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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04
-AmO,lg the B0r6drjans.
THE STORY OF WHITE GIRL RESCUED
FROM THE INDIANS.

BrAKED PLAINS, Texas, Nov. fO.-Your
correspondent, to-day, had a talk with the
little girls who have just been rescued from
the horrors Of their Indian captivity.
Their appearance, despite their life among
the barbarians, is still gentle and engaging,
suck as is worn by more fortunate children
of civilization. The ndtUetc with which
the elder of the two sisters told their
touching story would have penetrated any
heart. She made her statement rs follows:
JULIANA ARMINDA GERMANS STORY.
My name is Juliana Arminda German.
l am aged seven years. My sister here,
Nancy Adeline, is aged five and half
years. My fathers name is John German,
my mothers Catherine and my two older
sisters Catherine and Elizabeth, aged fif
teen years, and Sophie Lswie, aged twelve
years. Ny older sisters are yet with the
Indians. l could hear her voice some
times, but could not see her ever. They
killed pa about three weeks ago on Smoky
Hill river, Kansas. He WAS going from
Georgia 10 Tanning county, where we came
from, to settle in Colorado. When my
father heard the Indians coming he turned
black in the face, and could net get his
gun up 10 shoot. They cane and took an
axe, after taking hold Of pas horse, and
struck him in the head, cutting it open.
They then killed my oldest brother, Ste
puon, ouo OiucbL SiStCT, h0OcCC6 Jduo
They cut into the heads Of all, except my
biggest sister, and scalped them. Then
thV dragged me out from under the
feathsr-bod IN the wagon, whore 1 was
with my sister. She commenced and set
up crying. l crawled in again and went
to sleep. I could not cry. There wasn't
enough tears In my eyes. They took all
the feathers out 0f the beds and made pill
lows out Of one Of them. They liked soft
pillows, but they won't have soft beds.
They don't treat me we'll. They had
plums to eat the first day for dinner. and
after they got through eating they gave US
what was left. They then sridled up the
horses and put sister in front Of one young
buck and me in front Of another, on horse
back. We were jolted 20 that our necks
got stiff. After . while they took US
out one day and left US on the prairie alone.
l don't know what they did it for. After
a while sister and l got up aud found a
wagon trail, and We followed it six miles
to where there had been some camping
party, and We found some corn and crack
ers, with a little grain of meat. We got
an old broken cup and bucket and went
down to the creek and got some water.
[ This was in one Of the old camps Of the
United States troops.l Then some Indians
came that day and took US away again and
put US down in camp whore there were
Indian squaws-where your soldiers came
and found us on the day Of the firing. The
Indians didn't have any ether fight while
We were with them. We heard the firing,
but did not hear the yelling. We are get.
ting over our fright.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

A WIFE MURDERER ARsEsTFD.-Gs
Martin, the man who nurdeIsd his via a,
CloVerdale, Ind, on Sunday last vas Is
en- to Greencastls on Tuesday and Is now
in Jail. There is no excitement, ana a
probability that any attempt VIII DO mad Z
at lyBchiDg. Martin is an ordinary Look
ing man, rather medium, size. and does "a
appear capable of doing such deed. Id
Is said to be feigning insanity, and told ssrl
eral persons before being arrested that ID
had killed man by the name Of Ak.r
who, he said, had been playing cards Will
him, and they got into trouble. and Iksr
tried TO stab him. 1t seems Martin and h
wife were visiting one Riley Stanton. A
whose house the deed wa. committed
Stanton, upon hearing the shot, intslieT.t
70 prevent further shooting; when Yarti.
tried to stab him, but did not in lure hi.
seriously. The woman was sitting in
rocking chair with her babe, aged abol
eight months, IN her arms. He had give
her ten minutes to Tetraet something Sd
had said u few days before. At the eIpir
alton OF the time he placed a revolver to bel
head and fred, killing her instantly. Il
bad been drinking quite hard lstsy al
was under the influence OF liquor ~ tht
time.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

WILLIAM +. HAvKMRYER, Mayor of
New York, fell dead from his chair in his
Office on Monday last from an attack OF
apoplexy. He was 20 years of age and
had been elected Mayor of the city three
times, viz 6 in 1s45, 1S4s, and 1872. Ow-
jng 20 several causes he had become very
unpopular in his office during the last six
months. At the November election the
rs his successor, who will take charge Of
the Office on the first Msnday in January.
Until that time the duties of Mayor will
be discharged by Alderman Vance.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

A MOTHER MURDERS HER BABE.-The
town Of Freemansburg, Northampton eoun-
ty, was greatly excited on Thursday OF
last week over the reported stealing Of the
infant child Of Allen Close frep, its cradle
during the previous night The unremit-
ting search Of many Of the citizens and au-
thorities resulted in finding the body of the
missing babe in the Lehigh river, previous
developments having revealed tire fact that
1t hal been thrown into the water by it's
own mother. Previous to the discovery Of
the body, Mrs. Matte Glose, mother of the
infant, appeared before a justice of the
peace and complained that some one had
entered the house during the night, while
she was asleep, and taken her babe from
the cradle and carried it away, she sup
posed, AS n practical joke, that she had
searched her own house aud her neighbors
houses thoroughly, aud failed to find the
child or any trace of it. She further stated
that neither the front window nor the roar
door of tho house Was locked, and feared
that this carelessuess on her part may have
been part Of the cause of the loss Of her
child. AS Mrs. Close is subject to fits Of
meutal arrangement, it was a current be-
lief that she had killed her babe during
one Of her attacks OF insanity.
The husband, who WAS telepra phed for
at Mauch Chunk where he was at his busi-
ness OF canal boating, arrived home a. 6
O'Clock. he questioned his wife CLOSELY
and after much prevarieation and conru-
soa Of answers, she stated, after he had
quistsd her fears about her being hung for
murder, that tho child could be found in
the Lehigh River near Benjamin F. Rit-
tsr's canal bridge. Mr.. Close, in company
with Justice Edmonds, repaired to the
place and i'm five minutes found the dead
body Of the child. Assistant Coroner
Robinson was sent for, an inquest held,
and Mrs. Close was arrested. Esquire
Ednonds gave her a hearing and COM
mittsd hs- to answer the charge Of wilful
murder. She was taken to Easton on
Friday about noon, by Constable Moser,
and lodged in Jail to await trial or such
action as may be taken in her case. The
unfortunate woman is only about seventeen
years Of age, light complexion, slight and
well formed, and neat and ppepossessing
in dress and appearance. She is in deep
distrcss and weeping bitterly, and can
give no coherent account Of or reason for
the rash act. She seemed unconscious Of
. motive for the act, or OF any but broken
recolleotious Of tho act itself. The gen-
sral belief Of those who know her is that
she was laboring under insanity. The
babe was nine months old, and was her
first aud only child.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

The report Of the commissioners to
prepare instructions to postuas.ers con-
serning the prepayment Of newspaper and
periodical postage after January 1st sus-
tains the recommendation Of Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Barker as tn the
plan for carrying out the law in the most
convenient and simple manner. Instead
OF placing stamps on seperate periodicals
or papers, or on packages containing them,
according to weight, the forms, as already
printed, show the current account with
publishers, and after the plinted matter is
weighed, the requisite amount Of stamps is
posted In the form Of a receipt given to the
publisher or his agent Mt the time Of mail
ing, the credit ard receipt having CORES
pcndiny number.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

THE Albany yournaPs assertion that
tho general expression in favsr OF ex-Gov-
ernor Ssymour's election ts the United
States Senate means precisely what the
election OF Senator Eaton in Connecticut,
and Of Governor Allen in Ohio meant, aud
what the election of jeremiah S. Blrsk Of
Pennsylvanis would mean-'thc Bourbon
impulse of the Democrscy"-has drawn
out the following from the Cincinnati En-
guirer. 1--WE can tell the Journal what
it means much better and trucr than it
has put it. Il means that the Democracy
propose to have brains in the United States
Senate. We don't admire the Anansial
views of either Eaton, Seymour, or Black,
but they are all men of eminent ability and
strict integrity, and each of them would
be an ornament to the Senate. 1t is about
time we had additional brains there. III
brains are Bourbonism, then we want to
be considered as boing for the Bourbons."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

THE Grand Jury OF Plaquomins parish
La, has indicted the following persons:
Harry Aahoney, colorsd, ex- Member of the
House OF Representatives,, for einb~yzliup
So 800 as Treasurer Of tho Board of Educa-
tion; Hiward Butler, colored, ex-State Seua-
tor, for receiving bribe of 81 500; VIM. ~ .
Prescott, Parish Judge since 1865 for bri-
berry and corruptiOu in eilice, and susorna-
tou of perjury; Nicholas Rivan, colorrd
for shooting with intent TO kill blsckmsil-
Ing and obtaining money under false pre-
lenses by Intimidation aud threats: and
Frank White, 0olored, jailor aud dsputy
sheriff. for Cosniying At She escape of pris-
oners including a deraultig State tax col
lsctor. The Grand Jury consisted OF four
white and ,wolve colsrcd men.
VIcKsaURG, Nov. 23.-Ths Grand Jury
Of this county, composed ef len negroes and
seven white insn, bNs returned eight indict-
rnents against +. W. Cardoxa (colorsd)
State Superintendent of Education. for for.
ssry and cmhszzlcmeHt while Circuit Clerk
here; six Indictments against A. W. Dorsey,
Clerk of ihs Circuit Court for forgery and
etnbsLzlouI-ut, aud Ave indictments against
G w. Davenport (colored), Clerk of the
Chancsry Court, for forgery and altering
records.
The above excerpts will shsw our read
ers how and by whom the parish OF
Plaluemine, in Louisiana, aud the county
Of Warren. in which Vicksburg. in Nis.is-
sippi, is situated, have been governed. II
will be observed that the Grand Juriss ia
both instances contained a majority OF
colOrei men. In neither case, therefore,
was it false accusation preferred by
white citizens. 1t is fair to presume that
the officials in the other counties of thesa
two negro aud carpet-bag ridden States
are of the sans sort rs those above men,
TONED. In no part OF the civilized world
can "A parallel case be fnnnd. They are the
legitimate fruits or the insane recon'truc-
tioa Iio;cy Of Radical Colg.e,s.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04
IA I0,Cd hIir0cIe
WONDERFUL CURE EFFECTEn
MIRACULOUS WATERS or ro1-r,-'. II

"oNDERFCL CURE EFFECTEn -,
"iHA0oLoCs WATERS or LoURDr>
1he Carroll (lowa) He.an has
lowing version of reputed ,,,;,.e SHe iol-
cure oy the use of the famed W.T. I''Os
i:oardes Many of our citizens - OF
tlceI Albert beechler, a crippled bor no no
oi LOUIS beechler, OF this place W,h s'h
he was three years old he was ,,,, men
some mysterious disease which no Uy
cian, and the most eminent i'm ~. f"ss'
sion were consulted, was able 70 6;tl ploie'-
or cure After months of ilipe, ',Os7
entirely the use of his limbs. ~ ne lost
sh hrunk up and hung useless sn.s,'ss soon
to his body. Tor eighteen mon,b, ~ Sss
not only unable to walk a stem b,', was
to lift or move his feet a particle ,eh
consulting medical men frnrn hi'et
locality, snd every time recsi,; esfy
answer that the case was be,on5 tns
skill, the fond parsnts rsluc;.r,- 'osir
cluded that their beloved bo, eon,
never walk again. Mr.. p. NJ you'd
who had heard Of the mar,,lo.. nns
performed blythe waters OF Iouri.. 00is,
was personally cognizsnt Of one - aud
which occurred in Hardin co1r,, s0fs
urged Mr.. aud Mrs. Beechler :, NV, IVA
some OF the water and try It's e.
they consented, and about six -ssk.
two months ago commenced usippi, ~
prayers OF the church as Bre scrif.5s
suoh cases were enlisted, and tbo al..o .o'
was given internally and applied e,..,-'-'
to the afflicted parts. To then oeI,.I..
manifest improvement was soon Bc,,o-s.
tho case. The child was soon slS.
move his limbs, aud the e;-c,'r..; =
through them, which had been .I'.
suspended, began to he renewed S.:Tt
made no attempt to walk, nor Was :, -
posed that he was able to do so H..
Monday morning the little fellow. -.
sitting IN his chair, suddenly said 20 Z.
mother MA, | believe eau walk - a..
encouraged ham to try, and lie se,uall, -.
Np aud walked without dificultv
then he has been able TO walk .nvrL-
he chose, though, Of course. h. !. .,'s
rather weak, and not very sinbls m
little fellow was Ut our ofics y...a,s,. 4
aud walked across the room With ,ppsrsn =
ease.
The facts within our kno-lssS, -.rs.l
this case more remarkable. He had -
pronounced incurable by the best pkv.;,
clans, and ro treatment had ever b.n.
| fitsd him in the least. He /. too Touas !,
bs Influenced by Imagination or sxci,a
n.ent. He WAS certainly helpless fsu-
l days ago, and yesterday we saw him val,
so well that we would not have srspsotss
hin. to have ever been a cripple. II. N,
/ had no treatment for nearly year. an.
cept TO use the water Of which we h.r,
! spoken. These are the facts. We ,svs
cur readers to form their own conclusion
/ Is it q miracle, OF is it simply remark
( bic recovery without Divine interreuio,'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

"A Philadelphian is said to have invent
cd . machine with which, by the use Of
only two gallons OF water, he can generate
sufficient motive power to run train from
Philadelphia to San Francisco and back
The water is used over and over again, an
no fuel, chemicals, electricity or magnetic
currents are used. A trial Of the machine
was made recently i'll the presence of three
witnesses sworn to secresy, who were as
tonishod at the simplicity and power Of the
invention. 1t is kept closely concealed
under lock and key. and is shown only to
experts sworn not to divulge the secret
Although it is proposed by this invention
to supersede steam, the new machine will
produce pressure Of 1000 pounds to the
square inch, the pressure Of steam ranging
from 30 to 200 pounds. A number Of oapi-
talists are said to have expressed q willing
ness to pay large sums Of money for the
patent right for certain localities, and there
Is no doubt that the inventor, il he can
perform with this machine one half he
claims, has made his own fortune, besides
comforting an inestimable blessing upon
humanity.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

The Departmental reports, accompany
ing the Presidents Message, are already
fully prepared, aad as we have not rpacs
to publish any Of them in full, we antici-
pate such as we find, in substance. The
following is a synopsis of the Postm aster
Generals report He states that the sx-
Penditures of the Post office Department,
for the last fiscal year. we're $S2, 126, Ala,
and the receipts ea4, 596, 56S, showing a
deficiency Of seven and . half Millions
For the next fiscal year he estimates sx-
penditurss $50, 964, O34, and revenue. 500,
l4s. l58, deficit Of $685. 1878. He says
the foreign mail service 10 conducted bot
ter than ever before that the money-or-
dor business has increased thirty per osnt.
and that tho now postal law for newspa-
pors. which goes into effect New Years
day. although IL red uses rates. will mate
rally increase the rvenuss by preventing
evasions Of postage on this class Of mail
matter. He is strongly opposed to having
the Department 60 outside Of it's legitimate
fuRctions, and, by inference, may be re-
gardsd as opposing the proposed postal
telegraph. He is also very anxious to re-
: duce the annual deficit Of the Department.
which has to oe raade up from general tax
alton aud promises various reforms wi, ich
he hopes will have this result. The mag
nitude Of our post-office system is shown
by the fact that at the beginning Of the
present fiscal year there were "a, s94 post
Offices in the United States, and that it
costs oyer ten millions year for the trans
puitatiun Of the mails.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

Col. A. X MCCLURE and others, asse-
eisted with him, have purchased q con-
trolling interest In the Philadelphia Press
for the sum Of s250, 900. John w. Forney,
who is now in Europe and will remain
there for year yet as the agent Of the
Centennial Exhibition, retains . large in
tsrest in the paper, but Col. Mcclure will
be it's editor and will assume tho duties Of
that position on the first Of January. The
Press under tho new management will be
independent and will oppose the present
national administration and wage a vieor-
GUS war against the State rings, headed
by Cameron and Maokey, and the Phia-
delphia ring, OF which William B. Mann is
tho chief Both as a speaker and a writer
Col Mcclure is . man OF great fsrce and
admitted ability, and as the friend Of re-
form in State and city governments has
mado his pame familiar to the people.
Philadelphia of itself presents a broad
fold for the exercise Of his peculiar talent
We predict for the Press undor Col.
McClure's sditoBship complete success,
provided he docs not again wander after
false political gods and fail in carrying gu,
his avo~ed intention Of making the Pres,
''like The people, independent"
p. 8. Since the above was put in type
We sec 1t announced that the sale Of the
Pres to Col. MoClnre is of, . brisk cable
correspondence between Forney and NUN
Der Of Republican politicians Of Philadel-
vI.ia tho 10 ftar I;t~o-ol -
support il the paper continued as . regular
party organ, having prevented the trans
fer. The question involved was purely
political, and the funds raised TO purchase
the Pren will now be devoted to the pur.
chase of the Illustrated Age, and making
It an independent daily, the first Rumbe,
Of which will appear January list.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

ifo,. JOHN VI. REID, o1-Chief Justice
OF the Supre1e Court Of this State, died in
Philadelphia, after short illness, on San
day last, aged seventy eight years. He
WAS Attorney G. General OF the State in 1s48
under Governor Skunk. He WAS n re-
spectacle though not regarded rs An able
lawyer. He was the father of Gen. J. B.
Read, United States Minister to Greece,
who sailed for Europe last week
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

Of the one hnndred and two members
of the present Congress who voted for the
salary grab, only twenty four were renom-
mated by their constituents, and nearly
half OF that number were defeated at the
polls. Less than one in six of tho back
pay plunderers have been returned to the
next Congress. What an impressive and
expressive rebuke
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

b We shoula not hesitate to recommend TO
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they are scientifically prepared, and are
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04

DECIDEDLY the best remedy that IA
ever been discovered for rheumatism
swUclen or stiff joints, flesh wounds
srrains, bruises, outs, and burns, is John,
sons An0dyne Lintmeai. We use it, sut
always recommend il to our friends.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04
Political !Sfatns Of Gorernors and
Legislatures.

The following statement, copied from
the Chicago Tribune, presents the names
and political status of the Governors as
~cil as the political complexion of the Leg
islatures of the several States Of the Union.
Republicans, in roman; Democrats, in ttal-
sc; independents, in SMALL CAPS. The
asterisk (*) denotes Governors and Legis-
lures chosen at the recent election. The
Legislatures of California, Illinois and Or
egon are classed as independent, because
the Independents hold in each Of them .
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-04
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