Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-04-25
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FRIDAY. APRIL p. 1856.
Northern Central Railway.

A general meeting OF the stock holders
of this formerly the Susquehanna] Com
pany, was held in Baltimore, 18th inst,
for the election of Officers and the trans
action of other items of business. Among
these. were the consideration of an act
,upplemental to the charter of the COmpa-
nv, passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature
at It's present session, which authorizes the
Company to dispose of its bonds for less
than par, and also to make special contracts
for the use of their machinery and cars on
the line Of other roads with which they
connect, and to make special contracts
with other companies for transportation,
and with manufactures on their line and
on the line of roads with which they con-
meet for the transportation of coal stone
lime, iron ore, and lumber On motion,
the supplement was unanimous y accepted.
The advanced toll-rates adopted by the
Directors, were approved.
1t was also announced that a Coumittoe
had consummated contract with capitalists
of New York, interested in the Trevorton
Coal & Railroad Company, for the trans
portation Of their Goals from that COmpa-
nys large estate to Canton, on most advan-
tageous terms to the Company, and that in
consideration Of this arrangement these
parties had advanced money sufficient to
build that section of the road between
Trevorton Bridge and Millersburg BY
this, there remains only money to be raised
to build the upper section, less than ten
miles, which will complete the road (with
the exception of the Bridge over the Sus-
quehanna) from Harrisburg to Sunbury.
The following were elected Directors for
the ensuing year W, E. Mayhem, Zenus
Barnum, Lloyd n. Rogers, William +.
Packer, Il. VI. Magraw, W. ii. keghler,
John Herr, Eli Lewis, Simon Cameron,
Francis White, W II. Brune.
nA- The Garrisonian Aboltionists have
called mass convention at Syracuse, on
the 2Sth of May next, to nominate can
di1ates for President aud Vice President.
This movement will relieve the Republican
party of the odium-both real and false
which attaches to the ultra Abolitionists
The Republicans are in favor of the Un-
ion, of the Constitution, of the Bible, of
the Christian church they believe these
all, in their true spirit and design, are
hostile to Slavery; and they desire to
absolve themselves from all responsibility
of that evil, as fast and as far as they can.
Ba.JoHN TYLER has written to a gen
:leman IN Texas letter in which he takes
all the credit of having annexed Texas to
the Union. any successor did nothing
but coufrm what had done Nor is that
all. Texas drew after it California, SO
that | may claim that, in regard to the
whole subject, Mr. Polk was but admins
traitor de Jonjs non" As Slavery pardons
Arnold Douglas for his traitorism to LIB
erty, and tolerates him as a Democratic
candidate for President, so Arnold Tyler
justly thinks he has older claims on the
same score John may be aspiring to the
Cincinnati nomination-who knowsp
s1-The Philad Sun publishes as an
adyertiscment-and number of Demo
cratic papers as reading matter-Col. For
ney's Plea for Buchanan, which, through
eight or ten columns, nowhere finds room
for the fact that, until the era Of Jackson
ism, Buchanan was an open, able, and ar
dent opposer of Democracy.
The Harrisburg Telegraph has one page
covered by scathing review of the Pres.
idential pretensioBs Of yMessrs. Pierce,
Douglas, and Buchanan-Buchanan par
ticularly.
GREE TRADE AND SAILORS RIGHTS"
was the rallying cry of America in 1872.
America would not permit England to
board and overhaul our vessels in search
of her subjects" But Virginia has un-
dertaken to do what England dare not
she has passed law requiring all vessels
leaving her ports to be searched for
servants" How much trouble this law
"A fresh proof of the injustice, insolence,
and arbitrariness of the Slaveocracy-will
occasion, the future only can reveal.
na-The Common School Journal for
April, has long communication from Ex-
Gov. RITNER, expressive Of his continued
interest in the Common Schools, of which
he is Director and a frequent visitor
The Superintendency he says is useful and
popular in his vicinity The article evin-
ces remarkable vigor and discrimination,
for man of his years aud advantages.
There have been few " better abused"
men than honest 10. Ritner.
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