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l INV hNot- NAAf IL tsst.G 81 aHNANa
In the death of \. y. Richardson from
the pistol shot of Mcfarland one actor in
the sad drama of real lite passes from the
stage. The melancholy story of which it is
an incident, shows once again how the actu-
al tragedies of life may rival and surpass in
strange and dramatic interest those Of fc-
ton. A married couple, the wife attractive
and accomplished, the husband Of coarser
grain and inleriuraTreafance, living in COM
petence; reyerscs utter loss ofproperty the
man taking to the bottle, the woman to the
stage; beastly excuses and brutal treatment Of
his wife on the part Of the husband disgust
and enlargement on the part Of the wife,
new. congcuial and eympathizing acquaint-
ance, in the person Of a man Of letters, Of
kindly heart and pleasant ways, in time
ayowed attachment, despite the existing bar
OF lawful wedlock an arrangement for
new connection in anticipation OF divorce,
assassination attempted by the husband at
midnight in the street, a. the lover escorts
the wife home from theatre procurement
of divorce in a distant State; arrange
ments for new marriage; the logging of
his victim by the row maddened husband
the murder the marriage on the death bed
the bitter anguish of the twice married and
once widowed woman,-here surely are the
materials for one Of the most sensational of
the " sensation novels" Yet they are sim
ply the unvarnished facts of this Richardson
Mcfarland affair 1t remains to be seen
if the punishment Of the assassin is to add
another act to the drama What will be
done to Mcfarland? is the question on many
thousand lips. 1t would seem to be clear |
enough case. If there was ever distinct I
proof Of &" malice aiorethought there was
such in this case for tie murder was first /
attempted two years ago. Yet he is bold (
man who undertakes to predict that the ma
jesty Of the law will now be indicated.
From the Singleton-Mercer affair Of twen-
ty years ago, down to the Chalmer case last
spring, a series Of noted cases in Philadelphia
Washington, Richmond, New York, Balti-
more and Quebec have practically settled it,
that the seducer of an innocent girl is an
outlaw, whose life may be taken with impu-
lity for his offence The Sickles case. the
]ole- Hiscock homicide, and the Baily-
arid case in Illinois last summer. seemed
0 make it equally certain that no man can
,e convicted Of murder who kills his wife's
The acquittal Of McFarland-on
he score Of insanity, of course, will 20 far
o establish the rule that man nav shoot
and keep on shooting till he kills HIM the
over Of a woman who was once his wife,
hOugh she was no longer such, and though
here was no guilty connection between them.
here will then be but one step further to
laking "a woman in the case a justifca-
on for any taking of life; after which pun
hments for murder may as well be wiped
1t Of the statute books
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That extremes meet, and that the step is a
short one from ultraism on one side to ultra
ism on the other. is illustrated in the fact
that two or three OF the most savage and
ranting abolitionists Of ten years ago, are
now unirendly TO the black man. Thus Mr.
Hinton Rowan Helper, whose anti-slayery
books were campaign documents in the early
days OF the Republican party, is now yio-
lent, though wholly uninfuentisl, advocate Of
a " White Mans Government. So, too,
Mr.. Parker Pillsbury, who was of the most
ulra and uncompromising members Of the
AntiSlayery Society, an aboliti)nist of the
ab,lItionists, is now doing what he can 10
remand the Freedmen into practical bondage
by declaring them to be race Of yagabonds
and drunkards, unclean and unchaste, and
wholly unfit for the ballot.
Mr.. Plllsbury was pretty well taken up
by the y. Y. Tribune, the other day. We
copy a portion of it's article:
There was nothing very new in these charges
against the freedmen They were lust what
the Democratic press had been steadily assert
ing, and the freedmen steadily disprov.ng.
from the outset Of the war To them liberty
means license, Mr. Pillsbury thinks; thew
have a weak nsrtiality for whiskey and for ginger
bread, and are imperfectly supplied with ele-
waited patriotism and with small-tooth combs
Noihng can be more obvious, he thinks. than
that they are unfit for the ballot. But how
the state of South Carolina is 10 be governed
IN isinuoh as he does not seem TO think even
the white population very far advanced in
soap and sanctity-doth not appear We
should say that, as the Ecclesiastical Council /.
In connecticut reiustated the blacksliding dea- (
con, on the ground that ifthe Lord wanted A
church in West Littleton he must take sncb
materials as West Lttleton had to offer, 50
even Mr.. Pillsbury would be compelled. by his
own showing, if set to reconstruct South Caro-
liza. to do it, IN some degree, with the ballots
of the unwashed
However, these views attracted small attention
At the North, from their want of novelty, and
50 long rs they were confined to the Demo-
cratic press, as The World and The Rero-
luton, they attracted little at the South But
when they were announced largely in The In
dependent, in the vast Hospitality given BY
that Gods acre ~ of shest-on the first \
page where the CHEEKY editor leaves each con-
lributor to fight for his own hand, like Harry
v ynd, having no connection with over the
Ssy-then they gained wide attention at the
south, and met with a joyful response from
,very one who had atom of negrophopia
EFT in his bosom. To declare that nearly every
rec black man in South Carolina was drunk
md and vagabond, what more had Nasby
himself to offer,
We notice therefore in the Southern Rspnb-
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The following is the list of Offices for Lsmoille

TIE foIoWlng IS Tie list OF 0fflces Tor LaIn0iIle
County for the ensuing yesr
Hons. Farwell wethefby, and Thomas Pot
ter, Judges.
Hon. c. c. Chadwick. Judge Of Probate.
S. Pike, Register.
NJ. A. Bingham, States Attorney.
Z. B. Sawyer. County Clerk.
G. W. Doty. Sheriff.
A. Dwinnell, Deputy for Hydepark.
W. c. Dosne, Deputy for johnson.
c. S. Rinsley, Deputy for Cambridge.
John D. wilkins. Deputy for Stowe.
Z. c. White. High Bsilif
C. S. Page. County Treasurer.
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eru,ent. to secure to me citizens a medium, o.:
exchange Of hxei unvi-ying vlsae. rai. i'm
ples return to specie has,. aui uu .,,hsfi-
tute for it can be devised. j 4..t o. e. 4.-
meneed now, and reached a' tbs earliest Iri''i-
cable moment consistent Ti;h tuT i.-.fi f..
the interests Of the debtor ci.-- luu.eiltf-
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THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS

Is unpublished every Friday morning by
THE FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION
College ST., Burlington, VI.
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ms report Of the Postmaster-GsneraI Eirui.bs-
a clear and comprehensive exhibit Of The opera-
uCns OF the postal service and Of the financial
condition Of the Post Office Department The
ordinary postal revenue for the year ending the
oOth Of June. 1863, amounted to SIS.4jIIg
and the expenditures TO S23 ,6gs, l3I; showing
an excess OF expenditures over recei DIS Of So
SoS,oZO. The excess Of expenditure over re-
ceipts Tor the previous year amounted 10 St
40 ,s92 The increase Of the revenues tor lS6g
over those Of 1865 WAS 2,l0j. 100, and the III
crease OF expenditures was Sg67 ,j3s The in
creased revenue Of 1863 exceeded the increased
revenue for 1868 by $685., 1886, and the increased
expenditures in 1859 were y, 527, 40 less han
the increased expenditures in 1868. showing by
comparison this gratifying feature OF improve
ment, that while the increase Of expenditures
over the increase of receipts in 1865 was So
f3g .535. the increase Of receipts over sIpendi
lures in 1869 was 81 ,0s4,a7l Your attention
is respectfully called TO the recommendations
made by the Postmaster General t0r authority
to change the rate OF compensation 10 he main
trunk railroad lines for their services IN carry
ing the mails, for having post route maps execut-
ed. for organizing and increasing the efficiency
Of the special agency SERVICE for increase of the
mail service on the Pacific, and for establishing
mail service under the flag of the Union on the ]
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The report Of the Secretary of the Navy ac-
companying this shows the condition Of the navy
when the administration came into office. and
the changes made since. Strenuous Efforts have
been made to place as many vessels in commits
sion, or render them fit for service, # REQUIRED.
As possible, and to substitute the sail for steam,
while cruising, thus materially reducing the ez-
pense Of the navy, aud adding greatly to IFS
efficiency. Looking to our future, recommend
liberal though not ex;rsysgant policy toward.
this branch Of tbs public seryiee
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FOR tie superiuteuience Ct Indians Bot ou OBJ.
decorations, officers Of the army were selected
The reasons for This are uumer.u, Where In
dian agents are sent, there or near there .ro1p.
must be sent also. The agents and commander
Of the troops sre Independent ofrseh other, and
are subject 20 orders from different departments
Of the government The army oti-er holds pc
sition for life, the agent one at the Will Of The
President. The former is persona. s. interested ia
living in harmony with the Indians. and ID tbe
establishment Of permanent peace, 90 The end
that some portion Of his lie may be spent within
the limits Of c.yllizel society. The latter has TO
such personal interest. Another reason is an
economical ole and still snyther, the hold which
The -oyerumen, has upon life officer 20 secure
q faithful discharge %; duties IN carrying og, p
risru mile.
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have always felt that the most intimate re-
lations should be cultivated between the repub-
ic II the United States AMI all independent IA
lions On this continent. Il may be well worth
considering whether new treaties between the
United States and them, NAV not be prof;tablv
entered into to secure more intimate relations
friendly, commercial aud otherwise. The sub
Jet Of an uteroceanic ctual TO connect the Al
lantic aud Pacific oceans through the I.thmus Of
Dirien, is one in which commerce is greatly in
teIested. Instructions have been given to our
minister to the republic OF the United States of
Columbia to endelvor to obtain authority for
survey by the government in order to determine
tie praetc4bihty If such an undertaking. and \
charter for the night OF way 10 build, by private
enterprise. such Il work II the survey proves If
% be practicable. la order TO oomply with tho
d gfeclaeat nf rnr intel states as 10 A m;re1
. uuia,i a. I.,,,, rim. adjustment of cls;r,s
0, i,r-; $500. i.er,s,ry e., send a commissioner and
-,-.i,ts., i. Inn, IL, August last M ann.
p,i.fiou o,. i., t.,, o,,le bv Cnnorsss fr Ri,
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On the accession Of the present ADMINISTRATION
l. was found that the Minister North Ger
many had made propositions for he negotiation
Of a convention for the protection of emigraut
passengers, to which no response had been given.
1t was concluded that to be eIectual, all the mar
iume powers engaged in the trade should Join in
such measure. Invitations have been extend
ed to the Cabinets of London, Paris, Florence.
Berlin, Brussels, The Hague, Copenhagen and
Stockholm, 10 empower their representatives a
Washington simultaneously to enter into and to
conclude negotiations with the United states
Convention, identical IN form. making ua.flrm
regulations as 90 the construction OF the parts of
vessels TO be devoted to the use of emigrant pas
seugers, rs to the quality and quantity of food
10 the medical treatment of the sick, and as TO
the rules to be observed during the voyage, in
order to secure ventilation, and to promote
health, to prevent intrusion and to protect the
females. and providing for the establishing Of
in the several countries for enforcing
- LAT hrss
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TARIFF on RUSSIAN HEMP.

Your attention is respectfully callel 70 the law
regulgting the tariff on Russian hemp. and to
the question whether TO fix the charges on Rus
sian hemp higher thsn they are fixed upon Ma
Mia, is not violation Of our treaty with Russia.
placing her prodseir upon ihe same footing With
those Of the most f.,or7i nations.
OR COMMERCIAL RLiAsfuAs Win CHINA ,yp
JAptX.
Our msbutctdrts e-e increasiry with won-
ieriu rapitiiy under the ENCOURAGEMENT which
they receive, with the improvements in ma
chnery alre.fy Effected, and still increasing
causing machinery to take the place of skilled
labor TO a large extent. Our imports of many
articles must tall of largely within a verv few
YEAR,; fortunately, too, manufactures are not
confined to few localities, as formerly, and il
is to he hoped will become more and more diff
fused, making the interest in them equal in all
.ectiuns. They give Employment and support to
hundreds Of thousands Of people at home. and
-etain with u the means which otherwise would
Re shippei abroad The extension Of railroads
u Europe and IA the East is bringing into com.
petition with our agricultural products the pro-
iucts Of other countries Sef-inerest, if not self
reservation. therefore, dictates caution against
disturbing any Industrial interest Of the country.
tttaeher ~ aiso he necessity Of looking to other
markets t"r the sale of'our surplus. Our neigh /
Or nth If ~ and China and Japan should I
Fcsiye cur special attention. /, will be the en- I
eayor Of he administration To cultivate such /
Citations ~ith all these nations as. 10 entifle US
D their c.,n6dence and make il their interest rs
'ell own TO establish better commercial
Citations. through the agency Of a more en-
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t.la u ne leo ding. At ab L, halFgas. seu
last night the passers-by noticed y a4an
walking io and fro upnr the old portion ui
tie building. y crowd rapidly assembled,
and all sorts Of surmises were afl)a The
youngsters, oi Course amused themselves and
shouted out varies Inquiries. They begged
to know the prospects of the weather IN me
morning, the uumosr 0s the stars and the
exact state of The temperature, and one man
very thoughtlessly called ont and told hun
e lump doSu, and, as often is the case with
soiuUambuists. lump CCwn ne did, bat for
tuuateiy not into the street. but from h!gh-
er 10 u lower I.vcl If the roof The leap,
however, was perilous, and could not have
b. en- less than fifteen or eighteen feet. Luck
jy he escaped unhu't, aud the true state CT
,hir.s iei0g discovered = ladder was pro-
cured aui The Sulf Ter rescued. cold and
>tiveriu from thc Effects Of the chilling
nlgbt atr, How he lett ms room pr elm bed
- ti35 1Ulrof The house, he is Vf c'urs" =
..5aut. u.l can he as~j.R auy su'ti Tor als
a.u5uer s soon however. a h~ was thor
.u2A.y "a k~9od. h. r.i-uliraod NAT he had
t.n3,ri, i-r, I,rg.tt,u e. e fnuau'cste ij-
unfortunate hai.i J1 ti.a landlord. and re
!a-st tt.rt lrc'ser rn"a~,,r5~ @ guard against
- IN ,Ii ~. en-. He ~as / ur-a, sind
is 7.ac3 !or, ard PLACED in another s.om-
whence nttaustr need bs teartl. AIR csc
cas- s saoult be recorded, for, from jis. ulu,-
tjI icjsy ci facts, some itermapeut au4 g1u-
ersl remedy may a; ',.s.ftt be devised. Ne
may add tina, .t Is dangerous t. awaken 3
naiiert by any hut tie g,nIlesa n-esDs.-
Cincinnati Enquirer, 25th
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LBEySBE8G

5fS EEN gzsT GstFs n
49, :. 5oua- g.
Hs AFING recently enlarged our stock
Z We are BOW prepared to sell at crea,
reduction from former prccs Oar stock con
8 SIS OF Drugs, Medicines, Per:umerv. Fancy
Soaps, Icons, Halls ami i'e:s's Har Re>tor-
afive~. Pills, ointnents. Pla-t-ss. I.iuiInonts.
Pain Killers, Citrate Aagncsia, ESs .Jamaica
Ginger. Pure Flaycrng Extracts, Essences,
lemon SyruH, Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syrup,
Rhubarb Pure Spices, &c
CIG-IPS AND IOBACCOS.
Blank Books, Deeds, votes and Bonds; Can,
Post. Conner cial alid ali kinds of Note puner:
Envelopes, Pens. Pencils, Arnold's Writing
Fluid, Black and Rel Ink, Pocket and Pass
Books, Magazines, h Newspapers, Novels, HIS
tories, Bibles Religious, ,Praye and Toy Books,
tenlsuires, PiDes, &c
- We have added to our stock lot or
FIN Z J EW EIRY, 70 which we would invite
the attention Of tie Ladies
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS at lower prices
than ever offered ia this place
Paper ana Cigars sold either wholesale or re-
tail. LENNON MURRAY,
Jelly 81, 1865. Main Street, Ebensburg.
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8 OOK W ELL TO YOUR
ADERST'ASD
3 . OTIS AND SHOES
For Mems and b vs. Wear.

The undersigned respectfully informs his nu-
mer9u5 customers and the public generally thar
he l. prepare, to manufacture BOOTS and
SHOtS of any desired SIZE or quality. from
the finest French csitskiu boots 70 the coarsest
6rogan, IN the VERY BUsr MANNER. on the short
est holicH, and at as moderate prices rs ike
work can be obtained anywhere
Those who have worn Boots and Shoes made
at ny establishment need 80 a=surance as to
the superior quality OF nv work Others can
easily be convinced of the fact if the, will only
give me trial. Try and be convinced.
- Rel airing of Boots and Shoes attended
70 promptly and IN 4 workmaulike manner.
thankful for past iavorS / leei confident that
my work and prices will commend me to a con
tiauauce and increase of the same.
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Ebensburg, April %, 1859.
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9 EHENSBURC FOUNDRY
AGAAg Az FULL BLAST!
NEW FIRM, NAV BULDINGs, &c.

II AVIEG purchased the we'll known EB
IL ENSUING FOJ NDRY from Mr. Edw
Glass, and re5ui!t 0nd ealarget il almost sn
HFeiy, besidea renting il with new machinery
s5s subscribers a nov prepared - furnish
COOK. PAELOR a HEATING $40 YES.
"a! the lnte1J and most approved patterns
TRRRSHIEG MACHINES MILL GEAR
ING, RIOS Z and VI i TER WHEELS Of CT erv
description, IRON FENCING. PLOUGHS
and PLOUGH CASTINGS, and IN facc al
maHuet of article manugact red in "a first class
Foundry. Job " oTk Of all kind attended TO
promptly and done eheap!v.
The special attention Of Farmers i invited
70 two newly patented PL0UGHS which we
posses the sole right to manufacture and sell
IN tEis county. anc which are admitted 10 be
the hest ever introduced TO the public.
Believing ourselves cspsble OF performing
any work in our liIe in the most satisfactory
manner, and knowing that can do work at
LOWER PRIcEs than have been charged in this
community heretofore " confidently hope that
se will be found worthy OF LIBERAL patronage.
Fair reductions made to Wholesale druler.
GG The highest Tdices pad in cash for old
metal, or ca, tings given in exchange
OCR TERMS ARR SIR CIy CAsa r. COUNT \
PGoDucE CONNEkY. VINROE & co.
Ebensburg, Sept. ,, 1863.
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Queer case oC soInnabul.s,,,

One OF the greatest uzzlcs In psychology
y that state OF being which strictly speak
lngr Is neither slsell ing Dor waking. and Gl-
want OF a better terU called sumuambulisu.
SIR David Brewster, ia his Natural H7gic.
and >lr Walter Scott IN lis Demouo'oyg and
u nctcratt, have discussed many If the most
celebrated in tauccs, but neither Of these
writers has arrived AZ definite solution If
the question. One Of the most extraordIna-
~ cases on record Is that of a Young lady IN
ore Of tie midland counties of England -
Although strongly. aud indeed, ruoustlv
built, she vas suddenly afflicted with the
most extreme lassitUde aud prostration Of
strength. Her physicians Were utterly IN
able 70 ass gn cause for her Illness. aud at
length II was proposed to watch her closely
IL vas eventually discovered that every
night. a little after twelve. she lose. dressed
herself in . ridiug-habit, took the kew Of the
s'ab.es. sacdled her horse, and then rode
far and fast L Ill daybIeak. Upon her re-
turn she caItfuy brushed and folded her
dress aud retired 10 bed thoroughly fatieuei.
Now IN this csIe the lady was an enthusias-
tic equestrienne. and her nocturnal rides
We're probably hut the imsgo of her waking
thoughts, Her disease was, oicourse, som
nambuliSm. and the discovery made SO deep
au impression upon her mind that. by its
means alone, a perfect cure vas effected -
There l.. however. another case " hich would
Seem 10 initiate against the conclusion nat
uraily TO oe drawn from the foregoing A
gentleman residing upon the banks Of the
Thames, ~ MS sleep as a somnamtu ist. was
IN the hao't Tor macy months Of rowing for
hours every night up aud down the rivsr.-
The most singular symptom Of this instance
was tue fact that the patient was coustitu-
tioualy so afraid of water that he canla
never 6e persuaded to cross TIE Chaansl to
Ireland or France. IN both Of which ccan-
tries ne had large property and CONNER
clal Interests at stake WITH his wander
j gs By nigi. were related to hun he was
l. lrror-strlckeu. but continued the practice
ir many years aiterward.
Mr. Z. Woa4 of Ceutreville, Indiana. ar
r.ved at the Gait House yesterday. He
r tired TO bed early. in 3 room allotted to
In upon TIE t-urth aeoS Of ;Ls new por-