I mm HlMMHIIMiii,!,.!
THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
rb?'isburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike.
'limine: Itnlt-H.
The hue and reliable cirroli'i n of the Caw
ton a ream an commend, It to tbe fan ra r Ie .
airterathm of adrert leers, nhrx favor, will he m
aerteol at tba tollowtDa; bw T-a-ef. :
1 inch. 8 tftnea.
1
j iw
a k
no
... e no
1".00
t.o
la r"
lu n
ai.i'9
.' .i t
.,,,,,!'! -f Circulation - I.IHIS
. - 7 I ! I A HHTs I NO. M VTIir IT ?
t tnOTlTMl
month. .......
1 year
( month!
1 Tear
6 mom ha
1 year
f-2 ;H !f54 & W-
i v w.ir. i ;hIi in nilvar.ce H.50 '
' If r.ri p"d within 3 mos. '
' if ti"t n'd within rl mos. .Oi !
" if tod p'.i within war.. 2.2.".
r . : r ! V.r.j outside Hi" rontv
col'n 6 month
" 6 month
1
8 month 00
I " 1 yar TS o
Administrator' anil Hxeeot'T IN otiees tn
A udi'or'f" -Notice s '.O
STrav and flmllar Notice 1M
Hiiinr lnni!. t1rt ln,rti'n prr I'oe : p'h
ut.f fqu. ct InerlKll 6c. er Una.
Ufxrlut'nn j'ro--rrdirg oj a" ctri j.f ct im
or to i!y. cpnmurii'-ttfinn' tf ttmrfi tn i ail attri
tion fn enir irttrr o! tirn?','1 in iirititial intrnsT,
muni iff paid Inr at adrrt tnrmrntt.
.Inn I'Rtun of l! kird neatly ami ai- ) t!-
u!ly ciecote'l at lowit (Tiev. Ion"t rua lvr't
It.
i. nnl per , ir will l.? eb-jrjr.l to
' vol'. I". sl'ovc term he il.
: r. . h. .'...n't o l 1 1 1 1 their
r;tlu m n !v!!r(,ft must net
1 "O ; he 1 1" f o.l m:r 11 t 'lose
M. A, McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"HS IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FRKR, AND ALL, ARK SLAVES BESIDE.'
81. 50 and postage per year, In advance.
1. 1 -t ! ...stinrtiy understood I
"xT.,1 !. j
. i tver rr i er vr.u !iin it. it 1 -v -r -r-a .
ZZVc: I OMJMK XIV.
t "r r pr i . - re vf,u tiin it. !f
EBENSlttJKG, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 4. 1SS0.
NUMBER 20.
MA j
t
T 1f fl
'o
'K H 1 1: 1 :ii ; :' AN I) IX i! f.s-
-E. I:t si.i m Hrkwkii.,
' tl::lt t!i.-v li.iv
t.v the nn.ler-i'j-iie.l
--5ui.
' . -f.
1 1 .7.j1;ii I', t i"bn.. . jr.'ij
::.v r
U W. .1. liituk 7 14)
- ll:J
ci ' i. ri' i N.snir.
7 ' '. i ( ...jiitX i I )T1 7 0-.
. r.i i: T iiii.
7 1 ! I-, i-ta Mcil'.u ln.1,1)
:-.: s u' !:.!.;.
T.i'O
. :t : !
T.-.M .!!, k!:-.ti 7.)"
T.-- 1 ; li-irit't St'Mch.. T.o"
r,,,.f,;:t.
; 1 f, o
, . V. S. U.ti'ker"
, 7 ! :-"J
; '
1 " SUM'.
:! I i-iintr-.V liort
lll.'t .M- '.j i I ;.,!;. f.ilt.
. :.- ;;.!. I..r.!i.r!ly
Nl-,.l VT-lifl.
1 1 1 . V. ".in! t' r . .
i:'; :i.'i-."fi;n.
: ! I 1M. i :-! :Ti : 1 1 . . .
. i '.'in. I. "in in in . .
It l-.v! Hrethcr-...
14 .1 h i I. !.-. 1
I i i 0 ' . -". r Ti ill t ii . . .
' 1 i ' .: r! I.'i--iiiiiii. . .
-1 ! i .1 . ! . TJieril J '--in
" ! I An !r. "V Stritt
1 1 1 '. it
:! i'.'t. r K-i'.r!t7 . .
;4 ."-I ;.-tl'l '-.I'-t-T..
1 t J l-.n 'I r .Tel
'. ; F. .1. t J.ri-'tv
1 il. H . .B . i -r.
i . I r. Stew irt
ii ;,.. .1 .v S:::rz-
. . n " ee
I - V- 'l'i i,V.
,' i.'.,.',V,'..i',; -
' 11
. , 11 . .,.,, ' i " '-'
; 1 : . I
' . .!::!. 1 i.i-.-i t .v Sen 1 '.00
' . 1 . i?r; ncr .y.
"O
M : ! 'in 1 'ni en-r . 7.
..: ii. M. .! ':r .1:1
x ' , lo,
'4 K. Shr.i .- 7.
; l ' ti .i ie - . . 7.
i ; .1. !'. S'..;k l'J.
: i lnvi-.v. 1 tiier 7.
U V. i.l. ('::.' 7.
liM-.ii ... u-.
' 1 Ii-- -v. I'ri ! 1 !. 7.
: ; : i n w-. v L,n.
7.,,..,
i'.'o.i
i I V. . V. . F
: i s 1 . ' , ' 1
1 1 I.. I.
! I !
1.: ": v C.niij
;i
IC. F!e..!r
.1 . , n-i-r-ii;..-.1
. . ' I C" !
: , . 1 . . . 1 r
. ' ' . - F- ;,. ..
1 t V. . 1!. I'la ;
".. h. -t
1 . --e-,i..r
; t : ::-"- !..
' 1 '.'. '. -.: .-. F.-i .
: ; i v:. r !,: r
: ; s. '. i:-ii:.-v
: ! .T. H I:, ;,
; : '.v. i .''.ir-'o'li.
i ! I "! ti !I-:iil.-T-eTi
ill'. !.' -.ie
1 : 1 "il.
. i. .r. '-hrl. tv....
.M ' 1 '' na '' .V "...
'. t V. V. T ' f
-.1 F. .T. VitiTo'i
r - x - i : l i".
'4 .!.'. .1 irli n
1 7 ' i
. 7 .4
v.' i: : : i. !.
1 it.!-' .
l.-r.'i-r.
"! 1 .'I. te'l
V 'I.
-. N-oir.
T"-' '-(.:i.
5 ; .1 .!-.; Sriir. t!i ...
It U !.
'. I .Iel.11 1'.. ".arki'.
. T- '', - o;
-II !, (.. l.rif.. . .
!l .1. J.eihey
ii--,. v-i;ir.
' : 1 A S. Mefartn-y
. 1 'o
i.r. i .. v-'iir.
..
i
1 A
'll'""''
...''lUi
m.c
F. S ' r.tb...
.!a:. : Sllrh.
r. .
I ,rn;;h.
!'.-i"- lii.'-i
''ar!' - H-.y!e
! i .x r ) 1 !..'
1 i m i t r--
.,ri iaii tjr!:r.
V. '
- ' ; , Ti i il v
. H-. .jrt I 1. f v . .
. ....' .1' s... , M-'r'"T..
ll.h 1
" J ".'in K" irr
'. ; -a.
' '. I'. Fr XV.
' , .(. nn .. fj.
. a I.-.. in 1 Ki'l....
'ia; a; ..-,,.
' !'. M. Mr!t
' -. .1. IF l i'M'r
' r '.'' i ;.
Ml 00
j... .1
,n.M
'"'
is . i-.i
',.',
f-'.oO
.''er.oo,'..
8 'SO
t ';ni'r!f
M. ft. M 1,-,-iMhlin. : .' i
f.;-,- .
,. ,. ' .. tJ
I; . ,. rt
., --; 'i:xis" t
S. I
I.. 11. '. i:i.'.,i r .'. .-)
K. V , i Ai: .'i."0
T ,'-pii lioxi.-r f.''...-!)
loin, hi"" ;,. m
ra... i. w , ..i
! -' oh Sh. win iik' r .'am
- . !, . i ( J i'.k t oi
Fix ii it i,x" vioa
T.rv To.si,,.'. .;.'.' ':-"
I li it. il. tztoitt. . :s" "
"
.ltUvit'r llnr-o'njh.
. Tb". Mi'tv rmo't.. MOrF.nn A Tamos
:itlifv:i,.. Ih,wi., ,-()iUi ;l.f Si,-,.rn
. Neil ?li nanv mio-i .inhn tim. " "' - . . 1
.!-.-. h Hoi.iir..i.e. sow; I
.'I. Tmrnt'-ip.
1'ern.ir.t .Noes '0 0 Mr. C. Himes . .
Sirn'nitril'e Pnreunh
! .'.
r.O GO
Ivnnr.hill horouijh.
V Kifpatrl. It ."00.-! P.(riv,, M0. :
Mi.Iki.i -.n..rrK '000 Anthony Mii'ne... .v..i 0 '
H'i."'? ife:;n Tmrnthip.
. . 1 .-ori- .-(0.. 0 MMi-J '. Rra.!v
M.t'anrrt Hllv.. SmH l,.hn it ' "
.'"J '. 1; 'titnl '. V1.10,
'0
60.
It 1 rinTf Hproi'tjh.
Vomltrotli
-T.i 1,'e.iiii .
KATI.Nt I 1IOI Si: I.K'KXSK
; ' ''" i'arro'.ltowi Vorouyh.
I-srcr i.i.1.0 '.V. t.'. Sob roth
" - ' 'H
1 "i-f 7'oi ,7, in.
-t t ",,!,...... '
Ct,!h.'7i.i Horou.jh.
A n I. tjw t W .i;lov
.Ml :,!,!, I l.'orou'j'l.
1 .!! eth K.ih'.er.. e 0 .!::.. F.-ti.l
. . . VO.20
'
. 31.00
. ,0(,o
t :h:ir!es Wfbn 2 .:.!
' John S.-br..tb -: ' 1 F. Kirby ....
ll'..'.i':i'r) I'o'rsliip.
I'j.ir.'i: J. S. li wii.i 1 rer
If !!T I.ICKNSFS.
''lets I. Jvh Bevf.;.
.!..! ti I.n lnM'.i. 1 !",ber & '.
'V.v:. i'i:i.s r.iiir.s.
") n F. X ('. Jv.-er. f.irrnlito-.vu
i.ii ji.i.
... 1 .'. 00
II. Hhini,
1 r. 00
T.w ; V A imken. Rinr. .v rcviLrli r. Fiiht?in lit.r. IS 0l
7. j ! 'J ie.i. .1. s. -:iiii.ierer. V 1 h I i.L.u Ir. 1.0.01
7.'-" u .1 .nil ; iir,i:r. '.'.nil.rin li'.re'e.'h I "... 0
7.i' ) .(tin Kim rlin-r, .I.-h!it..wn Iter-uezh. ... 1.'. 00
7.W S l.tur.liert .i Ivi'-k. '.itiutiiiiie.'li Itun.ii-.rh . -J."..00
I. i'.v:-enre X.ii. ( 'iiiK iii.iuli I'u xv n--!i : ji. . . ; j.i 0
HII.I.IAKI) TAIU.l'.S.
', 1. V,". i'! r. V.'asiilnirton Tiv;. . 4 t.i'-le M 00
7...H) '. li- Myi':-, K'.'.-ieinii -. -j t ii.lv.- 40 00
TK.V I'!?.' AI.l.IAS.
'A jsl, i a rt' ,ii Tji., nlley
; . v. 1 !
fl 00
T a 1: h not:, k. a II who :iro eoe.oerne.l in this a
1 win) :ire ciiy?r:!". in this a.
iniii-.'in-iit. tii.it
-11:11. r.i. -i,ei. i l l;
.r.l(lt". ISHI. IvllITi' V'.M tl:i llttni'l i I" ull
think t.:t. FUANK W. ;ri;i,KY.
-May 7 lv0.-4t. Xpi i r--
1 Roticeto axpavers.
.. . ... , . ... . . ,
I ' ' 1 11 1 . . l :i ..11 . . 1-1 i.i 11.' I'li'irt', . - - III-
1 lv '' tbls c moiMvonhh. :, j-rove.l the .'-th
l-.y ..:' Ai-ril. '.V7-.'. relati-.fj to tli-e..!! -tl.m ..i"lnx-
' '''A ' '1 e: i -T-::l ""! 1. 1 v : ?.' tin- 1.- hrrel-y u i v. ti to
' 'i '- - i I ': -r : t'e -tr. : l;.jw ininieii
t !:''.::. - '!'ii '';'"( ; n in l.l 1:111 re v 1 1 h 1 1 1 r
S 11. i Section ol 5-:! An. will ',:t"r.. it the p!:e e
ol l...l.lite.r the t.eYii-hii. :m. i.i.i.r.iuth elc.it i:. ".i
tor I. li 'uiui; ii.i::n-I 1!.:;.-. !"i- tiir juiri.osp .,j r,;.
Ct-'i vi ie t he
Cfu'XTY, STATE. AM) l'iH)l: TAXES
.' .'..- I- ;,' I" V :
;'i: ;)'i;i 1; ; ei-h.
;.:l!!t.-,.l 1 I.T.olj '1 .
! ... S sin ie .1 i! ! H' ri.iiu'h.
-.'..-i.o.yf.-n "1 own.-lot..
M.'L.l.iv. ,!'t:i- 1 t.
T.e-.!.:';. . .Ii!. n- 1.'..
: XV ..:l:,:'.'l.i:.- .?.;,.
'1 'l n -!:. . June
7 , ., i n 1 i. .'iT'ir I-. I '.: iH'' 1 - ..'e-h : .
i S .'er.i.i. . .1 one ". '. 'x 1 : !: -r- I nr: a.
- 0 "" I . . 1 ; ! .! e:ie S i"i -rl. . '. : Toa n-hij..
- , . r ! !.:' . .I.lf.e --. I '- li-l.ij..
7 .'-1 vy,..i l:,v . .Tin. . :. i. :-r ' t 1 i iu-h i:..i-..i.ili.
- iw. i j 1 1 11 r - : .! :: 1 1 ' 'J i . 1 "r.i nkl 1 il Fiio'ljh.
'-. , i Ft i i i x" . .1 :: ti . J.". -... i x-: ! F.--t-o -. j h .
-'.,., . S-iTnr-iav. .1 : r i - -J i . 1-r V.ar.i, .li,i.leeiVn le'ri.ah.
-', , -'. :,! x". .Fin- :s. -' I "ar, I.
-t, '1 'ie-il 'V. .I'l.l'- -M .';T!.
V, la. '-. .Fine : .. 4'il V.:r.l, -
- , -. 1 :i'::--.i:.x-, .lu!'.- I. .rilh V. ar.I.
-',,,, Kn.'.ey. .1 ile V. ' Is W ii- !.
- n. 'l' l" lav. .In!.- rt. 1-r 'A : !.'' 'a er.auh
- ," 1 V. -.lie -' 'X-. .'irTv 7. -1 "A :'.r I.
-' , "li!:ir!..-...litv s, ts. V:.r.l. Mi'.tvillo
-'. ,, Kri-i.-r. .in v -1 W-i'.l.
-". ., S itiir lav. .T'alv 1 ', I'r .sp.-et ller.-.iii.
- .. '!'..:!: v. .fiiiv' Ft V. .1 r ! . ' 'a ail-l 1:1 I5rroag?l.
f -0 i a -!..'. . .lal'x l.'i. .! V. HT.I.
'- Jr '.'. ' 'liti'-l i . .1 ei . i I. 1 ' .-i - r- 1 x'e- It'-rxmzh.
"i ; ; r-i :: x- aalx- 1 . !..;x. 1 r miiT F.e.vi!i'...
-'... F. i I V. j aiv ':'. I . : A'".'. - ! x a ' ::..
i',.; S ii'irl .v. v 17. ;..:r .-n 's to-. :i-!iiii.
-'.,, "I.-;.! .-' .Ia! '.' , ! :- T"'i:i-li:..
7,0 'l'i:es;l .1 ciy l,.,:-."i . F .p axrii.
- ' V. r.l:i' '.i.:'. . .1 l':X I ." i.'llV T'.XVn-h ip.
- ,,a I'!.e"--!:l '. . .1 li ! x- ''!. ( i : i if i n lew n-'i:..
f;.., I n ! iy. .I.i:y ;.. ;-.;.! T.nv ..
- : S iTiir.! iv. .ip.i'-' '.1. I'in-.t Sii-! ::e' B'.ruiltfh.
-'.'. 71 aia '. -i : 'x-'-.-x. U I- 1 1 !' .xv:; - I. ;..
-'..a J' -j . Jul"- I, -. '! ".. .., -1, to.
i'..0 P !:' '- ll' . Jfl !-: T.e.x ::-:,:.
! 1 afl iv. .In.r ji. CI'i-.t r..'.r::-h:i..
Fi-ilay. .'Inly K.oerTew !.!:!;.
7 S , t a:-. lav. .1 a! v : l . Sa-.,H"ha aa i Toivr.'bip.
7"" M-I. '!:".". A'.iM-t;.':i'T..:!l"!l Korollitll.
7 :'0 iee-iay. .lii'ju.' :. 'nrr-.!! Ton nh' j.
Welie -'-.1 ay, Ai'uo-' 4. Fair l'"xvn-ii ; ..
ThnT'-a a". A aa - a. Fl i -k ! i'-ix T'"vn-hlp.
Ft, lay. J ucn-' '-. Ja 01 T'-xvn- r: i j 1.
S tlir.i.ix. .xlla-t 7. '.la-.i'ri:. T. evil-I, ; .
JF. 11. :..v" A. it 11 t o. I.'-i War-!. !i'n lii"jrir Hora".
- Til. . l-.'y, Ai:au-t I". We-'t Wilfl.
V.'i'.l::.- lav, .'xiiLi'i-r 11 . 'I'-' - I"T T- wn-h ip.
Th or- l.v.'A'lil-t U. "or aaa aj h T. v7;i-l.!..
I".-.-! v. Alv.'.-t !-a 1; ,'a:'..i rel 1 'ovn-h il.
f.V'J Satar lay. nii-t 14. A 1:1 111? 'I"eW(llil.
A.tcl. in n'.v ri.i''e wi!!! the S-ownil SclioTifl
7.' 1 i'el Act, ..: st 1 1 lave t-ai I to t'l.i T'r.-.i.-nrcr Lei. ro
t 1 1 ? -t .1 iy "! Sea i.e.cr t :; : xx :':! h-. a r'cn 'ii-:
nf .'. . t ' '.'i'., xxhi'e-.: irri.l'. 'lit' l,r cai'fui to all
t . 1 i I . 1 1 1 lax. - iHel pin -e.l in tia- ham!-: ..I .in oMli-er
'or roil, eta. 11. A.N PKl.U A F.AI 1I.KY.
( .'lt:ify 1 l-ea-lir;-r.
'. Trc3.:iri:-r'. ' !!leo. I!l.en-lair-. May 4, lssw.-4t.
. ..
rpiJIAI. LIST. i-r.-'
fi.'t down for
1 tr:
Trio l at :l ""ii it '! i:l me a Fie i tn he hill
at Fh.oi-' 'iri'. ler the eeantv ".. 111 1 .1 i.i, rn-
iii'-ma 11 0:1 M,i;ii'i:. Jun-- 7, i - ' -
.iii.!'7ia Ciaintv v. Tr'a.'s'l" : "'Irlixven vs. I,en;r.
V" :rn.;r;:
.xi.r ; .1 I'liis lleary J. t,.eir - l.ve, inei.-. 1, ujurtl
7.1 (en,' ; i in' I ".a . j ) 1 - Fire lti-ii'ta-e 1 'oiiipany of
7i F-'Ur'. iv:: nia John ' ia:r, . ...oic ..'! -if ; Salad
vi. Fx ai:!i'-nl I.n 1 h.-i 1 .1 'T..i-.':i .a Ji.lili-t..'.vn :
i S:i!ii vs. J- !at i -it. ; s.i i.. vs. F. M.Jc .1. Itrowti ;
: same ,s. Lewis Fin: s.-me x -. Jam.-s .. t.t.
v" S-ei"; S. I!. Ixar:-- x . Fiikci-- ;i i
'" ,ttrv xs. I'!.,it":-x : li..r.l-r : l.'iM.-tt t Iws
1 , o,r i;s., v. all Iv-ii:': : I ni "n I i --e 1 11-air nice
- or, "'.to ; :i ii y xs. Hark: Sune -. W.ianer: S.nnr vs.
Viha'-r- Same vs. .Mal-y: S.une-. Mark: Siiine
. -. Far'i'Ti: Sl'lie -. Ivory: Same v. Krater:
7.1.0 Fni.llrv'H lix' -litri is. Hi -ha 11 : lliirav, Httrns'
HiS'iSvS
vs. Fox 1. "i FM'-at.rs : .'.f.-I. v.Jclael iii : lei
I-.xt ''ir-rs : Keane-v v.-. A. Fcni.-i et nl. : John
' hoM -.a. Sr,n.' ' -i t : ll.i-l et :il. s. .smith i t nl. :
1-: i hi ii :. ."I ' '.. .-:tiei : r;min-r Fio;nier:
aui i'!t.a-i.n vs Fattrr-'.ii : l.a nxrhein .V. I lionias vs.
i'.tt.-rs'.n vs Fattrr-'.ii : l.a nirhein .V. Tlionias vs
.'..' ,"v -U'i........ '
SliimHe : ( 'r ', -. N -!
('. I '. ( i iii )M.I.r Fri ttir-iTiotary.
I'r 'lion'.t.'uy-'. ( i.-;!.-r, Fl rnsoiir. May 1-Sa.
4 i.MIMTt:.TO!!'S NOTICE;.
i V
F-tnter.; Ii.xvin 1 1 r -.-i.eit. .'.ec'il
ta-.f-r- .a !mlni--;i-ition on tiir r-t:i-e o: i ..ivi.i
He-mar late of o a - a ' niri "ii t-evn- Via. .lece.-i.se. I
.Vi wi h ix !ny l-r-.i irninl I '" t!.e i, a ! rr-: x; ai- I. a ! 1 tr-Iiel-t.tf.!
to - H i P-..'" i'rr! Ie r.-VV I. . TillP 1
that i:.ii."-i !- '-'V a at lee-t he .,i !.. iiif! t!e.-e
'".'' !:a -, : rx -I 'ae- .lost the a:nr v 1 1 1 ;.r-i'::t the tit
iTeeer:'.- ..a-loi all'-t.-l ' e- ' " '."ni'I I .
CIIM'.li FFV!'i.!i. linlnistrntor.
,,,v, V;i !tin-.:t-.ii '!';'.. :, lSio.-Ot.
A
I'M! x J st i ; a i ' i r s x .T i ( i :.
1 ,r ' i - I - ...s a.ii.i oil' ' r 1 1 ion en the f-'ntc o Alirv
Aral I.'ilrer. late ol t'a.-r .l! I .wra-ai-i. lre:isr,l.
Invi tot ''"-'n iri-iiif... to :itr u . m .-r- in ti.-.I. n't -.or-
on. tii'l-l't-'I to 6:i'.l I'.tt!'' are he:-ei.y Ti.tin.al
I In l lei ite.al ;:' t- pa x nii'iit in a t l ' m a le. .lie! 1 lee
li:i iriit rl : : nis a i. i,-I the saiar '.rili pre l.t I hem.
iropriy :;:iTl.cn' i.-.i f.-.l, ier setiieiiixoit.
. . . l.l 1 III. IX. .1X11. I I II I T X ...'' 1 .
Cirr .'! Tw... a. ay 14. ".i0.-'l
Iv;,:-
; i:-"TT (il'S XOTM K.
la" oi ."! M'.K Kn;r.AIIAN". ''e-'.l.
e airii'ar. ral tie- . -t it- .'t ,'l.irK Jvii-
: ii. h""'l l'i-a:!.e'!'l t-.n-lni.. .Irr.'i-r.l. h-ivo
' r. a .-r.i.t.' 1 to Ho- ::::.! I'-oifa- I. re-.. if:.' in Fie
Ti.-.x-i vt-.ip. Ail I r-- r,--- i.a! ! I to sji.l f-s-
t.v.- xv :: ; lea-.- m .! i' 'vi!'."TT! xxlihotit ,.l:iy. and
Fee- I,,;-. ...-m .li'.-inst ttlf 'rTl'l' Wll IT-'Cnt
. tll.-lil. To'll.V froVlt-i. to' f !et(le!ir.
.:-.l tl I.I'.lxl.-eii.i., r-x" urn.
Cleai-fiel.l Tw... ..lay l. ls-O.-tit.'
' Ss'a.x.'laie ol ('-ro'yie't ,-vn-..i.. ,eee,.r,1. hnnnir
i,,e.i Krat:ie.i to tl..-i.Ti.'rsro.l. r.'iee : ioa-rey
i-Keii to Ih'.-e in. 1-I ! to si i I c-1 a I e to nm 1 1 -
in';.1'- .iamimkisI.i. i..v..ut..
' ' '''
rr-. i e.... i
till" I..- 1 IK liis: ;.tio liilitl ;n i '"nix
"I .l.nift W'OiFn. ,--l-'iire ( .unr.-i Mr-
.ir-t.t.tN. ha lic-ii lili I in t!i- F.oi!;,)iiot.ir '.- I t!t-e
o! I 'an hr.a eoniity. a'i'l ail h-pre-onteil. I-r I no
:iri ion ol t ti't oiirt oi "iiniinii i icii" oi pnii i-uun-
. on A.'xirt ..'... tlt l'.fi nf Jnr ruxt.
f. F. OT)VFFl., I'rotlionot try.
I'rothor.otiuyf lalU--.-. !.:. n.-oura. -May 15. l?-i.-3t.
r '
' r A Si J II LI4. I V. H'j ' I. ')., V. y.
M. .J. 15n-k,
I. A. Sliin.'.icor. -V. W. JJuok.
JOHNSTON.
SHOEMAKER & BUCK,
BANKERS,
EBENSBURG, Pa.
.0 11
; is
'Xl !
PATARI.E OX DF.M.1SD.
; INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIM DEPOSITS.
1
COLLECTIONS MADE
AT ALL A" rSSIBLE I'Ol NTS.
DRAFTS on the PRINCIPAL CITIES
nonshl and Hold, anil a
! GENERAL BANKING KESINESS
TK.VNS.( TKD.
j Aoc'ount i li?itol.
A. W. BUCK, Cashier.
i l;iien-ln:rx. .March ly. liso.tf.
j.iuiiKiiyiio.,
ii :ai.i:ks in-
Dry Groocls,
Xaiicy Groocls,
CLOTHIa
OTIONS,
- j si 1 -fc 'V lYI - TTTI O
: GrllOCEHIliS, &c,
CAKnOLLTOWN. PA.
NEW GOODS RECEIV'D WEEKLY
AXll ALWAYS MH.I) AT THE
Tim r 1 - tr tii.ru titirunn
Lit I LU Vt LO 1 l lilUtiO.
9 S'AVII I'A1I FK ( OIATBT I'ilO
1)1 H tien -.. .Is nrc not ! I reI.
j. vi. shai:hafm f.ro.
"arr. lltown, Afar' h la ls-a.-tr.
B T. LVXC'I I,
?!a!i!ifi"otnr'r anil Ie.Jor In
HOME AND CITY MADE
FURNITURE!
mi;?, m suits,
L0!:X(IKx, BEDSTEADS,
TABLES, CHAIRS.
MATTRESSES, &c,
lCiiG ELEVENTH AVENUE.
IJelv.eei! K-tli mid 171!i Sfs.,
Altoonrt Perm'a.
:--( ;Ti..-r. - of ('nlTir, fciiiiiv nril otTvr-1
v:-hinir Tm j.ir.-fiR-o li-HM-f KI'iJAl l'l" H K. Mo., at
L-)iH--T j.r: --- ar-'1 r- p ' Mi!i Jnv:t'-1 to ivo ino n
ra 11 t -tr Luyii.-r t-i-cwlt-r. a I am rti;ri vrt
Tl; tt I fir- i!i"T ev'-rv want unl i"..tv t:,tP.
IT;-"t;iov.'Tv ..w.-t. JL J. lA'S'C'H.
A lto'c-i-i, April 1c. 1 -vt-.-ti
ixnarATEn ix ih-57.
STRICTLY ON MUTUAL PLAN.
PROTECTION MUTUAL
HuEIIISURiliCfCOn
OF EBENSSURC, PA.
at ll 1 am ...
ii.Mimuk tM'ii ,2 .wi3 Wli.ib.ai
Onlv Five AssesMiients in 22 Years.
NO STtAM MILLS TAKtN.
. Good FARM PROPERTIES
K V PKCI. 1 . . F 1) IKED.
GEO. M. READE, President.
: j if DICK. Secretary
:
- Kheui-hurir, .Ifn. SI. ISmi -ly.
it. i i h p:2ntcii,
I'Exi.Kit in st::h ri.Y ft r.i:
. WHITE LEAD, LKHSEED Oil,
- 3
MIXED PAINTS Reinly for Use,
iiairt,iii f,a iiiK;;fii iiiih iii
l'l 1 1 l Will 11. ( i I J to
Varnish and Paint Brushes,
AMI A FCI.I. MM! OF
t j . K "."i. tr HUt . I .V tI.7.
f "tieaprr thiin liny wJo-re r .- in t ho city.
HEMCH, THE PAINTER,
I'MH Avoniif ami 10t!i Sfrc-et,
' r-"-J AI.TOO.VA, I.. "m
rVscNEYLN II YEAGER,
"M FAf-TfH'.-ItS i'Y
Tm, Copper mi Sheet-Iron WARE,
A:r tirxLKiTs I.v
COOKIMJ&IIEATINii STOVES,
i:x;i:s, rs nwcis, itr
1 10s ITeveiith At:mp, . AMoona, Ia.
trip Poor Weil of Onera Ilou-r.
nooriNii and sroi iing
n:nvpTTT .m-kx.:i t".
Kf FAIKS KR STOTKS ()sTTl.T IIAD.
AlPiona. I 'et. 10, isT'.i.-tf.
'"' V'l .r-rt .V '..ro'e'o, mi'l'iV ea Ti-'i (uli
,,.,.,.,,.,., e ,c., .".,.. '-xi
( , . Tn.'-ol-iv f-mvl!
t.An rrr,.,., ..x,nv. wnrW w, ,. wp.,
to irix'.' Tiie a e.:'l. I . in prrparcl to inini-h hnl
. '' "'" I" ""I m an i t-'t oppi-
ii'mn. tx-rtni nl ns to niv i rn'i-xsloti in a infaetorv
BianttT atl.l :ir t'ie ..xve-r .."iiiif prifi.
f S-Cl.'si.-T 1. 1 M. R. li. . K I-.I-It Y. K. I). S.
-pni-in hiiiiiihtiii.. ret mri rnst-'ellin pe-
M tor al Hor.ks n. HiMes. Prices re.liieerl Xi i.tT
J ot-ni. Natkj.vil Hini.isniNrj Co hilarF.x I'm
I . ' !
i CtASf' l r'rri-iy at ),e;ne. S imple-, worth
la, Mailt. t;2-lV, 70 -iy .
; It. I.. Johns!
AN ADVE.NTl KE IN THE FAR W F.ST.
BY OEOKGE W. ABBEY.
It was in the last week of June, 179. I
left (Jother, a new nmiing town on the East
j Fork of the Grand Fie, a plane wiiich takes
j its name from the peculiar shapf of the
j mountains which surround it, to prospect on
1 the west side of the main rone as far north
las Eagle Tine. We leftfiother hy a trail
j leading noltli up Copper Creek, which heads
; in the Maroon mountains opposite the head
1 of a creek of the same name which flows
! north into the Hoaring Fork of the Grand
: Pie. Much as I love the prand old Sierras,
the span called the Maroon mountains has,
I to tn", something peculiarly attractive about
1 it, being nearly as hiah as the highest peaks
1 in the? range. U takes its name from the.
: color of the. rock of which it is composed,
; being above timber of a bright maroon color,
! interspersed with a lighter-colored strata,
' which dips slightly to tlie west. The inroads
of time and the decomposing elements have
worn away the rook, leaving the distant peaks
in the shape of pyramids, steeples, domes ami
towers which compare in beauty and cran-
deur with the finest architectural work of
i human hands.
It being late when I lcfcGother I did not
, cross the divide over on to Maroon creek un
I til the next morning. While on the lange
i above timber line I discovered that the tim
I ber was on lire six or eight miles lower down
the Creek. Our party pushed along as fast
i as the unfavorable condition of the trail and
country would permit. Toward the middle
of the afternoon we went into camp in a lit
, tie willowy flat about three-fourths of a mile
from where the fire was sweeping everything
before it. The fire was much nearer to us on
the east side of the stream than on the west,
' so I started down on the west ide to set'
what the chances were for getting through
1 below it. We had not gone very far when I
discovered that the lire hail crossed thecreek
belnnd us, and we had to make our he-t time
back to pi event being surrounded. IJy the
next morning the lire had suflieieiitly coii
, snmed the timber along the stream so that it
was possible t get below it, and we traveled
along for several miles down the canyon, j
when we discovered another burning district
below us. We came-to another willowy flat
. "f "I'o'ttan ace at noon, so we unpacked
our animals to iv them :i chance to graze,
while we ate a lunch resirntory to iMishino
mr way tln nnh an.1 beyon.l the fire. After
stoiiii'nio- an h.nir or so, we s-a.hl'ieil up ami
starteil. Matters at fust seenieil favorable,
as the winil hail ne ilown anil the fire iliii
not seem to be as furious as it was a short
time before. When we jef; c imp our trail
leil aliiin: the sile of the mountain, a little
way from the creek, which entered a narrow
defile Ixaow us. r.efore we had Tzmie half a
mile we -oat into the hie, which had first fed
upon the faileii timber and dead trees, the
latter coiistai tly falling around us. The
ground in jdaces was covered with dry jiine
: leaves and bouelis to the ih-ith of four or five
inches, which were soon in fiarr.es, and so
burned .our horses' feet that I thonebt best to
dismount and go il on font. We traveled as
fast as we could, hoiiim to get j.;it the fire
as soon as n.ssj!i,. ' lM-at was growing
iiiten'-e, and it soon became so hut for us we
, could go no farther. We concluded to grin
! and bear it until it had burned itself out, but
suddenly the wind sprang uji, and in an in
stant almost everything seemed aglow with
lire. The place when; we stood, and which
a moment before was a bed of smouldering
iiiihi-rs, now became a hissing, crackling
mass of limning coals. In ;i moment our
pack mule gave up and feil down by the side
of a burning log. The pack lashed to him
was soon afire. I had been foolish enough
to take with me into this place a sixteen -pound
can of blasting powder, wrapped in a
guuny-sack. which I had strapped to that
mule. Here was a new and tTiible danger
i threatening us. How to get the can of pmv
; der oiT that mule before some llying spark
should reach it was our lirst thought. Kvery
moment was fraught with terror, for if it
should explode while we were hemmed in
with fallen timber on every side some lives
, might be saci diced. The anxiety to save our
, propiity made us hazard the elTntt. We
tried our mightiest for a while ttVreiuove the
pack, but it was no use as the pesky critter
was lying on the lash ropes. s.o we left him
to nis fate and moved along a little to await
i the explosion, which we thought sure must
come very soon.
I confess I felt no little curiosity as to
i where the biggest iart of that mule would
land when the upheaval took place, and as
we stood around joking about this most se
rious matter serious not to the mule alone,
but to ourselves as well we failed to notice
' that the wind had freshened into a gale and
that the tire was sweeping through the foliage
of tht; pine and spruce trees under which we
had taken shelter. Sprigs of fire were torn
lrom the burning wood and blown in show
ers, which kept us busy knocking away the
, hot embers that fell upon us. Our horses
' suffered terribly, and it was as much as we
j cou'. d do to keep them from rushing head
long down the mountain. They floundered
around as if they were possessed by evil
spirits. I expected every moment they
, would go down. The old fellow wiio was
with me seemed to feel the effects of the fire
and smoke more than any of us, and. kept
gapping out. "Oh, my lungs; my lungs!"
until his lamental ions became most pitiable.
: To proceed on our way was impossible, to
i remain where we were was certain death,
i Our only way of retreat was past that mule:
Imagine tht? situation if you can. The mule
i had fallen so as to completely block the way,
j and at any moment that can of powder might
. go off, and two to one everything within a
' radius of a hundred feet would be blown to
i . ,
piece. I wailed a few moments for the ex
plosion, which did not come. The heat was
' getting terrible. I w.ts compelled to keep
my eyes partly closed to save my sight. My
whole body grew numb and heavy and my
. throat parched. I realized that it had he
i come with us a matter of life or death, and
some bold effort must be made to get out of
: this hellish corral, or we would suffocate.
All this came lo me sooher than I can t'-U
; you, and the resolution was as quickly acted
upon. I bunded the reins of my: horse to a
' companion, and started for the spot where
! we nar! left the mule lying. To my surprise
: he had regained his feet, but some part of
. the hariK.'ss had fastened to the log and he
i was evidently sr. exhausted he could not pull
loose. The pack had shifted under his belly
, and must have impeded him in his efforts to
tear away. lie was prancing around as weil
: as lie was able, and realized more than any
1 of tn nodoubt the.iisconifortof the situation,
j Hut I had no time to spare to help bim. My
! purpose was to get him oat of tha way and
' hat s '. .'zk'y nr. risible 1 j-aak hag
j in. 5 to him was burning, and the sack con
: tabling the powder was half consumed. I
j took hold of it and tried to tear It loose, so as
: to hurl it down the mountain. I was unable
! to do so as the lashing had not burned suf-
fieietitly. However, I managed to get the
mule out of the way so that it was possible to
i get the other animals past, and shouted to
; my companion to come on with the horses,
I which he did, and all got safely past the
magazine. We then made our way back to
the little willowy flat where we had stopped
i at noon. We had seveial narrow escapes
from falling trees which had burned off near
the ground. When we arrived at the flat we
were very much exhausted. A party of men
had arnved at the camp from above, deeming
it unsafe to proceed further as the fire was
spreading in every direction. Deer, with
their tongues tint, were coming down off the
mountain, seeking safety along and in tho
stream which flowed through the canyon.
Grouse were flying about seemingly as much
perplexed as I imagine Noah's dove must
have been on its lonely hunt for a roosting
place, and bear toddled along the banks of
the creek seeking a place of refuge.
Toward evening the win'Twent down, and
as the fire had spout its fury in the vicinity
where we had left our mule, two of the men
volunteered to go down and see if they could
save anything from the wreck. They suc
ceeded in following our track through the
ashes and embers, when they finally came to
the place where the mule had been. They
found tools and other articles scattered about,
but the mule, oh, where was ho ! The first
thought they had was that the magazine had
exploded and blown mule and all to the four
winds, but after a short investigation they
concluded that the old fellow must be in the
neighboiiiood somewhere, and feeling anx
ious to know w hat had become of him com
menced a search. In a little while they
struck his trail, and following it for some
distance came to a point w here it led to the
edge of a precipice. Over this the unfortu
nate animal had no doubt blindly stai'geretl!
Sure enough, about thirty feet below", tm a
bench of. rock, lav the muie, his heels stick
ing up, and held from going over by a clump
of stunted cedar brush.
The men returned and reported everything
lest. They had not been back long before
night set in. The w ind sprang up again and
at times blew almost a gale, and the fir? took
a fresh start. Toward midnight the scene
.was terribly grand. Now and then the wind
would go down fur a time and the smoke
would hang in a great black cloud above us
until the wind again freshening fanned the
fire into Haines. The lurid glare tetbvted on
the biD.id-eoloied rocks made them look like
a huge mass of burnished gold. The crash
of falling timber could be heard for miles,
while massive pieces of rock cut loose from
the ledges above would go tearing down the
sides of the moutain like an avalanche, car
rying everything before them. As they fell,
striking against other rocks, these great
bouldxTS would burs like a bombshell and
scatter their fia.gineiits in every direction.
Kocks weighing several tons and g'owing
with heat went bounding along like swift
fleeting meteors, making a noise not unlike
th..' how l of w ild beasts in terror, and plung
ing '.villi a hissjug cry into the stream below.
It t-eciiicd like pandcinoiiiiiui let loose. v,"e
finally laid dow n to rest but not to sleep.
There w as a great tree slowly burning aw ay
at its base, and we calculated whether it was
tall enough to reach where we had spread
our blankets. We concluded that it was not
but during t-he night it came down w ith a
crash, falling to oneside of whete we layand
reaching a number of feet Iwyond us.
The following morning, after breakfast,
we saddled u-.i and started down the trail
again. On arriving where we had been the
day before, we found a little heap ot scorch
ed fiour here and burned sugar there, and
bottles w hich had contained acids and other
chemicals, together with the tubes, were all
melted. I took my carbine and went down
in search of the muie, to pu him out of mis
ery, if he was yet alive. When I got to the
brink of the precipice and looked over, Mr.
Mule was nowhere to be seen, lie had evi
dently fallen from the bench where he had
lain, and as this projected so that I could not
see beyond it, I went further down the
stream until I found a place where it was
possible to get down to the bottom of the
canyon, w hich 1 followed up with considera
ble difficulty, as I was compelled toVrosstlie
stream several times over logs and flood
wood. As I passed around a point of ro:-ks
I came all of a sudden upon the mule. lie
was standing on a little gravel bar. I at first
thought it was an apparition, but soon dis
covered that the old chap was worth several
dead mules, albeit badly burned and bruised.
His rumps looked like some old venison hams
that you often see hanging in front of restau
rants, besides he. had received other injuries
(which, however well-bred and circumspect
he may be, the energetic mule always makes
use of when you get near him) he had lost
his tail! When he saw me he brayed and
such a bray : It was as the plaintive wail of
fine who had bid adieu to the pleasures of
this life, and been shut forever in a cave of
gloom. I at once began to look around to
see if there were any way to get him out of
there. I went up the stream a short distance,
but came to a perpendicular fall and found
it impossible to make any further progress in
that direction, so I started dow n th.: canyon
and found that by crossing the stream two or
three times, and cutting away a few logs,
that I could get bim out that way, so I went
to where the other party was and got an axe
and a loiig rope, and asked two of the men
to go with me. We soon chopivd the logs
off and got them out of the way. I went
over on a log and fastened acable tohis neck,
an.1, lin n tow ed him across the raging torrent
and Janu.nl him on the right side of Jordan,
which he undoubtedly realized was a hard
mad to travel.
I then went back and gathered up some
scorched flour and sugar and a few beans,
which by the way were nicely baked ; the
"old fellow" aforementioned, with the mule
in tow, finally t-iok up the line of march on
the old trail, ,i little the worse for wear all of
us, as a consequence of our two days' expe
rience on the burning mountain.
If I were a story writer, you can see from
tho facts I have so poorly strung together
what an inlercsting romance might be writ
ten on "Surrounded by Fire: or. The Ad
ventures of a Mule Who Lost His Tail."
But yon will be content, w ith tin? simpie nar
rative so far as it has gone. If you have any
curiosity to know what became of that can
of powder in the mule's pack you must wait
till the. "day of revelation." 1 have wonder
ed more or less abont it ever since, and have
finally come, to the conclusion that the mule,
with the provrb?al sagacity of the critter,
r.U5 Jw.'e rr-l:.a the dangor to T cf
having the explosive material exposed to fire
and as a matter of precaution swallowed it,
can and ail. I have noticed since the fire
that he is a trifle more "sudden" than he
was licfore, and this would account for it.
A DISOBEDIE.NT SOLDItU.
BT DAVID KF.R.
"Now, lads, there's the battery ; remem
ber the emperor himself is watching you,
and it is in true French style. The moment
you get it make yourself fast against at
tack; and mind that any man who comes
out again to pick up the wounded, even
though I myself should be among them,
shall be tried for disobedience as soon as the
battle is over."
So spoke Colonel Masile to bis French
grenadiers just before the final charge that
decided the battle of Wagram. Then he
waved his sword and shouted, "En avant !"
Forward swept the grenadiers like a tor
rent, with the sbout which the Austrians
opposed to them already knew to their cost.
Through blinding smoke and pelting shot
they rushed headlong on, with mouths parch
ed, faces burning, and teeth set like a vice.
Kver and anon a red flash rent the murky
cloud around them, and the cannon-shot came
tearing through their ranks, mowing them
down like grass. But not a man flinched
for the same thought was in every mind,
that they were fighting under the eyes of
their "Little Corporal," as they affectionate
ly called the terrible Napoleon.
Suddenly the smoke parted, and right in
front of them appeared the dark muzzles of
cannon, and white uniforms of Austrian
soldiers. One last shout, which rose above
the roar of the battle, the bayonets went
giitterirg over the breastwoiks like the spray
of breaking wave and the battle was won.
"Where's tht; colonel?" cried a voice sud
denly. There was no answer. The handful of
men that remained of the doomed band look
ed meaningly at each other, but noone spoke.
Strict disciplinarian as he was, seldom pass
ing a day without punishing some one, the
old colonel had nevertheless won his men's
hearts completely by his reckless daring
courage in battle : and every man in the re
giment would gladly have risked his life to
save that of "the old growler." .ii they call
ed him.
But if he were not with them, where was
he? Outside the battery the who!.' ground
was scourged into living jets of dust by a
storm of bullets from the light that was ?tiil
raging n the left. In such a cross-fire it
seemed as if nothing living could escape,
and if l.e had fallen there, there was but
little hope for him.
"I see him 1" cried a tall grenadier. 'Tie's
dying out yonder, and alive, too, for I saw
hint wave his hand just now. I'll have him
here in live minutes, bojs, or be left there
beside him."
"But you mustn't disobey orders, Dubois,"
said a young captain Omw the oldest sur
viving officer, so great had been the havoc i
hoping by this means to stop the reckless
man liom rushing t certain death. "Ke
niember what the colonel told jou that
ever, if he were left among the wounded, no
one must go out to pick t'.ein up."
T can't l.c'.p that," atisw i-red the s 'Idler,
laying down his musket and tightening the
straps of his cross-belts ; Captain, report
Private Dubois for insubordination and
breach of discipline. I'm going out to bring
in the co!on"l ?"
And he stepped forth unflinchingly into
the deadly space beyond.
They saw him approach the spot where
the colonel lay ; they saw him bend over the
fallen man, shielding him from the shot with
his own body. Then he was seen to stagger
suddenly, r.s if from a blow ; but the next
next moment he had the colonel in his arms,
and was struggling back over the shot-torn
ground, thiough the dying and the dead.
Twice he stopped short, as if unable to go
farther; but on he came again, and had just
laid his otticer gently down inside the bat
tery, when, with his comrades' shout of wel
come still tinging in his ears, he fell fainting
to the earth, covered with blood.
By the next morning Col. I.asalle had re
covered suffici.Mitly to amaze the whole re
giment by putting under arrest the man who
had saved his Fife: but the moment it was
done the colonel mounted his horse and rode
off to the headquarters at full gallop. In
about an hour he was seen coining back
again, side by ide with a short, square
built man in a gray coat and cecked hat, at
sight of whom the soldiers burst into deaf
ening cheers for he was. no other than the
Kmperor Napoleon.
"Let me see this fellow," said Napoleon,
sternly: and two grenadiers led forward
Bierre Dubois, so weak from his wounds
that he could hardly stand.
"So, fellow, thou hast dared to disobey
orders, ha?" cried the emperor, in his harsh
est tones.
I have, sire. And if it were to be done
again, I'd do it "
"Ami what if we were to shoot you for in
subordination ."
"My life is your majesty's, now, as al
ways," answered the grcnadk r boldly, "and
if 1 must chose between dying myself and
leaving the colonel to die, the old regiment
can better spare a common fellow like me
than a bravo officer like him.-'
A sudden spasm shook the colonel's iron
face as he listened, and even Napoleon's
stern grey eyes softened as few men had
even seen them soften before.
"Tliou'rt wrong there." he said, "for I
would not give a 'common fellow' of thy
sott for twenty colonels, were every one as
good as my old Lasalle here. Take this,
Sergeant Dubois," and lie fastened his own
cross of t he legion of honor to l'icrre's breast.
"I warrant me thou'lt be a colonel thyself
one of these diys."
And Ml re enough, five year-; latei, l'ierre
Dubois was not only a colonel, but a general.
A Mot king Bum's Lovf. row a Child.
The Jacksonville, Fla., IJrcezc tells the fol
lowing: "A little child in Jacksonville was
in the habit of playing upon the piazza of
her father's house. Near by a mocking-bird
hail its nest in the orange trees and sang
most beautifully, and the little child would
throw crumbs to the bird daily. Kre long
the child was taken sick and the bird was
forgotten in the anxiety for the sick one; and,
notwithstanding all was done that could he
dune, the child died. When the child's body
was lying in the cellm the bird was seen to
perch uoii the slat of the window blind,
pour forth one of its most thriliingsongs, and
then flit away. Some hours after this the
liodv of the little bird was found dead upon
the floor nf tne piazza, and was placed upon
the eoUln of its little f r'end, !! !nor'r n-ifh
!s In i "..rre g:"'."t."
GF.NKRaL lOFI'IKITIl'S MM1CH .
On the PetiBlAn Bill In the llonae or ,
RrprenrnlatMrt, yiny IH. ..
The Hone beintr tn Committee ol the Whole,
and having under conBh! eratlon Hou-e hill ro. .
i 64ti Irorn t he Select t'otnni'ttee on 1'enslons. Iloiin
! ty, and Hack I'ny, as a fcuh.litute for House H.H
No. 4.VJ
fe I '.are .Xru cat.t fr I 'Imit-iinin Ai
. , " , . . r ... ' ' J ,
the beginning of tins Congress the Speaker
i iioiioreo ine won ine pomoti oi cnan man oi
the Committee on Invalid Pensions. This
position lias to a great extent familiarized me
t with the complaints against the Commission
! erof Pensions in his construction of tht- pen
! sion laws and his decisions on the facts as
I presented by the applicants for pension,
j The charges against the Pension Depart
ment wete so frequent and of such a serious
; character, that 1 came to the conclusion that
the applicants for pension not only needed
; out snount nave a innunai mi w iucii tlietleci
i sions of the Pension Department might be
; reviewed. Therefore, on the 2'id of Febru
ary last 1 introduced a bill (No. 4.'.".2) to or
! panize a court of pensiojis. This bill wasre
i ferred to the Select Committee on Pensions,
Bounty, and Back Pay, and, after a f ull con
! siileratioti of tl,,. iy said committee, it
; was deemed just and light that a couit of
pensions should be organized, and the bill
reported by Judge Oeildes, ami .now under
'.consideration, was adopted as a substitute
: for the lull 1 introduced. The bill repotted
had a careful consideration by the committee,
I a.ut ... mi- ni.it.ioix if it limiiimnc n l, n- li
i will' do more to expedite the settlement' ot
I . i..: .. . . ..
; pension ennuis, 10 .iiiiiuiiisier jusnce to ine
; wounded and disabled Union soldiers, and
to relieve Congress of the great burden of
examining and passing upon the thousands
I of pension bills introduced at every session,
: than any law that has ever yet been put upon
j the statute-books.
j The bill proposes to establish a court of
i pensions, to consist ( I three jK-rsons learned
i in the law, or, in other words, three able law
' vers who will bo f n 1 1 v cmiit.etoiit to ..vn....
ine and give a just construction to the 'pen-
sion laws, ami who will see that the well-set-
' tied rules of evidence .ie n pplied to t he proofs
presented in support of a pension claim. This
i court w ill review the decisions of the Pension
Depaitment on law and facts In all cases of
original applications, increase of pensions,
applications for restoration to the ponsjon
; roll, and for arrears ol pension arising under
i the pension laws when an appeal is taken,
. and the judgment or the couit to be final
upon tin- patties.
! The c.uitt is also empowered toi-xr.mine
and pas-, upon claims which do imt come
within any of the provisions of-the pension
laws and which cannot be a.lja I'mited and
allowed by the onmiissioin r of Pensions,
and in this class of claims, if jo toe opinion
of the court the applicant has auv equitable
right to leli.-f, the court shall recommend the
' allowance of the ,s.;ne to Congress.
The couit is given juiisdiction and power
i to hear rind dele nub c w het U r Hie record of
the War Department, w hich shows the appli
cant to he adcseiier, should be amended and
the charge of desertion removed, then the
claim for pension shall In' considered the
sam- as if s;.j,i record md not eist.
The l.ijl provide tor an appeal from the
decision n the Pension I lepni 1 men, and
leqnircs that ali papers, affidavits, exhibits,
and testimony fied in each claim in which an
appeal is taken shall be delivered by Hie Sec
retary of tin- Interior to tl.e court, and that
all the testimony ha d in the claim shall be
made part ot ihc evidence to l considered
by the court in its adjudication : and also al
low the taking of addit it nal evidence, either
' by the applicant or the Government, and
whi n any claim is determined an I allowed
it shall be c-rtuied t. the si'. ir!aiv rl the
1 utx'i ior, and I lie naiiie of the applicant shall
be placed upon the pension-roll w ith the same
i lici t a il the applicant's name had been
placed upon tl:e I'ciisj, .n-i .11 by the -ocreta
iy i' the Interior in pursuance of the pen
sion law in force when the a;. plication was
pending in the Department.
It is alleged by able lawyer, who have
bilge txpciieuce in the pojon prm-tico,
Hint the rulings of the Depaitment on ll:e
oitiereiil cln'.ui are ia c. i lin t w ith ne an
other, and in violation of the plainest prin
ciple of law and te.le of evidence. Now,
sir, if this I e true, then a couit of pension
is needed. If even the court cannot expe
dite the adjudication of pension claim, it at
, least will be a satisfaction to the so'dier to
: know that in the matter of passing nnoii i.is
pension el Vim he will be placed upon the
s tine equality w it': litigants in the courts of
law. wllh the light ot appeal to a superior
tribunal if he believesa wrong has loeiidoiie
him. Iti my opinion the pension claim t.f
the Union soldier i imiamouiit to all other
claims, and is entitled t iiiMiieili-ttc consid
eration, lb- claims for loss of limbs, for
. wound, for injuries, and for disability cn-
: t racted while lie was in the military sendee
' ot his country in sustaining the best bum of
human government ever given by Cod to
man. It is our duty as the representatives
of the people to see that a court is provided
where the law shall be fairly administered,
1 sinl where the rule of evidence .shall be ob
served. Sir, I say this bill will not only provide a
court satisfactory to t he sold ler, but it wid
: expedite tin- adjudication of pension claims.
The fact alone that there i a court to rev iew
; the il- cisionsoi 'trie Pension Department will
make that Department more ' ireful in its
decisions, and more stable n th" rules and
; regulations of the office. Prim ii le of i piV
and rules of ev i.lence w ill he laid down that
will do much to lighten t lie burden of t he af-
j flicted pension applicant, in having his pen
sion granted at an early day. Then, sir, it
will take from ( 'ongress'the ilood of bills now
demanding our attention.
Mr. F viin: 1 should like to ask the gen
tleman if he is in favor of denying to this
class of pensioners the right to nppeal to
Congress.
Mr. ( 'ofI' Iioth : I aui not The purpose
of this biii is to compel the Pension Depart
ment to decide cases with respect to ihe law
i ami the evidence adduced, and if the couit
says ttic applicant does not come within tho
. pension laws, but In an equity against the
! Government t.f the United Mute.-. h. n the
court v. ill o declare, ami send the claimant
to Congress f.-r relief, end then we w ill grant
, hi pension without delay.
Mr. Chairman, one cf the complaints I
i bear tie-irly everyday is that the Pension
i Department strikes from the pension rdl
worthy pensioners on the secret reports of
j detectives or special agents; that these di
: tectives or special agents go through the
country taking the statements of the enemies
of the pensioners, and then without any no
tice to I'ini or her of the nature of I he charges
' or the names of the witm--. tl special
agent makes his icport, and on tins .. y.r'
statement the Coe.imi-inner of Pep ions
drops from the pension-ioil the name I the
! pensioner. In many eases these d.eteet ives
or special d"e',ts stiike the virtue of the
. w idow of the tirad soldier, and retail in their
; reports the lonl slander ami scandal of the
licentious and the vilhfier with avidity in or
' der to have hei name (hopped from the pe:i
i sion-i 'til. 1 :i i th.-r instance, or. v ague state
' nients and on hore-.y ilc -laration, upright
! and cxeT-iplaiy persons have beer, stricken
I from the f !1. Now, sir, should there not be
a court to review the action founded upon
' thi kind of nfh'tr, vit, or must the wounded
s-oldiet. the wife and children i f the man
i who gave his life to save the nation, rest un
der the fondeiunation pronounced l y Mie
Pension Department, which resorts to the
' detestable and damnable system i f secret
spies, rtcti-cfivcs, or special agents to lake
: the bread out of the tn-'uth of th" poor ami
I destitute pensioner? Tins mode of striving
' penslorters from the ;e'isi n-roli b-f.-. r.ie so
: odious that Congress 1at Tear at the extra
! session i-na"ted on : i: ppprop! iali.ai bill that
j "in no cae hVd a lYii-ian be withdraw n or
! reduce. i except upon notice to the pcuioutr
! and a hearing upon vom testimony."
j In other instance these special agents ar
I rest pension applicants for piescnting what
! they call "fraudulent claim against the G-v-;
eminent ;" and when the cast- i tiied the
I chirg-. is not sustained and the licensed i
j acquitted i.fter suffering inexpressible Fi
j tr.ro. Hon. Oliver M. Wilson in hi teti-
mony before the Se!ct Committee on the
i Payment of Pensions and Back Pay, recited
j a case recently tried at the United Slates
j court at Indianapolis, Indiana, lie said: '
M x' attention ia (!ra-.vn toa.-trmiia c :e ionic ;
xcck" Ji'i, Hi. irli illustrate" the dan.'-r thcte is '
t.l .loin? it.pi-ti in th-" tint, r .if .en-t.t. 1 I
1 11... I-.' IC" , , .-..-e.. - ... , J. ; j
t .- e? .t-..i.v .:: :: tra. i-r ! :ii iv'orT
ba.l oernMeTi to npii-r with itrr.rmi MaranVy
?emc tin axto. ami f. .-rpres. the wi-h ihst 1
write an as-. unt ot I hv n;. -t. rloiis panic tt.nt i.r
torre? Iia l atu-r e . r.a--. .'l the rixn tnlnrrrc
lr5 to tlr rrnr ol On ml lull, .'ovl then If t ; 1
me el ties case. He mi.! that a lew wrt-k Is-'
he bad hi ) pi n"l t.. no ais-oi.-MT, pj ,),( i -r ..,.
S'.ites court. here there Tn. a nn hetnif jT-,e-.ut.
H lor ijary e. ti.mitTe l in an ft) plo-,,! , .,.r
a ei.-ioii. ll.man bail a worn tl at he l.a.l re
eeiv.il an injury on the lovht . f the :. th A nl,
1 yu. a Iterate had -n --e.l t he river r.-.! ere nn v.-h-inir
up to ir: In the rear ot Oniti.l in't uml m !
' pre, nee ol the mew v. I tor
'ru u apire.i ti,'t no i In.
on exani'iter.ir thete-
ni v wa i n ent on
inai M.'cafcu.n. ana tf.ai uirre was no ernaff.-nu i.t
o the ntanwa? i-r. secnte.1 lor p. roirv. lo-r.-rrtj
M iieanl. v w a-ea .-. a a witne-s. nnla-ke! i It
knew el any notion that ueeiirreil en tl.e rot h: rf
ihe;T0t!i April. 1 sC-'l. Ietw .-en th. 1 1 irtet nth Aitry
t'orpj an.l the enemy, am! he r-i Iml th.-t he .! "j
not. He was then n-ked wl.'at. n any, kn w !e,!o9
be had of the pie-enre ..f any I'tii-irx i't -l itiant.
tack"! any km. I on that niirht. II- .ml he I u i
nmie t ail. but. said he. -T t.nt w that n t' at
li'itht al.out eleven or twelve oV!..ek. or pr-Fai-lx
little later, we 1 id the toosi lox st. ru n- panic t! at
ever Urm-k r.n army." I rr nil irl er that pan
aptaln Myers j. in it and I wa- in ir. So l
ly the la: j.i came .!.. tt.e lit e Fom tl e head I
the Column f I here w or hair d iv i-:ois ,.j n. j 1 1 ...
there wa hron; in the adxanee. Frr-t. s r a
shot w-a- tired and the hrtni: mm nienc-d all al"in
the line: and Initio consternation .i i. . 1 tucnot .
that nijht it appear that th'- man -I ppe 1 art
broke !: ankle luint. or put n unt ot p a r. an! I e
i bad Fullered Ir.-ni that iniiiry i-n r -:n-e. I n
, that nt'iun 1 he uia.l- r- pp! e-.ai .n tor a pen-! on. I Tit
as it pppeatcd tn ui the War I -j. arTtncnt recr.U
. that t here was ia nivuLa n:ent that tiu!it and n.
enemy in lront of n. ie. -r:;s jm) ., ..J i. ,r p ra; -x .
: and would prohaMy hnxc been cnx i-te.l il t tfii' a'ai
Much ii ley hod not l.ni pencil in to n-iay in t: e
! fart oi the panic, 'l he cooit and a'l c-ti'-er-T I
' wi re perlectly atraie.l. and the man wa-nr. putt i.
as a matter ! course, rs.i one know. ;t1(. . u-.. i
' Vnle: it i;.-vcr has he n ii-c-rt.iiu.-.l
day..
to ;!.i-
Th's bill makes the affidavits of the ap
plicant cofnpotctit evidence. Jo the eouits
of the United states and in the coin ts of near
ly all of the States, interested parties are i'
lowed to testify, and thcis evidence is accept
ed as competent testimony, but, sliatige to
say, that the nfiidav't of the applicant in the
Pension Depnitmeiit has scarcely the weight
of fentluT, unless, perhaps, it contravenes jti
some way the applicant's claim or tontra-
! ll'rts tl'e evidence in its suppott : f ;.- it has
. t!u' ."eight of a tin '.stone. It tin curt is or-
gamzeii toe soldier will know that hi claim
i 1 before learned judges who will give la
; sworn statement "f ull cre.o, and that Vs
testimony will l.e lor.solcred a- if it lad
j been given in a coutt ot justice. I woui-l
not ask tin- .overument to place upon i;,e
! pension-roil the name of any soldier unless
be i entitled to and deserves a t.epsjun.
V. e arc daily ten. in. led of the large f.;
pn priatiijns made to pay pensions and i
the constantly increasing peiisjon-roil. '.::
gress cannot appropriate money for a imce
vvoilhy or ju-t purpose. Corgre-s appro
priates millions upon millions of dollar for
oi hei pui poses that do not have a tithe of
the mem of tin- pension appropriation.
Now. how many men,!..-: ot tin Hon..,
wh n th gr. at civil war v. as convulsing ij...
: country, made speeches i-dip-jog men e-i
to the tented fiel l .' (b we renioinbt-r now
what inducement we held out to our tell, iv
citieiis to volunteer? We promised them
that our great i .overiii.'Ttt should b- a la.ii
batul to she widow o ti:e in, l-n - i i- . a
guardian to the soldier's orphan, an 1 the
stippoiter of the w . up I 'd a: i-l di:ihl"d. We
apl"a!ed to th patriotism of our peoj.'e. to
their fi ve ..f country, and -e b- ! I ,p S. Foe
tliein tin- eveiiafit':g honor that von id l
given to the iu. :i that would pi t down t' o
rebellion and who won'..', save the Cavern
menf from disiii.-ir.beriaeitt and o-,;r i,ene
from devastation and destruction. From
l very hillside and from ev ery val'.-v va' i'i-
teets (lew to tl " rescue. Till' blT-hand VI. I
hi w ite f irevM ll ami o,,';e 1 into the . ri g it
eyes ot bis iittle children in th" hope that fi
won Id soon return tolas f unilv, ami ;
would merit and receive tl.e gi .it ,lu le ..f 1 "
coin. Hymen: but, alas, lie never r.ti'.Tiic 1 :
he fell upon the bait ieFeld : po':::ip. e lie
sleep in one of the "unknown grave. " or
II ne la Turret!. !;e ! .-nly tin rt
ti'iin woo-ids (,r .! ansr , .
service. The smi took leave of 1 i
paien; and went in the iuli h -pe
return : but he, t. o, f, l; jM ba't
at let ;i
d in t:
droen det
oi a - s!
'. ... e
t rom dise,-ie.
Illilolra.is "f S'lo-.'.-U-'i- !.f , ;!.. r. full.f
life, hearth, vigor, w ept aid . h :" ; m
fully f..r t!i-ir c-.urt-y. bu i,-; a. .. - i dp.e.i
and i!ia:.!."l . and manv ..f toeni t'.-.lav n t
far troiu being a walking corns... " Tl...
widow- .f the !. ad soldier :; he I for .c .
sion. and her n.m:e was placed' on the m- .
-inn -roll : but been use some en v i-r or ma I .
cioi:s person residing in the n.-i o l J ,. o i, ,
wrote S i the Pep:. 1 , pnrtm. i -, tl n wi. ig
doubt upon iter rigid t. her pension, n spec:.,!
agent was dispntcli. d. and while i::!..: d
prepared and t-M.k statVm-'Ms. without n-y
notiee to her, and then made l is r,.j, ... ;,. )
now her name is dropped li o.i the peiisi. :.
roll. 'I'he soldier himc!f I v the ai.:e me n s,
and w ithout notice to hini.'l a had l is n.nn,'
jstiicken from tl.e peni..n-ro!l. Thee- md,
of other have i stiugglitig i!.r-i:g!t
pevcity and in wan! far yeais in tl,,. hope i f
having iheir pension granted. v.-r i s
hundred thousand of the biave -o'a!,-: - w I
r.ided in crushing out the rxb. lli.o,
anxiously and in paint ul at.: ,.- v- -.:t; z
t"T action ' n their px'r.sioti ,t;.p!ie,;ti.i on i,
ia the Department. Manv thousand "f the "
applications have been pending tli.-ie !.-r an
i:n xcusable length of lime from live to
twelve year. 'I lie applicant have p..' be. :i
:ibie to supply the athdav its demanded, lr-mi
commissioned ollicer and nt .a. , or ;
comply with the peculiar ruling i t the p. n
sion mice in reg in! to the ev i.lence demand
ed Already in I hi Congress two thoii-ai d
and live hundred bills giantiug pension to
soldier have been rcl-rred to th,. Committee
in Invalid Pensions. Now. I appeal to th"
nn niber f thi Iloii-e if this b i'.g delay in
doing justice 1. 1 the wounded and dia oh- I
soldier is light, and it it is com; Ivbig who
the promises made to l.l oi when "he volun-t-'crcd.
A P.i: vftii'fi Tnii'.i i r. to Whm n.-'
have seen many beautiful ti i'uit. s to votn,,n,
but the following is one of the !':iie-t we have
eve I lead :
' Place h.-r among ti e ihwe-s. f.-.-icr In
ns a tender plant, :.nd folly anno-, , d by a
dew tin p. fn it. '.I I v the touch ot a but b't tlv s
wing, ready to faint at the sound ri a b". lie
or the rattling of a window pane at ni.lo,
and she is ov i l pow i ted bv the pciluni.' if
the rose'. tt . I. But lot real cdami'v e-.tr.
rouse her infection, enkiu.be the fir.- ot h. r
heart, and mark ln-r then ! ll.iw strong is
her heart 1 Puice her i-i Hie bent of battle
give her a child, a bird or anything to pro
tect and see lev, in a relative inst trice, h"
ing her white arms as a shioi 1, as ber oivn
blood crimsons tier upturned 1'orehe.id. prov
ing for her life to protect th- he' pies-. Trans
plant Per in dark i.'..; of tl:.' earth, call
forth her mercies to act; m, and her bie.it;.
becomes healing, her wernee a l.'e-sio.-.
she oip!:t. inch li ii-.-h t he -' i i . ! . of stak
ing pestilence, wl en man, toe strong and
brave, pale ami afTi i'.tcd, -1 links awftv.
M isfm t nne fiaiip's li.- rot : s'e v c.i! a, vv ay
a life of s:!e:.t etalsir.'.i-.ce and go s f, ,y ,u d
with loss timi 1 Ifj than to h-i bridal. In
prosin iily she is a laid f ail id odor,, waiting
for the win. is of :i.!ve::tv to w aiter Iheni
abroad pure gold, vain i hie. Fat untried i"!
the Ini tiat e. In short, wo. nan : a m.r ;!.,
a " i i v -t i y, "the iri.t:.' from w I ich ra -i.ates
the c;.:i;m i-t,-n -c."
U'ht KvMitiaio .' Mr. B aklaud t-l's a
cuiio'.is stary about the u mdiig of th" aui'n.tt
'we know as the k.'.ngi;i. Whtn Cintttiii
Cook diseoveie ! i's;..i!l.i. be saw socio of
i he n. .fives on the so.,ro :, 'i n do i 1 a t'iii il
of so-.-.e sort i-i their p. .,.;.. n, an 1 sent
n:,ol ill a I'.Mle boat to buy It of th ".n
. hen it came on board ! saw it w i ..:ne-
, t l.io;; q a ! : e lew , u he sent t ! s.iii. r b o k
to 1 1 1. 1 ti i r its name. The si nor, ak: . hut
!r t being able to make ti e leiFv. , under
stand, received the answer. ' don't know,"
nt li. t ii" A ti t i t u I : tig ii ; g . ' Kaii ;n-r '"
The sailor -i'lTitso! thi v. a the ui'oe "f
; the titii ral, and . r. pof.-d it. Ton, too
name o( t". at cu;i i;:s animal i- she "l-.n. o i-know-."
wli-cliis a!-..;.-" . il tot!.- n i ii"
given ttinTi.'r! the t!i.iii..,iii.-, in ! ' ' re inn '
inueiun. t lie "
v ' 1 1
1 - It
' .V.
.1 -
W. are to have n new tiltecn pHi-ie. It is
a v outig tn n n ho work on a salary ot hi te-'i
doll,-. is ier wti k, j. cud I'cr week !.r
board. t lor h.ce hire, one lor w i,iuog,
?",.- i for cig i r. 5.'.".o lor diink. sj ", i.r
theatre ticket ilhe t wenly h v.- cell" ! tor
a gal lot v ticket inn variety slew). Vim,
can a o.iug man -.-i.. o cnon 'li at t he end .i
.i : j i '.v :'. c : ."..- I'-rrj vf i i: ii o :
L ; '