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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-20

The undersigned respectfully informs the
citizens Of Ebensburg and the public gcner
ally that he has made great reduction in
prices to CASH BUYERS. My stock viii
consist, in part, of Cooking, Parlor and Heat
ing Stores. Of the most popular kinds; Tin
JCars Of every description, of my own man
ufacbIre Fard5gore Of all kind, such as
Locks, Screws, Butt Hinges, Table Hinges,
Shutter Hinges, Bolts, Iron aud Nails, WIN
dow Glass, Putty, Table Knives and Forks,
Carving Knives aud Forks, Meat Cutters,
Apple Parcrs, Pen and Pocket Knives il
great variety, Scissors, Shears, RazoTs and
Strops. Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, Boring
Machines, Augers, Chssels, Planes, Com
passes, Squares, Files, Basps, Anvils, Vises,
/ Wrenches, Rip, Panel and Cross-Cut Saws,
Chains Of all kinds. SEovels, Spades, Scythes
and Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Bells,
Shoe Lasts, Pegs. Wax Bristles, Clothes
Wringers, Grind Stones. Patent Molasges
| Gates and Measures. Lumber Sticks, Horse
Nails, Horse Shoes, Cast Steel Rifles, Shoe
/ Guns, Revolvers, Pistols, Cartridges, Pow
| der, Caps, Lead, &c, Odd Stove Plates,
/ Crates and Fire Bricks, Well and Cistern
/ Pumps and Tubing; Harness and SGddlery
! Ware of all kind; Noods'! and F5Ho5g Ware
! in great variety Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps,
+ Fish OIL Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubrieating
/ Oil, Rosin, Tar. Glassware, Paints, Varnish-
! es Turpentine Alcohol &c
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-20
EAMELY GROCERIES.

such as Tea, Coffee. Sugars, Nolasses, Syr-
ups, Spices, Dried Peaches. Dried Applesl
Fish, Hominy, Crackers, Rice and Pear
Barley; Soaps, Candles; TOBACCO and
CIGARS; Paint, Whitewash, Scrub, Horse,
Shoe, busting, Varnish, Stove, Clothes and
Tooth Brushes, all kinds and sizes Bed
Cords and Manila Ropes, and many other
articles at the lowest rates for CASH.
01- House Sporting made, painted and put
up at low rates for cash. A liberal discount
made to country dealers buying Tinware
wholesale. GEO. HUNTLEY
Ebensburg, Feb, 28, I667.-tf.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-20
Ayers
Sarsaparilla

Is widely knovn
az one of the most
efectual remedies
ever discovered for
cleansing the sys-
TEN and purifying
the blood. 1t has
stood the test Of
years, with q con-
stantly growing rep
utation, based on it's
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-20

AE11rIcIAL indigo IS now manufactured
, 1872-12-05
1ains, Prison Commissioners, and heads Of
departments in penal institutions.

An order, recently passed by the Common
Council Of Boston, giving authority to the Com
mitteo on Public Grounds to build On the Com
mon, at their discretion, has now become law,
and the Committee have full powers to carry
out the original plan of extending line OF
buildings along the fremont street mall,
preparatory to the surrender Of the mall
to the street on that side. The press
of Boston denounce it as an outrage, and it is
very generally regarded in the same light by the
citizens, who are moving to get out an injunc-
ton. The respect for the famous old pleasure
ground has not been altered at all by the Boston
fire, or the necessities imposed by it. The occu-
patton of the mall would be serious disfgure-
ment to the rest Of the Common, and it evl-
IDENTIFY will not be done without vigorous con-
test. The action of the Building Committee, it
ia stated, will be one Of the most prominent
issues in the coming municipal election.
, 1872-12-05

In the death Of Mra. Mary Somerville, the
world loses one Of the most remarkable women
Of the time. Born in 1850, she had reached the
ripe age Of 90, and the whole Of this long life
had been devoted to practical and useful scien-
tifc research She VAS the daughter Of an Eng
lish naval officer of distinction, Sir William
Fairfax, and probably imbibed a love of n1athe-
matics at an early period OF her life.
Married. in 1904, to Samuel Gregg, b Captain
in the Russian navy, she found
encouragement to study from her husband, Who
assisted and instructed her in the higher mathe-
mates and astronomy. Captain Gregg died in
1906, and in 1872 the widow married DR.. William
Somervil1e, Of Edinburgh. Mrs. somervine first
became known to the scientific world through
some Interesting experiments connected with
the solar spectrum. Subsequently, she published
several books, both original and translations,
notable among which are an adaptation OF
LePlace's Mechanique Celeste and " Physical
Geography =" in two volumes. Mrs. somervile
retained all her faculties up the time Of her
death, which overlook her in the study of
squaternions, grade which even those who
are ranked as good mathematicians frequently
fail to reach.
, 1872-12-05

The Chicago produce markets were generally
dull yesterday, and averaged slightly lower in
prices. Mess pork WAS quiet and heavy, 1T
9u.75@11 s771S cash, and $1,000 seller March.
Lard was shade easier, at TIC cash, and 7}9o
seller March, Meats we're quiet and lower, at
9Mc for shoulders, 5%c for short ribs, and &c
for short clear, part sa1ted; green hams quoted
at 6N@74c. Hghwines were quiet and steady,
at $50 per gallon. Flour was In fair
demand, and frm.' Wheat was shade
lower and less active, closing at $1.0919
seller the month and 91.10k seller January.
Com WAS dull, and 74c lower, but closed firm
at 3o9zo cash, and 3034c seller January. Oats
we're quiet. but tlrmer, closing at 2474c cash,
and 2456c seller January. Rye was quiet at so
1c advance, closing at 597zc. Barley was quiet
and steady, closing at 61771c for No. 2, cash or
seller the month, and 51@51114c for No. g. The
hog market WAS less active, but frmer than
yesterday, with sales at an extreme range OF
S350@4.0O. The cattle market VAS fairly ac-
tive for upper grades, but dull and dropping for
common and medium. There was no change in
the sheep market.
, 1872-12-05
In the debate On the resolution passed BY the

In the debate On the resolution passed BY the
House, yesterday, calling for q statement OF the
present debt Of the District Of Columbia, it Was
asserted that the improvements begun by the
Board of Public Works could not be finished for
less than 800 100000. Hitherto, underline prac-
tice Of suspending the rules in order. to pass
bills of which no previous notice has been
given, the House has often been surprised into
action which more time for deGberation might
have prevented. 4 bill has been introduced re-
quiring three days printed notice to be given
Of any bill for which it is proposed to suspend
the ru1es. Among the other bills intro
duced was one for a ship canal around
Niagara Falls. In the debate which was re-
sumed on the bill to construct ten vessels Of
war, Mr. Lynch suggested that the Treasury
should aid the construction of mercantile steam
ers which could be turned to Government use if
needed. The amendment that the vessels be
built in private yards WAS strongly pressed by
Pennsylvania members on behalf Of the ship
Yards at Baltimore, Wilmington, and Chester,
and by Mr. Hale. who said that private yards
would turn ont botter. quicker. and cheaper
, 1872-12-05

The University Of Zurich, and, curious1y
enough, it's medical department, is the pioneer
in Western Europe Of extending collegiate hon.
ors to female students. The practice has rather
grown upon the faculty, which seems to have
submitted to the inevitable coming Of female in
fuence. As far back as 1864, Russian lady
applied for permission to attend two COURSES Of
lectures, and, as there Was no regulation against
it, the permission WAS granted, unless the Pro
fessors whom she wished to have should object.
They did not object, and it was not long before
another lady attended under the same mega
tive authority. One Of these female students
was so persistent in her application as to
command the admiration and interest OF the
faculty, and when she came to demand an e1-
animation for degrees, they granted it. There
was no precedent for this, but neither vas there
any law against it, and, the examination being
successfully passed, the lady received her medi-
cal degrees. The faculty hoped that this would
be an end OF the difficulty, but it was only the
beginning. In the winter Of '67-68, there were
three female students, in the following year
eight, in third year fourteen, in the fourth
twenty-two. and in the fifth thirt8-ope.
, 1872-12-05

Mr. Ward Hunt, who has been appointed to
the Supreme Bench Of the United States, to fill
the place resigned by Justice Nelson, is PROM
inent lawyer of Utica. N. Y, where he WIS born
in 1910. and where his whole life has been spent.
He is graduate Of Union College, and OF the
famous law school at Litchdeld Conn Like
President Grant, he Was originally Democrat,
and cast his first vote for General Jackson; he
supported Martin Van Buren in 1848, and became
Republican in 1856. He has held no other poht-
ical positions than rs Mayor Of Utica and mem-
Der Of the New York Assembly. In 1866 he Was
elected Judge of the Court Of Appe a]s, and,
three years after, became Chief Judge As he
has never figured in Federal politics his appoint
ment is commendab1e one, and ne venture to
regard it as an assurance that the Supreme
Bench will be kept free from partisan influences,
notwithstanding the intimation in our Wash
ington dispatches that the new Justice ia
friend of Senator Conkling, and is to hold the
place only till March 4, when he will give place
to the Senator, who will then be eligible.
, 1872-12-05

4 Washington despatch says that, m the
event that Mr. Fish retires from the State De-
partment, the President will probably offer the
portfolio to Mr.. Charles Francis Adams. There
is no man living who is more abundsntly quail
ded to adorn the position and to discharge it's
duties than Mr. Adams. The extreme partisans
Of the Administration will probably object to
such selection, on the ground that Mr. Adams
was voted for at the Cincinnati Convention as q
candidate for President. As General Grant Be
never consulted the politicians on any Cabinet
appointment, except, perhaps, that of Afr. Bout
well, it is quite likely he will do with
out their advice in this case. He cau
make no appointment that will give
| greater satisfaction to the mass Of his support
ers in the recent election than that OF Mr
Adams. The country is not so full of statesmen
| capable Of filling the position Of Secretary Of
State that be can afford to overlook one 80 ad
nirablY endowed as our chief representative q
| the Geneva Conference.
, 1872-12-05

This afternoon aad evening, Mesns. Ellison Fos-
ter Will sell nt No. $40 Wabash avenue, Of tho
most valuable collections Of oil paintings offered
by auction at any one time in this city. That pictures
by Bierstadt, Regis Gigneou1, L. BDurand Hart, and
others Of celebrity, find their way to this city to be
sold by auction, is certainly surprising and get it is
fact and they are guaranteed original pictures. Tho
most recent work Of Carl Hubner, and which arrived
in this city but few weeks ago, Is well
worthy Of attention. a dashing looking young
peasant has been caught in the unpardonab1e
Sin Of courtng some old hdys daughter and is being
ordered of b. the rae dame The fierce anger Of the
old woman, the inpudeut Of the gallant
out with great force. H. Herzog's view Of Trenton
Falls taken when temporarily residing in this couu-
rush Of water the dark rocks is painted With fu
mastery Of the subject. We most cheerfully recon.
mend those in search Of choice works Of art to ateni
at No. $40 Wabash avenue.
, 1872-12-05
CONTENTS or To-DAY'S TRIBUNE.

FIRST PAGE-The Greeley 0bseQuies- scellaneooS
kilograms. 18th
SECOND PAGE-Washington Letter: Interview w1tn
President Orton on the Subject Of Postal 1ete
orapby-Ncw York: The Raid On the Obscene fuo
iicatfon Venders-Length Of Degree On tne ntetl
dian-Commerce and Navigation: stansues o1 tne
Fisca1 Year 1s72-The Diamond S"1nd1e-oeaI1 "
Horace Greeley: Editorial from the NE" aotA
Tribune -A1iscellaneousNew Items. -
vH1RD PAGE-Jhe Lumber District Along tne fl'et-
Frcezine School Children; Field for ouE anaane
Soc;etg-Home Of the eFriendlcss-PacIhc Hote! uom-
nanyg Annual Meeting-The Law Conrts-Aoses'
tfsements.
rf7rRTH PAGE-Edtorials: Civil Service Reform: Re.
ducttou OF Ta1ation Postal Telegraph; E7a OF Good
Feeling.
E1FTf4 pAGE-Board Of Police: War 1naugurateo
AGAINST Superintendent Washburn-Amusements-
1{;sce1laueous Local News-Railroad Time liable
Advertisements.
sxTH PAGE-Monetary and Commercial-Marine In
te1lgence. u tn
SEVENTH pAGE-A vcry Ancient Family-The EN- =,
Eve. Remarkable Case of Hnllucination-Smau
Advertisements: Real Estate, For Sale 10 hent'
Wanted Boarding, Lodging, etc.
EIGHTH PAGEForeign NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aeA7'
c1arns-Auction Advertisements.
, 1872-12-05
PERSONAL,

William Garrison, Minister to Vienna is at
Gardner.
Dr.. I. I. Hayes was at the Gardner yesterday.
The Hon. n. ]. Emmonds, of Milwaukee, is st
the fremont.
Colonel R. II. Wilson, Q. s. A., quartered at
the fremont yesterday.
+. J. J. Bingham, Of Kansas, was at the
Briggs yesterday.
Major T. J. Pullman, q. s. L., YVES quartered
at the Briggs yesterday.
Hon. F. G. Munson, Of Ohio, was at the sher-
man yesterday.
Mrs. Scott siddons and her husband were at
Aiken's Theatre last evening listening IL Rubin-
stein.
The following are wintering at the Grand
Central: Judge Skinner and family. Hartford.
Conn. Frank Parme1ee and wife E. B. Will
and wife, D. T. Hale and family.
Among the arrivals at the Grand Central yes~
terday we're the following: John B. Holiness,
Boston J. G. Foster, E. G. spau1ding St.
Louis R. G. Wilkin, New Orleans Charles E.
Haynes, Canada; G.. A. Nord, Toronto j. P
Jones, Boston.
On Tuesday evening the following named
gentlemen we're elected officers for the ensuing
year Of Landmark M7! Lodge, No. 422 +, and 4
urer; J. q. Chadwick, Secretary; q. z.
Beecham, s. D.; T. B. Blair, J, D: B. Will
Jams, Tyler.
..o - H. c..,.,
ngne aMs a1lgas 81 = 1n9 G aaraner yesteraaJ
Me1e tue ~ nutloniuf ~ a: -. 0s3r"oou We" 1orR
DR.. 8. j. Hampington, Hampington, Canada
VIM. Creana, Gulbeck, n J.; q. B. Smith, vt.
Aoa tha .,a ~ H. p -.a4a.,.-
+,e 4oi6 ;1.e MY narsas ~ .ne blleSs Hes1eroAy'
. mas9ngsons -; u. ~ ~ 1ans aaa1;son, mnegnng'
Roos Fansos M ~ cf 9eions cott , To,ota ~ Fa,ss s .
Rr,,ca S "a Hfa"s HTuss' AopeA&> nan7ss
a. DAuee' opi.1t 4' uass:
Among the arrivals at the Sherman yssteEdays
Toronto; T. 8. Stewart, Decatur F. L. Sutler,
England =. J. Sweeney, Washington, Pa: VI
, 1872-12-05

There are curious stories afoat to the effect
that, during the recent struggle between various
railroad corporations for the right of way into
the city, the sum Of $4,000 was deposited in
The hands Of citizen (not an A1derman), to be
held bv him until favorable action vas had by
the Common Council. The story Ii, further,
that after the Council had acted, the stakehold-
ar refused to divide, and has pocketed the whole
sum. II the first part Of the story is true, We
hope the second is also, and that the depositary
of the fund will not pay over dollar OF the
money to the Aldermen.
, 1872-12-05

penses LOT the purpose OF enla1ging and cheap
ening telegraphing facilities is a proposition to
tax the whole people for the benefit Of COM
paratively small number. This is an objection
to the Postal Telegraph scheme which the Post
master General has entirely neglected to notice,
and which breaks tho force Of his general
answer to all other objections, that telegraph1ng
and letter-carrying are substantially one and the
same business.
Mr. Creswen devotes some special attention
to the newspaper press. He states that, under
existing arrangements between the combination
known as the Associated Press and the Vest
ern Union Telegraph Company, the news-
papers belonging to the combination are
pledged not to take specials from any opposi-
ton lines. This is true, and, whether the ar
rangement be for the public good or not, the
newspapers complying find al advantage IN &c.
curing lover rates for their specials. None Of
them, however, are individually deferred from
making other combinations, if they wish, and
the fact ig that another combination Of growing
Importance, receiving its dispatches over other
lines, is actually in existence. The statement
that the Western Union Telegraph Company has
pledged itself to charge newspapers, outside Of
the Associated Press, higher rates for their
specials, is something We have never heard Of be-
fore. If, however, it be admitted that the Tele-
graph Company exercises what Ar. Cresweu is
pleased to call "tyranny" over the press,
re cannot sec how transfer of the ex-
elusive privilege Of te1egraphing to the Govern
ment would be anything but transfer Of the
sstyranny" There would be this difference !:
There is now an escape for the newspapers
which think themselves mistreated to opposi-
ton lines, and to combinations now in existence,
and others that may be started; while, in Gov
ernment hands, there would be an enforced
submission to whatever rates, rules, and
espionage the Government might see fit to
establish. But the most successful opposition
to the Postal Telegraph movement will find a
basis not in the objections Of any one class,
however large itB interest may be, but in the
fact that the telegraph is not Of universal use
and common necessity; and that, therefore, the
whole people are not interested in supporting
and extending it out Of the proceeds of the
public taxes.
, 1872-12-05

The CalifornianB are not yet done with the
sensation Of Mrs, Fair. The sensation conse-
quent upon the acquittal was followed by that Of
the attempted lecture; this was supplemented
by an account OF Mrs. Fairs plot for poisoning
Judge Dwinelle, before whom she Was tried, and
now comes the revelation that HRS. F. had en-
ployed two assassins to murder Colonel cr1tten-
den before che took the matter into her own
hands. Mrs. Fair announces her intention Of 60
ing South, and the San Francisco press viii miss
1ar ood1v
, 1872-12-05

The President and Vice President and Vice
President elect, prominent journalists, distin-
gniRhed Senators, the Governors Of New York
and adjoining States, members Of Congress, and
of the Municipal Government Of New
York, with countless thousands Of citizens
of Horace Greeley yesterday to the grave. The
funeral services were under the direction Of the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and DR.. Chapin, and
the funeral procession is said to have been even
grander than that which followed President
Lincoln's body through the city.
, 1872-12-05

The Secretary OF the Treasury, in his report
on the finances, suggests that there be no fur
ther reduction OF taxes, and the President in
his message, makes the same recommendation.
The country will receive this with regret The
proper and legitimate expenditures Of the Gov
eminent are gradually falling to g peace stand
ard; the interest on the public debt is much less
than it has been the business and population
Of the county have increased; there is IN
annual surplus Of over $1oo,ooo,ooo OF revenue,
and yet further reduction of the rates OIL TEX
alton is opposed. The receipts Of revenue Tor
the fiscal years ending Juae 80, 1871 and 1879,
fha1a nnmnarA,
, 1872-12-05

peal or reduction Of the tax on iron, steel, and
other materials used in the construction Of
steamships and other vessels. In the one case
there would be an Immediate transfer to our flag
of all foreign-bui1t vessels actually owned by
citizens and there would be large number
purchased. In the other case, there would be a
revival Of the ahip-bui1ding business; a re-open-
ing of the great works for the construction Of
machinery, and once moro the country would be
benefited by the increased production and con-
sumption Of the mineral deposits which nature
has go bountiful1y bestowed upon Us.
Iii. Boutwell,, while admitting that this would
remedy what he regards as national cal&nity,
has another mode He proposes to offer to u
few persons, who will build steamers and run
them upon the ocean, certain Bum Of money
from the National Treasury, per trip, IN order
to make that business profitable, which other
wise would be L loss. In other Words he pro-
poses to make the Government partner in the
carrying trade with few persons, the Govern
ment to pay it's partners some millions Of dol
lars annually to enable them to make dividend
In point Of fact, the Secretary magnihes the
assumed loss the country sustains in having its
carrying trade done by vessels owned
by foreigners. The entire ocean COM
merce is insignificant compared with the
internal commerce OF the country.
Our railroads are largely owned in Europe, and
the surplus earnings or profits go to those for
eigners precisely as do the surplus earnings Of
the steamships. The Illinois Central Railroad
is owned almost exclusively in England; the
freights upon that road are collected for the
benefit and profit Of the English owners, and
there is no more reason for the Government es-
tablishing and maintaining line Of steamships
to run alongside British line, than there is for
it's establishing and maintaining another rail-
road alongside Of the Illinois Central Road, in OF
der to keep the money expended for Transports
tion il the hands Of our own people and out Of
those Of foreigners What the country is most
ly interested in is cheap transportation, and it
ia immaterial whether the railroad car, or canal
boat, or ocean steamer is owned by an Amerl-
can, an Englishman, OF Hottentot. To tax the
whole country to enable a to run a steamship
alongside Of B without any reduction in the cost
Of freight, is scheme which can commend it.
self only to the favored parties who receive the
subsidy
, 1872-12-05

The Cincir matt Commercial has discovered 8
biblical precedent for Prof Tyndall's proposition
to test the efficacy of prayer. It is found in the
eighteenth chapter Of the First Book Of Kings.
The occasion wss that Of an extensive famine in
the Land, attributed by the faithful to the fact
that the King and his people were largely givon
over to the worship Of Baal. The King and
Obadiah start I'd out in search Of water, therehav
ing been great drought. Obadiah encountered
the prophet Elijah, who suggested q meeting
with the King to test the question, which was
the true God, the God of Israel, or the God
Baa1 The means adopted was the erection of two
artificial alta1s, calling On
their Gods to send down fire to consume .ne
sacrifices. On the side OF Baal, there were $50
prophets, whs. prayed from morning till evening
in vain on the side Of the true God, there was
Elijah alone, from whom one short prayer suf-
feed to bring down fire from Heaven, which con-
su1ned the sacrifice in spite OF the water that
had been thrown upon it. Elijah went still fur
ther; he prayed for rain, and it came, checking
the famine, and producing material good, as we'll
as vindicating his religion theoretically. It is
significant that the proposal Of this test came
from the side Of the Church, and that the nddels,
in accepting it, we're defeated.
, 1872-12-05

In another column is given an account Of the
noble work accomplished in one year, in New
York, in the suppression Of the infamous Ate1ar
ture with which that city has flooded the coun-
trv, Over seven tons Of reading matter hare
been seized and destroyed, thrty-nlne OF the
dealers have been arrested, and their allies IN
the police force Of New York and Brooklyn have
been dismissed. All this has been done By
the single zeal Of an obscure dry goods clerk,
who has devoted himself to this work
, 1872-12-05

The National Prison Association OF the United
States will hold it's second annual meeting at
Baltimore, Jan. 81, 1873. Hon. Horatio sey-
.pour, President Of the Association, viii preside
and deliver the annual address. The great fea-
+ure Of the Congress wil be collection OF
reports on the preventive, reformatory, and
penal institutions and works Of the different
States. Papers are also expected from n.
Demetz, the founder OF Mettray; Miss Mary
Carpenter, the eminent philanthropist, and Sir
Walter Crofton, the originator and organizer of
the Crofton prison system. A general invita-
ton to attend haa been extended to all Chap