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F I iO y 1 K A NSXs.
[C jtr of the Evening Poat.]
A couching Election-TV Tht Tax
and Get. WaUcer-rrAn Anhi j
Slavery Sermon.
I.AWHENCE, Kansas, Jung 8,1557-
Aa the hour approaches fyr assembling
fhe Frcc-State-Convention and legisla
ture, the skies brighten and the pros
pects of the party assume a cheerful tone;
danger of collission with the government
troops fades away, and confidence iu the
result of the deliberations strengthens. —
L'uwn and harmony in convention and
council will probably prevail, and it the
representatives and delegates to assem
ble at ffppcka tQ-morrow shall prove true
to themselves and to their cause, they
will accomplish much towards securing
hat liberty for which they have so gen
< rously, so"caruestly struggled during the
past two years.
Meetings have this last week been
held throughout the territory, to express
the sentiments of the different communi
ties, and in this way to reveal the minds
of the whole people. Thus far only one
tentiiuent has been expressed —and with
one voice. It is that of sustaining the
Topeka Constitution and advising against
any attempt at voting under the laws of
the bogus legislative. The former poli
cy of the party wili be adhered to, and
the Topeka Constitution will probably be
re-adopted.
It ib not to he denied that there has
existed a difference of opinion here as
to the propriety of participating in the
constitutional election to be held this
month, but the great mass of the people
adhere to their original determination,
and the few exceptions are not of much
influence per se. Their greatest harm is
in distracting the forces of the party just j
at the time when the strength which j
pomes from union is of the utmost im
portance and can be made most available.
Newspapers at the East, that have pro
fessed such sympathy, encouragement
and co-operation iu the work of securing j
freedom to Kansas, ought to be careful
how they give advice, and they ought j
not to rebuke the party for a supposed
derilection of duty, when separated from
the scenes of effort by such a distance as I
to prevent a proper knowledge of all the
facts.
There are leaders of the free-state par
ty here who are believed to be just as
patriotic as Borne eastern editors; they
are far more capable of judging what is
sound policy and of giving advice to the
people of Kansas, for they know all the
circumstances and details of the case. I
think the party wise in not attempting to
vote at the approaching election ; indeed,
it can scarcely be a quest ion whether they
vote, because, "suppose they decide to do
no, they can't, because the registry has
been so imperfectly made up that prob
ubly seven-eights of the number are not
on the list, and consequently cannot vote.
The Topeka district, which has nine hun
dred free-state voters has not been can
vassed, and not a vote there is available.
Here, with a population of two thousand
people, the few that are registered are
obliged to go to Lecompton, twelve miles,
to vote. At Quiudaro, with a population
of two or three hundred, only three vo
ters are on the list, and one of these is a
resident of Missouri. And so throughout
the chapter. But the election will be
held, ''great care will be taken to prevent
fraud and violence at -he polls," a con
stitution suited to the wants of the ad
ministration will be adopted, and the
"dem'.eratic" party will be glorified again
as having secured peace to Kansas when
all other remedies have failed,
But the question of tax paying Is now I
soon to be tested. The legislature last j
winter levied taxes, as is supposed, among
other things, to pay for the destruction |
of newspaper establishments, burning:
houses and sundry other amusements, so
bravely accomplished last summer. If
the legislature was indeed an unlawful
body, then of course this tax bill is of no
account, and upon this ground the free
state party propose to resist the law to
any extent short of an actual collision with
government. When this seems inevita
ble, these taxes may be paid under pro
test, and the case will go to the courts.
Governor Walker, in his message is
committed to the enforcement of these
laws, and speaks of this one especially as
demanding his attention; but the deter
mined opposition which is manifest may
deter him from any very warlike demon
strations. If, however, he pei -ists in his
pledges, we have great fears of a renew
al of hostilities.
Personally the new Governor is popu-1
lar, and would at once be received with
confidence, but his unfortunate determi
nation to act against the great mass of
the people and in sympathy with the ad
ministration, forbids it. lie mingles free
ly with the people, and expresses his wish
to secure their best interests.
Kansas has this season been visited by
several of the prominent men of the
country, among whom are Senator Wil
son, of Massachusetts, Col. Aiken and
Col. Orr, of South Carolina. It is pleas
ant to these representatives of entire
ly opposing parties and opinions mingle
togrtrir so freely and cordially as they
seem to done. A week ago yester
day, Gov. Walker, Gov. itobinson, Sec
retary Stanton and Gen. Lace were at
church together, and heard an anti-slaver
rv sermon, Yesterday Sheriff Jones and
several of his companions were at the
game church and heard the sev. Mr.
Xute preach upon the duty of forgiveness.
He said, "it hard sometimes to practice
this duty, and I felt it so last week, when
at Leavenworth I went iuto the cell of
Charles Fugitt, and gave him the out
stretched hand aud open spirit of forgive
ness for shooting my brother-in-law last
summer. And it is hard to forgive the
Border-Ruffians, too, who came auiongus,
burnt our houses, ravaged our homes, and
threw us into dungeons; but we are com-'
manded to forgive them, and we can do
it—even forgive a Border Buffian —and
I have done it, and only wish I could
have a house full of them every Sunday
to preach to." After tho service, Jones's
friends began to discuss the sermon, when
he said, "The less we say about i( the
better, for he gave us all a damned hard
rub."
A fow days ago, a strong Anti-slavery
man had Col. Aiken by the button hole
for an hour or two, trying to teach him
the beauty of the anti-slavery enterprise;
but't was no use, the Colonel had a thou
sand interested reasons and several thou
sand invested dollars which forbid his
assept.
The next sixty days will be fruitful of
important results for Kansas.
OCCIDENT.
Slie Journal.
COIDERSPORT, JA.,
ii)oh)io t q, li|e 11&57,
T. 5. CHA§E. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER,
FOR GOVERNOR.
DAVID WILMOT. Of Bradford.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
WILLIAM MILLWARD, of Philadelphia.
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
JAMES YEECH. of Fayette,
JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester.
#Gf*No paper will be issued from this
office next week. We omit publishing
next week in order to catch up with our
publication day—being now two days be
hind, in consequence of a pressure of job
work. We wish to be able to get out our
paper at the usual time in future, and
take this method of reclaiming lost time.
We are the only losers pecuniarily.
9*3^The Buchanan democracy met at
Harrisburg on the 9th inst., and made
their nominations for Judges of the Su
preme Court. Win. K. Strongjof Berks,
was nominated on the 2ud ballot, and
•James Thompson, of Erie, on the 9th
ballot.
tikOrX young man, named Sheldon
McClintoek, a couple of weeks since, work
ing in the circu'ar saw mill of Brewer &
Co., near Titusyille, Crawford Co., acci
dently brought his arm in eontact with
one of the saws while in motion, and it
was sawed off just below the elbow. The
physicians amputated it immediately
above the elbow.
J&aF'lt may not be generally known
that the bill to increa.se the pay of Asso
ciate Judges, first negatived by the House,
was re-considered and passed. The amount
of compensation is graduated according
to the weeks the Judges occupy the bench.
In cases where they sit the smallest num
ber of weeks, the increase will be but §5
in the years salary. When they sit thirty
weeks or more, they arc to receive 3400
per annum.
J#*An injunction against the sale of
the Main Line of Public Works, has been
presented in the Supreme Court, at Har
risburg, by the Cauai Commissioners.—
As the Shamocrats have been living from
them for the last twenty-five or more
years, they have naturally a great horror
at the prospect of losing their "pap."—
They are therefore making the same move
to avoid the will of the people in this
matter as was taksn by them and their
southern coadjutors in regard to the
Slavery question. They want to get it
declared unconstitutional.
We welcome to our table number:
one of the Lawrence Republican , a new
Free State paper, published by Norman
Allen, Esq., ai Lawrence, Kansas. We
rejoice that the Free State men have now
an orgau in that city, and hope they will
duly appreciate the effort of Mr. Allen to
■ supply the former deficiency. The Re
publican is a well printed, ably ed
j ited, aud eminently deserving paper. It
is edited by Messrs. T. Dwight Thatcher
and Norman Allen. We hope the free
! men of the North will extend to this en
terprise a liberal support, and thus di
rectly aid in removing the impending ru
in of so fair a domain as Kansas. The
Republican is published at 82 per annum.
The Comet.
Now that the day has passed when it
was "currently reported" that this mighty
globe was to b e "wiped out" by the tail
of the Comet, for viewing which teles- 1
copes and other "optical illusions" have
acquired a great demand, we will venture
to say a few words in regard to it—in
view of the fact that our hand no longer
trembles with apprehension of being
obliged to render an early account of the
past twenty-four years of our life. The
comet has done its switching, and for
aught we know, (not being versed in the
science of astronomy,) has switched all
the other planets out of telescopic exist
anoe, but our terrene sphere seems not
to have come within the scope of its "nar
rative," Two, three, perhaps fuur days
have already passed since the 13th of
June, 1857, and yet the earth ooutiuues
to revolve on its axis; the attraction of
gravitation still causes our physical bod
ies to maintain their relative positions in
their terrestrial foot-holds; accounts of
murders and suicides still occupy the ma
jor portion of the columns of the city
dailies ; waking balloons still continue to
prqipenade our side-walks; the farms of
Potter county still look inviting to the
husbandman; litigants as well as lovers
still continue to sue and be sued; tho Al
legheny river has not changed its course
towards the Gulf of Mexico, the Susque
hanna towards the Chesapeake Bay, or
the Genesee towards Lake Ontario; the
•'States," and the villages of Now York
Boston and Philadelphia still revolve
around Coudersport, it being the great
centre of the earth's business, and last
but not least the POTTER JOURNAL is
still published weekly at the low price of
SI ,25 per annum. v
The first steamboat that rode .on the
waters of the Ohio, was looked upon as
the approaching comet of 1811, and the
first train of cars that passed over some
one of the Pennsylvania railroads—we
disremeniber which —was regarded as a
comet which was at that time about to
knock the world into eternal forgetful
ness. News did not travel so fast in
those days as now, consequently comet
calculators were obliged to give their
prophecies more time for fulfilment, — !
and in view of this fact, it is not to be
i
wondered at if their calculations did fail.
But we have no longer any faith in them
when, in these days of lightning and
steam, it is only neoessary to make their
calculations a few days previous to the
time fixed upon, they cannot he more
successful in humbugging the world- It
is well enough occasionally to impress the
people with a sense of their dependence
on the Supreme Will, but we do not be
lieve in frightening thorn into it with
comet tails and Millerisms.
A WHOLESOME ENACTMENT.—On the
first of next month, an Act will go into
effect in this State providing that the de
preciated notes of the Banks of other
States may be forced to give place to the
secure issues of the Banks of this Com
monwealth. It extends the 30th section
of the General Banking Law of 1850 to
all persons holding licenses as brokers
under the laws of this Commonwealth, or
who may be transacting the business of
private bankers, so far as to prohibit said
parties from paying out any but " the
notes of specie-paying Banks of this
state," in the purchase or discount of any
bill of exchange, proruisory note, or other
negotiable paper. The violation of this
provision is made a public misdemeanor,
punishable for each offence by imprison
ment for a period of not less than ten nor
more than sixty days, at the discretion
of the Court, and a fine in any sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars, and not
less than one hundred.
EDITORIAL CONVENTION.—Some of
our brethren of the pen and scissors are
urging the necessity of holding a conven
tion of editors, to fix a tariff of prices &e., j
for the craft, We would take great
pleasure in attending such a convention,
and much good would be derived from j
its deliberations. Among other things,
the proverbial vulgarity of some of the
coarser members ot' the fraternity might
be curbed and restrained, and good roan- 1
ners enough taught them to induce them
;to treat each other with more courtesy
i and respect. The injury inflicted upon .
1 the class by a few such is incalculable.—!
i Clinton Democrat,
We suggested this movement Home
time since, and we are pleased to see the
press generally making a move in the
matter.
* T ■
are nuder many obligations to
the Clinton Democrat for the slip inclos-r
ed in the last number sent us; but we
regret to say that we cannot take advan
tage of the kindness. We have a sup
ply of the article, which will answer for
the present —edition. Bah ! Your '-un
mentionables' 1 are entirely too small.
EFFECT OF DRED SCOTTISM.-—IA
Michigan, the Democracy arc having a
very bad time of it on the Dred Scott de
cision. The Kalamazoo Gazette (Demo
crat) went over to the Republicans. The
Coldwater Sentinel does the same ; and
the Grand Rapids Herald, which still ad
heres to Cass and Buchanan, discourses
the following dolorous strains:
"There is no use denying the fact that j
the Democratic parti/ in Michigan is irt\
aa exceedingly dispirited condition • and]
unless there is some change in its tactics j
or leaders, many a long day will elapse
before the reign of Fusiouisnj will ceas£
All over the State the bone and sinew
are discussing these matters ; and during
the last Democratic Convention at De
troit, we found in conversation with Dem
oorats from various sections that the j
same feeling extended to all parts af
Michigan, "
A Hotter WilMiave lii Say.
By the following card from MR. DARTT,
delegate from Bradford county to the late
straightout American Convention held in
Lancaster, it will be seen that "an item"
escaped the attention of the reporters.
HARISBURG, June 4th, 1857.
Messrs. Editors: The Convention
which met at Lancaster yesterday, to
which I was a delegata from Bradford,
being composed chiefly of men who con
sidered the great question of Slavery ex
tension of little or no account, and some j
of them exceedingly violent against any i
shadow of Republicanism, and I being!
the aply delegate from the northern part;
of the State, 1 eame to tho conclusion to j
present to the officers of the Convention |
the following—which may not he puh-;
lished in the proceedings. After pre- j
sen ting my notice of withdrawal I left the
Convention before the nominations were
made.
"Mr. President—Jn view of the fact j
that ihe entire mass of Americans in
Bradford county (which I had the honor;
to represent in this Convention) have full
confidence in the Americanism and in teg- i
rity of David Wilmot, and cannot by any!
means be drawn from him to the support
of any other man for Governor, and the i
fact that but a small part of the Common- j
wealth is represented here, 1 respectfully;
withdraw from any further co-operation 1
in the action of the Convention.
B. S. DARTT.
Lancaster, June 3rd, 1857.
Pemocratic Convention.
This body held a night session last eve
ning, for the purpose of adopting a series
of resolutions. Quite an exciting scene
resulted upon the motion of a delegate
from Huntingdon county, to amend the
resolution relative to the bill for the sale
of the Main Line, which had previously
passed in connection with the other reso
lutions, unaimously. The offeror of this
amendment expressed, himself favorable to
a sale, and said that there were many dem
ocrats in his section of the same view, and
contended that the adoption of his motion,
which was to the effect that the resolution
just passed should not be taken as an ex
pression of opinion on the p..ft of the
democracy against a sale on certain terms,
would not, as otherwise, become estranged
from the party ranks. This proposition
brought upon their feet a number of pro
minent members, among them Ilcndrick
B. Wright, of Luzerne, who thought the
resolution should not be tampered with,
because it had already passed unanimous
ly, and was besides to the same purport
as the amendment; and Hon. WLU. A.
Porter, of Philadelphia, and Ellis B.
So Unable, of Lycoming, the former of
whom took strong ground against the sale,
and denounced it iu bitter terms, while
the latter proceeded in a bitter tirade
against the friends of the present hill, the
principal portion of which was directed
towards the Pennsyl vanian newspaper, a
late copy of which he had in his hand,
containing a strong article in favor of the
bill, from which he frequently quoted,
and commented upon—the sum and sub
stance of his remarks being that the pa
per was not worthy the respect of the
party, could never be relied upon, and
had never been anything else than the
mouth-piece of corruption. His remarks
were frequently applauded, and made in
a bitter strain of eloquence, that told
with severe effect upon the friends of the
Pennsylva n ian present. After this show
of denuncination, a vote was taken on the
adoption of the amendment, which was
crushed with but Que or two negative
squeals, The action of the Convention
shows very plainly that the course of their
organ here is fully approved by the Dem
ocracy of Pennsylvania, and that opposi
tion to the sale of the Public Works, "as
provided for in the present bill" will be
their war-cry in the next campaign -
Ilrrrisbvry Telegraph , IOfA.
Return J. M. Ward, the wife
murderer, was executed at Toledo, Ohio,
on the 12th inst. He confessed to hav
ing murdered two men, besides his wife
lie was -42 years old,
AWarnlDf.
The Democratic press throughout the
State are pursuing their usual course, at
times when the forces of contending par
ties are marshaling for a coming contest,
of endeavoring to raise false issues with
which to embarrass the judgment of the
people as to tho real merits of the ease
which is to be tried before them. YY rig
gle and twist, however, as they may
• lease, they may rest assured that the
people of this good old commonwealth
are not going to be led astray from the
striGt logical consideration of the questions
originally proposed fur their considera
tion. Foreiguism and slavery extension,
the rights and privileges of free labor and
the protection of Pennsylvania interests,
| are the only points to be decided upon,
and these not upon the principle of say
ing grace over pioayunes, but upon broad
national grounds. We shall not suffer the
discussion to degenerate into the compass
!of a debate at a Broker's Board, but we
| shall insist upon the " Byend " leaders of
Locofocoism meeting it upon the broad
platform of Naturalization, Slavery-exten
tion and National Taxation. Such was
the position the Irish free trade Demo
cracy were content that we should take
until the nomination of Packer disorgan
ized their ranks, and the nomination oi
WiLMOT struck terror to their souls. —
Now they desire to reduce the whole
question ta the simple form, was it
right in our lust legislature to pass an
act for the sale af the Main Line of the
Public Works?" We see the snake,,
though it has only shown the Httle end
of its tail. We ask our friends in the
country to pass this notice arouud, that,
forewarned, all may be forearmed against
his venom, and not suffer it to poison
their minds, or divert it from the real
merits of the issue. We are resdy to.
meet this, as we are every other question,
but we shall not allow it to take effect aa
the touchstone of the contest. By the
way, we may here mention that we read,
with great pleasure, the approbatory edito
rial on the subject of the aytiou of tho Leg
islature and the Governor, published a
few days ago by the P anxyluartian, and
when, the accredited organ of the party
speaks in favor, it ill becomes the press
at large, or the the leaders of tae party
to endeavor, fur the sake of plunder uud
provender, to force tho sentinels on the
watoh-towers of party to hail for a false
pass-word which has not been issued at
guard- mi muting. —• Pa il. Sv n,
DAVID WlLMOC.—'Since the arrival of j
this gentleman in town many of our citi
zens have filled, upon him at the St. Law
renoe, and all who have spoken of their in-'
terviews have expressed themselves in
the highest degree gratified. He is an ear
nest, honest man, an.d will b; tho next ,
Governor of Pfcn&syl.vauia. i lis eo ii .nan -
ding talents and genial maaaors are cai
eulated to gain every ma a his friend wdo
is so fortunate as to make his personal ac
quaintance; and all that is necessary to
secure to him au unanimous election is
that every man should" know him..
We are surprised to find that sa many
who do not know Mr. Wilmot are under
a misapprehension in regard to his views
upon the two great subjects of the Tariff
and Slavery. In due time we will put
them right upon these questions; but we
hope to have those who doubt his orthodoxy
to call upon him themselves.— Phil. Sun.
AMERICAN EAGLE SHOT.— The Eex
ingtou Observer ami Reporter, says :
"Col. J. Delph killed a bald eagle on his
farm, two miles and a half from this city
ou Wednesday last. It measured nearly
seven feet between the tips of its wings'
and must have been fully three feet high,
when alive and in an erect position. It
had destroyed fourteen pigs for tho Colo
nel the morning it was killed, and although
he did not much like to shoot this rep re
sen tats ve of our nation, yet when he
thought of the loss he had sustained in
the destruction of his pigs, his patriotism,
like Bob Acre's courage, oozed out at his
finger's end, and the noble bird fell a
victim to his unerring rifle."
DEBT "OUT WEST."—Per-ons intend
ing to go West please read the following
picture of life in lowa, where people ex
peot to get rioh before they know it, and
pay five, ten, and fifteen per cent, for
money per month. Delightful place to
live, no doubt!
"Debt 1 debt 1 everybody in debt. Sell
corner lots to pay the merchant, then bor
row of the lawyer to buy reul estate again;
borrow of the miller to pay the doctor, till
there is nothing that has anything like a
fixed market. It costs too much to live
here; it costs altogether too much to die,
iQF PMQV Jol/cs; their cemetery lots and
undertakers' bills are enormous, A plaee
six feet long in a bunch of brush
costs more than a lot in Greenwood, and
all because there is a prospect of a city
some time in the future. If it were not
for prospects , what would become of this
wonderful State ?"
lotoi? md 60 wtt) Ketog-Sgtyepn-,
TJie Post Office at Harrison Valley, i B
! this county, has been discontinued f or
want of a reliable Democrat to take charge
| of it,
RaU K rain, rain—will it never step?
While we write, we are receiving the
forty-'leveuth editiou of a "settled rain "
Well, we can stand it, if the people out
in the "Btates" see fit to crowdit on us
This is Court Week, and nearly every
; section of Potter county is represented bv
men who are either jurymen, litigants or
witnesses, all looking healthy and vigor.
ous,
Mr. Henry Andreson, of Kettle Creek
| in this county, informs us that from three
cows, during the past twelve months, he
has made 527 lbs. of Butter, 240 lbs. of
Cheese, and fed two calves and two pigs.
This is an average of 17Of lbs. of Butter,
and 80 lbs. of Cheese to each cow for the
year, whieh we think can hardly be beat v
; even among those who make a business
of dairying. Mr. Andreson is a Norw*p
gian, and one of the colonists of Olc Bull,
We have received from Mr John S,
Dye, Broker, Wall St. New York, a fa<y
simile of the Shekel or Judas coin. It
is the coin for thirty peices of which Ju.
j das betrayed his master, aud an interest,
ing relic of the bust days of the Christian
era. Those who wish to proeure one of
them can do so by enclosing postage
stamps to. the-amoiyii of 2.5, cents to John
S, Ilye, Wall S. X. Y, Fiye of them
will be sent for a dollar.
A Fact Worth Recording. —Few ad-,
vertised medicines before the public con
tinue for any length of time to command,
confidence.. In most instances being se
cret nostrums, (upon which their popu
, ferity depends) composed of cheap, often
times injurious ingredients, they meet a
short lived existancc. This is especially
true if w.e refer to the various prepara
tions of sarsapirilla with which our mar
kets are irutu feted. Ilurley manufec-.
tares the only legitimate and reliable ar
ticle, and no one should be deceived into
u-.iug any other.— St. LuaU. Ib rald:
S>ld whelesale by Seheiffelin. Bro. k Co.
.V. V, ; Russell, Scott k Co., I'hilmdelphia, I'a,.
Park, Oia- O. j V\f right k Co., N. 0., Bacon,
Hyde, k Co,, S>i. b mis, Mo.; and all cxtensiT.v
; drug nterchanU.
M.a. Kanon—A bad accident happened on
Monday, the Bth inst. D. C. Strong, my son,
aged, about 10 years, in falling a tree about six
j inches through, out it o.T the stump, and the
I butt af it struck his right leg about two inch
!us below the knee, split the skin 10 or 12
! inches down and around the calf of the leg,
aud broke both bones. The flesh was badly
| ruptured. Medical help wa3 procured, aod
after a long and tedious examination, we
' got it fixed. In sewing it up it took 20 stich
es—and duruig the whole operation the boy
did n>t 3hed a tear. £>r. French set the bone,
assisted by others. Tbe bo.v is in the care of
: Dr. \Viiite, and is doing well.
Eulalia. June 15. O. W. STRONG.
[lt seems that Mr. Strong took um
brage at our giving I)r. Ellison the credit
of the above operation. We now give
.Mr. Strong's version of the matter, though
we believe he will hardly recognize the
" Style " of his communication as it stands
;in part corrected for publication. Br.
French was assisted by Prs. Ellison and
White. We hope all parties arc satisfied
now. —ED JQURNAE.}
THE Secretary of the Treasury is of
opinion that there will be a surplus of
22,000,000 in the government strongbox
at the end of th e current fiscal year. He
moreover anticipates an increase of reve
nue under the new tariff, which will be
in opperation on the Ist of July noxt.
In view of these considerations, Secreta
ay Cobb has already, it is stated, deter
mined to recouuueud to Congress, in his
report, an extension of the schedule of
articles of merchandise ou which no du
tties shall be levied.
COLUMBUS, 0., June 13, 1857. —N.
11. Gibson, State Treasurer, resigned his
office to-day, and the Governor appointed
A. P. Stone, of this citv to fill the vacan
cy. A deficiency of $050,000 has been
discovered in the Treasury, which Gihson
says existed when he came into office,
caused by the defalcation of John G.
Bresliu, the former State Treasurer. The
Governor has appointed a committee of
investigation.
IT it said that a case in chancery, in
London, has just been decided, by which
a number of American citizens have been
declared the lawful heirs to the property
of a Mrs. Shard, who died in England in
1810. The amount involved is believed
to be about 8250,000, which for several
years has been invested in British securi
ties, awating a final decision. The heiii
iu whose favor the decision has been
rendered, reside iu Maryland, Pennsylva
nia, New Jersey, Vermont, Ohio and
Michigan. Their attorney in London
writes that no appeal hud been taken as
yet, though then was some apprehension
that there would be a resort to a higher
court by those interested in resisting the
payment of the money.