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Double column advertiventente extra. Notre°. of Mori - Ines and Deaths poblishod free. • TAILYOR MAN—A CONI'EM: PLATIVE BALLAD. DY JOHN 0. BABE. Right Jollie hi yo tallyor-man, `As renal," mon may be; • And nll ye day upon ye bench° De worketh morrille, And oft ye while In pleasant° isle° Ho coiloth up his limbos, Illlfieli;gath senses ye liko whereof - Are not in Watts his hymns. - And yot he toiled] all yo while • iii merrie machos roller AN true unto ye needle se ' To ?sawn° to yo polo. What macs ye valiant tallyor.umn ' ,Far nil ye cowards (owes I Against ye scissors of yo Fates 11e pointes his mightle themes. 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To . the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company: Your Directors feel much gratification in submitting to you the following very Petteisraztory statements of the husincsti of your railway during 1871: 'l'l,o earning of the main line of your_ railway, 358 miles in length and 218 miles of branches, wore : Vrtin Pus•nugers 4 3719 201 St From Emigrant nowt,. gw• 130,7.92 12 Front mullet 147,893 12 Vitint rxproo , Ma - ter... ' 3112,319 00 Yr nonoral Freights . 14. , 52,3,4 51 •Ityont 5164, Inures. ' 13 cocoa 241,032 114 111,6lit11'0 EXPE.III For conducting truns portatlon $4, 0 30.791 Fo.p ye power 3 949,047 23 V rdu+h, of,.ors I 202 121 71 Found, termer,. of nun] 3,302,266 55 For g.l 101 cep mews.— 229,041 77 • 1. nvlng not Wilzinr.el ' 1 , 11 80 0110.4c3 51 • 11111111MMIIIIK The total amount of revenues corn pared with last year, is 1071 ' 413,7.0.919 i 83 1071117,931,701 62 • er,.ltirreinte $1388,.30 03 • The changes in the source of revenue are shown below : Ino,opiu Ortt.criud luttoon( rx froiglolo do exiouris motto-. Tho only items of income that show `'h doerease sire emigrants ($8,270,80), and miscellaneous 42.11,311.101. The first Iw accounted -for from circumstances connected with the waa between Prance and Germany, ...mid the latter .from the large collections made in 1870 from other railways for rents, &c., duo to •provicun y•ars. The *hole nuinber. of pas:louvre Car: rled in 1870 was 4,802,760, and in 1871, 4,690,080; nn increase of 345,216, or nearly 8 per cont. The Average distance traveled by each passenger was 32 03-100 miles, being 2 19-100 of n mile less than in 1870. The number of tons of freight moved (Including 524,451 tone of fuel and other materials transported for the company) was 7,100,204, embracing 8,161,441 tons of coal. It was last year 5,804,0e1 tone, showing en itlercase of over 22} per cent in 1871. . The average charge per net ton per . mile Upon freights during the year was 1 8887.10000 cents, against 1 049-1000 *outs last year, 1 718.1000 cents the year previous;: and 1 900-1000 cents in 1898,> and per passenger 2 ris-too came r a per : mile against 2 49-100 cents last year, of an average decrease in' rate of freight, charges in 1871 below those of .1870 of 10 85400 -per cent, and . in . passenger charges an increase of.l 01.100 per cent per mild.. !ha actual cost of operating your rail road, including branch lines, in 1871, Pall 00-87400_por_opnt Tlio earnings of the. Philadelphia and' Erie railroad in 1871 wore : . , Prom o sesongora . .... $607,822 01 Brom F r eights • 2,800,35% 3: From oxpr8:1 ra ttor.... 88 030 10 Prom molts . 24,074 10 Prom In I o •ianoons ' • • nurser..' . 71 022 22 • . Total into , , 312,800 per , vollo o ; , od 28,f:47,263 7a Th. q , , ,•• ally% •zponio, during tho Plllllo.pwriu I ;:v7 800 rAlltl•' •• ' .... ' po ''%i i °"••••• • • ••,••• • 3751,880 34 .. . • .. or m , yo.povror 741.272 31 • i o rNo fitononco (dear. 206,118 07 Yor afiliotednueo of way 005,102 10 —' -- - -- 2 ... $2,762,012 60 . . . Showing a balance to the credit 'of Philadelphia and Brioltallewd... • 0760,000. 03 ' The number of bons of freight moved upon this lino during the year, was 1,- 828,401, againstl,6l4,2B7 in 1870;1,802,- 041 in 1809, showing a Broady annual in , . , crease of traffic. Vio ayorago charge mead pot mile 0 1•1111MINIIIIIIIMEMIMMIIII.N . . . . . . . • . .. . . . . . _.._ .... .._ .. . _ . . .. . . . 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The increased tonnage in. 1871 over 1870 was 214,204 tons, and the increase in revenue from freiglits ..$342,203.79, and from passengers $1,440.63.. Tho to - Tiirlitcrease—of—revenues_for_the_year_ , being $398,219.02. -A . The compotitiop between this railway and its neighboring , lines has reduced , the taxesnf rreight charged to the low average of one cont.'and two mills per ton per mile, whitih, notwithstanding the low cost that it has been , worlted at, does not afford an adequate minion of profit upon the largo amount of capital invested in the line. The sparsely 1 93 1 ,- .urated and unproductive character of the region traversed yields very little local freights for transportation that will bear liberal charges as a compensa tion for' the reduced rates obtainable upon,distant traffic: The ,passenger traffic has shown a ' profit this year of $38,221.10, against a loss in 1870 of $5,932.09. A small. 'increase upon the rates of .freight charged in 1871, with the annual increase of tonnage arising from the de velopment of the.resources of the region tributary to the line, will hring thisroad among the dividend paying - railways. If its line had been in. the first instance judiCieusly located, it would, ere this, have proveD a profitable enterprise. The "Low - Grade Railway" across the Allegheny mountains, now in the rapid 'progress of construction by the Alle gheny Valley railroad company, will intersect and tise the Philadelphia and Erie railroad for about 120 miles of its Eastern, nnd, whire the gradients are equelly favorahls, and wheii -- Cimipteted* it roust add motel iallx to the revenues of this line. This "Low Grade Rail way" overcomes the Allegheny moon tains—the - great barrier to direct and easy transit between the West and East —by gradients against the heavy traffic Dot exceeding 10 feet per mile gn straight liars, which are ratably reduCed upon the curved portions of the road. Tho revenue of the lines operated by this company, and the - amounts paid for their working expenses, interest, and dividends, are as follows: Ow Penn.ylonnin MC1.0.1 and = $ . 22,262 And the expenses for operating them were : Pennsylvania nil I road -.511,8 . 4_1,433 34 Philadolithis ntiti Erio rn l Ir o (including 70.200 03 not ern it gn paid to that coo p000)y 3,043,2'3 73 -$15,365,607 07 Thu- net profits of the „ year ICI upon ~1 the j,. operations of the coin — patty being ' 5 18,996,4'3 From which deduct divi dends declared in nay and November (each 5 per cent), with the taxes paid thereon 4 9,625,082 50 Interest paid by the rOni pony t p nf did °cling „, inures dividends received 1,203,010 20 Paid for th lease of the liarrisburi and Lan caster reilnapt.. ..... . 132,039 94 Annual payment to the e State of Pennsylvania on account of inietest aud - principaidite upon the purchase of the barks Inn.ween Pitts- . urg end 'Philadelphia 400;108 00 Leaving a Wiener , to credit of profit and loss on /recount of rho Pennsylvania railroad of $1,470,290 78 But, from which In to 110 deducted the excess of advances made by this Company over tiro amount received from • tho United railroad and canal compatriot; - of New Jersey, and the . Philadelphia and Tren ton railroad company. towards the payment of ini most, dividend arid operating expenses, prior to January 1, 1822 030,220 23 leer profits of ieaso of Pitralierc, Fuel It /quo arid Chiraim railway. an I P1.131.11rg and trio railroad, until trans- ree formed to the Penw.yl - ia company trn April 1, 1672 , 1111,824 02 n . --- 8745,414 21 'Leaving a net *dance MOMESSEMI $ mu II 1,141, 141 04 1,149 67 51,0.4 12 buss nos of 1871, 0f... 6721,875 77 This balance is obtained from the business of your railway for the paEit year, after charging the amount (s32ly -011 40), expended in straightening t.le old Philadelphia and Columbia railroad, purchased of the' State, 'and ($440,012- 45), the cost of substituting iron for wooden bridges, steel rails for iron rails, &c., upon the whole railroad, to mainte nance of way, and Placing the loss on lease of the New Jersey railroads in 1871 to'Expenso Account, The acceptance of the enormous terms of the lease of the property of the United railroad companies of Now Jer sey, is only to be justified by the very great importance of securing to t 1 company d line terminating upon the Hudson rive•, where accommodations could be erected for, the reception and storage of - the traffic of the extended system of railways that you control conuecting Philadelphia and New York with rill .of the important commercial centres of the, West—accommodations essential to- the development of this traffic, and *which it could not otherwise eecurec :Without violating arratigments with those empanies. $l. 354'0 kl The' amount to be paid unthlr the lease is $1,948,500 pef samum 'for, di vision among the stockholders of the companies ; ,this compally receiving all of their assets and assuming all of their obligations.' For several years , past the dividends of the united companies have beau at the rato,otten per cent per atmurn, while their not revenues have not justified a rate exceeding seven per 'cent the de ficiency having been made up from _a• surplus fund that ' had accrued 'during the war, which had become exhausted. The terms of this lease requirekthe. delivery of these works on the first :of July last, but in consequence of an in junction obtained by dissatisfied shere holders; from the Chancellor of NOW Jersey, this was not effected until the first of Deem:Om—too late to introduce, before the close of th 9 year, any reforms in their administration with a view t) lessen the cost of Operiiiini them. This eiioumstance has materially increased 'the amount that we have had to advance, under the lofts°, an account of the bust- nosy of 1871. It .is believed, however,' that by vigorous reforms Ili their future 'administrationi 'and the constantly in . creasing tonnage that we shall throw *upon these works, that they will in o few years meet'tne high routil ngioed to be paidifor them. Their revenues cannot, be increirsed by an increase of the rates of transportation, as these have generally been,kept, too high tti produce the best net results. . In its last animal report the Board referred to the disposition it proposed to make of the largo interest that this conipany has acquired in 'railways be yond Pittsburg, for the purpose of con: necting your main lino with the trade centres of the west ; the object being to •secure, by a single management of these tt„ . works,' harmonious action throughout, the entire system 01 railways that we control, and at the same time to obtain the bat results from the large amount of rolling stock upon them, by transfer ring, as occasions may require, portions of that of ono lino to another, where the deniand for its use wasmore urgent and important to the , interest of the com pany and the public._ With this object in view, a charter was obtained for the "Pennsylvania company," and all2the interest held by this company in these lines (except in the . Cleveland,. Mount Vernon and Delaware raihMad) essential to their control, transferred to it for a sum which fully covers their cast to us with interest, and preferred six per cent shares amounting to $0,000,000 re ceived in payment therefor. • Thp capital of the Pennsylvania corn= pany is fixed at $42,000,000, $4,000,000 of which is. to be common stock that may be disposed of to individuals at not less than par. Of this stock, imly $200,- 000 has been subscribed for all of which has been taken by its manager's to pelt feet. the organization of the compati:V.' The operations of the Pelilisyivania company since it entered into possession of these works on the first of April last, having been very satisfactory ; dem-on strating- fully its ability, after 1071, to make regular dividends to-its share holdei s of not less than ! six per cent net annum ; while the .original object that this company had in Making these in vestments has been secured. In-organizing the Pennsylvania com pany it lyaF. understood that the whole of the net revenues accruing to it during from ths lines committed to its charge, were to he expended in their maintenance and improvement. and in additions to its rolling stock, which has been done, and the property in conse quence is very greatly impt.overt,- • Since your last annual - Meeting this company has acquired a" lease' of the Pittsburg and Cleveland railroad for nine hundred and ninety-nine years, upon favorable terms, and have' trans ferred it to the Pennsylvania company. ECHINCE EIEMEEI A lease has also been made of the rail roads of the Jeffersonville, Madtstin and Indianapolis railroad company, carrying with it a control of the bridge over the Ohio at Louisville-through the Pitts burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad company, which is operated by the man agers of the Pennsylvania railroad Com pany, The chartiers Valley railroad, a branch' line, completed during the summer of by the Pennsylvania railroad com pany, aided by tho citizens along its route, from 'Mansfield, on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Bt. Louis railway,. to Washington, Pa.; a distancl of twenty two miles, has ralso been leased to the Pittsburg, Cincinnati' and St. Louis rail way company, to be liq'rrked at cost for the benclit of its bond and shareholders ; the Penn Sylvania raihroad•cpmpany own ing' a majority of its shares. The opera tions of this line sine it was opened for business, have shown that its profits are already ample to meet the interest upon its mortgage bonds of half ;t million of dollars. =1 The Cincinnati and Munkingum Val ley railroad, which passes through the most fertile portions of Ohio, Mtersect ing the Little adiatni lino at Morrow, was connected during the. past year with the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis railway by aline from near Dresden to Manesvillc, sixteen miles. It forms an additional through - route to Cincinnati, and is controlled by the Pennsylvania company through the ownership of a large majority of its shares. Tire mortgage upon this line in but Little over slo',ooo per mile, to meet the inter est upon width it lukti - already ;on pin profits front its local business. The Mansfield, Cold Water and Lake Michigan railway has also been emn mencid under a favorable truffle con tract with the Pennsylvannt coimmtly, from Mansfield, in Ohio, to Allegany, Michigan, with a branch from Tiflin to the ithportant city of Toledo at the head of -Lake Erie. The whole route tra. verses a'fertilo region, the resources of which will ho' appreciated by the fact that the eitizuns along tho lino have agtued to grade, bridge ;tad fornibli tile erems•ties Tor the whole railroad, to'be Paid for in the stock of .tho company at par. .il'contract has also been made With the Plymouth, ,Kankakee and Pacific Railroad to operate its lino as lso'cin as it is ready for business. In addition to 'these leases thetPenn sylvania Company has entered' nto satisfactory atThngement to operato the Vincennes and Cairo Railroad as soon . as it ix completed, thus extending their, lines to the latter point; from Whence the International Railway is being built southwestwaiAly into Texas. • These and minor arrangelionts for in creasing the business of the Pennsylva nia Company must . add largely to its mention,' while nt the same time they will materially augment those of the parent company. , All such contracts and arrangements made by the Pennsylvania company are to be submitted to and:approved by the directots of the Pennsylvania' railroad company, but none of which aro to ex tend beyond the Mississippi on the west, or Chicago on the northwest. ' The. Pennsylvania company wits or gliniied by the' election of. Thos. .4, • Scott, esq.; as PreSident ;• Wm. Thaw q, esqt, Vico Presiddnt ; Gdorge B. Roberts and Hugh J. Jewett, General Solicitors. who together,, with J. N. llPOtillough, .11.-H. Houston and' Hon. T. L. Jewett, constitute the •board of managers. All of those gentlemen have had. :long' ex perioneo in the management of transpor-• tOon and of xellways, and are Mrdnontly qualified to secure thO sueecas ofeuoh nu' . - enterprise,. • The genbral management of this ex tended property,. now-amounting in the aggregate to 8;200 rnilos'of railway, has , been entrusted to J. N. M'Cullough CARLISLE, PENNA.gh THITRSDAY MORNING, =FEBRUARY 29, _1872. esq., who has gained an enviable remita tion,by his energetic and judicious ad ministrntion of the business of the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, and Pittsburg and Cleveland railways. All the railways committed to his manage ment have, during the year; been able to meet I rom their own revenues their obligations to their'creditorS and lessors, exco t the Litt latni arul_the anapolis and 'Vincennes, while in the aggregate they have yielded reasonable profits rto the lessee. The lines that have fallen short of their'obligations, it is be lieved, from the development of the local resources of the couj , try„,toversed by the last named, and the completion of the bridge across ( the Ohio river at Cincinnati, at the southwestern end of the first, now near ly ready fur use, will 'also in a few years become profitable to the lessees. The adjustment of the rates of freight, and the management of the finatices of this. company have been committed to Mi. Thaw,:l f r ice l'icsidene, whose long experience in transportation eminently qualifies him fur the performance of the duties that have broil assigned to him. The board, in its last report, stated the circumstances that induced it to aid in the construction of the Baltimore and Potofnac railroad, a lino extending from the 'Northern" central railroad, under Baltimore and through l'itshington to the south bank, of the - Potomac, whence it is continued by the 4..lexandlia and Fredericksbm' o g railroad c,itirp . any to'the Fredericksburg mid Bichmond which connects at Richmond with the whole systeM of southern railways ,south, or that point, now largely controlled by the Southern security company, in which this company bur: me a ShaVolmider to motc3d its investnwnt in Ow 11,t1t fmore :ma Potomac railroad. TN•Southern sectuity company is .comp Bernell fi Madly" to o;tr intece,tt: and ob jests, and of which Gen. (7. IV. l'af,s'is President. The Baltimore aml Potomac, railroad is nearly ready for ttse between the "smith bank of the Potomac nail more, and the timoTh under the latter eity,will be finished it in; flue, en•nin4 . winter. When this is celheted, there 'mill be an unbroken railron‘l Roof our feint-inns opposite New Fork, ft om Philadelphia, and from Baltimore, to all points - Of importanee in- the South At lantic atnt„aulf States, operated cont nously by locomotive lower, and with the single object, in view, to promote the internal commerce between the North and Smith by the adoptio , n of rates: of freight, that, while 'they yield .a reasonable profit Ilion their transpor tation, will, at the same time, be dliced - at figures which cannot fail to seenre the movement by it of a vast amount or tonnage, that is now forced into other channels, or lies dormant upon southern At:the instance of the citizens of the growing and prosperous city 'of York, the Pennsylvania railroad company pur chased the stock of the Wrightsville, YM•lt and Gettysburg railroad company, upon whi.e . h ue the bridges had been destroyed by the Confederates, during their raid into Pennsylvania, immedi ately before the battle of .. Getty,lung, and since only tttup'lWall . ly retailed. They hare also purchased the stock of the bridge recently crested acrw,s the Susquehanna, at a cost of abiint 000, in place of the one burnt by the citizens of Columbia, to protect them front the ' , Mel invaders ; and intro con solidated the stock of both with that of this company; thti. extending your 1%61- road to York, whine it c',nniects with the Northern Central lailroad, . and by it and its.branelles with Gettysburg. Phis lino, in addition to the traffic of the rich and p.pulotis region it trav erses, opoir.; tip a jn•nlitahlr Lusioess iu the luuripurtatiuG of Jr..' ores, for which there i..;lll)yr a large durnaml at 31,u-iota, Itoatil lig, and vicin ity. branch has been extended doting the year sixteen miles, throilgh a fertile country, to the Hell hetnaVe iron OM 111,11(1 , ,It S MOVI9SCIII'S Coco, t 7 it . titinspot tat ion of which pro diet, it is'believed, will fatly repay company of this lay. It is also pro posed to aid in tlrt_t construction of a branch lino to t•ho ialttable ore deposits of Blair and Cent', counties, comMenc - lug at Tyrone. These iinrovements, with those 'lll— in operation, to the extensive coal fields of Allegheny mountains, will bring, the chief elements ti.:ral in the manufacture - of iron together as cheaply and of as fpusl a quality-as can 1:n found in any other part of .the Strite, übirb will doubtless in:liter large addianial capital to seek these points for its in 0. duction, and thus materially increase the local tonnage .and profits of your railway. • A. branc'h lino is being constructed :from near Greensburg, in West niorelatul county, to 'Connelsville ; extensive coal field surrounding which place err celebrated fur the valuable properties ol•' the coke that they produce, the con sumption of which in Pittsburg, Chicago and other Western cities alfords it grow ing and important it:Milo with NV:doh the cars that would ns return _empty to the West [nay be feuded.. A. lease of n lino recently constructed between the Pennsylvania. railroad, at Lewistown, andthe Northern Central railway below Sunbury, was entered into.late ii the 101st yeu• by this 'Com pany, to be worked at cost. This line - will furnish-the best outlet' for—the an thracite ta'affie at and beyond Pittsburg,' seeking a markgy in that region, while • it 7:vill_suPply . tho furnaces at Lewistown with this fuel, and those of Danville with iron ore front the deposits along its route. Tho large inerea . so of tonnage center ing at Pittabrirg, from the extended system of railways controlled by this, company west, of that point, already demands greatly inereased facilities for its accommodation and proniPt Move ment, Which in , epasequenee 'of the broken topograpliy of the lands ridiii ceutto our line in that'city, itiediflicult and very expensive to procure.' To overeiniie as far as 'practicable those s difiletilties, the President miit iiicommit 7 I Ape of - the , city councils of Pittaburg during the past numpuw, and 0 plan was a'dopted as the basis of agrnoment betw,eint the 'city Midll this company, wide'', if ratified, will go far to remedy the troubles and. deteutiOns that exist at this 'point, and increase the safety and convenienee of the citizens of Pittsburg, while they'Avill at the some time add materially to the..thrpeditiolt of our trains in passing through the city limits. The plan involves the necessity of the erection of numerous bridges over and ' the_ra.ilw_a.y_at_the_strcet_erossings, and tho sinking and change of our tracks at points upon the lino,- entailing an outlay by this company but little short of one million of dollars, which expend iture, however, may bedistriblited over several years. lint looking to the rapid and the' increasing detention to our trains that this must cause, if level crossings aro, maintained, it is believed that this laago disbursement will be fully justified. " %." 4- 4 i . • The difficulty in passing.'ireights from the sukkt,li branch of the Monmigahola through? the tunnel under Grant's hill, and 'our yards adjacent to it, has been .., found so serious that it has been deemed advisable to coin Moe a 'line at once through Birmingham (under the charter of the Pittsburg . , Virginia and Cfintrhes ton railroad company), to a point above T ur tl e c r e e k, fr o m whence a branch lino will cross the Monongahela to the Penn sylvania railroad upon a route of better gradients and. a shorter distance, than that now used. The Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston line is,,to tic continued up the' Valley of the Monongahela, tlfrough a, fertile and populous region, containing exhaustless fields Of the ,best - varieties of bituminous coal; and must,. in it.ielf, prove a prolitabie enterprise. 'rho increase or the tonnage of your main line timing the past over the pre vious year w.ts '2.'2,' per coo. to transport and accommodate which very large out lay:, for increased rolling a N1.11 , • 1( , NM e11:ito, additional sidings, Ware!, lIISP 1.111, e‘ter,,i , a) of the third. track, and the constinetion of new branch lines ha - ,e heel! required. These, tog!ether -with tho payment, 01' *1,11it1,i?..2 I of de bentures, hay; been met by the distribu tion of inewas-il capital stock at par ratably among ,tun, and a sale .of seemities obi:need in aiding the con struction of other works. ! • The-demand for additional facilities to meet imfol tire.-511 .5 0 of a em:- I homily increasing business, promises to be quite as „resit during the present year as, the 'last. Such extensions . of Your works are unavoidable , end Incident to railway propehy, and must be met to preveuk unnecessary competition, and satiety the public obligations that yon have assumed, which in this, as in, must similar eases, are in harmony with your best, interests. To provide the nicanste (mired for the, objects, it is cleeined'by your board advisable to offer to each shareholder whose name may be stand ing upon the books of the c , mmatiy, on - the twentieth of Felwnary, instant, the Opportunity to subscribe at par to thirty , per cent of their present holdings, to be paid :is called for - instalments of twenty' live per cent. he company now owns stooks and bonds, including those in the sinking fund—nearly all iteoptired in jitirfcctitiLt its present system of lailways and eatinds —annotating :tt par tip ;55,010 000, which at :1 btu' estimate of their Naille, arc win tit t: 4 13,1)(10 OM). ..111a ny tit les yield Ito 'present i 11C0111V, but in the aggt egate they can lie gradually dis posed of foe at least the stun ti,dittratod as their value_ If the state of the market 'during the year will justify the sale of any or these securities, the instalments upon the stock it is proposed to distr:dutte may he so rapidly called iti. The surplus net revenues of your wet ks during the past year, without considering any increase of their prollts ,if title it is prOllol4 to I,l . oiitiO 1301111il`, 614', Were 11111 , 10. iu Iti7l, to meet the ustlal div . dends yten pet' cent upon the atit/i/L.n to ettpita/ $E..k 4 0f the campany it is pl'ol.ll4'll to Alld 1111111113 11'1111'11'1. not 111011 - Llyd 11113' inconia font', our struck ($ .4 ,000,000) in the. Pennsylvania coin. parry, which eau heitmfter pay regular dividends to its shareltolderA, or from the i::;;;ital,000 stock-held in the 'Penn sylvania canal company, tenon, alter this year, will he in a condition to divide itA: - net e.truiugv, nor any illt:)111c timit our largt, iutet (-A iu coal proverties.that this ctiutp.uty has found it necessary to purchase 10 prevent the diversion ut this tralikr from Lilo canals that we con trol —built by the Stale expressly rur thu iley . elopment of these intere,ts—to thtelelif rival, iniprorements. The eunitnerei,il interests of which have l'or 0.1 :natty ye!lirs horn appartoitly oI ltiuit.iry, have during the pa'it; sodson, gt ;allying Cl. denees of revival. It has liven the set• tied policy of this "eoutpany to encourage' the dev'elopinent of this intorest by 'anticipating its deniand for increased -:111:1 facilities for the (list ibutinit of products to the consumer and shi ; :per :it the lowest practicable amount of elooges. Tho racili Lies Itet'etofore allorded to the, grain trallie, which i 3 that, Vd111:111 11115 5110%011 (110_011/St autivity, ItnVe, until last year, been greatly ill advance of its requirements, and, in consequeoca of . the limited demand fur * their 1180, their adaptability lb the business that (bey woro,iututnleil for could pot be. fully tested. The 'lafge grain elevator upon the Delaware was built :after the plans found so,successfub in Chicago and other. points io the 'West, but it (loos not scent td lie_ adapted to. the bus' nelis •of' this pert, where it has helm. 1110 cuStern to keep di11h1.614 lots of grain soli:trate fur' inTitead of..Alirckwing_thein_ togetheraccordindto their elinisilleatio6 - as Intl cLiced in,the West, and its arrr,ilge.. tfielits will have to:•be modified, - - For I.be'riMrpoSo nf Meet hid the de mands the 'local ,grain ,trade'of .this 'city and hurrinnuting country', an exteo sivii_graliary has been erected On the Schuylkill, wero each car load of grain may ho kept in separato „bins. ,'Phis building has' Muni. calmly successful, and its capacitrMay ho doubled 'Without ithOav - ytnipendi Wm. But the largo volume of: agricultural 'producbi that this company can, tlirongh iltentimOrdits colpitiating railways, bring to.this city froin tics West; r'oquires still larger facilities than OXitit, for their ne commodation to induct) this- truffle to reinain with:us. Wo scii‘no_placo so well.located maladapted to .the objedts desired—that can be had at so small An outlay—as will.be provided by the open ing of Delaware avenue by tint city, scifitbw r ard to Christian street, of a width of no less than 80 feet. A double track railway may then be laid upon this ave nue, from which turnouts can be run into the existing ivarchouses upon it at the most convenient point for shipments -and-on - to--the,—adjacent—wharvoth—By this plan a large arnhant of capital may be saved in the erection of warehouses, Which can be better employed by this company in the increase:,qf its equip ment. Such an arrangement can only be carried into effect through the co operation of the corporate authorities, who will doubtless appreciate its im portance to the revival and increase of the commerce of,the city. Under the authority given by you at your last Annual meeting, the American ,stcainship company of 'Philadelphia has. 'won fully organized by the election of Lumbaert, cal., as president, and • Edmittul Smith, esq., as secretary, and treasurer, with a capital of $704,700, of which this company owns $400,000. The first mortgage six per cent currency boards of the company, amounting to $l,- 6e,'000, have also boon issued under the guarantee of this 'company, and all of them taken at par, giving a realized stock and funded debt capital of V,204,- 700.00 all of whicit has been secured without-discount. The four steamers that will. constitute this line between Philadelphia and Liv erpool have all'been contracted fer„to be built,in4his city, of American (roil, by ti c'enterprising firm of William Camp ions. The first vessel it is e:gected -will be launched in Juno next, and the remainder as rapidly an practicable thereafter. The cost. of these vessels . under the contract will be $'3,080,000. All of the steamers ire to be alike in in, del and machinery ; the length of each to be 355 feet and.the breadth of beam .10 feet. They will be arranged to carry 70 first el iss and 03-1 steerage pas sengers, and have an estimated tonnage capacity of 3,017 tops, (,1d measure ment. The ,teamship company has appro pi lately named the four vessels that are -Bow twin.: constructed after the Snttes traversed by the i'aihrays of this com pany, : Pennsylvahia,• Ohio, Indi ana and In selecting the models and machinery of these steamers the company has re lied upon the experience and ability of the eminent mechanical engineer, B. 11. B:u tol, esq., a member of the .board. of directors, to_%,liotn whatever credit may attend their qualitievs sea-going ves sels, or in their adapta tion to the busi ness of this port, will be-dtut. Of the full success of this enterprise, nilh the eoroperation of this company, and the system of rnila•ays it controls in the West, the Board does not entertain a doubt. • As some fears have been- expressed that .the profits of the broad gauge rail roads would millet by a competition with those of the narrower system, it is not out of place here to state that in (nir opinion this cannot be their effect upon any leading line of railway. The only malmial advantage that the nar row gauge (say three feet) has over the broader wa.).4. is in the economy of its construction over a rough and dirt - - Lint countay. To secure nth; economy, shorter cuswes, and consequently longer tiuo must, be resorted to. The saving in dead weight carried in one system over the other is not important, as the heavy engines and cars used upon the aortal gauge (four feet nine inches) is not due to the width of the track, but the necessity of maintaining higher spe,ds, and the movement of heavier Ulan is obtainlible, with economy and 'Sof,:ty, op, the nail ow gauge. The equipment now used on the narrow gange is was icr titan that formerly used upon the four feet niiminch The adoption or Iltu pr o per gauge; to be 11,11 in each ease, must be determined by the circumstances that surround the joaposed iln 1211.)reinent, a; neither eau be ,judiciously adopted, until:all these .areicnown and considered: The narrow gauge is considered not applicable to lino between Philadelphia and 'Pitts burg. Experience has shown that the g,olgo of . , your railway, which had its ui igiii iu the law of England, regulat ing the gauge that had been round best for common Toad - carriages, has been found of ample width, for the best results, in all first-class lines where apred of traasit;is,;becessary, and the miiou"nt ortralivortatitin_lauge, The getiviT I office Of the company iit this city having become inadequate foi its business, it has been sold to the Le bigh Valley. railroad company. Thu buddin g trill be ready for use by the 'gr.:l, of Ain il next, and trill, it is believed, ho sufficient for the neconunodation of the business of the' comp:Lily for ?many years.. Toth directors desk-a to express their aelisiouledgfnonts to the officers and emphiycas generally for thcir, strict at tentieu to and successful management, of the business of the company. The yicquisiliou of the lines in Near Jersey to their duties Anil reSponsi bilities. These lines have beau brought under the general manageMent of A. J. Crissatt, esq., who has, during the past year, so successfUlly'Conductm) the busi ness of the Pennsylvania railroad as General SuperintMulant. The General Sup:Handout of the Pliiladoluhia and -Erie railroad, W.l. Baldwin; esq., -- also - deserves the thanl s of the stockhohlMs fur his close admin istration of, the affairs- of tlint railroad, nOtwithsianding the low charges tondo for, its use, has shown a profit upon its operations! By oetler of thqq ,, Mard, • .T.•EDoAlfilli PrOSidellt A LADY stopped' on ex-Senator Doo little's fdot white getting into a Wabash Avenue stage, in ChieagO. She blush ingly, bogged • tho - . gentlonian'a par- - don, whereupon he said, "Miss, fora bright - 8,1M:1y-sniff; liko . that, I am-per fectly willing tlint you should dance the Boston dip on my favorite cores." AN old lady walking with her two daughtera on a moonlight night, 'dis played hiT knowledge of astronomy by pointing liAnyunward and-ixclaiming : "Oh, my dears, do look at thorn boattti full:it:lra—Juniper and March P' SIMON SINIZT'S SON SAMUKI, Shrewd Simon Short sewed shoes. Seventeen summers' speeding storms, spreading sunshine successively saw Simon's small, shabby shop still standing staunch—saW- Shnou's self-same sign still swinging, silently specifying : " SiMon Short, Smithfield's solo surviv ing shoemaker. Shoes sewed, soled -superfinely : ". spouse, Sally Short; sowed shirtSl, stitched sheets, stuffed sofas. Simon's six .stout, sturdy sons—Seth, Samuel, Stephen, Saul, Shadrach, Silas—sold sundries. Sober Seth sold sugar, starch,. spices ; Simple Sam sold saddles, stir rups, screws ; Sagacious Stephen . sold silks, satins, 'shawls ; SkeptihalSaul sold silver salvers, silver spoons; Selfish Shadrach sold shoestrings, soaps, saws, skate.; Slack Silio sold Sally Short's stuffed sofas. Some seven sumaiers since Simon's second son, .Samuel, saw - Sophia Sophronia Spriggs .Somewhere. Sweet, sensible, smart Sophia Sophronia Spriggs I Sam soon showed strange symptoms. Sam seldom stayed, storing ; selling saddles. Sam sighed sorrowfully, sought Sophia Sophronia's 'society,. sung severaPserenades slyly. Simon stormed, scolded severely, said Stim seemed so, silly, singing, , sudh shameful,. senseless songs. "Strange Sam should slight such splendid 'summer sales!" said Simon. "Strutting , spendthrift; shatter-brained simpleton I'' "Softly, softly, sire," said Sally, `Sam's smitten—Sam's spied sweet cart." "Sentimental schoolboy!" snarled Simon. "Smitten Stop such stuff!" Simon sent Sally's snuff box spinning, seizing rally's scissors, smashed Sally's spectacles, scattering sevoi•al spools. " Sneak Mg scoundrel Sam's shocking silliness - shall surcease !" ScoWling Sinion stopped speaking, starting swiftly shopward. Sally sighed sadly. Summoning Sam, she spoke sweet Symfmthy. "Sam," said she,. "sire seems singularly snappy; so; soupy, stop stroll ing the streets, stop smoking segars, spending specie guporthiously ; stop sprucifig so ; stop singing serenades— stop short! 'Sell saddles, sonny ; sell saddles sensibly.❑ See Sophia.So . phronia Spriggs soon ; she's ' sprightly, she's 'staple; so solicit, sure ; so secure Sophia speedily, Saul?", "So soon? so "soon said Sam, standing, stocic still: r "So soon ! surely," said Sally, smil ing, "specially since - sire •liuws such spirit." So Sara—somewhat seared, sauntering slowly, shaking stuliendously—LSarp suliloquizes : " SoPhia Sophronia Spriggs-Spriggs Short—Sophia Suphronia Short, Samuel Short's spouse—sounds splendid ! Sup pose she should say—mho shant !" 'Soon Sam spied Sophia starching shirts, singing softly. Seeing Sane, she stopped stmehing, saluted Sam smil ingly. Bain stammered shockingly. "Sp-sp-splendid summer season, So phia:", "Soule ‘vhat sultry,' suggested So- "Sar-sartain Sophia," said (Silence sei•cnteeu seconds.) "Selling saddles still Saul ^•' " Sar-sar-sartain !" said Sam, starting enddonly. "Season's somewhat sopo rific I" said Sam, steathily stauhelling streaming sweat, shaking sensibly. "Sartain !" said Sophia, smiling sig nilicantl•y. "Sip some sweet sherbet, Sam." (Silence sixty seconds.) "Sire shnt, sixty sheldmlt es, Satur day," said Sophia. " Siaty ? silo!" said Sam. (Silence seventy-seven aeconds.) See SisteiSusan's sunflower,: !" said Sophia, socially scattering such silence. Sophia's sprightly sauciness stimu lated Sam strangely ; so Sam suddenly spoke sentimentally. “Sophia, Susan's sunflowers seem saying : "Samuel Short, Sophia Sophronia Spriggs, stroll serenely, seek some sequestb;ml spot, some ..ylcan shade. Sparkling spiihg shall sing smAoothing strains ; sweet songsters shall - 'silence c secret sighing ; super-angelic sylphs skill—" Sophia snickered ; so Sam stropp6d. " Sophia r Maul Sam solemnly. "Sam !" said Sophia. , "Sophi, stop smiling. Sam Shores sincere. Sam's seeking sumo sweet spouse, Sophia. Speak ! Sophia, speak! such suspense speculates sorrow !" "Seclc sire, Sam !---itelc sim." So Sam sought site Griggs. Sire Spriggs said, "Sartin !" • • ti 'B LA N C I LT (1. CUO U 7'S Mark w ain lectured In Sac:muse re cently, In that city thee() dwells a bar lion who, o . ier since the appoaraneo' of Marie Twain's essay on barbers, has vowed.to make OM:amorist's imagina tion a 4ill3X1,01;i011CO to him. Ills op portunity came On Wednesday arm:noon, and thoSaracuso Courier thus" describes the incident : A. gentle Man present• whispered to Jake that the man in his chair was Marie Mark Twain, •and on that• hint Jake "went for him." Selecting the dullest; razor in the shop, ho sharpened it up •a little; and then seizing, Twain by the nose, with a grip that would bring down a bullock, he commenced to' lather him. lie soaped him from chin to eyebrows, and pushed the lather-brush about an inch up his nose, and thence into both ears,„poon_Twain in_thaineantime_snort.- ing and spritterlng like a steam -engine blowing off steam. In vain he persisted that he.did°net - want his forehead- Aid eyobroWs shaved. "Keep still," said Jake, "I I know my Mildness." • Aflor soaping him until lie looked like 'au albino, Jake laid.on the blade. The fret stroke brought tears into Twain's eyes. The second brought him to a sit ting,position With an'exclamatisin "I say, that is too dull to shave mo with." '', , Lay down," _sus Jake, thrusting him down in the chair - again; ruse! tvlll Micrnmir I know my hind:: Twain groaned, and Jako pulled until the beard is ., as off, and a good portion of the skin with it. After shaving, Jako proceeded to wash him off, selocting tho dit•tiost towel in the shop, ono that was need for wipinWoil" hair dy,o, and .was as Ispotted as' oseides coat. Jake soused the water into his eyes and nostrils, and thou wiped them oft'. , The spectators by this time wore .un able to control their laughter, and burst, out in loud peals, in which Jake heartily joined.. 'TwaiM:saw the joke, but kept quiet. When ,Talco told hint his hair was'eorn tog antrofiered to sell — han a a c of hair resVrative, price three dollars per bottle, Twain replied : "Well, I rather want my hair to fall out, I have too much for comfort." Jake then Offered to sell.him a bottle of "Bloom of Youth," tolling him thal. ho was badly fceeliled.:..; "Am I ?" said Mark; !,`.well, I rather like that. If . l . was gochl looking, and fair tb gaze upon, the ladies would all fall in love with me, 'and that would makemy-wifti uneasy. A's it is, she al lows mprib - roam about, thbeomitry with-' out fear. She knows my ugliness will protect me." . . ,Jzike saw he could not persecute Mark any further, and, after brushing hitumfi in a lusty and vigorous manner, swirl : "Mr. Twain, how did yon like your shave?" "Oh?" said Mark, "this is nothing new. Every barber in the country goes for me in the same style. lam used to , and, in fact, I rather lilce it." '' againy" said Jake. "Trot if I can help it," replied Mark Good day !" [To. the Itcto kt.l,] WooncoTE, February 24, 1-872. EDITORS OF Tru ITERA D : 7 y have been much amused by tlAe fettepi of your , correspondent on whose ifF.4i e ... ;uistle, took the 10terty of commenting, anal who now signs himself '1 A. G. C," which, as I take it, stands for " A Genuine Car lisler," the man who wrote to yon chosen years ago ; and whose letter `Grua have lately IT-produced. Ms reminiscences are quite entertaining and to some ex tent instructive. 'I will not- repeat the fears expressed in my last, as to the probable moral epee( of some pf the hypercriticalLhiugs he be spy. ; s o lm t s i i: ot tsl e v g,)o t d o to be accomplishedity hisdetters, seems to me hardly likely to be commensurate ith theAronlile !Ip is taking: In other words, What he writes is rather more diverting than improving. Then besides, his praise is quit 6 -too prOfuse and uudiscrimhiating. praises everybody and everything. Every one is either "estimable'' or "accomplished" or " useful" or " re spectable" or "talented," or something else that is honorable and note worthy, at this rate, by the - time he is done, he will have whitewashed the whole town and made saints or heroes of all the people raise, in its place, is a very good . thing, but there may be "some thing too lunch" .itof it, especialry - if the _subject be still with , us in the flesh. De mortals nil nisi bonum is a itiasim which I accept, but when the living are under discussion, the obligation to say nothing but what is good, I for one do not acknowledge. Not that I grudge in the least the award he has made to the' Cadet, and the Dramatic Actor, and thoCoryphems, and the Captain ; they are personages of the past, and every worif he has said about them is true. But the Bishop is still on the stage, and the time has not yet come for making up his record. When it does come, we shall overhaul his war-record, and ask where his heart was in the times that tried men's souls ; We shall inquire into his attitude on the slavery issue, and query whether lie was "sound on the goose." Wo shall, also, institute a scrutiny into his relations, and leanings toward the Anglican church ,abroad, and make ourselves sure,• if No can, that he has nit been the least bit spoiled by "Canterbury," or "Oxford," or ;' London," or any of those other fellows in lawn, on the other I side of the, water, of whom we republi 4danrs'and protestants, are naturally a good 'deal jealous. To- be sure, "A. G. C" is rather non=com mittal on the subject of the Bishop as. Bishop, but still his line phrases of "high dignitary," distinguished Pre late," "every where known and highly honored," have an eulogistic squinting, calculated to forestal judgmeld, and anticipate future Inquiry,. Don't let its be in a hurry with our encomiums ; and' when the time collies, don't let us "lay it On Ni What is it that the Sc!i:iliture says-about "daubing with untempered mortar?" Now it wordin• two about those "Son day sauerk I cut dinners." The way "A. G. C." state, that erne " cannot but make the judicious grieve." Its• effect is to make ti hungry man's mouth water, and it would not , Thc surmising if some of your : young . readers should be going y.O Mr. Burkholder, or Mr. 13entz, and asking them to get up a dinner of the same kind. Putt let the cas(i - bo stated without this fine adjectives 'savory" " luminous" " .du paps" "albrosial" and the and then let us see 110 W it will stand. A reeking dish of fermented cabbage, bolstered up by chunks .nt greasy pork, and made endurable breut-thmat whiskey. That is the dish which, according to "A. G. C." old Carlisle epicures pronounced, " fit for • the Oils." That is a dish which, in the judgment of your humble servant, if not given in too large qnanti-. ties, would, make very good swill for swine. 1 am' not objecting to sauer kraut in' the abstract, nor, in extreme cases, to a small quantity in actual fact.. If a man find himself in a position where he auk either cat sauerkraut! or starve; by all means let him cat, asking no questions for his life'S sake, .and drink ing whatever may. be necessary to so'. cure him impunity.: Bat' I hold, that any ono who can sit down. to dinner, at Bentz's ,or Burkholder's; and after surveying • the table or reading the Drill of fare,, can deliberately • ask for speck mid sauerkraut- ought to be relegated hack to the days of Nicholas Ulrich, and refuseii all share the ad vantages of modern progress. When "A. , 0..,0." was coming. up tow a, stopping at every house, and telling us soma incidents connected with, its history, why did he not pause at the .building opposite Dr. Armstrong's,- after ' wards Mr. Lyon's, ptit•ni by old %111 r. spook, and toll u& atoOt tiro well in bat, property. Perhaps ho Inver bearclabout it; thon,l dill toll the story . NUMBER 9 The "water smeller" poiuted out a spot where a spring wOuld be 'found, which would bring the evil under the roof of the back building or shed.: Who Well-digger broke ground and- struck a vein of clay. This ran dowii a' crevice formed by..the junction of three great rocks Ile dug rapidly, meeting no•re , sistance, till at last his mattock struck Ttltrorrgli caust`r)f clay, alai up . stream of water so strong that It was just as much as he could do to got hauled up before being submerged. It was a singular coincidence, show biga very un usual geological formation. Perhaps you don't believe in "water 7 synellers." When Dr. Mason' corn mein:oil building the house, now owned and occupied by Mr. JohnstouMoore, Ito selected a sprit convenient for his well, and set the men to digging. They dug and bored and blasted, and dug and bored nod blasted again, but saw - no sign of water. "Come Duffield," said Dr. Mason, "let its see what your peach stick can do." Mr. Duffield cut a forked shoot of the last year'd growth, and moved around with . it in his 'hand till it turned. •Ffe kept on the line, indicated by its turn ing, till it brought hint to a spot where it,stopped. He struck - out in another direction, moving around till the stick turned again. He followed it as before, till it brought hint to the same spot as had done the other. " Let your men dig there, Doctor," said Mr. Duffield, "and they, will 'be pretty sure to find water." 'They dug and found a spring rising . * that point and forking off in the two directions indicated by the converging; lines of the peach Minh. That is a trite sfory. I got it forty years ago from the 'lip4 of the Reverend gontleMan, who held the marvelous poach stick. I notice iu the olu letter which von have re-published, bearing the signat ore of" A Genuine Cftrlislur," that the writer hesitates a little about the word "Pelly guts." lle need fi'ot' lea 130 mealy mouthed. ,The use and etymology of this wont; has been discussed in promi nent literary papers and by some of our learned philologists. IC your ' , readers will turn to the "American Educational Monthly,'• of August, 180, an4l-vfmtd-thr paper there tin " Pennsylvania Tdioms," and to the same magazine for Foto nary, 1873, which has' a continuation of the subject, they will find much to interest them in regard to forms 01' speech, ite enliar to the people and eupccially to the Scotch Irish of' ) Pennsylvallia. Among other idioms discussed, there is this one of "belly guts.'' In the- article of August, 1.870, the writer says "The delicacy or tile-.;hops, forty years ago, was undoubtedly mosey sugar, a kind of molasses Candy, (not cake, as Bartlett in his dictionary de- fines' it,) distinct • from belly-guts, of which more presently. It was black, arid made in little round patty pans presenting :t scolloped appearance, like our cakes of maple sugar. Baly-gals. nn 'the contrary, was the 'name given to long drawn, twisted, whitish sticks,, of what we now call molasses candy. The origin of the word is not clear, but the retineil notion is, that it is a corruption or the French be//eg ;plates. Among the culinary receipts of the "Tangier"— Smith Records, is one for making " Al mond puddim: in quits," whilo the same book reservos the spelling " guttos" for the intestines. Tho writer of this article, in the American Mihaly," seemed inclined, at the time of it, to accept the belles goultes theory of the word's derivation, a theory which, I think, was advocated in your paper by the Rev. G. D. of Illinois ; but in the suitplomentary number of the A,seriesh" for February '72, this theory is abandoned and anothbr broach e d, which . is rogardcd with more favor. The writer quotas 'from two of his Cori espondents, one of .whom (the Rev. L. MeK. of Delaware,l gays : "Illyiod.a, (pronounced - hePy 1:9) was a term much in use among' tho old Porit;tn, to denote articles of luxury, particularly those for the gratification of the stomach. It has an evident allusion to Phil. -Tll, 19; and its use, in that seM . -,e, may ho seen in their sermons and religious writings pas.vint. 'Taffy' or mute pi'operly toffy,' at one. time Lilo Most fascinating to children, of all eat ables, 'natarally got the benefit 'Of this epithet bell illoth, which those extremely good people, had they lived in our clay, would havo'probajdy flung at our ice creams and other gastric luxuri(..l6." The other extract is from it letter of S. S. esq., of Philaclelphia, who, IV- fert•inz to the fot•egoim, derivation:say:4i "Belly guts I .swallow wqhOnt liesitit tion. I heat d only last. evening; a sort of eunfirmat iota Or this. ety:11010U, by ali old..fashiOurd Delaware man, wb , ..? was ,itt a_ _shoeY:(4l- at - ent of rver.io - tcf tbG tiniir dinto 1. It is ()filo lu . iporMittie to us non• unfortunately, but I may, re mark that the article is nut pet:Mc:ly., but a hind red swout." „., Mr. 'Editor,. it is easier to find with another• Wri tor tlnt to write holier one's self. 1 peivoive t.harl I ale' nit any more instrautive [hag `f •A. and nut half so amusing, So I stop,,„' • )(out's, RoStk:Cifttlly, ' LOWER Ali l"1'L~211Ei T. A You.Nu lady oneo maeyied a man by.' the name of Dust, against, tho Avishes , of her parents. After a short Limo they, lived unhappily Logetlier, 'and she re turned to her father's •lioiiso't bat lid re fused to'reeeive her, saying, "Dust then arL and to Dust shalt Mom rettam." And she got up and "dusted " Timm is n'othing. lnoro devoid .or •oinnuco than tho 'not of patching old rowscrs:, So says n young laily. Wirt is kissing your sweetheart Bice enting sourifwith• a fork? • Because' if takes a long time to get 'enough of it. NEW OntEANs gilis.complain that the young men ,"don't tease them enough.' -IT is said' to bo curious, but truo;that navy peOplci sloop bardest' on 'soft beds. A. YOUNG lady, recently betrothed, wryti that "'C. O. th", moans call on Dad. OLD 91IIOrs are never so mooh at sea as ylhon , lhey are on shore. • itvoin—working i.oal mine. MI IRE
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