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Morning, by lisais.r J. &rants, at $1 Ts per
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ennui's if not paid in advance. No subscription
discontinued, unless at the option of the pub
lisher, until all arrearages are paid.
ADYNIITISIIIISTS inserted at the usual rates
Joe Pustule done With neatness and dis
patch
Orrice in, South Baltimore street, directly
Opposite Viamplers' Tinning Establishment—
'•Cortricss" on the sign.
J. C. Neely,
TTURNEV AT LAW, will attend to collec
tions Sad all other business Intrusted to
is care with promptness. Office in the S. E.
corner of the Diarnuud,(formerly- occupied by
' Wm. B. Mi_Clellati. Esq.)
Gett.tsburg, April 11, 1850. tf
Wm. B. McClellan,
A TTORNEY AT LAW.—OfEce in West Mid
11_ die street, one door west of the new
Court House.
Gettysburg., Nov, 14, 18a.
A. J. Cover,
ATTORNF.I" AT LAW, will promptly attend
to Collection; and all other business en
trusted to him. Office between Fahnestocks °
wad Bowser k Ziegler's Stores, Baltimore etree,
Getlysttarg, Pa. [Sfpl.. 5, 1859. ,
Wm. A. Duncan,
A tr
TTORN Xl' AT LAW.—Office in the North
west Curse: of Cene &pure, Gettysharg,
[Oct. 3, 1659. tf
Edward B. Buehler,
ATTOLNEY AT LAW, will faithfully and
promptly attend to all businessentrasted
to mot. lie speaks the German lan'guage.—
tPtlcs at the same plate, in South Baltimore
street, near Forney's drug store, and nearly
opposite Danner k Ziegler's store.
Gettysburg, March 20.
D. McConatighy,
AniTTORNEY AT LAW, {ogee one door west
of Buehler's dreg and book store,Chn
er,ncyg street,) Arroeses Aso SOLICITOR TOR
PATYNTRI AND PAIIIIIONI. Bounty Land War
rants, Back-pap suspended Claims, and all
'they claims against the Government at Wash
ington, D. C.; also American Claims in England.
Land Warrints located and sold, or boagbt,and
highest prices given. Agents engaged in lo
cating warrants in lowa, Illinois and other
western states. jar Apply to him personally
or by letter.
Gettysburg, Nov. 21, '53. .
J.Lawrence Hill, M. D.
J AS his ages one IciliC
door west of the
BT.
door
church in ..
Chrinbersburg street, and opposite Picking's
Store, where those wishing to have any Dental
Operation performed are respectfully invited to
till. Rsransscss : Drs. Horner, Rev. C. P.
Krauth, D. D., Rev. 11. L. Banisher, D. D., Bev.
Prof. M. Jacobs, Prof. M. L. Stmver.
Gettysburg, April 11, '53.
Dr. A. W. Dorsey,
ORMERLY of Carroll county, Std., having
permanently located in Gettysburg, offers
lIM professional services
_to the citizens of the
town and surrounding countr in the practice or
the various brandies of his profession. Office
wild residence, Baltimore street, next door to
Th.:Compiler office, where he mAit be found at
oil times when not, professionallfengaged.
re12217E1
Prof. &than R. Smith, Baltimore, Md.
4er. Augustus Webster, B. D., Baltimore 1141
Dr. J. L. Warfiebl i Westminster, Md.
w. A. Mathias, " ss
Jacob Reese, Esq.,
John R. Longwell,Rsq., 14 ss
t leo. R. Wampler, Esq., "
Rev. Thomas Bowes, Gettysburg.
Oct. 25, 1858. 8m
I. W. Scott,
(Ler of the Ern of Maar.Ater 4. Seoft.)
GI , INTLEMF.'.‘"S FURNISHING, STORE, and
SHIRT MANUFACTORY, Nd. 814 Ches
nut Street. (nearly opposite the Girard House.)
Philadelphia. J. W. SCOTT would respectful
ly call the attention of his former patrons and
friends ts bis new Store, and is prepared to fill
orders for SHIRTS at short notice. A perfect
lit guarantied. COUNTRY TRADE supplied
Fmt SHIRTS and COLLARS.
Oct 17, 1843. ly
Marble Yard Removed.
fyIllh: subscriber hating removed his place of
business to .It;ast York street, a short dis
tance below St. James' Chulch, would announce
to the rablie that ke is still prepared to furnish
all kinds of work in his line, such as Monti
-menu, Headstones, kv, itc., of every variety of
sty le and finish, with and without bases and
so , kets, to suit purchasers, And at prices to suit
the times. Persons d‘siring anything in his line
nill find it a decided advantage to examine his
stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
WM. B. 11F
Gettysburg, Mardi 21, 1839.
Just in Season 1
Gll'E rs A CALL I—The nndersigned have
just received from the cities an immense
stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMEI.ES, CASSINET.
VESTINGS in all varieties, kc., suitable for the
season, which they offer to the public at unpre
cetleutedly low mites.
They ask • call,
To convince nil "
of the truth of his assertion. No trouble to
show goods and give prices. A large lot of
READY-MADE CLOTIIING arso sellingcheaper
than ever.
Garments made 'vier men and boys, as us
ual, in the rery best manner, and according to
any style desired. The work being done in
their own establishment, the; are always en
^bled to warrant it. Remember, their place of
business is the large and commodious room ad
joining CoLcan 41s Culp's on Chambersburg
i. t re e t 7
Sept. 19, 18'59
The Old County
CILDING, known by every war t i n th e
. .DIP county, and no doubt many a o ne wished
there never had been such a place, as many
were broken up by permitting, or rather oblig
ed to have their munes entered upon the coun
ty dockets.. But look at the change. It is a
E.lessure now to call there and buy goods of
...4.3LUS at ouch astonishingly reduced prices—
lower than ever before offered in the county.
He has just received from the cities a large
lot of new Ready-made CLOTHING, for men
and boys' wear; with Hats, Boots and Shoes,
Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, Clucks, Watches,
Jewelry, Violins, Scgars, Tobacco, Sc., fir.
Call soon, and don't rai, - s the great bargains
'slow had at the old County Building, corner of
the Diamond and York street, Gettysbrrg.—
That's the 'pot!
Thankful to his qld customers for their pa
tronage, he hopes by his change °flotation not
only to retain their custom, but secure a law
number of new buyers.
An entire summer Butt—coat, pants and vest—
for 51,25 6AMSON.
April 18, 1860.
Removals.
IE undersigned, being the authorized person
to make removals into Ever Green Ceme
tery, hopes that each as contemplate the removal
of the remains of deceased relatives or friends,
will avail themselves of this season of the year to
have itdone. Removals made with promptness
—terms low, and no effort spaied to please.
PETER THURN,
Xareh 13,'60. Keeper of the Cemetery.
Removal.
MRS subscriber has removed his Plough and
Machine Shop from the Foundry building
to ristlroad street, opposite Tate's Blacksmith
shop, back of the Eagle Hotel, where he is bet
tor prepared than erer to attend to customers.
Plinseis always on hand and made to order at
op *must notice, and Machines, Reapers, Sc.,
squired. Also he will attend to cleaning and
sepabing Clocks. - DAVID WARREN.
Mg 10.
CARPE T
BACKS, Whips, kt., in endless vs
rety,ty, at J. C. GUINN k BRVA.
WM. b. MEALS.
JACOBS k Blio.,
Merchant Tailors
Br H. J. ST TILE
42 YEAR.
NPC:IO NrrollS 4=lC,
"PEST, DUAL FORGET!"
Rest,-0, calmly rest! unmindful
Of the ills that darkeu life!
Of the heart's impassioned yearning;
Of the soul's imprisoned strife.
Rest I unconscious of a vigil,
Eyes unweary, keep (thus best,)
As an infant sweetly slumbers,
Rest thou thus, beloved one, rest.
Dream—bat not of shattered heart-trust,
Withered hopes and blighted youth;
Parted forms, and pining spirits;
Tones grown cold, and looks of wrath.
In this shadowy hoar may blissful
Visions o'er thy senses gleam;
And the bright substantial real
Only rival thy bright dream I
Forget! If earthly happiness,
By remembrance fettered be, •
From the past, with all its memories,
tied set thee forever free!
Rest, by keen remorse untroubled ;
bream nor waken to regret ;
Backward-thoughts, reproachful, steep in
Lethe's wave. "Rust, Bessie, Foßort!"
Pennsylvania.
Many persons use under the impres
sion that the name of our State owes its
title to the fact of an influence exercis
ed by Wm. Penn on the Councils of
Englund to that effect. Such is not
the case, as is proved in the extract
fixon a letter written. by Wm. Penn,
dated Jammu. 5, 1681 :
“This daf, after many waitings,
watchings, soliciting* and disputes in
council, my country was confirmed to
me under the great seal of England,
with /urge powers and privileges, by
the name of Pennsylvania—a name the
king would give it in honor to my fath
er. I chose New Wales, being u hilly
country; and when tho Seeretary,
Welshman, refused to call it New
Males, I proposed Sylvania, and they
added Penn to it: though I was much
oppobed to it, and went to the King to
have it struck out. Ile said it was past
and ho would not tam it upon him ;
nor- could twenty guineas move the Sec
retary to vary the name; for I feared
It might be looked on as vanity in me,
am] not as a respect in the king to my
lather, as it realty was.
Alleged Ancient Ruins in the United
States.—A new stimulus is likely to be
given to American archaeology by a
discovery alleged to have been recently
made some ninety males north-east of
Fort Stanton, a long account of e hick
has juNt appeared in the Fort Smith,
(Ark.) Times. We condense :
The plain upon which lie the massive
relics of gorgeous temples and magnifi
cent halls, slopes gradually toward the
river Pecos, and is very fertile, crossed
by a gurgling stream of purest water,
that nut only sustains a rich vegetation,
hut perhaps furnished with this neces
sary element the thousands who once
inhabited this present wilderness. The
city was probably built by a warlike
race, as it is quadrangular and arrang
ed with skill, to afford the highest pro
tection against an exterior foe, many
of the buildings OP the outer line being
pierced with loopholes, as though cal
culated for the use of weapons. Sev
eral of the buildings are of vast size,
and built of massive . blocks of dark
granite rock, which could only have
been wrought to their present condi
tion by a vast amount of labor. There
are the ruins of three noble edifices,
each presenting a front of three bun-
red feet, made of ponderous blocks of
stone, and the dilapidated walls aro
oven now thirty-five foot high. There
are no partitions in the area of the mid
dle (supposed) temple, so that the room
must hare been vast; and there are al
so carvings in has relief and fresco
work. Appearances justify the con
clusion that these silent ruins could
outs boast of halls as gorgeously de
corated by the artist's hand as those of
Thebes and Palmyra, The buildings
are all loopholed on each side, much re
sembling that found in the old feudal
castles of Europe, designed for the use
of archers. The blocks of which these
edifices are composed arc cemented to
gether by a species of martar of a
bituminous character, which has such
tenacity that vast masses of wall have
fallen down without the blocks being
detached by the shock.
Elopement of a Louisville Belle with
Teacher.—A day or two since,
a beautiful and accomplished young
lady, one of the reigning belles of Louis
ville, Ky., a member there of the beau
monde, and the only daughter arid
heiress of a druggist, worth at least half
a million, eloped with her music teacher,
middle-aged tierman, and, after going
through the necessary formula of the
hymeneal connection, at Cincinnati, de
parted en route for Europe. The pa
rents of the romantic bride aro, of
course, mach mortified and grieved at
the match.
MirAt Livingston's Manor, N. Y.,
recently, an old gentleman of 75 years,
named Lerow, married a young and
beautiful damsel of 10 summers, named
MeLeland, residing near nucleoli. The
old gentleman's consideration is pare
love and devotion ; the young lady's
was the settlement upon her of $lOO,-
000 in her owu right by the happy
groom.
AP' Oliver Wendell I:tonnes stays :
"Oar brains are seventy year clocks.
The angel of life winds them up once
for all, he closes the doors and gives
the key into the hands of the angel of
resurrection."
serrou can "become the owner of a
home," by inflexibly making your ex
penses a Bole less Ilan your income
every week.
111110
How Bob C. sold his Horse for the Pus-
Those persons who are familiar with
Boston as it stood some fifteen years
since, will recollect that it. was entirely
connected with other parts of the
known world by bridges. Those not
familiar with it must take the averment
of this relator as a sad and sober reality.
In a Boston paper of blessed memory,
at said aboriginal and inedicevol period
of Boatonic existence, the following
advertisement appeared one morning :
Horse for Sale.—A fine sorrel horse,
sixteen hands high ; excellent for car
nage, and broken to the saddle, is now
offered on advantageous terms to any
one wishing to purchasa. Sole reasons
for the sale, that the owner it ishts to
leave the city. Address--Robert C—,
No.—, Tremont street.
On the following day, as Robert C—
'was walking up Chesnut en route for his
counting It tom, ho was overtaken by a
friend, who, attar passing the usual
compliments of the season remarked—
"! see you wish to dispose of your
sorrel."
Long and Short Dar.—Wo have
about reached our longest term of day
light, which will give about sixteen
hours of sunshine out of the twenty
four. The following facts we clip from
an exchange . "At Berlin and London
the longest day has sixteen and a half
hours; at Stockholm the longest day
has eight and a half hours; at Hamburg
the longest day has seventeen hours,
and the shortest seven."
sea. Before you ask a favor of any
Akan, just, consider three things: Ist.
Czu you not avoid it ? 2d. Can the
one you apply to grant it ? 3d. Would
you, if
. your places were reversed, do
for your friend what you ask him to
effect for yourself ?
lirTalent, in this country, is the
readiest passport from one grade to
another; but a good address, allied to
boldness, often accomplishes What the
most labored efforts fail to do.
•••••P 4110•
air it person who is ipkayit thinking
of himself, and tryiug-,Wmagine what
others are thinking of 'him, ut certain
to be timid and bashful, unless he is a
very conceited follow.
ffltmorratir, co(Zi anaiit gonna.
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JULY 9, 1860.
pose of Leering the City
"Yea," said Bob in a monotone.
"Good horse," ventured hie friend
"Subititie!" returned Bob.
"1 presume you'll warrant him r'
"Warrant him !" and Bob took a
long puff at his cigar. "Of course,
Warrant him literally to my advertise
ment."
"And you will guarantee him good
and sound? Do you know, linh,
half a notion to invest personally ?
I think the only reason you have
for f-elling is that you wish to leave the
city."
"Correct to the letter."
After a few moments' thought, the
bargain was struck, and in half an hour
Bob smiled pleasantly to see his friend
gallop down the street astride the sor
rel.
Afternoon earn° 'round and tho pur
chaser mind with it.
"Bob," ho said dismally, "Bob."
"Yours to command, sir."
"Bob, I don't want to get in a Oren
sy about my sorrel. 1 entertain great
respect for that sorrel, when I remem
ber his pedigree and all that sort of
tbinr—
"Damned by Lady Suffolk."
"And damned by myself; Bob—by
thunder. Bob—now I swear, Bob, you
know that I am not apt to"—
"1 bliould say nut," was the meek
rejoinder.
•.But I swear Ikb, it's too bad."
"No, you don't tell me so."
"But I insist that I do tell you so.
The miserable brute won't—Ali ! now
own up, Bob you've swindled me, Yon
knew be-wasn't worth his feed."
•Splendid animal I .I.3uL abide by
my warranty."
"And literally to your advertise
ment?" •
"Literally."
"Well, Bub, he goes 'very well till he
gets to a bridge and then ho stops.
'Pon my word I've done everything
but prying him over with a fence rail."
"And ho won't stir ?"
"Not a step."
"I knew it," said Bob, calmly.
. "Knew it ! What becomes of your
warranty? Know it? And you called
him a good horse?"
"I didn't warrant him on that point,
though. In fact, I assigned quite
plainly in the paper as a reason for
wishing to part with him, that he 14PUld
not cross a bridge."
"I have a copy here. Read such a
clause if you can, and I'll submit to the
loss with pleasure. Would not cross a
bridge, eh? Why there's not such a
word in the advertisement."
Bob took the paper from his band
and read slowly and distinctly, with a
curious twinkling of the eye:
"Sole reason for the sale, that the
owner wishes to leave the city." * *
AS the last rays of the setting sun
tinged the high chimney tops and cloth
ed the dark, dead walls with golden
splendor, a quivering little voice was
heard to respond
"That's so I"
Enterprising.—As Hannibal Hamlin
is a man whose phiz is not very familiar
to the publie, the Yankee publishers
have taken advantage of it, and one
publishes a wood cut of Burton, the
comedian, as a correct likeness of the
Maine Senator—another substitutes a
picture of Millard Fillmore, used four
years ago, and ono finally cups the cli
max by putting the nume of Hamlin
under a wood cut published only a
feW weeks ago as Hicks the pirute.
COMPILER.*
"TRUTH IS MIMITY, AND WILL PRIWATL."
The Frenchman's Duel
A Frenchman was to fight a duel with
an American ; the conditions were that
one shot should be exchanged, and that
the precedence should go by lot. The
Frenchman got the first chance, but
failed to hit his adversary. As the
Yankee lifted up his weapon the other
called out :
" Hold, I will buy your shot !"
All Were astonished at this, but his
opponent answered :
"How mach will you give?"
" Five hundred pounds."
"Nonsense 1" tried the Yarkee, ta
king aim at him ; " lam a good marks
man ; you set too low a value upon
yourself."
" You estimate me at too high a
price," said tho Frenchman, "but I will
give you a thousand pounds !"
" Agreed 1" cried :the Yankee, and
the duel was at an o . d.
•
11
Couldn't Fool B —The Lafayette
Courier tells an amu•ing story of some
ydung ladies and gents of that place,
who were taking a social walk near
the cemetery, when a ghost appeared.
They all ran but ono sturdy woman of
the strong-minded class, who stood her
ground till the ghost got to her, when
she seized it and thrashed out of his
frightful disguise a mischievous fellow
who bad heard the project of walking
about ttio graveyard discussed, and hid
himself there to give the party a fright.
She led him back to the house, and in
reply to the questions that poured in
upon her said :—" Can't fool me. I've
seen too many men in shirts to got
frightened at them I"
sea- On a Saturday evening, not long
ago, considerable excitement was caus
ed at Lyons by a person stationing
himself on the Muni Saint Clair, and
presenting to every man that passed
wearing a blouse a half-franc pieep
which ho pulled from a bag. Some
people, thinking he was mad, talked of
arresting hiin; but ho cried out, , ‘Do
not interrupt me. lam not mad. I
have unexpectedly come into u legacy
of 830,01)0 from an uncle, and I have
resolved, in order to show toy gratitude
and joy, to distribute 400 f to working,
Men." So saying he continued his di:-
tribution until the bag was empty, af
ter which he quietly went A way.
A New Speenlation.—The Boston
Tranwript sure : "An caste' n 'outside'
delegate to tho Chicago Convention
PRobV,ht to this section of country one
cle the identical rails which 'Abe' split
Sangamon county, 111., thirty years
since. The owner's intention is to
Cashion the material into canes, and
sell them at a.great profit during the
heat of the campaign. The number of
rails which it, will be *claimed, before
the election takes place, that Lincoln
has made with his own band, would
suffice to fence in the whole State of
Illinois; and the canes which will be
offered to the pubho ns having origi
nally passed under the supervision of
the Republican candidate for the Presi
dency, would unquestionably support
an entire generation in .tbeir journey
through life."
mar Two dandies were, some timo
ago, taken before a Dublin magistrate
charged with " intending to tight a
duel." The justice, who was a shrewd
and waggish man, had strong doubts
us to the really pugnacious inclination
of either of the professed belligerents;
so he dismissed thorn upon a promise
"not to carry the matter further," but
added, "Gentlemen, I'let you off this
time; but, upon my conscience, ifyou
aro brought again before me, I'm blest
if I don't bind you both down to fight."
They did not offend a second time.
Poetry and Patriotiam.—One editor,
of a fancy turn of mind, having remark
that "Washington guided the tottering
steps of the infant Republic - along the
path of Empire"--u ootemporary adds :
So he did. And more ;he made the
little codger toe the crack of progress;
ho culled 'him along the trail of safety ;
he kicked him cloav over the pools of
peril ; and by the cuff of the neck drag
ged him howling up the bill of great
ness. It will bo seen that we can talk
in figures as well as our neighbor.
tar The old legal rule that a tenant
was bound to continue to pay rent to
the end of his lease, notwithstanding
the premises might be destroyed by
fire, has been reversed by an act of the
New York Legislature, and in case of
the destruction of the building, or its
injury so as to be untenable, " by the
elements or any other cause," without
fault of the tenant, ho may surrender
possession.
New Mode of Preserving Apples.—Mr.
E. B. Bailey, of Clairmont, N. 11., took
a keg full of apples, last fall, which ho
securely headed up, and sank to the
bottow of a deep mill pond. On bring
ing them to the surface a few days ago,
every apple was found to be quite free
from speck or rot, and as sound and
unwrinkled as when taken from the
tree.
`Learn in childhood, if you can,
that happiness is not outside, but in
side. A good heart and a clear con
science brings happiness ; no riches or
circumstances alone ever do.
oar A skeptic thinks it very extraor
dinary that an ass once talked like a
man. isn't it still more extraordinary
that thousands of men are continually
talking like asses?
Sarnia earth id a tender and kind
mother to the husbandman, and yet.
one season be always barrows ha Iv
sow and at another he pulls her ears.
Stirring the Soil in Dronth:
An old topic, surely, but one of the
greatest practical importance. An old
topic, but one about which men are not
agreed in opinion. There is theory and
practi en on both sides. Some farmers
hold that stirring the earth in dry
weather, injures the roots of plants, and
exposes the soil to the sun and the dry
air so much, as to do more harm than
good. But the other side of the ques
tion has, also its good arguments. We
will hint at ono or two:
Frequent stirring of the soil in dronth
renders it more porous, and so tits it to
absorb moisture from the atmosphere,
and to draw it up from the wet subsoil.
By being frequently broken bp it be
comes like a sponge. Any one can
easily satisfy himself of this. Go into
your garden and loosen up the soil over
a space of a few feet square, and than
see if, for several mornings after, that
patch is not moist, while the surround
ing surface is dry. A neighbor of ours
had a potato patch last Summer, which
being in a warm and sandy soil became
badly parched in July. The stalks
drooped, and a total loss of the crop
was threatened. Ilere was a fair sub
ject for a • desperate experiment. Ac
cordingly, ou one of the hottest and
dryest days of the month, he gave them
a thorough plowing, passing the ploW
four times through each furrow, first
plowing two furrows from the hills, and
then returning the ground back by
two other furrows. No rain fell for
ten days after. In three days, the
vines stood erect and began to take on
a dark green color and to grow again.
The soil was moistened by the dews of
every night; the crop was sared, and it
proved quite an abundant one.
Again : tho stirring of the soil in
droutis renders the earth a poorer con
ductor of heat than it would be if it. re
inained unbroken and hard. Every
one knows that a stone or any metallic
substance lying in the sun, becomes
hotter than a bunch of cotton,, because
it is a better conductor of beat. So,
when the surface of the earth become*
baked and hard, it absorbs heat much
mere than when it is broken and pul
verized. In a well-tilled garden, tho
ground, two or three inches below the
surface, is quite cool at mid-day. It is
partly on the same principle, that a
few inches- of mulching material will
keep the ground cool and moist all
&miner long. Ilenee, it is easy to see
that, stirring the soil in drouth will
keep the roots of plants cool add moist,
and so promote their growth.
But, let. the,ilieory be as it may, the
fact remains, ( that thorough tillage is
the best possible securi ty:agai rust druuth.
Sommer Pruning the Grape
The question is sometimes asked:—
Why prune vines at all ? Why not let
them ramble over fences and trees like
wild vines? Well, you may do so, if
you want wild grapes, and if you like
to climb into trees to get them. But if
you wish to keep vines within revel),
and if you wish them to bear fruit on
their lower branches, you must prune
them.
As to sum mer-prnning r. word or two:
Fall or Winter pruning tends to mite
vigorous and rampant growth in the
canes which are left. The trellis soon
becomes covered with lusty young
canes and a thick mass of leaves; the
foliage is excessive. Every vine w
er must have felt the absurdity o ro
ducing such an over-growth of w ood in
Summer, just for the fun of cutting it
off in the Fall. Can't we avoid this
rude blacking of the vino ? Summer
pruning, judiciously applied, will con
tribute to this result.
The tendency of the vine, as with all
fruit-bearing trees, is to send the sap
with greatest force to the topmoetbuds,
leaving the lower buds to become weak
er, year after year. If we pinch off
these upper shoots in early Summer,
say when they have made two or three
feet of growth—leaving only four buds,
it will check this excessive growth at
the extremities, and ti ow more vigor
into the lower branches. These top
shoots wilt push again, and will 'need
a second and perhaps a third pinching.
They must, however, be allowed to gain
a leaf or two between each pinching;
otherwise the check will be too severe.
If the lower shoots are not pinched in
at all, or but slightly , they will gain
strength ; and thus the forge and fruit
of the vine will become quite equal
ly distributed. There will also be less
1 rampant wood to be cut off in the win
ter pruning.
Moreover, as every one knows, the
ripening of the fruit and the healthy
growth of the lower branches depend
on the proper return-flow of elaborated
sap from the extremities. If, by rea
son of undue moisture in the soil, or of
untimely rains and longcontinued dan:ip
and cloudy weather, the production of
wood is unduly prolonged, the fruit
clusters will bo robbed of their neces
sary food ; tho berries will not mature
and ripen well. Here, lot the hand of
art see what it. can do. Let it check
that excessive wood growth, by nipping
off the ends of the watery branches.—
This will send back the sap to the clus
ters and to the fruit-buds for next year.
It will cause the berries to mature
earlier, and uniformly in all parts of the
vine.
Of coarse; all suckers springing up
around the trunk of the vine should be
pulled Was they appear. All superflu
ous shoots pitskung out between the fruit
blaring canes, or among the canes de
signed for next year's fruit bearers,
should be resolutely pulled off. Only
oue fruit bearing shoot shoull be allow
ed to grow irodi a eiugle joint. No
fruit spur ebould bo sulfured to bear
more Omit two clusters--seqie say not
more thau one. The fruit should be
TWO DOLLARS A-Y EA R
picked off just in proportion to the
thinning out of the branches.
.Yet, we must say, in conclusion, that
summer pruning is often done with too
severe a 'hand. " What is worth doing
at all," say some beginners, " is worth
doing well ;" and so they cut and slash
away without mercy. Off go long
shoots, hacked within a few inches of
the clusters, and down full the leaves in
showers. ig So as to let the light and
air in," say the zealous vine dressers.
Rather than this rude treatment, we
would say, let the vines alone. No one
can have watched his tines for many
years, without seeing that his largest
clusters grow on his most, vigorous
canes. The practice of stumping off
the fruit branches within a few inches
of the clusters ma 4 , answer on foreign
vines in graperies, but not oa the robust
natives. Three leaves, at least, should
be retained beyond the clusters. Nip
off the ends of rampant canes, but do
not chop them near their base. Prune
in Summer, but do it with moderation
and discretion.—Amer. Agriculturist.
A Countryman's Idea of Abe Lincoln.
An old country. friend of ours called
to see as a few days ago, and as usual,
in these exciting times, began conver
sation by asking the political news, and
upon beingtold that Abo Lincoln was
nominated by the Republican Conven
tion, at Chicago, he wished to know
who Abe was and what he had done to
cause his name to be placed in nomina
tion for the Presidency. In answer to
his inquiries we silently pointed to a
paragraph in a paper, wherein at was
stated, Abe, assisted by another *an,
some twenty-6ve or Wily years ago,
actually split, in ono year, 3,000 rails.
After finishing this article our worthy
friend dropped the paper, took off his
spectacles, and after carefully wiping
the glasses, consigned them to their ac
customed place in his pocket, and heav
ing a deep sigh, exclaiined: "Is that all
ho ever doge to entitle him to the office
of President? Split 3,000 rails in.one
year, assisted by another man, at that!
Uhy, if ho belonged to me and did not
split his 250 a day, I'd skin him aliyo,
If that's all ho has over done, itlf.e
got a dozen negroes on my plantation
who have stronger claims on the-Presi
dentinl chair than he has."
We assured our friend the splitting
of then rails was the most noteworthy
act which Abe had ever performed, so
regarded - by friend or fob. Our friend
left the offleo no donht weighing his
own chances for the PreNidency, if the
splitting of 3,000 rails in one year qual
ified a loan for that otrice.—Macon (Ga.)
Telegraph.
The Amazon.—The Amazon, the larg
est river in the world, .has an area of
drainage nearly three •tiines as large as
that of all the rivers of Europe that
empty themselves into the Atlantic.—
This plain is entirely covered with dense
primeval forest, through which the on
ly paths are those made by the river
and its innumerable tributaries. This
forest is literally impenetrable. 'Hum
boldt remarks that two mission stations
might be only a few miles apart, and
yet tho residents would require a day
and a half to visit each other, along the
windings of small streams. Even the
wild animals get involved in such im
penetrable masses of wood, that they
(even the jaguar) live for a long time
in the trees, a terror to the monkeys
whose domain they have invaded. The
trees often measure from eight to twelve
foot in diameter; and the intervals are
occupied by shrub-like plants, which
here in these tropical regions, become
arborescen t. The origin of the A mason
is unknown ; it is navigable for two
thousand miles from the ocean; it is
nearly one hundred miles wide at the
mouth, and in some places six hundred
feet deep ;" n and its torrent projects, as
it were, into the ocean, more than three
hundred miles, perceptibly altering its
waters at this distance from thsAineri
can shores.
sera the proceedings of the Ohio
Sunday School Convention, we dad tho
following resolution, offered by Mr.
Smith, a pious young lawyer : "Resolv
ed, That a cornmitteo of ladies andgen
tlemen be appointed to raise children
for the Sabbath School."
barA little boy fen into the river at
Greenfield, Maine, a tow days since,
barely escaping drowning. When ask
ed by his mother what he was thinking
about when in the water, he said he
thought " he should furnish an item
for the newspapers."
firmship, the strpng man,
lectured in Harrisburg; last week, on
the science of lifting. if the Doctor
could teach a bard up man how to lift
a mortgage or a note in bunk what a
blessing he would bo to the world in
general and editors in particular.
mirA Richmond paper gives an at
count of the death of a resident of that
city from joy. Ho had suoceoded, af
ter long litigation in the courts, in re
covering $l,OOO from a debtor, which
so elated him that on its reception ho
was seized with epoplexy, and died in
less than a day.
Mir°That baby," said the delighted
mother, "we look upon as the flower of
the family." Being a boy, and robed
in yellow flannel, she ought to have
called him the'sun-flower.
shirA man is the healthiest and the
happiest when he thinks the least either
of health or happiness. To forget an ill
is half the battle.
aarProbably the surest way to get,
muaquitoos oat of your room la to smuko
them out. Make a big smoke that will
drive yon out and they'll follow you.
• Mr. Covoni has been busily engaged
since the sth of March in the endlea - vot
tovpmve that the Administration has
been guilty of corruption. Ile has ex
amined wo are told over one hundred
witnesses brought here from the remo
test earners of the continent. He has
left no atone unturned to gain his ob
ject; and, in his disrepstable seal to
collect Black Republican capital for the
Presidential campaign, has sot allowed
the most ordinary ooneideratiens or
right and wrong to deter him from re
sorting to the meanest dodges and sub
terfuges iu order to min his disgraceful
end.
But, what has he don ?
We have the testimony of'Gov. Wm;
stow, a Democratic motn her of the com
mittee, a gentleman of high character,
whose word no honest man will goes
tion,—that "nor A TITTLE OF EVIDENCE
HAS BEEN GIVEN TO A.FIFECT, IN ANT THE
SLIGHTEST DEOILEB, TUE HONOR OP PBS
PRESILENT." Gov. WINSLOW adds, and
every honest maa will approve and
echo the sentiment: " I rejoice at it, Its
all good men ought to rejoice, for the
character of our great men is ibe prop
erty of the whole country."
What has been the character of the
tools employed by the inquisitors " to
convict and eriminsto the Administra
tion." Hear Gov. WINSLOW again::
"The witnesses before the committee,
with very few exceptions, have been
either persons who sought to get• into
office and could not; adventurers, &bik
ers, and confidence men; and, about a
number of them I might say, with'aa
much truth as Falstaff said•orMa regi
ment, that there was not a whore shirt
acid a half among the whole forty ti
them."
NO. 38.
Such are the men fished from oven ,
cesspool in the country, by whose tes
timony it is attempted to eased the re
putation an 4 honor of the Presldeut of
tho United tes, and some of the first
men in the hind. "Ad venturers, stri
kers, confidence men," and shirtless
vagabonds, the accusers, and JAMES
BOCUANAN the accused 1-- IVaskington
Constitution.
The Republican candidate has been
but.little in pubes's:lnfo, and consequently
but, little is known of his principles. lig
was a member of Congress one term,
and during that time his record is cer
tainly not, very favorable. He opposed.
the lb.:lean war and by vote &seta
red it unceanitational and wrong," this
giving aid and comfort to the enemies
of our country. He also voted'agaimil
giving 160 acres of land to our braVO
and gallant volunteers, who ere epics:.
ged in that war. t the thouedads
who periled their lives in that eon Wet,
remember those acts of Lincoln Ind
see that no man shall administer this
government, who has thus palpably
shown kitsself to be as enemy of la--
country.
Never Sptat a itetil.—An old citizen
who had traveled much in Illinoirty
years ago, and was especially filiar
with the district of country where Abe
Lincoln resided, says that Aha never
split a rail in ltisßfe. In those days, he
says, the people never thought of such
thing as splitting rails. They frost
into the swamps and cut hoop poles
and saplings for fences, and used. theta
round, as nature made them.
Black Republican Extravagance. _
The late Black Repnblicarr Blouse of Repre
sentatives, with all their protestations against
extravagance, ordered a much larger amount
of printing---much of it mere Abolition trash
--than has ever been ordered at any previous
session. Not satisfied with repnting Ste
vens' report, at a cost of over $ lOO,OOO, fur
which there was not the slightest pretext or
excuse except to make a " fat job" for some
body, Mr. Hale now proposes to print an 'ad
ditional number of the 11th volume (consis
ting of maps and charts) of the Pacific Rail
road reports, a "job" that will not come un
der the 40 per cent. reduction. The fact is
that the heavy "pickings" in the printing de
partment have been in engraving end litho
graphing, and yet so far from Congress
having applied the pruning knife to this
branch of "plunder," they hare alloged the
enormous contracts for the Mechanical Patent
Office Report, Coast Survey Report, Stevens'
Report, and Dolafield's ltevirt, to be made
without competition or redaction. and\ Mr.
Hale now proposes an additional job for the
benefit of seine of his " wounded" partisans.
Pennsylvanian.
Effort to Unite the Demoeracy in Missouri.
Washington, June W.— Senators Green and
Polk, and ltepresentntivePhelps,Col. llama,
late editor of the Union, Wm. C. Rice, trea
surer of the United States, and Peter 8.
Wilkes. a delegate of the Italtimore conven
tion, all citizens of Missouri, have, at a pri
vate conference, recommended, by way of
suggestion to the Democracy of that State.
that the Democrats of each county assemble
in their several districts en the first Saturday
in September and elect delegates to a State
Democratic convention, to be held at Jefferson
City on the 17th of that month, to adopt mea
sures to insure united action in view of the
present divided condition of the party. They
also earnestly recommend the united support
of the State aad county tickets, and that the
candidates from the Legislature pledge them
selveg- to abide the action of the majority of
their Democratic associates.
The creed for Office.—There are fourteen
effices in the gifts of the people of Lancaster
cour.ty this fall, and we notice that for these
there are, already, no less than eighty-two
candidates in the Republican party alone.—
Sixty-eight of them are bound to come out at
the little end of the horn.
Re-Instated.—Rev. J. Schindel, State Sena
tor trove the Northampton and Lehigh/.Dis
trict, who had been suspended from the min
istry for allowing himself to be elected to a
political office, has been received into the
Lutheran Synod,„at its late ressiop, express
ing his intention of retiring from puliticallite
at the end of hie present term.
A Queer Wager.—The Court Journal of
Luntlon says that a young gentleman recent
ly undertook, on &wager, to lap up a saucer
of milk in less time than a eat. The genf.e
ruan fell behind at first, in consequence of
being seised with a violent fit of Littiliter;
" but," says the paper named. " recovering
his gravity. he won cleverly by two table
spoonfuls."
Playing their Last Card,—When the torna
do struck Comanolie, lows, four nien were
engaged in playing cards in one of the buil
dings totally destroyed. All four wereitilkd
with the cards in their bands.
serThe mammoth steamship Qreat.l
tern has at last arrived. She reached • New
York on Thursday week, in 14 days Cron
&nthanpton. England. ger oast finali
ties, therefore, are nothing to ton of. •
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Lincoln's Record.