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EBENSBURG, JUNE 10,1857.
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" HOOP-DE-DOODEN-DO !"
Recently, says the Pittsburg Chronicle, :i wor
thy man, not much an observer of fashions, re
turned to Lis home, within twenty miles of us,
after having been absent in the F.r Wet ftr
about a j-ear. The first thing that puz7.led him
on his arrival was his wife's skirls ; his wife was
in the habit of calling the new hooped skirti
'hoop-do-doolen-do !"
A lady sat in her rocking chair,
f This talc we vet rnav rue.)
Her skirt3 swelled out in wide array
From her hoop de-doodeu-do !"
Her lord had cne a long way c iT,
(And stepped too long there, too,;
So the lady increased her skirts at home
With her " hoop de-dooden doo!"
Lorg months rolled on a rear Tew by,
(To stop time r.evtr sue.)
Still the lady's skirts in fashion stuck out
From her " hoop de-doodn-do I"
Towards winter time her lord came home,
(Perhaps his mse lxked blue.)
He "imelt a mice" he started at th skirt3
And th:r hoop i!c dooden-d j 1"
At length he spake unto Lis wife,
(Now, good wives all speak true.)
My dear what makes your skirt swell out V
" Why, my hoop-de-dooden-do !"
The good man saw 'twas fashion's whim,
(E'en a fashion wives pursue,)
But he vows his wife's skirts icared him so
With her "hoop-de-doodeu-do !"
KADAM. AS YOU" PASS US EY.
3T T. B. AI.DKUH.
Madam, aa you pass us by,
Dreaming of ytur loves and wine,
Do not brush your rich brocade
Against this little maid of mine,
Madam, as you pass us by.
When in youth my blood was warm;
Wine was royal, life complete;
8o I drained tho cups of wine,
Bo I sat at women's feet,
When in youth my blood was warm.
Time has taught me pleasant truths :
Lilies grow where thistles grew;
Ah, you loved me hot. This maid
Loves me. There's an end of you!
Time has taught me pleasant truths.
I will speak no bitter words,
Too much passion made me blind ;
You were subtle. Iot it go !
For the 6ake of woman-kind
I will speak no titter words.
15ut, Madam, as you pa3 us by.
Dreaming of your loves and wine.
Do not brush your rich brocade
Against this little maid of mine,
. Madam, as you pass us by.
A Phaser Cot Shout Parson B. was
truly a pious man, and at the long graces,
which usually followed the meals, ho and the
,whole family reverently knelt, except the
: Parson's brother, (who being o'er much fary
i . bio and overlooking the garden.) One day,
it was summer , time, the Farsou was unusu
ally . favored ; not appearing to notice the
fidgety actions of Lis brother, who kept twis
ting abcut, until finding no end to the thanks
tie broke in with
. Cut it,. Parson cut it short ; the cows
are in ' the garden playing h 11 with the
cabbages !" -
. If twenty seven inches of snow give
thre inches of water, how much milk will a
cow give when fed on rutabaga turnips ?
Multiply the flakes of snow by the hair on the
cow's tail, then divide the product by turnip,
; add a pound of chalk and the sum will be the
antwer. ' '
The Bill for the Sale of the Main Line as
passed by the Senata and House and sign
ed by the Governor.
SkC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
LTovse of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met,
and it is enacted by the authority of the same.
That it shall be the duty of the Governor,
within ten days after approving this act, to
cause to bo advertised daily until the day of
sale in one or more of the daily papers of ex
tensive circulation, published in the cities of
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Washington, Boston,
and in the borough of Ilarrisburg, a notice
that tho main line of the public w orks will be
exposed to public sale at the Merchants' Ex
change, or seme other public place in the city
of Philadelphia, on a day to be selected by
him not more than forty days after the pas
sage cf this act. If a sale shall not be effec
ted cn the day fixed by the Governor, it shall
be lawful for him to adjourn the sale from
time to time as he may deem expedient :
Provided, That public notice of such adjourn
ment shall be giveu to such newspapers as he
may select : And provided further, That the
last day of adjournment for said sale shall not
be less than twenty days before the meeting
of the next Legislature
Six. 2. That at the time and place so se
lected, it shall be the duty of the Governor to
have offered at public sale the whole main
line of the public works, to wit : the Phila
delphia and Columbia railroad, the canal from
Columbia to the junction at Duncan's Island,
the Juniata canal, from thence to Hollidavs
burg, the Allegheny railroad, including the
new road to avoid the inclined planes, and the
canal from Johnstown to Pittsburg, and all
the property thereto appertaining or in any
wise connected therewith.
Sec. u. That it shall be lawful for any per
son or persons, or railroad or canal company
now incorporated, or which may hereafter be
icccrpoialed, by and under the laws of this
Commonwealth, to become the purchasers of
the said Main Line cf the Public Works, for
any sum not lets thau seven and a half mil
lions cf dollars ; aud in the event of a sale of
the said Main Line being made to individu
als, it shall be lawful for such individuals so
purchasing after the said publicsale, to assign
aud trantfer their right to the said Main Lino
uudcr said purchase to any railroad or canal
company, created by the laws of the Com
monwealth, and such railroad or canal com
pany, on compliance with the conditions of the
said sale, aud on the payment or securing of
the purchase money of the said Main Line as
hereinafter provided, shall be fully invested
with the rights of the said purchasers, and be
entitled to the same rights and privileges as
if the said Main Lino had been struck oil and
sold to said company at the time of said pub
lic sale; and if necessary said company may
increase their capital stock or borrow money
and icsue their bonds to any amount not ex
ceeding fifty per centum above the amount
of the purchase money; and should any asso-
i ciatioa cf individuals become the purchasers
of the Main Line on the terms prescribed by
this act, the Governor is hereby authorized to
grant them letters patent incorporating the
same iato a body corporate, in deed aud iu
law, under the name, atyle aud title of the
Philadelphia and Pittsburg railroad and canal
company with all the privileges, and subject
to all the restrictions of an act regulating rail
road companies, approved the nineteenth day
of February, one thousand, eight hundred and
forty-nine, and tho supplement thereto, so far
as it is consistent with the provisions of this
act : P rovided, That no bid shall be accep
ted unless the bidder or the company to whom
he shall assign the bid shall have deposited in
tho hands of the Governor, or some person du
ly authorized to receive it, the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars in cash or State
bonds, which shall be forfeited tc the use of
the use of the Commonwealth, if the terms of
sale aro not complied with; and if the party
to whom the same 6hall be struck down shall
not comply with the said conditions, by the
payment of one hundred thousand dollars as
aforesaid, then it shall by the duty of the Gov
ernor if deemed proper by him, to tender the
same to the next highest bidder who shall
comply with the said conditions : Provided,
That said next bid is not less than seven mil
lions, five hundred thousand dollars or again
cxposo the Main Line to public sale, as pro
vided for by the first section of this act: And
provided further, That if tho Pennsylvania
railroad company shall become the purcha
sers of said main line, at said public sale, or
by assignment as aforesaid, they shall pay in
addition to the purchase money at which it
may be struck down, and which shall not
be less than the sum of seven and a half
ruilli- js of dollars, the sum of one and a half
millions of dollars, the whole amount of sale
to be paid in the bonds of the company, bear
ing interest at five per centum per annum,
payable semi-annually on tho thirty-first days
of January and July of each year, and which
bonds without further record shall remain a
1 lien upon the said Main Line, one hundred
thousand dollars of which said bonds, to fall
due on the thirty-first day ot July, one thous
and eight hundred and fifty eight, and one
hundred thousand dollars thereof annually
thereafter, until the thirty-first day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety, when
cne million of the residue shall fall due, and
one million annually thereafter, until the whole
is paid; and upon the execution and delivery
of said bonds to the Tref surer of the State,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the
Ilarrisburg, Mount Joy -and IiancasterRail-l
road Company, shall, in consideration there
of, be discharged, by the Common wealth, for
ever from the payment of taxes npon tonnage
or freight carried over said railroads; and the
said Pennsylvania Railroad Company shall
also be released from the payment of all other
taxes, or duties, on its capital stock, bonds,
dividends or property, except for city, bor
ough, county, township and school purposes,
and that it shall be lawful for their purcha
sers, or their assigns, either to purchase or
lease, hold, and use the railroad of the Ilar
risburg, Portsmonth, Mount Joy and Lan
caster Company, and to straighten and im
prove the said Philadelphia and Columbia
Railroad, and to extend the same to the Del
aware river, in the city of Philadelphia; and
it shall be further lawful for them te alter,
enlarge and deepen the canal portion of said
Main Line, and to make such locks or dams,
and to make in whole or part a slackwater
navigation, as may be deemed expedient; and
in the event of a sale or lea30 as aforesaid by
tho Ilarrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and
Lancaster Railroad Company, the said compa
ny shall have the power to sell or lease, and
the saii put chasers, or their assigns, to buy
or take on lease said road, and to make and
receive respectively all such contracts, deeds
or assurances, as may be necessary to carry
the same into effect: Provided, That the
right of the Commonwealth to enter upon, re
sume and purchase the road of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company shall cease and de
termine : And provided further, That in the
case of refusal of any stockholder or stockhol
ders of said company to comply with tho pro
visions of this act, after the same may have
been accepted by a majority of the stockhold
ers of the company, it shall be lawful for said
company to pay to the stockholder or stock
holders so refusing, full market value of his,
her or their share or shares of stock, and such
share or shares shall enure to the benefit of
the company, to b disposed of by the direc
tors for the benefit of the balance of the stock
holders.
Sec. 4. That if the said main line of public
works shall be sold to other parties than the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company the purcha
ser or purchasers shall be entitled to a like
credit upon the amount of purchase money,
and for the performance of the conditions of
said sale, in behalf of the purchaser, and for
the security of the purchase money to the
Commonwealth, the said purchase money, un
til paid, shall remain a lien on said -works ;
and the individuals or company purchasing as
aforesaid, shall, within sixty days after said
sale, give a mortgage on said main line of
the public works, and bonds for the amount
of the purchase money, and in addition there
to, shall deliver, within ten days after the
sale, to the Governor, for the use of the Com
monwealth, bonds of the State of Pennsylva-
nia, or ot tno city or i miaueipnia to tne
amount of one hundred thousand dollars, and
within sixty days the additional amount of one
million, nine hundred thousand dollars, or in
lien thereof a like amount of first mortgage
bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
ny, and payment of the principal of such pur
chase money shall be made in certificates of
loan of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
at par or in cash, and of the interest in cash
semi-annually on the thirty-first days of July
and J anuary of each and every year upon any
balance remaining due.
Sec. 5. That immediately after the said
purchaser or purchasers, or their . assigns,
shall take possession of the same, the
srid purchaser or purchasers or assigns shall
be bound ever hereafter to keep up in good
repair and operating condition the line of said
railroad and canal extending from Hollidays
burg to Pittsburg, and so much of the West
ern Division as lies between Blairsville and
Pittsburg, until the North Western Railroad
shall be opened for business from Blairsville
to the Allegheny river, with the necessary
toll-houses, water-stations, locks, buildings
and' other appurtenances; and the said rail
road and canal shall be and remain forever a
public highway, and the said purchaser or
purchasers of the same ' shall furnish station
ary and locomotive engines, and motive pow
er, for the use of all persons or companies en
gaged,' or wishing to an gage, in the transpor
tation of tonnage and passengers at such times
and in such manner as" not to impair the use
and enjoyment of said railroads,' by such par
ties, they paying just and fair charges, which
shall -'not exceed- the ratei of - toll cnHhe rail-
road prescribed in the charter of the Penn
sylvania railroad; and the rates of toll char
ged shall. not be more than eighty per centum
of those prescribed in the charter of the Un
ion canal company; it being the true intent
and meaning of this act that the said sections
of canal and aailfoad and every part thereof
except as is hereinbefore provided, shall be
and remain a public highway and kept open
and in repair by the purchaser or purchasers
thereof, or assigns, as 6uch lor the use and
enjoyment of ail parties desiring to use and
enjoy the same : Provided, That said pur
chasers be authorized to grant, sell and con
vey, or to lease for a term of years, upon such
conditions as may be agreed upon any part or
portion of said canals, and any corporation or
association of individuals authorized by this
act to purchase the whole, may purchase or
lease such portions and hold the same subject
to the conditions and entitled to all the priv
ileges contained in this act : Provided, That
if said purchaser or purchasers, or their as-
signs, snail decide to abandon tne western
division, or any part thereof, then they shall
be required to lease the same to any party or
parties who may desire to keep it open, the
expense of keeping up the same devolving en
tirely upon the lessees and tho purchasers, or
their assigns, being forever exempt from any
responsibility for keeping in navigable condi
tion said Western division : Provided fur
ther, That if the said purchaser or purcha
sers, or assigns, shall decide td abandon the
Western division or any part thereof, the said
purchaser or purchasers, or their assigns,
shall within not less than sixty days before
such abandonment, purchase from the owner
or owners all the boats then iu boating order
on the Western division, and all the cars and
trucks then in running order on the Alleghe
ny Portage Railroad at a fair price and valu
ation to be agreed upon by the parties ; and
whenever the said purchaser or purchasers, or
their assigns, and if any of the said owners
cannot agree upou the price and value of any
of the said boat3, cars or trucks, the parties
so failing to agree shall each select one com
petent person, and they shall jointly select a
third persou, or failing to agree in the choice
of such third person, the two chosen as afore
said shall select a third person, and the three
persons so chosen shall value and appraise the
property, tho price whereof could not be
agreed upon as aforesaid, and their award
shall be binding upon the parties
Sec. 0. That said purchasers may at any
time before the, maturity of said bonds, aud
after giving to the commissioners of the sink
ing found at least ninety days notice of their
intention so to do, pay off and satisfy the
principle of said bonds or of any one or more
of them with inter 3st, until so paid, at the
prescribed rate, and shall bo entitled to re
ceive back or be relieved from a proportionate
amount of the additional security hereinbe
fore provided for, and if at any time any one
or more of said bonds, or the interest dua on
the same, be and remain unpaid for the space
of ninety days from and after the maturity
thereof, and the falling duo of such interest,
then and in that case the Commonwealth shall
have full power to re-enter upon and take pos
session of the property so transferred ; and if
the Legislature shall be iu session at the time
of such default, the Governor shall have full
power to appoint one or more persons to take
possession thereof in the name of the Com
monweaith, and all payments made, and the
certificates of State loans as aforesaid deposi
ted with the State Treasurer shall, -upon re
entry as aforesaid, be forfeited to the Com
monwealth, and the Governor shall sue out
the mortgage if any be taken against any
other works of the purchasing company, by
scire facias, in the Supreme Court, wherever
sitting, under which all the mortgaged works
shall bo sold, with tho rights and franchises
of the company, and conveyed to the pur
chasers by the Treasurer of the Common
wealth, without charge for poundage, subject
to any liens thereon at the time when mort
gaged, which shall remain unaffected thereby
Sec. 7. That as soon as the purchasers
shall have made the payments and delivered
the bonds in number, and for amounts cqua
to, and falling due at the time provided for
the payment of the respective instalments and
shall have fully complied with the conditions
of this act, then 1 the Secretary of the Com
monweaith shall transfer the great seal of tho
State to suclf purchasers, their successors or
assigns, upon such terms and conditions as
are mentioned in this act. the whole Main
Line of the public works between Philadel
Dhia and Pittsburc. consisting of tho Phila
delphia and Columbia Railroad, the Allegheny
Portage Railroad, including the new road to
avoid the inclined plains, with the - necessary
and convenient-, width for the r,rorcr use of
said railroads; tho Eastern Division of the
Pennsylvania Canal from Columbia to the
Junction ; the Juniata Division of the Penn
sylvania Canal from the Junction to the east
ern terminus of the Allegheny Portage Rtil-
road, and the western Division of the Penn
sylvania Canal from the western terminus of
the Allegheny Portage Railroad to Pittsburg;
and including also the right, title and interest
of the Commonwealth in the bridge across
the Susquehanna at Duncan's Island, together
with the same interest in the surplus water
power in said canals, with the right to pur
chase and hold such lands as may be neces
sary to make the same available, and all the
reservoirs, machinery, locomotives, cars,
trucks,-stationary engines, work-slwps, tools,
water-stations, toll-houses, offices, etotk and
materials whatsoever and wheresoever there
unto belonging or held for the use of the
same, and together with all the right, title,
interest, claim and demands of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, to all property, real,
personal and mixed belonging to or used in
connection with the same by the Common
wealth : Provided, That tho purchasers of
said main line shall take the same and its ap
purtenances, subject to all contracts and ar
rangements heretofore made by act of assem
bly or otherwise, for and in respect to the use
of such woiks, and shall carry out the same
manner as the Commonwealth or its agent are
now required to do by law.
Sec. 8. That as soon as the purchasers
shall have given notice to the Governor of
their readiness to take possession of said
works, he shall cause notice thereof ta be
given to all superintendents, toll-collectors,
ofiicers and agents of the Commonwealth cm
ployed on or about said railroads and Canals,
who shall continue nevertheless to discharge
the duties of their said offices or employment
(at the expense of the purchasers of the main
ine) until removed or re-appointed, and the
official bonds of such officers and agents shall
ensure to tho use of said purchasers, as to all
monies received, or acts done by them on ac
count of said works subsequent to the time
when said purchasers shall take possession as
r
said.
Sec. 9. That it shall bo lawful for said
purchasers, their successors and assigns, and
their officers, engineers, contractors and a
gents, to enter upon any lands adjoining or in
the neighborhood of the works and dig, take
and carry away therefrom any materials ne
cessary for enlarging, makieg, altering,
deepening or improving said works, or any
portion thereof, or for constructing any rail
road, canal bridge, viaduct, dam, or other
mechanical structure which may be required
for the said works, or for making a slack-water
navigation, or for any works already made;
Provided, That compensation shall bo made
or secured to the owner or owners of any such
lands or materials as shall be agreed upon be
tween the parties ; or if the said purchasers
gree with the owner or owners of
such lands or materials, then the value cf the
same shall be ascertained, according to the
provisions of the fourth section of the act en
titled "A further supplement to an act to in
corporate the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
ny," approved the twenty seventh of March,
one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
Sec 10. That said purchasers, their suc
cessors and assigns shall have power and au
thority to own and employ locomotive engines,
cars, boats and horse, and to convey passen
gers and freight of whatsoever description
within reasonable time after poscssion is taken
of said works or any portion thereof, and
charge and receive tolls and fare for thts
passage and transportation of persons and
freight ,and said purchasers their successors
and assigns 'shall have the exlusive right to
furnish all the motive power on said railroad ;
Provided, that all persons with cars, horses
boats and freight may pass over said works,
they paying tolls therefor and tin use of said
works shall be governed by such general rules
and regulations as said purchasers may from
time to time ordain, establish and publish,
but no person shall without the consent of
such purchasers be permitted to use horse or
other animal power on said railroads, or steam
on said canals ; And provided, That no dis
crimination in tolls or charges or in priority of
passage through the locks shall ever be made
against any boat or tonnage passing to and
from the Susquehanna division of toe Penn
sylvania canal ; Provided also, That the rate
on freight or tonnage passing over the said
canal from the Junction to Columbia, coming
from the North West Branch and Susquehan
na canals, sliall not at any time be greater
than the toll now charged on said canals 83
per toll . sheet heretofore published by the
canal commissioners for the year orje thousand
eight hundred and fifty sevea : And provided
f urther, That the purchasers of the Main
Lis shall at all times keep open the present
connection at Columbia and Middletown with
the Susquehanna, Tide water and Union Ca
nals and shall at no time discriminate against
the trade or tonnage passing to and from the
said canals ; neither shall they charge more
for boats cr other crafts passitg the out-let
looks at Columbia and Middletown, than is
now charged forth passage of beat or aim-'
ilar crafts through other out-let locks owned
by this Commonwealth.
Sec 11. That should any Company already
incorporated by this Commonwealth - become
the purchaser of said Main Line, they shall
possess hold and use the same under the pro
visions of their act of incorporation, and any
supplements thereto, modified however so ea
to embrace all the privileges, restrictions and
conditions granted by this act,"1; in addition
thereto, and all provisions in said original act,
and any supplements inconsistent .with tho
privileges herein granted," shall be and tho
same are hereby repealed .
Sec. 12. That the eDtire proceeds of the
sale of said main line sh all be paid to the
sinking fund and applied to the payment of
the State debt, according to the provisions of
the act entitled ' An Act entitled to provido
for a sinking fund, aud to provide for tho'
gradual and certain extinguishment of the
debt of the Commonwealth," approved April
tenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty -
Slc. 12. That should it be ascertained at
any time before the psymcnt of the last in
stalment provided for, that further legislation
is required for passing to the purchasers, their
sticcessois and assigns, all the title aud inter
ests of this Commonwealth to said main line,
or any portion thereof, or of the property con
nected therewith or used thereon, then the
faith cf the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
is hereby pledged for the enactment of all
laws and performance of all acts necessary to
carry out the true intent and meaning cf this
act.
Sec. 14. That all necessary expenses in
curred by the Governor under the provisions
of this act shall be paid out cf the monies ia
the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, up
on warrants drawn by him.
Sec. 15. That the purchaser cf said works
shall have a perpetual corporate succession,
and if the purchaser shall at any time misuse
or abuse any of the privileges granted by this
act, the Legislature may revoke all and sin
gular the lights and privileges granted to said
company on a judicial decree of said misuse
or abuse being first duly had and obtained,
and thereupon may take for public use, the
road or reads, canal or canal? so purchased or
constructed in pursuance of this act. Provi
ded, That in resuming said franchise no in
jury shall be dene to the corporators of said
company; and in taking such road or roads,
canal or canals, or the public use, full com
pensation shall be made to the stockholders.
Sec. 1G. That in the event of a sale, and
delivery of said Main Line, as aforesaid, all
further payments on account of the appropri
ations for Jiotive power or other expenses on
said Main Line, as provided in " An Act to
provide for the ordinary expenses of govern
ments, the repairs of public canals and rail
roads, end other general and especial appro
priations" for the year 1857, shall bo suspen
ded.
As Entipe New Meficixe. Ch 1 cf Brick
bats and Compound Unadulterated Concen
trated Syrup of Paving Stones manufactured
only by Dr. Ilumbugibus Hollowbelly, and
sold only by his regularly authorized agents.
Beware of Counterfeits!!
CERTIFICATE.
Mr. Hollowbelly. Dear Sir: I kicked"
the bucket last night, but while the underta
ker was placing me in the coffin, a vial of
your Essential Oil burst in bis pocket, and
streaming down on my face, I opened my eye,
sneezed, and arose The shroud having re
ceived a portion of the oil," instantly took
root in the floor, and expanded into beautiful
cotton stalks, each filled with bursting pods.
The ceffin rose cn end, sprouted forth shoots,
and grew into a magnificent mahogany tree,
which burst o-ff the roof of my house, and
waved in the ' evening " breeze its "uxuriant
branches, amid which the monkeys chattered
and green parrots Muttered their fan like
wings. -
' I remained your revived friend.
Timothy TiCKLEBEsfir.
A fellow went, a few weeks siacc into
the store of a fashionable milliner ' ITavo
you any skirts ?" asked he. Plenty of all
kinds. What do you ask a cord Y' taid the
chap. A cord ? replied the woman. Yes, I
want about a cord. Up in our oliigings tho
petticoats has" gin out. I see you advertise
corded skirts,' aud I thought while my hand
was in, I'd take what you had corded trp.
The milliner fainted.
An Irish servant girl was requested by
a lady to go to one of our dry goods stores
aud obtain a bed comforter'-for her. About
an hour afterwards the returned with one of
the clerks. It is needless to add, perhaps
that the la'dv fainted.
The author of a love story, in oescTiLin
his heroine, says: "Innocence dwells iu the
dark clusters of her auburn hair." A weft
em editor says that a gcod ac toothed icc!
would trir it out
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