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Tim Comas* h published every Monday
seeeehig .by Asssir I. &WILLI, at $l. 75 pe r
saws If irsid strictly
. te soyasca-42 oo pet
mita if sat paid Itt *Amore. No subscriptiou
4111 000111111114 . 4., Wiles; at the option of the pet.
Whoa, 'Au% all arrearaires are paid.
AavatTrainscirws Inserted as the usual rates.
Jos PRIXTING done with neatness and dis
patch.
Omen in South Baltimore street, &redly
opposite Waroplers' Tinning E,tablishment—
"COnettinn on the siln.
Large Sale
THE subscriber. hit ing disposed of the
I "Globe Inn.' t•eli at linhlic Sale. at
said flute', in Getttnb.lrg, on Thursday. the 22d
stay of Ilarch utst the fAotving valuable Per
sonal Propert, 110u,e11.11 and Kitchen
Furniture. a vury ltr,Te lot, embracing etery
article used in the housekeeping line. Also a
tirst-rate Mach •
Nor Th e rye, :e' “tter.tion of buyers is in
vited to the eiten•i%e a.lortment of Gl3,ss,
Queen's sod Croeleri-ware, Cutlery, Barrels,
ikc., to be offered.
beirSale to commence at 9 o'clock, A. M.,
on a•iid day. when attend... Luce will he given and
terms mule known by 11. D. WATTLKS.
March 5, ]BCD. td
Poor-House Accounts.
TOEL B. I.),MiN ER. E.q., Treasurer, in ac
count with the Dire tors of the Poor and
of the House of Employment of the County of
Adams—tieing from the 4th day of January,
A. 8., 1d:4), to the 31 day ofJasmary, A. D.,1860:
1859. Cit.
Feb. 10. To order un Treisurer,No. 64.51500 00
Sep. 24. a• 265, 3500 00
390, 1000 00
1500 00
Amount reed utJno. Delap, Esq., fine, 25 00
CR .
ky elersh paid wit as fellow:
Am't due Treasurer at lest settlement, $594 55
Out-door paupers support, 610 00
Mardis udize and groceries, , 1478 58
Pork and stock hogs. cows and meat, 345 80
Beef cattle. sheep and tiorscs, 1178 41
Flour, grain and grinding, 843 08
Ilechanics' work, :66 19
Publi,hing accounts and printing blutia, 44 12
stone eonl, plastrr. limc , Sc, 420 28
])rugs and medicines,
Removing paupers,
Wodd chopping, making rails, post
tenet., 194 77
Ste ward's sundry expenses,
Funeral expenses,
Male hireling+,
Female hirelings,
l'h;sician's salary,
IT
titevard's salary,
Directors' extrA service,
Clerk's
Treasurer's salary,
Balance in hands of Treasurer,
We, the undersigned Auditor; to settle and
aajnbt the Public Ace ante, do hereby certify
th.tt we have examine the items which coin
pn-e the e. bore Acentin t ;end that they are correct,
being from the 3d day /of January, A. D. 1859,
to the 2d day of Jacltary, A. D., 1869 1 —both
days incia give. v
ISAAC' lIKRETER,
JOHN BRINKERHOFF, 3
Auditors.
ABIOS LEFKVER,
‘ COD (TLP. Eq., in account with the
II Directors of the Poor and of the House of
Employment of the County of Adams—being
from the .4:6 day ofJaniaary, A. D., 11539, to UlB
:;t1 clay ufJaagrary, A.
l' FL
Flllance in heads of Steward At settlement, 27
Order on Treasurer, $5O 00
Cash for lard and t tllow, 75 90
of John Fisher for beef, 5 90
Cash for cow_of Wm. Howard, 20 00
Cash of ILL . Ilaugher for timothy seed, 2 00
Interest of .A.nd'sr Polley for Elias White, 9 97
Cash for row of Andrew Howard, 29 00
found with deceased paupers, 9 00
Order on Treasurer. 50 00
Cash of Margaret Tupper, 27 50
• Cash of IYm. Howard for row, 22 00
irder on Treasurer, 25 00
Cash of Treasurer. 60 00
Cash of H. D. Wattles for beef tongues, 125
EMI
By fienernl expenses,
CL=h paid hirelings, harvesting and
butchering.- . 84 39
nemoving paupers, II 04
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Relief to paupers, 4 25
Vinegar, 6 '22
VegetAlbles and fruit, 20 20
Flour sad meal, 14 62
Lime, plaster, ashes and lambi; 18 45
Cash paid mechanics, 24 90
Veal and beef, 10 17
Cow and sheep, 35 75
lash paid for pork to Estuary persons, 76 29
Balance in hands of Steward, 23 09
IVc, the subscribers, Auditors to seTile •nd
adjust tie Public Accounts. do certify, that we
hare examiued the items which compose the
Above Account, and do report that the same is
correct—the same cud - anteing the account of
Jacob Culp, the present Steward, from the 4th
day of January. A. D., tass. to the 2d day of
January, A. D., Istiis—hoth drys inclusive.
ISAAC II ERETER.
JOAN BRI);KERIIOFF,
AMOS LEFEVER,
Asditora.
Nardi 5, 1560. 4t
IST OF I'ArPERS remaining. in the Alms
j l_House of Adams county, on the let day of
j
unary, 1860:
Males, 48
• Females, 36
Children; lit
Colored, 8
Total, 110
Transient paupers, 1888
PRODI.IOB OF ?AR FOB 1859.
Wheat, bushels, . b 93
Oats, • " 325
.
Rye, it 38
- Ears of Corn," 1300
Cloweesete, u 31
Viesothyseed,"
Onions, "
- Reeta, . It
'Pentacle, -
nindlia, “
Abode of Corrkfodder.
1$
—Thai of
A llay, . .13
end of etabbsim ,
2500 .
Pounds of Pork, ' - ' 324:13
r Do. Beef, - -- .- - 2144
JACOB CULP, flieward.
,14.reit 4,41160. et
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Itta4lll3 iron Ammo"Wu atistatuot to
tiff Au At XXpctX lc 840.'S Sky-light
:Nortli.oos.
—" voinii of tbelThanoad,
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kilfAr-9 1 1. 1 11 1 41 1 4 4 1, Golf Medallions,
Adif-trugs, /it, le prothstou
Sc to ff1t141441, Eritnity; Gettysburg.
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421 D YEAR.
NoCit EFX"EI CNC,
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TUE XECIIIIL
Olt MSS. DZ.VISON.
There he goe. r , with sturdy tread,
Toiling for 111,1410t/est breed,—
Sleeves uprolicld3n , i cheek high flushed,
While the city hushed.
0, the strong rue nie I
The .ineu y-arrued t losnk!
With his broad Che.t weltin the stroke
Of the hammer against the lusty'rusk,
Driving the nail * , th * hearty will, •
Whistling nr carolling—noer still,
lint crer in labor doing ills will
Why loves the noble mechanic!
Etna smoke and Vesuvius itume
Oft are the attics of earth-horn fume;
But to hew the rock from the vaunting cone,
And to change to blessings the flinty stone,
These do the mechanic,
The sinewy-armed mechanic ;
(living his babes what God gat e him,
Force of muscle and vigor of limb;
Scorning the fear that his boys shall be
The pampered weaklings of luxury,
Or his girls fair puppets for men to see,
The brawny-backed mechanic.
But mind, I speak of the real thing—
Not of the kind who shout, and sing,
And smoke at the tavern, and curse Abroad,
And who care for neither themselves nor
God;
But the true, the earnest mechanic ;
The clean, white Pouted mechanic!
The man who polishes he a rt and mind
While he frames the window and shapes the blind,
And utters his thought with an honest tongue
That is set as traces his ninges are hung—
This is the nobleman among
The noble baud of mechanics.
God the Maker, I reverent say,
He is a worker by night and day,
Framer of skies and builder of
Measuring worlds by the space which Ile
fills—
Ile is the Master mechanic.
Making a palace of every star,
Fashioning out of the air a car
For the sun to speed on his royal way
Over the fire-white track of the day—
Yes, God has labored—labors away ;
Take cheer, then, noble mechanic I
$7525 00
27 92
41 04
The Discouraged Pester.
Wo believe that a largo number of
the frequent removals of ministers
arises from a morbid feeling on their
part, that their people have ceased to
love them, and their usefulness is there
fore almost gone. Ia some cases there
may be truth in these feelings, but 'gen
erally they are a species of morbid dis
couragement, the origin of which is in
the prostrated nerves and jaded mind
of the pastor, rather than in the actual
feelings of the people. In many eases
all this might be prevented with a very
little trouble on the part of the people.
A tithe of the affection shown to many
a pastor in leaving his flock, and a
hundredth part of the trouble required
to replace m with a suitable successor,
would ha retained him. and gladden.
ed him to a doable efficiency in his
work, if it had been shown before he
had taken that inevitable step. Let
the people think of these things, as
well as the pastors.—Central Presby
terian.
195 00
12 00
221 i 00
192 75
100 00
20 00
250 00
63 00
40 00
40 00
$7177 49
347 61
$7325 00
Why Children Die.
The reason why children die, is be
cause they aro not laken care of. From
the day of birth they are stuffed with
food, and choked - with physic, sloshed
with water, -suffocated in hot rooms,
steamed in bed-clothea. So much for
in-door. When iterinitted to breathe
a breath of pure air once a week in
summer, and once or twice during the
colder months, only the nose is permit
ted to peer into daylight. A little later
they are sent out with no clothing at
all on the ports ache body which most
need protection. Bare legs, bare arms,
bare necks, girtod middle, with an in
verted umbrella to collect the air and
chill the other parts of tlip body. A.
stout, strong man goes ont in a cold
day with gloves and overeoct, woolen
stockinE , s, and thick,double-soled boots,
with cork between and rubbers over.—
The same day a child of three years
old, an infant in flesh, and blood, and
bone, and constitution, goes out with
shoes as thin as paper, cotton socks,
legs uncovered to the knees, neck bare;
an exposure which would disable the
nurse, kill the mother outright, and
make the father an invalid fur weeks.
And why! Tu harden them to a mode
of dress which they are never expected
to practice. To accustom them to ex
posure which, a dozen years later,
would bo cormi.lerecl downright foolery.
To rear a child thus ter the slaughter
pen, and then leave it to the Lord, is
too bad. We don't think the Almighty
had any hand in it. And to draw com
fort from the presumption that he has
an agency in the death of the child, is
a profanation.—liall's Journal of Health.
$387 79
$5B 42
5397 79
.Purchase of the Pan-llandle."—Res
olatious have been introduced into the
Peonsylvania Legislature contempla
ting the - purchase of that portion of
Virginia known as the " Pan-Handle."
It empowers the Governor to appoint
three commissioners, to meet a similar
number to be appointed on behalf of
Virginia, to negotiate such cession.—
The Pennsylvania commissioners are
to report the terms and conditions, if
any are agreed to, to the next sessions
of the Legislatures of the two States.
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260
-Fives, never snatch your hus
band's tobacco. Last Thur sd ay a gen.
tleman on a train from Washington to
New - York, in company with his wife,
bad licaution to take from his pocket a
pjece of tobacco wrapped in paper, and
fft+stead of taking the weed, as she sup
posed, drew out a roil of hank bills,
*mounting t011',60, when his wife play
fay Matched the same from her hus
band%
,bands. and threw it out of the
window. The gentleman returned*
the next train m search of wfiti
treasure.
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GETTYSBURG., PA.; MONDAY. MAR. 19. 1860.
The World
The following was one of the late
Major Noah's stories :
"Sir, bring me a rood, plain dinner,"
said a melancholy looking individual to
a waiter, at one of oar principal hotels.
" Yes, sir." •
The dinner was brongbt and devour
ed, and the eater called tho landlord
aside, and thus addressed him:
_,--
" Are yon the landlord ?" •'
U Yes."
" Yon do a gogd busi pege"
al Yes," ( in astpent.)
" Yofinake, probably, ten dollars a
day, clear ?"
"Then lam safe. I have been oat
of employment about seven months;
but I engaged to work to-morrow. I
bed been without food twenty-four
hours when I entered pier establish
ment. I will pay you in a week."
4 ' I cannot pay triy bills with such
promises," blustered the landlord; " and
Ido not keep a poor house. You should
address the proper authorities. Leave
me something for Pee urity ."
" I have nothing."
" I will take your coat."
" If I go int) thii street without that,
I will gut my death such weather as
this."
" You should - hare thought of thst
before you came litre."
" Are you serious 7 Well, I golomnly
aver that one week from now I will pay
you."
" I will tuke the coat." .
The coat was kft, and a week after
was redeemed.
Seven years after that, a wealthy
man entered the political arena and was
presented to nem:muses an applicant fur
congressional nomination. The princi
pal man of the caucus held his pence
—ho beard the history of the applicant,
who was a member of the chureli, and
one of the most respectable citizens.—
Ile was the chairman. The Vote was
a tie, and ho cast a negative, thereby
defeating the wealthy applicant, and
whom ho met an hour afterwards, and
to him he said :
" Yon don't remember me?"
" I once ate dinner at your hotel, and
although I told you I wns famishing,
and pledged my word of honor to pay
you in a week, you took my eont, and
sow inc go out into the inclement air,
at the t isk of my life, without it."
" Well, sir, what then ?"
" Not much. You call yourself a,
Christian. To-night yon were a candi-?:
date for nomination, and but for me yonP
would have been elected to Congrebs."l ,
Three years after the Chrisliati hotell!
keeper beime bankrupt. The poor,
dintieriess wretch that was, is now a
high functionary in Albany. I know
trim well. The ways of Providence , :
are indeed wonderful, and the mutat ionsl
almost beyond conception or belief. 11
Old Dick's PiineraL
One of the most numerously attended
funerals we have witnessed, in tins city
for many years past, oeeurred Monday;
It. was that of a slave, belonging to 31r4
John Nearille, familiarly known RS
"Uncle Dick" by our people. lie was
a score of years preceding his death;
employed about the store of his master
and by fidelity and honesty, mingle
with great politeness, had won a posth
tion in the eoinmnnity of which an
man might feel proud. His master a
ways felt that his interests were safe i
i f
Dick's hands, and though ho was pc
milted free access to the money - drawn,
as salesman, in no instance or under
any circumstances, with the amplegt,
opportunities, did his account current,
exhibit error.
The tribute to his worth was such els
he merited. His death occurred, sud
denly, last Sunday moraing,—he wala
shrouded with a black cloth suit, placed
in a mahogany coffin and buried Moe
day. dlis Master's store was closed, Ur
entire family and a numbur of our citi
zens, with perhaps a thousand or fiftecfn
hundred colored people, followed his
remains to the city of the dead, arid
every one in that large company felt
that an upright, honest, sincere, ehristi
an man had departed this life to put an
im mortality.-- Portsmouth Tra n.scr*,
( ca.)
Rehearsing a Prayer.—A Waeingten
correspondent of 'the Cleveland Plain
dealer noting a visit to the White House,
says the President did his hill share In
joking and telling anecdotes, sinnisz
which he sa3s he related an anecdote
of an eminent lawyer of Pittsbne,
which was well told and will bear re.
peating. James Ross was fitted first
for the miniAry, and bein ,, about :to
preach his trial sermon, witch ho bid
committed to memory, he went to the
woods atone, as he supposed, for the
last.' rehearsal. A venerable old pa
triarch of the church, Father McMillan,
suapeeting Ross's intention as well As
his piety, followed at a safe distance,
and crept up behind a tree. Ross
'spread himself, and finally wound 'up
with c‘ Amen I be dam'd if that
won't just suit old McMillan," and
wheeling- on his heel, old McMillan
stood before him. " No, James Rosh,"
said the old man,. "that does not jest
suit old McMillan, nor will you dolor
a preacher." Roes reviewed the evi
dence of his calling, and concluded that.
the law was "just the thing for hitar"
I The folloWing is an hitherto un
published sech by a siccessful cern
petitor for t h e vitae at the skate rage a
few dayi since : " gentled:ten—l Imre
won this cup by the nse of my leis : I
truaLl may never lose the use of any
legs by the use this cup.
• l!-The neighs of Coale ow-401°p
of 3Lont Blanc.
" CM ; IS MIGHTY, ATI) WILL I'REV A IL."
Hard on Judas Iscariot
Artemas Ward, the " grate American
Showman," relates, in his peculiar style,
th4ffollo w :
iNsint:NT IN ISTIK.Y.
n the Fault of 1556 1 showed my show
try Utik,y, a trooly grate bitty in the
State of New York.
The people gave me a curdy al reeep
shun. The pros was loud in her prises.
r day tie,l was given a deseripshun of
tsly Beests and Snakes in my usual flow
/ stile, what was my skorn k disgust
ti see a big burly fuller walk up to the
c ge containin my wax Jiggers of thu
rd's Last Supper, and catch Judas
I rrot by the feat and drug him out
o to the ground. Ho then noinmeneed
f r to pound him as hard as he cood.
4 , What under the sou arsyou abowt,"
'ed I.
Sez ho, " What did you bring this
.ussylanorraus cuss bore fur ?" & ho hit
t o wax figger another tretuelljts blow
On the hcd.
Sez I , " You egrojus 111U1, that air's a
tax figger, a representuahun of the
itle Postle."
1 Sez he, " That's all very well fur yon
o say, but I tell you, old man, that
udas Iscarrot can't show hisser in
Cky with iinpuncrty by a darn sits V'
kit wllitch obsurrushun he kaved in
udansis hed. They oung mnu belonged
o 1 of tho lust fnmerlies ►n Utiky.' I
•od him, & the Joory brawl in u %w
-ick of Arson in the iird degrco.—Cre
, t Jachrus.
A Coroner u knew the Law.
The office of coroner, in most of our
nland counties, is almost entirely use
ess. hence there is seldom a con ten
ion, and never a ' spirited canvass' for
he office. Like most of the other
unintics, ours has a coroner, who, in
•cordance with the above facts, was
elected last year. His first (I believe
his only) cage was that °fa poor deluded
creature who loved whiskey 'not wisely,
but too well ;' and who, in a fit of apo
plexy ur delirium, either fell or threw
himself into a creek, where ho was
found in a few minutes utter. Every
effort—such as turning, rolling, and
rubbing—was resorted to to reoscitato
him, but all to no effect; and though
there were warm 'pots on hi, body. ho
obst'nately and persistently refused to
be brought to lite. Death seemingly
held his gripe.
At leugth the coroner's jury was
summoned, the facts elicited, and the
verdict rendered.—At the hist:tete of
the coroner, and under his supervision,
a rude coffin had been constructed, into
which the hotly was thrust, , and over
which a top was nailed. Some who
were present thought they recognized
some signs of returning life, and insisted
on removing the coffin lid to use further
remedies. But they met with a stern
rebuff. liaising himself to his full
height, the coroner said,
" Gentlemen, I'm the officer! The
verdie' has been give ; that man is seal
ed up ; he's uead ix the eye of the law.—
Nutt toudt him if you da?.'
They "Lfi him alone in his glory."
DiiirJudiv C—, U. S. Senator from
Vermont, related to us a good anecdote
the other day, illustrative of Abolition.
ism. The morning ho was leaving
home to enter upon his duties in this
city, a struight-faced deacon, who look
ing upon the wholu . Scbuth ad a groat
pandemonium, called on him and said :
Taw, Judge,l want, you to do all
that you can to aolish slavery."
Well," said the Judge, " how shall
I proceed ?"
" Oh, I don't know ; but you must
abolish it,. It ie a damnable curse, and
must be abulishod. , You know more
about law than I do. The church is my
stronghold, but yon underetand nation
al matters, Judge, and can davise tome
plam, I know."
" The ofily way I ace to abolish it,"
Said the Judge '• is to buy all the slaves
and set them free."
" Well, go in for that; have a law
passed that, the North shall buy them,
and then this trouble will end. les,
go in strong for that, Judge." .
" Jr.st as you say, deacon. I will
agree to it in a moment, and will stand
my obore of that expense. Here is
NN oodstoek with three hundred inhabi
tants,and this town would be called on
for about six hundred thousand dollars
—and I will urge it before the Senate."
The good &icon opened his mouth,
then his eyes, allowed his tongue to es
rape from one corner of Ins mouth.
scratched his head, and tapped impati
ently on the floor with his toot.. As the
Judge was leaving the room the deacon's
power of speech came to him, and ho
Palled out:
Oh, say, Judge, I guess you'd better
let slavery alone, the poor black devils
are better off South than up here in this
cold climate :"
There are sereral just such deacons
in the country.—States and Union.
Leap Year.—A Scotch statute of 1.223
reads as follows : "It is statut and
ordaint that during the reine of her
maist blissit iLagestio, ilk forth year,
known as leap year, ilk maiden laycie of
baith high and low estait, shah have
liberty to bespeak ye man she likes;
albyit, if ho refuses to tak hir to.be.his
wit*, he shall be mulcted in ye sum of
ano poundis (.£.l) or less as his estait
rnoi be, exivpt and awn, if he can make
it a appear that he is betrothed to ane
woman, that be shall then be free."
sairTo keep egg% from spoiling, oat
then► while they are fresh. W boom
tried all kinds of methods, but this, we
think, is the only one to be foiled on in
any climate.
iitierbe Ohlo•Legislataro h t 4 r cooly
ed upon Invin i ran ottra uonitnt.
Curious Facts.
The following caridhs facts with re
gard to oar Presidents appear from
history :
George Washington, our first Presi
dent, died without children. Ho was
re-elected.
John Adams, second President, had
children. Ho was not ro-elected.
Thomas Jefferson, third Prellidont,
died without ::kildren. 110 was re-elected.
James 'ludison, fourth President,
died without children. 110 was re
elected.
James Monroe, fifth President, died
witkint children. Ile was re-deck&
John Quincy Adams, sixth President,
had children? He was ilot rr-oletted.
Andrew Jackson, seventh President,
had no children. He was reelected.
Martin Van Buren, eighth President,
bed children. lie wee not re-elected..
Win. 11. Ilarrison, ninth President,
had, children. lie died in about six
months after he was sworn into office.
John Tyler, tenth Presiderit, had
children, and WWI it re-elgeted.
James K. Polk, eleventh President,
had no children, and declined a nomiuu•
Lion for a second term.
Z. Taylor, twelfth President, had
children. Died Wore the expiration
of his term.
blilbird Fitimbre, thirteenth Presi
dent, lead children, and was not re
elected. .
James Buchanan, fifteenth President,
h:us no children, and nous verrons.
From the above facts, it appears that
no President over having had children
hus been re-elected to the Chief Magis
tracy of the nation, while, with the ex
ccp:ion of lir. Polk, who declined a
se-nomination, nll those having no chil
dren have been re.cletted.—Chied9o
Journal.
gar lir. Buchanan has, in tho most
positivu inaithor, declined u N-11011111311-
lioll.
Singular Recovery
The Now Bedford Standard relates
the •eircumstanees of the very sudden
I recovery- of a young lady front a long
and painful! illness, the accoutie which
was received from the lady BErself.—
; The subject of this strange story is Miss
Louisa James, ayoung lady of 21 years,
the daughter of the widow Mary
Mitchell, of Fairhaven. Miss James
has been ill for the greater part of a
year past, and fur the last four months
has been confined to her bed. The
physicians pronounced her disease ono
of the heart and lungs, and though thou
best of medical aid was procured, she
need to fail rapidly, until at last
it was announced that human skill
could do nothing more fur her. Fur
the last two months she lust all control
of her lower limbs, and it was with
great difficulty that she could be.moved.
She was reduced so low that her stem
ach refused the slightest nourishment..
lOn Wednesday, the Bth inst., a female
friend visited her, and in the coarse of
a conversation remarked that, the Rev.
Joseph K. Bellows of New York, of the
' Second Advent persuasion, to which
the invalid belonged, was in town.—
Miss James desired to see him, and in
the evening he called at her residence.
She felt that shoald the reverend gen
, tleman pray for her, shosould recover,
and after a short . wnversation She made
such a request. Threlergyman and
the mother of the invalid knelt down,
and a fervent and earnest
The
was
offered up in her behalf. The mother
says that before the minister prayed
the body of her daughter was cold u
marble, and at the close of the exhortsi
; tion she perspired freely. filiss James
describes her sensations during the
prayer as similar to those of a person
ing a galvanic shock. That night
she past comfortably, and in the mon
' ing arose and dressed herself withont
as-istanee, and on the following Sab
bath attentied eliareh. She is now en
joying time best of health and relishes
the heartiest food.
Planting.
The operation of planting a tree
might be briefly stated as follows :
Prepare a sufficiently wide basin for the
reception of the roots, keep the surface,
Middle and lower layers of soil, in sepa
rate heaps, when taken out of this ba
sin ; set the tree in the basin to a depth,
about equal to the depth at which it
stood before its removal, allowing a
little for its settling after a heavy rain,
prune off all the damaged roots, pre
serving all the sound roots possible.—
Spread a little rich active soil in the
basin ; on this spread out the rootlets
and fibres, then rctnrn a portion of the
best of the active soil over the roots, or
what is better, have some rich compost
mixed with this, composed of decayed
leaves, &c., but not too rich, or in a
state of rapid decomposition. On this
return first, the upper layer of soil, and
afterwards till in the whole. It is sel
dom found necessary to water the roots
of a fruit tree. In transplanting extra
sized trees, it would be an iudispensa
blo appliance, in order to. settle the
roots properly. Having planted the
tree, the next pint is to keep it there.
This must be done by stakes, driven
around the tree, from which several
ropes are secured to the stem, binding
a piece of woolen cloth around the tree
before Securing the cords, so that the
bark may bo protected from ohadng.
Tree-guards or fences with variotisother
devices for securing trees against dis
turbance have been employed. The
disturbance of the tree in the soil is a
great drawback to its krowtb.
/There is s gentleman in Glasgow,
(Scotland) so polite that he begs his
own pardon every time he tamblos
down. Being good natured he always
grants ft.
e•
Time waiti fur no mau.
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR
Gen. Foster at Home.
We glean from the L ',accrue, publish
ed at Greensburg, Westmoreland coun
ty, the home of Gen. FOSTik, the pro
ceedings of the Ratification Meeting
held there on the evening of the nomi
nation at Reading, which had been
telegraphed to Greensburg. The town
was brilliantly illuminated, the oitiaens
almost wild with enthusiasm, and, al
though there was a notice of but an
hour or two, the Court House Was
packed to safrbeation with the citizens
—the friendsand neighbors of Gen. Fos
eza--anitions to testify their gratifica
tion, and to congratulate him and each
other upon the unexpected result at,
Reading.
JAMES C. CLANCY., Lq., presided at
the meeting, and upon a motion fur an
address from Gen. Format, the Chair
man, in putting the motion, said
"In rising to put the motion just
made, I do not know that I am called
upon to make any remarks to the meet
ing ; every one present is aware of its
object. *e have, but a few hours since,
learned that the Democratic State Con
vention, asserfibled in Reading, has
most unexpectedly, and by -acclama
tion, placed in nomination, as the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor of the
great State of Pennsylvania, our dis
tinguished fellow-townsman, General
Henry D. Foster; [cheers] and we
have met here, spontaneously as it wore
to rejoice and congratulate eachother ,
upon that nomination, and to ratify by
our united voices to-night the action of
tho Convention—a ratification, which,
although at, the right time and place,
coming as it does from the grateful
hearts of tho immediate friends and
neighbors and personal acquaintances ; 'l
of General Foster, is but the prelude to
the greater ratification which will be!,
given by the people of Pennsylvania at:
the ballot-box on the second Tuesday ,
of October next. [Renewed cheers.]-1
Fellow-citizens of AVestmoreland eoun-;
ty, I most heartily congratulate; I con-11
gent elate the people of Pennsylvania one
this auspicious nomination. The man-il
ner in which it was mule, unsolicitedli
as it was—and even against the wisliesi
of the recipient—assures us that th
Democratic party of the State is agai
returning to the good old times ot it
purity and integrity, when the (Awl
sought the man, and not the man' the
office; [great applause,] when the onlY
question asked was, is he honest, i 0 hd
capable t The unprecedented unanimity
ty with which the nomination war,
made, and the unbounded enthusiasm 1
which followed its announcement, aura
gur that we have but to do our duty
in this coming political contest end ,
a glorious Democratic victory will •
follow. Rat I will nut detain you long
er from the pleasure I know you ail an- 1
eieipate, of listening to the ei , oice of ae
ceptaneo of this highly honorable nomi
nation from the generous and noble
hearted son and favorite of Old West
moreland--General Foster himself."--
[Loud cheers.]
rani chairman then put the motion.
It Ws answered with a deafening shout
for Foster, and his appearing in the
meeting was the signal for long contin
ued
and boisterous cheering. General
Foster spoke as follows :
President and Fallow-Citizens :»-1
I confees, (het a few hours ago, no man I
in Pennsylvania less anticipated the ac
tion of the Democratic State Conven
tion, and of my fellow.eitizens hero
present, than myself. I had no expec
tation that I would be selected for the
high and honorable p osition that has
been assigned me. L poi every proper
and convenient occasion, I had discour
aged the use of my name as a candidate.
But the nomination has been made and
tendered to me in a manner - and with a
unanimity that precludes a declination.
While I have no personal desire for the
nomination, it is not now a question
whether it, is to my advantage,
or my
disadvantage and my loss I cannot
but accept it, and thus accede to what,
appears to be the urgent desire of my
party. That such a nomination, ten
dered in such a manner, is gratifying,
it would be idle and foolish in me to de
ny. But while I appreciate the honor
dono me, I cannot but feel that it is
rather a compliment paid to me out of
respect for, and on account of, the noble
Democracy of Old Westmoreland. All
that I have, and all that I am, I have
had from the hands of its Democracy;
and this nomination has been given to
them, rather than me.
" It is not eepected of me that upon
this occasion I should undertake to dis
cuss any of the issues of the campaign.
It will be a long and arduous contest.
There will be no child's play in the bat
tle which is to be fought in the fall of
1860, but to deserve as well as to secure
success, there will be required not only
the untiring energy of your candidate,
but of ever• individual Democrat in the
State. That Democratic principles ought
to prevail, should never for a umunient
be doubted. By the principle4Of that
party—by its measures--measures that
have made this country what it is—l
shall stand firmly. Its measures and
its principles are dear to every Demo
cratic hurt, and upon its platform I
shall surely stand.
" Great gneationt of public policy and
of vital interest aro agitating the coun
try to its very centre. Those (insidious
=WIC be aettied upon sound, national,
cdinotitatia' nal grounds. They toast bs
settled not for the benefit of the North
nor for the' beuvit of the genth—nut
'4the ';agclusitre henget Of any section,
. for the best interest and the ecim.
men good of the whole country.
4 ' The tattering manner in which this
nomination was. mat*, compels me to
+wimps It. I should toe false to my prin.
etOlee, false to my party, !also to my
(mods here and elsewhere, by e t n4
through and from whom it has been
en, if I failed to accept it. I take it
routthe Democratic party, and if that
party goes down, star.ding as it does
ape)] principles of justice and of- right,
I am content to go down with it.
"To yon, my neighbors and friends,
I can; hardly find words to express my
gratitude fur this spontaneous exhibi
tion of your friendship for me. Here,
of all other places, it, fulls most flatter
ingly upon me. Yon have known mo
for many years, and to you I owe au
that I um. Wherever situated, and
wherever my lot may be cast in the fu
ture, my heart shall alAays be turned
to my present home, where my imper
fections have always been overlooked, .
and a !need of praise awarded mo far
greater than my deserts.
" I thank you, again, for this warm
manifestation ofyour kind regard, and,
believe me, I shall cherish it through
all the years of my life."
;During the delivery of these remarks
he was frequently interrupted by the
wildest applatibe, and when ho sat down
the Court House fairly shookonuder the
cheers of the multitude.
D
NO. 93.
In response to repeated calls, 11. P.
Laird, Esq., took the floor. Ile allud
ed to the manner in which this nomina
tion had been made, regarding It as a
certain precursor of a Democratic tri
aim& With such a candidate as Usu..
Foster, victory was certain. The speak
iir did not believe that this nomination
as intended only as a compliment to
e Derpoeracy of the county. True
it, was an honor, but Gen. Foster had
Upon it for them. The Democracy wore
now united. United, when were they
ver defeated. (Cries of never, never.)
he speaker pronounced a glowing eti
ogy upon Gen. Foster, &dal; that
lie ranked hini as second in 'a that
Makes a man, to no man in Puniniylva
pin.
__ John Kuhns, Sr., was loudly `called
Tor. Mr. Kuhns said that sppech mak
ing was no part of ills business, but
ithat he could not refuse to express his
sentiments. He was the oldest Demo
' crat present—had soeulniany a bard
fought campaign—had voted for Thom-.
as M'Kean and .cor every Democratic
candidate for Governor down to the
'present time, and if ho lived until next
iOctober, would cast his vote for IL D.
Foster. He hoped that every - good
Democrat,and not only cvcry good Dcin
ocntt, but every good citizen, would do
the same.
Throughout the whole of the speeches,
every allusion to Gen. FOSTER was re
ceived with deafening applause, and the
meeting, adjourned with nine cheers
for Gen. FOSTER and the Democratic
ticket. ' •
Such is the rosponse of old Westmore
land to the nomination made at thu
Reading Convention, and we are assur
ed by men of standing in that county
that the 'Star of the West" will roll up,
next October, one of its old-fashioned
majorities for the Democracy.
The nomination of Gen. FOSTER. has
excited boundless enthusiasm in the
Democratic ranks. His probity, his
integrity, his ability and high attain
ments, aro freely admitted by political
opponents. His election does not ap
pear as an unsolved problem, but is now
looked upon by all as a fixed fact;
The brutal doctrines of Helper's book
meet with a cordial response from Mr.
Giddings, - who recently was so much
glorified by Goy. Banks and his Repub•
bean friends. .Here is Giddings' letter :
WAsnusurox CITY, Feb. 5, 1860.
To the editor of the Ashtabula Senti
nel: Our friends at home shothilho slow
to censure their Representatives fur de
serting Mr. Sherman. They did so fOr
the purpose of electing a Speaker, and
defeating a party that has long wielded
the federal power to the support of
slavery. They felt the humiliation of
discarding a eanii . dato because ho 'had
endorsed the dovi.rtnes of Helper's book,
every sentence of which finds a response in
the hearts of all true Repulkeans.
JOSHUA R. GIDDI;IGS.
If there bo meaning in language,
this book, .assuming to speak for the
Republican party, recommend. busi
ness non-interoourso between 110801114
and the North, and the abo'dtion of
.41irver,y by violence. Is the intelligeneo
and patriotism of the North prepared
to do this? If not, lot them trample
down the party which responds to OW
terrible doctrines of helper's book.
"Jr Down in Egypt, 111., Deacon
Smith was ono day called iipion to ttuir=
ry an old couple pot less than sixty
years of age. A crowd assembled at
the old log schoolhouse to see the hap
py couple Joined together. The deacon
and the marital candidates rote. " Mr.
Jones," said the deacon, " and Sarah
Long, stand up. Do you, Mr. Jones,
take Sarah Long, whom you hold by.
the right hand, to be your lawful and
wedded wife so ion. , as you both . shall
liver" " No,
sir, Llama Smith,' said
Jones ; "so long as we bcth ahaN
agree." This matter being understood,
the Deacon proceeded : "Boyou,Sorals
Long, take air. Jones, whom you. botd
by the right hand, to be your lawful
and wedded husband so king as you
both shall live r" No, sir,DeritiA
Smith; so long as Mr. Jones alati slam
the Democratic ticket," replisd., ti}c par
triotic female. The happy (xmple were
joined together, and went on their *ay
rejoicing.
A Dead Man Adjudged to Pay $1,4198
for the Fan of being Blown up in a Pod
der 41111.—At a recent L'iater county,
New York, Court, the folloiring_. tcifi
came off: John Smith agaiist Wean%
Hasbrouck, administrator MIMI
Wiesner % deceased. Hr. Hmsbniactia
administrator of Wiesner 4.Y
his office of county treastlM.,ltYtionq
claimed that the eareletustioisdnrciiir
caused an explosion of his ixtisikt tant
at Isopus, by - 111111VRI
Wiesner- was kfikd&rifting)
and loft seielativtia: kAVlojoryogattii4
verdict for AstakitiftWnistso.;! - 1. - -)7vik •
ilifirA boy was siskiidlitat iii
lama., 14a thmsobt 11110311101114 -kJ/4
Noakes* gives sopplialgagenit i a_
ugh.,
Short but Brutal