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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

"A telegraph dispatch from Scranton,
dated the 9th inst, says: There ~ great ex-
citement here in consequence oI the burning
of a coal breaker, at the Avondale mine, Ply
mouth. about twenty miles south OF this
citv. There are two hundred men and boys
in the mine, and the shaft, which is the
only means of escape is cboked By forty feet
of 6nrning coal and rubbish Ventilation
is totally stopped. ard there are great fears
that some, il not all, will be sufocated.
The only hope for the 202 men and boys
entombed in the Avondale coal mine, twen-
ty miles south of Scranton, Pa.-the shaft oil
which, their only means for escape, being
choked by forty feet OF burning coal and
rubbish-is that they have shut themselves
up in a remote part of the mine. away from
the draft Two men named Williams and
Jones, who descended the shaft 10 iuvesti-
gate, were suffocated to death by the gas.
Others descended safely, but received no
answer to their loud cries nor discovered no
signs of life It is feared that all are dead
The suspense is terrible and heart-rending.
"A letter to the editor of the BelleGonte
WatchnGn from Montana tells the i'm
probable story that the writer, former
citizen Of Bellefonte. met and conversed
with George s. Twitchell, the murderer Of
Mrs. Hill in Philadelphia. aud who commit
ed suicide the night preceding the day set
apart for his execution. The witness alleges
that he knew Twitchell well, that he could
not be mistaken, that the story Of the ex-
suicide is that he was pardoned by Governor
Geary, that he exhibited the document, that
he was set free the night before the execE-
ton, and the body of prisoner who had
just died was placed in his cell to represent
him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

OLD JESSE r. GRANT, Postmaster at Cow
ington, KY, and father Of our second
Washington" seems to be running all the
Western post-offices and regulating the APP
pointments to minor places in the POSTAL
service. His latest effort in this line is the
election of Captain e. @. M'Ginnity (who
fought in a number of battles in the late
ar and was severely wounded at Stone
River) from the position Of mail route agent
from Covington TO Nicholasville, kentucky.
The Captain was supported for the Office,
says the Cincinnati Commercial, by nearly
every prominent Union officer and citizen in
the vicinity where he lives, and his services
in the army would seem to constitute a claim
for radical recognition. But old Jesse wants
the place for friend or member OF the fam
lily, and the change was made. as George
Earl, First Assistant Postmaster General,
writes to Capt. M'Ginnity, sat the instance
of Jesse Z. Grant, father of the President"
For this distinguished service the Columbus
Statesman calls Grant senior. with entire
Jruthfulness 70 doubt, ga mcddlesome old
ass"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

The claims of the great and good Gov
ernor John w. Geary to still further honors
at the hands of his party are characters
tically set forth by Forney's Press "He
i" has been Mayor of San Francisco. Military
.s Governor of Savannah, and Governor of
" Pennsylvania" showing that he is a car
pet-bagger of the most approved stripe,
ready to go anywhere for ofice and to take
anything that offers. After the October
election, it is presumed that he will he eager
to migrate and take the mayoralty or mill
tary governorship of Sitka. He entered the
volunteer army in 1861 as ful!.blown COL
onel, and was made brigadier in 1862.
and thereafter became a major- general
This was in the days when farmers. shoe
makers. and lawyers clerks, if they were
only "loil," were in danger of being sudden
ly seized on the White House grounds, car
ried before the late Lincoln, and then shot
out of the doors or windows as brigadier or
major generals. But, says Forney, cat the
present day be carries rebel lead in his body"
In fact. he is full Of it. 1t loads him down.
1t makes him altogether too heavy candi-
date for the Pennsylvania Radicals to carry
successfully through the coming campaign.
-WOrL0.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

HERE are some of the Presidential duties
duly done last week: On FriGay Mr.. Grant
lunched at the Tip-top House, on Mount
Washington. and was photographed. he
then came down and drove in a light wagon
with Mrs. Grant towards Bethlem. On the
way he was overtaken and was found "quiet.
ly unhitcbing his horses" In the evening
he rode in ''the Profile House chariot, drawn
" by eight splendid horses, and the President
''and son Jesse occupied the front seat with
" the driver" Then he went to Saratoga.
and, as nobody gave him any thing on Sat-
urday, it occurred to him that he might vary
the monotony by going to Washington "to
hold CabinetImeeting." But he had much
rather hold horses. and the horse men. hotel
men, gift men, and other men are delighted
to know that the President will return to
Saratoga at the earliest possible moment.
World.
A man named Duffy was stabbed and
in West Pittsburgh. on Friday last, by an
other man named Thomas Sullivan. who
managed to escape, but has since been ar
rested IN Beaver county. No hopes were
entertained of Duffy's recovery.
There is a famine among the negroes at
Washington. Subscription papers are cir
culated in their behalf. Food is supplied to
them to keep them alive long enough to en-
able them to get up mobs and kill each other
Cd account of the free exercise of the right
Of suffrage
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

SENATOR MORTON, ef Indiana, on Thurs
day, in a syeech in Pittsburg, undertook to
characterize the platforms of the two parties.
Said he:
The Democratic and Republican platforms,
taken together, resemble double mile post
that part OF the mile post that looks backward
tells you where you came from, and how far
you have gone. That is the Democratic par
ty The other side of the mile post Is the
Republican. That looks forward, and tells you
how far you have to go.
Thus he ended his speech, and did not tell
his hearers where the Radical platform was
to take them. This omission is, however.
supplied by what the veteran Scotch author,
Thomas Carlyle, said 10 a correspondent of
the New York Tribune, who tried to get
from him compliment to Radical "pro-
gress" Carlyle said:
"As sure as the Lord reigns, you ru 81 :
irg down to hell with desperate velocity. The
scum of the world has got possession of your
country, and nothing can save you from the
DEVILS clutches. Not, perhaps, cried he, rails
ing his voice 10 its shrillest notes, "a hell
burning v ith material fire and birthstone, but
the wide weltering fiery choas of corruption in
high places, aud the misrule of the people"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09
Cambria Freeman.
THURSDAY, 90: SEPT. Q, 1869.
Democratic State and County Ticket.

Democratic State and County Ticket.
For GOUgTROr:
HON. ASA PA G X Z r,
OF CARBON COUNTY.
For Judge Of the Supreme Court:
HON. CYRUS l. PERSHING,
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
assembly:
Hon. JOHN PORTER, Washington Twp.
Register and Recorder
GEO. w. OATMAN, Ebensburg Borough.
Treasurer:
WILLIAM LINTON, Johnstown Borough.
Commissioner:
JAMES E, NEASON, Clearfied Township.
Poor House Director:
JOHN BLOCH, Johnstown Borough
auditor
ANTHONY ANNA, Chest Township.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

THE Norristown Independent, a leading
radical paper, scents the coming political
storm, and in the following extract from an
editorial article abandons all hope of the
election of Geary:
"a calm survey of the political field induces
us to believe there is more danger ahead than
the ardent, minimizing Republicans are willing
to concede. Gen. Geary may have made some
new fri ends during the last three years, but he
has not retained all his old ones There is not
perhaps much dissatisfaction in the West, but
there certainly is in the East. And this is
more unfortunate because it is the ONE of
Mr.. Packer, and he being a high-toned and es
teemed citizen, he will reap the benefit of what
ever there is of coolness and apathy in the Re
publican party. The Chairman ofthe RePub-
lican State Central Committee, Hon. John
Covode, is from the West, and may not know
the atmosphere we breathe vet he cannot be
entirely ignorant OF the facts. We are not
alarmsts, but We speak the plain Gods truth.
30 that the danger may be seen and avert ed -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09
ceary,s Extravaganza.

That the administration of John W. Geary
has squandered the money of the people with
a recklessnsss and improvidence never before
equalled by any previous government OF the
State, is proposition susceptible OF direct
and positive proof. The most conclusive
method of ascertaining whether an admins
tratiou has been extravagant or otherwise IN
It's use of the public money. is by contrast
ing it with its predecessors whose exPendi-
lures were regarded at the time as having
been confned within fair and moderate linn
its. Tested by this standard. Geary's ad-
ministration has been crininally wsstefui OF
the public funds, and ought to meet with
general condemnation at the hands OF The
people. The expenses of the State govern
ment during the last three years of the war,
under the administration of Gov. Curtin.
were as follows
1868, ,...... ... SAG, 456.
1864, 80. ....... GOO, 1O2.
1865, ,....... 616,023.
For tie three years since the war, under the
administration of John w. Gesry, they
have been as follows:
1866. S66s, 9O9.
1867, ......... SO2, 1878.
1868, ........... 845 ,539.
It will be seen from the foregoing statements.
which are taken from the reports Of the Au-
ditor General for the years named, that the
amount expended in 1868 exceeded the ex-
penditures of 1864, one of the most expen-
sive years of the war, the enormous sum of
$245, ,51S, and were almost tacice as large as
they were in 1863. Will any sane man pre-
tend to say that during the year 1868, three
years after the close of the var. it required
$245, ,518 more money to carry on the State
government than it did during 1864, when
the country was in the midst of the war and
when Penusy lvania was heavily taxed for
military purposes2 And yet such was the
fact, as is conclusively shown by the fore
going official figures. Where all this money
has gone is not so easily explained, but it is
not very difficult to locate some of the corrupt
political sewers through which the money
of the people has been diverted from lis le-
gitimate purposes under the present State
administration. One of these sources is the
public printing, which, under Geary's reform
administration, has teen constantly increas-
ing stream Of political and personal corrup-
ton In 1860. the last year of Governor
Packers administration, the cost Of the pub
lie printing for the State was $50, Gal. From
the report of the Auditor General for 1868
it appears that the public printing for that
year amounted to $1S4,968. or $1o4 1927
more than it did in 1860. We merely give
the official figures and will ask any honest
man whether he can explain them on any
principle of economy or a just regard for the
true interests of the tax payers of the State?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

Mr. 0. MORTON. Senator of Indiana, has
been imported into Pennsylvania to do some
stumping for the Radical party He proved
quite efficient in the West during the Presi-
dental campaign. His business there was
to expOuad the Radical financial platform
according to Western notions. 1t contained
this quibble: The bonds were to be paid.
mot only according to the letter, but the
spirit of the law That means payment IN
greenbacks, cried every Radical organ in the
West. Meanwhile Radical politicians in
the Eastern cities were loud in declaring
that gold should be paid to every boudholder,
whether it had been promised to him or
not At the same time, it will be remem-
bered, the Radical platform said that the
question of suffrage belonged to the people
OF each loyal State. Now Morton is here to
prove that there was some mistake about
that; and that the people of Pennsylvania
have nothing to do with the question. 1t
will be seen that Mr. Morton is very useful
man can blow hot or cold, affirm and deny,
as the party requires, so they have sent for
him to try to save Geary.-Age
The World says: snow that the terrible
old war horse Geary is once more on the
war path, it is well enough to revive his old
story which he told, with great success. in
his FIRST fight for Governorship OF Pennsyl-
vania. about frightening StonewalI jackson
to death. According to Geary, that soldier
lay dying in his tent, and suddenly summon.
ed General Longstreet, whom he thus ad.
dressed
General Longstreet, did you observe that
tall imposing form to day, seated on black
horse, in the thickest of the fight, as we did
battle2' Quoth General Longstreet: Il did
indeed. my dear General THAT man 50
valiant was General Geary,' exclaimed Stone
wall. MARX me, beware of him! Avoid
him! Longstreet, beware of Geary D
With this dying injunction to his com.
rade the hero of Shenandoah departed.
"This dying injunction of StonewaII Jack.
son. as reported by Geary, is now repeated
to the voters of Pennsylvania: Beware d
GearY !'D
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

nNO THE INDEPENDENT VOTERS
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY, announce
mvself as a candidate for the Office of COUN-
TY COMMISSIONERS at the ensuing elee-
ton, and, If elected. pledge myself to discharge
the duties of the Office honestly and impartial
H. faOMnS
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

r license NOTICE Petitions for
IL License have been fled In my Office by the
following named persons, and will be presented
to Court on second week of Septelaber term:
Conrad Meyer. Cambria Borough, Tavern
Peter Brown, Croyle Twp, Eating House.
MichI Barnaele, Clearheld Twp e House.
j. K Rite, ProthonotaFy.
Ebensburg. Aug. %, 1869. St.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09
ESTATE OF MICHAEL LEAvY,

NSTATE OF MICHAEL LEAVY,
~ DEc'D.-Whereas Letters Testamentary
on the last will and testament OF MICHAEL
LEAvY. Esq, late of the Borough Of Loretto,
Cambria county, deed, have been granted to
the undersigned BY the Register of said eoun-
ty, notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said deceased to present them
properly authenticated for settlement, and all
indebted to make payment without delay
MARGARET LEAVY, Executrix.
AUG WALTERS, Executor.
Loretto, Sept. 2, 1869. 6t.s
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
Where the Sun Does not Set.

THE following graphic passage is from
the description OF a scene witnessed by a
Mr.. Campbell and his party, in the north
of Norway, from cliff 1000 feet above
the sea 1.-THE ocean stretched away in
silent vastness at our feet the sound of
its waves scarcely reached our airy look
out away in the north, the huge old sun
swung low along the horizon, like the slow
beat of the pendulum in the tall clock of
cur grandlather's parlor corner. We all
stood silent, looking at our watches. When
both hands came together at -, midnight,
the full, round orb hung triumphantly
above the waves; Il bridge of gold, run
ming due north, spanned the water between
us and him. There he shone in silent
majesty, which knew no setting We IN
voluntarily took off our hats; no word
was said. Combine, if you can, the most
brilliant sunrise and sunset you ever saw,
and its beauties will pale before the
gorgeous coloring which now lit up the
ocean, heaven, and mountain In half an
hour the sun had swung up perceptibly
on its beat; the cOlOrs changed to those
of morning; fresh breeze rippled over
the flood; one songster after another
pipcd up in the grove behind US; we
had slid into another day."
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
Stopping Leaks Around Chimneys.

IT is almost impossible to fit shingles so
closely to the sides of chimney as to
convey all the water that flows down the
side of tall one beyond the lower edge,
as shingles will continue to shrink and
swell as the weather changes. During Il
driving storm, water often pOurs down
the side of high chimney-top, SO that
several quarts are often lodged on the
wall over them. And many times during
Drotracted storm after every brick has
absorbed as much water as it can contain,
the rain that falls on the inside of the
chimney will soak through the bricks at
the bottom, and damage and disfigure a
nice wall. To prevent water soaking
down through the bottom when rain falls
on the inside, let bushel or so of clean
sand be turned into the top. Sand will
absorb water quickly, retain large
quantity, and allow it to pass off by eva
poration much sooner than loan, mould,
or clay. To carry the rain beyond the
junction of the roof and. chimney on the
outside, cut out the mortar between two
courses of bricks to the depth OF an inch,
insert piece of tin or sheet-iron three
inches wide, so as to make shelving
around the chimney two or more inches
wide, and point the joint with good cement
mortar. Then let the corners where the
roof and chimney meet be covered with
daubing made of equal quantities OF
pitch and linseedoil, or coal-tar and plastic
! slate flour, OF heavy coat OF old paint
and paint-skins, made thick with plaster
of Paris or gypsum The tin shelving
will carry off so much of the rain that the
bricks beneath will absorb nearly all that
would find its way below the roof.-Heartt
| and Home
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
Hog Pens.

EVERY farmer knows how offensive a
common sized hog pen or yard becomes
during the hot weather of summer, and
how during a rainy time it becomes in fact
n swamp of mud. To remedy this, those
who have abundance, fill up with straw or
other litter, ashes &c., and yet the remedy
is only partial; the smell is not disposed
of, and the animals are full half the time
wading in mire.
The following manner of building pen
we have known to remedy the evil com
pletely: Take two pieces of six by eight
timber each fourteen feet long; dress one
end OF each in form of sled runner, then
lay them parallel eight feet apart, with the
six inch edge on the ground; now take
four by four scantling and halve or tenant
in crOsswise one piece at each end, and one
foot from the ends of the runners, leaving
the four inch strips one and one half
inches below the level line of the upper
side of the runners; next lay floor of one
and Onchalf inch plank over one half the
surface, say eight by six feet. Next NOR
tce in four by four scantling at each cor
ner and mdways for posts on which to
nail boards for the enclosing. Let these
four by four posts be flush with the out
side line of the runners; then nail inch
boards on the inside, dividing the whole
with cross-fence or partition on line of
the floor. Roof over the floorcd part,
from the trough across one end or side of
the iioorcd part, and with side door shut
your hogs in or out of that part-and your
pen is completed.
Now you ask where is the benefit at
this pen over any common one with posts
set in the ground? We answer, you can
hitch team to it and remove it TO any
part of your grounds, placing it from time
to time where most convenient to feed, etc,
besides enriching various spots of ground
and having dry piece and fresh ground
to work in.-OhiO Fdrnaer.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
Golden Facts.

THE Philadelphia Press calls the follow
ing golden fact: :"
Decrease of the national debt since March, 1869
under the Republican administration oil President
Grant, shown by the last statement OF the Secrc-
tary of the Treasury, $5696S, 1Sz.
This will do very we'll but we have
the authority of President Grants Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, Mr.. De
lano, Harrisburg SPECIFY for saying that
Andrew Johnson's "rebel" administration
did ten times better Thus: Mr. Delano
declares that from the close of the war
down to the present time, the Indebtedness
OF the Government has been reduced ST.
100,000,O0O. OF this enormous reduction
President Grants friends claim for him
only $56,96S,1S7. So that Republican
logic, without intending it, inexorably
proves that Andrew JOhnsOn's admins
tration reduced the Governments indebt-
cdness 81 ,043,031 ,S13-n a,ly tscenfy times
as much IA General Grant has done
To call This diamond fact, rs compared
with the other, would not even be an APP
Proclamation To its cash value. Neither
metallurgy nor mincralogy can furnish an
adjective rich enough to express IT'D.
clsange
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
Boys Rights-By a Boy.

TALK about the women and the darkies
and the-the-ail the rest of 'em; none of
'em all are half so badly used as boys are.
L know lot, and | can give you all their
names. Ask EN- all. They'll tell you to
be boy is to be somebody without right
in the world.
You're to take all the sass that's given
to you, and give none back, cause you're
boy. You are to pay full fare in the cars
and Omnibuses, cause you's boy and not
a child and never have :. seat, cause
you're q boy and not man. Fat lady gets
in after it's all full, and looks about her ;
everybody looks at you. Old gentleman
says: My son" reprovingly. Conductor
says, Come, now, you boy" You've paid
your siXpcncc. No matter-that is moth
ing. You've been on your legs with
bundles all day. Who cares ?-you're "a
boy. Now horse has such load given
to him as he can carry, and man won't
any more than he can walk under Ask
boys what grown folks think they can
carry. There's not limit to it,
Who doesn't know boy who does
mans work, and does it well for tenth of
what man would get for it. Who hasn't
read an advertisement for boy who
"wrlteSa good hand, understands accounts,
with his parents is trustworthy no OBJ
lection to sitting up all night; no impu
dcncc about him. The best recommended
tons required, and two dollars a week
wages"
Ask boys whether old folks don't make
as much fuss about such places, as if they
were doing you favor that would set you
up for life.
Who wants boy anywhere? Your
sisters don't in the parlOr. Your father
don't; he always asks if you are not
wanted to do something somewhere. You
make your mothers head ache, whenever
you come near her. Old ladies snap you
up. Young ladies "hate boys" Young
men tease you, and give it TO you if you
tease back. Other fellows-it's because
they're aggravated so, l knOw-always
want to fight, if they don't know Won /;
and when you get black eye and torn
jacket you hear of it at home.
You look back and wonder if you ever
were that pretty little fellow in petticoats
that everybody stuffed with candy, and
you wonder whether you'll ever be a man,
| to be liked by the girls and treated politely
by the other fellows, paid for your work,
and allowed to do as you choose. And
you makeup your mind every day not to
w IVY any iohSci lildu you can nelp 1t (;
and hear your grandfather or somebody
complaining that there care no boys now.
and wonder, if he remembers the life they
led, that he don't consider it a subject of
rejoicing.
| There's only one comfort in it all; bows
will grow up, and when they do they gen
orally forget all they went through in their
youth, and make the boys of their day suf
| fer Just as they did.