r XZ2 SKfeSLSESHCLSaL. Cambria JFrmnau. EDUXSKUHG, PA. Satckdat Mohm.no, : May 13, 1871. Ok last Saturday tLe Gov.rnor 6ent a message to the Legislaturs informing that body that the Apportionment bill, having bpen in his pot-session over Un days, had be come a law without his signature. What Lis objections wore to the bill we do not know, nor is it of the least importance now to make even a rough guess at them. It is sufiicirnt to know that the vexed question has been finally disposed of, and that one legislative dead lock ha keen removed, to be succeeded perhaps by another. In obedience to the proclamation of the President, the Senate of the United States convened in extra session on last Wednesday. On the same day the President tent to the Senate the treaty which had been concluded and signed by the members of the Joint High Commission, for the settlement of all matters in dispute between this country and Grant Britain. Senator Morton has been elected by the administration to take charge of. the treaty and to explain and defend it before the Senate. . When a cancus of the Radical members of the Senate removed Mr. Sumner from the Chairmanship of the Com mittee on Foreign Affairs, Simoc Cameron, to the utter surprise of tho whole country, was elected to take Sumner's place. The selection of Morton as the mouths-piece of the administration to do the work of the Chairman of the Committee, is a humiliating cocfestion that Cameron is wholly incompe tent to discharge the duties of his present position. This, however, was notorious when he was appointed. Two ftatemen of the mental calibre of Oraut and Cameron to manage cur foreign relations, is a sight as sorry as it is unprecedeS'ted iu the history 4f the government. It is not supposed that the session will extend beyond two weeks. The Stale Convention. The Democratic State C invention to nom inate candidates for Auditor General and Surveyor General, will meet at Harrisburg on Wednesday, the 24th of this mocth. The convention will be an important one, as the election by which It will be followed may be regarded as the opening of the Presiden tial campaign in 1872. It is therefore of the highest importance that the utmost pru dence should make its deliberations, and that nothing should be done without calm and careful consideration. The indications of a Democratic victory next October are plainly to be seen, if the convention does not throw away the golden opportunity by hasty and inconsiderate action. It must be above and beyond the vicious and fatal influence ot all selfish and corrupt rings, and keep most Beadily in view its plain and paramount duty of nominating candidates whose honebty is concoded and whose competency is not denied. No mere party 7iaik, intent upon ofiico mainly for the personal gain he can re alize out it. should receive the slightest favor or countenauce at its hands. It does not at all follow that the nominations viust be mada from amongst those whose names have al ready been most prominently mentioned in connection with the two positions. While we do not deny that amongst those suggest el there are several gentlemen who are emi nently qualified, there are also scores of oth ers in the background who. believing in the wholesome, but almost obsolete, maxim, that "the office should se6k the man and not the mau the ifllce," are equally as competent, but whose senae of propriety would not per mit thepj to make any personal efforts in tLoir own behalf. With strong candidates, we want a souud ilatform one tht will ignore the dead is sues of the past and embrace the vital, living questions of the present that aims at the removal of grievances under which the peo. pie now suffer through the reckless adminis tration of the government, and cot at the accomplishment of visionary and impracti cable results in the distant future. With such caudidatea and such a declaration of principles, the Democratic party will not only deserve but achieve success. Without thetn, defeat is a foregone conclusion. The convention has the power in its own hands, to a very great extent, of making the polit ical battlo field on the second Tuesday of October an Austerlilz or Waterloo. ' fJrcenbacks Victorious. As a general proposition it may be safely affirmed, that whatever may be said as re gards the integrity of the other branches of the eovernmeut.the judiciary atleast bas here tofore been pure and irreproachable. This is (specially true cf our b:ghest legal tribu ual, the Supreme Court of the United States. Whenever the administration of justice by its sworn officers ceases to command the re spect and confidence of the people, our Iib i ties, both of wrson and property, are scarcely worth the effort of preserving. The eorvility and corruption of the English judg es weto more potent in bringing about the great revolution of 1688 than tbo imbecility and want of firmness of King James himself. The courts are the last refuge of constitution al liberty, and when denied protection there, H spfiudily gives place to political anarchy aad unbridled licentiousness. It cannot be disguUed that a very recent decisioa of the Supreme Court has created a feeding of wide-spread discontent, and has materially impaired public confidence in its purity and integrity. As is well known, that Court at iu December Term, 1809, after a full and exhausting argument, decided that the act of Congress of 1SC2 making greenbacks a legal tender for all debts con tracted prior to its passage, was ULConstitu tiosal. Chief Justice Cause and Justices Nel son, Griar, Clifford and Field concurred in thia opinion, while Justice. Davis, Miller and Swayne dissented from it. At that time the court consisted cf eight members. A short time afterwards Judge Grier resigned his seat on the bench on account cf age and ill health. Then an act ef Congress was passed providing for tho appointment of an addi tional judge of the court, thereby increasing the number to nine thus giving Grant the power to appoint two new judges. Tho mammoth railroad corporations of the coun try were bitterly opposed to the decision of the court, and were determined to have it reversed. Grant sympathized with the rail road ring, iu their love for greenbacks and hatred for gold and silver, and found the right men for tho emergency ia Judge Strong of this State and Bradley of New Jersey, both of whom were appointed, and who were at the time the attorneys of large railroad corporations. The question was re-argued a short tiirib ago, and according to the well uuderstootl wishes of Grant when he made the appointments, the former decision was overruled by a majority of the court, consist ing of Davis, Miller, Strayno, Strong and Bradley. Chief Justice Chase and Justices Nelson, Clifford and Field adhered to their former decision. We will not attempt to argue the .question, but in order to show the estimate in which this new dscision is bsld by leading Republican papers of the country, will couteut ourselves by publishing an arti cle from the New York 1'ribune and a para graph from the New York Evening Post. The Tribune says : The Supreme Court yesterday announced decisions in the Legal-tender act and other cases of less public importance. The formal announcement of the back-action of the court on the question of the constitutionality of the Legal-tender act, as applied to contracts j made before the war, does not differ from i that which we have already published. It ! is a decision in Vie interests of the great rail j road companies, and it has been reached through the instrumentality of ihtir Jormcr paid advocates and stockholders now on the bench. The first conclusion of tho couit has been hastily reversed, but it-will not be as easy to ie.'tore the public respect and reve rence for the tribunal which this decision has sacrificed. The rost wee the followicg itrong and pointed language : "After the main question at issue had been decided by the court, and the decision ac ceptd by the public mind, the government, itself a party to the issue, added to the mi nority of the court judges already known to have expressed opinions adverse to the deci sion, in number sufficient to reverse it. Un der these circumstances the new decision is necessarily regarded as the voice, not of the late, but of the administration. The new point established by it is not that the decision in the case of Hepburn against Griswoldwas wrong, but that, when a decision is made by the court which limits the pfrwers rf the gen eral government, under the Constitution, thai government may reconstitute the court so as to secure a decision less distasteful to it. If this practice is tolerated the Constitution and its interpretation cease to limit the national government, and become just what the ap pointed power chooses to make them." Carl Scburz In St. Louis. On the return of Carl Schurz to St. Louis from Washington city, last week, hia friends and admirers of both political parties gave him a rnott enthusiastic reception. In his speech replying to this spontaneous wel come, he takc3 the same elevated, manly and conservative ground that has thus far distinguished his career in the Senate. It is very evident that he does not conrt any favors from the White Ilouee, and that he entertains a supreme contempt for its frowns. The following is the main portion of his speech on this occasion : I Bee before me, I think, thousands of republicans with whom I have faithfully co-operated for many years in the advocacy of the true republican cause, and who now manifest their approval of my course with regard to questions on which the republican party is agreed, as well as to others which form the subject of difference of opinion. 1 took also into the faces of thousands of dem ocrats, 1 think, who have not come here with the expectation that I had gone over to their party, but, as their distinguished spokesman informs mo, to show their appre ciation of the spirit with which, in obedience to my honest convictions, I have endeavored to serve what I believe to be the common interests of the whole American people. Cheers. This demonstration is in point of charac ter and composition so peculiar, so unusual, as to be apt to become embarrassing to a public man under ordinary circumstances embarrassiug .for tho simple reason that in tho presence of two parties the approval of one side might make him appear undeserv ing of the confidence and approval of the other. It is by no means embarrassing to me. as it will never be etnbarrasting',to me to see the whole people of Missouri before me. Cheers. 'Indeed I see in it one cf the hopeful signs of the times. I will state to you how our present situa tion presents itself to my mind. We are not surrounded by the ordinary exigencies of political warfare. The country has pass ed through a terrible conflict. It must be iu supreme cljact of solicitude to every patriotic rrniu in the hind, not to re-open and continue tha conflict for party advan tage, but to close it finally and. forever. Were we to continue it, then indeed the separate and .sharply antagonistic action cf political parties would be in order. But if we mean to close it, it can be well done only by a certain union of sentiment and co-operation betweeu them, and therefore I am glad to sea the two parties united before me to night. Choers.J Yes, strunge as it may sound to the ear of the strict partisan, I do not hesitate to de clare my conviction, that there ia a central object of paramount importance, to which, in fpite of all other differences of opinion, the patriotic men of both parties must de vote their efforts, and the accomplishment of which most stand to them above all self ish considerations. The new order of things which has sprung from the civil war, has, in its main features, become an accomplish ed fact, which can neither be subverted, nor can it be peaceably sustained by one sided party action. All efforts to overthrow it will be utterly in vain, for it is the outgrowth of the very logic cf things. Bat to secure it peaceably, there Is one thing infinitely more potent, and more needed, than the pressure of force, and that is, the restoration ef fraternal feel ing among all the people. fCheers i That cannot be brought about by the ac tion of one party alone it requires the co operation of both, and the party that refuses that co-operation will had npou Itself a grave if Dot fatal re-ypoLsibility. Renewed cheering It may appear chimerical to speak of the return cf fraternal feeling ia tLe faco cf the violent disorders and acrimonious struggles going on in other states, and indeed I am unmindful of tho great difficulties standing in the way of a happy development there. I indulge in no delusions about that, but I cannot forget that only a few years ago in Missouri, too. bloody deeds and fierce ani mosities were ,the order of the day, and it seemed impossible that those who were so bitterly fighting one another, would once mora shake bands as friends. But now, looking at this vast assembly, can anybody doubt that here just that hRS actually come to pass. There are certaiuly great differences of opinion represented here, but fellow-citizens, you will permit me to see in this significant demonstration, which is so boldly overleaping party restraints, an evidence, that here in Missouri at least, in tpite of such differences of opinion, a new era of good feeling has actually commenced ; ef that traternal feeling which alone can wholly wipe out the animosities and heal the wounds of the civil war, which alone can make secure and render fruitful the new order of things, which alone can turu the minds of the whole people upon the great political, social and economical problems which this geueration has to solve. Yes, in Missouri it has actually commenced, and I congratulate the people of both parties upon tho fact. Cheers. J Last summer, when I. in conjunction with many of my republican friends, resolv ed to rid this state of that un republican, odious and demoralizing system of arbitrary disfranchisement a system which no people could have borne long, and which no party could su6taiu without disgrace and ruin the prediction was made that those who were to be reinvested with the ballot would at once use their power to oppress and per secute the Union people of the state, and that evil days would again be upon us. What has become of that prediction ? I did indeed not expect that the re-enfranchised would rote as I would ; but that was no reason to me why they should not vote at all, neither did I expect that partisan spirit would die out at once, and that its performances would please use. Bat haviDg teudt-red totbt.m the franchise, cordially as we Undered it, I diJ xpect that the re-enfranchised would feel themselves once more as children of this our common republic. Cheers. That in this sbite we would onco more have an open field for a free, peaceable and friendly contest cf cpin ion3, and that thenceforward no party would be able to rule by oppressing and persecu ting its opponents, or any class of peoplo. Cheers. Certainly, so far th!s expectation ha3 tot been disappointed. While the continuation of disfranchise ment, the denial ef equal rights nuight have led to renewed trouble, we have now at least profound and serene peace reigning through out this state, where but a few years ago neighbor was arrayed against neighbor in bloody warfare, aud the torch of devastation was desolating the land. Every citizen, even the lowliest, is securely enj ying his rights, and this peace aod security is not precariously maintained by force, but it is every day receiving a stronger guarantee by the revival cf the long lost feeliug of cordial ity. Indeed, unless 1 greatly deceive my self, there is more of that cordiality of feel ing in Missouri low than there ever was, eveu before the war. And when I look at the social condition of this state, as it. after all the terrible things that have parsed over us, now presents itself to our contemplation, et our people united not only io name, but united in heart, at the pratection of individ ual rights equally e'r.joyed by all; at the spirit of good citizenship which unites those who but recently fought against the republic, with the rest in promoting the general wel fare ; then I see in all this a result that was we'd worth thd sncrifice of selfish, interests and aspirations ; I read in it the vindication of our watchword, that love is ii.deed stronger than bate ; I find it, in fact, a practical tri umph of thobe true republican principles which have guided me throughout my pub lic liftJ. Cheers. And you will permit me, fellow citizens, democrats and republicans, to construe your presence here to-night as a pledge, that if any adverse tendency should again show itself among us, every one of you will exert to the utmost his power and influence where even it reaches, to rebuke and repress the mischief. If I have done anything that you think deserving of your approbation, I con sider it as giving me a right to make to dem ocrats as well as republicans this appeal for so good an end. Cheers. Thu9, in inaugurating a new era of good feeling, the people of Missouri, who are al ways on great occasions a little ahead of the rest of mankind great cheeringj, have set an example to the people of other states, and I fervently hope it will be followed there, and no selfish partisan spirit on either side will mar it here. Let me take this demonstration as a good omen for the future. This occasion has brought you and me in such cordial contact, that I feel I ought to fetale to you, my constituents, who gave me so much honor, with the whole candor and frankness of my nature, what I conceive to be my public duties. 1 havo no eonceaK mcnt from either friend or opponent. Many of you have had sufficient experi ence in political life to know that it is not pleasant to have differences of opinion with party friends. In this respect I form no ex ception to the rule. I should have been sin cerely happy could I have followed the lead of those who put me into power. But while I highly respected the opinions and advices of my associates, I have always been in the habit of finding my convictions of duty in my own conscience, and these conscientious convictions are not. nor never will be at the disposition of a President or of caucus. Tremendous cheering I am certainly willing to yield up minor points to secure the possibility of co-crc-ration for greater ends. But there are certain fundamental principles, which form the very life of rny political creed, and with regard to which I desire my constituents to understand that they are not in the market and know no surrender. Choers.J Let me state them to you : In the first place I have always been an anti-slavery man, believing as I do and did, and always will, that trne republican government can stand only on the basis of the equal rights of men, and that government can have no security as long as there is any class of soci ety upon whom duties are imposed without the recognition of corresponding rights. This great principle baa been incorporated in the fundamental law of the republic, and we behold now in the constitution of the United States as it is, the great charter of equal rights. By the amendments that made it so, I mean to stand with unflinch ing firmness to the last, not only because they are there in point of fact, but because, if they were not, they ought to be. Cheers. They form the very basis of the new order of society which issued from our great revo lution; they embody the only possible set tlement of our past conflicts; so much the only possible settlement that the people would always have to return to it, if they tried any other. And it in my firm convic tion that this republic will have no enduring repose until that settlement is cnversally accepted and carried into effect, not grudg ingly, aud with mental reservation looking for a chance to. overthrow it, but fairly, fully, and in good faith --as a finality. To this end my earnest efforts will always be devoted, and I shall bold it to be my duty to oppose auy movement or combination working in the opposite direction as highly daugerous to the country. Renewed and prolonged cheers. Upon this same ground I am in favor cf general amnesty. "Cheers. As I have worked for the equal right of men. be they white or black, bo I stand up for the equal rights of men, be they democrats or republi cans. Cheers. It is time that those polit ical disabilities hould disappear which were imposed upon certain classes of these con nected with the rebellion- political inabil ities instead of piotecting the rights and security of anybody serve only to nourish a spirit of suilcu discontent and stand in the way of all efforts at the restoration of frater nal feeling. But not only with regard to the new amendments do I intend to uphold the constitution. I consider it one of the most pressing needs of our days that we thould return to the sound practices of constitu tional government. Times of war aod great national peril have natnrilly engen dered a looseness of constitutioual notions which, in times of peace, caouot bo permit ted to go farther without serious danger te the integrity of our republican institutions. In the constitutional limitation of polit ical powers we find, as our ancestors al ways have fouud, tho main safeguards of popular liberty. And when th we c mstitu tional limitations are disregarded, even for the protection of the rights of some, those rights will be placed in jeopardy by the danger brought upon the rights of all. The safeguard of uf common rights and liberties contained in the constitution are too sacred a boon to be permanently jeopardized in providing for a passing emergency. For reasons like those I found myself called upon to oppohe the so-called Ku Klux bill eveu against a majority of my patty friends in cougret-s. Cheer. Brit a still more ftriking instance of that looseness of constitutional notions revealed itself in that most fbgraut usurpation of tho war-makiug powers by the executive in the San Domingo case, an attempt not only utterly without parailul iu the history of this country, but without the shadow of a constitutioual argument to palliate it. Startling a9 that attempt was, more stal ling is it that such an act should so far have passed without a declaration of wntiment in congress, preventing it from becoming a most dangerous precedent in our history. But worse still is it, that such an act can be committed, without at least arousing public opinion to a commanding democbtalion of disapproval. It is indeed time that tho American peo ple should open their eyes to the dangerous character of this tendency, and that neither a great name nor an object appealing to our sympathies should be permitted to disguise it. As for me, I have seen the working of irresponsible power and personal government in other couutries, and I may assure my constituents that while I am a citizen of this republic, I shall struggle to the last grasp against its introduction here. Great cheering. I shall, as heretofore, give my earnest efforts to the Eubject of civil service reform, not only with a view to raise the standard of woiking efficiently in the service of the government, but to the abolition of the patrouaj:e, or more proer!y the spoils sys tem, which surrounds the executive with sycophants, and as I once expressed it in an other place, makes the atmosphere of the White House so thick with flattery that the sound-wave of public opinion cannot pene trate it. Great chteiingj A system which is tiansforminft into effioa mongers tLe representatives of the people, is most seriously endangering the independence of the legislative branch of the government, and is gradually demoralizing our whole political life. Finally, you will find my voice and my vote in opposition to that ui just system of taxation, which by means of a high protect ive tariff, under pretense of developing cer tain industrial interests, takes money out of the pockets of the many and puts it into the pockets of the few, f cheer J instead of the treasury of the people, and in favor of such an adjustment of our taxes as will distribute most equally the common burden, reducing taxation to as low a point as will be com patible with the conscientious discharge of our national obligations and an economical administration of the govornmeut. A Ybry Singular and Mysterious Oc cubresck. The Lexington (Va.) Gazette publishes the following, asserting that it has received the "facts" upon undoubted evi dence : Mr. Z. J. White, whose death occurred last week, was stricken en his return from our last Court to his home in Brownsburg. with the disease that proved fatal. Oa the day of his return he bad occasion to go into a room where was kept a clock belonging to his father, the late Robert Whito. This clock is of the old-fashioned high- kind, and hag been stopped for years, not even having the weights attached, bein? merely kept as a family relic. When Mr. White entered the room tho clock, which had been silent so long, distinctly struck 'oue!'' He at the time paid no special attention to it, and not being of a superstitious turn of mind, thought it was a mistake or an illusion of his fancy. The next day or the day after he again had occasion to enter the same room. Again the clock struck "one!" He immediately went out, telling his wife of the circumstances, and remarked that he felt assured he was going to die soon. His premonitions, as we have stated, proved true, and In a few days his spirit passed away. Singular. The Bridgeport Farmer tolls a remarkable story in regard to what, not many years ago, would have beu considered a miracle. It says that in the "old Division street graveyard" at Bridgeport there is a marble slab marking the grave of Robert Dinus Backus, who died on the 10th of February, 1834, aged 12 years and 9 months. On the reverse of the stone is a stain which represents a woman grasping a' club with whiclOhe is in the act of striking. All attempts to obliterate this stain by scraping are ineffectual, and "we are told" ttat this is the fifth stone which has marked the spot, the preceding ones having been removed on account of their inveterate tendency to re present the same scene. The legend connect ed with this singular circumstance is that the child was killed by its mother. J. M. Kimball, under indictment at Jane ville. Wis , by the grand jury, for forgery, committed suicide ic his cell on Sunday last by using morphine. His life was insured for $13,000 in favor cf hU wife und children. On the evening prior to his death ho wrote several letters ono to the district attorney, one to the jury, one to bis wife and one to the woman who was the cause of his downfall. Later information has been roceived that the wife of Kimball died at Clinton, Iowa, on Monday . of a broken heart. This leaves four orpbau children, the eldest only nine years cf aje. . IoI!lIcaI and Sews Items. A Catholic priest of Norwich, Conn., has sued a physician there for forcibly ejecting him from the room of a dying parishioner. D-tvis I. Prcncr, Ef,, of Bellefoute, has invented a machine for making horse shoes, the capacity of which is about twenty a minute. The Connecticut State Senate cn Thurs day passed a resolution declaring Jewell and the other Republican candidates for State offices elected. Two to nothing was the score of the match game of base ball between the Keck iongasof Fort Wayne and the Forest City of Cleveland. The Fort Wayne made the two. Levi Lyman, a rich old man at Wal pole, N. II.," is disposing of his property in little bequests among bis friends while he lives, Instead cf leaving it to be quarrelled over after bis death, and finds it much more agreeable than the othei plan. The women at La Crosse, Wris., have got the rag carpet mania the worst way, making up all the old clothes they can find. Men have to sleep in their pants to keep from having them made up into carpet, and that they olten wake up in the moruing and find a leg cut off. A stranger in Albany offered ten dollars to any mau who would get him a wife. The offer was immediately taken up, and in a fow minutes a blooming damsel ap peared. Iu less than thirty minutes the two were coupled. The stranger is reputed to be wealthy and eccentric. At Parker's Landing, little Willie So wash, agod eight years, hurried home from church before his parents to kindle the fire. Ho threw on some "liquid rr tnder" to facili ate the operariow, aud an explosion resulted, which caused the destruction of tho house and its contents, and the death of tho boy in terrible agony. A party of men and women wcut to the house of a woman living in Clay county, Ky., one night last week, and, entering the door by force, dragged her from her bisd, took her to a tree near by, and hanged her until she w as dead. It is ui t t-tated of what crime she. was accused, or particulars of such a terrible and unheard of proceeding. The troubles in the coal regions have not yet ended. On Tuesday another riut, in which at least a thousand persons were engaged, and the ringleaders of which were women, took place atj II da Park. Pistols, clubs, and stones wero freely used, and though no lives were lost, a large number of the combatants were senously injured. Thomas J. Boyer. of Perry county, who it will bo remembered was tried and acquit ted of murdering his father, mother, sister and brother who were burned to eath jn their own dwelling hrnse was lat week found giilty of forgr;y, t Bloomfleld. and sentenced to two je. o litary confinement and hard labor in tha eastern penitentiary. The air in Wyoming Territory is said to be so'light aod pure, so charged with oxygen, as to be most agreeable to all persons from the Northern and Eastern States. Even consumptives, if not too far gone, find speedy relief," the increased action of the lungs renders the lattor more heaUhy, and soon restroes them to full working capacity. The Scranton Republican states that it knows of a mule that has been brought up in the coal mines, that understands what it is expected to do so well that when pulling a loaded car up a slope, an! fincinjr that its strength will not hold ont, it will catch hold of a sill with its teeth, and thus keep the car in position until the driver succeeds iu blockiug the whewl. Several coilierie3 in Schuylkill county resumed work on Monday on the operators' proposition, and the strike in that county Is regarded as virtually ended. Three collieries in the Wyoming region also reeumcd. The Hyde Park miners had a procession and meeting on th sameday and were addressed by President Kealy. The eud of suspension is considered to be at hand. The united railroads of New Jersey, comprising the Transportation Company, the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company, the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, and the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, have been leased by the Pennsylvania RaiU road Company, which agrees to pay.10 per cent, per annum on the capital stock and to assume all their obligations. A bill has passed the LegUJatars pun ishing the trespassing or jumping on railroad cars, whether coal, fruigut or passeuger, with the intention of riding free, coutrary to rules. The penalty is not less than one or more than five dollars for each offense, and in case of refusal to pay, imprisonment for ten days. Dead bead, take due notice and govern yourselves accordingly. The Cleveland papers aro rejoicing over the discovery of a large gas vein iu that cityj at a deptk of 104 feet. It id proposed to apply the discovery to manufacturing use, and a great saving of cosl is anticipated. A good vein of gas has also been struck near Painesville at a depth of SOO feet. There is no longer any room for doubt that the ga ex tends along the whole south shore of the lake. The Presidential c ffice has never been regarded as a very profitable one to thn in enmbeut. Nearly ail who have ever held it have gone out of it poorer than they went in. There is, however, one notable excep tion, our present Chief. Msgiatate. General Grant went into the Presidency decidedly poor. To-day be is reported to be a mil lionaire. There's nothing like making bay while the sun shines. Tho New York Tribune prints a letter from oue Samuel Langhorne. in which he offers to "bring forward a man who, in the interests of learning and science, Tvili take Rult 8's crime upon himself, and submit to be hanged in Ruloff's place." This offer is preceded by an elaborate disquisition upon the value of Rul ff's philological theory, and the expressiou of deep regret that the world will lose the benefit of his alleged discovery through his execution. Curtis ChaprnaD. M. D., of Peekskill, aged twenty-two years, one of the firm of Raymond & Chapman, druggists, committed suicide some time between Tuesday and Thursday, by taking prussic acid. He dis appeared on the first day named, and search being made he was found dead in a piece of woods one mile from home. The cause which led him to tbo rash act does not ap pear. He was engaged U be married to a young lady of Brooklyn, r.aoied Emma Fos ter. The deceased left a ieiier containing singular requests. He asked that no services be held over bis remains, that he ba buried in a pine coffin, and that neither of bis parents attend the funeral. In th region around Memphis the peo ple have been astonished by the unaccount able appearance of myriads of little black caterpillars. On the line of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, a few miles south of Memphis, they covered the track to such an extent as to stop the passage of trains. Upen reaching them the locomotive wouid crush tbem with a popping sound for a few hundred feet, until the wheels, becoming well greased, would whirl around without making any progrers, and the train would come to a stop until the rails wero swept and sanded. A little lake somo seven miles from the city was literally swarming with those caterpillars, wbiob, having crowded around its bordt-rs in oountiess numbers, were forced into th3 water by those iq tbsir A SacJ Scene In Real Life. A person of fine imagination may form, perhaps, an approximate idea of the suffer ing, the broken-beartedness and despair resulting from a fcene like this. Four or five months ngo a youujt man, the father of three children, was consigned to jail, chars ed with the murder of au abandoned woman, who was said to be his mistress. The girl was shot through the heart under circum stances eo peculiar that the popular mind became convinced of the yotrnj? man'.i guilt. He was more or less respectably connected, had a wife and family living somo distance ! in He country, yet he could not procure $3, ! 000 bonds, for which sum he would be aU lowed to go free, until cal.ed on oy the c ih cials of the Criminal Court. Ho has re mained in jail ince. Duiing the time, his wife sitkentd and gradually sank from the combined effects of sadness and consumption. About ten or twelve days ago the wife com menced calling pitcousiy for her husbaud. Oh ! it was pitiful to btar that emaciated woman, stretched uoou a bed of death, call ing out in agonizing tones, day and night, for the husband to come to her. An inti mation of this was sent to Judge Flippin. who consented to let the accused go nut, provided the sheriff thought the concession would cot ba dangerous. On Saturday af Urnoon, in charge of three deputy sheriffs, the young man rode out in a hack to see his dying wife. A the vehicle neared the h-ute. the eccu pants could see the crowd of women and children around that dwelling of sorrow and mourning, shedding tears and wailing in loud tor.es. Wha the carriage arrived, the sceno was a confused mixture of despair and undefined terror. The wife of the cul prit was lying within unconbcious. He went in and gaz-.'d on the emaciated, ciinken. pale features of his wife, that devoted wifa whom Lis infidelity Lad brought il.us to premature dif solution. 1 1 is chest Leaved distressfully, his features became distorted with pain, and his fingers worked into the palms of hid haads with convulsive force. But this scece was short. The tears of other eye dried up, and the waiiingof other vuices was hushed iu the presence uf such great sorroiv. Tha Sherill's cfScers ttood apart awed with respect by the solemnity cf thj sce!ie. But it was short ; for although the dying wotoau was unconscious, jet she Sueriicd to know that the de-sire i f her heart was accomplished that her husband was present, present to osk pardoa for his wrocg doing, and promise to atone, if possible, for the past. The scene was shcrt. The dying woman, who was restless and uneasy before, at once settled into quiet. The placidity and. calm that precedes the death cf the good, settled upon her features, and in a few minutes she breathed her last. Then the tears of the unfortunate roan fell, fell like rain npon the face of his dead wife, and the sobs of the assembled neighbors mingled with his in a diapason of sorrow. He was allowed to remain until bis wife, the mother of his children, was dressed fur the grave, and "laij out" preparatory to her burial. Then he went id and looked Lis last upon her face, took a painful and everlasting fare well, and turned with a broken heart to de part. The Sheriff's efficors say they would rather stand ia a fiald of battle and "face the leaden bail of death ail day, than witness such a siizht again. Tbo vonn man thus left a widower is named ManpJiis Apptdl, 2d. Van Rulerts. There has been Just arrested, in Ger many , and delivered to eSkers fiom th s country, a German named Alfred Zeien meyer. This man, last winter, i:i Chicago, murdered an Englishman, cne Gumbkt'n, Z-?ienmeyer not enly appropriated the pio perty of his victim, but also robbed him of his name, and personated him with such succeess as to obtain from the bankers of the deceased a large balabce in ready money. When it ia borne in mind that the murderer not only ttre no resemblance to Gumbleton, being a much younger man, but ppoke our language with a strong German accent, one wonders at the audacity as well as ruccess of the murderer. The trial will take place at Chicago, where the offense was comnjitted, !ind must be assisnad a first tdace amonz the celebrated criminal cases of the country. rTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-- - Notice ia hereby (riven, that I have pur chased '2 (Jray Horses. 1 Wag-on, 1 Windmill. How Gears, 2 Cows, 4 Hoys, i'iow. Harrow and I.ojr Chains at private pale, and have left the same in the possession of Charles) H. Stitzel at my pleasure. Ail persons aro therefore warned ajrainst interfering with s:id property in any mauner whatsoever. HKNKV lioVl'LE. Carroll Twp., May C, lS71.-3t. EE! MHiBY & lESS-MHIi ARS. R. K. JONES has just opened an entiro- vl ly new and varied stock of Mlll.l.NKKV jMLN. consisting-of HON NETS, HATS. Rill UO N S, F r.O W E US, LA C F.S. i 1 M PS. II. I . V S 1 UN S, HON NET SI1.KS. CHAPES, FRAMES, Ac. ail of which will be sold at city prices. AUo dressmaking- and all kinds of wwinjf done neatly and on short ljotito. .Location one door west of the now Congregational church. Ebensbunt. May C 1S71. It. AUCTION! AUCTION! HAVING Iicen commissioned bv Gover nor Geary to act as A CCTIOSLEli in and for tho Rorouh of Ebensbnrjf, I am now prepared to receive and svll at Public Auction all kinds of Goods, Wares. Mer chandise, ic, and also at tend to the duties of Auctioneer at all sales of Lands Tene ments Livt) Stock, Household Furniture, &c, Jtc, within the limits of said Horonph. 2Vri moderate, lnouire at No. b"0 lliifh Street. Af. J,. OATMAX, Ebensburg, April 22, l&Tl.-tf. &SLT its- Eh Eh Q. O H (f) Eh t-3 INDIANA COUNTY FAKMJ AT PB1V1TE SALE! A VALUABLE FARM, situate in Pine town ship, Indiana county, Pa., three miles north of StroiiffStown. is oacred for sale on the most ac commodating terms. The FARM contains 300 A I'll SIS of excellent land. ISO Acre cleared, under good feuce and in a good etateof culti vation, (40 Acrks being meadow,) tho balance covered with a thick growth of pine timber. THE IMPROVE Jp MKNTS consist cgs of two FHAME jPfTN-T- HOUSES, in first class condition. fa-V.4 S SLa a trfod KH.VMB HANK 1)AUX,44 tSri S h jr5 bJV STAHt.K. Ac. as VKrtrV3 well as a Water Saw Mill in nne--2-" w-w running' order. There are springs of excellent water conveni ent to both houses and a splendid APPLE OR CHARD, comprising: the choicest fruit, on the premises. There isaboa i'(.A L f.l A" K opened and in pond workintr ovdor, vitb a vela of coal 4y feet thick and "f tiri rate quality. The atv described Farm ts senate 3 mile? from tiip line of the Ifo-nerond Chcri yn-rv Rail Kond. now partially mulor contract. Fur tcruia and other infoiiuation BPpiy v') the irou'itc or address PEVEK H bLV EHitiL, Lo-.-3m.l StaB;iown, ln-.liaua Co., Ta. F nMfHUT tCHTAlS'.i;c fi'U CirrK georgeTTuntley Wholesale and Kctall Dtitrl, STOVESjaRDWARE.eOEEHiBr LBEX.hUi:;. I'a 19 still A pent for the renoH:;(-l .r.:- v , lii? :ini Kettiii!,T Mafliim-. ns nlxi f.-.V i'tJ brutecl f 7,'jjwr Mi.vi r aiui Uti,,r. :-"-;" perior Horse Hay liiike. the t -t inr - Let. X'lOut's Ymiiim-il IIoie Jiav f Knite, which e-imuoi be b-;tt. ;.L,r'.i Drills, an article every luinur Grain Kaiuiiiiij Mi'. 1.-. 0111 i ul". i u!i,:V, ', l-I.cn-1' I'low.-.w it !i li'i'ii or wo.) in ;u:.. v t: ". cast orU-el ruouiU-lxKiri!- ,:t.,j itlo. Jijrent lor lUc Jilsmcbanl ( i-.i:r:i. !' '. churn liow i;i um, u:.t v. rv f!i-f warrantee! to ?jv' full -p.v; lit: f ,r Move mi. i hanl ware of cvci y ii v :; K' .-iitly on huiul at low fi:iriVirct-!i! 1 crs aro reijucr-tcl to semi iu t!i- ir...-J r-" for .Voirrritn ;uf J.v.tj.-r. If i j- : i-.,.;,n.; Pamphlets con:uini:ir '.-M tiLth- aui ' tions for M'nvern and Ittc.pi 1 1 aiiil (. ?. :ra free on application to Ebensburgr, March If, lfc71.-4m. "REMOVAL and ENLAKGEl'Di COOKING STOYES, HEATING STfWFS TIlKPFIESpMlFJlj Having- recently taken pos.-vsr; rf :htne ly fitted up and commodious Uir.g toH.. street, two doors east of the liar. tr.i nr oppotite the Mountain House. ttiN!r.V better prepared than ever to ir.Hti-ifai-'ur nrtic in tho TIX.O (Pl'KK ani Hll'!:-;: VARE line, all of which ffili ! lu.-ik-jt. Olivers at tho very lowet livinir jin--s The tulrscribcr also prcptes to and varied assortment of Csokiufj, Parlor and Heating SIctj of the most arprovc-'l desii-xs. bv n:e can be dM?iido. cannot ! utidfr.-ol-l in price. A r.zv. mi l 2iu rr.: -j r f patronage is respf .) ted. aod rsoctZ-ift will be vr.i::i::,r to ri:: tire 'satisfaction to;.U. value li t::::" Ebensburg', Oct. IX l-;o.-!f. JESTAZiLJSIlEI) 1S33. Mil BEO'S. a Successors to B. WOLFF, Jr., CO, Ccr. Liberty and Sixth at (Late St. Clair Street.) I ri t i aourun, rn. Iin )Krtert and Dtdus AND jf"-yT - c Have now in Store the largest and t11 R,-? stock offered in tbc Cjij - S;erinl Inducements offered t Country Trade. :ipi'-S---. MOMGAIIELl FCSBL M AC H I nTw O RKS. Anderson & Freyvogel (Successor to S. S. Tow lor. Iron Founders and Mill Fcrs:i- MANCFAcrrKEus or Grist. Saw Mill and White I-.f: French Hnrr, Cocalico A" Esop s Mui ; Four Si Y.); German Anchor bnhf I,. Cloths ; Water Wheels. Smut Machines. , iJill aud other Machinery, l'u.if ' - aud Shafting-. IVo. 39 W ATElt sTIl2E 2-12. PlTTSIirBCHi PA- JUST LOOK AT THIS Important to Keal Estate 0"" HAVING entered into pnrtnerP- ' scriber are now prepared to u s ,y work in t heir line, such as bonRi: J',r ,. OIL, COAL. OUE. and other M1N tl' L; . in? and setting NEW PC MPS "drcia- ,. ones. i eare also rcau ui jh , n.w t lay PI PES aud man u fact u re a'.ia i'u i ; the celebrated EXCELSIOH Pi - j ; V,'.,,3p 1 and can set them up or f uriusn notice. Satistacf.on trtiarnniecu . T price of work, and water insured , or lot of sround. Orders "i"1 lv attended to when length of 1 uju ,.. work desired is made known to us. information call on or rtdrea vrf, 5 HA St'lMr EJfi - ' Ca 9 Jim rrrr.lltown, CattU'" yALUABLE FARM NEAR LOR FOR SALt. Tho subscriber offers for Ve Vv.ir-n15 and easy payments that most hll9 cellcnt FARM recently "''fflini'. joinlmr the Rorouph of Ixretto.comj ,:s Jitrei-ViAere0t which are in vtn:f -.f .,iltlv-ainn iinrl the balance ' ". c,rt.t Thorn ia a xnin rnrtn hie HOWfC, v . . . u i A it a. 4 k k . - tha rvreifilf abundance or yntve trnrrr. chiirchrs, schools, market- y ;nrillrtTic Tuii. ror terms unu uu 7 r , and other tV M-tvii v .-3 Feb. ls.-tf" . FOR SALE OR or THE nndersisrned offers for vt. P stiik no.n ou urn" :"','.' i .i j ,. t., Ci.ntreM'"- .M.-7. ..... ...... ... - --. f th , r,,.-. - ,.r ; burp tr sum; P -p..-, - - (1 vu. , U 'located business stsn;i W"1 Fj,-Mfl' j.,,. ...,t..,n e'il UDOll Ot 80,,'IT"V-TilB. , " .' f-.1 ' ' tutu. .. . j, ,. itJ.-- R. H-Tir i rr-spornxr. nr. i noonxr. ini't I ".rid warranted perfect i:i inariu'aenin i . terial. UKPAIUiNi", pro:-.-it:y attrti'i -i All work done by in-- will be di'p-jy'r Feb. K, IfTl.-ti
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