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THOMAS LORLNO, Editor and Proprietor. THE COMMERCIAL Is published every Tuetday, Thurtday, and Saturday a 1 15 per annum, payable, In all cases, In advance, BY THOMAS LORING, Corner of Front and Market Strtett, WILMINGTON. K. C. EATES Or AOVCKTIBIXO. 1 equare.l Insertion, 10 BO I 1 square, 2 month. 4 00 1 do. 2 do. 75 I 1 do. 3 do. 6 00 I .to. 3 do. 1 00 1 do. 6 do. 8 00 1 do. 1 month, 2 50 1 1 do. 1 year, 12 00 Twelve lines or c.sn make a square. If an adver tisement exceeds twelve lines, the price will be in pro portion. . . All advertisements are paynblc at the time of their insertion. , . . Contracts with yearly advertisers, will be made on ,he most liberal terms. NAUTILUS (MUTUAL LIFE) INSURANCE COMPANY OP NEW-YORK. Will take Risk on the Lives of Slaves. W. C. LORD, Agent. March, 16 1837. 1 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY. W. C. LORD, Agent. March 16, 1647. GROCERIES, i)IlYGOOI)S, AND HARDWARE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BY C. W. BRADLEY. April 1. 9 MYERS & BARNUM, M iNCtMdTRF.n.S AND nF.Al.FR8 IN JIATS, CAPS', UMBRELLAS, AND WALKING-CANES, VHni.E.sAr.i: AND RETAIL, MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON, N. O. C. Mvebs. J. M. RARNfM. C. C, 184G. 85 R I C II A R D M ORRIS, NOTARY PUBLIC, WILMINGTON, N. C. Jan. 13. 126 II. S. KELLY, MERCHANT TAILOR, MAHKET STnKET, WILMINGTON, N. C. March 17. JOHN HALL, (LATE OF WILMINGTON, NOT.TI1 CAROLINA.) CO M M LSSION M ERCH ANT, AND AGENT TO! THE SAI.F. OF MIRTH CAROLINA NAVAL STORKS 33 URAVIER STREET, New Orleans. January 4, 1H 17. Vti TlEXANDER IIEKRON, Jr. fJKNRUAL COMMISSION M ERCH A N T, Wilmington, (X. C.) Packet Office, NO. 35 NOBTH WHARVES, Refer to- PHILADELPHIA. C. I). Ei.lis, Esq. ?VilminBton,N. C. II t 1 t T r 11 I rt ! UM i ' An-. II. f.3 DEROSSET, BROWN fc Co., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHAXTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. BROWN, DEROSslrr & Co., LEXERAL COMMISSIOX MERCHAXTS, 151) FRONT ST. NKW YORK. A . M A R T I N , GENERAL AGENT AND Commission Merchant, North Water, 2 Doors above Princcus Street, (Murphy's Building,) WILMINGTON, N. J. Oct. 3. J. & W. L. McGARY FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Aoti or tiii MtacHAST' Steam Boat Co. WI.MIX T.TON, N. C. ROWLEY, ASIIBURNER fc CO. General Commiiaioa Mtrthantt, Noa. 66, Houtii ViiAivt, PHII.ADKLPHIA Wo aro prrprd to mnko libfrnl advanrm on ship manti ol' Naval Stores, &.C., connignud to u lor sole Reftr to January 18. 128-ly. h LI I AH DICKINSON, COMMISSION MERCHANT, (Senior partner of the late firm of Dickinson & Morris,) WILMINGTON, N. C. Rr.rrR to Messrs. H. DcForest .V Co., ( v v v Nesniiih & Wnlsh, 1 ' Oct. 3, 18l(i W-ly-p GILLESPIE &, ROBESON, AOENT8 FOR THE HALE OF TIMBER, LUMBER, NAVAL STORES, f Will mixko liberal cash advnners on all conslirnmont of produce. March 17. I ROUT. O. RANKIN, Aurtionrcr nnd rommmion Mrrrhant, WILMINGTON, N. C. L4IC1 A l VDVAXCSBWAPIONHIIlrMlMTStOMIS MttKDS IN NEW YOIK. Marsh 17. 1 ill PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY, BY THOMAS LOR1NCJ. VOL. 2. WILMINGTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1847. NO. 43. - - ' ' 1 ! 1 '. 1 -if. i -HTTTT?T?zn!!? J. HATHAWAY & SON, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 3rd Poor North Water Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. J. Hathawav. J. L. Hathawav. Pel. 27, 1846. 64- JOHIN C. LATTA, COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND GENERAL AGENT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 10, 1846. 67 BARRY & BRYANT, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. March 1G. 1 tf. SANDKORD & SMITH, AUCTIONEERS k C01D1ISSI0N MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. WM. THOS. BANDFORD, Oct. 17, 184G. I. SMITH. 90 HUGHES & MEAD, COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND GENERAL AGENTS For the sale of all kinds of GooiIh, Country Produce and Real Estate, RALEIGH, N. C. TiuHincsF ontruRkd to them shall be promptly and faithfully attended to. June 19, 1847. 42. g. w.Imvis, COMMISSION MERCHANT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Jtfarch 17. I BLANKS PRINTED TO ORDER, AT THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE. L. S. YORK E, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, NORTH CAROLINA PACKET OFFICE. 43 12 NORTH WIIARVKS, PHILADELPHIA. Juur 'J, 1316. ly37 (ThARLES D. ELLIS, COMMISSION MERCHANT, OA VING transferred the njrencv of the Cape Fear S. t. Hill, he is now prepared to transact any Imsincss rommilted to his trust. OnVo on W. C. Lord's wharf lately occupied by Russell t Gammell. May 13. THOMAS SANDVORD, NOTARY PUBLIC, WILMINGTON. N. C. NEEF & WARNER, wholesale ANr hfitaii. deait-hs i GOODS, GROCERIES, SHIP CHAN DRY DLERY, SHIP STORES, (f-c. Apiil H. 13 R. II. 8 T A N T O N .V G O., WIIOLESAl.F. AND RF.TilL. I 1.1 fc. II U V Mj IV j and nrAt.i ns in Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Caps Boots, Shoes, Furniture, Hard ware, Cutlery, Tin Ware, Crockery, fyc. i$-c. WILMINGTON, N. C. R. fl. Stanton. L. N. Baiw.ow 'Ui 5 Aft , l on linntl. n Er rncrnl assortment of J LORDAGE nnd PROVISIONS. Also. For eign Fruit, Wines, Liquors. Teas. Porler, Ale, 4c. I jf Shit Stoiiks put up with despatch Oct. 31. lfilG. 96 NOTICE. 'piIC niiMb or DrROSSF.T & RROWN-.Vnr York, AND BROWN & DsROSSF.T-H'iimnion, N. C, AND THAT OT JOHN OAMMF.LL Wilmington. N. C, Will be discontinued nfti-r this date ; and the under siRtied, will, in future, be associated for the transac lion of COMMISSION BUSINESS In New York, under the firm of BROWN, DtROSSF.T & Co., And. in inmmrfon, N. C, under the firm of DtROSSF.T, BROWN ft Co. Dealers wilh the late firms, will obtijje. by attending to the settlement of oil accounts as speedily is possl ble. JOHN POTTS BRUWiX. ARMAND J DbROSSET, Jm. JOHN GAMMKLL. A prill 5, IS 17. 13-if. PIANO FORTES FOR SALE. - uTT .(Yv 'S"1 P'""0 '""' Rom' hTraijt Wwood rsso, of L. Gilbiit's msnufsc FT i Fl lure, Boston. Also, one seroml-hsnd Pinno Forte, for sale by the Sulist rlltei, st his Music Ilootn, opposite Ihe Chronicle Ofirt. Pinno Fortes tunsd snd repsired in t satisfactory manner. G. F. B. LEIGHTON. March 3. M7 BUTTER AND CHEESE. OrVOTi kRS rtrJ mperior Goshen Butter. 4, JJJ 20 Casks very superior Cheese si NKKF 4 WARNER'S. April 15. 13 CHAIRS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of best New YorkMmufsf turcd Cane and Rush Bottom, Maple snd Rosewood. Hlnck Walnul, Grecian, wilh Cushions. Common Windsor, Office Chalrsj Rush nnd Cans snst Sewing Chsirs, with Rockers, Children's Chairs, Ac, Ac. A. MARTIN. V For snlf by May 18 THE LANAUNTSHEE.' Is it a ghost of olden time 7 -The Harp of Innitfaii. In that land of Paddies and potatoes of fun and fighting there are (where are they not 1 ) ninny a poor scholar ; boys who beg fur their learning and likewise their bread, and who are as great proficients in the mys teries of 1'ustorini as they are ir. the beauties of Virgil. Poetry and prophecy are equal ly In m i liar to. them, and they can scan a liBJrari 'My father I' exclaimed Norah. ol Horace or tell you the pieciso year fm which the Orangemen are to 'get a great big beating.' Talk, indeed, about the ignorance of the Irish I they inspect learning, ihough clad in rags, and the ancient fame ol the king dom is still sus'.ainid in swert Munster; for the stiKlent is furnished not only with masters but with board nr.d lodging when he can get them gratis. This hospitality which once excited the etilogium of Bde has product d it? wonted effect; the land swarms with bare fooled potts aud breechesless math- ematicians, every hedge can boast its aca-! demy; every stream has been celebrated in j madrigals und sonnets. The superabundance of students however, has recently produced ; great fastidiousness in patrons ; and he must ! now excel as a tale teller who will be hon- oi ed with potatoes for supper, and nothing less than a new song in praise of the farmer's eldest daughter (unmarried) can secure the ; luxury of butter It happened not many years since, that one of those friendless aspirants for fame took up his abode in a sequestered part of the county of Tipperary ; he was, he said in his human- itiet, t and whatevei effect the study might j have produced on his heart, his exterior boie evidence against the humanity of the times, The fragments ol his coat, like the Hindoo lately exhibited, might be considered self sus-1 taintd in the air, and the extremeties of bis person wns unconscious ofany friendly cover- ing Absorb" d, however in his books, he j appeared indi ffen nt to the absence of essen 1 tmi garments ; and was still rnoie unfortun ate, he could neither write pot try nor tell a story. At first ne met with a tolerable, recep-, .,' . . . 1 lion, but his abstraction, and occasional fits I of absence, soon fillrd his natrons with d is appointment : when he called a second time, at the farmer's there wag no straw in the bain or a poor traveller had anticipated him. Driven thus from house to house, he was lorced sometimes to sleep in the fields and somt'iitiu'S in the caves of mountains. In winter this was impossible, nnd necrs sity soon shai pened his wits; he learned to re hi le vvonderlul legends of fuiries and ghosts and seldom witnttd lodging. One night, he encountered among the gallics, successive disappointments. No door opened to re ceive him ; no fire blazed to cheer him, echo among the hills threatened a speedy storm ; and the winds whistled over the wildness of night. He. too, had mistaken his way, but the apprehension of still greater ills urged him lorward. After two hours fatigue he espied a glimmerinp light nt a distance, nnd hoping tlmt it issued from some aperture in a mountain cabin he made for it. He was not mistaken; nnd cautiously approaching the it..- i -ii :i. one ponea lattice ne saw a young gin uusiiy employed in bnking bread on a griddle. Her kitchtn exhibited considerable tidiness; her dresser was white, and the pewter on it reflected the rush light that twinkled on a little table pluced before the fire, and covered with a rustic feast bacon and eggi ready for the pan, and a little cruiskeen ot mountain dew. The inonih of the benighted scholar was institntly filled wilh that water which ever spiings up at the sight of pnlatesble viands, and without further ceremony he knocked at the door. At first there was a sound ol a suppressed bustle within, and then all became silent as the tomb. He knocked again, and, after a pause, a female voice in quired who claimed admittance. The poor student, at this interrogation, recounted the evils which bvset him. and after some relucU iince the door was opened, evidently with re luctance; but no sooner was his miserable aspect revealed than the countenance of the mountain nvmnli underwent a considerable change. A look of seriousness first cime, like a summer cloud athwait the mid day sun, acioss her lace, and pily soon melted in her eye ; she threw another bush on the hearth, thrust, with silent kndness, a piece of biead into the stranger's hand, and while he was nanakinc of this, she dnced before him a glass full of potheen. Goodness became her j sooner removed than the bottle became visi hiiter than hlnshri nnd evn unttsllantns the ble. and when its contents had done their poor scholar was he could not withholds few compliments upon her beauty. When he had concluded his repast he in quired whether he could not adjourn to the barn, but was answered in the negative : snd with some hesitation, she allowed him to lie down in bed which stood at the upper end of the kitchen. He was too much Luijrued for grntle sleep to weigh his eye-lids down in a hurry, and before all around him had , when the passsje was Clear, ne. mhj, in n become oblivious, he hesrd a shrill whistle ; solemn voice, -Lnnnuntsheel come from un In a monit-nt the colleen (young girl,) started der the tanner's bed, and quickly hence to from her seat, rubbed down her apron, ad-, yeur mate, there to wail my further orders, justed her hair, and cautiously opened ihe , door. A quick Step wits instantly f. It on the . m, Croker, in his " Fsiry Leirend," hss takea floor, and then that genily thrilling noise nonmice in unrrd .nable urtence-of the Una which indicated the contact of innocent but r ardent lipa, whilst the lovers, like tear, seemed ,jnblIaI ?fnprtl, D ,nl like ihe wolf o".. Impla (O staitle at the sound themselves bad made. 1 civmj in rebutment uoaluriblt in friepdihip. Ii 'Pardon, Norah,' said the lover, 'I should have been here sooner :; 'Hush.' said she, 'a poor scholar is in my futber's bed.' This intelligence seemed to damp the young man's ardor, but the poor scholar not wishing to disturb their moments of bliss, af fected sleep so cleverly that they appeared quickly to forget his presence. The hot cake was placed on the table ; the bacon and eggs screeched in the pan, and Andy had snatched another kits when the sound of horse and car, entering ihe yard assail' d their terrified Where shall I eat' asked Andy. 'Under the bed,' she answered, it the master of the mansion knocked at the door. Beforo it was opened the supper was disposed of in oppo site cupboards ; and when the old man en tered, he angrily inquired what she had been doing. 'I had fallen asleep, father,' replied Norah, 'but will I get something for you to eat!' 'Eat I what have you to eat, you extrava gant hny I' 'Some eggs and bacon, said the daugh- ter, 'Eggs and bacon, hogh ! you think the bit of bacon won't be gone lime enongh, don't you 'Well, then, tho eggi ' 'No ; three eggs aro worth three ha'pence, an that's somethin when oats is only twelve hogs (shillings) a taru-l. Eaten I eaten I the thackeen thinks ol nothin but eaten, hogh ! she'll eat me out o' house on home ; hut no eaten to night, any how, for I'll go to bed.' There's n poor scholar in it, father.' This piece of information threw the miser- ly father into a raj?e, and, while the fit was on him. he threw Norah almost into the fire, and dragged the student, from his place of re- pose. Oh! blood an' thunder' 'Parce mihif exclaimed the affiighted scholar ; and the words of an unknown tongue, no less than his wild appearance, piodiced a very fortunate eflect upon the lar mer. who was extremely superstitious. Me drew back,notnewh-it affrighted, muttering to i i. i -I-. .-,k. r. nimsen, -a poor stuuuu, ui muici a muy man. You judjrc correctly,' said tho Munster studi nt, assuming a mysterious air, l am fa miliar with the 'good people,' nnd seldom travel without my Lnnaurjlshee : pray do you stand in need ol anything V lOch, none a vich I' (my son) replied the farmer, 'God bless you, man, I I didn't know you. 'No harm done, sir, but don't you want your supper ; I'll provide you with one in stantly lor nothing ; 1 see you smilo assent; you'd have no objection to bacon and eggs. Lay the cloth, colleen.' Norah obeyed his rommantls, and the poor scholar placing himself within a cucle roughly drawn on the floor, said in a solemn tone. Ijwtiunishef ! Plus videas tuis oculis quam alienis. 'Look,' he continued, addres sing himsell to the farmer, after n mysterious pause, 'and see what my good spirit has pla ced in yonder buffet.' The miser, half incredulous half alarm ed, cnutiously approached the depository of edibles, but hesitated to turn the wooden but ton that kept the door closed, until command ed in an authoritative tone to do as desired, still apparently unwilling, he hesitated for a moment, and then hurriedly pulled open the door. His amazement was somewhat of the pleasing kind when he saw revealed before him the bacon and ee, hardly ceasing to hiss in the ptn ; aid, as hu laid them on the table, he casta very fipressive look on trie pooracuum.. .....-...-,-, shoeless student, -of a piece of oaten coke with that fried bacon.' 'Beautiful I' cried the farmer, rubbing his hands, 'or, may be you could older ome j n ,rrangemenl, (for a through ticket,) provi white eyes,' potatoes , M re(,U)nion snou1d fqun. or j other ' V UIBH r iuiju, mu uic allium i, i iim.. bread In that corner buffet, foment you, vou'll find some. J . ... r The bread being proaucea, tne lormer in- vited the stranger to partake of the feast, and when th y had discuswJ that, amongst other thincs. the scholar asked if there was any potheen in the Douse, ne was nnswereo, not a drop 'Then,' said he, I must trouble ' my Lnnanntshee ; be'a fond of a drop him self, and 1 lear has nearly finished his allow, ; nnce, but renbona el vestigia dt tecmnt,and . . M J , now. sir, look into the spyhole behind you, under that bonnet.' The bonnet was no i .i t l- : .r k. woin upon me uirnier, or nujuuru ne, uw, could not prevsil on a Lnnauotshee to obey his commands. 'Did you ever seo on asked the poor scholar; 'il not, I'll show you one in the term and diess of a young man, perhaps not altogether ooknown toyoa, torthia ffood spirit assumed all shapea at will.' Then placing himself within the cir- i cle, be desired the door to be opened and frequently happens, In a fair fight aialnst consider able odd sod the thing would,be an absolute mir acle were il nut for the aid afforded him by bis Lab aumahee. t Learning Latin and Greek. ro THI COMMERCIAL. PETERSBURG, June ifc, 1847. Tiios. Lori.no, Esq , Sin : 1 have jot re turned Irom the North and find in your pa per of the 8th inst, (which tome friend has kindly sent ine,) an editorial animadverting, in no very mild terms, upon the course which the Petersburg Company, or rather my hum ble self, for you endeavor to lay the blame on my shoulder, hat pursued in regard to the "Through Ticket" the Wilmington Company is desirious of establishing between Charleston and the North. Your remarks in the paper of the previous date, on the same subject, I have not seen, as I did) not receive the paper, but ns I presume they were to the same tflect, this notice will an swer for both. I must be permitted to expresi my sur prise that you, or the persons connected with the Wilmington Company, who furnished you with the information you possess, should have taken this course to endeavor to settle a question of mere private arrangement between the companies, in which the Public, if it has any interest, has certainly no contro', for the parties alone have the right of deciding it; and if they cannoi agree, the acts of one are entitled to as much respect as those of tho other. And ( am especially surprised that you, having heard only one side of the ques tion, should have permitted your name to be used in an attempt to attribute improper mo tives to me, for, apart from the injustice you do a person who has never offended you, you neoeasarily subject your friends to the same imputation, for they have the same interest in the matter and are just as apt to be wrong as I am. But whether I have acted wrong or right, or whether others are to blame for keeping this question unsettled, your article does not give your readers information enough to ena ble them to judge properly, and some of your statements arc neither warranted nor sustain ed by facts. I will furnish evidence of ibis, and at the same time give such information as will enable the public to judge who is most to blame, if blame is to be attached to any one lor taking care of the interest confi ded to him, according to his own judgment, in preference to the judgment of others. To do this I enclose you copies of the let ters which passed between myself and the other parties concerned in this matter. It would make this communication too long to publish all ibis correspondence, and indeed it is not necessary, as my last letter to the President and Directors of the Wilmington Company contains such a reference to it as will eiplain the course of all the parties in the case. This I will thank you to publish, and keep the rest in your office for reference, if any of your readers desire to see them. Before I come to this letter, however, I jj f u,ntion l0 tne pr0of that ooe important statement:, to wit, 01 0lu ",u 11 that ' the companies noith of Petersburg hove ! always expressed a willingmss to come into ... i I I L .k.,- words, that the same price should be charged I by each company in proportion to cisiance, .... J L L Bp0D our unwillingness to oo ayhicd, you found all your complaint ngainst us, is oot Hue as to one company, and although true as to a majority of the others, it is coupled with such a provision at not only prevents oui g-eeing to it, but I dont think you will sgree to it when vou eome to bear and understand it. In the first place the enclosed letter from the President of the Baltimore and Washing ton Company, instead of showing a willing ness to co into any kind of reduced ticket expressly states that 4 he does not tee that it would be in bis power to agree to any ar rangement below the rale prescribed by bis charter." (This is II 60 fcr J miles, and if the whole distance from CImi Jetton to T York were charged at tbe same rate the are would be higher than it ia at present I) The letter fiom tb President of the Rich mond and Fiedericksbnrg Company, (who expresses ihe sentiments of the three compe ni i between Petersburg and Washington,) snyi that his company will agree to the tick et, but will enter into no plan by which similar ticket is to be given by you or orer your road in connection with he James Ri- er and Bay Line." , As to the companies bf tween Baltimore) and Netr York, I do tot presums ibsi they would make any object (ions to ticket that would f iff tbetn boot than they arc willing to takt (as tbe pet Ail rata would,) yet the plan of dividing tbe tick- ct proposed by me was first proposed by Uta representative of the New York Road, as Governor Dudley will no doubt recollect. Bat let ate call yosr stteniioo to tbef pro fisioo required by the Richmond and Fred ricksborg company before they will agree to any ticket. What barm bas tbe )amei River snd Bay Liae done yoor Company that it should be excluded from partieipatiag in the travel as it cof snow 1 Itwssnotooly an ancient and faithful ally ot thein, but it bi ings them now a good deal of -.ravel, which perhaps would not, and some of it fndeed could not, pass over the rail road. Beeidee this, it is the favorite route of many of yoor commonity to tbostorthj especially to families and invalids io the summer season. But discard all these considerations, and view tho question of excluding tbe Bay Line as a mat ter of mere policy, as lar as k concerns your company. Is it not highly probable tbst an attempt to dictate to tiavellers tbe route they must lake, would end in dnviog into the steamship all the old friend of the Bay Line, or those who do not wish to travel all tbe way by rail road) and thus your company and ouis, would lose a good deal of travel oot of complaisance to the other companies. This is the view taken of this subject among us; and so universal was it, and so fearful were our stockholder at their last meeting, that the efforts then making by some of the other companies to force ns into some such arrangement, might be successful mi the ab sence of instructions, that they passed a reso lution by an almost unanimous vote 'o pre vent it Whether we were right or wrong in tki view of the case, one thing is certain, the res olution prohibits us from sgreemg to any ticket with the provision required by tbe Richmond and Fredericksburg Company; and they cannot be very "willing" to make a ticket when tbey know that it is impossible for us to comply wilh their terms. But sop pose tbe Bay Line excluded and driven ofl as it doubtless would be 'f prevented from participating in the travel perhaps driven to run their Boats from Norfolk to Charles ton (and increase the opposition to us) as tbey once did, and could do again if forced into it ; would it not have a tendency to increase the evil (if it is one) which your compa ny seek to remedy. Their complaint ia that our company is charging more permiaTBao tbey do "25 per cent more than is charged by a majority of the companies." In this they are right as to the majority, but wrong as to ihe most important company between Petersburg and Baltimore (ike Richmond aod Fredericksburg Company), whose local fare is 25 pet cent higher than oars, snd who would peihsps charge the same in tbe absence of competition. Tbe far oo tbe Washing ton and Baltimore road was once as bigb as the rate yon complain of; and iodeed before the Buy Line commenced running tbe wbole fare from here to Baltimore was 25 or 30 pel cent bigber than it is now. Whether it would be so again or not, 1 will not pretend to say, bat it would be much more likely to happen if the Bay Line was driven ofl than if it was running. If none of these reasons are salistacioiy to you, why should your company interfere to exclude that line, or re fuse to make a ticket by it, when it is willing to become a party to one upon far more libe ral terms than the other companies, upon more liberal terms than those proposed by your company! Their fare from Ptleisburg to Baltimore ia only 2 cents per mile, aod that added to ours makes it much lews from Veldon to Baltimore in proportion to distance than the fare on your line. They aro Wil ling to reduce opoo thi a moeh as is oece ear to draw the travel Now, if oar demands are unreasonable, why should your Compa ny make a difficulty about them, wbtn ano ther company steps ia snd oflers to make ticket, which will not only obviate them, b0 is better than the one proposed by your com panyt 11 we owned the Boats from here to Baltimore we could, according to yottr own doctrine, insist upon the per milo rale, aod obtain a much larger share of ih ticket than we now ask. 4 word more as to tU eptraiioo oi this plan of diidiog the ticket, which yoatlmk so fair ind equal A redaction to S 14 eeo per mile, wbkh, according to your eaWuta tioo, would be sufficient to draw the' travel, woe Id give the Potomac Steamboat Com pany nearly Ihrtt timit mora than they now grt of the comparatively high '.'r Where is tbe quality ol rrJuctic" In tbaf But would a reduction to 3 i cm:a pel mtjt remedy the U Tbe distance from Char-
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