The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-29

MARKING OUR SOLDIERS GRAVES--ln
1873, Congress passed law providing for
the erection of durable head-stones over the
graves of soldiers of the regular and vOIun-
teer forces whose remains are inferred IN the
National Military Cemeteries. That law
was carried out, and the graves of the ma
tion'S dead in those cemeteries are now per
manently marked. At the instance of the
War Department, Congress at its session last
winter authorized the erection OF similar
headStOnes over the graves of Union soldiers
who are buried in private and village ceme-
teries, whether they died in service or since
their muster-Out or discharge, and the Quar-
tcrmaster General at Washington was order
ed to proceed at once to collect the necessary
information as to where these head-stoneS
are required. Our tOwnsman, Mr.. &. I.
Roberts, kindly undertook to furnish the
names of the soldiers buried in our several
cemeteries whose last resting places are un-
marked, and the subjOined letter will show
the result of his researches
EBENsBURG Cambria Co. Pa,
Aug. p, 1879.
Capt. y. 4. ROCKWELL. A. q. NJ. Z. 5. Army:
Dear Sir-In pursuance of a letter received from
you June 18th, have hunted up the dead Z nion
soldiers whose graves are unmarked and who are
buried in QUE village cemeteries. as follows;
Joseph D. Henderson, private. TO II. lZth Ia
Reserve Corps died Aug. q 1870; age. ~ ' ears
John @. Evans. sergeant. Co. F, l33d Pa Vols;
Thomas +. Evans, private, Co. c, 2ooth Pa.Nols; ;
died Oct N lS55; & age 30 yeiaTsn aisT % Vols d,ed ne
lanes Litzinger. private, Co 4, 55th Pa Vols !;
Thomas D. Litzinger adjutant, 18th Pa. Reserve
Corps; died June S, 1867; age % years.
a. !. IitZngcT. musician. Co r 1881 Ia. ' OILS.
died April Is, 1861: age Il years.
James NJ Edelblute private. Co F, l33d Pa.
Vols; died Aprii 3 1872 age, 30 years; ,,-..-
stephen A. Chase. private, 4th Maine Battery
Light Artillery; died May p 1915 age - years.
james Murray captain. Co D. lloth IA Nols.i ;
died Oct 5; ISIS; age, "a years
serve Corys died oct. 5th, 1871 age. IS years.
jeremiah Evans, private, Co. a. Independent
Battalion Emergency; died Jan. 2s, 1872; age Is
David H Evans. private. Go. f, nth Pa. Vols.
died May 5 1871 age. 81 years
Samuel Henry. adiutant 1S2d Pa. Vols; died
Aug ~ lSlS IS age, 81 years. I,-,at 20 5. IN
Vols; died --; age, - years.
In due course of time a neat maidstone,
each bearing one of7the 70: going inscriptions,
will be prepared and forwarded. When
placed in proper position, the possibility will
cease to exist of the graves of our noble dead
being forgotten through neglect and lapse Of
time.
The labor involved in the preparation of
the list of names as given, with its accom-
panyinc data of the number of regiment and
company, when killed or died, age, etc, was
very considerable. 1t was essentially a labor
of love, done without reward or hope of re-
ward and for his eminent services in this be
half Mr. Roberts is entitled to unbounded
gratitude. The credit is wholly his.
FREAKS OF AN INSANE MAN.-An indi-
yidual who says his name is James II. Stoner
was captured at LillyS on Saturday last,
while roaming about in a condition of alb
SOlute nudity, and the fact being clearly ap-
parent that he was insane, he was brought
hither and locked up in jail for safe keeping.
Sheriff Ryan and turnkey Men amara find
him a most unenviable prisoner. He has
what may be called lucid intervals, and dur
ing one of these, on Sunday last, he was
permitted the run OF the corridor OF the jail.
One Of his first exploits was to tear off the
narrow bar which surmOunts the iron railing
surrounding the second tier of cells, and
Iayingit across to the side of the rear window,
he walked back and forth over the bar several
times. Had either eye or foot failed him for
an instant, he must have been precipitated
distance of eighteen or twenty feet to the
stone flooring beneath and probably injured
badly, if not killed. He was rescued from
his peTilOus position and locked up, but not
without vigorous opposition ON his part.
The following Monday afternoon, he some
what varied the programme. Procuring
bit of iron, broken from his bedstcad, he
dug through the wall of his cell into the cor
TidOT, removed one of the heaters from the
floor, and, first upsetting a bookcase which
stands in the corridor, dropped down into
the cellar-way, distance Of ten feet. The
cellar way has connection with that part of
the iail used by the Sheriff as a residence,
and the next appearance Of the lunatic,
naked as the day he was born, hair alone eX
cepted, was in the midst of the Sheriff :
family. The sensation he created was al
layed as speedily aSspoSSible by turnkey
Mcnamara, who with some assistance,
placed him in another cell. Next morning,
when he was looked in on again, it was
found that he had broken in fragments
everything inside his cell capable of being
destroyed, even including the iron guard
which CncloSes the aperture through which
the meals of prisoners are handed TO them.
Prior TO his exit from his cell Monday after
noon. he had been secured by manacIes
hut h..fr7 e dol -
build, he was able to remove these at pleasure.
He is now irOncd both hand and foot, and it
is expected that hereafter he may he kept
within reasonable bounds. StOner is young
man of probably D. years, and bears the APP
peaTance and uses the language of one who
has seen brighter days. He says his father
lives in NewTy, Blair county, and seems to
confidently await the coming of some one to
take him home. His situation is a deplOra-
BILE one, and if his friends, there or else
where, do not interest themselves in his
case, it will of course become a necessity to
remove him to an asylum.