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Cambria Freeman.
Esx:.siiuaea, pa.
Theksdai Moenixo, : Jas. 27, 1ST0.
lADtES. Look I Tnia! We want you
to read the anaouncement made under our
local Leading in regard to clubbing cur pa
poe with tbe moafiuperb magatine publish
ed ia America, aud faroi&hicg you with b
large and magnificent engraving valued at
$10 all fjr 8.?5 aud 10 couta to pa; port
age oa tie ecgravfcg. Send us tbe money
or get your husband, father or brother to do
it for yon. Such aa idler baa cevtr been
turpassed aa offer if marriage alone ex
cepted. Remember that tbe Freeman aud
DemoretVs Monthly for one year and a $10
engraving will all be given for $3 86, or all
these aud tbe Stock Journal for $4 10.
A "mas a"D bhotueh" by the same of
Revel, a carpet-bagger from Oaio, has been
elected to the United Statea Senate by the
black aud tau Legislature cf Mississippi
The time was when that State could boast
if such-Senator as Geor?e I'oindextcr, Hen
ry S. Foote, Rwbert J. Walker, and others
of almost equal euiicence aud ability, but
under our new political dispensation all this
has been chacged and "the gentleman from
Africa" now La tie floor. We doubt uot
that Rerel will compare favorably, in point
of intellectual capacity, with three-fourths
of the radical Senators.
Is another co'.umu will be tund an able
aud interesting letter from the lion. Jere
miah S. Black. It ia 'written in Judge
Black's peculiarly terse and vigorous style
aud elucidates a subject, about which there
Las been not only a vast deal cf misconcep
tion, but even positive misrepresents tion by
the radical press. The letter (peaks for it
self. .
Monsieur Tonscti feme .4 gain.
Prior to the meeting cf the Legislature we
txpretsed a wish that iletry 0. Johcsun, cf
Crawford county, would receive the radical
caucus nomination for Speaker of the House,
instead of B. B. Strang, tie Kir.g of the
R;og." We kLew that Johnson was com
petent, and were green enough to believe
that he was honest. We now retract all that
e said in his favor, for the reason that, on
the 19th instant, he (Johnson ) cfiered a bill
appropriating 4,$3 ,000 as a snlary for the his
torian o;'W engaged oo the history of the
Pennsylvania regiments." This of course re
fers to that literary abortion known as
"Bate' History of the Pennsylvania Regi
ments" that took part in the rebellion.
How Bates can "now' be "engaged" in
writing it ia a mystery to us, as tbe Legis
lature made no approximation for that pur
pose at its last session. It is a Luge awin
die, aud Its iniquity waa fully exposed last
winter, both in the Legislature and by the
public press. Not less than $26, COO have
already bean expended in producitg two
volumes cf tho trashy stuff, and if tbe i;a
Uiortal Bates ia permitted to finish Lis job it
will abstract front the treasury at least $140,
000. Bates and Johnaon both reside in the
Hi roe town, (MeadvilleJ but that ia no
valid reason why Johnsou should thus at
tempt to plunder the treasury for the sole
benefit of his friend Bates. If there ia not
honesty and courage enough !n the House to
give this villainous and plundering scheme
its eternal quietus, then it ia perfectly plain
that there is no sense of shame left in that
body.
Satan RcbuKinsj Sin.
"Then, in the name of the good people of
f entuyivtu.la, 1 call upon the members of the
Legie ature, without distinction of partv, to
rise above the muikiuef of tbe polluted atmoa
phere of the past, to the true dignity of man
hood and exalted patriotism, and purify the
election of Treasurer aa well as that of every
other efficer within this Commonwealth, and
pu.iish every one v. bo tampers with tho purity
of elections, whatever may be his position or
pretensions."
The above ''elegant extract" is taken from
the last annual message of John W. Geary.
To one not familiar with his antecedents, it
might appear aa the expression of an honest
conviction. It u cere sound and nothing
more. When we read the paragraph the
eld adage that "liara ought to have" good
memories," forced ItBelf irresistibly upon us.
When Geary canted this portion of his mes
sage to be written, had he forgotten his offi
cial connection with the infamous Fort Del
aware fraud, a few days prior to the general
election ia October, 1887 7 That waa as
bold and unscrupulous an attempt to tamper
with "the purity of elections" as ever has
occurred in thin Commonwealth since the
memorable coctest between Forter and Rit
ner in 1638.
Under the Act of Assembly of August
26tb, 1864, the qualified electors of this
Commonwealth, "who thall be in any actn.il
military service, under a requisition from
the President cf the Uuited States, or by the
authority of this Commonwealth," were en
titled to exercise the right of suffrage This
Act waa passed for the purpoae of enabling
the volunteers In the war from this State to
vote. The moment the war terminated, or
aa Boon as the Pennsylvania volunteers were
disbanded, the' law cf eourae became inoper
ative. The war waa substantially ended in
April, 1865. Two years and six mouths
after that date Geary. In the very teeth of
thia plain Act of Assembly, Issued a com
mission, under the broad seal of the Com
monwealth, to one of his understrappers in
Philadelphia, named Mitchell, authorizing
him to proceed to Fort Delaware and receive
the votea of the Pennsylvania aoldiera thero
stationed. This agent of Oeary's in thia dis
reputable business was promptly told by the
comtnandiLig officer cf the Fort that the sol
diers from this State under his coanmand
weie not vHunteers, but belonged to the reg
vlar army, and therefore had no right to
vote. Mitchell, however, took their votes in
pit of the offker'a piorefct, and presented
the lut to the Return Judges of the city of!
Philadelphia. We do not now rccofloct
whether Mitchell's return wee received aud
counted by the Board or uot.
Does an- sate man believe fur one mo
ment that when Geary issued that fraudulent
ccmaiki'un to Mitchell he (Geary) did not
know perfectly well that be was deliberately
violating the provisions of the election law
of 186-1 and attempting to commit a grots
fraud oo the ballot-box 1 If be did know
the criminal nature of his act, and the pre
sumption is that be did, he ought to have
been impeached for a misdemeanor in office,
or indicted for a wilful violation of the Act
of Asemb1y referred to. If he did not know
what he was doit-g, it simply provts that he
ia totally UDfii to be Governor of the State,
which seems now to be uairerally conceded,
aa well by friends aa by tots. In view of
Geary's connection with this Fort Delaware
fraud, to read a hypocritical vindication
from hi rn now of the purity of elections, and
to hear him invoking the penalties of the law
upon every one, whether high or low, who
attempts to tamper with the ballot-bcx, is
enough to excite unbounded derision and
supreme contempt.
Our Ilarrittbarsj Letter.
Habrisbcso, Jan. 24, 1870.
Dear Freeman The inauguration on last
Tuesday of Gov. Geary was the cause of no
little excitement. The city was full of peo
ple aud the hotels running over with guests.
The display of military oa the occasion re
minded one of the early days of the rebellion.
Everything wasn't just as pleat-ant aa it
might have teen, owing to a little difficulty
with the Ilarrisburg firemen, they having
declined to march iu procession withanepro
military company from Pkilrtdelj. hia. The
radica's don't seem to approve of the course
tl.ey saw fit to pursue, tut the Qremen are
independent sort cf fellows and "don't care
a continental" what people think or say
about them. They generally run the ma
chine to suit themselves, and have not yet
made up their minds that an "American cit
izen ofc African 'scent" is just aa good as a
fireman. I glory in their spunk. This "lit-,
tie onpleasantness"' was productive of lev
eral knork-down arguments on Tuesday
evening, in which the ilarrisburg and Phil
adelphia firemen participated.
Tuera was an effort made in the House on
Tuesday morning to bring up the Sei.ate bill
incteasir.g the Governor's salary to $7.C00,
but the motion did not prevail, the vote being
Ayes 48, Nayt. 47. As the salary cannot be
increased during the Governor's term of of
fice, Ilia Excellency will have to try and
worry through with the salary of $6,000 at
present allowed him, and the general im
pression teems to be tbat the people are pay
ing pretty dear for their whistle even at that
price. If Gcary.practicea tho same economy
in his own household that he would have the
world believe he ia anxious to see practised
in ,the several departments of the govern
ment, he will no doubt be able to make both
ends meet with his present income.
No disposition has yet been made of the
Legislative Record question. A committee
appointed to contract for the publication of
a Daily Record reported a contract with
George Bergner at $4 .0 per page, but the
LL use and Senate both refused to ratify the
action cf the committee, and recommitted
the report fv,r fuitLer coniideraticn.
There baa been LOthit g in the "shape of
public dorcmeiite printed ss yet. Resolu
tions providing for tbe publisl.ir.g of tho
Governor's Message and Inaugural Address,
Auditor General's Report. Reports of the
State Librarian, Surveyor General, Treasu
rer, 5rc, have ail been voted down.
A resolution was patsed by the Iloure al
lowing each member one hundred dollars for
postage, but it was defeated in the Senate.
The following bills relating to your coun
ty have been introduced in the House : "An
Act authorizing the Cornmif Miners of Cam
bria county to levy a tax cf five mills on the
dollar for building purposes," and "An Act
relating to Coroners rod Coroners' fees in
the county of Cumbria."
It locks just now as if everjbody was in
earnest about the matter of reform. Judg
ing frcm the look cf things at present, I am
of opiniou that there will be no necessity for
the twenty-seven additional c.ffijers this ses
sion. The duties of the pasters and folders
will not be very arduous. II.
To Consumptives Evertwuebk. A cor
respondent cf a Georgia paper writes as fol
lows :
"ITaviug seen much suffering from con
sumption, and knowing that thousands of
dollars are yearly spent by invalids traveling
for their health, and on medicines and phy
ciana, we propose a Bimple recipe by which
patients may become their own pbyMcians,
and if not too far gone, will guarantee a per
fect cure if made and regularly taken accord
ing to directions. The ingredients are hoar-
.are within the reach of oil, the mullen grow
ing wild in every uaa, the hcarbound in
every garden, and the ir.olaa?e8 can be had
at any grocery. The directions for making
are, to take a large handful of hoarhound and
boil us etrong a tea as can possibly be made.
Take up aud then boil an equal amount of
mullen in the same way. Takea teacupful
each of mullen and hoarhound, mixed to
Kther in suitable vessel ; then add a cup
ful of molasses and stew to a syrup the
quicker the better. Take ateaspoonful thrae
times a day. Be particular in following di
rections aa to making, and alHO as to taking
it, and we shall guarantee relief in all cases
not too far advanced. The writer does not
claim this recipe as original with himself, but
has recomended it in many cases with good
result. Aa the ingredienta are common and
easily cbtained, it is not bet to make more
than a quart at a time, particularly in warm
weather, a the fresher it is the better effect
will be produced. Papers of the country
will confer a blessing on thi6, alas! too nu
mercus class north, south, east and west
by publishing the above recipe."
Frozen to Death. The Jonesboro' (111 )
Gazette, January 10. Fays; "On Monday
last, on the farm of Allen W. Kiramel. in
Missitsippi bottom, two men in Bearch of
cattle came upon the cold stiff bodies of Mrs
Haichett and her two little children, one
aged two and the other five ; theyLad been
dead about two weeks, Mrs. natchett had
been living in Missouri, but having some
difficulty with her husband, left home with
hr children. She crossed the river and at
tempted to go to her t,iBter'8,but, aa is known,
perished from cold in the dead hour of the
eight, having been refused shelter, as re
ported, at a farm house by the roadside."
Gioegb f. rENTiCK, theemiuent jour
nalist, wit and poet, died at the residence of
bis son. near Louisville, Ky., on Saturday
last. He had been in bad health for a long
time, and bis deafh was not unexpected.
Be was born in Preston, Conn., Dec. 18,
1B02. and was edacated at Brown Universi
ty, Providence. R. I. He btudied law, but
never practised it
EDWIN M.J5TANTON.
HIS POLITICAL POSsTfON IN 1860.
R nini-ceme-H of th Clore of Trtuldent IStt
chanan't Admint(raUot.
HON. JEREMIAH S. E LACK'S CARS TO THR FCBUC.
To the Editor the New York ILrald:
Since the death ot Mr. btantou Home news
paper writers have revived tl e Ecaudaluun
. - 1 1 1 - , . , v
accouais men oegan to PC propagated. 1
think, in 1SC2 concerning hisconduct while
a Dutixber of Mr. Buchanan'H Cabinet. It
is asserted that he came into that adminis
tration with views entirely opposed to those
of the President aud the meu who where to
be his colleagues, all of whom, except Holt
aud Dix, were iu favor of the Southern Con
federacy, aud ready to aacrifice the Uuion ;
that supported by these two he bullied the
reft; that he terrified the President by thieats
of resignation into me-a-urea which other
wise would not have been thought of; that
he urged immediate war upon the seceding
States to crush out the rebellion; that though
defeated in this by the treason of his asso
ciates, be carried with a hijh hand other
points of soundpolicy ; that by these hardy
displays of hoetility to the administration
which trusted him he promoted the interests
a d w jn the g' a itU''e of its enem'ei
This is the substance expressed in ray own
plain English of many statements coming
from various sources extensively circulated
and so generally believed that if uot soou
contradicted they aie likely to be received
as authentic history. They are not only
false, but they most be injurious to Mr. Stan
ti n's reputation ; and they are grossly un
just to others, dead as weU as living.
BTANTOM'fl DEMOCRATIC RIO KD.
I am not the special defender of Mr. Stan
ton and I crtai;ilv would not assail hirn.
Before he fell away from the democratic
faith our friendship was intimate and cloao.
There was no separation afterwards except
the teparatioo which i inevitable between
two persons who differ widely on public
suljects between two person who differ
widely on public ratjecta believed by both
to be vitally important. Our correspond
ence of last summer and autumu (begau by
myself) shows that I was able to torgive
him my particular share of the injury ho
had done to the liberties of the country, and
he had my sincere gocd wishes for his future
health and welfare. His political attitude
towards the Buchanan administration pre
vious to his appointment a Attorney Gen
eral is wholly iiiisuuderstood or else wilfully
misrepresented. He waa fully with us at
every stage of the K-tncas quektiou, and to
man felt more loathing contempt than he
did for the knavery of the aboiitieni&ts in
refusing to vnte upon the Lecompton consti
tution, when nothing but a vote was needed
to expel slavery frm the new State, aud
thus terminate the dispute by deciding it in
the way which they themselves pretended to
wish. He whollv iltnie,! Mr. DunIna' no
tions, and blamed him severely for the nn
reasonable and mischievous schism which he
had created in the party. Tho Kuow Noth
ingism of Bell and Everett fund no favor
iu his eyea. In the canvass of I860 he re
garded tbe salvation of tho country as hang
ing upon the forlorn hope of Breckinridge's
election. We knew the abolilionUrV to be
the avowed enemies of the Constitution and
the Union, aud we thought the republicans
would necessarily be corrupted by their al
liance with them. As we aaw the march of
these combined farces upon the capital we
felt that tho constitutional liberties of the
country were in e much peril as Rome was
wh'jn the Gauls were pouring over the bro
ken defences of the city. Whether we were
right or wrong is net the questiou now. It
ia enough to say that Mr. Stanton shared
these apprehensions fully. He more than
shared them ; to some extent he inwpired
them, for he knew Mr. Lincoln personally,
aud the account he gave of him was any
thing but favorable.
mr. likccls'b e: ecti s.
The 6th of N ivcmber came, and Mr. Lin
coln was legally chosen President by 'the
electoiial machinery of the constitution,
though the moj jrity cf the popular vote was
against him by more than a million. The
question was now to be tested by actual ex
periment whether a party which existed
only in one section, and which was organ
ized on the sole principal of hostility to the
rights, interests and feelings of the other,
could or would administer the federal gov
ernment iu a righteous spirit of justice, or
whether the predictions of all our great
statesmen for thirty years must be verified
that the abolitionists when they got into
power would disregard their sworn duty to
the Constitution, break down the judicial
authorities and claim obedieuce to their own
mere will as a "higher law" than the law of
the land. The danger was greatly aggra
vated by the criminal misconduct cf large
bodies in the South, and particularly in
South Carolina, where preparations were
openly made for resistance. What was the
federal Executive to do under these circum
stances? Make war 7 He had neither au
thority nor meajs to do that, Bad Congress
would not give him the one or the other.
Should he compromise the dispute? He
could offer no terms and make no pledges
which would not be repudiated by the new
administration. Could he meditate between
the parties? Both would refuse his umpi
rage, for both were as hostile to him as they
were to one another. Nevertheless he was
bound to do them the bt-st service he could,
in spite of their teeth ; and that service con
sisted in preserving the peace of the nation.
It waB his special and most imperative duty
not to embroil the incoming administrt.iiou
by aclvil war which hia successor might be
uuwilling to approve or to prosecute. It
was undoubtedly right to leave the Presi
dent elect and hia advisers in a situation
where they could take their choice between
compromising and fighting. In fact Mr.
Lincoln was in favor of the former, if hia
inaugural be any sign of his sentiments.
KTANTOM'B frOSITIOS.
The mind of no man was more deply im
bed with these opiuiens than Mr. Stanton's.
The idea never entered his head certainly
never passed his lips that the President
ought to make war upon the States, or pat
the whole people out of the protection of the
lawB, and expose them all to indiscriminate
Blaughtej as public enemies because some
individuals among them had done or threat
ened to do what was inconsistent with their
obligations to the United States. He knew
very well that no such thing waa either le
gally or physically possible. General Scott
had reported officially that five companies
constituted the whole available force which
could be sent to the South for any purpose
offensive or defensive. Is it possible that
Mr. Stanton would have undertaken to con
quer the South with half a regiment? He
waa thoroughly convinced that a war at that
time of that kind and under those circum
stances would not only "fire the Southern
heart" hut give to the secessionists the sym
pathy of all the world and ultimately insure
their sncess, while it could not help bA
cripple, disgrace and rnin the cause off&e
Union. Nor did be feel pleasure in the an
ticipation of any civil war between the two
sections of hia country. From th ct.n.
point which he then occupied he id that
war was disunion ; it was blond, conflagra
tion, terror aud tears, public debt and gen
eral corruption of morale, all ending at best
not in the union of the State but ia the sub
jugation of some to the despotic will of
others. He was apt to take a uombre view
of things, and he looked at the dark side of
this subject. The glory, profit and plunder,
the political distinction and pride of power
which brighten it now, were nut included in
his prospective survey.
j STANTON ENDORSES BLACK.
On the 20th of November I anbwered tbe
President's questions concerning bis legal
powers and dutie. holding that the ordinan
ces of secession were mere nullities ; that the
eeceaing stares were ana wouiti oe ns niucn
in the Union as ever; that the federal Ex
ecutive waa bound there as,eltewhere to exe
cute tha laws, to hold the public property
and to collect the revenue ; tbat if the means
aud machinery furnh-hed by law for these
purposes were Inadequate he could not adopt
others and usurp powers which had not been
delegated; that neither the executive nor
legislative departments had authority undor
the constitution to make war upon a State;
that the military power might be used, if
necessary, in aiding the judicial authorities
to execute the laws in collecting the reve
nues, in defending or retaking the public
property, but not in acts of indiscriminate
hostility against all the people of a State.
ThiB is tbe "opinion" which has fince been
so often, bo much, aud so well abused, de
nounced and vilified. Mr. Stanton did not
atultify himself by denying the plain, obvi
ous and simple truths which it expressed.
The paper was shown him before it went to
the President, and after a slight alteration
suggested by himself, he not only approved
but applauded it enthusiastically.
It "oiBappc iuted the President. He had
hastily taken it for granted that Congress
might make iecession a caue for war, and
in the draft of his message already prepared
he had submitted the question cf war cr
peace to their decision. But the advice of
the Law Department, supported by a row-
j erful argument from General Cass, convinced
him of his error, aud that part of the mes
sage was rewritten. The substance of lha
message so modified received Mr. Stanton's
hearty endorsement in everything that re
garded secession and the treatment it ought
to receive.
ST ASTON AB ATTORN E I OENKHAL.
Soou alter thia General Cas retired. I
waa requested to take the State Department
and Mr. Stanton was eppcinteu Attorney
General upon my declaring that I was un
willing to leave the care nf
certain cased
peudiug in the Supreme G urt to any hands
Cut his. luii appointment, al-juo, without
au other proof, ought to satisfy any reason
ing mind that all 1 have said of Mr. Stan
ton's seiitin.euta must be true. No man in
his sober tecsts can believe that I would
have urged, or that Mr. Buchanan" would
have made the appointment, if we had not
both known with peifect ceitainty that
he agreed with us entirely on those funda
mental doctrines of constitutional law to
which we were committed. The faintest
suspicion of the contrary would have put the
Attorney General's office as far beyoud his
reach as the throne of France. We took
him for what he profetted to be a true
friend of the Union, a devout believer in the
Constitution, a faithful man who would not i
tiuiaie ma uaiu oi omce oy wiuui uiaose
dience to the li?.' I am still convinced
that he did not deceive us. If he abandon
ed those principals in 18G2 the change how
ever sudden aud unaccountable, is not satis
factory evidence that he was an impester
and a hypocrite in lbGO.
He did not find Mr. Holt and General Dix
contending alone (or contending at ali )
against tne l reuiaent ana tne rest oi the ad- j
ministration. Mr. Holt on the 3d of Match, 1
1661, eppeuded to his letter of resignation !
., . . . . i ! : . -. l r .1 1
a oiroug expression oi ins gratuuae iur tne
iirm ana generous support" which Mr.
Buchanan had constantly extended to him,
and pays a warm tribute to the "enlightened
statemanship and sullied patriotism" of the
outgoing President. General Dix was not
there at all when Mr. Stauton came in. He
was appoiuted a month afterwards, when
there was no disagreement iu the Cabinet.
He took up his residence at the President's
Tirforri"l ia Vint, f-j i K (, 1 1 . ...1.1
uu iu wuy wutcu uiei, wim universal ap- i
probation. I do not recollect that be had !
one word cf striuUa controversy with the I
President or with auybody else. If, there
lore. Mr. Stauton was at aDj' time engaged
in dragooning the President and hectoring
his colleagnt'H, he could not have had Mr.
Holt and General Dix for his backerB.
HSBENStOKS IN TUE CABINET.
There were disputes and serious differ
ences of opiniou iu the Cabinet during the
period of Mr. Stauton's service ; but hia
share in them has not been truly stated. 1
am not writing the history of those times,
and therefore I say nothing cf what others
did or forbore to do, except so far as may be
necessary to show Mr. Stanton's acts and
omissions in their true light.'
THE OCCUPATION OF TORT ECMTEtt.
Before the election it was determined that
tbe forts of Charleston harbor should bo
strengthened bo aa to make them impregna
ble. The order waa given but the txecution
of it was unaccountably put iff. When
Geueral Casa ascertained that the delay was
acquiesced in by tbe President he resigned.
Two weeks afterwards Major Anderson, com
manding Fort Moultrie and apprehending
an attack, threw his garrison into Fort Sum
ter. Simultaneously came certain commis
sioners from South Carolina demanding the
surrender of the latter tort to that State.
The character of the auswer that should be
given to the commissioners und the question
whether Fort Sututer Bhould be furnished
with men and provisions waa discussed for
three daya, each day running far into the
eight
ACTION cr THE CABINET.
Oa the one Bide it was insisted that the
surrender of the fortress waa so utterly in
compatible with our plainest duty that the
demand waa a gross insult. To leave it in
a condition which would enable rebellious
citizens to take it If they pleased was still
worse, for that weuld be merely another
mode of making the surrender, and a worse
one, because it would be fraudulent and de
ceptive. Major Anderson should, therefore,
be immediately bo reinforced that "hia cas
tle's Btrength would laugh a seige to scorn,"
and then uo attack would be made. Thia
last, instead of being dangerous, waa the
only measure that gave us a chance of safe
ty ; it would not briDg on hostilities, but
avert them, and, if war must come at all
events, the posesBion of Fort Sumter, which
commanded tho other forts, the harbor and
the city, would be of incalculable yalue to
the government of the Union.
To thia there was absolutely no answer,
except what consisted in saying that the
fort could not be relieved without difficulty
and danger of successful opposition ; that
South Caroliua would take it as an affront,
aud thaj it was tanlanv?unt to a threat of
coercion. The replication was easily made :
There was no dauy of even an attempt at
resistance to a si X-vat ; the statements
made of the hostta rower were merelv hr-
if South. Carolina took offense at our "prepa-
house as a member of the family, and re- j to be flum the in.fated bri L,bcrt 'K'ur ,
roamed there during the whole time of his fl,,atCi1 08hore near the Sheboygan, Michigan, i
eervice aa l ea.l of the 1 reasury Department. u bt hoMe Th we JccpoBed t onj j
lie performed his dutv faithfullv. firm v. i IV r J
ration for the safty of r.nr own men and our
own property she must already be in a tem
per to make reconciliation impossible ; and,
ai to coercion, let her take care not to coerce
U,s, and she will be cafe ene vgh.
At length the President produced his de
cisit.n in the form of an answer to the cooi
rnitipioners. While jt wan far from satibfac-
tory to the Southern members, it filled us
with consternaltou aud grtet.
Theu came the desperate struggle of one
alone to do what ail had failed to effect. It
was painful in the extreme, but ontxpected
ly fhoit and decisive. The President gave
up his first ground, yielded the points on
which be had feemed most tenacious; the
answer to South Carolina waa essentially
changed, and it was agreed that Fort Sum
ter should have men and provisions.
ptanton's hare in the business.
Duriug these discussions Mr, StaLton wbb
always true, but the part he took was by no
means a leading one He said many times
that he was there only that I might have
two votes instead cf one. On no occasion
was there the slightest conflict between him
nnd me. He exhibited none of the coarse
ness which some of iris later friends have at
tributed to him. lie never spoke uithout
the greatest respect for his colleagues, aud
the profoundest deferenre to the President.
He haid no word to the President about re
figcing. lie told mc that he would -resign
if I did ; but when certain concessions were
made to my wishes, he expressed himself
perfectly satfied. He did uot furnish one
atom of the influence which brought the
President round on the auswer to South
Carolina. Nor did he ever propore or carry
any measure of his own, directlv or indirect
ly, relating to the recession troubles. Ho
uniformly proftssed to be as ai x'ooa for the
preservation of the public peace as any man
there.
It w(uldbea wrong to the memory cf
Mr. Stauton not to add tbat so far ae I
know, ho never gave countenance or en
couragement to those fabulous stories of his
behavior. Jeremiah S. Black.
General Xews Items.
Ttn old women, widows all, are keep
ing honse together at Palmyra, N. Y.
"Imperisbitble paper coffins. " the latest
device of Yankee genius, are made at Madi
son, Conn.
Last week a man named Ephrairn
Shearer waa killed at the Bellefonte depot
by the cars mnrdrg over hvm.
A New Haven Ret ublican is said to have
j refuheil to let his child be vaccinated with
virus from a democratic baby.
Five piii.or.er8 escaped from the Unit u
town jail on Sunday evening last em' ng
them one charged wi'.h the crime of murder.
Alderman Lynch, of Pittsburgh, has
been sentenced to ten months in the pnbvx
workhouse f-r receiving brit ea while iu
office. Grant's turn cornea i;xr.
A bill is to be presented t-j the Senate,
making it a p-nal offence on the patt of any
Government official to receive a prestr.t of
any kind. We hope it will become a law.
The wife aud two child; en of a farmer
named Dowd, near Vcrmi'lim City .Dae tab,
perishf-d durinji a violent ttorm Saturday
nijht while endeavoring to reach a neighbor
ing farm home.
A false alarm of fire was raised in St.
Joseph's chapel, Liverpool England, on
Sunday Inst, creating a pink- ai.d ruth f r
the doors, durit g which fifteen persona weie
trampled to death.
The Bedford Gasetfe speaks of a severe
sttTtu passirg over that place on Monday
week. Whole liv.e of fences were carried
ntvap an.? l'rtrna rntirriltr il'.trovpi1 l.v th
furvf the element.
It i3 stated that the New Y rk Tamma
nyites have negotiated ith James Gordon
Pennctt for the punhafe of the Ihrald for
j fhrf.e
million dollars, the transfer to take
r- ! place immediately after hia death.
A little daughter of George Lwing. rf
Ueudcrson ville, Mercer county, was lalrh
burned to death by her clothes taking fire,
iu the absence of her mother. Her clothe
were entirely burnt off, and her fiesh burned
to a criap.
A Utter from Mackinac, dated Janunrv
General O'Neill. President r f the Fenian
Brotherhood, has called a Congress of that
orgairzuion, to meet at New York, on April
19th, to make "final preparations for active
hostilities." The Savage wing is included
in the iuvifation.
Son:e poetical genius has represented
the silvery moon a reposing on the inky bo
som of midnight. Pooh! we can beat that
all to smash by representing the colored Sen
ator from Mississippi as an ebony breastpin
stuck in the dirty shirt-bosom cf tbe nation,
A family which was residing in Lynn,
Mass., at last accounts, has, dutiog the past
sixteeu years, lived in sixteen different towns
and cities, and has occnp'ed twenty-eight dif
ferent houses. Dtiriug this moving period
tbe wife became the mother of eleven chil
dren. A young matron of Bridgeport, aged 15
years, recently made an addition to the cen
sus, with the assistance of her mother, Bged
82, her grandmother, aged 61, and her great
grandmother, aged 78, thus compressing
five generations into the smai'.tst compasa on
record.
It has been aunounced by telegraph that
a black Revel ia one of the United States Sen
ators elect from the State of Mississippi. It
ia quite probable that in transcribing the
telegram, au'error was made in substituting
an H for a D, and the i not bciDg dotted
was mistaken for an e.
During an affray between Henry Doran
and Jefferson Lowe, at Uniontown, Pa., on
Saturday last, the former knocked the latter
down and kicked him on the head and
stamped upon him. producing irjuries that
caused his death in three quarters of an
hour. Lowe is in custody.
Mr. John Powell, a. laboring man livinc
near Weisport in Carbon county, has fallen
heir to an immense estate, consisting of dwell
ing houeee in Philadelphia, valuable coal
land and money amounting to seven millions
of dollars. Mr. Powell heretofore worked at
odd j bs. digging cellars, etc.
The Greenville Argus reports that a lit
tle girl, daughter of Mr. Thomas Young, of
Clarksville, was drowned in attempting to
cross a stream formed by the ovet flowing of
Shenango river. A Miss M'Clure witnessed
the sad occurrence, and nearly perished in
an attempt to eave the little girl.
Two daughters of a thrifty farmer in
Princeton, 111., 15 and 17 years old. comple
ted on Monday evening the task of walking
eighty milc-8 within twenty cosecutive hours
for a prize of 8100. They began et 9 o'clock
in the mornijg. and finished at 8 23 in the
evening, having one hour and thirty-seven
minutes to spare.
A Pittsburg jury ha, brought in a ver
dict of " murder in the second degree" against
Campbell, who recently. In cold blood, mur
dered his wife with a dogged ferocity that
the annals of crime never surpassed. The
spectators bused the Jury and verdict, and the
prosecuting attorney refused to take up an
other murder caae tet down for trial at thia
teira.
; 8. savs thrtt the bodies of six men. minnnst'd
A youcg girl nazted Maggie Baniuo )
waa arrested a few days since at Biiatun's !
Station and taken to Pittsburg on the charge !
of bavins caused her fatbr'e death by pui-
son. Ou Monday she had a hearing before
the Mayor.aDd no evidence appearing against
her, phe waa honorably acquitted.
A bill to prevent and punish the pub
lication of obscene advertisements har been
introduced into the Legislature of this Stat.
Such a bill wb introduced during the last
session, but failed to become a law. There
is a necessity for an act cf this character and
it bhonld be passed at an early day.
Two young ladies in Allentowo. a few
evenings ago, were entertaining each other
with gymnaetical and acrobatic exerciaea
after the manner of the India mbber man,
when one cf them unfortunately dislocated
a leg at the hip. The evolutions of the fair
amatenr performers carte to a Midden che.
Tbe Oil City Times of the 19th inet. re
ports great excitement, especially among the
colored citizens of the place, caused by the
sude'en death of a vonnR colored girl, the
the daughter of R. M. Green, a highly re
spectable barber of that city. Another col
ored barber r an ed Cyrus Adams and his
wife have been arrested on the charge of poi
soning the girl in an attempt to produce an
abortion. '
It now appears that the three children
of Joseph Wyble. of Wypnckie, N. J., who
disappeared on New Year's day and who
were reported found dead in the woods, hav
not yet been discovered, aithrugh a laree
force has bepn engaged in searching the
woods for nearly three weeks. By some it
ib snpponed that they were murdered by
their father and their bodies secreted in the
mountains, although there has been notl.ir g
yet developtd to substantiate tbe terrible
rumor. The search Rtill conticnes.
A Rudlcnt estimate of Geary.
The Philadelphia Shining Fat, the most
ably edited Republican newspaper ia that
city, draws ti.t following graphic sketch of
Geary. It' is true to the veiy life:
It is evident that Mr. Geary hae a high
opinion if himself, and we are pleared to
know that r.e man iu the Sate trunks him
a good Governor. H is inaugural address is an
eh quent and earnest acknowledgment of hia
public services, and we are glad to find an
absence of that self-depreciation in which bo
many politicians indulge. S great a man
might safely rest upon his own merits entire
ly, and we are surprised that the Governor
should ann.it that tie depends upon his fel-low-citirer.s,
and actually acknowledge that
he owes something in il.e Almighty. We
believe, imleed.it is not much.
He doei not owe the Uovernorship to the
Almighty, we reverently suggest, nor to the
people, though he says so To thank them
for their generous cenfidence is to be rather
ironical. It ia well known uow that Mr.
Geary owes his reo.'miuation. not to the peo
ple, but to the politicians who ran the Phila
delphia Convention, and that the Convention
chose him because they conld not agree on a
better mtn. He was personally unpopular
with the delegates, and when became before
the pedis his maj ri y was Cor-siderbly less
than Judge Williams.
Of his mtseage the Governor thinks well.
He has fully reflected upon hi views. and is
confirmed therein, and only his un wilingness
to bore the Common wealth pi events him from
repeating them word fir word. Like An
dtew Johnson, when he waa asked to takp a
d'ick. the Governor says " I will not mske
any promises. Ltt uiy pes', action be a
pledge to rny fu'nre conduct." We are sor
ry to hear this. Instead cf a sttibbi ra per
sistence in hie past policy we had hoped for
a reform.
It is true that the Governor advocates
reform, and saya thatlie is in favor of integ
rity, a protective tariff, public virtue, .the
payment.of the debt, and education. It ia
this assertion that will cause wide-spread
alarm in the State. When John W. Geary
declares himself a friend to virtue, it is to be
expected that he will be the champion of
vice. lie has taught ns by the continual
end marked difference between his profes
sions and his acts to believe that he always
means the opposite of what he fiys. If;thi
Message means anything, it i, therefore,
that Govenor Geary will insist upon legisla
tive corruption, the betrayal of his friends,
free trade, ruin of h"me industry, anarchy,
moral depravity, traffic in ffice.and will do
his best to disgrace and degrade the honora
ble office he unfortunately holds.
The addrass is a long one, but its length
is itscreatest merit. It is a stumn sn?ech
on fnVil stilts. It informs r.s that aimed
rebellion was signall) crust. rd, and that the
Government has es'ablialied it authority.
We learn that the Pacific R lilread lias
been completed and plenty has blessed the
labors of the husbandman. Teace, too. ha
cheered our firesides. Something of this kind
we dimly remember to have heard before ;
s' ill it k well to be reminded of those bless
ings, as some slight consular oa for the mis
fortunes of the Commonwealth.
The creature of a couvention. the dupe
ar.d the duper of dishonest politicians, a man
fa'se to hiB friends and fearful of hia foes.
John W. Geary begins his second terru'with
the confidence of no man who knows him,
and with the distrust of even those who do
not. If his part is U be taken as the evidence
of hia future, theie ia no reason to hope that
the next three years of his admioisratiuu will
be creditable to himself, or honorable to the
State. Great was the glorification at Harris
burg yesterday, but it was empty glory and
hollow ahow. We are weary of the man, and
donotcateto Bay all that the ocaslon so
strongly suggests. We judge him only by
what we know of him, and that is enough to
depress the hopes or 8ronse the indignation
of the humblest citizen cf Pennsylvania.
TO THE WORKING CLA.SS. We are
now prepsrel to furnish all classes with steady
employment at home, the whole of the time or
for spare moments. Burmese new, li.:ht and
profitable. Persons of either sex easily earn
from 50c. to $5 per evening. Bots and girls
earn nearly as much as men. That all who see
this notice may send their address, and test tbe
business we make this unparalled offer; To such
as are not well satisfied, we will send $1 to pay
for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, a
valuable eample, which will do to commence
work on, and a copy of Tax rxori.a'a LiTra
ast Compa!cion one of the largest and beat
family newspapers published all sent free by
mail. Reader, if you want permanent, profit
able work, address E. C. ALLEN & CO.
Augusta, Maiue. '
TO CO.SlTMPTIVES.
Thc ADvaaTtsxa, having been restored to
health in a few weeks by a very simple remedy,
afier having suffered several years with a severe
lung affection, and that dread disease, Con
sumption, ia anxious to make known to hia fel
low sufterera the means of cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a cory of
the prescription used (free of charge), with' the
directions for preparing and using the nine,
which they will fiud a suss cuac roa Consump
tion, Asthma, Bronchitis, Ac The object
of the advertiser in sending 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, aa it
will cost them nothing and may prove a bleAaing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
4r Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON
U3.J20. ly. WiUi&auburg, KIdjs Co . N Y.
-OkUPHANs- coum'TT7r
Jr By rirt.. cf aa cer 0f JTV
Oourt of Caabria co.Bt,, m,
place hereinafter stated, ik. fn'1,,
Estate, of which n. n n Ioll,t K
Washington township, diei s Iej ? '
' A ' . L ? V
.
A v Mm i c ill k m i l u i i r a i , .
" "-vsj FUv I' IT i
tbeWeatW.rdotJJ'-
bonnded on the north by
b, ; Crawford street. ."aio8
a lot owned in Uln!l.
Rodger, and eC
known on plan ot Batd BorotV
To be sold at the Court Hoc, i, .
1K70, at 2 o'clock, r. . ftu
No 2.
Being ti e tir.diriHe i k;t ,i . . ,
OF WOODLAND sifluilj!
township, in id rnk, n.c n
lsndsof EHasReam. Pv w
Martin Cu.ter. a.,.l o.Y' '
64 ACRES ,j S7 itT;,"
or lew, and beii.K part ol
the nsme of Tixm Sm th 's
Y J ..i ,. .. "'IB.
Xo. S.
xnjp w.e urciviCe." hu'.f of TT,
towmhia in 1 "Att.j
land, of Jacob Re'ghsrt.'uT
fciid 110 Ptr-r. , A;'
- .-..tu.rur.til 1T.J..
t tr r ft ....
f "on Ji, v, ,
Thomas Smith. '
Lot No 2 and 3 be rci u tt r
- oAjpur.T Tat;--,
r4T or Fjeb&dabt , leJ. it 2 tc.tck,, .
TERMS: Oi-e third r.rt-.
u u piu wu n.c lurninmii j o Ittu
sales, and the residue
merits, with interest, to be secu'rei It it-,''
merit bonds and mortgages of i'-e r- r.'4'
Adm"r of D. T. S'.crrai.dK j
A T the same time ard p'nc, .
-a-, cnerei at rubiie S&:e. th;&th(rob.
aiviaea rall or the propers. m iljwr ..
as Lots 2'os. 3 and 3. so thm --,-'
Terms same as ibe AJfiSir'v.rt..rit-.
CTUburg, Pa. rjn' 5 ; '5,
F
ETER CAMPBELL
IMPROVED
BEE HIVE
1 ne unaersinea ns eeurej iei.Tji,
of the Lmtea stales, a.itea Vtztxbtr u,i
for ak improTar.ent in the cotstrctUoB ,! a
Hives, and clsiais for bin invenixncTUMj
possessed b? no other heretofore ;:-.-jil '
1 be principal feature of thia KeeHrTt s-
arrargemtBt by rnoi a :i insert:!
It ventilated, ihue precl.'dlig the poit.:-ii
the bees euiothering, '.he ca b eaou fli
hcev souring. 1 his ce:ra.e end Mint:
dished bv a vtrtxal perforated tatie,
centrally through the tdre a:,d oprnitt:?
and bottom. Ail pernors in ere:tl :nr
ture win i or.ee ete tae gre&i tar&nitgt,
cured ic thii mproveineiit. i r.e te;;.it
for the increase of bees
Tbe r.e?n!Ur constructio n of ti e brfe.
ularly in ihe arraugeree.i u? u.e ;srs !r
parttnruts, w5iert:bT it ea bclf-inc
time without disturbing tbe ben, 11
valuable improTemer.t which bto-.rr.
to aiiy pert-en who txtnires iV. ILu 1
examioaiiou of the work'ngs ot tuattirr
condition of the interior cn be iriiu
time, as the si tea are cased with gka. !
van be trisferred from a liifferea-. Lt:2
improved one without lt d fflcuitt
ll would refjiire too much space to tr.zm
here all tbe advantages claiinei in tif:
'ion, but full ii fortcstioa wj 1 t
tiihed by applying in perron or b -c
patentee. 1 am now j repard ii
territory f rthesaleof the improvtir:
in anr portion of the TJniteU Stale
FfcTEK CAMrmi
Carrolltown, Cambria Cc.a
'1 be patentee ol the above has ioir'f
ar,d "atenleJ an AUTOMATIC RAIL7-!'
GA TE. to which he iiivites the im'
railroad men. Full information ia w i
ni-hed on application, and Ce3ipiB ,;.
will be tliPSOsed of bv the miertiir. 4: .
as above. j.in.ll.';
WV T T - 4 1IT ft A . 'T- O O ' V " i
v SALfc. The undersign 1 Yi'
M L&avt . Eq , late of Loretto Bor it1
ceased, offer at nrivte !. on fm-rtrsru.
Tract of Land in Alleehenv Tcwrr
iaoBoria county, located one tus.e :r"i
to. on the road lending to Pt. Aiz--' '
tontaininfr. EVENT Y ON E ACF.E3 F
Amu of which are cie-reJ, eii f' ' je
tion haTing a good Lo Pavi B" tr j
erected. The balance of the Sard :!" i,.
with cheptnot, oak, sug-tr aisi other
timber. For terms and '?!ef infers'- :
ply to either of the nnder:Frel
MARGARET I.EAM,'
AUG. WALTER, C
Executors of 1' ir:'i
E
N B. All persons indebted. eV.lt j
or book account, to tbe estnte i-f ij r.
dec"d, will Hte costs by m.ikii'P r
payment to F. O'Friel, Eq.. bore::. f- ?
au"thor:zed to collect and receipt fcr j fc
TIMBER LAND AND S.UR k
PROPERTY FOR SAlX-':!vl
able propertv situated near TorHg' - '1 r
on the Pa. R. R., in Vaah;t,-
Cambria county, contain:! g 37 At V.
having thereon erected a SAW i.'-1, J c.
as th "Rough and Readr" JMI, !"'Cr J ' '
DWEI.L1NU HOUSE and STABi.Ej C'
fifteen acres are cleared, the fclr '
well timbered. Ia one of tbe nsc.V; ;
locations lor lumbering purposes t-,;'.: i
Will be sold on fair trrrni nJ Vf t
on the first day of April next v'T .
upon or addrwia GEO. M. i'", ' !
JarJlO. l70.-4t. EbSfL-
VALUAI5LE TAVF.FkN rBOj;
TT FOR SALE I biy-a' 1
able and commodious Tavern a ; :
situajte at Gallittin. Cambria rouB.J. 1, -known
as the Michael J . Saiiih F i
erty. is offered for sale oa reason0 --,
terma. It is one of the mrst dei ;
in the county, ia in an "ce"'!ltJlS-ft :
axd doing a thriving b:ires. 1 cs,pt
be given as Boon s tbe file 1 .f1'..; I
Persons desiring to purchase wi'i ' j , -address
R- L- f ,
Jan. 6. Ig70. tf EDcs5t
REAL ESTATE AND ,
TOR SALE I We hare far ;, c
of land situate in Susquehanna w' a!
bria county, containing
about
rstf-
bavirp thereon a Steam S
Machine, a Blacksmith Shop. li: " r
Tools,) and two Dweilicz hj,u,f7.:?
Also, FIFTY ACRES 0 J
TIMBER LAND in tie sne tows .
Timber adjoining can be hot'gn
tSTerms mo-ierate ana c ,p.
x' 11 ihC9.tr.
STATE of incnl
Dtc'o .-Letters U,:
tate of Michaal Murray, lata oi B?v
ahip, deceased, havic beeaffl!,!
derairned by the Register of j
notice ia hereby given iajbtS
to aaid estate tbat payceat rc j ,
out delav, and thoe hsvt-g c 1
same will preeat then m Pror- J
OOD, BETTER, bEJ;1
tnrleheaBUtTob'itS
are at M L. OVtmaa
r.uenBDurir. 'u . -.
If