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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25


DAEIEL ". VooRHEEs. of Indiaua, al
though brilliant aud captivating orator,
has shown by his late performances in Con-
gress that be is al unsafe, If not a reckless
party leader. radical paper in Washing
Ton having stated that Voorhees, was hating
aud hcsjtating as to the course he would pur-
size .r reference TO the domination of Horace
G,gerE -hs Iodiara Congressman took oc-
ras..a -l ipe his position, so that the
whole world aud the rest of mankind"
.nIgnt know precisely where he stood
Whether it was at ali important thus pubs
hcIy to furnish this information, entirely
personal to himself, we will not now UNDER
take to discuss His speech was carefully
prepared and was expected to produce
profound sensation. In certain sense, it
Lad hat effect for all accounts concur in
saying that his Democratic colleagues listen
ed to it with open and promptly expressed
feelings Of disgust. 1t was an elaborate
bitter and vindictive assault upon the polit~
ica and personal character of Greeley, and
rs between Linn and Grant public defence
# the latter. This political datribe of Mr.
voorhees, was ll.timed, uncaled for, and to-
raily iEjuiicious. and has met with the stern
condemnation Of the Democratic press.
L Goes not become Daniel w Voorhees, to
braudsh his political scalping knife over the
head cf Horace Greeley, when the fact is no
torious aud Is admitted by Voorhees, himself,
that he was anxious for the nomir alton at
Cincinnati Of Judge Davis. who has been as
pronounced a Republican as ever Horace
Greeley was, although he has not been in a
position TO impart to his views as much force
aud promiueuce as attached to those of the
editor Of the tribune.
or course M. Voorhees, speech was crate
fol music to The ears Of the radicals. who D
pisuced it and literally subscribed to it as
republican campaign document. knowing
full well that no more powerful aid could be
rendered to the sinking cause of Grant and
his administration than was afforded by
Voorhees, in his vitfiolic haraugue.
IL is shrewdly supposed that Daniel has
Presidential aspirations himself to be ealized
10 the future, but after this unseemlv ano,o.
~ ftr Grant lie will have to wait "uuti the
cows come home"
We have already said that we will abide
by the decision of the Democratic National
Convention, which is the only proper and
regularly constituted tribunal to settle the
question and upon whose calm aud well con-
si3ered aciiun the nasty and inconsiderate
uiterauces Of Daniel ". Voorhees, will fall
tor et pTeterea RihR.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

FEARFUL SHIPwRtC tCK-FoRTY-FIv LIVES
Losr.-Harbor Grace papers contain the
details of fearful disaster which occurred
at Labrador. The brig Huntsman, with
sixty two men on sealing voyage. when off
Cape Charles, Labrador, April 20, was driven
upon rocks. Before the vessel struck, three
seamen saw the rocks and jumped over board
to try and save themselves. but were in
stantly killed by floating ice. The remains
ing SO took to the rigging. and in five
minutes afterwards both masts went over at
six feet above the deck. and only II of the
crew escaped. OF these seventeen, all but
three were seriously injured by having arms
and legs broken and bodies bruised. They
managed to reach another vessel by crawl
ing over the ice. distance of half a mile.
Forty i've men were lost, most of them
leaving families at or near Harbor Grace.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

FATHER AND DAUGHTER KILLED By AN
ELECTRIC BALL IN MISsoURI--Y. 5. Deau.
writing to the Independence mo Sentinel
from l. me Jack. April 80 gives the follow
ing wonderful and strangely tragic incident.
During the rain that fell here last evening
from cloud from the southeast fell an
electric ball. striking the north side and
west end of Mr.. David Thomas house. kill
ing him and grown daughter. All the
family, consisting If nine persons, were in
the room at the time, but none except the
father aud daughter were even stunned by
the shock. The young lady was sitting
near the end of the house when the elcc~
trIcty came through, and was killed instant>
ly, Mr. Thomas was sitting leaning against
the north side. near a window Tive parti-
clss of the electric fluid passed in above the
window to his head. and set his hair on fire.
so shocking him that he died in a short
time, thoush the fire was exiingushed by
his son, and water applied TO him freely to
effect his recovery
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25
DEATH OF ONE OF BARNuM's CANN1BAL's

DEATH OF ONE OF BARNUM's CANEIBAL' 3
"A Ho RKIBLE SCENE.-On Tuesday alter
noon one OF the canuibal dwarfs belonging
to Baruum's menagerie died at a hotel in
York, when the show was there being ex-
hibited. The little F il exhibited sy ptoms
of indisposition several days ago. and the
manager. Mr.. W. c. Group. sent 1.-The Gems
eral" as he is called TO New York, TO be
cared for by Mr.. B B,rnum's family physi>
clan. But the little savage becoming rest
less in the absence OF his assoc iates, he was
returned TO the company. Like all of his
race he had a pative horror of shoes and
clothing. and even IN the wet, cold days
that came upon the company in New Jer-
sey, the manager was unable to force shoes
upon the General, and make him dress with
sufficient warmth. On Tuesday the man 10
charge noticed that his fingers were cons
stantly in motien, while he muttered con.
tiuully the only word he ever pronounced
iutellIgIbly, FIJI" lie refused everything
ike food or nourishment. and apparently
thought o. nothing Int his native island
DaLcing or violent gesturing of any kind
was always a source Of great merrment to
the General, but now the keeper could not
provoke even a smile. The miniature be-
ing was dying. aud while his keeper was
uOIuS HIS OeSt 10 queer llul up auu make
hiTa take medicine, he rose up IN bed, mut-
tered IF j". in a whisper and fell bcak
dead. HIS three native companions. who
up to this tame were wholly indifferent, now
exhibited all the symptoms of genuine grief.
They howled necessarily and such fearful
physical contortions we've probably never be-
fore witnessed in civilized community.
Shortly after the corpse was placed in
the coffin, last evening. Mr.. S. Smith, the
keeper. locked the door upon the three
companions in an adj lining room. aud left
the building for the purpose of consulting
with the manager at the n NtUional Hotel
He states that be was ot absent thirty
minutes, but that upon returning a scene
presented itself too horrible to detail. The
two male associates had gained access to
tEe corpse, and were biting aud chaping at
The .tteShy parts Of The body ,c,h all The ca
gc7,HeSS Of their adtire cdlnd6aliSm! The
female stood aloof In one corner, and by
sign. word and gesture was entreating them
to desist. 1t Is understood that this wo-
man Is convert to the teachings of Eng
Iish missionaries, aLd looks with abhor
renee upon all the uuchIistian habits Of her
tribe. Mr.. Smith promptly iuterfereG, and
the two miserable beings went suIieuIy to
their apartment. Al: regret the unnatural
affair. and none more than the parties iii.
rectly Interested. The remains were quiet
ly buried in the cvln!ug
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

HON. j. S. RUTAN, Of convent smelling
committee notoriety. and Speaker of he late
Senate, IS asking denomination in the Bea
ver and Washington district. The Beaver
argus journal of lis own political faith.
thus comments upon him: 1T ought to be
t0lerable clear to Mr. Rutan by this time
that his services at Harrisburg, as a State
Senator, are 10 longer wanted. The .roost-
erS' Of this county. we admit, are all for him :
bat the sober. solid republicans are decdeG>
y sverse to confiiEg any other legislation to
nis hands. He is regarded by them as a
mere tool in the hands Of the little corporal,
Nhose political character is loathsome to men
who are moved by honest convictions, and
who respect themselves" The little cor
Forsl' We 'sko 10 be M Q1ay. editor Of the
Beaver RGdicai
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25
The New York Radical State Convention

The New York Radical State Convention
which met at Elmira last week. incor pora-
ted s resolution IN its platform in favor Of
ia'f f. revenue only. This is in direct
cui fct with the professions heretofore made
,g the Republican party on that question.
aud may lie regarded as the legitimate fruit
of fbe Cincinnati Convention. Protection as
lac main object and revenue as the incident.
las teen the persistent demand Of that par
tr. bul now. So far at least as New York
,ad'cu'j-u n is concerned. all this is abandoned
ard he democratic doctrine of a tariff for
rcveruc with incidental protection issquare-
" recognized. On this question the New
York radicals are at issue with the cotton
lorde Of New England and the iron kings
of Peuusy sylvauia.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

regular Convention to select delegates 20 a Ma
tional Convention, to be held in Baltimore. to
nominate candidates for President and Vice
President, declare and
Resolve That recognize the changes in
the nature and constitution of the government
which have taken place ard without reopening
the questions of the past are ready to co-oper>
ate with those, whatever their previous party
affIatious, who favor united and local Zed gov.
ernment, who seek to restrain the exercise by
Congress of absolute and general power to
prevent its entering on private legislation, to
restrain the growth of fast corporations. and TO
work permanent civil service reform; and be
il further
Reso we'd, That the recent decIa ration of po-
litcal principles by the Convention at Cincin-
natl is evidence of the progress of public opin-
ion toward sound and. holesOme views Of gov
ernment; that we believe all patriotic citizens
may unite upon that platform for the purpose
OF restoring the honest administration OF ma
tional af,Irs, and enforcing the obligations of
the constitution. and our delegates TO Balii-
more instructed to take the course best cal
culated to secure the triumph of these princi-
! Piles and the selection of any candidates repre-
| sensing them who shall meet the approval OF
! the Democracy in National Convention assem-
| bled.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25
A BRIDE AND WIDOW IN A Few UoURs

BRIDE AND WIDOW IN Few Hours
"A story is told regarding G ,leman L. RJb-
lnson, n millionaire and retired ex-mem Der
OF the stock brokering firm of Robinson, Cox
q Co., of New York. He died on the first
instant, at B!ewster's Station, on the Har>
lem Railroad, at the age of thirty FIVE His
thigh had been broken by ia II from his car
rlage, and his system succumbed to the
shock. He had previously been fascinated
with Florein Little, girl of sixteen, daugh>
ter OF James l.. Little, editor OF the Putnam
County Courier. at Carmel. The girl did
not care for him, but the father promised
that she should acquiesce, if be would make
will. settling the bulk Of his property Upon
her, and destroying a will previously made,
which left the estate to his sister Mary.
Robinson, therefore, threw his old will into
the fire last mouth. and the marriage was
arranged for the first of May. That day
found Robinson with a broken thigh. He
sent for Florien, asking that she might aid
in nursing him, but the father refused, uu-
less the marriage first took place. Robinson
complied, and. unex expectedly. died at mid
night. The girl found herself a wife and a
widow within few hours. Little and his
daughter took possession of Robiuson's
house the next day, but were. after the
funeral. turned cut by Robinson's sister. 1t
seems that the will destroyed was simply a
duplicate Robinson wished to punish Lit
ties cupidity, aud preserved the original.
The fiIale of the story is :bat all :he girl
received was a 5000 piano, which her hus-
band b'queathed to her upon his deathbed ;
but it may be asked if she ha3 not a right.
as his widow, to third of the income from
his real estate, which the New York law
allows.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

LAST SATURDAY in the Court of Common
Pleas Of Philadelphia. full Bench being
present. Judge Allison. in behalf of a maj)r
ity Of the Court, delivered lengthy opinion
affirming the constitutionality of the Local
Option law. made specially applicable to
Germantown by an Act of the Legislature
Judge Ludlow delivered dissenting opinion
This question will have TO be decided by the
Supreme Court before it can be regarded as
faaiv settled.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25
Tho New York Democracy.

The Democratic State Convention of New
York met at Rochester on Wednesday, the
18th instant. As the voice of the Empire
State has always exercised potent Influence
over the action of the National Democracy,
the deliberations and conclusions Of her Com
vention in the present exceptional condition
OF political aft irs, were looked to with more
than the usual degree Of interest No State
officers were to be nominated, and the only
duty to be performed by the Convention,
was the appointment of delegates to the Ma
tional Convention which will assemble at
Baltimore on the 8 h of next July. q'he
Convention adopted three resolutions. and
only three, which we give below. 1t will be
seen that the Cincinnati platform was fully
aud distinctly endorsed, and the delegates to
the National Convention were Instructed "to
secure the triumph of these principles and
the selection of any candidates representing
them who shall meet the approval of the
Democracy in National Convention assem-
bled" The delegates therefore are free and
untrammeled in their selection of candidates
and this is wise and prudent. aud as it should
be. They may vote to endorse the Ciucin~
natl ticket, il they deem it expedient in their
judgment go 10 do. or they may sanction the
nomination Of distinct Democratic ticket,
II that policy should be deemed more advis-
able aud certain to command success To
our mind, the last resolution has a very om>
NOUS look toward Cincinnati.
Resolved, That the Democratic party of the
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25
THOMAs c. MCDOWELL. Esa.. at one

THOMAS c. M.DowELL, Esq, at one time
res'dep, of this place, has been appointed
oy Grow Geary Chief of the Bureau Of Sta
ustics under an Act of, the Legislature passed
"a; i.y last session. We congratulate Colonel
N Dowell on his appointment, and will only
add that he, of all the men we ever knew.
possesses the most remarkable facility in ob.
tanning office, no matter what may be the
political proclivities of the party in power.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

LAST Wednesday. the bill extending the
tine during which Grant may suspend the
writ Of hdbeds corpus until the 4th Of March
neat, passed the Senate. This infamous
measure was defeated in the House once, and
can be again. if the friends Of civil liberty
resist it. 1t is nothing less than proclaiming
a military despotism.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATIoN IN PIKE Co.
"A Port JervIs special of the 18th, before
the rains. says: Ia Pike county, Pa, ire,
covering territory of seven miles in extent,
Is sweeping over some of the best land in
that section. Twelve large steam saw mills
have been destroyed, and many dwelling
houses and the lumber camps of Dodge Il
Meigs, containing several milliUu feet of
lumber, burned. The inmates of the cabins
narrowly escaped with their lives. At
Wagontorst's. Callahan's and Dowliug's
settlements nothing is left but charred and
smoking ruins. Dozens Of families were
compelled to flee for their lives. A quarter
of a million of dollars will not pay the losses
in this section. The land Of the Blooming
Grove Park Association was swept over. and
large numbers of wild game destroyed. In
Wayne county. Pa, fires compelled the sus>
pension of coal transportation over the Del,
aware and Hudson Canal Company's Rail-
road. leading from the mines TO IIonosdale,
The lum Der villages of Garter & Gould have
been almost totally destroyed, only three
houses remaining in the two places
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

THERE are several kinds of worms which
trouble horses the pin>worms, (pointed at
both endsl are the most common and most
dangerous. Sheridan's Cavalry Condition
Po'oders will in few days eject the worms.
and the horse will begin 10 thrive.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

FACTORIES and machine shops should not
be allowed to run a day without Johnson's
AEodyne Liniment. In case of a sudden ac>
cident, an immediate use of it NAV save
weeks OF suffering, and perhaps a limb, or
even life.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

IT IS stated that there are received ami
Kept regularly on lie at the American News
paper Advertising Agency of Geo. P. Rowell
q Co., New York. no less than 5s2 different
American Daily Newspaper, 81 tri>weeklies,
46 semi>weekes. 1852 week. lies. 8 semi
monthlies aud $50 monthles. making a
weekly average of over $500 periodicals of
all kinds which are regularly file6 aud kept
open for inspection by advertisers and others
who may be Interested. The visitor to New
York from Oregon. Texas. Florida or Maine,
can find at this establishment the local paper
published at his home.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

DEMoCRArIC COUNTY CONvENTION.-T1bens
hUpg, Mdy 4, lS72.-The Democrats of Cambria
county will meet at the usual place for holding
elections in their respective districts, Sdttt-
ddr, -nuH 25th, between the hours of and q p.
NJ. of said day, to elect two delegates to the
County Convention, which will be held on Nom
don. the 9th dan ~ Mag, 1872, at O'Clock, p. NJ
to nominate a County ticket.
F. A. SHOEMAKE Err,
Chairman Democratic County Committee.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

EARN MONEY AND GET WE'LL
without INVESTING any capitaI. SICK aud feeble
GerSnns write for nartieulars. No money re-
CURED A: J: WHITE, sig PealrI St, New York.
AGENTS Wanted.-Agents make more mon
II lI ey a. az work for US than anything else Busi-
ness nght ana permanent. Particulars free
g. STINsoN & Co., Fine Art P,tbiisbSts Port
la nd, aine. 0' ~
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-25

other day. He was arrested and fined for
being a vagrant. lie said they might call
him a vaerant, or a Radical, or anything
else that was mean, SO they took him off that
piece of ice.
II. Buchanan Read. the poet, died at
tie Astor House in New Yolk city, on Sat
urday week. Deceased was a native Of
West Chester, this State, and had acquil ed
brilliant reputation as poet His most
brilliant effort in the poetca lre being the
production of This Wild Wagner Of tie
Alleghenies."
The fire fend seems determined to make
complete work of the great Jayne buildings
in Philadelphia The property destroyed
on Sunday night narrowly escaped at the
time of the destruction of the main building
some three months ago. The entire loss of
the estate alone will now reach nearly a
million dollars
At jacksonville. H.. in 1882. at a
muster of volunteers for the Blackhawk war,
Judge Samuel Woods borrowed a picayune
of Colonel Samuel Mathews to buy apples.
The other day the two men met in the
Morgan county courthouse, and Woods paid
Mathews the picayune, with interest for
forty years. The debt was discharged with
a one dollar note.
In Pearl street, New York, there is
mill which makes from paper such articles
as milk pans. cups. bread pans. wash bowls,
etc, which are said to be superior TO wood
OF metal. The paper. after being pulped.
is pressed to shape. dried, enameled, and
subjected to a heat that..would destroy some
utensils of the kind. The material is light
and easily handled. and does not rust, shrink,
leak, or easily break,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-26
Bryant On ShakeSpparp.

AT the unwilling of the Shakespeare
monument in Central Park, New York,
last Thursday, William Cullen Bryant
delivered fine address, from which we
extract as follows:
In part Of this republic which, within
few years past, has been added to our
Union, lying between the Rocky Monn-
talns and the western sea, are yet stand
ing few groves of peculiar kind of tree.
prodigious in height and bulk, and SEEM
lngly produced by nature to show man
KIND to what size tree can attain in a
favorable soil and a cOngenial climate, with
no enemy to lay the axe at it's root. So it
is with those great minds which the Ma
ker OF all sometimes sends upon the earth
and among mankind, as if to show us of
what vast enlargement the faculties of the
human intellect are capable, if but rarely
IN this stage of our being, yet at least in
that which follows the present life, when
the lmperfections and infirmities of the
material frame, which is now the dwelling
of the spirit, shall neither clog its motions
nor keep back its growth. Such a great
mind was that of Shakespeare. An imag-
lnatlon so creative, reason so vigorous, a
wisdom so clear and comprehensive, tax
ing views of life and character and duty
so broad and just and true, a spirit so fiery
and at the same time so gentle, such acute
ness of observation and such power of pre-
senting to other minds what is Observed
such combination of qualities seems to
afford us, as we contemplate it,a glimpse of
what, in certain respects, the immortal part
of man shall be, when every cause that
dims its vision or weakens its energy or
letters its activity or checks its expansion
shall be wholly done away, and that sub
tier essence shall be left to the full and free
exercise of the powers with which God en-
dOMed it.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-26
Trustees Sale.

by YIRTUE, OF A DEED IN TRUST EXECU-
body corporate, having its PRINCIPAL office in Knoxville
Tennessee, and doing business at "Emory. Roane
county, Tennessee, will expose to sale to the highest
r on the
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-26
THE DAILY CHRONICLE.
TERMS OF DAILY PAPER.
RATES OF ADVERTISING,

Ten lines solid Nonpareil. to constitute square.
One Square, each insertion. %
" Special rates on application for advertisements
by the year or month.
Local Notices ten cents per line each insertion,
City Notices five cents per line each insertion,
All advertisements due after first insertion.
Yearly advertisements payable quarterlv. All other
sertion. ~ III
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-26
Interesting Anecdotes of I. B. Read.

Eli Perkins in the New York Commercial Advertiser
May 18th.
There was always a splendid boyishness
about Mr.. Read. In life he was the life
and light of every circle which his pres
ence graced. His sparkling puns are the
stock in trade of the Cincinnati clubs, and
his witty repartees are the talk in Ameri-
can literary and army circles.
Once at the meeting of the Cincinnati
Sketch Club it was customary to give out
practical texts from LongfellOw, Whittier
or Tennyson, to be illustrated by the
artist. On one occasion the lines from
Evangeline-
And every house was an inn, where
each guest was welcomed and feasted,"
fell to Mr. Read. 1t was such a queer pas
sage that the artists-Frankenstei The
Sones, and KellOgg-all looked at Reed as
much as to say, ''NOw you've get puz-
zler" In few moments the poet-artist
finished his sketch.
What have you got, Read ~ they asked.
And every house was an inn he re-
peated, and then held up a picture of Crest
line, with two trains arriving, while every
body was ringing bells, whanging CONS,
and crying dinner, DINNER, DINNER ~