DEDFORD INQUIRER. ; _ j BEDFORD, Pa. Friday >lorni?r. TKB 4 IS.>9. "KutLSSS AXD FREE." # i s. OVER—Editor aiid # I*roprietor. MONEY ' MONEY 1 I —The approaching Court j will be a favorable "opportunity for many who j owe us for subscription, advertising and job ! work, to call and settle. Those not coming to i town can send the amounts with their r.eigh- j hors who do come. This is intended- fot all ' who are indebted. If persons cannot pay ell rhey owe u?, (md none owe us very large bills, | they can certainly pay us a part cf the amount) J We have payment* to make, ard IUUS' have J money some hew or ann'h.r. Jan. 2S, 1859. CONGRESS AND THE TARIFF. It i- well-known that some of ibe Locofoco press of Pennsylvania, among the rest the Bed ford Gazette, charged that the Opposition in Congress were not disposed to do anything in j favor of the suffering interests oi Pennsylva nia, and, in fact, of the whole country, L-y in creasing the Tariff. We pronounced this false at the time, and the acts ot the Opposition 1 siaee the meeting of Congress, prove that they j ure ir: favor of increasing the duties on foreign , manufactures The position the Opposition ; took in their caucus, and also their proves she ftlsify'of all the Locofoco charges to the; remtrary The Locofoco Senators and Mem- j hers in Cougrrss, with the exception of those t trom this St i'c, ire alar st unanimously eppe- ■ e t to Protecti -n. The Washington correspondent of the North j American "The only possible hope for a iuo.lifi.-at 3li cf t.. .-iff at this .-esrijti is through the action ot - 'Terence Committee, loi i cbiMiig hours that i. '. chance is desper ate, and depends entirely -n the refusal of she House to grant a lo xcept upon this ex jiress condition. Eve. m there is too much j reason to fear that the Senate will not yield its repugnance to a change, so obstinate i the j purposo of the Democratic majority to refuse | any concession on t'uia subject. They sre umrc j inoiiued io lug-ud mi txtra session, then to i conquer their prejudice*. The Pause is likely . In stand firm, unii to insist upon provision be- : ing mide to extinguish any debt that may be ; created. The Republicans- have held a caucus, aud unanimously ngtecd to vote for a modifi cation of the Tariff. Their stand is clear, pos itive end unqualified, as will be seen whenever the test shall be made iu the blouse. On the vtiter hand, the Democrats in that body will hardly muster twenty votes, including the Pennsylvania delegation. Tiiis a'gnifieant fact tells the whole story, especially when connect ed with the positiou of the Democratic ue.j >ri ty ir. the Senate. There is no difficulty in knowing what poiiticai interests in Congress arc for and against the policy of reasonable } rotection," BEDFOKD HAIL HO ID COSIiMNt'. It will be seen by referring to another cui uiuri, in this week'* paper, that an election for officers of the Bedford Hail Road Company, will take place on Saturday 19.h lust. I; is the determination now to put the Road under contract early in iho Spring, and push it along vigorously to completion. Wo have pretty good authority tor saying inat an additional sum d probably about $25,000 of s'ock will be taken by a good Company outside of 11.is coun ty, which will make in addition to the $75,000 already secured, §IOO,OOO. The luieuco, es timated at about §130.000 will hare to be raised within tiic County. About, we presume §35.000 of tills has been .subscribed leaving yet in round numbers about §IOO.OOO to be raised. Can this be secured? We believe i? can. Our citizens should ga to work in fam es', and ail tjke their &Larc of the above amount, aud tho Road niil mct certainly be made. Firmer?, that own lands along the route, or within tea or fifteen miles of the Road, your lands will be increased iu value considerably, and you will have a good Lome market for year products. On your liberality much depends. It' you avail yourselves cf the present opportu nity you will have the Road, and if you let it pass by unheeded, in our hottest opinion, we will not have a Rrii Road for the next twenty year*. \rit us uli d > our best, aud the result will tend vastly to develop* our now dormant but aunost iitexhau-- uio agricultural and min eral resource?, an i Increase the wealth of the County. <(irrat Republic Monthly for Februiry has been received. It is a very vil li ible number. Also, Fitlersou's Mgsa ; ne. It is one of the Lot in tb< country, a.-i .*. especial fav<.rite among the Indus. G W. William?, Esq , ofHouse of Uep r sentaiivcs, was at homo a vtiy or two ago,, tu visit a sick child. Hon. W. R. Seh el I, of the Bmate, was . lao on a vi-.it hoin -. (100. G. Walker, of the Ilou-c of H-prenn lattfej has our thaok* for tmoy favors. AKOTHKK I lUK —On Saturday night istt, üboul 9i o'clock, tlie eiy of fire was again heard in our village, The fire w; 3 found to proceed from the small new barn belonging to the heirs of John Ulnar, dee'd. The flames sprAd rap idly, and tiie building was totally destroyed. There were scarcely say exertions made to save the bunding, as there were no buckets or any thing else on the ground to aid in extinguishing the fire, although a stream of water runs right by. The Engine Company, after the building had burned down, as usual, hud the small En gine on the ground, and even then were unable to work it, placing the hose on tie wrong end, and hardly a members being with it. it is the almost unanimous opinion of all, that bad we no Company, the engines would be better attended to, and property would be in a safer condition than it now is, A small quantity o? grain was consumed. The frrqucuey of the destruction of stables, by lire, in this place, is alarming, and (hero appears to le no doubt that they are all the work of an incendiary. It :3 only about five yems since u barn on the same spot where this one stood was destroyed in the same way. The loss by this last fire is supposed to be from §l5O 00 to S2OO 00. Let our citizen* he on their guard, aud they may yet discover the fiends, and hare them placed safely cut of harm's way. REVIVALS.—Theio is quite a revival of re ligion going on in the Lutheran Church in Pleasant Valley, Bedford Tp. Some thirty or forty have professed conversion, and the good work still continues. A union meeting is also going on in Sbover's Valley. A great many have joined the church. Peterson's Detector for February Las been received. It contains a list of Si new coun terfeits since the last'number. In our opinion, it is the best Detector published in the country. FALCONER TO SCOTT. — TUC person who GOT a volume of the British poets, from us, Falconer to Scott included, several years since, will please return the same. VESUVIUS.—We have been F emitted to make an ixtract from a letter addressed by lion. Joseph 11. Chandler, Minister Resident cf the Cuurt of Naj Is?, to Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian Institution, in which Mr. Chandler furnishes a brief account of the cir cumstances current at Naples at the date of the letter, December lGtb, relative to an ex pected eruption of Mount Vesuvius, lie say*; "At the present moment the people of this city are in great excitement at the indications ot a dangerous erupti.ui from Mount Vesuvius. For a luug time great misses of liv.i hare been i-suing from apertures oa the side of tire moun tain, .about half way up, and these apertures have been augmen'ing in rumbt-r and size so rapidly that not only is there apprehension of an eruption, but serious fears are expressed that the sides of the racuntjin will soon be so w<.>ru and perforated as ;o be no longer able to sustain the superior portion, and people sre Jewing tiro viciuitp aud coming into tie ci'.T proper. Last nignt tire mountain was truly grand. The hundreds of groat fires on the sides (red hot lava) were terribly brilliant, while the vast volume of smok* that r'-&e slow iy from the crater above, Lai in side iilumina- j ted by the tare on the minks, and presented nn nppearance of indescribable grandeur. I, of [ course, nm unable to say whether these fears | are well founded, but they are entertained by i men of science an 1 experience here. To-day I the people arc commemorating 'he first anni versary of the awful earthquake of 1857, and j they are ali going t'J church. Wo seek God when we find no help in bittS; and perhaps it is i a part of God'j providence that we should be visi'ed with scourges that man cannot direct or ; withhold.— National Intelligencer. TIIE FIVE VENTS POSTAGE. The n icuir t to mcrease the letter postage j from three to five cents, meets with general condemnation with the i'ress. No such propc ! sition can or to pass the House, or ex ! cept to fir.d favor with the country. Experi ence has demonstrated in England that a re { Jue ! inn of the rite has increased the revenue, where, notwithstanding a! 1 our boosted tn'elli i gencc and free schools, four times as many let ters pass through the mails aanuidy t>s in the ! U. States, and it is well s-tid that "no franking j'.. , . , j privilege exists there, and if it was abolished ! here the revenue of the Department Would uot only be increased, but a large saving would lie ; made every year by arresting the immense waste ] in public printing which it notoriously cncour- J ages, and with no advantage whatever to the j century." CONGO IDEA OF HOOP 3. j Some of the Wanderer's Africans are in ' Mississippi. The Vicks&yrg Sun Siyst •'We do not think they are valuable from j the fact that we believe that no man would like i to oversee a sst of hideou, sensoicss-looking ! creatures: besides, it would, in our opinion, be i a great deul of trouble to keep them t work. They can ask for tobacco end whiskey, and | perhaps chew the former and drink the latter, but they can un nothing else, ihey know m tbing about tho use of clothing, and would as j soon place a pair of punts ou their shoulders os jon their legs. Oco of them has formed a ; great fcncy for umbrellas, and tvhen a couple of young lad'cs approached him, dressed i:i the j present extensive fashion, he flung down his hoe, and followed them with nil possible speed, 1 and as he cam* near them, he vigorously grab | bed at the skirt of the dnss of one of tbctn, but before iie succeeded in getting hold of it one of the attaches of the Mississippi Central Railroad succeeded in knocking him down.— Mr. Montague then took hiui in charge, and asked him in his own gibberish what ha pur sued the lady for, when he replied that she had an umbrella under her dress, and lie wanted it. From Forney's Prut. 'ihe Thirty Million Project. Tlic debate iii the United Htatcs Senate, on Monday last, upon the proposition to place §30.000.000 at the disposal of Mr. Buchanan for the purchase of Cuba, was very interesting and instructive, particularly the speeches of Senators Seward end Toombs, the former hav ing spoken against, end the hitter in favor of the appropriation. Both Seßators may well bo proud of their efforts, ;:s each was in its way creditable, forcible, and eloquent. Mr. Sew ard's exhibtt of the financial policy of the Administration was very striking. After eta ting that §30,000,000 was but an initial sum, which might he extended to §200,000,000 or more, according to the will and pleasure of tL-c President, be Bail: '•I will assume that it authorizes 'he Presi dent to contract a debt to Spain without again consulting Congress or tho Senate of the CJ. States, for the sum of §250,000,000. This proposition conies a: a time when our revenues are reduced to §50,000,000 and there is a con fessed deficiency for the year of §30,000,000. I It is immaterial whether we tor row 'lris §3O,- J 000,000 to pay to Spiin, as the bill pAposes, or whether we pay it out of the receipts of the revenues flowing into the Treasury,and borrow the tnoney to supply the place of what we thus übi'.rtcr. It proposes nothing less than to authorize the President of the United States to create at ooec and absolutely a debt of §3O - and indirectly a further debt of §220,000,000, in addition to a deficit, which is virtually an existing debt against the Trea- j sury of §30,000,000: making §60,000,000 of j new debt certain, and §220,000,000 contin- j geni. This, aided to an already funded debt < of §60,000,000, will rais< > tlre national debt to j §280,000,000. This is to bo done under ex- j traordioary circumstances. Wc have at this 1 moment no financial system— no system of re- \ venue. We have, indeed, a tariff law which 1 brought last year into the Treasury over §4O,- j 000,000, and this year expected to 'ring m j §50.000,000 ; but a revenue iaw which leaves ; an annua! deficit c rnot Le said to corutiiu'e a 1 fiscal system. Congres-, after being in session ' m w near two months, Im utterly foiled to ie- j vi.-c any kind of revenue system whatever.— ! No. has Ihe lix-wuti v j Administration submit- ; ted to Congress any* system for this emergency, 'ibis vatcirer.t is strictly '.rue, if you consider ! that ib s President wecontends one system in his 1 annual message, and that the Secretary of the i treasury, bis own responsible n.in'sier of ti nar.ee, submits to us as---t!**v sni widely .j!ff crcut ore. "This great increase of ti.<- public debt we are asked to make at the very hour when, in eompiircee with tbo Executive recouisienda tton, we are proposing to authorize him to build tho Pacific Railroad, at a c.'**. ; f nd !es than §125,000,000 more , ad, 6 •• ulta:t< with thi a . In the same message, we re also jsked ie antborizs the Preside;.t to in-re tile armv into Mexico, which cm cost at thing less than §IOO - more ; and, at the g.-mc time, in pur suar.ee of recommendations rf the same weight and authority, we are cskvu to authorize Litis to employ 'he army and the p.. cy against ji*: so many Spanish American Sta'es nu th's con tinent as iic fl ail choos", which can rrq-iirc nothing less than §100,000,000 roe, to,' without any financial system at uii. a rc to avc . 3 lei v't t!.;f Uoocrcss .f t'..e 11 -itcd states, cn the rccntntr.eed-Uion rnd applicntim of the Pr< sider.t to strengthen he arm of the Executive, while weakening the power and tho constitutional force cf the Sctrai" end the I louse of Ren: erentr.'ivn-p j of §500,000,000." fir. i'oombs, m bis reply, summarily disposed o: Mr. Sewari'a financial difficulties by avow ing his hostility to the Pacific lUilioad bill ad most cf the other expenditures suggested, and iiy declaring tb it Cuba wis worth to this Union ail tlic money that Mr. Buchanan would pay for it. An enumeration of national advantages likely !o awruc from the an.ncxatiou of Cuba, a bold defiance of French or English interfe rence in case Spaia agreed to set! us that is land, and a masterly defence of tha practical working of our institutions ever now acquisi tions, without regard to the character of their population, formed tuo main points of his re tu .rkabiy aide and telling speech. But we see Utile reason to bono that the speedy acquisition of Cuba is at all involved in bis controversy. Ail the sigus of tbo times indicate tho uit°r improbability of our being able to purchase it now. Mr. Seward weU sai l, after quoting the recent proceedings in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies : "Now, sir, after having shown (hat there is not the least earthly prospect of requiring the Island of Cuba by or in consequence of the passage of this till, what follows? It follows that the question whether Cuba is desirable, and ought to be attained, is not of all in debate. It is an idle, a visionary, and mischievous abstrac tion. There is no such question here ; but the question which is presented is, whether the Con gress of the United States shall authorize the President of the United Stales to offer an in dignity to Spam. Th it is all.'' The President has asked for unusual, extra ordinary, sni dangerous powers, and he has cot givea Congress the slightest reason for belcving ibat any substantial good oan result from a compliance with his request. Tho belief that Cuba will one day become in integrial portion of this Union is almost universal, but there is uotbing to mark this as a propitious period for accelerating that event, or for select ing Mr. Buchanan and tho scheme be has de vised us the agents through which ihat end is to be attained. UNHAPPY MATCHES.—A year utd a half ago, four young ladies in Cincinnati wore mar ried at the satuo hour. Two have ninec sepa rated from their husbands, and the other two arc trying to get separated. Japan letters say tha expedition of Mr. Rood to that country will Cost, including the honora , l ie gentleman's salary. (§14,000 trr vear.l at. lcat §IOO,OOO. V J '' • THE OXFORD FRAUDS PROVED. A very important and interesting paper, even Jat this late day, has just appeared in the Na j tional Intelligencer, Mgned by Ex-Gov. \V*lk i er and Kx-Secrctury Stanton, and addressed to j the people of the Unwed Stat. s. it relates to j the forged Oxford returns, rejected by Walker | and Slanton, thus deciding (he political coai j plexion of the Kansas Legislature in 1857. I They bring us evidence a letter of Mr. Batt { Jones, ooe of the Oxford election Judges, and 1 whose name purpcrtod to authenticate the re turns. Jones zolemuly nrow3 that he never authorized the use cf hit natne as Judge or knew anything about the election, and that he j would have made the expo-are sooner, bat j from the persuasions of friends, and theexcite ' rncnt then prevailing Ho thercfoie never j subscribed them, nor authorized any one to do Iso for him, and consequently they arc an aa j mittcd forgery, as alleged at the time by Messrs. , Walker ar.d Stau'on. | It is, therefore, now a conceded fact, that ! the Oxford returns Were a forgery, and that they were properly n-je" f ed by Mostr*. Walker pnd Staiiloo, notwithstanding they were so vi olently nsailed r.f the time for acting upon that v inch to them was a certainty. As these and other forgeries were incorporated into t' e Le cobipton Constitution, it i® clear that :':iat in strument, says this r&r?, "was reeking with ' fraud and forgery, and should have icon—as j Senator Hammond said ki.ked cut of Coo j press." Vi hat that Senator has alreeily had | (Le courage to concede, we canuot doubt, will ! soon Le the sentiment ri the whole country; i nnd the sober second thought of the people of | the South, will eventually unite with the alznos* ! unanimous verdict of the people oi the North ! n rito r "i j-o be some dr..-.dr. ". miles furfh-Cr in the inte j r ' &r - - 'S~ ;d '".ZIT btoiiti mof bring- I '-tg Sn:e vf '.ke'o ctones a' their rest visit.— Mr. fupmp?on mtends to return 'gain ♦< the —r' r ■" te - Ti- 1 t'eeir crr.val. If this VCry co •••©, tire age cf wonders truly has nc* | ceased.— Bombay Telegraph, Sept. 1. i ELOHPHY AM. ANDEHSSEM —Tho Palis j cot respondent of she A'atimw' Iniethgencn 1 S3V6 : "Th-. fallowing story ban heen rctuttd io me, i luiisira.: ve of ihe , aiicsophy of chess ; whie-, ap-r ugh dispursged, 1 find by some of our journals enjoys the additional admiration of Dr. | Frank!:'.), as requiring the c-xir'ion of every j originating facility of the niind. la thr cuurse Jof one of the g tines between Messrs Morphy , anil Andresen, a move cf ;be form or r x ited | much surprise among the bystanders. He Unci : declined to taku a piece, which, although ap ; pareatly au exchange of knights, would h-.vc : resulted, it was thought conclusively in Lis : favor, the game proceeded, nevertheless,without verba! comment, anl was rapidly won by Mr. • Murphy. No sooner did ho deliver the "check ante" than i.-ae of tho most in'ocse of the ; lookers on, breathless rrhh pent-up emoiten, ; exclaimed, "for the love of heaven tell lae why : you did not fake the knigh'."' "Because," 1 said Mr. 51 rpby, ail -.live to the nature of his i friend's concern, "it was a deep-laid plot. In | a few moves 1 should have lost the game by n I stale mate. Mr. Anderssen saw the gamo was desperate, and he planned this snare for me." j 3o saying, he replaced the piece us th-y had l been at tlic critical uioineat # and demouitrated i the result by a series of moves which would ! have been inevitable had he taken tho knight, j 'Was I uot right, Mr. Anderssen V 'Precisely,' ejaculated tho bewildered gentleman, thinking possibly that the prince of darkness was cot ! without a share in (he composition of the voting ; Prance::" j - More Rebellion, The Philadelphia Press says the coming Doin j ocratic State Convention, which nieetn on the 1 4th of March, has been packed by the Nation -1 al Administration, and that the purpose is to | crush all who will cot hew down to the Buch anan dynasty. The Press adds : "It remains to be eeen whether tho s. ourge ( is to bo newly applied to those who rebelled j before, and whether tho agents of a centralized j despotism nro again ready to Jo the bidding of | their superior®. They may be well nssured | that the principle which they could net repress ! in 1858 has strengthened its loins, for tho great j battle of 1850; and that the troops who fought : against them in two pitched conflicts have been j disoipiiricd by tho collision, and aro not un i willing, if it must be so, to accept all tha rc i sponsibkiitics of a new cncountor. Daily there !is an awakening of the public mind. The Dom | ocrats of Pennsylvania, disenchanted of their I attachment to the mm who has deserted, and ' aftor deserting has sought to degrade the in, ! have imbibed a stiil more passionate love for that which tboy conceive to bo right, and will be right, aud will bo content with nothing short of tho amplest and most unequivocal recogni tion of their principles." See ad vert Dement of Smford's Liver Luvig orator. THE CAMELS. \V* visited Parson's wharf, on Tuesday, to witness a feat of strength performed by one of Mrs. Watsou's camels, of which there were near a doz<;n on tho wharf, of uli sizes and ages. Upon tiio word of eoumiaud being giv en, the cauiel lay down, ready to receive his load, which consisted of five bales of hay. weighing, in tbe aggregate, over 1 ; 400 pounds, which was firmly bouud to the pannier placed upon the animal's hump. Upon the utterance ot the word of command by the native keeper, the huge animal rose, without an effort, to his fw, and walked off in a stately manner along the wharf and through the city. We were in formed that the same camel had 1,600 pounds placed ou him, with which enormous weight he easily rose. 'I he animals ore uli exceedingly tractable, and sc.. in to have much affection for any one who treats them kindly, as an exam ple of which Mrs. W. informed us that one of them—a pretty while one, which she Lad pct ted—would always itiw her, wheu she went within kissing distance, which tact we really thought proved itse amm-a! to possess an excel lent tas'e, as well as au : fiectiouate disposi tion. In their native country, the average load for a full grown camel is some 800 pounds, with Winch 'Ley will pertcrm long journeys over deserts, with but little food or watei. We doubt not tua! wita tbe abundant forage found :u tt.i parts ol 'iexas, and u full supply of wa ter generally, the camel will improve ;ti'strength and general appearance, and be abie to trans port larger loads, at h more rapid pace, (ban in its native country.— Galveston *Yevs. > C TRANQK DEATH FIIOT.—The Paris corres pondent of tue Philadelphia North Auac.icsn. in his letter of December 2, notes the shock ing fate of si -.. g;. ! ar:' >ien. Ardant, who, af ter commanding tbo artillery through the Cri ®?an war, has just met Lis death by a singular ncc ucnt -1 i incemies. I;; company with Mar-- sua! \ aiiian', the Ministers of \\ ar and a large nutnner of general 1 tficers, be wav watching the off-ets of the explosion of bombs from a biock house erected for ('■.*! purpose. A very smail rpprkng rf less than an inch wide was left l.r the purpos 1 of ob? n rv cud the of ficers fook their t 'res st this altcrtiaMy.— Sc-.rceiy had Geo. Arci-.ot piac-d himself be fore i% when a bomb exrioded, and a fragment passitrg thrnuoh the apcrtarc, attack him on the | forehead with sue 1 I roe :s liter?!'-, (o c-a"er his brains -n L\< brother officers MIOUML Thus 1 •iic-', in t it* mt r- frierd? nud peace, by ati aunos; inconceivable hazard, e. gallaNt soldier \ who has passed anse.;' i d to-ouch a liand-d ! combat". DEVT2I OF .lifts. McPIIEItSO*. V. e -ncounco Tith sorrow ar "cr our obitua ry head to-day the death cf Mrs. CATHARINE MCPIUIRSON, relict of the Lite J. B. McPfcer son. Esq-, and mother rf Hon. EiwarJ Mc pherson. our Congressman elect from this di tnct. Sbc -died at the residence of her Son-in law. Dr. N. B. Sect?, iti Hagrr town, Md., on Tuesday rucrr.ing les', while thereon a visit.— He. remains were borne on Wednesday evening auci interred Ever Green Cemetery C;i . followed by m-ny friends who wi.l bold be: iu remembrance and esteem her memo ry Jr> v her many fiac qualities as 9 Christian, a neighbor end friend. She died it, the 68th year cf h?r a?" This i s three deaths which has occurcd in the fomi'y with;', the abort space ol oas yci. true it is that "troubles nsvrr come singly.''— Gettysburg Star. SjDM'imen of lifmofratic Morals. I'ir. Iv'-s:• ~f S. 0., in a speech in Congress few days sg ■, declared himself for tlio imme diate acquisition of Cuba, without negotiation cr ar.y other . rdy process. He did not extend the sari- favor ;o Mex'c t>- Central America, which re (bought were not needed to earrv out the same principles of progress. And Mr. C x of Ohio, declared ids iihng i;'\s to vote for tbe til, introduced by Mr. Branch, but L? w.s rot particular as to tbo amount Appropriated, looking to the negotia tions for th n purchase of Cuba, and !o' king the, j to the or Jelly seizure cf it. What are we coming to when such sentiments j can be thus freely enunciated in tbe Congress j of the C. State?! STATE FINANCES. fho S :Uc Treasurer estimates the raver.ua for the current yerr at §4,088,800, which, with the balance i'i rr.e IVeisury at the elos t of the year, will inaae a total of §4,980,827- The o;dir..try cxpetts.-s, mcUtii; g §250,000, to tbe Sinking lain', he estimates at §3, lo 1,017, which wool 1 ic-.iv a bnlar.ee in the Treasury at the cad of ■!••-. y>-r, of §1,829,810. This os tituatc tTcuiu justify an appropriation of §i,- 250.000 toward ike extioc iou of the State Debt, and we trust that that appropriation will be nude. The finances of the State were uev er in so pro porous a con ,i ion as now, and wc shculd therefore take advantago of the rror perity to reduce cur funded debt. Beatli and Lite. Within a few days a lady residing roar Per kioiuen bridge, Mentgoroery county, Pa., lost two cl.iLircr, ly '.lie measels. Baton tbe even ing of the funeral the lady bote twins! This i.s almost as singular ns ■iu following ca-e in which a lady died the same day i-he was mar ried : MAR HIED.—In Prattsviiie, X. Y., on tho 10th ir,st., by P. K. Salisbury, Esq., John Biv ens, of Middietown, Delawaro county, N. Y., to Miss M. A. Turk, of Prattsviiie, Green coun ty, N. Y. DIED.— In Prattsviiie, on tbe 10th inst, of asthma and bemoirhago of the Inngs, Mrs. M. A. Bivens, wife of John Bivens, in the 29th year of li*f age. ■A VKRY SAI> STORY.— An Engii-h papoi relates toe death of a fathet front grief. It says: "ll's boy, aged eight years, w*s aeeused on a charge of stealing a sovereign. Bail was re fused, and the lad was sent to prison. The father, on parting with hi* child, took the mat ter so deeply to heart that ho went home and never again looked up. A doep-soated melan choly took possession of him; ho was obliged to give np work, and on the day bis little boy was tried, tbo father breathed bis last. The surgeon that attended him says that be died of a broken heart. The boy was discharged '* .orst (OH.MOK SCHOOLS. 1 The annual repen tof the Superintendent ! Common Schools of Pennsylvania, shows that there are 11.281 schools in the State, being an , increase of 325 over 1857; that there are 628 - 201 scholars in attendance upon the scbooN j being an increase of 28,633 over 1857; th' s t ; the number of teachers is 13 856, and that t)' e j average of salaries rf male teachers per month is §'24,25. The average ccst or instruction for j each scholar, per month, has bern 53 cents ; and the total expenditures for school uurposeil j during the year, were §2,427,631 41. These figures include the city of Philadelphia, which | has heretofore been omitted from the State Sn i perintendent's Rp< rt. ! TRIAL OF THE FUNKS— The Franklin Co j Court having commenced its January scs?ip n on Monday of last week, David atid Daniel Funk, charged with the murder of Jchn O*- | born, were arraigned on the following TLnrr j diy, and separate liiais granted tltein. Th o ca.=e of Daniel was taken up iuiiaediittcly, j continued until Monday of this week, (Coun having sat on Sunday,) when it was given to the jury, who, after an absence of a few honr. returned with a verdict of murder in the sec ond degree. The prisoner was sentenced te the Penitentiary for five years and six months. The jury iu the case of David Funk rendered a verdict of "not guilty," and the prisencr w st? Leo. I KNEI RATING CHINA. - Lord Elgin, ti, e B;i;i>h Minister in China, has projected on ex. pedition up the Yengtse river, which promises many imcrcating results. With a squadron of st.r.ui corvettes .nd gun boats, six j n Dumb r> aMt r. ; h th? C 'ii plied that there won Id be no trouble about that, as tne SotriL could reclaim him anv tins* under the Fugitive Slave Law! The inqnir r •eetrac perfeerlv ea'iafiid." Ihe probei.l iersicn gives to oieuthers a thousand a'o'fars a month, besides mileage and perquisites. Deducting the Suadays and holi days, the present "short session will allow about 60 working days ; for, hv constitutional reauircmer.', it must oiese on the third of March, which will give to eaoh member nearly fifty dollars per day fnr every day employed, exclusive of mticage. The Sc'uwarts Demoorats of Berks, have or ganized thcmseiveß into a distinct party, and hav* resolved to carry on the war against thn Buchanan hunkers. We have thus three par ties iu Berks. This will make future political movements interesting, and very much tend t equalize the chances of success at all elections hereafter to come off in old Berks. GEN. SCOTT'S OVERCOAT STOLEN. —When Gen. Scott arrived in New Orleans, some one near hbn in the crowd which pressed around him at the St. Charles asked permission tocat ry his overnoat. The General granted tho re quest, and the person in carrying out his in 'entions in getting the coat in his possession, carried it entirely away, and the General ha* not heard of it since. In consequence tbs G"R.'rs] Lad to call upon a tailor the next day. SENTENCE OF 0. M. DONOVAN. HARRTSBCRO, Feb. 1 — O. M. Donovan, an ex mmbcr of tho Legislature, w'uo was convict ea of sn assault and battery ou J. M. Church,* member from tbe city, was, this morning, n --teroed by Judge Pearson to an imprisonment of three mouths, to pay a fine of two hundred dollars, and to give security in §IOOO to kear peace. THE TEN MILLION LOAN. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—From information received at tho Treasury Department, it is esti mated that about one-fourth of the recent ten million lopn has already been paid in. TLs only certificates of stock a" yet issued arc to tbe Bank of the Metropolis, Washington, fe r SIOO,OOO. DOINGS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. —It is report ed that Douglas has promised to go to New Hampshire to electioneer aud canvass agatns' tbe opposition. If he succeeds as well s oth ers have, in attempting to redeem tho Old Granite Sta'e, he will come back "with a flea in his car." DE ATH OF W. A. PRESOOTT, THE HI TORI AN. BOSTON, Jannary, 29.—William H. Pre* cott, the Historian, died yesterday, very "I®" denly, from paralysis, lie had beeu enjoying his usual health up to the moment cf hvi death.