Whole No, 2597, u. h (L(D323, lp 03 £/2T ZJL 5£3 a OFFICE on Hast Market street, Lewistown, adjoining F. G. Franciscus' Hardware St",re. F- S- l >r - Locke will be at his office Jhe first Monday of each month to spend the week. my3l DR. A. J. ATKINSON, H AVING permanently located in Lewis town, offers his professional services m the citizens of town and country. Office West Market St., opposite Kisenbise's Hotel, llesidenee one door east of George Hlymycr. Lewistown, July 12, 18G0-tf Dr. Samuel L. Alexander. a Has permanently located at Milroy, Wrand is prepared to practice all tbebrancli Ues of iiis Profession. Office at Swine iiart's Hotel. - my3-ly EDWARD FRYSINGER, WHOLESALE DEALER A MINITACTIRER (MumkiMM, &C., &C., Orders promptly attended to. ielG SEC. 7r. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Oflice Market Square, Lewistown, will al- Und to business in Mllflin,Centre and Munting don counties. ray 26 Seigrivt's old Stand, S'jr the Canal Bridge, Lewistown, l\i. Strung Beer, Lager Beer, Lindenberger sd Switeer Cheese —all of the best quality constantly on hand, for sale wholesale or re tail. Yeast to be bad daily during summer. my24-yr McALISTERVILLE ACADEMY Juniata County, Pa. C>EO. F. .MeFABLAffD, Principal if Proprietor. J.tCOII .MILLER, Prof, if JUnllitinatics, -Vc. •Kill .W.V/fi is. CRIST, 'Teacher of .Music, S^c. The next session of this Institution com mences on the 26th of July, to continue 22 weeks. Students admitted at any time. A Normal Department will be formed which w ill afford Teachers the t opportunity of preparing for fall examina tions. A NEW APPARATUS has been purchased, lecturers engaged, &c. TERMS —Boarding, Room und Tuition, per se-s:on,ssoto *.60. Tuition alone at usual rates. sent free on application. SILVER PLATED WARE, BY HARYEY FILEEY, Ao. Market Street, Pliilailclj Ilia, J1 ANVFACTI'KER OV Fine Xicket Silver, and Silver Plater of Forks, Spwns, IAUIICS, flutter Knives, Castors, Tea Sets, Urns, Kettles, fruiters, Put ter Dishes, Ice Pitchers, Cake Kiskets, Communion J fare, Cups, Mugs, Goblets, dr. TV, O, a £*, neral assortment, comprising now hut the f--i quality, made of the best tnoteruils ;tn<l lon, M. r<msiituting tliom * serviceable and Jumble ni iu le SiMßibaats anil Private Families. "id Ware re-plated in the bent manner. feb23-ly WILLIAM LIND, has now open A NEW STOCK OP Cloths, Cassimeres AND VESTI NCS, *liieh will be made up to order in the neat est and most fashionable stylos. aplO New Fall and Winter Goods, I) F. ELLIS, of the late firm of McCoy It* & Ellis, has just returned from the city v 'th a choice assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries, Peered with care and purchased for cash, ■vhieh are offered to the public at a small ad vance on cost. The stock of Dry Goods em traces all d6criptionß of Fall and Winter Goods suitable for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, w >t!i many new patterns. His <£rocmto Emprise Choice Sugars, Molasses, Java, ltio *ad Laguyra Coffee, superior Teas, &o. Also, Boots and Shoes, Queensware, and all other )rt<.cles usually found in stores —all which . 16 customers of the late firm and the public general are invited to examine. R. F. ELLIS. Country Produce received as usual and the 'oil market price allowed therefor. Lewigtown, October 26, 1860. Spikes. Ac.—A large and full as -*.l sortment of Duncannon Nails and Spikes, 'so a full assortment of Tacks, Screws, Ac. tor sale by no 2° JOHN KENNEDY k CO. pKESH Raisins, Dried Fruit, Nuts, Oan dlcs an d Fancy Candy Toys at wholesale hid COant / J Bt ? res an< * confectioneries can be at p- Felix's, at a small advance on city Pnces, for cash. - 4i) ceri te per gallon for best Coal Oil, at F. G. FRANCISCO'S iFißiQTffxsiS) ipotbimisheiisis) ^ 9 Tiriu From Arthur'* limine Mttgtume. Snow Cokes. —The use of snow as a substitute tor yeast, or other leavening sub stances, is not new, though it is not known to all how to use it. The following recipe ,s vouched for, by one who knows, as a good one. Try it. 'Put corn meal into a good sized wood or other howl, with su gar and salt to the t.vte: then add twice or three times its bulk of snow, and stir it together with a spoon. Wl: n well mix ed, it appears like so much dry meal or snow. Fry a little on a hot griddle; if it cooks too dry to turn well, add more snow; il too wet to be light, add more meal; when just right, fry on the griddle, in conveni ent sized cakes, aud they will be as light as can he desired. Cohr fair . — ( hie pound of butter, one pound of sugar, four eggs, well beaten to gether. Dissolve two tablespoonsful of so da in otic pint of cider, and pour it into the previous mixture, and then stir in grad ually two pounds of Hour. Cloves and mace are the best seasoning. Any fruit can be added, either raisins, currants or citron, 'i In.- muk< - two large loaves. It should be baked three hours with a steady heat. ln<l tun Toast. —Place two quarts of milk over the fire. \\ hen it boils, add a spoon full ot flour to thicken, a tablespoonful of salt, a small lump of butter, two tublo spoouslul ol sugar; have r-. auy, in a deep dish, six or eight slices ot light Indian bread toasted. Hour the mixture over them, and serve hot. Boiled Lallan M-ul Padding. —Take one quart of buttermilk, two eggs, one ta blespoontul ot soda, and meal enough to make a thick batter, tie it tightly in a bag, drop it into a kettle of boiling water, and let it boil one hour. Fat it with sauce to suit the taste. Balloon Bad J tug. —To one square ba king tin, use four eggs and three table spoonsful of flour, well beaten together; a little salt; then fill up with sweet milk. Hake fifteen minutes in a quick oven. Serve with sweetened cream or any sauce you choose. It can be made with three eggs and four spoonsful of flour. Edited l.y A. '-'•tmr. County P'iperiiiU.ndent. For tin.* Ed.tcationa! Column. School Teachers and School Teaching. The teachers' association of two or three weeks since lias re enlivened in 1113- mind a train of thoughts that has il>r some time Lean slumbering. L present them in the educational column ? Vou need not fear any desolating explosion, for I assure you said train leads to no destructive or malignant mine, however explosive the ef fusions may seem from time to time. 1 have watched closely the spirit that seems t> pervade the school teaching fraternity, and although there is with many a lauda ble degree of resolution and manliness dis played, still it seems that the main current of sentiment flows from iti normal channel. In evidence of this, I refer to the sayings and doings of teachers themselves, iiear the burden of our song at our last associa tion ! —* Parents arc indifferent! The pro fession i-i underrated and must he hoisted up! Ours is ; missionary work in an ard uous and self sacrificing cause! Teaehers are not half rewarded, nor do they receive proper social recognition! Society is with out appreciation : in short—Oh, for that other world where the wicked (apathetic) cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.' Put stop, 31 r. Teacher —a question if you please! What is meiety, and who are you that you thus arraign it? Who is this heartless personage that thus grinds down these high souled philanthropists? Point him out! make him known! Is it the same that points with venera tion to a Shakspeare. a Milton, a Schiller, a Prescott, an Irving, and a Horace Mann? Is it the same that with pride and enthu siasm calls up the names of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Webster and Clay. Is it the same that eulogizes a Howard, a Judson, a Wilberforce, a Florence Night engale? Is it the same that exults in the rapid strides of the arts and sciences, and points to their progress as an evidence of the skill of this, or the intellectual great neess of that one? Verily it is the same, and what is more, the same growing wiser. Society is not our enemy, teachers, but is far more ready to recognize us than we it. As has been said, society has been too often cheated to be willing to take on 'tick' any half found ed claims to distinction. She has a right to demand of us some substantial evidence to our claim—something besides resolu tions and high sounding notices of associ ations —something besides self-asserted im portance or imbecile croakings for promo tion. 1 God helps those that help themselves,' and so does society. Now, what have wo done, or what are we doing to justify our pretensions? We. claim public recognition THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1861, from society equally with the other profes sions. Have we an equal stock of 4 par funds' for this same public to discount? it is useless now for us to point to our army of children and youth that will be men and women in spite of us. We are claim ing public recognition; .what arc our pub lic attractions? Let tiie associations and conventions answer, how many arc pre pared? J low many seem to have acquired the habit of thinking coherently, to say nothing of speaking thus? l lt is hard for an empty bag to stand upright/ as poor Richard says, and although we may try to think that the public apathy toward con ventions and associations is owing to the absence of novelty, still it must occur to us occasionally that possibly there is an other reason. "* 1 ask again, do we really merit all we claim? if not, is it consistent with self respect, is it manly, to accept what we have no claim to, especially when it is under stood that the award is fin - the worthy alone? 'A plowman on his legs, is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as Poor llich ard says. Hut why is society to nurture you on the 'pap' of public indulgence, more than a thousand and otic other agencies in its ad vancement ? Their callings are needful and so is yours, 'i hey are laboring for hu man progress, and so are you. They di.- eard necessary motives as strongly as you. They work for their bread and butter, -and so do you. Where is the difference then; T grant there is a difference, but it is just here : they are old, we are young ; they have showed themselves worthy of recognition, and we have not; they have eat the strong meat which we would substitute for ' pap/ and have become strong; we have our bone and sinew yet to form. Xo.v, then, shall we patronizingly lift our listless eyes to so ciety. or to the old commonwealth of Penn sylvania, and cry as in deep affliction,'Oh, look with compassion upon us, thy worthy but much persecuted servant, and of our tnanv needs be thou ever mindful;' or shall we work our own way up to recognition by personal manliness, accepting nothing but what we have earned, and claiming that by right rnd not by favor? Shall we act as mere appendages to society, appendages that may be very useful instruments in their way, but instruments nevertheless; or shall we he men and women? Of insufficient compensation little need be said. The little item of dollars and cents ought not to concern teachers very much. They should have higher aims.— Hut don't let us he wining about the mat ter. If the merit received plus the due bill on the bank of Heaven is not as mm h as we can earn at any other occupation (?) let us quit the business. Hut I have talked so long and said so little on firstly, that I have neither the in clination nor the presumption to present secondly school teaching at present. A TEACHER. mmMmrni From the Banner of tlie A. 1,. S. THE HOKL'. IIV O. K. Of all the detestable tliins.s we know. An I we feel like giving It here a blow. Is the man with a s'i|ierabunriaut flow Ot lias. There's nothing too hroail, too Jeep, too blsh. In fact, there's nothing beneath the sky, Into which he's not ambitious to pry. The conceited Ass. He's by no means afflicted with modesty. Nor 5 et w itli that other thin.', courtesy, And sure, his ruling propensity Is to lind out all he can. Ami then he's uot over sensitive, l'erhaps. a little inquisitive. Rut that, you know s a prerogative, lVculiar to such a man. lie can tell all the wonderful things of the times, Not oniy of this, but of other climes. And can picture to life heart-rending crimes. In a most magtiiilcent style. No matter, whether you're busy or not. Ami if in a hurry, you're bound to stop, lfow much, or how little time you've got. You can Jnst depend upon It That he'll set down, the egregious bore. And stay for perhaps an hour or more. Till you feel inclined to show to the door Tlds wretched conglomeration. You hint, and hint, but, alas! in vain, lie only stops, to—begin again, Till you're almost tempted, with might and main. To choke the abomination. He's a kind of a social incubus, With all of his many gilts fabulous. And sure, 'twill be wished by all of us. Til.it he possessed a dame. With a temper inclined to be violent. Delightfully fond 01 government, Thinking tier lord incompetent To govern—only in name; For then we might hope to he rid of him, And joined to this loveable feminine. We know he'd be under good discipline,— The kind, we need not explain. Esther McDowell—A Singular Story. J. F. Meginnis in his history of the North Branch Valley relates the following history of a successful imposition practiced upon the people of Jersey Shore, in 1803. About the year 1803, a remarkable cir cumstance transpired at the upper end of the borough of Jersey Shore, well remem bered by ail the old people living at that time. Fine trees, in considerable numbers, were then standing on the spot I now speak of. An old Dutchman, named Martin Reese, bad built a cabin near where the public road crosses the canal, on the farm now owned by Mark iSlonaker, Esq., and made some improvements. Rising very early one frosty morniug in October, he was surprised to find a beautiful female in a state of nudity, with her hands tied be hind her back, and a gag over her mouth, standing in front of her cabin, against a tree. He relieved her from her uncom fortable position as soon as possible, and tendered her the hospitalities c>f his hum ble cabin. She appeared to be completely chilled through with cold, and could =c iree ly speak for some time. On recovering sufficient strength she related that she had been traveling on horseback from Iter father's house in .Montreal, to visit an un cle that resided in Kentucky, in charge of a young man named Benjamin Conoett, who was sent expressly to attend her. Hut having a large amount of gold in her pos session, an evil spirit prompted him to rob her; and in a lonely spot near Fine Creek, lie presented a pistol to her breast, compell ed her to dismount and deliver up what money she possessed; when he immediately stripped her, tied her in this shameful con dition, to starve with hunger or be devour ed by wild beasts. Site had remained in that condition nearly all night, when after the most desperate struggles, she had re leased herself and made her way to the cab in. After being refreshed, the willingly went with the family to the spot, and poin ted out the place where she had been tied, and the path she had beaten round the tree trying to free herself. There was something artless in her ap pearance; and her mode-i demeanor and delicate frame, left no doubt in the minds of those who saw her, that iter statements were true, and that she had been foully dealt with. She appeared to he overwhelmed with distress at the thought of her situn tion among strangers. Site gave her name as Esther McDowell. llev. Mr. Grier, father of Judge Crier of the Supreme Court, resided ele.-e by. and took Iter into his family, ami kindly provided for Iter wants. A great deal of sympathy was excited it her behalf, and the neighbors vied with each other in mak ing her presents of clothing. Several gen tlemen, now living, presented her with val uable silk dresses, and other articles, which she accepted, and kindly thanked them for their liberality. Meanwhile the news spread throughout the country, and the public indignation was highly excited against the villain Con nett. Handbills, offering a reward for his apprehension, were put in circulation, and the chivalry of the West .Branch started in all directions to look for the scoundrel. He had twenty-four hours' start, however, and being well mounted, eluded all obser vations and effected his escape. The artless girl remained in the neigh borhood, caressed and entertained by the sympathizing people, who could not do enough to alleviate her wants. Her man ners were so simple, her actions so lady like and refined, and her description of the thiei so minute, that no doubt was left of her being badly treated. Letters in the meantime were dispatched to her father at Montreal, but weeks elapsed and no answer came. £till the public confidence in her was unshaken. The intelligence having spread far ar.d near, strangers Hocked in great numbers to see her, and loaded her with presents. J'e ing at the hotel kept by Duffies, at Larry's Creek, a gentleman named Hutchinson, from Milton, called to see her. She oyed him close!}', and seemed to keep shy of him, which attracted his attention, and he thought he detected something familiar in her countenance, lie requested to have some private conversation with her, which she positively refused, when he exclaimed, calling her by name—' 1 believe you arc the identical young man that once worked for me in Milton as a journeyman tailor!' This was a poser, and she became greatly excited, which aroused a suspicion among the people that she might be an impostor. And such she ultimately proved to be.— The pretty Esther McDowell had deceived and humbugged them in a shameful man ner, and never was robbed as she represen ted. A bundle of men's clothing had also been found near the spot where she was found, secreted in a hollow log, which went to confirm the suspicion. At length she confessed that such was the fact—thnt she had been playing the impostor: being of a romantic turn of mind, she had actually passed herself off as a young man, and worked as a journeyman tailor. It was now remembered that a young man, answering her description, had cros sed the \\ bite Deer Mountains into X'ip penose \ alley, and staid over night with the family of a farmer. The evening of that day she (he) came to the house of Jo seph Antes, Esq., where Major MoMick en now resides, and he ferried her over the river, when she doffed her male attire and placed herself in the position in which she was found. Whatever became of her is not distinct ly known, though it is asserted that she left the country soon afterwards, and went to the West under another name, where she shortly afterwards married, and became a highly respectable woman. The case of Esther McDowell afforded much amusemsut for many j'ears among the people, and when the subject is broach ed to the old people at the present day, their mirthfulness is at once excited, and they recount the circumstance of being so nicely humbugged with considerable gusto. is a strange way of showing our humble reverence and love for the Creator, to be perpetually condemning and reviling everything that he has created AN ACT FOR THE COXMufAriOH 0? TON NATS D'JHEL trVveii.-. i; h provision • f tl. t t■> in '..rporn'e t'- Pennsylvania railroad ■ 'to puny approved the thirteenth of April. eight.-on hundred ::..<1 f.:y -ix. :■ 'id :i supplement thereto,approve.) till- twenty—-ev eidh .lay ot March, eigliiwii hunurt .I.>u i forty-eight, ■ tux >w ilutv vi- imp scion all tniCHgi >:idcd or re.- ived at 1. irrisbtu'g. Pittshur.and intermediate point.-. . o l carried or convoyed on tin r.,ilrad of the >.< M <• onpmy tn. than t*. my mile*, which s:ud i x was intended to compensate* tor :tn probable diminution in the receipts >f the Main l.iae of the ptiliho works, (then owned tj the Stole., by reason o: the .'.instruction and operation of the said r:utroa<i. Andtcfnren-:. Ic was provide 1 in the third section of the ' for the sale of the .Main l.inc of the public works, approved tiic sixteenth of .day. eighteen luni dred tidy--.-veil, tli.it if the IVniisjlv.uua railroad eonvpanv should in-come tiic purchasers of tt.c said woiks. tin- said company, in addition, to til. niira of seven millions five hundred thousand dollar - c.a.00.- 0 Hi,) the pri.a. limited l.v said net. should pay lit. sun. of one luillioti live hundred thousand tioli.u s. ti! ..WO.- (MO.) in live pi-r cent. I* tuls of the company. and that ther- ni.-.n the said i-ompa.n. and t(,ib l'ort.-.ii-atth. Moltiii day. and t.ane isu-i ra:li-'il coni pmy sliould. :n eoiisiiloralion thereof. l- ili*e!;arged Ly P. t'ommonweatth ;-•■vi r from ilie j>a> luent of ail taxes upon the tonn ere or freit'ht e.airi. >1 over said railroads, an t the said thePcnnsyirnuiaratlrrfwi .-..n,- r 'iv should t.e released from the >■ \on lit ...| II oth er M\es or duties on its eapitnl s|".„ ; Jt f bonds, divi dend--. or property. .1..' I ran It .. .a subsequently decided bjt the s'tipremc (.' 'Urt of thi- I 'vminsyu< : Ith. that v hd -the l.' re had full aurtioi i!;. to repeal the pro. ions Ot' th" sid net. l.y u hieh the'said tontioc- W:.s im posed. v.-t. io .-mueh as part of the saio la-' menlion ••i - • flnn in the n for the-id ■ oftl;e Miiin l.i'.u'nla ■- ed is. tin prepirty i til- sai i eompitny i .-vouu tlie r .T-h i-.f ti:e tatint r. it tens in. ret.u•■>. to that 1x: " ii:h:o: -iitlitioiud and void. .1 <id trfi>r*ng, Il v.-s th. ClejiY ihientk>n fX ilrs t>g i-iatur.'. l.y tin- -aid:" ' lot the s;dc ot tin Main l.iiu-. nn use th" id P nu-ylv; ■. i.t railis :id eoin| .my si. on I i h in-.- til - in;;.-!. tin same, to exonerate rt.sd release from further liability h>r the pay 11 m o. d ton, —.- tax. and for lie- additional eon' ideiaiioii tien-iii nnitied. all other taxes: and e* thy -aid tonnage t. x now falls it; hr< et'.y on dour, Crain. i-attl.'. ir• •.i. iiiinorals. end other d- in tie :i.- I'.rovi" icnts, while siniiiai prtidn is trati.-poi t I on other hues arc exempt from the'rahie: and as the r. i-oii for the imjH.-ition thereof O a-.'d to exist on :he s-,1 ~f the works it vvus iiu. iidiil to protect, tin : :iit oi ih" Stat.- any longer to demand tie pay mout of the -ai i tax is denied, and stud demand l.a- it d to litiijaii'.i! between the stat. . I ihe company, and will pro! :d !y involve the par.i' ,in litip: ,i with of o' ur * ■! -. to , injury of ..or mn ioal trade : r.d cme roe, w id" ait il.edutv of the govern ment ' oiieourage add protect, l.y all lawful means. .lad Khirot*. The said company has proposed a I'oii.pr. ins- and tinnl sottioment of the (juestiou. by paying into the Treasury, in eoiiimut.-uion of the said tonage tax and in discharge thereof, -ueh additional sum semi-annually. over and above the in.-irliiiem -of principal and tin- interest on its debt to tlie State, as teay he required to make said payments amount to f ufr buiidred and sixty thousand dollars annually, until the year eighteen hundred and ninety, at which time the "entire balance of the principal ainl interest shall be paid in full: and by paying, also, in addition t the said scnii-Rununl instalments, all other taxes on their property to which they may hereafter be made liable under the general revenue law-of the State, ami agree t>> make reductions for transportation of lo ad trade, as hereinafter provided, and to aid. also, in the construction of certain lateral railroads, the completion of which is essential as a menus of facili tating the settlement and improvement of valuable districts of the Commonwealth yet undeveloped. And uhtroat, In the opinion of the Legislature il is expedient to accept the said proposition, and to re lic. e all agricultural, mineral and industrial products, and other property passing over any railroad, canal or slack,vater navigation in this Commonwealth, from tin* payment of tonnage tax <>r duty to the State; therefore. Sue. 1. Be it rnartod bp the fb'imte ami I .'/use of lb y reteutirHces of the ('•iiarnonietaith "f 1 'til><Xl.iC<l),in m (xe irent Asst Hibly no t. <nvi it is her< '•'/1 narte't bp the etu thuritp of the saute, That if a majority of the directors of the Pennsylvania railroad company, who. for the purpose of this net are hereby vested with all needful authority, shall at any meeting called for that pur pose, resolve to accept the provisions of this act. and shall authorize the execution of a written eont met un der its corporate seal with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to pay into the State Treasury on ac <■' uut "f its indebtedness 10 the tlomnumwcuhh, I>y reason of the purchase of the Main I.itio of the pul">- lio works, on the tin;t y-iir.-t flays of January nurt July, eighteen hundred and ninety, inclusivi*. sueh suiii. in addition to the interest on its bonds owned by the State, and in addition to its annual liability totheState on account of purchase money for said line of im provements. as will increase each .semi annual pay ment on account of said debt and interest to the sum of two hundred and thirty thousand dollars, and the aggregate of all such payments to the sum of thir teen millions live hundred and seventy thousand dol lars. and shall agree to pay. on the said thirty-tirst day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety, into the treas ury the balance then unpaid of the principal and in n-rest of said bonds, and shall further agree to reduce its local charges for the transportation of grain, flour, cattle, iron, mineral- 1 and other property, a- hereinaf ter provided; and if the said company shall in the nianner aforesaid, on or before the first day of July next, make and enter into tlie Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a written contract to that effect, and -hall on or before the said day deliver the same to the Commonwealth, by depositing the same in the office of the Auditor General, then and in such ease, and in consideration thereof, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall not at anytime hereafter lay. im pose. Ivvv or collect any tax or duty upon, or in res pect to freight or tonnage passing over tin* said Penn sylvania. railroad, or the Harrisburg. Portsmouth. Mount Joy and J.unea.-ter railroad, or anv part of them, or either side of them, or either of them, un less a like tax shall at the time he imposed, laid or levied upon all other railroads or railroad compan ies of this Commonwealth; and all laws imposing tax es or duties upon freight or tonnage upon the rail roads. canals or slaekwater nni ifration companies, for the use of the Commonwealth, be and they are herc bv repealed, and no further or other proceedings shall lie hud or taken on the part of the Common wealth to enforce the collection of any tax or duty, or any obligation given therefor, or judgement recov ered. or obtained in pursuance of any existing law oil tonnage carried or conveyed on the railroad of said Pennsylvania railroad company, or on that of any other company incorporated by this State; and the said companies shall be, by the proper officers of the Commonwealth, exonerated, released and relieved from every lien and liability to the State on account thereof. SE<\ 2. That from ami after the passage of this act, all railroad, canal and slack writer navigation compa nies incorporated by this State, and liable for the pay ment of taxes or duties on tonnage, imposed lv any laws heretofore enacted, shall make a reduction of their charges for transportation on their local freight, as fixed by their respective toll sheets, on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, equal "to the full amount of tax or duty chargea ble upon such freight or tonnage by the faws afore said : the present winter rates between first day of De cember and the first day of May. shall he considered as fixed at tW cents per 100 lbs. lor first elass. 75 cents per hundred lbs. for second class, 00 cents per hun dred lbs. for third class, and 40 cents per hundred lbs. for fourth class; summer rates between the first day of May and the first day of December in each year, shall Fie 75 cents per hundred lbs. fur first class. tK) cents per hundred lbs. for second class, 50 cents per hundred lbs. for third class, and 4o cents per hundred lbs. for fourth class, on ail trades carried between Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and a failure on the part of either of said companies to make such reduction, shall render the company so neglecting liable to the Common wealth lor double the amount of the tonnage tax heretofore chargeable against them—and every sueh company shall, within thirty days after the pas sage of this act, under a like penalty, file in the office of the Auditor General, under the oath of the Presi dent or other proper officer, a toll sheet of their rates for transportation of local freights, upon the first dny of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, accompanied by a statement of the reduction to lie made in pursuance of this act. and the said rates as so reduced shall be the highest rates that can be eharged for the transportation of such freight and tonnage bv any company accepting the provisions of this act. farther, the Pennsylvania railroad company shall not at any time charge or collect rates on any description of freights from any eastern or seaboard cities to Pittsburg, higher than the grogs rates charg ed or collected from same points to any point west of Pittsburg. Nor shall the said Pennsylvania railroad company at any time charge or collect rates on any deseription of freights trom Pittsburg to Philadel phia, Baltimore, New York or other seaboard cities, liigher than the gross rates that may tie charged .from any point west of Pittsbnrg to the same points oil the same description of property. The local rates from Pittsburg or Philadelphia to stations on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad shall at no time exceed the gross rates charged through between Philadelphia and Pittsburg; nor shall local rates tietween any two stations on tlie road between Philadelphia and Pitts burg exceed the through rates as made from time to time under trie provisions of this act, nor shall the rates charged to any local points oxceod those chwrg New Series—Vol. XV, No. 15. oil i i .;t: -f grom ' li"f..nce in the -atno liros • i iii from 'in- i'lfi. - nf "hipm.-nt. .tiii'.i MlMliif pers of w<-"t.-re. prodttms. muter through toll* of la ■ tu.g, •" ■ ■ i:i ii\ |••lint west of Pittsburg. h\ river to T: J-'ii ; to >- '< '• Hl'-1 • liies. shall liav i- tilt pi IV 1- kge u| tlispo lug (if thcij |>|Vp' - rty at l-Misbutg. by ei ina tmn-.v ii.nil . fare its arrival it that point, i i tin- oi-ti-r i <of .'ie P< -nil'; Ivaiita railroad com pan \I y itelivc. a; tiu-ir through bills of lading. t't j-eh .•',<; it ■ IVnnsytvani* railroad coin pauv from :i!l li-.ty on :■••• oimt ihcreot. if the I inju r'!, in i.. - -old at ihtsi-t ma. the owner, consign •e or sliij j• r ; ,i ( shall have the right to • lelivci ;.i- - iiii:- t iii .- t-:-.:t -r ageni'V of lite Vcoti "vlvaiii -aiir-. ii i iiiiiiianv at Pittsburg. and I- rward tin- satin- w ithm t -n davsaft. t it- 0 arrival at Pitts jurg, under tin- • millions and itues of tho original through till of la.lin; r s i. 1 tin- I' -lin-\Kaliia railroad i-onl| at.v - hail I. initile to t■■ -. itimi for all State purpos- and the aaitl company shall pay lite name rate of taxation v hie i is i .r. or msv lie h'-rufter imposi-'i by any g -nerai law • -pern'i.g'npou a'.! other railroad eompa 11a si:..- . p..rated I t tbw roj;.nonwetdll The seini autiiial in-t.-,J a- m -f till- said -lit:, of Thirteen Mli lt.. Kiv, llninlr. il tool s- wutv Thousand Hollars, and ! ... '■ ! of the Haid debt and interest ho to I- fit.i.i -Pi ■ till- s ;{. T.-.-t -nry as i" h. f in pr.-v oh-d. ill*. (.■ , : I, V j•i - ■ '.i It I' • 1 T" - I i lie si at! he ftpl'l!'-- • iitv to tli i- it niant and •\: ngimhiTii-nt of tin- prm ■ a! all ! ml.-r-'M of tin- fllil.iell debt of tilt 4 < Olll i.l itiw. ii nd t• no .ill . r |iit!'i' whatever - 4. ::. ;t fi.rtlie j-nriM. f developing tho rc s theo tlia Ivmoyh. • t'ia railroad < om ! -. is n.-rehy ■■"ntiiorized a.'nl r--qiiire Ito loan a -nni ■i i ' turning ■ t.ifi mi d .11 sa id road >..•-• ween the twentieth day of Julv. iv.s. and the past-tlge #( t'.p i ■ t rio t limiim Vdle) railroad company; tl>, Pitialairs and Stenla-nviWo railroad company: the r .-.etto Couriiv railroad eomi r-.nv. .between Ureer.F --i nr.' ami the'Vonghimrlienr Riverd the MVn fc -i Ii ai.ni r-. :h oafl eiiinj-.-iin. .between Id. -irsv iih• and P- .a . ; lit eiishni -; and i i —.ii railroad i-einpa i tin i'.i-dl.iid raiha . d eotnpnuy. ifii-twif n ilope w ' 'n.-I Iti-d'h:d :i ihe l yi-.in- and t'leartiehi eomj fu t. • .n.-i tin Pliilii'istaire iin.i ilaterford railr--e I eom t nr. iietween Pliillipshni • and BrodKfteld;) The i'yr- :. - ! lan k II. IV-. II railroad eornpanj". the Mif ''i.i ai d ("i-ntri- t'ounty railroad i-nmpany. I ■".'• •T\ !■• w.-: u.i and Kei Isvdh- : the (')ianilnral-itrg nttd \i. • ♦ny railroad • mirany. (between atartfliershntg in.■ t the j.. :iic ol i inn'.'ti n with the IJedlovd rail road neat Hopewell : or their Hticeeaaora or awriftnr, i sums pi-i.iii.rtioned to their respondi li-nst.n 0 aC tweeii tie above designated pointSj l y pnrt-has.liK in ir i.-md ru."peet:vely finm said cornptmio"'- pave r.l.- ... !,• ■ i;i\ \e.,i , w-r!i irit.-ri-M p.iyahle sein! aliiill nlly. -i ii:. .I l.\ a tir tm- rtmnze • rented f"r the pur; tln-ir • n.-ny. r- 1 and personal, and fron ' in -I-- acquired' and to "he acquired, and the said com panies are he-ei y isin . lit .-lr authorized ami em ;■ .worm! to erer.ie anil issue bonds, and set-lire tho payment thereof by such liinrttrae.'-s. by and with tho i-oiisrnt of the majority oftheir ri-speidive sto< khold ers ]u-i - <-nt at a meeting to 1- culled for that purpose, of vehich notice shall la- given, ns provided by tlieif i-hart. ; s or i.y-hiws. respi-etively ; said bonds, and the mortgages given to seem,- Kio same shall not exceed in annnint tho sum reqiiirt d for the cost of the super structure of bridges, the rails, cross ties, chairs and spikes, and laying tin- track of the said roads respee tively—and the proceeds (if all the said bonds so se cured. shall he exclusively applied to the said purpo ses—and the said purchases of homls shall be requir ed to he made of each of the said companies in in " stalnients after sections of said rogds, respectively, of the length of five miles from each end as herein before designated, shall have been duly graded, and tin- masonry completed, and after the said grading and masonry shall have bet n approved by a compe tent i i\ il engineer appointed by the fiovei nur for that purpiM—and who shall ho paid for his services bv the said companies receiving aid under the provisions of this act—and when etc-h section of five miles so graded from e.-e h such end of the said roads respec tively. .shall have been so completed, and such certifi cate given, then the pro rata proportion of the said bond- shall lie purchased, and so continued from time t i time until the amount payable to the said eon - panics shall i.e exhausted—and the sunt paid upon the completion of the said sections as aforesaid re spective! v. shall be exclusively appropriated and be used for the purposes above mentioned upon the sec tion lor, and in respect to which the purchase in mad.—and for no other purpose or portion of said road whatsoever—Ao<m. That if either of th-' said companies shall lail to grade and prepare f..'f bridges, suporstrtietioii. and laying of truck a' lea-t one -eetioii of five miles at each of such end of ita road w .t!un one year—or the whole of their resjan tixe roads within three years from tiic* passage of this act. iny sue! so in default shall no longer have any liaht to demand 01- require anv furtl er purchase of their bonds as aforesaid, and the sii;r. which any such defaulting companies would have been entitled to demand in payment of their bonds, "hall lie added pro rata to the purchases to he made of such of the "aid companies as shall comply with the provisions of this section. St.-. U. That if any stock holder or stockholders of any milr< ad. cannl or jdac-kwntfr nn\ ication comjian l ii-> sliall tie dissatisfied with, or ohji-ct to any o! the provision-- of this ait. then it shall and may he lttwfnl for niiy such stockholder or siorkholders. within six months after the passage of this act. to apply by peti tion to the court of common picas of the county in which the "ha t office of the said companies may res pectively he held—to appoint three disinterested pcr sos to estimate and appraise the damage, if any done to siteli stockholder or stockholders, and whose award, or thru of a majority of them, when confirmed by the said court, shall lie final and conclusive. Am} the persons so appointed shall also appraise the share or shares of sai l stockholders in the said company at the full market value thereof, without regard to any depreciation in consequence of the passage of tii! ~ act. and the said company may. at its election, either pay to the said holder the amount of damages so found.' or the value of the stock so ascertained, and upon tin- payment of the value of the stock as afore said. the - si.'l stockholders shall transfer the stock so held by him to said company, to be disposed of by the din" etors of said company! or be retained by tliciii for the benefit of the remaining stockholders. And all laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be ami the same ire hereby repealed. THE PUBLISHERS HAVING BEEN APPOINTED BY 'CTSrfMWRBI© OF SEW YOHK, His Soh A'jents in this i (finity FOE Wolfe's Schiedam Aromalie Schnapps, 44 Pure fojniac Brandy, '' Pure Madiera, Sherry, oud Port Wine, 44 Pure Jamaica and St. Croix Rum, • 4 Pure Scotch ami Irish Whiskey, ALL IX BOTTLES, Beg leave to call the attention of his fellow citizens to the above WINES and LIQUORS, imported by UDOEPHO WOI.KE, of New York whose name is familiar in every part of thus country for the purity of his celebrated Schie dam Schnapps. MR. WOF.FE, in his letter, speaking of TLITI purity of his WISES and LIQPOUS, says: " I will stake my reputation as a man, my stand ing as a merchant of thirty years' residence in the city of New York, that all tbo Brandy and Wines which I bottle r.ro pure as import ed, and of the host quality, and can be relied upon by every purchaser." Every bottle has the proprietor's ntiuc or? the wax, and a jac-similc of his signature oft the certificate. The public are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves aSbEor sale by the Case or Brittle by JOHN KENNEDY & Co. jan3l-3t Agents for Mifflin county NOTICE! IT is hoped that persons knowing u,eti selvee indebted to the firm of WM. Jb HOFFMAN & Co. will do us the justice of calling ana settling their accounts. If not done soon, they will be left at a Justice for collection. F. J. HOFFMAN. Lewistown, January 17, 1861. 1 / i BOXES Dairy Cheese, at J y JOHN KENNEDY A <V
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