Carlisle herald. (Carlisle, Pa.) 1845-1881, April 25, 1855, Image 4
M ill q‘ariisir AOtrpib. 041RLISI03, PA• 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 • $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 • :hat, be was in posossion 'church pro rerty valued at $5,000,000,. convoyed by rustees, and not to his bumersVp of INTERESTING CONTROVERSY: esm:a 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: 1 tgai - lisli 14cra 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 . -- P . 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. • , II: PARKER, I 4 reAth•nt. • lower figure. w: • M. DELITEM O C'tisbier. apr23 ..• • 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. , ou 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. =1