t ". 1.. Oserwas b valimbei most 7 Krahoy eiorsiotte l an* L Swam, at it 75 pat +wale Orisl4 - -aitillayi. ainrAxe•--es se pow anatfilkWillio4ollAPtlikroodee. No rabeeriptios disooeStifd, anWatt i llefetSoe- of the Pub - Ptahei s ittla tll*6l644Bolloeliaid. Ahrtrifassiir7'4lina4Vhi tillvaireal rotor.' Its Painter itaiii,littat • atithoees : and die- P 0011." . Optic* is South - - opposite Wahapteriri ‘Cottrttitie on the Poor-Ho Ageounts. • TOEL IL n 4`i • Voternrefo,in ae ety count vat' the of tire Poor and 4.)f the floes° of Eta :iusient of the County of Adante—being the 43t day of January, D.,1859, to the 34 dal 0fJanuary,,.1..0.,1860 1.1359 Ga. Feb.le To order onTreasetrer,No 64, $l5OO 00 yep 24 6' 2.65, 3.500 00 44 SI 3100, 1000 00 61 " - 1500 00 A menet reed algae, Delsp, Esq., fine, 2 00 i CR. 4 1 48 Cash pad 4/11 as follows: Alit fil rem-carer At last settlement, $591 1 3,5 4) toei-'petwers• support, 610 00 !giOrmandize and groceries, 1478 58 Pork and stock lioi-i. cows and meth 345 80 13ce(cattle. , theei, and .pirses, ' 1/78 41 ilopr, grain and gnntling, 843 08 3lecianies' work, • • , N lAA L 9 P al? li4ing eeeoa tits 11.11 . int Marks, 4442 Stone toal, plan er ' • 420 2,0 , PrOlb•s4 we • --,..: , ' 7••822 P. ellisti a k 8, ' 41 04 WBOO eh 4, 'Making. sill, p.. Wee: AC.. SterriskuPs *suds . ; expenses, Funeral expenses, Yale hireltngs, -.-• Fetnalt hirelings, : I. 'l' ' Physic-ma's salary, , , • Counsel tees, • - 44 • .. ~. Steward's sala Pirec4sgots . .. /-.., Clerk's Sa , , -',.. -Treasurer's salary, Balance to hands of riaguyer, I _ . • _ We, the tindersiirned, Auditors to settle and adjust the Public Accounts, do hereby certify that we hare examined the itama which com pose the above Account, aim/ that they ere cofesOt, being from the pi ddy of January, A. D., 1850, to the 2d dny January p A, D., 1860—both .days.inclusi% e. ISA AO"! EfIETER, JUL'S BRINK MUD/FP, l itsiditore. ANUS Li:Ft:WEL / JACOB CCLP. Esq., in wawa with the Directors of the'Poor and of the kinds' at Emplot ment of the Count/ of Adams—being from the 4th dad• 4.7.m:tarty, A. D., 185 k, to the 3d day of Januaryi A. U., 180: Balance in hands of Steward at setslement,.% 2. Order on Tretutnrer, $5O 00 Cash for lard and tallow, VS 90 Cash of John Fisher for beef, 5 90 Cash fur cow of Wm. Howard, 20 00 Lash of H. L 13:nigher tor timothy seed, 2 00 Interest of Auct'w Polley for F.lisa Wkita, 9 97 ('ash for cow of Andrew Howard, 29 00 Lash found with deceased paupers, 9 00 Urder on Treasurer, 50 00 Cash of Margaret Toppex, 27 50 Cash of Wm. Howard for cow, 29 00 Order on Treasurer, 25 00 Cash of Treasurer, 60 00 Cash of H. I). Wattles far beef tongjies, 125 By general expenses, Cash paid hirelings, harynating and butchering, Removing paupers, 11 04 Relief to paupers, - 4 25 Vinegar. 6 22 Vegetables and fruit, 10 20 Flour and meal, 14 61 Lime. piaster, ashes sad luster, 16 45 Cash paid mechanics, . - 24 90 Veal and beef,' 10 17 Cow and sheep, . 35 75 Cash paid for pork to sundry person& 76 29 111:lance in hauls-of Steward, 23 09 Tr••. the subscribers, Ail Altars to settle and ildjuat the Public Accoueta. do certify, that we .baNe examined the isems.which cowpose the above Account, and do report that the same is .enrrect—•he same embracing the account of Jacott ('ulp, the present steward, from the Ith day of January, A. 0., 1859, to the 2d day of January, A. IL, litt*--both days inclusive. ISAAC HERETER. JOHN' BRINKERHOFP, 1.5103 LEFfitilitt, March S, 1860. at Auditors. IST or PACTERS remaininn in the Alms House of 4.tiluns ro.tnty, on the Ist 687 of a unr,r, 48 Feato 36 Children, - - 18 Colored, . Total,llo • Trausietat pftupers, •• ICU PRODUCE OF LIU FOR I$U. Wheat, bushels, 003 Data, Bye, Ears ofCorn," Clorerseed, 3 Tialothyseed," Onions, Boas, Potatoes, Turnips, " Loads of Coratodile; kS Tons of Hay, 12 Heade or Cabbage, 2500 Pounds of Pork, 3203 Do. Bead 2744 JACOB CULP, Steward. March 5,1840. 41 Seeds; Seeds; FRESH and get:raise GARDEN SEEDS, raised and selected with the greatest care, At the Mosta:aim Gardes, Jr:outsitsbarp, Md. This Atock is verr complete, embracing srcar VA purr. Paciages can be sent by mail or ex press.. JOHN JORDAN, Gardener. March 1!, 1160. 3t Gettysburg K MULE INSTITCTR.—Tbe Summer Sc... *ion of the Gettysburg Female Inetitute „yrt I commence on the steeled Monday ia Aprd. _For particulars inquire of REV, D. SPECTER. High st., Gettysburg, Mara 12, '6O. It Notice. "[OLIN FLITS'S ST..k.TE.--tetters of ad ministration on the estate of John Hahn, late of Mon ntpleasa t township, Adam. county, ;deceased, baying been granted the undersigned, residing in tlonowago township, be hereby gives notice to all persons indebted to said estate to make immediatt Raiment, and those haring plaints against ttte same to present them proper. ly authenticated for settlement. PM'EIi NSIDSRBBR,.Ad..'s, March 6, 1860, 6t Removals. THE undersigned, being the authorised person to make removals Into Ever Green Cessii pry, hopes that such as contemplate the rescotal pfthe restrains of deceased relatives or Meads, irt9 watt thesstanlves of this season of teinyeez pm IS dote. itestorsis made with promptness erliefilkil Sad no exert awsd otos se. ICTItII TAORN, ..f*Esr or the Cemetery, March 12, 'i0 - ' To isruumg. TO* MAIM OATS, sreigisbis 40 pel t s& tirtlisr . busbel, Faresers tbisixtesg 0 good 4reriety cat be eapotiod at the Iresebaese ql JOR I g ROXii, by ealliag soon, as there is may isliesiessaterlMAT-00,41 o"r4,'"e°. PlAT or l,lll%; , * inutarit . inua. !MONS' PI s=ol I Bstablshaist.. By 11. I. STAHLB 427_ YEAR. 3PCOEFI"O/1 00 $ 7525 00 4:csmanocea Once on a time old Johnny Bull Flew is a raging fury. And swore that Jonathan should have No trial. s ir by Jury : That no fleetioa" shooldie held Across the.brinr waters. " And now." said he. "I'll tax the tea - ell Lis sons and daughters." Then down he sate in burly ewe, F!' And blustered like a grandee, 4.'s: And in derisionmade a tune Called "Yankee doodle dandy." "Innkee doodle "—these are facts— • -" Yankee dooilie dandy.; My son of was. your tea I'll tax—. You—Yankee doodle dandy." John sent the tea from o'er the sea With heavy duties rated, •. But whether hyson or Doh's, • I never heard it stated. Then Jonathan to pout began—: Laid a strong embargo-- ~...tiltra-slitink as tea, byJovel" so he - .Threw ortrboard the cargo, Next JohapNsent an armament. Big words and looks to bendy. Whose martial band, when sugar the Lana, P lay ed—" Yankee doodle *adj." "Yankee doodle-- -keep it up.lr,. Yankee doodle dandy I ' • I'll poison with a taxyour cup, Yon—Yankee doodle dandy." A tong Wm then they bad, it which John was at last defeated— And - Yankee Doodle" was the march To which his troops retreated. Young Jonathan, to see them fly, Could not restrain his laughter; "That tune," said he, "gait* to a T, I'll ring it ever after." Old Johnny's face, to his °impact., Was flushed with beer and brandy, E'en while he swore to sing no more, This—" Yankee Dolrdie Dandy," Yankee Doodle--ho t hat het Yankee Doodle Dandy— life kept the tune, but not the tea... Yankee Doodle Dandy 194 77 185 00 12 00 228-00 182 75 100 O. 80 .00 ' A lio i 40 4 , • - - VI oo Sint .49 3.42 61 $7525 00 *3t7 11, $5l 42 CM] Across the whole length of New Jer sey extends a cluin of broken, yet par !jelly connected mountains called the "Blue Ridge," a branch of the Alle ghenies. Through the county of Som erset runs a lateral Tura rock isolated hilts, cocerel for thu most part, with .4i sparse growth of oak, chestnut nod stunted eethr. 5.387 79 On the top of one of these, called Shannock Mountain, is a large space covering nearly three nerce, barren of tree or shrub, the surfiusi of which ap-. pears to be formed of a single rough steno. It. is called the "Devil's Ralf Acre." Near the centre is a ragged opening or pit, about twenty feet in diameter, which appears to penetrate into the very bowels of the earth. It has been sounded to the depth of a thousand feet, and no indication of a bottom feu's". A stone thrown into the ell," as it is called, can be heard rattling for a long time against its ragged sides, until with a terrible and unearthly revibration it plunges into the water. A 'toile) like that of a seeth ing cauldron is beard, and soon there inset& from the mouth of the pit a Lel umn of damp vapor possessing uneoni mon foetid smell. The vapor is some what inflammable, and that fact proves the presence of earbaretted hydrogen gas, or what is called by miners "tire damp." Although usi u distance of three hundred feet from the surface, it has been proved by experiineuts with quadrupeds, that •lito can be bustai tied . The incident I am about to relate oc curred some time after the passage of Gen. Washington with his army across New Jersey, in the Spring of 1777. The infamous cruelties of the maraud ing parties of British soldiers had awakened every feeling of resentment and aroused in every bosom an inveter- I ate hatred which nothing only the ex , termination of these inhuman monsters could allay. Taking advantage of the absence of their natural protectors, a party of demi-brotes under the command of Cap tain Smith, had committed outrages up on the unprotected females, which would shame the very name of man. .Every able bodied man, and many who were not scarcely able, had flocked to the standard of Washington, and had gone to aecompany him in his victori one expedition, leaving their wives and daughters, their homes and their pro perty, to the protection of aged men and boys. At length a cowardly assault upon a family composed of an aged widow and her three daughters, who after being cruelly outraged by the brutal soldiers, were beaten nearly to death, and the old widow and beaded negro, killed and thrown into the of the "Devil's Half Acre," so exasperated the young men, that they resolved up on , isseediate vengeance. A secret meeting was held and they resolved to meet the next ,evening, at the foot of the ridge, topiniisb the cowards, who were encamped in fancied security, &boat a quarter of a mile from the scene of- the outrage. The greater part of the day was spentiti moulding ballets, add prepe.ring their Weapons which being skoonmptished, they awaited with attnisitiluSt4 appointed boar. 325 ss Ipo 3} 10 10 Xe 6 I • f • , . .11••••=0.••=••••••••10••••=•••••••••••1•••11......1•111.* , n .._.. , „,,... _ ~. , ~, ".% ! -.. '.' • . . . . . • . 7 , : .... -7. 1 1,. . , s All . .Vt," -- r THE OEM OF •TINIEE NOEL VT 011011011 P. MOZII2 I've told you now the twirl's, Of this most liceirditlf, Which Johnny Bull dislikes as "dull. And gtupid "—what a pityl With "Vail Columbia!" it is sung, In chorus full and hearty— On land and main we breathe the strain, John made for his tea party, No matter bow we *Vine the words, The music speaks them bandy, And where's thelair can't siug the air Of " Yankee doodle dandy !" "Yankee doodle—arm and true— Yankee doodle dandy; Yankee doodle, doodle doe; Yankee doodle dandy 1" THE DEVIL'S HALF ACRE. AT WM. T. ROGRIS, JR. ~ ,:' mantic; J two and ,f amilg Nontltal. GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, MAR. 26, 1860. Tho one chosen to command them was a sturdy youth of IS, strongly built, and athletic, he carried a ride, and was clod In a plain rustic suit of gray homespun. At length the party, numbering lb, were all ; the ages of none exceeded eighteen, while a majority were still younger. The order for them to march was given, and the young band followed their lead er in profound silence. 'Twas a noble sight, those brave, young spirits setting out to avenge ale wrong of their mothers and sisters, at the risk of their lives, and against fearful odds of numbers And experience. The British numbered twenty, and were all wrapped in profound slumber. Blowfly and stealthily they neared the enemy, but. not a word escaped their lips; their calculations had been made, and they continued to advance cautious ly, until within about 80 feet of the red twat, wise a gesture from their leader brought thews to a stand. Each boy singled out his man—the command was given in a low tone, and the sharp re port or fifteen rifles broke upon the still ness of the night and cchoetwiong the bills and crags, of Slatunoth,Niitstantly under cover .oicisakoke ' they rushed iu upon the survichrs; and pinioned them ere they could recover from their sud den surprise! The aim of the boy s had been Is/tally true—fifteen so - Idlest, among them was Captain Smith, lay weltenng in their blood, and groaning comes and execrations with their dying breath. The fire persons, securely bound, were marched at once to the copeofront whichitbe youthful party uct out and there a consultation war held to decide their fate. Some who had individual wrongs to avenge were desirous Lo hang them nt once upon the nearust.)tree ; others more lenient wished .toltllow them a soldier's death. Markt . ; and various were the opinion! and medicate prupus -11 but they all agreed ttbu tided by the decision of their render D an Lout. During the whole affair Dan had scarce ly spoken, except to give the necessary commands, and now, wilco Liu was ap pealed to, to decide the fate of their priaoners he merely said, "to the Half Acre.'" A remponsive "aye" burst simultane ously from every one of the party, and , in a few minutes they stood near the mouth of the "well." 1 " with them !" cried tile - erated . boys "here they buried the widow Gide' and old Pomp 1 in with them 1" and in , spite of the captives they wore already upon the very verge ut the pit, wheu their leader exclaimed "hold! " Not yet boys," said Dan, "I wish to say ohm-words before you throw then in ;" and when the prisoners.had been led back a few feet, ho continued with a voice trembling with emotion, "you all knew the widow Gale--3 ou know her lovely dangliters--blithsorae, dime- r Lie, light-hearted and happy girls. You know them, but not as 1 do, you love them hut not as I. My W hole soul is wrapped up in her—sin is my guiding star; I love her betWr than 1 love may hfe, and the wrong she has suffered ' stings my very soul! Before you, you see the guilty perpetrator's. Look. up. on them; are they tit to liver " No ! no !" exclaimed oath and eve r.), one. " Then my friends they are not fit to diel We hare already spilled blood enough for one night, and the death of those men will not repair the wrongs ttirendy.committed. What say yen Will not tithe be nobler by far w spare their lives? Let us leave further yen gam* to the laws, or to Ilini who says •Venganee is mine!!' Fifteen have al ready fbrfeited their lives, may we not spare these liver Though every heart was still burning with revenge, the example shown by poor Dan Lout, uho had suffered far more than any present, softened their hearts, and allowed themselves to be persuaded. The prisoners were led down the mountain_ side, and the next morning takcu to Somerville, and delivered to a party of Continentals, wbu wore sta tioned there. The actors in this steno have all pass ed to thae bourne Irvin whence no tra veler returns, but the recollection of old Daniel Lout, and his matronly wife, is still fresh in the meniury of the writer. A Lady's Plea for Crinoline —The editress of the Rockport (Ill.) News has a word or two in %yogi ut hoops.— She says: "Alt women know that pre vious to the introduction of crinoline, the burden of dress bad become almost intolerable. We do not believe that any woman who Las known the ease and comfort of moderate, well•made hooped skirts would be willing to re turn to the state of thing' again. There is also another question—are we to re-, lioguiah all the delicate stutfe--the transparent bareges, the exquisite crapes and tisanes and fine organdies, the lovely grenadines, and a lituidriid modifications of these, all of which re gain fultiuut duwing draliery r imag ine the tilmA.fexttire us:l*Jan heat,' mg in straight and slinky folds to the feet.. Where would be its beauty t'— We have no idea of giving up our pret ty dresses, and decline accepting the rumor of the 'downfall of crino line' until we know what-will be offer -ed ass-substitute." Nit-A Philadelphia paper says of s drunken negro who fell down a ooltari way, "his lifo was preserved by atrik: ing his head first." ilir.Happy aro they who pay tba primer, anti sit by Lb') Are sad read mill "ratTri Is m A:kll3 WILL PRECArL." Private'Porttmes of Great Personages. Cana us possessed in landed property a fortune equal to 38,bb0,000, beaidea a large amount of money, slaves, and furniture, which amounted toian equal sum. lie used to say that a citizen Who had not a sufficient sum to support 1 a axing ora legion did not deserve the t" aof a rich man. The philosopher . neca had a fortune of 317,500,000. berius, at, his death, left f118,120,- , which Caligula spent in less than t ohm months. Vespasian on ascend i g the th rone, estimated all the ex noes of the State at 3175,000,000. e debts of Milo amounted to 33,000,- 0. Caesar, before he entered upon any office, owed 314,975,000. Ito had phrehaseil the friendship of Curio for S ,bOO,OOO, and that of Lucius Paulus r $1,500,000. At tbo time of the as ination of Julius Cellar, Antony as in debt, f to the amount of $15,000,. J ill 000 ; he owed this on the ides March and it was paid by the 'calends of April ; he squandered $2,085,000. Appius squandered in debauchery- 31,500,000, and finding, on examination of his af tliirs, that he arty had 11400,000, poison i.. himself, because be Isonside - tip m insufficient for bui uaairitesitri.." ulius Caesar, gave Setalla, the moth° . :.Brutus, a pearl of tie value of SW .; ii. Cleopatra, at an entertainment - ie gave to Antony, dissolved in vino !ar a pearl worth s4oo,ooo,and he swal -1 wed it. __Clodioe, the son of *ropus, .e eommodian, swallowed one worth 0,000, One single dish toot Esopue, 00,000. Caligula spent for one sup r 3400,000 and Ileliogobalus 3100,- . The usual cost for a repast for eciallus was 3100,000. The lob from I is fi shponds was sold for 3175,000. odern au th orities dispute all these normous sums, and insist that s'ilique lids " should be read for " millions," nd "hundreds" for uthousande" The rich neien are not half so as seine [ lO Massie (Inkster' would like to lake thei .. 41...------•-••• " ])id not your lordship," said the Popping the Question. workman, "say that you wished the i I A few yearn, ago, when it was the dog to dirti>pear when he was looked us'om for large girls and large boys no " o attend district schools ; and when " I did," replied his lordship. agellations were more common than o A n d t h a t ho s hould appear when s no t the present time, an incident tack longer looked at r' lace in a neighboring town which is .. Th at is true also, " was the r e p ly. orth recordiog . Ono of the largest, $4 waii,,, said a mwor k man, ~ you airest and plumpest girls of the school .appened to eiolute one of the teacher's are loot at. it, and the dog has gone into the niche. Put the box into your ales. Thu master—at prompt, Inter- pocket, and the dog will reappear itu - e fellow of twenty-Ste—summoned . nie di ate l y. ,, ter into the middle of the,fhaor.A. ' Lyra (.;. ..... reflected a moment, and 4,446 nterroiratiptL the girl for a 11, Itt ' u exclaimed, " All right, all right." newts, the Th.tstes..4lk a tater ii 41 uu put the box in his pocket, took out orninanded her to hold out her hand. of his pocket-book three Lank-bills of a 1 :he hesitated, when the master then. 1 thousand franca each, and handed them crud out : " Wilt you g ive me your to the skillful workman." and 1" " Yes, sir, and my heart, too," I .romptly replied the girl, at tic same imo stretching forth her hand to the aster, and eyeing him with a cunning ook. A death-lia silence reigned tot- 4 moment in the liehooi room, a Leer was seen to gather in the twister's uye, ho ruler was laid upon the desk, and Ittio blubliing girl w roquosted to pike ter eAtut to remnin after the school fin- The teacher and tho girl were married. A Southern Beene. It is so seldom that the real truth re specting the social condition of the Southern slave appears in the Northern Republican press, that we take pleasure in clipping the,- followlng.paragraph from a letter to•tho Newark Advertiser, a Republican paper: I remained at Savannah eight days in sight-seeing, and while there attended the races, a few miles from the city.— There were to be found on the grounds hundreds of well-dressed Pygmy*. with puree in band,. ready to - bet you vari ous sums on their favorite nags. Cer tainly, a more happy, careless set of be ings are seldom found, and I eould not help contrasting them with the almost naked and starving blacks we sumo times meet at, home. Last evening, in company with a number of ladies t►nd gentlemen from the hotel, I attended a negro.ball. The females were dressed ►n the extreme of fashion, with gold watches, braeelets and other trinkets gleaming among the folds of their dresses—in fact, all that go to make up the dashing females---and the fashionable A irs thoy_assumeil were amusing to behold. Spelling Match.—Thera was a spell ing match in Trumbull county, Ohio, a few evening* since. The best speller from each .distriet in the county was engaged. The _prise for the one up longest was a Webster's Dictionary.— There were thirty-three champion spell er*. McGuffey's spelling book was used. All , were spelled down in three hours. The last one got the Diction ary. A correspondent-says: "It ap pears that the short and ooinmon words generally conquered the classes, and not the polysyllable words. The word razor shaved one member cleanly oft; sew sowed up another; travel traveled out another ; quiescence quieted anoth er ; satiric satirised another; varilate reeled over another; west, perennial, c.Airurgacy, Giristinas, scrutinize and spoon were also missed on." . ' lir - Class in the 'piddle of geography, stand up. •" Wheals a pyramid " " A pile of men in a cireus, oni °slop of the other." "Where's hype ro ., Where it, oilers was." " Where is IValos 7" " All over the " Vary Well; stay tiers till I show a species of birch - well known in this ootnitry." MirAntiquarians/lay that an old no. gro at Cape Cod, whenever hie master required anything Of him would ex cision: 4 1 Massa ob•oee it" J4Nanre, ja- 04 . 14 0 11 * name tOisiftebusitta. The Bngliihman's Snuff Box. The French papers have not, under the influence of the alliance, ceased to have their jokes upon Englishmen, and one of their broilers is told by the Union Breionue, from which we translate it: Lord C—, well known for his eccen tricities, went lately to the establish ment of one of our most celebrated workers in fancy articles. " I want you to make me," said he, "a snuff box, with a view of my chateau on the lid." " It is very easily done," wall the ro. ply, " if my lord will !urnal ma with the design.' " I will; bn: I want also, at the en trance of my chateau, a niche in which there shall be a dog." "That, too, shall be provided," answer ed the workman. " But I want, also that some mesas should be contrived by which, as soon as any one looks at the dog, he shall go back into the 'nich, and only reappear when be is no longer looked at." . The workman looked inquiringly, as if to ascertain whether his customer was not the victim of some mystiflca. ,Lion. Re-assured by his examination, 2, like a clever man, understanding ifttcottke advantage of the affair, he 'said - to 'thOnglieh man : s' Wiht4 0% ask of me is very hard to complywith ; 'nth a snuff-box will be very expert - live; it will cost a thou sand crowns. • •"• " Very well; I will pay you a thou sand crowns." " Then, my lord, it shall be made ac cording to your wishes, and ink mouth I shall have the honor of delivering it yo you." A month later the workman presen ted himself to Lord C—. " sly lord," said the workman, "here Is your snuff box." Lord C— took it, examined it, and said, ",That is my chateau, with its turrenti, and there is a Mob by the doorway.. But I roe no dog." • • Runeilia( off a Sidewalk. Last winter an Irishman, recently landed on our shores, applied to a mer chant on the wharf fur work. Willing to do him a kindness. the latter bawled him a shovel, and pointing to the back of his store, told him to "shovel off the sidewalk." The merchant fbrgot all about the Irishman, until trio lapse of an hour or two, when Teddy thrust his hued into the counting room (which was up stairs,) and inquired : May hap yoe'ud be having a pick, sir ?" •• A. pick to get the snow off?" said the morehunt, smiting. " The snow'ud bo off long since," replied Teddy, 'an' the brick* too, for that niatther r but it's the stic(loil) that shticks l' • Iu some alarm the merchant ran to his back window, and sure enough, the fellow had thrown newly till the part). client into the street, MK made quite a hole. “ Good gracious man. I only wanted you to shovel off the snow 1” " Arrah, sir," said Teddy, "didn't your houor tell me to shovel of tho sidewalk r' Who Discovered tAe Norf.Awest Passage. —There is a dispute in the London press in relation to the discovery of the Northwest Passage. The friends or Sir John Franklin claim that the credit is due to him for it, and that his widow is, in consequence, entitled to the £20,- 000 offered by the _British Government fur that discovery. Thu British Gov erliment has already awarded the prize to Sir It. iirClure,,the ottleer who tana manded the expedition, which, sailing from Behring's Straits, reached the furthest point eastward attained by any vessel. From this point ho abandoned his ship, after being two years shut up in the leo, and still proceeding east, ward, joined the expeditions froir. Baf fin's Bay, thereby completing We voy age and journey across the North American continent from the Pacific to the Atlantic. I ma?' Locomotive.—A Frenchman has invented what is called a barotrope, a sort of human locomotive, by which a man sits on wheel* and walks him self along five alike in thirty-five min utes on tlic Boulevard Bazaar of Paris, at noon, when the street was most crowded. At another time the same man made thirteen miles in ninety-six minutes, the exercise being so easy thin he offered to keep it up alternate, hours, and thought they eou:d without difficulty average, nay or sixty miles* dry. A aingelaz thing aboutit is, that it beats the beat turn-outs on steep grade, if they present a compact or paved surface. Mil'A yowls lady was wilted recent ly how she could possibly afford, in these awful hatddmes, to take =sic kirsona I "Oh l" said mho, "I confine myself to the lOW notes P toTbs rasp who was injured by a Wm, and asiowli rwamecalic . 'A-(1 •• * - • ' TWO DOLLARS A2YEAIt Whitewuhing. A Good Pi'lutetoaaA.—T his is a subject. upon which the public require " line upon line and precept upon precept." Whitewash is one of the most valuable articles in the world, when' properly applied. It prevents not only the de cay of wood, but conduces greatly to the healthiness of all buildings, whether wood or stone. Outbuildings and fences, when not painted, should be supplied once or twice every year with a good coat of whitewash, which should be prepared in the following way Take a clean,water-tight barrel or other suitable cask, and put into it half a bushel of lime. Slack it by pouring water over it, boiling hot., and in suf ficient quantity to cover it tive inches deep, and stir it briskly till thoroughly slacked. When the slacking has been effected, dissolve it in water, and add two pounds of sulphate of sine, and one of common salt. These will cause the wash to harden, and prevent its crack ing, which gives an unseemly appear ance to the work. If desirable, a Wan tiful cream color may be communicated to the above wash, by adding three pounds of yellow ochre, or a good pearl or lead color, by the addition of lamp, vine or ivory black. For fawn color, add four pounds of amber—Turkish or American—(the latter is the cbeapest,) one pound Indian red, and one pound of common lampblack. For common stone color, add fear pounds raw um ber, ant two pounds lampblack. The wash may be applied. with a common whitewash brush, and will be found mach superior both in appearance and durability, to common whitewash. —Cor. of the Germantown Telegraph. Gambling Ladies.—At the last Chan tilly Races, a lady well known in the fashionable circles at Paris, inceenlated with the English, passion for betting on horses, lost 15,0001. Hai husband, ig norant that she had any stake on the race, entered the grand stand in great glee, having- won 20,000 f, on Htsek Prince. Observing his wife did not ke. of his joy at this good fortune, e enured to share his gains with her,_ upon which she avowed her lose. Like a kind husband he immediately paid it, saying, however, "1 must take a house for you, Madam, is the country; there is no longer any question about that ; and never 1et..C143 hear of your betting ugain.". In England, aVomcn who pos sem an independent fortune bet like men. Thu daughter of is great English poet, Ads, the sole fruit of bie unfortu nate marriage, fell a victim to her pas sion fur betting. liming staked an amount of £BO,OOO on the Derby, she lost three-quarters of it, all her person al fortune. It was ber rain; her hue. bond, inexorable, allowed her a small penaion, upon which she retired to an estate in Itutlanshire. Six months af. ter this exile, the poor lady died of dis pair. Frouid not Break the Sabbath.—The celebration of the Olympic Games (re. vived in December Last, for the first time eines the, days of their suppression through the influence of Christianity) happened to be under way at the very moment when tho Prince reached Athens. Hearing of his expected arri val, the committee of management de furred the horse-race in the Luppodroine —one of the most important parts of the festive occasion—from Monday un til the succeeding "Sunday, so that he might grace it.w•ith his presence. "But the son of the Queen of England had received a different education from the gentlemen of the committee, and im merged positively and emphatically that 'hi could not be present at the race nn the holy day of tho Lord,' and the committee postponed it, anew until the next Tuesday, when it took place." W'lt is related That a good old lady, who had resided in a country ignorant of railroads, but well supplied with abolition newspapers and documents, made her first visit to a town acquain tance. In the street a locomotive draw ing a heavy train was seer. approach in puffing and blowing to its utmost. "What on airth is that ?" said the old lady. "That," rejoined her friend, " why, that is a locomotive." " A lo comotive ?" said tho old lady, " why, bless wy eyes, I thought it was the 'Lama; slave power." Free Colored Persons In Charleston.—. A recent letter from Chariest.on says: The most notable feature in the list of tax payers of. Charleston is the tax on property paid by " free persons of color." The number of colored persons taxed is 8.55, and of these 804 are own ers of real estate, while 2 . 26 of them own real estate to the amount of $l,OOO or more--some of theta nearly $50,000 worth ; the entire amount ownBd by the 226 referred to amounts to 9717,- 495. Balloon Trip to Eurve.—A communi cation has been laid before the Batton Board of Aldermen, from John Wise, of Lancaster, Pa., and John LsMountain, of Troy, N.Y., proposing to make saris' voyages to London and Paris, the one to start in May, and the other on the 4th of July next, provided the city will pay the expense, which isestiniated by LaMountain at MAW, sad W iae st L. 000. awe merchant" examining s hogs bead of hardwareom oontraring itwith the insole/4°l=d it, all right except a hammer lees than the Lavoie°. " Uch I don't bo troubled about that yer honor," said his Irish porter, " an' sure the na• gar todk it out to open the cask wid it." ,A 111 4141 14 act,Broarn7.4 Secretary of pita% delwerad Lk:attire m Columba, Ohio, otio sivanikg iliseyreek. • He Bad is **Me esf 'about Oirlibry „ I 1 it - 404 7 1; +`' : 4 '7" Iv the • 1111 ..kruft .i &t zt and mamba* tlie l raliffligaolntitia Opposition Nato* ni,n • It will be rtvfolleetail that tist, ~ , tars solved jet-favor of a Tariff, and eirpressed opi t the Presiding( 111111116 it . en ding specific 411s(kba. - representing the R pa % , and having in view the gridgesel-di • . noes of opinion in that party- epee. ens tion of the Tariff, was mack,skocc o mi. tioas in the expressions of its views,. The resolntiou'larat the"-t(Aluwitig words: in the revenue laws by the Gener:l - ToVerif; 'tient, fair and adequate protection should be systematically; of ei , ,Aiiiho indubtry of all classes; of our citizens." EMS NO. 24. In this declaration revenue re regar ded as the main object of a Tariff, angi protection as an incident growing ont of it, while the Legislature rissoiasioas putprotection first as the great intermit demanding the care and attention at' Congress. The resolution of the Coe vention treats the subject with a cad caution, whith is quite significant of the danger apprehended to the Repitiiiiean organization by pressing tho protectice pnnciple with too much energy. It is in fact nothing more than liae . tecit an, flounced by set cc , sive Demum . itiq coo; ventious in this State for suitax,,,Wha viz: that in the adjustment of a Tariff for revenue fair incidental protection should be afforded to the industrial inte rests of the country. . The Opposition in this Slate bare gained some strength by their hig,liTek riff pretensions. Prolessine peculiar attachment to the interests of the State, and a great desire to benefit the ii•ias and coal operations, they have induced thousands of men, dependent upwi the success of those interests for their daily bread, to'euppert the Opposition candi dates, under the false impresses ttuU this wial the only way to secure addi tional protection to iron and coal. But now, when a transfer of the " People's Party," with a Protective ,Taritt plat: form, is to be effected to the Republietut party, without such platform, and with decided free trade leanings, we find the Opposition Convention modifying the tone of the party upon thissubject, an* stepping down from the high Tariff plank to one favoring a revenue Tarsi! with incidental protection. 7 The object of this is to bring th into' Republican party of Pennsylvania harmony with the Republicans of other States, and to make the slavery questiow the pat amount issue, by removing otkert questions regarded as of setiondary importance. At the same time it affordi an evidence that the Repnblicans of this . .State have only used the Tariff cry as a meals, of replenishing their tanks, and that they will sell out the interests of Pennsylvania whenever such step is necessary to promote the welfare of the sectional Republican party. The Opposition members of the Leg islature accused the President of limits. eerily in recommendinig specific Julie% It is somewhat, singular that at 010 same tinie lie is blamed, by so,,hifh A Republican authority as the New ark Ercning Post, for being sincere in the same recommendation. We direct the attention et' Tariff men to the wards of the .Pust, us an indication of how Repub licans of other States regard this Tariff question. After noticing , the report that the Committee of Ways and Memel aro about to report a bill to the nowt* of Representatives, with a view of cars rying into effect Mr. I3uchanan's,recora 7 mendation to return to the old systeht of specific duties, the Post says :' • "It will dishonor us in the eves , of the civilized world if we, who binnotoot" the freedom of our institutions and. the. wisdom of oar legislations should, in tber meantime be seen picking up the reken, 1 fetters of that syatetn ; and Vatting them into the hands of minutes at Washington to forge them agairtioto 1 handcuffs tor our viaista i e If any , such. bill as is threatened should be introduced into Congress by the Committee of" Ways and Means, we trOrt that the Re publicans of the Western States' will' be ready to assist in giving it its death-blow.. If it do net meet its quietus from them, it will probably bo rejected, as it, will I richly deserve, in the Senate, and JO: Buchanan will never have the satitiati tion of giving it his signature." " -; Let the Oppositiou of Pennsylvania, 1 who have sent delegates to tholiett lican Convention at Chicago, po over and digest these words, tittered by Wm. C. Bryant, ono of the gretit'Rep4- lican authorities of the country,. with was lately selected by the Republieant of Now Yu; k to preside over a meeting , addressed by Abraham Lineolui-;—iki tried & Union. . :,-$1:1 soar An Indian and a white mt I*- ewah, skated sixty miles, or. ti wager, in Wisconsin. The Indian oarne , in a few minutes less than ten boars,tand dig, not seem to suffer from. the !exer tion. The white man was over elovea hours in making the distanoe, and its few hours after ho bad palled sof his skates his limbs swelled to a monatrotts size, and he was disiMed r stovers' days. . • air A man in Pawtucket lately made , ajiplication for insurance on a bdi}4ing situated in a village when Chios was no Aro-engine. lie was asked: -fl , :Wknat, aro the facilities in year village cores tingninhing fires r Akstadits. som eti ties, ' he replied, with. grimaiiii plicity. . _ lerA dieeare amangg hams ILO aprtgld in Brooklyn, deeeribtia(a paralysie of the th_rost. -I t, bon44Bd to one stable. Eight, horsos tytie Cie L Others cannot drink of avrallqw. iiirFoar hundred iears i lintitiOrlict Wile. the iiiveuooe of rrAcitiNt i t, t Woke ere - wit in eireeittroe d am e globe; while to hseli horcitutorilsotitial within litiOr'9 l its i rl4 , 6 Mo l .l,o l - Area Irish eCuirii.,' ,41.4 .t lowa. laurvestleidt riu ‘. dressed a emarteirrOil - iug, thus, "Arah p use ;rr *; - WM in jail fo rstAilittAas* l '4 t.•fy- d - SiirJoshws CliOriZ ial ts,= . in lisitibrdi tit,l:oFt met., for the &it 'WS ape rao—bis expired' 61444i:61f Tr 11 . L4 ,0 14E , • To i ON
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