JL
Yrcmr;n3e difFcrer.ct; between the adimnistration
jof Il'."pabli?."!?te How i uuicut.-i now and that of
the early rolour f Maryland, we yet can sec
tliu e,:o-e relation. w:iicl- the iWlncr as a result
bc.i -j t!io litwr a a :id we as read
ily Uissivcr, not inorvriy how much thoao bene-
fccial cUiti-.s ot nKrlTn taut r.rj dependent
ou tlivi ty)proTCivat of cmvu -.stance:; hut we
alsj ;o Uow luudr tht j.npr i-wnent 15 due
t.i th.j character id'lhj . . I y (.iovrrumeat.
--The clmrtr granted frd Kaltimoftf dif
fered essentially from iImsc held by tLor
fr ip:k-tnr!s. It csnwy-d n power not nual
f "rant-sml- ii?cd f .riving- Mar. land, a.
I'lBu-.ioili! C.Ha?:H. it t i'lHtnvu on n me ;
.!K;r4i 'iiv'ad. iiqu:ry 4 yuldtiuate. j S.tart-
iiir .u iw:eo with th-it l-iiic t-p in iidvauee, it j
;iTth n ':id 'Ufv.H,? cob nkvV'tu the essential i
p-p?rty of indop -aden're. sad 'it cannot be
e.rt'.C I'M t'ji'S during: tic timi thr. colon y was
4nv.mi3i br the dvutv which-, founded it, it
r.auILste i-tj-; b-.-a-iits cf that meipieut iuds
: lathe nxtpL;?.- .ill-'ar. unusual, degree 'of
iusiri'c.p'e K.'e -,v- ticurvu to tiie. province as a
r-nuU.-,the yliir.wtiir of-ihe. government was, to an
m j:.u .crt, ujj'.n;i;:t;," auu purely democratic.
Tlie &ia jTuive ..iKwcr '1 v.-as . in the AsscmUf ia
Ei v. v:U p.vrirt the" majesty of the people.
3 .it Jrv hetK-n of givcrumeut or laws, but in very
d-sed. -The' ipie i the provinee were assembled
in person to no-ept and subsequently to enact their
own- Uws aail 1 1 try the experiment ot sell govern'
racRS, and whet the good spirit of the new gov-
ruuunt ltd 1 so conciliated the Indians as to pro-
dii-e a multiplication and call for a dispersion of
i.jc colonists, and thus to rentier inconvenient a
personal -wteudance of the jieople in the grand
Witi-n-i'-Geniote of the young nation, a. represen-
tntire ehr:;ctcr was given to the legislature, but
v.-it;i such a cart ful regard to the great principles
democracy which lay "at the foundation of all,
tjai :ii.Vas permitted to . individuals who did not
ea'-e to ' depend , upon representatives, to come
tiu'.nselrses and present their own views, and ad-
fhat own. measures. -, : .. . . ; .
'' Ilere was evidence of a deeply-seated reverence
fjr the great principles of self-government, the so
vereignty of the people; and whatever changes
may hve occurred in the forms and measures of
Government we cannot doubt that this leading
characteristic of Republicanism was always opera
tive to pr jvent much of evil, and in the end to pro
duce ttuch good by reproducing itself. I am a-
ware that there was an earnest wish on the part
of the Lord Proprietary to continue to originate
all laws which should be submitted to the Legis
lature of Lis colony. This was the practice of
European national legislation at the time and the
theory now. - (It is I think, slowly growing into
practice i n bur own Congress) It raised a momen
tary difficulty between the Legislature and tlie
Proprietary, but the principle of liberty which be
had planted in his Oulouy, and with his colony,
was too potent for that remnant of royalty, and
Lord Baltimore felt how operative, how progres
sive are the principles of human rights, when
freed from the trammels of proscription and un
restrained by hereditary prejudice. He learned
to view the question of Government iq the light
which-he h ul himself placed it, and he gracefully'
yielded to that influence which he bad so essen
tially promoted, without being ' able to anticipate
its early operation. Ilere is a species of territori
al sovereignty of which we hear so much in these
days. '- " . . " .
" How beautiful ! how republican is all this ! How
sternly true were the disciples of the democracy
la Maryland to the great lessons which they had
worked out; and how gracefully, nobly yielding
was the proprietary of England to the circumstan
ces whieh his own principles, means and labor
had produced. Perhaps he had not thought of
that consequence of his ideas of human rights and
his efforts fur their establishment. Human great
cess does not consist in . foreseeing all events, or
in discerning in the future the full effects of the
correct priivUpIes which are put into operation.
The great man is not he who knows all the good
which his measures may produce ; it is rather he
who fields to the results, which the operation of
his good principles by good measrue makes evi
dent ; and it seems to me that the beautiful spirit
of frwsdom and equality which influenced the foun
ders of this colony is discernable is to be seen at
work in the establishment of our national Gov
em men t. The unyielding spirit of right manifes
ted by the colonial legislators was reproduced in
the steady, stern demand of the rebellious colonies
in the aftr days, and that the graceful relinquish
titcnt of power by the noble . proprietary was the
illustrious example that was lost in the sovereign
of Great Britain, but which "vas found in the con
cessions of rights, feelings prejudices and interests
stUtt distinguished the different believers when
they made themselves "one ont of many." "
i fUr.-Cuand!cr here enlarged eloquently on the
poih; that the early colony of Maryland presented
te il:e Gvi.Tuti!ent of the United .States the tet
acp!' ot republican, simplicity , in its form and
actku of government ; tiiut it aSorded the loftiest
exnmnle yf rciliuus t-4:rarice and equality that
was ever pr .-iiti ; and that in the treatment of
tie Indian its c"nu't was that of surpassing
righteousness. If tiiun drw a' beautiful picture
of what be inmisginod must h:ive been the infln-
" etjcq of the P.'lcnim Mothers" among the colo
nit Maryland and the natives by whom they
were jfurrouoded, and altliough he 6aid, history
had tut recorded the Barnes of these ' Pilgrim
M Alicrs," or made special mention of their usc
t'alnci?, yet their influence could be discovered in
the growth, the piety, and the constant peace of
the early colony. Mr. Chandler1 concluded ft3
follows: ----- ' ' '
Euiineatly ipprojsjrtie also is the presence of
thase of various creeds in this celebration which,
though it is sustained by the professors of that
faith which was held by the founder of Maryland
and roost of his , colonists, is in ten ted as a com
memoration of social and political virtues which
are universal in their character, and may be, and
Lave been practiced by men of all creeds. 1 God
iurbid that 111 celebrating the beautiful example
cf Christian virtnes of those who are of our own
faitli, wa should do injustice to the merits or those
who profess a differeut faith. r . '. ,.
" The piety, the forbearance, the enlarged views
of right that distinguished the plans of the foun
ders of Maryland, and which are illustrated in the
practice of the earliest colonists, are no less our
duties than they were theirs; and oh! bow much
more easily practised are all those virtues now.
And the celebration of this day would be imper
fect, would lack the spirit which would make it
acceptable to God and honourable to us, if it recall
ed a single virtue of our Catholic Fathers merely
to gratify the pride of their successor, or if it se
lected a single error of their separated contempo
raries, only to generate a feeling of unkindnesa in
the present generation. Oh ! here on this chosen
epot-here on this sanctified ground here let
there be prevalent no sentiment but that of love
to God, ana love to pur fellow man. Here where
the red roan received the Pilgrim Fathors, with
tokens of friendship and favor, and where men of
other creeds welcome us to-day to our celebration
here may tb spirit of Calvert pervade all of those
who commemorate Lis" virtues and his triumphs,
a&d may the Spirit. -f God animate al of every
name and every creed. : .- -'
5 fti-C" re the recent adjournment of the Massa
chusctt. Legislature everal amendments to her
constitution - were passed, which have just ben
submitted ' to the- psopl nd adopted, The
an:endineT;ts are first, a plurality system; sec
, end, change in the day of tic State elections in
I'r4.ident:.il years j, third, election of Counselors
in dktrict3 by the people; fourth, the election of
G:crctary tf State and ether State oijiccrs by the
pjoptc 5 ftf th, against sppropriating money to sec
t ri:a trfco.'ils ; sixth, election of hcrifT?, Clerks
'ti-Cr-v'Jii -:j'ry tliirnp!c.t,' -f-s : ;
$ i m or rat- an ij i - mi iiuT.
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r.tlTE & B 3 VINE, Editors and Proprietors.
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WEDXRSli AY MORNING::::;:::
:::::::MAY 80.
Cfj-We have received the June number of Gra
ham's and Godey's Magazines.. They are each
capital number, being adorned with fine illustra
tions ana Interesting reading matter.
, Virginia Election !
The election which came off in Virginia on
Thursday last has resulted gloriously for the dem
ocracy of tf the Old dominion." Henry A. Wise
has been elected Governor by 10,000 majority.
and the Know-Nothing organization has been
completely routed..' ' " .. ,; ".'""'.
"The Congressional delegation it is supposed will
stand 12 Democrats to I Know-Nothing.
Three cheers for the indomitable democracy of
the land of Washinton, Jefferson and Madison!
The prescriptive and intolerant doctrines of the
midnight order have met with a Bignal rebuke,
and the principles of the Declaration of Indepen
dence been gloriously sustained. Virginia has
shown her determination to uphold the Constitu
tion of the Union, and to check the mad career
of the fanatics whether North or South who may
conspire to destroy it.' Again we say all hail to
the noble democracy of " the old dominion." : 1
V - -W The Pennaylvanian.
j It is seldom that the Editor of a Philadelphia
newspaper is well posted up in reference to the
action of his political friends in the " rural dis
tricts.' ,. We were not surpiised, therefore, when
we saw it stated Editorially, in the Pcnnsyltanian
of the 23d inst., that the democracy of Cambria
county had appointed Thomas A. Maguire a del
egate to the State Convention, which assembles
for the purpose, among other things, of nomina
ting a candidate for Canal Commissioner. The
democracy of Cambria, county per st, never did
any thing of the kind. , Maj. Maguire was ap
pointed a delegate to the convention to represent
the Senatorial District, composed of the counties
of Cambria, Blair and Huntingdon. The Confer
ence wa held in Hollidiysburg, on Saturday the
12th inst., Cambria and Blair counties being rep
resented by three delegates and' Huntingdon by
iwo. Maj. Maguire therefore owes his appoint
ment to the action of the Conference, and not to
any "public meeting" held in Cambria. We will
add that w hen the Conference instructed him to
vote for Wm. S. Campbell for Canal Commission-
er, its members truthfully reflected the democrat
ic sentiment, not only of Cambria, but of the Dis
trict. , They reposed confidence in Maj. Maguiro
as a delegate, and in Win. S. Campbell as a can
didate. The insinuation of the Pennsylv nian,
that Maj.' Maguire's right to a seat in the Con
vention may possibly be resisted, is puerile and
contemptible ; the same may be said of its fling at
Wm. S. Campbell. , The democracy of this Sena
torial District peeds no defence at the bands of
the elaborately classical editor of the Pennsylva
nian. He has not yet been invested by the dem
ocracy of the State, with the power and authority
of a political censor. ' .
Westmoreland County. . ;
' The Democracy of this old county . we observe
are already organizing for the next election., A
meeting , of the County Committee was held at
Greensburg on the 14 th inst. " to take into, consid
eration the state and condition of political affairs,
and to devise and adopt such measures as should
most conduce to the prosperity of the Democratic
party." ' After mature deliberation they resolved
tb ' abolish " 'the " Crawford county system" ; of
making n niinat!onp, and recommend that here
after . tLey - should be made by a convention of
delegates represeniiug the several election districts
of the county, based upon the democratic vote of
each district. ; ; ' . J, . .-.
An address Las botn issued by the Committee
to the Democracy of the county, in which they
say " that, as an experiment, the Crawford Coun
ty : System had . proved a failure. That system'
has engendered bicktrings, feuds, and personal
animosities, and," instead of strengthening, , was
the principal cause of . the present disorganized
condition of , the democratic party in this county.
They felt assured that the great body of the dem
ocrats who yet stand on . the old platform, were
desirous that the present system should be abol
ished, and that the Know-Nothing party were
anxious for its continuance, in order that they
might quietly, and in democratic' guie, vote at
our primary' elections, and, by preconcerted ar-
tjangements perhaps control the result.
in .uus siaxe 01 auairs tney nave not nesitateu
to do their duty, and make the change which they
have recommended. Although their power to do
so was doubted by some, yet they believed a
change necessary in order to prevent the interfer
ence of the " Know-Nothings" at the primary
elections, and as they considered the organization
of the party in great danger, tbey assumed the
responsibility. ; They also add that " a political
aseociation, meeting in secret places whce coun
ells were guided by experienced and skillful poli
ticians," and whose members were bound to their
organization by the solemnities of oaths, presented
a new and most dangerous opposition to the old
democratic party. Such an. exigency in our af
fairs invested the Committee with the powers of
a Committee of safety, authorized aud bound to
take the steps necessary for the preservation of
the interests in their care." This action of the
Committee has been wsirrr ly responded to by the
old line and honest democrats, and the Greensburg
republican in alluding to it, "soys that "it is an
unexpected bomb thrown into the Know-Nothing
camp, as they will now Lave to alter their tactics
and fight openly.". . '. . " . .
In this connection we might ask what are the
County Committee of Cambria about, and whether
it would not be well that tome tep should be
taken la prevent the interference or the order"
at the primary election, or in the County Con vention
f -ibb-cpur r t -A; woiv t$ the wise is
sufficient. . . , .- . T7"
jxowxKiOA? xeeuianon
The bill lor the sale of the .Main Line of the
Public Improvements of this State, is a fine illus
tration of the beauties of Know-Nothing legisla
tion, JNo candid man who has perised it will
deny that it is a carefully prepared scheme to
build up the prosperity of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, and to enable it 4o wield an in-y
fluence dangerous to the liberties and welfare of
the people of thi3 Common a ealtb. It was not
enough to offer our public ,works to"a soulless cor
poration "for tte p.iltry sum of eight million five
hundred thousand dollars, but the repeal of the
three' mill tax must be held out as an additional
inducement", lest the generpus offer might be refu
sed. Many of our readers will no doubt be aston
iihed when we inform them, that this tax amoun
ted during the last j"enr, to the sum of one hun
dred and thirty-six thousand dollars, and yet the
State treasury .must be deprived of , this large
amount of . annual revenue, -. in order to place the
Central Railroad Company in a position to exclude
all competition, in the shape of rival bidders. The
anti-license law, better known as the Jug bill,
also affords a convincing proof of Sam's wisdom
and sagacity as a legislator. 'A better 1 lan for
increasing the amount of drunkenness, and its
constant attendants vice and immorality in every
section of the State, could not be devised. The
idea that prohibiting the sale of intoxicating li
quors in less quantities than one quart, will stay
the progress of intemperance, is too absurd to be
entertained by any sensible man, even for a mo
ment. L --,-; -' . ;'. ' "
" ; While on this subject; we cannot forbear allu
ding to a bill to protect the " rights and liberties
of the people," that has passed the legislature of
Massachusetts, - and which caps taa climax of
modern State legislation. It is a cosiplete code of
nullification, and is evidently intended to provoke
a contest between the State and , Geseral Govern
ment, by ' providing ways to resist the execution
of a Constitutional law of tne United States.. : By
it, Attorneys who act in behalf of the claimants
of fugitive slaves, are prohibited from practicing
in any of the State Courts; Police officers, ot
members of the volunteer militia who shall' assist
in restoring a fugitive slave to his master, are to
be punished by a fine of not less tlan one thous
and , dollars, and , undergo an : imprisonment in
the State prison, of not less, than one year, and no
jails in the State - can be . used to secure persons
claimed as fugitive slaves. - ; ' - - ' ?
These are a few of the ' prominent beauties of
modern State legislation, and we beg leave to com
mend them to the serious consideration and inves
tigation of the honest voters of Pennsylvania.
Truly " Sam is a glorious institution," and it ia no
wonder our neighbor of the ."Allegnaoian'wishes
him welL : ' ... . .- - . . ..
C7 We publish this week the , oration of the
Hon. Joseph R.'. Chandler, delivered at the late
anniversary celebration of the landing of the Pil
grim's of Maryland at the site of st. Mary's City,
and bespeak for it the careful perusal of our read
ers. It embodies many inportant facts connected
with the early history of Maryland, which should
be remembered by every friend of religious tolera
tion- - Mr. Chandler is a man of commanding tal
ents, and in spite of the ' efforts of. demagogues
and bigots to crush him, will ere long, again rank,
among those whom the people delight to honor.
Tmc Tap American Partt. Some of the Dem
ocrats of New Orleans wrote to Robe, t C. Wick-
liffe, asking for the use of Lis name as a candidate
for Governor of Louisiana at the ensuing electionl
He declines, and in his reply remarks that. ' ..
" The true American party in this land is the
Democratic party. It prescribes no man On ac
count of his birth or of his religion, it adopts as its
own the principles contained in the Declaration of
American Independence. ! lbere ret-ts not upon
the statute 'ook of our country one measure which
has added to its greatness that has not the stamp
and, impress of Democracy. . Under Democratic
rule and policy v e have grown from infancy to
vigorous manhood. Ours is the greatest, the hap-
piest, and the best country Grid has given to man.'
Democracy has made it such, and the Democratic
party will continue it so."
Fcltox Coujttt. The Fulton Democrat says:
" W. li. Seylar, of the Fulton Foundry, bu shown
us a piece of cannon taken from the ruins of Frt
Littleton, in this county. ;It Las the appearance
ot having been Limited, as the fragment Las a
very rough edge,' and appears to have been a
piece of the breech. "t It baa perhaps lain since ti e
time of the Indian wars, previous to the Revolu
tion, and has likely done good service in its time.
The unwritten " history of old - Fort Littleton
would be an interesting chapter, but those who
were actors and -participators in those days of
trial have all passed away, aud. with .them are
buried all recollections of the pasti" ; -;v .,, ; 7
r ,;; -.Keligious Freedom. I . ', '. , ( .
Will not the following, noble sentiments of.
Webstee rise far above , the miserable, narrow,
and bigoted policy of modern advocates' of
religious intolerance and persecution? . How
can the old admirers of eagle-like ; Websteb.
thrust him aside and listen to the wretched
croak ings of the night raven of . Jefuitu-m,"
the , present , Know-Nothing,- Secret-, partj ?
We find the following in the Norfolk Argus t
It seems to be the the American destiny,
the . mission which, has been entrusted to- us
heie cn this shoic of tLa Atlantic. the great
conception and the great duty to which we are
born, to show that all sects, and all denomina
tions, professing reverence For the authority
of the author of our being, and belief in his
revelations, may be safely tolerated without
prejudice, either to ' our religion of our liber
ties. . . ': ' ;; ' - - ;
' We are Protestants generally speaking ;
but you all know that there presides at the"
headof the Supreme Judicature of the Unit d
States. a Roman Catholic and no man, I
suppose,' through the whole United States,'
imagines that the judicature is less safe J that
the administration of public justice is less re
spectable' or ' less secure, - because - the Chief
Justice of the United States has been, and is,;
a firm adherent of that religion. c" And so it is
with every department of society among us. '
In both houses of Congress, in all public
ofnees, we proceed on the idea' that a man's
religions belief L a matter ' above human law
that it is question to, bo settled between him
and his Maker, because he 'is responsible to
none but his Mak6r for adopting or rejecting
revealed truth. ; ' . ' , ': ; ,
5 And here is the 'great distinction whieh is
sometimes overlooked,' and which I am afraid
is now too often overlooked in New England.'
the glorious inheritanca of tha sons of Pil
grims.: V '. '.' 'I'" , ' - ' ' : "
, jren,for their religious sentiments, arc ac
countable to.God, and Ood only. ' ''
: l'AMEL Webster.
tbPublio 7orks bf "eiyiTaniai-Sale of
the Main Line An Outline of the Bill.
. The Bill for the sale of the Main line of, the
Public Works as it passed both branches of the
Legislature, has received the signature of the
Governor, and is therefore a law. It is a meas
ure of much importance, and a brief outline of its
principaVjsrOvisions will bo read, with interest.
1. The first section makes it the duty of the
Governor within ten days after bis. approval of
the Act, to cause to be advertised daily until the
day of sale, "in one 'or more newspapers of Phfla-"
delphia, Pittsburg, Harrisburg, Boston and -New
Yorkj, a notice; that the Main line of the Public
Works ill bo exposed to sale at the . Merchant's
Exchange, or at some other jublic , place in the
City of Philadelphia, on a day to be. selected by
him, not more than ninety days after the passage
of tlie Act.-, :. '", .-;
-: 2. At the time and place so selected, the whole
Main Line, namely to wit:, the Philadelphia and
Columbia Railroad, the Canal from Columbia to
the Junction t Duncan's Island, the Juniata
Canal from thence to nollidaj'sburg, the- Alle
gheny Portage Railroad, including the new road to
avoid the Inclined Planes,' and the Canal from
Johnstown to Pittsburg, with all the properly
thereunto appertaining, shall be offered for sale.
- : 3. It shall be lawful for any person or persons.
Railroad or Canal Company, now incop orated or
which may hereafter be incorporated, to become
the purchaser of said Main Line, for a sum not
less than seven and a half "millions of dollars;
provided, that if the Pennsylvania Raf road Com
pany become the purchasers, 'they shall pay a
turn of not less than eight and a half millions of
dollars, but on the consummation of the arrange
ment, so much of the Act incorporating the saia
Company as requires the payment of a tax upon
tonnage passing over their road,' shall become null
and void. ' V, ,;; ,.: -s ';
j 4. The purchaser shall within "ninty days pay
ten per . cent, of the purchase money, and the
residue thereof in ten equal instalments. .
.5. Besides the lien on the said Works, provided
in the Act, the purchaser shall as a further secu
rity, deposit in the State Treasury, State JLoans
to the amount equal to the . cash payment for
one-fourth of the whole purchase money, ; .
6. All'paymcnts to the Commonwealth by the
purchasers far the principal, shall be made in
certificates of State Loans at par, and the interest
shall be paid in cash annually.- v ' ' '
- 7. The purchasers may at any time before the
maturity of the bonds given, pay off and satisfy
the principal,-giving due notice. ? .
As soon as the bon is and security shall be
given, tiie whole Main Line shall be transferred.
All superintendants and other officers of
roads and canals, ball continue to discharge their
duties until removed or re-appointed, and their
official bonds shall enure to the use of the pur-cha-er.
: So also of all m npys received by them.
10. The purchase money unpaid, shall be ex
empt from the payment of State Taxes. '.
11. It shall be lawful fr the purchaser to pur
chase, lease or use, the Hirrisburg, Portsniouth,
Mouut Joy, . and Lancaster Railroads, or to co
struct a mad from the western terminus of , the
Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, to the Alle
gheny Portage j ' -? . -r
12. The purchaser shall at all tii.ies maintain
a continuous railroad and canal; comraunkation
bet wt-en PLiladelpltia and Pittsburg, and keep
the same in good operating condition ; and shall
also, at all' times, keep them open and iu got?
condition for piil lie Uae.- . .. . .; . .
j J3. ,It shall be lawful fur said purchasers, tlielr
successtna' an J assigns, ..and their pflicers, engi
neers, contractors and agents, ta etter upon any
lands adjoining, br ia the neighborhood of the
works, and dig, take and carry away therefrom,
any materials necessary for enlarging, making,
altering,' deepening or improving said, work?,' or
any portioi thereof. - . . '.'
. li. TLe purchasers shall have power and au-.
thority to own and employ locomotive engines,
cars, boats and horses, to couvey passengers and
freight of whatsoever description, within reasona
ble time after presentation, on said works, or any
portion thereof, and charge and receive tolls aud
fare for the passage and transportation of persons
and freight, and said purchasers, their successors
and assigns, shall have the exclusive right to fur
nish all, the motive po-ver ou said railroads ...Pro
vided, that all persons with cars, Lorbes, boats and
freight may pass over said works, they paying
toll therefor, and the use of said works shall be
governed by such general rules and regulations
as such purchasers may from time to time ordain,
establish and publish; but no person shall, with
out the consent of Biich purchasers, be permitted
to Ube horses, or other animal power on said rail
roads, or steam on said canals : AndprocidttJ, that J
no discrimination in tolls or charges,, or iu the
priority of passage . tlirough the locks, shall ever
be mads against any boats or tonnage passing to
or fr jxl the Susquehanna division of the Pennsyl
vania canal, nor shall any greater amount be char-.
god upon such boats and tonnage than that now
paid the Commonwealth. V. '--'- :i ' i; '"! r;
1 15. Should any company already incorporated
by this Commonwealth' become the purchaser,
they shall possess hold and uao. the same as part
of their original act of corporation, and any sup
plements . thereto, so far modified, however, as to
embrace ' all the privileges granted by this act in"
addition'thereto, and all provisions in said origi
nal act and auy supplements inconsistent with
the privileges herein granted, shall be and the
same are hereby repealed. v- v : f..-. , , r; ,.
, .16- That alt moneys derived from said sale shall
be either paid to the sinking fund, and applied
to the payment of the State debt, according to the
provisions of the act entitled ' An Act to provide
a sinking fund and to provide for the gradual ex
tinguishment of the debt of the Commonwealth,
approved April tenth, one ; thousand eight hun
dred and forty-nice, or used, in payment of the
interest on the loans of the Commonwealth., , ' ;
17. That should it be ascertained at any time
before the payment of the last instalment provi
ded for, that further legislation is required r pas
sing to ti e purchasers, their success-. or assigns,
all the title and interest of this Cmm n wealth to
said main line, or any portion thereof, then the
faith of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ia
hereby pledged for tbe enactment of all laws and
performance of all acts necessary to carry out the
true intent and meaning of this act. y , r' .
13. That should no sale take place at the time
appointed, as provided for in this act, then it shall
be tbe duty of the GoTcrner to invite proposals
feihfrite''pm'of lease of said works,
and submit the same to the Legislature.
19. That said purchasers of the main line, un
der the provisions of this act, sha'L ithin twelve
months after receiving possession of said works,
relay the south track of the Philadelphia and Col
umbia railroad, wbere the ane has not been Lud,
with a heavy rail, and tlie tales of toll now char
ged per mile on way freight on the Columbia rail
road shall not be increased where the distance ex
ceeds forty ,ruiles- and for all distances on the ca
nal exceeding forty miles, the charge for way tolls
shall be in proportion to the distance carried-
20. That all necessary expenses incurred by
the Governor under the provisions of this act,
shall be paid out of any money in the treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants drawn
by Lim. ' . ', ' .
General Appropriations, for the State of
Pennsylvania
. The act to provide for the ordinary expenses
of government, etc., passed by the Legislature,
makes the following appropriations :
Salary of the Governor. $3.500 00
. " , Sec. Com. and Sup. C. Sc. 1,700 00
" Dep. Sec. Comth. 1,400 00
14 Auditor General. 1,UUUU
. " Surveyor General, .1,400 00
Attorney General, 300 00
State-Treasurer, 1.700 00
Clerk hire State Dept., extras, Sic, 5,000 00
Auditor General s office, 7.000 00
State Treasurer's office, . 4,000 00
' Surveyor General's office, 6,400 00
Salary of the State Libraria n . 800 00
Clerk of Sinking Fund. 200 00
Con ting, exp State apd School Dc-pts. . 3,095 00
. v Aud. General's office, 1.450 00
' State Treasurer's office, " 1.300 00
i Surv. General's offiee. . 1.330 00
Expenses of Legislature, 125,000 00
Preservation and repairs of Capitol, 300 00
Public grounds, , . - 300 00
Repairs to State and Treasury Depta , 200 00
Enclosing public grounds, . 4.000 00
Curb, footways, &c, . . .. ;. . 2,200 CO
Improving Arsenal grounds, . . 900 00
Gas fixtures in Executive Cbajubcr, , 40 37
Public printing, &c, ; 30,000 00
Packing and distributing Laws, Sec, 700 00
Miscellaneous expenses, 3.000 00
Water rents for Public Building, COO 00
Gas - ' " , 1.800 00
Support of Common Schoolsf 230,000 00
Pensions and gratuities, - . lo.uuuuy
Judges of Supreue Court, .
15.200 00
Judcesof I'liiladelpLiaDistrict Cour.' 7,C00 00
,. ;.Allegheny : "... " 4,400 00-
Present Judges fdifi'erent Courts, 4S.500 00
Associate " ": 16,50) 00
Payment of guaranty to Danville and
Pottsville It. U.Co. 8.517 50
" Buld Eagle and S. C. Sav. Co. 10,000 00
f Tioga navigation company, G.000 00
Interest on funded dcbtr ; : , 2.000, 00) '0
Ord. repairs of improvement to wit : : -.
Columbia railroad, . $S'2.3W
Portage railroad, 18.700
. Eastern division, canal, 20,300
L- Joiiiata . .
15.000
19,900 .
7.111
. 8.5O0
22 000 - .... .
17,000
17.000
28,G5U
IT. Juniata
U. Western"
I. Western '
: Delaware .- "
Susqueh'na '
W. Branch"
L.N.Ur'h"
. , 25G.4G1 00
Ordinary repairs after Dec. 1st, 225,000 00
- Motive Power, to wit: ' - :
- ;. Columbia railroad, 313,000 . -
- i Portage railroad, . , 173,358
r ...... , 4S6.35S00
' Jlotire Power, after Dec 1st. to wit. .
Columbia railroad, , 70,000
- PorUge raUroad, 30,000 . , ,
- , ...... , y , -100.00000
Collectors. Weighmasters. ic, 100,021 00
Canal Commi.asioners, G.495 00
Road and farm bridges. ' ' . 10. 000 00
Uso of portion of Penna. railroad 1 2.O00 00
. -
VetAe tor repairs to -ov. ou, ie., ii,uoi w
w. . a - . r r a 1 r f 1 o r
-c 1 1 v r kn 1 -till
.a r oa 1 c - o 1 it -01
, prior w wit. ou, i i v :
Motive Power debts. 1854,
11 1?; ! I
(n'otA ro 1
Upper North Branch canal,
Damages that may occur, ,
Completion of Portage railroal.
Dam ia Mill creek
llelaying South track Col. Rlt.
Salaries Eastern Penitentiary, ,
Western . " , . .
50,000 00
277,730 00
' 20,000 00
250,00000
9.500 00
5,000 00
4I0USO of Refuse. Phlla. fact of '52,) 5,000 00
: " T . " (act of 51,) G,000 00
Institution for BHotl, . . : '..". . 17,000 00
Deaf and Dumb", .17.000 00
Western House of Refuge, . ' 7.000 00
Adjutant G encral for visiting Arsenals, 250 00
Rent of Storehouse of Arms, Phila. 4 . 400 00
Superintending of Public Printing, 800 00
State Luuatic Hospital, V '. ' ; 25,000 00
Expenses of State Library, '7 2,170 00
Junction canal company, " J', .20,000 00
11. H. Adams, late Transcribing Cleric, T 53 00
Repairing clocks in Capitol,' .' : . 300 00
Pub'ication of Legislative Record, 3,780 00
F: Fraley. Cha. Com. London Exhib.' 79 70"
WJP. Brady, Legislative Reord, 100 00
; Total,
!$4,r)00,(94 45
; Gasssa CovxTTl-r-F?liltcal. The Democratic
County Committee of Correipondcnr for Greene,
met by caii, in Way uesbni y v-a ' tit 1 Oth ' int.,
and appointed Judges to hold the Democratic pri
mary elections, in the several election districts.
They instructed, the Judges in al cases where
grounds shall exist for suspecting the integrity of
purpose of any person proposing to vote, to require
a solemn pledge that such person is not a mem
ber of the party commonly called Know-Nothings,
nor of any : secret ' political society, and that be
will honestly and futhfully support aud vote fur
the persons who may be selected as the candidates
of the Democratic party at the Octolr Section.
.The committee also framed the following reso
lution : , , .,-,".;',.., . .
7JftoZl,That the recent first Know-NotLiug
General Assembly of Pennsylvania by its noto
rious corruption, aud diplny of stupidity and in
difference to the true interests ol the people, is a
fruitful commentary upon the prmuines aud pledge
ofthe Kntiw-Nothing jatr.uts,- whe oiily aim
tliey biastel, was to purify the- old pHrties."
Resolved; That the course of the II n J .l.n -D
iwson in the (i ngress of the United outcs meets,
anl leceives our In-arty apprtil atun ; sn i this
Congressional District, and the Stale at large, has
ample cause to regret t'ie lixm of a representative,
so alle, efficient and courteous; who at all time-
and under all circumstances was faithfully devo
ted to the interests of his immediate e n titueots
and the people at large. " We trust the tine is
not distant when we shall again Lave the oppor
tunity of bearing further testimony of our conn
dence in his merit and ability. ; ,
S U M fuYlTYTr N E W S.
CA correspondent of the Harrii-burg Patriot
recommends J. B. Baker, Esq., Superintendent of
the Columbia Railroad, as the next Democratic
candidate f.r jCknal Commissioner.
(XT-In tb three. European steamers which sailed
from Jew Yor last week there were over five
hundred cabin passer gers, mostly tourists to Eu.
repe for tlie Sumnur.
The Louisville Democrat of Tuesday says that
tlie lion. James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States, now home on a visit, ia ton
fined to Lis Louse on account of sickness, ,; v
, &J"Mr. Gough, the. Temperance , lecturer, U
abont to return from Europe on account of ia
health. . ' !
C-In Lanrater county recently one man was
killed and foufieeu injured by tlie falling of a bam
they were raisibg. - '
An editor out West says that he felt called
upon to publish Father. Walworth's sermon o
the " Location el Hell," as it was a question hi
wluch nearly all his readers were deeply interes
ted. C-Last Tuesday week, as Dr. S. D. Beloate
was smoking at Lis residence, Florence, Alabama.
a ruffian fired a gun at him, the ball fruro which
cut off hii pipe witlua two inches of his mouth.
JMr. George Holt, an attache of the Post Of
fice at Napcleon, Arkansas. Las been arrested,
charged with abstracting $l,fc09, at difJertut
times, from k-lU-ri in that office.
rXThe Crovernor has advertised tWMain Line
including lttilro.ds and Canals, from Philadelphia
to Pittsburgh, and the appurtenance, ue sals by
public outcry at tlws Philadelphia Exckauge, Tues
day the 24th of July next, at Lalf-past seven o'
clock nf?)e evctiing. ' - .
Ci-It is runiured that Judge Huntingdon, of
Counectu-Ht," hS ' been " appointed Clerk of the
Court vf"Cla:tn:. The salary is $2,000. 1
C3-Five nerro elaves who were attempting to
escape tnnn Louisville on Sunday night, were
caught jub t as tuey were about to cross to the In-i
diana shore. ; -' ; - -' ; , - :. .
tJ-Au odd report comes from Washington, to
the effect tliat the Administration has appointed
the three Ex-Presidents, Fillmore, Van liuren and
Tyler, to be a commission of mediation in the
great Ecn-pcan quarrel. Doubtful, 'v -
(jr-The Rev John Chambers, of PLnadelphra
in a irriew (if LU pastoral life, on Sunday, stat-i
that his first sermon was preached on the third
Sunday ot' M iy, 1S2&, thirty years since, . In that
time he bus preached 62-10 M-riixns, aiiU married.
! H 7 cvzulc:-
.' &jThe California Lesislature Is about fixinr
j the . feior tying the nuptial knot at $2. TLLr
Lrir. the luxury of a legul marriage dawn
wijhin e?rfy cne'a means. ,
I " President Sparhs, the Idographer of "Wash-'
1 iatun, having been written to as to the genuine
ness ot the phrase so often attributed to the Chief
Put none but Americana on guard to-uiLt"
re.pl;-s that he has never met with any such cx
prosii'a in Washington's writings. '
iH-Oa Thursday, the 2CtL ult., a dTepatcb fnni"
Sela.storol was ported at Odessa, stating that the
French and English guns were silent, that nut a
jiugle Kussiau battery was demufished, and that
tLe greaU-r part of a reinfurewnci.t ol 50,000 Ru
fiiiis hid arrived in the neiglb 'rhi-ci of.
tipol. . ' - . ' ' . -
The five members of Congress, vi Lose departure
fur Eui ojk; on buaid the steamship A tLuitic has
been noti-eJ, are, it seems, all going straight to
(irtutautiaople and from thence to' Eupatorla and
the othr psnts of war in the Crimea. Tbey will
b bock in time to take their seats in Congreaa. "-
J3-Rev- Mr. Mathews, nominated by the Dera
Krats of Kentucky, for the office of Superiuten-"
di nt of ' Public Instruction, joined the Know-Uo-T
things. ' The fact having been, establuiitd, tbe
DeDo.;r.tic papers took his name from the ticket;
aud are drumming the traitor out of the camp.-'
JieMea Lim rigLt.
- ftMr. LongswortH says his grapes rj-e uninjur
ed by tlie late frosts in the vicinity of Cincinnati ;
and that he shall make full as much j if not mere
iue than be Las any previous year. ..... ; ; .
C3-n Friday night, 18th inst., three prisoners.
: ..j ;f 1 -; 1 1 1 tj- . r l .
fcU a hohea4 gunk in the yard of the gas
1 -
w.irtj. -... f..n nr rlfli t.T ftn1 A tn i..- tv;r
- --.
... . . : - ,
ciollung behind.
. Or-Xo more money will be paid ptrernmit
hibt ship Albany, except balance due up to Jimn
31, 1854. Congrea at the next session will doubtv
It make s me provision for the Liirs of ,tuote.
1-ist on tbe ship.
ftj-lne Toronto leader says that the Governor
General cannot give Li. consent to the prohibitory
liqiurbill. His instructions aie to reserve f..r
the signification of the Queen's pleasure eyery bill'
of an extraordinary or unusual nature. r:,, f1
fej Dr. Crisp, of Londtn, Las been Iis ctijjg,
fctr.glng mice, and has found that they all, without:
exception, have a large worm in the upper part
f the liver, and be supposes tLeir curious in" usic
to be an indication of pain. I : ' 5 s?.
' Crr-A late California paper mentions a dMel wLFch
was fought between a Yankee and an Englishman"
in- a dark room. The Yankee, not aishing- to ?iavti
blood on his hands, fired his pistol "up the ehim-
ney, and to Lis hotxor, down .came the Lnglish-'
uiaa.- VP---- - L'-'.'.-T':-:-::-.-;'. ' . s .A ric u:t I ?s
- fjrJ-Several important amendtnents to the State'
Constitution have recently passed the Connecticut :
Senate. One of these allows negroes to vote, but'
requires them as well as wbiua to be able to read .
another allowing one representative to each townt
aud a third, fixing the capitol in one place fnstead
of two as heretofore. All these amendments Lava,
to be submitted tc the people. . ,
Thb Massachtsetts LGisiarcai. n
Monday last, eloscd a session of one hundred imd!
thirty nine days. It has been one hich will long
be famous in the annals of the State. The ntun
ber of bills passed and signed was four hundred,
and eighty-eight ; resolves, eighty-nine; and there;
were four bills vetoed, one of which, was f assedt
notwithstanding the veto. - Tlie pay . soil f tha.
House amounted to &161,C03 ; arm of the Senate
$1T,550 total, $179,153. Printing and ' other
items make the whole expenses f f both Houses
over the sum of 200,00. - Tb three great fea-
tures by which the Session of 1855 will be remem-
bered are the act to remove Judge Loring ; tlie Per
sonal Liberty bill ; and the Hiss . affair. " And in.
neither of thes4 three features of its legislatien ia
there any honor Jor the State of Massai huett .
The first was ax unjustifiable att mpt to sacrifira
a judge fr carrying out as he "s bound by bis
oath to do the supreme : law of tie land 5 tl e sec-v
ond is :t Legislative defiance, on tbe part of Mass--acSnoetts,
of tbe United RtfUes ; nd tbe last wa
a fi-rraceful exhibition of the-vWation fprivatec
iHgbt. and lbe members of the Ipirfatuns m tb
characters of eenteel rowdie- ;a TK only rf if f to
all this, U ti e v o of the Govern. f to tl fit,
two arts, and that, in ref'-rence to the last.
V t.e 3eadr.of the Nunnery .Ipvestijrrt'ng
Canmittee, wa expelled fr-m bis sent. " Tlie Go-verrn-
f entitled to credit f"r bis firmnefs and
faitbfnbtens to law ; the crelit of tbe House of As-"
semMy f exnelline Mr. HiJ wnch lessened by
the fart that they were a long while in comineloa.
conrlusH n wbetlier they shrmld f xpel it a?l ere.
who should, Jiavj been shown, the door.Uhout.
much ceremony, ; ;' t , . . -j ;
a
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