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FORTIETH CONGRESS-THIRD SESSION
Senate.

Continued from ne Eiykat Poge:
The Tax bill in bOtn cases though necessarily CO.
lected from the railroad company was really tax
upon pRsser gers and travel, aud the laws i'm DOSING
TSch to hs ez of Re Wnad
&e rgh1 Of es a Of tas
country without taxation interruption, or detention
Jsrsey, athopsh slways gross yl9lA9n of t6s gene
SDl S G iSs o. y pro9 72
sion OF it, previous to tho sdoption II the f1ureeoth
Soriom Of thas smsndmant WHICH proydes that no no
ss se se 9I GH3fs @ sy @@ Tas9 @ zs1
of the United states because the right of free travel
wss an abridgment of tt For Iwenty-i 70 years
Maryland aud New Jtrsey hsd tiltd taer treasures
snd a. the expense would certainly continue unless
making, II a miGqemeauor 60 pay or to lovy aech
q saX o sh9 siY, me HHg5e9s pc G9urs OF Ihe Unted
arise under The law.
EsOuse of Representatives.
Mr.. Geek explained the tscs In the case and In
ssys that on the 10th DAY July last Gfer the former
oroered That The case be recommiited 20 toe Conn
TIE charges made against M sswz.r by the gentle.
man from Missouri lbtr. Benz sninh and report
The Charges of Mr.. Benjamin. we're of personal dis
enemies the republic during the Rebellion, file OF
editor, vas submitted to tie committee by the Goa.
I n h WH5 y nd the To M
mace by him were paE'ly based uPoG scfic pub
been tax en- by the contestant to re!nLe
the charges made against him. but
to this testimony the committee do
not deem It necessary specially to reer for The
reason that In the opinion Of the committee no evil
dence has been adduced which sustsns the charge Of
dsloyelty, made against the contestant The report
cOnesdPs as follows:-Ihs coramittee, after careful
examination OF the case, adhere TO ths general rea
soning and to the conclusions of the former
and they further report that while there any
| tbipgs contained In the newspaper OF
| which the contestant was the acknowledg-
| editor which the committee cannot
sprTOve, and deem Ynischievous IN their tendency,
yet there is such proof OF the di2loyGlty OF the
| contestant as TO exclude him from seaJ In this
House. under the rule adopted In the Kentucky elec
| tiOn cases.
dhcaims the 9Tship OF or responsibility for the
article published in mis- wrpaper in relation to til
death Of Colonel Ellsworth, QuOred in the speech OF
Mr. Ber jamin. and stated 10 the Committee that the
sRule Inserted In the paper without his know
leege, and that he never approved II, ana no proof
has been offered shown. hg resp0usib blity for the
aiIc'e beyond the fact that IL appeared rs sn edi'
toTal In the newspaper OF which he was the editor
The gem raj tenor Of the editorials ia the same paper
contain ing that article of different character.
| mir Cock examined the test imonF, saving there was
none show that there were thrsata or uttmidsiio1,
| such aV 70 prevent legal registration in Galloway
| county,
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FIFTH EDITIO N
THE LATEST NEWS.
The Victims of the Hibernia Dis
aster-HOrribIe Massacre in
New Zealand-Fright-
full Accident in
Brooklyn.
FROM EUROPE.

1Sy AtCOIlCtc CUOte,
The Victims Ofthe EEiberniR Disaster.
LONDON, Jan. 21.-A vessel arrived here yes
terday from Madeira, having left that port on
the 14th inst. Nothing had been heard up to
that time Of the thirty-nine missing passengers
and crew Of the wrecked steamship Hibernia,
who we're to have been landed there, and there
is now hardly doubt that the story of these
persons having been picked up at all was q
pure fabrication.
Frightful Massacre In New Zealand.
LONDON, Jan 81 Late adyices from Auckland
New Zealand, reports that lrightful massacre
of the whites by the natives had occurred at
Poverty Bay, on that island.
Financial and Commercial
LoNToN, Jan. 2I.-Tho bullion in the Bauk OF
England has increased E99,0O0 since the last
report.
LONDON, Jan. 21-4'9O P. M.-Consols, 93b for
money and account; U. 5. j-20s, 753; Erie, 26 4;
Illinois Central, 92}.
LIVERPOOL. Jan 2l-4'30 p. M..-Cottou closed
active at 1lsd. for middlng upands, and 1l5d.
for middling Orleans The sales to-day were
Is, 600 bales.
White California wheat, lis. 7j.@lls. Sd.
Provisions fTner but unchanged. Produce
unchanged.
LONDON, Jan. 21-4.3O P. M.-sprlts of Tur-
ppDtine, 32s; Linseed OIL, E2I l5s; TalloW,
ASS. 3d.; Lnseed Cakes, ell 55.
ANrWERP, Jan. 2l-PetrOleum opened at 5Sg0
59jf. for standard white.
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Frnnn RnIti,nnre.

BlI1TMcRR, Jan. 2I,-A hre was di3cOVercd IN
the ladies' 6rawing.room OF Bamum's Hotel at
O'Clock this evening, originating among the
Curtains. The furniture was damaged TO $1,000.
Oriein Of the fire is unknown.
General Grant arrived in this city about II
o'clock this morning to attend meeting of the
Trustees of Peabody Educational Fund. Quite
a LARGE crowd assembled at the depot, but there
Tos no formal reception or military display as
was expected. He Immediately proceeded 20
the residence of priya's citizen. Tue trustees
of the Peabody Fund are in the city and will
o,ent nj noon TO day
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FROM WASHING TON.
Spectai Despatch to The Bvontng Telegraph.

Special Despatch to The Evoniag Telegraph
WAsHINGToN, Jan. q.
The Louisiana Contested Election Case.
The Committee on Elections to-day COM
menced the examination OF the Menard and
Jones contested election case from Louisiana.
Mr.. Jones was heard in argument to-day, and
tomorrow Mr.. Bienstd, who is a negro aud
who claims the seat, will make an argument
before the Conn mlttee.
senator-elect John Scott, OF Pennsylvania
was on the floor of the Senate to-day.
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CHARLES DUTlLH, President.
WILLIAM Ii. HILL, Actuary,

0hice Of the Pennsylvania Company for
Insurance OF AtYeS and GrantAn. An
nuities, NO. 3Of walnut Street.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10, 1859
Altar Election of the Stockholders held on
MONDAY. the 18th instant, the following gem
tlemen we've unanimously elected Directors for
the ensuing year.
Charles Dutlh, Alexander Biddle,
Henry j. Williams Joshua b. Lippincott,
William s. NauX, s. Morris Waln,
John Il, WucheTer, Chas. II. Hutchinson,
81, Geo. Il, Campbell, iLindley Smith,
AdOlph t. BOrie, George A. Wood.
Anthony j. Antelo.
And az meeting OF the Directors held this
day, CHARLES DUTILH was unanimously
re- eleCJed President, and WILLIAM B. HILL
ACtuHTy.
n thStu3t WIN. h. HILL, Acluary,
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pnnor NiIll Rnrnod.

Troy Jan. 2l.-TLe paper mill OF Moshel
HaIght & Co., at Saltwater, was DESTROYED b
fire this morning. Loss estimated ut SiO, 900
Insured for S1gs0. The fire is attributed to g
ineendiary.
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mhe iniiintLn senntorsl,ln.

IEpIAYAPoLIs, Jan. 2l.-Two ballots were
taken in Joint convention Of the Legislature
at noon to day for Senator, each resulting a.
fo]Iovs:-C Cumback, G7; Hendricks, SO; Frazer
i9. The convention has adjourned until p. u
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fully invited 20 attend his funeral from his late resi-.
dence NO 2OS on Friday at IL O'Clock
To proceed 10 Laurel Hill Cemetery.
sCOTT-on the 10th instant, PATRICK SCOTT,
aged "a years.
The relatives and friends OF the family are respect
fully Invited 10 attend the funeral from hts late resi-
dence No. 2S9 N Broad street, on Friday morning a
81 O'Clock.
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FifIN-sixlh Annual Statement.

ll2 shs. Commercial Ma
tional Bank...,........
SOi shs. Farmers and Me.
Chanics' Nat. Bank.
l6l shs. Phlls. Nat. Bank"
40 shs. state Blk ofCamden
600 shs. Locust Mt. Iron Co..
200 shs. Minehill and Sch'y'l
Haven Il R.......,,...
2ii shs. Cleveland and Ma
honing II, R.,,u. ...,
80 Bhs. Del. Bridge Co.,
EastOD" D",...,",'....."...,
800 shs. Insurance 70. n, a..
lU3 shs. Sch, Nav. CO".,"",.
81 shs. Penna. II. II. CO."..
5Osns. N. Penna. II. Il Co.
90 shs. Lebign Coal and
Nav. CO....,,,..,".....,,
1920 Phila, per cent. Loan.
1850 Pbila. 6 per cent. Loan.
Ill 400 Phila 6 per cent. Gas
LOan,u,,,.",.,.......
10000 Schuylkill Nav. Co. q
per cent. Loan, 1872.
5000 Pittsb'g g per cent. Loan
393, ,7UO Lehigh Coal and Nav.
U pei w. hpdht lC0tsss
10000 Lehigh Coal ana Nav. Co.
6 per CT. conv. Loan.
7l,l72'6S Chesapeake and Del.
Canal 6 per CT. Loan
$500 Tennessee B per ct. Loan
l2,UU0 NOughiOgheny 9 q. II.
Co. 10 per CT. Loan.
600 Schylkill Nav. 7 per ct.
Boat LOaD.......,,,....,.
$500 L. S. 6per CT. Loan, 1881.
G5U u. $. $50 Loan, July, 1865
$500 L. S. 5 20 Loan, 1852. 2.........
24.qCO q. $. 5 20 Loan, Nov. 1865
100000 Penna. R. Il per cent,
Debenture Bonds
1900 Tennessee 5per CT. Bonds
II OUU Ten nessee g per CT. Bonds
2I,6SO North Penna. h. Il. 6per
cent. BOnds....".......
5000 PittsbuTg 3 per cent,
Comp. BOnds..,....,..,,
10000 n. j. 6 per cent. Bonds.
10000 junction Il. II. q per ct.
BOndS...,.,.,....,...........
5000 Harrisburg, L. MT. j, and
l.. G per cent. Bonds.
10000 Wyoming Valley Canal
o per cent. Bouds....
5000 Allegheny Valley per
cent. Bonds.....-......
10000 Penna. 9 per cent. War
Loan. n.......,,"...............
sos, 600 Penna. g per cent. 10 20
LOan".......",......... .,...,
20,QC0 McNean and Elk Land
improvement 6 per
cent. Bonds.....-.......
1850 Warren and Franklin
II II Z per CT. Bonds
9,0C0 BeiVidere Delaware Il. II.
per cent. Bonds.
10000 Cleveland and Mahon-
ing7 per cent, Bonds
5000 Del. and Raritan and
Camden and AmbOy
per cent. Bonds"
$1,000 LackaWan8 and Blooms
burg r. RI per cent.
OuGS......,.,.,.,.,,.,...
$4,000 Z. S. 1870 Bonds .....,"....
10000 Hamilton Go. (Ohio) 6
per cent. Bonds....
10000 Sunbu1y and f. ie X, II.
7 per cent. Bonds.
20, Geo Western PeDpa. II. IL. i
percent. Bonds..,.....
40, 600 PeOna. Railroad . per
cent. BOndS............
$4,000 Union and LoSanspOEt
7 per cent. Bonds""..
5000 j. II. Lucas 8 per cent.
Bonds.............,,,......,
5000 Elmira and Williamsp't
II. K. 5 per CT. Bonds
$4,000 Little ScbuylAill r.. kS.
per cent. Bonds.....
10000 Phila. and Erie II. IL.
per cent. Bonds. 90.
ll.0O0 Reading X. X per cent.
BOndS........................
5.CI Tennessee 6 per CT, Bonds
l43,Ot0 Cam. and Amboy 6 per
cent. Consolidated
Bonds......."...........
1000 Lehjgh Valley h. Il.
| per cent. B0nds,.....
800 Northern Liberty II. X
6 per cent. Bon ds....
1900 Lehigh Coal and Nav
Go. 9 per cent. Gold
BoDds........................
6.SI2 . City Warrants...m.....
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DIED.

MCCLARANA .-On Tuesday, January 10, JAMES
NICOLA hAHAN, in the G9th year OF his ege.
ReRyss snd friends are Invited to attend the fune-
raj, from the residence of his sOn.in.la aw, John W.
white No. 1918 Monterey street on Friday at /
o'clocF. Interment ~ Mount Murlah Cemetery
PoTTs.-on the 18th instant, ISAAC POTTS, In the
The relatives and friends OF the family are respect.
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TY ITE M S.

OvERCoATs
Reduced 10 prices follows
Fine ail-wool Beaver to-. ..,........."..,,".tAOO
Fine sll.woOl ChlBchtlR and Fur
Beaver w
OF The newest and most stylish material, cut
and make, which have been sold at .,....-S Is 90
great variety OF ali styles, upwards
from '''''"to w
SKATING JACKETS The best assortment in the city
selling very low,
PANrALooss. good style. Rliwoo Cashmere,
reduced ..'.''''''''" f3 W
VEsTs-Fias Atwood Cashmere r4duced to..'",f2OO
Ral.,oay 1stlceen BESSELr q Co.
IN and tOWE& Hail.,
PHILADELPHIi,
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Three Ci,lIdrem Iurned 10 Death.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2l.-By a dre in a tenement.
house in Brooklyn, early this morning, three
children OF Frederick 1horn were burned to
death. The loss on the building was small.
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FURNITURE mended and vanished. sud made look
equal to new at Patteu's. no. Iius Caesnut street,
Work done % the honge or lakeM away.
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sK1N DIsgAsRs What form of diseass is more
annoying than that OF the skin, with its itching,
stinRing SmRrEiug, It's ugly red plmpies, blotchy
eruptious and lopthsome ichUF0us desluanations.
Happily, II leskelIs Tetter Ointment is asoyereign
remedy for every form OF sEin disease, making 3
radical cure ia every Sold 81 cents peg box.
Sent by mail for % cents. Johnston, Holloway e
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LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
RECEIPIS.

Premiums received for the year.,.....S9SS S27'iO
Interest nom III sos Al
AuHulties and Y O96 36
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JEWE1aY.--Mr. william W. Cassidy, No. IL South
Second street. has the largest and most attractive
assortment OF fine ewelry and sllverwsTe the city
Purchasers can rely upon ob aiming roal pure art
Gle furnished st price which cannot be elualed.
He also has large stock OF American Western
watches all varieties and all PRICES. a visit 10
his store Is sure 10 result IN pleasure ana profit.
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MONEY LOANED
In sums from one dollar to thousands, on Diamonds
silver Ware, Watches, Jewelry, C.o:hing, Dry Gods,
ETC., at RErrEw's Loan ONCE, Northeast corner
Eifeanth and Market sLresLs
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
OFFIOHl OF THE
PHILADELPHIA, January Is, 1869.

Annual Statement of this Company on De-
cember 81, 1866
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HA1LEr. DAVIS & CO.'S PIANos are Uuequalled In
anrab,ilty Drilaucy. tone and power Distinguished
napIsts cay tbcy are the best. We never listened to
"a puc
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HAVE YOUR UPHoLsrEEING done So Patterns, No,
laos ChesuuL street. He is always ready prompt,
charges ~ ode ratey and gives enti satisfaction.
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AUCTION NoIICE:-sALE or PARIAN GOODS, Sill
WA WARE, AND NEW FUkNITCEE,-JuT readers
will not tors the sale of elegant Parian Goods 81
ver Ware, and Furniture, to be sold Tomorrow (Fri
dsv) morning, at lOia O'Clock, ny /. A McClellend
AnctIonper, at Concert III ali, Auc Ion rooms No.
street.
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BEDDISD. WintOw Saadss, Curlnins and UphOH
stery Goods. Upholsterng of every description
done a. Patterns, NO. laos Chtsuut rect.
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Frightful Explosion.
Nau VorL

New York, Jan. f.
A premature explosion occurred yester-
day noon at the wreck Of the steamer Scot
aHd, off Sandy Hook, which resulted in
the death of four men and the severely
wounding of several others. The Neptune
Submarine Company made a contract
with the government last fall to remove TIRE
wreck of the Scotland, and have been at
work several weeks, whenever the weather
would permit, in blowing the wreck to
pieces. There were about twenty men en-
ployed In the service, under the charge OF
Captain VIM. L. ChurchilI, late of the
navy, with the company's steamer Com
modore Truxton Yesterday two charges
Of powder were taken aboard small boat at
Sandy Hook and towed out to the wreck.
Another small boat was lowered containing
an air pump diving apparatus, two divers
and five men. The boat containing the
two charges Of powder (S73 los in each)
WAS now manned by Captain Churchill
himself and men. The diver went down
and signalled to have one charge sent down
which was done, leaving one charge in the
toat. Both charges We're connected by a
wire several hundred feet in length.
After placing the charge the diver came up
and reported everything ready, when the
boats began to pull away but had proceed
ed but half the usual distance when from
some unexplained cause, the submerged
explosion took place, followed almost im-
nlediately by the explosion OF the remain
ing charge in the boat, blowing Captain
Churchill and the men to atoms. 1t is
supposed chat the charge In the boat was
exploded by the conclusion. Several men
in the divers boat were seriousl yinjured,
and have been sent to the hospital by the
officers OF the company. The names Of the
Killed are Capt. VIM. l.. Churchill, diver
Louis Jurgins, seamen Geo. Moore and
Jas. O'Shay. Mr. Geo. W. Beardslee,
the electrician in the employ Of the COM
pany, was not present.
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The New State.

The movement for a new State to be
formed of parts of Michigan and Wisconsin
is gaining strength rapidly in the Territory
proposed to comprise the same. The
Marquette Journal says:
''The proposed State would extend along
the whole South shore of Lake Superior as
its northern boundary, embracing the nine
counties of the upper peninsula of this
State and the upper tier of counties in
Wisconsin. The area of the State would
be about So, 900 square miles and the pop
ulation would range from Is 600 to lO0,-
600. With liberal legislation, one calcu-
lated to foster our interests, with the mo-
ney raised by taxes of our own property to
be expended among US, and the new and
varied Improvements eventually going on,
the State of Superior would readily take
rank among its sister States as one of the
brightest stars in the constellation, and the
untold wealth of its mines. its lumber and
its fisheries, would be more thoroughly de
veloped and brought to the markets Of the
great West"
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property, nor could she be prevailed upon
to accept a single guinea. All Jean son s
mime in number)were afterward hanged at
Jedburgh, on the same day; and Jean,
who was staunch Jacobite, met with her
death, soon after l746, at tho hands of a
rabble of royalists, at fair at Carlisle, who
drowned her in the river that flows past
that city.
1t is asserted that so prolific has been
the race, there at least two hundred and
fifty thousand, of all castles, colors, charac-
ters, degrees of education, and position in
life, at the present time in the British Isles
and probably double that number. There
are many of the same tribe in Canada and
the United States. SeyerA were banished
hither in colonial times for very light of
fences, sometimes for being merely Shy
habit and repute Egyptians" who, during
the Revolutionary War, many on landing
deserted from the British army, into which
they had been impressed, or had enlisted,
accepting the bounty and a free passage,
with the ultimate intention of deserting.-
But as the Gypsy race leaves the tent, and
rises into civilization, it hides its nationai-
ty from the rest Of the world. 1t is calcu-
lated that in Europe and America there
can be no less than four million of these
people now in exhistence.
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Murderous Assault at Fond du Lac

Murderous Assault at Fond du Lac
The Fond du Lac Journal gives the de-
tails of the recent villainous atetmpt of an
unknown person to commit coldsblooded
murder in that city. 1t says:
A most daring ROBBERY and attempt to
murder took place in this city on Monday
last. About halt past one clock In the
afternoon, Mr.. Charles Chapman, who re-
sides near the Four Mile House, and has
been stopping with his brother >in law, MIR.
Annis, Sophia Street, was passing the gate
way just east of tho passenger depot, when
a man came out and requested him to go
with him and lift something. He followed
after passing in the right behind q small
shed, when he was struck with slung
shot on the forehead which knocked him
down, upon which he was stabbed III the
neck. His pants and pocket were cut open
and buckskln wallet containing two fifty
dollar bank bills, were taken. After laying
some length of time he recovered sufficient
ly TO get out to the sidewalk, and attract
the attention of a passer, who took him to
the house # Mr.. Annis and called a ply
stefan. The cut in the neck was not con-
sldered dangerous, and he was able to give
description OF the perpetrators of this most
horrible deed. The utmost vigilance
should be exercised 10 arrest and bring
these bloody villains to u merited punish
ment.
We have learned further particulars from
the attending physician DR.. Patchen. The
cut in the throat seems TO have been made
by sharp knife, entering close TO the left
side of the projection sOmeLIIneS called
Adams apple, passing back and coming
out close to the main artery, about 4 inch
long, requiring three sutures to close it.
The cut on the chin seems to have been
made by fall upon some hard substance.
The left pocket was cut, and the clothing
under it, So tn + slight wound was made
on the abdomen. The blow by the slung
shot was inflicted by person at point
Mr. G. had to pass in following the person
who had invited his aid
Up to the time of going to press 20 clue
has been obtained of the whereabouts the
perpetrators.
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The Michigan Fruit Region-Profta
of the Business,

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times,
writing from st. Soseph, across the lake,
thus speaks Of the business of raising fruit
there:
st is magnificent sight to travel thro'
this country and see those large orchards,
with nearly every tree gr0aning, as it were,
under the load of luscious fruit Hun
dreds of bushels, | can safely say, are pick
ed off the trees while the fruit is but half
grown, and thrown on the ground, or de-
stroyed, and then the trees afterward have
to be propped up to keep them from
breaking down. Do not conceive the idea
that because this is in rather a northern
latitude, that this fruit does not grow so
large and taste SO sweet as it does in more
southern chimes.
/. DO not lemons grow ia tho south ? /
have never seen as fine peaches as grow on
Michigan lake shore. Before the picking
season commences, and during the peach
harvest, the country is overrun with buy
ers from all parts Of the west and north
west. They buy, sometimes, orchards of
peaches, contracting to have them picked
and delivered to the boat in baskets or box
es. There is no railroad connecting this
fruit region with the outer world. This is
great drawback, as the boats cannot
sometimes leave the harbor for day or
two on account of the weather; the conse
quence is the fruit suffers before it reaches
the market.
AS to the profits of peach growing,
four, five or six hundred dollars worth an
acre Is not an uncommon yield. DR.. l..
Collins, who is well known as one of the
most enterprising frut.growers of ST. Jo-
seph, informs me that he sold this season,
from four acres, twenty five hundred and
thlrtyfou dollars worth of peaches. His
peaches ave. aged him one dollar basket
in Chicago. A basket of peaches is about
one third of a bushel. The price of inn
proved fruit farms determines the profta>
beness of the business. From three hun
dred to one thousand dollars an acre is OBJ
tanned for orchards Unimproved land
readily sells at seventy>fve to hundred
dollars an acre. But peaches are not the
only fruit cultivated with profit in this
country. Pears have not proved as far as
L have learned, very profitable. The soil,
except in prescribed limits, does not ap
pear to be SO well adapted to this fruit as
a general thing there is not clay enough.
The apple does better, but partly failed
this year. The strawberry is extensively
cultivated also, Ahe raspberry, but the
blackberry is cultivated with the most
profit. Thousands of bushels are raised in
this &C untrY."