The Cambria freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, May 11, 1872, Image 2

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    (Earn bria JTramaiu
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Saturday Morning, i : May 11, 1872,
The Democratic National Executive Com
mittee met in New York on last Wejneso'ay
nnd decided that the Democratic National
Convention should meet at Biltiraore on
Tuesday the Otb 3y of July next.
Fifty delegates, representing the Labor
Jleform party of ibis State, met in Conven- j
tion at ilhamsport. on Tuesday last, and
nominated Wm. P. Scbell, Er-q., of Bedford,
for Governor. Ex-Senator Billingfelt, of Lan
caster, for Auditor General, and lion. James
Thompson, the present Chief Justice, for
Judge of the Supreme Court.
Tub name of II. G. Smith, Esq., editor
of the Lancaster Intelligencer, will be pr
s ah ted to the apptcaching Democratic State
Convention as one of the delegates at large
to the Constitutional Convention. From our
very intimate personal knowledge of Harry
Smith we can bear testimony t&his eminent
fitness far the position, and would be much
gratified to see him occupy a seat in the Cm
ventioo. lie is a high toned, honorable
gentleman, a man of acknowledged ability,
and would make a useful and ifficient mem
ber of that important body. We hope that
he will go through without a shadow of op
position. W have received the call of the Chairman
of the Democratic County Committee, fixing
Saturday, Hay 25th. as the day for holding
the delegate elections and the Monday fol
lowing for the assembling of the convention,
but a considerable opposition ' has been
manifested by many prominent democrats
in rsgird to so hasty a proceeding, especially
as it is alleg&d that the County Committee
his not been consulted on the surject. we
rtfraio from publishing the call. Neverthe
less, we advise democrats to be prepared to
obey the summons, lest do change be made,
as we are free to say there ought to be, in
the time or holding the couvention, which is
too early by at least on mon.h.
The Clnclannfl nominations.
On yesterday week the republican anti
Grant convention which met at Cincinnati
nominated IJoback Gbkklit for President
and Bsnjaiiim Gratz Brown for Vice Pres
i leut. The name of Horace Greeley is famil
iar to every man iu the country, and, for
that matter, to every woman also, "without
regard to race or color." As the editor of
tie New Yoik Tribune, he has acquired a
national reputation That he his been a
bitter partirao all admit, while at the same
time his personal integrity has never been
quwtloued. With bis associate on the tick
et, Mr. Brawn, although a gentleman of
prominence in the south-weft, the people are
not so well acquainted. He was born hi
Lfxiogton. Kentucky, in 1826, studied law
and removed to St. Lmis in 1853, where as
a democrat he identified himself with the
political fortunes of Missouri's great states
man, Thomas H. Benton. Like legions of
other active and prominent democrats in all
tacticss of the country, lie left the democrat
ic party en the celebrated and unfortunate
Kansas quetku that devil's rock in the
ta of democratic politics. He was several
times a member cf the Missouri L'gislatute
and W4i elected to the United States Senate
iu 1868. He came prominently before the
country two years ago a a the candidate cf the
auli-Graot republicans for Governor of his
State. Hit well known liberal views, cou
pled with his avowed opposition to certain
j.roscriplive claiifcs which the radical party
Lad incorporated in the new coLotitution ol
Missouri, rendered him an acceptable candi
date to the democrats of the State, who gave
hia a cordial sujport ai,d elected him to the
to he now holds by the overwhelming ma
jority of 42.000.
Tt have a few words to say in reference
to what we conceive to be the true position
if the democratic party in viaw of the nomi
unions made by the Cincinnati convention,
la the fin', p'ace, we assume as a fact, tl at
tbsre is ut a democrat from Maine to Cali
fornia who is not ready and willing to make
any reasonable sacrifice of party pr'nld aud
eoits'utsncy in order to overthrow and drive
from power the present corrupt dyuas'y at
Waclrngton. A Democratic National Cou-
ant ion is the true and only regularly cou
ttituted organ or body to speak aud act in
Veha'fof the democratic organization, and
vhtu it does so act its decrees ought to be
. irrevocable in the contest then pending as
the iaws of the Medes and Persians. Every
member of the party ought to be bound by
its decisiors, from which there should be uo
appeal. It tprak the voice of the whole
party, aud in uo other p ib'e way can its
i.atoaotiy and ors;aniziliou be maintained.
If. therefor, when the Democratic National
C-uventin assemb'es cn the 9ih day cf
J oiy nut it shill deem it wise and expedient
toiiminato candidates for the Presidency
and Vice PrrsiJeiiey, that decision should
be respected and obeyed ty every democrat
in th land, aud the ticket then nominated
should le uuauimously supported. If. on
the other hand, upon a calm survey cf the
1 tt'itical situation, and alter a full and free
interchange of thought and opinion among
its members. tia convention tbould deter
mine that tingle handed aad alone the dem
ocratic party i powerless to defeat Grant,
and if it should endorse the Cincinnati tick
et aod be.-peak for it a uoiud democratic
Mipj ert, tLeu, for the leasons before stated,
lo democrat cau g behiuj its recunmemia
tbij or refuse toyitld tuica decision the full,
t-l aud most implicit obedience. Tliisisour
j'.tition iu reference to this vexed question,
j -Idiuly . distinctly aud honestly stattd. We
lucv i'. to be sound, aud one fiotu which
Co iiieliij-'t'Ot tlcoiociut V. ill disocut. Wo
wiil oli'v add, that on a qutbtiou surrounded
with hj uidoy grave d.a,'u!tis one which
L cf. tuwi; u--i--t'.-uj aaJ trersLadwinics
impottar.ee. not only.to the democratic par
ty, tut also to the dearest and best interests
of the con d try we repose unlimited cobfi
denca in the wisdom and pmtnotism of the
convention, and will give in the future, as
we have done in the past, to whatever deci
sion at which it may arrive an unselfish and
cordial snpport.
Charles R. Cnckalcir.
We tske the following article from last
Monday's issue of the Lancaster Intelligencer.
From its tone and language, it is very evi
dent that when the editor declares that Mr.
Buckalew will accept the nomination for
Governor, if tendered to him by the Demo
cratic State Convention, he speaks by the
authority of that gentleman himself. We
fully concur in all that the Intelhg ncer says
or can say in reference to the ability and
high personal character of Charles It. Buck
a'ew, both of which are universally conceded.
We feel well satisfied, however, that General
Cats is the choice of the democracy of this
county and that our delegate to the conven
tioa will vote for him. A very grave and
weighty responsibility rests on the Heading
convention, and we can only hope and pray
that it will prove itself fully equal to the oc
casion. There has been a very general repression
throughout the State in favor of the selectiou
of Cliatles 11. Buckalew, as the Democratic
candidate fur Governor. Kepeated tumors
that he would refute to accept a nomination
have uot been sufficient to repress theiiaitg
aeutimtnt of the people, liis eminent fit
ness for the position, his complete freedom
from every improper or entangling alliance,
his unimpeachable record ia office, his de
votion to political reform, bis great public
services and his spotless private life have
made his name familiar to the people of
Pennsylvania, and caused him to be univer
sally itspecied and admired. In Mr. Buck
alew the Democracy would h ive a candidate
who would prevent a complete contrast-to
the mu put forward by the ring which
gagged the republican State Convention and
forced through the arbitrary decrees (hat had
been made in advance by a corrupt clique.
What the presentation cf such a contrast
would he worth in the way of votes may be
judged from the fact that independent Re
publican uewspapers have openly declared
that thousands of Republican would vole
tor Mr. Buckalew, it lie should be nominated,
and that mmy more would tefuse to vote
for Ilartranft- Iu Lancaster county hundreds
of ltepublicaus have already boldly avowed
that they would cheerfully support Mr.
Buckalew iu preference to the nominee ol
the infamous Treasury Ring. They kuow
Mr. -Buekulew's ncord, they kuow him to
Le capable, pure, aud beyond the reach cf
any cotruptiug rgeucics. They would gladly
vole for htm wneu the nomination of some
one not so well and so favorably known
would lead them first to doubt aud finally
tt support Hartraiilt. No cand.d.ite who
has heon naiuvd could poll more Democratic
votes thau Mr. Buckalew, aud nooue would
receive oue-ihiro the support which honest
Uepublicaus would f reely teuder to h im. We
should regard hid nctniuation as equivalent
t) au election, and there it not a Democrat
who does not fel and kuow the atsotuts
importance of c-trrying this State in October.
Would Mr. Buckalew accept the nomina
tion t
To that importaut question we are pre
paied to give an bPaitnative answer. If
itie ni.u.ia itlou be tendered to Charles II.
Buckalew with a proper degiee of uuanimity
he cannot and will not decline. His positiou
i's briefly this: He does uot desiie the office,
and ha would only accopt its responsib. lilies
and caics uudr the influence of a sense of
duty to the party which has so ofteu honoted
him and the people of the State who are so
fully disputed to trust him. Should the
nomination for Governor be tendered to him
with a proper degiee of unanimity he will
not decline.
TLe way totuccsssin the October election
lies open beh.re ihe Democracy of Pennsyl
vania. Wilh Charles It. Buckalew tt their
candidate fur Governor, nuh Chief Justice
Thompson, renominated, and with some man
of sterling inttgnty for Auditor Gcuetal. a
splendid victory is assured. If the delegates
to the Keating Cjuveotiou come together
prepaied to skci ihee personal considerations
lor the public giod ; if they act calmly,
wisely ami conscientiously, ll.ey will render
certain the ro:emptiou ot thisState from the
corrupt Lands which uow control its govern
ment. Gbant and GttEti.T The courteous way
in which Mr. Greeiy's nomination has leeu
received shows tne respect that his personal
Character has won auiong political oppo
neuis. Only the mosi direct organs if the
administration spit its venom, aud that is
haimless. Mr. Greely has maintained thro'
a bfo of political activity and the vicissitudes
of busiucss, the character cf an honrst man.
lie ha i.svrr been charged with selfish ptr
soual scheming, nor has he been the eay
tool of disbouvst poiiliciaus. Here he
ceitaiuly contiasis favorably with the other
candidate of his party. Take away from
General Grant his good foitune that brought
him iuto military command at a moment
suited to his abilities, aud there is uothing
let's i f him. A a General, uo oue asumed
that he could supply by his own genius the
lack of numbeis, uor does his carser afford
a single evidence of intellectual capacity.
Oue great oppoituuity he had, and many
even of his oppoueuts thought he would im
proTe it. He might have restored a pure and
elevated tone to the administration of the
government. Ha might have shown the
straight-forward htwiesty aud simplicity thai
the Ameiicau people have always teen ready
to ascribe to the military character. But
the petty, selfi-h. greedy piiit of his admiu
istratiou has dugusted and alienated all the
honest men ot his party. His political
backers are the most u'isboutst and corrupt
wire-pullers iu the country. He is the firt
President who has been implicated in dis
creditable j ibs. He has imitated none of
Ids predecessors iu the While House, except
it he M:s. Lincolu ; for she was the first
present-taker, and offered her spoils for sale,
to the difj'.ust of the nation. Certainly, so
long as th comparison of candidates lies
between Grant and Greely, few would hesi
tate to piefer the latter on any censideration
of civil txperieuce, general ability, or per
sonal character. Aye.
Tjik detpairing editor of a Petersburg
(Va ) paper makes the following character is
tic summary : A man from Maiue has our
post t dice, a Yciuxmt tnau represents us in
Congress, a fellow fiom Pennsylvania is our
street commissioner, our commissioner of
revenue is a Massachusetts man, a fellow from
Philadelphia is j tiler, iho chief of poiico is a
Pennsylvania!), two negroes represent us iu
the Legislature, a Maine a.au repreteuis us
in the Senate."
Grant's relations are becomiug alarmed
and; suspicious. They will bo 'distant" re
UtioLe iu ct; aDjtLiag febou'.d happen.
The Cincinnati Plat farm.
Below will bo found the resolutions or
platform adopted by the republican anti
Grant convention recently held at Cincin
nati. Whatever difference of opinion may
exist in reference to the wisdom of the nomi
nations made by that body, there ean be but
one sentiment in regard to the soundness and
unexceptionable character of the platform.
It has met with the warm and in qualified
approval of the democratic press throughout
the entire country, which is the very high
est commendation- it conld receive. An un
prejudiced democrat, after having rcjd these
resolutions, will chccifully admit that they
are straight forward and unequivocal, and
that while they come up rquarely to the po
litical demands of the living present, they
wisely refrain from agitating the absolute
issues of the dead past. Hsrethty are in full:
We. the Liberal Republicans of the United
States in National Convention assembleJ at
Cincinnati, proclaim the loMowiiig principles
essential to just government :
First. We recognize the equality of all
men before the Inw.and hold that it is the duty
of government in its dealings with the people
to mete out equal and exact j :stice to all, of
whatever nativity, race, color or persuasion,
reli:i"us or political.
Second. We pledge ourselves to maintain
the Union of there Stnlcs. emancipation and
enfrar hiserrent, and to ppos'e any reopening
of the qucsiiotis settled tv tlie thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth amendments of the Con
stitution. Third. We demand the immediate and al -fiolt'te
removal of all uisablil ities imposed on
account of the re'.ellion, which s finally
subdued seven je.ir ago. believing that uni
teis.il amnesty will i ecu It in complete pacifies
tion in all sections of the country.
Fowth. Local self government, wi'h im
partial suffrage, will guard the rijht cf all cit
izens more securely than any centralized pow
er. The public welfare r qui: es the supremacy
of the civil over the military Autlioiily, and
freedom of person under the protection of the
habeas corpus. We demand for the individual
the 1 irgest liberty o nM3trnt wilh public order,
for the State self government, and for the na
tion a leturn to the metnod of peace and the
constitutional limitation of power.
Filth The Civil Set vice of the government
has become a ireie instrument of raitran
tvrannv and pertonal ambition, and an objer t
of selfish greed. It is a sc.iudal nnd reproach
upou free ii.stitut ions, and biceds a den orali
zation dangerous to the perpetuity of Ilepubli
can government. We therefore, regard a thor
ough reform of ihe Civil Service as one of the
most pressing neccsi-hiea of the hour; that hon
estr. capacity and fidelity cot stitute the only
valid claims to public emjloj ir.ent; thai the
offices of the government ccae to be a matter
of arbitrary favoritism arid patronage, ami that
public station I ecome again a post of honor.
To this end it is Imperatively requited that no
President shall be a candidate for re ejection.
Sixth. We demand a. m stem of Federal tax
ation which thai! not unnecessarily inter lere
with the industry of the people, and which shall
rruvide the means necessary to pay the expen
ses of the government economically adminis
tered, pensions, the interest of the public debt,
and a moderate reduction annually of the prin
cipal thereof, ard recogtoz og that there are
in our midst honest but irreconcilable dilf'eren
ces of opinion with regard to the ie-pec;ie
systems of protection and fice trade, we remit
the dicusiiin of the su'ject to the pcfople iu
their Congressional dittiicis au I to the decision
of Congieis theieon. wholly tree of Executive
interleience and dictation.
Seventh. The public credit must be sacred
ly maintained, and we denounce repudiation in
every form and guise.
Kighth. A speeJy return to specie payment
is demanded alike by the highest consideration
of commercial morality and honest govern merit.
Jtinth. We remember with gratitude the
heroism aud sacrifices ol the soluieis and sail
ors of the republic, and no act of ouis shall
ever detract from their justly earned lame or
the lull rewards of their patriotism.
Tenth. We ate opposed to all further grants
of lauds to railroads or other corpor uious.
The public Uotuaiu should be sacred to actual
settlers.
Eleventh. We hold that it is the duty of
the government in its intercourse with loreign
n.uioi s to cultivste the friendship of" peace by
treating with all on fair and equal terms, re
garding it alike dishonorable either to demand
wh.t is not light, or to submit to what is wrong
Twelfth. For tho promotion and success of
thefe vital principles, aud the support ot the
Candidates nominated bv this Couvention, we
invite and coidially welcome the co-operaiiuti
of all patiiotic citizen wi'.bout regard to pre
vious political cfii'.iatioii.
Hoa ac s Whitb.
Chairman f Coa m ttce ou Restlu ims.
G. P. 1 ul rstos, Seci clary.
A Great Curiosiit. There is now stop
ping at the Irviu House, Room 21, where he
x!nbitH last night, a colored man calling
himself Professor George Thomas, of Brazil.
He is a puzz'e. He is apparently about
thirty years old, about 5 feet 6 inches high,
dark complexion and stout frame, looks to
be in excellent health, aud live and j.ya
himself without ir.cunveuience from his re
markable abuormal condition, which is as
follows : He cau change the position of bis
heart at will fiom the leftside to the right:
can change it to the lower left ride of the
abdomen, and then to the right side ! He
can move down bis ribs at will to cover the
bowels, and if you attempt to stop the move
ment with your baud, you will find that the
muscular power of the action is such as to
knock your "bunch of Cvas" vigorously
away ! He has two sets of ribs, one over the
other. He can cause a revo'ving motion in
his bowels, and if the baud be ut thereon it
will realize the powerful action going on!
Aud he can so arrest the pu;se as to tender
ii impossible to tell f .r the time that Le has
any ! lie is very strong, and takes a rod of
five-eighths inch iron and bends it by striking
it over his arm! JVilliamsuort Democrat.
The late terrible earthquake at Antiocli.
and the more recent, indeed still pending, de
struction of towns aud villages at the base of
Vesuvius, are two singular illustrations of the
blind tenacity with which mtn cling to the
j most dangerous localities. For centuries An-
ttoch has suffered from the devastating e fleets
of earthquakes, nud Yecuvius has, at varying
periods lor many hundreds of years, buried
aud burned the cities, towns and hamlets
reared within reach of its terrible crater.
Yet men have gone ou rebuilding as though
earthquakes were not aud Yesuvius were a
mouutaio dtspeusing life and health instead
of destiuctiod aud death in the tru st terrible
form. Why men thus battle with untoward
fate, which in the end is sure to overwhelm
them, it ia difficult to venture even a guess.
That Antioch will be rebuilt, and new cities
spring up ia the shadow of Yesuvius is,
however, as certain sa anything ia the future
can be. Phila. Inquirer.
The Times says Dr. Walpole has lost Lis
beautiful chestnut mare. She died suddenly
ia harness, it is supposed from bota or pin
worms. If the Doctor had used Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders, he would no
doubt have- had his mare to-day they are
death ou worms.
On Monday Ut a great fire, involving
a loss of J 1.000.000. occurred in Niw York.
The Metropolitan Hotel and Nibki's Theatre
were burued to tLe sruod.
Hews of I lie Week.
The next State Fair will be in Erie."
A ghost is spiritedly endeavoring to
blow up the tunnel at Hannibal. Mo.
A Zincpvillian stole the railings from a
graveyard, and s-dd them for old iron.
There is in Clay couuty, lud.. a family
with 12 pairs of twins and one odd one.
Greeley has but one brother-in-law, and
no father, and his nephews are all nieces.
Thousand of locusts have made their
appearance in the western part of North
Carolina.
Austin Garvan died from hydrophobia
in Scrantan a few days since. His death
agonies were terrible.
A little farm in T xas of 84.132 acres is
stocked wilh C5.000 cattle. 10,000 horses,
7,000 sheep, and 8.000 gonts.
Governor Palmer is reported as saying
that Greeley and Brown will receive seventy
five thousand republican votes in Illinois.
A Maltese cat in West Whiteland gave
birth to three kittens, one of which had four
toes on each foot, another five, another six.
Mr. Caleb Hall, of West Goshen town
ship. Chester Co.. has a cow which gave birth
to a calf a few days ago which is minus a
tail and eyes.
l)i vid Thomasand daughter were struck
by lightning while sitting in their house iu
Lone Jack. Missouri, on the 29;h of April,
and were instantly killed.
Eight years ago Deputy Sheriff Mrl!.
of Te: re Haute. lonnd an impecunious f tend
S3 60 to pet married oh. Now the borrow
er is worth $1 000 000-.
J .hn W. B. Whkirson killed bis wifo
in Bjltimore. Saturday night, by splitting
her heal with a cleavtr. He thtn lock
strychnine, but will rcover.
A fire in Plah.field, N. J , on Saturday,
dettrojed an ent'ne block, including a num-.
ber cf stores. Oj man was fitallv injuied
by falling wsl!s. L -ss, about $100 00 J.
Miss Mary E. Pe-kir.s, on'y eighteen
years old. a teacher in Washington City, link
been cfTered twenty five hundred dollars a
year to go to Japau iu the same capacity.
m Another argument againstycuthful mar
riages is presented in the case of a couple iu
Janesville. aged respectively 80 and 70. who
separated before the houeymou was over.
A young lad named Wright was swing
ing on an awning prst in West Chester a few
da5s ago, when a-pistol fall out of his pocket,
and, exploding, shot him iu the car, fata ly
wounding him.
A Detraiter has invented a machine
which trims wall pater, holds it up against
the wall, puts on the paste and tuts off and
smooths down the strips, and does tho woik
nicer and faster thau three men.
Grant used to set type. Colfax is an old
newspaper man, while Greelt-y and Brown
are experienced printers. F-ur typos run
ning fur the highest offices iu the people's gift
ought to make a g'wxi impression.
Advicos by telegraph from Australia
state that heavy fhods, which canted a ter
libleloss of life, have occurred iu Melbourne.
Four hundred persons were drowned. The
growing crops have also been gicaily dam
aged. Rev. E. P. Wadham was consecrated
as Bishop if the uew Ihtmari Catholic Dio
cese of Ogdeushurg, in the Cathedral at Al
bany, on Sunday last. Archbi-hop Mc
Closkey tfiiciated, assisted by several other
Bishops.
Free tea and coff;c, exclim the IIa ris
burg Stale Journal, is the worst blow which
the free traders have received from the j re
sent Congress. What is the admission of
these articles fiee of duty 1 ut fre trade?
The onlv mistake was iu not rxtcuding th
list. Patriot.
A d'tiuccticut lady last week started
from her home in lhai State for th Saudwich
Islands to marry a man she met just twenty
years ago. aud with whom the hae been in
correspondence for fifteen yeara, uot once
seeing him during that tiaie, while he wooed
aod won her.
A well-to-do farmer in Peabody, Mass ,
had a daughter die c-f consumption receutly,
and to save expen.-e dug the giave himself;
and , after the funeral service ut the house,
placed his ho and shovel in the hearse, and
when the o flia was depOcked, took his tools
aud filled the grave.
Au old colored woman by the name i f
Burr died at the residence of Hector Mullen,
near New Centreville. Cheater county, a few
days ag. She was brought to Philadelphia
about the year 1772. and said sh was eleven
years eld. making her one hundred asd elev
eu years old at tho tims of her death.
In the Mectoial College of 357 votes,
this year, the former slavoholdicg States will
hive 134 votes, the Western Stalts 102. the
New Eocland and Middle Statos 109. ami the
Pacific States 12 votes. Therefore, accord
ing to geographical apportionment, the South
i still the leading political power iu the
Union. v
Colocel A. K. McC'ure. as Chairman of
the Liberal Republican State Committee of
l'tiuiijrl ranU, iaxatutm an ai It: I ess, urging lll
friends of Liberal Republicanism to oigauizr
an Executive Committee in every couuty as
spesdily as posrible. ai.d report the names
of the Chairman aud Secretary to the State
Committee.,
On Saturday Henry Dewees, who is said
to have played th fife in the grand proces
sion with which Lafayette was welcomed to
Lancaster nearly fifty years ago, was Luticl
in that city. Thete is a story told by some
old cit z us that he marched and played the
fife without iutermission all the way from
Lancaster to Columbia, a distance of ten mile.-.
We tather like the freshi .ess thai char
aclerizes the Radical press jut now. Ad
iiiiuistsatioQ j luruals hail the nominatiou of
Mr. Greeley as a herald of Grant's success.
If two Republican candidates biighteu
Grant's prospects so much, wouldn't it be a
Sod idea to nominate half a duzsu? The
Democracy will file no ot jsctious.
The first through baggage checked
across the Continent, us an experiment and
test, suited west, from St. Johus, N. B.
April 11. at 7:30 A. U.. and ariived at San
Francisco. April 21, at 8.30 r. M., making
the trip in ten days. It was returned entire
ly plastered oer with checks, and will be
sent for exhibition to Washington.
A party of boys in Boone county,
Iowa, attempted to play at hanging, and
subjected two or three of their number to
the process of swinging by their necks, cut
ting them down in time to prevent fatal re
sults. This weut-on till a large boy was so
well 'bung" that before he could be cut
down he had died from strangulation.
The trial of Libbie Garrabrant for the
murder of Ransom Bui roughs has terminated
at Patterson, N. J , in a verdict of mur
der in the first degree. It is said the charge
of the Judge was very damagiug to the pris
oner's case, leaving the jury but little choice.
The prisoner maintained composure through
out the trying ordeal, but broke down on re
entering the prison. She will be sentenced
on May 18th."
A female Joe Smith, or rather a coun
terpart of that prophet, has arisen in the
West. She preaches the doctrine of a plu
rality of husbands, and show., atones curved
with hieroglyphics, which she swears came
direct from heaven; and which entitle a
woman to an indefinite number cf lords.
As ytt the number of these Latest Day
Saiuta is small, and their prophetess' only
habitatiou Is aa old army teut.
Prince Kamehameha. the heir to the
throne of the Sandwich Islands, arrived at
San Francisco a few days ago, on his way to
Utica, Ner York, whither he is going to be
educated at the Jesuit College. He is de
scribed as a young man of about twenty-two.
about five feet eight inches in height, with a
very dark copper celored complexion, aud a
profusion of black, straight hair. He was
baptized at San F. ancisco.
Iewis Massett and wife, of Castila, Io..
brat their daughter, a child of 13 years old.
with a blacksuake whipstalk until she was
senseless. Her left shoulder, back, right hip
and thigh were beat iuto a perfect jlly. and
were as black as coal. She was shut tip in
a cellar for two days, and made to sort pota
toes. She had no shoes on during this lime.
The neighbors, getting wind of these out
rages, had the parents arrested. They wero
placed under bons of $1,000.
Tho split in the Republican ranks be
tween the Grantites and anti-Grantitrs in
Illirois is daily becoming wider. The latest
movement is to form a coalition against the
Administration state ticket in Ihe approach
ing campaign. For this end it is said the
proposition to nominate Senator T'umhull
as the candidate for Governor has been
l amed to that gentleman, and he has given
his consent, the understanding being that
the Democrats will make no regular uomi
nation for that position.
Earthquakes appear lo be steadi'y on
the increase. According to best authorities
theie we e :n the fourth century, twenly-onr;
in the fifth, twenty five; iu the sixth, nc-ty-one;
in the seventh, ten ; in the eighth,
eleven; in the ninth, thirty s;x; iu the
tenth, seventeen; in the eleventh. fif:y-one;
in the twe f.h. sixty-eight; in the thirteenth,
fifty five; in the fourteenth, fifty-eiyht ; In
the fifteenth, forty-one ; in the six eenth.one
hundred scd ten; in the sev n'etnth, one
hundred and eighty; lu the eighteenth, six
hundred and eighty : iu the nineteenth, nine
hundred and twenty-five.
We have no dc.-iie to fill with envy the
bosom of any maiden of uuccitain age. but
fidelity to the science of zx.!oavrcqui;es in to
ttate that Hiram Perkins. E--q . if Waldcn.
Yt.. has a most astonishing ct. of a glosy
black and blue color, with fur from thre to
six inches long, with a boa like mane, six
iachrs long, around its nrck. and with a t.t:l
like unta ihe tail f a f x ! Vermont is c'e.ir
ly looking up in the uatuial histoiical fine,
for at Putney, in Windham county. out fioui
the centre of a log near eighteen inches in
di irneN r, leaped, when the wood w s p t
frog which may have been imprisi ned ucai ly
ha'f a centur3'.
A few days agoC-leman Robinen, of
Browster Station. Putnam county. N. Y ,
was thtown from his c.irriaga and had one
of his legs broken, but was riot supptsel to
have been much ii jmt-d otherwiie. He was
engar-ed to le mairiid to a Miss Little, of
Carmel, aud bent f r her lo take care of him
while he was coi fined to the house. JThe
declined unless they were united iu marriage.
He assented to the propc6i'ien. and last
Ttirsdsy svtning ll.ey ere j .incd in wed
lock. The next day he complained f heir g
much worse, and iu the evening died. Miss
Little was. therefore, a maid, a biide and a
widow withic twenty-f ur hours. Mr. Rob
ins .ii I. ft ptoperly to the amount of a mil
lion aud a half cf dollars.
Chom-enning" Ckesweli.. Tlie official
cutichict of Ciiorpeuoiog" (JreKwell. Petit
m J6ter-Gneral, lias been pretty teTerely
liaulcd over the coals in at recebt iuvnt ga
tion lr the (Jotigressiontl (iimiiiitto on
lst-. ffiocs aod Pout-roads i f the straw Lid
busineM! in Connect iou with tho h ttit.g of
mail contracts. Of courhe the m:ij rity of
that Committee, being loyal to "the Govt ru
ment." white-washed Cretwa'd as neatly aa
j ssible in a report, but the minority, under
il.flereut and tn -re honorab'e incentives, re
vralei a few facts in liis case. They show
conc'tiiivcly euouh tha'. the adaiinittration
of the Department under Cr ae!l has been
clracteizsd by in xmi.-ab'e favoritism, dis-r-gtrd
cf custum and conttmpt for the
letictioti if iarr in the letting of contracts
as rewarJ fur political service without re
sard tj the interest of the Government.
This will be fl uted as a p.-titisau slander
up. u the Adniiiiifctration. aud C.eswell. who
is an alj ct and fnithfal collar man. will be
duly kaUomitied by n vote of the Giant ma
juityin Congres. but tho facts no calmly
presented by the n.iuority will silil Btaud,
bold aud unauswerable.
FnoM Gladxehs to Gloom. A Singular
and Melancholy Sto y Among tha psen
gers from Otiimny iu the steamer Ithein.
which arrived at the port of New Ymk on
Saturday, was Conrad Autenrielle, 71 3ears
of age. With him were three dauglitara.
They came to r-joiu his seven other children,
who had louj since come to this country and
proxpeied. 11a was mat by hi brother, and
was greatly affected with leeliuu of j y -
O..o ..f hi wu iwe;ia id lludsou City. N
I., and fuur nons and t wo daughter reside iu
Newaik. Arrangements were made to hold
a family leuuiou iu Nwmk yehterday. and
in the meantima a vUit was paid lo tha run
iu Hudson City. While there the old mau
bream childuh iu his j y at having his
kinder tuce mora around him. and was un
able to ietiaiu his feelings. Suddenly abjtit
two oVlock ho startled his loving children
by 'xclaiming. -Have I really seen my chil
Jieu?" nod fell back powerless. A doctor
wa8 seut fur ; but by the time he arrived the
lamp of life had fl-d." Tha old mau actu
ally died from ovcij y.
TEUiba r Ballooning. Pn-f. D naldson
had a rough time of it at Chillicothe. Ohio,
recently. A strong wiud canied his balloon
against the eud of a drug store while lie wan
making an ascension. Doualdson braced
himself to tnet the shock, throwing out his
feet, which struck tho side of the house aud
turned him completely over oc hia traprze
bar. The balloon io going up. and befora
he could recover his poixe. dragged h'm over
the chimney, knocking half of it off, and
bruising and wouudiog him to such an ex
tent that ha was unable to perform his usual
feats. The bricks in falling to the pave
mtnt struck a man uamed Patrick Martiu
on tha head, fracturing his skull. Doaald"
son made but a s'lort trip, not going out of
sight, his wounds from tha contact with the
chimney becoming so painful that ho was
compelled to t-etccod.
The Ikon Fauink. The present high
price of iron hag produced great excitement
among the dealers in that commercial com
modity. Pig iron, which uot oversix mouths
ago sold slowly for $35 per ton, Dow brings
$50 to $55 per ton ; whtlo nails hava ad
vanced $1.50 to $2 per keg, and everything
manufactured out of iron has advanced near
ly 50 per cent. It ii said that an irou fam
ins has set in. not only in this country, but
in Europe, and that it will take several years
to settle prices j-trmanently. Those, there
fore, who are ia the businesa had better keep
their eyes open.
CrtAPPED hands are very common with
thosa who hava their hands much in water.
A few drps of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
rubbed over the hands two or llim times a
day, will keep them soft aud whito. FUh
armen. sailors, aod others will do well iu le
member this.
A CHALLENGE
We defy all other ajrents to firoil jco Sewing
Machine equal to our now K I - ! .
KMrillE I fEi:U!" Seoul for Sam
ples of work, circulars, etc,
CAKSON HHOH., M'eairrn Agent,
No. 49 JMXtli St., rmst.urKb. Pa.
t5?Ag:ent8 wanted, April 27, '2.-lm:J
HUTCHISON & CO.,
Manufacturers' Ajj-ents and Dealers In
71TMT
liUU-HUil
STCt.11 It;jII5i,
!Xer)xontttl nntt Vortical Steam IZn -giiM-N.
Ifs. Roltin-, racking;
nail Meclrrwiicnl Supplies,
Corner Wood St. and Second Ave.,
riTTsniTi:n, ia.
Ascents for tlie Ifuntoon Steam Governor
KiiowIoV I'aront Steam I'ump', HM'EH
CutOfT unJ Caloric Kuirines. Union
4-27. Stone Co. 's Emery Wheels. Cin.
DEMMLEREIIOTHERS
No. 11G .fcmillifir Id Mrttl,
PITTSBURGH. PA.,
Manufacturers of
Til COPPER ASfl SHEET IR85 WARE.
AND DEAI.EKS IN
Cutlery and House Furnishing Gocds,
Have constantly on baud a fare stock of
Grocfrs'ToH Hnl ?ior Cadilie?, Ice Cr :un Free
Zeis, lei' Ctiefls, WatcrCiMilcrs Clothes
Wringers, HirJ Carres, Arc, Ac.
r3? Proprietors of the cclebratol Patent
Al jsiHinoie Move stielve. II' hlal n;i
r".n7. Pli ICES LOU . Apifl 27.-lui.
Knives and rorns.
SPOONS. 6CIS30HS, V i
AXES, 5MOVtt5, iuci;,'
Hinges, Nails, Files, etc.
Carpenter's, Blacksmith's, and
AGRICULTURAL TOOLS,
?tTTBVBCH, fx.
Cor. liberty & Elxta
Street.
Agents Wanted
FOR THE
FL(Q)E1RI
Sewing Machine.
Wherever the FLORENCE Machine has been
Introduced, it has met with the rrei!tt sre
.e?s. It is the only niac-l-.inf niakii;r four dif
ferent Etitclx-ti and Im vni t he Itevorsilde Feed.
The machinery is iiciTect. and the motion? pos
itive. It run I'ifht, u ml vorv fast, nod twj
course or tine fnbrieo. The Heminer will turn
wide or narrow heiio. and fells beautifully. All
attachment -o with tho machine.
For information apply to or address
HECKERT L McKAIN,
. 8 SixlU Street,
March 2, 1ST?.-Sm. PITTSBURGH.
I WITH T!II i
NEW DRAW FEED,!,
Has jmt been received, nod is now the Ie-t
Family Machine iu the market. It makes the
Lock SStltrli. 1st Simple, .toiseless,
K.nsily Operated.
and very effective. We want COOD SEWJN'tj
MACHINE A'JENTS iu nil oiicccupied territo
ry, to whom we will irive the vvt iinntAL
TKtrM. The ELLIPTIC is the EASIEST MA
CHINE TO SELL iu the market.
HOWARD EATON & CO.
General A icntr,
17 I lfrTIX AVESIE,
Feb. 24, 1S72.-IT. PI ITSBUKGII
M.WntTMimi, CHAS.T. MEAI.E.
C. H. WOI.l-F, TIJOS- D- LA,!' J.NO. D.CHKKHY.
(1
its I sid f. rn
uu. iiuui. uuiiu vj. lu
a in I i iii r ii in
1MPOUTEUS AND DEALERS IN
Sign of the Anvil, No. 50 Wood St.,
(TUroo clours above St. Charles Hotel,)
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Invite the attention of buyers to their Spring
Stock, which... ii Ffioctiou uud i.ric-e, is unsur
passed in the omiti-j-.
I I". " AS'"il for Americnn File Com
pany's celebrated 1'ilenaio ltns, Kubbcr
Keltlnitr and lrltliis. UIImiii. Ilntik
worth, I" HUoii t Co. 'a Riigltaii trtl
Pllitbuigli -trJ. Locks, kbuvrl.. io
tiold at manufacturers' prices. 24.-3 rn
NOW IS THE -TltVlEET
Gooa Kollablo Affonta,
TO SELL t:ib
TIW XJ Dl'lt FEED
J3I TEIL- CCD
SEWING MACHINF!
in THIS COUNTY. Rest Machine in the World
Rst Selling Machine iu Market, l'riee. com
plete, $4..0o. -ire ea warrantee for 11 vo years.
Apply Immediately to
SMITH & FORRESTER,
3-2.-Cm. 14 Kixlh St.. IM t tburli. Pix.
t. i). casey, late of Robert Woods A Co.
T. C. rOQAHTV JAMES CASKT.
CASEY, F O G A It T Y & CO..
WHOLESALE DKALFH3 IN
MIIGiHILi & OLD RYE WHISKY.
ASU At.b KINDS OT
D03IEWTIC LKJL'OKg,
AND lMt'ORTKUS OT
Foreign Wines, Gins, Brandies, die,
Xo. 315 Liberty Street,
Dec. 6, 1871.-3m. PlTTSBUltGH, PA.
piCKEltSELL, LYONS & CO.,
- Manufaelunrs and Dealers in
LOOKIKO GLASSES
Fine Mantel and Pier Looking Glasses and Pic
ture Frames- a specialty.
3-18. 141 WodiI rt., IMttbursti, Pa. 3m.
M. B. COCHRAN.
l'lTTSBUKGn, Pa.,
rr11" IrP ' Woo.1 WorUIi.tr !-
has constantly on hand a complete stock of
bmith'a Sash and Door Machinery, Hudson tiov!
eruors. Taps and Dies. Kmerv 'hwKiltihr
tVCksU?'w- "TH". PLANTS 'a Vpeciai:
t . bend for Clroulara aud Pricoa. L3-.!3m.l
WM. M. LLOYD & CO .
lJr,. .u RANKERS, ALTOOXA, PA.
Ooi i i P" cities and Silver aod
S,i jL r !?le- , ollons made. Mouies re-fS.l-.
Ll,n dei,os!t. Payable on demand without
interest or upon tuna with Interest at f air rataa
"WILLIAM K1TTELL.
. AT-I.AW,Ebenabnr'- Pa. '''
, nadc Row, Contr. t. " - -
Principal Office 1C1 V.'
t-a cz.7 i.s...i..Z
F fih
.. r:
IN VALUABLE GIFT?
T UK IISTniBfl.I IN V
Hi . X . SI JST H3 ,
ift EntiTpi'b:
To he d awn Monday, Jim.. r,i Jt.,
"Two Gr.md Oiiiu .."
$5,000 each in resnU'V
Two Prizes $1,0005 f
Five Prizes $500 ? LiiuTr:
Ten Prizes $100 -2 I U
r.i..-
1 :-:citi 3;r, vj
on rin-toiie ho rwoo.l rvir-o v.
T'-i Fioiily Sfrinjr Miehinct. v.;
iirv Hear inset .' lltiuUrij ,,'t. i ,
Ilviry it(t i Ift in, u-rrtf, :i;;(ni
T' Oz'i H"-'- - . - -
tU Gu!l (I1.it x'fi-r rrir jii;. ;V,
tfi fn-'n lot t f :jio :
..miles' Goll I eon tine and :: ;
Cliuin. Solid ami .lJuii!i'-!'l:it :
and Teilji'nous, I'LotOatV'h AIL:.:..-, j,"
Ac .le. it.
V.'ic'.s r:ic-r CiT.s. C.000. Zii-r ;
AI.I V IS WTKI) ItiSrli 1 I, (,,.
niioni l.iUer.-tl I'r.-mtif m v S! i s
SiNor.E Tickets tl : 5ix Tickkts:.': T
Tl CKESflu; Tw est y-fi v t i f
Circular? contnlulnnr n foil !ist or ; r.'z
Rcriptiun of the manner ot i!in in, i '
inforiiiatioM in r-fcr-nt-s? to tl:c l.Srt.;.
will ix; cent tj ii'ivdnp urderiiig then;, j
tersniust be ai -ires'"-J to
orrKF. 1.. I. SIM:. Hoi
101 ir. 5;! St.. cimi-o
joiisTQwi mmm mi
VM. P. PATTON,
Jtanufuoturer nnl lieulei-
ii.i. winds or
CABINET FTJRNITTJ?;
No. ISO mi.l isa t Hi, ton Street
JOUXSTUWX, P.i.
Hurenus, fane rhH:r
i:dr'ad, V.'o. dSm- t ..--..
W.hstumls, Kit !.ei! . : -
Sideboards, I ( j I.our- -. .
t'liamber Sets, Muln- ( ,
l'arlor Sets, Tete-ii-'i t
Wiir.iriil.is, Exto! -.,, T...
Uook Cases, liinin j .
Eoiuisc-. I Crp!...u:-.!'
;, c., jo., otc., it.. Arc., Jl-j
tvriiv DESCIP.
SCHOOL AND HALL
I w I
made to order in excellent st
prices. i awnet and h::irn:: !': :
all kinos for sale, rut nitoi e ti. ;-
point iu Johnstown or at i:uj!ron i
of extra charge. V, 21. 1'.
Johustown, Oct. !C, l?7C.-tf.
9 3h
C5
p3
O M
2:
tn
O
o
t
W
-a
AUCTION! auction:
HAVING been commisionr-d I v im'':
nor lieary to a.t as -1 l' TI:!.. ..
and Tor the U.-iouU of Et'enf-ui j.
now trei'areil to rre-ie and fitl at !'(.:
nuc-tion till kiudsof Goo:. Wur-.-s.
ch:i:id:se, and :iloattet)d to t lie 'i.r. .-s
f Aui-tiniH-f rat all sale of I.nn.is. 'i
mciils. Live stiiek, Household Fuii. r
&c, Ae.. witbin th- limitof .-:id IS'-i "
'i'erms liioirer-jfc. Iixiuire at No. Its.
fctieet. 3. j,. ,,A i:iA.,
Lbcnsburir, pril 22, lsU.-tr.
LORETTO MAHBLE WUHf
i .fVi
i ij r t cr r r i-v ? a. a
; rr ulo Ktuuuh 1
Ami IVorli WairittiKd! .
ONUMF.NTS. Tovtn sstonts. n
M
' r-
the tinest Italian Mart.'.o n.l in ;tvl,
or workmanship not surpassed bv 1? d
any nianufaetuier. Gie me a call '
before deciding- upou purchasing or i i :
work elsewhere. JAMES WILKIN
Loretto, April IsTL-'f.
LOCIX'S MARBLE WORM.
131 Irni kliii Mr-el, JolniMstir
JOIIV X . MlfitX, - l l l !rf
t-'ic1!111-" x" CAH1NET SLA US. M
j ' c-' "ianufactuie.1 or the verv b. .
Kin and Ainerican Martdes. Firfect
tionin work, design and prio guarantee,:
, ';;e;s resist f uliy soiiHted and I'l -ly
executed. J jhustown, Nov. 11,
USIC! M L'SIC ! ! TL
- - - ii
wni beprcpnred toirive
OF s-T. JOSKPIl '
...--.1 in?, mi i ne riAMi
MFLOIIKON orCAHI-
tr t)KUAN at any
time Ht'ter leister.
t I''. 1 1" t ' I I i u nul . -
to the SuDeriort-ss. Sis
ter M. II i.t -s-m. or t Rjt.
Charges moderate.
Rbcnsburjr, April 1. 1ST1 tf
Casts:
lOR SALE A FARM or 114 Ac
3 miles from bt. Augustine and 11 d '
.FolTL A'tooiia 14 Acrmnf which are clo
the balance beimr covered with good mki
spruce timber. The improvements are a '
rate 1 iunk House containing four ro'iuit
a. very large Log Barn. 2rns pmw. F..r:
tlierinroBniation imtuireor Paxiucsl Mici
near tho premises, or address
r . , , C1IAMLKS MrKFXVA.
Slarch 23, 13T2.-tf. Mausfitld Valley, ft
T LO Y D&c67l J ankh '
muer &ecuntle. bought and sold. Int.
lowed on 'l iim. Ili.n...;t. n. ,,
- vjt'ttiiuiriii ii
all accessible points In the United Sia'tos.41"
Cencrul Uaukiuff business trausacted.
Q ATM AN & I5CCK,
I'liyalclans noil urewn- Ti
CahhollH':'.!
Tifnco In rear of John Buck's storr. ;
calls may be made eillier et the resi.leui'
Dr. Oatuian or at Joliu Rack's residence.
W WJ A MISO X, T M."
I rrtlo. a inbrin -,
Tenders hla professional services to all citj'.
fo the abova place and vicinity who in.i
time noed Medical aid. a;rJJ!-,
Daniel Mclaughlin, a.
at-Laxc. Johnstown. Pa. Office in tii' :.
Exchange building, (up-s'airs.) corner "J1"
ton and Locust streets. Will attend to""
iuess connected with his prot'essioii-
JOHN l LINTON, Attorn. y-at-L
Johnstown, l'a. Office In builuinir
west corner of Main and Franklin sticy
end story. Entrance on Franklin s"!-
W. A. SHOKMAKKK.
s
UOEMAKEU & litsi-
ATTOU5ria-T-
Msff '
H. C.