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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

DURING the last session of Congre.s
zen. Morgan, Democratic member from
Ohio, submitted an amendment to tba
constitution making naturslized citizens
eligible to TIE Office of President and Vice
President of the United States. 1t was
defeated by Radical votes Some davs
ago, Gen. Morgan offered the same ioint
resolution, as follows:
MISUNDERSTANDING citizens who b.,.
attained the age of thirty-five year.and have
resided fourteen years in the United Stats
are hereby declared eligible to the oesc-. of
President and Vice President
A two-thirds vote being required. tho
amendment was again defeated by the fol-
lowing vote: Yeas So; nays II. All those
who voted in tho affirmative, with a few
honorable exceptions, are Democrats, while
the negative vote shows a solid arrsv of
Radicals. OF course all the negro members
voted against it, which shows that while
they entertain very exalted opinion of
the eminent fitness of one of their own race
for the highest honor in the gift of the
people, they look with supreme contempt
on the capacity of the ignorant Dutch and
Irish for the same position. This vote
against Gen. hOrgan's amendment shows
that the old proscriptive spirit of Know
nottingham still animates and inspires tho
Radical party-that its LEADERS, are willing
to pander to negro vanity in order to Sc
cure negro votes and that while Frederick
Douglass, John NJ. Langston, Ex-senator
Revels, Congressman Elliott, and overy
other negro, has had conferred on him the
constitutional light to be elected to the
Presidency, the same equality of political
right is denied to and withheld from Carr
Schurz, Richard O'Gorman, and other nat
nratized citizens of prominence aud ac-
knowledged ability. Although II e child is
yet unborn who will 1.-Two to see a negro
elected to the Office of President vet if
there was the least particle II sincerity in
the oft-repeated Radical cry about th. nor
feet equality of political rights. than tba I
educated and intelligent foreigner ouoht /
to be placed on an equal footing, SO far =. I
the Presidency is concerned with the rno,o
highly favored ''man and brother" WHO'S
LOW, and will continue to be as long as be
hss vote the special object of Radical !
esteem and respect.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27
JOHN w. GEARY.


Two of the negro members Of the South
Carolina Legislature who made affidavits
charging John J. Patterson with having
bribed them to vote for him for United
States Senator, have made supplemental
afTidavits i'll which they confess that when
they swore to that charge Egainst Honest
john" as he is ironically styled away down
in Dixie, they committed wilful perjury
This negro dodge to shield Patterson is en-
tirely too transparent. In view of the pro-
verbal venality OF negro legislators in the
Southern States, and especially in South
Carolina, as well rs the notoriously co,ruDt
character of John ]. Patterson, the charge
made on the day Of the election by Elliot,
n negro member of Cangress, and who Was
Patterson's most formidable competitor,
that he Patterson had openly and corrupt
ly bought bis way into the Senate, seems
to admit of no kind of doubt. The only
question possessing any interest now is,
what additional brihe passed from Patter-
son to these two black swinders to induce
them to repudiate their original affdavits,
and thereby, if possible, screen Patterson
from punishment? Patterson evidently
understands the frailties of negro legisIa-
tors as well as he did those of his own color
in Pennsylvania, and knows how to use
thom in doubtful or desperate emergencies.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

AFTER all the positive assertions on the
subject, it is now definitely settled that the
mantle of Horace Greeley as editor of the
Tribune will not fall on the shoulders Of
Vice e-President Colfax. Precisely what was
the cause of the disagreement between him
and hr. Orton, the holder of majority Of
the shares Of the Tribune stock, is not GER
talnly known. Whitelaw Reid, who was
the editor after Mr. Greelsy's nomination,
has purchased Mr.. Orton's stock at an ad-
vance and will in future conduct the paper
Although he is n much more competeut
man for the position than Colfax, he can
never fill the place made vacant by the
death OF Horace Greeley. Hewas the Tyt-
Hrne, and when he died the Tribune died
with him. N
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

REHARKABLE CAsE.-A very unusual
and wonderful phenomenon was found
within the body Of William Wiliauer, aged
about 19 years, of Cedarville, Chester coun-
ty, who died on Dec. 9. The deceased
had been afflicted for several years with
curative of the spine and enlarged spleen
and liver. Ascites, or abdominal dropsy, set
IN about eight months ago. DR.. J. Davis,
who has been his attending physician for
several months past, performed a post-naor-
tenn examination in the presence of several
persons, and, strange to relate, after hav-
ing drawn about eight gallons of dark-col
ored serous fluid from the abdomen, found
that the liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach,
and bowels were completely absorbed, with
out leaving any portion of them remaining.
nothing being found in the abdomen but a
portion of the ementum and the serous
huid.-Pottstolcn Ledger
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

EMBOSSED TELEaRAPHY.-Two young
men of Memphis, sons of DIR. J. w. Rog-
ers, the well known convert from the EPis-
oopalian ministry to Catholicism, have in
vented method by which words can be
transmitted with eight or ten times the
tenn. Their method is called embossed
telegraphy." A strip of thin copper is
passed through a registering machine,
such as used to be employed when the
messages were printed on paper, the cop
Per simply taking the place of the paper,
and having the messages stamped upon it
in the Morse characters by an operator
Half dozen operators may be engaged at
the same time preparing the messages,
while one transmits them through q simi-
lar machine, except that it is arranged for
the copper strip to pass under a steel point
that is set so as to touch the embossed dots
and dashes. The touch of the point COM
plctes the circuit and suffers the passage
of the electrical current, which is inter
rupted by the spaces between the dots
and dashes, and thus the message is trans
mitted.
The experiment appears to have been
exhaustively tried, and its merits are in
dorsed by various officials in the Western
/ Union Offices, In Louisville, words were
transmitted TO Memphis at the rate of
seventy five minute, which is supposed
TO be the limit Of human hearing; but
time will probably develop means where
by the words at the place Of delivery may
be communicated directly to paper by ma
chinery, and still greater speed in trans
mission and delivery be thus secured
| The present average is from thirty to forty
five words per minute.
If this invention Of the Rogers brothers
prove a success, we shall not need Mr..
Creswelfs postal telegraph. The Rogers
machine will reduce the employees and the
cost of wires and this reduction, if its ad-
advantages be shared with the public, will
make teleGraphy as cheap, probably, as it
| is likely to be made.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

GRANTS SURRENDER-It will be re-
mcmbered that when the President ap-
pointed Mr.. Fairman to succeed Bingham
as postmaster here his action was greatly
commended as declaration in favor of
civil service reform in defiance of the poll
ticians. Besides the fact that Fairman
was not really the fittest man of the three
who were named for the place, and that
his appointment was determined upon at
the dictation of certain Pennsylvania
politician and his ring, felt quite sure
that Grant was insincere in protesting a
purpose to reform the civil service, and
thst time would speedily prove him to be
IN TINS matter, as he is in all others, hy-
pocrlte and an imposter. And Eow, even
sooner than We expected, comes the con-
hrmatlon of our fear. We learn from a
W ashlngton correspondent that the an
nouncsd intention of the President to set
ASIDE the civil service rules in selecting a
postmaster at Chicago, to succeed Colonel
Eastman, who has Just resigned. and an
point person recommended by Senator
Logan and Representative Farrell two
avo"ed opponents of civil service reform.
has led to much unfavorable comment
among the friends and supporters of the
Administration. Colonel Eastman had ra-
commended Mr.. Squires, his chief deputv-
as his successor, upon the ground that he
was in every way qualified for the position:
but Senator Logan was desirous. for per
sonal political reasons of his own, that a
Mr.. Macarthur, one of :lis toadies and tools
in the mere manipulation of party politics
out West, should have the place, and Grant
is reported to have yielded to Logan, and
promised that his man shall be appointed.
1t is with earnest sorrow that we record
these facts. 1t was generally supposed
that Grant, being reelected, and thereby
released from dependence upon the mele
demagogues of his party, would honestly
do what he thought right and best for the
welfare Of the country. But all his virtu
Gus resolutions has at the very outset col
lapsed, and he may now be regarded as
having surrendered Internationally to Lo-
gan and other like pimps and peddlers of
Presidential patronage Sunday Mercury.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

A CHRISTMAS Eve HoRRoR.-FR1eHr-
FUL RAILROAD -CEsgeEand, Dee.
"A fearful accident occurred to-day on
the Cross cut railroad at Prospect station
One coach and baggage car fell off the
bridge, twenty-seven feet high. Cause, =
broken flange on tender. Twenty-Five
were killed and eighteen wounded.
CORY, Dec. 24.-The cars fell bottom
upward, the weight of the trucks crushing
them ln There was no way of escape for
the Imprisoned passengers. The cars i'm
mediately took fire, but there was no water
to extinguish the flames. Only two axes
could be procured to chop the cars to pie
ces In this situation some twenty-five
persons were roasted alive, filling the air
searly an hour with their dying shrieks.
it Is believed several of those rescued will
die of their injuries.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

Nor GENERALLY kFowN.-Martin Van
Rnren ia the only man who held the office
of president, vice president, minister to
England, governor of his own State, and
member of both houses of Congress
Thos. II. Benton is the only man who
has held 4 seat in the United States Senate
for thirty consecutive years.
The only instance of father and son in
the Senate at the same time is that of Hon.
Henry Dodge. Senator from Wisconsin, and
Augustus c. Dodge, Senator from Iowa
Gen. James Shields is the only man who
ever represented two States in the United
States Senate. At one time he was Sena-
tor from Illinois and subsequently Senator
from Minnesota.
John Quincy Adams held positions under
the government during every administra-
tion from that of Washington to that of
Polk-during which he died. He had been
minister to England, member of both hou-
ses of Congress, Secretary of Stats and
president of the United States. He died
while member of the house of representa-
tives.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

A sUCCsssFCL experiment to use petro-
leum as fuel for smelling metals is reported
to have taken place recently in San Fran
cisco. The experiment was tried in a briok
furnace eight or ten feet long and six feet
high. The Alta California says: 'From
this tank a pipe about an inch and halfin
diameter led into the side Of the furnace.
A small jet of oil, not larger than a small
goose-quil, was permitted to flow out OF
this tube. light is placed beneath this
jet and 1T Immediately ignites. Another
pipe, about an inch in diameter, leads from
steam boiler statiOnsd some fifteen feet
away. This pipe leads a small Jet Of steam
upon the burning oil, and the moment the
steam strikes the oil the oxygen in the
water is set on fire and j.nites with ire
merdous roar, generating in very few
moments most intense white heat. From
this small source the entire chamber of
the furnace, which is some two feet by five
feet, is filed with lamo so brilliant and
dazzling that one cannot gaze on it for more
than \ moment at time. This flamn pos
sesses al the heat OF oxy-hvdrogen flame.
and beneath its fierce power the hardest
metals melt in few moments"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

DANCING FOR ORPHAEs.-hr. James
Kennovan, a gentleman well known on
the Pacific coast as a celebrated 100 hour
walker and athlete, has engaged to per-
form the remarkable feat of dancing thir-
Vallejo California, for the benefit of the
orphans. This novel proposition grew out
of promise made by him two years ago
this Christmas. At that time he walked
from the Bank Exchange, San Francisco,
to San Jose and returned, walking in all q
distance of 10S miles. He was met by a
band of music near San Francisco on his
return, and the collection from the crowd
amounted to 81, 400, which was equally di-
vided between the Catholic and Protestant
orphans.
This year lie proposes to dance round
about jig on the stage Of FaTagut Hall
for thiTty-one consecutive hours, begin
ming precisely at seven o'clock on Christ
mas Eve, and closing his performance at
twelve o'clock on the following night, and
time. OF course he will take his regular
meals and refreshments during the time,
but he will eat and drink walking. At
seven o'clock when he begins his perform
auce, a grand ball will open. which will
continue during the evening and afternoon
until the feat is accomplished. Tickets
for the ball, good for all time, will be 81
per couple, or hfty cents for single admit
tauce. The proceeds will be equally di-
yided between the Protestant and Catholic
orphans. Mr.. Kennovan is fifty nine years
of age.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

THE irrepressible Harry White is a
member of the State Senate and also of the
Constitutional Convention. The Senate
will convene at Harrisburg on the first
Tuesday in January, and the convention
will reas7emble at Philadelphia on the
same day. AS White, unlike the Irish
mans bird, does not possess the power Of
ubiquity, and cannot therefore be in t,,o
places at The same time, it is said that he
will resign his seat in the convention, and
that either Gov. Geary or Francis Jordan,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth, will be
selected as his successor. Although it is
eminently proper, for reasons too numer-
ous to mention, that White should re,ir.
from the convention, 1t is not at all to ba
desired that Geary should wear his mantle.
That would be what is vulgarIy called
jumping out Of the frying pan into tho
fire." On the other hand, the substitution
OF Secretary Jorday in place of White
would be an immense improvement on tn.
latter and a consummation deyoutlv to h.
wished.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27


WI understand that John c. Hall. ESQ,
or Elk county, who is one of the delegates
to the Constitutional Convention from this
Senatorial district, intends to resign his
seat with the understanding that Ex-Gov.
William Bigler will be his su >csssor. The
ability and experience of Governor Bigler
will render him an efficient and useful
member of the convention. Cannot some
Democratic member of that body from the
northwestern portion of the State, whose
retirement from the convention would not
be seriously fe!t, consent to resign in or
Ger that it might avail itself of the great
legal learning and practical ability of
Judge Thompson. His presence In the
convention would be acceptable to men of
oil parties, and there is no man in the
State who would fill the position with great
er honor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

THE members of the Philadelphia Bar
gave magnificent banquet to Hon. James
Thompson, late Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court, a week ago last night at the
Continental Hotel in that city. No judge
ever occupied Ieat on the bench of the
highest judicial tribunal of this State who
more richly deserved the honor. And yet
Judge Thompson, who had been so clear
In his high office, was sacrificed on the al
tsr OF radicalism TO make room for a mere
politician.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

NEW YORK ARGUs.-This is the title of
a most excellent Democratic paper justices
tabiished in the city of New York, by c. T.
Sykes. The number before us which is
illustrated, is very neat in execution and
interesting in its selections. 1t is edited
with signal ability and will prove power
fHl auxiliary in the cause of Democracy.
Those of our readers who wish to subscribe
can have an opportunity ofexamining it by
calling at our office. Price s., 90 per year
Direct No. II North William street, New
York city. We hope it will meet with a
liberal patronage.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27
Stray hull

4 AME to the premises of the suhscrihar l.,
~ asnington township, one and a half miles
nortn OF Lilly Station. on or about the IStb
UT a year and half old BLACK BITTT NJ
other color or marks on him. The owner is re-
quested 10 come forward, prove property ns v
d1kes ahu take him away: otherwise ne wi in
be disposed OF according to law. NC wiz
uL, PETER r. MYERS.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

THE Georgia paI.ers seem to agree that
Gen. John 3. Gordon will be elected Uni
ted states Senator to succeed Joshua Hill,
whose term ef office will expire on the 4tb
of March. General Gordon was a rebel
of3oer, but his political disabilities have
been removed by IA actof Congress passed
At the last session.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27
Ah'o' at same time and place. the toTotrin0
Personal PROPERTY 7
STRAY HOG

{ NAME to the premises Of the subscriber in
y Blackllck township, Cambria county, about
the latter part OF November. a large WHITE
HOG (barrOg). Hbout one year and a half old
with both ears and the tail cut OF The owner
Is hereby notified that If all the requirements
IN such cases are not com piled with in due time
the hog will be sold as the law directs
ROBERT GILLIN.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27
Estate Notice

HAVING taken out Letters Of Idring.tr,
L L tion on the Estate of PATRICK CapI
n iate OF SaiIitzin township, Cambria county, de,
ceased, the subscriber hereby notifies ali ner
sons indebted tosaid estate that PAYMENT mnst
DC made without delay, and those having claims
against the same will present them pronerIS
probated for settlement FPN'AJ
THOMAS GARLAND, Administrator.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27
Stray Heiar

( AAE 10 the residence of the subsoriber at
y portage Station, Cambria county some time
III 1ITlng last summer, a DARK BROWN HFIF-
Ell, ono year old past. with white belly nd a
i sIiI. SUI IN the right car The owner is hereby
notlned that unless he appears, proves proper
" pays ali charges and takes her away She will
be sold as the law directs
Dec Bat ANDREW CULLEN
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

BOTH houses Of Congress adjourned
yesterday week Tor the holidays, sand wiz
meet again on Monday. the 9Th OF january
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27
Estate Notice.

'EHE undersigned, Executor Of the last win
= and testament of NJ. NJ. ADAMS late of Cres-
son, Cambria co.. decd, thereby notifies sIlsper-
sons indebted to said estate that payment fnust
be,made without delay, a nd those hS wing cIsiT1s
against the same are requested 10 present them
duly a 18th en tia:ed for settlement
JNO. E. SCANLAN, Executor
EbensbnrG, Dec. 20, IsIe. at.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

Mclean county, H., Bank has lust
purchased 81, 900 in gold. which had been
stored away by an old settler before the
rebellion. Had it been sold when gold
was high, and placed at interest, it would
now amount to more than $50, 600.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

Tho cash value OF farms in Peunsylya-
MIA as fixed by the late census, wac over
Que thousand million of dollars.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

EXCURSION TO EUROPE.-We learn that
an excursion is in course of preparation at
Columbia, Pennsylvania, for trip to Eu-
rope, with special purpose Of visiting the
great International Exhibition at Vienna
They start about the first Of June next. and
will make an extended tour through Great
Britain as well as on the Continent. A
contract has already been entered into for
carrying limited number-oceau passage,
railroad fare. hotel bills and all other ex-
penses incident to the trip, all paid. A fine
opportunity herd presents itself for making
a cheap and pleasant tour to the Old World.
Persons desiring further information on the
subject should address A. N. RAMBo, edi-
tor of the Courant. Columbia, Pa.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27

A REMARKABLE DREAA.-The Lancas-
ter Inquirer is responsible for the follow
ing A married lady, residing in an ad-
joining townshhip, who has been afflicted
for two years with cancer, and had been
treated by eminent physicians without OBJ
tanning relief, dreamed that a stranger
came to the house, and gave her some
medicine, with directions, which he said
would ofectually cure her. Next day on
going to the door and looking out, she saw
the identical man of her dream approach
ing the house. He offered her a bottle of
medicine to cure her cancer. She took it
and followed his directions, and is now near
ly we'll
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-27
ROSE Of CASHMERE HIRF

Is unsurpassed as Promotsro.,b.r
the Hair and WhiskerS. 7, ,fs,-;.tL-if t-it naf
greasy yet it softens aud snJ0,- -fa. - =.
9etter ana more peTmsncnty than -, IN,
the most beautiful and lu-tr1I,, y ~
ed perfectly harmless. It. sTIa,,;-5,.. Nt7
- qnite unriyaled. being diatiiis4 ~
MoTld-TeHOwned Roses 0r Cesb7,----. Ha5
bottles only 81 cts. Address sS,-t5TtS-, Y
MILLER, 400 n. Sd St, Philsdefps7, ;,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-12

LOCAL TAxEs.-The Age, of Phila-
delphia, bewails the condition OF the
inhabitants of the City of Brotherly
Love, as follows: III
"The city debt from sl9,000,O00
mounted 10 s25, ,000, 900, then 0,00O,-
900, then 100000, 1000, and now it even
reaches S50,O0O,O0O, and sits like an
ill-omened bird upon all the interests
of the city. With the increase Of debt
came the increase of taxation. Start
ing at one dollar and fifty cents on tho
hundred, it has now reached two dol
lars on the same amount, which, when
the difference in the rate of assessment
is taken into consideration, amounts,
in fact, to six dollars on the hundred.
This is fearful leap in ten years. A
property which in 1861 paid 5000 tax
alton, is now called upon to pay s2,4O0.
This is most enormous taxation for
local purposes. No such burdens are
borne by the people of any city in the
Union,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-06-12
cLEARFIELD ACADEMY.
A Male aud Female Classical High school.
Each Department Separate. Distinct ant
Complete In Itself.

VNllE scholastic year Of this Institution IL diyi-
Il dcd into two sessions of Ave months twenty.
one wecks) each The lrst session commences on
Tho first Monday In September, the second, on the
first Monday In February.
The course Of instruction embraces every thing
necessary to thorough, practical and accomplish.
ed education Of both sexes.
Pupils be admitted at any time and charged
IRON estc OF entrance TO the close Of the session.
No deduction will be made for absence. cxcop,
10 cases Of extreme and protractcd illness.
studcnts from distance can be accommodat
with board at low rates.
For particularly send for circulars, or nddrefs
Rev. Y. L. HARRISON, A. NJ,
'u'y 20 isIi-h Principal.