Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-02-19

by the Legislature was ended. 1t
surely high time to recommence.
The first survey was in most parts
the State very imperfect. Parts wer
carefully surveyed and well described
but whole sections. now among the mos
important, were merely skctched out
These require accurate surveying ant
description. In word, the first surve,
was in the very nature of the case, AM
at that early day, merely preliminary t
q better and future one. This better SUI
. vey ought now to be undertaken.
Cody Labor.
A Washington correspondent Of For
ncy's Press Gays Hon William McClel
land, who represents the Twenty fourtl
district of Pennsylvania, received infor
nation yesterday from his constituent
to the effect that violence was apprehenc
ed at Beaver Falls, Beaver county agains
the Chinese lately imported as operative
by the Beaver Falls Culltry Company
Col McClellsnd has already presented
several petitions in the House. very mum
erously signed by his constituents, pray
ing Congress to "pass law prohibiting
any further importation of Chinese labor
ers under contracts made in China -
The matter Las been before the uc"-s
Committee on Education and Labor fol
some time, and it is understood they had
agreed to report bill prepared by Mr.
Coghlin, of California, which, is though,
will break up the. system of importing
Chinese laborers. 1t provides that every
contract for labor or service for longer
period Of time than one year. made in
any foreign country with or for an alien,
any part of which is to be performed in
the United States, shall be regarded as a
contract for servile labor. Any person
contracting for such labor or attempting
to enforce such contract shall be guilty
Of misdemeanor. punishable by fine
Of not less than one thousand dollars,
nor more than five thousand dollars
Parties who shall employ this servile la
Dor are made amenable to the pains and
penalties of the statute. 1t is made the
duty of each of the consular officers Of
the United States residing at the ports cf
China and Japan t. see that persons
emigrating therefrom to the United States
have not entered into contract for the
performance of servile labor in this coun.
try. The captains aud owners of vessels
who shall land or attempt to land this
class Of emigrants at any post of the
United States shall be liable to fine of
five hundred dollars for each and every
emigrant. This bill is intended to reach
and, if possible, to settle the entire ques-
ton of the importation of what is known
as Cody labor. The working people of
the Pacific coast do not now stand alone
in their contest with "cheap labor and
the heather Chinee." Petitions are CON-
ing in FROM all sections Of the country
similar in character to those forwarded
by the citizens of Beaver county. and it
is highly probable Congress will put a
stop to the business by passing some
such bill as that of Mr. Coghlin.
The following communication ap-
peared in Forney's Press Of last Satur-
day. 1t explains itself:
SIR: In your Pres, of this morning
you say, BY the way. there is some
trouble in Kansas about the disposition
of the $4,000 Pomeroy is alleged to have
paid York for his vote. l, has been
turned over to the State, but the State
does not want it."
There is a high precedent for the dis
position of this money. and full history
Of it will be found in the 9th chapter of
ST. Mathew Judas, who had betrayed
Jesus for price, bought the money to
the chief priests and elders, saying. Il
have sinued liz that have betrayed, &c,
and he cast down the pieces of silver in
the temple. and deported and went aud
hanged himself" 1 believe Mr.. York
has not hung himself. and see no rea-
son why he should, but rather he de-
serves to live-if possible to live in sew
eral States at once.
But to our subject. In other respects
his Gaze was parallel, so far as l intend
to run it: land the chief priests took
the silver pieces, and said, 1t is not law
ful to put them into the treasury. And
they took counsel and bought with the
money the potters' field, to bury stran
gers in Now suggest that this sum
be taken, and put with all similar sub
sides, for the purpose of buying a poll
clans field. in which to bury defuuct, de-
crepit. and down-fallen spectators in the
right of honest suffrage and free elec-
tions. claim no copyright for this sug
gestion. Yours. OBSERVER.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IA, 1873.
One hundred and fifty three men kill
ed, four hundred aud sixty-two wounded
is the melancholy record Of mining cat
astrophes last year, in portion of the
anthracite fields of this State. Eighty