L Cambria Freeman. TUUltSDAY, : : : JULY 29, 18C9. Democratic State and County Ticket. Tor Governor : II ON. ASA 1' ACKER, OF CABBON COCNTY. Tor Judge of t?ie Supreme Court : HON. CYRUS I l'EKSHING, OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. Assembly: Uos. JOHN POUTER. Washington Twp. lirgister and Recorder : GEO. W. OAT-MAN. Ebeusburg Borough, j Treasurer : WILLIAM LINTON, Johnstown Borough. Commissioner: JA1IES E. NEASON. Cleat fiel Township Poor House Director: JOHN r.LOCH. Johnstown Borough. Auditor : ANTHONY ANNA, Chest Township. Geary and Fort Delaware, No official act of John W. Geary ought to fciuk him so deep iu public estimation as liia attempt, in October, 1867, to procure a fraudulent and illegal vote of the United States KulJierH stationed at Fort Delaware, a few miles btlow Philadelphia. It took place just nine months after his inaugura iton, and was tbo boldest and most unblush ing attempt 'o perpetrate a fraud oc the billot box that has ever occurred in this or perhaps any other State. For the purpose cf enabling the volunteers fioni Pensylvania, who wore then in the service of the United States, to exercise the right of suffrage, an amendment to the constitution was proposed by two successive legislatures and adopted by the people at a special election held for that purpose on the first Tuesday of Augtut. 1864. In order that Geary's bold attempt at fraud may be made perfectly manifest, v.o Lere insert the amendment to the Con stitution referred to: "Whenever any of the qualified electors of this commonwealth shall be ia any actual MILITARY EF.KVICE, tNDKR A REQUISITION FROM 1HB PftKSIDKKT OF THE UmTKD STATES, OR BY THE ABTUORITY OF THIS CUMMO.WVKALTH, SUch electors may exercise the right of suffrage iu all elections by the citizens, under such regu lations as are, or shall be, prescribed by law, as lully as if they were present at their usual place of electiou." In pursuance cf this amendment the vol unteers from this State voted in their camps, both at the October and November elections in 1664. It is well known that the war was substantially ended in April, 1865, by the surrender of Gen. Lee, and that during the summer of that year all the volunteer forces were disbanded and returned to their respective States. The question then arises, were there, in the language of the ameud meut, any "qualified electors of this Com monwealth in any actual military service under a requisition from the President of the United States, or by the authority of this commonwealth," in October, 1807, a period of eighteen months after the close of the tear. No man will pretend that there were. Every volunteer soldier from this State had returned to his home at least a year before the electiou held in October, 1867. The amendment was only intended to operate on soldiers from this State in "actual military service, under a requisition from the Presi dent of Hit United Staks." In the face of these plain facts, what did John V. Geary, himself a dishonest officer, do. Selecting one of his wiliing tools, a creature by the name of Henry Mitchell, "of the county of Philadelphia," he clothed him, on the 5th day of October, 18C7, a few days before the election, with the following commission, having the great seil of the commonwealth impressed upon it ; IX THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY CF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.. Pennsylvania, ss. : Jous W. Geaby, (Great Seal) 1 of the V (State.) JOHN W. GEARY, govcrmor or thk said COMMON WEALTH . To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come Sends Greeting: Know Yk, That reposing especial trust and confidence in the patriotism, integrity and abil ity of Uenry Mitchell. Esquire, of the County of Philadelphia, and Coaiiuouwcalth aforesaid, I do hereby appoint and commission him, the said lleory Mifbell, one of the Commissioners authorized to visit and receive the vote of the elector of the Coramonwealh in the actual military or naval service of the United States, or of this State, under and by virtue of iu act of the General Assembly of this Common wealth, approved the twenty-fifth da? of Aug ust, Auuo Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, entitled "Au act to regulate elections by soldiers in actual military service," as such Commissioner to visit the Pennsylvania soldiers in the service of the United States at Fort Delaware, iu the Department of the East. To have and to hold said appointment, aud to exercise all tho rights and discharge all the duties thereunto properly belonging and attach ed as required by said act of Assembly and the laws of this Commonwealth, until said duties shall have been fully discharged and performed. Oiven under my hand and the great seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this fifth day of Octo ber, in the year of our Lord one thonsai.d eight hundred and sixty seven, and of the Commonwealth the ninety-second. By the Governor, Isaac L$. Gara, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth. When this man Mitchell, who was a par ty to the fraud, went to Fort Delaware to consummate his iniquitous work, the com manding officer of the Fort protested against the legality of his proceedings, because he knew just as well as John W. Geary did that thsre was not then at Fort Delaware a single volunteer soldier from this State in 'actual military service, under a requisition from the President of the United States." It was necessary, however, that Judge Shars wood should be defeated by any means, liowever foul, and Goary's willing and cor rupt ageDt, Mitchell, took the vote, not of Pennsylvania volunteers, but of soldiers in the regular army of tiie United States, one half of. whom were not naturalized. The officer of the Fort afterwards published the following letter in reference to Mitchell's op erations : Fort Delaware, Del., ) October 15, 1867. I oertify on hoaor that, on the 8th day of October". 1867, an individual representing him self as an agent commissioned by the Governor of Peuusylrania, produced Lis commission, with a refiucit that he be permitted to open a poll for the soldiers at this post to vote. I Uisusrreed with him aa to the legnlity of the eoluiers voting, but he persisted, stating that be was sent for tjiat purpose. With that object in view he proceeded to the barracks occupied by the men. R. V. W. Howard, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. A- To say that when John W. Geary issued the foregoing commission to Henry Mitch ell he did not know that be was willfully and knowingly violating the election law of the Stat?, would be to degrade his mental rapacity even below the standard set up f r him by his brother in ignorance, John Covode. He knew what he was doing, and acted deliberately for a dishonest and unlaw ful purpose, for which he ought either to have been impeached by the House of Hep. resentatives or indicted in the Court of Quar ter Sessions of Dauphin county. Asa Packer's Wealth. Tho radical editors throughout the State are terribly worried about Asa Packer's wealth, although they admit that it wrs honestly acquired through his own industry and euergy of character. This concerted howl over Judge Packer's money bags by these shrcikcrs of the "God and morality" party, is very suspecious. It looks very much as though these radical worshippers of giccn backs were in the market that they are waiting to be bought at so much per head, cash down on delivery, and we are ouly afraid that there will be no pur chaser. If their viruleuce in denouncing Packer's wealth continues to increase it will not be safo to the community to permit them to run at large after the dog days have fairly commenced. That season is just now approaching, and a due regard for the safety and protection of the people imperatively demands that the radical rabies, superindu ced by the opulence of the democratic candi date for Governor, should be arrested while it is yet in its acute stage, and before it as sumes a chronic form. Radical editors are proverbially low priced. If the entire frater nity, from the Delaware to the Ohio, will hold an editorial re-union for business pur poses at some central place of summer res ort, Cresson Springs for instance, and will have a fair and impaitial appraisement made of their respective political value, and will send the list to Judge Packer, we think it quite likely he will accede to the proposition. Their money -loving maws must be appeased, and as the amount required for that pub posc would not seriously affect Judge Pack er's bank account, we recommend that the whole ravenous pack be purchased at whole sale. It would simplify matters amazingly. What a graceless set of hypocrites these radical editors are. If Asa Packer had not been nominated they would Lave said that the democratic party, being an unleashed and a dirty shirt party, never nominated a man of wealth for office. Packer would then have been a marvellously proper man. If George W. Cass had received the nomina tion they would have said that, after having received a military education at West Point at the expense of the government, he resign ed his position in the army, deserted the flag and opposed the war. If General Han cock had been nominated in the face of bis own positive protest, these same virtuous editors would have charged him with having been implicated in the hanging of Mrs. Sur ratt, although they have been defending and apologizing for that military murder ever since it was perpertrated. It is Asa Packer '8 pure and epot!es3 character at which they stand abashed. To attack it would be like the viper biting at a file, and therefore they attempt to torture his wealth into a crime. Unlike the present gift receiv ing occupant of tho White House, Asa Packer, wheu he assumes the duties of the Executive cfilce of Pennsylvania, rich though he is, will be above suspicion. He will never soil his hands by the reception of bank checks, and will at least buy his own library, his horses aud his harness. Wi publish below aa extract from a re cent charge by Judge Sterrett to the Grand Jury of Allegheny county. Our purpose in publishihg it is that Justices of the Peace in this county may hereafter know who is the proper officer to whom the Act of Assembly directs them to make their returns of pro ceedings iu criminal cases. "Under our system of criminal procedure prosecutions are generally indeed, almost uni versally commenced by information, support ed bv oath or affirmation. Upon this informa tion, settiug forth the i ature and character of the offense, a warrant of arrest is issued by the magistrate, aud the accused brought before hiia for a hearing, at which the nature of the accusation is made known to him. He hears the testimony of the prosecutor and witnesses face to face cross examines them if he wishes. and may resort to the aid of counsel to assist him. It upon the hearing the magistrate is satisfied that probable cause has been shown against the accused, ho is required to give bail for his appearance at the next session of the Court to answer the charge against him, or in default of such security he is committed to jail for trial. Tut ixformatio and rnoctiuiNGS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE ARK RETURNED TO THE Clerk or the Court, and from them the Dis trict Attorney prepares a written accusation called a bill of indictment, to which he aDtenda the names of the witnesses to be called for the purpose of austaunug the charges contained therein. These formal accusations, thus pro posed and laid before you, embrace nearly everything that the Grand Jury can properly be called on to act upon. No system cau pre sent more efficient guarantees against the op pressions of power or prejudices or the inaccu rateneas of falsehood or fraud. The moral and legal responsibilities of a public oath, the lia bility to respond in damages for a malicious prosecution, are cautionary admonitions to the prosecutor at the outset. If the committing magistrate acts corruptly and oppressively in furtherance of the prosecution, against the truth and justice of the same, ho subjects him self to prosecution. By the opportunity giveu to the accused of hearing and examining the prosecutor and his witnesses, he ascertains tho time, place and circumstances of the crime charged against him, and thus is enabled, if he is an innocent man, to prepare his defeuse. These preliminary public examinations and in vestigations by which the accused can be cor rectly informed before he comes to trial what is the offence which he is called upon to answer, are of inestimable value. It is by this system that criminal proceedings are ordinarily origin ated. The fitness and propriety of this mode of procedure its equal justice to the accusers aad accused render it of almost universal application in tfce ciiminal courts of our coun try, and makes it unwise to depart from it ex cept under special circumstances or passing emergencies." A Sharp Contrast. That John W. Geary is heartily defpiscd by the intelligent and prominent men of his party, and th2t he is regarded by them as totally unfit to occupy his present posi tion with either credit to himself or for the protection of tho interests of the common wealth, has been well known for the last two j-ears. Nor ought this feeling of dis gust and dissatisfaction at Geary's want of capacity among his own party excite the least surprise, when it is uaiversally conced ed that during the lastthirty years he is the weakest and least competent of all the Governers who have exercised the duties of the Executive of this Commonwealth. The Philadelpnia Telegraph, a leadirg and influential radical paper, speaks of John W. Geary And his administration as loiiows : "Governor Geary has managed, during his official term, to dissatisfy both the politicians and the people, in a vain effort to appease both. He has proved a poor politician, and given not & little of evidence that he possesses a spark of statesmanship. Pennsylvania has little cause for pride or congratulation as she looks back on the long line of her Governors. If a few pood and brilliant men ai stricken from the list, there is little left to raise it up above the level of mediocrity ; and Geary has douenotn : r- tfwiiin.'insh himself over tue mass of his predecessors. Meanwhile, altnougn corruption reeks at Harrisburg, and the inter est of the State are most shamefu'ly neglected and betrayed, his voice has never been heard protesting, in tho clarion tongue that some m X r, Vl K'lV. m.llio rllllT 1 1 1 T 11 fllOU t ttl6 ...... - ---e, commonwealth, against this carnival of folly ana iraua. In striking contrast with the foregoing pen and pencil picture of John W. Geary by a radical editor, we publish the following estimate of Asa Packer's character by the editor of the Philadelphia City Item, which is also one of the leading radical papers of that city. Both extracts are literally true : "Asa Packer belongs to a small but rare class of men peculiar to this country a hardy, thiifty, self-reliant, cautious, enterprising, bold, and generally successful class. He is emphatically a mau of the people practical, resolute, simple and plain. Great wealth has not enervated his powers nor checked his am bition to be useful to his fellow-men, nor has fl it tery closed his eyes to the hollowness of many of the professions of these who sit a id fatten in the shade of great wealth. A man of strong common sense, possessing a keen insight into character, and a good judge of the motives of men. Judge Packer kuonsthat thousands pay respect to him because he is rich and influ ential. But he is strong with the few who know bim privately who appreciate his solid worth who have heard his heart beat, aud are familiar with hi inner life who know how true and manly and faithful he is in all the relations of life. None but fools the perversely blind will say that such a nominee is not strong before the plain, simple, uiattet-of-fact Repub licanism of Pennsylvania. " The President of the State Convention, Hon. Chabi.es Pi. BtrCKALEW, and the two candidates, Judge Packer and Cyrcs L. Persuing, Esq., met at the Merchants' Ho tel in Philadelphia last week, and after a lengthy consultation, appointed William A. Galbraith, Esq., of Erie, Chairman of the Demociatic State Central Committee. We regard this as a most judicious selection. Mr. Galbraith is a gentleman of acknowl edged ability, is well knowu throughout the State, aud occupies a commanding position in his party. To the discharge of the duties of the new position, to which he has thus been called, we doult not that Mr. Galbraith will devote all his industry and euergy. In order that the work of the cam paign may be well and thoroughly doue, we suggest that he appuint two deputies one for Western Pennsylvania, to reside at Pittsburgh and the other at Philadelphia, whose field of operations shall be exclusive ly confined to that city over both of whom the Chairman shall exercise a supervisory control. A division of labor, it seems to us would produce more effectual results than can be fairly expected when so great an amount of work is imposed on the Chairman himself. C OM31U X I C ATI O X. LIFE ILLUSTRATIONS. No. 2. PATENT MEDICINES. It is astonishing to see how easily the com munity can be deceived by men who profess to cure every disease that flesh is heir to with patent medicine. One bottle will con tain, according to the statement of the ven dor, a cure for tweuty diseases. The peo ple buy and try ; they are deceived but the next now medicine that is announced brings out the ready dollar from the pocket as quickly as did all its predecessors. There are now-a-days three distinct treat ments for diseases, and he is indeed fortun ate that can overcome all of them and live to a good old age. The first system of treat ment is the tome cure the sage and catnip, bone-set and penny-royal, thyme and pipsis awa, the poultice and blister, the freet and the charms. . The child that survives all those is a child of promise. The second sys tem of treatment is the patent medicine sys tem, or the slop system. We do not call all patent medicine slop, but niue-tenths of it is nothing else. The credulous patient has to undergo a treatment of stomach bit ters, liver pills, soothing syrup, tooth-ache drops, vermifuge, expectorant, pain-killer, herb bitters, blood searcher, corn-salve, Ma cedonia oil, etc.,Ietc, till his strength is quite exhausted and his disease, whatever it may be, firmly fixed. But few who com mence to use patent medicine ever cease to uso it. Its use becomes a disease itself. Thousands are said to be cured, but the bills of mortality do not show it. Those who survive this treatment, however, are subjected to another, perhaps administered with greater skill, but never the less a bit ter pill to the patient. Calomel, jalap, ipe cac, morphine, quinine, salts, senna, castoroil Dover-powders, blue pills.. "With aquafor tis, what you please they can content ye." The only consolation is that you have your choice of the mode of dying. You can have allopathic, hydropathic, homeopathic, or eclectic tratment, or the Indian herb doctor ; and kill or cure, the pny is always the same. Instead of "throwing physic to the dogs," the nation is becoming more and more prone to resort to these remedies on the most tri vial occasions. Some physicians, to their honor beat said, administer just as little medicine .as possible, and treat, their pa tients to good advice instead of nostrums. Doctor, does knuffinjure the brain V "No, madam, those who snuff have no brains." ' Phidias. The BeUefonie Rational, a radical news paper, was disposed of tha other day at sheriff's sale. The last number issued, by the National was profuse in .its praise of the radical party for the-good times the country enjoyed. OUR COIrlMOX SCHOOLS. Report ox T. J. Chapman, HI. A.. Connty Sop't, for the School Year 1869. I. IDUCATJOSAI. PROGRESS IS THK COUNTY. In looking back over the school 3'ear that has just closed, I think that we of this coun ty have reason to be pleased with the pro gress which our educational interests have made. This progress baa indicated itself in several particulars, among which I may enu merate the following : 1. Material Improvements. 2. Increased number of Schools. 3. Better Qualifications. 4. Graded (Salaries. 1. Material Improvements. By material improvements I mean the new houses that have been erected, the old ones that have been properly repaired, the fences that have been put up, and the out-houses that have been built upon school premises. The houses that have been erected during the year are as follows : JSummerhill 2, Carroll 1, Chest 1, Richland 2. Allegheny 1, Taylor 1: To tal, 8. The other material improvements that have been made are to be found in near ly every district in the county. These little improvements, many of which are trifling enough no doubt, are still important as sig nificant of the popular sentiment in regard to our common schools. "Straws" are con sulted, especially during a political cam paign, as showing "which way the wind blows," and so I fondly hail a newly roofed school house, or a neatly built fence around the play-giouDd, as an indication that the hearts of our people are iu the right place in reference to our noble free school system. 2. Increased Number of Schools. New schools have been opened in the following districts: Summerhill lj, Johnstown Z, Millville 1, Yoder 1 : Total, 6. 3. Better Qualifications. The qualifica tions of our teachers for tha places which they occupied were, I think, somewhat bet ter as a general rule thau they were the year before. They manifested this Improvement in the annual examinations and in the great ly increased success with which our schools were managed. It is very gratifying to bo be able to state that our schools were more generally successful in the year just closed than they were in the year preceding. This has been a very frequent remark on tho part of directors and citizens. 4. Graded Salaries. Many of our districts tried the experiment of grading the salaries paid to their teachers. The unjust and un reasonable plan of paying the same wagws to all alike, good, bad and indiffereut, has, I believe, always existed as an invariable rule in this county until recently. In most of the districts where a change was made, the amount of wages to be paid was based upon the character of the certificate which the teacher held. In Chest township the salary was graded according to the average attend ance of the school. Ia Clearfield, White, and possibly also in other districts, the sala ry was made to depend upon the Eiicce&s with which the teacher managed the school. Each of these methods of grading the salaries has its obvious advantages aud disadvanta ges, while the fact that iuterest enough was taken in the matter to attempt anything of the kind is a favorable indication. II. BDUCATIONAL WORK DON BT SUPERIN TENDENT. Examinations. During the year twenty three public examinations were held. For the greater convenience of teachers, I after ward held four Special Examinations in dif ferent parts of the county. I desired to do away with private examinations entirely, but owing to the extreme difficulty which we had to secure teachers, I found it abso lutely necessary to grant quite a number of these. In the opening of the fall campaign I set the standard somewhat higher than it had been before, and the result was that twenty applicants were rejected. After ward, owing to the scarcity of teachers to which I have already alluded, 1 found it necessary to come down a little in my de mands otherwise, many of otr schools would not have bceu opened at all. As it was, one or two schools failed to ccme up to the requirements of the law. A few of the candidates that had been rejected were sub sequently accepted. Certificates. During the year one hundred aud seventy-seven provisional certificates were issued. Six professional certificates were also granted. It is the intention to in vest in this class of certificates a real value, by requiring in the holders of them a com paratively high grade of qualifications. It is quite possible that errors of judgment on the part of the superintendent have been made, aud will be made, in granting these certificates, but in all such cases the mistake will be rectified as soon as it appears. It is to be borne in mind that the number of cer tificates issued, aud the number of candidates rejected, form no true index of the number of persons examiued, as many individuals were examined two and even three times during the year. Account was kept of these persons only once. Visitations. A part of the programme was to visit all the schools in the county. I put fortk everyjeffort, but did not quite suc ceed. 1 made one hundred and eighty-four visits ; but a few schools, perhaps a dozen or more, were not visited. A number were visited a second time. I do not know that I visited any school three times. I tried to make my visits as practically useful as I could. A great part of the schools that I failed to visit were in one township, and this was principally through tho neglect of the school board to furnish me with a report in time. In the discharge of my official duties the past year, I have traveled 25C9 miles, and the generous treatment which I spoke of ia my report of a year ago has been con tinued toward me through the twelvemonth just completed. III. EDUCATIONAL WORK DONE BY OTHER AGENCIES. Other Schools. Two normal Institutes were established in tha county last summer : one in Ebeusburg, conducted by Mr. Geo. W. Cope, the other in Loretto, by Miss C. A. Home. These two schools did a good work. It is to be regretted, however, that they were not as well attended as they should have been. The two Roman Catholic educational in stitutions in Loretto, of which I made men tion in my last report, have continued to prosper. Rev. B. M. Kerr, A. M., formerly superintendent of Alleghany county, last summer opeued a young ladies school in Ebeusburg, which continues in a flourishing condition. Rev. R. C. Christy, of the Ro man Catholic church, is making extensive preparations for opening a boarding school for boy 8 in Ebensburg. Four night schools, maintained by the generosity of the Cambria Iron Company, were opened in Johnstown in the fall, and kept up through the winter. These benev olent institutions were productive of much good. 'The denominational schools mention ed in my last report, continue to flourish. The County Institute. Our Institute was held in Ebensburg, commencing Monday, December 21st. Eighty-two teachers were in attendance. This was a gain of eleven over the Institute of the year before. Thie number, large as it was. would have been greatly augmented had not the weather been so extremely rough, and the roads so much blocked up with snow. Through the greater part of our county, the facilities for travel ing are very poor at the best, and in such a season as the last Institute-week, in many parts of the county it was next to impossi ble to get along. The exercises of our meeting consisted principally of lectures, discussions, class drills, 8Dd a contest in spelling. We had crowded houses, and the entire community seemed interested in our proceedings. Let the croakers that have survived the flood, clamor as they may, I am firmly convinced that our county institutes have dune, are doing, and will continue to do a good woik in the educational field. The thanks of our teachers are specially due Hod. J. P. Wick ersham, Revs. B. M. Kerr and Jos. Waugh, and Profs. Andrew Burtt, A. C. Johnson. G, W. Cope, and F. S. Maloy, for the act ive part which they took in the Institute. IV. OBSTACLES IN THE WAYOF IMPROVEMENT. I know of no serious obstacle in the way of improvement but what grows out of the lack of money. Our people almost unani mously favor popular education, and are willing to make almost any sacrifice for the good of our schools. But we are very high ly taxed, and it is out of the question, at least at present, to raise any greater amount of funds in most of our districts. In many of them the very highest rate cf taiatim allowed by law is imposed. It is impoasi ble to do more. If some Power would en dow us with the touch of Midas, we should find an easy egrets from all our difficulties. We should like to lengthen our school terms, increase the salaries of onr teachers, erect better school houses than we have in many localities, and furnish these ' Incipient seats of knowledge " with such apparatus as they should have. But at preseut we are not able to accom plish all these desirable objects. V. ItEASCRSS CALCULATED TO PROMOTE IM PROVEMENT. As it is, many of our directors and teach ers are honestly laboring to promote the im provement and increase the efficiency of our schools. This effort is indicated on the part of directors by the greater interest and z-.-al which they have shown than in former years. During the year I made 37 visits in compa ny with directors last year ooly 13. Quite a number of directors also attended our coun ty institute, and seemed to take interest in its proceedings. In all sections of the coun ty they have been moving in the cause, and doing all in their power to advance its in terests. Better wages generally were paid during this year than last. Teachers evinced their interest in the cause by their attend ance upon the county institute, the improved character of qualification as shown at the examinations, and the greater success with which our schools were managed. In the absence of the great lever money I think that our schools will reap much advantage from well conducted county institutes, uor mal schools, and a constantly advancing standard of requirements. Graded salaries should Dot be overlooked. 1 cannot help thinking that much of our prosperity during the term just closed hae been owing to the graded salaries which were paid in many districts. These means of improvement are withiu our grasp. A paid directory, uni formity of text books in counties, equalized taxation, double the length of our present bchool term, and twice the salary now paid to teachers, may possibly forever exist as only the chimeras of the educationist's dream. EXTRAOBDIOARY PHENOMENON IN TlN- nebsee. The Nashville Daily Press of July 20th says : The most curious phenomenon of which we have ever beard occurred in Chea-tht-m county on Wednesday last. The day, it will be remembered, was remarkably hot, so that most people in the county had to seek shade about noon. At this hour, on the farm of El. Sharp, five miles from Ashland, a sort of whirlwind came along over the neighboring woods, taking up small branch es and loaves of trees and burning them in a sort of a flaming cylinder that traveled at the rate of about five miles an hour, and de veloping in size as it traveled. It passed directly ovor the spot where a team of horses were feeding, and singed their manes and tails up to the roots'; it then swept toward the house, taking a stack of hay in its course, which it set ou fiie. It teemed to increase in heat as it weut, and when it reached the house it immediately fired the shingles from end to end of the building, so that in ten minutes the whole bu.lding was wrapped in flames. The tall column of traveling caloric then continued its course over a wheat field that had been recently cradled, setting fire to all tho stacks that happened to be in its course. Passing over the field, its course lay over a stretch of woods which reached to the river. The green leaves on the trees were crisped to a cinder, for a breadth of twenty yards in a straight line to the Cumberland. When the "pillar of fire" reached the water it suddenly changed its course down the river, raising a column of steam which went up to'the clouds for about half a mile, when it finally died out. Not less than two hundred people witnessed this btrangest of strange phenomena, and all of them tell sub stantially the same story about it. The farmer, Sharp, was left houseless by the tie vouring element, and his two horses are so afiected that no good is expected to be got out of them in the future. Several withered trees in the woods through which it passed were set on fire, and continue burning still. State Elections. The following State elections will occur during the present year: August 2, Alabama, members of Congress. August 2, Kentucky, State Treasurer and Legislature. August 5, Tennessee, State officers and Legislature. August 10, Montana Territory, Delegate to Congress. September 7, Vermont, State officers and Legislature. September 13, Maine, State officers and Legislature. October 5, Colorado. Delegato to Congress. October 12, Pennsylvania, State ofllcurs and Legislature. October 12, Ohio, State officers and Leg islature. October 12, Iowa, State officers and Leg islature. October 20, California, Judges of the Su preme Court. November 2, New York, Secretary of Pi , i. t r i i , oiaio, xcgisiaiure, otc. November 2. New Jersev. Iirislafuri. November 2, Massachusetts, State officers and Legislature. - November 2, Minnesota, State officers and Legislature. November 2, Wisconsin, State officers and Legislature. November 80, Mississippi, State officers auu legislature. Colonel Warren, the Fenian, and Mr J. D. O'Connell waited upon Secretaries Bout well, Robeson and Attorney General Hoar on Wednesday, and told them of th wrongs inflicted upon tbo Fenian prisoners in England. Tbey intend to lay the matter individually before every member of the Cabinet. Attorney General Iloar was not at all gracious to them and intimated that the mvaaers oi uanaua were awt of thieves and roooeru. l'olitlcal una Acivs Items. The apple crop ia promising in New York State. There isn't a pippin to be found on the trees in and aroand Boston. Fourteen hundred persons went to Long Branch to see Grant Hail ra with his family and friends in the Tallapoosa at government expense. Two men, father and son, were killed by the explosion of a keg of powder in a coal mine near Ashland, Schuylkill county, on the lGth inst. The length cf tho Pacific Railroad is such tbat a courtship begun iu Ohio was consummated in a marriage before tha Swo travelers reached tho end of their route.- A United States flag w'th this device is Mispendod across their track from the offices of the Lehigh Valley Kail road Company at Smith Bethlehem : "Asa Packer lor Govern or." Peter Rrnldirk, a mulatto, was hung on Friday at Portsmouth, Va., for the mnrder, in Jarmary last, of Cornelius Hayes. During the execution a frame building, on which seven woikmen were, fell, injuring litem severely. One of Grant's favorite horrs 5s uead. There now is au opportunity for a god office. The horse was able to trot his mile in 2:22. Another horse of equal swiftness ought to bring a foreign mis&iou. at least. Who buys 1 The puddlers employed at the National Iron Company's works, at DdTiville, ore on a strike, demanding six dollars per ton for puddling, and a better quality of coal. Five dollars and fifty cents per ton has heretofore been paid. On Tuesday night, the 20th instant, a mau aged L0 years, named Ingstaff, was literally roasted to death by being caught in the bo' ting aud held against the boiler in the engine house of the Smith well ou the Allegheny river. The Radical newspapers excuse Grant's trips in government vessels, aud his junket ing about at watering places by declaring that he needs relaxation. If rumor tells the truth be is in the habit of getting very much relaxed oitener than semi-occasional ly. Two voung ladies named Turner, of Marlestown, Mass., visiting in Auburn. Maine, and two sons of the Ilev. Mr. Lihby, of Auburn, were drowned in Lake Aubum on Saturday last by the sinking of a boat in which they were rowing. J wo other per sons in the boat escaped. A little gtrl named Catharine LndoD, was burned so that she died in a few hours. the other day, at ajuesburg, by trying to kindle a fire with coal oil. She hat! placed the can containing the oil on the stove, and the heat caused it to explode, throwing the burning fluid over her. The Irish Church Disestablishment 1 1 1 has finally passed. The lloiue of Commons, without a division agreed to the amend ments, which relate only to minor details. Thus is one of the most vexed and exciting subjects In the range of English politics fi nally and peaceably disposed f . ir. John A. Ivjebline. Civil Eugmcer. who died in Brooklyn, N. Y en Thursday, was one of the ablest in his profession in this country. He engineered some of the most important works m the rotates, and met with the accident which caused his death while surveying ground for the great bridge which is to be put over East River, New York. I he destructive flood in the Colorado Valley is subsiding. It is said to have fallen six feet, but the Brazos is still rising. At Eagle Lake bottom, where the people have taken refuge in the tree-tops, the water is said to be two feet above the tops of the telegraph poles. On the 14th cars were sent from Harrisburg with boats to rescue them from the perilous position in which thev had beeu for twoda. All communication with Bastrop is cit off, and nothing cau be knowu of the damage in that locality. OITH KKTT I4!tJIL,T SEWING MACHINE ! ! The superior merits of the "Binder" Ma chines over all others, either for Family rse er Manufacturing purposes, are so well established and ho generally admitted, that an enumeration of their relative excellences is no longer con sidered neressarv. OUR NEW FAMILY MACHINE, which has been brought to perfection regard' ese of time, labor, or exp nse, is now confidently presented to the public a incomparably the Best .Sewino Machi.ne is exihtenck. The machine in question is SIMPLE, COM PACT, DURABLE and BEAUTIFUL. It is quiet, light running, and capable or rta- FORMINO A RANGE 1ND VAaiETT OF WORK never before attempted upon a single Machine, using either Silk, Twist, Linen or Cotton Threari, and sewing with equal facility the very finest and coarsest materials, and anything between the two extremes, in the most beautiful and substantial manner. Its attachments for Hem ming, Braiding, Cording. Tucking, Quilting, Felling, Trimming, Binding, &c, are Novel 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 Cas, peculiar to the Machines manufactured by this Compa ny, 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 person in quest of a Sewing Machine by all means to examine and test, if thev ran pos sibly do so, all the leading rival Machines be fore making a purchase. "A selection can then bo made understandingly. Branches or agea ciea for supplying th9 "Singer" Machines will be found in nearly every city and town through out the civilized world, whpre Machins will be cheerfullv exhibited and any information promptly furnished. Or commuuicatiens may le addressed to The Singer Manufacturing Company. 43S IlKOADtVAV, NEW 1 ( It K . PmLADFLrniA Office. llOti Chkstni;t Street. T. ROBERTO, Agent for Kbcnsbur? and vicinity, keep thene Machines constantlv for sale at his etoro on High street. The pub lie are respectfully invited to call and see them in operation. Instructions civen free. Ma chines sold at city prices. No freight cb akged. Also, Siuger'a Needles, Oil, Silk and Cotton always on hand. aug.20.-ly. ESTATE of HAliUAUA CONNEK, Di-Ckaskd. Notice is heieby given that Letters of Administration on the Estate of Bafbaba Cuxxfe, late of Susquehanna town ship, dee'd, have been granted to the under signed, who hereby notifies all persons indebt ed to said estate that payment must be made without delay , and requests those having claims against said estate to present them properly authenticated for settlement. WM. McDonnell. Adniv. Susquehanna Twp., July 22, 1869. 6t. 1869. SPRISS. TRADE. ; I am now prepared to offer SUPERIOR INDUCEMENT I TO CASH PCUC1IASERS OP Wi, SHEET-IRON St HM l! EITHER AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL My ttock consists in part of every va-;t- ., TIur Sheet-Iron, K' OOTFEl. AND BRASS WAIiKS nNAMKI.f.F.rr AMI II. A IN " ' SAUCE-PANS, BOILERS. o COAL SHOVELS, MINE LAM IN I CANS. IIOUSEFCRNISH1NG IlAl r 1 WAHE OF EVERY KIND ," HEATING anet COUKINO ST0Vt i exckIjSWH cooking s'wrr ' ' NOBLE, TRIUMPH and PAKLOU u"0- ' ISO STOVES, A iid any Cooking Stove desired I n when ordered at manufacturer's pri' I Odd Stove Plates and Gratis. Arc, f T r7 pairs, on hand for the Stoves 1 se ,,;,f. will be urdWed when wanted. Pariitu;lr attention given to Spouting, Valleys and Conductors all of which will be made or-t of ff,a.,' . rials and put up by romprteiit workcec " Lamp Dnrnerg, Wick ami CMeius IlOI.JT.r.E OTt nKTAII I wonliT call p it?cal.tr attention to the L:.; House RurnrrV tc.th Gia.-s Ci)6, for givi:.. nroie licht tha ny ether in use. A!so,'j Paragon Burner, for Crude Oil. SPCXCCR'S SIFTER It recommends iuelt". SUGAR KETTLES ArrD CAULDRONS of all sizes constantly on baud. Special attention giveu tor Jobbing in Tin, Copper and SneetTrcr. at lowest possible rates. WlIOLKSAI.E MeKCHAXTS LlfTS now ready, and will be sent on applicant by mail or in person. Hoping to ee all my o'd customers 3- many liew ones this Spiing. 1 return n-t most sincere thanks fnr the very Ultra! trouage I have already received, and endeavor to pleas-.-all who may call, wild er they buy or not. FRANCIS V. HAY. John.-town, Ttlarch 7, IStiT. 4-UEaT Rj:ii ction ix Prices! 'IX) CASH Jii rEHS! AT TISK FRtVSIH RG UOllSE-FUMISHIKG STORE. The undersigned respectfully iai. rir.stlf citizens of Ebensburg aud the public g-n. ally that he has made a fcreat reduction a prices to CASH BUYERS. My st wi: consist, in part, of Cot-king, Parlr and H& ing Stores, of the most popular kin Is; In xeare of every description, of my ov;j ufacture ; Hardware of all kind, su'.h s Locks, Sciews, Bm-t Hinges, Table Hir.ja. Shutter Hinges, Bolt?, Iron and Nail.s. Wi dow Glas, Putty, Table Knives arid F.rb. Carving Knives and l rks. Meat Cutter Apple Parers, Ten and Pocket Knives 3 great variety, Scissors, Shears, Razors 11' Strops. Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, fr r. Mrxhinea, Augers. Chissels, Planes, (' r passes, Squares, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Yi-e-, Wrenches. Rip, Panel and Cro-Cu! Siff-, Chains cf all kinds. Shovel.-. Spaces, .S-vr' and Snaths, Rakes, Forks, S'ti-h lV. Shoe Lasts, Pegs. Wax Rristlw. Cl-tii Wringers, Grind Stones, Fab-r:t M:'. Gates and Measures, Lumber St'.cfcs, E-. Xails, Ilor.-e Shoes, Ca.-t Steel. R'ilo.S'..; Guns, Revolvers, Pisb ls, Cartridges, r.f der. Caps. Lead, &c, Odd SJovp I,:, Grates and Fire Bricks, Well and 0-:-i Pumps and Tubing ; Harness and S't l'.'.rj Ware of all kind ; Wooden mid TIT.'-ir Hat in great variety ; Carbon Oil and (;1 L-itj ;-. Fi.-di Oil, Lard Oil. Linseed Oil, Li:lrivJ-.a' Oil, Rosin, Tar, Glassware. FaiUs, YirLi e-. Turpentine. Alcohol. Arc. FAMILY GROCERIES, such as Tea, Coflee. Sugars, M-J.is.-cs. &? tips. Spices, Dried Peaches. Urifl A) 1 i Fish, Hominy, Crackers, Rioe and Ti-' Barley; Soaps, Candles; TOtUCCO ssi CIGA'RS; Paint, Whitewash, Scrub, U-r Shoe, Dusting, Varnish, S'.ve. (""thes & Tooth Brnsbes, all kinds ami eia-s; V' Cords and Manilla Ropes, and many articles at the lowest rates f. r CASH. fry House Sj.oittin;j made, painted anJ -up at low rates fur cash. A liU-ral J.-51 made to country dealers buying Tr"-"' wholesale. GEO. nuKTLET Ebeusburg, Feb, 2, 18d".-tf. G EOUGE AY. rKAGEB. Wholesale aud Retail DeaWr HEATING AND COOK STOVE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Til eOPPER ASS SHEET-ISG3 H J? OF UIS OWN MANUFACTURE, And GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTtf and all other work in his hu- Virginia Street, near Caroline StreA ALTOOXA, 1A. The onlv dealer in the citv bavin;; the Hf!" sell t"h renowned MtAKl.KY SlU A' COOK S rO VE, the most per!t complete and satisfactory Stove eer iuiroduted to the public. Stock Immense. - riaens I SATISFACTION OUAPANTFF cor- - i ; Char 1 to A AVOR1) from JOILNSTOV- JOIJA j. r. mi ri&piii' ci ly on band alare wi Have constantly selected stock of seasonable Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Grtf and a general variety of M'-1- Their stock couaists of almost evfi' usually kept in a re-tail store, a l have been selected wi th care a dr;,i at prices which cannot fil to I'r0V,N torv. Call and examine for yiunfc'u. - r c t 0. reo. 29, itoi.-u. - 3lAl,fc apply to SI BLKY s "Y; i VV J Gfner.l Aperrta. Howe i To. 4, Sixth Smitr, 1 r : 1 O'WU LIVE MAN NVA'TEiy Wapon through Cam'ria c vmtv. "' most popular SEWING MAC use. .a one nut T3 I At 1 At i t trai ft.t( toe A wsa prfC D to tl So. and cf Ci A tab- CJOt! eiij: he v Lrm the ; erst; and : all c A" eliir ; rua i CD tl Tie seasc load, V(X. ty. Erai Vc'. ing f .Tl ment liom latk know Tha tear! . ten t: Tue citize drel the ; for it ? j At 1 Vauc Lilly lock ingt wiii, euceet patrai .IV woi kii Ix-f. -re but,! 1 ter H the be; and so little b Ia a gave a pit!.o facta 1 to pre; and wi pul'ish tie full and to rea-Jarg A va titkmsl JcU S day aif: kuitit lkk tncuti 1 pared that ev ia rta lidatlb r. frocsr. ness th at ioduce C long tUt he Jescrvi; Vu ho air--- CV I out: . a eJ 1-. . a . a, ' a I i I? r: Lk-- -1 .c-. hen-7, 1 . V t g? I , o i. 21 .ec. i w 2.1 pa nd -in
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