The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-05-20

BGE John w. Pittock, editor of the
Pittsburg Leader, has been sued for libel
by one Ford
pssA- Daniel Boone firstset foot in Ken
lucky OF June 7, 1769, aud the people OF
the State propose celebrating the cen
teonial by grand barbecue and festival
at Frankfort
raa. THERE is a man in Chicago who
possesses so remarkable memory that he
is employed by the various benevolent
societies to remember the poor"
nsa- A party of Americans, making
boat Journey up the river Nile. were re-
Gently attacked by the Arabs. The latter
were defeated, but two of the Americans
were killed.
usa- The report of the Adjutant Gen
eral of the Grand Army of the Republic
shows that there are in the United States
thirty-seven departments and 1850 posts
of that order.
na- Delaware, with the eyes of all the
word upon her, erects and inaugurates
bran new whipping post. Ten persons
were publicly thrashed at New Castle on
Saturday.
NA- The survivors of .he famous old
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps hold their
annual meeting this year at West Chester,
Chester county, on the second day OF
juno.
nea- The Republicans of Ohio will
nominate candidates for Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Judge of the Supreme
Court, and Attorney General, at Colum-
bus, on Wednesday, June %.
nea. The reports heretofore circulated
in relation to the safety of DIR. Living
stone the great African explorer, It would
seem, turn out at last to be groundless.
The impression is now that he is really
dead.
Bg~ The Connecticut Senate has rat
fled the Fifteenth amendment o the Uni
ted States Constitution. The House will
undoubtedly fellow, and thus another
Northern State may be considered pledged
to this great vindicatiOn of human rights
ra- The solitary system has been par
TALLY dispensed with in the Pittsburg
(Penn.) State Prison. Conyicts have
been allowed to come into the corridors
and lave the Chaplain preach to them,
instead of being locked in their cells.
The change produces a good effect
GZg~ The great tunnel under the city of
Baltimore, for the use of the Potomac
and Northern Central Railways, Is to be
put under contract forthwith 1t will
cross from the western boundary of the
city to Jones Falls and, with the needfui
collateral works, will give employment to
thousands of men.
E&z@ An Allentown, Pa, dispatch says:
A shock resembling an earthquake was
felt here between two aud three O'Clock
this morning. People were greatly
alarmed, and the streets were soon crow
ded With those anxious to ascertain the
cause of the shock, which was afterward
ascertained to have been caused by the
p10sTUn uT AZ kegs or powuer at IruX-
ellis stone quarry, three miles distant
from the city. One man was found dead
about one hundred yards from the scene
of the explosion. He was blackened and
mutilated horribly. It Is rumored that
he set fire to the building.
ba~ Mr. Greeley will shortly com
mepce in the Tribune the publication in
weekly chapters of q treatise on Political
Economy, designed more especially to
elucidate and defend the policy of pro-
tecSion to Home Industry. lie expects
TO bring the work within the compass of
twenty to twenty-five chapters, of three nr
four columns each, aud to treat the sub
ject with such simplicity and direc;ness
that few can read these essays without at
least realizing that the protective policy
is either grossly misunderstood or dehb-
era'ely miSrepresented by the champions
Of Free Trade.
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