Smyrna times., 1857-01-21

PHILA. Will AND BAIT. RAILROAD Coat
the annual meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company, held in Wilmington Oh Monday, the |
following gentlemen were unanimously elect |
ed Directors:
MesSrs Samuel NJ. Feltsn, WIN. l.. Savage,
Moucure Robinson, Aubrey ii. Smith, Joseph
{. Glpin, John A. Duncan, Jesse Land, vii
liam w. CorcOran, Frederick A. Curtis, John
e. Groome, J. |. Cohen, Jr., Thomas Kelso,
Columbus O'Donnell, Euoch Pratt, and Thos.
| Donaldson.
The board subsequently organised, and elec-
ted Samuel Nj. FELTON, president, and Alfred
Horner, secretary and treasurer.
We learn from the Annual Report that the
receipts of the road for 1856 were:-
On the Main line, 81, los l0l 94
! On New Castle line, "a, 0G3 "a
Making a total of l, l39, l65 lS
A gain over 1856, of l27, I'll l3
The total expenses of both lines, including
taxes, bonus to the state of Delaware, appro-
priations for renewals, for 1856, amounted to
$7l6 799 50, leaving a net revenue for the
r year, of 422 365 3S, gain over the net rev.
enue of 1855 of $sl39, $40 90. The Report
, states that the whole business of the year has
! been prosperous, and that the Company is now
sonearly free from floating debt as to feel No
embarrassment from it.
D How Mr. BUCHASAN's INAUGURAL, WILL BE
r WRlTTEE.-During the late Presidential can
vass, and at the moment, n galla,t Senator
from the South was proclaimng the certain
election of Mr.. buchanan, feather dropped al
his feet from the wing otan eagle that was fly
ing over.-The gentlemen preserved the quill
aud 10 day had 1t forwarded to Mr.. Buchanan
e to write his inaugural address with. 1t waG
q not plucked by man from the bird.-Wash. Cor
Alexandria Sentinel.
The Lancaster hlteLHgencer says the above
d statement is correct. Senator Brown, of Mis-
Il sisSippl, is the gentleman referred TO. Tht
= quill Is now IN possession of Mr.. Buchanan, a
"A Wheatland, where he saw it on Friday, and il
accordance with the request of the "gallan
II Senator" it will be used by the President elec
Of in writing his Inaugural Address.
INTENSE CoLD.-The terrible severity of tn
winter at the Northwest is illustrated by tn
following adventure which befel a party O
a surveyors in Iowa last week, who took shelte
l. from 4 snow storm in a raVine which seame
:" the prairie:
"They pitched their tent upon three feet @
- snow-rIgged a stove whose pipe ran u
through the top of the tent-ate and went I
sleep. difficulty of breathing aroused tn
of party early and it was discovered that the raw
)y Inc lau urlIIeu CHOCh lulls anu lHuI the bnON
us was three feet above the top of the tent and tn
e. top of the pipe. Out of the entire surveyin
lg company OF which they were a part, two me
10 froze to death, two waded the prairie SLOWS j
e, stocking feet, unable to draw on their sti
boots, and all were disabled, permanently O
temporarily, by the freezing OF the extremi
I'd ties.''
= Near the Missouri river, in Iowa, the mel
: curry has been as low rs 30 degrees below &c
10 70.
lg In all parts of Virginia The people are bus
harvesting e,with the expectation that no sur
n. ply will be needed froln the North next sun
=. ner. Ii has been uncommonly cold at tn
South this season.
- PENNSYLVANIA SENHroR.-On Tuesday las
the Pennsylvania Legislature met in joint con
veption, and elected tho Hon. Simon Camera
in United States Senator for six years from th
a, fourth of March next, to succeed the Hor
!: Richard Brodhead. The election took pac
u on the first ballot, the vote standing thus:-
'p Cameron 81; Forney So; Foster /; ; Wilkins
Three Democrats aud the whole force of tn
Opposition voted for Cameron.
MIR. Cameron is an American Republican
W and when we consider that the Democrats hav
a working minority in the Legislature, we ar
. astonished at the result. Col. Forney the de
feated candidate, IS the head aud frOut OF tn
Pennsy ylvana Democracy and ii any man il
the Union deserves favor for extraordinary ser
y vices John W. Forney is that man. ~
W or The free negro bill, which has bee
pending before the Legislature of Arkansas TO
several weeks, and which had for it's object tn
removal ofall free negrots from the State, ha
been defeated. 1f
ttaAst
e or Water 10 selling il st. Paul, Minnesota
at 10 cents per barrel.