The Wilmington and Baltimore, and
Ohio Railroads, now carry goods from
Philadelphia in Cumberlrnd, 280 miles, at
40 cents per 100 lbs. The charge on the
Pennsylvania Railroad for mere toll, is 201
cents per 100 lbs. for 82 miles!
In the hope that these facts, hastily
thrown together, may attract the attention
of parties moat interested in the subject,
they are respectfully submitted. -
from the U. S. Gazettee,
Dreadful Occurrence.
An intense (levee of excitement was
created in the city on Saturday morning,
(10th inst.) by the announcement of the
death of a young man named Mahlon
Hutchison Heberton, at the !lands of Mr.
Singleton Mercer. Briefly, the occur
rences which led to this catastrophe are
as follows :
Some time since, Mr. Heberton became
acquainted with a young girl (where or
how it is not well ascertained) named
Sarah Mercer, daughter of a very respec
table citizen of Southwark, not more than Nonce—To Tavern Keepers.
sixteen years of age, and finally succees
We again notify those who intend to
(led in inducing her to leave her father's
roof. She remained with him for two or make application for tavern license at the
three days at a house in the south western ensuing April Court, that the law requires
part of the city, but Iron his frequent ab- tt that every person intending to apply
sence from her during that period, she fell for a tavern license, shall give public no•
into such a low state of spirits as to induce
a fear of her committing
lice of the same by publication in a self-destruction.
news-
Information of her abode was given to her paper for at least three weeks, the last off
parents, and she was brought home again. which publications shall be at least ten
Her brother, Singleton Mercer, threatened days before the first day of the term of the
vengeance against Heberton, and went Court to which the application shall be
armed for the purpose. Finding that he
made." The persons who certify must
was closely watched, Heberton at the sug
gestion of his friends determined to leave be citizens of the borough, ward, or
the city, and for this purpose, proceeded, township in which the tavern petitioned
in company with a legal friend, in a char. fur is intended to be kept.
iottee, with the curtains carefully fastened ;
Attention to this will avoid much trou
down, to the terry at the upper side of
Market street, and there crossed to Cam- ble and vexation
den. As the beat was being made fast,
the friend got out, and an instant alter,
Mr. Mercer advanced from behind a char
coal wagon, and fired the contents of four)
of the barrels of a six barrelled Colt's pis
tol into the carriage. But one of the halls,
however, took effect upon the body of the
deceased ; but its effect was fatal. 'rhe
deceased was heard to sigh but once, and
on opening the doors, he was found to have,
fallen forward insensible— nor did he re
cover animation from that moment. He
died about ten minutes afterwards at
Cake's Tavern, which is in the vicinity of
the landing. Mr. Mercer was immedi
ately arrested,
A Coroner's jury was immediately im-,
pannelled. Its sittings lasted until half-1
past eleven o'clock on Friday night, and
were resumed on Saturday morning, at 10.
The fullest evidence was given before the
inquest, including, the result of a post
mortem examination conducted by Dr.
Fisher, (Mayor of Camden,) Dr. Mulford,
and Dr. Vandyke, senior, of this city.—
According to these gentlemen the decease
was occasioned by "a leaden pistol ball,
which entered the back one and three
quarter inches from the lower point of the
scapula, passed through scapula, sixth rib,
the lower lobe of the left lung, the peri
cardium, and the ventricles of the heart,
lodging in the fleshy part of the right
ventricle." The jury found that" Mahlon
Hutchison Heberton, had been feloniously
killed and murdered by Singleton Mer
cer." The examination was conducted
by Caleb Roberts, Esq. Coroner of Glou
cester county; the foreman of the jury
was J. K. Cowperthwait, F:sq. one of the
Judges of the Court of Cotnmon Pleas of
Gloucester county, and another of the
Coroner's jurymen was Josiah Harrison,
Esq. also a Judge of the same tribunal.
Mr. Mercer is lodged in Woodbury
jail. He is naturally enough in great
distress of mind
The Court of Quarter Sessions of Glou
cester county, meets on the third Tuesday
in March, and on the third Tuesday in
June. Judge Elmer presiding.
The counsel on the part of the prose
cution, is Thomas Carpenter, Esq. Attor
ney General of New Jersey; the counsel
engaged by the prisoner we understand
to be David Paul Brown, Esq. and Fredi
nand W. Hubbell, Esq. of this city.
It will be seen in the above, that we
have cautiously refrained from even
touching upon many of the rumors with
which the town in filled, and which, even
if true, have nothing whatever to do with a
proper adjudication of the case.
On Saturday night, the 4th instant„ a
negro named Jackson, confined in the jail
at Elkton, Md., set fire to the bed in his
cell, and in the confusion raised, succee
ded in wresting the keys from the jailor,
and after passing through the gate, lucked
it on the outside, and made off. The
turnkey, who was locked in, made a great
hub-bub, which roused the Sheriff who, on
ascertaining the cause, seized an old
sword, and made after the fellow, whom
he soon overtook, but was beaten off. A
number of young men next sat out in pur
suit, and after a long and wearisome chase,'
succeeded in arresting him. Ile was con•
ducted back to his quarters in the jail,
where he had scarcely been left alone,:
when he attempted to hang himself, but
was discovered and prevented.
Two nten have been arrested at Freder
ickburg, Ikld., on a charge of passing coun
terfeit coin. The Baltimore Clipper says :
—This coin may be distinguished by its
being of a duller appearance than the gen
uine, and by the edges not being lettered
aud indented ; the hall dollars dated 1834.
The ten and five cent pieces are similar,
the edges being plain and are dated 1839.'
THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL
Huntingdon, Feb. 39, 1843.
1"One country, one constitution, one destiny."'
V. B. PALMER, Esq. (No. 104 S. 3rd St.
authorized to act as Agent
for this paper, to procure subscriptions and
advertisments.
Wood Wanted.
Wood will be taken at this office in
payment of subscription or job work.
i Also Hay and Oats, at market price.
Otr• Messrs. BLAIR and M'VVILLiAms
have our thanks for various Legislative
documents.
0::7" Several articles prepared for this
paper are unavoidably crowded out. A
few advertisements are also omitted.
0::!r The Legislative news in to.day's
( paper will be found interesting.
Red Lion Hotel.
By the advertisement of Mr. BROWER,
of the Red Lion Hotel, (Philadelphia,) it
will be seen that he has reduced his
charges to suit the times. The sojourner
in the " city of brotherly love" will al.
ways find the Red Lion a comfortable as
well as an advantageous stopping place,
where first rate boarding can be had at
81,00 per day.
Relief Notes Cancelled.
On the 7th inst. the State Treasurer
cancelled $lOO,OOO of Relief Notes, and
delivered them to the Auditor General to
be destroyed b 3 him. The notes cancel
led were as follows:
01 the Towanda Bank 083,296 00
Berks County Bank 8,293 00
West Branch Bank 1,782 00
Erie Bank 6,679 00
A Present.
A very nice and exquisite young lady
has sent us a mighty big BUSTLE, as a re
ward for our numerous bustling papa
graphs. We are not in need of such an
l apeudage, but are nevertheless obliged to
her ladyship, and will some time or other
present her with a SMALL CAP.
Three Springs Post Office.
MOSES GREENLAND has been appointed
Postmaster at the Three Springs P. 0., in
the place of Mr. O'Connor, removed.
New Associate Judge.
By a reference to our Legislative pro.
ceedings of the 11th inst., it will be seen
that the nomination of JAMES GWIN, Esq.,
as Associate Judge of this county, has
been confirmed unanimous/y. It is a
good appointment.
Weekly Forum.
The first number of the Weekly Forum,
by JAMES S. WALLACE, Esq., appeared on
the II th inst. It displays great ability in
the editorial department, and neatness,
and taste in typography.
Another Revival.
A revival in the Baptist Church in this
place has been progressing for some
weeks past—the fruits of a protracted
meeting. On Sunday, the 12th inst.,nine'
converts received the ordinance of bap
tism, by immersion; and on Saturday
last the same ordinan-A was administered
to thirteen more, in the same manner.—
Several others were immersed on the first
Sablitith in this month.
Ter/Runs FIRE.-A terrible fire oc•
curred at Port Au Prince on the 9th of
January. Six hundred Houses were
burned, and property destroyed to the
amount of four millions of Dollars!
Apportionment Hill.
On Wednesday last the Congressional
Apportionment Bill was taken up in the
House of Representatives, and passed in
the shape in which it came from the Sen
ate. It is now in the hands of the Veto
King" who will no doubt kill it, as Hun
tingdon county is not" used up."
The several districts in the bill as pas.
sed are as follows:
DISTRICTS -1. Southwark, Moyamen
sing, Passyunk, Kingsessing, Blockley
and West Philadelphia of the county, and
Cedar Ward of the city of Philadelphia—
Population 63,000.
2 The city of Philadelphia except Ce
dar and Upper Delaware Wards —75,000.
3. Northern Liberties and Kensington.
of the county, and Upper Delaware Ward,
of the city of Philadelphia-62,571.
4. Spring Garden, North and South
Penn, Roxborough, Germantown, Bristol,
unincorporated Northern Liberties,
Ox
ford,Lower Dublin, Byberry, and More
land, of the county of Philadelphia-56,-
216.
5. Cheater and Delaware-77,306.
6, Lancaster-84,206
7. Dauphin, Lebanon and Schuylkill
-81,045.
8. Berks-64,569.
8. Montgomery and Lehigh-73,028.
10. Bucks and Northampton-89,104.
11. Luzerne, Wyoming, Monroe, Pike
land Wayne-59,565.
12. Susquehanna, Bradford, Tioga and
Potter-72,833.
13 Lycoming, Columbia, Clinton and
Northumberland-75,266.
14. Union, Mifflin, Perry and Juniata
—64,055.
15• Cumberland and Franklin-68,746.
16. York and Adams-70,054.
17. Huntingdon, Bedford and Semer
set-84,469.
18. Fayette and Greene-55,751.
19. Washington and Beaver-60,847
20. Westmoreland, Indiana and Cam.
bria--74,737.
21. Allegheny--81,235.
22. Armstrong, Clarion, Jefferson,
Clearfield, Centre and M'Kean-66,919.
23. Butler, Mercer and Venango-73,-
151.
24. Crawford, Erie and Warren-72,-
346.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Friday Feb. 10, 1843
Mr. Mullin laid before the Swate a
memorial front citizens of Bedford county
against the new county of Blair.
Mr. Cochran and Champneys, each one
from York county, to allow the issue of
small notes by the bank.
Mr. Bigler reported an act to incopo
rate the Hollidaysburg and Birmingham
mining company.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Hancock offered a resolution to
repeal so much of the resolution passed
yesterday as instructed the Judiciary
Committee to bring in a bill to reduce
salaries, Sic., and to leave it to their ills•
cretion, by directing the committee to
inquire into the expediency of reporting
such a bill.
Here a hot discussion ensued, the char
acter of which was very much like a
Kilkenny cat fight. It was carried on by
Messrs. Hancock, Long, Deford and oth•
ers, approved Locofocoes. The resolu
was lost by a vote of 34 to 52.
Mr. Deford offered a joint resolution
repealing the law granting appropriations
to colleges, academies and female semi•
naries.
$lOO,OOO 00
The order of the day being the second
reading and consideration of the bill to
provide for the election of Canal Corn•
m►ssioners; Mr. Elwell demanded the
yeas and nays on taking it up: which was
as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Bacon, Bailey, Balmer,
Balsbaugh, Bauchman, Bietler, Blair,
Boa!, Brindle, Brooke, Carpenter, Carson,
Clinton, Craig, Cummins, Delon!, Dickey,
Elton, Ferguson, Frederick, Hancock,
Heckman, Hill, Hindman, Hood, Holtz.
Kennedy, [Beaver,] Kennedy [Cumb.,]
Kline, Linton, Livingston, Loy, M'Carty,
M'Caslin, M'Daniel, M'Ewen, M'Gowan,
M'Kinnon, Moore, Morgan, Morris. Mus
ser, Myers, O'Brian, Parke, Robinson,
Roumfort, Rush, Russell, Sharswood,
Sheridan, Skinner, Snyder, Stine, Storer,
Thomas, Thompson, Trego, Tustin, WO
tar, Whitman, and Wright, Speaker—
Yeas 62.
NA vs—Messrs. Apple, Avery, Barrett,
Bean, Bell, Brawley, Bush, Elwell, Good
win, Hahn, Janice, Karns, Kerr, [Mont.,]
Kugler, Long, Lowry, M'Bride, M'Cul
loch, Marshall, Packer, Postlewait, Pot
teiger, Reber, Shenk, Sherwood, and
Sipes—Nays 87.
Mr. BaooKE rose and said : That yes
terday the gentleman from Northampton,
[Mr. Heckman] had given him as the au
thor of the statement made by that gen
tleman respecting the sale of lumber to
the state by Mr. Overfield, one of the
Canal Commissioners. He had so stated
to that gentleman, and he stood ready to
prove the fact by the best of witnesses.—
He had been informed by some of the
most respectable citizens of the county of
Philadelphia, that in the spring of 1842,
William Overfield, the Canal Commission
er or his son, sold to the state a raft of
about one hundred thousand feet of scant
ling to be used for the repairs of the Pita
delphia and Columbia rail road. That
said lumber was taken from the Delaware,
loaded into cars and transported to the
inclined plane at the expense of the Com
monwealth, where it now lies, at a cost of
one dollar and fifty cents a thousand to
the state. The lumber, or scantling, was
of a kind or size not much used in the
repairs of said road ; and consequently,
he had been told, the whole of it would
not be used in twenty years. Mr. WinJ
Collins, superintendent of said road, had
said that the lumber thus transported at
the expense of the state, and for which no
charge was made, belonged to Mr. Over,
field. Canal Commissioner; and he hail
been told by a high executive officer, that
this lumber had been taken out to the in-'
clined plane to save storage. He showed
that the cost to the state of hauling the
lumber, could nut have been less than
81 50 per thousand feet, while the storage
would have cost but forty cents per thou
sand on the Delaware.
Mr. Lowry read a letter from Mr.
'Overlield, stating that he had no interest
in the lumber transaction.
Mr. Kerr, of Mercer, rose and said :
That yesterday he had stated that he had
examined the check rolls, and could not
find the charge of $25, alleged to have
been made on authority of the Canal
Commissioners, by the gentleman from .
Northampton ; [Mr. Heckman,] and on
that account he had pronounced the alle
gation untrue. He had found since, that
he had at that time examined the check
rolls of the wrong supervisor, and he had
since found that a charge amounting
to twenty-five dollars had been made
under another supervisor, and paid by the
state, for the purpose, he supposed, alleged
by the gentleman from Northampton [Mr.
Heckman.] Ile made this statement be
cause he wished to act fairly in the matter,
land stood ready to censure the Canal
I Commissioners as soon as any other offi
cers for improper conduct.
Mr. Heckman wished to know whether
the gentleman from Mercer would have
made the explanation, if he had known
that he [Mr. ll.] had gone and examinedl
the check rolls himself, in consequence of
the denial of the fraud made yesterday by
that gentleman
Mr. H. said it was true that the $25
was a small matter, when taken in con•I
trast with large ones ; but it was great in
magnitude as involving principles of dis
honesty on the part of high public ser
vants. If the Canal Commissioners would
direct an officer under them to make a
false entry against the state, thus direct
ing and sanctioning such a fraud in a
small matter, they would do the same in
things of greater magnitude. Where
would it end 7
Sir, said Mr. H., if the whole that has
been done arid sanctioned by the Canal
Commissioners were exposed, we helieve
there would appear a most fearful array
of frauds, in comparison with which the
North Branch excursion, would be a very
small matter. And if they had not taken
the precaution to take the deposition in
that matter, did any one suppose that they
would have been able to have put down
the attempt that had been made to deny it.
Mr. H. stated, as evidence of what the
canal commissioners would stoop to, that
one of them [it was understood as refer
ring to Mr. Overfield] had disguised him
self, and thus traveller! along the line to'
extract information by falsehood. But
those that laid traps for others, were very
apt to get into them themselves, as he be.
lieved was the case with that gentleman.
The lumber transaction that had been
nailed upon him would take more than his
note, read by the gentleman from Craw
ford to exonerate him from.
A public otlicer who was sworn to pro
tect and sustain the interests of the com
monwealth, who would use his station for
his own private benefit, was not worthy to
be called or considered an officer of the
commonwealth. He asked the friends of
that gentleman to send for the persons on
whose authority these charges were made
against him, it they were not correct, that
he (Mr. Overlield) might be cleaned from
the foul charge. It was due to poor blee
ding—poor disgraced—poor tax-ridden
Pennsylvania, that the foul spot should be
wiped out. He felt that this once proud
Keystone state was disgraced--she was
degraded--so degraded that the very at
mosphere of Harrisburg bore corruptio.
The gentleman from Mercer had been
sent here as the advocate of reform, by
his constituents. He came here as its
advocate—but the atmosphere of Harris
burg was so corrupting that that gentle.
man had ,been here but a few days before
his tone was changed ; he was brought to
be an opponent of reform. Gentlemen had
been drilled into that course.
Mr. Elwell called the gentleman to
order.
The Speaker decided that the gentle
man from Northampton was is order.
Mr. Heckman continued, that members
were not only drilled by the power at
Harrisburg, but if they resisted that pow
er, they were assailed by their inferiors,
as evidence of which he held up a leather,
medal that he said had been received from
the journeymen printers in the Keystone
office, intended as an insult. Thus, when
the Treasury has been robbed and plun
dered in every possible way, those that
attempted to arrest the robbery, and stop
the plundering, were assailed with every
indignity. Such were his feelings, and
rather than be trampled, by such a power,
he would sacrifice his life. If they
thought such a course would stop him in
pursuit of what the people demanded,
they would find themselves mistaken.—
He hoped the Legislature of 1843 would
not be diverted from the work of reform
by the many extraneous influences brought
to bear upon it—but would protect the
'Treasury of the commonwealth from fur.,
ther robbery. In conclusion he moved
that the Sergeant at Arms be directed to
present the medal he held in his hand to
the House. (laughter.)
Mr. Roumfort, followed in favor of the
bill, and on the subject of the necessity of
the vindication of the characters of public
officers, at considerable length.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Karns, Boal and Lowry who spoke against
the bill until the hour of adjournment
ar rived.
SENATE
Saturday, Feb. 11, 1843.
Mr. Ileister submitted a resolution in
structing the Militia committee to inquire
into the expediency of bringing in a bill to
repeal the act exempting members of Fire
Companies from performing military duty.
The nomination of Benjamin Adams of
Beaver county, was again taken up.
Mr. Smith resumed his reniaks in op•'
position to the nomination.
Messrs. Family, Cochran and Stewart
further opposed the nomination, when the
vote was taken, and the nomination was
confirmed as follows—yeas 17, nays 15.
The nomination of James Gwin as As—
sociate Judge of Huntingdon county was
confirmed by a unanimous vote. Also,
the nomination ofJohn Buckman of Bucks,
John Stouffer of Berks, John ft. Broad
head of Pike, Wm. P. Dougherty of Bed•
ford and Calvin Leet of Susquehanna
county.
Tbe bill to repeal the Nicholson Court
was again taken up. Several amendments
were adopted, and the bill passed second
reading. Adjourned.
&E OF REPRFSENTATIVES.
err of Mercer submitted a reso
lution to instruct the committee on Vice
and Immorality, to inquire into the expe
diency of bringing in a hilt to empower
Justices of the Peace to settle all suits of
assault and battery, with the aid and coun
sel of six citizens.
On motion of Mr. Tustin, the resolu
tion was amended to reler to the Judici•
ary committee, and was then adopted.
The bill for the election of Canal Com
missioners then again came up.
Mr. Lowery concluded his remarks
commenced on yesterday. He spoke at
some length, chiefly in defence of the pre
sent hoard of Commissioners.
Mr. Wright, Speaker, then again took
the floor in defence of the position he hail
assumed on this question. He
. made
'
:lon. and excellent speech in support of
'the bill, and defended himself ably against
the attacks that had been made upon him.
Amongst the various abuses practiced by
the board of Canal Commissioners, he in.
stanced the fact that a job of work on the
Delaware division, in which James M.
Porter was a partner, was allotted at a
contract price of 818,000, but that 56,-
000 had been already paid out of the Trea
sury on this job, and the account was not
yet fully settled.
In proof that the office was perverted to
political purposes, and the time of mem
bers of the board and clerks spent to fur.
ther such objects. lie referred to the print
ing of the immense number of the Cass
handbills with which the State was flooded
last fall, all of which lie said were done up
and franked in that office, and the postage
and time charged upon the State.
This Cass movement too, he intimated,
was not really what it appeared to be—an
effort to advance the fortunes of Gen. Cass
—but that it was intended at the proper
time to strike the Cass colors, and ,vheel
the forces they could collect under his
standard into the Tyler ranks, fur which
the leaders in the project were to receive
:a certain reward from John Tyler. A
great many lie said were now deceived as
to the designs of these men, but they
would get their eyes opened before a lung
time would roll by.
He referred to the letting of the con
tract for carrying passengers on the Col•
umbia railroad, and ceminented upon the
gross fraud committed upon the Common
wealth in that transaction, by which he
said the State would be an immense loser.
He denounced the compsny to whom this
contract was given, as an odious monopo
ly, formed by an interested band of spec
ulators, and designed to plunder the Com
monwealth out of thousands of dollars.
He instanced numerous other abuses,
which we pass over.
He made a powerful appeal to the mem
bers to stand by the Commonwealth in
this her hour of trial. Let gentlemen, he
!said, shake off the shackles of party and
act like honest men. It was no rea
son for him to vote against a measure like'
this because the Whigs voted for it. Th..
Whigs were right, and the people expect
ed their representatives to vote for all
right measures, whether supported by the
Whigs or not. He regarded this bill as
the steppinr , stone in the great work of
Reform which this Legislature proposed
to carry out, without which all the other
petty reforms of the session would be but
as a drop in the bucket. He believed that
if the election of these officers had been
in the hands of the people years ago, the
present enormous State debt would not
now be more than one-halt what it is.
In conclusion, he referred to the party
cry which was raised upon all occasions,
to deter members from a faithful perform
ance of their duty. Whenever a measure
of this character was proposed, which was
calculated to take power from the hands
of the office-holders, the cry was at once
raised—"Oh, it won't do—it will weaken
and divide the party I" and all measures
of real benefit to the people were thus de
feated. But in the present exigencies of
the Commonwealth he trusted this stale
cry would be disregarded and gentlemen'
would consider the condition of the State,
and lorget their fealty to the party. fle
was willing, he said, to go before the peo
ple on this question, and to be judged by
them. If sustained or not, he would have
the proud satisfaction of knowing that he
had at least this day endeavored to do his
duty, faithfully, honestly and independ
ently.
The vote on Mr. Elwell's amendment—
providing fin• the election of three Com
missioners by the people at the next an
nual election--was then taken, and it
was carried-86 to 5.
Mr. Roumlort then moved to amend by
inserting a provision that within ten days
after the passage of the bill, the Legisla
ture shall elect one Commissioner as Pres
itlent of the Canal Board, by joint vote of
the two houses, and eazh house separately
shall elect one assistant member of the
board, to act till the election of a nest
board by the people, which was adopted as
follows : yeas 55 nays 37.
Mr. Lowery moved further to amend
chat none of the officers appointed by the
present board shall be removed by the
board elected by the board elected by the
Legislature; and that the future pay of
members of the Legislature shall be reduc
ed to two dollars a day.
The first division of this amendment
was voted down, yeas 31, nays 60; and
the second division was decided to be out
of order under the 4th joint rule of the
Senate and House of Representatives.
The section as amended, being the first
section of the bill, was tign agreed to.
The other sections were then severally
taken up, to which various amendments
were proposed by the enemies of the bill,
with the view of embarrassing the majori
ty, and breaking down the bill. Difficul
ties were thrown in the way at every point
and the yeas and nays were frequently
called on motions to adjourn. The friends
of the measure, however, stuck together,
and finally, at a late hour, foi ced the bill
through second reading, and by the aid of
the Previous Question, ordered to be trans
cribed for final passage.
An aim was then made to dispense
with the rule and pass the bill finally, im
mediately, on which the yeas were 49
nays 23. The motion failed—two-thirds
being necessary to cary it.
Adjourned
SENATE.
Monday, Feb. 13, 1843.
Mr. Kline read a bill to prevent boat
ing on the State Canals on Sunday.
Mr. Sullivan read a bill to organize a
board of Examiners of Common School
'teachers in each county.
The bill to repeal the Nicholson Court
was taken up in order on final passage.
A lenthy debate ensued in the course of
which various amendments were proposed
and discussed. The preamble was strick
en out, and the bill passed finally by the
followini , vote—yeas 22 nays 9.
Mr. Penniman offered a resolutiion, cal
ling on the Canal Commissioners for in
formation relative to the number of pass
engers carried on the Philadelphia and
Columbia Railroad by Wilson and Cam
eron, since the Ist of January last ; the
amount of toll received by the State for
passengers, cars, and motive power ; and
the amount of fare received by said Wil
lson and Cameron, exclusive of tolls, &c.
The resolution was read twice and
adopted.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker laid before the House sev
eral communications; amongst them one
from journeymen printers of Harrisburg,
disavowing any participation in the insult
offered to Mr. Heckman of the House, by
sending him a leather medal.
Mr. Kline submitted a resolution in
structing the committee on Banks to bring
in a bill authorizing the Banks of the
Commonwealth to issue small notes.
The resolution was taken up on second
reading by a vote of 51 to 35.
A motion was made to postpone, which
was voted down. An amendment was
then offered instructing the committee to
"inquire into the expediency" °it eporting
such a bill, which after considerable dis
cussion was voted down, when the origin
al resolution was adopted by a vote of 49
to 36.
The bill for the election of the Board
of Canal Commissioners then came up on
final passage.
Mr. Roumfort immediately called the
Previous Question, and the question—shall
the main question be now put?—was sus—
tained, but before the vote was announced
various questions of order were raised
which occupied the time of the House un
til the hour of adjournment, and the final
vote was not taken.
SE ve N a T F .
T
ch. 14, 1893.
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Amongst petitions, dm, presented this
morning, was the proceedings of a public
meeting, by Mr. Stewart, he ld in - rirfi6ll:
own, Fayette county, in favor of Mr.
Johnson's plan of Relief to the States,
which was referred to the Judiciary corn
mittee.
Mr. Crabb submitted a joint resolution
instructing our Senators and members of
Congress to use their exertions to revive
and continue the law of 1828, granting
pensions to widows of the Revolutionary
war for five years.
The resolution passed its several reads
ings, and was sent to the House for con
currence.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT Al IVES.
The bill for the election of the canal
commissions then was taken up.
When the House adjourned yesterday
several questions of order were pending.
The Speuker announced that the call fay