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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-17

Curious are the grog bills of our grandfathers. and
not pleasant TO contemplate when one thinks of IN
herited and congenital sppetites. At Centre Ben
nington, Vt, lives Mr.. George w. Robinson, curl
GUS collector of historical relics Among other
treasures he has petty ledger of the old CatamOunt
Tavern of Revolutionary fame, and from this we
learn that Gen. Ethan Allen, who has not usually
been thought q man destitute of natural courage,
did not dsdan the Dutch courage either, for his
score mainly for stmulants kept by the Catamount,
running from January 1875, to little past January
1886, footed up GO Is. 3D.. though we must deduct
from the lot of the whole 81 1885, charged for pas
turing horse-an amount. therefore. which does
not properly belong to the alcoholic debts. The
gallant Generals credit, we regret to say, is only
f5 %. 3D.. from which it appears that his drink
count does not differ from many kept in these mod
ern days. The curious book also throws light upon
the values of those times. We discover that mug
of grog" sold for Is. 4d, and one gallon of rum
for five shillings-Provincisl or Continental cur
rency we suppose AS Gen. Allen lived to o toleraby
good old age, we may infer that the strong waters
of those happy days contained of that strych-
nine which said to be fearful characteristic
Of the purest Bourbon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-17

Last Winters revelations of political dishonesty
have served the signals for much dolefu talk con-
corning the faults of Americans 1t is not unwel-
come 80 long as it holds dignaiOn and not despair
there is certainly cause enough for grumbling. One
of the latest and btterest critics is that clerical gem
tleman known by the pleasing descriptive name OF
Adirondack Murray" In his opinion, lying seems
fast getting to be the national vice. The business
lie with which merchants illuminate their goods
grieves him; the social lie which comes of gossip
disglIsts him; and he has no sort of patience with
the professional lie-the lie with which jealous
man disparages O brother member of his profession.
1t il truth" he observes that frank, honorable,
manly treatment one of another does not character
ize the clerical class And if any doubt this asser
ton or are nettled at it, appeal to that class OF
prominent laymen who have most to do in calling
cergymen to the pastorates of churches to give
us the history of their experience" Then the " news
paper lie" seems to be particularly unpleasant to
Mr. Murray. He does MT know what there is in
editing newspaper that inclines people to oblquty
of language but that it does this he is very certain
In short he thinks that the amount of lying done
in this country to-day is something 80 stupendous
as to astound Satan himself" Mr.. Murray is I'M
reasonably sweeping, absurdly sweeping, but his
strong words are better than none. Ii lying is not
yet national vice. he says it Is at least growing
to be 80 much habit in politics that men may well
fear for the rest of society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-17

will undertake the work Of publication them
selves, or wait 10 be driven out Of power by
the people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-17

Generally 1t is best for railway companies TO ac-
cept the first damages found by ajury, even though
they may seem to be excessive. This is illustrated
by the case of Ford v. The Fitchburg Railway,
which has been in litigation for the last three years
In 1870 the boiler of an engine exploded severely in
juring Ford. the engineer. He brought suit against
the Company and recovered $4,000. This verdict
was act aside as excessive by the Court. When the
case was tried again. the jury gave the plaintiff
$3.50 This was, in its turn. set aside excessive.
Upon the third trial the jury gave S6sS3, and tho
Court refused to set these damages aside Then the
case went up to the Supreme Court upon exceptions
These have now been overruled. and Mr.. Ford will
receive the last named and costs. 1t is hard to
see how three different jures could arrive ut such
different results; but perhaps the increase in dam
ages was intended IA u warning TO railway COM
panies to lot well enough alone.
just month after the publication Of the report
of the official inquiry into the Vienna scandal.
Secretary Fish writes to Of the suspended Com
missioners. Mr.. Robert Sarcant Of Brooklyn, that
Messrs. Jay and McElrath acquit him Of any culpa-
bity in the irregularities, and that his suspension
IL accordingly removed. Punished iirst tried and
acquitted afterwsri; that is an illustrato of the
State Department way of dealing With supposed do.
lnQuentS-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-17

writer in The Fortnightly ReUieo while bowling in
rapture before Greek Art turns rather contemptu-
Gus back upon the copylsts at that shrine We have
no modern school Of art he says-at least no modern
English school The best artists stand alone, and
the others merely imtators. All modern Art Is
Renaissance of one kind another, and 80 far as
it copies instead of assimilating the Greek it is
failure; for it can never know the spirit which
produced the rules it attempts to work by For the
efforts of modern poets to initiate the Grecan SELF
restraint the critic has at once sympathy and dis
approval and very frankly he deprecates the en-
trance of modern thought and expression into
rivalry with that which in its own domain Is perfect
and absolute Even Goethe's "Iphigeniap falls far
below his standard in the combination of the classi
cal and the modern which makes it an incomplete
work of art The admirable translation OF the
tragedy into Greek by German professor he brings
forward az the gauge of the distance at which 1T
stands from the antique. "The result" he says, Is
literary work which resembles Greek tragedy
much in the same degree as Madame Tussauds wax
model resembles Frederick the Great" Criticism in
this direction is quite as much in place in this
country as in England since it is new discovery
that we have here more than enough foolish talking
and thinking of the Greek ideal in poetry. We
should be glad to see the fine simplicity of the
Greek studied by our poets who are honorably
coming out of the old school. which we may as well
describe as the soft, solemn, sentimental But as
for the cold dignity and " selfrestraint" of the
antique in this age of emotion and Of character
study-they are as out of keeping with its spirit as
would DO the br9f or trailing garments of Athens
upon literary aspirant of New-Y0rk or Boston
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

ing for aid from a government that has
shamefullv abandoned its citizens to
the mercilcss red men; the fathers,
sons and brothers TO be murdered,
scalped and mutilated the children to
be thro.tlcd and Drained, and the wives
and daughters 10 be outraged and borne
into a captivity worse chan death. AS
Iefore Observed, the completion Of the
Dallas and Washita Railroad Will at
tract to the frontier counties, colonies
Of brave, hardy men, who will be able
to protect themselves from the preda-
tory excursions Of the Indians, where
ever they may choose to locate. The
Washita Colonization, Agricultural,
Mining and Manufacturing Company,
which is directly identified with the
Dallas anG Washita Railroad Com
pany, offers inducements to emigrants
they will not meet with elsewhere. |
may speak Of this colony in future let
tcrs. WAsH-TA.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

4 iI0sT BRUTAL MURDE.-Wo are
2alisd upon 10 chronicle the most brutal,
unuman murder that has occurred in this
city f.. years. Charles J. Cloak murdered
his viGe while she was peacefully slun nber-
ing along side Of his. own mother, early on
yesterday moln ming. Tue weaTon used
was an ordinary wood AK. the bon end of
which was driven iu;o the skull. causing
almost instantaneous death. Cloak was
arrested and is now confined in the Central
Station. \ reporter OF the DUlCE inter
viewed lam and also visited the see. Of
the i1human act. lie, however. learned
little TO fix q motive or explain the cause Of
the horrible deed further than Is iufcrable
from the fact that Cloak was crazy from
the effects Of whisky. lie can himself as
sign no cause, nor do the reishbors know
Of any difficulty between tLCIn. In the
dead hour Of night, with nothing TO excite
deadly animosity he procu cd the az from
the SaId and going to her bedside, with
one blow dashed out her brains and this
after having lived with her for over thirty
years, and without apparent cause. Cloak
IS a machinist by trade, is 80 years of age,
and with the exception Of going on an &c.
caSiona! spree, he has borne fair reputa-
tIon. The Oroncr viewed the body ye.-
terday d will hold an inquest tomorrow
-Fi.Gtc. Sunday D.tcn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

THosE who were patiently waiting
to step into the shoes of some of the
present members Of General Grants
Cabinet have-with the exception Of
Mr.. w. A Richardson, who succeeds
Secretary BoU5well-been egregiously
disappointed, and are venting their
feelings against the President in a man
ner that indicates anything rather than
love. The President has seen fit to
continue all his old retainers, and in
this particular has perhaps done as we'll
or better than he could have done had
he resolved upon change. Where
upon the Phila. Evening Herald very
facetiouslv remarks: Now, we have
only one request to make OF President
Grant 1t is a simple one, and he can,
if he will, easy grant it. 1t is this &:
That the people shall be made fully ac-
9yrainted with the length Of time that
Secretary Fish is to remain in his pres
CIT position. If it be year, let them
know 1t, or if two or three, or if for the
whole term. Everybody is sick snd
tired OF the everlasting rumors in r.
6 rd to the resignation of this official.
Whether these rurnors have their or
gin with the Secretary himself. OF
whether they are emanations from the
prolific pens Of idle newspaper cores
pondents, we do not know, bat we do
know that the people have had quite an
elegant sufiiciency Of them and are now
hoping for their discontinusnce.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

A terrible con 3agratjon occurred at
tlyria, Ohio, Saturday night. The fire
originated about midnight in the dry goods
store OF Starr Bro s to Co, in Ely block,
corner OF Wen and Broad streets, aud in
short time the flames were bursting from
every window. The wind was blowing a
gaze at the time, and drove the fire through
the entire block of ten elegant stores, stop
ping only at Washington avenue. Tele-
grams were sent to Cleveland for aid, and
steamer arrived about A III, but the
danger was then mostly over. though the
engine rendered efficient service in pre-
Fehtlng further spread of the fire. The
l to.'li loss VIII probably reach $500, 900 in
, SUI ia"ce, @ioo'Cco. The finest business
part of the town was burned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

4 New CUEE.-The following case OF
dr. Kurtz, Postmaster at Athens, Ohio,
is one of considerable Importance, mas
much as Mr.. K. had undergone various
modes Of treatment with different persons
for the past few years, without any mate
rial relief. When he came to me he was
III very reduced state. and had about
given up all hopes Of ever being cured
lie Is well-known gentleman, and has
numerous relatives in this city, and is the
son Of Mr.. George \. kLrtz, Of Allegheny
city:
DR.. IlEVsER: am glad to be able to report
TO you, thar your medicines are exercising A
81, '''+t .la,,tca svsternr Their
can now perform considerable manual labor
not only without feeling exhausted as hith-
erto, but with, think, positively beneficial
results. l am also steadily increasing in
flesh have gained about nine pounds since
commenced treatment with Won
w. w. KURTZ
Dr.. Keyser's consulting Office in tie
rear Of his medicine stuIe, 107 Liberty
street, Pittsburgh, Ia.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21
G-G~%~ ~= 4

THREE hundred and fifty-seven mil
lions one hundred and fifty-fve thOus
and dollars was the amount of out
standing legal tenders last week. The
limit is 1886, 100000, but Boutwell, and
Richardson still insist on their power
to reissue the $44, 900, OOO that was re-
deemed and cancelled. Notwithstand-
ing the adverse report of the nrsanos.
committee Of the Senate, Secretary
Boutwell, has just issued another mil
J on of these legal tenders. The rad
cal secretary evidently holds the opin-
ion of the Senate in extremely small
respect when he ventures on an exer-
else Of power which its committee Ge-
clares wholly unauthorized by the laws
OF Congress.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

In thirty-sev,n counties Of New
York that have ] ecently held elections
the Democrats a I'd Liberals have car
ried twenty. against five last year
There is a net gain of eighty-three
towns. In the Michigan town cleo
tions there is a so large Democratic
gain. Credit Mobilier and the expo
sure of the co1ruptions and vilianies
of such eminent radical saints as Pom
eroy, Harlan. Caldwell, and the rest,
are evidently doing their work among
the intelligent people OF the country.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21
THE \. y. Sun propounds the fol-
lowing plain but pointed propositions:

THE \. y. Sun propounds the fol-
lowing plain but pointed propositions: :
Suppose ;at in the month Of Sep
temGer last the Republican managers
had announced that If the should sue
ceed in the approaching Presidential
election, one OF the measures which
they would first enact would be to
raise the salary OF President Grant to
$50 Geo { year.
Suppose it had also been believed by
the people that the Republican major
ity il Congress, after having been paid
the stipulated salary for their services,
would vote themselves 5000 each out
of the Treasury.
Or suppose that those two PROPOSE
tions had been incorporated in the Re
publican platform adopted 10y the Phil
adelpkia Convention, by which Grant
was nominated for reelection.
How many States would Grant have
carried? ? How many Republican Con
gressmen would have been reelected ?
Is it not evident that Grant could not
have got a single State, and that every
Republican candidate for Congress,
running on such platform, would
have been defeated
All this being true, is it not the in
sanity OF public robbery which has led
Grant TO lobby for the passage Of .
bill through Congress raising his own
salary to S50,COO year, and which
has led Republican Congressmen to
pass that bill ? If they dared not an
nounce this enormous act Of robbery as
4 part Of their plan before the election,
how do they expect the people to re-
gard it after the election!
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

OUR huml lie legislators are tryingto
iInit1te Con :, essmen i'll the salary line.
Having raised the Governors salary
from s., to $4,000, they passed
In la At week I i ing their own from
; .oo0 (sl they expected to get when
slec ed. } to $1,000.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21
aza"A~RS

THE incl eased pay voted to the Gov
ernor and other State officers by the
present Legislature will take out Of the
Treasury annually about $65,C00-
Borrowing the, back-pay idea from
Congress, the Legislators elected last
fall to serve for three months, for ST.
coo, propose to increase their salaries
90 per cent, and4make it a round ST.
500, exclusive Of allowances for mile
: ge and postage. We think, with the
Clearfeld Republican, that this IS
greater steal than even that Of Con
aress.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

In Philadelphia, on Monday last
the Supreme Court in banc delivered
the opinion of the court on the Local
Option law. Judge Agnew read the
opinion of the majority Of the court
Judges William Morcur and himsel),
that the law is strictly constitutional.
Chief Justice Read, for himself aad
Judge Sharswood, dissentcd.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

MANY excellent and ingenious pieces of
mechanism have proved utterly worthless
to the possessor, because they required so
much skill III the operation.
OF this class, however, we must excart
the Domestic Sewing Machine, which for
simplicity and durability of construction,
and ease of operation, is far in advance OF
all its competitors.
1t is pronounced by all who have seen
Its work to be the ne Pyus uEtra of sewing
machines. Attention is directed to adver-
tlsoment in another column.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

-, The most extraordinary frog story
that we have seen for long time GENES
from Colorado. The Greeley Tribune tells
1t thus Mr.. Graham recently found a
Petrliled frog in excavating his well. Its
features were wonderfully well preserved.
ana the owner had intended to present it
g 10 Iie greeley Geological Cabinet, but one
and, to their utter surprise, an Old Aztec
com dropped out. The date cannot he de-
clPhered, but the figure of head is plain
ly visible P-''''i-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

THE Harrisburg Patriot publishes
the following brilliant extract from
Eenator Harry Whites great speech
against the Philadelphia election bill,
delivered on Wednesday night Of last
week, and only regrets that it has not
space sufficient to publish the mastery
effort in full Here is the extract,
however, and from it our readers can
Judge to some extent Of the merits of
the entire speech:
THE peopawhl of Pennsylvanicawh :;
our great countrieeo; tie great republican
lrtiece of Philadelphieawh the duty Of
the legislatieyawrh senatawhrrS. paw
hszzz The partieee is rssponsibbawhln
for this great nashawnnnn ~ LSensatioH.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21

THANKS to Congressman Speer for
Censu. Report, to State Senator Wal
ce 70 Smull's Legislative Hand
Book, and to an unknown friend for
Constitl tioral Convention reports.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21
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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-08-22

THE CoraclL.---.Ats the great council held
atatl,4 Csex Agency last As.s. Ilon. +. r.
Bruilot s.,il tbv III dian commissioners con,
addel i treaty viii tl.e River aud Mountain,
Craas..,,y Ahiell the latlrr yield the Lnit.d
states all the ia,u nr.ss ecst4'i.l BY il't'i' rs
reservation. md accept tract IN the judith
Basin. Tile cf,ied tract elnblac.s bel weeil
1Slx aid SEVEN nnllinlI Acrvss u, eat po ti,.n
of il being the. ,tinest. lanJ IN the Nest. In
sid,<ip,, losie.. graul 4, Had l.s5ifs Juditl,
sy.the way. il .sily el,e-,fird
tllesexiehf III ite present res. fsation--tlie
sioyerilale,,t pays he Cr;,w iaisDta s.le mil
hon dollars. the ], IeTt>. on wnie'f is 10 To
psi1 10 the indians annually for " ilfae. lie
rs-s-on 10 TIA, Guurt,a,rnt III ,i.~ iviirm-
s.ose valley lsac sicall ssesfl.sIle question OF
the route which, IiIa Nor 5bern Ps.gtiic Rail-
road Viii axe 10 ;ts Ten Ts ny sivs.'ana ~.
We. iearlf; shiiy oDisctloal the ti,s l.fo~.
Stone route was the difficulty vi Obtaining
Tue right vi. way through The Crow rtsersa-
t.al 5ssnd Tins tray virtually ia.ans The
Aioptioluilh leilowstpn syaiiey.asss B'tzs-
rou =. Il will also Throw pc., III
settlement 4 n = ira,l Of Iaii.erai country,
through which ii,iefs aud others have .sesc-
i.iiDre be- D l1ehibatsi from prospecting. The
ire nv has been iorwaiued to Wasiiin- Fen ior
rars ficarion. and. AS soon IS it's ratified. othe
Grows viii re.A We To the new Ee~eFsatioil.5
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-08-22
Nh.e are the wqd W$es ia!ing,
7 T yyaYiIg. sistetT tdffee9f
/ 81 lfSoa drink sst-t skkCtsANGE.
Then Won will ha,,r,y h.i
Then you will happy b.!

rive want Iul,eiie' e Il asst0ry roma Peoria
Epasrr alb peItsnry Baik sbass a Aars, very
hard to accept it with perfect confidence.
Mr.. Bull. 1t is alleged. was fed upon calnlnel
and blue, pills -by:ya gdoctar tars number Of
Iyesss. 81 that enally hg ,&clme saturated
with quicksilver. Tie ether day while he
was standing by the side ri the h,use. the
sun suddenly came Out bright AID warm,
vlld Bull gradually begun TO ascend. He
stOppei at the line Of tine sill Ut the second
story window. AMI hung there suspended in
space. until 4 thunder shower Aapsentd 10
scoi.se:up. WHICH eaolr.i ,he stap sphere. AID
them Mr. Bu1i slowly drsrentird. Now he
has gra,Iuai4,! scale marked on the end Of
hls.hOn.s. aud ywi,eieyer Mrs. Bull wants to
ki.sw h.ws .warM II is che ties fiat lroas to
Henry leg. TO hold him down. and walks
hin rp,inn,. 10 ne gable tiid 'ahtlca,> him
loo aud let's him rise 10 80 or 80 degrees;
AMI wisn Size .eTs the Information She las>ots
him with Efbes cI'5besg Iiilr saiid pulls him
dsw,,.s sWes,g We want .tat~lie,+ this arr.
sc,iotts btac.t,s It ankles sssshappirr to have
a+riect fsiiil bui Il Isl hsrder Believing than
most fies::s s4's x - 80 s@nss s@.ss IS i