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The following abstract well exhibits its income and expenses for the year 1881, which we clip from the Lancaster Intelligencer : The Pennsylvania railroad company report for 1881, prepared and published in anticipation of the annual meeting ol the stockholders, on March 14, shows that the gross earnings of the main line and branches from Pittsburgh to Phila delphia were $27,647,009; expenses, $15,468 469; net earnings from operat ing. $12,178,540, to which add interest on investments in cash, $.4,211,466, and sundry other items, $512,160, aggregat ing $3,723,626, making the total net earnings $ 15,902.166 ; Irotn which de duct rentals paid branch roads, inter est on bonded debt, interest on car trusts and state taxes, $5,770 448, and it leaves the net income of the Penn sylvania railroad division at $10,131,71 H. The United New Jersey railroad canal company shows gross earnings of sl3, 022.865 ; expenses, ss.Bl 1.281 ; net earn ings from operating. $4,211,584; to which add interest on investments in cn-h, $210,836. which makes the total net earnings $4,422,420, from which deduct the payments on account of dividends and interest and the interest on equip rnents, $4,725,285. showing a net 10-s in operating ot $302,865, which deducted from the net income of the lVnnsyl vania railroad division, leaves a balance of $9,828,853. The Philadelphia k Krie railroad shows gross earnings of $3,454,- 309 ; expenses, $2,430,1160 ; net earnings, $1,024,249, from winch deduct interest for use of equipments and extraordi nary expenses, S3OO 624, and it leaves a balance of $723,625, which was paid over to that company as rental. Prom the net income of the Pennsylvania railroad division $9 828,853 have been deducted —payments to the trust fund, S6OO 000; to the consolidated mortgage sinking tund, $286,480. add sundry other pay ments on account of the guarantees, $881,891, aggregating $1.767.871, leaving balance ot $8,050 982, out of which were paid dividends aggregating eight per cent, and leaving a balance of $2,- 199,265. to which add the amount re alized trom settlements of old accounts, profits on the sale of securities, Ac., $359,686 making $2,550,131, which is the amount transferred to the credit or pro fit and loss for the year. This amount at the beginning of the year was $7,793,- 949, so that the total amount to credit of profit and loss December 31, 1881, is $10,344,060. The lines weetterments west of Pittsburgh was s|, 895.168. The gross earnings on all lines cast and west of Pittsburgh in 1881 were $75,182,974 ; gross expenses. $46,243 278, showing net earnings of $28,939,696 The number of tons of freight moved wss 58.520 616, snd the number of pass engera carried was 29,686,985. The Trust Fund created October, 1878, has had appropriations made to it amount ing to $1,900,000, with which ami its ac eretions securities have been purchased aggregating $2,028,000. The report is a clear statement of the physical and financial condition of the company, and it (till of interesting information. Folger Calls a Halt. WASHINGTON, March B —The secre tary of (he treasury has directed a sus pension of the collection of taxes, i.mounting to about $500,000, due on the Reading railroad "pay certificates," Hecretary Folger was induced to take this step in view of the fact that two courta have already sustained an injuno lion to restrain the collection ol lax, and four cor.-mitteea of congreaa have at different times reported in favor of measures to relieve the road from it. Ms has, therefore, decided that the le gality of the tx should bo tirinlly and authoritatively adjudicated belore pro ceeding to collect. - ♦ A Coal Mine Caving In. TUB IULTIMORK I'lT NX Alt WII.KKSBARRK TitHVATVNINO OISASTEK TO Tllf. CITV. Wii.kesharkk, Ph., March 10. One of the most extensive caverns that ever occurred in this vicinity wits announced thin afternoon and at present great excitement, not unmixed with alarm, prevails in the neighborhood The scene of the disaster is what is known as the old Baltimore mine, just a little beyond the eastern boundaries of this city. It appears that on Wed nesday morning a gangway in the col liery fell and shortly alter the surface ttecame disturbed. The first accident happened at a depth ol two hundred leet below the surface. This nlternoon about two acres of the latter went down suddenly, to the consternation ol people residing in the vicinity. Luckily thele were no houses oil the land which gave -vay, although a number stand just on the southern margin. The inhabitants of these tenements tie now busy removing their lu>us< nold goods, fearing lliul the cave-in ivd) widen during the night. Thousands ot people are gathered about the place and isiigs ot men are at work trying to pro vide a defense against a further exten ion ol the cave in. The opening into lie mines is very large and is widening ontinually. This afternoon the greater •orllon ol one man's property had en irely disappeared. Near the cave hole s a small stream, which was turned in • nother direction, but the ground where t was is very wet and soli, and the (uicksund, together with the soft mud Old water, is tailing down the gangw.iv with a terrific sound. Teams an- busily I engaged in drawing huge timbers to tin spot, which are thrown into the hole in order to block it and thus prevent the rush of water and sand. Although an immense deal ol these timbers and old trees have been used it appears as though very little had been done. flits will have a disastrous elfect on the workings of the mines. It will throw a large portion of No. 3 Haiti more idle, and at the present time large bodies of gas have accumulated lhri< It also shut oil the air course reaching to the (.'onyngham shall and that mine arill he unable to proceed with its ope rations until the cave cesses working and the obstructions made by it are re moved. The gap to night is still wid ening and there is no telling when u will cease. The damages are extensive The mines helong to the Delaware and Hudson <'anal Company. Waiting for Death. HIE SITCATIOXOr TILT. I'torLK IX .* I'TIIERN ARKANSAS, I. ITTLI ROCK, Ark., March 9.—M. C Harris, who was sent down to Desha county by Governor Churchville to aio in distributing government supplies to persons rendered destitute by the over flow, returned yesterday. In an inter view with a re|>orter he said that along the river front to Desha county, 100 miles in length, tlx- destitution is la yond description. The water has reach ed an unprecedented height. Scarcely a farm house or residenceun the Uuton has escaped the inundation. The peo p|e have been compelled to build lata, tlieus in their houses, or to seek safety on higher lands, where, in rudely con elruclcd camps of hruab, houghs ami Cane, they sit and wait for starvation and death. It is appalling, and without government aid, liberally and quickly bestowed, there is no telling wtiere it will end. Many jwrsons have been feed ing on the carcasses of drowned cattle Personal investigation, as well as the as • urances of respectable gentlemen, con vinces Mr. Harris that not less than six hundred families, averaging six persons to each, in Desha county alone, are de pendent upon the charity of the gov erriment. He believed it to be no ex aggeration to place lfie gross number old and young, at 3,5000. The indica tions |>oint to a long continuance ot un overflow, the most sanguine hardly d*r ing to hope for its suleudencc before May. ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT AID. WASHINGTON, March 9.—The house committee on appropriations considered this morning the proposition to von additional relief to the sufferers by Hie floods on the Mississippi river. General Floyd King, of Louisiana, and several other gentlemen from the flooded dis tricls, addressed the committee and de scribed the suffering existing in c.inse quence of the overflow of the river*. Mr.xi'itis, March 12. A special from Helena, Ark., says Hie river has fallen an inch, hut the overflow in the city has risen an inch. A rarelul natch is being kept on the levee, and every effort is being put forth In make assurance doub ly sure. The relief committee have their hands full and are doiug good work. Ration* for 960 person* were is sued yesterday. These do not include the applicant* who are supplied by the marshal and special commissioner* Many colored person* are coming in Iroro the lower district* and from the outlook now Lior will be scarce on the plantations when the time for making crops c>>mc. Intelligence from Claren don, fifty miles west of here, gives a gloomy picture of the situation there. Little or no business is being done there, and the water in some places ta six feet deep in the streets. The board of health announced yesterday that starving cat tie had been killed and sold in the market, and passed resolutions calling on the city authorities to prevent such •ale*. $15,000,000 for the Mississippi River. WASHINGTON, March B.—The hill Intro duced in the Senate today hy Mr. Gar land ,'or the construction, completion, repairing and preservation of levee* on the Missi-sippi River empower* the Mississippi River Commission to cause Ibe construction or repair and to keep in order such levee* along the hanks of the river as shall be deemed of the great est general importance to the ptwserva lion of the channel of avid river and to the prevention of devnstalion from breaks and overflows. The hill appro privies the sum of $15,000,000 for the purpose. l'n 11 nut n far Tuxes. SUITS ENTERED 11V THE COMMON IVEAI.TfI rOK THE liEMNqUENT AMOUNTS. PliUatlu tried i* one against tho I'ulluian I'ltluce Car Company iiy the Common wealth ol I'cntiHj ivatiia, lor tho recovery ol $1 l,Bo'J.7fi. In the account stated against the company the Auditor Gen era! mid State Treasurer say this com pany tvas culled upon by th** Auditor General to report it* capital stock and dividend* (or the year* included 111 (lie settlement "1870 to UvSO," and to lur null other information that would en able the Accounting Department to arrive til n just and ,-quit ible settlement ol tbe tuxes due hum it to the C.nu tuoiiwealth. The company dni not fur nish the information requested, and therefore the Auditor General atid -Slal, Treasurer estimated „II account ftom such i easonuhle data and inloi m ilion as tlu-y have been enabled to obtain. I'ne estimate (or 1870 is us follows : Kali mated dividend o| eight per cent, on capital stock ol $5,H20,2h0; estimated proportion ol' capital taxable for i'etili #ylvanin, $557,tt70.70; tux of four mills, "one-halt mill for each one per cent, ol dividend," $2.231.'J0; mteiesi from Feb ruary 15, Ih7l, to February 15, 1878, sl.s7f7'J; penalty for failure to report, f223.1'J; total, F4,3211.88. The amount 01 luxe* alleged to be due for the re •naming years, winch include interest and penalty (or failure to report, varies from the amount stated for that year to F2 U8H.86 lor I**o. Although the *ui lot* been brought against the I'uiltnali I'itlace Car (mtnpany by the aame Attor uey General who instituted proceeding* igiinst the Standard K*r.V, III! IllV AMI OTItr.KS ENTER BAIL let THEIR AKI'EARAM E. WASBIXOTOV. March 10.—Samuel G Cabell, indicted for conspiracy and per iury HI connection with the Star Route fraud*, came into the Criminal C-ourt ■ lii* morning and furnished btil for hi. appearance lor (rial in the sum of Mmuel Huron wi* accepted a* surety for Cabell. In the case of John K Miner, indicted 'or conspiracy and perjury in the same connection, the defendant w*. un*bt. io furnish SSOor#ev and John W t>or*ey to* fixed at $lO 000 in each case. In the case ot M.C. Rerdell the fiovern nent would a*k lor surety in the sum • f S.VX). K Senator D -rsey then offered I. W. Humphrey a* hi* bondsman. After an examination of Mr. Humphrey in regard to hi* romjK teiicy a* a bondsman be was accepted. • *n the name of John W. I)orey being called, bis counsel (Colonel Ingersoil) told the Court that Mr. Dorsey was on IIS way here from New Mexico to fur uish bail. The Court granted a delay. Rail 111 the ene of Mr. C. Rerdell wa* 'hen fixed at SSOOO. Mr. Rerdell did not appear to furnish the bail this morn ng. F.x A**i*t*nt Postmaster ( ene ra I Thorns* J. Rrady, accompanied by bis •oun*el (Mr. Wilson,) then entered the Court room and offered N. W. Fiitgeralri i* surety, and Mr. Fit/gerald justified n the sum of S2O 000 • bondsman for he appearance of Mr. Rrady. A Gloomy and Graphic Picture. REI.IEf ArroRBKO. BUT IE 11.1. IT Ilt IX TIME TO SAVE RROM STARVATIOX ? LITTIE ROCK, Ark., March 9—The city I# thronged with refugee* from th* iverflowed district#. Governor Church hill said he received thia morning a nuinbernf letter* from prominent men