BY DAYID OYER.
SALB iJsI?
LETTER No. 3.
DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE
OPERATION OF TIIK MAIN
LINE FOR 1856.
IN NO. 2, 1 spoke of the comparative
fullness of the reports given by the Auditor
General, and of their value t<> one seeking
a knowledge of the facts in connexion with
this great subject. I should also have
mentioned then, that much valuable infor
mation is given in detail, by the superin
tendent* of the Columbia aud Portage
Railroads, in their annual report to the Ca
nal Board. Of the roads named, the re
port of the Superintendent of the former
has been much the more complete. The
Portage reports have been generally very
meagre, probably because tue Superinten
dents felt unwilling to give the particulars
of the disastrous operations of that im
provement.
I have said that the Main Line is uot
paying expanses, -and pvoposc now to prove
this assertion, beginning the investigation '•
with 1856. That concluded, other years
will be passed in like review.
The Canal Board report the results of
-the Main Line, for 1856, as follows, in
1 heir annual report:
RECEIPTS.
Columbia Rail road, §953,03 4 29
Portage Railroad, 20.017 23
Canal portion of Main Line, 249,891 93
§1,222,973 45
. KXPEN DITCHES.
Columbia Road, §448,556, 93
Poru^,, Railroad, 193,804 53
Canal imrtion of Main Line, 198,015 57
t?OiU,Oi i vo i
§1,222,973 45
840,377 03
Apparent profits. §382,596 42
Prom t!i° Expenditures the Board say
they exclude moneys spent for new loco
motives, improvements in depots and ma
chinery, rebuilding and improving bridges,
and building offi'-e and carpenter shop.—
These items amount to $171,084 41. To
which add pay of the Canal Board and ex
penses of their offn-e, §6,536.* Total of
items admitted to be excluded, §177,620
41. In nddi ion to these items of expetidi
ture not counted, the entire amount speut
in the improvement of the track of the Co
luiubia road and in the completion of the
new Portage road, the entire amount paid
for damages to person aud property caused
by aecid tits, and all paid tor old debts, are
also excluded, llow large is this sum ;
may be seen from the following summary j
of the expenditure® on the Main Line lor
1856, as given by the Auditor General in j
his Report, page 118, et at.:
Charged to Cousiruetion —ou
Columbia road §268,396 76 ;
Ou New Portage road 181,495 74
§449,892 50
Charged to Motive Power
Ac't —ou Columbia road, 521,628 06
Ou New Portage road, 164,856 91
686,484 87 j
Charged to Repair Account
—ou Columbia road, 97,204 10
Ou New Portage road, 44,538 43
Ou Eastern Division Canal, 42,141 10
On Lower Juuiata do 22,792 8U
On Upper Juniata do 50,196 22
Oo Upper Western do 22,889 85
On Lower Western do 20,160 49
299,922 99
Charged to Lock keeper Ac
cuunt —Ou Main Liue Ca
nal, 31,015 00
Damages paid on whole
Main Line, 34,809 43
Pay of Collectors. Weigh
masters, Ac., ou Main
Line, 23,256 32
Pay of Canal Commissioners
Clerk and incidentals, 6,536 00
Old debts ['aid ou Main Line
by special act, 130,512 09
226,128 84
Amount reported by the Au
ditor General s paid in
1856 to Main Line, §1,062,429 20 ;
Amount reported by Canal
B rd as expenditures on
same, 540.3Y7 03 j
Canal Corn's leas th in Au
ditor General's statement, §822,052 17
Tfcis disparity illustrates, with the utmost
clearness, the different principles upon whiob
the two reports are prepared. But it may
•For convenience—the amount being j
very small—the total expense of Canal
Commissioners and their office, is charged
to Main Line.
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be said that it is unfair to charge the work
on the new portage road against the re
ceipts. Deducting that, the disparity would
still be §640,55643.
The Caual Board also deny that the im
provement of the track on the Columbia
railroad can be fairly charged against the
receipts. - But what is this but renovating
materials worn out in making leceipts? and
what manufacturer charges to capital re
newals of machinery worn out in his business!
The man who finds his profits inadequate to
keep up his implements, may be certain that
he is doing a losing business. In the same
spirit, the Commissioners exclude locomo.
tives and eveu their own expenses, as though
the State would need their services but for
its ownership of the works. Likewise they
tako no notice of damages paid, as though
these were not as fairly au item to be charg
ed to the Line, as the wood which feeds the
fire of the eugiue. They also disregard
the old debts paid, although they were con
tracted in the ordinary business of the road
and iu making the receipts, which they al
ways place in Jull on the opposite side of
the account. As these debts cannot now
be charged to the year when contracted,
they must bo couuted when paid. It is ob
vious to every fair and reflecting persons
that any account must be unfairly stated
which gives the receipts, and omits to give
every varietyofcxpeu.se incurred in obtaiu
j iug thbsc receipts. Such is the Canal Com
missioners' account for his year which I
have examined. Then deducting from the
total expense given by übe Aaditor General
the auiouut paid for the construction of the
new portage road, we have the account for
•ho Main Liue for 1856, stated thus :
Expenditures §1,480,933 56
Receipts! 1,222,973 45
i Excess of payments over re
ci-ipts of Main Lino, §257,900 11
Add debts contracted on
Lower Western and Up
per Juniata Divisions of
Canal, reported iu Canal
authorized,"' and not in
cluded in expenditure on
Caual, tut which were
made by officers of the
State, and will, beyond
doubt, bo ultimately paid
by the State, 7,235 00
§265,195 11
The Canal Board reports
pruflts at 382,593 42
Mis-statement of the Board
amounts to §647,791 53
But little comment need be offered on
these facts. The money reported by the
Auditor General was paid. To what pur
poses, his Report states. Every citizen
can teli for himself, by the summary given
above of the items of the Report, with wha t
faithfulness the Board have stated the con
dition of the Liue. Instead of yielding a
revenue, it cost last year more than came
from it, not couuting the interest paid on
I its cost. It has been so for m any years,
j the assurances of the Canal Reports to the
contrary notwithstanding.
I have spoken hitherto of the Main Line.
This comprehends, as all kuow, the Colum
bia Railroad, the Canal to Holiidaysburg, ilie
roads over the mountains, aud the Caual
from Johnstown to Pittsburg. It will be
instructive to change for a time our view
from the whole Line to ihe Columbia aud
Portage Railroads, of whose workings we
i have more complete and detailed information
than of the Canal portions. First, let us
look at the Columbia road for 1856. The
Canal Report makes its statement thus :
Columbia road. —Receipts §953,034 29
Expenditures —Mo-
tive power, ex
clusive of lo
comotives and
certain improve
ments, §355,990 49
Repairs, exclu
sive of re
buildings, Ac. 79,275 43
Collectors, Ac. 13,291 01
§448,556 68
Portage read. —
Receipts, 20,047 23
Expenditures. —
Motive power,
axclusive of
locomotives, 140,250 00
Repairs, 37,500 00
Collectors, 3,554 53
Use of Pennsylvania Railroad, 12,500 00
193,804 53
! This reports the piojits of the Columbia
road at §504,477 36; quite a snug sum,
and somewhat boasted of by the manage
ment. Is it true that this profit was real
j ized? No. It will be observed that the
•{■The Auditor General mikes the receipts
stand thus: Tolls, Ac.,§ 1,229,272 86;
| old property sold ou Main Liue, §14,799 :
j total, §1,244,021 86. I take the report
of the Canal Board, as it is used in the tor
! tuff pert of this article, and they nearly
I corrsspoud.
Board exclude certain items from the Mo
tive Power and Repair expenses, locomo
tives, Ac. These excluded expeiditures on
the Columbia road amounting to §160,834
71. The motive power payments aie con
fined stiictly to these classes of expenses
only: Running, Workshop, Superinten
dence and Transportation, as given in the
Report of the Superintendent. The Re
pair account is also that given by the Su
perintendent under that head. Rut were
these amounts the total expenditure on the
road for 1856/ Here, fortunately, the
Report of the Superintendent and the Re
port of the Auditor General agree in fur
nishing the means of proving a negative. —
Attached to the Report of the Superintend
ent is a tabular statement of his account
with the State Treasurer for 1856, on one
side charging himself with the amounts re
ceived from the Treasury, and on the oth
er claiming credit for payments made.—
These paymeuts wore:
Motive power for '55 A '56, $521,628 06
Repairs for '55 and '56, 06,273 58
Opening Columbia street, 397 00
Farm and Road Riidges, 931 52
§620,230 16
Add debts due on motive
power and on Repair, 81,223 05
§701,453 21
Deduct debts [aid in 1856,
but contracted in, and
charged against 1855, 91,005 36
§610,447 85
Add pay of Collectors,
VVeighmasters, Ac., 13,291 01
Add damages, 28,544 88
§652,283 74
Add amount expended on
the improvement of track; 309,499 79
Total ain't chargeable to *56, §961,783 53
Total ain't reo'd in "56, 953,034 29
Excess of expenditures over
receipts, §3,749 24
Showing that on the Columbia road there
v v" ert'o't"- f>*}>,>.,fa TTTsn mucin*- ,
the last year, in which aa iuiuie:. e busi
ness was done.
The a&tufil expenditures were §961,783 53
Those reported by the Canal
Board were 448,556 93
Amount suppressed by the
Board, §513,226 60
Equal to §8,749 24 more than the re
ported profits. lit this summary of expenses
is not included the interest on cos', which
amounts to over §258,000 per annum. Ad
ding that, which it is entirely legitimate to
do in the account l.etwveu the Road and
the State, the annual loss becomes still more
startling in amount—and this on a portion
of the works which, the public have beeu
assured, yielded iu 1856 a profit of half a
million of dollars I
On the portage railroud a similar sys
tem prevails In making up this statement
the Canal Board excluded §10,250 paid for
locomotives, §10,983 83 from the Motive
Power Aecouut; and §5,657 bl from the
Repair Account. They also excluded from
all consideration the old Port ?ge debts paid
iu 1856 Including these items, the Por
tage account will stand thus :
Motive power §162,259 58
Repairs 43,157 91
Use of part of Pennsylva
nia Railroad, 12,500 00
Damages, 5,459 55
Pay of Collectors, Weigh
masters, Ac., 3,554 53
Old debts paid, 118,738 54
§345,670 11
Deduct debts of *55, paid in
'56, and charged against
'55 34,738 66
§310,931 45
Deduct receipts, 20,047 23
Loss on the Portage Roads
in 1856, 8290,884 22
Loss according to the Canal
Commissioners' statomeut, 173,757 30
Mis-statement of the Canal
Board, §117,126 92
In these figures is not included the annu
al interest on the cost of the Portage, which
was reported in 1854, by the Auditor Gen
eral aud State Treasurer, at §2,708,672
12, but has since been increased over §6oo>
000 by work on the new Portage road.
Were this included, as it should be, for it is
a part of the payments of the State on ac
coaut of the Main Line, the picture would
be more revolting, for it would show the
loss of the Commonwealth last year, on ac
count of the Podtagc road,to hive been over
§500,000. Yet upon the score of mouey
making we are urged to retain this Line!
With regard to the Canal portion of the
Main Line, we have not as detailed infor
mation as concerning the Railroads. The
Supervisors' reports, if made, are not pub
lished—a mere abstract being incorporated
JTbis includes as well the amount.ex
pended as the debt contracted and uot paid
in this department.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY. JUNE 26,1857/
into the general rcnort of the Canal Com
missioners. There is little doubt that the
figures showing the operations of the Canal
are managed as those relating to the rail
roads; and there is great certainty ihat the
representations made by the Hoard are not
perfectly accurate. They make the profits
of the Canal portion of the Line, §51,876
36, from which must be deducted the "un
authorized" debrs contracted in 1850,57,
235, which the Hoard state they did "not
feel at liberty to include either in the ex
penditures for 1856, or the estimates for
1857." They then suggest that the bail of
the oficers who centre cted tht.se debts
should be made to pay them. Of course,
no one supposes that any such Ring will
occur. The debts will be paid bythe Com
monwealth's money now or again; aud the
amount is a fair charge against tlft receipts
of this year. The dodge made by the
Hoard is a sharp one, since, accodiug to
their system, these debts, if not pa 1 in the
year they were contracted, would scape all
additiou with other like expenses. I do not,
of course, allege that so paltry a
animated the Hoard; but remark ihat the
expedient answered a double purjjse—that
of rebuking the officers referred fc for per
sisting in their bad habit of rnakSg debts
unauthorized by law, and of tbroting the e
amounts from their statement of| expendi'
tures. Including these, the profits of the
Canal portion of the line wcte, it 1856'
§41,641 36 From which unst U deduc
ted 511,773 35, old debts paid os canal,
and §1,480 27, damages, leaving a clear
ba'ance of §31,387 74.
The whole account of iho Ywio Lin e
would then thus foot up, for 1856
Loss on the Columbia Road §8,749 24
" " Portage " 299,884 22
£3),633 46
Deduct profits otf Canal pottitn 31,387 74
Total loss on Main Line 5118,146 32
Exclusive of interest ou cost, 'his sum
, „*>, r
the Auditor General's Report in He former
part of this article; and the
of the two, compiled in many 'hit?3 from
different sources, shows that the fibres here
given are correct, and may be rebd on to
indicate the condition of the Min Line, j
If incorrect in any material I have !
been unable to find it, alter harug made
diligent search.
In my next, I will make a siitar anal
ysis of the report of 1855, to bw what
was effected in that year .DAMS.
WILLIAM TELL.
More than four hundred year ago, the
country which goes by the numeof Swit
zerland was under the Austria Govern
ment, and the people were liitletter than
slaves. They were made to ty heavy |
taxes, aud to perform the most uial offi- j
ces, while the Austrians livedipon the!
fruits of their labor, aud goveri them as !
with a rod of iron.
One of the Austrian govers by the
name of Gesler, was a very gi tyrant
and did all be could to break I spirit of
the Swiss people, but it was of4e use.
Gesler went so far in this tyny as to j
command his bat, or cap to be jed on a j
pole iu the market place, aud (red every
Swiss who passed it to bow it. The
poor Swiss people did not like i all; but
they were afraid to disobey tlprder as
imprisonment or death would be conse
quence of their disobedience.
There was, however, one nc minded
utaD, who was afraid neither imprison
ment uor death wiio refused to/ to Gos
ler's cap). His uame was Win Tell.
He not only refused to bow to hat, but
incited his countrymen to thi off the
Austrian yoke.
lie was soon seized and bro into the
presence of the tyrant. Williarll was a
famous bowman, and bad his band ar
rows about his person when be seized.
Gesler, 'tiling him he had fond his life,
proposed that he should exhib'peeimcu
of his skill as an archer, protnihim that
if he could hit an apple at a cenlistanee,
he should go free.
Tell was glad to hear this, egan to
have a better opinion of tbe gior than
be deserved, but the cruel mated Tell's
only son, a boy seven years
and placed the apple on hit. h bidding
his father fire at it.
When Tell saw this he. ne fainted,
and his Land trembled so mtha' he
searocly plaee the arrow in string.
There was, however,no alterui he must
attempt the feat or die, but thicb un
nerved his arm was the fear tiis skill
might kill his only SOD.
The child, seeing his fatbdistress,
endeavored to console him: '
'1 am sure you will not hi father*
said he.* 'dr have seen you* on
the wing at a great distance, and I will
stand quits still.'
The ground was now measured, anl the
boy was placed agiust the tree. It is im
possible for you to understand what the un
fortunate Tell felt as he prepared to shoot.
Twice he levelled his arrow, but dropped it
again. His eyes were so blinded by his
emotion that he could not see the apple.
The assembled spectators, of whom there
were numbers, seemed to hold their breath.
At length Tell summoned up all his cour
age. He dashed the tears from his eyes,
and beut Lis bow. Away went the arrow,
and piercing the apple cat it in two, and
embedded itself in the tree!
The spectators shouted and applauded.
Tell was taken to Gesler, who was about to
ret him free when he observed another ar
row sticking under his girdle.
4 Ha!' said be, 4 an arrow! Why that con
cealed weapon?,
4 lt was destined for vor,' replied Tell,
4 if I had killed my child.'
Upon this daring threat. Tell was again
seized by the tyrant's soldiers aud was hur
ried away to be put to death. But being a
strong and resolute man, he made bis escape,
and fleeing away into the mountains, incited
the people to throw off the tyrant's yoke.
They accordingly took up arms, and made
Tell their leader
But he was again taken pri-oner; an l
beiug put into a boat with Gesler and his
men, for the purpose of rowing over one of
the lake", a storm arose, and the boat was
driven ashore. Tell leaped out before auy
oue else could land, and snatching a con
cealed arrow from his person, took aim at
the tyrant, and shot hiiu dead as he sat in
the boat.
After this, Tell roused the people tha*
they soon gained their freedom: and Swit
zerland is a free country to this day. Tell
has never been forgotten, but the poople
always i'--- 1 - }, nn tb gratitude, and
consider bi.n a* * e at.. - r ,f p,; s coun .
trv.
THE WRATH OF WASHINGTON.
An anecdote I derived from Colonel Lear
shortly before his death in 1816, may here
be related, showing the height to which
\\ wshington's passion would rise yet be
controlled. It belongs to his domestic life
which lam dealing with, having occurred
under his own roof, whilst it marks public
feeling the most intense, and points to the
moral of his life. I give it in Colonel Lear'o
words as near as 1 can, having made a note
of them at the time.
1 owards the close of a winter's day iu
I<9l, an officer in uniform was seen to dis
mount in front of toe President's in Phila
delphia, and giving the bridle to bis servant,
knocked at the door of his mansion. Learn
ing from the porter that the President was
at dinner, he said he was on public business
and had dispatches tor the President. A !
servant was sent into the dining room to
give the information to .Mr. Lear who left
the table and went into the hall where the
officer repeated what he had said. Mr. Lear
replied, that as the President's Secretary, :
he would take charge of the dispatches aud |
deliver them at the proper time. The officer
made answer that he had just arrived from
the western army, and his orders were to '
deliver them with all promptitude, and to j
Ihe President in person, but would wait
bis directions. Mr. Lear returned and iu
:i whisper imparted to the president what
had passed. General Washington rose from
the table, and went to the officer, lie was
buck in a short time, made a word of apology
for his absence, but no allusion to the cause
of it. He had company that day. Every
thing went on as usual. Dinner over, the
gentlemen passed to the drawing room of
Mrs. Washington, which was open in the
evening. The General spoke courteously
to every lady iu the room, as was his custom.
lJi hours were early, and by ten o'clock
all the company had gone. Mrs. Washing
ton and Mr. Lear remaiued. Soon Mrs.
Washington loft the room.
The General now walked backward and
forward for some minutes without speaking.
Then be sat down on a sofa by the fire,
te.liug Mr. Lear to s:t down. To this uio
lueut there bad been no change in his man
ner sinoe Lis interruption at the table.—
Mr. Lear now perceived emotion. This
risiug iu liirn, he broke out suddenly, "It's
all over—St. Clair's defeated—routed; the
officers uearly all killed, the men by whole
sale, the rout complete— too shocking to
think of—aud a surprise in the bargain 1"
lie uttered all this with great vehemence.
J hen lie paused, got up from the sofa aud
walked about the room severe! times,
agitated but sayiug nothing. Near the
door he stopped short, aud stood still a few
seconds, when bis wrath became terrible.
"Yes," he burst forth, "HERB OE this
very spot I took leave of him; i wished him
success and. houor; yeu have your icstruo-
tions, I said from the Secretary of War, I
had a strict eye to them, and will aud but
one word— BEWARE OF A SURPRISE. I re
peat it, BEWARE OF A SURPRISE—
yoQ know how the Indians tight us. He
went off with that as my last solemn warn
ing thrown into his ears. And yet! !to
suffer that arm) to be cut to pieces, hack'd
by a surprise—the very thing I guarded
him against 1 ! Or. God, oh, God, he's worse
than a murderer! how can he answer it to
his country;—the hlood of the slain is upon
hiiu—the curse of widows and orphans—
the curse of Heaveu ?"
This torrent cauie out in tones appalling.
His very lrame shook. It was awful, said
Mr. Lear. More than once be thtew his
hands up as he hurled imprecations upon St.
Clair. Mr Lear remained speechless; awed
into breathless silence.
Tue roused chief sat down on the sofa
once more. He seemed conscious of his
passion and uncomfortable. He was silent.
His wrath began to subdue, ho at length
said in an altered voice: "This must not go
beyond this room." Another pause followed
—a longer one—when he said iu a tone
quite low, "General St. Clair shall have
justice; 1 looked hastily through the dis
patches, saw the whole disaster but not a!|
the particulars; I will receive him without
prejudice; he shall have full justice."
lie was now, said Mr. Lear, perfectly
calm. Half an hour had pone. The storm
was over, and no sign of it was afterwards
seen in his conduct or heard in his couver
satioD. The result is known. The whole
case was investigated by Congress. St.
Clair was exculpated the con
udence \\ a>hiupton had in him when ap
pointing him to that command. He had put
himself into the thickest of the fight and es
caped unhurt, though so ill as to be carried
on a litter, aud unable to mount his horse
without help. Was^ ington in Domestic
Life, by Ricfinrd Rush.
REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE. —A cii
" f !'•• *nn*kM. char
acter recently occurred in one of the towm
of one of tLe mitiiar.il counties of England
A clergyman di'd, and his wife and daugh
ters, ou tLc third day after bis dccea°se.
recoliectitig that no likeness remained, it
was agreed, ere the grave closed over him,
tnat the body should Le unshrouaed, and a
portrait taken. A young lady of some pro
fessional Cilebrity was engaged for the task.
rfhe, with the assistance of au attendant,
took off the shroud and placed the body in
the requisite posture: hut other duties re
quiring the artist's attention, the sketch
was deferred till noon. About twelve
o'clock, at the foot of the ted, the lady
commenced, and went through with an
hour's work ou this iuitge of death. At
this stage of the proceedings, by some un
accountable motion, the head of the death
like figure fell on Nothing daunt
ed, the artist carefully took the head to
rep.ace it, when lo the eyes opened, and
staring her full in the face, "the dead"' in
quired. "\\ lio are you ?" The "young
professional," without trepidation, took the
bandage from his head, and rubbed bis neck.
He immediately saw the shroud, and
laughed immoderately. The artist quietly
called the family; their joy may be imagin
ed, but cannot be described. That evening,
he who bad been bemoaned by mothers and
daughters with agonised tears, gladdened
their hearts by taking bis accustomed place
at the tea-table, and at this moment is mak
ing an excursion in .North Wales.— Bedford
[England) Times.
CCP*I he Locofocos are '■ejoicing hugely
because their party carried the recent elec
tion iu Virginia. This was not unexpected.
Virginians wish to take care of theniselves,
and support what is called the Democratic
pirtj- because it promotes their interest.
Their chief and nost profitable business is
raising men and women for market aud
sending them to the new Territories to un
derwork and drive out poor white men who
emigrate to the same countries. The Loco
toco party encourage this unholy and de
basing trade; and the men engaged in it.
encourage the Locofooo party. Slave dii
vers are intent ou making new markets for
their human cattle." The Locofoco party
oppose all legislation Calculated to preserve
the \\ est to white laborers—preferiug in
order to get votes, to aid the first families
of Virginia quartering black laborers upon
those fruitful fields. Ouly hardened men
could have such a purpose. Only a base
and unprincipled party could abet it.—The
two are well-taced for each other. Dut it
is strange to find a respectable man, occa
sionally in the north, who will boast of
Democratic victories iu Virginia with-out a
blush of shame. With the growth of right
feeling the number of boasters over the sue- :
•ess of such iniquity must diminish.— Star
inJ Banner.
VOL. .30, NO. 2 0.
LETTER FROM a p OST MASTER.— The
following letter was received by the Presi
dent, a few days since :
CRAWFORD COUNTY, MO., April 30
1857,
MR. BUCHANAN — Dear Sir- MR IS
the Paymaster at this place, and he is gone
out Y\ est, and has been gone for three or
tour weeks, and he has no deputy her?, but
I have been opening the mails and attend
ing to it since he has been gone, as be left
the key with me, and the Postmaster told
me that I must make a report at the end of
every month, and did not tell me who I
was to write to, but I suppose it is to you
we should make our reports, as we are all
citizens of the Government of which you are
now President. If you are not the right
one to receive the report please drop me a
iiae, letting me know who I am to report to
and I will write again.
REPORT AT THE END OF APRII..— The
weather is cold for the season -provision
scarce and very high— but notwithstanding
all that we have regular mails once a week
good health, and the people of this country
are universally pleased with your Adminis
tration; this is ail 1 know that would inter
est you; if there is anything omitted in my
last report please let me know. My best
respects to you and Mrs. Buchanan.
MANY A SLIP BETWEEN THE CLP AND
THE Lip."— This saying was supposed
to take its oiigiu from one of Penelope's
wooers being shot as be was going to
drink. But it arose, as Aiusworth has
it, thus : "A king of Thrace had plan
ted a vineyard, when one of his slaves,
whom he Lad much oppressed in that
very work, prophesied that he (the king)
should never taste the wine produced by
it. ihe king disregarded his prophecy;
an J when, at an entertainment, he held the
cup full of his own wine, he sent for his
slave, aud asked him, insultingly, what he
thought of his prophecy now? The slave
only auswered, 'There's many a slip between
• !.„ r i ,h ltp.- Scarcely bad he
spoken, when news was brougLt that a
huge boar was laying bis vineyard waste.
The king arose in a fury, attacked the
boar, and was killed, without ever tasting
the wiue."
" TKE BPRDEIX CASE is still undor
investigation before the N\w York Surro
gate. Further testimony was given on
aiiursday that Dr. Burdell was in Herkimer
county on the day before the marriage, and
; two days previously. This entirely cootra
! diets the statement sworn to by Mrs. Can
j uiugham's daughter, Augusta, that the Doc
tor first spoke to her about the intended
marriage on Sunday, the 26th, and had fur.
titer conversation with her on Monday morn
ing, the 27th of October. Among the wit
nesses who have testified to seeing Dr. Bur
dell in Ilerkimer on the 27th, are R. C.
\\ itherstein, the County Treasurer, and
Robert Earl, County Judge and Surrogate
of Herkimer county. Another important
item in the evidence of the daughter of
Mrs. Cunuingham's dressmaker, at whose
house she stopped to meet the bridegroom
on the evening of the marriage, who testifi
ed that she had siuce identified Eckel as
the man who called.
The following Jioes were written by
Lord Byron on the blank leaf of a bible
a short time before hid death. To show
that altho* hie life was one of Profligacy
and impiety, his conscience compelled
him to do homage to this wonderful
book:
Within this awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries,
Happiest they of human race,
To whom their God has given grace,
To read, to hear, to hope, to pray,
To lift the latch—to force the way;
But better they had ne'er been born,
Than read to doubt, or read to scorn.
THE JEWISH SHEKEL.—Dp, the
Publisher of the Wall Street Broker' has in
his possession a Jewish Shekel, a coin sim
ilar to the kind which coustitu ed the "thir
ty pieces of silver'' Judas Iscariot received
for betraying Jesus Christ. Mr. Dye man
ufactures and has for sale fac stmi/ies of
this wonderful and world-renowned coin-
Persons remitting him 25 cents will receive
one of the pieces by mail, post paid. A
full history will be sent with each piece.
Wholesale prioe, sls per hundred, or S
for fifty. Of pure silver it will cost $1,50
—wholesale, sl2 a dozen.
DESPERATE PRIZE FIGHT.— A prize fight
between Dennis Ilorrigau and Harry
Lazarus, took place on the 10th inst at
Point Albion, for six hundred dollars a
side. The fight lasted three hours and twe
minutes and one hundred and two rouuds
jvere fought. was the winner.