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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.