TilTTCIIISOIV,
Editor.
I WOULD RATHE& BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hejjby CuyV e;
Publisher.
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. NUMBER 4.
KITTELL, Attorney at
Ebensburg, Pa.
Law,
Ebensburg, fa.
L Qce opposite tbe Bank. jan24
jrGE M. READE, Attorney at
Law, tDensDurg, ra.
0ce in Colonnade Row. jan24
pfflERXKY, Attorney at Law,
Ebensburg, Cambria county, Pa.
,pce in Colonnade Row. jan24
STON & SCAOTAN, Attorneys
" " at Law, Ebensbarg, Pa. .
0ce opposite the Court House.
H5ST0S. pHD?4 J. . SCAKLAS.
J WATERS, Justice of the Peace
and Scrivener. .
L nM fining dwelling, on nigh st.t
r ' Pa 1 feb7-6m
fyurg, ! ; - L
KLVA'l-'AD, Justice of" the Peace
and Claim Acent.
fO"ce removed to the office formerl
,j bv .M. liasson, .sq., ou ingu sireei,
.arfPft. " jan31-6m
A. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at
Law, Ebeusburg, Pa. .
alar attention paid to collections.
liiEee one door east of Lloyd & Co.'s
-House. jan24
HEL SINGLETON, Attorney a c
Ebensburg, Pa. umce on nigu
west of Foster's Hotel.
-racv.ee in tbe Courts of Cambria and
.... irv.intleS.
L Attends also to the collcct.on of claims
V.ms SLgiinst the Government. jan24
jfjKGE BOATMAN, Attorney at
flan- and Clawa Agent, Ebensburg,
I.icounr. Ta.
Pensions, Back Tay and Bounty, and
tarv Claims collected. - Real Estate
i ani seal, and payment of Taxes at-
to. Cook Accounts, Notes, Due Bills,
, T-v f A
nts, 4c, collected, ueeas, iiiorigu-
reemcnts. Letters of Attorney, lionds,
r.lr written, and all legal business
y "attended to. Tensions increased,
alized Bounty collected. jan24
;. VILSON, M. D.,. offers his ser-
:c3, as Physician and Surgeon, to
I::ti3 of Ebensburg and surrounding
ig len appointed Exomintng Sur
eis prepared to examine all Pension
I applicants for Pensions vrbo may
.3 services.
Office on High jt., three doors east of
:inrcu. in. office formerly occupiea Dy
w. ,i r 3:...1
.its. utbiaencc iiumeumicij uju-
c. jan24-3m
J. LLOYD,
j Successor cj Ji. S. liunn,
!j Dealer ia
pRCOS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS,
. AND DVE-STCFFS, PERFUME- .
AND FANCV ARTICLES, PURE
P.S AND BRANDIES FOll MRDI
LT.1'0ES, PATENT MEDICINES, &c.
A lo :
Cap, an-l Note Papers,
Peas, Pencils, Superior Ink,
And other articles kept
by Drnggists generally.
u' prucr'piions cur yj ufly compounded.
on Maia Street, opposite the Moun-
uee, hr.ensijur, l'a. I jan
ID a. I). It. Zeigler, having opened an
a the rooais ovpr It. R. Thomas' store.
Mi;-5 profe.-iion,iJ services to the citizens
:sbur'' find vicinity. raDl8-4m
N'TIb'TRY.
T!ie undersigned, Graduate of the Bal-
' oncge of Dental Surgery, respectfully
s professional services to the citizens
r:bur. He has spared no means to
h!v acquaint himself with evrry im-
at in his art. To many years of per-
t ipenence, he has sought to add the
experience ot the highest authorities
il Science, lie simply asks that an
-ty mar be trivcu tor his work to
s own praise. '
SAMUEL BELFORD, D. D. S.
vf?.- prof. C. A. Harris : T.-E. 3ond,
?..Handr; A. A. Blandy.P. H. Aus-
'?iiitimore College.
-'i Le at Ebensburg on the fourth
each month, to stay one wjek. :
24, 18C7. V.
k CO., Ban7;ers
EBEssBnc Pa.'
Gold, Silver, Government Loans and
Securities boucrht and sold. Interest
on Time Deposits. Collections made
jcccssUile poiuts in the United States,
lieueta iankins liueiness transacted,
lary 24, 18G7.
U on
M. LLOYD & Co., Barkers
Aimnvi Pi.
the rrincinal
for sale. Collections made. Mon
l ived on deposit, payable on demand,
1-interest, or upon time, with interest
jan24
IiVDr"'- T. CiLUWELL, Catf.'r.
NATIONAL RANK
OPALTOONA.
GOVERNMENT A OENCY,
k&
ATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI
TED STATES.'
ED Capital.... .......$300,6oO 00
pt Paid kv....;..........- 150,000 00
S'0ess pertaining to Banking done oq
terms.
w!Eevenue Stamps of all denomina-
n nana.
ifchasers of St.mnn ' :
Willi, ii '""WK'i
o !. be allowed, as follows : $50 to
"d SA-i- Si0C- to 5W0, per cent.
"Uf, per cent. jan2
PEL SINGLETON, . Notary PubC
lie. FhricV.i. To
M,gh 8tre, wear of Foster' Ho-
U"n21
PRIVATE SALE!
The subscriber will sell the following
property at private sale :
.One Ht-use at Portage Station, on the P.
R. R., with 2 acres land. Suitable for a
store' room or a dwelling. - w-
One House and 90 acres land, on P. R. R.,
one-half mile west of Portage, opposite the.
siding of the Union Mills of-tbe subscriber,;
and at the terminus of the railroad of "White
& Co. .... - "
One House and 2 acres land at Portage,
now occupied by Louisa Keepers. A good
site for a store. .';. Y ". . Yt V
One Water Power Saw mill, within 10 rods
of the P. R. R., one-half mile west of Por
tage, together with timber.land, 100, 200, or.
30C acres, to suit purchasers.,. The barn9
end bouses on the same cost $1,500 when
lumber was cheap, -c r: ; : ,
Or, I will sell tbe whole tract of 480 acre3,
with timber enough on the fca.ru e to- run the
water . mill for seven years. The property
has l',500 to 2T0O feet of side" tracks connect
ing with the P. R. R..
A general Warrantee Deed fwill be given
on ten days notice for all the foregoing prop
erty, and possession of all houses, &c, given
on the 1st April next,
The improvements cost the subscriber
$C,000. . . -. .
150 acres of the land is timbered with good
Sugar, and the land itself is warranted. to be
as good as any in Cambria coucty. -
Three creeks pass through the land, viz
Trout Run, M'lntosh Run, and Wright's Run.
There is Coal on the land, and any .amount
of Cord Wood.
The location 13 the only outlet to the coal
lands of Burke and the Wm. M. Lloyd. & Co.
lauds."" : .. .
Two pieces of the land adjoin the land
formerly owned by Hon: Thomas A. Scott,
known as the M'Coy Farm. . .
One-third the purchase money will be re
quired down ; the balance in' jix'and twelve
months. . '. " :.)
Ten per cent.' will be deducted for cash
payments. .......
The property will be sold in preference" to
rented, as the subscriber has not time to col
lect rents. .
The house and lot, say 1 acre of" land,1 at
Portage, now occupied by ' Louisa Keepers-,
will be sold low if sold soon. Also, the store
room at the same place, with 2 acres land,
formerly occupied by Victor Voeghtly sold
to h'tm'at one time for $725 will now. be
I sold for SGOO. The- former will be sold for
350, cash, or its equivalent. ".
Cau. Soos !. :-. ' :
. t WM. R. HUGHES.: -
Wilmore, January 31, lbC'l. rr. .-. -
ABRAHAM LINCOLN A DUEL HE DID I coach, with Lthe .priyilegeiof ; haVingby
"T7"ALUARLE REAL ESTATE FOR
-' SALE!
The subscriber offers at private eale--the
Farm on which he now resides, situate in
Cambria Township, Cambria county, con
taining about 50 acres, nearly all ot 'which'
are cleared, and baviug thereon erected a
Two-story Frame Dwelling House, a new
Frame Barn, and all the necessary Outbuild
ings. There i9 a good Orchard ou the Farm,
and;an excellent Well of .Water at the kitth-.
en door. Only five minutes' walk froni-the
Railroad Depot. Terms moderate, and title
indisputable. Apply to the undersigned oa
the premises, or address . . ,
SAMUEL TIBBOTT. " '
apll-tf Ebensburg, Pa .
NOT FIGHT.
Something more than a score of years
80 Springfield", "the capital of the Prairie
bt ate, was the home of a maiden, who was
as bright us she was .beautiful, and : as
spirited rand witty ; as . she was: graceful
and good. If I do not name her,. it is be-,
cause: that, in :her place. in my. hiart, she
isetoo well hedged around by lore and
reverence to be brought forth and presen
ted to the profane eaze of Jhe public. As
the wife of a Senator, whom all good men,
and women. too, delight to honor, 'hereon-,
serving and purifying. power has since'
beenshown to the. world by.the influence (
it has had in helping him to keep his life
pure and noble.5. . . . ;j .
"This maiden, whom I will call Anna,
was the friend and confidant of Miss Todd,
the affianced of, Mr. Lincoln, who had,
not so ' many years before this, left off
splitting rails, to try what skill he might
have in splitting hairs in a lawyer's office
in -Springfield. - Judge-Shields was like
wise, a dwbller' in the town at this time,
and a frequenter of the society in which
th two""bright particular stars" already
mentioned shed their radiance. Rut his
moral character was - not altogether im
maculate, report said. Eor this, cr some
other reason, "Anna was not inclined:to
regard him with favor. Once upon a
time however, circumstances compelled
her to accept his escort" from an evening
party to. her father's house. , - Her spirit
was moved with indignation by a trifling
incident Which occurred'ob the way, and
she determined upon eecuripg revenge.
A day or two afterward, some verses
appeared in the literary luminary ot the
place, the name of which lather lime,
or,'at any rate, I, have dropped from the
scene. The verses- were ; addressed to
Judge S.. so obviously, that he who ran
could read, though his name did not ap
pear. - They were wittv and sharp, and;
though everybody knew at once to whom
they referred, yet everybody did not know
who wrote them'. - Among the-unfortunate
ones to whom, in this case, ignorance was
not bliss, was, the distinguiBhed individu
al, to whom - they were ..addressed, v?bo
alight naturally be supposed to have more
STATE OF ANTHONY WILL,
DEC D. : .
Auditor's Notice. The undersigned, Audi
tor, appointed by the Orphans' Court cf
Cambria county, to report distribution of the
funds in the hands of Mark A. Will, Adin'r.
of Anthony Will, decTd., hereby notifies. all
persons interested that he- will attend to the
duties of said appointment at his office, in
he borough of Ebensburg, oa Friday tbe 3d
day of May, 1S67, at 2 o'clock, P. M., when
and where they must present their claims, or
be debarred from coming in for a share of
s a i d f u n d . GEO. W. O ATM AN,
aprll-3t . . , Auditor.'
STATE OF RERNARD KARL
HEIM, DEC'D. .T , ; : v
Auditor's Notice. The undersigned, Audi
tor, appointed by the Orphans' Court of
Cambria county, to report distribution of the
money in the bands of Jacob Huber and John
Karlheim, Executors of Berbard "Karlhei jo,
dee'd., hereby notifies all persons interested,
that he will .attend to the duties of said Ap
pointment at his office) in Ebensburg, . on
Saturday, the Ath day. of JcJjiyl8G7, at, 2. o'
clock, P. M.,.when and where they must pre-,
sent their claimsor. be debarred from coming
in for a share' of sard fumL " .". ' , , .
apll-3t GEO. W. OAT MAIfj' Auditor."
AUDITOR'S NOTICE ,
The undersigned Auditor, appointed by
the Orphans' Court of Cambria county, to
report distribution of the money in the hands
of Wm. Kittell, Esq., admr. ot John Reese,
dee'd., upon his second account, arising from
the sale of the real estate, hereby notifies all
persons interested, that he win attend to the
duties of said appointment, at the office of F.
A. Shoemaker, Esq., in the borough of Ebens
burg, on FRIDAY, 2Cth APRIL, inst., at 2
o'clock, p. ra., when and.where they mutt
present their claims, or be debarred from
coming in for a share of said fand.'; ' '".-' :
aplltd
WM: H. SECHLER, Auditor.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE. -"""
The undersigned, Auditor,' appointed
by the. Orphans' Court of Cambria county . to
report distribution of the money in the hands
of Daoiel J. Jones and. Sarah. Ann Thomas,
administrators of John R. Thomas, deceased,
hereby notifies all persons interested that he
will attend to the duties of his 'appointment
at his office, in Ebensburg, on Wednesday, the
8A day of May, next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.,
when and where all claims against the estate
of the said decedent must be presented,' or
they will be debarred from payment,
apli , SAMUEL SINGLETON, Auditor.. .
AUDITOR'S NOTICE
. -The undersigned Auditor, appointed by
the Orphans' Court of Cambria, county, to
report distribution of the' money in the hands
of John D. Thomas, admr. of James S Todd,
late of EbeDsbur?, deed., hereby notifies all
persons interested that he will attend to the
duties of sai,d appointment at. the office of
Wm. Kittell.'Esq., in the borough of Ebens
burg;' on MONDAY, the 29th APRIL, inst.,
at 2 o'clock, p.- tn., when, ano where , they
must preecnt their, claim s, ,or -be .debarred
from coming in for a sbare'of sat' fundv .
plltd WM. H. SECHLER; Anditor.
than common interest-in having ignorance
supplanted. by knowledge, in converting
the unknown into , the known. He set
about the accomplishment of the desired
end, but soon" found that the 'pursuit of
kuowledge on that line was emphatically
following after it under "difficulties. , He
went to the editor or primer perhaps the
duality was comprised io-one person and,
after-'the manner of 'the" old man. in the
spelling book, first tried gentfo measures,
which," not availing, in irnitatioa' of the
same illustrious exarijpfe, he proceeded to
try what virtue there was in' severer ones,
which soon brought the editor down, and
he confessed that the verses were handed
to him in the handwriting of Miss Todd.
He did not tell him, because he did 'not
know, that 6he on ly 'copied thein from the
manuscript of,he.r friend: Anna. .
" Judge S. ungallantly attacked the sup
posed writer in a rejoinder, which appear
ed in the next isue of the same paper.
Springfield was not so large then but that
everybody knew his neighbor's business
as well a he did'himself, if not a. little
better. The matter 'was disc'u39ed at ev
ery fireside, and came in with thedessert,
if not before, at' every dinner table.
- It was well' known that 3irss Todd was
betrothed to 3lr. Lincoln, and every prin
ciple of law and equity demanded that he
should be her defender against all 'wrong
aud injustice. He would be no loyal
knight if he should suffer. hh' lady-love to
be publicly attacked and he. not come to
her: rescue! He , therefore took up the
cudgel in her behalf, and the result was a
challenge from Judge Shields to meet
him in single combat and undo the wrong
that bad been done by the pleasant opera
lion otone shedding the other's blood.
Vhatever. may have been Mr. .Lincoln's
feelings-about- dueling in the abstract,
in this particular case there seemed to be
no choice left him but to accept the chal
lenge.. Miss Todd was a Kcntuckian. -The
friends with whom she lived were of
the-same ilk; Mr. Lincoln himself had
been cradled tioder the1 same sky. -The
mere semblance . of pusillanimity ; was
something tbaVmust be put far from him.
He accepted the challenge, and having tne
right of choice in regard to weapons, se
lected broadswords. - ' r' - K '
i But the laws of Illinois were very strin
geat in regard to dueling.. That kind of
salve'for a man'a wounded honor was, not
among the prescriptions contained in its
code. Yean before ;this; the Legislature
had declared dueling, a capita) offense, and
one unfortunate violator of the statute had
died at the hands of the hangman.
Thenceforth common men pocketed the
offenses which the law would notnrindi
eate. The chivalry, when insulted, had
to nurse their. wrath, until they could get
into Missouri, or at least to Bloody Island;
half wty over the MissiisippiV' y "'
' This wa$ before the rajlroada iwitlr their
iron horses and fabulous speed had wa
kened the echoes in that region.' i Spring
field was a respectable two days' journey
from Alton, the nearest' accessible1 point
lu iue ijiiatiissippi., xxs uotuiog eise couia
,be .donethese two-jchivalric defenderfl'of
injured tnnooetrc f collected their swords
the way, : a nice .long r time in which, to
think of '.the pleasantness i of , killidg pr
being killed, and what might'coiue there
after. "At last the journey ended, as. all
thing? earthly, must, and they arrived at
Alton. ,t ., . , - .-
There jwere no'steam ferry boats then.
The Charohs- of that day had to .find
motive power in. their own sinewy arms.
Every thing" was favorable to reflection.
The time was abuhdani not only for "sober
second thought" to try its power, but that
numbed had a chance to multiply "itself
into thousands, and j "grow soberer all-tbe
while - 'But nothing moved the combat
ants frtfnf' their : steady- purpose .-itXh4J
lather of-Vaters was propitious; and they
were ferried safely over his waters, they
with their swords and a man with' a' dish
to catch the blood, and a string, to tie up
an artery, as the case .might require.- The
matter having been noised abroad in Alton,
some persons, blessed with, inquiring
minds, followed them across the river .in
order to be in at the death. As the news
spread more and " more, there came to be
quite an excitement in the town, among
those who remained, and sentinels were
posted in commanding positions, and close"
watch was kept for the party when it
should return. In process of time the
watchman announced that the boat which
had been freighted with the valiant, was
coming back, and when it was a third of
the - way in its passage across the river,
sharp eyes detected a man with his cloak
wrapped around him, lying in the bottom
of the fiat boat. The news spread quickly
over the town that one of the avengers of,
nobody knew exactly what, had . fallen a
victim to his courage j. and womanly eyes
were ready to weep at the thought of the
havac that would.be made in somebody's
heart. .But now, as often, the near , con
tradicted the fear.... When the boat landed
it was found that eome wag had put in a
log and .thrown over it a cloak, so that
expectation might . not be let down from
its elevation too suddenly. The victims
who had so bravely prepared themselves
tor the sacrifice weTe both alive ;and well.
Their honor had been healed- by other
plaster, than that' of blood." - Yheri" the
danger had got within touching7 distance,
tneir wraths became "placable. -7 A friend
who had ;gbt-an inkling of what was on
hand, had followed them, and reached the
place as Lincoln was clearing aw&y the
brush to-have a chance for a fair" fixhr,
.and succeeded;-just ia the nick. of time,
in convincing them,, es many: another
:man has been convincedvlhat "discretion
is the. better part of valor.?- .. , :v
f TO jMr. Lincoln, ,with his quick sense
of the ridiculous and nice appreciation of
humor, thcwhole thing must have. been
very "laughable , in af ter .years, unless, as
is possible, it. was a little bit mortitviog
v netner ne ever.usea tne story to uius-
trate the parturition of mountains and the
bringing forth of mice, I do uot'know.
Hd probably would'have.done so had he
.1 i i i ir.-
not nim&eii oeeu Deen one oi tne neroes
-Correspondence CoicinnaHEnqxiirer." '
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.1
Tlie Xeiv Jury 15111.
The following is a copy of the jury law
passed by the Legislature : " . '"
: SiJCTtON 1. Be it eriaceJ, d-c., That on
the treneralelection "to be :held on the
second Tuesday of October, Anno Domin
one thousand eight hundred and. sixty
seven, and triennially thereafter, at such
election, the qualified, electors of the
several counties of this Commonwealth
shall elect, ia the manner now. . provided
by law for the election of other county
omcers, two. sober, intelligent and-judi
cious persons to serve as jury commission
ers, ih'cach of said counties, for the period
or three years ensuing thtir election ; but
the same 'person or persons shall not ' be
eligible for re-election more than once' in
any : period of six years : ' Provuled, That
each of said 'qualified electors ; shall vote
for one person only as jury commissioner,
and the Jtwo persons ' having the greatest
number of " votes for jury -commissioner
shall be duly elected jury commissioners
for such oounty. ; ' .
SEO-'.'It shall -be the; dutv of said
jury commissioners to meet' at the feat of
justice of the respective counties, at least
thirty ...days-before the .first term: of the
court of common oleas, in every. year, and
thereupon proceed,-with due diligence, to
select from the whole male taxable citizens
of the respective county . at large. a num-
bersuch as at ihn . term of the court ot
pleanext preceding shall, by the said
court, be designated, of sober, intelligent
and judicious persons, to serve as.jurors
in the several courts' of such county;
during that year ;and if the "said com mis
sioners' cannot agree upon the names of
the persons to be selected : by them aa
jurors," they" shall proceed a follows :
Each of the commissioners7 shall make a
list: contaiuing the. names of one-half ot
the requisite number, of. persons, and ten
per centum : in addition ' thereto, and the
proper number. shall be obtained by each
f said commissioners striking from the list
k names furnished by the other, a number
equal tq the said addition ; and the names
not airiciten out snaii uo mo ov)c;uuu ui
thenamcs' of! jurorsj and;tht said jury,
cona mission ers shall,' in"' the modo and
manner Vqw ' direeted ' by lawr,; place i the
names' 'of' TrieraonaS telected in tha Dfotier
aod other trapa, and itarted on a tlotfry wnValwtf ttVVai
as now requiredr by jaw, shall ,remaio in
the custody of the said jury commissioners
and .the keys thereof in the custody of
said; county, i - ... -. . j :
Sec. 3. The said jury commissioners
and the Sheriff of the respective, county,
or any .two of them, shall draw "from the
proper1 jury wheel y panels of juroVs,' "as
grand jurors tf ihe proper county and as
petit: and traverse jurors, for the trial ot
issues in fact which may, be taken in any
action in . any. of, tbft 'courts, civil and
criminal, in the severaf counties aforesaid, '
in the manner how practiced and allowed :
but before the said -jury1 commissioners
and sheriff shall proceed to select or draw
severally take tbe oath or amrmation now
prescribed by law to be taken by, "the
sheriff ai;d "county : commissioners before
selecting and drawing jurors. " - - '
bC.... , lhat so much of any fact or acts
of .Assembly of this Commonwealth, as
makes it " the duty of the sheriff rand
the county commissioners of any of said
counties to select and draw Murors, shall
be repealed, and cease to : have any -force
or effect from and after the first day of
December next, Anno Domini one thou
sand' eight" hundred" and sixtv-seven :
Provided. That all acts, and parts of acts.
of . Assembly, now in force, in relation to
the custody, sealing and: unsealing, lock
ing and opening of the jury wheel of the
respective county, ana all acts, and parts
of acts of Assembly, now in force, impo
sing any penalty or punishment on the
sheriff and county commissioners, or either
of them, ior anything done or omitted by
them in relation to the keeping, locking,
opening, sealing or breaking the seal of
any jury wheel, or in relation to theselec
ticu or drawing of jurors, shall be taken,
deemed and held to apply to the said jury
commissioners and sheriff.
" Sec. 5, Each of said jury commissioners
shall be allowed and paid out of the re
spective county treasury two dollars and
fifty cents per day, and four cents per
mile, circular, from the residence of. the
commissioners to the court house-
- Sec. G.- It shall be the duty of each of
said 1 jury '"commissioners to take upon
nimseix. aou aiscnarge tuo duties ol-nis
said officej uiider a penalty of one hundred
dollars for each and every, neglect or refu
sal to attend the same, to.be. sued for and
recovered before any justice of the "peace
of the-proper county, ' as debfsi cf -lite
amount are now by' law recoverable, ten-
dollars of, which, shall go to. the person
suing and thej'esidue-lo beipaid by the
said justice tojbe .treasurer of the respec
tive. county. for the usa of the same. . : .
Sec'."T. Tn case of the ir.;i.bility.of; either
or both of the said jury coimrssioners', y.
sickness r death, or other ' unavoidable1
causes, to. ; discharge the duties of said
ofiic3, ot in case of neglect or refusal: to
berve thereon, it shall be the duty of . the
president judge in such couniywhertin
said vacancy may have occurred; to appoint
a suitable. person or persons, asU'ue case
may be, possessing the qualifications afore
said, to perform the duties of said office
during such vacancy, and such person or
persons,' after" having complied with ' the
requirements of the third section of this
acr, shall proceed to discharge the duties
of said office the same as if elected ;by the
people, .until the next general election,
when the- people shall elect a commissioner
in lieu thereof. ' '
No Distinction of Color;
The fo!lowiogvis the act passed by the
Legislature of this State, at its recent
session, making it an offence for' railroad
corporations within this Commonwealth to
make .any distinction, with their; passen
gers on account of race or color, and pun
ishing said corporations' and their agents
for the commission of such offence'; '
SECTION-l. Be it "further enacted, etc.,
That on and after, the passage of- this act,
any railroad or railway corporation within
this Commonwealth, that shall exclude,
or allow ,to be:excludeu : by iheir , agents,
conductors,, or employees, . from any . of
their passenger cars, any person or persons
on account of color or race, or. that shall
refuse td carry in any of their cars thus
set apart, any person or persons on aeeount
of color or race, or that bhail for . euch
reasons compel or attempt, to compel any
perVon or persona to occupy any particular
part of any of their cars set apart-for the
accommodation of people as passtngers,
shall be liable to au action of debt to the
person injured or aggrieved, iu the . sum of
fivo. hundred dollars, the same to.be re
covered iu an "action "of debt as ' like
amounts are now by law recovered.
: SEC.2. 'Thai any agent, 'conductor, or
employee of any railroad or railway cor
poration within tbia Commonwealth who
shall exclude, allow to be excluded, or
assist in. the exclusion from any of their
cars set apart for the accommodation : of
passengers,' any persons or persons, on ac
count of color or race, or who shall refuse
to carry such person or. persons on ac
count of color or race, or who shall throw
any car or . cars from the trask, thereby
preventing such persons from riding, shall
be:deeniea guilty of a misdemeanor, aod
upon conviction thereof, shall pay 4 fine
not. exceeding five hundred, dollars i nor
less, than one hundred dollars, or be im
prisonecf for a 'term' not exceeding three
ooiitlis ':nor lcss:thah thirty :dayi ,orbMb,
t the disoretif the Otmrt: r ;-r r
Letter From Wlilte Township.
White Township, April 18, 186?"
To tht Editor cf The ' Alley hanian :
Ycu have requested mo to give.. you
some ''local items" from here, that might
be interesting to your readers. What
shall I write ? . Trre," locals are numer
ous; but how to select those that .would
be interestingthat's the rub. For.whe,
among your readers knows or cares for
White township, except it be about elec
tion times ?: - '. . j
-i Geographically, ,we are almost j separa
ted from Cambria county -and therea
of -mankind," and are only known by the
election . returns,' the proceedings of Court,
and the .Commissioners' books. ""'"" ' "
A question right here.' Supposing thai
we, the sovereign people of White, should
determine, us we sometimes talk of doing,
to secede from Cambria county, and 6et up
an indepeadent nationality of our own, or
connect ourselves with loyal little Blair,
would you of Ebensburg and the rest of
the county attempt to coerce us, and com
pel us to remain ia the Union, to our
detriment? ' ' r '""." "'. "
- If you - are -not prepared to ' answer)
please refer the matter to your neighbor,
the Freeman., It i hereby respectfully
referred. Ed. Atteg. .. .
But White, little as she is known or
cared for, is destined to be of some im
portance. She will not always remain id
the dark.; Her people are not mere idle
or indifferent spectators of the great drami
of human affairs transpiring around us.
We speak boastiugly of the rich deposits
of coal and iron ore that lie imbedded
beneath the surface of our soil.. Wetooj
talk largely, of railroads that are to bd
constructed, and iron works that are-to
be builded. . In active business life, we
are not- behind our neighbors. Large
quantities of square and round' timber
have been taken from our forests during
the winter, and have already been floated
to the eastern market. Mr. Gates and
Mr. Walters, on the Beaver Dam', and
Mf.: Fiske, at Fallen Timber, are all doing'
a good mercantile business.: They aral
clever. gentlemen, and deserve, as they
have, the confidence oi the community.
Mr. Miller, and Mr. Ailauian have .flour-
ishing 'business stands" ia;the""adjoining'
township, of'Ouelich,- Clearfield : county,'
and derive a large amount-ot their snpport
fronithi; township. . -They, are .obligingl
men., Mrf Nutter, t of .Chest Springs, i
doing a' good shook business in oar midst.
Oapt Frank Flanagan is the resident
manager. - - He has. won - the gobd-opiniou -of
ail our people'by his cleverness.'.. i.
. Morals, religion, aud science have.not .
teen begleoted. . There, is cot a single,
grog-shop within' "our ' bounds, and it is
seldom we see a man staggering from the
effects of tanglefoot." We have been
without a Constable for more than a year, .
and have, been minus a Justice cf.ihev
Peace for six mouths. We have four ,
churches, alias nieetiag-houses, and thoi
filth in course of construction. The lat- '
ter is. being erected under the auspices of
a new sect started here, under the leader-
ship of Cyrus Jeffreys, styled the Church .
of Christ in' America. Mr. Jeffreys has
left the management cf church affairs in '
this place to others,' and has taken qiiar-
ters in Huntingdou county. Our common
schools were quite .prosperous during th
winter; the teachers acquitted themselves
nobly. We" are now being favored with f
the services Of Prof. O. A: Briggs,"whoJ
is, and has been- for some time, teaching
the -science, of vocal music. . Hh efforts
-fin this direction have been signally cue-
cessiui.
This desultory letter may, perhaps, -prepare
'the way for some "local item" :
from your correspondent. . Wthite. . -
About Stamps Recently, the detec- -tives
of the Government made a large.;
haul in the line of unstamped boxes of
matches, in Philadelphia,and another in
Union County;-in this State. Persons
buying matches should see that they tro
stamped, as those purchasing unstamped .
matches are equally liable with thoso sel
ling them,' in case of detection. t Tbese
stamps should be canceled, to prevent use
a second timej.? ' '- , ; ' - r -3
Many business men arc mbjectiug -themselves,
at this time, to a heavy pen-,
alty for their ignorant violation of the'
thirty-second section of the revenue lair '
passed at the close of the Thirty-ninth -Congress..
We publish, tbe section for. -,
the information of those concerned t ; .
"That any person who shall sell, give .
away, or otherwise dispose of any empty '
segar box or boxes which have been'
stamptdy without first defacing or destroy- "
ing such stamp, liall, on conviction t)f ;
either offence Do liable, to a .penalty-of- :
one huudred dollars, or to imprisonment'
not exceeding 6ixty days, or both, :in the
discretion of the Court, with the coats of
the trial ; and it shall bo lawful ior any
segar inspector or revenue officer to do-
stroy any empty segar box upon which
segar stamp shall be iound. " -
Pressing the finger on the uper Hp, "
just below the oose, will make the teve--
rest premonitory ympioms of a ancee
pass off.. r;? ; : .., ;i -
Some church-goers pray ou their. .
knees on Sunday i'aod prey on their neigh'
borFtne 'rest of the week; -' -v ' " '"
'' A:fclar'ftev-itoneVth batn'rock,': ;i
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