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WEDNESIAY, APRIL 25, 1855
T.-f LARGEST AND CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER
CUMBEIILAND COUNTY
Trans —Two Dollars a year, or One Dollar and
Fifty Cents, if paid punctually in zfdvance
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$1 75 if paid within the yea,.
BALE OF THE MAIN
A bill for the sale of the Main line of
Ole Public Works _passed the House on
.Friday last. The minimum price of the
works is fixed at eight and a half million
of dollars, but a sliding ecglo of prices is
provided for, by the operation of which
the highest bidders will be allowed the.
longest credit, so that if the works sell
for ten and a half millions, the pureha-
sers will have nothing but the interest
on the purchase money, at five per cent.
to pay, until,. the expiration of twenty
years, when the principal is made paya
ble in ten equal annual instalments. As
security the purchasers give their bends,
-- which — shall - be - alien—upon—the- works,
This sliding scale therefore offers great
:mlucements to purchasers to bid high in
order to obtain an extended credit,Aut
~,r t the other hand may work very disad
vantageously for the interests of the State.
As a letter writer says—
"Now suppose a company should' bid the
Lighest sum named iu the bill, ($10,500,000)
they would require •an immediate capital of
$2.725.000. and for this amount could take
possession of the•works and use them for a pe
riod of twenty years, without giving the Slate
:any further security than their bonds as a lien
upon the works. At the end of twenty years
they might find that the line could not be made
profitable, or, front some other consideration,
might conclude that it would he more profits
t.le to forfeit the bond and security and permit
the State to reposess herself of what was left
of the improvements. Might not this happen,
and would not this bill so operate as to lease
he Main Line for a period of twenty years for
the sum of $2,725,000 7"
The bill has yet to pass the Senate.
TILE LIQUOR LAW
The yeas-and nays on the passage of
the new liquor law in the Senate show
that 9 Democratic members voted for it
and 9 against it-6 Whigs and Ameri
cans voted for it and 5 Whigs and Amer
icans against it. In the House 6 Demo
"rats and 50 Whigs and Americans voted
for it, and 11 Democrats and 17 Whigs
and Americans against. It can hardly:
therefore, be called a party measure.—
The Harrisburg Herald informs us that
Gov. Pollock gave his approval to the
bill with great reluctance, as he preferred
a bill advancing the price of licenses
and requiring the' keepers of lager beer
saloons and brewers to apply to the courts
for licenses.
LEGISLATIVE ADJO DENISE/VT.
On Monday a resolution passed the
House' providing for an adjournment sine
die on the Bth r.,f May. An effort was
made by the friends of Ci on. Cameron to
:intend the resolution so BB to enable the
members of the two Houses to re-assem
ble in joint. convention, prior to a final
_adjournment, for the purpose of electing
aU. S. Senator. After an exciting con
test the amendment was rejected, and
the resolution for -final adjournment on
the Bth of May was passed. The Senate
has yet to concur. .
ley-The death of John S. Riddle, esq,
of Philadelphia, occurred at Pittsburg,
on the 9th inst. Mr. R., says the Btil
lean, " was one of the most aceomplish:.
cd, excellent and esteemed citizens of
Philadelphia. He had suffered, during
a few years, more severe and numerous
afflictions than often fall to the lot of
any one, and these acting upon iv dis.
position peculiarly refined and sensitive
probably aggrevated the disease which
at length moiled fatal." Mr. R. had re
latives in this borough by whom his loss
is deeply lamented.
"What I meant and mean by the ownership
of real estate, is what the law means by it,
and, therefore, we can have no misunderstand
ing of ideas, I mean that the legal title is
vested in John Hughes. I mean by John
Hughes, the Archbishop of New York. I
mean by 'ownership of real estate,' the legal
right to control, possess and use it—by assign
ment, by will . or otherwise. I mean, that if
the ArChbishop, John Hughes, were to die
without a will, or to change his faith, or
should choose to dispose of his property.to his
own heirs, or for his personal advantage, that
he has the legal power to do so, at his own
good will and pleasure. I mean, that, in fact
and in act, by the Baltimore Ordinances of
1849 and 1859, by prior claim and subsequent
determination, ho and other Archbishops and
Bishops, own, assume, control and direst the
temporalities of the church, its lands, its
estates and its entire property. I mean,
speaking now after an examination of legal
records and indentures, that the conveyances
to the Archbishop arc 'to him, his, heirs, or as
signees' and no others. I mean, of course,
also, that no trust is specified in the deed, and
that the conveyances, without such specifics:
cation of trust; would, in case of ,his death,
go to trio next of think - I - am under
stood and that no ono will accuse me of seek
ing a loop-bole of escape, or with •any desire
to occupy-au equivocal position."
"Now for the record, in part."
Here follow copies of eleven records
of conveyance, absolute and exclusive; in
favor of "John Hughes," and to all ap
pearance they are actual title deeds of
valuable propertk, amounting in all to up
wards of $125,000, which Mr. Brooks
says is only the beginning of the end.
Under this explicit statement the wily
Archbishop finds at last that it is him
self who is in the " , pwkward position,"
and he accordingly endeavors in a reply
to " twist out" by saying that the matter
t issue is in regard to the declaration
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:hat, be was in posossion 'church pro
rerty valued at $5,000,000,. convoyed by
rustees, and not to his bumersVp of
INTERESTING CONTROVERSY:
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A spicy controversy is going on be
tween Mr. Brooks, E4itor of the N. Y.
Express and a membe of the Senate of
that State, in relation to the Roman
"Catholic bishops holding church proper
ty. Mr. Brooks having recently stated
in a speech, that Archbishop Hughes
was the possessor of church property to
die amount of about five millions of dol
lars, and cited the various references to
deed books in New York, where the re
cord evidence existed of the fact, the
Prelate has lately published in the papers
of that city a long letter, full of sarcastic
humor and ridicule, in which. he propos
es to give one of the ',l've millions, and
one of the many ScivareS of ground he
was alleged to own, to found and endow
a free public library, if the Senator will
prove his assertion. To this Mr. Brooks
has responded in a brief letter, eitcepting
the 'test, and offering to submit the mat
ter, with his proofs, to three umpires;
one to be appointed by himself, one by
the Archbishop, and the third to be se
lected by the tAi'o thus chosen. He does
not, however, agree to prove that it is of
the value he statecl i hui words his propo
sal thus :
" Asa condition of this pledge, I an to show
that Archbishop Hughes is, or was, on the Gth
of March last, the owner, in his own name,
•and - in - this-city:-of a large amount 0f..11.cal
tate - , and to show, also, that this property is,
or was upon the record, legally his own, to
dispose of by assignment, by will, or other
wise, as ho may or might direct."
Bishop Hughes respothled to this in a
letter from which we quote the following.
"Senator Brooks thinks he has discovered a
way of twisting out the awkward position into
which he rushed with eyes open and malice
prepense. He proposes an arbitration,forsooth
* * * * With what a show of artless
nese he attempts to evade the direct issue of
veracity involved in the controversy. I know,
dr my own knowledge, that in the three state
ments above referred to Senator Brooks has
taken as great a liberty with truth as if ho
had said that two and two make seven:
"Arbitration is unnecessary. If I am the
owner of whole squares of ground, Mr. Brooks
can show from the records of the city, or in
dicate by physical inspection whore they are.
if be fails to do this, while his proofs, if he
has any, ore so undeniable and so within his
reach, then the public will not fail to perceive
that Mr. Brooks in his place as Senator has
made a statement -which is false, and was in
tended to be injurious. So if I received any
conveyance of property from trustees, the re
cords cited by Mr. Brooks in the Senate will
bear him out. If he fail to produce those re
cords, then the public will perceive that his
statement is a falsehood,-and will not be slow
in coming to the conclusion that Senator
Brooks is—what he is."
Mr. Brooks has in still another letter
undertaken to prove his statement. After
some pretty caustic, characteristic, but
not ill tempered remarks, he states his
purpose and meaning as follows:
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real estate' Property in New York city:
And'in this , eenn'ection he says :
"In reference to My ownership of real estate
property, as I}fr: Brooks canes it, there, no
question: Tto title of many Catholic
.Church
es in the cit \of New York is vested in me,
and 81) far I sin the owner, My intention is,
even, to add to this property by pur6hasing
such additionol lots, or,accepting the gift of
them, as I may find from time to time to be
desirable for the purpose of providing religi
ous instruction for the wants of •the Catholic
flock committed to my charge. If Mr. Brooks
will examine the records of the city of New
York three months from this time, he will
probably find conveyances made to me by par
ties who have the right to sell or bestow as
they think proper."
He then refers to the' ten records of
conveyances, noted in Mr. Brooks' letter
and says that several of them are leases,
,not conveyances, of property ; that one
is frdm the assignee of a bankrupt board
of trustees, and two other duplicates.
Mr. Brooks has published a rejoinder
to the above letter of the bishop, in which
he says : •
"The Archbishop conveyed the idea, and
meant to - convey the idea, and was so under
stood by the public, that At: was not the own
er of Church property in this city and else
where. Driven from this position by the re
cord transcribed from the Register's office,
showing the actual conveyances of property
to him, he now, with more boldness than ever,
admits the truth of what I said on this point,.
and declares that the question between us cis
not in regard to any such thing as his ownership
of Real Estate Property in this city . "
As to the ,record proving the property to
have been leased instead of conveyed, Mr.
Brooks contends that it makes very little dif 2 "
Terence, for the fact that the leases are for
993 years, nt ono cent a year. This he con
egaival equivalent .to- a. conveyance.---That ; the
Bishop should assort that the property from
an assignee of a bankrupt board did not come
from trustees, Mr Brooks intimates is a quib
ble, and then proceeds to shoiv that the du
plicates appear on the records. Mr. B. con
cludes his letter citing eleven additional deeds
of conveyance to the Bishop, and states that
the value of the property thus conveyed is
Very different now to what it was when the
conveyance was made. What cost $70,000
a few years ago, is worth $400,000 now- and
what cost $lO.OOO then has sold for $40,000
since.
We think the verdict of the public
'will be that the cunning ArchbishoP, is .
fairly cornered and that Mr. Brooks' has
clearly til,ade out his case. Whether it
will result in securing that " library" to
the city of New York is rather dpubtful.
The point however is established that
the practice—a practice inimical to the
character of our institutions—prevails of
vesting the title of Roman Catholic
Church property not in seperate congre
gations but in the bishop.
THE WHEAT CROP.
The prospects of the growing wheat crops
aro said to be excellent throughout the
country. The Germantown Telegraph
well informed upon such matters, says
though a month ago they were qUite un
promising in the vicinity of Philadelphia
the favorable weather since has effected
a most gratifying change for the better.
The Editor adds :
"In ontgornery, Delaware, Chester
and 'tucks, the crop really looks
and promises well. Farming operations,
too, are generally prosecuted with un
usual energy, and much has thus far
been accomplished, notwithstanding the
backwardness of the season. The ground
also, is better cultivated than formerly—
manured, and will be more carefully
sown and planted. IPe have no fears of
scarcity—or as some 'cautious' people
say, of a famine. It is a mere trick, to
keep up present prices."
—What is said of the counties nam:d
applies also to this, and most of the
wheat growing counties of Pennsylvania.
In the western states, such as Ohio, In
diana, lowa, Wisconsin, Miehigeti, &c.,
the wheat crops are also said to promise
well, and are expected to be especially
large, the high prices of the last few
years. having stimulated the farmers to
KM to an extent beyond all former preee•
dent.
A WORD To' FainisiEnS..,---11 any of
our farmer readers haVe any portion. of
their last year's crop still on hand, which
they intend to sell, wo advise them to let
it go, at the present prices. There are
an hundred chances to one against any
further increase. On the other hand,
unless we greatly mistake ,• the signs of •-. ARLISLE DEPOSIT 13 A.N k
the times, the present exorbitant rates, ''. - sriesiAL DEPOBIT9 will ho reeel•ctl, t this . --
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. 1 ,., at y length of Unto Over four roolithii: - 4 ll4lll (p c tf'M
111(14 'Come dOIV/L, and that speootty. at - the rata of FOUR PM CENT*. perari:nd=,relltittilide
paid tack nt any Alum itfter . inaturity without
Those who "e6ntinuo to hold. back for fur.' r i t i l l e 'lP : l interese Ce.iFOM after tho expiration of the thou
titer advances, will ha very apt to find, a ',. l l ) .'::';'t ,'ol.l4ol,hiaa c , , ,: c i t i r 1, 0 unless fuitnetlior
til th time of the renewal. Bank °Pens at iJiO'Cjojic, " ,
month hello°, that they . must sell at a I. and closes at 2 &dock PAI
y P. M.
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lower figure. w: •
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GOV. REEDER OF KANSAS.
Gov. Reeder, of Kansas, seems to have
become exceedingly unpopular with the
pro-slavery party of Kansas, one of the
organS of which strongly hints assassina
tion and revolution. The paper referred
to—the "Squatter Sovereign" --has this
editorial paragraph :
"If the feeling against the governor is
not soon lulled, the storm will rise to
such a pitch that a vacancy in the gu
bernatorial chair of Kansas will be the
result."
This, it is presumed, is a Innt\that the
governor is in danger of being assitssina
ted. The 'unpopularity of Gov. Reeder
is said by other papers to be not the re
sult of his manly opposition to the unlaw
ful doings of the Missourians who have
so far managed all the elections ineKtm
sas, but rather on account of his specu
lations in lands. This charge, however,
the governor boldly meets in a recent
and very purgent letter to Mr. Manypen
ny, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
in reply to the charges made in his offi
cial report in January last,. that the gov
ernor had been taking an improper ad
vantage of his official position to specu
late in lands. He admits that he bought
lands, but insists that he paid what they
were worth, to patties as competent as
he or Commissioner Manypenny to trans
act business. He concludes by saying
that—either he or the commissioner is un
tit for his - place, and proposes that.the
commissioner agree that unless, he makes
good his charge by or before a specifiie
time, that the President dismiss him,
and if he does, that the President dismiss
Gov. Reeder. Whether the commission
er will accept this challange or not, haS
not yet transpired.
BANKS.
The alarm in relation to Banks seems
to have nutteriallysubsidedut Harrisburg.
Gov. Pollock has recently vetoed the bills
creating the Mercer Bank and in
creasing the capital of the:York County
Bank, on account of informality in the
published notice, from "which it might
be inferred that his approval would have
been given if the preliminary forms had
been complied with. The Harrisburg
Herald is also apparently finite willing
that a new Bank sh:111 be established in
Harrisburg, and intimates that even if
the business interests of Harrisburg do
not require it that there is a demand for
Bank accommodations from Cumberland
and other surrounding counties, which
would justify a nrce 'Bank. As far as
our County is conc6ned, we trust this
sort
,qb, reasoning will not prevail. If
rew Banking capital is needed for Cum
berland county wo insist upon'-the estab.
lishment of the institution within our
own border's. Meantime the Herald's
course seems to be an indication that the
alarm about new Banks is no longer felt
at Harrisburg. '
WHO NEXT•
Sam Houston, Coin. Stockton, George
Law, and others, have for sonic time been
in the field as candidates for the Presi
dency, and have had their peculiar ad
mirers at e work for them to secure them
the nomination of the Know Nothings.
Another Richmond has now appeared,
and competes with them for the prize.
The Now York Hcruld contains ft corres
pondence between certain members of
the—New,Tersey_ Legislature. OS &Com
Vanderbilt, of North Star yacht celebri
ty, in which the former call upon the
Commodore to become , a candidate, to
which he replies in a long letter , indicat.
ing pretty clearly that f‘he has no 'objec
tion if he does." Who will come next ?
Probably E. K. Collins, of European
Steamship notoriety ; or it may be George
N. Sanders, ok Consul at
.London, and
the coadjutor of Kossuth and Mazini in
the great movement of organizikyoung
America.
itottnt (nth (Coutito altapers.
SALE OF BooKs.—A large collection
of Books, the Law and Miscellaneous Library
of the late .1 Ellis Bonham, Esq will be sold
at his office on South Hanover street, on Sidur
day next, the 28th'inst. The books are nearly
all new and in admirable order. Those who
wish valuable books should-not fail to attend.
EMTIELLISTIING THE SQUARE. —ll crevs
of beautiful Linden trees have been planted,
F.y order of Council, along the outer edges of
the public squares, which will greatly enhance
tile beauty of our already handiome Centre
Square. We hear rumors also of fountains to
be erected' in the Episcopal and Presbyterian
Church squares. The effect of these would
he truly benuttful and refreshing, - and we hope
the rumor is not unfounded.
Councils have commenced Work very ener
getically, we learn, in relation to paving the
sidewalks of Louther and Pomfret streets with
brick, and by next winter we hope those, streets
will be on a par with Hanover and High streets
in respect to good pavements A new side
walk is to be made also along the southern
side of the College campus and some of the
numerous railroad sidlings removed from the
strelfrin that quarter, which will
,be a very
desirable iinproiiment.
SERENAriE. 4 delightful serenade
was given on Monday evening, by the Garrison
Band, at a number of private residences in,
town. With the departure of the Infantry
(who it is said are to leave on Sunday next)
not the least matter of regret will be the loss
of the hand, which has contributed largely to
the enterainment of our citizens during the
past year.
lks.,.We learn that Mr. Donaldson, on©
of our Representatives in the [louse, has been
obliged to leave Ilarrisburg for home, on ac
count of a severe attack of rheumatism, leav
ing little probability of his being able to rc
some his seat again.
Tribute of Respect.
At the meeting of the Union Philosophical
Society of Dickinson College, on Saturday the
14th inst., the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
"Whereas, in the Providence of God, death
has deprived us of our esteemed brotber,
PEUCY SHELLY; therefore
Resolved, That though we have lost an in
telligent and promising member; yet we feel
it our duty to acquiesce in the solemn dispen
sation of Him, who -disposes all things in
wisdom and goodness.
Resolved, That wo deeply sympathize with
his afflicted and berenyedlarnily.
Resolved, That we as a society attend his
funeral, on to-morrow at half past 4 o'clock,
P. M.
Resolved, That our Hall be draped hi mourn
ing and that the usual badge . , be worn for the
space of thirty days as a mark of respect to
hit memory.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be communicated to the fatally of the deceas
ed, and that they be published in the several
papers of Carlisle.
S. M. DICKSON,
Committee, } S. D. WADE,
G. P. RIIINEItAnT
AlaryEnes.
At Class' Hotel, on the 17th Inst., by the Rel..Taeob
Fry. Mr..I(IIIN M. EVItIL, to ;Miss SARAH C. 5100.11.1..
IthAD, both of Perry Co.
ricaths.
On the morning . of the 20th inst„ MIFS SARAH
BELLA WEAKEN, Agog) 31 years.
Rew iltinertisments.
VALSE RUMOR CORRECTED.-
The report that Dr. Smith is HI with Small-los Is
untrue. lits disease Is Juthunuotlon of the Lungs. lie
Is convalescent and will be in his office In a few (lnyF.
Carlisle, April 63.
CALL AND SEE OUR SPRING
AND SUMMER cLerinNo.—Th e
hart, just received smut the cities, at the OLD
STAND, in North itanover street, one of the most tie
gaut assortments of Spring and Summer clothing user
otTered to the people of Cumberland county. The prices
of the Clothing at. this liousa have been reduced to such
a low standard, that it 15 now within the power of all
who wish to weer good clothes, to secure them. Their
stock consists of tile bent and nest desirable Dress and
frock COATS, Habit Cloth dmidttnen Drilling do. Tweeds
,te.• superfine Black Cassimere PANTS and Fancy do. ;
Silk and Satin VESTS, and a fine variety Valoncia anti
other rests; with a great variety of Do 't, Clothing, cc n•
sisting of ,lack Coats, Polka Jackets, is nkey . dockets,
Vests and Round Jackets, made of Tweed, Linnet). Dril
ling Cloth Alpaca, Casslmere, Doeskin, Co.' Also, Wks
ttoc,ks, liandkerehiefin ke., all of whfcli aro offered at
the lowest possible cash price and as cheap as any other
Clothing Store in the Union
Also a splendid assortment of goods in the piece. :u•
pectine French and English Cloths and Cassirners of ev
. ery hue and shade, Sattin, Silk, and Valencia vestines,
Sad tittoti; kv., ail of which will he made to (Miler at the
shortest notice and in the neatest and test manner.—
All garments aro warranted to At. The piddle are res.
pectively invited to call anti examine tho superior as
sortment of clothing at this establishment -
April 18,'65. ARNOLD LIVINO:TON.
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ANCASTER. COLLIERY.
To °DAL DEALES.
'We bog leave to Introduce rselves to your acßquain
tance as extensive Minors and Shippers of WHITE
ASH ANTHRACITE COAL, at Llncaster Colliery. Nei ,
thumberland County, where we have very extensive
Improvements and a Breaker, which for rapacity to pre
pare and dean Coal cannot be surpassed. Our niece of
Coal are as follows:
Lump, for smelting purposes,
Steamboat, fur smelling NO steamboats, •
Brcken, Egg and Stove, for Validly use and steam,
Nut and Pea, for Limeburners and sham.
Our LIIIIOLUIIIerS' Coal is a very superior (vitality, to
which we would especially call the attention of dealers
and consumers.
Our point of shipping is Sunhury,whorerrrangement
are Inade to load beats without.any delay, ,-Onicrs
dressed to us at Sinunokin, Sunbury or Lancaster, will
receive prompt attention.aprlSCOCHßAN, I'EALE & ca.
J. J. Cochran; Laucatter. -Benj. Reinhold, lama: ter.
C. W. Dealt, Shalnokin, I.l.l3aumgardner. do.
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