New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-07

p,s,sn, ss m Saturday last acquitted, as were also
! seconds concerned.
The bod;e, cf Mrs Powers and her child have not
boon fund as s,ssed yesterday The report originated
from an announcement upon the bulletin boards of sew
eral of the city papers.
Pennsylvania Legisluture-Taxes on Shipping,
Coal, Whisky, &c.-Right of Way.
Correspondence of The Tribune.
HARRISBURG, April Q, 1916.
Undisturbed by wars and runors OF wars" oar
industrious Legislators have been closely engaged
for number of days in devisng means 10 preserve
the faith of the State, and to keep in motion the
| wheels of State Government.
In the House of Representatives we have bill
bearing the imposing title of IAN act to provide for
the reduction of the public debt This bill creates
board of commissioners to be styled Commission
ers of the Sinking Fund, composed of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth, State Treasurer and Auditor
General who shall hold the fund raised in trust Tor
the State. A large number of sections create new
objects Of taxation, regulate the assessment oil taxes
and the appropriation of moneys. The Tth section
is most warmly fought. 1t provides that the County
Commissioners of the several Counties IN the Com
monwealth shall levy, in the usual manner, upon all
Ships briggs schooners other sailing vessels, and
upon all steam boats canal boats locomotives railroad
cars cabs carriages. other vehicles owned useo OF
possessed by person or persons or oy any po
BODY or bodies of three mills on the dollar upon
their valuation and shall levy tax OF ten cents per ton
on all anthracite coal mined within this Commonwealth
An effort made to strike out the tax on antnra-
cite COAL which failed this succeeded by An attempt
10 insert tax Of 81 mills per bushel upon bitumnous
coal. This ALSO decidedly voted down.
Mr.. Johnson of Erie then endeavored, by an amend
rnent TO lop eff the clauses imposing tax upon ship
ping and boats. This met with no favor. The House
this evening finally adopted the section by very small
majority This Is feature in the system Of taxa
,inn ia ripWp nv
as oppressive in the highest degree TIE recommends
ton to tag coal from the State Treasurer at the
commencement Of the session. in his Report The Com
mittee of WAYS and Means after thorough investga-
ton of the whole subject and in view OF the embarrassed
condition of State finances came Is the conclusion
adopt the suggestion OF the State treasurer AFTER II
was introduced into the House. every argument that
could be urged by appeal to State pride was made
use of by the eloquent defenders OF the tax 1t was
pressed matter of necessity and unless imposed
more Objectionable must necessarily bean add
toual tax upon the already burdened farming interest
The horrors OF Reputation were depicted IN gowlng
colors and the appeal made that the black flag must
wave from the Capitol of the Old Keystone unless I'M
positions apparently onerous were inflicted.
The representatives Of the extensive coal and shipping
interests ardenty opposed the section The tax upon
coal looked upon species OF ezcise-a tax upon
labor and as but entering wedge to system of taxa
ton which has with favor in no free government 1t
was considered an attempt to grind down the poor MINER
and the poor citizen Also with regard to an article OF
necessary and daily 1t argued that such tax
would operate most nuriousy upon our large nanuiac-
featuring establishments in which anthracite coal is so
extensively used: and in the end WORK dsasrously 10
the best interests of the Commonwealth. But argument
would avail The House have decided the question 80
far as they are concerned remains to be seen what the
action of the Senate will be- The amount OF revenue that
would be raised upon coal alone would be exceedingly
large One furnace Harrisburg, by the operation
Of tbis BILL would have 10 pay into the stale treasury
from twelve to sixteen hundred dollars
Mr. Conner, Of The city of Philadelphia, introduced an
amendment Immediately before adjournment THIS even
lug wbce proposes impose tax OF three cents per
gallon every gallon of whisky, or other spru Gus
liquor distilled within the Commonwealth Should this
pass upward Of hundred thousand dollars in add.
ton would be raised OF the progress OF this bill will
keep you advised.
The Senate have the Annual Appropriation bill before
thora prndont aid economical outlay oc money VIII
be made for the expenses OF the ensuing year Inc en-
pense occssoned by the food will be heavily felt bill
appro rating about one.half the amount demanded by
the Canal Commissioners has passed both Houses and
received the Executive sanction.
We have no end to Railroad Companies demanding
charters. Beside the mammoth bills, there are Diners
Of less importance the carpet almost daily The last
heard Of the one for the incorporation OF the Phia
delphia and Pike County Railroad Company.
The House have passed one Bank bill; an act TO ex'
tend the charter of the Western Bank OF Tor
ten years with the Loco Foco individual liability clause
revised and improved. The Senate have passed three
or four bills of this kind upon which no action has been
had by the House.
To show YOU the complexion OF the Representative
branch of the Legislature have procured the occupa-
lions fits Members follows: a Farmers IA Law
yers Physicians, 8 Merchants, Milers, Morocco
Carpenters,
ners Artist, 2 Clerks. Teachers, lnn-keepers,
Printers. Cooper and Guager, Transporter Curricr
.Gunsmith and Geologst The age OF the Oldest
Member is 70-that OF the youngest %
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bill will be taken up
In tho House. as the Revenue bill 10 disposed of
The excitement the subject in the West particular
w. Is Intense Mass Convention has been called to as.
sembe in Allegheny City the 9Th, which will no
doubt be gathering of the people In favor OF
| the right Of way"
The chances against the passage Of the BILL
| how will h.
| There is fair business doing on the canal Before
month hope to sec things more In their woned chan
| mel.
Among the distinguished strangers lately in town was
! Maj. NOAH of your City. Yours truly, PENN.
FIRK-We learn from the Oswego Advertiser,
tina, early on the morning Of the LIST ins fire broke
out in the store of H. Eagle & Co. which destroyed the
whole block fronting Frstst up as far AS the part
occupied by Mr.. Deming Among the sufferers were
the following :-Messrs. Mack Messrs. Park & Eagle,
merchants; A G. Talcot and A. Parks, jewelers. j NJ.
Smith & Co. merchant tailors Mrs. Fanhovenburgh
and Miss Miner, rniiners Mrs. Morehouse tsloress :;
l.. Sacket and : Lewis grocers Mrs. Brown. vctua!-
ing establishment Miss Thorp tailoress lost all her
wearing apparel We understand that Messrs. butcher
Hart purchased, few days since, the building occu-
/ pied by Messrs. Vanhovenbursh IL Parks.
MELANCHOLY AccIDENT-We regret 10 learn
from Belfast Signal. that Captain Samuel Whitney
and wife were drowned the 3lBt ult while attempt
ing to Perobsco Bay from Lncolnville Castne
in an open boat The boat struck cake of ice, in n
scusil and stove hole in her bow Capt w. attempt
ed to stop the leak with his coat but finding he could
not he Invested himself of his clothing and attempted to
swim to the shore distance of half mile, with his
wife The body of the latter picked up adoat but
could not be restored life Captain WIS body had
not been found. lad who was with them in the boat
saved himself upon cake Of ice. Capt Whitney was
formerly ofthe house of s. & ]. P Whitney, of New
Orleans from which he had recently retired with an
ample fortune He about to 10 estate he
had purchased in New-Jersey.
SAD AcclpEST-The Pointe Coupee (La.) Tri-
bune states that few days ago fiat boat supposed to
have been owned in Louisville, seen short dis
above that place floating down with the current
and in sill apparent safety when 1t suddenly disappeared
beneath the water and every board persisted
One cry of horror escaped from the unfortunate victims
the boat down. and instananeously they found
watery grave.
r. A young Enslishman named Fletcher. who
one of those who escaped from the wreck OF the
Inflated packet ship Henry Clay, killed only few
days since on the Reading (Ps) Railroad By falling from
the platform of on which he had been setting His
parents reside in Pottsve and what renders the
renee more than usually painful is the fact that aft
having been separated from them for time he had