gleaming
rays that darted through the dismal wilds of the
wilderness world, to the full outbursting of the glo
rious Sun of Liberty, shedding its resplendent light
upon the American People.
May the worthy and noble Firemen live and
Hourish to celebrate many bright days in commem
oration of Washington's birth may our mountains
ever remain the consecrated altars of Freedom,
arid the Sons of America perpetuate the fame of a
Washington, until the consumation of a Universal
Peace; till Mankind are linked in one common
Brotherhood of Love; and until the columns of
mundane grandeur shall have become corroded by
the moth of time.
New Jersey Senator. The Monopoly has at
length triumphed over the few free-spirited demo
crats in the. New Jersey Legislature; and Captain
Stockton, the father and President of the 'monster'
has been elected to the U. S. Senate. On
the final vote, he received 39 of the 76 votes.
"The Senate will lose one of its bright ornaments
when Judge Dayton retires.
Our Next Governor.
The Locofocos, says the Miners Journal? are
looking about for the luckiest man as their candid
ate in the next Gubernatorial contest. Wm. Big
lcr, Esq. of Clearfield, .seems to be their choice.
The WJhigs throughout the State, have almost
unanimously selected Governor Johnston. We cer
tainly regard him the strongest man that can be
brought into the field, and all parties concede him
to be the most talented, efficient and honest Gov
rrnor wehave Ifa'd1' since lhe'rdayG of .SimdirSny-
der.
Slate Agricultural School.
In the report of A. L. Russel, Esq. superintend
ent of Common Schools, presented to the Legis
lature, he devotes a considerable part of it to the
recommendation of a plan for a State Agricultural
High School, the establishment of which is strong
ly urged upon the Legislature. We are sure that
it will engage the favorable attention of many of
our readers, and it deserves the consideration of
the people of the Commonwealth. The creation
of such an institution, on the liberal scale and com
prehensive plan recommended, could not but re
sult Tn great advantages to the numerous class of
agriculturalists, and through them, to all other
classes and interests in Pennsylvania.
In its general features, the project embarces the
union of a large model farm and a collegiate m
''stitution; the farm to consist of one thousand acres
0flantl, the college to be adapted to the wants of
five hundred pupils, taught by a faculty of eight
professors, with a corps of sixteen assistants ex-
j ano-Uac: Mathematics: Natural Philosophy, Me-
chanics and Engineering; Agriculfural and Gener
al Chemistry, with Geology and Botany; Compara
tive Anatomy (to which Natural History should be
added,) and Practical Farming and Rural Engi
neer msr.
Of the five hundred pupils, it is recommended
that three hundred should be educated at the ex
pense of the State, and two. hundred at their per
sonal cost; the State pupils (three annually from
each representative district) to be selected from
candidates from the common schools. In this par
ticular, the institution would occupy the position
of a general High School, to which pupils would
make their way, by merit, from the inferior public
seminaries.
It is estimated that the first cost of the school
would be, for land, buildings, and all the necessa
ry equipments of all kinds, 250,000, and the
gross annual expenditures, for salaries, mainten
ance, &c. 574,500. Two hundred paying pupils,
at $150 each, would produce an annual in
come of 30,000; leaving a total nett cost to the
state of 44,500 a year a small sum to be weigh
ed against the vast benefits which the State would
derive from such an institution.
The Presidents Proclamation.
President Fillmore has issued and forwarded to
Boston a proclamation, relative to the recent riot
among the colored population in that city, for the
release of an alleged fugitive. It calls upon all
citizens whether civil or military, to assist in quel
ling and suppressing such combinations, and directs
that prosecution be immediately entered into a
gainst the offenders, and that 4 all such as aided, a-
betted, or assisted them, or shall be found to have
harbored, or concealed such fugitive, contrary to
law, be immediately arrested and proceeded with
the proper authorities.
The U. S. Senate on Wednesday passed the
Henry D. Maxwell, Esq., publishes a card
in to-day's paper, announcing his intention to re
sume the practice of law in this county. Having
J resigned his foreign appointment, with a view of
applying himself to his profession, it will be grati
fying to the people of Nortiiampton that he has
again selected Easton as his location.
Easton Wliig.
Earthquake in Chili. The despatches from
the South announce the destruction of the city of
Conception, at Chili, by a recent earthquake.
The city was destroyed in 1835 by a similar event
At that time it was in the height of its prosperity,
and it was celebrated for manv elegant public
buildings and private structures. A large and
splendid cathedral the finest in South America
wTas thrown down with great loss of life among
the workmen. The city of Conception is two hun
dred miles south from Valpariso, and stands on a
plain perhaps two hundred feet above the level of
the sea. None of the particulars of the late disas
ter have yet reached here.
Schuylkill Coal Trade
By a table published in the Journal, it appears
that the amount of capital invested in the Coal
business in Schuylkill County is $2,527,862
more than two millions of which are invested by
individuals, who protest strongly against the incor
poration of any Company for mining purposes in
the County. The number of hands employed is
6541 ; monthly wages, 8149,813; anual product
$1,598,549.
The Coal sent to market during the last week
was 12,854 tons. , Since January 1,;284,522. In
crease over last year 145,138 tons.
(Cp'Mr. John Robbins, the Mount Holly Mirror
stales, has lately returned from California to his
residence in Chesterfield, Burlington county, hav
ingaccumulated.spmc $70,000 in gold, and prop
eTty'thore worth nearly ihe same amount, the fruits
of his own enterprise and induatiy.
Railroad Meeting.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of Price Town
ship, on the 15th of February, 1851, at the house
of Anthony Peters, for the purpose, of appointing a
committee to examine and estimate the elevation
of the ground from Priceburg through to the Beech,
and to make report after examining the lowest pla
ces in the. mountain, for the information, of the Del
aware and Cobb's Gap Railroad Company, the fol
lowing gentlemen were appointed as officers of the
meeting : .
- President BENJAMIN PITT: 1
Vice Presidents,
Charles J. Price, John S. Price.
Secretaries,
John Postens, Geoige Ink.
After calling the meeting to order, the following
gentlemen were appointed as said Committee :
Eleazor Price, Charles J. Price, and lchabod
Price, and assistants to enable the committee to
judge the elevation of the ground, George Ink and
John Postens. It was also -
Resolved, That said Committee examine the
lowest route, and after said examination to make
reports of the elevation of different routes.
Resolved, That the said Committee porform their
work as soon as practicable, and perform their du
ty without respect to their own inclinations, or the
notions of others, and that they pledge themselves
to facilitate the enterprise to the utmost of their
power, upon which ever route appears to bo the
most practicable, or may be finally determined up
on. Resolved, That we heartily approve of the en
terprise, and shall be ready at any time to render
any assistance, whenever called upon, for the ulti
mate success of the work.
Resolved, That the proceedings of the Meeting
be published in the Stroudsburg Newspapers.
(Signed by the officers.
The Locusts.
Dr. G. B. Smith, in a communication in the Balti
more Patriot, states that the seventeen year locusts
will appear this year in all those parts of Mary
land, Pennsylvania,- Virginia, and Delaware, em
braced in the following boundaries Commencing
at the Delaware river, near Germantown, Pa.,
thence southwesterly to the Blue Ride of the Al
legheny mountains, along the east side of the
Ridge to Loudoun to Fauquier counties, Va. ;
thence easterly through a portion of Fairfax, across
the Potomac, above Georgetown, through Mont
gomery and upper portions of Anne Arundel coun
ties, Maryland, to the Patapsco; along" the north
east side of the Patapsco to the Chesapeak Bay,
thence to Ilavre-dc-Grace, through Cecil county
and Delaware, to the Delaware river; up the west
side of that river to the beginning. These boun-
, . , ' . i fl,
danes embrace the area of country to which the
locusts were confined m 1S34. The locusts, it is
said, will appear this year in myrads, beginning to
come out of the ground about the 20th of May.
The theory, we believe, is that the locusts are
hatched from eggs deposited seventeen years previ-
ous. Dr. Smith stales that the chambers oi tne gruus
in the ground may be uncovered from the 1st to
the 10th of April, simply shaving off an inch or
two of the surface soil with a spade, in any place
where trees or shrubbery stood in '34. They will
resemble auger holes, two to four inches apart; and perintendent of the Common Schools, for an early
the grub or larvaj may now be found, by diging a 1 copy of his report to the Legislature upon the
foot or two deep in the same situation. schools of the State. It is a forcible and well writ-
ten paper, aud its views and reccommendations
From Bally Bowlegs. evince a thorough application to, and understand
ing of this vitally important and interesting sub
A letter from South Florida speaks of a late m- jcct After reviewing tne history and progress of
terview between Capt. Casey, the United States Legislative action in Pennsylvania in reference to
Indian agent, and Mr. 'Wilum Bolegs,' as he signs ! public schools, but especially the enactments crea
himself. Capt Casey sot forth to Bowlegs the re- ' SoMmg a tod I as ; the : basis of a system
cent action of the Florida Legislature for the re-
....1 .Cil.nTn.i;nn? nml f -1fl li im fJm f n rmr wn a Jno
moval of the Indians, and told him that now was his
last chance for a peaceable arrangement; that the
United States authorities were his friends, and
would not only see him comfortably removed, and
provided for afterwards, but would pay him well
for going; but, if he delayed, the Governor of Flor
Ida and his riflemen and loner knives would be
down upon him, and drive the whole tribe into the
' . , , , , ,
nnnnn TTrrr tine Ttillv errn t r n frl his linnl. nnil
uru -""v "
thoughtfully inquired if. the United btates Govern
ment was really his friend and wished him well 1
Capt. Casey replied that there could be no manner
of doubt about that. Well, then,' says Billy, ' if
you are my friends, just you stand still, and me
whip the Governor of Florida and his long knives
d n quick ;' and, in short, gave Casey to under
stand that he did not value the sovereignty of Flor
ida so much as 'the shaking of a squirrel's tail.'
This is truly mortifying. Billy evidently had not
read the report of the majority committee on Fed
eral Relations. Tallahassee Sentinel.
A chincse lady is exhibiting herself to the peo
ple of Mauch Chunk. She of course belongs to
the royal family of Ning-poos. Since her arrival
the dogs and cats have all disappeared, and rats
and mice is riz.
P. S. We have just seen the animal. Her foot
is a curiosity, and might slip into ' an Alderman's
thumb ring,' 'as poor Richard says.'
Mauch Chunk Gazette.
Extraordinary Sheep. The Philadelphia Sun
notices the arrival at the Western Exchange Ho
tel, in that city, of a number of extraordinary large
sized sheep. They are of the Cotswold breed, and
were raised by Benjamin Hood, Esq., of Willis
stown, Chester county. The history of these sheep
has been heralded throughout Europe and the Uni
ted States. The heaviest one wqighs three hun
dred and fifty pounds, and the lightest over three
hundred pounds. They are great curiosities.
They will be slaughtered and exposed for sale by
David V. Paul. Villiage Record.
Swift Retribution. A man was found on Sat
urday last burned to death a lu home in. New
Haven, (Conn.) Oa Friday evening he had come
home drunk, and after cruelly beating his wife,
turned her and his children out of doors. In at
tempting to undress himself, 'it is supposed that his
clothes took'nYe, arid that without assistance' he
thus met IriVafwuI 'death; -o! -.
California.
By the.afriyal of the Cresent City at Norfolk,
we have advices from California up to the 15th of
January. The Cresent City brings $600,000 in
gold, and 218 passengers. The United. States
Mail steamer, Unicorn, which left San Francisco
on the 15th of January, with the mails and $600,
,000 in gold dust on freight, had not arrived at Pa
nama when the Crescent city left.
The Legislature had assembled and were pro-nnndinn-
with the Business of the State. Governor
0
Burnett had resigned and Luitenant Gov. McDou
gal had been inaugurated. No election of United
States Senator had been held. Business through
out the cities of California was extremely dull
goods selling for less than the original cost in New
York. Hon. T. Buttler Icing, the collector of San
Francisco, had arrived and entered upon the duties
of his office. The Alto California has the follow
ing account of a new discovery of gold, far surpas
ing anything of the kind yet heard of, and which, if
one half be true, caps the climax of stories in re
gard to this wonderful country !
It is well known that the steamer Chesapeake,
with about thirty adventurers, left this port on the
21st ult, for the Klamath, and in yesterday's pa
per we gave some cccount of her progress. Scar
cely was our paper issued when the Chesapeake
came into port, bringing back five or six of the
"prospectors," Gen. John Wilson and John A.
Collins, Esq., among the number. A meeting of
the stockholdcs was called to hear the result of the
expenditures, which meeting we attended ; and if
we can bring our ideas down to anything like rea
son, after hearing those wonderful details, we will
let the public into the secret.
Twenty-seven miles beyond the Trinity, there
is a beach several miles in extent, and bounded by
a high bluff. The sands of this beach are mixed
with gold to an extent almost beyond belief The
sand is of two kinds a fine black sand and a grey
sand. The grey sand can be separated very easily
from the black sand, and tiiis seems to be a desira
ble object. The gold is mixed with the black sand
in proportions of from ten cents to ten dollars the
pound. At times when the surf is high, the gold
is not easily discovered, but in the spring of the
year, after a succession of calms, the entire beach
is covered with bright and ycllew gold. Mr. Col
lins, the Secretary of the Pacific Minining Com
pany, measured a patch of gold and sand, and es
timates it will yield to each member of the Compa
ny the snug little sum of $43,000,000 and this
estimate is formed upon a circulation that the sands
holds out to be one-tenth as rich as observation
warrants them in supposing. m
The Pacific Mining Company the adventures of
the Chesapeake have banded themselves under this
tittle found some nmetween men at these .diggms.
The men had no disposition to dig, for the gold
was all ready for them whenever they felt disposed
to take it. Beside, such is the character of the
' roads that they could not take away more than 75
i orl00 pounds apieccan am0unt too triffling for
; tuejr consideration. They had erected a comfor-
table log cabin and designed watching this claim
until Spring, and then take a ship load of gold and
travel to some country where the metal was not so
abun(lant Mr Coms gnv a man who had accu.
muiated fifty thousand pounds, or fifty thousand
tons he did not recollect which of the richest
kind of black sand.
Gen. Wilson says that thousnads of men cannot
exhaust this gold, thousands of years, and he gives
aU wlQ doubt his statcmcnts the liberty 0f going
anii ascertaining these facts for themselves
Common c2iooI Report.
We are indebted to the polite attention of A. L.
Russel, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Su-
already accompUshcd and to point out the
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principal ueiecis m uiu prusunt sy&iuui
and the
most advantageous means for their remedy. The
greatest obstacle in the prosperity of the system
seems to be the incapacity of the teache which
is one of the necessary consequences of the short
period which a majority of schools are kept open;
for persons will not qualify themselves for teaching
and resort to it as a business unless it win anord
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adequate compensation and permanent employment.
I To remedy this defect the appointment of a capable
' .-.. i t t t .
superintendent ior eacn congressional district
is
recommended, such officer to be charged with the
duty of establishing and supervising a teacher's
seminary for thorough instruction in the common
school branches, and in the art of teaching. To
these seminaries also might be attached model
schools, and the superintendent should be charged
with the supervision of all the schools in the dis
trict, to deliver lectures on subjects connected with
school studies, advise committees, assist in the ex
amination of teachers, &c, &c. Such a course, it
is believed, would not greatly add to the expense of
the system, and would secure good schools by pro
viding good teachers.
The report also embraces other recommenda
tions, one of which and the most important the
establishment of a States Institution for instruction
in the theory and practice of agriculture is dwelt
upon with considerable length and with a force of
argument that cannot fail to carry conviction of its
utility. Certain alterations in the school law are
also recommended a more simple mode of collec
ting the school tax a reduction of the number of
directors from six, and also some provisions by
the Legislature to obviate difficulties which now
too frequently arise in the selection of sites for
school houses. We. gather from the report the fol
lowing interesting statistics showing the operation
of the system for the year ending 1st June, 1850,
as compared with the previous year
1850.
Number of districts, 1 ,387
Paid during the year, 1,337
Whole number of schools, 8,510
Number yet required, 074
Average of months taught, 5. 1
1849.
1,314
1,218
8,287
4,26
Male teachers, 6,972
Female teachers, 3,935
Av. sal. male teachers, $17 20
Av. sal. female teachers, $i0 15
10,050
$17 47
10 32
Male scholars, 233,392 )
Female scholars, 190,952
Av number in each school, 40
Tax levied, $768,422 07
State appropriation, 159,367 4i
Cost of instruction, 609,377 45
Fuel & contingencies, 63,329 14
School houses, &c 253,741 06
335,175
43
$533,287 43
182,883 55
562,930 85
146,144 14
Freshet in the Delaware. The lato ice
freshet in ihe Delaware, caused considerable
damage to the Delaware' DiyUio'ri, carrying
away about 100 feet of the daih 'below' New.
Hope, and several bridges. 1
Correspondence of the North American.
Harrisburg, Jan. 28.
The following is a list of the District Attorneys
of the Staie, which I have prepared with care suf
ficient to ensure accuracy. It may be a matter of
use for referance, as no list of these has been pub
lished. There is no record of them in any of the
departments here:
Adams: J. G. Reed, Gettysburg, P. O.
Allegheny: Francis C. Flanigan, Pittsburg.
Armstrong: John W. Rohrer, Kittaning.
Beaver: Richard P. Roberts, Beaver.
Bedford: Francis Jordan, Bedford.
Berks: Jeremiah Ilagerman, Reading.
Blair: David H. Hofius, Hollidaysburg,
Bradford: Thomas Smead, Springfield.
Bucks: Elias Carver, Doylestown.
Butler: John H. Neglcy, Butler.
Cambria: Edward Hutchinson, Ebensburg.
Carbon: O. II. Wheeler, Mauch Chunk.
Centre: James H. Rankin, Bellefonte.
Chester: Paschal Woodward, West Chester.?
Clarion: William Shaw, Clarion.
Clearfield: Joseph B. McEnnally, Clearfield.
Clinton: James W. Quigley, Lockhaven.
Columbia: E. C. Thompson, Bloomsburg.
Crawford: A. B. Richmond, Meadville.
Cumberland: William H. Miller, Carlisle.
Dauphin: James Fox, Harrisburg.
Delaware; Thomas H. Speakman, Philadelphia
Elk: Henry Souther, Ridgway.
Erie: Matthew Taylor, Erie.
Fayette: E. Bierer, Uniontown.
Franklin: J. S. Ross, Chambersburg. , ,
Fulton: William P. Schell, McConnelsburg.
Green: Harrison Babbit, Waynesburg,
Huntingdon: J. S. Stewart, Huntingdon.
Indiana: Edmund Page, Indiana.
Jefierson: Richard Arthur, Brookeville.
Juniata: Samuel E. Hench, Mifflin.
Lancaster: John L. Tompson, Lancaster.
Lawrence: Jame Pollock, New Castle.
Lebanon: John W. Mish, Lebanon.
Lehigh: II. C. Longencker, Allentown. x
Luzerne: Jacob Waelder, Wilkesbarre.
Lycoming: George F. Boal, Muncy.
M'Kean: W. A. Williams, SmithporL
Mercer: Johnston Pearson, Mercer.
Miffiin: Joseph Alexander, Lewistown.
Monroe: Samuel S. Dreher, Stroudsburg.
Montgomery: B. E. Chain, Norristown.
Montour: B. K. Rhoads, Danville.
Northampton: Henry M. Mutchler, Easton,
Northumberland: Charles A. Kutz, Milton.
Perry: B. F- Jenkins, Bloomfield.
Philadelphia: H. R. Kneass, Philadel.f
Pike: E. B. Eldred, Milford.
Potter:
Schuylkill: Robert M. Palmer, Pottsville.
Somerset: John R. Edie, Somerset.
Sullivan: A. J. Detrich, Laporte,
Susquehanna: John H. Dimock, Montrose.
Tioga: John W. Rain Lawrenceville.
Union: George Hill, Selinsgrove.
Venango: Samuel Riddle, Franklin.
Warren: Wm. D. Brown, Warren.
Washington: Geo. S. Hart, Washington
Wayne: F. M. Crane, Honcsdalc.
Westmoreland'. Jacob Turney, Greensburg,
Wyoming: George S. Tutton, Tunkhannock.
York : James E. Buchanan, York.
Contested by Robert M'Cay, Jr.
fContested by Wm. B. Reed.
Publication of Uic Laws.
We would call the attention of our readers to
the bill introduced into the House of Representa
tives by Mr. Mowry of Somerset, providing for the
publication of the laws in the newspapers of each
county, without any additional expense to either
State or country. Mr. M. is a practical nan who
studies and feels the interests of the people, and
his plan strikes us as both feasible and calculated
to meet the wants of the community, without ad
ding to its burthens. It has not yet been brought
up in the House, but when it is, we shall see who
will so far oppose it as to array themselves in op
position. AN ACT providing for the more speedy and gen
eral publication of the Laws of this Common
wealth. Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That in lieu of the
docket fee of three dollars now allowed to attor
nies in all cases on the docket of the prothonotary
of the court of common pleas, there shall be char
ged and paid at the time of entry, for the use of
the county, two dollars on all suits entered on said
docket, (except in testation cases) to be paid over
semi-annually by the prothonotary to the county
treasurer, after deducting 2 per cent, for his servi
ces, to constituc a fund for the purposes hereinaf
ter mentioned.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the secreta
ry of the commonwealth, immediately after the
passage of this act, to ask and require of the pro
thonotaries of the court of common pleas of the
several counties an estimate, based on the entries
of the three preceding years, of the number of
suits that will probably be entered on their respec
tive dockets during the current year, and it shall
be the duty of said prothonotaries at the commence
ment of each year to transmit to said secretary a
full and correct statement of the number of suits
so entered upon their respective dockets during
the past year ; and on the receipt of such estimate
and statement, the said secretary shall appoint in
each county having.a sufficient fund as provided in
the first section of this act, one, and not more than
two printers of the laws, who shall be paid as is
provided for hereinafter.
Sec. 3. The said secretary shall transmit for
publication to all such printers, immediately after
their passage copies of all laws of a general or
public nature, and to such counties as are interes
ted and have the requisite funds, all laws of a local
nature requiring publication, omitting each enact
ing clause and the signatures of the speakers of
the two houses and of the governor r and the said
printers shall receive out of the fund provided for
in the first section of this act, cents for every
thousand brevier ems of close printed matter ;
Provided, said publications be faithfully made and
without errors or omissions.
Sec. 4. That the commissioners of the several
counties wherein such laws are published, be. and
they are hereby authorized to pay such printer or
printers of the laws, out of the aforesaid fund, the
amount to which he or they shall be entitled, and
to appropriate the overplus, if any, to general
county purposes.
Sec. 5. That the treasurers of the several coun
ties shall keep a separate account of the Bums paid
over to them by the prothonotary, arid have them
audited as fees on suits.
Sec. -6. That so much of the general fee bill as
is altered or amended by this act, be and the-same
is hereby, repealed.
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terian Church was so filled with water thattKero
could be no serveice on Sunday.