sheiceollutneso
,
J. I. BRNO' AND J. 9. BARNHART, igorrofts
BELLFiFONTJ PENN 'A.
TOILTRICDAV, 10.4.31
Present Aspeit of:the Crisis.
Nefoit:hittandi the trouble into •Thich
the people bate )on pliwVid,' through the
unsettled condition of myricytty
is that in tha future whieh holds out a
promising feature of hope, At this partieu
larperiod; when every body is more or less
effected by the pressure of the tines, it is a
matter of no ordingL interest, Wild any
prospect of relief will naturally he looked to
with some degree of anxiety.
, Evil progno4ientions Fecame alarming
from,the Onset of the panic, —the
,cress
general . discussed the merits and demerits
of the su o bject,'atul may baud added much
in the tv , ay of exciting unnecessary- fears.
The peophi, everywhere in looking roves]
inth serious apprehensions ortlii , filinre"
fell hack upon the peculiarity of the I Mies,
and secured their available funds in draW
era and coffers to await the isduc. While
NOW resorted to this expedient as a mutter
of necessity othe'rs in the deformity of their
4111rG:11116 . 1it del hits
at command, the le watching a favorable op
portimity to realize an e - fiormells per rent,
age in the distr., ss id their less fortunate
neighbors Leasing the foundation of (Man
nal difficult iVb to wha terer source it proper
ly belongs, it in certainly quite- apparent,
the people can attribute melt of the scarci
ty of money to their intolerable hoarding of
specie, and a disregard to liquidate honest ,
liabilities, in stepping behind the provisions
of our recent act of legislation. Disastrous
consequences have been the result of such
measures,---confidence in one another de
stroyed, and as might have been anticipated,
a specie currency passed almost entirely out
of existence. Would it not then, have been
vastly to our ails antag,e. and the interest of
the country, to met promptly every de
mand against ps within our power, without
any reserve of specie funds 1 The ne,cOsunty
of a miserable illegal paper medium of it
small denomination, has been forced upog,
rs I,iy banking institutions of other States.
as the result of an adverse policy. But the
lesson the 'panic has carried with it, may he
of some practical utility in future. Hull
dreils of people have b'en enabled to foresee
the evil into which they rail, and can turn
the information thus dearly purchased in
the school of experience to guarding Oren ,
tually agaiAst a similar recurrence of thing,.
But we have already intimated a prospect
of redid froto financial embarrassment, and
it remains with US as yet to give evidence or
souse well grounded iltrry on n lech to es
tablish our convictions. the United States
the value of agriculturaf pursuit-4 alone. is
computed at not less than two thousand mil
lions and the products of our manufactur
ing establishments, al fifteen hundred mil
lions of dollars. 'With such unexampled Fe
sources in the country, and the continued
influx of gold and silver pouring in upon us
by every important vessel that arrives, both
from Europe and California, It is quite pious
ilalethrt the worst fears of the crone pro
spectively will never be realised. Five mil
lions of dollars were brought into the coun
try within ten days. by recent foreign arri
vals, and the encouraging prospect in trade,
has induced numerous manufactories that
bad suspended operstioit to again resume
business. The hanks of the United States.
have in specie today' not less than fifty
eight millions five hundred thousand dollars,
and some of those which suspended specie
payment, are making vigorous ellortei for
resuming business at the earliest possible
pod. Confidence is again, in a nica.sure
'bing restored, and a calm dispassionate re
flection of the people, is imparting renewed
vigor to every branch of trade. In the east•
ern edits, seounties n finch had gone down
to comparative nerhuigness. are steadily im
provmg. ands Healthful revilal where bum-
ness,,taitd been most efiertually prostrated, is
th•Lice4 &MO ng the current events of thy. clay
A large numter of vessels hive loailed with
grain for foreign ports, but our importations
have been very Imam* melt n matter of
0 comparatively little rnmequenca.
We coutitlently expect, that in a few
anofiths hence the oountey s ill have recover
ed from the shoc.iNt sustained intthe general
suspension of Lanka, and thy genial tau-,
enpe of prosperity again wave over a people,
where the tocsin of alas in had been sounded,
and the lowering cloud of adreriity
portendisig an venter") of impending dan
ger. There is indeed ut our country at -the
present tune too many natural eleinents Of
wealth and greatness, to render the. viols:li
tildes of our financial trthildes prolonged
duration.
5
( wonPaccetee ranrsaT:—lfon P.l . B.
Br ( e and Win . A. Porter, Bag.. of k Phila.-
d r iphic; on• P. 0. Shannon and A. B.
Met%lawn. of Pittsburg: and lion. (lay
lord Chard of Ene, are named in connec
tion with t e appointment of Attorney Gen
eral undo Gan : - ,Packer'a • adminiatratnin•
For Secretary of the Vommonwealeh, the
moat prominent names apolon of, apaation.
_w w „._3l. tluletoe. gd_llarlra4 Wm, Sohn L.
Dawson, o( Fayetto ; and lion. John Comas.
of Bedford.
rterni
Tien COMM) - NNI; a Phils4el-
phis, will go inte — dp - ellen in a few days,
under the - -Act of 8 v as a a*Sif-ps. , ;,irig --
Bank, The Direct° , n Monday last, elec
ted Robert Morris, itor of the Penn.
sylvanis Inquirer. President i sod Henry
.Gramho, late a hutding,Bookeeller, Cashiir.
- Thie Sink was projedted specially Ea MI : 7
owes 41e iatoreste of the printer., booksol- i
ita,'lsiblisbalt, paper manufacturers, and
l i t o ws ,*l4 4 ol) elisoully and indirnotly in the
" art preSerragre oridl, arta." • 1
Porp*lti Gran Miter
CIE
'lhr lie life of an editor is a per, exing one.,
There aie tinies when he can wield his pen
With ease upon every subject t 0 Imo
his im- -
aginalion is 1 unelnwied and gear, itut
!gain there iii tiniesMhenffhe" appear; doll
and drowair, and writes xith• difficulty to
himself, and renders his subjAit uninterests
trig to Idgrimilera. TheTaelTity Willi which
he o rites his articles and the interest with
, which they are read, depend not solely on
the subject of his address, Mit principally
upon the motives and circumstances by
which they were incited. Polities fur ex- •
ample, is a subject at times most agitlied in
the politic mind and crenites &degree of ex
i citement which slits Oates every citizen snore
or less, to nn investigation of truth. The
i editor is edified lit commoriinting to his
readers, his views, his thong-his and his
I feelnigs, whde he is conscious they will re
mate the attention of rut intelligent
pity. At other tunes, it wimples the most
ladling consideration in the mrod of t h e e t t t,
ten: It becomes irksome and dry, and gel
dam smilers
even a passing notice except in
the nun' of the aspiring demagogue. Liter
stun Ifet haps, is a subject, at all times read
with interest. Ilut the poor, weary, mill de
pressed edi lei, sit§i, reflects ,and meditates,
and finally asks himself what shall I write
what subject will . engal,lie attention of
this Willi" pen.tvc mind : ' 'what arouse the
dormant facultres, and °Vivify this moody
drooping spirit I hot alas Ihe feels as
though all sul t jeels had left the mach of his
diseurbed and troubled mind Polities thou
art stale and unpleasant to uremia my read
er: tint ircNinpf
tuentitlmullty sacredness Literature we
can lied nothing in thee to call out even it
few ideal Aint t kits we Nit anti m u,e and
I . liiltemplate, while time waits not ; and be.
fore anythiog is accomplished we are called
to our type or o business, with scarcely
an original idea to iuterest our readers. An
editor and publisher of anewspaper is truly
a mail of ..snroiv and well acquainted a 11.11
grief."
Walker land his New Expedition.
4 t he ape-illations are various in relation
to the new expedition of (leo. Walker One
of the minion, is, that he has gone to Yuca
tan temporarily. It is said that the rev
oluUmusGn there, hive sent $200,-
00(1 to Ilia rotted. States to lot) slops, with
wino h to take possession of the entire malt
Walker, it Is thought. nosy have received
come of the money On the other hand, Re
cording to the New York Kvaning Post. Hay
ti ts indicated as the destination of IValker
and his three hundred dais less compan toroi,. l
in the steamer • riallion," which has ostett
,llilr sailed for i irey town ' The Poi/ adds,
that the .tatenietit is by no mini', improhn
lije. lint comments thus -
It would la• nit net of pedhanitnem not
to he expegteit evetr r' to attempt
an no asion of a country %%lure three Coiled
, iiates steam,. r. are already St swotted and
C 1111141144 .0 lin vent his lauding and a litre ;
a dell prodded forre of invite troop, of ten
I mber art, preporvil to give him
a a arm reception, ehonti Tie be able to '^::z!:
the shore • lie cannot now al ' og ior,..
1855. steal tutu the interior of the emuilry,
without exciting Costa itikt.i.'ttoiininttlietn4itatt
Hat. h, steering for Hayti. he will i,ik, isi
the Dominican rebellion against the le,roper
ur F/111,11111, qnd pousibly usurp aml enereliai
the dominion, and become the siiiice•ooe o f
that middy potentate.
Foreign News -Panic) in England.
The latest new, from Englund, is by the
'Ammer Van,lerbilt.
A great commercial puny' prtvails in Eng
land, and a large number of failures Are
tin
nonycx d
The flank of England, the great regulator
of the Brandi currency, has sutpencled by
order of the Treasury and commenced the
ta.sue of an unluotted amount of small notes
The el vet i, annonie as easing the pan
ic, and restormg confidence in the commer
cial community . stook unmediatly im
proved, .ind all kind+ of produce rapidly ad -
vanced 111 price, etc
This news!, important to the United States
Though, perhaps, resulting from our own
im.management, it will, should It continue
to exist, enure to our advantage.
The issue of 'small notes will raise the
pntie of labor, of provisions, and of viterchan
deio generally, anti thus open a more crier.
sine market for out. produce, and cause a re
action in trade which has heretofore been
against us, by virtue of our extended paper
currency.
Black-Hepublioan Hypocrisy
The Washington Union says with truth
that the most arrant hypociitc to be found
is the Meek-Republican, who rein& to be
I lioriiihd because the whole of Kansas im
munition is not submitted to the people of
the Territory for ratification or rejection.
This samelack-Itepublican was, and is,
the advocate of the Topeka constitution, that
one made by a body of,irresixinsible fanat
ics, 14 lie assembled to opi a defiance of the
In ii of the Territory, usiirO l ed the power to
sit as a constitutional (.m4lllOOll, made a
constitution in open hostility to the legal au
tliopit.us of the Territory, refused to submit
any portion to the people for ratification or
rejection, but sent It to Congress, and there
insisted that it was the true and legitimate
constitution of Kansas. The hypociite now
pretends to be shocked that the legally con
stituted convention of Kansas has failed to
submit any other thaw the clause fhr tho
; judgment of the people. Such brazen-faced
efirontery and shameless hypocrisy desego
to be scouted and despised by all true ma
th/110i men.
AN ACICOrNT 1 . 114K14 11.11.C3 LON,3. —The
last quarterly returns or accounts of the
'New York Oty Post Mike, which way re•
c;•isCiLat the Dtipartment in tVashangton in
a thtjtir two after the close of the quarter.
1r w refehed out page by page continually,
would make a string of paper (Otto three
tulles long. . Who read it ?
Tnoss or ona citizens wanting ready
made clothing of a superior kind gro
ceries, cannot do better thit,by giving Mr.
Edward Brown it call. He also WO and ie
daily receiving fresh oysters by the aau-.-
#rbiehb pW il,i‘pose of cheap to finalise.
• - - tvikotriorPittaorgPait.l ' - "
Confeeilion of Hewrifs and Charlotte
• -
Iligt. ACKNoWLICOGIS 11XVINI3 MI'SWIM) TM:
WILSONS, ASh niCLAIUI.I4OXIMOS StSWAST
AN ItINUOSIIIT 11411. . '.
During Tumuli- auk: ednesday it was
rumored Mat Fifu had mix& a emilfeissioty lint
nothing wail known an to its bearing of eon.
tents untiliesterdny, when Jailor Phillips,
to
it into it segs made, gave the reporters the
mib,trance of it, Ile state'. I lnit on Tuesday,
{ after the decision of the Supreme Court,
upon the writ of error, he had a conversation
with life and Stews y, in their cell. and the
unwelcome news of the decision had affected
them both to turn's. rife wept bitterly, and
'ill reply to an iutinintiotl.from the jailor, he
pointed to Mon Foe Stet, art, and said, in the
most solemn manner, '• There ts an Innocent
mon:" De then expressed Iv deolre to con.
Jets the whole truth in regard to the murder
a Geo. Wilm4and - Elizabeth blelltasters.—
t
hi order that there 'night be no underniand
' ,jug, or !mould, ronniling, between Fife and
clarlotte (the latter having had no intima
tion in regard to the confession) the jailor
suggested that site be brought down and
placed in the sante cell with them.
Fife agreed to this, remarking that lie was
ready and willing to tell the truth, as he sup
, posed Charlotte would do the seine. She
a-as then conducted to their cell, and another
aeon of painful and bitter weeping fellowed
the interview between the three unfirrrumite"
persons Fife then proceeded to narrate his
history, Flom his youth up to the thne that
he was arrested for the murder of the IVil
sons. The minium of the confession us
known only to the jaitor, Who rounnitted it
to wiiting, So much or it aS relate.; t 9 and
' Al i known by Charlotte ,[ones, rerekerd her
assent. ali the (wits worn divulgeil. Char
lotte did not make a separate confewen, as
has lieeo notch led. '
Ilv lii rinisston of Jailor Phillip , , we are
at liberty to give the main farts embodied iu
IsCronlixsioi~l Tr Zty are ihmie . The t nor
ilfr 44 tie. Wilson awl his sister originated
with Charlotte Jones, and was executed by
!limn, and them alone. When they gained
admission to the house, Fife stabbed the old
man, and Charlotte struggled with her aged
aunt. Failing to kill her, Fill, WWI obliged
to assist, and the double murder was com
pleted. The chest was then searched• and
the two left the lomat , . They both assert
that Stewart was not there and that their
interthens were wholly unknown to him.—
Time they 2runonnci hiin entirely innocent,
and volimtarily criminate themselves.
In regard to the murder of Samuel
%V lute. which Is so intimately eminected in
the public mind with that of the 'Wilsons,
Fife mom earnestly asLerts Its inimeetice.--
Jailor Phillips took partividar pants bi as
eertam, soon afjer their arrest whether Char
lottr nod Fife would tell the same story in
regard to the time a hen Fife first saw Hill
Jones Fife stateel that lie first saw Dill at
1118 father's house, on the evitietm niter the
Iti te murder Chariot te , without knowing
the ohjert of the jailor. staled the sante
thing. Fife does not consider Hrll Jones
guilty of the (Chute murder. lie thinks tint
old HUM Jones swore the truth a hen ho said
1131 aas at homy that night ilt Itttl,t be
rein. tottered that t 'is • bout twenty miles
froift itIA man Jime 's to whe-e White lived ).
IV, may add that 'Fife's reason for not
a e onf e s s ion before wits, that his
i-otinset assured him that he would tut ac
that so 1011 as he had a chime
(or his life, Ito wuuhl bet jtestitialido in keep
ing quiet upon the t ifeldPlvistativart
hope, but le carnet die w Mena declaring
the ininieence of Nlonrini Itjte wart, in order
if 1.0m•oble, to suet' lion an 11111 , ,M111 , 011u death
for an .Ikw c }Judi lie never committed.--
Should Fife lie est cota,ii is hiaxlgativt
thu sanllol 1, unit
g ive it 10 the world w it l,all lhr colemnity or ;
111 Itig arehrntloll.
Mr has not yet concluded to give',
the document to the press fur publication.
Ile may issue it in pamphlet form, which.
together with a Ayllopslx of the evidence and
the ineidents of the inal would Finn an bet
teresting little work. The publie will look
for it with lltely inter, at.
NVe have no reininell LS 1,0 !Mkt; upon the
I'oll fe,SlOll, at present. 1-1 naturally revives
in the unlid the evidence it MAI connect' ,
' !Stewart so closely with the terrible tragedy
—and winch, uncontrwhetell by the fact or
ircurredatue, a ill eiearcel'y be shaken by
even the dying declaration of Henry Fife.
The Burning of the Steamer Rainbilw•
41aVIINTV-FIVII I.IIRA LOST. -NANIPN 4110
I=
CINCIVS4TT. Nov 21
"l he Commercial of this morning contains
private •lwpatthes giving nnute parttutl.rr•.
of he Minting of the steamer Rurnbow on the
Mississippi River. near Napoleon. Ark. •
There were three hundred and turfy seven
passengers aboard, including a large num.
tier of coal boAtinen on the deck. The OM
the fire is attributed to incendiansin
The total liets is estimated at 75, principally
deck passengers.
As soon as the lire was discovered the
treat was ran abhnrc, where she was burned
to the water's edge. The wind was bkiwing
a stilt gale a few minutes after the tiro broke
out, and %boat was soon enveloped in the
flames.
Tho steamer Minnesota, from New Or
leans. I,might the saved to Meniplei A
mmo', them are the r. Ilowing Thomas
Maddock. J. M. Carson, John Mayberry and
wife. of Philadelphia
tjie hooks of the steamer being destroyed,
no list, , f - the lost can he furnished
All the Mileers of th, heat were saved.
I; From Mexico.
ANOTITNR , TOSTOIXTION--NK , :OTIATIONS BP
?WRNS TIII INVOI•IiTIONISTS AND SANTA
ANN A--COMUNFORT'S FALL OONSInNNAW
CKIITAIN•
NEW Oat Nov. 25
The U. S mail ateasuship Te111114~3 has
arrived at this port. bringing Vera Crux
dates to the 21. at sod City of Mexico to the
19th Inst.
The country was Ina most distracted con
dition. Another generatjvrplution was ha
pending
Negotiations were pending between the
revolutioniata awl Santa Aiwa, whom un
doubtedly they intend making President.
The Tennessee hrmis twenty•three polit
ical exiles. among whom sr, Ex-Pesident
:Mar Jose Washmenn and Col Romero.
William Moran, Editor of thy, Extraordi
naire. h.O heen imprisoned for the finhhea
timi of an ankle against the Governor of
Zaratec
Gen. Comonfort'a fall WA4 conaidereil cer
tain. It was thlµlght Coubtful whether hire
fife would be spared if he remainu in the
country.
A Moues. IN It CHILD'S STOMACH. —A few
days ago a child named Tomlinson, of
Greene'Lane,N died after a lingering ill
ness. It -appeared that. in Marist.st,' the
child passed a grown soon minus its
head. Thu mouse had run dot"' the child's
thyttalt while !slaying in a tleld near Sono
Perry, where its parepta then resided. Af
ter that dine the child continued ailing more
or less until Ito death, the iniunediate cause
of which waa supposed to li.tve beou,sitirs
bun.
Letters have lieen received tmm Mr. Allis
bone, in which he ozoreaaaa a detarmiaatiott
to return immediately home , to meet the
eerioue aermeations against him as President
of the Dank pf Num , •
nerP. & Eftilibitof
good Attorney- Cot Blair.
Wanted —A turkey for Christmas.
- 1 ;7" Ci'Mitt—The weatliet and old maids.
f(7) - Convinies —Ooligri•satm Monday next,
Col. Nirioliey paid usa ~p op visit". on
rti , t,ty last. ••• • .
r - taut trAbe good - " Tfie semen preached
by Itvv. nr. Linn on Thanksgiving day.
Receives motion Attention —The old
inaitht and widow., from friend Pottsgrove.
f AIWA. Corn. Onto. Rye and Buck
wheat, taken for, subscription, advertising
and job work. • •
Col. Jamea P. Barr, editor of the
Murillog Post, is a emu - halite for the Patti
burg Pomtmatatership, and we hope he may
get itv
fr_.? It i, stir that twenty•two widows,
whose htuthantia were lost by -the-wreck of
rc reo . tral Ann•ru•n, gulled in, thp la,st
stra WWI for Cnltrorma.
Intereating--The letter of I). S. Dun
ham in the last Clinton Democrat. Our
'rime of the Watchman told the truth Drat
Lime. Do you 'fess it ?
Ladies are like watches—pre - tty
enoub to look at—sweet faces and delicate
hands, but somewhat difficult to "regulate,"
when once net "agotng."
irjw-it. i, nnivi - thntDitilonbarli of tin. Clin
ton ElNniocrat, hes beetton a knitting Cxenr
gion "4p Om river" for tho last two wean,
and succeeded in Isdliog a possum.
Ihschnsacti —One of the churches in
Boston have dischar,ged their choir. to save
money. If it was convenient we could give
theta h few tiniest on „round hale, gratis.
r - Rev. Mr. KalfoTh, of lin:atoll, w • ac at
Cerol{lpton, Kansas, laat.week, and the fact
of het having n hid) , c%itli bon a cawed the
Fo„ipa of that village a great deal of concern.
Iflcelr Mr thr Ant
or Tigits. twenty•lire relit piece in our
parkin borik. — !Pstg.
/Mr,/ it near our office.
7' Dr Stewart of Jersey Shore, at man
who keeps his office tinder lidison's Culvert,
paid us a visit on Thorsday last. lie Says'
Frank's valedictory was o ell written. Send
us a copy, Prank
1 - .7 - To he always intending to live a new
life, but neverlo find time to vet about it. 14
as if a man should put olleating, and drink
ing and sleeping, from one day and night to
soother, till he is starved and destroyed.
.1" The cashier of the Lancaster Bank,
Bachman, wh' squandered its futul , ., to
pile:lle speculation, and was indicted for
embezzlement. has been acquitted. the Judge
v nig charged the July that it did but ap
pear that the ilefendo nt inte firlitl at
the im committed tt Brave Judge,
that.
rt ('heap 'Living —Tazewell, Va ,i 9 said
to br p poor mans Patadtse in the way of
cheap Irving A aorrearanplent or the Rich
in')nd (Va.) 1 4 1 sPnCh , 793" "Living is
cheap enough—only flunk of egge at fit, eta.
per down, chielcen4 at eta each, bacon
10 eta per lb . ~orn 25 rents ner bushel, and
a oral only $1 per cord, delivered at your
3 our fluor,"
/"Jtilli of the Jersey Shure Vedette,
luta comm.:need 14141.11111 g it White and
if/ark Irtt. Thos that pay are in..ertetl tit
the it lute Iptt. - th , r4e that ;reuse mat Are no
ble to ply. in tht: Idnrk.
rut - lit —A Man whit, wdt toren,. a paper fur
team and refuse In par fur tt, 1 , 1 1111.1111 anti
.11 4 .11011125 t Su e fel I Illellllol ut all Opt
•Inic numb- or do i n g husuo—, w the future
4 " . tr 4 )
, 4" Itrittg the 11C11:111.1 1/11 1111: bard t i r t r Aar
irtrrr - Iltel c t r a-rl,ll4lrtr if
einr• 11111,11ig 1111 I 1 / 1 1.11k at Le
i1.0111;i11,11, 11%14 ainnmer, It %Ins ne , eotary, in
meenrilanre ‘‘ith the' rharter. to exhibit a
cash capital o 1 iato,ooll OK 17.1rt.r.
nor counted one hag at it tittle, the ottit r stay
k 1111 n, II out and hrotight ut again. and thi.
\rt. done %Intl! 1.'511 NW a ere counted sad
• tn
11 - 7 The is, purr of the Watchman says he
has red Loved a Democratic gobbler• yEonf
I.r 010 tlitr It 1 , 1 11 , 1111111111,Vil N le, ialylly
M.•I 101 l e, and whether he tigiftif . TO'r Billy
ll Parker - 117isq.
Can't it II whether he in
MI , IIY Nl'litiire or not - but 111. re 1, one tring
'maul we intend intrailuruit , him to a
Molly pretty soon As to voting for Billy
('Packer, we are inclined to thud. he did.
fin he is aIC mugs 'whim; Num. Jr
he was tainted with Knorr-NathiniTtstn.
we woutiriit touch him—we would cat
his head whack oil and hand him ceel.,
Wow friend of the Wing.—fearing it would
make us' 'fib' for a 2 ear ufterwartiw.
17 The editor of the Hollidaysburg Stan
dard, in a.v appeal to his subsextbers to pay
up, intends taking a tow through
the country to tisit his patrons and will be
prepay., d to take in trade, wheat, oats, corn,
pork, hoer, buckwheat, maples, potatoes,
chickens. turkies, puinpkiiil, butter, eggs,
horaca, mules, wagons, calves,
whi el barrow s, !mimes& hoop•pules, lath,
lime, apple- butter,stocking-yarti. hard-soap,
enter, dried-apples, beans. turnips, wool.
, furthers. geese, ducks, dry goods, groceries,
hard-ware. queensw are, and reaity made
, clothing, at the Current market value. Ac
eommodating, editor that.
Poking Fun at ley of the
Democratic Ern, published at Sellaire, 0 ,
speaks av tediums 01 a Republican funeral
in the Afi loan Desert . 'Vivre has been
soleitin times down at ' I ' v
oN•►nila. Pa The
' mitrners ' have been 'depositing the re•
mains of Davy Wilmot. The rumens are
crud to have looked beautiful even Lai:WAIL!
They poked him away in a hole upon the
aide or a hill, and placed a cotton rag over
the door, upon which was worked in wool
'• llero•lice our lt,tty, dead no a ktut,
Vol der drvil killed in a Amon lit,
lie would not lot him stay tail we,
8o he took herehonne to gaily :nit he,"
o The village burgesses passed a resolit
lion that all the white mourners should wear
a black rag etltetre•l to their coat tnalfi, and
the colored ohes-should wear white wash on
their loft ear for the space of twenty-fou
hours." •
AN Et.orgaitv at Upper Alton. !Who's,
terminated rather verionsly • —A young man
from northern Illinois, W(111 the heart of
young lady named Curter in that city, a
gainst the will of hen frtend4. She got into
his buggy„ and they Were driving away to
the nearest magistrate, when the father star
ted m piirmiii Con lior.ibinek, and soon over
took the couple. The young lady jumped
out. The father levelled a shooting iron at
the'ollllg 1111111 n Who raisul 1114 foot and arm
1.44- 4441{W.- The ennten.•
or pistol pIIN.Cd through • the font into the
wrist, and a part of the load entered the
right eye of the young in in below the pupil.
A shot passed - fa *the depth of a - dimple Orin
efies and bad not yet been removed. No Is
-
gal 511•11.;: had been takpi in the matter, ana
the )oung man refuses tO 'meet the oIA gen-
Oman.
Tim Lira Stottat, by Mary T. Williams,
has been received, and will in aue •timo ap
pear. Our fair correspondent evinces in her
'production good poetical sentiment, and a
little memo mortn-relperd - ttr measure word d
establish for her considerable notoriety p,4 a
poeteep.
I,lltatiotql,
, The Teachs:x!'_lnatitute otgentai
We tttor °fir reidenft p!IN rxxli - published
in anottietr enitimrt of to- by pupae, by
Waring., the intesitient , ienth mind"'
rneetillgOrlMS aasoclattion, to tpi. held at
Nltleshurg. lire are strqngly and firmly Ml
preamol with the utility of these as , ociatinn
of Teachers, to our Common Sk.hools. Nast
trinomial schools, to entorchnnge the (lilt! ,
ent methods and experiences are-most hone.
Bend.
We can adduce no better reasons why
Teachers arid all others friendly to the ed
cation olour youth, should attend at the
next session, than thsgo published by Mr.
Waring in Vehinary last. ;We tirerefte,
again present ehern to our readers.
"No one should ri.euine the metered rrapon•
aihility of gliding irrevoeable months or
yearn of the liveo o f impressible children,
wilhont rigular and full preFaration.
every teacher now moat bc , fully aware how
great need thero•i4 f,r n largo amount- not
of cud y only, but of preparatory practice
Superintendent,' have been rbl!0.1 r r nm n -
c eto. it y to grant eert;ticatea to the ineonope•
teat, rind the account,' they give of a lnrg
proportion of the Sehordo, in all the Countic.,
are deplorable. But tmprovernoi.te are rap
idly advancing, ili.quid ified and benighted
teachers cannot be tolel•nted much longer;
the profession will di..own them , Soperin
tendonto will expose them, and the Direetira
will reject them.
': Ln Cteq. Line pr orionien- fir tettchint
the country, therefore, attend the Invfrhdr,
nee what in dune; idinarec the manner
mint eucrrnnfol te.telwrn ; learn /nor they
teach , take mann of all that in maid anti el :
hthired ; acquire sift f-knowleilgc s f ineVrt.,
and foultii, and, with it, nelf renpeel , make
the personal acquaintance of an rrfany t&ch•
arm anti direolorn an ponnible, and return to
the nehool tinder yiiiir cure, n ten fold abler,
wi.ci and more efficient teachers Sensible
"1 the importnnrn and t test greatness of your
voeation, anti anitirated by the power of no
vial anti priließslolllll Pllpport from your R ood
and able collenglien , Omni surmounting th;
heavy cares and litre of your tinily diking
"'tinting spri•ial reanonn why erely leach'
er kliculd arrange to nttend the next meet•
ing of the tantalite, are •
- 1 The Pottn.slermi , tettlUttlort sehtml Art
tem to now the noed—Ferteet in the Union,
.too) if the tenehete. one luoiy, errand the
efrorh , or the legoilatore and the School
pertinent and agent*, will be surtutur , l,
othereoe) not • the teteher+ here wen Wield
I,r the Common wool, they tnusa secure what
- 2 ilifttter - trlnltlleatinnt are demanded
rr pry year by the nperation ~r thri snperin
tnnoten,s r, 01) 4/1•111.11iw netrehrd,rtert vai
rw n•n•-•.rery to keep up 'with the genor.ll
pry -
~rr•n I/1” . 0 I% 1111%; n Ilifi
l)nn riot Superintentinney gill hr
en; al•ln.hed Twiny Epkarill of dire 'tor.
f ,,e tt, the entnpl ,,,,, n
zept/taii kli 11.11.1 fillf`lll . o row.tuni of the
~,,.11,,r,N 11 . 3 4toni.nn• nktllful 11'11.110r find
der,,,, tho unllrwp,trrd and
n, nent; St recor I olontYy impro,
a1e111; and nt Ire's 51 Cry darn air I oter3 pro
rr !Iwo in It.o rehool; It will render n knnwl
ertelontie. etching nbeo
lutely fie;,Aary In the teacher.
"4. tasty metliriemt rettyetter is it morel
irnimr to the common i /11 crest. Ile stand•
in the duorwel of knort ledge ; It up,
nud perpetit .1.11 ignoret4e end, f•tlnehnod
rnrcead All our Sl.lttl is CIIII/Itlllttelt, It can
Itot ..ford igt or tore anywhere. It 41 inure
d ut4crnnn than fire sr pest ileneo. All mnet
he educated to meertitio extent, fur all vote,
mud all eltould be educated together, and ar
nearly alike ne paemible County Ittetiodee
ere rel.col upon Icy the len ling educationalist&
of the State, ac tlio m.c•t tmmedintety efr•et
ute of pt.:led...Al cm pro% ement. (See
priwerdlngr or Stan• Amon ut ion )
Our I tiotitillola ilflll4 the earliest and ()Went.
5 l'he next meeting wtll have fteeLeal nr
rarigAmeei• to I,.terear, inetruct, reward and
grittily .1,1 Atm attead.
..6 1)110. ior• hate ',town° sensible that
the most enterprising and oarneir teachers
are those who attend Institutes, and they
sock them aecorilingly llandeiime certifi
cates will he prep.tred for ineuillers an tisiecsek,l
evidence ou this int 8
' i klile,hurg is a (Antral and eaeily Ito I
cessible point, 'and her citizens will reunite
the teachers in n manner evidencing their
respect for them an their eh ildreu's and their,
country's best, Joust piles-Inking and self ,
suer dieing friends Let thu entire Ludy meet
together for the first tline, and Mims , to them
ins;ves 'toil the public of what manner of par.
eons this most influential, but lens' recap
toned, of all lice tlictal pOlVel I Of the Stale o
composed.
"The new school-house lately erected at
the Ifilostairg iron Works in It model build
ing, which every Toaulieritud Director ehoit
nook opportunity to inspect. In Eno let ev,
cry one addressed, conclude that 'it is abso
lutely a duty which I c4nnot e4nde ;I oval
WI Atilt attend the Institute with all Ito'
fellow teachers,' and nrrange accordingly"
ThErFortlicoming Message
The special Washington correspondent
of The Press, says it is rumored that Mr.
1311 , 11811811, in his first annual _measage to
Congress, will take bold ground on the cur
rency question : that he will re-affirm the
principles laid down so clearly in his cele
brated 'vetch an the I.idcpondcnt 'Treasury
Bill. Ile believes that it was the intention
framer-id—of-I hp
loth a hard-money currency. rend that .the
action at Cong,mao ail*, has been a steady
departure from that Intention. It mill be
his object, Men, to .riffracq the also steps
'taken, and to bring the government back to
tune the ground
The issue will be made in the next Con
geese, whether. State banks have the coly,sti
tutional power to Issue circulating " promi
sea to pay." There wio. too a barite party to
take the negative of the argument. who will
not, it is said, yield until a decision has been
gives on the question by the Supreme Court
of the United States. ti general- bankrupt
law for the banks :will be presented for as'
tint), This will provide a fixed lewd course
for putting into liquidation ineotvent batiks
all over the Union.
Later from Calais: We.
,11111111Y4rbt TIM - DANTE; WgnsTtllt. f '
ew Onssixs. Nov. 28.—The U. 8. hhili
3:anwilito Daniel NT„,asleiter. .toitt on
rathlitiG, has arnveent;this port?
She ertpyienced4wary ga es an tlin As
sign frogs New Yorlelii Havant.'
The Daniel %Velma/4)rings WV a
of dollar's fiord novena. _
The T'acille' Mail gteamiiiiin Company's
steitnnir Northern Light, from Aspinwall,
with a fottnight's later news from dalifor
nia, had'arriveitat Havana, and sailed for
New York on the 25th inst. film his on
board twetnilfinna of dollars in thettaure.
The news of the loss of the Central Amer
ica caused a general gloom in San Franciaco,
The Courtsirnmediately adjourned. .Varri
one macs meetings were held, at which res
olutions were adopted denohneihg the Pacific
Mail SteapHllip COlllpany:
It was 01.61.111i1y anpposed that the Ac
counted of Indian depredations in the vicinity
of Carlym Valley were exaggerated.
Further advices received from the Plalna,
confirm the belief of the complicity of the
Mormons in the massaCre7
The enlitbrnia papers express the opinion
that an efficient army could Iv rased in that
Stale against. the Mormons.
Mr. 11,arastliy, late refiner in the Mint, has
been indicted for embezzling4lso.ooo.
The news of the protest of Messrs. Dither
& Church's drafts at New York had caused
a run, which compelled the firm to close.-7 4
-Several attachments had been made.
There was aka a rim on Messrs. Tallant
& We(d, and several others, but none of them
had closed at the sailing of the steamer.
I%e accounts `front the mining districts
were good. The markets were innotwe.-
11axalt thmr quoted at $l2,
Arrived Talesman, from Now York.
Hard,to plain
Our Republican friends, when reference ss
111/1110 in their presence, to the numenois vic
tories recently won by the Democracy. find
it I miter difficult to tinnier them satisfacto
rily If we a.,k them how it came that Gen.
Packer ‘t as SO triumphantly elected, they
Ai say X \
•• Oh, the Quakers did not vote."
" But we have carried New Jersey, Qua
kern and all ?"
• Oh. that is owing to the Rad Road."
Hot look at New York ?"
" llh that m owing to the ennal."
" Hot we have carried Illinois i"
" Uh, that is owing to the Ikrintins."
" But we have carried Indiana 1•'
:' Oh, that in owing to the Methodists."
" But Loui gime% is also with
Oh, that is owing to the Cntholies."
'• New York city is overwhelmingly with
Oh, that is owing to the Inch."
But :11 in nete.ot tt. where there are few
inch. gernrantt, Onthol tem, nn cana s? and
few Hail Roads. Lbw does It become Dem
oorntle " •
-
.
•• Oh. that is owing to the Federal Gov
crnment "
Anil ('omierticut ?"
"'Oh. that is owing to the Yankees."
Aid Carit'orqua 1'
Ott. that is a new State."
And Virgtma 7"
Oh. that 11 An 01.1 State
Look of OH South, which is composed
of an Anglo-Saxarr pnputntlnn -a face WI
-1111.1.141, 311141 wh o le internal improvements
and external §itlration do not enter into pot
-Itoo4 ?''
- Oh, that Is ow ing to Flavery "
" Rut the North tg orge.uwug equally
%rah lit, South, in suipo;t_g Bugimn
an
lh thn t is ming. to the etnigralion
But NeAv Me xteti is Democratic, where
the people cattle Oyer shortly after thiluin
iis : soil which was *tithe! luefure Cape
Cod
•• Oh. that in mwnig to— I irtivvn k flown
what '
Family, the opposition ron out of polo -
giev, excuses and explanahaus, as the Dem
oeratie rictoties pour in, cool' one requiring
a different theory --Pifighnr,,r, Post
What the Wind Bays.
'• flo you know what the December wind
says. grandpa r asked a little chill at an
phi merchant's knee
"No, puss : what does'it he answered,
stroking her fair hair.
"Remember the poor!" grandpa When
it comes down the chimney it roar! *Re
member 'the poor :' when it puts its great
mouth to the key-whole it u•hrrt/ro, •Itetnem
'her tho • pour t' when it. strides through a
crack in the door it whispers it : and, grand.;
pa, when it blows your beautiful silver haii
in the street, and you shiver and button nip
your coat, does it not get In your ear and say
so too. in a still email voice, grandpa I''
'• Why, what does the child mean. , " cried
grandpa, who, 1 ant afraid, had twee used to
shut his heart against such winds. " You
want a nen muff and tippet. I reckon :
pretty wayto get them nit of your old grand -
fatAer."
No, grandpa,' said the child eirnestly,
shaking her head, "nu, its the no muff and
tippet children I'm thinking oft my mother
alavaya remembers them, and so do I try,"
After the next storm the old merchant
I sent fifty dollars to the Treasurer of the Re
lief Society, and•said, "Cali (or more when
you want it." The Treasurer started with
surprise, for it was the first time lie had ev
er collected more than a dollar from him,
and that, he thought, came gnidgingly.
1 • Why," said thc•rich old merchant Oftaf
' wards, " I could never get rid of that child's
words ; they stuck to mo like glue."
And a little child shall lead them,". nays
the Scripture. How ninny a cold heart has
melted, and a close heart opened, by the sim•
plc eartnostness and suggeativo words of a
child. •
The Markets.
PITH, DELPITTA, Nov. "iA, 16517,
TtexAcerrorrii. -The market for all kinds
has been depressed and dull during the week
just passed, owing to the unfavorable char
acter of the advicati froar abroad, and prices
generally favor the buyers. The sales of
Fleur, however, retell some 6,500 bbls, at
$5 25e55,374 for common and good brands :
$5.50a55.75 for extra, and $5 85486.75 for
fancy lots, according to quality, the latter
for premium Flour. the demand at the•Elose
being qpite limited, both for export and
home ule, for the latt2r purpose. Sales to a
moderate extent have N4n made at from
65.25a57.50, as to brand ands quality. Rye
Flour continues inactive, at $4 50 per bbl :
the stock is light. Corn Meal is also dull
add lower, some 1,500 bble Penn's. Meal
• .• .., : beest-itedd, part-it-• 91 - 1 - 2+; -- and --
at a price not made iiliklio. Wheats are
coming in slowly, but the demand is moder
ate, mid prices have been hardly sustainetl ;
the market, however, at the close. was rath
er firmer. Sales include about 2,1,000 bus.
in lots, at $1,11.5a51 26 for ordinary to prime
red, and $1.20a51.35 for white. Rye is bet
ter. and all °tiered (about 3..500 butt.) have
been taken at 75a18c for Pennsylvania, and
ise for Delaware. Corn o ntinueh scarce,
and 1 7' .000 biis,,Ald •vellow base been dis
posed of at 80a8le afloat a in store ; 12,-
000 bus. new also sold at 57a62c, as to con
diton, the latter for prime iTry• lots. Oats
are advancing. and about 22.000 bus Dela
ware and Peonftylvania brolight 35a36c. Of
Barley, stnallsalOs are ireparted at '13605e,
l and BarlayArlt etlil.lo rerbakk.
EOM A ' AN.
REWISNTB, DECEINISIIN
CAI AND PERSONAL.
Au *sedates OUTRAGIL—On Sunday lit,
a respectable white woman of this place,was
assaulted-by a negro named-Sinion Blue;
some wherein the vicinity of Curtihrs Oar
banks, on the road loading to Lock Haven;
with the intention of committing a MS up
on her person. This fiend ihhuman form,
wits very ilolent In his attack, and need lan
guage eh ire Inflirnied, of 'Most obscene
charmiter. fortunately for the ledp. the near
approach of a gentleman traveling along the
road, prevented any serious consequences, as
.the periretratm 7 seeing- -thi -traveler-aban
doned his purpose and fled. Prompt intelli
ge'nec of the outrage being immediately con'
muninated to the proper znithirities, a wfr•
rant was issued for his arrest, and we• are
glad to inform our roadhrs the tlarkey is now
safety lodged In jail, and committed for trial.
Outrages of this character have become in
deed of no uncommon occurrence in, ow ,
midst, by the colored clasS of Otir popula.
tion, butter went of proper idrn ti tioation on
former bccasions,Justice failirri to reach the
parties implicated. 'there is less mystery
however• surrounding . Ohl cane„ as the ne
gro is well knoivreto tits woman: It is pots:
sail° the prisonermay,havti been guilty of
thoto other crimes o(tho same kind, that ex •
cited otir population so intensely months
ago, and encouraged by escaping detection,
has .become more -bold 4n- ltis *Hirt designs,'
and in consequence has got himself entan ,
gled in the meshes or tlin law so deeply, as
to preclude the possibility of escape. Th e
unusual interest that was manifested by our
citizens last spring, to ferrnt out the perpe
trator of a similar offenoe, was intense, and
now that as alike recurrence of crime has
again been committed by a negro, we cotild
give no well grounded assurance, that judge
Lynch would not execute summary punish-
Meta if the ollenijer was to get into the
hands of an excited populace ; for truly his
neck is ree.iiing for a rope.
Snag INst.s."--Some of our citizens rs•
paired recently to the outside limits of the -
borough, and engaged for a season in the ex
citing and exhiliarating amusenzept of playing
ball. Growing weary of this exercilie, they
teturned to town after the order of a forced
march among the aborigines, ■nd proem!.
eil along the *treat immediately under the
office of the Democratic Watchman. Sud
denly the performance was. intensely diver
sified by eimiry •• ground awl lofty tum
bling." In witnessing the astonishing feat
of gymnastic exercises, which occurred in
the Diamond our sympathies were wrongly
aroused in behalf of the fallen fortunes of
the renowned showman P. T. Barnum -"-
Another exhibition of this charac'er, if onlP
rntimeated to him, no doubt his European en
terprise would be immediately abandoned iu
favor of a traveling company composed of
thin identical party.
?vcw - Tlunnaß "tovoy was
a sem into offie as Sbentl, on 'Citeaday last.
also John (loner. Drothonoiary , and Jesse I.
Tpit, RegiNter atilltecorder. Thu.le are the
gentlemen whom the people in their *over.
riga majesty have said shall Jerre them is
the different capacities above alluded io.--
They are jn every way worthy the mull
deuce the peoplediave reposed in them, and
will make good and efficient offleers. We cao
take our Democratic innumbentri by_the
hanitiond congratulate them on their good
fortunes. in the triumph of the glorious
principles of Democracy wider which our
government has been nurtured.
Ws siren TIM attention of our readers to
the Card of Alessri Aritcy'tt Ros-imerchants
at Centre lbll, which will be found in anoth
'er column. 11tre have been intimately ac•
quainted with Mr. Ross for a number of
years, and Lave no hesitancy in saying that
we have always found him a perfect gentle
man, strictly honest, and'a very clever fel
low. Those of our :friends at Clntre
who have occasion to purchase goods, we
recommend to the store of the above firm,
believing that they will get bargains by so
doing. (tire them a call.
MUM" IDRNTIAL r"SCAPL.—We are informed
that on Tuesday aft ernoon . two children, a
gon and daughter of the Rev. John Darer,
were playing together i n rooms znoetupied
at the tune by the family, aisi in their
amusement the little girl endeavored to papa
into the room occopiei by her broths,, a lad
some eight or ten years of age. The boy
prevented his sisterl ingress by cloamg the
door, and thinking to freighten her, seized a
gun which he supriosed unloaded, and de
signed-tar boa cri,
gun however being loaded with shot, several
of u hioh passed through the door and lodged
in the side of her neck and head. The shot
weer extricated by Dr. Fairlamb, and the
wounda•though severe, wo understand are
not considered dangerous.
THANtSOTTING OAT, with but few excep
tions, was generally observed by our citi
zens. - Preaching was held in several of our'
churches. Considerable stir was manifes
ted on the streets, and the day bring exceed
ingly pleasant, many people from the coun t
try found their . Wl t int 6 Bellefonte ow re
creation and pleasuro. In the afternoon our
town was enlivened by a few excellent
pieces of music from the Bellefonte Nam
Band, played on the veranda of the Conrad
House, attar-which it marohed thrOugh our
principal streets and dispersed.
ON MONDAY evning, s gentleman lo atten
ance at court from the Country, became suf
liciently- inebriated to feel merry,' voluble
and weillthy, when 'mime of our authorities
thinking our municipal laws outraged, urea
ted the individual and lodged him safely in
irmte. This is right gentlemen, and should
not oßences of this character, a daily grin
renee among our own citizens he served in
like manner----Persons becomingleastly in
toxicated, deserve no better treatment for
their riotous and disorderly conduct.
L►ra, ass Daum bisi Wil4oissis.-srall nib"
laid untillo lota too appear in this week's
-wiper. It shall app sr in our heat issue,