laic WATOMMAII• R. SIAT ANT/ 1. D. RARNOMIT. [PITON!! Euct.LEFtnorTk, PENN'A. reitmamitor, aranniuwitvlT, Mb. Jam , v Enohanan The opposition pipers have heen engaged for 'Caries of years, in assailing President Buchanan. 'Whether in public or private life, he . has at alb times Mourn d their ha tred, and received more„of their abuse thin almost any non living. ills official conduct has been made the theme of continued re proach, and the imaginations of men have been tortured for imputations upon the in tegrity of his motives. It is a little rennin kable that those who harbor so much malice btowaril this distinguished imiptilioni and who have peered into his malt( and private 16E0.01, with that industrious scrutiny a Inch envy alone could inspire, have been whop ly unable to find a blemish upon big private character. While almost every iithrr promi nent member of the party has been calumnia tedaind the errors of their life exhib.ted to tl e public gaze, the president, who has been the victim of the hatred of the opposition, has thwarted their schemes and defeated them on all occasions. and has passed through the ordeal Ito:wallies'. The purity of his life challenges investigation. As one of the distinguished members of the Democratic party, he ban Lean more feared by the opposition than almost any other man who has over defended the princi ples of his creed Ills constantly moves ang•popularity with the people. has excited very serious apprehensions in the minds of cr rCai is ambition., rues. and their unceasing exertions, have been directed, with the aid of the Black Reiniblican press and patron age, to weaken his hold upon the confidence a the, people, DAL it loot Lech found that lie is too warmly anti firmly entrenclieJl to be puceewsfully nsiaded Every attempt to disgrace him in the public estimation, lies endeared him to the DJinocraiic party, and quickened their Villrigls:l.4lllli.i tiehalf., The deep-rooted hostility and undangulabed malice of the Black Republicans towards Mr. Buchanan would, atone, b, no inconsidera ble recommendation to the confidence of the majority of the people.— Those who are most in the way of the accomplishment of lAttr designs, a nd Most distinguished for fi r mness in the cause of aural. RIIJIITti, are most exposed to their attacks and receive the greatest share of their hatred. There never was a man who 110141 the of. flee of President, but canto in fur ri share of their vitupemtion and (0/1140. Yvon t.en. Jar son was represented as a mere dolt, without talents and edu cation, and entirely oalt to conduct the aflairs o. the (lovem• meet. It was strenuously insisted that he would be impeached before the e awl-shun of bin first term, amt that hi all probability before the cm-utility of sulti a trial could be concluded, the Ship of State would, by the ignorance Or o'sitinacy of the pilot, be made a complete wrack, The leading members of the Democratic party in both branchcsonif Cingrass. are rep resented an mere brawlers, who sink into insignificance in comparison with the rep. rekentatives of Kemal &Ca II and Know Nothingittn. in the same body. So at has id ways been. The opposition have all the tilents, all the t artue, and what is more, all the honesty ( la. They area great mat of fellowa, and the country could not w ell get along a athout them Auditor General The only persons we have seen recom mended as candidates for nomination at the next 4th of March Crivention, for this offlee, are Jacob Zetgler„of Butler county, Mr, Weight, State St ;tater of Philadelphia, and 11. L. Dieflenhach, of Clinton County They are all popular and reliable men— hut we do think that Centre county has claims upon the Democracy of the State in the person of Cul JOIIX T 1100VElt, than whom a purer Democrat. or more honest and popular man cannot be &sleeted lit the I,'em• nitonwealth We do not entertain a doubt in regard to the success u(' the party with thi,"natin. guished Democrat as its atandard•hcarer His attachment to Democratic principled, his honest, upright and unwavering course for years past has enshrined him in the hearts of the people. The Democratic party can unite upon Mtn. with an untbroken confi dence, knowing ti — difin in whom there is no guile—for his Democratic prin ciples, to oho can goestiem l.i4r C11947 . * wife, "they are above suspicion " And the interests of the pimple, were ho elected, ould be the ashnj interest that woulii oper ate on him in his official capacity. Fee should any exist, would be unknown to hum. Of a truth such men should fill the offices of the country. We hope that Dele gates who willemeroble at Harrisburg will take his claims hag consideration. Trts HOXLITKAD sjtl_Rbich Deism' the House_ of. Ilsapresents, ttves by • vote of 120 against 76, provides that any per Son who is the head ofefemily, over twenty-one years of age, and a citizen of the United States, or who has tiled his in tention to become such, shall be entitled to cuter One Hundred and Sixty Acres of any unappropriated public land, and bold the gam:, provided he settles upon and culti vates the same. This bill.has yet to pass the Senate ;which we hope it will do. A mammoth hotel, to coat 8750,000, is in course of enaction in Philadelphia, and will be ready for occupancy about a year hence. Pecan Stamm, of Boston, has leased it at an annual rout of $40,004. ne Latest News in Great Britain, there were no local mat•• tern stirring of a loading interest. Nail, went was to open on the Ad of Feb;iary • and it is reported.ithat the Mitd,stry will ask tows considerable increase In the naval es timates. A report wan current that the Government had resolved to take ' measures forme protection of British inter, eats in Me'xico. No TirnteetAwate, however. was hi sl at. ' t he Queen will open Path ament , person. In France. it was rum wed that WeLsw sc r was to resign the Ministry of Foreign Af.• I liars in favor of M. na Pattscitte, but the report lames confirmation. -.The Petrie, of the 16th of January, contained an article to the Acct that the avoidance of war was not to be considered to be hitogether certain ; but the Conshtutionel, on the tither hand, itomonceed that Austria had issued a con'il henry note on the Serrian question Never theless. say the Parts correspondents of the London Journals, contradictory and warlike rumors still prevailed. From R 1.1341, we bevy en accounCof sin erneute among the stn thmis of the Ciiiyersity'at Moscow, which bore, at the outset, the aspect. of • politicil allair. but it turned nut to be a mere :who'd boy riot, and resulted only in a few dismis eats .The Swiss National Council had voted half a million to alter the dint locks of the entire federal infantry into percussion Frodi indit; we learn that the work of 1,0. e. diestion W 64 neatly completed. T ANTis I , 1 .'onrx and NICSA SAitni had been defeated, and the latter with deplorably diminished forces, had been di ire') to the jungles an •rrital at Nen Orleans, on Sunday 1161... we tl66e inaest,ting news from Mew., General Miramon, who was recently (cater ed the Presidency, returned to the Capital from Guallalaxera on the 20th of January, backed by a thousand cavalry. Ile, how ever. declined the offer. and displacing. WO en.as re instated hls father-in law, ZUI.OAOA, In the Supreme Executive chair. Then pla cing fieneral SAI,IO at the head of the resi• dent army, lie Set nut for Vera Cruz, with a strong force, to make a demonstration a gents( JULIA! L. .111.111t.Ittle JI'ARIEZ had made fair neither with the French and British natal commanders lying old that port, by promising the compensation anti re dress which 'they demanded, and was strengthening himself for AlmAsys's as. aalitt The alarm at the prospect of it Brit ish and 'Frei" protectorate 11411, therefore. pasuyd by. The position of Jiiay . iiat V . 016 Cruz was very stenttg ind it wan hardly thought that %num. , : would dare attack it. From Hayti, which has recently become a very interesting geographical point of the compass, we have dates to the 16th of Jan tiny. By these we learn, that the comb tion of his sable majesty, the Emperor So lompie, WOO hilly desperate, and it was lie , send all doubt he was meditating an escape from Port nh faire, by sea. The resole tom agaiiest his power had extended to all I parts of the 'Ovid, and after two defeats by the Republican forces, lie Was actveti Fliack, upon his capitol by a closing No of the manrgvuts, which threatened to intipute the last rcsour-e of re-entrance into 'tiaat sole palate of refuge. A naval engagement Was reported to have t•keti place off St Marc, between six Veligt Is a Nile, in which the admiral's ship was badly damaged, and, at the end, the royal fleet were glad to haul ofr, and bear up fur Port au Prince. By the last accounts it was stated that &haw had determined to abdicate, and wished to negotiate to that rift ct The elated rebels, however, would not treat upon the subject, , hoping to he able to dethrone him without conditions, and, perhaps, milnolate him on the new alter the) were building up. The spectacle is interesting, and we 'believe that Elltr have it in contempla tion to dramatize it. The nork of Congress during the past week has been very trilling. The French Spoliation Hill, the Homestead Bill, and Ad• niission of Oregon, have again been slightly ventilated, bat it is pretty clear that the session will close wlthout any actual pro gress being incite with any (If them On 11. today, the htll to apploprhite six millions of acres of land. to establish colleges to the States for education in agriculture and the inei hnnic aria, bashed the Senate by a hand some vote .Imit. it tisAlni it will he vetoeti by the President should it a kg, pass the House t'eNrit ti H tvs —From the statement published in another column, It will be seen that Chia institution is in a solvent nondition —mud from the character n( the igentleratn connected with it, (who are well and favor ably kriown by our citizens) no fears need be apprehended in taking int notes For our parl... we sill lak• all we ean get on subscrip tion, advertuting,,and job work. Pile in. GEN. SAY HOUSTON. of TONES, • is said to be engaged in preparing his valedictory speech. ILI retires Irons public life on the 4th of Idarch next. ' Ile says he *hall peas the remainder of his days in agricultural pursuits, employing his leisure hours in wri ting his autobiography. When asked. a day or two since, idly ho did not leave this duty to others, he said, Sir. I shall write my own life, that I may live to reply to the attacks mark upon CAtIGIAT IN A TRAP.—A man named Cart) in Brady township, Clearfield county, while out hunting last week, came soros* a bear trap made of large loge, and having never sean-one waivanxious-so examine 'thh man ner In which it was arranged. Accordingly, he sat his gun down on the. outside and crawled in to satisfy his curiosity, when he touched the trigger and the trap shutting him itiside. Being unable to ex tricate himself he was kept shut up for two days without anything to eat, until the per son who made the trap came to examine it and found in place of catching a bruits he had caught a dutchman. lr",rtFtrf. u au are going to press, we have rectiired intelligence of, the admission. into the Union,of Oregon,s, a sovereign Nate. Sp eeches were made by tAe President, Vice President, Senator Lane, Eli Thayer and others, and the rejoicing, were great at the Capitol.— GOT Bigler's !pep* The folidwing are exteaota from Senator Bigter's n speech In the United States Senate an the Bth init., on the subject of the Tar- R. speech is a good o e. and we M gret that we'have not room this week to publkh it entire. it sustnins the President . and is the true Pennsylvania doctrine ; and we commend P. to the attention of our read ers: Itlr. Sigler, then proceeded to show .that It 16 per centum It 'meld require $350,000,• QOO of import* to pmdtico the Secretary's estimate of $56,000,000 revenue 'from cue tIOMM--which amount exceeds the demand Of a wholesome business, inasmuch as the average coneumption of foreign dry goods for 38 yeaie has been $6 69 per head, where as the Secretary's estimate implies a con autopilot! of II 86, or nearly double.— Hence it in only p too ehvious that the alter native is of au increase of the public dept or of the revenue Mr Bigler was combat. molly in favor of the latter. If the time to too short at this session for full revimon. give bark the tariff of 1846, or give 4 or 5 per cent,. on the rates of the present, law. 1 t woodaLrequire but a few hours to do that. As rtliokrUed the statement that the President and - Secretary of the Treasury were At 1 / 4 411e on the tariff question, he did not so under nand. The President would apply the specittc principle, eqintably, upon consum ers, whilst the Secretary would apply a per centago upon each and every ,coitimodity. Either principle may be so applied as to he protective, and tither so as to be only a fair revenue tifenstire effect depending on the application. do pursuing the illustration, he mentioned that the manufacturers of the iron would be satisfied with a moderate Specific duty say six dollars vr toil en pig metal, twelve dollars nn railroad iron, and fifteen dollars on tidied mid hammered These sums do net exceed the avenge that has been paid tonler the I:Mend-went prinriple for the last tight or ten years : titmice it can make no essential differer to the consumer or the. Treasury, but of great importance to the domestic manufacturer, for the specific du ty tends efiectuall to the exclusion of the foreign i nferior 1141.4616 and is consequently a benefit to the consumer as well as to the home producer. Ile next proceeded to repel the imputation that Pennsylvania is selfish on the subject of the tart& The prosperity of the iron businesa minium to tin, interest of the whole country. Iron is a national not local interest ; it-is one of the great elements of national defence and wealth, and will soon become one of commercial power. The raw material is found in one third of all the Sfates of the Union, and there to no national nopeihm , nt in the way of is production to 11, 1 extent : and Navies, the demand for won is yet in its infancy, although. destined to be world-wide, The enanufacturers are not She recipients, under the tariff. of half the benefits alleged. ff Pennsylvania and other States hare been benefited by the do- 1 nations of public landa If the South and West complain of the revenue laws, the North and East can point to the postal sys km, and can show that the lands donated Rothe States arc north not only more than the whole amount of duty paid on railroad iron from the day the first bar was imported ; till the present tune, but hi the aggregate, value of the iron, duty and all Here the Senator gave detailed st•ti , dirs to show that the lends granted for railroad purpones front 1850 to 1857. to the States of Illinois, ifissonii, Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana, Nfichignii,, Arkansas, Florida, lowa Wiscon sin, and Minnesota. wet° 25 500,000 acres, worth $lOO litotes) whilst the teital nl me exported railroad iron during the same lie nod was only 1108 333,000, on which the , duty was $lB 753,000. The total value of iron and iron manufactures of all kind s , from 1851 to 1858. was $lO 000,000 on which was a duty of $49,200,000 Au nn mense balance of advantage thus remantsto those Suites Ii has lints; Hata that Peon my trams had received more than her pro. portion of lands on homey warrants, but that is not ne She is entitled to one tenth, by population, and bus received no more and were it true, it was not to improve her, physical condition. hut to reward her veter ao atddiern. Many of those States have also a burg. porlion of thug postal expenses paid out of the eonitaion treasury The It cemta 'and expenses of the post of11 , :e, from' 1854 to 1858. were for Pennsylvania • te ceipts .$2,975,000 ; expenditures 32 774,- 000 : shouting an excess of revenue of 8181,547, while the Southern and Western States show deficits varying Crum 34041.000 to 51,200,0)00 Penglaylvema aimed have', drawn proportionately nearly 524,000.0(81,' or treble the amount she had done. l et' again, comparing the postal receipts and ex penditures of the Northern and Eastern States with the Southern and Western, the former show an excess of revenue over ex penditure of over.* million of dollars. while the latter exhibit &deficit of over fourteen uulbons Another handsome item this for incidental protection lie denied that most j of the public money was expended in the r manufacturing States ; he pointed to the vast expense of Indian wars in the South and West. and indeed to the whale expend-' aures on Indian 'flaws, and especially the delusive s? stem of Indian civilization. Pioture of the Republican Party by a Repubhoan A spnghtly Repubheau paper dawn east —the Sprinetteld (Nlaaa..) itepublie.zn--has burned ita piratty moat admirably. We re . produce the picture: - The fact is, the republican party isp't a j party yet, and still worse, isn't likely to be st prgent. What it needs more than any thing else is a definition ofitself, a discipline, j a hotinfltry, a habitation, doors to let people in, walls to keep them in, and a recognized head of the house to look up to as a proven- j der. It has none of these things now, but inhabits a sort of ten acre lot, half the barn of which are down three-guarture s a she time. You admit one squad and another sired es- j capes at the same moment. Every man fights for his own hand, like the Highland Chieftain. IL is nigger in Pennsylvania to save Henry. C. Cary and two or three Con gramma° ; 41 lets anti-nigger in St. Louis to, save Mr. Blair ; old fashioned whiggory in' Ohio 110,thed Tom Corwin may make himself at homer: ffilmoriana in Kentucky and— Maryland, so that Huniphrey Marshall and Henry Winter Davie may be re-elected, truck and dicker in our State Committee, so that Burlingame may not be beaten, and so I on. A Gardenerite or a straight republican of 1857, or even a FiHiectreite of 1858„is just as good a republican as''any. body. There is . no risk in deserting, for the deitare not shot as they are in the democratic party and every other well regulated party." A WABRINOTON correspondent writes that Douglas and Fitch never intended to fight lie adds:- - bhiealry now , a-days weans— bluster—not blood. 'Last session there wail twenty-tivi chellcagee, put ' oars,' a tight. '' ettutational. (For she Dimmed.) Watchman Aleatta on Teacher's Institutes. o To GO& 'and little Ashes t—Soussoo`r. Our savages, authentic—travellers any, To natural feels religions honors pay, Midst thou been born a wigwam smoke and dirt-In, • Aletbus, thine apotheosis had been certain tfoussonv PA*. Messrs. gerroas.- 4 -Permit me 'to use a smell apace in the coluttragef your paper, in reply to rho vituperative, uncalled for, and old-lo (y comununication of Ale aloe, in last week's Watchman. The question, “Rave We a Eourtoon amongst us 1." has been set tled. I believe. And now Aletium plainly answers Ilia%other question, "Haste we an Old Fogy amongst us ?" Either ninetecn• twentieths of the eclucateo men or the tini• lea States ale old fogies. or —Met hos is one. He (cerise 'v can't he ono. Medina is right and the rest of mankind wrong. liow could he be wrong, whose article abounds 111 dis played words notnerous quotations, a pro. fusion of capitals and allusions to Paul, Si• oat, ganhedrins an I. tobacco. I, toy one, am sorry that Alethus wrote. I,am sorry that in a single artick, he swept away the allusion of Teacher's Institutes. It was a pleasing gnomon—it wan go pleasant to con template the certain, though gradual Atria. two of Teachers' profession-- pleasant to be. bevy that our profession keeps pare with ,the march of science; a gratification to know that more good can be accomplished Icy uni ty and harmony, than by old lash Mood Ale theiiiim enmity. have 'rep a friend of institutes. Al, ethos says I erred. 'Ti', yet a consolation to knon, that I erred with ninny, and the wise I have erred with the moot energetic and efficient teachers of the der have erred with Pennsylrannt's host of County Superintendents —I have erred with Col. A O. Curtin the former, and with II C. Hua itick. Bwl , the present State Superintend ' ant. .We Lave erred, and erring, knew it not, until Alethus told 119 Alethus, too, is a great public benefactor' For does he say that, "for the bimelit of the public," he would make his w onderfnl disclosures. So fur the enlightenment of the -public" of Centre cbunty —a County in which Institutes are as common as household words —he. the kind intelligent, awe-inspiring, and yet, with•all the benevolent Alethus must write, publish and promulgate hie thrilling de,crip. turns of Centre county Institutes. May we not soon expect to See the Ilarpers us' .aoine oilier enterprising wadi aliens, announce a work entitled : ••Thrilliog Adventures in, and at r•br eadth 'Escapes from a Centr'e. County Teacher's Institute." by Alethus lie would be Competent for the task. Alethus has accomplished a noble work. lie has exposed the open if mtg.; if the i_7en• Ire county Teachers. If he has sacrificed truth for the sake of !minima, it matters hula. Alethus, the learned, profound ern. dim Alethoe did it. What liu,iness have the Teachers of ('intro county to endeavor to improve 00.1121reiV..' t Whi ncet they appoint "critics" to kindly correct their er• corn I 'Ally not let those hrona Otre said glow ; like those of Alethus 7 Why does viol the critic dip his pen lit Kali, and snarl and grovel. Alethus-hie And whet bin's, ness hare . 'reachers not to he I:more:it (si 80111 V were when Altheui first ) of the mist common English bra ic'ic+, 11 a. (Jammer and tieograohy 'Tie grange to bloared Alethatt' ryes. That Tesehera tiara w eer _get ens, Hut, I fear, Nlessra. Klitors. that I trespanning on your patience by the length of my article. I mom, howerer, ray that the man, in this enlightened age, a ho would throw all obstacle en the way of the Corn• mon Silirool System, la denervidg or the eon• tempt and Worn of the pr,sint, arid all corn• tog generations. Teachers' Insilco ten are a part of that syntem : and he wh•r opposes them, no matter a hat his poen', n, may he, us a foe to the cease of Filucat.•on, and a traitor to hnmanity. If Alethon urea thin. I challenge him to an open diu•us• Rion ; he to sign hin.pezt._gliticle with his Teo/ name, and in my reply l sill do like• wine. A TRAlnlitit. Important From Washington An ,Inierstan St,arner Vathed, Srarched, &axed and Burned by a Brittsh Cr user on the coast of Afilca. ri A3lll UMW; Feb fl The Navy Department is w receipt of o (kW admen from the coaht of Africa, an nounri rig the visit, search. Heir oe andburn tug of nn American vessel by a British cruis er. The following lit a statement of the al fair. made by Peter lialinda, one of the crew or the burned vessel : I shipped for the American brig Rufus Soule. Captain Anderson, at Matanzas, on the itch of July, and sailed, as I under. stool. for Ferdinand° Po. Just sighted Clll/0 de Verde Islands, and the next land we made was the African coast, near to Band', Point. Soon after we saw a steamer coming toward us, and she sent a boat. 'Vhe captain of the steamer Viper, and another officer with him, camp aboard. They asked for papers, and numbered the crew, and questioned us all about where we belonged. was at the wheel. and heard the capiaid of the Viper tell Cept. Anderson that he wo d give film one hour to Mike up his mind and if he did not deliver his vessel he would take her in tow : and the captain returned on board his own vessel leaving the other officer with um. In half an hour the order was given for the English to open the hatch es. 1 then Raw for the first time that our Hag had been hauled down. The English officer then waved his handkerchief to the Viper, and the captain of the Steamer came on board. 'The hatches were opened, and lie then ordered us all to _get our clothes ready to goon board tbe'steamer. "Afterwards they brought from the brig atijutr sails and small stores. The brig was set on tire about seven o'clock in the evening, and was burning all night. In the morning seve ra l s hots were fired at her be fore she went down. I heard it said by one of the crew of the Viper that sho was burn. ed, because they had no men to send away •in her, and that they bad orders to burn one out of every three vessels taken. We gut under way in the afternoon and wtrelandeil on the beach at l(sbencla." The correspondence between the coin• msrler.of the Vincennes And the captain of the Viper shnwe that the American nag was• flying at the time of the seizure, and that the captilln threw hls diets:mad when called upon to show them. The circumstan ces of the ease leave little room to doubt that she was a slaver. PBN, PASTE it SCISSORS 17'01d bsclielors—buffoons for flirts to fool Q 7 Minn Smith says she will never Marl . ry a widower with, a family, and for this tea , son—she is down on second-hand children. ir7- Mrs. Jenkins complained in the even ing. that the turkey she had eaten, at Thnnksgiving, did not set writ! proba• hly," said Jenkins, " It was not a hen fur. key." t 02 - Why is a cooper like a lady 3 De camp one hoops up staves, and the other sterveirip Aooga 17 The ittey.'Mr. Spurgeon—unless hitt kidneys should again act contrary—is ex pected in New York next spring. rj" A good story is told of lira. Douglas, when salted recently regarding her politics. tier reply was, am an 01(1 line whig, with pretty strong Doaglas prochtottes." The editor of the London Times re ceivea the somesalary ao the Presidentor the Ttnitad States. tilitisceid that. Senator Douglas. of 11- linnia, expended oder $lOO,OOO to secure his election to'the Senate. 'l7 A Dnmaitric Ilitorra.—To cure scan dal, take of good maitre one ounce : of the herb 'mind your own business,' one ounce, mil these With a little charity for others— and two or three eprigs of 'keep your tongue between your teeth.' 2j - A MU. hut passed the Legislature of Kansas Gtr holding a constitutionil Conven tion, to meet at Atchison. There was a con test between Atchtson and Leavenworth cities—the vine stood for Atchison 23 votes ; for Leavenworth 10 'votes. The Vole indi cates a gam of conservative sentiment. Horrible Crime in New York. A youne woman buries an are in the skull of her mother, to get her money. [Prom the Now York Evening Poet j (Me of the most shocking and imolai/rat crimes which have disgraced nor city since (he aorthly butchery was (qieted tic Rims; both street tins morning A young woman attacked her mother with an asu.„which she buried in her skull, for the purpose of ob taining the paltry sum of fifty-Thee doll rs ! Officer R ado, of the Fourteenth wird, Was patrolling his beat about halt put five this morning, when be heard the cry of mur der, followed by stifled groans lie rushed iito the house wherree the ernes proceeded. (No. 251 Elisabeth street, In the rear.) old saw an aged colored woman lying on the floor, covered with blood. and an s ire hurled in her skull A young a-Junin was standing over her, Who fid.herri stifling her groans a itlr bed clothes, Medical assistance wart immediate] called, and the yoini woman arrested. ?The was conveyed to the Sus4ez Market privon, and reiithe name of Anna Maria Bosley Cajay. She confessed the crime, Ala gave the fol lowing account of the causes which led to : She was married about three years ago to John l'ajay, and she and her husband liveci with her mother, Lydia Mosley, a widow, for some time ; 'tint l'ajay was I worthless and intempersta man, who bred on his mother-in law, and did nothing for his own or his wife's support. Mrs ll' siey deter fumed riot to Submit to such conduct. and told Iwo lie must support himself or leave her house. He chose the latter roarer and left his nifty-, who has since bean suppoeted by her mother This occurred over a year ago S1)011 alter her lefOnind left bar she Mile th e stegountime tt of one Eby% h Marlto, a colored loan, twenty years or age, with whore, nnknewn to hl r mother, mute has for qt.,t•tsti months Lem on tut got; of cronood tontomoy laNt, a few tr..A9 Stn , e, Martini Fro wised that they shn ll),l take loomi tow , !heti, and leave the mother, %shoat, presenPo %vita a check upon their 'lit etCOUrSe. ❑e said, how, ver. that he had use money, and Anna replied that she had none, and asked how t.to y Imo" replie I :Antrim, earl 1, Clll,ly than` Toe old 41 noon has got miney . just put )re, out of On way arid take it and no (tie v will ever IPe the wiser for it." he daughter listened to this hornble suggestion , and not long since they obtain ed arsenic, which she put into her mother's tip Rut the tea Wes made so bitter by it, the :nether suspected something was wrong, and took it to a phy,iciaii who atial)zkd it, and easily detected the poison. Martin urged Anna not to he discouraged by this failure, but to take a surer method pi ih spatch the business. last night he took her to a theatre, and was out 'until midnight, using all the arguments be could master to prepare her mind for the crime. Ile told her to take Injkie and commit the munler while her mother should drop, and to make hitch sure cork of it that she would never know who did it. Anna at last consented, and at the time specified got up, took the axe. a nd struck he r mother while she was in boil sleeping The first blow imsaing the sLoll, •r ell upon the jaw, cutting it in a frightful manner The old lady leaped. from the bed and screamed, when the inhuman daughter again struck her, fellingdor to the floor, and then buried the axe in her head, it here it re ”amed until the officer arrived. The prisoner related the brutal details of her crime unmoved, until she came to the struggles al hi r victim, and her own eflorfa to strangle bur with licitlclothes. This seem• ed to allect her comidert‘lay i but her bear ing, on the whole, was that of stoical indif ference. Martin was arrested at the house of his mother in U'arkson street, and also looked up in EAKI Market prison. The warn was alive at 10 o'clock this re/reflex/is, but her recovery is believed to be haul only 855 in her mimes skin. DM Commissioners of Lycoming county, are said to have determined to remodel and enlarge the Court (louse at Williamsport. • REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF CENTRE COUN TY FOR THE YEAR 185 L ISAAC BUFFINGTON, Esq., Treasurer. In so count with Centre county from 111.111,111 7th, 1048, to January 7th, 1860. r 185 D DR. .1.41 1' To arn't received from Co. Collet- lectors and other morose $14379 60 •' 'I To balance due Treasurer, 4110 011 OR. Jan 0 B &net of Connoloalon'e orders It $28,455 25 " By Treasurer's Bounniasion on $2 ,493 04 1,024 40 .4 By allowanos for Stationery and Poet►ge 10 00 $29,480 85 Belanoe due Triiimeree 4,110 2b rhos McCoy. Eq., High Sheriff, in ac. count with Centre County, from January 7th, 1858, to Armory 7th, 1859. OIL. Jan 7To ook'tofJory feu ale flea 6661 12 OR. . 4 By soil of Tory tau and saes oollaoloa, 6136 06 , 4 By Mei of Jury foroNatd final utoolleatad, 666 06 We. the undersigned Aadttore of Centre Coon , ty, having examined tho neeounta of Imo ton, Treasurer of sold County. and Thom McCoy, Sherif, , And them etureet as above (dated, and al low them to be proornted nod filled seem-ding to raw. Witness OM bands at. the Commisttot,ere Oboe at Bellereutte Ibis ttb de/ ordinosry, A. D. Attest, C. MA*I(B,I Andire.s. T lIPFL tiCilitOCK, I RECEIPTS AN D EX PM:MUMS Or CENTRE CO. TOR TRH }/ S EAR, A. I , 180. W. the ContniiMroners of Centre etritnty, e. greeably to an Aet of Assembly, entitled an Aot to robe County Rates end Levies." requiring the Commissioner' of the several Courage of this Commonwealth to_pablisit annually astaternent of the Receipts and Rapendlteors of theft. reapeetive Counties, do report the following, vie from the 7th day of January, A D. lithe, to the 7tir day of January, A 1)., 113bP RECEIPTS. To ain't reoeirsd from County Collec tors and other swerves, •!6,379 Bo EXPENDITURES. n 4, am't paid I Buffington, Treasur or a Commission on $20,492 06, $i,024 , 60 By ain't of Commissioner's orders lift ed 26,44)5 20 By am't paid for postage and Station arrfor Tr. office. 10 in COUNTY AUDITORS Arn't paid D. Huss, servlo•••• Auditor, $5 00 Win Karr, " " " 10 00 " " C !links 10 00 " Theo Mulfly,oterk to " • • ASSESSORS. fly nut't paid Township and flare' As- • loosors for assessments and returns, $55800 8638 oo COMNISMONERS' OFFICE. Am't paid Jacob Potts/grove, services ae County Commissioner, SVA 40 " dumb W Rhrhard, do do. Ib2 00 " Henr i y Keller, to. do 110 00 •'" Fred k Borkert, dm do 26 00 " " Thos Ifatatilion, do do 20 00 CO vices as Clerk to Com'r 333 50 " " The. Mealy, extra. trerrioes 169 00 " " Ire 0 Mitchell, fees for eol looting. 390 78 Oro Livingston for Blank Bonito mid Stationery, 180 25.1 ,• IttrinF,olon for making Warrantee Book for unseated , , Lordi, 44 00 Goo Living4lon for 11,1n610g mooskmoOts for 1654-7-8, 16 00 Nkm . Cook, for postage knd hot root 7 33 (irnen d Ste Mean fur pen., ink, ka. , 3 031 COURTS. A m'l paid Ex Sheriff Waddle for Crier r od , fo r 1a55-541-57, 19 5 .• Tho's McCoy for publishing Cour( Prorlasnalion, In 00 = •orvke at January Court, 10 00 ' " A White for services an Court Crier, 42 00 ( , , J S PIMIORB for services as Tipsin!e, 47 OA to 25 l y : r,unaieutiale T t".ll°,rj; fees in Corn'th re Leonard, 60 00 " John Hoffer Prottly's fees he 149 39 " " ThosXeCtiy for order to Thoo, Mildly, 23 03 Jaa 11 nankin, Dial AU', foot, 208 00 11 rand h Tra reran Juror., 1,071 07i 11 Dots 17)110mmnnw'h cum*, 891 20 COURT ROUSE Amt paid Geo % Tate, on ac't of building tru Court Hauge, $950 16 Famtiel N ohole toy painting Arb I I rik I lon Room it'd Clow =2l Bellefonte 71. c, , for' gam tot Cana House and yard Lampe, 70 00 ifreca 0 oleSl ran fur paint•, ,nrnmh Ara , 21 MI hhrli COR I John MOISMI fit, reinOY thlt Bellefonte (Jag Co , for 100 hoehele of coke, 800 • .• C W Lambert sca/roldt for Fresno pointers 22,50 • " John MllOOllll Labale for Offices to /7 50 • " F Mello. for 100 brehels soft on lA, ' .• Jon It Barnhart 'vocl _ 150 " Denl•l Derr drop bght Treasurer's 0111ue 1 37) " ' N Hillibuakt for sundries. lb 87 " • J R Parsons tables (or vaults lb 85 K" Tate tnakkg soot. for A rbttrettionroom. Jo, A Co for wall pap, kr , 17 IV Dossiet Derr for cervices se la mtqr Ch as lie it° for w h Ite• stub ieg Arbitration room K Tnte for repairing roof of Court House •nd cmilar kr Commh. sioner r e office, 4:t 76 " Cho A tiepin! for milleNto., 600 D Derr scrubbing privies, snaking Ao 7 00 •' Jet, D Turner for water tar 'Lair Joeigson cleaning flows Wilson .1 Bron for cal •roll lads, Sunni for rending chairs A r Thor. Minder for glaring window, lir, Livingston for safe for treasurer's office, col ICTY JAIL Amt pa id M, Jana MuCoy (or board ing prognero, • ". Kline for fuel, " " Thom McCo_y fur convoying P non•lnts to enitentiary. 100 00 " " T M Holt for misting Bberiff do do 15 00 " " H Rankle for taking T. Yeattef to 'Rot " IfoDertnot t Ilfodaferty for Liking down and re-bolld leg Jell yard wall, I,ses so " D , Tate for roofini 36 18 " J. 8 Parsons [or work at Jail, " " Bamoeo Harris for !I'd • • steads, II 00 " 1)000)$ Potter 4r. Mitchell for med. atd. en prisoners, 4 00 " " Jon. Preekblll chalet for Sheriff's °Mee, 7 50 .• " T Ildeknet for sweeping ebhuine/4 1 00 " Wm. McClelland elothing for prisoners 18 50 COUNTY PRINTING Am't paid W W 1111111 M for publishing Court Prolosmationa, , $2l 75 " . M P Crosihweite tor Coun ty Printing in 1866, 75 00 " "J no ?Johnson for pubilattimi Auditor/ Repoli, 86 00 Ludylok Kurt/ do _ 44- -- A 640 - o - c. - Seely S Beriotiri for Coun t) and extra print lug, 127 60 " . 'Aorta 1 Fornly for publioh ins Sleotio6 troefirmation, ST 00 Fred Saris do do ~ ~ Beefy A Barnhart do 37' 00 , .. KAttl4,l, Itum,,pullltsbing $ potm to uo o n.torip, " .' Fred Evils do do 100 PREMIUMS , ON 80ALe8. 111418 75 Am't paid fpr soalpi of Weil, wild oats, peathera, wolves and catamounts Ø. SOO 84 PUBLIC OBOUNDB. Asn't paid lido Dermot A Ildoeirsi (or laying pavement axone Court bob yard, 1222 721 " " MoCalroFty .11(cillannot for outtini earb.alonew P3r rpa►emoota, 180 00 " " MeDermot t l(alaffor‘y - for matins gutters for pave- • moots, " ' Ar/0 CM): h MCICIIIffert.7 ME _ for mhos sad sodding the Court Roulet lard, 110 00 Mobormot McCafferty fa making a mar through C ❑ yard 50 OD Mallermot d ofoCafferty. forAgnalnirPor bill in !be itfor - or itir - CwortilrOnoo, 141 I2i " J oo D &Co for Iron isoeson publicsquare' 728 25 Wm LAaphila Frr painting fence, 15 00 •• 7 F Loom Trees for C Ify'd, 9 00 11 Wilson for Inblis for • paresornis, 250 00 91702 22i INQUISITIONS &e., ON DEAD BODIES. Arlet paid J 0 Marshall for inquest on body of 0 Oriffy, Si 3 50 " •• Dvdoina B Mitchel for exam ination at Inquest on body of A Matron, 5 00 " " P W Barnhart for Ingseston bodies of N 0111,13 and Bowes, 30 96 " " C, Munson for Inqu•ai on body of J B Andrews, 90 80 Doctors Potter, Neff and Mona for pod mrstem ex amination oa body of Ad- A'l" . 11 p MionillborgOr for I. 30 00 (peat on lowly .0 et aMOd fif 66 129,189 85 slip lit LOANS AND INTEREST i:Mq LOANS. Pm% veld tart tl Pa ontot so terson for 6 ma • gee Livingston Aor met cm Comity order, •. Ili It A Test for hut on money, " M Waddle for loan and in 10 00 SSD DO wrest, "_4'David Mitchell for lost on loan,, " " B Wilson or lost on eno'y, •• Jos D Barris Mt inst on Co order " Hon Jae Burnside &rink on order " " bf J flerrald for loot on or der ' " Irao Miller for but to Dee let 1868 " " Wm P Wilson for lost ot. or der favor of Wm Dell " " M W addle for lost on order •' " John Matirtde Oat in n en loan ROAD VIRWS. Ank't paid It t Trestyalny at at for mad views In DWI, Benner anti Po liar twr A M Rider al ■t tor road views In fiuriuson and Hut ton terra " " R Buchanan for road chew in dregg twp --- " Robt Randall do co Mender twp " Usoßuchanan del do perm top " " Mr Borohdeld et ai NO toad $1,655 301 view in /aroma and Pat• ton twpf " D Mush for road tiro in "gHoweswp dd do no " Bawl rieedtdla de do Liberty twp ' " Jno Hotter do do Liberty twp CONSTAiIirS RETURNS. Am'l,pald Constable, for returns to Court and mileage • 11128 22 ELECTIONS. din't paid •Elsollon oeficera Return Judson, Colman* and Al , sensors tor putting up lists of yawns and sttand'inhadions SRI DOS " Sbngbert & Rankin Cik to Return Judges B 00 •• J R Hoak for astlng,cung Return Judge rn DO 0,411 20 MEI MiscELLANEOI'S PAYMENTS. pn't paid Oen Livingaton Isln Tres.. ureastlikttaience due as act Bement 3 It Rend Sheriff of Omar field oounty for bringing J [tear to Jail Oeo Livingston Ibr die on Lancuuder mow" '' Immo Buffington ihr note in Bank ' Wm J Nee*. for At:l4,oler later and Prothonotary esti " Immo Buffilngtt o for note in Bank " Wm Levi et al for Co tax overpaid " lasso Bugngton (to notes. in Rank " RmJ Xelsit for recording Adam:Coots of Register's from 1940 to 11450 150 00 " Immo BoXifigton note io trk 3,000 00 " D I Pruner for Centre eveas• l l estitu u n ii a 'a t rali t Y I w Mayto ton maintaining lunatins " Xaatern Penitentiary fot maintaining eonvieta Er] DEI 11111 DIEM $16,240 14 Total AMovat of Expendsturos for 18514, 00,511 1115 LIST OF OUTSTANDING TAXES. Collectors. Distrscle. Am't. 184/4. Wrn. Riddle,• 97 00 15 00 3 00 Spring, 1853. J. D. AfclAnahnn's cot* Boggs, J. W. Ftignte.* Miles (ireen,• 11,181114 ,1854 :Jos Est,•• 4855. 207 06 $1785 631 Gacr <ir*ham,• Ebenezer Records• Rob't Lloyd,• $3461i 90 26 Michael ()rove, Geo. Musser, Samuel Vaam►n, Simon Verger, Jacob Iloyerocker, John Askey, Wm. Adams, Wm. IL Smith, Benner, Ferguson, Ilslimoon, Marion, ' Rush, Snowshoe, Taylor, 1 Uuioo, 1858. Sas D. Turner, lielleflntle, 523 00 Jas. Alexander, Mileaburg, 51 00 Jos. McCloskey, Curtin, 85 00 Jos. Dawson, Benner,' 427 00 Jacob C. Willer, Boggs, 227 00 J. B. Vedeffer, Burnside, 71 00 J. B. Mitchell, Ferguson, 272 00 Jos. Smith, Gregg, 350 00 Geo. E. Wasson , . Barris, 589 00 JG. Moyer. ' 1 Raines, 472 00 G. L. Grey, 1 IlaiSmoon, 85 00 Christian Bower, ' Reward, 241 00 John G. Stine, ' Huston, 99 130 Samuel Bechael, Liberty, 71 00 Christian Yergeri Marion, 342 00 J. R. Mittman, Miles, 41 00 David Sellers, Fsttou, 163 00 Rob't. Smith, Blinn, . .* Asa 00 Fredir. - Selsii, Jos, Jones, Rush, 113 00 Daniel Bichsel, ' Snowshoe, 134 00 M. P. Weaver, Spring, 253 00 ham Moore, Taylor, 47 00 Isaac Ilicklates Fset. ton. 174 00 Henry Beci!„ alkse,--- -700-00 - Geo. Kelley, orth, 102 00 76 00 15 76 $2,354 721 Total anet of outataaliag taxes 87,821 00 Note.*Thooe gJaime marked svISI3 a star Ihni-Cd) demote last theraro In the bands of aloof. [or oolleotlon. Wu, the undersigned Conuniselonere of Centre county, do hereby oertify that the thregolag le:n full and oorreet etatement of the Receive and Xs penditarse Of the said County, for the =tat A. D.- 18 5 8 Witness our heads at the Countislionon . dans in Behefonte, II& 18th day of ;sonar, A. D. 1869. Attest " JAO. POTT8(1110'0E. ILL Jno. T. Johnston, 0/k. BRIM. BU Ihr T. IIIITORIII80)1. Bellefonte, lfeb 24 -'59-4t. Crawssiseie den 113 30 so oo 3f51 60 61 66 27 48 11 66f 90 00 30 00 10 00 77 TB 71 00 $666 44f 520 00 26 00 7 00 EC JD 00 7 00 6 00 an B 00 $135 50 $9lB 49 t. VI 119 11, 20 00 MEI OGO O. 0 00 I TOO 00 lENB 1,200 00 100 00 608 88 124 99 28 00 27 00 47 00 Worth, 47 00 Snowshoe, 87 00 1856 Worth, Rush, 2600 8000 ]857 80 00 45 60 35 00 93 00 60 00 8400 64 00 60 00
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