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WINCHESTER AND POTOMAC RAIL
ROAD COMPANY. NJ

All meeting Of the Stockholders OF this
sStrrrxu 5zEKatz. Esq, ur.s te-rrteetevi-
dent. and Messrs. Al. s. Baldwin, Charles H.
CLARK, Nathan Patkins, and Hugh H. Mcclure,
Directors, BY an almost unanimous vote-ihese
gentlemen receiving 2423 votes out Of 1851, the
number present. David w. Barton, James M.
Mason, and Andrew Hunter, EsqA are Dice
tors on The part Of the State.
1, The Annual Repon Of the President and Di-
ree,oTs shows an improved condition OF the az
fairs Of the Company, notwithstanding The de.
preston in the business Of the last year Great
economy has been introduced int The expendi-
dturss, and The arrangement with the Baltimore
Company, BY which all the frsigh, loaded in
Baltimore Is transported through without
-shanse of ears, has produced great satisfaction.
The car power is now in 6ne condition, and.
mol dollars expense has been incurred for loss
and damage since November last; and the su-
Perslructure Of the, Road has been so far renew
q, thai there is hot At present an unsound piece
Of timber on the whole line. Efforts are making
for renewal Of The Road in The most subslan--
tial and durable manner, by substituting solid
or heavy iron rails in place or the bars nov in
use. and Locomotives Of greater power for the
small ones ~
The last year has been one Of difficulty Ito all
companies. aud the President or this rruly re-
marks, that "to haFA Erred through such year
as the last twelve months, has been no easy task
for any corporation. Many have. during that
period, been sold-many abandoned or wound
up. We have safely reached the close Of The
year, and new year opens upon those 10 xhom
The inte,estsof the Company may be con6dsd,
with the pr0speetof a lafge and profitable BUSH
ness, and Of every mean 10 the power OF The
Company to meet its demands"
The METHODIST GRAVE YARD WALL.
I We ara grati6ed 70 hear that renewed efforts
are about 10 be made 10 finish the Grave Yard
Wall Of The Methodist Church in this town
This movement is demanded BY the ordinary die
sates Of humanity, and By the common decencies
of life. The remains OF The Rev. SxELf BrxN,
AL Of the Rev. TnoMAs KDYEs, repose in this
teceptAcle--the latter OF whom in bis Iife-sime
made large and liberal advances 10 The Church.
The respect due to the memory OF these faithful
ministers, a. well as 10 Thai OF The relatives and
friends Of many Of our citizens, there enloHbed, !
viii doubtless rekindle proper spirit op1he oc IL
easion; and We may therefore look forward 10.
a speedy completion Of the wall<-aTork already
too long delayed. Few ano1gTus can coniem-G
plate Without a shudder the IDEA that our memo
RIGS are not 10 Be cherished for season il the
hearts Of our friends ;1or that our bodies, after
death, are 10 be caJelessly consigned 10 the open
PoltSr's ield-,o Be ranged over ty The hungrT
beast Or ropfed upon By the careless urehin id
bis play. II is one Of The admirable traits Of the
savage that the graves Of his ancestors and
kiadfed are objseis ever dear 10 bis heart-and
Ihat these spots are oniysaoandoned when stern
necessity leaves him no alternative. Must Rs
refer the ChrissiAh 10 The Barbarian "a An ext
ample worthy Of imi,alioni Wa hope We shalt
mol again have occasion TO do so.