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ALTOONA, PA.
THURSDAY, FEB. 17. 1868.
.. ■•/• -w • < V V-J i.-f'r'
part lea Arp unknown to n*. our role for adrer*
tajfoEJMo.Wydie payment inadeOnoe, or aanereateefroa
Itiy therefore, nwleii (brellrech tooeod
WWWiftheaent* offering to pay at the end of time of (ix
tWhereadrerUaement* are accowip* wind with that
■Sfc wether one, f.rc or ten dollar*, w* wIU alre the
■dtMMHrfiae fall benefit of caah rate*.
*i M. PETTEKGILL fc 00.,
tAeMll(iii&Agent«, 110 Kaaa&a rtreet, - StwTork, and
1 !)<>«»-Obeet, Barton, ai» the Agent* forth* -jUWmh'
WMttmfi qialthe-*oo*t; InlTuaotial ml l*t|iirt ntiniA*H*|
Nevtpeper* tn tbe United State* aad.th* jO*naja*. Xbey
■re aathorized to contract for os at oar fowtrtrrtu. ,
NolPiqi.-—As wo desire., f 0..& Wuear
a cash business as possible, wo hopeour
subscribers wiHoonie
ly and their sfosaiptioDS for the,
cqip|^^B|wr : JjjlPe ;bayw‘ not .publisbed a'
fear tbe.last yea r, nor dojweiv<
tend <tp publish another one for ?tho;
yoar*to-oomc. We deem-itonlyuecesjary|
to say to yon, gentlemen, that a new vol--
tune has commenced, and that your sub
scriptions (therefor are 4uo. - Qur -work
appease mnoh lighter when’wefaave the
wherewithto meet uwr obligations for pa
per;'i&c.j and we liiok to yon to furnish it.
Oil? issue a sup-,
plement with this week’s ■ paper in order
to accommodate a rash of advertising.—
By so doing our subscribers receive .mere
reading matter, maepepdeot pf the com
mencement of stories pubtishedon .our
fourth page, than tbaywould havereoeiv
edihad .we declined jtablisMng the stories
aWB only issued ow sheet. Some
the pinbhahing of ri»«^.iniato^r'chapters
qf s|Qriaa from city literacy
not. without cause,' tfhen
in *be °f
Opr afnipgement fipr pnbliahipg. tfiain
gives Qur ,subsoribe|» more reading mat
ter, therefore they I wapwot consistently
grumble' j | while the price received by us
qil forouifpreas. . ■/
Imobkaub of iNraHEsr.—We notice
that an effort is now feeing nurife"tp. ppt
•18j the
forits «mincrease in Bw present
interest—the increase to.be
paidto.the State is a ‘tax, and appropria
ted to the Fund for &ohqmdh
tion 6f State .d|K ; it.all
righto .sthpw as;nmch ffiouey into this
fund as can be. raised .justly and legally,
againsttbis certainly unjust
ineani. The very then who would, by
to.pay the tax, are
those least jaWo itp do it. That a man
must borrow money' evidence that he
has not eotfugh’ tp iqhet hisdemands,con
to forei him to.
hftip tp .pay .the State doty in order .that
he .may obtain the means to haeethis .cred
itors. ’lt WOtlld in fact be mating a n>ftW
rid Qfjds;
; waadmit,aflireinowmen
Ottenhotrow money ibr the purposeof
ydjflifion who eonM td pay
fc^^-gble^ .paylt,
y»n.wM4i^ten > ,ifnot.twenty > whonrenot,
W&t: pp jg* qidy applies to Banks,
andllidmda&is who hare money to lend
ean M»t wy in opposition to them with a
success. We do n6t innoh
the bill, .as we believe
tlffWMßh right thinldng men in
ttaLegiilatare now assembled to put a
fttfeturnpon it.
'u SxAifc,--<)n Saturday
passed the Senate bill for
to 103. Hie Republicans,
•ifeatJ? f .My> voted against the bill,
0» Ao (P*jfU»d that it was wrong to admit
ok»g(ftl and not Kansas. Kansas is held
dtt of Union under the provisions of
ber to have a demonstrated
BWj4»tioii of at least 93,340. Oregon
Jim notoriously less than that number
Itijfff than Kansas. The recent elections in
ifaetiro, territories show that Kansas
18,1)88 votes and Oregon 10,049 ;
Kansas was better entitled to
ndniianpu than. Oregon. Oregon is consi-
State and will he a
ftry m the qoming jPreai
jyo doubt earned
mmi thwngh.. ■
t&* The news from Utah shows a la
mentable state of affairs existing there:
The United States authorities seem to be
almost powerless, so far as carrying out
the law is concerned. While the “ earn ts”
do not array themselves in open hostility
to the federal officers, a series of petty
annoyances is indulged in that renders the
positions of Judge Sinclair and Ujcable
- | haughanything.but jdeaaaat.
S- \\ i-.*
lawyers and Witnesses.
article, in
ra
odious, whfcn visitiug what arejterined
obaracfeTiiefl xottci bf tlie
conduct of lawyers towards witnoßßM.-r
-baa made ibis grievous wrong the subject
of an able lecture, which is hoped, may
result rnsome good. "Mr. Phillips glances
at the period when it was considered
to be as bad as the criminal to bear wit
ness m his favor, and wh|nwitnesses w:ere
breaded like brutes.
many who would rather gUre ahundred
dollars thaheee a wife or a female relative
.placed :
Ject to
often practiced-;. He giw» thefollowing
aeacasein point: v.^:-
“ One*, In-Boston, wyonngeervant girl, gen
tle andduinest, sawa.transfer of money and
some Crtwdulent afFoir owning in connection
ww’oanuaooed, in .all her timidi
ty and innocence, into a Boston court ofgea tie
men. 'She gave; her tntimonj truthfullyand
wifi. ‘ Hhtß theoe come to cross-questionher
one ■ born, ofonc ofthe first families, a lawyer
possessing aU,scholarly acquirements, a grad
uate ofHaywrd, and a pink of fashion. He
-knew of no rebuke from any bench.. Sohepro
oeeded to institnte the vilest insults that oyer
;nU|a -uttered! towoman, and asked socb qaea
tions;tilltthe poorgirl almost fainted. Yet that
cour t of insTw .said oworf of rebuke.
Th®. poor, girl wenthomealinost heart-broken,
to hold dbwn herheadfor years at |thb remem
brance of that-iitfabtibe and insult. ■ The lawyer
went to -alargor -city, to obtain s wider-field for
JtarM ns Be
was.” '
lYfragteq with the .Jfew York “Ex
presSi” ;that nothing can be .conceived
morederogatory to the character of a gen
tleman than ebnpdot such as that we have
■quqted- (generally a witness is dragged
from bit private business to perform the
disagreeable duty of testifying against ;a_
fellow creature, and consign him to ah ig
nominious punishment, if found guilty.—
To a sensitive mind, this ordeal, pure and
simple* is distressing enough, and the wit
ness naturally betrays some reluctance in
testifying to all the facts. When these
facts are of a delicate nature, the hesita
tion— particularly in case of a female—is
increased. Is it not inbumam, then, to
throw out insinuations derogatory to the.
witness who happens to* be on the stand—
not from oh(h6e, not through the commis
sion of any offence, but in obedience to the
laws, for the furtherance of the ends of
justice ? K there were any provocation
which could justify a breach of the peace,
We certainly tliink the lawyer who should
pursue such a line of conduct towards a
helpless female would richly deserve the
application of a good stout cowhide, held
by a strong masculine hand, over his
shoulders. We do not object to cross-ex
aminations. Thoy are, undoubtedly, ne
cessary to elicit truth, in cases of hesita
ting witnesses or others with baid memo
ries. Nay, sometimes, when the witness
is notoriously of bad character, the ques
tions maybe put in a form of severity,
and the terrors of the law may be held
oyer him with good effect. But we do
condemn the too prevalent practice,’among
some members of the bar, of apparently
regarding all wittneasea on the opposite
sidcos liars, and so framing their questions
as to render it palpable fo every one pres
ent that foe are so ympeidered. •
Such conduitjs neither professional por
gentlemanly. €t belongs rather to petti
foggers/’
A Race Between STATES.r-dn 1836
two young States wereadmitted into the
constellation of the Union. Michigan,
with one-half the extent of territory of
Arkansas, challenged hersister State fora
twenty years race, 'and ■ named as her
rider, " Neither skycry nor involuntary
nidess fpr the punishment of
crime, shall ever be toleretedin this State”
Arkansas accepted the challenge, and
named as her rider, “ The€kneral Assem
bly shall hive ho power to pare laws for
the emancipation of slaves, wjithdut the
consent of the owners/’ Thus .mounted,
these two States, the Qn& and the
other Slave, started - twenty-two years ago;
and now* having arrived at ihe Cndof
proposed race, let us review and mari the
progress of each.; Michigan comes oal in
1856, with three times the population of
slave Arkansas, with five times the assess
ed value of farms, farming implements and
machinery, and with eight times the num
ber of public schools. •
:K
[dpeci&l Corxe«pondeno* of th*'
LETTER FROM HA RIIXSJBCRG •
&Jg . Jyb&loe Vnpmber
or<ui irt to jaaito
4h>^f^u-rf : boilrbttit tax may be extended
IkioW on file
*» • general law which
Ifik collector, sad
change the mode of oonectiog taxea in all (he
BOTHtSeiJathe'State. Among the petitions pre
rated in the Haase on Monday, I note the fol
lowing:—[
Mr. Buiriey, one firom citizens of Blair county,
for aa npifornn inoreased appropriation to the
Polytechnic Uollege-ofPenßsyltanla.
Also, two from citizens of Bodfordacd Blair
ry aiding, <• *h* Allegheny- Portage Kailrdad,
to,thototmoflfewiy..
Mr.Piroudfoqt, onefrpmcitisens ofCombria
county, ft>r the removal of Hie seat hf Justice
firom Ebensborg to the borough of Wiimoris.'
If the Nowry bill passes, I hope it will hare a
tendency; fo infuse new life into that ancient
viHagp. 11 1!he proposed line would be only a
little over a mile in length, and yet it might
»<wk wonders. lam certain that It would run
np real Estate■ at least one sent on the dollar.
The riemovail question in ‘Pine’
county question, and the removal Qnestion in
Clearfield, will be brought to bear in the next
Senatorial contest in your district to such an
extent t|at it will materially effect the result.
Political, predilections will hare very little to do
in the matter, and it will puzzle candidates to
know f hot preference to express. :
The State Lunatic Asylum, one of the noblest,
and moat praiseworthy charitable institutions in'
the world, your readers will be pleased to learn
&in a flourishing condition. On Monday last
the Deputy Secretary of the;Gommonwealth be
ing introduced, presented a message from the
Governor, stating that he had nominated for the
advice and consent of the Senate, Thomas S.
Kirkbride, M. D., of Philadelphia, John L.Afc
loe, M. Dm of Lancaster city, and Jacob E. Eby,
of Dauphin county, to be trustees of the Peraa
sylvania-lunatic hospital, to serve for the period
of three: years; to compute firom the Ist day of
February last past, which nominations were
unanimously confirmed by the Senate.
Yesterday, the ‘‘great Anaconda,” known as
the American Improvement and Loan Company
•bill. ivas bnjught to a second reading, shorn,
however, of many of its objectionable features
by Senator Bell. The bill belongs to Gen. Duff
Green, and Senators who have respect for the
venerable man ; on account of die position he
held in:,the palmy days of Gen. Jackson, were
willing ,to do anything for him in reason, bat
they wpuld pot; grant him a charter which would
command.at least a hundred thousand dollars
in any money market in the Union. It was
killed to-day by a vote of 18 to 8.
Among the bills read in place in the House
on Monday, was the following:—
Mr. Irish, “An Act for the better security of
personal liberty; to prohibit the use of the Jails
an*l Pripo^ 3 of this Commonwealth in the recap
ture of fugitive slaves, and to prevent persons
holding office under authority of the State,
from engaging:or assisting therein.”
Thik is treason to the Union. In Massachu
setts such a bill might not be considered' out of
place amid the fanaticism which sometimes
reigns there, but in Pennsylvania—the law-a
biding old Keyktone of the Arch—such herresies
cannot find favor among but a small portion of
the blackest of blook Republicans.
The Pennsylvania University ask' for an ap
propria'ion to more effectually carryout the
designs of the female department, established
some five years ago, where ladies are instructed
in the treatment of such diseases of their vex as
their proverbial modesty forbids them to reveal
to male physicians.
I’hc repeal of the tonnage fax will be brought
before the Legislature at an early day.! Peti
tions and memorials for the repeal bore been
pouring in for the last fire or six days, and the
effort to effect such repeal will be most decided.
William B. Thomas, Esq., is here on behalf of
Board of Trade.. Ah address
written by him for Board some weeks ago,
isa vary clear and lucid exposition of the dis
adyantages . dot only tho xity, bnf the entire
State; labors under in consequence of this tax—-
digging commerce; anddrivnigtrade from the
gwit pnblic highway between the seaboard and
the lakes, through Pennsylvania, to ohy own
infiuitq and to the advantage of
h«ff%»ring States. If Is'due to Mri Thomas
to bay that He fe uo'stookholder in the Pennsyl
vania Ban Road, but is a heavy shipper of Wee
tern produce, and so devoted to the interests of
tbe,Sfete at large, that he,, in common with
thousands of others, would like to see every
barrier to her successful competition with other
States entirely removod.
The Company which purchased the Dele ware
DiVisionof the Canal nak for au Act of incor
poration conferring theus rights which the State
?°* M.assume to herself when she held
banal. These encroachments iipon their
rights Unpeople along the linehave determined
to resist; and some of the st&ngbit kind of re
monstrances have been presented against the
ipcorporatiqn of the company.
Palmer, read: in place a bill
of ® rror . appeals catioraria, and
the abolition of the Court otJ/ai Prim. ‘ ’
The general Banking Law was taken no this
movntug, on motion of Mr. Randall, who de
i? * Tory briJlianit speech. His
were .(dear and
manner as to'Convince-ihi'that bb Had girimthe
shoject the most profound : consideration that' a
profound' and deliberative mind could give it:
Yarioub amendments wpre.offered mid adopted
bf whole, up'to the 17th
filter pri£
gms, and asked lesvh td alttoihmrrow.
Whioh Was granted, r r
Editorial State CobTention
W&ft*, ttua Unseat 22 o’elookM
-■_■ ■ , .-V- r I>Q6AN.
A A* Wwfcwh piper
ooiotaiaa thefollowlng advertisement Wants
* situation, a practical printer, who is compe
te?* fafake charge of any department in *
printing and publishing house. Would accept
a professorship in any of the acadaniies. Hap
no objection to teach ornamental painting and
penmanship, geometry, trigonometry, and many
other sciences. Is particularly suited to act as
pastor to a small evangelical church, or as a
local preacher. He would havo.no objection to
form a small put select class of interesting,
yo.ung ladies to instruct in the highest branches.
To a dentist or chiropodist ho would be Invalu
able, as he pah do almost anything. Would
board wi|h a family that is decidedly pious.—
jwp farther particulars inquire at Bropn’s'.faj.;.
scissors.
BA. In a Juicy condition—our: streets.
BA» Ditto—the headaof a number of young
“bloods” of -this place. . i >
tSfT Hiring—considerable excitement afrtife
Spring election draws high. -
I®. It has been ascertained; thattheman
who “held on to .the last,” was a shoemaker.
;' 49* Some on bragging about their circula
tions—acouplo of Harrftbnrg papers. 1
jtSS“ Beneficial effect of sympathy—that ex
hibited to friegd Trough, a few days since.
B®. “ I’m getting /at,” as the loafer said,
when ho was stealing lard.
WSf* Interesting—the fifth article under the
editorial head of last week's Tyrone Si<tr.
B9*Do —the conelading : lines of the article
in relation to the.finding of the baby at Fosto
ria.
BAJThe Syracns 9 Journal gives an infalli
ble remedy fob (he gout—“ Board with a prin
ter."
iA-Jf you want to know whether an editor
is wicked enough to swear, Just steal his ex
changes and you will know all about it
19* “How to take life,” is the title; of a par
agraph in tire papers. \ Just take a doctor’s pre
scription if you want to know how.
JB®“ Didn't like oar notice of it—the defend*
ant in the suit resulting from the ejectment
case.
WL Will he licked to-morrow—about eigh
teen candidates for the suffrages of the good
people of Altoona.
tST The world should hare its docket called,
and sluggards all defaulted, and those should
be'the “ upper tea” whom labor hath exalted."
BOk- What is the difference between a good
soldier and a fashionable lady ! Ans: One fa
ces the powder, and the other powders the free.
“Why is a rose in nettles laud,
Like a young widow, fresh and fair ?”
Because ’tis sighing to be rid
Of weeds “that have no business there?”
When one sin is admitted it is generally
found that it has a companion waiting at the
door, and the former will work hard to gain ad
mission for the latter.
An exchange paper says that the girls
are so hard up for husbands, in some parts bf
Pennsylvania, that they sometimes take up with
printers and lawyers.
ttSTli sometimes happens that a woman bides
from a man all the passion site feels for him,
while on his part he feigns for her all which he
does not feel.
IThe British brig Brill has arrived from
Gibraltar, having been ninety days out. For
six weeks of the voyage the crew bad but one
biscuit per meal.
S&" No maiden ladies are allowed in Japan.
They must many or leave. May be they are
like some in this country —they would if they
hod a chance.
axcirx roa punch.
“ A little sugar to make it sweet,
A little lemOn to make it bour,
A little water to make it weak,
And a little brandy to give it power!”
iQr The U. S. Senate has confirmed the ap
pointment of Samuel W. Block, as Governor of
Nebraska; Wilson McCandless, to the vacant
Pennsylvania Judgeship, and Mr. Amiden, as
Navy Agent at Boston.
83?" A school-boy, on being asked by the
teacher how he should flog him, replied: “If
you please, Sir, I should like to have it done
upon the Italian system—the heavy strokes up
wards, and the down ones light ?”
S&T Jerrold, at a party, noticed a doctor in
solemn black, waltzing with a young lady, who
was dressed in a silk of brilliant blue. “As I
live,” said Jerrold, “ there’s a blue pill dancing
with a black draught’/
S@P Some crusty old bachelor says, a sure
Way to make the Atlantic cable communicate has
just been discovered. It consists in placing a
woman at each’end with no way to talk. They
will be sure to find a tongue for the cable.
' ! Afloat any number of Valentines this
-Week. The Junior has been the lucky recipient
of several fool’s likenesses. He intends to keep
to look upon after the generous donors
have received their just deserts at a rope’s end.
PGBu- ln town on Tuesday—Judge Jones of
the Register, on his way to attend the Editorial
Convention, and Capt 8011, of the Stir, attend
ing to business that’ajnobody’a business but his
own. They were botii pretty well dressed for
editors.
tSTA printer’s toast— The Printer.— The
master of all trades. He beats the farmer with
bis fost Aoe, the carpenter with bis ride and the
mason in setting tail columns; he surpasses the
lawyer, and doctor-in attention to his case, and
beats the parson in his management of the devil.
In a nutshell—a shrewed business man,
who takes little interest in Politics, is reported
to have remarked that the proposition to buy
Cuba seemed to him “like an offer to give
money which wo had not got, for a thing we
didn’t want, to a nation that wouldn’t sell.”
l®“One of, the Illustrations.—A writer il
lustrating ‘• agonizing suspense, ’’ instances the
ca^, e ;* person “who has confidently trusted
his weight to> two saw logs in the water, and
With one foot upon each, sees them gradually
recede from each other until he dropsheipipsk
into the cold bath beneath.” That will dp. r
of the neatest replies ejey heard in
a legislative body,- "was lately made by Mp. Til
son, of Booklamh .Me. . A member hadreplied
fa sometbipg Mr. TUson had said, pnd pausing
amoment, he mquired if he saw- faetfapad of
¥* faßfaaodt, « bin Speaker,” said he, ‘‘in
aosvpr fa the gnntleman, I Would pay,
the 1 donotseoany
; •<;. /n,... ...
a eWßiroalled the: Ifa
man knowshot tho expense tiil he 1 gets
them. Beoanfa faey are uselesa vnthodt em
ployment. Because they look; best when /fell
-rigged. Because their value depends upon their
age. Because they are upright’*W in stay*.
Because they bring news from abroad, ' because
they wear caps and bonnet*. -Bfaiuserthey are
often abandoned. Because ths*Weffa&pai»i
8. H. Packard, Esq., an lowa editor and law
yer, was recently' lost In a show storm between
Sioux lUpMfcVand ForLlladge. Abcait .three
hours after I»,stajteda fjfikTy snow storm burst
upon him, Ataompaniedby-high wipd -from
northwest. r Knoyp|hg the dadger of attempting
Across tbobtlaige prairies In such a storm, he
turned backand attempted to retrace bis steps,
but soon fiWndthat it wseimposaiblo for man
_ beast BT face the atom; he therefore pro
heeded on his Journey, confident that he could
ride! to the next house (10 miles) by nightfall.
finitluzknN having broken through the ice
several times, became:afraid to go upon the ice,
end he was delayed many times at sloughs until
night overtook him at a slough, about half way
across the prairie, here he fimnd it impossible
to induce the horse to go upon the ice, and
while searching for a better crossing, the ice
broke with him and let him into the water above
his knees He : endeavored to get to the shore,
but-the lew broke Ah every step, and he strug
gled on through the ice, snow and water a dis
tance of twenty'or thirty feet before he came to
firm tee.- - .. '
Terrible Advent are ana Prairie.
Pace Attempted to remove bis shoes and
bat they wore so encased in ice that
jossible. Convinced that he must re-
was until morning, and that his
ty wos in keeping in motion, he com
inning upon the ice, and continued to
til daylight the next morning, when,
ocbeded in getting his horse across the
;h, .ho started on foo£ os be supposed, to
ts Fort* Dodge. After walking about two
m and a bolf he found hej had turned around
was going back; he immediately retraced
Steps, and walked all day, dragging his fro
| feet through, snow ankle deep, and at times
ee deep, hia horse following him and was
sin overtaken by night abbot three miles from
souse. Here he left bis horse, and started on,
iping to reach the hoaso in am hoar or two,
it be was so faint and weary that he fell fre
lently, and was nine hour* in walking the lut
. roe miles. His sensations daring tibia time,
i described by him, were peculiar and strange;
t e road appeared to be Embroidered in with
I dutiful colors, and ho stooped and reached to
Ick up a specimen several times. Satisfied
1 at his mind was wandering, ho endeavored to
c irekt bis mind from the consideration of this :
s inject, but in vain; if he iqoked .at the side of
t e road it appeared to be up, and to he
c vered with bogs lying oh their backs!
Raising himself, no proceeded, and at length
r aqhed the house of a M&' Welch, about 4 o’- T
c jck in the morning. ' Ho was taken in and
c red for until the arrival of friends from #ort
E t^ e - , ' . .
\R*tpioriosAßT Asecdois, —One’ of the re
gipeuts in the-battle of Bennington wasoom
nunded by a Colonel, who- when at home, wp®
apeacou. He was a cahn.Badate, determined
nnn, and wentto the battle because be waslm
puled by the sense of duty. Hie whole parish
wis in his regiment; so was bis beloved pastor,
with out whose presence and blessing they scarce
ly thought themselves in a tray to prosper.—
The Colonal was entered by Gen. Stark to rein
force one ojf the wings, which was suffering se
verely. Ep marched at the instant with bis for
ces, bpt as slowly and composedly as if he had
been marching to a conference meeting. The
officer in command of the corps to be relieved,
fearing be should be compelled to give way,
sent to .hasten the Colonel- “Tell ’Cm we’re
coming,” pid he, and marched steadily on. 'A
second mpsenger came, with the intelligence
that the ping was beginning to fall back.—
*• That nil moke room for ns. Tell ’em we’re
coming,” ’replied the Colonel, with unmoved
countenance and unacoeleirated pace. A third
message reached him, just as histroopsemerg
ed from [behind a oopprice, in full yiew of the
enemy, whose balls now began towhlstteabent
them. *i Halt!” commanded the Colonel;
.“ form column andaticnd prayers.” And there,
in the face of the enemy, did the regmehtpaosO,
while solemn prayer wasoffered for theff suc
cess in the dcpdly struggle they weje about to
begin. Praytys being ended, tUp Colonel ad
dressed his m«p in a speech, which, for brevity,
conciseness did vigor, may bearoomparison
with any ttyt Caasar or Napoleon ever- addres
sed to their xoops. ” Soldiers,” said he, “ our
wives and iiildren are in the rea»:the_Hea
sians are in front; give ittothem I”! They did
“give it jtythem, and that band o£ mercena
ries melted away before these Christiansbl
diers, as tty hosts of the naoircumsised Philis
tines meltw away before the armies of Israel.—
Rev. White, i ? >! ’
i ■ ■■■■ —~ ~
\ Pbicks/in Correspondent at fireal
Lake, to dive an idea of the price of living there,
furnishc|thc following rates of “tariff?? choir
ed by tbs merchants of that city: , •
s3 per poind; sugar.6s®7oo,
per poujd; coffee 80c.®$I per pound; ricodOc.,
per pojnd; candles, mottlds, 75®800. per
pound citron $1 2$ per pound; raisins
SI per mound ; dried-apples and peaches flOo.
per potfnd; green apples $8 per dozen; com
mpn whiskey $3 per gjiHbtt; Oommoq Mederia
wine $l2 per gallon; cognac brandys2o'per
gallon;' mo!asses>sB' per ’’gallon; vinegar $6
per gallon; canned fruits sB@4per cab; but
ter $ I per pouid;lardso®6oc. per poiS ;
cheese Tso- per pound ; pork 600. per pound;
beef 15@20c. per pound; •floor $12@15 per
wood slB@2o pir cord. .
; V- Dry Gtoo*.—Bleached shirting mnsEn/dS®
flOc. per yard; Domestic! unbleached, 40®S0c.
Pit yard; domestic checks, 40c. peryard; tlok
iift, 60@750. per yard, d&ling, 60@6(te. per
yard; towelling. yard; coming
ctiicoes, 40@50c. per yard; flannds, red’ and
Mhite, $1 25@2 per yard; coarse satinets,s2
per yard ; common ploth, slO®Uper
yard; merinoes, $2 60@8 per yard; linen,
$1 60@2 per yard; bommoh siltaL 5Q
Pto yard; common delfihe, sl@l 25 per
yard; men’s coarse boofei $l2 per pair; fine
do.s2oper pair ; gum shoes, §B@3 50 per
pair ; ladies gaiters, $5 pto pair; common In
gram carpeting, sB©4 pm- yard.
Wages are about the same as in theJStotes-'
so yon can judge how thi'doinmoh pWple hmfce
their ends mieet. .
WiF*, Mistmss aud Lad*.—Tfaunaraeranh
aa Writ;—
» Tiifa who
lady. Ton are
by yonr ““tress,
tolerated lady. You have a wife for
yourself a, Unstress for your house and its
friends, and* lady , for the world. Your wife
W 1“ *Kree with yon, your mistress will acbom-
.faWfaaiiige yofa tour
wife will fake care of your household, your
“ yoa are sick your wife will nurse you
yoUrTnlstress will visit you, your lady" will ini
<fahfeafter your health. You take a walk with
your *ife, nde with your mistress, and join
parties with your lady. Your wife will shSSS
your gnef, your mistress your money, and your
I"*? ffa debts. If you are dead yoi wifoSl
«£SSg' ta ““- “* My
WfitanC Sh e f orßot hi A W-JP
W**"# to pay a cent
Pennaylranla^aiiroa^^rrr
The annaat ijacatSpal bf the at JBcSafe..;
jlstetday. There a
«°® ** “ D rep«afe aubmitflj *ew!r
tite earnings oT the road for
880 68. Tho expenses $3,02E1fe5 qI ,
the net earnings 64; Th.^* n «
baa not; deemed it prodent twiStriMgW? 4 '
ideftd withhold in November, 1867, i
condition of the western roads, and h»>tLft *"*
fore, charged the amount of the oridnlj
ecription to the Marietta and
road, and the Income Bonds received as intoT”*
for that company, together with tWertSS
subscription to the Springfield, Mount vSz
and Pittsburg Railroad company with™* 11
other items, to Profit and Loss account vs*
road carried during 1858, 1,013.808 first
passengers, and 16,822 emigrants, inalL
is a decrease of $75,213 for find e &» aS»|SI.
073 for emigrants during the year.
Ung off is not greater than on moat of thTnitT
roads, and is duo to the general
business. Less than halftho
grants arrived at United States ports,
! “ 3,? “ 1857, so thut the diaS '
tion will be deemed very small. The r»,
earnings for freight during the year weraM
586,206 31, «f which aU but
tolls, &0.,) was for freight carried in. the oan!^ 3
the company. The eittira aimmaTof fS, {
mclttdmg lumber, &c.» for was hP
189 tons. The inXiZ^;^
*s®. £ a F T sl6^c so 06, whUe theSES
earned in the cars of the company, wastoMh
£?f* r “to The coal delvlrSt
Pittsburgh amounts to 99,540 tonain 1«68.Z.
To protect the New Broad Top ColliervtUjtftdh
were reduced to a,point w*u& SZZV.
mprtase their
Although these tolls are toc fovjr, kn.
Sf trado wiflbe «Jemdy val 2!
We to the company. Not a single life has bZ
lost out of over one million of
ned over the road, and hut one accident occur
red by which passengers were injured! Tk,
claims for lost freight during the year mV.
amounted to $8,014.
u were «wiippl«d during jtheyeuu,
about the same* as last year. Cars for livestock
and coal and lumber transportation will soon u
required; bat in other respects ‘he road jj
fioiently equipped for the business of the w*»*
Pwengers now travel, from
PittaDurg without change of cars. Ihe roIKn»
stock of the road is full. There are 209 W
motives, with about 2890. passenger, frefcht
lumber and coal oars.; li| closing, theßoiri
acknowledge the effidesit services ofThomas A
Scott, Esq., to Whom,'hnd bis snhCrdinateof
noors and credi t is due for Um
favorabtaresnlts obtained daring the year.
. ■' ■■ - -‘ 1
Feabfoi. XUuboad Accidkht,—An aecident
occurred on tto JElmita m
»6ad on Friday] aat, some fifteen milesbslo*
thE former place thetrain passCd-overa broken
ml while
of the mountain. On the loft was a preoipitou
the. river. Tk*
ehgine> and ott* thegap and ’
kept thotrack, butthofirat paaaoaeoe car.ia
wnfcn were CoLj Peine, : the postnjaster of Bo
cheater, and aeteh' other gentlemen, nncdnplei
both in and rear, left the track and start
ed down the precipice. It tamed once ud «,
half in going twice its length, And then breath:
up against lay at on anrio*
ttto passengers
ftnq all the fixtures iu-it, including the store, U
a promiscucua pile at the lower end.
Colonel Paine writes that he dung tp his out,
and in all the leaping hod soiling of the cat,
never let go.of hia hold. Seeing' thehot stove
coining down the aisle towards him, hf (ihe«k&
it With hia foot, and prevented it fron'.mhdlwc
Aose below with as much violence maitottwr
wise would have done. The car trokfitebefon
any of th? paasengen Qpidd.extricatotheWwlTW,
but they finally broke through the windows sod
made their escape; . Xyptfav of Corning
was seriously bruised, and Col. Paine fears ft.
tolly injured; A Sir. Beebe, “of Bath, was alto
hart severely, and £ jpfjpg mm Baltimore
who wpot into fits afterwords, owing probibW,
to; the fright A Catholic Priest, whose nami
ln’ ftet no
body in the bar, save Paineescapsd. fis
did not get a scratch, but writes that he ia a
little sore and tab?- ' ‘
Bor
from th& railmwl.meii that auadopted son of
Mik Gibbs,- foreman io '■> the Niagara Falls Piper
APU^TO,.tekW N the .Cauliwjt o.a
afternoon last. -The vibtitn t was ■a. promising
hl|le boy of about eleven years of age, tad »
ill Who know liiml
The Niagara Falla Taper Mill is situate*! «o.
Bath between Goat Island and njainltiid,
and the machinery la driven by wittier pewit.
On Saturday aftexpoon a number of m«u ww
engaged clearing away the ice which obstructed
thptiw pf water in 'the race, and Mr. Gftfir
boy was playing about fa the vicinity. la one
plate the* race ia spanned by a narrow ftot;
bs(dg e - pf plank, destitute of a railing or oilier
protection oh either atde, and somehow, in one*
Birtfe this, he lost his balance and fell into the
wttter.' The current was very ’ strong, and It
aniinstaot the child was carried but through tS»
bnlKfaeadat the tail end of the race and jw
f?®? into the foaming flood »
short dlstoooe above the bridge connecting Uta
two islands.
The rapids were fall of floating blocks of ice,
and mingled with these 'the poor little fellow
was carried down'thy atrtam. Help «mld *
be afibrded, and. th® horrified spectators wattl
ed him till he was lost to sight; He was obe
yed to raise his hand! once, as if to remon
something'froth his' face, and that was all. Tie
distance froththo race cannot be over fifty rodi.
And the N fatal leap was not long delayed. It b
not probable that'any vestige will ever be '<&■
oovered of the remains. , The rcznorsless vortex
behsath the falls seldom returns to land sap
thing committed to its mysterious depth*.-"
Soehuter Feb. 1.
Caupokitca.—According to the Qovfrn'or’i
message ihe' State of California has a population
of persons. There are 766,734 u*a
under cultivation, and in grazing 1,159 81t
acres. The sheep ih the State number 660,000;
horses, 43,000; cattle, 120,000. The exports
ox hides was over half a million of dollsrt
past year. The crop of wheat for the year IBst
is set down at 8,568,Q69 bushels, and that tf
barley at 6,882,717. This is 218,798 bow
bushels of bariej than the amount raised fa
whole Union in 1860, according to census. But#
hundred and eighty-five thousand gallon* «
wine and ten thousand gallons of brandy ****
manufactuicd in that State last year. IhegoW
yield in 1557 was $65,560,000 and the tow
yield since the discovery, $600,000,000. I®»
State debt is $4,150,000. " ‘
Juvenile Bragging.— A little
of this city was Holding a very aniniato*
conversation with one shout its own year*)
a. few days since. A portion Of jt ff* 3
overheard, and it appeared to be a dis|
as to what their u mothers could do.-
After naming over various meritorious
acts of which their maternals were
ble, the one ih question put an end to tw
dispute by cxclainiing; “ Well* thg*?, 1
pne thing my mother can do that
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