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Cambria JTrteman,
Satprdat Mokniko, : : Jukb 17, 1871.
Dcmocratia State Nominations.
FOB Al'EITOB GENERAL 1
GwutL WILLIAM M'CANDLESS,
ron ecrtsvoi rkt;sai.:
Captain- JAMES IL COOPEIt,
Of L tnrcnce County.
In aiu.tler column of our jajicr will be
fjuixl an act of Assernb'y, passed by the
Fnfct Legislature for the regulation of bor
oughs. The third section provides for what
is known as the cumulative system of vo
ting in the election of members of the town
council. This svbtern has bten tested in the
election cf these ofiicers in Bloomsburg
Columbia county, with the most satisfactory
results. At some future time we will refer
to it at length and explain Its operation.
Last week two of the Commissioner! of
Allegheny county, Neely, Republican, and
McUee, Democrat, who were indicted for
accepting bribes in granting tavern licenses,
pleaded guilty and were sentenced by the
ciurt to pay a fine of two thousand dollars
and to undergo an imprisonment in the
ct unty work-house for one year. Both Nee
ly and M'Qce stood high in the estimation
oi me community until their corrupt prac
tices were discovered end publicly exposed
Their ense presents a sad picture of official
delinquency, and at th same time places
them beyond the pale- of genuine sympathy.
Wh. II. Iiosu, Esq., enr representative at
Ilarrisburg, was in town last week attend
ir.g court. We paid close attention to Mr
Rose's course in the legislature during tLe
late session and found nothing In It which
did not meet our approval. On all ques
tions of a public character, which came be
fore the House, such as tho Apportionment
bill and the Philadelphia registry bill, ha
acted with his political friends in forcing the
radical majority to act honestly in reference
to the former, and to do justice to the Dem
ocracy of Philadelphia in the latter. Of one
thing we feel very confident, and that is.
that Mr. Rose in no instance eormptly Bol
his vote and thereby dishonored bis constit
uents.
At the election In New Hampshire, which
took place last March, there was no election
of Governor by the people, and therefore,
under a provision of the constitution of the
State, the election of that officer devolved
upon the legislature. That body assembled
last week, and, after a wearisome contest,
the Democrats, aided by the labor reform
members, organized the Assembly by the
election of a Democratic Spsaker. Clerk, and
other officers. On Saturday last the mem
bers of the Senate and Hotjsq met in joint
convention and eloctcd James A. Weston
Democrat, Governor, by a vote of 1C7
iigaiust 159 received by James Pike, radical.
The State government be.Dg thus once more
under Democratic control, it is safe to pre
dict that New Hampshire will assist in swell
lag tho grand Democratic triumph in tho
Presidential election of 1872.
Call Fob a Labor Convention. We
cheeifully give place to tie following call
for a convention of the workingmen of this
State, and trust that the move-vent, should
it prove worthy of it, as we have no doubt
it will, may be a complots success :
IIbadquaktkrs Labor Union, No Dan
ville. Pa.. May, 15. 1871. To All Trade
Unions. Believing the time has come to
effect a thorough organization of the work
ingmen cf Pennsylvania, under the plat
form of the National Labor Union, has ar
rived, by the power vested in me by R. F.
Trevellick, President of the National Labor
Uuion of the United States, authorizing and
directing me to call together without delay
delegates from all trades unions or labor as
sociations through t thi6 btate, I do hereby
request all unions, trades or labor associa
tions, to appoint two delegates, to convene
together at Danville, Montour county. Pa.,
on Tuesday, the 27th day of June, 1871, for
tho purpose of forming a State Labor Uuiou
and to transact any business that may come
before said convention.
Victor A. Lotier,
Executive cf State.
Slieuunn and I lie Presidency.
The following letter coming from a true
end tried soldier like Sherman, 13 directly to
tho question and fairly hits the mark. It
, is something as new as it is remarkable, in
the political movements cf the country, to
fee so distinguished a man as Sherman thus
deliberately but firmly putting aside all at
tempts to iuduce him to become a candidate
for the Presidency. The mott notable fea
ture of this letter, is the utter absence of
any allusion in it to the propriety of nomi
nating Grant for a second term. When it
is remembered, however, that in his late
speech at New Orleans General Sherman de
nounced the reconstruction measures of Con
gress as well as the infamous Ku-K!ux law,
Lis omission to say anything in favor of
Grant or his administration is easily account
ed for. Gen. Sherman is a close observer of
passing events and their ultimate- results,
and is too shrewd a man to identify himself
with tho waning political fortunes of Grant.
Four Sjll, Comanche Reservation, )
May 25, 1871. J
To He Editor rfthe Herald I have been
bkirting the Texas frontier for the pant
month, and here for the first time I meet
files of Eastern papers, by which I see quito
an unnecessary muss has been raised by a
jiurported speech made by mo at a supper
of the Uuion League Ciub of New Orleans
the night preceding my departure from that
city. Whoever reported that as a speech by
me committed a broach cf propriety, for
Governor Warmouth presided, and before I
consented te rospoud to a call, I was assured
ly the President of the society that no re ;
porters were present, mid that whatever was
would be sacred and confined to the I
.ersnn present, how, as to politics. I
think all my personal friends know my deep
eatcd antipathy to the tuljcct ; yt as you
iccm wot to understand rr.c, I hereby sialo,
and mean all that I say that I never have
bern and never will be a candidate for Pres
ident ; and if nominated by either party, I
should peremptorily decline, and even if
unanimously elected, I should decline to
serve.
If yon can find language stronger to con
vey this meaning you are at liberty to use it.
I am, your obedient servant,
W. T. Sur.r.MAN, General.
Jefioifiou Davis.
T!.9 radical press has been thrown into a
high fever of loyalty ia contoqnence of cer
taiu utterances of Jefferson Davis, contained
in a upeech which he lately delivered at At
lanta, Georgia. One wonld suppose from
the tone and temper with which this address
has been commented on, that Jefferson
Davis was the trusted and acknowledged
oracle of the Southern people the true ex
ponent of their views and that they repose
tho mort unbounded confidence in every
thing, no matter how absurd, that may fall
from his lips. The very reverse of this is
the truth, for if there is any one man more
than an other who acted a leading and con.
spicuous part in the rebellion, and who is
now without any solid influence in moulding
public sentiment In tho South whose advice-
is unheedod and whose counsels are
spurned, that man is Jefferson Davis.
It is a well known fact that, as President
of the southern confederacy, Jefferson Davis
was unpopular with his own people. His
administration was weak and unsatisfactory,
and utterly failed to impress tho Southern
mind with any strong belief in his capacity
as a leader. It was in the sound judgment
and on the strong arm of Robert E. Lee that
the people of tho South placed their reliance,
and not on one who was so notoriously
crotchety, impracticable and dictatorial as
Jefferson Davis confessedly was. That ho
can gather arouud him a crowd to listen to
his foolish and frothy harangues, just as
George Francis Train can and does in tho
North, is quito natural, but does not prove,
either that tbo people of the South sympa
thize with Davis, or that Train's audiences
in tho North are converted by his endless
nonsense. Davis may utter his mournful
regrets over the "lost cause" when and
where he pleases. lie may protest that ho
accepted nothing, but tho Southern mind
will fa.il to yield its assent. All this radical
hypocracy about Davis' speech and of an
other rebellion in prospective, is bo transpa
rent that no man, even though he be a fool,
can be doceived by it.
Radicalism, just now, i sorely In Eeed of
a war cry. Its old shibboleths cf "traitor,"
"copperhead." and "sympathizer with re
bellion," having had their day and fallen
into contempt, something else must be sub
stituted to auswer if possible tho same pur
pose. Hence this miserable effort again to
inflame the passiens and prejudices of the
North, which happily have aiusost entirely
disappeared, by fidsely representing Jeffer
son Davis as plotting another rebellion, and
that tho people of the South are willing and
anxious to aid him in the attempt, lhe
plain object is to divert public attention from
the bins of Grant's administration and to fix
it on an imaginary cuUide issue. This old
trick will not answer the purposa it is too
late tho fatal handwriting is already writ
ten on the wall. The people fully under
stand the issue and are not to be turned
aside from their purpose by any childish
fear that Jefferson Davia is about to inaugu
rate another civil war. Appolla the Jew
may believe that, but no sane man will.
The Atlanta speech has met with unquali
fied condemnation by the Southern papers.
They ridicule cud denounco it, aud have no
kind of sympathy with its author. We
could fill our paper with extracts from lead
ing journals in the South, to show the esti
mate in which Jefferson Davis is held in his
own section, but will content ourselves by
laying before our readers the following from
the Richmond Enquirer and tho Now Or
leans Times :
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Mr. Jefferson Davis exhausts our patience.
Wo have tried to remain silent, but, as he
will have it, we now speak out.
What is the upshot ? The upshot is this,
the Southern people do not intend to follow
Mr. Davis, ihey have not got the slighest
idea of It. Mr. Davis is at perfect liberty
to "accept nothing" to refuse "to abide
the issues of tho ;war to announce that
tho South is only waiting," &c. We, on
the other hand, do accept tho situation, aud
consider the war ended. We have been
utterly overwhelmed, and there is nothing
else for us to do. We mourned over the
lost cause" as bitterly as Mr. Davis. But
e are not going to give Jup. We bow to
the decrees of God, and conceive it to be the
duty of every Southern man now to go for
ward, and not to sit forever in the ashes.
We have put the past behind us. And we
tell Lr. Davis that tbo Southern people are
tired of this sort of talk. Their purposo
and object is to unito with the great Demo
cratic party of the North, aud try to beat
the Republicans in the Union. This can be
done, if we are not embarrassed by such im
prudent utterances as those of Mr. Davis.
From the New Orleans Times. J
It is a great pity that thoughtless people
in certain parts of the South will persist in
calling out Mr. Davis, and badeerins him
for speeches. It is also a great mufortuue
that Mr. Davis will make speeches like that
reported from Georgia, wherein the hope
and confidence of the eventual triumph of the
principles involed in the Confederate strug-
gle are expressed. There is no form of ex
pression wbich even so ingenious a rhetori
cian os Mr. Davis can employ, of the idea
here shadowed forth, that will not be sub
ject to misconstruction and baneful distor
tion. We, who know air. Davis, under
stand well what is meant by his languago
that when be hopes to live long enough to
witness the resurrection of the principles in
which the Confederate movement originated,
je referred to his cherished and sincere v
held doctrine of Slate rights, which he has
ever maintained with Jefforson, Madison,
Moo roe, and other robublican fathers as the
cardinal ideas of our polltcalj system. This
Mr. Davis has always thought, was the real
lssne of tho lato so-called "rebillion," and
with the great majority of the Southern peo
ple he docs not admit that so plain and fun
damental a truth has bean destroyed by the
remit f a physical conflict and a prepon
derates of material force. But the Northern
psople put a very different construction ou .!
this language. . It is not,
therefore, in view of any attempt. Idea, or
hope of ever reviving slavery or of reversing
any of the consequensns of Its abolition that
these infelicitous utterances of Mr. Davis
were made. It is, however, to be regretted
that he should ever give any occasion for
such miscoustrnction or causo his friends to
regret tho departure from that dignified
silence and reserve which so well befits his
history, his character and position."
The Borough Supplement.
An Act for the further regulation of Bor
oughs. Section 1. lie it enacted, etc.. That any
application for the incorporation of a bor
ough under the general borongh acts of 1st
of April, 1834, and 3d of April, 1851, shall
bo laid before the grand jury at tho samo
term of the court when presented, whenever
the same can bo conveniontiy done, and in
no case later than the next subsequent
term of tho court, and shall be signed by the
petitioners whoso names are attached thereto
within three months Immediatly preceding
its ptesentation to the court, and public
notice of the intended applicatin for a bor
ough charter ehall be given in at least one
newspaper ia the proper county for a perijd
of not less than thirty days immediately be
fore the petition shall bo presented. The
forgoing regulation shall also apply to any
application to a court of competent jurisdic
tion under the said acts, or either of them,
for a change of borongh limits, or to annul
or alter a borongh charter, or to bring a
borough created or regulated by special laws
under the operation of tho aforesaid act of
3d of April. 1851.
Sec. 1. The number cf members of any
town council of a borough where tho number
is fixed at five shall hereafter be six, and in
boroughs hereafter incorporated under gen
eral laws the number of such councilmen
shall be six, but the several courts of the
commonwealth having jurisdiction to in
corporate boroughs may, in granting an in
corporation or upon application made to
them for the purpose, nx or chango the
charter of any borough so as to authorize
the burgess or chief executive officer thereof
to serve as a member of the town council
with full powers as such and to preside at
the meetings thereof.
Sec. 3. In elections for members for town
council each voter may, at his option, bes
tow his votes singly upon six candidates, or
cumulate them upon any less number, in
the manner authorized by the fourth section
of the act to define the limits and organize
the town of Bloomsburg. approved March
4th, 1870, and vacancies in any such coun
cil shall be filled in the manner provided in
the fifth section of the same act; but nothing
herein contained shall be hold to regulate or
affect the manner of chesing the burgess or
other principal executive officer of a borough
even when be sdall be authorized to servo as
a member of the town council.
Sec. 4. Whenever the borough author
ities shall extend the limits of such borough,
they shall file a plan or plot of such exten
sion in the office of tho clerk of tho conrt
of quarter session of the proper county, and
notice thereof shall be publishod in at least
two of the newspapers published in the
ceunty, and any citizen of the borough, or
of tho territory annexed, shall have the right
to appeal from the ordinance cf the town
council annexing such torritory to the court
of quarter session of said county within thir
ty days of the filing of such plan or plot and
thereupon the said court shall have power
at its discretion ta decree or refuse such ex
tension of borough limits io the same man
ner as under tho section of first cf April,
1834. relating to boroughs.
Approved, June 2, 1S71.
The Sacrilegiocs Outrages in Paris-
Details come to hand through correspond
enco, of the horrible doings of the revolution
ista in Paris during the reign of the Com
mune. When the mob of National Guards
occupied the church of Notra Dame des
Victoiros, "the first act was to expel with
various infults and foul abuso the numbers
of people who were saying their prayers j
they then arrestetl tue clergy and somo
of tho neighboring inhabitants who came In
to protest. The doors were shut, and tho
prlsonerea were informed ly an officer in a
pompous speech, that the object of the visit
was "to seek tor corpses in the name of high
morality." The stone pavement was pulled
up ; the treasuary of the church, which was
very considerable, including gifts of precious
objects and vntive offering worth more than
$50,000, was soon discovered in a cellar;
but the search for "corses" was less product
fve. It was not till late in tho eveniur when
the diggers got down deep into the old bur
ial ground, that skeletons were found.
During the night the Guards, of course, got
flrunk ; in the intervals of their work they
put on the vestments of the clergy, executed
dances, and sang obscene songs before their
prisoners. The orgio went on all the next
day, the church being despoiled of every
thing the guards paid out of the votive offer
ings of money in the cash box, the old mo
nastic vaults opened and the bones used as
drum sticks and the skulls stacked like can
non ban 9. lhe consecrated waters were
dispensed in mockery of the Holy Comma
iou, to crowds of gaping gamins, and every
sacrilege which foul minds could conceive
was perpetrated. At the Church of the
Trinity, the Guards brought out the rnarblo
statue of the lrgin, a gem of art, b.ackeu
its eyes with charcoal, made a hole in its
mouth, into which they stuck a dirty short
pipe, and finally dressed up the statute hi
the costume of a caniiniere who disrobed
herself n purpose. They wound up this
exploit by danciag a kind of carmagnole
around the statute and
toasts.
drinking obscone
Thrown Into the Air by a Fast Link.
ua caiurflay morning last, Detween six
and seven o'clock, as a team was passing
Marysvillo station, the fast line east camo
dashing along and struck the wagon, break
ing it into innumerable fragments and send
ing one of the occupants, a boy named Isaac
Metz, aged about ten years, into the air
about twenty-five feet, and hurling him a
distance of fifty feet from rhe spot whore the
collision occurred. When found the lad
was motionless, as if dead, but on investi
gation it was discovered that the terrible
fall bad not killed him. One of his legs
was laid open to the bone, from the kneo to
the foot, aud his face was cut considerably.
The supposition on Saturday was that he
had suffered internal injuries of dangerous
character. Although the wagon was comple
tely demolished, the horses escaped without
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nurc. j no engineer on me train was in uo
way responsible for the accident, as he freely
made use of one whistle to sound impending
clanger. It seems miraculous that the bov
was not instantly killed. Ilarrisburg Fa
troit. Horace Gusf.lby denies emphatically
that he ever wrote to a man in Missouri that
he must feed his cow onJRbode Island green
ings, if he would have in the cream a large
amount of apple butter. It is also untrue
that he told Congressman Kelly that tho
protection of pig iron would cheapen the
price oi ports.
ScUSicaI cod Kens Items.
Members of the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture in 1685 were not extravagantly fixed
tm nnr lived as scmpulously as those of
1871. a3 will be seen by the following reso
lution passed in the former year: "No
member shall come to the House barefoot, or
eat his bread and cheese on the stcp."
Some girls never will learn to restrain
the "natural impulses of their nature. A
minister was baptizing a girl at Ripon,
Wisconsin and when he bad submerged her,
and came out of the water, he asked her
how she felt iu her mind. Her answer was,
"All hunky, only a little wet!"
A man recently died la Indiana from
a wound received at the battle cf Queens
town, Canada, in 1812. An ounce musket
ball which had remained imbedded in the
bones of his face over fifty-eight years ulcer
ated its way into his mouth and was 6pit
out. Erom this cause inflammation arose,
wbich, extending, terminated fatally.
An official notice, issued to ladies,
prompted more attention to a a higher style
of dress at Queen Victoria's recent drawing
room reception. The note read : "The
Lord Chamberlain has been commanded to
give notice that tho high square-cut gowns
which have fcf late been occasional iy worn
by ladies attending Her Majesty's courts
and drawing rooms can not be admitted ou
those occasions."
A clergyman of Cairo, 111., expressed
lately his ccBtampt of nickels in bis Sunday
collection, and positively loroace any oi m
coneresation from contributing anything un
Apt ilirt denomination of five cents. "Save
vnnr rents." said the eood man, "until you
have five before you put your hands in this
box. The widow's mite business is piayeu
out here."
In Chicago the people have found
new wav to eet their drinks for nothing.
A Chicaso man bets with a huraau being
from Bomewhere else that he can stand au
enrr "right on the floor and vou can't break
it with a half bushel measure." The bet is
taken, and the fiend in human shape puts
the egg preciselv in the corner, and it you
wish to know how it ia yourself, you would
do well to try the experiment.
Mr. John Satterfiold, cf Easton, Md
haa a row a. crr&da half Aldernev and
half Avrshire. ten vears old this summer
and has at her tide now her tenth calf, hav
ing had three calves in the last eleven months
all living and doing well. He has sold
calves from her, which brought him $2G0.
She eives between 4 and 5 gallons of milk
daily, and yields about 8 pounds of butter
weekly. Thare are 9 oi :her caive living
vaued at S800.
The best time for cutting wheat is when
the grain has acquired tho consistency
of stiff dough, aud can be kneaded between
the thnmb and fort finger. Grain so cut is
plump and heavy. Left until it is entirely
ripe, it shrinks, and there is mere loss from
shattering of the seed, and from broken
heads moreover, it has been proven by
repeated experiments that wheat cut before
it is fully ripe will yield 50 per cent, more
flour than the Bame grain win produce
when dead ripe.
The Ravsnna (Ohio) Democrat puts on
record the following new stylo of butter
making : "A few days since, Mrs. Mary M
Hashes put about a quart cf cream in
cloth bag, and buried it about two feet deep
iu tne earth where it remained three davs
when she disinterred it, and found It tracs
formed Into pure, sweet, yellow butter, with
not a drop of buttermilk to be seen. Airs
Hughes thinks that crcara will yield about
one-third more butter by that process thau
by the old-fashioned way cf churning.
Brigham Young has left Salt Lake City
for a Southern tour. It is said that the
Mormons aro becoming uneasy at tho fijrt
of Gentiles into their territory, and are
seriously contemplating a removal to some
point in the south or southwest. It may
be that Brigham has gone to select a spot
for & new settelmeot. If this be true, will
those Bchhrnatics and reformers, who are
devcloping'eo much strength remain whero
civilization can reach them, or will tlicy lol
low the great "head of the church ?"
A Buffalo paper prints the following
letter from one of its old and prompt paying
patrons: "Please discontinue mv paper
from the time I have paid up to. I do not
stop the paper because I do not want it,
bat to get rid cf an intolerable old bore that
intrudes himself in my house, regardless of
time or circumstances, to sit fer aa hour or
two, three or four times a week, to read my
papers, and who Is a thousand times more
able to take a doaen papers for himself th
I am to take one. If the nuisance is stop
ped I ehall tend for the paper again,"
Next to the carpetibagger tho negro
picnics are the most auimated of things at
the South. One came into Marietta, Ga.,
tho other day, beating drums and blowing
horns, and marched to the grovo, whoro
they fiddled, danced, drank whiskey, and
fought nobly the livelong summer's day.
One aegro woman shot another negro wo
man's nose off. Rjcks, sticks, and bottles
were'nsed freely. The screeching was aw
ful; and when they departed they promised
as many as were able to promise to
come again. ue -ounny oouta ' ia very
sunny just uow, apparently.
In giving his opinion of Tsxas, Mr.
Greoley sums up his "thirdly", thus:
Whether it be a recommendation or not, I
judge that it has required lessjeffort, to live
in lexas than in any other btate of the
Union. The common saying, "It costs n
more to rear a cow here than a hen at the
North." is literally trne. The cow was nev
er fed, never sheletred, no matter how cold
or stormy the weather ; and you might have
ten thousand head of cattle ranging the
prairies and openings without owning au
acre of land on earth. Many a man has
grown ncn witnoui eaon ana almost witn-
out thought."
Jadge Chase, according to a correspon
dent of the Baltimore Gazette, "aprove3 the
platform recently adopted by the Conven
tions in South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and
Ohio, except the financial feature of the Ohio
platform, which, he thinks, might well
have been omitted ; firBt, because it was un
necessary to provoke discussion on that sub
joct ; and second, because it creates a misap
prehension as to tne relative interests oi
capital and labor. He is rejoiced to find the
great Democratic party pronouncing itself
unequivocally on general amnesty, and says,
if he ehall be in Ohio when the fall election
takes place, he will vote for General Mc-
Cook."
A most ingenious invention is in practical
use at Ford's new opera house, on Fayette
street, near kutaw. raising .bricRs and
mortar to the upper Btoriea. It is in the
form of the endless iron ladder, made with
links revolvine arouud cylinders above and
below, worked by a crank and cog-wheels.
The hods each have a stout iron book attach
ed which serves to bold them on the rounds
of the movinc ladder. Above they are tak
en off and the empty hods are sent down on
descending rounds. The contrivance saves
the carrier from going up and down the lad
ders with hods, and facilitates very much
the delivery of material oa high Ecaffblds. j
Balticaore Sun.
Mikes in this State, having but one shaft,
-e not allowed, by tho law cf 1870, to em
ploy more thau twenty persons. This is to
insure their safety against accidents, lhe
law further makes it the duty of the Mine
Inspector to know just how many men are
at work in each ; if he ascertains that there
is an excess, he is to notify the owner or
operator, and require compliance with the
statute ; if his order is not tt once obeyed,
be must go to the courts for an icjunction
to compel obedience or a stoppage of work.
Notwithstanding the requirements of the
law, and under the eya and knowledge of
the Inspector of Mines, fifty-four men were
at work in the Pittstou mine when the late
fire took place. Had but twenty been em
ployed, there would have been no loss of
life. More than that number were rescued.
That raoro were in the mine is the fault of
tho Inspector, and he should be held ac
countable for the lives of the murdered men.
The law of 1870 is worthless, unless enforcoJ
in a bold and vigorous manner. Opening
a second shaft is expensive to owners and
operators, to be sure, but we fail to see why
it should not be opened in evsry case. That
aborers arc willing to tzko the chances with
a single shaft dots uot altar tho requirements
that every possible means should be taken
to secure their safety. The following para
graph upon this subject is to be found iu the
new Constitntion of Illinois. In that instru
ment it is declared that "it shall be the duty
of the General Assembly to pass cuch laws
as may be necrssary for tho protection of
operative miners, by providing for ventila
tion, when tho same way be required, and
the cocstrccticn of escapement-shafts, or
such i,iber appliances as may Eecure safety
in all coal mines, and to provide for the en
forcemsnt of said laws by such penalties and
punishments as may be deemed proper,"
The latter clause is the one which should be
regarded with the most favor. The law of
1870 in this State will protect miners, i
properly enforced by proper men. But it
was not thus euforced in the case of the
Pittston mine, nor is Inspector Williams fit
fcr the placo be occupies. Thila. Age.
A Sea of Alligators A Steamer stop
ped by the MonstersSeveral Negroes De
voured A goatlemao who has been stop
ping in our midst for some time gives an
account of one of the must terribla scenes
ever recorded in the annals tf this country.
While steaming up the placid waters of the
Qsklawaha river he witnessed a conriict
which made his hair stand on end, never to
be forgotten. After rounding Sackc-t's Point
the stream widens and deepens, and the wa
ters at this bend always looked troubled and
black. Suddenly the steamer encountered a
eea of alligators, floundring and splashing
water In every direction ; their bellowing
shook the loundation of the waters. The
captain says that he never heard or witness
ed such a scene before, and never wishes
to again. Before the little steamer cculd be
checked they found themselves in the midst
of these terrible monsters. To go back or
go ahead was impossible. The pa-sstogers
endeavored to drive them away by shooting,
and the hands on board furiously beat them
with hand-spike3. yet they seemed more
determined to obstruct tho passage of
the boat. The situation every moment
was critical, and the crow and passengers
more and more exhausted, and tho destruc
ticn of the boat seemed inevitable. Already
three colored hands had been devoured by
these terrible monsters, and several others
wounded. Soveral planks were torn from
the hull, and the steamer was with difficulty
kept from sinking. Just at this period a
source of relief camo. A huge serpent ap
peard making his way from the lakes, the
same, it is supposed, that was seen at "Dev
il's Elbow" last fall. The alligators eoou
disappeared following the sea devil, or what
ever you may call him, and such figbting
never was witnessed. At a point Le.'o7
where the river suddenly barrows, it soon
became blocked with dead alligators and the
water was red with blood. It Is difficult to
account for the number and sudden appear
ance of these animals, but the latest theory
may throw some light upon the subject. It
Is believed by raany that there is a large
subterranean passage of water between the
head waters of the Okehobee Lake, and
that these monsters have found their way
here ia great numbers, and, if not soon ex
terminated, will obstruct the nav:gatiou cf
the Ocklawaha. PilaUia (Fla.) Herald.
Titb new Departure. The New York
Herald dashed at tho situation it. the follow
ing style :
Tho Pennsylvania Democracy have en
tered the field for the fall campaign with
drums beating and colors flying. They are
lead by a gallant soldier, who has as his
right bowr one of the best fightirg men of
the late war. The Keystone Democracy
have taken no step backward ia the march
of political events, but rather a step forward,
inasmuch as they not only accept the consti
tutional amendments, but aver that the dis
cussion of those amendments Is unneces-sary
and should be avoided. Following the lead
of the Pennsylvania democracy appear the
sweeping legions of the democracy of Ohio,
who, without dilly-dallving a moment.
start eff in their platform with the preg
nant declatioo that the three constitu
tional amendmets are no longer issues be
fore the country. Imitating the Pennsylva.
nla democracy in another respect, the Busk-
eyes have selected as their standard-bearer
one of the most popular eoldiers cf the late
rebehou. V ith steady arms and heads erect,
therefore, the democratic hosts of the great
est States enter into a lively skirmish prelim
nary to the grand Presidential field fight
next year.
GEO. C. K. ZAHM , JAS. B. ZAHM.
ZAHM &, SON,
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE. QUEENSWARE,
Eats,Caps,Boots, Shoes,
AND ALL OTHER ARTICLES
Usually Kept in n Country Store.
WOOL AND COUNTKY PKODUCE
TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS !
STOEE ON ilAIN STREET,
Next Door to the Post Office,
Juno 10, 1869. EBENSBURG, PA
M'
USIC! MUSIC!!
The "Sisters
of St. Joseph "
will be !roparod to ve
lj;:ons on theflAaO1
MKLODF.ON or CABI
NET ORGAN at any
time af ic-r Iiaster.
r-For terms apply
to the fcipf-rioress, tis-
tor M. Uohtense, or to 15ev
Charijos moderate.
R. C. Christ t
KDwubunr, April 1, 13ri.-tf.
U S T OPENED!
Cheap 1 Cheaper I Cheapest I
Nos. 113 and 115 Clinton Street,
JOIIXSTOTT, I" A,
A FCLL LIS C
BLACK AND COLORED ALPACAS,
MOURNING GOODS,
AND OTHER DRESS GOODS !
Embracing the Latest Novelties.
T?laok and Taney Colored Dres5 Silks:
1'lain, Mriped and Fancy Japanese Silks;
FHin, Plaid and iStriped Japanese Cloth ;
Pliiiu and Fancy Grenadines;
American Poplins, uil colors extra bargains ;
Jiiwns, Chintzes and Percales;
Plain ami fctiipc-d Chambrays.
A FCLX LIKE OF
white: GOCD3,
STRIPED and FIGURED P. K
A C0MFLKT2 STOCK OF
HOUSEKEEPING DRY GOODS,
CASSIMERES, JEANS,
1XD LKEX FOR BOYS' SLITS.
Also, ft complete variety of
Aa well as s line a. eor ment of
PARASOLS and SUN OIBRELL .S,
Hosiery, JIoven, Corsets, .,
AT TEXT XOTF tttlCES,
AT GEIS & FOSTER'S,
113 and 115 Clinton Street, Johnstown.
Ilftve just opened this week an eltgant and
choice stock cf
fVl!LL!NERYpG OODS,
HOAXKTS, HATS.
flowers v3 nmiio,
Illusious and Laces,
BONNET AND HAT CUAl'E,
Or ALL COLOU9.
3C25 PIECES OF
GAEPETS! CAEPETS!
Wo have opened and now otter for sale a muet
elcgrant ai?sortineiit of Xprinv CJrjct.
Brussels Carpels. '
'Three Ely Carpets,
Ingrain Carpels,
hag, Lottagt $ LTcnp Carpets
Mattings and Rugs.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
all widths, 6trles and qualities 4-4, 5-4, 0-4, 8-4.
"We in vite every lady to call and examine our
Etock of ood.
The choicest and finest stock of millinery
goods and dry jfocds, iu towu, ou exhibition
AT
Gr.is Sl Foster's,
Nos. 113 and 115 Clinton Street.
Johnstown, Pa.
Cash Sales Low Prices Small Profits!
IUOMAS
CAELA N D'
J
WHOLESALE DEALER IX
GROCERIES S QUEENSWARE.
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
STATIONERY AND NOTIONS,
FISH. SILT. SUGAR CURED MEATS.
BACOtf, FLOUR,
FEED AND PROVISIONS,
1323 Eleventh Avenue.
Between 13th and 14th Sts., Altoona.
All snch poods as Spices, Brusheg, "Wood
and Villow Ware, Sboe Blacking and Station
ery will be sold from manufacturer's printed
rrice lists, and all other pooda in my line at
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Pitts
burgh current prices. To dealers 1 present the
peculiar advantage of saring them all freight
and drayage, as they are not required to pay
freights from the principal cities and no dray
age charges are made. Dealers may rest as
sured that my goods are of the best qualitt and
my prices as moderate as city rates. By doing
a fair, upright business, and by promptly and
satisfactorily filling all orders, 1 hope to'merit
the patronage of retail dealers and others in
Cambria county and elsewhere. Orders re
spectfully solicited and satisfaction guaranteed
in all cases. THOMAS OAKLAND.
Altoona, July 29, 189.-tf.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
THE iin(1er.citrno1 offers for sn!e or rent his
STOitt: ROOM on Ilion Srrwt, Kbeus-burg-,
three doors from Centrt; street, being- on
the south side of Hip-It street and opposite the
Foster House. j?aii Store Koom is a new build
injr, 23x:k) feet, two stories lnh, -with prtort cel
lar under it. There are two back rooms, OxUO,
upstairs and down, well fmiled inside. The
lutildintf altogether is onu of the liest in Kbens
turir for storo purposes, and i leeidedlv the
liect located business Ktund in the town. "Po
sessioit will tie fiven immediately. For further
information call upon or address
It. Jl. TUDOR,
Fyt. t IS71.-rf . Ubtnrtnrs Ta.
a
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PAVIMa . r.0 lv.
8
PAJitHLLT tOk'TAIWNG fJLi f."f a?
GEORGE HUP!TLY
Wholesale and Retail Dealtria
EllLXfliURG, PA.,
I? 'still Aprcnt for the renowned T
iiir mid Keupintr Machine. h u!o f V :'
Lriited ' tj' r $l.irrr an-l ! t,v r. f-x.
perior Hore Hay Kake. the tf-t in'"
ket. Prout's Coui'dned Hur-o liuv ; -Knife,
which cannot be 1,. at. S;t-
Drills, an article evirv lain:,-r
Grain Punning Mill.-. orn rultivat'.-'w
Lever Plows. with iron or wom b-ai'; .
tiles, cast or steel iuonld-if,:ir.l- an.l l-A7"i
ulso. it-rent for the lilancliurd ( hw.
churn now in ue. ami every on? ,!
warranted to fnve full .-ati.-fUctio;! - .7
Stoves and liardwttre of every tii-er , .
fctiintly on natnl at low iif.-un-fnrf i.
ers are. requested tosend iu tln ir.
for Mtrirrr ami linyt r. U.,rr .a-,.' rt
Pamphlets coniaiiun description ;ti 'j -.
tions for )! rx aivt lieoitn aud o -.'-.1
free on application to " "
r,FOt:r,F. HUSTirj
Eheneburg-, March 1, l71.-4m. '
IAVE MOSEY!
BT l'ATROMZISG
CHEAP CASH DE.4LEES15
ALL KIPS DOT Gil
LADIES' DHESS GOOES,
ReadyMade GLOTHIE
Hats, Caps, Boots, h:s .
I CLOTHS, CASSIMEBEi
S.tTIXETTS, JEA.
And n Fresh aud ouiplete StorW
CHOICE F1J1ILY GROtEIi
CONSISTIXa t?
Mm ExfflFffiinfsi
grai, fei:d,
BAC0H, SALT, FISH,
FRESH VEGETABLES,
DRIED Sl CAN'D FRUITS
SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, t
Also, a large stock of the
Best Brands of Cigars and Tc::::-1!
STOKE OX HIGH STKEET,
Four Doors Fast or Crairjlrd:
Ebenslmr?, ra.
isrnrm atotjtIF.LL sr
WASHINGTON STREET,
Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnston A
Wholesale and Retail Dies '
FQREM AND DOMESTIC SHY
91ILLIXERT
HARDWARE,
QUEENSWARE.
BOOTS AND SHOE?.
HATS AND CAgv.rjs,
IKON AND
CARFETS AND OIL CL0TR5.
READY-MAPECLOp"
G LASS" WARE. YELLOW 'f-rX
WOODEN AND WILLOW
PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL Kg
Together with all mancerof 'tp aLT
such as FLOTJB. BACON, H'"' -
CARBON OIL, &C, 4c.
rs?-Wholesale and retail -.:rla-
1
and promptly filled on the shortest
most reasonable terms.
UOOD, MORKELL
ones, w e are also ready at in
lay PIPES and manufacture an.l p .t
the celebrated EXCEIUU 1 j-un Fj
. .f vi-.. ,.! w:ifr
or lot of arround. rrt'f
It attended to when lentf." " '
work desired is made know ,u t
Vr '
HI
information 1
call on or Hy ,!, i-r r; 77 -r,irrolltown.
tau1
wmmMi
e-w t-M k. n a- . mm . t a m- -
JUST LOOK AT THIS'
Important to Kel J" tf,t,
HAVING entered into partner 1, .y
northern are now prepared to" Wi.:
work in their line, such as 'I'i'.'vViHl--OIL.
COAL OUE. and other M l,tlf.-.rSf
est, most durable and saii--" v. puitr
Wells and tlsten-.s now in ' Ave iK
work in a Well thirty feet ,i t 'Y,11.I,s .'3
times keep a supply et the-' ' " t,n
and can wt them up or furmn ; . .-.
notice. Satistaetion rtif.ntiite. i '
!II': ' ".
1 rt
Feb.
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