davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12
GREAT RAILROAD CONTENTION.
From The AI6Iay Ersaing J,v1a1i. Apy1 II.

From The @DIay Etsaing J'v-n1i 1Dr9 IT,
me ting Of the Pre- ,i5enis Directors sod S1,sr
inteodents Of Deariy u The northern line o. X Ill
rosds connecting the Cities Of Ne York an1 Bot "a
vith those the Mississippi srd Missouri L vsr3.
was helo this morning, in Assoc sron Hall Foa
meeting was quite largely attended, and Org
ized by the appointment of Efs5tus CGrnioy E.q .
Pnsideu' Of the Central Railroad m Charns "a sni
L Is Phillips, Esq, Of the Toleio Railroad as C.
Rotary. Nearly every Railroad Ia ths Norm and
Northwestern : stes ~ere represented Tue OBI set
Of the meetirg il to tx tsriG f. gh and
gtrs the time Of departure snd running Of rsins 50
a. TO accommodate, far ss possible, ths several
lres of Railroad connecting the seaport toms with
the Wesern waters
On motion, Committee was appointed TO draft q
mc.iable for he running Of passenger trains.
TIE Chair appointed the f0lOFng gentlensn az the
Committee: Mesgs c. Twi.chell OF the Boston s,d
Worcester Railrosd; II. Cray Wes'ern;
Budson River; &. VibbsTd, New York C.n RAJ; NJ.
StocttCs Bpfl,lo and Bradford; &. e. ID snnis,
Buiislo sbd Erie; NJ. Fel'o0, Cleveland and Ere;
II. Martin Cleveland AID Toledo; Moore, NJ "a
icap Sou'hern G. j. Bridges, Great Western; X. n.
Rice Michigan Central; G. G. Hsnm ma Chcigs
ard Burlington; j. Z. B.bcock, tChioiyo and X Jck
ksud and I. Newton, of the Peoples Line of D.
b ats The Committee retired for debersfiou and,
tefore concluding their lao0rs, the Convention took
q recess until 4 o clock,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

bill for the Incorporation Of Ice Companies, which Is
before IL and which "A ps,ssd the House.
The Select Committee TO investigate alleged frauis
in the uoon snd passage Of the b. - amend
the &C. rts,iVe to the Construction Of Railroads 10
Cuies-the Broadway Railroad bili-in the Assem-
bly, reported last night. 1t appear there was a
bill h(fore the House relative TO the Brook
Ign City Railroad, which. motion, WAS re-
f.rred 70 be reported complete. M-ssrs Ray
nobd, Of Richmond, and jim ners N Of New Y Ork
took charge OF the bil-Mr LvsriIg, Of King, thu
remaining member of the Committee, being sbs'nt
at home, from sickpsss The two gentlemen named
concluded 20 substitute the relative to The c)lstruc
ton Of Isilroaos In cities for the Brooklyn City Rs
road BILL the ground that the former was ysneral
bll spd the latter special one. This they did, 1t
spptsrs without corsultlDg the Kings Cousty msm-
bers and thus The bill introduced - the HDu,e,
without it, knowledge, Mr Raymond falling TO re-
port the fact that BIZ and Mr. Jnmsrson had ado2tsi
substitute The bill WA then pu, on its fnal pa'
tsge and passed
Tie Committees duty was discharged Of course,
vbsD they made their report; how well ia another
auction. But Mr. Rhodes Of King County. lss-n-
ing they hsd ,hro~n aside the bill referred to the
re1no1 strated with Mr. iJmondi and he to aeon
Ipodste Mr. Rhodes reported the Brooklyn Rsilro sd
bill siso That bill too went to its third reading and
passed.
l. /, due 10 Mr. RAYMOND 10 say tn Il he believed be
wss acting correctly throughout the whole sf4ir.
The Invetti eating Com nittee attach no bls ne to
any one iD tie matter As fer e. substituting bills Is
concerned and the power 10 DO 20 By C)nnit'e3 .
report complete there il no question Bn. the Com
uittee sbOu report the fast AID should not report
a'tsrSsrd the bill org ,naly referred to them.
There proceedings regular and irregular as they are,
have besrins upon the merits Of the bill. aud
there sppeSs 10 be DO doubt here that 1t will be de-
! ieeted in the Senate. There is strong inf ace
working 10 favor Of it, however.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12
JERSEY CITY ELECTION.

There were demonstrators Of joy last evening
among The supporters Of the Union ticket GUS were
fl cd. rockets discharged aud bpDf 'es kindled In the
streets. Mayor Manners, aud the Aldermen elect of
the Second Ward, Messrs. Wilson AMI Erviu we're
screnadec-tle M ioIal Bras Band Of N-H-Yok
having been engaged for the occasion, and the large
crowd cheored the succe.tful candidates vocifcr-
o1sly.
TIE vote on Mayor is reported to be as fJll'rs
NAxSrSs dad Ubigl- F.t Ward ZIG; s,c.ni Wsrd ri;
1iirs Wsrd SO; Fourth Ward, Pa total o51.
Hill Dem and Kn Sntiing)-Firs Wert 205; Second.
vsd lsj: Ibt " ard, SOC; foath "ari $50 total ga
Mai for Manner. is
Ior.Izo joaquin. (NhJ /, reelected Collector by large
Useiity.
The members Of tho Common Council elect are Sc
fellows:
Fiat Ua,d -Wm Clark aud J B Feds, (Uuion c.ndi
o,.. al. elected A. Jewell aud 6eoise Ign "a
1Nhs and Know Nothog) Clsgk hiss maj 'ty aud Fled
majority. ,,,,-- 49,, .,...L... l. -, -
ccd Aldermen over Cleveland sad se1jl mia o Edge,
b. 81 tDhl ivy 49,. ,
elected over John Low and VIM Pes sail b. p oaildy
Foar n hard SAMUEL Tsuei aod samuel dofnsn,
(Whs Ie elected HaueoI and Keeney By over 100
lority
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12
FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE

The Committee of the Boyi Of Aldermen on the
Fire Department, met at the City Hall last evening.
Presert-Aldermeu Howard and Baird. the Chief
Engineer, and g room full OF 6remen.
RUNNING ON rHg SIDEWALK.
John Lent admitted thst he had charge Of the
carriage Of Hose Co No >. when runuing tbs
Sidewalk 10 IRE Decision reserved.
Hose Co NJ VS. chsrsei with the sans oife iss.
j. Lynss, Foreman ape sret, but knsF nothing
about Ibs correctness al the chx-ge. LSid over fof
complainant 10 appear.
RUNNING ~.
Complaint Wa msoe by Epgiae Co. 80, agsinst
Hook aud Ladder CO. !, tor ruaniag them in, While
rurUirg - a IRE.
Richsrd Van HOugstou sro-e thst on the occasion
IN question, ore man was run over and the ~tness
stTsck on tie sim b tbs Apparatus Of No. 9.
Witness t.siifed TO particulars of otfenss
Nicholas J Hunt swOre tbs, he hal To . ,ai
of Eogiue 20 on the occasion and sivck one of the
members of No. ? with his unpet because he Wa
pu ling men from the rope Of No 20.
Deeisioh-Di misstd, on sccount OF the admission
nace by Mr. Hunt
Con plant Of Hose Co. NJ. % sssins, Hoe c..
Nc a.. fr raining them IN, was heard On both
iiiss. lie Is ioE reserved.
Petition Of Psircs Douyhsriy 70 hsve his time
dated from 22c August 1854 when he Joined tia
Dtpsitu en', the Secretary having neglected to re-
turc him s. q frtmeu until 'ha following Dscs nber.
Decision { giant the petition
Complaint of William Re d. gains, Fore nan sod
>ecsstaTy Of Engine Co. No II, for nOdiag special
rtetpg ard transacttDg hus mess flnt ntll 10 ms
C,mPspy. Charge not pro. led, and dismissed.
ASSAULT
Ten m mbers 81 Hoe Company No l. were sus-
PEI jed for four months each Tor ss.suln, Hoe CO.
No II on he All If Jaousfy aot 10Th of March
Th.ir rsrss ere. Terrence X ernsn, Taos II III Al
pin " m >sucersou, Geo. " G,cen, lrrrenos Ma
hon, Nn. Conner, Matthew OC'uaer. Patrick
OCcIIer. 3. Masterscn, Tbos keiles. Lsaty Nc
Muty. who had command ot ths Company at the
M > VAS suSpt nord for ak months
he cs-e Of Eosins Go No ~, he members Of
vi e. hs aie complsiots I'D unle- complaiats
a.atss each other Tor n4gect ot cuty Vas brought
up. The testimony a1cuc, d NJ - show sta 9 of
general cisoIg ain ,ous Gni . t vt1 he exception
OF ope or two members. the whole C)npsny loved
their beds better than ne brates.
AID Howard ,skei the Cs'ef Engineer his opinion
in the
The Ctif ssi6 he was opposed TO granting de
chr rce cer6cses 20 fr-men who did not do their du-
~, AID on the other hand, be had long sought 10
check false alarms ii fire. in this he would
srike out the Ease alarms, aud consider The u1eris
Of tie meo complained against by the number of
fires they hsd been present at Decision reserved.
Committee adjourned.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12
HINDOOS DEFEATED INROCKLAND co.

l. a. Ec,ior u The N. Y. Irit os.
SIR: Dor town elections took place ye,terdly. 10
Orangetown, The I'ndoOs By means Of the Eris Rail-
road men ard the forced votes Of the German and
Irish laborers have elected j. j Laurence, Supervi-
sor, By l03 majority over Isaac l. Blauvelt. Dsm)-
cat Lawrence is the general freight agent here.
IL CiakstowD the diodoos were routed, and John T..
Blapch, Democrat, elected by 5 majority. la RAM
apo, at their meeting ON MONDAY night, the iindoos
bad general row aui burnt their tickets aal Nlcho-
les Blauvelt, regular Demo'ra', WAS elected. Ia
Hsveistraw all parties united upon Andrew Debauo,
ard he was elec,td. 10 haste AhERIcUs.
Pinnlont Ap IL 1855
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

-,;cb the following bills were passed, unless othsf
To estsbli.h the fire Hmiis Of Brooklyn.
To establish a Board Of Railroad Commissioners
laid on The table W., os Nax.york
Increasing the salary Of the Deputy A'1o'ney'"sn'
erai &c 81 500. . p.uo,, r,o,,ro;..io,ar,-
To appoint boaro u
IThs bll n.mes the State Eogineer one Of the Com
$780, another Is Ia be appointed by the 0)Y-
nrnor and Senate ard Wm j McAlpine is 70 name
ar ,bird 10 bold bis Office till the first ot J'nnsry'
-, vben the Railroad Companies will appoint
f,onmis slower 10 his steal
Mr. WILLIAMS moved sresoution for the al
journu en Of the Legi,l.ture, siae DE fhdsy' Il ~
Table Recess 10 4 L NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The hill 10 REQUIRE the Canal Commissioners TO con-
tract with Messrs. Cook AID McAlpin was deba ed
at length in the Committee, ana uA'il tas evening
recess. -
The dsbate on the Canal Contract bill vas resumed
The wording OF one Of the sections was changed
20 o. to authorize instead Of req1i'ing the Cssal
COMM ,sioners TO contract with Messrs Cook aud
Mr. RICHARDS moved that contr acts be made
with the lowest bidder Los'-s 7.
Mr. YOST moved TO reduce the epprd priston 10
MIR BROOKS moved to reduce i. to s6Oo, OOO.
Carried by vote Of ID 10 4.
NJ PUTNAM proposed that after the en- arge-
ment the sum ehould be $500 600. Lost
NJ BROOKS moved t. amend By striking GU. the
names Of the contractors, and nsertiug giving he
"co1trsct to the lowest bidder, not to exceed
10000 600" Agreed 10.
The ,ecuriy was then fixed a. 800 oOo VIXEN ths
bill was reported to the Senate and i'd tbs table.
The Broadway Rs road nil wss recsivsd from the
House and, on motion Of Mr. SPENCER, it wac re-
fired to the Railway Committee. without vots.
IL was then moved that the Fnanci Al bills be taken
% ard after toue debate Mr.. HuHroes Mil Tax
bill was taken up He moved to subsi-uta the ii uss
bill which provide for tax of mill and quarter.
Some debate eDsued upon this wnen toe Mid and a.
quarter Tax bill wss reported TO the S5Dse.
Mr.. DICKINSON NOV ID a. = substitute his Cor
Joratiop Tax hill. Los'-Yess 5; Nsys %.
The Mil and a,quarter Tax bill Of the House as a
tubst ute for M MuniOs's Bib then agreed u
by vots Of Is 10 10, ard tho bill ~a' pissed by a
vote OF II to TO-
Eleven O'Clock The senate ia stu in sessiol.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

DREADFUL FIRE AT PORT CREDIT "A most exon
,ive FIRE broke out in Mr.. Nelson's Tavern, a1o1
Boon Yesterday. The following is list OF tue hou'es
burned aud losses thereby sustained By tbs owners
and Cccupants: Mr. Nelson's Tavern, OTnsd by NJ.
Jsmes Cotton Loss by ten sut ss00 by ptOpris
tor e., 0oO-net insured. The dwelling house and
store Of Mr.. TX. Cotton. Los about sl9 Ooo-
partsiiy Insured Ihs store was partly lcu-
Died G., an Office ~ the Grad Trunk Telegraph Line
An adjoining dwelling house. Owned by Mr. james
Cotton TeDants loss $500 propre'ors, 81 oo)
Store-bcuse Owned by Ar. james Cotton, con Az
ing l4rge quantity OF merchaniise, wh5st ssh.
plasttr &c I.oss on building, 81 900; me'cl de
frou 50 900 to 81 900. bsrn, owned by Mr. la s
Cotton and occupied by Mr. r. Cotton L's' ~
oocppsut, 600: lose Of budin.', $500 Port Credit
is about sixteen miles from Toro-to on Lake -tnio
Toronto Pstript. April
The extensive manufactures Of Straw God. IN
Wreuthsm, MSS, Owned by Follett Rand of B)'
ton, totally destroyed BY fire on ths eyehins Of
the 25th March. Loss $50 OO0-covefed b. insur.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12
TIE HAYrIENi.

The New York Female Hayden Society celebrated
It's Seventh Anniversary on Tuesday evening, in
Shiloh Presby terrain Church, he Rev. Dr. Penniog-
tons Prince 81. There wss large aud respectable
sisembsge, notwithstanding the inclemeacy Of the
weather The enbtrs Of the various other Societies
ipyi cd occupied the BODY Of the Church, and tbs
Hsy ti.ns occupied the platform. Altogether, with
gin gbsm u'bans proiu,0n Of hJwrrs aud ribbons,
AID eDbsneic tashts, the scene was verg Interest
ug
IRE Rev Dr. PESSIScToS appeared, in bis gova,
ana Opsned tl5 r:.ses Viib sppropri sicily
couchtd prsysr lie vss sccou panied IN the p1lpi,
By the Rev. j. K. Goysr, OF Tue S,cond-sr Bethel
Church.
TIE cnoir belonging 10 Dr. PenLington's Church,
under The drec ion # Sir T. d.. GET varied the even
iIgs ljoymeLte with Iumeroas selections Of sacred
mJfic
At the resdirg cf the constitution Of the Society,
NJ kEAsos, Secretary, gave tie folio .ng very grati
fyiDs reIOr:
Incsms 70, he l'.tJe'r '-...''.'''''-..'s!a -
Leaving. balance Of .....................s ga IS
Siuce TIE commencement OF this Society 1925 hu
been paid q lie funds for sickness and fuoersl
pspses ard sier ps Ing all expenses incurred up to
the tine OF prCssLt meeting IL had ia It's funds q
balance Of S6J0 20 In addition to the suuu@ re-
sources Of he Society, II has sioking fund aud a
cenisge iuIc--tbe former - provide fJt any ex-
usoroirs'y claim made upon the Society, and the
letter b. provide cvIye5 acc. at funerals.
Nfs. AUGUSTA FELIX in short but pleasing spesch,
IRE eat, d on b.hsil 81 the Bosri Of Msnsgers)
sylendio baubei 10 the President, Mcs. CASTOR, who
nsoe o.UTie u but brief sckEowle6g nent
Mr. W j. WILSON, Of Brooklyn, delivered n,
oit,or Cf the evening. II was clever pro iuetioo
end exhibited greet in is preparation la il the
dontsic socis and political compsc's 10 their varies
rsture enc obliea.ons, were lumilousy portrayed.
Mesis. WAKE and PErERsoS gave re .din;ss no
| Poetic selections.
Tie Rev. j. x. V. MorAS was the corclu iin
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

FIRE At ASTORIA The dwelog Of NJ. hn
Nc ,lorey was blurred tho ground, yesterday morn
igst . O'Clock. Los, about $4,000 or 1000
Insured fer e. 900 on house and furniture in Eastern
Companies. The hOuss wss built and formerly oc-
cuped by Grant Thorburn
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

THE ESD or THF Law AT L.sr.-Aier running
rather very deliberately crawling, for nsny yeas
from Cour, to Court the question of oPe1has o'uA.
s.. snd wideiiDg Wslker-st i, settled The Court o.
Appeals confirms Tire Sapreme Court decision sd
"a there !. DO higher appeal, the work must 50 on
We presume i. will be commenced in May.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

kinf n Nl..'..'........ ...'s'..'s'''s'.''t %
Fossn, (antik WtiE .................. 2.Nl
LlshtreT. (Anuk, v Dem ................5Tl
Although King wss ele)'st bys Division il aooeSr
there Is msory in ~. L)us against the h. Ms OF
more than one thousand.
ISDIANA Madison has gone against the kloF g
No,birgs by al average m'i,'irg Of l25 ledis1s2o-
lie ard New Albany have been carried BY tbs h1pT-
Noihirgs
MICHIGAN The Krow. Nothing patty seams 20
have beer defeated, horse. foot elf drsSO MS
Blu, wherever tie Friends Of Freedom rem nei uus
to the Republican organization, they h'vs been sIc-
csss'ul There uill, donbdess be Osnpcr.Hr pre-
poneerance in many Of the B,sts of sdpe-visD'i.
Blu. til. s not triumph of the Rum AMI Nebtisk.
elements Of " Democrscy but n the liberal AMI pro-
greSive school, opposed to wars Of races a1d re-
leioDs l. some OF tbs ioEn' the Democratic eiaii.
dstes who have succee5ed were offered Wing aod
Republican nominations Old party orgsniz stions
are tuublipg 10 pieces l. the P7riu,uli State.
ONO The Republicans have besn Triumphant 10
raDy Of the counties. The muGicipa elections have
geue-ay resulted in the election Of the best mes,
without reference 10 old party organizations.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

each s5e OF the miin entrance which e 20 feet vide
b. leo il depth The citing hall is 'p sciou' and
eteerfal-oapable Of 'esting over 900 per'oo'i H.
deed. al the roou. in the holse are large and sry'
and wesr ar appearance Of comfort rarely to be u
with in modern public home. TIE extent Of the e.
,sb.lueni nay be inferred rO- The fact iha me en
try-.sy, or corridor. measure some 200 feet Ice
house /. supplied with gas AID water; irdeed with all
Of the modern Improvements. lis Handsomely tur
riL.d. but with view to utility s,d comfort rather
than chow, hou.h .ore Of tbs room. are fitted up IN
very tlessni style
Ats O'Clock sbout $50 person. sst down to fur
table,. Of which there Wa, an supple variety OF tue
deicacee sni la1Lries o. tn. seaon. Al one Of the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

OF the last class OF graduate.i Two were young
women. Ire establishment Of College in This State
has been under consideration in the State Society for
three years. bur this project has been indefinitely post
poDed Last year d.. c. Herring aud hi, as'O'i,te,
announced their intention 10 commence new lns.i.
tuition at Philadelphia 10 be called the Independent
Medical College of Ptnnsyyapia," but we have not
lersntd OF their accomplishing tbi, design
The number of publications on Homeopathy is re-
msIkably large for ascience and is con-tanly
Increasing. This is msiuly owing to the activity Of
it, practitioner, who steadily engaged ia making
experiments and reporting their results. In several
Of their societies. both in Europe and America, each
member is bound TO prove upon himself aud those Of
his friends who will undertake it, at les, one drag
every year The drugs thus proved, and their re-
corded SYMPTOMS constitute the Homeopathic Ma
teia Medica which s yearly increased About twenty
dHerert periodicals have been published In tss coun-
try few of which have been continued more than two
or three years. The principal magazine now pub
ii,hed is The PLTaGeiphia Journal Of Homeopathy
edited By Drs. Gardner aud Small, and Issued
monthly.
Homeopathic hospitals and free dspensa'ies have
been e.sblsted in any Of the large cites ia Europe
In the United States there is but one hopa OF this
kind. viz, that at Philadelpbis which contains over
forty rooms with a. many beds it is a chartered in
stiiu,ion, and entirely separate from the college,
whose students however, there receive clinical in-
.tructiop in medicine ard surgery. Attempts have
been ade 10 establish such hospital in this City,
bu, as yet they have not been crowned vi gu csss
TbeprncrG dispenssry in this City at No, 40 Brost.
WV corner Of Broone st, was established on O,to-
Der 1915 nd dspenses from 500 to 5000 prescrp-
tiors srruslly. That in Brooklyn, at No - Court
q was founded some two years since during the last
yesr it bad ass patients, for whom it made about I'N
Dc .cfiptlOre.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12
MUNICIPAL YLEC TONS.

MrssoURi.-The Anti. X now Nothings Of 81. L ,ui.,
MT being able TO Dn'te upon one candidate for Mayo,
the Know Nolbings elected their ticket a, the resent
municipal election. The vote stood as follows Tor
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

The "western College Of Homeopathic Medi-
" cire, a, Cleveland, Ohio, vas founded March l,
1880 Like the former it has faculty Of eight Pro-
fe.sors Of whom Prof ID. Williams, n. D., is the
Dean The statistics OF its pupils ale as follows:
yen studen,. Grad. Year Students Grads
1885 -5......... 60 = le5j-5i...,......of j,
1851 52........ic0 % =
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

M0rr Slefli.
men in Bird.
osp, and doe
as architects.
th.rf are FIX
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12

sho are sn9ug me noe' en'erp'sans
Toe plan Of the house Is their
credi; 20 ihsirtasts snf Judgment
he ground floor Of the building
I'D beautiful .t)res-'hree uPoa
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-12
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
OPENING OF TIE STERLING HOUSE AT
BRIDGEPORT.

lsrge fr.,-class hotel was opened at the City OF
Bridgeport, Conn, on the 10th inst when .unP-
tuous diIrer was provided By Mtssrs Wilson Mott
the e.sets of The house at -hich there was s-ge a.
,erdspce Of the ladies' and geaileDen Of Bridgeport
Some OF the adjacent cities snd sisges, both the
State aId oct OF If, were represented
Tie hoel i. in the p,ce Of the oae erected several
,.sr 20 under the same Il is oR the corner OF
Main AID Wall s;s. fronting on the latter. Hha
massive brick ed fee $50 feet in lesgth By i45 feet
eet ard four .ores high l. has been erected By the
l. ara ~ ,f,r the fros. n'arDris
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-12-29
L am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
j. TIMBERLAKE.
The COlpOrteur in the RAPIDS.

Such difficulties as are here related
by a colporteurin Wisconsin, are not
often encountered by colporteurs, but
the spirit with which they were met
and overcome, is often paralleled by
the sacrifices of these self-denying
men. ",fhe manner of travelling in
this country is sometimes very trouble
some. L recently had to hire the
smallest boat j could get for visiting
the large population on the O. riv-
er. ! got avery small boat easily
capsi2ing, and took with me two heavy
bags Of books, After rowing about
two miles came to the first saw.mll,
where ] had to unload my boat, and
draw it up the fall. Rowing about
eight miles further, / came to some
rapids in the river, where rowing was
in vain. | had to jump into the water
and draw my boat over the rapids it be-
ing all wilderness round about me-.
The water was very cold and / very
warm. Then [ jumped into the the
boat again and rowed four miles fur
ther against hard current. But
when / came to the saw-mills, j had
great success in selling allmy books,
and in getting subscribers for the pc
riodicals, and SO was we'll paid for my
trouble. --Amer. Messenger.