Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-03-21

LEGISLATURE.


Hon. David Wilmot was on Thursday cleo
ted United States Senator. to fill the vacancy
occasionsd by the resignation of Hon. Simon
Cameron His term will expire on the 4th of
March, 1868. The public career of Mr.. Viii
mot is SO well known to our readers that it is
not necessary to recapitnlate it here. His
ability and integrity are unquestionabIe, and
the chief objection which was urged against
him in the recent canvass was his radical Re-
publicanism. It is but just to state, however,
that his action as n member of the Peace Con
ference which was recently in session at
Washington, was of much more conservative
and conciliatory character than those who
had been accustomed to regard him as a rep
resentative of extreme Free Soil views antici-
pated; and his friends confidently predict
that he will not only prove an able Senator
but faithful exponent of the prevailing sen
timents Of our State. We trust such will be
the case
ShmpldSter Norement THE Bank Commit
tee recommend that institutions chartered un.
der the general law, be allowed to issue Is
per cent. of their circulation in notes of the
denomination of 81, 81, and So. They also
advise the repeal of the clause recurring the
notes OF the different banks to be uniformly
printed, and allow the issue to be fully equal
to the appraised value of securities deposited
with the Auditor General instead Of being
8 per cent. less, as under the existing law
The sections requiring q certain amount of
specie to be kept in the vaults it is proposed
70 repeal entirely. The movement to intro.
duce small notes into circulation is a step
backwards, and We hope will not be adopted
The Senate amendments to House bill No
23S, entitled an Act authorizing the Auditor
General and State Treasurer to settle the &C
counts for taxes with the Lewistown Water
Company and Tuscarora Bridge Company
and strike the balance due the Commonwealth
was read and concurred in on Thursday.
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In the United States Supreme Court 1T
Washington on Thursday, Justice Wayne de-
livercd the decision Of the Court in tie long
litisated and earnestly fought case Of 2lrs.
General Gaines. The court decided that Mrs.
Gaines was the Legitimate child of Daniel
Clark, and entitled to his estate, with the ac
crued rents, &c. The value of the property
Is stated at two millions of dollars. The
case is of interest from the value of the stake
and the perseverance with which Mrs Gaines
has contended for her rights, year after year,
against all the battling obstacles that have been
cast in her way, and also from the fact that
the most, if not all of the property which the
Court has now decided to be her right, is lu
Gated in the city of New Orleans, within the
limits of the seeded State of Topis;,oo Il
is stated, however, that the decisions of the
Supreme Court in cases pending, will be re
cOgnized by the authorities of that State.
Chief Justice Taney also, on the same dav,
delivered the decision of the Court in the
case Of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky
against the Governor af Ohio, in which
mandamus was sought to compel Governor
DenniSon to deliver fugitive from justice.
The Court decides that the act of the Cover
nor in the premises is merely ministerial, like
that of Sheriff, and that he has no right to
enter upon the question whether the crime of
which the fugitive is charged by Kentucky
is criminal in Ohio or not. The act is, how
ever, one of comfy and good faith, which
there is no power to enforce upon StaAe of
fcer, and the mandamus is therefore refused.
The fugitive in this case, if we remember
right, was charged with aiding and abettir
slaves to escape from KeHtueky, and Cover
nor Dennison refused to deliver him up on |
che ground that he had committed no crime
known to the laws Of Ohio.