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PradfI9IIt—FRANIZLIN PIEILCE,
Pico Peesidelit —Mr( Eicto), D. fe. kicitESo:l.
4ocrptary of SClite--AVm. L. Almon!,
Secretary of Intotior—RoimitT mcci.ELTAND.
Set:Tut:try of Trivisory—.l.oOlS
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Atto'rney ersit(No.
01110f - (inertice e f liuito l States-11.--11. TANFL
STATE -GOVERIstINIENT.
liiwerner—J.kuts Penner
Secretary of State--A.Nortmr 0. CURTIN.
Surveyor (lonoral--J. I'. 1311AWLET.
Autlitur General—E.
'rre4surer--Jesr:ru
- JudgUs of the Voprome Cnurt—E. LEWIS, J. S. 111,:ten
O. W. WOODWARD, J.. 9. - lily ox.
COUNTY orrirdiens.
PreSidinit Olt-illA3l.
Asa . oeiate
turn.
District At t•trnity—Julin M. Shearer.
Ty,tittmetary--Daniel R. Noell.
Recorder. At tt M. Gregg. ' '
I.Ytle.
'De - pirty,
Wainer,
County Treasurer—N. W. Woodtt.
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Crtroner—.l with C. Tlatinpstin.
. County (At/nulls:4o mint—Jam Bubb, James Armstrong,
Geoi•ge M. (Nalitm.. Clerk to Continisajoners,
Itilay.
Directors rtf the Pour—Ceorge SlatatTer, George Bri n
die. 'John C. Brown. Superinteinlent or robr
Josaph
BOROUGH orrrolms.
Chief ti—tirgess—Col. AtrTto)NO Nom&
Asgistant itur;tess--Charles ,
Co : anvil—John a Parker, (Preslll6lo F.. Beatty',
lioury Nfyers. 1,-S. ligheit.r David Ithouaa.(!ind.tian
huff, John ciutshall, Peter 31,,nrur. Uco. 7.. Blllth.
Clerk to Connell—James' Mullin.
Constables—,loseph 6towart, High Constable; Robert
McCartney, IVard Constable.
CHURCHES.
First Presbyterian Church, northwest angle Of Centre
B [lntro. Roy. CoNw to'r P. \Viso, Pastor.—Servlc9.•,every
Sunday Wonting, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock,
P. ;I.
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• Sad PreAbyterian Church,mrtier of South rtanover
and l'aturret streets. No pastor at prosent,, hitt pulja
ill led by Presbyt erlal appal ntments. lt.:ervices conunencit
at 11 o'eloak; A. M., anti 7 . o'clock,.P. M.
Chur:lt, (Prot.. lipiseopal) northeast angle of
Cent lit 4jnut. Hey. J Aeon 11. Muss, Rector. Services
at 11 o'clock, A.M., and 3 o'clock, P. M.
English Lut heron Church, Bedford between Main and
Luther titrottts. Rev.: JACOB pastor. Serviced
at 11 o'clock, A. M., and
orniait Iteforinc..l I. , ,utlirr,f)etuvon fianover
air! L'itt Ray. A. EL ha L?lril, Pastor. t:rvires
at 1(0.1 o'clirk. A. 11.. and 13 1 ,:, P. M.
E.Clturclr, (nr6t..c Largo) r , .rner of Maiu and
Pitt sCructk ger. S. L. 11. l!”4: , EIA. Pa , tor. Sur% ices at
11 o'clock. .1. :kl., o'cirwk, P. M.
MothodiNt E. l'hor,ll, v..o.ed t'llar i zej .14. r. J. m .
JoNtts, Srrvlros in 011,40 chap e l, at i l o•dm.k.
A. M., 1111;1 :I o'clock, P. 11.
Ponarrt. near Ea,d strret.—
SorOces iv-Rev, Mr. lioN.kisuo, t!rery second Sunday. ,
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A .dernia n Lutheran Church , ii•cin oltlrse of er, e ti,,,,
cra thi) erner or Pomfret and ,lietit'erd t:treets. con
gregation, which Ilan yet uo held their
cervlees in Ed uoation I Lail.
airW ion changes in tho above are nreesFary the pro
per persons aro to notify is.
W)LL]EG-E•
Rev. Charles , CoWas, Prenhlont. and Professor of Moral
Bcfieneff.
Kos. Herman M. Johnson, Professor of Philosophy
anJfigliffif Literature.
.hones W. Marshall, Professor of A nrient Languages.
Hoe. Otis IL Tiffany, Professor lA, Mathematics.
William Lorturer on Natural Science and
Curator of the Musouin.
Alex:twits. ,'chum, Professor of Ilubmw and 3ludern
Laugnau•es.
MAW:I.MM Arbogast, Tutor in Languages. --
' Samuel P. Hillman, Principal of tlie(;rammar School.
A. Suirely, Assistant In the Grammar School
CORPORATIONS.
C 11LL , Lt: D::Posir 111Nit,—Prosident, Richard Parker;
Cashier. Wm. M. Iteetoin; Clerks, Henry A: Sturgeon.
Joseph t'.ll,,lfer. , - Directors, litehard Parker, teary &tx
ton, bolt S. :terrett, Jolla Zug, Ilepry Logan, Robert
Moore, Samuel NVlthriy, Fanderson, Hugh gnarl.
C;:iNan:al..rd, VALLEY HAIL COMPANY.—Pre:IIIIIIIIt,
Pretlorit•lt - Wait!: ; Secretary and Treasurer, Edward 31.
Biddle; Saperintendant, A. F. Smith.. Passenger trains
twice a day I:astward, leaving Carlisle at 10.15 o'clock,
A. M. unit 1,411.;c10ck,e, AI, Two trains every day West
ward. le t via:: Carlisle at 9 o'clock, A. 31.. and 2.20, P. 31.
CAltELiLlt 11A; ANI , WATER CYolPNY,—President, Fred
eick Watts; Secretary, Lemuel Todd; Treasurer, 'Wm,
14. llovtom ; Direct,Qrs, F. Watts, Richard Parker, Loath.'
lhdd, Win. 11. 110 , :tem, Dr. W. W. Dale, Franklin Gard
ner. Henry Wass.
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VOL. LV.
1 - IE 4 SALD AND EEPOSIEOR.
AGRICULT UNAIL SOCIETY MEETING
REPORT Of DISCUSSION.
Tne Society met nt the Court House, on
Tuesday, the Oth of March. The members
weit - gensrally present, and the meeting was
of a
,highly interesting character. The Presi
dent, C4:o. 11. BUCHER, Esq , in the chair, and
ROBORT Moony, Secretary. The object of the ,
meeting wag to disc'uss and compare the expe
rience of the members on agricultural sub.:
jests.
Hon.' F. WATTS enquired for the .experi
once
_of ..any member. as to the most success•
ful mode of raising_ wheat: whether upon
fallow, clover soil, or oats stubble manured.
llr STAYMAN, of the ioinity of Carlisle, re .
plied that each had their advantages, but - that
he thought fallow ground, in equally good
condition, was most likely to . succeed. Prob
ably the cause wits,jt4t. in dint- condition of
•the g,r - ound, the manare 1v:0;1 - Imre intimately
mixed with it, and better adapted as
the plant than it would be in .n raw state, 'as
- When put upon oats stubble, when it was too
gross for SQ. cl_e_lkelioo _pinaLas_wlea t— •
Mr. WATTS. said there may be another rem
son. Much depends in the raising of any
crop, in having the ground in good order
when the seed is put in. Fallow ground is in
a condition to be put in much better order for
seed than any_other,_When ploughed, it be
comes inure mellow and open, and is alwoys
in better order than stubble.gronnd.
Mr. W. CitatunEAD,• of South Middleton,
suggested the idea whether the exposure. of
the Mire ground to the hot sun of the summer
hod nut the effect to improve it.
Mr. STAYMAN thought that experience had
not shown such to -be the result. •
. Mr. Cri.vca, of North Middleton, here in
troducA"the subject of Clover, and remarked
that the clover of two or more years standing
had the. appearance of being in very bad con
dition, that it was ver,t , much thrown out of
the ground by the .ttfect of the winter. Upon
being enquired, of for the cause of this, i , Lo
said that old clover always suffered more frotn
the effect of winter than, that which was of
but one year's growth, and the older the plant
the more it suffered. This, it was suggested,
was contrary to the analogy to be derived from
other plants, wh,se age enabled them better
to endure hardship ; but all present agreed to
the fact established by Mr. Culver. He also
assigned as a reason why the clover was injur
ed more then usual this winter, that the
drought of the last year caused a heavy pas•
turage in the fall ; and the clover was tramp
ed ionic by cattle, which lie deemed injurious
to it. Mr. Culver illustrated this slew by say
ing that he had,, observed that n path hardly
trodden through one of his fields had thrown
all its clover out of root where the ground was
Here a conversation ensued in which Messrs.
Kerr, Graham, Ileikes, J. W. Craighead, Bu
cher, Sheaffer, Line, McKee, and others took
part, on the subject of the proper time and
Wetst, mode of sowing clover seed, plautingscorn
end preparing onts,ground, width was very in
teresting to farmers, but which we cannot
correctly report, tt. having been prepared to
note it at the time.
The meeting before - it adjourned passed
the following-resolutions.
• Resolved, That the Recording Secretory, by
letter, call the attention °teach of the Vice
Presidents to their duty of procuring the,sub
seriptiou of Life, Eight-years and' Annual mem
bers, as provided by a resolution ut the last
meeting.
Resolved, That Messrs. Watts, Sheaffer, and
Robert Moore be a committee to select a site
which way be purchased and fenced as a per
manent location for exhibition grounds, and
make report to the next meeting of the Soci—
ety for their adoption.
The Society then adjourned to meet at the
Court house, en Tuesday, the lith• of April
next. .
FIRAT OF A ITlL.—Toilm subscribers to
the lb:raid - who contemplate chunffing their
residences on the first or April, will please
notify our cariers of the fact. Mail subscri
bers who intend removing, will please in•
form us of flier new directions uf' their pa-
halo by Christian Hass, of North Middleton
township, on Tuesday the 20th of March.
Sale by Lafityeite Moore, of .SOutli - Mid
dleton township, on Friday the 23d of March
,)itlitt fur tie c fitutilti -(Eirtvlt.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH I'4,' 1855.
lqnttEnsoAr . , Mat'ch
Tti the' State 'Legislature,. yesterday, the
Senate took up and passed finally, the supple
mentary ant 'relative to insolvents,. .ome pro
posed atneinlinefita the United States Cott
stitutiori Ward .cansiderecl and postponed. In
the limn& a number' of private bills were
finally,and a large number of other 4 passed
Committee of the Whole.. i . •
A Veiyde,structive storm. occurred in Elmira
-on Monday
,much damage in
blowing down •ohinineyi; Sze. The Massachu
setts town elections took • place on °Monday,
and offift, towns heard from, the KnowJ,ioth
lugs lave carried forty. A municipal pleotion,
in Detroit has resulted- in the 'choice of ,the
Democratic candidate for Mayor by 1100
ma
jority. • The documents connected ' :with • the
Ostend Conference have berm made public,
and the official report of that famous diploma.
tic Meeting Will be 'found in our paper to-day.
The conference recommended the offer of a
very largo sum of money for Cuba; which is
not named in the report., biit conjectured, de.
lie onelinuared and twenty millions of dollars.
In the State Legislature, yesterday, three
bills passed the Senate finally among 'which
-was-tme- to iLsterre — the --- enpital—of - the Penn
Township Bank. The House- passed a bill
relative to the Union Canal,:another, appro
priating $50,000 to
_pay for iron. furnished for
the Portage Railroad. 'The bribery bill was
also amended and passed finally. •
, The Indiana Legislature has adjourned sine
die, without electing a U. S. Senator or State
()deers. The litter - cannot be appointed,by.
the Governor. The ice in the Ohio river, at
-Pittsburg, has given away, and nevigtitionAuti
opened. Municipal election in Salem, Mass.,
and Chicago, Illinois, have resulted in -.tho
election-,of tho American party candidates:—
The Treasuser of Mhinhula county, : Ohio,
having yesterday atternpted to - force operi'the'
doors of the Farmers' Planet) Bank 'Ashta
bula to collect the taxes, the payment of which
hpd been refused, the Cashier resisted him.,
The Treasurer 'summoned the Sheriff to his
assistance, and much excitement' was raiSed..
The New Jersey Legislature - yeat.erday.wits'it
scene of much excitement, a struggle being
made over the Mount Melly Bank bill, and
charges of bribery being freely bandied about,,
to investigate which committees' were'appoint
ed. -
In the State Legislature, yesterday, the
Senate agreed to the proposed amendments
to the State Constitution. A number of bills,
of no general importance, passed the same
body. In the House, a resolution was adopt
ed exempting witnesses from punishment or
penalty for anything they may bo required to
testify before the investigating committee in
reference to the improper use of the public
funds The house also passed finally the bill
to erect the new comity of Penn, out of the
upper wards of the city of Philadelphia.
A murderer named Phelps, confined at Al
bany, under sentence of death for the murder
of his wife, escaped from jail by overpowering
his,jailor and locking him in. He was, how;
ever, retaken. Anthony Burns, the liberated
slave, whose rendition at Boston. caused such
an excitement, bias returned there and been
honored with a public meeting by way of "re
ception. The Know Nothings of Chicago are
rejoicing greatly over their municipal victory.
They had ft publiti parade, headed by a Ger
man Band. General Cuss has heenoeceived
at Detroit with a,salute of thirty-two guns
A firs at St. Mary's, Georgia, has destroyed
the whole of the business part of that town.
A fire at Detroit has burned a largo livery
stable and front fifteen t..) twenty horses. The
loss is about $20,000. The adjournment of
the Indiana Legislature without filling the
State offices, has caused math excitement at
Indianapolis. The Governor has appointed
persons to fill the posts left vacant, but the
Secretary of State has refused to qualify them.
Bill Poole, the pugilist, who was desperately
wounded in the recent affray in New York,
has died, and warrants have been issued for
the arrest of his murderers.
In the State Legislature, yAterday„ the
Senate passed dually a bill to extend the juris
diction of the Courts in cases of divorce, 'and
an appropriation of $BO,OOO for new work on
the Portage Railroad. The House ficietl
through second reading the tavern license re
peatbill,'rejected the bill relating to the revi:
val of judgments, 'concurred in the Senate
amendmentS,,appropriating $50,900 for iron
used on the new . Portage RaProad Company.
and passed finally the bill placing the flag of
the, second Pennsylvania regiment of the U. S.
army of •Mexico, into the custody of the,Ninjc.r
lleneral of the Ist Division of Militia of this
State for the use of the Scott Legion.
Two elderly ladies, sisters of the late Abner
Kneeland, were murdered lit their residence
in South Cardiner, ,Mass' — on Wednesday night,
by some plundering vagabond, who ransacked
the house for valuables. A reward of $50.0 is
offered for the arrest of Baker, the murderer
of 11111 Poole. • A charter election in Milwau
MIEN
LEGISLATIVE: PROCEEDINGS,
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TnratspAy, March 8
FRIDAY, March 9
SATURDAY, MaTell 10.
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, 'ln the rennSYivania Legislature,, on Satur
day', the Senate'did a large amount of bust.:
nt4s of a"Pritete character. A nuinber of
Bank Cliartet•s•passed second reading. ' In the
House, also, touch business of n'private char
actor wasiransaoted., ;
A fire at ,Toutkinsrille, Staten Island,;on
Friday night, 'destroyed four dwellings and
three stores, the most substantial in the town,
Losit about $30,000. The :fire caught in a
groc,ery.store, from..tho explosion of 'a cam
phene , A fire at Princeton, N. ;J., on
Saturilay night, destroyed ,the 6:Oleg&
knoWn as Nassau Ilan; wish' all:, the 'filrol
tare, books, clOthes,:&o', of the studenti - The
loss is about $50,000. -I.`he, U. - S2 Supreme
Court has chised its term, having disposed of
78 eases dining its'seSsion. A terrific gale at
Sanity Hook,' otr Saturday, cruised' an . utiknoWn
schooner to ,founder, :with. all; on botird.• A
despatch from Wilmington,• Dol., says that
three 'buildings, belonging to Gauretsche's
powder mill, exploded on Saturday, killing.
two 'Men, and fatally wounding two others
A_llestructive fire-is raging- in the woods-be= '
tweet/ Ilillville„akct.illalaga.,,N, J.
MR. BRATTY:—.II(LyiIIg beard that• an, ex
amination of Hie scholars of Mr. J. S. Ilostet %
ter's school in Silver Spring, was to take place
on Saturday last, I thought I would,drop
~in
and see how things would move off,,i,,,Atjen
o'clock, the exercises commenced by reading-a
:portion or Scripture and shiging . ,:after, which
WO had spelling r i nd reading, and exercises in
Geography and Arithmetic until 12 o'clock
IThe good ladies of the district, (" God,bless.
themn had prepared a good 'cold dinner,ex,:
cept " hot coffee,." which Was then served up
and we were 011, filled; and there were taken
up of the fragments big " baskets In
he afternoon, the exercises *ere:introduced
by reading and singing, after which examina
tions of classes were had in Reading, Arith
metic, Geography,•Grammay;lNatural
Philos
ophy, and Astronomy, and
.a. lecture. on -each
of the two last named sciences by the young
ladies; also, a lecture on Botany by a young
lady. A lecture on Elactribity, with some ex
periments was given by MI6 of the " Wheys::
the shocked quite a number, amongst whom
were some old ladies, whOscreamed as though
they wore not more than seventeen years of
age. After the exercises had closed, a young
!' Lad" mounted the stage, made a very ap
propriate address to the Directors and citizens.
and presented to the County Superintendent a
silver-headed Cane, which he was to use as
staff to rest upon when weary; and also to
employ it in beating back the powers of dark
ness which are trying to crush our "Common
School System." Several boys left the room,
and in a few minutes returned rolling a barrel.
upon which was placed a young " Lass," `who
said it was a barrel of flour, Which the schol
ars were about to present to their.Teneher, us
a token of their. regard for his indefatigable
exertions in their behalf. The Rev, Mr. Col- ,
der, of Harrisburg, then delivtreda short ad
dress to the scholars, after which the County
Superintendent addressed the 'citizens and
scholars. Too much praiSe cannot he meted
out, to the Teacher and citizens for. their exer
tions on this occasion, and they were no doubt
well rewarded by the smiling countenances 01
So many of the friends of Education, especial
ly of the " fair sex."
A FILIEND TO COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION
March 10, 1855.
EXECUTION OF A EESPIMATE
negro Artis, who was sentenced. to death for
murdering his daughter, was executed at Sid
ney,'Shelby county, Ohio, .on the 23d ultimo.
He fought - desperately with the officers, on hit
way to the gallows, and tore the coat, com
pletely off the Deputy Sheriff in endeavoring
to resist the efforts made in putting the rept'
around his neck. It took six men tti'iecure
him upon the scaffold, and. when at*, last he
was swung off, ho managed to. got hold of flit
rope with his hands, which prevented the fall
from breaking his neck. Atter struggling
Violently for some tints, ho, was choked - to
death, when his body. was taken down aid
burned, ,
THE PURCHASER OF MR. WEBSTER'S FARM,
—The name of the gentleman Who purchas
ed the Webster farm Franklin, N. 11., is
Rufus L. Tay, Esq., and not Fay, as has
been announced by the papers. It is only a
f e w years since he was an apprentice to a
carpenter at Concord, but came to Boston.
was successfal in business, and now . retires
to his now purchase at Franklin,as his per
minent yesidtince.
ItErk...SainuorMaxwoll, !Lying at Easton, was
strangled by a pieco of roast . beef, while at
dinner tho other day, and died in a NW min
utes..
kie,..Whmonain. resulted in the sneeese 'of the
whole Democratic ticket, by a large
.majority.
[yet the Herald.]
4t INTERESTING EXHIBITION.
OPENIN t of the PANAMA RAILROAD.
This irnportnnt - elieptivOs celebrated on the
16th and 17th uli, dry appropriate ceremonies,
at Aspinwnll, Mara Chin and Panama. A nu•
merous party of 'invitdd gue'strt had gone out
from the United - Snap, W.,0, with the.regular
passepgers for California, set out on the 16th
in a long train of cars,. to cross , the Isthmus by
steam. At OittiOhir . , they stopped to lay the
eortnr-sti no of a monument to. the projectors
of the road.' 'The site ef Alia monument is de
scribed as magnificent. . It is one of a series of
natiiPiti mounds, Which have alMost the ap
pearance of artificial structure. The ground
undulates in ,those mounds in the'midst cf nn
ampi then ti e of distrintmountains. ' Palm trees
surround their. base, and wave grneefullf - to•-,:
the cooliti,sg brecie.whiCh tempers the heat of
the noonlday tropical- sun. A park like ex-.
pause of loiidlopthstretchesloway - on'one side
from the base of the no und, with spreading
trees, hero and there of India 'rubber and
mangrove. Through the palms. at the , base
you bid o'd do rarionii, with the:Clingred and •
Rio Orbispo, :whose wn'ers unite nt tile point.
Here, amid n'enowd of CalifernianS, an'Oration
vas delivered by Judge liciwlin, the 'flaked
States Minister to New arnnoda, after Which
the party resumed their journey. At 'l2l}' A.
M t .ey arrived safely ~, at nirvana, having
been four and a half hour's-on the way, with a
speed of from; twelve to fourteen miles nu hour.
'lie. usual runtipp r ti• Ls to. be four hours.
The depiiiiit Panittna. ' at present Playa
Prieta—outside of the wal —north of the
City Compelly. The passenge efrom Calif( r- •
tug )
nia to go in open boats, from t e bench to: two
miles in the bay. This is, of course, an in
convenience and an °lista of serious import
to the conveyance orfreight. To prOide
against these ditlienlties, it is;proposeq to con
tinue the road through the city to a point op-
posite to an is belonging. jointly te•Jhe
Pno;fic - Mail Steamship Company and the Pan
area Italiro3 , l Company. This island is caller
Pingo,- and. is, aticiut. 12,000... feet „long,..otuoi,
would neon:re a stone pier of two miles 'nnitir
half, involving an kdditticzoil expense of soy
- end millienin• -'l.llierens a - gotnt nottrqn- of tiro
railroad. sill' _uPoroneltio work, whiai -inter- -,
feres with the carriage of heavy freight_-.
This, however, is being rapidly, filletl in.- The
' cans and all the appointments_ are like those of
the besCrailrePols in the United States. It is
it menuirah!e fact that the locomotive first pas
sed ham - ) (wean op trin 27th of January, con-
veying, the Chief Engineer Col. Totten, and
the Deneral Superintendent—a triumphant re-- .
suit of which these men of genius nud'enter
rr:se deserved the first position, as to then,
belongs the glory. The passengers to and
from California passed through on thee 30th, '
and, shice_thon the_road has _been open - kl•tu- --
regular travel: . .
, .
At Panama there were enthusiastic and pro- .
longed - festivities; a lonch on board the Brit: ---,
ish Mail steamer in the -harbor; a hanipiet
given by' the Railroad Directors, on Up. ovvii:,, .
ing. of the 17th, to a large party, where i
speeches were made ; and finally, a public.
breakfast at 'Aspinwall on.-4 - th'e 26th, clii-sing' ,
with O ball in the evening at Panama. Most
of the party from this City .returned by w:ty
of Havana, in.one,ofthe Company's steamers, „
--il'ew rork Tribune.
NO., 28
. .
It gives us pleasure to copy froroTthe As_
pinwall haily Couaier the following well meri7
ted, tribute to the skill, energy and persever
nnoe of Col. Totten, the engituter.of the newly
completed Panama Railroad
Amohg the Committees appointed by some
of the New Granadinn residents of Pariatnn,
for preparing and conducting a celebration of
the opening of the Panama Railroad is one in
structed "to congratulate the Panama
Rail
road Company, in the person'of Col. Totten, for
the conclusion of the important work." Ike.
We deem this medium of congratulation the
most fitting one, and we are laugh pleased that
the New Cirahadians have shown their nprre
ciation-of the past and present position of him
whom they design to congratulate,
After the herculean task which - Col. Ti Iten
has accomplished, had been given up by bath
Enelish and French engineers, he entered u,
on it with true Yankee alacrity and energy;
supportel on ono hand by that nobility of
confidence which knows no such, word as fail,
and on the other by that powerful foresigl t
which long and varied experience in the at
&tons cultivation of high talent could alto o
produce, and by which tho sure accomplisl
meta, and the immense consequence of his . 4, 7% .
hors were ever kept in view. For four years
and a half he has cotairMally preserved the
snme-nlacrity and energy that were manife- -
ted ut the outset. During the whole of the t.
time he has straggled with every variety of oh.
steele and discouragement ; his whole tin o
and strength, mental and phy ical, snch rs
rex men have, or, having, know' how to - give,
have been given to the work, of which he h: s
h td, during most of the time, the chief supet
inteedeuee.
11 bother supported by the presence and
counsel of those in joint superintendence with
him, or battling alone, ho has been always firm
anti faithful ; amid prosperous progress, or
seemingly ruinous retardings of the work Of
construction, whether"the effect of an unparal
leled climate or soil, or the sudden worke f
such accumulated force of Nature's elements
as could never be calculated - upon—against
the unwarantable use and the most y rovokiog
p. rrersi :it of their authority, by the lowtr
class of udges and rulers, as well as the glar
ing neglect and tl o short sighted interprete- -
d ons of t h e i r d u i e s by those of the hith. r •
grades; upon the Isthmus---nvid sickness re
newed and renewable-in thole snapping and
rushing forms :with which disease works out •
its fatal effects only in tropical clinuttes, break-,
ing dowti every class of assistants, and labor
ers, and even continually preying upon him.
DeSpite these difficulties, he has been always:
true, trustful and triumphant.
Anti now that the work iv accomplished, wo
s have felt it our duty to - declare f , him the
knowledge and sentiment of thoso - wito have
known and watched, and co-labored With him
hero, on the arena of his triumph, But we
should not fully complete such declarAtior,
without expressing the earnest hope of our
'fellow-residents—that he will immediately be
released front his labors, and recruit his shat
tered constitution by travel and recreation; .
and tl.at he may thus be Brave' to enjoy the
full development of the incalitnable results
which the Panama Railroad is destined to pro-
duce. •'