- i i. i ...i . ii i ,,.m hi m II I ii ir.n'rii l'" " casaaBa: Ciiinbria Freeman. g-' .. ; . - EDE2fSB87RCl, PA. Satckdat Mornino, : Jar. 23, 1871. V-tJ .J A Full Court at JolinetotYn. Following this we give the bill introduced, by our member, Mr. Kose, aud which has already passed the House, correcting legal difficulties iu the "Dietrict Court Bill," and conferring unlimited civil jurisdiction upon that court. We believe the people of Cambria count jr. without distinction of party or locality, will cheerfully acquiesce in this new concession to the growth and business interests of Johns town. If cases under 200 may legally be tried there, surely any greater amount may bi ; and when a legal court exists, why may it not try titles to land as well as titles to money. Even the north of Cambria county bhouIJ be at'ufied with Mr. Hope's bill. There ia the same practical common tense existing iu Johnstown aa elsewhere, and that practical common tense men there will view th'u bill with favor we cannot doubt. It is more than aaked for by those who tiret pro posed the District Court project. It euables every man in Southern Cambria, who pro secutes or defends ia the sets'ions or who has any civil suits for money or for the title to his laud, to have a trial by jury at hi own doer. That there are msa iu Jubnttown who will not be satitfivd with this bill is to be expected. One man who sues vibioua of a judgeship floating before him is not satis- tieJ. A brace of other who expect to be associates are not satisfied. Another, who .tlA. first unconstitutional bill, is HUJIOKs). uever could be saluikJ EASES of thk lid not emanate from his Another ktill would not DISEASES CAl bill was in poetry, aud OF '.. or "book-let." Spec- T, , , long the public square It thoroughly e r morauJ Itud Tai. while others will oppose tern to a healtbwas prepared and clTcred tiou the ji0 waj geueraiy supported FIN'LTuldlw and north of the county vnerea if Capt. WoodrutT had beeu elected, and proposed the same bill, (aud be could not have proposed a better one for Johns town.) the lame men would have favoied it. We trust nevertheless that this bill will be parsed into a law and fairly tested. If this should be done wo predict general satisfac tion. Siuce writing the foregoing we have Been the Johastowo Tribune, which calls the bill V. cure difficulties and give Johnstown a full curt.a "swindle." For this it givesfour Lcavy reason : 1st. "It takes the power for ever more from our people, and places it iu the hands of the Ebeotburg Ring." The for ever moie is good ; as if auy act of Assembly may not be repealed at auy time ! 2d. It "removes all the offices to Ltcns burg." What nonsense! The Johnstown prothouotary end Jyhustown sheriff both tscelleut men and competent officers sit at that place precisely as they did eversinco the organization of the District Court. 3d. "It was introduced without conferriug with our citizens in regard to it." Ah! there's the rub. The editor of the Tribune was not consulted ! May not the represent ative of Cambria county introduce a bid for the good of the whole county, and far Johns town in particular, without cousulting every politician or every "ring" in Johnstown or Ebensburg? Why Johnstown and Ebens burg both together do not make one third of the county, and Jlr. Rose represents the whole county! The farmers in the town ships hare just the samo rights as the law yers aud merchants in the towns. 4th. "It is a cover for what is to come after, which will be a bill for the payment of the new jail !" What the new jail has to do with this it requires the optics of the 1'ribune to see ! Cambria county will pay for her public buildings without a "bill." If the Tribune means repudiation, he will hud no decent man in Johnstown, or any where else, to coincide with him. Aud yet it U hard to see what e'.a he can mean. We observe another bill which has passed first reading in a town meeting prepared by D. McLaughlin, Esq., beiug the fame as one voted dowu by the Judtcary Committee od a former occasion because of its unconstN tutionality. If it ever could pass, it would uot take Gen. Potts' long to bowl it down, as he did the same erudite gentleman. "Let us have peace," and let the common sense of the people put an end to this eter nal quackery and agitation abjut the District Court at Johnstowu. Here is the bill referred to and wo ask for it a careful perusal by all our readers : Skc. 1. Be it enacted by the Senato and Bouse of Itepreseutatives of the Common wealth of I'enosvlvauia in General Ass.eir.bly met, aud it is hereby euueted by the authority of the same, aud it is hereby declared to be the true intent aud meaning of the act to which this is a supplement. That it shall be lawful lor the Judges of the Court of Coiumon I'lcas of the couuty of Cambria, and the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the county of Cambria, as the said Courts are or shall be es tablished aud organized under aud iu pursu ance of the Constitution cud laws of the Coin mo c weal lb, loit iu the borough of Johnstown, iu taid county, acl there hold four term. or ceiaions oi the said Courts in each year, to wit: the weeks commencing oa tho Cat Monday of April, July, October and Jauuary, end to ad journ the said aession of said Courts as aud when the business shall require, and there have and exercise all aud siagular, the powers aud juriidiciiou of the Court of Quarter Seaious of tto Pence ol thecour.ty oi Caiubria,notr aud Luhtrto lawfully belonging to and exercised by the said Judge thereof, aud there try all issues, and tracsact ail LudliiCiS pertaining to the jurisdiction of aaid Court, arising iu or ba ltpgvn to that pars of sid couuty euibi aced vitbin the boroughs of Juinntown.Coucmaugb, iJillrilte, Caiuhria, Prospect. Franklin, Coop rada!i. Wood rale and East Coneoaangb. aud ifce t.;ui.ii,a of Voder, Jiichlaud. Taylor, Ad ams ai.i Couemaugh ; aud there hare and ex ercise felt and siu"tt!&r. the poorer and juiia- Ckiioa of. acd Li-Lerto bolougiug to tho Court of Common Pitas of said couuty iu all ci rvc the defendant or defeudaciidkhaii Le res ident within any of the aula b-oogha or iawu c&ips, la all respect as peciied auJ providaci in the mcodU aud subsequent sections of tho Act to which thid u a supplement, except that the eali juiiSicAToa still i had sxd exerrfted without auy limit with togard to tho amount in controversy . Sic. 2. That the said Courts when held in Johnstown for said district or part of Cambria county, shall be distinguished tor all general putposes, as, "The District Court of Cambria County," hut that the proceedings of the said Courts pertaiuing to their several, separate and distinct jurisdiction shall be distinguished in their mrua or proc-pas records, iu indictments aud on their respective eeals. as "Tho Court of Common Pleas or Cambria County Bitting in Johnstown" and "The Court of Quarter Sessions of Catubria County sitting iu Johns town." Sec. 3. Thutitehall be the duty of the Prothouotary aud Clerk of the Court of Quar ter Sessions of fwid county as well as the Judges of the said Courts, and of tho Sheriff aud District Attorney of said county to attend and be present at the session of the said Court in Johnstown as aforesaid, aud do aud perform therein and pertaining and relating thereto all the duties which by law they are severally and respectfully authorized and ernpowcted or re quired to do or perform, in or pertaining to the said Courts of Couimou Pieus aud Quarter Session of fdd county. Sec. 5. That all the provisions of the Act to which tlii is a supplement, coutained iu the several set-lion thereof, necessary to carry out aud ett'ect the true intent aud uietuiug of the said Act, and this supplement thereto, us hertio declared and expressed, are hereby preserved and re;a:iied ; aud every part thereof or any other act of assembly, inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. Another Scattjlnsr Letter from Judge IliacU. Our readers will recollect that we several months ago published an able and remark able letter from Judge Black, of this State, iu reply to an article written by lleury Wil son, (at that time aud still a radical mem ber of tha United States Senate from Massa chusetts,) in reference to the connection of Edwin M. Stanton, as Attorney General, with ihe administration of President Buchan an. The statements made by Senator Wil son, if true, wero of the most startlicg and damaging character, against Stanton, so far as his personal and confidential relations to Mr. Buchanan aud the members cf his cabi net were concerned. Although Wilson saw proper in his letter to claim that Buchanan and most of the members ofhiscabiuet were playing into the hands of the secessionists of the South, and were therefore traitors, while Stanton was the only loyal mau iu the cabi net, and that even then he was acting as a spy on Mr. Buchanan and betraying the confi Jeuce reposed in him as a cabinet t cer. Wilsou answered Judge Black's reply to his (Wilson's) oiigiual article, and now JuJe Black Las published a long reply to Senator Wilsou. In great ability, as well a in that remarkable style so peculiar to Judge Black, this second production is said to far surpass his first article. We have not read it at leDgth ; tut will publish the one-h;iif of it in our next issue, acd tLe remainder on the week following, as the ablest political docu ment that wo can present to our readers for their instruction as well as for the vindica tion of the foremost member of the Demo cratic party in the United Stales, familiarly known among his old friends aud admirers in Cambria couuty and tlsewheic as"JHtiT Black;." Fob several years past there has been pub lished iu Harrioburg, by authority and pay of the Legislature of the State, a email daily sheet styled the Legislative Record. It pre tended to publish an accurate statement of tho daily ptcceedingB of the two Uounes. The whole thicg was a fraud frcm the be ginning, like all other speculative and cor rupt projects generally are. George Bergner, the editor of the Ilarrisburg Telegraph, eu j'jyed for several years, a perfect monopoly of publishing the "Record." In doing so he made an iuiuiti.se fortune out of the money of the tax-puyers. Last session the fraud was so glaring that the Legislature very properly refused to make any contract for its publication, and the "Record'' ceased to have a 'Mocal habitation aud a name." The old swindle, however, has been resurrected duriug the present session, under the special au.-piccs of our Senator, Harry White, aod tho contract for the publication of the cord" has been awarded to Seig & Co. It makes uo manner of difference to whom the contract was allotted, as tho whole thing is useless aud a fraud on the people. It is simply paying au immense amount of money out of the treasury, without one dollar of substantial benefit to the people, mtrely to gratify the personal aud political vanity of certain members of the Legislature, who delight to read their names in oriut. The Chairman of the Executive Commit teo of the Republican State Central Commit tee has called tho Convention to nominate candidates for Auditor and Surveyor Gen eral, to be voted lor next October, to meet at Ilarrisburg, on the 10th of March. The Democratic State Convention will be held some time between tho 10th of March and the second Tuesday in May. The prob abilities are, says the Lancaster Intelligencer, that its meeting will be deferred until after the adjournment of tho Legislature, as it is likely a bill will bypassed calling a Consti tutional Convention, somo of the delegates to which will be elected at large. The elec. tion of next fall will bo invested with consid erable importance, iu consequence of the fact tnat it will have considerable iuOueuco upon tho Prc-sideulal election one year after. Br the potent influence cf executive pa tronage Grant forced his San Domingo job through Coogrtss. llis principal backer was Morton from Indiaua, aided and abet ted by John Scott from this State and others of like political proclivities. The three com missioners, whose names wo published last v.etk, sailed from New Yoik in the United States eteam frigate Tennessee, with about six newspaper correspondents and a large number of supernumeraries ia other capaci titis. This San Domingo project ia the nioBt shameful swindle of this administration, and although it wil! cost the people not less than half a million of dollars all to gratify Gee. Grant iu his pursuit of a wild and visiouary scheme, originating with a cornpt set of 'peculators iu Kew York and Wash Faeis ban at la.t been surrendered to tu PraeaUKs. Ttru. were agreed upca be tween -Julta Favre and Kicj William ou TL'jrsday, but dttaila are not jet known. The EleScagetl I'cnlaui. We are not now, nor have we ever been, the advocate or defender, of what is known as Fenianism. While we would delight at the liberation of Ireland from the hated thraldom and oppression of her ancient and inveterate enemy, Eiiglaad, we Lave never yet been convinced that such a glorious re sult could ever ba accomplished through the action of the Fenian organization, either iu Ireland or in the United States. But while this has beeu our view of the practical and ultimate results of Fenian organizations in the "Green Isle" aud in our own country, the well meant aud patriotic efforts of the Fenians of Ireland lu favor of liberty have always commanded our warmest and most heartfelt sympathy and admiration, and bence we chronicle with extreme pleasure the fact that a number of the Fenian leaders, who have been confined in British prisons for their devotion to tho cause of their coun try. have recently arrived in New Yoik, having been pardoned by tho Queen's gov. ernmeut ou the so'e condition that they would leave their country, never Id return. The names of theso Irish patriots are John McCiure, Henry S. Muilahy, Jeremiah O Donovan, Charles W. O'Couuell and John Decry. They have met with a warm aod enthusiastic reception, as thy deserved to do, and the following feeling address has been presented to tht-m.on their arrival ou our shores, by the "United Irishmen" of the District of New York : In the name of the United Irishmen of tha DUtrict of New York, we tender you the wel come which ia your due, uot alone as brothers in the same holy cause iu which wc are enlist ed, but aa representatives of the gre it princi ple of liberty, which has found in you some of the worthiest and most consistent exponents. For that principle the Irish uatioualis's of the past, in whose footsteps you have faithfully trodden, dared to the worst at tha han is ol the oppressors of our unlive bud. Upon the altar of their native country, they sacrificed every thing that meu hold dear ; gavo up home, trieiidn. wealth, prefcraient aud all the induce incuts by which men are injpelied to strive for the esteem aud approval of their fellow-mortals. In tha opiuion of tho worldly and venal they failed ; but all true Irishmen, regarding their actions and achieveiuenes with the eves of patriots, know that they did not touch, sti tig cle and die in vain. Generation after genera tion they made their mark in the ape ia which . . .. . ... - i - .1 they lived ; and tue recorus oi ineir uves aim their sacrifices remain bright as beacon lights upon the ftoriny sea of revolution, to point out to those who come after them the ouly path by which the freedom of their country may be won. You, too, martyrs to the cause of Ire laud, have done jour share of impressing ou your age the great truth that right is iinlis truetib'e, arid, in the f-nd, must triumph. Fol lowing the t sample of the patriots who have gone bftfore.by your own self-nt gallon, by your unflinching courage aud the integrity with which at every personal risk, you have upheld that national cause you hive shaken the pow er of the enemj of Ireland, more thoroughly than a hundred deleW ia th.? fi'.l i of battle, and have proved to ihe world that, however, England nuv endeavor to crush out the aspi rtuions of the Irih people for independent na tional existence, she c.innul extinguish the holy fl.iuie of liberty, or prevent the transmis sion from one generation to another of that sa cied legacy which binds our v hole race, wher ever scattered, to unite their effort and their power, and never to desist uutil our country shall be redeemed and recjgiiizeJ as Ouo amongst the free nations of tho world. To aid in the accomplishment of that great aim, to unite all national Irish men in an honest, un selfish and practical endeavor to bring about the realization of that idea, the"Uuited Irish men" in America have banded them-elvci to gether, determined to persevere to the end. In your long-wished for, and almost unhoped for dcliveiy from the thraldem of the foes of Irish freedom, and your arrival ia this Repub lic, we hail the happiest omen for the future that yet gladdened our expectations. After a content so heroic, in which you have never yielded an iota of principle, but rather have exioried from the enemy concessions aud ad missions of right which have added largely to the nigral power ot the Irish cause, we regard your advent among ui as the era of a new and energetic departure upon the path by which our people must advance to the attainment of the liberty they have so long sought, and we hail you as the heralds of that true union of all Irishmen the perfection ef which will develop our national strength into a power which will make us all in '.ruth "United Irishmen," and give to Ireland the great element which has unhappily been wauting iu all previous efforts for the establishment of her independeuce. In the name of the United Irishmen we again con gratulate you on jour safe arrival on these hospitable shores, aud on the prospect that our coijoint efforts, aud those of patriotic Irish men every tvhere, shall again le directed to ibe ad vanceuiciit of tho cause of Irish ficcJoiu, which in the past lias su:Tcr?d reverses, but has never gone backward, and never shall be aban doned while a trace of foreign domination is found in Ireland, or a remnant of our own race remains to conspire, to labor, and to fight, as you have done, against the h ited rule of Eng land. As Imposition. One cf the most flagrant impositions is the school book nuisance. Just as people think tho public schools are supplied with a particular class of books that may continue for years, presto, all is changed ; aud a new set of books is ordered ! Now, this nuisaucu is almost insufferable, and in the present high price of school books, thw expense falls heavily on poor people laboring men, washerwomen, etc. We have heard much complaint on tho suhject. Can't the matter be remedied ? It is said the present school books in our common schools are of a superior order tho Bame has been said for tha last twenty years and yet at almost every session a new class of books have to be procured. It is about time this thing should stop. We fear that the follow ing article from the Ilarrisburg Patriot con tains more truth than fiction, and that tnauy other districta are iu the same situation as that city : The School Book Ncisasce. This nui sance has been borne by the poor in patience and silence tor many years, but it is at last receiving tho attcution which it deserves. Wholesale book concerns have long been carry ing ou a species of petty bribery, under which school directors, superintendent and teachers have accumulated scaail libraries for employ ing the influence of their position in securing frcqueut changes of books. There is scarcely a head of a family who has not keenly felt the effects of this abuse. A "Father" ;ave vent to his grievances in the "Patriot" of Thursday. In this moruinf's issue a poor washerwoman makes her plaint. Let the agitation go until the proper steps be taken to abate the nuisance. -Tha following named gentlemen were nominated aud confirmed as Major Generals of Pennsylvania : John F. llartranft, oi Montgomery county ; Thomas J. Jordan, of Dauphin ; Harry White, of Indiana ; 11. S. liidecooper, of Craw ford ; James L. Sel fridge, of Northampton ; Thorn os L. Kane, of Elk ; Joshua K. Siegfried, of Schuylkill ; T. F. Gallagher, of Westmoreland ; and Jos. A. Beaver, of Centra. A lady of Lyndonville. Vt.. gaTe birth to threo girls last week, all HviDg. Two years jo she had twins. The Altoona Tragedy. Attempted Jlnrder-A Savage Howtoniwl JJoruetlc Infelicity the Caaw -The Same OIU Htory. On Friday morning the tranquility of our city was disturbed by the report that an as sault with intent to kill had beeu made on Andrew Feay. an employee of the New Car Shops of the P.R. R. Co., in the First Waul, by a man named Uamilton Starr, employed in the machine bhop. Shortly after the em ployees of the shops had assembled for the iuruose of commencing their daily tvoca ! tious, Hamilton Starr entered the Car Shop and icquireu lor Ana re w reay. x tie laner was working under a car in close proximity, and was pointed out to him. Advancing towards Feay, Starr deliberately took aim at him and fired, whereupon the assailed, seeing the danger to which he was exposed, turned and tied, rapidly follow! by his assailant, who was all the while firing, the employees cf the 6hop joining iu the chase, and eadeavoting to get possesion of the re volver, now ia tLo bauds of a man whose heart seemed to be on fire, and whose de- ! tnoniacal expression caused not a few who wiiuessed tha tragedy tocraza witn tear ana exeitemeut. In an adjoining shop, a ball from the revolver had the effect cf bringing Feay to .the grouud, whereupon his assailant ruhed upon him in this helpless condition, aud fired several shots before the spectators of the awful scene could succeed in extrica ting Feay from his perilous situation. Feay was immediately conveyed to his residence, ou Elevor.th avensi, and Dr. Fry was summoned. Upon examination of tho wounds it was discovered that five of the shots fired had taken effect. Two entering tho back of the neck aud passing out at the mouth, two tutoring the shocldcr. and the other entering the arm. The Doctor was of the opinion that the wounds would not prove fatal, aud we sic.ee learn that under the care of his skihful physician, Feay has so far re covered as to be able to walk in his room. After committing 'he deed, Starr surren dered himself to Mr. Levi Gees2y. and was takeu before Aldernian McCormick, for a heriug. Ho was etibsequently piactd in the lockup uutil a commitment was made out. when he was given iu charge of two police offlcrs who had him heavily ironed aod cojiveyed to prison, at Uoliidaysturg, to await the resuit of Feay's wounds. And now, as our readers are doubtless anxious to know the cause asined for this rash act, we will endeavor to lay the cir cumstances before them to the best of our knowledge. It is the same old story of do mestic infelicity, and we will tell it as it is curreut. Hamilton Starr and his wife re side on Ninth aveuue. East Altoona. Not being iu very comfortable circumstances, aud having a lot of sewing to do. his wifa repair ed to the residence of a friend some time since for the purpose of using her ewiug machine to assist Ltr in her work. At the house of this friend the ugly serpent lound aud wound her in his coils. It appears that a uumber cf parties of both sexos were iu tho habit tT congregating at this house and engaging in scenes of debauchery which could not fail to have an overpowering in- j flueoco upon any weak minded fcmalo. It i was here, as report g-e, that she met Feay, who at once commenced to tie visa bios f.-r her destruction, and the can.ia assigned, for the writing of this article tells how well he succeeded in his purpose. Her hive aud af fection, which should have been i:?arer than all the world, for her husband, was entirely lost sight of, while aha was iadulgiug in the crime of crimes. At last the report ef the wifo's conduct reached the ears of the hus band, who remonstrated with hor and forbid a rt-nl it ion of licr fi-iidurt. The pnilfv j vvife prayed aud begged for forgiveness, and j promised to live a virtuous life in the future I aud so conduct herself that ho would never j more have any cause for complaint, j For the time being everything seemed i lovely. The dometic circlo was again re j stored to peace aud quietude. The halcyon days of their hrst love returned once more, but, oh! how brief the duration! It was not long uutil another rupture took place. A short time previous to the shooting affray, it ia alleged by Starr, Mrs. Starr was con fronted on the street by Feay and interroga ted as to the causo assianed for refusing to meet him at the bouse tf her friend, remark ing at the same time that if sho did not meet him by a certaiu time ho wouiJ kill her. Mrs. S. rxturr.el home, and when her husband entered the house he found her cry ing, aud inquired as to the cause of horgiiof. She told him all. He .did he would settle the matter. Borrowing a revolver, he "set tled the matter" iu the manner described above. Wo draw the veil. Alloona 2Vi bune. Ova. Common Schools. Tho annual re port of Hen. J. P. Wickend.am, State Su perintendent of Common Schools, gives the number of school districts in Pennsylvania as 2.002, an increase of 31 during the school year; uuruUr ofachools, 14,212, au increase during tho year of -2Tb' ; number of graded schools, 2.T92, au increase of,447 ; number of school directors, 13,100, au increase of 290 ; number of county and city superin tendents. T9, an increase cf S; number of teachers, 17.G12. an increase of 4T0 ; num ber of pupils. 823.8G1, a gain of 13,138; average number of pupils, 555,941, increase of 7,80G. The average salaries of male teacheis, per month, is 840. Go ; of female teachers ,$32.49 , average length of school term, G 0G months ; average attendance of pupils upou the whole number registered, 0.G8 ; average cost of tuition per month, for each pupil, 98 cents. The cost of tuition of all children attendieg'school in the common wealth is set down at $3,745,415.81, an increase over tho previous year of $244,711. 55 ; cost of building, purchasing and renting school houses $'2,765.G24,34, an increase of $309,790,63; cost cf contingencies for tho year. $105,226.05, an $288,000,35. Total cost of tuition, building &c, and contingen cies, $7,076,270.20. Total cost of the school system in the State, including expenditures of all kinds, $7,771,761,20, an increase cf $735,612.28, The estimated value of all tho school property in the State is $15,837, 183. A Singular Combat. A fight between a rat and a couple of snakes (a copperhead aud a rattlesnake, four and a half feet in length,) occurred at McKeeaport, Ohio, last week. The snakes, not having been fed for several days, were- first presented with a mouse, wheu both reptiles attacked it, kill ing it in thirteen minutes. A large rat was then put into the cage, when a terrible bat tle ensued, both snakes strikiug as rapidly as they could, the rat also displayed consid erable pluck, keeping up his end of the fight bravely. The fight continued from two iu the afternoon uutil nine at night, when the copperhead threw up the sponge and was taken out dead. To prevent the rattlesnake sharing a like fate the rat was theu removed from the cage. The rat showed considerable generalship in the encounter, and every liaio it was bitten it would retreat to the corner of the cago and bito out tha pieces from it3 body, I ! I Galton's doctrine of Hereditary Genius, illustrated Grant's son at the foot or his cla3 in the military academy. Chicago Tints. rinmcRATic Editorial Convention. A large number of Democratic editors met at Bolton's hotel, Harrisburg, Wednesday af ternoon, lltb inst., pursuant to a call issued. Jacob Ziogler. Esq.. president of the associ ation called the meeting to order. In the absence of P. Gray Meek. Secretary, John W. Brown was elected Secretary pro tern. On motion, Messrs. Chalfant, Whitman, Lure, M'Gicley aud Cornmau were added to the committee to draft rules and regulations. After an interchange of sentiment the as sociation adjourned until eight o'clock. EVENING SESSION. The association met parsuaut to adjourn ment. The committee appointed to draft rules and regulations, made report as follows : Article I. This organization shall be known as the Democratic Editors Association ol Pennsylvania. Article II. Unity of actiou in the promotion of Democratic principles, the furtherance of the interests of the Democratic party aud the cultivation of fraternal feeling among the members of the association. Article III. The efficerg shall consist of a jresideut, secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer and executive committee of three, wb- shall serve one year, or until their succes sors sha'l be elected ; their duties shall be those usually pertaining to their respective positions. Article IV. There shall be one regular mee-tiii'' of the association each vear, on Ihe second Tuesday of June, the pi ace to bo desig- n.itcd by the association from time to time ; ! special meetincs to be called by the president by and with the consent of the executive com inittee. Article V. June members shall constitute ii quorum On motion. J. I. Steele, II. J- Stable and Ber jamin Whitman be the executive com mittee uutil the becond Tuesday of Jane ucxt. On motion, it w'as resolved that BcllefoDte be the place of the next meeting. Iiesolved. That the seerotarv be authorized ! to procure a book in which each member is to sign his name. Resolved. That the Mcietary be authorized to hare a printed circular embracing the con stitution as adopted, and send to each editor, with a request to reply, if approving to that effect, and indicate his desire or not to become a member of the association , and to say fur ther that tho next meeting will be hld at Bellefonte. and au excursion had, to to theu aud there decided upou. Adjourned. Twenty YakdsSwij'i Ukdeb the Ice. We are called upon to record iu the present instance one of the most remarkable preser vations recorded in tha annals of niodtrc history, aud while the reader may pause in credulous over the remarkable narration, we declare the leading particulars a, a veritable state of facts. The skaters were merry at the bridge on Monday night, aa were they iu almost every locality unvisited by calam ity, and bkiilful skaters glided over the glassy surface, cutting names, iiittials and hiero glyhics with their perilous engraving tools. The more nimble and skillful played ball aud cavorted around the clumsy amateurs, who. with half cracked-skull j aud wet eeata to their breeches, blew their fingers and gazed at the experts standing on one leg and looking at their left coat tails over thc-ir right cbvulders, iu spite of all the !astf gtaviia tion. All at once an exclamation of hcrror transfixes every gazer to his feet. Amid the cracking and breaking of the ice one was observed struggling for a hold on the slippery edges cf the ice, which broke off in large pieces. Ilia benumbed fingers loosened their grasp, and the unfortunate skater was car ried by the murderous current out of sight under tho cold and solid ice. Pciug an ex pert fcwimmer, and possessed of great pres ence of mind, he &truck out vigorously and eiwam after the manner cf a diver. The fishes caznd at him with their gren eyes and nibbled his clothe? as he swam through the frigid current, and he, too, imagined that glim death was gazing at him ; but he struggled manfully on, nor heeded the nied dlesoma catfish which swam along beside him, as though they would question him concerning; his severance with the affairs of the land. He is almost exhausted, and he let down and his feet strikes the bottom. Ho has reached a Eho.il. Pressing bis head vigorously against the ice, with his feet braced below, a cracking is heard, and be gazes along the surface of the ice. To come through lightly was but a moment's work, and bidding his friendB the fishes good bye, be is conveyed to a fire to dry and warm, having swam over twenty yards un der the ice. Leacemvorth Republican. A Model Wifb. Sheriff Prichard tells us that the wife of George Hyer, sentenced to the peuitentiary for five yeais for hcrse stealing, followed her husband to the walls of the prioon. They attempts te get away from Lewiston without letting her kuow abi.ut it, but the poor woman was evermore on the watch at the depot, and so she was ou Laud wheu tho efficers and prisoners started away last wttk, aud, fallowing en the cars, 'hung about the neck of her hus band to the eud of the journey. Mrs. Ilyer had two children. These sho had deliberate ly given away to her people, determined to remain in Joliet, near her husband, so that she could see him as often as possible, and bo ready, ct tha end of five years, to welcome him again to freedom. Sho hoped she would ba perniittud to sue hioi often, but this foud hope was rudaly torn from her by tha steru prisou rules. She can see him but onco in two months, and than but for two or three minutes in the presence of a guard. Sho can write to him as often as she pleases, but be cau write iu reply only once a month. After learning theso facts tho Sheriff tried to get her to return to her family near PeoriaJ; but her resolution was firmly taken. She had given up home and children to be Dear her husband, and There she determined to stay at whatever sacrifice. They left her alone and friendless, a stranger in a strange city, weepiug as if her heart would break but uuwavering in her devotion to her hus band. No eutrt-aty of husband, ur friend, or ftranger could move h?r heart to leave hira in his long imprisonment. tullon Co. (I!l3.) Democrat. A terrible case of child beating occurred in tho pretty borough of Columbia, while an inuoceut little child of six years was rnadu the subject of the most cruel aud dev ilish punishment, hsr little btomach denied the food necessary to properly sustain the various function of the body. The parties accused of this inhumau conduct Mr. and Mrs. John Herah rrad a hearing before Justice Clark on Friday of last week who held them in $3,000 bail for further hearts on Saturday. It is rumored that the. cir! has since died. Thos. J. Boyer, wLo was tried at the last term of the Perry county court on a charge of settmg fire to bis father's Lome in Juniata township, and causing the death of k:s father, uMhtr. sister, and brother, was acquitted. The jury was out three-ami-a? htt f LUrrBdT rftUrDed Victor -4ot gu.lty." Q he Judge in his charge evident tiftl?tD-V, .""ffiSent la coif- .JV as suosequ.nt y tried on Kctrs and Political Iteiuu. In Sunbury last week a one-legged soldier walked across Market idrtctoua rope btretchtd from second story windows. Winona, Miun.. baa a baby with three heads. It is a female, and cries with three months. Tho body and limba are perfectly formeel. Miss LaDe, a beautiful and accomplished school teacher at Hopkinton. New llnnip ahire, has been scut to the Peniteutiary for forgery. Thomas Cox, of Pe M-.ines, undertook to show am e mparih-ns how a man once shot himeif. Tho illustration was a suc cess. Thomas' fuueral sermon was very im pressive. A little California gtil. under fight years i f age, learned to set type in lei's than a fortnight. The third week she set over ten thousand ema in clear, handsome style, thas earning five dollars. George Turter and Francis Br.wn were tried last week for the murder of Rowland Kightlinger. at llydetovvo last month, and both were acquitted. The trial commenced on Wednesday and lasted threw day?. The Ways and Means Committee ef Congress have agreed to report a bill repeal ing the Income Tax. With its abolition a great reduction can be made in the army of officeholders. Oil with their costly aad use less beads. The New York Herald says : "Let us have a hundred guns iu honor of Frank P!air to the United States Senate from the flourishing State cf Missouri ; and let the Democracy in the other S.atea mpexd ac cordingly. Last week the boiler in the saw mill of Bernard Johnson, of Tailorville, exploded, j sawyer, and Mr, Harris, an assistant, were SHXjJia jLhl V$$ iriataritlv killed, and a voun: man named I !.J NicboUou was dangerously injured. At Liberty, Bedford county, V . en was shot dead by Wm. J. Johnaon. jou of,UKIS.U CL CAN'D FR'JiTt Hon. James Foote Johuson. Five shots were i fired by tho parties, one of which eutered SU0JR3, TEAS, CCjy Roberts' heart. Johnson is In jail. ' U An astonishing but commendable case j SYRUPS, MOLASSES, ZWf of conscience is reported. Ooe Wm. Cahill, j ' ""JM who begged a ride on the New Jersey rail- Also, a large ncek ef t( road from Newark to Jersey City, :x years ago. astonishing the railroad meu by calling ggat Brands C'f Ci?a'S vd Tr: at their cflico the other day and paying the ! 6 rare. j 8T01.E ON HlQHbTREET Mrs. Donnelly, of Philadelphia, has left 1WU' th.s vale of tears per kerosene exoress. owing I W e 0r Cra,l-. r IU l U C7 la. I ttiUV nc i ii: v ut'v ui u --v. They found a piece of the can which contaia- j ed the thud in an adjoining couuty. aod oa j it in large letters, was -nou-txpiOslve." 41tET RridCTl' S 's p-J That is the kind to buy. OT TU CASH M YERS . Mrs. liiomas i)-.rey .ucot-e, wno nas of her husband, and had been suffering from heart disease for some) time, foil dead at her residence on I riday, ou hearing .f the prepa j ihe r.ndcr.-ijned respect! u;!y ;.';,. r.tlio."is made for the reception of the Fenians, ci'.izcus of benl i:r' aijj t She was a very superior woman, aad leaves j al y that he Las m.-.-iL- a -r ot;e uaugtittr. j prces to lash i;u,!. Fillmore J.Shannon was convicted in i coiit, in part.cf Cwking, Parlvrxl Uarrisburg on having committed a murder- j ir.g Stoves, . f the m tt pi.j-u-ar tii derous a.i-auit on Edwin T. Tuuis on the j ware of every description, of :i,v;.: 17th of December last. Mr. Tunis was as- j uttcture ; Jlardicarevf a!! r. 6aulttd in the yard in the rear e f his own j Lxrks, Saews, liutt Ilii:2rt, Ti 'f I cflice, robbed of Jo0 or J.o and left for dead, i Siutter Hinges, Bolt., lr n and Fortunately he slowly recovered and fullv identified his assailant. That negro cadet is a source of C'.&Maut trouble to the Iladicals. The House Military Comtiiittco have appointed another sub-commit tee to .investigate Lis case. Why not discharge all tha whites and ive the negro full pokesion of Vst Poi.it ? That would give him chance to pursue his studies with out interruption or annoyance. It is saiil the Pope, daring the inunda tion ,at Ih. me, gave evidence of his Usual kindness and chanty. He distributed 1 arize sums among the suiferers, not forgetting the Jews in the Ghetto, or Jewish quarter of the city, who suffered greatly by the Eood. On his fete-day recently.be received various sums ranging from 20.000 to 200.C00 francs, j Pumps and Tubius:: Harnfts !:: A frightful calamity befell the Italian j Ware of all kind ; J'cWc aui Y. ship Aucona. Irotu Macao to Callao wita a ; in ere at va'ietv : Carbon U.I a:..'. cargo ci coones. v neu near the rieptuue Islands the ship was discovered to be on fire. The captain and crew were saved by a Sau Salvador ship and 12o of the coolies were picked 'tip by the Jean Poie. The rest of the 455 in number wete burned to death. A young woman in Jeffersonviile, Ind., while out waking with a young niau, who had beeu loving her net wisely but too eu Dierouaiy, met a tniuiser, wheu she turned to the yoimg n.tn. pullad a revolver, and gave him . the choice to be there or perforated, aJJin that if the niin ister refused to marry them &!i would sbfv,t him. Tho nuptual I not was tied. No cards. Mrs. Anna M. Rbinsr-n. wifeol Daniel Robinson, of Chester township, D.duwaio county. committed suicide, whiie laboriu un- der temporary iuannity, on Friday tr.oruinc. I by shooting herself through the heart with 1 GEO. C. ZAIIM a pistol. She rose in tha motiiing, in appa- i rent good health, prepared for a visit to j Philadelphia, and during tho momentary I abseuce of her husband committed the raoh J act. She bad beeu married only about two i months. ! A very general mistake is beinj mtde bv member of fl(inir ami nvon n .o .r.o ! p,. ...... .uuun C J-'. I editors, who ought to kuow better, in caliug the country coveted by Mr. Grant Domin ica." The correct term is San Don i ego and tho name of the nation the Dominican republic. The blatid of Dominica ijor.e of the Leeward group. 22 miles north iif Mar tmque, and fully 600 miles east of San Do niingo.' aud belongs to the English. There is another Dominica ia the South Pacific, beloogicg to the Marquesas group. QHERIFF-S SALES.-l$y virtue of sundry writs of Vend. Erpon.. issued out or tue Lourt of Common Fleas of Cambria coun ty, and to me directed, there wt;l be exposed to iul:c Sale, at the Court Hctaso in EU-nsburv. on XLESDAr, the 7tli d:y of FKUKUAKY next, at 1 o'clock, p. m., the following Heal Es tate, to wit: All 1hf rio-lit titln n 4no,.nc r.. ... I Miller, of, in and to tho uidtvided half of a"picoo I JUDe 10. 1560. Cambria county, adjoitinir lands of tho flt-irs i or t . Pass, Jus. T. Kirlpatrick: and VI. f Kirk- ' patrick on theeast, cnthc north by C. A. Head- ' , --' eomainiiir " wore or less, aoout A Acres cicaivi nud improved nnir iu the occupancy of vtrtin Miltur. Taken in ex ecution aud to be ll C lUu ult of F. PTk-r-ney. fc,sq,. AImo. a. the rht, title aud interest of Cath arine .Met.-hide. or. in and to a piece or parcel of luna Ritmte in Suumievhill township, Cambria county, jdjtvmiuir lands of t A. Scott, Stone-P-'tcK f Wm. Wright, and othei-s, rontain uiiT atlAtrrt, more or loss, about 40 Acres oienred-uot now occuptcd. Taken in eiecu tion att to be sold at the suit of XI. If. Burk. . r. ii. JiOXACKEIi, Shcrif. Sbertfn Offl, Kbcnsbunr. Jau. 11, 1STI. 1-19 " ACTION ! Ilavin" purchased the - fouowiiu: described articles at a Sheriff's alo of the iersoual propevtv f 4iiniu l V. lit'orgre, of CAiest Sirinjrs, and l4t theuie In the pnsscsskn of l.ibbie Ueoryre duriur iny pjeasurc, 1 heb caution all persous against tntcrt'ermar imnv war with said property, viz: 6 Itedsteads jid Iteddina, 1 Bureau. 1 Clothes Press. 1 Sin:. 3 Stands. 2 Srovea. 2 Rockini Chairs, 11 Clain, 24 yards Carpet. I Rrenkfast Table, and H ow Chest Sprdsrs, Jan. 14, 1ST! U-19.-St. OTICI. AH persons are hereby no tiflednit to purchase or otherwise nego tiate f or s artain Not given br mo to H. S. Myers & Co for IM, due in April or May next, as thaiu was f iveu without consider ation, and will not be paid. M. aLElt. .January V. laTt.-St. MONpv lio all mi m m LADIES' DRES3 GOClj Ready-Made GLOTHD v. Hats, Caps, Bests, S-. CLOTHS, OASBIffijHf ATJXCTTt, JSu, 1 1 4l ite! Extr Family OEaH, FEED, Jb'RESil VEGETAULK Xbensburj-, P, iU'h'BS the . :tv reat ft--,. l..w Glass, rutty. Tulle Kl:j4:.:; Car vim Knives aud IVrk;, "l;i;r ' Apple Parers, Pen and F-tk-t K- grtat variety, Scusor. Streps. Axes, Hatchets. II.ui;ns, Machines, Augers. C;i'.s--e..s rashes, Square, Files, Kasr. An- Wrenches. Kip. Panel a:.J IVs-C- Chains ef all kinds. Shove'.-, and Snaths, Rakes, Forki, Shce Lasts, Peg. Wax Ur:-:s Wiingere, Grind Sun.s. - Gatea and Measure. Lun.if" Nails, Hon-e Shoes. Cut Steel. E: Guns, Revolver, PIeiJs. C.r;.; der. Caps. Lead, Ac, 0y;y Grates asd Fire Pricks. Wei;-: Fish Oil. Lard'Oil. LineeJ li!,L - Uil, Uobin, iar, uiassware, i , , ti r- es, Turptntine, Aicohoi. ;c. FAMILY GROCER euch"B.s Tea. Coffee. Sizars, .V-.s ut.s. Slices, Dried Peaches. I'."'-' Fish, HoimiiV, Crack r5, i- Barley: S.aJs, Candles; 10io-v CIGAltS ; P-iut. W h:tewas, Shoe, Dusting. Yaruis.'i, St .ve. l SAVE HI. -u CHOICE FAMILY GROCEB married rizht 1 Tooth Brut-hes, all sin-'s .- I Cons and M-niha t.jpes, I article? at the l.-est rtfi f.rO-- CO- Iieit:e SpvtdUj r-i-k. I " ': ! tip at Sow rates Lr ci'S.'j. A ! mailt. t: ronr.trv tlei'.c-rs I !'"' ! wLn!,h. UE0.HL. i I.:Vnvbur-. F.-b. 23. IS?'" . . :as.5-M ZAHM a SON- DEALERS IS Dill GOODS, bBllii HARDWARE. QUEENS. Kats,Caps,Eoots.: AND ALL 0TBER AST-C- L'vually lievt la a Coiial WOOL AND CCLT.NTEY W TAMX IS EiCiiA'--5 STORE ON 3IAI Next Door to the Post Of 3 j -T J ,TTi t".'( 'i- E SEVERE Tiu 'ivr MONUMENTS, TOMBSTC - to The subscriber still c"'-5- ,if of the best material ana .( , mnriner, Loretto Marble f. all kind ut A-C-iRlEssS'1' S'JVJKKS as well as iJr,:'-i. i-nP .n.t all other n1? but the best America n 'i:r used, and perfect &t si fit mica a " ,;.fi be obtained in the cities or I and see specimei.s nJ I as to the merits cf. ivllS t aTI-h 12. lS6S.lv w Ward. I paired ana " . iheii-"' f HAKXESSSUe-POF
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