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Cambria Freeman.
TIIUKKIJAY,
AUG. 2G, 1SC9.
Democratic State and County Ticket.
For Clovernor :
HON. ASA PACKER,
OF CAKBON COUNTY.
For JwLe of the Sitjirevie Court :
HON. CYKtJS L FEUS11IKG,
OF CAMBRIA. COUSTY.
Assembly :
Hon. JOHN PORTER, Washington Twp.
Ileyister and Recorder :
,KO. W. OATMAN, Ebensburg Borough.
Treasurer :
A'lLLIAM LINTON, Johnstown Eorougb.
Commissioner :
J AUKS E. NEASON, Clearfiod Township.
Poor House Director :
JOHN DLOCII, Johnstown Borough.
Auditor :
ANTHONY ANNA, CheBt Township.
John Covode ami his "hurabuggedist
Governor," John W. (Jcary, both addressed
. t.i'ical meeting in the Court House at
reeimburg, on Tuesday of last week. Of
urne, coming from two such moderen So
'ni, they were rich intellectual as well as
'ritorioal displays.
A prominent member of the radical par
ty iu P.lair county and an equally proruineut
luciuher of the s;tme parly in lluutiugdon
county, were in this phico last week, and
avowed themselves an fctrong and decided
friends of the election of Judge Packer.
There will be quite a large and respectable
trmy of this kind of recruits when the sec
ond Tuesday of October arrives.
Tim lielrcncbment Committee appointed
by the last Congress, with their wives and
children and their marriageable daughters
nnd grown-up sons, are all off on their trav
els, and having a few days ago got as far as
"Chicago on their frolicking tour, left for Cal
ifornia. The question arises, who pays for
ji'l this and what oik1 is ever to corao of it?
Was there ever a people so basely robbed
swul pluudered ?
W'n.r. the Freeman bohor.est enough to
Inform its readers that the present of a tract
rf hind iu New Jersey to General Grant by
;tn admirer was peremptorily declined?
AHi'ihaiiiaii.
The Freeman, will do no such thing, for
tho simple reason that it has never seen any
authentic denial of the matter. As Grant
wns never known to refuse anything in the
frhnpe of a present, we ask the editor of the
AVeghaninn himself to furnish the evidence
that U. S. Grant " peremptorily declined to
accept tf fifty acres of land near the classical
village of Britksburg, in Ocean county. New
Jersey.
To refuse a present Is not the style of our
Second Washington," as will be seen from
n very recent Washington dispatch to the
Philadelphia Inquirer, a leading radical pa
per :
Present to tttb Peestdknt. One thou
sand fine segars, from a San Francisco firm,
packed in glass boxes rf one hnndred each,
with thejmonogram of the President on each
box, and the small end of each segar tipped
with gold leaf, were received yesterday at
the White IIou.se, but not opened till to-day,
by Colonel Douglass, Private Secretary to
the President.
And so it goes from houses in Washing
ton city to land near Erickburg and one
thousand fine ecgars from San Francisco.
Will the editor of the AUojJianian inform us
whether any former President, from the Jirst
to the second Washington, so called, ever dis
honor himself in this way ?
Tlie Johnstown Tribune.
For the sake of the argument and to
please the editor of the Johnbtown Tribune,
wc will admit that Asa Packer was a mem
1 or of tho Baltimore Convention, in 18G0,
that nominated John 0. Breckinridge for
President. Was there anything criminal
in Judge Packer, or any other democrat,
voting fur John C. Breckinridge in 18G0?
lie was then tho Vice President, and by
common consent, was regarded as one of the
forcni'-ht statesmen of the country. At that
timo his patriotism was unquestioned and
bis public reputation untarnished. Ilcnev
i r became a rchd uulil ho left his seat ia the
Senate, which was during the Eummor of
fc61, afier the war Lad commenced; and
tbcrctore political friendship for him in 18C0
was no badge of disloyalty. The electoral
ticket that was voted for by the democratic
party of Pennsylvania in November. 1860,
was known as the "Heading ticket," and
va8 composed of Douglas and Breckin
ridge democrats. For that ticket Asa Pack
er voted, and so did John W. Geary, for
Gearv claimed to be a democrat "without
affix or prefix," even in the spring of 18C(
long after the war had closed as the ed
itor of the Tribune can discover by referring
to Geary'a letter to Sam. Magnire, of I'hila
delphia, when he fGeary) was seeking the
democratic nomination for Governor. Pack
er and Geary having therefore both voted
for tho "Beading ticket" in 1860, and
G?ary claiming to have been a simon pure
democrat as lato as 1 806, the difference be
tween them up to that time ia not very ap
parent to the Freeman.
Where does the editor of the Tribune get
his authority for the broad assertion that
Asa Packer, when he was in Europe, con
sorted for two whole years with rebels.
This is a roost grave and serious charge, and
we ask the editor of the Tribune to produce
the proof of its truth if he can. While on
this subject, we will venture to ask the edi
tor of the Tribune whether he will permit
to publish a certain conversation which
took place between himself and a prominent
democrat of this county, in a Pennsylvania
Kail Road car, about one week previous to
Judg Packer' nomination, and ia which
the editor of the Tribune expressed himself
very emphatically as to the result of the con
test, in the event of Mr. Packer's nomina
tion ? It ought to be ventilated and proba
bly will be on feme future occasion.
Judge Dent.
This gentleman, who is a brother-in-Taw
of President Grant, has acquired- considera
ble prominence in view of the probability of
his becoming the conservative candidate for
Governor of Mississippi, where he formerly
resided. Grant having violated all his sol
emn pledges to the Southern people and hav
ing surrendered to the extreme radicals, and
thereby placed himself in opposition to Judge
Dent, Jthat gentleman has seen proper dis
tinctly to defiue his position, and to express
in language easily understood his views of
the situation.
We trust that Judge Dent will be nomi
nated iu September. If he is, notwithstand
ing the opposition of Grant, he will carry
Mississippi as easily and on the sunae dis
tinct and well defined principles as Walker
did Virginia and Senter did Tennessee.
Who cau doubt this result and why should
it not take place ?
Judge Dent has written a letter to a gen
tleman in Jackson, Miss., from which we
take tho follow iug sensible aud statesman
like extract :
"I am graMfied at the election in Virginia
and earnestly hope for Mississippi a like
happy result. It is upon this basis that we
hope for a speedy restoration of good govern
ment in tho South, with her diseordact ele
ments reconciled and her. true men of all par
ties re-united. On the basis of the election
there is the commencement of a new era in
the politics of the country, and it is gratify
ing that so many good and wise men are lay
ing hold of it as the panacea for all our polit
ical ills.
"The timo has arrived for breaking boldly
away from the prejudices and preedeats of
the past. The policy adopted in Virginia is
the dawn of a belter feeling. It will change
the whole surface of Southern politics, and
transmute what has been under the recon
struction acts an element of discord into a
source of reconciliation. The question of ne
gro suffrage pending the fifteenth amendment
becomes fixed and irrevocable, aud if wisely
managed the measure may happily become
the means of more nearly adjusting the bal
ance of power between the North and tho
South. The great agricultural and commer
cial interests of Mississippi, in which my
wholo soui is enlisted their resuscitation
and development are yet to constitute no
small share of the political topics of the fu
ture of our State; and in view of this fact,
together with the earnest appeals wbich
have come from so many sources no less re
spected than patriotic, I have consented to
become a candidate for the office of Govern-
or. l am not witnoui oisiruss oi my uiucsa
for so distinguished and responsible a posi
tion; but nra cheered b- the assurance that
if elected I shall have the hearty and earnest
co-operation of wise and virtuous men of all
parties in establishing good government, har
monizing her every interest, and restoring
the State once more to her proper relations
to the Federal Union. I have the honor to
be your friend, siucerely, Louis Dent."
feaint Domingo.
It is well known that Mr. Cole, a radical
member of the United States Senate from
California, has gone to Hayti. as a secret
commissioner of the government, to open ne
gotiations for the annexation to this country
of St. Domingo. Why this thing should be
attempted is a matter of complete surprise,
and is one of those wonders of which the pre
sent administration has been so remarkably
prolific. St. Djmingo comprises the eastern
portion of the island of Hayti, and contains
a population, mainlycom posed of ncgroesand
mulatoes, of 140,000. Its inhabitants are
now and have been for a number of years in
a chronic state of revolution. But then the
radical party seems determined to take under
the protecting Cag of the Union all the ne
groes on the globe. We snppose that the
annexation of the barbarous kingdom cf Da
homey will next engage the active atteution
of Grant and hip Cabinet. White men dis
franchised at the South and the whole Afri
can race taken under our protection !
Tbat our readers may know something
about St. Domingo, its government and its
people, we will let a Philadelphia radical
paper tell the story :
The Island of St. Domingo which already
has gravitated into the line of those detached
portions of the American Continent which
seek a place in our Union has, Bince the
first whimpers of its annexation arose, been
the theme of many articks, written by par
ties well informed as to its wealth, or rather
its poverty, its natural resources, its pros
pects, nnd the characteristics of its popula
tion. Now, waste, confusion and idleness
prevail; no settled government exists; no
steady employment is afforded the people ;
no regular cultivation is given the soil. All
writers and visitors ackuowledge this sad
state of things, and yet all concur in stating
that, beyond a doubt, could a secure and
permanent government be established, the
Island would become the centre of a numer
ous population, rich and flourishing, and
that the almost marvelous soil would be made
to produce abundant and valuable crops of
tobacco, cotton, coffee, and other important
articles of export, instead of a rank and use
less vegetation.
Although the vials of radical abuse and
detraction have been and in the future will
doubtless continue to be freely poured out
on the devoted head of Asa Packer, yet his
fair name and reputation still command the
unqualified approbation of the leading jour
nals of that party. He may be denounced
his history and career ever since he set his
foot on the soil of Pennsylvania may be tor
tured aud misrepresented yet ho stands like
a rock of granite against all such pigmy as
saults. Even the Philadelphia Press, which
is ever foremost in its assaults upon demo
cratic men and measures, is forced to pay
tribute to the moral worth, integrity and
eminent talents of Jndge Packer, and that
testimony it clinches in a recent issue by de
claring that it has no desire to retract, alter
modify or unsay a single word thai has ever
appeared in its columns concerning him. It
admits that in many respects he has a rscord
of wbich the State may well be proud, and
that if we had more such citizens the Com
monwealth would be more developed than it
U as yet. When leading journals are com
pelled to speak thus favorably of our candi
date it is little odds how much abuse and
vituperation may be heaptsd upon hiaa by
obscure country journals and small fry poli
ticians throughout the State. Ass Packer
will certainly be elected, as he deserves to be.
From Our European Correspondent.
The "fvyage Out Burial at Sea How to
Dress for an Ocean Trip -Giants'
Causeway Ailsa Craig
Glasgow,- Ifc, tfC.
Glasgow, July SO, 1860.
rt'SLisTtEB Frekman I found myself at
noon, on the 10th inst., on board the steam
ship Cambria, at Pier 20, North River, New
York, about to start, again to cross the
Atlantic, the vessel clearing for Glasgow,
via Moville, Ireland. Notwithstanding the
frequency of the occurrence, the sailing of a
European steamer always draws together a
crowd of people, some on ship and some on
shore ; about one-third of those on ship are
passengers, the other two-thirdshaving come
to see the one-third off. Of conrse there is
bustle (with the present style of ladies' dress.
much bustle,) and confusion, and much
chatter and wagging of female tongues, until
the order is given for those not passengers to
go ashore, when there is a general ecramble
for the gangway planks, and soon afterwards
the pier is lined with several rows of up
turned weeping and grinning visages, while
much waving of cambric, cotton and silk
handkerchiefs is indulged iu by those who
are so fortunate as to not be included in the
"go ashore" order. Your correspondent
watching the scene did not see one familiar
face among those displayed to 80 much ad
vantage on the dock, and he remained quite
quiet , and calm as the ship slowly moved
away from the dock, out into the beautiful
river and down the bay ; which, as a ro
mantic passenger stated, "she was so soon
to leave, to struggle against the waves of
old ocean." She did leave the bay, but for
once old ocean "went back" on the roman
tic passenger, and instead of the rough
weather that the party wished to foretell we
had, for eleven days out of our thirteen days
passage, as smooth water as one would find
in the North River iu her calmest moments.
Notwithstanding this effort of the "mighty
deep" to allow our billions passengers to
cross without being sick, some parties tcouU
avail themselves of a chance to suffer and
would waste the ship's provisions. The
passage across the Atlantic iu a first class
steamer, has been bo often described, its
many pleasures and exciting incidents ex
patiated upon, and the great fund of infor
mation acquired from shrewd sailors by land
lubbers making their first voy.tge, so often
written out for the benefit of those who stay
at home, that I propose, on thin occasion to
say nothing about it. but to deal directly
with the vo)'age. just concluded. We had
the usual excitements of course, saw whales
spout, icebergs, got into fogs, took the log
regularly and always atttnc'el meals. A
burial at sea also full to our lot, a poor Ger
man steerage passenger, evidently far gone
with consumption when ho came on board,
and anxious to reach his native land to die,
yielded to his disease whan we were but a
few davs from port and hod to be buried at
sea. The corpse was sevred up in a piece
of new sail cloth, with a weight attached to
his feet. At the hour appointed for the
burial, the bedv covered with the Union
Jack is laid upou a board on the side of the
vesiel. while the crew and passengers, with
uncovered heads, gather around ; a chapter
from the Bible is read by the Captain, a
short prayer offered by a clergyman, a pass
enger, and as the ship sails aloDg at her ten
or twelve knots an hour, the body is com
mitted to the deep. Such an occurrence
casts a shade over all merriment for the bal
ance of the day, but on the morrow all is
forgotten and the usual pastimes are in-
du'ged
in.
In connection with my narrative ot the
present trip. I think I may be doing a ser
vice to some of your readers who may possi
ble contemplate crossing the ocean, by
advising them in relation to clothing for a
trip of the kiud I have just taken. I na7e
crossed the Atlantic three times, and I think
I am safe in saying that one-half of those
who have been my fellow passengers, have
not been dressed warmly enough, and not
only lost much of the pleasures oi the voy
age from that cause, but in some instances
actually suffered from the cold. Steamers
sailing "to Glasgow, Liverpool, etc., generally
tuko a Northerly course, and though the
weather may be intensely warm at home,
after a few days at sea it will be cold, and it
ia best to be well prepared for it; therefore
let your sea going reader carry with him a
suit of heavy winter clothing, heavy under
clothing, heavy . overcoat and wear btout
boots; ladies need cloth or water proof
dresses, woolen hoods, heavy veils and good
thick shoes. Thus prepared they may brave
rough weather, keep on deck and probably
thus escape an attack of that much dreaded
(aud tr be dreaded) disorder, sea bickness.
Our steamer was not a fast cne, but we
made our first land at Moville, Ireland, on
the North Coast, at noon on the twelfth day
out, and ns the green shores of Erin came
in view there was a general exclamation of
admiration of the beautiful fields and hill
tops, and by common consent it was declared
that land was De'er so beautiful before.
The fact that it was the first land visible
for so long a period, may have had consid
erable to do with its beauty. After landing
our passengers for Ireland, most of them
Irish passengers, the vessel turned about and
headed for Glasgow. Soon alter leaving
Moville our course brought us in view of
the celebrated Giant's Causeway, a promon
tory of stupendous basaltic columns, jutting
out into the ?ea somo twelve hundred feet
and forming a national curioeitj', more won
derful aud grand than any thing man has
yet produced. Columu is piled upou column,
aud column set betide column in tho most
regular order, and held together by a cement
of nature's manufacture that time will prob
ably never effect. After passing tha Cause
way our course led us among numerous
islands and rocky headlands, one remarka
ble object being the Ailsa Craig, au immenso
mass of rocks rising over one thousand feet
above the sea, whose waters dash against it
on all bides ; thousands of wild fowls circle
in the air above the rocks, and in a shelter
ed nook on one side a small hut is been, tho
smoke issuing from its single chimney, in
dicating that it is occupied. What singular
fancy could iuduce any one to select such a
place to reside in I cannot pictend to say.
Oue facetious passenger wanted to know
how they would go for the doctor if any one
got sick.
Soon after parsing Ailsa Craig, we enter
the beautiful Firth of Clyde, and with beau
tiful scenery on all sides and a clear bright
sky above us we 6peed aioug uutil we reach
Greenock, at the mouth of the Clyde,, to
!rarn that the tide is out, and for twelve
hours we must lie at anchor before we eon
run up to dock at Glasgow. But a few
years ago, the Clyde was bo shallow thnt
vessels of more than two hnndred tons
burthen could uot reach Glasgow at all, now
vessels of two thousand tons can, at high
tide, sail directly to dock in Glasgow. This
good work of deepening and widening the
river ha3 not been accomplished without a
great expenditure of time and money, but
Glasgow nas reaped the advantage ia in
creased trade and direct shipment, and
receipt of rnerchanctee. When ' the tiie
served us, our steamer again got UDder way
and leifiure.y proceeded up the river, lined
on each bank with extensive t,hip . yard.
with vessels in every stage of progress : the
ship yards of the Clyde and Clyde built
vessels being famous the- world over. . Two
hours ride up the river and we reached
Glasgow, where the family, that for two
weeks sojourned on the good ship, broke up
and separated, each taking the directioa that
suits his business or pleasures, and many
sad to say farewell. A rest at the George
Hotel, an excellent honse, a good bath, etc.,
and I started to se the sights of the city.
Glasgow contains a population of about
500,000, is thriving and busy, and carries
on an extensive commerce. Along the
Broomielaw, the landing at the river side,
vessels of all nations are to bo seen, and
merchandise of every description being dis
charged from vessels. As before remarked.
C'yde built vessels are world renowned, and
it is peirhap" appropriate that the boat yards
of the Clyde should supply the finest ocean
steamships yet afloat, as it was here that
the first steamer built in Europe was launch
ed, and here James Watt, who first sup
plied steam power to vessels, was born.
The principal object of interest in Glasgow,
and the one first visited by sight Feeing
tourists is tho old Cathedral, nearly seven
hundred years old. The greater portion
however has been renewed, only a few por
tions of the building, the Choir and Crypt
giving evidence of great age. The date of
their construction is 1 175. The windows
in the Cathedral are most splendid speci
mens of glass staining, and beautifully illus
trate different incidents. in sacred history,
from the beginning of the world to Christ's
ascension. Glasgow has been Etyled the
eity of merchant princes, and very many
wealthy merchants are residents there I
believe, but I must confess that in none of
the cities of Europe that I have before
visited, did I see so much misery and pover
tv. It may be found in other cities; but it
certainly is more apparent in Glasgow than
in any other city. Women barefooted,
bareheaded and almost naked, were to be
found on the most public streets in large
numbers. Gin and whiskey palaces ore at
every corner and on every hand, and to
these, I have no rToubt, can be traced a very
great deal of this poverty and want that
exhibits itself. Much ha been done by the
friends of the temperance cause in Glasgow,
towards stopping or regulating the sale of
liquors, but beyond prohibiting snch estab
lishments from opening before a late hour
in the morning, when it is pupposeil those
cf the laboring classes who have work have
pono to it. little has bwi accomplished
Full liberty seems to be allowed in the even
ing, and a thriving trade carried on.
It was my intention to have given you. in
this letter, sonce account of a visit to Kdin
burg, but leaving that for a future letter, I
close this. B.
COMMITS ICATIOX.
LIFE ILLUSTRATIONS. No. 5.
SYMPATHY.
The Greeks had a good maxim, which was
"Know thyself" (anotlti sautvn.) and which
is as pertinent to our tlay as it was then.
Every man is controlled in his actions by
false attachments aud false sympathies. A
rnau's own property is better ia his estima
tion merely because it is his own. A man's
horse, or house, or farm, seems to him to be
much more valuable before he sells it than
afterwards. The moment that anything
which was your neighbor's becomes your
own, an additional value is placed upon it,
and a stronger attachment is cherished for
it. A book agent was lauding his reading
books to the skies, the other day, because
they were the newest works rut, and new
works were always the best. While he was
thus engaged another agent presented him
self before the Director, with the newest and
latest system out. The first agent couldn't
see the point.
A lawyer in court had a client who was
charged with selling liqnor to a minor, lie
appealed to the sympathy of the court and
jury. The client had a large family to
keep. Besides, the distinction between a
minor of nineteen and a person of twenty-one
was only a fancied distinction. If liquor
would hnrt a person nineteen years old it
would injure one twenty-one yeais old. He
won hia case. The next case that came up
was of a similar kind, but tbiB time our at
torney was on the minor's side. He depict
ed, in true rhetorical styled the horror of
presenting poison to the lips of innocence.
The judfre remarked that he had been argu
ing a diilereut logic awhile ago. Ihe law
yer, nothing perturbed, reoliea that he
might have been wrong then, but he felt
sure, judging from the feelings of his own
heart, that he was right now. Ue won the
second case.
A lady who was reading a novel about
pirates capturing a vessel and throwing in
nocent women and children overboard, burst
into a flood of tears. Just then the kitchen
girl spilt a crock of b.itter over the carpet,
and the sympathetic lady took her to the
cellar, tied her and whipped her half au
hour with a cow hide.
A few years ago, befora slavery was abol
ished, a farmer in Indiana count)' spent half
his time in distributing anti-slavery docu
ments, and in showing runaway slaves the
underground railroad. Not long afterwards
he burucd his son almost to death in the
cook stove.
One of the latest cases of the kind is the
reported mtirder of a married woman by a
boarder in tbe family, because, as he says,
he always loved her. Such remarkable
cases of falm; sympathy and false or assumed
attachments occur every day. They are in
deed strange nnd remarkable, hut they are
so numerous that we become accustomed to
them. The very latest case of a false sym
pathy that we have noticed occurred yester
day. A deeply intoxicated man was bidding
a sober friend gooj-byc, and after shaking
hands ho said, "Now, Tommy, see that you
(hie) take (hlc) care of (hie) yourself!"
Phidias.
An inhuman wretch by tho namo of
Schubert, crossing the plains from one of
the Western State to Walla Walla, with a
wife and two sLep'daughtcrg, the oldest aged
about neventeeu years, qnarrellod with his
wife and family near the mouth of Sinker
Creek, Idaho Territory, took the wagon and
team, with a'l their effects, leaving the
woman and two girls on the sage plain en
tirely destitute. They were rescued by
travelers and taken to Silver City. Mrs.
Schubert and her daughters are represented
to be very intelligent ladies..
-A allocking accident ocenrred at Terre
Ilante, Indiana. on the 16th. As the family
of Perry E. Tuttle, a prominent merchant
of that city, were takiug a plea3ure drive, in
crossing the railroad track in the northern
part of that city, the Carriage was struck by
a coal train which, unobserved, was backing
op, and demolished-the carriage, throwiug
out its occupant. Misa Laura Tuttle, a
young lady aged eighteen years, fell upou
the track and was literally tut to pieces by
the passing train.
A San Francisco despatch stales tiip.t
singular white and red lights have appeared
in the" eky for several nights p?.st, and a
inagnificn rnot.eor fell while they were
brightest.. . Pareecgers on the; steamship
ebina say the. lights were very brilliant a
ecu, . ' ?
Robbing I be State Treasury.
It is maintained by some that the stealing
by persons in official position, by contract
ors and others, during the war, almost
equalled the legitimate expenses. In all de
partments of the government the most scan
dalous practices prevailed. Senators were
openly interested in contracts ; members of
tha Cabinet touched the plunder through
the medium of relatives, friends and agents ;
Congressmen negotiated for partnerships
with shoddy contractors, and thus the cfii
cial Ring was completed. Isot an article
was supplied which did uot cost three timea,
aud in some cases, three hundred times, its
value, while the disbursement of funds af
forded an ample field for the display of that
kind of official manipulation for which the
Radicals are so celebrated. Millions of the
debt under which the people are now stag
gering was contracted in this rascally man
ner, and the party perpetrating the outrage
will yet be called to account for their conduct
at the bar of public opinion.
The same want of houesty which we have
chronicled with reference to the monetary
affairs of the nation, is to be observed iu
this State. Here the Kadicals have had full
control for the past eight years. The Gover
nor has been of that political party, and in
both branches of tbe Legislature the Radical
majorities have over-reached all opposition.
They could pass any bill they desired, inau
gurate any policy agreed upon in caucus.
I hey managed the revenues ot the btate ;
said how much should be collected, and who
should disburse the money. All appropria
tions were passed by the ruling party, and
the pay-roll of the State was arranged by
them." The State Treasurer is a leading
member of the Radical party, and hence
they are fully and entirely responsible for
the management of State finances. The re
sponsibility cannot be shifted. It lies at the
door of John W. Geary, and the men by
whom he is surrounded. In connection
with this Fubjrct, we print the following
from the Ilarritburg Patriot. It 19 truly
startling :
The reports of tbe Auditor General for 1?67
nnd fctH, tnken in connection with the state
ments contained in the laet annual message oi
(Jovernor Henry, develope the astounding fact
that during the last two jesre upwards of klev
ex millions or dollabs have been taken from
the State Treasury, only four millions of
which have been Hpplied in payments on the
State debt, leaving sKVkN millions to be ac
counted lor in nppipriatioHS tor the current ex
penses of the Commonwealth, interest on the
"State debt, and othkr r.xrMiTCRi:s.
At the end of the fiseal year of
Ifcbb, there remained in the
Treasury -
- 1,741,033.27
During the fiscal year of 1&67,
the receipts at the 1 reasury,
exclusive of State loans,
amounted to - - - - -During
the fiscal year of 18(58,
5,423,3.10.07
the receipts at the 1 reasury
were - - - 5,21 CAM .r5
Receipts in two Tears - - - $72,3,112.37
.Balance in the Treasury at the
end of last fiscal year, Nov.
30, 166cf - 1 012 -23 37
Taken out of Treasury in two
j ears $11, 367 ,925 .37
Thee figures are taken from the reports of
theT Auditor General for 1867 and lfcbd, and
the reader is referred to those documents for
verification of them. From these statements
the fact appears that eleven millions three hun
dred and sixty-peven dollars were taken from
the Treasury during the fiscal years of 1867 and
18C8. In Governor Geary's last annual mes
sage, transmitted to the Legislature J aDuary 6,
1S69, is found tbe following : "By the report
of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for
the year ending September 3, lt67, the loans
redeemed amounted to $1,794,569 5l, and by
their report from September 3, 167, to Novem
ber 30, 1868, 'the loans redeemed' amounted
to $2,4i4,bi5.l, making a total reduction of
the State debt' in two years and thre months,
of S4. 20986. 14 "
By the Auditor General's re
ports, we have learned tbat
the sum taken out of the
Treasury during the two yrs.
of 1867 and lbbH, waa - - $11,357,167 .52
By Geary's message we ascer
tain that the whole amount
of the State debt paid off da
ring a period of two years
aud three months anterior to
November 30, lfeCB, was J 1
Leaving for cur't expenses, etc. $7,i;b,li.31
It now remaius lor the delendera of Govern
or Geary's administration to show wcatbecame
of the evkn millions and upwards remaining
in the Treasury atier the payments made on
the State debt. How much of the sum was
wa;tcd in extravagant appropriations? How
much of it was squandered in increased rates
t ot iiiterett on the State debt? II ow much of
it was given to Radical State oiUcials aud a
Radical Legislature, in the shape of increased
salaries? How much of it was stolen by Rad
ical pasters and folders, and other officials of
the Legislature who did not render a day's ser
vice to the Commonwealth? And let it also
be explained how it comes that upwards of one
million dollars are permitted to lie useless and
dead in the Treasury, when that sum might be
applied to a further reduction of the State debt
nnd the saving of a large amor.nt of interest to
the tax payers of the Sraie. TVhat has become
of the seven millions? Who gets the interest
on the one million? Where does the money
go, and who are the thieves?
From the above, it will be seen that up
wards of seven millions of dollars have been
abstracted from the State Treasury in two
years, about which tho tax payers have no
information. It ha? not been used for legit
imate purposes. If it had, the vouchers
coald bo produced, and a detailed statement
spread before the people, showing the manner
in which each dollar left the Treasury. Such
has been the practice under Democratic Stato
Treasurers. They would not suffer money
to be drawn from the office, Hnless all the
requirements of the law were fully complied
with. Rut under tbe Radicals a far differ
ent system has prevailed. The State Treas
urer was sold to the highest bidder, all the
successful "Ring" bought both the man and
the control of the office. State funda were
farmed out to parties making the highest
bids, used to procure tho nomination and
election of members of the Legislature favor
able to the choice of a particular man for
custodian of the money of the Common
wealth, and thus diverted from their lawful
and legitimate channels. In this way the
doors of tho Treasury were opened to the
foot of the spoiler, and tbe reult can be
feen. Useless appropriations by the Lcgis
latnrc. an enormous and unnecessary increase
of officials, and a misuse of State funds have
produced sad consequences. The people's
money is unaccounted for. Millions have
been taken from the tre-asury and no account
rendered. And yet Governor Geary is a
candidate for re-election, and the tax-payers
asked to vote to keep tho men in power who
are directly responsible for the present state
of the treasury of tho Commonwealth.
There mast le a change. Reform will come
in no other manner. If people are tired "of
being robbed, let them turn out John W.
Geary, elect a democratic Legislature, and
they will hit the right nail on tho head.
Phila.Aje:
The American Clock Company, of New
York, lately despatched a car load of their
clocks to San Francisco, to go thence by
ptamer to China. They are said to be
opening quite a trd9 with China, Japan
and the Sandwich IsIandF. though this car
load of .their areT is I'ue'find; overland
Political and Xciys Items.
Two negnies accused of having feloni
ously assaulted a young white woman-, have
been taken from tbe jail at Front Royal, Va.,
and lynched,
Elizabeth, wife of Sabon Urobst, a
brick-masou of Feru, Illinois, drowned her
self and a daughter about three and a half
years old in a well on Sunday nicht.
Mr. Joseph Weaver, . of Marjsville,
Ferry county, raised f-om a pingle potntoc.
weighing two and a half ounces, twenty
m , w.ti..,ra ..f rr.iivtiH'.ri. measuring a halt
tosher 1 , , . t
Providence, Rhode Island, claims to
have two old ladies living in tlie sam uu - -
in that city. Bisters, eacn over ouo
and ten years. They were Loth born in
Ireland.
A disreputable Down East paper says
"Grant was so delighted with the blonuc
Lydia Thompson, that be would have ac
cepted her as a present, if it had not been
for Mrs. Grant."
Calvin Igstnn murdered an old woman,
her daughter, and prandchild, iu Fortrs
r.irmtv. Tennessee, and is to be hanged on
the ieth of Ofetober. Although only 22 j
f . ! 1 . i
ve.irs of ace. he Ireeiy coniesses to ti".
murders.
There is ft dwarf pear tree on the prere-
ises of Mr. John Ilykes, in London ncrry
township. Dauphin county, on wuicu i,a.,
paire, measuring idcu i" i.un-u"-ference.
The tree is three inches thick and
11 feet high.
It is stated that -the Tcnnsylrar-ia C?n
tral Iiailroad are goin to put on a train
which will ruu from Nw York to Chicago
in thirty hours a proceeding wbich will
probably compel the rival lines to 6aorten
their time also.
A country woman, whilst picking
blackberries, on Thursday of last week, oa a
clearing near Collins station, a few miles
west of Bainbridfre, Lancaster county, was
bitten by a black snake and died before
leaving the field.
A few days since the rumor was nfe that
Andrew Johnson would not be returned to
the United States Senate. But that rumor,
it seems, was unfounded in fact. Andy wiil
come back sure, and when he does he will be
very apt to make the fur fly from the backs
of some of his Radical enemies.
A dinner was given to the Farmers
Club of Pennsylvania, by Judge Packer, at
the Mansion House, Mauch Cbur.k, on the
eveninz of Thursday. August 19. General
Made, General Robert Patterson. Colonel j
Robert E. Patterson, Samuel V. Merrick, j
Franklin Comly, Solomon Roberts. Charhs .
llartshosn and others were of the party. '
Adam Thus was sentenced at Carlisle i
on Tuesday last to be h an pod for the mnr-
der of llenry Stamm. Dr. Paul Schoeppe j
wfs denied a new trial on Friday and was i
sjentenced to be har.rd. lie mad? a state- j
ment, denying his guilt. William Gonld, j
the court crier, an old man, dropped down j
dead as the sentence on Schoeppe was pro- j
nounced. i
fir. lo ISi'i Incf n-r.a All-.prt P.rown. !
a negro, committed a rr.pe on Lennra Han- j
non, white, aged sixteen j-ears
township, Bradford county. The family
were absent, and the wretch in human form
took this opportunity to accomplish bis
design. The details are of the most revolt
ing character. The ne&ro was lodged in j.iil
on Snuday of last week.
A couple were married at the Everett
House, in St. Louis, on Friday, who bad
been divorced from each other fur Beveral
years. They had iourncved in different
directions during that period, and came to
the conclusion that the "old love' had re-
turned Hain. The parties belonged tu
Oregon, SIo. The only witness to the cere
mony was their own child, a bright-eyed
girl six j ears old.
(TJ. ROVER & BAKER'S
FIRST TRKMICM
ELASTIC STITCH
SEWING MACHINES
495 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
730 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
POINTS OF EXCELLENCE.
Be;uty and Elasticity of Stitch.
Perfection and Simplicity of Machinery.
Using both threads directly from the ."j'ools.
No fastening of 6 earns by band und no waste
of thread.
TS'ide range of application without change f
adjustment.
The seam retains its beauty and firmness
after washing and ironing.
Besides doing nil kinds of work done by other
Sewing Machines, these Machine pt.-vmUo the
most beautiful and permanent Embroidery aui
ornamental work.
TnE Hionr.sr Frkmipms at all the fairs nnd
exhibitions of the United States and Europe,
have been awarded tbe GROVER & BAKER
SEWING MACHINES, and the work donk
bt thim, wherever exhibited in competition.
The vet nrnnEsT rruzE, THE CROSS OF
THE LEGION OF HONOR, was conferred
on the representative of the GROVER & BA
KER SEWING MACHINES, at the Exposi
tion Universclle, Pari3, lb'G7, thus attesting !
their great superiority over all other Sewing
Machines. CgTFor sale bj C. T. Rohkrts,
Ebensburg. . June 3, 1SG9.-Iy.
More Testimony. From the Times, !
New Poltz. N. Y. : We tnke nleasure thi i
week in calling the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of "HOOFLAND'S GER-
MAN BITTERS." It is theoi.lv Tonic tori
the Invalid that commends iUelf. Ourdrusr-
gUt, E. Van Wagenen, in thU village has aoid
two CTOSa the nast SIX months, mul in vrmr
instance it eave satisfaction. Nrnr u tWtlm.
-' . . "
to ue the lmters
Hoofland's Bitters is enhrclu free 'from al
coliolic admixture.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
Is a combination of all the ingredients of the
Bitters, with ttcrk Santa Cruz Rum, ornge, I
anise, eic, minting a preparation or rare medi
cinal value. The Tonic is used for the 6am
diseases a the Hitters, in cases where some
Alcoholic Stimulant is required. Principal Of
fice, (Vdl Arch Street, Philad'a. Ta. Sold ev
erywhere by Druggists and others. aug.2G.
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
Thk ADVf.Tista, having been restored to
hwdth iu a few weeks by a very simple remedy,
after having suffered several years with a severe
lung a flection, and thai dread disease. Con
sumption, is anxious to make known to his fel
low snflerera the means of cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of
the prescription used (free of charge), with the
directions for preparing and Utdng the mrr.e,
wbich they will Cud a surk t i rk fob Coxe-unr-Ttojr
, Asthma, Bronchitis, &c. The object
of the advertiser in sending the Prescription is
to benctit the fTlietd and spiead Information
which he conceives to b invaluable : and he
rioted every sufferer will try his remedy, as it
: i i , .1 J 1. 1
addresi Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON
a nunc w -ujus pi iptiiu win pifute
Plp:k8e !
xr.i
!8G9. STUB TIMi 1869.
I arts now prepared to offer
SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS
TO CASH PCilCHASK&S O?
IIS. SBHT-13 h m f IE
EITHER AT '
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL
My stock consists in part of ev?ry variety 0f
Tin, Shcet-Troii,
iCOPPEIl AND BRASS WABE
knamkm-ED ash it.ux
; SAUCE-PAN3. BOILERS
COAL SHOVELS, MI7E LAMPS
CANS, nOUSF.FCRNlSIIING llARn
WAR!
IE of every kind.
peat'a Anli-Duit
HEATING ami COOKING ST0TT1
EXCELSIOR COOK1SG STOVES
NOBLE. Till UMFI I axi, PARLOR COOK
Knt; stoves,
And nny Ccofring Str vc desire ! I
when ordered at mannf.ict'arer's m'ref '
j i-uvo ...i.. j,,r
Ui .tove i ir.iC3 ar.u 'urates. 4v.v r,
pairs, on baud for the &tov,s I . (tl
,i"!c r.n l.'iml fisr tVf S'nvi j T cr.'l
j will ba ordered when wanted. Particular
. "j e
-; apOUliHg, anO5 ana WfiGUCtCrS
&i oi winou v. iii ee niuur o-is o: i"st mato.
rials and put up by competent Crimea.
Lamp Bam3r3j Wick and CliiiiTiSyi
WHOLESALE OK lrtlAiL.
I would call particular attention to t'.;
Ilou.-e Career, with Ohs O ne, for -'vi-j
more light than anv other in n. p. Ai.,;'t
Paragon Bu?ntr, for Crude Oil.
. . I I :li i 1 i.
SPKXCER'S SIFTF.R
It rcccmTiend3 itself.
SUGAR KETTLESAND CAULDRONS
of all sizes constantly on hnvl.
Sprcnl nitcr.ticn givrn to
Jobbing in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Ire-,'
at lowest possible rates.
Wholesale Mkiiciunts' Li?t
readv, and will b sent on app;i(
by mail or in person. j
now
Hoping to all my old cnt n:irR jj.j
many nw ones this Spring, I r-turri i-y
most sincere thanks for the very l"! rrr.lM
troiiRge I have already reccivr:i',, ini! ;
endeavor to pleasf? all who may rI!. n-.
cr they buy or not
FRANCIS V.'. II AT.
Johnstown, March 7,
fOltEAT Ekpfctto.t in- Via-u',
TO CASH MYERS!
at teii: i:iu;si ijcj
ilQl'SIHlWNIMNMi STORE.
The undersigned m-pectfullv im -rras ;!-
in Troy ; citizens of Ebcnabiir and ih: pv.ll'c prstr -ie
family i ally that he b:is made a great ro ivi . n it
pricrs to CASH BCi LBS. il j t S rj!
coni:-t, in part, of Ckini, P-n-b r an i '
iw7 Steves, of tho mort popular hinds: 7V
trnre of every dcr'piiori, f ny o'r::
ufacture ; Jlardurare of t!l kind, Mvh r
Locks, Screws, JVitt Hinge-:. 'iY.Mc
Shutter Iling-s, Bolts, ir n w-A N.t;i.
dow Glass. Putty, Table Kr-ives Ft';., '
Carving hmvek And xork.-, JJiMt ..";:!.
Apple Parens, Pea nnd IVfkct Kt.i-mt
j great variety, Sri-sor. Shea, r. -1
strops.
;xes, Hatchets, ii.u-nr rs. r nt,
Machines, Augers, Cbissek, Plar.es, Or-
passes, Squares, Files, ll.i? ps, .Anvil., Yl:,
Wrenches. Rip, raael snd Cn--Cii! 5..
Chains cf all kinds. S!.jvi-K S i..i,S r'
nnd Snath?, Rahcs. Fork.'. ' I'!1',
Shc Last.. Wax BnV. .'!-tV
Wringer, Grind Stone?. I'.ut
Gttes and Measures, Linnlr Sti'k. !!
Xail. Horse Shoes . Cast Steel. !bA-.
Guns, P-'Vol vi r?. Pi'tols -Tt ridrv, !' "
der. Caps Lend, iVc, Old i e P'.
G rites and Fire Bricks. iVl a -id '-)
Pumps and Tnbinpc ; Iamc. .V-?
Ware of all kind j'fi'oot'oi and Vl!! -rlf
in great variety ; Carbon Oil and Oi' I-ir !
FLs'h Oil, Lard Oil. Linseed O I. Lilrr" !
Oil, Rosin, Tar, Glrs.Hare, Pairt:, Yrv-i
es, Turpr-Titme. Alcohol. v'cc.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
such as Tea, Coffee. Sng-irs, l Us.-es V
ups. Spice?, Dried lVftcI-.es, jil Aj -j'!
Fish, llominv, Crackers, Ki-e ni M
Barley : Soap's. Candles ; TOBACCO jJ
CIGARS; Paint. Whitewash, S.-rob.bV
Shoe, Dusting, VatuiKh, Stove. CV.if i
Tooth Brushes, all kinds and sir.-; P
Cor Is and Manilla Hopes, and n nij (!--articles
nt tlie lower t r i'" f .rCASH.
Jin re Fpvufinfj ma-l yrn i
up at low rates for cast. A Iiihm! i:-r'
rarde to country herder hnviiirr Tir-'1
wholesale. GEO. lUMlD'
KJiensburg, Feb. 2S. IStiT.-tf.
c,
cv '
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Q.EORGE
AVbolesnle antl Retail Venlti l
HEATING AND COOK STOVS
OF EVERY rESCRir'iI0'.
Til. COPPER M SSEET-IRE
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ti
Er.
OFIIIS O'A'N JIANlTACTrEE,
And GENERAL JOBBER in SFCUW
and all other work in his
r. i-
' Viro-'rma RtrnP r-Pfir faro'lne J"
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; -
Pel! ihe renowned "BARLKY h-
COOK S fOVE. the most peri.
complete nnd MtisfaitrT
Stove ever introilnce-l
to the public.
Stock TxDtESRE. - IYjcts b'
SATISFACTION GUARATFK-
IAKM in INDIANA COVS
Will te
fr.H-l r
Jj.i. u contain. hu ai - j tgf
a Acres being cleared .'nJ nnaer j. jl
and the bal ince being welt timbered- iJt,
Faraa is erected a good Pi. ass . .-y
(containing six rooms.) a I-CiJ .... j. , n.
boaxdt'd, and other buiidia:?. 1 jcre
failing spring of water ne.r ih.e hc':3 .j;
ning water in almost every iieih "s . jif-;
good bearing ORCHARD cf ?F'.
lrees and a voung oirliaiu i
nieut to ch xrehes aid tch--miles
of two woolen i ic:-i ' '!
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taace o: rue
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nndar good caltirr.ilon, aa r-'n ' f
bargain. Terms TlfV
ft?
JL' rfJBLIC SALE.
he eale,on the premise? in -nl . . nl'.
Indiana counrr, on TUEsDAl. fjrif
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