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. NO. 26
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