The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-04-29

neighbors with mallet and clno 70 nunC
a burgler the other night. They went
around the house in opposite directions, and
meeting in the darkness behind 1t, they pro
ceeded 70 pound and whack each in fashion
that would have been terribly effective if
either had been the burglar.
At Vermont, Fulton county, Illinois,
on Monday last, son of J. II. Harks, aged
thirteen. was found suspended by his neck
by strap, in his fathers barn, and quite
dead. In the afternoon of the same day,
son Cf Colonel Tenny was found hanging IN
a similar manner. No cause can be sssigned
for these coincidal acts of self-destruction.
The statement made in the Pittsburgh
papers upon the authority of the Easton Er
press, announcing the withdrawal OF Asa
Packer from the Democratic Gubernatorlal
canvass is untrue. Judge Packer says that
he has not authorized any one to make such
an announcement, and that his position Is
the same as given in his Cham0ersburs
letter.
"A very prudent politician is Judge
James @. Taylor of Virginia lie Is
the Independent Republican candidate
for the office of Attorney General of the An
cient Dominion. In his published confes-
zion of faith he says: Il am a supporter o:
the present administration of the National
Government so far as l am able TO uTder-
stand it,"
Irish emigration is again assuming
formidable aspect. Thousands of young
Irish of both sexes are preparing to come to
this country, and the exodus will, it is said,
be as great as it was during any of the years
made notorious by more than the average
ratio of Irish exiles. On the 9Th there were
over 900 Irish emigrants at Queenstown
waiting ship accommodations to leave for
Amerca.
"A number Of =, agabond boys, near York
vile, nearly tortured lad eleven years old
to death, on Friday of last week, because he
wouldn't agree to lie to shield them from
punishment for petty theft which they had
committed. They tied the child hand and
foot. and beat him. and thrust sand down
his throat. and came near killing him, bat
became alarmed and fed, leaving him to
crawl home as best he could.
The U. s. Senate finally adjourned on
Friday sine die. This is good news for the
country, for it is lamentable fact that the
Congress Of the United States is fast beoom-
ing as great a nuisance as are ou- State Leg
islatures There was another disgraceful
scene of personal difficulty in the Senate on
Thursday between several wretehed Sena-
tors, who might well call upon the noun
tains and the hills to cover them and their
shame.
"A special dispatch from Sioux City says
that the steamer Uselda, en- route for St.
Louis with discharged soldiers from the va
rious posts up the Missouri river, struck a
snag on the morning of the oath, about thirty
miles above Sioux City, and, while sinking,
her boiler exploded, killing and woundiug a
large number. Fifty persons are reported
missing. The Undine left Sioux City imme-
diately for the wreck with number of ply
sicians.
The negro. Cain Norris, who was ar
rested about a month since, charged with
ravishing two white women and one white
GIRL was convicted, on Thursday last, at
Chambersburg. Pa, and sentenced to soli-
tary confinement in the Eastern Penitentiary
for thirty five years. The trial lasted thrse
hours, aud the jury rendered the verdict
without leaving the box. No doubt he will
be paraoned. if negroes are allowed to vote
in this State.
| 1t is said Secretary Fish will. at no very
distant day, retire from the State Depart
ment, having until the present time remain
! ed only at the personal request of President
| Grant. Congress having adjourned anC
most of the foreign appointments being
made, he how desires to retire to private lif'
| again. 1t transpires that the list prepared
! for foreign appointments by Y. B. Wash
| burne. while Secretary of State, covered for
ty-eighs of the best offices.
The O6Seruatore Romdne says that Piui
! XI. is now engaged in negotiations will
| Gen. Grant, with a view to sending Nun
clio to Washington. This prelats would no
only represent the court of Rome in the cap
itol of the United States. bHt would ais
| exercise an influence upon Catholicism II
! xEbi inh in ba 0f h
Obsecatore, is destined to supercede all othe
relig ions, and to control the conscience q
nine tenths of the American people.
! Congress has given $500 towards rem
ovating the tomb of Washington, which ha
fallen into shameful state of decay ane
shabbiness. 1t is quite impossible to under
stand why the he irs of the estate of MouC
Vernon do not have some regard for tn
tomb and its surroundings. But perhaps
as the doctrines and principles of Washing
ton Q len into disuss and disrepute,
is but natural that his descendants shoulC
forget. if not despise, his former greatness.
The latest from Washington is tha
Fish, Borie and Hoar, in disgust, will short
! ly withdraw from the Cabinet; that Grant
i'll despair, has run away from the hungry
army of ce-seekers, carpet-basgers, &c.
and with his wife has goae to the interior O
Maryland somewhere, for recreation tha
the political bummers have become disgust
ed with the Cabinet. Grant. and every bod,
else connected with the Administration
and that good time generally is expect
ed in short time. if not sooner.
Considerable sensation has been creatsC
here by the elopement of young whit
lady with light mulatto man. The youn,
lady is about sixteen years of age, is quit
| pretty, and respectfully connected, and he
flight few days since astonished none 81
much as her own family, who had neve
dreamed Of her singular attachment. The
colored youth is represented as being wait
er in New York restaurant, and is said t.
be steady and industrious. The young LADY,
father pursued her to Boston and brough
her home. .-Washington Cor, Aprl 15
Among the passengers on the Boston
boat. which arrived in Portland, Maine, tn,
other morning, was an old woman. IS years
of age, dressed in black and sinking Will