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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-11-14
Yne Ps.,nsgsranta Esattroad.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE COMPANY
THE SCRIP DIVIDEND.

In our columns yesterday afternoon we
rrbhShed the that the board
of directors of the Pennsylvania railroad
company had declared a scrip dividend Of
five per cent, payable IN cash on the 6th
of March, 1870, or sooner at the option of
the company. This declaration was based
upon the report of the finance committee
of the expenses and receipts of the compa-
ny for the six months ending October 81
From the statement of the controller it
appears that the gross earnings of the
Pennsy lvania railroad and branches (esti-
mating the month of October) were S13,-
2O2, SO1.S2 expenses for the same period,
So, OIL, 339. 80; leaving net earnings of So
13l, 30O.S2. To which must be added bal
ance of income from interest on sundry
bonds and stocks of other companies, after
payment of interest on the floating debt
of the company, S91S,&S4.7S. Total pro-
fits, Sc, 049, 6O3. 1t also appears from the
statement of the controller that the gross
earnings of the United railroads and canal
of New Jersey for the time were SO, 625,-
267.T ; expenses for same period, So, 94O,
$50. 16; leaving net earnings of 81 6S4, ISL
OF. To this is to be added rents, interest
and dividends received by the treasurer
from property of United railroads and ca
nal company, $76, 632.2S, giving total of
81, 16O, 913.39. The amount paid as inter
est and dividend under the lease Of the
United railroads and canal for six months
of $50, $50. 50. These figures leave net
profits of Pennsylvania railroad and United
New Jersey railroads and canal, 50, 990,
267.0l. The treasurer's statement shows
that the amount required to pay the inter-
est OH the mortgage bonds of this compa-
ny is $3.50, ,511.70 premium on gold to pay
interest on bonds, 81, ,G92. 10 State tax on
coupons and capital stock, S215, ,751. IS;
semi-annual amount due on purchase of
| State works, $3.50, COO rent of Harrisburg
and Lancaster railroad, $65, 123 90 inter
est on bonds and mortgages on real estate,
/ S23, 351. 75 dividend of five per cent. on
capital stock of the Pennsylvania railroad
company, So, 363, 419 81 making a total of
81, SAG, 250.O4, and leaving balance TO
credit of income account after payment of
a November dividend of five per cent, of
81, 141, 017.O7, which is over Il per cent.
upon the whole capital of the company.
On December 9th the dividend, which
bears interest at the rate of six per cent.
per annum, vii! be paid to ladies, and after
that they must wait their turn with other
stockholders The time for the payment
of the instalments on new stock, which ex-
pircs ON the 2Sth of this month, will be ex-
tended to SIst of December, and the scrip
dividends viii be received at par IN pay
ment for the same.-Phila. Telegraph.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16
Who shall Decide!


Professor Agassiz has been delivering
series Of twelve lectures upon the Theory
Of Life, designed TO be a rofutation Of the
celebrated Darwinian theory Of natural
progression from one species Of animal ex.
istonce to another. lie Classics the ami
nal kingdom into four grand divisions
the Radiatcs, the Articulates, the Mollusks,
and the Vcrtebrates. He holds that though
change Of species may be possible in any
ono Of bosc four groups, yet a change from
one to the other is utterly impossible; that
embryonic likencsscs between the different
groups are no proc Of deviation lie
says;
There IS no inevitable repetition, no mo
chanicnl evolution in the geological succession
Of organic lie 1t has the correspondence Of
connected plan. II has just that kind OF re-
semhancc in the parts, 20 much and no moro
as always charactcfizes intellectual work pro
ccoding from the same source. 1t has that
freedom of manifestation, that independence
which characterizcs the work e mind ne com
pared with the work of law. 1t isa
resemblance Of the same kind as that which
we express BY the idea uf unity, harmony. Co
hcrenco. It Is the ut.erance Of the same truth
By the same mind at different times, Of tie
uttemncc Of the same thought in different
languages It is an intellectual unity, not n
material connection. | believe that
all these correspondence between the different
aspects Of animal life are the manifestations Of
mind acting consciously with intention toward
one object from beginning TO end Ili- view
is in accordance with the working Of our
minds IL is an instructive recognition Ut o.
mental power with which our own is akin,
manilcsting itself in nature.
The position Of Prof Agassiz is new,
aud attracts much attention on the part Of
those who have been interested in the Oar.
winian theory. There is Of course much
Of suppostiou, of theory, Of mere conjec.
rirc, with little or no positive proof upon
either side in this discussion; though the
theory of Agassis appears to harmonic with
our common intelligence and the inculca.
ton Of human reason far better than the
repulsive teachings Of bis opponent. The
theory that man has passed up through all
the grades Of animal life, is not new one,
and did not originate with Darwin As
evidence in support of this theory, We are
cited to the fact that man possesses the
prominent characteristics OF each Of the
lower grades Of animal life, yet 20 coutroll-
ed by his superior mental eudowment'
that the whole blend together for hi.
good This is all very plausible as thco.
ry, tut its demonstration is much more
difficult task. But while both Of these
theories will attract much attention, and
lead to a vast amount Of discussion, no prac.
tically beneficial results have as yet beer
attaiued-nor is there likely to be, uules,
such discussion shall lead to further anC
more important developments.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16
Restless Spain.


We have been trying faithfully for
the past few weeks TO give our readers
some idea of the condition Of affairs in
Spain, This, however, we have found ex.
ceedingly difficult to do The news, ever
since the abdication of Amadeus, has been
little more than confused tumble Of cab
met changes, Carlist engagements, riots,
revolutions, military and civil revolts, pro-
scriptions aud all the other Ingredients of
a political chaos. Here and there there
has been a salient event, on which intelli.
gent comment was possible, but for the most
part the safest rule for would-be common.
tators on Spanish prospects, has been to stand
by aud wait for the dust to settle. In all
this confusion the Carlists seem to have
been about the only party that distinctly
understood what il was about. They keep
steadily peggng away, and are now virtually
in possession of Spain beyond the Ebro,
and the AsturiNs. The priestly influence is
heavily in their favor for Carlism is synon-
omous with all that is reactionary in &C.
clesiastical policy. OF the people the Car
lists command but a small minority, but
they are united, and the rest of the nation
is hopelessly divided, aud history abounds
in instances where determined minority
has finally imposed its will upon confused
and divided majority. Meanwhile, every
day of the present anarchy diminishes the
chances of the republic, and hastens the day
when from very WEAKNESS of dissension and
turbulence, an exhausted people will wei.
come absolute power.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16
Shocking Death of an lErOnaut.

The particulars Of the frightlul fall aud
death of Prof La Mountain, while making
balloon ascension at Iouia, Mich, on the
4th inst, are thus described by a cores.
pendent Of the Detroit Press. The nro-
naut was, we believe, brother of John La
Mountain, who made several ascensions in
Vermont in former years.
Among the many attractions of the
celebration of the Fourth by our citizens
was that of the ascension Of Professor La
Mountain, Of Brooklyn, Mich, in his nam.
moth air ship. Under direction of the
Professor the balloon was got into position,
and its imitation with hot air was COM
menced. The canvas soon filled, and loom.
cd up nearly 10 feet high. The basket was
willow ore Of size sufficient to hold one
person comfortably. Ii was attached to
the balloon by six or eight long ropes,
which were fastened at the top to a round
piece Of wood some two or three feet in d.
anieter. The ropes were iu no manner fast
ened together between the top and the bas-
kct. As each piece was 100 feet long it
seemed, even to the inexperienced eye, that
there should have been some webbing or
network, at least, over the bag or bulge of
the canvas. The fear was generally ex-
pressed that some accident might occur by
the canvas slipping through between the
ropes. 1t was also noticed that the ropes
were unoyenly distributed-three or four
being in a comparative cluster, leaving the
other strands far apart. Nothing was said
Of the matter, as the Professor, who gave
the whole structure a thorough look before
taking his seat in the car, made no comment
on the fact, and it was thought that his ex-
porience was sufficient for the OCCASION
Everything being in readiness, the words
" let her 60" were given, and the air.ship
darted up with great rapidity, while the
mronaut waved his hat to the uneasy null
ttude who almost breathlessy watched
his fight. Immediately upon leaving the
ground the mouth Of the canvas began to
flap around with great violence. When
fully half mile from the earth, and when
the whole structure looked no larger than
a hogshead, the balloon slipped between the
ropes and was instantly inverted The car
and its oceupant dronned like .bot and
when tho ropcs wero nnIled ,ont ,be ronnd
niece Of wood was Torn from ,be canvas
with the most terrific velocity tho unCortn.
nate man doscendeJ cl;nc;ne, - Tho b,stot
Tho, bo r.g oonso,c,,. o,,;1o,,, -, l. !,
styngrle. NTH an rbo in,cnsi,v ga iic
/ with but one chance, he strovo to raise the
lboskot above him evidently boninc 10 ne,
itasa parachute Us snccee5od IN bis ob.
ioct Int when about ono bnpdred feet bi,l
Ia loosaJ INA ond c,tIod ,;sLaa5, -
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

"A new system Of wholesale frauds has
recently been unearthed in the New York
custom house by which the government and
the public have been defraudid to an extent
beyond present calculation. The discovery
Of these frauds was made in Boston through
certain irregularities in the shipment Of ci-
CARS from the latter city 10 New York
The investigation has been conducted by
Il. NJ Kimball, special agent in Boston,
and so thoroughly done that the guilty par
ties were all fixed upon before they knew
they were suspected. Ii appears that some
Of the customs officers whose duty it has
been to afix stamps to cigar boxes have
been selling to importers, iliciy, large
quantities of these stamps, by means Of
which immense quantities Of cigars, ileg-
ally imported, have been put upon the
market as having passed regularly through
the custom house. Four parties were last
week confronted with the evidences Of their
guilt and made full confession, and large
quantities of stamps were found upon their
persons. They were brought before COM
mission who held them each il the sum Of
s. 900, for trial the next term of the U. s.
Circuit Court Their names were Francis
Sachi, fl. b. Goodwin, j. II Carson, and
William Fl. Ludlow. Special agent Bug-
ham has made such recommendations to the
Treasury Department mt Washington in re.
lation to these practices as viii, if adopted,
prevent a recurrence of these frauds,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

A good many people who have not
troubled their heads much about the war IN
Sumatra, will think twice about it now that
it has occasioned a rise of twenty per cent.
in the price of pepper, with the prospect Of
further advance. The time for harvest
ing this pungent crop is usually in January,
but this year the inhabitants were too much
engaged in pepperiug each other to attend
to it, and the greater part was lost. The
culture has fallen so much behindhand from
the impressment of the laborers, that next
years crop promises to be a failure also
Such is the mutual dependence Of nations
resulting from civilization, that the New
England mechanic is obliged to get along
with less pepper on his cucumbers, because
a lot of people are breaking each Others
heads in an island at the antipodes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

The Richiord Sentinel calls attention
to the fact that at the dinner at Owls
Head, Wednesday last, on the occasion of
the opening of the Southeastern Railway,
Mr.. Clarke Of the St. Adams MESSENGER,
was called upon to respond to the toast,
1.-The Governor Of Vermont" He ex,
pressed surprise that he should be called
upon. He said he was not Governor, nor
the son Of Governor, etc, but perhaps be
was called to respond to the toast because
he was sitting at the right hand of the
merit GoUerH0r. He was sitting at the
right hand of Hon. Bradley Barlow. The
Sentinel presumes that this constitutes an
official announcement that Mr., Barlow is in
the field, aud we think the Inference fairly
warrantable. Wehave also heard the names
Of Hon. t. W. Park, Of Bennington, His
Honor Lieut.. Governor Taft, of Burlington,
and Hon. N. T. sprague jr., of Brandon,
mentioned 10 connection with the Governor.
ship, and it really looks, at this early stage,
as if the crop Of candidates next year was
to be unusually large, We certainly hope
that the best man may win.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

1t is difficult to recall, in the present
temper of the West toward railroads. how
eagerly they were courted few years ago,
Something of the former feeling can be
traced in the offer of the citizens Of Seattle,
Washington Territory, to the Northern
Pacific railroad, to induce it to fix its
terminus at that point. Seattle is lively
town on the shore of Puget Sound, and in
1865 had 450 inhabitants. Now its PEG.
pie propose to give the company $500
acres of land, worth" $4,000, and
s22,50O in coin. And if the company ac-
cept the offer, Seattle will propably make
money by the operation. But it will prob
ably not be ten years before the people OF
Washington Territory will be savage on the
"monopolists" they are now tempting to
come and rule over them.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

Ga Monday, the third vessel fitted out
by the United States government sailed for
the Arctic Seas. The Poaris was the
pioneer, and although we cannot call her
mission wholly failure. we can hardly
term it a success. The Juniato, sailing for
Disco, does not contemplate any explora-
tons in that mysterious region beyond Cape
Union, but simply proceeds northward on
a mission Of succor aud cooperation. The
Navy Department purchased the Tgress
because she is specially fitted for navigation
among the perilous icebergs Of Baflin's Bay
and Smiths Souod. As to the value o.
Arctic explorations opinions may honestly
differ, but as to the duty Of succoring those
who have gone there under the order Of tn,
government it is plain and simple, We arc
therefore glad to record the departure Of
the Tigress, aud she goes with our hearties
wishes that she may bring home the sur.
vivors of the Polaris. Commander Greer
Lieutenant Commander White, and Lieu
tenants Berry, Sebree and Wilkins are
officers Of Gne education and Of great
moral and physical endurance, and will
move about il the Arctic waters with good
judgment and will, we hope, return home
successful.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16
Cruelty TO Animals.

The statistics with which the charges
against our slipshod and cruel methods Of
transportation Of animals are supported,
present an array Of ghastly facts and figures.
In the single year Of 1879, out Of seven
million head of live stock transported from
the West to the Atlantic seaboard. total
Of 635,s02 wore taken out Of the cars,
either at way stations or tcrmini, MANNED,
mangled, or smothcred 10 death. To this
number is to be added a still larger number
Of sick, manned and bruised animals, whose
lives held out till they got to the shambes.
II is also an undeniablc fact that all live
stock thus transported, without rest or food
for thousands Of miles is 10 fevered and
unhealthy condition on reaching the Eas.
tern termini, and if killed before being af-
fordod an opportunity for rest, as is the
general practice, the resulting beef is not
fitted for food The influence Of the pre-.
vailing reckless modes of transportation
apart from considerations Of humanity, is
thus seen to be extremely preulicial to the
public health We could Gil an entire is.
sue oftbis paper with figures and facts ofsim.
liar quality, indicating from various point.
Of view, the cruelty, the pecuuiary loss
aud the damage to the public health result
ing from the deficiencies and maadminis.
tration OF our transport system, as well a.
from the positive brulaities Of droyers and
stockmasters. But any one who has once
seen a stock train with its load Of dumb
sufferers, Of painting, terrified, crampcd. and
trampled bru,cs, has seen enough to appre.
ciate the inhumanity Of the present system
Christianity has made some small Roadway
in ameiorating the relation Of men to each
other, but as for the brutes they are still
under the heather dispensation Tc
remedy this we most earnestly recon-
mend a national system Of thorough and
rigid livestock inspection, backed up by al
awakened and watchful public sentiment
The last act Of Congress requiring animal.
to be unloadod, fed, walered aud rested, al
the end of every twenty.eight hours travel,
is step in the right direction, but only o
step.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

For the hundredth time we hear again
that Spain is going to accord constitutional
rights to Cuba, and abolish slavery. The
telegraph is kept in operation day after day
and month after month, repeating from
Madrid or Havana the same old story,
though differently dressed up, to make il
look less wearisome and more plausible
But nothing is done worth speaking Of, mol
will be done. Under every form Of gov
eminent in Spain, Cuba has been governed
by arbitrary power. Constitutional right
have never been known there. No govern
ment in Spain dares venture to abolisl
slavery and grant political freedom to tb,
Cubans. The slave oligarchy aud tn,
pundering official satraps forbid that. Thu
wonder is that Spain has the audacity t.
mock the world with such fraudulent pre-
tensions.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16


The Neurology of the University OF
Vermont for 1928, includes the names
Of j. p. Wheeler, the last survivor Of the
class of 1904, who died at GAINESVILLE, Wis,
aged 90; Nathaniel Read, class of 1911,
at Cambridge, aged So; Samuel Fl. Tup-
per, class of 1912, at Charlotte, aged IS
James Van Ness, class Of 1925, at San
Luis Obispo, Cal, aged 65 Rev. d. d.
Francis, class Of 1896, at West Lebanon,
Mass, aged 10 Rev. Daniel Wild, class
1928, at Fairfield, aged ~; Jas. II. Spald.
ing, class Of 1910, at Dover, N, H., aged
SO Rev. Moses s. Royce, class of 1874,
at Nashville, Tenn, aged As; William Col
lamer, class of 1874, at Woodstock, aged
40 John b. Perry, class of 1917, at
North Cambridge, Mass, AZ o. II, Kile,
class Of 1868, at Westerly Il. l., aged "a;
Nehemiah Rice, class of 1865, at Spring.
field, H., aged 35
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

Recently smallpox made its appear
ance in one of the Asiatic possessions Of tn,
Gar. His officers at the post requested
the people to come and be vaccnated
Compliance with this invitation being sum
marily refused, few medical officers, wei
supplied With lancets and vaccine virus
were detailed for active service. These
surgeons were accompanied by a regimen,
Of Cossacks. The dashing lancers ran down
every man, woman and child in the infected
district, and held them each and all unit
the physicians pronounced them thoroughly
vaccinated.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

The Goodrich murder mystery, in
Brooklyn, has been cleared up at last, and
the murderer, Kate Stoddard, has been ar.
rested and confessed. 1t is the old, sad
story Of seduction, short and immoral
connection, after which the betrayer tires
of his victim, aud in endeavorng to get
rid Of her, she turns, in her despair and
fury, and shoots him dead. Neither the
contempt nor disgrace which attends such
death may be enough to deter men from
sacrificing deccncy, morality and pity, in
the pursuit Of passion. But surely the
thought of the crushed and wretched wreck
of womanhood who has confessed that 10 a
iit of frenzicd Jealousy she killed Charles
Goodrich ought to serve to convince those
Of her sex who have like temptations, that
honest work, however hard, has no abyss Of
wretchedness SO deep as that which begins
with irregulary formed attachments, and
ends in the desertion that provokes re.
venge.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

. Massachusetts politicians are looking
about for a successor to the late Congress.
man Whiting, from the Southern Boston
District. Mr.. Writings strongest com.
petitor was the Hon. II. l.. Pierce now
Mayor of Boston, and it is not improbable
that he may be chosen to 6l the vacant
seat. Buffers men are looking anxiously
for candidate, but thus far they have not
succeeded in spying au available man.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

The storm on the 4th extended very
generally over the country. In the east
the lightning struck many buildings, and
in the west buildings were blown down by
heavy gales aud crops ruined by the pow.
erful rainfall.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

The editor of the Chicago Tribune
Indignantly denies the base iusinuation that
be has free tickets on the horse cars, and
takes the occasion to formally announce
that no person connected with that paper
Will hereafter use pass of any description
on any road.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16

The Treasury Department has SO nearly
exhausted its first supply Of official postage
stamps, which was expected to last it for
the first quarter, that il has made requi-
sition for nearly a quarter Of million dol
] lars worth
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16


The salaries paid to the Governors of
the different States range all the way from
one to eight thousand dollars per arnum,
showing a wide difference Of estimate as to
the value Of their services. This dissimi-
larity has the further feature Of inequality
in the fact that it is not always the largest
or the more wealthy States that pay most
literally. Louisiana, bankrupt in means,
and with a Governor whose authority is
questioned in at least one ono.haf the State,
pays eight thousand dollars per annum.
California gives seven thousand dollars a
year, and, as it is paid in gold, has the pre-
MUM of coming next to Louisiana. Ne
yadapay six thousand, and pays it in cur
rency, though she claims the name of Silver
State. None Of the other Eastern or Yves.
tern States pay more than four thousand,
and many less. The Governor Of Maine
has $1,000. The great State of New York
gets Governor Dix's services for four thou
sand, and Pennsylvania makes that sum sui.
flee. Vermont offers one thousand and
Illinois puts her Governor on clerks sal.
airy Of fifteen hundred dollars. Nebraska
is as economical as Vermont. The South.
ern States generally pay high salaries to
the recipients of gubernatorial honors
Louisiana We have already mentioned as
leading the list. Florida, which probably
can least afford it, pays six thousand dollars.
Maryland pays four thousand five hundred,
and would probably pay more if the sal
airy was not fixed by the Constitution. Mis-
sissippi gives her Governor but three thou.
sand, and is the most economical Of all the
Southern States, none other going below
four thousand