The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-08-12

Political and News Items.

There was a snow storm near Montreal,
Carada, on Friday last.
p. A. McAteeT, formerly hotel keeper
of Huntingdon, has been appointed route
agent between Harrisburg and Altoona.
Grant is stin dealing ont Offices to his
fayorites. The last instance is the appoi Mt
nent of his uegro barber to hrst-class
clerkship. We expect a good barber has
been spoiled to make very poor clerk
The St. CIoud (Minn.) journal records
as one of the freaks of the recent Grove
Lake tornado, the picking up OF a mare
standing in a field and carrying her tHifty
yards, dropping her in marsh ofeaking
her neck and leg. Her colt s;andih9 oes'ue
her was upinjurgd.
-Bricksburg, whore Grants New jersey
farm is located. was named after Mr.. Brick,
one of the pioneers. He was probably
relative of jefferson Brick, mentioned by
Dickeps. The location is very appropriate
Whenever Grant warts TO get as tight as
brick :" he can go TO Bricksburg.
Griffin, the Erie engineer in the Mast
Hone catastrophe, was released on bail Wed
neslay last, Judge Sharswood, Of the Su-
preme Court, having fixed the prisoners bail
at S6 900. c.. A. Miller, private banker
of SusduehaDna Depot, Pa, and James
Creegan, of Port Jervis, came forward and
cave bonds IN the sum requlred.
General Rcsecrans has declined sAe
Democratic nomination for Governor OF
Ohio. His reasons are of private business
nature, and however much his friends IN
Ohio and other States may regret this deter
mipation, they cannot fail to see IN the act
that nice sense of honor which is promi-
nent trait in the character of General Rose
Grams.
-Counterfciting of revenue stamps is car
ried on TO snch an extent that the head of the
proper department is thinking of recalling
the whole of the present issue, changing the
designs and having the work, now done by
contract in various parts OF the country, car
ried on solely under government supervision.
Everything about the present administration
is counterfeit.
The workmen in overhauliug the fort at
ST. Augustine. Florida, recently, discovered
several subterranean cells, each of which
contained a long iron upright bex and
human skeleton in irons. 1t is supposed
that these were refractory soldiers, or per-
haps prisoners of war, who were incarcerated
in these sweat boxes and left there to die
hundreds of years ago.
-Ex-Secretary Stanton is said to be
better. 1t is pleasant to learn the fact. If
.here is any man who ought to get better it
is Mr., Stanton. We had not thought it
possible until we saw the announcement IN
the papers There being lull in his asth-
ma, he goes to Arazouia to see Ashley OF
Impeachment and town lot memory. How
they would enjoy themselves, if they could
only have their mutual friend Sanford l..
Conover with them.
-"Alhgator" Covode, Chairman of the
Radical State Committee, has written d
letter to Hon. B. II. Brewster, Attorney
General of Pennsylvania, inviting him to re-
sign, in order to harmouise the party in view
of the approaching election. The barb is
pointed By the declaration that Governor
Geary approves the action of the Committee.
/ What course Mr. Brewster will adopt is not
yet known. viii he walk the plank, or re-
sist and be thrown overheard
MIR. VIM. Morningstar, residing in
| Heidberg township, York county, recently
| while picking black berries IN a piece ot
| land covered with underbrush, happened tc
tread upon a large copperhead snake, which
! instantly coiled itself around his left leg and
struck furiousiy at him, but fortunately the
| thickness OF his boot logging prevented the
| poisonous fangs from penetrating an6 in
! fiicting a wound. The Logging Of the boo
| bears twelve distinct scars where the fang:
struck Mr. NJ, after a severe fight sue
/ ceeded in killing the reptile, which proved
| to be a female. Mr.. NJ, through curiosity
I opened her, when to his great astopishmen
was presented the wonderful spectacle of (
large litter or colony of young snakes, av
eraging about three inches in length, anC
which by actual count numbered Sirty TiUs
besides which eight or ten others were cut t.
pieces in opening the snake.