Cambria Freeman.
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Thcbsuat Mossiso, : Feb. 10, 1870-
The JoboitviTO Tribune, 1 be Co,
Ceni'neis and the Xew Jail,
If the recently installed editor of tLe
Johnstown Tribune is a corrtct cspocrnt ef
j-obllc sentiment ia that Racieut aod re- j
Downed borough, it i fair to infer that its
citizens entertain towards the people of the
northern portion of the conoty , and especial
ly towards the citizens of Ebensburg, a feel
ing cf bitter and undisguised hatred- We
can only ay, with the utmost sincerity and
trotbfnlDess, that such a spirit of nncharita
blenessianctf reciprocated in this community.
. The last number of the Tiilune contained
s labored, iuconclutiv and abusive article,
which the editor submitted to the candid
aiid dispassionate consideration of his read
ers, on the subject of "Our County Commhv
slonera and the New Jail." The editor
frankly admits that "if vould appear that,
in accordance tciih an Act of Assembly on the
subject, our county jail teat condemned by tico
nieces sire Grand Juries as being unfit for
fhe purpose for which it teas erected, and with
their approbation and that of the Court, the
Commissioners were empowered to build a
new jail." The Act if Assembly to which
the editor refers wrs passed on the 15th of
April, 1334. and when he acknowledges its
bidding fore?, be rtrtti dris the whole argu
ment aud his mouth ought to be closed.
The iiUietrve, over the erection of a new jail
begin with the Grand Jury. The first pre
sentment made to the Court by that tribunal
was at March Sesnions, 18C9. The-Foreman
of that Grand Jury was Fiancis O'Friel,
q., of Loretto, one of the most intelligent
aod oprigbt citizens cf the county, and
he org the twenty members of that body
who were sworn, there were ten jurors from
Ibe southern portion of tie cccnty. The
next pretentmtnt, as required by law, was
made by the Grind Jury at June Sessions,
1869. The Foreman of that Grand Inquest
was Msj Jihn Thompson, of Ebensburg, a
gentleman well known to the citizens of the
whole county and to the people of Johns
town especially. On that Grand Jury, six
teen being sworn, there were nine gentlemen
who reside iu the southern section cf the
county. At the sarr.e Court at which this
second presentment was made, Judge Tay
lor made the following endorsement on tho
back of it :
"9th June. 1869, approved and ordered to
" he filed, and it i hereby recommended to the
" Commissioners of Cumbria county that this
" piesentment and the like presentment of the
"Grand .Jury at March Sessions, 18G9, Bi
"CAkSILD INTO SfFt'CX BY TBI SUCTION OF A
" aw aid avrr cjekt jail."
This order of the Court wa signed by
I'ri' George Taylor, President Judge, aud
Vy Ujv. Gcre V. Eia'y ad lion. James
Murrey. Associate Judges of the Court.
We have now stated the action of two
gaccet-sire Grand Juries, under the Act of
Assembly, aod the order of Ibe Court ia re
ference thereto. We therefore eay to the
editor of the Tribune, in view oi ;he law and
the facts, that tho County Commissioner?
were legally bound to put the jail uudsr
contract. They had no discretionary power
over the subject.
Three weeks after this order of the Court,
at an Argumect Court held on tho 29th of
June 1869, the Commissioners, through their
counsel, presented a petition to the Court,
asking the Court to approve cf a loan, on the
credit of the county, of$40,GC0, to be ap
plied to the erection of the proposed new
building, and to authorize them to istue the
bonds of the count-, iu amounts not less
than $50, bearing not more than 6 per cent,
interest, aud payable not more than tun
years from their date. On tho same day
the Court granted to the Commissioners the
authority prayed for. If the Commissioners
thought, at the time they presented this pe
tition to the Court, that $10,000 would bo
sufficient to eract a substantial jiil for a
county which ia increasing as rapidly in
population as is Cambria, and which would
last for generations, they discovered -their
error when the architect submitted to them
his estimate of the actual cost. Blair county
contains about tbe same population as Cam
bria. The coutract price for building the
new jail in tbe former couuty is $04,000 and
yet the contractor t a tnt.n (f long txperienco
in the business, afier baring honestly ex
pended the whole JC4.0C0, is about to be
generously relieved from his undertaking by
the ComniUaiocers of that county thej
themselves completing the structure at
sn additional cost of $10,0C0. making $74,
000 in all, which is $1,000 more than tho
amount for which Mr. Cullan agreed and
bound himself to complete the Cambria
county jil.
If a new jail must be erected, and no man,
even in Johnstown or within the jurisdiction
of the "District Court," will say that it
ought not to be, then it is the part of true
economy to build one that will be amply
sufficient for all the purposes of tbe future.
We kuow that it is somewhat burdensome
on the people, but such things have hereto
fore happened iu many of the counties of
this State aod will Lake place in many
others ia the future.
Now, what did tbe Commissioners do?
They first consulted a fki'iful and expe
rienced architect, Mr. Uaviland (who came
here from Ilollidaysburg, where he was then
aod atill is superintending the erection of the
eew county prison for Blair county) as to
tbe best location for the jail. His decision
was against the erection of the new jail on
the ground now occupied by the old prison,
.vch had been pronounced by a State pris
, r. ::.rpectcr. mora than two years ago, to
'j a positive, shameless nuisance, and a
-.adding disgrace to the county. The archi
tect selected the present location, and the
Commissioners purchased the ground and
concluded tbe coatract with, Mr. Callar.
The asseri'-ca that iVey pu.CiAssd "a lot in
a svetnpu j simply a. falsehood;. In digging
the foundation a sufficient quantity of flag
stones have already bteu taken from it' to
macadamfxe Oentru street fron the Academy
to High street. It may, therefore, be lltei
ally said that the new jul will be built upon
a rock. The CommUtiuners. one of whom
is a midei.t rf Conemaugh borough, will
ont "resgti" iu order to appease the wrath
of tho editor of the Tribune or to silence the
clamor i f those whom Le represents. They
Lave no personal ftiterest whatever in the
erection of the building, but are simply and
to the best of their ability carrying out the
plaiu provisions of an A"t of Assembly, as
will as obeying tbe order of the Court.
The work will be prosecuted. to .a successful
com pie: ion. aud when finished will rifirct
credit on the contractor and Ik nor on the
county.
The Treasury Investigation.
It will be seen from an article which we
copy from the Harrisburg Patriot that the
Senate Finance Committee has commenced
its investigation of the inner operations and
practices ef the State Treasury department.
Tbe Committee is empowered to extend its
examination back for the last ten years.
We trmt that the investigation will be
thorough and complete, without any regard
as to what former incumbent, whether Re
publican or Democrat, may be affected by
any exposures that may be made. If what
is called a white washing report should be
made, it would have been much better that
the Committee had never entered upon its
work. During last summer. Gov. Geary
stated to Benjamin Brewster, his Attorney
General, that William II. Kemhle, a former
State Treasurer, who retired from tfEce in
May, 1868. was a defaulter. We presume
that one so high in authority spoke by the
book and knew whereof he affirmed. A
great deal has been said and much more has
been written about the speculative practices
cf tbe present and former State Treasurers,
and where there is so much smoke there must
be some fire.
The present Treasurer, R. W. Mackey.
underwent a partial examination before the
Committee and it will be observed, from the
article referreg to, that he refused to state
how much money he had made by loaning
the surplus funds in the treasury to his
pet banks. This is just where the shoe pinch
es not only in bis own case, but also in
those cf his predecessors in office. There
can be no doubt but that a sweeping reform
is imperatively demanded in the manage
ment cf that office, and in order that a solid
basis may be erected for stringeut and nec
essary legislation in reference thereto, the
people expect the Gmrnittee to do the work
that has been committed to their hands
without fear, favor or affection.
The Xevr "District Court' Bill.
Abcut two weeks ago a bill was prepared
in Johnstown and sent to the Legislature,
which provided for enlarging the jurisdiction
of the "District Court," and also for the
election of a Sheriff or Marshall, Prothono
tary and District Attorney. The bill was
referred to the Local Judiciary Committee,
and last Thursday evening was set apart by
tbe committee for the purpose of hearing the
views and arguments of the friends and op
ponents of the measure. Johnstown was
represented by nearly a score cf her mcst
pro:uineut and h.fdueutial citizens, and our
"city on the, hill" by just fee. It is gener
ally understood that the Committee will re
port the bill with a negative recommendation,
owing to its aaaruolous and unconstitutional
provisions.
We presume that the next subject of agi
tation to the lower end" will be the erec
tion of a new county out of parts of Cambria.
Somerset, Westmoreland and Indiana coun
ties, wiih Johnstown as the county seat.
Or, it may be that the celebrated petition of
last winter, which modestly demanded that
the Legislature thould enact a taw for the
removal of the Feat of justice from ths
centre of the county to its extreme south
western corner, and vtiihinfour miles of the
Somerset county line, will le revived.
That interesting event will occur about the
same time'thit the National capital is re
moved from Washington, to a point in the
interior of Nebraska, which is caid to be
the geograph ical centre of the United States.
Judge Grler.
The last day of January terminated the
official connection of the Hon. Robert C.
Grier with the Supreme Court of the United
States. It was the occasion of an interest
ing correspondence (published in another
column,) between Chief Justice Chase, his
Associates on the Bench, ai d Judge Grier,
which is as honorable to the Court as it is
complimentary and fl ittering to the retiring
Judge. Judge Grier wasborn in 1794 in
Cumberland county, in this State, and was
appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court by
President Polk in 1846. At tho time of
his promotion to tho Supreme Bench he was
President Judge of the District Court of Al
legheny county, a positon he had filled for
a number of years with distinguished ability
and admitted integrity. Judga Grier is a
remarkable man. As a jurist he has few,
if any, superiors in the country, while his
perfect and absolute honesty, the brightest
jewel in the judicial diadem, was universally
conceded., Uta place on the Bench of our
highest legal tribunal will be difficult to sup
ply. Borne down with age and infirmity,
but with his clear and masiive intellect un
impaired, be retires from the Bench he had
60 long dignified and adorned, with the warm
esteem and confidence of his brother Judges,
and with the best, wishes of his countrymen
for the calm and peaceful enjoyment of a re
tired life.
A resolution was recently offered in tbe
Legislature of Alabama censuring the clerks
of that brxlv for ignorance. The matter w
referred to a committee, who reported that
tbe tauit.was witn members, who could not
pell correctly, or write lesiblv. and recom
mending the appointment of a Committee to
put aU bills in readable and grammatical
than. This is tbe effsct of RaHiiil tinVnr.
ing with the franchise.
Our Harrisburg Letter.
IIabrisburo. Feb. 5, 1870.
Dear Freeman The exciting topic this
week has been "An Act to provide for the
appointment of a Metropolitan Police in the
Crty of Philadelphia-." As the newspapers
hnve been discussing the merits and demerits
of this bill for some time j at. it i to be. pre
sumed that nearly ever body is fami'iar
with tbe name if not with the provisions of
the bill. This act divides the city into Ove
police divisions, with a commissioner for
each district vetted with the entire control of
the police force of said city. The commis
sioners are named in the bill, and each divi
sion elects a commissioner every fifth year,
with a salarv of $3,000. One of the com-
L missi. i ers named is Ex-Gov. pollock, and
the Mayor is to be an ex -officio member of
tie board for the time being. The Demo
crats fel very much exorcise I over the bill,
inamuch as Senators Lindei man and Mc
Iutyre were ahtent when the bill passed the
Senate, and there is a strong suspicion that
the gentlemen named were influenced by
improper motives. The Radicals, by their
shrewdness in mai ceivriug. managed to
have the bill introduced, from the Committee
on Municipal Corporations, fto which the
bill was referred in the House.) out of order.
j and then by a resolution, introduced the
same day, made it a special order tor the
same afternoon (Wednesday) and passed it
up to third reading; but not being able to
control two-thirds, it was forced over and
would come up on third reading. As the
hour for adj iirnment yesterday had been
fixed for 12 o'clock, the Democrats hoped
to continue the orders until that hour with
out reaching bills on third reading ; but the
Rads. fell back on their old bobby, the res
olutions, and passed one continuing the ses
sion until the orders were all gone through
with, and as the Speaker decided all points
of order against the Democrats, (among oth
ers one empowering the majority to continue
the stssion.) they (the Democrats-) finally
made a virtue of necessity, and the bill passed
at a few minutes past one o'clock on Friday
afternoon, without debate the previous
question having been called by the republi
cans. The vote was 57 ayes (all Radicals)
and 88 nays (nil Democrats). Mr. M-Ateer,
Democrat, paired off with Mr. Webb, Radi
cal, and Mr. Myer. Dem , with Mr. Cham
berlin. Rid. Some of the Radical journals
of Philadelphia do not seem to be very fa
vorably impressed with the provisions of the
bill.
A joint resolution instructing our Senators
and icquestiLg our Representatives in Con
gress to oppose any effort to reduce the pres
ent tariff on coul and iron, and an act to
prevent and punish the publication of ob
scene advertisements and the sale of noxious
medicines, were passed this week ; and an
act to extend the corporate powers of the
borough of Cambria, in the county of Cam
bria, was introduced in the House on Mon
day night and has beeu referred to the proper
committee.
An act relating to coroners and coroners
fees in the county of Cambria has been re
ported from the committee with a negative
recommendation.
As I predicted in my last, there were a
number of distinguit-hed Cambrians in the
city this week, principally from Johnstown
and Ebensburg, who came here to look after
the interests of their respective sections on
the Distiict Court question. The Johns
towners are advocating the passage of a bill
increasing the jurisdiction of said Court,
while the Ebensburgers are opposed to giving
them any more power i.T the premises.
Both parties were before the Local Judiciary
Committee on Thursday evening, but as the
Committee have not yet reported I do not
know what impression their presence here
has produced in that direction.
There are quite a number of important
public bills before the Legislature and yet to
be acted on this session. II.
Ma. Saulseo kt, of Delaware, recently
presented a memorial in the Senate of the
United States, in which the following opin
ions f eminent statesmen of all parties, in
eluding Abraham Lincoln, are given on the
question tf negro equafity :
John Adams said :
I have never read reasoning more abnrd.
sophistry in:ire proas than the subtle labors of
Ile.vrtius and Kossenu to demonstrate then.it
uril cqoa'ity of mankind.
Thomas Jefferson said :
Nothinp is more certainly written in the
book of fate than that these people (the ne
groes) are to be free, nor is it less certain that
the two races equally free cannot live under
the same govercment.
Dmiel Webster says:
If any gentleman from the South phall pro
pose a scheme, to be carrie I on by this govern
ment upon a large scale for the transpoitation
of the colored people to any colony or any
place iu the world. I should be quite disposed
to incur almost sny degree of expense to ac
complish that object.
Henry Clay said :
Of the utility of a total separation of the two
incongruous races of our population, supposing
it to be practical, none have ever doubted; the
mode of accomplishing tbit desirable object
has alone divided public opinion.
Stephen A. Douglas said :
I believe that this government was made by
white men for the benefit of white men and
their posterity forever ; and I am in favor of
confining citizenship to white men of European
birth and descent instead of conferring it upon
negroes, Indians, and other iuferior races.
Abraham Lincoln said :
I am not and never have been in favor of
making voters or jurors of negroes, nor ol qual
ifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry
with whites; and I will say funher. in addition
to this, that there is a physical difference be
tween the white and black races, which I be
lieve will forever forbid the two races living on
terms of social and political equality.
The Erie Observer pays a strange fatal
ity seems to overhang the young Republican
attorneys of that place. No less than four
of them have been in unpleasant scrapes, in
volving their legal aud 'personal stauding.
within the past year. Erie must be unheal
thy for "ioil" lawyers. It also says that
the incident at North East, in connection
with graveyard robberies. 6how that an or
ganized band of body-snatchers have been
committing depredations on the burial places
of the Lake Shore for 6ome months. The
6ame paper gives the details of a most re
volting act of brutality perpetrated by a
man uarud Small upon a youug orphan girl
under his charge. Hanging should be the
law for rape fiends.
Twenty or thirty peraons are employed
about the Uouse of Representatives at Har
risburg, who have nothing to do but read
the papers, talk politics, and pocket their
pay. They were put upon the list as pasters
and folders, and etill claim to be employed
in that line. But their occu pations are gone
antl they should fade into the obscurity of
private life. Why are they retained? Is
there a dividend declared at the end of each
month in which certain parties, high in po-
: . : . l . l i x .
Biiion, mo luueresieu w nen a large num
ber of men are paid fordoing nothing, there
must be some strong reason for tbe outrage
upon right and justice.
Justice CIrlcr.
na PKTiHEa from the tr. s. eupremk bkkch
AN IKTKKBSTIKQ SCENE IN TOE CoOfcT.
On the opesing of tho court on Tuesday
the Chief Justice remarked :
Yesterday was the last day of the service
of our brother Grier in this court. We all
regretted the infirmities which constrained
his resignation. Upon the odjournmtnt of
the court his brethren waittd upon hirr. in a
Ood v. and flared their asturance of gratitude
for Lis services, veneration fot his character
and best wi.-hes for his happiness, in writ
ten form. Ue has replied to that communi
cation this rnornii-g. The court, without
reading the papers, will order that both be
entered on the minutes.
THE COUKT TO MB. JUSTICE GP.IER.
SUFREXB COVRT ROOM. WASHINGTON.
J nuary 31, lfc70. Dear Brother: Your
term of judicial strvico as a Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States will
close t -day, by your resignation. We can
tot permit an event so interesting to pass
without expiettsing to you something of the
feelinii which it excites in us, for some of
us have been long associated with yc u, and
though the association of others has beeu for
briefer periods, we all honor and love you.
Alnirst a quarter of a century ago vou
brought to the labors of the court a mind of
great original vigor, endowed with singular
powers of apptebension and discrimination ;
enriched by profound knowledge of the law,
and prepared f.r the new work before you
by large experience in a tribunal of which
you were tbe sole judge.
Always you possessed the esteem, the re
spect and the entire cofidenc6 of the bar
and the suitors who frequented your court,
and of the people among whom you admin
istered justice.
Transferred to a more conspicuous posi
tion, you wore large honors. The senti
ments of the profession and of the people of
a single city and State became the senti
ments of the American bar and of the whole
We who haW been nearest to you best
know how valid is your title to this consid
eration and affection. With an almost in
tuitive perception of the right ; with an en
ergetic detestation of wrong ; with'a positive
enthusiasm for justice ; with a broad and
comprehensive understanding of legal and
equitable principles, you have ever contri
buted your full share to the discussion and
settlement of the numerous and often per
pltxing questions which duty has required
us to investigate and determine.
This aid we greatly acknowledge, and cau
never forget. N r can we ever cease to re
member the considerate magnanimity with
which you have often recalled or modified
expressions of which your own reflections
have disapproved, as likely to wound, un
necessarily, the sensibilities of your breth
ren of the bench or the bar.
Your eminent fervices as a judge com
mand our respect and gratitude ; your mag
nanimity and kindness as a man. in our
official and personal intercourse, have drawn
to you, irresistjbly, our veneration and love.
We deeply lament that irfiimitieg, inci
dent to advauciug j-ears, constrain you to
retire from .the post you have so long and so
h norably filled. But though you will no
longer actually participate in our labors here,
we trust that you will still be with us in
spirit and sympathy. We shaM still seek
aid from your counsels ; we shall still look
for gratification from your society. May
you live mauy years to give us both. May
every earthly blessing cheer, and the assured
hope of a blessed immortality, through
Christ, our Saviour, brighten each year with
ever increasing radiance.
With warm affect i.-n and profound ie
spect we remain your brethren of the bench,
Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice.
Samuel. Nelson. Associate Justice.
Nathan Clifford, "
Noah H. Swayke, "
Samibi. F. MlLLtR,
Davh Davis,
Stfpiien J. Field, .
IIou. R. C. Grur. Associate Justice, Su
preme Com t. United States.
MR. JUSTICE GIIIEP.'S RFPLT.
Washington, February 1. 1870 Dear
Brethren: Your letttr. read to me bv the
Chief Justice last evening, quiie oveicame
me, and I could then make no reply. I
promised to respond iu writing.
My pen, even now, cannot express the
profoundst emotions it awakened; senti
ments of esteem aud affection towards each
one of you ; sentiments of regret, not unmin
gled. I trust, with resignation, that increas
ing infirmities have compelled our separation,
and sentiments f gratitude for such a testi
monial from my brethren at the close of my
long term of service.
Iu my home in Pennsylvania, whether life
be long or short, you nay reit assured I
shall always cherish fcr each of you warm
aflVction and sympathy.
That God's blessing may rest upon the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
upon each of its members, is the fervent
prayer of your late associate and brother,
R. C. Gkier.
The Wtnockif. Mtstery. Discovery of
the ISodies of the Children 1 hey are Traced
by the Crows. The mystery of the disap
pearance of the three children of Joseph Wy
ble, of Wynockie, in Passaic county, N. J.,
and which has occupied considerable pub'.ic
attention for some weeks, was solved on
Wednesday morning. The information was
brought to Paterson during the afternono by
Mr. Rusling. the Engineer of the New Jersey
Western Railroad, and the excitement
caused in that city by the intelligence was
intense the offices of the local journals
being fairly besieged and the street corners
crowded by speculative gatherings.
It seems that a man named William Ram
say, with a companion, was walking through
the wilderness in the morning, about two
miles from the hut of the Wybles, when their
attention was called to a large flock of crows
ascending and descending at a point near the
fot of a mountain. Proceeding to the spot
they discvered, neir a large shelving rock,
the three lost children of Joseph Wyble.
Their bodies wereconsdieibly decomposed,
but still recognizable. Their wan, pinched
countenances gave unmistakable evidence
that their death had been caused by starva
tion. The bodies of the two younger chil
dren were found under the shelter of the
shelving rock, wible that of tbe oldest was
found about ten feet distant. The bodies
were also slightly injured by the crows.
The bodies were carefully carried to the
home of the pareuts, and were during the
day visited by hundieda of neighbors, all
of whom recognised in the corpses before
them the lost children whose disappearance
had caused such an excitement.
It is now quite evident that all suspicions
against the parents of murder were without
foundation, while'at the same time it is some
what strange, that after the diligent searches
made for the children, and the large rewards
offered for their recovery, they should be
found within two miles of their homes.
Simon Cameron has fallen heir to $1,
000,000 by tho death of his father-in-law.
James McCcrrctck, of Harrieburg.
The Treasury Investigation.
MB. TKEAEiTREB MACKEY ON TUB STAND H
REFUSES To ANSWKtt CERTAIN QUESTIONS.
The Finance Committee of the Senate,
acting nucfor the resolution of Senator Low
ry, met in the Senate Committee room last
night, for the purp ae of bearing testimony
iu regard to the management of the State fi
nances. Mr. Mackev. the present State
Treasurer, aud Messrs Irwin. Kernble, Moore j
and M'Gratb, former State Tteasnrers. have
been summoned to appear a. w itnesses be
fore the committee. Messrs. Mackey, Kem
hle and'M'Grath were in attendance at the
session . last night. Mr. Maekey was the
only person examined. Tbe examination
was mainly conducted, by Senators White
and Wallace.
Mr. Mackey was asked w liere.Jie kept the
funds of the State, and whether any illegal
use had been made of them. He answered
that a iun.ber ef bai.ks throughout tho
State are depositories of the public m-neys.
which banks were selected with reference to
their solvency as far as possible. He also
said that those bar.ks were liable to drafts
at arjy time for moneys deposited with them.
There was no illegal use made of the funds.
Mr. Mackey, on being asked what was the
amount of money which came into his'hands
on the first of May, 1869, Irom his prede
cessor, and where it was at that time, eta
ted, tbat about 81,100.000 came to him
from his predecessor, part of which had been
deposited in a number of banks, among
which he named the Farmers' and Mechan
ics' Bank, J. Cooke & Co., Union Barking
Co., J. K. Ridge way & Co. and Kensington
National Bank, in Philadelphia, First Na
tional Bank, Dougherty. Bios, .t G , Me
chanics' Bank, Dauphin Deposit Bank, and
State Bank, in Harrisburg. Alleghtny Na
tional Bank (of which he stated he was
cashier), German's Savings Banks and other
banks, in Pittsburg. He said that the mon
eys with J. E. Ridgeway & Co. amounted to
4100,000, and had Dot been changed since.
When asked the question what compensa
tion, if any, he had received for allowing
that sum of money to remain w ith Ridge
way & Co., he declined to answer. lie said
that the moneys now in the Treasury amount
ed to about $1,700,000. distributed among
numerous banks throughout the Gmmon
weaith. of which he would, on a subsequent
examination, furnish a detailed statement to
tbe Committee. When asked by Mr. Wal
lace the direct question, whether he had re
ceived directly or indirectly any compensa
tion for permitting the moneys of the Com
monwealth to remain on deposit in these
banks, he dt-clined to answer, saying, that
if he was to be arraigned for that he would
not answer. Mr. Mackey denied using any
of the funds of the Commonwealth to con
trol elections. He said ho was worth about
$25,000 when he was elected Treasurer, but
did not fix the amount be is worth at pres
ent ; that be kept a private account at the
Allegheny Bank, of which he is cashier, as
well as an account for the S'ate. but denied
using any of the money of the Common
wealth in private spetulatioiis. He said
that $1,700 per annum is too low a salary
for State Treasurer, if he has to submit to
such examinations as these, that it ought to
be at least $5,000, that the bond of the
Treasurer should be at least $250,000, in
stead of $80,000. that the Tieasurer was
required semi annualh- to have in readiness
the sum of $000,000 to pay the interest on
the State debt, He also stated that the
system under which the Treasury was man
aged could be greatly iuproved, and the
State made the gaiuer by such improvement.
The Committee then adjourned until Thurs
day, at 2J o'clock p. m., to give Mr. Mac
key time to furnish a detailed statement of
the State depositories, at which time the
testimony of ex-Trcamer Irwin will also be
heard. Ilarrisburg Patriot, Td.
The Will or I. DlrEvoy, Dec'd.
The Lancaster Intelligenrer of Satui-d.iv
says: The will cf the late Patrick MtEvoy
was admitted b probate this morning. His
late residcuce and CO acrrs of the fa;m in
Manheini twp., including the stock aud farm
ing implements, i? bequea'bidio his late
wife's niece, Elizibt th M. Dunn; the remain
ing 63aciesof the farm, and th-j buildings
thereou erected, are bequeathed to bis nepn
ew James T. Dunn.
After bequeathing about $100,000 to va
rious relatives, he sa3s :
"To my friend, the Reverend Bernard
Keenan, fifteen hundred dollars, ($1.00)
fiv huudred thereof for his own use; five
hundred thereof for erecting a monument
over his remains to his memory, and the re
maining five hundred dollars for charitable
purposes, to be given and applied, at his
discretion, to the indigeut and destitute poor,
and for the happy repose of those departed,
Julia and Patiick McEvoy.
To the before-named Bernard Keenan or
bis successor, two tin usand dollars (S2.000).
in trust, to apply tbe same towards the ex
tinguishment of the debt of St. Mary's Cath
olic Church. of Lancaster, and for no other
use or purpose whatsoever.
To the Right Rev. J. F. Wood, Bishop of
Fhiladeiphia. and to his successor in his
present position in the Church, two "thous
and dollars ($2,000). in trust, for the use of
St. John s Catholic Orphans' Asylum in the
city of Philadelphia.
To the Right Rev. J. F. Wood. Bishop of
Philadelphia, and to his sucecssor in his
present position in the Church, five hundred
dollars, ($500.) in trust, to be distributed at
his discretion, among the poor and indigent
in the city of Philadelphia. Also four thous
and dollars ($4,000) to be applied by him
toward the support of his new College, near
the city of Philadelphia, for the education
of young clergymen for the Church.
To the Rev. Andrew Healy, Parish Priest
of Mt. Mellick. Ireland, and to his successor
in his present position in the Church, one
thousand dollars, ($1,000.) in trust, for the
nuns of the Presentation Convent, Mt. Mel
lick. Queens county. Ireland. And also five
hundred dollars. ($500.) in trust, to be by
him. or his successor, distributed at his dis
cretion among the poor of his parish.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of
Lancaster, now "the City rf Lancaster."
three thousand dollars, ($3,000.) in trust,
that the interest and income thereof be an
nually, from hereafter, applied to the pur
ch ase of fuel to be distributed among the iu
digenl and destitute poor of the c ity of Lan
caster." The residue of his property is to be divided
among those heirs mentioned in the will to
whom specific bequests are made, each to
receive a pro rata portion of the whole
amount.
Right Rev. Bishop Wood, of Philadelphia,
James T. Dunn and Samuel H. Reynolds.
Esq., aie named as his executors.
Six years ago John E. De Witt, a youth
of 18. took the local agency of a Connecticut
Life Insurance Gimpany at New York. By
energy and business tact, he soon took the
general agency for New England and New
York, and tbe other day was paid by the
Company $120,000 to give up his right.
A pretty good fortune to make honorably in
aix years ; still it's not every young man who
would have "de x itt" to tnake U
Ibe Iluulingdon Horror.
CONFESSION OF ALBERT BODENBURQ B HN'KR
CliAROFi) BY HIM WITH BEINO THE MUR
LEhER OF THE f F.IGHTAL. FAMILY.
Albert Bodenburg. one of the parties con
victed of the mu'der of Mr. and Mrs. Peigh
tal and a boy visiting them, at Huntingdon.
Pa., has made a confession. He charges
Buhner with committing the murder, and
savs that be assented to the proposition of
Bohner to rob Mr. Peightal's house, but re
fused to" lake any hand iu muidcring its iu
mates. He further says ;
I told him, "Charley, you have already in
AUoona sworn and promised me tbat yt u
would not kiil these people; had you n t
sworn thjto me I would cot have corne
with you. I told you this ame thiLg in
Altoona : 1 mean still to do what I agreed
to, but if you mean to do this thing which
ycu have now told me, I will start right
away back to Altoona, and you can do as
you please. 1 do not want to have anything
to do with such a cruel deed. After con
sidering a while, he said to me "you need
not take part at ail in this affair. Y- u
stand here on the railroad and keep a look
out and if anybody comes you will let nir
know." 1 told him "only for the purpose
of stealing, remember, you can expect my
service, and not for anything else." lie
said, "that is all I wish to do."
So we went on together to the bam. We
staid there a short time to see whether the
old miu Peightal was going to come. Char
ley said if be wouid come he would tie him
theie, then there will only be the two in the
house left, viz: the wife and the little boy.
The old man Peightal, however, came not ;
then he said to me, "give me your pistol,
and go to the railroad, and keep a sharp
lookout ; if any one comes notify me." I
said. "Yes, I will, but remember what 3 told
you and what you swore to me." He re
plied. Y'S. and now I swear to you auain
that I will not do anything d.ffeient from
what we agreed." I said, "6o we will spare
the livrs of these people and nir own." I
thereupon gave him my pWtnl, but naked
him again, "what do you want with my
pistol, seeing you have one of yair own."
"Well." said he. "this is not sufficient, fur
it is oulj- single barreled, anil as soon as they
see that, they will rot become as certainly
seated as v hen I fl-iutish two pistol."
I went to the railroad to keep watch.
The railroad is ab ut two hundred )aid
from the dwelling house.
I walked np and down the railroad most
ly on that part of the railroad towards Hun
tiDgdon ; I spent here a gor d while befre
Charley come back to me. Finally he came;
had rather a gr.d hiz-d bundle under his
arm ; he said. "hre is sonr.e money," and
gave me some paper money intn my haw!.
He told me "it is $125; but this is not ail ;
af'er this, when we baTe on cpportuiiity. 1
will give jou also gold and silver." He
miiKt have miscalculated the paper money ;
for I bad of my own $25. and after I count
ed I had altogether only $ 125. cons quently
it could only have been $100 that he gave
to me.
Bodenburg then detail their escape to
Altoona. and their arrest at that place, when,
be sa. be learned for the first time that
the murders had been cf mn.it ted. The re
maining part of the confession has ref-rence
to their detention in the lock up at Altoona
and the trial, and all of which has been al
ready published. He says Bohner has prom
ised to confess the murder, and to acquit
him of any connection therewith.
General .ews Items.
A raft containing George Treremeter,
his wifu and two children, was up.tt on the
Ohio river, below Louisville, last Vedr.es !ay
night, and all but one of the children were
drowned.
A recently manied man in Wilmington.
Drb, ill-treated his wife am! received there
for a seveie beating at the hands r f his mother-in-law
He humbly promised not to do
so any more.
A heroic boy, only 8 years old. named
Brown of Ti acey ville, nvar Honesdale, sscri
ficed his life for a brother aged five years,
the result of a desperate struggle to save his
youneer brother from drowning.
The Le-vi.-town True Democrat boosts
of a baby in Uni"ii township, in that ci-unty,
that has five living grand and great grand
fathers, and four grand and great grand
mothers, and has but oue une aud "nary"
an aunt.
Tbe champion jumplst of Massachusetts
claims Newburyport as bis place of resi
dence. One day last week he arraneed sev
eutetn barrels in a row. and jumped from one
into the other, without stopping, through
the whole number.
There is a man in D .ill 43 county, Ar
kansas. 103 years old. bis wife 93. who have
had twenty-uine children, fifteen boys and
fourteen girls, and there are twtnty-six liv
ing. The original family came from Stew
art county. Georgia.
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson. Buchan
an's niece, has cone to Wheatland, the home
of the late ex-President, to superintend the
putting the old mansion in order to receive
Prince Arthur. Harriet kissed the Prince
when he was a babj .
A Michigan man, while walking a street
tn East Saginaw, was struck iu the face by
one of a small flock of pigeons, and both fell.
The man had his cheek torn, one tooth
knocked out and several others loosened.
The pigeon was killed.
An old lady named B3tty Smith, resi
ding in Autwell township, Washington
county, was burned to death by her clothes
taking fire. The hair was burned off her
head, and the skin and nails of her hands
were found lying on the floor of her house.
Ben God bey. a negro, murdered a plan
ter of Burke county. Ga.. iu June last, under
circumstances b!oody and atrocious. He
w'as tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be
hung the other day, but was at once respi
ted by Gov. Bullock. He will be pardoned
soon.
Michigan papers report that a poor man
in that State who named his child after Hon.
Horatio Seymour has received a $300 gold
watch. $100 worth of clothine, and $100 in
cash in acknowledgment of the compliment.
There may be something in a name after all,
and we don't know but what we'll call our
next boy Horatio Seymour on a venture.
Clark county. Illinois, is intensely exci
ted by the reported discovery of gold on Big
creek, near the Indiana border, about 20
miles from Terre Haute. The discoverer is
a returned California miner, who states that
he has found the gold in paying quantities,
along the creek. People in that section are
abandoning their business to look after the
precious metal.
-A double bieamy and elopement case
has just came to light In the town of Chester,
a few miles below Philadelphia It appear
that a few weeks since two brothers, Dan
iel and Edward Aenew, agents for a Phila
delphia looking-glass establishment, while
disposing of their wares in that section,
formed the acquaintance of two sisters, Ros
annaand Bridget Dougherty, and represent
ing themselves to be unmarried, soon gained
their confidence and married them. The
quartette left suddenly for parts unknown.
It has since been discovered tbat the Agnewa
have wives aud children in Philadelphia cte
Xadicg uroa tbetafoT rqpprt.
7STATE OF MRS Er
having been granted . to p.-; , s-
county to tr t.ncerijrr.d on
Eluablth G i o,deces-d no.i.'a;!l
fc'irtn to all .r:lus hi-icUiej' tl'.V'
make paj mcLt, ami Cote hav;r. .,
the same to present tLem duW u".
settlement, to ' 3 Ukau
ALFRED 0 f.IRsOK E,
No. 110 .nd 112 North .W.V
Or to JOSEPH M DONALD Eh ?:
,--,.v.v.
-Ll have been filed in the Con'tefp
Pleas of Cambria county. n 1 k ?
I m uc lu I.iWib.
day ol March next, to wit: "''sK
The second nd parti! np0.iril , Tl
D. Evans. Assignee of E. RdBl! J r
Kiibv. doing busines in theLsceof T . '
in the Porongli r.f Wilm ue
i n nm ni final ccourit of A. Tj r
shin. J K. HU E. Pr'T,
Proth'js OflL-e. Eber.burg.
ORPHANS' COURTSaIeC
TATE CF W. A. TlATT rro B -T
tue or an orier of the Or-Un.' t j-tn'r
. I.,v.i: .v -.C' 'S
n tnwnaViin .n F t( tH i V "3
1 . -v THrLlu
Ftt. t -it . ill .v.
cimm oi me sa'a w iniam A. Tutt, i"
and to a ctrtain r:cm nr nr..-t -c V . ..V
.-------- i 1 D' I'-t'ij.
uale ut osfiiuensnns to rmhin. CNrrv-
w...,..fe ..."HI, A'ltt3 er,
!.., I 4 1 , .. .1 .i . ' C!l
' .ii i.iic ior.n rT l-r -f i
u irt.euaugu. on ine east ur inni of,
on the south by laud of J. D. Shtw ,
the west by 1-r.d of Barter & Klii-ori
Tesv" Cah r-n COtrmiii
G. W LOVELACE. ("w..
FN THE ORPHAXSr.nrm-
4 CAMBRIA COUNTY -Noticed
f lven mm me loiiowmg Aprraii-ext;,
tnin pr-onal pr perty f lieredf,,!," s,
find set apart for the wMowg of intee.!'
der Act of Aif EiMy of 4 h Ar.ri!.!-V
heen filed in the Ilezlrter' O.T.ce it"r
bnrjr. and mill be presented in Y,t Q--Court
for approval. r,n tVjuxisD.iT ,ji
DAT r.jr MxtCH SUT. to
The inventory of tie goo-ii of Li
baugh, dre'd retimed by Li widuw
Cobaiiph. 19t 7D
The a ppra 'emect and inreritnrT oVvA
i.ii.i iici-ji v:ir:nn D ocn. laieol C-t
borough. Cambria count! , decern?; :j
The Appraisement of otim!
of J ames H. Mitchell, dec 'd, nnnrtxtiv
part to the id w, JJurrmet Mitcrei'
GFO. V. 0ATMA5.Cn
Clerk's O.lice. Ebenb,r?. Feb. 13. K
ORPHANS' COURT SALE
' Bt virtue of an order of tk 0-
Court of Cambria conntv, to roe J rc:e;,!1--
will be ex osed to Public Siie.stthe
Felix Ueek, in Lm-etto, on WFIiNFSr
the 2d day of MARCH. 170, at I0oY.,-
m , the fo'lowing Real Esuie.of w&r.t
McKeever died neized, to wit : A PiKs
PARCEL OF LAND situate in thiTwi
of Slur.ster, Coutiiy of Cnmbrii. rdua
PennM lvanin, bounded by Inndiof Jobs C:
Joseph Crnmer. John Bard, a-id
Mining '19 ACRES and 113 FF.RJHE?
allowance, about Cl) Acre of wire1: tt't.
hnvinjr thereon erected a LOG HOUSE t.
LOG ST BLE.
TERMS: One third of the?nrchs
to be paid on confirmation of n'.tht vj
idue in two equnl annual psymfn
est. to be secured by the judgaie. t bc;j
mortgage of the pnrch4er.
T. II SHIELDS. ) .
FRANCIS O'FR-Eb. I
Loretto, February 10, 1370.3:.
F EGISTER S NOTICE "
hereby given that the f.llc sji"-
Mre been pasted an-l h:ea m tie tk
OfuYeat Eber.svurp. and will l.e;-W '
the Oiphana' Court of Cainri
confirmation ai.d allowance, en M .r.
7th uat or March sfxt, to wit :
Tbe rt and p:irtit! account ofGr "
jr., guardian of Ciirist"an A mnrr':
Tie second account f Peter C. J-
a.rnin'strtjr of Levi Weaver, lic.'
land tr-wuship. deceased
1 he Erst aid prlial cwi"t of Ok
jr., guardian of Ai-nie M Vvi.e.
Thesecond ai d fLiil c-'-'urtti! Prih
executor of the Hst will aril
Fmncis Glos.'er, late of Cliest iom:. ; -
The account ol m. Co ista'. e i H
tor of the et.ve of Samuel Hjr-ft' J
Yodcr township, decessei
ti . ,r f r-. .'..;. P..'
x i c account in air. v.i fc
adrciniatra'rix of Wm. Roberta. i:e j
town borough, deceased.
The third and Cual accont t of Cto'j
rv. 1 1 . r H..-..I iV,n .i
of Summerhiil townshio. deceived
Tbe first and final account of A' :
administrator of Joha Ske.'.j. U:e. -v
1 ill township, deceased.
The first and final account of
and Philip Schettig. eiccu'.or "f "' f
ana testament ot Alovs-us
Carroll township. dcp;el.
V C Le'-
de bonis non of Divid Hi:e. !:
borough, Cambria coun.y. dece'
The fimt and finai accotiut of J';.'..
adm'r of Catharine Ouerson, 1 J -ville,
Cambria county, deeded
Th flrvt mid fin
aumunstraior oi juna niu v .
Ebensburg borough. deccSf-eJ
The first and final account of :"
iati of Crovle twp., Cambria c":!
The account of John Martin."'--
, - - . .. . ,- . .. i"". H. "
the last will aud testament of PlT';'
nf Riiin-iolnni i m rt Canjbria d.'S--."
The account of Fh'i'ip J
of the last will and testament of 1
late of ilunster townhip. i.ecM'
1 ne account ot L'avia u n Tj
cum teatamento annexo of Herr
nour. late of T-vlor tv. p., Cf V';,
GEO w. O AT ' A -
Register's Office, Ebensburf , Feb
C
II A M 13 E R
NURSERY ASSOCIATE
J S Nixox. Pres't. E. B. E;
W. Q. RIID. Treas'r. T. B.J
Chambribnr(, Frankll" c"
. M
The conductors of this establ:-'..
lug their character and busiocf.
tion above traniient g:r..
determined to pr-rf
Such a quality of NURSERY S
as shall give entire satisfaet on to .
toaiers. They cultivate ! Trf
FRUIT TREES, GRAPE VINES, 551 ' '
ORNAMENTAL TREKS ASD s! '
nl iVTi
ROSES AND BtrlHNU J
um new 1
tbat are grown by the very
Tbe uodersiened has been fZn4
dent Agent at Jolinatown w ",,;
liahment. Catalopuaa supplied.-
mation fnrcished upon rclCJgS?
y .-.fijwl
Splendid Farm for
mnr .Krisr offers :or .
Milt UO!crior H;:
J siid easT psTtnenn, "-"-.
and raluable'FARM rcteni1-fTr'.
adjoining the BoroupH oI.jf ACS?
count?, and containing j....i);'r
a" nf whioh are lu So01
tlnn .nit tha h!aflP well t!n. ,'cV 1
HUI UU W . . . -. - - - J W '
. . . iii-irTCV irnou .j
excellent OKCHAlii'
an iouiiuaiii.-a i-i
property, beautifully Iocs ted.
-i .1 .... r water
mi.
to town. Sv-noois.
produce. Title iodisru"bAlTR
Feb. 3 Carro'.'.to a.