was sewing black thibet. How different
our labor from that with which wc had
expected to usher in the Christmas Eve!
By and by, Ellen looked up with an
anxious expression.
'Mother, are we poor?' she said.
I was glad 1 could answer in the nega
tive. 'But,' I added, 'we know not how
soen we may be. This great misfortune
has taught u that nothing is sure. We
must not lean idly on what we possess,
but prepare ouiselves for labor, il need be.
To-morrow, I wish you all to begin again
vour studies.'
Jane dropped her needle a:.d thread.
'1 thought it was understood that the
children should go home with me,' she
said. 'Perhaps you think lam poor and
helpless; but you are mistaken. On the
contrary, 1 am probably better able than
you to take care of the children.'
This announcement started me; but
there was no need. May threw her arms
round mv neck and whispered, -l will not
leave you mother;' while Ellen, her fine
eyes glowing with excitement, answered,
quietly and firmly—
' Our mother has the best claim on us,
Aunt Jane, and until she sends us, we will
never leave her. We have never been so
happy as in this half past year. We love
her better than al! other friends, and now
that our father is gone we will not leave
her alone.'
My heart thrilled with gratitude that 1
could not utjer. f could only give my
noble Ellen a look of thankfulness, and
say—
•l will be .as faithful to you as you have
been to rae, Ellen.'
'Hush!' said May, starting from hei
seat. 'What was that sound?' She went
to tfie window and looked out. *lt was
only the wind,' she added, and sat down
by me again.
Jane shot indignant glances at the chil
dren.
•I little thought, when I came here tc
work and wear myself lor you, that von
would so soon desert me for a stranger,
'Aunt Jane,' said Ellen, quickly, 're
member it is our mother of whom von
speak—our second mother to whom wt
owe so much.'
Miss Fleming was evidently annoyed
but was silent.
•1 do hear a footstep,' said May. aiu:
again she peeped from the window, hu
all was dark and silent.
My heart ached with wearv dissension
and I made a last attempt at peace.
'lister Jane—you shake your head, but
you were his sister. and must, therefore
be mine—for hts ?ake ! forgive yon foi
the many attempts you have made to tun
my children's hearts against me, but foi
ever after let there he silence on this theme
I am no stranger in t!,i~ house, but hold r
mother's phce to the children of my be
loved husband left in my care. For then
henceforth, and for them only, I shall livt
and labor. I have thus "far tried to di
them good, and they themselves bear wit
ness to my success. Trust tliern to tne
and let there be no more harshness beiweei
us—for his sake.'
Jane Fleming burst into tears, .She
wept for a few moments, and her hear
was softened.
'Agnes, forgive me!' she t > my as
tonishment and joy. \ on think nit
heartless, but, indeed, I am not, though i
have been harsh. It was my love for my
brother and his children that made tut
wickedly jealous of you. But lam now
a mourner with you and them, tor his
sake, forgive me!'
I here was * moment of silent, pleasec
surprise, and then 1 clasped her ham;
warmly, and railed her 'sister.' I'llei
gravely stooped down and kissed her, anc
little May rejoiced, sprang to the pianoforte
and sung with her whole heart, 'Let us
love one another.'
As she ceased and turned her smiling
face toward us, 'here was a sound behind,
a quick footstep toward the h*!!, the door
was flung open, and
Had one risen from the dead?
'My w;fe, my children, my blessed Ag
nes!' sa;d ('; ptain Fleming, his voice
hoarse with emotion, and before be could
litter a word ol welcome or surprise, we
were ail clasped in his strong, living arms.
1 he rapture of that hour who could seek
to portray.
•Forgive me, Agnes, fur playing the lis
tener,' he suid. 'lt was not premeditated,
but as I came in I heard young voices, and
could not but pause a moment before sur
prising you. How can I ever thank you,
how repay you for your love to mv chil
dren and to me!'
These words and many more fell from
hts hps. as he r; jsped me again with warm
affection. I was repaid for all mv labor,
all my sorrow.
Then foliowc 1 questions, explanations,
words of joy and welcome. His good
ship, indeed. had be< u 1 ist in the fearful
storm, but the account of the loss of ihe
men had been exaggerated in the excite
ment of the news. Many were lost, but
not all. There were other homes of
mourning made glad that night as well as
mine.
And w hat a merry, joyful Christmas we
li3o. llow the Christmas tree sparkled
its many tapers, loaded not only
with the gilts ol the children to each oth
er. but with more costly presents to me
and to them from their delighted father!
How proudly did Ellen lead her father to
the pictures her industry had wrought, and
say, in answer to his surprise, 'Mother
taught me!" How sweetly did little May
sing her favorite song, and, throwing her
arms about her smiling father's'neck, sav
also, 'Mother taught me!'
Very sacred, and full of peculiar trial,
is the position of the second wife, where
the children of the buried mother claim
her cere and love; out if, with a true heart
and zeal, she enters into the work before
her, rich is her reward and its pleasures
endure for ever. F. C
THE GAZETTE.
LEWISTOWN, PA.
Thursday, March 5, 1857.
TO OUR PATRONS.
We have this year, in addition to our regular expenses,
to meet nearly S3OO on the Ist of April, and 'e trust there
fore that our patrons who have heretofore so liberally res
ponded to this annual call, will do so again. The past few
years, with their high prices, have been trying ones to us,
for while everything else lias gone up our terms for the
paper and prie s of Job work are the same as when we
could purchase riour at $4.50 and $5.00 per barrel, butter at
12 1 2 cents per pound, and many other things In proportion;
yet with all this, such notices as " We want money,'' " \\ e
MOST have money," ic., are never found In the columns of
the Gazette uu -> It be at this season. This is not because
we do nt nee ! it, (for to tell the truth we have been a lx>r
rower In 1556,' but because these constant "duns" are cold
ly looked upon by the public, and seldom produce any good.
There is one < !as to whom we have a special word to
•av. They are f wln number, but totally regardless wheth
er they pay or not. The day has arrived when we Ml ST
dispense with -ten "patronage," and we here give them
notice that we shall take an early occasion to strike their
names off the l*>ok<.
A large number of subscriptions In tile W.-stcnCSUites,
Sc. will expire during the mouths of February, March and
April, and as these are discontinued at the expiration oi
the time paid for, (except In a few special cases, i those
wishing the paper continued will please remit a gold dol
lar, wapped in a piece of paper and enclosed In a letter.—
No western small notes will be taken In payment.
UNION STATE CONVENTION.
The citizens of Pennsylvania who are op
posed to the extension of Slavery and to the
other equally obnoxious principles of the in
coming National Administration as announced
in the Cincinnati platform—who are opposed
to the union of church and State, the exclu
sion of the Bible from our Common Schools,
and in favor of protecting the ballot-box from
the corrupt influences bv which the will of
the people was defeated in the recent State
and Presidential elections, are requested to
elect delegates, equal in number to the pres
ent representation in the Senate and House
of Representatives to meet in Convention in
the Hall of the House f Representatives, at
IlarrisLurg, on Tuesday, the 25th day of
March next, at 12 o'clock M., to nominate
candidates lor Governor, Judge of the Su
preme Court and Canal Commissioner, to be
supported at the ensuing October election.
Harrisbvrg, Feb. 21st, 1857.
David Taggart, Fr. Jordan,
John K. Harris, S. P. M'Calmont,
James J. Lewis, E. V. Dickey,
I>e Lorma Imbrie, C. K. Hodman,
Paxson Nickers, G. I'. Shaw.
W. Warner, Isaac Benson,
John 11. NN intrude. John S. Vanveorhis,
A. W. Crawford, 11. B. Moorhead,
A. Hinc, T. Struthers,
I C. S. Kauft'man, Hiram <'leaver,
John C. Sloan, J. G. Shuman,
Jonas Augustine, John Musselman,
C. S. Ejster, T. J. Coffey,
Joseph Brown, Andrew Gregg,
Jos. D. l'ownall, L. Reed.
John T. Peters, Jas. B. Backhouse,
Nicholas \oeghtlv,.Jr P. NV. 11 uisekceper,
Jame> Penrose, Wm. A. Crabb. •
j John Parcel!. Glenni NV. Scolield,
Jaiuvs M. Sellers, L. D. Gazzun,
John Wit hero w, G. J. Ball,
Ch is. B. Penrose, W. K. Frarer,
Geo. T. Thorn, J. Dock,
S. B. Chase, Samuel Korr.
David Momma. Jr., S. S. Bishop,
John M. Gihbonev, John A. lliestand.
Henry Souther. J.dm Wright.
W. E. Stevenson,
COUNTY MEETING.
K-a-Ti :e citizens of Mifflin county in favor
of carrying out the views of the above call
are requested to wet in the Town Hall, Lew
i.t >wn, on MONDAY KVEXING, March If',
1857, for th" purpose of electing Delegates
to said Couventun.
\uiitps of New Ailvtrtisfments.
Garrett, Pick and Fitzgerald, New York,
have lately*published a new work bv the au
thor of ' Zaidee,' called Magdalen Hepburn,
which will be forwarded pre paid on the re
ceipt of SI. The work is highly commended.
Pl op sals are invited for building a school
house at L icke's Mills.
An extensive sale of Real E-tale and Per
sonal Property will come oft" in Huntingdon
county on the 25th inst.
An executor's notice.
Wnere to buy cheap Drugs, Ac.
THE SECOND NN ME. —Uur lady readers, to
whose pleasure we have not been aLle to de
vote much space for some time on account of
politics and advertising, will find an excellent
tale ia i-i Jays j atcr called "The Second
Wife."
I R-'M KANSAS.
The telegraph brought an account last
week ifa gross insult offered by a man nam
ed Slierrod to Guv. Geary—of a meeting to
r rvlemn it—a disturbance by Sherrod and
others, in which the latter was shot by a man
named Jones.
Sr. L LIS, Feb. 28. —The 1.. -git-dative Coun
cil condemns the outrage on Gov. Geary, by
resolution, while the llou-e fully sustains
Sherrod.
A law has passed both brandies to punish
rebellion v. ith death. All resistances to ter
ritorial law or authority" is declared rebellion.
The bill repealing the test oaths which
passed thr ugh the Council lias been almest
unanimously defeated in the House.
Gov. Gi-ary fears assassination, and sent
yesterday for the troops at Tecumseh for his
protection. A detachment of dragoons have
gone to arrest Capt. NValker.
The Legislature has passed a territorial
election law, based on the census, which pro
vided for tlie constitutional convention. On
ly those who may be in the territory in April,
and whose names shall be registered, are to
vote at the next October election.
Sherrod was not killed as was at first re
ported, ami the Mr. Jones who shot him
was not the Governor's secretary. lie was
arretted and held ;o hail ia the sum of 85000.
SHOOTING EASE IN WASHINGTON.
v> asuinoton.* Feb. 28.—David Ilume pro
ceeded to the Pension Office this m- rniag to
demand the retraction of a charge by 11.I 1 . C.
Lee, n clerk in that office, that he (Hume)
bad picked Lee s pocket at the President's re
ception last night. Lee declined to retract,
when Ilume struck him with a stick. Lee
thereupon shot him dead with a pistol, and
soon after delivered himself to the officers.
day. Washington is said t* be crammed full
of office hunter;.
Appointing Opponents to Office.
The Legislature adjourned last week iu or
der to give the democratic members time to
attend the State Convention and Inauguration
of President Buchanan, so that little of in
terest has transpired beyond the confirmation
of Dr. DeWitt, who was re-nominated by
Governor Pollock as State Librarian! It has
been the misfortune of almost every whig ad
ministration, and in later days those elevated
to power by the opponents of democracy, to
place themselves upon their " dignity" or
some other absurdity, and so far forget all
obligation to party friends as not only to
overlook their claims, but do a serious injurv
by appointing its opponents to office. Most
working politicians go into a canvass with
the expectation in case of success that they
will reap a share of the rewards, and this
system has been so long followed by all par
ties that a change of office is looked for as a
matter of course on the accession of a new
administration of different politics from the
preceding one. Now was there no Whig, no
American, no Republican at Ilarrisbarg who
could have filled the office of State Librarian
quite as ably as the present incumbent, who
is well known as a good democrat, aod as
such was appointed by Governor Bigler?—
Such a question needs no answer, for almost
any one could name half a dozen worthy
men at that place who spent their time and
means in furthering the election of Governor
Pollock, while Dr. DeWitt was either lying
on his oars, or perhaps aiding his democratic
friends in making votes fur Bigler. The
present administration may flatter themselves
that they are highly "magnanimous" in thus
dispensing patronage, but to Americans and
Republicans along the public works, who
never saw or heard ola 11 hig, American or
Republican holding an office under a demo
cratic B ,ard of Canal Commissioners, it
sounds anything but wise or prudent. The
democracy know no scruples of this kind,
and hence often succeed in retaining office
hunters in their ranks for years, who are put
off from time to time under the mere plea
that their "turn has not yet come." If the
opposition expect- to thrive and prosper, they
must take more decided ground on things of
this kind, or it will soon be idle to engage in
a contest at all.
DI2MOCR ATI (J NOMINATIONS.
I ne Democratic State Convention assem
bled at Ilarrisburg on the 2d instant for the
purpose i f nominating candidates for Gover
nor. Canal Commissioner, and Supreme
Judge, and after considerable balloting placed
in nomination WILLIAM F. PACKER, of Lycom
ing county, for the leading office. This gen
tleman. although some years ago a member
ol what i- generally called the "canal democ
racy. has fair business capacity, is conver
sant with State affa'rs, and without intending
to disparage our " wheel horse," Mr. Banks,
i- undoubtedly the strongest nomination that
could have been made from among the can
didates in tiie field. In liis own section of
the State we suspect he is more p tpular with
the politicians than the people—not that he
is wanting in the manners calculated to se
cure favor with the latter, for from the little
we know of him he is both affable and oblig
ing, but from his former connection with the
class above spoken of. His course during the
late presidential campaign, in strongly en
.i u-ing southern slavery Hews, may also do
him harm in that quarter, and should .Judge
Wdm t or some other favorite of that section
b'* selected as his competitor. Mr. P. would
be nowhere so far as the northern tier of
c unities is concerned. With all these disa.i
voutages ho i* still a strong man, and it will
require n good and a united effort
on the part of the opposition to beat him.
The first balloting resulted as follows:
Packer, 30 Barrett, o
Black, 25 Hughes, -1
Witte, 29 Banks, 9
Hopkins, 14 Slenkir, 1
Brawley, 13 Bell, 1
Whole number, 131 votes.
After the first vote letters from F. W.
Hughes and J. Porter Brawley were read,
withdrawing their names front the list of can
didates. The name of Isaac Slenker was al
so withdrawn.
#n the second ballot the vote stood:
Witte, 33 Banks, G
Packer, 38 Hopkins, 18
Black. 3G Barrett. 2
Whole numiter, 133.
The third vote resulted as follows:
Packer, 41 IV itte. 36
Black, 37 | Hopkins, 10
Banks, 3 I
Whole number, 133.
The fourth to the seventh balluts resulted
as follows :
4th. sth. Gtii. 7th.
Packer, 4G 47 49 49
Black, 34 30. 41 45
Witte, 35 3S 38 38
Hopkins, 18 12 5 1
Whole number, 133.
On the eighth ballot the vote stood :
Packer, 50 j Witte, 38
Black, 44 j Hopkins, 1
Whole number, 133.
There was not much variation until the
eighteenth ballot, when Hopkins was dropped
Packer having increased to 54, Witte to 47,
and Black fell down to 22. On the twentieth
Pucker had 59, on the twenty-first GO, on the
twenty-second and twenty-third 01, and on
the twenty-fourth, the vote stood
Packer, G8 | Witte, 51
Black, 14
Ximrod Strickland, of Chester county, was
nominated for Canal Commissioner, and
Judge Lew is for Supreme Judge.
Put on a new dress —The Muucy Lumina
ry.
Getting interesting—The question who is
to be the next P. M. of Lewistown.
Sticking out a feet—The old divisions
among the democracy, when they quarreled
about Cass and Buchanan.
Huntingdon and Broad Top ltailroad Com
pany.
The annual Report of the President of this
company was submitted to the stockholders a
few weeks ago. During the past year the
road has been extended into various parts of
the coal region, so that "including sidelings
at Huntingdon, Markltsburg, Rough and
Ready, Saxton, Hopewell, and at the mines,
forty miles of track are laid, and three miles
graded with the iron on the ground, making
a total of forty-three miles of single track
road, costing, with interest on bonds and
stock, extra interest, engineering and all oth
er expenses, about one million one hundred
thousand dollars, or nearly twenty-five thou
sand six hundred dollars per mile. Weigh
scales have been built at Saxton, aud a Y put
in, to turn engines upon; turn-tables have al
so been put in at Huntingdon and Hopewell,
j and the necessary water stations erected on
the route. The Company have purchased
extensive wharves at Huntingdon, upon which
they have erected trestle work for dumping
coal into boats, and prepared an extensive
landing for storing coal when necessary.—
Five hundred acres, unincumbered, have been
added to the coal lands of the Company, ma
king with the twenty-one hundred acres cv
--j ered by first niorgage a total of twenty-six
hundred acres. At the mines, fifteen new
| dwelling houses have been built, and three
■ collieries put in complete working order, with
f the necessary sidelings, loading houses, plat
forms, &c."
The total amount of coal brought down
since the opening of the road, appears to be
forty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy
: one- tons, and the total receipts for freights
I £45,581. Since the Ist of July, there have
j been shipped thirty two thousand seven hun
dred and eighty one and a half tons of coal,
and the total receipts for the six months have
been as follows:
i For foal Freights, $i9,!6S 51
1 ocal " 3,159 53
Rent of Mines. 3,57S 57
Mail, mx months, ;o 00
I'.isjieiijers, 5,5:10 50
Expenses
For Motivt pjvver, (ex i S,G3*J 9s
C.*ai lor 1. jcoiuotivee, Stalione,
&.c., 13*0 0-2
Maintenance of Cars, 3-0 S3
Maintenance of Way, s,yjS ;y
Conducting Transporta
tion of l'as.-Piigers, f. 1.117 71
Freight, 1,*50 rs
. Net earning, f r six month-, $17,-Hi 37
The shipments of c\..;l for the last six
mouths have been as follows:
In.July, ti,057 tons.
August, <f.554£
October. 3,00 l
N iveniber, 5.710 "
December, 4,540 "
Shipments for 0 nu>s., 3:2.781;
During the s:x months, transportation of
iron rail*. ereas ties, lumber and materials
for the construction of the road, was done to
! at least the amount of £o.' >). ibr which no
eh irjre ha- h en made, an 1 which would iu
| erea-e the net earnings to $3,417.
1 lie President, after referring to the great
depth of snow ia.-t w inter and various other
matters which retarded the completion of the
road and business, save—
Two facts, however, have beer, established,
I which ought to satisfy any one that a success
equal to the fullest expectations of the Compa
ny is only a question ot time. The one. that
coal can be brought to ihis market at the pres
ent rate of freights, with profit to the miners,
and sold at a less price than the Cumberland,
or taken to New York and sold at the same
rate the other, that it has decided preference
n the market over that coal, so far as it has
been tried.
i he Nor then, i. eutral Road, w ,;h a terminus
at Baltimore, the great depot of the Cumber
land, i now using Broad Fop co.l for its loco
motives The machine shops arid locomo
tives on the S.ate Road have [ice;, irettinrr their
supply exclusively from Broad l op since March
last; and the Norristown, Westchester direct.
ami other roads, have been usinir it to a creater
or less extent. Some shipments made to New
| k'ork have given the greatest satisfaction, and
a trial of it is intenued to be made soon upon
the Hudson River Railroad a-.d the Long L-land.
Six new mines will get into operation now
sriortly. making with the four previously work
ed, ten in all; two to four mare will be opened
during the Summer. These mines when in full
operation and vigorously worked, should send
to market five hundred tons annually.
For the present year, tw o hundred and fifty
thousand tons is a moderate estimate, provided
transportation can be had, of which we do nt
anticipate any difficulty. A turnpike connect
ing the road with Morrison's Cove, and a plank
road connecting the terminus at Ilopeweil with
. trie bedtord turnpike, both nearly completed.
| will greatly increase the local freights. The
improvements now making at Bedford Springs,
will probably attract a large numberof visitors)
and add very much to the passenger receipts.
1 he board think theyweau now safelv sav
that there is but one thing wanting to make the
success of the Company no longer a problem,
and that is the funding of the floating debt.
5 ou are all aware of the high rates charged
railroad companies for money, as well as the
greai difficulty at times of any but the nio s t
favored getting it at all. The' Board have so
lai oecn able to meet the engagements of the
Company by temporary JoansTbut as there will
be no occasion for a further increase of the
debt to any extent, it is now decidedly to the
interest ot the stockholders to convert it into a
permanent loan. With this view, the. Board
haw decided the execution of a mortgage of
SoOO,OOO, with eighteen years to run, with an
issue ot boud; in sums of SSOO each, bearing
seven per cent, interest, payable half yearly
on Ist February and Ist August of each year)
One-fourth of the net revenue of the road and
mines from January 1. 1861, after deducting
interest upon loans, is pledged to be invested
semi-annually, in a sinking fund, for the re
demption of this issue of bonds.
I he road and collieries can be leased for a
term of years, at a rent under which the above
arrat gement for a sinking fund would redeem
the bonds in eight years or less from its com
mencement Besides this pledge of revenue.
a S°°d basis, the bonds are secured bv a
mortgage on forty-three miles of railroad
twenty-six hundred acres of coal lands) with
the collieries opened thereon the franchises of
ir ie t nt°h mpa! F' r f al estalc at Huntingdon
at. J other places, and ail the other property of
the Company, upon a considerable portion of
which it ,s a first lien, having been acquired
since the execution of the first mortgage and
upon the remainder a second lien. There'will
Out) nf r fl aP! a,t ® r . deduclin g cash assets, $360,-
000 of floating debt to provide for. A sale of
$200,000 of bonds would enable us to gel along
for the next two months, and a further sale ol
SIOO,OOO, during March and April, will likely
be as large an amount of the bonds as it will
be necessary to sell. The remainder can be
used as collateral, and the sinking fund alluded
to might be so arranged as to absorb annually a
portion of the debt, an equal amount of the
bonds being in all cases cancelled.
Assuming the whole amount of bonds
to be sold, the annual interest on
both loans would amount to - 670,000 00
Add 6 per cent, on 550,000 of stock, 33,000 00
$lO3 000 00
The shipments of coal for July and Augus',
from four collieries, were at the rate of about
80,000 tons per annum. These same collieries
expect to send to market monthly more than
double that average: and with six new mines
getting into operation, 250,000 tons can certain
ly be counted on for the present season. Al
lowing a moderate increase in the passenger
receipts and local freights, and assuming the
expenses to be double those of the past year,
the following will be the result.-
150.00 C tons, of 2000 lbs. in Pennsylva
nia Railroad cars, at 55 cts.. $c2.500
100,000 in company's cars, for canal
shipments, at 67 cents, 67,000
Passenger receipts, SISOO per month, 18,000
(Last six months SIOOO per month.)
Local freights, 15.000
Mails, " I.TOU
$184,200
Superintendence, maintenance of way
an 1 total running expenses, at 5000
per month, 60,0H0
(Average last six months $2600.)
$124,200
Add rent of mines, 15,000
$139,200
In estimating the expenses, it must be taken
into consideration that the maintenance of way
will probably be less than for the la-t season,
the banks having settled, and the deep cuts be
ing sloped. The motive power will cost but
little more; one engine having been ei gaged a
great part of this year in the transportation of
iron rails, cross-lies and lumber, for the con
struction of the road, or used with the dirt
train, for which no charge has been made.—
The Superintendent, in his report, estimates
the net earnings for this year at $120,000. —
Should the stockholders, however, not have
faith in these figures, some gentlemen are now
negotiating for a lease, that will probably take
the road for five years, on the following terms:
Rent. With the Mines Without.
Equal to3percton stock, 1857 90,000 15.000
Do 6 do 1858 110,000 90,000
Do 7 do 1559 120,000 100,000
Do 8 do 1860 130,000 110,000
Do 10 do 1861 150,000 125,000
This rent, allowing in 1861, that the stock
had increased to 700,000, would pay 10 per
cent., and allowing for an annual increase one
fourth of the net revenue invested in a sinking
fund commenced at that time, would in eight
years or less take up the present issue of bonds.
The most successful coal roads have had, at
one tiraeoranother,a trying period in their exis
tence, which required promptness and liberali
ty on the part of their stockholders, and for
which they afterwards reaped a rich return.—
The finances once taken care of, the Board
confidently rely a success equal to the
most favored of them.
By referring to the Railroad and Mining
Regis'er, of September 27, 1856, sou will see
that the total earnings of the Beaver Meadow
Railroad Company, m 1851, were but $98,674,
a less amount than w ;1J be earned by the Broad
Top Road, allowing theyear to commence with
July Ist; yet. in the year 1-55, their receipts
amounted to $271,594, leaving, alter deducting
$105,000 working expenses, a net revenue of
over one hundred and sixty-five thousand dol
lars. Their receipt- are said to have mcrea-ed
sixty thousand dollars in 18<J6 From this you
i can judge of the rapidity with which the*re
j ceipts of a road increase, as the mines are
developed. That the receipts of your Company
will increase in a still greater ratio is to be
; fairly presumed, as the increase of the receipt
trom the mines are to be added to the workings
of the road.
A gentleman recently from the Cumberland
region, and who has been engaged in mining
; soil coal for some twenty years in Nova Scotia
and this country, has lately made an examina
tion of the mines of the Company, on Broad
Top, and is now in this City, awaiting the elec
tion of the new Board to contract for the lease
of the unoccupied mines on Shoup's Run. He
would bring a large number of skilful miners
from the Cumberland region, and his own ex
perience would be of great value to the Corn
par,y. Altogether, the aspect of the Company's
affairs, were this debt funded, would be promi
sing. *"'•
The Biard take this occasion to express their
obligations to Herman J. Lombaert, Esq , Su
perintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for
his uniform kindness and courtesy in affording
this Company cars and other means of trans
portation w hen in his power.
Before taking leave, they also desire to bear
testimony to the industry arid economy of James
Boon, Esq., Superintendent of the Company, as
well as to the efficiency and correct business
habits of John J. Lawrence, Esq., Freight
Agent at Huntingdon.
L. T. WATTSON, President.
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List of Causes for Trial
At April Term, A. I). 1557.
-Vo. Term. Year
I. Fisher vs. Milliken & McCalloch, 63, Nov. IS4O
namue! Moll.day vs John Peachey, 100, Aug Issl
Joseph H Ardvs James Somervtile, 54, Nov ijjj'c
Keuben C llaie vs. John Winn, f.-, N jv ISi j
tMinue! Graham vs. Etting, Graetfit Co '.ft!, A;." iOS
J. D. Scully vs John Sterrett &Co 86.' Nov 1555
DAi E J Mr Nit Mi Exrs 63, X;,'! isyfi
I r.'er >hei#ley vs John MrCormkk, 6;, A<; IX-P
John Irvin vs. Jno. A. Wright i Co. So, Aug. l<s
Joseph Swift vs. James Quuilan, S-, v.v. 1856
•-.J t.'rcsweli vs. Presb. (Jong, eta!, 40, Jan. 1557
Fichtlioni 'or Ross vs A. J. Miller. 111, A, 'I ISol
Geo. H. r ilbraith v, D. nr.is l-o, 58, Ap'L !Bst
James T Halt v--. Wtu J. MCCOY, 17. An- 1955
Joseph B Ardvs \V ilium Wilson. 132, Aug. ix>3
Jos Green & Co. vs. Juniata Iron Co if., Jan ISS"
11 J WAI TERS, Proth'y.
Frotbor.otary'g OiTice, I.ewistown, Feb. 26, 1567.
Estate of John C. Leattor, deceased.
X 0 TI( ~'E is hereby given that letters testa
±l mentary on the estate of JOHN C.
LEATTOR, late of Bratton township, Mif
flin county, deceased, iuve been grai..ed to
the undersigned, residing in said township
All persons indebted to said estate are re
quested to make payment without delay, &ud
those having claims to present them duly au
thenticated for settlement.
_ , MARGARET LEATTOR,
maru-ot Executrix.
usyA. fire in Erie last .1 . K - orri i.
block f frame building*, with !JS t „j ....
contents, the whole valued at ab..ut £3G(tn, j
AmoDg the lasers we ragret to see U r fti.mi
of the Dispatch, whose office was destroyed
loss *2OOO.
ILLINOIS LANDS. —The attention of farmer?
and others about removing to the west,
desirous of making safe investments, is. ri
quested to the advertisement of Joseph Mi;;
ken, E-q., offering fur sale 20,000 acre*,
Prairie Lands in Central Illinois.
lands are located in a climate congenial •
our own, near the great lines of railway ih i;
traverse the State, aud for fertility and eae
cultivation are unsurpassed. Among tie...
who have already made purchases are
Mitchell of Lewistown, Joseph Tice of Gra.
ville, John M. Bell of Berry, and other-, *.,
examined th<*m in person and will cheerful],
testify to their value. The lands will beg,,;,
luw, and offer the strongest inducements f .
emigrants from this and neighboring co#t
ties to form neighborhoods, and thu- j r ,
measure relieve the teffiouness arising fr on
settling among strangers in a strnnge land.
Uolloway'a Pills an unfailing Item- ; , '
Bilious Complaints.—.Thoma.- Hudson. 1 j r
street, Philadelphia, had the misfortune •
be afflicted with tlie severest of bilious e t;
plaints, disorders, nausea and a foul stoma
which prevented him relishing anr kind,
food, and frequently threw lam on a Led
sickness for several weeks. He tried mat
remedies recommended him by friends, ht
they only tended -o increase ins inaladv; L : .
brotfier, last fall, recommended him t u-
Ilolluway's Pills, whidi he did, the result -
use his own words, "was truly extraordinary
for after about six weeks usage of tbis
timable medv-ine, i v.as completely
and will never again l>e without it—l gi.:-;-.
statistical tables of mortality sli-.,
a reduction in tbis country of the properties
of deaths from pnlmonary diseases. Doctor
Aver attributes this result to the effect of bit
Cherry Pectoral, lie also asserts that the
cures from his Cathartic l'ills give reason t
believe they will, as they come into more
general use, materially reduce the mortality
from those particular diseases for which thev
are designed. From what we know of hit
preparations, we think he has grounds for hit
claims, and if he has, it is an attainment of,
which an Emperor might be proud. Kareir
is it permitted any one man to know thati..>
skill is bestowing health and life to tfif Bia
ses of bis fellow men. Such a refiecti r.'
worth working for, even though he had the
reflection for his reward.— Sprinyfiehl !>■•..
Courier.
——— ■m m ■ ■ ■■■■ ■ mm im -ni... '
Notice to Builders.
T)KOl'I LS w ill be received at the ' u.:-
1 iog il >oiii of K. E. Locke A Co.. a:]
Locke's Mills, Mifflin countv, l a., up t f-i
10th of March text, for building a BUL K
SCHOOL HOUSE, materials to be furnisD;
by the contractor. Specifications and y.lor.
may be seen at tlie aforesaid counting roi:.
K. E. LOCKE. i T,
(; K<. SWA KTZKLL. -
GEO. W. CBISSMAX. ) "minir-.
Locke's Mills, March 5, ltroT.
1
<H) TO THK
j
BEE HIVE DRUG STORE]
TO BI Y YOl'K
ORTJGtS
CHEAP F O l( C A Sll ! j
Public Sale of Real Es-.tate aid
Eersonal Property.
r IMIE subscriber- wiii i.f.-r at I'ub'L•*
A WBWiESDAY, the 25th
-larch, ISjj, the valuable pro} .-rtv km vast
RUCK HILL FUR MACE,
located in the midst of the Juniata Iron i ■
irion. in Cromwell township, Huntin-li;
county, Pennsylvania. on the Mate ILUU
jading fr-iut t'hambersliurg to the I' ve
Railroad and Canal Station, at Mount it'
about ten miles from the iatirr place, it. the
midst ,f a goxl Farming community, where
product* and labor can be bad at rea-onaUe 1
rates Stag. - W-tweer, Mount 1 ,i a*
-U hambersburg p.L- s the same dailv In con
nection w .th this Furnace is
6000 ACRES OF LAND.
the greater part of which i s weH
with good coal timber. The Furnace -
supplied with rich Ir-. n Ores. Titer
Urge vein of Fossil within 200 yards of th
lurnacc: a vein of Hematite one hah ciih
distant both of which are now in <-ood w rk
ing order and seteral other veins no; n *
being worked. The Furnace is also in . cl
ient working condition and now in blast -
Persons wishing to purchase are invited u
come and examine the property before dav :
• e. when every information and satisfa-i r.
in regard to the same will be given. Term--
easy, and made known on day of sale.
ALSO,
At the same time and place, will be offered
ttie following Personal Property :
4 TEAMS,
SSFVY H F Q;' OF '"• U
, ead o. Horses, among which are
several excellent Saddle and Harness T I -
o0 setts of Wagon Harness: 8W
inch tread; )o Ore Beds. 6 Coal Bed We d
W\Cn\ / dders : one TWO liOKSK
\ AGON ; two CARTS AND CAKT
Harness; 2 setts Blacksmith's Tools Ist
Uarpenters lools Ore Bank and C Hi
-sCtt 1 urr.acc Tools, 4 sett
btove Uttern.-. 30 ten plate Stoves 1 t\-
and _ Goal Moves, a lot of drv Felly PL V
*Ba- ? lr' C? ' *° Unt]s V' d Bulstorf;: "c*w and ; -
Bar Iron. Also, a large stack of
Hardware, Queensware.
-iISA "xjEk?* s
merate ' ui art ' c k* too tedious to eno-
Sale to commence at 9 o'clock a. ml of sail
ay. aud to continue from uav to day till al
ls disposed of.
ii v IT-., v- ISErT * AV A CO.
lioek Hill Furnace, March 5, 1557.-2t