WTiIWMA, Wtt.I,I4MSPORT AND
ttXMIK A RtllltUAU. •
Report of the Prtrident to the Mmageri of the
•Catnwuia, WiUinmiport, and Si is Ratfroai
Company.
CxsTLtMXX:—In romplianeo with * re
quest of the former Board of Manager*, 1
have, for some weeks devoted considerable
attention and time to a careful examination
ot the hiatnry and present.position ol the Cat
awieiaj Williamsport, aud'Erie Road.
The books and accounts have also been
accurately wrktan up fnd examined; and
by the aid Of our Treasurer, William R
Fisher, 1 am now able to lay before the
stockholders end the public, a statement of
the exacffinancial position of the Company.
The results of the investigation, have
-been, in nil respects, of the most satisfactory
character. The road is in excellent working
order; and the credit of the Company is now
amply sufficient for the purchase of all need
ful machinery and material, and for the eco
nomical management ol its business. Its
debts along the line of the road have all been
promptly discharged, and the pay-tolls brot'
op in cash, to the first of the present month.
The past indebtedness of the Company has
been funded, with the exception of about
eixty thousand dollars, which is not required
to be paid for a year, and for which there
are botidrili the hands ol the treasurer am.
ply sufficient (0 liquidate me immint m lis
maturity. The coupons am) other oblige.
ttons of the Company are all now promplly
mel, and the present trade of the road en
sures beyond a doubt their punc'ua! pay ment
for the future. Tl-e receipts of last month
were over thirty thousand dullars, besides
the proportion due to connecting roads leased
by the Catawiasa Company, and there ie ev
ery reason to Detieve that the average
monthly income, for the ensuing year, will
considerably exceed thai sum. It will be
seen by the statement presented below, that
nven at this rale, the net earnings of the
Company will pay the interest on all its out
standing bonds, leaving a surplus to the stock
holders ; and with the calculated increase in
the trade of the road, which the machinery
•ml furniture, cornr:t.".ied for, will admit of,
the etock of this Company ought in a year's
time to take its place among the regular div
idend paying investments o. c the country.
Owing to the -enormoua r'aciiflces and
loasea incurred hy the firl projectors and
contractors of the road, the present stock
holders have more than adequate represen
tation of the par value of their securities, as
the actual cost of the work was greater than
the-whole stock and bouifa of the-Company, j
The bonds were all taken at par be the j
contractors, and negotiated at very little aac - [
rifioe, several years ago, through leading
capitalists of New York, -
■Finally, although the patties who pur
cltatol the ol J road obtained it fur a mere a
nominal consideration, after the expendi- ,
lure in cash of nearly a million and a half of |
dollars by the first projectors of the enter- i
prise, yet they have all suffered heavy losses
in its aub-cquent construction. i
-In orUer to explain and establish the above
statements, I present to yon, in as clear ami
comprehensive a manner as possible, sn out- ! ,
line of the history of this lioad from the
commencement, the original object of its
projector", and the various changes which j
have resulted in its present completion and
prosperity.
The materials for this narrative may be
-found principally in the copious legislation
which accompanied the parlies stages of the
enterprise, as well as in the different reports
of engineers anil others who, from lime to
time, superintended the work. But much
has been gathered from personal intercourse
with those who. from ilia first, have been
identified with its history, end have faithful
ly stood by it through its long career of difll
culty at.d misfortune. Among these it is
proper here to mention pre eminently the
name of Joseph I'axton, of Catawissa, to
whom it will be necessary to atlude, and
whose interesting leber, appended to thia re
jo/t, ate the authority for many of its state
ments.
1 l ave also drawn freely on the accompa
ny iug-reports of Major Mo'relland Mr. Shaef
■far, for '.-lie facta to which they respectively
allude, with reference to ihe prese.it condi
tion of the road, and tl-e value i> f the pro P
•arty belonging to the company.
In the year 1827, the Legislature of Pe.? n "
aylvania authorized the survey of a railroad
to connect Philadelphia with the waters of
the North Branch ol the Susquehanna, the
public mind not havmg then grasped tl-e
grand idea of its extension to those vast in-
Jan| seas which are now tht main channel
-of the commerce of the far West.
Yet, from the report of the engineer ap
pointed to make this survey, he gppsars to
have fully realized the magnitude and int j
porta noe of the local trade which the Cata
wiasa route would command; and Inr this
reuton lie selected the site of the present
road as the most eligible location for thia
connecting link between the Susquehanna
and Delaware rtvera.
No action appears lo have been taken up
on this report until the year 1831, when an
MCI passed the Legislature, through the influ
ence of Nicholas Biddle and Edward R. Bid
die, of Philadelphia, and Col. Paxton, of Cat
awissa, incorporating "The I ilfle Schuylkill
and Susquehanna Railroad Company," with
K capital of siz thousand shares, tl-e requi
site portion of which was soon subscribed.
The work was, however, delayed until the
year 1836, when the funds were freely sup
plied by the Bank ol the Untied Stales for
its effective prosecution.
This aid seems to have been mainly ex
tended by Ihe Bank in acknowledgment of
• the influence of Col. Paxiou and the northern
members of the Legislature in procuring the
past age of the famous Stale charter; but
was also owing in a great measure to the
perspnal interest which ihe President, Nicho
las Biddle, appears to have fell in the open
ing to Philadelphia of a northwest connec
tion with the lakes, which he considered a
matter of aaay completion, if the difficulties
-agx the mountainous eastern section were
From this time the original idea of the
Utile Rehnylkill end Susquelwnne road be
ing a mora connection between the northern
and eastern candta of 'Pennsylvania, had
grown into (lie magnificent project now re
al*ad, though destined to long delays and
difficulties beforejts accomplishment, nl uni
ting the great lakes with the Atlantic at this
point.
The work of construction was pushed wig
oroualy forward with the funds provided by
the bank of the United States, and other
, subscribers to the stock, and as these sub
scriplions were exhausted, further advances
were made by the Bank, until its failure in
1851, when it was found that Over eight hun
dred thousand dollars had been obtained by
drafts nn this institution alone, and six hun
dred thousand dollars from other sources.
In this way nearly a million and a half of
dollars in cash had been expended, under
the immediate direction of Col. Pax ton, and
we have his testimony, that owing to the
low ra'.os of labor and material, at that lime,
and also to the lact, those engaged in the
construction lost heavily by their contracts,
the same amount of wotk could not bo ac
complished at this time for twe millions of
dollars.
When it is considered that nearly all other
railroads have been constructed by the pro
ceeds of lite sales of tlieir bonds and stock at
depreciated values, or by the contractors be
ing obliged to lake large proportions of litem
in payment lor their work, which is generally
even yet more expensive a method ot cou-
SirUClion —whife the coat of this toad had
thus far been Ueirayeu !!! ?esl>, wiilioul any
charge by Col. Paxton for his services—we'
can baldly consider hie estimate of its com
parative cheapness incorrect. 1 his opinion
has also been confirmed by the professional
examinations ol experienced engineers and
contractors.
While this great work was thus rapidly
progressing towards the North, another en
terprize, even yet more bold in its projec
tion, and mme unfortunate in its eailier ca
reer—the New York and Erie Radioed—was
stretching i.s <low length along the upper
waters of the Delaware arid Susquehanna,
in order to meet the Pennsylvania connec
tion al Klrriira, and proceed trom there in
one continuous line, to lite I.akes.
The financial embarrassments which fol
lowed the expansion and speculation of
1836, and which swept over the laud like a
whirlwind, leaving on every side its wrecks,
even to this day. prostrated for ysars the
New York and Erie company, and, had it
not been for ihe powerful aid ot the Bank ol
the United States, would have entirely pre
vented the efficient progress of the Little
j Schuylkill and Susquehanna Road,
j Even this support failed with the final fa!)
of that great institution, and for years the
whole eulerprize seemed buried in the ruin
mm' desolation which followed.
In the y *ar 1852, however, a vigorous and
-successful eh'ort wss made to revive it, un
der the name of the Catawissn, Williams
port and Erie .Railroad Company, and a
strong-party ."as formed, principally in New
York, who subscribed two hundred thousand
dollars more of the' stock, and negotiated one
million and a halfoof, f bonds at about their
| par value. This is tht. '• *"d only mnrt
! gage on the real estate o' Ihe Company, and
■ covers in the fullest manner the franchises
atul charter of the road .; the mortgage being
j drawn with extraordinary cauii.m and strict
; ners, in order to invite EugUeh cap ital, which
j has, to a considerable extent, leen invented
in the bonds.
With these funds the road was-completed,
but as if some fatality hung over tho enter
prize, it was only finished by the universal
loss of Ihe contractors. Believing that a
large fortune might be realized ir. its resus
citation, the attempt was made by 100 sraadl
a number ; and before their euocees could
introduce favorably the securities of the
Company to t.'te public, the pressure of 1853
and '54 again prO.atrsted those engaged in
the work. The stronger parties furnishing
the capital, determined to hold on lo their
securities, nnd will doubtless ere long realize
their investment; hot those who were not
able to do so have lost heavily, many ruin
onsly, hy their contracts. The road is, how
ever, now completed, with a wider basis of
operation, ar.d a strong aeoessiou of new par
ties, it is believed to be placed beyond the
reach of any future contingency.
A Urge amount of money has recently been
permanently invested in the securities of Ihe
company, and as its real condition becomes
more generally known, and the fact realized
lha *" bonds and stock are more than
repreMt. " ed,he M'operty, these securities
must, ere 10. g- 10 ,he " level in ,he m "-
ket.
From this statement of the history and co."*
dition of the Catawissa hPa-i) it will be seen
that, so far as its cost and construction are
concerned, it compares favorably with any
similar road in the country ; and it only re- (
main* In establish the advantages of its lo
calitv anJ its prospects for trade and travel.
The origins' object of its construction, the
junction of she Nof'hern end Eastern Canals
of Pennsylvania, is now forgotten, and -he
idea ol Nicholas Biddle fut.'.v realized, in the
perfect connection of Philsdelffhia with the
Lakes and the Northwest. II in hi* day this
was thought lo be a grand and remunerating
enterprize, in our lime, when the trade of tit?
Lakes surpasses every month their whole
yearly traffic then, it surnlv cannot now be
esteemed a less important thing to tap this
vast inland commerce, and bear at least a
email proportion of it lo our own city. It is
this trade, and the population and capital it
builds up, which ie thronging the stn-eie of
New York, and crowding its piers with ves
sels from every port in the woilJ. Nor ie
there any apparent termination to iu in
crease.
The great ciliea and Stats* which are grow
ing up iu the far West, all find their cheapest
outlet lo the seaboard by the channel of the
Lakea. Peopled, aa they are now beiog,
with a rapidity which has no parallel, these
new States are fast rivaling in wealth and im
portance the other communities of the east
ern frontier, and ara drawing from them rap
idly and steadily, the capital and vitality
'which were onoe all their own. It ia a re
markable faoi, that while for the last three
years the wealth ol the New England States,
for instance, including the commercial man
ufacturing, and industrial classes, baa not,
according to the best suthorities, increased
one dollar, the wealth, proper'y end com-
merce of the States bordering on f-ake Mich
igan, have nil more than doubled in that time.
Railroads have been constructed and are
still in progress to every point ou the Missis
sippi, and to all points beyond, which ere
likely to commend the produce and oommoree
of the interior; so that lowa, Minnesota and
Missouri have become tributary to the lake
ports. The result is seen in the magical in
crease'of theis-irade.
The mighty commercial commerce has
flowed hitherto almosr exclnsirely to New
York, and her railroads and canals may be
said to have mor.opohied it entirely. The
city of Philadelphia is now as nest in lineal
distance to Buffalo as New York is, and the
freights from either city to that port are pre
cisely ihe same. It nerds but a slight effort
on the part of our mechanics to share in that
commerce, and the advantages of reluming
trade and capital it btiugs in its Irani., To
some extent even now we are realizing the
benefits of the northwest connection, but not
to • tithe thai tie facilities afford.
The Calawissa Road, however, has a local
trade of its own, which would abundantly
support it when fairly organized, were all the
through trade and travel withdrawn. Passing
directly through Ihe iron disifiot of Peonsyl
vaniu the furnaces and rolling mi it's afford it
a rtcb anil increasing freight, while its prox
imity In the coal regions, brings back from
the agricultural districts, in constant and in
creasing supplies, the provisions for the large
communities dependent on the collieries lor
the means of support.
The lumber nulla of Williamsport are a
rnong ihe finest in lha world. The limber
flouted down from the rich pme regions ol
ihe Weal Branch of the Susquehanna, and
im tributaries, ia here received and prepared
for marcel in larger quantities lhan al any
mher place in the country. . Over forty mill'
inna of leet are annually produced in this
neighborhood, ar.d oonlraela have already
been marie for securing as much of tbia freight
a* ihe present facilities of Ihe road will admit
of. This one product of tlm forest furnishes
a larjc share uf the revenue of Ihe New York
and Erie Road, and will of its II constitute
an important and remunerating business to
ihe Cuiswhsa Road lierealler. About nine
miles easl of Catawiasa, and three miles ol
the road, the Columbia Coal and Iron Com
pany, owning the vast deposits of the Mr
Cauley Mountain, are vigorously at work in
the opening of their collieries, and the com
pletion ol the connecting road. They esti
mate that ill one year from that event, they
will be able to furnish three hundred thou
sand tons of coal to Ihe iron works of Dan
ville at.d liloomsburg, and the northern mar
ket, to which they are equally accesrible with
the Shantokin disirict.
The property ul the Catawissa Company
comprises 1200 acres of coal lands, e-tirna
ted to contain over two millions of tons,
which it is very desirable to place, at an early
date, in ihe way of development.
The Qnakake Branch, extending from the
Catawissa Summit to the Beaver Meadow
Railroad, a distance of twelve miles, and al
ready graded for the track, passes directly
through this coal property, and, on this ac
count, as well as in view of the vast import
ance of a New York connection, deserves
immediate attention.
Were any mode devised for ihe early com
pletion of this short branch, Elmira and the
.Lakes themselves vould be brmuht by ea
sts' grailss within ten miles of their distance
to New York by Ihe Erie Road; and the
Pennsylvania nrmin of railroads would then
Sha're ill the trade of that city to the great
West, besides bearing the iron, coal, and
lumber of out Slate directly lolhe New York
market.
Another most important feeder will be the
Sutibury and Erie J?ailrnad, on its completion
to the 'harbor of E'ie, and the lines connect
ing with it westward at Ridgway, by Venan
go to 'Penn} Ivania, and Warren in Ohio. It
is impossible to estimate the vast trade and
travel that will then form the shortest and
best connections between the West and the
Atlantic matkeis.
The condition of the Catawissa Road from
its commencement above Tamaqua, to iis
termination at Mil on, I believe, unsurpassed
by any in the country. The road tied, from
its long exposure, has become perfectly har
dened, and the tunnels and all the structures
are of a substantial character. The bridges
I have given orders to have decked and
pait.'ed, as recommended in ihe report ol
Maj. Morell, and they are all under coptrgc!,
one of them being nearly completed. A
careful watchman is stationed at each bridge,
and every precaution used to guard against
fire or accident: the speed of the trains when
crossing lite bridges, has been reduced to
eight miles pef hour.
T. M.Kissock, the former superintendent,
having tesigned, I hove appninied his excel
lent and indostrious assi-tam, H. A. Fonda,
to the principal charge of the road, and have
had every reason to be satisfied, since his
accession, with the promptness and despatch
which have characterized his management.
The business of the road is sleaddy and
largely increasing, and promises to continue
to do so through the winter.
Owing to the fact that the funds for the
construction of this toad had really never
been folly furnished, a debt of about two
hundred thousand dollars hung over the
Company, which damaged its credit and
much embarrassed the economical working
of the road. Through lh'exertions of its
late able President, William D. Lewis, whose
long and faithful services and unwavering
devotion to the interest of Ihe Company in
its darkest hours cannot be too highly appre
ciated, this debt wis in a (treat measure
funded, by the creation of a Chattel Mort
gage Loan of that amount by express legis
lation for ilia purpose.
The bonds of this loan not taken (about
$60,000) are still on hand, and will gradually
be absorbed in the payment ol the debt as
required.
In order to meet the August interest, which
had been unprovided for in the previous
loan, and also to place a large amount of
new machinery on the road for its immedi
ate wants, the former board of managers, by
my advice, authorized a lurthfr issue of ten
par cent, boudi to tbe extent of tISO.OOO,
870.000 of which were at once subscribed in
cash at par, and 820,000 si no# negotiated at
the avme rate, in me purchase of rolling
slock, not yet delivered. When the balance
of ibw loan is takonj the company will be
entirely out ol debt, or as nearly ao as any
corporation can well be whila continuing ac
tive operations.
The economical working of the road hav
ing been much Interfered* with by the im
perfect character, of* portion of ite machi
nery, I have ordered every engine, not in
complete repair, to be overhauled and thor
oughly refitted. The ertimaiod expense of
tin* renovation (about eighteen thousand
dollars) has been charged off in the settle
ment of the old transportation account, and
a special credit opened for this purpose.
Ttie financial position of the company, on
he 30th of August, may be thus stated :
DR.
Construction account, including
Quakake 8.-nnch, coal land*,
and tfie entire depute, water
stations, engine houses, and
all feal estate ol the Company,
wi th alt balance of interest,
and expenses to that Jate, 83,483,471 54
Locomotive engine* and tend
ers, 123 980 25
Freight cars, 86,777 50
and baggage cars, 22,787 58
ialegra^stcok,
By stock 34 (too *hay**
Income Munis 7 OO
Ten per cent. l'<>t|HwM '..
inmtgiine
cent, bonds 870,000). 192,500 00
Balanee of bill* pay*hle, and
all outstanding debts, les*
cash and other saseta OH hand, 108 016 87
83 722,016 87
It will be thus seen that the entire nett
floating debt of the Company, on the SQih of
August, including all outstanding coupons to
that date, was only 8108.016 87. To meet
this iney hold of their chattel mortgage, ten
per cem. loan, 877 500
Tec per cent, bonds, on hand, 80,000
Of the above 8108 016 87, 860,000 is pro
vided lor the year liy special credit, which
enable the Company to carry the amount, at
lees than it would cost them il funded in
their ten per cent, bonds, and at the present
raw of aliaoifeaaa .oL tfee'se bonds it is be
lieved that the debt will be extinguished be
fore the expiration of that lime.
The annual liabilities of the Company may
be thus stated, viz:
Interest at 4 percent or, Ist
mortgage bonds, 1,500 000 8105,000
Interest at 7 per cant, on
income bonds, 221,200 15,505
Interest at if) per cent, on
bonds subscribed, '.02,500 19,250
Interest on flouting debt,
say 10 per cent, as if
funded, 108,016 10 802
$150,557
The present business of the road
may fairly be i.iken at $3O 000
per month.though it is believed
that It will average through the
ensuing yeai considerably over
that sum, 8360.000
Operating expenses at 50 per cent., 189,000
8180 ouo
Such is ihe result of our present actual
business. But.the road is absolutely in its
infancy : owing to its financial embarrass
ments, it has hitherto had no opportunity to
develop its powers, and the organiza'ions of
its trade and travel have all yet to be accom
plished The opening ol the Bloomsburg
and Lackawanna Road will pour into it a
new and largo revenue; and a New York
connection, either by ihe Quakake Road or
from the neighborhood of Tamaqua or Port
Clinton, will certainly be comple ed at no
distant day, which will almost double the
business of the Catawissa Road.
It would hardly be proper to close this
report without recording my deep sense of
the obligation, which the present stockhold
ers of this Company owe to the small band
of faithful and self-sacrificing adherents, du
riug i:s long onil arduous career. Of Col.
Pajtton, who has ben emphatically termed
I the fa her of the road, I have already spoken.
For more than twenty years he stood, in
company wi h Mr. Lewis, through evil and
good report, by the side of this enterprise,
and they have now the satisfaction ol seeing
its solid establishment and prosperity.
There are other names among its old con
tractors and friends which should also be
mentioned here ; men who cast a large por
tion of their private fortunes into the enter
prise, and whose losses are now accruing
! to the benefit of ihe present holders of its se
[ cur.ties.
Among these, Alexander S Divan, of El
mira. and Francis N. Buck, of this city,
should especially be named—together with
One who, in this and other ways, has prob
ably done inorc for the trade of Philadelphia,
by Jws foresiglwwml ability than any other
of its citizens—the President of the Reading
Railroad, John Tucker.
In conclusion, I would invite your atten
tion to the accompanying report of Major
MoreH on the condition of the road, and to
the other documents appended hereto.
Yours, very respectfully,
TIIOS. KIMBF.R, Jr , President.
PHIACUIKQ TO TERRtrv—The ministers
who deal most in terrors, who preacn doc
trines which ought to make their flesh creep,
and to turn their eyes into lountslna of leers,
are not generally distinguished by their spare
forma and haggard countenances. They take
j the world as easily em people of a milder
creed ; and this doe* not show that they
waul sincerity or benevolence it only shows
how superficially men may believe in doc
trines which they yet would shudder to re
linquish. It shown how little the import ol
language, whioh is thundered from the lips,
is comprehended and felt. I should not set
down as hard-hearted a man whose appe
tite should be improved by preaching a ser
mon fall of images and llireatenings of a
"bottomless hell." The best meals are some
limes made after such effusions. This is
only only an example of the nomberleaa con
tradtotiocs of human life. Men are every
day saying and doing, from the power of ed
ucation, habit and imitation, whioh bos no
root whatever in their serious conviction*.—
Exchange
STAR OP TBB NORTH.
R. W. W SAVER, EDITOR.
I Bloom* burg, WtdßPMliit, Nov. ft, 1858.
ELLIS 11. SCHNABEL, ESQ.
We need not say 10 tlioee who know u.
that we are no man.worshipper; bul il is our
1 pride to be just, and our highest pleasure to
) bear testimony to the true dignity and uobri
j ity of the human character. In the great bat
| lie for the unity of the Republic we have
■ taken no time and fell no promptings to sin
gle out any champion for special praise ; for
every man in the great solid phalanx as it
moved on to victory seemed to us a hero.—
But if any one of the champions did more
than his share of service, and won more lau
rels than he could lay nn the altar of the great
cause, that man was the eloquent and gifted
SCHNABEL. In his fearless and dignified
course he illustrated every attribute of ability
and manliness that ennobles character. He
threw down the gauntlet to tire ablest leaders
of the opposition; and, whetheir they stood
or fled, he dissipated their sophistries into
| thin air. He was truly a giant in this fray;
and the Wilmols, Grows and Kelleys were
! not the honor it can win by doing bonoMo
I so gallant a champion.
His speeches here closed the campaign for
this county in a blaze of glory. After his
powerful and sweeping charge on the oppo
silion there was no longer an enemy against
us in the field. We had nothing left for us
to do but to measure the victory—to bury
with decency and decorum the dead of the
vanquished and annihilated antagonists.
Poring the speech of the day the ladies
presented liirn with a splendid wreath which
lie accepted in a brief episode a* beautiful
and eloquent as human language could ex
press. At the close of the meeting the fol
lowing resolution was adopted amid the most
enthusiastic acclamation:
liesnlveil, That the Democracy ol Columbia
county are under deep obligations to ELM*
B hcti NABSL, Eq., for his efficient aid In the
great cause of the people, and that we hereby
express to him our warmest Ihauk9.
'llie ('lose of tbe War.
On Inst week the following Democratic
meetings were held after the issue of our last
paper:
On Tuesday evening at Jereytown, which
was addressed by R. W. Weaver.
On Wednesday afternoon at Slabtown and
at Catawissa on Wednesday evening. Both
these meetings were addressed by John O.
Freeze.
On Wednesday eveningat Millville,which
was ab'y addressed by Wesley Wirt.
On Thursday evening at MifHinville. C.
Wolf presided, and the meeting was address
ed for several hour* by R. W. Weaver.
On Friday afterunon a large and spirited
meeting was held at RolirsCurg. Lewis
Schuyler, E-q , presided, assisted by a large
number of Vice Presidents and Secretaries.
Quite a number of ladies were present. The
meeting was addressed by Col. Tale. R. VV.
Weaver, John G. Freeze and Lewis Schuy
ler.
On Saturday afternoon a meeting was
he'd in the Court-house, in this place. Peter
Em presided, George Scon, Jacob Evans* Juo.
Mcßeynolds, Georga Mack, Casper Ratio,
Irani Derr,.aiid Stephen H. Miller were Vire
Presidents, and Wesley Will and Dr. H. W.
Mcßeynolds, Secretaries. The meeting was
addressed for several l ours hours by ELLIS
B. SCHNABEL, E-q., in bia usual able and el
oquent manner. In the evening he spoke
again with atgument and powet such as only
he can use.
Mr. Buckalew spoke last week at the fol
lowing places:
On Monday evening, Oct. 27th, at the
room of the Keystone Club, Philadelphia;
on Tuesday evening, the 2R h, at Bristol,
Bucks county; Wednesday afternoon at
Lahaska, in the same county, and on the
evening of the same day at Lambertville,
New Jersey; on Saturday afternoon at
Alsace, Berks county, and on Saturday
evening in Reading. He also spoke on
Monday evening ai Muncy, Lycoming co.
INDORSING NOTKS —lt II tveil said by A
<-hrewd observer, thai there were some
things which every mm has to learn for
himself. It would seem as if the folly of
indorsing what is called accommodation pa
per WHS one of them. Tens of thousands
have been ruir.ed in this way, yet lens of
thousands still continut! to practice it. Many
who induce paper with impunity lot years
discover, at last, that they also, in spite of
their n-sertinns that they would never be lo
sers by it, are brought to bankruptcy by it.
Sir Walter Scott, who had gone on, from year
to year, adding acre to acre, larm to 'arm.
woke one morning to find hims-lf turned,
through his indorsements on Constsble's pa
per; end the rest of his life, shortened by
exce-sive labor, had to be dovoted, not to
carrying out the favorite dream of his ambi
tion, but lo liquidating the debts thus con
tracted. Even Baruum, whose name haa be
come synonvmoua to shrewdness fell before
tbis delusive habit.
THE ELECTION.
The following returns have been received:
New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania,
have gone for Buchanan. New York, Rhode
Maud and Couueclicul for Fremont. Mary
land for Fillmore.
In this county BuchaUan will have 1800
majority.
BDCHASIN. FRIMONT.
Bloom, 12
Scott, 60
t'eaire, 160 74
Cstawitsa, 27
Greenwood, 133 148
Jackson, 89 6
Mi. Plaasant, 86 80
The couutiea stand as follow*:
Philadelphia, 8,000
Lancaster City, 1194
Union, 625
Montour, 600
Northumberland. 1,000
TO THE TEACHERS Of COLUMBIA
COUNTY.
The annual examination of tsachers for
this county will be this year held somewhat
later than laet year, because it waa found that
but few teacher* attended the pdblicexami
nation* and many came afterward for a pri- i
rate examination. Besides, the winter echoole j
in mort districts only begin ic the middle of
November or first of December, and teach
ers from other counties cannot be expected
to visit the county for an examination long
inndranooof their opening.
The examinations should in every case
where it is practicable be public, and the di
rectors and citizens should be present. There
are a thousand things at sech an exercise
which cannot be embraced in any certificate,
but which the board should know when they
select teachers. The presence of pdreuta at
these examinationa indicates such a whole
some interest in their schools as will secure
fidelity to their trust in directors, teachers
and children.
For the present it is only found necessary
to make the appointments that an examina
tion of teachers will taks place at
Orangeville, on Thursday the 6ib day uf
November', at 9 o'clock, A. M.
Stillwater on Thursday the 6'h of Nov.
P. M. ...
at 9 o'clock
At Mainville on Thursday the 13ih of Nov.
at 9 o'clock A. M.
At Chtawissa on Thursday the 13th of Nov.
at 3 o'clock P. M.
The visitation of schools will commence
immediately alter these examinationa so that
teachers should attend at these appoint men is;
for it is uncertain when 1 can afterward be
firond at my office. Directors should be care
tul to employ no teacher without a certificate,
as seversl Boards hive found unpleasant
difficulties from not being watchlul on this
point.
THE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
Of Columbia county will meet at Blooms
burg ou Wednesday morning the s:h of No
vember.
The time Is changed from what ws con
templated at the last session of the Associa
tion, to -ecure the attendance of HENRY C.
HICKOK, Esq., the Deputy State Superin
tendent, wtio will positively be present on
the sth, and to give chance for Ihe arriva l 1
of all snch teachers from other counties as
expect to take schools in our county. By
the time now fixed these teachers will be
in this county.
In the evening of the sth there will be a'
general educational meeting of teachers,
citizens and directors at the Court-house in
Blonmsburg, which all interested in ihe cause
ol education are invited at attend. I: will
he addressed by Mr. HICKOK and others.—
Teachers who attend the Association should
have iheir time allowed them by the direc
ters as not lost, for it will be well improved.
R. W. WEAVER,
Co Superintendent.
Bloomsburg, Nov sth, 1855.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
THE state; senate.
Ist Dial. Philadelphia City*—Wm./f. Crabbe,
Chas B. Ptnrott*
2d " Philadelphia Co.—N. B. Browne,
Harlan Ingram and Richardson
L Wright*
3d " Monigomrn—Thomas P. Knox.
4th " Chester & Delaware— Jus. J Lewis.
sth " Berks—John C. Evans.
6th " Bucks—Jonathan Ely.
7th " Lancaster and Lebanon— John IV.
Killinger and Jucob G. Shaman.
Bth " Dauphin arid Northumberland-Da
vid Taggarl.
9th " Northampton and Lehigh—Joseph
Lauhach.
10th " Carbon, Monroe, I'tke & Wayne-
James H. Walton,
lllh 11 Adams and Franklin—George P.
Brewer *
12th " York—William H. Welsh.
13th " Cumberland & Perry—Henry Fet
ter.*
14lh " Centre, Lycoming, Clinton k Sul
livan— Andrew Gregg.
15th " Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon—
John Creswell*
16th '• Luzerne, Montour anil Columbia-
George P. Steele.*
17th " Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyo
ming— E. Reed Mytr.
18th " Tioga, Potter, Mi-Keart. Elk, Clear
field k Jeffersoti*//en ry Souther
19th " Mercer, Venango antl Warren—
Glenni IF. Scnffictd.*
20th " Erie and Crawford— D. A. Finney
21st " Butler, Beaver and Lawrence—J.
R Hurris*
22d " Allegheny—Wen. Wilkins and E
D. Gaxznm.*
23J " Washington Grec*l-//io. C Flen
niken
24th " Somerset, Bedford and Fulton-
Francis Jordan.
25th " Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion-
Sit ian J. Coffey *
261h " Juniata, Mifflin and Union—James
M Sellers.
27th " Westmoreland and Fayette— Wm
E. Frotter.
28th " Schuylkill—C. M. Straub.
Democrats, 15; Opposition, 18; New Sen
ator* marked with a star,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Adams—John Musselman, Opposition.
Allegheny—Wm. E Stevenson, Op., C. 8.
Eyster, Op., John T. Peters, Op., J. B. Back
house, Op., N'ch. Voeghtley, jr., Op.
Armstrong, Ac.—-J. K. Calhoun, D., W. M.
Abrams, D, R.J. NtoboUon, D.
Beaver, Ac.— D. L. Imbrie, Op., George P.
Shaw. Op., A. W. Crawford, Op.
Bedford, Ac.— G. N. Smith, D., WiHiarb C.
Reamer, Op.
Berks—J. Law. Gelz, D, William Heins,
D , B. Nunemacher, D., Michael Hoffman,
Dem.
Blair and Huntingdon—Jobo H Wintrode,
Op., John M. Gibbtmy, Op/
Bradford- J. B. IS. Baheoekfbp., CulUn
F. Nichols, Op. '• !•. >•■
Bunks—John Ms up is, D., Alex. 8. Joba
eon, D., John H. Loved, D.
Carbon and Lotiigh— Herman Rapp, D,
Enos Tolan, Dem.
Centra—John Smith, Dem.
Chester—Dr. E. V. Dickey, Op., Jam**
Penrose, Op., Paxon Vickers, Op. ,
Clearfield, Ac.—Setb A. Backus, Dam.
Clinton, Lycofrrina, Ac —J. At. B. Petriken,
D , Isaac Benson, Op.
Columbia and Montour— Pster Ent, Dem.
Crawlord—Joseph Brown, Op., Leonard
Reed, Op.
Cumberland—James Anderson, D., Wra.
Harper, D.
Dauphin—David Murama, Oppo., John
Wright, Cp.
Delaware—Hiram Cleaver Op.
Erie—Warehara Warner, Op., Gideon J.
Ball, Op.
Franklin—George Jacobs, Op., Joo. With
erow, Op.
Fayette and Westmoreland-Henry D. Fos
ter. D., John Fausold, D , Samuel A. Hill, D.,
Peter A. Johns, D.
Greene—R. K. Campbell, D.
Indiana— R. B Moorhead, Op.
Lancaster —Win. Hamilton, Op , John A.
W. llouaekeeper, Op, C.
Ualitiont, Op.,
Mifflin—John Purcell, Op.
Monroe and Pike—L. Westbrook, D.
Montgomery—J. W. Hdlegas, D., A W.
Longaker, D., George Hamil, D.
Northampton—John A. Innes, D., Jssse
Pearson, D.
Northumberland—J H. Zimmerman, D.
Perry—Charles C. Brandt. D.
Ptiileilelp.hia City —S. S. Bishop, Op , Geo,
T. T'.orn, Op., Jacob Dock, Op., John Kara
eey, D.
Philadelphia Co.—C. M. Leisenring, D.,
Tuwrixend Vearnley, D., Franklin Mcllvain,
D., Charles Cany, D., Abraham Arlhus, D.,
John Roberts, D., John Hanoock, D., Robert
B. Knight, P., John Wharton, D., Frederick
J. VValter, D., Henry A. Gitdea, D.
Schuylkill—Win. B. Lebo, D, (. N. Wg
onseller, D.
Snmerse'—Jonas Augustine, Op.
Sn qiiehnnna, Simeon B. Chase, Op.,
Allied Hille, Op.
Tioga—L. f. WilliAten, Op.
Union, &e.—Thomas Bower, D.
Washington—J. S. Vanvoorhix, Op., John
C. Sloan, Op.
Wayne—N. W. Vail, D.
York—James Ramsey, D. Samuel Maoear,
D , l-aac Beck, D.
Democrats, 54—Opnosition, 40.
RECAPITULATION.
Opp. Da*.
Senate, 18 ji
House of Representatives. 40 51
61 69
64
Dem. niaj. on joint ballot, 5
One Democratic member of the Legisla
ture 10.-t his election in Wt-hington county
by 9 vo'es; another in Mifflin by 25; another
in Admix bv 20; another ill Franklio by 5;
another in Clmlon, Lycoming and Potter dis
trict by 23; and another in Chester by |7
majority.
NEW GOODS.—D. Lowenburg has just re
ceived and opened a fine and full assortment
of new clothing at his old stand. He always
sells cheap and good goods; and I boss who
want winter and fall clothing will do well lit
give him a call, for they can find every de
sirable ar'icle in bis assortment.
Holloway's Ointment and Pills —Every head
of a family should keep a supply of these
great specifics at hand. No household can
safely dispense with them. Exernal injur
ies, which would result in the loss of a limb
or ihe crippling of a joint, if treated in the
ordinary modes, may be cured with dispatch, „
and without pain or hazard, by the use of
the ointment. Erysipelas, salt rheum, boils,
sores and all exernal ailments, are removed
with equal facility and certainly, by the ap
plication of this great curative; and the
manifold diseases of the stomach, liver, and
intestines, so often fatal in this country,
yield invariably to the sanative operation of
the Pills.
£gi&&lfe4£ai&t>
On Thursday last in West Hemlock twp.,
Moninnr co , by tne Rev. E A. Sliarretts, Mr.
BKNJ. B. YRKA". of Centre, Columbia countv,
to Miss M E. Cuoest.KV, of West Hemlock,
Montour county.
In Berwick, Oct. 30 h, by EW. F. M. Alden
Mr. W. L. Pa*xs, of Fisbingcreek, and Miss
SARAH SAVAGE, of Jackson Col. Co.
In Kkpyiown, Columbia nnnrrry, Wednes
day evening, October 22nd, 1856, Mrs. Bur-
ABSTH CREVEMMG, W idow ol the late Thomas
Creveling, aged 60 years, 8 mo. and 7 days.
111 Berwick, on Thursday last, MARY C.,
daughter of David and Rebecca J Snyder,
aged 3 years, I month aad 16 days.
1,200 AjraULR.
1000 Agents Wanted.
AGENTS wanted in every part of the Uni
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Work , 'Th PANORAMA OF THE OLD
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and industrial condition ; interspersed with
Historical and Anecdotes,
By WILLIAM PINNOCK, Author of the His
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