Wiffaiptsbarci Wale getord. ,Thursday, AutTA 7 1.878. tarCaptaiula.ek.and the Mane Bar barians hatie - been tried by a Military tiourtXartial and found gpilty. They have been ordered to be shot I _ Greeti . tay roan 'has purchased a swallowtailed coat and a white hat and liasstarted.for Europe with the intention of marrying'Queenr Victoi ia. . xs.During a storm last Monday a Week, an old colored Woman was — Eitruok by Leaning and killed in Alexandria county, Va. 1 ,*E Frederick Schwartz, an old Balti more tailor, aged 76, who wily a few • months ago married a young wife, com mitted suicide on Saturday last by . hang jug himself with a clothes line. nmAn Englishman has offered to sub- scribe fifty-or one-hundred-pounds-toward the completion of a telescope that shall be powerful enough to discover human be in ? :—if existinT—in an of he s 'hen& -iterllrs.'TJdderzook, wife of Wm. E. Udderzook, and Henry Udderzook, his father, visited the prisoner in the jail at West Chester, Pa., on the 24th ult. The father-and-son-had-mot-met-before-for-18 years. arAn old soloed ,woman, born a slave to Col. Dorsey, of Maryland, twelve years before the Revelution, died in Washing ton a few days ago, aged 111 years. She has two children, each about 80 years of age. Mir Mrs. Emeline Hall, a widow, aged 75 years, residing near Davidsonville, An na Arundel' county, Md., was instantly . killed by lightning during a storm on Monday evening a week. She was sitting by the window holding a child in her lap, i i singu ar o say, t c i was un urt. John Owen, who lately died at Jackson, aged 114, was in some res pects a remarkable man. He blushingly admitted that he had used whiskey since he was ten years old, and had chewed to- acco -and smoked, more or 'esti, for one hundred and three years, but he never claimed that he had seen Washington. IThe British Government has de clined an exChinge, of postal cards with the 'United States. The plan proposed by Mr. Cresswell was to have these useful little missives carried across the Atlantic at an addition', of one cent postage, bu the authorities on the other side refused to concede to such an arrangement. r.Prof. Wise's balloon, in which ho and Mr. Donaldson, with others, are to make the attempt to moss the Atlantic ocean, is steadily approaching completion. Besides:the large, principal balloon, there will be two small balloons, to be used as feeders, all of wh!ch are to be constructed of muslin, varnished. The difficulty will . be to secure a safe ascension after which it is claimed no trouble will be encounter ed "in the machinery," on the voyage. The grand start is to be made on the 15th of August. ttal.llon. E. B. Washburne, minister of the United Statis to the French capi tal, thus explains himself upon the back pay question : "I was in Congress when the salary was but $3,000, and I always found it more than sufficient to meet my necessary per; sonal expenses. When it was raised to $5,000 I thought it too much, and think so still ; but raising it to $7,500 is noth ing more or less than straight stealing.— Every year that I was in Congress I laid by a portion of my salary, and none of my constituents ever complained that I (lid not live decently. The people don't send their representatives to Washington to live like princes, buck the tiger, and keep half a dozen of mistresses." ANOTHER GREATI FlRE.—This time from the city of Portland, Oregon. The dispatch says the fire broke out on Satur day morning last about 4 o'clock, origina ting in a furniture store. Twenty-three blocks were burned. The fire only ceas ed for want of material. Among the loss es are two engine houses, two sash facto ries, four mills, three foundries, five ho tels, one hundred stores, and two hundred and fifty dwellings. One hundred and fifty homeless families are now encamped in the public parks. The loss is estimated at $1,500,000, on whien their was au in surance of $200,000. 1A delegation of prominent officials from South Carolina, acccmpanied by as sistant Secretary Sawyer, Of the Treasury, last week waited upon Attorney General Williams, asking that all proceedings in that State with t efercnee to the outrages of the Ku -Klux Klan be suspended, and urging the pardons of all those confined in the Albany Penitentiary. They repre sent that as an organization the Klan has ceased to exist in the State, and that a lenient policy on the part of the Gov ernment will tend to restore peace and or der, Attorny Gen. Williams informed therathat it was the policy of the Govern inept to prosecute oirly aggravated cases, And that as soon as the President was ful ly satisfied that peaceable citizenl , would be protected iu their . property and life a general saspensiou of prosecution would be desirable. General Potteratou,. of Philadelphia, owns thirteen cotton mills, and employs Aver four thousand operatives. iiiirHollahan and Nicholson, order ers of the aged lady, Mrs. LaMple,y > on Friday last paid the penalty of their crime at Baltimore. The execution tolik - plattr Lathe jail yard; and was witnessed by a great multitude of people, who crowded ev cry spot in the vicinity Which command ea a view of the scaffold. The drTaful affair was managed with the otmbst de corum by Sheriff Kane, and.the'proprieties rightfully attaching to so solemn an Occa sion were rigidly observed. Nicholson died almost instantaneously. Hollohan was strangled to death, and consequently must htive 'suffered considerably. Both men professed repentance and a sincere conviction of the power of religion for their salvation. They showed the utmost extreme of courage, not displaying the slightest tremor at any moment, and on the scaffold confessed a willingness to die. On the gallows Hollohan spoke as fol. lows "Gentlemen and Brothers. You are a witire-th-ta I am atioutto die a - victim - of the law. I acknowledge my , sins, and hope in Jesus. kam willing to give up my-life-for-the-crime_that_Lhave_dau [Here he hesitated a minute or two, as if not exactly knowing what to say. He then went on.] "There is nothing like Christ and brotherly love. It is better than mone —than I was once arrested and sent to the pen itentiar? wrongfully. I defy and any n4an in the United States or in the world to say that I was ever arrested or was in a Court House, either as a prisoner or a witness, before 1868, when I was arrested in Prince George's county. I was sent to the penitentiary, and treated wrongfully by Judge of Court and officers of law in power at that time. I lost everything I had—my wife, whom I expect. to meet in Heaven. When I think of the upright Judge and gentlemanly State's Attorney, and all the officers down at Anna 'oils, the more I think of them, the more I love them. They treated me kindly and right ly ; also Mr. Irwin and all the officers of the jail. They have all treated me kind ly, and I thank them•very kindly. Gen tlemen. I die in the faith of Jesus Christ, and — die a Christian,, and bid y ou all—go-o-d -bye, good• bye. • There was not a particle of tremor, in Holloban's voice as he spoke, but his look was uneasy and his eyes roamed restless ly around. When he had finished he step ped back to his place under the noose, and Rev. Mr. 'Williams again approach. ed him and renewed his religious minis trations. Nicholson stepped to the east side of the scaffold, where HoHoban, had' stood, and said : "I wish to make a few remarks about Christ, to show his great mercy. The confession that was given by me was giv en under the promise from Mr. Crone that I should be made a State's witness. All that was his promise, and I will state to you that the statement of Thos. Nichol son, made at Annapolis Court House, was the truth, and may God bless his soul. I only have a few remarks to make. [How do you do, Brother Crone.] I feel that my punishment is just. I warn you a gainst the love of money. I die trusting 'in the merits of Jesus Christ as my per sonal Savior. I die and leave my dear wife and p►ecious children in the hands of a merciful God. May God be with you all, and save me. I bid adieu to this world." • Hollohan stepped forward and said : "I have a-few remarks to make. I freely forgive all my enemies, and hope those that I have will forgive me." Nicholson said: "I also wish to return the same." Nicholson's voice wavered only when he spoke of his wife and children ; other wise it was clear and., resonant, and his words perfectly audible. There was quite a sensation when he spoke of Crone, and addressed him as his eye caught the latter in the crowd. nm. The Commission appointed by con gress to 'investigate the claims of the loy al citizens of the South for property tak en or destroyed by the army have num bored the claims and find theM to be ov er twenty-two thousand, amounting in all to more than fifty-six millions of dollars. A number of them, of course, will be thrown out or the figures reduced, but new ones are still being presented by persons who have just recently discovered that such a method for settling the proper ob ligations of the Government to them had been established. The time allowed for their presentation, however, has passed, and unless Congress should extend the limitation they will be of no avail. ts. Harrisburg bad a coal oil horror the other day. It is told in these few words : Mrs. Trumbower prostrate on the floor, enveloped in flames and undergoing the mast excruciating suffering. Coats were thrown about her burning body and the fire subdued, but not before she had received injuries pointing to certain death. From the thigh up she was terribly burn ed especially on the back and breast. The sufferer died on Monday afternoon at a bout half past five o'clock. She was en deavoring to kindle a. fire by means of the oil, when it suddenly flashed up and the work was done. ger-Every man must be alone in the world. No heart was ever cast in the same n 2014 as that which w•e bear within • run PREstaNT AT LONE} BRANCH.— A, correspondent, of the New York. Tri b ne, writing of President Grant from ing Branch says: - X ere his manner of, living in noted on ly or its lack of extravagance and osten tat: a..,/}l)s life is as quiet and unpreten ding as that of the most Modest cottage. His cottage is by no means the grand fash ionable centre or presents the heat of a political contest. It sets back from the road some distance, and is of a subdued order of architecture, a sort of mixture Euglish villa and Swiss chalet. Its colori are dingy, and its general ' appearance by no means as attractive and costly as is generally supposed. Nevertheless, while it would be taken for the residence of a quiet gentlemen of position and taste, it does ,not • appear to be unbecoming the President whose life here is so quiet and nobtrusive. Nobody would know, from .is manner of living and his personal in ercourse with the citizens of the Branch, hat-Genrant-occtrpied-a-higherstation rt the, world than his neighbors. What -1 •ver may be said against Gen. Grant and is_adniiuistration_.of the_Gavernm • , • cannot be said that his manner of living at Long Branch is unbecoming or (een tatious.. The family of the Pr- has placed themselves upon the same soc level as other cultivated and res • ectable families. There is no exclusion whatev-. er. The carriage of Mrs. Grant is often seen before the cottages of other residefits and there is no indication of a difference in worldly station. When it is remem bered that the rigid social etiquette of Washington precludes the families - of the President and Vice President from return calls, it will be seen that the position which the President's family have seen fit to take here is one that cannot but beap. proved as the most sensible and judicious that could be followed. • the cluster of convicts that accompanied Frank Walworth from- the tombs to the State Prison-was the notorious "Wes" Al len, and he has added another incident to his very notorious prison record by refus ing_to_join_a_draft_of_prisonersto b_e sent to the State Prison, at Auburn. When preparations were making for their depar ture he'rushed to his cell, and carrying with him a large knife, which he had evi dently surreptitiously secured from the dining hall. With this terrible instrument he rush ed to his cell, and brandishing it over his head, defied any one to approach him, and threatened death to any man or men who showed any disposition to capture him. It is scarcely needful to say ttat there were but few signs of that disposition shown, and "Wes" was allowed to display his knife without,. much molestation.— Formidable as the carving knife was, he evidently did not think it terrifying enough, and from the stone quarries it is supposed he obtained a pound of nitro glycerine. He pointed with a demon-like derision to this glycerine as keoper after keeper approached his cell, armed with the car bine or revolver in use in the prison, and defied them to fire at him. With a sav age leer in his one eye, the other, having been destroyed in an attempted prison es cape, and a Satanic fierceness that gave reality to his terrible threat, he announc ed his intention to destroy the entire pris on by exploding the nitro-glycerine if they attempted to maim or kill him by shooting him. Warden Hubbell and the all keepers thought discretion the better part of val or, and left him behind the bars, secure in the possession of these fierce and dead ly instruments of destruction. The draft went on to Auburn, but "Wes" Allen did not form one of the party. He stills re mains at Sing Sing, a living manifestation of what can be accomplished by a convict who dares. BLACKBERRY CORDIAL.-A friend hands us the following recipe_ for making blackberry cordial : Mash and strain the berries'; boil the juice in a brass kettle; skim well. To each gallon of juice put three pounds of sugar and a quart of liquor ; brandy is best.— Add a few bruised cloves. The above is a most excellent medicine for children in summer, or for diarlwea. GRASSNORPERS.-A despatch from Sioux City, lowa, dated the 28th ult., says: Dur ing the last two days the grasshoppers have been visible in the air. At this hour countless millions may be seen.— Their general tendency seems south-west. Grave apprehensions are expressed by those familiar with their ravages in other parts of the Country. The results cannot be other than disastrous, should the clouds of grasshoppers now hovering over this vicinity settle here. A WORD TO WORKING PEOFLE OF Burs SEXES.—Mechanics, artisans, fac tory hands, and people who labor for a living, find it very difficult if not imposi ble to keep the hands free from stain.— Hand Sapolio will not only remove eve ry particle of stain, and what is called "grained in dirt," but it will also keep the skin soft and pliable, rendering the mus cular action as quick and easy as is the case with those who do not perform hand labor. It is only 10 and 15 cents a cake according to size. Every mechanic should use it constantly instead of other soaps. Scranton now contains 40,000 inhab itants. In 1856 there were bit six brick houses in the blare. Sotal SeZS. ^The corn is said to be earing well; mPotatoes are 'plenty. Tomatoes ditto. —Roasting ears will soon be abund ant. SEi'The odd Fellows' Hall will be un under roof in a few days. TEACHERS WANTER—See advt. of the Washington township School Board. —lt is said that cool nights may be expected when the wind blows over the oats stubbles. ifirThe "blackbery train" continues regularly on time, and usually is . well la dened with fruit. RAW.—We had another delightful show er on Sunday afternoon last, which had the effect to still further revive the pas -turefteldscorn,-etc. fitirPassenger fare on the S. P. R. R. has been reduced to 60 cents from Cham bertburg-to—Meacersburg, to d 1 Loudon. ma.. This is the last week for lieniczky & Co's Gift Store in our town. It is al isgether• a chance enterprise, but fairly onducte . PRIVATE SALE.-A pleasant and de sirable small property, situate near Ring gold, Md., is offered at private sale in this issue by Mr. L. W. Wingert. Prc-rac.—The Sabbath School of Pikeaville, will hold a pic-nic on Satur day next, in a beautiful grove in the vi cinity of that village. .The family of the eminent Metho dist pulpit orator, Rev. Dr. Guard, of Mt. Vernon Church, Baltimore, are at -- 7 . •.'. 2 • 61 : LI! liter ey_Sprlflo3 PREAcHING.—Rev. Dr. Archibald, Pres ident of Wilson College, Chambersburg, will preach in the Presbyterian Church in this place nest Sabbath, morning and evening. MELONS.—The first water-melons of the season made their appearance at Reid's Grocery last week. Mr. R. sent us a fine specimen, for which the thanks of our office are tendered. Another lot to-morrow. IS—Hagerstown has organized a miii tory company, with Sheriff Bamford as Captain, Wm. Sidenstricker, Ist Lieut., Geo. W. Walker, 2nd Lieut., and George Garlock, Orderly Sergeant. *&Scientists are claiming that instead of being cold, the moon is in reality red-hot: so much so that no living thing known to our world could exist there. This spoils the "green cheese" theory. Onayss.—Persons wanting organs for churches or for family use, will do well to call on Dr. A. K. Branisholts of this place. The Dr. has the agency for the sale of the most popular organs now in use. Y. M. C. A.—The Young Men's Chris tian Association of this place will hold a meeting at Pleasant Hill, on Sunday next, at 3i o'clock; Y. M. We understand the meetings on Sun day last, notwithstanding the rain, were well attended at Tomstown and Pikes vine. ANOTHER RUMOR:,-.lt is rumored that the Penna. R. R. is about purchasing the Harrisburg and Potomac Railroad. The public will attach little importance to the report owing to the fact that so many false rumors have been put in circula tion from time to time in reference to the IL & P. R. R. VD—David M. Hoover, Esq., of Ring gold, Md., agent for the sale of a popular , work entitled, "The Uncivilized Races of Men in all Ages of the World," is ,also selling one of the most complete Family Bibles. It is printed on the finest quali ty of paper, with, we think, unsurpassed illustrations. Persons in want of Fami ly Bibles, will do well 'to examine Mr. H's before making a selection. AN ORE STRlKE.—Messrs. Douglas & Middour who have been engaged for sev eral weeks in leasing lands in Quincy township, on Tuesday last in• prospecting for iron ore struck a fine vein on a tricot. of land leased of Ambrose Welsh, near Tomstown. It is represented as a fine quality of ore. A day or two will deter- mine the extent of the vein. CAMP MEETING, Cumberland Valley Camp Meeting, M. E. Church, commences near Oakville, Cumberland county, on Wednesday the 13th inst., and closes on Saturday the 23rd. Excursion tickets will be issued at reduced rates at the reg. ular Stations on the line of the C. V. R. R. and branches. Family excursion tick ets, good for ten and twenty trips, will be furnished at reduced rates. Photograph galleries, ice cream.aaloons, soda water fountains, &c., will be exclu ded from the grounds. sta,..Geo. Buckman, of Owings Mills, Baltimore county, Md., was bitten by a mad. dog on Tuesday a week. He ap plied to Dr. Smidt, of Hanover. Pa., for his hydrophobia medicine.• This prepa ration is. recomnsemled as a sovereign remedy in such , W t O4EN sßeakills of' the' i Wan g, of eana.. to • olinplite'4l6 ,EintnittahurOraich,tci the l4rei . 4,rn rylsod RailOtid i ,the BaltimoreAivrii;int sap*: "Our suggestion is this : Let the E,nt mittsburgßranch Railroad Company Pia down a• -wooden track.nn• -the • road bed which has already been graded, and use it until rthatradei:aad travel between the junction and the terminus will pay for something better. The track might eith er he .of the standard guage or narrow a guage, bue ; wii thiak that this,latter,,wou,id be the best, unless it can be shown that 'the Western Md. freight. cars can be run on a wooden track. .We belieye, that a sawed railroad sill delivered on, the Hue of the, Wizistern.hlaryland Road ,is worth about seventy cei4. Taking this as a ba sis olcalculation, the rails for the track would cost about ten cents per,linear foot, and the whole seven miles would cost $7,092. The ties ought not to cost "niore than 25 cents each, and allowing, one tie to every six feet, it would require_6,l6o in all, which would cost $1,540. We think that $3,000 ought' to cover the ex pense of.putting the track down. This would make the entire superatructiirecost $11,632. Putting the cost of an engine \with India rubber bands on the driving Wreb — eri A. $4,000. id other rollinr wheels aL - and other rolling stock at $4,368, for $20,000 we have everything ready for operation. The annual interest on this .expenditure would be $1,200. Looking at the matter from our stand point and without any practical experi -ence-to,guide-us,-it-seems-that-the-iret- earnings of the Emmittsb'g Branch ought to be $1,200 a month. This would leave a widoinargin for the paying of interest on bonds and dividends on stock.- All of the above may seem absurd to those who know most about railroads, but it is by starting theories and discuss. ing them that substantial results are--a-r -rived at. We have shown how Emmitts burg can secure a railroad 'connection with Baltimore by an expenditure of $20,- 000. Any interested party' is at liberty to prove to us that, our plan' is impracti cable and our estimates erroneous.' The Washington Star . makes the fol lowing contribution to the discussion con: cerrung t , e praenea I ility of wooden rail ' "Some of our cotemporaries are favor ing the use of wooden rails for railroads in localities where wood is abundant.— They should take a ride over the wooden railroad from the St. John's river to Si. -Augustinerin-Plorida-to-illustrate2What the thing is like. The elasticity of the wooden rail is immense. The cars bounce over it in• a series of staccato, rabbit-like jumps, and are as apt to light - in the ditch as on the track. It has been found nec essary to substitute horse-power for steam power, and to walk the animals at that, because at a rate of more than three miles an hour the splinters from the wooden rails were apt to come up through the bottom of the car, snag-fashion, and trans fix the passengers. The present rate of speed is from two to three miles an hour, affording abundant opportunity for the passengers to botanize, gather pond-lillies, and hunt snakes by the way„ This is about the style of a Wooden railroad." Those of our readers who traveled over the Fraklin Railroad in ante-beliti2m times, will regard the picture drawn of the Flor ida road, as a veritable illustration of the agreeableness of a car ride from Hagers town to Chambersburg Meta or sixteen years ago. DAVIS SEirrENCED.—On Wednesday morning of last week, Joseph Davis, con victed of the murder of Abrm. L. Lynn, of Carroll county, Md., received his death sentence by the Court at Hagerstown.— During the delivery of the ,sentence the prisoner—says Twice A Week—exhibited no perceptible sign of feeling, but retain ed the same remarkable stoicism that has characterized his conduct from the begin ning. When asked whether he had any thing to say why sentence should not he passed upon him. He replied that he had nothing to say, except that he was inno cent of the crime for which he stood con victed. On Thursday the prisoner was conducted by Sheriff Bamford to West minster and delivered to the Sheriff of Carroll county, where he will be hung at such time as the Governor may designate, unless the sentence should be commuted to imprisonment for life. ita,-The following resolution we clip from the proceedings of Mercersbu rg Clas sis, which met sometime since at Altoona : The special committee to whom was re ferred the petition of about sixty members of the Waynesboro' congregation, asking' to be constituted a congregation, report( d that because reconciliation between the parties is impossible, and the present, pas tor is willing to facilitate a peaceable sep aration, we recommend : (1) Classis grant request ot the petitioners.; (2) the congregation be effeetionately urged to deal fairly and equitably in the distribu tion of the common property ; (3) that a - :iiiinomittee be appointed to assist iu the 'execution, of these resolutions ;,;(I) that said committee, whenever the conditions of separation are met, have power to de dare the, new organization affected, with power to elect officers-and call a pastor.. Adopted. MARYLAND STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCI ATION.—The Maryland State Teachers' Association will hold its annual session in Lyceum Hall, Hagerstown, on Wednes day, Thursday and Friday, the 27th, 28th and 29th of August, 1873. Visiting teachers can secure comforta ble quarters with good board at $l,OO or $1,50 per day. Many eminent educators have been invited to attend, and it is ex pected that the meetiug.will lie one of the largest and moat interesting ever held by the Association. If arrangements can be made, Friday will be made a field day and the exereis will be - held on Blue Ridge summit on the W. M. R. R, —A tramping lone was 'round on Monday, "seedy" and "out of sorts," _ Iss-The followidg in referrence to the life Oftev. S. S, Schinneker, D.. D. •1 4 1... D., of 'Gettysburg, whose sudden death :was brieflk announced '•last week, is tak en froth the Star and &niinel: , Dr. Schmucker waiborn February 28, 1799, at Hagerstown, Md., where his fa ther, John George Se-hmuc,ker, served ma ny years as pastor of the Lutheran' church. ~Hq' received. his classical education at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadel phia, and studied theology at Princeton, N. . He entered the ministry in 1820, his first charge being at New Mirket, Vir., which he served until 1825. The Luth eran Church in the United States was at that period comparatively weak in num bers, having no collegiate or theological institutions. About this time the Theo logical Seminary was established at Get tysburg, under the auspices of the Gener al Synod, the—Scat class being organized in 1826. Although young, Mr. Schmuck er had acquired a reputation as minister, scholar and theologian; and he was unani mously chosen to fill the first professorial chair, a position which he occupied with distinguished ability for nearly 40 years. Out of the wants of the Theological Sem inary, grew the 'Gettysburg Gymnasium', established in 1828, through the agency of Prof. Schm . • •I ( I IPtv laterdeveloped into Pennsylvania College. Dr. Schmueker—outlived all his early co laborers in theological and academic la bors. During his connection with the Theological Seminary, the benefits of his faithful training were enjoyed by hun dredsf-youngmen, many of w orn a ay occupy the most important pulpits in the Lutheran-Church. In 1864, prompted by the desire to de vote his remaining years more exclusive ly to literary pursuits, he resigned his po• sition as professor. The resignation was reluctlantly accepted by the Directors, when, - by a unanimous vote, they record= ed an expression *of their regartl---for-his character and services, and ordered that his name be retained, for the remainder of his life, upon the, catalogue of the in stitution, with the_honorary distinction of Professor Emeritus. CBOLERA.—Dio Lewis makes the fill- owing important suggestions, wile . it -would be well to heed in all 'parts of the country : Clean your cellars and distribute lime in all the corners and damp places.. Make sure of your drains, traps, cess • le-and-privies,—and-use-lime-and—cop peras freely. • Clean your yards and streets, and keep them clean. Use lime in all doubtful places. Use whitewash all about your houses, your passage halls, you - r closets; and then ventilate thoroughly day and night. Keep your skin clean by frequent bash ing, and change your flannel under clothes frequently. Let your diet be the usual beef, mut ton, bread, potatoes, and garden vegeta bles, though cucumbers are not fit to eat under any circumstances. Go to bed early, and, in brief, take care of yourself. The cholera is a blessing. During the cholera years, the general , health. of the community is better than usual. because of the more thoughtful attention given to personal habits. I remember that, in a short street in Buffalo, there was one largo old house oc cupied by twelve poor faMilies. This was at the foot of a slight elevation, while in the same street but little removed, there were fourteen cottages. occupied mostly by thrifty mechanics. During the thole ra season, there were thirty-six deaths in the tenant house—the largest mortality in any house in the city; while in the neat double row of cottages, there was not a single death. CleanlinesS and ju dicious diet saved the mechanics. Nasti ness, bad whisky and bad diet killed the others. PIC-NlC.—The Trinity Reformed Sun day School of Waynesboro' will hold a Basket Pic-nic at Beautiful'View Springs on Thursday next, August 14th. The members of Salem Congregation and all friends of the school, both in town and country, are cordially invited to attend. All wishing to attend with the school will meet at the Church on Thursday morn ing, at the first ringing of the bell, 7 o'clock, where all necessary arrangements will be made for conveying provisions and people to and from the mountain. BALD HEADS.—Women are never bald, that is with a round, shiny top, like men, because they never wear close hats or caps, and men never lose a hair below where the hat touches the head. It is the close hat or cap that does the mischief.— The heat and moisture thus retained on the Scalp weaken and finally destroy the heir - glands. The remedy is sufficiently obvious. It is to wear a ventilated hat, and wash the top of the head frequently With cold water, rubbing it hard with the flats of your hands. Bald heads, cut this out and paste it in your hat. A:NNIVERSARY.—The Trinity Reformed Sunday School of this place will celebrate their Thirty-ninth Anniversary in the Church, on Sunday evening next, August 10th., at which time a brief history of the School will be given by the Pastor, from its origin down to the present time. The School, on this occasion, will have charge of the singing. The public are respect fully invited to attend. le—The Mechaniestown Clarion says that nine rattlesnakes and two copper beads were killed in the mountain near that place recently. One of the rattle snakes had fifteen rattles, and . one button over; he must have been eighteen years old, Letter from Philadelphia. PEIILADELPILIA, Aug. 2, '73. We are in the midst of the dullest sea son of the year, when city life is anything but attractive. The beat, as I write, is almost intolerable, as it has been for days past. There has been a general stampede for the various summer resorts, where ex istence is more endurable than here. Not withstanding the oppressive weather, how ever, our city has been unusually healthy, very little sickness of any kind prevail ing, except that by improvident indul gence ef the appetites:7 — In about a fortnight from now business in many depaitments will commence in earnest. Indeed many are beginning al ready to calculate the chances of the fall trade, and the prevailing opinion seems to be that the great Metropolis of Penn sylvania will reap an unusually heavy harvest during the season upon which We are now entering. It is reported that or ders are already coming in-from-the-South and West. This augers active times in the near future. The political pot is beginning to sim- mer. The politicians are getting their heads together over the new party move ment inaugurated in Ohio the other day, but "what they are going to do about it," is rather beyond our ken to predict. Of , P: -the—partrilrlTOWer i. e.,—the Republicans—are all calm and serene, resting upon their oars, and quiet ly watching the disquiet and perturbation of their opponents, who seem to all adrift and vainly endeavoring to conjure up some "new departure." One would think that this "new departure" business, judging from the last year's experience, was about "played out," to use a vulgar ism. It is quite an easy thing for a set of slimy'political packs to. come togethor and construct-a so-called "new departure" or "reform" platform, and get some old oel i mbe-is--ne-ithcr "floh, fi. : : ," to stand upon it ; but then it is not quite so easy to .get the intelligent thinking American farmer, mechanic, artisan, or whatever lie ma be, to-swallow-either the platform or. the candidate. Will the " • oliticians7. of_this_countr •_never learn hat_the_ people AO their own reading and thinking, and will not_accept the "cunningly devised fables" of any clique whose only object is to clutch the entelu ments of office. 'I hese "new departure" fellows are ter ribly worried just now over the rumor that it is determined to run Gen. Grant for still another term. Now, if the people t'hink that Gen. Grant has made a good President, (as he did a good soldier,) and are determined that he shall have a third term, they will have him in spite of all the political "fixers-up" in the country. Why should he not have a third term ? He gave up the life-office of General of the Army for (for all he knew) a single four years' term as President. He has performed all' is great duties quietly and. unostentatiously. He has proved himself as great a statesman as e is univer sally acknowledged to be a great soldier. Should not every American with a patri otic heart beating in his bosom be pond of this man, whose great deeds are known the world over ? By all means, if Gen. Grant can be induced to accept a third term, let us give it to him as his just due. He has performed extraordinary services ; let extraordinary honors be conferred up on him. But I fear I am getting beyond the limits of an ordinary newspaper letter, so adieu. REcErrrs.—The annexed is a list of subscription receipts for July.: Jacob Kriner, $5,00 John Snowberger, 2,00. Wm. H. Beau, 2,00 J. H. Haas, 2,00 Isaac Shoemaker, . 2,00 Thos. Johnston, 2,00 Stephen A. Martin, 2,00 Harry Strickler, 4,00 Dr. A. It Strickler, 2,00 Wm. Noetling, 2,00 John Brandt, 2,00 Jas. M. Stoops, 1,50 Sol. Harbaugh, 1,00 L. B. Kurtz, , 5,00 Daniel Deardorff, { 3, - 00 F. Forthman, 2,00 Mrs. Susan Phillipp, • 3,50 Daniel Mikesell, 2,00 John Royer, (Balt.) '2,00 Samuel Needy, sen., 2,00 Dr. A. K. Branisholts, 3,00 Benj. Miller, 2;00 Samuel Eby, 9,00 Mrs. Salome Smith, 2,00 Mrs. K. G. Stover, 1,00 SiiirThe new constitution provides that county officers be Fed by salary instead of fees. This change is a most desirable one as it will take away all the temptation to impose illegal charges, and will be more satisfactory to the officers as it will make their compensation fixed and cer tain, and not liable to be changed . by the mutations of business. • I®'The Presbyterian Congregation of Hagerstown has extended a call to the Rev. John C. Thompson, of Pottstown, Pa., to become its Pastor. . B& Rev. Isaac M. Patterson, for the last seven years Pastor of the Presbyteri an Church of Emmittsburg, has , resigned that charge, and received a call from ford, N. J. SerHou. Simon Cameron . is at Bed ford Springs. RALPH.
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