democrat anb j?tntincl. CLAKK WILSO.V, Kdltor & Proprletot. EBENSBURG, MAY 31, :::::::::: 18GG. FOU GOVERXOK. H1ESTER CLYMER. NEWS ITEMS. (yMany of the news items which np pcar in these columns have been copied from the Philadelphia Daily Age. The Age, by the way, is one of the best papers in the State, ami we take pleasure in rec ommending it to our readers. See pros pectus in another column. On the Hudson Iiiver Kailroad, on Tuesday, a locomotive ran against a man near Poughkeepsie, picking him, up and carrying him ten miles before discovering the stale of affairs. Some of his bones were broken, but he was pefectly conscious, and was not unlikely to recover. The Statu Fair. 'Hie Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society will hold the next State Fair at Easton, Northampton count', on the 25th, 2Cth, 27th, and 28th of September next. C5T A brutal fight occurred at New Orleans" on Sunday, May 13, bet ween Tom King and Bill Farrell. Eighty-three rounds were fought in one hour and eight minutes, and then the backers of the per son last named acknowledged their man whipped. A New Union Pater. "77? Repub lic" is the name of a new daily paper just started at Pittsburgh, Pa., the first num ber of which has been issued. "27e Uc j)ulltc' supports President Johnson and the Union, and is ably edited by X. 1'. Sawyer, Esq. Advices from South America report that the Spanish fleet had bombarded Cal lao, but were repulsed, all the vessels be ing more or less damaged. Admiral Nun ez was badly wounded. Little damage was done to t lie city. Ten Peruvians were killed and twenty wounded. C3 A New Orleans paper of the 17th says: "The corn is tasseling evcrj'whcro, and soon our markets will be flooded with delicious ears. Figs are swelling finely under the influence of genial showers, and cantelopes are being gilded by the morning sun." C3" Lemuel Cook, the revolutionary sol dier who died in Clarendon, X. Y., Sun day night, was not the last of the heroes of the war for independence. There are two others still living, viz : Samuel Dow ning, of New Hampshire, and James Barham, of Missouri. A Young Clerk at St. Louis, under took to kill himself by shooting, because a gentleman would not let him marry his daughter, lie went into a lumber yard, and commenced a preliminary prayer, when three of his young friends surprised him, took away his pistol, and advised him to elope with the girl. Wk have (says the Boston Journal) been shown a counterfeit gold eagle, so in geniously made that it is calculated to defy even experts. Apparently it is gen uine so lar as weight and appearance are concerned, and tested by acids it would be pronounced genuine, and even a lile vigor ously applied, would not show the decep tion. Upon braking it open, however, the interior is filled wi'h a small plate of platina, and instead of being worth ten dollars in gold, its value is only about one-third of that amount. 3" A Band of outlaws went to the house of a man named Gunter, in Over ton county, Tenn., one day last week, and, on some frivolous pretext, took him into the woods, stripped, and unmercifully whipping him. His daughter seized a hatchet, rushed to the spot and succeeded, with heroic bravery in killing two of the ruffians and wounding others. The your.z lady and father have since been driven from the country. The origin of the dif ficulty is not known, but the family was Southern in sentiment during the rebellion. Adam Smyser was arrested a few days ago in Baltimore, charged with eject ing Mary J. C. Anderson and Ellen J. Jackson, both colored, from the parlor of tho Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti more railroad depot. It appears that on Thursday cf last week, two colored wo men appeared at the depot and inquired for the ladies' parlor, which being show them, they walked in and deliberately sat down, stating that they wished to wait the departure of the train. They refused to leave and were forcibly ejected. Smy ser was held for trial. y A cotton factory in Macon, Georgia, is turning out ninety thousand yards of sheeting per month. It is also said that two new cotton factories will be built at "West Point, Georgia, during the coming summer. On Saturday the court at Wilmington, Delaware, sentenced William Manhiff, colored, convicted of assault upon Lizzie Griffith with intent to kill, to be bun on Friday, the 20th of July. J. D. Coggswell, United States District Attorney for the district of Wisconsin, has been removed, and General S. S. Bragg, late of the United States army, jippointed in his place. An effort is being made to postpone the trial of Jefferson Davis until fall. CJ-JIrs. Jefferson Davis arrived at Washington on the 24 th instant. At Windsor, C. W., on Thursday, oil was struck at a depth of two hundred and fifty feet. General Joseph E. Johnson was on the 11 th inst. elected President of the Alabama and Tennessee River Kail road. Two hundred sacks of corn, branded "Peace," arrived in Memphis, Tenn., the other day, for the destitute of Ala bama. C5T General Grant has directed the muster-out of six more colored regiments, while 17,000 will be retained in the ser vice. CvT A large portion of the tunnel on the Mounijoy branch of the Pennsylvania liaihoadfell on Monday. No one was injured. CvT A dispatch from Eastport, Maine, reports two boats, loaded with supposed Fenian arms, effected a landing at Indian Island on Monday night. The IJadicals cannot get over Stanton's desertion. He was their sheet-anchor. They are now fearful he will be the rock on which they will split. SST A grand procession of Odd Fellows took place in Beading on the 22d instant. Forty lodges were represented from vari ous counties throughout the State. C3 A tornado on the 5th nearly de molished the freedmen's village on Port Boyal Island, South Carolina. Forty houses were demolished, and thirteen per sons were severely injured two mortally. CwT Thomas W. Birdsall, President of the Security Fire Insurance Company, committed suicide on Wednesday at his office in Broadway, New York by taking strychnine. The temporary arsenal erected by the United. States forces during the occupation of Augusta, Georgia, was blown up by the careless handling of shells on Monday afternoon. Two negroes were killed and two others wounded. C3" Dr. Newland, who killed Professor Evans, his daughter's seducer, has return ed to his home, at liedford, Indiana, since his-acquittal where he received the con gratulations of the citizens. Washington gossip runs that Senator Ben. Wade hurled a forty-pound oath at Secretary Stanton, during a testy talk up on reconstruction, and that these two mild men are no longer friends. An Infant was accidentally hung near Mahanoy city, lately, in consequence, of its night slip catching on a peg as the child slid out of bed. When its mother awoke and discovered the situation of the child, it was suspended by the neck dead. Tin: Two Candidates. A Ilarris burg correspondent of one of our ex changes writes tiie following : rGeary and Clymer are both here, and there is such a marked difference in their appearance and manners, that it has be come a subject of remark with all. Gea ry is a large, well-built man, but his slouch hat, ponderous beard and whole de meanor show him to be a man of but lit tle brains or refinement, and he would pass anywhere for what is vulgarly called a plug ;" while Clymer's stately form, fine manners and modest bearing, at once point him out as a gentleman, a scholar and a statesman of the old school. His friends here are anxious to have him and the Ginerul stump the State together during the campaign." The Notes of State Banks. After the 1st of June, the notes of all State Banks will not-be received in payment of debts at counters of the National Banks, or on deposit, except at such a discount as will pay the expense of returning these notes to the Banks that issued them, and exchanging them for National Currency. This is done on account of the high tax imposed by the Federal Government on the circulation of all State Banks that is out after the date named. The effect of this will be to give us a uniform paper currency. The IJadicals are complaining of the President for refusing to commission the notorious General M'Neil as Surveyor of the Port of St. Louis. It will be remem bered that M'Neil had twelve or thirteen Southern men shot at Palmyra, Missouri, for the supposed murder of one "Union man," who in a few days after turned up unhurt. When the President commissions M'Neil Survev-or of the port of St. Louis, he ought to have Probst, the murderer of the Deering family, made Chaplain of the United States Senate. New York, May 24. The evidence taken before the Coroner shows that Mr. Birdsall, who committed suicide yester day, was embarrassed in his pecuniary u Hairs. This morning a lady named Rudder, whose husband is said to be a clergyman and now out of the city, while in a de ranged state of mind, jumped from the balcony of her residence, No. 7 West Nineteenth street, and was so badly inju red that she died. The Senate has rejected the nomination of W. II. Purnell as Postmaster of Bal timore. tJT" Lemuel Cook, a revolutionary he ro, died on Sunday night at Clarendon, Orleans county, N. Y., at the. advanced age of 102 years. gematrat mib jgcnlhul. Democratic County Convention. The Democracy of Cambria county are requested to assemble at the usual places for holding elections, in their respective elec tion districts, on Saturday, the 23d day of June, 18GG, to elect Delegates to a Conven tion, which will convene at the Court House, in Ebensburg, on Monday, tho 2oth day of June, 18GC, at one o'clock, 1. M., for the purpose of nominating a County Ticket, and to perform such other duties as the usages of the party and the interests of the Country may require. A full attendance is requested. GEORGE W. OATMAN, Chairman Democratic Co. Cum. Ebensburg, May 29, 1806. Reward. Mr. C. T. Roberts, the robbery of whose jewelry store we noticed hist week, offers a reward of $o0 for the apprehension ar.d conviction of the thief or thieves. A Pretty Paih. Gen. John W. Geary, the disunion candidate for Governor, accom panied by that political scoundrel and negro worshiping hyj ocrite, John Covode, visited Johnstown on Wednesday oflast week. Hogs Injured. On Friday last a couple of hogs belonging to Mr. Isaac Crawford, tho gentlemanly host of the "Logan House," re turned home severely lacerated, it is sup posed by an axe, in the hands of some evil disposed individual. fZf- Our genial and whole-souled friend. Thos. P. Houston, Esq., formerly City Editor of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, has, we notice, become one of the firm of the Gazette Com pany. He is a pungent, sparkling writer. Success and long life to ye, Tommy. CC- Mr. Joseph Gill, for many years a useful and energetic citizen of Glen Connell, Cambria county, recently purchased proper ty near Earlviile, Delaware county, Iowa, and has started, or is about to start to take up his abode in that locality. May success accompany him to his western home. d7 Notwithstanding we were visited in this mountain region with many heavy frosts during the month of May, the indica tions are that the apple crop has not been destroyed. Apples are forming on the trees, and the crop promises to be abundant. Earlier and more tender varieties of fruit have been destroved. 03- We perceive that II. A. McPike, Esq., at one time editor of the Mountain Echo, has returned to Johnstown from Altoona, and associated himself in the mercantile business with Mr. John J. Murphy. Mack is a good fellow add we are glad to know that he has engaged in a business which is likely to prove more profitable than that of editing and publishing a paper. Mountains on Fire. For some days fire has been raging in the mountains, des troying wood, bark, Src, to a considerable extent. The Aileghenies furnish at all times, entertainment for the traveler. They are always beautiful, whether enveloped in the green and glory of Spring; yellow and golden with the tints of Autumn; snow-capped, frosty and white with the icy breath of Winter, or sublimely, grandly wrapped in a sheet of flame. Cltmke Club. A Clymer Club was or ganized, in Susquehanna township, on Sat urday evening, the 25th inst. We have, as yet, received no official account of the meet ing and are not informed who are the officers. This is the first movement of the kind in the county this campaign, and should be followed by others, until the Democracy in every precinct in Cambria is thoroughly or ganized. Prompt action in this matter is all that is needed to crown our cause with bril liant success. Fort the West. John Weakley, Esq., of Susquehanna township, having disposed of his farm, intends moving with his family to the West in a few days. In this connection we will mention that a tour through the Western States warrarts us in saying that Missouri, Minnesota and Iowa present a better field for the emigrant than the States this side of tho Mississippi. Speculation and monopoly maintain a strong foothold in Illinois, and high rates of transportation and other kindred ills, tend greatly to the embarrassment of the farmer. Rainbow. On Saturday morning a rain bow made its appearance in the eastern hor izon, and the fulfillment of "His bow of promise" was the plentiful showers with which we have been blessed. Iiaia was greatly needed at this time and its reviving and invigorating influence had an almost miraculous effect on drooping vegetation. All nature seemed to rejoice at the copious and refreshing visitation. Our neighbor, of the Kittanning Sentinel was getting fright ened at the high price of breadstuffs caused by the existence of the "nigger-bureau," which consumes without any return in the way of labor, and the unpromising season. Cheer up ! A triumph of common-sense will kill the Bureau and a few more showers will put new life in the growing crops, and, if wo "curtail and save the half-inch" on our ex penses, we may be able to diag out an existence. Abolition Convention. The Abolition Convention which assembled here on Mon day, the 28th instant, declared iu favor of Daniel J. Morrell, over A. A. Barker, for Congress, by 39 to 29. Mr. Morrell was authorized to select his own Conferees to the i Congressional Convention. The motion to declare Mr. Morrell's nomination unanimous elicited some discussion, and when the vote was taken one delegate voted against it. The following County Ticket was nomi nated, which is destined to be defeated in October next Assembly John J. Glass, of Allegheny township. Associate Judge Jno. Williams, of Ebens burg, and Charles B. Ellis, cf Johnstown. Commissioner Henry Foster, of White township. Poor House Directoi Charles Buckson, of Jackson towuship. Register and lieeorder Col. Wm. McDer- I mit, of Clearfield township. Auditor James Cooper, of Taylor town ship. Crj-The following items we glean from the Johnstown Tribune of May 25th : The Ashtola Mill, near Johnstown, the burning of which we noticed last week, was built without regard to cost, was full of expensive machinery, and could cot be replaced under $25,000. Orders for a large amount of lum ler, at good prices, were on hand, and every arrangement had been made for a large bus iness. The loss of the season's business is estimated at $6,000, making the aggregate loss at least S)0,000. Whether the energet ic parties who have been carrying on the es tablishment will rebuild it, we are unable to say. Should they not, its destruction will prove a serious loss to the neighborhood, throwing a number of persons out of em ployment. We are sorry to slate that there was no insurance. The fire is supposed to have caught from the furnaces. The sale of the Dibert Estate in this place commenced on Tuesday and ha3 been continued daily. Up to Wednesday evening houses and lots amounting to one hundred thousand dollars had been sold. The Msion House and ad joining property were knocked down to John Dibert for over twenty-five thousand dollars. Twenty years ago the same prop erty was bought for one thousand dollars. Robert W. Hunt, E.q., and Lieutenant B. Dunlap have returned from Wyan dotte, Michigan, where they have been for several months representing the iuterests of the Cambria Iron Company in testing the merits of recently invented processess for the manufecture of steel. The experiments made were satisfactory, and the early estab lishment of extensive steel works iu Johns town is highly probable. Plattvili.e, May 28, 18G6. Mb.. Editoii : A meeting of the Demo cratic Club of Susquehanna township, was held at the Election House, in this place, on last Saturday evening. The officers of tho Club are, G. Washington Lloyd, President, and J. B. Stalb, Secretary. There was quite a large attendance, including a number of Republicans. A lengthy and able speech was delivered by John S. Rhey, Esq. The Democracy of Susquehanna are fully alive to the great interests involved in the present campaign and will discharge their whole duty. s. John S. Rhey. Esq. The Kittanning Sentinel speaks in the following terms of John S. Rhey, Esq. : This gentleman, who at one time represented this county in the Legislature, is a candidate for nomination to the same position in Cambria county. Mr. Rhey, it will be remembered, was elected Speaker of the House; and his reputation was that of being one of the best, if not the best, tactitions that ever occupied the chair of either House. We sincerely hope our old frieud and tutor may be successful, and once more wield the gavil in the House of Representatives. Send us the News. As publisher of a local or county paper, it is our desire to give as much news pertaining to the entire, coun ty as we possibly can. Of course we cannot be expected to know vhat occurs in differ ent parts of the county remote from us, un less we are informed by persons living in such localities of what may take place, that should find its way into tho county paper. We want all the news we can get and if our friends will but send us the facts, we will undertake to put them into readable shape, provided they are not already so when received. Improved Washing Machine. One of the most complete machetes for washing clothes has just been invented by John S. Lash, Esq., of Philadelphia, who has recent ly obtained a patent for it. It is highly in genious, although simple in construction. What is' still better, it is within the reach of every housekeeper, costing as it does, only five dollars. For further particulars, we refer the reader to the advertisement in an other column. Ccj- Those indebted to us for subscriptions, &c, are expected to call and pay up next week. A 11 subscriptions if not paid sooner, must be settled at the end of the year. The first volume of the SerJinel under our man agement will be completed next week. Loretto Pic-Nic. Mr. Editor: As this is the season of pic-nics, will you be so kind as to pub lish the following and oblige many. On the 21th inst., the ladies and gentlemen of Loretto assembled in Mr. Ievi's grove, near the college, for the purpose of having a grand pic-nic. The morning was beau tiful, the suu stiown brightly, and the air was clear and bracing. About 9 o'clock the carriages called at the houses of the ladies to collect their baskets and convey them to the grounds. At 10 o'clock the ladies began to assemble. They came from town and country until the grove was filled with the fair anil beautiful from Ix retto and its' vicinage. A vacant house on the premises was secured for the pur pose of dancing and the rooms were soon filled with the fair and beautiful who avail ed themselves of this opportunity of keep ing time with the rich music which enliv ened the scene. The day was spent in dancintr, promenading, singing and feast ing. The ladies had done ample justice to the occasion by preparing a sufficient quantity of the choicest viands and in ca tering to the wishes and appetites of all. The tables groaned under the weight of luxuries with which they were covered, and all sat down and feasted sumptuously on the good things set before them. Truly ladies arc but ministering angels in the sweet guise of lovely women. An invi tation. was extended to a number of Phil adclphians, sojourning in the pleasant vil lage of Loretto who readily accepted and as freely participated in the joys and pleas ucrs of the day. We take this method of returning our most cordial thanks to the ladies and gentlemen of Loretto for their kindness and courtesy, shown us during our stay with them hoping that they may all live to witness the return of many bright May-days, and that each sky may be without a cloud, and each life one of uninterrupted happiness. PhILADEI.FIIIAN. Wendell Phillips generally keeps a little in advance of his party, although it is marvelous how fast its members who claim to be "Conservatives" crowd upon his heels. Hence it is safe to assume that his interpretation of the meaning of negro suffrage, given at a recent meeting in lios ton, will by the time another year rolls around form a recognized article in the creed of the IJadicals, as it is already a darling idea cherished by them in secret : Negro suffrage, said Mr. Phillips, meant a score of' negro Congressmen sitting in tie House of Jirpresentativcs. It means color ed Senators in Columbia. It means ne gro representatives sharing in making railroad laws and other laws. It means social equality, and that was where the Southerner met the question. Social equality follows hard on the heel of the ballot box, and the South knows it, and she resists negro suffrage for what must follow it. Clymer at Home. An attempt was lately made by the Disunion organ of Berks county to show that Hon. I leister Clymer has always been unpopular at home, and stating that he invariably ran behind his colleagues. This falsehood, which the rest of the Disunion organs have given currency to, is fully disproved by the Heading Gazette, from which the following quotation is made : "The truth is that whenever Mr. Cly mer ran for the Senate the only office to which he ever aspired he always polled a full Democratic vote, and more. Thus in 18G0, w hen he was elected to the Sen ate, to fill a vacancy, he had 2,S31 major ity 51 less than Mr. Ancrma, and 718 more than Mr. M'Kentry, the Congress ional candidates, who headed our county ticket. Again, in 18G1, when he was elected for the full term, he had 4,421 majority the largest, by 110 to 400, of any candidate open the ticket of that year. lie also led the highest of his colleagues on the Legislative ticket 93 votes. And in 18G4 when he was re elected to the Senate, he had 5,5Gl ma jority, only Gl less than Judge Wood ward, our candidate for Governor, and 221 more than Mr. Ancona, our candi date for Congress. "Mr. Clymer has never been guilty of electioneering for votes personally, in or der to manufacture paper popularity, by running himself ahead of his colleagues, but has been honorably content to stand with them fairly and squarely before the people, and abide their verdict. "Our friends abroad may rest assured that Clymer is all right at home, whatev er unscrupulous opponents may assert to the contrary. And that "Old Berks" will roll up for him a majority fully equal to his deserving, and worthy of her ancient renown as the banner county of the State." Northampton County. The Argus says : William Gallagher, residing near the "Black Horse tavern," a short distance below Easton, a hard-working laborer, employed as a track hand on the Belvidere Delaware railroad, committed suicide on Wednesday last, by cutting his throat from ear to ear with a razor. Orders have been received at Port au Spain, Trinidad, from the British govern ment, prohibiting Spanish, Peruvian or Chilian war vessels or privateers from ren dezvousing in any ports of the British West India Colonies. Pennsylvania Items. Butler County. The ll-ra.,1 A party of New York capitalists ';;.-: the Northern section of this county laifv to satisfy themselves as to the safety investinjin the coal lands soon to be '. . veloped by the Bear Creek KaUwat Professor Williams, ot Meadville, aoccr. panied them, and, after a careful an.! ;. liberate examination of the different re. and the quality of the coal, pronoaae; them the best in the State. Berks County. The Heading Cu; r says: Th-3 wife of Mr. Bonneville (irvh.i watchmaker, residing in Twelfth Krc near Walnut, committed suicide la-t v.;. urday morning, by hanging herself j-, cellar. On Friday morning 5 o'clock, the body of a young man -eighteen years of age, was found W:r, across the track ot the Ueadmg rakn ajj fow miles above this city, with b oth ! ;. and one arm cut off, and otherwise I. r:. bly mangled. His name and re.-il r. arc unknown. Erie County. The OL&mr say;: On Tuesday, when the workrmnein;,! ,y. by the Anthracite Coal and Iron con,-.,- , commenced relaying the track on T : -. street, under the direction of the C'Ilv.'.- ; and Erie railroad company, a large r.u:;.':t of women residing in the vicinity ma i. a- suspend operations. A call was madr on the police force t j protect tho w...r.. men, but their efforts proved unava'.'.i-.: Six of the women were arrested '; r. ; charge of riotous conduct and liciJ : : trial. Most of those engaged in the i;.- turbance are the wives and daughters t: laboring men, who object to the pa.i; of the railroad through the street on t . ground of the inconveniences and ar r. v ance it will occasion them, and the d- ciaiion it is expected to cause to im properly. Indiana Cofnty. The Messenger sr.: The suit, instituted some years ago by Mrs. Henderson, widow of Joseph ll .v derson, against the lVnn?yIvani i Kai!ro:i'. Company has been decided in her favurl v me supreme v. ouri. it will bo remor.i bcred that the suit was brought for dan ages for the death of her husband vL was killed at Blairsville Intersection. SLe was awarded S3, 500. The backwardness of the season is t!.' general complaint. High winds dur'.v: the day, and cold frosty nights have b--: the characteristics of the weather dun;; the entire Spring. A warm rain is sal,, needed in this section. Vegetation issu: fering for the want of warm weather aril gentle showers. The oldest inhabitant say that the brooks are lower now :Laa ever known at this season of the year r.-- tore. It is leareu that early truitlia ?u--fered considerably from the frosts. Cher ries will probably be unusually scarce tb -season. Apples, it is hoped, were n : sufficiently advanced to 1? seriously Injur ed. . So, also, of other late and harJv fruit. We learn that William Evan?, son :: the proprietor of the Marker House, I ville, made an attempt to hang him-vl y. Thursday of last week. It appears th.-.: on the morning of the day a!ovc mention ed, the chamber-maid, on going to 1 room to make up his bed, found the nV. locked and looking in through the window, was horrified to see young Evan? susjktJ ed by a rope attached to a post of the In stead. She immediately gave the alarn and the door was broken open, and th young raari cut down. It was with difficulty he was brought to. Had t been discovered one minute lati-r. h would have been past recovery. Lawrence County. The Gcjc 'V s T: On Friday last, a man by the name t: Jefferson Graham, a resident of X -Castle, while attempting to get on :! cars of the Cleveland and Mahoning rail road, at Hubbard, Ohio, fell between iL' cars and was instantly killed. Hi hoi; was brought to this place on Saturday interment. Mercer County. The Pm say?: The wife of M. Goumfrey, of West .Mid dlesex, this county, died on Tuesday even ing, from the effects of a dose of oil o: almond, taken for the purpose of en l n: life. Temporary insanity is supposed U have been the inciting cause. Schuylkill County. The Potfsvii!' Standard says : During the storm of Sun day, the 13 th, a boy named Frank Yourj. about ten years of age, was blown iii'1 the canal at Ixck No. 3, in this boau:;l and drowned. About the same tiuw a girl about ten years of age, named Mar garet Crowley, was missed from her he:n- at Port Carbon. Her mother sent her tor a bucket of water just before the heavy blow, and she was not seen again u:it ' Tuesday morning, when her body w:i? taken from the Schuylkill river. It thought that she was blown into the darn from a precipice about fifteen feet kzh which is but a few yards from the houso On Thursday last, an Englishman named John Dale, aged 19 years, was in stantly killed in the gangway of Snyder'? mines, at Mill Creek, by a fall of slate. A Democratic county mass nutt ing is called at Potlsville on the 4th of June. The White Workingmen's Eight Hour League of New Orleans, which excludes negroes from membership, struck recently, and were much disgusted next day to find their places filled by colored workmen. n n,