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Cambrla Freeman.
Satckpay Morning, : Feb. 11, 1871.
Thk name of 0. Nelein Snath, Eq., late
editor of the Johnstown Echo, is suggenttd
ia connection with the Democratic Domina
tion for Surveyor Geaeral. We have al.
ready nominated our choice for that position,
but wc would feel Done the le.a pleased if
our friend Smith ti.e.ulel prove the luckj
man. lie would make a competent and
faithful efficer,' and his Cambria county
frieuda, we are confident, would be greatly
pleased to tee the honor conferred upon him.
A bill bus Leen reported in the State
Senate from the appropriate committee, re
pealing (he law of 13C9, which abolished
the Spring Elcotions. It provides that bor
ough, ward and tow nship elections shall be
bald on the thin Friday of March, com
mencing on that day of the month next 3 ear,
to as not to interfere with the term of office
of the prett-nt incumbents who were elected
last Octtler. trust that the Ml will
pass. That the j ei j le of the State are
heaitily mk if the pres-ent arrangement dues
lot admit cf ajy doubt. The experiment
bus proved a total fai'ure and the law ought
to be erased from the statute bock.
The bill in reference to conferring 0:1 the
District Court at Johnstown increased civil
juritdictif n, and which passed the EIou
lvo weeks ao on the motion of our mem
ber, Mr. llos, passed the Senate on Tuesday
last. It id Dos in the hands of the Governor,
end we have the besjt assurance that he will
fign it. Whether it will finally end and
dispose of the insane project of removing the
county seut from Ebemburg to Johnstown,
we cannot say. Certain rceD trill agitate
and disturb peoples and counties, and tliU
his been the fate of Cambria ccuuty for more
than twenty years. This bill was attended
to in the Seuate by Lion. Hruce retriker, of
Huntingdon county, who-has our thanks f.r
Lis services in the matter.
Hon. D. J. MomiKLL has sent us, with
request to publish, a Joint Resolution which
has been introduced in the U. S. Seuate'fe
luting to an increase of compensation to the
Assistant Marshals who took the census of
1S70. We willingly comply with Mr. Mnr
lell's request, and the refolution will be
found below. We see lo valid objection to
the proposed increase cf pay of those offic.TS.
It is true that it is a raid on the Treasury,
but it is mndet as well as meritorious, when
contrasted with the huge swindling schemes
that have been successfully engineered thro'
Congress for several yars pant, and which
have made that body a by-word and reproach
with the people.
JoisT Risoictiob relating to an increase of
compel. ntioii lo Assistant iliribila at the
-S'iuih Census.
Be it resolved It the Senate nr.i Ho ise of
Reprosei.t.i :ives of the Uoite.l :j.au-d of Amer
ica in Congresn utnrmb'a'l, That in all cues
where the average per dicin cjmpens.itioii.of
n?sistatit 111ar.l1.1U lor field-work in cnuuiera
tin; inhnhit-iiiti at ti e ninth census of die
United fetates, um'.er the r.ites of payment
fixed by ihe law of eighteen hundred and fifty,
and the act or the acts fupp!emontarv thereto,
shall not amount to five dollars a day, the
.Superintendent of the Census is hereby author
ized to add to siich pay an amount siifiijint
to give to etch of e.iid asistut marshals the
total sum ol five dollars f or dny for such field
work : Prc v. pin, tint the number of days for
which enc-h additional alloani.e shall be paid
hull in no case exceed the ruin tier tit" davs
fixed by the act of AI.it six, eighteen hundred
and seventy, tor completing the enumeration
upon Fc'tiedule one.
Passed the llonse of Representatives Janu
ary 3). 1871.
Attest Edward ifcTflrKso.', Clerk.
TIio BTeposcil .evr Tax Rill, i
In our last iysue we referred in a brief par
agraph, to a bill which originated in the
State Senat.e, regulating tho collection tf
taxe3 in Indiana and Cambria counties.
Tha bill will be found in our local depart
ment this week. It was offered in the Sen
ate by Gen. Whito and as it ia a moit im
portant question to the tax-payers of this
county, we publish it for their special infor
mation. We believe it is a copy of the
existing law in Ohio on tho same subject.
It seems, from all that we can learn about
it, that it has worked out its iuteuded pur
pose in that State, to the entire satisfaction
of th pcoplu. But while we give General
White due credit for honesty of purpose in
offering the bill, we feel bound to oppose it.
It is special, or local, legislation, and to that
we are unalterably opposed. No member
of the Senate more than Gen. White is so
Jamiliar with the evil consequences of this
kind of Icgislat'on. If the bill is right in
its provisions, snd we do not pretend to say
that it is wrong, why is it proposed to limit
its operations to the two counties of Indiana
and Cambria ? If the proposbd change is
desirable fjr these counties, why did cot
Gen. White make the bill applicable to tho
whole State? We are not finding aoy fault I
whatever with the proposed law. but as we
are hostile to all &uch legislation, and dc-y.e
to ece its eternal end in this Sta'e, where it
has become an insufferable nuisance for
years past, we prefer that tho bill should be
defeated for the reason we have given and
that the collectors of tax.s in this county
should ba permitted to discharge their du
ties as they have done heretofore. How true
js the old maxim, that "the world is gov
erned too much."
Tho Cesm-H Swiiidle,
From our persona! knowledge of the polit
ical character of John Cessna, the recent
exposure in Congress of his fraudulent and
corrupt conduct, in reference to a swindling
claim for damages, male by George Chor
penning, of Somerset ccuuty, who, fifteen
year ago, had a contract for carrying the
mail from Salt Lake to Sacramento, convin
ces us that cur estimate of the man was cor
rect. We krew, or thought we kcetv, all l
about his crooked way, bat be baa bow
reacle'. a !ctver depto 'cf Irs6nal infamy
than we were prepared to believe that even
he could descend to. His whole conduct ex
poses as corrupt a purpose to pluudcr the
treasury out of nearly a half million of dol
lars as was ever attempted. This well con
cocted fraud was thoroughly exposed last
week in CoDgress by Mr. Dawes, of Massa
chusetts. Tho Post-Master General is
equally implicated with Cessna. The for
mer ought to be removed from the Cabinet
and Cessna expelled from Congress. The
following Washington dispatch to the New
York World of January 30th will give our
readers a tolerably coriect idea of this at
tempted fraud. It is fair to infer that the
exposure made by Dawes in the presence of
Cessna closes the public life of the latter for
ail eternity. Thus haseDded.in shame and
disgrace, the political career of as finished a
trickster as ever dishonored this or aoy
other State in Congress.
An ExronKE of thc Lobby- There was a
feiiriul exposure to-day ot the datk wr.js and
vain, tricks and corrupt practices of the lobby
aiid its iijtlueuee on Congress that ia rarely if
ever witnessed. It is a lor:g story, but its
points may be briefly told. The House Ap
t ropriation Committee learned last week tint
th Treasury Department was about to pay a
draft drawn on its current appropriation by the
Po.-t master General fur neatly ball' a million of
dollars, to pay the claiui of one George Chor
peatiiug for an ancient mail service, w hich had
been repudiated by the Port Ollice Depait
ti: tut lor the last ten years. They further
Uiri.eJ thil I lie Postniaster-Gencrul based his
action on a joint resolution passed by Co-igtess
last July, authorizing tbe auditing and the ad
justment of the claim. Some of the older otii
eers of the government added to the informa
tion that the claim was fraudulent, all ol which
lacta led to a passage of a resolution a.kiug
for a suspension of t lie payment until an inves
tigation could be made by the commissioner.
The investigation proved a moat remai kub!
tstito of things.
Fir-t that one of the counsel cf the claim -ant
was Ex First Asistaut Postmaster-General
Earle, la:e law partner of I'ostiuaater
Ju eul C'ltswcll.
Second That the joint resolution to pay the
claim was put through tho lie use by John
Cessna, of Pennsylvania, under the suspension
o: t he rules, without a report or debate that
i: pas.ed tlie Senate the sains day, and was
signed soon thtrealter by the President, com
pnsiu in all but eighteen hours.
'1 bird That Eat le submit ted to what pur
ported to be a report of the lioue Postal Com
mittee to Cie3wo!l in favor of this, but w hich
proved to be without the slightest foundation
co such report ever having been even dis
cussed by them .
Fourth th?t Creawell, instead of waiting
for rn application to pay the claim, drew a
dralt against rlie general fund for it.
Filth That bo paid it in face of reports
made by Postmaster Generals Brown, Holt,
Blair, ltandalt, and iiimsli k that tlii. claiui had
no foundation in law or ej'.iiiy.
These uad many other tacts wero brought ti
the attertion of th House by Sir. Dawes and
Mr. Beck, and created such consternation that
.combers generally left their seats and gath
ered aroui.d the speakers. When they con
cluded a resolution was unanitnuUsly passed
repeuling the joint resolution to pay the c'ahn
Even .Mr Cessna, who pushed the job original
ly, sat in his seat and never said a word. Jr.
Beck commented forcibly on Creswell'a inex
plicable coi. duct, and ou tlio course of E irle,
who, from his position as First Assistant
Poscruaster-Ueueral, obtained a knowledge of
this e'airu, then resigned and prosecuted it a
u attorney .
Iulltlc4 In Iianas.
The recent election cf Mr. Caldwell to the
Uuite I States Senate by the Legislature of
Kausas seems to have created intense excite.
Dieut at the seat of government of that State.
Tfwmas P. Fenlon, Esj., formerly of this
place. no residing in the city of Leaven
worth, and who is tne of the Democratic
members of the Legislature, appears to have
been the leading supporter of Caldwell, aU
though the latter i3 a republican. We sup
pose that Mr. Fenlon's devotion to Mr. Ca'd
well was based ou his (Caldwell's) admitted
good character for honesty and integiity.
Charges of bribery and corruption were open
ly made and widely circulated, and Ir.
Fenlon's character was assailod. In defence
of his own good namo be made thf following i
personal explanation and offered the pream-
',e res0,-u'iun aci' ofttn which we publish
beIov. About one third of the members of
the House took the oath, the others, refusing
to do so. Although Mr. Fenlon's motives
were all right, if we were a member of ti e
Kansas Legislature, we would also have re
fused to lake it. It was entirely worthless
and unnecessary, and of no binding force,
for the plain reason, that when a me mber cf
j that or any other Legislature takes the usual
oath to discharge his duties with honesty
anu neiemy, it exciuc.es all imju!atsou
if corruption. After having taken the pre
liminary oath and then violated it by ac
cepting a bribe, 'Ar. Fenlon's cumulative
oath would r.ot bo much of a stumblbg biock
in the way cf a venal representative.
II r. Fenlem rose to a question of privilege
and consent of tho House being obtained,
spoke as follows :
I rise to a question of privilege and will read
from the Le.ivtuK-orth Times, of date 21st and
2M inst. (Mr. Fenlon read from newspaper )
As to this sta cment of tome unknown and
lying vagabond, in thi paper, I have but little
t) say. Those who, honoring me by their suf
frages, sent me here, know me too well, and
I may say, nithoal egotism, too favorably to
require any defence or explanation of tnv vote.
The rematk, however, is in character with
what is transpiring thioughout the Stato since
the asseniblir.tr of this bodv. AttseL ...,l
I charges of fraud, corruption and briber? are as
lhitk a9 Ieave in Vailambrosa. For 'myself,
UlZh
shall be left them. The best third of mv life
nas oeen pusaeel in the midst of my immediate
conseitueiits ; the loudest recoikc.iuns of the
past and all the hopes and aspint-ious of the
luture, are counec-.ed with this noble joung
State and her people ; and so it is with many
of you; and surely, in view of our heroic histo
ry, wh.it it has ceisl in sacrifice, sufleriii"- nnd
blood, to make that history, the man who this
day would barter his vote "for mouey, deserves
the brand of Jud.s upon his brow ; deserves to
stand like the tree that Christ cursed on his
way to Jerusalem, blasted, blackened and
withered a monument for all coming lime of
infamy and di.grace. These rumors, however
are in our press and on our 6treets, in tho
mouths of eveij one we meet; ihe air is fueled
and corrupt with the human breaths that utter
foul charges ou the members of this body, un
til the stranger who kuows not the honorable
men who bete assemble until the futute read
ers of tbe journals of the day might well
believe tkat this body was but a den of thieves,
cr a corrall of cattle to be bought and sold bv
the political butciicrs of the State. It is due
to us, to the hou ji of the -state, to the coi-fiil.
iug people who sent us here, that the lie di
rect atul certatu, should in some way be given
to these foul aspersions upon our character,
and I shall in this spirit and for this purpose
oiler the preambles and resolutions. I hold in
my baud unprecedented they probably'are
aiid 60 are the foul charges "ciadj ther will
be found to be becoming the dignity and honor j
of this body ; they will be a solemn pledge be
fore God to the heroic people who sent us here
that their honor and ours shall be preserved,
and that the brav-e men who went down to
early and bloody graves to make 1.8 a State
have i.ot died in vaiu tet aside precedent as
Kansas has done before ; ad astra peraspera ia
the motto of our State ; let us go through this
ordeal too with the oath jet wet upou our lips
that it shall be honestly done ; that theugh
local material interest, peisonal friendship,
eminent fitness or political faith may mould
our vote, the Judas money that betrayed
Christ shall not make us betray our trust. I
offer the resolution with the faith ibat they
will be instantly and enthusiastically adopted
The resolutions of Mr. Fenlou were as
follows :
Wiiebkas, It is reported in tbe press of the
State and currently spoken of in the streets of
the capital and other principal cities of the
Slate, that money is being used to buy the
rotes of members of this house iu the senato
rial election now pending ; and,
Wuebicas, It is due to the character of the
members of this hiiuse, and due to a gallant
and confiding people who have entrusted us
with sacred powers to be exercised only in t'.ieir
iinerest and lor their benefit, that sucli rumors
and reports should be promptly and effectually
silenced; be it, therefore.
Resolved, That immediately before the roll
is called for the vote on the senatorial candi
dates, the speaker cf this house administer to
the membeis of this bouse the following
oatu :
You and each of yon do solemnly swaar, be
fore Almighty God, the searcher of all hearts,
that you have not now received, and wili not
receive, any money or other valuable thing to
influence or control your vote on the senatorial
question.
A Curicus I'cfitlcsi lo tSac I'etili-
The Ptev. Father Thomas P. Hunt is cir
culating iu Luzerne county a curious peti
tion lei the Legislature, that is intended to
advance the interests of temperance. Mr.
lluut calls this an "o;ive branch held out to
the liquor sellers." He says, Let thcui de
rive all tha pleasure anil prefit they can !
frcm the traffic, uud also pay for all the in- j
juries which riuiit fie m it. We are sick of j
paying two-thinis of our taxes for the bene-
tit of venders of poison." Tho petiliou is as j
follows, and it may be stated that there is i
talk of a similar law for Ohio : I
To tho House and Striate i f t Le Common-
wealth cf Pennsylvania The prayer of your
petitioners, citizens cf tho county cf Lu
zerne, showeth : That it is admitted by all
wise legislatois that the ttso and trafhi; tn
. b . ,. .... ,
int xicating litpuors is highly dangerous to
the interests ct the community, and no leg
islation has as yet succeeded in so restrain
ing these evils as to prevent them from ex
isting and increasing ; and that there is a
portion of tur fellow-citizens who contend
that your honorable bodies have no right iu
any way to prohibit such usi; and saie, but
aro bound to provide, b- a license law, fa
cilities and accommoelation3 for such use aud
sale. We. your petitioners, tu t here ques
tiouing; that right, nor asking for the repeal
ejr prohibition of it, do respectfully pray you
to pass a iaw for this cotn.ty, if not for the
whole State on the following basis :
1. That all who do sell intoxicating liquors
shall rniike known on a certain day their
intention cf doing so to tho judges of the
court.
2. That on paying, pro rata, their pro
portion cf all t tie criminal police, atul pau
per expenses cf the county, to be estimated
in a lawful manner, and giving ab nd, with
good security, to pay any other damage that
may arise iu coruequence of the sale and use
of said liquors, fairly proven, and that would
not have occurreel without saiel sale and use,
they be permitted to tell and Uee, as now
allowed by law.
3. That the county expenses, as above,
shall be paid out of the money paid by these
applicants ; aud that the injuries:, properly
established, shall be collected out of the
bend given for that purpose, the individuals
thus injured being required en!y to piove
the injury as resulting from the use aud
trsfiic, to obtain judgment against the bond
fund, and this judgment to be executed, pro
rata, on t;.e givers of the bonds.
Any per-
son
cliir.g honor without complyti e with
iere cotuiitions, or any person viomtinvthe
, , , .. J . ,. r, ,,
laws already existing on this snl tact, s ha
i.n p,.,i ... ft ,i irn . ,J ,,
$100. and imprisoned for not less than one
year in the county jail.- One-half of the
fine to go to the prosecutor, and the other
half to tho liquor fuud.
Who Has Lost a Litti.k Girl? Last
summer a party of Gipsies, oiibii-tirg cf two
men, two women and a giil about eleven
ears of ago, passed through the viiiage of
Uelmore, Crawford count-, going west.
Shcrtly after passing though the place, a
man rngoged at hauling logs carne across a
little girl aged about four years, who had
been left in the road about a mile east of the
village, on the route Tvhich the Gipsies had
just pa. Bed over. The man who was haul
ing logs picked up the child and took it to
his honiR. The little thing could give no
account of itself, uor has never yet conveyed
an idea who its pftrnts are. The general
imptfssion is that thi child did not belong
to the Gipsies, and that they stole it from
some family, and beer miu tired cf it. !efr.
it in the road as above stateei.
Tiiero may.be somewhere a mourning
father and mother whom the publication of
this item may lead to the recovery of their
lost child. Will our exchanges give it cir
culation as widely as possible ?
Ccjiclative VoTi;,-a Mr. Buckalew'u
bill providing for cumulative voting in the
election of School Director?, in this state,
has passed the Senate. This bill relates
especially, to School Directors in this State.
The principle of the bill is, that where two
or more persons are to be chosen for School
Directors, in ar.y district, each voter may.
give all his votes to one or more candidates
as he shall think fit. and the candidates
highest in votes shall be declared elected.
Thus if two directors are to be chosen, each
voter may if he chooses give two votes for
either one of the candidates, or one vote for
each. If three directors are to be elected
then any voter may cast three votes for
either candidate or two votes for one and
one for another, or one vote for each of the
thrse. And in the same way regulate big
voting to suit himself no matter what may
be the number of Directors chosen.
-Cn Tuesday morning last a fire broke
out in Smith & Porter's locomotive works,
in South Pittsburg, and owing tc tbe icsuf
ficient supply of water the entire bh.ck be.
tween Third, Bingham and Carson streets
was burned. Twelve locomotives were
burned, nearly all light weight ami used for
coal mining purposes. Twentyseven pri
vate residences were burned. Eight owned
by Woods & Co.. loss $10,000, insured $8.
000. Eight owned by Wm. E. Richard,
loss. $10,000 j fully insured. The loss to
the locomotive works was $70 000 ; insured
for $30,000. Total loss will bo $150 000.
Some viilain entered the stable of a man
named Croup, near Ccnterville, Venango
county, a few nights ago, aDd cut off the
lej of one of bis horses.
A Frlglllfill Railroad Accident.
XI10 Hudson Rlvor Exprn Train It tin 9
iulo n liDi-nlngr Oil Train- i lilrl j
rersous Kuuwn to be Hilled.
PocGHKEsrsiK, N. Y., February 7. The
following particulars of a horrible railroad
accident, at Newhambrtrg, on the Hudson
Iiiver Jtailroad, have been received : An
oil-traiD. bound north, caught fire near the
bridge at that place at a late hour last night.
The express train came along and ran into
the oil-train, catching lire also. Tho oil
train set lire to tbe bridge, and the combined
weight of the two trains broke tho bridge in
two, and tbe cars fell thre ugh in a mass of
wreck and confusion. Several persons were
unable to get out of the cars wben tho crash
occurred, and were burned to death or
drowned. The engineer, conductor and
brakeman of the express train are known to
be killed. Tbe scene at the track is fearful.
A corps of engineers from this city have ar
rived to attend the wounded and dying.
Three sleeping cars are auocg those destroy
ed. Eighteen persons are known to have
been killed outright, and many more aro in
jured. ITo names have yet been ascertained.
8SC0N1) MSPA'ICH.
Albany. N. Y., February 7. A dispatch
has been received in this city from Slesers.
O'Brien, Iloche and Prince, members of the
legislature, ail detained by the disastrous ac
cident which occurred on tha Hudson Iiiver
Kailroad, near Poughkeepsie, last night.
Theso gentlemen escaped without irjury,
but the safety tsf the other assemblymen,
who were on the express train when the ac
cident took place is uncertain. A report is
current in the city that tele:,r tins have been
received from the scene of eiisaster stating
that upwards of thirty dead bodies have uot
I yet been Uient'.iKel, ami hiteen mere are yet
j partially imbedded iu thedabris. The work
I of remivit.u the bodies was taking place
when the last dispatch left. Great excite
ment prevails iu this city over the news.
THE SCENE crtASM QV DEAHI.
A field of ice stretching away to the right
for miles, cairn and unruffled, aud the moun
tains rising dimly gray beyond ; another
aod lesser patch to the left, and at your feet
an abyss of two hundred feet across, filled
with a confused heap eif black and charred
fragments, with broken beams ami with
ptibts still upright and firm, but grim, burn
ed and reeking with a foul ce'or and the
fumes of oil. This mass is looming here and
there Lr four or Eve feet above the water,
which is brown and filled with fragments of
discolored ice, ami now and ar.on you e
particles of a dress or ao-at or a cloak. And
i r; , n .v;, . i r.ti
eiowu beneath all this, under two lathoms
of water, lies a sleeping car containing thir
ty-three charred and mangled boeiies, which
last uij;ht were brim full ol hope and life.
On tho margin t f tl c ice, and on p'auks
placed ou the debris, bturdy, earnest and be
grimed men. employees of the railroad com
pany and villagers are tt-archirg with re'pes
autl hooks for the 'bo. lies cf the dead. At
hut, when the light becomes stronger and
their number is increased a bodv i found.
; It is evidently a Jew. e.uce a handsome man. j pulp. IIer remains were found in the re
j but row how horrible to loetc upon ! Now j ceiving trough.
that tL?y have found the proper locality
they elraw forth another victim, and then,
one after auother, thty successively raise to
the surface anel bear cut upou the ice the
body -e.f a mother and two little chilelren
fotir.d ciaspeil in her aims. The eldest of
the Jews was found next after him, anel
very near. II 3 is tauter and shorter. His
face wears a fearful expression, giving him
the appearance of one who had been strau-i
gleel, iijjd h!s tongue is thrust half out of his
mouth, between his c!tnched teeth. lie,
to , was found with his ace dowD, and the
back of his head was burned almost to a
coal.
A woman,suppoed to be the wife of Rev.
Mnrri 1 Fowler, was next found, clasping
her children in her arms. Unliko those
f iund before, her face and not the back of
her head was burned. She was lviusr on
j her back, anel her face has the perfect ap-
earance of a skull cut in charcoal, the lips
! bcifig opened, disclosing btr teeth, white
! anel seeming to grin. Lying in the car, on
j the floor, one child, a little girl of six years.
j is jet within her embrace, anel the other.
i v,,i.. ..r.;nun mii.m;,..!,, .. :
, i,i.
v ,i v ,i , ,
I .Near this woman now lies the body of
i , -,, , , J,
anot.ier, dressed in a si k robo. with ace
j suspended from the neck and attacheel to a
watch (gold), and bearing an inscription,
and she wears diamond ornaments and rings,
j It is rumored that this is Mrs. Pease, of
Buffalo, though the inscription in the watch
I11-I..ll;. .1 .1
v. ouio icau one 10 oei.evo iiiai ner name is
Perry.
Among the rest, the lxvjy of a woman her
two children clasped in her arms, was drawn
out. The husband and father had lift thern
only a momeut before to go to the smoking
car, and escaped uninjured. Tho mother, as
well as one of the children, was badly burn
ed, ijrid the other child had been drowned.
T;ie Recent Stkamuoat Disaster.
Heart remiing details of the fearful explo
sion of the steamer W. R. Arthur, on the
Mississippi, are given in the Memphis Ap
peal. The captain, Harry Bralaski, was nu
watch up to one a. m., and had made his
rounds befjre turning in. Hading all right.
Half an hour later he was awakened by the
fearful explosion, and at tho same instant
was ciushed, wirh his wife and child, be
neath the roof. The flames shot up from
the wrcckeil boat, ami it was only by super
human efforts that ho extricated himself,
and with an axe hewed his way through the
timber and released his dear cues. The
train east on the Little Rock road was late,
and did not arrive at Memphis till three a.
ni. While on the farry-boat the portions of
the wreck wero seen floatiug by, and screams
cf eleppair were beard from the river. The
captain of the boat at once put out, and,
guided by the cries, picked up all the vic
tims they could find, and then proceeding to
the wreck taved many more. John Kafe,
in chargo of a fleet of coal boats, was roused
by the cries of agony, and, taking a skiff,
saved five men from a piece of a wreck, and
proceeded up the river, picked up all he
possibly could. He found one old lady that
was saved by her husband, and one young
one. standing on the bank of the river, with
nothing on but her light night clothes, her
husband having left again for the wreck to
try to save his clothing. It is thought that
many Eurvivors swam ashore at various
points, and are being cared for by tho farm
ers, which will reduce the terrible mortality
as fast as they come to light.
Daring Deed. Iu San Francisco, a few
days since, a runaway horse attached to a
light buggy, in which was an old man, slip
ped off his bridle and ran away. Tho spec
tators shuddered at the fearful prospect of
the old man's death, when a Mexican va
quero. dashed out of a side street on a fleet
mustang, soon gained the siele of the horse,
and leaning from his saddle, he threw one
arm around the animal's neck, and held fast,
both horses going at full speed. In n twink
ling he hanled the reins from under the run
away's heels, and making a noose, he passed
it over the horse's ntck and then straight
ened back in his saddle. Tho whole estab
lishment was soon brought to a stand-still,
and the vaquero, lighted a cigarita, and
quietly rode off.
Kcvtm and Political Items.
The year 1371 will be the 2,183d year
cf the Grecian era, and tbe last year of the
sreeian bend.
Fifty railway wagons laden with proTis- .
ions entered Parts on the 3d tnst.. an tsearmg
the inscription, "London gifts to Paris."
Sister Stanislaus, for nearly sixty years
a member of the order of Carmelite nuns,
died at Baltimore, on Friday last.
The peoplo of Rve, New Hampshire,
were treated to the sensation of an earth
quake shock, early on Sunday morning.
A man in Kansas City, Mo., is said to
have a full iet of furniture made of tbe tree
on which his father was hung ten years ago.
Four vesiels are loading at the port of
New York with provisions for France. They
will each carry out ten thousand barrels of
pork.
On Saturday last, tlfe house of PaPas
Miller, in We!!?, Ta.. whs burned, with all i
its contents. A irl four years of ago was
burned to eleath.
The Scranton Republican thinks trerk
in tbe antharcite regions will be resumed
about the middle of February in all the col
leries except two or three in Luzerne county.
Funds and provisions are being rapidly
collected in all parts of the United States f t
the beneGt of those who have sr-.fifcred thro'
the disastrous consequences of the Franco
Prussian war.
A man named James Henry, notorio" as
a Lorse thief and baru-bnrner, was convicted
of horse-stealing and arson, in the Lancaster
county court, lat week, and sentenced to
t'xenly years imprisonment.
Gov. Geary has appoiccd Hon. W. II.
Hall. ( f the Civil Cide Commission, as Pres
ident Judge of the Bedford and Somerset
Judicial District, iu tbe place c;f Judge King,
who died about three weeks ago.
A man in Minnesota had got all ready
to be married, when he received a letter
from his v.ife in Maine, which reminded
him that lie was already in the holy state,
lie bad entirely forgo! ten the fact.
Col. Geo. F. McFarland, Superintend
ent of Soldiers Orphans, on Thursday last
tendered his resignation to Gov. Geary, and
the lat;er has nominated J. P. Wickersham,
Stipt. of Common Schools, to succeed him.
The Chicago Tim-s very pertinently
says that if the brothers-in-law of Grant had
been as numerous and active in the service
cf the government during tha war as they
have been since, the last draft would hve
been unnecessary.
A new machine for taking ofT the hides
cf dead cattle will shortly be tried at Bue
nos A y res. The operation is short, sharp,
and decisive, requiring only a minute for
each hitle. Odd air is forced by a pump be
tween the flesh aud the bide, and the thing
is done.
A young girl named Marth Beckenhart'
seventeen years ef age, and an employee cf
Pecket's paper mill, at Hamilton, Ohio, fell
through an opening of the floor into the ma
chinery on Sunday last, and was ground to
Tho Owatonna Journal stated that
while digging a well, a few elays ago, Wm.
Gamble, of Lemond. found the boily cf a
popjdo tree imbedded 22 feet below the stir-
face of the ground, and also a small piece of
the same wood eight feet furher down, im-
bedded in bSue clay.
Governor Butler, of Nebraska, and a
radical i f the worst type, is about to be im
peached for stealing seventeen thousand dul-
lars from the stato treasurer. The Butler
family seems to be in ili luck. What, with
Ben, Roderick Random Butler, and the Ne-
braska governor, things cion t look very
bright.
A res-Iuiicn has been introduced into
the New York Assembly, elenouncir.g the
proposed annexation of San D.mingo as a
fraud. This represents the opinion of uinc
tenths of the people of the Uniteel States,
aud yet Genera! Grant is determined to
1 push the job through, even at the expense
! ,-r
vi I It I
French telegrams have been received in
London stating that a terrible railway acci-
,!or I t..l- l . U . ,U : , 4 1 .
Mull ....; VII lli 10-3 O I II 11131., Oil il.o
road between Bondons and St. Nazaire.
Over sixty persons were killed outright and
the cumber sustaining injuries will probably
reach one hundred, many of whom are fatal
ly wounded.
A wonderful invention of a weft-thread
knitting-loom is now on exhibition in Man
chester. It is said to produce the best cloth
extant at tho enormous rate of nearly a yard
a minute. Practical cloth manufacturers
pronounce it a success. "and believe that it is
destined to revolutionize the entire system of
weaving woolen goods.
A Dakota paper says there is a French
girl of great beauty, living about forty five
miles up the Sicux river from that place,
who possesses rematkable agility, being
able to put her hand on the back of a horse
and jump over him without touching a hair.
She is famous for riding wild colts bareback,
and rever was thrown.
Mrs. Huff, of Greene county, Xcw
York, had a most terrfic contest, a few days
ago with huge mastiff belonging to a neigh
bor. She kept calm atxl collected, and
though terribly bitten, fiually succeeded,
after a ten minute's struggle, in throwing
the brute out of the door and closing it. She
is not expected to recover.
There is a beautiful girl living near
Montreal, who, notwithstanding the fact
that she has lost both legs above her knees,
has receivetl over a dozen offers of marriage
during the past year, and refused them all.
One of her lovers is a member of the Domin
ion parliament. This afflicted girl speaks
seven languages, and charms everybody who
comes near her.
An old laely named Eve Nipple, living
alone, in Licking Creek Valley, Mifi.in coun"
ty, and supposed to be over one hundred
3-aars old, was burned to death on Friday
week, by her house taking fire. The fire
was discovered about noon, and on the neigh
bors visiting the Pcene the charml bodyof
the old lady was discovered lying near the
door, and hor limbs burned off.
Mrs. Emberling, of Prairie City, Illi
nois, a few evenings fince, followed her hus
band to a village saloon, armed with an axe
Finding him eng-aged, with several others
playing cards, she smashed the table with
her axe. scattered the cards, pile, llp tjie
astonished players, and carried ofT her bus
band, who bad not the pluck to interfere
How is that for woman's wrongs ?
A woman in Philadelphia", .CP(1 about
thirty, and said to be good looking, has been
going among the merchants ostensibly to
peddle pictures, but really to levy black
mail Hor plan was to first offer a merchant
r...u,. .o, tiiumg sum. jf he declined
to Purchase she would leave. and in a f
minutes and threaten to swear atrain.f hlZ
a serious offense if he did not Pres.nt her
wirl. rn, ,i.i-. J present ber
The wise men of Philadelphia are -reat-
I. (Tpmiuil -7. V... .1- " b'ts'
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PUl.. .nnnl. ..Cll-.l .. . '. " Ifl
... ...... v..,... enscoverv fit
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, t":)9 1 w,tJ the remains of
animals of the post-pliocene period Thi
bones are those of sloths t.n.vl i 1)9
ruminants as large as S,, TJj ' FOm
derful of all a V. ' an animlw
large to have entered the 1 I, ?v, t0
em One of the .cienlSe1;
gjUthat ho muSt -aava fallen
CS-OSIXG PKSCES
Of DE HAVE & BRO., 40 Sonlh Third
(Street. P!iIlK!e!iliia, at 3 o'clock, V.
JU., Jfr eb. 6, 171.
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Uu'n Pacific Land Gr'nt U nils'
VEGETiBHSlCaiJtf!
HAIK
RENEWS K.
A
The basis of its remedial properties Is a veye-
wiiritiTOUE GRAY UAia TO ITS
OKIG1N ALfeH.OU
I will kee p the hair from falling out.
It cleanses the scalp, and makes the hair soft,
lustrous, and nlken.
It ia a pplendid hair dre-ssinsr.
K. H. II ALL & CO., Nashua, X. H., Preprietore.
READY-MADE
Ths Largest Stock;
56 Finest Gooda;
ths Newest Styles ;
the Best VorU-
rr.aneliip : tLe
Gvcrv
Greatest Va
W3
of materia! &
riety, at
every variety of
?tI(ti'J:et
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sty'e, stiitabl for
Youth from !6 to 20, MSA.
Gth
Coys from 9 to 16,
end Children from
TCP
to 9 years
durabls &. strong,
nadd v.if1 special
reference xo rouo?
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usage.
In this de-
partment our
criecs
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tonishingly
low.
2far?ct
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Att Clotting, and
Ave can assure our
.friends from n.it
.of town that they
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need look no fur-
A ther than Oak Halp
for satisfactory
Work is
factory prices.
of tho very
Full stock a!i
besttharackr.
tho year
Easy rules fcX
round.
measurement,
prices, &c, sent
free to any part of
America, and good f,ts
guaranteed. JTarJccV
and 6th Streets,
PEILADEIPHIA.
1.AKE riSII. 7,S20half tmrre.ls ImVo Tier
Vng. quarter tiarrcls elo. ; K.tAt bait harrels
ml l ibh; 300 ,mlf barrels No. 1 i'it-keret.
iKOnsi,..ioy dozcu Urooms, assorted, iu
store and for sale by
JAMES CONNOR, Wholesale Grocer,
No. 335 .Liberty Street,
Feb. 4, lS7l.-5t. PITTSBURGH, PA.
"Real estate agency
OFf-
GEO. W. OATMAN El CO.
OIHe in (olonnele How.
Several parties wish to secure Houses tn Eb
eiisburjr at fair rents.
Houses and Le.ts are for rent on fair terras.
O.ve us a eixscription and price of wiiat you
nave for rent.
Let us know what kind of a House or House
a,V. ot - ou w,'sh to secure as a tenant.
Have you REAL or PERSQXAL MOPFR
J 1 you wish to sell, or do you wish to buy ?
cojie aro si:k US AT O.VCC!
C'Our terms are reasonable for all services
relative to above mutters. See "HmiI rotate
Oazette." C.KO. V. OATMAN & CO.
1-bensburg, Feb. 4, lS7I.-tf.
(AIJTION! IIavinS purchRfcd the
v followins described r.rtielt.i at a Sheriff's
sale of tho jicrsorml property of David Hurk
hart, of Suseuehanna towuship. aud left the
same in the care of the said lavid Burkhart
during our pleasure, we he reby caution all per
sons nttnin.it interfering i any way with said
property, viz: I I!ay JTareand 1 (iray Hersen
Feb. 4, lS71.-4t. A. A. HARK Ell & SOX.
T L GEOKOE, Attoknet at La-v,
Ebonsburjr, Ta. OiTice in room recently
Oe'Clinlt.! Wm If. Soohlor. l-.sn.. in CV.Ionade
How. All manner of leral business faithfully j
attendtxi to, and t4it coUiu of olabns, eto.,
uia a spe.alut.ty. 3-4.-tf.J
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" ""uiraami tt-t tin.).,, "( tt.-foll.iwu-.runparallHr.i,,.'..
well jatisB.!,! We will - r To suj5.ta-'
Me of writintr. Full i.art r'B f-r"
Pie whk-h win do tJe;..rV:
eopye.f The fey..V, r, "
of the latest and ij'ft1.
publi.-h.-d-all suit trw
VOU WHnt I,r-i.,c ,.. .- "HI
Om.: u.nll., ... , r"Tll,
to cure diseases f the: p.-rs-.n- a :-
coniplexiou. Write to 714 iwn.r.L11' te :
1. 1
G.P
.i...ut(i.to...4.park;
IllnsMei ana DeEcriplirsCAlir-
wr n.unt.ri VtGETAELE SEI
Axu Sl-mmeh Fi.uwekin,; '.
"Will be ready for mail-In-r tv t -'i
nary, uotwithstaiKhi. "e.i:r p-t-7 ' "' "'
paper. et.Kraviui.-s. etc., 1 v !;.. tS - '
the Job i'riutitiK oRie-e ' f the V
crat arid C1.rnr.id,. L'.'ih
be printe d em a n'.t ele r.uit 'txt-v '. -''
and illustrated with tear!;.- '"-.!
rive liuiidr.d OiieEin.I KnSr,T
and two finely executed C(J;.r.. ;-: v. '
mtns fe.r whU-h were Kr'-wu Lv '"-'
past season from ounm, ..t.-t's , ' T Ir"
the oritriniilit y.Joxecution an T!
fe-ra'e inp-s it is unlike and --!i:ii:-"m V, . t:'
any ot her ratal, pue or "I hiriV, '
The Cataloifiie wlil y.:i-: t ,'.'t lu l l:
as won as put-lishi-d will t.e-r t --.'"'" '
eirdered teeds trom u. . nia'ii t;.
To eithers a e lmrgei cf 15 ef i.ts j.. -.T.
made, whi.-h is iiot th. vaii.- . f
lMate-s. Ve as.su re our fri.-u i.V. i -7i
uienti we offer to pi:rvi,...rs i't "
quality and extent of Stork. Pi-..
i mums, are ijnsur;a.cl. i'j.-u;
for CttaioKUeS wiitiout dsl.iv. 1 "
Our Colored Cataln;u for H;i
will be rendy to s i: l r:-,:t i:: ja-
C'hrorao will rtprc'ei:t Ki rr--!wu v
fehowy and Popular Flower. f n .; .r
coior. V eeleviv-n to mi.k it r .-t i f
ers ever issued, size. i:-v.i
value wijuld be aCeat Tv,- ii ia-. ",!.'
Ikjv. ever, furnish it to e-u.:.:.-.-copy,
and offer it as a it. 0-,'!
Seeds. ?tc CatuloKue wh-n..u.
UHIGOS & I;ROTHCK. H. chtc-r
182
USE THE "VE.tT4-'Lr v
M'L.vo.v.t;:r jiaisi w !i
c'.i i'liiari r.-eir frr
".Vothtnff tn t(r." CCTI.ek iii:vs.i i'.7,",7
IJPJIAM'S Ii:PIf.AT(RT POTISJI
without injury to skin. S. iit ly n'
Relieves n.ot viesji-nt p:iro.yjn ir.
aud effiuts a -peniy e ure. Price J".' :;
TSIi: J.Ptt.SC EI A IK ST l!S
Colors the whisker ar.d V.air a I etmt fi. i.
or brows. It consi.-r.f ;.'!'.-':
7."i cents ly mail. A Mr-' s- S. (.'. I"; h'AV
7-1 Jayne Street. l't.i;a d. : !;m. ii. ..:
sent free. Sold by all lru.-Bist.
V :-!r.N-.-!T'-.;r-.:
ar.'I t: ii.Ij-
ness make from S to $10 per day
c.wn localities. Full purtieuiar' :
tions sent free by mail. T:. -f ir r.--i
ma'i'-Pt.pn tit able we-rk. sh."i; 1 .. 1
UEOIMJ tl STIXse'N i: C( .. Per:.. :.. I,
.nr SALARY 1'EK nri.K & : i
I40'J paid Atfe-Ms. to rvll -r r
disoovi rii-s. Addres. U. SWULT X ...
shi;li. Mich.
JTOYiH and COUNTRY FHCP::
FOR SALE.
1. A TOT OF GKOl XD in Mc -r
SWd Vlank llouee ' "j:'.u. :i.:r.
under the entire house. Via la-.--- -on
emv terms.
2. O.NK I.e iT OF GROUXI' ir. M" r- r
feet front on Main strt-t sua
choice selection of Fruit Tr
is a most desirtet i" IcraT-r.n f--rlu. : -. .
8. A LAK(iE TWO STediY i'KA . -on
Lot anjoir.ir.j; the abfve : line. -
with all conveniern es. Good eai: u-v-an
abundance of fruit tre-e. .
4. A TWO fcToKV THAME n0e:i--Ward
of EliTb:ir-. Ceilnr k-.'.c:.-';;
cistern water. GolkI outlu:.i:rics i" . -same
Lot. All in puod repair. Lots;. -
street, ltcut-s f-r .!?.'.
6. A I. ARO R TWO STORT Fl.A? 5
in the West Werd. suits! !e for t- -
Txit 33 feet front on Main str -deep.
Could be divided. K-ut-.r:-.
. A TWO STOKV FRAME il'.'i. f-:-A'or,i
ciiitoi.i. f..r tw.i fan.tii'S.
front 'on Main street and h. feet ilrfi- l
rable pro'.ertv. . , r ...
7. nt-II-i'IN-;; LOTS ir. Wtst War.. Ft
S. PA SIT" RE LOTS, of al-out 6u--rte
tulle from town. , ..
9. TIMUEK. suitable f'"r c t! v
cf or s acre. each, one rime lr-r ' .
10. SIXTY ACRES Hemlocs iii-',"T-Will
cut 1.i1.lo0 feet iu:r.lr. L i;--mlltre
from Ebensbure. .
11.. A FARM OF HO ACKEr. coc.s-;
KNensbui-ff : mostlv e ieart l Ji . .n -Will
be sold separately r ;;rT
i--ffAU the above desir.!- rr. j
Fold cheap r.nd on er.;y w'11
to purchas will enii
signed ou or btafore th
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V" t fX. Me".--,
-Vrr.A.SacW-
Ebeneburjr, Dec. 1, ----'
GEO. C. K. ZAlIil.
AS.
ZAHM & SON,
CSALF.r.5 IV
nnvrnniK KBllfEFl
II It 1 U U V U "j ui"--
HARDWARE. QUEENSV.-
Hats,Caps,Boots,S:
AND ALL OTHER AKTlCli-
WOOL AND COUXTKY
TAK.HS IX KXCIIAX0K f
STORE ON 3IAIX STl
"Next Door to the Post 0
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.WING recently enlarged ?
we are now rrepJ 10 '
II
reduction from former jr
former Tr- ' ... f-'
Medicines. V
Hall's and AliMV4?:.:-:
. . rimter--. -'. ,
sist. of Druss, Me'
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OOlip., l.1lll.l"" . . .
atires. Fil.s, Ointn.ents. 1 U;c
E.-5.
i am tuners, ei'"" r rt,fi, t-. .
Gineer. Pure Flavprir? t; r.'
.. . p:...i. ! .. (-TIP-; i-;r.
Lemon orruji, iwiim"p
Rhubarb. Pure Spicw. - ji". .
CIGARS AM WW
Blank Books. '
Tost. Commercial and all d-s V.
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envelopes.. 1 en. " k.t .; ?
Fluid, Black sr.d I.ed u' rt
Books, Mn-azuie.. '.bJ Wv'
tories. Bible i;eligiou3.Tra.
ii. i . - Jtr. ..H
IZrV e have added r i
FISE JEWELRY, w llich ,
the attention of the Ld''-. ,tj.ff ' '
v .r--.t ;n this r.:cC- , 'w.
tnan e . v..... - .,w wS0-f
law. . , - ci-pet.
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