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BY 11. J. STAIILE 397 YEAR. TERMS OF TIM, PAPER si r The Itrisulder.in C,nipiler is _published tver7 M#liday tir.rniri4, by II Evirr STAHLE. at $1,75 per annum if p.Li.l u,adcance—s2,oll per atinuhi if wit p.i1.1 in adiance. No sub seription i nue 1, tvile.o4 at the option cif the publisher, until all arrearageti are paid. o:4"..l.dvertiseinents. in.erted at the usual rates. Joh Printi.2.4 %Julie, neatly, cheaply, and With disput.•ll. e i:t Watimore street, direct ly nppo,ite 11Thatp Tinning Eetahlish went, one and a half square. from the Court house, 'Tow ell.Fli" on the sign. To Those Who Want Farms. A FALAI, WITHIN THE REAlli OF EVERY MAN. mak; 1111/CirW AY FARM Cf./MI - ANY bout _ I wade arrangements by which all who de ell e to settle or purchafte a home can do so. The Farms *insist of the beet limestone nog of the most nevrior quality fur fanning, in a rapidly imp -.vita: place, into which an extecsße emigre:* is now pouring. The propertyTS - 17;eated in Elk county, l'enniyl - in the midst of a thriving population o f smil e 10 OW. The climate in perfectly healthy, and the terrible plague of the western fewer is unknown. It also has en abundii;tice of the hest quality of Coal MA Iron. The pri c e a hay it .att is from $3 to $2O per erre, , p•tyitlile by tostalmente. to be located at the topic of porch. img, ac a share of 2.5 acres en titling to local the name for t.' 4 300, payable i 5 _per :month. ' e I:21 acres payable S-1 per iirintli. Die nt—tor every RIM of.sloopid tin ler, paid whence.. a discount of :-.'p er rent. w 11 he a o wed, and for over $lOO a dis count of 111 per/opt, Ina itisideridg the advantages of emigrating to thin locality the following are prenented : rods—The son k is it ri .:h limestone, capable 01r:tieing the !testiest crops, owing to wtrich ;hie settlement hasAtttained its prenent great prosperity. *nowt—lt is the centre of the great North Weal (Lie! Resin, and in dmitine 4 l f t.“, i i t o tw o 'me 'me i& the greatest business maces in the State. It will miteplythe great L.ilie market, (acisirding to population mot morel -the ;treat ed in_ the Cutout.) It has fire workable velan of thb bent ll:tumintins Gsal, amounting in the aggregate to over '2'2 feet, which makes 22.000 foes of cord under ea-li acre. This will make the land of inestim IMO value. Chi etiaineot state geologi-o. l►r. Chns T. Ji.;ksion, of Bolton. has made a geological surrey of the-land. ant the coal, the iron pre and the limestone. This report to gether with maps will Le furnished W in quirers. Fsern/- 7 Thrk railroads are laid out thro' this propsrty„ The Sunbury and Erie Rail roail gives us a market for our coal to the lakes--ii runs front Erie to Philadelphia. A largepart of this road has been finished, and is now in running order. A heavy forcu is now working from Erie towards our land in the westeli'l direction, the means for the com pletion orwLieli have heAn raised—it will soon he 'knish:4. The Allegheny Valley Railroad connects us with New York. Boston and P 'dint. - The Venangu ltund connects us with the West. There are already good Turnpike l'onstla ••••• through this property, various other opened to accommodate the olsttlemciat which has already optortunity equal to it now at n ho wants to pn.vide himself east= way. and maim a oettletticut ! where lie can lire in prosperity uul irolepere I dome in n. climate PEIIFECTLYIIEALTIIY. lc I (114 e of thb fever ever haring been k a ierrn - t t (wear in thi' settlement. It is not like gointr, to the boekinomlA of the West, among, perhaps intolerant people. where there io no aoelety, churches.. or schools. where the, price of bold ishigh.and where the *enigma, ' after Laing use I to the he.tlthiest climate in the world. has to endure sickness and pain, &oil perk:ins rains / his health and that of his family. but here im a thriviag settlement havill three town', containing eliurcheo., ss:hools, hotebk, store-. saw mills, grist - mills, ntid e‘erything desired. There is a cash market at hand. The-lundier trade last year f ' amounted to mer two hoi.d red feet or lumber. In a -hart time. owing to the mad, I it will become still more valuable, as a num- I ier of iron work,. asil manufactories will Coon lie started : they areat present starting them `ettensi‘elv at Warren. E‘ en for those who not writ' to go there, the payments are! such that they eau c.ksily buys farm to save their rising !mi11i..., from want in the future, or to gain a c.ui.erence by the rise which will to e ,'lit cin the value of Lando. Ile an out.: lay smtrcelv missed, a substantial provision can be male. Person' should make early application. ap. ply or write tit- E. Jetrerie.. No. 130 Walnut Street. bed nr Fifth. A pettero carefullly imswer9Q giving fall iiifiinnanli.m. Shares or tram. of lipid can 41. IsniAlt or .opeuret by letter encbcCtn:.• tlie &sit instalment ,of tire dollaro. when the subscriber will I,el furnislrod with books, maps. de. Warrantee . Deeds cau :also purchase from our A-eats. flJute-frotn Phi'arlelphm to Tyrone nn the Pen nPy 1 van ia Central theme by Stage to the land. This is t delightful aasatut au visit St. Mar . ' —the hest hotel ae cumatodation aff 'Med. .I.:aquire fur E. C. Sobultz, EN., the .%geut fir the pruperty aL ,St. Mary's. Juue 8, 1857. 3m nreT IN SEASON AND ?ittER our Or SE:OONi - - - Ef.litMEitS, read this, and then come aTld :1 1 bed. fur we ntill hate ''a few more left !" :Tbeickboteriber takes the method of railing .0181dt...flacon of the pulAie in general t...) that ,Aminabis ridge of machinery. styloki -Nitrites Patent Hay Hoister and Harlon . Excavator. Elie right of all Adams county, ex eept Conownko, Oxford and 31ountjuy town .alisiss..ite will sell either 'machines or town :44 rights. H. G. CARE. air Also, at the same place, you cam be ao ,,,coninstxistid with afk fine I.IUGGIES ns can be got lap in the State fur the same money—con stantly kept on hand. Repaifinz done, neatly end cheaply, at short eiteistet.. All kinds of eoantry produce taken Atxthanae fur work. Gettysburg. Slay 18, 1857. Gm It 11110 V A IL *en, Power, Watch and Clock-taaker. ILIFF AS moored his shop to Carlisle street. - below Hoke's store, where he will to be happy to attend to the calls of cue toisgrs, Thaulcfut for post favors, he hopes, steiekiittentian to holiness and a desire to in Omit and reeeive the patronage of usinlittet • _Alitrobsurg. Mal- 18, 1857. 110hr41,. ET'S, Ribbuns and Fciwarg, in large issortmottt, at . A DEMOCRATIC AND FAMILY JOURNAL. TO THE FARMERS! Manny'. Combined Reaping and Mowing Machine, wml WOOD'S IMPROVEMENT. THE undersigned, having been appoialed Agent fur the sale of Manny's Combined Reaping and Mowing Machine with Wood's Improvement, for Adams county, offers them to the public, believing them to be the best combined machines in use. They have been successfully introduced into different parts of our State and have rendered general satisfac tion. It received a silver medal at the Stale Fair last fall: also drew the brat premiums at York, Cumberland. Centro. Hentlegdonote.• counties, where it was exhibited. Farmers needing a Reaping and Mowing Machine will please call upon the undersigned before 'pur chasing. as be always tikes great pleasure in exhibiting these Machines. lie has one set up at Tate's Motel. where it can be seen.— Fairly orders are solicited as the number re ceived from the manufamuner will he is pro, portion to the demand. SAMUEL HERBST, chnaibersbery st., Gettysburg. April 27. 1857. Sm N. B.—There are no Reaping and Mowing Machines manufactured 111 the United States haring upon them Wood's Improvements ex cept those manufactuted at ilociaick fella. N. Y. i'artie•s manufacturing Reaping and Mow ing Machines are cautioned against using Wood a Iniprovetnents.•nd are hereby notified that payment will he exacted to the full ex tent fur the use made of thaw-- ' H. K. PARSONS. Agerst THE FARMERS' & MECHANICS' Savings Institution of Adams Co. F VII 1 S I mititittion receiveadeposites for which n pays interest as follows: For over 10 numtha. 4 per cent. per annum. For 3 and not over 10 unman'. 3 per cent. per annum. For tranment depottiteq. not leas th a n 3 . idaya. 2 per cent. per annum. payable on amio] without notice. A joint fund (capital) of $lO,OOO baa been paid in. For loans apply on Wednesdar. Num.% received on drpirmite at love as a dine. Intereet to he allowed wlaeneeer the deposites amount to $5.00. and on each additional *5.00 and upwanl34. Office in South West Corner of Public Square. next to George Arnold's. store. Open daily from 9 A. M. is, 3 P. M.. and for remit•. ing depilates every Saturday, from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Pr,s;,kpr. GEORGE THRDNE. d rg• GEORGE ARNOLD. Direoftr.r. John Brough, John Horner, Sawed Onrlioravr. Grano Arnold. A. Heim:Adman. jaw!, 111tuinelinan. D. McConiughy, IPiJ Siam Culp. John- Mickley. Wert Horner. John Thione. April 6,1667. A NEW STOCK OF BOOT LEND WHOM, fki! 0141.Vand iN if fat Chassberstnerg street. rinlE na.krsigned ILIA just purchased a well selected Stock o."Gocitl4, and invites the attention of the public to his fine assortment Gentlemen's. Ladies'. and Chit. dren'a BOOTS AID SHOES These Goods have been selected with a view to mein, the various wants and nectsmitirou ofonsunners. Also. a splendid as. 'velment of Plain and -Fancy GAITERS a SLI PP ERN. of all sitter and descriptions, made of very best materials. which he is !prepared to sell on as favorable terms as they can be had at any place- in the enmity. Having been engaged in the Snots Imminent lot 30 years, be Kamm himself that he has selected such Gonda as will give entire satisfaction to all who may wish to purchase. Call and stamina fur yourselves. '?Yours. Wives, an.. mode to order u berrtolore. WILLIAM BOYS& May 11, 1857. 3m BOROUGH ACCOUNT. R. G. JVCREARY, Treasurer, in ac count with the - Borough of Gettysburg. DR. To hnlance in hands as settlement, March :r2, 1356, ' 12 18/, ' Tax outstanding, 133 34 Loan from Bank of Gettysburg, 400 - 11 P D,l. C mslin. Lott, 400 00 Balance of Dog Tax osoffected, 4 ce Rent from Danner & Ziegler, SS Off Tax asseemcol for current year, 118 44 Litantoe and fines from Burgess. 6 00 By ordera owl ea-pewits paid oat as juilows, Elmtion offirers, Office fees, E. Norris, Ilitere.4 on Ludas, bilinif repaid, 700 00 Water refit, V 50 Engine Keeper, 18 months, 45 00 Engineering. Mr. Jaoflix, • 60 00 Town Colloid)le, John L Berns. 49 25 Special police at fires. 0 00 Publishing Account. be.. 29 75 Clerk and Treasurer's salary, 80 00 Town Clock. 18 00 Tax and quit rent, —6-60 - Granite and stone, 24 00 Blacksmith work, 6 9'2 Masonry, brick and materials, 4$ 77 Carpenter work and Lumber, 10 44 , Plank, 41 47 Grading and paving streete and gut ters, WO llf Opening street's in snow, 2200 011, Spikes, Tape-line, £c., 11 05 Removing nuisances, 1 75 Burgess and Council, 30 00 Collector's fees, !tele:Lees, Errors in assessment, 10 32 Tax ontsitaruling, 113 27 • Balance iu lutnds of Treasurer, 461 05i *Sint* paid out in full. R. G. SITREARY, Trearurer June 29. Ifts7. 4t 4BOXSZ Oranges and Lemons, in Store, sad will be auld clasper than anywhere else. Call and Dee at E. Ij. MINNIGHS FIGS AND RAISINS.—A fresh lot of Figs and Raisins, just received and for sale at E. 11. MINNIGITS. A l ( EFS and Boys' SUMMER II&TS of all .L kinds, to wit :--Straw, Chip, Braid, Panama, Otter Skin, Far and Wuol as all prices, according to quality, at KIT 18. COBEAN & P.WriaN'S. 4 GETTYSBURG, PENN'A.: MONDAY, JULY 13, 1857. gh NW. hose Davies Jernsid's eliallUeg llorsalee BREAD .#710.11 BRAIN. Where the iron of our lives Is wrought out in "stand smoke, There the mighty Valetta strives-- Hot the fin-awe, hard the atruke. There the windy bellows blow. There thespults in millions glow, There on anvil of the word Is the clanging hammer burimis Hard the labor, small the gain, Is in making bread from brain. Where the nameless stone is raised, Where the patriot's 'bones were placed, Lived he—little loved and praised ; Died he—little mourned and graced. There he sleeps who knew nu rest, There enblest by those he blest; Here starved whilessowing seed, Where he starved the worms now feed. Hard the labor, small the pin, Is in making bread, from brain. In the chamber lone and diear, Sits the poet writing flowers, Bringing heaven to earth more near, Raining thoughts in dewy showers, While sign of nectar rare, Only is the inkbowl there ; Of feats of gods he chants—high trust, As be eats the mouldy dust. hard the labor, small the gain, Is in making bread from brain, When the prophet's warning voice Shouts the burden of the world, Sackcloth robes must be his choice, Ashes on his head be hurled. Where the tyrant lives at ease, Where false guides do as they please, He is scorned and pierced inside, He is stoned and crucified : Ilani the labor, small the gain, Is in making bread trust brain. Patriot! Poet! Prophet I feed Only on the mouldy crust ; Tyrant fool and false guide need All the crumb and scorn the just. Lord ! how long, how long, zitt Lard! Shall the world withhold reward? Let the pen become a sabre, Let Thy children eat who labor. Bless the labor! bless the gain, In the making bread from brain : IIIUU IIL Curious Facts from History. The Saxons first introduced archery in the time of Voltigeor. It was drop ped immediately after the conquest, but revived by the crusaders, they having felt the effect of it from the Saracens, who probably derived it front the Par thians. Bows and arrows as weapons of war were in use with stone cannon balls so late as 1640. It is singular that all the statutes for the encouragement of archery were framed after the inven tion of gunpowder and firearms. Yew trees were encouraged for making bows in 1482. Hence their generality in churchyards in England. Coat% of arms came into vogue in the reign of Richard I. of England, and became hereditary in families about the year 1192. They took their rise from the knights painting their banners with different figures to distinguish them in the crusades. The first standing array of modern times was established by Charles VU. ofFrance in 1445. Previous to that time the king had depended upon his nobles for contingents in time of war. A standing army was first established in England in 1888 by Charles L, but it was &dared illegal, as well is the or ganization ofthe royal guards in 1879. The first permanent military band in stituted in England, was the yeoman of the guards, established in 1488. 'Guns were invented by Swartz, a German, about 1378, and were brought into nee by Venetians in 1382. Cannon were invented at an anterior date.— They were first used at the battle of Crzesy, in 1346. In England they were first used at the siege of Berwick in 1405. it was not until 1544, however, that they were cast in England. They were used on board of ships by the Ve netians in 15311, and were in use among the Turks about the same time. An artillery company was instituted in England for weekly military exercise in 1610. cgs id} 5 SO 3 50 167 U 3 Insurance of ships was first practised in the reign of Cresar, in 45. It was a general custom in Europe . in 1194. In surance offices were first established in London in 1667. Astronomy was first studied by the Moors, and was by them intrOducod into Europe, in 1201. The rapid pro gress of modern astronomy dates from the time of Copernicus. Books of tronomy and geometry were destroyed, as infected with magic, in Hyland un der the reign of Edward VI., in 1552. Banks were first established by the Lombard Jews in Italy. The name is derived from bane°, bench—benches be ing erected in the market-place for the e x change of money, de. The first pub lic bank was at Venice, about 1550. The bank of England was established in 1698. In 1696 its notee,were at 20 per cent. discount. 50 IS 15 43 VW 16} The invention of bells is attributed to Paslinine, Bishop of Nola, in Campania, about the year 400. They wore first istrodueed into churches as a defence against thunder and lightning, in 900. They were first hung up in England at Croyland Abbey, Lincolnshire, in 945. In the eleventh century and later it was the custom to baptise them in the " TICTR IS MIGHTY, AND WILL PREVAIL." churches before they were need. The curfew bell was established in 1068. It was rung at eight in the evening, when people were obliged to put out their fire and candle. The custom was abolished is 1100. Bell men were appointed in London, in 1556, to ring the bells at night, and cry "Take care ofyour fire and' candle, be cluiritable to the poor, and pray for the dead." How many are aware of the origin of the word " boo I" used to frighten chil dren ? It is a corruption of 8014 the name of as fierce Gothic General, the son of Odin, the mention of whose name spread a panic among his enemies. Book-keeping was first introdaced in to England from Italy, by Peels, in 1569. It was derived from a system of Algebra, published by Burgo at Venice. Notaries public were first appointed by the Fathers of the Christian Church, to collect the acts or memoirs of martyrs in the first, century. The administration of the oath in civil cases is of high antiquity. See Exodus 22-10. Swearing on the gos pels was first used in US. The oath was first administered in judicial pro ceedings in England by the Saxons in 600. The words "So help me God, and all saints," concluded an oath till 1550. Signals to ho used ut sea were first contrived by James 11., when Duke tf York, in 1665. They were afterwards improved by the French commander Tourville, and by Admiral Balehen. Raw silk is said to have first been made by a people of China e.alled Sores, 450 B. C. It was first brought from India in 274, and n pound of it eras worth a pound of gold. The manufac ture of raw silk was introduced into Europe. from India, by some monks, in 5.50. Silk dresses were first worn in 155. The eggs of the silk worm were first brought into Europe in 527: A New Agricultural Wrinkle. A funny story is told of an old friend of ours---one who, sick and tired of the care and bustle of city life, has retired into the country, and "gone to farm ing," as the saying is. His laud, albeit well situated and commanding-sundry tine prospects, is not so particularly fer tile as some we have seen—requiring scientific culture and a liberal system of manuring to induce an abundant yield. So fur by way of explanation. Once npon a time, as the story books say, our friend being on a short visit to New Orleans, wail attending nu auction sale down town, and as it so happened, they were selling damaged sausages at the time. There were some eight or ten barrels of them, and they were '"just going at lilt cents a impel," when the auctioneer, with all apparent serious ness, remarked that they were worth more than that to manure land with. Here was an idea. "Sixty-two and a half cents—third and last, gone !" re, tortod the auctioneer. "Cash takes them at sixty-two - and a half cents per barrel!" To have them shipped to his country seat, was the immediate work of on friend, and as it was then planting time, and the sausages, to woe a common fErase, "were getting no better very ast," to have them safe under ground and out of the way was his next. move ment. lie was about to plant a tlekl of several acres of corn—the soil of the piney woods species-4o here was just the spot for this new experiment in ag riculture, this now wrinkle in the science of geoponies. One "link" of sausage being deemed amply sufficient, that amount was placed in each hill, *moon ponied by the usual number of kernels acorn and an occasional pumpkin seed, find all were nicely covered over in the usual style. Now, after premising that several days have oecurred since the corn was planted, the sequel pf the sto ry shall be told in.a..dialogue between our friend and one of his neighbors. Neighbor—Well, friend, have you planted your corn ? Friend—Yes, several days since. Neighbor—ls it up yet T , Friend—Up yes; and gone, the most of it. Neighbor--llow is that ? Friend—Well, you owe, I bought a lot of damaged sausages the other day iti New Orleans, a smooth tongue of an auctioneer saying they would make ex cellent manure, if nothing else. I brought the lot over, commenced plant ing my corn at once, as it was time, planted a sausage in each hill, and— Neighbor—Well, and what? Friend—And felt satisfied that I had made a good job of it. Some days af terwards I went out to the field to see how the corn was coming ou, and a pret ty piece of business I have made of trying agricultural experiments. Neighbor—Why, what was the mat ter • Friend—Matter! the first thing I saw before reaching the field was the greatest lot of dogs digging and scratch ing all over it ! There were my dogs, your dogs, and all the neighbors' dogs, besides about three hundred strange dogs I never set my eyes on before, and every one was hard at it mining after the buried sausages. Somehow or oth er the rascally whelps had scented out the business, and they have dug up every hill by this time. If I could set every dog ot them on that auctioneer I'd be satisfied. siiirThe only way to cure a boy of staying out at night is to break his legs, or else get the calico he goes with to do the house-work. Presidont will leave the Capitol for the Bedford Springi,\Penn sylvania, about the middle of .ittlk„and on his return will remove to his summer residence, the Soldier's Home, about, four miles from Washington. A Peep into a Baled Bowl. " My dear learned friend," said the doctor, "a bowl of lettuce is the Vents of the dinner table: It rises upon the sight cool, moist and beautiful, like that very imprudent lady coming out of the water, sir! And to complete the im age, sir, neither should be dressed too mach !" When Dr. Bushwhacker had issued this observation, he drew himself up in a very portly, manner, as if he felt call ed upon to defend himselfas well as his image. Then after a short pause, he broke silence. "Laetmea, or lettuce, is one of the most common vegetables in the world; it has been known, sir, from time imme morial; it was as common, sir, on the tables of the ancients as it. is now, and was eaten in the same way, sir, dressed with oil and vinegar. "Now, sir, there was one thing the ancients did with lettuce which we do not do. They boiled it, sir, and served it up like asparagus; so, too, did they with cucumbers—a couple of indigesti ble dishes they wore, no doubt. Let tuce, my dear friend, should have a quick growth, in the first place, to ho good; it should have a rich mould, sir, that it may spring up quickly, so as to be tender and crisp. Then, sir r it should be neir-plueked, carried from the garden a few minutes before it is placed upon the table. I would suggest a parasol, sir, to keep the leaves cool until it reaches the shadow of within doors. Then, sir, it must be washed—mind. you—iee-water! Then place it upon the table—what Corinthian ornament more perfect and symmetrical. Now, sir, comes the important part, the dress ing. 'To dress a salad,' says the learn ed Petrus Petronius, 'you must have a prodigal to furnish the oil, a counseller to dispense the salt, a miser to'dole out the vinegar, and a madman to stir it.' Commit that to memory my, learned friend." "It is down, doctor." (Tablets.) " Let me show yon," continued Dr. Bushwhacker, "how to dress a salad. Take a small teaspoonful of salt, thus : thrice the quantity of mustard,—' Dur ham'—thus incorporate : pour a slen der stream of oil from the cruet, so; gently mix and increase the action by degrees," (head of hair in commotion, and ace brilliant in color;) "dear me! it is very warm—now, sir, oil-in abund ance, so ; a dash of vinegar, very light, like the last touches of the artist; and, sir, we have the dressing. Now, take up the lettuce by the stalk Break off the leaves—leaf by leaf—shake off the water, replace the salad bowl, pepper it slightly, pour on the dressing, and their you have it, sir." "Doctor, is•that orthodox?" "Sir,"'replied Dr. Bushwhacker, hold ing the boxwood spoon in one hand and the boxwood fork in the other; "the eyes of thirty centuries are looking down upon me. I know that a French man will sprinkle the lettuce with oil un til it is thorcinghlv saturated; then, sir. *little pepper; tiien , air, salt or not, :is it happens; ien, sir, vinaigre by the drop—all very well. Our people, sir, in the State of New Jersey, will dress it with salt, vineg,nr and pepper—per fectly barbarous, my learned friend ; then comes the elaborate Englishman ; and our Pennsylvania friend, the Bev. Sydney Smith, sir, gives us a recipe in verse, that shown how they do it there, and at the same time, exhibits the de plorable ignorance of that very pe culiar people. I quote from memory, air: " Two large potatoes, passed through kitchen'sieve, Smoothness 'and softness to the salad give • Of morda nt mustard add a single spoon , Distrust the condiment that bites too soon, But deem it not, lady of herbs, a fault To add a doable quantity of salt. Four tittles the spoon with oil of Lucca crown, And twice with vinegar procured from town; True. flavor needs it, and your poet begs The pounded yellow of two well boiled e ggs. Lot; onion atoms- lurk within the bowl, And, scarce suspected, animate the W bole, Then lastly in the flavored compound toss One magic spoonful or anelory slaw. 0 great and glorious ! 0 herbaceous treat: 'Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat; Back to the world he'd turn his weary soul, And e lun g e his fingers in the salad bowl !" "\ow, sir, I have tried that, and a compound more execrable is not to be thought of. No, sir! Take some of my salad, and see if you do not dream afterwards of the Greek mythology."— Cozzess' " Wine Preto." Snake Story.—Thu Boyertou:n Baucr tells a story of a child of Mr. Rufus Shuler, of Upper Hanover township, Montgomery county, being "charmed" by a black shake. The child was play ing a short distance from the house, near a mill-dam, and was observed making strange motions, and looking very in tently at some object in the bushes. On being called to come away, the child said it could not. Mr. Shuler went to it and forced it away, when the child said a large black snake had been look ing at him front among the bushes. Selence.—Foi• all practical purposes tree science is a thorough knowledge of a suts's own business. And a farmer who knows how to make the most profit with the least amount ,of Libor and cap ital, who understands how to make the mod of his land without impoverishing it, is truly scientific. This Disgusted Filhbusters. Gen. Walker's whereabouts in the tits' for the week past has only been known to his intimate associates. Up on leaving the La Fargo House, where he held his levee for three or four days after his arrival, be expressed hie.wisli to have his stopping place kept secret, except to particular persons; some have attributed this precaution to apprehen sions far his own personal safety, as it is supposed there are many of the re turned fillibusters who owe him no good will. His sudden retirement from pub lic observation, after his triumphant en, try into the city, and his appearance and speeches in the theatres, may, how ever, be accounted for on other grounds. A delegation from his sick•and wound ed soldiers, who arrivedin the Wabash, found him out on Monday, and solicited his aid to enable them to reach their friends, but he informed them lie was as poorly off as themselves, and could give them no assistance. Whey are now scattered about the city in such places us will afford them temporary shelter and food, until, through the as sistance of the humane, they can obtain the means required to reach their homes. The crippled and diseased have been received into the City and Bellevue Hos pitals. Some of the Nicaragua women, who arrived by the Wabash, are lying ill at their boarding houses; some of them lost their husbands in Nicaragua,- and the husband of one lady died on the passage. Upon learning that General Walker was in the City, they were ela ted with the hope that he would inter est himself iV heir behalf, and took the first opportunity, upon landing, to in form the General of their arrival, and request the favor 'of u call from him. "Surely," thought one of these ladies, "he will call to see me; my husband held a high command under him, and they were in daily familiar intercourse during the trying siege of Riess. lam here in a strange city, without friends, and a widow; lie will, at least, have the civility to cull and express some sympa thy for my tilisfortunes." She sent a. message from her humble boarding-house to his genteel quarters in Twelfth street, hat, up to a late hour yesterday, she had not had a sight of her husband's general. She had not sought the interview with any expecta tion of aid, but from a natural wial to see one with whom her fortunes bad been PO closely allied, anditin whose' sause her husband had lost his life. ' One .of the more intelligent of the wounded men remarked : Ile might have given us a sight of his counten ance, any how, and if he couldn't a helped us, let him say so ; now there was Bonaparte, he used tofio around' and show some feelings forl4 wound ed soldiers, but there is General Walk er in the city, and don't even come to look at us; it don't appear human; he won't get me to light in Nicaragua for him again ; but it's Pot like him, ho never did appear to care how the wound ed and the sick fared at Rivas." It was reported that General Walker would leave for Washington and them* for New Orleans yesterdarnfternoon, but some of the officers stated that he would remain for another day / Dr two.— X. Y. Times. miirThe Society of Friends, known as Hieksites, have under their care a large collegiate institution at Weettown, Bucks county. At that place a very largo number of pupils are educated an nually. A decision of the Supreme Court, delivered on Wednesday last., de prives this institution of a valuable leg acy of, SWAM). It appears there is a law .which invalidates all bequests to religious or cletritabla institutiow if made within thirty days of the death of the testator. The following is the decree : Price vs. itaxwell.—Opinion by Low la. C. J. Decree of Nisi Prins,dismissing bill, reversed. -Decree that the disposi tion in the will of Thomas Smith. de ceased, for the use of die Fl i •nds' Board ing wool, at \Vesttuwn, is void, not hay ing been mule within the time required by the act of Assembly. h e Fop is a complete specimen of an out-side philosopher. Ile is one third 'collar, one-sixthpatent leather, one-fourth walking-stiek, and the rest kid gloves and hair. As to his remote ancestry there is some doubt; but it is now pretty well settled that he is the son of a tailor's i.oose. lie becomes ecstatic at the smell of now cloth. lie is somewhat nervous, and to dream of tailors' bills gives him the nightmare. By his hair, one would judge he had been filipped like Achilles; but it is evi dent that the Coddess must have held him by the head instead of the heel.— Nevertheless, such men are useful.' If there were not tadpoles there would be no frog s. They are not so entirely to blame for being devoted to externals. Paste diamonds must have a splendid setting to make them sell. Only it seems to be a waste of materials to put five dollars' worth of beaver;' m five cents' worth of brains. • ifanufortore of Peppernaot.—The Ly ons (N. Y.) Republican states that H. G. Hotchkiss, of that village, is the greatest producer of peppermint in the world. He has from 200 to 300 acres under cultivation, 150 acres of which can be overflowed with water to the, depth of six to ten inches, at pleasure. This process enables him to continue to grow the crop upon the same soil for a series of years, and protect the young shoots iu winter by a watery covering. Between April and July be employs WO laborers upon his plantation. Mr. Hotchkiss sells the oil of peppermint in London and other places, and his an imal trades antognts to from $75,000 to $125,000 TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR. Salting Hay. We frequently find notices of Refine hay, and also of tip injnrioaa ellticts„ in many instances, Vesulting from it.— We give from the farm report of Cliff, of Putnam county, N. Y:, in the volume of Transactions of the N. Y. State ilitwiet,y,.for 1855, -a preparation that hattinked highly beneficial, and obciateg 'the difficulties attending jha use of salt: "Preparation for Hoy in the .21Ime.—I have used, 'for several years, the follow ing preparation for my hay : Twq parts of slacked or quick tine to" one of The salt to be mixed with the lit:Aunt:l entirely dissolved and the mass become 4 a powder. Upon a load or ton ()rimy, at intervals in mowing or stacking. use from ten to fifteen quarts, dusted evenly over the hay. I formerly used salt alone, but.the men would often use too much, so that it was injurious to the stock.— The above mixture obviates this—it corrects the acidity and sourness of the hay, and I do not recollect a sick auimal ! since I commenced its use. Horses troubled with the heaves are greatly relieved by feeding upon hay thus pre pared, and I am satisfied it is a proven.? tire of the heaves. My horses are kept in the stable the year round, well gromn ed, and they do fur more work and wear longer than when suff ered to run during the summer." To Destroy Inserts.—One of the-most convenient and-effectual modes of des troying numerous insects of various kind* among fruits, is to hang among the trees and the bushes transpareuk bottles filled two-thirds or three-quar ters full of water sweetened with, mo lasses. Insects of almqst every delicrip tion will enter these Vottles, and be drowned. When they become full,. empty them, and renew the sweetened water. Pitchers, mugs, and other aim- • ilar vessels, filled one-half or two-thirds, full 'of sweetened water, and hung in, the tree obliquely, as they will naturally hang by the handle, will answer the. same purpose. When many of these , vessels are hang in a fruit garden near , the house, flies and other insects become, scarce in the house, in consequence or the vast numbers destroyed in this way. Try it, and send your experience to tlto, editor of the Compiler. A Good Cow.--The last number of the Chester county Times, gives a state-, meat of.a cow which is owned by Jet. fries Williams. of said county-, and which yielded a week or two since - the extraordinary amount of•ticelit pounds' of butter in seven days. We doubt , whether this can be beaten in, or out of, the State. Oar cotemporary thus noti ces her: " She 'is 'aears olds weight MO / pounds; color, b rindle ; her feed was ilx; quarts of mix ed feedper day; the aver-: age yield of milk tlfty.one and a half pounds per day; amount of buttei per week twenty pounds." The Media Advertiser notices a cow, the property of William Duuwoody, of Delaware county, that yielded seventeen, pounds of butter in one week. What is the best that Adams can Ail? Health.—Filth, moisture and expo sure to a heated atmosphere, are the causes of bilious diseases. The. besl counteracting agent is the free use of ripe, acid fruit. Experiment has veri- Mx! the theory, that natural acids sepa rate the bile from the blood with great. certainty and mildness. Fresh, ripe, perfect, raw, acid fruits are a reliable remedy. How strongly the appetite io .fevers, often yearns for a pickle, when nothing else can be relished, or eaten ! It is the instinct of nature point ing to the remedy. The want of a na tural appetite is often the result of the bite not being separated from theblood; and it the cause is not removed, levot is the result. Fruits are cooling, be cause the acid stimulates the liver to greater activity in separating the bite' from the Mood, by which the bowebi become free, the pores open, and heal tit. restored. The fruit should be ripo l fresh, and perfect—used without sugar, , or cream—in its mitural state. ear" I say, &mho, - does you know what makes do corn grow - so that who you put de manure on it?" "No, don't, 'eept it makes the g round strong; Cr for de corn." " No, Ijust tell you; when de corn begins to smell de manor°, it don't like the fumery, so it hurries out ob de ground, and gets up as higit a possible, so it can't breathe bad air." • j "It i 14 ," says Hood, "a stern sini startling thing to think how ottcu murk tality stands on the brink of its gravel without any inis e living; and yet in this slipping world of strife, in the stir of human bustle so rife, there are (lath' , sounds to tell us, that WI: is dying aid death is living:" Dar Fred , the prince of wags, wag g,nt. , ting home rather late, and a little happy;` when, passing by a dark alley, a large. two fisted fellow stepped out, seized him by the collar, and demanded his money. " Money!" said Fred, " money, I have none ; but if you will, hold on a moment, I will give you my note for thirty days." parln the bull-fighting days, a black smith, who was rearing up a bail-pap, induced his old father to go on all tears and imitate the bull. The enoine pupil pinned the old man by the oust:. Tim son, disregarding the paternal roaring, exclaimed—" Hold him, Growler, boy, bold him ; feyther, boar it! it'll* ti,4,4 making of tAe,up !!' --4- - .-,, _ la liirA modest young lady,, ,I . :41 , .. t ' sic leg of chicken at the table,,, ... • '4 4 . take that part which ~ : ... ed In drawers." NO. 42. El