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-YORK AND CIIIIIIiItL.OID'itAIL .
- COIVARIC.IO3IPORT. •
• „
'At a• mooting of - tho'board , of directors of
, • the York and Cumberland. railroad company,
' held attirk on the.9th day of January, 1851,
the following_report Was road 'and ordered to
ho
published: ' .
• ro . the StockhoWer3 of the Fork and Cumberland
- Railroad Company.
The prosident,anddireetors of this company
- herewith submit a-financial statement -of the
affairs and condition of the company, and of
the work of improvement under their charge: ,
This statement is made to exhibit, under the
:several heads of expenditure, the aggregate
disbursements for nil purposes'oOnnected with
the progress of the work, from the eonanienee
ment of operations, until the present period;
as also, the receipts froMvarious sources, and
the means at command of tho.company, which
are available for the completion of the work.
• „ RECEIPTS. '
\ From the statement it will be seen
- that there has been received on
account of stook subscriptions,
from stockholders residing in
Maryland, the sum of $868,180 06
From t stookholders residing in
Pennsylvania, • -
From the , proceeds of, sale of
bondsof the company, payable
in-1870,
For grain" and other articled sold,
For overdraft on York Bank,
524,117 81
—Showing that the - whole amount of receipts
from stook subscriptions is $892,747 06;, and
that the receipts thus far, from .all dourcos,
havo amounted to 'tho sum abovo net 'forth of
$824,117 31. ,
DISBURSEMENTS.
Who disbursements during the progress of
the work have been as follows:
Amount ,paid Gender, Burke &
Co., under the contract with
them for constructing the road, $.01,274 87
Amount. paid for damages and
for right of way,
Auiount, paid to the York Haven
and Harrisburg • Bridge turn
pike company, for release of
• damages, and for .the Burrow. ,
der,of their charter,
Amount paid for real estate,- for
depots - and otherpnrposes, me
- cessary for .the operations of
. the company, when .the road
shall be completed,
Amohnt paid J. M'D. Goldsber
•,qugh, Chief Engineer, and the
Engineer Corps,
AmgunE_ _paid .to_ dicers of _ the
cbmpany, -
Ainount paid for construction ,
generally, including such ope
rations and charges as were
not embraced in the contract
with Gontler, Burke & Co. '
Amount paid discount of two
loans at the Western Bank of
Baltimore,
Amount paid interest on bonds
, sold, and proceeds of which
- were realized previously to Nov
1, 1860,
Amount paid for incidental ex
penses,
Thus, The agg-regath diabursements, for all
purposes connected with the progress of the
work, or having relation to its operation when
completed, amount to the sum of $624,117 81.
AVAILABLE AIEANS
The. amount yet availablo, as—applicable to
the completion of the road ond placing it in
good -working order, may be summed up as fol
lows:
From proceeds of sales of bonds
yet in bonds of the original is
=suo of $17F,1301V --
From stock- subscriptions,' chief
ty in Baltimore,
.From stock to be issued to the
contractors as part Of the con-:
sideration for constructing the
road, - -
The bonds of this\ company,,pay
able twenty
.years from date,
secured by asecond mortgage,
and to be issued to the con
tractors, under, the compros
'Mee agreement of January 7,
1851, for the pkyrnentin . full,
.amt for release of all claims
and demands whatsoever a
.gainst the company,
T 71,000 00
Making an eetimato of available 'means for
completing the ivorlrind placing Rill success
ful operation of $171,000 00
--The present - liabilities of - the company, and
the stuns estimated as yet necessary for the
coMpration of the work, may be stated as fol
lows:
Cash' balance -due to the eon
traetera---undoik Tthe•- ,
contract for building - the roan, $8,726". 18
Balanfie j duo . on overdraft to York---
Bank,
Ammint of titook to bo ismiedle
the contraotore under the orig. ^
• inal-,contract,-say four-thou
. sand- shares,
Anionat estimated. as yet to be
'paidfor dattageb,nral foriight
•of way!,
Amount estimated as necessary.
to complete the road under the
• original contract; for roofing
The bridges, building the turn
. tables, sidlings and water Sta
tions, and for all other purpo
ses which may
i be roquired to'
_place the raid n a condition
Ifor-operation, •
AnMunt paid , to Messrs. (cndcr,
Burke & Co., in the beads of
this company, made payable
- twenty years after date, under
the agreement of January 7;
:1861, as in full discharge of all
_claims and deniands of whatev-
Or character against this com-
Jmny,
Constituting an aggregateof
'abilities and disbursomentir
\necessary to complete the road
-equal to the sum of $161,528
59; and showing an estimated
• balance of available moans af
ter the road - shall "have been
coMpleted,,of
171,000 00
•
'ltinayliereim.stated that the item of $30,-
000,--estimated-as-necessary - to complete the
work, is probably more than sufficient for that
purpose; but to pre - vent miStake, that amount
has been assunica as necessary.
. . 11,CAPITULNIION.
'd' us_itwill be seen-that-the eg- -
.gregate disbursements to .the
prcsodt period, for all pupeies '
connected with the construe- "
tion of the road, as well as with
Its operation, .when completed
and hrought irtto'use, amounts
'to the sum of $624,117 81
And, thatttwoOmplete the road in
.every4mrtioultut, , untl to place
it'in a condition for stocking
'and.for successful operation, •
as a new and valuable avenue
for a rich and increasing eons.:
meroe, there is yet necessary
to bo disbursed a further sum
of • 1.01,523 00
• Exhibiting the whole cost of this important
verk,,Whon ,completed for use, in cask , and
stock, and,bonds passed to the contractors, at
the sum of $685,640 81.' And showing, after
this'expenditure for the completion of the road,
nn• estimated ,balance of available means of
$9,475 50; which, nmy.bo hold.a.s ; applicable
to any unforeseen eolls upon, the company; or
future emergen • • - ' .• • ,•
• Ile bonds, to t
cy;
he amount of $25,000, made
payable, twenty years from date,•whiob oo ns ti..
tato an item ,in the statement , of, available
'ineaM; Mid of liabilities, are to be issued to .
Messrs. Gondar, Burke 8: Co., under the agree=
milt of 'compromise with those contractors,.
dated January 7, 1851/ This agreement, which,
merges anCoonoludes 'all' idioms of the.con
tractors, on the company, and olltnatters cup
posed to• be, controversy of : m.llomm 'nature
or character, hotwoon tho parties, wall entered
, ,
into _by_ this company, after - such reflection
and due deliberation. Apart from those,gen
eral principles of prudence, of prnoticalwii4ore
and justice, ;which point to, the composition of
'difficulties; and to; the adjustment of confliat
ing between substantive parties, by
amicable 'arrangement rather. than 'bylediotts
and expensive litigation, there were Powerful
reasons,. fip ealally_applicable—to the -interests
of thia company, which counselled , suchaft ar-
•
rangement and coinproiniso: • Amonk the
Were two leading and 'important "onea,, either
of which, if atandingbyltself, might have been
held tojustify the.) notion cif the company,. in
entering,into this agreement of compromise.—
Firrltuf these, as more immediately claiming
attention, was a claim by the contractors, for
oltra.work done - on the line of -tho-road out
side of the contract. For reasons which aro.
not now necessary tcrbo stated, butwhichmay
be in part appreciated by those who are some-
What conversant with railroad operations and
estimates„ thie question of claim for extra
work promised to be ono of formidable charac
ter. And while maintaining the view of the
company, that, under the general contract of
'May, 1849, for building and completing the
road, there: should 'have been ne ground df
charge for extra work ; it is not to. be denied
that, by the course of events, the contractors
lucre enabled to present a claim upon the
party for such extras, which promised to be
imposing at least in magnitude, if not alio, as
the contractors held, in its titles to equity and
juseme.--Tri-a-certam-extent - therehief - Engi ,
neer. of the - company admitted the binding
force of this olaim s for, extra work. Under
theSe eircemstances, the question of an' tir-,
rangement, by which all the claims of the con
tractors could be immediately and satisfacto
rily compromised,-was one into which justice
entered, as well as expediency. It is believed
that both were properly and fairly considered
by this company; in the compromise agreement
ofJannary 7, 1861.
Another object of
,great moment, whiqh
commended this...arrangement of compromise
to the faVorable eonsiderdtion-of the company,
,was, the means it afforded of''at once putting
the road into working order and operation,—
This object could be accomplished in no other
mode, which should boat once safe and antis. :
factory. As work on the lino of the road,
could be prosecuted only at a groat disadvan
take, at this season of the year, it was quite
evident to the company, that, several months
must yet elapse, before the contarctors could
succeed in completing, and be ready to deliver
the road to the, company, completed, under
the contract of May, 1849. By the terms of
the Compromise, the road pasSes immediately
into the possession of the company. And it
may, and will, without doubt, be put into wor
king:order and operation, and be .rendered
subsidiary to the requirements of a'large and
growing commerce, at p much earlier day,,and
at less_comparative-expenseFby - the - comptiny,
'under this arrangement, than it could have
-been by the contracture, under the original
contract of May, 1849. On this point there
cannot be a question. And it is therefore ap
parent, that the business wants of the coun
try—the interests of trade and travel—not
loss than-the-best interest - nr - tlie - coinpany,
and indeed of both the contracting parties-,
24,667 00
30,897 - 02 -
174 86
798 37
43,071 97
8,000 00
10,531 87
17,440 02
8,226 81
3,027- 28
were all taken into vie% or promoted by this
arrangement.
The stockholders of this company, wore in
formed in general meeting nt Baltimore in
September last,..when a financial statement of
its affairs was published, that a. contract had
had been entered into with the Cuinberland
Valley Railroad Company, in virtue of which,
that comPtiny is to stock and to work this
road. At the period of entering into it, this
cantract was believed to be of a character to
work beneficially to the interests of this com
pany as well as to those of the working cote;
pony, and of trade generally. • This contract
has not yet been submitted to 'the searching
• tests of-experience; but - thus - far, nOthin g heic
occurred, to impair the confident° originally
felt, that its operations would be beneficial.—
If, however, experience should prove it to' be
otherwise the contract itself contains a provi
__
580 83
0,433 03
624,117 81
iten_by_whichit_may_ be.annullod-at-an-early
day. .
Some apprehension has been felt, - or expres
sed, perhaps, by a portion of thestockholders,
in relation to the imposition of takes, by the
legislature of. Pennsylvania, on the trade and
travel of this road. This apprehension is be;
lieved to be without foundation. Apart from
the acknowledged justice and magnanimitrof
the great State of Pennsylvania,, the KeYstono
of the Union, it cannot for a moreent:be sup
posed that her statesmen low-givers
would advocate' the p'ry'ing of '.;discriminating
disaiiminating
t
taxes, upon . the travel of this improved tho
roughfare, giving new facilities to ,her own
commerce,—and to hervast , agrioultural, liar
mining, and her her Manufacturing •interests
the principal burden of which must necessari
ly fall upon her own citizens. As the inevita
ble tendency of all such taxation, must be to
increase the cost' f transporting the products
of her Farmers, her Miners, and. her Manufac
turers,to-market, it may well be assumed, a
part froth, her regard for even-handed justice,
that there is_no_ ground for such.apprehension,
in regard to this improvement. The' expenses
of this company have been graduated -with
duo regard to economy. At this time, and for
some months past, the salaries of ,the Presi
denti_SuperintendentLSeeretary,._and_Treasu..
`i•Tr amount in Suraggregate, to the stun of
$2,320 p er year. The Suporindent, a very
important' officer, and the, Secretary, who is
also book-keeper, give their whole time to the
business interests of the company. The Pres
ident and Treasurer give all the time that
tliedelnisincis wants seem to require.
In regard to the amount paid for land dam
ages, and for right of way, it maybe proper
to make a remark—as some exaggerated state
ments have been put forth on this subject.—
Ins April, 1849, more than a month before the
contract was entered into with Messrs. Gen
der, Burk, & Co. for constructing the road,,
the Board of Directors resolved that it was
important to "secure the right of way along,
their entire line of road as rapidly as possible,".
and directed the counsel of the company,. Mr.'
Chapin,'of York, (who had had much agency'
in transactions of a similar character for the
IYrightsville and York railroad company) to
act in conjunction with the Chief Engineer in,
making.tbe necessary legal proceeding. In
the, progiess of , this;
..there wore • more than
ninety, claims presented'against this company,
and some of these for' vow - largo amounts—
'tho country through which the road passes,
being in part densely populated, and the land
highly improved and , valuable. In several
places, buildings, and even dwellings had to,
had to be removed: Throughout nearly the
whole lino, moreover, the 'company was com
pelled to pay for the building of fences on'
both sides of the road. ' In some of the deep,
and heavy rock excavations much injury was
unavoidably done, by' blasting, to adjacent
property. In ono instance of this kind, up
wards of $llOO was awarded by referees to
ono individual. All these things necessarily
combined to enhande the amount of damages,
amtcarried thorn perhaps some ten thousand
dollars beyond the original estimates. But it
' iehelieved - thatilfelfe - wliti - were Charged with
the duty of agjusting these'. claims, and of se
curing the right of way exerted themselves
faithfully to accomplish the object. 'While,
therefore, the Board regret the largeness of.
.
this item of expenditure, they feel satisfied,
•that it was unavoidable. The damages for
right of 'Way must necessarily run high, when .
a railroad passes through suoh a valley as that
lying between the borough of York and the
. Susquehanna river. But it is fully believed
that a comparison of details on this subject
would 'show that those damages have been less
censiderable on the linuorthis road, than on
the neighboring read to Wrightsville. ' '
A word in Conclusion, in reference to the
prospeotd. and • promieed. usefulness of this
road, when completed, to the trado and travel
of .the country, and to the 'commercial inte
rests of every section through which it passes,
or 'whose communications aro improved, facil
itated and shortened, by the eanneotion. . It is
not proposed to deal, in extravagant or san
guine
calculations,' as to the heneficial results
of this work of improvement, now happily on
the eve of completion; end So near to the test
anderdeal'of experience.. , But this may, well
be said—and to reasonable minds, conversant
with tho subject, it 'is enough—that nothing
has herotofere occurred, or now exists, of -a
•charaoter to undermine the confidence felt by
the mass of the stockholders, in the value and,
us,efalneds of this road, as en avenue Of com
m
em, wheithey undertook 'to furnitair the
means for its construction. 4t is believed, on
the other hand,,that, hi its completion, every
just anticipation on,that darvvill. be fully:re
.
The liope - ls 'confidently entertained, that
the road will be open for travel and , tam:Japer
j teflon, bythe let of,Robruary., —llly order. of
: a • ..'
.-- 'BM, in , * President: , 'z _,
, office Ye* fr.) Ciiinliiibitteltailto's4l bo:' ): ' T
I.orki Jaatary.9oBsl,,-:..,. ~
......;. ,
.28,800 00
17,200,00
100,000 00
,26,000 00
798 87
100,000 00
2.000,00
80,000..90
26,000 00
161 3 628:80
9,476 60
685,640 , 81
AID EXPOSHOIL
THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST • NEWSPAPER
IN , C III3IiBERLAN D COUNTY I' ' • •
.terms—Two Dollars a yea?. or.One...Dollar and.
Fifty Cents,V:paid punctual/On advance.
'51,75 If paid iv lairs. the year.
•
DEMOCRATIC WHIG :NOMINATION.
•
• . For Assembly,
OF ALLEN TowNpifir.
Jamunry
' Will 4 STATE CENT/LAT; COMAIITTEE. — A.E9 -
ticp from the Hon. Henry L. Fuller, chairman,
requests'aMeetirig of the Whig State Central
Committee, at Coverly's Hotel s in Ilarrieburg,
on. Tuesday evening, the 4th of February, for
th_purpose_of-facing—the—timcLand—place—of
held* the State Convention to nominate can
didatesfor Governor, Jiniges o •
A report of the condition of the affairs of
this Company and of the cost of tho construc
tion of its improvement will bo found in this
papor. It fully explains the condition 'of the
sottlement between tho Contractors and the
Company, and 'opens a prospect for- the early
commencement of operations on the road.----
The report is lucid and satisfatory, and high
ly creditable to the business talents of Eli
Lewis,'Esq„, the President of the Company,,
whose affairs appear to bo well managed by.
all who liare.been concerned in their adminis
tration. Tho Company announces that the
road will be open for travel and transporta
tion on the'first of February ensuing.
'Should this gentleman be elected to a scat
in the Legislature—as ho can be if his friend's
will it—Old Mother Cumberland will have an
active, energetic and useful repreaentatie-L
-one_who_will attend-to--the-wishes-of-the Pao
pie, and who will reflect credit on tho•+Whig
party by his intelligent advocacy of Democrat
ic Whig principles. To make this result cer
tain; however, requires a foil WMd vole. Do
not be misled by the apparent divisions of the
opposition. Rely on yourselves.. Do not urk!
Orval) the strength of your adversary, who
may lull yon into false 'security, and then 'sud
denly harmonize his quarrelling-partizans and
/take you by surprise. There is nothing likq
doing all you can yourselves, without
calcula
ting on the divisions of your opponents.
The edyeteOrthe Harrisburg Telegraph, who
has long known our worthy Whig nominee for
Assembly, says in his last paper, -7
oThoas-L. Cathcart has heen nominated
byd heWhig.convention - of Cumberland mine:
ty, for member of Assembly in - pluee — of Hen
ry Church, deceased. Mr. Cathcart wo hare
known for some years as an able and ardent
Whig, and of capacity and acquirements prop
ur_for_the place lf zur Whig frionds-MCUm
berland do their duty, a most worthy Whig
will_ bo elected, --liIVERY -WHIG- SHOULD
BE OUT for the election, which takes place
on Friday next." ,
We hopo the Whigs of the several boroughs
in the county will come up to the work man
fully on F , „tiday. Whigs of Carlisle, you, must
redeem your character. No want to see ourbor
ough give nokonly her. ) uncient Whig majority
but a , little morel Front Shipponsburgyro hopo
tohave the round ntojority for which she is.
always goOd. Whigs of Newville, Mechanics
burg, Ilogestown, Churehtown, Shopherdstowit
and New Cumberland, You can give us a good
report if you will .Go to work at once ! It
will not do to rely too much upon ourbrethren
who live at a considerable' distance from the
Whigs.of-the towns, let us bear your
thunder on Election day!
, IS..lCA'ost !week five five story :brick bulld
ings'ln course of 000strualeinio 'tho`oity of N.
York s feltio groinid, five workmen
ongAg diem; itrui.liorribifwoiliteling -Oelt•
--
IMBEI
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,
Afoot, -51.
aanzzazzi, PA:
Yoi:k & Cumberland nail Mind Co,
THOMAS L. CATIWART
OUR CANDIDATES ABROAD
WHIGS OF THID TOWNS.
STICK TO TOUR NOMINATION
--We.earnostly-IMpe—that—every—Whig-vrill
faithfully stand by tho Whig nemince--TllO
- L. CATHCART. There ought to.tz no
voting en grounds of personal friendship - I'pr
a candidate for the Legislature, because it is
a-pc/flit:a-office. Ali Mr. Bonham's "nati"on"s if
he gets to the Legislature 'will be controlled
by party considerations. If he has ability
so much greater power will behave to injure
the Whig party. ifMr. Bonham's own polit
ical Old Hunker fkiends can elect him to the
Legislature let tht iti it, but lot Whigs stick
to their own cand date, who as a man and a
whig is entitled to our Ireatiost support_
NOT TAUB, WE REAR
'Tito Volunteer is arousing its political friends
by telling them in its last paper, that, "the
enemg (the whigs) is in the field
. and_traversing
from house to house I" Now we Irish this was
true, but wo very much fear it is not At least
we have no such evidence of ; nativity' on the .
part of the Whigs: But it may have the effect
which the Volunteer intended, . which is to
alarm its own party; and therefore we hope
'the whigs will bestir themselves at once I Let
ns sea "tho whigs in the field and 'traversing
from house to house," and wo shall feel pretty
Iconfident of victory 1
A run ron THE Suaciso•Fosn.—The
adelphia Ledger says that Judge 131terswood
gave a verdict in fent of: the: Commonwealth
against the United43tatesilaukfor4li2oB,7so.
With costs and' interest, hi tutu": numbers, , ,
$1,800,000. The suit was broughtl4,:re'eovek.
the hundred thousand dollars sin which
the Bank, by its charter, alreed to pay asu
beaus to the School Fund for' twenty years.—:.
Tho suit will, of course, be carried to the , Sur
premo Court, and will, not doubt, be ,warmly
contested, as there, will bei, t an effort to make
this judgment take precedence of the assignL
moats. Fur the poor shareholders there seen&
but little hope.
Alissomu S. SENkron.—N6tWitheitanding
the telegraphic report from Washington, that
Senator Datum{ had'received a despatch from
St. Louis orildenday -"announoing the - oleo.
tion over, and all,right," late' intelligence says
that the Legislature of 'Missouri have not yet
succeeded in electing a'United States . Senator.
The candidates are BENTON; (314 ax, Anti-
Benton .fleineerat; and titan., Whig. "Old
Bullion" will probably have more trouble than
he imagines, to keep his phice at Washington.
' have receivol o the : first nuraber, of
the, Alton Republican, tile publication of which
has just been oranmanced in , the xiew county of
Fulton, .by Pglr. John 110001 y, fol:merly of
Shipponsburg. It beari,4 neat appearance,
and gisCa riropliau being,editeci vlth spirit
and ability. "'We wish it sucocsl.
qq4MVPRA4 . q
THE ELECTION ON FRIDAY!
~ ";'5,%,1 0, 8ALLY TO T'ITB POLLS 1: ' '
of Onsibirlaud I The special —eke
ti6it%fpralnember of Essembly, 'to be' hold on
EYidcLy t . lizit, calls you again to, the contest.—
W 6 invOke pinto act np to your duty on that
occarienimdß4LLY TO TRY. BALLOT-13OXI
•Y'otaiii*ltidate and a cause iorthy of
your heartiest support.. Your candidate,,
THOMAS L,C.ILTRC:A.RT,,is a man of ability
and unim' peachable Character, andin the name
of our glorious principles, we call upon you to
rally; to his support at the ballpi-bag! We do
hot hold outnny'erdpty aselikances Of 'victory
to induce you to' como out and vote. We only
ask every Whig to fry—TO WORK 2 —and sue:
oohs maythe#: be expected: — Victory ..always
follosof peitevetiancecis surely as defeat f 01...
lows idleness. ,Let us TRY,,,AND WORK TO
ELECT OFIR .CANDIDATE, then, fellow
and . wilen, tke 'day's work is over and
the counting If vote's commences we may rea
sonably look for success in tho result. But
let no 'Whig L. ve.u. the contest in advance—
of no Whig
_refuse to work because he thinks
there is no chanee of success—let him work as
if success coritd bo accomplished and we sho//
victorious{,be Don't litten to the croakers,'
friends! AO TO WORK cheerily and actively!
Cumberland county has often been carried by
the Whigs itut we can do it again! We have
enough Whigs .to ensure a victory. Bring them
all outiliren. Lot not.a man remain., behind.
.Let everyntobe polled. ONE Note '
ebb the , result as it has in hundreds office-
Hons. • The single vote you do not try to got
into the ballot-box may be the' very one to lose
the oleetion of TuottAs L. CATHCART. WORK
THEN FOR EVERY VOTE!
Once intrit 'to the breach, .9a . 114,1 Whigs t
GOV:AiIIitNSTODE'S CO-PII3I.SIMINCT.
.
The whiclils very bard put to
find some fault with Gov. Johnston's Message,.
charges the Governor with actinginconsistent
ly on the Slavery question. The Volunteer
says "no manln the State has contributed
more to advanee abolition doctrines and the
mad'schemea of fanatics, than Gov. John-
Acne" Slow, 'says, the Volunteer, "he chan
ges front, when.he sees the danger likely to
ensue if his former recommendations were
carried Out." •
Now to show how entirely the • Volunteer
•
misrepresents Clov. Johnston's "former recomil
mendations," lot us quote a passage from each
of his two preceding messages:
"To preserve and Perpetuate the Constitu- ,
tion; to acknowledge its supremacy; to main-I
Min and defend its principles, and to submit
to its compromises are duties to which • every
citizen is pledged,•whatever his opinions in
relation to questions arising under it. *
But while the compromises of the ConStitu
tion shOuld be maintained - in good faith to
wards our Southern brethren, it is our duty to
see that they are preserved with equal fidelity
to ourselves."—Gov. Johiiston's memoye of
Yanuary, 1840. •
- --i , --Wlvet--aectional . -intercs 6 -and _jealousies
contend - fot in/penny:ly, and sectional riglits
are to be'deterrained; when questions between
States are controverted; and disregard of Na
tional laws are manifested; in peace and in
_viar,_in.prospeiity_aniLin.adversity; in foreign
and domestie.difficulties, the citizens of Penn-
Sylvania turn.viith abiding confidence to the-
National "Constitution. Neither, the thirst for:
power'; nor the plirenzy of party; nor the
prostration of their peduliar interests, can
shako their allegiance to the National Govern
raent,-or raise.with them the traitor cry of dis
union...7-,-Gov. ,Tohnston's message of 180. s.
Is there any thing in these extracts
sistent 7 . . 4- '0). the language in Gov, 'Johnston's
'recent'" The GeV. believes that
"wail;' CbmpfTmiso of the "Coizstituti9n,l
•nantailind in good faith torurd our?i i
Sotath*ren, it is onr.duty to . see that
they .ived with equal fidelity to our
selves , .—but lee has nqver contributed to" ad
vance ibt.rnad sobeind of fanatics."
Counterfeit notes aro daily
saardelfa ftaftitissini that 4omo new and bet
ter devised f l raud is not exposed. On Friday
the police of Philadelphia arrested a man by
the name. of • Daniel Tarr, and found at his
ouso ssereted away i - n — a bottle, eight differ,
cat descriptions of conaterfelts, amounting in
all to some three thousand dollars, There
were tens of the Northumberland Bank; tens
of the Drmers' Bank at Pottsville; fives of the
Lebanon Bank; fives of the Bluik,of Delaware;
fives of the Bank'of the Valley of Virginia;
fives of -.the Harrisburg Bank; threes of the
DeMwttre city Bank; add twos of the Farmers'.
Bank of Lancaster. These last named are
"Belief" issues, add the whole batch-are said
to be well executed. &me of the countortbite
_named hqe been noticed before, and there is
scarcer a doubt that they 14ve boon widely
distributed for eirdulatiOnr The public, and
especially-smell dealers, should keep a sharp
lookout, as it is almost impossible for the
press to furnish descriptions of the many at
ternptet frauds as fast tm they appear.
Lebanon Bank Counterfeit.--40mo fresh fives
. have made theLr appearance on this bank, but
they aft io wretchedly executed that the most
careless examiner must detect them. The
words "Lebanon Bank" are:crimked.
: s
Tile steamer 'Franklin is the last arrival from
Englarid: All is tranquil in Europe. From
.therci,in ne'special political intelli
gence. The Anti-Papal agitation scorns to
have pissed over, if we may judge by the corn-.
parative silence - of the journals. On' the .oth
eihandr a greet deal-of-apace ia devoted-to tho
'discussion of LaV Iforoini, the Nov York code
being the model or the'proposed changes. : The
arnmi,iments for the great .exhihitiodarc.ao
tivoly Proseeuied.„ Aniong the 'articles trout
India is a Pearrrnbe, valued at about:47ooo,
and aAold nioullted saddle, sot with precious
atones; too propM4y of the late Runjeet Singh,
valliergit about iOOOO. The glass palace in
Ifyde thotO net quite completed, was
formally surrendered to' the Royal Commis
lioners on the first of January. .Tons of thou
tends of peeple flocked to see it, and pronoun.
cod it to be the most vonderfutstructUre over
Jilt; IVArrs.-,A correspondent of the JA
nii4a Sintinel strongly urges the nomination of
the Hen.P. 'Watts for a nomination to. tho Su
preme Bench. No mast is more eminently . iii,
teal* the station,,bitt if' the people of.this
4istrict regard their crop interests; without
reference they , will eara3atly endeim
or to ictairtiblin in:ltikprosent pOsition,
Y04..°1/rl4)o6l.oCfn& 42,411g*1th
great itorinieny
,t)SOPidat irhotiptPOS
e l ec ti on hr Cameron oteth'i- 7 -;
As a signilyantlaob Geo: that the defeated
candidates,
_Mak' and 'Woodward, are paying
'n v i s it t o !di. Bi l ithimaii, at I l aueaster. Brod
'. taa4esiiiterit • •
firttur loooftioalukting friend 13oyd tho
Clmberabilye-Widi hns largely • reinforced
eub l iceiption list 'by , purchasing., the
!ostati4etuneut of tho Franklin Inteili4onete.
;4 ; ; ~.:i n.`~l.
NEW COUNTERFEITS.
F/10111 IaIIROPE.
DOINGS IN WASHINGTON.
.WAsirmartiN,
•
In the Reuse, 31 . t. Motanaltan,. of
,rIL:
a singular Method 40-day of exhibitinghie
at
tabhment the adjustment; by moving a' Sus-.
Pension of tho rule's, for - the purpose of ena-'
,Iffinghint to introduce a resolution 'deelarizig ,
it to-boexpedient to repeal tho.fugitive slavd
law. 'Themotion requiring two-thirds did not •
earry—aye4'lo; noes.B4. This' motion
sioned much 'fluttering among the extreme
terests, and half an hour was -7 oopstrted in
merely'ckanging voted after the roll,had been'
called. When the Southern ultras found them,-
selves voting in company with the abolitionists,
they changed front; but ns soon as the know
ing ones disdovered that the actual vote might.
be misinterpreted, they changed again. What
good motive the mover may have had in offer
ing this proposition, or . 'What good result ho,
may have expected to grow out of it, is more ,
than I can conceive. As a mere element of
agitation, it was the most efficient instrument
that could wellhd" .
been employed; and if
I such was the real o ect of Mr. McLanahan,
he is entitled to som , credit for the ingenuity
which he exhibited. The Whigs have made.
no effort to listurb the peaceful state of things
which now exists. Nearly every demonstra
tion has proceeded from the Opposition, and
evidently with some sinister purpose, to stir
up afresh, the eniberS of discord, and -to renew
the serif° in a more dangerous and offensive
form.
'Senator Cooper presented this morning three
- Petitions, two of which came from citizens of
tbo'counties of Delaware and Chester, in this
State, praying for the repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Law. In presenting these petitions,
li Mr. Cooper took occasion to say, that whenev
or a petition respectful, in its terms, and risk
ing that which Congress has the power to
grant was forwarded to him, it was his inva
riable custom to present it to the body to
which it was addressed. He had Phown these
memorials to gentlemen acquainted in the 'vi
cinity from which they came, and the memori
alists 'ken represented to bins to be
respectable people. Irut, said .Mr. C.,
must say that in presenting their petition, the
petitioners are asking that which .thin great.
mass - of their fellow-citizens of Pennsylvania
do not desire to be granted. The great body
of the 'citizens of Pennsylvania aro satisfied
with the settlement of the subject of slavery,
at the last session, and do•not desire that that
settlenient shall bechanged. Ile further pre
sented cloven petitions from citizens of Penn
sylvania, praying for a modification of the
tariff, and in doing so availed himself of the
occasion to present to the view of the Senate
the depressed' condition of the manufactures
of the country, particularly of these: engaged
in the woolen, coal and iron trade of Pennsyl
vania. lie give notice that he would introdtice
a bill at an early day,' to amend the present
tariff laws, so as to protect these suffering in
terests of the comstry.
WesnihoToN, Jnn._li
In Senate. large 'number of petitions were
presented. Among them was ono by Mr.
Clay, from citizens of Rhode Island, in favor
of a lino of steamers to Africa. Mr. __Clay
said — that colonization was the only means to
suppress the African slave trade, or to benefit
`the free negroes in the United States. The
petitioners represeut-that the only effectual
means to abolish the African Slave trade
would be to encourage the establishment of
colonies along that coast. Mr. Clay said that
it was admitted on all sides that the squadron
now-there had failed of its object—in suppres
sing the irtAo in slaves, ,and besides, there
had been a ireat - sackft . 9* life in keeping the
squadron p. Ho theßleMil into a review of
theniode - which the !AIM. denlers obtain
vessels and crews to carry ont,their unholy
traffic. The trade, he said, was 'mainly car
ried on by American vessels which ate sold in
different ports of Brazil, on condition that
they be delivered to some port in Africa. Ho
said that the United States: should .refttse..to
grant sea letters allowing vessels to sail from
any of these ports for the const.of Africa, for
there was no trade to call them . there ...except
the slave trade. He could mit .hoo l•
to become of people of color in this conntry
there was nothing better than to:•transport
them to the coast of Africa. Ile" thought that
it both the North and South would join in the
schemejt. would be productive of-much hap
piness. The petition was referred to the com
mittee on conunerce. Mr. Halo kicked 'up
quite a dust by the presentation of a petition
.from 'citizens of Montgomery county, Pa.,
praying that the fugitive sines lnet may be re
pealed. A sharp skirmish ensued between
him and Mr. Foote, which was terminated by
motion to lay the petition ou 'the table.—
Hero another scene of excitement took place,
several se ß ators refusing to vote when their
names - were called—which was in direct vie
, lotion of an express rule. At length, in the
midst of great coninsion, the, vote was.announ
bed—Yeas 85, Nays 15—and the petition Wilk
laid on the table. Messrs. Yule° and Butler
refused to vote, to the last.
-WAsniNnTos, Jan. 17
The .Cheap Postage bill passed the House
to-day. The uhole country may he congratu
lated on the triumph. Thehill passed finally.
by the overwhelming vote of 130 to 75, the
negative votes being 'principally from the
South," of course : The bill contains the fol
lowii;ig provisions. Postage: en letters, uni
form for any distance, weighing half an ounce,
three cents; and every additional half ounce,
or 'fraction of half ounce, to be charged' three
cents additional, No diminution in the exist
ing mail service and compensation. of Post
masters,. On printed matter of no 'greater
weight than two ounces,..one cent to-liti char.
god; a bound books, weighing no more than
thirty ounces, to be deemed mailable matter. •
Newspapers, delivered within theiState, are to
be charged with half of the foregoing rates.—
Ho'pottlage to he charged on newspapers delivered
within the county in which they arc publidtetl,
nor within thirty eniles'of the place of publica
don and a deduction of fifty per cent on the..
postage of magazines is to be made when it is .
pre-paid. in order to furnish a' convenient
coin for post office purpose's, three cent pieces,
to be composed of three-fourths 'silver and
one fourth clapper, are to bo made at the mint, .
and to counterfeit which will be punishment
by'fine and imprisonment. There is also a
change made in the publieation of uncalled
for letters. The now law directs that letters
that marble uncalled for for two weeks shall
be published but once, instead of three times
as at present There Is anotherleat'uieof this
law which. lain laommend it to 'general fever,
T4.1.' the establishment‘of post offices In. the
large cities, on the English plan, from whence
letters will be colloisted'aUd delivered at one
and two cents each:, a great ac
commodation. The present, bill appropriates
a Million and a half ~o f dollars to provide for
an' deficiency that may 041 Q in c*egnence
'
• of the reduction of postage. •' , •
The bill is good as, far as it gees,: and.,..wgi
undoubtedly pass ilia_ aortato. The • nest :to-,
form to bq 'dfootod is In. the puldle•printingisi•
Wo Want to see important puhlip.- documents
piinted in ovary paper that chooses, and paid
for out of the publie treasury. There is no
good' reason why. the Washington pity papers
should receive compensation for the 'publlcn
tion matter which nearly all the -other pa•
pore in the country publish gratuitously. The
law's; President'il messages, teporta of bureaus,
estimates of expenditures, monthly state of
the treasury, and other matters of ' universal
interest, should be published in all the papers.
PROM lIAR-RISBUIIG.
On Monday . ; the lllth, in the Senate, thd
Speaker announced the Standing Committees..
A - host. of petitions were presented, • among
them quite a number in favor of establishing
t Free
• Banking / System. In the list of bill
presented is ono introduced by Mi. Forsyth,
to aboliSh the ° Board of Revenue Commission
ers., A resolution was introduced 13y Mr.,
Lawrence instructing. the Committee on Fi
! nonce to inquire into the expOiency of °hang
ing tho time of
i the valuation of real and per
.semi property,' in'the different counties of the
Commonwealth, preparatory to the assessment
o&-cetmty -- antl Stale ta.f.eir, — from — ffilf - toth
month of May of each year", and also to change
; the mode of collecting taxes, by placing it in
the hands of the ,County 'Treasurer,. with
restrictions for . securities. The resolution was
agreed to. The House proceedings were of no
public interest.
On Tuesday, in the House, the Speaker fin
anced the Standing Committees. Mr. 01-
wino offered a bill relative to the Judiciary, ,
and districting the State into new Judicial dis
tricts; Mr. Van Horne, a bill to establish a
system of free banking. The bill to Prohibit
the Reading Railroad Company from declaring
dividends"untli all debts duo prior to January
-I, 1850, aro paid, was taken up, and on motion
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
In Convention of the two Houses, the returns
of the election relative to making Judges elect
ive, were,,openeA and counted, when it appear-
ed that 144,594 votes were cast for the Amend
ment, and 71,995 against it, and that there
was a nifijOrity"for_the Amendment of 72,599
votes. It was therefore-declared a part of the
Constitution. "When the -hour of 12 arrived,
tho Convention proceeded to an election for
United States Senator, in place of-Hon. Daniel
Sturgeon, whose term expires on the 4th of
March, 1851 The Emit ballot resulted as fol
•lows:
Townsend Haines, 1
Dr. W. Darlington, 1
Thomas White, 1
John Dickey, 2
A. Stetvart, 1
David Wilmot, 1
C. W. Pitman, 1
John Allison, 1
1). Dl. Smyser, 1
Necessary to a choice 66.
Bitommio_was then declared_ duly elect
ed United States Senator frost the Ath of
March next, and the convention adjourned.
Richard Brodhead, .76.
Alex. E. Brown, 11
A. AV. Loomis, 12
Gco. Chambers, 3
John Sergeant, 4
James Pollock, 2
S. A. Purviance, 4
T. McKennan,. - 4
Samuel Calvin, 4
On Wednesday, in the Senate, the Governor
nominated James Pollock as President Judge
.oCtho Eighth Judicial District, 011iain
Joseph B. Anthony,' deceased, and the nomi
nation was confirmed. The following nomina
tions of ABsociato Judges were also . made:—
Ertut for_Jefferson-county,--and-Jas.-
B. Lawrehee fpr Clarion county. Petitions
were - presented for a free
. banking law, and
for a Bank at Mauch Chunk. Bills were in
troduced to incUrporate the Mechanics' Bank
of Pittsburg,.and to - extend the charter and
restore by subscription the capital of the
Schuylkill Bank, Philadelphia. In the Lions',
Mr. Dqbbitie - , -- ef Schuylkill, "a Tariff demo
crat," offered a joint resolution in favor of a
modification of the existing Tariff, as follows:
/tete/red That our Senators in Congress be
instructeland our 11 - sontatives regoested,
to use the.r best efforts to procure a modifies=
tion of the existing Tariff lairs,'so as to niece
effectually protect the Iron and Coal interests
of this Commonwealth, and also to advocate
further amendment to the said laws, so that
the duties. nosy be levied at home, and not on
foreign ,valuation, and that the Governor be
requested to havolopies of this resolution for
warded to each Se ator antritepresentative in
Congress, iibir assembled. Laid on the bible.
On Thursday, in tho Senate, petitions o•are
presented in favor of a free banking law, and
a bill introduced to authorize' the Banltsor
State to issue notes of the denomination of one;
two and three dollars. Mr. Crabb Offered a
joint resolUtion requesting our Congressional
lelegation to use exertions t> have the bounty
land law so altered as to iiVe' the soldiers of
1812 the same amount of land, (160 q_ups)
which was received by those of the Mexican
War. Mr. Walker presented a series of tariff
resolutions. Monday next was appointed for
the election of State Treasurer. 'John M.
13rickel, the present incumbent, and Ncr Mid
, dretiAttirth, Esq., were nominated.
On Friilny, the two Houses met in Con'
tion to open the oldction returns of Auditor
General and Surveyor General.' For the first
named office the 'vote of Ephraim Banks (loco
foe(?) 'was 143,812—that of Henry W. Snyder
(Whig) 130,312. For Surveyor deneral, J.
Porter Brawley had 141,703, and Joseph Hen
derson. 131,480. About fifteen inquired scat
tering votes. No other bustiteis done.
TELEGRAPHIC DER'PATCHE%.
Another fuss to Boston
BOSTON, Jan. 18.—Gen. Win. L. Chaplin,
the abductor, was received last evening at
Tremont Temple by an audience of 700 per
sons, ono third of whom were blacks. He re
lated his story, and a subscription was raised
towards making up the . $25,000 for which he
is bailed; after which Geerge Thompson, the
English abolitionist, was introduced. He was
received:with .applause.and_hisses,-nut the dis
turbance was not so great as to prevent his
proceeding. lie calumniated the Bostonians
in a.shameful manner, and said.hoblushed for
the city, and -that acts had been committed
here which made it stink in the r44rilsCof hu
manity. He abused the Union meeting which
, •as held inPanueil Hall, President FiPliaore,.
t e South, the Church—in fact everything
morican except the Abolition party. Ile was
frequently interrupted-in his harangue by in-
dignant hisses and cries.' There world
doubtedly'haVe .11een'a serious disturbance,
had the - fact of the meeting been more gener
ally known. .
Hemel of„,,for Ohio.
COLI/3113UP, Jan. 18, 1851.—The Whigs have
nominated iiiram Griswold, of Stark county,
as U. S. Senator. The House passed a reSo
lotion Unanimously to go into thcr olcotion . of
Senator on Thursday next; Hon. Thomas Ew
ing has been nominated for the Short term.
'lntemperance is on thainerease. Theio
is no doubt of the fact that rum drinking is
more general than it' was three years ago.—
There is a largo importation of, hrandy, more
Lowe-brewing and distillation,-,More ,drinking
houses and drunken men. What is• to bo done?
We have relapsed into our bad ways. Decan
tersmdglasses, which were wont t 4 be um
fashionable, have re-appeared on the side
hoards.' Ladies are, no longer s hoolcec3 by the
presence of a "rummy" gallant, and drink
healths themseves,vrith great.suslo, So says
an old codger at.our elbow.. , • •
AVIPAIHS ABOUT HOME ,
The • •
R.i/Mistes , Ciincort•
Thislittlo
.party. Of Vocalists appeared last
evening before a large audience in tducation
Hall, and gave great .satisfaction, Their por
_-„,
format:tees are no
,less..surprising than, enter
tairdng: Not to speak of her other beautiful
songs, the echo song, by -plies ,l3nanta, - kill
alto eompeniate the loss airy one has expe
rience-it-by\ not hearing the same song,from the
lips of 46any .. Lind, While the, amusing part
played by little Emilie, and the 'perfortnaneeis
,on the harp bfhliss:Kilmilste, complete n moat.
interesting arid amusing entertainment. Those
especially who were riot there last evening
will be glad to learn that another concert will
be given thi., evening in Education Hall. Go
and ace them.
Dlr. Donvoterlo Concert.
We can assure our readers of a more than
ordinary treat intim original Bollad entertain
ment announced by Mr. Dempster, at Educa
tion Ball; .to-morrow evening. Mr. Dempster
is Nell known to the lovers of song every
where as , onc of the most accomplished Voca.
lists-of-the - dny. A conecr y I empster no.
yen foils to draw the largest houses in the city;
Ilis.songs, too, are of the class which touch
and sympathize with the heart. Those
who do not go to hear him will lose a rare en
•tertninment. His list of songs will be found
on the small lima which will be circulated.
Splendid. Nov Caws.
The new Passenger Cars of the Cumberland
Valley Rail-Road Company,,havCat length ar
rived; and will be put on the road for regular
running to=day. These ears ('although the ve
ry slight opportunity we have had of eXaMill
thein as yet does not enable us to speak par
ticularly of - their,merits)" are truly elegant,
both in external and inside finish. The trav
eling public may be congratulated• upon the
ohango from the old cars to such luxuriously
furnished traiolind parlors. They are from
the manuffietury of A. T. Pearce; of-N9=ictr,- -
Connecticut, and do high credit to his
skill -
and taste: In every respect the Cumberland
Valley Rail Road is now- eqiial to the best
roads of this progressive age, and very supe
rior to the majority of them. It possesses
.entire - new - tratliCtif - havy T rail, cnicfuhy and
firmly laid down, a sufficient nohiber-of entire
ly now andimproved locOmotive engines, and
Passenger cars of the Most comfortahlrhind.
li•Cw and more conVenient arrangemsqlts will
be made for the: running Of trains, 'and the
speed of running nearly or quite doublell.
The passenger fare frill also ho considerably
reduced—having been liked at G'2 cents from
Carlisle to Harrisburg. We congratulate the
Company and its Managers, through whose •
efficiency awl energy these resultS - have been
accomplished, and trust it may be to them the
opening of a-new era of prosperity. By thO -
report of the York and Cumberland B. R. Co.
it will bo seen that an arrangement Lne been
entered into by. which the Cumberland Valley
Company is to stock and work that re:1(1- i
coininedeing ohi the first of February, when
trains will run through to lurk.
Life Insursince
One of ,the most effectual meanB' by which
intliVidintinit - siiinifiri&ne may lay in store a
comfortable amount for their families in case
of sudden or unexpected' death, iS by Life
Insurance. A easo in point is that of Mr. Ja
cob 'Turner, of this borough, who died recent-"
ly in Philadelphia, oil his return hoine front
California. By paying a potalLaniount before
starting to California; Mr.:Hurner received'n
policy of insurance for SSQO. .The insuranCi3
was made through Mr. IF. the a
gentin this borough of the Penn' Township
Life Insurance companyrof - Philadelphia, and
a few days since the sum of g 4500 was prompt
ly paid to the famil,y . of Mr. Humor.. such
promptness is creditable to the character of
'the Company, of which Mr. Wood is the a
gent.
Life Insurance is daily becoming more gen
eral. The almost superstitious objection
which prevallesj against it is rapidly giv
ing way, and those who examine into and r e:
: fleet upon it as a means of providing for their
families soon become• convinced that to avail
-theniselves - ufriffftirges is tiveir highest
duty. Besides the Penn Township Ci.mpanyi
of'which Mr. Wood is the agent. the adver
tisement of the United Stat..? Life 112a:ranee
Company of Thiladelphia, of which the editor
of this - paper - bliS -- been appointed agent for
Cumberland county,*will be found in onr ad
vertising columns. Explanatory' pamphlets
will be furnished to those who desire to exam
ine the subject with a view to insurance.
➢lcritortous Scholars
James Hamilton, Esq. Secretary of the Huard
of ,School Directors, communicates• for pub-
licatiomthe follotling return of the three best
scholars to the Select School,' for the quarter
ending December, 180. The highest for im
provement is named first. School, No.
Henry Schoeneeßaphael Smeatl, John C.
Fleming. Schtiol No. 12.—Anna Hantch, Mar
garet McClellan, niche Matson. School Evil
—Julia A. Atchley, Sarah A. Zimincrmilib, Ma
ry E. Postlethwaite. SchooY No. 14.—Nicho
las Denher, Samuel Hepburn, Rufus Shapley.
. High Schools.—No. 15—Hester McClellan,
Mary ,C. Ciu•mony, Mary K. !Bluer. No. Iti.
—Theodore N. Smith, George W. Hoidich;
Bannister Hall.
The lac Crop
.The prospect of the ice ,crop this season, is
not very encouraging, unless the-severe cold
of the last four days makes a "harvest."_ We
woulddvise all who have jee houses to, fill, to
secure e first opportunity to do so. 'ice Put
•T t.,-
up, earl stands the' beat chance -of keeping
well, says, a: good authority, It matters not
how thin it is, if made up in quantity. -The
ice should be secured, if possible, in square'
blocks, regularly sawed or out out and, packed
away like brick work. .Those;:whe neglect to
takolt in early may fail to get any; Persons
who have ice houses only know how to aPpre
elate their full value. - • .
Cumberland Fire Co*paup.
At a meeting of the Cumberland Fire Comp
any, bold on Saturday evening, the 18th -inst.
the following persons werO elected Writers of
said Company for 1851, viz: President—Rob
ert McCartney ; Secretary—Philip Quigley;
Treaaarer-41enry S. Ritter; Bret Director,
Peter Spahr ; 'Second Director,. P4•ol:,„Corn
man.
• , ,
A Mammoth, Hog:
We have heard of a good many big hogs this
season, but the ro/unteor notices ono killed by,
Mr. John Kelly, .of South Middleton, which
,goes.abead of all. Tho weight when cleaned
was sevon'hundred and four poundal This
hog *es raised by Mr. KOIIY, was but twenty
six months old, and was., still thriving up to
the timo.of slaughtering. •
, iIIDICIAL ATTORTIONMENZ-7-A. Judicial .AT.
portionment Bill has been reported in the State
Senate, uniting York, Cumberland and Adams
into a Sullinini.Dlsti iot. ' It also increases tho
salaries o 6 'the President Judges,
Fltoll IlAninniono.—,Gen. John M. Bickel
Nrat3 rp-olepted Stato Treasurer on Monady.