THE FREEMAN.
EBEN8 B U RG, PA.,
TncnsDA-r,
Feb. 4, 18G9.
Having been verdant enough to attend a
bo called Editorial Convention, held in Har
ri&burg during the present week, the result
is that our paper has been delayed one day
In Its publication. We are 6orry that we
have no better excuse to offer for the delay,
Lot if we ever again fail to issue our paper
on tho regular day it will not be because we
have been in attendance at so grand a bur
lesque as the late so called Editorial Conven
tion. "Ir ever question was settled, it is that the
pntion shall enjoy the usufruct of the war. It
has been gathering them up one by one by one,
but perhaps the weightiest sheaf the harvest re
remnina untouched. The soldiers bore home
ward on their bayonets universal suffrage. As an
inherent right, it had been bitterly antagonized,
und consequently came out of battle the most
clearly defined and best established."
The above extract from an article In the
Philadelphia Frets la a wilful perversion of
the truth of history. It is an avowal that
the primary object of the government In sup
pressing the rebellion was the destruction of
slavery and the investment of the negroes of
the South with the right of the ballot. This
Is In direct conflict with tho oft repeated
declarations of the radical party, and Is at
open war with all the public utterances of
1 resident Lincoln, Mr. Seward, and other
prominent leaders of that party. We all re
member the celebrated Crittenden resolutions,
which were introduced into Congress on the
wcond day after the fatal disaster at Bull
Ran, and unanimously adopted by that body,
declaring that the war was not waged by
the North against the South for any purpose
of conquest or subjugation, but to enforce
the laws and maintain the constitution, and
that when these objects were accomplished
the war should cease without any of the
rights of the States boing impaired or de
stroyed. Without that emphatic declaration
by a radical Congress it is morally certain
that the ranks of the Union army could never
bavo been recruited; the battle of Gettys
burg, which -was the turning point in the
war, would never have been fought, and tho
existence of the Southern Confederacy as a
separate and independent power would to
day bo a fixed act.
Supposo tho government la 1801, or at
any subsequent period, had put forth the
declaration that the object of the war was
to destroy slavery and confer tho right of
BufTrago upon the 6lavcs, how many North
ern men would have iinperrilled their lives
in such a cause ? The preservation of the
Union, and that alone, was the inspiring
thought that filled up the depleted ranks of
the Northern army from the very commence
ment to the close of the struggle, aud with
that object in view it was fought to a suc
cessful Issue. . To attribute any other pur
pose to those who engaged in it is a scandal
ous libel upon the patriotism of tho army.
It was not until two years after the failure
of the rebellion that the Idea of negro suf
frage suggested itself to the leaders of the
radical parly. They knew that tho brains
and intelligence of the South would ally
themselves with tho Northern democracy,
and in order to enable them to retain posces
slon of the government radicalism first en
franchised tho slaves and then sent ita North
ern emissaries to the South to instil into the
minds of the negroes tho beauties of political
and social equajity. Thus fortified by the
votes of seven hundred thousand negroes,
thv mails their success in the Presidential
election absolutely certain by disfranchising,
by act3 of Congress and State Legislatures,
more than foe hundred thousand irhile men
in the Southern States. They did not calcu
late without their host. Without the vote
of the negroes in tho South Grant would have
been defeated.
While denying that negro suffrage waa the
object of the war we are free to admit that
it is about Its only fruit. The union of the
States, fraternal peace and concord between
the sections, have not been restored under
radical rule, nor are they likely to be. Re
construction is a failure, and the grand, im
posing result of the war is that-in the South
seven hundred thousand ignorant negroes are
entitled to vote and five hundred thousand
Intelligent white men are not. This is the
sum and substance, the head and front of all
this miserable reconstruction business. The
object of the war has been perverted from
its original purposes its fruit has turned to
ashes and all this in order that a reckless
party might riot in extravagance and cor
ruption, and retain the possession of power
which otherwise would have been wrested
from their faithless hands.
Tlie Washington Monument.
About eighteen or perhaps twenty years
ago, there was laid on the north bank of the
Potomac, at Washington city, the corner.
f tone of a monument to perpetuate the memo
ry of him who is justly styled the "Father
of his Country." As Washington, in all the
attributes of his character, infinitely excelled
the heroes of ancient or modern times, so
this proposed monum. rP. to his memory was
to tower far above all other structures which
have been roared in honor of any of the
patriots, philosophers, or statesmen In the
wonu a history. The fund for the construc
tion of the monument was to be drawn from
the voluntary contributions of the American
people, without any aid, as we recollect,
from the general government, although that
aid could not have been invoked for a nobler
or more patriotic purpose.
During a period of ftur or five years tho
work progressed slowly but steadily under
the sujxrvirlon of a Board of Managera the
Mayor of Washington being one of the num.
ber. In 1854 or 1855, when that pestilent
heresy, Know-Nothingism, became a power
in tho land, and especially in the Northern
fctat, the control of the municipal affairs of
the Capital passed into the hands of that
faaatioAl and prescriptive organization. The
king aud potentates of the old world had,
from time to time, sent to the Monument
Association blocks of marble and other valu
able stones, with suitable inscriptions there
on, in order that they might be incorporated
in the body of the monument as a tet-tiino-nial
of their high admiration and regard for
the character of Washington. The several
States of the Union, as well as a large num
ber of literary, scientific and benevolent so
cieties throughout the country, sent dona
tions of the same kind. Just about the time
to which we have referred the present Pope
of Home sent to the Association a block of
pure Italian marble, of the most elegant
finish, as his humble contribution to the
majestic shaft that was to perpetuate the
virtue and fame of the great American pa
triot. In the true spirit of vandalism this
block-of marble was mutilated and destroy
ed by a Know-Nothing mob. Since that
time the work on the monument has ceased.
We do not say that the work was suspended
because of the destruction of that particular
piece of marble, for It could have been re
placed. We merely mention tluit and the
suspension of tho work as a coincidence of
events. Other causes, aside from the intol
erant spirit of Know-Nothingism, no doubt
contributed to the result. The happening
of the war had doubt1 ess much to do with it.
We have recently observed that a circu
lar has been Issued by the Board of Mana
gers of the Association, signed by President
Johnson, Gen. Grant, and other prominent
public men, recommondios tnat, on the Sun
day preceding Me 22Z of February, which
ia tho anniversary of Washington's birthday,
a collection to be taken up in all the churches
of the United States to enable the managers
to recommence the work on the monument.
It is to be hoped that this recommenda
tion will be carried out. It Is a subject that
appeals to the pride as well as to the nobler
impulses of every American heart. The
monument, in its present unfinished and un
sightly shape, is a burning shame and a dis
grace to the whole country. Other nations
have erected noble and costly monuments in
honor of those who have conferred great
public benefit upon their country, cither in
the field or in the cabinet. In all the capi
tals and other large cities of Europe monu
ments may be seen, reared at the expense of
the nation, to preserve and hand down to
posterity tho memory of their most distin
guished men. Shall this monumental pile
mount towards the skies, or shall it remain
in its present unfinished condition, a nestling
place for bats and birds of the air, a stand
ing and melancholy evidence of the selfish
ness and want of patriotic spirit of the
American people ? Surely there is yet left
in this boasted country of ours national
pride and generous public spirit enough to
push to a successful completion this great
and noble undertaking to the memory of
him who was "first in peace, first in war.
and first In the hearts of his countrymen."
Let us hope, then, that through the gener
ous liberality of the American people the
managers of the Association may be enabled
to resume the work on this long neglected
monument, and push it to a speedy and suc
cessful completion. "Let it rise till it mtet
the sun in Its coming let the earliest light
of the morning gild it and departing day
linger and play on its summit."
AW ACT OF INFAMY,
At the election held in Missouri two years
ago last November Col. Switzler, the demo
cratic candidate, was elected to Congress over
h!s radical opponent, Geo. W. Anderson, in
the ninth district. The radical return judges,
however, connted Colonel Switzler out, and
gave the certificate of election to Anderson.
When Congress met In Uecember, iec.7, Col.
Switzler went to Washington and contested
Anderson's seat. The matter was referred
to the committee on elections, which oonniota
of rn radicals and two democrats. After a
careful investigation of the case tho commit
tee reported last July that Switzler was le
gally elected and was entitled to his seat.
This ought to have been conclusive. But,
on motion of a radical member, the case was
referred back to the committee to enquire
into and report on Switzler's loyalty. The
committee again reported, about ten days
ago, that they had discharged that duty
that the charge, of disloyalty against Colonel
Switzler was untrue and again recommend
ed that he should be sworn as a member.
After all thhi it would be difficult for an
honest man to believe that a radical Con
gress solemnly voted that Col. Switzler was
not entitled to his seat, and that Anderson
teas. And yet that act of infamy was done,
and Anderson retains the seat to which a
committee of his own political party twice
decided he was not entitled. If political vil
lainy can find a lower depth than this we
would like to see the effort made. It make8
all the difference in the world with radical
ism as to whose ox Is gored.
This same gentleman. Col. Switzler. was a
candidate for Congress last November. Ilis
competitor waa a radical named Dyer.
bwitzler was elected by a majority of about
seven liundred. But again the radical return
judges rejected the voto of two counties in
the district, and gave the certificate to Dyer
Switzier intends to contest his seat in th
next Congress and try his luck once more
Ilis is peculiarly a case of tho pursuit of office
under difficulties.
In connection with this subject we will
here add, that although the gallant General
James Shields was elected to Congress from
the sixth Missouri district last November, by
over sis h undred majority, he too was count
ed out by the radical return judges, who re
jected the vote of two entire counties. lie
has given notice to his opponent, Van Horn,
that he will contest his seat. But as Shields
was the only Union General who ever de
feated Stonewall Jackson in a squar6 fight,
afe of the opinion that his victory over
-lift .i i .1 -i i -.
'wiuwuw leutii win, in a radical view
fatal to him and his case.
Pennsylvania pays the postage for its
Uouo for 160S .was iS2.-17&.
7f
Bates' Ul&tory Again.
The radicals in the Legislature tave dis
covered that when they authorized Bates to
write a history of the Pennsylvania Volun
teers they contracted for a full grown ele
phant, and are now sorely perplexed to know
what to do with it. If they supposed, when
they first appropriated twenty-five hundred
dollars to Bates, that that amouut would
finUh the job. Bates himself took a vory
different view of the question, and having
written a volume of thirteen hundred pages,
what was more natural than that Bates
should give it to the printer and the book
binder. Having once waded into the stream
Bates shrewdly suspected that nnder his
pilotage they would advance to the opposite
shore. The following debate on this knotty
subject took place in the Senate on the 29th
of January :
The Committee on Conference through Mr.
Connell, reported that they had settled the dif
ferences between the two houses on the ques
tion, of ordering copies of Bates' History of
the Volunteers nd reported in favor of direct-
ing the State Printer to furnish l.bOO copies to
the Senate ; 2,800 to the House ; 400 to the
Governor ; 100 to the State Library, and 50 to
each of the chief clerks of the Legislature, for
the officers of the two branches
Mr. Fisher thought the matt
imHi Mr 0 stead
-z.iuid not be
s resolution of
yesterday (.i.-.e lo the price to be paid, ma
king J "e contract rates), waa passed. This
History would entail an enormous expense on
the State, and he regretted that he had last
year voted for any appropriation to it.
Mr. Connell said the book bad been already
printed.
Mr. Davis asked bv whose order.
Mr. Connell said he did not know, but the
printing expense had already been incurred.
Mr. White said he was anxious to have the
record of our soldiers published, but to be true
to its determination to practice economy, the
Senate should not approve of this great expen
diture, without great consideration.
Mr. Davis asked who ussu'Jied the responsi
bility of ordering books to be printed without
the knowledge of the Legislature.
Mr. Wallace said tho book was an outrage
upon the people, and so far as the printing of
it was concerned, if the Legislature did not or
der it, they should not be called on to shoulder
the loss.
Mr. Coleman said if the book was ordered,
it should be paid for ; if not ordered, r.ot paid.
The resolution was finally postponed for the
present.
Harrlsburg Correspondence.
Uakbisbukg, Jan. 30, 18G9.
Dear Freeman The news here for the last
week has not been exciting, the Legislature
having been engaged on bills of a local char
acter. There has been no elopements and but
little in the gossiping line the last few days.
In political circles the Gubernatorial nom
inations are pretty freely discussed in both
I artie3. It is generally believed that Gov.
Genry will be re-nominated by the Radicals,
and Gen. Cass appears to have the lead for
the Democratic nomination. McCandless,
P-cker and Coulter all have their friends,
and any one of the four would be a credit to
the Commonwealth. It is 'generally sup
posed the Convention wiil not bo held until
May or June.
Prosecutions for Hbel ars becoming very
popular. Hon. Charles Kleckner, a member
of the House, has prosecuted the editors of
the Lancaster Intelligencer for libel. My
impression is, Charles will have some diffi
culty in making his character much better
than the'editors have already made it. He is
tolerably well known here, and he will cer
tainly have to bring up a delegation from
Philadelphia to prove he has a character at
all. Prosecutions for libel have not bean
successful as a general thing. Hon. P. Gray
Meek, of tho Bellefonte Watchman, went
through the mill last week and came out
without a scratch. The'editor of the Watch
man cannot be frightened out from telliug
tho truth by these petty persecutions. II.
Not Entitled but Taid. The case of
William M. Bunn. Republican, contesting
the seat of Daniel Withara, Democrat, has
been decided in favor of Bunn, who is sworn
in. Witham is to bo paid for tho whole
sessioD, which is unusual and looks like a
anp for his unjust taking off. The following
description of the character of the witnesses
we find in the Harrisburg Patriot, and, to
say the leaot, is! cheerful .
THE OFFICE TIIIKVE9.
Daniel Redding, a fugitive from justice,
nnder indictment for the crime of murder,
Harry Mitchel, the man who made the re
turn of the Fort Delaware fraud. Rowan, a
professional "repeater," now being looked
after by tho Philadefphia police, Salvin, an
other of the same kidney, C. S. Williams
alias Christopher Lamb, who served a term
in the Dauphin county jail, and for whom
the officers of the law are now looking
these are the men upon whose testimony a
committee of the House of Representatives
are about to cast one of their fellow members
from tho seat to which he was honestly
elected by a majority of the lawful voters of.
tho district. Tho men who dare to deprivo
Mr. Daniel Witham of his seat, upon the
testimony of these infamous witnesses, are
robbers themselves. They may perpetrate
the contemplated outrage, they may hope to
shield themselves from public scorn by
pleading fidelity to their party, but the
Radical organization itself as well as its rep
resentatives upon this committee, must and
will be he'd responsible for this atrocious
act. So far as the Democratic press, the
Democratic rostrum, tho Democratic canvass,
can publish the hidcouness of this infernal
trick, it shail be dinned in the ears of an in
tuited people until the crime shall be expiated
by the popular condemnation of all concern
ed in it. It is but another club handed us
by our political opponents with which to
beat out their brains. We shall see that it
Do properly used.
Ex-Gov. P. W. Pickens, of South Caro
lina, died at his home in that State a few
days since. He was the grand-son of the fa
mous General Pickens, of revolutionary
memory, was a member of Congress during
five consecutive terms, was minister to Rus
sia under the administration of Mr. Buchan
an and Governor of South Carolina at the
breaking out of the war.
IIox. Edson B. Olds, of Lancaster, Ohio,
died the other day. from injuries which his
health sustained whilst a political prisoner
in Fort LaFayette dnrine the
Olds was a distinguished and fearless demo
crat, was a member of Congress for some
years from Ohio, and was highly esteemed
by all who knew him.
The Monongahela Republican savs that
the account of a great subteranean confla
gration, in which the vast bed of coal on the
Monongahela and the oil on the Allegheny
are threatened with destruction, is without
foundation in fact, and asks to sav that the
section of country referred to is in "no danger
from the great subteranean hell.'" We are
glad to have the authority of tho Republican
for contradicting this statement. Tho etory
is said to have originated in the Cmcinatti
Xem or the Week.
Violet Stevens, once the nurse of Hon.
Horatio Seymour, died at Oswego, last Fri
day, at the age of one hundred and four
Annie Wilhelm. a little girl of Dan
ville, was burnt to death on the 25, inst.,
Ler clothes having accidentally caught fire.
Lent begins this year on Ash Wednes
day. February 10th. Good Friday comes
on March 26th, and Easter Sunday on March
28th.
The great question now is : "Was Gen.
Grant the creature of an accident?" Per
haps his mother would know most about
that.
A man somewhere in the oil regions was
scrubbing his fl.xr with benzine, when it
caught fire and blew the roof off and himself 1
out into the street.
It is stated that the President has de
cided to pardon Dr. Mudd.one of the alleged
conspirators sentenced for hie to imprison-.
mont at the Dry Tortusras.
A negro girl, aged e'even years, e;ght
months and eighteen days, living near Pu-
lasEi, xennessee, a short time since, gave
birth to a female child. The mother and
c'.lild arfl both livinor anil in nprfprt health
Monsieur Schorn, a distlnu-v,Al civil
insjineer of Belgium, i - present on an
official vinit tn P usylvania, to make in
vest!" ati 88 to the workings of our mines
is now in the Wyoming ami Lackawan
na coat regions,
The total Catholic population of Penn-
. 1 - - J n n . " . . ...... . - I
nyivauia i3'.ij. uuu. wmcn is custriouteu as
tollows : In the Diocese of Philadelphia. 200,
000; Pittsburgh Diocese. 118,000; Scran
ton Diocese, 66,000 ; Erie Dioceso, 30,000 ;
uarnsburg Diocese, 25,000.
In reply to a letter from a number of i
the prominent Democrats of Chambersburg,
Asa Packer yields his consent to be the
Democratic candidate for Governor in the
event the State Convention should see fit to
nominate him.
Urquiza. ex-Dictator of ihe Arcentint
Confederation, is one of the richest men in
the world. In his palace are canary bird
cages worth thousands of dollars each, aud
upon his estates there is in progress an arti-
'Till . - . .
uciai lase wmcn nas already cost mm upward
oi nve millions.
Hon. P. Gray Meek, editor of the Balle
fonte Watchman, was prosecuted for libel by
iuu oiuciais oi ine uicKinson seminary
uliamsport, and tho case was tried the
other day, the jury bringing in a verdict ofj
not guilty. e congratulate brother Meek
upon his acquittal.
H. T. Ileluibold. the millionaire dru2
gist of New York, lately purchased ten acres
1 1 . r . . .
oi lanu at .Liong uranch lor 470.000. It is
the intention of the doctor to niako of it the
finest private park in this country. If her.
undertakes to make it the best, it is quite
safe to say nobody will beat him.
Four colored men and a white man,
charged with the crime of stealing the body
of Colonel Welleson from the tomb, about
seven miles from Kingston. North Carolina,
were taken from the jail in that place, where
they were held, a few days ago, and mur
dered by a band of thirty or forty citizens of
the place. No arrests have as yet been
made.
The Des Moines Register says that therej
is i lannly living eight or ten nuks wost of
that city, in which there are thirteeu chil
dren, all of whom are deaf and dumb. The
family is a good one. and one much respect
ed in the community. We doubt if there is
another family on earth with as much silence
i l it as this.
Gen. Kilpatrick, in lm recent letter to
General Butler on the question of consolida
ting the South American Missions, said the
people of Chili were so grieved at tho death
of Lincoln that Te Deums were sung in all
the churches. This beiue an anthem of i v.
either the people were not very sorrv or
Kilpatrick didn't know what he was writing
about. How is it ?
A Jacksonville (Florida) pnper says
There are 18.000,000 acres of land iu thl
Statfl subject'to the claims of actual settlors
under what is known ap the homestead act.
Any taan, black or while, may take posses
sion of one hundred and sixty acres to day,
clear it, improve it, and build a home upon
it, aiid in live years uncle bam will give him
a ueeu or it.
Two boys living near Meridian. Miss
aged respectfully ten and thirteen, while out
rabbit-hunting, recently felled a tree so
i it . i . . . .... . .
"wuir, me arm or me elder was
caught, mangled, ana hopelessly linpiboucU
between the stump and the prostrate tree
Ho told his companion to chop off the cap
tured member which was done with one
blow of the axe. The boys staunched the
blood as best they could, and both walked
home.
About a week ago a trunk was received
at One of the express offices in Buflalo,
marKed "to be called for." Owins to the
fact that a very disagreeable smell was pmJ
mitted from the box, and no one having ifproven to the subscriber ; and those owinVtheJ
called for it, it was opened on Monday, andfsnie will make immediate pavment. f
found to contain the body of a woman, badlyVl THI LI P J I SANDERS I
mutilated. Just above tho heart a stab wasH
discovered. Lfforts are being made to solve
the mystery.
1 oor &ue Murphy ! There is a strong
probability that her claim has gone up the
a pout, uecauso some supposed Federal oflicer
nas uiscovereu tbat slie is the daughter of an
-1l dv.n;-,;n,,;i) U I 1 1 f 1 ,
"u ovjoiuinou iio uau me nonor 01 lock
ing up in Alabama for waving a "seccsh'
flag, and that she was indisnant thereat
This thing will be most likely to upset -the
- j v.iuwj lb is tainted witn
disloyalty, you know.
The old Moravian Mill in Bethlehem
was burned dwwn on tho 27th ult. It
WAS
built in 1744 by Luckenbach & Son, and ha
continued in possession of tho family ever
since. It was built of massive Btone. The
first miller was Christian Christianson who1
was placed in charge of it under Count Zin
zendorf. Ho was a man of skill and project-;
ed tho present water works in Bethlehem-'
the hrst works of the kind ia the State.
It is a matter for congratulation to the
Democracy of the whole country that the
brave Democrats of the Nutmeg State have
renominated Uovernor James E. English
and his confreres on the State ticket. The
election takes place in April, and the re
nomination of tried and faithful officers
nixkes it certain that Connecticut will again
lift herself from the clouds of darkness that
were thrown over her in November.
Booth's Diary, suppressed by the
1. . 1 r .1 -, . . r I
assassins of Mr. Lincoln, is again before the
public. Dr. Mudd's friends thus stated the
matter ia an interview a few days since with
the President :
m Mr. Merrick said he wonld discuss noth
ing, but only call attention to a fact. The
naiier 01 iact to which he referred he deem
Ui " gravest importance. At the trial
before the military mmmissinn . t,..j.
' wuvt KJ UU ' t
Advocate examined Everton J. Conger, who
was beside Booth at the time of his death.
"he witness, as annears bv Kforonn. uJ
record of trial, identified a knife, a pairll
of pistols, a file, a pocket compass, a spur fl
a pine, and varinns ntVicr ;r.o;:c ..'1
1 ". .. l. . . 1 n""'-ui nril-
v.co, s uavmg 0cen Cn the person of Booth
at thfl tini nf k; Antl.
-- - - auu mo court was
if to infer that the articles identified were
i axuties i-jujia aua tukoa from the
usors Deiore tne military tibunal, thatri 1111 mm p n.. -made
a mockery of justice, in the trial of thefl A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE
1pa.l mnn'a rprsrn Tt was the. dntv of thfrl
'Drosecution to have croduced and proved
them all, and the Court and the country
supposed that all of them had been produced
and nrnvml- Mnv months afterwards it
(became known that at the time of the trial
Ithe udge Advocate was in posession of a
Jdiary which had been kept by Booth and
ywas taken from him at the time of his death.
jruouc opinion nnauy iorcea mis aiary to
and it was offered by the government on tht
trial of Surratt. This paper fully acqulb-
r l 1 ir-. ? i
sur. iiiuuu 01 any complicity in me assassin
ation plot. Mr. Merrick read a portion oft
this application for pardon on the ground
tbat the tribunal that tried Mudd wert
cheated and defrauded of this evidence.
which, if before theni. would have secured
f his acquittal : and further, that he. th
President, was cheated and defrauded intc
an approval of the sentence by those bad
and malicious men. It was, he said, ro
befoie the President, and he rWcued that.
by all the rules 'that rn the exercise of!
lexecutive cle"cy, Mudd waa entitled to a
pard toT ha was suffering under a judg
ment obtained by fraud. In the course oft
Mr. Merrick s remarks the President said
that, long after the conspiracy trial, when
ne nan lound out the existence of the diarv.
ha was the person who had requested it to
oe waue public.
Coxsideb, think, reflect, remember, com
I pare, judge, take a retrospect of the past
31 if - . . -
mac vourstii iq reminiscences, ana men ec
to Leopold Mayer's New York Dry Goods'!
otore, mam street, Jonnstown. ana purchase
some of hid choice goods, the cheapest, best.;
'and latest styles in town. Furs for the
icold, and lawns for the warm days.
LAST Monday we saw a farmer rarrvinfl
Ijliome a large overcoat which he says ho gotH
at Lu Cohen s Brothers, New York Clothings 3
TVitj ... v ... r-a
RHall, for saven dollars. It was worth tweu
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ti'y
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a no lurmcr saia ne would be tact on
EjSaturday
auu uuv two more ior me uovs ts
.1 i r l . i
Th...i- fl, tu- A.irH""" "" "K"1 01 f "ii, auu is saie
sells cheap
.j iw w cm y WiW LUVUCV LUC3. VyUUVllrt
MARRIED.
LISGLE PRINGLE. At Wilmore, or
Monday evening, Jan. 25th, by Rev. Hite.
Dr. John Lingle and Miss Lizzie
Ijboth of said pUce
We congratulate our friend John on hav
ing secured so precious a gem as our amiabh
an.l handsome friend Lixzie. May their voy
age on the sea of life be attended by sunshine
aud prosperity, and may the tempestuou;
waves of adversity never overtake them. B
DIED
COLLINS. At his fathei's residence ii
Ebensburg. on Saturday, the 30th ult., Mr
James Collins, aged 4G years.
M
The deceased was prostrated by a pnlmo-t J
uary uuecuou tu eariy autumn, ana contin
ued to lauguish until the termination of hiJ
Isufferings in leath. Few men have died
who, in their sphere of life, left more orfr
tjw.iiuior menus, no was potsesseu oi at
r:.j it. i r-
fc ... : . r - i i . t . i i
u iiiiiin.ii La mr auove uio oruinary stanuaru.
fcwnicn mane nun instructive in his conver
iSsational powers, while his irenial disnositioi.
t?i i i- . . .. . ..
endeared him to tho social circle. Frank
manly, generous and charitable, those whr
r jfcnew him oest will most deeply realize bi.-
r . . . -
removal from our mid&t. He had signified ti
previous to his death, a wish t.r ho bnrin.1
the cemetery of St. Patrick's church. Ehena-leL
Hl.urr. wl,rft hi frion.U n.'l.t WQtl o ..s,i
W 1 ' ' e 13
Hand utter a prayer over his ashes aud hi.-n
I solemn High Mass of Requiem, were depos
in tVii.t,. : 1 .. 1 r 1
mou was iLmuueu. ms rema:ns. auer sxv
tec in their last resting rdaco on Mondavi
: ir i . i - r
a M. -J e
nuiuiuui". jmuv ne rest in peace.
AND OXEN FOU SALE
undersigned oilers at private saleM
I M KITT Tt' 1 IT 1 . V-A
Jiui-M auu -j. xoKes uien. 1 he Mule-
are all young, large and unblemished.
M. M. ADAMS,
feb.4. 5t. Cresson, Cambria Co . Pi.
1
tgT Philadelphia "Age" publish twice and'
fc send bill to advertiser.
I C!T1 K v r - .1
1 w omai. tame 10 me residence ol
the subscriber in White township. Canibriu
5 county, on or about the 20th November last, a
1 vuauu. a-iiau veara old. i tipnurnr ar . ...j
ucr Dy proving propertv, paying charges, &c
WILLIAM ilcilANAMY.
Feb. 4, 1869.-3t lp'd
IXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Letters
c testamentary nn tha int. l. c. I
- - J . .,w...v v.. A cici fcjuil-
gders, lute of Munster township, deceased, have
Ibeen granted to thn
Hlitztn, m said county. Perbong having claims1
M'"" a-aie win present them properly
Gallitzin.-Feb. 2, lfc69.-4t.
A L M IN ISTIl ATOU'S NOTICE! 1
Letters of Administration on the estate ofi
oseph Springman. late of Susouormnn tw. I
Cambria county, bavins been crantod tn th'l
unuersignea, an parties indebted to said estate
are riuirea to mane payment, and those hav
" o vicuna nyiiuiBs me same are requested to
present tuem ior settlement.
F. A. SHOEMAKER, Administrator.
Ebensburg, Feb. 4, 1869.-6t.
A DMINISTUATOU'S NOTICE!
Letters of Administration nn tha ti.l
,. , icuire, lateoi ujearneU tp. J
2dec d. havinc been pranl,l in iK. . A
5?k .ul x.' "7Z . c i"iueraiKoBif
m-.uj mc iveirmicr Ul VamDria COUntT. all norannd
II - . 1 , ... J '
" '"o uciu5cic iuueoiea 10 said deceiiebt
are requested to make payment without delay
auu vuose uaving claims against the same will
present mem properly authenticated for settle
ment. WM. H. SECHLER, Adm'r.
Lbensburg, Feb. ii, 186J.-6t.
TRIAL LIST.
down for trinl
-jist ot causes seti
at a rnrf r I
Pi v-uuimont
o, w uc u,u lor amona county, com
menciug on Mondaay. March 1st, 169.
oiarriCK y3. Uubeit.
Garman. vs. James et aL
JMc-Uomgle vs. Burk.
Sam vs. Same.
Dougherty. v3. Shoenbercer'a Exr
t, .x. 4 ,J- K. HITE.ProthonoUn. 1
rrothonotary'a Office, Ebensburg, Feb. 4, '60
nma-MSi - Ulx 1IEKE ! !
W' 'NAtt Tin r -
b,!r WvlU 6el1 Farm on wbichf
t,, - 7 . o . -"Y't - "muiu county.
The 1 arm contains 145 Acres OOcleared an.i1
2II1A imrWWWamnrkAvita n. ..a 1 a uvi
f . uipie ana in pood order
" . . 7 "T Bf"e. iossession
T?l. a men . f "Miuno.
JLoretto P.
O.
OTEL
PfiOPE RTj
FOR SALE!
The undersized will noil f :..,.
HOUSE and LOT on Market jS
town, known as the Downey propertv It l7 '
heretofore been used as a hotel, and ii situat
m one of the best ldratmn. rn '.TTl WI,uatei
rn A -.O r.,.' - '"Purpose Illf
orryA UcaI E8tatc Aat- jh;,a
.loHn,i,jv. ... Ifcb.4..4i. -
REGISTER'S NOTICE- Notice is
hereby given that the following accounts
h hpn nagged and Wed in tue ttegiaiers
lOffice at Ebensburg, and will be presented to
the Orphans' Court ol Uaiuona county, lor
confirmation and allowance, on Monday, me
1st day of March next, to wit :
The first an.1 fiinal account of John Shar-
fbaugh, Ex'r of Hugh F. Storm, hit of AUe-
lieiiy townarup, aeceasea.
The acount of Joseph Daily, Adm'r of
IJos. Bradley, late of Millville borough, dee'd.
I be Hccount oi namuei onauer, auui i uj
LJohn Perirrin, late of Jackson twp., deceased.
The first and partial account oi I'aviu out-
ton, euaruian ot Mary A. button, minor imiu
of William Sutton, deceased.
The second account of James Ulevinger
ruitrdian of Elizabeth, Margaret and Mary
Ellen Allbauirh.
The first and partial account of Sarah Leidy,
Adm'x of David Leidy, late of Jackson twp .
fiieceased.
The account of Joseph Croyle, Adm'r di
BONIS NOW ClU TEMTAM CNTO 1XXUO of T DO CMS
Oroyle, deceased.
The first and partial account of James Eing,
Adm'r of Andrew Miller. late of Johnstown.
Jdeceased.
The partial account of James Brown. Ex'r of
Charles Kennedy, late of Munster twp., dee'd.
The second and final account of Francis J.
Christy, trustee for the sale of the real estate
iof John C. McG uire, deceased, pursuant to
proceedings in partition.
1 ne first and final account of J . S. Strayer,
Adm'r of Geo. IL Brown, late of Conemaugh
twp., deceased.
The first and final account of P. H. Shiels,
Ex'r of Elenor Dodson. late of Allephenv tr .
deceased.
The first and final account of George M.
Reade and Edward Roberts, Adm'ra of Ed
ward W. Davis, late of Ebensburg, deceased
The final account oi L. A. Luther. F!'r r
Jacob Lnther, late of Carroll twp.. deceased.
jajbe3 uiiima, Kegister.
Register's Office, 1
Ebensburg, Jan. 30, 18C9. 4t.
N
ON-EX PLOSIVE!
TIIK !SKW LIGHT.
iPETROLEUH FLUID ! !
.v. i- ... - ,, . . . -
M .,11
CANNOT BE EXPLODED !
The undersigned are now manufacturing and
hare for sale their
NEW PETROLEUM FLUID
ltnaUe by distillation without the aid of com-
rrinklcHlV wnlcn 13 auuauy taking tne place of
TVj i i . .
fclAWENTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN !
bend for Circular. Address
J. J. PALMER Si CO.,
No. 6 Hand Street.
Jan. 21, 18C9.-3m. Pittsbohju.
T ICENSE'NOTICE. Notice is here-
JLi by given that the petitions of Bdltzer Hel
frich. of Chest township, and Daniel Good, of
H.afct iJonomauLji boronKh. Ior Eatinsr House
I-1 1 .i, riat - R:ilt-JT Hoi Incli nfOiBitlwn tC;..U
bias Lumboum, of Carroll twp., Gebhart Elen
tiocn, ol jiuLster tp., w ilham Houston. ."Jd
wmi,uuiisiw ii , iicurv r osier, wess warn . .1.1-
.I 7 .1 . II . i n .
eusburg. lor 1 avorn Liceust, and R. Ii. Tudor.
w. ward, do., for Qu.irt .License, have been filed
lin my office, and will be presented to the Ju-lire
iaof the Court of Quarttr Seasons at the speci. J
H'erin commencing on ilondav, Feb. I5:h,186.
-1 J. HITE. ProthouoUrv.
Ebensburg. Jan. 2d, 18C J.-3t.
ryUUAL LIST. List of Causes set
a . 1 . r ... 1 .
ftjj -- uunu lur u'liu at an aojournea uourt 01
EI Com moil Pleas, to be held at Ebensburg. in
.tnd for the County of Ca-uhria. coinmennin"-
ii Monday, the 15th day of February next, at
10 o'clock a. m.:
ijonman vs. Colclesser et al
Hoffman
Garman
barman vs. .lames et al
. . J- K- HITE, Prothonotnry
& 1 rotiioiiotary s umce, Ebensburg, Jan. 21, 'b'J.
mTHAY STEER. Came to the prem
gjO ises of the subscriber, in Clearfield town
sum. Cambria cnuntr. nn rir nhnnt t)m firt ..f
3"euteinber last.
1 1. . 1
- s. . "
a large dark bkju'n teee.
and no mirks visible. The
la - fe uunuuwu,
i i nn ...
wtier ia r;iiiiiil t.n mm. furwjnf nmr.
j 1 - ... v .v. ..... . , j in j-
. 1 1 . 1 .
iki -i , pay cuarges ana tase mm nway, otner-
ise he will be disposed of according to law.
jan. 3, itJ -Jt. 13. NOEL..
NOTICE. The account of Jeremiah
McGonigle, Committee of Peter Movers,
.1 lunatic. w:ut hied in thrt ('nnrt .f
Corui
Pleas of Cambria County, on the HHh day of
December last, and will be Dresented for th
fiction of the Court on Monday, the 1st dav of
SlIrch next. J. K. HITE, Proth'y.-
U Prothy's Office, Ebensburg, Jan'y 28, 1PG9.
1
ATH D. W. ZIEGLER, Surgeon Den-
ti-if Will vlilr Vhjtnuliiirrr niA.
h-'it J " w JJU-Uai-
fessi"mll v nn tii?vnvn r
fdat ot each
montn. ana remain
:?oieweek.
during which time he
may be found at the office hereto foro nfHMlTM Ail
Jby him, adjoining Huntley's Hardware Store.
Teeth extracted without pain by the use ot Ni
tmte Oxide, or Laughing Gas.
DR. H. B. MILLER,
Altoona, Ia.,
Operative and Mechanical DENTIST.
u,ce au Caroline street, between Virginia
tnd Emma streets. Persona f, n u.:..
county or eUewhere who get work done by me
to the amount of Ten D..lln 1
Shave the railroad fare deducted from theibills
WORK warka.ntkp. Jan. 21, lbGU.-if.
CTK AY HULL,Camo to the premises
J of the subscriber in Carroll township, Cam
bria county, some time in December lat .
DARK BR1NDLE BULL. nZT?-.?b.,
i 11 . , . . Pwmv.j auu 0 12.111
old. with a white spot on the left side; no ear
.a. ne uwu 13 requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges and take him
away, otherwise he will be disposed of accord
ing .to law. WILLIAM A Uir
Carroll Tp., Jan. 21, ISW.St'S
N
OTICE. To
TIIK CHRniTrtKa r
THK HcjJTINCDOX. f!i.o. . t
TusxriKE Co.-Bv order t thl r"Z. tVZA"A
tingdon couutv I am dirtvt t
f -i 6 "untinSdon, CambrhTand In-
Tfn?f ? C,omPany o" rKa cent, on the
amount of thur claims. w!th -j.j
January 11, 1811. I am Drennrr.A rZVTJ.?
t on Pon 0f
Ebensburg, Jan. 28, lBt.aWr'
J OTICli Letters of Administration
on the estate of M a t.. t
bara Buber and MareaTrn ,"1,:
Jlorou..h Of Crnll tul" M1.
lSai b SnUg b -"edV heTnder-'
J .ignwl by the Register of said count,
,eby g.ven to persons indebted to said tato
Jto make payment without delav an.i tl
Jhavin-r claims airt h" tnse
iS,Km , ?, oaiuv wui nrcsent
:tucui uiuurnv aur.riAni;... j. .
- ... pi vac
I'Catl for col tlamn
4 S UV.Jt t.
JOHN BEN DEB; Adm'r.
Carroll Twp.
xau- 19, IfciljJ. 6t.
lhft Ulldm umo.1 1 . .
his interest in the 7vZ, "VLS. ?!
tired from the business ofre fc. i7'. . re"
out the remaining Son ! t' tclo6
THIlESHINOACHlvci j?xr'
OF METAL SLEdS?!! aS.d, ?OX
are well made, and will bl soid for tflsS!
on six months' credit, or for SllolA v '
Tho Rltvi la -mi J ?r "2,50 cash
per lb
,r oia in one lot fn 5
-v w V. wo.
Lbensburg, Jan
E. GLASS.
14, lS69.-tf.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALEI
Mrs. Marv Ownna flrv-. .
House and Lot tri on IZ? nJi
and Mary Ann streets. The HfU8e ha. latf v
been rebuilt and fitted up with Jl thVtA -improvements
Terms nb ?ufu
lnlormatiou apply to uruiar
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO,
ASD
GESTRAL PASinC EAILRQAB EQMP7
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.
This creat enterpiae is approachiog coraplo-
tion with a rapidity that astonishes the world.
Over fifteen (lauu) miles nave been built lv
two (2) powerful companies: the Union Pa
cific Railroad, beginning at Omaha, building
west, auu the Central racinc Kaiiroaa. begin
ning at Sacramento, and building east, until
the two roads sh 11 meet. Leas than two hun
dred and fifty miles remain to be built. The
greater part of the interval is now graded, and
ft is reasonably expected that the through
connection between San Francisco and .New
York will be completed by July 1.
As the amount ot uoverumeDt aid given to
each is dependent upon the length of road each
shall build, both compAaiea are prompted to
great efforts to secure the construction ai.d
. r 1 f . 3 -1 V
control oi wnat, wnen completed, win ne oi e
and the only grand Railroad Line connectirg
the Atlantic and PaciSc coasts.
One Hundred and Ten Million Dollars ($110
000,000.) in money have already been expend
ed bv the two powerful companies engag-ed ia
this "great enterprise, and they will speedily
complete the portion jet to be built. Wfcea
the United States Government found it neces
sary to secure the construction of the Pacific
Railroad, to develop and protect its own inter
est, it gave the companies, authorized to build
it such ample aid as should render it speedy
eompletion beyond a doubt. The Oovernmeat ,
aid may be briefly summed up as follows:
First. The right of way and all necessary
timber, aud stone from public domain.
Second. It makes a oouation of 12.&0O acre
of land to the mile, which, when the road is
completed, will amount to twenty three mil Lou
(23,000,000) acres, and all ol it within twenty
(iiO) miles of the raiiroal.
Third. It loans the companies fifty million
do'dirs ($50,000,0 JO), for which it takes a
scond lieu.
The Government haa already loniw) the
Union Pacific Railroad twenty four milliou
and filty -tight thousand dollars $24.0M,0H)
and to the Central Pacific Railroad seventeen
million six hundred and forty eight tboosand
dollars ($17,648,000), amounting in ail to
fortv-one million seven hundred and six thoiw
and'dollars ($41,706,00(1)-
The companies are permitted to i?t thtr
own First Mortgage li ads to the same amount
as they receive from the United States, and no
more- The companies have fold to permanent
investors about ($4'J.O0U,lH f) foity million
dollars of their First Mortgage BoniLi. T,
companies have alre-idy paid in (including net
earniugsjnot divided, grants from State of Cali
fornia, and Sacramento city and San Francisco,)
upwards of v$:-My,00U) twenty-fire milLou
dollars of capital stuck.
WHAT IS THERE YET TO BE DONE T
In con idering thin question it must bo re
membered that all the remaining iron to finish
tli road is contracted for, and the largest pcr
tion paid for and now delivered on the line of
the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pa
cific Railroad, and that the grading is alux
finished.
WHAT RESOURCES II AVE THE COS
PANIE3 TO FINISH THE ROAD ?
First. They will recei.e from the Govern
ment as the road proreses about $U,t(M,00i
anditional.
Second. They can i.-ue their own First
Mortgage Bonds for about J?D,OUj,0dO addi
tional. Third. T'iO companies low hold almost ait
the land they have up to this time received
from the Government; upon the completion of
the road they will have received in all 23,tnj,
000 acres, which at $1.50 per acre wou'I be
worth S34.500,fR).
In addition to the above tlj net eanir.gs tf
the roidi and additional capital, if netrr
could be called iu to finish the road.
WAY BUSINESS ACTUAL EARNINGS.
Ho one has ever expressed a doubt th.it m
soon as the road is completed its through bo?i
tie3 will be abundaiitlv prot.iLile.
GrofS earnings of the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company for six
months, ending January 1, 'bJ,
were upwards of SS.OW.OOO
The earnings of the Central Pa
cific ifailroad, for six months,
ending Jan. 1st, ISti'J. were. ?!,7.r0 j
Expensos $.r50.0;t! gold
Interest 450,000 "
It00d,f0&
Net profit of Central P.iciGc
Railroad, after pyiig all in
terest and expenses for aix
months 75'l.000 goid
The present pross earnings of the Uniou aul
Central Pacific Railroads are $ 1 00,( 0J month
ly HOW LARGE A BUSINESS IS IT SAFC
TO TREDICT FOR THE GilEA'f PA
CIFIC RAILROAD!
TVe would give the following facts demed
from Shipping Lists, Insurance Companies,
Railroads, and general information:
Ships goiu from the Atlantic
around Cape Horn, 100. ... 60,000 tors.
Steamships connecting at Pa
nama with California and
China, 55 120,0C0 "
Overland Tiains, Stage?, Horses,
etc , e:c 3-1.000
Here we have two huudred an I thirty thous
and tons carriel westward, and experience
has shown that iu the lat few years the re
turn passengers from California have been
nearly as numerous as thwe yoin.
HOW MAN Y PASSENGERS akicTHEKE:
We make the following estimate.
1 10 Steamships, both ways.70.0OJ (act'l for '6!-)
200 Vessels, " 4,000 cstiuiat'd "
Overland . " 100,100
Number per annum . .174,000
Present price (averaging half the costs of
the steamships), for both passengers an toii
oaie gives the following result:
170.000 passengers at $100 $17,410,030
460,000 tons, rated at $1 per cubic foot ...
15,610,090
$33,013,000
Basing calculations upon the above figure?,
without allowing for the large increase of bus
iness, which can safely be looked for, then c
timate the running expenses at one half air!
we have a net income of $16,520,000; whicl.;
alter puyrog the interest on the First Mort
gage Bonds and the advances made by tlio
Government, would leave a net annual inconu
of $9,000,000 over and above all expenses acl
interest.
The First Mortgage Bonds of the Union Pa
cific Railroad company and the First Mort
gage Bonds, of the Central Pacific Railroad,
company are both, principal and interest, pay
able in gold coin; they pay six jker ceut. impr
est in gold coin, and run for thirty years, aihi
they cannot be paid before that time wiUioui
the consout or the holder.
First Mortgage Gold Bonds of th Unloa
Pacific Railroad for sale at par and accrued
interest, and First Mortgage Gold Bonds of
Central Paoific Raitrord at 103 and accrued
interest.
DE HAVEN & BROa,
DEALERS IX
Government Securities, Gold, &c,
NO. 40 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
lIIIt.ADEIXIIIA.
FOR KENT A House and two La's
of Ground, with Stable and other out
buildings, belonging to the estate of M - -.
M'Caguo, dee'd, (now occupied by Fred'k Kit
tell. ) Possession grven immediately-
Apply to OKO. UUNTLE ,
Ebcnibaxg, Nor. 19, 'W.-tf. Guards