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tr3lilR.l6lSl
Tau 13olitata 1s palliated every Solidity
amnia& by gnat' J. Pruitt, at fi 76 re
41111111111 it paid strictly to anvascs—s2 01 per
seats If not paid in advance. No subscription
discontinued, unless at the option of the pub
lisher, natil all al-rem-ages are paid.
ilirsaruttscrrs Inserted at the usual swum
les PrLlTtle dont with neatness and /lir
patch. _
Grows In South Baltimore street e directly
•pposita liramplers' Tinning Establishment
4'Cintrann" on the sign.
Win. IL. DIXELMin,
.T7'011.311Y AT LA W.--4)111ai in The North
erner, corner of Centre El rare, Gettysburg,
[Oct. 3, 1t 1 33. tf
A. J. Cover,
ATTORKEY AT LAW, will promptly attend
to Collections and all other business en
limited to bins. Office between Pahnestocks'
and Danner k. Ziegler s Stores. Baltimore street,
Gettysburg, Pa. [Sept. 5, 1859.
Edward B. Buehler,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, will faithfully and
A. promptly attend to all business entrusted
Pa taint. lie speaks the Gelman language.—
Office at the same place, in South Baltimore
street, near Forney's drug store, and nearly
Opposite Danner k Ziegler s store.
Gettysburg, March 2u.
D, BicConatighy,
ATTORNEY AT L A W, (office one door west
of flueLler's drug and book store,Charn
ersbo-g Street.) ATTORNEY LCD SOLICITOR TOR
INTRITI LCD PIIINIONS. !Bounty Land War
rAnts, Back-pay suspended Claims, and all
other claims against the Government at Wash
ington, 1). C ; also it - aerie/so Claims In England.
Land Warrarrtstocated and sold,or bon ght.and
ttighsst prices given. Agents engaged is 10-
44ting warrants in lowa. Illinois and other
western states. gfar Apply to hist persesuby
o r by letter.
Gettysburg, Nor. 21,'53.
J. C. Neely,
A busies AT LAW, will mind to collec
tions and all other busi“ intrusted to
is cars with promptness. Office In the S. E.
corner of the Diamond, tiproterly occupied by
Wm. B. McClellan, Esq.)
Gettysburg, April 11, 1859. at.
Wm. B. McClellan,
A TTORNEY-AT LAW.-01111ce in West Mid
dleAL street, one door west of the new
Court House.
Gettysburg, Nor. 14, 1859.
Dr. A. W. Dorsey,
yisORIIERLY of Carroll county, Md., baring
permanentiy located in Gettysburg, o ff ers
profeosional services to the citizens of the
town and surrounding countryin the practice of
toe various branches Ad his profession. (Ace
and residence, Baltimore street, next door to
The Compiler office, where he may he found at
all times when not peofendarladly enraged.
WIRVICIIII.
Prof. atbas E. Smith, Baltimore. Md..
Tier. Augustus Webster, D. D., Baltimore Mal
Pr..T. L. Was-field, Westminster, Md.
Dr. W. A. Mathias, "
Jacob Reese, Esq., u SI
Juba K. Lougeell,Elq., u
Geo. E. Wampler, Esq., " 14
Um Thomas Bowen, Gettysburg.
Oct. 25, 1858. 6m
J. Lawrence Hill, M. D.
-pq-AS his office one itra tirt •"."
door west the awf.
.11eran chard' in
Chambersborg street, and opposite Picking's
store, where those wishing to have any Dental
Operation performed are respectfully invited to
c•tII. R scas: Drs.}lamer, Llev. C.. P.
liEranth, D. D., Rev. B.L. Danglier, I): D., Stet.
Prof. M. Jacobs, Prof. M. L. Storer. •
Gettysburg, April 11, '53.
Mew Millinery.
MAGGIE A. HARTMAN has opened a new
and fasiaksnettle )Jittinery Eatatillsionent.
nt the holm of Mrs. Hensyl, Cartitown, where
Abe will be ready to do work cheaper and more
'fashionably than will be found elsewhere.—
/Julies will to well by calling and aeeldg for
themselves. ternistnings of all tied, 'kept en
hand. [April 2.1i60. 3t
New Millinery
laN H AMPTON.—MARY M. BEITLER would
most respectfully inform the Ladies of
napton and surrounding ctee ntry, that she has
comtnetteed the Millinery business at the resi
dence of Mr. J. A. Seitriver, it listupton, Adams
c °way., where she will keep on hand, for sale,
At the lowest profits, BONNETS, Fancy Rib
bons, Flowers, Band-bates, Straw, Leghorn,
And other Millinery Goods, of the newest and
beet styles. Ready-trimmed Bonnets are at all
times to be tad_
Punnet-making and Tr' mina attended to
with dispatch, and chenlW. Latest fashion•
received for Spring and Summer Doi:meta.
lisozupton. April 2, I b 4411. 4t
Another Arrival.
JfG. CARR has jut( received another large
stock of GROCERIES, GLASS sad
4jUkit...NSWA.I3E,CIiKESE,Ac-. to uiticla be In
cites the attention of the public. He only asks
a roll, convinced that be can satisfy every cus
tomer. Remember the place—York street,
sierirly'opposite the " Globe but."
April 2, 18611,
Wall Paper ! Wall Paper ! !
WE have just received from the city of
Sew York a largt assortment of Wall
raper of the newest patterns and designs.—
Glazed, Marble and Oak, velvet and plain b.or
der, decoration, fire hoard prints and window
shades. Wall Paper from 9 cents per piece and
upward!, R.. F. 31c1L11ESY.
March 26, 1860.
Gettysburg Foundry.
/PISS snbscriber, hiving purchased the
Foundry of Messrs. Zorbaugh, Sloat k
(formerly Warrens' Foandry,) has commenced
business, and is now prepared to otter to the
public a larger assortment of Machinery than
bits heretofore been offered. •uch as THRESH
ISG MACHINES, Clover Hullers, Fodder, Cut
ters, Cora Shellers, and Morgha's late improved
Horse Late. Also, STOVES, such as Cook
eltoses, three different kinds ; and five different
sizes of Ten-plate Stores. Likewise Mill and
Saw-mill Castings, and all kinds of Turning in
Iron or Wood.,
REPAIRING of all kinds on Machinery
and Castings will be dons to order on short
notice. Patterns made to order ; Plough Cast
ings ready Asada ; PLOUGHS, such as Seylsr,
Witherow, Plocher, Woodcock, and many
others not mentioned here; and eight different
'kinds of IRON FENCLNG, for Cemeteries,
Porches or Yards.
Jilin, Mortising Machines, one of the best
now in use. This machine works with a le.ver
by hand; any little boy can manage it.
Call and examine our stock ; no doubt but
wait we can please. Persons ought to see it
their advantage to buy machinery of any kind
et. home, where It is manufactured, so that they
can reryeaaily get any part replaced or repaired.
DAVID STE&'iER.
Gettysburg; Feb. 13, 1060,
CO r IS NO SECRET.—Go to New York. wateh
yonr eitance id Auction and you will soon
T!! the fact why it is ' that goods are sold
so cheap at SA UN'S.
i ire : 'HS neatly rained as tits Itz
ealaior;Gallery, Gettysburg, Pa.
r BONB' PICTURES,
TYSONS' PICTURES,
TYSONS' PICTIMS
atNYHO needs a FRONK or CARPET BAG or
one of those now Railroad 'tyke? Look
sia. Yoa can't do better than to buy theca
at SAMSON'S.
Ilia a aimless article, sot necessary for the
eninforgi of life, but I here ea hand a nice
JIIWK A RY, inch as Gold Pencils, Breast
-pitskPl;wr-rhtiti4 lc., ta, which will be sold
mad prices at SAYESOIe&
Tom '
PICTIMM3,
ITOOse PICTIIRiS
Tramuy vans:ft
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'A fittorratir,- ltwo and ,familg Nournal.
BY H. J. STATILE
4T.D.. YEAR.
wicazrze.tis clic.
" %OWING 111 WILD OATS."
"Sowing his wild oats "—aye ! sowing them
deep,
In the heart of a mother to blossom in tears,
And shadow with grief the decline of her years.
" Sowing his wild oats," to silver the head
Of the sire who watched his first pulse throb
with joy, • •
Anll whose voice west to Heaves is wager for
"the Loy."
"Sowing his wildcats," to spring up and choice
The flowers in the garden of a "doter, whose love
Is as -pure and as bright as the blue sky above.
"Sowing his wild oats." Aye! cheeks shall
grow pale, •
And sorrow shall wither the heart of the wife,
When manhood thus aquanders the prime of
kis life.
ig Sowing his wild oats." Death only shall
With ;Alen sharpened scythe; the fruits will
be found
In the graveyard near by, 'neath that grim
covered mound.
Tlff.2lo4:7l3lX4X*l\.MiMr . .
"Thin Shoes—Thin 11Ikons."
Yestonlilyr at 3 o'clock a young lady ,
of sixteen gliiimniers took final loave of
'father, mother and nit earthly friends,
icieluding a husband to whom she had
been married leas than halt a year. A
sad half honeymoon it has bees to her
i and her husband. as well as the parents
who doted over this. their only child,
for eves a year ago the alarming beetle
elicited the whisper .of posaible oon
i
gumption.
Like thousands of o thers in blooming
youth, she heeded not, sufficiently the
kind caution against little violations of
the laws of health, and admired little
feet. Yesterday a very dear fripnd,
about her age, who instinctively hover
ed about the dying bed of her youthful
friend, was present when the interest
ing scene einscd. During the leave ta
king, which occupied considerable time,
on sicockunt of the shortness of breath,
the dying bride looked earnestly at her
young friead and said, " Slattio, come
here," and then su nuutoning her strength
for an extra effort, added, " Thin Shoes,
Thin Mom."
At what a fearful cost was that les
son learncid, and how few seem will
ing to learn it for less. To-morrow, in
her full wedding robes, Lizzie passes to
the silent tomb, leaving with the thous
and pleasant reoulhwtions of her almost
faultless rife, the eloquent sermon con
tained in those expressive words—Thin
Shoes, Thin Sinellis---Clereland Plain
dealer.
Affecting Incident
Baptism of a Dying Girt.—The Al
bany Express' Pays :--"On Sunday
morning several yonng folks wore bap
tized at Rev. Dr. Idagoon's church.--
The first person baptized was a s•oung
girl, perhaps aixteen years old, in the
Last stage of consumption. • She was
literally arrayed in her grave clothes, it.
being understood that the white robe
in which she was baptizixi was to be
worn by her when she was placeed in
her coffin.
She obtained her mother's permission
to be baptised, and then acquainted the
pastor with her desire. She was brought
to the poi. 4 in the arms of her uncle. at
teuiled by her mother, and lifted into
the arms of the pastor, who gently im
mersed her head, after repeating the
usual words. The scene was very af
fecting, causing some of the spectators
to sob with emotion.
She was so fur gone that it was fear
ed she might expire during the ceremo
ny, yet atter it was performed she ex
pressed a wish to be brought to tho
church in the afternoon, partook of the
Lord's Supper, %r hieh was granted.—
After the sapper, when in another
room, she Kmg the doxology 'Praise
God,' and when la her carriage, Dr.
Magoon asked her how she felt, she
w h ispered, 'I have fought a good fight.'"
Afflictive Dispensations.—Within the
past six months sixteen children have
died within one mile of Single's Church,
in North Coventry township, Chester
county---all of putrid gore throat. In
that, rhoil space of time three families
has lost all their children, namely—John
Stacer's, Rudolph Reifsnyder's and
Owen Fogey's. Lewis Spies has buried
four children, bat bas two left. Sucl a
sad and afflicting. dispensation has sel
dom, if ever before, visited this section
of country.—Potts. Ledger.
Fast Walking Horses.—Tho training
.1 horses to walk fast is proposed as a
matter of premium for the Agricultural
Fairs. The " Country Gentleman"
thinks "horses trained to tra/k fast would
be a greater benefit to farmers in gene
ral than fast trotters, as almost all of
their work has to be done with a walk.
I once knew a man in Massachusetts,
who, before the railroads were built,
kept from two to four teams at work
on the road, and never allowed them to
trot at', all, and made the distance in
quicker time than his neighbors, who
made their horses trot at every conve
nient place. Ho said that when a horse
commenced to walk after a trot, ho
walked much slower than his common
gait if kept on a walk, and thereby
loat more than be gained."
sir" Perhaps Brother Jonathan does
carry his hands in his pockets," said a
drawling 'Yankee in dispute with an
Englishman, " bat the difference be.
tween him and John Bull is, that Bro
ther Jonathan has his hands in his own
pockets, while John Bull has his in
somebody else's."
Urns that thinks himself the hap
piest man really is so; bat he that
thinks himself the wisest is generally
the greatest, fool..
• GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1860.
Zdneating the Heart ,
The following remarks from a late
number of the London Qnarterly Re
view, with reference to educating the
heart before the head is too full, com
mend themselves to all who Liive the
management of children :
It is the vice of the nge to substitute
learning for wisdom—to educate the
head, and to forget that there isa more
important. education necessary for the
heart. The reason is cultivated atan
age when nature does not furnish the
elements necessary to a successful cul
tivation of it ; and the child is solicited
to reflection when ho is only sensible of
sensation and emotion- in infaney the
attention and the memory are only ex
cited strongly by things which impress
the senses and move the heart,; and a
father will instill more stolid and *rail/A
ble instruction in an hone spent in the•
flelde, where wisdom and goodness are
exemplified, seen and felt, than in a
month spent in the study, iwhere
they are expounded in stereotype
aphorisms.
No phyeician doubts that precocious
children in fifty cases to ono and much
worse for the discipline they ha,vo un
dergone. The mind seems to had° been
strained, and the foundations for 'insan
ity are laid. When the studies Of ma
tater years are stuffed into the 'child's
head, people do not reflect on the an
atomical fact that the brain of an in
fant ie not the brain of a man.' The
first eight or tea years of life should bo
devoted mainly to the education Of the
heart—to the formation of principles
rather than to the acquirement of what
is usually called knowledge. 1
• Nature herself points eat seek a
tonne; for the emotions are the the
livelieet and most easily moulded, eing
as yet unalloyed by passion. It is from
this saute the mass of men are hereaf
ter to draw their sum of happiness or
misery. The actions of the immense
majority are under all eirenonstsinces,
determined much more by feeling than
reflection; in truth, life presents an
infinity of occasions where i t is essential
to happiness that we should think' pro
foundly.
A Betrothed Bride on the Ece of Mar
riage Meets an Old Lover and the Best&
Thereof.—The Tcr% Haute (Ind.) Er
?rem, of late date, Bays that a few days
ago, a couple, Raid to be from that State,
repaired to Marshall, 111., to eonlsurn
mato that great cvent• in the life of
yonng people—marriage. They pat up
at the Wright House, and the happy,
expo leantbridegroom sallied forth to
procure the necessary license and a
minister. In his absence, a gentle Man,
who had just returned from California,
examined the register, and finding{ the
lady's name upon it, ho immediately
sought hor presence. Me proved to be
a former suitor of tho lady, and, in tact,
the two were engaged to be married at
the time he left for the Golden State,
where he went. to seek a forteno to en
able him to wed the woman of his
choice. Of course there was a scone.
He upbraided the fair one for bee in
constancyand she wept a torrent of
tears, asked his forgiveness; and vowed
she would break her present engage
ment and unite her fortunes with her
old lover. Just at this moment the fret
gentleman returned, and his astonish
ment was very great at the torn affairs
had taken in his temporary absencti.—
Explanations followed, and the poor
girl being unable to decide between the
two lovers, they retired to consult about
the matter, and it ended in the Cali
fornian resigning all claim to the lady's
band. The lady acquiesced in theis.
eision, and the wedding took place m
f
,
mediately, the discarded and self -aa ri
acing lover officiating as the right-hand
man to too happy groom I
A Child Kept ix a Carpd Bag for Ten
Weeks.—The Johnstown Echo relates
the followingstrange story :—'A young
woman named Ann Maria Riffle of
Somerset county, was unknown to Iny
one, delivered of a child on the 7th day
ofJanuary last, in Cambna City, which
she placed in her (=net bag, and Ictipt
concealed until the 15th of the present
month, when it was discovered by, a
gentleman with whom she was living,
during her tomp3rary absence. Infor
mation was immediately made, And the
girl arrested by officer Gageby, when
she at once acknowledged being the
mother of the child, and havtng kept it
in the carpet-bag from the time of its 1
birth—a period of near ten weeks. Es-
quire Flattery held an inquisition on
the body of the child, and a post mortan
examination was made by Drs. Lo w man
and Rinaell. No marks of violence were 1
discovered, and the physicians and jury
were satisfied that the child had not,
come to its death by violenee. Another
singular thing is the fact that there was
not the least scent or unpleasant smell
about the child. The mother appears 1
to bo an innocent, simple creature, and
had evidently no disposition to destroy
her child. She was released on bail for
her appearance at Court.
Bugs Killed toitA Alitat.—Make a so
lution of alum as strong as water will
dissolve, and apply it hot to places in
fested with bags of tiny sort, in bed
steads, closets, ur trees and plants, tak
ing care not to apply it so as to kill
tender plants, and the bugs will take
strong dislike to the locality. You may
brush it in cracks and crevices in lloors t
ceilings, or walls of a room, or in bole*
and nestingplaces of these small vermin
in plants and trees.
Mir A schoolmaster asked a fair pupil;
"can you declines Liss T" She replied ;
dropping a perplexed courtesy, "yes ;
sir, Cll,ll, bUt haw to plaguily."
SWhy is a oleic Jew like a diamond t
Beason Ws a Ifeeptli.
" ratrlll DI )(TORT!, AND WILL PIIIVATL."
The Way to John Smith's.
Traveler—Good morning, sir. Will
you direct me the way to John Smith's?
Squatter—Certainly, sir; if there is
anything in the world I do know, it is
the way to John Smith's.
T —Glad to hear it. Please direct
the way.
13.—That I will, sir. As I was say
ing, if there is anything in the world I
do know, it is the way to JAB Smith's.
John and me moved out fin North-
Carolina together; and he has got the
truest pulling yoke of oxen you over
saw in your born days. The way they
pi/H
T.—My dear air, I am in a burry to
get on. Will you be so good as to di
rect me ?
S.—Will I? Why that's what lam
going to do. As I was saying, John
and me moved out together. Ile settled
over there jest to 'ethei side of the ma
ple swamp—bat be don't live there now.
T.—ln tho name of wonder, where
does he live then ? Now do, my good
sir, just inform mo the way !
S.—l will that, for, as I was gaping,
if there is anything in the world I do
know, it is the way to John Smith's.—
Why, John and mo married sisters, and
he's got a jam up wife, I tell you. She
can spin her six cats a day and attend
to family thrifts in the bargain. And—
T.—l declare, sir, I shall get impa
tient presently. My business is with
ohn Smith—not his wife, or her family
flxins either.
S.—Exactly, sir, I understand that.
But, as I was saying, John's nigger
man, Bob, is,,l do reckon, the ralnablest
nigger.in all these diggin's. Why, ho
can- pick out his 150 pounds of cotton a
day, and then shell a turn of corn for
mill at night. ' no's a clinker, now
mind I toll you.
T.—Welt, I would be glad to sec, so
smart a nogro as Mr. Bob; so do, I pray,
direct mo to his master's.
S.—Don't be in such. a wird, mister;
I can tell you something more about
John's family you'd like to know. Ilo's
got the smartest little gal that's in all
Arkansas. She's only been to Pett9ol
two years, and she has got as funlas
amplification.
T.—Confound John Smith's daughter
and you with her! I think you havd
got as far as amplification yourself.—
For I asked you a simple question and
you have been amplifying for half an
hour on different subjects and I am yo
nearer getting as answer, it seems,
than at first—
S.—Look hero, stranger ; don't yon
confound John's darter, for she's my
niece, and a smart one she is too. Bo
skies, it is not respectful to talk so about
tho child, seeing you know nothing
about her. •
T.—l beg your pardon, air, I did
speak too hastily. But Dome, tell me
tho way to John Smith's ; for that is
all I want to know just uow. Which
road shall I take
B.—Tell you the way? Yes, that I
will. Why my Bill knows the way to
his uncle Jobe's. Bill, didn't you go to
your uncle John's the other afternoon
by yourself ? And didn't you ride old
Dick, and carry a bag of cotton to tho
gin for spinnin truck ? And didn't old
Dick skeer and like to flangyou ? And—
T.—Good day, sir; and may old Nick
tako you, and John smith's daughter,
nigger Bob and the whole family
B.—The same to you and yonr'n.—
Well, sich another man I nefor did sce.
Why, he's as techoas as a half-skinned
&l. Only to think, he kept auin' and
.axin', and I kept tellin' and tellin', and
he wonldn't stay to hear tho answor at
fast. Well, let him go ahead; but if ho
goes that road, he'll never got to John
Smith's, that's sartin.
An American sloop-of-war had put
into an Englibh port, and the first lieu
tenant went ashore to reconnoitre. In
the course of his travels he entered a
tavern where a number of British offi
cers were carousing. They at once
recognized the lieutenant's nationality
by his dress, and resolved to amuse
themselves by bullying him :
" Well, comrade," says ono, " you
belong to the United States, I see."
" Right," was the answer.
"Now what would you do to a man
who should say that your navy did not
contain an officer fit for a combat?"
continued the Englishman.
" I would blow hts brains out 1" re
turned our lieutenant, with great cool-
Bea&
There was silence among her majes
ty's servants for a moment; but final
ly, one of them, more muddled than the
rest, managed to stammer out :
" W-well, I say it I"
The American walked to his side, and
replied, calmly :
" It is lucky for you, shipmate, that
you have no brains to blow out!"
Struck by the dignity of the answer,
the offender at once apologised, and oar
hero was invited to join the mesa.
Mr" Mal" inquire a youngster, in
the presence of his eldest sister and her
new bean acquaintance, the other even
ing, "are sheep:a eyes made of iron or
brass r , Why no, my child—why do
you ask 7" was the good mother's re
sponse. " Because I often bear of peo
ple casting them," was tbs answer of
the litCe reseal, whose father exclaim
ed, " dear, will no one pin this shad to
bed 7"
ser An honest Dutchman, training
his son in the way he should go, fro.
quen tip exercised him in Bible lessons.
On one of these occasions be asked him :
" Who vas dat vould not ebleep mit
Botiphar's wife r" Jhoeeph 1" " Dia
is a goot boy. Tell, vot vos d• reason
he vould not ahleep mit her " Dona.
know—ehpoose h. vase's shleopy."
Afraid of Snakes.
Tn the course of tho evening, our
jolly joke-cracking company got, as us
ual,.on the subject of snakes. Many
remarkable stories were told, some of
which were interesting, while others
were dry and dull. I eau give you but
one at present :
" We have the greatest coward about
snakes up in Calhoun, that lives in
America. He came from the East last
Spring, and bought a fitrln close to
where I live; and for the first six
months in.the country, I don't think be
slept two hours a night, for he felt snre
a snake would manage Dottie way to got
in his bed.
" Ho sowed a nice piece of oat', bnt
the snakes prevented his, harvesting it.
Tell you how it was. When the oats
got ripe; be was certain it was full of
snakes, and that he'd get bit if he ven
tured over the fence.
"Ono day he concluded he'd take a
look to sea if there wore many snakes
in the patch, so he got, his old horse;
and after leading him through the gap,
and laying up the fence to keep ths - hogs
out, ho took an old scythe math° in his
hand to fight with in ease of an attack.
mounted the horse, and struck boldly
oat NO tLe oats, holding up both legs
as high as possible.
" He had'ot gone far when he saw
a whaling big snake slipping along the
oats after him. Away he went, round
and round the patch, and away went
the snake, right along with him ; some
times on one side, and sometimes on the
other; sometimes behind and sometimes
before. Be could'ut get out of the lot
because the tence ;vas up, and as the
snake kept constantly with him, there
was no chance but to leave the old
horse, and try to keep out of its way.
He went it in that way till every stalk
of his oats was tramped down, and an
ti I the old horse was just ab out dead,
when he discovered that he'd been run
ning all the while from the shadow of
his seytho anstlie."-110.rle Green, in
Porter's Spirit.
A Sympathidng Woman.
If we were c,alled upon to describe
Mrs. Dobbs we should, without hesita
tion, call her a sympathising woman.—
Nobody was troubled with any malady
she hadn't suffered.
41 She keew all about it by experience
and could sympathise with them from
the bottom of her heart."
Bob Turner was a wag, and when
ono day 11 o saw Mrs. Dobbs coming
along the road toward the house, ho
know that in the absonse of hie wife,
he shonid by willed upon to entertain
her, so he resolved to play a little on
the good woman's abundant store of
sympathy.
Hastily procuring a large blanket, ho
wrapped himself up in it, and threw
himself on *sofa near by.
"Why,gracious I Mr. Turner,
are you sier t ' asked Mrs. Dobbs, as she
saw his position. •
"Oh, dreadfully, " groaned theimag
inary invalid.
" What's the matter ?"
"Oh, a groat raany ',things. First
and foremost I've got a congestion of
tho brain."
"That's dreadful," sighed Mrs. Dobbs.
"I came pretty near dying of it ter. years
ago come next spring. What else ?"
"Dropsy," again groaned Bob.
" There I can sympathise with you.
I was troubled with it, bat finally got
over it.
"-Neuralgia," continued Bob.
"Nobody can tell, Mr. Turner, v<bat
I've suffered from neuralgia. It's an
awful complaint."
" I'm very much distres
sed by inflammation of the bowels."
" If you've got that, I pity you,"
commented Mrs. Dobbs; " for three
years steady I was afflicted with it, and
I don't thluk I've fully recovered from
it yet."
" Rheumatism," added Bob.
" Yes, that's pretty likely to go along
with neuralgia. It did with mu."
" Toothache," sugested Bob.
"There have been times, Mr. Turner,"
said the sympathising woman, " when
I thought I should have gone distracted
with the toothache."
" Then," said Bob, who, having tem
porarily. ran out his stoc kl of medical
terms, resorted to a scientific name—
"l'm very much afraid that. I'vo got
the tethyasaurus."'
" I shouldn't be at all surprised,"
said the ever ready Mrs. Dobba; , I bad
it, when I was young."
Though it was with great, difficulty
that he could resist laugking, Bob con
tinued :
" I am suffering a great deal from a
sprained ankle."
" Then yon can sympathise witeme,
Mr. Turner. I sprained mine as I was
coming along."
" But, that isn't the worst of it."
" What is it, T" asked Mrs. Dobbs,
with cariosity.
" I wouldn't toll any one but you,
Mrs. Dobbs, bat the fact ie"—here Bob
groaned—" I'm afraid, and the doctor
agrees with me, that my reason is affec
ted—that in short I'm a little crazy l"
Bob took breath and wondered what
Mrs. Dobbs would say to that.
" Oh, Mr. Turner, is it possible Om
claimed the lady. "It is borriffl6l I
know it is.—l frequently have spells of
beisg out of my head myself!"
Bob could stand it no longer; he
burst Intoa roar of laughter, which Mrs.
Dobbs taking for the precursor of a via
lent paroxysm of insanity, she was led
tb take a harried leave.
Partington, hearing that a
young masa had est up for himself, said,
64 Poor palow L Ras he no /dead that
will set es fond= part of the time r
And sbs alitned to be 7 1 ; 4 4 11409.
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR
Couneotiont
The Republicans have carried Connec
ticut by a majority of about 540, after
ono of the hottest campaigns over known
in that State. A few more such victo.
ries in New England, and the Republi
can party is undone. The vote of Con
necticut showa the gradual decline of
Republicanism in its stronghold. At
tbe Presidential election of 1856, Fre
mont carried the State by a majority of
7,705 over Buchanan, and 5,090 over
Buchanan And Fillmore combined.—
Last year the Republican majority in
the State was oier 1,800, and this year,
alter the moat strenuous exortiona, and
although the vote polled shows a large
increase, the Republicans have only sue
(seeded in saving the Slate by some 544
votes. If the reaction goes on at this
rate, Connecticut is sure to cast her vote
for the nominee of the Charleston Con
vention.
The New England States have hero.
toforo boon set down as sure for the
Republican candidate for President, but
.this Connecticut election materially al
ters this calculation. The Republicans
cannot rely securely upon all the Bag
-teen States, and will not bo free toA ii .
reet their energies to Pennsylvania ma
New Jersey. They will have tq fight
the battle at.home, in the heart of New
England. In this view nothing has
occurred since 1856 so damaging to the
Republican party as this very Connecti
cut election.
In presents another problem not in
the least encouraging to the Republican
party. If it requiresso much exertion
and such a lavish expenditure of money
to carry Connecticut by a majority of
540—a State which went for the Re- .
publicans in 1856 by more than 5,900
majority over all opposing parties--
what•possible chance have the Republi
cans of carrying the great conservative
State of Pennsylvania 1 Tbe same re
actionary movement which has cut
down tbo Republican majority in Con
necticut., operates with tenfold power in
Pennsylvania, and will sweep the Re
publican party from the field at the
next, election like straw before a whirl
wind. Well may the New 'York Tri
bune exclaim in despondent tones,
" Connecticut shows that the approach
ing Presidential contest is . to be the sev
erest ever known." It promises to be
particularly severe to the Repuilfan
party—much more severe than th.Fon
teat of 1856.
• 40.
aped&
The newspapers from all parts of the
State come to us full of expressions of
oonfidonoe in the result, next fall. The
greatest enthusiasm prevails among our
ranks throughout theentireStete. The
Democracy are wide awake and aro
making rq►dy for the contest, with_a
determination that indicates victory.
The utmost harmony seems everywhere.
to exist, and the Opposition are already
trembling in anticipation of defeat—,
They know, fall well, their doom, when
a united Demoorag is in the field.
We say it, witat attempting the
game of brag, bet because it, is our de
liberate judgement, that Pennsylvania
is certain for Foster, and eertalln for the
nominee of tho Charleston Convention.
—Carlisle Democrat.
"Free Homes—ln the Senate."
The New York Tribune ought to try
and conceals little bettor its exultation
over the prospect that the homestead
bill will be defeated in the Senate.—
That paper; pretends to be in favor of
the bill; but if any of its friends, who
support it on principle, would like to
know of what sort the Tribune's friend
ship is, wo refer them to the following
brief but expressive paragraph from
an article in that journal, headed as
above
" And if it (the homestead bill) 8414
be again throttled, whether by Presi
dent or Senate, we shall be consoled by
the hope that this 'act will go far to in
sure the triumph of the friends of free
homesteads in the approaching Presi
dential election."
Or, in terms only a very little plain
er, we, (the Tribune) hope the bill will
be defeated in the Senate, or vetoed by
the President., in order that we may get
votes against the Democratic party on
that issue.
Is there anything, human or divino,
that the Tribune and its supporters
would not willingly see sacrificed if the
sacrifice would get votes for their par
ty 't We need no clearer avowal to
show the hollow-heartedness of its And
their friendship to the principle of the
homestead bill; and we believe that
the same hollow-hearted demagoguery
characterless the sturdiest of their pro
fession of devotion to principle in ever"
ease. In the precise spirit of the above
avowal • would the Tribune wish that
every Southern slaveowner might be.
come a Legree in cruelty, in order that
the "grouse of Ike slave" might get.
votig *le ittitik IfOabtlegusttni. Sick
moral deAvity • and politic:li dema
goguery ratite, the unmitigated disgust
of every decent beholder. '
TIN PubtVortiatm-A pi rjr Book
Mr. Gsriey, of Ohio, recently made a
grand loutish is the noose touching
the " reforms" ho intended to effect in
the printing department of the Govern
ment; and, no doubt, some believed him
to be sincere. But what will onr mkt
ere think when we tall them that, with
in a few days past, at the instance and
on the recommendation of Mr. Gurley,
chairman of the Committee on Prm Ling%
ten thousand extra copies of Gev.
Stevens's report (printed by order of
the Senate at the elope of the last ses
sion) wore ordered to be printed , by the
House. Tho cost of this hook will be
upwards of FIFTY ;UOUSAND DOLLARS,
and the Government will pay ticice for
the composition. This will materially
I help the Republicans to "take care of
their wounded," to use an expression
borrowed from Mr. Thos. Ford, the
House Printer. The members general
ly could not have had an idea of the
immense cost of this work at the time
they voted to print it, orcertainly they
would not have been willing to re-print
do costly a book at a time when they
seem incapable of talking about any
thing but, the enormities of the "print
ing plunder." We dill* the fact above
stated will convince every honest and
reflecting man that tho professions of
eeenorey and reform so loudly made by
the Republicans of the louse is a mere
scheme to cover the corruptions they
intend to perpetrate before the close
even of the present session.
That Gov. Stevens's Report is a val
uable and interesting work we have no
doubt; but. having already boon print
ed for the use of the Government, its re
publication is a piece of the most waste
ful extravagance that has ever yet
characterized the public printing; and,
rf this s) stem is to be adopted7yon may
reduce the prices of actual printing DO
per cent., and yet the expenditures in
the printing department will run up to
millions of dollars: Tho wrong is not
in the printing law; it is not to be found
in the prima paid for composition and
press-work,but in the extravagant ordei . >
so frequently made by Congress.—
Washington Constitution.
NO. 45.
" If ever a nation was debauched by
a man, the American nation line 'boon
debauched by Washington. If ever a
tuition was deceived by a man, tho
American .lion has been deceiv ed by
Washingto , Let his conduct, then,
be an example to future ages. Lot it
serve to be a warning that no man iney 7 _
be an idol. Let the history of the fede
ral government instruct mankind that
the mask of patriotism may be worn to
conceal theioulest designs against the
liberties of the people.' Many of our- ---
readers may know where this language
comes from, but if any ono of us at this
day wore to meet with -the above ex
tract, without a knowledge of its source,
could wo believe that it was written
and pnbliehed in the United States ?
Mr. 13uchanaa, in the spirited and well
deserved philippic launched at his tra
ducers in Congress the other day, who
were too mean to make an open and
direct attack upon him, alluded to
Washinp;tqn's just complaint that ho had
but treated more discourteously than a
pickpocket. And it was so. And the best
of our statesmen, the most patriotic and
selfsacrificing of our public men, have
incurred the most loathsome abase from
a press which has lavished its praises
upon the basest and most unworthy.—
The quotation with which this artielo
opens is from a paper published in Phil
adelphia, of considerable standing and
influence at, the time, called the Aurora,
and the language is that with which it
treated the retirement of Gon. Wash
ington from public life at the close of
his most honorable and memorable ca
reer as a soldier and statesman. Ills
" Farewell Address" was received in
the same spirit by other newspapers of
that day. But public confidence could
not be alienated from such a man, and,
with one or two exceptions, the Logisla;
Lures of the States exhibited the most
affectionate regard for his paternal coun
sel and the profoundest respect for hia
name and fame.—Balt. Sun.
Topic of Abolitionists.—The Tribune, to
make good its assertion that the burn
ing of slaves is ono of the punishments
in rogue at the South,repeats in full the
account of the burning of a negro in
Missouri in July last. The negro was
a murderer, and was burned by an ex
cited mob. The republication of Buell
a story, with its harrowing details, for
the purpose of exciting projudiceagainst
the South, is deserving of reprobation.
It is by such appeals to the feelings and
passions of Northern men that the spirit
of discord is kept alivg- through the
land. We might as 'Fell cite the de
struction of the Quarantine buildings
by a portion of the Staten Islanders us
the result of Republican institutions in
the State of New York, or the seizure of
executive power by the vigilance com
mittees of San Francisco and New Or
leans as the result of the union of States.
N. Y. Journal cy' Commerce.
Illif• II on . Howell Cobb has written a
letter to his friends in Georgia, decli
ning to be a candidate for the Presidefi
ey. He says :
"1 mast withdraw my name, uncondi
tionally, from the canvass, and this let
ter is written fur the purpose of announ
cing to all who feel an intereet.in tho
matter, but particularly to the deletatua
from Georgia to the Charlestou Lkm
vention, that I have done so."
'-The leading men in the oyster
business in Baltimore assert that there
are more oysters in Chesapeake Bay at
present than there were twenty years
ago notwithstanding millions of bush
els Lave bean removed. They says hat
dredging for oysters in deep water nat
ters the beds over a greater extent, and
is the only way by which the quantity
in the long term can be inorsased.--
Taking up oysters with •the tongs: is
more economical, in timit it destroy*
fewer oysters, bat it does uot spread
=apply, sad ultimately athausts the
M.A. rural editor was recently mar
ried and prey tO starting on his
wedding toar,falsed las madam
that -be 'would thaw a minute dc.
UM at " alt User sail ad 4/41PP No
doubt there All Wei aeaa:iiiy
large butis 01111k*/ #l4
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Our Country.