Cambria Freeman.
KDCKSDCno, IA.
THURSDAY, t APRIL 15, 1869.
The Freeman' Critic.
We cannot conecst to conduct tha Faa
HAS la accordance with the programme laid
down for na In the list Johnstown Tribune.
Vie prefer acting on our own, Jadgrcent
ratber tlian on its gratuitous advice. If
the editor supposee that there it to be. a
tmce to polit e and their newspaper discus
sion, or that the "era of good feeling" is to
he inaugurated under the new administra
tioo. he is sadly mistaken. Thus far It haa
piB no indication that tneb will be the
case, but the Try reverse.
If the Washington corresponient of the
Tribune will address letter to "Mat. Ad
ams," who ia an honorable man, asking
tim to compromise hif political integrity,
be must expect to be exposed. Unlike the
Inbuilt1 correspondent. Mr. Adam po!it
leal opinions are not in the market, to be
knoelel down to the Lfgheat and best bid
der for the highest and Lent price bidden for
the tame. If Jshn W. Geary will writ8 an
extra-cfllcial letter to the Clerk of the House
of Representatives, dignified by John Cess
na, into a supplemental proclamation,"
and accompany it with a batch cf manufac
tured affidavits, for the purpose of smuggling
John Covode into a seat in Congress to
fc-hicai Gaary rafased to certify he had been
elected, and if the radical majority' in the
Iloufe, in order to carry out Geary'a illegal
purpose, will refer all this worthless trash to
the election committee and withhold from it
the rjjlcial returns of the elrctlon, this paper
will expose the attempted fraud. If the
f repent radical legislature will deliberately
violate a solemn party pledge contained in
the Chicago platform, and by ratifying the
negro suffrage amendment will do that which
the platfurm declared it ought not and would
not do. such brazen political pnfi ly will be
denounced in these columns, while the editor
cf the Tribune may devote hia paper to the
more renumeratire businese of publishing
"an occasional law of Corgress." And,
finally, if the editor of the Tribune will act
the role of the Vicar of Bray, and play f4t
and loose on this negro suffrage amendment
if he will iosibt in November that It is a
question which eac7 Sat should be allowed
to decide for itself, and in April return his
thanks'to the legislature for baring settled
It and thns cheated the people out of a con
stitutional right, be must rot be surprised if
we tell him rf his backsliding in plain but
not offensive language. It is an important
questi.t to the people, and they hove a riht
to know who deprived them of ite settle,
rncnt, as trell as who give aid and comfort
to the usurpers. However anxious he may
be tkat the negro should rote and vote now,
taere are others who are not quite so eolicit
lona on that surtjeot, and who insist that
the question shall be determined according
to the law and the constitution, and cot by a
shameless violation of patry faith or by the
mere force of party supremacy. We dislike
ti disturb the rose water eqmimity of the
Tribune, but we do not see very well haw it
can be avoiJed.
A model Appointment.
A great deal of clamor was raised against
Andrew Johnson because he appointed a
few men to office who kubsequently proved
to be tl ir honest. We presume that during
the administration ef every Preeidsat tome
dishonest men have train aged to secure of
fices for themselves. From the very nature
cf things it must be so Eut that Andrew
Jthnsoc ever appointed a dishonest man to
n effice, knoiciny Mm to be to, is not true,
nor can it be proven, llefote the election
it was one of the radical arguments, that
Grant himself being honest be would not
Inoicintfy appoint a sc.'Uiidral to effice.
Per several years James M. Ashley has
represented the Toledo (O ) district in Con
gresa. He was dt 'rated lust fall by a dem
ocrat. This man Ashley w-es always a fcla
tant demagogue, and acquired a gjod
deal of notoriety in consequence o hi per
extent hw! for the impeachment of Preai-
d nt Johnson. During th administration
of President Lincoln, a man by tle came of
Prank Chase, wbo lived in Ashley's district,
was an applicant for tie office of Surveyor of
Colorado Territory. Ashley wae Lie warm
friend, importuned the President to appoint
-cim, and while the matter wae pendiog he
wrote a neat business letter to bis "Dear
Frerik,"of which the following is an ex
tract :
"Now, Fraak. this is the best cfSce. in idt
Judrsaent. m the gift of the President, and I
would resign to d-iy if I were sure I cow Id keep
it lour years If yon Ret it I wmtt le unite
villi you as a tell partner iu ll Uul specula
tions and town site.
' The Pacific Railroad will go through thia
Territory, and it will be a fortune to us if we
tan get it. e 4
"I will probably be Chairaaaa of the Com
mil tee on Territories, if we can carry tu the
programme to e'ect Grow Speaker and your
brother, Charley Chase of Indiana, Olerk. and
then I will know all the proposed expenditures
in iue i erriiurio-, ana pout vou ia uriuirf
. Now. one word as to ouhsIm
Jt is agreed that my brother Eli ia to be chief
clerk, and my brottier William, wlit is now in
Colorado, aliali nave such position aa he ran
mi. he having alwaya been a farmer. The
surveying eontracta, etc., we will fix after the
appoiutment.
J laTe draw t,ie
nplA.Ail - A i i.i
. i.SrccMent, wuicn a wian you would
sign and keep ; and copy one just like it, sign
H ana forwaia, nd return the other atrreenent."
Weauppose that no nan, after, reading
this extract, would say that James M. Ash
ley it an honest man. In almost every sen
tace of it he confesses himself to be a cor
apt scoundrel. This Utter was extensive
ly published just previous to the impeach
ment trial and could not but bave been
quite as well known to Gen. Grant as it was
to any man in Congress. Ashley Las never
denied it. and yet, with this conelusiTe evi
dence ef Ashley's infamous character before
Lira, Granthas appointed bira to the res
pcMibk position of Gorernor of the Territo
ry of Montana. Andrew Johnson would
have scorned to make so disreputable aa ap
pointment. .
Of course this truly royal Aashley, who
wished to unite with his friend Chase "as a
full partner in all land speculations and
town sites' in Colorado, waa cenfirmed by
the Senate on the prlnc:ple that a "fellow
feeling make men wondrous kind." God
save the people of the territory of Montana 1
Equally outrageous was the sppointment as
Assessor of internal revenue in one of the
New.Orlw.e districts, of that incendiary
BAgTO. P. B. S. Pinchbeck, memor bl as the
man who wentd that city to be laid in ash
es. This is literally making a desert and
with mockery calling it "peace."
Caught al Last.
It will be remembered that the proposi
tiona to iecreaee the pay of the member tf
the legislature from a tJa uaod to fifteen
hundred dollars came from a democrat from
Montgomery county named jVitJJiller. We
refer red to the matter at the time, kai de
nounced in very plain language tbs plua
dering operation of MMillar's aa 1 the eev
enteen"other democrats who sustained him
by their votea. The course cf llclii'ler on
the folding and pavtibg swindle, and after
wards on the attempted increase of pay,
satisfied us that he was venal and corrupt.
The evidence on that subject is mot conclu
ive. About three weeks ago, during a
night session, a bill was rushed through
both branches of the legislature and signed
by the Governor with indecent haste, abol
ishing Judge Gambit's court in Lycoming
county and attaching that county to anoth
er judicial dUtrict. The Senator from that
district was absent whan this outrage was
perpetrated, and on his return the Senate
promptly repealed the obnoxious law. It
was then refened to the Judiciary Commit
tee of the House, where, to the utter sur
prise of every person familiar with the facts,
it was smothered until a few days ago, when
it was decided negatively by (lie easting rote
rf McMUler, who happened to be a member
of that committee.
It seems that this infamous business has
been engineered tbrorgh the legislature by
Peter Ilerlic, a wealthy and unscrupulous
man from Lycoming county, who tas a
personal object in view. That this man
Hsrdic paid McMiller for hie rote in the
committee seems to be conceded from all the
surrounding circumstances. The Hajr'e
burg Patriot openly charges him with hav
irg been bought. We commend the bold
ness with which the Patriot has esrpofed
this cieature Mclliller, and trust that if the
editors know of any other members who
have in like manner ff :nded tley will lay
on the lash with an ucfparirg hand, and
be eqnally .rrmpt in holding tLern up to
ftiblic scorn and indignation.
The biibed spodUte! Uo l.i hateful utrne
From e-u-h and every scroll of l-.one-t lame.
Let im ni'in trust him. ni fuie.tr to shod
Contempt and dep rliJu nor mi bin head.
Let corn still point. Iter fl ight mm. br ji ies.
Ant nsr Brum d the cuhohcixcc or ssiats!
Let p nil children, m he pi. by.
Khrink from touch ;! uJ !er at his ee;
Let lovelv womfi loath him . ih diut.
An i sbun him 'ike the reptile in the dust,
And whi'e he live let Iufuny itUne
Claim the bribe 1 le(;i stor bs sri r,w.i,
fntil he dies and sinks into the prave.
To poison wnrmt tlmt feel urxiu the knave
I'here 'ruiJst the storms let hideous Fur:ea
foul
no'd Kighily revels and in concert how!;
Let hiwnjr serpents mtke that spot their home
And be the watchful puardUns of his tomb;
And when he goes to hell, let deviU stare.
And ask him who the devil sent hinrt there?
And feel the intuit, deep, stvre and keen,
To see a fiend rre-eminenily mean
'Alklrtt better devil. rudely ushered in
A fon, anpslliiiK prodigy of sin I
And in hell's fiercest, hottest funnce era named.
Let him tx dtnaej ttiperlstirely dam-iel !
And why not damned for such transcend nt
crimes ?
Yea, damntd eternally ten thousand times?''
ItlofXatt and IrXjrcrti.
Dr. John MofTt, who was electe-; to Cin
gress from the thtrd Philadelphia district last
October, was rj -ctcd from bis seat lsst Fri.lay
and Leonard Myeu was inUlleI in his place.
The milk in this cocoannt ia accounted fur
from the fct tht Moffit in a democrat and
My ere a radical. In order to accomplish
thia result tbeolJ and convenient dodge was
resorted to of throwing out, not illegal votes,
but entire ectiin divisions which had given
Urge democratic majorities. For tb demo
cratic privilege of being kicked oui of Con
gress the Hu vtited to pay Dr. Moffat
4180. Tor claiming a real to which be had
never bean elected the use House paid Me
nard, the Louisiana negro, $2,600. Evi
dently, while men are at a heavy discount in
Congress.
The IIahbisbcso Patkiot is a lively pa
per and ia conducted with great spirit and
ability. Its editors know their' doty and
bave the courage fearlessly to rf.,rm it.
It has been a long time since the democratic
party bad so able and tffioient an organ at
the seat of government. It seems to us.
Lowers, that if the Leading of the paper
was iwiiH'd tu larger type of a different stylo
a appearance would be Tartly improved.
Bat that im purely a matter of taste. The
subscription price of the PatryU is $ per
yew for the daily and $2 per year for the
weekly edition. Every democrat who can
afford the outlay should aid in the support
of such a faithful and valuable organ at the
State capital.'
Th Harrisburg correspondent of the
Blair County Radical is a notable exception
to his clasa, whose letters are usually filled
with stale fUttery of the men and measures
of the:r partyi He is a forcible writer
possesses a keen scent for all the corrupt
measures that have disgraced the present
legislature and haa the nef ve to expose them.
We have read his various letters with pleas
ure and profit. His last is perhaps his best,
and contains some wholesome though un
palatable truths.
CoQftEs adjourned 00 Saturday and
onr own" learislature will do liU7,V
morrow. The people will then breatbe
ireer ana deeper.
- Some fact about Cogs.
"Did the reader ever count the est of the
dogs in the country? the cost of their knepmg,
the value of the shetp and other annuals k:Iled
aud worried and the QI.rrcls uiid lawsuits oc
casioned bv them? Is it possible to untitle
the cost of hydrophobia in a single huoaxu sub
joct? To the extent of their exceptional use
fulness dogs should be credited, but what fig
ures tibflll we place la the loug account vii.wit
them?"
These' qnostions were aked by an Intelli
pent writer in 1888, in an arrtcfe m "Dogs
and Dog Lawe." J:i 1S68 tte aennber of dof.
in the States not in leltellim was imat?d
from lettable data at Hiree miliij. In Ohio
the crucial er,unrAtio f.T that yor tras
18,1C7. - It m eaCd to My that tl;e are in
the United States to-day fr tniltiotn of
doe and ia PwsyTvaaiia about ir 7i
dred and ffty &ouial, or oe drr to erory
e7- LnbabitaaU. Uasrcl)iotti ld more
than 100.CO0 Jogs in W6I-tbirteen
every fqur niila. What is.tbw ct r-f
bardirvg tbesc three sniTiotw dogs?
An agricultural writer estimated he
ctt to tie fattner of l.eejin a dog oae year
as equivalent fc tbe coat of giving, the
weight of one bandrel pounds to a fig.
which at the ordinary prices of pork, would
be worth about 10. Assuming this esti
mate to le correct, the cost of keeping three
millions of dors would amount annually tc
iJiirfy mitliont of dollars. The loss of sheep
ia fearful to contemplate. The Secretary of
the New York State Agricultural Society esti
mated the loss in that State in 18C2 at 50,
000 (4ieep, valaed at f 176.000. In Ohio
in 18C3 the ascertained lose was 145,000.
In the same State during IPCS there were
25.000 shepp maimed and inj'ired by dogs.
Taking Ohio as a basis fir the Northern
and Southern States, the entire loss in 18fi3
would be 230.000 sheep killed and 143.000
maimed. At a fair average the valne tf
sheep killed in that year would amount to
1.145.0GO, and the tutal loss of she: p in
jured. $430,000. The account against dogs
thus far made out would therefore staud a9
follows :
Keeping 3,000,000 doga at $10... .(3 1. 00,000
heep killed, 1,143.1)0 J
Sheep injured, '. 43 1. 01)
Total,. . .
.$3l.5T5.0;ii
This 6um would pay almost one-fourth of
the interest of the national debt, and would
buy 1C5,C00 ftrm?, st government 1 rice f r
land, each year. Let it be rememb'-red that
Uiet! dog Fttis't:C3 apply to 1883. Alowiog
far the increare of dogs and including every
State In the Union, the figures for 1869
would show a corresponding inerease.
How k thi do nuUanre to be abated ?
Simply by a sys em of rii 1 taxition. And
yet bow diftl; u't is ii to secure the passage
of such laws, tr to enforce their execution,
since every man who owns a d g b is a'so a
vote. A writer in a Stat whose legis'a-
ture bad repealed a stricct-rt d g law sys :
"Has any man political aspirations? T.efore
the people will supp irt him be nunt dccl ire a
dead and damned d g l.t uufonstiintioual,
and aiust, st the t-sci itw:e ( lii? manhood, honor
and in'epri'y, ser tbt ! will never f:tvir
the KuiHlt interference iih tbe mil tip!i?a
tiou f horde? of dojis? A c-mdtdate rou-t, in
answer to tl-e inquiry, 'What do you think ot
t!i dog btw?' i:is;ed of dirxisin of it with a
wave of the hand nn;i the declaration 1I1 tt it i
dead Mid buried, enter into a leng'liy disquisi
tion tipou it con.tirutijtia!it v, and over its ten
dency to utterly unbvert the rights of the A mer
ieun citizen. Nay, more ; he tnun beavtdy
abue every mm sho had anlit to do, directly
or indirectly, with its passive."
In almost every State there arc laws reg
ulating d"g-, imposing a tax on them, re
quiring them to be registered, etc. Li this
State there ii no general law compelling the
payment of a dog tax, but the7 are usually
taxed by the corporate authorities cf the
different boroughs. ' In some counties of the
State tires owners of dogs are required to
have them registered by an officer elected
f r that purpose. Toe writer from whose
article we bave B'berel our statistics says
that M?s.sachuetts has the best d g law.
In that State d gs are taxed from two to five
dollars each. Owners tire made responsible
under a heavy penalty for their reistn'
and taxttion, untaxed dogs are killed with
out mercy, and district attorneys are requir
ed to prosecute t fficers wbo neglect to de
stroy them.
Some people are in favor of the entire
destruction of all dogs. This Tould scarce
ly be possible, for wliTevcr man exists there
will the dog be found. He is his insepara
ble companion. Although in manv respects
they aro a po?it'va nuisance, it will be fmnd
in the future as it has been in the past that
"every dog must have his day."
The Malaria ofSprSny.
Everylody should noir be on thetr gnnrd
against the irreat danqer of d'sritxe sriing trem
milariou-t causes Fever and Atrue prevails to
an alarming extent everv Sprint: in nejrly all
parts of the country . k1 many persons nre ea
sily predisp-)ed to it 041 account of come im
prudence durin? the winter months. Indeed,
verv mnch of the sickness we notice in the
Spring of the year may be traced to cauxs
which were engendered ia the ''cold term."
But whether the cause lies hidden in the sys
tem or not.it ia rrtain that dUeise will devel
op itelf at the firt opportunity, hence no one
should hesitate for a moment to set about com
bating and ovri.hr.wiQr it. -To accniip!i!-h
this ptirtHtve nothing U so i:fnl and reliable
as MISHLERVS HtJRB BITTERS. It is a
positive antidote lor any malarious or impoi
ened atmosphere and a certain protection
agiiiut every ntorUd inaaence which produces
disease. We aay in all canoor to our readers
that they should give heed to our advice on
thia subject.
Th Latest New Thing. It is an India
rubber carriage. The patent has been ob
tained. A company has been organized and
the first vehicle has been turned out and is
now on exhibi'.ion in New York, attracting
much attention. This use of vulcaniz-sd
rubber promises to work a complete revo
lution in the manufacture and cost of car
riages. The body, dash and Beat are all
mode of rubber at perhaps one-fifth of the
cost of the long reasoned, "expensive wood
usually employed. .' The rubbr for the body
of the carriage nn e-rhiViiridn onct.
dollars. It requires no painting and is so
pMiiir.i w same nice a mirror. Three
months' time . of a competent workman,
which are now frequently given for the pol
ishing and finishing of a simple carriage is
here superseded by the work of two or three
linnM tn'wbirb a K..itf..t ' .
1 " ; . . V : "cul"1" unace is pro
I daced, which does not soil by any amount
III illQUUUi "
Harrisburg Correspondence.
IlABRiBoaa, April' 10. 1809.
Dear' Freeman The bill entitle! an act
to establish an adilitional Gurt in Cambria
county haa phased the House and is now in
the Senate, where it ia likely to pass next
we k. A supplement to an act to incorpo
rate the CambrM Mining end Manufactur
ing Company passed the Senate and will
pans tkit) H"tcie next wet.4:. An act incor
poraring the Medicul aud Sfjical He-pital
of Johnetown. Ta., ppnsl ti Houe 4d
witl piss t tite ieat wek. Among
otSr thn fNin pnblic bill bavepas-ed
tu Hot : An actio firtiwr tn'arjf the
jurr'diftioo f the Gort ff Commoo P!e
th-u CnsniSBwettJ,it U ive U grant'wi
eh art era of incorpotarf andco6flSingtbt
Ueretfore graiite.1; au act relative to
cifts in cssos nf luacy or Labitual drai.;
esinees ; a s.ippWrrent t an act approved
tbs tidaywf April, A. D. 186", entitled
an act to asrvtain rn1 apptnt the fee to
b received by th several ofiicers tf tbis
ConitHiHjvvealib. aid an act furtlrer tttpple-
rr-"ut 4 to tle act relative to the election f
this Couimkmi wealth. TIt:s last im the fa
nios rgi-try Uw, ami ie similar iu evtry
respect to tlx law passed a year aro. The
manner in- a hicli it was called i'p and ps ed
wohM l siifUotnt ti condemn it without
conHtdurinr tl aisaiy object iotiable A-at ores
of tha bill.; . Though a number of points of
order were ra' d to live manner in which it
' called tip,'cu:trftry to all rules of par
I'.atnjntary law, they were overruled by the
Spt aker, and alth u h it was forced over on
third reading on Monday night for want of
a two-third vote, it was taken up on Friday
and passed undr the gaj of the previous
question by a strict nartv vote. There has
not been an infatnou bill up this winter
that has n t l-een gagjred in the same way.
The radicals f.re determined t have no dis
cussion nh these bills, and in order to put it
through more speedily, the bill of some thir
ty wctioti6 was amended so tint it would
cons'i'ute but two. If the Police bill wat
tov disposed of the radicals would bave
sufficient legislation, for this fcession, and
would, I think, a-lj iurn.
An act to revise, :mendand consolidate
f xisti.n laws for the assessment of State
taxes and c nnfy and township rates and
levies, was voted down by the House. An
act t't. aboliidi the penalty of death, and to
provide for the piiriihhmvnt of murder of
the fitst decree, was also voted down. A
jiint resolution to amend the Constitution so
as to pivc- females tbe ri;ht of Kiiffraire. way
lost in the. IIoue. Mr. 15urrett, of Snqne
btnria. made a lengthy speech in adv cucy
of the measure. S the softer sex will still
continue to wear the petticoats. An act
e n;M"werin the G ve-nor t commute sn
t .-nce. of death to imprisonment for li ft was
passed by both II u--e.s, but vetoed'hy bis
Pxcjllency. It was supjxscd be would ex
ercise his clfmcncy in behalf of Gerald Et
ton at the time the bill passed, but having
legal obj-jctions to the bill it was vetoed.
It is supposed, bow'flver, that the sentence
of Laton would not have been commuted
even had the bill ben approve!. The Sen
ate passed a j.'int resolution to adjourn on
tho lGi.li, but the II jus's has not yet concur
red. H.
Tlie Sufcifle of 'I iTttclscZl and
Lieculluu of t'Hluu.
PniL.rirt.pntA, Aoril 0 - Although Eaton
anl Twitche'l are both dead, the manner of
their death, the b'-aring of the mu and the
probabilities f their innoceoca or guiit stiil
continue to be the suljet o' general t'Ucus
i'n. The Crotier's iuvestigatiou and jxist
tnort-jm exantinaiion ' as to the cause o!
'IVitchel!' death tlisclosed tha fact that
prussic aci-I was the agent. An ounce vial,
half filled with the diu, was found in one
of his b ots which lay at the foot of h;s bed.
One of the keepers tast'.fi-d that on Wednes
day night everything with which the pris
oner c ml I i Tij ite himself was removad trm
his cell. The rrisnerTs clothing was not
exmined. lie was pricing tho fl-ior at
elevpn o'clock. From twelve to five he lay
wrapped in the led clothing, apparently
asleep, but failing to receive a response to
his call, the keeper enteted and found him
dead. Twitchell toll Eaton during tho
evening that he would not accompany him
to the gallows, ani pointing to his mouth
s:;id. "room's the word." This Eaton com
municated to the keepers. Twitchell and
his father had an interview on Saturday af
ternoon in the presence t f several other
fiiends. Father and s .n sat together with
bauds cla-ped. and afterwards embrace!
each other. This testimony was elicited
with the vietv of ascertaining how Twitchell
obtained poison The investigation will e
resumed "on Satnrdav. when all those who
vinited the prison wiil 1 e examined.
- Eaton displayed perfect cimpnue cf
fowid and physical courage. A few minutes
before leaving the cell, he said to ' several
newspaper, reporters : "I am innocent of
this thin". I did not kill the man. I fir
give everybody, and am very grateful to my
counsel for their ervices in my behalf"
He prnyed fervently, and repeatedly kissed
a crucifix on the way to the neaffdd, upon
reaching; which he to k leave of all prest-nt.
and in a low, clear, distinct voice followed
the priests in prayer. Whi'e the noose was
being arranged he said to the person fixing
it. "80 help me God, I didn't do it." There
was nothine of.the bravado in his demeanor.
His counge.it is Fai l, exceeded anything
ever witness! under similar eircutnstancs.
After the falling of the drop there were po
struggles. After banging thirty "minutes
the body was taken down and trans-ferred to
his friends. They at once ronveed it to
the College, at Ninth and Locust streets,
where a series of experiments were institu
ted with a view of re-nscitation. Heavy
charges of galvanic batteries and inflation
of the lungs were leorted to. The eyes
opened, the chest heaved, the heart pulsated
and one arm raised; but all was artificial
life ha vmi; become extinct. A )txi mortTii
examination was then made,' when it was
discovered that the n-ok was not broken,
but that death was caused by asphyxia, or
sufibc.ation-
Vl?lV SlKGULAB COISCIDF.NCK. -It is A
singular, but not less true reinaik in a late
wtuk. that .T'fferson was born jnst eight
years after his predecessor. Adams; Madi
s m eight years after Jefferson ; Monroe
eight years after Madison, and John Quincy
Adams bight years after Monroe. Another
curion.8 fact to be observed is that Adams
was just bixty-eix years old when be retire.! ;
Jeffcrson was sixty-six; Malison sixty-six;
Monroe was sixty-six. and John Quincy
Adams, bad he been elected to a sotnd
term, would have been sixty-six. Adams,
Tefferson and Monroe all died on the 4th. of
July.
Tlie first number of a new paper, called
trie Imperialist, has just - made ita 'appear
ance in New York. ; It takes the ground
that the experiment of a democratic form of
government in this country has proved a
fai'.UM. aud boldly advocates the abroga
tion of the republican institutions establish
ed by tlie patriots of 'To. and the substitu
tion of a monarchy. This in the last and
boldest step taken in the tnteret't of radical
ism. Let the people watch and trait but
not too loog. . . .
Tue Mill Murder.
VIt8 TWITCriFLL fixes thi gctlt os hub
1IC6BAXD WHY S-tK MsCoNTlKCBD ."
J1KB VISITS TO HIS CfcLL.
PaitADFtprtia . Arum 11. Tlie Twitch
ell case still excites much interest . here.
The Sand.iy Transcript publishes to-day in
teresting and authentic details tf the history
of th biuiily not heretofore printed. Mrs.
Twitchell w Lorn ia Washington her
Bu tWcr being IbtN known as Mrs. Werntz
her fall?r. kevt Ive r Spencer, a Methodist
clcrtytsian of sone repntatio!. , In 1844 the
Hotier and daughter removed to Cincinnati
and remaioi ther fr years, during which
tiM CaniitU vm knowu as M n Sawyer,
lir r other itavinsr a marrie 1 aister f that
name. TWs is probably tt or'in of the
sory that Sfrs. Twitcbell was ilieaitiniate
and 1 digkrr of a mpml;er pf Congress
from Ob'w. Ia 1P48 Mrs. Wernta and
daughter c to Philadelphia., and the
former marred Mr. Hi. Sliortly afterward-
CaniitU married Richard Jdartiu, a clerk in
a dry growls store. After living together
five 3 ears Martin left his wife, alleging act6
of impropriety en her part; but sh took
the initiative in the proceedings for a di
vorce, which culminated in legal separation
in 1853. Camilla then re.Nurued the name
of Sawyer, returned to her mother's home,
and lived there with her and Mr. Hill. She
there became acquainted with Twitchell. sr.,
then a widower wirh several children, in
e'udi'Hg George S. Twitchell, an illegitimate
son. who had been born in Brv,klyn, bis
mother dying shortly af er Ids birth. Car
ruilla was engaged as housekeeper, and re
moved with Twitchell. ar , to Niw Jersey.
It is denied most positively by all parties
that there was any improper intimacy be
tween Mr. Twitch!! ao.l his hnustkeeper.
O 1 ti e contrary. Camilla's conduct is rep
resented to have been blameless. Sh was
a member f Dr. Ir.rd's church, in Eroad
Street, near Chestnut, and in her character
of housekeeper was paid regu'ar wages, and
f-r extra service teeeived extra pay. When
George S. Trchell, j-.. reached manhood,
he was accepted as suitor ff his father's
housekeej)er, and in 18fi4 wa married.
We have s'ready said that Mrs. Twitchell
i3 ntt yet ready to give to the public a for
mal statinent ; but. while in prison await
ing tril. in conversation with prison offi
cials, she made a partial explanation, which
has never Veen published. YYhpn inf Treed
of her htir-hand'd conviction anl t! e proba
bilities t-f ber OV.-H fjt, slie remarked : "I
know nothing of the murder. That after
noon George and I were out ridiag. and
when we got l-sck to the hue mother was
gt-tV'ng tea, as Sarah Gampbll had gone
out. I noticed tht George was very much
depresl in spirits. He never was much
of a talker, but this r.iibt be-was quieter
than nsuai ; he scarcely sitoke at all at the
tab c ; and after supper I t-aid to mother,
there is something the matter ilh George,
sppofie -you go an-1 ta'k with liim while I
clear away the things? M -ther went up
stairs and I cleared away the things, aud
when I K-it through I went to my room.
George was limn in the altiing room reading
a paper an-1 smoking a cigar. I went to
bed, and don't know how lon I was
ayleep when I was aro-iwl by the cry of
Sarah Campbell in the kitchei"."
This is tho
ot:lv statement rhe has ever
made nntf-irfe
of whnlever the
rr.tr
The
communicate! to her counsel
Tran-
scriitt cnf inties ns f dlows :
WHY M US. TWIT JH KM, CEAfKD HSS VI3IT3
TO THK. ritlSO.
At the ouuet it in ay 'be well to remind
our readers that on tho dav of the inqriea'.
.lie appealed to her husband to tell what he
knew of the mnrd9r. and that if l.e were
enilry to jict like a man anil relieve her
This he refused to do. After her acquittal
tdie did call at the prison, but instead of
the greeting on her part being warm and af
fectiunatt it wa? cool, as would nafura'iy I e
the case with one u-ho J.x ksd tlpon her bus
baud at the murderer of her mother. Ln
mel ate'y aft r hir a-qnittal Twitchell an!
l is friends commenced -reparipg a state
ment from Mrs. Twitchell which would take
from him the charge and transfer it to the
wi'o. So shrewd were the parties engaged
that one of them visile ! Daniel Hauherty,
E-'q.. to a-certain from him whetner a per
son acqui'ted rf a charge t f murder could
be trietl a seennl time, although tnere V)! a
confession of guilt. "The response boin
tlmt tber could not be a sec md trial, ef
forts were rene ved with redoubled vior
until Mrs. Twitcheil'a friends heard of them,
aud advisel her to absent herself from pris
on. She alway denied any complicity in
the murdor, nnd l.ei f-.-ars of cotiLvssion bv
him were based np-n the fact that she
knew that he dd not belirvj in the immor
tality ff thi s-vil. and that his confessions f
piety to Mr. liringhurnt were only shams,
designed merely to retain his service in the
game for hfe he was playing. Others be
Pes herself ha-. every re.ts n to fo.-d assure 1
that he would not hesitate at an' lie to
save his life, for there is evry ter-on to be
lieve that t at least oit human being
GorgeS. TwitchcM. jr., confessed Li crime,
and made himself st le actor in tlie tra!iy.
Tnrouhout this eff irt to induce bis wife to
take upon herse'f tho m just accuvation, in
order to save his life, Twitchell had frequent
conversations with bis fliends, who, anx
ions as thsy were to assist lrm, could not
overlook the damning proofs of bis own
guit. They saw the inherent improbabili
ty of his confession, and they were anxious
to li tvo. sun-! parts of it explained to the
satibfaot i.-n of the public. A djy or two
before his death his strong love of life ed
him ng.iin to ref.jr to it, and he retnarku 1 to
his aunt, Mrs M-ore. "It Is bard that I
hare to die f ,r this thing." Mrs. Moore
then inquired of the prisoner, "How c:tn
you account f r the blo-xl that was found
-n your shirt?" Twitchell then related to
her the circumstances of the murder, in
keeping with his so-called confession. He
told her how he was aroused by bis wifi
caliing to him ; how be wnt down iuto the
dining room, and was there told by her that
she had quarreled with her mother and
murdered her. "My-first impulse was to
alarm the neighbors, but my 8"cond im
pulse, was to aave my wife." Twitched!
then . stated to Mrs. Moore the circumstan
ces attending the throwing of the body
from the window. He asseited that he
grasped the body of the murdered woman
by the head and shoulders, while his wife
took hold of her feet. They then brought
the . body to the window and rested it on
the sill in which position it was held by
Twitchell while his wife went down stairs
and out into the yard, immediately under
the window. Vben she reached this posi
tion Twitchell quietly lowered the body in
to the arms of his wife, by whom it was
laid at length upon the pavement. In this
way he accounted for the circumstance that
the-body-when found was not thrown to
gether.asit might have beonif hurled violent
ly from the window,. but la d in a straigbtened
condition. Twitchell concluded by saying
that be supposed blood came upon bis
Clothes by his having nold of the murdered
woman in the manner decriber Mrs Moore
inquired : -"What became of Camroilla's
clotbina ; bow is it that it was not bloody as
yours??. -To this be responded tbat hsr
elotbing was carried cit - , ,
In the face of all those confessions Mrs.
Twitchell bfts remained qnieX. She has re
alized tbat if she dtnied the story while her
L.... A m i t7 m)m wrrmtft tu ov-llftd of
an attempt to innre bis death. Sae was
w-.lihig n"t to tell what she knew, if tbat
would be of any service to bim. and she was
also willing to assist him to the extent of
her means, but when be wished her to go a
step further and assert herself guilty of a
crime she did not commit al e left bim. It
is anticipated that within a few days Mrs.
Twitched will make a full statemeut in her
own behalf.
L4TE ITEMS.
MY. Twitcbell is said to be nnder :n
strncHons with a view to becoming a mem
ber of the Catholic church.
Willisra Hill, a boy aged 10 years, son
of Jacob Hill, of O'ey township. Brks coun
tv, cofmiMed suicide last Sunday by bang
ing himself in bis father's barn.
The first, ebild horn in White Tine sil
ver district, 9.00n feet above the sea, has
hpen presented with several thousand dol
lars in silver bars by the miners.
One hundred thousand dollars were rais
ed in Washington by the Rnpublicans and
sent into Connecticut to defeat Governor
English. Nothing like a United States
Treasury. . s -
A t?ood many persons appear to think
that if Tw:tchel cheated the gallowa by pois
oning himself, the gallows cheated Eaton out
of the lift; th-t Gjd gave lam by killing an
innocent man.
. The remains of two Indians bave been
exhumed in dieging a cellar in Lvnn, Mas
sachusetts. They were in a sittirg posture,
and probably have been sittiog there two
or three hundred years.
Governor Geary. umW advice from b;3
Attorney General, ha vetoel the bill allow
iric the Governor of tnis State to commute
the sentence r-f, murderers fr-m the death
penalty to imprisonment f n life.
Grant hss a pair of testimonial boots
from Huffilo, wth the American arms on
the legt and go'd frinfl on the top. The
bootmaker thinks trK-s" boot a ought to gut
him at leat a first class mission.
A ne:ro ts drowned by a catfish in
Lake Gro.ordi. Natchez. MifS.. a few days
since. . The r.rgn was tryir.j: tn haul the
ca'fih out, but the fii't bankti bim in. an.l
he was drowned before assistance could be
rendered-
Mirs Pewey. of Albany, Irdiara. has
invented a qmlt'ng attachment to a sewing
nicliine. snd Ids her-elf to th roll of th-e
who are a atandir. refutation f the -bt:der
that there a-e no women's nam s in the pat
ent fjice reports.
The r.t f r Harris, who wns nominated
for Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia by the
Radical Convention at Petersburg, lst week,
bs a white wr.man f. r a wife She was a
"Yankee schoolmarm" from New Jersey.
They were married since the war. .
The I)mocras carrie! Schenef'adr on
Tu-day, election Van V-rt Mayor bv 327
majority, and the who! city ticket. P.radt,
the l)?mocraric candidate for City Treaur
er, had CfcO maj-uity. The Iemcatic ma
jority in N member laft wr, rnt 57.
S x'een days ago M--H. Piackmnre, of
Hamilton, If ar.cock contsty, li.inois. appar
ently died very suddenly. She warred her
husband no to bury her, as it would be only
a trance into which -he would pass. S'ie is
still uuburied, and decomposition has not
set in.
The rew rdma'frr General ba
rsmoved .Tames Lawrens--n," a e'erk irt
the Post Office I-,p:trtmeiJ . vrho bat lpn
connected with t it at department through all
eduiinistrations f r.fi:ty years. He win one
of th gatiant defend rs of llaltitnore in the
war of 1812.
lion. P. IT. Ilerbcin, one of the Asso
ciate Ju iges of Columbia county. on Tues
day of I fat week, was f ,und dead in a shal
I iw Mream of water, near his mill, with
marks of a severe wound upon his bead.
These, iu connection with other circumstan -ces,
lead to the suspicion that be was mur
dered. John Kingxland, an inmate of the Eas
tern Penitentiary, convicted and sentenced
for twelve years for the murder .f his ni'e
iu Bradford county, committed sub ide the
other, ly by scabbing himself to the heart 1
with a kiiifs made out t-f a piece of iron
f.'iiod in ids cell. He had rerved about two
year.
California sends a frightful batch cf
news. New discoveries of solver; reat ex
citement ; rush of nuners , frightful storms ;
roads lined for miles with brsken and stalled
teams ; mud eil deep; pneimonia;
smallpox : attack from hostile I idiaiis;
earthquakes. Such details are calculated
to pr shire nervous shocks nt least.
The PliiUde'pMa Star's scientific cor
r spoudent. Towers, whose predictions have
been singularly sccurate, ca'culates that the
p-bab'e periods forMo-ms, high tides, earlh-q'lak-
s. and pr lab!e simras for April and
May, 1809. are about the 1 H'i and 2Gth of
each month ; if tile localities are connected
by telegraph, we will hear ;n a short time.
The complete letnrns of the election in
Rhode Island on Thursday last cive P.tndle
ford. radical, for Governor, 7,271 and Pierce,
democrat, S 75 P.adical maj 'ity S.SOo!
The Seni'e .stands radical 26, cemocrat 7 ',
and tin House radicals, CO. democrats 12.
Grant's majority was C.445. We fail to
see mn:h of an endorsement of the univer
sal suffrage a .Ca ItVicnt in th s
The qmstin of the genuineness of a
will in a case tried a few ?ays tince at La
conia, N. H.. turned on the consistency of
its date with the paper it vrns written on
II bore the die of the Hampshire Paper Com
pany, of H.ly.-ke, and L W. S onthwnrth.
f tha'. company, testified that the com
pany tJid not exist at the elleged date of the
will, pro'ing the document a forgery.
Tho President ha appointed and the
Snate will doubtless confirm J. Lathrop
Mo'tley as M'-nister to England. Andrew G
Citr'in s Minister to Eufsia. John Jy, of
New York, as Mmi-ter to Austria . Ebenezer
I). Ilassett. of Philadelnhia as Minisr
Hiyti, and several other persons as Minis
ters to points of minor importance. Hissett
is the fifth or sixth negr r-nrninated by
Grant within the past few weeks. ' '
There is a girl in Lvnn county, lon-a
only f-xieeo years old, of whom the follow.!
ing is narrated : Por six weeks of the cold
est weather of last winter, during the sick
ness of her father and mother, she attended
carefully and well, forty-eight sheep, seven
head of horses, twelve head of cattle and
WOffalves. besides milking three cows, driv
ing the cattle a quarter of a mile every day
to water, cleaning the horse stable, doing
the housework, and taking care of her sick
parents.
Somebody has presented General Grant
with a cane, the wood of which was cut on
the battle field of Shiloh. which, says an
exchange, so far as General Grant is con
cerned, is as appropriate aa would ), a lit
tle reminder to General McDowell cf his
victory at Boll Run. Perhaps, however
the conor intended to symbolic the gallant
Grant in the act of cutting stick at Shiloh
a part which he certainly perf .rmeo? with
great success, until the arrival nf iri
terfered with him. Ia this view of the e
the r resent was nnf irra',,. - - ' 1
As Insakb Max MaBDERs.TJii y,r
isn Fora Chii.dbkn. A terrible tragy
which shocks the community and freer.
the blood with horror, tot k place on tt
mornirgof the fth Inst., in Oakdale tow
ship, Washington county. Minn., about lei
miles from St. Paul, and half a mile sun-.
east of tlie Half-way House, on the Stil.
ter road. ' A farmer, named James B. Grtj
in a fit of insanity, killed bis wit. and f cr
children. The perpetrator of this horribU i
deed is a man about 40 years r.f age. a
American by birth, a native of Harrisbnr
r.. powei fully bnilt. sis feet in heigt
with fine form, long black hair, and blt
eves. His wife, Alice, was 83 years of ttx
Tbey were rrttrried at Hastings, about
years sgi. Her m;der name was A15e
Fjrlev. and her relatives. believe.
rear Hasting- still. T'm children were to
boys and two guls. as follows: Margaret
aged nearly 10; Jamei R...jr.. a'aed 8; D.'
vid, aged 5. nn! Nellie. Jane,. 3 years. Tfci
parents of tbeW-fated man lived within
a short distance rf the scene of" the murder,
and f-ur brother and three sisters reside !n'
that State-' He is the e'deit."nnd the nr!y
nr.e of the hoys marrfed. To nf the siser
are married Mrs.. Smith, residing in tbt
same 'township, and Mr. Groat, at S: ill
wafer.. The family if moved to i:r:Es:c'.
some 1 years ago.
Mary Stevens, borst cf white parer.t
at Oberlin. ')hio, and edncated in the mV
cegenatins faith taught in the inrirn(e
that place, appeared before a Pittbtr
mrfg'strate a day or two since, and Tt',
suit against a neero rf tht city fr fA-ir.
tion. A carding to be-, own story rhe I.';;
in love with a nero at Oberlin. whom ' ;j
followed to Pittsburjr, where failing to fi
bim, she bstcwe! her aff-ctiona npon an
other of his race a waiter at a hotel. whtrs
t-be hired as a cl aranerrr a;d. The int'miCT
was tbn kept np, resulting In this suit for
seduction.
' MY WIFE'S CHOICE, axr th. wt?"is
family prefer it. Mrs S. A- At.i.fs's Ib
FaovFi (nerr 1y!e) Hats Rfstorr r
Drf.s;i5. in one IrJCt). Every Prtiggst
neils it Price t no dollar.
DON'T DE MAKIN8 " RYE"
-N N 'A S N -N
o o o e
1- -1 J;
ABOVT BIB'BREID & CAKES
RUT RlT TCl'R
3ET 32C-. 33 TKJ XTS.
FROM
Til. Ef. OATMAIV,
' VVhosells the BEST BRANDS
THE. LOWEST HiSIET.PI
i
Jii.
A DJOURXKD
rURLIC SALE
t r TAIXAB E .
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
be ofere;! tir Ij ui public ootc-r, ii; tis
Bjtough o! C-irrolltowu, ou
Tt:rSTAY, APRIL 2fJlCi, Instcnf,
at 1 o'croca. r. v , the foll'tvii-g tie-crtU-i
re:;l aid w-ti il property, to wit.
sixty Acres of land
sitnved forr mi n'-rth of Cari-.Iitown. i
joixiii g lanils of ll.nm Fr''z I..mrccee Itt,
otners. Ii-.i ins theretin etee'e-.. a iwo-tv
I'UNK HOUSE. 1H bv 32 leet, nr,i a twj
story PUILDIMJ. 3 by'CJ lect. sniuble f-r
a lHijk Btru. Three scrr Bre ileareJ :a
well watetei, and the. reiJtte 1ms soois ttu;
o;ilr ho I rhestT-.ut timber nnon it.
TEltilS One-half cash in hard bdJ tl
hal tncein two yearly pirtiients, secure ! t-y lit
judgment botitis and in; rigfee ot thepurcher.
Also, at the same t!n-s nJ plcc, will le cf
lered tor sale a
20 Horse Power Stationary Enghe,
with hot nn, I c-li wa cr j-i:ui' s. mut '2 CYLIN
DLR PUMPS. 32 in:l.e i,i ,i-mc:cr ud &
feet lonsr ll in goJ working ertler.
Ap.-il 8, WJ.-Ul. J. MOORE.
Ijp AI R B A n'k"
etaxdiuo
3 OC2 jfZ HHL IH
OF ALL KINDS. ALSO,
BAGGAGE BAEEOWS,
7 AREII0U3E TRUCKS,
COPYING PRESSES,
Improved Money Drawers, Slc.
Himms, MORSE & Cl.
182 Second Avenue,
r;ear Vood Street, PITTSBURGH.
Scalis siPAiarn promptlt. (ap
4 UDITOR'S NOTICE. TJ:ennler
si'ne(i Atdi:or, appo-n'ed by the Corat
of C inim-in I'.eisol O iiuSi ia 10 mtr f re;''1
di-tr:lxititn ol tlie money in the liamls c; t':
Slieriff atisu g from the s:tle of tiefcti"1 J
personal pr-.p-rtT, in the cise i-l Jolin K.
vg James Henry, 5d 41. Dec Term. I-1' -and
oil.t r wii-s 111 hi.tis ot Mirift k' irf f'3'
of ssle. heieSv :ies notice to'all o irt es ir-"-"
e-tel th.it he will st'en.i to ihe tiu:ics ef h '
nppointiiient at theufSv-eof ShoernaUtr i 0JV
mm, on M pat the .'d dt of Mat. l'-'
2 o'ch.ck p m., w!,t n and where tbey i"n.T
tend or Le drbirred from comipf in nf0'' '
fund. (;EO . W.OAT M AN", Auditor-
Eben-bur, April 8, 1 669.-3:.
i UDITOIfS XOTICK. The under
Mimed Audit. r, appointet by the Or
phans' Court ol Cambria county to report e
trihmiou ot funds in thj hands of Fraud J
Christy, Tm-tee for the snle-of the rel !w
of John C McOuae. tlec'd. (pursuant to rrJ;
ceedinim in pirtition.) a shown by lii sec-'!--'
ani final account, herebv notifies all peflW'
interested that Le will attend to the duti
said appointment, at theoflice of Shoemaker
Oatrnan. in Ebeneburg, 011 Fb-idat. the!;:
day of April, lbr.9. at 2 o'clock p. ra . "J"
and where thoy must present tlieir claim'?
debarred from coniit-p in for a s!ire of
fund. GEO. W. OATMAN. Auditor-
Ebensburg, April W, lUkO -3t.
FOR RENT A House and two Lo
ot Ground, with Stable and otlif oUi'
buildings, belonging to the estate of
M'Cague, dee'd. (now occupied by frcd'k 1'
tell.) Possession given inineii-tielr.
Apply to GEO. HUNTLEY,
Ebem-burg, Ior. 19 'C3.-tf. . tiuanln'
ANTED Fifteen TJiousand (I5;
000) Feet or U EM LOCK LUHf
Will pay cash or roduce. Will aL-oscH tu
ber ot any kind upon a smill pomnis.in-.
AdrvM ho i. miiafcW.
Pa.
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