lift . HENRY J. STAIME.
39" YEAR.
Tango of the "Compiler."
rtey-, The Republican • Compiler is
an 4 :
.at 51,73 per anima if paid in advance—s2,oo
per annum if mot paid in JsdraD ce. No sub
scriptio discontinued, ualess*t the option of
the publisher, until all usrearages, are paid.
Se"A.dvertisements inserted at the "usual
rates. Job Printing done, neatly, cheaply,
and with dispatch_
SErOfce in South Baltimore street, direct
ly- opposite Wainpler's Tinning Establishment,
one and a half squares from the - Court-house.,
`Covrquit.'! nu the i
VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE,
AT PUBLIC; SALE.
rE Subscriber offer at public sale, on
iccominodating terms, on Saturday, the
13th day of December next, on the premises,
714,?:11 9
situate in Ilatuiltonblif township. Adams co.,
Pa., 5 miles west of Gettysburg, adjoining
lands of .loseph .J. Kerr. Israel Irvine, Joseph
Kittinger, Sdbn Flieseeker and others, contain
ing 125 ACRES, more or less, 'of Patented
Land. The improvements are a good f it i f,.
LOG HE% OUS Log Barn, with Sheds. 11:
Wagon Shed, Corn Orib. and Spring
House. The Farm is well watered, having a
number of good springs and running water:
- 8 good proportion of Meadow and a sufficiency
of Timber. There are two Orchards of 400
trees,of_thoice_fruil., with a variety of other
gond. fruit. The Fllllll is in a good state of
cultivation and tinder good fencing. - Any per-H
son v.-ishing to view 'the property, will he
shown the saine by the subscriber, residing
thereon.
Sale to commence at 1 o'clock. P. M.. on said
day., when attendance will be given. and terms
wade Lnown try
Novemher 1856. tie.
VA ILU ABLE FARM,
AT PUBLIC SA LE.
.1V pursuance of an order of the Orphan's
1 Coot t of Ada rus county, the subscribers,
.Administratorx of the estate of Mourrz BUDDY,
decoused., will offer at Publie Salc, on the pre
inkei, on Thursday,' ilu; ISth day oj . Mg:em
ber next;
4 .21r3 VA. 2 7y7.A187v7;
lute of s:iid deceasei!, situate in Germany to
ship. Adams county,. 3 mi les from •Littles
tow IL On the, road leading. to. Emmitsburg.
adjoining lands of John Mating, Jacob King,
. Frederick Bittinger, and others. containing
116 Acres, more' or less.
The itnprovenwnts are a large double
two-stoi y 'K h o USE, with
two-story Brick -Back-building, two a ;;
Barns, Wagon Shefl, Corn
.±.ipting [loose, Smoke - House. and other,out
bnildingsT-with never-failing—well of—water
ac the door, and an (JRCHARD of choice fruit.
There are due proportions of Woodland and
_Meadow. and mere Meadow can easily he
made. The land has neatly all been heavily
limed, and Is in a high Mate of cultivation and
under good fencing.
It-is !uglily pi oballe that a RAILROAD
'will he coostrnet..4: in a kw years within
three miles of ads . Farm.
Persons us to view the property are
requested to call on the first-named Adminis•
trator, residing thereon. Possession and a
•clear title on the first of April next.
Sale to commence at 1 o'clock. P. M., on said,
-day, when attendance will he given and terms
made known by
PM P R UDDY,
FRANCIS M. BUDDY,
13y the Court.-- Adin istrator3.
J. J: Ballwin, Clerk.
Sj tle orai IN nut so «et sal say,
mill then and there be offered for Rent.
November 24, 18.56. is
Urgister's Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Legatees and
other persoa►s concerned, that the Admin
istration : 1,-coa Os hereinafter mentioned
be presented'at the Orphan's Court of Adams
comity, for confirmation and allowance, on
nemlay, the 23d day (Jj . December neat,. viz :
193. The first account of Eliza Wintrode
and Henry Thomas, Executors of William
Winorode, deceased.
192. The azcount of Jacob Cipe. Jr., Admin
istrator of the estate of Jacob Gipe, Sr., deceas.
late of Reading, township.
102. The first and anal account of Christian
Jletnler, Administrator of the estate of Catha
rine E. Smith, deceased.
193. The account of Christian Cashman and
'George Cashman, Executors of the last will
.aud testament of William Cashman, deceased.
WM. F. WALTER. RegiNter,
Per DANIEL PLANE, Depatil.
Register's Office, Gettysburg.
Nov. 24, 1830. ,td
COME ONE! COME ALL!
Sere We Are Again!
WITH the handsomest and cheapest Stock
vl of NEW GOODS to be found in this
place. AU the newest styles are to be seen
in the assortment, and tnanv of them are real
ly magniiiceitt, without being costly. No
time in: par ticulars. Call in and see to , your
selves, at J. L. SCHICK'S,
On the Public Square.
October 20,1856.
Second Street House,
w. 42 _Virt S:coad Street, Philadelphia.
CIIAS. P. SWING, PROPRIETOR.
TERMS --31- per day—Single Meals 2:5
cents. N. B. Pleasant rooms for ladies.
June 1856. tf
Hay Wanted.
having Hay to sell will do well
by calling on t -- rbscri-ber T --iiv-6-ettv.s,
burg, who is desirous of purchasing. The
highest market price; will be paid at all times.
Li — As he intends having the Hay, after be
ing packed. hauled either to Hanover or Balti
more. the preference to haul will be given to
those from whom he may purchase.
SOLOMON POWERS.
December 6, 1852. tf
TOBAC CO.—A prune article just received
114
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übaished
JAMES S. WILSON.
THE COMPILER.
Ma. EDITOR :—The spirit of dictation and
proscription has become so deeply rooted in
the editor of the Star, that he can no longer
confine himself to the abuse of Catholics in
general, but has seen fit, to attack "editors
even of neutral papers, of other States, and
on account of the 'liberal and national senti
ments which they sometimes express, he
charges them with being LocofoOs and
.Ito
man Catholies- 7 —charges, by the bye. that, in
the eyes of such as endorse the opinions and
sentiments of the Star, imply and involve
crimes of the deepest turpitude. When the
Star was a genuine Whig paper, it bad a
larger circulation among Catholics, and its
editor was looked up to by *them as a man of
honor and probity, and hence his pasitiou
taught him to look upon his Catholic subscrib
ers its a kind of humble and political servants
that he could command with as much assurance
of 'being obeyed, as if they were so many
"Woolly heads."" But when the propitious
hour arrived for the mass of the
_Whig party
to pass over to Know Nothingistn, the editor
of the Star had some doubts in regard to the
road that the Catholics . would travel, as he
ly-aware that it won Id-be dangerous -to
-command them to take the u uderground route,
and to , stop at the Know Nothing depot until
the train would be ready to depart. In this
eai r.g.e.tey, he had -therefore to implore
them to remain, for_the time heing,r, in "statu
quo," as the lawyers say, while he and his
sort would "stir up the council fires'' fur
Know Nothiugism and Wilson, and report
their .success after the election that was then
about to take place. The experiment, as
every . one knows, was unsuccessful, through
the stubhopiess of the Catholics, who would
not obey the behests of Cul. Buehler, in hold
ing on to what he left theni of the co tmervative
Whig party. Mr. McClean went to Harris
burg, and Mr. Wilson stayed at home, and
the editor of the Star declared war against
Catholics and foreigners in general and Catho
lic Whigs in particular, to whom he attribut
ed the 'defeat of all his plans, the blighfof his .
most confident confidential hopes and as
pirations.
Every succeeding election is a fresh cause
of abuse on his part, because the Catholics
continue' to act as they please on election
days, the same as if he had never rose or
reigned or fell. •
For a short time previous to the last election
he granted them a truce of a few days, to see
if they would not compromise their principles
by uniting with "Sam and Sunlit)," but time
number that embraced this golden opportuni
ty of returning to the arms of their former
lather and friend, was so "few and flu , be
tween," that he could scarcely afford to wait
until the returns fully proved the total defeat
and overthrow of hi* piebald party, so anxi
ous was he to give vent to his angry passions,
that in the meantime had painfully accumu
lated in his rankling bosom.
Ile is now again in full blast, and the in
nocent are sharing the same fate of the guilty
*,--Timpartial—attd-mere4n-1-4m . . . -
lie hoped that he now can proceed without :r:-
terruption, as it is v,lry painful to us tc see him
"changing his ground" so often. We - shall
await the finale with impatient and anxious
solicitude.
gar'ln the annexed artieler,our readers will
find prominent and deservedly-flattering men
tionmacle of T. T. WIERMAN, Esq., who was
born and reared in this tounty,nnd whose heart
still clings to his "native heath."
From the Raareed and ng Register.
Opening of a New Coal Road from the
Barclay Coal Fields,,to the Susque-
harm& 'River.
On Tuesday, 28th inst., at 5, P. M., a com
pany of gentlemen, among whom were Jahn
Ely. S. W. Canwell, nenry Lewi , , Jr., C. S.
Grove, G. R. Oat, C. W. Warnick, Thomas
Wilson, Joseph - Oat, Wm. R. 'Mallet, J. J. Fl at
tely, and others, lett Philadelphia for Towan
da, Bradford county, to attend the formal
opening 9f the Barclay Railroad and Coal
Company's road, from the pool above the
Towanda Dam, to the mines ou Barclay sum
mit.
The company proceeded from Philadelphia
over the Catawissa. and Elmira route. to Can
ton, 236 miles, where we arrived at '2. 40, I'.
M. From Canton, *c crossed eastward in
vehicles to Linwood, where we got on Ward
the Barclay Company's cars, and were passed
over six miles of the new road, in good style,
reaching Towanda a little after dark. V 10
quarters in the Ward House, and were joined,
on our arrival, by many of the citizens of the
place.
Wednesday morning, the excursioni,ts,
about one hundred and - fifty in number, in
open cars, started for, the mines. and enjoyed,
in their ascent, the novelty of a ride upon a
new iron road, between moutains in gorgeous
autumn dress. No untoward event occurred:
and the ascent and examination were made
with facility and satisfaction.
The coal lauds of the Barclay Company
emnslrise two thousand acres ; the coal, which
in in ( su - A
, is mined I ^ Fats froth
a vein five feetseven inches thick, exclusive of
elate. At the drift's mouth, the grale,of the
railroad is 1,228 feet above the gradj at the
Towanda dam. The length of the .rond being
16'k miles, the coal must of course, in this dis
tance, be p - issed down 1,228 feet from the
mining end tii . the -hipping end of the road.
And the way- this dP,eent is ae2ompli4hed, and
the ears "returned empty to the mines, is at
once big/pie and effectual—safe and mecitani-
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA : MONDAY, DEC. 8, 1856.
cal.—attesting the professional skill and
practical sense' of the mind that _planned
uand s perinteuded the construction of the
For tie Compiler.
From the drift's mouth s the loaded car
.s.ses over a gravitating road, half a mile,
descending twenty-eight feet to the head of a
chute, which - has a fall of seventy-six feet,
down which the coal is plunged into scar up
on a track below; loaded thus ftom the chute,
the car passes down, a gravitating road one
and a quarre - fmile, witlveent of sixty:eight
feet to the head of a self-acting inclined plane
,twenty-six hundred and fifty-ono feet long,'
and with -a fall of four hundred and eighty
feet. At the foot of the plane the cars are
coupled in trains of twenty-five,- five ton cars,
and passcd•ott behind a locomotive-down four
teen and a half miles of road with a descent of
five hundred and seventy-six teet. At Tow
anda, the railroad tracks, upon trustle-work,
are carried alongside a basin connecting with
the river pool, and from the bottom of the
cars the coal is dropped into chutes with
anions leading into canal boats lying par
allel with the trucks above them. •
There is, therefore, no handling oTtlie coal,
after the miner fills the car in the- drift, until
the canal boat shall have arrived at her desti
nation with her cargo f No steam power is
nor
is
in working the inclined plane,
is steam used or fuel consumed in working
the road at any point, except upon fourteen
and a half miles between the foot of the plane
and the canal, whereon the locomotive is run.
From the head of the plane to the chute, and
from the head of the chute tti the drift, the
-empty-caranre—d • • . •n• s.
And to get rid of this mule power, it is pro
posed to construct, hereafter, a short - inclined
plane with a gravitating track to return the
empty cars.
Down the inclined plane. three loaded cars
are passed at a time, and, simultaneously.
three empty cars are passed up the plane,
which has-fbor rails midway where the cars
puss, and three rails elsewhsre. Loaded cars
can be passed down the plane fifteen times, in
an hour; and the locomotive engine, over its
course from the plane to the canal can make
with ease three round trips per day, with
twenty-five ton ears in a train ; so that with
one Jocomotive, the company can deliver into
canal boats at Towanda, 375 tons of coal per
day, .and, with - five lotionMtives, they could
deliver almost 'five times that quantity every
day.
A close view of the location and construc
tion of the road aftOrded great satisfaction;
for it is manifest that_the Chief Engineer
thought constantly of the owners of the work
entrusted to him, because there is throughout
its whole length, a confide.ace-inspiring adap
tation for his plans to their
,purposes.. They
wanted a good road, and he has given them a
.good road, witliout wasting money upon it,
by fitting it to the shape of the earth along a
mountain stream, and doing no unnecessary
violence to nature.
h Seventy per cent. of the main road im
straight line—the rail is fifty ponnds in the
,L yar—on—the-- A-oall—at---th-e--mines,---- • -
pot.nds; the cross ties are laid close together,
and averaie 2,640 in the mile. The maximum
curvature has a radius of 567 feet.
From Towanda, boats loaded With Barclay
coal can distribute their cargo along the lines
of all the canals of New York ; and as the
Thu•clay mines are farther east awl north than
any other Sent Mi ?lOUS rOOl region, they arc
nearest to the great east and north markets;
and when, in addition to this fact, its merits
ay a fuel for locomotive engines, shall have
heed tested upon some of the trunk roads of
New York, a new market will be created for
it, because, fur this purp,so, it is believed to
be unequaled.
The organization of the Barclay Railroad
and Coal Company is thorough and complete,
in intellectual efficiency and th'actical con - lawn
sense.
Pre4ident Edward Overton.
Trearturer. Cre , ,rge R. Oat.
Solicitor, JAMES N ‘Ri.ASE.
Chief Engineer, TnomAB T. \VIERMAN.
Principal Assistant. A. J. Wilitne i y.
Superintendant at Mines, Henry Guttiss.
The contractors who built the road, are
Victor E. and Joseph E. Piollet, of Bradford
county, two gentletuen well known for the
prompt and efficient manner in which'they
discharge all the work and all the obligations
which they undertake to perform ; P . n. with
great energy they combine untiring industry
and storling judg,tuent.
We were induced to attend the opening of
the road Which we have briefly described
partly because of a reminiscence which we
will note.
Ou Monday, July 11, .1:53, being at Tow
anda with Mr. John Ely and Mr. Algernon
Roberts,s. of this city, these gentlemen
(agreeing, by request, to defer a start down
the river till next day) with Mr. Edward
Overton, Mr. George Sanderson, Mr. 'Mahlon
Mercur, Mr. B. Russell, Mr. H. Mereur, and
self, visited the Barclay Coal field, and pene
trated into the single opening from which coal
was then taken in small quantities to fill
wagons that carried it to Towanda and other
neighborhood places. Messrs. Overton and
Ely then met for the first time; but from that
meeting and that acquaintance, resulted the
purchase of the Barclay tract of land and the
building of the Bar lay Railroad.
After examining the works upon the sum
mit, the company's guests were entertained in
liberal style to appropriate solids and liquids.
Returning towards T o wanda, we left the ex
cursion train at Linwood, whence after a sup
per at a cheerful and most agreeable table, we
were driven in a wagon to Canton, 20 miles,
where, at 12.30 midnight, we took the cars
for this city, and arrived here at 12 noun on
Thursday, :;(lth
!Lary L0..---Speaking of Sam's losses or
supp , ,,ed lusse.. in the late contest, the Geor
gia Federal Union EltyS
"The enemy's loss amounts to nothing.
They staked nothing, expected nothing and
gut nothing. Nothing added to nothing is
nothing. Nothing taken from nothing leaves
ilig. - 11k-5 4 4,d-ax434lTry that—expect noth
ing, for they will not be disappointed. Sam's
case standl about thus : NoNorth, no South",
no Ea , ,t, no West; no honor, no - office, no
money, no sympathy, no nothing
CX•Sinee the adoption Of the Constitution,
the people of the Sal th hare vuloptarily einan
eipated asnut `,30,0U0 w , ,rtll at, least
one huulisea aucl ts,‘ milituu.s of 41°1-
laro.
"TRUTH IS XiGHTY, AND WILL PREVAIL."
e`~oicE'oe~~•~.
e • ing epan • owing Down.
This is a simple song 'tls true,
And !Ongs like these are never nice;
♦nd yet we'll try and scatter through •
A pincher two of good advice.
Then listen. pompons friends, and learn
Never to boast of much renown ;
For Fortune's Wheel is on the turn,
And some go up and some come doirn.
-We know a rut amount of stocks,.
A vast amouni of pride insures;
lint la,to has picked so tunny locks
We wouldn't like to warrant yours.
Remember then, and never spurn
The one whose hand is hard and brown !
For he is likely to go up,
And you are likely to come down.
Another thing you will agree,
(The truth may be as well confessed)
That "Codfish Aristocracy"
Is bat a aCsi.r thing at beet.
And though the' fishes large and strong
May seq . the little 01164 to drown,
Tet fishes all, both great and email,
Are going up and coming down.
°Lir lives are full of chance and change,
And CHANCE. you know, is never sure,
And 'tworo a doctrine new and strange
That places high are most semi e.
And though the tickle god map
And yield the sceptre and the crown,
'T is only fora little while ;
Then B goes up and A comes down.
ri - s - wortd
flath.rmitietliim; more than pounds an t penco
Then let me humbly recommend
A little use of common flungl3.
Thus lay all pride and place aside,
And have a care on whom you frown,
For fear yOu'll see him going up,
When you are only coming down.
selezi
Pennsylvania Avenue on the Fourth
of March, 1857.
At, the Jubilee of Deinucracy of Brook
lyn, New York, m Thanksgiving night, the
reports tells us, Mr. Matthew Hale Smith re
sponded to the toast in honor of the President
elect,ina speech of rare eloquence. He.elos
(ld with the following vivid picture of the mag-
nificent thoroughfare in the National Capital,
which bears the utune:Tof Gar own great State,
and the scene it would pre,ent to the crowd
who shall miserable al-pug its hrowl pathways
on the. 4th of March, 1857. What Pennsyl
vanian will not feel his heart swell with lion
est.pride, at contemplating in his mind's'eye.
this glorious spectacle of the honor which
shall then be done his 'beloved old Common
gezgiwuawoumiaasgiakaahwm
111±6E
''There is," said he. "at the Capital of
Washington a great avenue called the Penn
sylvania. avenue. Down this roll the tide of
Beauty, fashion,. and honor of the country. It;
leads front the President's House to the Capi
tol. It has been trodden by the successive
Presidents who have moved on to the inaugu
ration on the eitit front of the Capital.. But
4Ls yet no son - of Pennsylvania has /trodden
that wide - way. But oil ithe 4th—of- Mardi
next the great State of Pennsylvania, fur
whom ,the avenue has been called, will offer
up her chosen son to pace that pathway ; and
as he shall'inove along amid the acclamations
f tie ttrowd-frour-all-parts-of-tht Unio , ' -
the full vigor of ripened manhood, among the
noblest in personal bearing of all our Presi
dents, and on whose adu•.inistration so many
hopes hung, the shouts of the multitude shall
hear to the foe 3 of Democracy at home and
abroad this verdict of our nation,--"rhus
shall be done to the man whom the people de
light to honor.'" •
A -Yew Feendt Dodue.—A shrewd trick was
lately played off at the Fair of Beeaute neiir
Paris. A well dressed gentlenian sauntering
about with a valuable gold headed cane in his
hand was stopped by a wretched looking man,
- who dragged himself painfully along on
crutches, and piteously implored charity.
The gentleman, moved to compassion, gener
ously gave the beggar a piece of silver. "How
can you be so foolish," cried a man standing
by, "that fellow is an imp )ster, and no - more
lame than you are. Just lend me your cane
fur a minute, amid by_ means of a sound thrash
ing I will convince you of the truth of what I
say." The gentleman mechanically Jet the
man take the cane, and the beggar, throwing
down the crutches, rau off as fast as he could.
The other amidst the roars of laughter from
the bystanders, ran after him, menacing him
with the cane: and so they ran a considerable
distance, when they turned aside into the
town, and were. seen no more. The gentle
man waited for some time expecting to see the
man return with his cane, but the expectation
was in vain; it was then clear"that the whole
scene had been an affair concerted between a
pair of adroit rogues. The gentleman had
nothing for it but to consider himself to be vic
timized.
*Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, an English minis
ter only tweuty-two years of age, is now the
clerical star of Landon. He talks very plain
ly to the sinners, and recently assured them
that—" There is dust enough on some of your
'Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers."
4-Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do
as we pretend and profess, to perform and
make bud what We prurAe., - and really to be
what we would seem and appear to be.
lEEE
Interesting ,Reminiseenee.
From
,a now work—" Recollections of My
Lifetime"—by S, G. Goodrich, late American
Consul at Paris, and the original Peter Par
ley, we take the following account of the re
con tre between General Jackson and John Q.
Adonis, at President Monroe's levee, the night
after Adams's election over Jackion fur the
Presidency by the Ilouse of Representatives,
in 1824. .
I shall pass over other individuals present,
only noting an :incident which.lrespects the
two persons in theassetnbly who, most of all
others, engrossed the thoughts of the visitors
—Mr. i idams the elect, Ueneral Jackson the
defeated. It, chanced in the course of the
evening that these two persons, involied in
the throng, approached each other' from oppo
she directions, yetwithout knowing it. Sud
denly, as they wore almost together, the. per
sons around, seeing whaewas to happen,' by a
,sort of instinct stepped asiile and left the
!Iwo to face. Mr. •Adanks was by himself ;
Gov. Juckson . had a large, handsoMe lady on
his arm. They looked at each other for mo - -
iiient, and theca„ Gera. Jackson- moved forward,
and reaithing out his long arm, said—"llow
do you do, Mr. Adams Y- I give you my left
hand, for the right, us you see, is devoted to
the fair; I hupe.you are very well, sir." All
cis was go . ' • •
Mr. Adams took the ietierel'S hand, and said,
with chilling 'coldness—"Very, well, sir; I
hope General Jackson is well !" It was ouri.
ous to see the western planter, the Indian ,,
fighter, the stern soldier who had written his
country's glory in the blood of the enemy at
NtiNV Orleans—genial and -gracious in the
inidst of a court, while the old courtier and
dipluanatrwas stiff; rigid, cold as a statute!
It was all the more remarkable from the feet
that, four hours before, the General had been-'
defeated, and Mr, Adams was a victor in a
struggle for one of the highest objects of hu
man ambition. The per:4'6nel character of
these two-individuals was in-fact wellexpress
ed in that chance meeting; the gallantry, the
. P . AL. I nrs
[1.4 kness-and_the_tte4l
captivated all ;. the coldness, the distance, the
self-concentration of the other, which repell ,
cd all. A somewhat Severe but acute analyst
if Mr. Adams's character,. says : "Undoubt
edly, one great reason of his unpopularity, was
his *cold, antipathetic manner; and the suspi
chm of seltle:mess it suggested, or, at least aid
ed greatly to confirm. None approached Mr.
Adams but to recede; lie never succeeded=--
he never tried to conciliate."
Singular Fact.
. In Chester county, where according to the
census, there are 5'223 negroes, abolitionism
in decidedly and unquestionably' unpopular.
While in Bradford county, which gives 4725
'against Buchanan, there are but 197 negroes;
and in 'flop., which gives 3155 aga'ust Bu
chanan, there are but 9t negroes in the whole
county. This shows that where the negroes
are best known there is less of that mock spa
pat by for them.
True to they. Original Prinsiplc.—The first
three States, slip the -Cincinnati-Enquirer,
States after it was presented .for adoption
were Delawsre, New Jersey and Pennsylva
nia. After the lapse of nearly seventy years,
and when that immortal instrument was
threatened with destruction by Northern sec
tionalism, they rallied around it, and by their
united • vote for Buebanan and Breekinridge,
saved the government from being overthrown.
All honor t) those glorious Middle States.
le-The, Democratic' party has been in
pincer three-fourths of the time since the
Union was funned. What nation has ever
had . such unexampled success, and it has all
been accomplished by the carrying out of
principles so plain that the man who runs
may read ; while our opponent's principles
arc such that the man who reads will run !
siir The Abolitionists in Buckv county, are
circulating remonstrances for signatures
against the introduction of slavery into Penn
sylvania! If things keep on at this rate, the
Insane Asylum at Ilarrisburg will have to be
greatly enlarged.
-Negro voting seems to have been ex
tensive in Ohio. Besides re-electing Camp
bell to Congress by negro votes, sixty-five
negroes voted in- the township of Xenia, and
a correspondent of the Statesman says he can
furnish the names if required.
l'The Young
_Men's Fremont Club of
New York, have nominated Col. Fremont for
'the Presidency in 1860, whereupon the Phila
delphia Sun, remarks that "the fools are not
all dead yet."
Infectiou4 Diseases.—The State Superinten
dent has decided that it is the duty of Direc
tors to rigidly exclude from school, all pupils
who are afflicted with any eruptive, infectious
disease, and to refuse to again receive them
until they are entirely cured.
Ratiser Unlady Like.—On Friday last, a
young lady was tined $5 is Albany, N..Y., for
spitting in another 'lady's face. Snook wants
to know if she can expect to rate as a lady af
ter such a vulgazactiQn.
1 4 WO 'DOLLARS A-YEAR.
Aqua-fortis Opevate4 on Old Joe.
In the pretty 'village of Haddonfield, Now
Jersey, some years ago, there resided an old
fellow who was fatniliarly known in the town
and country retina, as "Old Joe." lie had
no particular occupation except doing "chores"
or errands—nor any particular location. He
ate;where 'Leonid get a bite, and slept wher
ever he- could. find a lotbring place. Joe was a
regular old toper, and Jersey lightning had no
more effect on his insides, than so much vin
tor. Ile generally - made his headquarters at
the lower tavern, for there were two in the
town.. Ile would sleep and doze away the af
ternoon On an old bench in one eorner . of the
bar-room, but was alWays awake when there
was any" drinking going on. When he was
not asked to drink he would slip to the bar,
and drain the glaises of the few drops left in
their'. One ifternoon, tor. 161 us, the village
physician, was iu the tavern, mixing up a
- preparation. He . placed a, tumbler half full
of aqaa-forffs on the bar ? and turned round to
mix up seine other Ingredients. A few mo
ments after he had Occasion to use the poison
ous drug, when he found to his. dismay, that
the tumbler had' been drained to the 1101 drop.
"Mr. Wiggins," exclaimed the Doctor, iuuf
fright to the landlord, "what has become of
the aqua fortis I put orithe bar a few moments
1%6 ?" "I di
• to v . • !I •
"unless Old Joe slipped iu and drank it
In this suspioion.they were both soon confirm
ed, for the hostler said he had seen old Joe
swallow the fatal draught. The Doctor,
knowing that he must certainly die after such
a dome, instituted a search at once. After
some hours ipent in looking through - the
barns, out houses and woods, for throe or four
miles around the village, he , was abandoned
to his fate. It wits 'a cold night, and as the
village topehr-assembled around the blazing
hickory fire in the bar room, nothing W 49
thought of or talked of but the unfortunate.
end ot poor old Jon; Some foir days had
elapsed, and-nothing-having-been heard-from-
Old Joe, they all came to the Conclusion that
hnd occasion to visit a patient sow, eight
miles distant; what was his. surprise, when
about five miles from the village to see. Old
Joe j in—front of larnierso house,' splitting
wo6d. "Why, Jee,"'ll,laid the Doctor, riding
up'to the fence, "ithought you- wasclead'ar4
buried befere ;this." "Why, wh '
at'-made you
think that, Doctor?" leaning on his axe-han
dle. "Didn't you drink that dose that I left
on n ~ ew ays since --
"Yes," replied Joe, half ashamed to own it.
"Do yoa . kno*what it *ad?" Asked the Doe
s'No !" rotarned Joe. - .'Why,' it *as
aquq-fort id— T ettough to ,kill a dozeti nten."—
"Well, now, Doctor, do you know that , I
thought tilers" was' something _ _ queer about
that darned stuff, for after I drank it, every
lime I bloated to,noo I burned a hole-inlay
pocked handkerchief!"
Animal Fteak.--The Charleston, South
Carolina, papers publish an incident which
to say the least is curious. The occupant of
the "Brooks House," of that city. had tm his
premises a-thriving-litter of fine pups,- about
nurslings and , their darn, was surprised to
find the family increased by an addition of.a
pig, apparently new born. The darn is now
dim:3112413g nil the offices of a mother to the
pig, and apparently regards it even with inere
tenderness than. the pups, and the, relation
ship is reciprocal.
ta"Young Arthur Spring, whose painful
position a few years since, when on the wit
ness stand as evidence - against his father, ex
cited so much sympathy, died in_ Washington
city, last Wednesday, where he resided with
as uncle. IBS unexceptionable life and traly ,
Ohristien•charaoter are confirmations of the
_entire truth of the sad tale which Condemned
his miserable parent to the scaffold, at a time
when the brutal tnurdcrer tried to implicate
the son in the commission of the horrid butch
ery of two hapless women.
Changed his Diamer Flour.--A London pa
per gives a very gratifying account of the pro
gress Christianity has made in New Zealand.
A chief of that cannibal country was question
ed. by one of the missionaries as to how far
the study of the Scriptures has broken him of
his unnatural passion fel' hunian flesh. The
chief answered proudly—" You missionary
men, have done me much good. I never eating
enerniea on Srinlay now."
A Proposal to make Niagara Falls Useful.
—A "calculating" Yankee proposes to have
constructed an immense water wheel at Niag
ara, Falls ; not a small - temporaryaffair, but
one large and strong enough to use the entire
power of the falls. From this, with proper
grading ho would lay down a permanent shaft
through the State of New York, terminating
at Albany. Those in want of power conla
then "belt" on and "let her rip." Steam en
gines would then be "nowhar."
A Double Wife.—A sailor being asked how
he liked his bride, replied :—"Why, d'ye see,
I took her for to be only half of me, m the
parson says ; but dash me if she isn't twice as
much as I. I'ma only a Tar, and she's a
Tar-tar."
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