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Nuntinghn *unat.
WILLIAM BREWSTER, j EDITORS.
SAM. G. WHITTAKER.
tradnesdayltorzung, January 7.1857.
sir "Lines suggested by the death of
John DeArmit," is on file, and will appear
in our next issue.
1111 r Several riots, resulting in bloody
noses, black eyes, and countenances gen.
'rally mapped out in black and blue char
acters, were the leading amusements in
Iluntingdon during the hollidays. Well,
if men like that sport, we would rather
they should enjoy it than us.
alr The Exhibition on Christmas eve
in the Court House, of the Male School
No. 1, under charge of F. Lane, Esq., was
a creditable affair ; conferring honor on
pupil and teacher. We cannot too warm
ly eulogize the oonduct of our fellow-citi
zens in matters of this description. 'I hey
always turn out en masse; thus encourag
ing the youthful o•ators, and creating a
laudable ambition to excel, in their bosoms.
11111r' Major Warren Raymond, former
ly of this place, but lately of Nicaragua,
where he held the station of Major in Wal
ker's army, arrived in town last week.—
The Major looks extremely well, and al-
Otough we have not had the pleasure of
any conversation with him, believe it to
be his intention of sending in his resigna
tion and remaining among us. We wel
come him home.
Mr On New Year's Day, the Excel
siorßrass Bancrparaded thro' our streets,
discoursing sweet music and looking re•
markably well in the new uniform. In
the evening the members partook of sump
tuous supper at Capt. Geo. Thomas'.—
Long may it wave !
The old year was, as usual, buried with
military honors. Several serious accidents
happened, one of which, (the bursting of
a gun) we are pained to learn, resulted in
the injury of our worthy friend Emerson's
hand.
A very refreshing revival of reli
gion has been going on for some time past
in the Methodist Church of this place.—
Many souls have been happily converted
.to God, and many more are inquiring what
they must do to be saved. The prayers of
God's people are being answered.
An interesting revival has also been felt
in the Baptist Church of Reystown Branch.
We understand that our Baptist brethern
intend holding a series of meetings, cum
mencing on the 20th of the present month,
in their church at this place,
SW One of the best jokes of the sea
son came oft' in this place some few weeks
ago. It is entirely too good to let "spite,"
and we hope our friend will pardon
us for giving it, , ‘seeing as how" we men
tion no names. One of our most excel
lent young friends being at the Station as
the cars stopped, and hedring a couple of
very handsome young ladies inquire for
Mr —'s residence, kindly volunteered
his services; conducted them to the house;
handed over their luggage to the servant,
and with a polite bow and bland smile was
aboM retiring, when one of the ladies
drawing out her "wallet" innocently inqui
red—" What do you charge 1" No doubt
mistaking him for a porter. Just "phan
xy hie pheelinks."
1111 r Last week the conl dealers of the
Broad Top mines held a meeting in this
borough, and unanimously agreed nn a re
duction of five cents per ton on the pres
ent prices paid to miners. They have been
paying hfty cents and now offer forty-five.
By a private letter just received from a
friend at the mines, we are informed that
the miners refuse the proposed terms, and
have "struck" for the old figure. Which
side will yield first, we are unable to say,
but presume matters will be amicably ad
justed in the course of a few days.
sr On Friday the 2d inst., a band of
some half dozen Irishmen attacked sever
al gentleman who were returning to Elope-
well, on Broad Top, from a marriage they I
had been attending in the country. Es
quire Borten, vas very badly beaten, and
it is said has since died. His skull was
fractured, besides other severe bruises a
bout hia body. The other gentlemen were
more or less injured. The good citizens
of the surrounding country to the number
of some fifty, armed with rifles, im:nediat.-
ly at ar' ad in pursuit of the desperadoes,
and at the last accounts, had succeeded in
capturing three of them. These villains
have been carrying on theit diabolical
tem of waylaying American Protestant cit
izens, for months past. We do hope for
the security of the lives and property of
our citizens in that region, that they may
be brought to justice, and punished to the
Buhl eataitit of the law.
Facts and Figures—Power of the South,
There are four Southern States which,
if combined, cast 55 electoral votes, just
the number to which the State of New
York is entitled. These States are Ala
bama, Louisiana, North Carolina and
Georgia. We have now the official votes
from all of these States ; and we append
them for the purpose of showing the pe•
culiar power of the South in this confed-
eracy. Thus:
Buch. Fill. Electoral Vote.
Louisiana 20,37 G 18,873 6
Alabama . 46,637 38,559 9
North Carolina 46,764 36,039 10
Georgia . 56,417 42,352 10
170,194126,086 35
Buchan. Fillmore Fremont Elee. Vote.
Neiv York 195,314 124,206 275,440 35.
'otal vote fou'r Southern States
'' New York
It will thus be seen that New York, pol
ing 594,960 votes, is only entitled to 35
electoral votes, or less then one for two,
Southern. Thus 296,280 men in the
South have as much power in deciding a
a Presidential election as 594,960 men in
the North ; in other words, one southern
voter wields double the power of a north
ern voter. That is what is called "equal
ity" by slaveholders and doughfaces.
But let not the comparison atop here.—
Buchanan, in these four Southern. States,
gets 194 votes from the people, which en
titles him to 85 electoral votes ; while
Fremont gets in New York 275,440 votes
or more than 100,000 majority over the
vote given to his competitor in the States
named, and yet gels but 85 electoral votes.
With the advantage of over 100,000 ma
jority of the popular vote ho has no ad
vantage whatever in the electoral vote.
The facts go to show the injustice and
inequality of ouvelectoral system. IVhile
the South is clamoring for an equal right
with the North to take her property" to
the new territories, let us demand an equal
icy of electoral power. Let us have equal
ity all round, if that is the game. She
now possesses double the electoral power
that is accorded to us. ller fifties are
equivalent to our hundreds at the ballot
box. She ought to be content with this
advantage, and leave the territories to us
but as she is not, let us inscribe on cur
I banners the abolition of the electoral col
leges and the choice of the President • by
a direct vote of the people. It is time for
the Southern chevalie rs to come down off
their high h3rses and foot it along with us
There must be no favored Clans in this
Republic. One man's vote ought to be
as powerful as another's at the polla.
We have chosen New York as a point
of comparison, because she is the largest
State. The comparison grows more gla
ring when applied to Pennsylvania, Geor
gia, North Carolina and Louisiana, with
26 electors, poll 221.0E/1 votes; Pennsyl
vania, with 27 electors, polls, 460,248
ores—more than two to one.
There is something humiliating and
belittling in contemplating such facts as
these. The Louisiana slaveholder thinks
it is hard that the government should shut
his slaves out of the national territories;
are they not "property," he asks t But
the possession of this "property" makes
his vote at the Presidential election equal
to that of any two men in the North. Is
not that enough for him ? If not, let him
beware lest he lose it, and with it his
nuch•noised claim to take his "property"
where he lists.
The State Debt.
The following special statement from
the Auditor General's office, shows the
indebtedness of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, on the Ist day of Decem
ber, 1856:
Fund debt viz:
6 per cent. loans, . $511,781 00
do. do 38,866,984 50
4} do. do. . 388,200 00
4 do. do. . 100.000 00
Total fund debt, $39,866,975 50
Unfounded debt viz:
Relief nmes in circu•
lotion,
Interest certificates
outstanding,
Interest certificates
unclaimed, .. . . 4,448 38
Domestic creditors, . 1,164 00
40,117,835 25
The balance remaining unpaid of rein•
porary loans is not included in the above
stateinent, inasmuch as they are re-inbur
sable as rapidly as the means of the.Treaa
ury will permit, viz :.
. •
Balance of temporary loan, au•
thorized per act of April 19
1853,
Balance in temporary loan, au.
thorized per act of May 9,
1854, . . . . . 184,000 00
Amount ibinaininit in the State
'freasury, and sinking fund ap•
plicable to the further cancel•
Intim of State stocks, interest
certificates, domestic creditors'
certificates and relief notes, .. $795,257 28
atorlt is said Protestauism is gaining
ground in Franco rapidly. The Protestants
in Havre number now three thousand, with a
moving population of one thousand at least.—
They have four schools with four hundred pu
pils. Two churches are insufficient, and a
third is about being erected to neconlitiodate
two thousand. In Marseilles, there nre five
thousand Protestant church attendants, and in
ether departments, where a few years since
tio'Haformad religion was unknown, flourish.
ing eharchr are uow to he foaa,i
Naturalizations•
The following is the beginning of the
list of foreigners who were naturalized in
Pennsylvania during the year preceeding
the last Presidential election :
COUNTIES.
Lancaster, 616
Cambria, 885
Berks, 624
Schuylkill, 1,114
•
Blair, 315
Susquehanna, 170
Clinton, 100
Centre, 42
Cumberland, 26
Adams, 19
Wuyn .
e, . 832
Montgomery, 180
Chester, 117
Dauphin, 77
Muffin, 20
Potter, 22 I
Juniata,
Carbon,
Indiana,
Union,
Bedford,
Erie,
1731 Wyoming, 8
212 Huntingdon, 35
Montour,
York,
In all 26 counties, summing up over five
thousand votes. This is exclusive of Phil
adelphia, and about two-thirds of the bal.
lance of the State, yet the number is alrea
dy greater titan the Democratic majority
either at he October or November election.
It is probably not above the mark to say
that at least 25,000 foreigners were natu
ralized, and cast their first vote at the last
296,280
594,900
election. W ithout this "material aid" Bu•
chanati would have been •nowhere" in the
late contest.
The Dead of 1856.
In the long catalogue of those who have
died during the past year, says the Phil,
delphia Sun, we find many eminent and
well known names of our countrymen, a
mong them John M. Berrien, of Georgia;
Rev. John 0. Choules, D. D. of Rhode
Island ; Ex-Gov. Walker, of Louisiana ;
Corn. Charles Morris, Joseph W. Field,
author and actor ; Caroline Lee Rentz,
Coin. Joel Abbott, Surgeon W. P. C.
Barton, Lieut. Charles G. Hunter, Ma
jor Robert B. Harney, Corn. David Con
ner, Com, Mckeever, Commander George
Adams, Robt.L Stevens. Ex Gov. Troup,
of Georgia; Ogden Hoffman, Percival,
the poet; Dr. John C. Warren, of Bos
ton; Ex-Senator Dawson, of Genrgin;
Hon. John H. Niles Gen. Memucan
Hunt, of Texas ; Edward Curtis, of New
York; Capt. Patrick Hays, Lorenzo B.
Shepherd, Dr. Branch T. Archer, George
Steers, Hon. Samuel Hoar, Prof fiesta,
of Fla.: Elizabeth J. Eames, Hon. John
M. Cdayton;Gen. James Bankhed, Geo.
John 11. Eaton, Samuel Swartwout, Ru
fus Welsh, Hon. John R. Acrigg, of N.
J.; Robert Maywood, Seth Sprague, and
many, man) others.
Divorces.
Divorces are greatly in vogue in %Ves
tern Pennsylvania. About every unto
who has n scolding wife, and about every
woman whose husband is • uncongeoial in
temper, claims the right of separation, and
the privilege to marry again. Judge Ale- I
Clure of the Common Pleas Court in Pitts
ourg, in dismissing some applications for
divorces, last week, said that there were
about two applications to him n week for
divorces, and that in most of the cases the
parties pay no more regard to the s
pity of the marriage contract than to the
purchase of an old wheelbarrow. If men
married sharp tongued women, they would
have to put up with them In best they
could. He would not divorce a man be
cause his wife was a scold.
Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad.
We understand that the Tyrone and
Clearfield Railroad Company have coatrac•
ted with Messrs Brady, Single A Co., to
dothe grading of their road twenty-two
miles from Philipsburg, for t 990,000, and
that they have already commenced the
work, and expect to have it completed by ,
the middle of August next. IN hen this
port of the road is finished, it will open a •
market for some of the best bituminous
coal in the State. from the numerous banks
in Centre and Clearfield counties, besides
a vast amount of valuable lumber, all of
which will pass over this road, and thro'
our borough on the Pennsylvania road
Success to the enterprise.
Worsortt —What course Mr. Buchanan
will take in relation to Kansas ? This is
the question asked at the present ti ins by
the men of all parties. If he favors the
admission of Kansas as a free State by pro
Leming her citizens from the Ruffin, of
Missouri, until they can take action to se
cure such admission, we shall give him full
credit for it, without regard to party, and
the great mass of the people of the North
will do the same. In such an event, he
will occopy Republican ground to some ex
tent. But if he permits the rule of Ref
fianism in that territory by protecting it
with the arms of the country, he may ex
pect the execrations of a large majority of
the Northern freemen of all parties, What
will he do? We believed before the elec.
lion that he would do the bidding of th e !
South, abd we believe so still, but hope
!that we shall be in error in snob belief.— •
The country soill await his inaugural and
message with great anxiety.
250,859 75
584,000 00
IMP A few weeks since, two children of one
of our physicians were attacked with scarlate
na, and during their Blows had fur pets a
couple of kitteiis. Both the kittens subs°.
fluently hod all the symptoms of scarlatina,
one of them dying, the other narrowly esca
ping. A canary bird, whose cage hung in the
room, also died with all the eymptotns of the
came disease.--Rerbrhir•e (Mate.) &et.
From Washington. 0 1 • i Cl i -
NV Asut.ToN, Friday Jan. ; 1857. • 1.1 1 .t 11: CI 1 4) 01e 5. I • Ff ss ,„,,, or F,,,, roxi „ no ...._ Th i s excellent
The • impression is not only general, but i }
work is a collection of humorous and everyday
seemingly well founded, that Gen. Casa in to
.‘l. eho'. 0m ,,,, p , ye t"ki''' 'mast ' ' scenes written in a very romantic style. it con.
be Mr. Buchanan's Secretary of State. It may ' And tenth, he'll prom it.
• talus besides a large am ount of reading matter, a '
be that the form of invitation h. not been' ---••
.7 • - •ellt music—The Scotch fiddle. great many humorous engravings, together
extended, but the fart in none the less dispti. 1 '''.• -
with a biographical sketch the anther, Jonathan
fed, nod the old General has given coloring ! ht Town—The tonic with the recl shawl, F
Kelly. It can be had of T. 11. Peterson,'.
to the belief by qualified admissions, when int ! Ditto—The Scotch fiddle.
: Phila., for $1,25. It should be had by every I
terrogated closely by those who see no irnprm I per Married ladies ought never smell block- lover
of humor.
priety in concerning a prospective cabinet offi' ! berry wine bottles away from home. It caus• „ ~, , , , . , , 1
11,ETRIDETION—A stile rat rflaSiOli, by tet
co. At seventy.five years of age, such, a po• es a lightheadedncss. That's so.
: Southworth, author of "Deserted Wifm" "In . i
&Mon is something of nn undertaking ;.d i ter We say what we know, and testify of •
di " "Wilb's V . t " Ac. , Ate This is one
"ma g i ' Gel " Ca " is bale fur bit ' Y ea " , be 11 "1 what we have seen, and hereby by these pres• of " 'corn
. • I
the aotbor'e best works, and like her other ,
still passed the point allotted by the
as the limit of human destiny. p salmist gents, greeting, do declare, that Prettyman, at wntings, not founded entirely on fiction. It is
Mr. Buchanan has fixed his time of coming ashington about the 15th of February, the Station House, can go ahead of any Da.
published inn very fine style, end Makes a very
to W
..erreotypist in this part of the State. Go try blegant and beautifid presentation book. Pub-
nitn and he convinced. fished by T. B. Peterson, Theta., at $1,25 on
which will allow him nfortnight for conference
among his friends. If lie would consult his efgr One half the aura required to resuscitate the receipt of which it will be sent, free ofpou.i
the Lancaster Bank hits been subscribed. tnge, to any pin; desired. . I
own comfort howev••r, tie would arrange the
cabinet at Wheatland beyond the power of re.
continues. Another i t egr 0 preacher has been 'view—For January, has come to hand. This;
The slave excitement in Kentucky atilt
KENNEDY'S BANE Non AND Costuotetsb Re 1
vision, unless from such occidental VOWS RS
arrested, and two others hung. well established .d widely circulated work is '
require, at eit moll. le conviction la lane,
' 1 t t• 'flee • • •
sal, that Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, will take the Q A bill has been introduced into the too well known, to used recommendation from !
Trensury seals and Mr. Bright the Interior Legislature of North Carolina to encourage us. Its order to be guarded against the many
Department. And also that Mr. Clifford of and promote matrimony." spurious notes now in circulation, every men-
Maine, will be the New England man, and per An old maid, speaking of marriage says chant, mechanic, &c., should have a copy of !
ExClovernor Floyd, the representative man it is like any other disease—while there is life this Review. The present number contains a :
from Virginia ; neither of whom have been there is hope. fite.sitnile of a new dangerous spurious note on
specifically avigited to places. Mr. Bettja- kir A bill to compel free negroes to leave the "Agricultural Bank," which all person s
min, of La., is indicated as the Old Line Whig, the Slate is before the Alabama Legislature. should become acquainted real:, that they may
who is to do the honors in the Cabinet for that se- By the latest foreign news we hove in• nut be deceived by it. Published by Kennedy
extinct party. Mr. Rusk, who has beets nam• telligence that England has declared war a. A Bro., "Chronicle Building," Fifth Street.
ed for a sent, declines upon the rumors which gainst Persia, and the last division of the fleet Pittsburg, $ 1 per annum:
accredits with that distinction. • left Bombay on the 13th of November, lbr the Tut: BASIST!. SON.—By Mrs. Rentz, author
Thus far, in well informed circles, the belief Persian Gulf. of "Linda" "Eoline," "Planter's Northern
is decided that Gen. Case, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Dar A drunkard, confined in prison at Ho- Bride," etc. Bound in Cloth, price $1,25. The
Bright, Gov. Floyd, .d Mr. Gliffurd, have riSborg, for breaking into a cellar to get some present edition of this valuable and interesting
been conclusively settled upon, Bird that the liquor, was found dead in his cell next morn- book is printed in a style far superior to whet,
remaining two crabs will be filled according to i,ig, from having drank 'burning fluhl' in mis. it has ever been issued iii, and will be Bent
the circumstances which may hereafter be de• take for whiskey. ' wherever desired, for the above price. Persons
velopecl. Now that the qu id nunes hare thus The Niagara Suspension Bridge Deserted.— wanting a uniform edition of Mrs. C. L. Mentz's
organized the administration, perhaps Mr. A severe test of the strength of the suspension works, should address T. B.Peterson, No. 102,
Buchanan will be allowed the privilege of a .bridge at Niagara Falls was afforded by the I Chestnut St., Phila.
little reflection on the subject, as he may have gale on the evening of the 1301 inst.. when the i INQUIRE WITHIN eon ANYTDIND YOE WAN,•
a slight interest in the programme of his own ttdl•gathereri deserted their posts at either end, vu KNoW I . or Over One Thousand' Seven Hun
advisers. and crowds assembled to see it fall—but it Aired Facts Worth Knoicing. Particularly in.
As Pennsylvania will have the President swot) like a rock. tended as a book for family reference on all
and the first mission—for it is not supposed ofiy- We regret to announce that Reali Frat I subjects connected with domestic economy, and
Mr. Dallas will resign or Mr. Badman will ger, Esq., of Lancaster, died en Tuesday even- containing the largest and most valuable colt
mall Lint—the patriots of that State will of Mg, at the State Tittotie Asylum. Ills mind I lectionlif useful information that has ever yet
Murat, be content to resign their pretensions was very much agitated at the time, and bodied been pablishcd. In one large 12,m0. vol. pp.
for office into other haunts, in order to disco without nuy bodily sickness. 430. Published by (ferret, Dielc ,t Fitzgerald,
barrass their own Chief 111nOstrate. ger The invegttgation of the contested el! No. 13 Ann St., New York. Many of receipts
its this book are selling through the country at
S 1 each;
Death of rather Mathew.
This remtrkrtble man—remarkable for his
per,everin,,, indefatigaltie elTtirts to check the
terrible ravages of intemperance in Ireland,
England, and ii thin country—died at Cork.
on the 9th of December, aged sixty•six. At
an early ageV wan left an orphan, hat an
aunt educatmf him in Kilkenny Academy
and at Maynooth. He wan ordained to the
priesthood at Dublin. His labors among the
pop! show.] him how much their poverty was
aggravated by their habits of intemperance,
and he entarcfl with proqt onntoalliatil, upon
reformatory effbrts. These efforts, for the
tittle being, were singularly snecessful. Hu
hold public meetings near and 'Triune, roused
the people to thought and reflection, and hum
deeds of thousands, by his instrumentality.
pledged themselves to total abstinence. His
visit to the United States awakened a great de•
gm of interest and enthusiasm, especially a.
mong the natives of the Emerald Isle. It
ought to be recorded that Father Mathew, not.
withstanding his self-denying:herculean hoboes
lived nod died poor, lie seems never to have
made an efrott to amass wealth.
The Electoral Vote of Wisconsin.
The Electoral vote of Wisconsin onus lent
by the intervention or a. snow storm, no we
learn from the mesa in that State. Though,
as the fonts stand, the loss was not one of are
importance to the result, yet circumstances
might very easy concur to make such en event
one of serious importance. The first l , Vodnes•
day of December being the day for the no•
sembling of the Electors of the severel States
at their respective State capitals, the Electors
of Wiseonsin started in time, from their homes,
to reach Madison, under ordinary conditions of
weather nod rondo, on the day. Dot a snow
mom on Tuesday previous shot in the capital,
and prevented all ingress. The legal day pass.
tog over w'thoot any action of the College,
of course the futodions of the Elevens lei
longer continued. and all they had to do was
to morn home, private citizens. (bnsequent•
ly, Wisconsin had so voL•c in the election.
tki - Jr. Ayer's Atusri,bi, Alm:limo id now ready
for delivery at .1. list d's Drug Store, who is
supplied with it by the publisher fir distribu
tion gratis to all who cull liar it. It contains
about the richest collection of anecdotes we
know of—a calander accurately caleulated for
this meridian and found reliable, busbies air
amouns of valuable medieine intormation
which should be in possession of every family.
This little annual has heroine a welcome visi
tor to the fireside of the American people,—
and not to them alone., for its numbers are
freely circulated in ahncst every civilized coati
try under the sun. It is published in the
English, French, Spanish and German las
gauge, with colanders adapted to every meridi•
an of the Northern Hemisphere. Over tom,-
tpseven hundred thousand copies were issued
last year, width is doubtless the largest edb
Lion of any one book in the world. Our rca.
dens ore respectfully invited to get a copy and
when got, keep it.
ger We happen to know that Dr. Ayer's
Cheery Pectoral and Cathartic Pills are good
medicines, and shall proclaim it because we do
know it. We confidently believe there is a
vast amount of relief from Bath rim/ for our
afflicted fellow men wrapped up in these nsit.
ful preparations, and we shall freely pie too.
little influence to make thorn known lb those
who need theta.—"lla. Sunday Timm.
The dour market remains inactive, there is
tern would be tedious to relate all the very little demand or export, hut ;shout 1200
petty means resorted to by the Jesuit Lewis to bids. standard sup-rano have been taken. at
annoy no in our homilies.. Ho tent hie poa• $5,25 per hbl for straight brands, including a
small lot of extra at $5,112i ; for home use pri•
Urge bill to us the other day, which we consid
ces range as Where for mouton brands and
eredexerbilint, and refused paying until he extra, and at f rom s t ; 7 3 . 7 r o bb; f
.) per ~ or Ml
gave the item, This he could not do; and to ley lota, ne in quality.
Atilt his spite stuck up a bill in office to I The receipts and soles of Grail continue
light, and the market for wheat very doll ; a
the effect that our account wan fur sale, elc.—
bout 1500 bushels only having found' buyers
Thin poor soul, is indeed an object of commis'iu boot k m . at 14 3 , 04d0 f or good red., and
eroticl. 158a150c for white, the latter fog choice
or choice Penn•
- - sylvonii, in store. Rye is scarce, and When
ler Dewitt, the Roman Catholic, addle.pa u ,, arrval at 81e. Corn remains inactive, but
led publisher of the Globe, pretended to have about 11000 bushels new Southern and Penn
taken up the offer we made him, last eeh , sylvnnio yellow
1500 bushels
62 e 111 11 . 1 .7 al w od in
but he dares not do it. Datil be does it, we
the
imid c tr6 ; Bo " a n n 1000 l o l:it y e e (tot a lso
pronounce him a contemptible little tulsi• Oats are be ' tter, with sales of near 6000 Lush•
tier, and Jesuiticol liar. He dares not take els prime Delaware at 48e, in store, and 2500
op our offer. bushels Pennsylvania, pert in the ram, at 17r.
Lion for District Attorney, in Philadelphia, still
contieues, the examining of the Fourth Ward
not having yet. ended. Every day a number
of additional fraudulent votes arc proven. 'the
number has already reached several hundred.
gWr The third Annual Exhibition of the
Slates Poultty Society opened at National Hall !
in Philadelphia on Monday the '22nd inst., and
continued during the week. •
The Amerieans and Republienns of the !
city of Pittsburg, rave nominated Henry A. !
Weaver, El, as their candidate fur the May.
oralty. Mr. Weaver is of the "manner horn"
—a Pittsburgher—and a young eon of excel
lent business capacity. • Su says the Chronicle
air. A family of eight persons in Hardin
county, lily., has Leon poisoned by a liege
cook. Six of them had died, and the others
were not expected to live.. •
fife - The reports continuo of since excite.
meets at the South. It is said fifteen !legit)ea
have been executed in Perry county, S. C., and
twenty in Louisiana.
Air It is estimated that the lore letters
droppril in the post office of Lowell, average
over 1500 daily. The factory girls nee
mons in their opposition to"single blessednesn."
Russia and England.—lt will have been
perceived that England has declared war a'
anima. Periiti. Russia. it is said, is ready to
support 11"ludi ngainst England with 50.000
men, besides which two complete corps (tanner
are ready to morel. for the Austrian frontier.
.4 Christmas (hi?. —Hoe. David Prentiss. of
Utica. N. Y., now nearly 70 years of age, was
the tutor or ex•Gevernor Seymour, lien. Ward
Hunt. anti others who have renehed high public
honors. Ilia old (moils have not thrgotten him
They make up an annual holiday gift for his
lient•fit of $3OO each. Five of these gentlemen
made up in this way n purse of $2300 for the
old Gentleman's Christmas.
:Fr:\ yffiltlV, man. recently married, al temp.
• led to commit snielle in New York, on Friday
night, on weeount of lus mother-imlaw, wheel
he won nfraitl would indite, his wit', t o t on ,
him. Ile nwnliowerl the llpinen," but the phy-
sieinn succeeded in restoring hint, when the
cense of his trthulatim like Men. Micawber,
vowed She would never leave her Wilkins, and
the happy couple are now living like a pair of
turtle doves.
tarln Blair county, L. H. Williams has
been appointed superintendent of public
schools, in place of H. A. Caldwell. resigned.
, . . . The adjourned• court fixed for this weok
has been postponed, Judge Taylor bring raga-
Red in the important land case of Ross as
Shoemaker, in Catnbria county A new
town called Minerstoun has been laid out ad
joining Hollideysburg, and another
moos) adjoining Gaysport A meeting,
to devise means for constructing n railroad to
Hollidaysburg, is to be held nt Martinsburg on
the 25th Mr. M. S. Hollinger, former.
ly of Hollidaysburg, lately died at Port By
ron, 111.
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upon the various manly exercises mentioned in I
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do it. There are few huntsmen, gymnasts, or
sachterg, &e., who will not derive ninny velum.
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American, we assert, ens have a proper idea of
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particularly of Huntingdon county, and be
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Life of Daniel Webster " ote:, etc. With an Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain
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pa The stated annual meeting of the Stoeitol•
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Chestnut street. dors will be held at the office of the Company,
day, the 12th ()Nunnery, 1857, at 10 o'clock,
No. 56, Walnut street, Philadelphia, on Mow
the Th a i3 uth w o o r rk ha i s s ;117110 P 1:1 " t o o r ge m th a e te r r w ia i l li w n h t i l c u l a. m., at which time anti place an election will.
last ten years, while performing occasion,, I be held for a President and twelve DiMeters to
Dec. 26 '56. :ENO. P. HERFSEN.
provinces.
tours into almost every nook and corner of the serve lee the ... 0 V year.
United States, and, the neighbdting British
It compreheeds ample descriptions -- -,- ,
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of the Valleys of the-St. Lawrence and Missis. lb the Teachers awl, Directors r! f Clay, Coat
sippi rivers, with the basin of the Great Lakes
and 6'pringfrld Townships.
, A Teachers' institute will be held at Scotts
ville beginning Thursday the 'lsth inst., and it
the entire Mountain Land overlooking our At,
!antic seaboard, and the alluvial region border- will (tontine° two days. Prof. Stoddard en em•
ing on the Gulf of Mexico. It is indeed a kind inent Educationalist, and Prof. MeGerland of
of cyclopcedh. of American scenery and person. Shirleysburg, will be the principal instructors
al adventuresand of traveling incidents, calm,.you
of the Institute. Teachers turn out and
fated to exhibit the manners and customs of will be delighted with these ableisstruore
e he citzens
attend.tot
our people, and interest file lover! of T
listural Jan. 7,.iles7.genetully, are invited A - . 01111 N. (7oi: Sup.
History and the vaiious arts of sporting. 111
epenkiiig of this work, Wnshingtoeirving soft:
"They carry us into tho fastnesses of our mom
tains, the depths of our forests, the watery wil
derness of our lakes and rivers, giving us pig•
terse of savage life and savage tribes, Indian
legends. fishing and hunting anecdotes, the ad.
ventnres of trappers and backwoodsmen i our
whole areannm, in abort, of indigenous poetry
and romance; to use a favorite phrase of the
old discoverers, "they lay open the secrets if
the country '.to us," I cannot but believe the
work will be well received, and meet with the
wide circulation which it ru,surecily merits."
To be had at the book store of or. Colon,
Huntingdon,Pa.
g The INVENTOR, fire January., is MI our
table, The t bin of contents for this month
presents a rich treat. Published by Low, Has •
& Co., 3114 Broadway, N. Y at $1 a year.
sEir The Fenn JorftwAL, fc , January, ha.
also been received. Pnblishea by Emlin &
Co., Phila., nt Si per year. Every farmer in
the county should have it.
Varrieb,
Et:sow—McMoaTate.—At the M. E. Parson•
aze in Huntingdon, by Rev. D. Shonff, Mr. W.
11. Kendig of Middletown, Pa., to Miss Jane E.
MeMurtrie, of Huntingdon, Pa.
Aceotnpanying the aboveme received a splen.
did cake for which we return to the lortly bride
and happy bridegroom, our kindest thanks and
happiest bow. May Heaven's richest gifts be
over showered upon them ; may they live for
ever on the "sunny aide" of life; and may they
have nothing to interrupt their bright journey
through life,—excepting those "little responai•
bilities' incident ton married life. Amen and
PATTERSO:i—KELLAR.—On the 25th tact., at
the house ofßobert Tussey near Spruce Creek,
Mr. Jams H. Patterson to Miss Ann E. Kellar.
511t.t.en—STEnt..—On the 23d of December, by
Rev. Win. 11. Hohnes, Mr. Jacob Miller to Miss
Mary Ellen Steel, all of Huntingdon to., Pa.
Mostitux—DELL.—Os the 25th ult.,. by the
same, Mr, James Monition to Miss Ann' Dell,
all of Hunt. co., Pa.
I Mtmcg-81, Non 1.17.. t the Etehango Hotel
on the 25th ult., by itev. 0. 0. ItleClean, Mr.
P. J. \Jinja of Centre no., to &Hee Margaret
Spanogle of WurriOrantark, hunt. no.
GROtt —PUOTZSIAN.—On the 15th of Norm •
her, by Rev. A. D. Still, Mr. David Grove to.
Miss Mary Prow:tan, all or Huntin g don co.
Coceu—Mtucn.—On the 24th ult., by the
seine, Mr. D. T. Couch to Miss Caroline
both of Huntingdon co.
/ COLL,. TiINE —ZEEK.--On the 25th Exit. by the
I some, Mr. Ifenrr Collabble to MIELE Eliza Jane
Zcek, both of prucu Creek, Ilumingdon co.
KYPER--PCIOTITAL,-011 the 23rd ult., by the
Rev. S. 1.1. Reid, Mr. Wm.Eyper to Mies Softlt
A. Peighi ol.
II u•gi---Cur.Turs.--On the 25th ult., Gy the
L... . • . Mr. Jelte to Miss Smelt .1. Colter,
Sri:A . ..U.—On the let inst.. by the
. Mr. James A. Seeds to Mist Mort A,
Spritukle.
tIIVISSR.rirrPS,
icy,
"I rota the Bellefonte
In 016 Borough, Very suddenly, on Friday
afternoon the 19th inst., Mrs. MARY JANE`,
wife of Edmund Blanchard, Esq., of this place.
and daughter of Solomon McCormick, of Luc'.:
Havel!, aged about 29 years.
[CONISICNICATEb.]
It is not Death Ih.tt assumes so much term.,
as the auddenne33 of its visitation. We can
pause at the tomb of tla 3 young, and weep, but
the young must die and yet tho young ore the
jewels of Poch family hearth. We coo rouse
AL the tomb of the aged, but the aged 00011 to
the world the proper trophies of Death, and
few weep when a silvered head or nwrinkled
brow goes to the 'tat resting place of Death's
cold pillow.
Iler whom we would commemorate was both
young moil beautiful. 13vautiful in her aetions
as a woman, alai more than beautiful in her
devetions as tl wife. Death WILS aware of all
them attractions, and Death, the insatiate ur.
cher, eh lined her on his own at a moment whutt
joy Bud, peace i lumioated the prospects of a
connubial future.
Mrs. Blanchard died very suddenly for one
so young. She was is good health a few Lours
before her death. This fact makes the loss
vere to her relatives, and sadly impressive to
her friends. Her short sojourn in Bellefonte
wen her those friends—friends who will long
remember her genial hospitality and tinassmn.
ing charity. They will renietnbor her because
she was frank in her associations when friend.
I ship prompted her to an acquaintance; and
they will remember her a wife who hallowed
her peaceful home with love and riffection. She
has net gone down to the grave unwept or en•
honored. She will be missed at home, missed
by the poor, and in religious emulation, missed
by those who bow at altars where bigott has
no emulators. fil'eace to her ashes,. a the
poor prayer of a stranger. a w
•
• In Petersburg, unit. 25th ult., after a lin.
goring illness, idr. John boArmit, aged 22 fro.