Odin - burg
REpoizit
"r r
orTnt
President, Secretary, .Treitsprer, and
Engineer."
pitzslD-F,Nrs REPORT.
To the . .e.tockholders of the (k.ll9.lburg Rail
Road Company.
The President and Directors, in returning,
WO the hands of the Stockholders the ,irtista
and responsibilities vested in-their gnat
annual Election, feel tuuch-;grati6.ention in tie
ing able to present those . asaura nees
,_ of rapid,
and' siitcceisFa progress in 'tile work com,mitted
to their care, which :win he fauhtLiti this Re
port, and the accompanying documents.
Prior to the last annual meeting, the for-
suer Board bad .onterbd into a contract wilt
bridgingthc road root anorer o ys .71 ( 727 -
the terms of which contract were then stiii
mitted•to the - Stockholders, During the year
they have been complying with the conditions
of their contract, and 'the amount of work
done on the road will he seen from an exami•
nation of the Report of the Chief I,nginner,
• hereto 4ntlexed, •
Immediately after the last election, and the
organiAatiou of the present _Board, they Made•
arrangements for, the collection of the Stock'
Subscriptions, and have during the year 'called
itt the instelnkents as rapidly as the cendt.ions
would admit. The amount paid in b., the
Treasury during the year .will , he seen in the •
accompanying Treasnrer's Report. Mt hour))
there has been mulch l'ironiptness nianifestral
by many of the Stockholders in the payment.'
of their Instalments, vet the °per:aims 6f the
Company have beau •tielaydd seine by the
'dii;'
atorness of i)ome, and the total neglect of a
few persons in, malting payment oultheir sttick
This should not he 'tolerated ;my leo or—hut
prompt and coercive_ measures should be resor
ted to to collect all arrearagcs. • :It is an in- •
fraction of tnotal honesty to those who are
punctual in making, payments, to permit those
who are it) arrears to remain any longer "thin),
or to profit loy their delay, The law provides
the penalty for such' a dernyratid as wise pro
vision should be enforced.
Since tho last election a supplement to the
Charter of the Company was passed by the
last Legislature, authorizing. the Company to
_procure a loan of money,to complete the road;
and as security therefor, to mortgage the road
and issue Bonds for amount not 'exceeding
Two Hundred Thoasanddeflam The amount
required to complete the road will he about one,
hundred - and fifteen "thousand dollars. - Amid
an effort hes been ninde to Obtain a - guaranty
I ,', from the County for the payment of the interest
- on. the Bonds thus to he issued, but thus far
,it has not been accomplished, - propi)sal
- was made to pay the County a premium or
bonus of Fifteen Thousand dollars forlthe 'use
.of . its credit. We iegprd tliis• as just, that
much money made by the Colinty, and, there
fore, the proposition should at once be aceep ,
ted., It would at (Mee be benefiting the.
County in a-pecuniary...point • of view-:---and at
the same time ensure a speedy sale of the
Beads of the Cent pany -et par value. Wit bout
such a guaranty there must,
,he a sacrifice
made on the Betide of 10 -or 15 per cent.' It
is proved beyond doubt now by the very liicriz
Cive _trade of the lianovcr Breech Railroad
and a comparison of th' advaniages•of the ex
tension to this place, ti u the Gettysburg Vail
road mist and will yield an income stalleient
to pay the expenses of-the road, end the in
terest on the Bondi' ; and leave n. surplus al
ter a few years operation. -if this
,proposition
to the County is finally rejected, thy: Bolide'
must, be sold without the guarnuty at home and
-in the cities at the best 3riees that can be ob.
Mined for' them. It is suggested that every'
effort should itninediatlsly be 'made to rai s e
the balance of trioney_required to - complete the
road, and with the proper effort the money
can be raised ; - and the!' road eotnpleted to
Gettysburg by nest Autumn, This 1$ most
important to, stockholders vibe have money in
vested in the lad, and to -property holders in
the town and county. -To this end we would
urge stockholders to be punctual in the pay
ment of their iestulmeets• in stock sebsCrip-•
tion, and not cripple and: delay the operations
of the Board by their tardiness. -•
Your Board have been untiring in their ef
forts to adjust the damages, and amicably- se
cure the right of way 'along the'line of the
'road, and with must of the laud owners they
were successful. With those whom they could
riot adjust the damages they took the legal
course and a few cates'are still in litigation . --
The amount Of damages paid by the Cointtuy,
will be seen Le theaeeompenying Report of the
Secretary. This report also embraces the at
mount of stock subscription ; the amount •paid
in to the Treasurer ; and the different itetns of
expenditures for which orders were issued the
ring the year - ' and to his report you are respect
referred for inforination in reeled to the
expenses_ of the Company in detail.
Your Board, therefore; conclude this Report
with an assurance 'of an abiding confidence in
the early and complete success. (Wilds impor
tant enterprise .
• By order of the Board,
• • - ' R.. NVC RDY.
Jan. 12, 1857.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
To the .Board qf Direct 're of the Gettysburg
Railroad Company.
The undersigned Secretary of your Board,
respectfully submits the lb:cowing as an ac•
count grail the orders issued - On the Treasurer
tip to date, also touount of stuck subscribed
Atnonnt of Stock sUbscri bed on the
Books in Lands of Treasurer
-2677 share.,;, making in money, $133,850 00
Of this amolot $23,4100 was sub
scribed by lkiessrs.:lftin and
Taylor, agreeably to the terms
of their contract,
Receipts from Stockhol
ders as per Report of
Trees If rer $51,772 42
BaJance yet, uncollected 82,077 .58
/
—72
our)Etts LSSUED, &c.•.
1851 ConitnivAutier4' expenseA
in obtaining Charter.
making. surveys d:c , $31.3 33
" Advertising by' Commis
sioners from April 10,
1851, to June 13i . 1853; 43 75
135.3 Advertising by Dirisctors
from June 13, 1853, to
January 14, IRsii,
1836 Adverti.iin;_i&e., by 130ard
•of -Directors from
• 14, Iri'6; to 'J Ito. 12,
1857, invluding printing
.&e.,
)P54 - Carring , ftt , and
TO . bv Company. frAlm -I. 1,-.: -.....'-'
- _-_1135.11, 'fate, ft ton inlyl , t, 11 4 ;',1.
to Jan. 11. 1175.1,•as *r
,
13i11,1P5 00
, .
1856 Carriage's nol Iv3rsAs 14 r•( . 1
-
30 be Coifspany from './, 1..
1837 rrattt, fr44a .lati, ti,
186 i, Lo .Iso, 10, 1.57;
• MA eCr ": 51
J. L. fate, 33 day.; si:rvct . ,., I •Ii t•)
St.A,2 an -a press ar .114 cc.; iu
1
~nil~.•oal,
0
Balance in hands of Treasurer, $ 0;22,-12
In making this statement the Treasurer re
-1 grots to say. that while a large proportion of
the stockholders h a ve responded to the call of
I the Directors and paid their instalments as
I they have haen called in, Mall V others have
not paid as promptly as might have been de
sired, or as the early and speedy completion
lof the road requires. It is hoped, however,
! • •
t ut future that Stockholders will see the ne
cessity of punctuality on their part and thus
enable the Board of :Directors todirect an in
crease of force upon 'the line so as to insure
-rho finishing of the grading anti bridging at
an path. period. An offer w as made on the part
f the 13 ,ard to doduct the interest to become
due nt; an inducement to‘s.l ,, e-kliolders 'to an
tiripate their instalments, at number have-avail
ed them.eives of the tither and paid their in
stalolents in.telvance ; and it is to be regretted
tio:1 .11 .;e hate not done so. tleretofore the
'1'•• , •,,-.rarer hag been able to meet the demands
or the Company as well as the monthly esti.
mates elf the Clutraeurrs, hut in order to enable ,
hint to continue to do so hereafter, prompt
payment of insoilments as they fall tine, as ,
NT(4I-4:1, i all th o se in arrears is absolutely rte- I
eessary. in order to a vigorous and active'
prosecution of the ‘v.•rk, and to enable the
(I. , ntrivt.rs to complete the grading and
hri.b2.-in:- by the first of.Julv next. Concert:lnd
.a. har!n...ious and faithful aetiug together is
esscatially nce.essair . •.
Ilesneotitilly yours,
J. 11. :\I'PLELLAS, Tema. f
$1';',3,630 tlO
57 50
;7. 30
1 4 ;.7 , 4G;NF:EitS OFFICE,. I
New Oxfora, Jan, 1, 1537.
"1" , , Ilcc Prrqiilent awl Direrlors of thr: •tictige-
Imr4 11 , tilnyvl C(impaily :
( its:TLENtx:--The line of your rood, having
' 1,pc.1 1 le, •iltod latt-. in the Autumn and IVintor
, zoine eliptiges UUCP }won wade whir;i
(life!) re' thn.. rorreethui ,- - o f the
lia , t; lv •• I .•itr% Pv. Th,PAP mod I
ma,:e and the roio
.11. C, Wolf carrying chain
1 clay,
'18.36 .4petises on review of the
Sept.' line (tithe road by the
Board, B7f
1836 Expenses. 'attending. the
March proeuring ofaupplement
to Charter, „.
Isk.;fl'Publishing notice to Stock-
May holders in Balt. and ex
penses in oullecting sub.
.4criptions, '
Nov. Exp . cluy:s incurred in al
-13, sensing damages ,along
line of tho road, paying
, .views, of same, &c., as
per Hifi,' 53 00
'MG k. I), Buehler, blank
May 6. books, 481
Nov, * Lucas& Bra blank trans
ter book,
Expenses in full ginee or•
funiza,tion 01 (b..
‘IAGF,, , -; PAIT TO OWNERS OF
LANDS FOR RIGHT OF WAY.
.18:36 N. Heltzell, $lOO 00
J. McMust(l-, • 200 00
M. Levin:Aim,. 2OO 00
- T.. l`rs . .vell, ;;50 00
D. M. Myers, 200 00
J. F. lirinicurhar, 100 00
liitronti.i, 55 00
Chruoistc.r, 12 50
P. F,llluiTer, 295 75
Groscost, 35 00
S,.Ca,brrian, 5o 00
CRAnian, 150 00
A. W, Staub, 100 00
Ceo, 200 00
go
ible;
601 00_
J, (Struban) 1 . 50 DO
•. IL ,t; J. E; 12J0 00
• I). 1 - 1 550'00
J. 11.41.)ert, 41.2110
S. *high!, •150 00
-• J. ItultiliJ, - 150 00
P. Nlonfort, 200 00 _
J. Keagy, 00
N. McClean, 200 01)
1). Ziegler, 200 90
Ceo, H. Swope, 5 00
mount'of Damagoß paid. $039 2.'►
ORDERS . • GRA NTED TO M ESSRS.
WIN k TAYLOR, AC:CORDING TO
CONTRACT.
1856
April 11, Onler for 817 00
May 14; .". . 2354 57
June 11, • " -" :15039
0
July -10, as" . '4480 - 17
Aug 13, " " . :101771;
Sept.l I, 64 ' 44 4994 07
(Jet. 10, " . " 5009 .23
Nov. 15; " " , 30:19 45
I)ee. 15, " " 2176 84
1857
Jump. 9, im Id 21)97 33
A mount . peitl Contractors in wuney . 124,819
1856
Dee..l7, Order to .MeosrB,
Irwin S Tadur
fora certificate. _ .
of stcck for Aihurt
ening the road /
•
mite and e Bbor
ter thrril 4 Wrigln'4
- stwvey,' t 3,4 per
CffittniCt, (puid
trt Stuck,) 3000 00 :
•
185/ •
JAIL . 10, TO
TlVlOrrnzcuu •
tract—for )72
slllll'o3 of Stuck •
to wit BGOO 00
'trait pail to Contractura.in tuck, $11,600 00
/tiC)7,
Jo,u. 0, Salary of
.Presldea ag
Per Itoiolati9a.N.O , 500,00 ...
„
Sala.ryuf Seerohiry, 200 00
Troasuror, 249 50
,kmoant paid Oflicors,
RECA P I'l' A.TION.
Expenses in HI sinc:e
organization of Co., $9ll 72
Panittges paid for
•
ti • •
right at' way. 0839 25
Moray paid to Con
tractgra, 21),849 53
Stock certificates is.• • •
sued to Contraetors, 11,600 00
- Sularim of Officers--
or Beard, 9.19 50
Amount reivired by
Treluturer as per
Report.,
%lance in hands of TreQurer, $1622 42
All of which is resrwetfully submitted,
DAVID WILLS, Secretory.
T 11. HA SUR ER'S REPORT.
To the President and Directors of the Octlys
' burg Railroad Company :
Tho Treasurer presents the following state
ment of Ree e ints and Disbursements for tbe
year-ending January lath, 1857 :
.I?.e(t'd instalments on Stock subs, $51,772,42
aanount of orders paid, 50,1,5'0;00
ENGINEER'S EEP-01T
is believed to have its beet position Frig dura
bility and economy of repair. The connec
tion tvith the Hanover Branch Railroad.. hal
beetedeferred.on account 44es - end-buildings
of cepying the line, of road... The &tenet:Holt
will b' tnn le as noon as the weather hecorties
more fever tble ; the work to eie done lip
slight, that a very short &acne aill•bwrolluiriel
to perform it when ne e e ss ar e , •
Mince my report. Jr, Septeinber !pet, addie'
Lions have been made to thecompleted portion
of the road and bridges, so as to require a
- further bitatetnent fret!: timed' the condition
and prpgrese . of the work at this time,
eormneneine at Ilanoepr. Section 1.9 Weir
FIR govern' offers along the line..were untotielY
ed at the time toy lust report was submieted.
I tun gratified to state that work has been done.
on,all the sections ea the line
,of Jtoad c --
Section 1 is partly cempleted, end is still 'be
ing prosecuted with energy, Suiition 2 and-3,
iM;holin e. the rnasonty, road, bridge and water- ,
way at Slagle's ttre all eompleted. On. Section
4 at Bed 11111, the heaviest cut and embank
meet are eneonntered. eab=eontractors
who first started the work. - abandoned it at
the most .favorahle time for operating ; had
they continued till nuw with unabated energy,
the Seaton mit!ht at present have been near
ly tittished. This caused a few ,souk!{ delay
in getting the work etarted again ; the 'see
the's have, 'hoverer, been placed iti good
halide, and have beer!urged With much vigour
for the last few weeks. A force sufficient to
complete it by the Ist of May is now opuretitig,•
it. ,unctions 5 and (I belong to the some con
tract, the former. Section is nearly etanaletol,'
and the latter has been commenced anti finish
ed to New - Oxford. Between this and the
Conowago no work has been done, but er
rengetrumee have Leen made to cuntrueece at
an early period. •
Beetled 7 Hllll 8, 'lwe been progressing,
steadily this past season, Owing to ellUsie,
not-Within the control of the Ettgineer, sonic
delny has been ex perieneed by the sub-con
traeter alentdoning the work, after c mplet
ing Section f(, and-the largest portion .of 7.
The weirk has been- t keit by other -parties,
and a temporary bridge is tieing er eted.
acmes the Conowago for the purpore Of con
"„viate the ea r th ti , th e opposite side for em
banktneet, and an aetiVe operation is expect
ed from this time forward. The abututeets
of the bridge crossing this stream are up :
the Weet one rests upon a solid rock founda
tion;--the fottudittion or the East one nut be
ing so firm, the breadth of mnsonry was in
creased to such dimeneions as to render its
.stability beyo».l a doubt. At fleMaster'e
where your read eietSSee the turnpike, the lat
ter has been graded &ilt to -an ete4y crossing
and the stone restored to the bed of the pike,.
The large rock cut en 7 is completed, some
trimming end eloping oely Lio:ii;.;lloll7Shttry
the ST ) 7jn g . • .
Seel,lllll a :;inall force has been CIO- "'wen . V Kansas
played-in exeioatii e . ruck :Intl frmitig collle-poo ' iollt of .
tin, .sew lurk, Times te,e4raphs the
latektme its oil (etch side of Brush Run BritlAo •
lidlutiv
t insonry of wbie » m
ls copleted. Thi;;T i lik
.'ectim 'the- C oa tr a d o r me w ill .41. i , President has recei%edeffielal -tn forma,.
tittiehtel in • mix.• weeks, with the est:option` 4 .4 . 114 hi" ;Agent fur the Shownce" Indians
(heroine, which enema by done until Sr-'t)j. that as the' me)nhere. of time tribe have nearly
competed their electien of :20u,000 aeresSeetions aw l 31 are be i ag , p orattfll},,,ul of
at their benviest p lots, ei o•t ta verit hi e fe i.t . Pflie reserve, art ext eml iee org - ae i zar i,„, Jilts
winter operatimis. The bidonee of their sei ,l , ./evi fOrMtA verBonS i a We7711e1•11 3111-.74111.1ri
in'a st a te of ark ancement that will I ''-'l' n l t lb :1011 to -14" !Tun
ena.l o thorn to Ile I'ntlllllolH,l r ea dily by th e 5 ea,tid rtsene en the first of February illtli make
• Ist tit ..ltuol next: The masonry at SWiti ll.Oli,,lChd , ecupy eir.tee m p,,dee s front the
is surple--.lbout at,tee.) !cues. The t reat v
et e nplood, Lied Lot two h:eks ionntio
ho Proofed, IProhihit's whiles from seicling in the ro.-ene
5,,,.0,„, s le ; mind 13. are ( ~,t ripl e t .r ai , w ith; th e ! I t l . ,"til ninetydn.) s -after all the Indian Sele'.:7-
~t , p t it . „ tr i mm i„ g. 1 , 4 comprki , 4 „ions are made anti approved and:the surplus
If heavy rut and eonsidern hie
„wan wet apa rt by the President's proclamation.
This eectioti is being pushed forward with - Tim "' 4 :" l "mis- 41 - 211 -er or I Lorom
commendable energy, and from p veent pros- •f:linn - mf the. Preeideut, lute ordered Col. Cunt
-11,,r,,,, i t w ill not the h i „ t - t „ f i e i,h e e sup-rititendeet at St. Lettis, to t ee+ to
74)0 : - :evtion 15 which terminates the Roaii a"d star' ere. ""rfpr'!-
nt Gettysburg, no work is at present being * "ilex ji Dm . oreup n yiny Shawnee, Miami,
dune on veount of the he:lenience of tiui (Kiser,. or any other ludian
for p toCumming' or
weath Nv
er ; the character of the ork
Vor ,ess
ha\ etrou been e
ent supr.ort
on by telegraph.and s znee,
such.
tl!he superstructure of 'Ruck Creep Bridge
for theomed pert is up and will he completed
in a few dtrye . ; from the simplicity of f mid
the excellence of the •usateriais use l this
bridge will be me item of Nero little expen:ie
fur many years to come. The, timber flit.
Swift and iirw.h 'Row: k already deli% erol,
and it i5,1i077 - 1:4110.1 to erect . tlieseliridges ill 71
few weeks. -
1 00
35.121
9 09
4 75
$9ll 72'
$949 50
11aving viewed each E•eetion sounewllat itt
detail. I find, ealleeti%ely, the aniutint of.rintd
be I graded ta ho lest on , / a half Ml:it...v. alai
hat): mile ef which in fara daable tt aelt
thin „lily requires triamiag it, the,Spriag,
leroatly far the rails. Thauglr p , r'e; e
that the larger prapartical
graded, in iadnt ofitli•itanee, vet there remains
tl , e'ieaviest portions tai Le perfaraied :
hal/ • heels kept with referent e to winter I pci. ft
$50,150 00
51,772 42
The work under most of the contractors is,
progressing with coosiderahle rapidity, and
the force will be increased from time' to dint;
as may be required, to compete the.gradiog
arid bridging of the whole Road by the Ist of ,
J ulv next . . should the emnpaily require it.
All the Bridge Masonry on the line of rott4P
is completed, and nearly all the volvert,ma
sonry, leaving very little to do in that depart-,
meat, excepting a road bridge in New Oxford,
and a few open culverts.
The plans :►nd estimates are prepared with
a view - to a, solid and permanent road-way,
and of such a character 148 to need but little
repairs hereafter, in comparison with other
Roads,
The embankments, with few exceptions,
are composed of such material, that, Will N ,
quire less, expense to be incurred he2cnfter by
the Company in keeping the track in good
order than is usual. The, hanks are' indeed
solid, and very little filling up will be requir
ed after heinr. exposed this winter to the action
of the weather. All the trimming to the grad
ed portion of the road hag been dispensed
with until the opening of the Spring.
As Section 1, connecting with the Hanover
Branch Railroad, gill be finished early in the
Spring. 1 would respectfully suggest to :van
the prt pricty of the commencement.of laying
of track at that time, which 1 ton confident
can he continued then, without interruption,
its the Road-bed eau lie completed sufficiently
fast as not to rt to its.: progress. lam con
fident that ant ff , rt will not ho wanting on
your part to accomplish so desirable an object.
1, can congratulate the
,Board of Managers
upon the bright prospects which seem about
to crown their arduous labors with success 7.
for upon the completion of the Gettysburz,
Railroad there can be no question in the mind
of a serious thinking person, but that a large
and lucrative trade is waiting to he transport
ed-over it,-and that its business will compare
favorably with that of the, Hanover Road,
(Which its friends admit will do a business of
near $lO,OOO the present year,) I think is be
yond a Slladow of doubt. Passing as it does
through a rich limestone valley into the thin
tier lands towards Gettysburg, it is difficult to
arrive at the amount of this material which
may be wanted and which will pass over your
Road in both directions. The coal necessary
in die burning of this Time will be au item of 1
considerable revenue.
This, if rightly looked upon, will he soon to,
be, not tally a source of emolument to your
Road . hut will be a material benefit to the
farming intere,:4 throughout the county as far
to , the intltionee of thu itoad extends. This
influence, it tnnst lie horn in mind, will he
mto-h m,,ro widely felt than along the line of
the Hanover R pad. ina , .much as ynur
es:fowls 14rtlier iula ti, and away fr the ab-
gorpfron of the greater , thoroughtare—the
Northern Central Railroad. -
. It: seems needless to dwell more at length
noon. ate various sources of revenue te'.your
Ifo4am they must be a matter well understood
16*We:dies. 'Yon know the value of your
ON ItVitibitC Rink the products of the farmer.
I and , the dairy, Yea can forxn some idea of
the large amounts of lumber, cold and ether
foreign substances that are yearly wanted in
(letCysbarg and the surrounding country.—
;Nu criterion c be bayed isT“ui existing trade
or aeticity of business, fur experience has
, showp,thot alI estimates of business, however
liberal flip' have bf;en„ have fallen far short
rot the reit tty to a Rirad when of mitt Flle(MSF'
NI operation. You have a practical illustra
l-tien of this in the Hanover Branch Railroad
',ever since its compiet oni ; and why may I WA",
1 14(1ti 11vt. yolir Road ns )aright a future.
in the rural di4ricts in England. up , )n the
4' t peoing of a Railway, the passengers that
j,ietbro tinve ed by stages, have increased lbur
fold; white this country the increase has
been found to be notch greater. With the at
tractive institutions of learning and the neigh
hori ng places of summer resort, to reach which
fucititirs will be greatly int:roused' lov the
conitruetion of +o'er Road. The eAmplitation
of travel to these (leservedty popular placeaof
pleasure and profit, situated as they are in a
_healthy and pitluresilint country, would, could
wr itr_rive at it;:,be-beyond the most sanguine.
expectations.
that I have presented all that need,
itt.thio time, be said upon the Auhject
department, and in the In pe that k tiny
awliken freedti interest in the work among there
tar whose infialnation I have prepared it. I
rot: pe4;tfu ly
submit it
to veer eor - n,idei
Jt )S. TT, Engineer,
itc7il'-'IIIA fi;llowing hill WKS (4refi9llted to the
trace_ tine of Stockholders and allowed:
fiettyslier,7, Railrkitel Company, Dr,
~: Ti) th e Direvtors of said Itnad, I')r time--
A. NriFe, 1:l days' service at :$2, $`2.1.00
T. Diehl, 12 '• ., 24,00
Of - (:Throne, 1 I ' I 4 ! , ; '.) . 11 4 1
.
• i
Jog La It Beni; er. 8 " . ilvt)
(leo.lV. McClellan, 5 days $1 & 4 days $2,11'00
hivid Wilk, ' . 7 " 6 " l'd.(10
\Yin 1)(4tolas, - 3 " P.ltti
11. :\leCrealy t
I f(,'ildrlX.
Jacob I%)rlie.y,
, above named members of the B „ f '
PiPN tVrt; b spent much of their time and
mine:y . in the servi, e ill the C , ,mr,any
erp:wity, ask an :111 , y - wane° of the
Stan'll6l,lers fur the two, u it of the alio\ e b"
Onttysbur;:. Jun. 12, 1'.4;71
11 , rri1le ifirrder.— rho Starkville (Miss.)
coutains the particulars of the hor
rible murder of Itohert Barnes, proprietor of
the Onnitage Hotel in that p'np":e. by Dr, W. D.
t;tovall. with wit on hail had a quarrel the
day !netore. It so:. :
Going near thirties' stable. Dr. S. st.pped
and wltike,j within but twenty
live paces of Burnes, who was engaged in liar
: ne.'si g 3 horse he ineekoned to a neir,ro who
was skanding near to got out of the way, at tine
saute plume:lt raising the gun end tiring. At
`tine itistunt of his firing Burnes looked around
, . .
met re'ectvenn the eontents of the gun full in
his' face, Ile raised his Mauls to his eye 4.
alt_i, , unk to the earth, exclaiming, 'my Unid
rut this Stovall :olvanced within ten paces,
mid tired tine second time, the_ whole charge
' taking' effect in his hack, aunt Burnes then
•eried out am a dead mau..—Still nut satis
fied, Stovall coolly a pproaaed him, autl,
irawing,2l, pistol, put it close to his head and
I llide'dti 9 giun; bursting his eye-ball from its sock
; fluent, 'putting the pistol to his breast, he
ti { s eta 041tirth time into the body of the already
Gad nolo. Mrs. Burnes and her ehilth;en
'rushed from the house screaming, while Dr.
'titovalleoollv walked away, gut into his buggy
tiuti drove off."
• r
/'lae Irrsarrrly Dodge. —The plea of insanity
Tstiow every day being set up,- lake to shield
criminals and to break wills. Let a man die,
worths2oo,ooo, having bequeathed half of it to
charity; and his heirs and friends find out all
sorts of queer actions, swear he was insane,
an'ii bring an action to break his will. It
lieshad given the money while living no ques
tions would have been asked. But, dead and
gone, his memory is raked over, and every in
consistent nr foolish thing he ever did drawn
forth from its obscurity, and printed in every
paper, for the sake of adding a few thousand's
,to
,the wealth o f avaricious and ungrateful
dekendeuts,—Philuaelph I"lger,
ri , •;p•ripli to Cu/Jct.—One of the most im
portant enterprises in connection with tele
graphs, next to that across the (wean, is the
project of reaching the Island of Cuba by the
electric wire. Responsible parties have been
in correspondkee some months with the
authorities in Cuba. and also with the govern
ment of Spain through their minister at Wash.
inzton, /4, the purpose Of carrying out the
plan, and from the present position of affairs
we shall expect to see it consummated by or
betbre the time that the transatlantic line is
in
.operation. It is proposed to lay a cable
from the point of Cup° Salile, the extreme
southern point of Florida, to Havana, the dis
tance being little over seventy miles—about
the same stretch as that across the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. Key West may also be embraced
by the same line.—N. Y. Times.
The 7',.oussequ, or a Slave 3.. letter
in the Jouraal of Commerce, from a lady who
own§ slavel in Georgia. g - i% es an amount of
tote reee.nt marriage of une of her negroes, in
'whint she remarks:
"th e d o up/e, last night, were both very
N.numg, aud handsome, and the groom. in a
full *lit of black, with .a white cravat, looked
as ,i pierene !Ind unetnharrassel as if he had
been la gentreinati. The bride's trousseau.
ftirniShed l her parents, who. like herself,
are coinmon field hands, would do credit to
many a decent white mechanic, She has
seven new dresses and a shawl, nesides mire
nece-sary ;IrtioleA, ,tnd the trifles from the
worm,: (Inc , of which is i.tivariablc a bittle of
" 21,0)
lu, 10
dnvm ttt
5 t.
1:::E:C=11:21111=
c^:=E
I The Traitor's Reward. • i filirList of Jurors for Adjourned Court, to
i Ilsnaisacto:, Jan. 14, 1857.—Manear, of be held February 16, 1857:
l't_le B ri m a i l t le h n . —James J. Wills, Jacob Dear, M o se s
York, openly boasts that rece i ve d $B,OOO '
,) !
for voting for Cameron; he , says he would . lquuritjerv—Miehitel Trostle, Jesse D. New
! have voted for Forney for $5,000. The board.' man, Peter Bushey, John Hoffman.
' t
err at Wilke' hotel, where Ma near has been Germany—Andrew Lopi,Jonathan C. Forest,
, Benjamin Landis.
stopping,'. protested against his remaining ; Ilamiltoti : —Tieury Haber, Daniel Lynch, John
he was consequently dismissed by the land- • Ruff.'
I lord. . ' Ilamiltonban—David Stewart, Joseph Kit
tinger, Samuel Eiker, Jacob Plank.
Brady, to whom be applied for board, re- ,
Ifuntingtoo—lsatto Sadler, Jaeob Slieaffer.
fused to receive him. OLIAtt Las give" Wag" , 6(mb:to—William Thomas, o f C., Samuel
()timelier and Lebo noticG , In quit. In the 11011in . ,....rer, -John Bender, Armstrong Taugh
i liouse, an eff irt will he made to expel 31anear. . inbang ll .,Willi ?tin iro.ward-
I - .......«.__________ Ltherty—N athantel-Grayson, Joseph Riddle
-1 -----
Tribute of an Enemy
moser.
The New nrk. Tribune notices the
•a I:nion— frivol) Sterner.
•lte
.u.ountplenmalit—Sehlimian :Weaver, Sainuel
S enntorial election in terms which, consider- Cash/WM,
ing its ultra-partizan character, do it credit. ficti) , *-shiting- 2 -Indrew Schick. ~ ..
After rejoicing over the success of Cameron, (
:,,,novnigu—Samuti Schwartz. _
Itendirig- 7 -Samitel Orndurti, George Brown,
Abraham King.
it onvs
While we rejoice in this result, we cannotl Tyrone—John Diehl. - -" _ -- - - :
join in the personal cry avainst his principal; Freedom—Wm. Ross White s
r,
competitor, Col. Forney. Forney connuitte I i -
some grace errors in early life,: but he is still ; Mecca and llahommed.
a y„ung man, and we trust, though defeated l
P. PiITN AM Sc CO. have ptibliAhed an d
now, he has an honorable career yet before '
• have now ready for sale, Burton's P.
Dior. lie is amost thorough-going partisan t G
rimage to Mecca and the Tomb of the Pro
of Pro-Shivery Democraey, all for twenty;
- phet, with an introduction by Bayard Taylor.
years has devoted all his onergies to the eleva-
1 1
vol. 12 too:, with Illustrations. $1.50.
thin of Mr. Buchanan to the 'Presidency—a i
The history of this curious booknisstaslnfrdila
resalt which he Fuss done more thaw:ltty other
lows :—Burton, an officer of the. E
man to achieve, lle fought us with desperate !
and
we Company. having by a long residence in Upp er
efficiency through the late canvass,
India. acquired a perfect knowledge of the Ori.
think: not always fairly ; but, since we did i
what we lioneqtly could „n the - other side, and e n d I l n g ua g e and unatnnis-' projected a visit
pi ee s of th e Royal Geographical
he has j ust enjoyed a defeat. we will consider! under the al`
Society. to the Holy City Of Mecca and the
the necuunt squared and start afresh. It;; v. 8
TIM) bvf the Prophet at Median places rdrely
us pleasure at this time to remember anti at
if ever before witnessed by any Englishman,—
test that through the long andArvit , contest ,
for Speaker of the present Ilmtse, Coedi'"g`lisi'd
Forney ; This he successfii"c ncculnidis"ed in 1853-4,
as a Maiwimmedan Dervish. The
pre , ided over the disorganized, anarehial, of-
history of the pilgrimage is not surpassed in
ten tumultuous illsemblage, with emineut:
interest. and originality by any book of travel
dignity. ability, and 'Strict impartiality. His i
published —enibricing -his residence at
position for eight weeks Was use of the most ever
I Cairo as a Mahomntedan Student: the journey
trying we ever observed, mid lie met its re.
i.across :he desert with the grent annual earn vat!
sponsibilities with unswerving fidelity.
of Pi/
grims: the visit - V, -- the Tomb of Nlohain
. W" presume Mr. Burhanau will require ,;
1 toed: the discovery that the sacred black•stone
Col. F.'s services iu some p ist of decided Lulli.
~4 of Mecca is_ an nerohte; the annual serniews
nence. . ---- -
Thankful for Small Blessings.
The 11lack Republicans seen) truly grateful
to gen. Cameron, for his generous sacrifices
in his n election to the U. S. Senate—the
tern: post many I' these same rejoicing, pat
riots opposed him as unlit tor, something,
inure than a twelve-11)4 , 11th since.
$1,78,00
A Democratic friend of onyx dispers(4l n
jolly little Lund of them yesterday, in' this
wisp :
"Vim seem very merry over this result at
Tlitrrisburg ?"— , aitl our friend. "Yes, cer
tainly :--svhy should we not r---w a s th e
reply, ? 4 . 011, that is a mere matter of taste"
--rt turned the I) ,, onnterat.
"l3ut I saw a half a il ,, ten better and like
lior ;nen sold the other tlny at the Smith at
bytor price, awl their Bf,ttle were not; itteltl
fled in the n was the ease i ft this
purchase of these three suen Lv C;ets. Cattle.:
rlqi !"
."Y•at mean ni7,7ers-I.?arrs V" • ..'
..certai : anul if the.y were here, I'd 'beg
their pardon for introquei t them into thig.
comnarkon.” The party broke up reflecting
carehtfly, to find out the difference betvree.b
"tweedle -Joan and tn-Peile dee ;"—the pur
chase of Macke. at the South, and men to be
come' Mack Republicans here.
Our friewt spoke in a purely Piekwickian.
Sell';0, not intending-to insinuate anything it--
legal in (len. Cameron's. Hots. His establish
c hameter, of course, will protect him against
an other eon'tructiou of our friend's words_
--A,aas/ieani tit •
A correspondent of the New York Tranine,..
one, Itedpat,b, an agent for the propagation of
of aceouttts of outrage in the Te'rritory, con
fesses, in a letter to that paper on Saturday
we ?k,thet a great deal of money,donated for the
relief and protection of the squatters,* has al*
ready. twessarily or unnecessarily, been
wasted or expended before it rettehed the
Territory—necessarily, by the blockade of
the Misssuiri river and the length of the over
land journey ; unneees3arily, by the villainy
offrandulent and dishtinext ayeatg, who. pock
eted Ike intmey aiu never paid it.
We eopy'the followine: from the Herald of
Free,lom, the organ of the free-Suite men in
Kansas:
"Disguise the filet as rnuelt BR we Will, there
is a class of irresp,onsihie persons, calling
thent4elve4 free-S: ate men, who are'enyagia in
lwrse•straling, and tithPi- ct ime.Y agaiii•sq lice pro
slarery lers , and exeu,ing thenv-elve4 u er
the plea that they have sustained injuries at
the handm of the party on which they commit
their depredations."
Another Hoax Exposed.
We copy the following from the Albany
Atlas and Argus :
The Indianapolis ,C'entinel pronounces the
story or the murder of a man at Jackson,
for avowing that he was in favor of the
eleutioa of Fremont--a hoax.
The story was got by by the Franklin
(Iowa) Reptadiran, and copied and paraded
and howled over by the Evening fourna/ of
this city. It related-how Mrs. Helen Saoia
hail lived eight years in Jackson, Miss. M.
Sacia, her husband . , having avowed his par
tiality fur Fremont, was waited upon by a
deputation of men, who informed him that he
must cease propagating his principles, which
he refused to do. One of the men took hold
of Sacia, when S. knocked him down, and
was himself shot by one of them, and his wife
notified to quit forthwith, which she did, and
came to Franklin, lowa, in pursuit of sympa
thy. The friends of bleeding Kansas furnish
ed her with a purse ; and she disappeared
and has not since been heard from. Slie is
probably making her way towards Albany, to
be embraced in the expecting' arms of the
Joririvt/ men. Inquiries into her story go to
show she is an imposter.
We have had a great many swind'ers dealing
in this Kansas humbug ;. but these Fremont
is)) women are the taw:manger/los.
Ate'll'lONA. •
911 IE subscriber, intending to discontinue
11. Storekeeping. will sell off nt Auction,
commencing on Mond y next, nt 1 o'clock, P.
N.. HIS k i'fRF. STO CK, consisting of
Notion.. Spices, Glass. Oil, Baskets, Brooms,
Wooden Buckets. Washing Machines. Brush
es of allikinds, Soaps, lots of empty Ban els,
and thousands of other articles.
EM AN UEL ZIEGLER.
January 12,1857,
ICY Work Baskets and Willow Ware
1. 1
of every deseription,embracing a large and
gene al assortment—a greater part expre.;sly
tor Christmas presents, at ERN EY & BRO.,
Fancy tirozery And gion lee tionery More.
York, Dec." 15, '3d. 67 West M.irket st.
1 4 . A DIES, de) yrnt Ir3lll, to }my . c h ea p an d
f4allionable Robeb If 5.,. c a p, at
Candid Confessions.
FAIINESTOCKS'
rrraclu at Mecca to an anthen►x• of 150.0001
gathered from all parts of the Mtp+-
lerii world : hir narrow eseal►e frost► detection.
unit the onit• meetnate ►account of .the eereMo—_, ,
mies of the :Nloslem faith.
To the religions comintinit'y this- worh
inforr»ation never before made public - ,
respecting the ceremonial laws of a large pin
p;;rl;4)n of the Eastern Ltiorld: while for'ge»ertit
interest, Burton's narrative will entlipare
vorahlv with either Eothen, or. Crescent anti
the Urosb.
I. P. PUTNAM S;
No. 321 Broadway, NOW YOrk.
January 5. 1857.
NIE IV FIRM !
• AT'S. C:I PS, 110(17'S ,Cll7O 77
emniersig,ned having piireintsed frmn,
Wm. IV. Paxton. Esq.. his entire Swett;
of Goods. continue the . bniiituss at the DO•
siari, in ceinrchershurgs_ree.. t t
. a ftrit' 11010*
e•it. of !et. (hum owl. underthe - tirin of B. IN G -
MAN' ACIA-lINRAUGH.. sinti solicit thei
pntroirog,e. otf their frh , nds and the public gen=-
erally. Wsr have unite arrungeniebts
Lu inerwase' etto:atnet.
If lig, Citpx, Riots. and Shoes.
and will alrAng•skee-p.rut hancp A full assortment
of all kinas. suitable twtlie swason, which wilt,
be , sold at the• lowest possible 7rice . s.
by strict attention ta.businesti, to iner;.t.n li
vral patronage, we iniyite Ail treading anything:-
in our line to call anti', t•xatnitta our goads he--
fo. e ptirchabing elsewhere:
). *E: 7/11T.TNPOI A Nc. •
U. A laLTB111; 611-
.
Gettysburg, Jan. 12, Itis7.—tti
Soed ruor
pAvINT; disprozed of
and Shot. Store no lek:io-rs,. BRI1`.11;M
Al Ql - 11 . ,NBAUt;ii. who willl carry , on tile•
latsmes, at the. old stand, I 1:0S pvel fiiilly. 11S
k 11,
00111 i 11U11110e to
11!):_:,11CC0SSOVS, Or
t rnoage with which the public Lxtim famrellano•
during malty years.' As tam now—mita ho•;-
iness, it is neeessary that tap Books nod( Ac
coimts he closed up at once. Mil pprsons.•
therefore. who know themselves indeht ()Ili
Not e or Book Accounts are refwested to milli
witluott (kitty nod ma!ie settlement.. LwilD
be (mind at the olcistuod.
W. W. PAXTON-.
Gettysburg. January 12, 1657. -
To Builders;
liatoposm.s will be received until 3fivlon,.
do. 191/t inst., for the erection of an addl.'
tionnl story on front and batik boildiAgs of the-
FA( ii,F, )na, now occupied by Peter
Shively. and fur many other itoproguinents-.
Mans and specifications can be aeen.hy calling:.
on either or the undersigned:
Jrmilnry 5. 1857. td
Collectors, Take Notice!!
rrifiE Collectors of Taxes in the different
I townships of Adams county are hereby
not,tfied that they will be requi ed to settle ups
their Duplicates on or before Monday. the 19th
y 1)1 January Next. on which day the Com—
missioners will meet at their office to give the
necessary exonerations, &c. If the Duplicates
are not settled up in full by the abort date,.
the Collectors will be dealt with according to.
law, without regard to persons.
oA meeting of the Commissioners will
take place at their office, in Gettysburg, on
_lfondeiy, the slh of January. at which time
exonerations will be granted to such of the
Collectors as may prefer attending and mak
ing settletuent on that day.
GEORGE 'MYERS.
ENRY A. PICKING,
JOSIAU BENNER,
Go/amiss loner:.
A t test—
J. M. WALTER, Clerk.
December 29, 1856.
PUBLIC SALE.
/UWE subscriber, intending to remove, will
1 otter at public sale, on the premises, on
~•;(cturday, the 24th day gt . January instant,
A TRACT OF LAND,
situate in Cumberland township, Adams co.,
on tho Chambershurg turnpike, 3 miles f oni
Gettysbuig, containing 20 Acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of Daniel Pulley, David Wk'
ler and others. The improvements are
a one-story Log HOUSE, a Log Barn. ;; 9 :1;
a never-failing well of water. and Apple -
and Peach Orchards. with other fruit.
Also, at the same time and place, will be
sold, two good COWS.
Sale to commence at 1 o'clock. P. M., on
said day, when attendance will be given and
terms made known by
LEWIS HOOPP
January 12, 1857.
" BBLS. Eastern Cranberries.
5 11) Boxes Figs. part in fancy packages.
5 Boleti.Gem , a Citron. (prime.)
SJO Lbs. Zante Currant 4, (new.) by
ERNEY & 880.,
• Fancy confectioners- and Grocery, -
York, Ike.. 15, SG. 67 Nsiut Market St.
A. - COB EAN,
11. D. SW EN EY.
GEORGE THRONE,