Evening star., 1870-03-14

Affairs In Upper Masylana.
FiHdneiaI Depressio~-Leoding Aoters forced %
Sxcewmb - Cock.fgsnss = Weseyn Aaryssy1
Railroad- Competition pifh fAe Ba,fimsre oSd
Ollie Rodd-Cdnal Matters.
Correspondence Of The Star.l
HAsEnsrowS, Nd, March u, 1870.
EDITOR STAE:-The depression in financial
matters has had its effect here as well as in the
larger Cities and within the past few davs tvo
of our prominent millers and grain dealers have
been compelled to succumb. Their liabilities
are reported to be quite heavy. and among the
creditors hear are one or two Georeeto,n aou,
merchants, whose names have been unable to
learn. . e. -...a.F .Fas-- :"
Cock-fghting which it was hoped had en.;re,v
died out An our community, Is to be revived with
all its disgusting details ON the nth, 18th. and
18Th Of the present month, when the District Of
county, the representatives Of each TO bring for
ward twenty-one cocks, the stakes 10 be fifty
aouan = g hgns, and five hundred dollars on the
mann. Inc nights are to take place at Funks-
town-known 70 some by the name of g ,Jeruss-
lena little village two miles distant from this
p,sSe, sd, ~ wnere offensive preparations are being
n,, 70 en.ertaia the 'sports" from the District
cities and other points, large numbers of whom
are expected to be present
Now that the Western Maryland Railroad
oiiinance oi.in has become law BY vote Of the
the substantial aid Isl 400 ,0O0) 80 much needed,
Work Is 70 be resumed on this end Of the route
immeuiately. The engineers of this road are
now mere, seeking q suitable location for the
9epot, and the indications that il win not be
long before the "parallel line" to Baltimore
Will De completed, when q lively competition
viii spring up between these competing roads,
with the odds decidedly against the Baltimore
ana Ohio, as the Western Maryland will have
the advantages Of distance aud time, two very
essential features In railroad travelling.
The work on the Cumberland Valley extern
SION to the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, q dis
tance Of six miles from Hagerstown is being
pushed forward with q will, ard will be com.
Pieted about August, opening up new outlet
and hne market for the coal products of the far
western part of our State. The original survey
OF this extension was direct from here to viii
Transport, one Oi the most f0urishing towns of
our county, where Ii was proposed to tap the
canal. Under this promise the right of way was
received for q merely nominal sum- and liberal
81 descriptions proffered by the williamsporters.
: great monopoly" shows a disposition to ig-
more Williamsport by passing two and a half
miles east of the place, to point on the canal
called Powells Bend, thus leaving that town
entirely out in the cold. This has caused lively
nght between the citizens Of WIIliamsport and
the railroad company, the former having al
ready pettioned the canal directors to prohibit
the company from tapping the canal at Pow
ems The matter has also been brought to the
attention of the Legislature, and q bill has been
introduced to amend the charter Of the railroad
company so as to compel the said company to
60 to Williamsport. The result Is looked for
ward to with much interest. HowARp.