2cffcvsamau Republican.
Thursday, May 6, 1S52.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Jncoljillof fin Aii ol Berks county.
& FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL,
A. E. Brown, James Pollock.
Samuel A. Purviancc.
REPRESENTATIVE.
1. William F. Hughes,
2. Jkmfcs Tniquair,
3. John W. Stokes,
4. Jolin P. Verree,
3. Spencer Mellvainc,
C. J;imcs W. Fuller,
7. James Penrose,
8. John SIiaefTer,
g. Jacob Marshall,
10. Charles P. Waller,
11. Davis Alton,
12. M. C. Mercur,
13. Ner Middleswartli.
14. James II. Campbell,
5. James D. Paxton,
16. James K. Davidson,
17. Dr. John McCullock,
15. Ralph Dnike,
19. Sohn Linton,
20. Archibald Robertson,
21. Thomas J. Bigham,
22. Lewis L. Lord
23. Christian Meyers,
24. Dorman Phelps,
Borough Officers. ,
At the election for Borough Officers, held
at the Court House on Monday last, the fol
lowing named persons were duly elected, viz:
Chief Burgess,
Col. S. C. Burnett.
Cotincilmen.
Dr. Sydenham Walton,
James H. Stroud, Esq.
Michael H. Dreher, Esq.
James N. Durlinq, Esq. . . ,
Theodore Sohoch.
High Constable,
John Stone.
Town Clerk,
Charles U. Warmck.
Wliiu National Convention
'At the caucus meeting of the Whig mem
bers of Congress, held in the Capitol at Wash
ington, on Tuesday evening the 26th ult., it
was determined teat the Whig National Con
vention for the nomination, of President and
Vice President of the United .Stales, should
he held on the 17th day of June, and that
Baltimore city b the place.
Dentil of Judge Coulter;
Richard Coulter one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of this State, died at his resi
dence in Greensburg, Westmoreland county,
at half pnst 10 o'clock on Tuesday night the
20th ult. He was insensible for several hours
before his death.
(Gov. Bigler has appointed Hon. George
W. Woodward to fill the vacancy on the Su
preme Bench occasioned by the death ofJudge
Coulter.
Foreign News.
The steamer Niagara arrived at Halifax on
Wednesday of last week, the 28th ult., with
iipws from Liverpool to the 17th. The Cot
ton and Grain markets had improved slightly.
There is no news of importance from Eng
land. In France, it is considered extremely pro
bable that the Empire will be proclaimed by.
the President before the grand review, which
i5 to take place on the 10th of thistonth.
No less than two thousand petitions have al
ready been presented, asking the establish
ment, of the Imperial Government.
The Russians proclaim another victory
over the Circassians.
A new Election. The Committee on
Elections in the House of Representatives at
Washington has decided that the late elec
tion in the Wilkesbarre Congressional district '
was illegal, and that a new election must be
held. In this decision (he House will doubt
less, concur. Hon. Henry M. Fuller will
consequently lose his seat, and the struggle
between him and Hon. Hendrick B. Wright
will be resumed before the people.
(nr There is now pending in one of the
courts of New York says the Tribune, a suit
brought by the city against a Bhip owner
for the sum of siyty eight cents, and upon
this very suit, in the equity of which not the
first move has been made, there have been
about three hundred doUars charged as j
i ms is uui one oi a wnoie orooa oi similar
cases.
An Important Decision. The Supreme
Court of this State has decided that the pur
chaser of orooertv at a Sheriff's sale, who
acts by an agent, is not bound by the bid of!
his agent, if it exceeds the amount to which !
ihe principal authorized the agent to go in
Ridding. The case in which this 'doctrine j
was da id down was one In which the Sheriff i
claimeo' to recover the difference between
the bid of tLe agent and the price for which
the property ws subsequently sold on a sec
ond sale, after the principal had refused to
lake the property at the price bid by bis agent,
at the first sale. The Court decided that the
principal, was not liable for ai;v act of his a
gent, which was done by the latter in viola
lion or excess of the authority delegated to
him.
Great Aoe. Mrs. Huldah Sparling, whe
was horn in Wallpack, N. J., died at Owego
on the -8th ult, aged 110 years. She dis
tinctly recollected the French war, and the
circumstances of her family being driven
from their home by tlie Indians.
When the Hindoo priest k about to baptize
&b infant, he utters the following beautiful
eedtiment : " Little babe thou enterest the
world weeping, while all around smile ; con-tme-fco
to live that you may depart in smiles,
wlr'lt all around y6u weep." '. "
O-The Steamer Major Wm. Barnet
on the 24th of last month ploughed her way
up the Delaware river, from Easton to the foot
of Foul Rift, about two miles below Belvidere.
TJierift was critically examined by Capt.
Young, of the steamer, arid he came to the
conclusion that he could force his little craft
through it, and thus reach Belvidere. At all
events, ne is aeierraiuuu iu ujr ui .
he is determined to try it, and next
oaiuruay, me oin insu, iiaa uccu u ujt
to make the attempt. Speaking of this x
perlment, the Belvidere Inteligencer says:
If it can be accomplished, we understand
it is the intention of Captain Young to make
regular trips to Belvidere ; and if Foul Rift
cannot be passed through by the William
Burnet, communication will be had with this
place by other arrangements from the foot ot .
, t.-iC m . .t. . r,,'
Delaware with the lower it is proposed to
build a smaller steamer to run between Bel
videre and Port Jervis" By this means, a
very direct line of communication will be o
pened from the latter point to Philadelphia.
That this can be effected, at a small-expense
compared with the importance of the matter,
there seems to be no doubt. That iijcill be
effected, seems quite certain.
New York Trijmne.
The Twelfth Volume of the Tribune com
menced April 12th. During the eleven years
it has obtained, reputation surpassed by no
paper in the country, and its circulation is ex
ceeded by but few, if any newspaper in the
world. The circulation at present is as fol
lows :
Daily Tribune, 19.0S0
Semi-weeklv, 3,760
Weekly, 52,800
For California and Europe, 1,850
Total, 77,690
The number .of copies issued weekly
18
180,250, for which nearly 400 reams of paper
are required. The receips of the office for
the three months previous to April 1, for ad-
ertising, were 20,732. Total receipts for
same period, S75.657. .
The Tribune appears in new type, and is
worked upon a new six-cylinder press, the
first ever made in this country capable of
striking off 15,000 sheets an hour,
More True than JEIesant.
The New York Courier, speaking of the
doings in the House of Representatives says
" from its first breath, it has not done a good
thing. It has cost the country more than
Lhalf a million of "dollars to keep its body and
soul together, and not the slightest tittle in
the way of equivalent has yet been rendered.
Like a graceless truant, it has not done the
work it was sent to do, but has spent its time
in playing hide and seek in coalition bushes,
making mud-pies from the scraping of the
political gutter, pulling the feathers out of
the old party 'bantams, breaking up mares'
nests and sucking the eggs, hopping on one
leg without a quorum, turning somersets on
the previous question and giving it a crick
on the back,swimming on bunkum bladders
practising bloody words and giving bloody
noses."
Lock Jaw. The Lancaster Gazette glve3
as a certain preventive and remedy, the ap
plication of beefs gall to the wound. Be
sides its anti-spasmodic properties, the gall
draws from the wound any article of wood,
glass, iron, or other substances that may
cause irritation, when other applications have
i- failed to do so.
Jenny Lind is a golden treasure, but she is
now in the hands of the Goldsmith, and, we
suppose, will be worked up into little trink
lets. fcy Gov. Bigler has vetoed the bill to in
corporate the Meadville Bank, also a Bank
at Pittsburg, at Allentown, at Erie, at New
Castle, at Tamaqua, at Mauch Chdnk, at
Phaenixville, and Monongahela city. He
gives his reasons in a lengthy message.-
When a Member of the State Senate, Mr.
Bigler voted for the re-charter of old Banks
and for the establishment of a new one. Now
that he is Governor he talks very flippantly
about the dangerof giving our business men
banking facilities, to" assist them in the de-
Telopmciit of the imrnen6e resources of the
State.
The policy and object of theLocofoco par
ty are apparent to every intelligent observer..
It is to contract the currency ; enhance the
value of gold and silver, reduce the wages of
Labor and Srind our laborers t0 ,he lowest
Hvin P"t-that they may be able to com-
pete with the miserable 14 ten-cent" Slaves of I
the moneyed aristocracy of the old world. !
Free Trade, low wages, and Direct Taxation J
are parts of one system. Each is dependent, j
one upon the other. Locofocoism cannot
make America Free Trade without compell-
ing her to adopt her monetary arrangements
to those of Europe. Nor in triat event would
it raise revenue to support the government ,
without taxing the people directly for that
purpose. The same policy which would lev
el the currency to the European standard
would break down even the apology for a
Tariff which still remains, and would crown
its list of wrongs by imnosinsr still heavier
byrthens upon the people. It is with the
peop.'e to say whether this crusade against
our currency is to be continued and wether
Locofocoism shall be successfuPin reducing
American Freemen to an equality with Eu
ropean Serfe. Independent Whig.
The report of the killed at the late elec
tion riot in St. Louis was much exaggerated.
Only one man Stevens was killed. Some
ight or ten persons were severely wounded,
and twenty-five, si igotly.
i
Congressional Apportionment.
The following i the arrangement of the
Congressional districts of this State, accord
ing to the bill passed on Thursday last through
both houses of the Legislature. It is pro
nounced unsatisfactory to both parties ; but
was probably crowded through in consequence
of the late period of the session. It is- esti-
mated to give tne wings iu, iu iuiuww
13, nnd leave 2 districts in doubt.
1st 'District Southwark, Moyamensmg,
Passyunk, and Cedar, Lombard Spruce and
New Market Wurds.
2d The City df Philadelphia, excepting
the above Wards.
3d Kensington and Northern Liberties.
4th Spring Garden, Penn District, North
Pjinn TfiniTspcaintr. Wpst Philnilplnhin. Block-
' r
ley, Richmond, Unincorporated Northern Lib-
erties, Bridesburg, and Aramingo, in the coun
ty of Philadelphia.
5th Montgomery county and Brisiol town
ship, Upper and Lower Germantown, upper
and Lower Manyunk, Frankford.Roxborough,
Byberry, Lower Dublin, White Halj, Oxford
and Moreland.
6th Chester and Delaware.
7th Bucks and Lehigh.
8th Berks.
9th Lancaster.
10th Lebanon, Dauphin Union and the
township of Lower Mahoney, in the county
of Northumberland.
11th Schuylkill and Northumberland
county, except Lower Mahoney township.
12th MoHtour, Columbia, Luzerne and
Wyoming.
13th Northampton, Monroe, Carbon, Pike
and Wayne.
. 14th Susquehanna, Bradford and Tioga.
15th Lycoming, Snllivan, Clinton, Potter,
and Mifflin.
16th York, Perry and Cumberland.
17th Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford
and Junialu.
18th Somerset, Cambria, Blair and Hun
tingdon. 19th Westmoreland, Indiana and Arm
strong. ,
20th Fayette, Green and Washington.
21st Allegheny county, except that part
which is northeast of the Ohio, and northwest
of the Allegheny river.
22d Buttler County, and that part of Al
legheny not included as above.
23d Beaver, Lawrence and Mercer.
24th Venango, Warren, McCean, Clear
field, Jefferson, Forrest, Elk and Clarion.
25th Erie and Crawford.
The Apportionment Bill
Signed. Har-
risburo, April 30. The Governor has, this
afternoon, signed the bill apportioning the
State for the election of Representatives in.
Congress, as reported by the Committee of
Conference of the two houses, and also the
joint resolution passed to "day, amendatory of
the same so far as relates to the 15th and 24th
districts.
Beauties of the Present Tariff.
It is stated in the Cumberland (Md.) Jour
nal, that John F. Winslow, Esc., President
of the Mount Savage Iron Works, has pur
chased in England ten thousand tons heavy
T rails fot the Bellefontaineand Indiana Rail
road Company, five thousand tons of which
are to be of the compound pattern of Mr.
Winslow's patent. The Journal adds:
The policy of our-Government, in refusing
protection to our manufactures, has thus forced
the President of one of the most splendid roll
ing mills in the country, to purchase rails in
England, of a form the patent of which is held
exclusively by himself. With sufficicient
protection, these 5000 tons of Compound
Rail might have been manfactured in superi
or style at Mount Savage, in this county.
To what extent our farmers, merchants, me
chanics, and operatives generally, would be
benefitted thereby, we leave the people of the
country to calculate.
A terrible fight occurred near the City of
Havana on the 7th, between the English and
American sailors. Quite a formidable num
ber of then were arrayed on both sides.
They fought desperately with knives, pis
tols, bludgeons, stones and other missiles.
Several were killed on both sides, and many
badly wounded. So desperate had they be
come that the anthorities found it necessary
to call out the military to preserve order and
quell the disturbance. At the latest account
peace had been restored and many of the
offenders arrested and imprisoned for trial.
The quarrel originted partly in drunkenness
and partly inconsequence of a feud or nation
al fee'ling gotten up among the disputants.
Hardest Case Yet. A few nights since,
a journeyman printer in this city had made
preparations to be married i but strange to
say, the poor fellow was on a morning paper,
and could not get a "sub." Business was
crowding at The office, and he must attend to
work, so the parson was sent for, the rites
performed, and the poor jour had to leave his
w:fe, go to the office, "and work all night,
till broad daylight, and go home to his wife
in the morning." Boston Bee.
School Appropriation.
The following sums will be due to the
several townships of this County, from the 1
the year commencing May 1, 1852:
Chestnuthill $ 95,59
Coolbaugh 26,40
Hamilton . 181,30
Jackson 57,67
Pocorio " 82,18
Poik - 70,51
Price 30,41
Paradise ' 39,89
Ross . 118,10
Smithfield. '123,63
Smithfield. Mkldld 131,53
Stroud r.s., 109,87
TobyhannaJ- , 48,58
Shade Treci.
Mr. Schocu : As the season for trans
planting trees is at hand, avail myself of
your columns to make a remark to the citi
zens of Stroudsburg with reference thereto.
I would respectfully suggest the propriety of
filling up the vacancies on Elizabeth street,
with suitable trees. A refined taste has been
displayed in the culture of shade trees by
some of our citizens, and the result is, that
when the trees and shrubbery are attired in
rich profusions of foliage some parts of the
Town presents a truly magnificent appear
ance. There are some vacancies, as before
hinted, and if the owners of property on that
street would devote a little time and expense
to the matter, but a few years would elapse
before we would have a continuous arbor re
dolent with beauty, from one extreme to the
other. Every visitant to this place is capti
vated by its appearance during the season of
"birds and flowers;" but if the suggestion
humbly offered above should be' carried out,
it would soon present a combination of trees
and shrubbery, that even Shenstone might
have envied. It is seldom I essay to express
myself on paper, but I shall consider myself
amply- rewarded by the present effort, if I
succeed in generarling an honorable rivalry
among' our citizens, in transplanting trees
and in the refining and truly delightful cul
ture of shrubbery and flowers.
AN OLD CITIZEN.
By Request.
The " Times" as they arc at Pres
ent. Honesty has fled from the world, and Sin
cerity is fallen asleep.
Piety has hidden herself, and Justice can
not find the way.
The Helper is not at home, and Charity
lies sick.
Benevolence is under arrest, and Faith is
nearly extinguished.
The Virtues go begging, and Truth haB
long since been buried
Credit is turned crazy, and Conscience is
nailed to the wall.
An Important Bill.
A bill was reported in the House of Rep
resentatives, a few days since, by the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, taxing concealed
property. The third section of this bill pro
vides that the assessors of the Commonwealth
shall after the first of June next apply a sig
net such as is used in post offices to the
face of every bond, note, or other security for
the payment of money, making an impression
with indelible ink on every such security,
"assessed for 1852 or whatever year the as
sessment may be made." It is well known
that the amount of money at interest which
escapes taxation is very large. Hencd the
absolute necessity for the passage of the con
templated act.
A Mail of Great Streaks."
A person has recently died in New York,
who probably comes as near to Mr. Webster's
idea of a man of "greate streaks," as any
other individual in this country.
John Schafer of Montgomery county, N.
Y who died a few days ago, aged sixty-two
is described as follows, by the Rev. Mr.
Rinehart : " The deceased was the largest
man that we ever saw. The coffin was
sufficiently large to contain five men of or
dinary size-s-measuring in width three feet
four inches in the clear, and three feet in
height. Three men could have worked in
it at the same time with convenience. It
required six men to take him from the bed
on which he expired. This was done by
raising a platform, removing the headboard
of the beadstead, and taking him out endwise.
They could not get the coffin into the house
but by taking off the door-facing of an old
vacated house that stood in the yard, they
got it into that, and carried the corpse thith
er on three empty bags. A wagon and four
horses stood prepared, and ten men placed
the coffin and its contents upon it. In let
ting the coffin down into the grave they had
two lines doubled, one at each end, and one
large well-rope in the middle and had seven
teen men to let down this great sprinkle of
mortality into its last home on earth. His
weight was unknown.
A Defect Remedied.
We learn from the Harrisburg Union that
a bill has been introduced into the Senate by
Mr. Packer, and passed that body, to reme
dy a defect in the law of last session, carry
ing out, a was supposed, the provisions of
the Constitution in relation to the election of
Supreme Judges, revealed by the death of
Judge Coulter. The amendment to the
Constitution contains the following provision.
"The Judges of the Supreme Court shall
hold their offices for the term fifteen years,
if they shall so long behave themselves well,
(subject to the allotment hereinafter provided
for, subsequent to the first election.")
It will be observed that this language is
emphatic as to the term of the Judges. The
amendment further provides, that any vacan
cy happening by death, resignation, or other
wise, in any of the said Courts, shall be filled
by appointment by the Governor, to continue
till the first Monday in December succeeding
the next generarelection." The law of last
session, in direct eonflict with these express
provisions, authorizes the Governor to appoint,
in case of a vacancy, until thg next general
nlnftinn. fit which a nersnn wnnlrl ho ppr-tol
I -"'v.u i
to fill the unexpired term of the deceased
Judge, instead of the full term of fifteen years.
The bill remedies this error of the law of 1851,
so that the Governor will appoint a person to 1
fill the vacancy until the December following'
the next election, at which a person will be i
chosen for the full term of fifteen years.
This will derange the beautiful system of
succession established by the uniform period
between the term of each Judge, but its ne
cessity is manifest from the requiromet of the
Constitution.. I
A Scene. (A very tall and beautiful ci
gar vender behind a counter in a store in
Broadway. A short youth dressed in the ex?
ireme of fashion, before the counter, smoking
a cigar.
Incipient Man You know that I must dis
tinctly wish you to understand, Emma, that
the proposal I have made is entirely honora
ble, altogether ; and I have goMhe brads,
and am in honest earnest.
Young Lady How very singular ! Why
all you little chaps talk jusUhat way ; you're
the hundred and sixty-seventh young dandy
that has said just the. same thing. I'm real
ly sorr, but as you do seem really to be a
nice young man, I am sorry for you, and I'll
tell yon something in confidence.
I. M. That'sa darling ; lean over so that
I can hear you, what is it There's some one
in behind yonder.
Y. L. It's only him.
Only who?
Young Lady that's what I want to tell
you ; I am married to the young man who
owns this store!
(Incipient young man retires, disgusted
with the tricks of trade, and forma a resolu
tion in" his little mind that he will never pur
chase any more cigars of young women in
ciar stores until he has ascertained whether
they are married.)
OCr Affecting extract from an unpublished
play.
Edgar Adieu, my wife, my love.
Pauline Says't thou adieu!
My mind misgives me, Edgar, a strange
Fear sits like a heavy dumpling here, my
life.
Ah, whither goest thou in this strange
habtel
Edgar Nay, ask me not. You rack my
soul with sorrow.
Pauline Speak, Edgar I muat know.
Edgar Well, if I must, Pauline, to Dun
kirk. Pauline To Dunkirk 1 horror! No, no, no!
Edgar Yes ! by the Erie Railroad !
Pauline Nay, then, farewell forever1. All
is o'er !
The Presidency Electoral Vote.
It has been virtually settled in Congress
that both South Carolina and California shall
have a member of Congress on their several
fractions the letter of the law giving it to
Carolina and the spirit to California. This
increases the whole number of Members to
234, and of Presidental Electors to 296,
making 149 necessary to a choice 148 be
ing a tie. -The Electoral Vote of each
State, under the New Apportionment, as
compared -with that of 1848, will be as fol
lows: Stales. 1852.. 1848.
States,
1852. 1848
23 23
Maine, 8 9
N. Hampshire, 5 6
Vermont, 5 6
Massachuselts,13 12
Rhode Island, 4 4
Connecticut, 6 6
New York, 35 36
iVca; Jersey 7 7.
Pennsylvania,! 26
Ohio,
Indinna,
Illinois
Iowa,
Winconsin,
Michigan,
Kentucky,
Missouri.
Alabama,
Louisiana,
Tennessee,
Mississippi,
Arkansas,
Texas,
California,
13
11
4
12
9
4
' 4
5
12
7
9
6
12
6
3
4
0
5
6
12
9
9
6
12
7
4
4
4
Delaware,
a 3
8 8
15 17
10 11
8 0
10 10
3 3
'Maryland,
Virginia,
N. Carolian,
S Carolina,
Georgia,
Florida,
Total
We have
295 296
the fifteen
'43, giving
The same
or 12 more
marked in
Italics
States that went for Taylor in
him 163 votes to 137 for Cass.
States would now cast 161 votes
than a majqrity. Illinois and Missouri each
gain two; Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
Winconsin, Michigan, Mississippi, and Ar
kansas gain one each ; New Hampshire,
Vermont, New-York, North Carolina and
South Carolina each lose one, and Virginia
loses two. The other States have the same
number of Members and Electors as before,
and California is added to the number.
JV. Tribune.
A Family Poisoned.
On Monday last week, the wife and seven
children of Mr. Daniel K. Becker, of Perry
township, Berks county, were poisoned by
eating cakes in which arsenic had been acci
dentally put, and came very near losing their
lives. It appears that Mr. Becker, on a re
cent visit to Reading, had purchased a small
quantity of arsenic for the purpose of destroy
ing rats, and when he returned home, placed
it, without -the knowledge of his wife, in a
cupboard which contained at the same time
some salteratus. On the day above mention
ed, while Mrs. Becker was engaged in baking
cakes, in the absence ot her husband, she
made use of the arsenic in mastako for saltcr
tus, and mixed it up with the cakes. Sbe and
her children afterwards eat freely of the cakes:
and were soon seized with violent vomiting,
and other symptoms of poisoning. They im
mediately draok milk and melted butter, and
sent for a physician, who by administering
timely antidotes, succeeded in counteracting
the fatal effects of the poison. Reading Gd-
rette.
A Monster Lake Fiu.
The Maumeo Times gives the most
astonishing "fresh ivaterfsh story," that
we have ever heard. The monstof was
caught in the Maumee river, with a seino
and took two horses and thirty fishermen
to draw it in. The Times says it was
the largest fish ever taken ill those' waters.
It was measured ifrom the tip of its nose,
or mouth, to the end of its tail, 23 feet 4
inches; and in circumference, in the
largest place of its body, it was 4 feet 9
inches. On opening it, it was found to
contain in its stomach two good sized
muscalonge, about half a barrel of pick
erel, together with a very respectable
complement of the smaller members of.
the finny tribe. There was also found I
in it two joints of stove pipe, a pair of j
old boots, and an Indian rubber over
coat.
A Woman's Eights Convention is to bo
held at Wcst Cbester, Pa., on the 2d and
3d days of Jane next,
Pennsylvania Legislature.
April 23.
In the Senaet, the Committee of Confer,
enceon Jhe-apportionment bill for the elec.
tiori of Representatives in Congress, reported
that the joint committee had agreed upon a
report, which was submitted and read, where
upon a tumultuous and excited discussion
arose, which lasted a considerable time. The
question was finally taken on agreeing to th9
report, and it was adopted yea3 19, nays Vi
A motion was then immediately mofc uj
reconsider the vote, which being agreed to,
considerable discussion followed, and the furl
ther consideration of the subjecvas then
posponed for the present yeas lnays 14.
The Senate then resumed the considera
tion of the General Appropriation bill, which
was continued under discussion until the ad
journment. The House, agreeably to ordei, resumed
the consideration of the Judicial omnibus bill,
which was discussed without a vote, until the
close of the session.
April 29 In the Senate, the vote of yes
terday ott the report of the committee of con
ference on the Congressional Apportionment,
was reconsidered, and the question again be.
ing on agreeing to the report, it was again
adopted yeas 20, nays 11.
The Senate then resumed the considera
tion of the general Appropriation Bill, which
was discussed at much length.
In the House, the report of the Committee
of Conference on the Congressional Appor.
tionment Bill was then taken up and read,
when Mr. Broomall moved that the report be
adopted.
Mr. Rhey (Speaker) took the floor, anil
spoke at length in opposition to the report,
denouncing in strong terms the formation of
a number of the districts.
Mr. Wise of Jefferson, replied at length in
favor of the report.
A rambling and excited debate ensued, at
tended with no little confusion, denunciation,
&c. &c, when finally the previous question
was called on agreeing to the report of the
Committee, and it was adopted yeas 50,
nays 38.
Mr. Gossler imriiediittely moved a recon
sideration of the vote, but this was refused by
a vote of 40 to 52. -
April 30. In the Saiate, on motion of
Mr. Evans, the clerk was authorized to alter
the Congressional Apportionment bill recent
ly passed, so as to make the I5th district con
sist of the counties of Lycoming, Sullivan,
Clinton, Potter, Centre and Mifflm, and tha
21th district to consist of the counties of Ven
ango, Warren, Mc'Kean, Clearfield, Jefferson,
Forrest, Elk and Clarion.
The general appropriation bill was discuss
ed at length.
In the House, the resolution from flic Sen
ate to alter the apportionment bill was adop
ted. The House resumed, on second reading, tho
consideration of Mr. Harris's bill redtrictinjr
the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Slate.
After considerable discussion, Mr. FilFe
moved to strike out all after the eiiuciiiig
clause, "and insert the original Maine Liquor
bill.
Mr. O'Neill raised a point of order.
The Speaker refused to decido whethar or
not the motion was in order, and submitted
the question to the House.
Considerable discussion ensued, when the
motion was decided to be in order yeas 49,
nays 29.
Much confusion ensued, in the midst of
which Mr. Leech moved to adjourn, which
was agreed to.
May 1. In the Senate, the General Ap
propriation bill was discussed. A resolution
was passed authorizing an investigation of
the affairs of the Northampton Bank (Hum
bug.) The resolution from the House to ad
journ sine die, was a'inended, fixing on Tuet
duy, 4th inst., and pasfd.
In the House, there was little of intcrcit
accomplished.
Stcaun Navigation or the Upper
Delaware.
Less than two months ago, men of ex
perience upon our waters might have
been heard to say that the first steamboat
never would reach Easton..- Such was
the prediction of many of the old water
men; and some at Easton, (tho upper
end of tho route) persisted in tho asser
tion until tho gallant M3j". Barnet act
ually hove in sight. of their own homes
when they stood mute and motionless,
lost in surprise to see that all their ex
perience, and all their confident asser
tions of the impracticability of the scheme
were for naught. T.he Maj. Barnet, after
months of delay, vexation and suspense,
rode up to tho shores liko a bird upon a
wavej confounding the skeptical old fish
ermen and raftmen, and inspiring tho
youthful .and zealous edvocates of pro
gress with new hopes. This event oc
curred on the 13th day of March, 1S52,
"The tidings went forth to the world thai
the doubtful and scoffed at scheme had
succeeded, that the Maj. Barnet ascended
tfhe Delawre 52 miles above tide water,
that she wa3 making regular and profita
ble trips upon the river, connecting tho
important business of Nqrthern Pennsyl
vania and New Jersey with the Belvidere
Delaware Railroad at Lambertville, and
thenco to all parts of the United States
by the best lines of railroad and steam
boats in tho country. The patient, the
enduring, tho couragous Capt. Young
through whose untiring per3everanco all
this has been accomplished, Is congratu
lated warmly from all sides. Those who
had before been most doubtful are noiv
warmest in their encouraging expressions.
Through months of delay, and expense,
and vexations trials and failure, vras this
great end accomplished. Wo can truly
say that we are glad to sec a disposition
in tho'public to afford him that 'material
aid' without whioh no business of such a
hazardous nature can prosper. He rich
ly deserves it at their hands.
Thore is a project under consideration
to build another boat to run from Belvi
dere to Carpenter's Point, or Port Jervis
and we should not be surprised to sco it
carried out in the course of the present
yoar. Tho river is said to be more cssi
ly navigable from Belvidere to. Port Jer
vis, than from. tambertviUe i &$P
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