Laole No. 2452, TERM* OF SUBSCRIPTION. OSE DOLLAR PER IKIVIJR, IN ADVANCE. I p or six months, 75 cents. ill N'F.W subscriptions must be paid in 5? If 'the paper is continued, and net prance. firgt mont h, $1,25 will be charg riit oaid in three months, $1,50; if not D l .;months, $1,75; and if not paid in Jii* i QQ "Cnaocrs addressed to persons out of the ill be discontinued at the expiration of vt f ori unless special request is made "kTo'tirary or payment guaranteed by some i-,ble person here. ADVERTISING. , „ of minion, or their equivalent, con . a square. Three insertions sl, and 25 p for each subsequent insertion. rhe West Branch Insurance Co, OF LOCK HAVE*} PA.} •SURES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer hindise, Farm Property, and other Build f ind their contents, at moderate rates. DIRECTORS. u John J. Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey, i Hall, T T, Abrams, V. Mayer, D. k. Jackman, aries Crist, W- White LDickinson, Thos. kitchen. ' Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres. T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres. puis. Kitchen, Bec'y. REFERENCES. J„! H, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, D. D. I A Winegardncr, Wm, Vanderbclt. , \iiclit-v Win. Fearon, [iv'hite Dr. J. S. Crawford, ImeiQiiggle, A. Updegraff, khc W. Maynard, James Armstrong, i i Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigler. VsA.r e nt for Mifflin county, G. VV. STEW IIIT.M- _ 3 f' 23 ameny from Loss and Damage by Fire, fit it Perih of Marine and. Inland Transportation. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY. \r*watl hy the legislature of Pntnsylra niti, Kith a Perpetual Charter. Authorized Capital, 5i,000,000. Wier No. 61 Walnut St. above Serein!, Fhila. Fire Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer tandise, &e., generally. Marine Insurance t Cjrgoes and Freights to all parts of the urld. Inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by ikes, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to j parts of the Union, on the most favorable trms, cossisterit with security. DIRECTURS. leorge W. Colladay, William Bowers, sta rf. Coleman, Joseph Oat, iivm V. Machette, Howard Ilinchman, GEORGE VV. COLLADAY, President. GALES" WILSON, Secretary. Jj*Ajent for Mifflin county, Wm. P. EL LIOTT. E-q. febl9-ly INDEMNITY AGAINST USS BV FIRE. ■Yanklin Fire Insurance Compa ny of Philadelphia. ii'.c 435 and 437 Chestnut street, near Fifth. /TATKMK.NT OF ASSETS, January 1, IFoS, Jpu&lishcd agreeably to an act of Assembly, tag— rsi Mortgages, amply secured, $1,59(1,825 ID bs! Estate, (present value SIOU,- 5/3.) cost, 74,280 93 I 'iipurary I.oans, on ample Col iiterai Securities, 101,088 17 Btotks,(pres't val. $76,961 2*]) cost 71,547 97 Soles and Bills Receivable, 4,307 00 M>, 40,855 48 $1,888,904 74 hrpetual or l.imited Insurances made on every :*cnption of property, in Town and Country. Rale*as low as arc consistent with security. >:nce their incorporation, a period of twenty fjiityears, they have paid over Four Millions Dollar-' losses by fire, thereby affording cv '-ace of the advantages of Insurance, as well p the ability and disposition to meet with pmptne;. all liabilities. Losses by Fire. panj during the year 1857, $203,769 4 DIRECTORS. 2: .V. Bancker, 1 Mordecai D. Lewis, pobias Wagner, I David S. Brown, pa at! Grant, Isaac Lea, It. Smith, I Edward C. Dale, VV. Richards, | George Falcs. | CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. •VM. A. STEEL, Sec'y pro tem. J3*Agent for Mifflin county, II J. WAL TERS, Esq., Lewistown. feb2s ITS7f GROCERY, PROVISION AND FISH STORE. THE subscriber has opened a Grocery, Pro -1 usion and Fish Store opposite Major Eisen *'s ilotel, where he has just received a fine tesortment of fresh IRAMUB <£rocxrfrs, on S which may be found fine Coffee, Sugar, M, Molasses, Syrups, Cheese, Crackers, ># h, Ham, Shoulder, Fine Ashton and Dairy Tobacco, Segars, Soap, &c. Aiso, Brooms, Tubs. Buckets, Baskets, and a assortment of Willow-ware, which he for cash very cheap. I will pay Cash for Butter, Lard, Potatoes, dec. '■-B, see prices, and judge for yourselves. *P3 JAMES IRWIN. SUGAR, Syrups and Teas GREATLY REDUCED. (Brown Sugar at 9 a II cts. per lb. J ' White " 11 al3 do LIVERING'A best Syrup, 75 per gallon New York " 50 do sw flrleans Molasses, 50 do K-V T '' AA>l AT Steam Mill Store, by Junkin & Co. Also, the prices on GOODS GREATLY REDUCED, AXM* 1, Ql? * "8 A call. We will sell for . ower th an an y jj ouge KENNEDY, JUNKIN A CO. . DR. MARKS," II u, re sutaed the practice of medicine, • iMir iIWa J be found at bis office in the Us, °PP°Bife the Lewistown Hotel ii 3 iE2S!f'i?iiis) iisjis) ipwiiansmn© we n^i2iwns [ s s (2) , wss , 9 MEns 3 iFiLiEsy ©©wswsia n>&o HARDWARE! To Buy Cheap for Cash, Blacksmiths, buy at Hoffman's, Carpenters, buy at Hoffman's, Saddlers, buy at Hoffman's, Shoemakers, buy at Hoffman's, Cabinetmakers, buy at Hoffman's, Farmers, buy at Hoffman's," Builders, buy at Hoffman's," Housekeepers, buy at Hoffman's. Don't forget, if you want good Stoves, Pump Chains, Oil Cloths, Nails, Steel, Iron, Cutlery, Vices, Bellows, Chains, Glass, See , F. J. Hoff man's Mammoth Hardware Store, and you can be accommodated. mhll DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS, Medicines, Medicines, Medicines, Paints, Paints, Paints, Glass, Glass, Oils, Oils, Oils, Trusses, Trusses, At HOFFMAN'S. /MARDE.N SEKDS!—I have now on hand a VJ fine assortment of Fresh Garden Seeds, consisting of some of the finest varieties. Pole and Bunch Beans, early and late. Dwarf and Bush do do do Cabbage, do do Also, Radish, Beet, Onion, Lettuce, Chinese Sugar Cane, and other seeds, mhll F. J. HOFFMAN. 1,1 LOUR.—I have now on hand and shall con- Jjj t : nue to keep a supply of Extra Superfine Flour from Pittsburgh, which we will warrant to give entire satisfaction. N. B. Those who want a good article can find it at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S. YT7ALL PAPER!—As the Spring opens, \Y housekeepers will be looking around for Wall Paper, where a good supply can be found and cheap. This can be done at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S. G1 ROCERIES.—F. J. Hoffman's is the store where good Groceries can be found, and at low prices. mhll STOVES! STOVES!—A large assortment at low prices for sale by F. J. HOFFMAN. I TUSH.—Mackerel, Shad and Herring for sale ; by mhll F. J. HOFFMAN. mgiMi AS m SAMP For sale by [mhll] F. J. HOFFMAN. Sugar Cane and Flower Garden Seeds At [mhll] F. J. HOFFMAN'S. White Corn Meal, An excellent article for sale by mhll F. J. HOFFMAN. UiiJ iiil D Did j i A good article for 12j cents at mhll F. J. HOFFMAN'S TO INVALIDS! DR.. KAB.DXCA2T, 1)IIY3IC1A\ for (ii-i'scee of lite Lungs, Throat and L Heart—formerly Physician ft Cincinnati Marine Hos pital and Invalids' Rt-ireat—Corresponding Member of the London Medical Society of Observation —Author of 1 Letters to Invalids," &c , IS COMING. APRIL APPOINTMENTS. Dr. Hardman, Physician for Diseases of the Lungs, 1 Formerly f'hyeiciau to tkr. Cincinnati Marine Hospital, MAT BB CONSI STED AT Lewistown, National Hotel, Tuesday, April 20. Dtt. MAKDMAN treats Consumption, Bronchitis,Larynt;- tis, Asthma, and all diseases of the Throat by MEDICA TED I.N H ALATION. The great point in the treatment of all human maladies is to get at the disease in a direct manner. All medicines are estimated by their action upon the organ requiring relief. This is the important fact upon which Inhalation t* based If the stomach is diseased, we take medicine directly into the stomach. If the lungs are diseased, breathe or inhale medicated vapors directly into ihmi.— The reason why Consumption and diseases of Hie Lungs have heretofore resisted all treatment, has been because liny were not approached in a direct manner by medicine. They were intended to be local, and y. t thej were so ad ministered that lliey could only act constitutionally, ex pending their immediate action upon the stomach, whilst the foul ulcers within ihe Lungs were unmolested In halation brings the medicine into direct contact wnh the disease, without the disadvantage of any violent action. Its application is so simple that it may be employed by the youngest infant or feeblest invalid. It does not de range the stomach, or interfere in the least with the strength, comfort or business of the patient. S>No charge for consultation. OTHER DISEASES TREATED. In relation to the following diseases, either when com plicated with Lung Affections, or existing alone, I also invite consultation —usually finding them PROMPTLY CUBABLE: PItOL vl'tjllS and all forms of FEMALE COMPLAINTS, Irregularities and Weakness. PALPITATION and other forms of HEART DIS" EASE, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, and all other Dis eases of Stomach and Bowels, Piles, &c. &x. All diseases of the Eye and Ear ; Neuralgia, Epilep | ay, and all forms of Nervous Disease. T>.\o charge for consultation. : jys-ly H. D. HARDMAN, M D. A CIIANCE For Every Person to Raise their Own GRAPES, AND MARE THEIR OWN WISE. TIIE undersigned will deliver from the Ist to the 15th April next, to any persons residing in Mifflin co., ISABELLA GRAPE VINES of one year's growth, from cuttings of "Juniata Vineyard," at the following rates, payable when delivered: 25 Vines for $3, 50 do. for §5.50, 100 do. for $lO. j Good Cuttings will be delivered at half the rates for Vines. Also, Osage Orange Hedge Plants to sell, and Hedges grown by contract. Orders must be received before the Ist of April to insure attention. Address A. HARSHBARGER, feblß McVeytown, Mifflin Co., Pa. Fruit and Ornamental TREES, fßSajfflSjg Strawberry, Raspberry, Currant, and ww™ Gooseberry Plants, in great variety. Inquire of WM. BUTLER, Lewistown, Pa., or J- E. JOHNSTON, Agent, aug!3 Trenton, New Jersey. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1858, aai bubwil SONG. Should sorrow o'er thy brow Its darken'U shadows fling. And hopes that cheer thee now. Die In their early spring; Should pleasure at Its birth Fade like the hues of even. Turn them away from earth,— Uhere's rest for thee in heaven 1 If ever life shall seern To thee a toilsome way, And gladness cease to beam Upon its clouded day; If like the wearied dove. O'er shoreless ocean driv'n. Raise thou thine eye above, — There's rest for thee In heaven But, 0! if always dowers Throughout thy pathway bloom, And gay!y pass the hours, Undimmed by earthly gloom ? Still let not every thought To this poor world be given, Not always be forgot Thy better rest In heaven! When sickness pales thy check. And dims thy lustrous eye. And pulses low and weak Tell of time to die— Sweet hope shall whisper then, " Though thou from earth he riven. There's b'dss beyond thy ken, — There's rest for thee in heaven!" imiiuaaaDia. THE OLD MAN'S BRIDE. 'I was an old fool! Yes; I was an old fool, and that's all there is about it. ] ought to have known better; she was not to blame, poor thing! she is but a child yet, and these baubles pleased her ambi tious mother's eye. it was nut the old man, but bis money —bis MONEY —I might have known it. May and December—May and December —pshaw ! how could I ever have believed that Mary Terry could love an old fellow like me V Mark Ware sur veys himself in the large parlor mirror. 'See; it reflects a portly man of sixty, with ruddy face, snow white hair and eyes from which the light of youth lias long since departed. And yet there is fire in the old man's veins, too; see how he strides across the carpet, ejaculating with fresh emphasis, 'Yes, I was an old fool !—an old fool! But i will be kind to her, lam not the man to tyrannize over a young irirl be cause her mother took her out ot the nur sery to make her my wife. I see now it is not in reason for a young girl like her to stay contentedly at home with my frosty head and gouty feet. J'oor little Mary! No; I'll not punish her because she can not love me ; she shall have what site wants and go where she likes; her mother is on ly too proud to trot her out as the wife of the rich Mark Ware. If he will make them both happy, let them do it; may be,' and Mark Ware paused 'may be, alter she has seen what that Dead JSea apple —the the world—is made of, she will come back and love the old man a little; may be — who knows? No woman who is believed in, and well treated, ever makes a bad wife; there never was a bad wife yet, but there was a bad husband frst; that's gospel; Mark's gospel, any bow, and Mark Ware is going to act upon it.' '.Mary shall go to the ball to-night with her mother, and 1 will stay at home and nurse my gouty leg. There's no evil in her; she's as pure as a lily, and if she wants to see the world, why—she can see it; and though I can't*go dancing round with her, I never will dim her bright eyes; no, no!' ' That will do Tigy, another pin in this lace; now move that rose in my hair a lit tle to the lett; so, that will do.' 'That will do.' Tame phrase for that small Grecian head, with its crown of braid ed tresses; for the full, round throat, and snowy sloping shoulders; for the round, ivory arms, and tapering rosy tipped fin gers; for the lovely bosom and dainty waist. Well might such beauty dazzle Mark Ware's eyes, till he failed to discern the distance between May and December. .Mark Ware had rightly read Mary— She was guiltless and pure, as he had said; and, child as she was, there was that in her manner before which the most auda cious eye would have shrunk abashed. When the young bride first realized the import of these words she had been made to utter, 'till death doth us part,' she looked 1 forward with shuddering horror at the long weary monotonous years before her. Her home seemed a prison and Mark Ware tho keeper. Its very splendor oppressed her. And she chafed and fretted in gilded fet ters, while her restless head cried out: ' Anywhere but home.' But she must sit there in her prison-house day after day, lis tening only to the repining of her own troubled heart? Must the bee and butterfly alone be free to revel in the sunshine ? Had God made her beauty to fade in the stifling atmosphere of darkened parlors, lis tening to the coinpluints of' querulous old age ? Every pulse of her heart rebelled. How could her mother have thus sold her! How could Mark Ware so unmag nanimously have accepted the compulsory sacrifice ? Why not have shown her the world, and let her choose for herself? Oh, anywhere, anywhere from such a home ! There was no lack of invitations abroad, for Mary had flashed across the fashionable horizon like some bright comet, eclipsing all the reigning beauties. No ball, no par- ty, no dinner was thought to be successful without her. Night after night found her en route to some gay assemblage. To her own astonishment, and her foolish mother's delight, her husband never remonstrated— on the contrary, she often found upon her dressing table some choice little ornament which he had provided for the occasion; and Mary, as she fastened it in her hair or bosom, would say bitterly. 'He is anxious that I, like the other appendages of his establishment, should reflect credit upon my faultless taste!' Mistaken Mary. Time passed on. Mark Ware was pa tient as he promised himself to be. Ilis evenings were not so lonely now, for his babe kept him company—the reprieved nurse was only too glad to escape to her pink ribbons and a ' chat' with John at the back gate. It was a pretty sight—Mark and the babe. Old age and infancy are always a touching sight together. Not a smile or a cloud passed over that little face that did nut wake up all the father in Mark Ware's heart; and he paced the room with it, or lulled it to sleep on his breast, talking to it, as if it could under stand the strong deep love of which it was the unconscious object. ' I am weary of all this,' said Mark's young wife, as she stepped into her car riage at the close of a brilliant ball. 1 1 am weary of seeing the same faces, and hearing the same nonsense night after night. L wonder if 1 shall ever be lnippy '< I wonder if I shall ever love anything or anybody ? Mamma is proud of me because I am beautiful and rich, but she does not love me. Mark is proud of ine'—and Mary's lip curled scornfully. ' Life is so weary, and T am only eighteen !' and .Mary sighed heavily. On whirled the carriage through the de serted streets —deserted, save by some in veterate pleasure seekers like herself, from whom pleasure forever flees. Occasionally a lump twinkled from some upper window, where a half starved seamstress sat stitch ing her life away, or a heart, broken mother bent over the dead form of a babe, which her mother's heart could ill spare, although she knew not where to find bread for the remainingbabes beside her. Now and then a woman," lost to all that makes woman lovely, flaunted under the flickering street lamps, while her mocking laugh rang out on the night air. Mary shuddered and drew back —there was that in its hollow ness which might make even the devils tremble. Overhead the sentinel stars kept their tireless watch, and Mary's heart grew soft under their gentle influence, and tears stole from beneath her lashes, and lay like pearls upon her bosom. ' You need not wait to undress me,' said Mary to the weary looking waiting maid, as she averted Iter swollen eyes from her gaze; and taking a lamp from her hand, Mary passed up to her chamber. So noise less was the fall of her light foot upon the carpet that Mark did not know that she had entered. Ho sat with Lis back to the door, bending over the cradle of his child, till his white snow locks touched its rosy checks, talking to it as if to beguile his loneliness. ' Mary's forehead —Mary's eyes—Mary's mouth ; no more like your old father than a rosebud is like a chestnut burr. You will love the lonely old man, little one, and perhaps she will by-and-by, who knows?' and Mark's voice trembled. 'She will!—she does,' said Mary, drop ping on her knees at the cradle of her child, and burying her face in Mark's hands; 'my noble, patient husband !' ' You don't mean that?' said Mark hold ing her off at arm's length, looking at her through a mist of teal's, 'you don't mean that you love an old fellow like me? God bless you, Mary—God forever bless you! I have been very —very lonely,' and Mark wept for sheer happiness. The gaping world, the far-sighted world, the charitable world shook its wise head when the star of fashion became a fixed star. Some said 'her health must be fail ing,' others, that 'her husband had become jealous at last,' while old stagers malicious ly insinuated that it was to retire on fresh laurels. But no one said —what we say— that a true woman's heart, may always be won —ay, and kept too —by any husband who does not consider it benoath him to step off the pedestals of his ' dignity' to learn how. " Fashionable Congregations The newspaper reporters pay a very equivocal compliment to this or that preacher, when they tell us he was listened to by a "fash ionable" congregation. Fashion is all right at the theatre or the opera, or other public assemblages of a secular character, but the jade ought not to have anything to do in the Temple of the Most High. Think of Paul preaching to a " fashionable" congrc gregation on Mar's Hill, or a greater than Paul delivering a sermon on the Mount to a "numerous and fashionable audience." True, we have fashionable preachers, but it is a question whether their preaching would not be followed with better effects if the " fashion" were taken out of it. Fashion is a heartless thing at best, aud heartless ness in religion is hypocrisy.— New York Express. a®uDelays are dangerous. Eloquence of the Pulpit. —It is related of Mr. W. Dawson, known as the " York shire Farmer," that on one occasion when preaching in South Lambeth on the offices of Christ, after presenting him as the Great Teacher and Priest who made himself an offering for sin, he introduced him as the King of saints. After proving to a dem onstration that he was King in his own right, he proceeded to the Coronation. — Borrowing his ideas from scenes familiar to his audience, he at last marshalled the im mense procession, moving toward the grand temple to place the insignia of royalty upon the head of the King of the Universe. So vividly did the preacher describe the scene that you actually thought you were gazing upon that long line of Patriarchs and Kings, Prophets and Apostles, Martyrs and Confessors of every age and clime, until at length the great temple was filled and the solemn and imposing ceremony of crown ing was about to take place. The audience by this time were wrought up to the high est pitch of excitement, and while momen tarily expecting to hear the anthem peal out from the vast assemblage, the preacher commenced singing, "All hull, tho power of JORHS' name, Let prostrate fall," Ac*. The effect was electrical. The audience started to their feet and sang the Hymn with such spirit and feeling as perhaps it was never sung before or since. The Injlucncc of a Smile. —Who can tell the value of a smile ? It costs the giver nothing, but is beyond the price to the erring and relenting, the sad and cheer less, the lost and forsaken. It disarms malice—subdues temper—turns hatred to love —revenge to kindness, and paves the darkest path with gems of sun-light. A smile on the brow betrays a kind heart, a pleasant friend, an affectionate brother, a dutiful son, a happy husband. It adds a charm to beauty, it decorates the face of the deformed, and makes lovely woman re semble an angel of paradise. Shocking Termination of a Love Af fair. —On Saturday last, Robert Schmidt, of Theresa, in Dodge county, Wisconsin, shot down, in the street of that place Har riet Seidlcr, a young lady about twenty years of age. The parties were engaged to be married about one year ago, and Schmidt had come over from St. Paul, Van Buren county, Michigan, where he has resided about a year, to fulfil the engagement; but the parents of the young lady objected to the marriage, in consequence of which it was arranged between the two that Schmidt should first shoot the young lady and then shoot himself. He executed his design, so far as the young lady was concerned, but failed to shoot himself on account of the loss of the cap on his gun. After failing in this he ran and threw himself into the river, with the intention to drown himself, but was rescued by persons who saw him. He is now arrested, and awaits a trial. The charge was a fine shot) entered the left breast of the young lady, and inflicted a horrible wound of which she expired on Sunday morning, about two o'clock. She had her senses up to the last, and charged her parents with being responsible for the awful deed, and acquitted her lover of all blame. The par ties, as their names indicate, were Ger mans. Following a Shark. —Some time ago, a gentleman and one of his servants, a stal wart negro, went fishing for rock on the Bay shore, about ten miles from this city. They east their hooks and lines, and wait ed for a bite. The big darky, after wa ding out some feet from the shore, tied the line around his body. His master told him there was danger in doing so ; but the sable fisherman suspected no difficulty or acci dent. Soon an old shark, a real old sea dog, came along and swallowed the bait with a good relish, and Sambo held the line with a firm grasp. The powerful fish, however, drew him gradually out in deep water, when, finding that he was in danger of being carried out to sea, in order to cut the line made a desperate grasp at his knife, which was fastened to his head half shut, a portion of hair being between the blade and the handle; but it was too late. The hungry monster of the deep, by a rapid movement, slackened the line and dashed furiously out from the shore, followed by the darky, who alternately diappeared be neath the waves and rose to the surface, grabbing at his knife as he rushed on with lightning speed in the wake of the shark. He was seen at the distance of nearly a mile, as lie occasionally rose to the sur face ; but soon disappeared entirely far be yond the reach of assistance, and a victim of his own hazardous daring and impru dent temerity.— Southern Argus. SHOCKING ACCIDENT — Boy killed in a Rol ling Mill.— On Monday morning, about 7 o'clock, a boy named Charles Davis, aged about twelve years, was caught between the coupling of a pair of rolls, in McKnight'S rolling mill, in Birmingham, and crushed to death instantly. His father is employed in the mill, and the bov was also working as an assistant at one of the furnaces. He had raised himself on the edge of a tub, in order to drink from a spout between the rolls, and losing bis balance, it seems, threw his arm over the coupling. He was caught and taken between the couplings instantly. One side of his body passed between the sleeves, a spaco of about 2 inches, and was literally crushed New Series—Vol. 1111, f No. 25. to a jelly. The Coroner h!/r>ngrc**- ;r::; ——- : - the body, and a verdict in the facts was rendered. — Pitts JTF From the HMnisburg Ki-yel irlov "vS JJ i2t THE THREE MILL 1 * T MR. EDITOR: The repeal of th '/ C '"X,, Tax on the Pennsylvania and HSL/ >T>Y . Lancaster Railroads being a QUTYIAMO* before our State Legislature, it ij> FT that the subject — the operation ant?" , then this tax — should be correctly under? id<. TEXT a all its bearings. P , |it a Many object to its repeal under t)Y : " R " J)OFC that the repealing it would be a gra-JG benefit conferred on those Railroad nics — and so much of a Toss, as its A OM to the people of the State. hut This however is an entire mistake ; so far as its repeal might enable them ( . at! <, ;he more through trade and travel, comin, .(j[ s beyond the limits of the State, than tb , can, or do. Those companies under tHjne. spective charters have the power and .i . charge higher rates than they Dow do. ; ' I,IX charges on such through business w. by til it will, at all times, be regulated aDd dete..,, icc fur by those of competing lines on the nor* 1 . *ar. south of them. Consequently and iner while those companies are controlled iith ihv sons, capable and disposed to take c:. , ,; and protect their interests, the whole T "|t e Tax, while it exists, is, must, and v-ftu to be paid by the people of the Stated maL,'' 6 other words, by the local trade andtrav.. within it, with added charges for the trouble and expense of ascertaining its amount, and to make sore of having enough. Not only this, but also—what may not have occurred' to many affected by it—that since the Penn sylvania Railroad Company has purchased and own the Columbia Railroad as pait of the Main Line, it is but natural that this com pany should—and it doqs, charge a propor j donate part of this Tonnage Tax on and td the local trade and travel passing over the Columbia Railroad. So that the people of all the counties through which the Columbia Railroad passes, and of till the counties of the State through which Railroads pass, connect ing with it, directly or indirectly, from which trade and travel conies or is sent, and which, in part, passes over the Columbia Railroad, as well as the Pennsylvania Railroad proper, in point of fact, pay a portion of the aggre gate amount of this Tonnage Tax. The restdt therefore of this tax, so far aff regards the interests of the people of tho State, being precisely similar to that of the policy of a man who gives one hundred dol lars out of one pocket to ha enabled to pus ninety dollars into another pocket. In the nature of things, while it exists, those who control those Roads, i chere they can, will—and it must be conceded they ought —make such charges as will indemnify them for this tax, and be a fair compensation for their capital, expense and risks. They can not charge a proportion of this tax on the' trade and travel coming from icixhont the limits of the State, for the reason thatnost/cA tax is charged on the competing routes on the north and south, and their charges must be regulated by those of their rivals through other States; and it necessarily follows that they must, they will, and they do charge the whole of its aggregate amount on the local trade ar.d travel within the State with some thing added for the expense and trouble, &c., consequent on its existence. But it is said by some, that even if this tax was repealed, those companies would still continue to charge no less than they now do, or otherwise would, on the local trade and travel within the State. Such opinion, how ever, is directly contrary to the ordinary course of human action, and to some extent must be founded on latent prejudice. Those who control those roads will, in the first place, charge what they consider a fair compensa tion for their capital, expenses and risks, and at least the whole amount of this tax, if not something more. And especially will they bo likely to charge somewhat more, if they think the tax ought not to be imposed on them. The question in regard to this tax ought not to be decided by any feeling of eithar friendship or hostility towards the companies paying it, but solely with reference to what is the true interest of the people of the State, and the trade and travel within it. COMMON SENSE. miss SVOSRS & 805 Chestnut St., above Eighth, Late of JW. 45 South Second Street, PHILADELPHIA, Are now receiving their Spring Importation of Silk and Millinery Goods, CONSISTING IN PART OF Fancy Bonnet and Cap llibbons, Satin and Taffetas Ribbons, Gros dc Naples, (Glace and Plain,) Marcelines and Florences, Black Modes, English Crapes, Maline and illusion Laces, Sec. Also, a full assortment of FRENCH AND AMERICAN FLOWERS. Philadelphia, March 18, 1858.-2 m CHARLES H. SPOONER, DEALER IN Hides, Goat Skins, Sumac, Red and Oak Sole, French and American Calf, Kips, iHorocco, Linings, Ac., No. 335 North Second Street, above Vine, PHILADELPHIA. N. B. American Sumac and Leather of all kinds exchanged or sold on commission. Philadelphia, March 18, 1858.-lm NOTICE. f |"MIE undersigned, about to remove west, X hereby gives notice that aftor the 10th day of April next all deeds remaining in his possession, on which fees are unpaid, and all unsettled accounts, will be left m the hands of an officer for settlement and collection. JAMES MCDOWELL, Late Register, Recorder and Clerk of aihlß-4t* Orphans' Court.
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