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TO ADVERTISERS.—The circulation of the
'"WELLSBOROIMII AD I VERTISER" is LARGER than
that
of any other paper in the county. It cir.
411 , entitles extensively throughout Tioga and Potter
S counties. Farmers offering Farms for sale, and
Merchants, Mechanics, and Business men gene
i rally, will consult I.heii own interests by ADVER
i *llama in this paper, the circul4ion of which is
already larger than that of any other in the coun
qity, and is rapidly increasing. Terms moderate.
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To the Whigs of Pennsylvania..
A State Convention will be, held in the City of
Lancaster, on TUESDAY, june 24th, 1851, for
the purpose of selecting Candidates for the offices
of Governbr, and Canal Commissimier, and also
5 for Judges of the Supreme Court.
:( HENRY M. FULLER, Chairman.
1;
i• Joseph R. Flan - igen, Samuel McMcnamy,
F. Knox Morton, Chas. Thompson Jones,
Wm. H. Slingluf, • . Samuel B. Thomas,
; Samuel Bell, John S. Brown,
Nathaniel Etimaker, T. Taylor Worth,
1 - 1 • J. Robinson, ' Alexander E. Brown ;
Warden E. Preston,. William Baker.
Thomas EXochran, William M. Watts,
; Henry Johnson, ' James Clark, •
1--• Charles B. Bordman, Sherman D. Phelps,
George Kress, I Edwin C. Wilson,
,:t D. A. Finney, John Allison, •
, C. 0. Loomis, • Daniel McCurdy,
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John Bausman, George Meason,
t•• Wtiltana Evans, Alexander M. McClure,
••, John C. Neville, Francis Jordan.
R. RUNDLE SMITH, Secretary. .
PUBLIC LtCTUßE.—Next,Mondity even
1' inn., the 10th instant, There will be a Lec
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IT tutu at the Court House, on the Principles,
1 : Objects, and Practical Results of the insti
lotion. of the Sons of Temperance. Col
• h esteEmery, lecturer,
Wei understand that this is to be last of
IV the series of popular and instructive lectures
q, which have'been gotten up under the gui
q. dance of Wellshoro' Division, for our peo
ple's entertainment the past winter. On
Monday evening, there will be several pie
-141 ces-of appropriate music executed 4y a full
choir. We hope to see a full house.
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LICENSE LAW.—In the House of Repro
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sentatives at Harrisburg, on the 17th ult.,
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a Bill for Licensing Taverns in Chester and
Tioga counties, passed by a vote of 64 to
16. The proceedings will be found in an
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h other column. The Bill provides for the
election of three citizens in each township,
" ward and borough, at the Spring elec
c3 lion, who shall compose a Board of Li
censers for the said township, ward and
borough. '
OPENING or THE MAIN LINE.—The
.1 Main Line of the Pennsylvania Canal,
from Coluinbia to Pittsburg, was opened
for the passige„.of boats on yesterday a
week. This is the earliest opening of our
public wurlrc- that crzr - took place, and the
prospect for doing a large business is very
n l flattering. Goods bare already been ship.
ped from Philadelphia k Pittsburg.
COLONIAL RECORDS. - The Governor
has appointed Samuel Hazard, Esq., of
of Philadelphia, to arrange the Colonial Re
cords and Revolutionary Documents for pub
lication, agreeable to the act passed this
sessicm on the subject. Mr. H. is probably
the most competent man in the State for
this duty, and he will doubtlessly execute
the task in a satisfactory manner.
PUBLICATION OF TUE LAU - S.—There is
a bill before the Legislature, introduced by
Mr. Mowry, of Somerset, providing foT the
[ publication of all general — laws in at least
one paper of every county of the State. In
lieu of the docket fee of three dolllars, now
allowed to Attorneys in all cases on the
docket of the Prothonotary of the Court of
Cominon Pleas, is proposed that there
shall be charged and paid on all suits en
tered, two dollars for the use of the county,
tObe paid over semi-annually to the County
Treasurer. This fund is to be appropriated
to the expense of publishing the laws in the
papers of the respective !counties, the cost ,of
•,publishing not to exceed the amount so re
ceived, and any excess that may in any
case be found over and above such expense
of publication, 'to- be applied to court pur-
poses. i -
A WARN/SG Ty SLANDERERS.-A poor
'girl named Martha- Stock, recovered a few
days since, in the Court of Common Pleas
or Lancaster, Judge Lewis presiding, $lOOO
,damages of a man named Joint Neff; for
slanderous words spoken by him against
the chastity of the plaintiff: One thousand
idollars was all that was claimed, and the
jury brought in a verdict for the full
arneunt.
A DUEL.—Me. Stanley of North Caro.
line, and_Mr—inge of
_Alabama, quietly ab
tinted themselves froln Washington City
On 'the 24th ult., and fn - t ught oduel. The
diffiCulty, grew out of language used some
dayosince, by Mr. Inge 'in debate, at which
Mr. Stanley took offence. Mr. Stanley, it
is said, challenged Mr Inge; Whick the lat
ter accepted. They fOnght with pistols.
Ailer exchaaging shots,ineither party being
wounded, the affair waS amicably(adjusted
by the friends of the parties, and they re
turned quietly to VVaslisgton in the, even
ing. Mr., Stan* AVq accitiA4a.taled by
Mr, Asbe, of North Carolina, and Mr.
Inge by Gov. Brown, of Mississippi,
Where the Silver Goes.
The exOrtations• of_specie from New
York to foreign Ports, for seven months and
a half past—that is froni July 1; 1850, to
Feb. 'l4, I`Bsl, ;amounted to - $9,375,505.
Of this the aggregate exportation of silver
was some fire millions and a hay:. For
the last two months the exportations have
:been chiefly of Silver, and within the last
two weeks more than a quarter of a million
in American hall' dollars alone were sent
out. The New York Herald says that in
consequence of the scarcity of small silver
coin, nearly all the eating-houses and -sa
loons in that city'are now issuing shinplas
ters for sums ranging from six cents up to
half a dollar. Some of them are done on
simple cards; others on bank-note paper,
in the form of bills, and beautifully engra
ved. Unlike our locofoco friends, we go
for an aburulance ; of ..money—because when
money is plenty nobody need be in. want ;
we prefer to have good money rather than
bad, too, when we can get it—but we would
take a dollar ten per cent. below par rather
than have no money at all—yet we cannot
but regret the apparent approach of another
shinplaster era. •
But what takes the specie out of the
Country ? Simply this—we buy our goods
from foieign countries, and must pay for
them, and have nothing that foreigners will
take but specie.. Ah; replies the farmer,
we were told a year or two ago, that if we
purchased our goods from England we
could pay for them with our breadstuffs ?
Yes, you were told sobut this was a lo
cofoco promise, and like most locofoco
promises, made to be broken. You were
told, too, that the Tariff of '46 would bring
you two dollars a bushel' for your wheat—
that the English were a, hungry people who
would oat up all we could raise—yet wheat
is now cheaper in Liverpool than in New
York, and the prices of all kinds of pro
duce in this country are lower than they
have been for years ! So much for locofo
coism—so much for the!Tariff of '46—and
we have not yet seen the worst. Our troy
bles,are only beginning.
THE BOSTON OUTS AGE.—The recent riot
which occurred at Boston, his created quite
an excitement. throughout the country.
Some eight or- ten persons have been ar
rested for participating in the rescue of the
fugitive slave, who it is said is safe in Cana
da, and out of the reach of the officers of
the United States. More arrests will
iloutitionit to made, nand it in to 6o hoped
that all will be arrfste4 and punished as
they deserve.
President Fillmore has issued a Procla
mation, cautioning till persons against re
sisting,the fugitive Slave law, and 'calling
upon all good citizens to stand by the laws
of their country. The President did his
duty in this matter, and he will be sustained
try his -countrymen. The fugitive slave
law should be respected by every good citii
zen, so long as it, stands upon the Statute
Books.
PUBLIC LANDS: -.11 EIS officially stated
that ninety-five millions of acres of the
public lands will be 'required to satisfy the
warrants of soldiers, in the late war, and
the Secretary of thp Treasury computes
that it will take, at the rate the public lands
have been heretofore sold, sixteen years to
dispose of these ninety-five millions. The
bill which passed theV. S. Senate on Mon
day a week, appropriating ten , millions of
acres to the States old and new, for the
benefit of the indigent insane, provides that
the States are to share in the grant, in the.
compound, ratio of territory and population:
TUE " Wetheril I Divorce Case" is again
• before but State Legislature. What a
miserable ',piece - of folly it is for a set of
-
sensible men, who are sent together by the
people to legislate for their benefit, to be
wasting their time and spindieg the money
of their constituents in dsCusSing matters
which do not at all come under their juris
diction. If divorces are t be granted, and'
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if it is absolutely necessag that they should
be granted, there are OtheT sources through
which the thing; can bp effected besides by
the State Legislature. %%e hope no ; more
time will be consumed in discussing matters
of so triiiing.a character. 1
DE4D LETTER OFFrcE,—The Republic
states, that the .bulk Of opened letters, re
turned to the Department; in one quarter,
equalled to about 609 7 0 bushels, rammed.;c
each bushel is . supposed to, contain 1000
letters.- The number returned inl:a quarter,
is therefore about ,six millions, or twenty
,
four million's a year. ! 11 ''
" Unclaimed • moneys, less the discount,
are handed over to the general! treasury,
subject to the. demands; of tl rightful
owner, but we: believe for :the ibalf year
ending June 3Qth, 1850,, the 'mount of
I e
these was not More than; abou :1/317;000.
." Dead letters are usually unplid Jetters.
The custom, of, pre -payment , has become
vastly more general since ;the reduction of
postage to five and ten cents. in the .4th
quarter of 1850 1 ; the 111.1nb‘r of diiad letters
received fro,n;Mncii3oeti; not pre4imid, was
8,700 ; the !lumber of-pre-paid le wre from
Boston post-ofnce numbered A 6.1.2 ; of
letters not pre-paid 901.! These instan
ces, are taken at random,", 1 '
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THE WELLSBOROUGH ADVERTISER.
Plank R6ads.
We commend the.following extrect from
a treatise upon plank roads, to the notice of
the farmers and busineskmen of our county.
It is taken from a work entitled "The His
tory, Structure and Statistics of Plank
Roads in the United States and Canada,:by
W. Kingsford," and recently published in
Philadelphiiy by Mr. A. Hart. Our large
farmers Would do well to send for the work,
which costs only fifty cents, and which
would prove of signal benefit to those inte
rested in having a good and cheap road to
market, This is 'emphatically the age of
improvement, and our good citizens should
take especial care that they do not fall be
hind in the mnrch of progress.
It has been well said that the greatest of
all civilizers is a good road. No man, at
any , rate, can question the influence of good
roads in enhancing the value of farms.
The better the road the nearer the market.
A farm, within fifty miles of a great town,
with a good road, is nearer a market than
a farm, but twenty miles ofi; with roads
almost impassible. Hitherto the costly
Macadamized turnpike has been the only
substitute for the ordinary country road.
But in the plank road, a comparatively late
discovery, a substitute, at once cheaper and
better than the best Macadamized road, has
been invented.
The first plank - road, it appears, was laid
on the road leading east from Toronto, in
Upper Canada, and at so comparatively late
a period as 1836. It was found to be so
efficient that plank roads were afterwards
introduced into the State of New Yorfi;
where about 2,106 miles of this- kind of
road are already laid down. These roads
have been constructed at an average cost of
$1,833 per mile, which is about one-half
the original cost of a Macadamized road.
The cheapnessof the plank road is. not,
however, the only advantage it possesses.
In the volume before us the question of
draught, as between a plank road and others
is considered thus :
Experiment has determined the load which
a horse is capable of drawing on the plank
road to be so weighty, that one almost hesi
tates to set it down from fear of the accusa-
Lion of exaggeration. On the Salina and
centrarroad, a few weeks back, for a wa
ger, a tearrkbrought in, without any extraor•
dinary strain, six tons of iron from Brewer
ton, a distance of twelve miles, to Syra
cuse. One and a half cords of green
beach is'a common load, which is equiva
lent to 90 cwt.-4i tons. And three is so
little resistance on a properly constructed
mat), that an OVi3rftge team
this load from thirty to thirty-five miles a
day, at the rate of from three to four miles
an hour. Indeed, the farmer does not seem
to make any calculations of the weight
taken. He loads his wagon as best he can,
and the only care is not to exceed the quan-
tity which it will carry ; whether the team
can draw the load, is not a consideration—
for those who travel on plank roads affirm
that the only danger is that the wagon can
not bear the load, not that the horse cannot
draw it
A good instance of what can be accom
plished may be related of the Western
Road, which commences at Albany. A
farmer who had a large timbered farm,
having sold the wood, carted it to the side
of the plank road, and piled it. His con
tract was to take the wood into Albany, a
distance of eleven miles, at $1.50 per cord
for hauling. With a single team his load
consisted of a cord and a half, and having
engaged to transport plaster for a miller, at
75 cts. the ton, he loaded his wagon for the
return trip, which was weighed in the usual
manner for-the adjustment of the carrying
account. The ordinary load was three tons.
The trips backward and forward were
easily made in a day. Thus his receipts
CM
Cartage I cords of hard wood,a 81.50 . $225
" 3 tons of plaster, a 75 cents - . 2.25
$4.50
Payment of tolls, 11 miles each way, 22 al/ 33
Return per diem -
That great loads can be drawn on Ma
cadam roads (or metal roads, as they are
often called) cannot be called in question,
but at the same time it is to be remarked
that, on the first construction at least, the
resistance to thee fractive power wilt. be
greater than on the smooth, even, compact
surface of the plank. A period must even
intervene before the metal becomes solid ;
and those who have at all watched how
metal roads are influenced, admit the ne
cessity of constant repairs. In and about
large towns the main Macadamized avenues
have annually to be covered with an entire
coat of metal, and the road, o be kept in
order, has _constantly to- be watched from
the day the stone is first placed upon it.
Thus, independent of the difference of sur
face of the best metal road : and of the ordina
ry plank road, constant repairs increase the
resistance. When newly laid, the resistance
for heavy trains on the latter has been cal
culated-variously at 1 in 98 and at 1 in 70,
while that of the stone road in perfect con
dition is named at lin 67. But while_ the .
plank road _for at least two years after it
has been laid down retains an equality of
surfaCe, the' stone road is 'never in such
order that so low a ratio of resistance can
be reCeived. iltt.ordinary condition, the re
sistance of 1' in 25 is received. Taking a
mean of the two, we may call the average
resistance of the Macadam road 1 in 46.
To - recapitulate; we: hoye i ,the two res is-
On the plank road 1 in 70.
On thelfacadam road 1 in 46.
Nor can it be said that this comparison
is much exaggerated. Even those who
differ from it supply data but little less favo
rable. The comparison even continues as
both roads are worn.
Nor is it in the original cost merely that
the plank road is superior to the Macada
mized road. Persons, who have not exam
ined the subject, are prejudiced against
plank roads because they think, from the
material, that it must soon wear out. Mr.
Kingsford, however, estimates the original
cost of a plank road, if laid with the know
ledge derived from experience, to be only
$1750 per mile; and then coEsputes the re
pairs for seven years at seventy dollars per
mile ; and calculates that, at the end of
seven years, the planks, but not the sleepers,
will have to be replaced, eta cost of $1286
per mile. This makes the total cast, for
eight years, $3106. A Macadamized road,
he says costs originally $3500 per mile,
and, for repairs, in eight years, $lO4O more,
making the total $4540, or a superiority of
three to two in favor of the plank road over
the Macadam.
.Numerous instances arc. cited, in the
book before us, of the dividends made on
plank roads and of the rise in the value of
lands contiguous to them. The facilities of
travel afforded by plank roads are also
dwelt upon. It is very certain that, in the
great State of New York, where they have
been most tried, these roads are. becoming
more popular daily. Mr. Kingsford,--in a
separate chapter, explains summarily what
plank roads do for the farmer. We find it
so comprehensive that we quote it.
The farmer has what he never had before
—a good road every day in the year—the
same in all seasons. Formerly, the spring
and fall were periods when the avenues to
the neighboring city were closed to him.
On the plank road, he can select for his
journey days when he cannot work on the
farm, taking with greater ease, in half the
time, three times what he formerly could
carry ;- and while residing close to the road,
he sees his neighbor living five miles off,
bringing two wagons to the planks, and then
transferring the contents into the larger, and
moving off* with it—he can - load his single
vehicle with the full amount it can carry,
and proceed onward without delay. His
.woodlands- acquire, intrinsically, a value
which they had not before, for he can cart
sufficient in one load to pay him for the ex
pense of carting and cutting, allowing a fair
value for his timber. His farm increases
in value from 10 to 50 per cent., aid com
mands a sale from the fact that the produce
never lacks a market, and has a more regu
lar and higher net value. By the current
rice, he F kw
Waal to .
to
worthhat e ft c4i n n , count tietc,f t u e r ,,, o T n l) .
the next market, deducting the cost of car
tage to take it there, which he can calculate
to a cent, and deliver when he needs money.
The adjoining tannery (and the probability
is that there is one within twenty miles)
will buy his bark. His cord-wood can be
carried the same distance. He sells, for re
munerating prices, his perishable produce,
such as vegetables and fruit, pumpkins,
cornstalk and full apples, which brought
him previously, a very small sum, as the
only market was in the small villages where
there was little demand for them.
The wear and tear to his horse, harness,
and vehicle is reduced at least one-half.
The tolls not only pay themselves in this
saving, but even leave a surplus in the
pocket of the farther which would other
wise have been spent on repairs. Horse
shoes last twice the time. Instead of fre
quent new shoes, it is only necessary to
have the old ones periodically removed.
The very labor of cleaning the horse comes
into calculation; one farmer assuring the
writer that very bad weather, setting
aside all question of increase of load and
saving of time, he would sooner pay the
tolls than have to rUb down his horses in
the state they used to be after travel on the
old road.
The price of cartage having generally
been reduced where plank roads have been
laid down, it becomes an inquiry, whether
it is at the cost of the teamster. Some in
stances are given in a former part of this
brochure, and we will adduce two others to
show that the increaie of load carried, and
the time made, more than counterbalance
any reduction of price.
On the Taberg an Rome road; there is
a furnace nine miles from Rome, from
which furnace to the canal at Rome, $1.25
per ton was formerly paid for' carting.
The load each way was precisely one ton,
equal to two tons per day at $1.25 for the
day's work. Now, the price allowed is
$0.75 ; but the teamster takes two and a
half tons each way, equal to five tons per
day, at 80 75-3.75
Deducting toll for- eighteen miles, say
_25
- • • $4,17
$3.50
Being an increase orone dollar in the daily wages
of the teamster.
The Rome and Turin road passes through
a dairy country, and cheese and butter are
brought by it to the canal, where they are
shipped. Formerly, farmers brought 1500
lbs. to the canal, and took two days to go
and return; now they cart-from forty to
fifty cwt., and return the same day. The
smallest load carried' is thirty-six tubs of
butter. A farm 'ten miles off from a city
is almost as near as one a mile from it;
the surplua distance being' in calculation
convertible into time.
one
at a more ex=
tended distance, say one hundred miles, it
is worth while examining how the plank
road can compete with the railroad. Canals
being main links of water communication,
do not Suggest themselves as a matter of
inquiry. But many vegetable products now
find their way to market by-the railroad ;
and if it can be established that a farmer,
usinff ° his own motive power on the pink
road, can travel at half the cost, a very
essential benefit is established.
Plank Road.
The farmer leaves with 90 cwt., proceeding
to market, 100 miles distant, (carrying
his own corn,) at the rate of 30 miles a
day, the fourth day he gets in,
Cost 3i days on road a $l,
1 day in town, - - -
2 days coming back, -
200 miles gate, .
Railroad.
40 cwt., freight a 25, . -
Cartageiroro dept to market,
Agent's charge, - - - -
Thus, it is evident that the farmer does
his own business, to his own satisfaction,
with a wagon to mahe a return trip, bring
ing back all his family may require from
the city ; such as a quintal of cod fish, a
chest of tea, a barrel of pork and flour, as
sorted articles, cheaper than he could buy
them at a country store ; together with the
experience of his trip, and the information
picked up at the inns where he has stopped.;
and all for exactly half the cost, if he had
sent by railroad, and had his business done
by an agent. It is presupposed that the
farmer can be absent from his farm without
injury to himself.
A portion of the volume is devoted to a
consideration of the best method of con
structing plank roads. As, however, we
lia - ve only sought to call attention to the
advantages of these roads, and to stimulate
farmers in sections where they are unknown
to their introduction, we shall not attempt,
at least at present, to go into this branch of
the subject. But we advise again all who
are interested in the matter,-and it is one,
we think, that should interest every agri
culturist—to purchase this instructive little
volume without delay.
Debate on Tavern Licenses.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 17.
IR the flotiso of Representatives, on mo-
Lion of Mr. Dorlan, the supplement to the
net relating to Inns, Taverns and retailers
of vinous liquors, passed March 11th, 1834,
was read, (Mr.- Goodwin in the chair.)
After some time the committeerose and re
ported the bill without the amendment.
[This bill establishes a board of licensers
in each township, the licensers to be elected
in the spring.]
The bill being on second reading,
Mr. Monroe moved to extellul the-provi
sions of the act to Tior '4 m county as well as
Chester county ; which was agreed to.
Mr. Bowen moved to strike out all after
he enacting clause and insert a new bill,
giving the electors of Chester county power
to elect at the fall election a hoard of licer
sers, consisting of three members, one to
serve for three years, one for two years,
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to be filled by the Court of Quarter Ses
sions. They are to meet on the first Mon
day in February annually, to receive ap
plications in wrhing for tavern, ale and
beer houses, eating houses and oyster cel
lars. Each application to be accompanied
by a certificate of twelve respectable elec
tors of,the ward, township, borough or dis
trict in which such license is intended lo be
acted under, or so many electors as may
reside therein-if less Ildn twelve, certifying,
Ist, that the applicant is a person of good
repute for honesty and temrerance; 2d,
that his house, &c., is sufficient to accom
modate the wants of the customers thereof;
3d, that the license is required for the ac
commodation of the public. A list of the
applicants for license is to be published, and
the - secoricl Monday in March is set apart
for hearing those who oppose granting any
license. Aller the licenses have been gran
ted, they shall be published. The members
of the board shall receive $2 per day for
every day necessarily employed in the per.
formance of their duty. Any one selling
any vinous, spirituous or other intoxicating
liquor by less mepsure than one quart at a
time, shall on conviction pay a fine of not'
less than $2O or more than $lOO or be im
prisoned not less than six months for every
offense.
Mr. Bighom, after some general remarks
in favor of the principle of the amendment,
moved the further consideration of the sub
ject be postponed for the present ; which
was afterwards withdrawn.
The amendment was debated by Mr.
Bowen.in favor, and Messrs. Bent and Dor
ian in opposition. '
Mr. Dorian said :—Mr. Speaker, I do
trust that this bill will pass just as it has
been reported. There is nothing wrong in
in it; the friends of the temperance cause
ask but little And I therefore object to this
amendment, or any other, the tendency of
which is to kill the bill. •
After Mr. Bowen had spoken in favor of
the amendment he' had offered, •
Mr. Dorian again said :—Mr. Speaker, it
seems very strange to me that gentlemen
who profess to be temperance men; or who
say they are favorable lcothe cause of tem
perance, should oppose this bill ; there is
nothing in it which should alarm even those
hostile to the temperance reform. The
anti-temperance men in Chester county tell
us, that, according to the votes given at our
last election, there are but 291 political
temperance men in the whole county. If
such be the fact, then the passage -orthis
bill '
can do no harm to King Alcohol. 291
temperance men, scattered all through • the
county, where there are from ten to eleven
thousand voters, should not alarm the ene
mies of temperance anywhere; and I 'do
hope that the anti-temperance members of
this house will record their votes,"with the '
temperance men, in favorer the passage of
this bill, without ameodment, and will give
to the good people of Chester county, wheat
I have the honor' in part to represent, the ' I
right to say grow many, and who, shall be
permitted to scatter poverty, death and
misery broadcast through the county and
in their families. No gentleman in this
w h o now has, or hereafter may have
should deny to the citizens of
C allo h ur e ase s m ter ily County, or any other county, if
they desire it, the very small privilego
which' this bill will give them. It is not the
wish of temperanc e men in Chester county
to make the grantin g of license a pap
question, and I think they will not do so if
they are fairly dealt with.
• $3.50
. 2.00
. 2.0.0
. 2.50
After a further cliscussion of the bill by
Messrs. Bent 'and Bowen, and Mr. Bighatn
had moved to postpone the further eonside•
ration of the bill for the present,
Mr. Dorian said :—Mr. Speaker, the Ten
son I have for troubling the House with thi s
bill, at this time, is that the bill provide s co ,
the. election of three citizens in each ward,
township and borough in the county or
Chester, on the third Friday in March next,
who shall compose a Board of License for
said ward, township and borough ; and his
therefore very desirable that the citizens of
Chester county should know as soon as
possible, the fate of this bill. For this rea
son, I trust, that the house will net postpone
the consideration of the bill ror the present,
but will adopt it without further delay.
The amendment of Mr. Bowen was lost :
Yeas 34, nays 50.
$lO.OO
- 810.00
- 5.00
. 5.00
$20.00
The first section as amended was agreed
to. The remaining sections were agreed
to, and the bill passed second.reading. On
its final passage the yeas and nays were
called, and are as follows:
YEAS.— Messrs. Armstrong, Benedict, Bent,
Bigelow, Bigham, Blaine, Bowen, Brindle, Broo.
mall, Brower, Alexander E. Brown, Joseph Brown,
Cassiday, Cowden, Demers, Dorlan, Downer, Dun
gan, Ely, Evans of Berke, Fiffe, Freeman, Fret;
Gabe, Guffey, Hage, Hamilton, Hart, Henry, Jack.
son, Laughlim, Laury, Leet, Lilly, Maclay, Mc-
Cluskey, McCune, McCurdy, McKee; McLean,
Mcßeynolds, McSherry, Monroe, Nissley, Olwine,
O'Neil, Packer, Patten, Reckhow, Rhey, Riddle,
Robertson, Scofield, Sconller, Shugert, Shull, Smith,
Souder, Steward, Struthers, Thomas, Van Horne,
Walker and Cessna, Speaker-64.
NAYS.—Messrs. Blair, Bonham, Feather, Fegely,
Gibbs, Hemphill, Huplet, Killinger, McKean, Mor.
ris k Mowry of S'omerset, Mowry of Wyoming,
Reid, Rhoads, Ross and Trone-16..
This bill has since passed second and
third readings in the Senate.
The glaring frauds proved to have been
committed at the last general election, and
by the sworn officers of the election, have
excited everywhere a feeling of indignation;
and the inquiry naturally arises, how is a
repetition of these , frauds to be_, guarded
against ? 'Some propose as a remedy, the
abolition of the pay , of election officers.
The judges and inspectors of elections now
receive about $l5 or $2O, which sum,
small as it is, is sufficient to induce very
many, by no means qualified for such posts,
to offer themselves as candidates, and to
put forth every effort to succeed. In such
a contest, every one knows it is not the
most deserving, or the man of the highest
character, that succeeds. Such men will
out stoop to tito Inc7ira inese employ
to gain their ends, and the consequence is,
that those who disregard all entreaty, and
support men whom they deem competent,
and whose characters arc a guarantee of
correct conduct, find themselves in the mi
nority, and the elections arc too often con
ducted by men who have striven for the
trust solely for its pay,—men who would be
trusted and relied on in no other position.
The abolition of pay might in some mea
sure tend to correct the evil, but it would
not alone guaranty the selection of good
officers. The evil itself comes home to the
source of the only sure and certain remedy
—the people of the several wards. If
good, intelligent and upright officers are
elected, theie will be no occasion for com
plaint. The law contemplates the selection
of officers from both political parties; but
this is very often evaded by stratagem, and
other enactment would in like manner be
evaded. The remedy is plain and easily--
Explosion of a Ferry Boat.
Awful Lou of Life—Attack by Indiana and Lou
_of Life.
ST. Louis, Feb. 26.
On Sunday, a ferry boat here burst her
larboard boiler, wrecking the fore, part of
her cabin. Mangled bodies and dead
horses were strewn around. -Fifleen per
sons were killed, and as many have been
severely scalded or are missing.
Information from Council Grove states
that the Pawnees attacked .the Government
station and killed severel persons. /Loom
pony of dragoons have been dispatched
from Fort Leavenworth to assist in repel
ling them.
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Tornado in Tennessee.
Several Lira Lost and 7bwn Destroyed.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 27
A terrible tornado nearly destroyed the
town orFayettville, Tenn., on the`24 Inst.
Several lives were lost and many persons
seriously injured., The wind blew n per
fect hurricane, amidst which could be heard
the screams of women and children, falling
houses and crumblitfg walls, mingled with
peels of thunder. ._The nii 'was Slice with
electricity. Rain subsequently fell in tor
ents, and impenetrable darkness prevailed.
The tornado came from the southwest.
Tun Woop-SUED.—" My dear Amelia,"
said a dandy, falling upon his knees before
his adorable, " I have long wished for this
opportunity, but hardly 'dare speak now,
for fear you will reject me ; but I love you
—say, will -you be mine? You would be
to me everything desirable—everything my
heart could wish—" your smiles would
shed," and again came to a stop, for he
could not think of a word suitable to bo
plied.
"Never mind the wood-shed," exclaimed
Amelia's younger brother who had Opped,
into the room, unperceived at this momen4--
" but go en with your courting."
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Ctrurosrrr —looking •over other people's
affairs; and overlooking our oivn.
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Election . Officers.