HENRY J. STAIII,E.
..50 4 ,0T IL YEAR
R.
Terrn3 of the "Compiler."
3-The is pulilisliod
.every :11,rinhiy LF:NRY STAtt
at $1,75 per annllnt tt paid in lifirft/G0'—:•32,110
per itlinuni if nut paid ill advanre. Nu sul.
reriptimi utili;ss at Ow fo)tioaiir
the. pit i olislier, until all arreara . gPs art llui 1.
iii , erted at tin., usual
rates. Joh Printing dot)e, b eady, cheaply,
2,11(1 With (11A-reat,AL.
1;.-.:. -- f . ".)tfit•Q in S.mth Baltimore stree,t, iiireet-
Iy oppo , ite \Vauipler's Tinning Estalilishmont.
one ml 4 a half squares from the Court-house,
'Coil - NUR" On Ole sign.
Ft RUE SALE.
MITE Subscriber, intending to remove to the
1_ West, will sell at Public Sale, at his resi
dence, in Cumlierland township, Adams co.,
at Brearn's Mill, is Tyr.. , 1 , r,/, the:;it (I'l
m'xl. the following Personal Property,
viz : Mthogauy awl 'Common Bureaus, -Nla
liogany Tables, Chairs, Sideboard, 8-day
.Clock, and 2-1-hour Clock. Bedsteads and Bed
ding,Carpetling fifes, Waslistands,(Mahogany
and Continua, ) Looking, .Masses, .Glass and
qui:ease:Are. littrintore -Air-Tight Cooking
Move, awl Ten-plate Steve, Copper and Iron
Kettles, Meat Vessels, Wheelbarrow. Also,
Bacot], Lard and Beef, by the pound : 1 Cow,
Carriage. awl a great variety of other articles.
too numerous to mention.
oa commence at 9 o'clock, A. M.,
on said day. when -Attendance will be given
awl tering node know n by
Fey). 23, 1857. is ISAAC NE ELY.
Executor's Notice.
11 SA AC LENEOSE ESTATE.—Let
ters testamentary on the estate of Isaac Rid
.dlentoser, I ate of 11 vier township. Adams eo.,
dereased, having been granted. to the under
signed, residing in the Borough of Gettysburg.
lie hereby gives notice to all persons indebted to
sailf, estate to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against the same to pre
sent theta properly authenticated for settle.
.fltent - . JOEL B. DANN ER, Ex'e.
February 16, 1857. Cit
Administrator's Notice.
il - Alll7 I•itM:111•:31 7 1 - 1,1,F.,'S ESTATE.—
Letters of ailitiinistration on the estate of
11ar . s.t.Siittitnemil le. I.4te of llami►tint, Adams
, c(t l io t 3 r, dece a sed, having been granted, to the
undersigned, residing in the same place, he
;hereby gives notice to all persons indebted to
saul estate to - twine immediate payment. and
thoa• having daims against the same to pre
:sent them properly authenticated for settle
ment. J VI, )13 AIibABALTGII,
February P!14,7. tit
Administratrator s Notice.
1 E!)1tOE BOLTON'S ES'rATE.—Letters
X of adittini,aration on the estate of George
'Burton, hue of Melt Olen township, Adonis
county. deceased. been granted to the
undersigned, 'residing in the saute township,
he hereby givef, notice to all persons indebted
to , iaid estate to make immediate payment.
,riti.l those haviog claims the same to present
them kopertv auttootticated fur gettletnent.
,f0111i; HOFFMAN, (or Peter.)
41 , In/
Fcl4. 1857
Administrator's Notice.
JSTII Elt S. P ACE'S ESTATE. —Letters
J , '
I or administratioa on the estate Of Esther
N. Vice. (funned( Ilohler, of the borough of
Cet tvshitrg.) late <d' the county of Mc Douongh,
Slt the State. of Illinois. deceased, hawing been
granted to the undersigned, residing- in the
bo ro u g h of Gettyslittr , i-. he hereby gives notice
.1.0 all persons indebted to said estate to
snake immediate paymcitt, and those having
claims against the same to present theta
properly authenticated far *ettlement.
W AI. NeCLEIN,
llarch 2,1857. 61.
Administrator's Notice,
TOSHI T A ENT AT E.—Letters of
11.) administration de .bonis non with thevwill
Anuexed, on the estate ref Joshua Uiehl, late of
Vermany township. Adams county. deceased,
&win?: been granted to the um . lersigned. re-
Fiiditt4. in the borough of Gettysim g, hc. here
by gives notice to all !lemons indebted to said
,estate to make immediate payment, and those
having claims-aagainst the same to present
-them properly authenticated for settlement.
WM. McCLEAN,
Aforch 2. 857. Gt
Turnpike Election.
P. Stockholders in the York and Gettys
burgi Turnpike Road Company are here
by notified that an ELECTI()N for ollir.ers of
F.aid road trill be held at the Banking House
of Charles Weiser, York, Pa., oti Thrtr.vl , ,q;
thy- 26th day , bl . March ?n.,•1., between the hours
of 2 and 3 o'clock, P. M.
CI VS. W EIS ER, ,S'ee'r/.
York, March 9, 1857; 3t
Attention, One and Ali:
6'RJ:A 7' Si/o
"G lam SEA-SERPENT CAPTURED!"
WEAVER having provided him
1,
-7 self with an entire new and costly appa
ratus. is now'prepared to furnish
A mbrotyp es and Daguerreotypes,
in every style of the art, which he c% ill war
vant to give entire satisfaction. Ills long ex
perience and superior apparatus give Inul
advantages seldom furnished by Ilaguertean
establishments nut of the city. Ile has a large
atm/ her of spseimem , at his Gallery, in C ham-
Lersburg street, which the public arc reque,t
ed IA call and examine.
barges from 50 cents to 5: - -10. Hours
of operating from S- A. M. to 4 P. M. 6old
Lockets, hreastpius, sui.table for miniatures,
Laiwa vs on hand, at the very lowest prices
Children will nut be taken fur less than
&,I .:10
\ 1111;.)TYPES taken from one dollar
anti upwal d‹. and in tie best style.
1 - 1 Boxes new crop 'Bunch and Layer Ral
-1-
1 sits, part in fancy hones.' sa i .e br
ERN I.:17 & BR 0..
Fancy Grocers and Confectioners.
York, Dec. 13. '313. C West Mar%ct st.
011.-eLtriii an! 1 . irpet 1117,-;:. of all sizes,
fur at I;,tis
,$).
4t - '''.::;-tftittlitittrt )11.11(tpittlw
0 1 / 4 9iictOilve, TO, Y.OO.AS :HO ac,i)eNti Aqiciiioqee„ arc.
eip;ce,
TUE IMAGE OF TIME
BS WALTrIi SCOTT
LiNVlly sirst thou by that luin'd 11111,
Then age , t nark', so stern and gr.ty
lie'st thou its ft:- 'de recall,
Or ponder how array
'tli-nravtthnlynanlo ?" thp(leop voice cried,
'•So long en.ViTel. co oft un.w.cd—
Alternate, in thy tickle pride. _
Desired, neglected and arcaced
'•flefifre my breath, like smoking flax,
Man and his marvels pass away,
•
And elionqiug empires Wane and wax . ,
Ara founded. flourish, and decay.
"Ite , leem thine hours—the spa'ee is brief.
While in thy glass the saud•gruins nhiver,
And tau miens in joy or ief,
Wheu time and thou shalt part forever !"
sciect
From the BulTilo
Kew Sandusky was Saved from Famine.
AN 11laTORICAL REMINIseENCE
One of the most agreeable duties of journal
ism is to chronicle the heroic deeds of those
whom chance or unusual natural develop
ments have rendered benefactors to the hu
man race. It is part of our legitimate prov
ince to rescue the fame of such individuals
from oblivion, and enacting the part of the
historian, to hand their name, and the record
of their achievements down to the admiration
and gratitude of future generations. The vil
lage philanthropist, or the benefactor of a lo
cal community, is as much a part of the his
tory of his time as the heroes of a state, or
as the sacred goose whose gabbling at the
rock Tarpcia saved Rome from the horrors of
a sack. Our duty in the present instance is
to relate a similar occurrence which transpir
ed much nearer home.
Years ago, w hen the course or tmde ran in
a counter direction to what we now behold,
owing to a severe drought, the city of Sandus
ky ,underwent all the horrors of a protract
ed famine. The water on the bar at the
mouth of the Bay was so low that vessels
were unable to - re:telt the port. and as there
was no land transportation at that time which
could be relied upon in ease of sudden emer
gency. it appeariq as if Providence had fOrsa
ken the place entirely. and that its inhahi
tants must soon perish. For days and week,
their stock of provisions had gradually disap
pared wall '' s ,) o n all was gone, and their Only
reliance was upon the few fish whieli — ilrev
were enabled to obtain from the waters of the
Bay, and an occasional supply of game from
the eeighlilning forest.
At the time of which we write the woods in
that vicinity and. in fact throughout the West
ern Reserve, were frequented I) . y vast numhers
of wild hogs, which obtained a bountiful Ouh
sistenee and r-rew fat upon the shaek which
everywhere -abounded. These hogs were
doubtles.:c originally estrays, but the sparse-,
'less of the population in the interior, and the
rapidity with which they multiplied, rendered
them strangers to man and 'very shy of his
pew-Pace. During the dronght, lar7e droves
of t,heseanimals wended their way to the lake,
hi the neighborhood of which they continued
to remain. Sandusky Bay, in particular, was
a favorite place of resort for them ; in the
waters of which they were acenstomed to
wallow, after slaking their thirst: Those
who are acquainted with the locality, of which
we speak, will remember the ammvanee to
which the early settlers were exposed, in the
shape of fine, red sand which covered the
beach, and which, in times of high wind, 'W:1;,
net only exTeedingly trouble , :orn, hut danger
ous. Thousands of hogs, in consequence of
frequenting this spot, became totally blind :
but still, with all the cunning which belong ,
to this perverse race in their natural state theN
continued to elude the hunters.
One clay when the famine in the city was
at its height, and %%ien it was apparent that
even the strong-est must soon stleCUlrlh, Jut.
11-- took down his gun, and resolved to
make a last etl , rt 1.9 NVICIJ ;I'lll little
MIC:, from a fate most horrible of Nvhieh the
mind ha any conception. All day long had
their sunken eyes and shriveled hand,. implor
ed him - in vain for bread—and, alas he knew
too well that not within the whole city was
there a mouthful to lie had, thou;.:11 lie were
to olferdn exelmnge thrive its wei-lit
Nerved to desperati-n, relleetion, I,t,t
still with feeble steps. he took hi. , way to the
forest, (let ermided not ti) return n idiot relief
in some shape.
For a 1 rig time he hunted in vain, travers
ing miles of weary pathway, without so much
a ., , ce i nr a 5111 'le ( , villonce of :111i111:0 , ` I na
ture, until lie wa , on the point of yielding to
despair. At this monieut a noise, as of ap
proaChing f,,,,ts ter, attracted Lis attenti ,, n,
he paued,with every fqcultv rondered keen liy
-the tranipin , ', .Toe. to sorr-r-n
from
tree. a wild hop: ma...r;._l from a fol
varleinm directly toward him, I'll
didtPly :LA
hunter, troinl)ling wit:i anxiety 111(1
but , w1 , 1 , •11!v 7sati-(A 111
az , tuLklanent at: the .ingular phetwmcLion he.
GETTYSBUICG, PENNSYLVANIA : MONDAY; MARCH - 23, 1857.
fore him. The drove (drove there was) was
approaching him in Indian tile, and headed
directly for the Bay. The second hog held
in his men* the tail of the first, the third
that of the second, and 80 on, to the number
of sixty and upwards: each vas holding fast
to the caudal appendage of his predecessor,
and.all were being led by the fOremost of the.
drove, and he being the oily one that could
see, was thus con eying his atilieted eompan-
The hunter comprehended the scene in a
moment, aud instantly decided upon his
course. ltaisingiiis gun deliherately; he tired
and severed the tail of the leader close to the
roots. Ili, affrighted lea‘lership with a loud
squeal, Ipainded into the thicket and disap
peared. while his Mind compaitiOnn came to
a deal halt. Joe yuiclar divested 111111SeIf Of
hoots and crept stealthily up to the first of
the hand, which stood q u ietly h o ldi ng i n hi s
month the amputated tail -of his former con
ductor. This the hunter seized and commenc
ed gently pulling it.. First one hog started,
then another. then anothdr, until soon, like a
train of cars, all were in motion, aud,without
pausing to rest fur a single instant, Joe letl
them into a huge pen near his residence,w here
they were soon slaughtered, and the city was
saved.
Old Judge: was in some respects
a very remarkable man. Ile was never known
to speak well of anybody; he never allowed
anybody to be praised in his hearing without
rebuking the eulogist, and picking some flaws
in the character of the eulogized—whether it
was ,John Somertiebl or tleorge Washington.
let, the Judge, cold-hearted, selfish, and illib
eral in the extreme, was reckoned a man of
sterling integrity in all financial another bu
siness matters, and fur that reason, together
with his undoubted good sense, enjoyed the
confidence of the community. He was for
many years Judge of Prolate in his county,
and filled the office to the satisfaction of the
public. "How does it happen," inquired . ,ine
of his townsmen of another. "It is a plain
ease eaough; it is owning to the justice of his
deci , :ions.—llecan't help being impartial, fur
he halos everyb'ody just alike." The remark
sounds like a joke, but it euntahled the •real
solution of the problem.
Lord'N 13incs.y.—Our friend Col. liar
per, says the Knickerbocker for December,
who did the city good service as-mayor, (but
NVII(We, tin porringer around the Park liana:tin
priive a profitable in vestment,) is a good
deal of a Nvag, and loves a joke as well as his
dinner. We happened to be sitting in the
counting room of the "brothers" one day,•
when there entered a sleek-looking gentle•
man:with a straight-collarol, cut away coat,
. a nd a broad-brimmed drab hat. Ile adva,sne
o:i t ?ward the Colonel : "Is Mr. Harper in? „
—Pm one of them," said the ex-May ,r.
•• Well. sir, my name is Uriah G. Hopkins.
am a minister I,f the Go , pel. I want ;till. I,
;i n t on the Lord's lmsiness."—"yhe man who
:attends to the Lord's business," said the Col
onel, without moving a muscle, “is out at
present ; he will 'be in at 2 o'clock r"rhis
was the simple fact—all donations to religious
and charitable societies being delegated to on
ly one particular partner of the house.
F un , y-fi t o J'apiroe Ceitit.sl, ip. —11! e find in
the Now York 'fillies the follqwing marriage
fildive
"At Wihnin7ton, on the f2(.1:11 of Feb., Asa
hol L. Beers, of All.auy, N. Y., to Miss Ann
Itider.--Tlieit- united ages are 124 years, and
th e c , )urtship commenced forty-two y,3ars
:,111ve
A forty-two rears' courtship! 1V1137, dur
ing th:t time wo have etweluded one war with
En! - J.,no, aml altno , :t had two more; have in
vented railtqa.is and :,te:on printing-preises
had a war with .Nlexieo invented the electrie
telegraph; brought out spirit-rapping and dig
covercil the north;vest passage; tnnexeil Tex
as, and brought to light the : , 0101 or Calif'ornia;
have extended our national area two or three
4tindr . o thousand square /wile;, and arrivefil
:it such a. point of civilization as to applint
spooial eorrupth,n aud investiga ting eotnniit
tee• 11l congre-s. What great results have
been attained, all :tinut us, during the catv
tw, year• it has taken the modest Mr. Beers
to ...pop the Tie.- tiou !"
.11 ~,* Jn ,`":10 If 0 .! 0,1 y.--W F.:o T nct of
our r ;tuillpur.trie , a rt tnat en ,, or two lay
„f c oli J ll l , o l, tiew:,paper phlce 1 between the
or euvering of a Ipel. will a i l much to
the 1., :;.:111th and eomf;;rt t,f th.• ocenptnt.
this plat' tr()rtli t .e- , 4 exe(!pt
under certain e: Ai di t i o n s . if the individual
I,k - 11;) and the , e Inyer, of liew:Tapnr
has paid fur hi- ‘uliscription aud a lverti.-in«.
thou 1;1- re-t will he refre.-bing arid hi. , dream,
delicieu-. Hut o-Ilf,tild the La-t: wretch under
neath tl c flew-paper quilt, owe the iiubli.he.r
one -;litary "red cent ” hrr will dream
o f douhle hitrrell(!(l ,devils with sha(l-liook
11i.: go down to Ow frPcz
itn,. pint. 'Fills is 1,3.1 enough. without HIP
I.f his teq•th, which inevitably
cicltter (Au with the cold.
NV el) , t,r, kt..! Secreta
ry of t) return t 9
New leractic.:
"TRUTH IS MICHTV, AND WILL. PREVAIL."
=
I==
A Full Crop of Apples Every Year.
The experience of Mr. Pell, of Ulster en.,
N. Y., is invaluable as to the management of
apple trees, and cannot be too often repeated.
The' following is from that gentleman
''For some years 1 have been experimenting
upon the apple tree. Having an orchard of
2000 Newtown pippin apple tries, 1 have
found it very unprofitable to wait for what is
termed the hearing year, and oonsequently it
has been my study to assist nature, so as to
enable the trees to bear every year. 1 have
netieed that the Newtown pippin bears more
profusely than any other kind, and conse
quently requires intermediate years to recot 7
er itself by extracting front the atmosphere
and earth the requisites to enable it to pro
duce. If unassisted by art, the intervening
year must neeessarily he lost.
"Three years ago, in April, I seraped all
the rough bark off a few of the apple trees in
my orchard, and washed the trunks and limbs
within reach with soft, soap; trimmed out all
the branches that crossed each other, early in
June, and painted the wounded part with
white lead, to keep out the moisture ; then
split open the hark; by running a sharp
pointed knife from the first set limbs, in the
latter part of the same !Matti), which prevents
the tree from . becoming bark-bound and gives
the inner wood an opportunity of expanding.
In .Icily, I placed one peek of oyster t hell
lime around each tree, and loft it piled about
the trunk until November, when - T. dug the
lime in thoroughly. The following, year I
collected front those trees 1700 barrels o f
fruit, some of which was sold at New York
for St, and the balance in London at S per
barrel. Strange as it may am;jar, they are
now (1854) literally bending to the ground
with the finest fruit I everstr,v, a specimen of
which is before you. The tither trees in my
orchard not treated as above, are barr(Th, next
year being their bearing year."—N. Par•
null- and .3feelainh.%
I=l
Position of Posts.
Posts set in earth, plrticularly in loose
mandy soil which allows the air to penetrate,
are apt to decay very rapidly. Inverting the
position, so that the sticks stand "Cottle'. side
up with care," has long been known as in
ducing a considerably increased endurance,
and has been often published, but never yet
sufficiently introduced into practice. A cor
respondent of the 0114) Farmer gives the fol
lowing facts in his experience, which may be
of value:
"1 put tip, in the fall of 1814. some post mid
board fence. - The posts, which were oak.
were cut in January, sawed two by three
inches at the top, and two by six at the butt.
I put them in the groumd inverted from the
way they grew, and packed with limestone.
They are good and sound now. I'-,its of the
same timber, slit at the same time, pitched
with dirt, -and without, being inverted, arc
three-fourths rotted and wortlile•4?l. lam now
renewing. my tomes, with inverted posts mid
packing with limestone, at an additional cost
of ten cents per panel ; and I am sure that in
fifteen years the inerca.ed cost over the ordi
pary fence will be savrA by this method."
Anoth e r Pol v ntiny Case in lfax.svdiusett.T.
7 —Another case of poisoning is supposed to
have_ occurred in Massaelnewtts—this time it
wife by a husband. Mrs. Lavina Briggs died
iu Stouington on the !_l7th nit., and eireum
stances have since transpired which led to the
exhuming Of the body, and an Of the
contents of her stoma"), when it was found
that she had been poisoned by aP.enie. Tier
hoshand, Ilosea Brigg,m, ( who kept it shoe
store„) and a young woman named Adaline
Drake, a boarder in the Louse, hat,e been ar
rested on suspieion.—Mrs. Briggs was about
thirty years of age. and much re'pected. Her
maiden Dann. was Hardy, and she was a sis
ter of the Mi , is Hardy the tall lady once ex.,
hibited in Boston by I'. T. Barnum. The de
eeased and her husband did not lire happily
together, and fbr a year had occupied
sleeping apartments. They had been mar
ried-eight wars, and 7diss Drake is o young
1V0111:111 of ~ ureq; personal attractions, it is said,
whom Brig , rs invited to ls.ard with him—the
price of board being disregarded by both par
ties. It was understood that she was to bind
shoes as her erti ployment.
111===
Bleeding Ka n. , n.-..f.—Lut peop:e 1 in
mind tin; .New ilamHbiro l'atriot) that
...a.stvl to "bleed" as ! ... 001C
1t ;15 over, which 01141'4;s that.
slit; V.:tti 111a 4 .10 Gi - bleed" fur ell'ect upoli that
el,tetion,
them remember, In, that evcry state
ment and prnolicrion nf the I.flaiek RelJuhlicans
in regard yi I fie effeet of Mr. 1;W:1111%111,1'S elec
t ii)Tl K'Ntl•-:::4 Will slavery—every state
ment and preditition in rr•gard to the J-lavery
Hiti , r/yfalme (mei (//,-( 7 ,-
ti r e : while 'S cry pe.siti. , n aßsumed by the De
laiJerayy IN.r Irr rll r r I'l,l l'rf'
=ffEr=i
untiro t!lo now Court House
in Cincinnnti gill i,e S7:,o,trik). It will be
lini-ht.4l in July
Imve Iwyn eollf , f , to,l in Etir,ipe
21),(10 1 1:•-p , .,cirneii. of insects which prey upon
IN heat
f: , ,;11 tie
,gruwilig wheat
Teliac , ,,ee are %cry favurable.
Selling' White Children.
S 7 IIIN . GTON, 111., L ' eb. 12, 187)7.
Editor Day Book lay before ydu a sub
ject upon which I should like to spe sonic com
ments from you in your valuable prier. It is
this:
One Mr. C. V. :11—, a noted abolitionist,
a Baptist minister, and agent for the trans
portation or paupers from Five Point Mission,
New York, hos been bringing ear loads of
children (white children) to the western
States and selling them out like brutes to (as
ho says) pay their expenses. Boys and girls
are sold at, from fifteen to Pity dollars, accord
ing to their quality._ If the purchaser finds
he has a good bargain he holds on to his ser
vant; if not, he turns him otr to shift for him
self. The purchaser is under no obligation to
take care (mita. here is a ease io point
Thomas Butler, a half-witted Irish boy, ntt_
fifteen years old, lining-lit to this place by Mr.
V. M. and sold to Mr. V. M.'s father ? who
kept him . until he found him not very profita
ble, turned him off, and lie bas been forced to
:I(t.ep in cars, stables, &0., ood beg his bread t.
he has been kept sometimes by 'persons from
so &ring, who would apPly to the overseer of
the poor for pay; su oti Mr. V.'s last visit to
our Sutte, we thought we would try the effect
of the law upon him. Complaint !Ting nanle
by the overseer of the poor, Mr. V. was . ar
rested, 'tried, and found guilty of bringing
paupers into the State, for which he wns tined
one huthlred dollars and costs. lie is now
preaching persecution to the peopll%, which
turns out great ly to his advantage.. What is
strange about the matter is that every
thinks - that Mr. V. has been badly
treated, nod I lam told the money peurs its
freely to carry on-this traffic - in human flesh:
To see a negro taken from his -mother 'and.
sold to a man bound by law to provide him,
seems tilWful toll - thein ; but to see a child, a
white child, kidnapped. in. the city of New
York and _brought to Illinois and sob] to a
man bound to keep him only asiong as he
thinds'it profitohle, anti then to be tnriled out .
upon, the cold eltitritties of Illinois' to beg, steal,
or starve, seems to be perfectly humane- and
Christian-like. If youcan expose these Five-
PAM, Mission 51ase-dealers through your p'a
per, I think you can du the catilse much
good.
fttirl'Ve have fur sometime thought that ninny
of oar very humane people in New Yurk, who
pretend to be doing so much good in picking
tip -street ehildren,, needed over-hauling; It
is not eery natural to suppose that two or
three agencies here are engaged in this busi
ness solely as a question of philanthropy. It
mUst pay somehow,and we presume the above
is a "specimen" ease. There arc, doubtless,
many children in such a large city as this who
would be infinitely better off if they had good
homes in the conntry ; but whether their Curl
flitiim is improved by selling them to persons
who are in no manner bound by law to pro
vide for them is very doubtful. It is an easy
matter to pick up children here and, deceive
tltem by fine stories about the country, and
then place them with irresponsible parties
who are not bound to look after their welfare.
It is a singular feet, however, that this busi
ness is principally carried on in this city by
Abolitionists, who think it a horrible affair to
sell little negroes, but who have not the same
squeamishness about white children. We
understand, however, that the business is very
prosperous, and we suppose some -persons are
making a very handsome thing out of it.—
"Wliat trade
.has your father ?" said an in
quirerp to a little boy. "Oh !he has no trade
--he is a philanthropist," was the answer.
Philanthropy pays, and sending children to
the West is ono of the ways to do IL—Day
Book.
I=l
Children S(oleu by Inina3 and Bears.—
Some months since the Wisconsin papers
gave a thrilling account of the loss of a child
which had been carried off by a bear near
Manitov:oe. -No traces 61 the child had been
discovered, arid the excitement wag about dy
ing away, when, on Wednesday Of last week,
in the same locality, a Mr. Woodward, living
near Sandy Buy, had some difficulty with an
Indian, whom he had fed nearly every day
during the past winter, and kicked him out of
(loots. The next day his little girl, three
years of age, was standing near the house,
when an' Indian ',prang out of the thicket,
clasped her in his arms and bounded away
through the urvierbush. Pursuit was com
menced tumpediately, but up to Saturday
without success, though information had been
received which, it was hoped, would lead to
the recovery of the child—an Indian and a
squaw having been seen the day after the ab
duction carrying a child which was close
ly wrappedin a blanket, and was , crying bit
terly.
'A am' of Oim•finary.—The Madison, (N.
C.) News sayß that in the jail of that place
life, lut%in , rofused to pay a debt of $t2.3, or
any portion of it, though he has money eon-
Tie refuses to nocept hi, liberty, and
porleotly satisfied tt ith imprisonmont. His
eroditor pz4y- his boarl and is determined to
koop hint in jail until Le ogroos to pay the
debt and all the iueilent expenses. All
we have to say, they arc — two fuub, well mot."
GM
TWO DOLLARS A-YEA
For the Compiler
Common Schools.
That scarcely anything in tile way of pub
lic improvement can be suggested or effected
without the disapproval of some fault-finding
individuals, is very true : but that, through'
the negligence or incompetency of some of the
oilieers who have the management of affairs
in charge, many of our public institution.'
not only illy subserve the .ends desired, but
aro an unnecessary burden to the community,
is a faet no less entitled to credit.
Thus it is to a considerable extent with our
present common school systeni. That some
thing should be done for the improvement of
our common school system of education, has
long been evident to. most observant minds ;
and therefore, in view of this object, the .•
halm of this State, on the tith of May, .18,*;4,
passed an not providing for the establishment
of a superintendency in every county in the
State which office should be filled by a Coui,-
ty ,Superintendent, whose duties and manner
of election are fully set forth in the 37th, 38tlr ,
and 30th seething of the school hew. AS some
efficient measures were very ,necessary, the
County Superintendency, on account of the
high recommendation given it by its friends,
was 'waked upon as the happy means of bring
ing about an ultimate reform in the common
selierdepiiitinent; but alas, what must be
the general disappointment, when, after a trill 1
of nearly
_three years, and the e :pease of
n early U. thousand dollars, not the least per
ceptible iniprovement has been effected—at
least not in this (Franklin) district ! As the
37th section of the school law requires the
Superintendent to visit, as often as practica
ble, the several schools in his county, and to
note the course and method of instruction feel
branches taught, and to - give-such directions
in the art of teaching aml the . method thereof
each school, as by Mtn. (together with the
Direetork -or Controllers) shall be deemed 'ex
pedient and necessary, it was expected that, ho
would make at least one round during the
winter term of each year, so as to be able to
make an accurate report of the same annual
ly, and to that end he *as voted the ample
salary of throe hundred dollars per annum.
This system having now been in operation
nearly three years without any apparent, ins;
prevenient in the 'schools—at least inn ma
jority- of those in the country, it is but just
and proper to inquire into the cause of the in
success attending it, and to offbr suggestions
for future amelioration. Dwing, I supp
to the law limiting the number of the County
Superintendent's visits to, as many as are
"practicable," tri-ennial visitations are fouwl
to be moet, convenient and economica4e-the
benefit of which visit our schools enjoyed two
years ago, and the observations then made by
the County Superintendent still serve - fiir
making reports, as is evident from the fiwt
that tluire is a school in this district, :estab
lished since his last tour, and now near the
close of the second winter term, not °name
rated by him. •
Since the County Superintendency has been
established, the great difficulty in this district
is to procure competent "men tai act as Direc:
tors ; thq principal reason given fur declining
to servo in that capacity being generally to
the following effect: !ill the County Superin
tendent, whose duty it is to see that the pro
visions and requirements of the law are car
ried to their full extent, and , who is paid for
that purpose, will nut exert his influence and
authority in promoting the object forc, : whielt
he was elected, we shall have nothing to do
with a post for which we may expect no re
muneration for our time and labor but an oc
casional shower of abuse end as many eno
'Mos as one could shake a stick at."
Indeed, so negligent of their duties have
the Directors of this district become, that the
president, notwithstanding the numerous
calls for meetings which ho "issued, has been
unable, so far as I am aware, to assemble a
quorum for six months.. Now, is it not ne
cessary, under such a state of things, that
•
something should be done?,
If the County Superintendent's salary is
too small to enable him to engage in
,his
work more actively, would it not be better' to
have it increased? Or. if thought more ex
pedient, be had better be dispensed with, and
the amount paid him annually equally divid
ed among the District Direetors throughout
the county, so that, for every day they lose
in attending to their official duties, they may
receive a small compensation.
And until provision is made entitling Di
revtors to pay, we cannot expect much freak
that 9uarter.
It is hoped that some active, int:hen-For
persons throughout the county will take the
matter in hands and devise some plan or ,et
ting things to a better tune.
L.
.Cashtown, Pa.
A Kew I.:serf the Magnetic Telegraph.—'Clte
Scientific American states that a heavy Trlinic
sale house in Now York has put tip wires n..d
ostnblished a direct telegraphic corniiiini,ll
- with ono of the "mercantile agencies" (r
that city. Every new customer presentinlf
s 1: If - is duly "de , NI -
uuly endorsed by a favorable re ,
port through this medium s before a sale is
completed. It has required eimsiderable timn,
heretofore. to send a clerk in person, but on
the improved system, while one partner is
showing off the goods. the other retires,
a few strokes, farm wort! ,
$5,000 clear; failed once, five years ag o ,
good—" and returns to assist in bowing ate!
assuring the stranger, that he can have the
goods on any terms he chooses.
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