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Cambria Freeman.
EBCXSDURG, PA.
THURSDAY, : : APRIL 29, 1869.
Too Much legislation.
A sense of positive relief is felt through
out the State since the final adjournment of
the Legislature. The day on which it
meets is always Io ked forward to with fear
and trembling, while its dissolution is re
garded as an escape from a constantly
threatened danger. As lung as it is in ses
sion it is the sword of Damocles suspended
over the head of the people, and it is only
when it ceases to exist that the taxpayer
oan breathe freer and deeper. That tha
late Legislature was corrupt beyond mot of
its predecessors seems to b universally con
ceded. It (stands almost alone as a monu
ment of legislative infamy. One of the
Harrtsburg papers makes the grave declara
tion, that the lower bouse contained just
eleven members who were above suspicion,
tha remaining eighty-nine being either no
toriously venal, or honest with a mental re
servation. Has human naturo entirely
changed, and do men now aspire to legisla
tive honors, not for the good they can ac
complish, but solely for the purpose of using
the process of legislation fur their owa and
their friends' selfish and pecuniary benefit ?
At the commencement of every session
loud professions of rigid economy and prac
tical reform are freely indulged in, but as it
progresses the existence of organized "rings,"
conceived in fraud and corruption, is rapid
ly develobed, and thus the foul and muddy
current of legislation runs ou, uutil at length
it is swallowed up in a seething maelstrom
of political debauch. The remedy is alone
with the people, if they possess tha nerve,
and independence to apply it. But if they
continue to sow tha whirlwind they mast
t'xpect to reap the storm.
If the press in other State is to be credit
ad, their legislative bodies are as dishonest
and corrupt as our own. The same is true
of Congress. The future of the country
is fearful to contemplate. The virtuous
Chancellor Oxenstiern said to his son, "Go
forth, my sow, into tha world and see with
what little wisdom it is governed." In addi
tion to the daarth of wisdom which charac
terized his day, we have to deplore the most
shameless official villainy and corruption in
our own.
There is no truer adage than that "the
world is governed too much.' Excessive
legislation has become a chronic disease and
is a blighting curse to the land. While
Congress has been in session almost con
stantly for the last two years, each State
has had its own legislative mill in full blast,
furnishing its annual supply of general and
special laws the proportion of the former
to the latter being about as one to one hun
dred. The volumes of our Acts of Assem
bly are being increased and enlarged with
fearful rapidity. The Pelion of legislation
is literally piled upon Ossa. It is legislation
here, legislation there and legislation every
where. Can any valid reason be given why
our Legislature should meet annually? We
hays never heard it even attempted, while
weighty and convincing arguments can ba
adduced why it should not. The principal ob
ject for which the Legislature meets every
year is to frame and pass a general appro
priation bill, in order that the different
branches of the State government may be
kept in successful I operation. There is no
good reason why the government machine
cannot be kept running for two years, under
the provisions of an appropriation bill, just
as well as it can for one. Besides this,
about three-fourths of the local or special
legislation which now engrosses most of the
time of the Legislature,. could and oaght to
b disposed of by the Courts. We are,
therefore, in favor of having the Legislature
meat every two years and in favor of amend
ing the constitution in that respect, as well
as of securing additional guarantees, against
tha present almost unlimited powers of the
Legislature. It is the proper commence
ment of a much needed reform. If the peo
ple must endure the course of vicious and
corrupt legislation it would be batter, and
less noxious, to have it inflicted periodically
rather than at one fell swoop.
Oss would suppose that, according to
t' " ordinary course of human affairs, when
a m. has been banished to the snows of
Russia , political enemies would at least
cease to molest or make him afraid. But
such does not seem to be the fata reserved
for Andrew G. Curtin. When his nomina
tion as Minister to St. Petersburg was beore
tha Senate for confirmation his ancient foe,
Simon Cameron, protested moat vehemently
against it and broadly insinuated that money
had found its way into Curtin's pockets whan
be was Governor, in a way that was not ex
actly according to law ; in other words,
that he was corrupt. Considering the source
from which this assertion came, It was quite
refreshing. John Scott took direct issue
with Cameron and defended Curtin from
his bitter assaults. The Senate c&mpelled
Simon to point down, and the "War Gover
nor" was confirmed.
J amis M. AsHi.tr, tha self-confessed 'cor
rupt Congressman, whom Grant inflicted on
Montana as Governor, is likely to meet with
a warm reception when ha anives in that
distant region. Several meetings have
been held by tha people of the territory, del
nounciag the "appointment and protesting
against it as eminently unfit to be made. If
he had a particle of self-respect he would
resign aud not force himself upon a neople
by whom ha is universally despised. He wil
bave to walk in the straight and narrow
path, or the cup of impeachment may be
commended to his own lips.
Titian J. Coffey , Esq., of Philadelphia,
formerly of nollidaysburg, goes to Russia
Min'sler CurtiuV. Secretary of Legation.
Tlte "Lycoming Judicial District.
Although the Senate promptly repealed
tha act abolishing tha Twenty-Ninth (Ly
coming) Judicial District, it was defeated
by the Judiciary Committee of the House
ty the casting vote uf the notorious M'AIil
ler, who, in that behalf, disgraced himself
alone and not the democratic party, of
which he professes to be a member.
Of all the disreputable acts of the late
legislature this was by far the most glaring,
corrupt and inexcusable. It originated in
feelings of personal spite, and was hurried
ly rushed through both branches of the
legitlature duriug the absence of the Sena
tor representing tha district. It passed tho
Senate during an afternoon session, and
during the night session of the same day it
passed the Hoasa anil was signed by the
Governor. We do not pretend to say that
this midnight approval of the law by Gov.
Geary was procured by illegitimate means
for the reason that we know nothing on
the subject. But, to say the least, it has
an extremely suspicious and ugly look
about it. It was an important bill, being
nothing less than the summary abolition of
one of the judicial districts of the State, and
ought, therefore, to have received the calm
and careful consideration of the executive.
The people of the district at least, whose
interests were deeply a fleeted and whose
rights were about to be suddenly swept
away, had a clear and undoubted right to
be heard in the premises. This right wo.s
foreclosed, and at the hour of midnight the
act of infamy was consummated in the exec
utive chamber. We think it quite certain
that no other man could be found in the
State who. occupying the executive chair,
would have approved a measure of such
magnitude and importance with such inde
cent haste. This blunder (if it was nothing
worse) of John W. Geary is in perfect har
mony with his many other displays of official
delinquency. In tha meantime Judge Gam
ble, at the solicitation of tha members of
tha bar of Lycoming county, has proceeded
in the discharge of his duties as though the
obnoxious law had never been passed. It is
said that Teter Herdic, at whose instance
and by tha use of whose money the repeal
ing act was passed, has sued out a writ
of quo warranto against Judge Gamble, re.
quiring him to show by what authority he
claims to discharge the duties of President
Judge. This proceeding will of course re
quire the Supreme Court to decide upon the
constitutionality of the act. We feel very
well satitfied that the opinion of that Court
will be adverse to the law.
Tiie Xew Law of Evidence.
In another column will be found the act
of the legislature on the subject of evidence
in civil causes, to which we referred last
week. It will effect a radical change in the
nature and character of the testimony which
has heretofore governed civil actions, and
on that account it has already been the sub
ject of severe criticism. It is urged against
it that it will lead to the commission of
wholesale perjury. Those who believe in
the doctrine of total depravity may make
this objection with some show of plausibility,
but as we have a better opinion of mankind
we do not anticipate any such result. We
6trongly incline to the belief that wilful and
deliberate perjury, in the trial of causes in
our courts, is a crime that is very seldom
committed. Men may think that it is a
matter of very common occurrence, but
making all reasonable allowance for tha im
perfections of human judgment and mem
ory, it will be found to be otherwise Wit
nesses who swear falsely are generally de
tected, for the reason that a well concocted
falsehood is never consistent with the truth.
The parties to a transaction are presumed to
know all about the facts and circumstances
connected with it. Why should they be
excluded from the witness7stand, from a fsar
that their interest in the result will lead to
tha commission of perjury 1 If they swear
falsely the court and jury, in reviewing the
whole case, will be enabled to separate the
true from tha false, just as they do in cases
of conflicting statements between other wit
nesses. There are cases tried in all our
courts in which, without an explanation
from ona or both the parties of certain things
which are obscure and not susceptible of
elucidation from any other source, it is ut
tetfy impossible for the jury to arrive at an
intelligent and just conclusion. A similar
statute has bean in existence for several
years in New York, and perhaps in some of
the other States, and in the State named it
has met with public approval. We regard
the enactment of the law as wise and judi
cious, aad believe that experience will so
demonstrate.
"Wk are informed, upon good authority,
that ona of tha paymasters of the 'ring' pub
licly gave bis checks, at the Bolton House, on
Friday evening last, to a number of members
of the Legislature. Of course none of those
who witnessed this operation could sweir in a
Uourt ot Justice that these checks were given
in pavment for votes in the Legislature. But
all who saw the performance, uiiite in saving
that they have no doubt thtt such was the
ease. How shameful beyond expression that
such a thing can be done in the broad light
of day in this city of Harrisburgl It is the
duty of the gentlemen who saw this trans
action to institute a legal investigation.
What avails iht. denunciation of the newspaper
press, if tha people themselves are impervious
to a just sense of the shame which their rep
resentatives are bringing upon (hem? There
is a stringent statute tor the punishment of
bribery and corruption. Let it be enforced."
Tho above extract is taken from an edi
torial article in the Harrisburg Patriot. It
is a Bad commentary on the character of the
last legislature. That it is strictly true, wa
do not-entertain a doubt. It is generally
believed that tha person referred to is tha
notorious Sam. Josephs, a democratic mem
bar from one of tha Philadelphia districts.
II has been a member of tha House for sev
real sessions and has faithfully won the rep
utation of being a thorough political drab.
We are at a loss to know what kind of
constituents he represents. If tbey should
end Samuel ba'-k again, hiscondurt in issu
ing "checks" at the Bolton House should be
investigated, and if found guilty he should
be promptly expelled. It is also said that
while Josephs was engaged in this nefarious
business at the Bolton House, a radical pay
master was issuing his checks" to whom
they concerned at the State Capital Hotel.
When such prostitute politicians are clothed
with the power of enacting laws for the
benefit of tha people, the supposed beauties
of a representative government degenerate
into a solemn farce, and the old maxim that
the voice of the people is the voice of God
becomes a wicked satire.
The New Law of Testimony.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, and it is Jiereby en
acted by authority of the same, That no in
terest or policy of law shall exclude a party
or person from being a witness in any civil
proceeding ; provided. This act shall not al
ter the law as now practiced in the courts
of this Commonwealth, so as to allow hus
band and wife to testify against each other,
nor counsel to testify to the confidential
communication of his client; and this act
shall not apply to actions by or against ex
ecutors, administrators or guardians, nor
where tha assignor of the thing or contract
in actioc may be de.td, excepting in issues
and enquiries devi sarat vet non and others.
respecting the right of such deceased owner,
between parties claiming such right by de
volution on the ceatb of such owner.
Sec. 2. That a party to the record of any
civil proceeding, iu law or equity, or a per
son for whose immediate benefit such pro
ceeding is prosecuted or defended, may be
examined as if under cross-examination, at
the instance of the adverse party, or any of
them, and for that purpose may be compell
ed in the same manner, and subject to the
same rule for examination as any other wit
ness, to testify : but the party calling for
such examination thall not be excluded there
by, but may rebut it by counter testimony.
Sec. 3. That the testimony of witnesses
authorized by this act may be had by depo
sition or cmmision issued, as the case may
require, with such notice to the party to be
examined, and to the adverse party, as is
now or may hereafter be prescribed by the
rules of the proper court, touching tha tak
ing of depositions and testimony and com
mission. John Clark,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WlLMER WOBTHISCTOIC.
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the fifteenth day of April. An
no Domini oue thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine. John W. Geary.
XAfiuow Escape fiom the Anatomist's
Knife Among the Dead Men. The Phila
delphia Evening Star of Saturday relates a
remarkable story of a respectable merchr.nt
who came near becoming a subject on the
dissecting table. The man, it appears, was
addicted to habits of intern ptrance, and a
few evenings since he went into a saloon
near one of the medical colleges. After
drinking considerably he left about mid
night, and being in a state of obliviousness,
lay down close to the entrance of one of the
first-named institutions, and there he slept
in an almost lifeless condition. Between
the hour mentioned'and four o'clock is the
time that the grave robbers bring in their
prey, and it so happened that ou that morn
ing they had been very successful, and
brought in a load from the Almshouse, in
West Philadelphia. It is not to bo expected
that men following such an occupation are
men of sobriety and discernment. The
gang, four in number, were all likewise
drunk ; and it so happened that, after un
loading their dead "subjects," they laid
them alongside the victim who was stored
away with the corpses. Next morning a
subject was wanted. As soon as the door
was opened aud light admitted, the unfor
tunate man began to give signs of life.
Two or three of the,studenta were called, but
they were afraid to approach him. At
'ength the bravest ones made efforts to
arouse him, and they were sucessful. Gaz
ing wildly around kirn for a moment a ter
rible realization of his position came upon
him like a Cash, and he uttered heart-rending
screams. S appalled were they
that one of the sudents went into a fit,
and a Get man was so alarmed that he fell
down a flight of stairs aud fractured one of
his arms, and was removed to the Penn hos
pital, where he is now doing well. The un
fortunate man was removed to his horns in
an insane condition, manifesting great ner
vous excitement. He is now under the care
of two physicians, and cannot be convinced
but he was dead. Such are the results of
rum.
The Chicago Tribune, tha leading paper
of tho West, speaking of the legislature of
Illinois, says :
"No previous legislative body has ex
hibited such unblushing disregard of all the
requirements of common decency as the leg
islature of Illinois that is now in session."
The State Guard, the recognized organ of
Gov. Geary, at Harrisburg, speaking of the
legislature of Pennsylvania on the day fol
lowing the adjournment, used this language:
"On all sides, by men of all parties, and
in all circles, it is freely admitted that the
legislature of 1869 was the most venal and
corrupt body of men that ever sat in delib
eration in the State Capitol."
Both these legislatures were completely
under the control of large radical majorities,
and that party is solely responsible for their
shortcomings. If th6y merit the scathing
denunciations of these leading radical organs,
the people have but to thank themselves
for it ; and if they want such legislatures in
the future they have bnt to continue send
ing radicals to represent them. Harris
burg Patriot.
BrasED to Death. A painful and fa
tal accident occurred at Liverpool, six miles
north of our borough, on Friday last. A
little boy and girl, son and daughter of Dr.
David Quickel, were playing near the hog
pen, and among other things, attempted to
set fire to some rubbish, which tbey only
succeeded in partially igniting. With a
view to facilitate matters, the little boy
went into the bog-pen to get some straw, of
which there was a considerble quantity, and
it esems, carried soma of the fire into tha
enclosure with him on his pantaloons. The
pen closed with a spring or trap door, which
could not ba opened from the inside, and
the fire communicating with the straw soon
spread around the helpless boy, who was
unable to escape from his confinement. Be
fore he could obtain helfp he was burned to
death. Dr. Quickel, tha father, who came
to the rescue of his boh, was so badly burn
ed, in his frantic efforts, that the scalp of
his head was literally peeled off, as W9ll as
the caps or skin of both hands. At last ac
counts he was lying in a critical condition.
Tha girl escaped uninjured. York (Pa)
Democrat.
The last Huntington Globe flies the name
of D.lJ. Morrcll for Governor.
L4TE KEWS ITEMS.
Co!. Kodman is an Iilinoisan who can
throw a cow ever a rail fence.
On the 16th insr., an infant child of
Elisha Feiler, of Mahanoy city was found
dead in bed.
Pinchbeck, the only Federal appointed
in Louisiana who hasa "visible admixture,"
declines to serve.
An Albany tippler swallowed a chip
from a molasses cask with a glass of gin and
molasses, the other day. and it killed him.
The Springfield Republican says Gen.
Butler carries a knife in his heart for the
President. Where does he keep bis poons ?
Stewart's big dwelling house in New
York is to cost him three millions almost
as much as that place in the Cabinet was
valued at.
J. P. Wickersham has been re-appointed
Superintendant of Common Schools lor this
State, to serve for three years from the first
of June next.
Just to show that Galena was not ex
hausted after it produced himself, Grant has
given six prominent foreign and domestic
appointments to that place.
A rail-splitter in Howard, Wisconsin,
was lately caught in the cleft of a log by
the slipping out of the wedge, and died after
a few hours of extreme torture.
Tha Buffalo Advertiser (radical) says
Ashley's "infamy is notorious," and "hopes
he has the grace to feel like a detected
sneak," which he hasn't of course.
Another story about Noggle, Grant's
Chief Justice of Idaho is, that in Wisconsin,
where he comes from, ha is known as "the
man who spel'a God with a little
At tho funeral of Mrs. Brenizer, at
Reamstown, Lancaster county, recently,
five of her sisters were preseut, the youngest
of whom was over eighty years of age.
A casa is going the rounds of the news
papers of a man who married his mother.
This is horrible enough ; but only suppose
ir. had been his mother-in-law ! Chicago
Times.
A newspaper in southern Illinois notes
the passase of a Virginia family on their
way to the far West, consisting of the old
maw, the old woman, fourteen children and
eleven dogs !
There is a woman living in Metcalf
connty, Mo., ha3 given birth to five chil-.
dren. within tha last eighteen months, at
two births. At the first she had triplets,
the second twine.
It is said that great dissatisfaction ex
ists in the Haytien capital at the idea
of a colored representative of the United
States being sent" there. They think they
should have a white man.
William Stu'gis, of Chicago, who has
just gone into bankruptcy, reports his liabil
ities at four million four hundred and fifty
five thousand dollars. They do every thing
cn a liberal scale in Chicago.
Among the presents sent to the Pope
on the fiftieth anniversary of his consecra
tion to the priesthood was an ivory watch,
of excellent workmanship, made iu France,
which is a perfect timekeeper.
Leonard Iluyck, President of ths late
Merchants' National Bank, at Washington,
has been sentenced to two years' imprison
ment in the Albany Penitentiary, for the
laiceny of $ 13.000 worth of bonds.
By a singular freak an Iowa cat with
kittens and a hen with chickens have swap
ped charges. The p illet spreads her wiuga
with a cluck and covers the baby cats, and
the pussy protects her natural victims.
Nine persons were killed on Friday
morning by an accident on tbeLong Island
liailroad. near Queens, the cause being a
a broken rail, which threw the rear car
from the track, shivering it to splinters.
Frank Spital and John Harmony, of
Charobersburg, went out huuting, on Mon
day week, having a gun and a flask of
whiskey with them. Spital was shot dead,
and Harmony was found quite drunk near
the corpse.
A Western Radical journal says ; "Ash
ley is not as hoi est as he might be ; but
where, iu these degenerate days, can any
honest man be found ? and surely the office
should not remain vacant waiting for an
honest man to turn up."
An infant child three months old, in
the Monroe county (Ohio) Infirmary, was
fa!ally gnawed by rats nbout the breast and
stomach ona night last week. The mother
was sleeninsr in the same bed with her
child at the time it occurred.
A man named Wagner, living near
Green Bay. had a fight with two old wild
cats, and their three well-grown young ones.
He came off victor, after a struggle, in
which his clothes were torn from his body,
and his flesh was severely lacerated.
Seven white women in Washington re
cently applied to the Board of Registration
of Voters 6f the First ward, of that city, to
have their names placed noon the lists of
citizens qualified to vote. Thr-y were refused
Negroes vote and hold office In Washington
Philadelphia is puzzled to know where
lwitchellgot his prussic acid. It was the
strongest known to science, is never kept
for sale by apothecaries, and must have sent
him out of the world as suddenly ana surely
as u ne naa been Blown irom tne cannon s
mouth.
A gull struck its talons into a fish on
the Potomac, the other day, but was unable
either to bear it away on account of its
weight or to loosen itself from its prey. Af
ter a long struggle the bird was exhausted,
dragged screaming beneath the water and
drowned.
The "colored troops" of Cuba continue
to fight with the same bravery which distin
guished their relatives on the main land
during the rebellion they are sunning
themselves at home on tha rice, sugar and
tobacco plantations, while massa is absent
in the war.
Tha Tenth. Provincial Council of the
Roman Catholic Church, embracing the Dio
ceses within tha province of the Archbishop
of Baltimore, convened at 'Baltimore on
Sund ay. A large number of Bishops from
the Southern States, Pennsylvania and Del
aware were present.
It is stated that the Pennsylvania'Rail
road has obtained control of tha new road
from Cincinnati to Lonisvilla. This, with
their interest in the Indianapolis and Cin
cinnati Railroad, gives them, in prospect,
through lines between New York and St.
Louis and Louisville.
A couple of negro preachers in Texas
have experienced the evils of too zealous de
votion to duty. On Saturday night they
caught and hung an unfortunate white man,
Sunday they preached and baptised fourteen
persons, on Monday they were arrested, and
on Tuesday taken from the jail and hung by
a mob.
On Saturday night, while an adopted
daughter.of Edwaad Hilier, of North Oxford,
Mass.. was proceeding to bed bar clothing
took fire from a candle in her hands. The
girl was burned to death, and tha house and
a barn adjoining were consumed. The loss
will reach $2,500, on which there is an in
surance of $1,000.
TheNavajoe Indians, who are on the
war path in South-western Texas, have ta
ken to nailing thair captives to trees, or
hanging them to limbs with their heads
downwards, and their arms lashed to their
sides, and near enough to the ground for the
wolves to reach them ; they are sure to be
devoured the first night.
A man in Sewickley armed two of his
neighbors with a mallet and a clnb to hunt
a burgler the other night. They went
around the house in opposite directions, and
meeting iu the darkness behind it. they pro
ceeded to pound and whack each in a fashion
that would have been terribly effective if
either had been the burglar.
At Vermont, Fulton county, Illinois,
on Monday last, a son cf J. H. Harks, aged
thirteen, was found suspended by his neck
by a strap, in his father's barn, and quite
dead. In the afternoon of the same day, a
son cf Colonel Tenny was found banging in
a similar manner. No cause can be assigned
for these coincidal acts of self-destruction.
Tha statement made in the Pittsbureh
papers upon the authority of the Easton Ex
jrrcss, announcing the withdrawal of Asa
Packer from the Democratic Gubernatorial
canvass is untrue. Judge Packer says that
he has not authorized any one to make such
an announcement, and that his position is
the some as given in his Chambersburg
letter.
A very prudent politician is Judge
James C. Taylor of Virginia. He is
the Independent Republican candidate
for the office of Attorney General of tha An
cient Dominion. In his published confes
sion of faith ha says : "I am a supporter of
the present administration of the National
Government so far as I am able to under
stand it."
Irish emigration is again assuming n
formidable aspect. Thousands of young
Irish of both sexes ara prepariug to come to
this country, and the exodus will, it is said,
ba as great as it was during any of the years
made notorious by more than the average
ratio of Irish exiles. On the 8th there were
over 2.000 Irish emigrants at Q icenstown
waiting ship accommodations to leave for
America.
A number of agabond boys, near York
ville, nearly tortured a lad eleven years old
to death, on Friday of last week, because he
wouldn't agree to lie to shield them from
punishment for a petty theft which they had
committed. Tbey tied the child hand and
fot. and beat him. and thrust sand down
his throat, and came near killing him, but
became alarmed and fled, leaviug him to
crawl home as best he could.
The TJ. S. Senate finally adjourned on
Friday sine die. This is good news for the
country, for it is a lamentable fact that the
Congress of the United States is fast becom
ing as great a nuisance as are our State Leg
islatures. There was another disgraceful
scene of personal difliculty in the Senate on
Thursday between several wretehed Sena
tore, who might well call upon tba moun
tains and the hills to cover them and their
shams.
A special dispatch from Sioux City says
that the steamer Uselda, en route for St.
Louil with discharged soldiers from the va
rious posts up the Missouri river, struck a
snag on the morning cf the 24th, about t hirty
miles above Sioux City, and, while sinking,
har boiler exploded, killing and wounding a
large number. Fifty persons are reported
missing. The Undine left Sioux City imrae
disttly for the wieck with a number f phy
sician?. Tha negro. Cain Norris, who was ar
rested about a month since, charged with
ravishing two white women and one white
girl, was convicted, on Thursday last, at
Chambersburg. Pa., and sentenced to soli
tary confinement in tha Eastern Penitentiary
for thirty -five years. The trial lasted three
hours, and the jury rendered the verdict
without leaving the box. No doubt he will
be pardoned, if negroes are allowed to vote
in this State.
It is said Secretary Fish will, at no very
distant day, retire from the State Depart
ment, having until the present time remain
ed only at the personal request of President
Grant. Congress having adjourned and
most of the foreign appointments being
ma le, he now desires to retire to private life
again. It transpires that the list prepared
fr foreign appointments by E. B. Wash
burne. while Secretary of Slate, covered fjr-ty-eight
of the best offices.
The Observalore Romane says that Tius
XI. is now engaged in negotiations with
Gen. Grant, with a view to sending a Nun
cio to Washington. This prelate would not
only represent the court of Rome in the cap
itof of the Uaited States, but would also
exercise an influence upon Catholicism in
this country, which, in the opinion of the
Obsevatore, is destined to supercede nil other
religions, and to control the conscience of
nine tenths of the American people.
Congress has given $7,500 towards ren
ovating the tomb of Washington, which has
fallen into a shameful state of decay and
shabbiness. It is quite impossible to under
stand why the heirs of the estate of Mount
Vernon do not have some regard for the
tomb and its surroundings. But peihaps,
as the doctrines and principles of Washing
ton a e fa'len into disuse and disrepute, it
is but natural that his descendants should
forget, if not despise, his former greatness.
The latest from Washington is that
Fish, Borie and Hoar, in disgust, will short
ly withdraw from the Cabinet ; that Grant,
in despair, has run away from the hungry
army of office-seekers, carpet-baggers. Sec,
and with his wife has goje to the interior of
Maryland somewhere, for recreation ; that
the political bummers have becomo disgust
ed with the Cabinet. Grant, and everybody
elfe connected with the Administration ;
and that a good time generally is expect
ed in a short time, if not Boouer.
Considerable sensation has been created
here by tha elopement of a yonng white
lady with a light mulatto man. Tha young
lady is about sixteen years of age, is quite
pretty, and respectably connected, and her
flight a few days since astonished none so
much as ber own family, who had never
dreamed of her singular attachment. The
colored youth is represented as being a wait
er in a New York' restaurant, and is said to
be steady and industrious. The young lady's
father pursued her to Boston and brought
her home. Washington Cor., April 16.
Among the passengers on tha Boston
boat, which arrived in Portland, Maine, the
other morning, was an old woman, 85 years
of age, dressed in black and sinking with
age. She was in charge of the city marshal
of Gardiner, Maine, who was taking her
back to that city. They left on tha morn
ing train over the Kennebec road. The
charge on which she was arrested is that
of murdering her husband. Suspicious cir
cumstances arose at the time of his death,
and a post mortem examination- of his body
proved that he had been poisoned ; bnt his
wife had previously left the State. This was
the fourth husband the woman had. and a
review of the circumstances of their several
deaths confirms the belief that she had poi
soned them all.
Lift His Hoot. A middle-aged man
named Charles II. Miller left his home at
Wernersville, Berks connty, on Tuesday of
week before laBt, for Columbia, Loncaster
county. Since than nothing has been heard
from him. Fears are entertained that he
has met with foil play, as he went there
either to pay or receive money. Ilia fam
ily ara greatly distressed in consequence.
Any information in regard to him will be
gratefully received by his friends.
Tue Allentown Rolling Mill is now run
ning only about half tho time.
our bikw FABIlsVr
SEWING BIACHIHE 1 1
The superior merits of the "Singer" Ma
chines over all others, either for Family " er
Manufacturing purpo"es, are no ell established
and so generally admitted, that an enumeration
of thf irrelative excellences is no longer con
sidered nece?sarv.
OUR NEW FAMILY MACHINE.
which has been brought to perfection regrd
of time, labor, or exp nse, is now confidently
presented to the pub'ic ss incomparably the
Btsr Kwixa Machine ix zxihtkck.
The rnnchinein question is ;IM PLE, COM
PACT, DURABLE and BEAUTIFUL. I
is quiet, light running, and catabie of fek
rORMt.KO A KA50E A .IB VABIKTT Of WORE never
beiora attempted upon a single Machine, using
either Silk, Twist, Linen or Cotton Thread,
and sewing with equal facility the very finest
and coarsest materials, and aay thing between
the two extremes, in the most betiuliful aud
substantial manner. Its attachments for Hem
ming, Braiding, Cording. Tucking. Quilting,
Felling, Trimming, Binding, &c, are Novsi.
and Practical, and have been invented, and
adjusted especially for this Machine.
New designs of the Unique, Useful and Pop
ular Folding Tops and Cabinet Caes, peculiar
to the Machines manufactured by this Compn
nv, have been prepared for enclosing tha new
Machine.
A faint idea, however, can at best be con
veyed through the rr.cdium of a (necessarily
limited advertisement ; and wa therefore urjre
every per-on in quest of a Sewing Machine by
all roenns to examine and te?t, if they cn pos
sibly do so, all the leading rival Machines be
fore making a purchiu-e. A selection can then
be mnde uudertandingly. Branches or sgen
cies for supplying ths "Singer" Machines will
be found in nearly every city and town through
out the civilized world, where Machines i.l
be cheerfully exhibited and any information
promptly furaished. Or comruuuicatier.s may
be addressed to
The Singer Manufacturing Company,
458 BROADWAY,
IU U W YORK.
PniT.jiKi.rHi a Orricr. 1106 Chfbtjiit STarer
RTC. T.ROBERT. Agent for Ebensburg
and vicinity, keeps these Machines constantly
for sale at his store on High street The pub
lie are respectfully iBvi;ed to call and see them
in operation. Instructions given free. Ma
chine1 pold at city prices. No freight chah6ed
Also, Siuger's Needles, Oil, Silk and Cotton
always on hand. auS 2d.-ly.
PTJItTFY THE BlOOD. It is conceded
by the most emiueat medical men, that the
blood is the lruitf nl parent of disease, by serv
ing as a vehicle through which noxious eub
stances contaminate tne nesh by absorption.
The foetid contents of tba bowels, if long
retained by coustipation, are often ukeu up by
the veins or absorbents. Various morbid pro
ducts, such as pas and pames of unhealthy ul
cers, occasijually find tlieii way into the blood
vessels, which result is seated cases ot Scrof
ula or King's Evil, Erysipelas. S:ilt Rheum.
Ulcers, Erptive mud Contaueous Diseases ol
the Skin, Enlargement of the (JUnds, Pains
in the Head, Sides ami Back. St. Vitus' Dance,
Pleurisy, Dizziness, Tumors, Griping at. d Cho-
lie Fains, &c, all of which diseases readily I
yieid to the powerful influence of Dr. Roback's j
Blood I'unfier, wihch searches oat all the vhe
humors aud distempers, leaving the blood iu a
pure and healthy conditions.
The many valuable ingredients of which the
Blood Purifier is composed being adapted to
each other strictly according to the laws of
chemical science, makes it one of the most
valuable alteratiAes and system renovators of
the present age, and its success as a great med
iciue must increase so long as disease so long
as disease continues to vex the soul ot man.
Thi leading paper of the Northwest, the
Wi-onsii," Milwaukie, gets off some very
good th-.r.jrs, among the latest of which we ex
tra jt the following :
Ax Excelleut Mcdicinr One of the
meet porular medicines of the day is Hoof
land's German Bitters, which is desipned to
keep the stomach and liver in a healthy con
dition. The Bitters is prepared without the
use of intoxicating Liquors, and if a person
desires to drink liquor under the fashionable
name of Bitters, he had best apply for tome
thing else than Hoofland's. Druggists tell us
that the sale of ihig article is large, and is con
tinually on tha increase, that all who use it
are pleased with its excellent qualities, and
that they could i.ot thick of keeping store
without it. In case of debility or prostration
of the system, Hoofland's German Bitters will
be found au excellent article, as well as for
Dvspepsia.
HOOFLAKD'S GERMAN TONIC
Is a combination of all tha ingredients of the
Bitters, with ruax Santa Cruz Rum, orange,
anise, etc., making a preparation of rare medi
cinal value. The Tonie is used for tha same
diseases as the Bitters, in eases where soma
Alcoholio Stimulant is required. Principal Of
fice, 631 Arch Street. Philad'a, Pa. Sold ev
erywhere by Druggists and others, ap.22.
DON'T BE MAKING "RYE"
I.
i.
J
1B0UT BID BREJD & C1EES
BUT BUT TOUR
HL- rXD TXT IER2.
FROM
HI. Iu. OATMAN,
Who sells tho BEST BRANDS
AT TIE LOWEST MARKET MCI.
' r'l "IT
WEW CHEAP CASH STORE
AT
BUCK'S MILLS, Alleghany Township.
The subscriber would respectfully announce
to his friends and the public in general that he
has just opened at Buck's Mills a large and
superb Btoek of seasonable merchandise, con
sisting of all kinds of DRY GOODS, DRESS
GOODS, NOTIONS, GROCERIES, FUR
NITURE, HARDWARE, and all ether arti
clesusnally kept in a country store.
fcifHaving paid cash for my goods I am de
termined to dispose of them either for cash,
lumber or country produce at as low prices as
like goods can be bought from acy dealer in
the county. A liberal patronage is respectfully
solicited. "WM.J. BUCK.
Buck's Mills, April 22. 1869. tf.
VALUABLE PROPERTY AT PRI
VATE SALE. The undersigned offers
atprivate sale a HOUSE and FOUR ACRES
OP GROUND, with Stable, Outbuildings, a
Stone Spring House, a lot of choice apple and
cherry trees and a well of excellent water on
the premises. For further particulars apply to
the subscriber on tha premises in Csrrolltowa
borough, RACHEL BENDER.
Ayer's
Hair Vigor,
For restoring Gray Hair to
ils natural Vitality and Color.
A dresatng
ia at ones agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving tL,
Lair. Faded or gTay
hair is soon restorti
to its original color
x mri nair is thick.
Bed, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, curgj
bj it use. Nothing can restore tht
hair where the follicles are destroys
or tha glands atrophied and decayed!
Bnt such as remain can be saved for
tuefulness bj this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi.
sent, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, tad
consequently prevent baldness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous anj
injurious to the hair, the Vigor ca
only benefit but cot harm it. If wanted,
merely for a
HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it doei
not soil white cambric, and yet larj
long on the bair, giving it a rich glovr
lcLsCra and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co,,
PXAoncAX. axd Analtticax CnEmrri,
LOWELL, MASS.
PKICB $i.oo.
For sale by R. J. LLOVD, Agent. Elerbnr.
Ayer's Sarsaparttla,
roa prBinno tui blood.
The reputation this ex
celled medicine enioi,
is dcrivel from its cure;
many of which are tru!v
marvellous. Invetcrea
cases of Scrofulous du
ease, w here the fvitri
seemed saturated" wiu
corruption, hnve
purified and cured U jl
Scrofulous sffertiom iLl
disorders, whirh wre v
gravated by the cmr...
Ions contamination i
they were painfully afflicting, have beon ra.lir
cured in such gTeat numbers in almost evcrr .'.
tion of the country, that the public scarcely neeiv
be informed of iu virtues or uses.
Scrofulous poison is one of the most t'.ctrnrt;-"
enemies of our rac. Often, this uimevn arl w.Ui
tenant of the organism undermine the cou'Ltuli.-ia,
and invites the attack of enfeebling or fatal diiMf j,
without exciting a suspicion of its presence. Apiis,
it seems to breed infection throughout the bodv.ft
then, on some favorable occasion, rapidlv derel' j
into one or other of its hideous forms, either cn t
surface or among the vitals. In the latter, mer
cies may be suddenly deposited in the lunri or
heart, or tumors formed in the liver, or it &h -.ws !
its presence by eruptions on the skin, or foi l r.Vr
a tion s on some part of the body. lienor the cw
eional lire of a bottle of this SareapariUu i- li
veable, even when no active symptoms of di-eis
appear. Persons afflicted wiUi the following tot-
Jilaints generally find immediate relief, nl, :i
ength, cure, by the use of this SARSAyAllll-Z-A:
St. Anthony' l-rr, Hone or jTrynipeitu,
Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Jlead, Jiingtrorm,
Sore Eyes, Sore Ear, and other eniMioni or
Visible forma of Scrofulous disease. Alfoin-if
more concealed forms, as I if s pepsin. Vropiy.
Heart Disease, fits, Knilrysy, SruraVn.
and the various Uleerous aCections of the lauKv
lar and nervous systems.
Stphilis or Venereal and UTertteriat TKwui
are cured by it, though a lonp time i-i require-:: ir
subduing these obstinate maladies bv am- meii-:r'.
But long continued use of this medicine will cu
the complaint. Eeucorrha-a or U hitrs, I trri'
Ulcerations, and female Diseases, rr cc
monly soon relieved and tiltimatelv cured hr ij
purifying and invigorating effect. "Minute liirf
tion a for each case are found in our Almanac, w
plied gratis. Jtheitmatistn and c;if. whi
caused by accumulations of extraneous miners
in the blood, yield quickly' to it, as also Listr
Complaints, Torpidity, Congestion orn?
matron of the Urcr, aud Jaundice, when anM".
as they often do, from the rankling poises in'."
blood. This 8 A KSAfAIllL L.A is a great r
storer for the strength and vigor of the jvstn
Those who are Hanauid and IAstless. Jtrtpn
dent. Sleepless, and troubled with JN"
prehensions or fears, or any of the affect'
symptomatic of Weakness, will find immfi:?
relief and convincing evidence of iu reslor
power upon trial.
PREPARED BY
Or. JT. C. 1MB & CO., Itwell. Xav
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
SOLD BY ALL. DRUGGISTS EVERT tt'fl nX
And Rcibk J. Lloyd, EsKNtssibc
JP A I It B A X K S
TAD4RI)
:nz: f&9
OF ALL KINDS. ALSO.
BAGGAGE BARROWS,
WAREHOUSE TRUCKS,
COPYING PRESSES,
Improved Money Drawers, 4c.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE
102 Second Avenue,
Near Wood Street, PITTSBURGH
Scales eepaikcp pkoxftlt. (sp .8.391-1
VALUABLE FARM FOR SAIX
The undersigned offers for fale the Tr
.upon which be now resides, situate sw"1
miles north of St. Augustine, in che',lJ.
ship, Cambria county, contaiuing 69
and GO PERCHES 30 Acres clearel a
sler good fences, and tha b.iUnce well timb'
There is a comfortable DWELLING HOU-.1'
good BARN, all necessary OUTBCH-P1
and a fin TOTJQ ORCHARD upon tbP
raises. For terms, etc.. which will bs wu
easy, applv to WILLIAM KELU
Chest Tp., April 15. 1869.-3t
JOOK HERE! LOOK IIEEE:.'
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.
The subscriber will sell the Farm on
he residee, in Alleghenv twp., Cambria eouiv'
The Farm contains 145 Acras (90 cleared
the improvements ara ample and in go1 pr
Fair terms and Indisputable title- Toj-"
ho farm i" -
saven 1st Anril
WIS B.HIV -
A WALTER?
Feb. 4, lM0.-tf,
Loretw P-
CAUTION. AH persons are bt
cautioned atrainrt interfering QT
with a large BAY HORSE which I bT
chased from MicVl O'Friel. of ClesrfieU i
and left in his possession during Til,TV
- WILLIAM KEl'
Chest Tp., April 22. 1863. 3t. -jJf
M.
Lu O A T 31 A
EBENSBURG.- PA. . f(fi
la tha tola owner of the Right to Mc
and sell - .
THE UNEQUALLED ,(
METROPOLITAN OIL-