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ADVERTISING.
lines of minion, or their equivalent, con
■ a square. Three insertions sl, and 25
|Rw each subsequent insertion.
| West Branch Insurance Co.
OF LOIR HAFE.Y, PA.,
Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer-
Farm Property, and other Build-
their contents, at moderate pates.
DIRECTORS,
Hohn J. Pcarce, Hon. G. C. ftarvey,
jW'B Hall, T. T. Abrams,
K Mayer, D. K. Jackman,
K Crist, W. White,
Tbos. Kitchen.
Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
Kitchen, Sec'y.
REFERENCES.
■l if, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, D. D.
VVm. Vanderbelt, -
VVm. Fearon,
Hr. J. S. Crawford,
■Qniggle, A. Updegraff,
Maynard, .lames Armstrong,
Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigler.
for Mifflin county, G. VV. STEW-
Kiity from Toss and Damage by Fire,
Perils of Marine and Inland Transportation.
CONTINENT A I,
WSURANCE COMPANY.
by the Isyishiture of Pennaylva
■ nia, with a Perpetual Charter.
Bkuthorized Capital, 51,000,000.
■ No. til Walnut St. abotc Second, Pliila.
on Buildings, Furniture, Mer-
Ke, ic., generally. Marine Insurance
asd Freights to all parts of the
■ Jnland Insuraijee oa Good*. &c., by
■ PtUe.cs,.Canals, and Land Carriages, to
of the Union, on the most favorable
with security.
DIRECTORS.
W. Colladay, William Bowers,
■f. Coleman, Joseph Oat,
■ V. Machette, Howard Hinchman,
HEOIIGE W. COLLADAY, President.
He, Wilson, Secretary.
for Mifflin county, Wm. P. EL-
Esq. febl9-ly
Bi DEM MTV AGAINST LOSS BV FIRE.
Biklin Fire Insurance Compa
ny of Philadelphia.
nent of Asset?, $1,827,185 80
January Ist, 1857.
hed agreeably to an act of Assembly, be
ing,
lortgages, amply secured. $1,519,932 73
J-.tate, (present value, $109,-
) cost, 89,114 18
I, (present value, $83,881 12,)
* 71,232 97
&?., 64,121 56
$1,827,185 80
letual or Limited Insurances made on every
ption of property, in Town and Country,
as low as are consistent with security,
e their incorporation, a period of twenty
rears, they have paid over Three Millions
liar-' losses by fire, thereby affording ev
of the advantages of Insurance, as well
! ab-lity and disposition to meet with
tness all liabilities.
Losses by Fire.
paid during the year 1856, $301,638 84
DIRECTORS.
N Bancker, I Mordecai D. Lewis,
> Wagner, j David S. Brown,
I Grant, j Isaac Lea,
R Smith, Edward C. Dale,
'V. Richards, ( George Fales.
IIARLES N. BANCKER, President,
s G. BANCKER, Sec'y.
'Agent for Mifflin county, H. J. WAL
, Ksq., Lewistown. mar! 9
'S, CAPS & STRAW GOODS
For the People,
> THE PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.
rUMMII,
T Market street, Lewistown, opposite the
ist Office, has just returned from the city
large and elegant slock of Fashionable
'S,CAPS, STRAW GOODS,
suitable for spring and summer wear,
, notwithstanding the advance of almost
hing else, he will dispose of at low pri-
His store has been fitted up with large
with glass fronts, so that the stock can
mined at a glance.
fe will manufacture to order any descrip
hats, (having the best of workmen in his
1 and an abiuidant supply of material,)
his extensive stock fail to furnish a suit
rticle. Parents are especially invited to
id examine his variety of Children's Hats
a ps, comprising a first rate stock, from
they can make choice to please them-
Omish friends will find they are not for
> and they may rest assured of finding an
• to their taste, or can have one "made at
lotice.
ikful for the patronage heretofore so lib
extended to him, he solicits his friends to
'hose indebted to square up and begin
-and any number of visitors from this or
'ghboring counties, to take a look at him
' evening.
16 N. J. RUDISILL.
Window Shades, as low in price
' V* f °mmon muslin shades, and far superior in
"beauty; buff and green Mul'l Shade*, 30, 36 St
wide, Howered l.andscapes, and painted Mus
•capci from 75 ceula to s'l per pair, for sale by
P. G. FRANCISCUA
IPEaSfffiSH) &SSW IPOTB&ESmSI® S"? IPE'ffgllESSiaißs) HSWHSTOWSJa SaniNHt&SJ IP^O
Freeburg Academy and Norma
School.
THIS INSTITUTION, located in the beau
tiful and healthy little village of Freeburg
Snyder county, Pa., will commence the seconi
(Spring) quarter of its Second Session on thi
i 23d of March. In view of the great want o
j proper instruction for Teachers in this and oth
I er counties, a WORfIIL DEPARTfIEYT wil
; hereafter be connected with this school, it
which Teachers will be prepared for the ardu
ous duties of the school room. That justly
popular Teacher, Lecturer and Author, Prof
J. F. STODDARD, has been engaged to deliver s
course of Lectures and assist in arranging and
conducting the Normal exercises and training,
and it is hoped Teachers will avail themselves
of his services while in the county. An addi
tional Female Teacher has been engaged, and
other arrangements made to meet the wants ol
all.
TERMS.
One-half payable invariably in advance.
For Board, Room, and
per session of 22
Tuition only, per qr. of 11 w'ks, 2.50 to 8.00
Instruction on Piano and use of
Instrument, 9 00
For Circulars, &c., address
GEO. F. McFARLAND, Frincipal.
Freeburg, March 12. 1857.
LCG-AIT POTOTDR7.
THE public are hereby respectfully informed
that we have leased the above well known
Foundry, situate on Main street, in the borough
of Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone
bridge, where we will keep constantly on hand
a full assortment of all kinds of STOVES,
:=| viz : Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different
™sizes, Egg Stoves, Nine Plate Stoves,&c.
and also
Iron Fence, Hollow Ware, Water Pipes,
4c., and will make to order all kinds of CAST
INGS. All orders sent to us will he filled with
care and despatch, and on as reasonable terms
as at any other establishment in the State. We
hope, friends, you will call and examine our
stock before buying anywhere else. You will
undoubtedly save money by doing so.
DANIEL BEARLEY & SONS.
Lewistown, March 26, 1857.-y
New Arrangements.
AFTER returning our sincere thanks to our
numerous friends and customers for their
continued patronage, I would inform thein that
1 am still to be found at
-C-I-'QQ.c© QDIMI SStlaAtsidl
With a desire to bring my business nearly to
CASH, afber the first of April our credit terms
will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed
Fifty Dollars. We hope still to conduct our
business so that we shall enjoy the good will
of our numerous customers, and that the num
ber may be greatlv increased.
marl 2 ' /. (HOjFF^AN.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO FARHE**,
M. M. FAXON'S
Attachment of Vulcanized India Rubber
Spring to the Tubes oj Grain Drills.
rPiIE undersigned, having perfected an arrangement for
A the attachment of a Gum (Spring to the Tubes and
Drag Bars of Grain Drills, is happy to inform Farmers
and ail others interested in the growing of Wheat and
'rther*grains, that he is prepared to furnish GRAIN
DRILLS, with the above article attached, at the shortest
notice, at his Foundry, in McVeytown, fa. Seeders have
heroine an almost indispensable article to the Farmer,
and he will find that the attachment of the Gum Spring
will enhance its value at least one-half. All the deten
tiou and trouble caused by the breaking of wooden pins
is entirely done away with by this arrangement, and a
man.or hoy, can perforin nearly double the labor that he
could under the old plan, with much greater ease, both to
himself and horses. There need be no fear of the Spring
breaking, for if there is an article that will neither break,
rot, or wear out, the Gum Spring is thai article, and I
hazard nothing in saying lhat my Grain Drill • the sim
plest in construction, most economical in |ierfornianre,
and therefore the most durable ever offered to the agri
cultural public. The feed is so arranged thai it will sow
I, I}. li, li, and 2 bushels per acre. IVrsnns desiring
one for the coming seeding are requested to send in their
orders as early as possible. Direct to McVeytown, Mif
tlin county, fa.,-or F G FRANGISCUS. Lewistown ;
E. I, FAXON, Uollidaysburg, Blair CO., Pa ; BOYER A.
BRO., Ilarrisburg, Pa., who are authorized to actus
agents, and from whom any further information may beob
tained.
PRICE OF DRILLS, with the attachment, #*s. Far
mers who already have drills, can have them altered,and
the India Robber Spring attached, for from $ 10 to £ls.
£>AII branches of the FOUNDRY BUSINESS still
carried on, for which orders are respectfully solicited.
M M. FAXON.
McVeytown. June 19,1856.
Ml m MUffiM ~
Has Just Opened a Splendid Assortment
or
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS.
IF you want a cheap Dress, call at the Old Cprner
If you want a cheap Shawl, call at the Old Corner.
If you want cheap Silks, call at the Old Corner.
If you want cheap Muslins, call at the Old Corner.
If you waul Kentucky Jeans or Tweeds, call at the Old
Corner. Also, Flannels, all kinds and colors.
If you want Shallies or Bereges, call at the Old Corner.
If you want Briltiantes or Lawns, call at the Old Corner.
If you want La Villa Cloths, call at the Old Corner.
If you want Silk Cravellas, call at the Old Corner.
If you want Mourning Goods, call at the Old Corner.
If you want striped Skirting Muslin, go to the Old Corner.
If you want patent Crinoline Lining, go to the Old Corner.
If yon want Collars, Underaleeves, Edgings, Insertings,
Flouncings, or any Embroideries, go to the Old Corner.
If you want Corded Skirts, Sonlag Skirts, or Hoops, cail
at the Old Corner.
If you want Cloihs, call at the Old Corner.
If you want C'assimeres, call at the Old Corner.
If you want Satinetts, call at the Old Corner.
If YOU WANT ANYTHING IN THF. DRY
GOODS LINE, GO TO THE OLD CORNER.
If you want to make choice from over 130 styles of Wall
Papers, go to the Old Corner.
If you want a Carpet of any kind, go to the Old Corner.
If you want Groceries, Queensware, or Cutlery, call at
the Old Corner.
If you want Clothing, Boots or Shoes, Hats or Caps, call
at the Old Corner.
If you have Country Produce to exchange for Goods,call
at the Old Corner.
If you want Bargains in anyMiliig, call at the Old Corner.
OCounlry Dealers supplied with Goods by wholesale
at a very small advance above city wholesale prices.
a P 23 GEORGE BLYMYER.
GO to Hoffman's for Tubs
Go to Hoffman's for Churns
Go to Hoffman's for Buckets
Go to Hoffman's for Brooms
Go to Hoffman's for Baskets decll
HAND and horse power Corn Shcllers,
Lancaster county premium Grain Fans,constantly
on hand and for tale by F. G. FRANCIBCUS.
m masniaai.
THE MAIDEN'S RESOLUTION.
Oh, I'll tell you of a fellow,
Of a fellow I have seen,
Who is neither white or yellow,
But is altogether green!
Ihen his name, it isn't charming,
For its only common "Bill,"
And he wishes me to wed him,
But I hardly think I will.
He has told me of a cottage,
Of a cottage 'mong the trees,
And don't you think the gawkey
Tumbled on his knees?
While the tears the fellow wasted,
W ere enough to turn a mill,
And he begged me to accept him,
But I hardly think I will.
Oh, he whispered of devotion,
Of devotion pure and deep,
But it seemed so very silly,
That I nearly fell asleep,
And he thinks it would be pleasant,
As we journey down the hill,
Ts go hand in hand together,
But I hardly think I will.
lie was here last night to see me,
And he made so long a stay,
1 began to think the blockhead
Never meant to go away.
At the first I learned to hate him,
And I know I hate him still,
Yet ha urges me to have him,
But I hardly think I will.
I am sure I wouldn't choose him.
But the very duece is in it;
And he says if I refuse him
That be could not live a minute;
And you know the blessed Bible,
Plainly says "We must not kill,"
So I've thought the matter over,
And I rather think I will.
umaii malm.
THE NATIONAL METROPOLIS.
Never, perhaps, has there been such a
display of industry about the public build
ings as at the present time. So extensive
were the appropriations of the late Con
gress, out ola full treasury, that employ
ment is given to hundreds upon hundreds
of men, many of whom are happy thus
to be able to support their families.
At the Department of the Interior—gen
erally called fhe Patent Office, because
there the first deposit was of patents—we
find nearly completed a marble building of
perfect Grecian beauty. It is of magnifi
cent proportions, covering a whole square.
On three sides are beautiful porticos with
Doric colums, the effect of which is indeed
most impressive. If a man could pass
with telegraphic speed, on some lovely
morning, from the ruins of Athens or Rome
to the squares and triangles of Washing
ton, where the ancient forms of architec
ture are reproduced with such freshness
and beauty, he would obtain a vivid idea
of the rising glories of our Western Re
public, not to be obscured, we trust, by the
dark spirit of disunion. Indeed, the ma
terials going into the construction of these
buildings, spread aboutoveracres of ground,
being of the most durable quality, suggest,
like so many symbols, the perpetuity of
the Union. Who has made any proposal
to stop the progress of these erections, as
if they would not be wanted here for an
indefinite future? Not one. lam more
and more convinced that all this clamor
about dissolving the Union is for political
effect. While Congress was appropria
ting millions for improving this Federal
city and its vicinity, why did no one rise
and object? Because there is a general
expectation that this is to continue "forev
er" to be the metropolis of a united coun
try. One long gallery in the above-men
tioned building is appropriated as a repos
itory for curiosities collected from all
quarters of the world; among them the
fruits of the exploring expeditions ordered
by the Government. Some few relics of
Washington and Franklin are here preser
ved. The "sword of Washington and
the cane of Franklin," the veritable, visi
ble realities, grasped by those stupendous
right hinds, are gazed on by thousands
with an enthusiasm of veneration almost
idolatroLs. Well, there's Frauklin's press,
too, a very different thing, I assure you,
from "Hoe's last fast," but a mighty en
gine, for all that. These sights do awaken
a world of thought, for those men, under
God, changed the face of the world.
A thousand men are at work on the
Capitol alone. That will be a wonder
when completed. It is unsightly now, for
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1857.
the old dome is broken off, and they are
just now laying the foundations of the
new and more splendid dome. Seventy
two iron brackets, weighing between two
and three tons each, have been lifted to the
summit of the building by the aid of steam
power, and are to constitute the frame
work of the base. The fluted columns,
♦large and long, now lying on the ground,
i will soon be raised to their places, and the
proportions of the magnificent superstruc
ture will begin to appear by the time the
travellers go by for the White Sulphur
i Springs of Virginia. Walter, the archi
tect, is ambitious lo erect for himself a
monument at the same time, on the princi
ple of Sir Christopher Wren's Circum
spice. Latrobe's old dome had its day of
admiration and vituperation, ashasGreen
ough's sitting statue of Washington in the
eastern park of the capitol; but it has dis
appeared. Randolph's sarcasms will en "
dure as long as the statues and paintings
at which they are leveled, and the memory
of the originals longer than either. Noth
ing can exceed the beauty of Crawford's
works, most of which are in shops adja
cent to the Capitol, some in an unfinished
state, the Italians being at work upon them
from the piaster models. Among them are
the genius of America, robed in a starry
mantle, the Genius of War, of Peace, of
Industry, of Knowledge, &c. All these
works are destined to adorn some portion
of the Capitol extension, while the interior
rooms are growing beautiful under the skill
of the pictorial artists. Indeed this build
ing will, of itself, be a vast museum open
to the gratuitous inspection of the people
of the United States and of the world, |
without money and without price. The
rustic Representative from the far interior,
where arts and cities are unknown, will
open his eyes and mouth in wonder as he '
looks upon the gorgeous works of art des
tined to decorate the Capitol. In truth,
such is the profusion of symbolical orna
ment the Italian painters are putting on the
walls of the committee rooms that most
persons will requir n'.erpreter to bring J
them within the understanding All this 1
seems hardly compatible with the simplic
ity of our institutions; but what shall the
Government do with its superabundant
money?
Not far from the Patent Office building
is soon to be erected a Roman Catholic
church, of the Gothic order, in the_place
of an old structure that has stood fifty
years. A meeting of the leaders of the
congregation was held this week, a layman
called to the chair, the priest being present
and advising. It was resolved "to erect a
church becoming the perpetual historic
grandeur of our holy faith, its steady dig
nified progress in this free country, and
while at the same time it will be keeping
with the well-sustained efforts of the whole
country to adorn our Federal Metropolis."
The intention is to build a spacious church,
capable of seating 6,000 people; length of
the nave to be 211 feet, width 88; transept
174 feet, and 88 wide; extreme altitude of
the front elevation 312 feet. The space of
ground covered by the edifice will be 33,-
880 square feet. But little more than
$7,000 was subscribed to commence this
great enterprise. They propose, however,
to employ five years in the work, and there
will be the most assiduous and protracted
solicitation of moneys from our citizens
until the work shall be completed. For
eign aid will no doubt be obtained, for the
Catholics are persevering, and allow no
distress of debt to force a sale of any of
their churches.— Correspondence of Jour
nal oj Commerce.
FEET-WASHING IN AUSTRIA.
A correspondent of the London Times, I
writing from Vienna on the Oth ult, gives j
an account of the ceremony of "washing j
of feet" which had taken place at Court.
At 9 o'clock in the morning twenty-four
old people —twelve men and as many wo
men—who were dressed in the ancient
German costume, were conducted to the
"Hall of Ceremony" of the palace. On
(heir arrival the men were placed on one
side of a long table and the women on the
other. As soon as the seniors had taken
their seats their Majesties entered and pla
ed before them a great number of dishes
which were brought in trays bv the impe
rial servers. After the dishes had been
set on the table they were removed and
placed in twenty-four large baskets, which
were sent to the rooms occupied by the I
! | pauper? in the almshouse. At ten o'clock
■ the washing of feet began in the chapel of
the palace. The Emperor performed the
i ceremony on the above-mentioned old men
and the Empress on the women. After a
towel had been passed once or twice on
each of the wetted feet, and a litttle bag
| containing thirty-two silver groats had been
hung round the nepks of the old people,
the ceremony was at an end.
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE.
[The subjoined Argument and Analysis
| of the bill for the sale of the main line of
the Public Improvements, was prepared at
the instance of gentlemen favgrable to the
bill, and who wished the public to know
the real grounds upon which its passage j
was urged.]
What is the Main Line worth? What j
is its real intrinsic value? We do not 1
mean to the Commonwealth, for to it, it
has never paid expenses. A close, fair !
and honest examination of the result of its
working will show that ever since it has
been built, it has been a heavy annual tax
upon the olher resources of the Treasury.
The yearly net loss to the Stale since it
was said to be completed, has been in the
neighborhood of a quarter of a million oj j
dollars. For the accuracy of this state- I
ment, we ask a careful anal} sis of the reports j.
of the Auditor General, State Treasurer and j
Canal Commissioners. We do not impeach
their reports, but we simply wish to see
their gross discrepancies reconciled. We
merely hold that those reports (and you
may bring the originals from the Depart
ments,) exhibit, not only an inconsistency,
but a variance so gross that suspicion at !
least is fully aroused. A comparison of '
; the reports demonstrates in the most posi- i
| live form that the Main Line has not only
j not paid expenses, but has been a steady
| and enormous charge upon the other reve
nues of the State. More than twenty-five
years of this management, under all par
ties, satisfies us that it cannot be corrected.
If this is the case, could not the State pay
a large bonus to get rid of it? To the
Stale it has proved a heavy and dead loss.
All experiments have failed to correct it. j
But lite practical question is, what is it
worth to individuals? What is its real
value under the provisions of the bill that
passed the House of Representatives?—
i That is the real question. The valuable
portions of the Main Line of the Public
Works, are the Columbia railroad, and the
Eastern Division of the canal, from the j
Junction of the Susquehanna canals with i
Main Line to Columbia. The Columbia
railroad cost originally four and a half
j millions of dollars. The common esti
mate of the value of the road has been
five millions oj dollars. The fact that in
a few months the Lebanon Valley and
Reading railroad will connect Harrisburg
with Philadelphia, by a route but three
miles longer and far superior in grades !
and in curvature, will bring the value of the
Columbia railroad down to its original cost.
It will take at least half a million to remedy
its defective location. Assuming then that
the Columbia railroad is worth four mil
lions and a half of dollars, and that the J
Eastern Division, from the Junction of the !
Susquehanna canal, with the Main Line to
Columbia, is worih an additional millior*,
we have five and a half millions of dol
as the actual value of the paying portion
of the Main Line.
Passing west from the Junction on the
Main Line, we find that by the provisions
of this bill, the party purchasing, is re
quired lo keep in navigable condition for- j
ever, one hundred and twenty one miles i
west of the Junction and reaching to the '
town of Uollidaysburg. This Juniata ca- j
ual has been one of the great draw-backs ;
of the Maine Line. It never has paid and |
never can pa}*. It should never have been j
built. It is in such a dilapidated condition j
at this time that immense appropriations
must snou be made lo re-build decayed
parts of it. From the fact, that a large and
valuable portion of country on what is
called thfe Upper Juniata canal would be
deprived of all facilities forgetting to mar
ket, and thrown back to the condition it
was in thirty years ago, if it were aban
i doned, it is made one of the conditions of
| the bill for the sale, that this line shall be
kept up. An examination of the cost of
! working it, will show lhat this one hundred
i and twenty one miles of unprofitable work,
! will more than absorb the profits of the
Eastern division. The Westeren divis
ion is worse than worth nothing. Yet the
bill requires a large expenditure upon an
unfinished railroad between the canal at
Blairsvilie and the Allegheny river at Free
port, in order that the people on the Wes
tern division shall not have withdrawn
from them any of their present facilities.
The finishing up of this link gives those
who live upon and near thaj, canal a com
plete railroad communication with Pitts
burgh. The party purchasing, when they
conclude to abandon it, are bound to give
it to fhe citizens of the country through
which it passes. We are thus, under the
several provisions and conditions of this
i Taill, brought to do on to the Columbia
railroad as the actual value of the Main
j Line. The minimum fixed in the bill, is
New Serieso-Yol. 11, No. 30.
j seven and a half millions, and if the Penn
f sylvania railroad purchase, an additional
million and a half; i n consideration of
which that company is to be released from
the tonnage tax, the tax on her bonds, div
idends and property. This is simply the
. State tax, and leaves the right of ihe cit
j les, counties, boroughs and townships to
i tax, as it was. Why fix a minimum of
\ seven and a half millions of dollars in a
bill, by the provisions of which it can be
shown, no party can afford to give more
than four and a half millions? For the
simple reason lhat you could not pass a
i bill in the House of Representatives at a
low minimum. It would undoubtedly
have been sounder policy to have offered
them without limit at auction, or fixed a
bona fide minimum af four and ha/J mil
lions of dollars. But no such bill could
I pass the Horse. In the event of the
1 ennsylvania ranroad purchasing the price
is nine millions of dollars. What does
j this additional four millions and a half
j represent? The first tax that is taken off
her is the tonnage tax. Last year the
1 tonnage tax amounted to one hundred and
ninety-seven thousand two hundred and
ninety-eight dollars and ninety-five cents.
We believe this tax to be unsound and vi
cious in principle; but that part of it we
will not argue. At the time that the char
ter ot the 1 ennsylvania railroad was grant?
| ed, this tax was imposed to protect the
I Jliin Tine oj the public improvements
from the competition of the Pennsylvania
railroad. Has the Main Line been injur
ed?—has its value been impaired by the
extension of the Pennsylvania railroad
from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh? We say,
no. Modern improvements in New York
and Maryland, above and below it, have
destroyed its value. The Main Line is
better off this day than it would have been
if the Pennsylvania railroad had lever
bepn built. We will illustrate this fact.
By the Main Line before ihe construc
tion of the Pennsylvania railroad, a pas
senger started from Philadelphia in the
morning, and was brought to Harrisburg
bj noon, then shipped by canal boat to
Uollidaysburg, a distance of one hundred
and thirty-five miles, at the rate of three
and a half miles an hour. In half a day
more he was passed over the ten planes
on the Allegheny Portage railroad to Johns
town; again transhipped at Johnstown to a
boat, and in thirty hours more, found him
self at Pittsburgh. The olher mode of
passenger transportation was by stages
over the roughest roads for two hundred
miles, from Harrisburg to Pittsburg, at the
same rate of three and a half miles an
hour. I! the Penns}lvania railroad had
not been made, of the thousands of pas
sengers weekly, almost daily passing over
the Columbia railroad to the w estern States,
and even the western counties of our own
State, not a solitary one would at this day
have passed over it. This is a fact past
all denial. The Baltimore and Ohio, and
the New ork and Ltie railroads would
have taken trom the Columbia railroad the
great throng of through travel that now
seeks the west by this route. Has the
Pennsylvania railroad injured the Colum
bia railroad in this respect? The question
needs no answer. The State road is a
large debtor to the Pennsylvania railroad
on this head. She would have been at
this day, if it had not been for the exten
sion west, a mere local road, doing a petty
local passenger and freight business.
The same result can be shown in refer
ence to all the light and valuable goods
those that remunerate the carrier best the
profitable kind of freight. Would a pound
of it at this day have taken the disjointed
line of canal and railroad, and been ten
days reaching its destination, when it could
pass direct by a railroad both above and
below it in two? Why even the Pitts
burgh merchants would have become the
patrons of the Maryland railroad. The
building of the Pennsylvania railroad has
saved all this trade to the road owned by
the Commonwealth. These are facts that
defy contradiction. We now come to (he
heavy and cheap articles, cotton in bales,
tobacco, rice and flour. There was a time
when the Main Line transported heavily
from the west these articles. " Would she
have still had this trade if the Pennsylva
nia railroad had not been built? With the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad tapping'the
Ohio river below Pittsburg would not all
these heavy articles have passed east by
that route? Would they—could they have
passed on up to Pittsburg—been re-ship
ped to a fifty ton canal boat at that point,
carried east to Johnstown by the Main
Line, then transferred to cars, and passed
over the Portage to Hellidaysburg; again
.transhipped to boats, and boated loColura
bia; changed at that point, and again placed
on the cars, and transported to Philadel
phia? Tapped as ine Ohio river is below
Pittsburg by our southern rival this freight
would all have gone by Baltimore. The
handling of these goods on their transit
four times between Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh, and the great delay and uncertainty
upon a broken line ol canal and railroad
transportation, would have swept all the
through trade, light and heavy,passen
ger and Jreight, to the Baltimore and
Ohio road. The Pennsylvania railroaij
Has saved'to the Slate road even the heavy
articles to which canals are now confined,
except the local iron and coal trade. If
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