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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03

WHEN Horace Greeley returned from his
extended Southern tour in early summer his
first public speech was aimed against the
carpet-baggsrs whom he found fattening
through political frauds upon the Southern
people. While his language was then suffi-
cisntly vigorous, 1t has grown more so since.
He believes that the South should be governed
by Southern men, that universal amnesty
for political offensss would be as wise as just,
and that while he admits the Kuklux exist,
he thinks it would not, If the whole people
of the late Confederacy were permitted to
vote for their public officers as we'll as COM
pelled to pay taxes. 1t appears that In re-
gard to carpet -baggers, at least Mr.. Greeley
is not alone in his opinions. The Galveston
Bulletin" a staunch Republican paper,
says of the Republican carpet>bag Legisla-
ture of Texas, that 1t Is "Ths most corrapt
'body Of men which ever assembled under
"the sanction of the law to rob the people.
Its members have enriched themselves at
"the expense of outrageous subsidies, and
''now enjoy mansions, bank accounts, rail-
"road stock. buggies, and other luxuries." B"
The Kuklux policy Is one utterly without
excuse; but had the South subjugsted the
North, denied its people the ballot, while tax
ing them to support a government in which
they had no voice in creating, sent Southern
srs to their Assemblies. put them in their
custom houses, post offices and courts, is it
not possible that human nature would assert
itself here in pretty much the same fashion as
it does there Given cert ain circumstances,
certain results follow.-Phila. Inquirer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03
"It might be said that Mayor H.ll's pro

"It might be said that Mayor HALLS pro>
hibition of the parade, had it been sustained:
would have been obeysd by the Orangsmsn
that the Governor should not have rescind-
ed the order-that the Orsngsmsn, feeling
themselves subjects of oppression, could have
obtained redress throug b the proper channels.
True, if the veto on the procession had been
enforced the streets would not have been
stained with blood /; bHt at time when it is
undecided whether the civil authority pos
sesses the power of prohibiting the peacsful
occupation Of the streets by an organized
body of men or not, the continuance Of the
prohibition would most probably have been
productive Of worse consequences to the
whole country. It was generally believed at
first that Mayor Hall shaped his conduct to
please the mob, to whose voice he should not
have listened. His order In that case would
have established dangerous precedent. It
would have appeared to sanction mob law,
OF which In the future those animated with
the same spirit would not fail to take advan-
tage. But 1t is now known that he issued
the order at the request Of the Master OF the
Orange Lodges. As defenders of the supre-
macy of the civil law, hating and condemn
ing any interference with its just sway and
administration. We have no reason to COM
plain that the order was countermanded.
Whether Gov. Hoffman exceeded his author
ity we cannot say but this much we can
say, If his action was not legal it was cer-
tainly judicious. If he overstepped the
bounds of his authority, his offence is one
which. in the circumstances, all citizens ex-
cept the rioters will easily forgive"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03

THE Peoria Reriep of the goth says
'Knoxvile has been agog for the past few
weeks over romantic marriage, the partic
ulars of which are as follows: Mr.. Philan-
der Williamson and Amelia Gardner were
married in early life in Warren, Hsrkimer
county, Now York. and soon after moved
to Albion, Michigan. where the bride, be-
coming home sick, lived with her husband
only two years. At the end of that time
her parents moved from Warren to Knox
vile, Illinois. and Mrs. Williamson, loving
her mother rather better than her husband,
followed them, taking with her the child.
The separation was acquiesced in by the hus-
band. who soon after moved to California,
married aEother wife, and In the course of
time amasssd considerable property. This
was twenty years ago. Recently the second
wife died, and the husbands heart warming
towards the bride of his youth, he hastened
as fast as the cars would carry him, back to
Knoxville, and on July 18th this strangely
divided couple were rs-engaged and re-mar-
ried. /"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03

TRUH to Its vocation, the last Johnstown
Tribune publishes an editorial article,
abounding In fslsehood and scurrilty, In re-
ference to the late democratic county con-
vsntion. Our first impulse was to reply to
1t in the manner 1t so richly deserves. but
on more m ature reflection we have concluded, =,
wisely we think, to treat It with supreme
contempt. The editor is evidently desirous
of newspaper controversy and little cheap
notoriety that he might possibly derive from
II. An1lou and always ready as we hold
ourselves to bo to minister to his overwsen-
ing vanity in any reasonable way. We cam
not ihink. just at the commencement of the
dog days. of prostituting the columns of the
Freeman to any such gnobls purpose. In
former political campaigns, the democratic
party of Cambria county has survived the
abuse Of the Tribune, and if 1t cannot live
after the present one 1t is weak and impo-
teat and deserves to die.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03
The Case Fairly stated.

The following able and dispsssiopate arti-
Gle Is taken from the Catholic Telegraph,
published in Cincinnati. It has been attrib-
uted to the pen of Archbishop Purcell. Be
that as it may, we are very certain that 1t
fully reflects the views of all intelligent and
thoughtful Catholics In reference to the late
New York riots. Substantially the same
sentiments have been expressed by the New
York Tablet and Boston Pilot. both influen-
tial and ably edited Catholic organs. The
views set forth are sound and we'll stated,
and cannot fail to meet with general appro-
batlon:
"He who would cendone the action of riot
ers because their victims happened to be his
political or religious enemies, makes himself
participant in their crimes against society.
mob Of any kind, organized for any pur-
pose, raising its lawless arm in name Of any
cause. should be met, resisted, and crushed
oy the exercise of all the power necessary to
enforce peace and vindicste the ma jesty of
law. In recording the history Of all such
outrages, this principle of Justice should
never be forgotten or be in the least obscured
by the interposition of national or religious
prejudice.
.
cit is the sworn duty of those to whose
hands the government of society is confided,
to teach those rioto usly inclined, by swift,
sterp, and decisive method, that they are
placing themselves in a criminal position !;
that law is established for the equal benefit
OF all that it recognizes in its administration
no class or creed that 1t comedies to no por-
tion OF the community special favors and
prlVlleges to the injury or the restriction of
the rights Of another; that it will not risk
the welfare of society, which il is bound at
all costs to protect. by an i'll timed effort at
peacsable conciliation, when its worst enemy.
mob, is armed to bid it defiance. Any
other course which civil authority may adopt
on occasions of public disturbances, no mat
ter what may be the motives that may infu-
ence it. is cowardly betrayal of its high
trust which may be followed by the mott
terrible disasters, for which it should be held
strictly accountable.
GA false leniency, an undetermined stand
on the part Of the authorities, when the notes
of resistance to law and of preparation to
disturb the peace we're sounding for weeks
through ths land, and finally an apparent
submission to the will of outlaws, construed
as an approval of their designs, had such
strong tendency to feed and spread the flames
of hatred, that for their extinction was re-
quired the blood that was shed by the SOL
disry.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03

The FAMINE IN PERsIA.-Special cable
dispatches add but little to the information
received of the dreadful famine in Persia.
The drouth last year in the central and
southern provinces, and the consequent par
tial failure of the crops, caused great des-
titution and misery all winter. At the
same time the taxes were Increased on the
people of Laristan, which brought on fam
inc, causing 3 number of people to leave
their homes, and consequent decrease of
taxes to the Government. The new Gov
ernment promised to raise not only the
usual sum but still more, and the oppression
drove the rest of the country people from
their homes, and thronged the cities, which
pay no taxes. The failure of the crops In
Laristan was rendered more disastrous be-
cause the other provinces, which mostly
raise opium, cotton and silk, depended on it
for their grain. The results in Ispahan,
Yezd, Kirman and Shiraz were terrible by
the end of the winter. Before the new
crop. the cities were crowded. The wheat
at Kirman rose nine times its usual price,
and starvation began. Yesd raises opium,
and as the people could buy no grain, they
ate grass and roots. In Khorassana the
people sold their children to Turcomans to
save their lives, and in other provinces the
people ate their children. having eaten all
their domestic animals and even the vermin.
In Ispahan men were caught digging up
corpses to feed their starving families with,
and the pestilence In consequence has CON-
mitted fearful ravages. One half of Persia
is said to be depopulated.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03

ONE of the greatest feats Of modern rail-
road building was performed On Sundaywee
on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, which
runs from Cincinnati to st. Louis. The road
was originally constructed on a gauge of
SIX feet between the rails, and it became
necessary to reduce the gauge to four feet
eight and one half perches, so as to accom-
modate the cars of connecting roads. The
length of the line Is three hundred and forty
miles; and the problem was to take up both
rails for this entire distance and relay them
nearer each other. To facilitate the task the
spikes for the inside of the two rails. as they
would lie in their new position, were driven,
and the holes for the outer spikes bored in
advance. An army of men. two thousand
five hundred in all (or seven to each mile)
was then distributed along the track, and at
sunrise they set to work. After seven hours
of incessant labor the job was accomplished,
and at four o'clock tho next morning trains
were running over the road.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03

SrxoN CANKRoN's journeyman "wiggle-
wager" who heads the Radical Committee
of this State. in his late spumy address,
claims that the Radical party have reduced
the State debt from $40, 900 900 in 1860 to
S26 ,000.0 In 1871. This Harrisburg Pa
triot properly remarks, that mo credit at
taches to that party for this reduction, mas
much as the policy under which it has been
accomplished was origuatsd by the Demo
cratic administration of Governor William
F. Packer. The act establishing the Sink
ing Fund was a Democratic measure, and
was adopted by Democratic Legislature
Had the Radical party administered that law
honestly and faithfully, indeed, had 1t not
deliberately y violated its provisions. the State
debt, instead of being $29 900 900, would
to-day be less than half that sum. Dur
ing the last eleven years. from fifteen to
twenty millions of dollars have been taken
from the Sinking Fund. contrary to law,
aud applied. not to the reduction of the
State debt, but to the payment of the cur
rent expenses of the State government"
These facts puncture the wind-bag of Mr..
Errett, and 1t falls to the ground to be trod-
den under foot by all honest, fair men,
Whenever a statement Is put forth showing
that the Radicals have reduced debt or tax
alton, it Is either clear fraud or an artfulIy-
manufactured piece of account keeping
The Age.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03

THE Savannah (Ga.) Republican says !:
"The entire Democratic press, north and
south, departure and 'anti>departure,' ,
agree in extolling Hon. Jeremiah Black
address to the voters of Pennsylvania We
like it ourselves, aud now, to settle all dis
putes, to bring Mr.. Stephens and Manton
Marble. Major Thompson and DR.. Baird. and
everybody else. together, we propose that
the Democracy of all the States adopt
Jeremiah Blacks address as their platform.
and that the Democratic national conven-
tior, when it meets. forego the usual string
of resolutions and whereases, and put the
same address rs the platform Of the national
Democratic party. This is good advice.
and we don't care if they put Jeremiah
Black himself upon it as the candidate"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03


IT Is n rule of political action with most
radical editors, that the end to be accom-
plished justiies the use of the most dlsrepu>
table means In attaining it. No man who
imperisd his life In the late war against
secession has q brighter or moro honorable
military record than Gen. NJ Candless. His
private character is beyond reproach. But
he Is the democratic candidate for high and
responsible public Office, and therefore all
the food gates of radical detraction have
been raised and perfect torrent of personal
abuse has been let loose against him. Even
forgery has been resorted to, and language
Ia reference to Gen. M'Candlsss has been
attributed to the West Chester Jetersonian,
democratic journal. which that paper never
uttered. This stupid and malicious inven-
tlon, having had free circulation through
the radical perss, found 1t, way last week
into an editorial article In the Hollidaysburg
Register. paper widely notorious for its
scurrilous and libelous assaults upon demo-
cratic candidates. The editor of that paper
said:
The West Chester Jeffersonisn is using
some forcibls language towards the late Dem
ocratic convention and the candidates IL put
In nomination. 1t says the men who set up
the new departure at Harrisburg were no.
thing but political prostitutes and that
General McCaudless is vile, debauched
trlckster. governed by the most selfish and
sordid motives"
We happen to exchange with the Jsfer-
sonian, and knew when this mendacous
charge was first made that Is was utterly
without foundation. While the editor of the
Jefersonidn disssnts from the adoption of the
ninth resolution by the State Convention, be
is stsadfsst advocate Of the election of Gen.
McCandless. The only thing that surprised
us was how the editor Of the Hollidsysburg
Register managed to keep the eontemptibls
but coveted lie so long out of his columns.
The Jefersonian. in late issue, disposes of
this weak invention of the enemy as follows:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03


BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Is q candidate for
the radical nomination for Governor of Mass
achusetts. Unlike other asplrants who are
ambitious for the sams honor, he could not
wait for the action of the convention. but
with his accustomed impudencs has written
and published bold and sslf>laudatory let
ter modestly avowing his own preference for
himself. This is In admirable keeping with
Buffers entire political career. Outside of
his own Congressional stamping ground. the
radical press of the State, while it cordially
detssts. yet fears him, stubbornly refuses to
recognize the fact that he is proper person
to fill the executive chair of that puritanical
commonwealth. As a consequences, Butler
is literally undergoing political crucifxion
at the hands of the respectable portion of the
republican editors of the Bay State. One Of
the most prominent of them, with keen
perception Of the use of language, thus msr-
cilsssly impales the hero of Fort Fisher and
the Dutch Gap canal:
Because the Fifth Congressional District
has got him, like the smallpox, that ia no
reason why he should be spread all over
Massachusetts,.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03


STOCK RAISING IN TExAs.-The st. Louis
Republican says:
There is no other pursuit or business so
profitable, and stock men are regarded as
the most wealthy and prosperous in the
State. If this Ia the case now when Cattle
are SO cheap and traDsportstions so long and
difficult, what will it be in a short time when
railroads Will penetrate the stock region ?
1t may not be out of place to give a few in
stances of large fortunes made in the bust
ness In the last ten or fifteen years on the
lower Rio Grande.
About thirty-sight miles west of Corpus
Christi is the rancho of Mr.. Kennedy. 1t
contains 150, 900 acres enclosed in a strong
board fence forty miles long. Mr.. K. has
1000 head of cattle in his pasture, and is
said to have expended 500 900 in fencing
and other buildings connected with his bust,
ness. Mr.. Richard Kings rancho, not far
from the bay. is said to be still larger. and
to contain $4,000 acres and 70 900 head
neat cattle and 10000 horses, besides sever
al Thousand sheep and goats.
Tho expense attending the business is CON-
paratively small. Mexicans are generally
employed at low wages. They accountant
the herds on horseback, and have stations
for shelter, ETC.. along the range, which some.
times extend a hundred miles or more.
In consequence of Indian incursions on
the upper Rio Grande, cattle-raising for the
present ia chiefly confined to ths lowsr nor
ton of that river and to the coast range
around Corpus Christi and Matagorda bays
Large numbers have been shipped to New
Orleans and eastern cities from these sea.
ports, chiefly slaughtered and saltsd, packed
IN Ice, or put up in vessels arranged on the
refrigerating plan.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03

A WONDERFUL RIDE.-On Tuesday morn
ing last. on the arrival of the Night Express,
a horse with buggy. belonging to M'Fad-
den's livery stable in Brady's Bend was tied
back OF the depot. The whistle of the loco
motive frightened the animal, and breaking
the strap, it ran forward across the track
and in front Of the engine. Horse and:bug-
gy were caught by the cow catcher, and
strange to say. were carried nearly half a
mile, the horse escaping without scratch,
broken but very little. 1t was remarka.
BILE incident, as we'll as a most remark abls
escape.-East Brady Independant.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03
Three Months for Forty Cents.

In clubs OF ten more, sent to one address,
we will furnish the FREEMAN n for THREB MONTHS
FOR FORTY CENTS PER COPY, If the names and
the cash arc sent in before Sept. 1st. Now is
the time to get mp clubs for the campaign. Any
person can raise at least club of ten at fifty
cents each and reserve 81 for his trouble.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03
COUNTY.

Assembly-w. HORACE ROSE, Johnstown.
ProthonotAry-J. X. HITE, Ebensburg.
80. 49, JEO. FLANAGAN, Johnst'n n.
Assoc 70 1uoges r. ]. LLOYD, Ebonsburg.
District Attorney-W. n. SECHLBR, Ebensb'g.
Treasurer-JOHN cox, Conemaugh Borough.
Oommissioner-W.D d. M'CLELLAND, Johnst n.
P. II. Direc'r-JAS. FARREN. Washington TIP.
Auditor-W. A. b. LITTLE, Allegheny Twp.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03
DISTRICT.

FOH bIAIH SHNAIOH.
R. L. JOHNSTON, ESQ, Ebensburg.
tSubeot to the actton Of the District Conference
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
6TATE.

STATE.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL:
GENERAL WILLIAM M'CANDLESS,
OF Philadelphia.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-08-03

FOR suRvEYOH GENRRAL:
ChrTAIN JAMES II. COOPER,
OF Laurence County.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-09-13

A NEW ORDER OF THE GARTER.--Seve-
raj young ladies of New York few days
ago accompanied a gentleman friend to
witness an exciting game of base ball. in
which he was to take an active part The
young gentleman had forgotten his belt,
kept hitching toward his pedal extremi-
ties. One of the young ladies, more
thoughtful in cases of emergencies than
most of her sex, suggested in whisper
that her three friends-there were four of
them in all-should each contribute one of
their red white or blue (as the case might
be) carriers to make up belt for "Char-
maidens know how, each Invested herself
of a silken elastic, which they clasped to-
gether, making a variegated base ball belt
for "Charlie," who had nothing to say, but
blushingly encircled himself with the
newly invented ball belt.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-09-13
senator Conkling on Grant.


Senator Conkling, of New York, has re-
Gently written letter in which he speaks
of the present administration rs follows :
am for General Grant. This would be
my position without my strong regards
for him, and confidence in him PERSONAL
1y. He has made a better President in
some respects than you and !, when we
voted for him, had any right to expect
and he is better President every day than
he was the day before. He has given the
country the best practical administration
in many respects we have had for quar-
ter of century, and the people know it.
With General Grant as candidate our sue
cess is assured; with any other, success is
not certain, and hence the denomination
and election of General Grant seems to be
a forgone conclusion. In the State of New
York, more than anywhere else, the path
of the Republicans appears plain and their
duty urgent. Here is the greatest free
State in Christendom given over to rascals,
a prey to the hordes of thieves who are in
testing our chief city. They disgrace hui
manity by their pestilential profigacy.
These plunderers have seized upon the
State government, Legislature, and all of
the municipal agencies of the city of New
York, and hitherto they have tempered
with our party organizations also debauch-
ing and controlling them. The question
arising with us is whether this degrading
sway shall cease or be permitted.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-09-13
OUR LITTLE MOUNTAIN CITY,
Knoxville EcIipses Louisville.


Some time since number of Tennessee
editors made an excursion North and pass
ed through Louisville. One of them, the
editor of the Columbia Herald, didn't
think much of the place, and sends it the
following stunning rebuke:
The Louisvillians are peculiar people.
They will neither eat the grass that flour
ishes so lnXuriantly in their broad and
quiet streets, nor will they permit the hum
CRY and half-starved COWS to do so. They
get mad as the boy with the broken Jews
harp, at everything that comes in compe-
tition with them, and despise everybody
who eXcels them. They set up, some time
since, to do a wholesale business, and one
of our enterprising little Tennessee noun
tain cities tolled off the bulk of their best
customers and upon recapitulating their
business, were indignant to learn that
Cowan, McClung & Co., ut Knoxville, had
done a heavier business than any concern
in their city by over million of dollars
per annum! They forthwith called pub
lie meeting and resolved something must
be done to stop this and as the Tennessee
Press Association came along, installing
Lousville--it was so very quiet-for Cave
City, stopped to explore its hidden Won
ders, thought this good time to get even,
and showed their wrathful indignation in
permitting the entire force of Tennessee
quill drivers to come and depart in peace
Poor old Louisville. She needs a wall in
stead of canal, and when she gathers her
grass crop we hope she will be happy.