The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-02-24

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BAGGAGE SMASHING A CRIME.-The ,
Anti. Baggage Smashing bill, as now
passed by both Houses ef the Penn
sylvania Legislature, is, as far rs we
. know, the first legal in'erpost on in
favor Of the rights oftravelcrs made in
this country. Hereafter in this State
the reign of destructive vampire, who
sucks out the lilc-blood from the trunks
of his bapless victims, is TO be ended.
The new act declares that the injury
OF baggage by baggage master, ex-
press agent. stage driver, hackman or
other persons handling. removing or
taking care oi the baggage of paSsen-
gers, shall not only subject the offender
to personal responsibility, which could
rarely be invokcd by tn, stranger pass
ing through a place and injured by
baggage smashing carcles,ness bot that
the recklessnesS OF the depreciation on
the passengers goods shall be an of.
fence puiShable by arrest and summary
conviction and not only that, but thn,
any railroad company who employs
sich u rcmorsclcss lieud shall be liable
to pay all the damages which result
from his ierociously rulncus prop"n-
>i,ics
, TnE NEW JrDIcrAL DIsrRrcr The
: bill introduced in congress, by General
. Cake, 'to create the Northern Judi-
, cra District Of Pennsylvania is one
in which our citizens will feel cons i'd
, cradle interest. [, provides that the
, counties of Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe,
. Pike, Wayne, Wyoming, Luzerne, Co
lumbia, Montour, Northumberland.
: Union, Snyder, Sullivan. Lycoming
: Clinton, Cameron, Elk, Snsquchanna,
: Bradford Tioga, Potter and Mexican.
! shall form judicial district of the
G United States to be styled the North
. ern District of Pennsylvania, and the
, appointment of judges, clerks, &c, for
{ the same. Courts are TO be held in
. WilliamSport At present. Terms OF
/ the circuit courts are to be held also
at Wilkesharre aud Pottsvillc. The
bill will probably become law, aud
We believe the members Of the bar gen
= orally, in this part ofthe State, are IA
T. vorable TO the measure.
! THE Lebanon Courier, says, that +,
some OF the papers are trying to re-
= vive discussion of the question as to
whether Gen Cameron Voluntarily re-
Z tired from Mr., Lincoln cabiDent, or
whether he dill 30 on order OF Mr.. Lin,
!, coin AT this day is matters very lit.
u the war taken bv Gen. Cameron, and
the means necessary TO suppress it, was
subsequently proven to be correct, and
his policy was finally adop ed by the
', administration, satisfactorily vindicat-
y ing Gen. Cameron prcscicnce in the
- m after, and proving him to be he frs;
statesman OF the times No one now
=, doubts that had his suggestions been
- adopted when made. the war might
have been much shortened. The coun.
y try finally got up to his views through
great expenditure of life and IN ,ney,
aud from that hour victory vas as
sured.
;, The Meadvllc Democrat tells sto-
& ry Of boy thirteen years old, planning
! to rob his parents, residents Of the
. western portion of Crawford county
~ The parents left home for few hours
= leaving the boy to take care of the
~ boase. Upon their return they found
"a their son tied to bed post, apparently
=, uncOnci ms, aud the furniture generally
= tossed around in disorder. Thoy said
- two black men had come TO the hous Sc
: and offered to sell some medicine
,. Upon finding no person ut home but
, the boy, they proceeded to tie him
: " and robbed the house. Some of the
- features of the case looked suspicious
20 and the boy, upon being cross-exam
:, med confessed TO having planned ant
= executed the whole trick himself, fo
y, the purpose obtaining his father'l
., money.
= MEXICO AN doubt is removed o
n. the fate OF Mexico. the unfortunat,
r country Is doomed TO another blood,
Ia civil war, and even the friends q
e. Jaurcz admit that the catastrophe can
m not be avertcd. Five States are now
10 ia open insurrec;ion, and the Contra
he Government is powerless. Jaurez ha.
IL made ready Tor his departure for Europ
Or bavirg shipped fortune in bulliOl
i'd there. We may indeed expect n reigI
IS, of anarchy in that unhappy country
of which. IL seems to Us, is never likely 4
Iy be quiet until the strong Aoglo' Amer
,y ican race submit.
THE defeat Of the Census bill in ,b
in Senate leaves the old law Of 1850 Il
he force, and the census must now be tak
he en- under its provisions The commit
d. tee on The revision of tho laws hay
on agreed TO report that ipasmuch as ih
OF nomination OF General Walker for Su
a. peri0tepdent OF the Census was mad
he contrary 10 existing Law, II falls. In
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