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TINE SOUTHERN PLANTER AND FARMER.

HNHE SOUTHERN PLANTER AND FARMER.
TIE OLDEST AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL PUBLISHED IN
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Has been the organ of the State Agricultural and
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Subscription reduced to $3.50 per annum. Clubs
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Address L. R. DICKINSON,
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The Princeton (Ky.) Journal says: New life and
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scientific and household department-in each OF
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COlOrod Evangelistic Fund, January 1876.
Miscellaneous, W
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Commercial Matters.
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

WHULESALE MhhhNIO'
Revised and corrected by JOHN N. GoRDoS's Sons,
Wholesale Grocers, and dealers in Grindstones,
14th ST., Richmond Va.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-03-01

The Free Presbytery Of Edinburgh has approved
of ohildren's churches, but thinks such services
ought to be confined to the children of non-church
going parents.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

DIR. King, of this city, says the Pitts
burgh Dispatch. wrote a letter the other
day explaining that Mr.. Blaine was not a
Catholic, and disappearing anyhow, of the
discussion of religion in politics. The New
York Tribune says of it: We fear the
Doctor has laid himself open to criticism bv
this expression of disapproval of the meth
DDS resorted to by the able and intelligent
persons who are engaged in circumventinp
the Pope. And we are not Quite sure II, =
the admission that Mr.. Blaine's grandma
rents on his mothers side were Catholics
will not be fatal 1t has not been definite.
ly decided yet how far the taint reaches.
whether to the second or only the first gen.
Grafton. We cannot be too careful in
guarding against the smachinations of the
Pope" They are said TO be ssinsidious >,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

Mr.. BUssEY, Democratic member
of the State Senate from York county.
has introduced bill into that BODY
for the relief of the surviving soldiers
OF the Mexican war, which provides
for the pay yment of a bounty of 5000 to
every PENNSYLVANIA who served i'm
that war. This is right and we trust
that the bill will pass in this centennial
year, even though James G. Blaine at
its very commencement had succeeded
in defeating the general amnesty bill
by Haunting the "bloody shirt" i'm the
face of the House of Representatives
OF the company that went from this
place to Mexico under Capt. Murray.
sir of its members still reside here. in
Guiding Capt NJ himself, and one in
Johnstown. There may be others.
but if there are we cannot recall them.
We are unable to say how many of the
members of Capt. John w. Gearv's
company from the Summit are still
living, but their number is doubtless
small. The money that the Legisla-
ture proposes to .flch from the State
treasury to purchase copy Of Pur-
don's Digest for each of its members.
would much more than pay the pro-
posed bounty of 5000 to every surviv-
ing soldier OF the Mexican war in
Cambria county.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28
A SAD STORY of hetravod ;n,o,onao

SAD STORY of betrayed innocence. sor
row, shame. crime and death has lust been
developed i'm Lancaster. A young ladv.
the daughter of a bOtel- keeper in that conn
ty, got into trouble Of peculiar character
ana fied TO the city, went to IA house kept
Tor improper purposes, became mother
and subsequently died. Her remains were
conveyed to the home of her parents, who
summoned two physicians. They inv esti-
gated the case, declared the girl died from
the effects Of an abortion, and in conse-
quence of this action doctor of Lancaster
was arrested and held for the offense. The
story OF the doctor is that, some time ago.
he observed young lady sitting upon a
doorstep opposite the railroad depot i'm
Lancaster that he accos.ed her, assisted
her to rise and gave her his professional
address, in case she needed a physician
lie was summoned. found the same girl,
who confessed she had i'll used herself by
the advice of married friend, aud shortly
after became the mother of dead child
She subsequently died, when the doctor
hired wagon, drove to her home in the
country, brought her sister to Lancaster,
procured a coffin, in which she was placed
and conveyed to her fathers house. The
doctor confessed he had told a thousand
lies 30 screen the family from shame and
sorrow, but declared he was innocent of
any crime in this connection. Still, there
Is mystery enough in the whole matter To
warrant full judicial investigation, and
that will take place at AN early day. There
Is great excitement in Lancaster i'm refer
ence to the case, and a most searching iu-
diciai inquiry will be made into ali the
facts and circumstances connected with the
sad affair.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

SENATOR RUTAN, in his Beaver county
paper, camdidly admits that the cry against
the Catholics in the lasg election was with
out reason, and merely for political advan>
tage. He says: Now that the heat of
political excitement has passed, we have
little doubt that the judgment of dispas-
sionate. candid men is that there was
nothing IN the passage of the Gcghan bill
Ill Ohio that warranted the inference that
an attack was premeditated upon the
schools of that or any other State by the
Catholic church. The bill in itself was
essentially right, and it's substance was
adopted by the Legislature of Pennsylvania
at the last session without dissenting
voice. We refer now to an act making an
appropriation to the Western house of
refuge which contains the following provi-
so: "And provided further, that minis
ters of any religious belief may visit in
mates at any time whether sick or well.
aud give them private religious instruction,
without the presence eorinterference of any
officer of the institution" This proviso
was inserted at the request of the board OF
managers of the institution, all of whom
are Protestants, we believe, and most. il
not all, Republicans. The intention of the
proviso was to secure to Catholic inmates
the right to receive visits from priests or
MINISTER'S OF their own faith This is inst
what the Geghan bill was, i'm substance.
and there is not an intelligent man i'm the
country who understands and believes in
the principles of the Federal constitution
who would not vote to give the members O,
adierents of every religious sect or demon.
nation confined in our public institutions
the r'gh. to receive spiritual consolation
from ministers of their own church..
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

! THE Harrisburg Patriot about two
weeks ago contained a lengthy and
interesting article on 'the destruction
of our forests" from which we publish
the subjoined extract. The subject is
one that is beginning to attract very
general attention throughout the cOun-
try since the demand for timber for
rail road purposes has become SO
enormous. That this demand must
! render our forests treeless of what is
called hard wood, is quite apparent.
In anticipation OF this event scientific
men have been experimenting with rail
road ties for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether they cannot be rendered
isnpervious to water and therefore to
rot and decay. That the problem will
vet he satisfactorily solved is fair to
presume. If it is not, what will be
substituted for wooden rail road ties !?
This is most important question and
well worthy the attention which is now
being bestowed upon it, From the
article IN the Patriot taking the num-
ber of ties required for one male of rail
road in this State, which must be re-
placed about every FIVE years, correct
estimate can be formed of the vast
annual destruction of timber through
out the country for that ore purpose.
an PENNSYLVANIA, according to the
report of the auditor general for the
year 1874, there were 1892 miles of
main line of railway in operation with
943 miles of double tack and 800
miles of sidings. Adding the double
track to the length of main lire and
leaving out of consideration the sid
ings for the purpose of this article we
have 5 1876 miles Of railroad track to be
furnished with cross ties and timber
needing renewal rs often as once in
five years. Allowing $500 ties to q
mile of road it takes l3, ,337 500 ties to
furnish the railways now i'll operation
i'll this state for five years, or 1861 500
per year. This form of consumption
attacks the hard woods and the young
timber, and allowing two ties to the
tree, calls for the annual destruction
Of 1883, $50 trees Of the varieties in
demand for this purpose. There is an
average of one wooden bridge to every
three miles OF railroad, besides the
wooden cars, passenger, freight, and
water stations and engine houses and
shops, which are to be considered in
the consumption of railroads for per-
mancnt way and which are in constant
process of repair and replacement.
Of late years, and partly in conse-
quence of scarcity and dearness of
wood fuel near the lines of railroad.
coal has largely displaced it for the
purpose of fuel for locomotives.
Leaving out of consideration this item
OF wood consumption, how long can
the forests of Pennsylvania supply the
increasing yearly demand for railroad
consumption
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28


WE stated in our lsst issue that with
that number commenced the tenth vol
ume Of the FREEMAN. During the nine
years that we have had control of it
we have endeavored to make it's col
umns both useful and interesting to
our subscribers, and to that end we
have devoted ourself TO constant and
unremitting labor. That is what the
publ sher of a newspaper must do if he
hopes to retain his patronage, out es-
pecially so if lie is ambitious of in
creasing it, as every newspaper pub
Usher ought to be. How satisfactorily
we have performed our duty leave our
patrons to judge When we take into
serious consideration the constant de-
mand ON our time, Oitentimes running
far into the night, the wear and tear
of types and the cash expenses Incl
dent to the labor and material required
in the office, we feel and know that
our post is MOI one of leisure, but one
of constant, unremitting toll As we
have already said, that is the penalty
of AN editor and is not to be complained
of. provided always that he is ade-
quately rewarded for it. To our mind
the publisher ola country newspaper is
{ bout the poorest paid man for his labor
in the whole community, and any one
who reflects on the subject for mo-
ment viii be forced to the same con-
clusion. Subscribers my be had in
abundance, most of whom, fully ap-
prcciating their duty. do not fail to
pay the printer, but there is large
number who are criminally remiss and
seem to think that an editor is not
made of the same material as other
men and that his worldly wants and
necessities are matters secondary, if
not trif'ing, consideration How a
man of ordinary honesty, rs the world
goes, can have the cheek TO subscribe
fo- paper, read it every week for one
two anl even three years, and never
think Of paying for it, is one of the
uasoivcd problems Of American civil
ization To our subscribers who have
promptly met their obligations and
thereby enabled us to keep our head
above water, we are profoundly
thankful. while to those who have
turned deaf ear to our reiterated ap-
peals in that respect. we again repeat,
and our determination is as irrevoca-
BILE "a the laws OF the Medes and Per-
slams, that their names will be stricken
from our list and al appeal made to
the law TO enforce tie payment of
what we have lsborousiy and honestly
earned
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

HANGED BY A MORA special to the
Cincinnati Gazette says that Edward Will
liams, who, with Mrs. Meeling, was arrest
ed for the murder of the latter's husband.
was taken from the Jail last Saturday night,
at Barboursville, w. Va, and hanged by a
mob. The prisoners were assured by a
minister that sufficient evidence of their
guilt had been obtained and that the jail
was surrounded by a mob Of excited people.
but Doth denied all completely in the act,
although the minister continued prayiuy
with them and asking for confession
The mob finally forced the keys from the
jailor, took Williams out, and placed him
under a tree in the courthouse yard, where.
with rope around his neck and he stand
ing on barrel, he made a confession. He
expressed hope that the mob might OBJ
tain Gods forgiveness for their crime as he
had for his, and declared he was happily
started on his journey home to heaven. He
died after fifteen minutes of terrible agony.
Mrs. Meeling was then brought out, and,
placing her in front of the dead murderer.
the crowd called for her confession She
said Williams had been her paramour for
three years; that she had been trying for
the past three months to poison her hus-
band without success; that Williams
struck Meeling on the head with an axe
while he was asleep on Wednesday night.
afterwards cutting his throat. She assisted
in destroying the evidences of the murder
and in burying Meelng. She accused
herself of being the cause of the murder
bnt begged pitifully for life. Though the
feeling was very strong against her aud the
crowd voted unanimously for her execution.
no man could be found who would put the
rope around woman's neck, and she was
returned to Jail. Williams body was left
| hanging until il was cut down by the au.
thorities next morning.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

THE proceedings of the Democratic
State Committee, which met at Has-
risburg yesterday week, will be found
elsewhere III our paper The Com
mittee decided shat the State Conven-
ton should be held at Lancaster, on
Wednesday, the 22d Of Maych next.
There are no State officers to be nom
mated this year, and the only business
Tor the convention to transact will be
the appointment of Presidential elect
ors and the selection of delegates to
the National Convention. The cues
ton now arises, how will the two rep
resentative delegates from this county
to the convention be chosen, the Sen
atorlal delegate being conceded to
Blair county? Shall the Chairman OF
the County Committee issue call for
the election of delegates to q County
Convention to elect them, or shall it
be done by the County Committee
If County Convention is called for
this purpose, we will have t,co conven.
tlons in the same year, in as much as
| another must assemble long after the
meeting of the State Convention, to
nominate county ticket. 1t seems
TO us that the County Committee is
7 abundantly competent to select the
delegates, and can do it quite as intel
ligently as a County Convention
This is our view of the matter We
commend the subject to the careful
consideration of Isaac Wike, ESQ.
Chairman of the County Committee
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

A BETRAYED HUsBAED's REVENGE
Tie little village of Bettsville. Seneca
county, near Tiffin, is shaken from centre
to circumference. 1t appears from infor-
nation cleaned from an exchange in refer
ence to the affair, that Mr.. s. Norton. of
the above village, has for some time sus-
pected his wife. during his absence from
home. of being improperly intimate with a
Mr.. Chapman. For months the husband
kept his own counsel and awaited events ;
but at last he became so troubled concern
ing the matter that he spoke to Chapman
about it, but the latter nevertheless per
sisted in continuing his visits to the house
during Norton's absence.
The other evening Norton happened TO
GO into store where Chapman was loafing
and almost Immediately Chapman sneaked
out and proceeded directly to Norton's res
idence. The husbands suspicious were
aroused, and he went burriedly home and
| actually caught Chapman and Mrs. Norton
in theslatter's apartment both talking earn
estly and exci:edly on what they considered
private subject.
| The infnriated husband at once drew a
| revolver and snapped it at Chapman. but
the weapon hung fire and as Chapman
was making an effort to escape from the
| room, Norton caught hold of a coal oil
| lamp that was burning on the bureau neal
i by, and hurled it at Chapman, striking him
in the face. The lamp exploded !; the
pieces of glass cut Chapman's face terribly,
and the burning oil ran in streams of fire
over his person, burning one of his ears
almost off, destroying the sight, it is
thought, Of both eyes, literally cooking his
breast and shoulders, and burning the hail
all off his head. The fire was at last ex
tinguished, but it was feared that Chapman
was burned so badly that he would die
We learn, however, that he is now i'm
proving. The physician who attends hin
says that he will doubtless lose both hi.
eyes. .-.Sandushy Register.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

Arthur Devlin, who is not unknown in
these parts, is again on his travels. After
one OF his crazy No Popery lectures i'm Do
ver, Y. H., recently, Devlin was assa;Ied
by mob who had not even his excuse for
making fools of themselves But his was
only mild martyrdom to free speech. as
he escaped upinjured. Devlin ought to
settle down to the editorial charge Of some
Know Nothing newspaper like the Harris
burg Telegraph, in which he could roar
against the Pope TO his hearts content.
He possesses admirable qualifications for
such position. -Harrisburg Patriot.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

We are indebted to the editor ofthe
Philadelphia Times for copy of the
"IinteS Almanac for 1876" 1t has
been prepared with great care and Ia
Dor and is model of its kind. 1t
contains almost one hundred pages
and is replete with election statistics,
particularly those OF Pennsylvania, rs
well as vast amount of other useful
Information. No man, and especially
no man who feels an interest in the
political affairs of this State, rs we'll
past as present, should be without a
copy of this Invaluable compilation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

THE Mississippi Legislature, which
is Democratic by more than two
thirds vote, last week elected l.. q. C..
Lamar to the United States Senate as
the successor of Ex-Governor Alcorn,
whose term will expire on the 4th of
March, 1877. No man in Congress
enjoys in greater degree the respect
and confidence of its members than
Mr.. Lamar. His abilities are unoues-
toned while his personal integrity
like the virtue of Caesars wife, is not
only pure but above suspicion He
may be regarded as the most promi
nent public man i'll the South. In all
the attributes that constitute man
what al impossible abyss there is be
tween Lamar and that Shiny aud cor
rupt carpet-bagger, Geo. K. Spencer
from Alabama.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

A FEW weeks ago, when the Republicans
III the House were wasting so large mea-
sure of bancombe in an attempt to put the
ma jority into a false attitude towards their
soldier employees, it will be remembered
that the Ohio Legislature hastened to their
assistance with set Of spread>ea reso-
lutions, severely reprimanding the Demo-
Gratis in Congress for their ''traitorous"
conduct. Their wonderfully disnterested
patriotism has now met, we regret to say,
with a melancholy tumble. On Wednesday
last, when the Republican majority i'm the
Senate, having placed in nomination for a
clerkship the name of an able bodied Af-
rican, who had proved serviceablc in local
politics, were contentedly awaiting the
discontinue of the minority, they were
startled by the nomination of one legged
lieutenant, who had fought all through the
war, from Font Donelson to the battle of
Bentonville, n. c., March, 1865, a good Re-
publican and voter for Governor Hayes,
as the Democratic candidate. The Repub-
iIcans saw they had fallen into trap bat
it was too late to retreat, aud being
ashamed to crawl out, they elected the
colored man. That done, their first tho't
was 'revenge,' and they named for the
next clerkship a one armed soldier of their
own choosing, expecting, of course, that
the opposition would vote against him.
But the Democrats had no intention Of
being caught mapping, and they at once
made the nomination unanimous Then
the Republicans, wild with chagrn. threw
away all reserve, and nominated for the
remaining Office a one-armed hero who, as
the local report facetiously puts it, chad
lost his hand while fighting Republican
saw mill mp in the Western Reserve" The
minority offset this gallant fellow with
their original candidate, the one legged
lieutenant, and once more com pelied the
majority to go on record as refusing Office
to the very men whose claims on Congress
they had so eloquently indorsed so short
time ago. Now let us hear from the organs.
Is it that tile Republican party loves the
wounded soldier less or the able-b odied
colored man more? Come, gentlemen
don't all speak at once !-Phiya. Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

THE Philadelphia Centennial folks
have succeeded in getting bill re-
ported by n Committee of the House
ut Harrisburg appropriating fifty
Thousand dollars To construct new
building for the Tlse Of the State on he
Centennial grounds. Is not this cen
tennial subsidy business becoming a
little too steep? 1t ought to have an
end some time, but as the American
eagle is about to take its lofticst and
longest flight, we presume the money
will be forthcoming. and even a further
instalment if it is asked for. Patri-
otism in these days is very cheap when
backed by the public treasury.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

TnE bill appropriating n million and
n half of dollars in aid of the centen-
nial celebration passed the lower
branch of Congress last Tuesday by q
majority of 3 votes. No man seri--
ously claims that Congress has any
power under the constitution thus to
dispose of the pnblic money. 1t is
nothing but q subsidy, and i'll the face
of the almost unanimous vote in favor
of Judge Holman's resolution nj the
commencement of the session against
subsidies in all shapes and forms,
shows that some things can be done as
well as others. The people, however,
are used to Congressional jobs of this
character and will endure this one as
they have the rest, with Christian for
titude and resignation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

ALLEGHENY COUNTY has State
Senator named Wood, whose natural
place is not in deliberatiye body.
but in the arena of circus dressed in
the fantastic suit Of clown. His
preamble and resolution last week i'm
favor OF making ground hog day le-
gal holiday were not original with him,
but stolen from a member of the In
diana Legislature at its last session.
The Legislature should make an APP
preparation To purchase a cap and
bells for Wood. and then let him seek
an interview with Barnum.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-28

The Purdon's Digest swin,lle was
defeated in the House at Harrisburg
OH Tuesday-veas u; pays SO.