int tomplitr, ji. a. iltitlat r ilkl i tipr ••a Proprietor. GETTYSBURG, PA Wilda,' Kari:Ling, Zap. 17, 1869. CHB NEWEI, ETC giiir.Sce fourth psige. lion. Thomas J. Barr, Democrat, hu been elected to Congress from the Fourth District of New York, fur the eneepired term of Hun. John Ke:ly, Mr. 11.0fics Democrat, has been eLeeted to Congress grog' tha sixth distrietof Niuois. MI. W. Fckley, Democra4 has been repeleoi ,el kayo! of Covington, Ky. At o'clock, on Monday, on 13moitlyn 001101 11 , New York, the mercury in the tiler- Rsetisetor was as luir as mine degrees below 'stem Mr. Merriam says this is colder than it has been for seventy years ! Eionatin Douglas took his seat at Washing ton on Monaaj: 19avita Anna, the eir-litietatsr of %Lesko, has raissat t ly purchased su estate oa the island If et Thinias for t 40,000. Ms wife, dia.- asolail * with his brutalities, hits left him and Semi .to nasals. r i t .e ? " of oOnstrartioa and equipment of 6*mM:ea& is the Cnited States amounts to *,9,so,tiiit,fico, or enough money to break 4lopßisny other country in the world. So plenry is game at the West, that one firm in Chicago contracted to send 10000 pounds of quail and prairie chickens au the !gat, this women, and has already e.soceded the amount. "ew A portion of a comb, bearing.Thc name of tliaeorge Washington, has been found at Val li" Fine, end is supposed to be one knit by himflarir4g the iitevokrtionary War. liouts Napoleon is said to be an amoelleat boi.prot first-rate equestrian, a i p.4 swim one and rows well. we anticipated, the vary mmearkable '*ffiet l tlrsi an enormous error of eightyeight, •bad been ilieixwerod in the official uurtirtunent of the St. Petersburg and Mue sli2r tilwilway, whereby certain American con- Sowitore had largely robbed the Russian Gov eminent, Wilts out to be a canard. Its foun dation vitas the accidental discovery elan error of eighty-eight eagenee (six hundred and sixteen rest) in the diutanee between a couple of cerst•poste on the Peterboff Rail way. The jailor of Wythe county, Va , has a hen which days two eggs a day regularly, and one day in December laid three—one of which Contained three yolks! "Some" hen.that: Alainheart, e desperado recently lynched by is Minnesota, was buried like a dog. A hole was dug in the ground about two feet deep, and his body, uncoffined and unshreud *ll was thrown into it and covered over with frt. •This accomplished, the mob departed far taws and returned to their homes. 7 11 , Aalyile women are allowed in Juan:— Every man is allowed one legal wife, and as many seoccid wires as his 'means will permit All,f'Pott • The estate of the murdered New Yotk dentist, Harvey Barden, has been completely swallowed up by counsel fees. -It is s remarkable fact tbst ArkanPas has not a single ; telegraph wire within her ,borders. A Lodge of the Sons of Malta has been tamed in Great Salt Lake City. lrhe 'Richmond Whig recommends the in troduction of the camel into Virginia. Mrs.Amtaa, wife of Mr. Jonathan Scates, of Greenville, 111., accidently killed her son on the 23d ult., by giving him a done of strychnine in mistake for quinine. lIIIsp Nancy says a man is good for nothing until be is married, and according to her ex ,perienee he ain't worth but a dreadful little .wben he is. A spendthrift, who had wastocl his patri mony, rallying a frugal country gentleman OA, among other things, "I'll warrant those geittpms on , your coat were yuur grandfath er.s.,, said the other, atoll have pt my grandfather's lands, too ;" ." Ike," said a rusty old bouthen of the desk, to how 4o astronomers measure the dis tance to i ljos:suit ?" " Why," replied the young .lsopaful,'"they calculate one-fourth of the di*. panes, aad then multiply by four." A washerwoman who had been in the habit °forsaking the shirt of a poor attorney, re eently charged him fur it by the dozen, on the ground that it was in twelve pieces. Ata Pneralder, in writing his life, says, be ran away early from his father bemuse he AlleMPrui he was only his uncle. !i's4:r•V l K-re:4 44 1 vr .6 commence to-day setting onr ad vertisements in smaller type, which ,enable us to accommodate a larger, patronage in this branch, and yet occu py lees space with it than heretofore. Arcady several columns of additional goading matter Are Nrnishad, and more may be added. Pols improvement for the benefit of our snarlers involves a considerable on t kr money for new, type, which we tamest will be appreciated as another argament to those in arrears eo pay up. Two heavy bills—for paper and typo --roorupel us to urge this matter upon the igazaediate attention of all concerned. WA.The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian has passed into the hands of Ett.. E. ioawrra---14. Rica retiring. Hon. NIMILOD STRICKLAND is to have ehargo of the Editorial department, and, from his long experience and sound Democ racy, we may expect a journal of the highest order, The principles of the Democratic party have had, and will continue to have, a fearless and able defender in "old Nim." The patron- Spat the paper will increase. >lf♦esa ;Oafs, the celebrated &mi ta,* iodise Chief, of Florida, is &W— -his age supposed to be 110 years. ger TSsii aueseeds him. —all about the Railroad. PHA CAMPAIGN; We need not remind ti• readers of this joernal,says the Bedford Gazette l l that during the last campaign we did our best to warn thm, people against the frauds and hypocrisy of the leaders of, the Opposition. Wo prophesied that! all their ranting about " protection," all their out i ory for a revision of the tariff, would prove but Wow preten ces, and that they would not fulfil their; Ipromises to the people, concerning the Tariff, should they bo elected. That we were right in our prediction, is fully shown by the action of the Opposition in pongress, in endeavoring to stsvo off' the revision of the Revenne'laws, and I thus to keep in force the present low Tariff, of which they, last fall, complain ed so bitterly. The telegraph informal us that the "Republican" Senators and Represoutntires in Congress, "have I coupe to the unanimous conclusion that parties and polities are so shaped in the present Coogreea, that nothing will be olfeetel ditriag this session, concerning a modification of the Tariff." This, ,being interpreted, moans that those "Republican"Scaators and Representa tives " are determined that nothing Alta be effueted during this seesion of Congress concerning the modification of the Tariff." They reckon that as they were able, last winter, to •defeat the President's Kansas Bill, they will, (by a eoxibination similar to that by whieh they succeeded in doing tho for. mer) be alike successful in preventing the .establishment of a propor Tariff.— Their object in opposing the revi- 1 lies of the Tariff, is to keep the ques tion open for future discussion. They Sound it useful to them at the last elect tan, and they suppose that having blind-folded certain people once, they can do it again. They went the rave. one to fall short, so that- the Govern meet will lack the means of paying its debts, and then they intend to raise , such a howl about "extravagant expen ditures" of the Administration, as will ring in the ears of the Democracy for all time lb come. And if, perchance, the " hard times" should continue, they think to bellow as lustily as ever for a high Tariff, and to make the people be lieve that it was not theirfault that the Congress of 1858-9, suffered the Tariff , of 1857 to remain unchangeg. Such impostors as these deserve to bo "whip ped naked through the world," and if, the people do not soon protect them selves against the it imposition,thoy may look to be swindled, not only out of their votes, but out of their rights as free and independent citizens. The 11. S. Senate, on Monday last, passed the French Spoliation till, by the following vote : Yose.—idwadt Dotes, Derrra, .13.- jami a, Broderick, Cameron, Chandler, Chesnut, of S. C., Clark, Clingrnan, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Foot, Foster, Haralin, Ham mond, Houston, Pearce, Seward, Sim mons, Stuart, Toombs, Nelson-26 Nays—Messrs. Bigler, Bright, Davis, Douglas, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Harlan, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, of Tenn., King, Mason. Polk, Reid, Rice, Slidell, Nash, Yulee-18. The Military Academy bill was also passed. Mr. Slidell introduced a bill making an appropriation of 830,000,000 to fa cilitate the acquisition of Cuba by ne gotiation—roferred. In the House, Mr. Barksdale offered the following resolution, which was adopted : Whereas, it Lae been announced in foreign journals that the Courts of France and England have given notice to our government that the cession of the Island of Cuba to the United States will not be tolerated, even with the con sent of Spain ; therefore Resolred, That the President be re quested, if not incompatible with the public interests, to communicate to this house the correspondence between the Governments of France and England with our own relative to the cession of Cuba to the United States. A number of speeches were made in Committee of the whole, embracing various topics. Among them one by Mr. Anderson, of Illinois, on our for eign relations. He was in favor of the most stringent measures to protect our rights; and in regard to Cabe, contend ed that the possession of that island was necessary to oar security. He en dorsed the principles of the Ostend manifesto, and said that after having offered a liberal, and even exhorbitant price for the purchase of Cuba, we would be justified, in the event of the re fusal of Spain to sell, to seize the island. Self preservation, the first law of nature, demanded the pursuance of this Passing to the consideration of our Mexican relations, ho thought we should no longer permit that country to refusa l our just demands, but should take the must vigorous measures for tho protec tion of our interests there in accordance with the views expressed by the Presi dent in his late message, Mr. A. then touched upon Central A merican topics, and urged the necessity of conferring upon the President power for taking immediate steps for securing the safety of the transit route to our citizens. He referred to the coarse of Franoe and England, who, jealous of our extimsion, were interfering in the affairs of the Isthmus to the prejudice of the rights and interests of the United States. Ile urged at moo the bold an,d unequivocal) assertion of the doctrine , that no foreign intarlitreate would be permitted upon Ibis side of the Atlantic, and the sustaining of thst, declaration by the most Aprons action. F=nrMl In the Senate, on lionday, • er Preewell annonseed the Standing Com mittees-raw following being the mut iniportao Finaneo--Mesera. Gurney, Randall, Welsh, Coffey and Gregg. Judiciary—Mesara. Bell, Brewer, Mil ler, Scofield and Finney. Aeconnta-,Wright, Gazzam, Turney, Baldwin and Fetter. Estates and Eachnata---Welah, Shell, Penney, Shoffer, Palmer. Library—Bruwer, Pro ncia, Sabindc ll. Bun ki+—Marselta, libel!, Li:L=4m, Kel kr, Myer. Railroads—Randall, Craig, Steele, Coffey, Finney. Education—Miller, Welsh, Schindel, Penny, Yardley. Agriculture and Domestic Miinnfac tures—Fetter, Rutherford, Nusnoma cher, Baldwin, Sebindle. Militia—Brower, Blood, Fetter, Har ris, Shaffer. Roads and Bridge*---Nunemsther, Baldwin, Fetter, Rutherford, Thomp son. The bill to abolish tho Board of Ca nal Commissioners was taken up and passed second reading. In the House, several Tariff resolu tions ware introduced, and referred to & special coin mi ttee,com posed of Messrs. Lawrenoe, Gritntan, Wood, liohrsr and Patterson. The Ilouse Standing Committees were announced on Tuesday--among them: Ways and Means—Messrs. Chase, Lawrence,(Wash'gton,) Smith,(l3erks,) M'Dowell, Green, Thorn, Wilcox, Wal born, Wigton. -,Tudiciary—Kmars. M'Cluro, Irish, Gkoepp,N i I I,Thom pson, Ketch u tn,Chase, Gritman, Gratz. Agriculture—Mesars.Fearon,Bryson, Bertolet, Shaffer, Galley, Dismont, Wil liams, (Bedford.) Education—Messrs. Foster, Kinnoy, Nill, Pugh, St or, Hill, Zoller, Graham, Smith, (Philadelphia,) Laird. Domestic Man u factures—Mesars.Bay ard, Dodds, Warden, Pierce, Good, Mann, Walker. Vice and Immorality—Messrs. Ab bott, Graham, Oaks, Boyer, (Schnyl kill,)Evans,Woodring, M'Curdy,Bouse, Campbell. Batiks—Messrs. Lawrence, (Wash ington,)M'Clare,Smith. (Philadelphra,) Barlow, Patterson, Metaffey, Glatz, Williams, (Bucks,) M'Clain. Divorces—Messrs. 'flamersly, Foster, Gray, Witherow, Grltman, Smead, Gratz. Railroac:s--liessrs.Walborri, ell, Thorn, Smith,(Borks, Chum+, Law rence, (Washington.) Styer, Evans, Burley, Ketchum, Wilcox, Price, Pat terson. Mr. Durboraw is a meinher of the Committees on Pensions and rat aides, and Reads and Bridges. Mr. Nill read in place a bill to ex empt parsonages from taxation. Mr. Miller, "An Act giving justices of the peace power, with a - jury of six, to hear and finally determine charges for crimes of a certain character within this Commonwealth,. and lemma the ex penses in such cases." In the House,- on Wednesday, Mr. Miller read an Act_ authorizing the oommntation of the death penalty in certain cases. Mr. Sill an Act relating to the col lection of taxes in the several counties of the State. A Message was received from the Governor, vetoing the bill passed et the last session, entitled "An Act authoriz ing and requiring the supervisors of Carroll townahip,in the county of York, to grade a certain hill on the State road, in said township, leading from Harrisburg to Gettysburg, Adams county." The Governor takes the ground that the law clearly defines the duties of supervisors, and that they must be govisrned by it,. In the Senate, on Thursday, Mr. Schell, chairman of the Committee on Banks, reported as committed, " An Act to prohibit the issuing and circula tion of bank notes of a less denomina tion than twenty dollars." In the House, Mr. Price read a bill in place, entitled "An Act directing the taxes arising from oollateral inheritance tax, now applied and appropriated to the sinking fund of Pennsylvania, to be hereafter applied to the school fund of the city or county within which such tax or taxes are due or collected." Stir Th e Harrisburg Patriot and U nion comes to us dressed in a suit of new and beautiful type, and printed in quarto form. Ably and judiciously edited, it. has strong claims to the sup port of the Democracy of the State.— It is among the best papers overprint ed at Harrisburg. Pirlt is to be hoped that some of the various propositions before Congress for constructing a Railroad to the Pa cific will bo adopted at the present sets 'hon. The necessity for such a highway across the country is becoming clearer every day. We must maintain a con siderable military force west of the Rocky mountains, and the supplies for this force must be furnished from the eastern division of the country. air Mr.lverson has in bill to abolish the franking privilege. This bill proposes to abolish the franking privi lege to members of Congress after the present session, and in lieu thereof each member is entitled to receive annually $l5O in post. Once stamps, to be deliv erod at the beginning of oath annual session. 10/11 - The difficulty between Meows. English and Montgomery, M, C's., has been Amicably adjusted by friends of the parties. Arnie Bth of January was briiliant ly celebrated at New Orleans. ' P I V ) K j.outi flffttits. R4iIAOAD MATTIS& In another oolunta will he Anna the An nisei Reports of the allioers of the Geuys burg Railroad Company, as *ell as the pro ceedings of the meeting of Stoekholdrirs held on Monday last. We refer our ;waders to them. The Reports are of a highly encourag ing character, and demonstrate that thet.Road is paling, and will routines to pay, very well. The old °Seen were all reelected. The passenger ear aocidelitally uncoupled from the train, near Rock creek bridge, on Saturday evening week, without the know ledge of the engineer, who ran to Carlisle stmt, supposing all right, of course. Ile was DO little astonished to find so important a part of his " cargo " missing, and immedi ately started out on the " machene " in search of it. lie soon returned with the car, however, and lauded the passetgers at the proper plac•--no damage to aqybody or anything. The train due here on Tuesday at I o'cloek, P. M., failed to arrive, by reason of one of the Sues of the engine exploding near the Hanover Junction. NO other damage was sustained, and the passengers arrived in the evening train. The Ticket Olio" is in Yoirnt's corner, where the Agent is in attendance Men minutes before the singling of sash train? LITTLEBTOWN LTKMB The election for °Seers of the Littlestown Railroad Company, •n Monday last, resulted in the obolizegf the following gentlemen : Prudent, Wm. Me%any. Directors, Jacob Sterner, Amos Loll Mir, ./Seepit L. Shorb, Josepk Barker, David Schwartz, Ephraim Swope, Edmund F. Short). Joseph Rider, Frederick Bittiuger, Daniel Mating, Joseph Fiuk, Sr., Jahn Marina. The Railroad Company is about erecting a Passenger Station. Mr. Josiah Buumgardner. the Railroad Agent, has been appoiuted Agent of Adams & Co's. Express at that place. Mr. John Minor has sold his Lumber and Coal Yard to Mr. Kline, of Harrisburg, who will carry on the yard after the firs. of Feb ruary on a large smile. Business has been very brisk in Littler town during the past week. RUMORED ILUUtOAD CHANGE The llarrieburg. Patriot mad.. Uniuc Don taine the fulluwing paragraph : " The rumored change in the management of the Northern Central railroad, has been eliciting considerable interest among railroad men. From what we can learn, there is some thing of a spirited contest between Maryland and Penpo~yylrsoia, in securing the Presiden cy. Mr. Bernum, the present incumbent, it is said, will not be • candidate for reelection; and in his stead the Maryland stockholders will present another competent gentleman. There are several gentlemen spoken of in connection with the Presidency, in this State; but we believe that it is generally conceded that lien. A. B. Warlord, giir estimable townsman, will be the choice of the directors and stockholders." CHURCH LOMICATION The new church of the " United Brethren in Christ," at Hampton, Adams ounnty, Pa., will be dictated on Sunday, the 30th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M. The Rev. J. S. Sutra, of York, will be present and preach en the vccuzitt. TEACHERS' COVENTIoN A Teachers' Conventio■ will be held in this place on the 10th, 11th and 12th of Feb ruary next. We understand that several eminent Educational gentlemen from abroad are expected to be present and deliver ad dresses on the ocimilinn. SUDDEN DEATH On Monday morning last, Miss ELMIRA MCA LISTS!, daughter of James McAlister, Esq., of Cumberland township, died very suddenly, of disease of the heart. She had gone into the yard in front of the house, and not returning immediately, some of the inmates of the family went to look after her, when she was found lying on the ground with fife almost extinct. She immediately expir ed. We deeply sympathise with the family in this melancholy affair.—Bier. WEST POMT CAORT Mr. J. W. Reuss,. swot Zion, -Wilson Reilly, has been appointed tea Cadetship, at West Point Military Academy. The Spirit says Mr. Reilly is a young man possessed of very superior talent, and she appointment eouldset have been more worthily bestowed, ICE CUTTIM.I We noticed last week quite a number of men busily engaged on Rook Creek, cutting ice, which was from four to six inches thick, and clear. A large quantity has been se cured, but hardly enough yet fur a full sup• ply next summer. THE STATE AND COUNTY From the Report of the Auditor General for the fiscal year anding Nov. 30, 18.58, we glean the following items of mollies paid in to the State Treasury from Adams county : Bank of Gottyebarg. Tax on Divi dends, $1,674 38 Do., Tax on Corporation Stocks, 1,003 44 York and Gettysburelfurnpike Co., 30 92 JCR, Danner, Saase Tasq 12.631 511 J. L. Schick, balance, 679 37 George Arnold, '' 813 92 J. B. Danner, Tavern Limners, 660 00 J. L. Schick, balance, 5 93 J. B. Danner, Retailers' Licenses, 673 67 J. L. Schick, .4 280 28 Geo. Arnold, u 103 35 Do., Pedlars' Licenses, 83 60 J. L. Schick, Distillers' Licenses, 102 84 Geo, Arnold, Ten Pin Ally, &c., 18 50 I. B. Danner, Eating Rooms, 28 57 Geo. Arnold, 17 43 J. L. Schick, Militia Tax. 709 34 George Arnold, •` 191 31 Jacob Bushey, Tax on Writs, ,Le., 170 48 John Picking, 21 10 W. W. Paxton, u 176 06 Z. Myers. Tar. on Deeds, &a., 115 37 Win. Walter, " 18 37 Z. Myers, Col later:Unbeaten°. Tax, 647 43 Mu rnmasb'g M. F. I. Co., tax on charier, 10 00 Bank of Gettysburg, tax on charier, 3'19 88 W. W. Paxton, accrued interest. 32 94 The following sums were received from the Stata Treasury: Pensions and Gratuities. SRO 00 Common Schools, 1,980 91 Act.Walter,dsampum cleitysb'g ILR., 30 00 Abatement in Statteriss; 631 58 J. M. Walter, Idereastile Appraiser. 7SO We are under obligations to our friend A. J . Lo assurs z. Esq.., Sergeant-at-Arms of the National House of Representatives, for a copy of the Agriostitatal part of the Patent Ofilee Report for 1857. Mr. Halve', of the State Senate. and Masers. MceLvaz, Dczaowav and Wogs, of the Howe. hare our thane for Legislatire favors. LOOK OUT MK . THE IXPOSTERI A few days ago, 'a mangy the name of &nos" who has been practicing a pious fread among the ministry is Pennutylvanis for a year, perhaps lespr, made his appear ewes in Liettysbnrg. Ile pretend!' to be seeking a school, for a situation as teacher of .French, German, Latin and Ureek. lie is a' man apparently between thirty and forty years aid, about live feet nine inches in I height, broad ebonldered, a little stooped, black hair, commencing to turn gray, black eye-brows, dark-brown eyes, coarse features, a large nose, prominent cheek bones and a dark complexion. His complexion and gen eral factures strikingly resemble those of a Gypsy. At present he dresses in black, bat as he is of the serpent kind, readily changes his skin. Ile speaks English, has a German brogue, with a French accent. Ilan a guilty forbidding look, and you seldom catch his ' eye while in conversation with him. Some ! times he professes to be a student of divinity in the Lutheran church, at others in the Presbyterian, and any other to suit his con venienee; is extensively acquainted with the ministry in all the principal denominations in Pennsylvania and the middle States. In short, he is all things to all people, that be may get some stoney, and enjoy the hospitali ty of the christian °ow/sanity. lie ie se pious that he will Inipline Clod's blessing Up on you *lien you give him anything ,so charitabin as to give his own bible to the poor, and beg your'il to barter off for Rum.— Let ministers of $1 denominations be on their gua4d, as they, are most imposed on by hits, and Prowgh them the people of their charge. His geld lie presume is the world, but be now in this vicinity, some place between his and Hanover. One year ago he practiced his impositions in Western Pennsylvania.— Com mu is icaied. PIANOS! PIANOS! We take great pleasure in referring our readers to the advertisement of Messrs. Wm. Knabe & Co., Pismo Manufactures of Balti more, in to-day's paper. The following re marks we'copy fromlne " New York Musical World :" Anahe d' Co's. Pfanos.—While we are on the subjeit of pianos we are reminded of an unoommonly rich instrument of Baltimore make, which we saw the other day. We are so accustomed to 106 k eastward for the best specimens of this article of manufacture that a Southern piano helm of decided merit is • thing unexpected. We refer with pleasure to the pianos of Messrs. Knabe & Co., of Bal timore, and assure our Southern friends that if all their instruments area the same quality as the one we saw the other day they nay Save something on transport by tarrying at Baltimore for their Pias►o purchases. Ake bear the press upon the subject of Messrs. Wm. Knobs it Co's. Pianos: Baltimore Again.Trias_tphanl.—lt will be SOAR by the report of the Maryland Institute, which wits publihhed yesterday, that Win. Knabe Co., have again been awarded "The Gold Medal Certificate" for the best Square Pianos, over instrutgrnta from the best makers a Nsw York, Baton and Balti more. In the yetr 15 1 5.1 Wm. Kaaba k Co., received the Gold Medal, and in the succeed ing years, Ib.i6, 1867, and now in ISSB they have bee, awarded the " Gold Medal Certifi cates," *bleb is the highest honor of the In stitute, and can only be obtained by continu ed excellence over all competition. This shows well for Baltimore meclanics. and is a to waited tribute to the Messrs. Knit'', k Co.. the Same of whose Piunus is so exten sively appreciated. __ i ____ SirAyer's American Almanac f)r 1859 is now ready for delivery gratis at A. D. Boeli ler's, who is happy to kupply all that call fur it. Every ftinily should have and keep this book. It is worth having. Comprising much general information of great value ; it gives the best instruction fur the cure of prevalent complaints. that we can get any where. to anecdotes alone are worth a bushel of wheat, and its medical 'ivito* is sometimes worth to the sick, the wheat's weight in phi. - Mity of the medical alma nacs ate trash. but this is solid metal. Its calculations are made purposely fur this lati tude and are tharefbre correct. Call and get an Ayer's Almanac, and when got, keep it. flarilonday last was the coldest day of the winter in this region. At 7 o'clock, P. U., Prof. JACOBS' thermometer indicated 3° below zero, sir .11r.. SAN CIL Wiscritoos has &ad his Farm, in Mountplessant township, to Mr. %missal, of Yurk county, for $4,500-220 serve. sierhe Nonmber• term of Cuurt com annum; to-day. /TA Ladies' Fair is $ be held here for the beeeat of the " People,' Baled." liiiirOe Christmas day the congregation of the German Reformed church at Hagers town, Md., presented their pastor, Ret. Mr. Guar, with a 350 suit of clothes. fffirNit. 'Wog Kum, of Winchester, Ya.. (formai, of this plice,) has been granted a patent for an inaprereinent in the mesas of operating carriage brakes. sorThe Boston Ledger says " the general opiaion that the vainest of all birds is the peacock, is a mistake. A goose, when en tering a barn through the doorway, invaria bly bobs her head to avoid hitting the lop. Evidently every goose thinks herself at least 15 feet high." Liberal Bequests. Mrs. MARGARET L. SPANGLES, (wid ow of the late Dr. John Spangler,) who died in York week before last, made the following bequests, viz : To the Eng lish • branch of the German Reformed 'hnrch, of the borough of York, a $5OO scholarship in the Franklin & Marshal College, and 200 shares York Bank stock, par value ssooo,—to erect a new church. To the Ltome Missionary So ciety, shares York Bank stock, and to Franklin & Marshal College, 25 shares York Bank stock. The balance of the estate she bequeathed to her grand son and other relatives. So says the Gazette. Fl ozeis to Aratt.—Two young men named rater and Jacob Paull were froz en to death near Waterford, ill. They eadeavorsd to three a skiff through the ice covering shallow water after dark, and failing, attempted to walk ashore, the ice being too thin to bear them, but becoming overpowered by tha intense oold, they bo th , perished, not far from land. Hon Willard Saulsbury has been chosen U. S. Sinwtor from Delaitare. eyi i i t t :je t : res :71) • A *7lll 4.V.VrAL MZETIVG OF STOCKHOLDAZY. art of ib. Prodilleot •tea T ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 'FIFTY-NINE In puteuttnee of previous notice. the Stock holders in the Gettysburg Railroad Company convened at the Court-house, in Gettysburg, on Monday, the 10th day of January, 1859, and organised by the selection of llun. J. B. DANNER as President, and 11. J. STania as Secretary. The proceedings of the last general meeting of the Stockholders were read and approved. The Repine of the President and Tteasur er, and cf the Auditors on the accounts of said °Seers, were then read, and, on motion, accepted and ordered to be filed. The allowance asked by tho Directors for services during the year, amounting to $274, wu granted. It was, on motion, unonimowily Resolved, That . the thanks of this meeting be. and hereby are, tendered to the President and Directors, fur their energy and persever ance in bringing the Gottysbutg Railroad to a successful completion. On motion, Resolved, That the meetings of the Stock holders in the Gettysburg Railroad be here after held in the oaks of said Company, go their Passenger Depot, on the corner of Car lisle and Railroad streets. On motion. Resolved, That the Stockholders now pro. mod to the election of a President and Di- vectors of the Company for the ensuing year. The meeting then adjourned. 11. J. STAHLL Seey. Sarnia eleogon resulted in the choice of: President, Robert McCurdy. Directors, Abraham K rifteli of P., George W. McClellan, Joeeph Bailey, Dr. J. W. liendri a, David Wile, David M. Myers, John Gilbert, Frederick Diehl, Josiah Benner, George Throne, A. Fuller Crane aad John Musielinan. (All re-elected.) 5 Me Stockholders of the Gettysburg Rat/- road Company : Gvvrt.litss :---The President and Man agers of your Company, to whnse care you entrusted the interests of your road dur ing the past year, beg lance to lay before you the fullowing statement of the affairsand proceedings of the Company fur the put year : _ ___ The Stock collections have been small dur ing the year, the actual amount received in money being $10,500 65, leaving a balance outstanding on the Stock accounts of SW,- 404 44. Tue amount received on Stock, in eluding the Stock paid to Messrs. Irwin di. Taylor on their eontraet for the grading and bridging of the rued, mai $16,706 65. Thus you me that be subscribers to the Stook of the Company who were in default at the last annual meeting of your Company are many of them still in arrears. On nearly all of the.. el aims Lace suits been instituted, and during another year the must of the cases 1.110 be decided and the Stock actstunts closed up. In January last your BOard commenced operating the road as fur as New Oxford, and in the statement below you will find the re ceipts of the road at that point. The track laying was unavoidably delayed at New Ox nmi until near mid summer uu amount of a ledge of ruck which was encountered unex pectedly in the cut through that town but about the middle of September the rued was °penal fur business six miles this side of Oxford, to Gouldan's Station, and the busi ness to that point will also be found hereaf ter in this report. The track-laying wits again delayed at that place fur several weeks on account of a difficulty in cutting through a section of hard rook encountered there.-- This having been done the track-laying a - as resumed and the road completed to Gettys burg, and formally opened fur business on the 10th of December Jut, and gm business fur the remainder of that month is also con tained in this reoort. The receipts at Hanover for the transportation of Passengers up to and including Dec. 31, 1858, *1,690 19 Do. at Oxford, 201 48 Do. at Gettysburg from 16th to 31st of December, 97 50 Do. at Baltimore from 16th to Slit of December, . 14 85 Do. at Harrisburg from 18th to 31st of December. Do. from N. Weaver on account of sales of tickets at Gettysburg, $2,122 62 The receipts for transportation of freight up to and including Lea 31, 186 8: At Hanover, 697 96 At Oxford, 2,069 95 At Ooulden•a, 1,262 14 At Gottysburg, 2b9 85 Thus the gross roeei pts for pawn- pr fare hare been And for freights, Making in the aggregate the receipts, 6.341 9 An unsettled account with N. Wes• ter fir tickets sold at Gettysburg amounting to about , 250 oo This of coarse only gives a faint ides of what business the road will do now when finished. The actual expenses of the road are not all presented for the reason that the bill are not handed in for aY the expenses up to the end of the year. Bat the proceeds of the road dur ing the year will pay all the expenses of the road, and the interest on the loans and leave a surplus. Now since the road is finished to Gettysburg and ready to commence business properly with the year. it is hoped that the receipts of the coming year will be such as to enable the next Board to add a considerable sum to the surplus fund. During the year there have been bonds sold to the amount of $48,500, and money raised also on the Company's notes by hypothecating the bonds as collateral security. These debts must be paid off and consequently the next Board will be under the necessity of selling a large amount of Booda to pay the floating debt. The great financial storm which has swept over our country like a tornado during the past 18 months is subsiding in the 'Sties and it is hoped that the bonds can be sold there. The grading and bridging of the road was completed by Messrs. Irwin sad Taylor accord ing to contract, and were settled with and re leased the company from any further claims ander the contract. As stated in the last report. the baud had purchased from Messrs. Vase, Livingston k Co, 1350 tons of rails, bit Ali tlitartat was found act to be sulleitudrio - eutol the road. sad they bought bilges mon $OOll the Csaibtis Iron Works, far the mesa MA. and have ordered It tone of light rail foe *lags. Besides this they parebasad a small aisoeut of second-head rail from the Hanover Branch B. B. Co. for sidings. During the fall a contract was concluded with Messrs. Warner, of Gettysburg, foe th e erection of lin Engine House, a Freight House arid Passenger tion at Gettysburg. Fewthis purpose the Board procured ground from Messrs. Doers= and Codori for the ElNlfitle House and Freight House. in considers** of a switch privilege ; and from Geo. W. McClel lan forth. Passenger Station, on the corner of Carlisle and Railroad streets, in considers. tion of the erection of the building for that purpose on the lot. The company agreed to pay Messrs. Warner for the buildings erected $4,480, part in cash and part in bonds of the company, at 83 per cent. of their par value. Doling the tall the Board Contracted with the Trenton Locomotive and Machine Menu factoring Co., for 15 Lime cars, and have re- ceived them. They cost sps per piece in the bonds of the company j,t, 80 per cent. The account being still open and unsettled with the company, the credit is not brought into the statement of the Auditors. The amount of bonds sold as per report of last year was $36,200, which, together with the amount sold during this year, makes the whole amount of sales of bonds 130,100. It is hoped that an effort will be made by the neat board of Directors to furnish the road with Rolling Stock as aeon as possible, We are decidedly of the opinion, from a abort experience, that the interests of the road will . suffer every day by a delay in this matter. R. MeCURDY, Prea't, Office of the Gettysburg R. Li. Cu., Gettysburg, Jan. 10, 1859. R. McCtttor, President, and Joint H. ifo- CLELLAN, Treasurer, in Account with the Get tysburg 11 .11m/a Co., for the year ending Dee. 3lit 1858 DR To cash received from stockholders To interest " To cash received from agents on aoc't. of Freight, &c. To halanee oa last set- dement To nub received on Ow Bonds of the Co, by sale and hypotheca tion CR. By each paid ix gear ing k W-WgUsr road, .20246 42 ." mils, chairs k - spikes, 31593 79 freight oa do. and cress-ties, 9237 21 fin. cross-64613 03 " laying track • expenses incident thereto, " land damages, " frogs, switches and castings for the road, " repairs on mad, " disk-ottuts and exchange. " expenses for working the Nat, " expenses at the buildingsa:Gettyleg. " paid on Icel. of contract for ',mailings, " mock taken by the company in ex change for their 1111121 " officers for eosts of suits on appeals, " blank manifest Looks. stationery, manitests, kc., " salaries of of cers, " directors ser vices for 185: as per Res. of stockholders, " coupons or in terest paid on bonds, " notes paid off during the year, rs newed, &c., " counterfeit note Balance in hands of treasurer s Balance doe by the company to the Pres ident., 26 041 We beeeby certify that me have examined the account of the President and Treasurer and their, vouchers, and that the above is a correct statement of the Alms of the eont• pally fer the past year, ending_ Dee. 31, 1858. JOHN GILBERT. ' 5 50 113 12 From the folldwing, which wo take from the Ilarrisburg correspondenco of the Pittsburg True Press (edited by a Republican) one might be led to sup post that " Simon " will soon point up: That distinguished individual, Gen. Simon Cameron, is in town. I saw him on the street to-day, in company with a pretended Democrat, who has been in his pny for yea's. Of course Simon's mission is known. Some "hard up" country editors, with an eye singlo to 3fiddlotown funds, have raised his namo to their mast head! for Prosident in 1860. lie comes here to fool, tho Republican pulse, and as there are quite a number of Republican editors hero, aid more daily expected, you may look out for a similar arrangement to that made by Ford in 1856. 14,210 30 2,1 M 62 4,219 30 56,591 9 A Model Lover.—The Fret Press gives the following description of the negro who recently won the heart and hand of the young white heiress in that city :—Wo were at some little pains yesterday to ket a sight of this modern Othello who had won a second Desdemona, and found a limn, long shanked, bobbling darkey, about fifty years of age, his white wool showing off a countenance of superfine Ivory black to a frightful advantage. In his escape from the South he received a shot in ale of his legs, which adds no• thing to the elegance of his locomotion, and there is not a solitary ivory remain ing to relieve thithorrid Assn that yawns whenever 111. attempt* inrundle. No Longer a Vallfitell.-••••Gen.Ml3l. H. Heim, the newly elected Coogreasnum from Berke county, and who ran as a volunteer candidate, is no longer a vol unteer. He is now brought oat and warmll urged • for the nomination for State Treasurer, on the OppOgitian It was well onough to ran as nyokun tear in Old anAca;hat it is now straight Ott Opposition at Harrisburg. ma rfi $ eta. 16766 43 423 42 3809 29 2266 91 88J11 15 112,111 s$ 4'269 68 266 06 1054 II 368 14 1028 29 1454 23 s. 823 ler 1643 00 600 00 116 69 52 6i 826 66 234 00 1918 $4 34129 GI 6 Of) 696 92 112,173 02 F. DIEHL Significant.
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