THE FREEMAN.
FBEXSEUF.G, PA..
TtiCRflDAT, : : : : Fkb. 25, 18G9.
An AIarmlz5 PIctarc.
Nothing that rro have read presonts in
inch brief bnt comprehensive terms tbe
fearful extrarngftnca of Congress aa tbe
following article from the Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledfftt. Occupying a nentrnl ponitiot.
Ia politics, and having no motive to fxteD
ttate or met down aught In malice, ita statis
tic are always received with great confidence
In their correctness. TLcy are well calcula
ted to create alarm, If not o?al despair, for
the future of the eortntry, and prove beyond
all dUpnte that ours Is the most warteful
end extravagant government on the face of
the earth. The most expensive government
In Europe, with its huge standing army, Its
church establishment, Ha royal salaries ard
lta pensioned orders of nobility, is cheap and
economical when compared with that of this
democratic and model republic.
"Towards the pay men t of th- mt'onnl debt
Congre-s -Is making hnste slowiy. AM ac
knowledge thai this tlesiicd end is to he le'clici
by industry and economy, national an 1 individ
oal. Now what re the lacts touching national
economy T A staterner t Iias just bren prepared
at.d pubjinhod, fnowliig tho appropriations for
the ooi.tuipe it expenses for the two branches of
Congress lor the fiscal vcir ending June 30,
lBtB, which aggregate "the enormous sum ot
$1 ,207,6111.. Of this amount $li9'J,0ti was to
tne House and $537,785 to the Scnnte. The?e
ere greater amounts than in any previous yc:ir
since the foundation of the Government. Thee
wtre only the contingent expenses. Ia addi
tion to theft the estimate expenses are, for the
two Husi alone, $5,500,000. This entire
sum is expended cpon the members of Congress,
excepting only about $1G,U0L) which is ueed lor
the Congressional Library. Of this sum over
$730,000 is for tho benefit of tho seveuty two
(Senators, or about $li).000 apiece. How this
amount can legitimately and honestly be ex
pended is s question for the Uxpnver. The Con
gressional printing cost over 1,400,00'J. The
balance, 43,170,00(1, is used by the House of
Representatives, the no called popular branch
of the Government. Thus the public funds are
squandered. Wow, what has Congress done,
or ia it doing, as effecting favorably a reduc
tion of tho national debt ? It has grunted and
given away to the several Taciflc Hailroads, in
land, OK HUNDRED AND TWENTV-FOUR MILLIONS
of Acata I All this in addition to the many
millions in monev. which the Government has
advanced, and become liable to pay. There
are now pending in the Senate forty one appli
cations for railways and canals, all soliciting
vjovemmeni aia. ana in tne House thirty-seven
a.;ch FcberacB have made their arnearance.
Some of these numerous bills cover the same
ground ind are rival projects lor the attainment
ot the same end in different hands. But the
Henate bills cover in all between eight thousand
and ten thousand miles of railwav. and ask
land grants in the aggregate to the amount of
two Hundred and tiltv millions of acres, and
Government subsidy, or assumption of interest
on Donas, equal to about roca hundrid mil
lions of dollars! The amount covered by
i. A !.:. .i . ii ? J
wurijr-BVYcn pnyecia in tneuouseis corrcs
pondingly as much more; or, say, one hundred
mill ions of acres of land and three hundred mil
lions more ol money making iii all y-24,000,-OO0
of acres of land and 700 ,000,000 in money.
Thus is Congress reducing the debt."
When these facts and figures are calmly
considered the question naturally suggests
Itself, how Ions can this state of things last
before the government and people aro in
volved in one common, irretrievable state of
ruin and bankruptcy? It cannot lust al
ways, nor docs it require a very 'ioep fore
fright to predict the day Df wrath and des
pair. To the bondholder the dark and
gloomy picture of the not distant future is
anything tat pleasant to contemplate, for
when the final crash comes he must relin
quish bis clutch npon the people's gold and
be swallowed np in the general catastrophe.
Who can fathom the depths of Congressional
as well as official corruption throughout the
land? That the Congress of the present day
is as mercenary and corrupt as was the Brit
ish Uoure of Commons during the time "of
Walpole is a melancholy fact, lien now go
to Congress, not to legislate for the best in
terests of the country, but bimply to make a
fortune. "Get money, honestly if you can,
but at all events get money," is their gov
erning rule of action. r Congtcssmen who,
ten years ago, were as poor as Lnzarua are
now the owners of magnificent residences in
Washington and live in a style of princely
grandeur. Their official position has been to
them the wonderful lamp of Aladdin. But
we are promised reform yes, vigorous re
form. If Grant can cleanse the Augean
etable by running through it the pent up
waters of tho river of economy, he will prove
himself to be tire raral Horcules of his
country.
The Doroush fllcctlou.
Last Fiiday was a day big with tho fate,
Dot of the citizens of Ebansburg, but of the
hogs. It wa9 the day of the Spring election
and the exciting and momentous question to
be decided at tho ballot box was, whether
the great natural right of free locomotion,
common to all animals, biped as well as quad
ruped, should be allowed to the hog, or
whether he should be "cribbed, cabined and
confined' within tho narrow limits of his
own pen.
The borough Is divided into two wards,
the east and the west. Iu the latter the dem
ocrats have a small but reliable majority,
while the former is a perfect Gibralter of
radicalism. The democrats, always in favor
of the largest liberty, nominated as their
candidate for Burgess a citizen who, in addi
tion to his admitted qualifications, was un
derstood to possess a kindly feeling for the
nnrestralnod liberty of all animals and espe
cially the hog. On the same ticket with him
were associated as candidate in the west ward
for Coancilmeo three gentlomen, two or
whom at least stronjjlj sympathised with
the nominee for Burgos ic this particular.
The radicals nominated for Burgess a gentle
man who was the sworn and uncompromising
enemy of the Log, and on Whose broad shoul
ders rest the Interests of the Ibensburg and
Cressou Kail Road Company. They also
placed on their ticket la the east ward three
candidates for Council who were the inveter
ate foes of all swine, whether of the plebeian
pecies known as "self-sharpeners" or the
more aristocratio "Chester whites." The
bog. however, was not without his friends in
ut east ward, and a Council ticket was im
provised in his favor, composed of three rad
icals and topped off with the came of the
democratic candidate for Burgess. This tic
ket, if it bad been let alone, would have re
ceived a very decided and vigorous support.
Here wag a crisis in the affairs of hogdom,
and to Its !peedy aoluticn the radical leaders
in the east ward at once applied themselves.
Shall loya'ty be stricken down in this the
bonse of its fi iends by the election of a dem
ocratic Burges?, with the liberty of the hog
assured, or shall the regular ticket be sus
tained ami the fruits of tho war be vindicated?
This was the question to be determined, and
it was quickly done. The autocrat of the
radicals Issued a special ukase to the faithful,
enforcing a united support of the caucus tic
ket. The mandate was obeyed, and from
that moment the fate of the hog was not only
doomed but damned. The anfi-hog Burgees,
and at least three members of the Council of
the same way of thinking, were successful'
and during the coming reason, at least, the
contented but monotonous grunt of a hog
will not be heard in our streets.
In the contest which has just closed the
odds against the liberty of the hog were fear
ful. The influence both of the Bank and the
Pennsylvania Rail Road Company was com
bined against him, and both are potent agen
cies as well in the affairs of State as of tow n.
The result, therefore, is not singular when
we consider the agencies which were invoked
to bring it abuut. Tho hog question Iiaving
thus been disposed of. W driving him from
the street to the ety, we earnestly direct the
attention of the incoming Council to a posi
tive nuisance that ought to be abated. Ve
refer to the boorish conduct of certain fast
young men who make night hideous with
their senseless songs and yahoo yells. "Let
us have peace !"
TJio IVima. Rail Road Company.
The annual report cf the Pennsylvania
Bail Rad Company has just been published
by its Presided, J. Edgar Thompson, Esq.
We publish below an extract from it, show
ing the earnings and expenses of the Com
pany for the last year. If it be true, as is
sometimes said, that this mammoth corpora
tion owns the Pennsylvania Legislature, the
following array of figures proves conclusively
that it is abundantly able to do so without
seriously interfering with the surplus in its
treasury :
KARMXOl.
From passengers, $3,431, 9J3 94
cmigr t passengers-...
78 244 29
" mails 'J'J,9tjl 25
" expr's mat
ters 591.881 121
" geiral fr'ts I2,8s,l 05 30
" miscellane
ous sources 349,321 32
$17,5233,137 31
KXi-ENSES.
For con d n ctinjr"
transport it'ii. $3.fi08,233 81
" motive pow'r 3.3Cl,f.y4 42
maintenance
of cars . . 1 ,442,735 90
" maintentnee
of road 3,2C8,PDC 45
" gen'l exp'ses. I7a,423 a2
. 11,8(50.988.13
Leaving net earnings for the
vear ie08 Sj.371,988 43
The total amount of revenues compared with
previous year is :
18C8 $17,233,497 31
lwti7 1 6,340.1 53G
Increase $K3,340 95
The changes in the sources of revenue are
as lotions :
Decrease in emigrant
passengers $ 13,408 97
Decrease in express
matter 3S,G13 39
Decrease in miscel
laneous 124,707 22
$-200,723 53
Increase in regular
freight $1,0 19,805 63
Increase in first class
pas.scnzer. . . . . 35,155 33
Iccreise in United
S.tea Mails. . . 15,043 57
-1 100,070 53
Increase as before stated. .$-93,340 95
The gross revenues for 18C8 are crjnal to
$4S,13S 2G per mile, of the main lino of the
railroad.
The who'e number of passengers carried in
1907 was 3,347,406, and in 1SC3. 3,747, 178
an incrense of the nuv.ber carried of 399,712.
The average distance travelled bv each pas
senser was 35 54 100 miles, being 2 27 100
miles less than in l> , showing this increase
to be upon the local trafic of the Hue.
The number of tons of freight moved (in
cluding 294,131 tons of fuel and other mate
rials transported for the company) was 4,702,
015. embracing 2,065,049 tons of coal. The
whole tonage of your railway exceeds that of
last year, 721,477 tons, of which increase 384,
32G tons was bituminous coal.
The average charge upon freight? during the
year was 1,906-1000 cents per net ton per mile,
and per passenger, 2 71-lOOcents. The cost
of transportation was 68 8 10 per cent, of the
reccipte.
An Important Decision.
During tho war a case was decided before
Judse Sharswood, in the District Court of
Philadelphia, involving the question whether
a debt contracted before the passage of the
legal tendor act, and which stipulated for
us payment in silver dollars, could be leeal
ly discharged by a tender in greenbacks of
principal and interest. Judge Sharswood,
in a very lengthy and able opinion, decided
that it could not, but that it must be paid in
coin. For delivering this opinion Judge
Sharswood was denounced as a copperhead
and as an enemy of the country by the loyal
editors of the radical press, from the Dela
ware to the Ohio, and in 1867. when he
the democratic candidate for Jude of tb
w
Supreme Court, this much abused opinion of
his was quoted as an argument against his
election, and all manner of evil was predicted
in the event of his success. But his acknowl
edged ability and unsullied reputation for
honesty carried him safely through the con
test.
This same question has recently been be
fore the Supreme Coart of the United States,
in the- case of Bronson vs. Rhodes from the
State of New York. The claim arose upo
a mortgage, executed in the year 1861, and
specified that it should be jaid in gold or
silver coin of the United States. P.,.-.
J. j -JiUOUl
of the debt was tendered ia greenbacks aod
refused by the creditor. Sit was brought,
and the case going to the Supreme Court of
New York, that Court held that the tender
in lawful money, or greenbacks, was a law
ful payment of the debt. The Supreme
Court of the United States reversed this view
of the law, and decided that a contract to
pay a debt in gold roust be paid in that way
and in no other. Chief Justice Chase, the
father of the greenback currency, delivered
the opinion of the Court. Thus has Judge
Sharswood been vindicated from the fierce
assaults of bis enemies by the highest judicial
tribunal ic the country, and the doctrine
contended for by Judge Woodward, Judge
Thompson, and other democratic Judges in
this and other Stairs, been sustained. IIow
true it is that time at last sets all things even.
IJarrlsliurg; Correspondence.
IIa it p.isbctp.g , Feb. 20, 1809.
, Dear Freeman There has been but little
legislation for the last week. The House had
under consideration the General Appropria
tion Bill, and only gut it passed yesterday.
It appropriates ,$,000,000 to the Common
Schools. $180,000 to the schools for the sol
diers' and sailors' orphans,' for the interest
on the funded debt jl,S00,000. for public
printing, foldipg. stitching b 1 binding 135.
000, expenses of tho Legislature, inciuOtng
pay of the members, etc.. $:,O00, and to
the different charUife institutions of 'he
State arnouiits ranging from JjoOO to $40.
ooo each. A section appropriating 100,
000 f.r the State luDatic hospital at Danville
was stricken out. it being urged that this in
stitution was not situated in the central por
tion of the district it was inteudeu to benefit, i
ana ttieretjre not entitled to any assistance
from the State. An amendment increasing
the members and officers of the Houre was !
also voted down. It is the general opinion j
tnat tne senate will cut down all thebo ap
propriations. The Senate has teen engaged for toe most
part in the consideration of bills of a private
characU r.
The pasting and folding farco was again
on the boards this wiek and created quite a
sensation. ' The radicals of the House are be
coming alarmed lest the Senate won't concur
io an appropriation to pay these supernu
meraries, and are now trying to compromise
and get rid of the elephant by discharging
and paying them for the time they have
been here. A resolution to that tfil'ct passed
the IIou?o, but the Senate cannot very well
concur in the movement without stultifying
itself. As it is ct our funeral, however, we
needn't care a d imo how soon fchcy are
planted.
But, Mr. Editor, we can't afFord to spend
all our valuable time with the honorable u n-
tlc-men on the hill, and therefore we wiP
!eivo them for a while and comedown to the
city, whare we are having a good old tim
generally. At Brant's Hall we have J. B.
Roberts' dramatic troupe; in the upper hall
we have the Firemen's Fair still in success
ful operation, where the ladies, the veloci
pede, and other curiosities of an interesting
character, are still to ba seen. The firemen
of this city are an industrious, energetic and
persevering set of fellows, a! ways on hand
when needed, and justly deserving of the
patronago th.vv are receiving from the citi
zens of Ilarrisburg. Our people must not
take all the credit to themselves, however,
as a n-jmher of gentlemen from other parts
of the State (Huntingdon particularly) have
been indefatigable in tlu ir efforts t; procure
contribution-', and have been very successful
in 11 their undertaking. On Third street
we have the Opera in full blast, where a
variety of performances are being given
These being rather select entertainments,
they are extensively patronized by the upper
ten members of the Legislature and other
distinguished personages. I noticed a num
ber of the elite occupying the private boxes
at this place of amusement a few evenings
ago. On the streets the centre of attraction
are the velocipedes. We have two now, and
they are really a curious means of locomo
tion. They have as many boys after them
as a Grid clasa Italian organ grinder. II.
JLATE XEWS.ITEJIS.
A Viotrftctd lover oamed Andrew Ba
ker, of Grren township, Erie county, com
mitted suicide on the 0th inst., by hanging
bimself in bis barn. His tweothriirt refused
to marry him, but attended the funeral.
Grant was very much in fav r of the
Tenure of Office straight jacket for President
Johnson, but don't like to put it on hims-elf.
The Senate thinks what was sauce for the
goose should be saucs for the gander.
The Okalona (Miss.) A'ctrs tells that
Mr. Hares, ot that place, has knocked veloci
pedes, wagons and locomotives out of exis
tence by the invention of a si If propeller that
runs fifteen miles an hour over ordinarv
roads. The machine has been patented.
The jury in the United States Court, at
Richmond, gave $1,G00 damages to Robert
Stevens, a South Carolina negro, against the
Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad, for
putting his wife in a second-class car, by
force, after selling her a first class ticket.
Gen. Grant's denunciation of carpet
baggers looks very much like going back on
one's friends. But for the vote of carpot
baggers and negroes, he would not to-day be
President elect of these disunited States. But
then there is nothing surprising in feeling a
contempt for :tools" after using them.
Westmoreland county goes for Geary.
Covode is the Senatorial delegate, and will
vote for the "hnmbuggedest." Why not?
Didu't Geary refuse to'give Henry D. Foster
the certificate as a member of Cougres sto
which he is entitled, at the demand of Co
vode ? Doesn't one good turn deserve an
other. William Wells Brown, a negro lecturer
claims Hannibal as a splendid example of"
the courage and ability of the race. Brown
is mistaken. Carthage was founded by a
colony of Phoenicians, and the implacable
enemy of the Romans came from that noble
stock. There was no taint of African blood
in his veins. The Cannibals were negroes
but not the naunibals.
Governor Geary has respited Gerald
Eaton (now under sentence of death for the
murder of Timothy Heenan) upon the re
commendation of the prisoner's counsel, who
presented an affidavit from a Philadelphian
stating that the accused murderer was in
such a position at the time of the murder
that be could not have committed it. His
counsel seems confident of proving his inno
cence. The New York Tribune approves of
General Grant's refusal to ride with Presi
dent Johnson in the procession on inaugura
tion day, on the ground that President John
son once attempted to convict General
of falsehood. As the incidents connected
with the transaction above referred to are
yet fresh in the memory of the public, the
less said udou the snhmot. tha hatf.
think, for Genera Grant's reputation
Whatever may have been
son's intentions, it is a well known fact that
he was sustained in his allegations by four
or five of the most distincuishftd m.n r
country.
The Polltllial Kaldrons.
ET PETBOLEUSI V. NASBT, J2.
Dear Freeman We've had sum experi
ence in the Sugar Bush, having made mor'n
a ton's heft uv the swest ingredient, and we
do know that ef the kittle's a bilin over a
small bit uf fat throwed onto it w ill settle it
tew once. But the Poiitikal Kaldron's a
different thing. We've a Kaldron tew Wash
ington city me and Gen. Grant tewgether,
at'd we've one tew Ilarrisburg me and
Gen. Geary; and we've one ontew Camberry
county me and you ; and we've one ontew
JohnsVtown ; and thtr' all a bilin' over, and
grease won't settle 'em.
Tew Washington mo and Grant has
trouble about our beaurows and cabinet
ware. We've all uf the appointments made,
and some will pleas and some won't pleas.
Kongress may truly say the Ides uf March
is come, but the lies of March hasn't went
away. Tho Rump "is trtmblin', and this
tremblin' is only the tremor nf the earth
quake that's followiu'. Grant will retrench
and fite it cut on that line uf it takes all
summer, and K ngress won't. We're ngoin,
to call a si e-hal ses.-hun immediately on
finanshal matters, and then let 'em tbat'd in
Judea flea onrew the mountains.
Tew Ilarrisburg the Kaldron 'a bilin' over
tew. The trilohiies hev' flutters! their short
life 'away, aud nitw go down and settel in
their phiw- with other organick remains,
'fuel's a itickshun among the dry bones, and
I am sorry tew say that some Democrats are
demotalized there tew.
Comin' to our own county we find the
Kaldron bilin' over agin, ontew the isfhues
uf a kriminal court, a new county, and t' e
locfmoshttn uf the courthouse. Parties I
split like ontew a split-stick, and I'm bwt
iu the mirage. The fog's get tin' thicker,
the s earn of the Kaldron envelopes me, and
I'm at tea without rudder or kumpas.
Then comiu' tew hum to Johnstown and
Conemaugh, the Kaldron 's bilin' over agio.
I wls tew the eleckshun and tried to hunt
uj my party. I asked a Democrat for a
ticket. He se-1 he wuz votin' the radikal
ticket. So I thought I'd follow suit. I
went tew a rad,k:tl and sed I wanted a pa
per bullet He sed he was votin' ontew the
Democratic ticket. So I went to "Mac-
Si-ar.e, Jr. " and "Tip," and us three form
ed a split ticket uf our own, I thrn run
tew Conemaugh boro' and found the founda
shuns uf the great poiitikal Weep broken up
there tew, and party lines split to slivers.
I bo't a paper and went tew hum' and the
first thing I seed was the descshnn uf the
Supreme Court of Lnkel Sara eayin' that
Greenbacks wern't a legal tender. Next
came the Commerfhal uf Pittsburgh and the
Tribune uf Johnstown, both adcokalin ff
furm, with the news that Ben Wade waded
intew Ben Butler about theadmishun uf the
vote ut ueorgia. bo, ttunss 1, ther's a
comet comin', or sum disturbiu' eloment bro
ken in ontew the "cohesive power uf public
plunder" find party ties and party lines
lines generally. The trubtl with me was
tew desi le as tew what fragment 1 should
kling tew.
Tne r.ext rapera seed was the Freeman
It stated that a "watch and chain" wus
tew be givin' tew '-he most merritorious
(etdeli:icin in this broad Commonwealth .'" J
thought a moment, and think's I that's me
It must be me. 1 answer tho diskripshun
Let's ste: From a few friends." That
muse bo me, for I hav' j st that mennv
To be a surprise!" That's me tew. fur I
know not bin' uf it. So mv spirits revived
and I wus kalkilat'm' what tew do with the
"stern winder," when I learned that the
cuspid old pewter watch, that I wouldn't
hav', wus fur another man! But never
mind. I hav' three tratches now, and may
be I II pet another by-m-bv.
Now, tew konklude, Mr. Editor, isn't it
queer that these things happen all tew one
time ? Johnstown -lects a Democratic Bur
gf-ss Conemaugh defeats the Demcratic
ticket Geary and the Commercial and the
Inbunc a.-ks fur reform Chaso desldes
Greeubaiks a kind uf unkojstitutional
Grant won't konsnlt the Rump about CaV
net t f!ics : and Ben Wade and Ben Butler
is at loggerheads. &c. It maybe that the
purchase of Alaska lies onstttled the equi
librium of politicks all over the country
jjven natur' is onuaturai. w e ve summer
when we had ought tew hav' winter. Let's
sing, ' That's what the matter now, that's
what tho matter."
Vowra in Hir W0ol. NaSBT, Jjl.
Tnr. Honestest Mis. The Montrose
UepufAican savs : "Ihe wickedest man"
lives in New York and is named John Al
len. We are inclined to think that "the
honestest man" lives in Lathrop, Susque
hanna countv. Pa., and is named John
Johnson. Here is a notsce he sonds to the
Independent Ilepublican ;
Notice. I was "burned out" about
twhlva years ago, and my neighbors and
friends raised a subscription for my benefit.
tor which 1 was and am very thankful.
Having since been prosperous. I have repaid
all those whom I could readily find ; hut
there are some on the list not vet repaid.
and this notice is to request all such to lit
me know their address, by letter or othar
wise. John Johnson.
Lattikop, January 0, I860.
The above should be noticed, as such hon
esty is rather a rare article at the present
time.
Consumption can be Cured.
An Eastern medical periodical gies an in
teresting account of the complete care of Mrs.
Amos SttiufFer, of Manor, Lances ter countv.
Pa., of hereditary Consumption. Her .arents
ana several oroiners ana sisters died of this
terrible disease. Airs. Staufier was herself re
duced to a mero skeleton; the pulse at 140;
her breathing painfully difficult; expectora
tions very excessive; diarrhoea worse than
chronic, and her condition so hopele?s that at
a conierencc of the old skillful physicians she
was pronounced unnurable. At this stage of
t1 e disease. Dr. S. B. llartman, of ilillersville,
Lancas er county, Pa , a physician of fourteen
years standing, prescribed MISHLER'S
HEliB BITTERS. The patient soon expe
rienced a pleasing invigorating sensation
throui-hoiit her system, and encouraged by her
friends to continue under Dr. Hartman's treat
ment, she did so, gradually improving under
increases doses according to her strength, until
she entirely recovered. Mrs. Sunflei is stilt
living, in the full enjoyment of perfect health.
C. B. Ilerr, Esq., President of the Lancaster
County (Pa.,) National Bank substantiates
the particulars of this most wonderful case.
The Easton Express tells the story of a
young man of that place, and a young lady
of Bucks county both natives of the I2m
erald Iale who have been trying to eet mar
ried for a long time but could not owing to
the hard times, and that a few days ago their
difficulties were removed by the lady receiv
ing information of the death of a rich relative
m Ireland, bequeathing her fifty thousand
dollars, and that tho long deferred nuptials
were arranged to take place last Sunday.
At the funeral of Jas. T. Brady, of New
York, a touching incident took place just
before the body was removed from'the house
of the deceased. General Daniid E. Sickles,
accompanied by Mr. John Graham, entered
the room, and as the former looked upon the
face of his dead friend, he burst into tears I
and repeatedly kissed his "face.
Ayer's
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A dressing which
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io its original color
tcitk the gloss and
'freshness of youth.
Thin hair is thick
ened, falling hair checked, nod bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
Utit such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a paety sedi
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent baldness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, tho Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a
HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambric, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it a rich glossy
lustre and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.,
Practical akd Analytical Chehists,
LOWELL, 31 ASS.
PBICB $1.00.
Tor sale by It. J. LLOYD, Agent, Ebensburg.
Ayer's Cathartic Pills,
Tor all
Hodicino.
th.o purposes of a Ijaxativa
Tcrhaps no one medi
cine is so universally re
quired by everybody as
n cathartic, nor was ever
any before so universal
ly adopted into use, in
e very country and amonz
nil classes, as this mild
but efficient purgative
I'M. Tho obvious rea
son is, that it is a more re
liable and far more effec
tual remedy than any
other. Those who have
tried it, know that it cured tlicm : those who have
not, know that it cures their neighbors and friends,
and nil know that what it docs once it does always
that it never fail through any fault or neglectof
its oompositic. We have thousands upon thou
sands of certUlcatca of their remarkable cures of tho
following complaints, but Buch cures are known in
cverv neighborhood, and we need mt publish them.
Adapted to all ages and conditions in all climates;
containing neither calomel or any deleterious drug,
they may be taken with safety by anybody. Their
f-ugar coating preserves them ever fresh, and makes
them pleasant to take, while being purely vegetable)
no harm can arise from their use in any quantity.
They operate by their powerful influence on tho
internal viscera to purify the blood and stimulate it
into healthy action remove Uie obstructions of tho
Ftomach, bowels, liver, and other organs of tho
liody, restoring their irregular action to health, and
by correcting, wherever they exist, such derange
ments as arc the first origin of disease. t
Minute directions aro given in the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints, which. tueaO
rapidly cure :
For I.riai or Xodlg-estloii. X.ttla
nraa. Lanrnor and loa of Appetit, they
ho u Ul be taken moderately to stimulate the stom
ach and restore its healthy tone and action.
Kor HTpr Complains and its various symp
toms, Ililions Hulicl. (kick IlrtMlMctir,
Jaundice or rim Nicknria, Hilioua
Colic and Biiiona fever, they should be ju
diciously taken for each case, to correct the diseased
action or remove the obstructions which came it.
For Vyaentery or Diarrhoea, but ono mild
dose is generally required.
For Hhpaniatian, Uont, Gravel. Palpt.
tntioa of the Heart, Pala ia the Aide,
Stack 'and loim, they should be continuously
taken, as required, to change the diseased action of
the system. With such chango those complaints
disappear.
For Itropty and Iropalcal Mwelllaira they
should be taken iu large and frequent doses to pro
duce the effect of a drastic purge.
For MapprettNion a large dose Bhould be taken
as it produces the desired effect bv sympathy.
As a liimtrr Pill, take ono or two Fills to pro
mote digestion and relievo the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulate the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
and invigorates tho svstem. Hence it is often ad
vantageous where no serious derangement exists.
One who feels tolerably well, often finds thatado.se
or these rills makes him reel decidedly better, from
their cleansing aud renovating effect on the diges
tive apparatus. ,
DIt. a. C. A. YEIi CO., Frwticnl CKemintS,
X.OrjELT.. XT. S. JL.
Axn Reesk J. Lloyd, Ebensbcrq.
PACIFIC RAIL ROAD
IV KARL. Y FINISHED.
I 2 5 O 9IILES BUILT!
THE PACIFIC R. R. CO.
AKD THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD CO.
Have addel Eigitt Hundred (700) Miles to
their lines during the current year, while doing
a large local pappeDger and freight business.
The through connection will undoubtedly be
completed next summer, when the through traf
fic! must and will be very great. Forty thou
sand men are now employed by the two power
ful companies in pressing forward the great na
tional highway to a speedy completion. Only
200 miles remain;to be built, most of which'are
graded and ready, for the rails.
First Mortgage Gold Bonda of the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company for sale at par and in
terest, ard First Mortgage Gold Bonds of the
Central Pacific Railroad at 103 and interest.
The principal and interest of both bonds are
payable in gold.
DE HAVEN 8l BROTHER,
DEALERS,' IN
Government Securities, Gold, &c,
ETo. 40 S. Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
"POllEIGN SHIPPING
AND
EXCHANGE OFFICE.
WE ARE NOW SELLING EXCHANGE,
AT HEW YORK BATES. ON '
England, Ireland, Scotland.
waies, uermany,
Austria, Bavaria,
Baden, Hesse n,
Hanover. Beleium.
Prussia.
Wurtemberg,
Saxony,
Switzerland,
Holland, Norwav and
And Tickets to and from any Port In
England, Ireland, Scotland,
Germany. Trance, California,
New South Wales or Australia,
KERB & CO.
Altoona, Pa., Jan. SI, 1867.
10.000
PRIME CIGARS just re-
Ceiled at Itf. T. Datmav.'.
- - vuKutan oe UUB
door east of "Freeman" office. Also, a lar
Bloc or the best brands of Chewing Tobaeco.
at vkoTeaftr "prices.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
NO
CEHTBAl PACIFIC RAILROAD EOMPT
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.
This great enterpise is approaching comple
tion with a rapidity that astonishes the world.
Over fifteen (15l 0) miles have been built by
two (2) powerful companies: the Union Pa
cific Railroad, beginning at Omaha, building
west, and the Central Pacific Railroad, begin
ning at Sacramento, and building east, until
the two roads sh II meet. Less thau two hun
dred and fifty miles remain to be built. The
greaUr part of the interval is now graded, and
it is reasonably expected that the through
connection betweea San Francisco and New
York will be completed by July I.
As the amount of Government aid given to
each is dependent npon the length of road each
shall build, both companies are prompted to
great efforts to secure the construction ami
control of what, when completed, wiil be one
and the only grand Railroad Line connecting
the Atlantic and Pacific eoists.
One Hundred and Ten Million Dollars (f 1 10
000,000,) in money have already been expend
ed by the two powerful companies engaged in
this great enterprise, and they will epecdily
complete tne portion yet to be built. W hen
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 its spt-cdy
completion beyond a doubt. The Government
aid may be briefly summed up as follow.:
First. The right of way and all necessary
timber, and stone from public domain.
Second. It make3 a conation of 12.800 acres
of land to tho mile, which, when the road is
completed, will amount to twenty time million
(2:i.U0O,00ti) acres, and all ot it'within twenty
(120) miles of the raiiroal.
Third. It loans the companies fiftv million
doll.irs ($50,UCO.OU(l), for which it takes a
econd lien.
The Oovemment haa already loaned the
Union Pacific R:ti!road twenty four million
and fifty -eipht thousand dollars v $24 .fljci.tOvi)
and to the Central Pacific Railroad seventrpn
million six hundred and forty eight thousand
dollars ($ 1 1 ,C-lS,t'(0), amounting in all to
fortv-one million ven hundred and eix thous
aiid'dollars ($-11 ,706,0011)
The companies are rcrmitted to ieue their
own Firt Mortgage ll.inds to the same amount
as they receive from the United States, and no
more. The companies have sold to periK.tn nt
investors about (?-4l),OtMJ,0(0) foity minion
dollars of their First Mortgage Bonds. 1 he
companies have already paid in (including net
earningnot divided, grants from State of Cali
fornia, tud Sacramento city and San Francisco,)
upwards of $25,t'OH,OUU twenty-five million
dollars of capital fetock.
"WHAT IS TIIERE YET TO BE DONE ?
Jn con-idering this question it must le re
membered tli.'it ail the remaining iron to finih
the road is contracted for, and the largest por
tion paid for and now delivered on the iiue of
the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pa
cific Railroad, and that the grading is almost
nmshed.
WHAT RESOURCES HAVE THE COM
PANIES TO FINISH THE ROAD i
First. They will receiAe from the Govern
ment as the road progresses about $9,l0O,OU0
anditional.
Second. Thev can issue their own First
Mortgage Bonds for about SO.OOO.OnO addi
tional. Third. T'le companies now hold almost all
the laud they have up to this time received
from the Government; upon the completion of
the road thev w ill have received in all 23.001)..
000 acres, which at $1.50 per acre would be
worth $3-i.iut,uiiu.
In addition to the above the net earnings of
the roads and additional capital, if neccssarv
could be called in to finish the road.
WAY BUSINESS- ACTUAL EARNINGS.
No one has ever expressed a doubt that as
soon as the road is completed its through busi
ness will b abundantly ptofitr.ble.
Gross earnings of the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company for fix
months, ending January 1, "GO,
were upwards of. $3,000,000
The earnings of the Central Pa
cific Railroad, for six months,
ending Jan. 1st, lt-GO. were. .$1,750 OOOtr'ld
r .- r.. a., . . o
i-ipt-iiauB f,i.Hi.i;;ni gold
Interest 450.1 .00
l.coo.r-oo "
Net profit of Central Pacific
Railroad, after p.iying all in
terest and expens-es for six
months 5:7.-,:) r.nn o-.
The present gros- earnings of the Union and
" a . i r i" i -
vcuirai x acme ivauroaas are 51,U0,(.yj month
lv.
HOW LARGE A BUSINESS IS IT SAFE
iu rtitinur KOR THE GREAT PA.
CIFIC RAILROAD?
We would give the following facts derive.!
from Shipping Lists, Insurance Companies
Railroads, and general information:
Ships goinrr from the Atlantic
around Cape Horn, 100 80,000 toes.
Steamships connecting at Pa
nama with California and
China, 55 12O,0C0
Overland Trains, Stages, Horses
f!c ' e!c, .' 30 .000
Here we have two hundrod nr,A !.:-. .1
d . .... . .JIIIIT iiious
tons carried westward, and experience
has shown that in the last fVw . i
turn passengers from California have been
nearly as numerous as those tro'njr
HOW MANY PASSENGERS ark THERE?
t iu.iK, uic luuuwing estimate
11 0 Steamships, both ways, 70.t 0!) (act'l for 'C8)
2(10 Vessels, 4,000 estimafd
wvcuauu " JUU,i;00
Number per annum. .174,000
Present price (averaging half the costs o
the steam.hirs) for both passengers an ton
.iage gives the following result:
xty.vvv passengers at $100... $17 400 000
.us, ,uleu ai t-i per cubic foot..
15.C40.000
Basing calculations npon the above fi-ures
Without n ns n(T .1, i T . '
-y- a ige increase ot bus
mesa, which ran snf.K. K , . U3
t;r.,oA "m '"tea ior, tlien es
timate the running expenses at one half and
c ..a tea nei income or $16,520,000- which-
z" 'ui: , on tne j.-irst Aion
-b ..u uu ine advances made bv the
TnMrr ' "cr ttnu abOTe al1 expenses and
cifiV'V. "?eond3. the Union Pa-
fl, T?: i ir i .
"auy ana the r irt Alort
gage Bonds, of the Central Pacific RaUroad
ki - i i i'""cipat ana interest, rav
!2e, " ?nLtb,' W cent. iSZ
.. .uu run ior mirtv tprm nd
the, cannot be paid before that time wlihout
pJifil'n ?TtS,l? oU Bonds of the Union
CentrllaoifiJp iMTtgage Gold Bond of
SEEL C fi Railf0rd at 103 accrued
DE HAVEN & BRO.,
Dealers in
Government Securities, Gold, &c,
NO.40 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
PniLADELPniA.
I
tOYD CO., Hauliers,
Gold. Silver rtA. a t ' :
Other Securities, bought and sold. TnteS
r"nn 1.'r?e deposits. Collections made
In all accessihlfl nn nD t v, tt-, , n. .
nd a general Banking basin.. tranwcUd.
HOOFLAUD S GERMAK BITTXBS;
HQOFLAHQ'S GERMAN TOIilC.!
Prepared ty Pr. O- M. acon, riitilpbw.
Thwir iDtroJuciiou Into thU ouatxy from Qetaaty
occurred In
120.
Tmrr cxjukd toctj
FATILEP-S AUD MOTTTEEG,
And will c?re yna find yrnr eHMren. They tr
er-.iirrly dirtrrcnl""'. V- L I. f rota the ki&e y
tirrr!'on now fr" ft m tomtry
ca.Ud H;it-r or t O Tonle. They !a
no uvtrn prop tw urt maixa ration, or anyiLlr
like one; nui gvua, honm, ruiiubla nudiolau. Tbcy
The grtaltrnt knot" T9ndiuf3T
Liver Complaint.
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JATJNDICT!,
ESseascs of tho 'SUdneys,
ERUPTIONS C7 THE SKIFJ,
and fell Diaeiie arisSKS from a XMor
dercd Liver, Stomach, or
mrriiirr of the blood.
CoTrptior!, natnlwne. Inward ilj
Vuilr-.ees cf Tilooct to trie HtsJ. Aclditjr
of ttio Stomach, N Heart
burn, "Disgust tvT 1'tKXl. I ulr.e-fc
or Weight in tho SlcmnciL,
Sour .fejmctations. Sink-
jn.T rr Fiuttrrirf: at tha
Pit of the Stomach, Bwim
rr.inK of e iicad, U'irned or
DiCU-alt EreT'hinsr, Flutterine
Rt tl, niit. .-5ssc55v Chokmir or .
EuflocaUu?if VSeniBtiong
when iu a. Ly-iL J'j 1. feature,
Diir.i'SH.of 'w' Vibn, IX.L
or Webs tfore tho Hieht, XjuU
.Pftin in the llfca.i. Deficiency
cf Perrpiri-.t-.ic.n. xoll owi:c-m
cf tUs fckin a-aol Kes,
Pain in the Sid.
Back, Cli-?st, .Lii.ibe. c-t-e..
Sndcl-o Fliih- of li.vit. Bum
In in ttte Pioah, Vnnnt-Xxt Iina-ir ing-a
cf Kril and jr-a. Zorr6iori of Spinis,"
All Uuit iiUicair liisr.ase of -V i.,rr er I'igcsct
CrycTU, cumlwicJ mill ts--.fcr Hood.
Hcoftand's Gentian filters
ta ent'rr-ly v-rKett:.. and conu?n no
IJiMrir. It I o compound of f'.aii Ki.
Ira, n. The Coots, IJerba, aari i?ark
frt-ru xisieii ct;f fitrct irr mae
arc garlic rr.i an j.
AH tltc rocrtJj? VAclnal vlri
ere extrac'.rd Vk ',rom thss br
a or 1 e u 1 1 ft c x2 -h-(nlaf . Ttit
ritrirtt are then torwarici to chl
couiitry to be ued fnipmlf fvr tha
;j rj u inc 1 1 r- of three I5ittrr. "herein
no alcoholic noMtunr efnr kind tJ
in corn pott txiin; lite ttltiera, bertre It It
the oniv Bitter (hat can t-o urd tu
re utirre kltoLollc Uaaulauu ar
not atlls&.bie.
Eoofiand's German Tonic
it a onfi'naton o3 f ingrtdirnti f fS P-.HiCt.
tcilA rc Xciila Crua Him, Orange tc B u
for the muf ditsatf ot tfu liu'irrt, in w V-r m
yure alcoholic itimkhu it rtquirtd. Ton tnii bor m
mind thai Utett rrmrdiet art entirely diffure-ol
any chert adrcrtit'd far the mrt of Ut diteastt Mt,
Ui'ie bring tcxentifU prrjxtrahom f wxedtcinal eatfrata,
vhiU Oie aih'ri art mrre drcoriiont uf rwm m m
form. The TfNIC it decidedly trur nf tht mntt
tant and ayreeablt rem'ditt rrr ctrtd to fx pni..:.
Jit tatle it ejcquirUt- It t a p'eature to take il.irmu
Uft pxvxitg. tjLhilarciting. ind mtdicvnal tptalirm tm
tLuul iluin tMin at tht grtaUtt (J all ivnc
DETJUiITT.
Tellers or Tonic inBf
X hey xmpari a (on
J ot -i eticlU t
kta-thj; com i Uxnn, craaicaJ ihe yuc tr impe row l
rye, impart a blcxrm to Iht checks, r. rd chunc th' yaltcrot
frtjm a thert-lrratJied tniavt-jttfri vak, Uth
iniHUtd. ta a fuU-fcceei, finuL, aird vrgr,tm9 frrs-n.
veak and Delicate Children xta
made tlrniie by nin ttio t;ittrr cr
Ionic. In !&ot. thfj rc Family JJI"
flnr. Xhfy can b 1n:lnllrr:iS niifc
pcrtef t nalety to a child lfre-r sccaict
old, the uoit delicate feci ale, or a uia
of ninety.
Sket HtmtdU om IM hett
It! cod Purifiers
9cw Tcnm. ond nZZ cw ciii ditrtis't rv.'- f
bad tUK.il. Keeri vour a. .j b.w. d i : k
Ltvor in ortier ; keep nj ffl-tr J.tJ-.N
n a toueui. healihv IS nr-nJuicrt. i
of the i. retntdiet tmzimwscri j nd no d-.tt'i
tver atCilil itom. The t" t . i.e rfvunln rerc-L'
J
thrn. If yeart of Konett rej.-HLtm go for jrf
you tautl try tfictt yrtaraltum.
FUOH nOJT. GEO. W. WOODWAKP.
Chief Justice cf the
Imlai.ii rn:i, Varcr. 13. 1"
I find " ITmf.anJTt Oe-man littitrt ' ri n X cn va
iraixug beverage, but it a good U.nie, utefcl tn tuTdm
o f the dijettixt orpani, and of great b-'neJU tn aisa uf
itluuy and Kant vf ntrvottt aciiort in Le tyi'i-r.
ivmrt ru.'v,
ti'EO. yr. WOODWAXD.
rr.oir nos. jae3 Tnorsox,
Judge- of the Supreme Cotirt cf Frnr.pTiTnit.
Fun itm.reii. jT"t! 2S- lMa
T ronalder JPS. IJonflaoil
Carman lilt "S. ten" ra.t
fxtdtnne in cao asank of attack t
I n d Ik e llonamLiM rV3or Dyspepsia
I can certlly tli I rom my e xperleute oi
l. loun, with rcrrf!.
J A. tlfcS Xlf6-TlFSe.".
FROM REV. JOSEm H. KEN' JTAF.D.r). IV
rtor of the Tenth Dnptint Church, r.ii:alr,t-JJCtsoK-Dtlt
Hilt:-! hurt bten fre.;
requested to connect my name with recn-men,it:tcnt
4'.ertnt kindt of medicines, but regcr.in-f Trra ':'rfi
at ovl of my afypropricUe tphere, I h i-' in
oixnrd : btU xvu.'i a clear proof in ranjut ifi'!y
particularly ia my ivn family, of lA ujeu.nrn s- l
Jlor:J(and'i German JiUtert. 1 d pjrt tor tnre frcn 1
utual evurtc, to tiprett myfuli runriJ.'ioii Mcxt f 'l
trl debility ot the rulriii and rpiviai!y for l-"
Couifluint, it la aaasrw i rnmt and va!ua-
p r e j a r ation. Jn fc-v M eaiU K'n,
fail; but utuaVy. S Sj3 I d. uht not, il
bt very beneficial ma&btm to I.Vu
rom Uu atnntt wwu. t'ourt, rrrv relict fun v.
J. U K.h.SSK
bMVi t"vJii r
CAUTION".
TToefanTt German Remediet art emrr'trrftit'4
genuine ha-re the signature of 1". Jl. Jackaoa
Uie front of the otUtilt tcrap'ptr of eac boiit, aoJ
name of the article bluvm ih t-nrh. toiiii, Ak oJitr t
coxUrf tit.
Erlc or lite Hit tern, ft 1 OO per do1''
Or, a hair doTm for ?5 OO. . .....
Price or tit 'Ionic, l 5 per bottl.
Or, a ltair dozen lor $7 60.
The tonic if put up tn c.art bottle.
, Recollect that it it Dr. Uiotand'l German Rrftl
that art to um'tf r..i.'v u'i and to highly TK' f
mended ; and do no. aPfTB. aJ.'eu th' f u
may toy tt jvst at PvJ J-Jg, t:auJ.
makes a larg,rjyrof. tmiatmstt&r un u. Jai
diet will bt ttut by epi e. w oy locality pon aylr
tion to Uit
t
PRIXC1PAL OFFICE,
AT THE QEMIAN MEDICINE ST0B2
ITe. 631 URCU STRKB T, rhOadtipM'
CIIAS- IS. 3EVA1TS,
rropriotor,
formerly O. IS. JACXSON CO.
Tbeae Remedies re far aale lr pn,r
Clata, Storekeeper, nd Medicine D1 j
era everywhere. . f
Inot forget to examine ml tht mrUcU yo f
order to get the genuine. (
(E7"For Sale by R. J. LLOYD. DrufS" f
Ebensburg Pa. foot..22.-l-