; j i i t : ! It. I.. JOIIXSTOH, Editor. iiH IS A FREEMAN WHO TH WtH HAKES FfLKE, AND At AK Svit, BESIDE; ' . - . fl. A. Wt'ttLE, PuttlUer VOLUME 2. The Cambria Froeman WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, At Ebensbvrg, Cambria Co., Pa. Al the failovsing rates, payable toithin three months from dtt of subscribing i One copy, one year, - - - - - $2 00 One copy, six months, .... 1 00 One copy, three months, - - 60 Those who fail to pay their subscriptions until after the expiration of six months will be charged at the rate of $2.50 per year, and those who fait to pay until after the ex piration of twelve months will be charged at the rate of J3.00 per year. Twelve numbers constitute a quarter; twenty-five, six months; and fifty numbers, one year. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One square, 12 lines, one insertion, $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, 25 Auditor's Notices, each, 2 00 Administrator!' Notices, each, 2 50 Executors' Notices, each, 2 50 Sstray Notices, each 1 50 3 mos. 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Am: iii ci ax Anti-Incrustation Company's Office. Ne. H7 Socth Fourth Strkxt, PHILADELPHIA. THE ANTI-INCRUSTATOft Will remove scales from STEAM BOILERS mid keep them clkav, render the Boiler leas liable to explosicw, asd c aiding a great sav )xo or FUEL. These Instruments hae been id successful use during the last two tears in many of the LARGE kstablimiments of Philadelphia and oth tr p.irts of the Unite.i States, from which the OHT FLATTERING TKSTIMOS1ALS Of their WON kkrful SAViya of fuel a I'd LABoa have been t3PPARTIE9 hating BOILERS Would do Veil to call at the office and examine testimo nials, etc. JOHN FAREIRA, Pres't EJ!ra Likfn'8, Sec'y and Treaa. f.ju.4. 3m .i:iiesihjrg ?m m sis mim H AVING recently enlarged our clock we are now prepared to sell at a great reduction from former prices. Our stock con sists of Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy Soaps, Leon's, Hall's and Allen's Hair Restor atives. Pills, Ointments, Plasters, Liuimehts, Pain Killers, Citrate Magnesia, Ess. Jamaica Ginger, Pure Flavoring Extracts, Essences, Lemon Syrup, Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syrup, Rhubarb, Pure Spices, &c. ; CIGARS AND TOBACCOS, Plank Books, Deeds, Notes and Bonds; Cap, Post, Commercial and all kinds of Note Paper; j'lnvelopes, Pens, Pencils, Arnold's Writing Fluid, Black and Red Ink, Pocket and Pass Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Novels, His toriea, Bibles, Ueligious.l'rayerand Toy Books, Penknives, Pipes, ie. t We have added to our stock a lot of FIN E J EWELRY, to which we would invite the attention of the Ladies. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS at lower prices tli an ever offered in this place. Puptr and Ciparpjaold either wholesale or re tail. LEMMON & MURRAY, July 30, 1858. Maiu Street, Ebensburg. I FOREIGN SII il'PING AJD EXCHANGE OFFICE. We are now Belling Exchange (at New York Kates on England, Ireland, Scotland, nr-TLr. Germanv. Prnssia. Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, Ilesson, Saxony, Hanover, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Norway and France. And Tickets to and from any Port in England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France, California, New South Wales or Australia. KERR & CO. AILEY, FARRELL & CO., LEAD PII'E, SHEET S BAR LEAD MABuTACTBRIRS ALSO, Ijg Lead, Iron Pipe, Rubber Hose, - jsteam Ganges, Whistles and Valve 8, Iron and Copper Sinks and Bath Tubs, : steam Pumps, Farm -Pumps and Forte Pumps, And every description of good for WATER, CAS &, STEAM. No. 167 Smithfiklo Stkekt, PITTSBURGH, PA. ggy Send for a Price List. apr.23.-ly. 10 AAA PRIME CIGARS just re JU,UUU ceived at M. L. Oatroan's,! one door east of "Freeman',' office. Also, a large stock pf the best brands of Chewing Tobacco. Cig.ai whefale prices: TENTISTRY. The undersigned, - graduate of the Balti more College of Dental Sur- ?ery, respect ully offers his PROFK3SIOyA . services to the citizens of Eb- ensburg and Vicinity, which place he will visit on the fourth Mondat of each month, to re main one week. Aug.13. SAM'L BELFORD, D. D. 3. ENTISTRY. l)r. D. W. Zeig- ler has taken the rooms nn Tt . . . . mgu street recently occupied byjr ,wj L.loyd k Uo. as a Banking House,1 and offers his Drofessional servi ces to the citizens of Ebensburg and vicin ity. Teeth extracted witJiout pain by use of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas. DR. H. B. MILLER, ALTOONA, PA., Operative and Mechanical DENTIST. Office au Caroline street, between Virginia and Emma streets. All work warranted. Altoona. June 18, lb3.-6m. GREAT BARGAINS!!! Will be sold at a great sacrifice, if sold soon, a number of THRESHING MACHINES, PLOUGHS, POINTS and other FARMING IMPLE MENTS, and CASTINGS. COME AND SEE, FARMERS, and vou cannot Ml to purchase. Ebensburg, "July 30, 18C8. E. GLASS. L. O A T M A N , EBENSBURG, PA., Is the sole owner of the Right to Manufacture and sell THE UNEQUALLED METROPOLITAN OIL!! TAMES J. OATMAN, M. D., tenders his professional services as Phy sioian and Surgeon to the citizens of Carroll town and vicinity. Office in rear of build ing occupied by J. Buck & Co. as a 6tore. Night calls can be made at hi residence, one door south of A. Liang's tin and hardware store. May 9, 1867. T DEVEREAUX, M. D., Pht sicias and Surgeon, Summit, Pa. Office east end of Mansion House, on Rail Itoad street. Night calls may be made at the office. fmy23.tf. 1TJ J. LLOYD, successor to R. S. BcsN, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, ifc Store on Main street, opposite the "Mansion House," Ebensburg, Pa. October 1?. 1867.-6m. D. M LAUGHLIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Johnstown, Pa Office in the Exchange building, on the wornerof Clinton and Locust streets up stairs. AVill attend to all boaiaeaa connect ed with nfs profession. Jan. 31. 1867.-tf. B.I. JOHKSTOX, j g. sCANLifc. JOHNSTON & SOANLAN, Attorneys at Law, Ebensburg, Cambria CO., Pa. Office opposite the Court House. Ebensburg. Jan. 81. 1867.-tf. JOHN P. LINTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Johnstown, Fa. Office in building on corner of Main and Franklin street, opposite Mansion House, second floor. Entrance on Franklin street. Johnstown. Jan. 31. 1867.-tf. F. A. SHOEMAKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ebensburg, Pa. Office on High street, one door East of the Banking House of Lloyd & Co. January 31, 1867.-tf. F. P. TIERNEY. I TTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg, Fa.--il Office in Colon ade Row. Jan. 5, 1867-tf. JOSEPH M'DONALD, & TTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg . Pa. Office on Centre street, opposite Linton's Hotel. Jan. 31, 1867-tf. JOHN FENLON, - ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg Pa Office on High street, adjoining his resi dence. Jan 31, 1867,-tL GEORGE W. U ATM AN, I TTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg, Pa. H Office in Colonade Row, Centre street. January 31, 1867.-tf. ' WILLIAM KITTELL, & TTORNEY AT LAW; Ebensburg, Fa. Office in Colonade Row, Centre street. Jan. 31. l867.-tf. CL. PERSUING, Attokkey-at- Law, Johnstown, Pa. Office on Frank lin street, upstair, over John Benton's Hardware Store. Jan. 31, 1867. M. II. SEC H LEU, Attobnet-at-Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office in rooms recently occupied by Geo. M. Reade, Esq , in Colonade Row, Centre street. aug.27. GEO. M. READE, AttornegalLawt Ebensburg, Pa. Office in new building recently, erected on Centre street, two doors from High street. aug.27. JAMES C. EASLY, Attorney-at-Law, CarroZLUnon, Cambria Co., Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly attended to. Jan 31. 1867.. XT KTNKEAD, Justice of Vie react - - and Claim Agent.- -Office removed to the office formerly occupied by M. Ilasson, Esq,, dee'd, on High St.'. Ebensburg. J13. S. STRAYER, Justice of the Peace, Johnstown, Pa. Office on the corner of Market street and Locust alley, Second Ward. dccl2-ly- EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER , 1868. original. "MY PRETTY MAMMA ! I have such a pretty mamma Bleeping quietly upstairs, With her hands as ideely folded as she keeps them when at prayers, ' With her hair, so soft and shining, parted smoothly from her face. And a wreath of flowers fasten'd there to keep it in its place. She is looking pleased and happy, and 1 think she dreams of me. For she smiles a little, as she does when I am on her knetU When I went to kiss her softly, very Carefully ; 1 atepp'd. For my papa often told me not to wake her when she slept. But I could n't hear her breatbingj and she looked so white and still, That I went and whispered to him that my mamma must be ill. I was sorry when I told him, but 1 did n't want . to cry, For he says it is n't manly for so large a boy as t ; But 1 gtiess it made him pity me to see how hard 1 tried. For my great big papa drew my head upon bis breast, and cried. Then he said she was n't illi but only sleeping where she lay : And I think he told me, after that, she'd have to go away ; But I'll go as well as mamma, for be promis'd me I should, Oh I to stay with ber forlter, if I tried to be as good. Linnet. OUR FOREIGN LETTER. Correspondence of the Cambria Freeman. Paris, September I, 1&6& The American who visits Europe for the purpose of sight-seeing will do well 'when landing at Liverpool to do the places between that and London, upon his way to the great city, and also before leaving England's boasted city, see all the interesting sights to be found therein, before crossing that narrow water, the English Channel, and seeing Paris; for Paris, the heart and soul of France, once seen, with its beautiful buildings, its elegant streets, beautiful shops and gaily dressed cit izens, London, with its dark, soot-begrimed old houses, its narrow, crooked, and ften dirty, streets, its sombre-looking inhabitants all dressed after the one pattern, (and in American eyes, a peculiar pattern.) loses nearly all the charms it at first possessed, and Paris, only Paris, is then enjoyed. Ob serving only the dress of those around him in Paris, a New Yorker would be unable to determine that he was away from home, so closely do the styles of dress in the two cities resemble each other. It seems strange that with New York city three thousand miles from Paris, and London not three hundred miles away, vhe dress of the New Yorker so much resembles that of the Parisian that the difference can hardly be detected, while that of the Londoner is so different and peculiar that he is known in a moment. Johnny Bull, notwithstanding the warm weather, (and it was fearfully warm in London dur ing this summer,) dresses in the heaviest material, buttons his coat closely about him, wears around his burly neck a cravat com posed of about a square yard of silk, and claps upon his head the inevitable black silk high hat4 and with a flower in his button hole, saunters out to swelter in the heat ; while the Parisian uses such material for his clothing as Veeps off the heat, and does not think his dignity gobe forever if he dons a etraw hat, or a low-crowned hat of any other material, so it is in keeping with the balance of bis dress, (for good taste seems to crop ont at all times,) and seems to be prepared for whatever amount of heat Is dispensed. A few such warm seasons as the one just fussed might have the effect of causing a change in the style of John Bull's attire, for duiiug the past season numerous letters were sent to the Times suggesting that gentlemen set the example and discard clothing unsuit able to the season, in the hope that the lower classes, whose occupations caused them to be exposed to the heat, might follow the example thus set them. But I started to say something of Paris, and must do so. Paris, no matter when it was first founded, for authorities differ about it, or whom it was named after, for here again there is a difference of opinion,' is certainly the head quarters of Euiopean luxury and pleasure, and offers to the visitor the noblest houses, the most imposing streets, the finest pleasure grounds, and has the greatest variety and best regulated amusements of any city in the world ; and yet, notwithstanding the position now occupied, improvement is being made, aod the . attractions multiplied every year. Old houses are being torn down, and in thelf stead new ones of most beautiful design and elegant finish are erected ; old streets are "wiped out" of existence, and beautiful broad avenues take their places ; while the finest opera house the world has yet seen is rapidly being completed, at a cost of $3, 500,000, gold. The situation of the city, especially those parts bordering on the slug gish river Seine, can hardly be considered good, yet so perfect Is the system of drainage and sewerage, that anything like sickness from this cause is not known. -The streets and roadways are so cleanly swept that one may walk for miles in the carriage wy with out soiling the most highly polished shoe; aad in many cases I have seen the carriage ways scrubbed as foot-walks1 are scrubbed at home, with broom and water; So smooth are the streets that the smallest ponies draw such loads as would call forth the interven tion of the "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," and that seemingly without effort, and one is almost inclined to think that carriages used here would never need repair, but when their term of service was ended that they went to pieces like the 'Wonderful One-horse Shay' Most inter esting museums, and collections of all that Is interesting in sculptures, paintings or curi osities, (the Louvre Museum' being probably the finest collection In the .world ,) are open to the public free of charge, and beautiful gardens, abounding in shaded - walks and cool retreata, with charming fountains con- Btantly Jplaying, and excellent music dis coursed at certain hours of the day, are to be found all over the city, and are fully made use ofj for at certain hours all Paris seeitis to torn olit and heartily enjoy what is offered All this of course costs a great amount of money, which the people have to pay ; but though we at home often read of grumbling and discontent, no evidenced of it are shown to the casual visitor, and aa a proof that the people have confidence in the government, the Peal to obtain a share in the late loan is cited. I was passing, late at night, along the Rue Rivoli, on which is situated the ho tel of the Minister of Finance, add upon the side-walk In front of the building was gath ered a motley throng of the lower class, nttm kerlng I can scarcely say how many. Some were chattering as only the French can chat ter, others were smoking their pipes or ci garettes, or eatiflg a frugal lunch, while more Were quietly sleeping upon the stone side walk. The crowd attracted my attention, but I passed on. For three nights in suc cession did I notice the same thing; but on the third evening the crowd was so large that a squad of eergens de title, or police, was on duty to preserve order. On this oc casion I made inquiry, and found that these Eeople were only woUld-be'subscribers to the ah, who, taking time by the forelock, had come early to stay all night, that they might be on hands in good time on the norrow. The sight was a singular one, and if these people are of the dissatisfied, and are r.nly awaiting the opportunity to cause a change in government, I can only say they exhibited a strange desire to get rid of their moneyi Among the better classes whom I have met, the pride they haVe in their beautiful city seems to sanction all expenditure of .money for improvements such as I have mentioned as taking place ; and to the poorer classes the work it gives them is a sufficient recom pense for the taxes paid, to say toothing of the pleasure they take in the public gardens, etc. During the summer season the Parisians nearly all seem to live out of doors. On all the principal thoroughfares, and in fact on all streets, are located cafes and restaurants, where Coffee, wine, beer, absynthe, cognac, &c, &dij without limit, are dispensed to the thirsty ones. In front of these establish ments upon the" bldewalks are great numbers of small tables, around w'hich sit those who refresh themselves, aDd in the open air, in full view of all passers by, calmly and com placently sit and sip whatever they have seen fit to order. It is quite tbe style." Everybody does it, and nobody finds fault with it. Coffee with cognac is the favorite drink, seemingly, but absynthe is to a seem ingly fearful extent disposed of, and consider ing the fact that an absynthe drinker IS about as far gone as an opium eater, there must be a number of Frenchmen on the way to ruin. The rotation of meals which a Parisian usu ally observes is about as follows s Upon rising, generally pretty late, he has a cup of cafe au lait, (coffee with milk,) & petit pain, (small roll of bread,) and possibly some but ter, (always un salted,) and if in season, a few radishes ; about 12 o'clock he takes a breakfast, or luncheon, of bread and meat aud a bottle of wine ; between five and six o'clock he takes dinner, consisting of about three to five courses, and during an hour or so later takes half a cup of coffee without milk and a small glass of brandy. These meals are generally all taken at the public coffee-rooms or restaurants, and as I stated before, all classes of people frequent them ; though it is said that the desire to live a more retired mode of life is gaining ground, and the number of those who take their two chief meals at home is Increasing. This is looked upon by most Americans as a sign that while America, in the matter of fashions in clothing, copies after France to a certain extent, France is disposed to copy many things after America. The adoption of American ideas in France is more likely to take platfe than the adoption of anything new in England, and this is shown by the fact that there is now in operation on the rue Malasherbes, one of the prominent streets, an American cracker bakery, where all sorts of American crackers are made and sold, and in connection with the establishment a gen nine American ' soda water fountain, the foaming water being served out by a good looklns American citizen of African descent from Baltimore, and both branches of the establishment, I am informed, are well pa tronized. At all times a crowd of curious people congregate about the window, evi dently admiring the workings of the appa ratus, but seemingly afraid to indulge.- Besides these 1 have noticed, in sundry show windows labeled "cravates Americaine," a display of neckties, bows, &c, such as are worn at home, and whiob are quite diCefent In many respects from these made on this side ; and have notiecd repeatedly advertise ments of "Americaine Gray's Papier Col lares." At hotels now-a-days the table d hole, or public table, is generally patronized in perference to taking meals in . private rooms ; and in many other ways the tenden cy to adopt our ideas and manners is evinced. A GRAND BEVIEW. I was quite fortunate in being in Paris upon the 14th aud 15th days of August, the former day being the occasion of a grand review of troops, and the day following, the great Parisian celebration, the " Fetes Na poleon." At the review, which took place on the Champs Elysee, about forty thousand troops were drawn up in two lines along the beautiful thoroughfare, and with a -great sounding of trumpets and beating of drums, the Emperor and Prince Imperial,' preceded by a squad of the celebrated Gentre ' Garde and followed by a ' numerous staff, lode from one end of the lines to the other, both of th"m acknowledging repeatedly the sa lutes of the assembled thousands. - The Em peror looks somewhat older than most of the pictures and photographs which we see at home represent him to be, but still looks as though he might for some time yet be able to take care of his efaapire. ' Tne Prince Im perial, now about thirteen years of age, is a fine looking boy,' with a fine face, but seem ingly too large a development of head for the size of his body. The review brought out a treat crowd of noople.' who. after the m affair was over, quietly dispersed, many of them, doubtless, to get ready lor the festivi ties of the morrow. ' TffB empebob's fetk. barring (he cause. of the celebration, may be compared to the American Fourth of July upen vcrv large seal The celebration takes nl&ta -"o"M wm c&';zi Year auu is arranged by the Emperor, he giving from his private purse largely to the poor, aged and infirm in all parts of the city, and pro viding open air theatres, with good perfor mers, for the amusement of the people. A full description of how the day was celebrated would require more space than I care to take, so I give a mere outline of the order of the day. to give some idea of how things of this kind are managed here. At six o'clock a salute was fired from the guns at the Hotel dea Invalidea. announcing the commence ment of the fete, after which came an abun dant distribution of alms to the poor. The troops received an additional alljwanee of wine, and permission to remain out of their barracks until twelve o'clock at night. They were also allowed half a day's extia pay AtJ;n; o'clock high mass was celebrated with a Te Deum at Notre Dame, and about the same hour the different theatres and other places were thrown open, free admission be ing granted, and the very best artistes ap pearing, of course all these places of amuse ment were crowded to excrs. but the con duct of the audience, composed principally of the working classes, was of the most ex emplary character. The Trocadero, a large open space in the West End, was the scene of innumerable amusements In the way of theatres, shooting galleries, flying horses, etc., etc., etc., such as one sees surrounding one of our Slate of County Agricultural .. no, uuiuui more extended scale, ami here the people were to be found in great num bers, enjoying tbemselvts at the top of their bent, There were vast crowds of people to be found everywhere, but the best of order prevailed, and no crowding or pushing any where. The crowning glory of the whole cel ebration, however, was the grand illumina tion in the evening, and display of fireworks, which took place at thiee different places in the cityi On each side of the Champs Elysee thare are rows of gas lamps, the posts being about twenty feet apart, and the distance being, froui Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomph. about two miles and a half. Each of thesa posts was surmounted w ith twenty gas-burners, and the posts connected together by pipes on which there were twen ty burners, between the posts. All these burners were covered by ground glass shades, white in color. These when lighted presented one continuous line of Haht, the effect of which can hardly be imagined, and which it would require a better pen than mine to describe ; while on the numerous trees, on oach side of the street, thirty thousand paper lanterns of all colors, were hung and all the public buildings were illuminated in the most beautiful manner, the gas jets, for the most part, following the outline of the build ing, so that you could rapi lly distinguish, from a very great distance, any of the many public edifices. At nine n'rlork tVio irranrlott display of fireworks that could be imagined was given from the square surrounding the Arc de Triomnh. Aftr toIiik th fir;n r guns announced the close of the fete, and the crowd began to retire. One thing that attracted my especial at' tention was the excellent conduct of the mul titude tnat had assembled in the streets to view the illumination, fireworks, etc. There was no boisterous jM.j.V, crowding, but everything was conducted in the most pleasant manner. Of such an oc casion in an American or English city, I am certain I could not have written as much. About half past eleven at night a violent liehtninsr. burst over the ritv and nnii-Hn oiu Biuiui. BccumDaniea iiv tnnnner unci dispersed the few people left on tho streets, uu ooou every cony was at come, ana the city presented its usual appearance. B. A Lady's Tribute to Seymour. The Revolution, ; Mrs. Cady Stanton's paper, publishes this extract from a letter of a lady in regard to ibe Presidential nomination i , In private conversation Governor Sey mour Is instructive and interesting, and is, if possible, more remarkable for his elegance cf manner, and graceful courtesy iu the drawing room than for his matchless and magnetic power as a public speaker. Al though most captivating in private life, he is in no sense a msa of forms or fashion. In his presence the plainest persons are at their ease and feel at once that they are with a kind and good man, Democratic in all his instincts, principles aud parposes. Simple and unostentatious, strictly temperate, he uses neither strong dor spirltous liquors. Est tobacco ; of the most refined tastes and ele vated morals ; it is said of him, by those who have known him from his early youth, that he was never under the influence of strong drink never known to. tell an untruth of utter a profane oath to indulge in a vulgar fitofy, a coarse anecdote or an obscene jest nor did he ever tiolats the proprieties of the Sabbath, or sit at the gambler's table, nor cross the threshold of more fashionable vice. Purity of life is with him a marked charac teristic. Educated in the Episcopal church, he has ever remained faithful to its com munion, a'doTning its doctrines by a blame less life and multiplied deeds of charity. Yet free from sectarianism, he has contribu ted liberally to the erection of every other church and place of public worship iu the city of Utica and its vicinity. An active Trustee of Hamilton College (a Presbyterian restitution) he has been made by it an L. L. D-, as well as by a Methodist University in another State. The children of the orphan asylum have been guests at his house ( which is a house of prayer,) and it was noticeable that, when the news of his nomination reach ed Utica, thesechildren spontaneously turned out in procession, and manifested their joy in many pleasant ways peculiar to the inao cency of ehilohood. . .The Newport Itfereurg, established one hundred and ten years ago,' bad Ben jamin Franklin's ores?, the first imported from England, in 1720, and on which f ho first newspaper of: the country; is said to have been printed, twelvo years .later. -The Mercury bears an odd contrast to' the to the great metropolitan dailies, typo graphically and editorially. It continues to be worked oft "on " ah old hand press, and one nran 6oe3 the greater part of tbo editorial labor,- including sweeping the olEoo ami doing tbo "chores." ". I GREAT EARTHQUAKES. The following is a list, hastily ptit to gether, of the principal earthquakes in modern times i Earthquake in Syria in lS37. This was felt on a line of 500 miles in length by 90 in breadth : 6,000 person3 perished. Valdivia, in Chili, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1837. In 1837 an earthquake was felt Iri Con ception, in Chili ; it extended from Cop uap and Chiloe from north to south, and from Mendoza to Juan Fernandez from1 east to west. In November, 1835. Conception wns shaken by a severe terremote, extending to Osorm, more than 400 miles distant. On the 2d of February, 1835, the whole island of Tschia was shaken to its foundation. On the ICth of November, 1827, the plain of Bogota was convulsed. In November, 1822, the coast of Chili was visited by a most destructive earth quake. In 1815 the province of TomWo, in the Island of Sumbana, about 200 miks from the eastern extremity of Tava, was de stroyed. Uf a population of 12,000, twenty-six individuals only survived ; and the area over which the effects extended was 1,000 square miles in circumference. In March, 1812, violent ebocks of earthquake were felt at Caraccas. The surface undulated like boiling liquid and terntic shocks were heard underground ; 10,000 of the inhabitants were buried under the ruins, and the mountain Sllla lost about 300 feet by subsidence. In 1811 and '12, earthquakes were felt In South Caroliaa and the Valley of the Mississippi from New Madrid to the mouth of the Ohio in one direction, to and the St. Francis in another, and was con vulsed in such a degree as to create new lakes and islands. Humboldt, in the Cosmos, remarks that this is one of the few examples on record of the Incessant quaking of the ground far from any vol cano. The grave yard at New Madrid was precipitated into the bed of the Mis sissippi, and Cramer's Navigator, publish ed in nttsbnrgh in 1811, states that the ground whereon the town was built, and the river bank for fifteen miles below, sank eight feet below their former level. A space of land, three hundred miles long by one hundred broad, were suddenly drained at New Madrid during the same earthquake. In 180G a new island in the firm of a peak, with low conical hills upon it, is said to have risen from the sea among the Aleutian Islands, east of Kamschatka ; and in 1814 another extraordinary convul sion happened in the sea of Ifnalaschka, in the same archipelago. A new Island of great size with a peak 3,000 feet high, as Milton says, 41rose like an exhalation." On the morning of February 4, 1797, the volcano of Tanguragus, in Quito, and the surrounding districts, experienced an undulatory movement, lasting about four minutes. In the same year four fifths of the town pf Cumana was shaken down. In Canada earthquakes occurred in 1663, in 1721 and in 1791. In the Caraccas, on St. Matthew's day, 1790, an earthquake caused the granite 8 oil to sink, and left a lake 800 yards in diameter and from 80 to 100 in depth. In March, of the same year, at Santa Maria di Niscemi, some miles from Ter ranova, near the southern coast of Sicily j the ground gradually Gunk for a circumfer ence of three Italian miles, and in one place to a depth of thirty feet. In 1786 there was an earthquake in Java. The shocks of the earthquakes at Cala bria began in 1783, and lasted till near the end of 1786. 40,000 died of disease consequent npon their suffering. in 1 44 z tony villages in o ava were destroyed. In 1770 a great part of St. Domingo was shaken, and a previous earthquake, namely, in 1751, had de stroyed Port au IVince, its capital. Chittagongy in Dergal, was destroyed in 17G2. The earthquake at Lisbon took place on the 1st of November, 1755 On the 24th of May, 1751, the town of l'enco was totally destroyed; In 174G Peru was visited by a tremen dous earthquake. In the first twenty four hours two hundred sbo.ks were expe rienced. Lima was destroyed and part of the coast near Callao converted into fl bay. Nineteen vessels in Callao harbor Were sunk, 4,000 citizens lost their lives. In January, 1699, fro less than two hundred and eight shocks were felt in Java. In 1868 Quito was again afflicted. In 1893 f hocks of earthquakes spread over the whole of Sicily and the city, of Catania, and forty-nine other places were leveled to the ground thenjinber of killed being almost incalculable. In 1692 Ibcro was an earthquake at Jamaica, aud in 1693 in the small isle of Sorea. In 1759 the sliocks in Syria were pro tracted for tlre month?, ri'id folt over a faco of mcfo than 10,000 Square leagues. Accon, Ualbec, Damascus, Sidon, Tripoli and many other plates were leveled to lha Ground, and over 20,000 prisons" perished. : In 18G8 there was a great earthquake at St. Thomas. . Men cartSrcf be c?ecent without tlic nrans of decency, nor; moral without tho external conditions of morality. - 1 NUMBER 35. TAX OFflCE fCEXC. Ta CoixECTbft. NW. Mri Jav Cooke we are ready for you, sir. Your iuone5 and credits nhow 120,000 iOtif household furniture, office fixtures, hordn and bu-rsy and Sitae more little ' thinps foot up ?1,575 more. Total, $124,575. Deduct $120,000 held in Five-4wenl7 Government bond, which fife hot taxable, and the. balance is $4,575. Your State and county tax on this last amount is 71.50. Nowj Mr. Bellows, I have your receipts ready. Your money and credits siiott1 950 ; shop fixtures and tctolsj $1,875 ; household furniture $85 ; horse and wagon, S275. . Total, taxable foe State andjeounty ptfrposes, 3,950. Tax, $79; Bet lows. 1 low is this, Mr. Collectoif Jay Cooke's personal property amounts to 124,575, and he pays only 71, State and county tax ; while I, with less than 5,000, all told, am asked to pay $3.50 mce thnn lieL Jay Cooke. An, my good friend!, & word with you. You see my 120,000 in bonds are not taxable. In the country's extremity with other truly loyal men. I came to the rescue with my greenbacks; I loaned my bleeding country, threatened with destruction by rebels and copper beads, my money, and with the gratitude" which becomes a grateful people, engaged in the interests cf God and" humanity, I am exempt. Thus it should ever be with a magnanimous Christian people. Keuavs. And I, in my country's real extremity had no greenbacks to loan, but 1 shouldered my musket and gave my body to the cause, a leg of which I left on the field of St-Mcty &i you see ? bat a greatful people, engaged in the in terests of God and humanity, have ba4 no tax exemption for me. Your boys were ablj-bodied yonng men, and fearing you might lose them, you paid enough to secure,, my two sons as cubstitutes, and both were killed before Petersburg. Your position may be all right, but I real ly can't see it. J.r Cooke. Wut you see, Mr. Bel lows, mine was a Volutffary act. I could not be compelled to furnish the money. You volunteered it is true, but ycfti would have been compelled to go. BEuxrvvs.--Yes, sif. I did volunteer: when my services were needed ; but you? voluntary act was after the" act was dorfe; When you felt sure your investment vas safe, and if it wasTnot ssife arfid the rebel lion was successful, thefl we" were all In the same boat. The policy that exempts your hundreds of thousands from taxation and taxes my few hundreds is founded ofl villainy,4sir; You loaned your greenbacks! worth less than sixty cents on the dollar, and are now claiming dollar for dollar in gold in payment In gold interest, with the fofmcT and present depreciation of paper, you have been paid twice over and if you should lose every dollaf yOtl advanced, you would still be Whole. 1 risked my life, gave a limb and my twd darling boys to the cause, and when I came home to m'y family arid to work for' their support, I am - made to pay full National, State and county taxes ofl fiiy little possessions, while your bonds, pur chased With depreciated greenbacks are exempt. This nice little gattle of O!od- and-humanity, universal liberty, superfine' loyalty and patriotic' disinterestedness, 14 downright deceit ahd robberysir. With our ballots, next Jib'rember, we will sink any man or set of men who stand up for it so deep that Gabriel's trumpet will never reach theiS. o you mind that, Mr. Jay Cook ? Exit disputants. Tax CoiXECTOit. sotus.- It strikes thia individual rather forcibly that it ain't till Wind that blows' out of that Bellows. Newark Uaily JcurnaL A Dream Bemarkablt Fulfilled. Ilev. Li. Wi Lewis is now publishing , ja the Texas Christian Advocate, his Remi niscences of the War, and gives this re markable' instance of the fulfillment of a dream i 'A man by the name of Joe Williams' had told a dream to' itfany of his fellow soldiers, some of whom had related it to me months previous to the occurrence'. which I now relate : He dreamed, that we crossed a river, marched over a moun tain and came near a church, located itt A v?ood, near which a terrible battle ensued and in a charge just as .we crossed the ravine he ttffs shot in the breast; On the ever memorable 7th of December 1862j as we moved at double-quick to take tttot place in the llfte of battle, then already hotly engaged; we passed Prairie Grove Chuichj a small frame building belonging to the Lumberland I resbvtenans. I was riding on the dank of the command, and opposite to William's, as we came" in view of the house. 'That is the churchy Colo nel,' I saw in my dream,-' said he. I ratode ho reply, and never thought of the matter again until in the evening we had broken the enemy's fine and were in full pursuit when we came upon a dry ravine' in the woods and William? &rtd 'Just on tho other side of the hollow 1 was shot in ray dream, and I will stick toy hat coder my shirt.': Suiting the action to the. word, as he ran along he doubled it up and crammed It into his bosom. Scarcely had he adjusted it before H ininme ball knocked him out of the line. Jurnping up quickly, he pulled out his hat, waved H oyer Wis head and shouted, 'I'm all right !' Toe ball had gone through four thicknesses of his hat, raised a black spit about the size of a man's hand jost over his heart, aud 'dropped iutu hi& shoe." '-!
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