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EI3EXSI1VKC2, PA.
Saturday Morning, i : Feb. 24, 1372.
L
Democratic State ton Ten I loo. j
i" iruant to a resolution of the Democratic ;
Mie L.xecutlvG Committee this day adopted, j
:i l t.-mocratio Stale tonvemiim m
i -unl to the representation in both houses or
t Legislature, is hereby failed to tnoet in
K ling. Pa., ou Thursday, May 30lh. 18,2, nt 11
'el A. M., to nominate candidates for Gov-
-:'ir. J udjf e of the Suprerus Court, and (should
t Legislature so determine) for Auditor Gen-t-t-1
nt: I delegates at laise to the Constitution
al Convention, and also to form an elwctoral
t'eket nud select senatorial and representative
''lyntes to represent tlio State In the Demo
cratic National Convention.
liy ordi.r of the Executive Committee.
William A. Wallace, Chatrman.
Attet Wm. M'Clelland. Sccrttary.
llarrieburg-, Feb. 15. W.2.
r a joint resolution, ndopted on
Wednesday, both houses of the Legisla
ture have adjourned until Wednesday of
next week. The prevailing sickness in
llanisburg, and the prostration thereby
of several of the members, has induced
the adjournment.
In a speech before tha Heading Deroo
ocratic Club, Hon. J. L. Getz, Congress
man from Briks. declared that wVile the
recent caucus of Damocratic Congressmen
did not formally declare in favor of any
one as the Damocratic nominee for the
Presidency, nearly all the members cx
pressed a decided preference for Gtneral
Hancock.
Geo. A. Smith, Esq., democrat, of
McCyonnellsburg, was elected at the spe
cial election held on the 13th inst, in the
Bedford and Fulton district, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of J. XV.
Dickerson, Esq , aver Capt. George A.
Mullin, republican, by a majority of
eeveral hundred, as near as we have been
able to learn.
At the recent meeting of the State Edi
torial Association the city of Erie was
proposed as tha right place to visit when
the fraternity participate in their second
Hnnunl excursion, which tmkee place next
.June, and in hopes of coaxing the editors
in that direction, the councils of that city
have cxlended a formal invitation, and
pledge their visitors a cordial welcome,
with the best efforts of the authorities to
inAe the visit a pleasant one,
Ir looks now as if Col M'Clure would
liavo j islice done him in his contest with
Mr. Gray, whoso election as Senator from
the Fourth (1'hila.) district, there is abun
dant reason to behove, was accomplished
by fraud. Oa motion of Mr. IJuckalew,
democrat, it was agreed that a committee
of seven Senators, six of whom should be
elected by ballot and the seven: li drawn
by chance, should be constituted to hear
and decide upon tha evidence in this case,
and on Wedue.day last this was done, and
icsulted in I lie election of Messrs Huck
nlew, Davis and Dill, democrats, Messrs.
White, Fitch and Mumrna, republicans,
and the selection of Mr. Hrodhcad, demo
crat, his name being tho last left in the
tirn, as per matliod agreed upon. A (ha
contestant are both Kepublicaus, tho com
mittee should have been made np of Dem
ocrats exelusiuely, but as it is full jdstice
will no doubt bo done in the case.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
was hrdd in Philadelphia on Tuesday last.
Tue report of the directors for last year
show tha reveuuei of the lines operated
by the company and the amounts paid for
their working expenses, etc, as follows:
From the Pacnt. Iliilroad an;! branches,
i'.S. 719.836 83; Philadelphia ami K.ie Rail
road. $ ,642 2d3.73 ; total, $22 262.100 68.
Lxpense of both railroads, $15,305,697.07;
prolit-,S3.89a,-i03 51. Deducting dividend,
interest, &c, amounting to $3,420,112 83,
there is left a balance to the credit of profit
au i loss on acctunt r.f the Pennsylvania
It nlroad Company of $1,470,230 78. From
which deduct the txcei-s of advances made
by the company over the amount rectived
from the united companies cf the New Jersey
aud Philadelphia and Trenton railroads to
wards the payments of interes, t.i vi.lends,
and operating rxpenxca, &c . prior to Janu
ary 1. 1872. $03o23S 23. Ieas the profits of
the lease of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and
Chicag and Pittsburgh and Erie railroads
until trantiferreJ to the Pennsylvania Hail
road Company on April 1, 1871, $784,824.
02. leaving a net baUr ce totheciedit of the
busioess of 1871 of $724,870 57.
The Ilollidaysburg Standard has been
permitted to publish the following extruct
from a letter written by J E. Leet, edi
itor of a rajical aawipapcr in Louisiana,
to his uncle, Mwj J, D. L?et, a demo
crat, of Ilollidaysburg. Tho writer bears
f.tir and ample testimony to the ability
arid tact of o;ir efficient and manly Con
gressman, Hon li. M. Sper, who occu
pied, it would seem, until culled home
last week on important business, the most
prominent position on tho Congressional
committee appointed to investigate the
tdection frauds in New Orleans, and ac
quitted himself with honor to his friends,
his party and himself. Here is the
extract :
Mr. Speer, your congressman, at whose
r'.sctiou 1 remember you wero so much le
j.iced. is rapidly making a reputation as ao
examiner of witnes-es. He is already ac
knowledged a the champ'ori investigator of
the commiit e, an I he g es into the innoceuis
T both factioiis with a zst that betrays hii
dntermiuation to make a vast deal of Demo
cratic capital out of our unfortunate Repub
lican split. II io a little fellow, but as keen
us a raz r. The other congressmen always
give the witness a comparatively easy over
hauling and leave the closing wotk to Speer.
His voice rings out sharp and clear, his ques
tions go as unerringly as an arrow to their
mark, and it is then the fun begins. I must
confers that he has extraordinary ability (for
a Democrat) and 6ay that I admire his vim.
Unfortunately for tho cause of Republicanism
tiio party officials in Louisiana are generally
a had and corrupt set. and Speer is therefore
tilling a field that cannot but be fruitful. He
riiiuhtlesa think the exf OFiire he is makii'jr.
;f Ropubl ican rascals will ()mna;a the party
all over the country. This I admit, but he
will likewise benf fit the Republican party of
this fitate ry hrinsirg to th tuifxce the dis
hocest acts of those who have disgraced It,
thus aa.biiug it to spew them oat and purifv
jtbclf."
! SatorSbmskks refutation in relation
to the me of arm nnd nmtnunition by
tie :ovemmeijt of the United States to
that of France during the Kranco-Vriiu-tiiin
war, the Age thinks, is likely to cre
ate more excitement than was expected.
At first the administration Senators and
presses pretended to treat the whole mat-
ter as an exhibition of petty malice on
ths part of Senator Sumner. Uut, as the
facts are developed, the tune on tho ad
ministration riddle changes, and now tho
note are mure mournful that defiant. It
appears that in September and October,
1870, heavy Rules of arms and materials
of war were made by the Ordnance De
partment to the agents of the French gov
eminent for use in the war with Germany,
then going forward. By the official state
ments of the French government, it ap
peals they paid for these purchases about
$11,000,000 in gold, equivalent, consid
ering the premium on exchange, to 14,
000,000 in our currency, while, in his
recent report upon tho eubject, our Secre
tary of War states that the War Depart
ment received but ten millions. This profit
of four millions was not made by the pur
chasing r.f nls of tho French government ;
for they had a regular commission of two
and a balf per cent., which is not counted
as a part of tho purchase money. This
leaves the four millions to bo accounted
for on this sido of the water. As Franco
would not take the arms unless ammuni
tion was furnished at the same timo to use
in them, the allegations is that cartridges
were also supplied byMhe Federal authori
ties, which by this act becamo a direct
participant in the war against Prussia.
These are the charges which Senator
Sumner proposes to investigate by a special
Committee, and it is no wonder their in
troduction struck terror to the Federal ad
ministration and its several supporters.
Tho World well says ''the evidence pre
sented in Mr. Sumner's preamble, makes
a strong case against General Giant's
administration, though it. does not trace
tho details of the dishorest gains home to
individuals. The object of Mr. Sumner's
resolution is to fix this personal responsi
bility, and drag forth the criminals and
their accomplices."
Legislative Pay The State of Penn
sylvania pays the members cf her Legila
ture $1000 each per session, aud this steins
to ha the highest salary paid to any Legisla
ture in the Union. In New England. Maine
and Vcimnnt pays $2, Rhode Inland jl. and
Xew Hampshire $2 60 per day aud Massa
chusetts $7,50 a session. New Jersey pay
S3 a day for 40 days, and after that "t 1 50.
Ii.in-....... o i j.i
i.Ie I'v J f 1- a -yar , ' Tl ra,t
m given ,n U est irg.m. M.cLipin. I-uhaoa,
ISew lurk, Kansas anl iebra.ka. Tennes-
I see give $4 a day ; Missouri. Maryland aod
! Iowa, $; North Carolina. Arkansas. Ala-
bama. Virginia. Sjuth Carolina ar.d Califor
nia. $0 ; Georgia and Mississippi, $7 ; Lou
isiana and Txi8, $8. and Nevada, $10. Io
Wisconsin ths rato is $350 a session, and in
Illinois ami Florida the rate is fixed at each
secsion. Considering the price e.f living, tho
expeusiveness of politic, and the luxurious
habits of most members cf the Legislature,
these salaries do not seem to be no high as
to warrant men without other visible means
of support making "going to the Legislature"
a profession. Yet many do this, attracted
by othor allurements, and if the character
and money value of these allurements coi ld
be set out in facts and figures by sooie ex
member, we have no doubt they would prove
very interestir g rcadirg.
Can Srcn Things Be? And dow Erie
has insulted Ficd. D-.ttlaM. The other dav
the great Frederick arrived in that city, aud
being tiieJ, foot-s;.r and weary, proposed
to ride from the dopct to the Ilaed Uiuse in
an omnibus; bnt the driver, not having the
fear of the Civil Rights bill before his eyes,
refused Frederick a seat. And his troubles
didn't end even here, for arriving at that
famous hostelry, he was assigned a room, but
notified that if ha would partake of the fur
ther hospitalities of the house, he would
have to submit to eat his roast chicken and
drink his coffee in his own room, aud not at
the public table. Alas! alas 1 can t'jis be
thus, iu a district represented by Olenni XV.
.Schi field, and in a county which gave Grant
three thousand five hundred mjrity? Lat
Schofield's committee come back from New
Orleans at once and investigate, and iu the
meantime Grant ought to proclaim martial
law and suspend the writ it habeas corpus
i iiuscuie Lvurier.
The Detroit Tribune having had the
temerity to doubt the witdom of reflecting
Grant, iias had all government advertising
takau away from it. aod all the small ma
chinery of Post Offices and the like were
called to aid to suppress the circulation of
this graceless sheet. But unhappily the
people have not seconded thes noble efforts,
and the wretched paper now boasts a larger
circulation than the true blue "regulai"
organ in Detroit, and is audncious enough to
demand reform throughout the government
and the party.
Fred. Douglass, one of Grant's San Do
mingo ComcniriMoiiers, and one who ought to
know whereof he speaks, lectured at Pitts
burgh receutly op "San D imingo." Accord
ing to his account the island is populated
with monkeys ami mongrels. The people
are given to praying nnd cock-fighting, going
regulai ly from one to the other. What a
beautiful acqu'sitiou tlrs would be both
country and people! No wonder Grant's
heart is 60 decidedly set upon securing it.
A gentleman who served under Harry
White in the late unpleasantness has pre
pared a short tut piquant ketch of that
hero's position during a noted engagement,
which he intends to amplify, if the Republi
can party nominate him for gubernatorial
honors. From what we have heard recently
in relation to this gentleman's prowsss, we
incline to tha belief ho would make a first
class successor to Jno. W. Gosry. Tho Re
publicans seem to cotton to such foils.
A Work cf Mfrcy. Sl5.000.00 in
3000 Cash Prizes is to be distributed Legally
March 23th, 1872, at Omaha, in aid of the
Sick, and destitute, at Mercy Hospital. This
enterprise is endorsed by the Governor and
best business men of Nebraska. The Tickets
are $3 each, or two for $V For full partic
ulars address Pattee & Gardiner, Business
Managers. Omaha, Neb.
The Pittsburgh Commercial says that
Senator Cameron is a candidate for vice pres
ident, anil that his friends intend to give him
the united voteof the PennsylvaniadelegaUon.
The Commercial thus exp'ains the action of
the radical central committe in conferring on
the tate convention the power to select the
delegates to the national convention.
better fiom IrclanI-Xo. 14.
Correspondence of Cambria Freeman.
Dublin City, Ftb. 6. 1872.
Dear. Mao Here I have been fur some
weeks in the beautiful metropolis of Ireland,
aod have uot as yet said anything about it.
lint since my arrival in it I have been busy
taking notes of the almost countless places
of interest, and now ao full is my note-book
that I find myself in a regular labyrinth of
bewilderment as to which place to open my
sketch with. But. as I seem to have a pe
culiar penchant for "auld auti.juitv' 1 will
go back to the good old tiffiewhen this city
was called
dallyathcliath,
or the "Town of the Ford of Hurdles."
Ptolemy, who, I believe, lived iu the second
century, calls it, io some of his writings,
Ehlana. It was subsequently called Duhh
liun, or the Blackwater, and hence its pres
ent name, Dublin. The history of such an
old and important city would form a large
volume in itself, for here were fought some
sanguicary battles between the Irish and
the Daces, and later between the former aud
the Anglo-Normans. Oue naturally looks
around to see eome ancient edifices, but his
curiosity enncot be gratified unless iu a very
few instances. We had them hdreonco. but
tho ruthless Danes aud Saxons, in their fiend
ish fury, demolished them. But we are
obliged to forget the past while we can fea.t
our eyes aud delight our hearts in gazing
with emotion on the lovely city and its en
virons. Oa the east it has its noble Bay.
which can outrival the far-famed Bay of
Naples; on the north the valleys of Glasne
viu aud Ficglas. situateJ on the banks of
the meandering Tolka, in whose picturesque
vicinity Addison. Sift, Steele, and other
literary characters, had their residences
Westwurd stretches the Phoenix Paik, with
the beauteous vale through which winds the
Lifiey's silver stream, its steep banks en
riched with gardetiS, pleasure grouuds and
charming villas, backed by the blue chain of
theJWicklow Mountains, extending towards
the south, on which side lie tho pleasant
outlet of Rithmiues, the bathing village of
Blackrock, Kingstown, or old Dunleary,
and its fiDe harbor, Kil.iney bay and hill,
and the magnificent sweep of coast extonding
from thenco to Bray Head all forming a
ruccesfion of picturesque objects which for
beauty and variety cannot Le approached
by the suburbs of any city iu the world.
bt. Patrick's catdedbal.
built, I believe, soon after tha death of the
g-eat Apostle, is well woith a visit. The
height of theettejleor towtr is one hun
dred and twenty foot, and that of the spire
by which it is surmounted about one bun
dred feet. The interior of tho Cathedral is
somewhat gloomy and monotonous. The
nave is separated fiom its aisles by una
dorned arches aud octangular pillars. The
Archbishop's throtie, which is of Lish oak.
richly carved ; the stalls of tho Knights of
St. Patrick, over each of which are displayed
i ue uuuijer, ueunei ano i
lcet shaped
magninc;eDt oraDJull
tt,T ... .i - T n.
i tie cancer, neimet and sword of the ivnightj;
wiudows and the
are pleasinglv beau
tiful to the eye. But we look in vaiu for
anything of a devotional or tacred object.
which one naturally expects to see in a ca
thedral. It contains several monumental
sculptures, remarkable only for the celebri
ty of tho name they commemorate. Under
one of these black marble slabs lie the re
mains of the celebrated wit, Jonathan
Swift, who was once Dean ef this Cathedral.
Near the slab of the ecceutric D.-au lie the
ashes of Mrs. Johusju. celebrated bv his
muse under the name of "Stella." Here,
also, was interred Frederick, Luke of Schom
berg, who was slain at the battle of the
Boyne, while fighting against liberty under
William III., of hated memory. This Ca
thedral, built and owned by the Irish Cath
olics, is and has been siuco the Information
in the bauds of tha rich, aristocratic An-do-ir;.i.
r. ,.. . .. a. r
ii. on i ivicsiauia. ooiiie iew years a"o
Arthur Guinness, a mi lionairo, spent sorne
two bundled thousand dollars in improving
aud modernizing this building, so that oue
now can sco the ancient and modern styles
of architecture mixed up. I cau but merelv
allude to the many rich and costly Catho'ic
churchos for which Dublin is noted. Leav
ing sacieci subjects, we will now turn to the
prolane and vuil
THE FOUR C0UBT.,
which stands about midway between Whi.
worth and Richmond Br ages, on the north
side of the Lifley. Tho .Four Counts is a
noble edifice, presenting a beautiful portico
facing the river, consisting of six Corinthian
columns supporting a pediment ornamented
wua turee statues ot Moses, Justice and
Mercy. At the two extremities cf the front
aie corresponding statues of Wisdom and
Authority. When I looked at "Justice"
and "Meicy" I could not help thinking that
JSJLSTica ami rso JUkbcy would be far more
appropriate and corrtct. for any oue who
enters Us gates, charged with a political of
fence, need not expect either justice or mercy
at tho hands of British judgts and packed
juries. Here were sentenced to death tho
ooble, brave and eloquent Emmett, the pcre
souled brothers' John and Henry Sheares,
and a hot of other patriotic Iiishmen who
loved their country better thau their lives.
Within these legal walls echoed the burning
eloquence of Grat'an. the tiorid, fl jwiug, fart
veut appeals of CurraD, the scathing, sarcas
tic strains of Flood, the stentorian. Demos
thenic language of the immortal O'Connell,
and other brilliant, blaziug meteors, who
flashed iu the legal firmament and left in
their wake bright, effulgent gems which
cannot be surpassed iu legal acumen-, cogent
logic, fervid eloqueEce, or impassioned ora
tory. The next building of note is the Roy
al Exchange, an extensive and elegant edi
fice. Then there is the celebrated Cirlisle
Bridge, the most frequented passage betweeu
the northern and southern aidos of the city.
A person here has often to wait nearly ten
minutes, owiDg to the constant crowds, be
fore he can pass. Near it is Westmoreland
street, tetminated by the ancient walls of
lnnity Collego and the noble Coriuthian
portals of the Bank of Ireland. Oa the op
posite side of the river is Sackville street,
presenting a lovely perspective of architec-'
tural beauty, uninterrupted save by the
memorial pillar of Lord Nelson, which looks
like an overgrown milestone. Next is the
Post Office a beautiful building acd the
Rotunda, where mirth. muic and revelry
hold court. Then comes College Green, whose
centre is disgraced and disfigured by an
equestrian statue of Billy of Orange, the
hero of the B yne and Aughrim. This do
tested "figure" was erected by the Orange
men in 1701. to commemorate slavery, jwr
seevtion and tyranny. It was tarred and stt
firo..to, and afterwards blown up, but was
fixed up agaiD by blind, infatuated bigots.
Turning from brutal Billy we come to the
statues of O'Connell. Smith O'Brien, Buike.
Grattan. Curran, Goldsmith, and other il
lustiious Irifchmen whose uames form bright
and pleasing pages ia Irish literature. Next
we come to
GLASSKVIN OEMETERT,
considered one of the handsomest of the kind
in tho world. Here lie the remains of thou
sands who once figured and added lifo'and
mirth to gay and fascinating Dublin. In this
Cemetery rest the honored and revered re
mains of O'Connell, whose every pulsation
during life was for his country. His grave
is strewn daily with swfet-tceoted flowers
and prayers go up to heaven for him who
battled so fearlessly against tho tyrant op
pressor of this sadly misgoverned country.
Here, also, repose ail that is mortal of the
unflinching patriot, TereDce Bellew Mc
Maous, who breathed his last in farofT Sau
Fiancisco, but w hose corpse was carried over
the waves of the blue Atlantic in order that
the laud that gavo him birth might press
him to its breast. There are other places in
this city which I could describe, buch as
Dublin Castle, the Vice-Regal Lodge, &c,
but in my description of them I fear my
Celtic blood would not allow me to sketch
the beauties cf these standiug British garri
eoi)8 without also noting the infernal in
trigues and the midnight murders that have
been concocted and executed witliu these
walls by the paid hirelings of British bas
tard aristecracy ; so I will pass theai by and
come to
DUBLIN BAT,
which spreads out into a noble expanse of
water to the eastward of the city its shores
agreeably diversified and presenting all the
various features froai the rugged aud severe
to the soft and smiling in landscape scenery.
From the northern shore of the bay we ob
taiu a most interesting view of its extensive
surface, with tho South Wall and Light
house, and the mountains tf Dubliu and
Wicklow in the distance, forming an outline
ef enchanting beauty. Tha appearauces
from the bay of the long, low, wooded shore
cf Dollymount. studded by detached clusters
of white cottages and handsome villas, are
remarkably enchanting. The peninsula', or.
as it is usually called, the "Hill of Howth,"
putting into the sea, forms the northern
headland of Dublin Bay, and the little town
and harbor, with the Castle of Howth, are
pleasantly situated under the shelter of the
hill which rises precipitously behind them.
The view from Killiney Hill is magnificent'.
Beneath lies the silvery shoro of Killiney
Bty. bending its graceful crescent line until
it terminates in the r.oble promontory of
Bray Head ; landward the eye rests upon the
quiet, intervening vale, with the mountains,
pile upon pile, above it. aud the two "Sugar
LoaTs" lifting their blue pointed pinnacles
over all. Looking over Kingstown harbor,
one beholds as fine a bay as Europe can
boast of. spreading for miles its vast, lake-
like lovel, adorned with all imaginable ob
jects that can auimate aud diversify; the
towus aod shining outlets the piors. Jocks,
batteries and beacons the sails of every
form the darkening, curviug stream the
cloud-like cauopy of Dublin and Howth
shut in the bay at a distance of a d. zsn
miles.
This closes rr.y very imperfect sketch of
Dublin and surroundiugs. and I fear it will
not at all please any of the Freeman read
ers who may happen atone time or other to
be acquainted in this busy, bustling, beauti
ful city. It would be utterly impossible to
compress within the limited space of a news
paper anything like an adequate outline of
a city containing a population of over threo
hundred thousand.
I have a big notion, friend Mac. to steam
Ktraight to Galway, theuce by way of Clare
and Kerry to Q leeuslown, and then actoss
to New York. I dare say you and your
numerous readers will sing "Glory Ilallelu
jih!"and breathe freer, now that "Erion
ach" is about winding up his ramblings and
preamblings an returuiug to j in his friends
in his mountain bonne, after an alienee of
four months. But you must not chuckle
yet with glee, as you w ill probably hear ence
or twice more from me before I take ship
ping for the "shores cf Amerikay."
Yours, dear Mac, very truly,
E3IONACU.
Rkmatkmile Voyage e r a Tbcnk. Mr.
Stephen Hyland was engaged Hpou one of
the wells at Pioneer, at the time of the ice
gorge a few weeks 3g o. having his trunk in
a shanty opon the flits. The fl iod washed
the shanty away, trunk and all. The trunk
was bound iu zinc, and fl iated proudly down
the stream, disdaining to call at Petroleum
Centre, or even Oil City, but steered out
into the Allegheny. Franklin, tha capital
of Venango couaty. was also, slighted.
Pittsburgh is reached, but the truak still
refuses to come ashore. Upon the broad
bosom of the Ojio it takes its ocean-bound
way. Not even the Qiieen City of the west
attracts this solitary traveler. But at some
distance below Cincinnati it comes to land,
the receding waves leaving it high and dry
upon the bank. In this condition it was
found by an old farmer, who very properly
took it in charge and broke it open. Among
its contents he found a certificate of Mr. Hyt
land's membership in one of the Masonic
Lodges of this city. The old gentleman,
who. we believe, is a Meson, at once wrote
to the Secretary of the Lodge, informing
him of the discovery, and in this way Mr!
II. secures his lost tiunk and its contents,
which in their many hundred miles' voyage
were kept dry. Titusville Courier.
A young man in Cdumbiana county.
Ohio, courted a girl for a week. Knowing
that procrastination was the thief of time,
he got a can of oysters and a license, invited
the justico to his fair one' houso at eight o'
clock, and then popped the question, was
accepted, pulled out his document, and in
formed tho maiden that the Fquire would be
thereat eight. She pleaded delay; he could
not see it. Her silk dress wasn't made;
calico would do. There was no stove in the
west parlor ; off coat, and in ten minutes
there was a fire roaring. The squire caoie,
the jeh was fixed, and tho new-made wife
cookod the oysters.
ChildBurned to Death. On last Thnrs
day a son of Jacob Musser, of Walker town
ship, aged, about 12 years, was burned to
death under the following circumstances:
The mother of the boy went to a neighbor's
house. leaving the bey at home. During
her absence the child went to the stove and
played with the fire. In tha play his clothes
took fire. Tho mother came home to find
her boy wrapt in flames, and so seriously
burned that he died from the effects. He
was buiied on Sunday last. Juniata Senti
ncl.
A large number of American eagles havs
receutly gathered at the mouth of Sample't
run, near Lafayette, Ind. It was at first
believed that they were holding a congress
to discuss the propriety of remving to the
Feejoe Islands, or some other free country,
and leaving this God-forsaken land to get
along as well as it could without any eagle ;
bnt it was afterwards discovered that they
came to fofd on somo slaughter house prov
ender. One of them waa shot, and was
found to measure eight feet across the wings.
There are more than one thousand differ
ent kinds of pills in the United States. Some
cf them are worthless and ir.jurh.m. others
are good and beneficial. Old Dr. Parsons
invented the best anti-bilious pill we ever
saw or heard of. They are now sold under
th name of FarsonM' Purgative nils.
Wb Understand that, thn nUnn;nn l.
-ww - . li u u ii
is quite prevalent in the towns around us
but that no cases have proved fatal. Some
families use nothing but Johnson? A nn,l
. , ere wwnu
Liniment. Our Doctor, however, says a lit-
.picac, io produce vomiting, would be an
advantage.
Colonel Thomas A. Scott has been elect
ed President of theTxis Pacifi; Itiilroad.
Miss Ellen L. Fletcher, of Charlestown.
N. U-. having learned tha jeweler's trade,
has opened a shop in that town.
A Soantea, Eng.. lady recently eloped
notwithstanding she is the mother of thirteen
children, nnd over sixty years of ago.
The Democracy of Jefferson county are
for Scott for President and Cass for Governor
and have so instructed their delegates.
The cannon-ball manipulator of Van
Amburgh's show went off like a shot with
an eloping lass of Columbus, Ohio, tho other
day.
Mr. Damm, of New Orleans, inexcusa
bly lost his will j-ist before he died, and his
heirs ere now using his name in an emphatic
manner.
A Democratic editor cays : Miss Nettie
Grant is not coming out til! next season,
when we hope she will be accompanied by
her fathor.
They have a girl in Williamsport, only
eleven summers high, who can chew gum in
eleven different languages with her eyes shut.
Fact by gum.
Conundrum by the Washington Capital :
' If the President's relatives were not created
to fill eflices. what in the Old Scratch were
they made for ?"
At Newark. New Jersey, on Sunday, an
unmarried mother cut the throat of her babe
shortly after its birth. The murdered infant
ha been secrtted.
Of the once proud and mighty Corn
planter tribe of Indians, there remains scarce
ly an hundred souls, now living on a reserva
tion in Warren county. Pa.
The rece between the Biglin brothers,
of New York city, and Coulter and Cabot, ef
Pittsburgh, has been arranged to take place
"n the Schuylkill. Distance, 5 miles: stakes
$2000.
A desperate young man. named George
Clark, living at B)werstown. Ohio, shot his
ister. on Sunday, inflicting serious wounds
because she threw snow at him. Clark was
arrested.
Mrs. Horace Greeley has nearly recov
ered her health on the Isle of Wight, aed
will roon return to this country. She' was
supposed lobe incurably ill with a t.ulmou
ary affection.
It Is rumorhd that Archbishop McCl key
will succeed to tho pnmateship vacated by
the death r.f Dr. Spalding, and that Bhop
Lrnch. of South Carolina, will be archbishop
of New York.
The first woman voter ef Wyoming wa
an old ladv seventy years of ase. who voted
on her way to the bakers, and wnt to the
polls with a yeast richer in one band and
the ballot in the other.
A terrible storm prevailed nn the coast
ef Ireland on the 8th and 9th insta. Many
marine disaster nnd the loss of manv liv
are reported. Three veFse's foundered near
together, and their crews perished.
Charles Atwater. cf Now Haven, a
wea'thy R-mai Catholic and a woman suf
fragist of the most pronounced type, has been
nominated as the democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor of Connecticut.
The fuud for the Oreely monument h
reached nearly fifty thousand dollars. It
is observed that the monopolists, for whom
Mr. Greeley has toiled ro unselfishly for so
raany years, are not among the ronf ribntors.
A private letter from Fort Benton.
Montana, states that during the latter part
ef December tho thermometer mnrked fifty
nine degrees below zro ; that buff.ilo. ante
lope ajd cattle were frrz,,i in large numbers.
A man in R bersnri county. Texas, has
forty-one living children. Sixtcan of them
served in the same company in a Confederate
regiment during the war. " Ho in now living
with his eighth wife, and is sixty five years
old.
A resident r-f Davenport. Ind.. named
Wheeler, lost - two of his seven children by
srarlct fever, during the week before last.
Last week the fever attacked the other chil
dren, and on Saturday three of them died in
the san-.e honr.
Mrs. Woods, of Millersburg. Holmes
county. Ohio. U driving a good business with
the aid of the liquor law. She has recrrv
ered $10 OOafrom dealers whn hr.ve sold li
qnor to her husband, and the old man still
slicks to the saloons.
A brother of the "Card'ff Giant" has
been qmrried in Nebraska. This one mean
nres. linhteen foet in length, and seven feet
across the shudders. It f about time to
hear the last of such huge lies, b it the fools
are not lf ,Tead. they sty.
John Drumming, of Prairie Creek, went
to Dubnqno tre other day to see if his tntnr
ance policy was all right. While there he
discovered that it was worthless. When h
reache.1 home he found that his houso had
been biirnel to the ground.
The PI ce-iixville Messenger rfTiee pntlv
boasts of having the biggest, devil of any of
fice in Chester county. His weight is 200
nonnds avoirdupois. Mr Kr ; mi a ta Jem
Mc. and he exercise with twenty pound
dumb-bells think of that.
Three persons were, on SatnrrTay. found
guilty of the murder of several D minican
friars in the town rf Augnil. France, and
were condemned to death. Nine others' wer
convicted of complicity in the crime and
were sentenced to imprisonment.
Nearly four million dollars worth f
steamers are imperilled by the existing ice
gorges along the Mississippi. If the gorges
break up a'owly by thawing, little dxmage
will be done, but if tho river current forces
them apart the rosnlt will be serious.
At Brownsville, Pa., on Sunday last,
fi e destroyed Wilgus' shoe and hat store.
Devere & O.'a clothing store and building!
Storev's saloon and barber-shop; also Gunv
merl's building, which was occupied by
Duncan as furniture rooms. Loss $225,000.
Charles Roth, of Beaver D im. Wiscon-,
sin, attempted to commit suicide by taking
opium on Thursday, on account of his being
reduced from opulence to poverty through
ths swindling of his brother. He was com
mitted to the care of tho Charity Commis
sioners. A singular and not entirely probable
rumor comes from Europe to the effact that
the Pope i arranging for the re-convening
of the Ecumenical Council, in tha Island of
Malta. The rumor Turther indicates that
the Pope wili remove from Rome when the
council convenes.
In respouse to the suggestion of Arch
bishop McCloskey.many Catholic clergymen
are endeavoring to induce tho leadersoV the
Irish societies not to parade on the approach
ing anniversary of St. Patrick's day, being
anxious to prevent any collision between the
Citko'ica and Orangemen on that day.
Mr. Job Lawton, of Newport, R I., is
one of those fortunate individuals who has
a birthday only once in four years. He will
be 72 years old on the 29th instant, and will
on that occasion celebrate his 18th birthday
It is estimated that by the time he celebrates
his 72J birthday ho will be at least 288 years
old.
A goose 88 years old died on Saturday
on the farm of Mr. Gould, of Topsfield. Mass'
Her owner had too much respect for his aed
pel to cook her. as is the common lot of her
tribe, but sent her to Vicory, taxidermist, of
Lynn, theie to be rejuvenatad preparatory to
occupying a prominent place within the
homo of her lata master.
A firm in Sliiflii'd, England, have just
succeeded in rolling the laigest armor plates
ever made. The plates are intended to pro
tect the turrets cf the great war ship Devas
tation, which is being built at Port. mouth.
Each plate we'gha twenty-four teua end
measures twenty feet in letgth. nine feet in
breadth and eight iLchcs in thick nets.
Ir is not generally known that the fa
mous vessel, the Victory, Lord Nelson's eld
flag ship, is still in existence. This old ship-of-
war of glorious memory in to be sold soon,
ar.d, it is to be expected, will fetch a large
sum. Tie wonder is, however, that the
Briti.h G ivernment presuming that the
Victory is still iu its hand tLould part with
it.
The Cincinnnli Commercial, independent
radical, thinks Grf nt cannot be as happy as
be was. It says: "0:io of his brothers-in-law
has made a fool f hirnsalf in New Or
leans, and another of th same valuable clat s
of relatives has done the l.ke ihir.g in Copen
hagen, while still another has been discoveied
in an enterprise of a dij-reputabic character
in New York."
The English have fitted out an exnedi-
: a t c v w
uon to srarcu lor uc. livings! one. It is
commanded by Lieut. Dawson, and boats
among its members the second ron of Dr.
Liviagitone. who was born twenty years ago
uear Lake Niaami. Afiica. Tht latest le"t
ters received in Englar.d from L;vingstone
were dated Uj ji. May 0, 18C9, or nearly
three years ago.
Or. good authcrily it is promulgated
abroad that two drops i f turpentine oil in
a little milk is a complete antidote to phos
phorus poit-on. Children not unfrc quectly
bite iff the charged eud of phi spheric match
es and swallow them. It is stated that a girl
was recently saved in England who had ac
tually eight of them ir. her stomach, by this
newly discovered remedy.
It is rumored from Washington that
Grant has swapped horses, trading e ff the
Couestnga Cmeron for the more lively For
ney. It seems to be certain that Forney has
broken with Cameron and that he intends to
make war upon hiai. How for he will be
able to induce Grant to suppert him in his
proposed battle with the old Winnebago
chieftain remains to be sesn.
General Custar authorizes General Sher
idan to contradict the statement that he
(Custar) held the first buffalo killed in the
late huut by the tail, while ibo Grand Duke
dispatched it. AU xis coi.fii ms the contra
diction in a beautiful letter to his parents.
Jenkins, who taw the billet, distinctly re
calls the passage wherein the Grand Duke
most solemnly asserts that the buffalo in
question had no tail.
A boy named Mutzebaugh, at D iccan
oon. was out gunning on Saturday week,
and got shot through the wrist, making so
serious a wound as to require amputation of
the hand. It appears that the boy was
standing holding his gun, with one end on
the ground and the other in the hand, when
his dog jumped up to him. struck the trigger
of the gun. and discharged the load, which
went thrsu 'h tho wrist.
Incipient Consumption. .
The symptoms which precede Consump
tion are mostly of an insidious character, but
quite marked enough to indicate to the iu
lelligent physician what course of treatment
ought to be followed in order to revest its
full development. If these earlier monitors
were heeded, CoLsumption, as a wide spread
and devastating disease, would be almost
unknown. Da. Kbysh'a Luxo Cure, in
all receut attacks, will cleanse the morbid
poison from the system aud restore that cir
cleof life which is too valuable to be estimated
by mere dollars au 1 cents. IIow many cases
are there like that of Mr. Iivin. published
below, which, if treated like this, would soon
get well :
Dr. Ketser : You fcavo atked my opinion
about your cough medicine, and I can cheer
fully say that I have us;d your Pectoral
Syhlp on one cccasiou duriug last spribg.
I thought at one time that I was surely
going to have some serious pulmonary disease
as I coughed up large quantities of matter. I
fouud,my dilate would not yitld to anything
else, as I had tried various remedies, and
after the first dose of your Ptctoral I re
ceived quite a relief, aud I had not used a
whole bottle uutil I was entirely cured.
JAMES IUV1N,
No. 203 Third Avenue.
Da. Ketseu's Lcnq Curb is sold at $l.0
per bottle, at his medical efiice, 167 Liberty
street, Pittsburgh. If your druggist does
not keep it, remit $5 to Dr. KtxsKB and he
will send it by express. Pamphlet ou Chronic
Lung Diseases sent wherever it is wauted by
mail.
I FIFTEENTH ANNUAL liEPOUT
? of the PROTECTION" MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY OF CAMBRIA
COUNTY, PA., for the year euding Juu
ry 8 th, 1872
Amt. insured at last settle
ment, $80,375 12
Ami. insured since last set
tlement, 137,575 00
$1,C47,050 12
186,575 CO
$861,375 12
$88,369 18
19,693 28
Surrendered and cuncened
since las settlemeut,
Amt. insured and in force,
A nit. of premium notes in
force at latt settlement,
Amt. taken during the year,
Amt. surrendered and can
celled during the year,
Amt. in force at close of
year,
No. of Policies issued during
the year,
Whole number now in force,
$108,062 46
18,587 64
$89,476 82
189
627
Balance on hand atl ast set
tlement, $727 68
Interest received, g0 qq
Amt. of percentage. &o., 891 8'J
Amt. ree'd from County on
Bond, 400 CO
$2,079 67
To amt. paii on pnrcbase of '
Boro. bond, $500 OO
Sec'y Fees, 87 53
Treas. Salary, 80 00
Rent, 40 0q
Extra Commission to Agents, 132 0C
PrintiDg, n 75
Postage, 3 43
Fuel and light, i0 00
Ink and stationery, 3 o0
Fees of officers, 25 00
Stamps, 20 30
Loss by fire, 2,100 00
To amt. in hands of Agent, 23 17
mr. , $3,132 20
The loss not yet paid is provided for by
assessment No. 3, which, when collected
amounts to $3,579 00, less percentage.
Amt. in County Bonds $000
" " Boro. ' 500
$1100
JOHN TV1LLIAH3. Wr.
K. J. Llotd. Sec'y.
Ebenaburg, Feb. 22, U72-3t.
CW. EASLY, Attorney at Law,
Office, No. 108 Franklin i!reet. John..
town, Ta , two doors North of Fraier'a Drug
Store. ill attend promptly to all manner of
.e,. uudues iuii may be eatruited to him.
lEDti
Principal O.Tlca 101 W. F fth St.. Cincinritr n
riM VALUABLE GIFTS I
TO BE DISTIUBCTED I.V
87IIi SE?II-A..V( A!,
W
To be diawn Monday, March 23tli, iSTa.
One OrnncI Capital Prize
$10,000 IN GOLD!
ONE PRIZS $5,000 IN SILVIR!
Five Prices $1,0005 ffff.
F ve Prizes S500 ?
gmm.
Ten Prizes $100 I W
Tiro Faiiiiln Ch rrUtutf nnd Matched JTnrm
Silrer-MnnteJ Hariitsr, irnrth 1,."00.
Two llvrre A Jlutfgie., tritfi Sitcrr-JIvunUd
llni-net,'trvrtlt $VOO etch.
TWO Fine-Toned Posewood Fianos. rcrl $S0'1 swv.
?i:t rii::i7 civr:::i zzzzzzz, Trcrrs $1:: tl:z
1 .300 (johl oil' silver Lever Hunting H'utt.'.ef,
n ut th from ?L'0 t t;u etu h!
Ladles' Gol.l I.oontino end (Jeiit a OoM V. ;
Chains. iSoliil nnd Doiil.ie-l'liiled Silver TV.j
and Teaspoons, l'hotogri j-h Albums, Jewel:;".
&C, if., cVC.
Whel state: CIf , 10,000. LII-.ei to 00,000 :
AUI:NT9 U AMKI) loSell Tlrkett. t
whom Mberal I'reminms will be given.
Sikci e Tickets 12': Six Tickktp$10: TwEi.va
Tickets f-); TwEMv-rivi Tickets tio.
Circulars fontaininjr a full list of prizes, a do
scriptlonof the manner of dm winy, and other
Information in reference to the Distribution
will be sent to any one ordering theui. All let
ters must be addressed to
office, L.. I. SI.TE. Zlox SO.
101 ir. un St.. Cincinnati, O.
NATURE'S
HAIR RESTORATIVE
Contains no LA(J bULPHUR-No SU
GAR of lead-No litharge-
No NITRATE OF SILVER, and is
entirely free frcm the Poisonous
end' Health-destroying. Drugs used
in other Hair Preparations.
Transparent and clear as crystal. It will no
soil tho finest fabric perfectly SAFK, CI-EAX
and EFFICIENT, desidpratums LcN J socghV
Ton AM) FOUND AT LAST !
It restores and prevents the ITaif from be
cominfrOTtiy. imparts a soft, glossv uppea ranee
recroves Iau1rutT. is cool and refreshing-to the
head, cheeks the Heir from frtliinp off, and re
stores it to a preat extent when prematurely
lost, prevents Headache, cures nil humors, cu
taneous eruptions, and tinnntural hoat. A 13 A
IKKS.SIXfi FOItTBE H A I ft IT IS THE BEST
ARTICLE IN TUB MA11KET.
Uh. (i. SMITH. Patentee, Aver, Mass. Pre
pared only by PROCTOR liUOTIItRS, Gl u-cesu-r,
Mas. The g-enuine is w tip in a panel
bottle, made expressly for it, with the name of
the article blown in the glass. Ask vonr Iru
g-ist for y A TI HE'S IIAUt IiEstuliATI K
anil talie no other.
tSend two ttiree cent stamps to Peoctf.h
TtnoTRFRS for a "Treatise on the Human Hair."
The information it contains is worth SV.y to ai;y
persoi'.
rt Forsalebyl-EMMON 3c MTRRAT. Pri'j
ffiets. ic, Ebcusburg-. Pa. Uune 3, "llly.
A rcnietty w h::li
for lo year-, and pi
Hurts ot aes. onli
3 o Irslrd
i-i in thouf
e of otirin'' tl
iu:a:ss ef ths Tircii
ju:iiig r.iiinv rerr:rk:iMe cures
inf rits a tiiid from ; who srs scf
teroii; from simdir nnVfti,-,ri r.-c
vninlv seeking rHief. yTill '.
prsjuii irertst yce fr; Is'-? czrti lisi
CcsZUiai Cclis. The rru-8;?ts s.ny it euros Ihrm s.l
Hie reliel and t ure-of it are marie on
jr:s:t::u. Every surterer wm find relief and curt
rlr--51- require only a few doses.
i3s. lias cured cnes pronounced incnraMt
scu::. li reiiovatcs and inriKoraies the system.
Liver -cjji:;t. effective regulator ot ti.i rrcin
7:;5i;-.i. lus healihv action on the stomach cures ,:.
Aj;s?. It is he!.Uh-p:vii)c and appetite r. t.ii' c
kr,;7c;a:.l;-,;'J,"'n'bf',1 i mnrked and prrrnl
C-j... Jui C? T3 is rich in the medic pJ
pi-l.t'es ot Tr, combined vnth vegetable i- a-e
u:nt.s of undoubted value, which make it ni -i -passed,
not only for the complaints enumermM
but u rsjii:? rcst:res sarrtii rrcr-i. cleanses tr.t
stom.ich, it-laxos me L,iverni puis tliem tow-rk,
causes th food to dieBt. nn-1 makes pure Lino i
snd be-ets a )' 'M predated bv both sound aud
r":W,i I ,'V",-"r' ,rti;l'','d in .-my rnv. we know if tou
7T '"l tKist rr-"S of fr. Crook -s u.
ot lr, ou will od ;,.,ir 1. -timonv to its rrrni
ralue iu correcting anv 1U Tint 'fl-sh i. h. r
to." Prep , rod only by CLT723 CSCC2 4 ::. bold "y
Driiggmu every where. 1
lit cereal, C;r:f-:zs 7:::. Z:K!zl:zt
I.:cist3 cf ths Zycz, .r Scrousi n hot
toi in. Iheii:ii:, Iiici:ss cf tij Mrt- I'i
sski ! cf the si: . Zzzpixs, rip:es. Z:U "v
Ur, C:&la Ecsd, Vlctrs. asi cla :.-rt3, or anr
iec liepennuifi on a itepinTe 1 cnn".
diuon of the Mood, take Ir. :-:-i's C-a-rmi
Sttc? cf Tcie Sset. 1' if cmui 1:14
with the It-si tome preparations of irea
known, snd is the U'st Alterative 1
f lood 1 nrifir made.
;ve
irv one Hotile.
Frpard onlv hr
Sola by lrtigS'i-
cutis cr::s :i. I
oral f tfipi mm.
WM. P. PATTOW,
3Iantifnoturer nuel Doalcr In
A I.I. KINDS OF
CABINET FURNITURE
Kc. ISO nnd 153 llnton Street,
jouxstowst, pa.
Bureaus,
Itedsteads,
Washstands,
fide boards.
Chamber Sets,
pRiior Sets,
Wardrobes,
Tkok Cases,
IjOiinires-
Cane Chairs.
Wood Scat hair s.
Kitchen Furniture,
Pod Lou n jres.
Mattresses,
Tete-a-Tetes,
Extension Tables,
Dining Tables,
Cupboards.
&c. Ac. Ac. Ac. Ao.
Ac, Sco., See., c,
&c, 4c.
BVERT DESCRIPTION- r
SCHOOL AND HALL FURNITURE
made to order in excellent style and at low
Pi?e.v - i'abinet and hairmakers' materials cf
all kinas for sale. Furniture delivered at any
point in Johnstown or at Itnifroad Station free
of extra charge. wm. P. PATTON.
Johustown, Oct.M3, 1870.-tf.
Geis & Foster,
Nos. 113 and 115 Clinton Street.
Johnstown, Pn.
nvlte the attention of buyers to their !T
and i leg-ant stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS !
CONSISTINO or
DRY GOODS. DRESS GOODS,
MILLINERY GOODS. FANCY GOODS
CA.RPETS, OIL OIL C'LOTIIS, c .
AT EVEHY PBJCSt
GEO. M. KEADE, AUornry-atIaic,
Ebensburg, Pa. Office in new builds
recently erected on Centre street, two aoon
from liigh street. augS- j
rl Cf-Sii ii
Dr. Crook's
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