The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13
LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS.


JoHNsTOwN, April 10, 1872.
Dear FTcemdn-The local news this week, so
far at least as it has come to my knowledge. is
of very little Importance. The proceedings Of
our D!St,lct Court are reported in the Tribune,
t&cePt the ease of the Commonwealth re- Ccles-
tine Schmarburg, charged with adultery, who
of fb i, oyer TO next term in consequence
VI 'He jury iduilng TO agree.
TIE Somerset Railroad.
The engineers are busy on the proposed rail-
ioau su 10 somerset, and as they progress nature
coal aud other material to feed the road when
1t Is made.
The Means aud the End.
This fact leads me to the following reflections:
Just when salt was needed in Western Pennsyl-
vania, it was discoYered; just when steamboats,
and railroads were needed steam was discov-
cred. just when railroads began to extend, tel
egraphing was discovered; Just when the pre-
cious metals were needed, gold was discovered;
Just when the war broke out, and taIlow would
have risen to at least five dollars pound, oil
that shapes our ends" How would railroads
be InanaScd without telegraph linesE ltwouid
he simply impossihle. Railroads began to be
built in the United States in 1889. In 1910 there
were two thousand miles in operation. These
lines could scarcely be managed then, but in
1910 the tclegra ph system was discovered. Now
there are sixty thousand miles in Operation-aIl
directed i'm their operations by lightning. And
I as the population Increases and the demand for
wealth and material will be developed, and thus
the means that Is ordained with the end will be
made apparent
Hay Brothers asked Rob Roy the other day
II he was hatchety or sick, or # he could eat
phic oricGlly. Hay Brothers said to go round
ana get some spoons. which II. r. did. Hay
Brothers keep store and tinware establish
ment on Washington street, opposite the Union
Hall, and they are as clever men rs live. If
your readers want anything in the tinware,
stove. or corresponding line, they should go to
some urn on Washington street, and nowhere
else.
Tom 4. Hdlck
am man OF near three score years. and
cherish malice against no one. try to make
"a n honest axvl-i l.
dred letters for Your paper within the last four
years. During thar time think TeXpressed no
malice against any one, nor did aSSail cha rae
ter or reputation. But have finally been
sailed, without cause or provocation. and that,
TOO, by one COR three) whom ! have often be
fricnded. l have nOurishcd and brought mp
children freudS) and they have rebel lied against
me | may truthfully eXclaim as ] pluck the
"Fomahawk' from the gaping woun.f, Et tn
El1tuS! Never was migrate more ungIHtefuI.
the heart Judas, Arnold, Burr and Hull were
gehtlcmen compnred with Tom 4 HdUCh. Dan
pared with the-tfiO of modern assasSns (the
three C's) who have combined to crush me
Tom 4. HdFki What an appropriate namel
An Indians weap0n-a coward's implemcnt-a
battlc-axe that has often been plunged into the
/ hearts of Our innocent countrYmCn--an inStrIl-
ment that has often been drawn, wreaking with
human blood, from the hearts of dcfencelesS
men. women and children! The towards shield
| the assassin's defence. a gain we exclaim,
ers anything about the Indians mode of
fare. He Silulkcd to the settlements ~ friend
he ate Of the pale faces bread. and then with
cOwardly m'Ilce struck the fatal blow with his
concealed t0nGhdlrk
But who is Tom A HctrL3 No matter who
IIe may he a t0n frank, or gsnrgc but he
certainly is slandcrer. Nay, il he We're all
/ three c0nsnired and combined he would still
be IL slandcrer. One NAV prompt another may
indite, and the third may have il printed, but
he is still slandcrer i nj what is a slandercr?
A man more detestahlc than C0nw0vs brihed
/ legislator. more lOathsOme than Millions sin,
! pared A thicf for s.TIe who rohs ms. or NV
/ good name takes from me that which not en-
/ riches him, but makes me poor indeed" 4
{
! away the means by which | live A cnIcdrd ;
/ for he utters in ones absence what he dare
! not utter in ones presence. An assassin for
| he skuIks behind covert name and strikes 5fe
fatal blow. a TEND who. RS Dwight says. 'ox-
/ ults with a Satanic smile over the reputation
he has ruined
Some sandcr without ai:V, hut this ingrate's
attack has a deep-damning purpose. It is to
njure my prospects before convention of mon
where one or two q least OF the trio viii be
pirants for Office. The conspiracy of Cataline
was not more bold: nor the cunning Of Richie
lieu more subtle. Tom A. HalCk would
Damn with faint praise, provoke with civil
And, without snecring, still make Others sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
! He hints a fault he hesitates dislike"
Yet all FOR the heIl-born purpose of InsidiousIy
gaining an undue ascendancy; but
BE he spirit of hell. or goblin damned,
Yet will speak to him
And now, Tnm i. HdtcI what qualification
! can young man like you take in destroying
! the reputation Of man Of three-score years,
/ Dudley said, What l forfeit for myself is a
/ trite, but that such SANDERS should affect my
! pusterity wounds me to the heart" Why dis
/ tort facts, invent lies, circulate ISLANDERS that
| you positively know to be such, TO gain point?
! 1T your education is equal to mine, go upon
] merit. If not, acknoU ledge il like a man, aud
90 90 n, nor T. strike strike IN the dark hike an ASSASSIN If
/ nave literary claims, Is your homeopathic soul
/ too little to permit me to assert them? You
! know | am competent; then let me run my
/ chance with the rest. Don't murder me to get
! me ont of your way. There is a Judgment day.
Don't throw away your honor and barter your
sOni'S salvation for paltry office. / have but
few years TO live at best, and a severe heart
! disease may reduce those years to days. Then
trust honor and honesty and truthfulness to
guide you, you may live long time and be
! vile malice drag yOu down and make yok crawl,
Ike m2ggot, in your own putrdity. If the
! Darwin theory does make monkey OF you, try
/ and be a respectable monkey at least.
too could attack your character. I could
call You leGherous scoundrel, who by pillow
/ ing with my heifer found out my riddle" But
e. do t1 not desire 70 make myself sanderer and
! cut-thTpat because others DO When young
! read these brief lines in Virgil, which made a
deep Impression on me, and which now com
| mend - you:
-nr"e'',T IL, aoscensus Avorni sed revocare gra-
| Hoe opus" etc
Which means that it is easier to go to hell than
nerabie But what earthly good would it do
me to ridicule you? Nay, ] scorn to do so. If
would still lie call ';yG You eIrheP"0e friepd
hou may continue to blacken my character
Tuesday of May, as you have threatened to do,
but Tor all these things you must give strict
VIII deeply regret that yOu ever welded the
siahderer pen If we may judge from the acts
or others in their dying moments, Won. unless
you speedily repent, will look back with with
er1ng despair upon the blood-stained past
When you, to sulphuroIs and tormenting
flames,
Must render up yourself" ROB Roy.
SUMMERHILL TwP, April O. 1872.
Dear FreemGn-On Friday last we witnessed
very melancholy spectacle 1t was the funpr-
erfI OF two chtldren-Harry B. and Ida-of Mr..
red demon of the nursery scarlet fever-the
/ former on Wednesday and the latter on Thurs
day morning. The gref-stricken parents have
as they well deserve, the sincere sympathy of
/ the entire community in their double bereave-
/ mcnt-
John T. MEG ough, of this township. had the
misfortune to lose two fingers of his left hand
on Tuesday of last week. He was carving a