Cam&ria Freeman. - . THURSDAY, : : r-JUNE 10, 1869. The Rfed Handkerchief. In a late nntnber of the New York Trib une Horace Greeley gives the following ac count of the novel way in which his political friends passed or defeated certain laws which were pending beforo the Radical legislature of the State: "A red handkerchief denoted the manner in which the members were to rote. Whtuever the Clerk bad read the title of a bill, in which there waa a 'bone,' the leader, if he considered his 'Ring' satisfied, would march to the front of the Cleik's desk and gracefully blow his nose with his red linen. Every member of the ' Ring' would vote in favor of the measure . If, on the contrary, the leader should careless ly hold the handkerchief toward the floor, that denoted that his followers should vote against the measure. Many a project was carried or defeated by that red handkerchief, and it was as much a terror to the applicart for legisla tive favors as were some of the 'Executive Committee' ef the Assembly of 1S69. " We do not know what waa the color of the rag under which the virtuous members of our' last and mofct corrupt legislature were rallied by the leaderi of the various rings, but we presume the present State Treasurer could furnish the information. The evidence in support of the charge of corrupt practices, which hag been so frequently made of late years against radical legislatures, is clear and conclusive. We regard Cungress as more corrupt and debauched than even the New York or Pennsylvania. Jegiblatures. Nor does it seem to detract in certain quar ters from the standing and reputation of a member of Congress, that he is known to be open to the most shameless corruption. fames Af. Ashley is a conspicuous instance of how a self confessed corenpt Congressman ean be rewarded by the President of a party claiming to possess all the morality and de cency in the country. Repudiated by the people of his own district and driven from the halls of Congress, President Grant takes him into hia confidence, condones his offen ces, invests him with a high and important pnblic trust, and a radical Senate stamps the disgraceful appointment with the seal of its approbation. The distinctive feature of legislation in this country at the present day, is corrup tion. It pervades Congress and all the rad ical State legislatures to a frightful and most alarming extent. While it almost jus tifies the conclusion that no radical legisla tive body can be pure, we do not all pre tend to say that all democratic legislators are honest. We know, and knowing regret, that Montgomery county and Philadelphia cityeach sent a democratic member to the last legislature, who were the worthy peer3 of the most venal scoundrels in that body. A member of the legislature can sell him self and prostitute his office in a variety of ways. He can do so as well by dodging a vote as by standing up with a brazen face in support of an iniquitous law. During the last session of the legislature, when the final vote was taken on the nefarious coal and petroleum project, which was amongst the most infamous measures manipulated by what was known as the "Treasury Ring," twenty-two members of the House were ab sent and failed to vote. They were all in Harrisburg, and no man there who was fa miliar with the ways of legislation, doubted for a moment that each one of them had been purchased. Thievry is the rule and honesty the exception among the law makers of the present day. Both political parties are just now demanding that a different order of men shall be sent to the State capitol to make their laws. Wo will see whether they will be able to effect the reform. The Truf h of History. The New York Sun is a leading radical paper edited by Charles n. Dana, who waB Absistant Secretary of War under Stanton during the rebellion. The New York Ex press, having made a charge of disloyalty against Stanton, the editor of the Sun re plies in an article of which the following is an extract : "We eay that it Is not true. It is In contra diction with the most notorious facts. On De cember 14, 1860, Mr. Stanton became Attor ney General tn the Cabinet of President Bu chanan, and so remained until March 4, 1S61. In that office he was known of all men as a vigilant, tireless, uncompromising foe of the recession movement. It is mainly to his res olution, firmness and energy, that the country owes the preservation of the Government dur ing that winter of all embracing conspiracy and unappreciated danger. His efforts to this end were well and truly seconded by Jeremiah 8. Black, Joseph Holt and John A. Dix, dke wise members of the Cabinst ; but he was tho soul of that noble and faithful body of states ; men. No one who knows the interior history of those eventful months can deny that this is' so. No doubt Mr. Black, Geo. Holt and Gen. Dix will gladly aflirm it, should their ev-. idence ever be necessary." During the war and since its conclusion no man's patriotism has been so violently and systematically attacked as that of Jere miah S. Black. He has been a target at which the most envenomed shafts of radical hatred, malice and ill will have been per sistently aimed a man of pre-eminent no bility aad spotless integrity of character, he is the constant subject of the vilest and most unmeasured abuse by every radical newspaper editor in the country, from Ho race Greeley down to the lowest. It seemed as though they all took a special delight In heaping the vials of their wrath on his devo ted bead. To bo a democrat was, in their estimation, to be a traitor. Here now is the Assistant Secretary of War, who was per fectly familiar with Judge Black's course, coming to his rescue and calling upon him to defend Edwin M. Stanton from the charge mada against him by the New York Ex press. Admiring Judge Black, as we have always done, we are glad that this indirect but complete vindication of his motives and conduct has been volunteered by so intelli gent and responsible a man as Mr. Charles A. Dana. Oh Monday lst eight hundred men sailed from New York with the avowed intention cf joinlDg the Cuban army. , The Mission to Spain. In a fcrief notice which we took, two weeks ago. of the appointment of Daniet E. Sickles as Minister to Spain, we stated that his generalship and military blundering came near rendering Gen. Meade's victory at Gettysburg a defeat, for which he (Sick les) was threatened with a court martial. The Johnstown Tribune declares that our article "insults common intelligence and foully slanders one of the nation's bravest and.best defenders," but it Tails to explain how, except by saying that "it was at Get tysburg that Sickles lost a leg." It is no slander against General Sickles to repeat now what was well known to the leading army officers who took fart in that battle. It was common rumor then and subsequent ly, and so far as we know, was never denied. If a person were to say that John W. Geary showed the white feather at the storming of Chepultapec, during the Mexican war, it would be no slander, for the simple reason that the officers and men of his regiment would confirm the charge. It was because Sickles lo3t a leg at Gettysburg that he was not court marshalled. That accident re moved him from active service, and having therefore produced the same result as would have been brought about by a military trial, the latter alternative was not resorted to. To tho same article to which the Tribune so strongly objects, we appended the views of the New York Ecening Post in opposition to Sickles' appointment. That paper be longs to the Tribune's own political party, and is edited by a very distinguished radi cal. Wo republish it, and tho Tribune may answer it if it can : "This is an appointment which the country will not approve, and which the Senate, when it meets, ought not to confirm. It is a bad ap pointment, made in the (ace of light ; for though, when the name of Mr. Sickles was first mentioned in connection with the Span nish mission, the administration might hare been ignorant of his character and history, this cannot now be said." The Post is not the only radical paper that has censured tha appointment of Sick Ies as "a bad appointment, made in the face of light." The Trenton Slate Gazette is equally as emphatic in denouncing it. In addition to all this, it is made tolerably' plain, by the following extract from Har per's Weekly, a Grant organ, that Daniel E. Sickles is not a proper person to repre sent this country either in Spain or at any other foreign court : "Of the ability of General Sickles there is no question, nor of his faithful service daring the war and as the commander of a depart ment. That it is ungenerous to remember po litical errors after they have been, to say the least, condoned by service in the field, is not to be de.iied ; nor is it ever too late for any man honestly to change his views and his course. But, with all that may be truly said in favor of the General's appointment to Spain, there is, it eeeros to us, a certain deep sense cf propriety that forbade it, and which also for bids the acquiescence implied by silenne upon the part of those who disapprove. The ad ministration may justly eay that it cannot be ceDsured for appointing to a peculiarly repres entative position one whom the party in Xew York bad selected as the lender of its delega tion to the nominating convention. But there are certain considerations in the management of public affairs which should be superior to any such claims, and which should have fiic ceasfully asserted themselves in this instance." The Pacific Rail Road. A good deal of speculation has been in dulged in by newspaper editors and others in reference to whom is due the credit ef having first suggested the necessity, as well as the practicability, of constructing a rail road across the western plains to tho Pacific ocean. The original conception of such a great national highway seems very justly to bo due to Asa Whitney, who, as early as 1845, sent a memorial to Congress on tho subject. We understand that Mr. Whitney is yet living in Philadelphia, at an advanced age. Thomas n. Benton, who was one of the great statesmen of his age, was an early ad vocate of tho project, and as a member of the United States Senate from Missiouri was its warm friend. But he was secondary to Whitney. Jefferson Davis, when he was Secretary of War under the administration of President Tierce, took an active interest in the measure, and appointed several engi neers, who were officers in the army, to make surveys of tha route, one of whom was Gen. George B. M'Clellan, aad all of whom made surveys and reports of their operations. It seems, however, that in 1846, several years before these surveys w,ere made, the Hon Sidney Breese was a member of the Senate from Illinois, and in that year was chairman of the Committee on Public Lands. This' was two years before Col. BeDton took an active part in favor of the enterprise. In that year (1840) Mr. Breese made an elabor ate report to tho Senate, recommending tha construction of such a road and designating a point on Lake Michigan as its eastern ter minus. Senator Breese is still a resident of the State of Illinois, and is now one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of that State, TT T - 1 n a -a . . ue nas always oeen a aemocrat, ana his name was prominently mentioned in his own State last summer as a candidate for the Presidency. Impobtaut to Ciqab Dealers. LTereto- fore it has been a conwnon practice to sell cigars from show cases without having them laced in tha stamped boxes required by ;w. By this arrangement, a manufacturer might evade payment of tax in filling his show cases and selling from them. It is said that a considerable number of frauds have been perpetrated !n this way of late. As they are very difficult to detect, an or der has been issued by Commissioner De lano, directing no cigars to be sold save from boxes, stamped as legally required. W re happy to announce that Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, who lately received a severe injury on the Louisville and Nash ville Railroad, is much better, although still confined to his bed at the St. Joseph Infirm ary in this city. The character of the injury is such that his convalescence is necessarily slow, bnt there are no doubt3 of his ultimate restoration to health. Dr. D. W. Yandell deserves high praise for his skillful treatment of this difficult case. Lou. Express, 4tb. A Tragic Xarratire, If True. Four White Men Attacfced by Cheyennes Three cf Them Killed Escapt of th Fourth. The Phil. Sheridan (Kansas) correspond ent of the St. Louis Democrat, under date of May 20, gives the following account of the murder of three young men by a party of Cheyenne Indians, near Antelope Hills.south ern Kansas, near the border of Indian Terri tory, bnt a3 the Johnstown Tribune positive ly asserts that young Shrycck, one of the parties named, is alive and well and has not been in an Indian fiyht, and as the narra tive sounds somewhat sensational to say the least, we incline to the opinion that the en tire story is without foundation in fact : "About the first of March four young men arrived here from the east, named, respect ively, J. G. Doran, of Steubenville, O. ; It. T. Smith, of Cincinnati ; J. W. Shryock, of Johnstown, and F. W. Head, of Williams port, Pa. After stopping here some six weeks, they fitted themselves cut with horses and the necessary equipments for a trip through to New and Old Mexico. They left here about the 16th of April, with the above object in view. On the 1st of May, while in the vicinity of Antelope Hills, they were attacked by a small body of Cheyennes, about twenty in number. The party stood their ground, fighting bravely. Afterseveral fchots were fired, Smith received an arrow in the left breast, and waa the first to fall. Head fell next, pierced with seven arrows. Doran received a wound in the right Khoul der. Shryock received an arrow in the left arm and one in the right side, but kept np his firing until he received ono in the breast, when he dropped his gun, and fell trcm his horse. Doran, seeing how useless it would be to contend against such superioi numbers surrendered himseif. "The Indians gathered around their vic tims, shouting and dancing with Bavage delight. They took their scalps and taunted Doran by tslappinghim in the face with them. The Indians did not escape unhurt. Seven of their number bit the dust, and three were wounded. They threatened their prisoner's life, and taunted him by brandishing their koives aad tomahawks in close proximity to his head. He, being of a cool and undaunt ed nature, gave but little heed to their threats. After disposing of their dead they took up their line of march, and travelled west about ten miles, where they encamped for the night. They prepared their suppers, and ate without providing for their prisoner. Doran, knowing that he would receive harsh treatment as long as he remained in their hands, set about conjuring a plan of escape. Having on his person a pocket-case of med icir.es. among which was a couple of v ials of tincture of opium, he conceived the idea of drugging some brandy, of which he had a quart in his possession. Watching his op portunity he succeeded in accomplishing his objet, and turning to his captors he raised the bottle to his mouth, pretending to drink. One of them seeing it, rushed forward and snatched it from his hands and raising it to his lips, drank. After taking a draught he pasted it to the next and it passed around the entire circle. "As he expected, it worked like a charm. In a short time they all began to feel drow sy. Placing two over the prisoner for a guard the rest wrapped themselves in their blankets and gave themselves up to sleep. The drug was too powerful for the guards, and in a few' minutes, like their coairades, they too were in a sound sleep. Doran, seeing tho opportunity, armed and helped himself tn what there was to eat, and mount ing his . horse, rode away in a westerly di rection. About daylight he reached Medi cine Bluffs, a point where the Government is establishing a new military post. Leaving there, he reached hero in safety on the 18th of this month, and took the train fr the east. It was from him I learned tho above facts. He is Unacquainted with the address of any of the parties' friends except one. Thinking it might be interesting to some of your readers, and be the means of informing parents of the sad fate of their sens, I have recorded the above facts. The young men were all of nigral character, and during their stay here f.rmed some pleasant ac quainfancesr who held them in high esteem, aad deeply sympathize with their ftiends." Ouit Polict. The World concludes an editorial on this as follows : The policy of non-intercourso on the subject between our new Miuister and Lord Clarendon would have been Dext to diplomatic idiocy. After Sumner's "fluent acrimony," there was needed antidote to the poison. Mr. Fish is too far sighted to leave the London Foreign Office to understand that the views of Sum ner controlled the votes of all or a majority of those senators who rejected the conven tion. That the treaty with its aleatory system of justice for individual claims, its utter refusal even to consider the claims of the nation and its failure to make even an effort to define for the future the relative rights to be held and duties to be performed by neutrals and belligerents was refused ratification, probably the administration does not regret ; but that is verj far from allowing England to believe wo are inclined to let the matter sleep unadjusted, so that when she is attacked, from within or with out, we can jump for her throit. It will be a calamity for both nations ff Mr. Motley is authorized to conduct negotiations on our part ; btJt that is not involved in permitting him merely to convey to the Queen, through proper diplomatic channels, an expression of the hope of President Grant that a prompt and satisfactory settlement of all differences between the two nations would be reached, and the two great commercial powers of the world would be permitted to unite in efforts to advance the freedom of trade, and to suppress in the future all pirat ical nags by a revision of the neutral codes of both governments. We predict that, by reason of what Mr. Motley is directed by his chief to 6ay in Eng land on all proper occasions, in respect to the rejection of the treaty, the speech of Mr. Sumner, and the purposes, or rather the wishes, of the Department of State, we shall before many days see a marked change in public opinion throughout England. The venerable and munificent George Peabodv is azaio steering for the ennntnr of his birth, and may be expected hero within a Tew days, Uis arrival, of course, will make a stir among men and women of let ters that is, of begging letters. It would be a "delicate stratagem" for some needy young man versed in epistolary composition to set un a bureau of corres nondence for tha occasion, whero illiterate cousins thirty-five times removed, of the great London banker might have their mendicancy advanced in touching and appropriate language, for a trifline per-centasre accrue to them. Every Peabody who is nobodv will be after Peahndir body, with supplicating palm extended for the touch of Midas, the refW "blood is thicker than water," and the well worn forma pauperis- ''and your petitioner trill fvr Tirnv.'' COM3IUJSICATI05T. - w COMMON SCHOOLS. Whether or not our Common Schools have been a failure, can be best determined by considering the design and the results of the system. Governor Wolff said in his message to the legisiatnre that they were designed to supercede the old system :of schools. That old system taught some spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic. If the common school was to teach nothing more, why abol ish the old and inaugurate the new system ? Thaddeus Stevens and others termed them 'The People's Colleges," and from the de bates then made on the Bubject, a3 well as from subsequent legislation, we learn that they were intended even to supercede the colleges and academies then existiug. They were to educate the people thoroughly. For this reason no one could teach without first being examined and getting a license from State authority to teach. Normal schools were established, at a very heavy expense, to prepare teachers thoroughly, for what? certainly not for teaching merely what had been taught for a hundred " years before, namely, some spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic. A State department was crea ted to furnish instruction, blanks, report books, and to send State and County reports to the legislature, all at heavy expense. A county superintendent was created in each county, at heavy expense. State, county and district institutes were established to prepare teachers, for what? certainly not to teach pome spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic, for nil these and far more were taught in the pay schools before the public school was established. The writer and six others all studied surveying, at one time, iu an eld fashioned school, while twelve others studied book-keeping, nenco we infer that all this preparation, and organization, and expense, meant work. School houses were not built over the land as numerous as the leaves in Yalambrosa, at heavy expense, merely to teach what had been taught before. Prof. Wickersham says the design was "to make education universal, impartial and free." Seminaries, academies and colleges were to be mergod in the common school, with all the public appropriations, and the common school was to educate in their place. The policy of the school department proves this. The design, therefore, was a grand one, not second to any effort put forth by any nation in ancient or modern times for universal education. From these schools hundreds of thousands were to emerge capa ble of transacting all kinds of lawful busi ness. They wtre not to lay, or attempt to lay, a simple foundation, on which colleges could build a superstructure, but they were to be "the people's colleges" the Utopia of educational bliss. Now what are the results ? The schools are not universal in every sense, and if they wereMthey do not educate universally. Many people have to send a great distance to school. Many districts only get four months' school in a year, and that does not educate. Let every reader take a State report and exam ine the details of each district, and see for himself, or let him take a peep into his own district for the proof of what we say. Many send to pay school to havo their children ed ucated. They are not impartial in any sense. Men who pay the heaviest tax claim the right to and do exerciso the most influence and reap the greatest benefit because they can furnish more books and send more regularly than poor people. Some districts purchase the books for the children, others make the peo ple purchase them. Some keep open six months, some nine, some nine, some four, and some do not keep open at all. Some have elegant school houses, others have very poor ones. Soma pay twenty-six mills tax on the dollar's valuation, others three mills. One would hardly call this impartial. They are not free. The more wealthy are favored in almost evry city and town, if not in every district. Thousands of poor chil dren never get to school at all. We have just now, in our own city, occular demon stration of this fact. "The Mission Sabbath School," a very worthy institution, is now feeding, clothing and instructing many schol ars in this neighborhood who never see the inside of a public school. There may be 750,000 children enrolled in this State ; still this "tremendous f.vct" does not prove that all are enrolled, or that those enrolled ara educated. The convicts of the Penitentiary are enrolled, but that does not provo that they are educated. There are not less than 250,000 children in the State who are not enrolled. From these observations we learn that a system, good in design and expensive in its details, is a failure in its results. It educates just about a3 much as the svstem which it superceded, and no more, at tenfold the ex pense Would to God it were otherwise! Yours, &c, T. I. P.. Eight Sentiments. The following let ter from the Don. Salmon P. Chase will find a responsive echo in the breasts of all who favor a union of "hearts and hands," as well as a union of States : Chaeleston, S. C, May 29, 18C9.- DearSir: Your note inviting me to attend the ceremony of decorating at Magnolia cemetery the graves of the brave men who fell in defense of the Union during the recent civil war only reached me this morning. I am very sorry that I cannot be with you on this most interesting occasion ; but it is now too late to maiie the necessary arrangements. Tho nation cannot too tenderly cherish the memory of her dead heroes, or too watchfully guard the well-being of those who survive. And may we not indulge the hope that ere long we who adhered to the national cause will be prompt also to join in commemorating the heroism of our country men who fell on the other side, and that those who now specially mourn their loss, consenting to the arbitrament of arms and resuming all their old love for their country and our country, one and indivisible, will join with us in like commemoration of the fallen brave of the army of the Union 1 The dead are not dead. They have only gone before, and now see eye to eye. Why may not we all borrow from their sacred graves oblivion of past differences, and henceforth unite in noble and generous en deavor to assure the honor and welfare of our whole country, of all her States and of all her citizens 7 Very respectfully, yonrg, S. P. Chase. Iw reply to the frequent charges of cruelty to the Union prisoners in the South during the war, the Washington Intelligencer pub lishes some statistics, which ought to be gen erally circulated. The number of confeder ates in Northern prisons during the war, is stated, in round numbers, at 222.000 j of Federals in Southern prisons, 270,000. Of the Confederates in Northern prisons, 28,000 died'; of the Federals in Southern prisons, 22,000 died. It will thus be seen that while the South held a preponderance of 50,000 prisoners, there wore 6,000 more deaths in Northern prisons than in those of the Cun federancy. A man in New Haven has invented a machine by which one man can sew six hun dred pairs of shoes in s day. .Political and Rewi Items. A snake, three feet through the--body, is wriggling about Indiana. A youth of nineteen, in Martin county, Indiana, has just been made the fifth hus band, of Mrs. Ellen Dill, who is sixty-six years old. Joseph Laftvs, six years old, was found on the street in Cincinnati, Saturday night, apparently intoxicated. He died before mid night without speaking. Samuel Bixby of Boston and MissMan chi Cobb, of Uingham, were drowned at Hull, Massachusetts, Saturday evening, by the upsetting of a pleasure boat. A famous dog of Troy, and which was the first soldier of the canine race to enter Richmond upon its capture, was killed on Saturday by being run over by the cars. A singular mirago was seen on Tuesday noon on Lake Ontario. The shore of Can ada was visible, buildings on the lake shore loomed up, and vessels appeared sailing keel uppermost. John Hall, aged eighty-three, and his wife, aged ninety-three, recently walked from Dale to Neenah. Wisconsin, a distance of twelve miles, and reached the latter place before noon. A lively old man In Indiana, only ninety-seven yeara of Bge, reads without spectacles, has ploughed three acres and planted it with corn this year, and claims to be the champion. Last year two thrifty Germans pur chased eighty acres of land in Southern Ten nessee. This season they gathered straw berries enough from four acres of it to pay for the whole tract. Robert Boyd and George J. Delaney, who were clerks in the New York Postoffice, were Saturday sentenced respectively to ten and three years in the State Prison for em bezzling money letters. A process has recently been invented in Michigan by which Marquette or6 can be converted into malleable iron in forty min utes. Prolonged and careful experiment fully established the success of the invention. On Friday while the laborers on section fifty -six, of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, were ir the act of tapping a seam in a rock, a premature explosion took place. One man was killed, and several others were mortally wounded. H. J. Barnes, a notorious horse thief, was found hanging to a tree near Shelby Depot. Tennessee, on Thursday morning last, riddled with bullets. From papers on his person it is supposed be was originally from Newark, New Jersey. John Murray, a respectable citizen of Tortsmocth, Virginia, waa shot dead on Sat urday, by Alexander Perry, whom he sus pected of seducing his daughter, and at whom ha fired the first shot, with slight effect. Perry gave bail for his appearance on Mon day. The majority of the candidates for city offices in Washington are negro barbers and boot-blacks. If elected they will, no doubt, become polished officials. They may cut up shines, to be sure ; but when light upon any subject is needed many of them will be able to fched a ray. Sir. A strange bird has been captured at Factory ville. Tioga county, and is exciting the curiosity of naturalists in that vicinity. It is described as very beautiful, resembling somewhat a dove, having a red stripe upon its head, with, seagreen legs and back. The legs and toes are long. A little daughter of Jacob Gable Miller, of Gilbertsville, Berks county, bad occasion to go to her father's mill, and while there was caught iif ono of the shafts. One of her legs was broken twice, the other once, one arm twice, and also her shoulder blade. Little hopes are entertained for her reeovery. Samuel Nunemaker, a brakeman on the Columbia; local freight train, was run over and instantly killed on Thursday morning near Marietta, Lancaster county, while in the act of putting on a top brake, which, not being in good condition, broke off, and threw the unfortunate man between the tracks. Mr. Nunemaker was married and a resident of Columbia. The Elberton Gazette statps that an in surrectionary plot had been disclosed by a negro having for its object the burning of the town of Lexington, the county seat of Oglethorpe county, Georgia, and massacre of the inhabitants. The Sheriff and posse while arresting negroes said to be implicated in the plot, were resisted by one, whom they sbet and killed. A new case for excitement in the Epis copal Churches of Chicago has just beeu de veloped. It appears that on Monday Bishop Whitehouse notified Rev. Mr. Chcr-ey, the rector of Christ Church, that he must cease the omission of the word "regenerate" in the baptismal service; but Mr. Cneney states that he cannot conscientiously use it. The Bishop has given him until next Monday to decide either to use the word or be degraded from the ministry. It is said that Mr. Che ney's congregation warmly support him. During the storm on Monday evening a house at Beaver Falls, Fa., was struck by lightning. The charge passed down the chimney to the second floor, where it took an oblique course, passing through the hearth and first ceiling, and then struck Mrs. Gibbson the chin, passing down her breast, killing her almost instantly. She was standing near the stove. Others sitting near her were severely shocked, but not injured. It seems Mrs. Glbbs' body re ceived the entire charge, as there were no traces of it to be feen. The Ripley Bee says that a cow belong ing to a Mr. Kendall, near Decatur, Brown county, recently gave birth to one hundred and six calves at one calving, and that another cow, belonging to Mr. Edward Fran cis, in the same vicinity, about the same time, brought forth sixty. In each instance there was one large developed calf, while the others were about the size of large Norway rats. The smaller ones were perfect minia ture calves in every respect. Both of the cows died. The Bee says there is no doubt 'of the truth of this statement. A child of four years, namdEva Aver ill, died in Freeport, 111., on Tuesday last, under painful circumstances. A few weeks aga 6he was playing with a needle, and, dropping it on the carpet, stooped to pick it np, when the point entered just below the knee cap and broke off. All efforts to ex tract it proved unsuccessful, and the painful suffering caused therefrom terminated with her death as above stated. On examination the physicians succeeded in discovering the needle point, bnt gave it as their opinion that it never could havo been withdrawn while the child was alive. The house of a Mr. Lock, two miles from South Bend, Indiana, was struck by light ning last Saturday, and the room In which the family were sitting was filled with plas ter and splinters, but none were injured or even , shocked by the electricity. In the interior of tha house flooring boards were loosened, plastering was torn from the walls, door casings were splintered and forced from their places, windows broken, and a loaded rifle in one of the bed rooms had its stock splintered and torn from its barrel, but the load was not discharged. The effects of the lightning in six of the rooms were terrible, but the outside of the building was unin jured. The escape, of the family seemed mi raculous. V .t vrooV I vndinfflitpriinf Neftl IfnnrA 1 Munou . . n - w. j in Lawrence County, Kentucky, were on n 1 Ml : 1 1 . k. r 1 n Ar Kfrih wliAn tVlA cAw fTT T t. ALU liuo , r - noticed that a log, some distance above, waa Ol. llJ . 1 Villi rolling towara mem. one cauea 10 ner uiiu sister to escape, bat made no effort to ges out of the way herself. The log rolled oe with resistless force, and catching hr, it crushed her an broke her neck. Mrs. Eliza Ogden. aged forty years, died last week at hr residence near Manayunk of suffocation from excessive corpulence. At the time of her death her weight was 600 pounds. When she died, which was suddenly, ehe fell to the floor, and it required six stout men to lift her. It required ten men to remove her to the ground floor. Her coffin was six feet four inches long, three feet wide over the breast and two feet one inch deep. OUR KETT FAMIlVr SEWING MACHINE ! ! Tha superior merits of the "Singer" Ma chines over all others, either for Family cse er Manufacturing purposes, are so well established and so generally admitted, that an numeration of th. ir relative excellences is no longer con sidered necfsarv. O UR NE W FA MIL Y MACHINE, which has been brought to perfection rejrard of time, labor, or exp- nse, is now confidently presented to the public as incomparably the Best sxwisa Machikk i eiistxnck. Th machine in question is SIMPLE, COM PACT, DURABLE and BEAUTIFUL. It is quiet, light running, and catablx or rzn.- rOBMIXe A KAXGE AD VA31ZTT OT WOKI BCVer before attempted upon a single Mach;De, using either Silk, Twist, Linen or Cotton Thread, and sewing with eqnal facility the very finest and coarpt materials, and anything between the two extremes, in the meat beautiful and substantial manner. Its attachments for Hem ming, Braiding, Cording. Tucking, Quilting, Fellinjr, Trimming, Binding, Jtc, are Novti. 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 Cases, peculiar to the Machines manufactured by this Coropa jiv, have been prepared for enclosing the new Machine. A faint idea, however, can at best be con veyed through the medium of a (necessarily) limited advertisement ; and we therefore urge every pernon in quest of a Sewing Machine by all means to examine and test, if they can pos sibly do so, all the leading rival Machines be fore making a pnrch&ee. A selection ean then be made understanding. Branches or agen cies for supplying tha "Singer" Machines will be found in nearly every city and town through out the civilized world, whre Machines wiil be cheerfully exhibited and any information promptly furnished. Or communicatient may be addressed to Th Singer Manufacturing Company, 458 BROADWAY, HEW Y O K K . Philadelphia Officii. 1 106 Chkstnut Street. t3F0. T. ROBERTS, Ajrent for Ebeneburg and vicinity, keeps these Machines constantly for sale at his store on High street. The pub He are respectfully iavited to call and see them in operation. Instructions given free. Ma chines sold at city prices. No rarf&HT charged. Also, Siuger's Nedles, Oil, Silk and Cotton always on hand. ang.20.-ly. "T ICENSE NOTICE The following JLi persons have filed petitions for Tavibn License in my office, for the action of the Court of Quarter bessions of Cambria county thereon, at the next June sessions, second week : James B. M'Creight, 2J ward, Johnstown. Ma'.hcw Dignan, Gallitzin. J. K. IIITE, Clerk. Ebensburg. May 31, 1SG9. 3t. SEED WHEAT! SEED WHEAT! AVe invite the attention of our Farmers to Geo. A. Deitz's large list of the best Winter t?eed Wheat in this country. Mr. Deitz has selected twenty varieties out of over on hun dred on his Seed Wheat Experimental Farm, near Cnambersburg, Pa., and now offers them for pule. We advise every farmer to send for the Experimental Farm Journal, in which a de scription and price list is given. Mr. Deitz will send one copy free to all who pend for it. Address GEO. A. DEITZ, June 3, 18G9.-2m. Chambersburg, Pa. SPLENDID FARM FOR SALE. The well known and valuable 1'utKr Farm, located in Sumrnerhill townshio. Cumbria countv. one a hrdf miles from Wil and containing 249 ACRES, in good condition, well fenced and having thereon erected a dwelling house and other necessary buildings, together with two splendid orchards and no lack ol excellent water, is offered for sale on moderate terms and easy payments. For fur ther informatioB apply to or "address, J. McGONIGLE. Hemlock, Ta. R. R., May 6, 1869.-tf. mpJAL LIST. List of Causes set -- down for trial at a Court of Common Pleas, to be held at Ebensburg for Cambria county, commencing on Monday, the 7th day of June, A. D. 169 : SECOND WEEK. Muncy Hoffman, jr.. vs McDermitt's. Benjamin F. Bell.. . vs. Anthouy Swires. Fronheiser vs. Riblett. Snyder's Ta. Michael Tlott. Henry Walters' use. vs. George R. Slick. Cambria Iron Co... vs. Barker's heirs. George Suyder vs. Weakland & Thomas J. K. H1TE, Frothonotary. Prothy's Office, Eeensbnrg, May 13, 1869. ALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY AT PRIYATE SALE! The undersigned offers for sale a LOT OT GROUND sitaatt in the West Ward of Ebens burg Eorongb, fronting 68 feet on High street and extending back 132 feet to lot of Vf nt. S. Lloyd, adjoining lot of Robert Evans on tha east and an alUy on the west, havinr thereon erected a TWO STORY FRAME HOUSE, with a Plank Kitcbeh attached, and a ONE STORT FRAMEHOUSE. The property will be told cheap roa cask, or on easy terms. For further particulars apply to V. B. BARKER. Ebensburg, June 8, 1869. -tf. "OUHLIC SALE. Will be sold at m- Public Sale, at the residence of the subscriber in Carrolltown Borough, on Mondat, 14th day or JrwE, inst. the following pro perty, to wit: SIX LOTS OF GROUND, with a good STORE HOUSE. STABLE OUTBUILDINGS, and a lot of choice apple trees and a well of excellent water on the premises. Also, ONE FIVE ACRE LOT in said BorouRh, together with COW, HOGS. GROCERIES, all kinds of FARM IMPLEMENTS, such as Wagons, Ploughs, Harrows, Sleds, and a lot of Houpehold Furni ture, with many other things to tedious to men tion. Bale to commence at 10 o'clock, a. m. FRANCIS P. GRASBERGER. Carrolltown, June 3, 1859. j.sA 'Viiir ROHRER'S WILD CHERRY TONIC BlTTfiBj ARX THI BEST IN USE I III BOHIEfl'S TONIC BITTERs Tha very bst in tha Market ; E. E. SELLERS & CO., X: 4ft Wood SL, oppesils Si. Charl Also, Intrance Nos. 1 tt kKi Tkird PITTSBURGH, PA., JSPTTholeeale Agent for tha Weet For t ale by A. A. B ARKIR for Tlt d vicinity fje.l 1 .'H .j, 1 EVERYBODY Should keep constantly within their reach:'--, invaluable remedies to successfully comhatj, e?e. Itoback'a Blood Pills, Rohac4 's Stotai Bitters and Roback's Blood Purt. rflt are infallible in the diseases for which fctju, recommended. NOBODY Can afford to be without such vaiiub'e i as Eoback s Blood Pills, Stoiuucii cities and Blood Purifier TEMPERANCE. There is, perhaps, no one thing that ti so much to promote the cause of tern: en , as that gentle stimulating tonic, K'v.eij Stomach Bitters. They strengthen a,.i hi, orate without producing the effects of a'-ji. ... stimulants. RENOVATE. During the Sprinp moDths it isoncfi( regular household duties to renovate, tzi, t the multiplicity of other duties ot;e on-n v is, in a rreat measure, overiooKcd. i of valuable lives might be prolonged, lniihtla B:wfl from nrematuro i thoroughly renovating the system wit;. IV. F. back's Elood Tills, Stomach Bitters aai Purifier. DON'T GROW OLD. There is no nercssitv for premature oii.-. Use Rob-wk's Stomach Bitters. It uiva tality and elasticity by iavirroratiDj; everj of the body. Household Bemedies. There are no remedies o vrell aril firo-.': known as "Household Reme.li"s" as lr. I hick's T.lood Puiifier, Ptom .ch E':tter s:: Blood Pilis, and no family shou'.d be w'.d-.; them. PREPARE FOR WAR!! "In time of peace prepare fi-r r," isc olil adage, and there is no sentence in the F-: lisb langnige more expressive, nor or:? t1.;;. so applicable in innumerable cac?. VI V1!- wise as to know the exact moment th'.t '" fell destroyer, disease, vrill attack h:m7 "f be ye ever prepared. Have the Rubaet F Pills, Stomach Bitters and Flood Pur:ft:i hand and combat disease succesiful'.v. Diseases of the SJrin, Old Sores. Eruptions, Cutaneous IVvA?r ; Diseases of the Skin, all readily safc-.B" ? the wonderful infiunnceof Dr. Rabies's Y ;; Purifier, Stomach Bitters and Tlood Ti!'.-. For sale by LEMMON L HUE:.1 Sole Agents, Ebensburg, Pa. w--! JWV Q'miJ'mJ iJoW-r- ' IT AVIS G recently enlarged our' -H. we are now prepared te ?-l at p" reduction from former prices. Our twit c:: s;sts of Drups, Medicines, rerfum?rj. Fi." Soaps, Leon's, Hall's and Alien's Hmr Rel atives. Pills, Ointments, Plaster. Linta Pain Killers, Citrate Magnesia, Ejs J-5 Ginger, Pure Flavoring Extracts, E??r: Lemon Syrup, Soothing Syrup, Spiced Rhubarb, Pure Spices, kc. : CIGARS AND TOBACCOS. , Blank Books, Deeds, Notes and Bonds: Post, Commercial and all kinds of "otFi:r Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, ArnoU't Fluid, Black and Red Ink, rocket asi Books, Magazines, Newspaptrs, Note' tories, Bibles, Religious.Prayeracd TojEfc Penknives, Pipes, &c. , . ffe have added to onr stock a- FINE JEWELRY, to which we would the attention of the Ladies. .M PHOTOGRAPH ALBCM3 at lower P' than ever offered in this place. , Paper and Cigars'sold either wholes tail. IeJIMON & MURRAY. July 30, 1863. Main Street, Ebenibu, DON'T BE MAKING! "Mi' L J IGOllTIUIliElluniE BUT BUT YOIR xet zrx-. cn ccr 2 FROM . SI. JL. OATillA Who sells the BEST BRANDS AT THE LOWEST MABOT J ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE--; Letters of Administration ou the t" CosaAD Eagkk, late of WaJ?hingtr deceased, having been granted to he signed by the Register of Cambria co-;,j persons indebted to said estate are here fied that paymeut must be made withou i and those having claims against the .ji requested to present them duly autnea for settlement. , JOHN" EAGER, ( li JOUS SHARBAI70H. I SmmiWille, May BO, lStPJ.-6t
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