, ynt 4 16 4 1 , : ,t 1/IP •.ez 1 . 4 % ' \\,'(l Toga ilAlreelinaino 3. 3. SR/MY AND J. S. D A:IS:HART, ISDITORS BELLEFOIk;TE, PF.NN'A I . IIIVRIMAY, NAV 13, ISSS DEMOCRATIC STATE TICK ET SrPREIIII4 ArtIGE, WILLIAM A. PORTER 1 . 1 , ; 11. COMMISMIONNR, WESTLEV FROST. Our readers o 111 attritone any deficiency in this nundki of the Watchman, to tho ab sence of the Senior editor it ho has been on a that to his fiend, shire our fast issue. The Junior lay% no churn to being a 'practi en! priotti Growth of the IJuon Thirk)-rotlr Ntarm now adorn the aJleiT"lo rep- resent the Sint, s t f I tregon, Minnesota and KIIIISII4. We 111 , 1111111 the latter because ue Indleae from the eN idenee that the peorde of that tinfoi tiiiwte el ritury desire adintssion as a SIWCII . II4ii :"trit,,es en under the Li :•ornp. ton Constitution, with heave to alter and amend at pleasure. and that (hey rill ac cept the proposition of tongress.and at once dose the nail final agt(w.toti that has so long been disturbing our political c;jitaiiimity and thestro)ing the (rat( rittty that exists between the people of our I mon. flow inagmlicent and unpin allelcd Las tw ii our growth— The fetble colonies Thal threw oft t ttat liniain'ssyoke and ■ttenipted to •• stand a- lone," now consult:lt% a lemon, Ihnt -un ulered 111 point of Ten 'tory nealth intelli gence ni.tl menial aro% ity is tint quelled by env upon the lure of the 4,1"1.e If men would hi have Iht rnwlves—cease wrangling about impossitulities sentiments of fraternity and harmony, we might not e j on 111 our majestic march with out a ware to (hit 111 I) the placid bosom of the ocean of time, or a rod, to threaten the ',mid 01(1 slim of State Star after star would light upon our foamier. until all the Territo ry a e now possess would be organized into prosperous and nub pendent States, and much more of the American Continent add ed to our dominion. The true men of this country arc those %Tito exerci.i.e a spirit of conciliation, and bearing in mind the real basis of our national oeganiration, exert their via er and the Ir influence to prevent a collision of local inter' stn, and to assuage Leery t bulitlon of discontent that may mani fest. itself. Our true national statesmen are those who're broad and comprehensive minds unite with the patriotism of their hearts to form a net work as it were, of national principles that a ill protect every legitimate interest that may be fostered into life upon our diversified soil lie who will seize ally local question, and by the aid of partisan feeling or adventitious ciieunistances, hint it into the arena of national politics and gust. it an undue prominence and unpin lance, is too contracted in his sums or too sordid and selfish in his in Alto, to (barite the name of statesman IV aiiiiiigioii.Slerson, Jackson and their compatriots, forgot even thit local interu sts • of their homes, in then tiler to cement the bond, of the I mon and limner/ its prosperity The prlteClloll of air national I mon, aud the breseilation of our freedom eaa great people. I , the lb st step toward the encouragement of null% idual en ttrprOle or the eultivall,ll,,r local and per atonal prosperit). %Slott matters it. that we should duller on minor questions, it ne agree on the great and fundarneutal one. of adhering to the Constitution and the «iiin tiy What Is 10.0. I f tie Lennie eon,. in 11. establishment of the lan s of tinde, if we unite in the groat in Ito Tie or tillipre,er va 6011, 11111 delerunto to mtcrirwe 0! ry thing in defence of our }.rupee of I.ilierty o The only true syttein of I:overunient, for a peo ple web as n•e ale. is (o look upon our com mon l'onatituteon merely as a panoply of our common freedom. and ICA% e Oat legislation for flee people of the Stateirand Territories What we natal our Contiessinen to do now. is to restrain and control national legislation, land to encourage a spirit of uniNerael pain• &ism such as animated our early RMS. Let the people of this lau•i cast oil the memory of put (Idieretteev. that 'ike sepulchral ivy clings but to the them worn and decayed, and the inhabitants of each content thetnatilves with promoting their interests. without endangering others of parainoixt importance. The 'ancient Romans cl•uig together, con slanting a nation of unparalleled magnitude, and power, so long as there were inothies without for them to make war egniast, hut when they had no ofiFilne to tight, they en. gatEd in dninestie fowls and ',milli, that - soon terunnated in tiny- extinction an a po litical potter. While we contempl•te the decay of their greatness, and behold the monuments of what they once were with re --rmet,may-iiranotproattiy-tdmiesson that-their fate teaches; aril not raise our own suicidal hand to demolish the colossus of self•Dovern mint reared upon the lire/tern World - ' ! fpirit of Liberty, 4 eathe . into thy vo taries an appreciation of the blessings thy presence affords, sidllcient quen the promptings of every thelination ininliCal to thy existence and prosperity ! Display with renewed effulgence, to the view of all men, the glory of being free, and awaken in every • Amerika° heart a s-al rot - our altars and our hStries that will rise paramount to every other oonsideretlon. flood buntings. and Woke/rings have be come too, common, and the people of this country should teach the politicians by prac tical lessons : that they cannot play games of chance on a map of the American Repub lic—that if they will play (. fantastic tricks before high Heaven," they must do it at their own expense. We believe that there is patriOtism enough in the American heart, to protect American freedom, and to immo late on the scaflold of public good every sel fish politician that dares to enter the arena where statesmen alone should tread. Thus will our growth bo promoted and ac- Celerated, and the greatness of our power grow day by day until all tarn nu d.rand admire, tyrants tremble and the chain aof human bondage all the world break to atoms. Thq Kansas Question at Washington, BILL OF TILE COMMITTEit OF CONFERENCE. ,The Detroit Free Press which has advoca led the doctrine of popular sovereignty throughout the controversy, and has con stantly opposed the °Hort to admit Kansas without the consent of her lieople, takes ground in favor of English's bill. It says : We have not yet received the bill in exten• !o for the ailinisitienn of Kansas reported by the Conference Committee, but we have such accounts of it a$ give us, we think, a full un derstanding of its provisions. I. It amends the orilinence of the Lecomp ton constitution (which is not regarded as part of the constitution) so that the State will receive the usual grants of lands made to all new States. In its amended for in the orihnance is a copy of The onlinanee of the Ammuiats-000stitsi4 f arid -the a minTitt - rit lands granted to the same as by the Critten• den•Montgnmery bill. 2. The ordinance thus amended is to lie ' , damped ,0) the people of Kansas. If ac cepted by them the State shall be admitted ith the Lecompton constitution, by prods• matinit of the President. If rejected by them, then the bill provide: that Kansas may, when the number of its inhabitants reaches the Federal ratio of representation, form a con stitution of State government, and he admit ted into the Union, with ex without slavery, os the people shall determine. Such is the lull. It is in efTect, if not in fuel. a submission of the Lecompton contti tution to the people of Kansas,for their ac• reliance or rejection. That is all We ask We care not what the form of submission is, if it be full and fair, so that we have the substance. We certainly gel the substance by this bill Ily it, the people of Kansas are enabled, by their votes, to say whether they want to come into the Union with the Lecompton constitution or not. It has been objected that the land grants made by the .amended ordinance arc in the nature of a bribe to the people of Kansas to accept the Lecompton constitution. There is not the mlighest force in the objection, be cause as we have said, the grants, are the same as tha new States have received —the same as Nliiinenota will receive—the same AS Kansas would have received by the Crit tenden-Montgoinery bill—the same as she will meeetve whenever she comes into the 1:111011 under whatever constitution.- cultir•ate It has further been objected that unless K 11,1819 shall accept the Lecompton con;tti• t Litton she must stay Out of the Union until she attains a population of ninety thousand. This will be no hardship for her. ft is bet ter for all her interests that she should stay out until that time.—• She is not able, now, to maintain a State government. It will be injurious to her to undertake it. Iler pros perity will be greater, for two or three years, as a Territory than as a state. If her peo• ple were wise they would elect to reinaih a Territory rather than become a State with whatever constitution, We confess that we should prei"Alln this Inll a simple act enabling Kansas to make a constitution of State government and come into the Union whenever her population should reach the Federal ratio of represcn• triton This k the rule that the Senate of Territories have proposed shall be applied to all the other Territories. lint we arc quite content with the bill of ; the Conference Committee, if we understand it aright and we hope it may be passed It linally settles the Kansas question on the principles Of N/PULI.II 4.)VEItHIG6'TY, and ue anxiously tusi its passage may be the sig• nal of ;Ise re-union of the democratic party Death of Senator Evans. The most melancholy incident of the pres ent session of Congress, bays the Washington has been the sudden death of Sena tor Evans of South Carolina. lie was per fectly well on Thursday, was present in the Senate during the session of that day, and nas one or a dining party at Senator Ham mond's on that night. No symptom of ill ness appeared until his return to his lodg ings about ten o'clock of that evening, short ly after which he was attacked with an af fection of the heart, and died rnoe4puddenly. The lust intimation which the lams znajori ty of his fellote-tnembers in Congress receiv ed of the sad occur roma was the official am nouncement of his death, which was made In each house Immediately_ after the morn- ing hession was opened. Senator Evans was a native of South CAT: ofhill i t and resided at Society Hill, Darling ton d trict. Ile was aged about sixty years, and h d been a United States senator five Years on the 4 th of March Wt. The great et part of his life was spent in public tier rice, as he at one time filled the responsible office of attorney general of his native State. and for more than twenty years before his advent in the Nailed States Senate, occupied thi - rpiiitiOn — orrtidge . Of the imprente-eourt of South Carolina. lie was a valuable mem ber of society, and was held in the highest lesteem, not only in his native State, but by men of all parties in congress and in Wash ington. -is The President Is negotiating with Gen. Hiram Walbridge for the use of his beautiful villa of Ingleside, aboUt a wile from Wash ington„aluring the hot season. 4 ,l the point of difference between the landloild and the President is a singular one, Gen. %a bridge objects to the receipt of rent, while Mr. Buchman positively and properly objects to , faking the property unless it a fair year ly rent. The correct views of the President e ill doubtless "derail. PEW, Perm & Lass a& Q7' Over—Court. (r 7 Beautiful—The weather. 13 - 7- Ditto—The ladies of Bellefonte. [ ry. Spry Nag—The Junior's Arab. Busy—Our farmers planting corn. D.. - Dispersed—The Junior's money pile. (17:7 Good—Dinners at the Conrad Douse. 3:7 Some on • Fiddle—The Menagerie mall. (0'" Gone—The Senior editor to Jeremy Shope. mr— Changeable—Black Republican ,prin clip 103. Qom' rood on a Song—T. R. Reynolds' Canary. (1:7'" Popular—Adam nay, Esq., the new ly elected Mayor. (0 - Progressing—The Allegheny , & Bald Eagle Rail Road. rp Coming—New floods to the Clothing Store of Win: McClellan. T 7 When are people's toes like oaks '— When they bear oche corns. I r 7" Energgic —The Managers of the Ty rone tt Lock (raven Rail Road. fr;e• Mrs. Sarah Benjamin died in Wayne County, Pa., on the 20th ult., aged 114. El- Hope—A sentiment exhibited in the wag of a dog's tail, when waiting for a bone. Whis-hey—A key by which many gain entrance into prisons and alms-bonzes. rry Com alescent--The editor of the Whig, from a serious 'thick of Spring fe ver. r 7 There is iron enough in the blood of forty.t.wo men to make a ploughshear weigh ing_iffent.p.fout_pcmada.. _ _ - _ The Man who courted an invegtiga tion says, it isn't half so good as an affec tionate girl. We presume not. fl - 77' Snow fell for two hours at 'Norfolk on Tuesday, and on tile same day they were shipping ascii peas to Baltimore. 1;7 The latest way to pop the question is, to ask a fair lady if you can have the pleas• uro.of seeing her to the ministers. Ty- The friends of the Administration at Detroit, Mich., have had rejoicings over the success of the Lecompton Constitution. Q"7' Mr. Charles Garman, a Revolutionary soldier, died in Redford county, Term., on the 19th tilt., in thu lOad year of his ago. fl 7" A Spanish writer, speaking of a la ik's black eyes, says : "They were inouni , ffig for the ununlers they had committed " fj Is asserted—That the saying, "there is more pleasiire iu giving than receiving," aiiiihes ehiefly to medicine, advice and kicks. a 7, - A-lass ' a-lass ! exclaimed an old bachelor, who wanted to marry. Alas ' alas ' he cried, •Rer he had been married a while. 117 - In what does an American Indian dif to. from a modern lady I The one -whoops" in time of battle, the other " hoops" in time of peace JJ Poor fellow—A yo ung t tt plan solicited the httud of a 1,9 r .11aet.tel, a only peteeiv ends 1.440rty aWappritit of her father's foot instead. (0 - A dentist having failed to extract a tooth from a lady's mouth. said : " The fact madmi. it is impossible (or anything bail to come from your mouth." a7' Charles Wentworth, an actor of some celebritY, who waq recently converted, was baptised at New York on Sunday last. Ile, it is said, i, ,lesiiiied for the unnisty. Cr• - • What would you he, dearest." said a gentlem'tn to his sweetheart, '• if I wore to press the seal of love upon those sealing wax hps ?" ‘' I should be stationary, sir ? ' QT Died --In Trenton, N. J , last week, Joseph Clayton, aged over 107 years Ito wax an ac , ive young man of 25 years of age when the Declaration of Independence was declared. rry- We learn that some thirty miles of the Western Division of the Sunbury dt Erie Rail Road will be completed and stocked by the lit of November, and cars placed on the BMW. Q? " Conic here my dear I want to ask all about your sister. Has your sister a beau I" " No, it's the jaundice she's got, the doc tor says so." (1 - 7 - Mr Green, the oelebrated aub-inarnie diver, is about to make explorations of nu merous sunken hteamlsiat wrecks in Lake Erie, with the view oh recovering machinery and other property. (7- An English %liter says, in his advice to young married women, that their mother Eve married a gardener. It might be added that the gardener, in consequence of tits match, lost Ins situation. Irr An English paper states : Yankee straineri are so light on the' 1% estern rivers, they they can Jump over a sandbar, float easily on wet grans, and are obliged to lie at anchor when there is a heavy dew." Julius, what part oh de sermon. 4 do de ladies admire when dey go to de church 1" Well, Pompey, I c•n't'tell what dat is: can you tell 7" '' Why, yes. nigger —don't you see dey observe de Aims 1" rl77 .• You haven't opened your mouth du ring the whole session," complained a mem ber of the Legislative to another representa tive. '• op, yes, 1 have," was the reply, "1 yawned through the whole of your speech." [r7 Jerome Jerome 'screamed Mrs. Butterfield the dther day, to her biggest boy, .• what are you throwing to those pi. gems 1" "Id heads, mother, and the darned fools are eatin"em s'pect they think it's corn." Q - Col. C. F. Wells, Jr., of A them', Pa., has contracted with the Sunbury It - Erie Rail Road Company for the purchase of the North Branch Canal, from Northumberland to the State line, for one and a half million of dollars. try- Quick Work—Crockett, the murder- er of Samuel Landrum, in Atlanta, Ga.,was sentenced on Saturday last to be hung on the 18th of June. Landrum was beaten on the Bth, (Heil on the lith, and his murderer was sentenced to death on the 24th. co- What are you going to give me for a Christmas present l" asked a gay damsel of her lover. " I have nothing to give but my humble self," was, the.reply. " The smallest favors thankfully received," was the merry - response - or . II7•It is said the early bird picks up the worm : but the gentlemen who smoke, and ladies who dance tjll three or four o'clock in the niprning, will do well to consider that the worm picks up the early birds. 7:7* A dolony of 700 persons, about 500 from Pennsylvania and the balancer from MarYlandi has procured large body of land on the Platte ri ver , in Nebraska territory, and they are about to eStabliah themselves on it and 'build a city of their own. II? The official journal of the two Bicillies publishes a complete list of all•the victims *of the earthquake, at Naples of December r 6, 1857. The total number of dead amounts to 9,350, and the wounded to 1,259. ft ap pears that the number of dead has greatly exceeded that of the persons more or less sc. riously injured. . Farmers' High BortooL •-• We publish below toreport of a commit tee appointed by the Berko County Agricul tural Society, to visit and report upon ;the location, &c., of the Partners' High School : Tim Committee appointed as delegates from the Barka County Agricultural Society to tlje Farmers' high School, beg leave to re port, that they visited the farm upon which the Imildidg for the School is being construc ted, avid (ound.the situation to be one of the most beautiful in the State. It 'is in the beset of &limestone valley in Centre County. at a point twenty miles from Spruce Creek on the Pennsylvania Rail Road, and twelve miles from Bellefonte. Thu land is well se-' lected, and as it is, as nearly as possible, the geographical centre of the State, it can notlie objectionable on account of location. There is perhaps no other spot in the Com monwealth so appropriate as, this, in rola. ; lion with its facilities for all kinds of Agri culture. Thelbuthersi slope of Penn and Nittany Tanen converge near this point,and form a plateau of three miles from mountain to mountain. The farm consists of 400 acres of limestone land, two hundred of which were presented to the Institution by General James Irvin, the other two hundred were purchased front him at sixty dollars per acre; to be paid at any time within five years. Tim question as to a supply of water for the purposes of a &rill, has been mooted,and therefore deserves some attention. For ir rigation and meadow pm :pollee there was no apparent ev!denee of sufficient running wa ter, but as the better system of farming, of late years has made upland as available for grass and hay as lowland, there is no advan tage in meadow over any other portion of a well cultivated farm. For every other pew- Tx: eelturnintilitttee — thiiilt there Ti or water. .But in-the event of scarcity, it is the part of professional skill to gather it from the clouds, that copious fountain of pure and unadulterated drink, that really pos sesses more of the qualities of a higher re gion than of earth. The mountain ranges. one and a half mile on each side ens Land west of the land, contain large springs that Can be brought by conduit to any desirable point. Indeed, there appears to lie a merit selecting L,l.arrn site, that may not exact ly be perfect in all the requirements which our farmers have looked for, as essential to success, because it alliwdo an opportunity to show that eveh emit/0 disadvantages heretofore thought to beltlenost insuperable, the present improved art of culture can oven excel those possessing higher pretensions to profitable results. The (MAP buildings ar suitable enough for their purpose. The School edifices is, projected in plan to be built of stone, qiiarried loon the spot, live stories high, 23.1 feet in front with wing 4, and to contain the residence of Professors lecture halls, and dormitories for two hun dred students, at • cost of fifty-five thousand del llrs. F, There is much to be said about the of a building, lit the construction of w fet there may not be two opinions. alike. In large cities, the higher the edifice the less the ground rent, but in the mighty extent of domain which claims the American flag -as a canopy, we prefer more breadth of sur face and less elevation ; in other worda,lens baronial and more practical structures. To detail the whole range of buildings is not within our means, as it was but in progress at the tunic of our observation. Yet, know. iug the close attention to the subject which has been given it by learned as well as practical men, we are willing to suppose that it is all done according to the best light on the subject. Of the importance of Uri cultural Schools, there can be but one oin ion. The producer of fond for tli"e million, .is as well emitted to an institution. end far more than others, who merely profit by his industry The soil is God's gift, its cultiva tion is not only mum's duty.but a necessity. and in pm portion common experience suggests a knowledge of the best method to imprine the Roil, so it must be admitted will the country 1. rosper. Agriculture is the greatest source of wealth, nod education is alone necessary to make it a progressive sci ence. in which mere hand labor is Stiperco tkd by ingenious invention,and waste places become fertile through the,levelopeinents of knowledge. Let it not be Ilholerstood that by schools we would inculcate that kind of learning which has been by many supposed to encourage idleness. The improvements of schools of the present age, is to instruct, and make working inen, whose physical strength is promoted by intellectual culture. and thus bung the well defined will to aid the AineWy arm, by a more perfect compre hension of the work to be done. It is not merely to read and write, or to plough and sow, that should content farmers. Every day some knowledge can be acquired. Farming is governed by , certain fixed princi ples. The soil. in its combinations, has cer tain fixed rules. The earth, air, and sky, with all the laws pertaining to each, aro es sential to a farmers knowledge, and there fore require some preliminary instruction. Your Committee are of the opinion that it becomes a primary duty of the Legislature, constantly to smitain this model High School for Farmers, as escential to the welfare of the ,whole community, and that it may be in the power of every one so disposed, to avail himself of the earliest opportunity of improvement by keeping himself in commu nication with'those advantages which lire constantly twin developed throughout the civilized world. The organization of Agricultural Schools, although -sweet to us in Pennsylvania, is nothing new In other portions of the world. In Europe there are more than two hundred such schoolp„and the results of labor found ed upon the knowledge thus disseminated, show an Minimise advantage over those countries who are not thus benefitted. It is proper, thin, that those Public-spit iced persons who have intilated the effort in our Commonwealth, should be encouraged. That the principle should be established, and the attempt at a begi ' g of what is AO thiertleteletl; shield' bir-lieteredruneih by the first produced, they may be more fully judged. ~ It is a proud theme for farmers to know that they am in fact the essential class of the community, without whom no other por tion could be maintained. Let them as ' stune the dignity which belongs to' them, and demand, as a light, that I'ennsylvanii shall have w Iliish School, which may make scholars without pedantry, and inculcate learning by which_the mysteries of the soil and its best, resources shall be developed with as much certainty as a problem in Euclid. By encouraging the present effort, commend good can be done , and we respectfully commend the school to the attention of every firinefin tbirCOMitrywr . QEO. M. BEIM. • S.F.. ANCONA. 'BO I L. KERBY. Tux Srars THSASUAT.—The Mowing fig ures show tbq reoeipts and expenditures of the State of Pentefirlvatiliate the last four Months : Receipts. Expendaures. December, 1857, 9278.720 90 $148,628 73 January, 1858, 819,529 95 114,351 16 February, 1858, 170,892 45 923,703 55 Mareb, 1858, 117,091 60 228,051112 IL isa singularteintthat while one Ira Stout has bean eohrieted in Eochester for a brutal wurder, tougher Ira Stout is being tried in St. Louis for attempting ta kill a police tile Oter'itountits.... CLINTON COUNTY.—The directors of the Lock llaven Dank, hia'iliclared a dividend of four per cent,for the last six montlig,pay able on the 14th inst., clear of State tax. Buoia COUNTY.—The Doylestown papers tell of a man just found in a cave in the rockb on Buckingham mountain, who says that he has resided there for forty years BIiLLIVAN COUNTY. —There has been up ward! of - forty different cases of measles in this place, during the present spring. In fact almost every respectable person in town has had them. BLAIR Comm. —Allegheny • Purnaco has been' leased for a term of five years 'by Messrs Bell, Johnston, Jack it Co., who have purchased the personal property, and will in future operate the furnace. INDIANA COUNTY.—The Democratic Mes senger says that a man named Miller, living on Elder's Ridge in this county, committed -suicide by hanging himself on Saturday last. Wo have been unable to ascertain the full name of the deceased, and other circum stances relating thereto. ULSARFIBLIN COUNTY.—The Raftannan's Journal says, that a little boy of Mrs, Freese, a- German woman, was badly scalded on last Friday, by falling into a tub of hot water, which had been set downgbut p moment be fore the accident occurred. The little fel low, we' learn, is getting mush better. YORK COVNTY.—The York Gazette says that a little boy, four years old, son of Mr. Jamb Stotzol, was choked to death at New ville, Cumberland county, on Tuesday last, by gettin*a short lead pencil in his throat. The physician was tit hand, but before ho could obtain an instrument to abstract it, the child Was dead. — TiITN ERRCorNT r. —The execution of Muller, for the murder of George •Mathews, took place in Wilkesbarre, at noon on the 30th HR. The murder was committed Qs? the Ist of December last, on the Easton Iltrn pike, seven nuts from Wilkesbarre. and the body wits.sulniequently thrown unto a well. lar , confessed that he committed the. mur der. NORTIII'MBEIII.IND COUNTT. -An Irishman, named con. Dolan, about 28 years old was drowned in the creek about a mile below Northumberland. Ills body was discovered on Saturda.r. Ile had been at work on the railroad and was last seen on Thursday night. An lumpiest was held by Coroner Buyer of this place, and a; verdict rendered accordingly. ERIE CM•NTT. —Ono hundred guns were * l in Erie on the reception of the news of the passage of the bill transferring the re maining public works to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company. The rejoicings %ere very general among the people. . . The Bank of Commerce, (Erie City Bank re vived,) is now open, and doing a legitimate business .. . Union prayer meetings are still in progress in Erie. The interest is in creasing daily. Ss n 61t Courr.—Capt. Jacob Ilummel, of Monroe township, kept an account of the -lumber that was afloat on the Susquehanna on the 18th, 19th and 20th inst., and sums up as follows : 780 rafts and arks with 2311 hands occupied in transporting the same. On the 20th lioßnlted the canal boats passing and repassing thq point lie occupied. and they numbered 70, including 3 packets will nearly 400 passengers.' Moßrniovxar Corxrv.--A daughter of Paul Dowling, of Abington township, com mitted suicide on Sunday morning last, by drowning herself in a well. She arose early in the morning, before the rest of the faintly were up, and went to the well alluded to, which is situated some distance from the house, and alter fastening Home large stones to her limits, jumped into the well. Illor lifeless body was not disaovered until sev eral hours after. She was a girl of weak mind MONTOIII. CMINTY. —The Danville Demo crat says that the ferry boat Rank in the riv er about nifty yards from shore with two loaded lime wagons and two buggies on board. Passengers and horses were rescued, frightened and wet, as the river was low. . . John Moore, son of J. R. Moore. of Danville, Pa., left home in rebruary, 1855, since which time his whereabouts have been unknown to his parents. Ile is now in his 19th year. Any information addressed to Danville, will materially serve the cause of humanity. tsman COI:NTT.- -On the 21st ult ~ Lewis Benningholl, a tearnitert&e_ employ of Col. it Rupp, met with altiocling accident. Ile and several others were engaged in cut ting feed with a horse-power straw-cutter, when in some manner his right hand was caught and drawn into the machinery, cut ting oft half inch pieces up to within t,wo inches of the elbow, ere the motion of the cutter could be arrested. • His wounds were promptly dressed, although little hope is en tertained of his recovery Radishes, asparagus. lettuce, and other vegetables, were sold in the Allentown 'market last week. Ili NTI PON ( . 011STr —We learn from the Globe that on Saturday last, the body of an unknown wait WILY fOUn.I floating on the water, near the towing-path, in the Hunt ingdon dam. 'about three miles above that place. Ai inqu6st WILY held upon the body by A. S. Harrison, and the report of jury was accidental drowning. • P. S.—Since the above, was in - type vi learn that John Watson, of Shaver' Creek, has been missing since April the 13th. Ile was a witness at Court, and has not been hearth of since. The body found answers the description given of Watson. It is sup posed that he was returning halm after night and accidentally fell into the river from the towing-path. CAMBRIA tielr NiT — A German woman died suddenly on the 10th ult., in Conemaugh boro' and was buried the next day while yet warm in the region of the heart. The cir cumstances, and especially the haste of her burial, indicate something wrong .. . • ed, in the name boro' on the 21st. Re was intoxicated, and fell from the Conemnugh bridge During the night of tbe 21st the house of Rev. T. L. Reesey, in Cone rnaugh, was entered by buglare and theives, and robbed of various valuable articles and provisions There is now residing in -Summerhill township a lady named &nay, who is one hundred and one years of age. Sho was born in 1757 and was nineteen years of age at the time of the Declaratinuk of in dependence. The Lancaster (Pa.) Express says 4 , Eli Bowen, 'the old Doctor,' who was convicted at the April sessions, 1858, of borrowing a horse sod buggy from Emanuel Shober and ritirgetting - to - return - ehemrand Ibr - whi.. was sentenced to two years imprisonment in the county prison, was discharged last Thursday, his time having expired. Bowen man advanced in life, being over seven y years of age, of genteel address, good ed ucation. and rather more than ordinary abil ity. In his better days lie has apparently had the entree into good society, and, is there fore au fait in ill the leading characteristics of, eminent mea. 11e hmi 'hobnobbed over his champagne irith Governors and Senators, disputed with learned divines, and consul professionally with distinguished mem bers of the medical fraternity. Yet, amid all these brilliant associations, he fell from grace, and became an inmate of our county prison, though, wit believe, he-denies being guilty of the crime for which he suffered, in Which he differs tuentially from the) judg • mint of the court and jury." i Judge's Opinion. Hardesty, a young man of Boone county, Kentucky, as we have already announced, was tried and acquitted, or few-days ago, for killing another young man named grubb who had seduced his sister. Hardesty Intl (ho seducer that ho would give him six months, in which, to make his choice be tween marrying the girl and being killed.— The six months expired, and Gmbh not' having married the girl, Hardesty met him, and on sight shot him. The evidence show = ed thabGrubb was armed also, ,in expecta tion of the attack, but was shot in the act of drawing his weapon. The trial wife en sled last Thursday, and the verdict of the ju ry was, not guilty . The following is the substance of the judgment pronounced by Judge Nutall upon the verdict of not guilty by the jury in behalf of Hardesty : STATIOIeIiNT OP TIM COURT, • SIR :—You have been indicted by a Grand jury of your country upon a most hienous charge. You have put yourself upon your country and your country for deliverance,— You have had a fair and impartial trial" be! fore them and they have pronounced you not guilty, awl so say It may not be proper for mo to express my sentltnents.yet, nevertheless, I will do it. Young men ! had I been wronged as you have been, I would have spent every dollar I had on earth, 'and all that I could have begged and borrowed, and then starved upon the track of, the villain, but I would have imbrued my hands in his blood. Go hence without de lay. You.are acquitted ! The verdict of the, jury and the judgment of tire Court, were both received amid the applause of a full court house. Riotatfhebecr-r•- - The Craned-odt At Quebec, on the night of the 26th ult., the City MR was the ficen ‘ e of a disgraceful riot. The council held s meeting to consid er a proposal to increase the taxes on im movable estate. The acting Mayor had ta ken force, and to require a picket of troops to be under trlll4. About dusk a crowd of upwards of 500 men and boys collected a bout the City hall, and soon began to be turbulent. So soon as the strangers' gallery was full, the police, who were drawn up a cross the entry, and had orders to admit no more of the crowd, shut the front door ufton them. They thus kept back the mob, who smashed every pane of glass stout the door, and felled the police with stones, &o. The constables being unable to quell the distur bance, the military called were out. After sonic delay a detachment of the 39th Regi ment, which were kept at a short distance from the hall, came up ; they halted in front of the building. Tho magistrate proceedet to read the riot act, and the mob speedily dispersed. Several persons have lbelen,injur ell and thirty of the police much cut about the head. Exciting Boone in a Church The Episoopal Mission Church, 'corner of South Third street and Union Avenue,Brook len, was the - theatre of an exciting scene, on the evening of the 18th inst., during the services. ,A young man walked leisurely up the middle, aisle, and, after viewing the congregation for a while, walked up to a young lady in the choir, and, drawing a dag ger, wade a desperate thrust at her breast. The lady shrieked, and the stranger was a bout making a'second thrust when the or ganist interposed between the assassin and his intended victim. A policeman was cal. led in, and the man was conveyed to pris on. It turns out that the name of the assassin is Josiah Newman that of the lady, Frances J. Bennett. The fellow according to his own story; WWII deeply in love with her, but sho not being disposed to resiprocate, and having given him notice that she did not de sire a continuance of his acquaintance, ho grew excited ; and determined to kill her out of revenge : though when informed that he would have to go to the State Prison. he said, " Well, I love her just as much as ever "' CONPLBIIIOS Of: AN 01.0 ItURDICR. —A sailor died recently in Texas. and on his death-bed confessed that he was one of the crew wh o murdered Mrs. Alston, of South Carolina, forty years ago. Mrs. Alston was the daugh ter of Aaron Burr. She sailed from Charles ton for New-York, in a brig, and on the trip the crew mutinied and murdered all the offi cers and passengers, Mrs Alston being the last one to walk the plani. The sailor re membered her look of despair, and died in the greatest agony of mind. PUILADULPITIA ELIBCPTION. —The munici pal election held in Philadelphia. on Tuesday last, resulted in the defeat of Mr. Vaux, by about 4000. This result, deplorable to the city, was not unexpected. Mr. Vaux in the careful and successful management of city affairs succeeded in arraying against him • miserable horde of loungers whom lie refus ed to fatten out of the city crib. These men flocked around Mr. Henry, the successful candidate, with a two-fold, object of place and plunder, and will just as certainly be disappointed. TILIOICINGB AT WABRINGTON PAIMAOE OF rue KANBAS Bu.t..—Wavhington May 2 Last night a large crowil collected before the President's house when cannon were fired amid music, from the Marine Band. ('resi dent Buchanan appeared at the window and returned thanks for the honor, saying that the best interests, of the country were in volved in the contest which had been en hap pily terminated and he hoped and believed that the passage of the Kansas bill woul d tend to promote the peace and prosperity of the Union. At an exhibition of a school, held at Alli ance, Ohio, on Friday evenintlast in the I Theintf;tivellismislive* 71iFiCerp a. ling an audience of some fi ve h ndred to the floor. The pianq was broken to pieces, but, as by a miracle, the lady who presided at it was not injured. A girl, thirteen or four teen years of age, was instantly killed, and one otHerpersoti hasdied since. A large number were injured, but to what extent we did not learn. The building is a round wooden one, OM has been built leWhan a year. CAN ACTORS AND MUSICI ' ANS DE CUE'S TIANS.—BiEhop &album ,Gas declined to confirm " Honest: Tom Owner," • because he leads an orchestru In Mb Bodton theatre.— Bishop Kir, of California, has just adminis- Terrahe iitioT7cdollifidtkiff - Olitri: Julia Dean Rayne, the well known actress and Fanny Kemble Butler is a regular communi cant of the Episcopal church. 2dxsor, vOo Lata.—Two slaves were sen tenced to be hung on Fridly last, in Colum bus county , N. C., but early on that morn- , ing the Governor respited one of them for one month, and a reprieve was sent oft by a locomotive express, which, unfortunately, inn off the track, and did not arrive until 30 minutes after the poor wretch was executed. Mr. William 0. Thompson, of Shalersrille, Portage county, Ohio, suddenly left home last week s Ha took with him some 88,000 and a young woman namnallary McDonald. Ma-leit a wife and three or four children, and a large circle otexcitcil creditor: in cilia. lersrille, THE DEMOCRATIC WATCHMAN, IngLIGEWONTE. Malt li, 180.7 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Tex Cnags.,..,The.weallsorfor some tiros has been very changeable, but most favors, bfe for the growth of vegetation.. The wheal crops, although e ff ected to some extent by the winter, arc coming On finely, and as far as our observations extend, we will nave an abundant harvest. shmild the present pros. pect continue. The ravages of the weevil, 'which so seriously effected the crops in thif portion of the State last summer,is said to b e materially overcome by an early season. f the observations of our farmers in this respect be correct, we can have the most cheerihg hope for the future, u vegetation is now about two or throe_ reeks earlier than it was this time one year ago. But-we have often heard it alleged by farmers of esperi. ence that this destructive insect generally makes its appearance, three years in sue. , cession. With this view of the subject veil should not be disheartened, as it will be re: membered three years have already expired since they tiret appeared in our midst. • We sincerely hope that our farmers may realire the blessing of good crops, which is in fact essential to.the vitality of every business re. ratinn, and so much identified with the in terest of Mir harly,sons of toil. PRI'Sk EN A:S.S ' A 11i.T.•-011 Saturday crenine last, a drunken Irishman:WhOSC name we did not tenni, went into the office ()loin. friend Ira C. Mitchell, Esq , and without any proroca din,' commenced an assault upon' hint. Mr Mitchell was alone at the time, bill defend ed himself as well an ho could against his sanilant. 'till a number ofour citizens why were attracted by the noifie carne to his re. lief. -Tire Irishman was then looked up in jail, much against his InClination, where lin retnained until Sunday morning. We are informed he offs reties an apology for the assault, the fact of his intoxication, and that he is subject to partial tlta of insanity at such times, having once had his skull cracked, and mended with a silver plate. ,Toe Corn/ 1101'81 , YARD AGAIN men have been busily engaged for tome ime in laying pavements around the yard in front of the -Court House, and also mn putting, up a fenceupon the wall that cur rounds it. A oontract has been entered in to recently to sod the yarn. This it cer tainly commendable, but we are ansibus ace it otherwise decorated. What has bo come of those shade, arid onuunerital Vees so long talked about? Has the flowing Fountain to which we alluded so frequently in the Watchman on former emulous, been abandoned r We hope not' An enterprein so easily accomplished with water &Irani'. ges that can he brought into use at, a min, paratively trifling cont, should be pushed forward immediately. PROSPUT Or FRVIT.— Notwithstanding hard freezing weather which we expeneneed in this region not long since, there ra still sanepr Hp :t of fruit. Puach.e to ■ material extent were killed, but other Inn: of a more hardy nature ; although much affected, presents quite a promising appear ance, and unless severe frost kill it yet, there is good reason to believe we win have CVell an abundant crop of appal and cherries -- We however speak only of such localities as have come under our own obruervition, but believe the f ,regoing is applicable generally to the Case throughotet the county. iiii/SITY A 7101:31W. —A few days ago we noticed that a crowd had assembled on the North west aide of the Diamond, and feeling A degree of curiosity to know what had oc casioned it, we entered into con aaaaa Lion with a friend, who suppose (it was an ani mated discussion on the final passage of the Kansas bill. We differed in opinion' Could it he the Temperance question, or the merits of the recent usuary act of the Leo lature i Neither of these proved a soluttou to the mystery, but Joe. R. Mufti) , & cheap goods and groceries were suggested by another. and of course we caned. SKRIOVI4 AOGIDIINT.—Not long since an Irishman, engaged in excavating earth at the Agricultural College, met with an Illeri• dent by which lie came near losing his lac A bite embhnkdient of earth fell upon him, covering him almost entirely beneath it. lied it not been . ior the immediate assistance rendered, by others wlio were present anti witnessed the WcOident, there ,I 5 Ig) ily that his life,would 'have been saved. Lie was seriously injured, but hope to npw eii• tertaiued of his recovery. THE IVASHINOTONIAN RUVIVAI..— A Tem perance meeting was held at llarrisonville. on last Saturday evening. A lillibber of speeches were made, and a great many pee • • . hepledge. -Theilhoshingtoaiana have commenced the work in real eetnett, and meetings have been held already in dif ferent portions of the county, since the or ganization of the society on Court week. PROMPTNESS INSURES SUMAS. —CO to Isaac May, and with ready pay, you else take away, the largest array, ofi goods from hie store, for the people do say, that they don't wish to May, till their further delay, Eras placed out of their way, the finest dis play, of merchandise, ever offered to the people of Bellefonte andyieinity before. llesumas kliasziers for May was uPo" our table at the usual time. It is a work of well merited popularity, and is so 'wOH know, to the reading community that com ment from us is deemed unnecessary. W . ° refer our readers who may wait to porch"' it, as usual, to the Book Store of 060. JY' ingstori, Esq. TRIPPING INN LIGHT YAIPPARTIO TOR. - BY' reference le an advertisement in to-days Pa' per, it will be seen that Mr. A. Bonnaffon will commence his second course of lessons on dancing the Polka. Quadrille, Ocoolb. ho., on the 17th inst. Mr. B. I. a thorough master of his Profession.' ICI MEE
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