source of our mineral regious. An. as fcood mapa are the basis of all useful re March in every department of scienco and the arts, especially in the practical sciences of geology and metallurgy, the first step to ward a geological survey is to obtain as cor rect a map as possible, if not of the entire Ktale, at leant of such parts thereof as are of the most importance to be studied geulogi cally. BOARD OF PUBLIC CH A RITIK8. Under the requirement of an act, ap proved April 24th, 1SG9, I appointed five tommiFBioners to constitute a board of Pub lie Charities, who, at all times, have full power to look into and examine the condi tion of all charitable, reformatory or correc tional institutions within the State ; and at least once in every year visit all such as are receiving State aid, to examine everything connected with their management, and es pecially to ascertain whether the funds ap propriated to them are economically and judiciously expended. The rcauisitu num ber of gentlemen, possessing the necessary some in appearance as it U lively and enter qualifications, have generously consented to i piising in spirit. The Patriot is sound, true serve ou this Board, which is now fully or- ; aml eflxicnt in its advocacy of democratic gauized, and ihe objects fully contemplated ; . . , , - - , are being accomplished. Early during the Pr,nc,I',cs. at)J the principles are now session their first annual report will be pre- i receiving the endorsement of the people all Bc-nted for your consideration, which will ! over the country, it is befitting that such gite a luii account oi ine exteut ana impor- , behalf of the Common wealth. THE EiaOt'EAN WAR. While two heroic nations in Europe have beeu engaged in keadly strife, shocking to civilization, our countay has been but iittle effected by It in a physical sense. 13ut our sympathies are deeply excited for both peo ple, and in the name of humanity we ear nestly hope their difl'creuccs may soon be satisfactorily adjusted, and peace restored. THE MIHTAUY AT ELECTIONS. The employment of the United States troops at elections, without the cousent of local and Slate governments, has recently received considerable attention and repre hension It is regarded as an interference j with the sovereign rights of the States, which was not contemplated by the founders of the general government, and, if persisted in, must lead to results disastious to peace and harmony. The practice is one so serious in its character, aud so injuiious iu its tenden cies, as to niviit prompt consideration, aud decisive action, not only by the Geueral As sembly, but by Congress. One of the com plaints of the culonists against the Briti.-h King was the oppression growing out of the assumption of this power. They said, "11 has kepi among us in times of peace, stands ing armies, without the connect of our Leg islature;" and, what is especially pertinent to the case in point. "He has effected to render tho military independent of, aud su- : . . ,i . t .. ' ... perior to, t.,o civil power." ihe a.l.ged authority for the use of troops, at our Slate elections is derived from tho tenth section of au act of Congress, approved May 31, 1870, entitled, "An act to enforce the right of citizens of the Uuited States to vote in the everal States of the Union, and for other purposes," which authorizes United States marshals to call to their assistance, "such portion of the laud and naval forces of tho United States, or of the militia, as may be necessary to the performance of the duty with which they aie charged, and to insure a faithful observance of the Fifteenth Amend ment to the Constitution of the Uuited States. " But it must be a forced construc tion of this law that will justify the pres ence of armed national forces at our places of election when no necessity exists therefor, and where their presence is calculated to provoke collision. With a good President, i the exercise of the power referred to might ; have no injurious results, but in the bauds of a bad man, governed by personal ambi I tion, it might prove exceedingly calamitous Unconsciously a good President might be induced to employ it wrongfully; a bad one would be almost certain to use it for his own advancement. Uuder any circucastan ces, in my opinion, it is unsafe, aud antag onistic to the principles that should govern our Republican institutions. At the last October election United States troops were stationed in Philadelphia for the avowed purpose of enforcing the election laws. This was done without the consent or even the knowledge of the civil authorities of either tho city or the State, and without any ex pressed desire on the part of the citizans ; und as far as can be ascertained, without ex isting necessity. From a conscientious con viction of its importance, I have called your attention to this subject. A neglect to have done so might have been construed as an en doiement of a measure that meets my uu- .....Mva n'ooi'iirufA), i lit' U V 1 HU LIlOl 1 1 I - of tenosylvania have always been, and are I still competent to protect its citizeus in the 1 exercise of their electi ve franchise, and tho proper and onlv time for Uuited States mil- itary forces to 'intervene will be when the power of the Comraouwealth is exhausted and their aid is lawfully required 1876. f V..! Vn 1 T """"""'."'"""ay of Amencan Independence is exciting much j public attention. It will be au important era in the history of the nation. Congress has already agitated the mrjct, and will, j doubtless soon take action in relation there to. The place for this great occasion should not be a question of controversy. No other could be so appropriate as .Philadelphia. Around the Hal! of Independence cluster all tho brightest memories of the eventful period to be commemorated. There Congress met ; there the historic bell first proclaimed "lib erty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof," there the Declaration of Independence was first promulgated, and there should be the national celebration of the oue hundredth anniversary of the ca tion's existence. In conclusion, it is my tincere desire. mat we may cultivate the spirit of good will, forbearance, kindness and charity, and ..u.k: ,u constant rnoris to promote the pub- ; lie good and general prosperity. JOHN W. GEARY. kXECCTtVE ChAMBIR. IlARRisBrJtG, Jan. 4, 18 :.. A Persuasive Wife. A correspondent i of the Benton Monitor says, a handsome ! dashir.g woman rode into a village in that region a few day ago, and, alighting from her horse, went rapidly to a drinking saloon. where a number of sovereigns were having a j 'high time." She singled out the finest ! looking man in the crowd, and, walking tp I y ....... u.uj vy iuo arm h.ju oraerea 1 Film rt A .wrw tl.- . 1. : V 1 . ,.. y uvst, u i.ju ia9 nuKU lie Was I about to drain. He dashed down the glass j and rushed away. The lady followed and j finally cornered him in the billiard room, j She told him in a firm, determined voice j Hint the place he was in and the course he was pursuing would not answer for her hns- l band; that he wag wasting her property, and that she would no longer consent to be dis graced and impoverished by him. She de manded his pistol. He refused. She tovk it from him. cocked it and presented it at him, and told him he must leave or die lie concluded to leave. She marched him out as a prisoner of war to where bis horse was hitched, ordered him to mount, and in a few minutes the two were leaving the town, th wife riding in the rear of her cap- tared' loj, with bis Btx fcbootcr tnberhnj.! Oambria Freeman. EDO$ni'RC, PA. Thcksdat Mousing, : Jak. 12, 1871. '- mmm 1 ... . M The result of the Georgia election Is a little better than we announced last week. The Congressional delegation stands now .six democrats to one carpet-bagger three fourths of the Legislature democratic, and a demo- cratic majority on the popular vote of the State of over forty one thousand, llow "tcill that do for bijjh" for U. S. Grant ? Jc i-ksalistic The Uarrisburg Daily r Patriot commemorated the new year by j jfr. Wallace' reputation as an able Sena taking unto itself an entire new outfit, j tor aud an upright and pure man. The head-gear and all, and is now fully as hand- j Democratic party in Cambria countv, on abla organs as the Patriot should gird ou new armor and prepare for the good time The New York Fostuf Saturday evening contained a special telegram announcing that President Grant having finally become con vinced that the San Domingo swindle could not be put through, had given it up for a bad job. The correspondent of the- Post claimed to speak by authority, and he also announced that tho President was very sorry that he had ever meddled with the concern. If the Post's information should turn out to be correct, says the Lancaster Intelligencer, l the country will feel relieved aud Grant will I be allowed to repent cf his folly at his leis- tire he will bave plenty of leisure after ! November, 1872. . The election of "Old Undo" Jjke Zri- ur of the Butler Herald, to the position of Clerk to the Senate, is a proper and well , . , i r i , i e i merited reward for long and faithful services rendered to the democratic party. Besides all this, he has hosts of warm and admiring r , . . , . ... fneuds in this county of Cambria. His rep- utation as a fearless and able democratic journalist is widespread, and no man of ei- i . . 1 i ther party from one end of the State to the other, who knows Jacob Zeisler. will regret ! bin election or fail .Mm.-!. .1 , hio ! - V V . . . W IIIO VV-U liar fitness for the duties of the office to which he has been elected. Long live "Old Undo Jake," and may higher honors be as freely bestowed as they are eminently deserved by the wcrthv Clerk of the Senate. Hox. EniKAiM Banks died at his resi donee in Lewistown.on last Friday, aged about 80 years. II had long been a leading and active member of the Democratic party of the State, and was a participant in the lieiorni Convention of 1838. After that time, he was twice elected by his party to j tl e office of Auditor General of Tennsvlva n5a anj subfiequently held the position of i ..:.,., t., t , r .u- r . . c i ! As!0Ciate JudSe -! the Courts of L.s county. yo ui-uij retpecieu auu csiecmeu oy all who knew him, and has left an honora ble and unsullied record behiud hirn. lie j was tbe father of Thaddeus Banks, E.-q., of j Hollidaysburg, who is a most wortLy son oi a wortny sire. The corrupt and annually excitire the- ' . ,fc, t - . v . i -I tion of State Treasurer is co doubt transpi- j ring at Ilarrisburg to-day (Wednesdav) as ! we go to press. The political buzzards of both parties are therefore in full force, ready for their pray. Of course, so far as tho inter ests of the tax payers are concerned, it makes but little difference who the man is who may piove successful in the disgraceful scramble, and as for ourselves, we feel no manner of interest in the result. We will s!17 in,s owever. ihe Democratic party has a majority of olo In the State Senate. Let the members of that party in the Senate . . . P & ,aW iU1 89 SOOQ as VM em ua"y control ana protect ihe public monies of the people, and then throw ifte responsible ty of the defeat of the bill on the radical ma jority in ihe House. . . That course will make an n"ierable record for our party ; other- wise vill sink into deserved contempt. We intend te refer to this question next week It is a matter of great State interest, and the people, and not a corrupt "ring," ought to know which shall rule. P, S. A telegraphic dispatch, received on the eve of going to press, informs us that R. W. Mackey, Esq., of Allegheny county, has been elected State Treasurer by a vote 01 tvio ou. ie win nave more to about it next week. - say The message of Gov. Geary, judging from j the tone and temper of the radical papers of the State, does not meet with general en- dorsement or even common courtesy fiom his political friends. It is well known that John W. Geary at one time in his somewhat eveutful life was a citizen of this county, aud was then a democrat of the strictest faith and in full sympathy with the principles of that party. It is also well known that at a much more recent date he declared h limse'.f "a democrat without affix or prefix." Iu view of these facts, then, it reed not be wondered at that he sometimes "shows his raising," as he takes occasion to do in the merited rebuke he administers to the President in that portion ("published entire ,n the synopsis J 1 jwrscuieu eisewnere m our . 1 1 . paper) of his message relating to the employ ment of troops at elections. Grant has, in violation of all law and precedent, as our readers are aware, used the military power f lb Senerfll government o overawe and coerce the citiieos of several States into sub mission to his arbitrary demands; in all of which attempts, however, we are glad to say, he has most signally failed, as he cer tainly deserved to do. On this subject Goa ry treats the President's disgraceful conduct in the strongest terms of condemnation, and although a more befitting time to have done this would have been when United Slates: soldier, wero stationed at several of the I polls in the city of Philadelphia, on the day of the recent election there, still we cannot refrain from giving the Governor due credit for having even at the eleveutb honr, enun ciated such bold and patriotic sentiments as be gives expression to io this and other por tions of his recent message to the Legisla ture. But of this more in our next. Speaker Wallace's Address, We publish below the address of Hon. William A. Wallace, of Cieai field coun ty, delivered on the cccasion of his election as Speaker of the State Senate. It is a cred itable production, full of sound and States- manlike suggestion?, and greatly adds to more than one occasion, have testified their approbation of Mr, Wallace, and we know that he gratefully appreciate their cordial recognition of his honest and efficient sup port of the principles of that party which he aud they believe will sustain and make per manent the honor and sure prosperity of the State. We regard William A. Wallace, taking his record as a Slate Senator, as a fit fcnd honorable representative of the party of the State, and feel quite sure that in his new and responsible position, as Speaker of the Senate, he will sustain his well earned and well deserved character for ability and in tegrity. Sln atobs : Accept my thanks for the honor con ferred upon me. I shall endeavor to dis charge the duties of my port with impartiality, and 1 pray your aid and support in the admin istration of llie rules and the preservation of the decorum which becomes the Senate. In assii m'tng control of this body for the first time in ten years, we recognize our respon.si bi.itv, siiti forgetful of the calumnit-s that have been heaped upon us during all of those years, and faithful always to the great doc trines of free government. Loug and able, but now approaching their full tide in the public wind, we trust their power to guide the future. Taking no sten backward, it is our mission to remedy the evil of present legisla- j tior' Accomplished f u-ts and their logical 'sequences are to be vtstiv estimated and in . thcir Jigllt we mwt Id the policy to ,eadUthe i State and control the nation. Experimental ! rcform9 a wore thin useless, but healthy ! progress under the guidance of established truths become.-, necessity and duty. To lead I iu such refoirns, to gnide our much loved al ,e ln KUCil a "iauvi, ' increase and cevel- ope her resources, to cause her waste places to resound with the brim of busv indastrr. to rrive rjal alltl honest representation to every citi- lu rcircucii ... u eipen.iuure. lO pay nr I deblf , to check tho tide of special legislation, I to banish corrupting aud debusing influences j from the heats of powr, are ohjeets worthy I the intellects and energies of each of us. Uu controlled power by one political organization during a long tcmi of yer.rs iniTitab!y be : get smii-msuagement and extravagance, and , the aJministra'.iou of the aft'tirs ot this ! Commonwealth has been no exception to this 'rule. In the correction of these wrong3, Sen j ators, we invite jMir cordial co-operation. j The Coiihtitution commands us this year to j apportion and distribute rfpjally throughout j provision is mandatory ; to perform it now is i a sworn obligation ; to perform it in a suirit of me oiaie, senators ana Representatives. This equality, of honesty and of justice is diatinctlv v"juiu-.. 7 ia eitl:er ia a 4 - - A.n appointment of state by whic'i the voice of !''r people is exPrs?ed at ihe ballot-box. sll:iU be ,ai,lT and justlv repreicnted in these Lill- i hn?cr.uivey demanded from thisjeg- i.i-. i . . iMHLurt?. tiusi representation lor all the r.nn- ple, a fair hearing for every shsde of senti ment, in a cocsfitntional convention, if it shall be yo'ir pleasure to call one, are vital prei equi- sites to tbe creation of an cc t&tnt ST eptutile organic re its defeat. people of vour commercial metropolis in the matter ot the election of orhcers have been outraged and lran,Pled ,uPn hJ a preceding legislature, and theJ are Je"'d a voice in Iheir choice. Thcv nre t!lU!S disfriUlChiSed in one of the most vital matters of loyal self government. To correct this violation of fundamental American princi ple, we earnestly invoke you. The relief of our over-worked Supreme Court demands, and should have our eat Heat attention. Special legislation has become a vice of our system. The prevalence of a gen eral rule of law over our whole territory, upon subjects usually within the scope of legislative action, is now an exception, and special euact ments and special privileges are found upon almost every page of our voluminous annual statute book. To put an end to ibis, and to govern Iho people by salutary general rules the pressure of which shall be tight and equal, seem to be plain duties, ln the correction of the iniperloctious of the administration ; iu the redress of the wrongs that are potent, and in the performance of the duties peremptorily en joined. Right and justice are iufinitely better guides than a desire for partisan advantage or efforts for party success. Reason, concession and a mutual deference in the performance ol the duties now before us will ensure their sat isfactory accomplishment, and au inflexible will aud a united purpose iu the support of the vital principles will command their success. In thiaspiiit the representatives of 35,000 citizens of this Commonwealth, for years inis represented and disfranchised, now assume control of the Senate anxious to aid in launch ing the State upon a career of healthful pro gress and well digested reform, earnest in their determination to shape the present as to control the future, and ready to extend the frateraal grasp to all who. forgetful of the past can see the pathway of the State and Re public only made clear by the economical ad ministration of good government, magnani mous forgiveness and genuine spirit of north with charity. How Richmond Has Scffekbd. At the opening of this new year it is not without mournful interest to look at the great disas ters that have befallen Richmond since it became a city. In 1811 the theatre on Broad street, where the Monumental church now stands, was destroyed by fire, aud seventy-two persons, including the Governor of Virginia, were burned to death. During the war, besides the sufferings usual in a beeiged city, the amunition factory on Brown's Island exploded in 13G3. killing ! thirty-three young girls and six males inclu j ding Rev. J. Woodcock, engaged there. ; 1865, at the evacuation, nearly the entire j business portion of the city was destroj'ed I by nre- In 18C8, at a political celebration on Mayo'a Island, the bridge broke down, killing Col. James II. Branch, one of our best citizens, and four other persons. Tbe year of 1870 was thick with disasteis. In April, the flooring o the court room of tho capitol gave way, killing fifty seven and wounding over one hundred persons. A few months afterwards, a large portion of the city was submerged by flood, causing great destruction of property ; and on Christ mas morning, the Spottswood hotel, with the valuable block of buildings adjoining, was destroyed by fire, and eight human beings burned to death, besides four not heard from, and supposed to have shared the same fate. But it is a comfort to ns all to know that these disasters have never cast 'down our people, and that they still look hopefully for its prosperity to Hi j"' wilfl tln ilia?0" llt ? me' Th Doctors Nonplussed. A Girl takes a Nap of Five Days and JS'ights, and Wakes up as Well as Ever. We have re cently had in our midst a most remarkable case of coma with general anasthesia, lasting 120 hours. Emma Gray, who lives at 617 Green 6treet, was attacked with epileptic convulsions early in the evening of Decem ber 27. which were repeated very frequently every four or five honrs. After the convul sions ceased, she fell into a comatose state, in which she was utterly deprived of all her senses, not being able to be aroused by pow erful shocks from electric batteries, or any applications which ordinarily succeed in reaching the human senses, aud provoking some evidences of vitality. The patient was visited by Bevnral of our prominent physicians who had heard of the phenomenon. Such cases are mentioned as being of extremely rare occurrence, and doubtless all of our decijles of Esculapius would have been glad to have witnessed this one. Watson, in his Principles and Practices of Physic." says that, after opilep tic attacks, the subject has been frequently known to lapse into a stupor which lasted for an hour or two. sometimes for half a day. lie says nothing of the complete loss of sen sibility, however, as was the case in this instance. Many features in the case bore a strong analogy to that of the sleeping beauty from Obion county, Tennessee. The Green street woman was in this condition from early Tuesday evening till about t.-n p. m., Saturday, during which time she breath ed regularly and freely, with no distor tions of her face, her eyelids being just closed. To all outward appearance she was merely enjoying a gentle bleep. She says that she came to this city from Memphis, and that about five years ago. while living remote from scientific medical men, she fell into a similar state, which lasted nearly a week. Preparations were beiug made this last time to put her on exhibition when she gave signs of returning consciousness. The case is certainly a rcmarkablo one. both as to symptoms and the duration. Emma is a stout, hearty girl, and looked, and really was, as well, in a very short time after wak ing, as she ever was. with the exception of paleuess and weakness, which were the nat ural results of doing without fowl or water f rso long a period.- St. Louis Times. Jan. 4. Iiemakkabls. There lives a family in Dorchester county, every dark eyed male member of which, fur the past fifty 3 ears, has gone blind, at the age of 20 or 25 years. Those with blue eyes escape the terrible af fliction. There is a traditun about this singular circumstance which we lav before our readers as we heard it : Some sixty years since, so goes the story, a beautiful black eyed girl of 20, from some cause or other, lost her eye-sight. Her misfortune brought ptDury and want with it. Being reduced to beggary, bhe was wont to go abioad anking alms. During one of her journeys she visited the neighborhood in which resided the anctstors of thce who arenow sightless. Iustead of her helpless condition exciting, as it should have done, a feeling of sympathy, she was treated with ridicule by some of the younger members of the house her evil star had led her into. Two of the boys, as a matter of mere devil try, took her out, promising to conduct her to a place where plenty awaited. Instead of giving her a safe conduct, they carried her into a swamp and left her. It is said that she cried out beseeching them to put her on the public read, but they heeded hot their lamentations. Finding herself about to bo deserted among tbe tangled brushwood, she turned her prayer to a curse, askiug her Maker, in her revengeful anguish, to punish her betrayers by making tbeir offspring, fur seven generations as helpless as she was. it is said that she was Lund dead iu the swamp, having perished from hunger and cold. This may appear somewhat romantic, but whether the traditionary part of it be false or true, it is assuredly a fact, that the male offspring of the family referrtd to lose their sight as indicated. Hundreds of per sons in Dorchester county will verify it. Cambridge (Mass.) Herald. A Western Heroine. AScltoolmistress Risks her Life to ace her Pupils. The heroic conduct of a lady teacher of Indepen dence, Iowa, Miss Maggie Uooptr, is record ed. The school building in which she was teaching is provided with veutilating flues, connected with the rooms with registers of cast-iron, weighing about forty pounds each, and are let into the wall about thirteeu feet from the floor. Oa Monday afternoon of last week, as two little boys were working at the black board, directly under the register, iu Aliss Cooper's room, the lady happened to cast her eye iu the directiou of tho ceiling, and saw in her consternation the heavy iron reg ister was ou the very point of falling on the heads of the unconscious children. Taking in the situation at a glance, she saw that the little oues could not be removed in time to save their lives. At a sacrifice, she rush ed to the spot, and. extending her arms above the head of the little boys, received the falling iron, and, by the utmost exercise of her strength, divided it from the line of its decent to the floor, where it fell close by the side ohe imperiled children. There is not the least doubt that, hut for the heroic action of Miss Cooper, the livs of one or both of the boys would have been sacrificed. Miss Cooper received a slight cut in the hand, and for a day or two her arm was so benumbed by the coucussion. as to be entirely useless. The United States steamer Saginaw grounded on October 29. 1870, on the French Frigate Shoals, near Midway Island. Owing to the heavy surf which prevailed from that day until November 11, when the steamer went to pieces, the officers and crew (about ninety in number), who had escaped to Ocean Island, were unable to save much of their stores. The island being barren, they were reduced to quarter rations at the very beginning. Lieutenant Talbot and a j few of his men started in the gig for Hono , lulu on November 18. and on December 18 j reached Kania. one of the Sandwich Islands, wnere ue and mauy of his boat's crew were drowned in the surf. Word was at once sent to Honolulu, and two steamers were immediately sent to the assistance of the shipwrecked bailors. The fiftieth anniversary of the ordina tion to the priesthood of Very Rev. Father Keenan, of Lancaster, was celebrated on Jan. 1st, with impressive solemnity. Re marks were made by Bishops Wood, Shan ahan, and O'Hara. The venerable Father Keenan was ordained to the priesthood on January 1st, 1820 at St. Joseph's Church (then the Cathedral) Philadelphia, by the Right Rev. Henry Conwell, Bishop of the Diocese of Philadelphia. He came to Lan caster as pastor on Sept. 29, 1823, since which time he has been continually connec ted with St. Mary's. It is understood that Gen. Butler has two more letters which Admiral Porter wrote to parties in New York denouncing Grant. These letters are said to eclipse the one al ready printed. Butler says he will make them public in a few days. IVcvrs and Political Hems. Joseph T. Budlow was blown to pieces in the Uoosac Tunnel, ou Thursday night last, by the premature explosion of a dualin cartridge. The York Gazetta speaks highly of Messrs. Hendricks, Thurman and Hancock in regard to the next Presidency but prefers the Hon. Michael C. Kerr, of Indiana, as the next Democratic candidate. Mrs. Crosby, a Texan matron, is a model dreamist. She dreamed the other night that if she should buy a lottery ticket she would win a prize. She accordingly purchased the last ticket that was for sale, and drew 400. Miss Edmcnia Lewis, the young sculp tress has returned to Rome. She takes with her a commission to chisel a life-sized statue of John Brown for the Uuiuu League Club, New York. It is thus that "loyalty" seeks to perpetuate the memory of a fanatic who sought to have Southern women and child ren tntchered. Buckingham Smith, a State Senator of Florida, was found insensible in tbe streets of New York on Thursday, and died in Bell vue Hospital yesterday. The cause of his death was consumption. Deceased studied law iu Maine, and was mbst quently Judge of a Florida court, and Secretary of the Spanish Legation. An unknown and rery fatal disease lias appeared in Oregon, entire families been sometimes stricken at the same time. The physicians term it maIl-pox, but micro scopic examination of the pustules obtained from the worst cases have failed to detect the first small-pox globule. It is still spreading, and La files all medical skill. A curious freak of nature is said to have occurred lecently at Cape Cod, Massa chusetts. It is no less a phenomenon than a male child three months old more snake than human. The cause of such an abnor mal growth seems to have been (as usual in such cases) that the mother during preg nancy had a monomania for killing snakes. The celebrated case of Fredrick Riehl, a girl of 21 vearF, against Robert Barnes of Hvansvillo, 72 years old, worth half a mil lion dollars, for breach of promise a.id se duction, damages laid at $56,000. was con cluded on Wednesilay night at Prir.ct-ton, Iud., the jurv rendering a verdict for the defend int. The trial lasted for five days, and .was of a most sensational character. A correspondent writing from Stltillo, Indiana, gives account of lemarkablc twins bnm iu that town. They were joined to gether from their shoulders to the lower por tion of their bodies. There was but one body in fact, yet three arms and hands, two heads, two sets of bowels, and two legs. Ti e twius died a short time after birth, one head dying ten minutes before the other. 'Ihe curiosity is in possession of Dr. Stanley, at Salfillo. An extraordinary case i3 on trial before a United States Commissioner at Rochester. It is alleged that the dtfendent and about thirty others entered into a formal written agreement, before the election, to sell their votes to whoever woold pay thenost, and that one of the by-laws of their association provided that twenty lashes should be ia ilicted on any member who voed contrary to tho direction of their President. What shall Jbe done with Asa Kittle, the blicd boy who murdered his father and mother, is earnestly discussed in Troy and its neighborhood. It has been proposed to appoint a commission to settle the question of his sanity, and the Troy Times says the District Attorney will probably oppose this very strenuously, and many persons believe that to send the boy to an asylum whold be the best dh-iosititn that could be made of him. Minnesota papers tell a sad story of a little girl and boy who wandered away from the house of their father in Morrison county, in that State, and were subsequently found dead by the Indians. The boy lay on his back, having apparently died without much suffering. The girl had taken her rings from l.er ears, and wrapped thrm, with a lock of her hair, in a small piece of cloth, had "put the little parcel in her pocket, and then laid down and died from cold, hunger and exposure. The censas returns from more than a thousand counties in the Southern States show what needed no showing, that with negroes freedom is sinonjmous with death. When slavery existed the negroes in the South increased ten fold in fifty years, but within the last ten years their multiplication has been scarcely perceptible, and so it be comes very probable what legal slavery increased illegal slavery has diminished. Once the masters were men ; now they are want, distress, and carpet-baggers. The following are Mercer county items: Samuel Wolf, a pauper, last Wed nesday was found beside a shock of corn dead. He is supposed to have been lying there for several days. On the Sunday suc ceeding Jerry Potts, wLile in an intoxicated condition, was frozen o death in bis own house. On Saturday last a week George Siddall, aged eighty-three years, died in Fairview township. The deceased 'was em ployed in the British navy in his earlv days and was on board the vessel of Lord Nelson when he was killed in the battle of Trafalger. Among tho sufferers by tho awful ca lamity in Richmond, on Christmas morning, was a young man, Samuel Hines, whose name deserves to be mentioned with that homage which genuine heroism ever inspires. Twice, at the eminent peril of his life, he rushed through the fire and smoke, and safely emerged again, dragging with him some unfortunate whom terror had deprived of self-exertion. He was seen to dash into the burning mass a third time, but an in stant after the forked flames shot up in all directions, shutting him from the view of the enthralled spectators, and the gallant man came back no more. A Chicago journal calls attention to the revival in the Western Athens of a "lost art," known to the Romans when they manufactured asphalt pavement. There is on exhibition in that city an "imperishable asphalt pavement," which is said to be im pervious to water, unchangeable under the action of the elements, elastic, hard, smooth, free from dust, tougher than granite, easily handled and taken up, desirable, and which can neither rot, burst, nor shrink ; which above all, is cheap. It consists of lime and asphalt mingled in proper proportions. It is made up into.blocks, and is laid more easily, it is said, than wooden pavements. The interstices between the blocks are filled with gravel. There is said to be now living in the mountains of South Carolina, forty miles from Greenville, S. O., a man who has reached the extraordinary age of 143 years. At the time of Braddock's defeat ht was twenty years old, and had a wife and three children. A gentleman in Green ville, states that this man, who has come down to us from a former generation, has always been in moderate circumstances ; living" upon a coarse vegetable diet; that he never has drunk any liquid but spring water, and bids fair to live many years longer. H9 enjoys perfect health ; possesses all of man hood's attributes, and wishes to marry He has survived seven wives, and having lost his last one about sixty years ago, bo now begins to fcei quite lonely. Tlic Xcw Legislature. The following is a correct list of the mem bers of the Pennsylania Legislature : PO'ATK. 1. KP PfH-hert, D 2. A vv Ilenszey, It 3. If A Jiajrle. 1 4. Geonre t'onnell. It 5. II J Brooke. H Henrv 8 Evan.. It 6. Jesso W Kniffht, J) 7. F.dwin Albriifht, I 8. J. Dupuy Davis. D 9. Wm M ltandall, D 111. A G Drodl.oud, D 11. P. M Osterhout, It 12. S G Turner, D in. A G OlmsteaJ, R 14. A II Dill. D lfi. ' K-Duckalew, T IU. David Mum ma, K 17. E ntUlngfett. It J H Warfel. It 18. A G Miller, I) IU. OM Duncan, Tt VK Hiram Fintltny, D 21. K H Petriken. IJ I) M Crawford, D 22. Harrv White, K Zi. XV A Vallttce, I 2t. A A P.irman, L 25. Jas I. Graham, It G H Anderson, JJ 2i. J S Uuttm, II 27. James Kerr, It 2. Harrison Alton, R 211. G II Oelamater, H HOLSKor KErKKSKTATIVBS. Philadelphia 1. js.nn'l P Thompson, R: ?. Goo MtGowen.D; :i. barn'l Josephs, D; 4. WtnlKlHolt, K; 5. Wm Dutl v, It: fi. Jno K Moonev, D; 7. Hott Johnson. It: 8. Wui I. Marshall, K; 9. (ieorg A Oniric-. D: 10. John K Hc-vImii ii, R: 11. ?am 1 M llnxr."Jt; John I.ainoii. It; 13. John DuuiIk II, It; 14. Job 11 Cloud. It: l.V A.lam AHriurht, U; 10. Wm F Smith. H; if. Jos A CamplKlJ, 1); IS. Jas Miller, It Adams Isaac Htrretor, D Alle- g-heny Miles ! Humplm-jr. It: James Taylor, R; John II KVrr. K; Duvid N White, R; Henry War ner, It; John S ltohli. R Armstrong- G S Put- m'V.D Uorks A TCKrK'or.H; U H S-Iwartzr D:lohn A Conrad, D Him k ijam'l Darrah, I); S C Pin tell, R Rnolfor.l and Sullivan .lum-.II W.-t.b, It: Pci-lty If Iliifk, K....Hluir III. Hewit, R Cambria W Horace Hotse, D ....Carbon and Monroe Wesley 11 Leonard, ! Cm t P Gray Mt-ck, D. . . .Clarion uud Jef ferson KifTinind Liitflish, l Clearfield. For est und K!k John G Hn!l,l Clinton, tiuner- on and JilfKosn A C Xovrs, D Chester Joa CKoet ii, R: Levi Prizvr, R ; Sll Hoops, H Crawford J H Gray, R; D D Williams. D ... Columbia and Montour-Thomas Chalfutit. I Cumberland John 1 IjeidiK D Dauphin John E Parsons, It ; A C Smith, R Delaware Trvon Lowis, D. . . Erie George W Starr. It ; I Nf'wton Miller, R Fayette T R Seinml ter- ly.D (ireene Kob't A MeConnel.D. ..Hunt- iiig-tlon, Mifliin ard Juniata Henry A IfcAtter, D; Abraham Rohrer, D. . . .Indiana Rn! West moreland H K Sloan. D; Thomas MpMuJJJii, li: Andrew M Fulton. K. ... .Lancaster Adani C Roino-hl. R; John F Wllrv. R; Geo WhMson. It; Henry M Enirei, R. ...Lebanon Jonathan Zer- J'O. R Lehijfh Adam Woolver. D; Herman M Fttter, 1. . . .I.ycomintr. Inio!i jnd Snyder Samuel Wilson, D; John Cumniings. 1; William Young, D I.u.eruo Geo Co ray, R ; Richard Williums.lt; Stephen H Keene, D. .. -Mercer, 1 jiwrem ami Hotter K A Wheeler. K;Alex"P Moore, R; Samuel D Chirk. R; G W Fleeiyer, K . . . .Monriroinery John C Harvey. D: Oliver G Morris. D. ... Northampton Saui"l i-iileau. D; David Enjrleman, D. .. .Northumberland Robt Montgomery. D....Peri-v and Franklin I) It Milliken, D; Geo W Skinner. D Schuylkill James Ellis, D ; J Irvin Steel. D; Francis Mc Kenn, D. ... Somerset, Hedford and Fulton W H Sanner, It; S P Wishart, R Susquehanna and WvomiUfr Edward II Iieardslif. R; A H Walker. R Tioga and Potter H R Strang. R: John S Mann. H.... Vsnanjo and Warren J D McJunkin, It; C W Stone. D Wayne and Pike David A Wells. D. ... Washington and Heaver D M Lethermau. R ; W m A Mickey, R ; v ni Shiiiiock. It. J Mujjee, D. Republicans. Democrats.. . .York Lemuel Ross, D; Trunk KECAriTCLATION. . . . . 40 ....10 .... 1 Republican majority in Houm Democratic majority in Senate Republican majority on joint ballot. OU K COl.MIES. A ft t uf m un t of tliolr Population and Acres. tJIIi I lie au.ea of County i-it I it. C'tuttt 'us. Adams Allegheny Armstrong ... Heaver He. I ford Herks Hlair Bradford Rucks Rutler Cambria Cameron 'arbtm 'exit re Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton Columbia Crawford Cumberland. . . Dauphin 1 lelawarc Elk Eric Fayette Forest Frnuklia Ful ion Greene Huntingdon. . . Indiana Jefferson , .1 tiniutii Lancaster., liwreiice Iebanon Lehijih iMzertt Lycoming . . Mclvcan Mercer Mifliin Monroe Montgomery. . Montour I'r-li'n. ,4rvj;. Co. .S'Yi.". .. ;K).:i1" m,S2U Gettvsburg. ..2e2.X3 V2.500 Pittsburgh. .. t-'J.-'tvi 4o.s.'.ioo Kittar.ning. . :K,l:!2 2iw.24i Heaver. . . 2S.t5 CO'i.ltXl Hertford. . .l;.7:w .v,si.i Rending-. .. 3.U:-.l 3s 1. 1(1M Holiidaysbtirg. .. SI. 101 751.3) Towanda. . m.Mo :u7.2f Doviostown. . :ii.4K" &.C.4O0 Rutler. . 'M.r'i2 42S'fiJ Ebensburg. . 4.C73 260.4S) Emporium. .. S.SjS 2."i;.0ll Muui-h Chunk. . :J4.:4 i-.ori Hellefoiite. .. 77.724 472.:.i Wst Chester. .. 2f...42 :t?4.iAl Clarion. . 26.779 7'.'l.t l learlield. .. 21.21:1 r,-.i..-.0 Lock Haven. . 2s.'.ur 27.'.MO Hloombiirg. .. i3.S--7 e.H.700 Meadvilie. . 44.-?T :j4-i.lti Cai ii-ic. . t'0.7:-rr 3.Y7.7l Uarrisburg. .. :tf,541 11:1.2s" Mfdia. . .315 44ti,720 Ridgwuv. . 06.'J77 4;.ikio F.riv. . 43.S--4 .-27,3'U Cniontown. . 4.1S3 2M.WU Tionesta. . 4.-..3S3 4SU.0U) Chauibtrnburg. . 9.361 2ii..SJ0 M-Conncllsbuig . 25.SKJ 3S,120 Waynesbuig. . :l,2.v; Xrr.tiH) Huntingdon. . r.0.123 4'J2.Soo Indiana. ..- 21,051 412.HM Hrookviile. . 17.901 22US0 Miftiiutown. .121.425 CiONUM I.anoaster. . STvrs 22V. 120 New Castle. . :W,117 I"...40 I-ebanon. . 5(5.7112 2!2,1H Allcntown. . .16U.U51 8'.;,ti00 Wilkcshprre. . 47.'32 t91.200 Williainsport. . S'J0 71;.X! Smethioi-t. . 49.91 41ti.OH0 Mercer. . 17,V9 2io,Su) Lcwistown. .. 1S:!5 SM.ono Stroudsburg. .. sl.f12 3UUK) Norrisrown. . 15.334 94.720 Danville. Northampton. . . Hl.VXi 24O.0.XI Easton Northumberland. 41,440 292,4-Sl Sunburv. Perry 25,4Ni 344.1HHI N. H'.oomfield. l'hiladclphia C7:'.72U so.tUO Philadelphia. Pike s.414 34,000 Milford. I'otter 11.424 ti.s5.440 Coudersport. Schuylkill lli,:35 4-a.4U(J Pottsville. Snyder 15,0i.; 1S7.510 Middieburg. 5omers-t 2.S.251 ti.2,246 Somerset. Sullivan ti.lyi 275.2UI Ijjporte. Suwiuehaiina. . .. :i7,rvii 5I0.OSU Montrose. Ttofra 35.1(12 711.240 Wellsboro'. I nion 15.5iM I55.12U I.ewisburg. Venango 47.:r.'2 Sto.210 Franklin. Warren 23.W7 551. 00 Warren. Washington 4S.4M1 r.7:i..s:io Washington. Wayno :;:,210 4t;n..sm Honesoale. Westmoreland... Rs.(!i9 r73.iK) Grtrensburg. Wyoming- 14.5S5 S;1.7'S1 Tunkhitnuock. York 71,217 5;ti,uu0 York. Total population, 3,514ts); total number of acres, 2tf,:i52.&l. Pennsylvania is situato between S9 deg 43 min.and 42 dog. north latitude, and 2 deg. 17 min. east, und 3 deg. 31 min. west lougitud. from Washington. Its mean length is 2KUES3 miles, mean breadth 15S.(!Cr miles; its greatest length is :-40 miles, aud greatest breadth 175 miles aud 192 jiorches. VECETMLESIC1LIA?3 HAIR RENEWEK. Is tho only infallible Hair Preparation for BH3TORING Grat Ham to Its ORicitat. Col or au PitOMOTiNa Its Growth. II ic th cheapest preparation over of-fert-tl to tli publir, a one- bottl will last lonsfrnnd afomnlish more than three bottles oran; othor preparation Our Renewer ia not a Dye; it will not stain the skin as others. It xrill ken th Hair from fciV.ing wit. It cleanse the Scalp, unit makes the Hair OFT. L18TKOIS A5D SILKEN. r.Tra.t,!,e oa tho H,r eoDt fr r mail. R. P. HALL & CO., Nashua, N II.. Proprietors. ORPHANS' CO U HT S A IK. Uy vr tue of an order of the Orphans" Court of Cambria county, to me directed, there will be exposed to Public Sale, on the premises in Jackson township, on TUESDAY, the 31st day ot JANU ARY, instant, tit 2 o'clock. P. M.. the following described Real Estate of which Peter L?,er, Jw ' seized- to wit : A PI ECU or I'AH Ctulj Ot L.A.? Dsituate in the townshipof Jack son, county of Cambria, state of Pennsylvania, adjoining hinds or Geo. Wehu, Sam'l A'lbaugh. 'r lleirs- and others, cvmtaimng til 5 u 1. ' more or less, about S Acres of which are cleared, having thereon erected a one-nnd-a-haif story Loo Dwelling Hoi sk. TERMS OF SALE One-third of the purchase mouey to be paid on confirmation of s-Ue. and the residue in two equal annual pavments with interest, to be scun-d bv mortgage und Judg ment bonds of the purchaser. - , MICHAEL II. RACER, Jackson Twp., Jan. 5. 187L-4t. Administrator. A UDITOU'S NOTICE.Ilavin2 been . .. appointed Auditor to report distribution or the surplus money in tho hands ol tho herifT arising from the Mle of personal property of James H. Howard, the undersigned herebv gives notice that he will attend to the dutfe of hia 1 apiKJintment at the Prothonotarv's Oflice, Johnstown, on Monday, Fkb. 6. Is71. at 2 o'cl k, P. m., at which time and place all persons inter ested can attend if they noenropi-r . T C. W. EASLY, Auditor. Johnstown, Jan. 5, l71.-St. pAY UP! PAY UP!-AU peraons -1- Jiavlng accounts standing with the subscri ber for a period of thres month or more, are hereby respectfully requested to call without further delay and make settlement of the same, as I need what is due meand must bave it. even though I be foreod to colleet it according to ,ttKoanSburg, Jan.,, 187L-3t.V- Win January Sltf. T ;,?,.h 7'! iinea room, waohinV. nr,i ""'""ir C i Hoarding Sehool f an tuHi.r , r itbs. fr H26, p CLlZn !f,rm rtcrniu. pH. " send for.,. . ''fCl.',. nrv. "".Kin. . ri f I 1 I.' . 1 m at hut?; also. a-nir .,f u 1 'ni'Ksii- . - JKivei. & Co.. Parkesh., '"A"18? -fc AVKXTMI-Everv Ho,,kT see this ri,. il.: luller, Pub r, bpriujriield. mJ. VjT r KIK XV Vnn K" C r .. " IM Steam Engines, wiih an,l w7! and Sectional Satetr StVm ll V ut c quantities by special" niuchinerv srS' .,J cular, 44 Cortlandt St: tet, ew YorkC f;: FOR 1871. The Fikst Emtioji of i,t Pr-. Ifty Thocsawd eoi-ies t Xiti': , inr ' tU Catalogue of Srcdimd Flni- i "' is published and rou1r to K-nd , Lt ? ; and an Enrravinsr of" aiinot tv. '" Flower and Vcretahie. It isp;w:-''-"-n tinetiuti-d piiper.il'atRittl- ' drcd ftne W ood feg-rKTinirs and 'fo'iu?. COLOltKl) J'l ATr. . Tlie most beautiful snd the n-'-t , Floral Guide puMishod, A a y 11 u , r'i:T Tins published, in all other r-i , El1 to the Enirli-u. '-j. Sent free to all my customer, ,f 1.-, ... .... . -r- ... v.. ....... .u. aruilii.1,. .... others who order them f,,r Tm tt.. JAMES VICK. I'.ocutyrt; CSE THE "VEGIHH ... "Moth iiia txtter." Lxtllh i','T f UPRA5I S IIEPII.ATORT POTlDrE Removes sui-erfluous hair in - , without injury to bLin. Srr.t I r :na 1 'Jt Relieves most ioii-ut paroxvi.- if , and effects u speedy cure, l i.'-'-1 ,. i TUG J4l4.i:Sr. Il41Rm; Colors the whiskers urnl hnir a ::i '. 3 or biiowx. It coni-ts of iij, vm .("! 75 ctaits by mail. Address S. 1" rVifYyf" 721 Jayne Street. PIii!:!iie!rh:a. ', sent free. Sold by nil lru?:-i-. Sf)K A WEEK SALARY want.'d lucui an. I - Address (withftanip) it. (I. V ALKE:T liow. New York. S5 SAI.AKY PER Wl IK ar; J WW T'Hd Atrr-nts. to -e!i fu:r rew dis-overif. Aui'.ri-sn b. SWtil i 1 shall. Mich. Agents! F-ead Ws ttiii fat AGiirr: a :: a: -and expenses, or allow 0 larp-'o-i to sell our nw and wonderful inV: drt. if. M'AGN ER & CO., Marsha::.!: A CARD A Clerfryman. while re-siding in S- ishi ca a? a in isiona ry. discovereu a nff-.w'! ; remedy ior tiie ("urc.f Xpi vovs W' ly Decay, Iietses of the Cr;:; .-.ry a:: ' v trcans. and the whol iraint.f iis-.r:? mi by baneful and icii.i: ba! il-. r: ber bare been cured by t!:i n.-.l rr. Prompted by a desire to i:m-:it tilt aft: : uufortiitiRte.l will -end tbe r. i-i-.-f .r.-. . and usiitir this luedii-ip.e. in a r-H !e-i - an v one v bo needs it. frm-i ,-h.injt.J.i:: T.1mia, Station D.liil lc llosc. N.l Dollar Ste33 It liXO li'rolutU fiiir'Ct- Por a fc.il dcicr'rt! .: ;' most Wonderful-:! nlou Toy of th A lisarth tu.i 11'" cf Sent by mai!.poHi;: ceipt of II !. byCouv A- Co.. 5fcS Urod ' -by Eipr5s t-n resM'--' ONE DOLLAR ENGINE Gu; audi AX'S sai.i: or -r ESTATE. Ry virtue of n ' Orphans" Court of Cambria cc'inir- ' r rectel, there will be exposed t. V'J: SATl'RDAY. the 14tli day of JAM A at 2 O'clock, P. M . the fclicwir-y ie-r.:y. Estate, or which Thomas Ciw as. lield count v. died seize.1. situuto in ship. Cambria county. I'd., t-ona-.. crilcd ns follows : Heirinums lit a.:e ? r.cr, thence south 4S derives. W l-1 ches. to a post: thence noiih s. nr. ; 115 perches, to a : thence s-:i'!' fr east HI perches. 10 place f bt-K -1 taiiiing- 10 1-3 Ai re, net. N-imr : tract of land warranted iu the r.uir.v -D--kTt. , , .. Teiijis or Sate.- une-liHlf of i "-. inonev to be paid on contirinabun ei . the balance in one year, witli iiittre-j-' cured by. the boud t.nd inortpu'p -chaser J,s- -' Guardian of miuor children .fITh'V"?'-V decetwed. 'J:i:u J' nMivicrtf a TORS' X0TICI. A 1 iXlEa.V-'-- , , Estate ofj awe M-;oVGH.-otters of Administration ! '..f V. 1..,.. ,.f Wn-'V'U? 1 . dt cM. hnvina- been v-mnted tot.ieuiiL by the Rewri-ter of t iMubna ,u"l-". indebted to jid e-tnteure u-' -,-; immediate pavment nui be 1.' i"-.-having- claim? ejrainst tlx them properlv inithfntnat- 'l .or . - iii-.MKTHi Li m;v.Vlg iiS FRANCIS (.if Kit-1" De. IC. lS70.-flt. - I7Xi:cuTOirs notice.- 1 Estate of Mich l Cl-nni,. Letters Testamentary on iM i'--; l(. CuuuinKbam. late ef Carroll t-wn j, r .,, countv, dec"d, having l-a$"l )tr:f dersig-iKHl, residing i t-"""'1'10!! .,: Susquehanna township, the? rcM . ;t. bons indebted to said estate to n v payment, and those havinff fis;'n', -.tf the sumo duly authenticated r.r - JOHN MANNK'.V ! Dec. 22, lS70.-6t , I EXECUTOR'S NO'nCE.7 tiavinir oeeu ij-vi"y - , jii - AVill and Testaineut or !.' b ia, hcrebv notify all persons teb that payment must be made f sent them J A 1 r-S SKW;'-," WI'mnrA 1. lj.lji70.-0t. .or Eiensrurir. anu i.'iv" . .V..t- u.11 superior article of um ' B I'll ur-ll.av . llAu a... .11,. ur1 ftP.VlU'-' . rsoii9 wishiCf 'o ' ,;,.!: i, ,h tho ltnk by rca ' a tn rftu Robert ilHam- 1 I- gtor will reooive prompt attenti.Mi. .sKrK vj irt u-n -Ira. 11. o Ty-TVi IP Tilt, Nn' '... briber is rifnL VILLE and MolTAl-N .-, J;fintl::; 11 "uuan"' qualities, in lanreor """t -fr,-Aortest notice and aC lbe D'- f Al U Also, will attend toall gt M promptness and diswUD' . . prices as any man m it f , . nr t crnnE asp l V A .1 1 i1 0 VtrtTT Ft ' T IXrt HOISK 1 i-v;r.,ti t reasonable terius hi Htf ilOlEPROPKUTl.i--- UI VERSA i.iKMTir; s-pnre we-klv estubliii.i , ' ""tnm.r'. wants of thefamHvVTOiT- mi llionth. Trv it , - t"'r ". r CHRISTIAN SvrTTr-' and advocates Prlmitiw- r !' r'''KsT umns. Edited bv Kld" U : V S. Lamar. Gnlu-a v Ar E"Rr-r . W. CARROLL ent in every rpect. ju" yij Vail be sold low for ca-n A 9nt Ebnsburr, Pec. 7. ISflMlni.
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