Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-13

PorrsvtLtr, Nov. 8, lsl7.
THr RRmovAt OF THE SEAT or Jusricr
commissioners appointed by Law to choose q site
for the public buildings, hav. spent two days in |
preliminary examination, and then adjourned for |
twe weeks, TO give time for dsIiberstion. Great |
excitement prevails, snt most unreasonable haste |
10 urged upon the commissioners, who were ex
pectsd TO decide upon q locality at once.
The possible choice is confined 10 at most
three or four places, Of which Market street 10 |
one; though the commissioners may rule it out. |
from proper sense Of resstence, 10 the attempt |
to bias their free judgment
"The Orchard" is another place 10 view. The
public buildings would show well here. and the
space 10 not contracted,
A piece of ground 10 also offered at the lower
end Of Centre street. now occupied with rude
frame houses. nearly opposite the new Hotel,
Uhe American House) This would also make
a commanding situation and every way convent.
ent.
Any one Of these plsces would do. II it be
desirable that the county prison should be easy
Of access TO the court house, the latter two offer
spprcpriste ground in the rear.
1t begins. however. TO BE- feared that the "down
towners" may be driven, BY the course Of the
up towners" to withdraw their subsc ptions, if
the commissioners should yield TO the attempted
promptings Of their own judgment. II such .
split should result. it would not astonish il the
seat Of justice should remain at Orwigsburg.
ry Jupcr Lkwis' USlrKp SrATrs CRIMINAL
LAw-we notice in the papers that Judge Lew.
10 has published q valuable work on Criminal
Law, with the shove tile. We have not seen
the work. but we know that . work Of this kind
has been much wanted, and that few men are bet.
ter qualified to perform the task than Judge
Lewis. I
% The National Police Gazette. OF New
York, 10 about publishing full report OF the tr
al Of Madame Res,sli. in pamphlet form.
| a--------------------
THt LICENSE LAw--The ground upon which
the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvsnia declared the
recent license law to be uncons,itutionsI, vas.
that the Legislature could not delegate its row.
ers Of legislation to the vote Of the people
| Judges Coulter and Burnside dissen:ed from this
decision.
The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania have de.
eided that will to which the mark Of the tes.
tasor 10 made, 10 void and insufficient. Accord.
ing 10 lew Of the State, when man cannot sign
. will himself his name must be siened to il by
some person 10 his presence. and by his expires.
| direction. .-...g, s.t ... .tr .t1e- sfs.r
Tie Washington Union, Of last evening. states
that Gen. Taylor has asked for and obtained leave
Of absence for six months. in order to pay svisit
TO bis home and family He may, therefore, be
expected to reach New Orleans in about month.
HssRY CLAY AND TnK MEXICAN WAR.-A tele-
graphic despatch from Cincinnati announces that
Henry Clay will speak, on Saturday next, in
Lexington, Kentucky, on the Mexican war, its
authors and objects. "
D.ArH IN 1ur Misrs Two persons we're suf
foea,ed in Messrs. Mann & Williams mines, At
Mount Lafy on Tuesday last. from the effects Of
csrbonie gas, commonly known ~ black damp.
Their names are Mr.. William Bsadle, boss mi.
ner, and Mr.. John Murray, miner.
Qr.srios SEIrLxp--A question which has 4
good d-s, seiisted The Order Of Odd Fellows, was
settled last week in New York. by the adoption,
by the Grand Lodge, OF the new revised eonsti'
tuition The vote stood 2o2 to 71-siving ia its
favor the two.thirds required by the former con.
stitution Delegates representing nearly 800
lodges were in attendance. a.ru
ARkt.r or PRIME, WARp& 4 Co Prime, Ward
K Co., Of New York. have been for two or three
days up before the Judges of the Supreme Court,
on q Stillwell warrant. % process TO compel q
discovery from fraudulent deb,ors) at the suit of
the Jefferson County Bank! A year $50 who
could have thought that the great Wall street
house would ever be brought up on . Stillwell
warrant! ... -.t.tt ...
ASSAULT ON SENATOR HAssrGAs-We find. in
the Cincinnati Gazette, q statement Of q quarrel
which took place at Cra wfordviile, Ia between
Senator flanagan and Mr.. z. Me cDonsid, whieh b
had its origin year past in what 10 said 10 have
been mob. in which Mr.. Hsnneran was party.
and when Mcdonald says he got knocked into
the canal. through the Senator's instrumentaliiy.
Me d. has ever since threatened vengeance, when.
ever he should meet the Senator. and this was
| the 6Ist time the paItiex mat The Senator was