Cambria Freeman.
THURSDAY,
JULY 1, 1SG9.
Democratic Couufj Ticket.
Assembly :
Hon. JOHN POKIER. Washington TVp.
Register and Recorder :
GEO. W. OATMAX, Ebensburg Borough.
Treasurer :
WILLIAM LINTON. Johnstown Borough.
Commissioner :
JA1IES NEASON, (Jlea.fied Township.
Poor House Director:
JOHN LLOCH, Johnstown Borough.
Auditor :
JOHN II. KENNEDY, Washington Twp.
No paper will he issued from this office
next week. Cause why, we propose to en
y the corning anniversary like other peo
ple, and can't do that and put out the Free
man iuto the bargain.
Oub County Ticket. -We tublhdi the
proceedings of the Democratic County Con
vent iou and place the ticket at our mast
head to-day, but have neither time nor space
just now to speak of the nominations in ex
tenso. We consider the ticket one of the
very best that could have been formed and
we feci sure that it will receive as it de
serves the united support of the party.
TUc Registry Latr,
On last Saturday week, Judge Shars
wood, one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court, then holding a Court of Nisi Prius
in Philadelphia, delivered a lengthy and
able opinion, in which le pronounced the
Registry Law passed by the last Legislature
unconstitutional. The opinion is too long
for us to publish. It is safe to say that
there is not a lawyer in Pennsylvania, who
understands the provisions of the general
electiou law, and who has ever read that
clause in the Constitution defining the qual
ifications of a voter, who will not concur in
the soundness of Judge SharsWoOd's rea
soning. Although he has been denounced
In unmeasured terms by the Radical press,
yet no man of that party has attempted to
prove that what he has said is not sound
law. Our own opinion has always been, that
as long as the Constitution of the State re
mains unchanged, no human ingenuity can
draft a Registry Law, that is not in direct
conflict with that instrument. Ihe reason
why this cannot be done is apparent at a
glance. The members of the Reform Con
vention of 1838 understood this question
thoroughly. It was fully debated by the
ablest members in that body, and in order
that there might be no mistake or misun
derstanding about it, they incorporated the
following clause as a part of the amended
Ct nstitution :
"In elections ly the ctiizens every white
freeman, of the age of twenty -one years .hoe
ing resided, in ihe State one year, and in ihe
election district where he offers to vote ten
days immediately preceding such election,
arid wittin two ytars paid a State or County
tax, which shall have Veen assessed at least
ten days before the election, shall enjoy the
right of an elector."
This beiDg a part of the supreme law
of the Slate, the question presents itself.
Can an act of ihe Legislature change or nul
lify it. It is both law and common sense
that the Constitution of a State cannot be
repealed, or in any way changed, by a mem
act of the Legislature. If it could, then the
dearest rights of the peop'e could be swept
away by the popular branch of the govern
ment. It is not necessary to enlarge on the ques
tion. It is too plain to admit of any argument-
Until the plain provision in the
G institution, which we have quoted, is
utricken from it, in the way pointed out by
that instrument, any Registry Law that
may be drawn up by eveu ten of the ablest
lawyers in the State, must necessarily be
declared unconstitutional. Whatever po
litical feeling and excitement there may be
on this question, we trust the time has not
yet come whtn the j'idges and the lawyers
of the State will sanction tho idea that the
Constitution is a farce and that the Legisla
ture is supreme. When that is attempted
to be enforced then the liberties of the peo
ple, as guaranteed to them iu their Con
stitution aud Bill of Rights, will have pass
ed way.
An appeal has been taken from the opin
ion of Judge Sharswood, which will be ar
gued before all the judges of the Supreme
Court during the latter part of this week.
Of course thtir decision will be final and
conclusive. As it concerns every voter in
the Common wealth, and is therefora a qucs.
tiou of .great public importance, tho decision
of the qucst'.on by a fuil Court will be
awaited with general interest.
Geary Renominated.
As was generally anticipated, Geary was
renominated as the radical candidate for
Governor by the State Convention that met
in Philadelphia yesterday week. That John
W. Geary should ever have been presented
to the peoplo of Pennsylvania as a candidate
for Govornor, is one of the political enigmas
of this fast and wonderful age. The politi
cal cauUron was kept bubbling and boiling
during the war, and as is always the case
under such circumstances, the scum will
naturally rise to the burface. A man who,
before the rebellion, would have been repu
diated as unfit to discharge the da ties of
township constable, is now regarded as an
available candidate for the Legislature. For
the same reason, men of obscurity and with
out intellect have suddenly been elevated to
positions of high public trust. It shows a
departure from the old standard of fitness for
office which is a reproach to the intelligence
of the people.
If John W. Geary possesses a single qual
ification for a proper discharge of the duties
of Governor of this Slate, it ha yet to b
made manifest.. It is not pretended that he
is a man of brains or culture, or that he pos
sesses a sound, discriminating judgment.
He is simply a man of intense, overweaning
personal vanity, and prepared on all occa
sions t act the part of a demagogue jn order
to accomplish a political purpose. Although
one of the resolutions declares that his ad
ministration has been honest, yet John W.
Geary has stooped to the commission of cer
tain acts which every honest man must scorn.
Was it Jiontst in him to commission one of his
tools to go to Fjit Delaware, on the day of
the October election in 1867, and take the
votes of the soldiers then and there iu the
service of the United States ? He knew that
it was a shameless fraud to do so, and a
plain, palpable violation of law. Neverthe
less he did the dirty work, and the voice of
wo man in Pennsylvania was ever raised in
deft uce of his high-handed couduct. Equal
ly dishonest was his prostitution of hisofiice
duriDg the late session of Congress, in an at
tempt to force John Covode into his seat in
the face of the t ffieial returns. No honest
Governor would do uch things. Yet those
are but a few evidences of his boasted hon
esty, and will serve to show what manner of
man" he is. Ilis entire administration has
been in character with the man.
If the Democratic State Convention will
act prudently and wisely, Geary's defeat is
a foregone conclusion. We believe it will
nominate a man in whom the people of the
State can repose unlimited confidence, and
in that event the sands of John W. Geary's
official life will soon run out.
Practice against Profession.
it has been repeatedly charged by the
democratic party that radical professions of
economy and retrenchment are insincere and
hypocritical. The evidence of the truth of
this allegation has been abundant, and has
never been successfully controverted. It is
proved by the conduct and acts of the radi
cal party in Congress, and it has been made
perfectly manifest by the course of that party
in our State Legislature for a number of
years, but especially during the latt corrupt
session of that body.
Although we admit that the passage by a
State Convention of a resolution in favor of
economy and reform in the expenditures of
the State, is not conclusive evidence that it
will be faithfully carried out, yet the tax
payers of the Commonwealth were not pre
pared to learn that a resolution of that char -acter
was oTored and rejected last week in
the Convention that re-nominated Geary,
who, in the face of his ofiicial acts, has been
hypocritically advocating reform in this par
ticular. And et such was the humiliating
fact, and to-day the radical party of Peun
sylvania stands confessed before the people,
through the action of its State Convention,
as the enemy of retrenchment and reform.
One would have supposed that the notori
ously corrupt practices of the last Legisla
ture would at least have taught the mem
bers of the Convention the propriety of pay
in1' a decent respect to public opinion, and
not indirectly to have sanctioned the nefari
ous conduct of the corrupt "rings" that con
trolled the legislation of the last session.
Such is the dishonorable attitude now occu
pied by the radical party, as proclaimed by
its own mouth-piece. An amendment to a
resolution was offered "pledging "the Repub
lican party of Pennsylvania to retrenchment
of public expenses and a reformation of
abuses in the management of public affairs,"
and was ruled out of order. It could have
been again offered as an independent propo
sition, but there was no man in that body
who had the courege to do it reverence.
On this subject the Pittsburgh Commer
cial, a leading radical organ, discourses as
follows :
"An amendment was submitted, 'pledging
tho Republican party of Pennsylvania to re
trenchment of public expenstR, and a reforma
tion of abuses in the mannpement of jublic
affairs.' This amendment was rejected as ir
eievaitt to the body of the resolution, aud by
this action tbe Convention placed the Repub
licau party of the State iu a falce position, and
burdened our candidates with a load in the
coming canvass that the least exercise of polit
ical discretion could have avoided. If there is
one sentiment dominant at this time, in the
Republican party of Pennsjlvania.it is the de
mand for 'reformation of abuses' and 'retrench
ment in public expenses.' And in so far as the
Convention failed to give vitality to these
principles, by pledging the party to their sup
port, just so much it fell short of its duty, and
j'ist to this extent will iu action be reprobated
by the overwhelming majority of the party who
deem that its mission is to correct and not con
tinue abuses in the State Government."
Grant's Secretary of the Navy, Borie.
having discovered his total want of capacity
for an intelligent performance of tho duties
of his office, has resigned and a man from
New Jersey by the name of Geo. M. Robe
son has been appointed bis successor. If
the question, "Who is Uorief" which was
so frequently asked by the best . informed
politicians, when Bjrie was invited into the
Cabinet, has ever been definitely settled dur
ing his brief and inglorious career in the
Navy Department, the next great question
to be solved is, Who is Robeson?" For
aught we know he may be a very proper
man for the position. It is a singular fact,
however, that this modvl administration has
made it a speciality to utterly ignore the
uniform practice of all its predecessors since
the time of Washington, and to select its
Cabinet officers, not from the list of those
who enjoyed a national prominence, but from
amongst those "who had nothing but a local,
or at most, but a doubtful State reputation.
The result is, as it always must be, that to
day President Grant has the weakest Cabinet
that was ever connected with any previous
administration in the history of the country.
Between the statesmen who have filled im
portant Cabinet positions under all our for
mer Presidents and those who occupy the
same offices under Grant, there is an impas
sable gulf. It is, however, what the coun
try had a right to expect from Grant's ad
mitted want of capacity to discharge the du
ties of a high civil office. If the principal
is incompetent for the task that has been
imposed on him, his Cabinet advisers will,
as a necessary Consequence, be a reflex of his
own infirmity. Within our own recollection
the office of Secretary of the Navy bas been
filled by euch men as George K. Badger,
John Y. Maon, George Bancroft and Wm.
P. Kennedy, all of whom were gentlemen of
distinguished ability, and were well known
to the country long before their respective
appointments. But Grant has changed all
this, and having dono so, we fi:st had Bone
and now we have Robeson.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is one of the
leading radical papers in the State. We ad
mit that it came down with a heavy hand
on the barefaced corruptions and infamous
"jobs" of the last Legislature, and therefore
deserves respect. Whether it entertains any
love for John W. Geary, we think 3 some
what problematical. On the day after Gea
ry's renomination it published the following
brief but not enthusiastic article in reference
to the nominations made by the Convention.
If brevity is the soul of wit, bete is an illus
tration of the truth of that adage :
Tns Statk Convention. This body met,
yesterday, at Concert Hall, in this city, and
made the nomination for Governor that was
anticipated. They also nominated forjudge
of the Supreme Court Hihrt W. Williams, of
Allegheny county.
Political and IV'ews Items.
A boy, in . Quebec tried to crawl down
the chimney and surprise the family by
emerging from the fireplace, put got wedged
in at a bend of the flue and had to be dug
out with picks.
The New York Sun, black enough to
suit any reasonable nigger, siys Grant "is
like the yellow dog in a menagerie he is
too small for a lion, be don't look like a
tiger, and nobody wabts to see a dog."
An ivory tusk, six feet three inches long
and twenty-two and one-quarter inches in
circumference, has recently rbeen exhumed
in Montana. It was fouud buried in the
sand, twenty two feet below the surface.
The inhuman officers, of the ship James
Foster were sentenced, at New York, on Fri
day. Lynn, the carpenter, receivt-d fifteen
years, Carulhers, the boatswain, seven years,
and Murphy, the third mate, five years in
the Penitentiary.
On June 7th, a lady residing about one
mile from Stonersviile, in Exeter township.
Berks couuty, gave birth to two girls and
one boy, weighing in the aggregate, nine
teen pounds. They are all as lively as
crickets, and are fair specimens of ''Young
America."
A private soldier in California has in
vented a new method of skimming milk.
He fits a fine gauze sieve to a hoop the size
of the pan. The toiik is thon poured iuto
the pan so as to a little mote than cover the
sieve. When the cream has risen the hoop
is lifted and the cream is thus completely
removed.
A harp, formed of withered leaves and
flower", and a withered wreath near the
h-ad, are all the decorations which mark
ti e list resting place of "Mill s O'Reilly."
Only a short time since and the newspapers
teenmd with eulogistic obituaries of him.
He has passed away, and is noglected and
forgotten.
The chances are that the apple yield in
Pennsylvania this fill will be the largest it
has known for a long stretch of years.
Should this hold good all over the country
the poor man may once more have a barrel
of apples in his cellar. For years past tho
fruit has been second only to oranges in
point of expensiveness.
A week or two ago, a young lady of
Iowa, while ou the way to her wedding,
was offered five dollars ty another young
man if she would marry him, and consented.
The disappointed lover was not to be whol
ly cheated out of his matrimony, and there
fore propose! and was accepted by and
married the sister of the jilter ou the same
day.
A little girl of Mrs. Manno T)eilert, of
North Whitehall township, Lehigh county,
had a toothache. Its mother gave it a
mouthful of whisky to ease it, and going
out into the garden, left the child in the
house. While the mother was out, the child
got the Iwjftle and drank about half a pint
of the whisky, from the iffects of which it
died that night.
A diamond ring which has been lost
since the fall of 1832, was ft und in a well
iu Oswego a few days ag". The well was
being cleaned, a' process which it had un
dergone several times since the less of the
ring. Forty-six years this jewel lay at the
bottom of the well, and it came out as bright
and pure as the day it sunk. The grand
daughter of the lady who lost the ring is
now its owner and wearer.
The Hon. Jeremiah S. Black is still at
the St. Joseph's Infirmary, Louisville. Ky.
Although four weeks have elapsed sinee the
serious accident on the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad, by which his arm was badly
broken, he had not until Monday been able
to be assisted from his bed. He couva'eecea
slowly, but the Louisville Express says will
recover th5 use o f his arm. ilis son, Chaun
ccy F. Black, Esq., of York, Pa., is still in
attendance on bis father.
Dud Dunbar was shot and instantly
killed, by Mr- George Tipton, near Rich
mond, on Monday evening last. It seems
that Dunbar had been cruelly beating his
wife, who fk-d to her father's house for pro
tection, and Mr. Tipton, her brother-in-law,
accompanied her home, with a view of es
tablishing peace; but, during the conversa
tion that ensued, Dunbar drew his revolver
and attempted to shoot Tipton. The latter
was too quick for him, however, and shot
him dead.
A curious marriage took place at Green
ville, S. C, June 15.' The , parlies were en
gaged in Ireland nearly forty years ago.
Th lady came to America. The gentleman
entered the British army and was a soldier
twenty-one years ; has been in every part of
the globe ; has spent some years in Montana
Territory, and last month left there and ar
rived at Greenville, June 11, claimed bis af
fianced and was mairied. It is a remarka
ble instance of early, constant and successful
love.
President Grant, on his way from
Washington to Boston by rail, ran over a
cow. Everybody, says the New York Dem
ocrat, congratulates the President on his
escape, but no one has said auything about
the poor cow, run over and mutilated,
although it has been discovered that it was
the identical cow to whose tail the President
attached himself in his younger days, on her
way to Washington "to claim office on the
ground of old acqaintanceshin.
On Thursday Mr. W. P.' Turley , who,
a few days ago married Miss Anna Surratt,
whose mother a short time ago, was murder
ed by a set of vandals who claimed to be the
Government of the United States, was dis
missed from the Surgeon-General's office,
because he wedded the daughter or that inno
cent woman. The same day a burly niggar,
named Cook, brother of the recently elected
Register of Washington City, was appointed
to a first-class clerkship in the Internal
Pwevenue office. No need for comment.
A LEAF FROM HISTORY.
Statement of Edman Spangler, a Victim of
Edwin M. Stanton A Record of Military
Justice in 1865 How an Innocent Man
Was Treated During His Trial Prison
Life on the Dry Tortugas Tortures In
jiicted upon Prisoners by Army Officers
Disgraceful Page in Our Annals, Ifc, ifc.
From the New York World J
Washington, June 23, 1869.
Edman Spangler, who was tried and sen
tenced by a military commission in May,
1865, on a charge of being engaged in the
plot to assassinate President Lincoln, and
pardoned by Presideut Johnson, has prepared
the following statement, asserting his inno
cence of all knowledge ef the crime, and de
tailing the cruelties practised on the prison
ers btfore and after conviction. Spangler
was a scene shifter at Ford's Theatre, and
was on the stage when John Wilkes Booth
shot Mr. Liucoin and jumped from the box.
He also at times took care of Booth's horse.
The evidence against him was of the flimsi
est character, not being even circumstantial,
for it did not appear in that trial, or in the
subsequent civil trial of Surratt, that Spang
ler had any connection whatever with any
of the other so-called conspirators. Most
everybody believed him innocent then, and
the Military Commission doubted his girlt
by sentencing him to six years at the Dry
Tortugas. and giving the others a life term.
The Military Commission was organized to
convict, and it convicted. Abundant testimo
ny is now at hand to show the vast amount
of perjury of that trial perjury exacted by
fear arid dictated by malice; Spangter's al
lusion to the witness Weichman being in the
abduction plot is important Weichman'
testimony, it will be remembered, hung Mrs.
Surratt. The following is the statement
sworn and subscribed to:
STATEMENT OF fcDMAN 8PANGLKR.
I have deemed it due to truth to prepare
for publication the following statement
at a time when I hope the temper of the
people will give me a patient heating of
my arrest, trial and imprisonment, for al
leged complicity in the plot to assassinate
the late President Lincoln. I have suffered
much, but I solmnly assert now. as I al
ways have since I was arraigned for trial
at the Washington Arsenal, that I am en
tirely innocent of any fore or after know
ledge of the crime which John Wilkes
BHth committed save what I knew in
common with everybody after it took place.
I further solemnly asert that John Wilkes
Booth, or any other person, never mentioned
to me any plot, or intimation of a plot, for
the abduction or assassination of President
Lincoln ; that I did not know when Booth
leaped from the box to the stage at the
theatro. that he had sh -t Mr. Line ln ; and
that I did not, iu auy way, so help me God,
assist in his escape; and I further declare I
that I am entirely mnoctnt of any and all
charges made against me in that connection.
I never knew either Surratt, Payne, Atzer
odt, Arnold or Harold, or any of ihe &
called conspirators ; nor did 1 t ver see any
of them until they appeared in custody.
While imprisoned with Atzerodt, Payne and
Harold, aud after their trial wa over, I was
allowed a few minutes' exerci-e ic the prsw
vard. 1 heard the three unite in asserting
Mrs. SurratCs entire innocence, and acknow-
, i . '1 & - j , - i
leage meir own gum, conjinmg uie crime, as
they did, entirely to tiemsetves, but implicat
ing the witness, Weichmau, in knowlehj
of Oie original plot to abduct ! and with fur
nishing information from the Commissary
Prisoners' Department, where Weichmau
was a clerk.
I was arrested on the morning of the 15th
of April, 1865, and with Ritterspangh (also
a scene shifter) taken to the police station
oh E street, between Ninth and Tenth.
The sergeant, after questioning me closely,
went with two policemen to search for Pea
nut John (the name of the boy who held
Booth's horse the night before) and mde to
accompany us to the headquarters of the
police on Tenth street, where John and I
were locked up, and Ritterspangh was re
leased. After four hours' c mfinement I was
released, and brought before Judge Olin and
Bingham, and told them of Booth bringing
his horse to the theatre on the afternoon of
the 14th of April (18(55.) After this inves
tigation I said : "What is to be done with
me?" and they replied : We know whereto
find you when you are wanted," and ordered
my release. I returned to the theatre, where
I remained until Saturday, when the sol
diers took possession of it ; but as the offi
cer of the guard gave an attache and my
self a pass to sleep there, we retired at 10
p. M , and at 1 a. m. a guard was placed
over roe, who remained until 9 a. m. Sun
day morning, when I was released. I did
not leave the theatre until Sunday evening,
and on our return this attache (Carland by
name) and myself were arrested by Detec
tive Lamer. Instead of taking us to the
guard-house he" said be would accompany us
home to 'sleep there, but we all went to
Police Headquarters on Tenth street, and
whtn Carland asked if we wero wanted, an
officer sharply said "No." I returned to
the theatre that night, and remained the
next day till I went to dinner, corner of
Seventh and Gstreets-. That over I re
mained a few minutes, when Ritterspaugh
(who worked at the theatre with me) came,
meeting me, said : "I have given my evi
dence, and would like now to get some of the
reward."
I walked out with Ritterspaugh for half
an hour, and on returning to lie down left
word that if any one called for me to tell
them that I was lying down. Two hours
after I was called down stairs to see two
gentlemen who bad called for me. They
said that I was wanted down street. On
reaching the sidewalk they placed me in a
hack and drove rapidly to Carroll Prison,
where I was confined a week. Three days
afterwards Detective, t or Colonel, Baker
came to my room, and questioned me about
the sale of a horse and buggy (which be
longed te Booth), and I told him all about
it freely and readily. On the day following
I was called into the office of the prison in
order to be recognized by Sergeant Dye, who
merely nodded his bead as I entered and
then be left. ("Dye subsequently testified
that he was sitting on the steps of the thea
tre just before Booth fired the shot, and to
seeing mysterious persons about.) I was
allowed on the fourth day of my imprison
ment to walk tho prison yard, but from that
evening I was closely confined and guarded
until the next Saturday at midnight, when
I was again taken to the office to see a de
tective, who said : "Come, Spangler, I've
some jewelry for you." He handcuffed me
with my arms behind my back, and guard
ing me to a hack I was placed in it and
driven to the Navy Yard, where my legs
were manacled and a pair of Lillie hand
cuffs placed on my wrists. I was put in a
boat and rowed to a monitor, where I was
taken on board and thrown into a small,
dirty room, between two water cloets, and
on to a bed of filthy life preservers aud blank
ets, with two soldiers guarding the door.
I was kept there for three days. I had thus
been confined three days on the vessel when
Captain Munroe came to mo and said ;
'Spangler, I've something that must be
told, but you mast not be frightened. We
have order from the Secretary of War, who
laust be obeyed, to put a bag on your head."
Then two men came and tied np my head
so securely that I could not see daylight. I
had plenty of food, but cou d not eat with
my face so muffled up. True, there was a
small hole in the bag near my muth, but I
could not reach that, as my hands were
wedged down by the irou. At last, two
kind-hearted soldiers took compassion on
roe. and while one watched the other fed me.
On Saturday night a man came to me and,
after drawing the bag so tight as to nearly
sufiocate me, said to the guard, ' Don't let
him go to sleep, as we will carry him out
to hang him directly." 1 heard them go up
on the deck, when there was a great rattling
of chains, and other noises; aud while I was
trying to imagine what was going on, and
what they intended to t'o, I was diagged
out by two men, who both pulled me at
times in opposite directions. We, however,
reached a boat, iu which I was placed, and
were rowed a short distance, I could not say
then where we Etopped, for my face was
still covered. After leaving tbe boat I was
forced to walk some distance, with the
heavy irons still on my legs, I was then
suddenly stopped, and made to ascend three
or four flights of stairs ; and as I stood at the
top waiting, some one struck me a severe
blow on thd top of the head, which stunned
and half threw me over, when I was pushed
into a small room, where I remained in an
unconscious condition for several hours. The
next morning some one came with bread
and coffee. I remained here for several
days, suffering torture from the bag or pad
ded hood" over my face. It was on Sunday
when it was removed and I was shaven. It
was then replaced. Sjme hours after, Gen.
Uartrauft came and read to me several
charges; that I was engaged in a plot to as
sassinate tho President, and the day follow
ing I was carried into a military court, and
still hooded before all of its members. I re
maiued but a short lime, when I was return
ed to my cell for another night and day, and
then again presented in this court. Mr.
Bingham, Assistant Judge Advocate, read
the charges against me, and asked if I had
any objection to the court, and I replied
"No," and made my plea of "not guilty."
They then wished to know if I desired coun
sel, and when I answered affirmatively,
Geu. Hunter, the presideut of the court, in
sisted that I should not be allowed counsel.
He was, however, overruled, but it was sev
eral days before I was permitted legal aid,
tbe court in the meanwhile taking evidence
with closed doors. 0.1 every adjournment
of the court, if only for au hour, I was re
turned to my cell, and the closely fitting
hood placed over my head. This contiuued
till June 10. 1865, when I was relieved
from the torture of the bag. but my haud.s
and limbs remained heavily manacled.
Ou one Sunday, while 1 was confined at
this place (the Washington Arsenal), I
was visited by a gentleman i f middle stat
ure, rather stout, with full beard and gold
framed spectacles. He noticed my niana-cU-s
and padded head. I afterwards learn
ed that he was Mr. Stanton, the Secretary
of War. It is proper to state that when the
hood was placed ou me, Ciptaiu Munroe
said it wa3 by order of the Secretary of War.
My fist thought was that I was t be hung
w.thout trial,, aud the hood was preparatory
to that act.
Toe fi st time I ever saw Mrs. Snrratt
was in the Carroll Prison yard, on Capitol
Ildl. I did not see her again until we were
takeu in court the first day at the arsenal .
My cell was od the same corridor with hers,
an 1 I had to pass it every time I was taken
into c urt. I frequently looked into lur
cell, h small room about four feet wide by
seven feet long. The only things in her cell
were an old mattress laid on the bricks
and ac army blanket. I could see th e irous
on ber feet, as she was generally lying on
the mattress, an 1 was the last one brought
into court. She occupied a seat in the court
near tbe prison door. The seat was twelve
inches high, and the chains between the
irons on her feet were so sh rt that she al
ways had to be assisted to her seat. She
was so sick at one time that the court was
compelled to adjourn.
On the 17th of July, about midnight, I
was conveyed to a steamboat, and arrived
the next day at Fortress Monroe, and was
thence takeu to tho gunboat Florida. The
irons on my arms wtrj temporarily removed,
but Captain Dutro:-, in charge of the guar'',
ordered heavy Lillie irons to be placed ou
me, when General Dodd, chief officer iu
charge, more humanely countcrmaned his
order, and had the irons again removed from
my arms. I was placed for security in the
lower hold of the vessel, and compelled to
descent to it by a ladder. The rounds were
far apart, and, as the inns ou my feet were
chained but a few inches apart, my legs
were bruised and lacerated feariully. The
hold where I was coufined was close and
dirty, but aftr two or three days, I was al
lowed on deck in the daytime, but was
closely guarded. I was allowed to speak to
no one of the crew. We arrived at Fort
Jefferson, on the Dry Tortugas, and were
handed over to Colonel Hamilton, command
ing, who placed me until next day in a case
male. The next day I was brought before
Clonel H., who informed me that h had
uo more stringent orders concerning me than
other prisoners confined there.
I managed to get along comfortably for a
while, though to some of the prisoners the
officers were very cruel. One mau by the
name of Duun, while helping in unloading
a government transport, got hold of some
liquor aud imbibed too freely ; for which he
was taken to the guard house and tied up
to the window-frame by his thumbs for two
hours. General Hill then ordered him to be
taken down and be made to carry a thirty
two pound ball, but as the hanging had de
prived him of the use of his thumbs, he was
unalle to obey. The offieers,bowever, put
two twenty-four pound balls in a knapsack,
and compelled him to carry them until the
sack gave away from the weight of the
iron. He was then tied up by the wrists
and gagged in the mouth by the bayonet
from 8 p. M. till the next morning. He was
then taken down and thrown into the guard
house, but was so exhausted that he hid to
be removed to the hospital. It was decided
to amputate three of his fingers, but this
was reconsidered. He lost, however, the
use of. his thumb and two fingers. This
punishment was inflicted by Major McCon
nell, officer of the day, and was carried out
by Sergeant Edward Donnelly.
Another poor prisoner named Brown, was
once excused by the doctor from work on
the plea of illness, but the Provost Mashal
insisted, arid finding him too ill and lacking
strength, made him carry a thirty-two
pound ball. He staggered undtr the weight,
and was compelled from weakness to put it
down. He was then taken to the wharf and
with his legs tied together and hia hands
tied behind him, a rope was placed around
him and he was thrown into the water and
then dragged out. This was done three or
four times, he begging for mercy most pitU
ously. He was finally jerked out of the wa
ter and ordered to return to his ordinary
work. The poor wretch crept off apparent
ly thankful for any escape from such tor
ments. Captain Jos. Rittenhouse was officer
of the day, and his orders were carried out
by Corporal Spear.
During the latter part of last October I
was placed ic irons aud compelled to work
with an armed sentinel over me. I did not
know tbe reason for this, for I was uncon
scious of having givan offense, and had con
formed to every regulation. I was then
closely confined and allowed to communi
cate with no one for four months. The pre
tence for this. I afterwards learned, sprang
from an attempt of Dr. Mudd to escape.
Colonel St. George Leger (J rental, aged
C5 years, was taken sick and went to the
Doctor to eet excused front work. The Doc
tor decliued to excuse Lini. He then applied
to the Provost Marshal, who said that he
could not excuse him if the Doctor couldn't.
Grenfel then tiied to work sml failed. They
then t-.k him to the guard-house, tied him
up for half a day, and then took him to the
wharf, tied his hands behind him. tied his
legs together, and put a rope rouud his
waist. There were three officers heavily
armed, who drove spectators from the wharf ;
I could see and hear from my windo" . The
Colonel asked them if they were going to
throw him into the water, and they answer
ed "Yes." lie then jumped in, and because
h" c uM not siuk. tney drew him out and
tied about forty pounds of iron to his legs,
and threw him into the water again, aud
after he had sank twice they pulled him out
again, ar-d then compelled him to go to
work. The officers who had him in hand
were Lieu'enant Rohison, Lieutenant Pike,
aud Captain George V. Crabb, assisted by
Sergeant Michael Gleason, and assistant
military storekeeper G. T. Jackson, who
tied the iron on his legs. Captain Samuel
Peebles tied up Grenfel for saying that "he
was capable of doiDg anything." Colonel
Grenfel was forced to scrub and do other
menial work when he proved he was so ill
as to have refused to eat his rations for a
week. All of the officers hated Gf.snfel on
account of a letter which appeared in a New
York paper, which they said Uienlel wrote,
about tying up the prisoner Dunn which
letter was truthful, as ethers an! myself
wero witnesses to the details it lel.tte !. One
very stormy night Grenfel, with four others,
escaped and w ere evidently drowned near
the fort. His escape was discovered, but
the st rm was so severe that it was deemed
too dangerous to pursue them, although a
steamer was at the wharf. Grenfel fre
quently declared his intention of running
an' rick to escape, rather than, to u.-o his
own words, "to be torti rd to deith at the
fort." These are only two or three instan
ces of the many acts of cruelty practise! at
the fort. Durii.g my imprisoumeut at Fort
Jeffersou 1 woikcd very hard at carpenter
ing aud wood truanientai work, making a
great many fancy boxes, ttc, out of the pe
culiar wood found on the adjtcent it lands;
the greater portion of this work was made
for officers. By my industry in that direc
tion, I won some favor in their eyes. 1 was
released in March of the preseut year by ex
ecutive clemency.
(Signed) Edman Spasgler.
OL'EC K12CT FA M 1 LY
SEWING MACHINE!!
The superior merits of the "Singer" Ma
chines over all others, either for Family "se er
Manufacturing purposes, are so well established
and so generally admitted, that an iiumerat"nin
of their relative excellences is no longer con
sidered neces;rv.
OUR NEW FAMILY MACHINE.
which bas been brought to perfection reartl'es
of time, labor, or ep- rise, is now confidently
presented to the public as incomparably the
15fST ewi.no Machine in ejcisteck.
The machine in question is SIMPLE, COM
PACT, DURABLE aud BEAUTIFUL. It
is quiet, ligh: running, and capablk or run
forming a kangk and varilty of work neter
belore 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 anything between
the two extremes', in the most beautiful and
sub.-tantial manner. Its attachments for Hem
ming, Braiding, Cording. Tucking, Quoting,
Fellinir, Trimming, Binding, &c., are Xovkl
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 Compa
nv, 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 peron in quest of a Sewing Machine by
all means to examine and test, if they can pos
sibly do so, all the leading rivnl Machines be
fore making a purchase. A selection can tben
be made understaudingly. Branches or agen
ciea for supplying the "Singer" Machines will
be found in nearly every city and town through
out the civilized world, where Machines will
be cheerfully exhibited and any information
promptly furnished. Or coinmuniuatiens may
be addressed to
The Singer Manufacturing Company.
45 H BROADWAY,
SEW YORK.
Philadelphia Office; 1 10G Chestnut Stkeet.
ErC. T. ROBERTO, Agent for Ebensburg
and vicinity, keeps these Machines constantly
for sale at his store on High street. The pub
lie are respectfully iaviied to call and see them
in operation. Instructions given free. Ma
chines sold at city prices. No frf.ioht charged.
Also, Siuger's Needles, Oil, Silk and Cotton
always ou band. aug.2t)-ly.
TO COXSUMPTITES.
The advetisk, having been restored to
health in a lew weeks by a very simple remedy,
after having suffered several years with a severe
lung affection, and that dread disease. Con
sumption, is anxious to make known to his fel
low sufferers the means of eur.
To all who desire it, he will seDd a copy of
the prescription used (free of charge), with' the
directions for preparing and using the sime,
which they will find a sure, cure fok Consump
tion, A stoma, Bronchitis, &c. The object
of the advertiser in seuding the Prescription is
to benefit the afflicted and spread information
which he conceives to be invaluable ; and he
hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it
will cost them nothing and my prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
my20.-ly. Williamsburg, Kings Co., N.Y.
1LTALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY
V AT PRIVATE SAL.CZ
The undersigned offers for sale a LOT OF
GROUND aitvatt in the West Ward of Ebtns
burg Borough, fronting 66 feet on High street
and extending back 132 feet to lot of Wm. S.
Lloyd, adjoining lot of Robert Evans on th
east and an alley on tbe west, having thereon
erected a TWO SrORY FRAME HOUSE,
with a Plank Kitobkx attached, and a ONE
8TORY FRAME HOUSE. The property will
be sold ohkap for oass, or on easy terms.
For further particalart applv to
V. S. BA.RK1R.
Ebne?rgf June S; l?es. tf. t
jLTOONA N0TYET I N RLUNsT
"WOLFF'S MAMMOTH
CLOTHING BAZAAR"
airtr T t rn TTm ntnn 1 '
STILL RIGHT SIDE UP
IN IMMENSE PROFUSION
ALL WANTS SUPPLIED !
ALL TASTES SUITED t
A LL BIT Y KRS Pii r.
SUITS FOR OLD PEOPLE!
SUITS FOR MIDDLE AGED
SUII FOR YOUNG AMERirj
CLOTHINCTCLOTHINC
, TOF1T KVEHV MAS AMUJojj '
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS
OK EVEKY HKSCU11TION.
BOOTS duSHOES, HATS k CAPS
OK ALL 8TYLKS AND S1ZC.S.
Trunks, Valises, Traveling B?.
Umbrellas, &c. &.c.
STOCK THE LARGEST!
GOODS THE VERY BEST.'
STYLES THE NK17NT
PRICES THE Qvesj,
CLOTIIHG MADE TO ORnt8
mt mr goods or tj-l deatrrd.
CALL and SEE ! j J CALL am Vee'1,
jcAN SUIT YOU is GOODS Jk PKl!7E;
l5iSTOiie os Assia Strtt.
tjjT door corth of the P st ()r,
Don't mistake the place and tiier will lk
mistake about you cettin? kmx! h.ir2n;:.
GODFREY
Altoona, April 2?, lH69-tl.
R. J O II N F Ii Y
Aaalated 1V hta Unurhtrr.
SURGEON DENTIST!
Office on Franklin Street,
(OITOSITK THE at AEKFT MU!f ,)
Residence One House above KcrnviUe Erv'.ji,
JOKIXSTOWX, SA.
TESTIMONIALS
We. th nnder-iigned, citizens of LMr-.Uis
Ligoiiier, W est wurelaud county, IV.rhcr'.j
ly submit the following as t-xprt;s.-'nt of K.
estimate of Dr . Fry aMlitie? an a nentist:
We regard Dr. Fry as nat imllv sjntw
the profession ef his t huice. His tie- !iie:h
ingenuity has furnished to h'M art mar-v ii.T.
uble modifications H,,d imjiruvtir.wiis, saitt
deem it due to him and the public at lar.- ;
saf that, from long and intimate ::;,
nee, we can confidently lecon.nx-ini Lim v i
who may feel interested, as na able, fail:,
and experienced workman.
Latkhbk Eli Ferguson. M. D . Jh M
Girr, M I) , Rev Jerome Ke.iraev, 1 . 1. t..
ber, V. S. Head, J .seph A. Head, liichlB'
son, David Williams.
LiGOSim L. T Beam. M. D. . Tj.
com, J:tcl Richer, N .M Marker. Es)..Jio.
lireniser, 1 M , Joseph Scn:j:;, D. 1).
Lai'bulinsto'w.n Robert Ljuther, E-q , i
G. Armor, P. M .
Fai bm r. ir Dr. J .rjee Taylor, my 6 I'
EBENSBURG FOUNDRY
A(.AI I FILL BLAST!
NEW FIRM, NEWBU1LD1NGS, L
HAViyOpnrKiMHl tfp wf!l knows V
EKSBITRC FOI NDRY from Mr. E
fJlasa, and rebuilt and eidiirpel it aiKtoi
tirely, beside refitting it with new maeb-::
the suhsrririers -e now prepare! l"r, :''1
COOK. PARLOR HEATING S7ll't
of the latest and ino-it apywnvevl ,:rJ
TIHiESHIXG MACHINES. .VFI.L tJFAi
LG, ROiE and WATER TVH KKI.S of er
description, IRON FENCING. PT'Vt
and PLOUGH CASTINGS, and in i
maimer of article- m lnufactured i:i a f r: f
Foundry. Job Wot k of all kind ut.t-:
promutly and done che:ijlv.
The special attention of Farmers '. h'
to two newly patented PLOUGHS wl.ic'"
possess the sole right to manila- r.in r.i
in this county, auc which are ad mitred H
the best ever introduced lo the poK'c.
Believing ourselves carmble vf frrforn
any woik in our line in the mo-t uM
manner, and knowing that we Ai ":t'
lover pricks than have been clurpeJ
community heretofore we pon&lei.i'y ho?""
we will be found worthy ot l;ieral rtrcJ
Fair reductions made to wholesale
t-SfThe hihes-t vroe paid i !er:"
metal, or eastings given in enhance.
Of TIEVS ARK STE'CTLT CASH 0
r-RODucs. CONVEKV, V1NK0E LU
Ebenaburg, Sept. 2,
rOOD, MORRELL CO
WA8H1KGT0N STKEET,
Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, ft.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers i
WIPPTIIi IV Li !!'
iiiliiUib Uili u-ifc
MILLIXUUY GOODS,
HARTnVAKE.
QUEF.NSWARE.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Ii ATS AND CAPS.
IIION" AND.NAl
CARFETS AND OIL CLOTHS,
READY-MADE CLOTHE
GLASS WAKE. YELLOW WKt.
WOODEN AND WILLOW Wi-J
PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINCS
Together with all manner of We.-tern I
such as FLOUR. JiACOX, FISH.
CARBON OIL, Jtc, 4c.
ZST Wholesale and retail nlert
and promptly filled on the shortest ow
most reasonable terms . rn
AVOOD.3JORRF.LLAi1
Johntown, April '-23, ltW. ly.
j A W S O N Ti A K EB-
FRANKLIN STREET,
In lb Old POST OFF1CK BVlf ut'
Joliiistovrn, Pa.,
WHOLESALE GROCE&8
A5D DBALEBS If
WE8TERX PROPffI
?D keep
SUGARS. SYRUPS.
COFFEES. FLOUR. I
.BACON.FOTA t
DRIED and GREEN FRUITS,
CIGARS, &c. c. Ji
Ordera solicited from retad aw10'
isfaction in goods and prices guarao
Johnstown April 28, 1869.
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