VOLUME :XVII.
TNETfOGA COUNTY AGITATOR
19 PUBLISIIED iYE&Y?itEDIWIDAY; zotpatip BY •
VAN GILDER & MITCHELL.
P. C. Tau Gelder:" S Jno. I. Mitchell.
TENS OF SUBSCRIPTION INVARIABLY IN. ADVANCE:
Snbierlpilon, (per year)
RATES OE ADVERTISING,
T.EN LINES OY MINION on LEES, MARE ONE 'SQUANE
Scfrs.. : . 1 lln. 1 00s,1 4 Iris 1.8 Moe 19111os 11 Yr
t Square, t SIMI $ 2,043 IVA ( ) $ 6 , 00 $ 7 , 0 0 i $l2-0
2 Sqoared,..2,oo I s t cti...„4a 8,00 112,00 I 18,00
if t if Col 116;00 15.00 117,00 1 22,6C71: 7 315,06120, 00
one Col I 1 .00 25,00 9 - 0,00 1 45,00 1 00,00 1100,0 u
gr Special
, Noticos VI cents poi
Local V) couts - •
Tracialeut fulyeatisingxuar be paid for la advftrao.
Oa-Justice Blanks, Condtalile Itlantte, Deeds, Jtidg
mant Noted, Marriage Corti6itties, &c., on Ninth
BUSINESS CARDS
Van Gelder & Mitchell,
Book, Plain and Fancy Job ,Pyinters. All work
promptly and neatly exeented.- - Jati."1,187 117
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Smith & Merritir,
Attorneys-1 Counselors- At Law. Insurance,
Bounty and Pension Ageridy, Office on Main
Street, Wellsbore Pa, • opposite Union Block.
Jan. 1. 1870. : W. R. 41T11.
Gao. W. Ititraties.
Seeley, Coates & Co.
BANKERS, Knoxville,' toga., County, Pa.—
BC/ZOIVO money on doposit, discount notos,
and sell drafts on New 'Torii City. Collect
;:as promptly made.—Dno. lb, ISB9-lyt,
JuO. W:Adams,
Attorney and Counselor at Law, Mansfield, Tioga
county,. Pa.. Collections , promptly attended
to. Jan. 1, 1870.
Jno. I. Mitchell,
Attorney and Counselor at Law, Claim, and In
wenn Agent. Ofitee over Kress' Drug Store;
adjoOning Agitator :DP4S - ,
Jan.l, 1870. ' ' ' • •
• Wllifon ct . Niles,
•
Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Will attend
promptly to business entrusted to their care in
the counties of Tioga and Potter. Office on
the,Avenue, Jan.: •
. B. Wrt.sos.] •' P'. B. Nara.
John W. Guernsey,
Attorney and Counselor at Law. All business
outraged to him-will he promptly attended to.
Othee'23 dthiP soatlo it I/1a zlettle Hotel, Tioga,
Tioga County, Pa.—Jan. I, 1870.
Wm, 8.. Smithy
Pension, Bounty,And Isssuranee Agent. Com
munications Bent above address nill re
ceive prompt attention. _Terms moderate,
Knoxville, Pa.—Jan. 1, 1870.
Sey#lo - 0 & 119 . 110%
Attorneys and, Counselor a at Tioga Pa.
All business entrained to their care will receive
prompt attention.
0. 11. SEYMOUR J. C. Hoaryx.
IV. D. Terbell & Co"
Wholesale Druggists, and dealers in Wall Paper,
Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass, Perfumery,
Paints, Oils, &u., &Q.—Corning, N.l. Jan. 1 '7O.
• Itqcop, M.. 1). 5
Phyatelan and Surgeon: Will attend promptly
to all calls. Offlopan Crafton Street, in rear of
the Moat Market; Wellab . aro.—Jan:l, 18i0.
E. S. Perkins, AL D.,
Respectfully announces to the °Wrens - of East
Charleston And vicinity, that ho would be grate.
NI for poip:prtt . r99!ige". 1870. •
A. M T .-flighalin ) - M. D.
Homoeopathist, Office at his Rai:Cloaca on tbe
Avenue.—Jan. 1; 1870,
Oeorg© Wagner,
Tailor. Shop first door north of Roberts a Bail
ey's Ilaidwaro Storo. Cutting, Fitting and Re
pairlbg.done Promptly and we11. 7 -,-Jan.l4 1870.
John--Etner,-- . --
Tailor and Cutter. Shop opposito Dartt's Car
riage Shop, Main St., whore he is prepared to
do workyrotriptly_ad neat.--Jan. 1, 11370„
Th&iiiiis ; 'ikyilen,
Surveyor and Draftsman. \ Orders Jolt at his
room, TOwnsend House, Wellabor°, yrkil meet
with prompt attention.—Jan. 1, la7o.
R; E. 0n1e35
➢oaler in Clocks and Jewelry, Silver and Plated
Ware, speotaeleo7lolin Stritigs, &b. " Watch
es and; Jewelry neatly:, repaired., Engraving,
done in plain Snglish and German.- 7 2dansthild,
Pa., Jan. 1, 1870.
Petroleum HoUse,
Neste.°ld, Pii., GEo. CLOSE, PrOprit3tJr. A new
Hotel conduoted on the principle of live and
lot live, for the accommodation of tho public.
Jan. 1, 187,0. •
Hazlett's Hotel,
Tioga, Tloga County, Pa. Good stabling attach
edoind atr attontivo hostler always in attend.
aneo. Goo. W. Hazlett, Prop'r. , —Jan..l, IRiOc
IMPEL Hotel,
Westa i r Borough, Tioga Co., Pa. E. G. MI,
Pro riotor, A now and commodious - building
with all tho modern ituprovemento. Within
easy drivo of the host bunting and. fishing
tlr,iunds in - Northorn Pann'a.- Conveyances
famished: Terms moderato.--Jun. 1, 11370.
lktol,
'Xingu ' Yft., NI. 'Proprietor. 11011;4) . in
good condition to accotuinoticto the traveling
publics inn superior incnnor.-- 7 ,Tan. 1,1370.
Jolu► 'Mclntosh;
Dealer in Vermont - and' Italian Marble, manu
facturer of 141onuments ' Totnh. &c nor.
nor Market and Cedar SM.. Corning, N. Y. All
orders promptly and, neatly executed. An
' lrc - cr Van Dusoit; Agent.—Jan. 1, 1870..
Fanuera' Huta
B. MONROE, Proprietor. This bonze, formerly
occupied by E. Fellows, is conducted on tem
perance principles. }leery aceommOdation
for man and beast. Charges reasonable.
Ntnrch 30 1370,-tf.
P 40,•31MC.!
M. M. SEARS, Pnornie.ron
WHERE delicious Ice ('team, French Con
fectionary, all kinds of: fruits. in their
season, a aloe dish of Ted, Coffee, or lhotiolate,
and Oysters in then. season— tan I.e had et all
hours, served^in the best etyl.'. Nest tioor be:
1.5 w %Arta Sc Bailey's Ilarrhsare Storu, — Main.
Street.
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1870.
lIARKNESS & RLI,EY,;
BOOT AND SHOE, MAKERS.
Over IVilson d, Van Vaikenbn /It's &err, in the
roon“qtely occupied. by Btllj. Seel ey. B OOM AND SHOES of all kinds wade to
order and in the best manner.
MIPAIRANGof all kinds donepromptlyand
good. Give us neat!,
JOHN HARKNES
WAS. J ItEILEV. '.
Wellabore, Jan. 1,1870.—1 y.
Ho'llse and Lot for Sal.
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subscriber offers for bale his 111)1.13;)
and lot on. Main Street, opyosiie Dart t't
Vigor' Shop; Enquire on the premises ot •
March 30,J70-61n. JOHN
E. it: KIMBALL, -
AND.At SIIA.URANTI
GROOERIT
Ono door abovo the Moat Market',
W - ELLSBORO, PENN'A,
LESPECTBULLY announces to the trading
üblio that bolas a dosirablo stock of lira
cello, coo:10'9111g, Coffoas, Spiess, Suga'ra t
Holastee, Syttipoiana all that eOnstitntes a flret
, class stook. Oystorsin "expry"tityle at all sea,
ionable hourk. -
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CROVER 1111141
:PREMIUM
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ELASTIG- sTirroH
EAMILY
SEWING MACHINES
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594' BROADWAY NEW YORK.
POints of Excellence.
Beanty:and ElaitiCitY of . 4titolf.A ' • !:'
Perfection and Simplicity of- Machinery.
Ileing both threads directly from tho apoolc.
No - Newt:ling of teetne ; by hand and no Waite
of thread. • • •
IY,ide . rangti of 'applictition - without change Of
adjuttlioont.. ' •
The scam tutaind'ita beauty and firmn,As af:
ter washing,and ironing. _ •
13esides doing all kinds of work dono by other
Sowing .11aobined; - these' Machines execute trio
most beatitiful and periaanerit'Unitiroidery , and
ornamental work. •-
ISCI-The highest Premiums at ail tilo fairs'
and exhibitions of the United States and
Europe, have been awarded the Grover a Baker
Sowing Machines, And the work dono by them,
wherhVer exhibited its:competition. • "
lar•Tiie . s;tiry highest prjzo, THE CROSS
OP THE LEGION'OF • HONOR, utsis conferred
on the. representative of the Grover 44 Baker
Sowing Machines, at the Exposition Universolle,
Paris, 1867; aura attesting theirireat supetior_
ity over all other Seiving Machine's- -
Jan. 1, 1870-ff.-
New Tobacco Store
subscriber has, fitted up the Store first
1. door oust Thomas Harden's dry goods store,
for the manufacture and sale of . .
CIGARS, (all.grades), Fancy and•Coninon
SMOKING TOBACCO,Atichigan Fine Cut
cirEirriro, and all kinds of '
PLUG TOBACCO, 'PIPES, and ihechoi
. eeii , B;..and of t'IdARS.•: , •
gs2r- Calf aed ;eel for yourselvei.
JOIIN IV. PIIIISEL.
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1870—tf.
;New 7 1 atutery: "
THE undersigned has tilted up the abiFoiat
_dry building, near the.Browery, ‘VellOorci,
and is now prepared ,to turn out fine calf, hip,
cowhide, and -harness leather—in-the beat min.
ner. Hides tanned on shares. Cash. paid .for
hides. „ , ' M. A. DURIP. -
Wollsburo,-Jan. 1,1870.
Wel!sboro Bakery,.
. .
JJ. BURP IN would say to tho citizens o
• Wollsboro and vicinity that 'be ii! prji
pared to supply thom with .-
BREAD, PIES
,AND I• CAKES,
BREAD,
of tho boat quality. Wo also serve meals to
those who wish. OYSTERS always on :hal),
for sale, and served if desired. i Call at the old
Stevens' Ftand. J. J. BERGIN, :
Fob. 9, 1870-Iy.
NORWAY H ATS FOR ; SEED J .::'
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,t s ilAvE Itivviity4ie i'd""'''. w'....-etip• i 0
kta.-beipg. par u 114-,
IIeUVILN
bur 0a -r iiiii _fra, ' - t d's lief -- frowftrg''`Thd .
seed from which the ihrisii:cate.,ifo're. /Illicit;
was bought in Now York City from the solo
agents of the genuine° Ramsdell Norway Oats.—
Price. So per bushel.. Address . •
• - /lIRAM Address,.-
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Felb.-16, '7O-tf. • • lirellsharo, Pe.-,
TOGA DRUG STORE J.
•
• / keo e 'eerietautly on
, .
-ljband Pure! Drugs and ihiedmilite,
•Chemioals, Paints and . Olio, Lampe,
• IF Stationery, Yankee Notions de.
PreeserttPTlONS CA REP 17Lla COMPOUNDED,'
BORDEN.
Tioga, Jan.
1870. FOR SALE. I. 870.
BY
T. B. STONE,
.
(formerly B. C. Wickham's Nursery)
T lIIS NURSERY OF FRUIT AND ,OR
NAMENTAL TREES, IN .TIOGA ;-
60,0 4 90 Apple, Trees ,
10,000_Pear Trees.
A gcod supply of . PLUM, PEACH, CHEERY
and ORNAMENTAL TREES SIIREDDERY
The Fruit trees are'ootoposed "of the choicest
varieties, gorid, healthy, some or them large and
in hearing. Any one wishing to got a supply.
will do well to call and see my, stools before.purn
chasing elsewhere. 0.71-1 Delivered at . the dopuf,
Wellsbn,ro, Mansfield, Lawreneciillo Bloss
burg, free of charge. 4AII orders filled.
Address, T. B. STONE,
•
• . Ticga , Pe,
Tioga, Doc. S, 1569-Iy*
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Get the hest? -
Mrs. A. .1, SOFIELI),' is agent for that su
perior SEWING .M.ACILINE, the
. . ,
WILLCOX G - IBBS;
which everybody likes_who tries it. • it is a beau
tiful Ail - whine, nover gets out of order with fair
usage, sows rapidly and
_strong stitek, and is
perfectly noh,ei v ss.
..1711 - Mttehines rented by the weelc•
Nov. 17, 1869-tr. Mrs. A J. SOFIM.D.
House and Lot for Salo
Q . °inn of Mansfield, Tiogit county, ;
in easy. walking distance of the churches,
State , :sl'etual Echool, ..tc. House in good order,
good size; and convenient. Excellent well nod
cistefn water close to the door. Lr.t contains
about l } acre, nett has a number of choice fruit
trees, trope vines, ke. A pleasant and desirable
horde, and will ho eold rit (Clow figure. Address
or inquire of -
, J. N. ;11.XBY
ManFticht,'Match e 3, 1870 If ' '
Noise i t Lot to 'Safe
G 9p: Ilonse and bejrj o on a of of two
11_ SCUPS, within ten - tniiinteS wiik Of !ha
Court Wellsboro, is offered for Sole. ..7n
quirt) of, John I. Mitchell, lisq;,11701181)orp
J0n.,25, 1870-tf_ .
, .
,ll
ouse,and .Lot For Sal 6..
but4h L-ettleinent. Enquire of
JOSEPH 11113 . EROLE,
tro! Mardh 23, IBro. tf
MANSFIELD
MINERAL -PAINT,
RA- eale Ly
March 1 1 6, 1670-tr.
Fixarnipation of Teachers.
CLIPHOrAIiPXAMINAtIONS tnr 306'-
0 ring to teach during the euwLner, nh, have
not certificates, will bo held at
I , aW•r • encoilllo, Monday, April 1 .
1L:. ,- (•ville, Wednesday, April 20.
rtgicld, (s.ohool house;) Friday, A pill 22.
wellshoro, Tuesday, April 26.
Liberty, (I.llnck Ltouso,) Thursday, April 2d
Union Academy, Saturday, April U.
Teachers 'Will Como with %IV° shouts ot,f , !,!lo•
Cap poperptm.....slnd Ink.' -
commence at 6., 1 , A.-Ttl
.School Director irate calneetiyr invited .. 1 . 43,
tepd.„ Z., BORT024.00:
MOO 814 1870, it . -
'WU • II: '4:II3I6TRONd.
Armstrong.lviliinni
0H11'14.F.g4.: 1 114;AW,'
WILLIAMSPOUT, PENIVA.
'41414; v:,
lIMIMMU
J:% Eiiii..ii,aikit
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.7*l LES B
ISE
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AMERICAN
GOLD„OR SILVER -7(11,b00,,7-jTPIVKir
,RY, GOLP:644kINS4O(4
PINS, PF.Eriktti.ilAtia,iGoto &
• - STEEL- - TENS TitiMBLES':
SEWING MACHINES,-
With wont other articles usually !tepOn such
establistitnehthiehig sera low
Repairing done neatly, and promptly, and on
A. FOLEY.
short NOTICE.
January 5, 18710,Y
GREAT, KEDUCION
WICKHAM *r FA R'S,
IMMKE
WINETKDKESS,
FANCY GodbS,
,
conlave a 'good .parcattageilaa we mliat• Janke
J.
CORNIIT4 ,JENtirEl,lly,
D.DM3LEY,
atX ate hmajttir:diid
•
W. largO misortraont of
; WATCHES, JEWELRY, SITIVEH.PL'ATED.
w i t 1-I,c ; eLopgs,AN CSr -GOODS.- '
; 11 i ..24 , t•• •
' Corpirig,Dco.„.ll,4„l.B4.• - • - A. D. DI93I±E.Y, ;
Ip.' '• • " • ' 10, Market St.
Y _ J
MlXEctitOlts' i'estatnen
.l24 tary having been granted,ppttn the lost will
and ttstatnent of John 'LeveyOod, deceased,
late of Liberty, all persons indebted to orrolaim
ing rigainit'sa id estate, ittr,raquesidiFtii s,ettle
with - 'S. N.-LEVhItGIOOI37'
1. B. WERLINE,
Liberty, March 23,1310V6t 1 Exeers
,
- The Richardson Washer, -
WE -the Undersigned;do hereby siy: , tot
that' 'we have — tilli this machine; - Old_
think it tir i , tiperiot td.:.unx we over .fe.17•45
washes complete, and ,we'rkir.with perfe4(:o;MM - 1 -,,,.
only requiting about one tenth the lab - or pfuous- ,
mon washers.: We think rit cheap, simple-rind
durable: It aloes not wenr . the clothes, bul:ifini—
ply cleanses from all dirt.% And we cheerfully,
recommend it to all; it.bOng. now eanvastied'for„
with great SACCOFS. z MaTch 2, 1870, Bt
Nils, Jerome SLII i lb, 'Mil!: William lilathbrsi:.
" Mary A Dewey, George Ptirtdr,'
" Christina Watkins Nettie Watkins,
" Lewis liolonos, " P. C. Vnn.qeic)er.
•1
M.,0. Sutton is clie;6lll,y authealzoct Agen
is thisliiesliti. ; -- 1
MHE unclerbignect' nonrideriared to exit
Ctlif/ all order's ft.t. Tomb Stones and Monti
meats of either' •
ITALIAN OR,RPTLAND MARBLE
of tho latetit - Myle . and npptGVCd WOikmanehip
and whit dispatch. • • 2 •: - . • „
lie IcopFs egonstap:ily,oti - h'etiti - both Yinde of
51firble and ivirlbe able to suit all ,r,ho In4ifo
vor with ,
ibeir reattrona).wPlceTir,is
ae "can he , ibtaiike . il tr, : -
, -
fisA IC ADAM?,
I:870-1f
; C, II E
3• 000 CORDS,II - 411irti9it'oark, at thqtoga
stll4:4liafi.tpaija
liarit,futit: fact long; and e.urcal: fi'v
p4r 13-4 paid. If tielivor4o before'N'av:ll;
ISi°. ' ' JOIMSTON Li: LOVELL:.
Tiotia; -Ow
3 OM) ",b"sNi lild',l7e'cb?,',,bntrtk.'n'e:nyt.e'd . fohrt
which $4 .50 per cord will be paid, if delivered
be( os gocatconditiun and at saran timomstibove.
As an inducement to peel bark, we will .boy a
few dcf d, ousluad. kar t of knini dO
- inaiket
•1 2Yi AVM, LO WRLL 004
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BEIN
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tytick,ihas Jong , beerC Aistab.:
tisheii. fig th4"4041.4zi;41,4:
nose V'nflfsbeifo;•hni . al6•
ways
and
sale, carious
kinda tital pileoe o ' 74
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i.,:WATZIII
SPOOK'S;
'TED wAitt;. •
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Ate: &cif
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C A $ 110 .
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PR! ES,
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All thosewisEing
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room for other
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Tioga.li dOle VorkS.
Wanted,
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0.10,c4 .tAii,, LI W.p,I)IO . SPA*, - , MORNINOI - , APRIL' 13, 1870.
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GENUINE NORWAY OATS
• 4
For Salle by
lIP. ROpERTS. Seed got of Ramsdell,
, :3 Li:
..yojir:Yortr.
16;161.(fs
SAIIIIEL 'LINN;
IDIPI#LTALDIT; TO FARMERS 11
• • • .f.).
T HA VE about 200 bushels of genuino Norway
1. Oats, and 1011 dispose of a part of them at a
tonsonable price. Thcomlabingl.lbe . pure 800 a
.pleaso call and examine. L. 0. BENNETT
Wellsboro4annary 3d, 1870—tf.
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MEM
ME
-, ll' ~
llmou Avadeinty.
fillip, Spring Term, of UNION ACADEMY Will
I_l;OQllll33oll9o,oll . Tuee_day, filareklat,
' 'Tuition." • - $5, to $7.
Tticom 2 Ront-and Woo d •
`Board per week, ...... • I i.
A Teacher's Claes will be organised at the
:commencement - 4ftife7Terse fortthsfAustruetlon
of those wishingte toliell'durindiluiSrimmer.—
:: For further information, address
Deerfield; . E.:HORTON.
'Be IgAS*IItAN,
IMMINEI
NM
AB. EttliT.?4.N bairthti 'Urged stook of
• teeth fiv er= pt in - Tioga county: Also a
npw,piPpo-vp.mgrur,• PoYOr.Sti9for,o, offered - to, the
pOlio, with .whieh : he onnlittre w ore perfect set!,
of teeth than can possihly,b,olno4P.on any other
plan yet known. r i ßee testiniopial r at,ilio o ffi ce.]
, Nitrociiroilde gas adinibisfered'irithireinatka
bil,offeet ;, : rendering the extraction of teeth pain
less, and even pleasant. Two new and Uomple,te .
.grisontoters. -in, operation, furnishing a full sup
110.4.11.gftokuoiti
• Spoolal attention paid to filling and preserva
tion of the'n'atdritEteVtli. f -Prices toenit
Feb
,2
ME
Planing' & Matching,'
FLOORING, CEILING, WAINSCOT
ING, TONGUED & GROOVED,
strith'railditY and oaaotnoae ,, with orir now 24
chinos. Try it and soo. B. T. VANHORN.
Wellaboro, Jan. 1, 1870.
AGENTS WANTED.
-
T ' n ftVe'Coiltifies .°
sylranla--
,
WHEELER & WILSON
Sewing rtitte,hines,
Wagons furnished; and tho most liberal terms
to Argenta end Purchasers.
Addross, or call on
CARPENT,PRi-•
- First Ivutlonal 13anli, ".
Mar. 9, .Willianasport,Pa.
TN tho estl3to of Frederick Welty, dcc'd., In
the Orphan's Court of Tioga County, Patina.
No. 14, Novdmber Term, 1889:
''To'l%fary Anti Welty,; widow Of said (loci:Mont,'
Philip Welty, Marylam, •Fifitilkfod*, 'Lucy Ann-
Wilkins, Hannah Me, -Snrahtlt.'s 6110116 M)
Catharine Shoffor, Alfred Welty, William Wel
ty, and and Alvah td Wilkins, Guardian of
Amanda Welty, Amaiida Kopp and Christiana
Kopp, heirs at law of the said Frederick Welty
deed., ~
You nnd,oacit,uf yu ar o herebyl4l4lllet a
iittuo ,t) f Writ of Partition, {Eska d cuit.Ofkih;i.
Orphan's Court for tho sale( Count etTioAt and_
to mu oueeLvo va.A. •• um..., •
day of May 1870. at 10 o'clock a. in. on tho prom
ises late the Estate of the said Fredoilck "Wel
tyinnritootrt dcc'd., Situuto Liberty Township Tioga:
sa ,C.. c 1 me . rre.e412176 . 10 - s•Ver - f,*.eaatt"
W.Zt 0,. •
you can attend if you see proper.—Sheriff's Of.
lice Wellboera Pa. March 16. 1870.
MEM
ATTENTION 1 ARNEIIB.
=
M.--8.-PRlNCE t brectler of .Light :Pormah,
. White faced. Black Bpanieb, Saabright
Bantam an 4 Black Breasted lied Game Fowls.
ALSO AGEDIT FOR .
Catharine - Highland Nur-
and the
Champion Ehain'.Drill:- and Seed
Sower,
ho best in tic-o. M. B. PRINCE,
Sltosidencel,StotolSt. Wollsboro Pa
•:: , 'Mare - It' 10 , 1870. .
;faster.
m 8 PLASTERAmeitie-been thorouglity
teated by the farmers, and pronounced by
all, to be a superior article, wd take pleasure
in anyin that ,vve anti supply the masses, as
lie - have atequaptity' on band, Price• per ton,
Cd` c ai rr i* . ;` tt 11. ORAMPNPY;
Jan. 6, 1370-6mA' •
•ti
A - 49 118 4 'RIVE ACHES .OF t4;3D
for Salo or exelianglifor a house and lot in
ollsboro. Said property is situato abont
thiles oast of Ilatnniondsport, and cun
tatrN tilioUt icy& hbfaii,ofz-GraPesin full bearidg,
ti/nit nifbroligitd of ehoiee 'fruit.' - 'll!trpropetty is
desirablo one, and plosantly Addreiss
this office, or, JAS. C. VAN GELDER,
Mar. 2,1.870. llntnmondsport, N. Y.
; ; L'oril..,:„ - . c*.EUP Smoking
bard'o Tobacco.,
Is an excellent article of granulated Virginia; wher
ever introduced it is universally admired. It is put
up in handsome muslin bags, in, which orders fur
31cerschtilitrikilicillite daily:packed:
LORIL
:LAIID'S\ YACHT CLUB SMOKIOG
. TosAcco
Classed by all who consume is as the "ilneat 01011;u:it
is made of the choicest len: grown ; it is anti nervous
in its effects, as the Nicotine has been extracted; It
leaves no disagreeable tauto,aftor smoking; it is very
mild,•ligh OW color anid,Vtilglit,, , ,hence ono pound will
last no long ne 8 of ordinary-tobacco., In Praud.wo
also pack orders every day Itmlirst quality Meerrohnum
Pipes. .T.TY-it.and.s9 l3 YlPPSOWSelntit aPACIBIP)S,
to be, "THE FINEST OF ALL?"
-14.0i111.• .CENTURY CHEWING LABD'A, - TOBACCO
This brawl of Cqk Chewing .Toacco has no equal or
superior anywhere. 11
witiao% cloraft . tle,best chew.
iug,tohqcCo country." ;
.Lorillard's
!lave noyr haen Inzeneinkuse In the Vatted :States
over 110 yeirs, atal Atha acknowledged "the boot"
wher . over Used.' ..
yonestoreleeepe"r. goes' not have theso Articles for
ealor 4 isk-Itlnt-taget4horat..th,ey-aro.ool..thy.veseactable
jobbers almost everywhere.
C i rcular and prices forwarded on application.
' IV
,LORILLARD & CO., New York
March 18,1870-8 in r • '
ANOTHER TUMBLE!
Our Price`TooDaY•
BeetWhitoWhmat Flour ST prebbl.l,7s pr:-Enek
gf , Red . ivitnter 56,50 " 1,62 • - "
X
" X Spring Wheat, 0,00
." 1.- , 50 "
Buckwheat Flour, 3,00 per 100 the
Best Feed ' 2,00 " "
Bran rind Shorts 1,501 ,'! ' . "
M Oft Inwrirrnr:;2lv..r.l,:rwr.v.-- • 2,-2f.:- 3' --" - -
These prices i.r413 , FOY,. C4SII.
BAILEY.):
Ally pcirfons not lia,ringsetiloti with us, can
not blame us now if ;hay tind their accounts and
ut.tes'leit with un attorney for
Silo duo tittle°. ,
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BAGS.—Wo'coant tillpereene having' anybag,ti
with' our,niarkon;tlitan, to' return the "atne ;at
once - 0 :viil - 011411 . *16 iteA"tck,'.. - eeetiTtitknFtrr•
:W. 8'1 ;147 6 499 llog#44o : tteio.d.o t inonsiho
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IN PARTITION.
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series,
'Cash 2 Is7o 2
SEE WHAT SELLING FOR CASH!
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pikellitivtotts algatina.
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9111E140 of 110# 11!, B. Strang,- .-.
In qi4
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" c bn'Ecngletia 4ftfaccr"An
ace to facilitate Waiiteati eronnnitniett
. tion petween the waters 'of the Bue9ice
- hanna and the [peat 'lakes and the
• Zrarthwese." • " •
14 1 1 ;,:§ 1) EAKER:—Asear . iy as during the
first quarter of the present century that
portion of our public mea who possessed
sufficient political forecast to • appreci
ate the'neeessities and tinfficient.intelli
gene°, to understand, to some extent the
resources of the State,' conceived the
ideitiaf using its legislative power, as
well fta the fund derived from a com
mon taxation, for theintrpose of ( level - .
°ping our iminense'4griculturat,and
mineral resources, amt establishing our
great commercial highways. •
• Their ideas of the character, of .such
improvements were litnited by -• the
_progress science bad: jhen made, 'and
"were necessarily soinewhat • crude: and
imperfect. Steam was yet lir its infancy,
the telegraph way - yet unborn, and the
mightynation which-we - modestly -Call
a! 6 tate, ;with its mountains, of iron,- Its
boundless 'nlemittresOf coal, audits fath
omless' 1'1:m110.1mi of oll; - how'rieitrly! all
utilized and knit , togather by -railroad
systeni' Pn I .l' • keo ntreo -ti• few:
links,Jo.maice At entite/Y, ,C91 3 A7-
plete,
,as - "yereiistednitly in theprephet;
lc vision of tittiSe'Who were'derided'' as
enthusiasts °riot:widen:wed as.)2predigals,
and Spendthrifts. .. • , „
But crude as werelliele notions, a nd
ImPerfectaS, Was `the- sySti;m; they' de-
Vised, they:were earliest,. honest ••rrien,
Willing, to subunit to the dmputatione,
and cavitingS which were ; hcaped upon.
theini'and they, have 'rated. 'their re:.
ward ;• for I Mak lie , permitted- to' say
the men.who.. live, in, the; history r and
are.enahrined in thehearta at the peah.!
file . of • the CommOnWeal "Stephens' are the
HeiSters, the Seargents; the Stephens'
and"-others, who :InitittteCand• carried
out_ our system of public ,improvements
and laid the - foUndatibii - of.thitt internal
coneirierCe no* 'So 'justly our
pride - and beast., ' • .• !! -
I think, sir, In,lB2ltheldsuis to which
I have referred. onlm inated iii the pass
ageOf an set of ASsernblY:entitied "An
acO kir the improvement of the State,"
byivhich certain , appropriations were
made, , not -only - ,to,,the .then existing
and - projectedea*Al6, - the. Union Canal company ; the rDeldiVere' and
Sehtiylkill anc the Schuylkill and Su-s
-quehanna,canal companies, but ,to cer,
tain turnpike roads and,othethighWays
running throng& every 'portion of the
State then settled and impreved, and
though very ,many that were, not:
So much in earest and so active . were
they in theit ! itttempits at State deVelOp
ment, that in 1823 Joseph Heister,' then
Governorof the Commenwealth i -in his
annual message was able to congratulate
the people, "that with a liberality high
ly honorable there= be' been appropri
ated tapuhlic improvements the'sum of
$2,423,287,_"-, and to -say " that, . it-. bad'
then become universally admitted that
public prosperity Was promoted there
by. That the' application:of national
or State resotirceeto.tnese objects, facil
itates intercourse and rolievea
• the far
mer and manufacture r from the. big
'dens of expensive 'taxation; while it
strengthens the tiesolThinion and binds'
communities together
_by . -the: -lasting
cement of mutual Inte rests," •
Arid without going further into"de;
tail; f‘Suppose it May-lieldided. - that up
to the 4 time:of, the final settlement of
?,oVirthlrifd 3 aringrOollsOluitaP,L6Peq'
had been; if- tatnid nunibers about 'sB4;-
00,000 expended-1n ipgrove
_
t r . e3 M 4 ' , -; 4 l f gt. ' - _trri;aTnted7 TV'ilfe‘"State
aent. - Tne amenatnent of 1851' was the
result Of iceOhVictiOti which had Seized
upon. blie mind, that the policy
which allowed*the government_ to,own
and control its public improvements,
was an improvident ono, mainly on ac
ceitiftr-tlie
whic:„they, were -managed, the con- tracta ! being, as it Was Said, used moire
psy. means of' dWributing politicalpat
renege thatiler.the legitimate ,pUrposte
of State developMent ;,,arid,a :very gen-.
()MI AmprestaiOn of Corruption connected
therewith deen;ied• to preVail through
nut the State,:
.1 have thus, Mr. Speaker, alluded -to
the condition of- ,things.as they existed
'prior to and at the time of the adoption
of the .constitutiOnal amendment of 18-
57, for tlie - purPOse of calling attention
to the equitable considerations in favor
of a liberal construction of that ainend
ment;lbawards the 'adeption of such
policy as Will'inako the development of
our resources, ! the building 'of, railroads,
and - the, reVenues.resulting thekefrom—
upon which: it is-now apparent We must
alter all mainly depeatilor_th_e final ex
fingul.sti mein of our debt—an incident
to the power of the Legislature to con
trol, regulate - or exchange the "eviden
ces
of debt", which are deposited in the
sinking fundhathe figult of 'the sale of
the public works: ; r; •: . ; E
It.wilithus be seen that not, only the
fund Which these bonds represent, but
many millions more,, were raised by a
general system of taxation ; that the
wild , rind unsettled lands • which this
bill proposeala develop r haxe,for .many
years
,centributed > their . .qn,ota, to,,it,.,aud
that; toO, "v.. 111160 liai;ing received any
of the benefits which accrued to the
great counties of Lancaster, Dauphin;
and othcre,a,rid the great cities of Pitts
,burg and Philadelphia ; 'not only from
• the facilities afforded by the works
thernselfee; but from the expenditure
of the vast amounts of money necessa
ry to'eonstruet and maintain, them. It
will be seen also' that every other sec
tion of the State,.except those affected
by the-nutitCprovisions -of this bill,
have, duping many years, reaped incal
culable benefits from the appropriation
of - the-great fund of-which these bonds
form an insignificant part, and in every
thing whinMooked-toWard , -tbe
devel
opment -6f their'" resourees,-htive been,
during alt this time, the recipients of
the munificent bounty of the State.
I ask, then, Mr. Speaker, is there
anything inequitable in the construc
tion of the constitution for which we
contend, that we have a right so to
manage the "evidences of debt" in the
sinking fund, that while we do not di
rect them from their original.: purpose,
(yiz; that theimoi3ety when raised shall
'be approptiated to the payment at the
public debt), they may incidentally
,tend to develop the State, complete our
'system of commercial highways, har
monize our interests and our people,
,and enable us to reach out at all objec
tive points for the commerce of the
West, which, if we will ,but receive it,
is ready to be poured into our lap?—
Ought we not rather, sir, step to the
,'very verge of a liberal construction, in
view of the facts which exist and the
prospects which are involved in this
question ?
1 Mr. Speaker, it was, my fortune to be
isnemberof ; this House in • 1861; when
! the first* legislative construction' was
given to the constitutional provisions
on this. subject. You will remember,
' sir, that certain bonds of the Sunbury
and Ede railroad company had been
taken toward the purchase of the pub
lic works. That road had been in con
templation for many years, struggling
ineirectuallyifer existence', and, then,
just at a tithe-Obeli It in
that no sufficient, amount of private
capital could he secured to complete the
enterprise, it came here and asked the
Legislature to lift up its own security
and allow it to issue its first mortgage
to the amount of $3,500,000, thus mak
the inortOge of the State ,second,
to an. amoutil sufficient - to. secure the
completion of the road.
We were told then, as we are told
now, that the proposition was uncon
stitutional; that the words " proceeds
of sale.," nS used In the constitution,
Meatit` i *hatevee-Vas received as evi
BE
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41 . • . •
ence, of debt ;. thet . the - agreement to
pay, and not the money, when collect
ed,ecint3tltuted the 'sinking 'fund, and
whatever •tian taken as' evidence that
somebody had agrdedto pay the State
some aineun t at scene future time' ' whe
ther, ,note, , bond, mortgage, or simple
contract, must remain there, co nornine,
Until paid, or if not paid, must remain
there' forever. • ;, -
Looking e .sir, at the. question in 'the
light of such judgment as I possess, I
came to the same opinion which I hold
now, that so long as the money was un
paid, the Legislature had the right to
exercise a diseretiOnary power over the
securities; that it was idle to stty.that
all future Legislatures were bound to
stand 'by . and see securities, which a
preceding Legislature i had seen fit to
receive in exchange for public property,
deteriorate,, and perhaps during a long
course of }ears become entirely'orth
'less ; and that this discretion, on e per
mitted to exist, the courts woul only
interfere in a case where it was 'early
improvidently exerciser!, And 0 I look
!.
ing at the long line of county -' from
Williamsport to the harbor of Erie,
which then lay'a dreary wilderness, I
came to 'the conch/sten that the pro
spective advantages were more than ad
equate to compensate any supposed
. risk in the exchange of securities. I
voted, fir the bill ; and, sir,. notwith
standing the denuudiations the measure
received' from- its; opponents, the Su
preme:, Vourti lar the eaees .of ,Oratz vi. •
•the_Coremonwealth,h
mt, said that t,.. and.
'those Who - acted wigs' acted ' ilot dii
'ly lawfully; but wisely and well. And,
sir, fromAtiat time: until the present,
the right of the Legislature to trans
mute the securities in the sinking fund
has been a settled question; Sonlr ea I
know, whatever may have been the dif
ference of opinions-originally, no law
yer doubts that-the law is noWasettled ,•
and as these - measures ; are proposed'
from time.to time r as they , have been,
.and doubtleiS will be in the future, the
'only 'question which, it 'seems to me,
'ought to present itself, is, will the ulti
mate,, validity of the' securities be likely
to he impaired?. Will the revenues ap
plicable to the payment 'Of the public
debt be lessened by themeensproposed ?
- Before speaking to the precise char
acter of the measures proposed in this
ease ' . I desire to call' attention' for a mo
wont to the great change which has ta
ken place since 1860, in the sources from
which our revenue is derived. Prior to
that time, as I have .said, the real es
tate bore the,great burden of taxation.
The revenue derived from railroads and
corporations was - insignificant, while
to-day we have a revenue derived from
such sources of nearly $2,000m0 annu
ally', which' bns grown - up niftiest en;
tirely 'since the adoption iof the new
policy to Which I have referred ;—and
not an acre of all the land ffn this broad
Commonwealth is taxed for State pur
poses. _ , . ,
It thus seems very apparent, that
aside from the local improvements along
the. lines, the business which every
where' grows out of their construction,
'and the' general contributions which
they make to the commerce and wealth
of the State, we arc to depend in the
future mainly on the revenue derived
front the railroads and corporations to
which we grant our franchises, and
sometimesmaterial aid, for the revenue
which is t' ',pay otir_ debt and carry on
our - govel Onient ; And I submit; that
whatever limits thusto the development
of , otir reskierces, looks just as certainly
to the ultimate and easy extinction of
t ithe public debt, es the farmer who sys- ,
tematicallY and intelligently improves
this farm, I, oks to the ultimate extine
[Hemp(' th mortgagentpon -it,
- rile re U. - S:l4llmi , lam' "Ucleey:li3llore,
Pine ere k and Buffalo railroad, to
- 01fillgt. 41).MYA4g4}11 - 14ierilViutfieit•
i
the, character and importance .of the
other 'routes), commences at Jersey
Shore, in the county of Lyconling, run
ning thence up the waters of Pinecreek,
through the counties of ',Doge and Pot
ter, acrossthe summit by - an easy grade
to the waters of the Allegheny ? , thence
down the same to Port Allegheny, in
the county of M'Kean, and to a con
nection with the Buffalo and 'Washing
-lon railroad, which runs from Entpori-
im; on the Philadelphia and Erie, to
he port of Buffalo on lake Erie, in the
State of New York. Of this road twen
ty Miles are already constructed, and a
fund amply sufficient to construct the
balance awaits such action as will se
cure the construction of the proposed
Pine Creek road, so as 'to ensure con
nection therewith; the - necessity'r
n
which co»eetion, as well as the este -
lishment of a pro rata tarifr of freights,
is perfectly understood and substantial
ly agreed upon between the parties in
terested in both roads.
The result, as an Important line of
trade and travel, is easily understood,
when lit is known that it will bring the
pert of Ramon R.1.11../14.,,............-1.6.. 6...
coal regions of the Ewe than is the
port of Erie, as well as SO miles nearer
to the city of Philadelphia 'than New
York; and when it is easy to demons
strate, as has been done by thb Senator
from Potter, that in consideration of the
fact that Buffalo is the great terminus
of the grain trade of the western lakes,
and that the railroad, transportation. is
so much decreased in djstrittee, the cal
from Pennsylvania Mines can he pia eil
in the markets of .the great • West at
from one to two dollars, per ton cheaper;
than by any existing route.
,-
Mr. Speaker, who- can calculate the
boundlesa wealth which .would result
to the people of our State from a mar
:gin of a single dollar per tenon the in
exhaustible measures of, coal which yet
lie buried in its bosom? Again, sir, it
is known that the lases thretigh Which
the Northern Central railroad obtains
its New York connections are about to
terminaie,•and that no renewal of them
call be obtained. The result, then, is
to he, that nearly the whole of the tra
vel Which:froth points West of Elmira,
passes,over that road on the route to
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington, will, as a matter of
course and the result_ of the dooreased
distance, pass over the new road, malt
ing connection with the N orthern orthern Cen
tral at Williamsport?
And when to these considerations
you' add the immense coal deposits
which this road will..develop along 'its
route, the forests of timber which it
will utilize and bring within reach of
the citizens .of Lancaster, Schuylkill
and Philadelphia, where its wart is
even now felt as one of the most, press
ing necessities of the age, it _seems to
me, sir, that to doubt either the impor
tance Of this road, or its•abSolute neces
sity to the proper protectionof the true
interests of, the State, is si tnply to doubt
the well-ascertained evidence of our
senses. Sir, nobody does doubt it;—its
ituportande iss_admitted by every one
who .has, any. knowledge of our railroad'
system, or any well defined idea,of the
requirements of our trade and coin
nibrce.
M'JUNKIN—If that is such an
important railway project, and likely
to become so very remunerative, why
don't some of. these corporations build
the road out of their own funds, and
net ask the State rot* aid?
Mu. STRANO-4 might, I suppose,
very easily answer the question of the
gentleman from Venangn, by asking
another. I suppose, sir, that iu
now doubts the importa n ce of the Phil
adelphia and Erie road and its connec
tions, end yet no railroad corporation or
algregation of them could be found to
build that road witheat aid _from the
State-- , -ald of the precise character ask
ed in this bill. I:suppose nobody doubts
the importance of the Low Grade rail
road, and yet nobody could helound to
undertake the building of that road
without more important !aid from the
State than is asked for in this bill.—
And I might say further, that I under
stand ft ow gentlemen interested in rail
road subjects that owing to the une
qualled facilities arising out of the mu
nificent grantS by Congress for the pur
pose of building the great lines of rail
road to the Pacific and other Western
'roads, the opportunity for investing cap.
'hal therein is so inviting, that it was
never more difficult ito procure the in
-vestment of capital in the building of
local roads than note. •
This bill proposes n substance to per-
Mit the Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and
Iluflido railroad company to take $O,-
000,000 of the bonds now in the sinking
.fund and apply them to the construc
tion of - their road ; first having entered
into a contreet with responsible parties,
to be approVed by the Commissioners
of the sinking fund, the contract to be
guaranteed by solvent railroad compa
nies, of which the PennsylVania rail
road company is to bo one; that the
road shall be
three years ,
l in the mean i r the letter of t ft e i l t etl o yibl b ae e ct original e pot o tal li n ised i t ett ii , tall i l b c i et e o tce it ol i 'de e r l b sd s w y t , i nei.gthhatPi
in
which they
first mortgage on ths? read A l a t e l e t ac s 140
milesin length), its property and fran
chise* • They are to-day
ute on what is known as the Columbia
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad,
(83- mileon length), and upon nothing
else.
Now, sir, it is said the security, as it
stands, hi ample, positivie and certain.
Sir, I say, with all respect to the sal.
veney of the great corporation these
bonds-represent--dad I take it few have
a higher appreciation, both of the men
.who manage it and the character, of the
man agemarkt itself,thero._lsl no. such,
thing as an absolutely t - erttilti security;
either •to ,the State or anybody else,
founded upon railroad securities having
twenty years Yet to run ; and while .1
entertain no doubt on .the subject of
their solvency, yet, as I belleVe, the se
curity will' be just as good, long before
that time shall arrive: - And while I be
lieve that the revenues of the State
from the proposed Improvements and
those necessarily growing out of them,
will have long before that time been in
creased largely in excess of the whole
amount of bonds exchanged, thus In
creasing
the resources of the State for
the payment of its debt, and carrying
out the ideas entertained by the authors
of the amended Constitution in such
manner as experience has shOwn to be
most effective, I entertain no doubt
about this measure as ik, question of
sound State policy.
The State of New York, ever alive to
its great commercial interests, so greatly
overshadowing ours, mainly as the re
sult of the fostering, care its Legislature
has always exercised over its lines of
traffic, fully appreciate the importance
of the most thorough and complete rail
road connection with the trade of the
io a r y i making
1114 es;
such tii
n connection \vnu n
e r o i e - /
w t
one
side ; and the New York Central on the
other, pwhing to rapid completion
the 12, - rciit Midland road, in regard to
which the Chamber of Commerce,
backed by,.till the leading papers of the
State, holds the following language, in
a memorial recently :addressed to the '
Legislatino " The great eilbrts of oth
er states, including ale Dominion of
Canada, to secure the trade of the North
and West, should meet a corresponding
defensive movement on our part to re
tain our boasted supremacy. All class
es should do their best to secure large
taNi tll i itoi cE rt ui de u communications
railway
tur xfv l l l l
i f n
tt i t c ite e t
e s s
The great Nlidlaud , road. is rapidly ap
proaching completion, but needs assis
tance Irma the State to speedily finish,
their route. When finished, the State
will be enriched many millions by the
tact etteci value of its domain, and our
city
i s t % s ii p i r l e m se v n e t a t i: n o d t h f e u r t i lre o r n
ttbandt rade." e to hold .
And i am informed That a proposition
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pletion of that road.
Sir, it has been the result of ibis fos
tering care of its great• lines of travel;
always ready to respond to proper de
mands on its Treasury for such purpo
ses, that the Empire btate has been able
to secure and maintain its entire supre
macy in the commerce of the nation ;
and yet We are here higgling and hesi
tating whether we will indirectly loan
the credit of the State, on undoubted
security, for the completion of what is
admitted to be the most important line
of railroad-yet tinbuilt.
Representatives of Pennsylvania,
build this road and the others named in
this bill, and you will have completed
the grand outlines of a system which
will then be unrivalled; you will then
have brought each part of the Stale in
easy communication with the other,
created a unity of interest and feeling,
and will make our noble Common
wealth a ,meat sy minett Leal whole—
perfect in all its proportions, and tin ri.-
vailed in greatness. Then indeed- will
be foul lied the hope which on another
occasion I took the liberty to exprez:s;
.., 11,,,4. it Kho.old -13cexilhe "" ral
workshop at tue country, as welias a l
e
highway aver which the commerce of
the nation shall pass."
And, sir,.although railroad corpora
tions may fail, and their bonds may be-'
Come worthless, the roads themselves,
together with all their appurtenances'
and consentient. development,' will re
main a monument to the men who orig
inated thew, and au unfailiia= and un
ceasing source of revenue to the State.
Mr. Speaker, I would be glad to dis
cuss this bill more tit length and in de
ail. it is a matter of
,vital interest to
I he people' I represent. In it is involved
heir whole future, so far as the present
eneration, are concerned ; and if any
word or hOnorable deed of mine were
wanting toi secure , its passage, I should
feel that iinaction were as fiu 1 trey-on
to their interests as the deadliest strife."
But, sir, the generous feeling already
manifested by members upon this floor,
indicates that this bill is
- to pass, and
much as I desire it, I have no right. to
trespass further upon the time of gen
tlemen who are anxious to discuss this
measure., For the generous support it
has received, as well Ts the courteous
treatment at the hands of its opponents,
L t....i.v nay owo on.l t 1..• *.1,..0....1.0 of' Al.o.
people. = I
Rest as: - iiiierk that the generations yet
unborn, who are to people the - regions
developed by this lill, looking on the
busy factories and thriving villages
which will spring up as if by magic
along the route, as, recorded in the his
tory of the Commonwealth, they read
the names of tle men to whose breadth
of vision and 1 hekallty ) of action they
i
owe all these t ( iiings, ' -will rise up and
call you Wessel."
From the U. S. D.ctilronti Register.
Thb Tine Cree4,itailr6ad Bill
The principal railroad bill passed at
the present eession'of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, is Invested with this hp
portant character—it completes andcoa"
solldates the Central railroad sy t<in of
the State, secures to the anthracite' coal
region a nearer outlet to the Northwest,
one independent of the N. -York roads,
and provides for Erie, as the lake har
bor of the State, un - abundance of re
turn freight to invite the landingof the
Western gulin there, as well as at Buf
falo, and its transportatioln over our
State lines to the Eastern markets, and
e.pct•ially to Philv!delphiti.
The whole policy of the 1,111 may be
expressed thus: to concentrate the best
chats of the State at Erio and Buffalo,
by carriage overPenpsylvapia railroads,
and to return the cars over the stun
roads filled with the 'produce - of the
To show how this policy' holds good,
it is necessary to explain three points:
first, the mode in which the anthracite
coals at present reach Lake Erie,; see:
()wily, tile seclusion of thegreat central
ottooduous area of Jefferson anti Clear
field counties'; and thirdly; the diffi
culties, to be removed %silent this bill '
gods into effect, now in.the way of, sup-_
plying Erie with the bitinninous coals,
of the Alleghany and lienfrigahela:
NUMBER 15.
river regions. , '•- -- --, -- - ,
, 1.- The anthracite coals have' three
outlets'interthe North; Mae completed
to the New York Contrail Railroad;
the other two with complete donne°. '
Lions no further - than thee New York
and Erie road but being Pushed across,
that State to c o nnect also with - -the N. .;
York Centra l, the great artery Of diets
State, which- distributes our coals "east
and west west to almost
‘s itsen t tirepriation, •
besides furnishingv
Eng
land, via Albany, an e o, 1117; 'gre at
country, via Buffalo.eWglapkge'
-
But-as Eastern - New York and New
England can now be supplied by other
roads running cast and northeast from
the• anthracite region, via Scranton,
Carbondalo and Bendel - it, and via the '
now Albany and Susquehanna road,
the bulk of the New York Central coal
carriage must be, westward. •towards
Lake Erie; and this kind ofatianspor- ,
tathin will in time become elormotisly
large. It is therefore the evident policy
of the New Yofk Central to take on the
coal at points as far east upon its line se
possible, so that its receipts may bo
swelled by additional miles of trans-'
portation. :.
C'nandalgua is at present the point
i
up the New York Central for receiv
ingL the Pennsylvania coals which
wine 'from' Elmira , and, Williamsport,
over the almost straight, due north and
south,' through line of our Northern '
Central railroad, which receives the -
Wilkesbarre basin coals (descending the
North Branch Susquehanna) at Milton,
above Sunbury, and the anthracites of
t e Schuylkill county basins from She
okin, Ashland and Pottsville,
i ;
'anandaigua is therefore the depot of
s
nnsylvania in the heart of N'. York.
T Canandaigua, the anthradites go
o er narrow gauge roads, entirely con
trolled in Pennsylvania. -The route
from Schuylkill county ; via Williams
,
I port and Elmira, to •Canandaigua, is at
present the shortest; is well organized . ;
le-under Pennsylvania direetien ; and
delivers coal in ~ Buffalo, for the great
West, in competition with the Sunbury
and Erie line, delivering the same an
thracites, for the same lake trade, in
Erie..
. I
,
Canandaigua, however, is too near
Buffalo to please the New York Central
company, which can now only collect
tolls for anthracite (going west) over.-
less than one-third of its line of road:
The New York Central would like to
shift this coal point from Canandaigua
(the end of the Northern Central rail- .;"
road of Pennsylvania) to Auburn, forty •
miles further east, or to Syracuse, sixty
miles further east, or even to Utica, 100 '
miles further east ; points at which con- .
nections with our anthracite -basins ---
- will, in a year or two, ha completely
made; viz: via Aubtirn, Ithaca. and
Owego (in progress); via Syracuse and.
Binghamton, (completed); and via-Uti
ca, Norwich and Binghahaton, (in pro
gress); the one line being an extension •
and'connection effected by Mr. -Peek.
- el.'s Lehigh Valley road, up the North
Branch Susquehanna ; the other by the
Delaware and Lackawana company,
note 'making great efforts and laying
great plans for supplying all the de
mends of New York State and its con
nections with this-indis;pensable sort of
fuel. (
The great obstacle to these eonnee
dons, is the broad gagne,..ofsthe New;
York and Erie railroad. The barrow'
gauge Lehigh Valley, and Delaware
and Laellaa ana, have already connect
ed with the New York and 'Erie; they
tranship their coal upenr 4. • • The New
York Central, also, hest narrow, gauge
branchesfver to the New YOrk and,'
Erie. Du to make this double )- eyetera- , s
available, certain narrow gaugetonneo
timis aro still required. When these .
aro'naade—when the Lehigh and Scram- ,
tmcoels . get running freely across the
a - ---aa. ..aeria l %AA ttin Ist vuseentral
valley of New York State, and otter
themselves for being switched on to the
New York Central railway at Syracuse
*;
and Utica—then New York favor's will ,:
uoilonger be shown, to Pennsylvania, '
coals going, via Williams,port and El
mira, to Canandaigua: That-lino will
be shouldered out into the x 'eold, for the
sake of forcing the westwird bound an
th incites to go over as hug, a section of
the Now York Central reed as possible, ~)
To meet this close-at-nand emergen- -,
ey, to preserve the independence of our
West Branch Susquehanpa. conned- I
tions, as wellae to open up another and
still shorter traeeportation for the an
thracites to the Jake% the, valley next
west of the valley air - the Lycoming.
Creek (up which the Willhimsport and
Elmira railroad rubs) is 'to be utilized,
viz : the valley orPlue Creek. . i'ho
new railroad will sNi`itch .oil' limn the
Philadelphia and Erie a little west'of
Williamsport, at Jeredy Shore; will run _
to tile head will:et-sof Pine Creek, where ,
they interlock with the head waters, of
the, Allegheny river a.kvill descend these
to Olean ; will there - cross the N. York
id Erie line • and will than run direct '
i l lintriero - , - vril - 2tuteric. - --- -- - -
, This is the first line which the bill
.ohliges the Pen esylvatie. Central rail
•
i
road to guarantee the buildinge It Is -
already made from Butio to Aurora.
Th two or three yeais a Wady stream of
anthracite coal trni i ns e , deserting. the,
present Conandaigua line, and ignoring
the existence el both the NeW York
-Central and the New York - and Erie al
together, will fltakv across the Potter
County summit to,t be lake at Buffalo;
&Ellie another, similar, and even larger
stream, will flow along the present Phi
ie,delphia, and-Erie. railway- directly to
the lake at -Erie. „And the reflux of - :.
these two streams of.treirii will bring -
past Williamsport and I - Is.rrisburg'at
least two-thirds of all that portion-of
the grain trade of the West which uses ,
the waters-of the lakes and lands itself
at Erie and at Buflitlo.
23 But the West wants bituminous
coal as well as anthracite.,, It gets it et
present from the lake depot at Clevesi ,
land, supplied with its stock chiefly
frona - i the-(Ohio) Mahoning and, Beaver,
riverle.cuetry-lyingalone
vania gud Ohio State ii:
lhave been laid for magi
_far the. zlnalo. Af "Northw ,
yenta. But here lies .-, 1 i
The coal hods of the typer Afieghany
river country are the bottont beds of-the
lower coal system, 7enerally thin and ~.,
poor.; and their gecgrapilical areaa'are;
rner4 isolated lintel es, scattered about:
here
her& and there over the high ethintisri, N_.
antVconsequently tooe worked only 'at:"
a g reat disadvantage. They : am .thes,:, .
sitiiie beds patches of which remain up._ _
on the u plands about Massillon, Akron .
and the neighboring tewne of North
eestern Ohio. - a .
;
Erie can never beeoule,a -great bitu- i
minous co ra l depot; until it- has connee
tions made for it with one of the .chat- -
cest 'of etir' coal fiehis;the undeveltipid
-'
ee i i tied region of-OTetirfleld and Jeffer
son counties; Sbutin behind mountains,
at present covered with ,arb.almeat in..:: ~
terminablenlid linpmietrable forest, and ~. .
-trained by' thee' sidut hem branClies Of the„.
West Susquehanna, and' by illoYellfrhih, . '
TobY, Mahout: pa (Pa.) and' Betlhatik • =
rivers, which Miter the Allegheny-4- .
and also with the Beaver region : along .
the state line. - ' •. ,
The bill just ;pissed .by the Legisla
tures rov ides fa i t both these connections:
It gnarantees a railroad from' the Rey
noldsville and Luthersburg district in
the northwest corner of Clearfield coun
ty, down the Toby anitup the Clarion,.
past Ridgeway, over to and down Pota•
to Creek, through Elk and - AVlCeen, -
and down the valley of the A.lieghany
river to Olean, there to unite with. the
Pine Creek line for Buffalo, takingsthe
isolated Bunker ' Hill coal fiel d'limits -
way. ThuS the splendid ten and twelve -
foot coal beds of the Jefferson county
third and fourth,basins, with all their
iron ores, and - iron smelted on :the
ground, and tiniber.. will havooneuttet
into Weitern - Ne el York. But long be- _,
fore this'road is finished through - to its .
Buffalo Connetations;:it Will be pouring
•its millions of tons of the . best bitumi
,
nous coal in the -world upeo the Enna- -
delphia, and lilrlii tra4k,, at _or, -n0,r,t1 . :! . .a
_.
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