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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE
The New York Sun is authority for say
ing that Chief Justice Chase has, for some
time past, been suffering from paralytic
stroke, which, without entirely destroying
the use of his limbs, incapaciates him from
walking without help, aud seriously affects
his mind. His recovery is desired rather
than cofidently expected indeed it is con-
sidered doubtful whether he will again be
able to resume the arduous labors of the
bench, although it will be remembered that
Judge Gr!er remained on the bench for sew
eral years after he became partially paral-
yzed The Chief Justice is now at the couu-
try seat Of his son-in-law, Senator Spragae,
of Narragansett Bay, where he Las The best
medical attendance that the country can af
ford
This intelligence will be heard with regret
by the whole country. The course of the
Chief Justice has been such as to inspire
public confidence in the courts, and ado new
lustre to our highest tribunal. His restora-
tion to health would be a subject for congrat-
ulatioR.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08
Geary's Proclamation.

Our vainglOrious Governor has issued
another high sounding proclamation. which
is as superfuous as it is silly. Geary,
like most weak minded and shallow men
who chance to occupy public positions,
has always had an overweening desire TO
see his name in print. Being candidate
for the United States Senate, as the suc>
csssor of his quondum friend, Simon Hon.
Cameron, he imagines that, in order to
make his calling and election sure, he is
bound on every slight pTetext to parade
his name prominently before the public.
His excuse for issuing the proclamationis,
that sit has come to my (Geary's) knowl-
edge that snndry assessors and registers of
voters have refused and are refusing to
assess and register divers colored male
citizens of lawful age, and otherwise,
qualified as electors
Ii is said that this Gubernatorial "Bull''
is intended specially to apply TO the COM
missioners. assessors and sheriff of Mont>
gomery county. We do not believe that
Geary has or ever had any evidence that
the proper officers of Montgomery, or of
any other county in the State, shave re-
fused and are refusing to assess and regis
ter divers colored male citizens of lawful
age" 1t is purely an afterthought. But
suppose they have so refused, does that
warrant or justify the proclamation Not
Mt all. The very act of Congress approved
May 81, 1870, which Geary Incorporates
in his ill-timed proclamation, and which
was passed for the express purpose of en-
forcing the So called fifteenth amendment,
provides full and ample remedy for the evils
complained of, if they really exist. Under
that act, the assessors are liable to the
persons aggrievcd in civil action for a
failure TO perform their duties, and also
may be indicted Cor a misdemeanor in
office, and, if convicted, sentenced to pay
fine of not less than $500 and be i'm
imprisoned not less than one month nor
more than year. Where then did John
w. Geary get his authority to issue this
foolish proclamation 1t would have
been just as valid, and not any more SO,
if it had been put forth by the Governor
of British Columbia. 1t is a question
peculiarly and conclusively for the Courts,
just as are all other violations of the elec.
ticn law. The act of Congress explicitly
so declares. Geary is therefore attempt
ing to usurp the authority which has been
conferred on another tribunal, and his
proclamation is void and without author.
ity and not worth the paper on which il
was written. Coming from the source il
does, it cannot create the least surprise.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08
The war virtually Ended.
The Surrender of Napoleon and Capit"-
IatiOn of McMnhOn's Army.

Want of space has prevented the puoilSh-
ing Of the details of the great battle OF Sedan
which took place on Saturday last, but when
we say that Napoleon has surrendered and
McMahon's army has capitulated-that the
former is prisoner of war in the hands oil
King William, and that the latter, also
a prisoner, is badly wounded and reported
tn be dead-we give nearly all that IT Is
possible to CLEAN from the wordy dispatches
that is worth publishing. 1t was also ru-
mored that Bazaine and the entire garrison
at Metz had capitulated, but later reports
contradict this rumor. although he IS sand to
be surrounded by about 10000 Prussian
soldiers.
OF the condition of affairs in France and
elsewhere the N Y World of Tuesday has
this to say: News from the seat of war to-day
has lost nearly all its interest III the vastly
more stirring and startling news which
comes to us from the capital Of France. The
tidings of the disaster of Sedan and of the
surrender of the Emperor were received in
Paris with deep feeling of sorrow, which
at once, however, gave way to an irrepreSsi-
BILE feeling of indignation and sterDest deter
/ mination of resistance to the enemy. As
the first step to this great work. the empire
was formally declared to be abolished. a
/ mighty revolution, sweeping away in an
! hour the glittering fabric reared by twenty
years of imperial power, was accomplished
! as calmly as the passing from night into day
/ The people declared France republic. A
( Provisional government, composed OF the
( leading members Of the republican party,
! was installed. General Trochu accepted
the position of Governor of Paris. charged
with the national defence. The Empress
! left the city unopposeG at night for Belgium
and France, which, on Sunday night was
an empire lying in the dust, rose on Monday
morning a republic armed TO the teeth. The
news has already begun to produce an inn
rnense excitement throughout Europe. Ire
land in particular is alive with sudden hope
England, thoroughly alarmed begins to men
ace Prussia, rs yesterday she reviled France
bent only on stopping the war at no matter
what cost TO the rights or liberties of others
From Russia a menacing Tumur comes O
intervention. Italy begins to sympathiSt
openly with the French people What tht
effect will be of this great and profounc
change in the aspect of affairs upon th'
Prussian government remains TO be seen. /
is certain that prosecution of the war W It'll
views of CONQUEST and of diSmembeTmeD
against France will bring Germany into ;
position at once unworthy and unsafe, bu
we have no light as yet upon the intention
of the German provinces.
1t is reported that the armies at SedaI
are moving upon Paris. but the report i
probably premature. The Emperor ha
been assigned residence in Hesse. as on
special correspondent in London infnrme'
us two days ago be would be. The Empires
has joined him probably by this time il
Germany, unless she was detained at Namur
where the Prince Imperial is reported to b
lying i'll.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

We place at our masthead this week
the name of r. MILroN SPEER, Esq, OF
Huntingdon, who was unanimously nom
mated for Congress in this district by the
Conference which met in Altoona on Fri
day last. 1t is a nomination eminently
fit 10 be made Mr. SPEER is in the
prime of life. and is lawyer of well re-
cosnized ability. He is a Democrat Of
the most orthodox stamp, and, as ready
and eloquent speaker, is always prepared
TO give substantial and convincing reasons
for the political faith he processes and of
which he is so able an expounder. We
congratulate the Democracy of the district
that they have for their candidate gen.
tleman so entirely unexceptionable, both
personally and politically, as Mr.. SPEER,
and one for whose success the Democratic
party can labor with cordial and hearty
good viii. There is no man in the dis
trict who more fully possesses the conf
dence Of his own party, or who can COM
mand to a greater extent the support OF
the many Republicans who are honestly
opposed to the election of Mr.. MORREIL
We hope for the triumphant election of
MIR. SPEER, but if he fails it will not be
through want of effort on his own part
or want of confidence in his integrity and
ability on part of the Democracy of the
district
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE AND SWIFT RETRIBU-
TIoN.-On Thursday evening week the fam
lily of a Mr.. D., residing near Elizabeth
vile, in Fleming county, Kentucky. had
occasion to he absent upon visit to a neigh
Dor. The house was left in charge of a
daughter, lovely girl about sixteen years
of age. About nine O'Clock in the evening
the young lady was called to the front door
by the ringing of the door bell Upon open
ing the door she found a stalwart negro boy
standing on the portico. Without saying a
word he seized her, and sitting her cries,
threw her down upon the floor and brutally
ravished her. He then escaped. When the
family returned, a few hours later, the hor-
rible state of affairs was revealed aud an
alarm was given to the neighborhood. Tbs
father of the outraged girl being one of the
Oldest and most highly respected citizens of
that locality, there was but one universal
sentiment. and every body turned out to hunt
down the perpetrator of the fonl deed. He
was found on Wednesday, only a few miles
from the scene of his dastartlly act, and it
was with the greatest difficulty that the in
furiated citizens were prevented from lynch
ing him on the spot. He was taken, how
ever to Fiemingsburg. and lodged in Jail
During the night the excitement increased
and an armed mob surrounded the jail, took
the black wretch ont and hung him upon a
convenient tree. They left him hanging
until Friday morning, when they had his
body cut down and turned over to his peo-
pie. Our Informant states that such an
excitement prevails in the community as
was never before known. The name of the
negro we did not learn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

Ex-PREsIDENT JOHNSON NOT A CAND1>
DATE FOR CoNGREss.-Some of the friends
Of Ex- x-Presiient Andrew johnson have called
on him and earnestly solicited him to become
a candidate for Congress, which be very po-
litely and as positively refuses to do.
There is no man in our district that we
would support so cheerfully as our honored
ex-President for any position that he would
accept. He would be a tower of strength
and terror before the enemy, causing them
to quake. But we have been assured and
reassured that he has no idea of being can
didate for Congress. So then friends and
foes may dispel their hopes and fears on that
score and look for some other Ajax who will
WELD the two-edged sword in the coming
fight Greenpille (Tealu) U1lion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

TRAGIC INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE
FIRES IN CANADA.-An Ottawa correspon-
dent relates the following:
Sad stories are told of the way in which
lives were lost A one farm the house hav-
ing taken fire, the farmer placed his two
children for satety in we'll short distance
away, and returned to his blazing dwelling
with the hope Of saving something. intending
to Join the children later. Unfortunately he
perished in the flames, and the ueighbors
who came TO the rescue. not knowing the
whereabouts of the children. and failing to
hear their cries, the two little ones were
left to their fate. They were found some
time after when beyond human succor. Both
had perished from suffocation.
Elsewhere young woman had placed her
uncle, who was aged and infrm. having
passed his eightieth year. in a wagon to
drive away from the advancing flames
The fires were so near, however, that the
old man became overcome with the heat and
smoke, and twice fell from the wagon into
the road. Twice his niece lifted him in. and
urged on the horse with voice and whip
third time the feeble passenger lost his
hold and fell out. The fires were then abreast
of the wagon on each side, and forked ton
CUES OF flame we're darting hither and thither
The young woman, in describing the scene
afterwards. said that every bit of strength
left her then, and she knew it would be use
less to again attempt to lift her uncle into
the wagon. She drove on and escaped the fate
which befell the old man, who perished
where he lay. Strange to say. his wife was
IN place of safety not many yards away
but no human cries could have been heard
above the terribls roar of the fire.
Three persons are reported to have been
burned in the township of Huntley. Mrs.
j. Allan was burned to death in potato
field. where she took refuge from the FIRE,
and a man and his two children, whose names
have not been learned. met a similar fate.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

DESPERATE GAME. The editors of the
Johnstown Tribune, conscious of the fact
that the Removal movement is a played
out farce, yet anxious TO keep up the agi
tation for the purpose for which it was
originally designed, namely, 10 aid the
Radicals in carrying Daniel j. Morrell,
has resorlcd to the desperate game Of ly-
ing about the Democratic candidate for
Assembly. When George L. Swamk, or
whoever did it, wrote the article in last
week S issue of the Tribune in which he
asserts that Mr. Rose offered to pledge
himself in favor of removal to a dozen of
men in Jobnstown, and asked them TO
keep it secret, he wrote what he knew to
be a wilful, malicious and transparent
falsehood If he had written that certain
parties called upon Mr.. Rose and asked
him, if he was assured Of his nomination
and election, whether he would give "a
secret pledge to favor their pet iniquity,
and that he refused, he would then have
stated precisely the truth Having no
hopes of helping Morrell by fair means,
the Removal leaders are driven to the
pitiful and desperate game of brazen faced
falsehood. But, gentlemen, your false
hoods will not aid you. You are irrevo-
cably doomed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

TIE Johnstown Democrat has resorted
to the stale and contemplate device of
publishing in its columns letters purporting
to have been written in various portions
of the northern section of the county, en-
dorsing the removal villainy. OF course
all these documents were prepared to order
an ,Johnsto,cn. Amongst the number was
bogus letter, published in the last issue
of that paper, which claims to have been
written in Blacklict tolOnShip, and in which
the author says: 81 shall vote for you
(Woodruff) and so will the people of this
township" We now assert, with abso-
lutte confidence, that when the vote of
Blacklick township is counted on the night
of the election, it will be found that Wood
ruff did not receiue a solitary ballot No
one citizen of that township will endorse
by his vote the stupendous removal out
rage. Let this prediction be remembered.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08
IT will be recolIected that during d

IT will be recollected that during the
session of Congress prior to the last, one
j. w. Menard, colored, came to Wash>
ington and claimed to be admitted as a
member from the third Louisiana district
He was refused seat by the vote of his
Radical friends, and left in disgust. He
at one time lived in Kansas, where his
name was associated with some very dis
creditable transactions. The latest ex-
plot of this "man and brother" is suffi,
ciently Sc: forth IN the following telegraph
ic dispatch from New Orleans:
A NOBEL RApIcAL.-Nelo Orleans, September
i.-Hon- J. w. Menard, colored, who contested
the seat of Bailey. from the Second Louisiana
district, in Congress, was yesterday sent before
tue Criminal Court. under 500 bail, charged
with attempting TO outrage the person of ATne-
liza Hnys, a qi;adroon girl, living with his fami-
". Menard's wife WAS accused of being an ac-
ccSsory.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

The removal candidate and his new
found friends are requested to put the fol-
lowing (from the last Indiana Democ,'at)
in their pipes and smoke it to their hearts
content:
The "removalists" those in favor of removing
the County Seat to Johnstown) of Cambria
county, last week met at CreSson and nomina-
ted ticket. Mr.. n. ID. Woodruff, of the Johns
town Democrat, was nominated for Assembly,
and we are sorry to perceive that he has accept
ed the responsibility Of the disorganizing move
ment.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

AT HIS OLD Tricks. the
Tribune man, has gone back to his old
neutrality-suspicious. ofmaterial facts.
1t won't belp you out of the drag, Thom-
as, SO you may as well dry up.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

WANrED-The time, place, persons, in
ducements and conversation when Rose
offered to pledge himself, as the Tribune
alleges, in favor of removal. These not
being given, in the language of the great
Iribnne "You lie! you villain, you lie /"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

GIVE Us THE NAMES. s.-The Tribune
will confer favor by giving the names of
the dozen men TO whom Rose offered or
exhibited pledge that he would favor
the removal of the county seat
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

TERRIBLE ToEPEDo AccIDSsa a opeas
Thursday Mr.. Thompson, an III - ~
of Franklin, left nome in OaS.JI lSy.Io5d IA :
with him a torpedo. to OG e,r ~ nils
we'll ON the Foster farm a ls" .",iysii o.
Franklin. At the farm he re-, TO-. ..borslSS
torpedoes to fetch to the l3r.U, .Sa~ % hs =.
lin. He started with tnsa aha toTpeis \
home. The report of the ,D 'VII sIupps
heard in Franklin, but II wa J, ibs lofd
be a blast from quarry MS - Vas
of town. Soon after the ut ~ Ouos
in. and his friends started a 1T1boDrsf
remains. The body of MI. MI ubsrs fs
thrown about ffty feet from I'm, sb'
nedo exploded. his lett =, a the boil
elbow. vac discovered ron nns5uood 70 =
missing. The buggy was Saosing ,p io
and one of the tires was na "a yiciin'
and one of the unfortunrS ..s.
were hanging on another '''''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

Wendell Phillips and Edward A. Pol
lard are suggested as the candidates of the
grumblers in 1872 for President aud Vice
President They would hang well together.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

THREE MEN KILLED BY LIN. = a
During the terrific thunder storm . -!
day afternoon a terrible calanI! 81.
at Freeport. a gentleman naInSS S.,.s
with his two sons. Louis ana i - y
company with the sexton, Vi;i's- . 81
yard for the purpose of seiee,ss ~ a.
which to bury brother ol MI rs.
then lying dead in bis hoIs'', ,.'Irs =
storm arising the party s7nsh' s' -
umbrellas, and had been oI' n..ir,s .
grouped together when the llSu.1 .-n. b
them. instantly killing the Sen e,Ss.
and the two brothers. NJ, 80
stunned. but when be awoke y S;,b b
ness of the terrible calamity Wit bo,is- >
fallen him his feelings can DC -, ~
ined than written. All the pa, ,o-tsg
known citizens, and The town WI. 4 D
mourning for this compllcaIlUOaa or il.
tunes which has fallen upon g%s r.,siia
esteemed families.-PiHs' h''
30M ult.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

Governor Davis. of Texas, has removed
naturalized Germans from the board of al
dermen and appointed negroes in their stead.
This is Republican love for Germans. Flakes
bulletin says ''If he possessed grain of
prudence or particle of love for his party,
he never would have given the most inAu-
ential element of his party an insult that will
drive from il every German vote in the State.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-09-08

Joseph Sauvage, Belgian iron-worker.
was brutaily murdered on Saturday evening
in South Birmingham, Pittsburgh. His
neck was broken and skull mashed in above
the eye. A bar of steel nearly three feet
lorg was found near the scene of murder
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-06
NlONITlON.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, SECOND DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

VTNHE STATE OF LOUISIANA, TO ALL WHOM
Il these presents shall come greeting: Whereas
Thomas Egan having purchased at a sale made by
teenth Qs) day Of October, 1870, the property
herein described, has applied to the Judge Of this
ity to sections two thousand three hundred and
seventy to two Thousand three hundred and eighty
Of act No 96 of the session acts Of 1870.
Now, therefore, know We, and all persons herein,
are hereby cited and admonished i'll the name OF
the State Of Louisiana, and Of the Second District
Court for the parish Of Orleans, who can set up any
right title claim in and to the property herein
after described in consequence OF any infOrmality
in the order, decree judgment of the court under
illegality in the appraisements aud advertisements
in time, manner OF sale, for any other defect
soc to shSw faie rst thirty dg
public papers, why the sale 50 made should not be
confirmed and hOmOlgated.
aforesaid. by virtue of decree OF this court,
dered on the ninth (9) of September, 1870, i'll the
matter, of the succession Of Thomas Muir;
court and act of sale thereof, passed before
w. J. Castcll notary public on the nineteenth day
of November 1870 which act of sale was registered
in this court on the twenty-ffth day of November,
1870. The said sale made to the said Thomas
Egan for the sum Of ten thousand four hundred and
Description OF the property as given in the judi
cial conveyance, viz:
and ens n the FIRST src Of this city, in
square bounded by EratO, ITALIA, Dryades and
Rampant Gate Hercues) streets, designated by Nos.
and 10 in the square No. said lots measure each
thirtytwo feet front on Rampant street by depth
Ofone hundred and twenty feet ten inches and
five lines, between parallel lines; lot No. forming
the corner Of EraO and Rampant streets, all Ameri.
can measure, according to plan made by Louis II
Pile, surveyor dated September twenty-third 1870,
true sketch Of which plan is hereto annexed for
reference; together with all the buildings and i'm
prOvements thereon, rights, ways and advantages
thereuntO belonging or i'll any wise appertain'ng,
1.-THE buildings and improvements comprising a
double tenement tw0story slate roof brick resi-
dence. known as Nos 403 and 405 Rampant street,
cistern hydrant etc. on lot No. TO- and twO-stOry
slate roof carpenters shop with one-story frame
slate roof house on the front, used an Office on
lot No. g. being the same property which (the said)
Mrs. Eliza Murray acquired by purchase from
Thomas Murray, Jr., by act passed before ". j.
Castell, notary, on the eleventh day OF October,
1863.
Is. DUvIGNEAUD, Judge.
Clerks Office, Second District Court for the parish
of Orleans, November 26 1870.
NJ. O. TRACY, Clerk.
nO27 declO "a
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-06
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM BERRILL, BANK
rupt.
In Bankruptcy..NO. 1869.

w of New Orleans and district aforesaid, duly de-
cared bankrupt under the act of Congress OF March
2, 1867, has this day fled in said court petition
praying for a discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims provable under
said act.
Notice is therefore given to all creditors who
interest, that the twenty fourth day of December
1870 at II A. NJ. is assigned for the hearing of the
same and that they may then and there attend and
show cause, if any they have, why the prayer Of
the said petition should not be granted and fur.
Their notice 10 given that the bankrupt will undergo
twentieth day Of December, "A. D.. 1870, at II
A. NJ, at his cfIlco, Customhouee building. b ~
Clerks Once, New Orleans, November - 1870
no29 de5 u K. L0EW, Deputy Clerk.