,
41 OV. BIGLER' 8' If ESSA GE, r, Thej i egisistame tlid sca t an d b y v i rtue of the
s
Ix azzAno TO Tile F.RANKLI.V CASAL CO• , teserstnitons ootttaittie ill the'oherter already re ,
Terredio, revoked and annulledall the Hght. and
T the Senate and Horse of le,pr,...,:nra!Tres : rivilei t es granted to said company. This rail
-43-XITISESIXN : The law revoker: the ciierter of road with all its appurtenances is, therefore, in
the Priutklin Cana}
Company, run's it the ditty
the possession of the State, and ita operations nn
of the Governor to to ,b measures as fiklit der the - direction of an officer of her own selection.
be necessary to carry iti previ-ione into cs-et• -- I This brief history will be sufficient, it is hoped.
To perform the duty tlint imposed aPall alter 1 1 to vindicate the commonwealth against the
repareci immediately to the City of Erie. and re-' charge of having misled this company, by indul
' turned to the seat of (tot:rein ni en Teurstlay ; eenee in their menifest inclination to assume
morning last. ..1 embrace) th s early opportunity rights not granted by law. Those Sandier with
i
of communicatipg to yon the result,: the subject, I, am confident, will ag'reo with me
Oa the 2d iust. I cause I a.copy- o. the stal law, • :
al opinion that the attempt on their part to
together with a contneinieti2op r e e tron -. , to its usurp the right het delayed an express grant.—
, pronaions, to be pr,:-st'n'. ' 1 f% lll c , Pr , Hl': 'Tit awl The eetnpauy were 'admonished at ever,. step
Threetencoe the Fisoklai Canal Company, and that they were transcending their leginneste
immediately thereta r took postoteen of the iprovince; but the only effect seemed to be t o
railroad claimed by s aid company, in '?" name., stimulate them to greater indignity to the State,
of the Commonwealth, and app ana il TV ta. Y. anti ineressed . fatality io the consummation of
Pricker Esq., to sup e rintend its ( - 10 . .T.1ti0nt , ,, with
their own destruction. -
the power to select such ataistauet ro titight be It bay bean frequently alleged, that the State
found necessary. , - in her controversy with this corporation was ac-
Arrangements were sulateguen:ly made tvith tasted by a selfish motive, that she desired to
the Cleveland, Pairteeville en i Atteta tt la mu- interrupt the transit of persons and tannage
.. . Company,. to stock :to I us.. 7 , ...qii read 1,11 ever that part of her territory.
. terms and condi'iousf deemel j iitt and r:..-•,n ale • The answer to this a:lt e ration is that her au
to all parties interested, al I. lt late .41' t . ;II ' thoritice could long since h a ve bad a ttual decree
public. The blv.ines- - . :- .-1 - '2l'.+l‘ t I'll- lai:- a fully agaiust the company aul restrained the .use of
resnmed'on the ent:.,-0 ' ,_ f. i 2.1 C'..r . : ) .-1:1 1 - r _t. , toe reeti; and it wet alto be erceived that as
Buffalo; and will, here tel my et: teal. ito -seem m , tat. aid ge • . coati- p
al of it, arrangements
- transacted in a mtnutr .. :.: : ..:... :a .4:tat and entirely ettrettable to the public were made for
agreeeoble to the ttatoltr .:1 tretiof ..-• r til oi to i it., 11:-. Sue was also willing to retrain quiet
aidy_ former period. u n ....1 the L gtslature aseetublcd and di s posed of
- The accountant - 1 i n,g coot-a t ter, ionot between th'o the teliole c totroverreey; but it ' seems that her
oEoers of the Frtsklin CID .! a"teeelitY 001 toy , iedulgenee has net been prely.aapreciated.—
self, together with the alit •-e, it. toy .of tae :eat- i Prudence and a just res,pee or the State should
tract with the Ohi o it ottat 1 Carnpeny, f e r stock- l'aave diemted to the railroad ompanies the ittlop
ing andn.ing the roof
free Lie te :h.; Sate line, ), t i on . „e a similar liberal ,pieic ~vter
will it to yen 'tic ch:t: , ;l. of :ay a,etLya ual:r True, it may le: said they the repeal of the
law. - t .. - 1
gauge law gave the companie 4 l Owning the roads
• arls tittefft-otalieratettre to aifeott e ve cost or Mac the right to eh ge their gaunt—
that uotwi tanlino the via'tiet cel aorersy but le-eft -Tully true that the inlets of chi Sa
-1
- which had been maitre:lnt a ala niteaait:, ha- purt (taint, delivered in 53, watt notice to
t we e t' the Iteilro t 1 Ce-tap ea tt tit i ilit pre
ot peepl . e ;fl them that the State had et. auted the right to
Erie, and the high fleetot ot Le . ,i, 0 • a ie.:tee:tat make a road of any gauge t the city of ltd. re to
ii
to such a contett, I eutaii.tret t be! !at: • ~:iCF....eI
.. tile 011ie line, ta./ th is fact ia:e net overleoked in
ty in accomplishiue the eht voeif . •'.le. law. ' Nt teintilitriug :ho repeal or thy. , gauge law. Was
"Perk* disposition wain evil:lie-ea '. !...t :ory tlui • it prtadetit thou, en tlaeir;iart, to change the
ito resist the autharity 0f ,. ... •S: ti••. Pert-ranek width of their road- t., stilt that of ono coustruct
t and prudence appe et el to (a... ii. t eiai the et . duet el iu known violatiou of 'lan? Was it not, to
f.)
of the mass of people, a-, w, '1 :•-, :a , :eat. as elf all ,ay toe bast of it, presumptuilas to tench:vie that
the parties directly c er: soy. ll e it , , atiuttment tile State would confirm this fraud upon her
of this unpleesaut t tif ~ t riiiitts? Would it not have been thert of
While, there-fee t i' Viiept 1t! 'it the tottle• Allattlll to have rested quietly until the pe eStete
ment of the ditul• • not lie rotor,. : jut!, inliea. t had legalized a rouie from Erie West? liknow_
ted may preve t tti faitory, :a e r t r..+ .n of i tiro tucalfirmative:Of this is held by gentlemen
-,--.C4` and quiet to t!. • e.a•mian:t : ,- n ..il 11 .o. 1, dczyna.:,-tia 'in interest with the raitroachi. To
be subject ~ f L .T.it'.":....t: tm.l :11r3t.t . a:, •L• 2 7.11.-7. , 5).1te1t ry; tin-, Ittlntrlt:Trtte movemcdt, more than to any•
as i t certainly terms 1... t d '
. 1 . ...., 1 . ..-- i :raittain t , other, May be attributed t degree of excitement
you and the other auttopritio ,,, 2 . ::: ,*: m.... With l awi reeittenee. ou the part of the people of. Erie
an unfaltering detcr,n'n ~ i r.,l . ;,. .. 1 , o, :of tat Celiniy, tam which time Stattl has been so Intuit
people of Erie to re.aio ,;11 t a ••. •ri 'ICII, fl.re :L ie eteeeto t,
Courts, and to insist op in e t a tot• if '..eis:',olen - The eitiatus of Erie and the present Emma
for the .prtmotion of -litir K•:}: •;, -I. f , A a. , 537 , ..f.1- tivt..: here been condemned for alleging that there
that they are equa!iy p r ,,p tr .- 1. :. ~t t , ;Aua, -Ind if elieuid be li e break of gauge at Erie; and I muet
needs be to retest ate, :. '• ~; V . . , , .1: -, tt pt.rtait lee; y.;iir Thdillgeoce on this point for e moment.
or property, %pool. eett rat .... tte ceso of the law. A. deniatel i for an unnecessary breakof railroad
The claim (7 - th 5. , .,-.. -, L '.. 1",,.. :.ow the gauge, and the t•oneequeut trauthi t tiritent of tau-
City of Erie to the 0: ,, , :..: 1, ~ ...4 b e te thus urge and-passengers, it will bo conceded, would
niiititained, the iuquire i, tier eit- utit 4, `6 . .3.1 . .', nil be au illiberal exaction, and an, improper in grant for a read deer eei ate. '' p :1!::: I . : nt ..1 , :‘,! . 1
I .,:ztuption of the commerce of the onnatry. .4at
and on what con its in-: I lot-. et. l,_•; .:I t r in, i ras h it not s the petition of the queetiou at Erie.
expreSsing the noialea la o ;al i'17.1117 .-: I i ';)•••-' The tatoettity for a break of gauge between the
taadersland as 1::-.)::1;. ✓ '):; :: --. e..• 12 !.,,:,_, 7. , ! 1 -1 ..• 1 We euat thf• Atlantic cities reedits from . the
put the cootroverte at : a If . a . -:i el i i platy of Nov lurk and Ohi it „, aud tine from that
certainly do this, or :a •:,•r piovitaa :' • • r e ': to of eur omen State. The ranteettle 4 of Ohio aro 1
tojthe stookholder; ~ i :n.-'...rreui:.l:l: 1..: I , : ...'' ,a- uniformly Reit lout ten inches wide, and thrust
piny of a fair comp mi- , .'"'!lt for t loll' d': , ', -, 1 . r e i of Now York. femur feet eight and a half inches,
strutted' by then:, ea 1 . 1; -e it hertola . 0: thee i Lae, et eue, thigh is t ix *ti in.wilitli. Arun
:,prepesitiens I stn l e , ,„: : ,
~:o, - • - ;',. ra i. , , saitieeeut is therefore in.°, table. .1t must occur,
- Should the grew ht et i '...: to • to to. ; - • ...- ti, -a it toattAlie. only question as tt t.t tun proper point.
conditions criu.be .o.n , - •'. as tvin L.., : • ~..) .: -. ...:-,-'1 _after .t:i the reflection I eve given tlfe subject,
es or the pe.ii)lc of i:.: : ••, 1.- . •; •: tl, :7 - ,:t :7,, '; J. Muse agton, repeat awh . It seal in my annual
extend'the butinee t id:lute::: --. • , at tra .r i luetteig,e, that I can see o.reaSofis, founded in
at that plAint; and atiainet iti ', el :-.: ee , t, . r:ot i public p diey, why . th e reek should Occu r at
_of the State, without --lii , j. , e;:ry_ ! ;: i,-,;•.:, ei. tii. let. defile a t ilao du uoirappi with equal fotee in 1
to more thth au jut:id-totl o: aoteoe." itatti• • attain n t Eriee Time in, intent- to trade and I
' .
venience. t • • trivet will bealiao at eita prat; with the a d. i
Ii Among the cotailt!tat i•ea'..i 'oat 14,a.i . .1ieg ~ vtuntee ef 4:41...er au tycett ed spa ee at the latter. ;
this road-to connt , ,.'. ~. ~ .:.- iei therto E.ai l et iota ',. Nut !tat.. I ocon able :o di cover why it le, that
each other teem; at tat :1 eettai Ale:m.ll:y ;met l if a bre-or. of:gauge is :A, f aril:, unimportant,
deem right and pr. te,‘
_. o . 1, there hlit)ultl he . i.o much beitutie to have it at
With thud roe • ::. 7, ....1 .:. ....: .." ... ::"...;t4 .: :: -, 1 ..., ..t . l': , :, ". AStEI., /0, Or to user gory that ,
oes, my duty mi t ele el -. iti • ott ... ..t. to :, .-1 tey et: etteep..l tea teeoration t . a t ely hear,eo
represcatatien wheal lot.: , :aareteert el ill . 'IN- eiipon -i. co t ef Erie., ,It a eratishipment at
ens.tian of this utipitattet let, •.,t. t IL: tt. :- a ' t :;:!;tilt L., t• - peejudieialtk) the comeatocial intermits
sections Grille country le _: i . t.r) i, e. lOf title Kin ..:, why Ile not n loeak attekuffalo
sent abrief statement .1 7: .: - . .?':• :1-.., as equally silt' .There is nos' a break of grow at ,
a defence of the St:. ae out le. , et, tit •te:t ce t ; eeeli, and is it nut etrange' th at, while tholatterl
The Ceminonwcaliii ht ', i.i. a . : -neer e• iy , city has complaiueil of Erie, it has failed to disc
with the citizen:, or ea.! , ttlael. ~. t , talZ:...eit, cover a. similar obstruction to trade and travel in
nor has she been it:tar...l te ..! _tf•!l-2 WI 'a ' •ir l i it o utve vicinity? When this shell have bees 1
rights or interest:;, . r i t tient... to. t. Ile eo _l e t ; ratauve(l, it will lee t tite enough, it seems to me,
. the travel oren:ont::,, .. .tit,! c - :Ult..: . Sitt.....r.z 1 t:..co:nlilaiu- , ,0f PehlairT111:1I8- t'
been dealing tail: 1 7-, trietaey e-- ...et to r ace l i To !titian -ate aide idea still more forcibly, slip-
•..
-own, which 1,41 er -._ I . a ettey'.4 , . _ ...,_: •ad., 1;oso i: werptiseitile to force that narronestrip of
- abused' . the pieta. ee c -of •.. I. •o el .- e, aire . t crl cii - y eaatwanl fur a few Jellies, and permit
a corporatieu•tat. la., i •-- ...1 e _I tat a • . i ,:: taaov Yuilt and Ohio talocome together at Erie,
of power,. that had.: ile i .-iiNg, ..i: i i. to e ely ofj tate vthere would bi - ..the break of railroad gauge,
tho State, and invatol 1: t :Ile, ~oi .- -.emelt; I nod who would be itt feult?. When 'the eapitil- ,
&amain. If in t h it e .im.2.i'. j. • .... •,,. Ii- in:3F ists of New York erommenzed 'the etinatruction of
collision with rites_ aiti . te te %eat , ::,. 1 1-2.: I, :t r'•lllre.tti from the • C:t...t of Baffalo westward,
States, the daretete et, e ,: - ,f • 1?:.,- , - .u-1) ... 1 ::,.g. , -.:',li;zrin, in` width trete the other roads of that
The vin iicalir,:e of ie , :t- r.,.)): Irll 1,) :,. .y . s.: -)s, ~ ; ;;,,ate, i itey bed deo:emitted tt ierneese upon corn
dui," whieh Ole e'.r4,l o , t It: Li ., : ; 'et: I' t -“t':- :10 ; ..ti-4 , !- - ' 1 . 0-t ille:lliVtAli. it&' itleideLit to a tranship
hesitation in 'Jetting. ....i:.: .:, an , : meet :..ut t t, l tett,' . etolicitoua at 1. , 1 ni_ t o &ell it,tte intercourse
the alifficalties et foie. ••'.a.. : a: • .t t e t tot a •a I i t tli-, t 4.; ;';,af..n ttea Greot, West and tuo Atlantic Cities,
- tie on the parent a 'et 7.-', em. :: ..t ... I!..: 1.;..t1:r ,:_ I. e., mail:a:lra:l libareipeliey toward neighboring
which she had rete e. I -tv..... .. '! •1, rive, —I L• :rtes Ihe •.• iven unable to discover a reason,
The act, I dente. net, ea': ..e.; ..
•e 1.•,,....0. i.n. i id i t'ai)::: p•a.:ey,' why this-unavoidable tranship
• ffuertec iu future atet 'to . tett:: .• - ileata. i ,:nuts should act i3Ottie-flt Erie. Stich a pest
les. If neglei t ot i e . Le- .., .. le a. at,-; . : e.ot tr, I tier is not wantee p t in courteay,or kindness to
it would be hll-..! - . •..- .- :.... v..: :_. i:/.: •
l. ...;.. l out neigabtan. New - York has selected her pol
ditions in similar c• : e .re itet :o 1 . ' e. i: a a ei- iee as to :as width of railroads. She desires to
of .the public, as 1: wmu :.d: n.: -,:),-,:q. 1 cx.'...entl thour ue-tward, and Pennsylvania is wil
additional railroad CI, t:;. : •. , - ...,. 7 , i • ..„O. a . se e ; ling to 46 Gut theta within her limits. Ohio, or
tudinarian-constrietiae - , C'.....,:.. '. 71. 't.:- 2 the o th er hand, desires to get eastward, and
lin Canal Compete:, et • ." ale . it- .)
e ,_:,:. ....n...-.. 1 i'eausylvania tatende to her an equal degree of
could occupy every a t la •a: et ... :....: -.let S: - t ; courtesy. jibe latter State asks no*advantage
Iq 1844, this Corp ..- • I .1 ,: ~, ,•-_ i t .! ~. ml, •, - ---tat is willing to extend herroads to Erie, and
pupate of imairnville L'i . : i'..t. • : t.:., i 7 Dir: t ien j iat et New Yuri:aiad Ohio on equal terms, on her
of th" PennsYlvaill ' V . 1- 1 -.• '')- F:"--• 'r• A , inz 14.wu tarrdory. Surely there can be no want of
the right to re-po at • •,:-_ •1 Col a., ; ttoe reate courtesy iu this position. However much she
thereafter, by repat t e tit. C 2,11.... r,- 1 .-;‘, .; .n '-cut 1 lila) , regret the amenity for a transhipmeht, she
of money, eepeaded ;a i-. 1 ta _i
e v meat., ,c.:;1 3; aim not the - powerlte obviate it. But, on the
per ce,nt.interc-t. . , other bend, it is demanded. that a gauge of rail
.
. .
In - April, 1849, tn..: C ., :ii; , _!::: 1- - -s-dm-:;s. 1 • road, unusual to Penosylvania and New York
to construct a railro.i , l - ..: .-.!: :..-11. ....f '-'.'„1,;•,.. 1 . 1 1, 1 ,1.1,..11, with which neither can connect, should ex
and to extend t:,: „rue-1 . .-..r.. 11 , I. I --f ti e ! tend ftem Ohio to the_City of Buffalo, on a line
canal north to Eta., tilt .-.e laa,,lette:l; tat o inile au•l more south of the barber at Eric,
Legislature exprtetle re, ea: t Ole ra t a.. t•. •. . 1 :war Cutting o ff The chances of connection with
yoke the charter el tl , - , 'Go:1.111y, ..h0e.141 ti,, I the Sunbury' and Erie, in the former State, and.
privileges granted be : ;et teen:, 'au . : t its; ..- the New York and Erie Beamed, in the latter.
abused." The gunir.nl' r: . 4-:.e.;• no attenii,t ..,-, I 'this arrangement may inswer the owners of the
improve said canal, tar :‘, .2-.li,.+lnet tin- , --trro.t.:3,, ,vaa better than the publtie. It has been amigo
from the termini alit.: ~ a u“. :- Pi tt.. ,. .fe r,,!.. oz . cci as a reason for this policy, that Buffalo is a
Erie. 'ln 1851,- however. ta. y e.reno.neee r;,,, : greater city than Eric, and that the former should
Construction. of a' railroad lieu, tae °La, a .....i . o t t reg-u - ded as t he eastern termini ›f tho western
• line to the City of Erie, par.:::, 1 eiaa : h is'„; oueiness. Atlantic cities will !warmly be willing
and nearly
..at a right ntlgl' trait t!t•J reete e..- to adopt this idea.
signed to thlbio by the L e eaatr.,: t ! I, hewever, regard the connection of this Lake
They were eariy adnituialt s ed egaine ilia. at- 'Shore Road, and the Sunbury and Erie, and the
tempt. In 1851. the Pottaerea ea; .. : It i'ao 1 Pittsburgh and Eric Railroad with the Lake, at
road Company ilw.itut .1 prwgft' l'u z .:4 ..;:-. 3 ''3o 1 the harbor of Marie, as vastly more important to,
Franklin Canal Couiptne, in tie. St ; 7 - %IV o..yart„ l the State and the City of Erie than the termini
on the ground a:IL they !:.)-I n , -) ri, , ,, , ,!... t....: ..re - ,h.et ; of the gauges.. The harbor at Erie is one of the
a.road on the locatien .uidal, the ) ~•r,- . , :::t,11 3 ,pt 7 1 Ilifs.t ou the lake,
and its other natural advert
ing to occupy. a cages are not surpassed. Li can be connected
In the spring of 1832, t!t Atterntv Geuetei - with the Atlantic cities by a shorter and better
- made complaint ag.tiu,t sa:.l email:my - !,.:twee the i reilaoad communication:, titan any other, and it
Supreme Court, -in the 'taus , : of the Common- I . needs but this' to place it in possession of an itu
wealth; and prayed for au injuneticu t ) re-train aahmse business. Bat it will be vain to antici
tbe construction and lit e ..f 1.,1i 5 .1 i . ...,, Oa .1. Thu 1 pate the accumulation of the vast products of the
opinion of the Court in tins CZSO. W.: , t.t..::iyal:ci in j country in that harbor, notes§ facilities be afford-i
Xanttaiy, 'lag, by Ceita Juttiot Itietk; Ottui, ed to transportation to and from it. Nor is it
whale the injunction' prat cal fir wet refoc. _Z fie .t nay more ecasoalble to present the condition of
the tetinical ground that the 'CLimm.,liwearth 1 husinees iu the harbor, at this time, as can ar
mild not, under the 4a*, giv.- is.-..... 1) .4y :.r iiane- 1 violent against the eanstractien of such fa
the
view's of the Ceutt L
4 ite
oertlyeialiated i cilities. It would_ be as sensible to expect
rights of the company to t. no. a, - r ei t o to tdiseover full grownestorn is „the uneultiva
the route which they wero tie-mu . e epeee,-. an d . ted 'forest, as to findethe vast pr.-ducts of the ~
in this opinion the Circuit Cuu, t e; tie. L - p:ted , country in a harbor Lift . a which thole is ao Manta
ammo, at Pittsburgh, has rally c tricur4l;
..': i : of tra4it. The named advantagio of this liar-
The Legislature of 18-53 repo:lei da te l a re- •,' bor bee4 , l)ecu s •iktia far rudely rejfeised; but this ,
quiring the Commonwealth t )
~it. 2. 44.,C0.ri1y for penny, •I an t ottalaent, =not be. dOnger &hi- ' 'iT,llis . • - jade this 6th day of February.
damages, and, thereby rt mov e d too oz 1 : ::: obstacle.; tainesi' The increasing business of the country . :`u.. isuanit. by . between th e Ceorewwilititlitif
in the way of a final decree. aoainet Cu t tt , eapany, 1 wil l . ditiottici thie 11 - 443 of Laid gible spot as ant- ' • lv a ctin by William P. Packer , an a
sppoidted by the Governor of said Com
in the ease then pending. But inat.t.:auch a. tie ~-ce-,sitt-;- em also cud ' the counectiou of I, •
... • 1 , welt to suuetintedte operations of the rail
railroad, in the wean tune, had loan catipletoil, th e hael t a tut Philietelplint'by-railread will dia.
a l
old extending irocathe city of Erie. in said Com
and the only effect of tee decree nottleil a be'en re. i tingui en era renewed gri t iwth and 'a i usonweelth,'southweeteriv to the Ohio State line.
again the use of the road, it was dl:, ptheg . . l prspe tc , the City of Eritgind the a rroand- ? iin d b eeed Ike th e Fr an kfi ti c um ! R a il roa d o f the
te*egit, theme:ding of the e ltegi_sleptre,:ohe oak, al eel ty- ~. •. first part, tand i i mA te:.
i peveland. Painsville and Ashta
power that could properly and Plnitle owiethaalse; ii.4' ' alepprosiched the of tits sub- i blia fitailimi y, of the second pat, *saw
pone elf this controversy. - t- : ./ ., •-ki,),, -, ;-i . ; ;.d gum amok rehnnammi , ' of the nat..i 4 42 nos til• WV' at awl finer PnitUittatfr
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Oswalt lholinga which it has ernined in certain,
sections of the °mtg. I have only been ma:
attained to do so by a sense of duty to the State
in her sovereign capacity. With the controver
sy which has lien so vigorously maintained for
a year or more at Erie—with the crimination and
recrimination between the railroad corporations
and the citizens, between conflicting iatercsi at
Cleveland, Erie and Buffalo, and the peculiar poi..
icy that each may have used to as•compli,h the
end in view, I hare net felt required to interfere,
nor to correct the visions misiepresentationa of
my official acts in reference to the late difscultie.-.
at Erie. I have,felt most ceneered for the State
and her character. For Pennsylvania, the birth
place of the Declaration of Indtpendence—the:
prolific, mother of brave hearts and *tout anus,'
ever ready to defend the country again:,t foreign
aggression—the bulwark of our national strength
in domestic conflicts--the Keystone of the feder
al arch, and the unfaltering defender of the con
stitution, she will ask only what is right, and
submit to nothing tut is wrong . While she
will never yield er rights to the usurpati o n of
creatures of her own, or suffer the invasion of ho.
sovereignty by those of another State, she will
never make aii aqua" or unreasonable demand
upon others. Clain4g her right- and seeking
to promote her owni,welfare by every . proper
means, she will aeveitheless rejoice at the pros
perity of neighborintsatates, and advance their
interests by every jnet means in her power.
' . I WILLIAM BIGLER.
Etscutive Cbambet, Harrisburg, Feb. 11,'54
(We omit the first letter of the Governrir to
the President sod Directors •jf the FrankHu ca
nal Company, notifying them of the passaue of
the law revoking their charter, and that he should
proceed to - take possession of the road by author
ity of the same. It s vfas dated Harrisburg, Jan.
30, and was published in our paper Feb. 4. In
reply to that communication the Governor re
ceived the following
Eau., Feb. 2, 1R54
To His Eweßenny WlLLts.sßtoLti,
• Governor of the Commonwealth of Pentia
Your letter dated Harrisburg. January 30th.
1954, diticted to the President, Directors and
other officers of the Franklin Canal Canapiuy.'
calling their attention to an not of the .I..visla
turn of Pennsylvania, entitled " A act to annul
the charter of the Franklin Cit. - .2Cempany,'•
anti declaring that they mustoselptd the railroad
and appendages thereof, as in poomession of thi.
Commonwealth, and requiring the'Preaideut awl
Directors to give place to such peraou or persons
as you may appoint to superintend the operations
of said road, was handed me last evening by W.
F. Packer, Esq.
I lost no time in calling the Directors together,
and I am nowqrdere.i by them to inform your
Excellency, thaOthey regard said law as utterly
void, and in dircpt violation of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth and that of the United
Stales.
I am directed further to say, that in the event
of their yielding imsseasion of their road to your
self - or agent, they must' insist the; your Excel
lency stipulate and agree in writing,' that it shall
in no wise injure or prejudioe any• legal or cqui
table right of the:Company, ore! its phareholders,
bondholders or mortgages. Then• they will con
tent themselves hy a resort to the eourts 'alone
for redress.
Areearly *newer is requested By order of
the Board.
I sin very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN GALBRAITH.
Pretrident Franklin Canal Company
&AWN'S EtOTEL, ERIE, PA., 1 ,
' February 2d, 1864 I:'
-
To lint. Joks-,Gaibraids
Stm t —Your letter of this date, iu reply to a
communication which I adtlreme.l I 0 tier Pres- !
ident and Directors °Nile Franklin. Canal Com
pany, QLI the 30tli ultimo. tuning tlu ir aNention
to the provision, of au set of the Ligi.tlature of
this State, annuli tig thi t charter of iii.->ai I Frank- I
lin Canal Company, Was handed I.) t few Inn
mept3 since, and I hasten to sac in_reply. that
whilst it is no part ot- my duty to:1;-.. , ..!ust thoan
stitutionality of the law revoking.tlie franehises I
of the said corporation, I deem it proper to re
ruark that the law is based upon a distinct reser
vation contained in the charter itself, contingent
upon facts which have become toomanifest_to ad
mit of dispute, and I am at a loss; therefore, to
imagine how a constitutional authority is to be
contested. •
You further insist that I shall " stipulate and
agree in writing, that the yielding of the posses
stun of the road shall in nowise injure or prrju
dice any legal or equitable right of the company
or mortgages." With this request I cannot coin.
ply. It is not in my power either to strengthen
or weaken the legal or equitable rights of the
company, or of those of the shareholders or moo
meas. The law imposes upon me a specific du
ty; and this I shall promptly discharge. •
I must again invite your attention to the pro
visions of the law itself, which certainly indi=ta
my duties and thei intention of the . Legislature
with sufficient clearness.
As for the possession of the road, that has 'al
ready beee assumed in the name of the Common
wealth, by Time of tho law already referred to;
and I hare appointed Wm. F. Packer. Esq.,
the
superintendent on behalf of the State, toorhoso
control you will please give place without delay.
..Very truly, your obedient strvant, '
WILLIAM BIGLER.
' ortir Btowres Horn, Due., PA..
2, 1 -
February , 1851. . 1
To Ms zeellesicy, William Bisifer-
&iv--Your letter of to-day has just been re-
Okayed, it'd I have laid it before our board of di
rectors.
.
I tun directed by them to reply, that they re
gret that your Excellency does not feel author
ised to Istipulate that the taking possession of th e
road shall not prejudice the legal or equitable
rights of the company., .0-
Duty to those whose • interests they ,represent
compel them, therefore, again to apprillnyou that
the act of the Assembly under which you claim
to to take .possession of the road of the Franklin
Canal Company, lain vitqation of the Coustitn
tion of the United States, and of the constitution
of the State of Pennsylvania, and is utterly in
%%did. And the company do protest aping. any
4 ,
:Lai?* try you in pursuance there *. and do fiere
by notify you that should you d tu it your ditty
to disregard this protest, and fore take pos
session of property which does not 'u long to the
Commonwealth, and on which they have net ex
pended any money, yon must do so in the exer
cise of your authority, for it it no; and will not
ho surrendered voluntarily.
The company desire to subject you to no un
necessary difficulty in the discharge of what you
may deem to be your linty, but to take such steps
as may afford them the opportunity of seeking le-,
gal redress. By order of the Board. -
Your obedient servant,
• JOHN GALB HATT lit,
President Franklin Canal Lisinpanry.
Baowa's HOTEL, Lazz, PA.,
February 3, 1854. '
To Me Presides g and Directors of Mc Fran/din
r • Coital anwpany.
CiENTLIMILN:--I am in possession of your c.in
stitational protest of the 2ct lrhalf of the
Fraoklio Canal Compaay, es I silo am of the
railread recently claimed by said company. Tice
lattcrol shall retain Until otherwise directed by
law, the Fortner I shall submit to the Gene
ral Ainibly, on my asrivai at the scat of gov
ernment. R Very trulyyour *hit servant,
, • ,
IVILLIM BIGLER.
agrees that the mid party of the NNW part. 44
h av e the right to sen. and the least hereby
to run its stock and mactdney ewer the rail
road, in connection with ib own read: for the par
pose of transporting passengers and freight ever sod
along the same, to the proper points of destiaiatioN
atid the Plaid party of the second pot iitsthet agrees.
t li,.t ii will. under the direction of said agent, or his
successor iu (Alice. keep in repair and maintain in
good running order. said Franklin Canal Ran.
road. its *We tracks and appurtenances, under the
protection of the said party of the first part. (which
shall at all times be aaurtied fu that purpose,) up on
toe filiow:ngterms, to wit:
is:. Tno charges to be made bv said party of the
second part. fur the tritasportation of passengers
and property nn said Franklin Canal portion of the
entire line from Cleveland to Erie, .shall correspond
pro n,:ta, with those wide on the remainder of said
line. and not greater than thoic heretofore made.
2d- That forty-seven per cent. shall be deducted
from the gross receipts of the whole line of road
from Cleveland to Erie, and retained by said party
of the second part, to meet the running expenses of
said entire line, the expenses of repairing stock and
machinery: of repairs of Vic lice of road, including
side tracks and appurtenances, depot expenses, sna
the wages of employees and offizera of i_..di Cl eve .
land. l'ainsrille and Ashtabula railroad company:
Provided. hoterrer, That said party of the sec o nd
part. shall not be required to make any extraordi-_
bary repair. upon the Franklin canal divisi on of
said line of road. at au exPeine in au, 015 e in stance t
exceeding two handretlldo:lars. which may be ren
dered necessary by the accidental or malicious de
atruction of any bri or other structure connect
ed with said last ;lam d road; anti extraordinary
repairs may. nererthe ass, be made at the proper
1 expense of said Frank in canal portion of said road.
upon the assent Of said agent or hie avecesaar in of
fice being given ther-fa -: bat in case such assent
shall. in the opinion of said party of the second part.
be unreasonably withheld-, the latter iherebY re
serves the right fi um the time of such r refusel t o ter
minate this exuntset. .
3d. The balance remaining utter the deduction
of such forty-seven sr" cent, end) be divided-into
%%reports, which shalt be in proportion to the lengths
of the respective portions of said line of toad—that
is. into twenty-tiro ninety-fifths and sevedty ninety
liftks of the whole. The latter portion shall be re
tained by the party of the second part, together
with a satficient portion of said twenty-five ninety
fifths to pay the interest on the indebtedness of ev
ery kind, duo from said Franklin Canal Company,
or- securedou any portiod of said road, known as the
Franklin Canal road, and iunouuting in all to two
hundred and f wty-six thousand two hundred and
fifty-eight dollars and-fifty-seven cents, and the in
terest on the coot of tatentv-five ninety-fifths of the
dot:: and machinery employed in running said en
tire line of road. And the said party of the.second
part, shall also retain tine costs of such extraertlinaz_
ry repairs as shall Le made in pursuance of the aw
'sent so given "as ai,ove provided.
4th. Said party of the second part hereby agrw
to pay over to the order of said agent or of his
successor in oifiee. weekly, the next balance as
above provided of said twenty-five ninety-fifths of
the earnings of said line of road. as nearly as prac
ticable, and to atAjast the true balance as soon as
possible niter the elpiration of each month. during
the tmatitutantv'ef this contract.
sth. Said agent and his successors in office. ithall
at all time have access to the woman' of the said
party of the second part. for the purpose of aarierf
taimng the cornsctness of the statements of earnings
made out by the Inuit% in par/mance of this con
tract.
6th. This contract shall continue in force for
three inonthefront the date hereof. and the same
shall continue thereafter in farce until one of the
parties shall signify to the 9ther.s deternunation'te
terminate the same.
7th. This agreentent shall in no "wise prejudice
any rights, either legal or equitable, of the said
Cleveland. Painesville and Ashtabula railroad cora;
pony. pertainingsto the said Franklin Canal compa
ny. to the 'said road, so known as the Franklin
canallcomptuly railroad. or any portion of the same,
or to the bonds or stock of said Franklin canal
company, or any ineerests °growing mg of any of
the same; nor shall it be, construed: on thi other
hand. into an admission of the validity or amount
of such outsteading indebtedness of said. Franklin
canal company, for any other than the purpose of
this contract.'
In witness-whereof. the parties herko have here
unto let their names :lad seals, the said party of
the first part acting by its said agent—and the said
Cleveland. Painesville and Ashtabula railroad conk
pany. acting by its Vice President. duly autineieed
thereto. WILLIAM F. PACKER.
.1 6 ... • .•• 1 Ppnwsa.
Celvelaqd, Palletiville and Ashtabula railtoad
couniany:by JWILLTAM CASE,
• Kee Pretirleat.
• Este, Pa., February 6, 1854.
I have ekruiiined and approved 'of the within
contract, - WILLIAM BIGLER:
Railroad War in IrtialL
It appears that the war upon Railroad mono.
poly i s n o t confined to Erie, or the State of Penn
sylvania; it having shown itself in a somewhat
modified form in Utica, New York, a few days
Ilium. The difficulty in Utica, *ewe understand
it rcsetublu4 iu ita general aspects the famous
liroadway railroad ca-e in New York. The
Comm o n Council were negotiating fora release
ti) the Railroad Company of sense of tho streets
in that city, and to which arraigementitroperty
owner' made s,:ri.3ut oileetiot , ii t . The Utica pa
pt,rs vly,that the whole of Frii y night, and on.
til bur o'e! k $ tturday morning, was consdmed
by the Council in the discusAtton of the question.
31ondafs Herald has the following:
fNjuNcTios.—W e learn that an. injunction
has been issued ou the applieltion of J. D. Le
land and others, of, Deerfield,' -the Conaniission
ers of Highways of that Win, And M. McQuade,
Thomas Lane, John Lloyd and Ira • Chase, of
this city, against the city of Utica and the N. Y.
Central Itailetwid Company. Judge • Bacon be
ing a stockholder. in the Rom], and Judge Root
being at the time engressed with Lis dirties as
referee in an important case, E. J. - Rich ar d son ,
Attorney for plaintiff, laid the matter before
Daniel E.- Wager, Special County Jud ge , b y
whom an injunction was issued; and it was
fcrved on Mayor Doolittle on Friday evening
!sat, just befon the meeting of the Common
Council. The iujunotion orders "that the city
of Utica, and 3llyor and Common Council of
the the city of Utica. nod its officers, attorneys,
counsellors. agonts and servants, refrain and ab
solutely doiegauy act, or taking any
• • , ..dings or further proceedings for the din.
continuance pr-Firat street, and Second street, in
said-city, north of Water street, in any manner
whatever, said from intenneddling or interfering
with the ul.e . of .aid streets and highways' by the
plaintiffs and the public to the Mohawk River,
and t roin p reve ting or hindering the completion
of the itridge over said Mohawk River, connect
ing Second street with the public highway in the
town of Ikerfield, until the further order of this
Court." Another •paragraph of the document
enjoins in like -manner the Railroad Company
against takintf any action in, the ease till further
order of the Court.
NAIMAIL RESTELL Usruta AnstEar—Sztonc-
TION IN thou latirz.—The woman who haft here
tofore obtained iantmviable nottriety in the Po
lice Omits, named Ann Lahmau,'alias Madame
amen. was arrested on Saturday by Capt. Wal
ling, of the ISth -Ward Polito, upon a warrant
l; . „ .
.. oststea oy donne Stuart.a Fnal the complaint
it appears tiaat a young girl of this:eity, b e t ween
; 15 stad 16 fears of age, last summer fell a victim
Ito the artful mauteuvro of n wealthy merchant
rmtiding in ono of the principal 'trots above
Bleeeker. After the ruin of the girl had been
effected, he induced her to take a jaunt with him
to Ni.:: , itre, Falls , Saratoga Springs and other
pLaces, t s ittring te months t.f June, July and
August last. They ponied as man and w i4 d ui ..
•ing this tour, and urn returning to the titoy, he
procured a suite of elegant rooms up town, where
they resided until a few days ago. when the girl
repented of her wronOt and divnlrd.the secret
of her past hi:: to her. hart-broken pa rents
While living with her steducer, the girl had be
come enetente, awl L. cone, al her shame, she
was easily persuatle.i t:1 pe r mit th e a l t o et i ou j os to
perform au operati,no At the risk' ,:r Wr own life,
1 tall that. of the affsp.-;ii,g Flaring ettrvived the'
opr4ii Ju, t.he way lt:pt seiduied in a eu tt ot t l
etilag.. , some ii:u mite, distant. She now innf ers .
a eharge again - -it 'Mame Reston, and also the
13)21% who. rulk.:..i her of her virtue. Madame
Restell was a4l to atuwtr the charge and await
further inquiry, but the gepitleman implicated
has not yet br, atrested.--N. F. Tiotee.
ant ttitit flistiftr.
'RIX. -P•
SATURDAY MORNING, FRB. 18, 18b4
Do not Pail to Road this dal Notion
In three months the present voltam. ea* Erie Odeereer
will due, and as thin le a large astotent duo upon oar
Bootie, we deem it a proper time to eall the attention of those
who are eo indedted to the noceuity of a settlement. To
lugs number of friends who hare promptly paid daring
Me put nine months wo are staled, lodebted for being
able to meet thus far the liabilities we entered into in order
to enlarge our paper last Spring; but u we geld before,
ewe are nosy rim still sae sr. To those we espeeiall73elr
dress oursolras, and earnestly urge them to call and
We are now posting oar BOAS to the end of the mount
volume,
.and will mulattos ere It is out to send to, or mill
upon etch of thou indebted with a bill for the anionntdoe
as. To all who will nee an the trouble and toping* of
calling personally, or by' agent, we Anil charge st the rate
of II 60 per year; *there'd*, it will be $3. We make this
explicit detdaratloti that no one ran have just eases to
gruslaletobeold Sf pw year be thieved.
sir We are indebted to Hon. John L. Daw
son, Hon. Richard Broadhead, and our members
of the Legislature for valuable public doememata,
oil Legislative favor*
Mgla's Bgesial liessage.
R e 0 , 7 . pleasure of laying before our rea
ders in to-day's paper, the able Special Message
of the Governor' in relation to the State taking
possestdon of the Franklin Canal Company's road •
it, directed by act of Assembly repealing its char
ter. It will be seen that the Govetner does not
merely inform the Legislature, that he has ear
rie.l oat that set; he goes farther, and while he
d.....a not claim to vindicate Erie in her contra
veriy dith the foreigu companies of Ohio and
Now York, ho argaii the policy Edell= been
conten ,ing for—the rights she has vindicated,
and the it/wrists she has protected,—with a force
and cleartwas that taut' poavinewevery napreiju
dieeki mind of the justness of her cause and the
parity of the iaotive which impelled a own
=wiry, with a unanimity unparalleled in the
history of any controversy, to unite in the vindi
eat iop and maintenance of their position and their
l ir
rights. This message — ill teach outsiders, if they
hare at already bee taught, that this was ,no
"pop-efirn wiir,"--t t MIS not for the "drip •
pings of trade" ioaid at to a change of-ears—fqr
the pittifnl privilege of peddling "eakesandpies"
—that the inhabitant, of the city of Erie arose as
one wan and battled with their opponents. 11.111
teach them that therewis "right" and "justice '
"
and sound State policy, ape* our aide, and that
lwhile armed with these we were, and are, willing
to concede to our opponents "equal and exact
justice," but are determined that the same shall
bo extended to ourselvetat all hassards. It will
i teach them, also, that Was. Blow. lathe Gov
-lernor of Pennsylvania, and not of l.4ltir York
railroad interests, and as awl is deteisnited that
"all and singular" of Pennsylvania's interest*,
whether upcin, the Wawa!e or upon the Lakes,
shall be protested: we need not comment
further—the M speakt for WOW, add to it
we refer our readers with pride and pleasure!
Bar As indicative of the signs of.tho times,
we notice .that a large number of secret societies
ire springing into existende all over the country.
Their names are as uncouth and meaningless, as
their dee*s and objects are mysterious. The
jael .one we have boticed . is. Celled the'"Licoie
Nothinys." Appa.Y.6401 7: named we think.—
That the 'designs of il this one ire not of a very ex
alted Character, is evident from the fact that the
notorious "Ned Buntline," (B. Z. C. Judson,)
is at the head of theta. To this bend no one can
be admitted under the age of eighteen year, nor
over the age of sixty years, nor any - man who is
in any Manner so crippled or deformed thakili•
is not able to bear arms in defense of his Coun
try; _nor eau anY man be admitted whose father'
and mother, on one aide or the other, waa, not
born on American soil; nor, no matter where he
was born, on any pretense whatever, can a Ro
man Catholic or a Jesuit enter this Order; and
should such, by treason, get in,they are to be
tried by a general court martial, and so punished
as thateocirt martial shall :decide. The initia
tion is to be verbal--never written. There are
pasties, captains ands commander
No music or banner is used' and the only uni
form or insignia to be worn by Akers or privates
is a white eagle of silver or plated metal on the
left breast. •
ser The notorious Louisville Amnia/ is one
of the papers that, in' conjunction with those of
Buffalo and Cleveland, denounced Erie and her
eitisens bemuse , of their unwillingness to become
plastic tools in the hands ofthe railroad monopolist,
of New York. No epithet was too vile for this
conservator of the public morals when speaking
of our citizens and the Governor of the State. It
called us pirates, and the Executive a villain.—
Well, one would think that a journal so rampant
for morality, so ready to denounce even the ap.
pearance of wrong, would-be the last to lend it.
self as an apologist. of crime. Our readers will
recollect the most brutal murder of a school ass.
ter named Butler, by one M. F. Ward, which cc
?curred in Louisville about two monthesiace. The
'larder wairperpetrated in open day, in the school
room, and is the presence dell the seltollang and
the murderer arrested and committed to jail; but
it appears that be is a son of a rich man, hence
in the eye, of this virtagoss Joarnal he is:excusa
ble! Why, ho only killed a schoolmaster, bent*
the Journal defends him. True, that paper don't
Make much of n defense; yet the effort shows the
:character of one of the journals that has been for
weeks publishing the most shameless libels and
the - most vulgar abuse of Pennsylvania in general
And the Governor in particular, on account of the
Erie troubles. It took its cue from the abusive
New York papers, without taking the pains to
inform itself of the (lOW of the case. But it is
quite natural and proper that the champion of a
murderer should also be the champion el Now
York in the late controversy. The same code of
morals will apply to both.
es. The Hen. Henry Ward Beecher and Hor
ace Greet; undertook to ,"cruah oat" John
3litehell,• the Irish patriot and exile, because he
would notloin with them in their nefarious
tionerussie. )4rehel, not denvefkby,the at.
tack 01 , Huhliel.eiiintlit expoueigs of the vilest
deauttuipery and fahstleism, ilsia ever reared
its scorpion head in an enlightened bud, has tri
nuiphimly viadicitid himself, and liministered
a re lsi k to to %head two booeritiegpinigognes
and tj k Ot atitrelitea, 'Which they' will not very
anon plrget.
` , T"' AP" •
piri,,Two . 'German pocket book makers irt
&a:lldpi, limo found, on Wednesday morning,
dead, Orimedrly so, in their beds, efferently from
the effects of poison. The whole stair is a mys
tery, whisk a ansame ie ialresdgpikeig.
hif.,tiortay phis
The important question, "Thwe we a Bourbon
among'us?" hassunk into insignificandiebeliirvithe
antabamting query, "Are there any (leant; Coo;
mindosers among u 4?" We all know that the
county elects and pays three County Commissiont;
ere to attend to certain duties named and speci!,
fled by act of Assembly, but still that does not
answer satisfactorily the query. We know also
that there are three individuals who signs don;
meutp, i•ouchers, &c., as County Commissioners;
still the query is not answered, and hence other
queries suggest themselves. For instance, if we
have "County Commissioners amongus," are they
responsible men? Do they read the papers? By
their conduct halt week, in sending thouptorions,
not to say infamous, J. B. Jonximm to Phila
delphia as the proxy of the county to vote itt,the
election of the Board of Directors, of the Brie and
Sunbury road, one would naturally answer every
one of thesequeries in the neyatieS. Who is this
J. B. Johnson? For months he Lao Stem the paid
hireling of the railroad interests gast and West
of us opposed to the Sunbury mad! For months
he has been opposing, by giving those who op.
posed perfecting the subscriptiop of . Erie county
to that road, "aid and comfort;" and for this
reason there has not been meeting of the people
friendly to the aubscription by the county, that
he and his railroad papertaent:been &moist:id!
At Fairview, at Harborereek, at 3111.eiri,lit
1-sod, at Elk Creek, at Springfield, and here's&
home, under the very one of the Commission-'
en' office, lair course has been pronounced upon
by almost the entire community. Sever warthe
conduct of a man so universally esiecreted and
"spit upon" as that of J. B. Jokruon; and yet
with these facts staring them in the face, the men
who pmfess to - be the Commissioners of Eae
county endorse him by sending him to Philadel
phia to vote the stork of the payle in, a road he
_has basely and meanly opposed: If they did not
know better, they are excus.tble; if they did know
better, and have set themselves up in defiance of
public Sentiment, then they- are not exonsable!
In either nee they should be opm4xliately called
upon to resign; for if they did not knee better
they are not safe men to trust the affairs of the
clunty with; eta if they did know better, they
have shown such a want of sympathy with their
constituents that it is no longer safe to trust these!
Let them resign then; we say; let us have a
cleaning out of this public offiee—thie pest-house
of corruption: It was bad enough that steel a
perste' should be retained as the Attorney—the
lojal adviser—of this Ace, after having week` af
ter week denounced the people as "rioters," and
with other.scourilous ettheto attempted to pre
judice our cause in tho Legislature, but the in
jury thus• inflicted by the Commissioners is no
thing in .
comparison with this-fitaide--en
let us add, that finds no•parallel in the conduct
of any body of public officers we ever heard of.
It looks to us as though it was premeditated—it
looks as though they had deliberately set down
and perfected their plans so as to injure the feel
ings of their constituents as much as possible,—
In the first place tirmo'was no necessity of put
ting the county to expense, of seiting any
ono to Philadelphia to vote.. If they wish
ed to perfect the subscription orthecounty, they
could have done as the city ditt-- - -placed their
' proxy in the bands of some person in Philadel
phia, with directions to vote it... But no! this
fellow, than whom no man is so universally exe
crated, must be paid to go there and vote—and
for what? We-.' cannot answer, but that there
was something in the move eskunectod with the
interests of those hostile to tin, the fact that he is
the paid employee of that interest, and that he
left far Philadelphia in company with ear ene.
Anil,' a, and the 'enenite . s of the Sunbury road, is
good evidence! Then these Commissioners had
professed to ns, outsiders, that they did not in
tend to perfect the subscription of tbeeounty un
til after the eleetioi on the 13th; but all at once,
one day before their chosen, proxy left, "a change
came over the spirit of their 'dream," and they
suddenly oourened,ime being dragged from his
house sick, a skein! messenger having been sent
for him, and secretly prepared the necessary pa
pers, and as secretly dispatched this Johnson to
Philadelphia—thus giving at official endorse
ine,nt to all his lies and slanders against their
constituents .
Sunbury and Erie Road;
The election of a President fwd Board of Di
rectors of the Sanbilry and Rtir Riitroad took
place in Phily elphia (.14, ;:t-ot, and molt
ed 'in the un V.1. - .1 •LI “2-eit.ett.'ll of tha present
Board,_ viz.:
athei
Manoyers.-11.mcy Whtt,,, Charles S. Bober,
Robert Raring, Ch!ni , • tx.-ani4g; Joseph B. My
ers, Dacia D-ll,Jnila stokes. PrAnklii Platt,
James _Armstrong, I)avi,l K. Jackniti, James
Thompson, Giitle-n J. Ball.
• Before the electiori made a mate.
ment that h.: 11.1 , 1 received the following subscrip
tions to ttic Capital Stock of the road
_sinaa his
election in January, viz.:
' Chotean Sandfol.‘l & Co. • 9600,000
Mr. Go odwin. 50,000
Joel White, CAM
Elward Crane, .
• 900,000
District of•Rich:rond, • 230,000
In the hinds Of the Comtnitraa,say 200,000
In 'the report of the Board of Managers we
End the following relative to the work done here
during the past year. -
r
1 IMltalfindiSlT, AT BRIE.—The Gauen" of the
! city of Erie, having presented to this Company
the lineal wharf property in' their whole limits,
Consisting of nearly 2000 feet of front on the
most eligible nod accessible part of the harbor,
i and comprising nearly•one hundred and fifty acres
of land—upon the condition that the piers
should be constructed, along the wholeg front, one
I half thereof within one year, and the balance
t within two years, it became of great priportatme
that this munificent grant should not be forfeit
ed by 'any default on the part, of the -Company.
A contract, therefore, was entered:into, on the
128th of May last, with George 4. 3lniton and
! Co. for•the construction of these`pithu'and other
work at the harbor of Erie, in conformity with
the terms of the grant, the whole payable in the
bond s of the. city of Erie, at par—these* bonds
, having been taken in payment of a subscription
{-by said city to the stock of the Company.
This property is of great value, and will no
doubt: hereafter become greatly en hanced.
It has been variously estimated by intelligent
citizens of Erie, as worth at this time from half
a million to a million of dollars. If the Snabn.
ry and Erie shall become, as it cannot be.4oubt
t ed it will, a great coal bearing road, the posses
sion of this property at the best harbor on the
Southern shore of - Lake Eric, must give stagiest
*riven over say possible competing line, for
I the an and distribution of this most iudispea
fis
.isible
~,, 'chi of trade and consumption.
sir The Jalne.stown rapers state deaths week
on the Erie and N. Y. city Railroad, is proper.
' sing taAtidly. The road will commit with the
INew Yoe* sad Eris at Little Valley.
Ilortoo.-111 Pox Mot of tht 11th
lb* proooodlop of a oo.oilloi boiipatioo wa tt :
tog to hue bon bat *AIM Crook, Notary lit
patios WOW orW oitissos
oodasely sad without atm.
The foes In the nue are substrietiely Lih
Master Glossed be., for good sad sal Les
to himself me well as to this nth* tenni s: . )
remove (a Is ' , ogee%) free the Poet Ots.,
the person who lad erred ander the site ,
gillieore, and appointed in his stead
pratlemaa imam' ability sad andrmhtzq
w h o i s so w toting with the approbation of
The blame, if any there be, is dt&tit4 app
teats of a *man potties of this tnernsi.:p, t„
hews hien said with a pod deal ripmpi etr
of Cherry Mill, Albin, Creselspille, lerript r ,
others, who have anpresi from the very
apeneat of this Elk Creek aim
A rampant Whig, who is said onee t.
eta physician. drummed ap the lad:pure, q. t ....
the., de The meeting conveued and war pre_
a firmer witig P. IL, of tide township. g u i
said of a aeighboring section, the citizens •)i v .
weryabigitly" oessdemaed. As a gnats a
statism tad approval of the new P. M. war
which all who could 'roes, while other,
After adjoarasent a petition for retarst., tt
stinted and signed by a few dliatteuri ll, z
valise& whip sad their Weer soas, tiptttr r,,
fel of boys who had been attending a It Calil •
an ad)eialag toweeklp, aambering at, toll
of whisk eseree were denominated
Thie petition was entirely tainetiottary. !r m.
ea notion of a Mr. the =tout; tt•lt
the tactica of the Pest Master Genera a at.,
that the former iacumbeat skoald be recent::: •
iStietnadiag he bad been formally newel_ n.
lag shortly followiag. a part tit this clvatt - ,14;
as a irtahenalian retreat on the canal ride, /••
neat to the *act that the new Poet Mien:
obtain bull, Le.—whist they east ha ve.
from the aotoriose Ant that the same
for the P. IL lately removed, is also be, rut
the promat orempeat of the aloe.
With regard to the alleged rivalry of eta
Washing, Is smarm me that he eattattly
part or parcel of oar advantages, postal,
anal, or otherwise, bat on the contrary on:1 s,.
&Gramme therefrom.
To cehdadi, the ogee is remeredfrout an
Isles ew the whew western border of oar
move email peat. 'Wlk it had attopted f.
teem, yews previous tallib2--heve a Ilqenr- ,
grocery, to the dwelling if as obliging try
spinet whom so "sane peruse will isle 11
of thesefeate will be emensenind, nor eat/
I tread sloes without aesWag ebo tpc
o[ tha 4ataratary , of dm aa•Siag af9f6.,
alas bail bet& to, to.--forksblek Mr
immallo4 though ha had - in oaxalla fyr
Vary truly, Yours, r ELI
Fur the Erie Obeer;ser.
MR. EDlTos—Sir:—Fors thy
the herby has been general, why 4:-.
ty Canunissioners send --J. B. Jo o.
sent them at the late election of the
Sanbiny Board? Is it not enouin
fill deur- heretofore prominent ci:4l
have;attempted our ruin, but 4 htl
thorities conspire the seine, or a: :tag.
partial -4iagnitre? It may by tut tt
Cominieskotters injustice by.nuei,
many are at
,a loss to kie, 'sirs
degradation shwa, hire been inflietei.
some sort of respect was ace paid tr.
known and Widely entrained feeline
enoes of their constituents? They
&front none other than motives of
nip off this olidatblot as best they
Noitmea Rroarg.-'--Tto
hi! imays that • young damsel of
diegnitied as a ism, passed inspect,
in . the Minoari vtilunteers, awl
;iambs 1n Mipieo before her sex
has been voted by the United Star
pay for kerservioe, ',lime months'
160 acres of land. The military
tendered under the nuke of "Bill
Congressional grant , is given in
"Smith, which turns out to be the
this modern Joan of Are. We hare t
the whole history of the lady's military,
but she is said to have made a g0,y. 1 . 1 2 .
we congratulate Lucy Stone, Rer
Brown, and their sisters ini4e
Eights, upon the .acoessidia•te their
military champion so hor,Coiod
early all the prefesr4 lureno;
maim in t heir or "qestte Brort
ministry; El !'.v
faculty; El
we have had
the bar, and qfsille. 2r are ex.,..
peering on . the 7 .,.9f the leetlire r
i
4
for "Bill • Neweam,',.e . : • Lizza St
gallant woman, th' . we hope ac. , ..
wn er
French call a fe ate. lit•
Pay and the sxtrs :cospensatiea r..te.:
Senate has been- i tutiated by pr . :.
Dia, and she has ttedly semi h
~ . ~--. ~
all wallas. some tawasWil o f the str:!
Butte preoedentiehiweifi blished :e
out danger. We nay hare thousand.-
damsels smuggling ibeawelres int.) ...
a
and raisin • liool oits among :h2 "
regiments, whicht
not do much
ae
an enemy -- all, to` with the hops:'
warded wa "NU. l eom" has ix::
we have said, ' furnisher .....:•::i.
Woman's ItightValvoiates, RD: t•.: ::
gltaltnlitelt ad /au' saw to pror. :h..!c7: - .'.. - !
powers . gf enduranee of _their sex, '..v7
despair of the ballet box y . seat] in ' 7 ; l
the Presidential ofiair. '
le& Week before laaC a Lanl i.ile
011 the Yis a inia and Tenuesiec
a few mowers after :the can ha I pip:
bankment save way, leaving the tn.>
eight feet in the If-the ears kir
tic later they would have been prcz,pita•
hundredleet down into 'the river
$1,950,000
A DAIL DAY ComiN7).—There
traordinery eclipse of the,:sun
May next, such a one as like but
habitants have 'witnessed in chin c'' .
will be similar to the, great eclipse if 1
which there has been none reterublis;
than that.of 18)0, when elvven , twel r
wan was obscured.
TAKE A NIIIRPAPEt!--tra ler th
Rome Seeded has SOMo eseellea'
hints 'boat taking newspapers. It 535.
flighted and lopely that family must L
no newspaper is taken. Whero is t;:r.
of a newspaper who would exchange P-
any of the members of such a fa":
head ‘4, s &mil . ) , should no more an.f.'
nigh the members of his householl
paper, da t a he should to provide
and *lathing. DAL:* and cents
taken into the account—it is
rents or to their children, and they
fully to &splurge it. One the leg: ,
with the world, can readily deter
momenta eastrersation with members
whether a paperis laksn thcr
eesy to mark the MlKeice; where
ken eighteen are sprightly, active sal
—whore no aewsp9sre are received
dike an iipterast, ass
Per tie isle Observer