it t 5 per
sum V paid strictly to Aor42cs—s2 oo per
as if not paid la advance. No nberription
diasoistiosed, unless at the option of the pub
lisher, until all sneerer* are paid.
.11tszasinisture Inserted at the usual rates.
Jo* Paustso doe* with neatness aud
dL
patch.
Orsics In South Baltimore street, directly
opposite Wimples.' Tinning Establishment—
`•CosriWsa" on the sign.
Change of Hours
grtN THE GETTYSBURG RAILROAD I
Sheaniser Arrargraritat.--On and after Thurs
day, April 21st, the MORNING TRAIN will leave
Gettysburg tt 6.30 o'clock A. M.. connecting At
Itanorer Junction with Express train to Balti
more at 9.31, and Mail train from Baltimore at
9.32 '
returning to Gettysburg at 12 30 noon.
with passengers from Baltimore. York. Harris
burg, Philadelphia, and the North sad West.
The AFTERNOON TP.AIN will leave Gettys
burg at I o'clock. P. M., connecting at Hanover
Junction with Mail train to Baltimore at 3.37. re
turning to Gettysburg about 6.30 P. M . with
passengers from York, Harrisburg. Philadelphia,
and the North and West.
On Tuesday and Saturday evenings of every
week, the Evening train will wait at the Junc
tion until 5.30, on the Evening Express train
from Baltimore, which leaves Calvert Station at
3, P. N., thus enabling passengers to leave Get
tysburg on those days at 6.30. A. Y., reach Balti
more at 12.15, P. M., attend to business there
until 3, P. M., and return to Gettysburg the same
evening.
lierfly the above arrangement passengers
can go either North or South on the Northern
Central Railway both morning and afternoon.
IL 3I'CL'IIDY, President.
Apiii 25,1859
Call This Way!
T.
nE subscriber would inform the public that
he continues his MACHLNE SHOP, in
C bersleurg street, Gettysburg, sear the
Foundry, where he has various kinds of Ma
chines on hand. such as Threshing Machines,
Corn Shelters, Cornfodder Cutters, Cloverseed
Rollers, Straw Cutters, and Hams Powers of
different kinds,—two, four or six -horse, to salt
purchasers ;—indeed ail such as can be had at
Hanover or Littlestown. Also, Mortising Ma
chines, for house carpenters, put up in the very
best, and most substantial manner. Cutting
ticre:srs or long Bolts, any kind or size less than
clerin feet in length, always attended to,as well
as T urning in iron, casting or wood. Also all
kind of REPAIRLNG on Machinery, dressing-up
Mill /ipindles, kc., done on the shortest notice.
The undersigned manufactures Iloanss's
Paviarr HORSE RARE, which he coffers at the
loweit living profit. He is likewise agent for
the -REAPER k MOWER manufactured by
Joseph Shireman, et East Berlin.
I hope that all in want of anything in my line
will call at my Shop before going elsewhere. I
will warrant uli my work to give satisfaction to
purchasers. DAVID STERNER.
April 11, 1859. 1y•
Norrixon'e Patent
'iponTA TILE PRNCR.— Tae ONLY rostri•LE
111 , 10701 THAT WILL lIRAIST TRU STORIIir.-..-
deated June 9, 18:11.—The undersigned has
purchased the Right for Adams county of
Morrison'e Patent Portable Fence,. simple frame
to connect the pannels of fence, by which the
use of posts is dispensed with, and at about one
third the usual cost. This frame is held together
by means of A simple bolt connecting the pan
note, and keeping them lir an upright position;
then, by driving two pins into the gronnd, tbro'
the ends of the sills, the fence is made perma
nent, as well as portable. It requires but little
skill in Its construction, and takes but halt the
time required to make a common board fence ;
the frames are made without a single mortice,
the pannels, are nailed up with strips on each
side, and can be set up in a few moments. It
will be readily seen that one hundred pannels
of this fence are worth two hundred pannels of
stationary fence, as it is easily and readily moved
from place to place, thus enabling the farmer to
dispense with half the fence required when sta
tionary is used—and from the fact that middle
fences can be entirely dispensed with by merely
using portable fence for pasture lots alone.
By this process one-third of the grass is saved
that is generally overrun in pasturing, by mere
ly fencing Vie quantity required. besides saving
at least five acres of land to the hundred that is
necessarily taken tip with fence when stationary
fence is used for inside fencing, all the land be
ing farmed alternately, It lives no chance for
briers and other rubbage that usualic grow up
along fences. This fence can be use d . to great
advantage on low or wet land, where it is diffi
cult to set posts, merely requiring longer pins
than fur dry ground. The advantage also, of
snoring the fence, when streams overflow. that
are likely to float it off, and the convenience it
sifford4, in fencing pasture and other lots, for
stork, enclosing grain slacks, Ate., &c.. all high
ly recommend its practical use to the farmer.
The first premium was awarded to this fence
at the Pennsylvania State Fair held at Phila
delphia, 1A57. Farm Rights will be disposed of
on moderate. terms on application to
JONATHAN PiTTENTI - 11F,
_ Ileidlersbarg, Adams co., Pa.
A pril 2i:, 4E59. 3na*
Railroad Store.
Tc.srms & BRO. bare just received and
pare opening at their new store on the
North-west corner of Centre Square, Gettysburg,
• large slid complete assortment of Spring and
Summer Goods and G roce ri es. The ladies par
sr.Sicularly are invited to call and examine our su
perior styles of Dress Goods and Fancy articles,
embracing everything coming properly ander
this head at prices not heretofore equalled. and
in quality surpassed by none. GENTLEMEN'S
WEAR, of every description. consisting of Cloths,
Cassimeres, Casinetts, Coatings. Vestings, kc.,
which cannot be surpassed out of the city in
quality and price.
Our stock of Groceries is also complete, while
every other article generally found in a Dry
Goods store can be had at the "Railroad Store"
of J. C. Quinn it Bro. Believing that the pub
lic can suit themselves better here than else
where, we invite them to give us a call. For
the proof of our assertion. call and examine oar
*Lock, even if you don't buy. [April 4, 1859.
Fresh Arrival!
STILL COMING!—Just receired at the Store
of CO 112/LN & Cuts.. a large supply of HATS,
CAPS, BOOTS k SHOES. All the latest Spring
and Summer styles of Hats and Caps in the
snarketjan opened. Call and see them. They
bare never been excelled in quality and price in
Gettysburg before. Also, having been fortunate
In laying in a new stock of Boots and Shoes, we
are enabled to offer such bargains as will as
tonish the public,
serWe bare also added to our stock of WALL
PAPER another supply of the most beautiful
patterns. CORE AN
March 21, 1859. 0
Elastic Cement
I:: .. ii . ..)oFlNG.—The subscribers are prepared to
contract and put on at the shorto.st notice,
W. ' Child k Co.'s PATENT FIRE AND WA
'TER PROOF ELASTIC CEMENT ROOFING.
It is perfectly Fire and Water proof, and in
point of cbusbility is equal, if not superior, to
gay Metalic Roofing. It can be put on over tin,
tar, iron, or shingle roofs, however fiat or steep
they may be.
In point of resisting the elements of fire and
water, nothing bas yet been discovered equal to
the Elastic Cement.
Those who have used it, nave testified that it
so the very Perfection of Roofing, and that there
ts no farther room for improvement. No one
will nowt/Link of patting un shingles, when this
Cement can be had for ranch less money and will
outwear four shingiWzoots. This Booting is
warranted as represented.
The Maeda Comsat is the cheapest and best
protestion foam decay for wood exposed to the
weather or de:apneas of the ground. It is also
th e beet paint for iron, effectually preventing
rust ; sad wherever applied peefestly *mind's
daa Te eS
tsihacribers have this Cement fo sale, in
quantities tomtit. For farther information, ap..
ply to P; J: it C. if
-11410 Hatai, G•tt - Pb4lx, Fe.
18596 if. .-
Ho VIM'S WE TING /IL MD.—This agile
;"'lsii-ArtNy7=lat-tili+Alet is
Monday
Br H. J. STAIILE
417 YEAR.
A. H. Dill,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. will attend promptly
to collections and all business entrusted to
Office between Fabneqocke and Danner k
Ziegler's Stores, Baltuaore ht., Gettysburg, Pa.
Slay 9, 11:159. Cm
J. C Neely,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, will attend to collet
tions and all other business intrusted to
his care with promptness. Office nearly opposite
Fabnestock's Store, Baltimore street.
Gettysburg, April 11, 1859. tf
D. McConaughy,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, (office one door west
of Duebler's drug and book store, Cham
berobnrg street,) ATTORXIT aav SOL/CITOR sou
PATIENT/ AID P/SllOllll. Bounty Land War
rants, Back-pay suspended Claims, and all
other claims against the Government at Wash
ington, D. C.; also American Claims in England.
Land Warrants located and sold, or bonght,and
highest prices given. Agents engaged in lo
cating warrants In lowa, Illinois and other
western States. larApply to h;m personally
or by letter.
Gettysburg, Nor. 21, '53.
Wm. B. McClellan,
ATTORNEY AT I. AW.--Office on the south
side of the public square, 2 doors west of
for Sentinel office.
Gettysburg, August 22, '53.
Edward B. Buehler,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted
to him. He speaks the German language.—
Office at the same place, in South Baltimore
street, near Folney's drug store, and nearly
opposite Danner it Ziegler's store.
Gettysburg, March 20.
Dr. A. W. Dorsey,
tsFORMERLY of Carroll county, Md., having
permanently located in Gettysburg, offers
profeAsional serrireg to the citizens of the
town and surrounding country iu the practice of
the various branches of his profession. Office
and residence. Baltimore street, nest door to
The Compiler office, where he may be found at
all times when not professionally engaged.
Prot. Nathan R. Smith, Baltimore, Md.
Rev. Angustns Webster, D. D., Baltimore Md
Dr. J. L. Warficld, Westminster, Md.
Dr. W. A. Mathias, la
Jacob Reese, Esq., - "
John K. Longwell,Esq., "
Geo. E. Wampler, Esq., " 11
Rev. Thomas Bowen, Gttysburg.
Oct. 25,1858. Em
J. Lawrence Hill., N. D.
his office one -yr
door west of the — "snarl. -
•
'Allergia church in
Chambersburg street. and opposite Picking's
store, where those wishing to hare any Dental
Operation performed are respectfully invited to
call. RISYSIMNCta : Drs. Horner, Rev. C. P.
Kraath, D. D., Rev. IT. L. Baugher, D. D., Rev.
Prof. M. Jacobs, Prof. M. L. Starer.
Gettysburg, April 11, '53.
WITOLERALF: AND RETAlL—Molasses
and Sugar by the barrel, Coffee by the
sack, and all kinds of Groceries, either by the
quantity or in small amounts, at prices that de
fy competition. Call at once at
April 4. FAHNESTOCK BROS'.
ALEXANDER FRAZER, Clock and Watch
maker, has removed his shop to the room
on the West side of the Public Square, lately
occupied by David A. Buehler, Esq., as a Law
Office, where be will always be happy to attend
to the cans of customers. Thankful fnr past
fAvors, be hopes, by strict attention to business,
and a desire to please, to merit and receive the
patronage of the public.
Gettysburg, April 11, 1 SP
Wall Paper.
OWELL k EtOURKE, Manufacturers and
Importers of PAPER HANGINGS, No. 17
South Fourth urea, (below Market, and opposite
Merchant street,) Pultanat.rins, keep on hand
a large and beautiful assortment of PAPER
HANGLNGS, BORDERS, IPIREBOARD PAT
TERNS, k.c., which they are felling at very low
prices. Country Merchants supplied at the low
eft rates. Booms papered
. at short notice by
careful workmen.
The citizens of Adams county are invited to
examine their splendid assortment of Paper be
fore purchasing elsewhere, and judge for them
selves.
Mir. Elegant new styles just received.
April 4, 1859. 6m
New Livery
F STABLISHMENT.- C 111.11.21 4fitk
M. Tare has opened a new
tveryestabliehment, at the stables
on Washington street, occupied in part by the
"Eagle Hotel," and has made such arrange
ments as will enable him to accommodate the
public at all times, on reasonable terms, with
Horses, Buggies, Hacks, kc. His stock is good.
On funeral occasions, kc., he will be able to
supply a want which has been much needed.
jTerms CASH. [May 24, '513.
New Goods.
ucrEORGE ARNOLD has just received and is
now opening the largest and most beauti
fassortment of LADIES' DRESS GOODS that
has been offered to the public at any time Al
so, a lot of beautiful Fancy Bonnets. Bonnet
Trimmings, Shawls, Hosiery. Gloves, .tc., ke.—
A large stock of Gentlemen's Dress Goods,
READY-MADE CLOTHING, kc., all of which
have been bought low for cash sad will be sold
cheap. All persons are invited to call—the
ladies' attention is particularly invited to my
stock of Dress Goods, which for beauty of style
cannot be beat. [April 4, 1859.
Marble Yard Removed.
THE subscriber having removed his place of
business to Fast York street, a abort dis
tance below St. James' Church, would announce
to the public that he is still prepared to furnish
all kinds of work in his line, such as Montt
uments, Headstones. &c., &c., of every variety of
style and finish, with and without bases and
sockets, to suit purchasers, and at prices to suit
the times. Persons desiring anything in his line
will find it a decided advantage to examine his
stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
WM. B. MEALS.
GetTysburg, March 21, 1859.
DRY GOODS HOUSIL—EYRR k LANDELL,
Fourth k Arch Streets, Philadelphia, are
novr opening a fall assortment of NSW GOODS
FOR SPRING OP 1859.
Spring Silks of New Styles.
Fashionable Double Skirt Robes.
Shawls of the New Spring Styles.
De Wass and Fancy Drees Goods.
Summer Poplins and Yalencias.,
Travelling Dross Goods fell variety.
Risakets, Sheeting k Housekeeping Goods.
yr. B. Storekeepers are respectfully nested
to *zanies oar stock of Mack Mika sad
Woes psychosis's.
P.S. New Goods rosehad daily, sled rood
bargains front the Amnions of Now York and
this City. inirTsnas Nett MA and prioarknr.
March 14 1859. ant .
EMI
THE COMPILER.
Groceries,
RemovaL
Nett Cash
5 ltmortatir, cj no and t milk! Nominal.
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, MAY 23, 1859.
Post's Corrier..
NT LITTLE SOON
While fitting alone I have sometimes thought
That air little room was a favored spot,
With its pleasant blinds, and its curtains white,
Through which the sun comes so clear and bright.
Before it, sway stretch the meadows green—
Beyond, in the distance, tall mountains are seen;
And I sometimes hear the murmuring rills
Thaler* winding their way o'er the pleasant hills.
Quite often, too, do the little birds come:
To sing me a song on my pleasant home,
They sit on my window awhile, and then
Fly off to the shady woods again,
My flowers will soon bloom fresh and fair,
(For I have a lovely garden hem)
And very soon will my little room
Be filled with their sweet and pleasant perfume.
I can sit by my window and see the sun rise,
Giving beautiful tints to the eastern skies ;.
I can see him all day rolling proudly on;
And !love to gaze on the setting sun.
Fair Cynthia toe with her pleasant light
Shines in and dispenses the gloom of night,
And very inviting is my little room
When cheered by the light of the sweet, silver
moon."
My own little room has charms for me,
Which never when absent from it I see,
For there are my parents, with eyes of love,
And seldom far from my home I rove.
Oh l my little room is a beautiful spot,
And ha.' charms forme which in vain I have sought
In the giddy rounds of folly and mirth,
But which ever anger round the social hearth.
May, 1859. 11. a. a.
Aill.sc:ella.ilec)ia_s_
The Trear - a of General Lee.
Last evening an appreciative audience as
sembled at the Hall of the Historical Society,
to bear a paper read by Mr. Geo. Henry
Moore, Librarian of the iiew York historical
Society, on the life and character of Major
General Charles Lee. The most important
paints of the lecture rested upon documents
which have never been given to the public,
and which were received with thrilling in
terest. We can give but a meagre outline of
the lecture.
Glen. Lee, was horn in England, and it is
said entered the British army •the age of 11;
after serving there fur a number of years, he
entered the Polish service and was appointed
Aid-de-camp to the Polish King. He after
wards re-entered the English service, but be
coming disgusted, with what he conceived to
be the want of appreciation of his military
genius, he emigrated to America in 1773. It
has always been known that General Lee was
rash, arrogant, conceited, and too much dis
posed to sacrifice great interests to his own
vanity, but Mr. Moore, from official docu
ments which have come into his poesessicn,
depicts him in still darker colors. It Ras
Lee's ambition to be Commander-in-Chief of
the American Army, and although this posi
tion could not be given him. yet so high and
generous was the appreciation of his learning
and military science, that be was created the
second Major General in the service, being
ranked only by Washington and General
Ward.
In no respect really did Lee come up to the
high expectations formed of him; he constant.
ly depreciated Washington and was ever at
tempting by letters to the New England Gov
ernory and to parties in Congress to place
himself in the position of Washington; his
whole career was marked by disobedience of
orders, until he was taken prisoner by a de
tachment of British dragoons under Col. Har
court, having been engaged that very day in
writing his foulest letter of abuse to General
Gates against Washington, a jac simile of
which was exhibited by the lecturer to the
society. Being taken to New York and
lodgea in the City HalL in mortal fear of be
ing put to death as a deserter from the British
Army, or a rebel against the British Govern
ment, he penned a document addressed to
Lord and General Howe, containing a plan
betraying the American cause to the British
Government, second only in infamy to that of
Benedict Arnold. The identical paper, in
General Lee's own hand writing and endorsed
by Mr. Streachey. the Secretary of the Bri
tish Commissioners, to follows:
"Mr. Lee's pion, Deoestber 29, 1777," was
exhibited to the Society by Mr. Moore. Ilia
plan was, that while the Wilt of the British
army should march on Philadelphia, a divi
sion be posted at Alexandria, Vs,. and anoth
er at Annapolis, Md. It was with a thrill of
State pride that the Society heard that Gen.
Lee, who whatever might have been his char
acter in other respects. was undoubtedly a
man of great acuteness, considered that if
Pennsylvania could be taken, the cause of
Liberty was boat forever ! The proud position
of Keystane of the Federal Arch, he, by an
ticipation, conceded to our noble State. His
theory was:—Pennsylvania taken, New Eng.
land would give up; that the division at An
napolis would induce Maryland to lay down
her arms ; that the division at Alexandria
would most effectually separate Virginia from
Pennsylvania; that the German counties
might be detached from the rest cf the State,
and that Pennsylvania would thus be crushed
between these divisions at Alexandria, An
napolis, and Philadelphia; the Congress it
self be captured, and, as he himself expresses
it—" the last spark of the war be extinguish
ed."
It has been known in history that the re
markr.ble movements of Sir Wm. Howe, by
which he abandoned his direct march on
Philadelphia through the Jerseys, giving up
his co-operation with Burgoyne, to sail up the
Chesapeake and land at the head of Elk, was
disapproved of by almost all his officers,
and that its motives were entirely unknown
to the British government. As the time of
this movement corresponds with the state
ment of this remarkab.e plan of General Lee,
and as the plan in most respects was one of
great, ingenuity, Mr. Moore considered it
possible, if not robable, that the British
ma t
General (Elcnre, in the plan of operations
which be ado was following out the sug
gations of Les. It is now known also that
General Lee corresponded with General Bur
g Ire, and thatewhetever else he revealed to
him, it is certain that he made known the
negotiations between the American and
French government, and it was with a sensa
tion of mingled sorrow and disgust that, the
Society thus found General Lee proved a trai
tor. Disgust, however, predominated, M it
was seen that subsequent to this correspond-
Anse with Burgoyne. and this plan laid before
the British Commissioners. the , Leal taking
adrantage oflmerioan generosity, Lapitit re
solved command in our army only to distorters
himself at the beetle of illosuroutb. He died,
as is well knows, without his treason hying
"rauTa I 8 • IitIODTT, AND WILL PREVAIL."
discovered, in this city; he was followed to
his grave, at Christ Church, by all that was
distinguished, both civil and military, then
in Philadelphia: he was buried with the hon
ors of war, in 1782 ;,Congreas, the Provincial
Council of Pennsylvania and the French Am
bassador following him to his tomb—but the
traitor, like the murderer, cannot rest in
peace, the treason hu strangely come to light,
and the name of Charles Lee is henceforth to
be a by-word and execration. Mr. Moore
closed with an eloquent contrast between the
character of bins who was once thought fit to
occupy the place of Washington, and the
majestic Chief who was the Saviour of his
country, and with a picture of what might
have been, if Providence had so far deserted
us as to have allowed Charles Lee to have
held the mud of Washington.
Lee's plan is not signed, but it is easily re
oognizable as his style and handwriting. The
endoreittnient is in Mr. Straub'''. ehirognt
phy, and Mr. Moore received the documents
through the family of that gentleman.
Among other things which research into
Revolutionary history is bringing out, Mr.
Moore remarked, was the fact that a strong
and bitter party existed in Congress. who
were opposesd to the plans. of Waohington,
and who encouraged the - ill feeling and
conspiracies of such men as Lee, Gates and
Conway.
After the applause, with which this inter
esting paper arts received, had subsided, the
members crowded around Mr. Moore to con
gratulate him upon his very effective address,
and to examine with thrilling interest the
very words traced by Lee's traitorous hut/.
Bsellelin. May 10.
►or TM Coe*lier
I remember once seeing, when a lad at
school. a tight between two bulls. Although
I could not have been more than eight years
of age, I shall never forget the spectacle. It
happened in this wise. Close by the school
house—a very unpretending edifice it was—
ran a deep and rapid river. Across it had
been thrown a high wooden bridge, the band
railing otwhich time, end the winds, and the
the weather, had entirely destroyed. The
land on the opposite sides of the stream was
owned by different persons and farmed by
them respectively. One bright summer day
—I remember it as if it were yesterday—the
hour of noon had arrived, an a frolicsome,
fan-seeking troop of school boys were let loobe
for an hour's recreation.
All at once the bellowing and roaring of
two bulls, that had broken out of their en
closures on eacb side of the river, attnicted
attention. The animals were not yet in sight
of each other, but were approaching along
the highway at a rate of speed which would
cause them to meet near the centre of the
high bridge which I have described and be
neath which at some thirty feet ran the
river, between stoop banks. The more daring
of us gathered near the bridge, lining it, to
see the anticipated fight. We were not dis
appointed. Nearer and nearer they ap
proached, the proud, pawing combatants.—
Bashan never produced two brutes of fiercer
aspect. They lashed their sides with their
tails, they tore the ground with their feet.—
Occasionally they kneeled down, trying to
gore the earth with their horns. And as yet
they were concealed, each from the other, by
the ascent of the bridge at either end.
Presently, as they simultaneously ascended
the respective abutments, they came full in
sight of each other. The roar was mutual and
actually /tremendous. Every urchin of us
sprang into the fields, and ran. Finding,
however, that we were not pursued, we hasti
ly retraced our steps.
There they were, the ferocious duelists,
quite as sensibly employed as some of their
human imitators. Front to front, their horns
locked, every muscle strained, they were
fighting se only brills can fight. It seemed
an even match. Now one would press beak
his opponent a few paces, and presently you
would hear quick, sharp, short steps, and his
adversarveould be pressed back in return.
The struggling was hard, was long, was sav
age. For a while neither obtained an advan
tage.
Hitherto they had been pushing each other
lengthwise of the bridge; soddenly they be
gan to wheel, and in a moment were facing
each crosswise. They were at right angles
with the length of the old bridge, which
shook and created main with their tramping
and their terrible strife. It was the work of a
single moment: one of the beasts--t could not
tell which—one of them, however, as if eon
scions of his position, made a violent, a des
perate plunge forward and pressed his an
tagonist back—back—back—till there was
but another step of the plank behind bim—
between him and nothing! The asouteot was
one of intense interest to usjuvenile *Recta
tors. Never was the amphitheatre of Rome
the scene ofa more exciting eombat. Another
step hackward.—yes, the unfortunate bull
was forced to take it I Back he is pressed.
and over he goes I Such a sight I never saw
—I probably shall never see again. Imagine
a bull pitched backward over a bridge and
falling at least thirty feet,over and over I lie
turned once or twice, probably ; I thought he
turned fifty times, there seemed such a con
fusion of horns and feet revolving, flying
through the air. But down he went; the
water was deep and he disappeared. leaving
a whirlpool ref foam behind him, and making
the rive - adulate far and wide with the con
cussion f his ponderous bulk.
T other did not laugh—merely because
bull's, as I supposed, could not. But we
heatzhed und shouted our applause. There
stoorttre—tietor, looking directly down irate
the Abyss below, into which ho had hurried
his unlucky foe. He stood, however, but a
moment. and then, as if frightened at the
prospect, he began to snort and sten back
ward. Back, back he retreated, with his
head in the same pugnacious attitude as when
in combat—back—still another step back—
and over he. too, went, on the opposite side
of the bridge, performing just as many and
as ludicrous somensets as his adversary had
done a minute before.
It was a scene to remember ; and the per
formance called forth immense applause from
the group of juvenile amatenri who witness
ed it. In about five minutes both bullsasight
be:tteen, well sobered by their ducking, drip
ping wet, scratching up the steep, gravelly
hanks, each on hie own side of the aver.—
" Those bulls will never fight any more," said
a boy behind. his prediction turned out
correct ; for two more peaceably disposed
bulls than they, ever afterwards, could not
have been found.
*TA parsimonious old rip had frequently
been annoying one of our eoopere by bringing
him most outlandish job' of—pu Wog hes& in
old barrels, and staves to old barrel-heads,
handles to old tubs, and tubs to old handles,
but on Tuesday last be capped the elimax—he
bad somehow mound a second heed bung
hole and insisted upon the 000per's building a
new barrel to it.
Sir The beat definition we ever heard of
" bearing false wimess Against you=
bor,''.was given by little girl fir .
She said it was w'S= nobody did nothing,
and somebody went and told of it.
A Volunteer Bull Fight.
A Genuine Yankee.
A gentleman from New York who had been
in Boston for the purpose of collecting some
money due him in that city, was about re
turning, when he found that one bill of a
hundred dollars bad been overlooked. His
landlord, who knew the debtor, thought it a
doubtful case ; but added that if it was col
lectable at all, a tall raw boned Yankee, then
dunning a lodger in another part of the hall.
would "worry it out" of the man. Calling
him up, therefore, be introduced him to the
creditor, who showed him the 'amount.
"Wel. Squire," said he. " tam's much use
o' try in', I guess. I know that critter. You
might as well try to squeal ile out of Bunker
Rip Monument as to elect a debt out of him.
But any how, Squire, what'll you give, spools'
I do ky?"
" sir, the bill is one hundred dollars.
111 give you—yes. ni give you half, if you'll
collect it." "Greed." replied the collector,
" ther's no harm tryin', any way."
Some weeks after the creditor chanced to
be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont
street, encountered his enterprising friend.
" Look o'. here," said he, " Squire, I had
considerable luck with that bill o' yonen.—
You see, I stuck to him like a dog to a roof,
but for the first week or so 'twan't no use—
not a bit. If he was home,. he was short, if
he wasn't home I could get no satisfaction.
By-and-by, says I, after goin' sixteen times,
'I% fix you l' says I. So I eat down on the
doorstep. and sat all day and part of the even
ing, and I began early next morning; but
about 10 o'clock he gin in. Ile paid me X y
half, amid Igia him up the note:"
The Deacon and the Irishman.
Under this head we find the following
amusing story going the rounds:
A few months ago as Mr. Ingalls, of Swamp
scoot, FL 1., was traveling the western part of
the State of New York, he fell in with an
Irishman, who had lately arrived in this
country, and was in quest of a brother who
name before him and eettled in some of the
diggins in that vicinity. It was a splendid Sur
day morning that brother Ingalls met Pet,who
inquired the road to church. Ile told Pat he
was going to church himself, and invited his
new acquaintance to keep his company thith-*
er, (his place of destination being a small
Methodist house, near by.) There wean great
revival there at the time, and one of the Dea
cons (who by the way is very small in stat
ure) invited brother Ingalls to take a seat in
his pew. He accepted the invitation, and
walked in followed by Pat, who in vain looked
to ndfi the altar, Le. After he was seated,
he turned to brother Ingalls and in a whis
per which could be beard all around, in
quired:
" Sure, and isn't this a herritick church?"
" Hush," said Ingalls, "if you speak aloud
word they will pat you out."
" And, faith, not a word will I spade at
all." replied Pat.
The meeting was opened with pntyqy by
tho pastor. Pat was eyeing him very claely,
when an old gentleman who was standing in
the pew directly in front of Pat shouted
"Glory!"
"Hest, ye clear demon," rejoined Pat, with
his load whisper, which was plainly heard by
the minister, " be decent, and don't make a
blackguard of yourself."
The parson grew more and more fervent in
his devotions. Presently the deacon uttered
an audible groan.
" Hist-t-t, ye blackguard, have you no de
cency at all ?" said Pat, at the same moment
giving the deacon a punch in the ribs which
caused him nearly to loose his equilibrium.
The minister stopped. and extending his hand
in a supplicating manner. said—
" Brethren, we cannot be disturbed in this
way. Will 'some one put that man out?"
" ,your rivirence," shouted Pat, "I
will !" and suiting the action to the word, he
collared the Demme', and to the laughter and
utter astonishment of all present. tncludin
the pastor and brother Ingalls, he dr
him through the isle, and with a tremendous
kick he landed him in the vestibule of the
church.
IhY•By a Steamboat Explosion on a West
ern river, a passenger was thrown unhurt in
to the eater, and at once struck out lustily
for the shore, blowing like a porpoise the
while. lie reached the bank almost e:haus•
ted, and was caught by a by-atander and
drawn out, panting.
" Well, old fellow," said his friend. "had a
bard time, eh l"
" Yule*, pre-pretty hard, oonsiderie.—
Wasn't doin it for myself. though ; was a
workin' for one o' them insurance offices in
New York. Got a policy on my life, nod I
wanted to sate them; I didn't °are."
Hole At Meant to do Better.--A few days
aim*, as a lady of inquisitive .character was
visiting our county seat, among other places
she coaled at the jail. She would auk the
different prisoners for what crime they were
in there. It went off well enough, tall she
came to a rather hard looking specimen of hu
manity, when she asked:
" What are you in for f"
" For stealing a horse." '
" Are you sorry for it?"
" Yes."
Won't you try and do better mat time ?"
" Yes, I'll steal two."
flEir An honest ion pf frin, green from his
peregrinations, put his head into a lawyer's
office and asked the inmate:
" An' what do you sell here?"
6' Blockheads," replied the limb of the law.
" Oeh, thin, to be sure," said Pat. "it must
be a good trade, for I see there is but one of
them left."
Eir - The following notes are said to have
passed between Gov. Giles and Patrick Henry
of Virginia :
Sic : I understand that you have called me
a 'bobtail' p.)litician. I wish to know if it be
true, and if true, your meaning.
W. R. GILES."
" Sts: I do not recollect having called you
a bobtail politician at any time, but think it
prabeble I have. Not recollecting the time
or occasion I can't say what I did mean; bat
if you will tell me what you think I meant, I
wilt say whether you are correct or not.—
Very respectfully, PATRICK HENRY."
A Sign.—A witness in *certain court, not
a thousand miles from Rappahannock, on
being interrogated u to whether the defen
dant in a certain case was drunk, replied :
"Well, I can't say that I have seen him drunk,
exactly, bat I once saw him sitting in the mid
dle of the door, making grabs in the air, and
saying that he'd be d—d If he didn't catch the
bed the next time it passed him."
Rounded and Bquared.—A botcher presen
ted a bill for the tenth time to a rich skinflint.
" It strikes me." said the letter. " that this is
a pretty round bill." " Nam e " replied die
buteher., "I've seat it round often enough to
make it appear so; sad I have called now to
get it squared."
/firles men is hpily married.
is worttk all the other ap booms ia )416 body.
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR
Mock Masonry.
In the early days of the State of Indiana,
the capital was Corydon, and the annual
sessions of the General Assembly usually
brought together as wild a set of mad wags
as could be found in the State, who had to
rely upon their own resources for amusement,
for there were then few theatres, ooncerts, or
'howl. These lovers of mischief had estab
lished a esock Masonic Lodge, into which they
would entice such as were a little green, and
take them through a variety of ridiculous
ceremonies, to the infinite amusement of the
crowd. On one of these occasions, it being
understood that a good-natured, athletic
young man, about half's& simpleton, was to
be initiated, the room was crowded. Judge
Grass (it being a character in which he was
peculiarly happy) had consented to act the
role of devil ; and, to make the services more
impressive, bedpost on a false face and a large
paper cap, surmounted with horns, and with
some chains in his bands, placed himself be
hind a screen. After taking the candidate
through a variety of ceremonies he was brought
to a stand before the screen, and told that he
had then to confess all the crimes he bad
committed during his whole life. The candi
date confessed some trivial offences, and -de
clared that he could recollect no more. At
Ibis the Judge came out from his hiding
place, groaned, and shook his chains. The
frightened candidate related some other small
matter, and declared that he had disclosed all
the crimes he had ever committed. At this
the groans of the pretended devil became fu
rious, the chains rattled, and he shook his
horns in the face of the terrified candidate,
who, starting back in alarm, cried out :
" H-h-old on, if-m-Inister D-devil, y sa-stust
(-tell you, I cr-d-did k-k-kiss J-judge Gross's
se-wife a e-e-couple of 1-t-times 1" The groan
ing ceased.
Spurgeon and the Yankee.
A gentleman who has recently returned
from England, relates an anecdote of Mr.
Spurgeon that is too good to be lost. The
great preacher had for his theme one day the
power of individual personal effort ; and to
illustrate it, he told a story of a "Yankee,"
as Mr. Spurgeon called him, who boasted that
be could whip the entire English nation him
self. "And how could you do it I" said a by
stander. "Why," said the Yankee, "I would
take one Englishman at a time; I would whip
him, and then I would take another, and so
I would go along till I had whipped the en
tire nation." At the close of the sermon' Mr.
Spurgeor.. the relator of the anecdote, and
several friends, retired into a vestry. Soon
there came in a tall, lean, long-faced, solemn
looking man, who bailed from the State of
Maine. lie presented to Mr. Spurgeon a let
ter of introduction, and was weloomed by the
preacher. Soon Mr. Spurgeon addressed the
new comer by saying—" Well, my American
friend, how do you like my illustration of in
dividual power, drawn from your country
man 1" "Oh," slid the member from the
Pine Tree State, I was well pleased with it,
because it was so true," and this was said
with the utmost solemnity of tone and ravi
ty of manner. "So true, so true," said Mr
S.; " what do you mean, sir?" " I knew a
Yankee that did that once," was the reply.—
" And what was his name 1' Mr. Spurgeon
asked ; to which the Yankee answere&--"The
name, sir. was George Washington ; perhaps
you're beard of him." Mr. Spurgeon was
dumb for a moment; he then,joined in a
hearty laugh. and allowed " the Yankee" was
tto much for him.
Queer the case pending before
the Superior Court, Columbus, in which
Lucien A. Bowers brought suit against Ira
D. Preston:and his wife, to recover $15,000,
.as damages for alienating the affections of the
plaintiff's wife, who was a sister of Mrs.
Preston, the jar" found the defendants guilty
of alienating said wife's affections, and gave
Bowers judgment for $lOOO. Su it is settled
by the Courts, that in Ohio, the value of a
wife's affections is 01000.
Rolling off a Log.—An editor out West,
being deserted by his printers, whii were
"on a strike," was compelled to turn into the
office himself. In his neat week's paper ap
peared a graphic account of the circumstance.
oomposed by the editor's " own fair jingers"'
concluding with the words—"
sublime arT of Printing ; Me& Gull soul ?
it's as eAII&C as aoLling of) a Log."
itil'A lore-sick swain, desirous to indicate
the extent and character of his lore for the
empress of his heart, exclaimed : "Ah, Miss
Brown, my affection for you is as strong as—
se—as---as the butter they gate us for din
ner I" She was satisfied, as she boarded at
the same house. The bargain was struck,
and they were married.
teWe find in an exchange the fo'lowing:
xperiment is worth trying and is de.
eidedly a pretty one. By taking up shrubs
or plants at this time, with some of their
own soil about the roots, and placing them
upright in a eellar until October ; then
transplanting them in pots and watering
them with a solution of half an ounce of sal
ammonia to a pint of water, you will have
summer flowers in winter.
Mir“ Mary, my love," said a not very at
tentive husband to his wife, at the dinner-tit
ble, "shall I help you to a piece of the heart?"
" I believe," said she, " that a piece of a heart
was all that I ever got."
ifirWithout animist° use the oxygon,and
return the carbon to the atmosphere, plants
could not live. Without plants to use the car
bon, and return the oxygen to the atmosphere,
animals could not live.
Every man thinks that 0/Tsar's "wife"
ought to be above suspicion, but he is far less
particular As to what Caesar himself ought to
be.
IlfarA quack advertisement announces a
medicated compound which will care any
thing "from a bad character to a soiled
skirt."
Provoking What makes you so rim,
Torn 2" "Oh I had to endure a and trial to
mfeelings!" " What on esrth was it?"—
"Why, I had tc tie on a prettx girl's bonnet,
while her mamma was looking on."
sarA showman eut west is ezhibiting wax
figures of the actors in the Sickles tragedy.—
At Boston a play has been produced repre
senting the incidents.
Starlit & graveyard in New Jersey. there is
a tombstone on which is inscribed die follow
ing simple, yet Loathing eyitaph : " ,Her gas
a good egg."
seirA pedestrian in Ireland sets maa.
and uked him why the miles wore so plagey
long. Pat replied." Ton see. as how the roads
are not good, so the contractors make aptly
it by lord aseasere."
litirThere is this 4rdrsesece betw=
nese sad wisdoms hethat Weirs
happiest mu. really is se; bat bathatttsbsks
himself the wigs*" is paseally the greatest
fooL
Tbo Wools of the Bosiorliftiblio—
The Luzern* Vision, whose Editor is Gunn
hr with the polities and politieians efloenn
sylvania, an knows al! about Packer, Grow,
Knox and Forney, atm: "Governor Packer
wants to be the nett United States Senator
from Pennsylvania ; Knox, his Attorney Glen
eral. wants to be Governor , and Forney, poor
man, wants to be printer, to the dart House
of Clengresa, for be has one* had a taste of
these fishes. Besides theses, there are other
lesser men, which, when all combined, it is
suppored, may aid materially towards making
up success to the greater. &swot these men
hare more or loss of political sense, and there
fore it is that tbey so readily understand that
their race as officeholders, with the Demoara
tie party, in run. They have never been Wad
to living without office,—mast have official
patronage or starve. New how to get It—
that's the question.
They , suppose the Republican party, tree
to its instincts and put history, will be ready
and willing to coalesce with any faction tbet
will promise to give them success in 1860.
ncrice if they rise to the dignity of a factiem,
they make their own terms. These terms
will be made in this way. Forney is Mar
mon of the Bogus-examinee, with pewee
call a Convention or not. If the leading E..
publicans will agree to this programme, then
no Convention for nominations will be held,
and the tvholu Forney and Packer party ib
Pennsylvania be transferred to the nominees
of the Republicans next October. That they
calculate will carry the State. Then the Yoe
ney Domocrate in Congress hold the balance
of power, and they are to go for Grow, Re
publican, for Speaker, and in turn the Repub
licans go for Forney for Public Printer. This
will fix that part nicely. Packer Is then to
be Senator, in consideration of giving the
State to the Republicans for the Presidency,
and the more effectually to secure it, Knox is
to go on their ticket for Governor for the purl , -
pose of holding renegade Democrats to the
work. This, as the lottery men would say;
is "the brilliant scheme," to be played for.--
We have no idea it will be drawn, though we
shall not wonder at seeing Forney suocuefid
in his price, fur we hare the best reasons for
saying that he and Grow are both hard at ,cork
to accomplish it. But this will be as - far as
they will be able to carry on their scheme in
the face of the people. They may work the
game very well in Congress, where slew men
hold the balance of power, and where bar
gains can be understood readily and the at,
tractions of public plunder are strong, but
when it comes before the people for endorse.
meat, who only care to vote right and rebuke
corruption, they will find their plans compre,
headed and thwarted."
NO. 84.
A Woman who Wanted a Divorce.
A Western correspondent of The Boston
Animal says that a few months ago a wealthy
and prominent citizen of Kansas—an office
holder—had a wife to whom he seamed much
devoted. Her health was feeble; and (pre-!
vented by the demands of his business from
accompanying her) be sent her to a Soutberti
city to recruit. He received from her frequent
and affectionate letters, dated at that city z
and he intended, as soon as his affairs would
permit, to join her there. But recently, whila
on a trip to St. Louie, as he was sitting for
few moments in the parlor of his hotel, be
picked up an obscure county newspaper s
_pubs
lisbed in an interior town of Indiana. Clan.
cing listlessly over the advertisements, one,,
which caught his attention, riveted his eye td
the paper. It was a legal notification to hire
that his wife had applied for a divorce, and
that the ease would be tried on the following
day, in the Court 'el' the county where the pa-,
per was published. He was thunderstruck..
The truth flashed upon him at once. His
wife, while dating her letters from the Sou
thern city spoken of and employing someone
to mail them there, had been all the time in.
enough to claim a residence
under the peculiar matrimonial laws of that
State (which I believe have since been modi-'
lied by the late Legislature.) As usual 4*
snob eases, she had notified him by public*.
lion, relying on the obscurity and limited cir
culation of the county paper as a guaranty
that it would not come within his Doge', and
expecting to get a divorce before even his sus
picions were aroused. The half-distracted'
husband rushed upon a train of cars justleav
ing for the East. Arriving at a junction in
Ipdiana where no train would enable him 41
reach the county peat by the hour set apart,
for the trial, be chartered a special locomotive,
proceeded there at once, confronted his guilty
partner, and put a stop to the proceedings. •
Important Decision as to Contracts Falling,
Due on Sunday.—A very important question
has been raised and decided in the Superior -
Ccurt of New York upon this subject. The
particular case was that of a policy of life in
surance expiring on Sunday, the premium
upon the renewal of which was not tendered.
till the following Monday. But the dismis
sion involved the whole question as to fulfill
ing any contract, the day for doing which..
came upon Sunday. The general notion it
that in all such cases the contract must be_
performed, or the offer made to do it, on tbe.
preceding day. But the court in this ma
overruled the motion, and declared that whoa
from accident or mutual error, the day 00-
fulfilling an agreement falls upon Sunday,.
there is enough of principle and authority to .
justify the party in deferring his performance
to the Monday ensuing, without impairingit
right or incurring kforfeiture.
3fike . Walsh awl His Brothers.—Tbe Me .•
phis Avalanche has the following interestiar
reminiscences concerning the brothers of
Mike Walsh :--The children consisted of tome •
brothers and a sister, of whom Mike was the
youngest, that had been scattered in all ti - i•
rections upon the death of thoit father. Mks
alone remained with his mother. A mail.
singular fatality befell then aIL One of the .
brothers was shot in a dud, across a table la
a Southern city; another fell by the side of
the brave Crceket at the massacre of the
Alamo ; the third brother was burned la Mc:
Ben. Sherrod, and the sister perished in go/
ill fated Lexington. The mother sooarfollosi
ed her children, leaving poor Mike to Amok
his death under circumstances more terrible,
theta any of the rest.
Concealed Deadly Weaports.—The Ohio.
Legislature have passed a law making it se
misdemeanor to carry a pistol, bowie knife,
dirk or any other eonmled deadly weapon,'
under the penalty, of a fine not eteeetlingt
$2OO, and imprisonment not more titan tittle(
days, for the first offenee ; and WO fine in 4
imprisonment for three. months, orbwtlit, sit
the discretion of the Court, for the weal if-,
fence; and in pursuance of the law, the ar o ,.
or of Cincinnati has directed the pollee to asp'
rest and bring before him all persons whom
they shall find with concealed weapons.
A Family Puck.—The Wally of Mrs. Lu
cinda Burr, of North Wilbraham, amording
to the Palmer Journai,oonsieht of one itOsr.
three mothers, two grandmothers, one
grand mother, two widows, *roe eb=
one husband, one wife. two daughters, ow
grand-daughter, one on, one grandson; one
great-grandson, one another-in-law and ow
son-in-latt ; yet the fatally numbers but Ire
persons, who all he under the saute !oaf. •
Smokers &veld ~deoid Ealein—The Crier
Council have forbidden the smoking ore*"
in their streets, in the evening, nweipist
alty of three donate for every offentib, -414 3 `
what is more to the point, the pohee ere es:
forcing the Lsr. -
Gana.—Any "respectable" maniittai
wants to merry tea thousand dollars triiimg
wife thrown in, has the opportunity Aire&
him. We WO it lusted thou "the stiwAi t
heed of gipties encamped, near U.'
offers the band of hie daughter, with* •-•-
of $1.0,000, to any respectoble man - whq '
wry her." The odrwin be btilerasit ,
-now • - , Ale Reef*
arßeseber amoribita are =my ukinarlit
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