, 'l' ' . , .;: t1:3! t . ) b. 111;11111, . I <.: . 1 , • , .-- 1-1. t t ..-... . ItiA . • , . , „„, , , , ..„• . „ A ..,.,, ... , ..i .. ... ~ . " ~ ~ • : i,. , . , 1-0.• t n NA ..._... ..,... N • , : , t . . . • tt ~ , :,, „ , ~, tt,t, mum i. , ft C. K. •BCHHLER McCracken's Invaluable Remedy rot rnr, iNSTORATION r s PRESERVATION OF TUN HUMAN HALR A FTER many years of labotous. research -ilk and , experitnent,l Vara' the gratilictitioti to, apnonnee to those : of:the public.who may bo tiff/ICW ° Via bath nisi iii premature - grey hair, that I havo succeeded in the preparation Pfau • article . that is an i nfalliblo 'remeay . far either of these 'ditiorders. • For a ffnidideptble length 'Of dmel have; been in the 'habit of 'tiding it up. 'witty town'eustOmers,'add in no' instance has it failed to render the most entire satisfaction. 411itinglengentertainett the belief thut;,in a vast majority of 'eases, 'Baldness and : mne. 'lore:greyness were induced by disease, or want of vigor and vitality of the sealp,, rather than being, the neetantry consequence of mere tic. , tutnulation of years. • My whole attention was directed to the did-' .'tddtety Of Eitlnt'e preparation, which,, by reMor- I ing the dandruff and other foreign, tnatter. .''which, itilqiito of the Utmost precaution, will 'trilled upon the scalp, would restore to this : part allitd vigor and vitality, and thus remove the great cause of both these diseases. In offering this preparation to the, public, I have full .confidence dint it 'Will not disappoint the -expeetatious,df many who may feel inclined to ive it a fair and impartial trial. It more ef- IC'ktiallY, l iiilin any other preparation, removes 1 the dandruff and cleanses the head, thus re ,rativiag all obstacles to the growth of a new and Itt?turiant crop of hair. ,For the prelim. Itimf grey, it reitteres to the hair the free circa dalhm of its•natural fluid, and; in an almost in: ~Credibly. elicit time, brings to it its natural licalthfuluesiand color. 'Alibiing!' this prep ; atittion has never been brought hetbn3 this public through the medium of tulveratting, yet by its own inherent virtues, it hes won its way 'bile faCor in tautly of the counties of this and neighboring States. At .the solicitation of bit . tiny my friends and patrons who havi hselyt i .; tted by it, I have been induced to gtveit r td ti . public, and in, doing this I do it Wahl 0 eOll I gilt assurance that, any who may fludit tQ podAcsa all tho mak claim. 'Olt* it: '.,: . Itvizase , of partial baldness, when' used a. ginealdflo directions, this Restorative has in:a fail , a, tai t in,,aingle irattanee,.to produce a luxe, ritkut, real* ot the natural hair. ) ,In ifn hads of mothers und nurses, it is .a ~.a pitill ' ..ktriftioti'. fur' all ''{hose those diseases of th'ellaill IliejaClA to infant children. - ii in fine, an a toilet article, it•should be in the thtltt . 4 of all trho wish • fo expel!' the dandruff, Itreserva. the hair, prevent it front tidling, off, 44irrudgr,4,1 1 44 1 -igl9ss.Y. aid ‘YaVY. -. .. Ser-Prepored and sold, wholesale and retail, by XI ceitA,CK EN, (second door to the Union , liiitelf); • ShiPpetisbut, • Cutribarltind' county, mouusy , lvaniu. :' .., ~,•, ' . CERTIFICA TES ft.T uL Ihe - iniiiinivroble eertifjentes, in the posst4sit:i rdlhe proprietor, Flimcing the Vittues or,this retnedy, are annexed, and must satisfy the most Nkel t : Se Cnion Co., Pa hereby certifs . that I bad a m acre head for six or vigilt yellYK, prohabli firz.t elapsed by 'dandruff, but finally turned into dry letter-- IdeUriwknii's l'reparation lia.s rextot't•d me bead ill perfoct Itcull t aid rendered 'my hair auft. e. FISIILIt, M. 1). Thin in to certify, that my hair had nearly all fallen id. I !used DlcCruckeels Restorafivi...for o u r . aiontbs t 'and can now Itnast of haying .as hair as any elle eeeht NVISiI. S. A. BRAME:It. „•S'Aippewthury, &pt. 18/4, lea. Frain oar own ohsarvatioil Ve. Are 'einbleil to” testify flint Mi.Cracken's Proparntion for 'the Hair gill neentVish the OA which he pro ife.Aesit: todo. A. STEWART, 111.1).-.1. HECK, JOHN' H. DUNCAN. '. Shinienxburgi 1e55. ~.IThe,undersiginid takes, plemsnre in. albumin ‘eing,to,the, public the Preeraition for Human nal-, by: McCraeheu of Shippeilsburg, -From the 'ettette has had' on his own hair, he ii! dilly Convinced that it will accomplish the end foi which it isdesigned. 11EVt 0.. W. .GLESSNER. I .c: ••• Shipphoburg, 1856:: with pleasure recommend. to the..public 4nOrackiiii s' Preparation for the I have 11 1 !Iga.butjiii r e bottle, pnA it,hus, rendered entire itit;ffaction, by, removing ilandrukund impro ving the hatr. to color Mid in beauty, find pre trainoft REV'. J. O. OW ENS. Splensgrovi.', is to dettifythsit era bare been bald for wo gqot sonic of McCracken's and iu Seven 'months ive bad iiklgami and tide bead of hair. ', , ; „ 11. , , „, CELAS. moygßs.. , • • . , . 1,13tm,< 21 ).. 8 4 5 . --3 m ,1ENT5,A.0.81113111.131.3, tlettysburg; JOsepb llatbr, AbbottBtown; 13. F. Gardner, Petersburg ; J. Calvin Cover, Franklin town. Banildon ; J. E. Smith, liicktown B. Wriihtpon, Grafferibuig , S. ; F. I. .Williarnson, BOOIaS t STATIONERY t olttro,s . sic MEDICINES. ytagt7o glatiOrtitictut.' vg.. D. ,lIIIItHLEJL has added to his former stock,of Goods an unusually, large as ' ortment of Classical, School and 0- 1 1 t • .epAteOng,all the text Books used , in the GO • Ipte, moron Schools, and standard Classic Itttlicthti , withltheireeont popular • publications, Constituting a larger tutsuriutent than ever „he• fore opened in Gettysburg. Also 4 . 1 IPA V 3 Cri s 21 at 7 1 o'l,Wikltti4t, G;tp, Letter and Xote Palrer, of o boat EtiVelopo . ; Gold 'Nn.h Mut FPitiththi; l PCA:h.lik l e.4,'&e.,'Arith it tar & assure , 't;'• ' • , • : , I, • iry, 0011 N, . .iroi , . ,; .„) ~,t • rtriwitiCh ho'itivites attentinfi t ..being .iireparied esasellitti uhithaally. ,p rite& • , • : •ohAliXts ,itas .also % largely, increased -.his 6, :* , 1,1480) and , dtledicitiesiv-:: ci" 4n he relied upon as the; hest at ,the rheas have been effected .111kIdtelitiyartiOlo in his HMI or business can 'bus • peomptly °Ocilla from. the-city ,',,; • okiellyebarg, ,tklov, 2, 1856. _ .11115rilhuik of all kinds. far liale at this' Olt t-N, "Nliniel ittvla 9l WrjUcßiTthe git'xioeCjopsoir, soon After the death of her, hushaiid, Rev. Dr. Judeosilef,Eturinah. • ..; • . "The widowed heart of thit;gifted ciao, with her apostolic Ithabluad jest gone before her to heaven, thus exquisitely tells tini story of their love." , , 'Por there was light within my soul, , Light on my peaceful way, ~ And all around the blue above ; The clustering starlight lay; And easterly r saw upreared • The pearly gates of day. So; hand in hand, we trdd the wild, ' My angel love and Ilia lifted wing all quivering With tokens from the sky;• Strange my dull thoUghts could not divine 'Twas lifted but to fly 1 ,Agaiu down lifo's dim labyrinth , I grope my way alone, .While wildly through the midnight 4,3 r Black hurrying clouds are blown;. , And thickly, in.my tangled path, The sharp bare thorns are sown. • Yet firm my foot, for well I know The goal cannot be far, And ever, through the titled clouds, , - Shines One steady' , star,. For For ichtm my yolidc ,: teei# up t he left e 7)0,44 gate,' qfar 1. Information brought- out at the dinner of the Horticultural Society of St. Louis! elves us a higher'eitimitte of the:progress, made by wine making in Missouri than we, had any idea of. It appears that at Her-• man alone, a small German village in Gas- 1 collude county, on the Missouri river, there arc four hundred sores in vines. MI 'a , round Herman are bile , and nothing but hills—the . village tieing built in the only plain to be found. These hills are cover ' ed and crowned by mesh and luxuriant young- vineyards, aud.from theta will be produced this year from thirty. to forty thousand gallons of wine which issold at the pries at from •l to Sf,so per gallon. Tho -business of wiue.tnaking at Herman is already, carried on uncler the.divlsion of lahar neeessary , for the, attaierneet of the greatest sluices*. Thereare three classes altogether diatioct'now'etigaged in it, the grape-groier, tho'tkiee presser 'and the wieOmerchint. '"rhe day is'n4 t," says the . St: LOgiiintelligeneer, "when our State' will 'as 'distinguished for her grapes'ind•vines as , frir her hump and tobacco, and -other- produce." • Mahmatly Ohi,l THE YEW.? IN THE WEST.— The Louisville (XV.,) pipers elate that the i ;iv e s tigat i ns' vififelf' hitve just hien Untie to a'scertaiit'Ate 'effc4 of the meant cold weather open fruit trees, indicate that there will he. no peaches, apricots, plums 'and cherries the coming season.'Throughout all the Wen and northwest . the cold has been severe enough, to, produce the same offeets. - The , Madison •(Indiana) Banner says that all the fruit. has beenr killed ,in that State. „ The Ahoti . (lllinois) bortrier: states - that eta reeentnieeting4the Ahura Horticultural' "SoeietY; it ' was'hated Dr. Hall, otherticolifirating the 'statement, that on' examination of the' fruit butte 'of peach trees,: in that' vicinity, it had 'been' found that the. recent severe"cold weather had destroyed .the:promise• tali yield , o 1 this luscious fruit the coming season: Before.grovving alarmed at these statemews, it ought to be recollected that pre. cisely;the• same ,predictions ~ were. mule last year, ant! yet the. peach- crop was never mere,ahundant than last summer. 4 . MIgSION IN Oar:Tsar' AFRICA Baptist Coast. Mission. of Afritit 'ektinast sorne:soo Miles along.the weal. coast:Of that contineivt. Mie,most proinisintof all, those Christian enterprises ere, thdoe undertaken by the Rev. Mr. Bo.w.eit and, his associates. His station is the king dom of Gareiha, near the great,betliti the RiverNiger,.ni From this - point,coioutt. 'cation radiates to, all , parts, of ,Gentral Africa. to, with hitn the Rei: Mr. (.''lark of Geo., the Rev. Mr. 'young' 'men of. TetinesseV are' now offered for at celitatice tu',ihe atone mission: '• • BRIMAL,, P11903ENT5.,4 carrel' pn mien t of tine Charleston Courier, t??,iting from New;'fork :—'"An aggregate of $26;0601e said lo hate' been trinittited in in thi Idatiglitdi of ex-Mayor Mickle; on heritiarriate ofei4Mayi3r* Law.' renee. , • l'eaw; only flits Morning, at Bill, Black & Co.'s, no $8,560 tliatitond neck- 'lace, just - mounted as a bride's present ; al- sd a brunch', illikTiffiny& Co.'s, coating 84004! inieniled - present to snottier' bride., , This is 'about *up to the Babylon ian mark." • 1 "Pdtt said a scl if you 'take - ten fimii , Seieuteen, 'hew many, will remain ; sti* I took ten of tils apples to . tillow him, ~und now he. 'wants I 'should give 'em baok.'A ' , Well,. why don't you do at m woukilorget how ma rt' is" let rs , . =ME M=IMMERIE I gazed down life's dim labyrinth, A wildering Immo to eee„ Crossed n'er by Many a tangled clue, And wild as *ad could be; • Andes Lpzed, in • doubt and dread, An angel came to me. I Ithow him fora !lenvenly guide, I knew him even then, Though meekly ns n child ho stood, Among the Boris of men— By hie deep spir i it-lovelinens, I know him even then. And mi I leaned' my weary head Upon his prolTored breast, And scanned the peril-haudtedieild, From out my place of rest, I wondered if the shining ones Of Eden were more blest. Wine Making in'Misienri '1 , i t. . . GETTYSBURG, FRIDAY EYENtI;IO:FEBRUKRI - 8, 185 1: • , i! ,* :.'. • ; , • The. 11114.0 who Lost ,tals rant'. Tfie, foil g wjn g . is,s, i paseage from the Jaogliable tale of Tesperation,';ono of the ,r,jch arcticles , which are , -embraced , in the ',Litersly :Remains of Willis Gaylord Clark. ** h is o,nly necessary to premise that,tim writer is a Philadelphia student, whir after a stolen, fortnight among the gayeties. of Washington city, fiuds him , itelf (tltrcugh the remissness s of a churn) at Baltimore, on his way homer witheu,t a penny,,in his pocket. . Cops et s fash ionable hotel, nevertheleas, where, after tarrying a„ day er two, he fiuslly at, the, boot nfa Coatdinner °Finis ,sefue,in, his' , . sate apartment; flanked, with abundant Champagne end -Burgundy, .resolves to thaelqm all to the landlord. Summoning a servant , he says : and the landlord to step up lolly rimpi bring, his bill." Ile clattered' down entire, giggling; and shortly after his master= appeared>. fie entered With a generous smite, that:made me hope for the best,, the , house afforded, and that just then was credit. ""How much do l owe you t" said I. He handed ma the bill with ail The grace of polite expeetaitzr. ."I.et me sea— sevuoteentslollars. Hew very reasonable ! But, my dear sir, the most disagreeable part of the question is now to be told. I grieve to inforin you that; at present, I am out of 'money : - but .1 know by your philantlirophie looks that you,,will be satisfied when I tell you that if, I had it, 1 would give it to you with 'unqiialified pleasure. But , you see 'my. net having the change* me is the reap• on l'de'itt do it; and I um sure you Will let the matter stand and say no more about it. lam a stranger to you, that's a fact ; but.in the , place where I came from','-all my acquantaucc‘know sue.as easy as can , be.r The l landlord inroad all colora., “Where do you live, any how ?” qn . Washing-. I alMuld have - said Philadelphia." lie eyes freaked with angry disappont ment, c , • . : • ' , I see how. i 1 is, , Mister ; ,itiy, opinion is that you are .blaekleg, you deem! know whsle your helm ie. 'You' begin with Wtaihgniti,'and then drop in forPliiladel= phis. Yout:naust pay.yourbilfe' 44But I can't." 4Then I'll rake your clothes'; if-I don't blow me, tight" • “Seauridrelt" said I. rising bolt upright, "do it if you dare, and leave thereat to we . •. I , There were no more . words. He rose deliberately, !seized my, hat ahtl only: in expressiblesond walked down stairs. „Physicians say that no two excitements can exist, at the same. time in'one system. External circumstances drove a wayo• al, must . confusion, of my brgiii. rvirave,and looked .outof the windovv. The snow was descending as I drummed on the pane. , What was to do I An ti&, happy , Wight, sans cuie:fett. Ins ; strange city—no money and slightly inebriated. A thought struck,me. I •had.a large, full cloak:, fur my other appointments, save those he took, the landlord had spared,— I dressed immediately, drew Int my boots over my fine-white drawers,. not unlike small colthes . ; put on my cravat,.vestand cosy laittm unveiling can from rny trunk IsuntinglY over my lore-head; and flinging qty.ftitis mandq about me, made my wey through the hall.into the street. Attracted.by shining limps,on.the por ,l tic° of a now hotel, a few. squares from toy, first lodgingif,l.entered,rocordedsotne game on Me ,books awl bespoke. a•bed.-- hverything was fresh and neat, told every servant attentive ;.all,' .4gitred 'right. I stept toyaelf.closely ojoaked, puffed a se- 1 Aar, nridwent to hed to mattle,tuy plot. 1 • g' Wai t er } j ust brush mt et oldies Well, My 'fine' fellow." I- eitid iii die 'Mot tlitig': .mind the pantaloons,don't spill - any thing trent the pockets, iere's Money intheirl Huth „, • ! , I. .11 4 1 - doo't see , rio pantaloomi.‘' "'"'l'l;e Linea' you don't: Tithere are thes..v, • ;. • tell 4 I shiint;(liis:eyes - as big al spacers, : ) I don't knov, 88 true as am 'OGO &Wm, sirralt, and tell your manter i ., to eoluisllp here iMinediaielk." The pub.' bean was.with Intl in a• moment: LatullOrd.!" 1 exclaimed: 4 .l have been' rehbeikitt . your, house--robbed µire robbed I, MY, pantalo ons and a Parse,.Fontainitig three sso)thie's are gone'! This 'is a Prat-, ty hotel ! Is this the way you fulfil the, injunctions of scripture,2 I am a a:ran gier, and find myself take'n a: ven-, geanie. I. will expose yen' at once if lint not recompensed.'t • .I .1 i ,your tentlter.".• spit!: the agitated. publican." , .f.l,have irt opened. theltetietit , is getting a good run ; would yoll COW its reputiiiinif for l ati::itetti'd4t Ewill find out the. villain< whitybak robbed you,• and send for 11 tail r • 10' Me:Mirt .)? dµ fur yotir missing garaents„ ;Your n:mop shall be refunded ..you not see your IdniPer isitsdletie 'o' " " "Sfy• dear 1 . thank yout , fdh your kindness ti did not - mean to reproach you. l[those, mum rs ,pitu bo done to•day„f be satisfied; for time is far more precious. thin money.`l A7l keep 'tll6 • tithe 14: if .yOu find .thetn Awl in'exchsligeihr the' one but dred and filly diillars Which >you give'ingthair cofitents are yours." 'The next e't•enints, 'With tiny new pressibles, andlona hundred.and forty dol.: lara!in inky_ purse,l I called on •my -guardian. in. rhiladelphia for sixty. dollars. - %+ He. gave me a lecture. on collegiate desertion that U Shall not Soon 'forget. 1 oncloied the knotiey boaeklo'nty honnrable lendlind by -- therifirst petit; 'ruffled tnY'hilt l at 'Old Orusiy's; the first -publican; anti 'tify trunk' by' mail. - G 01) help the poor. 1 " 4.* 'ITEARtESS ANb FREE."! CommerOlal.Velne of the Hog. The Working Partner states that the val ue of the lin* snip thifiyear, in the. United States, will till little short of two hundred millipe of doilars, or 650,000,000 more than 'the cotton crop. Dlr. P. L. 'Slat moods, io the transactions of the Highland Society, gives some interesOng statistics of the outobor of swine raised ire various coon; tries, as nearly as can s ho asoortained.' In the United States there'are betloved to be 50,000,000, or more than all the States of ,Europe combined. Qreat Btlitain, the number is estimated at '2,000,000, of which Ireland hist a large proportion, us d Scot land scarcely 200,000. ; Austria list about :6,500,000 swine, and 4.uetrian Italy 2,50,- , .000. France bas,frore:s ,to 6,000,000. Husain has auimmense number of wild, hogs, 'fint'ihey are merely stem and bone, valuable principally fOr their bii#l6s. It is estima tod• that 96,000,000 'iSounds bf !arena route in the U. States, Of which 20,000,000 ,are made in Oinciupati,.. England. and Cu , ha each take annualli 9 or 10,000,000 Pounds Of Ameriein la • a ,• UP* B barity. . • In the present. E opeen , war 'Russia has had a large share of our sympathies, but we are shocked at; the accounts of its inhumanities,: 'The 'lit 'irrival 'informs us that the Emper ' lexandovllc has ordered a epeeist , tto be, formed ,atl K.ieff for , trying . captwed Poles end Flom gariens. The former are to, be putsishe with death, the latier delivered lo the Aus trians for execution: .So many Polish' and Hungarian prisoners are taken to Kieff, that no fewer than four judges, ten, secretaries, an& execution — ere innumerable, at* 'contin ually employed in, tbssircondstinatlon.. _ _ Are, the Fruit Trees-in juredl-4V,hilo ,many,pf our ; exchanges, contend that the fruit trees have peon injured by, ; the cold ' Weather the Pittsburg Gazette says: 4, We have inquired-of practical and Os 'perieneed fruit growers this 'regiotri as ko their opinion /Leto the-,effect of tho cold weather upon . peaches, , And 'other tender fruit, and they nt‘',a unanimous that there is no injury so fir, and that unless the Innis are killed 14 Spring frolics, after:the' heat has expanded-them, we shall have's, good croP , : 'tDry.coldAreather. does not injure the buds or trees here. It is the sudden changcs in the spin& when the sap . beginw I , • • „der, We notice ; • a :statement taken from an 'Ohio paper, 414 there are atiout ten • preachers IN representing thee various denominations, all elecitioneering for the Chaplainey to Congress. That these, men, visit the bar-rooms, ,drinking saloons, boarding . houses, wherever a rue at bar may he cornered,' and there solicit ttieir vetes' Upon the ground' of what they hare done for their party. If this be true, those min isters, have disgraced their profession,-wand their churches ought to look into the mat tee and instruct them that half-politician half-'preacheris'not in acccirdince with the religion of Christ: Prohibition in Noryland:—The lure of Maryland appears-indisposed to a gitate 'tho State with -a prohibitory liquor law movement. A majority-of the coin mittee of the •House of Delegates, to whom thesubject tias comma tted, on Monday report ed against. the expediency of rof referring' the question of such a low to' the people for their fiction; and express the opinion that modification Of% the license law would be more effectual for ivied/. The report was concurred in by the House.' • Artroor4inory ;Su icide.,—.o n the . 28d December a young man entered :.a tavern in.:Leeds, .Eng,, and,aitting• down by the fire, put ; the:pokei between t he We of the grate until ,rod, , bot, *hen. he .deliberately thrust the boated and dolrn hie throat.— The bYetandorainetantly,seized him and re moved the pokor, but he died on the 28th. aet-T he jin t ire' length of the Miesiesippi rivet ie oloierf with eireimairdee' un• precedented in'the nionieri Of . au'y one Memphis the pond s are frOen over to the thieknow(of 12 or 16 uichee,'and the eitiZena are euttini and storing 'Way their Ownice, which wia Never known be . fore. gentlenian , named Warner, was instantly killed on Tuesday afternoon; at the•corner of Broadw4 and• 26th street, New York, by being struck on the bead by a heavy lump of snow, wbieh `was' thrown, from the roof of one of the adjacent hbusee, by two laborers who bad been employed. to caPar-Woff, Stir Th e Frederick Hzatnintesays , that something like the shock , of an caithquake :was ,felt in that eity on thck , moral ug of the 1 213th ult., about 4 o'clock. The sensation WaS dialinbtly felt twice at a elicit interval, but the•shocks were not violent enough' to do any damage., , '145 4 A Gorman natnod 'Henry ,Colloy, ing near Westminster, was frozen to 'death on Thursday • night vieek.' ' The rverdilt of the jury waa that, he ottmu to, his,doath by expnsure and _the ,eseossive .uso of ardent- Was not found till 'Satuiday morning.' ilo Wits buried dit the grOUnd where found: • ' tor. Keetilino; I Garman aoctor, in Cunt beilittid'eoutity'; W found frezen to dbaih milli* aurae , evening; onitbe niountaio' road near SternWe Clap: lie watt nearly, naked; midis,!liougtit wandered . out on, tl,iouounn Lain' tiunng an atteeli of lite 7/ tit 4e pins. Do Vdriderace Greeley was ,virry roughly, handled On Tiesday, tit VashinE,teu, by Aft.'ltinst; 'of Aiktiiitiati, on denoting of setae strictures uponllm in letter.to the Vri. bubo, Heinflieted sevens), ,blgwe ou his head with his fist, and also . strnek hint ,a severdblow on the aria u with e401f.., , Mahe grain crop of Illinois is estimated at 18U, bushelo c)l,9orn k 20 million,* l'lnuthelanf Wlfeat, and 50 bf nut& baring grid rye 1 COMMON SCIIOOL§. icr.W.o are indebted toll, WILLEI; Esq.; for tho advanced sheets of the Annual Re port of the, Superintendent , of Corutnon Schools, containing the Reports of Conti ty Superintendent*. The Report for:Ad ams County ,will be read with• interest..-- The tabular statement- will .be given neat week : ; ; ' . ADAM!!! .COUNTY• t 3 it Thero has been a marked degree of im provement in •the, schools of ibis county within the laid year, hut there ip , groat room yet for stillfurther advances. I will not lengthen' outtlty report by g ,iving yoU the condition add grade of ovary sohocil in the County, but will, confine myself to a brief remark ,about each district, •I kept n. record of all the schools, and , of every. teadber's :degiee of success in diselilining his }Abel and with the aid of these notes, can give., you au •aecureto report' yk the working of theAomsnon school system in this county. CONINTION Or RA.0 . 11 DISTRIOT. Hunlingdort.—Tlie school' iu this dit trict are advanced, well regulated, and tin • der the ghardianship . ofin comelier& board of directors, who hove the %prosperity of the system.at heart. The roirifying , feet of,efficient and aotive, men as three - tors can truly be specs to advantage ,hy. comparison. ' The School' . hotises in" this , district ore .comfettable, nod adapted to the purpostis.„' .But the;oebool in the town of Petersburg has„ entirely too many Bohol-. ars, and could be graded to advantage.— gram Mar and geography are taught in every school. • • ' • r: 7kone,'.;•-•-Tbsire is one very good school, in this district, atnlthesest are,an . average.Thn school houses a re not prop erly vetthifited hero as well 'ad in all the , other' districts. gramthar is taught ilrabout oneThalf the schools. • ' schools id this district Are under, die:*tor,skip of young men who 'desire 'to improve themselves, and ,where this r ypirit is prevalent, success will hid tharely crown their'offort. • 'Buller : .-There is'not muols 'disposition to encourage the study of ,gaglish gram mar nod geoptphy, but when, the teachers all beeoum thoroughly qualified 'io impart instruction . in theJnim portant tiranclien'of educatiouombhe , sOctiment will yield to the , introduction - of these studies iuto gothotds, l •r • Stroban.,-There is one school in this diotri4Which, too 4ki•gp, ie very Well con ducted. The rest aro un Ulterage. Aank/in..-4-This is a large distiiel, hut' -there ,is the right spirit atttong the teeen.: era and directors, and the *wheels general:' ly are doing well, and, bid fair to, acooin pHs& the grand design that ,one or two faithful champions of the systein have been striving for in this district ever since' thosymom was !fret introduced into the Cronberlaraii.—The schools here are net under a healthy system of disCipfine supervision. There is much room for im provement. . the schools are under the nupoivisiou,of persons who haves due. appreoiation of the value of education, and are laboring io afford,' by the improve tnen t of the schools;mn 'opportunity to the rising •generation , aoquire. a practical knoNledge. , The schools, with. one ; or, two exceptions, are prospc,ring. ' Moutitydy. —The future'of this district is yet to be written; null we predict 'for' ;it a prominent position hi the .history of the educational progress in Adams county.— The schools have been succeeding very well, and director" and '• teachers are doter n4(o to leave noshing undone, to make success complete. „They have established a miniature Normal school, which is anon , dod by the teaohera of that aiid the sot rounding'dietriets. This, together with a District Teacher's Association i . is awaken-: ing an interest on the subject. There are(' L. men eof sterling worth there, :who hold the,i9ver and lUSO tho . bog , 114v1P tage. Reading.-11 few of The schools ate itu. proving,' while others are not far kb/traced nor properly.diseiplined. . Hamillon.--Through the influence of an efficient director la this district, the schools in Berlin yere grathei,,and, if con tinued, would do very well. The teach ers aro well qualified, many of them hiv ing received 'their 'education at this Oxford institute in this county, Which is a good Normal school.-11,1 hotelmen the:object of the philanthropic • principal; foreveyal years pastto adapt the instructions iu the institute ,to , the preparation of teachers fot our eminnon sohoul;i; and hii' pupils certainly do 'great:credit to theiirrhutz lim ier in the ottpaelty of teachers: Mount. Pieasunl.-ri-Schoolaloot far,ad, vaticed. liousea very indifferent. .No iii loreat taken by directora and otbers, except, toleep`clotvii' the the df taxation'. ' Latimore,Sorne of.the seheola doing well. ; Prospects for improvemrtnt. fiat tering. • • • ~ • Oxford. —Sch49ls in this ,distriet,,tos large; but hdiaticed, 'Teachei:s here as well as , in the bordering generally, been. pupils , et the oxford Men. Itete,, and; coneeqoeittly, of teue,h• 'Coneteage--The schools i M'Slicrrys ttivdli Could• be oniiireitiontily - `graded,, and the advantage& thet,' would ulti otiely're suit from a systole of graded schools, wherever practicable,' would fulfilteema. pause ,directors,aud taxablegt(or the. little , [trouble . and expense, that, ttfikir would thus , incur. eery Condu`ated school in this aiAtriat. ' There is a' desire evinced by the directors, to procure emu• potentteeehers indiwhoi.thi efficied, the schools, .wi ll's The district bordereott,„Narylaml, nod tesoherts can , command a higher . ealary, , and ft:a a.longer tarps, verreouventeatiy 'aud they go over theline !tv 114 okapi Tj 1' 7 fi r .r houses in , this distriotinre very indiffor. Germany.+Graded.soltoolo , are poctant iu toicrnaittpd ,Littlestovra wOuld support a high.. school and' two priaiar , y 4ohoolii Without 'Much tdiiitional' ex pense; hud , with inedleulable advantage to •the pupils. The sehools , nre knot far .lad --:;:• . '3 • , ,Beiriik•--Thpditootprs in, this ,dialviet are', favoraide Via.progressive inoleinent, and the tettoliers are istitnulated to 'eidr• Lion. and together; they are suoceodirl in elevating the standard of eduention in their midst.' • , " . . Freedom.—this district is„ small, and' ei 'the llpOivisioil of the school's' offeetiie.— What' we want everywhere' in" our county liflt stow effective district, supervision', and how se accomplish this I hope , oun;lbegis-' lature, , ,is their combined wisdom, ; will.de), termite. ThOra W 21511 ddielolloy . fp: the Initiatorof teschdrs .fiv this , ' comity last' r full, and this districuwas nue; tviiieb, ,, felt this defbaienoy, 801114 of tiro animals ,i.tere, not opened until law in ~the wittWr., and' consequently anatti of did "Moto a'dva'nced, scholars w'ate dUprivod of the usual: taloa. - - auce•of "sehooline,' Bat hope 'pelt/taxa tott brighter future . /lorpuei of qctlys6rl4.--Ttio' seho s ki. are ivell"graded; and are iludt4l, W Ithe N'lBlollbf an active board „ordirectersho: .are interested iu ,the 'Wei fare nfthe -Schools, and displaitheirphilenthropy by,frequent visitations. To pupils, this is on et the great incentives to usartiou, , and ; also cu eouragoli the teacher iu hilwduousdutice.` When ho: meets around. hitn'untiting but cold indiffcreuce and neglect, it is impossi: We for the teacher Id keep' alive his zeal, o r rekindle the waning fires of his s euthuSi• Sim: • Be must be more than mail it h is heart does not fail him intim midst of his un requited, unaided• labors. But altliciugh the' directors of this district evince an ourneit desire for the proipority of 'the 'B6bool.a ; )'et the schlol' buildings are very indifferent and 'unsuitable for, the 'ph rimsots intended.' This defect should be' speedily • remedied ; and when properly remedied by the crea- tion of the proper kind of school, build log, a , inuoh . more, efficient' system of solute! • discipline, can be, devised and 'car ried into successful operation'. flaMptoit is the, only independent die triet iu this county,: mid the ,school, was well, diicipliued and advanced. I F 4 h 14 ! )1 .bau,S° pug-' yds°. •.! - ) 1 iy , ;:; mur 1 r PPP* . 4 , N, A 4 Y A 3111 There urn tunny vtyY ungw4astiO PAYP cotes ofthe eopinion sehool . aystwe county, unik l ef a tviSe'and liberalspa'. 'it, who'have labored long and earliest lyi tO perfect the .sysceinv dud 'goOd fruits have boon realized, trent their, exortionsp and; wo have the satisfaction of seeing,,in certain se . etionsolA taueoeety,loedprtieu y?rkieirhopis ; stuwinpppr4iou t ilc l is productive vast benefits, crucially and inorally, to the eitizeul. Jia ogler r . sec• twos it is depletubly inefficient, end hos Beitieoly jul'itified the hopes of roe frieinls of education; ()eat° tumult which has been expended uPonit by the Stater She ''ad. ; vatic° everywhere, 'like all, great reyelit- Lions,. has beisn blo w , R pd,fr, A 4 the i pi:esont apathy and opposition ,of the peop)o,Uf home Partial's Of , the'cohnty;'it'has m uch yet to eoutend'ivitn; beforoltii Will' bd cad upon a fooling adequate to' the wants of,thepublioi or. the viiiiizatiou, of very 4reat benefits. Scarcity of ood, teachers...—ThF groat and almost universal obsutele . to success. ,hits been the want of competent tt:achers lead the scarcity of good' tbacliers dtaiihhen' • I theresult of tho very swell reutuotiration gi ven to then', and the short, period of thou; the schools are kept open daring thoyear. l l leis evident that no teacliiir, competent to impart the thorough, practical knowledge, can afford to turn his munition to teaching fora few months a Ithe'Year only. ".11e will seek more permanent and lucrative elmilloYeletllilllid,tha bush:woe of teaching falis„therefctrop,into„the hands; of indiffer ent, unt(inexperionced scholars. ! es, itiblishment 'o'f Normal Selitieht; Teacliers + Inatitutos and asseelailona, in every coati. vory:much in supplying' this deticioncy ,of , ceinpetent, teachers ; (the tirst,of whichr.-a Normal school— t wo hayo on 13,eni!liatur,.1, hut very efficient plan, in, our - county ; and 'the Te'scler3 4 Assoclatiettp-:-ie very:sot:eh:44l'd operatien;l and au inorease ot couipeusltiony and .grea, ter duration Joupleyment, will, induce young tueu.toprepare themeelyea,fer this, honorable profession. Obsidefe3.4mtl/w/iYa great eiLstit'clL to the•siicess of . the syStein hleterto; it nit' the indifference 8111„tho people , themselves to thls importance of ~ education, aiulq drcaintug that, the wealth and grpatuess theStnie are the' result wealth; the knoWledge . and enterprise df' her citlicini. plaoes yet , irvour coon ty , ,' , ll' %rely. natrow , and contracted spirit has been inituilhated i n phi s respect, which haa•ltellku(l, l 9 , df9a' the intentions, and almost. dishearten, the ti ficirt 'Of thil 'phihinith • rii~i't.''J3ctiu' gear era', lint' citizens . aro begitii;ing' to - aroma' from. their mimed amsthy, from -their in. , glorious sloth. to „tmergotio e..iultutverit y ,to, !nottepplisli something useful, i lor• the I pxit ' • 'rhey'are peginning to semkoli to a' ' sense the linportaiico of riatiitg their children:Properly atid ' , thoroughly' edoes.: ted, and of waking:the•Nicrifices necessary to the support of good schools. . The ils• suroptiou that; edintatiOn Is unduly a . mat ter of personal interest ;1134 that Ihu of Providing it devoltcd • exclusively . tip.o parenig; lias•be'eir deriiontiated ,trepans`, and thhpullitictiiiid has 'yielthil up this;thity. to the:State. , The direct.toutieul; cy of the charity'school sytteui, prooeded hid! present purely"free system wits to cream. tlistinetioul hostile io the. 6101i,an4 ettaritexer..4( tiktr-f cam institutions ; and this present systat, ,fiased upon ,the •eottedsprinoiple, Au the Stnte is even more i .deeptrand pe r i zAnca uy 1 intereaied id the educ . a v tio l p data their p ••• • .8 CM 'al t C tapeneo '.fir • • •, " ri. ttU' rth ft* ;i r 2.; ;1 m;.311 I , VW,O , DOLLARBt.P.TIVATINtI4." I4. • , t , , r ,„ : .t , , ~•11 1,11'71 44: 0:4 ' 0.9 1:0011 4,110 1 )',/,, ~u; A. p.l ii: and ,g). t , I lirttlidinit ivish•dnidob,eboin'kfifiti film' L itte'orthe plifflbityrititilitilis liiiiiii, lus IwillelY aildp tid" 'in 'i ts'itkadl. gail'l' filtvo b oo b , Jaboilith, atid'lviileiio{ri&illiged' of hoccoof ir f by'pithilit'ai i .iciteiitis"tli'do r tiiixiiitato , 0 necehlity arid wischith 6? (Ws Chattie. But I bolieve that'thti ''isy 11014 is iii)o ao ittoroligtly'rooted ih th 6 i'.:oh'Lidadce Wild fivor 'of"tho people 'Of our ''lottiii'l.Y, ilitti', l it dad 'tie vet 'be i3litticeti: ' If uslibditi,' th'ciiiillre 'still 'defeeislii )ur SehOut lan , ','ltlla idti t ritu it kho auty , d'itt.:i'y'olid;'cifffeidlfY"dbildec. tdd' *A iliiPetßtal to' polit , tfigni 'oat, ,l'll and make suggeat.ihus. '• ~ ' d , , , Vriegitare '..anbltruile - iif Pul4ll.—lt will belebeif 65 , ith'e' telleiltr iiiittetti4iit',.lffitt :1%114 iiiolitirtfinf'of "OShhira l reli lf't) i i.: h ihihy fro hbi, atttici . ' school' aft' full ief :I 'faking ihdi itAilage aft out' ;it'cil; , ineg 'at o itt i.east bitb•lfonitilt '6f the ehildedil trilOtie pliti theinstiveeut t,litiol iirtirink 'llle'4.s. nloitittlio 'de iibt i3jAnd 'hitibli' or theft ilibe there. ' 1 13ebidst TherVitro'libilio"idio, 'do n'ut, 46 td but 'ccittint'ofi seiniolßi or thy Siehc;hhrtit isti l ylidia: ' Thii'irgiullirliy; 4 of ettOuduude 'ay si;lttiol ii ii WollTetlAl teoln plaint ithhhglehhheisl jrtl6 , 4r,lll,vl'.4','of 'the pt•otti'lliois' ' t hitt , iiiii . ' biitiP Miiii4 fiii.' the 'cii,rei4 littiiiditl'ol ) SViiring iho thudifO'di'lOrt of tar.' thili o.oiuktioii"ik' thili`iteioO i lli4o, and' itididates 't wild' d'erdefiii tile s3 l stvia . pursued, bioause it does not cotripletelY tit nad.thOibbjectlit iitiiih'it illuiii. " `• , 4 1'ite Iteititibp— . .sc'tiber • iipitiegtv.- 1 211 edeafri'td 'tit d th'itt'thih 'll4 Oh litiittat I tiVto 'Lltelublio'of diitritnititig. Lila fuWie, kuii l ds. •n the or Iklitig;la&, the fo.ilipo' luntis 4 d'yo distritUted atilLhigt die 'iLrilltiii Algtri'd:s'in Ipiiiporiionlio'thi) tiittnedi: i cif iii4ilea'(Vtid tltiStis' thO'biAls' of '.diAtilVeitfliq l ) ;tiiiillt regatitlio rho' ntuAber' Of ctillaien .I'rlitilt tcud s4litoir." 13di if ill:: iipPiiiiiinidni'of the. pliblie 'tnoti4 'Weie Ihttao 'to adighti tiptittl' Odd' titiiiiiier 'attending `dchtio'f f ' Wild .1, upon the regularity of their,attoudauce, it vtot;iti bdthitho ' flie'liAt'Or'dif oflhe '4,ilizens gon'oitqly; th prdinotb and urge'llat regu r Illiiiki fa ' attend:like' 'Or ali 'llib' litili • aiva titithiil theioithit4, 4ttileWEitila i L rt)intsly n srelit defect ,'and i(tutoe,'offiiiit'poingliiiitt. d papiukent Li) . Schpcil 'too ptkii,g.i tit;ilit:Ji`tlefel:t I 'i.4 ,, 'that 'iiitilLi out ieriL;ta 'iChtloi`lbikyhiiidg. "I'lie lari'lls:',is tWo, 4. t i ! fid w It fiv9 ybitrs.'" Nci'aird'elioulo 'be aduitited into clip tinblie l ticlidolS i linder:4lZ, Mut intiwq bat'hti'TAars' iil I fouli; 'ellol,lo, id cOtitliteAtiliiillrha id" tiiii"4ol;oot i tidpi ~, . 1 ‘o .".I.'eaFliers arc not OW ploYedaY'doPuty,nur 'ke4Tor liiti iellUliot idditteiadt or uucutp• tiered' InOtherk, tvlio bet.iit Wit) , aosious , , to i , et' Wail: thiiitil,6ll nut' ctfbe ival." 1 . , '' ' Tiskedibt?eedbiidlity—?aticiiiiiirf.:—Ae uttqutiou of the ..I.l6giMiLkt; , 4 l 2liouid 1r; di- Nelittld le'rllciitur , t; 'foil Nitro ittiO t th l i 41 . /pr- ' 41}116i" di laiiiiiehaoiil for'in'tir&it?gibigi iieil9y: and'fbe'die'vliting anti e.touilp!g qio iatt'utioti i iviiiolr thl4' l 4l,lsflait ,IR ,a ',4titro' li, Were' ertky eitiii)h slionid LA °, an inStive qt!itetitsi in t. 116 inituitli4tiatio? ofpnti- Ito atfitiiti,.atrd wait °Yeti 'be h oltlle4 tfp9u io perfornit.tho iligpimi. dulies!ofju , tbi!o ,lifo, it ( ts'ithportitit that' ;p"Olitilh'r tiductigop shdulti 'b6 dal, ridd t,6'llie"iiioesiotil` , i, 'ltriiielVtlie niV.aua o' the 'S?atti will aliiiii. Akiihvi'ditS"'huldo of: beeouipets • i in fh,s egiriibttotiq is fiy i rnediisO'f l iin ilitiv3, law& lii dull filitit diitYiet ''s dein igii?',ll; h . y, Iv 61 . 84 the sphools will r ho r'etl,6l4:lY , :y l leitit i and theirAis6fil , fute filtirou*hly i is,,atiti9e4,. ;t Atidlohtlill ' kitid'l a;;&121 redoto inis , ilicf,,l4l, I did hot k ..S'eiir',t he 'eltiuttiO'n Of ilt:. s . tunkter bf'der`etteirs'iu . each' 'ditittiict i ed'iliree,Atot 'AllorPtithAtOtt 'botilyndisaiibil I '44. 1 10,!t. wahOui 1,1 ti diem'. " . -I r y .. ' i ' i „, , a. Porihitt Schoutt i .L-Tiio 'int e iti l iic uair fuluess, as au educational tlit. 4 dinuo; of Jitcks- Vita itilliibiti, ) cciddliOE,4l 81, ..,,, ~tirid,ui,al i ilb,u,Vitt,4l66llitlenti.tod by l overyr,o'n'ti ? ; vi , ; : ii k6inhillicrililifi l di'thes,paco.' 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