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

THE Constitutional Convention bill, as it
finally passed the Legislature, fixes the mum
ber Of members at l33-bsing equal to the
present number of Senators and Mem bsrs Of
the House. The election is to take place
next October and the Convention to meet at
Harrisburg on Tuesday, the 10Th of Novem~
Der. Tsrenty eight delegates are to be elected
at large, each elector voting fol. fourteen iSir
delegates are to be elected by the city oil
Philadelphia, each elector 10 vote for three
Each Senatorial district is to be entitled to
three mem bers. each elector to vote for not
moro than tloO-which will enable the minor
lty party to secure one delegate in each sim
gle Senatorial district in the State and turo
in double district. as in Luzerne district
1t is estimated that this mode of electng the
delegates will give the radicals majority Of
three in the convention. This is perhaps as
fair and equitable a bill as could have been
locked for when it is considered that the Sen.
ate had to deal with an igLoraut, mulish aud
ring ridden majority in the uouse of Repre>
sentatives.
Harry White, who was chairman of the
Committee in the Senate to prepare tho bill.
cid his very best. as was TO have been ex-
pected, to make the convention partisan
body, but bruadside from the rakiug batter
les OF Bnckalew and M'Ciure two days before
the final adj1urnmeut brought the Indiana
r'nDer to a seEse Of his cwn littleness aud
compelled him to assume a virtue even though
he had 1t not. Tie trfiing majority which
the republicans will have in the convention
Will practically amount TO nothing, for the
reason that If 1t prostitutes itself to the pnr-
poses OF party. the people, when they come
10 pass Judgment upon it at the ballot,box.
Will refuse 10 ratify its work.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

TIE Radical State Convention, which met
at Harrisburg on Wednesday last, nominated
the following ticket: Governor, JonN F.
UARTRANFT. Of Montgomery county Audi.
tor General, HAsRIsoN ALLEN, of w arren
county Judge of the Supreme Court. ULYs-
SIS MUgCUR, Of Bradford county. HIATT
EAEFT and ALLEN were the recognized can
Gidatcs Of the Treasury Ring and represent
it's rapacity and greed. JoHN w. FoRNEY,
in his Press of the day before the meeting
Of the Convention. warned bis party against
1lartranft's nomination in the following em-
phatic language:
''The nomination of General Hartranft,
which it awhile ago looked as though the peo-
PIE demanded, is now most strongly opposed
Ivy them. The plot, or job or whatever it
may be. of the party managers, has evoked a
storm OF honest Indignation throughout the
length ard breadth OF the Commuuw ca lth
he people sternly reject any attempt to force
upon them n cdLdIuate nominated by such
means as those which elected one half the & ell
egates sent TO Harrisburg from this city
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13
Approved April 2, 1872
JNO. w. GEARY. Governor.

We charge that General Grant has in three
gears dPpoi"ted TO office more persons related
TO himself and his firmly than all our former
Presidents did ia hei;' eighty gears of admins
'sfrat'cn -znd ace are contident. but do not
charge, that the euaOLuments lohich haue Qc-
cTUed TO General GRANTS reldtiues hare er>
ceeded those realized By all the relatives of
our preceding Presidents during their respect
ice terms Of office.
WW the Times meet as squarely on the
man potnt-mansely, the number Of his and
ms Jdm'ty's relatives appointed 6y General
GRANT 10 99ice. pih that IF the Ike appoint
ments Of aH hts predecessors. respectively and
az me dg9'e9dteF II issue as Joined on this
point. ace shall proceed to deoetop the facts.
ne aoIA consider their bearing ofter1oard =
New York Tribune of March 20.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13
Congressional ApPortiOnmcnt.

The following is tie apportionment of the
State into Congressional districts. as PASSED
by the Legislature on the last night Of the
session:
l. District-Third, Fourth, Fifth Sixth,
Eleventh, Twelfth, and Sixteenth Wards,
Philadelphia.
2. First, Second, Seventh, and Twenty
sixth Wards, Philadelphia
3. Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth,
end Twentieth Wards, and all that portion
o. the Seventeenth Ward west of Second
street, Philadelphia.
4. Fifteenth, Twenty first, Twenty
fourth, Twenty Twenty-eighth
and Twenty ninth Wards, Phla lelphia.
5 Eighteenth, NIneteenth, Twenty-sec-
ond. Twenty-third, and Twenty fifth Wards
and the Seventeenth Wards east of Second
street, Philadelphia.
6. Chester and Delaware Counties.
Z. Lancaster County.
g. Berks and that portion of Montgom-
cry northwest of Norristown, Whitpain,
Gwynedd aud Montgomery townships.
8. Bucks and Northampton. and balance
OF Montgomery.
10. Lehigh, Carbon, Monroe, Pike and
Wayne.
II. Schuylkill, Columbia and Montour.
II. Dauphin, Lebanon, and Northum-
berland.
l3. Luzerne.
IA. Bradford, Susquehanna, Sullivan,
and Wyoming.
Is. Tioga, Potter, MKean, Cameron,
and Lycoming.
l6. Union, Snyder, Miflin, Centre,
Clearfeld, and Elk.
II. Huntingdon, Blair, Cambria, and
Somerset
g Bedford, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata
and Adams.
10. Westmoreland, Fayette, and Green.
90. Cumberland, York, and Perry
81. Indiana, Armstrong, Jefferson, and
Clarion.
22 Pittsbnrg, Birmin CHAM, East Birm-
n cham, urm2by, South Pittsburg aon N
gahela, Mount Washington, Temperance
Vile. West Pitt sburg, Union, Allentown,
st. Clair, Veront, Braddock ard the Town
ships of Plum, Wilkins Penn, and Potter
23. AL Allegheny County not included
in the above.
"a. Washington, Beaver, and Butler
25. Lawrence, Mere r, and Crawford.
&c. Erie, Yenango, Warren, and Fores t.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

HORRIBLE AFFAIR Young Nan
Sdtced az 1lcO--Oue of the must tsrrib e
mishars we were ever called upon to chror-
icie occurred at the residence of Abram
Stocking. Esq, on Saturday morning last.
Wood was being sawn with a machine, and
a son o. MI Stocking, Geo. j. Stock ing, was
feeding 1t. In some manner, the guides or
stays holding the sliding rack gave way,
allowing the rack TO strike the saw. The
latter was revolving at a high rate of speed
and. striking the rack. threw it from the
frame. and young Stocking was hurled for
ward upon the saw. Ia an instant the saw
had entered at the lower part IF the abdomen.
and slit his body in two clear to the shnu der.
and his entrai'S gushed out Of the frightfui
wound. His father sprang to the rescue :;
but he only cried out. XIII me quick
father :" and was hfeless Tie deceased
was about 2l years old, and youth of much
promise. For some time he was a student
IN the Geueso Academy, and WAS well
known by many in this village He was
well liked yby all who knew him for his
many good Qualities. and his sad and terri
bic death Will cause many heart to ache
with sorrow and sympathy Geneso IN
Y Republican.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13
The ApporifOnment Blli.

Although it is pure waste Of time. now
that the Congressional Apportionment bill |
has passed the Legislature and become law,
yet we cannot forego a brief notice of its
palpable and monstrous injustice 1t has
rot q single redeeming feature. It is wholly
partisan and Unfair, and can only be delend>
ed on the robber plea.
THAT he may take who can,
And he may keep who g able"
An Apportioument bill, to be just meas
ure, ought to be Sc framed as to enable the
two political patti in the State to fairly
exercise their numerical strength in Congress
through their elected representatives. This
bill totally violates that Fundamental prin>
ciple. 1t was a fraud in the first place in
the authors Cf the bill to establish the arbi-
trary basis that the radical party was enti-
tied to siEtecn districts, or almost two thirds
of the whole number, and the democratic
party to the remaining len. 1t is a well
known fact that for the last ten years the
average radical majority in the State has not
been large enough to represent the present
ratio of population required to elect one
member Of Congress. 1t follows, therefore.
that Of the sixteen members to be elected by
the radical purity under this Infamous bill,
/ there vii! be fire of them who will be abso>
luIely without constituencies. This result
is reached from the peculiar formation Of the
districts. and especially in Philadelphia, by
I Which not less than ninety thousand demo-
tip ha 1;eC-,
Al the last Presidential election, Grant re-
| ceived 342 go votes in Pennsylvania and
Seymour 3l3, 3S2. ULder the present bill.
taking these figures basis it will require
81 ,338 democratic votes to elect member
Of Congress. while it will only take q, 800
radical votes. almost ten thousand less, to do
the same thing. This is precisely what will
happen under the practical operation Of this
ApportiOnment swindIe. NJ fair minded
man can defend the outrage. and we repeat
again, that every man who voted for it, we
care not to what party he belongs. is guilty
Of nothing less than moral perjury.
The manner in which Montgomery county
is emasculated and her disj iuted members
made to form parts of two districts, is a
grievous wrong and violates every principle
upon which fair and honest Apportionment
bill ought 20 be framed. 1t was necessary,
however, TO perpetrate this glaring outrage
. in that particular locality. in order to carry
out the original design of those who origi,
mated the bill AMI were determined to con-
summate the fraud No political party ever
yet gained any permanent advantage by the
passage OF a one sided and unfair Apportion
nent. The experiment bas been tried before.
and has always recoiled with fearful effect
upon the dominant party so exercising its
power 1t Will be contrary to all past ex>
perieEce if the results TO be brought about
IN the future, under the operation of the pre-
sent scandalous gsrrymander. do not return to
plague its inventors.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

-PHLos' PHY-OLD AND NEw In the
earlier hIstoty of medicine in the treat, nlrLt
of lung diseases. Of which C.nSumpt.uu s
The chief. tie philosophy of cure consisted 10
weakening and depressing The system, so as
To keep down the rapid circulation which.
ike torrent, thTea tened 10 tear the cuHsg!,
tuition to tatters. To frd this out. it is not
ne cessary TO ransack the archives and rorv
over the volumes that III ulder on tie shelves
of antique libraries, as thele are living
amongst us those VIII se memories will beal
them back TO the TIMES hen il as crm~
mon, and few if any suiv v.ved such un-ea
sonable treatment. The means uf cure now
in use, ol which DIR. kLYsEn's LUNG Gun
forms an important pat, are wholly d fer
ent from this. and Instead uf tearing dow l.
and weakening the powers of nature. on the
contrary are calculated TO tone and build
them up.
Prudence would dictate that whatever the
disease is, much will be gaine,, in taking ad-
vantage of early snd correct treatment :
especially is this tue of a disease If such
frightful mortality as consumption
The new plan uf treatment pursued bv d:
neyser has succeeded iD some of he mos; ex -
treme cases, some of which are pubiis he'd in
his treaties ou chronic lung diseasts. which
will be sent to any address free of charge
Price Of Lung CURE, 81 80 per bottle, or 4
bottles for So If your dru gsist has not got
1t, send to DR.. Keyser. l6T Liberty street
PI:tsburg, and he viii forward it by txpress.
Office be urs for Examinations from 10 A. NJ.
until P. NJ, and from until P NJ, ana
on Saturday night until o.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

A family residing on Euclid avenue,
Cleveland. owns a cat Of the Thomas variety
who is nearly 20 years old lie can remem- =
Der clear back before Perry's monument was
erected. and his fooimarks are upon every
roof within mile of his home. The mum.
ber OF boot jacks thrown at him would keen
the city in kindling wood fer ten wears to
come, aud his back has been curved in so
many fights that he now looks like small
dromedary when gaily promenading CHIN
ney-top. Not until some more deadly ex
plosive than nitro glyeerine is discovered will
an attempt be made to kill him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

AT the last session Of the Legislature an
Act was passed and sgred by the Governor,
allowing defendants to testify in certain Grim
inal cases Eot above the grade of misdemea>
nor. There can be no sound objection to the
passage of law ef this character. and our
only regret is that the Legislature limited its
provisions within such narrow compass.
The following is the Act:
SECTION /. Be it ena cted by the Senate and
House ot Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsy ivallia in General Assembly me-. and
1t IL hereby enacted bv the authority of the
same. That, in the trial of all indictments.
complaints and other proceedings against per
sons charged with the COMMISSION of crimes or
offences not above the grade of misdemeanor
i'll any court of record. of crirlinal iurisdiction
the person so charged shall. al his own REQUEST
but not otherwise. be deemed /, comne,ent wit
ness. but his neglect or refusa. 10 test;fv shall
not create any presumption against him nor
shall any reference be made to, nor eb,u onr
comment be made upon such neg: 90, or raf,,soi
by COUNSEL IN the case during the trial of ,ha
cause; provided that this act shall '. - 'I's
to the trial of any person on an rnr
PERJURY or forgery. aie'~en' ior
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

AN HTRoIC ACT.-A Three Male Run
,cith Burning Od Tram The Pernsyl-
vaoia railroad near II Huston's station. was
the scene of an accident Of q rather peculiar
nature on last Friday. What in railroad
parlarce is termed ian oil wreck" occuTred
near the point named. by which an entire
oil train was more or less damaged. Mr
Robert Liggett the conductor of the train.
fearing that the oil which was leaking upon
the track might be set Oh fire by Some pass
ing train. Tight.d niue cars on the rails
and proceeded with them in the direction Of
Ice Mountain siding. lie had gone but
short distance when he discuvei ell that II e
thiid car from the engine was on fire Al
great personal risk Mr.. Lgge;t made his
way almost through the burning oil to the
coupling and there took cut the pm and
leaving the other cars ou tbe tack,
made quick time with the burning cars a.
far as the siding. Ihree miles distant, where
be left them, thus saving the main track
from catching fire. The Iun TO this point
is spoken Of 10y railroad men as something
10 the heroic line Hot often attempted. The
flames from the burning car, we are Informed.
rolled up far above the tree tops. aud vi tn
An oil barrel would explode the turning Co
tents shot in all directions. the cab Of the
engine not being allow ed TO escape the dan~
geruus element. " ben the siding was
reached aud attempt was made 10 back
the cars upon it the er giuc had Ia run over
the burning oil which was on the track.
The siding was dnwn steep &, ,ade, ia the
direction of the large lumber manufacfory of
Mr.. r II B own. Mr. Liggeit. knowing
what terrible loss would eusue was the
burning car allowed 20 descend the grade
with the brakes uff. bravely determined TO
board the burning Car and use his best en-
tleavurs to check it. This be did. and amid
the smoke and flame he stood at the brake
until the great heat caused the brake rod IT,
snap asuuder. Fortunately. Mr.. Liggett
anticipating such event, had dispatched
Que Of the train men few yards ahead OF
the burning car, with instructions to ldac-
heavy l"g upon the track. This ac
/ ccmplsh, just in lime to save a great loss
'f property. Mr. Lggett is deserving Of all
cte,iit for his heroism on the occasion, which
ertainly was of unusual order Of merit
/ -PiHsburgh Comnle, ciuL
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13
DUBLIC SALE OF REAL FSTATF

The undersigned VIII expose TO sale nv
puohc outcry, at the Court House i'm Ehens-
nurg, on SATURDAY, the 2Oth dav Of ApRTT
INST; I!s az Z o clock, p. NJ that valuable SQUARE
OF GROU ND. situate in the West Ward of the
horough or Ebensburg, bounded on the south
oy sample street, on the west by Mary Ann ST.
on the north by Crawford street and on the
east pS beecn alley. Terms made known AT the
uIne OF safe SUSAN b. riley.
Ebensburg, April g. ls72-3t.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

VETERINARY SURGEONS all over the coun
try are recommending Sheridam's Capalyv
Condition P0Cders for the following trouble
in horses Loss of appetite. roughness of
the hair. stoppags of bowels or water. thick
water, coughs and colds, swelling of the
glands, worms, horse all, thick wind, and
heaves.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13
Cambria fireman..
EBENSBURG, PA.
Saturday Morning, : f! April l3, 1872.

AS WE 60 to press we learn that Gov,
GGary informed a committee appointed by
Ine Radical State Convention to wait upon
him for that purpose, that he would not sign
the iniquitous Apportionment bill. The
consequence will be. that the Congressional
districts will remain as they were established
under the former apportonment.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

A FRIEND of ours who is chief clerk in the
Governmental Dispensary. says that no meG>
icine chest is now complete without John
sons Anodine Liniment. We always sup~
posed it was prescribed by law if it is not.
it ought to be, for certainly there is nothing
III the whole nlaterid nledica of so much i'm
portance to the soldier aud the sailor az
JohRSon's 1Rodine Linment
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

Not single colored delegate in the
Republican State Convention of Wednesday
last. while every voter in this State with a
black skin will be expected to vote the ticket
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13
sALEl-Bv virtue Of .

- writ of Al. Tend. ErpOn. issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Cambria county and
TO me directed, there will be exposed to Public
Sale, at the Court House in Ebensburg, on
monday. the S2d day of April. inst. at one
O'Clock p NJ, the following described Real Es-
tate, to wit:
1oung, OF, in and to a piece or parcel of land
SITUATE In Blacklick township, Cambria county,
adJolnlng lands of Conrad Hoffman and DR.
Brady on the south, lands of John Harvey, Ari-
deous Levy and - Hoofnogle on the west
landS OF John Nitzen and Peter Parrish ON the
north, and lands of Lewis Edwards and Robert
Edwards on the east, containing 300 Acres
more or less, about 40 Acres of which are clear
ed, having thereon erected a two story -
House and Log Barn, and water Saw Mill
ana Grlst Mill, now in the occupancy of An
now in the occupancy of Andrew Young irC
Iaken IN execution and to be sold at the suit of
Lewis r. Edwards, for use OF R w - 49, S vi
and ID. X. Edwards. ''iH sS
C,,.,r. w. B. BONACKER, Sheriff.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13

"A remarkable coincidence was present.
ed in connection with the death of Jonas
Parker, of Goshen. New Hampshire, on the
10Th. Three cousins. residing in different
States. all died the same night, and nearly
the same hour and each in fit.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-26
CALIFORNIA.
san FRANcIsco. Oct Is. 187.

SAN Francisco, Oct Is, 1872
To the Editor of the woRkINsNAx's ADVOCATE.
Has it ever occurred to you, that any
subject which may be promulgated from
the rostrum by political speakers upon the
issues Of the day, and pertaining to the
interests and welfare Of all classes is too in
tricate and profound for the workingman
to comprehend l think not but Judg-
ing from your "Star" correspondent, the
Labor problem as discussed by Chameleon
Barstow, sis too deep" for the working
men. 1t is not that they do not under
stand, but for the want of concentration
and concert Of action we may cry 'stop
thief, but if no.one attempts toimpede his
fight, the cry might as well have been I'M
said. This, 1t seems to me, is what the
wOrkingmen must educate themselves up
to. Organize upon firm basis; let per
sonalities and petty chickering's be consider
ed as without the walls of the Council
Chamber take the bundle Of rods as an
and the words, united we stand.
divided we fall" Ours is the power that
can shape, if we will, the future Of this
nation. Coolieism, is a scourge that il un-
folding its coil amongst us with such "a
pidity, that with us it is becoming alarm
ing. 1t is foe of stupenduous proper
tons, and while it seems in its infancy.
tractable and docile, will with mature
growth sweep like an avalanche, for we
feel it already beginning to move its Shiny
tail in our factories and workshops. Men,
woman, boys, are all displaced TO make
room for this copper-head and viper, .
creature of deadly poison to every work
lngInan, woman and child in our land.
The capitalist viii find sooner or later, like
Cleopatra, that the deadly fangs of the
reptile taken to their bosoms contains
death and desolation to their brightest
visions Of prosperity as a people and a
nation, while we have not yet fully re-
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-26
Scientific and Mechanic.

A MILFORD boot-maker has obviated the
difficulty experienced i'll the West from the
cutting Of boots by the prairie grass, by
making the soles Of the boot project half
inch beyond the uppers.
PETROLEUM FOR PEGGED SHoEs.-If peg
ged boots are occasionally dressed with
petroleum between the soles and upper
leather they will not rip. If the soles Of
boots and shoes are dressed with petro-
leum they will resist wet and wear well.
The pegs, it is said, are not effected by
dryness after being well saturated with the
liquid.
A LooKING-GLAss RAT TARA man
IN Pennsylvania has invented a rat-trap
that is made to operate upon the selfish
passions Of the poor rat, and lure him into
trouble. The Mechanic and Farmer, in a
description of the trap, says that q mirror
Ia set in the back part of the device beyond
the bait, and as his ratship is out ON for
aging expedition, he espies the bait, and
at the same time believes his own image in
the mirror to be another rat making for it
on the opposite side. This is too much for
rat nature to stand and be cool over, SO he
rushes for the bait and is caught.
RAILROAD SIGNALs.-One whistle Of the
locomotive means "down brakes !" two
whistles, "off brakes !" three whistles,
back up" continued whistles, a" dan
ger" continued succession Of short whis-
ties is the cattle alarm. The conductors
signal, given by a sweeping parting of the
hands on level with the eyes, means
4" go ahead" A downward motion of the
hand, stop" A reckoning motion, 4" to
back" A lantern raised and lowered YER
tically, signals starting swung at right
angles or across the track, to stop swung
in circle, to back. A red flag waved on
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-26

tho track is q signal n danger hoisted at
station is q signal for Stopping stuck ~
by the roadside signal ~ danger Ga The
track ahead carried unfdried un an engine.
ID sigllal that another engine IS On its
way
THE VIENNA EXPOSITION. The Uni-
versal Exposition to be held at Vienna,
Austria, next year, promises 10 be much
larger and more comprehensive than the
similar exhibitions held IN LONDON and
Paris. The grea. building is advancing
toward completion. The frss Il July was
the last day for receiving APphcat;onS tOr
space on the part of exhibitors. IL IL said
that rs 600 Americans VIII send articles 10
this exhibition. This exceeds by several
thousands the number a English exhibit
tors at either OF the exhibitions held in
London. 1t also exceeds the number II
French exhibitors at the Paris exposition.
Among the requests for space at the Wen
na fair, 5000 came from Hungary, 5000
from the North German Empire, and 600
from Belgium Each Of the Grand Divis
ions Of tile nth, and nearly every county
in each Of them will be represented. 1t is
said that the agricultural implement makers
in this country will make an immense dis
play, partly with view Of introducing
their machinery to the favorable notice Of
the farmers Of Eastern and Central Eu-
rome