Washington News.
WASBINGTON, Jam 29, 1856.
Correspondence of tire, Globe:
That Congressional SebastoPol, the Spea
er's Chair, is not yet taken, and, the Banks
men are beginniri.no think seriously of rais
ing the siege. All. their..caloletiorA,' have
come to naught l conviction that a
new combination is essential 'to success, is
working its way to their hearts. Mr. Banks
has held them to his support thus long by re
peated and positive assurances that the_ Ad-
ministration would be "starved out'? before
the - close of January, artii that the President
would influence the Democratic members of
the HoUse - to assist in passing the plurality
rule, under which Mr. Banks might be, e l e t..
ted. This calculation has failed for two rea
sons. -First—the -President does. -not ,desire
the adoption of the plurality rule. . Secondly
Derrrocratic members of the House
would not, as matters stand, adopt that rule
if the President did desire it. Theidea.-that
the tourseof the Democrats in Congress -is
shaped at the White House, is -absurd. The
-Democratic members.have. great respect for
-the . President; but they are freemen, .arid
-would scornfully repel dictation, .na matter
holy high the quarter from• which it might
come. They aet upon their own responsibil
ity and move of their own volition,-and- the
-President is neither to be,censured nor praised
'for what they.do: . In no shape or form will
-they- contribute to the election of Mr-. Banks.
lam satisfied of that; and if the -friends of
that gentleman desire a presiding officer of
,their own .political creed, the sooner they
:drop Mr. B. and select a candidate who can
-command their whole party vote in the House,
the-sooner their desires will be gratified.
' The delay in organizing is very trying to
.the office hunters. Most of them having run
out of funds, have gone home- . Those who,
remain remind-me oftthe sick man %vita-af
ter his "constitution" was gone, lived sever
-al weeks on the "by-laws." They have a.
care-worn, half-fed, hungry look, that shows
plainly enough that their financial-"constitu
lion'? is gone,, and that they areesubsisting on
the "by-laws.'? MI this is fun to .me and a .
few more who,-like myself, are• in the happy
condition of the blessed who expect nothing,
hutit is death to the poor expectants. .
The Senate was the centre of attraction
yesterday, it being understood that,Gen. Cass:
would speak on the Central American --qu.es
tion. He did speak on- that question, and I
think it would have (lone John Bull -good to
have heard him, though John's blood .would_
undoubtedly have been stirred by,some of the
-General's hard knocks. Mr.. Cass paid a very:
high compliment to Mr.. Buchanan, onr.Mio_-
.ister to England, whose notes to; the 'Earl of
Clarendon• he styled "model's of diplorhatic
correspondence." This great speech is be
ing. written out,and shortly -:be publish
.lt was ,a masterly . vindication, of our
rights, and a 'searching "exposure of the bad
faith of the British govern meut. Mr. Seward,
will speak on the same subject, and, I think,'
in the same strain, on Thursday.
Hon. William Bigler, the new Senator
from Pennsylvania, appeared in' his seat -y es
terda.y and„was duly sworn in.
CornmocloreMorris died,in this eitY on Sun
-day; at the age 'of 72. Mot,withstanding his'
_advanced age, the National In telligencer as
serts, "on the unvarying testimony orliis
brother officers," that he.was "the ablest na-.
val commander in, the world." He entered
the service in 1799, and fought in; many glo
rious actions.. Hulor.Nnnort,T.
. •
WASHINGTON,
• FEB. 1856. ,
The "big scare" that was- , the, Banks
men at the.,date of my - last • communication
-passed off the. following day,. and instead of
pitching their candidate overboard, as they
• were on -the point-of doing, they have clung
to him with great firmness. Tice_ terror they
were in was caused by an apprehension that
the "South Americans"-would-vote. with the
,Democrats, several : articles. advising a uz - tion
•of the "national,-men" having , appeared •in
• some of the.-newspapers of this city,- -The
debate on -Tuesday brought them tel the
,gulf between the. : Democrats and the Nation
al Know Nothings having, apparently,. been
widened by the discussion; and their- courage
.was further ,_revived' and ;strengthened by a
rumor that the plurality proposition would
- receive some support from the Democratic
side of the House. The rumor Was not
,tv ith
'put foundation. A resolution in favor of the
plurality rule was offered on . Wednesday by
a supporter of the Democratic candidate, but
it.receiv,ed,very little favor from that -aide of
_the House, and failed by five votes, On
Wednesday: evening .fwo absent,. Banks men
arrived, - andit .was thought that Campbell of
Ohio, who had voted against-the rule, might
-be induced ,to change,in its favor. This
would make - a tie,
-and iane more vote could
,be got, the
ity rule Would carry. The
contest seemed approaching a climax, and
members of,,all.partiee; thought that, by TEA is
day evening, the long agOny Would be ov . e.r.—
But Thursday
,[6.-s come and gone, and .the
end is not yet; 'though edge' at harid.
: At,_an early honr,en • Thursday the,galleries
were,packedwith .eager„Speotators of both
sexes, and at .12,o?clock,...wilen i .the House was
called to order by the Clerk - , members
were in their seats. A riviliiinde of prOpii
'eitions were submitted and diSPOSed of,'-some
Producing great merriment and others intense
excitement. ' At length the "plurality resolu
-tian, on the final 'passage of - which Mr.' Bank's
has - so lotto - built his hopes, was brought"' fer
ward, and theimPreSsion - was' general that 'it
would pass. At- thi's juncture,. however, a
movement was made by the Sbuthern , Know
Nothings which gave a' :neat-turn- to affairs.
Amember of that party bile - red as an amend
ment to the plurality proposition, a resolution
declaring Hon. William Smith, a Democratic
member from Virginia, Speaker of the House,
and demanded the -previous question. ,:The
yeas and nays were taken,,-and, the- amend
ment in- favor of. Mr. -Smith received 4.00
votes—not a majority-of all the votes cast,
..but enough.to make a question- -whether
Mr. Smith or Mr. : Banks would, be electedan
der the- plurality rulel , '-Here was a, new
"scare" for the-friends of- - Mr. Banks; who
_didnot. press • : the plurality ,resolution, but
-voted-an adjournment-Swhich they had previ
:ously shouted-down) in very hot haste in
deed: -
- • This - afternoon the tug of_war - Will come.—
now.it will end I cannot say. It is =evident
-that a crisis - is approaching,- and you may
expect either an election of Speaker or an ad:.
journmentof Congress-very soon. My im
pression-in that there will be an election this
afternoon or to-morrow. : HUNTINGDON.
Ctrarosmn—Arnorig the curiosities lately
added' to the Boston Museum, is a 'mosquito's
bladder containing the souls of twenty four
`inisers, and the - fortunes of fifty-one printers
- -%•=ifdarl.y 'half
Terrible•Euferings of Mr. James Dysart,
and Deatli. of his Companion.
Mr., Dysart,:now, , ,residing, in Illinois, for
merly, a,citizen of township, , this
writeq'to Mr.'Jas.," MORROW, of t4is
ecunty,:anVgives the following account 4.4
an adventuie on ; one of - the Western Praii::
ee
"On December 6t11,1 left Fort Dodge, in
company with one Elijah Lank, to examine
lands in Calhoun Co. The first day we on
ly went 12 miles west of Ft. Dodge, because
we left that place too late to pass the prairie
between Desmoines River and Coon River—
forty teVo miles wide. On Friijey, Dec. 7, we
- started early in the morning, and followed
the mein road west, till Moon, to - two., large
elakes known as Twin , Lekes., They contain
-eaeh about, a section of land. '
,We passed be
etween -them, and could see in the distance the
timber for which we. were aiming. . About
the middle of the afternoon a dense fog arose ;
-which - completely obscured the t imber ahead.,
Our gpide being gone, we
. followed the course
as nearly as possible by the compase—ebot
night overtook us wandering ,on
_the„ wide
.prairie.. ,We kept on our course as nearly as
weehtildbythe wind until 12 o'clock, when
eve . called -, a. halt, ,unsaddled our horses, and
.each resting his head and pact of his body on
j hiesaddle turned up, we tarried . over-night
quite uncomfortably. Morn ,showed no cheer
ing signs.. --Around on all sides stretched - the
black •prairie. • As early as we could, see, [eve
mounted, and-traveled by the compass , toward
Coon river. , „Rain came on—and continued to
e pour - .cloWn all - day—toward evening .we
found : timber On the head of a creek,. named
Bedar creek, which puts into, Coon river, Ea
.gerlywe Ode down •; that .stream with the
hope of.reaching a house before night came
again, but all in vain—darkness closed us in,
when we came into the forks of that Creek,
over which we could, not, pass, for it was
swollen . greatly. ' There -was a dismal pros
peet."Drenched with rairie—shiiering - with
cold, We were compelled to try the prairie
another 'night. As 'the . night previeus.' we
- took offotir saddles, and lay down. Alamit
- Seven o'clock the rain ceased arid sleet and
snow came - in its place: My- India rubber
coat had kept, my body dry—myelegs 'were
wet=my companion, poor fellow; was -wet to
the . skin. I know enough of this' western
country to-be aware that no man 'who is wet
Gait survive long who will stand up in the
North-West wind in a'snow storm. -Freei
iog :Will stem end his career._ Hence we ley
down, and -in a short time the snow covered
us. Still we shivered and' almost froze.—
My companion' about midnight grew very
i sleepy—with great 'effort I -keptehtm awake
Until about 5 - o'clodk in the morning when
he said he was freezing—that his feet were
I already frozen. We arose—l got the saddles
on the horses, — but he:Co-Of:riot mount, :and
11 was too-Wek to help him-on his horse: I
; took him by the hand and held my hothe by
my other 'hand and thus I aided him along up
the 'west Torlifeif 'that creek for- nearly two
miles. At last' he became completely ex
hausted—could go no farther, anti . with the
hoPe - Offinding a house:to save him and my
uelf
e I left Min. Not long after I rode' my
horse into a slough and got' him' drowned.-'—,
I'My"eorneass is . also in the - bottom of e. slough.
Still I kept on in search Of a boUse until about
' noon. I came -back-to'my•horse, whose neck
projected out of the e:vater about a foot. I
took my;knife and cut about six' pounds of
i flesh from , theneck-L--eat abput half a pound
—stock a large wedge of- the frozen flesh in
each pocket of my India-rubber coat, and
I 'Started On to find shelter. 'I felt a little'revi
ved.
.I was resolved-not to die without put
i-ting forth all my powers to save myself.—
Provideritially I . found. a' hciuse -abeut, two
l o'clock—sent after my' companion—but in
; fifteen minutes'after he was brought in' he
I died: ' I recovered' by degrees. 'My hands
1 N'A q,e frozen white to the second joints of my
fingers= both of'my feet were badly frosted
'---for several days I ',than& .I should loose
TWO'brmy . toes. ' I caused an' inqUest to be
held over-the body ` . of my companion—and
) had the sad news sent to his family residing
I abotit GO miles fioin the scene of wit - suffering
land his death. His family lives in Guthrie
Co'., Iowa: He was
_a noble' fellow—one of
- the-first men of'Weitern lowa—nSed to be a
member of the 'lndiana Legislature: -
I Was 'compelled to foot it 110 miles in
Order to get -back to Ft. Dodge in my crippled
condition, I reached that in five days.' In-this
. expedition I emitired'alf but death. I would
net .ge through such a trial for'„millions of
•Money. • Nearly • three' dit'ys' without' food,
and two dismal nights—the last one of - the
most- terrible ever.knoWn - ip lowa.. ' Another,
man near Ft. Dodge froze tadeath the 'Same
night. ' ' . ,
Eufopean
7 The emigration_at several important* 'ports
,
the United Sta.tes'cluring the last year is
Shown by the following statement:
New York, - 46,233
Boston, , • • 16,313
Philadelphia, ' ' ' 7,602'
163 143
Arrived at Quebec, 21, 274
' ,
183,422
This shows Aa, remarkable diminution in
• I •
•the - amount Or
_emigration,: compared with
1.13e .1 .,;W0 or three previous years. The aggre
'oate number' 'who 'arrived at the' four ports
named is less
-,by nearly 36,000 than 'in the
year 1854, at:the •port.of Nei York. And
'in connection with this fact, it - thust 'be. con
sidered that the number, of emigrants return
ing during thelait year %Os 'very - large, and
is likely `to-becOutinued.' The'Lwerppet:4-
bion- says :—/Cinuch greater exodus' may be'
, eXpected in• . 1856, extensi ire preparations hay
ingl been made tofacilitate emigration from
Germany on , a larger scale than has yet'
been,
attempted, the great bulk- of which will pass
through Liverpool . ; . - -
•• •In 'the linen districts of Ireland, wages haVe
of:Tate -become greatly enhanced, inviting
the emigrant to return; and agricultural pur
suits throughout the United Kingdom, prom
isea rich reward to who over will: . engage in
them, esriecially:•while :man continue to be
drafted for the Eastern war—increasing the
consumers and ,diminishing the producers.--
NSI bile such influerices ,exist, • a.•• larg43 emigra
tioa to, the United States cannot. be reasona
bly ,anticipated. Notwithstanding, -there is
at this-time an urgent demand for laborers in
' many of the new Western :States and Terri
tories, where the promises of a prosperous Ca
-reer,to the able bodied and dilligent were
never more auspicious, and the.opportunities
for successful . investmentnever more abun
' dant and attractive.-=N. Y . . Jour. Commerce.
6:7 - The U. S. Treasurer reports that the
net amount in the Treasury, subject to . draft,
orr the.2Bth - Of J4nuary, wss $23,081,556.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Of the County of Huntingdon, frpm the fifth
day of January, 1855, up to the seventh
day of January, 1856, inguding both
' • • -. - -
County iax received from Collectors, viz
JohiA - H. Storikebraker, 1847, Franklin, -49 25
Jee , cook; , 1851:
T h om a s
Solomon 11 ouck, .1852 Tod
. 36-20
John Coulter, c , Walker „rip: 00
James Miller, 1853 Brady 45 59
Joshua Greenland, " Cass 213 44
Robert Peterson, " Dublin .55 98
" • Franklin= - 27 16
Luke Vorbess; ' " Henderson 77 - 82
Benjamin Neff, " Porter - 4.78 59
John Long,. i " .Shirley 288 02
William Smith„ " . Union . - 27 00
William Conch,' 1854 . Barree 824 00
James M'Donald, "" Brady 390 41
George Smith; ,44 . Gass • - 195.42
, Richard Madden, ' " Clay ' - 113 93
-Michael Myers, ." "CiottiWel 1 • 423 33
Andre.w.l Taylor, ' " .•.Dublin' • 26.9 09
John Larort, ` ' " ' Franklin::- 403 91
John Snyder. - " Hendeison; . 320, 59
Eli :Plummer, . 4 . - Hopewell. .237 10
Jonas'W. Books. • " Jackson - 504' 04
David Tussey, • ' ".. Morris. • 450 •76
'Jacob•Grove, Sr., • " -Penn -J.7i 55
William D Shaw, " Porter. • • 'B3B 56
David S. Umbenour,: " Shirley • 7 14 7 55
Benedict Stevens. 4.. Springfield' 170 76
George Wilson, , ‘.‘ • Tell- t• • 252 '34
• Tod . 369 00
Nathan Greenland, . .4 Union 61 .13
Joseph Douglas, " Walker. • 435 00
William Hutchison, -" Yirarriorsiailk 506. 85
Abraham Cresswell, - West . , ; 1215 04
John Smith, • . 1855 : - :300 00
Christian Mil ler, " Brady 350.00
I •
John Bowman. " Cass . 223 00
David Etnier, , ‘,‘ • Cromwell_ ~:200 00
William Appleby, " Dublin. : 160 00
,Elexanderpving„ 4 , Franklin, SO3 00
Andrew'Decker, Henderson 315 00
J. M. Simpson, Huntinfrd'n 1 187 00
John Beaver,
..Hopewell . 130 00
Thomas Osborn., " • Jackson 300 00
Abraham Isenberg. . " Morris 200 00
Abraham Grubb, as Penn 625.1 . 7
Peter Piper, " Porter
.‘ ' 1219 00
John WEinstrey; •" Shirley 850 00
BenediCt Steven-4, Esq." ; Springfield .40 00
.
Samuel Parsons, _ " Tell 100 00
Benjamin F. Baker,' " Tod • 250 00
William Chilcot, • " Union 289 20
John' Thompson.' 431 86
William _Wray, • " Warriorsmlk 658 00
IVlardcai Henry, - • West, 838'48
Amount of County tax on unseated lands. 97 '6O
• • School " • 35' 38
• ' Road • 1 " "' 1 '; - 35 41
• 'Redemption Money oil unseatad •• -
lands rec'd since last settlement, ' ' 59 11
Amount rec'd judgt. of County vs Jas. ".
Kelley, • 21 52
Redemption money recrived in 185 - 5,- 59 11
Expenditures. , :
At'y General, Prot'y, Sh'ff, and'
witness fees on erirninal pros
' eentions, $855 92
Constables ? for mall ing returns;
advertising iining'clectiOns, &c qoo . 83
Grand and Traverse Jurors; Court
Crier, &e
._
'248,6 85
Judges, Inspector's; arid Clerks of . . • -
55
623
' Elections '
Assessors Elections,
' '. ' ' 327 50
Iniluisitions'on dead bodies, - : 119 49
Road' and 'Bridge - views, 96 50 •
" Damages J. McCahan, 324 00
" " David Hawn, ' 78 00
" Philip Silknitter, 65 bo
'MaryWii-on, - 100 oo
" " R: B. Myton, • 110 00
" • " • B. L. Megahan, 125 00
" Valentine Hoover 250 00 .
" " ' Eliza Blair, • '3l 00
Witness fees in the - case•of
damages clairned by Da
vicl•Blair, Esq. ,•' . 00 , 1394 50
• Brido - e OrderS--= ,
George Conch for Bridge at •
-• Neff's-Lain, • 1000 00- • -
J. Covert for Bridge at Black
Log Creek, • - 10 00 •
-Repairing bridge at Hamm, 672 1016 72
- Commissioners—' ;
Samuel Wigton in. full; • 90 00
Thomas Hamer, •' • 85 00-
Benjamin K . : Neff; . , 70 00
Jacob Baker, ' 16 50 •
Auditors for '1854, - ; 50 50
Crk to Corn 7 rs in full . for''s4, 75 00 ' -
•"'-• '" • • •• " 55, 325 00' ,
John Reed; Esq., Attorney' -; • •
to Com'rs in tullifor-'54, 20 00 •
• • On account f0r• 7 55, 30 00 • 762 00
Directors of Poor for the year '54, 7000 00
-• Interest on County Bonds- - •
Executors of Conrad Bucher, '• .
decd, • ' • _ • • 60 00 t• •
William Orbison, Esq., 180 'OO
-William B. Leas, 360 00 '
Thomas Fisher, .:. , 114 00 ,
Ilenry Fockler, • 30 00. : 744 00
County Printing— - ' • - -
'William Brewster,. .. : 79 50 ,
William . Lewis,' . -• • 76 00 .... , • • .
Africa & Whittaker, 36 00 • •.'
.John A. Nasb.,..i • . 15 75 : :',207 25
Medical attendance, on prix- . ••.>. .
oners in' jail, '• • - •'•• -- 3B 12
Repairs to Court
.House•and .
jail, , . ,
150 55 ,•
,
Merchandise for same,. 28 21
Washing for prisoners in jail.3o 00
Scrubbing, and, sweeping . , „ :-. - •
court pse, 2,5 00 .: ; . 20, 76
Blank. books, , stationary,
,
postage, &e. ,
.. . • . 87 1
45
. Treasurer of Stale timatic Asylum— ~ :
For David Brotherline, ~ , 65 90 • -
For John gadden, . ,68 v . go. 133, 00
Treasurer Hunt: ,Co. 4.i..SOCiety, NO ,60
Ground rent • -, bought:for Court. „. .
.
.house lots, - ~ :,,, . 56. 00
A tty?s feesso I:ft:Blair', Esq.. 15, 00
_J. S,etiell Stewart, Esq, .lo'oo . :
T, P.' Campbell,.Es . q., .10 00 .35 00
Refunding Orders
1 27 32
&ff..' Greenlarid, for iu.rniponing _ •
.
Jurors, conveying persons to .
Penitentiary, Boarding prison:.
era,&c. . 650 .00
- Fuel for criurt houie and jail, , ~. 208 00
T.. H. -- „Cirrier, - Proty's fees,
, stationary, &c.,. .
„.231 62 •. .
IVI F.. Campbell for Barrie; 147 96 379
.58 8
tyComing Insurance C 0. ,.. 7,8
0
Isaac Lyn lnger, cian for E r :
Harker; 800
Wild Cat and Fox Scalps, 340 87
School tax on unseated lands paid '55, 108 75
Redemption v Money paid'eut in '55, 59 11
Ba m la e n n o t e , due Treasurer at last settle
' 64 82
Percentage on $37728;34 at -1 per ct. 565 92
Balance in hands of Treasurer at
,
" settlement, • - 474' 86
Directors of the Poor in account igith. the
County of Huntingdon.
la. -
To amount received on ordeth; of
the_Count_rpotnmissoners for, .
tho yearj - 05 : 5' $l6OO 00
.„,. ,
• .
. .
By' amountpaid Jas",:.G. Lightner ' s,- ~
_
in full for the erection of the
poor house, 906 94
" amount paid for keeping out
door paupers, 892 14
",. amount paid for Medical attend
ance on out door pauper's, • 375 50
amount paid Treasurer •of In- •• •
sane Asylum for-the keeping of
three persons, deliverinc , b pan-
pers, stone, coal, Merchandise,&c, 1483 89
" amount . paid for Merchandise
' in Philadelphia by Samuel Ma
i, - • . . . .. .
tern ' 250 00
" arhount paid:sundry psrsons fdr
— MerchandiSe, . ' ' ' : 723 44
" amount paid sundry persons for '
provisions. ) ' 989 57
" amount paid sundry persons for ,
delivering paupers, . 9B 36
" amount paid for support of out -
_ . dour paupeni, , 487'57
" amount paid Dr. J. G. Lightner
for Medical attendance at poor •
- house, , • -
160 00
' amuunt - paid Yingling & Co., .
for Blacksmithing bill, ' ' . 57 64
"
amount paid'Matze S. Harrison .
-for tinware, ' . - ' 30 42
."' amount paid J..lunkin .
for har- - . '
ness, ' m
. . 20 00
„
" amount paid John H.
,Liglitner,_
for lettering doors, '' . _ 5 1.1. 93
"• amount paid Jno.Graffius per
order, , _ . . . ' ' 'l6 'O5
" amount paid Directors of the
' Poor for services, as follows— . .
James Saxton,' -. 'l5O 20,
, -
John Brewster, '47 25" . .
_
Samuel Mattern; 121 60 ', -
'Dr. J. A. Shade, '5l. 00
Kenzie L. Green, 14 60 , 393 65
" amount paid John A: Doyle for ' . '
services as Treasurer, ' '7O 00
" 'amount paid D. Blair, E'sq., for_
' services as attorney; • 2O 00
" amount paid H. Brewster, Esq.
for.one.ton of plaster and jus 7
. tices fees, 12 90
7000 00
Outstanding - Debtstiii - to Janudrylst,lBs6.
To sun - dry persons,- - ' - 'll4B 78
' dames Murphey, Siewarr,' on ac -'•
'count of Salary, '• -" • 02
"Proceeds of Farm for the year 1855.
389 bushels wheat, 210 bushels of corn,
200 bushels oats, 22,i bushels r 5 e, 20 bushels
winter apples; 22 loads hay, 4 loads corn fod
der, 400 'heads cabbagei 300 bush. potatoes,
5 bu. beets,' 2 barrels• sour krout, 2 barrels
pickels and 500 pounds pork. -
Atticles" Manufactured by the inmates of the
Poor
,House for the year 1855.
40 dresses, 48 Chime - se, 75 aprons, 25 sun
bonnets' 1:00 pair socks. 30 pair.stOckitigs, 10
sacks, 10 skiltd,lB"niiht-caps, 12' fine earth,
8 shrouds, 10 Pair 'men's pants,'B pair boys'
pants, 56 - shirts, 14 pair mittens, 6 dozen
towels, 150 lb.s hard soap, 400 gals. soft
soap, 576 lbs. butter, 20 gals. apple butter, 14
chaff ticks, 267'lbs. candies, 15 breadbaskets,
19 axe' handles,. 2 co"fiSkets, 4 handle bas
kets, 3 large baskets, rugs; 1 krout knife,
24 split bi coins, '2 pair shoes. -
Stock on hands January Ist, 1856.
• 2 horses, 6 cows. 4 head two year old cat
tle, do. one year old, 3 calves, 10 hedg stock
hogs, 2 breeding' sows, 170. bush. wheat.
200 bs.fiour, 150 lbs. corn mealy 150 bush.
oats.: 125- bush. corn, 200 bushels potatoes,
200:heads cabbage;.3 bush. beets, 4013 lbs.
pork,-. 4585 lbs: beef, .20 cords wood, 15 tons
stone coali.l two horse- wagon, 1' cultivator,
.1 windmill.• • ' -
$19416 97
Pauper s remaining. in .the Poor House Ist
January, 1856. •
27•men.between=the,.ages of 27 and 80;.24
women between the ages of 18 and 65 5 and 6
children. _
Of the m.en, 4 • were born in Huntingdon
county; 12 in_ the United States, 4'in Germa
ny, 6in Ireland, and 1 in Austria.
Of Abe w0men,..1.3 were 'horn in Hunting
don county 3.6 in the United States,' 1-in Ger
many, 1 in Ireland, 1 is Scotland. '
'lnsane, 1 man.and 9 women; blind,. 3 men.
Of the Children, .2 are insane. Colored, 1
,man, and 1 woman. .
Average cost for 70 out door' pauper's -for
the year, 16 57.
Average cost for 57 in door paupers for the
year, 76 - •
Average cost for 2i paupers in the Luna
tic Hospital, 154.80. • ,
We ; the undersigned Auditors of the.Coun
,ty 'of HuntingdOn do hereby certify that we
have examined the orders of the Commission
ers aruithe receipts for the same, for and du
ring the past , vear, and find a balance due
the County. of year,
in . the hands . . of
the Treasurer of ; lone hundred. and 'seventy
fourdollarsand eighty- six cents.
. And also that, we have examineir. the ac
`count of the Directors of the'_Peor' of, said
;County, and'fincl it as - above slated. • 1 .
HENRY 'BREWSTER,. •
P. MOORE; "
Auditors. , ,
WILLIAM 'MOORE,
ATTEST „ •
. : HENRY - W. MILLER
, CgerlC. to .4.uditoss.
• TO :IRON ,. :ATEN. • --
rp HE subscriber..: has recently! discovered 'art
ORE. BANK which wiilyield an adundant
supply of Iron Ore, This.!Ore .Bank is on. a
--mall tract of land, belonging to .the subscriber,
containing about tvienty acres, situated in Wal
.kgr township, about one mile and-three quarters
,from the station on the. Broad Top Railload near
AlcConnellstown.„ Specimens of the Ore may
berseen in,Huntingdon at the ticket office of the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad.„ The subscri
ber will either sell or, leaie the above tract of.land.
, • • • , ...JOHN
MeConnellstown, pee.. 26,
Norcross' Rotary Planing Machthe.
VN - T ANTED 2 -:-To sell the Rights and . .Ma-
V- 'Chines for a Rotary Planing., Tonguing
and Grooving .Machitie,for.boards acid plank, un
der the Norcross Patent; Also; the attachment
of the Moulding Machine, which will work a
whole board into mouldings at one:operation.—
This patent has tried,-and decided in the
Supreme Court ,in• , Washington, to be no in
fringpment, being superior to Woodworth's Ma-,
chine. . . . . -
.„ , ,
Apply,to J. D. DALE, Willow Street above
Twelfth, Philadelphia, 'where the Machine can
be seen.in operation.,
January - I.6th, 1856. :-3in.
O.
/, 'TILL sell Off 'ills' Summer stock of dress
V V goods at reduced prices.
August 14, 1855
$49415 97
;
:„
7000 00
Eial!
Outstanding Balances due at settlement with
--. 1855.
.
Tozonsttlps. - . Nantes,' of Collectors. County Tax.
Allegheny, .., Samuel Robison, 466 33
Tell. ~ JOnatlian Briggs,
Walker, '
•;.
', - .A. B,Sangaree,
• Barree, . '-i • - CharleS:'Cowden,
*Porter, . ' Jaeol?,,Kongh,
Union, ':-.James-Vampson,
Dublin, . - Thomailir. Neeley,
Franklin ..-.-.:, John H. Stonebraker,
Springfieldi,. - ,.,: William Ramsey,
Tell, -- -' - --Georcr b e May,
*Franklin, John Conrad,
Jackson, David S. Bel!,
t.Clay, Daniel Curfman,
West, • Charles Green,
.Tod, .., . , Jesse Cook,
lTod, Solomon Houck,
~
Walker, ' • - — Jelin Coulter,
' Cass, ; • 'Joilitia Greenland;
Dublin,' ' Robert Peterson; .
tFranklin, Williain - M'ilwani,
Henderson, i Luke Vorli6s; :-. '
' Union '' ' . WillianiSmith;:'
tharree, " ''Williatir Coach,
Brady, ' - - ' ; John - MeDoriald,'•
tCass,, -" George . Smith, '-
Ciomwelly ' •Michael Myers _
Franklin, : John LapOrt'
Porter, - William D. Shaw,
Tod; ' John M'Clain, .lOl 415 ,
tWalker, - -- Joseph Douglass, - 214 67
Warriorsmark' William HutChiniOn ' ' . 16 50 -
;
' ißarree, - . - - John Smith, "I, ; ' 740 03:
fßradyi . - Chriitian'Miller,. ' 415 73.
tCasii, -.' .' .- ''John Bowman, ' • 'l42 77-
t ClaY, • - ' . ' William - Cunningham, 329 78
ICrorn*elli . David Einier, - 506 46
tDublin, • William' Appleby, . 325 74 .
- IFrariklin v , Alexander Ewing,. - 921 86
tHenderson, Andre‘V De6lier '72 56
tHuntingrion, J. M. Simpson, . 370-83 ,
tHopewell, - John Beaver; . '. 388. 78,.
tlackson', • Thomas Osborn. - , 914 96 -
'Morris,
,- Abraham _hen b l erg, • 889 29
fiPerirf, Abraham Grubb, Jr., 195 83
1 - Porter • - -Peter Piper, 765 09
I - Shirley •' john Ail:Kinstry, 633 45
fSpringfielil, Benedict Stevens, • 212 30
iTell, '.= Samuel ParsO'ns, 290 37
iTod, =Benj. 'F. Baker,. - 530 04
- ffilion, '" .i William ChileOtt, 58 : 58
- 1 - Walker;'''' - John Thompson,' 718 11
I - Warriorsmark, Williain Wray, 667 95
flVesr, -- . Mordecai Henry, . 1460 92
1 List of
Year
1840
1844
1846
1847
1848
1849
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
*lt appears from receipts on Mr: Conrad's Duplicate that the above amount was paid to
- Mr. Neff, formeeTreasurer, - and . cot Credited on the Treasurer's
. book.
46 "The,amonitt outstandinb; against Mr. Kough, is said , to have been" collected by SUL
Crownover, and not .- paid over to the Treasurer.
l'Since paid in part. Since paid in
Giiien-untler seal of office January 23d, 1856.
ATTEST .-1 - lENita , W. MILLER, Clerk
Feb. 6, 1856. •''
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TH,ER,E has been opened in•tie Hall fornierly
.
„ occupied by tlic."Sons of Temperance" in
, .
tka.,borc uglrf Huntingdon , a School Under' the
above title, in , w i hicli is ,Propokd to 'be given, a
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3 00
MOT,I.CE is hereby given that :letters testa.
N mentary ,on.the of John W. Berkstrc s _
ser, late of Hopewell , township s : deceased, haie
be - en - graiited to the inilerskned. All 'p,e i rpiiss
indebted to the :estate deeedsed; tire 're..
quested to make payment and 'apse
claims to present them forsettleident. '
'• "JACOB 'WEAVER!, -
JACOB S. BARKSTRESSER,
. . _ •
• Debember, sth 1855.*
9 00
A. Ream ,FOR SALE.
,
/TUE subscriber offers, for ,sale the ;farm• upon
which he now resides, in Henderson town.
ship, about. three
,miles from ' the. borough, of
Huntingdon, containing. -
. . 210 ACRES, . .
and 112 perches, and allowance; having thereon
,
erected a good frame house, bank-. barn,
s and other outbuildings. The farm is in
''ifl' : l a good state of cultivation..-Possession
will be given on the Ist. April next. _
_For further information apply to the subscri
ber on the primises.
•
January 21, 1856.c4t
the Auditors for the year
Militia Fines
State Tax.
300 78
300 78
6 20
4 35
WI
77 08
54 25
78 73
34 30
111 62
584.39
255 15
.74 44
237 08
364 32
2AI 00
728 68
48 98
32,.36.
,283 58
626 92
648 81
42 98
411 57
389 74
145'18
186 29
- 419 47
13 86
500 89
. '413 00'
942 .01
CILITBMING.
POSTAGE.
Exeectors.
SAMUEL BANKER.
1 50
13 50
1 50
9 00
14 00
; 7 44
70 53
9 7.6
4 30
52 50
6 50
6 50
6 31
75 05
15 50
3.9 54
20 18
15 00
49 00
54.50
10 00
25 00
46 55
29 53
51 50
24 'OO
8 95
21 00
21, 50
16 50
40, 00
10 50
5650
- 35 50
28 00
30 00
32 00
41 50
18 50
6-00
12 50
46 50
37 00
66 50