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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22
Woodrun,s FaIsehOods.

fotts was nominated by the removalites
for Assembly. but didn't suit the Bosgs
ring. Accordingly he got sick to order
declined-and got well again! Woodruff
suited better. 1t is true, he had supported
and praised the management of the Commits
sioners' Office and the Poor House-it is
true, be had opposed the removal project
but in buying him, body and breeches. his
purchasers knew they bought his paper
along with him.
Woodruff noU says the County Commits
slorers are corrupt and dishonest. The
Board are John A. Kennedy, Morris Nc
Namara and James E. Neason. One resides
IN Carrolltown, one in j Johnstown, one in
Clearfieid-and none in Ebeusburg. Yet
they are the corrupt Ebensburg ring. What
haiderdash and falschood II. D. Wood,
run would not dare to call these gentlemen
either dishonest or wasteful of the peoples
money. In fact, Woodruff himself pets
more from these same Commissioners annu.
ally than any man in Ebensburg. excepting
the counsel and clerk of the Commissioners
Francis O'Friel, ths Democratic nominee
for Commissioner, is United by all men of
all parties. and by Woodruff himself, to be
the best man that could have been nomira-
ted for the position. Ifreform were needed.
he would, of all men, be the man to make
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22
The Massacre at TIen-TsIn.

The London Standard publishes private
letter, written from Cheefoo, June so, in
which the barbarities practical on the fatal
day of the massacre are fully depicted
After telling how the French Consul, NJ.
Fontanier, M. Thomassin, an attache Of the
consulate and his wife, and two Catholic
priests were murdered. the letter proceeds to
give details Of the sanguinary sequel to these
crimes.
THE wRETCHED DEATHS CT THE SISTERS OF
CHARITY.
The mob, led on by soldiers, set fire to the
consulate and the church of the Catholic
mission, and hurLt all the other inmates
who could not escape. S multaneoLsly with
the assault on the French consulate, the
mob and soldiers surrounded the hospital of
the French Sisters of Charity. Having set
fire to portion uf the building. they entered
the gates and dragged all the Sisters of Char
ity out into the street There they stripped
them naked, exposed to the public gaze
plucked out their eyes, cut off their breasts,
ripped them open, dragged out thair hearts,
aud deliberately cut them to pieces, and di
vided portions Uf their flesh amongst the
infuriated mob. No European witnessed
these outrages on humanity save the poor
victims, who, IN presence of each other,
passed through the terrible ordeal and per
ished without hope of release, and without
any support in that extreme hour of misery
and torment save their confidence in a mer~
ciful God, whose behests they have eudeav-
ored to fulfill amongst a barbarous people
at the peril of their lives. Chinese specta-
tors Of the bloody scene relate other horrors
peTpetrated on the Innocent ladies that can
not be mentioned. The lady superioress OF
the hospital it is related, was cut in twain
while yet alive. God alone and the sisters
know what they endured of agony aud bodi-
y sufTerings. Their modesty outraged, their
purity defled, their poor frail frames torn
asSunder, their blood scattered, and their
lives destroyed by savages whose murderous
rage inflicted all those and other outrages
amidst a scene of horror that alone would be
terrible to encounter. One short hour suf-
feed 10 extnguish those noble martyrs of
charity. Their labor of love among the
poor of Tien-tsin for six years WAS thus
crowned in bitterness and earthly shame,
by the very people whom they hat succored
and fed aud clothed and tended ia tie hour
of sickness and pestilence.
BURNING OF THE ORPHANS ALIYR
No sooner mad the mob and tie soldiers
glutted their thirst foi human blood on the
unfortunate sisters than they burnt the en-
tire hospital. Nearly one hundred children,
who had been received into the oIphanage
attached to the hospital. perished in the
flames. The mutilated members of the dead
sisters were thrown into the burning rnins
and thus, together with the little children
they were cbaritably nurturing. was the
holocaust completed.
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We do not suppose that any person who
knows US believes that we wrote letters in ia
voT OF Mr.. Morrell and against Mr. Johnston,
as alleged by the pretended Ebensburg cor
respondent of the Johnstown Democrat: still
we cannot resist the temptation of showing
the utter falsity Of the accusation, and for
that purpose have gone to the fountain head
to obtain evidence which can Deither be
questioned or refuted. The gentlemen who
have furnished the following letter are not
of Cur political way of thinking, which
makes their testimony if possible the strong
er and more convincing:
ALTOONA, Sept. 10, 1870.
To WHOM IT MAY CoNCERN.-Our attention
having been called to a statement made bv
correspondent OF the Johnstown DEMocRAr.
writing over the non de Elume of /" Bismarck -
in which the publisher of the GAMBIA FREe
MAN is charged with having written letters
from Johnstown to an Altoona paper in 1865
in which letters he Iauded Mr.. Morrell and ira
dueed his Democratic opponent in the Con
gresslonai contest of that year, Mr.. ohnston,
We deem it due 10 Mr. McPike to saw that he
wrote no letters of that character to our paper.
and as the TRIBUNE was the only newspaper
published here during Mr.. McP's resideree in
Johnstown, 1t follows that he could not have
writteR them to any other journal printed in this
place. An examination of our files show that
IN one or two of the letters in question reference
was made to Messrs. Horrell and Johnston.
but IN no way laudatory or condemnatorv III
either This is plain statement of facts for
the truth OF which we freely vouch.
MoCRuM & DERN
Editors Altoona Tribnne
AS to the assertion that many Democrats
in Johustown believe that we voted for M
Morrell in 1866. we are willing it sbould oo
for what it is worth. and that is simp1U
nothing. Nobody believes it or ever did he.
lieve it, and it would only be waste of
valuable time and space to attempt to refnte
so silly charge. We will simply cav that
if our business associations in 1866 gave rise
to such an impression, and the editor of the
Democrat. when asked, assigned that as the
only reason. then the affiliations of Mr.
Woodruff at the present day stamp him as
a radical of the most ultra character. for
among such men he finds his noisiest narti-
sans and most fulsome friends. That he 10
no longer Democrat. his treacherous cou1se
has only too plainly established. but that he
is radical after the fashion of MANY of his
prominent supporters in the removal inioui>
~ we ara tain to believe. yet bis own resson.
ing can lead to no other conclusion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22

ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC VICToKY Tie
Wilmingto ton. (Del.) city election was held
oD the 9th inst, and resulted in a glorious
triumph for the Democracy VIM. Bright,
Democrat, was elected President If the city
council by over two hundred maj .rity, and
the entire Radical ticket was signally defeat
ed. The Democrats carried 6ve of the nine
wards. Wilmington is usually Radical by
from sfty to two hundred. This year, with
the accession TO the party of moral ideas
of several hundred negroes. enfranchi ised by
the fifteenth Amendment, the city ranges
itse!f unmietakably on the side of the friends
OF constitutional liberty The resnlt has
produced unbounded enthusiasm among
Democrats, and has fallen like bonn bsheiI
N the Radical camp. Delaware can be set
down as good for her usual ma i,rity, G not
more.
The Radicals during the afternoon boasted
that they would vote between six and seven
hundred negroes. and claimed four hundred
majnrity when the polls closed. Their de-
feat is a Radical disaster, and points ~
certain and inevitable rout in November.
Their negro allies prove a burden in Will
mipgtou as in all other cities. Ranting Rad
lcal politicians here are denouncing negro
suffrage as the cause of their defeat
The Democrats and Conservatives are iu-
bilant.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22
MAeN1F1oexr ROMAN C.rzo,,c "a,

MAGNIFICENT ROMAN CATHOLIC CArHE-
DRAL AT NEWARK Rev. Father Doane, of
Newark, who has just returned from Eu-
rope, has spent some months in visiting the
cathedral towns of the Continent and in ex-
amning the larger churches in Rome and
England. Mr.. O'Rourke, of Newark. and
two London architects accompanied Father
Doane, and he has returned with the plans
for a magnificent cathedral. The ediice
will be in the form of cross, built of brown
stone. with spire Containing inches for
statues. The style will be pure Gothic of
the seventh century. The roof is to be com
posed of groined arches, supported by COL
umns OF Aberdeen granite. Ii the plans are
strictly followed the building will be the
hnest 0f Its kind in the country, exceeding
considerably in size the Fifth avenue cathe-
drai, of New York, now building, and in
beauty the immense cathedral of that city.
More than year has been spent in perfect
ing the plans. and it is expected that fifteen
years will be spent in the erection Of the
building.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22

A STRANGE SUICIDE was committed in
Harrison county MO on the 1st inst. A
traveller stopped at a farm where they were
threshing out grain, and going into the
oarnyard began talking to some of the men
at work, telling them be used to work with
a machine, whereupon he asked leave Ia
drive. HIs1request wass.granted. and after
short spell he asked if he might not feed
the machine. 1t was quite apparent that
he was well posted in regard to threshing.
and having fed for sometime, he looked
around at the driver with nod, signifyiug
tnas ..n ne wanted more power. Standing
still till the cy Under was flying and buzzipo
around like 'double-geared lightning" and
everyone becoming alarmed at the awful
motion. he jumped head first against the
teeth OF the cylinder. and in less than an
instant he was crushed into eternity. No
one Knew him. and there were no papers
upon bis person by which he could be iden.
tilted.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22

Some facts are stated by the Delaware
Gazette, IN relation to the negro vote in Will
mington. which are interesting, as showing
the tff'ct of this pet scheme of the Radicals
upon white men. In the Fourth ward, fifty
one negroes voted. This ward gave 6fty-
seven Democratic majority last year. Now
it returns ninety>nine majority. In TIE
fifth ward. where the negro vote is strong
the Radical majority fell from ninety-five. in
1869. to twenty nine il 1870. This is a
marked change. One hundred negroes voted
In the sixth ward, and yet the Radical ma.
jority was reduced from sixty.tbree 10 tbir,v
FIVE. The Radical majority in the Eighth
ward, in 1869. was sixty-six. With ali the
negro votes they only beat the Democra,s 70
twenty-eight at the last election. The facts
are significant. They marshal the Demo
cratic party In the road it should travel. and
point out the path to certain success. Wit
men will not yield the rule of this country
10 negroes.
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The Removal swIndle.

Il is difficult task for man TO write an
article against the removal infamy and Mt
the same time preserve his temper. 1t is a
Herculean labor to attempt to reGnte p!op-
osition, Of such overshado~ing importance
to the whole people Of Cambria county, in
which there nerer has been aud nerer can be
adduced single reason that can be dignifietl
with the name of argument or common sense.
The question of the location of county
scat involves in its determination, not the
interests or convenience Of any one particu-
lar locality, but the convenience of the citi
Gems Of the entire county. 1t has always
been controlling consideration with thr
commissioners, appointed in pursuance Of
an Act Of Assembly providing for the erec-
ton OF new county, to endeavor tn locate
the county seat as near the geographical
centre OF the proposed new county as posi-
BILE. due regard always being had to road
and other facilities. When the commission
ers named in the original act establishing
Cambria comfy proceeded to discharge their
duties, they located the county seat at Eb-
ensburg, then really and in truth an obscure
mountain v.llage"-a point which was then
and still continues TO be about a quarter IF
a mile from the territorial centre cf the
county.
The trustees, as the Act Of Assembly
styled them. 10 locate the county seat, were
John Horner, John j. Evans, and Al, Kan
der Ogle. This was done during the session
OF 1905. The question now crises, shall it
be undone, and the county seat be removed
from the ceutre Of the county to within t,ro
and half miles of the line Of Somerset couu-
ty. merely to crafty the | trloral vanity and
ambition Of few disappointed flee seekers
in Johnstown? 1t has been particular
matter of glorifcation ON the paIt of the
removal faction. that Johnstown was the
centre of population and commerce. We
deny the truth Of the assertion and will let
the returns OF the census settle the question
Is 1t honest fair or right that the people of
the northern portion of Cambria county, the
townships of Susquehanna, Carroll. Chest
CleaIfeld and White, to and from which
are ROOO ana available roads
leading to Ebensburg. should be forced and
compelled, rs they would be if the county
seat is removed. to go to Johnstown, more
than tscice the distance now travelled, and to
pay more than t,cice the expense Is there
man Of honesty and Intelligence in either
OF the townships named who will endorse or
sanction so glaring and unpara lleled An out
rage2 We think not and by their votes
Is men who are in favor of even handed JUS
tlce, though the heavens should fall, they
will teach all such double-faced political hyp-
ocrites as Henry D. Woodruff that they are
fully competent to take care Of their own
local and personal interests-that they fully
understand and appreciate his hollow and
insincere professions of frieudship-and that
on the second Tuesday of October next they
viii pronounce upon him the fearful sem
tence which was once passed on his Infamous
prototype of old. "Mere. meme tekeI uphar
Sin'-"You have been weighed in the bali
ance and found wanting"
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IMPORTANT NkwSPAPER Cg,v,.
Hearth and Home. a finely il.u.t ,.-- h.
j"urral of high character. hithsrt, i..,g
MesSrs. Pettingill, Bates & Co. l,.r..
purchased by Messrs. Orange Jg3i tT
of 245 Broadway, New York b. 4,
known publishers Of the Amerio17 h.
turdiiSt Messrs. 5. NJ. Pe.tipgjf
whose advertising agency, estal
l649, is one of the largest and most r=-
in the world. find that their ex.sr r..
ness requires their exclusive at,sn.u
they therefore transfer Hearth and II n,
the new publishers. whuSe long e1g.-.
aud abundant facilities will enable ,,.-t
only to maintain the past high chssa,
the paper, but to add materially TO i;.r,
The new publishers also announce ii
ton of terms to three dollars uer ysar
change will rot at all affect the AZ.
AgTicultiuTst. which will continue
peudently as heretofore. The i.luss
and reading matter Of the two u-lsI
be entirely d fferent. Either Of the IA
mails will be furnished from now tot 4
of 1871 Fifteen months). at the ys,r,r
scription rate, VIZ: the Wsstlq H.J-a
Home at three dollars; the Month "a
can 4igric1atln-ist. one dollar and al
the two for four dollars.
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REMAINS OF RACE oy -
PoTTERY.-Two miles west q 1GD = Usa
IN Arkansas county, Ark =, o4F6sj.
of the Pemiscott river s,a- ~ 'Ae sss
mound, some twenty,fvs' ''eas az
aoou' al acre In area a. tbs lss
mound is called Chickasan. '1e iob 4
years ago IN making an eTca,', a a1at..
near the foot of ChickassI,' ',a'i'7 i.e
tlon OF gigantic human sta... 'i'ooll, I
The men who were digging, b.o 81 s''ls
esteG uneartbed the enii,s :, 'sI,'ia.as !, t,
from measurements given ~ ,As,s'ol 4,
parties, the frame Of The - Oy p
belonged could not have ~ 'u 70 81
or nine feet in height. US5s, b. ~ il'',s
which easily slipped over ~ u. d
informant (who, We will be,s .a he@a q
OF our best citizensl, wa, e. s'A's, /,
shaped eartheIn jar. resemb'ir. PEA
the way of Indian pottery 11;., s l.ia-'
seen before by them. 7, vSA '.SA 2ii :
a round bodied, long g-necksd -. "a, 'aiR
decanter. The material Of 81 80 4, o. q .,
was mace was a peculiar Kid n ,I'' u 2
the workmanship was very f,s - Ga, !,
or body Of it was ornamecfsI - l.. q
or hieroglyphics CONSISTING q .'4 2sa
lineation cf human hand. ns.,I'|',' IV'l''',' /
other. open palms outward IA a.. - . 8
ana Gown the vase, the wrist. 10 ~ 80
the fingers toward The neck. n, 's -. o-'- ]
Of the hands we've tib.a q, .t,', e.'-.' Z
also correctly delineated. runn;.- - ..
vase There were other thlpg. to-, ~,
the skeleton, but this ia a, e. -l
mbers. Since that time ,l,-
excavation has been made ia p = GO c.., !
ia country In the neigh5orhoo3 a ~ -.'''
similar skeletons have been fou.5 -. 9
the skull Of every one were fonri =.
neral vases, almost exactly III -
scrihed. There are now in hi. ,;,- -
OF the vases and portions of tb4 Ir..
tons. One Of the editors ol :, "'
measured thigh bone, which +. E.r-..
feet long. The thigh and sbir =.
gether with bones of the font .,,5-
proper position, in a physician. :
this city, measured FIVE fee, IN -
show the body to which the t.,
tn have been frnm nine to ten .pst Il.
At Beaufort's Landing. near Re-
digging a deep ditch, skeleton ~
the leg Of which measured be:sssr s.,
six feet in length. and other b15e. +, h..
tion.-Memphis appeal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22

CANT SEE lT.-When an iron naufactu.
rer votes 10 Congress to increase the pTice of
an article, In making which he il interestad
.o'y per cent. and at the same time refuses
20 pay MS workmen ore cent per week ad
vance % Tor their labor. the Radical papers
In'l w. n'nl iriend of American laborers
light. 500 IL IN that
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE
+; L: JoENsToE, Chgirman, Ebenspurg.

r. L. JOHNSTON. Chairman. Ebensburg.
Adams Twp;, John +; Stull; Allegheny Twp,
" IN. Buck; Blacklick Twp. Abraham Maxim /;
Cambria Twp. VIM. Berg; Cambria Bor.. Ttos.
Judge; Carroll Twp, NJ. J; Nagle; Carrolltown
land Chest Springs Bor, Jos. Wertner; Clear
held Twp. Jacob Nsgle; Conemaugh Twp, Yo-
dock Kohler; Conemaugh Bor., Pat'k Kinney,
1st ward: Augustus Adler, I'd ward; Coopers-
dale Bor., John Lamison; Croyle Twp, VIM.
Lloyd: East Conemaugh Bor., Lawrence Fur
long; Ebensburg Bor., b. +. Vaughn, cast ward ::
George Gurley, west ward Franklin Bor., Wm.
Adams; GHllitzin Twp, John Porter; Jackson
Twp Henry Rager; j JohnstOwn Bor-, Augustus
Dangus, lst ward: James II. Benford. I'd ward ::
John Flanagan, Sd ward: Jonathan HCrner, 4th
ward: 4. Mattern, jr., 5th ward: JOS Thomas,
9th ward: Loretto Bor., H. T. O'Friel; Millvile
Curb:n; Prospect Bor., David Cronan Rich
land Twp, VIM Cole; summerhin Twp, Pat'k
Lynch; Summitville Bor, Peter DOugherty !;
susquehanna Twp, John somervflle; Taylor
Twp, Peter kearns, Woodyale Bor., Casper w
TTSEH; bI Mtim2re BGr:, !sa9s WiHe; Washington
tiers; Yoder Twp, Abraham Culin.
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Acw Adrtrtis
= O0.eO IN PREMlIs
ConrpetItioz open TO all paru1f''

THE ASSOCIATION takes pleasuris =.
the attention Of the public 70 ths's =
al premiums offered this year. The!e,e
of the State Society on similar c!assN y ]
sign of this liberahty Is 70 produce tHs2-
petition and at the same time reuulsi
hibitors and visitors.
The premiums on thCroUEhbred z - = Z
cattle amount to over SCOO.09- ana 81 y. y
classes are equally liberal. For ne 81
10000 worth of silver ware has oeSl -
and win be distributed as preH.-L--s,
work of their hands. These pren'1 :; = !.
value from 800 to $3.50, and many q :
cles are beautiful, and the Aa1ass'.s. :.
they will be priced much more ihsl -
amount paid in money. liz 7
For full particulars see premium =
ished in pamphlet form and 10 oe -
OF the Officers or Managers. -
New buildings will be added 10 tse'.s5 De-
on the ground, and everything vii = g * *
for the convenience of eNhlbltqISs - -. :
ton of visitors. S. c. BAKER EIS''
Z. b. MCCRUM, Secretary. -
JOHN LLOYD, Treasurer. 80
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-22

"A few days since Mrs. Klineensmith.
of Irwin Station, tainted and fell into deep
well. She was rescued by gentleman who
hsppend to be near.
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UATUABLE FARM FOB = J.
VIAIuARI-F FARM AT ~ :.

' SALE.-Tbe undersi.g Us ISss ssonabs
at private sale, on the bIl,CoSStllck t0Rpii \
terms. mis- FARM in bla,b bl.ai,bin oue-hsl
ship, Cambria county sd Farm 60.
tains iIs Il iio i ACRES, about ~ Ti srTS;,
being cleared, and has ere srsSS'FfTF 'FfFlSI 3 I !.
other orTBUILDTNGs, An AnsS,ises. Mise Is.ssr
Trees is sgrowing on the e,PcI,i PTgiS.s an inqgisss
fGbls. For further par t.s iiS On arr s
MAHON, on the preniIWSsT 81. SB..Iess-sff'
- Atyai la"
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CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS:


/, J. X. Hite, Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas of said county, GER
t1fy that the foregoing true copies of the
answers to special interrogateries, filed to No
i, June Term, 1870.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Court of
Common Pleas of Cambria county, at Ebens-
burg, 18th September, 1870.
j. K. HITE, Prothonotary.