•".i THE DAILY PITTSBURGH GAZETTE. ESTABLISHED IN 1786, new tore: advertisements. .*5 i from VlflaOiteg, OWEN £ CO., Qisnii Ktvnini a> .v : 'TOTOoro Hotrst, (Applotoo’s BTjndlar,) A'0.316 and M 8 u Broadway, XTae York. | Imported Wines, Groceries, Ac. \ ' 8 I. iff. GEBRY, j 2CS curai mra, aro Tl 9 bsoutvat, axe rose. I 1 - {EstaMJsfcri ISM-1 § AND -DEALERS IN FIRST $ . Quality Family Groeerie*©** «® tie l*id*BoteU, | itndtQ’vfaoftn cbolc* in their tart* and H dealrOApeattfna ortteU, abr»Ttrietyoi , r _ . TFltlrVCwea tad Black* Bopc-hoog. Vonchong, ? Breajtfkat,.<X>lorig,lmpcrUU Hjiioa, Oanpowier* Young £ . lino* 4c, In ducttandjuif chat*, 4c.- £ * -WJ^EB—Hodm tod Jar*. . a I 17INE3—Madeira* Sherrie* P<*t* H**'; a tod high grades, in original package** do»yok®*> mag* % oema tod bottle*. I 8 AAUTOS «nJ aDESTCER'3 CLARETS 8 CIIAMPAIONB—Km! * Childon'i ObT W 1 Do ■ Heblidck, G. H. mEsho'i ,Ao d ° _.... d0 ,v ! - -TODOBS-BmiiuS; Rural,- ITIUIoJ, 010, AmA, Ab -1 ilolho, Kln*,At,4o. laori B lialj»A««M.ol»'OurK<a, Engllib Aka. ?...: OTfldßß’.ATMriotjqf chofetoaafr- FlOKm—gajrtUh and French. .... fiAUOKS—PofFIab. Cnrri* Out* Me* l ,4c. , Yictori*Prtnc« Albert, Parmeaoo, Grayer* Sape&*nttoi«> •»*“» American. I BUOAllB—Loaf,On»3r*?^si wri “ d ’ St Croi»,**, lobar- I reU and half baml*- a Hl«3-WMtphaii*aodAßwican. . j OILS-OUr*femaki .■ . t ti • , • 1 49‘00r Uqocrear*; varraotad cojulolteraiedand of our | owa impqrtelao>.-i .< ,v; : - ■ . ftfmft. Brusjtoa. MACKEOWN. 4 FINLEY, Wholesale Druggiste oodMaiWlactinar* ofOsrben OU, No-167 B_ k FAHNESTOCK ft Co., lata of the firm » O. A- Fahnestock #jCo, and toccata* to Fleming Brea* Wholesale DraggUh Vo. 60, comer Wood and Fourth Bts, Pittsbnrgh.-P«. TT. ■■ ■: » A. TAHNESTOCK & CO., WHOLE- D • nit Druggist* «ad Itaanbetansn of Whit* Lead, Lead audXlthsrge, corner Wood and Front street!, PUU bcrgh; v ‘.. i . : . mchT : JSCIIOONMAKEE,HANUFACTURER .»-■ of WWt V*& ftedd*ie& ZlntyPaint, Lltbarw, Put ty and Wholesale DeolcrlnPamta, OU*, Varnishes, Torpcn tlnt, No. Wood «t 4 Pittsburgh, Pa.' • " ‘ ocSJyd , TOHN HAFT, Jr.(SUCCESSOR TO JAS. I . V M'GBff*yj)Whole*a3eahd fietall Drngglii and Dealer ,fg ’la Potato, OlU,Djecta&, Ac, comer Wood end Sitth stroetv ■j Pittsburgh. * • Agent for Dr. Ford** Medicine. apgl , JOHN P. SCOTT, WHOLESALE ; DEAL- YarnUheeJand Dytstoft, Vo. 2M Liberty street, Pittsburgh. AU order* wilt noire prompt attention. *y*Aymtfor Schendr* Pulmonic Syrap. narSfclydsw rmtoKrea *mtpit—turn. Braun ft reiter, wholesale and Betall Druggists, earner of Idbartyand St. Clair itf, gUtstmrglu-•••■ • • - : r. - JOSEPH FLEMING, (SUCCESSOR TO L. Wilcox k Co.} comer Marlin street nod constantly on h&na a fall and complete aasortment of Drags, Medicines, Uedtdac Chests, Perfumery, and all articles per* talnlng to his btnlnes*. - ClKrhysiaans preecrtptloae careftilly compounded at all fan or*, r. > - . Jofcly DR. - GEO. H. KEYSER, DRUGGIST, 140 Wood street, comer of Wood street and Virgin Pa. . prolmtr Sraltts. riHEESE WAREHOUSE.—HENRY H. \j COtLINS, Fomrdlng and Commission Merchant, and Dealer in Cheese, Cotter, Lake Fish and Produce generally, t 6 Wood Strabos* Water, Pittsburgh. - : mytl JB. CANFIELD,; LATE OF WARREN, * OHIO, Oommlsdon and Forwarding Merchant, and Wholesale Dealer lnWastcra Beeerre Cheese,“Batter > Pot and Pearl Ash, and Western Produce generally, * ‘ Front stj between Smlth&eld end Wood, Pittsburgh.'' ' • >BANE 4 ANJER, (SUCCESSORS to A. A A. Ueßsne.) Deolirs In Floor, Qraln and ». Commission and Forwarding Merebantsj Vo. 124 Second streeet, Plttsbargh,Pm. ’ P’an.l, , s7:dly]|al2 AVID 0. HEKBST, FLOUR, PBO .doc*,'PrcTliioo and Ootondsdoa HerchaaV Ho. 267 ij ctrcot, comer of Band* PUtibargb, pfte* W* »tteo* tion to the p'* of Flour. Pwk» Becoa, Lfird, Cheese, Batter, Qr&lo, Dried Fruits, Seeds, Ac* Ac. respectfully solicited- ALEX. FORSYTH, (SUCCESSOR TO Tonyth * Beott)Torwardtng and Commladoa Mu> chant, Dealer In Wool. Bide*, Hoar. Bacon,- lard ana Lard Onagri Prodgro generally, No.T& Water tt, Pltttlmrgfa, Pa. RIDDLBrQENERAL COMMISSION • Uorehaat and Dealer in Groceries andprodoca, 27 Fifth street, Pittsburgh, r*. Refor to E. Bimrov, Pittsburgh, nmtrxr, CosaaiTx t Co., Pittsburgh. BaKJontjffnmenta solicited and satisfactory returns guar nteed. • delfcljdawT Robert hctohinson, commission. Merchant; for the sale of Western Reserve Cheese, Butter, Dsnl, Bacon, Fish, Pot and Pearl Ashes, Eaheratus, OHS, Flour, Grain, feeds, Dried Fruit,and Produce generally, No. 8 Sarithflcld street, between First and Water. ap3 CHARLES B. LEECH, FORWARDING oad Cjommisfon Merchant. Dealer In Ba. cou. Card and Batts, and all kinds of Produce,No 8 Smith field stroet, between First and Water. ap3 AGLE WAREHOUSE. —JAS. GARD IKEA Wholesale Dealer In Flour, provbioss and PnxiacegeaaellyiKa. 6 Seventh street, *nd gmittiflelil, Plttibursh, I’*. . cub. , arsly ' ffiauwts, WILLIAM McCLINTOCK, Dealer in Carpets. No. 113 Market street, te 2 1 W.D. ft H. fI'CALLUM, Dealer nr carpets, oil cloths, HATTiyOB, Ac. Wo. 87 Fonrth street-unar Wood. attonuus. R* ATTORNEY AT lav. and Solicitor of the Bulk of Pittsburgh, No. lU> Fourth »tract, KtUbargh. JOSEPH S. & A. P. MORRISON, AT ' toraeyaatLaw. Office No. MFourth sL,near "Wood, - • m J~* ABTZHORN * HAZEN, ATTORN KXS at la*. - Offle* la OJaorr Building, Fourth street, Pittsburgh, Pa. r - ; . ; Sts ffiools. TV/TURPIIY & BURCHFIELD, DEALERS If 1 1q gobudLadles’ Dress Good* generally, Cloak*, Talma* Shawls, JSmbrcddetie* and Staple Goods, for family nmn. An unusually extensive assortment in all the above departments, JustrocelTsd and selling, at the, lowest price*. cor. Fourth and Market sts.-tR oc3 a. a. Mason * co* u aarnowr a 00.. ». iou A A. MASON & CO., WHOLESALE A. and BetallDealerain Fancy and Staple Dry Oooda, S Fifth strasVPiUabngh. Carriage ami Wagon Hannfaetory. M. L. STEPHENS, Ajent, . Comer Smilhjleld Street and Diamond All's, WOULD respectfully inform tliegtrajL. pnbUe that he (a now. located as and hasrevamed the busine* of Carriage making in all Jte varietit*,aiid Is also prepared to execute orderster wagons of all description*^including an work far Iron Merchant* Soliciting aconthmance o( the patrontg* eo liberally be stowed noon H m while at the old stand of •‘Bigelow A Co„” be would assure his friends that the same care eud Uoa will be given to all his orders as heretofore, baring »- enredthemmeesofthebest-workmen, end haring ample ibewiiMt for the finishing of fine work, good assortment of henry work now on hand, suit »bl.6rßprin«ni* ill wort to 12 month,. j»Partlcui*r»ttenttoagirento repairs. Jeliilyd coseh'and Carriage Factory. JOUSBOS, BROTHER A CO., Comer of Bdmeat end Btb&xa Strtdt, ALLEGHENY CUT. _ ' tITOULD RESPECTFULLY IN- Tt form their friends, and the public r*Ur.thattheT'«ra : msnalkctming Carriages, liaronches, TL^.V»yaje y Ttiigg<eK, Sleighs and Qtariot*. in all their vari- Cta «tjl*« of ftmsh sad proportions. . All order* win be executed with strict regard to durability asd beaaty of finish. Repairs will also be attended to on the meat reasonable terns. Using in all their work- the beet Eastern Shafts, Poke sod Wheel stuffi they foetoqofi* all who fkrer them with their patronage will be erfectlf aatiiflod on trial of their work, run Tis—n an' rsimetM fr ci~n them a call before pur chasing elsewhere. i oo8;lyd _ QONLRIES—3OO bgs. prime Rio Coffee; jj 30 hhds P a Sugar; 30 bbls standard Cnu'd Sager, ' 10 bbls Powdered ** 13 “ Coffee » -fiO * GtddeaSrrop; 25 “ Excelsior Syrup;. 73 bxs fie ea'd TobKCcr, 30 kg» 6 twist Tobacco; 23 casks Bi Oerb Soda; . 23 nfbbls Soda Saltratoi; 40 bxa Soda Beieratns; 20 tlerees Blee; 60 hf chests Yll Tea; 30 bf chests Black Ten; OOtaddlOT-Wd M 200 rms lUg Wrapping Paper, 100 bXS eas’d Slzee Glass; 400 Mis Straw “ “ 140 dne Corn Brooms: M 0 t»gl best brands Kalb; ; V 3 boxes (7*7 Pipe*;.' 3 casks Uleac'd Whale Oil; 76bblsNOEart .. 10 bag*GrainPeppor. 6 bass Allspice; . W bbls large No 3 Mackerel; glOtklefl flolaLeather;. £obblsmed u .1 "'g&gjgfr. SUNDRIES- 7 -3» bag»Prta*lUo<WE« m - ■ boxes assorted brands Lamp Tobacco; . 25 keg* Six Twist Tobacco; . 36 bbds Porto Ako Sugar; M bblsEeflDad Sugar. ■ 66 bbl* Yellow Refood Sugar, --W bbls Golden Syrup; - B 0 bbls ExeeUtorßjTUK ' 60 bids N. O. Molasses; • 86kegsBlOsrbBods; 10 boss* Soda Salsratnx; • _ _ . .IMlxUsaenrtedsixeaStraw Wfapplog.Paper, 16 Uercetfilcm ■ *» Sides Sola Leather, -• 2Q bbls pure Fish Oih 26 bbls kodaOik • 25 boxse aborted VTlndow Glass; 'AJO dona assorted Broome: ~ , . - • 200 kegaasaortedNaiia. In store ’ WT' JOHN FLOYD A CO. --OLD POniSKOH OYBTKtt HOUSE,” COMER WAwn AOT iflfej LXBEBTY STREETS, &BGSYIB DAILY. \LJ CAN AND SHELL OYSTERS, Lftke and Bsitern Pish, Ac, adlfcd*w ; CTARCH AOENCXt—HAVING . BEEN O appointed Agent far Pittsburgh, bp tbo V; BXABOHOOUPaSy, for theaale of Sdr eoiebrmted PBAIIL - SlABGH,(Vhlchia warranted equal in quality toanT-kiwwo tn this market) era now prepared to supply Wholesale Deal* •» MMBmaafiictßretaf pnoas. /Woluvlt* the attention of th# v Jlnnlatn this article, to an axamlnatlonot our present stock, •; and whkh will be kept tonal to th* demand. ATWELL, LSI A 00^ ■ ■ is . Ho.»Woadatroe i“£j 7 BBLB. PRIME ROLL BUTTER miw YORK ADVERTISEMENT 8 From H- S- SCHELL’S Advertiting House, No. 525 Broad- ~N ENERGETIC BUSINESS MAN CAN make, in any part of the United States, from three to fire dollars * Aar, by mlllns from sample “TUB PATENT INDIARUBDEIt SAFETY FLUID LAMP,” with an im nrored Darner. Ere 17 tamUr who has regard for Ufa, per ion, property or economy will purchase them. For iofor matian by mall,iocloee ctamp, to IiAVTXinjRST A MOTT, Patentees anAezdoslre Mmofsctnrm, 09 Faltoo street, New York. LIGHTS, SEWTOS A DttADDURTS, 421 Broome Strut, Hew Fork, Manufacturers of tho Patent Arch Wrest Flask Plano Fortra. celebrated for depth, tall n— richness, Parity, and a peculiar singing quality of their tone, for "whka they hare received tho highest ecominma from the greatest musical celebrities of the country; and In every lair, when brought in competition with other instru ments, hare obtained the highest premium. The Patent Arch Wrest Plank; which U owned and used only by us, guarantees their standing In tune longer, than any_ctbcr in strument; whQtrtbelr unprecedented demand in oil ports of the country isatuffldsnt proof of their superior excellence. A liberal discount to Clergymen, Schools and the tr&do. JeMyda ©ommisston, &c. vucoiv ——Joiia i~ urea -Joa. a. uses. JOS. S. LEECH & CO-, K 05.343 A »44Ltb*rtjr*t.,PlU*bnrffh, P*. WHOLESALE GROCERS AND COMMISSION toRCHANTS, DEALERS IN FLOUR AND BACON, Tin Plate and Tinner’s StooU. AND PITTSBURGH MANUFACTURES, JyiMiy MoALFXN & CO.. (LaUofl. 8. Leech, MeAlpla A Co, Pittsburgh.) general commission AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS' Levee and Washington Avenue, WYANDOTTE CITY, KANSAS TERRITORY, Josephs. Leech A Oo- and .Pittsburgh Merchant* gener ally. lylL-dAwlyT THOSIAB A GALLAUUER, COMMISSION AND'FORWARDING MERCHANTB, Ah. 90 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo. Btmto fiuracK, Hartman A Co., I Jons A Lapth. Lo&Esn,SrxwikT A [' tm A Pacrra. Will purchase to order, Lead, Hemp, Bacon, Grain. Ac. Prompt attention given to any manner of forwarding. DATI3 H. LEWIS. D. M. tDfItRTON, LEWIS & EDGERTON, (Successors to D. T. Morgan A C 0.,) Wholesale Grocers and Commission ; Merchants, 107 Wood street, Pittsburgh. mrC SPRINGER HARBAUGH, COMMISSION MoTthlntjDealerin WooLProTUlimsaiid Produce gen trail y, No. 295 Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Henry s. king, (late of the Am of King A Moorhead,) Ootambwlon Merchant, and Dealer In Pig McUlaud Blooms, No. <0 Water street, be low Market, Pittsburgh, Pa. apl9 A A. HARDY, (SUCCESSOR TO UAR a dy, Jones A Gx,) Commission and Forwarding Mer chant; Agent of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, cor ner Firstand Ferry sU., Pittsburgh, Pa. Jo29;lyd Tj’b'WAßl) T. MEGRAW, GENERAL Pi Commission Merchant, and Wholesale Deal nr In Manu factured Tobacco, Imported and Domestic Cigar*, goaft Ac, Ac., No. 241 Liberty street, the bead of Wood, Pitts burgh, Pa* mhllLly ffiroerta, BAO ALE Y, COS GRAVE 4C0., Wbolcaalo Grocers, Nos. IS and 20 Wood street, Pitts- a to. o. am .-a- n. staqtx. Reis a berger, grocers and i Dealers la Uumn, Lard, Floor, Cheese, Brooms, Atu, Booth-West corner Smltbfield and Sccuud Streets, Pitts burgh. ooklyJ Alexander king, wholesale Grocer and Importer of Soda Ash. No. 273 Liberty Street, Plttsborgh, Pa. apUyd* WM. MITCHELTREE, Jr.,“A ~ BUG., Wholesale Grocers, Itectiiyiog DUtillerw, and Wine and Ll'jr.or Merchants, No. 209 Liberty street, Pittsburgh. Jo2S JONES T COOLEY,' WHOLELALE ORO CKK3 and Host rumisber*, dealer* in Produce and Pittsburgh Manufactures, No. 141 Water street, uoar Cherry Alley, Pittsburgh, Pa. niy2G^ liv’l p, BHBIVU - JOHN B. DILWOSTK. SHRIVER & DILWORTH, WHOLESALE Grocers, No. ISO and 132 Second street, (betwreu Wood and Bmithfidd,Plttsbargh. A CULBERTSON, WHOLESALE • GroceronJConimlteiiitt Merchant, Dealer In Produre and Pittsburgh Mantiticiurwl Articles, 195 Liberty street, Bii-mnU rl/ltD FUIfD. JOHN FLOYD it CO., WHOLESALE Grocers and Oomml'uion Merchants, No. 173 Wood and 228 Liberty street, Pittsburgh. J»l4 john watt „.joun woros. Watt & wilson','wholesale gro- CEItH, Commission Merchants and Dealers In Pro* dneeand Pittsburgh Manufactures, No. 259 Liberty street, ntuiicrgß. J°a uuiii dicxxt~ ...wntfatyicKay ISAIAH DICKEY & CO., WHOLESALE Grocers, Oommlation Merchant*,and Dealer* In Produce, r No. 80 Water ttreet, and 63 Froot street, Pittsburgh. . THoaas urns, sa~. ruoxia litth, j*. (Late of the firm Robison, Little A Co.) T LITTLE A CO., WHOLESALE GRO • CERS, Produce and Commission Merchant*, and Dealers In Pittsburgh No. 112 Steood street, Pittsburgh. __ Jallhr-M WW. W'CCTCUtOK a.u SOXTOB. MB. ■ - WM. McCUTCHEON & CO., WHOLE SALE Grocers. Prodacs and OoiotnUeion Merchants, and Dealers in PitUburgh Manufactured Articles, No. 219 Liberty street, corner of Irwin, Pittshnrgh, P*. my 3 JOHII ATWXLL....— A- L tB ..CUAS. ti.lU- A TWELL, LEE & CO., WHOLESALE J\ Grocers, Prodneo and Commission Merchants, and Dealer* in PitUbnrgh ManafoctuiTa, No. 8 Wood street, be tween Water and Front iL, Pittshnrgh. *P“_ aow. 5081905, 84M‘L ». BODISqB. T) ROBISON & €O., -WHOLESALE IV, Grocers, Commissioa slerchants. and Dealers Jn all kinds of Provisions, Prodnc* a»l Pittsburgh Slanufoctws, No. 256 Liberty street, Pittsburgh. Jalihlyd *X>OBERTH. KINGTWUOLESALE GRO IL CER, Commission Merchant, and Dealer i« PMtheni, Fiah, Flour, and all kinds of Country Prodneo, No. 211 Lib erty stroet, month of Sixth, Pittsburgh, Pa. Liberal ad vances "*ada on coDsignmenU. i Jaatlyu ■»»»»».,. : isMia t. BaranißO. T> OBERT DALZELL & CO., WHOLE XV SALE Grocers, Commission and Forsnirdlng Mer chants and Dealers in Frodnceand Pittsburgh Msnufoctam, No. 251 liberty street, Pittsburgh, m ri Kcal iSatatt afltntß. wiLSAM WABD, Dealer in promissory notes, Bonds, Mortgage* and all secnritles for money, persona can procure loans through my Agency, on reason ■bio terms. , , Zhoao wishing to invest their money hTgood advantage, can always find first and second class paper st my office, for communications and interviews strictly confidential. Office ghaut STREET, oppoaituSt. Paul’s Cathedral. JeLdtf ■ . irmrv loobu taos. P. toowu A USTIN LOOMLS A CO., DEALERS IN J\ Promissory Notes, Bon-ln, Mortgages and all Securi- on Cheefci short dates, with collateral *“°‘ U NOTE3 AM) BEAITB tIOCOIIT AM) BOLD. Persona desiring loans can be accommodated oo reasonable terms, and capitalist* can bo famished with good securities at remunerative prices. Also, attend to the Sals, Routing and Leasing of Real Estate. * No. 02 K.airth struct, above Wood. A*-AU3TIN LOOMIS, Notary Poblic. mr2 EoofeseUtra, &c, WM? G. JOHNSTON & CO., Stationers, Cloak Book Mannhctnrcrs and Job Printers, No g Wood street, Pittsburgh, P*. T 3 c. COCHRANE, (SUCCESSOR TO T/. g. Sadler;)-Wholesale and Retail Book*, BUUonary end Paper llanglng*, Federal «treet,6th doors. B. of Market Square, Allegheny, Pa. JOHN S. DAVISON, BOOKSELLER AND Stationer, roccweor to DarUon k Agnew, No. 63 Market meet, near Fonrth, PitUborgli, Pa. . TTAY4CO., BOOKSELLERS AND ST A JV TIONKRS.No. 65 Wood itwt, rat door to Third, PltUbcrgh,Pa. Schooled Uw Boo** coo itantly on band. _ JL. READ. BOOKSELLER AND STA • i nONEß.yo."BFonrtb<t., Apollo Banding* Hunt * minerT bookseller and Stationer, Masonic Mali, Fifth tract. fHusic, (et. TOJINII. MELLOII, No. 81 WOOD ST., U between DUmond Alley *od Pole A«at forCUICKEHINQ A SONS’ (Doeton) I’IANO ftiA SON A HAMLIN’S MODEL MELODEONS wd Wfl*» llAKUONimS,ftod Dralerlo Unricwd Moil Cal Ooort*. J*S3 HKXEBER A BRO., No. FIFTH • EL, Sign Agcol j c „„„ * CLASS’S (New Tork) unrivalled Giftfld «nd PIANOS, anil CARHART k NKEDBAiI’S *»«»"« IXEONSandORGAN HARMONIUMS,DoaIera In Mulcal Instnunanto. BLUJIE, MANUFAOIUR \j EE*ndD«JofUPi*iwrffrl«,*odlinpoi^rofM^c id Slwteal IflltroraeaU. Boto A«cnt tor HASgIDBO PIAUOSi*I»> tot OALLET, DAVIS* CO.'Sgg"*™* vitb «nd vitlwot AtUchnwnt. 118 Wood finwi. my 3 . ■ s3J)S>sitiano. _ KSTotSSn can be consulted I Fifth and SmithflcW «tre«t*, oo BATUUDAYB, from 10 to 1 a. Broroirnit no*. -r~kU R T FOKl> Btill continues his now DUtnnn^itrcct, PHUbergD, i chronic Dlsea*e*e»D cot bo «n»led Ic u J of tie modlcol P'“ u^ I ' a . dS< f 1 T p. <Uj* 1^— — JOB PRINTING. — CARDS, M CIRCULARS, “iSfSw*. • LABELS, LETTER HEADS, Ana e«ry drecriptkm of Job Printing, pUin « E®*™ 0 * 1 ’ BKCfd Mtlr. pn®p.l, oJ iel6 Printin, BlruUn and Bt»tioa*n, 67 Wood S PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1858. fHamifactums. WELLS, BIDDLE A CO„ 80 Fourth Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., XAUUTACnJKXU OF WHIPS, THONGS AND SWITCHES. Orders solicited frera tbetrario, and promptly ship ped as per instructions. Trails—6 months, or 5 per cent, discount for cash. so2s:lydAwB *IOB. P. HAMILTON A CO., ENGINEERS & MACHINISTS. Comer Pint and Liberty Sts., Pittsburgh, Pa. SUPERIOR STEAM ENGINES, for Grist and Saw Mills, Breweries, Printixi- Kstabli«huivnts, Manufactories, Ac. mode to enter. They also continue the manufacture of their Colebrated MACHINIST B,’ TOOLS, Biieh as Taming Lathee, Iron Planers, Boringand Drilling Madiines,Ar. Also, Wrought Iruo Shafting, with Pulleys, Uangers, Ac. sKSblydaTyF UT HESBY GEHWIti, Ho. 489, corner Penn and Walnut Streets, Manufacturer of Pittsburgh HEMP AND MANILLA BED CORDS, U£MP ROPE, from % In. to I>4 Inch, Halter Hope, Broom Twine,Sewing Twine, Wool Twine, Max and Cotton Seine Twine, Sash Cord, Tarred and Packing Yarn. CO-A full sapply of the above constantly on band and for sale at market rates. |u27:3tnd BUSH A & GUTENDORF, auuuriCTtntxu or STEAM BOILERS AND ALL KINDS OF SHEET IRON. *W OBK Penn Street, near W.ater, Pittsburgh, Penna. order* promptly attended to. t.-2i:2m<l A.'. LYONS (Successor to A. Lyons A Co.) HairurAcruun or LOOKING GLASS & PICTURE FRAMES, AND DEALER IN VARIETY GOODS, «5*C., No. 138 Wood St„ Pittsburgh, Pa. f«3:dlf MORRIS Ac COLTAKT, bole xairtnracTOEXM or HUGHS’S PATENT ATMOSPHERIC FORGE AND TBIP HAMMERB. HAMMERS of the following sizes-, &c. mode to order No. 1, Lift 7 In. full blow, 3098 lb*. Price $ 300. “ S, •• 9 “ “ “ 5693 ,l - 460. “3, “12 «• “ “ 11699 “ “ 000. “ 4, H l5 “ “ *• 23088 “ “ WJO. “ 6, “20*- “ “ 41150“ •• 1600. “0, “24 - “ “ 04201 “ “ 2COO. Orders solicited. For partlealaroaddms MORRIS A COLTART, jallrdly PtrrsßtJxnH. Pi. HAiyTTTJCI. BHADLIDY. Baxx LauU, (Below the St. Clair Street Bridge^ AHoghoriy City, Penna., uascracrcßix or BRADLEY’S WOOLEN KNITTING YARN, Of every Color and Number; IS PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS ON" short entice for every color or number of Tarns. Hav oc been 000 of the original manufacturers of the-colobra ed “Bradley Woolen Yuras,” lu connection with my brother, Wm. Bradley, of Wheeling, I would respectfully solicit a share of the orders for Yams, os sbovs. paid for Sheep Skins and Wool. Jo27:lyd > WILLIAM DARMIILL A CO., G 1 Peanut., below Morbary, Pittsburgh, Pa. STEAM BOILER MAKERS AND SHEET Iron Workers, Manufacturers of Barnhill’s patent Boiler, Locomotive, Flood and Cylinder Boilers, Chimneys, Breicben, lire Bed. Bloam Pipes, Coodeuer*, Salt Pans. Sugar Pans. Iron Yawls, Life Boats, etc. Alto, Blacksmith** Work, Bridge and Viaduct Irons, done at the shortest □> tics. All orders from a distance promptly attended to. Je23 , Penn Cotton JHIIIa, Plttaburch. Kennedy, childs & co., manufac turers of— Ponn A"No. I heavy 4-4 Shortings; Carpet Chain of all colors and shades; Cotton Twine; “ Bed Coni»; “ Plough Lines and Sash Cord; " Bcpo of all sizes and descriptions; Batting. 4&“Op42rs left at the Hardware Store of Logan, Wilson k &•, 131 Wood stre-et, will have attention. je2sJy JAMES "IRWIK, MANUFACTURER OP SULPHURIC ETHER; Solphurio Acid; Sweet Splritsof Nitre; Nitric Acid; u.'- Hoßmau's Ano<lyue; Muriatic Acid : A-jua Ammonia, FVP; Nitrous do - Fowler'* Solution; my 3 . o.ptKtu.v _a. a. JOUS9OU wu. junxso: PERRIS A JOHNSON, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN WE. CHILDS & CO’S PATENT ELAS « TIO FIRE AND WATER-PROOF CEMENT ROOFING, 133 Tuan Stray, Pittsburgh, Pa. 0c14.-dti H. M. WAItRES A CO., MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN WARREN'S IMPROVED FIRE AND Water-Proof Composition Roofs and Roofing Ma- 49-offlce—24 Fifth street. DANIEL BENNETT, Manufacturer of fancy color- ED Ironstone Ware, AncUngbam and Yellow Ware, Ac.- Office at tho Manufactory, coraw of Washington and Franklin street*,-Birmingham, opposite Pittsburgh, Pa. mrlOnlly* IOOMia HlTca/J. ....JOHN D. auios W*. BTiITDfSO.I. Union Foundry, BUTCUELL, HERROTI A CO. WILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS OF tbe Duion FoanJry, at tlioolj «um.l of PENNOCK, MITCIIKLL A CO, No. IW Liberty rt. They will tn¬oclarß, u usual, a largo and general •» •urtmeut of CASTINGS, comprising Cooking Stoves, Ranges and Slide Ovens, Of'EICE AXD PARLOR STOVES, MANTLE Sc KITCIIEN GRATES, Hollow Wart, Wagon Boim, Dog lroaslf” SAD IKONS, TEA KETTLES, PLOWS A PLOW POINTS, Mill and Machinery Castings Generally*' And GAS and WATER PIPES of oil size*. ALSO, /BOX AXD XAILS OF THE BEST ER.iXDS,] Shovels, Spades, Picks, Ac., AH of which will be sold at price#. my7;ly WILLIAM TATE, PLUMBER AND GAS FITTER, No. 10 Fourth stmt, near Liberty, and 472 Penn street, neat door to Alderman Parkinson's Office, and Federal it., near Lscock Allegheny. Every description of Fittings for Water, Gas and 8 team. mySiftf Sncmstlo TUe Floor, For Cbnrcbes, Halls. Consemtoriea, Testibnles and Eton#. ALFRED ENGLAND, Sole Agent. From tiie original patentees, Messrs. Minton A London, and Meurs. Millar A Coates, New York, for Pittsburgh and the West. All work executed in a superior style. Plans, Drawings and Specimens can bo »oen at "No. 2 Fourth street, near Lit* erty. [ap2sj mrlAlyd JOHN CAMPBELL, S^. Manufacturer of boots IP*- and SHOES of every description. No. 31 BmltbaelA street, Pittsburgh, Pa. ocSlrlyd {nsurance agtn tO. TITE & CHAFFEE Agents Neptune Insur ance Co, LilkyeUa Ilall, Wood street. T> FINNEY, Agent Eureka InsurocaeCo. JtVe No. 0 Water street. A A. CARRIER, SECRETARY • IVtmiylranlA Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Jones' Building, Fourth street. ■. SAMUEL L. MARSUELL, Secretary Citi tens' Insurance Company, 04 Water street. FM. GORDON, Secretary Western Inaur • anee Company, 92 Water street. J GARDINER COFFIN, Agent for Frank • tin Fire Insurnnco Company, North-east corner Wood and Third streets. PA. MADEIRA, Agent for Delaworo • Mutual Insurance Co n 42 Water street. TIIOS. J. HUNTER”, Agent Farmers' and Mechanics' Icanmnce Co, 90 Water street. JOSHUA ROBINSON, Agent Continental Insurance Co., 24 Fifth street. RW. POINDEXTER, Agent Great West • era Insuranco Co, 07 Front street. @pf)olstctg. Wall Paper Warehouse. WALTER P. MARSHALL & CO., Im porter* and Dealers, 87 Wood struct, between Fourth strectasd Diamond Alley, where may he found an extensive amortment of every description of Paper Hangings, Car Par lors, Hails, Dining Room# and Chambers. Also, Window ghadea, in great variety at lowest prices to country dealers. Walter p. marshall a co. a. cmrurnsan _._..._.w. a. BAtnU#- EEDMUNDSON & CO., Nos. 06 nnd9B • Third street, near Wood, Manufacturers and Dealers io WALLPAPER, CDRTAIN GOODS, ORNAMENTS, FRINGE.^ TASSELS AND CORDS, COMFORTS, BEDS, PATENT BPUIAL SPRING MATTRESSES,Ac, Would solicit the attention of purchasers to taels large and varied stock. ap29flad SEIBERT, Practical tfpnoLsntfEß, . Xo. 100 Third StrttL WUlurfh, Manotactnrer and doelcr in CURTAINS, CORNICE, B l NDS.BUADES and BLINDS, MATTRASSKS.OOMFORTS, CUSHIONS, Ac. Particular attention paid to Steamboat work. Carpets RUedand laid to order. mclOtlyd jfunnturt, joaa n. tou#o-~ .vnos. ■. Tnuira...>....ranai» u rouai T. B. YOUNG * CO., ■iiruTAorvuu or FURNITURE AND CHAIRS Of Every Description. FACTORY— todcral BL,bftie>m MV** Penna. Aemu* WarehousE—Hoi. 18 & 40 Smithneld 81, STEAMBOAT CABIN FURNITURE—Wo are constantly manufacturing BTKAMBOAT CABIN FURNITDRB and CHAIRS, and invite tbe attention of those interested in famishing boats. tftSfcdAwS T. B. YOUNG A CO. JAJVCES W. WOODWEIiL, CABTXET FURNITURE MANUFACTURER NO9. 97 & 99 Third St, Pittsburgh. JW.W. RESPECTFULLY INFORMS + bis friends andenstotoer*. that be ha# jest completed bii stock of Furniture, which la decidedly tbeLargiMt sad best n n ofbredfbraalelnthladty. As he Is determined to up hold hi# stock, with seasoned materials, best workmanship and newest designs; and from the extentof Lis, orders #nu focOitT In monometuring, he is enabled to produce warrant ed FDkNITDRB at the lowest prices. He keep# always on hand the greatest variety of every description of terattnre, from ths chcapect and plainest, to the elegant and oorily, thatja house, or any part ofoas, Bar be fanusbed from bis stock,or masofsetarva vxprewly toerdtr. - i ar» u3;neUe. Should the Tonnage Tax he Bepealcd? Report read to the PitUlurgh Board of Trade, February SCM, 185 S. In examining theaqu&fetions sabmitted, the Committee have foand gretft difficulty in pro curing finch documents and papers as they desired to consult, within the limited lime allow ed for the report. We have confined ourselves to the operations of the principal Railway to which your resolutions pointed, and in tho beginning disclaim any disposition to undervalue its use fulness, or add to the growing prejndiceagabst our now only thoroughfare to the eastern cities. If our conclusions should seem adverse to the apparent interests of the Penn'a. R.(R. Co., we justify ourselves by quoting the language of one of its ablest advocates: 1 « Truth and duty require that tho true condi ion of the community should be exhibited. * * * * * * * The evils which Lhreaten us mu6t bo known, before means can be taken to avoid them, and he who, oon scious of impending danger, foils to give the alarm because the information would be unpala table, betrays the interest which eTcry good citixen should protect.” We shall consider, first, the question, should TSE THREE MILL TAX OS TONNAQB DO REPEALED? In the year 1846, when the Penn’a. R. R., applied for a charter, the Commonwealth owned a line of communication between her eastern and western borders, which had been of inestimable value- to the citiiena ot large, and especial advantage to the* metropolis'and tho country through which the line passed; this in* vestment of. $20,000,000, and the Individual interests whloh-had been created by it, impera tively required the continued protection of the legislative power which had created them. The charterasked for, seemed to imperil these interests, and carry with it, if granted, the right. to absorb for the benefit and profit of a corpora tion, the sources of revenae on which the State was dependent for reimbursement of her enorm ous outlay, andeventual payment of the debt which still existed for the construction of her public works. Duty to hcrßelf, her citizens and her creditors, imperatively-demanded that she should not dissipate bar resources, or .yield to a private corporation.without adequate compensa tion, a privilege whicli,whileithasardcdherown interests, promised to be of Immense value to the recipient. The Legislature reluctantly granted the char ter, but fixed for it a price which, while it was intended to protect the tax-payers and creditors of the state, was arranged in the shape of a moderate tonnage tax, so as to secure to the citl sens at large the advantage of a wholesome com petition between two routes of traffio, and thus protect the rights of those who had made their investments at cither end fiC or along the line of the Public Works. ThatJhe price agreed upon for tho privilege granted, was 'reasonable and fair, in the view of the Penna. R. R. Co., is manifest from the alacrity with which it ac cepted the terms.* If the transaction ha«l been one between indi viduals, no-amount of sophistry or distortion of facts, could lead to the conclusion that the party of the first part should yield up his rent claim, just at the time when it begins to be of vatae to him. A corrupt agent might do so to the detri ment of his principal, but the principal never would do ao great a wrong to himself, and yot a portion of this tax has been already re mitted, and some of our own citixens (as are believe without due reflection,) are asking that another portion shall be 1 ~ Again. The Legislature cntcredlfito this con tract believing that the tax was a sufficienCpro tection tothe Main Line to ensure its produc tiveness, and sufficient protection to the agricul tural and manufacturing capital invested along and at its termini, and a means of giving per manency to that wholesome competition between two modes of conveyance which always entires to the benefit of tho public, or that, in the failure to accomplish these ends, the tonnage tax would make up the consequent deficiency of revenue. . What has bocn the result? Her publl cworka shortly before the completion of the Ceotral Road and about tho time the new Portage Road was com menced, were immensely valuable and productive. Their progress bad been onward from the beginning. In 134.1 the tolls received were. $1,017,541 12 « 1644 •• “ “ 1,067,80 S 42 “ 1645 “ “ “ '1,106,970 43 » 1546 •• “ « 1,295,404 70 “1647 •• •• " .1,531,593 87 1343 -1,533,344-00 “ 1849 “ *• •* 1,633,277 72 •• 1850 « “ “ 7 .1,763,209 46 “1851 « *• “ ,1,793,621 62 “ 1852 “ •• “ .NW4, 590.811 42 “ 1853 1,933,199 9t “ 1854 “ “ “ * 1,876,073 88 “ 1855 “ “ “ *. 1,913,121.60 “ 1856 “ ** ” 2,009,466 44 Supposing (he public works to have boon man aged in 1860 with the economy and ordinary prudence of a private corporation and allowing 50 per cent, for expenses of management, they were that year worth $20,000,000. Io 1854, the legislative dbmmiUee which ex amined the wbolo question of value, and recom mended the sale of the Stain Line , fixed the price at $12,000,000 —a minority of the oom*- miUce dissented from the report because thc prico was too low. No person could, at that time, have valued the Main Line below $12,000, 000. But there is another mode ■<- getting at its value, which is better and which no figures or results deduced from-extravagantor incompetent management can be permitted to controvert. Since tbe year 1851 an abundantly able and responsible company, composed in part of men who had been conneoled with the transportation business on the canal from its beginning, and comprising at least two individuals who had just served iu the board of Canal Commissioners, offered to take the public works for a term of ten years, keep them, in operation and repair at their own expense, and pay into the treasury the sum of one million of dollar* per annum. Supposing three-fourths of this sum only to bo due to the Main Line, the amount would be $750,000 per annum, equal to a principal at 5 per cent, of $16,000,000. This was the value of the Main lane os ascertained by the best and most certain modo of* getting at tho value of anything, viz., what was actually offered for it in the market. The new Portageiroad has been addedatacost of severalmilllonsof dollars, and suddenly in the year 1857, we findthe works of the Commonwealth so much depreciated, os to bo actually sold for the principal of $375,000 per annum, or $7,500,000. Here Is an enormous change of volae, and whilst at the samo time Unr interests of all concerned directly in the canal are sacrificed, iastcad of the wholesome com petition intended to bo reversed, the citlz'efis of Pennsylvania arc to be left to the tender mercies of a corporation which may and does oppress them. The state of things we describe was neither intended nor anticipated, and the Commonwealth ( throwing out of view the tax) has just so much tho worst of the bargain. Under these circumstances, if the Legislature, tbe'‘party of tho first part” in the contract of 1840 finding that it had cither the compulsory, or persuasive powor, to annul one part of the contract, should say to the Penna. Co., “we desiro to take back the privilege givea, we will dismantle your Bae and monopolize the emolu ments of trade and travel, still expecting you to adhere to your part of tho contract and pay the tonnage tax," what terms would be found strong Enough in the view of the other party with Which to characterize the iajustiee of the act? And ycLsuch a.demand to cancel ono side of the agreement, coming from the Com monwealth, would be really more reasonable than that originating with the Penna. Rail road Co. .jonru a. Qconss » Nqtk Sect. 22 of the original charter provides “that alltonnog o of whatever fond or deteription ex cept the ordinary baggage of passengers—loaded at Harrisborgh or Pittsburgh, or at any intermediate point, and carried or conveyed more than -20 miles bohreen the 10th day of March and Ist of Decem ber each year, shall bo subject to a toll or duty for thouso of tho Commonwealth, at the rate or 6 mills per mile for each ton of 2000 lbs.” Subsequently lh# sum was redneed to 3 mills and tho toll made continuous, with tho assent of the Railroad Compapy and io connection with other legislation of value to tViz: the tonnage tox'on pig iron and blooms. Tho President of the Company having intimated his read iness to reduce tho treight on these articles to an amount equal to the taxlf they can get it removod —some of tho furnace men bare set to work to effect tho object In an able pamphletof 50 pages against tho tonnage tax, tho authorship or which is attrib uted to one high in office in tho Penna. Company, we findthe following argumentAs tho through business D probably greater than the local, tbe Com nany could, if the tax is repealed, afford to xeduco the charges on local freight to more than double- tho wholo amount of the tax. In fact as the through business is carried over tho whole extent or tho road and the local for on average distance, probably not exceeding tbe half of it,** •• evident data reduction to an extent threetlme* the amount of theiax might he made without loss.” If this Is so, tho “iron men” are ret to work by o promise, at best, of only one-third of tbe pay justly duo them, if their efforts are sue- Wo cannot see, at any rate, how taking off the tax would help the manufacturers of Pittsburgh/ Noth ing affects tho price of pig metal and blooms in this market less than docs the freight. A moment's con sideration will show this, and that if'any one is benefited it will be the owner of the anthracite fur naee or tho bloomery, and what never sum is given to them, thedeficiency must be made up by direct tax on the rest of the people—lncluding the furnace and rolling mill men west of. the- mmmtains, of coax** The argument that the company has conferred great benefits on the State, by attracting a large amount of trade through her borders, and there fore should be released from the tax, is valueless, when wo reflect, that in the very act of bringing this trade is found the remuneration; the trade is not carried for the benefit of the State, but the benefit of the niockholdcrs. In the profit made, is found the reward, and aoy other road, workshop, or form, which, while it ministers to the support of the owner, adds in a greater or less degree to the general business activity, may as justly claim money from the common coffer. Besides this, the tonnage had been, and would have been, borne through our State If this corj-o ration bad not beCQ brought into existence. The researches of the distincutshed New York State Engineers, McAlpin and Ciark, have proven an ordinary canal to be a cheaper and more ca pacious mode of transportation th-m any rail roads; and others, of our own State, hove, os tho result of mingled experience with railroads and canals, arrived at similar conclusions. Mr. Edward F. Gay, ti© State Engineer, in his report, just published, says: “The railroad mania which has prevailed the last few years had almost en tirely obscured tho horizon of our canals. They had begun to be looked upon as miserable ditches, the emblem of the folly of a great Common wealth. But this delusion must soon pass away. * * * Time will prove the wisdom of the policy which secured their construction.” This prediction, of course, cannot now be real ized in regard to the main line, as its present ownership will never suffer it to occupy a com peting, but only a subordinate or auxiliary po sition. It can be shown that our Western Di vision of the Pennsylvania Canal had a capacity for tonnage equal to at least that of the Pennsyl vania Railroad with a finished doable track. Had tho QftnnJ, however, proved inefficient in retaining and accommodating the traffic brought to our borders by the Ohio river, and tho rail roads running west from Pittsburgh, the Com monwealth owned already a railroad extending part of the way, was constructing another link, and could easily have finished tho chain between her Eastern and Western cities.’ She indisputa bly owned tho privilego of doing this, and might now have been in receipt of the entire profits. The fact of her Legislators having bargained away the opportunity to control the whole, for the pittance of a tonnage tax, is surely no very cogent reason why she should now yield even that pittance to the parly enjoying the benefit of her sacrifice. When the Main Line was offered for sale it was claimed by those who had not predetermin ed who should be the purchasers, that this ton nage tax was a part of the perquisites which belonged to it, and should be offered to tho pur chaser. We cannot doubt that a provision at tached to tho act giving tho buyer the right to collect and receive the tax, would have enabled the Commonwealth to realize a mnch larger price. The tonnage tax in IBSG which in the language of the Commissioners of that year “legitimately belongs to the rovenues of the publio works, was $222,227 08,” or the interest on $4,500,000. This snm represents the amount (overandabove the seven millions and a half) which the State would have received for this main line, if the tonnage tax were to remain just $225,000 per annum. But a natural heavy increase of ton nage may bo expected, and is predicted, in each report of the Company or Canal Commissioners, which would have offered an enormous margin for speculation to the purchaser and enhanced the price still more. The Pennsylvania Company in purchasing on the special terms of seven millions and a half which clearly contemplated the coni inuance of tho three mill tax, virtually confirmed the orig inal agreement. Their uniform success in pro caring special legislation of late years may have flattered them with tho idea that their wealth and influence would at an early period procure a release from the tax. But no such idea was in the mind of the Legislature when ihe price of the Main Lino was fixed. The mere hopes of the Company do not entitle them to any—much less such an encrmou9 gratuity. These opinions of your committee are further strengthened. Iu the bill for iho sale of the Mam Line there was a provision that if the Penna. R. R. Co. bid $1,500,000 more than any other parly it should be released from the taxes therein staled forever. Tho Canal Commission ers, to prevent such an outrageous sacrifice of the interests of the people, applied to the Su preme Court for relief, and an injunction was granted to prevent tho sale under tho clause ob jected to. The Court, in their opinion, hold the following language: “Tho amount of taxes proposed to bo released is beyond calculation. It can only bo conjec tured. It would be greatly increased by the lax which would of coarse bo levied on the property about to be sold to the company. Judging from tho increase during the lost five years, and the constant augmentation of trade and travel along the route, it would seem reasonable to believe thaf timo it. wonhl bo uoiTuityita conceding that tho tax to .amount^to no more per annum llhTfT***. 1850, the amount, according io railroad company itself, would 21 per annum for ever. This sum is equal to the interest on SV'.(X).I)OO at cent., the rale to b.o charged tho purchaser. other words, the Act of Assembly proposes tSs give the railroad company a consideration equal to $5,G00-.000 for $1,500,000, and thus to give ihat_comj>aoy an advantago equal to $4,100,01)0 over every other bidder at the sale.” The discrepancy between tho $222,000 taken by us from the report of tho Canal Commis sioners, and tho sum named by tbe Couri. If. be cause the latter includes other than the three mill tax. It is a low estimate to assume that the tonnage tax will, in less than five years, amount to half a million of dollars per annum—a band somo sum towards the sinking fund for the pay ment of the oppressive debt of Pennsylvania, and which, if remitted, must be paid sooner or later by the astessment of a direct tax on the citizens of the Commonwealth. It has been asserted that this tonnage tax is in conflict with the provision of tbe (onslitntion of the State, which retains in the general government ''the right to regulate commerce between the States.” We find the just views of that provision and the answer to the assertion well expressed in a report of Messrs. .Quigglo, Goodwin and McClintock, to the Senate in 1854. “That provision was made to prevent conflicting commsrciahregnlalions by tho differ ent States which would naturally lead toa breach of harmony between them; andißot os binding upon this Legislature os a constitutional rule to : govern it in legislating upon the subject, of rail roads, within the Stato of Pennsylvania. Were these within the clause of thirConstitution of the United States, Congress would have had the ex clusive jurisdiction of the subject. But rail roads within a State, though they may lead to its borders, aro subjects exclusively within tho State authority, for their establishment, regula tion, and control. The transit of goods upon them is not “commerce between ihe Slates, ,f though they may crops the boundary line, any xnbre than the transportation of goods on the common highways which preceded them was commerce between tho States. It is mere transportation npon tho artificial highway, made under the authority of the Stato herself,; her' own crea lures and subject to her own will. Commerce floats upon the navigable waters with whioh our continent, is so bountifully supplied, and arrives at and departs from the ports of eidry establish ed by Congress. The railroads built by tho States aro under no regulations of Congress, and have no-national ports of entry and depurture- Tho tolls paid upon the roilronds are not “duties or imports," and tho goods transported upon them aro not “rmpor/v or Thcso tolls aro a compensation for the use of the rail way, and a return for the capital invested." The State of Pennsylvania has invested thirty millions in affording facilities for transportion within her jurisdiction. Twenty of this is now absorbed in tho Penna. R. 8., and the privileges granted to it, and surely sho. is entitled to the small share of the profits she bargained for iu making the investment. Tho State of New York in' chartering her principal railroads imposed on them a tonnage equal to the tollupon her canals, but those pow erful corporations succeeded In 1851 in procur ing its repeat We ere pointed to this action As an example of “enlightenedliberality’' which should guide our policy. If examplo were ar gument, this one would be fully answered by that of the State of New Jersey which displays her “liberality" in providing that her own citi zens have the use of hor own railroads at a, cheaper rate than any other people; or thai of the great Stato of Illinois, whiohbat a fow years ago was as Pennsylvania 1b now, growing under. an oppressive debt. Sho was oven bankrnpt and repudiating—disgraced -.tho world. She wisely, imposed a tax oh the valua ble privileges granted to her central railway, end as the result, her supposed impracticable debt will be liquidated in a few years, find the rail roads bld ialr to support tho whole expenses of tho government. In Illinois the tax is;a per cchtage on redeipta; hero it is bn tonnage. Although it would be folly to make the mere act of another a cause for our imitation, ibis wisdom to observo and weigh tho Tcault or effect of that act, and its applicability to our own case, to add us in our decision. Wo may infer from tho ben eficial operation of a law on a people similarly 1 Circumstanced with ourselves, that like results would accrue to us under the home law. Tho converse of the proposition is equally tree. How then docs the abolition of tho tonnnge bu oper ate in tho,State of New York? Nearly cTery administration of the Government, since-its' repeal, has recommended the reinstatement of the original act; hnUtls jra&tf ent to show the VOLUME LXXI —NUMBER 167. experience of the last three years. Gov. Blachford in a special message, and both the State Auditor and State Engineer IQ thoir. annual reports, recommended the relmposition of the tolls. A committee of the Legislature the same year urge the canal tolls and railroad ton nage as ‘,‘jasi and requisite. ’’ “As to the right of the State to impose such tolls,” say they— “ There can be no question. The Rail Road companies, deriving their corporate privilege from Btate legislation, and being subject by the constitution to such changes and amendments in their acts of incorporation as the Legislature may deem proper, the Legislature hasthe power to mould them in such form, and subject them-to such charges and restrictions as they may deem the interest of the State to require.” • “The interest of the state government in this country is identical with that of the people, and that is paramount and first to be cared for by its legis lators,-not by interfering with vested interest, rights,;but by' properly restricting and control ling privileges granted and enjoyed as a matter of favor and not of right.” They conclude a long and unanswerable report in these words ?- **Your commilleo have therefore arrived at a firm conviction of the propriety, necessity, and expediency of imposing tolls upon railroad tonnage, and have prepared a bill for that purpose.” In 185 G, a strenuous effort was again made to repeal tho obnoxious act of 1851, and a select committee of Lho Legislature again reported in favor of so doing. It was oven proposed to reclaim the amount which would have been' received since that time, on the ground princi pally of tho unconstitutionality of an act of Assembly which gavo away a source of revenue which had already in good faith been pledged to the creditors of ihe State. Tho Can&l Com missioners estimated (be sum which would' be received, if -the law in question were repealed, at $428,444 00 per annum. Tho Caa&l Auditor, N. S. Benton, Esq., in the report for 1857, just published. Bays : ‘‘The repeal of the act of July, 1857, releasing certain rail roads from the payment of canal tolls on the freight carried thereon, seems to be called for by pressing considerations of duty and poli cy os well as by constitutional obligation, - * r< . * But it may be urged that the repeal of Lhc act of 1851 would seriously effect the interests of the rail roads, and objcctiona. be raised on that ground. If the State is bound to lay aside its own paramount interests, if tho wcl fare of a few Railway share-holders is to be preferred to that of tho whole people of the State 14 4 ' then only a suggestion of’ this sort might be put in with somefrree.” He further declares that if tho tolls continne to be remitted, the deficiency must be made up by direct taxation. Even since the appointment of your Commit tee, new steps have been initiated in the N. Y. legislature which, in all probability, will result in placing the canal tolls, not only on one, but on all the railroads, before the opening of spring navigation. If there is any 000 thiDg plain, in the expe rience of our sister State on this question, it is, that in 1851 she. was led by the solicitation, or machinations, of he* railroad companies to pass an act which jast in proportion as it weak ened her, strengthened them, until now the in terest of tho stockholder in the legislative halls, is almost paramount to that of the people.— Tears of honest effort by her executive depart ment have failed to retrieve the false step.— Pennsylvania may profit by the lesson. It is far tfhsier to take off the three mill tax than to reinstate it: It is true as trite, that corpora tions are goalless, but they have more beads and arms than the fabled Briareus. When a corporation grows rich and, powerful eaeh indi vidual in its employ becomes on arm to do tbe bidding, of the central power, and few of these arms realize that there is a wrong in building up tbe wealth and influence of their monopoly at the expense of the community. In the case of Banking institutions, which have afforded long experience to the legislative department, they are watched and jealously confined within proper bounds—but tho railway corporations have been regarded merely as objects for the l protecting and fostering power of law. These now, os they increase in strength, require to be kept in check by such restraints and careful legislation as may save the public interests from their growing disposition to sacrifice all to their own aggrandisement. They are found knocking at the door of the legislative halls for privilege after privilege, and on all occasions—now for release of this tax, now that. Their efforts arc ceaseless, untiring, for themselves, as against the people. That our language is more than justified in the conduct of tho Pennsylvania Rail road Co., is shown by procurement of an act of Assembly only lastjwintcr, which in the words of the Supreme Court before quoted, ‘‘proposed to give the Railroad Company a con sideration of $5, 060,000” of tho people’s money for $1.500,000 —and that, thwartedbytho Inter ference of tbe Court, they are now seeking re lease from a portion of the tax in another way. The Commonwealth, in the original charter, re served tho right (os has been the custom in granting charters) to purchase tho Railroad for cost and 8 per cent, interest at tho end of each period of twenty yeays. This right, worth mil lions of dollars to the State, has been given up Without consideration; and if the tonnage tax be now released, iu a few years wc will, in all We bare examined all the arguments we can fiml in favor of the abolition of tho tonnage lax, endeavoring to give them their duo Taluo, and now ask your attention to iho argument, which, aside from tiioso already alluded to, seems to form at onco the foundation,and capstone, of the structure which is expected to fill the eye of the people while this source of revenue to the state is being cut off. It is found thus expressed in an early report of J. Edgar Thompson, thedis tinguished president of tho FehutLCoi (then chief engineer) and has been in substance re peated in many reports since. ‘‘AH extraordi nary charges upon the trado oflbe Penna.lt.B. mono by the State are bat tazes on ii* local travel and business; our through rates * '*•*■*. * will not be controlled by any restrictions placed, upon the company. Competition with oUierroutes must .necessarily fix the charges upon our‘Toads whether it be for travel of forfreighl, without reference to any its'tonnage. Hence tho impolicy of a iax, the whole.of whlch must •be imposed upon the local thoToad, and brrnc.by, the.citi?ohg;ofihe, commonwealth,. of.whichthls'rpmpany : is‘nta4?»’|h(^cc{ly r 'ihQ tax coUcctor. ,, *V Wc'.findthe latter still more mode of makings cut 'thoilocat bUls tf the company*. .It is thus/rtalcd p'neachhlU i s‘Xqte*—StateTax collected, for*’the {Common* wealth of PcnnayUaaia....'....*i.^..V.,".«. r :.S——— Pcnnal Railroad freight. ... j. 1 u Ilere the. modest •.‘indirccdy’.' is tepadiated aid tho Peona.'R.lV Co. clilms'ld'W’ the 'direct’ 4 4gent* of the Commonwealth to collect-taxes f vvß*h&‘ap pointed tho'l’cnnoV Cb. : to thi»4fflce ? r Abd‘jth& the appointment''ma3o ?' ; anj > pertinent - questions.- Thera is a SmtofT&X:'cm'- the owner of a .Uie «amb proU pricty and truth, agent*>f- the -Slute tejcoltei; .and demand It accordingly. < IHh,o famnd.'ttna ,inftdo hot so much for the - parp.c-o.of geilini.ihb.'msqcj, aj in compel bis by Iho-ahtiuo it * pretext, 1 ' to 1 ’ petition' against the tax on tofcds" andlacirtgagcs'ii flidugh he would be the gainer iScwbyi'; the position of the pretended taxTollectorwould-- eocdj rldleulcnii. Yet the eases ore parallel; * tTbe/ecmmonwealtb did hot impose a tax on thofrtight of ihfc.dtisen,.bEt on the tonnogo of the;Penpal Jtf fi. v> remoufpraooo hoa been madoiagainst the oDoroas- cKajsiii of the' company, 'the,reply .has ;b«d.' In l snot we who oppreSiyVh; ‘.ibVi the -tonbage tax; get that repealed for us or contlnue’ib-groan, under your burden/*’ At iho sumo timo'thoy say. to the legislature by tho "-citizens who aro'persaaded' or coerced into their interest?/ “See It Is notthe railroad that pays' the tonnage : tax,, bntyonr own citixen?, ond .notonly for themselves but also for the people of the whole west”.. • . In the argument and. the facts, your commit tee do not ceo a reason for abolishing the tax, but only find an acknowledged abase of the power and privileges granted to the Penna. R. R. Go., and an imperative demand for the equi table interference of the Legislature for the protection of tho citizen. Thai the Legislature iuthe plain words: tI AU, tonnage:of nchateter description or kind, except the ordinarg'bagg'agh of passengers, sc.\ shall bo subject to. a duty or tolt,*’ meant toeay, “we'oonstUute the Penha! R. R. Co., or.deputy Ur coUcctbrawifclianthor* fty double from eonrecili tans, -nothin's from fibers, and especially to iaiie somebody atPiitehorgh-psy $1 per ten:bn.any gooda ; which wtuens of Ohio hmy:BMp,**iB pewter otis, and we cannot-butfeel suiprisc at so bare faced an. abuse of power,.nnd at the fact of its an checked. . : committee : believe that the tounacc tax shoulu. Bot bo.repcaled in whole or in part, and l ihat/aofar.as It.has ..already .been repealed it ought to bo reinstated. -.That in addition to the c Norm—-This Is la : part contradicted in tho fol lowing extract from the 10th annual report for 1557:. tho wayofinercaalngthi through fMght already referred to is tho poKcy pttnnmd by the State, inlmposinga duty of one dollar per gross too, tburdrivlug tho produce of tho west by other routes to tho seaboard by depriving tills company of the ability to nsdtjcar.rates so as t 9 draw the tonnage, throughPrimipiyiuiia/V . „ arguments already given against its repeal the necessities of the Coihmonirehlth require its continnance, and that if any change whatever is required in justice to ethers, it' is that other Bail Bead Cos, similarly -rittaled with the Penn». -B»U Bond- should haro a similar tax Bnposed npon them-..- . - ’ MvstcaL Hew Arrival Pianos.' •' HKLBBER&BEO.hnro|u£22*a| • Jolt received anreddittonal Block of Pianos from the Factories or I I K V V NUNNS * CLARK, Kiw TMCk, and . 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