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CI.AltIC VILSO, Kdilot &. Pi opritloi.
EBEN5BTJRG, MAY 21,: ::::::::: 18GG.
WESTER CLYMER.
The Soldiers of the War of 1812.
In another column, will be found an act
which was passed by tho last Legislature,
granting a pension of forty dollars per year
and a gratuity of forty dollars to the sol
diers of 1812 and their widows. We
suppose there are a few of the survivors of
that war yet residing in this count)', and
we publish the law in order that they may
avail themselves of its benefits.
A Daniel Come to Judgment.
Mr. Daniel J. Morrell, awav down
from tha State of Maine, and at present
the Superintendent of the Cambria Iron
Work?, at Johnstown, is a candidate for
Congress. That Mr. Morrell has an in
ilefeasable right, under the Constitution
and laws of the United States, (to say
nothing of the Civil Rights Hill,) to aspire
to a seat in Congress is not to be question
ed. But that he or any other member of
the radical party in Cambria county,
should attempt to oust the present incum
bent, A. A. Barker, at the end of one
term, is quite unexpected. Mr. Barker
has voted for all the radical and destruc
tive measures of the present Uump Con
gress. At the very commencement of the
session, he voted for the joint resolution
depriving each house of its Constitutional
right, to judge cf the election and qualifi
cations of its own members. lie voted
for the bill conferring the right of suifracre
on the negroes in the Distriel of Colum
bia, although the people of that district
had almost unanimously entered their pro
test against such a measure at the ballot
bx. He voted for that monstrosity, the !
"Freedman's Bureau Hill." He voted for
the Civil lights Bill, and he also voted
for the bill just vetoed by 1 'resident John
son, to admit Colorado into the Union as
a State, with two United States Senators,
although she has not as large a population
as Cambria county. He has obeyed the
lash of that arch traitor, Thaddeus Ste
vens, as submissively as any blare on a
Mississippi plantation ever yielded to the
whip of a brutal owner. As a member
of ConcrieFs "he has done those things
which he ought not to have done, and has
left undone the things he ought to have
done." If Stevens has been right, and if
his revolutionary doctrines are sanctioned
by the Republican party, then no member
of that party can say that Barker is wrong.
In a political sense, A. A. Barker might
literally say to Thaddeus Steven?, as Ruth
said to Naomi, "Entreat me not to leave
thee or to return from from following after
thee ; for whither thou goest I will go ;
and where thou lodgest I will lodge ; thy
leop!e shall be my people and thy God
my God."
Mr. Barker is now realizing how shar
per than a serpent's tooth, is political in
gratitude, for his most bitter enemies are
men who received special and important
favors at his hands. Although we detest
Barker's politics, we respect him. He
is an industrious, hard working, energetic
man, and has been a useful citizen in ad
vancing the interests of this section of the
county. As between the two gentlemen
from Maine, Morrell and Barker, we
would, if we belonged to the party of
great moral ideas, infinitely prefer the
latter. Republics are said to be ungrate
ful, and it remains to be seen, whether the
Republican party of this county, in their
Convention to be held next Monday, will,
by shelving A. A. Barker, subject itself to j
the same charge.
fcT The tiial of Jell'. Davis is soon to
commence and many professed loyalists
are praying that he may be convicted of
treason and executed. Davis has un
doubtedly been instrumental in giving this
Government a vast amount of trouble.
But why should lie be tried for treason
while such known traitors as Stevens,
Sumner, Wilson & Co., are permitted to
go untried and unhung.
C3T The impudence of the howling Shod- I
dy Abolitionists is only equalled by their
rascality. While the war was progress
ing they praised and robbed the soldier at
the same time. Now that the war has
ended they manifest great love for the ne- !
gro, while at the same time they actually
steal from him, the money, and the goods i
and chattels appropriated by tha Govern- !
rvnt to keep him from tai vation.
Veto of the Colorado Bill.
I return to the Senate, in which it ori
ginated, the bill which has passed both
Houses of Congress, entitled "An act for
the admission of the State of Colorado
into the Union," with my objections to its
becoming a law at this time.
First. From the best information which
I have been able to obtain, I do not con
sider the establishment of a State govern
ment at present necessary for the welfare
of the people of Colorado. Under the
existing Territorial government all the
rights, privileges and interests of the citi
zens are protected and secured. The
qualified voters choose their own legisla
tors and their own local officers, and are
represented in Congress by a delegate of
their own selection. They make and exe
cute their own municipal laws, subject
only to reversion of Congress, an authori
ty not likely to be exercised, unless in ex
treme or extraordinary cases. The pop
ulation is small, some estimating it so low
as twenty-live thousand, while advocates
of the bill reckon the number at from
thirty-live thousand to forty thousand
souls. The people are principally recent
settlers, many of whom are understood to
be ready for removal to other mining dis
tricts beyond the limits of the Territory,
if circumstances shall render them more
inviting. Such a population cannot but
find relief from excessive taxation if the
Territorial system, which devolves the ex
pense of the executive, legislative and ju
dicial departments upon the United States,
is for the present continued. They can
not but find the security of person and
property increased by their reliance upon
the national executive power for the main
tenance of law and order against the dis
turbances necessarily incident to all newly
organized communities.
Second. It is not satisfactorily estab
lished that a majoiity of the citizens of
Colorado desire or are prepared for an ex
change of a Territorial for a State govern
ment. In September, 18G4, under the
authority of Congress, an election was
lawfully appointed and held for the pur
pose of ascertaining the views of the peo
ple upon that particular question. Six
thousand one hundred and ninety-two
votes were cast, and of this number a ma
jority of three thousand one hundred and
fifty-two was given against the proposed
change. In September, 18G5, without
any legal authority, the question was
again presented to the people of the Terri
tory, with the view of obtaining a recon
sideration of the result of the election
held in compliance with the uct of Con
gress, approved March 21, 1801. At
this second election live thousand nine
hundred and five votes were polled, and a
majority of one hundred and fifty-live was
given in favor of State organization. It
does not seem to me entirely safe to receive
this last mentioned result, so irregularly
obtained, as sufficient to outweigh the one
which had been legally obtained in the
first election. Regularity and conformity
to law are essential to the preservation of
order and stable government, and should,
as far as practicable, always be observed
in the formation of new States.
Third. The admission of Colorado,
at this time, as a Slate into the Federal
Union, appears to me to be incompatible,
with the public interests of -the country.
While it is desired that Territories suffi
ciently matured should be organized as
States, yet the spirit of the Constitution
seems to require that there should be an
approximation towards equality among the
several States comprising the Union. No
State can have more than two Senators in
Congress ; the largest State has a popula
tion of four millions, several of the States
have a population exceeding two millions,
and many others have a population ex
ceeding one million.
A population of 127,000 is the ralio of
apportionment of representatives among
the several States. If this bill should be
come a law, the people of Colorado, thir
ty thousand in number, would have in the
House of Representatives one member,
while New York, with a population of
four millions, has but thirty-one. Colo
rado would hare in the electorial college
three votes, while New York has only
thirty-three. Colorado would hare in the
Senate two rotes, while New York has
no more.
Inequalities of this character hare al
ready occurred, but it is believed that
none have happened where the inequality
was so great. When cueh inequality has
been allowed, Congress is supposed to
have permitted it on the ground of some
high public necessity, and under circum
stances which promised that it would rap
idly disappear through the growth and
developement of the newly admitted Slate.
Thus, in regard to the several States in
what was formerly called the "Northwest
Territory," lying east of the Mississippi,
their rapid advancement in population
rendered it certain that States admitted
with only one or two Bepresentatives in
Congress would in a very short period be
entitled to a great increase of representa
tion. So when California was admitted
on the ground of commercial and political
exigencies, it was well forseen that that
State was destined rapidly to becomo a
great prosperous mining and commercial
community. In tho case of Colorado, I
am not aware that any national exigency,
either of a political or commercial nature.
requires a departure from the law of'
equality, which has been so generally ad
hered to in our history.
If information submitted in connection
with this bill is reliable, Colorado, instead
of increasing, has declined in population.
At an election for members of a Territo
rial Legislature held in 18C1, 10,580
votes were cast. At the election before
mentioned, in 18G4, the number of votes
cast was G,192 ; while at the irregular
election held in 18G5, which is assumed
as a basis for legislative action at this
time, the aggregate of votes was 5,905.
Sincerely anxious for the welfare and pros
perity of every Territory and State, as
well as for prosperity and welfare o the
Union, I regret this apparent decline of
population in Colorado, but it is manifest
that it is due to emigration, which is going
out from that Territory to other regions
within the United States, which either are
in fact, or are believed by the inhabitants
of Colorado to be, richer in minerals and
in all agricultural resources. If, how
ever, Colorado has not really declined in
population, another census or another elec
tion under the authority of Congress
would place the question beyond doubt,
and cause but little delay in the ultimate
admission of the Territory as a State, if
desired by the people. The tenor of these
objections furnishes the reply which may
be expected to an argument in favor of
the measure, derived from the enabling
act which was passed by Congress on the
21st day of March, 1SGL Although
Congress then supposed that the condition
of the Territory was such as to warrant
its admission as a State, the result of two
years' experience shows that every reason
which existed for the institution of a Ter
ritorial instead of a State government in
Colorado, at its first organization, still
continues in force.
The condition of the Union at the pres
ent moment is calculated to inspire cau
tion in regard to the admission of new
States. Eleven of the old States have
been for some time, and slill remain, un
represented in Congress. It is a common
interest of :dl the States, as well those
represented as those unrepresented, that
the integrity and harmony of the Union
should be restored as completely as possi
ble, so that all those who are expected to
bear the burthens of the Federal Govern-'
ment shall be consulted concerning the ad
mission of new States, and that in the
meantime no new State shall be prema
turely and unnecessarily admitted to a
participation in the political power which
the Federal Government wields not for
the benefit of any individual State or sec
tion, but for the common safety, welfare,
and happiness of the whole eountrv.
ANDBEW JOHNSON.
Washington, D. C-, May 15, 18GG.
Come to Grief. It is evident, says
the Age, that a number of the pure-minded
patriots who have been so much exer
cised on account of the condition of the
poor freedmen in the South, have been
running lhe machine called the Frecdmcn's
Bureau simply and entirely for their own
benefit and interest. The revelations made
by Generals Steedman and Fullerton clear
ly show that many of these honest and in
corruptible "loyalists" first took care of
Number One in their operations, and then
bestowed the rest of their care upon the
interests of the negro and the government
which they professed to represent. Un
fortunately for them, however, they have
not been able to cover up their tracks, and
it is now probable that justice, which is
said to be sometimes slow but always sure,
will mete out to these "loyal" philanthro
pists the punishment which is justly their
desert. A telegram from Washington
yesterday made the following pleasant an
nouncement :
To be Arrested. The President has
issued an order directing the arrest of all
ollicers of the Freedmen's Bureau interes
ted, directly, in the cultivation of farms
in the Southern States.
Horrible Massacre by the Indians.
Fort Goodwin, in Arizona, has been ta
ken by a force of 2000 Indians, and its
garrison of 121 men, with one exception,
massacred. It is believed the Indians got
in the fort under the pretext of making a
treaty. Major James F. Miller was kill
ed, and Surgeon Tappan wounded some
time since by a party of Apaches in the
same region. If true, this inhuman butch
ery will bring swift destruction on these
un tameable savages.
Moke Big Robberies. In New-York,
on Saturday afternoon, J. II. Iliggins, of
the firm of E. S. Iliggins & Co., bank
ers, was knocked down in the street and
robbed of 1G.400. An express com
pany's safe was thrown from a train on
the Stonington Railroad, last Friday night,
by parties who intended to rob it. Two
of the supposed robbers have been arres
ted. The National Bank of Osage, Iowa,
was robbed on the night of the 5th inst.
of 20, 100.
C-A Mean Act. A clerk in the
New York post-office has beer, committed
to jail for abstracting a gold ring from a
letter he was given to stamp. Thus, for
a paltry gain, he has lost forerer his char
acter and situation. Some people will
never learn that in every case and under
all circumstances honesty is not nierely the
best p-jlicy in a pecuniary sense, but is
for itself the only true manhood to pursue.
gtmacntf ani jifnfindL
Jack frost visited us in a mild form
on the nights of the 21st and 22d instants.
C3" We have had no rain of any ac
count in this section for several weeks and
vegetation is suffering fearfully in conse
quence. 3" A Blacksmith shop, at Sonman,
belonging to Shoemaker & Co., was de
stroyed by tire on Manday last. Boss
about $200.
tzrThe Sentinel office has been moved
up stairs, immediately over the room for
merly occupied by us west of Moore's
and South of Foster's hotel.
CST" A fire has been raging in .the woods
D O
between Cresson and Wilmore, for the last
few days, which has destroyed a consid
erable amount of cord wood, damaged
timber, ecc.
C2T Dr. S. S. Christy, of Oil City, has
opened a Drug Store on the corner west
of Moore's hotel, where he is prepared to
furnish customers with all articles in his
line.
t-3Thc atmosphere was warm and
pleasant in this place during the latter part
of last week ; but, on Sunday evening cold
weather again set in, which has continued
up to the present time, rendering fires and
over coats necessary for comfort.
C5T An old man named Francis Galla
gher, aged about G5 years', was found
drowned in the Connemaugh, near Johns
town on Sunday of last week. The water
in which he was found was not over 1-1
inches deep. The old man had been in
dulging too freely in strong drink, which
accounts for the accident.
C3" We regret to learn that the Porta
ble Steam Saw Mill of Mr. Thomas Grif
fith, of this vicinity, which was located
in Carroll township, about twelve miles
north-west of this place, was destroyed bv
lire on last Wednesday night. None of
the lumber was burned. The property
was insured in the Lycoming Mutual In
surance Company for $2000, which will
moro than cover the loss.
Robbeuv. The Jewelry establishment
of C. T. Roberts, of this place, was enter
ed on Monday night last, and rerolvers,
gold pens, knives, card cases, &c, valued
at about $200 dollars extracted therefrom.
The thieves effected an entrance by boring
a pannel out of the back door a breast
bit and chisel were used for the purpose,
which were stolen from the Carpenter shop
of David Jones. The Clothes line of
Thomas Jones, was also robbed on the
same evening of a number of articles of
wearing apparel.
Terrible Calamity. We have recei
ved the terrible intelligence that at three
o'clock on Saturday morning the Grant
House at Franklin, Pa., was destroyed by
fire with the sacrifice of three human lives.
The fire spread rapidly, and many of the
inmates barely escaped with their lives.
One lady jumped from a fourth story
window and was so badly injured that she
died soon afterwards. Two servant girls
named Jane Dawson and Bridget Kelly
were buried in the ruins. The body of
one of them was recovered during the day
but was so badly charred that it could not
be recognized. It is supposed that the
building was fired by an incendiary, for
the purpose of plunder. Fortunately no
other buildings were burned.
John W. Geakv. A returned sold
ier, who knows the man, is of the opinion
that Geary will distance Clymer in the
gubernatorial race. He says, the war in
the Shenandoah Valley, until Sheridan
got there, was a war of races, and that no
body can beat John W. running. Ve
nango Spectator.
The drought in many portions of New
England is causing much anxiety and dis
couragement among the farmers. Exten
sive fires have prevailed during the last
week, destroying much woodland and sev
eral dwellings.
The Philadelphia News asks: "Can
the Disunionists tell why an untaxed In
dian has not as good a right to represent
ation in Congress as aii untaxed negro?"
Now, answer that, will ye ?
Within the past few weeks seven
men have been lynched to death in the
American Bottom, north of St. Clair
county, Mo. The men were robbers and
horse thieves.
The gold jobbers of New York arc held
in check by tho knowledge of the fact
that government holds upwards of eighty
millions of gold in its treasury vaults.
Negro Suffrage. The Radical-dis-unionists
have now boldly declared in fa
vor of negro suffrage. They voted in the
House directly in favor of forcing this
measure upon the people of the Territo
ries, without consulting their wishes at all
in the matter. They have made up the
issue at last, and the people know exactly
where they stand. The Radical-disunion-ists,
with Geary at their head, are in fa
vor of negroes voting and crowding around
the polls with white men ; the Democrats,
with Clymer at their head, are opposed to
negro sulfrage, and believe that this gov
ernment was instituted for the white race.
This is the issue in the pending canvass.
Age.
The Oi.i Cafiioj.. This histoical
building, in Washington, was put up at
auction a few days ago, and such is the
horror pervading all classes for the build
ing, there was not a tingle bid for it. It
can never be used for anything else but a
prison, and the local authorities would not
touch it, even for a station house. Some
persons say there are Strang noises heard
within its gloomy precincts every night,
nnd ail night travelers give it a wide berth
after dark. Like the French Bastile, it
should be lorn down and the very spot ob
literated as a foul spot that disgraced
common humanity. President Johnson
may want it, some of these day?, to shut
out traitors and disunionists from the face
of day. It would be a capitol place for
this purpose.
C3"The President has sent to Congress
a letter written by Lieut. General Grant,
in which he earnestly urges the speedy
passage of the army bill. The immense
emigration to the Western territories
makes it necessary to more than double
the force hitherto kept in those regions,
and the General also declares that it would
be impolitic to withdraw all the troops
from any of the States lately in rebellion.
The volunteers claim that their contract
with the Government has expired in con
sequence of the ending of the war, and
their dissatisfaction has rendered them so
utterly useless that it would be far better
for every man of them to be discharged.
Sharp Shearing. Mr. Morill, from
the Committee on Ways and Means, has
reported a bill in the House to levy on all
horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs and
other live animals imorted from foreign
countries, a duty of 20 per cent, ad va
lorem. He understood that the Canadi
ans were sending nheep over the border
and having them shorn on this side, so as
to evade the duty on wool. It is generally
admitted that Yankees arc jar excellence
sharp in doing things, but it must be con
fessed that our provincial neighbors have
got the inside track this time.
I he Iadical papers are in ecstacie3 i
over the election of their candidate for
Mayor in Williamsport. The change in
the political complexion of that place is
owing to the annexation of a large quan
tity of territory to the city by the last
Legislature. This was done for the pur
pose of breaking down the Democratic
majority, and it succeeded in this instance.
In the oi l wards the Democrats gained
instead of losing rotes. Age.
Another Appointment. Our readers
will remember that some time ago the
President appointed ex-Gorernor Johnston
as Collector of Internal Revenue, for the
Twenty Third Congressional District, and
that the Senate refused to confirm the ap
pointment. As will be seen by the tele
graphic dispatches the President has now
sent to the Senate for confirmation the
name of W. McCandless as his appointee
for the office mentioned. Pittsburgh Pott.
C2f An indignant lady describes meta
physics as "Two men talking together,
one of them trying to explain something
he don't know anything about and the
other unable to understand him." Well,
we don't know anything about it, but we
do know that at V. S. Barker's on High
street, Ebensburg, you can buy a leetle
t it the cheapest and best goods that are to
be had tiny where in this section.
The House of Representatives has just
voted eleven million dollars to supply the
negro boarding house of the South. Un
der the Bureau bill strangled by the Exe
cutive the estimate of yearly expenditure
was double that sum. President Johnson
has thus saved the people 11,000,000.
Give him credit for that.
C3 A private letter received at San
Francisco, and dated at Williams' Fork,
Arizona, April 30, confirms the repots of
the massacre of the garrison at Fort Good
win. The melancholy event is said to
hare occurred on tho 20th of April, and
of one hundred men in the fort only seven
escaped.
The most difficult question for a fair
and unprejudiced man to decide is,
whether the negro belongs to the Republi
can party, or whether the Republican par
ty belongs to the negro. Which is it ?
C3 A large fire occurred at Goldsboro,
N. C, on 'Ihursday erening. Among
the buildings destroyed was the office of
the Daily Netis and National Express
Company.
C3" The Union Executirc Committee of
Maryland hare adopted resolutions oppos
ing negro suffrage and endorsing the
President's policy.
AN ACT
To proride for the payment of ia,
ties and annuities to tLe soldiers t
ill Ul Ullt: LUUUSUI1U lUJill liUIidrj-.l ,
twelve ana to ineir wiuows.
Section 1. Be it enacted bv the S
and House of Representatives of i!;,.f
monwealth of Pennsylvania in Gsfv.
Assembly met, and it is herebv
by the authority of the same, That
ltV.l tiki il'JUvullw lul lUlUlLR iiliTiU'
or pensions,- on account ol services rev .
ed as a soldier, in the war of one t:.
sand eight hundred and twelve, or as
widow of such a soldier, shall be c .
to the Auditor General, who shall r.
the applicant to make an a:!idai: ;;.';
served, at least two months, as a
in said war, or that he was wounds,
otherwise disabled, whilst in sai l sen.-;
that he was at the time, and now ..
citizen of Pennsylvania, and that .;;.
the time of making application, ia ... . t
sitous circumstances : the Auditor Ger.-r
shall also require additional pro.$", Lv r
disinterested and credible wiine--, or
such other evidence as may be saf:-:V..
to the Auditor General, that the lV..
forth in the affidavit of the apt .Her.:. -true
and correct, and that the L
no pecuniary interest in the prosecut;,
the claim ; such proof being male, tj-
satisfaction of the auditor geneial, Le
hereby authorized and required to ?j (;
tify to the state treasurer, who sh .'l ::. :
upon pay to said applicant, or his or:,
out of any moneys in tho trca.- irv, :.
otherwise appropriated, a gratuity o: ;
ty dollars, and thereafter an annuity
forty dollars, commencing on the tir.-: J.
of January preceding the said applieutkr.
which annuity shall be paid tenii-ajjiiuu!-
on the first day of January and the
day of July, in each year, and .-Lu'.i c.::
tinue during the natural life of sal ;. .
plicant.
Section 2. That in case the :ijij.ii'.-r..
is a widow of a soldier, the auditor
al shall require, beside the affidavit ef
said applicant, to the facts set forth ial
claim, proof, by one credible v.;:ii ;-.
that he, or she, is personally acquai:.:-'.
with her, and that the witness knew L:
deceased husband, and that the witn
knesv that he did serre, at least t.
months, as a soldier, in the war of :.
thousand eight hundred and twelve.
that iC was killed, wounded, or other V
disabled, whilst in said service : that
applicant was his wife, and lived with
as such, until his death ; that she i in
a widow, and in necessitous circunist.
ces, or such other evidence as may b sat
isfactory to the auditor general ,- i
sucn prool is lurnisheu, tne au-J.t-jr gen
eral shall certify, to the state treasurer.
that the applicant is entitled to the bei
of the provisions of the lirst sec'.r.m
this act : Provided however , That sh.o.'.
said widow again marry, after makii.;i
application, the annuity shall theua.:.
cease.
Section 3. Should any person, or per
sons, swear falsely in regard to the t.ictr,
required to be established by this a.t, U
she, or they, shall be guilty of perjury,
and liable to prosecution, the same a? -the
perjury had been committed in alegs
proceeding.
JAMES R. KELLEV,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the S.T.at:
Approved The 30th day of March
Anno Domini one thousand eight Imndr-::
and sixty-six.
A. G. CURTIS.
Unproductive Fruit Trees. S
times fruit trees are unproductive it.-
other causes than poverty of the soil. j
neglect of the orchardist. They v" " j
grow too luxurient'.y to bear well. ;
this case root -pruning is very ertect-- j
and is performed by digging a circle re: '
the tree. A fifteen year old tree, for ::
stance, may be encircled at five 1 Vet
the trunk. No rules can be laid down :
this ; judgment must be exercised.
cut too close the tree may be stunted 2-"
years, and if too far it will not be ctrec:
ire. The aim should be to red ice th
root about one-third. Gardener V MorCv.
Management ov Hoi's. Manv for:
ers hare but one or two vines, which p'-" i
duce only a sufficiency of hops for the- J
own families. Dig around the roots care-
fully, and hoe in some hen manure ; 3: -after
the vines have run ten or twelve
high, direct them horizontally. There J
nothing gained by allowing hop vine? u
run up too high. The ends should t
pinched off after they have grown a!"-1
fifteen feet, to promote the developm-"-of
the hops. If allowed to gro. t-J
vines will sometimes attain a great Ien;'-i
and produce but few hops.
Cv? Henry A. Wise delivered a lecture
last Saturday night at Alexandria
He spoke of the war as simply a conuc
of sovereignties, saying that he was re
sponsible for his acts as an individual
obeying the voice of his own State. U!
had made no confession and had taken c
test oath, and there was no power to m:? ;
him take one. He was no traitor, n-: j
were those who fourht for the South ; c-: ;
had he taken an oath of alleniance, for!
was no foreigner to be naturalized.
!
C3 An old gentleman remarked ft
other day that in 1776, we went to
on account of the stamp act and got
nigger : while in 1SG1, we went to
( about the nigger, and got tho stamp act-