1 cses-xo"s nsc I. ( r. 1 i i 0.UI3UU MCTH " EBE5SUlRO,( PA.l TncnsDAY, : : : Accust 9, 18G7. " DEMOCRATIC JTATE TICKET. " TO JtrrQK OP SUPREME COURT : nOV. GEORGE 8IIARSWOOD, DIM0CRAT1C COUNTY TICKET. PA& A8SFMELV : JOHN P. LINTON, Johnetown. - POR 8HEBTFP : . JOHN A. BLAIR, Ebensburg. TOB TBKASCBER : JOHN COX, Conemaugh. Fob commissioner : JOHN A. KENNEDY, Carrolltown. FOR JDBT COMMISSIONER : JOHN BUCK, Carrolltown. POR POOR HOUSB m HECTOR : JOHN D. THOMAS, Eben?burg. FOR AUDITORS : EDW. D. EVANS, Croyle, S years. JOHN F. ALLEN, Yoder, 1 year. 'for coroxer : J. A. HAKROLD, Johnetown. THE QUEEX'S EXGEISII. We once thought we had soma knowl edge of English Grammar, albeit that knowledge was acquired at the cottage tire- side, when we made Murray and Kirk Lam our vade uiecum, and afterwards when vc became a pedagogue, (perhaps a ped ant too,) and taught the science of lan guage, we felt no little pride in our ability to teach the juvenile in this important branch of education. Indeed, grammar at length became a passion with us, and we were wont to assail every composition we met, and if it did not reach our stand ard of grammatical accuracy, it was con demned. In short, ve were a monoman iac on the subject of grammar. We have recovered from this disease, and are now more desirous of being under ttood than we are of falling back upon the stilted Ftyle of a 6chool boy. Aud what little editorial we are able to furnish the readers of the Freeman is the labor of some ten or twelve hours per week only. Thus we are compelled to write in great haste, while surrounded with other busi ness, and we never revise our articles, and Jo not even read the proof. Hence it would be strange, indeed, if inaccuracies in language did not 1'rcquontly occur in our columns. Printers, who are practical men, expect this, and readers who are practical men overlook it. We were, therefore, somewhat aston ished the other day, while lying on a bed sickness, too weak to read, or even to think of the "weightier matters of the law." We asked for some light reading, nod of course the AUeghanian was brought. Here, the first thing that met our eye, notwithstanding the promise of a fortnight vVrevjou to leavj the Freenat "in its own slough," was a couple of columns devoted to us. We read them Dr. Bunn had prescribed something weak, and they just suited us, Th first article under the head of "Muddled," cuts up our English dreadful ly declares that oir English is "as cor rect when read backwards as in its usual order," and then goes olT into nearly half a column of thin, diluted trash, in conse quence of it3 discovery. We at once came to the conclusion that there was a forget somewhere L e., either our friend Todd forgot to write the article,- or forgot him self when- he did write iL It is not like him. He is a modest gentleman. He knows, as a practical printer, that errors will happen, and that it U unprofitable to discuss them ; and he in not a lawyer, and knows that it would bo indecent to refer to a brother editor outside of his edi torial character, aa his private business would be "none of his business." Hut yielding to narcotics which had been freely administered, the AUeghanian fell from our hand, and the tall, graceful form of its editor faded from our mental vision. We assumed that state peculiar to physical debility, in which Soranus se cures but half a triumph "mother words, wc were "half sleeping, half waking." W e were, or thought we were, in an office. A young lawyer was there seated, reading from "first lespons in English composition." His form was slight, his countenance sal low il0 wa, Ianteni-jiwed and wall-eyed be had a slightly bewildered appearance, which induced the fancy to us that he had the grnmmar mania with which we had been once afflicted. He seemed in the cryealis state between a schoolmaster and a lawyer. The Freeman came in and the young man seized it, opened it, and commenced parsing its contents, frequently referring to his "first lessons in English composition." His parsing revealed a nasal, Lachrymose, psalm-singing lone of voice, similar to that of a negro -preacher. He had not gone far when his look became wilder, his man ner more phrensied, and he jumped from his Mat with a wild laugh that destroyed the vision by arousing us from our stupor. We resumed the A Ueghariian, and draw ing on our Tiiion, we felt able to excuse this writer of 'Muddled A schoolmaster, redolent with the odor of the school room, could not make us argry about language. Qu that subject the moment he get a- composition," like Sancho Panza on hia j jackass, he is ready to fight windmills he is crazy. Is either can a lawyer of that kind, for his indecency in referring to our profession, provoke a retort, for the reason that we never abuse a lawyer WITHOUT A CAUSE. But hold I the best part ol the joke is not told yet 1 The article which threw this editor into ppasma denounced "the murder of Maximilian as a piece of un mitigated brutality." The English is pure and correct not an ungrammaticism in it. The only trouble is the grammar-mad editor thought it was not correct, upon the theory that every murder is an act of un mitigated brutality. The laws of tho State and the common sense of tho peo ple reply to this absurd theory. The laws of Pennsylvania n itigate murder in cer tain instances indeed, in three-fourths of all the cases tried to the second degree, which prevents the dimth penalty ; where as, without this mitigation, the jenalty is death. Nay, in a common sense view, some arc u:. mitigated brutalities, such as that of the i Wring family, Mrs. Surratt and Maxiiii;Han ; others are mitigated by the circu instances, as the murder of Cae sar by lSrutu, of Key by Sickles, &c. If the mad editor of the AUeghanian should have his theory adopted, murder could only be defined by the word murder ad jectives would be abolished and the pre vious accounts of horrid murder?, foul murders, &c., so often seen in the column uf all ihe papers, would be nonsense so far as defining the word murder is con cerned. But the crowning glory of the extrava ganza of this monomaniac is the last par agraph of the same article : "If the Freeman will apply at our office, we will give it a copy of first lessons in Eug lish composition." Now, "here's richness for you," as schoolmaster Squeers said when he diluted his skim milk with water. Just imagine the Freeman newspaper, which "has been enlarged to a seven column paper," as the Alley Juinian elsewhere very obscurely as serts, not only standing npon its own col umns, but resolutely walking down street, fluttering up the stairs, heading past Hughy McCoy's shop, entering the AUe ghanian office and receiving "within its lines" "u copy of first lessons in English composition," and gracefully retiring. If to this it could be replied that edito rial courtesy forbade using the word "editor," it is sufficient to say that in the tame article it is used, and more than that, UBed in a sphere outside the editorial ca pacity altogether, which, by the way, is always a gross indecency. We would suggest to the editor of the AUeghanian, however, that if the Freeman don't call for that copy of "first lessons in English composition," that he had better lend it out to somebody. It is a danger ous book, judging by its fruits. The Aegroes Bear tlie Palm. The "AUeghanian" has discovered that the Anglo-Saxons and the Negroes are the only humane and highly civilized peo ple on our continent. We ccngratuhile the Anglo-Saxon on his being placed, by this discerning organ, on a level with the African. How proud the Englishman and Puritan should be at this acknowled"- O ed equality ! Says the "AUeghanian" : "Three of the nationalities of Xorth Amer ica, the United States, Mexico, and llayti. have within a few years past been rent with attempted revolution. In each iustance, the attempt has been sigually disastrous. In two of them, no other punishment has been viaitcd upon the criminal parties, who sought to overturn righteous government, thaa the disappointment consequent on blasted hope. In the other instance, no severity has been too great in the judgment of the victors to inflict upon th vanquished. The two nations that thus deal in mercy are me -rtnuio-oaxoi s ij! me uiiitol :Utcs and the Afncan-Amcnj.ir.s of llayti." The editor de.; not stop to (ell us low the Anlo-Saxcr,o of the United States have inflicted no punishment upon "the criminal parties." Wo presume the no punishment referred to was confiscating lands, uprooting State governments, deny ing suffrage to i.iteM'geme because it was white and giving it to ignorance because it is black, and trying to hang Jeff. Davis till Greely beat the "blockheads," and bailed Lira out. But tho "AUeghanian" does explain the ciiuauon lor me IJaytien negroes. It says, with its usual clearness and purity of diction, for recollect its editor is seized of "the first lessons in English composi tion." Well, what does it say? Why this "learned Theban" says the Haytiens "grant amnesty to all offenders, saving one." Now, we suppose the editor knew what he meant, but whether it is that the amnesty granted to all offenders of his charcoal majesty was only enough to save one person, or whether the man that was saved was the only one that was hunt:, we leave to the editor and his "first lessons in English composition." Hayti was colonized by France, and belonged to her till 1790. Her exports then amounted to 27,828,000; now, ac cording to Mr. Sumner, they amount to 2,683,000 I Tien she exported 163 - 405,220 lbs. of sugar ; now she exports none, but buys her sugar from the United States 1 Tien she exported 930,016 lbs. of indigo ; now she exports none 1 TJrn she was instructed in the precepts of the Christian religion ; now her ignorunt and degraded masses, the late King himself included, have fallen into the old supersti tion of Africa, the religion of Vaudoux, or serpent worship. Any person who will read the report of Rev. Mr. Underbill, the agent of the Baptist mission, can satisfy himself of the grand moral idea featores of this Nation. This travesty of a govern ment contains a'populatiou about one-fifth equal to Pennsylvania. But the "AUeghanian" proceeds to say: But Mexico, on tho other hand, whose ruling class is of the Latin race, the same as Spain, Frauce and Italy, begins on the mo ment cf her triumph a career of blood that appals the world." And then follows an allusion to the mur der of Maximilian and General Mejia, af ter which this virtuous sheet gravely winds up thus : 'Were the regroes of Hayti thus cruel, the Democratic press of this country would never tire of making political capita! of their folly." Now, if everybody but the "AUegha nian" don't know the fact, it may be pro per to state, that so far from there being any truth in the above, the unfortunate victims of these atrocious murders were members of this same Latin race so much dpspised by the "AUeghanian." while the demon wno violated the laws of God and humanity, Juarez, has not a single drop of white Hood in his veins ! When Mexico aspired to self-government, and threw off the control of Spain, she abolished every species of slavery. This was wisa, had she stopped here, but she unwisely allowed the inferior races, the negroes, Indians and half bloods ("Greas ers") a controlling power in the govern ment. And Mexico is now in the hands of these inferior races just as certainly as are llaj'ti and Tennessee, But the Anglo-Saxons and the nogroc., par nulile f l utrinn, are the elect of Heaven the salt of the earth. They are called ui on by lleaven to be the rulers of these Welsh, Irioh, Spanish, French and Italian race. They are not of Old England English nor Puritans therefore they can participate in this Anglo-Saxon carnival. They had the misfortune to be born white, therefore be the praise given to the negroes. But the "AUeghanian" deprecates the Latin races, especially the people of Spain, Trance and Italy." This is ungrateful, but characteristic of the littleness of bio try which marks that paper. If Spain, through the heroic zeal of her Isabella and the almost superhnman saga city and intellectual power of her Colum bus, had not given America to the world, the editor's crcw-nies would have no coun try to govern, as they never pretended to govern themselves in Africa. Nearly four hundred years ago Columbus landed on this island of llayti, and with the emblem of Christianity borne before him, toak possession in the name of the Triune God The "AUeghanian" can boast that this Latin superstition is pretty well disposed of, and "a little green snake" is now wor shipped by this immaculate people. France, too, comes in for a share of condemnation. Their only wrong has been that when the Anglo-Saxons tyran nized over us they sent their gallant army, with the immortal La Fayette at their head, through whose assistance we secured our independence of these Anglo-Saxons. And Italy helpless Italy thy weak ness should have been thy protection. Thou hadst trouble enough, God knows, before this last allusion in the "Allegha jiian" put the capstone on thy woes. The editor should have known that the first crowned head of Europe that ever put a veto upon the "accursed slave traffic" was the occupant of St. Peter's chair, who from the Vatican interdicted the inhuman traffic as at war with Christianity. And this at a time, too, when our Anglo-Saxon friends were lining the coast of Africa with their vess.ds, and dealing in the ne groes that were lying around loose w'uh as much sang froid as a Jew would deal in old clothes. The Tkxmkssee Election-. In rcfer irsg to the late so called election in Ten nessee, the New York Times remarks : "The triumph of the Brownlow faelion proves only ihe success with -which it has manipulated the registration of voters. As an indication of State feeling or policy it amounts to nothing. When a man in office possesses the power of disfranchis ing opponents, his election or re-election can be considered only a sign of thorough, unscrupulous work not moral strength or personal or political popularity. And when he outrages propriety by appointing candidates a9 registrars, and 60 enabling them to adapt the lists to their own conve nience, the fact of their election follows as regularly as night follows day. Indeed, the Tennessee election was, on the whole, a meaningless formality. With four-fifths of the whites disfranchised, and with the registration altogether in the hands of Brownlow and his men, what signifies the vote of Thursday last." The Press says "the ballots of the colored voters of Tennessee were cast for freedom." Not the freedom of white men certainly, for the result of the Into so-called election in that State will con tinue in power a party which has dis franchised fifty thousand men. nr.! r,r vented by military force half that number s a more oi legal voters irora coming to the polls. When, therefore, the Press talks of the negroes voting for freedom it means freedom for blacks to trample on and in cu't whiter fPhilr A?. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gun-beat Kelly is announced to stump the state of Ohio for the Bads. At Georgetown, S. C-, a case was decided recently by a jury composed whol ly of negroes. A girl in New York, sixteen years old, has been twice married to boys of seventeen. The first train drawn by a locomo tive burning crude oil, went from Tidiont? to Irvincton, N. Y.. last week, and the trip was successful. Two deaf mutes in Lewistown had a fight the other day. They called each other names with their hands, and kicked each other's phins wiih their feet. The Southern people are reported to be very anxious for the introduction of white immigrants. Land is very cheap, and its fertility surprises Northern men. John We son, a shiftless fellow living at Boston Corners. New York, had the pood luck to find a box containins $5,000 in Spanish dollars, while picking berries in the woods, ihe other day. Twice during the Tennessee canvass the stars and stripes were torn from the stand where Etheridge was to speak, and trampled into shreds by the radical ne groes who support Brownlow. According to reliable medical te-ii no ny, delerium tremens can be throttled at its very outstart by the use of bromide of potassium. In no disease has its benefi cent effect been more marked than in epi lepsy. In Tennessee 45,000 whites were disfranchised und 00,000 negroes permit ted to cast the vote of the State, and through their representatives in Conjress, will make laws for tho people of Penn )ha ii A cheerful chap namrd Cullison, who has been officiating as a Methodist clergy man in Middlefield, Conn., proves to be a bizanvst wi h four wives living and the scent of the penitentiary pervading his pretended clerical robes. Susan C. Bodsa, the sleeping wonder of Kentucky, was never Inown to remain awake longer than ten minutes at a time in the last ten years. If some of the Mongrels would follow her example, the country would soon be at peace. At Canton, O., a Mrs. Tressell was seriously scalded a few davs n?o bv the - J bursting of a bottle in which she was put ting up berries, and which she had set upon a hot stove with the berries in it. It exploded, throwing the contents over her face. Simon Cameron supported Sumner's bill to force nrgro suffrage by act of Cong-ess upon all the Northern Stiti s, and Si mon Cameron's influence, it is said, nomi nated Judge Williams for the Supreme Court. "Straws show which way the current sets." On the 21st of August next an event will occur which has been only twice re corded in the history of celestial phenom ena, the appearance of Jupiter without sa tellites. Three of them will be passing across the planet's tltsc and tne other will lie immersed in its shadow. The appa rent absence of moor.s w ill not last more than two hours. It is beginning to leak out that the treatment of "rebel" prisoners during the war was extremely bad in fact rq"ially as bad as the treatment of Federal pris oners for which Wirz was hung. A full and fair investigation before a general court of humanity would probable result in the execution of Stanton and several other Radical barbarians. Gov. Geary ordered a falute to be fired at the State Capitol on the receipt of intelligence of Brownlow' s triumph over law, order and decency in Tennessee. White men arc disfranchised by Radical action, and buhied and insulted by negro soldiers, ami these acts .are celebrated by order of a Governor of this State. When will white men look at this matter in its proper light ? -The Pennsylvania railroad company carried over their toad, on the 4th day of July last, ho less than thirty-seven thous and seven hundred and twenty-four pas sengers without injury to any of them, and without the slightest detention to any of the trains of the road. This, while be ing a feat in railroading, proves the Penn sylvania to be one of the safest and best conducted roads in the country. Two little boys named Edward Pier and George Merryfield, while returning from school to their home's in Corry, War ren County,4Pa , a few days since, stopp3d to play on the sand bank, leaving their dinner pails by the side of the road. The bank caved in, buying both of them. But for the dinner pails remaining in sight, their fate mipht not have been discovered. They were both dead when extricated. Miss Catharine A. Sedgwick, the well-known authoress, died on Tuesday, near jJoxbury, Mass., in the seventy eighth year of her age. Her writings have endeared her to two generations of Americans, and gained her much fame in Europe as w;ell as here. She was the au thor of a great number of valuable works, essays, and stories in magazines, all pre vaded with her clear rood sense, ami graced by a charm of stjle of which she was the master during her wdiole life. Judge Williaoi3 approves the infa mous means taken in Tennessee by Brown low to perpetuate his usurpation, lie al so approves of the manner in which negro suffrage was forced upon the people, with out their consent at the ballot-box or in any other way. If elected a judge of the Supreme Court, he will necessarily ap prove of any bill which the Rump Con gress may pass for the enforcement of ne gro suffrage in Pennsylvania without popu lar assent. He must not bo elected. -The Scranton base ball club are making arrangements for as interesting and spicy a game of base ball a3 has been played anywhere this season. It will be a match for a beautiful cradle, between the married and unmarried members of the club. In case the cradle is won by the bachelors it will be held in trust h. the captain of that side, to be donated by him to the man of the nine who first gets married. In case the married men win this interesting article of furniture, their captain takes charge of if, until one of the - IWIU,,J A farmer named II. Metier, livi-. near Phillip.burg, N. J., has, it id said, a twin calf with a head containing four eyes and three jpw s. In the centre of its fore head is a larsc socket with two perfect eyes ; also, it has an eye on each side of the head. The three jaws are arranged in a row about the lower end of the head, each one containing a tongue. The calf is growing finely, ha mate is not remark able in its construction. Some adventurous fnirits i nvo. indulging in queer jiq.intic sports on the Hudson, near Troy. Three men raced across the river in washtuUs, a ttake only large enough to make the game interesting, and two of them were upset. Another race was between blindfolded boatmen in skiffs, from the shore to an island in the river. One of the contestants ran into the shore a mile below on the same side from which he had started. A Grur. Insensible ik Seven Weeks. At Dunsille, New York, says the Rochester Ejynxts, a little irl named Robinson, aged about ten years, was seiz ed after dinner with a sort of fit, htr mus e'es becoming as hard as a board.' Her jaws were firmly locked, the abdominal muscles hard, the toes drawn to the bot tom of the feet, the fingers tightly clenched and drawn into the palms of the hands, and the entire form so risid that she could be raised on end by the head or feet like a stick. At the same time her forearms were revolving round each other with a rsipidity that no well person could imitate. This motion continued for about half a day. Her respiration and the circulation of blood continued normal. In this strange condition the continued about seven weeks without taking a par ticle of nourishment, although eve'ry effoit was made to introduce food "in a liquid form though an opening ma le by extract ing a tooth, or by injection. The only med c.d agent that could sofen iho mus cles was chloroform, j.n 1 ti e effects of an a; plication only lasted four or five min-u-es. Oi;c3 she opened her eyes and replied to a question from her father: "Are you sick, Susan ?" "Yes father, I am very sick, and goin- to d.e." A li'i ment composed of chloroform, ammonia, camphor and turpentine, was finally resort ed to, and the entire skin was red with friction, the use o;hi;-l-, after a few d iv-, seemed to relax the muscular rigidity, and s-he at last became able to make signs for food. About seven days after sTie opened her eyes, she recovered the full use of her faculties, and she is now as well and i;s hearty as ever. Coxsi'mptiom Curable by Pr. Schenck's Medicines To cure CONSUMPTION the system must be piepared so that the lungs will heal. To accomp-ish this, the liver and stomach must first be cleansed and an appe tite created for good wholesome food, which, by these medicines will be digested pioperlv, and good healthy blood made; thus building up the constitution. SCUKNCK'S MAN DRAKE PILLS cleanse the stomach of ali bilious or mucuous accumulations; and, by using the Sea Weed Tonic ia connection, the appetite is restored. - Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is nntricousas well as me licinal, and by using the thiee remedies, all impurities are expelled from tha system, and good, wholesome blood made, which will repel all diseases. If patients will take the.-e medicines according to direc tions, Consumption very frequently in its last stage yields readily to their action. Take the pills frequently, to cleanse the liver and stomach. It does not follow that be cause the bowels are not costive they are not required, for sometimes in diarrko?a they are necessary. The stomach rnut.1 be kep't healthy, and an appetite creMed to allow the Pulmonic syrup to acton the respiratorv organs, properly and allay any irritation. Then all that is required to perform a j er manent cure K to prevent taking old. Exercise about the rooms as much as possi ble, eat all the richest fo.i fat meat, game, and, in fact, anything the appetite craves; but be particular and masticate well. The Gueatest Pain-Keliever is the YVoklo. Warranted superior to any other, or no pay, for the cure of Chronic Rheuma tism, To. thache. Headache, Sore Throat, Mumps, Burns, Cuts. Insect stings, Pains in the Baik. Chest, and Limbs. Sprains. Old Sores, Swellings; also, to take internally for Diarrl cei, Dysentery, Colic, Spasms, Sea Sickness, Vomiting, and Croup. It is per fectly inuocent to. take internally, if used according to the directions, and never fails, as thousands can attest. It was first intro duced in 1847, and now millions of bottles are annually sold. Every one who has once used it. continues to do so. and recommend it to their frien.ls as the most valuable medi cine extant. Certificates enough to fill a doze a newspapers have been recti ved by fr-. Tobias, llis medicine, the Venetian Liniment, will do all that is stated, and more. No one will regret trying it. Those residing at a distance from a physician, wiil find it a reliable medicine to have on hand in case of accidents. Ask for Dr. Tobias' Venetian Liniment, and take no other Price 50 cents and Jl. Sold by all Drug gists. Depot, 5G Cortlandt Street, N. Y. TO COrVSLMlPTIVES- The advertiser, having been restored to health in a few weeks bv a verv simole remedy, after having sufivred for several years with a severe lung affection, and that dread disease Consumption is anxious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it. ho will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge") with the directions for preparing and u.-fng fhe same, which they will find a sure cure tor the Consumhtion. Asthma, Bronchitis, Conghs. Colds, and all Throat and Lunr Affections. The object of the advertiser iu sending the Prescription is to benefit the afflcteel, and spread information which he conceives to be invaluable, and he hones every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a blcss ji.g. Parties wishing the prescription, free, by return mail, will please address REV EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg Kings Co., New York. ilRHORS OP vniTTii A gentleman who suffered for years from Nerve.us Debility. Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the sake of suffering hnmanity.Rend free to all who need it. th Vmiru. . for making the simple remedy by which he i Tiro r h wswl O -. I wlou- ouuererg wibhing to profit by the advertiser's experience, can do so by nnnxTD";inPfrectctnndence J0HN B. OGDEN. 42 Odar street N. Y -FJgr.Patent y Forks ;ftn VARIETY ! STYLE ! BEAUTY ! lARKER MORE NEW SUMMER GOODS AT Lowest Prices ! i i i ri ii I .in ! ii i ii A NEW AND EXTENSIVE STOCK OF eeilsi D1ESS GOODS, CLOTHING, r NOTIONS, &c., I DEFY Competition! EITHER IN GOODS OR PRICES and invite the ATTENTION OP PURCHASERS TO MY SUPERB STOCK or Cheap Cioods V. S. BARKER, EREXSBURG. Dry G 9