The State Printer.
" OrINION" OF Tilt: ATVOKNEY GENERAL,
3 torn, y Gencral's Offre,?
M.iy dth, 1843.5
Charles M'Clure, Eery, Secretary of the
Common wealils-- Dear Sir.--1 hail the
honor to receive yours of the 20th ultimo,
in slue tfine, submitting for tny considera
tion the quietism, whether the electing of
1. (3. M'Kieley as State Printer, to do Me
English Piloting, ma the 16th day of April
was such a valid election, under the Act of
the 2.4 th M last entitled Au Act to
create permanently the Office of State
Primer," as will justily the aisprovul of
his bond by the Governor, pt.ipaeatory to
his entering upon the duties of his office?
As the answer of this question involves
the legality of a solemn act, performed by
the joint concurrence of the tnenabets of
the two !louses of the Legisl store, I have
given it a most careful examination, and
have arrived at a conclueion upon what
appear, to toy own mind, to be the most
clear and sold legit grounds.
The first section of the Act providing for
the election of State Printers prescribes in
general let ins that there shall hereafter
tie elected its the manlier now provided by
law fur the election of State Treasurer,
two State Printers," &c, &c. No time is
fixed in this section fur such election, nor
is any authority given to the two !louses
to fix the time. This section simply pre•
scribes the manner or mode or form in
which the State Printers arc to be elected,
to wit, us the State Treasurer is elected
by law. And how is this ? In the fol.
lowing "manner :'' each house of the Leg
islature shall choose one teller and fur
nish a minute of the choice to the other.
At the hour of twelve, on some slay to be
designated, the Senate and Rouse of Rep
resentative shall meet in cons ention in the
Chamber oldie !louse of Representatives;
the Speaker of the Senate, or in his ab
sence the Speaker of the House of Repre
benteti, e shell preside, and when the con.
ventiue is organized, the members shall
proceed to elect vita ro-e, and the bal
lacings are to be conducted, and the result
announced, in the mode prescribed. Tnis
is obviouely all that is meant or provided
fur in the first section. We have not yet
a word said in relation to the time in which
the election is to take place. The man
ner it is true is prescribed, but if no time
be fixed, there can be no election. The
Legislature was not so negligent of this
duty as to leave this glarini , e defect in
the law. Turn to the thirteenth section,
which is drawn in these plain tutus—
.' The first election of State Printers shall
take place on the third day alter the pas
rage of this Act, unless that day be Sun
day, in which .case it shall take place on
the Monday following, and they shall be
elected on the first Monday in March in
every third year thereafter, and their term
of same shall commence o'n the first day
of July next succeeding the election."
llere then we have the time clearly and
unequivocally prescribed. No one can
mistake it. The first election is to take
place on the llsied day after the passage of
the law unless that day be Sunday, and in
such a case the election is to take place on
the Monday following. No authority is
given to the two !louses to adjourn from
slay to day. The law passed by the two
Houses and sanctioned by the * Executive
has designated tile day. The two Houses
only, either iu or out of Convention, can
out change the law by their bare resolu
lion. It they could, the Executive is an-1
nihilated, end the constitution rendered
the mere sport and mockery fur the ma
jority lit them.
Against such legislative encroachments
there could be neither safety or protection.
But the absurdity of such a pretence is
too OHM to require argument fur its expo
sure. The whole question here is, wheth
er the provision in the first section, that
the Stale Printer shall tie elected in the
manner" the State Treasurer is elected,
qualifies the day designated in the 13th
section, so as to authorize the two !louses
in Convention to adjourn from day to day
and elect on the 15th day of April instead
of the 2 i di of March, the third day alter
the passage of the law. I think it does
not ; for the first section has sole refer
since to the anode cf organizing the Con
vention and conducting its operations, and •
not to the day on widen it is to meet, dud'
to which its power is limited and con- •
fined.
Nothing is clearer film that when the
law has designated a day on which an act
is to be done, without authority to perform
it on another day, it is void if done on an
other day than that prescribed. Such I
conceive to be the case in this instance.
The fact amounts to nothing that the
State Treasurer, if not elected on the day
designated, may be elected on such other
day as the convention adjourns to. The
law especially provides for this contigen
cy ; but in the election of State Printer it
does not. It looks to no other day than
the one named, and doubtless it is a wise
and salutary provision. Surely it is no
more impracticable for the Legislature to
elect a state Printer in one day than it is
for the people of Pennsylvania to elect a
Governer and Members of the Legislature
rm one day. the Members of the Lep
islature know it is their duty to elect on a
particular day, they will unquestionably
Perform it. but let them understand they
may adjourn front time to time, as whim,.
caprice or management happens to dictate.
nod there is a field open for combination,
intrigue and bargaining, which may tend
to produce the most disastrous results to
the pu'ilic interest. 1 say nothiug of what
lets in fact or in allegation, characterized
the present election; 1 am speaking in the
abstract of the bound, wholesome policy
I illitiVat i it Ili11:1;a•
is a principle of construction not to b.•
overlooked; it is one of the fundamental
'Mons of statuary construction in doubt•
ful CASCS, if this be t-o, to advcanee right
tud repress wrong. It cannot be too rig
, idly applied.
In this view of the case, the election of
Mr. McKinly was invalid, and the Gover-`
nor ought nut to approve of his bond.—
Fortunately, little, if any inconvenience
can result Iron) this construction of law,
for no public printing to any considerable
am in ut will be required to be done before
the meeting of the next Legislature, and
it will rest with that body to correct the
interpretation of the law which 1 have giv
en, it it be deemed wrong. I feel much
1 less reluctance in expressing the opinion
I have formed on this subject, while there
is an appeal open to the representatives of
' the people, elected with this question fresh
before them, fur all parties who may be
dissatisfied, than I would if it were to bet
final and conclusive upon their right. 11
do not of course expect to convince those!
I whose interests may be deeply tamed by
1 this opinion, but entertaining not the
slightest doubt as to the entire soundness
of every position maintained, 1 commit it
i with confidence to the judgment of the
eittighnnted and impartial, regarding with
Iperfect indifference whatever course oth
ers May see fit to pursue.
Yours &c.,
Very respectfully,
OVID F. JOHNSON.
arrestor the Suspected Trea
sury Able Thieves.
The Baltimore Sun of Monday, (22nd
inst.) has a lull account of the arrest of the
three men, Breedlove, Jewell and Bennis,!
in that city, on suspicion of Navin,stolen
at New Orleans about one hundred thou
sand dollars of Treasury notes, alleged to
have been cancelled, a brief notice of
which, we have already published. A
bench warrant, it appears, issued by the
Hon. Theodore A. McCaleb, U. S. Judge
at New Orleans, accomp4nied by the affi•
davits of Thomas Gibbs Morgan, Charles
Lee Carpenter, and J. Decourman, of that
city, was received at the Treasury Depart
ment. This warrant charges three indi
viduals, John M. Breedlove, (a nephew of
the late Collector at New Orleans,) Jo
seph W. Jewell, and Sawyer 'tennis,
with having, on or about the 26th day of
July, 1842, stolen a large amount of ino.
ney, in Treasury noses of the United
States, to wit: the sum of ninety thousand
dollars, (90,000) or thereabouts and fur
ther charged them with altering, uttering,
and publishing said amount of Treasury
notes. This warrant was put in the hands
of a magistrate at IVashington, and the
persons were arrested, the first at a house
of ill-tame. On examination of the per
sons of the prisoners in the jail, nothing
of importance was found except $lOO in'
notes, in Breetllove's pocket. The exam.
:nation of Breetllove's trunk at the hotel,
brought to light $5O in bank 'totes, 5 ea
gles, 8 half-eagles, 29 sovereigns, $lOOO
in American gold, o:.e large gold stud.
breast-pin, one gold watch chain and key,
and a splendid assortment of wearing'
apparel. Jewell's trunk contained noth•
t og worthy of notice, and the examination,
of ltennis trunk was deferred.
The prisoners had scarcely reached the
prison,
when Copt. H. S. Harper, Deputy
U. S. Marshall for New Orleans, accoin.
panied by a police officer, reached the city
with a United States warrant, to obtain
the, prisoners, and convey them back to
New Orleans.
The Sun's correspnntlent of the
says : " From the Deputy Marshall, 1
!earn that Breedlove was, for six or seven
years, a cletk in the Custom Douse at
New Orleans, and was highly esteemed
by a large circle of acquiintances. Upon
the back of every note the word cancel.
led,' was written; this was obliterated by
some chemical process, in such a mantle r
as to leave a faint yellow stain thereon.
d. lie further states, that abundant evi
dence can be adduced there, to prove that
Breedlove and his associates succeeded in
passing off some 815,000 of these notes in
•New Orleans, and that the amount circu
lated cannot be correctly ascertained for
a long time, if ever.
's lie says the guilt of Jewell, in circu
lating the notes, call also be fully estab
lished. lie is the same man who killed a
watchman in New York, sonic six or seven
years ago, by ripping him open.
There appears to be doubts as to the
amount of evidence against Rein's, who, I
learn, was not in New Orleans at the time
of the robbery.
" But little further has transpired in the
case of Mr. Bowden, the clerk charged
with rubbing the treasury of a number of
Treasury notes. Mrs. Augustus A. Dor.
hey, of Baltimore, and Mr. Broome of
11'ashington, were examined yesterday,
and afterwards Mr. D. WAS held to bail
for his appearance at court to answer the
charge. Suspicion has not pointed out
any other clerk as being connected with'
him. There was a rumor that James E.
flirvey was an accomplice, but in this
there is no truth."
The Governor of Maryland has refused,
for the present, to comply with the requi•
Nihon of the Governor of Ohio for Adam
Horn. Ile will first undergo a trial in
Maryland for the murder of his wife, Ma-
Hilda Horn, and in case of a failure to
convict him there of the crime laid to hie
charge, lie will be delivered up to the
authorities of Ohio, fur a trial there on a
charge of having murdered his first wife.'
The West India Mail steamer Trent,
recently arrived at Ilmana from Vera
with ZJ4:^,O'ci in qieeir.,
THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL,
Huntingdon, May 31, 1543.
"One country, one constitution, one destiny.'
V. B. PALMER, F.sq. (No. 104 S. 3rd St.
Philadelphia) is authorized to act as Agent
for this paper, to procure subscriptions and
advertisements.
Democratic Stale Conven-
tion.
Whereas, the General Assembly of
.Pennsylvania, at its lute session, enacted
a law by %thief, the Freemen of the State
are required, at the general election in
October• next, to elect, by h . popular vote,
a Board of Canal Commissioners: And
whereas, it is important that the demo•
cratic Harrison party should preserve II
fill and complete organization of all its
forces by the presentation of hon?st, kith
ful and competent candidates, distinguish
•l for their integrity, in favor of a prudent
and economical management of the public
works, and opposed to the wastful expen
ditures and flagrant abuses of the pres
ent administration, to the free and inde
pendent voters of the State, for their sup
port :--The undersigned State Commit
tee, therefore, call upon the members of
said party, in the different counties to
elect at such times and places as they
may think proper, in conformity with the
usages of the party, Ddegates Irma each
Senatorial and Representative District,
pursuant to the pi ovisions of the Senatori
al and Representative Apportionment
Act, passed at the recent session of the
Legislature, and equal to the number of
Senators and Representatives from such
county or district, to meet in General
Convention, at Harrisburg. on WED•
NESDAI', THE 6th DAY OF SEP.
MAWR, NEXT, at 12 o'clock, M.,
to nominate suitable candidates for CA
NAL COMMISSIONERS, to be sup-,
ported by the Harrison Democratic party
of the State, at the ensuing general elec
tion.
GEORGE FORD, Lancaster,
HENRY MONTGOMERY, Harrisburg .
WILLIAM M. WA 1. - S, Erie,
WM. F. HUGHES, Philadelphia co.,
JOHN G. MILES, Huntingdon,
JOHN TAGGART, Northumberland,
HARMER DENNY, Pittsburg,
JOHN S. RIL:HARDS, Reading,
JACOB WOMANLY'', Easton.
May 17, 1843.
New Type-41n Improtement.
Having purchased new iyv for our
paper, (of a smaller size than 'V hose now
used,) we hope to present next week's
number in a new dress. Hereafter we will
be able to furnish more matter in the same
space, by which our readers will find
themselves benefited.
We have gone to a very considerable
expense to improve and beautify the Jour
nal; and we intend to be out shortly with
a new prospectus. Of course we hope to
meet with liberality enough on the part ofl i
our fellow citizens to compensate us—in
new subscribers —for our outlay. Our el.'
forts shall be to publish a newspaper wor
thy of our county ; and we trust to meet
with that encouragement which is essen
tially requisite to the undertaking. As
soon as we meet with encouragement
enough to warrant us in doing so, we in
tend to enlarge the paper.
We have also provided ourself with a
new fount of jot) type, and are prepared
to do job work in good style, and on short
notice.
The Crops.
In our recent journey from this place to
the lower end of our county, and through
the counties of Franklin, Cumberland,
York, Lancaster &c., we observed that
the crops, generally, give promise of an
abundant harvest. In sonic parts of Cum
berland and Franklin, however, the win
ter grain looks as if it antlered from
the severity of the winter, the snow hay
°
in. greatly drifted and left sonic fields
bare. Fruit of every description, from the
apple down to the hackle-berry, will be
'abundant, if permitted to escape injury
until ripe.
Our exchange papers from different
parts of the country furnish us the pleas
ing intelligence that the labors of the hus
bandman will be rewarded by a plentiful
harvest.
Hail Storms.
On Monday the 15th lust., Gettysburg
was visited by a severe hail storm which
extended but a tow miles in width and
reached in length us far as York, though
not with the same degree Of destructive
ness. In Gettysburg and vicinity the hail
stones were unusually large, injuring cattle
dud killing birds &c. The amount of
window glass destroyed in Gettysburg, as
nearly as could be ascertained by a com
mittee of gentlemen who took the trouble
of countm:, is 10,5'n, at a cost of at
Icnt
Locuslo—not guile.
Some of our exchange papers are trying
to kick up a fuss" about locusts which
are to appear this year in as great abun
dance as they slid in Egypt iii the slays ofi
Pharaoh. it seems to us there must be
sonie mistake about this. General obserd
vation--(a new General)--goes to estab-I
lists the fact that these insects appear reg.'
ulurly at intervals of seventeen years.—
They appeared in these. dig Ons" in May
1834, and it is therefore'highly probable
that they are now an eight year's journey
front us, or perhaps nut hatched yet.-1
Who knows ?
Business.
The indications of the times in all parts
of the country, we are pleased to say, are'
becoming more cheering. In the com
mercial cities an evident change for the
better has taken place, and business is
reviving, which must eventually lead to
•• better times."
Bicknell's Reporter, published in Phil
adelphia, says, "The spirit of the country
is rising once more, slowly, but certainly
into activity and energy, and we think we
descry in the distance, the bright light of
returning prosperity. Certain it is that
we have passed through a fiery ordeal."
The New York Express, in its weekly
review, says :--" The business of the week
has greatly increased. The importations
have been large. At the Custom linuse
upwards of a hundred thousand dollars
were received in one day. In the business
streets of the city there is a much greater
activity than there has ever• been. Ex •
changes with every part of the country,
except Alabama, a u •e reasonably low.
The Boston Journal, says All over
the city, no matter which way you tor.,
improvements meet your eye. All these
things betoken a better feeling in our bu
siness affairs, and give a clear aspect to
the times."
The Baltimore Patriot, says :—" That
glom and despondency once so manifest,
would seem to be gradually forsaking the
merchant, as well as the mechanic and
day laborer, bearing in its stead the more
agreeable anticipations of a swilling mor
row."
Attorney General Johnson's
Opinion.
In to.day's Journal we insert the very
" luminous" Opinion of Governor Por
ter's learned Attorney General on the
question of the legality of the election of
State Printers. Those who have ever
read a law book will at once see that the
"luminous" Attorney General has entire
ly forgotten that all his books teach that
" the fairest and most rational method to
interpret the will of the legislature, is liv
exploring their intentions at the time when
the law was maac, ‘,r ori'gns
tural and probabie-- au a 'nese slos are ,
either the words, the context, the subject
matter, the effects and consequences, or
the spirit and lesson of the law." (See
Blackstone's Commentaries,lntroduction,
Section 2.) The " luminous" expounder
of the laws must have forgotten this, or,
considered it obsolete in these days of lA- ,
coloco reign ; for he undertakes to prove
that the late Legislature were bound by
and to the very letter of the law—that
their intentions at the time they passed
the law—and the spirit and reason of the
law, amount to nothing at all. It must be
as "clear as mud" to every mind, that the
late Legislature, who passed the law, and
elected the State Printers, did not MEAN
TO DO what they DID DO! True they en
acted that the State Printers should be
elected in lie manner provided for the
election of State Treasurer, and that au
thorizes an adjournment from time to
time; but still the very " luminous" At
torney General, through a grand display
of legal astutia, arrives at the conclusion
which he was no doubt ORDERED and
DETERMINED to come to—that this
part of the law amounts to JUST NOTHING
AT ALL—that the election of MlCinity is'
invalid—and that the Governor should
not approve his bind.
The Lancaster lntelligencer, one of the
ablest and inmit influential Locoloco pa-
pers in the state, denounces this attempt
at " TREATING AN ELECTION Ai IF IT HAD
NOT BEEN lIELD," and says: " When it
is known by our readers that, under this
law, tho Governor is only authorized to
perform the mere ministerial duty Lf pas
sing upon the vilitlity of the security offer•
ed by the State Printer elect, and that
now lie sets himself up to pass upon the
validity or the law of the Legislature, the
fearful mid alarming extent of the usurpa•
turn, may be understood; That the State
Printers were elected properly, and ac
cording to law, no man in his senses, pre.
ltiodl to doubt, he power of adjourn.
inent is reserved in the law providing for'
'the election "Ix TIIF.AtANNF.II" provided
by the law providing fur the election or
IState Treasurer."
The Harrieborg Keystone, edited by I
Mr. IWKinley, one of the Printers elect,
which will therefore not be con,idered the
most disinterested and honest paper in the
world in its denunciation of this act of
executive tyranny, characterizes the con
duct of the Governor as " a gross usimeA
111 N of the Legislative and Judicial pow
ers of the government, for which IMPEACH
MENT is, and unquestionably mi.'. be tke :
legal and efficent remedy."
The Anti•Portir portion of the Local°.
co press in Pennsylvania, and they by far .
outnumber the Porter papers, are down
upon the Governor " like a thousand of
brick" on account of this last act of " ty
ranny and usurpation," and cry most lus
tily for his IMPEACHMENT. The
Pennsylvanian, the leading Locoloco or
gan in Philadelphia, says : " There rip. ,
pears to be but one opinion about this
matter, and it is that the bounds of endur
ance have been passed, and no course re•
mains but that of impeachment. Such
then should be the question on which the
approaching elections should torn—the
formal impeachment of David 11. Porter."
'1 he only thing in all this, that appears
strange to us, is, that these papers, one
and all, of high and low degree, could
pass over the thousand acts ofgreater "ty
ranny and usurpation" which the Gwei -
nor has perpetrated since the unlucky day
of his induction into the executive chair
of this injured Commouwealth, and even
sing hosannas of praise of his " everlasting
Wanly," anti should now for the first time
open their eyes to his wickedness and call
for retributive justice. For our own part
we detest die conduct of the Governor in
the premises as much as any of his former
friends can possibly detest it ; and we
speak of it now " more in sorrow than in
anger." Ever since the glaring develope
ments in the " Lumber Speculations" of
1841, our voice has always been for im
peachment. Our cry is still impeach I
! IMPEACH!:
General Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church of the United States met in
Philadelphia on Thursday the 18th inst.
The Old School division assembled in the
Presbyterian Church, corner of Eighth
and Cherry Streets. The opening sermon
was preached by the Rev. R. T. BRECK
ENR/DGE, Moderator of the General As
sembly of 1891—the last Moderator being
absent. The Rev. Dr. SPRING, of New
York was afterwards chosen Moderator of
the present Genei Assembly. The News
School , Ivision Diet iu the ? ) resbyterian
C , ;tir,ll i , ppubne Washing;on Square.—
Toe Rev. Dr. IVIBNER, Moderator of the
last General Assembly, preached the open
ing sermon, and presided in organizing.
'l'ile Rev. A. D. EDDY was chosen Mod•
erator.
Trial of Amos Lefever.
Our readers, no doubt, recollect the ac•
count we gave some time ago, of a most
disiressing case of seduction, insanity and
death, which occuired in Bradford coun
ty, Pa. Miss Esther Maria Woodburn
was the victim, and the Rev. Amos Lele.
ver the base seducer. lle Wab tried, at
Towanda, the first week in May, and con.
victed of adultery. An exchange paper
says :—his sentence hail not been passed
at our last advices, but it must in all rea
son be rigorous. lie not only made use
of his clerical character to obtain a corn
plete mastery over his victim and her pa
rents but wrote her piles of letters filled
with the most blasphemous intermixture
of cant and lust! telling her that the cause
of Religion required her submission to
his vile desires! It appears that Miss
Woodburn, though previously of most ex
emplary character, and beloved by all who
knew her, was not ignorant of the fact
that he had a wife and children living
somewhere, but he assured her that his
divorce would soon be perfected. This
mitigates the sympathy which would
otherwise be felt for her error and her
wretchedness. (Her lather died on leer•
wing her disgrace, and her mother has
been I'ur some tune insane in consequence
of it.)
Lefever's conduct appears to have been
one of unredeemed villiany throughout.—
Ins conduct on the trial evinced reckless
hardihood and remorseless vice. Ile af
fected to be indifferent to the last. It
appears that this man has run the round
of several Orthodox denominations, con
forming to any that would employ him.--
He had been advertised as a villian and
adulterer in the religious newspapers.—
' Why is not more care used in picking up,
these vagrant pretenders i•
Sale of the Slate Storhat
In June next, the whole of the Stock'
owned by this state in banks, bridge,..Sl ,
'pike, and other private corporations, v 7",
be again of fur sale ; and this time "
with some certainly of its being effected
without interference train the Executive,
beyond whose control the law has now
placed it. Those stocks whose location
`is in or near Philadelphia, will be sold at
the Merchant's Exchange in that city on
the 13t1t of June next. Those in the vi
icinity of llotrisburg, at the State House I .
'on the 19th. Those in the vicinity or
Northumberland, at that place on the 2411,.
'And those in the vicinity of Wilkesbarre,
'at that place on the 29th of the same
month. There will also be sales held at
Pittsburg and Meadville, in September
next, of the stocks held in the various
companies in the Western part of the State.
The sales in all instances will be perempto
ry. These stocks may be paid for in certifi
:cates issued to domestic creditors, bearing
six per cent. interest. The stocks we an
ticipate will bring rather lair prices, as
stocks of all kinds appear to be on the
rise. The certificates of the State's in
dehtdedness are to be received in pay
ment fur them have materially advanced
lin price since the legislature adjourned,
ranging now from 70 to 80e. on the dol
lar. The whole amount of them in circu
lation, is obout $1,300,000, which will not
cover the aggregate of the sales of stock,
at present prices. At existing quotations,
the stock in the Pennsylvania Bank, will
bring B 600,000; the stock held in the
Philadelphia Bank, $314,000 ; that in the
Schuylkill Navigation Company B 35,000;
and with that held in the Allegheny
Bridge Company, and in one or two
others, will be sufficient to absorb the
whole of the certificates issued.—Harris
burg Telegraph.
Locoftreolsni 031 the Tariff.
The locolocos of Indiana lately congre
gated for enlightenment on certain measures
of Government, and addressed letters to
all the loco loco candidates for the Presi
dency—excepting John Tyler of Virginia;
or rather we may say omitting him.-
1 hey have received letters from all, and
it is a matter altogether worthy of specu
lation, that with the exceptizer of Old Te
cumseh, who, with an improvidence of
truth end straightforwardness of purpose,
comes boldly out for protection to Ameri
can labor, and Atnerican capital, they all
take the Southern, sunny shit' of the great
question of the Tariff. Even Mr. Bu
chanan remains true to his principles of
ten cents a day." Is it for this cause, or
if not, what other is it, that the brave old
Soldier is thrust aside that room may be
made for truckling politicians, ever ma
king their sales and bargains in the South?
There is not one of them else, Buchanan.
Van Buren, Calhoun and Cass, but limit
American labor to " incidental protec
tion," Mr. Buchanan says emphatically
that "he will not impose one dollar of
duty" beyond the absolute necessities of
the Government, and that he is willing to
discriminate in favor of manufactures, so
feu• as they are incidental to national de
fence, But through the whole of his
creed" as he calls it, there runs not ono
thought or feeling; there is exhibited not
one spark of sympathy fur the manufac
turer, farmer or laborer. He Imagines
himself, like Gen. Jackson, the Govern
ment, and his sole care is to furnish that
with money. This is true, unadulterated
locofocoism, and ought to obtain him sup
port in his ranks.--American.
Ass OLD OFFENDER ARRESTED.—Last
week a man calling himself Hill, was ar
rested by Constables Balsley and Sanders,
and brought before Justice Snyder, under
the charge of being the persoo who robbed
a tavern keeper in Huntingdon, in 1898, of
$5OO, for which he was then arrested and
lodged in jilt, and succeeded in escaping
from it Wore his trial Caine on, and whose
name was Arson Gale. When brought
before Eiquire Snyder, being questioned
as to his name he very boldly denied that
it was Gale, but-the 'Squire who had seen
and know ()ins some years ago, told him
that the denial was of no use, and he knew
him to be Gale, and for want of bail, sent
hint to jail to wait fur further orders from
Huntingdon county.
Gale was a conspicuous politician in
1838—and one of the most brawling Por
terstes in the state. It is said that he was
one of the Governor's chosen escort at the
time he came from Huntingdon to Har
risburg. But whether or not, he was very
conspicuous in the Buckshot War, and
one of the leaders of the mob. Ile was
first recognised by a gentleman from Ilun
tingdon county, named Holliday, cupon
whose information he was arrested by the
constables. He' had beets seen several
days in the neighborhood, mixing with the
watermen, thinking probably that he
would make another haul out of them bes
fore he took his departure, and went by
the name of Hill, which was the name he
entered at the Franklin House where he
put up, part of the time.--Har.
ANOTHER DECISION.--Me learn from
the St. Louis New Era, that Judge Catron,
of the Circuit Court, and one of the Jud
ges of the Supreme Court of the United
States, has decided that the Bankrupt
Law passed:by Congress is constitutional.
This decision, like that of Judge M'Kinley
at New Orleans, is final.
Lord Brougham is said to be about to
visit this country, either as the regular or
special minister.
Newspaper presses in Virginia are (ax
ed indiscriminately, ten dollars each.