IiEPOLICIN - CONPILIM
GETTYSBURG, PA.
MOND-VY 310411S(7 1 , JAN. 2s, 1856.
Q fir : 41ifIAI;MER, of the State Senate. and
Messrs. - Dowsing and Jams, of the House,
lislierbur tbankslor Legislative favors..
Legigitive.
:Senate' Judicuity Pointuittee hap re
potted a bill to increase the : pay of jurors and
witneaseti.
tbi Hance, oil Thomas, - week. Mr. Rol).
laumrs,preented petition bout citizens of Ad-
was county, for the repeat of the restraining
tigt of laNsc
Aniong the ninny petitions presented pray
ing the repial of said law. was one le feel
low. by Mr. Getz, of Berks county.
ctilUonday last, Mr. McClintock presented
in the Senate, and Mr. - Fulton in the !louse.
each a petition sizt,y feet-long. from citizens of
MI 6 /oelll`coullfY. in favor of the repeal of the
restraining liquor •
'Boxer 'read in his place in , the Muse, a
bill to repeal the 23d Seaticnt of the act, to ap
point „commissioners to run the boundary line
between Yoik, Cumberland and' Adam. coun
ties.
,The honr, of 12 having arrived. the Speaker
and Metabeis of the Senate were introduced.
MIA - the two klunses went into convention, fur
the pnipose of electing a State Tremittrer fur
one year from the srat ,lunday in May next.
On the first tiallnt,.lienry S. Mograw,
reeeived' 79 yntes. and ER Slifer; Kni.ni*
,Noth
ing(On:r4ein.itientuent,) 42. , '
Aletaws.-Finney, lii!iinger and Price, or , the
anii Alosini. Buchanan, Caldwell, Fa n-
Hanneitor, Johnson, Lebo,
tiociu..444 NlePilltuont , of the /low , ' 41°t
toting
Ilialtraw:liovirig 'a majority of all the
voted out: was. deelared elected, and the
ircutfott,adjouraed. • ,
In thergenate, 00 Tuesday, the bill to erect
the new Ocuitity of Monongahela out'of parts of
Fayaite, Westmoreland and Washington renn
macaw! up , in , order, •and posited tinally—
jritor I3' nays 9.
iheliouSe.' on the same day,' the further
etwplement the n ot incorporating the Get
t,yebutg itailroati , Company, passed final read-
Withatit apposition. It will doubtless al
the Senatii!_ i. ,
:Zre 4ause,on Wednesday. again took up
the bill: to repeal the restraining liquor law,
width after 'ri" lengthy debate passed second
cisAing•—yettiilo, nays
The Lic,atise bill read in the Senate by Judge
Wilkins proposes that there shall be two classes
of itteres—the one class' 'chargeable with
bigkrateof assesSment, and authorized to re
'brandy, spirits, welt and brewed
litatkenr—,and the other claws chirgeable with
a low , -rate of asiorsutent, and authorized to re
tail cider, beer, ale, porter and malt liquors ,
The iiiices of licenses are also to be graduated
atT,nrcling to, the yearly rental and the velum
tier! tsf: Abe , property. occupied. The bighes
price jet+) be ' $l,OOO, the' next $BOO, and so
vq dosv: 11 to ',he fewest, which is 625. The
bgf also proposes to enforce the Sunday law.
•Iteoulutions of thanks to Dr. Kane, the hi
trePid arctic explurer,havu passed both /louses,
withuut uppusitiun.
Important to Postmasters.
-Our attention has been called to the fact
thatsome postmasters are in the habit of send
iitglaack tothe mailing office letters reaching
Own for delivery, because they were not pre-",
paid by stamps, but by money. This is wrong,
and arises from a. misapprehension of the law:
lit •
no case. indeed. sipuld a letter. after it haS
reached the office yl/delivery. be. returned fur
_portige,-inuCh-14t; bhuuld it be - returned be
eattfie.the postage was not paid by stamps. It
isjite.general duty of postmasters to see that
letters are prepaid by *tamps, but when (hat.
ing been prepaid in cash, either through igno.
row of the la*, or inadvertence,. or want or
stamps on the part of the mailing postmaster)
they reach their destination, it is the duty of
the postmaster to deliver them the same as
though prepaid by stamps. It will necessari
ly" happen, in the intiodudtion of the stamp.
peepstymeut system. that supplies of stamps
will fail to reach all of the small and remote
.
offices at the props time, and it would be do.
ins violence to the.citizeret of those localities to
retort). and tlius delay their correspondence,
bee.ause of a circumstance so unavoidable.
Ealtertaiaiug thiN view of 'the subject. the de=,
"A •sliakyi concern known as the Bank of
partinent as instructed postmasters, not hay. Ohio Savings illAtitUte, located at Tan, Ohio,
jug stator': to forward letters as heretofore bag, after flooding this and other eastern cities
*ten prepaid by money. If an unpaid letter, with its worthless issues, suddenly closed its
from astycause, gets into the mail and reaches doors."
its destination. it should be delitiered ou pay-. _
No PEACtigi NEXT Sumssit.—At a meeting
oat of pO'stage at prepaid ritte.--- - thsietz.
of tile Alton Horticultural Society, on Saturday
Aveek---it-itias -- stated - by - Di. Ball, others confirm
ii.glistriet, a few days ago, reinar,,,i,
mg the statement, that on examination of the
*on the flour of 44 House of Re Pre'"'lLive B, fruit buds of peach trees in that vicinity, it
that "if die dearest friend that ever +:,,d made had `been 'found that the recent IZiArfld
tee,Apon•the eartb 4i0n141 ask me to vote for weather has destroyed the promise of a yield
,a4nisnitakiria us/ a ov'sber th- ineritan
'Beor- of this luscious fruit the coming session.
ianizatiu?z, WQt7UJ ser vats ma ins." 1
erfis vergeannfia not tit make any such declara
tiim 64'ers flais,eleetion. A nice system of de
c'. i
tiara s Know 570 thi
ir7"llr. Bowimo.:. the - member of C(11101*-..,S
B. .1 mob attacked the witnesses in a case
uut of its enforcement, and the trial
, 11:7Gcw. 14 ter. the 4aewly-f-teeted 17. S.
.had to be deferred. The new law weut into
from PentN),-IYagia, ('otthelll eti
f.:11,-et on the Ist. inst. ,
at the .latettl of the Stuatrary Falt - .
ii CotuFtuy, provi4vii tae -rv.entiu ~/
Shy., preatitlency4f the A/4 tlucia nut coeval. slutes :hat a day or two since a gentle
lir4thiki* pii Laic u meta . named S. A. Kewson, of Wiliningcon", N.
tkun britlal tour to Pe tersburg. went down
zo the ?river to ,:kale, his wife wtatiding on the'
hank watching hnu. -Ile broke through. Lut
pa. oeit iofely : but Ilia
0:731t..C01u1,i0411,1',..au'a. air a week pnst.
fat paiowtagets AI latr telkiat, of ail : ALS
684 , .iiq Out , ilueitalora .4* 1. 1 . e it*.
4,w
j At Ai::
A Striking Difference.
The Governor of Pennsylvania is A Know
..,"'N'OtigiOg. Both brancheS Of the Legislature
have . a : - majority of Democrats. When the
Governor's message - was sent to the Legisla
-1 tore, it was resimetfutli read in .both 'leases,
and_eich ordered ti-lavge-numberof'extra copies
to be-printed for distribution among the people.
LThis_waLgentieinauly and-courteous.- - -
. Now glance at an. opposite picture. The
Pre*itletii, of the United States is a Democrat.
The .Molise of emigre kihaS a majority of Li no w
Nothings. When the President, after patient
ly waiting the organization of the House, for
nearly five wecks,sent his message to Congress.
under a.eonriction—in which the people have
cordially "iiOneurred —that' the public - interests
required its publication, the act was denounced
in the house is-an ."intlecent outrage," the
reading of tha
,message refused, and it was
laid upon the table with every mark 'of dtsre
spect; -
These -two incidents, remarks the Reading
Gizette, - furnish a contrast which 'will enable
the people to judge without difficulty the rela
tive fitness and unfitness of the two parties
into which the country is now divided, to wield
power with the dignity, manliness, and consid
eration for the feelings of the minority, which
should always distinguish the dominant party
in a government like ours.
Past and .Loose,
. It will be remembered, says the Carlisle
Volunteer, that at the last session of the Legis- -
lature, a law was passed changing the com
pensation of members from the, per -diem pay
of three dollar's as it. then. existed; to $5OO per
session.- The Legislature adjourned, leaving
said bill in the bands of the Governor, who re
centlyreturned the same - with his objections ;-
although he had previously given his approval
to the appropriation bill - containing a similar
provision. Without expressing any opinion
ourself, as to the propriety of - the measure, we
cannot help thinking it an after-thoirght:of
Gov. Pollock, vetoing the law itself, when he
had sanctioned the measure already, as before
intimated, in the appropriation bill of last win
ter., Wonder if this veto would have madeits
appearance had rthe. present liody been of like
complexion with the former one 4
TlTeiremnerarie I.Tes ---- la tive caucus which
.
non d Henry S. Itlagraw for State Treasu
rer, unanimously adopted the following reso
lution : ,
Resolved, That the Democratic members of
the' Senate and Muse of Representatives of
Pennsylvania, in caucus assembled, do hereby
express their unanimous approbation of tilt)
course pursued by the Democratic members of .
the House of our national Congress, for their'
steady and unyielding support of the national
principles of the party, which know ••no North . ,
no South, no East, no West," and urge upon
them the propriety of still adhering to their
nation's honor,
(O'Lassur.t, TODD, the Congressman from the
York, Cumberland and Perry district, insterid
of attending to his legitimate businetis in
Washington, was at Hollidaysburg on the Ist
inst,, where a meeting. of the K. N. State
COuncil was to have been- held, but adjourned
to Altona. It seems, soya the Bloomfield
_Democrat, that the Council - sometime since
held in Carlisle, adjourned to meet at. Holli
daysburg on the :id inst., but. in order to get
ahead of Gov. JUILNSTON, the time was secret
ly changed to the Ist, and 'the delegate to the
State Convention chosen before the Ex-Gover
ner 'arrived. The Hollidaysburg Nandardc
in speaking of this affair, says :
Now, was there ever anymore duplicity ex
tnnt —any more double-dealing, knavery and
treachery, than ,is practised by these. spoils
hunters to circumvent each-other in the "wild
hunt f" We think. not. The family split is
a nice one as its stands, .but how it will end,
depends a good deal upon circumstances. The
corrupt old demagogues who have made office
seeking a trade, will not give it up so—they
will tight to the death, and our confident be
lief is that we will have a Kilkenny cat-fight
to chronicle long before the next Presidential
eI ection.
Kixs.ts.—.The Free-soil men in Kansas cau
tion their friends in other parts *of the country
to bclieve none of the reports from that terri
tory, as the telegraph out thete, they allege.
is in the hands of the '.border ruffians." The
••border ruffians" give the same caution in re-
Lard to the reports of the Free-soil men. The
public will soon begin to take them at their
- word, There is scarcely an occurrence .which
happens there which is not most grossly exag
gerated, and which has to be corrected by sub
sequent intelligence.
Rims in-IND.—The Legislature of Rhode
Island suet at Providence on Tuesday last.—
The State's expeditures for the last six months
were nearly $50,003 more than the receipts.
"Scum" is found to be a very hungry and very
expensive fellow, wherever he locates himself.
BANK FAILVRE.—The Albany Atlas. says :
',won ann.—Great opposition is offered to
the new prohibitory liquor law at St. Juhn, N.
I)ls . ria:sstsc; A FF.% In.—The South.ide Don-
I.lx t4i nice hay tAcoult; El):‘ ELI/ AP. RicharcLou .aid
I WASHINGTON NEWS.
• 18, 1856.
Correspentlesee of :the fiepoblicen Compi 1 er,
1. Returning tolVashington after an absence,
ef several weeks, 1 find affairs at the Capitol
in nmueh dui 'same condition as when ['left.
•The — Hraigi±iii ----- stillmin — omganiied, and nobody
pretends to say how or when a Speaker will be
chosen. Friend of Mr. Ranks who Were van-
vine of the ultimate success of that gentle•
man some weeks ago, arc now despondent and
would change their votes if they could flee any
prospect of electing any other Adherent of the
Northern Know Nothing organization. But
they can see no such prospect. and therefore
they will bear yet a tThile the ills they have,
rather than fly to others they know not of:
By far the most interesting feature of yes
terday's proceedings was the speech of lion.
A. H. Stephens; of Georgia. "Mr. Stephens
Was formerly a Whig, but is now acting with
the Democracy. His stature is diminutive
-he would hardly weigh a hundred pounds ; his
voice is small and silvery,-and his appearance
not only youthful but boyish. although he has
been a member of Congress some eight or ten
years, if lam not mistaken. But woe betide
the luckless might who, judging Mr. Stephens'
intellectual 'calibre by hie physical proportions,
ventures to grapple - him in debate. Mr. Zuni.
coll'er, a file-leader of - the ..awkward squad,"
the Southern Know Nothings, made a set at
Mr. Stephens yesterday, and got a genteel
drubbing that would last a man ,of moderate
desires theyemainder of his life. Mr. Zolli
coffer endeavored to prove inconsistency upon
1 Mr. Stephens. who supports the Nebraskabill;
by reading from an old speech of his in oppo
sition to "squatter sovereignty ;" but Mr. S.
showed that there was no such thing as..:squat
ter sovereignty," -in the Nebraska bill. lle
gave a lucid explanation of..squatter sovereign 7
f ty," in the original acceptation of the terns,
and pointed out the difference between it and
the ..popular sovereignty" of the Nebraska
Mr. Stephens auswemcd all - Mr.
coffer'squestions, and then proceeded to cat
echise that gentleman. - The scene was rich.
Poor ""lolly" got a great deal
: more than he
bargained for. He dodged, but could not es-
Lcape. The pointed questions, shot ut him in
a sharp, shrill -- voice, --seemed to bore him
through. Tice' galleries laughed ; the Howie
laughed ; "'holly" himself tried to laugh,. but
only succeeded in coaxing a rueful smile to
flicker on time wrong side. of Ins Mouth.
The Lord knows when you will hear of the
election of a Speaker. Prayers for an 'organi
zation ought to be offered up without .delay in
all the chtirches in the country.. .It ought to
be done speedily if at all. because this Con
gress will soon be past. praying for, as thing'
are going new: .ADANS.
WASIIINGTON. JAN. 22, 1836.
,Correvpondencerd Ulu Republican Compiler.
Since my last a dozen or ad' of _propositions
for organizing the [louse have been submitted
and voted down. I question whether the cutest
yanked in all wooden nutinegdom could invent
a plan that would meet the approbation of a
majority of the members. The most sensible
proposition - that hat; yet. been submitted. in
any judgment, for getting rid of the difiicuit.y
in which the Ilent,e is involved, is that of Bon.
C. J. Faulkner, of Virginia. Mr. Faulkner
submitted a preamble reciting the facts as they
ex tat, accompanied by two resolutions—the
first providing that if. no Speaker shall be
elected before Monday next, each member shall .
deposit with the Clerk a letter of resignation ;
the second. that on illonday tlfe House
with the consent of the Senate, adjourn tin - the
first Monday - in Miy next. These resolutions
were laid on the table yesterday. I think
they should have been adopted. If the mein•
'bus of this house cannot carryout the wishes
of the people—and the people undoubtedly
wish them to organize and proceed with the
public business—they ought to return the
trusts with which they have been clothed, and
give the people an opportunity to select other
agents. But it was the fear that the people
would select other representatives that induced
a majority of time House to vote against the
resolutions.
The frequency with which propositions for
organizing are submitted, shows that members
are becoming impatient and uneasy. The ne
cessity of taking a decisive step of some sort
is forcing itself upon the House, and as neces
sity is the mother of invention, it is possible
that under its influence some scheme of organ
ization satisfactory to the majority may be
devised.
An impression has for some time prevailed
among some of the supporters of Mr. Banks—
probably not the most knowing of them—that
the pecuniary necessities of the National Ad
ministration would compel the Democratic
members to give way before the close of, this
month. I think they are deceiving thethselves,
and for their benefit I will quote the exclarna
tion of a philosophical Ethiopian who faißd,
after numerous trials, to cure his leg of rheu
matism. ..Ache away, old feller," said he,
giving his knee a thump with his fist, "I can
stand it as long as you can." I have no doubt
the Administration can stand it - as long as the
Members of Congress. one-half of whom would
have been completely starved out before now.
but for the generosity of Mr. Glossbrenner, the
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, who has ad
vaneed them money from time to time. Star
vation ! What a game to play in the councils
of the nation ! And yet that is now the game
of at least a portion of the Banks men.
A stnry stet-fed by a correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, that the President's
health i, very bad- ,- - , -,that, in fart, the (Thief
Magistrate —looks like a ghost,"—is going the
roands. The story is incorrect. The Presi
dent's health is good, and ihete is nothing nt
all ghostly in - his appeal-al-we. Ile walks with
lig,ht, brisk, elastic step, anti converses with
gtott. aniftlatiOtl.
si:: nat , w Rioter, of Petiagylvanit. arrived
here yci,te4.do,y
i~N, O_OYt•Ca_A{~~
he was hinzereTy desirous that the House
should be organized. It had been intimated !
here and-elsewhere that there might be an
election should he and theother candidates re.'
tire • (rota - the contest: The - gentlemen - with
i whom he'acted would bear testimony that the ,
l'positionlieztcapied was ntit - of seek
ing, and from which be was anxious to recede.
To relieve theliouse from etobarruisinent, he
would, if possible, retire to-dny, but will to
marrow, from the candidates fur the Speaker
' ship.
Mr. Darden. offered a preamble declaratory
of our dependence on; and gratitude to. the
Divine Providence, for innumerable blessing%
and concluding with a resolution that the daily
sessions of the House be opened with prayer,
and that. the ministers of the city of Washing
ton be requested alternately to perform the
solemn duty. The resolution was adopted.
The house then. again voted, the ballot re
sulting as follows :—Banks, 90 ; Richardson.
65 ; Fuller, 30 ; Campbell, of Ohio, 5, and
Messrs. Porter, Cobb of Ala., Williams .and
Pennington, each 1. , Necessary to a choice, 08.
Mr. Rusk offered a resolution, expressing as
the sense of the House, that. if Messrs. Banks,
Richardson and Fuller prevent the use of their
names after today, an insurmountable obSta.
de to an organization will be removed, and the
public interests thereby greatly promoted.
The House ►efused, by a tie vote, to lay the
resolution on the table.
The House refusing to order the question on
the resolution, the subject lies over.
WASIMSGTON," Jan. -23.—The Democratic
cances this afternoon, nominated Hon. James
L. Orr, of South Carolina, for Speaker, in place
of Mr. Richardson, who withdrew his name
from the contest. The only resolution adopted
by the caucus was the following :
Resolved, That, adhering to the principles
announced-by the democratic caucus that, nom
inated Mr. Richardson fur Speaker, and in iiew
of his withdrawal as—a - candidate7" - :We hereby
nominate for the office of Speaker of the present
House of Representatives the Hon. James L.
Orr, of South Carolina..
The Banks Know Nothings also held a cau
cus, and resolved to adhere to Ir. Banks.
The Fuller K. N's. expressed a willingness
to drop Mr. -F., but determined to insist on
an organization on "broad national ground."
llotisz—TlitiaSDAY.—Two more ineffectual
ballots for Speaker: Banks 95, Orr 68, Fuller
25, Ricaud 5, Campbell, of Ohio, 3 votes. Mr.
Rusk's resolution was tabled.
Quite a storm was created by the announce
ment of a message from the President, but it
was finally ordered to be lead, by yeas 108 to
nays 86. The message is in_ reference to the
-affairs in Kansas, presenting a history of the
case, and asserting the_ President's determina
tion to maintain the laws, but recommending
what appears to be a very judicious measure ;
that is; that Congress authorize the people of
Kansas to.call a Convention for the purpose of
forming a State Constitution in a legal way ;
but at the same time he desires an appropria
tion for defraying any expense which may be
rime necessary in executing
_the laws or main
taming order in the territory.
Our Relations With England.
A despatch from Washiegton to the Phila
delphia American states that the official advi
ces by the America do not in any way change
our friendly relations. with England. The
President has communicated to the Senate, in
executive session, Lord John Russell's letter
of January 19, 1853, to Mr. Crampton, which
was submitted by the latter to Mr. Everett, at
that time Secretary of Slate. It declares that
the British gevererdent intends strictly tocar=
ry out the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and to as
sume no Sovereignty, direct or indirect, in
Cential America. The despatch also says :
Mr. Buchanan writes that no real prospects
ofa peaceful settlement of the Eastern
ministry
and that England is preparing the largest fleet
that ever floated for operations against the
Russians in the spring. Louis Napoleon, it
is understood, is desirous of extricating nirn•
self from the embarrassments of the war, as
lie has secured the prestige which he chiefly
desired.
It has been ascertained from an authen
tic source that the long talked of alliance be
tween Spain and Great Britain and France has
been finally consummated. The first binding
herself to send into the field from ten to twen
ty thousand men in tho spring, her interests,
particularly in Cuba, to be protected by France
and England.
Ea - The latest news from Europe consists
merely of a repetition of the peace rumors
brought by the previous steamers. There is
but little news from the Crimea. The french
blew up one of the Sebastopol docks on the
Breadstuffs have slightly advanced.
FLOUR DECLINING.-A firm in Worcester,
we notice, advertise 4,000 bbis. of flour, on
consignment, comprising the choicest brands,
at'fr:im 50 cents to 51 less than current prices.
This looks like a premonitory symptom of a
decline in bre ndstuffs.—Bi
1,4-071
HOGS AT CINCINNATI.—We learn from the
Cincinnati Price Current of the 13th inst. that
the number of hogs packei
to date, is 366,873. This is an increase of
40,000 hogs over last season.
BANK OF CAPE FEAR - -An unfounded rumor
obtained circulation in South Carolina last
week that this North Carolina Bank had failed.
The Wilmington papers say that there is not
the least foundation for such a report.
TONGUE FEOZEN FAsT.=-In Cincinnati, on
the 10th, one boy induced another to put his
tongue against a fluted iron lamp post—the
thermometer at the time indicating a tempera
ture far below zero. The tongue stuck fa-q. of
course. and the poor boy suffered great agony.
Several passers endeavored to release hitn, - But
it, vain. Matters were in this situ-ation for
over live minutes, when a gentleman named
Taylor went into the Telegraph house and
brought sonic hot water and whisky, with
which he bathed the tongue of the saering
boy. finally liberating about one half, leaving
the other sticking - to the post, where it remain
ed
for the balance of the day, a warning to
y9ollgSte tiQw_t hey_ reeklessly_lick_eul (1_ iron--
in freezing" weather. The luckless boy was
talaen to Ina noun in extreme apoy.
TOWN 84,r COUNTTY T
DWELLING DESTROYED.—We are in.
I formed ,that the dwelling 'house ors the fa rm
formerly the propertyof &MN STCMP. deceased,
A GRICULt URA I. SOCIETV. - -The Annual.
and occupied by ABRAII:V4 BIELST; in Butler
Meeting of the 'Adams County Agricultural
; township, was destroyed - by fire.betWeen 9 and
Society took place in the Court-house on Tites
-10p:clock on Sandy night,the 24th_inst.-
day last. Dr.
J. Mattsmi, by previous in
portion of the fornittin& on the lower floori was
vitation. delivered an address, upon '.eigricul
to saved, but all else consumed with the %gild
tore in „Ida ms 6tunty," - which was listen-d
Indeed, that portion of the family sleep
w ith earnest attention by a crowded house.— ing
ing up-stairs escaped only w;th their night
clothes, in which condition they cotnpell
ed to make their way for half a mile, throtigh
the snow and intense cold, to the nearest
neighbor's. JEttnutAn DIEHL, Esq. The fire
was first discovered breaking through the roof,
and was most probably -the result of a defer=
tive pipe or flue. We
_believe there - was no in.-
sulance on the building or furniture.
At. its conclusion, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted : '
Resolved, That. the thanks of the Society
he rind are hereby tendered to Dr. MAnsors,
for his interesting and instructive address, and
that the President be directed to request a copy
for publication in the papers of the county.
On motion of Peter Diehl, Esq., Dr..MARS
-1 was invited to again add resS the Sociay,
at stich.time during the winter as may suit
his convenience.
The following` persons were re-elected offi
cers.of th4Society for the ensuing year:
Resident—lion. Joni McGINLEY.
Vice Presidents—Maxwell Shields. Frederick
Diehl. Win. B. Brandon. Philip Donohue. Wm.
B. Wilson, Joseph Fink; Peter Diehl, Joseph
Kepner, Jacob Shank, John Lehman, Solomon
Powers:
-
Managers--Thomas - A. Marshall John Gil
bert, Abraham Krise, of P., Samuel Dube.
raw, David M. My : ers, Joseph Wierwau, James
J. Wills.
Recording Secretary—llenry J. Stable.
Corresponding Secretary—David McConaugby.
Treasurer —George Arnold.
Whereupon the Society adjourned, to meet at
the call of the Managers.
I.lExtly J. STAMM,. See y.
DOINGS OF COURT.—Thelollowing cases
were disposed of by the Court last week.:
Commonwealth vs.Juhn Sherfy.—Larceny of
clothing from George Heiner. Plead guilty,
and sentenced to one month's imprisonment in
the county jail, pay a fine of one cent and costs
of prosecution.
Commonwealth vs*. Frederick Rupp.—Lar
ceny of a watch from Jacob Y. Bushey. Ver
dict, not guilty. County to pay costs.
Commonwealth vs. Andrew Wolf,—Assault
and _ battery upon John Albert. Defendan -
submitted to Court, whereupon he was sen
tenced to pay a fine of one dollar and costs of
prosecution.
Commonwealth vs. William Heller.—Sell
ing liquor without license. Verdict, guilty.
Motion for a new trial.
Commonwealth vs. Jacob Y. Bushey.—As
sault and false imptisonment, &c. • Bill ignor
ed by Grand Jury, and prosecutor,- Frederick
Rupp, to pay costs of prosecution.
The Commonwealth of Pa. for the use of I.
E. Pierson and Maria Pierson's Trustee, vs.
Samuel S. McNair.—Summons in debt stn.
Recognizance in the'Orphait's Court. Verdict
for Plaintiff for $97,74 debt, 6 cents damages.
and 6 cents costs. Motion for a new trial.
Nicholas Smith vs. Executors of Michael
Harrier, dec'd.—Book account. Verdict for
Plaintiff for $8,30 debt, 6 cents damages and
6 cents costs.
Administrator of Augustine Tawney, deed.,
vs. Frederick Herr.—Suit brought on note
given by Benjamin Herr to Augustine Tawney,
for $BOO, with the names of Benjamin Herr and
Frederick Herr attached. Defence denied the
genuineness of the signature of Fiederick Herr.
Verdict for the Defendant.
Elizabeth, Trimmer ° vs. Peter and George
Fidler.—Capias in Trespass on the Case for
Troyer and Conversion of 3000 sheaves of
wheat in the straw. Verdict for Plaintiff for
$302,98 damages, and 6 cents costs. Motion
fora new trial and in arrest of judgment.
Franklin C. Rice vs. Alexander Koser.—
Suit concerning wages. On trial as we go, to
press—Saturday noon.
In the application of WM. WIIITE for a Di
vorce a vinculo malrintniii, from his wife Eli
za, the Court decreed a Divorce as prayed for.
The erection of a new Court-house was com
mended to the attention of the Grand Jury by
the Court, upon the petition of a number of
citizens of the county, but the necessary grant
was refused.
The applications for Bridges across Little
Conowago creek, (near Bruslotown,) and Big
Conowago, (at Bair's fording,) were also re
fused.
Andrew W. Flemming, Jacob Rummel, and
John L. Burns, were re-appointed Tip Stav_es
for the ensuing year.
ADMITTED.—On Monday last, on motion
of E. B. BUEHLER, Esq., D. A. BUEHLER. Esq.,
was admitted to the practice of the law. Mr.
B. gave a•very handsome entertainment on the
following evening to a number of gentlemen,
including the members of the Bench and Bar,
officers of the Court and County, the Press, &c.,
which was appreciatingly enjoyed.
SLEIGHING.—The Male High School, un
der Mr. ACSTIN'S charge, made a sleighing
visit to Hanover on Wednesday last ; and - on
Thursday, the young ladies composing Miss
WALLACE'S School made a similar excursion,
to the same enterprising place. The young
folks enjoyed themselves, of course—they al
rays_do_an_allcht)ccasions. And then, what
sights they did see! There was the Raifroadt
and the "Iron Horse!" and all that. Great
wonders, no doubt, to many of them.
=I
Miss I'i.dcCLELLAN's School visited Einmits
burg on Tuesday, and had—""oh, such lots of
fun !" On Wednesday, a large party of ladies
and gentlemen, married and single, from that
place visited this, and were entertained at the
Eagle Hotel. The sleighing is still excellent—
never better—awl if the money don't run out,
the pleasure is likely to be continued for some
- titne. We hear of any number of ple4saut
parties throughout the county.
Mr. LITTI.F2 -- Sch(x)l, not to be outdone, vis
ited Hanover on Saturday.
r,r_rln our list of State Senators, last week,
Jacob Eyster should have been printedbinstead
of George Ester
COLD.—The imerenry NI-a:, tIoN% ulo Cl° btiow
zero cu :;aturaii. /ucquipB.
QUARTER SESSIONS.
COMMON PLEAS
FATAL ACCIDENT.---LNeLsos Dv,Arc,
colored, of this place, formerly in the employ ,
of r. John L. Tate, met with an accident on
the 9th inst. which resulted in death in the
course of eight or nine days. Employed by
Mr. Haldeman, at hla furnace, near Marietta,
in Lancaster county, he was at the time en. •
gaged in hauling ore; the horses, taking .
fright, started to run, and in. the effort to ar
rest them. he Was °aught between the w heel
and a post, and so +seriously injured as to•
cause his death in the time stated. His re--
mains were brought home for interment.
• RAILROAD.—The new Board of Railroad.
Directors org,anized on Wednesday last. I).
WILLS, Esq., was .re-elected Secretary. and.
Col. JNo. 11 , 10Ctr.u.AN re-elected Treasurer.
Th: 11th of February was fixed upon as the
date for the payment of the first instalment
on the stock by subscribers, being one-eighth
of each share.
OFFlCE.—Messrs. TAYLOR and. Timm the
contractors for the building of the Railroad,
hate, opened, an office opposite the Bank, where
maps, profiles, Ize., may be seen.
o:7The Amara Report of the President amt .
Directors of the Gettysburg Railroad. Company~
will be found on our fourth page• • rAt,
3"Thaitt Dierkigue has been. received,. and
will appear as soon as 'room is, allowed. us.
• The Gettysburg Railroad.
It has long been a matter of surprise to us,
that the wealthy inhabitants of 'Adamscounty,..
should have remained so. great a- length or -
time contented with the primitive order or
things, and wagoned . their valuable . products
to a distant market, at a greet expense,. where
by a comparatively small outlay of capital they
could have obtained the facilities and eotiveh- '
iences, the cheapness, certainty, and rapidity
of railway eonveyanee. When a branch road,.
connecting With the-Northern Central , Rail
way, was constructed to. Hanover; and the
profitable working of that road put it beyond:
question Olathe enterprise, simply as- aspeeu
latiotnr and apart from the increase in value of
the lands within six, miles on either side of its
line of route, or ten miles of its terininus„
would, pay a good interest upon the invest
ment, it became a greater cause- for wonder,.
that the spirit - whith was building up Hano
ver, and adding; to the agricultural , wealth: of
that portion of York 'county, was not shared ,
in by the people of Gettysburg, and the thrifs
ty farmers by which that substantial and or
derly inland Town is surrounded., We lay it,
down as an axiom, that good local railways,.
penetrating a region so productive as that of
Adarus county, will always pay, arid pay well.. •
They are indeed initiative in many says.—
They enhance the value of town property, they
add largely to the value of landed property,.
and they pay, besides, a good dividend On.
their cost of constmetion. A railway is also-
immediately beneficial in other respects. It
opens up the mineral wealth ef the region
throogh whichit passes, and places it within
reach of the consumer, not only with great
ease and certainty, but at a cost far below that
which would be incurred by the old mode of
transportation. It enables the farmer to select
that period of the year for seeding .his pro.
duets to a market when the price of those •
products is at its highest point, and dispenses
with the necessity of taking his teams froub
the field when the labors of the season are
most pressing. It gives him a choice of mar
kets, offers; him the opportunity of Making his
sales quickly, and in person, and renders val
uable those products of the dairy and the
orchard, which are usually sold, r under other
circumstances, at rates Ear below what they
would bring in a populous city.
A Railway encouraging travel and traffic,
brines mind into contact with mind, awakens
drowsy, neighborhoods from their lethargy, es
tablishes new relations between distant coin
munities..and promotes that intellectual and
cOmmereial progre4sion which is the leading
eharacteristie of the age.
It is for these reasons we are !ratified to
learn that a railway connection has been finally
decided on between Gettysburg and Hanover;
that the contract for the gradation of the road
has already been made. and that its comple
tion may be regarded as certain within eigh
teen months from this date. The Contractors,
Alessys.. Irwin and Taylor, are -gentlemea
who occupy a high rank in their profession,
and their ,acknowledged skill, energy, and
perseverance, are well calculated to inspire 'T
the stockholders with eorifidenee that the work
will not he suffered to languish on their heeds.
To the gentlemen who have promoted this en
terprise, and to whose indefatigable exertams
the honor of inaugurating, it is due, the people
of Gettysburg, and its vicinity, owe a debt of
gratitude, ta hick we trust they will not be
backy'a'rd to acknowledge.
The annual report of the Gettysburg Rail
road Company, which- is now before us, but
faintly-indicates the dtfficultios the Directors
have so triumphantly overcome; the conflict
ing interests which it was necessary to recon
an•
they had to combat, and subdue, before they
could obtain a recognition of the value of a
railway, and a subscription to its stock suffi
cient to admit of its commencement under fa
vorable auspices.
To the merchants of Baltimore this work is
also of great importance. It is, in fact. an ex
tension of the Hanover Branch Railroad, and
an additional tributary to the Northern Cen,
tral. Forming its connection with the latter
south of York, Baltimore is its r. ea rest, best,
and most available market, and as such it be
comes us to encourage its completion by a
Tiber - al subscription. Every new channel of
trade brines with it new customers, opens up •
a new field to the enterpri:.ing, and advances
alik e the m aterial prosprrity of the region front
which it sprint - I+, and that of the city which
becomes the mart of its products.
eiI()I.KItA IN ACSTltl.t.—From thelst of
May up to the 10th of November. 549,099 per
sons had the_ cholera in the,Atistrian etupire,_
''SB.ll'29 recovered, died and f.: 4 ,1,208
we re 5.,:,11 under Rlik4l.l trcatauLat.
Nion). the lki.ttinore. Patriot-