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How to block the "lseconstruc-
ton" Came.

The N. Y. World is calling upon tho
New York Legislature all other
Legislatures, where the Democrats have
the power-to repeal, the So called
Constitutional Amendment.
"By defeating it, (says the editor,
we can block the Republican game OF
Reconstruction. The Reconstruction
act provides that when "such Constitu
"tion shall have been submitted to Con-
"grcss for examination and approval,
"and Congress shall have approved the
"same, and when said State, by vote
"of its Legislature elected under said
"Constitution, shall have adopted the
amendment to the Constitution of the
"United States, proposed by the Thir-
"ty-ninth Congress and known as arti
"clc fourteen, and when said article
"shall have become part of the Con
"stitution, said State shall be declared
"to be entitled to representation in Con.
"gress, and Senators and Representa-
''tives shall be admitted thereirom on
"rheir taking the oaths prescribed by
claw" BY the very terms of the Re
construct act the negro government
will ibe excluded, unless the pending
amendment shall be ratified" .'
The "World" adds:
"The Legislature of New Jersey
meets next Tuesday. The Democrats
have a majority of one in the Senate,
and of thirty two in the House With
Il majority in both branches, it is hoped
and expected that it will rescind the
ratification ofthc pending Constitution.
al Amendment, passed at it's last ses-
sion. The legislature of any State is
competent to revoke its former action
so long as the amendment has not be-
come a part Of the federal Constitu-
ton: and, for reasons which we will
presently explain, it is important that
this should be done by every State in
which the Democratic party regained
control of the Legislature in the late
elections. In Ohio, we have one ma
jority in the Senate, and seven in the
House. In California the Senate is
against us by majority of six, and we
have a majority of twenty-four in the
House; but California has not yet act
ed on the amendment at all, and we are
safe against its ratification by that State.
Iowa and Nebraska have not acted on
it; and Delaware. Ohio, Maryland and
Kentucky have rejected it," I-D
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-24
Why so many SpinSterS?

Some of the English periodicals are
rcviving discussion which. three years
ago, for several weeks, was a leading
topic for the London journals and mag
azines. The North British Review
thinks that, according to the census re-
turns, there ought to be but 100000
unmarried women between the ages of
twenty and forty, whereas there are
l,230, 900 and rs the workingclasses and
peasants nearly all marry and marry
young, workingmen find no difficulty in
getting husbands tor their daughters.
The surplus spinsters are among the
higher classes, and thousands ofyoung
men who refuse to marry are those hav-
ing incomes offrom E300 to fS0O
year, who prefer their liberty" and the
support this sum gives them to the risk
of sharing their income with q wife.
But this is not all there is the old sto.
ry of the terrible extravaganza Of wo-
mon; the modest maiden suddenly
blooms into the most magnificent Of
matrons; unbounded in expenditures,
they hrt more industiously, waltz
more violently, and dress more outra.
geously. Even the Spectator, which
makes mild defense of the young wo.
men of England against the charges Of
the writers in the North British Re.
view and Frazer, is compelled to admit
that there is an alarmingly large class
of such women, and that there is among
men growing contempt, not only for
but for women themselves.
Among the few remedies suggested
are opportunities for freer social inter.
course; the advantage of seeing women
elsewhere than at the ball and opera,
so that a man can learn something of
the actual habits and disposition ofthe
person whose hand he might be dis
posed to seek, and thus be able to see
the difference between the real woman
and the woman of the ball room. As
it is, it is lottery in which many fear to
adventure.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-24
A Case in POint-Thc BOndhOld-
ing SWindlC.

Mr.. A. r. lent the Government in
lS63-64, 100000 in greenbacks. At
that time gold was $50 per cent. pre-
MUM, so that the Government receiv-
ed, in fact, but $4,000 in gold. Up
on this $4,000 in gold it paid $4,000
annual gold interest, or fifteen per cent.
In addition, ii exempted the bonds from
State and local taxation, amounting TO
two or three per cent. more each iyear.
Thus, in four years, the bondholder
who lent $4,000 in gold, has received
back S24, 900 in interest, and has had
his taxes exempted for $4,000 or So
600 more, making 100000 in all. The
Principal of his debt was payable I'LL
der the law, in lcgal-tender currency.
TO so pay it now in greenbacks, would
give him seventy five or eighty cents
on the dollar, whereas, lie only lent
forty cents in gold. But this does not
satisfy him In despite of the agree.
ment, he demands 100000 in gold
from the Government, in addition to
the $4,000 in gold which he has re-
ceived in interest and taxes, to pay tho
$4,000 which he originally lent in
gold Did any body ever hear before
Ofsuch an cxtortionatc demand? ? Was
there ever such an uncxampled usury2
Was there ever such an unprecedented
robbery contemplated upon the treas
ury? Who that is not bought with
money, and is 4 bondholdcrs' agent,
can favor it.
Only think. 1t is sought TO pay n
rour.year loan to the Government of
United States of $4,000 with $780,
900, principal and INTEREST," Will the
people submit to such an outrage?
VIII they look on and see such vii
lainy consummated Ifit should be
done, there would be nothing like it as
y swindle in all history II it is y re-
pudation for the Government to pay
the debt which 1t owes to its creditors,
what is ii pay two or three times q,
much money to them as they lent to it,
Is this not a robbery of the people for
the bondholder's benefit? Is it not
r pudiation, on the part of the agents
of the Government, Of the obligations
under which they ARCTIC the country?
The illustration which we give is u
practical one. 1t covers the whole
question of the bondholders in q nut
shell.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-24
The Eighth Of January.

From the New York Express of Jany. g.
The National Flags are displayed on
the City Hall, and some of the other
public buildings, to-day, in honor OF
General Jackson and the battle of New
Orleans.
While we are thus doing honor to a
sentiment, however, are we not doing
something, in fact, which is disgracing
the memories which used to make the
Eighth of Janaary dear to every Amer
ican? .......... rl...
What did we gain by the battle of
New Orleans ifthe soil on which it was
fought is to-day the scene of Negro
Republic, where white men have little
or nothing of ''liberty and independ
ence" left? 80
Then, as to "honoring" the memory
Of Jackson,-the less said about that
the ,bctter,-secing that the very State
in which his ashes repose is to-day in
the hands, of as wicked tyranny, ON
D small scale, as ever the, old hero took
up arms against, on the plains of Chal.
mette. On the whole
It's q question whether the British
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-24

this House this session Of Congrl
will soon be whitened by the Dem
cy ofthe North and the West. 1t
not be that God inspired Columbul
the discovery of this great new Wd
only to drive out Pequods, ChippewI
lMohawks, Pottawatemies, Sioux, Che
ennes TO substitute here q government
OF Congo ncgroes from Africa instead
1t cannot be that Almighty wisdom
has gathered here the hest blood from
all the nations of Europe to be over
whelmed as Spanish blood has been.
by the basest mixture of Aztec, Indian,
and Congo negro. But to you, pledg.
ed, manacled to party, and lovingNpar-
ty more than You love country, or
God or man, know speak in vain.
A voice even from the dead would not
uow change a single opinion here.
but we shall be heard and needed else.
wherc--Posterity will vindicate our
foresight. History will do us justice,
while grateful country is already SEN
ding in it's plaudits Jewell done, good
and faithful servants"
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tlOn.

DR.. johnson, the Bureau Agent in
Trinity county, Miss, has decamped,
after swindling everybody-white and
black-of whom he could take advan-
tage. 1t will be remembered that an
agent orthe Bureau at Lake Providence
La, did the same thing recently. The
negro's "best friends" are turning out
Lnll,,
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might not rs well have been left to oc-
cupy New Orleans, as then il would
have been permitted to have at least
(what it can scarcely be said to have
now under the Radical Reconstruction
scheme government Of white men.
1t is we'll TO raise tho old flag, as
usual on this anniversary, but until we
get rid Of the Rump Congress Militia
ry dcspotism and replace the admins
tration of the government in the hands
of the Democratic party, that is, the
Jackson party, II will have little or no
real significance.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-24
Light.

Light travels 192, 1000 miles a second.
Red light has $4,000 waves to an inch.
Hence, 474,439,6S0,0OO,O0O of the
waves of single ray strike the eye each
second. Many millions of rays are
bombarding it at the same time, and
yet the retina receives, dissects, and
comprehends them all. l.s. ls
At the above given velocity of light,
it takes ten years for it to reach US
from 61 cygni, the nearest fixed star.
The suns composing the milky way are
$4,000 times more distant; hence their
light is 10000 years in its aightto US.
Some of the nebule are 500 times
more remote than the milky way; and
consequently their light must be co.
100000 years on its journey to US. As
the light Of the nebul@ does reach u.s.
itfollows that those stars existed where
they now appear sixty million years
ago. liza .A.is :, iEi1bs O.: ,o3a!q e, ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-24

A certain "loyal' General named
Barry, who was dismissed from the
Freedmens Bureau, some time ago, by
Gen. Howard, for obtaining his brevct
by forging recommendations, swim
ding, and an attemgt at rape, has suf-
ticiently recommended himself to the
negroes and Radicals of Mississippi by
these antecedcnts as to be elected by
them to their Constitutional Conven,
fiop
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-24

The Milledgeville Southern Record
er asks, very pertinently, if Georgia is
Territory, why did not the Atlanta
Convention draw on the National Treas
ury at Washington, instead of the bo-
gus State Treasury at Milledgeville?
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'OLrHEwsPAPERs for sale Vi. !. the
" Hexn {ouISAL O1yIou.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12
D Il L . i S COIN WNI
AT THE
EBENSDURG HARDWARE + HOUSE
FURNISHING STORE.

once more return my sincere thanks t,
my old friends and customers for their lib
eral patronage extended towards me. anf
now, owing to the great fall in prices. b,
which many articles can be sold as cheap o.
before the war; and having thorough knowl
e"ge OF the business and the wants of the
public, take pleasure in announcing that
can and will sell goods at a less fpDTa tho ,
any similar establishment in city or countrv
My stock will consist in part as follows:
DOOR AND CUPBOARD LOCKS. CATCHES
BOLTS, HINGES, SCREWS,
WINDOW SPRINGS, SHUTTER HINGES
WINDOW GLASS, NAILS, PUTTY.
BORING MACHINES, AUGERS, CHIsELs.
BRACES AND BITS, HATCHErs,
SQUARES, CoMPASSES, TRY SQUARES.
BEyELs, POCKET RULES,
JACK, SMOOTHING. AND FOR PLANES.
PANEL PLows, LEVELS,
SASH, RAISING, AND MATCH PLANES.
SAW SETS, BENCH SCREWS,
CR0sS-CUT, PANEL, RIP, COMPASS, AND
BACK SAWS,
GAUGES, OIL STONES, SCREW DRIVERS
PLoWs, POINTS, sHoyELs,
FORKS, sCYTHES AND SNATHES, RAKEs
HOES, SPADES, SHEEP SHEARS,
HORSE BRUSHES, CARDS, CURRY COMBS.
BELLS, HAMEs, WHIPS,
BUT, TRACE, BREAST, HALTER, FIFTH,
TONGUE, AND LOG CHAINS.
RIFLES, SHOT GUNS, REvoLvERs, AND
PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES,
POWDER, SHOT, CAPS, LEAD, POUCHES,
POWDER FLAsKs, GAME BAGS,
GUN LOCKS, MAIN SPRINGS, PIvoTs, &c.
LAMPS AND OILS,
COOKING, PARLoR, HEATING STOVES
TIN AND SHEET IRON WARE,
WASHING MACHINES, AND wRISGERs,
&c, &C., &C., &C., &c, &c
Ais0-FLoUR, TEA, COFFEE, SUGAR, &c.
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
Odd StoOe Plates, Crates, and Fire Brick
always on hand to suit Stoves sold by me.
Vel and Cstern Pumps and Tu5ing at man
lfacturers' prices.
Spo"tinS made, painted, and put up, at low |
'ates.
BeS@ Persons owing me debts of long stan
ling VIII confer favor by calling and paying |
Up as soon as convenient, as it takes great |
zeal OF money to keep up my stock and pay
expenses, and owing to the small profits that
am making on goods cannot afford to give
ong credit-the interest would soon eat up
he profits. GEO. HUNTIEy
Ebensburr Auo II 1898 4
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

ENIGMA.-I am composed of fourteen
letters:
VI ;my iirst is in much, but not in little;
NY ny second IS in jot, but not in title
My third is in linnet, but not in bird
NY fourth is in listen, but never in heard
~ NY NTH is in winter, and also in spring;
.iy NY sixth is in singer, but never in sing
NY seventh is in album, but never in book
my MY eighth is in given, but never in took
NY NY ninth IS in iron, but never in brass;
NY tenth is in lady, and also in lass:
My eleventh is in Monday, but never in wee,x
MY twelfth is in modest, but never in meek .
my M thirteenth is in rainbow, but never in sky
NY fourteenth is in query, but never in why
NY whole is the name of the authoress
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

FAcTs,-The largest store, the cheapest
goods, the greatest variety, the finest selection
OF dry eooes hats, bonnets. &C., to he found
IN Johpstown-at the cheap store of Leopold
Mayer. Mr.. Mayer is clever and an accom-.
modating gentleman, with whom it il nIass-
ure to deal. Try him and you will 90 no
where else to deal
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

SIGNs.-Sonle people are governed al
most entirely by signs. They have signs for
everything They are, however, FREQUENTLY
deceived in signs. There is one sign which
will not deceive, and that is the one which
hangs at the front of Geo. Huntley's NAM
moth store. This sign may be relied upon
as the place to buy cheap Hardware.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

SEWING MAeHINEs.-If you think OF
purchasing Sc wing Machine, YOU will find
~ your interest to give c. T. Roberts call.
lie Is agent for the Howe Singer, and Grover
d Baker machines, either of which may be
relied upon as giving entire satisfaction in
every instance. Drop in and see them.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

OAK HALL CLOTHING SToRE.-Tbose
OF our readers who visit Johnstown, and who
are IN need of clothing, should avail them
selves OF the opportunity of buying from Le-
opoid Bro, of the Oak Hall Clothing Store.
Ihey sell entire suits of clothing from S15
ana upwards Having the largest stock in
Jonhstown, and receiving constant accessions
OF goods, they are. prepared to sell cheaper
than the cheapest
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

IHE STATE NORMAL School, at Edin-
Doro' IS the best place for the young peo-
pie OF Western Pennsylvania to obtain an
education It's advantages are surpassed
by no similar institution known to us.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

CHEAP STORE.-We hear the ladies saw
and what they say must be true-that V. S.
Barker keeps the greatest variety and finest
selection of goods in town. His prices are
amazingly low and goods to suit all. pom
IN and take a look at his goods.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

BIG TREE.-Lancaster county boasts
chestnut tree twenty-seven feet in circumfer
ence, with cherry tree growing from one of
It's branches. On the west side of the tree
are carved in most beautiful letters, the
words-BuJ your goods at Thompson's cheap
cash store, Ebensburg, Pa
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12
T OOK OUT FOR BARGAINS AT

OOK OUT FOR BARGAINS AT
IL THE NEW
9 III Il 4 q R o @ ERY s TORE
doors east Of Cra Words Hotel,
Where may be found choice selection oI
Fresh Groceries, consisting in part, of
BEST FAMILY FLOUR, BACON, FISH. SU-
GAR, MOLASSES, SYRUP, TEAS
COFFEE, SPICES, CHEESE, CRACKERS.
DRIED FRUITS, CANNED FRUITS,
RICE, RAISINS,
SOAPS, CANDLES, &c. &c.
The finest brands of TOBACCO and CT
CARS kept in town may always be found
at this establishment
4tso, a Large selection of
YANKEE NOTIONS
all Of which will be sold at the lowest prices
a large assortment of FRUIT CANS lust re-
ceived and at prices which defy compe-
tition- Call and examine stock be-
fore purchasing elsewhere
LAMPS, WICKS, FLUES. AND LIMP
TRIMMINGS in great yqrietv.
hope by fair dealing and strict attention
to business, and determined endeayor TO
please, that L may receive share of the
patronage of generous public. KGg@ AM
DETERMINED NOT TO BE UNDERSOID
BUT WILL SELL CHEAP AS THE CHEAP
EST NJ 7, 0tTM1N i--'
aug. 10, 1868. EBENsBURG, Pa
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SWEET POTATOES T. Ootn1o,, hoe
choice lot of sweet potatoes on hand which
he offers to the public at the lowest market
price His stock of groceries issthe largest
ard cheapest in town. Go and buy.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

RUSTIC WINDOW SHADES Churches.
Hotels, and public buildings furnished with
the Rustic Shade, by I. W. Williams, at very
low rates. They are by far the most service
able as we'll as ornamental blind extont
Go and see them,
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

READER, if you want bargain in buy
ing bill Of goods, you should buy from A. A.
Barker Son. Their goods are all new and
prices us cheap as the cheapest Patronize
them
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

SEVERE WINTER. weather pro-
phets predict long and severe winter
mere are certain signs by which they are
governed in their calculations, which may or
may not mean something. But, be this as it
may, we suggest that you prepare for the
emergency by laying in supply of winter
goods which are offered for sale cheap at R.
r. Davis fancy store.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

JUST Look At II The Washington
township, Cambria county, election board
has been prosecuted by Republican ma
med Hanson for refusing to receive bis
VOTE he holding that he is legally quail
fed clector.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS FOR Nothing.
If you want to buy beautiful photo
tograph album without money and without
price, go to SPence's Photograph Gallery
and get two dozen photographs taken and
get an album worth So free. Any person
ordering two dozen photographs (and pay
ing for the sane) from any negative or
number of negatives now on hand will also
receive good album holding 20 pictures.
Any person not wishing an album can have
a large picture frame. So come right
along before It's past, for chance like
this won't always last.
T. Z SPENCE Dkntnnannn1oa.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

MEMORANDA.-1he dWeliin0-houSe O.
Mr.. James Cline, in Westmoreland county
was destroyed by fire, together with it,
contents, one day last week. Mr. Elisha
Shoemaker, farmer, residing in Hun
tingdon county, signed his name in blank
on the books of Jeremy Diddler who
represented himself as an agent of the
National Agricultural Department. Mr.
Diddler wrote note for $95 above the
name, presented it at the First National
Bank of Huntingdon, and had it cashed.
Mr.. Shoemaker paid the note, and is now
anxiously inquiring as to the whereabouts
of Mr.. Diddler.. A successful Methodist
revival was lately held in Blairsville. A
large number We're converted from the er-
rors of their ways, and brought into the
true light....A ''dinkey" locomotive ran
Oft the track near Altoona, one day last
week, and, after turning two complete
somersaults, brought up in creek below
The engineer and fireman made their es-
cape by jumping Mr.. Philip Pheasant,
OF Cassvilie, Huntingdon county, was in
stantly killed at Mill Greek, Huntingdon
county, on the Sd instant, by the upsetting
Of a wagon. Mr.. Peter Riddle, of George
vile, Indiana county, had his pocket pick
ed of 81 ,1C0 in Philadelphia, week before
last....A few days since, twelve fine speci-
mems Of the black or lake bass were trans
planted from the Potomac into the waters
Of the ''blue Juniata" Mr.. Press Kill
gore: brakeman on the Derry Accommo-
dation Of the Penna. Railroad, fell under
the cars at Derry on the 9th instant, and
was SO badly injured by the train passing
over him that he died the same night.
a man named Henry Croutwalter, lately
discharged from the Western Penitentiarv.
whore he had been serving out a sentence
Of ten years for burning a barn, has been
committed to the Indiana jail for threat
ening to kill man in West Whcatfeld
township. He is 50 years old, and has
already served three terms in the peniten-
tiary. trial Of Thomas H. Pagan for
the murder OF William a. Lane came off
in Hollidaysburg two weeks ago. 1t will
be remembered that the murder was the
result Of tracas between the two parties,
n Hollidaysburg, on the 25th of july
asst The jury, after thirty-six hours de-
Iteration, returned verdict of not guilty.
"A child OF Jacob Fawner, aged about
ighteen months, fell into a min-race at
on the 26th uIt., and was
rowned.-..Naj w. w. Ivory, formerly
EbensburS, made Republican speech
I st, Louis just before the late election.
was highly spoken Of by the St Louis S
son of Mr. David Byers. 5
t Huston township, Blair county, got en-
angIed in the machinery of threshinq !
lachine, few days ago, and was killed. t
See new advertisements. a
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12

COUNTY INsTITUTE-The second ses=
sion of the Cambria County Teachers In
stitute will be held the fourth week of
December, in the Court House, Ebens-
burg The exercises will be varied in
terestlng, and instructive. Able lecturers
and instructors will be present. A perfect
outline OF the exercises will be published
hereafter.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-11-12
I. I. SPENCE, PhotQgrapher.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-Engine No. 46
exploded on the Hollidaysburg branch
railroad, at Duncansville, on Monday last,
instantly killing the engineer, Mr.. Robt
Patterson, and the fireman, Mr. Philip
Davis. The former is reported to have
been blown entirely over house, a dis
tance of several hundred feet. Both were
married, and leave families. The fireman
was a native of Cambria county, and was
a son Of Mr.. James Davis, of Belsano.