The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-02-01

piAi "hiOu has Oc0A pIopdTeu anu Will De |
Immediately presented to the Legislature,
providing for the establishment of Dis
trict Court in Johnstown. The bill pro-
vides that the jurisdiction of the said
Court shall extend to and embrace the
boros. of Johnstown, Conemaugh, Mill
vile, Cambria and Prospect, and that the
Court shah be one exercising all and sin
gular the powers and jurisdiction of the
Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas of
Cambria county. Sections one, two, three,
four, five, six and seven of the bill estab-
lish the Court, give it name and juris-
diction, and define its powers section
eight provides that the powers OF said
Court shall be vested in and exercised by
the President Judge and Associate Judg-
es of the Court of Cambria county; sec
ton nine provides that the Court shall
meet on the first Monday OF January,
April, July and October; section ten has
reference to judgments upon real estate
within the district; section eleven makes
it the duty of the Sheriff of Cambria
county 10 appoint Deputy Sheriff for
said district, whose powers with reference
to the district shall be of like effect with
the powers of the Sheriff with reference
to Cambria county section twelve pro-
vides that the District Attorney OF Cam
bria county shall act in like capacity in
said Court; section thirteen provides for
the appointment of Clerk of the Quarter
Sessions, &C.; section fourteen directs
how Grand and Traverse Jurors are to be
drawn; section fifteen has reference to
the fee bill section sixteen has reference
to the pay of jurors and witnesses; Sec
ton seventeen makes allowance for paying
the Judges; section eighteen provides
that the expenses of said Court shall be
paid out of the treasury Of Cambria coun-
ty, upon orders drawn upon the Treasurer
thereof after a given formula section
nineteen provides for the leasing of a
: building suitable for a court house; sec
ton twenty makes it lawful for said dis
{ trict to use the Jail of Cambria county
! when occasion may require it; section
= twenty-one provides that the Court shall
: belong TO and constitute part OF the West
ern District of the Supreme Court o
e Pennsylvania; section twenty-five make:
n it the duty Of Justices of the Peace anC
O Constables within said district to MAKE
:. returns to said Court Of things return
It able, &c.
,. This "New Court" question is cheal
If species OF local excitement which Johns
town indulges in at least once year l
d appears to be as essential to the happines
t. of the people Of that section as the dali
n recurring drachm OF popPy-juice is to tn
y, opium-eater, or the frequent tod is to tn
4 confirmed inebriate. The compariso'
e might be further extended by saying tina
It the agitation of the New Court" ques
r ton, as in the case of the poppy-juica anC
t. the tod, is intended only as a mer
o temporary stimulant, under the infu
" ence of which much superfuous froth
st and bombast, and bad blood may be safe
II ly thrown off, Except Gu the broaC
l, ground that all excitements and stimu
r lants are hurtful, we do not see that OBJ
It lection can reasonably be taken to the an
= nual state of delightful agitation int
n which the folks of Johnstown work them
r, selves upon the "New Court" question:
is To be sure, reaction must come, and thi
4 plunges one into deeper depths of dullnes
i. and inanition than before the excitement
G but that is the concern of the Johnstowu
1t ers If they can stand it, we can. S
it long as the county-seat Of Cambria couu
;e ty remains within a short hours rio
r of Johnstown; so lopg as it contains
J. court house large enough and well enoug
o conducted to accommodate all johnston
II without detriment to the balance Of th
N county, and the balance of the count
o. without detriment to Johnstown and 5
h long as the Jail is kept strong enough
retain within its walls any criminals tnf
s, may come from Johnstown, SO long wi
&c the "New Court" excitement be Harmless
5, and of no effect, except in so far as relate
,e TO the reaction before spoken Of
be A GREAT SUocEss.-Mr. Scott "
e. Jones, agent, informs us that he has sol
lie very nearly one hundred copies of Ricl