Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-12-01
State Finances.

and Treasurer on the operations of the
State Treasury during The past year. and
its present condition. We make sy-
norsis.
The receipts during t,r year ending
Oct. l., 1855, "lyom al sources OF teve'
nue., including the earnings &c, OF 'he
Internal Improvement fund were 81 i
746,95S OS. The expenditures were 81
IS2,s63. 70 meet the deficit, tempo.
rarv loan of $1,000 was obtained from
the banks.
A difference appears between the estl-
mate of receipts, submitted 10 the last
meeting of the legislature, and lbe actual
revenue, of S500,2ST "a. S468.387 90
of this deficiency occurred in the earnings
of the Internal Improvement fund which
were 5 l62,59l, instead of 5000, 976 60,
as estimated, on account MANY, as The
Auditor thinks, Of the falling of in pre-
miums paid on the bonds OF the common
wealth. Another item of the "ehciI IS 'he
loss in the revenue from hcehses--so4'-
O29 AZ. A third is siG,ll9 OF interest
due and unpa;d or the ]. K. and h. com
panv's bond. The falling off in the rev.
enue from licenses Is attributed, in great
part. TO the action Of many OF the county
courts in refusing licenses for the sale of
liquor. These three liens make an az
gregate of 1898, 535 IL from which if
we subtract the actual deficit of $780,
287 81, We have the respectable increase
of S3S, PAT % in the income from lands,
property and other ordinary subjects OF
taxation, over the estimate.
On the lst Of October 1854, the balance
in the treasury was S50,S9l 10. On the
same day of 1855 il was Sl5,0ls 60.
The Internal Improvement fund en-
braces S3,O44 2S2 as Of productive stocks;
Si,G06 62S loans secured by mortgage,
now unproductive Sl4,OO0,3GO 80 OF
stocks in works finished and S2,9S9 s34
63 Of stocks in works finished but unpro-
ductive total S24, 64l LOG Oh. The debt
of the State on the Isl October 1855, was
S24.7O5 40 GO. The loans obtained du- {
ring the year were 81, 4S6,609 76; and {
the payments TO Internal Improvement
companies and State roads 81 SOB 6S7 81.
The literary fund has now capital of I
Sl.64G.7S5 81, available. All but $780, s
562 So Is invested; and the nett income b
from the invested portion was S76,o6S 62
for tbe year. :
SHOCKING outrage Unequalled Crime.
1--we were informed, few days since,
of one oil the most outrageous occurrences
we have ever heard of. II appears that .
a gentleman by the name OF KEGS Murray
had difficulty pending between himself,
Henry ThornhIl and George johnson, all
living near Ma-ysvllle, Nodaway county,
Mo, and on w Wednesday evening, Oct. 81,
the two latter met the said Murray seated
in wagon drawn by yoke OF oxen, and
dispute ensued, TO which Murray TOOK
occasion to give the ''lie." The two lat
Ter then discharged the contents OF their
rifles into tie right thigh and Left side.
They then, assisted by person, we learn
bv the name of Sizemore, took the btltch
Of their guns and beat him in the most un-
godly and unmercilul manner. Not sat-
is6ed with their helIish conduct, they
then SET the vehicle on fire, in which lay
almost lifeless, the said Murray; and yet
not being satisfied, they set the prairie
around on FIRE, perhaps to disguise from
the scrutiny of The public eye the outrage
committed on Murray. But oxen took
fright, aud run TO neighbor's house, and
when frs, discovered by those who went
TO his assistance, he was enrobbed IN oui
few pieces of clothing. which were on
fire, and he was suffering in great agony,
being badly burnt and bruised.
Before death, being perfectly sensible,
he took an oath, before his God, whom he
soon expected to meet, that the three per
sons whom we mention, were the same
hat caused his Suffering, which Is he on
~ testimony vet found to convict them oil
being the perpetrators of this outrageous
affair. Mr.. Murray after much suffering
died on Thursday, rhe lst INST. Thorn
hill and Johnson we saw hand-cuited, en-
,ering the Jail in Savannah, Andrew coun-
~, Missouri; where they will remain ln-
carcerated until December, when they will
then be trieI in The Circuit Court of Nod
away county.
We learn that Szemore has not been
heard OF since the ahray. This is. per-
haps, unequalled in the history OF crime.
-WtstOn Reporter.
A FRIGHT IN CHURCH AND STAMPEDE
OF THE AUDIToRs.-The Rochester Dem
ocrat says Sunday evening was the oc-
casion of some unusual doings in ST. Pc
ter's church, at Rochester. The house
was compactly filed with people, seats
having been placed in the aisle TO accom-