Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-12

PINE COUNTY MEETING.

rytrec, Indiana county, In favor OF the erection
anew county out of parts of Cambria, indians
and Clearfeld counties, to be called ''Pine." /
any Of our Lady readers should grumble at tn
space usually allotted to Poetry and Select Tales
being thus occupied, they will please to remem
Der that "natters of state" must be attended t
occasionally; and we furthermore beg leave t,
assure them that the speech of Mr.. KINPoRTs il
gra,id,loqueat, if not little 50, thar
any Tale we have published within the last year
and better entitled to the appelation of Romance
than any thing that has appeared in the New
Z ork Ledger recently.
We have several reasons for entertaining a
very exalted opinion of the e'citizcns Of Cherry
tree borough and vicinity. First, they all
honest and energetic rne, who, by their perseve-
rance and industry have made the ''desert and
solitary place glad and the wilderness rejoice and
blossom as the rose' Secondly "a large number, we
believe majority of them, are reliable working
Democrats, who are always ready for action when
tie hoVr Of battle arrives and if they think that
the erection Of Pine county will render them bet
ter, wealthicr or happier, We have DO objections
TO urge; froridei Arrays, they don't interfere
with the Territory OF little Cambria. Our coun-
t., is already one Of the smallest in the State in
point Of territory, and we are opposed to al! new
county movements which seek to abridge its
limits, and we confidently assert that large ma
}orty of the citizens of this county included with
in the boundaries of the proposed new county
opposed to the measure. The citizens of
Susquehanna and Chest townships are content to
be recognized as citizens Of the Mountain Coun-
ty," and desire not the hsIge that BUCHER
SwooPE seeks to bring them.
We cannot imagine why our Cherrytree neigh
hOrs manifest such deep interest in the success
of the movement. Their borough IS not located
near the centre of the proposed new county, and
can therefore scarcely be regarded as an embryo
seat Of Justice. If Pine county was erected to-
morrow, it is highly improbable that Cherrytree
Borough would be selected as its seat of Justice
Its location would not warrant such selection
Our neighbors seem to think that the erection of
line county would develop the resources Of the
country which surrounds them. We can perceive
no good reasons for entertaining such belief
Pine county, if erected, would not of course be
clothed with power to build Railroads, erect fur
naces or sasymills. 1t is a mistaken notion that
and West, and calling the territory within their
limits county, and the erecting of Courthouse
and Jail near its center possible that thereby
the happiness, wealth and prosperity Of tie in |
habitants of said new county will be materially |
enhanced 1t is true the value of property in the
vicinity Of the village fortunate enough to become
The county seat would probably be considerably |
enhanced. but there the matter would end. The |
inhabitants of the rest Of the county would re-
main as in days of yOre, dependent on individual |
enterprise to ''push Oh the column" We can
lot therefore perceive any reason, or even the
hadow of reason, to justify the prophecy Of
Lr. kinports, that, in the event Of the erection
,i Pine county, ''where now q man has his hun
ireds he would count his thousands Every
tick Of timber would fetch its full value, and
instead Of wearing out soul and body in removing
he wood off the ground, full recompense for
t would be received" We would like to see a
pecimen Of the kind of logic by which AR
iinport arrives at the conclusion that tie erec-
ion of Courthouse and Jail at the central point
I large scope of territory would materially ell
lance its prosperity, especially when its inLabi-
ants had Court houses and Jails as near, if not
saTer, under the old arrangement. The inhabi-
ante - SusqueLanna and Chest townships are
cry well sa, ,;ofed with their present location
N influential citizt,o Of the former township re-
larked to us few days ago-''We are near
nough to Court, for " tefo not fond of lawing;
,wsuits seldom enrich man, and I'e think it
the mark of sensible man to avoid them as
luch as possible" We think so too
We perceive that gentleman named Swoope
ddressed the meeting. We believe Mr.. Swoope
lawyer of Cearfield borough As an effort
now being made to remove the county seat {
Clearheld county from Clearfield borough to ,,
II Is quite natural that the inhabi :
ants of said borough should favor the erection of
inc county, as they would then be in TIE fright
zee. This accounts for the presence of II. Bu- Y
ler bSooPe, late travelling agent Of the Know 1
Thing pa-ty in this State, at the Cherrytree c
Getting.
We cannot close ii, csc hasty observations with
t rendering to SS.fr. ?. =: KINPoRTs, for copy :,
his speech legibly written, our sincere thanks.
e is certainly young man OF intellect, and G
il yet make his mark in th., worlu. We re- t
ce that bis light is at length taxi, n from under
oushel and how shines before men, and tat 4
8 fragrance will no longer be "wasted oh the
sert air" He evidently has not forgotten thai, n
d sense IS the basis of good writing, and never y
en- fec moment attempts to soar through the IN
sion Of bsghfaluttn. We also return him our p'
snks for information contained in his address II
which we were previously profoundly iguu- 80
nt we did not know that the Pine County ~
''ement was stsrtei some twenty-one wears | h,
D unri we per1ised his address we were also M