BY DAVID OVER. mmm mexpenditures Of ike Poor and Home of Employment of Bedford County, for the year commencing January 3d,. 1859, and ending January 4, 1860. „ . Treasurer's Receipts. Due Treasurer on settlement Jan. 1859 t ; 3 10J John Remby, repairing privy -•> lames Allison, donation to MeCreary 10 00 l.ewu Leonard, work at the mill 6 o0 • Price bruising woman & child to P. H. 3 00 j.io. Fethers 10 bushels oats 3 00 Zaeheus YVertz, returning order for pan- Ferguson & Co. bill of shoes 10 90 A. Leonard, work at race - M. Banr.an, balance on settlement 13 >_fi T. Elliott, assistance rendered Wra benold * oO L Jamison, for mutton „ H. Conrad, removal of E. Evans & child oto John Davidson, for cow '? 00 M. F. Stock, coffin Ac. - 00 S. Deiibaugfi, bill of beef Glib W. Lear\\ corn furnibheu by J. Lingeiuel ter N. Farquhar. balance on settlement 27 00 •s. Reighait, for beef G. \V. ilupp, bill of goods V. B. Cramer, balance on bill of goods -• I'd Mrs. A. Sanpp, bill of hardware 5 03| F. O 'Bee-le, for pork 22 54 S. E. Potts, bill ot goods 02 64 3 H. Barley, for beef '0 04 J. Cessna for check previously granted 118 44 G. D. Trout, one years salary 20 00 S.Seigle, keeping G. Layton one year 20 00 P. Clark, for wheat 2o 00 S. D Broad, bill of work 5 A. Statler lor coal '5 f i ?. oiromiuger, bill of lumber 100 00 S J. Caslner, bill ol ° 00 J. Lo.igeneeker, bringing pauper and con- stable fees 2 f'O G. YV. Gump, bill of beef -I '.Vm. Haney, " '• ' K4 T. R. Gettys, Jr. making out and distribu ting duplicates 3 2 00 J. Amos, for oats ' ? 0 1). B. Bulger, bringing pauper from M. _ Woodberry ~ ''' S Defibaugh, bill of beef ' fi Jacob Serrter, biff of bacon 12 -1 J Amos 6 month; salary N. Llpfibangh, bill ol beef 30 00 A. Ferguson, for boots N-Lyons, bill of goods -*3 o*4 J. G. Hartley, balance on account 5 <9 D. Har hbarger, bill of mutton '* 62 1 T. R. Gettys, Jr. one quarters salary and making out re;x>rt '2 8 Broad, work done to mill 25 CO Jno. Miller, shoemaking 3 8~4 S. Bruad, work done to milt 25 oo Samuel YY'ay, for money loaned 65 00 J. Croyle, for apple butler L Evans, bringing pauper \Y r m. Carnell, money refunded 10 93 G. G. Gibson, milage bringing pauper to Poor House ' 30 R. Claar, balance on settlement 2 23 Dr. F. C. Reamer, balance on account 13 67 G. G. Gibson, bringing pauper and justi ces fees f" 3 Josiah Ritchey, services 3. Carney, for beef 2 o2 G. YV. Ilupp, bill of goods J \V. Tomlinscn, for beei 22 02 A. Barnhart, '5 00 Jacob Biddle, for beef % 3 26 John Long, justices and constable's fees removing pauper Job Mann, balance of check < 5 82 V. Steckman, for beef 9 70 T. Hol-inger, movinc pauper 6 0o Taylor & Mowry, bill ot les'her 8 70 D. B Ott. blacksmithing 1 77 Jacob Zimmers, for beet 3 36 G. Smouse, for salt -t 00 A. B. Cramer, bill of goods 73 21 T. R Getty?, jr. one quarters salary 6 25 O. E. Shannon, bill o! shoes 5 77 Hczekiah Perdew, boarding out door pauper 5 00 J Zimrner?, for pork l' 22 S. Defibaugh, for beef " 00 Wm, Milburn, making coffin 3 00 J. Arnold, bill of hardware 5 754 Henry Naagie, bill ol beef 18 31J Wm. YVerlz, and family, donation 25 00 Wm- Milburn, balance on bill of coffins 750 jno. Leasure,- for wheat 28 0.1 O. £ Shannon, as counsel 5 00 Salomon Leader 4 *, keeping out door pau per 12 50 Wr. Mdburti, making coffin 3 00 S. Defibaugh, bill of beef 20 27 James Ray, for wheat 6 50 Wm. Mi'burn, balance on coffins 2 50 H. Koontz, for mutton 24 15 McGraw, keeping pauper ?0 00 J. Fetter, bill of beet ~ 80 J. Sender, balance on blacksmithing 19 05 J. Mooreliea.l, for two orders 50 45 G. Smouse, for corn 18 7 5 A. L. Defibangh, bill of goods 9 524 S. Shuck & Co., bill of goods 102 60 \Vm. Sboraan. removal of pauper 3 50 Aaron Whetstone, balance on corn 12 17 A Shaffer, for wheat 40 624 Dr. F. C. Reamer, for two cows 33 00 (t. W. Gump, bill ol goods 13 05 [>. F. C. Reamer, for 7 months salary and medicine 40 00 '.Harshbarger, beef an J apple butter 20 00 v'm. Cook, balance on beet 14 47 .. W. Beeier. stone coal 13 75 Koontz, Potatoes 14 "0 f Friend, bacon 20 88 Mangle, bill of beef 23 47 mes Lysinger, work race 650 * l.yons. bill of goods 23 00 it ' l! .< 12 00 brnoo?". his salary as director 20 00 f. ■!. P. Asheom, surgical services 30 00 T Broad, work at mill 25 00 Lyons, bill of goods 10 00 : Arnold. < 38 81i ' Sill, for wheat 50 00 2 m. Leary, part of salary 20 00 ■ & J. M. Shoemaker, bill of goods 39 09 Mixel, 2 47 A runs, expenses to ilotlidaysburg 4 00 - Gepheart, for rye 15 CO J- Maorn, " " 780 Karne, making ccffin Src. ; 10 00 rael Morris, bacon 18 81 ' Gump, making coffins 6 00 • B'-sgle f lir rve 10 80 • Hoisinger, removal of M Murry 6 25 P m -, part of salary 20 00 ;! r - C. Reamer, one quarters salary 15 00 • ' arnel, removal of pauper 4 00 1 Elder one years salary 20 00 A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., See— Terras: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Ad vanes. Ferguson k Manspeaker. bill of goods 29 7it A. Bennett, donation to S. Johnson 10 00 J B. Aliiier, for wheat 8 25 G. Zionners, 44 pork 9 90 A. B. Cramer, for c. ffea 24 54 Dr. F. 0. Reamer, uue quarters sala ry 15 00 G. Elder, nee years salary 20 00 L. Jamison, for beef 15 30 Oatcr, Manspeaker & Carn, bill of goods 38 G8 Win. Leary, balance on salary 30 00 J. Disberry, beef aad mutton" 12 574 M. Diehl, beef 7 84 J. Lingenfelter, for corn 41 624 J. L Bush, removal of Fris audcbil drtu 8 10 Win. F. Moorhead, salary and work hand 64 14 Win. F. Moorhead, applebntter and vinegar 11 37 Dr. F. C. Reamer, 10 gallons whiskey 10 CO E. Ray, balance due on two checks 9 80 S. D. Broad, 6 00 James Mullen, issuing order 50 Gen. Blymire, five, counterfeit, re turned to L. Hill 5 00 Frank South, applebutter G 25 Geo. Smouse, one years salary 20 00 Levi Agnew, removing two pauper 1 00 T. R. Gettys, jr. 1 quarters salary 0 25 C. Stouer, bill of beef 11 45 J. >V. Touiliosoa, for pork l'j 034 44 44 44 44 beef 12 60 44 44 44 44 pork 40 29 • 4 44 !4 44 beef 14 13 Michael We sel, wheat 53 CO Wm. Hartley, bill of goods 50 624 J. W. Toiuiinson, for money loaned 104 50 M. lialterbauui, bill of baoon 31 70 Job Shoemaker, part of check 80 00 H. Reamer, 44 44 44 40 00 L. Futt, " 4 4 4 44 16 00 Hanry Dorsey, fr flour 6 50 I. Mengel, for ten bedsteads 27 50 G. Blyuitre, error in E. Statlers ac count 10 00 Treasurer's salary 40 00 Postage and stationery 2 00 Auditors and cierks salary 15 00 Interest paid J. Snyder 64 85 44 44 M. Lutz 60 00 44 on sundry checks 138 50 Percentage allowed collectors 187 89i Exonerations " 44 127 61 Whole amount $4257 45J sJmount received from the following Collectors up till the 3 d January, ISGO, as follows. Johu King f.r 1853 105 09 John L. Hill do 1854 11 58 Jacob Nicodemus do 1856 25 00 Josiah Bruncr do 44 19 29 John Dasher do 44 30 00 John Furry do 44 3 77 Samuel James do 1857 5 04 Henry Rose do 44 14 64 Philip Cuppet do 44 30 00 James Smith do 44 5 04 Sitacn Beard do 44 34 31 Henry S. Fluke Jo 44 14 35 D.J."Shuck do 1858 34 31 i Lemuel Evans do 44 48 65 John Shoemaker do 44 1 5 0 0 John Morgan do 44 3 7 00 John E. Miller do 44 11 70 Solomon Steel do 44 21 00 Henry Horn do 44 19 46 Michael Bono do " 27 00 Wm. f'arneil do 44 95 25 Anthony Smith do 4 - 80 00 Christian Feltcn do 44 33 554 Thomas Kitcbcy do 44 6 761 Emanuel Statler do 44 3 694 John Smouse do 44 18 934 Wm. Kirk, do 41 115 91 Isaac Pressel do 4 * 47 75 J. A. Nicodemus do 44 221 00 Johu B. Fluek do 44 33 53 D .aoMenglo do 1859 203 49 Michael Fetter do - 4 316 20 James Evans do 44 95 00 Michael Diehl do 44 220 00 J. B. Anderson uo 44 50 00 David Miller do 44 45 00 Wm. Young do " 90 00 Johu Gillespie do 44 120 00 Geotge liboads do 44 29 58 Philip Snyder do 44 85 00 A. Blackburn do '* 55 00 J. W. Miller do 44 32 00 John W. Hoover do 44 95 00 Adam Shaffer do 44 119 00 JOIID Bennet do 44 152 50 John Fickes do 44 26 69 G. B. HoLinger do 44 216 30 David Fore do " 65 00 Jacob B.trnJollur do 44 102 34 S.iionel Davis Moneys loned 600 00 Exonerations allowed collectors 127 61 Percentage 44 44 187 89 4 Balance duo Trca surer 49 054 Whi.de amount received $4257 45£ Due Bedford County Poor and House of Imploy• rnent, from the following Collectors, vis : J. Nicodemus Judgment 1854 100 00 John Dasher " 1850 41 65i Philip Cuppet 1857 12 60 James Smith . " 120 47 Lemuel Evans 1858 39 71 John Shoemaker 12 19 John Morgan 34 43 Solomon Steel • 54 44 Michael Done 18 40 Anthony Smith '* 21 42 Wm. Kirk " 22 73 Jacob A. Nicodemus " 9 64 Isaac Mengel 1859 176 65 .Michael Fetter " 139 83 James Evans " 98 74 Michael.Diehl " 53 04 J. B. Anderson " 232 00 David Mtilcr " 106 28 William Young " 77 66 BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1860. John Gillespie 76 24 George Rhoad.s " 70 G4 Levi arpentur 44 .177 99 Philip Snyder " 254 63 Abraham Blackburn 44 238 69 David Fore " G7 43 Jacob Blackburn " 60 30 Jacob W. Miller 44 24 12 John W. Hoover " ' 227 02 Adam Shaffer 44 62 61 John Benoet " 78 02 John Fiokes 183 77 George 11. lloLiuger " 288 72 Jacob S. Brumbaugh 41 > -8 39 $3629 494 We the undersigned, Auditors of Bedford f'ouuty, do eeriify that we have examined the fowgoiug account of Geo. Blymire, Troasurer, of the Poor, and House of Employment, ot Bedford County, and find tho same to be cor rect and true at above stated, and that, there is a balance due said Tren?urer of -319 05. Witness our our hand and seal this 3d day of January, A. D. 1860. JOHN W. CIIISM AN, [SEAL j JAMES C. DEVORE, [SEAL.] DANIEL FLETCHER, [SEAL.] Attest. THOMAS 11. GETTY#, JR.. Clerk. \i 011 CI). y |g~~ *" For the Inquirer. LINES To my friend Sal lie McC. . of Pittsburg;. Oh, give me a friend, whose heart throbs with feeling. Is worthy each thought of my bosom to know, YV ho, when emotion n.y tongue is revealing, Can share in my bliss, or can feel for my woe. W ho when I uo wrong, will feelingly eliide tue, And point out the beauties of virtue ahd truth, And when I am weak, will never deride me, But view with compassion the feelings of youth. As the vino of the forest endearingly twines Round some stupendous tree, The longer it grows, the more closely it binds, Till felled by tho axe-man's own hand. 'Tis thus, round the hearts of the good an<l the tender, Entwines the d .ir feeling of friendship and love : And when to the rule stroke of death they surrender, Transplanted from earth, they shall flourish above. J. V. S. For the Inquirer. HOPE OF HEAVEN." O, how the hope of heaven lights The pilgrim's darkened road, O, how the hope of heaven tends, To lead us up to Go !. O, how consoling is the hope That when the storms are o'er, YVe 'II anchor safe within the port, Upon the "shining shore." That hope around the sufferer's lieirt, Its cheering tendrils twine, That hope's indetd a natural branch, From the eternal vine. That hope's a wreath of flowers bright, From heaven's eternal shore, YVnere we expect to live and sing, VVhen ail our toils arc o'er. Let ail the praise of mortal tccgues, To God alone be giveu, For this inestimable gift, This cheering Lopeot Heaven. Akersvilie, March, 1660. j, h. FIRST GUN DOR CAMERON.—The muoincipal eleetiou iu Chicago, a tew days ago, which re sulted in the success cf the entire Opposition ticket by over twelve hundred majority, may be, regarded as a substantial Camerou Victory ! I he officers elect, with one exception, are act ive members of tho Cameron Club, and all open of avowed frieuda Gen. Cameron for the Presidential nomination. The Mayor elect, Hon. John YVcutworth, recently delivered an alio aud eloquent speech before the Cameron Club, in which he fully endorsed Gen. Came ron and took strong ground in his favor as the "man for the times, the man for the people, and the man for victory." Tuo general is de cidedly popular in Illinois, aud will be warmly supported by the delegates of that btute jo the National Convention. AN UNLUCKY CANDIDATE.—Gen. Henry D. Foster, the Democratic nominee for Gover nor, has beeu singularly unfortunate in his ef fort to obtain public office. (le ran for Ca nal Commissioner in 1849, uud was defeated by Jamos M. Power, the Whig candidate, by nearly nine thousand majority. Iu 1856, aud again in 1857, he turned up as a candidate for the United States Senate, but was defeaied in one case by Senator Bigler, and in the other by John \V. Forney, iu 1858, Gen. Fostor ran for Congress in his district, which is strongly democratic, and was defeated by hon est Johu Covode to the tune of eleven hun dred. He has thus been shown te be exceed ingly weak before the people—a fact ot which there will be additional proof iu a day or two after the October election. For Ike Inquirer. OUR COMMON SCHOOLS. fuere are now 188 sohools in the county, iu cltuitag the oii6 for colored cbildreu in Bedford township. There is an increase of 4 since last year. Bix of them, however, were not opened during this winter, leaving only 182 in active operation; and upon the whole, when taken to gether they have been doing better during tho hit session thao over before. In a few town shit4# where the wages were reduced, good teach ers could not be obtained and consequently some of the schools did net do so well. Reasonably goo i wages will soon secure good teaehers and good schools; . ud if the teachers are not to be had tit home, they will come from abroad. Wo have bad belter teachers; hotter schools; more lifcand eneriry and less quarreling and jar,g thcui in ibis county during the past w"iater thau we have had for five years previous. It w.is very cbeeriug to the Gouury Superintaut to hear, as a common expression, from almost evety section e.' the county, "Our schools have done first rate this wiuter." It is true there were a W failures; a few persons succeeded in gutting in as teachers who should not have got ten in; but such instances were not as numerous as farmerly, indeed they were rare, and it is to be hoped this will be more fully guarded against in future. The plan of grading the teacher's certificates is a very gooi one; uuder its influ ence they put forth efforts to improve theiu- Sclves for tto duties of the -ehoolrooui, that uu der ther circumstances they would uot do. lu these townships "whefc all the teachers are put into cue and the suras grade and receive wage, alike, I find that tho schools are the poorest.— Poor teacheie sometimes enquire for such dis tricts, knowing that a poor certificate will go jus; us far there as a good ouc and command juss us good wages. A good teacher ouu more correct instructions, iu one day, to a school and give it iu a letter form too, thau ten poor oucs euu iu double tb time, and therefore should receive hotter wages. The principle of grad.yg tie certificates should come into gene r.,1 use. I find also that iu those districts where the Directors have their monthly tunings, at Last during the wiuter, to transact business, the schools flourish better than where sueh meet ings are not regularly hel l. All the Boards should have their regularly stated meetings, and and there only, except iu uousua. cases, do whatever business is to be done. Where this piau is adopted the directors have less trouble io employ iug teaehers, hearing com plaints, settling difficulties aud with whatever business may come before them. Being favored with reasonably good health this winter, and good weather and good roads, 1 was enabled to viait J74 of the 182 schools that were open. The short term of the schools aud the auiouut of labor required i" some of them, prevented mo frour visiting six of the re maining eight; two of them being called at but they bad uo sehoui on that day. Ia my visits after examining the school and uiaktDg correc tion? if auy were necessary i mostly spoke to the children from twenty to thirty minutes by way of encouragiug them to put forth their best efforts o improve. 1 suppose as many as ouc hundred and forty schools were addressed iu this way. I met with the hearty eo-operatiou of all the Directors in my labors, aud of all the teachers also excepting a few whose path .1 had crossed erhcr at the cxamiuations or else where. SUPERINTENDENT. Bedford, Mur. 6. "Occasional," the well informed correspond ent of the Philadelphia Press, writing under date ot the 29th inst ~ says: "Do not be all astonished if, within a few days, the whole eouutry is agitated by such s demonstration upon Mexico as will present new and exciting issues to the people. The pear is almost ripe, and 1 have no doubt, iu a short time will fall into oar lap. It is said a num ber of the military men uow iu in this city, (Washington) truui ail parts of the Union, ure ( I - ; paring to rush to the field of stiife 'he mo ment tho first gun is fired. The oocfliet be tween the faeticLa tn Mexico has reached that height that the empire is being rent to pieces, and the population, once so btiferly opposed to everythiug like anaexaiiea to the Uuited J-tates, now look to this country as their only refuge from utter anarchy, and continued aud bloody civil war. At this juncture, with Gen. Houston Governor of Texas, I wouid not be at ail surprised if the llero of Bau Jaciuto should himself be placed at the bead of the Army of Liberation, and should override all politicians Ly permanently settliug that trou blesome problem, aud thus muko himself the Chief Magistrate of the American nation. The Sea ato Printing Investigating Commit tee is collecting a mass of facts regarding the priutiug corruptions of the last Congress, and also the bargains already made by Bowman, who has been elected Printer. It appeals that Bowman pays Jewett, of the Know Nothing Buffalo paper, 50 cents on the dollar, for printing the post office blinks, Bowman pock eting the other half for nothing. This is even worse thau his agreement with Blair & Rives, whin be gets one-third of the sutn paid by Government as his share. Bowman, dudiug Hear tt, the . Superintendent of Priatiog, too honest u man to suit his purposes, is endeavor ing to have him removed. Heartt refuses to put tho Government to the extra expense of delivering the paper for the post office blauks in Buffalo, under Bowman's 50 ceut arrauge uieu', and hence the difficulty. The total amount of this work is about $40,000 a year, arid under Bowuiau's arrangement this nets him $20,000 profit—for doing nothing. Crow ell refused to execute the work for Bowrniu for 50 cents, tnd Jewett wa-q thereupon, em ployed. THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE, If ever any political Convention deserved the name of "Slaughter House," the Heading Convention is pre-eminently entitled to the appellation. For more wilful, wicked, preme ditated butchery was never perpetrated. The victim of this massacre had earned, and there fore Lad a right to expect, better thiugs at the i hands of tboso for whom he had spent his ' brea'h and tim, and sacrificed his manhood. For three long years Mr. Witte has carried the Buchanan flag, battling against and breast ing the popular fury, that the corruptions and i venality of the Administration at Washington ! had aroused. That ho did it with spirit, courage, and ability, ail admit. To Uut, more than to any other ru m, they owe it that they were utterly annihilated in Fni'adHpbia and ; the eastern counties. AH a reward for these ! services, his Royal Highness J. B. had soletnn i ly pledged so Mr. Witte the support and aid of the Administration, in general, and of the Philadelphia Custom House and Navy Yard in particular, to secure bis nomination as Gover nor or the Commonwealth. The consideration for this aid had been rendered, the Convention mot, the Buchanan tunu had it all in their own hands. The creatures and minions of the Ad ministration were swarming iu the Convention And bad they been true to their promises an i pledges, a siugle baiiot would bav* decided the coutest in Mr. Witte's favor. But instead of marching up like t;:ir, honest men to the work, they commenced fillitustering, and cast ing their votes about iu every direction. And theu, perceiving, notwithstanding ail their efforts to the contrary, that Witte would be nominated, the illustrious Bigier, and the shrewd Custom House official?, not daPHi" themselves to come out openly against Witte, prompted Mr. Dietrich, a shrewd West B anch lawyer, nuo w;<s doubtless ia the secret of tee whole arrangement, to move that Henry D. hosier be riomiuated by acclamation; and all at once, Bigler, Baker & Co. turn upou poor Witte, apply the knife to his throat, ; utile ■•daughter is complete. Is any persou so igno rant or simple, as to believe far a moment that this was a spontaneous outburst of tire feel ings and sentiments'of the Convention f 'Liat the whole scheme was concocted and arranged A ~ ashiugtou and Philadelphia nobody doubts. That it is characteristic if thin faithLssucSS .i;j trtaebe; v oi-..u 1 Lis every one ku vv-*. ihe mock enii.usi .;ui which ;Le fi'.igo niiua -gers have cndeavoied to display, by rho aid ot Muqaers, are the forced effo-ts of a desperate faction. Tire people of this eouutry in a quiet and sober way, but iu away that shall ut;er!v stupefy and appal these demagogues, Lave a long Hui black account to settle with them.— They are to be arraigut-d at lh< bar of the coun try f..>: high crimes aud misdemeanors; the evidence of guilt arc overwhelming, the verdict i.-.tvital-le, and the judgment certain and terri r''le. 'j heir conspiracies against ibo rights and Mivcrctgnty of the people aud the States ; their abuse and corruption of the elective franchise ; (heir attempts to force Slavery into ali the free Territories of this country, iu disregard alike of the will of the people and the plaiu precepts of the Constitution and laws of the country ; their affiliation with treason and traitors against the peace aud iutegrity of the Union, are fresh in the uiinds of the people, aad ere to haunt them like grim epectres at every step during this campaign. Such is the ponderous load that the nominee of the Reading Convention is to carry for the next seven mouths, and with the very small amount of back-bone ha has heretofore exhibited, we risk little in saying that it will crush him beneath its weight.— Harrieburg Telegraph. THREATENING TO REPLY ! Bi igadttr General George Washington Bow man, on the morning after be was olected Prin j ter to the Senate, announced iu the columns ol his paper, the Constitution, that 44 We shall take occasion to r otic-a some or the points of the discus-ion yesterday, and re ply, iu good temper, to - otna of the allegations which were made agaiust tue editor of this pa per. TA'j is a duty ice owe to ourselves, to our patrons, and Hit party which claims our services ■ihd allegiance." Up to latest dates not a word hns beeu utter ed by thi? blustering uoc oeriupt Guverument Printer, tvnator Brown, of Mississippi, ex posed Bowman's corrupt combination withW'eu ueli, aud threatened the scoundrel, ou the floor of the- Senate, with a criminal prosecution.— The villiao dare not reply iu terms offeusive to the Mississippi Seuator, or ho will bo further exposed and disgraced, if not personally ohas tised. Come, Brigadier, perforin this proaiis'd duly —you "owe it to yourself, to your patrons, and to your party," who elected you with a knowledge of your guilt.—Knoxoiile Whig. The following are the appointments made- by the M. E. Couferoncc, which recently met at Lewisbuig. for the Juniata District:—GtcoaGr; GUYEIY, P. E. llollidaysburg, E. IS. Suyder; Altoona. S. Creigbrou; YY'oodbuiv, O. Graham, J. \V. Buckley; SclielUburg, YV'. 11. Btcveus, E. Buhrmau; Bedford Station, S. Barnes; Bed ford Circuit, O.Cleaver, 11. Lyun; New Grena da, A. J. Bender, one to be supplied; C..ssviii , J. A. Colemun, J. G. Moore: Huntingdon, S. L. M. Conser Manor dill, A. M. Barnitz, J. C. Clark; Williamsburg, T. Barnhart; Birming ham, J. A. Melick, M. L. Smith; Philipsburg, H. YY'il.son, J. D. Brown; Curweasville vnd Clearfield. YV. L. Spotnwood, New Watiiingtou, E. VV. Kirby, C. 11. Kitchin; Jancsvill.-, II S. Meudeuhall, Wm. A. Houck. The triennial eleetiou of tho County Super intendent of Coram u Schools will take place in t!ie several coumie? of this Commonwealth, or. the first Maud ay ia May next. The law pro vsies tuat tun uleeticu shall bo held a* the entity seat of each eouoty. VOL. 33, NO. 13. Biographical Skeleh of Hon. Andrew (i. CnrSia. Andrew G. CußTyt, the candidate of the People's party for Governor of Pennsylvania, was Lorn the 22d of April, 1817, in Beliefonte, a beauiiful viilags in the county of Centre, so | called because it lies in the very heart of the Commonwealth. This county is awav from the great routes betweeD the North aud the South, the East and t'uo West, and thus it is not as well known as it ought to be that it is exceed ingly riith an 1 iovely abounding in iron ores, fertile v.-. ley, and fine streams. The rare facilities of this region attracted to it, at an early d; •, th- energies r.cd tLo residence of Roland Our tin, who for forty years, was a leading ir .a m uufac'urer ia Centre county, accumulated a competent estate, and has left three eons; brothers cf Andrew, engaged ia ti;e great s: pie business of Pennsylvania- Andrew G. Cart in cornea of first-rato Peaa sylrania stock. Pis father married a daughter of Audrew Gregg, who was one of the great men of Pennsylvania in the early part of this century. He was a representative from the interior of the State in first Cougrcss under the Constitution, and eat in the House of Rep resentatives for eightceu successive years.— Then he vns transferred to the United States Senate, and served a term of six years.— Andrew Gregg was a steady supporter of the administration cf the early add especially of Jefferson and Madison. lie of fered in Co ogress the famous w.-r resolutions which preceded our last coiifiict with Great Britain, aad which elicited the eloquence cf Henry Clay and John Randolph. After bis retirement from Congress, he acted as Secretary of the Common wealth curing the tioa 01 Governor Joseph Hoister. Every Pennrylranian of ml lule age will remember the fierce ani decioiv3 State canvass of 1823, when the old Federal party, under the lead of Audrew Gregg as their candidate for Governor, uirJc a la-.t staud f.r victory and existence, uud were defeated by the old Pennsylvania Democ racy, under the lead iff John Audrew Shulsu. ' There van be no d.ubt that the graudsoti; | Andrew Gregg Cunifl, stun lard-bearer as he is ot the real Democracy of the State at this Jay, will ,a*e battei than his grandfather. i'Le .-abject of vur sketch w.s educated at 1 _ ... my . the Rev. J. Kukpatriolg. in -lilted, N wire umber 1 aud county. Mr.f-fcwrk ! patriclr, still living iu Allegheny county, was one cf the old style of instructors. Ho ''turn ed out," bis b -ys thoroughly impregnated with the classics and el-thematics. It is quite a coincidence, that Gov. Jas. Pollock, President of the late 8:ato Convention which nominated .Mr. Curtin, add .Messrs. Samuel Calvin aud David Taggar., both em ii Jan s for the nouii uati n, were educated by the s.ru'e instructor,' riivsc three geu tic men, ia their speeches to the Convention, indorsing its nominee, referred, ia moat touching terms, to the happy memories of the satiny du\s wbeu they wore boys together in the good old Milton Academy. After getting veil imbued witu as much LaU in, Greek, afld mathematics as auy of our col leges ff.>rJ, the young Curtiu w 3 placed iu the law school of JuJgu Reed, of Cafltdle.— This school vns one of the departments of Dickinson College, and as loug as its professor lived, it flourished, and sent forth some of tba bent lawyers and public men of Pennsylvania. Judge Reed tv-.s well known for bis '♦Penn sylvania Blackstoce," cue of the tir-t attempts ever made to adopt the loj.umai "Commonta ri. a" to our aidctu hv. lie was a tirei rata lawyer, aid sou au nt :a teaching legal princi ple-*. Andrew 0- Curtiu was admitted to the L.r 10 1539, cod began toe practice of the iw in his native tow's, iie immediately entered up on" a large tnd varied practice, and has ever since been oou*UuUy anil actively employed-iu the courts 01 the counties of Centre, Clear field, Mffln and C.iuton. His great informa tion, his vigorous miul, and uis candor, recom utcuued him to the courts; his winning styla turtle him powerful with juries. He rapidly became o. e of the best known and must rising young msu ia central PeuesylvauLi. A mm wi'h the gifts und temperaments of Andrew G. Curtiu could not t..:i to be largely interested _uJ concerned i, public affairs.— •Stiikiugly amiable, genial, and warm hearted ot luminous, quick, aud t xtcu-ive intelligence, of the most cugtgmg ud.irc.-s, endowed with a flueu', facetious and captivating eloquence, and iusiiact with o.J Pennsylvania traditions of p Ley and patriotism, bo tiirc.v himself at ouee into those political controversies which, as Burke tells us, ard the noblest employments of the cultivated mail. He was ao ardent tisi thorough going Whig, and ia 1340 do took fiu aeiivo part in that enthusiastic campaign which made Greer-! liarriaon President of the Uni ted Bates. Iu 1344 be Was a terceat ajher vut of the ;I uff.ious cmdii.ia sf the Whigs, and be stumped all central Pennsylvania for Henry Clay and protection to American Indus try. iu that struggle, Mr. Curtiu first acqui red bis wide spread reputation ior effective and resistless popular eloquence. There is not a county, from the SmsqueßUtuu to to the Aile ghenies, in which the name of Andrew G. Car tin ever fails to uttracit the very largest ciowde, who eagerly gther to enjoy five !ots of wis dom and wit, uf humor uud pathos, of poetry, statistics, story, argument aud imagery, which .-pread out iu bis glowing *ul melodious peri od. . In 1818, ho w#s placed on the Whig alecio rii ticket, acl again iravciiel u,my sections ut Hie Itt r bellali of (i moral Z*ch%ry i'uyior. ile waj an origin 4 supporter ot' toe uoOiiuuuoa of Geuetal \Viuu:lcl Scott, and in lfS52 Ue was again paced on the ekwyrti tick et an i worked with his usual z;ul to carry ti a •Siate iwr tuo ilero of the Valley of Moxie*. indeed, Mr. On.tin was at all tiui s a tfceroupb &ti I iptr ( . ; } Pennsylvania Whig, devoted fo a I
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