Term of pnbllcatlon. THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR U.pnl). every Thursday Morning, and mplgd to scribers at the very reasonable price of O«Jt Dov, lar pgr aonnnit invariably. isMvpnc£, H isjntend cd lo nod/y-every subscriber when the term for which he has paid shall have expired, by the stamp «Time Ont," on the margin of the last paper. The paper will then be stopped nnlU a further re* miUance be received. By this arrangement no man can be brought in debt to the printer. \ Thk Agitator islbe Official Paper of the Coon ly, with a large and steadily increasing circulation reaching into nearly every neighborhood in ihc County. It is sent frecqf Jp&age to any Post-offico within the county limits, and to those living within the limits,but whose moslconvehieol posloffice may be in an adjoining County, ~ Business Cardinal exceeding S lines, paper in-, eluded, $4 per year. • THE DYING WIFE. Lay the gem, upon my ; \ bosom, Let me feci her sweet, warm breath; For a strange thrill , o'er me passes, And I know that it is death. . I would gaze upon the treasure— Scarcely given ere I go— ? Feel her rosy, dimpled fingers Wander o'er my breast of anew- I am passing throagh the waters, But a blessed shore appears; Kneel beside me, husband, dearest. Let me kiss away (hose tears. Wrestle with thy grief my husband. Strive irom midnight nnti! day; - It may leave an angel's blessing When it vanishelh away. Lay the gem upon my bosom, ’T ia not long she can be there; See! how to my heart she nestles, — • • *T is the pearl I love to wear. If in after years another, Sits beside thee in my chair-s- Though her voice be sweeter music, And her face than mine more fair— a cherub call thee M fathkr,” Far more beautiful than this— Love thy first-born, oh, ray husband!— Turn not from the motherless. Tell her sometimes-of her mother; You will call her by my name I Shield her from the winds of sorrow. If she errs, oh 1 gently blame. Lead her sometimes where I'm sleeping, I will answer if she calls ; . And my breath shall stir her ringlet#, Whensny voice in blessing falls. Jler soft, pluck eyes will-brighten * With a wonder whence it came,' In her heart, when years have wasted, r She will find her mother's name. It is said that every mortal Walks between two angels here; One records the ill, and blots it, If before the midnight drear Man repcntelh; if uncancelcd, Then he seals it for the skies, When the right hand angel weepeth— Bowing low with veiled eyes. I will be her right-hand angel— Sealing up the good tor heaven ; {Striving that the midnight watches Find no misdeed nnforgiven. You will not forget me, husband, When l*m sleeping 'oealh the sod? ' Love the precious jewel giv'n us. As I love thee—next to God. |l?timorous £ftctcf). The Red Cotton Unthrella. BT BOBATIO ALG EE JR. The other day as I was walking up Wash ington street, my attention was drawn toward an object which seemed to receive considera ble notice from the passers-by, and especially the boys, of whom a large company were in close pursuit. Looking more narrowly, { discovered i{ was a man with a red cotton umbrella hoist ed above his head. He presented an appear ance so strange that I did uot at a|l wonder at the vociferous greeting of the hoys—“Say, old feller, what’ll you take for your qmbrel 1” “Look here, stranger, what do you call that ere?” “Do they,raise tijeirt down Ejast, where you came from ?" I was surprised, however, when in the bearer of the umbrella, I recognised my old friend, Jones. “Why,’’ said I, as I got within hailing distance, “do you carry about such a thing as that t ' “Itislrather odd looking,” answered Jones, meditatively, “you are right, thqre.” v “Then why do you carry ill” I asked im patiently. , “Do you think,said be, anybody would be tempted to steal it 1” “Steal if! Not the least danger of that; bat why don’t you answer my question ?” cfjecause, to do it I must giye you a leaf fronfroy experience. I think I will on the whole.. It will relieve me to unburden my sorrows. You will stop me when you gel i(fpd J” * '(Certainly 1 Proceed.” “From early boyhood,” resumed Jones, musingly,, “I was ambitious to own an um brella.. Watches, breastpins and rings, spelt as boys generally are desirous of possessing, I cared nothing about. But I was determined not to have one until I could get a good one. At length, when sixteen, the desire of my heart was fulfilled. I became tlje owner of 0 silk, umbrella. It was a proud day for me. 1 was never tired of looking at and admiring my umbrella. How .ardently I longed for fain, that I might have an opportunity to dis play i'- “On Wednesday evening there was a Ly ceum lecture to which I was engaged to escort .a young lady—a cousin qf mine. To my great delight, as the hour approached it began fo rain a little, but not enough to prevent our going. “I walked to the hall door with a'happy heart, carefully shielding my cousin from the rain with my umbrella. In the pride of my heart J cpuld not help asking her how - she liked my umbrella, bpt ipy ardor wa? checked by her indifferent reply— { .“Very .well, what djd you give for it?’' "f was aboiit to carry it into the lecture room, but the door tender told me this was not allowed. [ accordingly hid it'behind the door, in what I imagined a safe plpee. There Was hpt one other one with it—a faded coarse cotton umbrella—which, in its palmiest days, how long gone by; might have -cost fifty penis. “Though under sonte apprehensions, I fpanaged to sit quietly through the lecture. At the close I darted out in search of my treasure. Alas! I was 100-late. ’ ftlipe was gone, the faded cotton ouc Ifi / Picture foy consternation—my dismay. But I was forced to put up with the-loss, or rather ex-: change, and, horror of horrors i escort mv cousin home, as it was still raimnSi under the odious cotton one. ' ‘‘Thus was my first, boyish ’ dream' riidely broken in upon. I peed- not say that I did THE AGITATOR QebotcQ to tijc Sftcnflion of tf>* acta of iFmUom atur tUe SyvtaO of jfeltbs Htfocw “ THE AGITATION OF THOUGHT IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM.” TIOGA COUNTY* PA., THURSDAY MORNING; APRIL 23. 1857. The Bachelor and Baby. “Uj Lord- -Its a Wafer.’* “What shall I do?” and the old bachelor stamped about the sitting room Tn a perfect rage of doubt, looking first at the napping babe in the little willow cradle, and then at the busy French clock on the mantel shelf— As sure as my name is Joseph Ghelps, that little two fisted, large lung’d nephew of is waking, and it wants one wholia hour of the time which mother appointed for he{ re turn. The manner in which a shrewd attorney entraps a lying witness is well illustrated in the following sketch of the trial of q forged will case before. Lord Denman, iq England, in which Samuel Vyarryq, Esq,, author of the ‘ Diary of a Physician,”. “Ten Thousand a Year,” &c., was the associate prosecuting attorney. Carelessly placing his thumb over the seal, Mr. Warren held up. tbo will, and demanded of the witness if he bad seen the testator sign that instrument, to which he promptly answered he had. “And did you sign it at his request as sub scribing witness 7" Whew! I actually sweat thinking about it. What can Ido with it—how can I treat it to sugar what d’ye call ’eras, or hold it, or trot it, or da anything wjlh it ?” At this juncture, a faint wail from the baby receptacle brought Joseph to his laps. With ah energy and an alacrity that would not illy become a husband and baby tender, he com menced rocking the cradle; sending the in dignant baby into a perfect tremor of kicks and squalls. Backward and forward from one side of the pillow to the other, the round red face rolled; the infant fists were clenched with a force that purpled them; while .from the white, plump throat came a cry that sent the bachelor wild with fear. Again Joe looked at (he clock. “J did.” "■“Was it sealed with red or black wax ?” ■ “With red wax.” “Did you see him seal it with red wax ?” “I did.” “Where was the testator when be signed and sealed this will ?” “In his bed.” “Pray, how long a piece of wax did he use?” “About three or four inches long.” “Who gave the, testator this piece of wax?” ' ’ “I did.” “Where did yon get it?” “From the drawer'of his desk.” “What the deuce can I do?” he exclaimed again viewing wofully the little inflamed face before him. He sat down in a big chair before baby— spread a double cradle quilt oyer his kneqs, and wiih a look of terror upon his fqce pro ceeded to lake baby from its resting place.—• He drew the youqg hopeful intq hi? lap, just as a very neat old lady would pick up a pock et, handkerchief, with hi? thurqb and fingers. A fresh yell from the rosy mouth, was the only expression, of thanks as he commenced the never out of fashion baby trot. “It must be that something is pricking him. Shoo! s-h-o-o!” said-Joe, commencing a search for the aggravating pin, that was dri ving the child in such a rage. But no pin was to be found, and he ,made an attempt to |urn the Baby over; but oh, the clumsiness of his fingers—the little eel like form slid out of his lap to the floor, sending out a cry that was “louder, clearer, deadlier than before.” “How did he light that piece of wax ?” “Whh acan.dle,” ,! “Where did that piece of candle come V’ “I got it out of a cupboard in his room.” ' “Hpw long was that piece of candle ?”■ “Perhaps four or live inches long.” “Who lit that piece of cancel” “I lit it.” “Wiih what V’ “With a match.” “Where did you get that match?-’ “On the mantle-shelf in the room.” Here Warren paused, and ■ fixing his large deep blue eyes upon the prisoner, he held the will up above his head, his thumb still resting upon the seal, and said In a solemn, measured lone : “Ljord save me I’ve broken it's neck !” was the exclamation as he picked baby up, and in the agony of despair tried to comfort him. A thought struck Jo. He saw a basquq hanging against the=wall of {he adjoining bed room, and with q smile of delight upon his countenance, he went for it. Sure enough, there it was, stuffing, baddies and ail! a real monument of feminine ingenuity. He was wild with joy. He pinned it over his coat, and fastened the sleeves behipd him- He look the baby and laid its head against the falsa ureasi worKs. - “Itjow, sir, npoq your s.olemn oath, you saw the testator sign that will—he signed it in his bed, at his request you signed it, as subscribing witness, you aaw him seal it-—it wqs with red wax he scaled it—a piece of wat£, two, three or four inches long—he' lit that wax, with a piece of candle which you found on the mantle-shelf?” “I did.” “Once more, sir—upog your solemn oath, you did !” “I did.” “My Lord —it’s a wafer ! !” “Shadows of Southern plantations and cot tqn factories!” exclaimed Jo, as the baby rooted its nose into it about a mile, then cud dled down for a snooze. Then the bachelor Commenced singing: - “Women arc all a fleeting show. For man's delusion given ; ' When Ailed with bran and stuffed with tow. They look quite well—” A lap upon the door stopped Jo in the midst of this suggestive song, and before he had time to disarray himself, the door was opened, and a roguish, laughiqg pair of eyes peered in upon him. “Your sister is not at home j? she ?” chir ruped the visitor. “No ma’am” stammered Joe, growing very red in the face; “and I haye turned nurse.” Miss Hayes laughed; offered to relieve him of his chqrge, which he willingly consented to; silting near by, the while intently watch ipg her; She'managed the baby to a charm without the kasquf, and Jo was captivated. Jeseph Phelps married Fanny Hayes— ’pop my word, he did. A Stubborn Stripling. —A big strip ling, awkward youth, fresh from Vermont, once entered the Eiummer Academy at I3y field, Mass. At that time the boys and girls were-kept in one apartment, only the middle aisle separating them. One day this Vermont slrippling who had just been helping one of the girls through a hard sun], thought it not" qiore than fair tl]ai he should take lojl for l]is services; accqrcjingly he lljrew his stakyarl arms around the posy daqtsel and gaye her a sly but rousing smack which startled the wfjole assembly. “Jedediah Tower, come up here!” roated out ihe^preceptor. The delinquent appeared : his face glow ing with blushes like a red hot warming pan —and looking as silty as a ninny. “Hold out your hand, sir I” said the pedagogue.— “I’ll teach you not to act thus in this insti tqtion.” The hqge -paw wa§ extended ip p hqrrk ponlal line toward the inptfuptor, who sav veyed its broad surface will] a mathematical how many strokes of his small ferule it would take to cover the large number of square which it contained. . “Jedediah/’ at length he said, “this is the first time that you. have been called up for any tjelintjuency ; now, sir, |f ygu will say llji}t yoq were sorry for whatyou have done. I will let you off this lime without ppnisbf ipent 7” , ' . ’ ' “Sorry !” exclaimed ijjejypungsler, strid ing an attitude of pride and indignation; “forty! IJo., sir, lam not. Arid I will (Jo jest so agin, if I have a chance. So, put op, old feller, jist as hard ns you like. By the jtiiqpiij’ Jeljosifat, I'd stand.here and let you lick me tijl kingdutp kptn afore I’d bpsofry at that.” ... MpßAtfTr depends a good deal upon your wages. There is many a person who now passes for a saint, who would be one of the biggest Scamps in the world, were hie income reduced’from roast beef to No. 3 mackere'; WnnT a Pooa WtPR OITOIfT.TO BE. The majority of young women, indeed, enter the marriage state wholly upfit to discharge the important and responsible functions of their new office. The consequence is, that we find therp at open war with their husbands before they have been married a month.— The art of “making home happy’’ is not un derstood by them. Exceptions, of course, there are ; but the majority lack cleanly apd tidy hqbits—habits of order, and habits of punctuality. When children cluster around them,.thei] tyorkis more difficult; but a large number lose their influence over their hus bands before the difficulty is increased by these maternal troubles. It is mere thought lessness. They are out gossipping and idling when they ougl]t to be preparing for their husbands return from his work. The man comes home from the field or the factory to find an untidy room, and no symptoms of preparation for the evening meal. His wife has rpade no attempt to sqiarten herself; and his first growl of disappointment, in all prob ability, is responded to by a sulky face and a sharp longue. It may also be laid down as a rule, that the man returns home, after his day’s work, tpote or less in anill humor. He is tired, hungry and thirsty,'and has, per haps, had to endure some hsrd rubs in the course of his day’s labor. He has been re buked apd threatened with dismissal, justly or unjustly, by J]is taskmaster; or he has quarrelled with his comrades; or he has had bad weather to encounter ; he has broken or damaged his tools, and tjeen altogether unsuc cessfql-in t]is work. He goes home out of humor with the world, but still hoping to find comfort and consolation where he has a fight to look for it. He is disappointed, and he is ql nq pains Iq conceal ?]Ts disappointment.— The wife excuses herself an 3 resents his que rulousqess. There is an end to the happy, quiet evening he had promised himself. A n d if he does not betake himself to the pot house, he sulks in tlje chimney-corner, over an unso ciable pipe, anfi wonders he was such a fool as,to marry. ■* A Good One. —David CrockeT happened to be present at an exhibition of animals, some lime ago in the city of Washington,, where a monkey seemed to attract his special ottention, and he abstractedly observed ; “|f that fellow had on a pair of spectacles he would look lika.Major Wright, of Ohio.” The Major happened to be- just behind Crockett, and'overfjeartj the observation, apd gently tapped Davy on .the shoulder.’ ing around David' very formally remarked r 1 “I’ll be Ttanged,-Majqr, if I know'whose pardon to ask, yours qr the monkey's.?’ dir. dopes, .after having spent an evening: over bis bowl, wentbome a littie.“how comp, you so.?’ He was fortunate to find his better-- half asleep, fja vend te bed k .apd ijJter ?. moment's consideratioßi be thought it .would he best tp turp over, leafhis. breath should, betray bim ; when Mrs.-fone* opened hep eyes, and in the mildest-roapner intheworldi said. “Jones, you: needn’t: turn' over, you’re drunk clear ibroogbdV •"'• cobb;,sturrock & co.. YOL. 3. not set eyes on my umbrella again. As for the one I got in exchange, I hated the sight of it, for it recalled the memory of my loss. I took the earliest opportunity to lend it, and if was never brought hack again. ' “In the process of lime I got another um brella, It resembled as nearly as possible the first one I possessed. To njake sure that it would not be taken, 1 had inscribed upon it in large letters— “ Stolen from John Jones, Jr.” out with it one day, I suddenly fell a heavy hand placed on my shoulder, and turning round, faced a policeman. ,- Ah ha, my fine fellow, so you carry round stolen property, do you ?” “It is mine;, sir,” said I trembling. ■ “O, yes, no doubt; but as lam bound for the Watch-House, I’ll trouble you to go with me a'lid hold the umbrella over my head.” “I was forced to go, The next, day it was easily proved that 1 was the bona Jide owner, but the property had disappeared in some un accountable manner. ‘.‘After 1 had somewhat recovered the shock produced by this loss, I procured another, though of not -so good a quality as the two preceding. This one I kept for some lime; but one day a lady who had made a short call at our house, being overtaken by a show er, and yet anxious to return, ask me to lend it to her. Could I refuse? ‘ “As it was not returned the next day, 1 went to inquire after it. It was sought for in vain. Reflection came to the lady’s aid, and she pleasantly exclaimed— “l have it; James returned to hoarding school yesterday, and as likely as not he took your umbrella with him by ipistake. When he comes back at vacation you shall have it.” “How long will he be gone?” I inquired. “Six months.” “My heart sunk within me. In six months it might get broke or lost. At all events it would not be new. I felt a presentiment that j should never see it again, and I never did. “I began to be However I purchased an umbrella the neyt 'day, and as I had no doubt that J should lose it, I bought one for fifty cents. It was more useful than certainly. “A week afterwards, it rained, aud I looked around for it, but it was nowhere to be found. ( asked my wife (I was a married man now,) “Have you seen an umbrplla in the entry, lately’” “Nothing but a cheap cotton ope, and that I knew could not be youfSt SQ 1 gave it to Bridget. 1 ’ “I sighed, and departed to the umbrella shop to purchase another. This time I pur chased a good one. Three days afterwards a friend borrowed it without leave. The next I heard of him, he had sailed for Europe and carried it with him. “You see my dear friend, from this short narration, to what miseries I have been sub jecl on account of umbrellas. Were Ito give you a faithful detail of my losses, it would fill a volume. But I wilLnol worry you any longer. During the last fifteen years I have purchased one hundred and fifty umbrellas. Where they are no«|l don’t know. Scattered all over the globe, I'have no doubt. “At length I have resorted to lh|s expedi ent. This umbrella I have had made of red cotton, expressly forme. “You don’t think,” he added with a faint smile “they- will take this, do you ?” I shook mydiead and my friend departed, leqvipg me to muse on his unhappy fate.— My meditations were brought to an end by hearing a shout of derision. I turned round gqd discovered that a gust of'Wjpd had turned the red cotton umbrglfa inside out. and in r jured it beyond repairl Poor Jones ! f|have not seen him since. I shall call to-morrowlat the umbrella chant’s, round the corner. I shall be sure to hear of him there. A Keokuk correspondent sends us a story of Rev. Julius Caesar, a colored preacher of Missouri, which he ihjnlfs goes to show tljat some of the sable brethren are quite as cute as-any of the Hard Shells of whom we have heard so much qf late. Mr. Ctßsar had_ made an appointment to preach ahqul twenty mileg from hjs master’s plantation, and there he made his appearance with h‘S saddle-bags on his arm and gave out at once that he hud come to preach the Gospel to ll)e niggers thereabouts, “yah 1 Yah j” responded a hun ? dred voices; but one oj the negroes more bold but not worse than the rest, sung out: “Well, now, look a heah, nigger, if you jus brung a pack oh cards with you, you tpout dun spmfin j preachin’ am too slow for dese yere chil’en,” IJe procured a pack of cards and after sorpe maneuvering the preacher commenced operations, and after some five or six hours’ playing had skinned everything round, cleoning them out of all the loose sil ver they hati picked up in many a day.— Caesar shoved the documents into the bags, apd starting off again, told them by way of a parting benediction, that whenever they bait a little-more money to support the Gospel in that way, just to let him know.— Knick. Dahing friend <?f Pprs who has two, charming daughters, qpo of whom has been drawn this way by matrimq,- ny.’tbal makes sad break? jp families some times, declared that if apy ope should come after the retpaiping dapgliter, be wogld shoot, him. A.ijoeer custoiper,; who saw her for the fjj st tupe a few eyenihgs since, and was struck by her grace and beauty, said op being! told pf the threat— “ Well, that's all right enough ; though if I was a young mah, I’d tisjfr one shot, apy-how.” ' ‘.‘Have you said your prayers, John ?” . "•No ma’am. It ain’t my work. - Sill says the‘ptayersTand I the 'aniens! agreed to do it, because it comes fboner.” PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS. i i m. 39. [Forth© Agitator.] OUR NATIOWS CURSE . I passed along the crowded .mart. Where barnan cattle stood. Where man, wit!) cold and flinty heart. Dealt in a brother’s blood; I mw a mother, worn and wild, Amid the motley throng. Clasp to her breast a darling child To shield it from all wrong; I saw that infant rudely torn From that last, fond embrace; Then to the auction-block’t was borne. And cursed, IJke ail its race. ’' * I marked that mother’s tearful cheek, 1 Heard that infant’s cry, And knew, tho* it won low and weak, *T was heard by The Most High. '' 1 turned away, all sick ut heart, ' That things like this should be. Within a land whose pride and boast Is that of “Lidekttl” i “O, man I” I cried, “ who thus can brook A crime so stark and glare p How dare ye up to. Heaven look • And ask for blessings there?”. Lexa. © omntu n t catj For The Agitator. The Location, Construction and Main a ' lenance of Common Roads. Besides the increase of draught; the wear and tear of carriages, loss of time, etc., oh sleep inclinations, there are other reasons why they should bp avoided. In summer the hea vy rains wash the soil from the stones, mak ing the surface very rough; gully out the road and often times causing as much expense in, repairs as would be required to make a permanent and good road in the proper place. Sf)jse of the faults of direction and slope 'have now been shown, as also some of the requirements of roads in these two particulars. Then, in recapitulation; roads as to their direction should be as straight as possible, on account of its being the shortest route, but should always be sacrificed to obtain an easier grade; antj as to slope, should not exceed 1 in 30 or 35 except for a very short distance. These two requirements are all that are needed to “lay out a road,” and if properly pul in practice will be a grand step toward the improvement of our public highways ; the benefits of which will be reaped by present as well as future generations. It will be seen by our first article that hills are the great antagonists of the road maker, meeting him at every turn, and continually throwing a barrier in his way. At. first thought these may seem to have no .design or order in their arrangement; but science-shows them to be the benificence of an all wise Providence, and the result of a uniform ac tion of nature’s laws which the physical geog rapher readily understands. Road often seem unmindful of the fact that in al most every case,that can be proposed for a road, nature has so moulded the surface of the ear(h by the great geographical changes that have been going on for ages, as to facili tate the location of a roa(J, : and partially can cel the difficulties of hills. - These most usually occur in chains or ridges, sometimes in groups, and at others in isolated peaks. In tho former qrqangemeqt the hills are composed of a principal ridge, from which offshoot as it were, secondary, tertiary, &c. ridges, with hollows or valleys j intervening, in which are streams '‘wjjicjt ramify in the hills like the branches of a tree, of the veins of the body.” These streams show |fie lowest points qr thalweg of the valley, as well as the line of greatest slope. “These watercourses"’ says Lecount, “are to be the engineers guide in his location, as they mark the lowest points of the valleys.— Knowing the | above, we may profit by the following principles : Ist. If a principal ridge is mol by two sec ondary ridges at the same point, the point of meeting is the maximum pf height. 2d. If a principal ridge is met by two thalwegs at the same point, the point of meet ing is the mjpimum ol height. In locating a road which is to cross the principal ridge, it should follow up the val leys, going around the projecting points, in stead (as has often been done) of going oner rhem, until it reaches the minimum Hefghi.” If the slope is found 100 steep toward the heads of the streams and hollows, the road must zig ?ag across them as previously di reeled to ascend a steep slope, and the same ftiQdus qperandi in descending. . Some cases will occur where two valleys do not meet at the same point on the ridge, and in such cases the viewers should take all possible advantage of the hollows, and where the.termini of the road are not situated oppo site each other, it is belter in rqosl cases after leaving the hollows, to join them by a line running to the right or left up the hill as the qqse tpay be, instead of a more sinuous one by zig zagging up it. This is also advocated by some, where the lernpipi are opposite'eaqh other, as jt saves unnecessary curving, giving it some advantage oyer the other in sbtpe lo paljlies. >' Sometimes the two termini are upon the same side of the principal ridge, but upon dif ferent levels, with secondary ridges interven ing, but which can be crossed by a uniform slope from one end of the road to the other. .\fany will ask the question, Is it [jest to join ,these by attniform slope qr by an undulating line? . ' ' . Tbjs .question has. been often asked and wajtqly. .argued on both sides. Professor Mahau.of .West. Point odvocaies undulating ruadr because “itseems qiore- natural for a horse ip travel upon these than, upon % level, prone of uniform slope.” Ibis seem* t° iheroain reason for constructing common roads oa this principle, although sense con tend that the carriage runs enough easier in I I Rates ot Advertising. , ' ’Advertisement* will be charged $1 per square of fourteen lines, for one, or three insertions, aod‘23 cehla for every Subsequent insertion. All.advertine ments of less than fourteen lines considered sals sqnaie. Tlie following rales w ,n be charged W Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertising;— 3 months. 6 months. 13 mo's 1 Square, (14 lines,) - 83 50 84 50 $s oo 2 Squares,- - . .4 00 600 800 ■J column, . ... 10 Oft 15 00 20 00 l-colnmnr- - - -18 00 30 00 40 00 " All advertisements-not having the number of in. sertions marked upon them, will be kept in anti) or. dcred oat, and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill, and Letter Heads, and sit kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. JusticnVConsts. bles’ and other BLANKS, constantly on hand and printed to order. j going down hill lo compensate/for the in crease of draught in ascending, / It has been said by some that the muscles of the hof® are' relieved by one set being’ brought iutd play in ascending, and that these, rest another acts in descending, and ■ vice versa. Professor Gillespie says “ihe speculations in'/avor of undulating roads are untrue boih mechanically a&d physiologically; for considering it in lha former point of view, it is apparent that new ascents are-formed, which offer resistances-which are not com pensated by ihe descents, in the latter wo find ft coniradicted by the structure of the horse.”. 4 D,r. John Barclay an eminent comparative anatomist .says in answer lo this question, that “it is demonstrably a false ideq that muscles can alternately rest and come into action in cases of ibis kind, neither can 1 ex plain hqw a horse should be more fatigued by traveling on a uniformly level road, than over a like space on one that crosses heights and hollows." , we see that undulating roads are AiFse, and therefore should be avoided when er it is possible to do so, and especially when descending a slope, as’ every hill ascended the main hill, has only In bn desceiided on the other side, making two hills instead of one. An instance of hi//-saving of this kind, occurred on the Cazenovia and Chitienangn plank road where ihe former place is 800 . feel higher than ihe latter. “The most level common road between them rises more than 1200 feel in going from the latter to the for mer, and rises more than'4oo feet in going JVom Cazenovm to Chittenango, in spile of this latter place being 800 feet lower. But the plank road laid out by. Mr. Geddes, rises only the 800 feet by jgMowing the creek, thereby other 400 feet of ascent in descending 1 he road.” A great amount of future expense can often be saved in the location, by going over differ ent routes, and becomingthoroughly acquaint ed with the ground, and choosrag that which is ihe best adapted to road purposes, viz., the. shortest route, Ibe easiest grade,'best soil for bed, least costo!' construction, ease of drain age, convenience to the traveling public, &c. One great obstacle in the way of the view ers, is, obstinacy and prejudices of land hold ers to letting the wind through their farms, placing more value upon the square ness of their fields, than the convenience of a good road, over which they must travel year after year; ofienwasting more in traveling ovei these sleep roads than they would by the inconvenience of irregular shaped fields, liven our road laws rather help to perpetuate this evil, for by* our road orders, the viewers .are ordered “to lay out the road in such a manner as to do the least injury to private property,” Ought the caprices of one or (wo individu als to have greater weight with the viewers thsp the benefits to a whole community, or Ihe convenience of the traveling public ? If so, then roads are pot for the convenience of the masses, but their location is ai the beck of a few - individuals, whose public spirit doesn't go deeper than the lop of their pock ets. “The greatest good to the greatest num ber” is the only true rule to be followed, else the public will be made to suffer for the fol lies of a few. C. L. 11, Baptism of One Hundred Mobmqnites at Chesterfield. —A singular, and, it may be added, a most disgraceful scene, look place on Thursday evening. On the out skirts of the town* runs a' narrow stream among the fields, called, the river Rothcr, over*which, on the Hasland road, is a bridge called Stoney-bridge. About 100 'or 150, persons, chiefly women, are scattered on the verge'of the water, wailing for the appear ance of the deluded fanatics who are to be “dipped.” They call to each other from opposite sides, and crack jokes of a most in decent and shameful character. It is past eight, and quite dark ; the moon ifeing ob scured and not a single star to, shed even a glimmer of light. Two or three candles are brought down to the water, and stuck in -the mud by the side, and presently a coarsish featured man descends into the middle of the stream, and takes up his position under the arch of ipe bridge. This is the priest, who is to perform the ceremony.* He has nothing on but a pair of trousers, tucked up at the knee, and a waistcoat with-sleeves. -He in timates to the attendants that he is ready, and in a few minutes emerge from a house two. or throe hundred ya-rds off, men (some half, and others entirely' naked,) and they walk oyer* the ground, which is strewed with pieces ol broken bottles, bricks and tiles lo the water. They are compelled to pass through the women who line the banks, and the re marks which ensue are revolting and indeli, cate beyond description. One by one they are"received by the priest, who, amid shouts of laughter, dips each individual, pronouncing over them the formula—“f, being cotnmis sioned by Jesus Christ, baptize theo for the remission of thy-sins, in the name of :ho Father, the son,and the Holy Ghost.” As he utters these words, he (ays ihem beneath the water, and the individual ivho is being baptised being in every ease blinded by the water, there is a struggle to rise, and on sev eral occasions boll) priest and baptized rolled over together m the stream. .As may bo im agined, this affords immense amusement to the mob, wk° testify their approbation by qiapping of hands, shrieks, and roars of mer riment. —Manchester Examiner. , - BEA-PTfrox. is the love and aweel the kiss pf a sleief. —Qld Safer. , Exactly, and of-a pretty cousin, 100. If ypu have not a sister,or,'a cousin, try body else's. sister or cousin—it's all ihe aamp.
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