The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-02-25
nzacsha..e on the Rampage Again.

not New Ork. but Old York, Little York.
as the people there delight 10 call it,
York il IS no doubt needless to tell you, is the
capital, or county seat, of York county, Pa, and
rs not only one OF the Oldest towns III the State,
put Is celebrated as the seat OF the Continental
congress IN LIZ, during the occupation of Phil
adeIphia by the British army.
l had visited York on a former OCCASION Gin
IooI'l when our gallant soldiers from the noun
Iath "a n lay III tAGir tents on \ 1ork Common, south
OF the town. well remember a happy reunion
or that occasion at La Fayette Hail. renowned
rs the headquarters of Gen. WAsHINGTOE dur
ing certain period of the Revolution. At that
time forgathered with a number of genial and
noble spirits whose lives have since Geen offer
ed up on the shrine of their country. / have in
my mind s eye now the noble form ard features
OF the gallant Noon, the chiyalrous HICKS. the
reckless WATERBURY,, the eccentric and gifted
JACKSON: All gone! Peace to their ashes.
But digreSs' would speak OF York! 1t is
a rich, healthy, improving town, and affords
more of the Pennsylvania German element than
abounds in the characteristics of that popula-
ton 1t is wealthy without ostentatiOn and
York is twcnty-eight miles by the Northern
Central Railroad from Harrisburg. For about
haIt this distance you follow the southern bank
of the beautiful and classic, but worthless Sus-
quehanna, when a curve 10 the right takes you
into the bowels Of York county, and so on to
her seat OF justice,
From the moment you leave the Susquehan-
ma you feel yourself in Il different atmosphere.
You realize at once that you have passed from
the progressive to the cOuSerVatiYe-fTDm the
Yankee to the Teutouic element. As you ap-
proach York everything intcnsiies this ideai-
on even see evidences of it III the The
conductor is more c0rpuIeut, the passengers
happier looking than the others. The very
whistle Of the engine seems less shTin, and the
cars come TO stop with less of jerk,
Looking abroad from the window, your eyes
rest on 4 rich fat lazy looking country gi,riu-
tic barns with grain and hay prOtruding from
every Crevicc, aud wcl-fcd horses, cattle, sheep,
pigs ana poultry standing around, apparently
y few miles of this sort of country brings US
TO York, and short ride deposits me at the
visit. 1t IS a good house, with fare plain but
substantial. The landlord, though quite young,
is Gray; bat that Is not more singular than th;;t
the Thitcst citizen is Black, one of the largest,
Small, and one Of the sJOutest, Spahr.
y fire court house occupies space in the
centre OF the town, the county offices being on
the first floor and the court room above. The
primitive, II being heated by Il large ten plate
wood stove, with Il huge pie OF cord wood III
log CABIN style beside 1t Nr. ZeI2ler the in
cumhent, Is an oDil@lnS ana competent officer.
There are no tliin men here. Every man you
meet shows hls good teeGIAg. All are stout,
plump ana Hciillny' WIN an apparent seI1-StiIu-
clent happiness that nothing can rI1fe. Their
obesity Is so well established that in the Offices
thclt ciidIls are All on the Dr0'u gauge ven
tured 10 sit down on well-wOrn cushioned
chair W hich had taken the shape OF the seat of
its usual occupant, butaas l could not spread
myself, my position was piInt III The same
remark VIII apply 10 the \ Grk ladies. Their
strong point IS chiJpVtpoutt. IhGy are general
ly handsome, but on large pattern. They
dress. too in tine style, and il Is astonishing the
amount OF dry goods one Ot those Or!A DANES
The horses also are fat and heavy-of the real
'euestoGa sJyie-and are not much troubled
with either hard work or fast travelling In
sleig Ching they occasionally strike trOt bur
never strike a. hard enough to hurt II amy.
Al table however, you observe the fatncss of
the land more than elsewhere. There your up-
prJuch TO Turkey is through Greece, tOrigi3aI) }
bur the beer has no lights. the pork spare
ribs, and the fowls no fttTty-utUpgEt
Portable circumstances. That accounts for
their cOrpulcnce, I poor man being rarely fat.
There is not much corporate or partnership
wealth il Yor!l-lJ is near0aH individual In
other places spectators get thi.:S together
here each one gets thick 10y himself. The Bank
Yorker wants to become bankrupt Hc has to
betake himself to the mountain or elsewhere
When Gen, Early was out on collecting tour
for jef Davis nc drew on urk for 81 ,iUD, and
his draft was hOnOred on sight. Ii tins had not
been DONE the probabilities are that there
would have been an suFtJ lire on large scale
in that --1acclz 1f timber Disloyalty has been
charged against tic people OF York Tor their
uCIIJH in tins matter, Yet surely they acted
wisely III saving their own property with their
own money IHey U.jgbt have got their beau
ClC ry t OK, aid nom The
state TO build il UP again That wuu!d have
+ been more loyal bur less honest Course TO
/ have already minated that there is great
wealth and but Httie OStCataJUu III Orh, and
( j here repeat it, Modest and uuprctcudIng in
( tending are he. citizens. Even the irreprcss-
. iJic Austin Is quite NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AZ GOri.
The population OF tie place numbers some H.
{ coo. ygI she is uOJ Il city. While other towns
I with less OF a population ana much less wealth
have scared up 10 the magnitude Of city, with
u Mayor 70 preside L oI. IS content 70 bofoigh
along with Il burgess. she knows that city
.
/ not fer the empty honor.
The very crceh upon which Tori, is located
| tho COdOrIIs-p -parJakcs largely of the nature Of
the town and It's people. 1t !s a sluggish, easy
going stream, always COntining its operations
/ to its own channel, never OVCr-ruuulGg its
banks, and abOuuding in fat scdgcS and blOatCd
water H.ijvs-a true type OF the riches OF the
( land through which il flows
York is dcmUCratic-for the reason perhaps
that there are no Welsh there, excepting Hen
rs Welsh, who is = democrat.
Hon. j. :. Black resides here, and his talented
son, c. r. Black, Esd, lives on q farm Of the
Judge. ~ short distance from town President
Judge Fisher also lives here, and - quite i pop
ulav Judge.
met at tea, at the residence of her son-in-
law. the relict OF Hon. walter ). Franklin, ut
an early day Clerk OF the Penna. Senate. and
afterwards the successful opponent and sue
/ cossor of Matthew st. Clair Clarke as Clerk Of
the l. s ScJatc. She is the mother of General
VIM. y. Franklin of the army, and of Thomas
/ Franklin, Esq., civil engineer, who Is known TO
/ many Of our people. Though past three score
uud ten, she is full of viyacity ana enjoys soci-
! city us much as CE Cr. MACSHANE.
An OLD AND HAEDENTD CKrMINAL.-David
| Bates, alias Myers. alias MarIn, who Is nearly,
/ if not altogether seventy years OF age, was
/ taken to the penitentiary, on Saturday last,