• Site dompiter,
B. ,T. 1171.4, ZIIITOR ern raoriurron
ORTTYS.OURG, PA
inaCIITIC STUB 30113AT10N.3.
von uurxcairos, •
WILLIAM F. PACKER, of Lycoming
• CANAL ooloitssioNxa,
NIMROD STRICKLAND, of Cheater
"The Compiler."
Enlargement and X,'l4' Typr—But no In
c/tate in 'tile Price of SAecripticn.
It affords us no lifite N hatirfaction to
be able to issue the " CaPiLtu," this
morning, in handsomely ? enlarged pro
portions, and deed out in a dross of
clear and beautiful new type. We con
templated these improvements for many
months, but Wore prevented from mak
ing them by a variety of circumstances,
which have now been overcome. The
paper is before you, data reader. What
do you think of it
Neat forty years tiso, the paper be
ing about that length of time estab
lished, it was printed upon "eight by
ten pages," (as were all the "country
papers" of that day,) hating a shocking
ly limited advertising patronage, and
no doubt equally limited subscription
list. With an opposition majority in
the county, its dimensions, and, wo sup
pose, its business, increased but tardily.
However, it did grow, and notwith
standing all vicissitudes—and it has had
not a few—that growth has continued,
from decade to decade, until now the
"Costiltia" is presented in full growl'
proportions, with the best "suit" on it
could claim 'during its existence. This,
w 6 are egotistical enough to say, causes
na a feeling of lively satisfaction, and no
doubt is gratifying to every friend of
the "000 D OLD CAUSE" throughout the
comity.
For the increase of patronage which
has enabled us to make these improve
ments, we are deeply, heartily grateful ;
and as we have, - aceorcling to our maims,
improved the paper in the past, so shall
we ) with enhanced ability, add io it in
the futime. This we can religiously
promise, prompted as we are by an
earnest and sincere desire to do our
whole duty to the Democracy of the
county,—the part !(- our love,—and
make the paper still more deserving of
their confidence and the support of the
public. To all, old and new friends, we
repeat the expression of obligation, and
solicit a continuance of their kind favor.
The profits on each number of tke
"Costrtuta," are, of coarse, is conso+
quenoe of the larger and heavier paper,
as well as extra work, &c., now requir
ed, oonaiderably—ulruost alarmingly—
; the yearly subscription price
remaining as before, 151,75, if paid in
avarice, or $2, if not so paid. But the
anticipation that our list will be swelled
by the addition of the names of a goodly
number of such Democrats throughout
the county as have, never heretofore
taken the taper, reconciles us to the
)joss, and may eventually, directly or in
directly, make it up, at least to some
extent. The sooner to accomplish this,
as well AS at tho same time do a good
and sensible service for the party, every
present reader of the paper is solicited
to intermit himself so as to secure at
least one additional subscril*r, each.
thus in the aggregate doubling the list
consummation most devoutly to
be leis' bed." Let all our party friends
make tbefffort. It will cost nothing,
bald may result in much good.
Democrats of Adams, our party is the
steemest in tte county. But the ene
my ana wily, and deep .in their designs.
Let us watek them? vigilantly and per
severingly—whether they come under
isonlepinusible dark-lantern disguise, or
ji open daylight: . *This done, and ordi
nary discretion exhibited 4n the nomi
nation of tickets, ail_ continue to be
op*osideit will be foiled in
lihair;expectations .of divisions among
le us—euad we shall go on, coscloiamo
AAP TO 003KITIER I)
BEI
sairAs an Advertising medium, the
" Commas" offers rare advantages.—
Wl* Its large and increasing list of
twists, not to mention Its enlarged
money ted in Its advertising
afti fie„ 'Peat
-311;6 Wen ” a Our
Warning, letay 18, 1887,
"Anythingto Beat the Loco.
lbws."
Flueh appears to be the ranying-cry of
the motley °rim who support the rote
gadelYamor for Governor. Principles
they'have none, but Ihey all, with one
accord, cry one, "anything to beat the-
Locofocos," thuh admitting that they
are ready td resort to any means, and
stoop to any
, stratagetn, that will enable
them tAt accomptLA their nefarious de
signs. WILMOT himself is the embodi
ment of unprincipled Black Republican
ism. Cold, selfish and desperate, he is
a fit candidate for the political gamblers
who have adopted as their watch-words
"anything to beat the Locofocos." -Yea,
anything, no matter hbw dishonorable,
so that they can gain power that will en
able them Oct / thrust their Briarean arms
into the people's treasury. This is their
policy l .thi‘their mode of warfare.
Can any honorable and honest man
rally under the4anner of a faction whthe
leaders declare they are ready to do
anything that will enable them to defeat
the Democracy? . trow not.
Know Nothingism mado war upon
tureignera and Catholics, and took horri
ble, blasphemotui and unconstitutional
baths. Now, Know Nothingism and
Black 'Republicanism, as if their infam
ous combination required another plank,
publish to the world that they are ready
to resort to "anything to beat the Loco
foeos _
But, notwithstanding their fdlspera
tion, notwithstanding their unblushing
impudence, in daring to. attempt t? put
down Democracy by an means, the
Black Republicans and Know Nothings
will discover that they mistook the peo
ple of Pennsylvania. They (to use the
language of the Carlisle Volunteer) will
discover when too late that the yeoman
ry of the old Keystone fire both honest
and intelligent ; and, having Prospered
under our present form of*overnment
and constitution, they are not willing to
adopt the wild policy of u few crazy abo
litionists of the WiLitor school. They
will not assist in the vain attempt to
crush the only national party of the
country—a party whole every act has
been for the welfare °Pale people and
the prosperita k of the States. No, hon
est men will dot be caught in any such
dirty business. On the contrary, they
will all—no difference what may have
been their former politics—join the
standard of the able, honest and patri
otic PAcKtat, and assist to push on the
Democratic column to victory.
sar A dispatch from Harrisburg states
tlipt, a new political combination has just
been' developed in Pennsylvania, be
tween a portion of the Democracy and
the strait out Americans, and that ex-
Governor Geist has agreed to accept
their nomination (or the Gubernatorial
chair.—Exchange.
So far us" a portion of the Democracy"
is concerned, we opine there is not one
word of truth in.the above; but that Gov.
Geary will be the.nominee and candidate
of the American party, and thus attempt
to crowd Wilmot oft the course, we have
never doubted. his resignation of the
Goveitiorship of Kansas—his farewell
address, and his numerous verbal com
munications, on his way to Washington,
to Black Republican Editors—where all
aimed at the Black Republican 'conven
tion, at Harrisburg, where Wilmot was
nominated. Thewnikunition, however,
was a little wet, consequently there was
a "flash in the pan," and now ho must
take up with the American nomination
or go without. And-here is the secret of
the above rumor. Geary will be the can
didate of that party—and aright worthy
one he will make, if all we have heard
concern iug him of late is true. We have
been told upon pretty good authority
that he was one of the-most active poli
ticians in the State in forming Knqw
Nothing lodges during the summer pre
ceding the dereat of Bigler for Governor
that, at the very time he received the
appointment of Governor of Kansas at
the hands of a Democratic President, ho
hathan application on file in the office of
ov. Pollock for an appointment at his
ands----that of Adjutant General, we
believe. Thus showing a character for
duplicity and - intrigue that certainly
ought to commend him to the Americans
of the State and secure his nomination.
If it doeS not, there is certainly no virtue
in the fitness of things.—Erie Observer.
Air-One of the littlest things done in
our Legislature this winter, was the
passage of an amendment to the appro
priation bill a few days ago, to allow
the members two .hundred dollars extra',
pay. When a man accepts an offloNhe
ought to be eontent'to servo for the
compensation previously, fixed, or re
sign, and it is very wean for men to ac
cept legislative positions and then vote
thew:elves extra pay. If a third 'power
would give them the extra pay4t would
be justifiable, but to vote it to them-
ims..6n the lat instant, 3 ACOII FRY, .Ir.,
Esti. s . eat** upon hip duties as Auditor
Gagers/ of Of ffltit4S, and Yak. kiss
ROM aillabrver General. They are
_ 1 honest mai * gamed, and when
4= 40,..\\.4
4 SO.. ~
..._ ereace oral cable; for ' they sbailtaetire fig% Aloe, thaplaudit
.14° °-" an - is lasiettf goigat!: a " Tea done , good sad faitidhl ear-
W oil half alio,. -
roots," will most asiatts4jollow thaw
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ME
MEM
-The Togo reek-
Ind Know ll'oth
ed General Rtcs-
'Jag Law" when
Senate. It is a
falsehood': General
e mgr.
thsi , ' - "Mag Law"
itaprlnelpled ihr
efretdation to the
They are.tiee des.
AO-
ttie our.,thenks
ve fiVdrs:
; L•
r! i rrrt ir. 47T l .lnMMl
The deed is dine ! The Main Line of
the Pithlie Works of Pennsylvania, con
strocted with the labor of years, and
now in 4 most effective and profitable
eonditioN is to be frittered away for
a mere song—and that at the nod of a
manyinoth corporation, in to whose coffers
this consummate swindle is to pour
the rei-enue of millions. Is it not TOO
LID that Representatives elected to
protect the State from harm, should
themselves turn traitor and inflict a
stab when they should think only_ of
shieldin g
In the Senate, on 'Monday, the bill
was forced through with undue speed,
amendments demanded by every con
sideration of safety and justice being
voted down. The vote on final passage
stood, yeas IS—nays 14. Mr. Bar.wk:a
of Bourse voted against the foul wrong,
and made a strong at,mech'on the same
aide. Mr. BaownlaPouneeti his intcn
tion, on the part of himself and others,
to place on tlie journal a protest against
the bill.
The bill was immediately Kent' back
to the louse br concurrence in a few
amendments still more fevorablu o the
Central Railroad Company, nod there
rushed through with an equal want of
ceremony and an equal disregard of the
interests of the Commonwealth'
Mr. I riAkEn moved to amend * . that
the Pen
.' ylvania Railroad Company
shall be exempt from all tax and duties
on its capital stock and bonds, except
dividends or real estate, and other pro
perty, and aLso except taxes for county,
city, borough, school and township
purposes, Sc. This was voted down by
the friends - of the bill—fir. Mussittacor
~
among them.
Other antendmen/were offered Ly
members of thOlonse, but rejected,
when the Sen-. 6 amendments wore con
curred in, and the bill was finak passed.
Mr:Mussr.t.m.AN Vcted poritistently with
the friends of the bill throughout, a
course *bleb, we do not hesitate to pre
dict, ho will have Cause to regret.
The bill only needs the signature of
the Governor to become a law-44nd
may have received it before this. ?We
are not without hope that the cortipt
means by which this infamous measu
of plunder has been go ten through the
Legislature, may be ferreted out, ant
some.oourso, demanded by the dictates
of honor and honesty, adopted, to pre
vent its consummation. " GOD SAVE
TUE COMNON WEALTH I."
The Main Line.
From, the Auditor Generale office:
Cost of Constructiou to Nov.
30, 1.853, $16,472,034
Cost of covostruetion of C. P.
R. R. to Nor. 30, 1856, 559,598 01
Cost of cooatruction of A. P.
R. R. to No►. 30, 1856, 1,0Rg,752 14
Tutal construction,
Expenditures to Nov. 30, 1853,
including' all ordinary and
extraordinary repain not
contained in cost of con
struction, $14,4111241 04
Expenditures, to Nov. 1856, •
including all ordinary re
pairs, 3,096,500 13
Revenue up to Nov. 30, 1R63, $16,781,999 Ott
Do. do. 1834, 1,209,919 01
Dn. do. 1855, 1,135,099 33
Do. do. 1836; 129,272 88
$23.356.290 G 8
Ezpenditures to Nov. 30,185&, 17,125,741 24
Net revenue- to Nov. 30, 1858, $G,230,549 44
The Voice of the Rzople.—Meetings
have been held in Mon tgomery, Cambria
and other counties of the Commonwealth,
in opposition to the sale of the Main
Line to the Pennsylvania Railroad.—
The people every where have taken the
alarm, and such a storm of indignation
will be raised against the perpetrators
of this vile wrong.upon the tax-payers of
the State, as will conni‘,/i them forever
to infamy and disgrace.
alirThe Democrats of York borough
have nominated Psrms. Niels-ryas, Esq.,
for Chief Burgess. A better choice
could not have been made,and it deserves
to be endorsed at the polls.—Gettysburg
Conipiler. -
Why, yes! So we all thoughtT and
endorsed it accordingly. Our friend of
the Compiler will have learned, before
this, that theitemocrats of York gut up
alort of general endorsement of every
body on the Democratic ticket. Before
sundown, on the 2d inst., we had euilors
ed away the entire power of the oppo
sition in York borough, which had main
tained itself here for a length of time
equal to that spent by the children of
Israel in wandering through the wilder
ness ! York Gazette.
..Come to think of it, we s had onr
"bringing up" in that locality-. Had
"sort of" forgotten it for a long while,
bat mind's clear neer! Sensible place—
got to be—that York.
Warne Type now used upon the
" COMPILM," as .well as the new first ,
class machine upon which their impres
sion is so fully and distinctly made-7-
enabling the oldest eyes, that can road
at all, to read with ease—are from the
extensive establishment of L. Joimso
& Co., No. 6 Sams on , street, Philadel
phis. It is the oldest typo Nandry in
the country, and has grown with the
multitudinous wants of the printing
business, The. establishment, though
very large, is conducted with the regu
larity of clock "ar k, and all conifeciel
with it, proprielora and Ortployees; are
itc6ommodating and gentlemanly.
Igil
Double Team.
The Legislature having pas6ed a bill
fur the creation of an additional Dis
trict, Attorney, in Philadelphia, the
Court ot 4i/rola-tar Sessions of that city
have appointed Wm. B. Mann, Esq.,
who has been contesting the right of
Mr. ('assidy, to the office, to hold until
the fall of 1859. Messrs. Cassidy- and
Manzi are, therefore, District Attoltoys
for Philadelphia, and we presume noth
ing more will be heard of the "election
frauds" nit the last October election.
Philadelphia.—The following is the
aggregate vote polled at the election
held in Philadelphia on Tuesday week
for City Treasurer:
De m(x•rAts,
Know Nothings,
Black Republicans,
Total,
Democratic• majority over the Black
Republicans, 23,862; over the Know
othings, 9,550; over, both, 5,067.
That will do ! Ofr
air Senator Wstsu,of York, has made
a minority report in the State Senate,
sustaining the decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the Bred Scott
case. It is a most aiile and convincing
paper.
>$.«K: CuaTip, Esq., has been chosen
Clerk to the Board of City Commission
ers of-Philadelphia. Glad to hear it.--
Mr. Curtis is peculiarly well fitted for
this responsible office, having superior
abilities and large experience in public
affairs. Iris performance of official duty
cannot fail to be entirely satisfactory to
the citizens of thiladelphin.
logLEx-SenatOr Foote, who has been
for sometime associated with the Know
Nothings hi California, has withdrawn
from that organization and returned .
the Democratic karty—so say the San
Francisco papers.
teL.The Ohio legislature adjourned on
Saturday week.—The Statesman says :
" We sound the dirge of•thia legislature;
and With our heart., for the good of the
peolide, for the wigure of the State, we
earnestly hope gwe may not look tikon
its like again.'"
alray !
Seisteneed.—John Sanders and Thom
as Nathans, convicted at Hirrisbarg,
Pa., for a t tem ppingtokidnap Jerry Lo
gan, a free colored man of that plies,
have been sentenced each to five yehrs'
separate eoafinemetit at Bard. labOr in
the Dauphin coantypriatan..
$15,130:984 40
(Feat Age of a Horse.—A horse o*ned
by Dr. F. Dorsey, of Hagerstown,
died last week in the 45th year of his
age. The doctor had rode him in his
practice for 37 years.
17.125,:41 24
ilerThe Democrats of the Third Con
gressional District, Missouri, have nomi
nated John - B. Clark, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the election of James S.
Greene to the U. S. Senate.
lion. Robert J. Walker left Washing
ton on Tuesday morning for his new
scene of duty in Kansas. Mr. Walker
en joys the confidinee of lapountrymen
to an almost unparalleled degree.
Case of Poisoning at Danville, Pa
DA: MLLE, PA., May 120.---Mlich ex
citement prevails here relative to the
death of Catharine Ann Clark by poison,
supposed to have been administered by
her Husband, William Clark. Tier body
has been exhumed and an analysis of the
stomach is going on under the direction
of the coroner. Clark has been arrested
and is in custody, andia Mrira. Twiggs
has §lso been arrested on the,suppesi
tion of being an Recompile°. for hus
band died suddenly about three weeks
since under similar suspicious eircum
ntanees, and his' body.will be exhumed
for examination. It in supposed that
an improper intimacy exiated between
her and Clark.
Crops at the Northirest.—A ceounts froth
I the northwestern part of Ohio state that
the crops are rev:l.3o3ring from the severi
ty of the winter and the backward
spring. The wheat, which looked yel
low and sickly, hasregained its healthful
color, and now promises an abundant
yield. Should nothing unfavorable oc
cur, theyield in that portion of the State,
it is thought, will be very large, as an
unusual breadth of land was sown. The
Springfield (Ill.) Journal gives an ac
,count equally favorable respecting the
condition of the wheat crop in the State.
With regard to Michigan, the Lansing
Journal stye the prospects have improv
ed, and Tram present indications the
wheat crop will not be much short of an
average yield. The lowa City Republi
can says the wheat pin that
State are gloomy. In upper Canada
the prospect of a heavy crop is said
never to have been more promising.
A May k?tioto Storm—Burrst.o, May
1 9 th.—The weather yeetordsy WAS quite
cold and snow fell to an untwistl extent
for May. A dispatch from Rouse's
point announces that snow fell there
also. .
M. 'B. Petriken, a me
ber of the Bonne fawn, Lycoming coon-
Oa died at Buehler'. Ma, in tiatrin.
burg, on Friday last, from the Wades
ton city "Nationsl Hotel" epidemic.
ihe remains were taken to Jitney on
Sfttarda_ olerge, of a eumndttee of
tilde Legislature._ a
„writ isAlWithelature
1114011211”t°1*tT1/11 The alaer
better hrthe peopl4l.
ion
28,845
18,795
• 4 488
511)23
Ti of the way in which
led by the New York
Legislature, the Al
ientions an instance.
:mber appears record.
le half dozen enact.
let is, he was absent,
le, hundreds of miles
The Printer's Do
"The printer's dollars!ttre are
they ? We'll suppose one of themia in
samebody'rpocket in Philadelphia, an
other is in Boston, a third is in New
York.; a fourth in Baltimore, while a
fifth is resting securely in some city or
town of the West. A dollar here and
a dollar there scattered all over the
town, all over the dountry, mile upon
mile apart; how shall they be gathered?
The type founder has his hundreds of
dollars against the printer; the paper
maker, the building owner, the journey
man, the grheer, the tailor, and all as
sistaatio to him in carrying on business,
each have their demands, unfortunately
hardly ever so small as a single dollar.
.Bat the mites from here and there must
he diligently gathered in, and very pa
tiently hoarded or the wherewith to dis
charge the large bills will never become
very bulky. We imagine Oho printer
will have to get up an address to his
widely scattered, distant dollars, some-
I thing like this :
Dollars, Vire., quarters, and all man
ner of fractions into which ye arc divid
ed, collect yoqrselves and come home
you aro wanted I Combinations of al
sorts of men that help the printer to be
come your proprietor, gather in such
force, and demand with st) good reason
your appearance at his counter, that
nothirkg short of a sight at von will ap
pease them. Collect yourselves, 6n.val
uableakyou.are in the aggregate, singly
you will never repay the costpi gather
ing. Come in here in silent *ingle tile,
that the printer may form you into bat
talions, and send you forth again to
btaTre for him and vindicate his credit."
•WrQuoting the above from an ex
change, the Frederick Citizen makes the
following " home application " --stud
which we of the Compiler adopt, the
more readily now that our expenses, for
paper, work, &e., have so materially in
eased :
There are dollars, apd m of them
4elonging to us scatteretr'hers and
there, hither and thither, alt over the
country—in the towns, and in the vil
lages, aI in the rural districts—in other
cities and other counties, and many
States near and distant—thousands up
on thousands. It' these dollars 'Would
but "marshal" themselves together and
present themselves at our "counter,"
what joyful relief theTy'srould afford us!
But these dolltimAimisi to us, have
no volition, no err locomotion,
and, therefore, cannot submit themselves
to the important uses we have for them,
unless the honest men who detain them
will some with thorn, or bid them come
throughthe mail or otherwise. If these
honest friends of ours knew how imper
ative is our need of these dollars, which
rightfully belong to us, we doubt not
they would facilitak i their coming, even
by the spoedicstuodo practicable.
Hearken to it, then, friends, and aid in
marshalling these doliars,ond thus help
us to pay tor tie paper, MP the ink, for
the typo, for the house rent, and for the
labor of our faithful• workmen,—to pay
our merchants and mechanics'-to pay,
in fine, all our honest debts, and, thus
let these "printer's dollars" go forth
again to perform their mission in pay
ing honest debts—,due to 011 men.'
ugL.The Democrats eleeled the Mayor
and Council of Cumberland, Md., on
Monday last, by handsome majoritiu.
Public Ilteetiug.
Pursuant to a public notice, there was a
large snd respectsble meeting of the cititens
of iluntington township held tit the Academy,
in Petersburg, on the 9th inst. On tuetiun,
the meeting was organized by the appoint
ment of the following "If:were:
Presiding, PETEIt MILLER.
Vice l'resiilente. Is*se Ssncse. Joszen
normints; PCTIR 11. 5111711,41011 N
SeerdAtriea, SLUASTIAN STITLIILL, Jacob
Asras.
The meeting was then addressed by Col. F.
Gardner, relative to the difficulties now exist
ing between the Tax Payers of Huntington
township- and the School Director,' of said
township. After the transaction of business
relative to the case now pending before the
Court of Quarter BerS}l , llP, on motion, the fol-
Ipwinicpreambliptaid csolutipns were unani
mously adopted:
IVitsitzss, tion has been pub}
limbed in the" ner," "Adams Sen
tinel" nnd"l ompiler,•' purporting
to be the p of an ••Educatiorml
Convention' held in Petersburg, on the llith
of April last,--which communication, if left
uneontradicted, is calculated to create n
wrong impression on the public mind in vs,-
gard to the (rile sentiments of the people of
huntington township, on the subject of Edu
cation therefore, he it
Itesoired, That the citizens of Ifuntington
township are in favor of the most liberal sys
tem of education if conducted on fair and honest
principles ; but they reserve to themselves the
right to condemn the action of their public
officers, when they are "weighed in a balance,
and foune wanting." They are willing to
pay liberally for educational purposes, whe •
the in iney is properly applied, but have
a just right to denounce en extravagant waste
of the riiiilic funds and the prostitution of the
cause of Education„„to base and unworthy
purposes.
Resolved, That the so-called "Educational
Caaventien" was en entire' failure—"A dash
in the pan"—no more than , eight tctxables of
Huntington township being present on the
occasion, And must of those interested par
ties ; and that the publication of said pro
ceedings was a fraud on the township, mis
representing the open -and expressed opin
ions of nine-tenths of the resident citizens.
Rcsoirrd, That we heartily endorse the
first resolution of the so-called "Educational
Convention:" To "elevate the standard of
the qualification of teachers," and...this "con
dition of the Common &lino's." It is a con
' summation devoutly to be wished—portico
*.ll.l Huntington township.
red, That the third retolntion of said
"Convention," endorsing the tlehtml Direr
tors of Huntington township, was an net of
ercessisse stodff‘y, . pasticularly as the little
"flintily party „ were all together.
Bemired, That it is the opinion of this
meeting, that *lse office of County f3uperin
tendon& of Common School, has become it
perfect sinecure, and a useless expenditure of
peddle money, so far as Adams °aunty, is *in
censed. The duties of said Mice hare 'not
been fulfilletin accordance with the requisi
tions of the Lsir—aad the raising of the sal
ary of said officer at this titre itan arbitrary
exercise et pow., shad should Be ooadeednell
by all the true Weals of Edanatiei in the
county. •
I Rarebit!, hia the .iEt* resolution of said
[ "Convention, " - the coodnetand rer,-
1 uiations of the of Bandages'
1 hawaship,rfive thieems,
I pertioularlyttett
4 ' than the rest of oat'
_'at Moir cid.
sumem= n
sem. .llnlLme hereby obr sygpisilhips
to the suffering seisoeleetuhe whelk
Reisimi, , That the ebockpressekletiel
elutimiblin Adapted by'theviliosis 01" dm
big, end that a c op y of the same be
fp the "flew sad Hanner,'"Adiumr ' '
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Jews kerne
,lost Springs, Kay 5, 1857.
Ma
Toni (.1; AtttrtEL
The Wheat crop generally does not wear
as cheering an aspect as might be desired.
many fields being short and thin in their
growth ; but still, we should not be astonish-,
ed. with continued seasonable weather, to see
a nearly average yield when harvest time
shall again come round.
The Oats is opening up beautifully. and al
though much of it was sown late, the promise
is very. good. It is, however, almost too
young to predict from as yet.
Corn is being planted and a number of far
mers hare finished. Although a Late spring,
a large breadth of sores will doubtless be de
voted to this usful and profitable article.
The Fruit crop i• more promising limo we
ever before noticed at this season of the
year. Everythirtg, almost, in the shape of a
tree is covered with blossoms. and so far as
our examination has gone, they are generally
sound. It may be long before we shall `•look
upon its like again."
The green fields, the blossoming tree+, and
the budding woods, are so many certain and
plea ant advance me.sengers or literal and
blooming summer. Weleolue Poulson 1
During Saturday of weekjoefore last, the
South Mountain, near the Iramiltonban and
Franklin townships line, took fire by acci
dent, from the burning of brush on a "clear
ing," and on Sunday it burst out in great vio
lence, the strong wind increasing its progress
fearfully. It coursed up the hills and down
the hollows with almost race-horse speed,
consuming everything in its track, and re
sulting in heavy- loss, in the way of timber,
bark. shingles, rails, fie. A tenant Irmse
was also destroyed. Thousands of acres were
probably burnt over before it could be check
al, which we believe was accomplished on
Monday morning. The sight from town, on
Sunday evening, was what might belirmod
a terrifically grand one.
It is said that Mr. BtNJAMIN MAasuati*
who, with all others in the neighborhood,
turned nut to assist in managing the tiro, was
near suffetating, havingibeeocue entangled in
a knot of grape vines as a largo body of fire
approached him with great speed. lie was
seen and rescued in time, however.
Fires, at least two, were rngitip; at other
points in tha rnountain on Sunday evening,
but no particulars have reached us in refer
ence tustlican.
Spring having fairly opened, the bricklityer
and the carpenter are busy in our midst.—
On *eery hand the evidence uf a new spirit
of enterprise is visible. The improvetnente
on the "Eagle Hotel" are being pushed for
ward with all due industry : - Goorge Jscubs's
three-story 1e on the way ; Henry Rupp is
getting ready f,r the putting up uf his Ll' rec
itory ; so is Henry Eckert, fur a snug two
story.; Jacob Norbeek also, fur the mune; and
Jeremiah Colp "already has the alarm at
work. The School Ht/use will be delve I
several Months for the want of brick, the
meters, u we understand. having limited the
contract as to get the Inick of a particular
place.
During a recent visit to Philadelphia, we
stopped at the St. Lawrence Hotel, on Ches.
nut street, kept by that prince of landlords,
Wm. S. CAMPBELL, Esq„ formerly of the St.
Charles, at Pittsburg. We had previously
heard much in praise of the hence, being
as
sured that it combined more than the usual
excellencies which go to make up a first class
hotel, and our expectations were, therefore,
somewhat, considerably, elevated. But they
were fully. if not more than, realised. Take
'tall in all—in its every arrangement a nd
datail,—there it observable sun a regard for
convenience and comfort, and such strict at
, tion to every want is shown, as to strike all
sojourners in a favorable,manner, and in-
duce them to go back again. We have no
hesitation in recommending our friends to
stop there. The Messrs. Met.tts, who assist
Mr. Campbell, are admirably fitted for their
respectiveslaces, and contribute in no small
degree to the comfort of guests.
[Coaulw•kolialpii
Attention is directed to the advertisement
of A. MATHIOT, Chair and Furniture 11281111-
fseturer, Gay street, Baltimore. Ills estab
lishment is one of the most extensive in the
country, and bas a reputation for turning out
superior work which few others enjoy. His
prices, too, are exceedingly moderate. For a
satisfactory description of the establishment.
the resuller is referred to an article from the
Baltimore Reribliam, in another columo.
We learn that the Barn or Mr. Ilmsar
Srssrocsa, about three.quarters of a mile
south-east of . New Chester , in this county ,
was destroyed bg lightning on Friday after- .
noon last. The loos beside the barn is k trifling.
No Insurance.
The Lardy willing, we propose to Dedicate
the newly erected Chdroh edifice, situated in
Bendersvilte, to the service of Almighty God,
on Whit-Sabbath, the 31st of May. All are
respectfully invited to attend.
Marne ork Advocate sap that only tiro
oseesNrill be Wise up to the Supreme Court
from that-amity st the present term. Mon
day (to-day) has been appropriated to those
from this judicial district ; and the paucity of
cases carried up on appeal must afford vary
satisfactory ivideues of the juridical ability o
our Preaident Judge, the Hon. Robert J.
Fisher. ,
W/ -We have received stetter frost stries4
in the West . , he
giving s deeeripties ot, t
growth, business end prospects of Keuksk.
tows. Roots wilt probably be, sires it to
oar next,
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The Railroad Road&
- Prom an - artitle in the last Siseimt, ousted
by the highly gratifying annual report of the
President Directors of the Banover
Branch Rai Company. just published.
the following 'Tact is made, and is cota-.
mended to the att ion of all interested, par
ticularly that class have money to in
vest. Additional pro° to the safety and
profit of the investment no of ordinary
confidence in financial matters should re ,
quire:
The Gettysburg Railroad is but an exte ,
rion of the llanover road in reality, Birth
spina) the interior of the eoniskry, and so
is extended the trade will increase. The
rood will make trade from alt sections of thrp,
country, from whence it is now not fur a mo , .
went expected to some. The bulkiness of thy
Gettysburg Railroad will not be confined
to Adams county. but it will draw a large
And profitable business from Entmitshurg,
and the counve adjacent, frneit*Waynesbosuf
and the count y adjacent, and from the vicin
ity of Fayetteville.—These places, distant 10,
20 and 15 miles trove Gettysburg, will, svbetat
t i lkeir produce or passengers reach the latter
place, he 70 miles nearer Baltimore, the pro
dticomarket, than when they take their pro
dace to 1311.1mbersburg. Thus the superior
edanntage the location of Gettysburg has fur
the trade of these fertile sections of the coon.;
try. Not only the trade, but the travel from
these sections will necessarily be indueed to
take this route to and from Baltimore. Thy
pAssenger and freight income from this part
id the country, now almost entirely unknown
to the Hanover road, will pass the road
when extended to Gettysburg, so that at a
moderate eiticultAtion of all the increase of bu
siness from vu.iThus sources, the Gettysburg
Railroad will have a trade, which will make
the revenues of the road double those of the
Hanover Branch Railroad.
Yet there is a doubt expressed by some per
sons, that the investment oven in Bonds of the
flettvsburg Railroad, is not perfectly silk
Were this doubt founded on any legitimate
calculation, we might give it some weight.
But when an overwhelging argument is fur
nished us by the business of the rued, of
which it is only an extension, which will ena
ble it to reach a trade which will double its
earnings, we must come to the conclusion,
that persons who entertain such doubts, are
incap.ilde of reasoning upon the subject-!.or
speak without reason, or perhaps permit
their prejudices to warp their better judg
ment.
When the Hanover Railroad Company-first
offered their Bonds, there wit such a want of
confidence on the part of the people of the
immediate neighborhood, in The ability of the
road to meet the interest(, `that theywere
compelled t•bo sold in the'-eity at a reduced
price; but no sooner was efie road finished,
than the Bonds advanced from $76 to $95,
and were then sought after as tier/anneal it"-
vestment by the very I ersons who nt first re
fused to take them, even nt the prices at
which they were 1 , 1011.1 in the city. llirotwith
standing the strong arguments its shown by
the llanover Road, in favor of the Gettysburg
Bond, we hesitate not to say, that the short
sightedoecs of many of our people, who have
money to invest, will be the means of their
!lidding off vita alley will have to pay the ad ,
Vance, as vras the case with the Hanover
Road.—These Bonds offer inducements for
permanent investments, superior to ordinary
loins at 6 per cent.. they being free from
State tax, and the interest payable '4=l-an
nually.
It will he Been by the repirt of the ilanever
Road, that the gross earnings for the first
year were $20,000, which, nfter paying the
working erpenses, offer $1:,000, sufsaiettt
to pay the interest on $200,(100. Do out the
facts stated in the report to whirb we refers
red,foUv demonstrate to the Stockholders, and
others interested in the speedy completion of
the Gettysburg Road, that their true interest
is to (some fit-ward and take Die Bonds. , now
ren Iy to he issued, at fair prices. and thus en
able the long-looked for iron llorae to tench
our Burling', before winter is upon us.
.lftZ•e a Beyznutny: Scire !—ltemem
her in all things, that if p mt al , not begin yint
will never come to an end. The first weed
pulled up in the garden, the first scot get in
the ground, the first dime put in the &triage
Institution, arc all importnnt things?; they
tnake a beginning, and thereby a hope, a
promise, a pledge, an assurance that you are
in earnest with what you have undertaken.
(I•ow many a poor, idle, &doss, worthies*
spendthrift is now creeping or scratching hi♦
say through the world, who might have held
up his head and prospered, if he had !Ad,
made a beginning with after! dims in ike
;el..inus
SiSaksivariern.-..
We beseech yna to reinalei
Here In the etwor ul' ear
Our clatermat everting., cousin, sal nor SIM."
Tl,ue said the uneln of his nephew nn II
certain oceasion..stnil we can also fancy we
hoar young Ilainict reply: "Ar, good •tity
lord: but here I cannot stay unless 1 wine
such seeinly garb as those obtained at the
gre a t Clothing Hall of Backbit' &
Nos. 603 and 605 (new style) Chesnut street,
above S zth, Philadelphia."
itaritcb any of our high livers ever eat
t4o much \ dinner ? „ If any of our readers hare
cooks who tempt their appetite a little too.
far, I will tell a secret that will lead them to
the enjoyment of their dinners without a visit
from that gouty old gentleman—. Dyspepsia.
Tube a dose of Dr. Sanford's Invigorator aftML
eating, and you will never lte troubled with in
diyeet&on ; but on the contrary, before the•
neat meal time approacKes thTs appetite will
be sharpened to appreciate an
_y kind of food.
If the food rises or sours, the Invigorator will
Az the matter right at once, fivr there is some
thing in it that, to use the expression of
and friend, will let a man eat grovel stones, and
take the Invigorator and they will digest.--
We.have tried it in double doves, on one or
two occasions, fur sick headache, and it sets
likes charm. • •
What we want to say to our readers, rung
or old, is. if any thing ails you, go without
delay and get a bottle of Dr. fienbrd'e In
vigorator. and if it don't cure eosin and tell
til, fur we want to see one persott that it will
mit benefit.
SiiirA. D. Buehler. Agent fin. Gettyaborg
Wm. Berlin, Hanover ; and Charles R: !tea
ry, A bbottatoirn. May 18.
I The Greatest Discovery of the Age.—lt
seldom occurs. that we clock*, seder ilitY
eir
cua patent medicines. restoratives, or
any thing of the kind, for we here a prejudice
against most of them. But condo* compels
us to invite attention to the advertisement of
Prof. Wood's Mir Restorative in the last
cultism st the bottom of the third page . of title
paper. We ars too juvenile to require anT
!ling of the kinkiest some bottoms of its
use\havis some to our keow . ledge Web almost
se that it is a *overage remedy against
r hemming pre-natural vray, • It in
not a "flair Dye e . Lit owl Rlstiggeetiast
as directed, the *het is ptiMielitair the akin,„
which brings out the engine& native colored
hair, withoat .blow, sad givei II a glossy
r inenitursi appearance. , We hareems per
sons who beve used it,
and .Are
much,
`placed with it.—lsvossri R
sukat au. Daum:ins.. bela ylB.
ifoilomy's Oistoistaal Pipip.-1 . 1 is
to symptom ths
sistsoustas
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