The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-01-06

The year that has just vanished has been
very remarkable one. We mention this,
not as an item of news. but merely to show
the customary respect TO the departed. Like
other post mortem euloSi<s. 1t does not inn
ply anything except feeling Of satisfaction
at She unaltersbls and inal death OF lis sub
Ject. sNeveTthslsss,s several occurrences which
may fairly be called remarkable have taken
place dnrisg the past yenr- The Emperor
Napoleon has beaR ct point Of death 1t reg
nlar intervals Cf fortnight each. and ire
Frerch Empire has bees trVmeling On the
veIge OF certain dsstruction q corresponding
numher on times, ever since the 1st Of Janu-
ary 1863. At least so tho Radical iourna ls
baTe eoptinusnsly informed Us. Also, a
number Of second WRshinston's have died
universally lsmeated. and o large quantity
Of u1onRmerts TO their several memories
have been eoutcaplsted. The usual month
ly revelations have taken place, with com
nendable regularity, in the South American
republics, and the Dictator of Paraguay hss
Hed TO hts native mountains, defeated and
ruined man, just previous to the departure
OF every steamer that has left Brazil for sny
foreign port at any tins during tbs twsivs
months that have passed. His only rival in
the business Of periodical ruin has been Sal
tls
driven from his last stronghold weekly
throughout the year, end gives as yst no
signs Of weAYiEess at tie monotony of his
continuous ruiz. The entire male popula-
ton of the Spanish Peninsula has beer in
pressed into the army and sent to fight tbs
Cuban rebels. In spite of the frightful
slaughter among the latter, they sIill main
tain their Independence at several of our
city boarding houses. and defy The Sp paniards
with exemplary fortitude. Among the most
important events Of the year 10 the move
ment ia Boston In favor of cutting canal
across the fsthnus of Cape Cod. The eyes
of Europe have thus been fixed upon our
happy land. and tho opeaing of the Suez
canal has patnraily excited little attention
Several thoroughly executed and workman
Ike murders have beeu committed at Chica-
go, aud Mrs. EtoWe hos written q pleasant
romance about the late Lord Byron. Among
the graver crimes of the year should be men
toned the publication by Mr.. Greeley of
treatise en Political economy, which, with a
malignant cruelty that TraupmAnn could
hardly have equslled, be has inflicted upon
the public In slow weekly ipstalments. Dr.
Li7ing.tons has been discovered to be alive,
but has kindly moderated our excessive joy
by writing several unintelligible letters,
which have resulted Ia imprrs ing the gan,r
eTai public with confused conviction that
Africa is infested by varsity Of rivers that
rise nowhere and succeed In losing them
selves Immediately. The smallpox has pre-
vailed to some extent 10 this city, and Mr.
Train has lrctured twice. The usual colored
person has been shot by the Ku Klux Klan.
Several earthquakes. Miss Anna Dickinson.
and the Rev. John Todd have visited Cali
foruia. The Ecumenical Council has msI in
Rome, and the Boston Coliseum has been
torn down.
These are the principal events of the year
1870 opens with a strong prospect that Gen.
Grant will make mp his mind not to decide
upon any particular policy at present, and
with a certainty that the pu bic prefers THE
WORLD to any of the daily journals of Amer
ica.-N. 7. World.