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Saturday Morning, : i Feb. 3, 1872.
Tub Penc.n. Democratic Editorial As
sociation will rn?et at Ilarrisbnrg on ihe
4tU of March next. All should Attend.
Hon. Wm A. Wallace, Chairman,
has issued a call for a meeting of I he
Dtmocratic State Executive Committtee,
at Bolton's Hotel, Hart isburjr, at ? oclk
p. m., on Thursday, February 15th, for
the purpose of fixing the time and place
of hoIJinjj tie next Democratic State Con
vcutiou. At the spsctal election last Tuesday in
the 1'uurth Senatorial District, Philadel
phia, Henry V. Gray, the ring candidate,
wis elected over Col. A. K. McCIure, in
dependent and reform candidate, by 900
majority. The Ecenes of violence and
rowdyism which took pluce in tho various
wards during the day, and in which the
radical police officers were the actire of
fenders, are reptesented by the republican
papers to have hern disgraceful beyond nil
former expedience. The radical majority
in the district last October wa7,3U0, and
Co!. M'Clure lias ihercforo made a mott
gallant (iht, but has been borne down by
the commission of the usual monstrous j made a high criminal ohence. In ennct
frauds under cover of the infamous regis- ! irio a 'aw of this ch-wacter, it is an insult
try law. He has avowed his determina- j to the intelligence of the people to mako a
lion to contest the election beforo a com- nian who gixes his friend a glussof hurni
mittee of the Senate. The Philadelphia less cider on an election day equally guil-
fost, a ridical journal, thus speaks of tho
election and its result
"We beli eve that Col. JilcClure was
elected honestly and fairly by at least 2,000
votes. Wherever it was evident that he was
polling a vote lhat would defeat Mr. Gray,
the bUck-jck of the rowdy aud the arm of
the policeman were em ployed to drive the
people from the poll. If Mr. Gray take
hid scat in the Senate it will not be as the
representative of the people of the Fourth
district, but as the representative of violence
aud unbluahiug fraud."
LiAst week's Iferuld contained an ar
ticle in reference lo (he provision! ol a
bill now pending in the Legislature, en
larging the powers and jurisdiction of the
District, or Johnstown Court. In reply
to this, an indignant wiiier in the last
Johnstown Tribune calls the "Ebensburg
men" some very hard names imputes to
them ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain asserts that Mr. Henry is
pledged to the passage of the bill, und de
mands its enactment without any change
or amendment. In the climax of his en
thusiasm in favor of "general" and "ex
clusive" jurisdiction, he most solemnly
warns the hated and dangerous "Eber.a-
bun; men," that if Mr. Henry refuses to
give them tho supplement just as it is now
in his hand?, ihcy will "strike," not for
their "altars and their firea" tint fjr
'GoJ and their nuiivj land" but ' for tha
removal of the county seat ;" and lhat
ihey will "continue lo strike until Ebens
bjr.j is stricken from the lUt of county
seats " We have heard of this kind of
striking before and know who were most
damaged by the blows that were then
yivun and received. While we aie indif
ferent about tho bill referred to, we are
not to be frightened from our propriety by
iiaving tho removal ghoit again shaken in
our face. It was verv magnanimous,
however, on the part of the writer in the
Tribune not to deal the men of Kbeiibburg
n foul blow, but to warn litem in time ol
their fate, provided that bill dues not pass
fust as it is. Whether it does or not, when
he aud his legiou of stnkrs have continued
"to strike until Kbensburg is stricken
from the list of county seats," we hope
they may have a good lime of it, und
4,uiay we ba there to see.','
Fort tho first tima in the legislative his
tory of this State, the House of Kt-presen-latives
has wilfully and deliberately com
milled political f lo de se, or, in plain
language, Self-dcsti u'.tion. The abdica
tion of its constitutional powers was as
shameless as it was reckless and unseem
ly. The constitution of the State declares
in the seventeenth section of tho liisl
urticle, that "neither House shall, with
out the consent ol the ther, adjourn lor
more than three days" In the face of
this plain constitu:ional provision, the
House, wiihout the concurrence of the
Senate, by a vo.e of 51 nays to 38 nays,
adjourned from yesterday f Friday week
until last Wednesday a period of Jice
elajs. To bolster up the legality of this
unparalleled proceeding, Elliott, tb Kad
ical Speaker, decided what no other living
Ulan would decide, that Sunday was not
n legislative day in the meaning of the
conktilution. Even admitting that he was
correct, still the adjournment plainly ex
ceeded the prescribed limit. The Speak
er and the other fifty members who voted
fjr ihe resolution have assumed a fearful
responsibility and covered themselves with
inetlable disgnice. Of the fifty-one af
firmative votes, forty Jice are radicals,
and 'x democrats J'aur of the six hail
ing fium Philadelphia, homst Simuel Jo
Btphe, as a ruattei o! cou.se, being includ
ed i'i the number. The House of Kepro
sentatives has thus ceased to have a lgal
existence, and when its members sku'.ked
back to their dishonored scuts on Wednes
day last they could not breathe new
legislative life into a body which they
themselves had destroyed. In one short
month this branch of the Legislature has
become a by-word und reproach the
laughing stock of the people and w ill be
known in history as 'Elliott's Ilump
House." The only thing that it seems
fully to undetatand is how to adjourn,
ami in this consists the puldic safely, be
cause Ihe less time it spends at Harris-
burg the less injury wilt be inflicted on
the interests of the State. The people
will have to bear patiently with the 6hame
until the 2Sth of March, when its exist
ence will be brought lo u close, and when,
it in lo be fondly hoped in the interest of
(everything lhat givei character and digni
ty to a Slats, tnal the seats of Ihe imaior
IhI fifty-one who voted themselves unlit
for the positions they occupy will there
after kDOir tbera co oor forever.
legislation Iiuu JIimJ.
In another part of our paper we publish
a bill proLibitinj the sale or gft of any
spirituous liquors, wine, or cid r, on elec
tion day. which passed the lower branch
of the Legislature laet week. This act,
in its peculiar phraseclsgy and in its stu
pid attempt at moral reform, stands very
nearly on an equality with the fanatical
blue laws of Connecticut. Tho earne
spirit animates both, and as the latter are
now only remembered to be laughed at,
mi . r i
so win me lormer, it u should become a
law, be tho wonder and sport of future
generations. It is difficult to conceive
what motive could have operated nrjon
our "learned The buns" at Ilarrisburp, to
induce thrm to enact such a law in the
shape in Inch it is presented. It is pre
cisely such childish and trifling Irgislation
as this lhat blinds the temperance move
ment into unbounded ridicula and con
tempt. The object aimed at is a laudable
j one and we approve it. No good citizen
will object to a legal prohibitum of the
sale ol intoxicating drinks on the day of
an election. But why did the author of
the bill, in his intemptmte zeal in behalf
of temperance, renders the whole act ri
diculous by introducing into it the pale or
gift of c dtr as a drink to be pruhibited by
tine and imprisonment ? With equal pro
priety might the sa!e or civinj; awav of a
bottle of
sarsapariua
or finger pop be
j y wiin me proprietor ot a low uigery
who deals out, ud Lb'ttim, poisonous, riot
ous and lighting rot gut whisky.
Such legislation defeats itself, and is
disgraceful to all who are connected with
it. Why not legislate like men of com
mon een.-e and sound judgment, ami not
like a set of waywaid and thoughtless
children? It is an old sating, that one
cannot gather grapes olf thoins nor tins oiF ;
thistle?, and if the imbecility of the pres
ent House of Representatives is not vastly
underrated by competent judges, the pas
sage ofa liquor law such as the one in
hand is fully up lo its menial capacity.
In point of weakness and utter incompe
tency to perfoiO the duties set before it,
the present House by common consent ha3
never had ita equal. None but itself could
be its own parallel. In the emphatic lan
guage of the Harrisburg Patriot, "Never,
since I he first rain ran olF the roof of the
Capitol, bus a body so feeble, so incum
petent and corrupt, been assembled with
in its walls." Such is a picture of the
incompetency of the men elected by "the
party of great moral ideas" to enact laws
for the benefit of the people and to pro
mote the best interests of the State. In
tiew of such a state of affairs.
it is in
oiuer 10 exciaira, in me solemn and im
ploring language of the Court crier, "God
save tho Commonwealth. "
Here is the proposed law to which we
have rifeired
It is entitled An Act, to
prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on
election day :
Stems 1. B: it enacted hg the Senate and
House of Jlepresenlatires of the Cum mini-
ireallu (J 1 cnjisilcama m General J.ii-ejjt
iy hiu. etiy enutieu vg auuiorttg Ural, i;und lower, anil an Abbey. The
if the same, That from and alter ihe pas.-age j view from the summit of the ruins of Cashel
o! this act, it eliall not be lawful for any j i txteimi ve and pleasiug. Tipperrv couo
pcison in this commonwealth, whether li- tv is sj.read out below one beaulifiil varie
censed or unlicensed, to buy. btel or eve I galed plain, lichly cultivated and bounded
away io oe ueo as a (Iiiok. any spuituous
or man o.iMor.-. wme or ciuer. r any s-iO-
stance containing alcohol, on anv part f
any day set apart for auy geneial or any
special election, by the citizen in and within
any precinct, ward, township, county or
other election district or diviriou in or with
in the commonwealth.
Sac 2. Any person violating any of the
provisions of the first section of this act shall
rs guilty ofa misdemeanor, and on convic
vie-
:ent
n of
tiou thereof shill b subject to imprisorui
in tho j nl of the proper county ur a term
not more than one hundred days, and in ad
litioii to the above hall also be snljct to a
fine of five hundred dollar and coats, at the
discretion of the couit.
On the final passage of ihe bill the vote
was as follows :
Yeas Messrs Albright, Balentine. Beard
sloe. B'ack. Bombert:er. Bowman, Bright
Brcckway, Brunges, Buck. Coor er, Lan el.
Dartt. D.Iacy. I..'ighei ty. Ely, F! ejjer.
Fox. Galchell. Gdfilian. Gleason, Grav.
Greenwalt, Giiffiths Gu-s. Hancock, IIKX
BY. Hewitt. Ilurn-ecker. K-ech. Libar, Ln
mmi. Line, hnwssi'. Letherman. Levering,
I.udi, M'Junkin. M'Mu'lin. Mahon. Mickey!
Miilir. Mitchell, of M fd n. Mitchell of Tii
ua. Moore. M rford. Newbaker. ioye. Pes
serl . Porter. Potts. Pi izi-r. Q i gley. R gers
of E ie. Kos;er? of M U'fiin. !Siiriner. Sehim
ii.key. Shorn. Snu'er. Smith of Phi'adelphia.
Starr. STotk. Cioer. While. Wilcox. Wil
liam!". Wil-on. and Elliot, speat er ;8
Nays Messr. Beach. Bui kh-l(!er, Con
rad. I),irrah, Edwards, Fetier, Ibrv v. Kef
f r, Kin s Ko.ns, Lila. Liwhon, M'G iwan.
Majiee. M. k. M -rris. Pnrsell, R (8. Sample.
Taylor and Wolever 21.
WitKX ihe joint resolution ottered by
General Morgan, of Ohio, at the com
mencement d" the present session of Con
gress, proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the Foiled States, so as
to make naturalized ciliz -ns eligible to the
Presidency and Vice presidency, was
called up last Monday week, every nrjro
member, of whom ihere are four or five,
vot'd against it. This was ab iut as cool
and serene an exhibition of downright
Eihiopian impudence as could well be im.
ugined. It is a spectacle pleasing to both
gods anil men to see a negro Congress
man, who has but lately been emancipa
ted from servile labor iu the cotton and
rice lie'd of a Southern plantation, and
by the results of the war made the equal
of the white man .o far as voting and
holding oHico are concerned, protesting by
his vote that an educated and intelligent
foreigner a German like the eloquent
Solium, an Iri-hmau like the refined and
cuhivated O Gorman, cr a Welshman
j lite the well-read and scholarly Grilliili,
i (member of Congress from the Mercer
district) are his the negroeV inferiors,
and that they shall not erjiy the fame
political rights the same equal chance
in the race for office lhat he does himself.
Surely the wot Id ih'S move nnd Ihe b!az
ing star of Africa i in the ascendant.
Another Atlantic cab la i to bs laid-
Letter from Ireland Xo. SI.
tCorrespoBdence of Cambria Freeman.
D I'D LIN City. IatLAND. Jan. 18. 1872.
Dear Mac At last I have reached tho
gay and beautiful metropolis of Ireland. I
would not consider mjself in Ireland if I did
not vifit Dublin, by some called the New York
of America, the Paris of France, the Home
of Iia'y. I am not going to dcsciibe it in
this letter, an I intend to spend a couple of
weeks here, lo I will now commence where
I l.ft off ami cont inue my description of the
places that I have seen.
Within about two miles of Thurles is the
celebrated
HOLY CROSS ABBEY,
overlooking the winding Suir. in the midst
of a rich, pastoral country. This once noble
Abbey, now fast mouldering Into decay , was
built by DoDald O'Brien towards the end of
the twellth century. It was called the
Abbey of the Holy Cross" from the fact
that I'ope Pascal II. gave a small portion of
the TEL' e citoss to an Iiish prince, who, on
his ict urn from Heme, deposited it in this
monastic seat, inn precious relic, stt in
gold and adorned with precious stones, was
preserved there until the Information, when
it was taken possession of and saved perhaps
from annihilation by the powerful family of
the Ormonde. 15y thorn it was son aftr
yiven to the Catholic hierarchy, and I believe
is still preserved by tho Archbishop of the
diocese. The holy relic. I have been told,
measures only two inches in lenstb. is very
thin, and seemed in the shaft of an episco
pal cross and enclosed in a g"ld cate. A
lull desci ij tion of these venerable ruins
would occupy more space than you couM
hff rd to give, so 1 will have to travel on.
Alter filling nearly a drz'Mi pages of my note
book with sketches of the.e rund old ruins.
I hastened bsck to TLuiles just iu time to
take thu traiu fjr
TE1!JLFM BE.
This is a nice little town, having a couple
of good holes and seveial well stocked and
tasty-looking dry-goods anil grocery stores.
In the centre of the town is an enormous
tire. mflkient in the summer time to almost
shelter the whole town, and iu tho winter it
looks l:ke tin e o score of giants rolled iuto
one, and .t; etthii o forth their bleak, bare,
long aims, as if supplicating heavn for pro
tection against ti e :udo wintry blasts that
sweep oter the Gahees. Iu this town are a
police aud soldiers' barracks, as a standing
menace to the hot-blooded lips and to re
mind them that if they i utjtep the legal line
in their endeavors to brin? hatnines ami
contentmeut to this country, there aie LV.t- I
tli i)iiT:Q nrifl Vvi vi ii 1 a i.r uilr t, i.nt I
down rebellion" and to nernetcate a state
ol slavery as disgraceful almost as that which
existed iu cur own country before tho late
wsr. Near the town is Louhmoro Castle,
once owned and occupied by the U'Fog irtys.
but now a mas of iiiins. Sonic centime-
ago the O'Fogartys, O'Ryansaud O'C.irroHs
were '-lords" of all they rveyed ; and woe
to '.ho S.ixon shoneen who was daring enough
"their rights to cispute."' About two miles
from Templemore is the celebrated Iiirnane
Catle. the residence of ah'ue bloodud Cr.uii
wtdlian, cahed Garden. This is a great re
sort in the summer ume forEngli.-h tourists,
and i-decd it is well aoith a virit. as it is
Mirrouodtd by beautiful and magnificent de
mesnes, ponds, hot-houses, cummer hou.-cs,
etc.
My next trip was by rail to
CASH EL,
1 occe ,l,e resntei.&j of kmgs, but now a little
uupieiecuing oorougn. min ounce. by a nth
and exteuMve Country, and diversified by
gentle uudmatious. Hare are the largest ami
most remarkable group of mouastic ruins, I
b'iie-ve. to Le seen in Ireland. Oa this hu-'e
I ...l- I nil) f fl. 1 . , "
it 'VI "cic iuitt t"i ujrtv a tUilptM. a l..lfl:f-
i by the Gaitee aud other mountaiu rai
s
i while at the foot of the rocks the
beaut ifu!
j pleasure grouuIs or the Archbi.-hop spread
j out in lan, clumps and shrubberies like a
j piece of Moaic-uk. Cashel derives its
J name from cios, rent, and oZ, a rock as
o ne, iving oi Jiunter, erected here a roval
r palace, where he Used to receive his rents.
I The spot whereon these noble and msi-atic"
j rums iijw stand was or.ce a tcrnnle ni,d a
j fortress, the seat of religion and nationality.
; Here councils were held ami princes and
i prelates assembled to consult for the welfare
oi i neir common country. It i. impossible
to look upon those stately old ruins p-ithou'.
a mingl-rd feeling of pride and sorrow
pride when we look through the dim vista
of ihe pat and see these noble structures
peopled by biave and daring princes, snd
pious aud learned prelates; and sorrow'when
we now look at them crumbling into dVcav
and no native prince or chieftain to rebuild
their walls or guard them ag.inst the tyrant
Sass-enach. I cannot leave Cashel without
noting a historical fact relating to the piety
and faith of an Irish prince. Wher St Pat
rick came to preach the gospel in this r.ei.h-.
' horlloou Angus waa ti,n rnJtre prfnee of
j Casl el. He re que ted to le biptised by the
! apostle himself, ami the holy Patrick pre-
pared for th ren-mony. He threw hisepis
I copal Ktaff, pointed with a s?eel spear, and
j Angus being standing near, it went through
his bate foot, fixing it to the erund. Pat
I rick ili.l not notice what he bad done till he
j saw streams of blood flowing at the feet of
the prince. He st iz- d and puUfd un the
raff, asking Angus whey he did not do so
himself. The newly-converted prince re
plied that he thought lht that was a part
of the ceremony of baptism.
1 will have to close, as mailing tim is up.
In my next I will de-cribe Waterford. Kil
kenny, Borris, and the armless and legless
men.ber of Parliament.
Yours, very truly, ERmsAcn.
Information has just reached London of
a terrible calamity which has overtaken the
town of Shamacki. situated in Trans Cauca
sia. a territory of Asiatic Russia. The town
was visited by seven violent shocks of earth
quake, following each other in quick succes
sion, causing Ihe greatest consternation and
terror amwng the inhabitants. A panic
seized the people and a general exodus com
menced. The shocks continued for some
time, culminating in a concussion which
shook the earth for miles around, and involv
ing the city in a mass of ruins. Scarcely a
single building was left standimr. Thousand
! are belived to have perished. The calamity
causes a profound sensation throughout west
ern Russia.
Dee M 'ines has a boy but twenty vears
old. who performs many wonderful feats of
strength. He shoulders an iron rail twenty
four feet in length, such as ordinal ily requires
Ihe uuited strength of four men to handle,
and walks off as ii it were dry bass wood He
can take a fiveeijjhth inch iron rod. two feet
long, and strike it across his lefr arm with
such force s to bend the iron with as much
seeming ease as though it were a piece of
telegraph wire. At the Tolk county fair,
last fall, he lified. on a war, at the scales,
the immense weight of 1.375 pounds. And
yet he is but a boy, weighing one hundred
aud fifty pound.
State Editorial Convention.
The State Editorial Association, which
now Lumbeis about 160 mmbeis, met in
two of the iSru&te Committee Rooms, on'
Thursday afternoon. Jan. 23 h, at three o'
clock, 11. G. Smith, of the Lancaster Intel
ligencer, in the chair. The attendance was
uuuauitlly large.
The President c tiled the Convention to
order and supplemented Lis action with a
few remarks of a congratulatory character.
The report ef the Treasurer, which wss
read, showed that the Association was in a
healthy condition financially,
Ou motion of Mr. Sanson, of the Indiana
Democrat, the President, Mr. Smith, the.
Secretary, R. S. Mensmin, J'r intent Circu
lar, nnJ Treasurer, El wood Griett, Lancas
ter Inquirer, were re elected.
Mr. Sansom. of Indiana, Mr. Rohrer, of
Armstrong, Mr. Caprou, of Wiliiamsport,
Mr. Youug.of Yoik, and Mr Ziegler. of But
ler, w ere appointed a committee to fix on the
remaining cflicers.
After the Committee had retired the Pres
ident delivered an able, well-timed and very
compiehensive address on thesu? ject of "The
Partisan Tiess," which, although in type,
we are forced to reserve until next week,
Ed. Fueeman.J
Mr. Rradiey. of D.inville. moved that
the addrers of the Piebident be published '
in the usual manner.
The committee on election cf officers made
tho fallowing irport. which was adopted atd
the officers elected unanimously :
Vice Piesiduut, John W. Brown. Ilarris
burg ; C 15 Gould. Em poii um ; W. W. II.
Davis, Doylet-towu ; Corresponding Secreta
ry, J. L. Ringwalt, Philadelphia; Assistant
Refolding Secretary, E. Ii Williams, Bea
ver ; Executive Committee, J. Z'igler, But
ler : E. S. Durbin. New Cattle; John W.
Rohrer, Kittanuing ; E. W. Capron, Williams-port;
John M. Wallace, Carlisle;
Thomas Chaliant, Danville; II. J. Stable,
Gettysburg; D. J. GixLsclulk. Bethlehem;
E I. Scull, Somerset ; P. Gray Meek, Belle
foiite ; E. A. Parsons, Towauda.
A com municat ion from Governor and
Mrs. Gary inviting the Association to the
reeeptiou at the Executive Mansion was re
ceived and accepted, and thank fur the
cumplimeuts were tendered.
Mr. Paison. of Towauda, offjrad the fol
lowing resolution :
lUsolced. That the bill now pending before
the Legislature regulating legal adveriitin
iu tin- v.trious counties of this Common wea! I h
is eminently just aud proper, aud that thi.-t
Convention urgently stquest th
passage of
Salt! aCt
The following is the act alluded to above :
Section 1.
Be it enacted, ttc. That from
and af er the passage et this act, all legal
adveilisementt n quiied to be published by
the laws of this Ci nnnoiiwealth and the rules
of auy of the recpect'.ve courts thereof, in
any or all the sceral counties aforesaid,
shall be printed and published in two news
papers, oue of each reprehenting the leading
political parties, printed and published at
l lie county seat ot each of the several coun
ties hloiesaid, if so many there be, having
the highest number of bona fide subscribers
within the county iu which they may be
published, and the publbher thereof shall
not charge for thu same exceeding the regu
lar advertised rates for other advertising;
aud iu case of doubt or di.-put as to circula
tion the Court tf Common Pleas shall ap
point an e x uiiioer to hear the proofs by pub
I shers and Upon ihoir report to determine
the papers i:i which ail legal advertisements
shall be published and paid for by the par
tied whese duty it may be to publish the
same, and all laws or parts of laws inconsis
tent with this act are hmeby repealed.
Mr. ltiipert. of Couneautviliv. moved that
ihe resolution of Mr. Parsons be indefinitely
postponed.
Remaiksin favor of the resolution, a num
ber suggesting amendments, however, were
made by Messrs. Capron. Sanson). Ziegler,
Bradley. Dawes, of Easton. Comnian. of
Huntingdon aud Rohrer, and in oppo-ition,
ny Messrs ltupert, Wooitiull, of Johnstown.
Brince, eif Pittsion, the Utter ol jeding to the
wends "at the county seat "
The discussion was brought to a close by
Mr. Da wes, who moved to amend the rcso
luiion by adding to the irsohuion the words,
the said act being previously amended as
follows, viz: 'By adding iu the line
alter the w-rds published in' the words 'at
least, ' and by striking out iu the line
ihe words at the county seat.' "
Messrs. Smith, Cornioan, Wallace, of Car
lisle. Durhorrow, of Huntingdon, and Dav es
weie appointed a committee to urge en the
Leislaiure the pasago of the bill lelaliug to
lui!al advertising.
The subject e.f the Summer rxeenrsion was
then brii tiy di.-cussed. Mr. Sansom having
moved that it be made to Erie.
On motion of Mr. B ad'ey the selection of
a place was left to tho officers of the Associ
ation. On motion adjourned until seven o'c'ock.
with the understandi!, g that the Association
in a body proceed to the Governor's recep
tion after the termination .f l.oemcca.
tVKNING SKSSION.
The meetiug was called to order by the
President.
Mr. R hrer offere I the following resolu
tion, wh ich was pas led :
Resolved. That our Senators and Repre
sentatives be requested to enact such law er
laws us will permit defendants in all prose
cntion r actions for libel, to give the Irulli
f such libelous matter in evidence in vindi
cation and iu full justification of such ofL-us-alleged.
The following, offered by Mr. Durborrow.
was passed :
Resolved. That the Senators and Repre
sentatives who are members ef the Editorial
Association be requested to urge the passage
eif a bill araendaiory of the law of libel in
accordance with the resolution adopted by
this body.
It was moved that hereafter the hour of
the annual meeting be three o'clock p. m.
'I lie C invention then adjtiirued to the
Executive Mansion, where the members
were formally introduced to the Governor
and his lady by II. G. Smitls President of
the Association. Governor Geary received
th- m in a few well timed remarks, and Mrs.
Geary's proverbial affability was never more
happily exhibited.
JIrs. Vhahton Acquitted. Oue of the
most remaikiibla criminal trials in the his
tory of the cotintrj'. that of Mrs. V.. G.
Wharton for the murder of (irn. W. i5.
Ketchnm, at her residence iu B.iltimore. in
July last, by admiuicterir.g tartar emetic
with his medicine and in lemonade termU
nated on Wednesday morning of last week
iu her acquittal, at Annapolis, where the
cause h d been removed at her instance f r
trial. Forty! wo days were employed in ihe
inve-tigilion, over 100 witnesses were in at
tendance, including medical and chemical ex
perts, whose theories were thoroughly inves
ligaled. and a fine array of legal talent em
ployed on each side. The cost to the city of
Baltimore, itis estimated, will reach $25,000.
and the defeodaut. it is "probable, has ex
pended the most, if not all. of a moderate
foi tune, in her defence. She is under anoth
er indictment, for attempting to poison Eu
gene Van Ness, which will probably ba tried
lit an early day.
Terrible Dentil ofa L.lon Tamer.
The Manchester (England) Guardian coo
tains the followirg : A drradlnl 6cene hap
pened ia Manders' Mensgerie, Market quaro,
Bolton. Thomas Mac-carte being attacked and
killed by lions as he was performing in their
midrt. It was the last eveniug of the exhi
b:tion, and Maccarte undertook to give an
extra performance. In th cage which he
entered were five lions. The animals had
been put through their leaping exercises,
when Maccsrte noticed that one. a full-grow n
Asiatic, was restive and showed his teeth.
lie drew his sword and pointed it threat
eningly at the iion's mouth. His attention
being thus diverted from the other animals,
a young African lion crept stealthilv out
from the group and sprang towards Mac
carte, seizing him by his right hip and throw,
ing him down. At the samo time the Asiatic
hon fastened itrtlf upon his head. tearin off
a portion of the scalp. A scene of the wild
est confusion ensued women screaming, and
men innnir.g about in all direr tians in search
of weapons. It is usual in Manders' mena
gerie to kep a number of irons continually
heated for emergencies, but on this occasion
Ihey had beon removed, and fresh irons had
to be plnced in the lire.
Maccarte fought desperately with his
sword, inflicting som fxarful gashes oh the
races of both hone. One of the other lions
now sizd the unfortunate man by his only
arm. fracturing the bones, while another tote
a piece of flesh out of his thigh. Mcrarte
retained his presence of mind, and called out
to tho men to fire amon-s-t the an'mals.
Revolvers and rifles were accordingly pro
cured, and w'ni'rt some fired blank cartridges
full in th faces of the infuriated beasT's.
others probed them with heated irons, s'ab
bed them with f:ks. and beat them with a
ladder and iron scrapers . Eventually a slide
was introduced between the bars of thn cape.
e l" . C" ' chall. the sjrent and
u-.iiii . j in. .'ut-oi i :ir kp r pers, nrove nmr ol j
ti e lior s. At the fifih lion more idiots were I
fiied. but it was not until the heated bars i
were applied to the nose of the animal that
,.t;.. r. 1 l u t i i 1 . ... !
it inn .jimmiuh us uoiu anu ran oeniud he
partition.
Maccarte then stagaered to his feet, tut
ere he could re.ch tho door, aud before the
shde could be c'osed. the African lion again
rnshil out. se;zed the poor follow ngin by
the foot, and diagsed him back into the cor
ner amn the other animals. Again the
flight ful struggle went on. Maccarte was
Ir.iggel up and down bv the l ead and legs
three or four timet.-, the floor be-inf: Complete- j
ly saturated with blood. S-me r fief be:ng j
loaded with shot were now di.-charged aimng
the savn2' brues. arid with several irons. ;
eated to a red glow, they wero beater. ;
into a coi tier and the par'iliou closed anainst ;
them. Maccarte waa then iele;ise-?. still
conscious. As he was borne to the Ii firrnary. t
lie exclaimed to a fellow-wot kman, Harry.
1 am d.-ne for."' In addition to the back
part of the scalp, all the lle-h had been torn
t'rom the thighs, the right arm was fractured
in two places, as well as badly lacerated
from the shou'der to ihe head ; the chest had
heen lacerated, and tho bones of the pelvis
had pieces bitten cut of them. He died in
ten minutes afier his adntisi-ion lo the In
firmary. Deceased was S? year of age, was
a cativo of Coik, and was married.
Narmw Escape ad a Brave Act Iu
Sn Fiancisco lately a boy ah ut eleven
jears of age. while crawling alcng the leads
of a house on T'tiiid t-troet, f -r the purpose
of dealing the obstructions in the water
pipe, slipped and rolled over the edge of the
roof. In his despetnte tiTort to save himself
he fticciedtd in grasping the raised edging
f wood anil tiu which bordered the roof, and
so hung, suspended by his hands, forty feet
above the street, utterly unable to regain his
footing. Underneath where the boy w-a
hanging was a small, old-fashioned porch
which projected out about three feet from
under the centre indow of the second stor-.
Out of this window a man emerged and
looked up. As he 6tod he was irumedi.ite
ly under the boy, but too close to tl o house
for his apparent purpose; the body lunging
jn-t over the railing, he stepped over the
la'ter. and with ids fret retting upon ihe
edge of the platf.rm of ihe porch and one
hniid grat-ping an iron support, he waited.
In the meantime, two nieu h?d reached
the rot f, and weie descending, when they
discovered the impossibility of reselling the
bo in safii'.y, and one of them called for a
rope Before any one could move to the aid
of the exhausted by. he. with a shrill cry.
let go his hold and frll. As ho approached
the man on the porch, the latter was seen to
reach out his free arm under him. A cry of
horror wrnt up from the crow.! as the man
whs seen to stagger and swing around the
edge of the porch with his hiad; but his hand
held its grip on the iron, and a moment af
terwarjrt he carrid the boy through the
window and turned him over to his mother,
who had only just realized that s. niethinjr
was wrong. The name of the maa whose
presence of mind enabled him lo save a life,
and whose courage niade him the rtK
of lits own, us (J im pl ell Williams.
Dead Eloud Dead LungM.
W hen the blood ia filled with impurities
the 1-eVith languish' and the whole system j
isimpaued; the luting, ti e stomach, thu livtr
and the kidney all are disordered and
tlnriJ is a Kct.er,d prostration of the whole
body. What is tho reason of all this? you
will ask, and how can it be remedied? The
remedy is Ml. KEYSKR'S LUNG UUUE.
which purifies the stomach, renews tho blood,
cleanses the k'dneys. stops cough by remov
ing its inhaling cause from the blood and
the ulime fiom the lungs, and has cured more
cases of consumption than any single medi
cine known. Dr. Kevser Ims produced the
riyht thing in these caes and has published
a pamphlet embodying his Iteatrneut and
containing the most astonishing cures, which
will be sent f:ee upon application. The
Doctor hss an office in tho rear of his great
Medicine Store. Ib7 Liberty St., Pittsburgh,
where he has consultations daily for every
kind of chronic diseases, from 10 a. m. until
1 p. Ji. . and on Saturday until 9 at night.
Price of Lung Cure $1 50 per bottle, or four
bottles for $5 taken at one time. If your
druggist does not keep it. send $5 and it will
be snt, with full directions how to use it, by
express.
Dcring our interview, the American Con
sult at Bankok presented the King an ele
gant assortment of hi" medicines from Dr. J
C. Aver, of Lowell. Mass., for the use of th
Court. lie explained to his majesty their
origin from the grett chemist aud their uses.
The Cherry Pectoral lor coughs the Sar
sanarilla for eruptive diseases, anil the Ague
Cure for the fevers that are so latal in this
hot country. The dangerous condition ofa
favorite wife in the palace with one of the
disorders these medicines cure, eave him
special interest in these products of medical
skill; indeed. these medical marvels interested
him more in our country than all the other
attentions we had shown him. Letters from
a Lady in Siam.
Hon. C. M. Donovan died at Austin,
Texas, on the 11th inst. lie was far six
yeara a Democratic Senator from Phi'adil
phi "id tbt Pennsylvania LejjiiUture.
A man was recently frozen to death at
Quebec, whiie driving abont the city in a
sleigh.
Archbiibnp MrClosky states that twen
ty thousand Mussulmen were converted by
the Catholic Church last year.
Genrge Botts. tho murderer cf "Pet"
ITalstead was executed in the hall nf Essex
count jail. New Jersey, on Friday last.
The Rinical State Committee hsve
agreed upon Ilarrishurg ns the place and the
10th of April as tho time for holding their
State convention.
Somo sixteen or elgh'een person's are
passing the winter in the Yosemite .Yalley,
rut nff from the rest of Ihe world by Ihe
heavy snow drifts that fill the mountain
passes.
A terriblfl railmad ec!drnt ocenrred on
Thursday week at Nice. France. While tho
train was crosninp a bridge it gave wav. and
14 persons were killed and quite a number
wonneleel
At Troy. X Y.. an infant son of TTnry
T. Clark waa killed on Sunday by bin broth
er, aged thrpe yers. who throw a piece of
slate st him. The child killed was nine
mon'hs old.
That torrihle man. Garrett Davla. Sen
ator from Kentucky, recently introd-iopd a
resolution in the Senate, instructing Ibo R
Irenrliment Committee to investigate tho px
eeutivp'ii present accepting record, and at
the samo time examine flip list rf Presidential
relatives nnrv lu-ldin? r flieo.
On Monday night, last abont 11 n'ol'vik !
the Erie mail train, bonnd east, was ihrttvn
from th track two miles this sJdo rf L-k
Haven. One baggage car, two roar-bps anil j
one sleeping car were burned. Svpral per- :
sons were injured, and it is supposed that one i
cannot recover. j
A VYatdiingrnninn hac V,epn fined ,tR for I
mnir? PrPnt Grart.
A n exebange
thinks that if a similar ponaltv for tho namp i
'ffenop conld bo enf.rrpd tbr' ughnf tbp i
rountrv. ihe rational e?ebt might l,p liqnida
tod in fortv-eisht bonr. rd an immense sur
plus rcrrmic nrenmnlatpd.
Thprx-Rpbpl Gnpral Rifhard Stoddard
Fwrll died at hit residenrp in Murv cnntv.
Tennesspp. on Thursday last. Tlo Btirrpedpd
RfnnewaM .larksrn in M-v, 1853. ein'ing Ibp i
haMlo of Chancrllnrevillfi. in eomrnnnd r.f j
thp Spcond C-Tps. and passed through Cham 1
Vw-rsVnrg with lV"p' armv on the wav tn
Gettysburg, where he participated in its bat- j
ties.' ' ;
The Tppi-dntivp rnmmitfpe to inrpst?afe !
thp Gpo O Fvans frmd enns'sts of Afpi-:rs. i
Graham, Whito and Wallicp. of the Snate. 1
i,l M.ccru II.umI ffl.il. n.. T,r'..r i
npl, an(, Nnv,s nf ,nIlse Th( cornmit. ,
i m. it : j- !
s'-ccretary, witb instructions to obtain docu- !
mentarv evidence from Ilarrisburg and ;
Washington. ,
The wife nf a sick man livinz in Sigi j
paw county. Michigan, shnu'dered her bus- I
hsin i's ajc". went into the woods, and mann- j
fiK-tu-ed 20 hoop poles, and then drove
seventeen rr.iles to Ovid, in nn open s'eigh. !
with the mercury nine degree below zrn. tn j
sell them. The lall firps had burned np their t
stck of staves, and the sickness nf the hus I
band had mdc the f.miiv destitute. j
A Norwegian. 70 years of age. st White '
Brar. Mich , had tht most extraordinary i
fijht with a wolf on record, lat wpr-k. The
animal tackled him. and he f nght.fT-st with
a club, then with a pitchfork, nnd MnaMrhe
got a rope round the neck r.f the 1 east, and
therewith drew him to a vice, into which b
screwed his head. Then he got a gnn and
killed him.
Carroll County. Tern . is pluming ifse'f
on the os--e?sion of the "biggest man." His
name is Shaver. I ut he is by no means a
little shaver." lie is said to moasure around
the wriht eight aud one-half, inches; around
the arm. eighteen inches; around the calf nf
the leg. nineteen inchi-s: around the thigh,
midway above the knee, thirtv -three inches;
around the chest, five feet, ar.d around the
waist, six feet. His height is six feet five
aud one half inches.
Mrs. Isiac J. nkinsin. of Page. Va., on
Tuesday last, bad three live girl babies, one
weighing only four pounds, the other two
weighing six pounds each, and s'ranger still,
one of them ha six toes on each fot. All
three, together with Ihe mother, are doing
as well c nltl be expected. The fa'her. who
had served a term in the penitentiary, and
who. within the last three weeks, tried to
smother his wife bv bending her up in a fea
ther bed, has ltft for parts ut.ki.owu.
An Immense IS est mess. The Seed huines.
as cnndtic ed by die celebrated firm of Briggs 1
& liRCTiir.R, at Rochester. New York, is one j
of the largest in the country, nn l in its wav is '
undoubtedly the birgest in the wor'.d Orer '
12 (10 I dealers in different ptrts of the country j
anil the Dominion, sell iheir See s. Their '
establishment at Rochester hss over li2 lil' l '
feet of fl lOring. and from 20J to 200 rer-ons, j
sce'rding lo the se.-fou. Hre einr.lovt s pack- .
ing mid putting uu tl- Fi.cr and Vescetab'f i
Seed-. hicti they send by m-iil to all p-irs j
of tho country. It bikes six presses iu con I
stunt u-e to print labels alone; upwards of :
$40. ( 00 worth of paper i ued annually iu tbe j
manufacture of bts for Seeds, ic. " j
Their annual Catalogue is most elaboratelv i
gotten un. and is embellished with numberless j
cuts ot Flowers and Vegetables, besides being i
beautifully illustrate! w it'i Colored Plates.
It also cont iins instructive hints and inloruia
tion uporr thesutjeet. of floriculture nnd ngri
culture- The new Catalogue lor 172 is really
the fiaest tiling of the kind ever published,
and we are quite cotiti lent lhat the entire
edition of ." I 010 will be used tin in thort
order. To old customers the Catalogue will j
be sei't tree, while to new ones, an inclosure of
twentv Gve cents will be required. And even j
in such enses. where nu order for one dollar's !
wtirlh of rfeds is sent, twenty five cent.' worth j
of Seeds in nddiiimi tire remitted. Bkigg & '
ISkothkr prepay till orders by i:mil. and bv re j
ferenee lo iheir Catalogue, recently issued, it j
will be seen tii.it they give all their customers
the most liberal inducements to obmin"ore or
both of their bcautilul Chrorno Lithographs of
Flower-, the cost of which at retail would be
from t-'i to $5, but which only cost Ubiggs k
ISrothf.r. prinied as they nr by tens of thom
nnds. ahout seventv five cents each. We ad
vise our readers to send for one of Baioos k i
BaoTHta's Catalogues.
A UDITOUS NOTICE The under-
-- sijrned. having- been appointed Auditor to
report distribution of the inonev in the hands
of Alicn'i. M-(Ji'ikk and Charles M'Maxamt,
Administrators of the estate or (i koiice Ukivk,
doc'U. pives liotico that he will attend ut the
ollice r Tierncy & Null, in F.hcnsburjr. for that
purpose, on Miwdav, the 12th op Kebhiahy
next, at 2 o'clock, p. m., when and where all
persons interested mar attend.
J. G. LAKE, Auditor.
Loretto, Jan. 20, lS72.-3t.
A UDITOII S NOTICE. The nnders
signed, bavinsr lieen appointed Auditorby
the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria coun
ty to distribute the money In the hands of th
Kevra of tlie Week.
sheriff arisinjr from the sale of tho real estate
of Jesse Woodcock, hereby jfivo notice that he
will attend for that purpose, at his otliee of Kt
crishunr. on Turwlaii, tliett of ftbrunrn nr.it.
at 2 o'clock p.m., when aud where all porona
interested mnv attend. JOHN S. ItllEV
Kbensbursr Jan. LT, J872.-Tt.
A UDITOR'S NOTICE. The nnder-
siirned, having been appointed Auditor by
tho Orphans Court of Cun.bria county, to dis
tribute the money in tho hands of A. it. Fiske,
Executor of Nancy Kriso. dee'd, hereby pives
notice that he will attend for that purpose, nt
his otliee in Ehensbur sr on lldiieury, the'JMh
of IVhirdiw nerf. at 2 o'clock p.m., wheu aud
where all persona iutetested mav attend.
JOHN S. RHET.
fibensburg Jan., 27, li72.-3t.
"IJRY pODS fiAZAAR!
When you visit the city, do not fail te call acd
.see the
l?ew Dry Goods Bazaar
or
A. . ER WIi & CO.,
172 & 174
FEDERAL STREET !
ALLEGHENY CITY.
Tbe Handsomeet Dry Goods Emporium
in tbc.Slale.
OUR MOTTO:
GOOD GOODS AT LOW PRICES.
Through the Season we are In receipt of
NEW GOODS EVERY DAY !
Our Stock is always full, fresh and compute.
We respectfully ask the attention of
WHOLESALE BUYERS
To our Stock, as our Wholesale Department t
at all times fully supplied with (foods which wo
offer, either by the piece or package, at the
lowest
Ntw Yokk or Philadelphia Pricks.
REMEMBER THE PLACE,
Ebwii's Day Goods Bam.
Kos. 172 fee 174 Federal St.,
De. t..iy ALLEGHENY CITY, PA.
Aliases of London Life.
By 1). 3. Kilt wan, the -well-known Journalitt.
Tub Vert Lahglst Commissions Paid.
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embellished with 2i ciirjracings ni a finely ex
ecuted map of London, desi-rned and executed
expressly for this work by riuinpnt artists. It
contains a full, jrrniihie and truthful statement
of tho Siijhts. Srcicls and ligations of the treat
Metropolis of tho world. Aildress.
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A
GENTS WANTK- !
GIir.AT lMHtEMEXH!
MORMONISM:
DESCRIPTIVE 0FLIFE IN UTAH f
By a SISTER OF A HIllH PRIEST, one of hi
victims, who has made her escape after a resi
dence of firtecn years among- them. Her affi
davits to the iovet nment, c-rushinsr evidence
aiminst riiitrhaiu Yonnsr and the Elders. Th
1'rophet" in court. Trial and sentence of Haw
kins. Startlm-xdisclosures. ffrfixiswisiuation
oii'l riclims. 4Ti pajres, f uily illustrated.
Circulars. Terms, aud full particulars, seat
i free on application. Address,
l.L I r IEL.tr ASH MEAD. Publisher.
l-13.-4m.l Til Sansom ff Philadelphia.
(CAMBRIA COUNTY BOKDS. Tho-
, Commissioners of Camtuia County are now
irep;tred to pell to those desiring the same. th
Il X1 S of said county, in sums of f ltin, JfOO and
Ji'sxi. These Itonds are issued by authority of
the Court of (Quarter Sessions of Cambria coen
ty, for the purpose of raising- money to build
the New County Jail, and pay iuterest at th
rate of six per cent, per annum said interest
Iwinjr payable semi-annually and are redeem
able at-1 tie pleasure of the Commissioners after
the 1 3 tli l.iv or llcfomtier. 174, and par
nblethe 13lli tlityrSepleiiiber. H8I.
i Vtupons are attached to each Bond for the semi
annual instalments of interest.
Parties ;desirintr to invest in this Loan will
please call on the Commissioners at their Of5e
in F.liensluiry.
Witness our hands this 10th day of April, A.
D. lisU.
JAMES V.. XEASflK, )
FitAXCIS O'KKIEL J-Com'r.
. 1. M'CLKLLAND. S
Attest J. A. Kennedy, Clerk. Jan. 20.-tf.J
OI'ICE IN PA UTTTION. To Mi
tlncl Altiert rcPermit, son of full ape of
Henry McOermit. deceased one of the heirs
ami lepal representatives of Michael McDermit.
dee'd : Take notice that an inquest will le held
nt the late dwelling1 houo of Michael McDer
mit. late of Clearticld township. Ctmbria conn
tv. Pennsylvania, dee'd, cn Tlmrly.
9lli lMvof t"elrnr.v next, at one o'clock
in the afternoon, for le purpose of making
partition of ih rc-iil estate of said deceased to
r,.i iinioiur his children and Iepal representa
tives, if the same can' be done without preju
dice to or spoiling the whole: otherwise to valua
and appraise the same nt which time and plac
vou are reousted to attend, if von think prop
er. W. II. nONACKEK. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Ebensburjr, Jan. 'J4, 1872.
1701; SALE AT A UAIJGAiN. The
a- nndersipned offer at private sale their fin
FARM in Ailepheny township, between Cheat
! Sprinps and I.oretto. Ci miles from each place.)
j containinp 1G7 Atrn, more or less, about 135
j Acres cleared and the remainder under heavy
; timber. liool improvements Dwelling House,
j Rirn. Sheep House. Hlacksmith Shop, and all
I other needed ontbuiidinps. There is an excel
lent Orchard of choice fruit on the premises
and abundance of pure water in all the fields.
The property will tie sold for fo.2."i0-3.tiU0 in
hand and balance in two years, with interest.
Call on tho premises, or write to
C. & li. SHIELDS,
Jan. 20. lS72.-tf. Loretto. fa.
lXECUTOKS' NOTICE.
Estate of Nicholas Svtdir. dee'd.
Letters Testamentary on the estate of Nich
olas Snyder, late of Carroll township. Cambria
county", deceased, havit.p been pranted to the
undersigned, all persons Indebted to the said
estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment, and those having- claims or demands will
preseut them properly authenticated for set
tlement. ELIZABETH PN FDER, rie(.uiara
T. K. SCAN LAN. j Executor.
Carrolltowu, Jan. 13, lS72.-6t.
A D M I NISTU A TO U'S NOTI CE.
-- Estate of Jacob Mack, deceased.
letters of Administration on the estate of
Jacob Mack, late of the township of Cambria,
deceased, having neen pranted to the under
signed by the Kepisterof Cambria county, all
persons indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, and those having
claims are desired to present thetn properly
autuenticareii Tor settlement.
JOSEPH S. MAUDIS, Administrator.
Uincklick Twp., Jan. 6, lS72.-t.
A DM1NISTIIATOKS NOTICE.
Estate of F. J. Harberick, dee'd.
Letters of Administration on the estate of F.
J. ltarberick, late of the State of Iowa, having
been issued to the undersigned, all parties iu
any way indebted to said estate are hereby no
titled to make immediate payment, and those
hav.np claims to preseut them duly authenti
cated for settlement.
CEO. A. BERRY, Adm'r.
Ebensburg:, Jan. 6, lS72.-6t.
L
ET IE lis OF ADMINISTHATION
Jackson township, dee'd. bavinp lieen pranted
to tho undersipned, all persons.indebted tosaid
estate will please make payment, and those
havinp claims ttpainst the estate will present
thetn properly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN A. It AG EH. Adm'r. .
Or his Counsel. SIioemaker it Uerbt.
Ebensburg, Jan. 20, 1S72.-4H.
RJ. LLOYJ), successor to Tl. S.
Duns, Dealer in Drupe, Medicines. Per
fumeries, Cipars, Tobacco. Notions. Psints.
Store on Man street, opposite the "Mansion
House, SVeuatou, : LApril IT,