Bedford inquirer and chronicle. (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, January 11, 1856, Image 2
f - - . - -- - ■ Sumptuary laws xi iv geueral rule, are of 1 "doubtful expediency. audi* aHiidginents of the liberty tend privileges of 'be cit lien, can on)y be.just£ed on the ground f necessity* , Whilst this is Admitted) itcoonol be deniyi j that the vvit* resulting from intyniperatveov reiKS H to<!esity for regulating a;i\! rfts- j traitvrreg 4,} legislative acts, the tiadic and ; safe of iwtox'cattng liquors. To t hat ex tent this traffic should 4m restrained by positive law, must depenira the will t*t' tire ) people, determined by 'Considerations iff j their own moral, physical and social vreL j faro. Whatever may bo my own opinion* or that of thv L"gi.-4attre of def pfopir, in j reference to the law of Tfrd last session "'to rexuaiu the safe of Ju toxica ting liquors," it j innst bo admitted tliat a full return to the lb-cose system," IVI operation prior to the passage of the present law, is not demanded by enlightened public sentiment, and would not promote the good order or happiness of The erimoiunity. That the laws then in exist- i "i iice wore imperfect and failed to check or j control the evils of iutemperance is a pro- : position too plain to be doubted—that they j licedted revision, must also be conceded. j Ir. our large cities and towns, the evils of | <he system w. re more severely felt- The j facility ::'r>dcheapness with which licenses •: ■were obtained, operated a premium to vice ! and immortality, aud multiplied tippling j houses and places where iutempr rcnee, un- ! <ir he authority of law, was not only per- ! mlt'ed, hut encouraged- My immediate ; pt cdeccftsnf, in his last unreal message to the Legislature in reference to tuft then liven-: i laws, says: "b'o far as relit .s to the rifyof Philadelphia, tl.ey ere pCeuliariiy i prej idle:.! to public morals, and seem to < have been cot strutted to prom tc the 00.1- j veniencft of drinking acuioift to resttrioits evil eoßSeqtiftnees." iu tiiis opinion I fullv j -occur. That a remedy was dcrurjided, all i will concede. Whether the law of the last j Mission was the proper remedy, ii is not niv province how to determine. Enacted bv the representatives of the people, I gave that act toy official approval. Reeoguizing the people as the saorce of all political power, aud their representatives us the im mediate exponents of their will, upon you j w.ll devolve the re,-ponsibitty of further j legislation, if any, on this subject, la all } its relations, economical, political, 3oeiai f and moral, tho question so important, and,! its proper determination involves fearful re- j sponsibiiities. It deserves* nd should re- ! ceive, your serious consideration. If action! 13 had, may we not hope that it will promote | the virtue, morality, and true iuteresta of cur people ana Commonwealth. Legislation, so far as practicable, should bo general nnd uniform. Local and special legislation sbould not be encouraged, when the desired object can be obtained by gea-1 oral laws. Such legislation is not only loyal j and special in its character, but frequently temporary —the act of oue session Lung i repealed by ibe act of the next, and per- ' haps replaced by one still more objection a- \ ble, which in turn soon shares the fate of j its predecessor. It crowds the statute book with useless and unnecessary lwa —violutM ! private rights— creates confusion and uaeer- j tuinty—destroys uniformity of practise and j decision—prolongs the sessions of the leg- ' islxture, and increases. Our gcueru laws j regulating mads highways and bridges and i providing for the support and employment : of the poor, constitute a veil digested sys- j tern for the accomplishment of those ob- f j'fct.-; and yet, under the system of local i legislation heretofore practiced, we fre qaeutlv find indifferent townships of the ' same county, local laws regulating these j rubjeet®, not only differing materially from ! the general law, but from one another. Re- ( fiomin tbi-regard is required, and r> this I j respectfully ask your attention. '•Omnibus legislation" having bo.noon- j detuned and abandoned, should not be j permitted again to sully the rcoorJs of leg- J xdatiCe action. It cannot receive mv op- j ] roval. Numerous applications will doubtless be made for the incorporation of insurance, ga, wt'-cr and booui compu.ie®. To facili tate action on these quest ions economise time —reduce the expenses of legislation— errors uniiWmity and roufiue the coiupan cs ; thereafter incorporated to the legitimate purposes of their creation, I would reeoiu- j me lid tin propriety of enacting general 1 r.vs regulating such evaporations. Already i laws of this character for coal, iron, canal I rahrflad, turnpike, plank and bridge com- ! ponies have ben found highly useful and j c totiwndeal. Such laws, well regulated aud I carrf rally guarded, would be productive of! fitntlar results in their application to iu- • {•■. trance ait-.i the other companies named. The propref.y of limiting and restraining ' corporate bodies t>> the objects and purposes of their .creation, will not be denied or ! controverted. In relation to fowcrs and ' pritileges of insurance companies, thij ' plain priooirde has been overlooked and dia regaraftd. By sucees: ivc acts of legislation, niiuy of these institutions have acquired! discounting privilege®, and nearly all the ' rowers of bank', without ihjir guard®, re strictions and liabilities. This has been •ffr'tid by the magic of general pro- ! vision in tne act incorporating the company,' or by reference to some forgotten supple- ' :r*-n cr.iwealed i;j the fold of an 'omnibus tsl!," or afcst in tlae mazes of the pamplet i laws. Gtmerul law#, whilat they would cqn- i fcr on such companies all the powers nsccs- 1 snry to accomplish the objects cf their in- i corporation, would at the same tlnn prevent •t> extension of privileges foreign to such I cssoeiatinns. This subject is commended j ui your consideration. The jurisdiction of the courts in ndaiiou j fn reel est a;.?, tn ts, ;he iucorprati&n of; literary, ch intablo and roligious societies, ftosnnfacturiug and other associations, has , Utwn trrca'ly extended by recent legislation, j This enlarged jurisdiction was conferred for j the purpose of relieving the Legislature.; frr.u, the prft&urd of tfumeirous applications > fcr *pj;ci'il bejpsl itTor. in the premise?. The t courts arc, therefore, the proper tribunals j to determine such questions; und irt nil ; case t whore the rtobject matters is within j their jurisdiction, the Legislature should re fuse to er.'ain the application. Divorce.', unlc.-s tn cases of extreme na- i eessity, and clearly beyond the jurisdiction ! / the court®, jhoirtd not be granted by the ' Leeixlflturc. , BV the act of ti.e 15th of April, 1845. i entitled "An Act to increase the revenues ! and JisminLh the legislative expenses of j iUs Commonwealth,'' it vva® provided that thereafter no private bill, therein described a!, j taxed, should he enrolled in the office j of the Coniinonwealth, or publisltual, r have the force and effect of law, until the party asking or requiring tba same sbculd pay into tfeo Treasury cf the cmuuioawcalth the respective Uhis named in said act. A large number of oeLs passed by former Leg i®!ftturcs> and sal jolt to this tax, remain in the sifficv of of the fleoratary of the Com nion'wealth, the tax on them not having paid the Riimbcr his boon annnally in creasing-, and will coniiuue to increase, tin - i less a Mituuiurv remedy be afforded for the collection of tho enrolement tax or in de fault of its payment after a certain period the rets themselves be repealed. The ; amount of enrolement tax now due the Com- j tnonwealt'u is large, should have peotj paid ] long since. I would therefore recommend the p is#age of a law repealing all acts bereti-fo-e passed, sohject to sin h uu le.s the tax be paid within vne year thereaf ter ; And further, to provide ibutall acts bereafser passed, shall nrt. have the force and effect of law -sa'ass .no taxes respective'j duo tbereon fc# paid within six months alter tbeir approval. Such u law would secure the payment 'if those taxes, increase the re'vcnues k ivd at the same time check the demstui for private acts designed to be used or abfoulr.jcd, as tlie calculation of chances, ov the loss or gain of the pur ties in interest might determine. fiy a resolution of the Legislature, pas sen the L7th tlav of March, 185.1, requir- i ing tl'.a ,EN .4ew York and Erie railroad com pany tn eoujiiinmcato to tlie Legislature of ihis Conunotjwealth, a statement, certified by their president, setting forth j Vint quantity of land sai l company now holds in Pennsylvania—its location —how nmt:h tl.ey have heretofore disposed of —its value—the value of what they now bold, I and when tho titles to sai l lands were ac quired," it was made the duty of the Gov- ' eruor to transmit a copy of said resolution 1 to the president of said company. A copy of tho resolution wa? transmitted as direc ted and tho answer of tho president of the company, communicating tho information required, is herewith submitted to the Leg islature. By a resolution of the 20tb day of April, ' 1555, I was requested to procure from the Attorney Geueml, his opinion of the right ; of tho State of New York to divert water ; from the natural bel and channel of the Chemung tiver, to the prejudice of the pub lic improvements of Pennsylvania: the said j river belonging to both States: and comiuu- : uicate the same to tha Legislature. As ; requested, the opinion of the Attorney ! General ha® been obtained, and herewith communicated to the Legislature. On the sixth day of October last, I up- • proved and signed the bill, entitled "An j Act to repeal the charter of the Eric and ' North East railroad company, and to pro vide for the disposing of the same." In ' pursuance of its provisions, i appointed the Hon. -Joseph Casey to take possession and i have the charge and custody of the road. | Before possession was taken, application ' was made by the Supreme Court of this Commonwealth for an injunction to restrain 1 tho agent of the State from faking posses- j sion of the road; and subsequently a cuu- i tionary order was made by the Supreme : Court, in bane to slay his proceeding un- i der the act. The question involved in tho j application for an injanetioii are now petid- ; ing before that court, and will, it i* txpec- 1 ted, be determined, tie determined early iu | the present month. The result will Le made i the subject of a special Communication to. the legislature. The recent fraudulent, if not felonious ! abstraction of a largequantity of arms from the arsenel at Ilarri.sburg, has shown vhe necessity of additional legislation for the protection of the arms and other public property of the (]o:nniO iwe*Mi deposited in the arsenal r,f the State. The taking and sale ot the public arms and property with out aothorito of law, by the keepers of the , arsenals,r by others having them in charge, j should be declared a felony, and punished i with severity; an! ail persons purchasing or ( receiving the same, without proper authori ty, and knowing them to be the property of the Com.nonwealth, should bo reyear de l as principals, and punished aceording h The bonds now required to be given bv the adjutant General and tlie keepers of the arsenals, for faithful discharge of their dutis®, are insufficient in summit to seenre the Commonwealth again®? loss from the fraudulent sale or taking -<f the property committed to their care. The sum in which these bonds are taken should he increased to an atnonnt proportionate to the value r.f the property which is or may be deposited in the , arsenals. S nee the su'e of thv arsenal in Pbiladel- ! phii, the public arms in that- citv have been \ placed in u room or out-boos.: procured for that purpose. As a depository, it is unsafe ' 3nd insecure. Better provisio'i should be made for their *afe-keepi:tg. The fcum of thirty thousand dollars, aris ing from the sale of the Philadelphia arsen al, is now in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Governor, in the purchase of a suitable lot and 'he erection of a new arsenal. This sum is w'uoly insuffi- C'entfor tha*. purpose, and without additional appropriations, which are not recommended, this object cannot be aceouiphslmd. As arms and munitions of war cua bo trans niittod with facility and rapidity, to distant parts of the Ktate, the necessity for more than one arsenal no longer exists. If the arsenal at Mcadvilio can bo di*pen.sed with without detriment to the public service, I would suggest £ or your consideration tho ! propriety of nutiioriting its sale, and the sale of the r-no at Hirrisburg* and with the funds arising therefrom, and the money in i tiic Treasury applicable to that purpose the ; arsenal at Ilarrisburg, or elsewhere, as may i be deemed most ocrinoiuU&l safe and oonve- The legislature, at their last session, ha v- j ing failed to tdect a Senator to represent thi*.Statu in the Senate of the United States, for six years from tho 4th of March lost, it becomes your duty to provide tor an elec tion to supply such vacancy. By referenda to tho existing laws regulating the election I of Senators to represent this State in too Senate of ths United State?, it will bo per ceived that their provisions do not embrace a case like the present. Ha ring at the. time if ty induction into ofliae, declared to my fellow citixcu* and their representatives, my sentiment# in re lation to questions couueoted with our na tional politics, their reileiation now will not be expected, To the op-nior.s tbco ex- [ pressed, and now re-affirmed, you are res- j peetiuliy referred. | To maintain, in their integrity, the Con- 1 siitution of our Republic, and the Union of i I the States—protect the civil aud religious, privileges of the people—guard with jeaLrtis care the general, great, and essential prin ciples of liberty and free governments—of; I freedom and human rights—"jitl vindicate ! ; by a true and single dcvoli;,r. to homo and : country, tho great doctrine of American na- i tionality, are objects That awaken the pa- : troitism uml claim. the erergics and the ; : heart of every American citizen. j In obf'druto to the requirements of the j i CouatituGtm and Laws of the State, us the representatives of the people, you have as j smv.oled to perform the high and responsi ble duties that devolve upon yon. As u eo | ordinate brainh of the government, it will ■ bo alike my duty and pleasure to unite with you in the enactment of ail such laws,as will protect the rights of the people and ad i vance tho honor and prosperity of the Com- j nionwealth. With a sole desire for the public good— j actuated by a spirit of enlarged and erilight- j ened patroitisiu, and guided bytlmf wisdom [ which hath its beginning in tho fear of God may our efforts, in harmonious action, be directed to the accomplishment of these ob jects, and to the promotion of that rigbt ' eousnesH which cxaiteth a nation, and con- ! j stituies the glory of a free and independent ! ; people. JAMES POLLOCK. EXKCTTIVE CHAMBER, ) Ilirrisburg, January 1, 1856. ( j SYNOPSIS OF THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. He states that ho has delayed to this time his annual communications with the two houses in consequence of the nou-organiza tion of the House, hut his convictions of i duty will not permit him to delay its any i ! longer going to Congress, f<>r information of . the state of the Union, and for recommend ing such measures as he judges necessary or ; expedient. He commences by going into the bistort ; ;of Central American affairs in particular- The President refers to the recent trouble | in Kansas, and says that her people must be I protected in the exercise ot'Aheir rights, j , without interference on the part of the pco | pie ol any other Stale, commending the i subject to the early attention of Congress. 1 ' fie eulogizes the popular sovereignty, and i gives a history of the formation of the Union expatiating on State rights with particular , reference to slavery and the Fugitive Slave ' ; Law. He regards the agitation of the sub- j i jeet of slavery as dangerous to tha durabil- i ; ity of the Union: regrets to see S'ates dis. ' , regard their constitutional obligations and | refuse to obey the laws of Congress. He : denies that tho South has obtained ndvantu | ges over the North in the Federal Govern j rami, oml juoceftUs iu rercr to the ordianec |of 1787 and tlio acquisition of Looisana to | illustrate. The balance of powr between I Freedom and Slavery comes down to the an- 1 | negation of Texas, the repeal of the Miseou- ' jri Compromise, ets., and argues that the : j South has got no more than belongs to her; i > gives an elabor ate defense of the principles j : of tho Nebraska bill, and indignantly de- ! nics that it was a breach of faith. Several grave questions are pending with : I regard to some of tho foreign powers, the j most important cf which i? that with great Britian, arising out ot the Nicaragua ques tion. It was the understanding of the Uni ted Slates in making the treaty that all the present States of the former Centra! Amer ica Republic would thenceforth eujoy com plete independence, and that both the con j trading powers engaged equally and to the ! sauie extent for the present arid future, that i if they had any claim of right in Central ! America, such claim was unreservedly re- ' linquished by the stipulations of the Con vention, and that no dominion should exist' in any part of Central America by Great ■ Britain or toe United States. This gov ernment consented to restrictions in regard to a r< gion of country wherein wu had spcc ! died and peculiar interest only upon the I conviction that l.ke restriction were in the I same obligatory on Great Britain, i Bnt for ihi understanding It wouiu nev er iiave been concluded by us. Great Brit jin >o construes the convention as to inuin i tain ail her previous pretensions over the i Mosquito Coast etc. These pretentions are ' fonnded on assumptions of political rc j latioos between Great Britain and the rem unit of Indianr ou that coast, entered into at a time when the whole country was in the colonial possession of Bpain. It can not be niiccessfoily controverted that by public law of Europe and America no' j possible act of SBCQ Indians or their pre- i i doccssors uould confer on Great Britain any j political rights. It however, become ap- I parent that Great Britain still continued in the exercise of Urge authority iu all that l part of Central America, commonly called : the Mosquito Coast, and covering the entire ' length of Nicaragua and part of Costa Rico. This act of Great Britain being contrary to the rights of the States of Central [America as understood by this government has been made tho subject of negotiation tbrogh the American winistcr in London. Great Britain has by repeated sudrcoce*- ' sive treaties renounced all pretentions of her own recognized the full and sovereign rights of Hpnin in the most unequivocal j terms. Great Britain now rc-as.xeris her I right to this extent of the half coast of) Nicaragua the intcrforeoco of Great Britain, l although once exerted in the form of the ' right of a protectorate over the Mosquitcvk [ laJlnu. The President ad H that tins gov- . BEDFORD IKQUItEB AKD CHROWICLE. j eminent fiteac denies that at the date cf i the ireaty Gr> Britain bud any possessions I on vhc coast, i-ir than limited estab ' ilshmcnt at Bzo. The Prcsid. states that the British gov ernment sees treason for the interruption of peaceful incourse on account of tins j difference of union, and hopes for an ; amicable soluu of this controversy# He : adds that there, however, reason to ap- j i prchotid that w Gieat Britain in actual j j occupation of e disputed territories this i i international dculty cannot long remain J i undetermined diout involving m serious j danger the frietj relations which it is the j interest as welL the duty of both conn- , tries to cherished preserve. It will af- j ford me sincere Ratification says tbs l'resi" | dent if future forts aba!l result in the < success uaticipatj heretofore with more con- • i fidence thaa t hqapeet of the ca.-e permit- , ted rnonow to curtain, i ; In regard to fruiting,by Great Bntaiu, i he sajs: The trtitional policy of the Unit- j ted States has'een not to interfere with j belligerents, at solitude was felt until ; Parliament pas*lanact to provide tor a i foreign legion, t became a matter of suy- j j prise to find peitms engaged in the United J ; States in this but.ess. Ordinary steps were j i iuuucdiately tain to arrest and punish the j j parties conceriu, but the matter required i | additional impotance by tho disclosure of j i the fact that tbicnlistmeut was prosecuted j upon a plan dci=ed by offici..l authority.— j After stating thta recutiog rendesVous bad beeu establisbcain the United States by ihe complicity f British civil and military officers, he savithese eonsiJerations, and the fact that tl.t cause cf ctnplaint was, j not a mere casuj occurrence, but a delib. j i crate design oo duo ted by responsible pub- i ' lie functiorarif, impelled me to prescut j j the case to the British government. The j i subject is still oder discussiou, the result . | ol which will in due time- j iVii!i!i;nuii SSTI j BIDFORD, Pa. Friday Morning, JAN 11. 1H56- "Feaiess and Free." nAVU) OVKU, KOITOS ANI) PROPRIETOR His ExcelleTTO-. JAWIS POLLOCK, has our thanks for *n early copy of the Gover nor's Message. 1 Hon. Fit." JORDAN has our thanks for a copy of the Auditor General's Report. GOVERNOR'S MESS AG E. To the exclusion of a large amount of ■ other matter, we this week lay before our i readers the Message cf Gov. Pollock. It is an ably written and statesmanlike docu j meat, and reflects great credit on the au thor. It will l e seen that the finances of the Commonwealth aro in a healthy condi tion, and quite a considerable fund has ac cumulated towards the payment of the Btate Debt. It will also be noticed that during the administration of Gov. Bigler, the State Debt was considrably increased. The Governor wjll sign any bill that may I be passed repealing or modify ing tho re t straining Liq"or Law of last sessioD, but I thinks that we ought not t> return to t! e li cense laws as they existed before the pres. I eat law caine into effect. Read the Message. lr. another part of our paper will he found a synopsis of the Message of Presi dent Pierce. It is Baid to be quite a cred itable production, except so far as ho lays asidu the statesman, turns politician, and 1 argues in favor of the constitutional rela tions of slavery, in bidding for the South ern vote for his re-nomination. We will publish the duoomcut next week. The preacher-hating editor of tho Ga z*tte, is down on the whole Protestant cler gy, in his last issue, because a villain by the name of Jennings, in New York, hs betrayed bis high calling. Where ono in stance of this kind occurs in the Protes tant ministry, twenty occur in the Roman, I and yet the papist-ioviug Mr. Bowman nev !er notices one of them. Hhamc ? Shame ' COLD WEATHER. —Ou Twesday morn ing, the thermometer was down toB de grees below zero, and on Wednesday morn ing it was down to 13. This is tho coldest weather that has occurred in the>e parts, "within the snomory of the oldest inhabi tant." .1 Qmstion aixiausly asked just now :— 1 Who appointed Mr. JAMES A DAASK 1 Keeper of the Arsenal, at Harrifbnrg!— Can you aaawcr it, Mr. Bowman f Miller Ua murderer was hung in -Cum berland oa Friday last. WV understand ; that, a man was also stabbed fbero cn that j day who has since died. t 8 i We will publish the Committees, of ' our State Legislature in our next. ffy'Congrcss has not yet organized. nurc di:< run me. | \iclory in Inion Township! Wo have the pleasure of announcing ono 1 of tie moat glorious victories that has ever i been achieved by any party, in Unkra Town ship, ou Tuesday the eighth of January, inst. Last spring, at tho election iti that Township, Mr. Samuel Sbafer, the Ameri can candidate, was elected by a majority of two votes, over Michael Wertz, Esq., but this would not satisfy ibo Democracy, and they contested the flection, and the remit j at this second trial has becu that the Amer- ; lean candidate, Mr. Hull, has now a ma- 1 jority of 19 ! over Mr. Wtrfz, who is be yond a doubt, the strongest man in that party in the Township. Over any other man, the majority would have been 35 or 401 The most desperate exertions were made by the Looofecos—they had every uian—old aud young—to :Le polls, that could be got there, aud the result, like that ' of none 40 years ago, on the anniversary of ; the same day, has been a glorious victory '■ . I Glorious day and glorious result! Union Township, for many years past, > has given large Locofoco majorities, bnt | now she places herself on ihe American side ; of the house, in opposition to the Foreign | party. This result is gratifying also, as | coming in the commencement of the year, ! w hen a Presidential election is to take place, i We say to our friends from abroad, place ! Bedford County down for abouj 1000 ma jority for the American candidates next i fall. The following is the result on Tues ! day for JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, ! Abraham H. Hull, American, 141 : Michael Wort?., Locofoco, 12*2 j Majority, 19 j Mr. 11 nil is one cf the best men in the County, and entirely competent to dis charge the duties of the office. The weath er was extremely cold, and as will be seen, the veto wis some forty greater than at the last general flection. The Union Americans deserve great cred it for this glorious old fashioned victory.— Let our friends always remember that "iu union there is strength I*"' OFFICERS—BENATE AND HOUSE. The Legislature met ou Tuesday last.— The Senate was organized by eieoliug llou. j Wua. M. Piatt, Speaker; Major Thomas A. j Maguire, Clerk, over O. W. Haitiuiersly; Henry Pettibone, Aseittsnt Clerk. Transcribing Ulerks--Nelson Werner, I Jamas M. Biedin and Adolphns Yerkes. ■ Sergeant at Arms—Wio. Carey. Win. P. Brady was made assistant Ser geant at Arms by a unanimous vote. Doorkeeper, Wm. Ralston. Assistant Doorkeepers—Geo. J. Bolton and S'atu'l Carson. Messenger—llenry Menojd. Assistant Messenger—Doyle P. Hazle ton. The House was organized by electing 11. S. Wright, of Philadelphia county, Speak er, with the following officers:— Col. \\ in. Jack, of Blair county, Clerk, Capt. Jacob Zoigler, Assistant. Win S. Picking, of York, I. W. Moore, of Philadelphia, Wm. B. Giliis, of Elk, and G. W. R. Minor, of Fayette, Trans cribing Clerks. Jas. B. Sansom of Fulton, sag elected Sergeant at Arms. The Sergeant at Arms appointed Jacob Olassracyer, of Philadelphia, and Geo. A. Kurtz, of Allegheny, hi Assistant?. Jacob Coleman, of Berks, Mas elected Doorkeeper. The Doorkeeper appointed P. J. Cook of Philadelphia. O. Frecuian, of Westraore 'and, and V. m. M'Cabe.of York, his Asais" i tant>. Jnn. Leisenring, of Northumberland* was elected Messenger, and appointed Jno ; M'Clny and D. A. Yarrington his Assis i tants. HOPEWELL COAL AND IRON COMPAIIV. At a meeting of the stockholders of the "Hopewell Coal aud Iron Company,"held at the office of Messrs. Gillell fi Goggshall, Philadelphia, on Tuenlay, January Ist 1856 eighteen-twentieths of the whole stock be ing represented, tho following persons were unauiuiously elected T'irectors for the cn.su ing year: —Henry K. Strong, John MeCan les; Ixa'nrelJ. Christian, James W. Paul, Alfred P. Giiletf, Eli S. Burnett, Jonathan , Palmer, Henry 1). Moore and llenry It. Coggshall, of Philadelphia; Wra.T. Dough erty, of Bedford, and Simeon S. Currier, of Harrisburg. And, at a meeting cf the Di rectors held at the same timo and plaoe, Henry K. Strong was unanimously elected President, Samuel J. Christian Treasurer, and Henry It. Goggshall Secretary. Me are informed that it jis tho intention of the company to erect an immense hotel ~ and irou works at Hopewell, during the ; coming spring, with such further hnptovef J went* as may be necessary to devclopc the j resources embodied vu that region. From ! all t'ao iutorrnatiou received from various | toarces in regard to the iDexhausuWe sup- : ply of mineral to be found in that section of i our State, and from the character of ail the , ' parties interested, fe shall soon expect to , j dee ''Hopewell" a town of considerable irxsp 1 pcrtanee, and eventually the Pottsvh.le ' of the Rrrad top region. Patriot and I'riion. for the Inquirer and Chronicle. j MR EDITOR —Will you please allow j as space enough in yOtr paper for a brief i notice of the Alleghunv Mule and Fernule Seminary. This Institution, situated in . the town of Raiosburg, Bedford Co., Pa., offers rare facilities for obtaiuing a good ed ucation, not only without detriment either to the health or morals of the student, but with fair promise of improvement in both. The buildiug is large, commodious, and ad- j uiirably adapted to the purpose for which it was erected. The principal, the Rev John Pollock, is a graduate of Dickinson ; College, and, possessing, as he docs, good uaturul endowments, in counesion with sound scholarship, is well qualified for the , position he occupies; while his excellent I lady, no less competent, gives lessons in | music and drawiug, so that instruction car. j be had in all the branches taught in our i best Seminaries We were present at the J clo#o of the last session, and the examination and exhibition, which were j : very gratifying to me, and highly credits- j ! bis to ail concerned. The next session, of five months' contin uance, will commence ou t'uo 21st iiist.;. and, as the cost of boarding and tuition is but a trifle more thau the actual cost of boarding at home, we trust this young, but promising Institution wiil receive a liberal and penerous p&trvunge. J. T. PHELPS C. W. BOUSE, J. W. CURRY. MARIIIEDi Iu Juniata township, on Thursday, tbfc 3d day of January Ir.st., by James Alluon Esq., .Mr. JoUN A. Miller of Napier tp., and Miss La.vi.sta Keller of Somerset County Pa. I At the parsonage, in Rutq on the j3d inst., by the ltev. G. W. Rouse, Mr 1 Joseph Stlckman, u*. Miss Can do*a ! Cars?, both of Bedford Co., Pa. j —— n i i ——— D/.ED. 1 On the 25'u., Deceiuhjr last., Mary Blanche, daughter of Joseph F. Corl of ; Colerain township, aged 1 year G months ' and 10 days. SAMUEL RADEBAUGH, Justice of the Pence. \ /'XFFICE two doors South of the Mengel j VJ House, sud next door to the office of j Mam & Spxaf, where ho will attend to the collection of ail claims placed in his bauds, j livdford. Jau. It, 1856. POR hent, ; THE LARGE BRICK HOUSE on Pitt Street, one door Went of the Bank House. I'osseidiou given on the Ist of April next. G. W. ANDERSON'. Jan. 11, IS.-<6.-tf. Administrator-.* Notice. IF.TTERS of Administration having bean Jt gr.tnted to the subscriber, living in Harri j son Township, oa tie Estate of John Kegg. : late of Juniata Township, dcc'j; all persous | knowing themselves indebted to slid Estate j are hereby notified to make payment iuimedi i atclv. and those having claims against the same ] will present their accounts property aoathoati i catcd for Settlement. FREDERICK TURNER. .iltnmiatraior. Jan. 11, H?o6-f BKUFOKI) IMVIY, ss, 4 T an Orphans' Court, held at Bedford, in J\. and for the County of Bedford, on the 24th day of November, A. D., 18oj, Before the Judges of the said Court. The petition of Joseph Griffith, A'Uninistr i | tor of the Estate of William Griffith, late of ■ St. Clair Township, dee'd, was read and tiled, representing. That he as Administrator of said William Griffith, deceased, Sold the Real Es tate of said dee'd, and settled his account as Administrator, and distributed and paid over i to the heirs the entire proceeds of the Estate. 1 Real uud Personal, excepting the oils third that remains tor the use of tfto widow; That bv the report of the Auditor on his account it appears that he has oveipaid said heirs; That he is now the owner f the Mansion pt tee of said deceased, on which trie third is reserved ! for the use o! the widow, at whose death it will J be co ning to said heirs, and that sai l heirs are I now scattered, and some of them are unwilling j to rotund to petitioner the amounts over paid ' to them, —and praying that a Rule may be ■ ! granted on said heirs, requiring them to appear i at next te.m. and snow cause why he should I not have a set-off entered on the J lidgtuent ai -1 curing said third, for the several amounts so ! overpaid by him to raid heirs, i Whereupon on motion of Joitv Mowcft. Esq., i the Court grant a Rule upon the. heirs of Wil ! tiain Griffith, dee'd, to bar and appear at an j Orphans' Court, to be held at Bedford, in and for the County of Bedford, ou the second Monday, 11th day of February, next, and sii w | cause if any they have, why a set-off shou'd ' not lie mane, and a credit entered upon said Judgment securing the widow's third, for the j amounts so overpaid to said heirs respectively-; ; personal notice on the heirs residing in the j County, and publication us to the heirs resid : ing out of the County. fIMW| hereunto sot my hand and the P seal ot said Court at Bedford the ! '' "iV washabaughV Jan. 11, 1850-d Clerk. STATEMENT of the ati'aira of he Bedford and Atoystown Turnpike Road Company, ! from 2d day of January, 18fto, to the Ist day ! of January. IBftO. Balance in Treasury Jan. 2,186 ft, $1,475 06 j Amount of fo'U collected during same time, 1/J36 48 J j , $3,470 511 Amount of Expenditures \ during ths year, $2.501 *53 ! Dividend of one half per j cent, now payable, 73ft 00 $3,036 63 Balance in Treasury. including un. carrent mid counterfeit money, January 1, 1856, $ 43® 91 J The tolls collected in 1866 tire $067 W>l less | than they were in 18A6. Tho dividend of half j per cant will be paid ou demand, or as usual tu stockholders by PETER SCirELL, Jan. Ji.. IS'dL-c 1 ALMANAC FOR 185 G. f f t =5 3 9 ? E t c 5 .r- * % L V- 2, VI ut a a • r- JAN. 12 3 4 0 6 7 8 9 10 11 l 13 14 15 1G 17 18 19 2U 21 22 23 24 25 "0 27 28 20 30 31 FEB. , 1 2 345 G 7 $ 10 11 12 13 14 15 It; 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 23 20 MARCH. 1 2345 6 7 8 y 10 11 12 13 14 10 16 17 18 19 20 21 tZ 23 24 20 26 27 28 20' 30 31 * APRIL. 1 2 3 4 0' 6 7 8 9 10 11 l-j 13 14 10 1G 17- IS 10 20 21 22 23 21 20 26- 27 28 29 &> * MAY. 1 1 3 4 5 C 7 8 0 lo 11 12 13 14 lo 10 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 20 3j 31 JUNK. 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 5 9 10 11 12 13 \/ 15 16 17 18 10 20 -I 22 23 24 25 26 £7 v. 29 30 I 1 JULY. 1 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 91011 12 IS 14. 15 16 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 31 ALU. 1 2 3456 7 8 0 10 U 12 13 11 15 n; 17 18 19 20 21 22 '23 24 25 20 27 28 29 3u 31 ' l SEPT. 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 14 In 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 OCT. 1 2 3 4 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 is 19 20 21 22 23 24 2a 20 27 28 29 30 31 i NOV. 1 2545 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 'IG 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 23 29 30 31 ♦ DEC. 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2? 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 •* , ■ im i ... 1 Notice to Tresspassers. | T HEREBY warn any person or persons front X. hunting, cutting timber, or in any other ui I ner whatever, tresspassing on my premise#, s the law will be rigidly enforced against any ones so offending. EDWARD B. TROUT. | Jan. 11. 1556.-C* ADJOUKA ED I SA I>E OJF 1 LOTS AT THE TOWN OF SAXTON, Bedford County, Pr.. ! THE S.iXton Improvement Company wi,l sell at Public Auction, on TWENTY-SECOND OF JANUARY, at tlie new town of ; SAXTON, a large number of excellent Build ing Lots. J The town is located at the junction of tlio main stem of the Huntingdon ami Broad 1 <>p J Mountain Rail Road leading lo Hopewell, and tho Branch running up Shoup's Run. | Arrangements are now b -ing made toward the , construction of a Turnpike Road from t his place to Martiushnrg and Wood berry, in the ' ricli agricultural valley of Morrison s Levi; i and on said day a Turnpike Meeting will be ; held at the Junction House In said town. And f arrangements are also making to supply lim town with Fountain Water from a Spring hav- I ing an elevation of from 40 to (W feet ahot'i 1 the village. A Hotel is now completed end furnished.- i Terms will be made known on day ol iwle.- . Plans of the town may Ire obtaiued ou appiic.- , tion to, or bv addressing, JAMES SAXTON. Preii h\i> of' the Company at HutUingiun. J Jan. 11, 18S. Bedford Coautv, s. AT mi Orphans' Court, held it Bed ford, in and for s id County, on the 23d day oi November, Ibft-j, before tho Judges at said. ! Court— Ou Motion of A. Ktxo. ESQ.. the Co-art grant , a Rule on the heirs and legal representatives of Jacob Smitb, late of Middle U'.oodberry Towaship, deceased, to wit: Susannah Eber— ■ inle, widow of Daniel Ebersale, Mary, intrr i married with Abraham Ehorsole, Ahrahanx Smith, Daniel Smith. Catharhve, intewuarried with John Carper, Elizabeth, yttermaaied with I Jacob Carper. Barbara, hit: rmarricd with Wil liam Sraouse. Nancy, interrnurrii d with Chris - tophor C irper. Jacob Smith, H'amah Smith, : Frany, iijtermarried with David Stouerooh Margaret, intermarrt-d with Samuel Haro si I John Smith; all residing in Bedlonl Countv except John Carper and Catharine his wife, : who roside In Bur-omt County, Illinois; an<t Jacob Carper and wife, who reside in BJif County, Peratnaylyanis; to he ami .appear at . Orphans' to he held at Bedford, in and ■ for the County of Bedlonl, on the aesond Monday, eleronth day of February. A. P., j lßjti, to accept or refuse to take the Real E i tate of said deceased, at the valuation, which has lumn valued and sp, raised in pursuance 1 of a writ of partition or v.dnatirtn issued out j of enr said Court and to (he Sheriff "f asid County directed, or show cause why the sain..* jhould not be sold. ®I." Tustjuoxt VVnrßF.fcr. I have hereunto set my liand and seat "I said Court, at Bedford, the 27th dav of November, A. P., 18NJ. D. WASHAB.U'GH, Olirk. ! JatT. 4, lsft6-.t Stray Bleei-. Ct.VME to.the plantation of the aubscr.Oer, ' living in Union To Tiiship. Bodfowt County, souietiaic in June last, a llta Stkkk. suppose' ! V> be aloout t.vo yc.irs old, with >a notch out of ! the lower part of the left car. The owner '■ i requested to come forward, prove property. | pav charges, and take him away. I Dec. 14, -ftft. DAN IE! STiM- -> A •