Cambria Freeman.
EnEXSDIKC, PA.
TilURSDAT MORKINO, : OCT. 13,
1870.
TUESDAY'S ELECTION.
GLORY ENOUGHTOR ONE DAY 1 !
The Removal Humbug Exploded
K, Xlonnek.r, and tb Entire Xemo-ci-aU
Ticket Triumphant.
8PER ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
We congratulate the sterling Democra
cy of Cambria, as well as all honest and
high-minded Republicans in the northern
section of the county, on the result of last
Tuesday's work. It is indeed a glorious
victory I W. Horace Rose, Esq., has
been elected to the Assembly by a major
ity of about 300 over the apostate, H. D.
Woodruff. Capt. Bonackek is the
Sheriff elect by a majority ranging from
feven to ten hundred. Al! the other can
didates on the regular county ticket have
been elected by large majorities.
R. Milton SrEER, Esq , our candidate
for Congress, has defeated Danul J.
Moreei.i. in the district by about 125
votes, which is certainly glad tidings to
convey to our readers. We confess, how
ever, with shame, that Mr. Speer does
not owe his election to Cambria county,
whoso vote was given to Mr. Morkell
by aboot 20 of a majority. We have
not time to enlarge on the subject this
week, but will do so at length in our next
issue.
The Victory Complete. We cannot
of course give official majorities but we
are fully prepared to say that R Milton
Speeu is elected to Congress over Cyrus
Elder, Harry lioggs, John F. Barnes,
Daniel M'Laughlin, Charley Ellis, Lewis
Witt, and though last, not least, Daniel
J. Morrell, who was the head and front
of the removal faction in this county.
Mr. Speer will never dishonor the district.
He ia a man of undoubted ability, and
without blame or suspicion.
Gen. II. D. Foster is elected to Con
gress in the Westmoreland district by
about 500 majority. II K. Sloan, cf
Indiana, Democrat, ia elected to the As
sembly from Westmoreland and Indiana
counties, and it is hoped that his con
freres on the ticket are also elected.
John Cessna, we are afraid, is re elect
ed to Congress from the Bedford county
district by a small majority. It may not
be bo by the official returns.
In the double Senatorial district below
us, commencing with Blair and ending
with Terry county, the two Democratic
candidates for State Senate, Petkiken
and Crawford, are both elected. - So
far as heard from "everything is lovely
und the gooe hangs high."
Some two months ago, when Woodruff
was still a Democrat, he proclaimed th e
following through the paper he edits :
BrroRB the Nominations. No good
Democrat takes issue with his party after
his party's nominations have been made. It
Is often a very weak and sometimes a dis
honest excuse that the selection of the major
ity was made by fraud or force, or that the
man honored in it did not deserve the dis
tiDction. Cut every Democratic voter can
atop all such complaints by- bcivg. on the
ground at the delegate elections, when these
are held. That is the time for him to show
hU face and make his mark. When the tin-
ket is formed, good faith demands that it
shall be cordially supported by all Demo
crats ; and be who takes eround aainst it.
does bo clearly in the interest of the Repub-.
ncan party, uemocrats, remember ! Fight
for yonr favorites before the nomination, and
for your faith afterwards.
Woodruff 8 succeps could not have
made his treachery respectable. How
then roust his humiliating defeat affect
him ? We leave him to he pity of those
to whom he proved a traitor, and to the
laceration of his own conscience, if he has
any.
Gen. Robert E. Lee, the distinguished
Foldier and scholar, died at Lexington,
Va., on yesterday, the 12lh inst. A few
days before his death he had been strick
en by paralysis. He was the son of Gen.
Harry E. Lee, of Revolutionary fame,
and at the time of his death was in the
C3d year of his age. For the past five
years, or since the surrender of his nrmy
to Gen. Grant, in 1865, he has officiated
as President of the Uuiversity of Virginia.
He died as he had lived, a sincere and
truthful Christian gentleman. We will
refer to his death more at length next
week.
The VTar Record.
From Monday's World.
Important military movements are now being
anade, the effect of which cannot fail to be se
rious on the Prussian occupation of French
territory. The irony of Lyons, 75,000 strong,
is moring northward, and the army of the Loire
ia also in motion. Marsha! Buzaine makes
almost d3ily sallies from Metz The belief
gaits ground in London (hat the French have
effected a complete militury combination which
menaces the invaders both at Paris nud on
their communications with Germany. A bat
tle took place on Thursday between a part of
the army of Lyoiis and the Bed en troops, near
Kaon l'Etape, twelve miles from St. Diey.
The fight lasted all day, and the-losses were
heavy on both aides. At nightfall the French
fell back, carrying with them their prisoners
and cannon. A despatch from the Duke of
Baden claims a victory for bis troops. No
doubt now exists that Marshal Bazaine is co
operating cordially with the government at
Tours, and with Gen. Trochu at Paris. One
hundred and fifty American volunteers arrirt.d
in Tours ou Sunday, and marched through the
streets, carrying the Aqieiican and French
flags. They were warmly greeted by the pop
ulation. Count von BernstofT, the North German
Ambassador at London, has replied to Earl
Granville's last note on the subject of English
neutrality. Lis tone is veiy severe ''almost
menacing towards England, and creates con
siderable feeling on the part ol the Londouers.
Our correpor.'deitt telegraphs from London
that the atmosphere there "is growing most
unmistakably warlike."
An official decree has been published at
Tours postponing the elections to the Constit
uent Assembly until France is free from inva
sion. A thrilling account is given in the cable
despatches of the balloon journeys of M. Gam
betta and two Americans from Paris to the
French lines. The two balloons lett Paris
together at 11 o'clock on Friday morning, and
alter many hairbreadth escapes reiched the
territory occupied by the French in safety.
The voyagers give deeply interesting news ol
the condition of Paris. They report every thing
quiet and orderly there. Paris caunot be cap
tured except by famine. The appearance of
the city is about the same as usual. The shops
andcates are all open, though they close early
in the evening. The Garde Mobile is drilling
constantly. Great care is taken to save fcod
from waste. There is much horse flesh eaten.
Minister Washburne was well, but -in common
with other members of the diplomatic corps,
was indignant that the Prussians refused to
permit olhcial communications to pass through
the lines. Many attempts have been made by
special correspondents to leave Paris or seuil
despatches, but without success.
From Tuesday's World.
The frequency with which Count von Bis
marck has recently caused explanations of the
designs of Prussia toward France to be publish
ed, betrays anxiety about the military and
political situation. His last statement appear
ed on Saturday. He solemnly protests that
he doea not sanction a restoration of the Bo
naparte? against the will of the Fiench nation.
He complains that the war must go on because
the Fietch are averse to reasonable terms of
peace, and that alter Paris ha? been reduced
by lamire, hundreds of thousands of people
will starve on account of the inability of the
Prussians to feed them. General Burnside
returned to Paris on Saturday by request of
Couut von Bismarck, bearing mv propositions
for peace. They were rejected both by M.
Jules Favre and the government at Tours.
They involved a suspen.'ion of all militarv
preparations until after an election has been
held for members of the Constituent As-embly.
France cannot afford to suspend the arming
and drilling of her new legions.
General Garibaldi has been appointed to the
command of all the volunteers of France. He
made another stirring speech at Tours yester
day, to a crowd carrying the flags of France
and America. Tours is full of volunteers and
conscripts from the south of France. M.
Gambetta, the escaped Minister of the Interior
is said to display great energy ani activity in
his department. The foreign ambassadors at
Tours are preparing to move to Bordeaux in
view of the contemplated change of capital by
the French government The agreeable news
comes Irom the champagne districts that the
Prussians will permit the workmen to labor
without molestation through the vintage season
anout to benn
Marshal Baziine has made three ereat sor
ties from Metz, inflicting heavy losses on the
uermana, and returning to his fortifications
without serious loss to himself. His incessant
warfare on the besiegers is beginning to tell
on their morale. It is understood that he is
acting in concert with the army of Lyons, and
that very important events in his quarter are
impending, a battle at 1 uory is also expec
ted in the invaded districts the inhabitants
are generally forming companies of sharpshoot
ers. The arrival of a battalion of Franc tire
ars at MarseiPes, composed of gentlemen from
me soutu oi t ranee ana bearing the black nag.
is mentioned.
sallooi:s are constantly leaving Paris. Two
have recently been captured. The Prussians
are pushing their work near Mendon and Sev
res. They claim that, when completed, their
.Tit 1 1 . .
ariuiery win commana tne west and south
west quarters of Paris. Prince Freddie Charles
is lying ill with typhus fever at Ferrieres.
M. 1 hicrs had an interview with the Emner-
or of Austria on Sunday, and the result was
"satisfactory," whatever that may be.
An official decree has been issued at Florence
annexing the itoraan province to the Kingdom
of Italy. The Pope preserves his dignity and
miiuiauiiiijoi uis person ard prerogatives
as sovereign. General La Marmora is ap
pointed lieutenant Governor of the Panal
x ue laws oi ltaiy are to De iutro
uui-cu nun an amnesty proclaimed.
WnEN- poor Mr. liurlingame was here
in tne nesn, who more credulous and ob
semiiniic tlian AT,, f-T urt
i Wl. viiccicy t tvnen ini
nese immigration began, who held out so
warm a welcome as Mr. Forney ? Now
we read in the Tribune :
WI,o l,,1- : -,. ,
c uuci-uo ib i3 on civilized na
tions to treat with Uhma as an equal. More
man uiree weeKs nave passed since the aav
a tra m o a w a - .
u"" wuj umieu ana not a single
arrest Das been made. This alone speaks
for iUelf. Our unprotected Minister, the
iinn. r. r . ixw, and bis family, remain shut
up in i earn, not Knowing how soon his turn
The Fallor Strasbourg.
A Strasbourg correspondent of the New
York World, writing under date of Sept.
29th, gives the following graphic and in
teresting description of the fall of that re
nowned but unfortunate city:
At last, after weeks spent endeavoring to
peer into Strasbourg from available points
through powerful field-glasses, the event all
anticipated has come to pass, and we are
actually within the walls of the celebrated
fortress. My last letters informed you of
the progress made in the siege, and notified
you that resistance was impossible much
longer. Two ontposts were then taken and
a breach made in the walls. Since then, the
offensive operations progressed with giant
strides. Since the 24th the bombardment
has been terrific and almost incessant, the
breach in the walls became large enough to
admit an army. It became evident to every
body that storming was inevitable in a few
hours unless stayed by a capitulation. On
Tuesday, the 27th, near 4 o'clock in the
afternoon the jdylul sight of a white flag
was beheld flying from the Cathedral. This
was speedily followed by the same welcome
token of surrender from the citadel. A
young lieutenant of the Tbirty-.fourtb Regi
ment was the first to discover the flag, and
the firing instantly ceased. After the steady
booming of the artillery a profound silence
prevailed. Then general attention was
called to the flag by a universal cheer, which
rose from one portion of the besieging lines
and was.seon caught up and echoed through
the entire army. The scene which followed
was indescribaoly exciting. Officers sprang
to their feet and embraced each other, clasp
ing hands. The men followed this example,
aud some actually cried with joy. The
terms of the capitulation arrranged have al
ready been reported. Yebterday I was for
tunately enabled to enter the city with a
Baden regiment. The sight, which was im
pressive aud sad at the same time, was re
lieved by the evident joy of the citizens at
their release from their terrible condition of
suffering and suspense. The commanders
ol the two forces, Generals YVerder and Uh
rich, met for the first time yesterday after
the terms of capitulation had been arranged.
The meeting took place just inside the gate,
ou the east side. General Uhrich advanced
to General YVerder. and with a voice much
agitated, said : -I have yielded to an irre
sistible force, when further resistance was
only a needless sacrifice of lives of brave
men. I have the consolation of knowing I
have yielded to an honorable enemy'
General YVerder, much afl'ected.-placed both
hands ou General Uhrich's shoulders and
said : You have fought bravely. You will
have as much honor from the enemy as you
can have from your own countrymen." All
arms were surrendered except the officers'
side arms. A hasty examination of a portion
of the city shows it has not suffered so much
as was supposed from the bombardment.
The exterior of the Cathedral appears to be
much injured, but uot sufficiently so as to
prevent its restoration in its original shape.
Some fine houses in the Place de la Cathe
drale are burned. Here and there the ruins
of buildings show the danger to which the
city has been exposed. In the vicinity of
the Cdthedral on the east side of the city the
destruction was the greatest. A singular
appbarance was presented by the iuhabitanls
busily engaged in removing straw, bags,
rags, matresse8, and every conceivable
means of stopping the unwelcome visitors
from the windows. These defeuces scattered
in the streets gave the appearauce of a gen
eral removal of the inhabitants. The ruins
of tha theatre presented a dismal appear
ance. Among the buildings destroyed was
the fine public library. I am informed the
books were previously removed, or at '.east
those of the greatest value, It does not ap
pear that there had been much actual suffer
ing for want of food, though the means were
husbanded with the greatest care. The
priucipal cause of anxiety was confinement
and waut of good water. Several cases of
mortality are reported as the effect of the
bombardment, but I am inclined to believe
that the accounts are exaggerated. One
family, consisting of a father, two daugh
ters, two young sons, aod an infant had
taRen retuge m the cellar of their house,
wtien their residence was htruck with a 6hell
and all were destroyed. One old gentleman.
a business merchant in Strasbourg for manv
years, informed me that bis daughter was
killed in the street. The general feeling of
tne people is one of great thankfullness for
the capitulation.
The reports that are srread char?in Gen
Uhrich with brutality, are destitute of foun
dation. iliB conduct towards the citizens
were marked with the greatest humanity and
consideration. It was a matter of congrat
ulation that no irreparable damage has been
done to tbis splendid and interesting city
A Tale of Horror.
The Ivew Stamp Law. The financial
editor of the Philadelphia Ledger, who keeps
himself accurately informed in all these
matters, gives the following as the require
ments oi tne new stamp law :
On Saturday the first of October there
will be no stamps required on any receipt
lor money, wnetner tor a large or small
amount. All sight checks drawn on anv
bank, banker, or trust company, whatever
the amount, will require a two cent stamo
uereiuiore j an signt cnectca or money or
ders drawn on any private individual, or
company, or corporation, not in the banking
business, will also rtqnire a two cent stamp,
if the amount exceed ten dollars. All notes
of haod, and due bills of every description,
iur a icss sum man one nundred dollars will
require no stamp. All promissory notes
amounting to $100 and over are to b
stamped as heretofore. And al! mortgages
transferred, sold or assigned after October"l,
dog.
Last week's Saginaw (Michigan) Repub
lic says :
It has been known for some time that a
dirty, wretched old man lived outside the
city, about a mile or so, in a filthy little
cabin, entirely alone, and that he was a her
mit. No one ever went near him, for it was
said that he was a magician.
His only companion was a skeleton-looking
lie came into the citv sometimes to
beg, and would piteously implore for money,
stating that he was starving. Sometimes
he would gather rags or scraps of paper and
sell them. Every one supposed him to be
wretchedly poor. He had an evil look, and
mothers would remove their children when
they saw him coming. One day last week,
however, a child, the son of Mr. Abraham
Skinner, went out alcne to fish in the stream,
and happened to wander on until, before he
knew it, he came to the hovel of the old
man. At first he was frightened, but seeing
no one around he plucked up courage and
went nearer. Everything was silent. He
went and peeped through a craci in the
side of the but.
He almost screamed at what he saw, for
he beheld the old man bendicg over a bag
of money that he was counting. There
were other bags beside him containing large
quantities of money. Mr. Skinner's son
was so terrified that when he attempted to
move he stumbled. Like lightning the old
man rushed out and seized him. "Ila !"he
screamed. "I've caught you, have 1? You
saw me, did you? Well now you'll pay
for it." And before Mr. Skinner's son could
say a word the old monster, with an awful
laugh, drew out a knife, and (oh, horror!)
cut the child'd tongue out. Then he chopped
off his fingers. '"Now," he said "now you
can go. for you can't tell." The poor boy
ran off overcome with agony, and ran to his
father's house only to fill them with conster
nation. What was the matter with their
child 1 He could not speak to tell them !
He could not write for his fingers were cut.
Still the poor boy, after efforts of the most
horrible pain, managed to fix a pencil be
tween his bloody stumps cf fingers, and
wrote the awful tale! A party was imme
diately organized, and hastened to the mi
ser's den. He was at the door as they
approached, and fired a revolver six times
at them, woundiDg two of the party seriously.
Mr. Skinner returned the fire, and the aged
villain fell, with a piercing yell, mortally
wounded. 'My money! my money!" he
moaned, "my beautiful money!" and he
crawled to his bags of gold and sank upon
them a corpse ! Over $10 000 wns discov
ered, which was presented to the Pnorhouee
atd other charitable institutions. The event
will never be forgotten by our citizens. The
child is slowly recovering The miser was
buried the day after, and the hut was torn
down.
Discoveries is New Mexico Aztko
Hoiks, Altar Fires, Skeletons. Etc.
Advices from Santa Fe state that Governor
Amy, the Special Indian Agent for that
territory, has found the Canon de Chelly,
which was explored for twenty miles. The
party found canons whose walls tower per
pendicularly to an altitude of from 1,000 to
2.000 feet, the rock strata being as perfect
as if laid by the skilled hands of masons, and
eutirely symmetrical. Among these ruins
were found deseittd ruins of ancient Aztec
cities, many of which bear the evidences of
having been populous to the extent of many
thousands of inhabitant?. In one of these
canons, the rocky walls of which rose not
less than 2.000 feet frtm the base, and
whose summits on either hand inclined to
each other, forming part of an arch, there
were found high up, hewn out of the rocks,
the ruins of Aztec towns of great extent,
now tenantless, desolate. In each of these
rockyeries there remained in a state of good
preservation a house of stone, about twenty
feet square, containing one bare and gloomy
room, and a single human skeleton. In the
centre of the room were the evidences that
fire at some time had been used. The only
solution of this enigma thus far ventured is
that these solitary rooms were the altar
places of the Aztec fires ; that from some
cause the people at a remote period were
constrained to abaudou their homes, but left
one faithful sentinel in each instance to
keep alive the flame that, according to the
Indian traditions of these regions, was to
light the way of Montezuma again to his
people their hoped for Messiah and their
Eternal King. A close examination of many
of the ruins proved that the bcllders must
have been skilled in the manufacture and
use of edged tools, masonry, and other me
chanical arts. But who these people were,
whence they came, or whither they are cone.
is now, probably, one of the mysteries to
remain eternally unsolved. Some of the
ruins are reported to be stone buildings
seven or eight Btories in height, being reach
ed by ladders planted against the walla
Round-bouses, twenty feet in diameter, built
in the most substantial manner of cut stone,
and plastered inside, were also found in exl
cellent preservation. Astonishing, discover
ies have been made of gold and silver regions
richer than yet known on this continent.
They are supposed by well-informed persons
to be the East mine, of which tradition has
handed down the most marvelous tales, and
the mines themselves discover unmistakable
evidences of having been successfully worked
ages ago.
The Death of the Wickedest Man.
John Allen, noted two vears aeo as th
"Wickedest Man in New York," died on the
16th of last month, at West Perth, in that
State, where his father resides. John, it
may be remembered, keot a (fancfi honsn anr?
orinuing saloon in Water street, and turned
will come tr h WL- "ZT. ! lu" will require no stamo if the nrioi! h J l2a '"lo.a P,ace.oX auV Praer.
a t4 1 is aaj lui.L'iiirui. nnn i . & . ui i iiikiit iiih iimnonoa ai nna-...i.. ti.
hi arifn anrl ,-i n k ... 3 been once du v stamrW! W it . , : uv """ai geuuemen con-
And the Press, after a minute narra.
live of horrors too shocking to be repro
duced, says :
TjI tY,a fatt-.ni;.. 1 1 L - r
DCLiimcut oi America, as
. . .
oecn once duty stamped when it was execu
ted. All taxes on sales, except such as are
uuw pam oy stamps, and except the tax on
sa.es oi tooacco, snutt, cigars, spirits and
wines, will now cease. The ntnrn fr.
September are the last to be required under
unit, give words to the manly feelinir the ,aw as !t stands- Licenses and special
A Great Ccriositt. Mr. Eugene Ellis
yesterday exhibited to us a striped worm or
caterpillar, about an inch in length, whose
bodywas covered with little white cocoons,
oval in shape, and about as largo as white
mustard seeds. From these cocoons gnats or
small flies were continually batched out and
had been for the two cr three days that Mr.
Ellis bad kept the caterpillar. A number
of them were crawling on the sides of the
tombler in which it was confined. Our
theory is that a fly cf somo sort had deposi
ted these eggs on the caterpillar, the warmth
of whose body aided in hatching them. A
lesson in natural history may be learned
from this lingular xbibitioo. Columbus
(Ga ) wqwiVcr.
wnicn nou-atnonc America also must show
over tnis outrage, both remembering how
praieim to our neavy hearts, at the death of
Liincoin, came nasties of svmnathv frm ii
Catholic Europe. Nine Sisters of Mr,,.
uuueui oi r ranee. oaiianHu .,..;
iL.i... . . .. ""V
mg w me last io protect hi sisters and t,;
guests ana tne doomed natives, is dead. A
French viscount U dead, his wife set free too
late by death. Let Catholic America Dt .
1 .1 ir
oear tne sacred remains across our cnnnir.
and carry them to France with what littU
circumstance ot navy escort they will, and
heart feelings may turn from emntv vanitv
into a true and welcome token of the broth.
1 l 1 1 1
cmowi we an ieei. it is uawnpore reneat.f? A ;ui , .
horrific Shall not ,11 A ' ' , r .' ; ' "luueDl ccurreu at a tiour-
. . .. - - .. u.ciiLotuuiruisiTe- 1 mg mm at KmDormm thn other daw ti,
ly stretch out the hand to Catholic Earn. LiilWBotidnS !
nnrl aav that tbn Iobo ia nnt W-..l. i r:i I . " e 'u mo
I an t rSifcoIiTbHt thaV " in??.1: ;D??JjAmy the water
, . ' ' . "uim uj eiuupeu me mill, tin ioine n V.
Christendom? Say it soon, for grief waits basement he found the cedTiaius of a
v v.iuy. cnua. it seems that a ittlfl on f a -
Those are they whom the Radicals 0f Klock aed abut eight years, by some
taxes assessed oy tne year wiU run to May
riwui me iax on orewers and dea ra in
distilled spirits and tobacco. The ioquirv
has been made as to what shall be done with
the two cent receipt stamps hereafter ? That
stamp is used in common for receipts, checks
and whatever else might be covered with
the same amount. Those who havn hnmrht
them to be used solely for receinta ran nc
them for any other purpose requiring a rev
enue stamp. Ten of them, with a five cent
stamp, would cover a power of attorney, aod
in various ways tney may be utilized until
the stock is exhausted.
nected witn the Howard Mission, fl.r
than a year ago. he moved into a lare hriok
building which he had erected at Rwosavnlt
Th ,1 r Dd 1JAtav,a street8' and keP grocery on
ii!?!?!" lr the 6r0UDd floor. The uper stories he
rented to families. At first he attended to
onsiness and prospered : but after tha death
"iic, uib um naoiir oi cinnKing over
came him. De lived in idleness for six
months previous to his death, and his store
was without goods. In August he went to
his father's farm, and remained there until
his decease. He leaves over 100.000 Parnpd
chiefly in his nefarious Water street pursuit.
While residiug in Roosevelt street he fre
quently visited the Howard Mission in biB
sober moments, and professed religion.
Durability or Woo. The iles nnr
the London Bridge have been' driven BOO
years, and on examining them in 1846 they
were found to bo but little decayed. Old
Savoy P.ace, in the city of London, was
built 650 years ago, and the wooden' riilpa-
consisting of oak, elm, beech, and chestnut,
were' found upon recent examination to be
perfectly sound. Of the durability of tim
ber in a wet state, the piles of a brid
by the Emperor Trajan, over the Danube
A
New Enftland and New Jersey are intro Dieans Sot lnt0 the Wment. and probablv "!DS example, une of these
docing ofto,r households, andVo ctse JttZSt JSt 2 W"
by are doing household work qn tb banks cogs MlTiSJ hlSta 4nd5wtp,D-l03' the of the wood wa8 Dot diffe'
of the ramie-jrorf. I SJ 5g to ae 8"Dd though U had been dri
The Tlrglnln Flood.
lie nrtren dins Acfennti from tnt Low
er Valley.
IIarmsokbtjbg, Va., Oct. 8. Accounts
continue to come in of the destruction of
property and the loss of life in the lower
valley of Virginia, and are truly heartrend
ing. At Castleman Ferry, Jefferson county,
the destruction is complete. All the houses
sixteen in number were driven from their
moorings by the surging waves, and the
main building of a hotel and storehouse
alone are left to mark the spot. The Bessy
Company lose heavily, the whole of the tres
tle work and all the bridges from Harper's
Ferry to Shenandoah City being swept away.
It is supposed that it will take at least a
month to repair damages and resume the
running of the trains on the Winchester
branch to Harper's Ferry. The mail train
now rnns to Hailtown, and mails and pass
engers are transported to and from that
point and the ferry in coaches and wagons.
Every buildiug from Shenandoah City to
Hall's Works is gone, and from Hill's Works
to th? old Shenandoah Bridge but few houses
are standing, the whole number destroyed
in the vicinity amounting to forty or fir ty.
John P. Lewis was drowned and bis house
near the mill at Rockford was swept awav.
The steam saw mill of George M. Eichelber
ger, near the Clark line, was also nwept
away. Joshua Myers' barn and all his
buildings, except one, were destroyed.
Johnson's large woolen factory, at the mouth
of Builskin Run. was submerged to the sec
ond story. The old ferry house at Shannon
dale, Walraven's saw mill and house, the
fine distilleries of Messrs. Avi & Co., with
their still and fixtures complete; also the
dwellings of Mary Van Vacter. Joseph Star
ry, Jesse Harris, Jefferson, &c . the dye
house and other outhouses in Watson's fac
tory were swept away, aud the uills, stock
and machinery were considerably damaged.
The destruction of Key's Ferry was com
plete; the old mansion house in the occu
pancy of Daniel Allstadtwho had scarcely
succeeded in removing his family before the
house and stabling and farming implements
oecame common iiod for the rasing waters
John ii. Cockenll lost $4,000 in bonds.
which he had spread out on a table in th
house to dry. A number of lives are report
e.i tost oetween Harper's l errv and Stannton
They are estimated at nearly one hundred
A i ale of Horror. The Burlington
(Iowa) Gazette relates a taleof horror which
eeems incredible of the murder of a whJ
family by a wealthy farmer named Andrew
Jhompson. living in Clayton county. Aftc
criminal intimacy for years with a married
woman named Haggerty, who had separated
irom ner nusuand, and who had a child by
luompson. which t,he murdered with bis
knowledge, he left his wife and fled with her
and her daughter and two boys. Accotding
to nis conieasion they started in his sleigh on
wie evening oi uec. e. lobo, crossed into
W iscousin and proceeded to Lancaster. Tl
girl Anna was e;ck when they started, and
died 6oon alter passing Lancaster.
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niicu ucr ucaio was aiscovered, he pro
posed to return to the town, but her mother
refused, and a violent quarrel ensued, she
striRmg him several times with a hammer
which he at last got away and knocked her
down with it. A sleighing party apnroach
ing, she began screaming frightfully, and
the boys joined in. Then, as he asserts, to
prevent discovery by the sleigh-riders, he
threw feather bed over all them, and s
on it till their cries ceased. When the
sleighs had passed, he removrd it. and foun
all three dead. Loading their bodies on the
sleigh, he drove back to the river, where he
threw in the corpses and returned home. In
May. ibos, the bodies were found and
lhompson arrested.
iERFETtJAL Mution. A ful I patent has
been received by a young man of Chicago
tor a perpetual motion machine. - The Chi
cago papers 6ay that the machine behaved
itself handsomely, worked without cessation
for months. The most essential portion cf
tne macnine consista ot a bellow rockine
lever, or beam, resembling the walking
ueam oi a steamboat engine, except that i
is bent at oblique angles in several nlaces
Inside this are placed balls partially filled
with mercury. The balls once set in motion
roll down the interior of the hollow beam
in a vain search for a permanent level, but
no sooner do they reach the lower end than
the mercury in the spokes of the main whee
overcome their weight, the beam is forced
up, and the balls are again impelled in their
onward rush, only to be caught by the valve
that is lorced open Irom without, aud pushed
into the upper arm of the beam or lever,
ready to be hustled along their never-ending
route. A dehcatelv adjusted weight and
brake are attached to the machine and serves
to regulate its motion, but it is in the hollow
spokes and beams, and the balls of quick
silver that the mysterious "power ia said to
ue.
A Wild Cat Takes a Child out op tts
cradle. Ud lhnrsday of last week.
wild cat entered the house of Mr. Elliott
Walters, who resides at Wilson's mill, on
Toby Creek, in Knox township, about seven
miles north of thia place, and took a child
Irom the cradle, and was about to cor
mence devouring it when it was driven
away. The parents had gone out to gather
in potatoes from a lot and left the baby
wrapped up, sleeping in its cradle. A little
girl was sent in after they had been absent
a short time, to see . about the child, and
when 6he opened the door, was horrified to
see a large wild cat, with the iufant, behind
the stove. The little girl was crying pit
eously. and m a short time would doubtless
nave neen killed aud devoured by the sav
age beast. On the alarm being given the
wild cat escaped through the window, and
not since been seen Ia that neighborhood.
Clarion Democrat.
A Singular Suicide. At Half Moon
Saratoga county, N. Y., a boy named Nor
man Shaw, aged about thirteen years, did
something to displease his mother, who
after correcting him, said that she would in
form his father of his conduct. Upon this
tne boy went and got the Bible, picked out
a text from which he said he wanted his
funeral sermon preached, and, tellin her
that she would never see him again,went
out. This occurred about ten o'clock, and
the mother, deeming it jme foolith threat
went on with her work. Eleven o'clock
came, and, the boy not returning, his grand
mother went in search of him, and found him
dead m the wagon house, with a strap about
bis neck, showing that he had committed
suicide. His funeral took place from the
Baptist church at Cohoes, and a sermon was
preached from the text the suicide had se
lected. .
Excellent iellv or ln ia .
of old boots. At a rerenk r .t
Liberal Club Prof. Van d.r v 1 "e
strated the feasibility of auch aTransmutai
tion. lne leather heinc t.D. f j
, , e viia lime
under increased atmospheric pressure narta"
with its tannin and reverts n 11 H??
of gelatin, when it may be" either' conv e5
into glue or cast in a mold for edible ot or
namental purposes. Think of boiiri Ll
Koopmanschap, the Mongolian ogre,
professes to have orders on his slate for two
huudred thousand heathens, to work in the
South.
For the first time in the history of this
country one of the States of the Union, New
Hampshire, will show a falling off in popu
lation by the census returns.
On the 8th, Dr. W. H. Jones, of Cleave
land. Ohio, was shot and instantly killed by
Dr. Gallentine. for the seduction of his wife.
Galentine surrendered himself to the police.
A slab of petrified bacon is on exhibi
tion at Sacramento, which was found in I860
near one of Fremont's old camps, and is sup
posed to have been a portion of the proven
der of his party.
The Tollman Talace Car Company, or
ganized in 1867 with a capital of $1,000.
000, has now increased it to $8,000,000. It
runs its cars over fifteen thousand miles of
railroads, and employs about three thou
sand men.
Lovers of tobacco, and, indeed, of al!
stimulents, like to find rr.edicl authority for
the use of them, and therefore will be glad
to hear that the London Lancet, the highest
medical authority in England, thoroughly
believes in tobacco.
A singular accident occurred at Baxter,
Kansas, last week. Mr. Samuels and his
clerk. Max Horn, were unpacking goods
when their motions shook down a double
barreled shot-gun, which was discharged in
the fall, killing them both instantly.
Christine Theide took poison and died in
the woods, near Clinton. Mass.. on Sunoay
morning last. She was engaged to be mar
ried to a man who three times had volunta
rily postponed the wedding day. and 6he
took this mode of paying bun back.
Col. Small, perhaps the oldest stage
driver in the United States, died a few days
ago in Lawrence ville. Allegheny county,
aged upwards of ninety. He drove stage
between Philadelphia and Pittsbnrg long
before the era of canals or railroads.
The boys and girls of England have
ji:t had a monument erected over the grave
of Daniel D. Foe. It is an Egyptian pillar
of marble, seventeen feet high, bearing the
modst inscriptions "Daniel De Foe, born
1661, died 1731. author of Robinson Cru
soe." Mrs. Celia Bickford. aged thirty-three,
widow of a soldier, and her son. Clarence,
aged ten years, residents of Haverhill, MaFS.,
were found dead ia their beds on the 8th
inpt.. with their throats cut. It is believed
Mrs. Bickford committed suicide after kill
ing hpr 6on.
Mrs. Roberts, of Bridgeport, discharged
her husband, and even refused to let him
have a last look at the baby, intimating
that he had no proprietary interest in the
juvenile. Mr. Roberts, having no home, no
wife, no baby, no one to love, nobody to
caress, hanged himself.
The Carlisle (Ky.) Mercnry says that
Ben Robinson, of that place, has a calf seven
days old which weighs only fifteen jnnnds,
yet is sop.nd and healthy, and sucks. Rob
inson has been offered i-ixty dollars for it.
It is so small that it can be carried in an or
dinary water-bneket.
Five men indulged in a free fisht at
Columbus. Kentucky. Saturday night. In
throe minutes Smith Gibson was stabbed
twice, and died instantly, George Gibson
was stabbed dangerously. Ausrin had his
skull fractured by a club, and will die, Con
rad was fatally shot, and Brockmau was
stabbed and terribly beaten.
At Kranrti .
""-"!2Rn
toon, the 8tb. L. W. B3rMB.T'S A.
wnue crossing the railroad ,!
wagon, were struck b n 10
Elriridze waa in.,.7 ? P.ass&g tui
t.eriou8!yinjurei. S
A t learn boiler at a
Mass.. exploded on T,, .? toi UL
inst., instantly killing ore?
a large number of other ?
have since died and five or X ,! ,J
i . ,. J" orsir
rjLiv, , live. The boil.-r
I Loran,. ,7.1. . . ""''IT
M .as Ktta E. liar.s,0D " urf :b.
Canton. Mass.. died cu F- "l,.
trd assault with .in "aJ fr. 4
Wednesday last, by fo,7of
named James Cowe!l r-
have been ariested for the , f
Barston was twenty yea o!? $
pcor health. 3 3 8 0lJ u
A lady in Fairbaven Ma
l,cu ew moraines g-nre .f -1
" - - w ovuil lllilio FT-l . : . . : V
ing. She called help f! -adder,
about two feet fn C
in diameter, coikd away jnV L -
nrobahlv r. u?1.. 1 ;. . . 1U
time, and had not been in theU? ,c
vioua nigni wun tte occupant,
A newly inventp.1 tr....i.: .
tention in Portland m.. V;?'1
, iuaiuo, I 1m -l. .
vantage claimed for it seems to u.
quantity of cloth which it Uh.
duc.ng. which ia.tatcdattoWv
fifty yards a day, or six or ei2ht ,rI '
" ' wy tne present
Ihree or four carpeuen ,d
upon the rof of a school ben at P
Mas.. the other day. They ,
the building, and in teariDg offtL,
enncr a hie 1.-., r-.t . r- e
when men. overalls, sLiceit-s Ks.....
"iv ior a time, -n
no retreat for the men, and so tl.fT'
fight it out on that hue until the
nihiiated. !
A letter from Tours states t llv
sensation has been caused a I''i '
ries of experiments, formed ua j 0,L"
General Trochu, by the beard! 0f CW
with a novel lulmmate of Licaneof ti.
which has' product the nitnt"
results, and which will be err.LWi
fence ol the city. Exposed poxW
ly sown with torpoouxs cLard
preparation.
A curjons and painful sees? ,
nessed at the burning of a mi!l "3 j
Ibland, near Oswego, a few dsvs agj.
mill was the home of great flifci'J.'
lows and pigeons. While tte to.
raging, tne birds would circ!? ii:v;.
in uutaa ana men oa.-sn into t in r;)
Hundreds of them were f mud c'i t f
ground after the fire. The bird? lu-J
in the mill filied with
thev sought to defend
The Auburn AlcerUssr sto tt
response to the resolution nf in;.n,-.
Convention, requesting cleme-cv f -ri:-
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niao rrisoners. oeneral Marr, Cul. ,:
son, and Cnpt. Mannix, tow in pris
the charge of violating the watri.itj.
President Grant has decided to crdtr
release. During their incarceration t
nian prisoners have been treated w:
greatest considerate n by the Dn.
officials in charge of tie prison ia 1
they are confined.
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