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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-14

Il LIFE INSURANCE,
OFFICE No. HOS MAIN STREET.
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EIRE, MARINE. AND INLAND IN
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EDGAR W. CROwELL, Resident Manager;
JOSEPH B. ST. JOHN, Assistant Manager.
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EOR RENT.-The undersigned de- O.
IL sires 70 rent that valuable PRnPERIY I'll
ding his FURNITURE, for one year from ana
after he LIST Gay OF October next. II not sold be-
lore that time. The reutor can also lease rs much
land as he may desire in connection with the
Hotel property, baths, &C., being EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED ACRES In the several tracts of lands
LOCO to / 200 acres uude- fence, the larger part be,
Ing In cultivation. me dows, and grazing. Apply
to the undersigned. either In person or by letter,
at Bath Courthouse, Va
&c t0-tol GEORGE
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FOR RENT.

TOR RENT. the DWELLING over o.
The late DR. Warnings office, Franklin Iii
street, three doors above Locust alley; eight
rooms, besides kitchen and cell1r.
HOUSE on MAYO street, first door above frank
lin, Containing eleven rooms and kitchen In yard.
Rents low and immediste possession given. APP
ply TO ALLiSoS aDllsON.
sc I5-Iw l82o Gary street.
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NOTICE.-FOR RENT, an excellent o.
in DWELLI"G-HOUSE and cTORn-E Ell
Room connected situated IN IL small village
called rentrevilie, In the county of Louisa. To
make the notice brief. l will onls say 1t /, Ia COM
plete order and h IS every convenience that IN BIZ
required; q good garden, all necessary out-h0uses.
&c. and plenty Of frewood at The place free of
charge. Possession given the lst Of October. ANY
one wishing u rent will apply to.
r. q. MILLS, Frederick Hsll Depot,
Sc G5t Louisa county, Va
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STEAMERS.

RICHMOND, August IL, 1870.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

A WILD CAT TAKES CHILD OUT OF IT'S
CRADLE.-On Thursday of last week. a
wild cat entered the house of Mr.. Elliott
Walters, who resides at Wilson's mill. on
Toby Creek. in Knox township, about seven
miles north of this place, and took child
from the cradle. and was about to com.
mence devouring it when it was driven
away. The parents had gone out to gather
In potatoes from lot aud left the baby
wrapped up, sleeping in its cradle. A little
girl was sent in after they had been absent
a short time. to see about the child, and
when she opened the door, was Mortified to
see large wild cat, with the infant. behind
the stove. The little girl was crying pit
eously. and IN short time would doubtless
have been killed and devoured by the saw
age beast. On the alarm being given. the
wild cat escaped through the window, and
not since been seen In that neighborhood.-
Clarion Democrat
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13
A Tale Of Horror.

Last weeks Saginaw (Michigan) Reoub
lic says:
It has been known for some time that a
dirty, wretched old man lived outside the
city, about mile or so, in filthy little
cabin, entirely alone, and that he was her
NIT. No one ever went near him, for it was
said that he was magician.
His only companion was skeleton looking
dog. He came into the city sometimes to
beg. and would piteously implore for money,
stating that he was starving. Sometimes
he would gather rags or scraps Of paper and
sell them. Every one supposed him to be
wretchedly poor. lie had an evil look, and
mothers would remove their children when
they saw him coming. One day last week,
however. child, the son of Mr.. Abraham
Skinner, went out alone to fish in the stream,
and happened to wander on until, before he
knew it. he came to the hovel of the old
man. At first be was frightened. but seeing
no one around he plucked up courage and
went nearer. Everything was silent. He
went and peeped through crack in the
side of the hut.
He almost screamed at what he saw, for
he beheld the old man bending over a bag
OF money that he was counting. There
were other bags beside him containing large
quantities of money. Mr.. Skinner's son
was 81 ltiEiIleG ID1L Wn0D ne attempted 10
move he stumbled. Like lightning the old
man rushed out and seized him. cha !" be
screamed. "I've caught you, have 2 You
saw me, did you? Well-now you'll pay
for it," And before Mr.. Skinner's soa could
say word the old monster, with an awful
laugh, drew out knife, and Ooh, horror ,
cut the child's tongue out. Then he chopped
off his fingers. Now" he said-"now you
can go. for you can't tell.'' The poor boy
ran off overcome with agony, and ran to his
fathers house only to fill them with conster-
nation. What was the matter with their
child 2 BE could not speak to tell them
He could not write for his fingers were cut
Still the poor boy, after efforts of the most
horrible pain, managed to fix a pencil be-
tween his bloody stumps of fingers. and
wrote the awful talei A party was imme-
diately organized. and FASTENED to the mi
ser's den. He was at the door as they
approached. and fired a revolver six times
at them, wounding two of the party seriously
Mr.. Skinner returned the fire, and the aged
villain fell, with a piercing yell, mortally
wounded. my money! my money - he
moaned, "my beautiful money !" and he
crawled to his bags of gold and sank upon
them a corpse! Over $40 900 was discov-
cred. which was presented 20 the Pnorhouse
and other charitable institutions. The event
will never be forgotten by our citizens. The
child is slowly recovering. The miser was
buried the day after, and the hut was torn
down.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

A SINGULAR SUIcIDE.-At Half Moon
Saratoga county, N. Y, boy named Nor.
man Shaw. aged about thirteen years. did
something to displease his mother, who
after correcting him, said that she would in.
form his father of his conduct. Upon this
tne boy went and got the Bible, picked out
a text from which he said he wanted his
funeral sermon preached. and, telling her
that she would never see him again. went
out. This occurred about ten o'clock. and
the mother, deeming ii some foolish threat
went on with her work. Eleven O'Clock
came, and, the boy not returning, his grand
motner went IN search of him, and found him
dead in the wagon house, with a strap abn,,t
his neck, showing that he had nmitted
suicide. His funeral took place from the
Baptist church at Cohoes, and a sermon was
preached from the text the suicide had se-
lected.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

PERPETUAL MoTIoN.-A full patent has
been received BY a young man of Chicago
for perpetual motion machine. The Chi
cago papers say that the machine behaved
itself handsomely, worked without cessation
for months. The most essential portion Of
the machine consists of helow rocking
lever, or beam, resembling the walking
beam of a steamboat engine, except that it
is bent at oblique angles in several places.
Inside this are placed balls partially filed
with mercury. The balls once set in motion
roll down the interior of the hollow beam
in vain search for permanent level, but
no sooner do they reach the lower end than
the mercury in the spokes of the main wheel
overcome their weight, the beam is forced
up, and the balls are again impelled in their
onward rush, only to be caught by the valve
that is forced open from without, and pushed
into the upper arm Of the beam or lever.
ready to be hustled along their never ending
route. A delicatelv adjusted weight and
brake are attached to the machine and serves
to regulate its motion. but it is in the hollow
spokes and beams, aud the balls of quick
silver that the mysterious power is said to
lie.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

THE VICTORY COMPLETE. We cannot
of course give official msjoritieS but we
are fully prepared to cay that r MrLroN
SPEER is elected 10 Congress over Cyrus
Elder, Harry Boggs, John F. Barnes,
Daniel Mclaughlin, Charley Ellis, Lewis
Pitt, and though last, not least, DANIEL
j. MoRRELI., who was the head and front
Of the removal faction in this county
Mr.. SPEER will never dishonor the district
He is man of undoubted ability, and
without blame or suspicion.
Gen. II. d. FosTER is elected to Con-
gress in the Westmoreland district by
about 500 majority. H X. SLOAN, CT
Indiana, Democrat, is elected to the As
scmbly from Westmcreland and Indiana
counties, and it is hoped that his con-
freres on the ticket are also elected.
JOHN CESSNA, we are afraid, is elect
ed to Congress from the Bedford county
district by small majority. 1t may not
be SO by the official returns.
In the double Senatorial district below
US, commencing with Blair and ending
with Perry county, the t,co Democratic
candidates for State Senate, PETRIKEN
and CRAwFoRD, are both elected. So
far as heard from everything is lovely
and the goose hangs high"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

a TALE OF RoRRoR.-The Burlington
(Iowa) Gazette relates tale of horror which
seems lDcredible-of the murder of a whole
family by a wealthy farmer named Andrew
Thompson, living in Clayton county. After
criminal intimacy for years with a married
woman named Haggerty, who had separated
from her husband, and who had child by
Thompson, which she murdered with his
knowledge. he left his wife and fed with her
and her daughter and two boys According
TO his confession they started in his sleigh on
the evening of Dec. 8. 1868, crossed into
Wisconsin and proceeded to Lancaster. The
girl Anna was sick when they started, and
died soon after passing Lancaster.
When her death was discovered, he pro-
posed to return to the town, but her mother
refused, and a violent quarrel ensued, she
striking him several times with hammer,
which be at last got away and knocked her
down with it. A sleghing party approach.
ing, she began screaming friShtfully, and
the boys joined in. Then, as he asserts, to
prevent discovery by the sleigh-riders, he
threweR feather bed over all them, and Sat
on it till their cries ceased When the
sleighs had passed, he removed it, and found
all three dead. Loading their bodies on the
sleigh, he drove back to the river, where he
threw in the corpses and returned home. In
May. 1869, the bodies were found and
Thompson arrested.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

DISCOVERIES IN NEW MExIco-AzrEo
RUNS, ALTAR FIRES, SKELETONS. Ere
Advices from Santa Fe state that Governor
Army. the Special Indian Agent for that
territory, has found the Canon de Chelly,
which " as explored for twenty miles. The
party found canons whose walls tower per
pendicularly to an altitude Of from 900 to
1000 feet, the rock strata being as perfect
as if laid by the skilled hands of masons, and
entirely symmetrical. Among these ruins
were found deserted ruins of ancient Aztec
cities, many OF which bear the evidences of
having been populous to the extent Of many
thousands of inhabitants. In one of these
canons. the rocky walls of which rose not
less than 1000 feet from the base. and
whose submits on either hand inclined to
each other, forming part of an arch, there
were found high up, hewn out of the rocks,
the ruins OF Aztec towns of great extent,
now tenantless. desolate. In each of these
rockyeries there remained in q state of good
preservation house of stone, about twenty
feet square, containing one bare and gloomy
room, and a single human skeleton. In the
centre of the room were the evidences that
TIRE at some time had been used. The only
solution of this enigma thus far ventnred is
that these solitary rooms were the altar
PlaCeS oi Tue AZtec nreS that from some
cause the people at a remote period were
constrained to abandon their homes, but left
one faithful sentinel in each instance 10
keep alive the fame that, according to the
Indian traditions of these regions, was to
light the way of Montezuma again to his
people-their hoped for Messiah aud their
Eternal King. A close examination of many
OF the ruins proved that the builders must
have been skilled in the manufacture and
use OF edged tools, masonry. AID other me-
cbanical arts. But who these people were.
whence they came, or whittier they a. re gone,
Is now, probably, one of the mysteries to
remain eternally unsolved. Some of the
ruins are reported to be stone buildings
seven or eigh: stories in height. being reach
ed by ladders planted against the walls
Round-houses. twenty feet in diameter, built
ID the most substantial manner of cut stone
and plastered inside, were also found in ex
cellent preservation Astonishing discover
les Lave been made of gold and silver regions
richer than yet known on this continent.
They are supposed by well-informcd persons
to be the East mines. of which tradition has
handed down the most marvellous tales. and
the mines themselves discover unmistakable
evidences of having been successfully worked
ages ago.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

WHEN poor Mr.. BurIingame was here
In the flesh, who more credulous and OH
sequious than Mr.. Greeley? When Chi
nese immigration began, who held ont 50
warm welcome AS Mr.. Forney Now
we read in the Tribune:
Wha. burlesque it is on civilized no
tlons to treat with China as an equal. More
than three weeks have passed since the sav-
age massacre was committed and not a single
arrest has been made. This alone speske
for itself. Our unprotected Minister. the
Hon f. +. Low, and his family, remain shut
up IN Pekin, not knowing how soon his turn
will come to be hacked into mincemeat. and
his wife and daughters Outraged.
And the Press, after a minute narra-
tive of horrors too shocking to be repro
duced, says:
Let the Catholic sentiment of America 90
a unit, give words to the manly feeling
which non Catholic America also must show
over this outrage, both remembering how
grateful to our heavy hearts, at the death of
Lincoln, came flashes of sympathy from all
Catholic Europe. Nine Sisters of Mercy are
dead. A Consul of France, gallautly sfriy.
ing to the last to protect his sisters and his
guests aud the doomed natives, is dead
French viscount is dead. his wife set free too
late by death. Let Catholic America ask ~
bear the sacred remains across our country
and carry them to France with what little
circumstance of navy escort they will. and
heart feelings may turn from empty VANITY
into true and welcome token of the broth
orhood we all feel. 1t is Cawnpore repeated.
horri6ed. Shall not all America conyulsive.
y stretch out the hand to Catholic Europe
and say that the loss is not French and Bel
gian, not Catholic, but that of all white
Christendom ? Say it sooD, for grief waits
lot for form or ceremony.
Those are they whom the Radicals of
New England and New Jersey are intro.
iucing to oGr households, and who close
~ are doing household work On the banks
# the Passaic. - World,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

HeartrendinS Accounts from the Low
Valley.

HARRISoNBUKG, VA, Oct. 6.-Accounts
continue to come in of the destruction Of
property and the loss of life in the lower
valley of Virginia, and are truly heartrend-
ing. At Castleman Ferry. Jefferson county,
the destruction is complete. A II the houses
sixteen in number--were driven from their
moorings by the surging waves. and the
main building of a hotel and storehouse
alone are left to mark the spot. The Bessy
Company lose heavily. the whole of the tres
tie work and all the bridges from Harper's
Ferry to Shenandoah City beiag swept away.
1t is supposed that it will take at least
month to repair damages and resume the
running Of the trains on the Winchester
branch to Harper's Ferry. The mail train
now runs to Hailtown, and mails and pass
engers are transported TO and from that
point and the ferry in coaches and wagons.
Every building from Shenandoah City to
Hsll's Works is gone. and from H9ll's Works
to the old Shenandoah Bridge but few houses
are standing, the whole number DESTROYED
in the vicinity amounting to forty or fifty
John p. Lewis was drowned and bis house
near the mill at Rockford was swept away.
The steam saw mill of George M. Eichelber-
ger, near the Clark line, was also swept
away. Joshua Myers barn and all his
buildings, except one, were destroyed
of Bullskiu Run. was submerged to the sec
Ond story. The old ferry house at Shannon
dale, Walraven's saw mill and house. the
fine distilleres of Messrs. Avis & Co., with
their still and fixtures complete; also the
dwellings of Mary Van Vacter Joseph Star
ry, Jesse Harris, Jefferson, &c, the dye
house and other outhouses in Watson's fac
tory were swept away, aud the mills, stock
and machinery were considerably damaged
The destruction of Keys Ferry was COM
plete; the old mansion house in the occu-
pancy of Daniel Allstadt who had scarcely
succeeded in removing his family before the
house and stabling and farming implements
became common food for the raging waters.
John G. Cockerill lost 81 900 in bonds,
which he had spread ont on a table in the
house to dry. A number OLIVES are report
ed lost between Harper's Ferry and Staunton.
They are estimated at nearly one hundred.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13
The DEATH OF THE W1ckEprsr Man

The DEATH OF THE WIcKEDEsT MAN
John Allen. noted two years ago as the
''Wickedest Man in New York" died on the
10th OF last month, at West Perth, in that
State, where his father resides. John, it
may be remembered. kept dance house and
drinking saloon in Water street, and turned
his establishment into place of daily PRAYER.
under the Influence of several gentlemen con-
nected with the Howard Mission. More
than year ago, he moved into large brick
building which he had erected at Reose yelt
and Batavia streets, and kept grocery on
the ground floor. The upper stories he
rented to families. At first he attended to
business and prospered but after the death
of his wife, his old habit of drinking over
came him. he lived in idleness for six
months previous to his death, and his store
was without goods. In August he went to
his fathers farm. and remained there until
his decease. He leaves over 800, 900. earned
chiefly in his nefarious Water street pursuit.
While residing in Roosevelt street he fire.
quently visited the Howard Mission in his
sober moments, and professed religion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

SOME two months ago, when Woodruff
was still a Democrat, he proclaimed the
following through the paper he edits:
BrFoRE THE NoAINATIoHs.-No good
Democrat takes issue with his party after
his party's nominations have been made. 1t
is often very weak and sometimes a dis
honest excuse that the selection of the major
ity was made by fraud or force, or that the
man honored in it did not deserve the dis
tinction. But eUery Democratic roter can
stop all Such complaints by being on the
ground at the delegate elections, wheu these
are held. That is the time for him to show
his face and make his mark. When the tic
ket is formed, good faith demands that it
shall be cordially supported by all Demo-
Gratis; and be who takes ground against it,
does so clearly in the interest of the Repub>
lican party. Democrats, rememberI Fight
for your favorites before the nomination. and
for your faith afterwards.
Woodruff's success could not have
made his treachery respectable How
then must his humiliating defeat affect
him? We leave him TO the pity of those
to whom he proved a traitor, and to the
iaceration of his own conscience, if he has
any
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

GEN. RoBERT f. LEE, the distinguished
soldier and scholar, died at Lexington,
Va, on yesterday, the 18th inst. a few
days before his death he had been striek-
en- by paralysis. He was the son of Gen.
Harry E. Lee, of Revolutionary fame,
and at the time of his death was in the
63d year of his age. For the past five
years, or since the surrender of his army
to Gen. Grant, in 1865, he has officiated
as President of the University of Virginia.
He died as he had lived, a sincere and
truthful Christian gentleman. We will
refer TO his death more at length next
week.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

DURABILITY OF WooD.-The piles under
the London Bridge have been driven 500
years, and on examining them in 1916 thew
were found to be but little decayed. Old
Savoy Place, in the city of London, was
bnilt $50 years ago. and the wooden piles.
consisting OF oak. elm, beech, and chestnut.
were found upon recent examination to be
perfectly sound. OF the durability of tim
Der in wet state. the piles of bridge built
by the Emperor Trajan. over the Danube.
afford striking example. One of these
piles was taken up, and found to be petrified
to the depth of threefourtbs of an inch but
the rest OF the wood was not different frcm
Its former state, though it had been driven
1900 years.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

The New STAMP LAw.-The fna ncial
editor of the Philadelphia Ledger, who keeps
himself accurately informed in all these
matters, gives the following as the REQ uire-
ments of the new stamp law:
On Saturday the first of October there
will be no stamps required on any receipt
for money, whether for a large or small
amount. All sight checks drawn on any
bank. banker, or trust company, whatever
the amount, will require two cent stamp
as heretofore all sight checks or money or
ders drawn on any private individual. or
company, or corporation, not in the banking
business, will also require two cent stamp,
If the amount exceed ten dollars. All notes
OF hand, and due bills of every description.
tor less sum than one hundred dollars will
require no stamp. All promissory notes
amounting to 500 and over are to be
stamped as heretofore. And all MORTGAGES
transferred. sold or assigned after October l.
will require no stamp if the original has
been once duly stamped when it was execu
ted. All taxes on sales. except such as are
now paid by stamps, and except the tax on
sales OF tobacco, stuff, cigars, spirits and
wines, will now cease. The returns for
September are the last to be required under
the law as it stands. Lcerses and special
taxes assessed by the year win run to Nav
l. except the tax on brewers and dealers in
distilled spirits and tobacco. The inouiry
has been made as to what shall be done with
the two Cent receipt stamps hereafter That
stamp is used in common for receipts, checks
and whatever else might be covered with
the same amount. Those who have bought
them to be used solely for receipts can use
them for any other purpose requiring a rev.
enue stamp. Ten Of them. with five cent
stamp, would cover power of attorney. aud
ln various ways they may be utilized until
The stock is exhausted.