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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

THE NEW CHURCH Laws IN Prussia
The opposition to the enforcement of
the new church laws in Prussia still con-
tinues, and the movement is non sustained
by almost all the Catholic bishops.
DR.. Foster, the Prince-Bishop of Rres-
lau in Silesia, has ordered special prayers
with view of sOftening the hearts of the
Government toward the Church. The
theological faculty at the University of
Breslan have refused to agree to the new
requirement of a Government cxamina-
tion in cases where a special permission
from the State has not been obtained.
The Bishop of Ernmeland has been de
prived of the salaries contributed by the
Prussiau Government to his chapter He
has been summoned to appear before the
criminal court at BFaunsDerg on the fic-
teenth of September to answer several
charges which have been brought against
him.
In the diocese of Fulda two clerical in
structOrs who had made themselves obiec
tionable % the Government have been dis
missed, and the Bishop of Fulda's schools
have been closed.
The Bishop of Speyer, DR.. Haueberr
not long since was summoned before tile
local tribunal to answer for libel uttered
IN his official condemnation of two of his
flock who had chosen to be married Inv \
civil ceremony. He refused to attend. al
ieging that the court had no jurisdiction
IN purely ecclesiastical matter. The OBJ
lection was overluled and he has been no
tlied that the suit will go on.
foIty-tour priests Of the Treves diocese,
who had been fined fifteen thalers each f13
publishing a manifesto condemning tho
Government for having expelled the Re
demptorist fathers, appealed to the HIGHER
court. Their appeal has just been rejected,
All The bishops have refused to submit
to the political authorities the plans for
instruction IN their scminaries. This re-
1usal entails the closing of these institu-
tiOnS. -"
The conflict is a most pregnant one and
the whole world will look on with 49, ~
terest to see whether the Government or
the Catholic Church comes out winner
y. Y. SIN.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

The following interesting item Of
personal and political intelligence is
taken from a late Memphis paper:
Aleck Davis, the colored candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, was
q barber in Memphis a few years since.
During the existence Of Metropolitan po-
lice he was appointed turnkey at the Sec
ond Police Station, which position he held
to the time of his leaving, and during the
war he was cook III the One Hundred and
Fifty-fourth Tennessee Confederate Regi-
ment.
Is this not a perfect burlesque on
republican government? And vet there
is not a Southern State in which radi-
calism is in the majority, that is not
cursed with men high in authority
who are the exact counterpaIts of Al
eek Davis in ignorance and incompe-
tency. Is it any wonder that in States
where such creatures are elevated to
high official positions, and whose leg
islatures literally swarm with BARRIERS,
cooks, bootblacks, and cotton pickers,
the people are Systematically robbed
and plundered and involved in hope
less bankruptcy In Virginia, Geor-
gia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missou-
ri, where Intelligent white men exer-
else executive and Legislative control.
the result is quite different, and fully
illustrates, by contrast, the utter in>
I CT
minister the affairs of State 1t suits
the political purposes of radicalism, in
order to retain its power in certain
Southern States, to push negro igno-
rance and incapacity into the fore
ground, to the exclusion of white cul-
ture and intelligence, but in every in
stance in which the experiment has
been tried it has resulted in disastrous
/ failure
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

THE bottling Of Ben Butler by the
Radical State Convention of Massa-
chusetts is a hopeful sign in the polit-
ical skv. As the author and defends
er of the extra-pay robbery, it was
peculiarly appropriate that he should
be visited with the avenging wrath Of
an outraged people He is bold,
reckless and unprincipled man, and
when the difficulties attending his pc
culiar position during the canvass
thickened darlly around him, his bra
zen impudence was absolutely sub
lime. Whatever else he may be, he
is not a coward, nor did he attempt to
shirk or evade the full responsibility
for all his acts, but resOlutely defend
ed them to the last In good cause
his mastery skill, united with his un-
surpassed pluck, would have been in
valuable, and would have brought him
out of the hardly fought contest victo-
rious Although he made a virtue OF
necessity and surrendered without the
formality of a ballot, his formidable
strength in the convention clearly
showed how willing large portion o.
the people were in that Puritan com
monwealth to condone the most fla
grant political offences. SEQ
Buffers defeat is a severe blow a
Grant, who threw all the influence o
his ofiice-holders in Massachusetts il
his favor SO offensive to the peOpl
were the efforts of the Federal office
holders to force his nomination, tha
the convention adopted a resolution
denouncing the administration for it
interference in a quarrel which tn
people of the State were themseive
abundantly able to dispose of Th
convention seems to have forgottol
the fact that officious interference i
State politics is one of the hesettin,
sins of Grants administration, an,
that his cohorts of corrupt ofice-hold
ers only did in Massachusetts, wha
they have heretofore done unde
Grants instructions in other States
but most conspicuously and outrage
ously in Louisiana
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

The Philadelphia correspondent of
the Leader, an Independent Republi-
can paper published at Pittsburgh.
thus alludes to our nominee for the
Supreme Bench, Judge Ludlow: The
nomination of this gentleman is one of
extraordinary strength. He was re-
elected Judge Of the Quarter Sessions
Court upon the Democratic ticket
when this city was Overwhelmingly
Republican. He is without exception
the most popular man on the Phila-
delphia Bench. What has been done
once can be done again; and if Lud-
low has a fair show he viii carry the
city of Philadelphia On the question
OF the occupancy Of the judicial chairs
party lines fade away, and with the
mass of the people there is only the
matter of fitness. To add to Mr.. Lud-
lows chances, there is. the nomination
OF the great unlnOwn-Gordon on, about
whom the rank and file know nothing
and care less Here is a man. Judge
Ludlow, known to nine-tcnths of the
voters of this city as a iurist of intel
Ilgence, impartiality and purity, who
never decides question according to
the wishes OF his party, should right
point otherwise. Making their choice
between the two candidates, the peo-
pie Will, we venture to predict, take
care of their townsman.n -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

THERE is, we regret TO say, paper
in Cambria county that acknowledges
itself willing to puff for price and
abuse when paid for il. Hence those
who can afford and are willing to in
vest in the luxury get praise, while
those who are too poor or too honest
to bribe get nothing but abuse. The
result is, that the wealthy and willing
dispensers of flthy lucre are always
lauded in its columns, while the poor
and honest almost invariably find its
Voice raised against them.
This fact may have had something
TO do with the nomination Of Thomas
Griffith for Treasurer by the Radicals
of this county, over such men as Hart
man Berg and VIM H Connell, both
Of whom are returned soldiers and poor
men--too poor indeed, even if they
were willing, TO buy Independent (O
papers and purchasabIe voters TO sup
port them.
Be that as it may, it is a well known
that Mr. Grililth's chief place Of busi-
ness is at Kane, in Mexican county,
while his residence is near Ebensburg'
yet Mr.. Griffth's money makes this
all right in the Foice.
/ Mr.. Criste, who has resided life
time in Cambria county, refuses to
bribe the TOjce-hence that sheet, in
the vain attempt to cover up the self
evident fact that Mr.. Griffith has more
= remunerative interests requiring his
personal attention in a distant county
than any Office in this county could
afford him, declares that Mr. Criste is
from Allegheny county. 1t is almost
needless to say that Mr. Criste never
resided for one hour in Allegheny coun
ty, and has no interests there or else
where which would interfere with the
performance of those duties to which
he will be called on the second Tues
day of October next. His father lived
and died in this county, and the entire
life of our candidate, with the excep
ton of a brief interval many years
ago, has been spent in our midst
SO much for the truthfulness Of this
hired slanderer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

THE New York Sun has this to say
about the charge delivered by Judge
Dean in the libel suit of Joseph Stray
er, Esq, Burgess of Johnstown,a against
Messrs. Campbell & Son, of the Daily
Mountain FOice, which case was tried
during the first week Of the recent
term of Court in this county, and re-
suited, as we have already stated, in
the acquittd Of the defendants, who
were, however, mulcted in One-third
the costs, the other two~thirds being
assessed on the plaintiff
In recent trial for libel at Ebensburr.
d. Judge Dean charged the jury that
tney must ask themselves whether an arti-
cie was a fact proper for information ::
"hether IL was true ; or even if not. whetb-
er tne paolshers, acting as cautious and
prudent men, had good reasons for beliey-
ing 1t true. This is more lust and liner
al Interpretation of the libel statute of
Pennsylvania than ever before laid down
by Judge of that State. But it is not.
likely to find much favor with the Rino-
masters Of Philadelphia and their iudic:al
tools. The press will never be unshackled
until the libel law itself is so modified that
the liberty of a citizen will not depend
upon the good or evil caprice of court.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

The NO.. -,.-.
Leri stature z-r .T .l..''l Of J.eP.-
Jer Of our mosr .-- .s '-s terms ~
Sena tor WaIlac, IL 9lenCsl a..
years ccnscc,,;r.,,-., 81 lave s.-
seven wears in ~. i. >rhator 2 n &
in the Senate. sase' s.-oase' and H..
years in the HON. .-,'5f -, &gglr-
Senator Graham Mn anu '.z !lt5s
Senator NcSbc,,--. - : 7a's iaG. +,
and six I'm the So. ,..o ears Ia pa s
eleven wear, I'm -ra -. md GEES -
all these gcn.fsr.a,. -..e, -..'.e, I.s..--
session. >l-.s H..l q 4.
The Gr.rLs- z.-.
in what is urahaIrr 80. So. has -.,-.
it. When uarfiall,. yt r,
This serves to rrrts.-- mated .- r ~
verv prevalent. that ~ ,'-S y. .'-l -=s
did not act very Tr,rr.l.-- r,-.
Wise. There have hos. .-"s.1 ID.
tine that Profcss.- rr.-.. gri-
dissatisfied with the 49, IS Eel \
balloon. as well AZ tb, -. -- .4t a,
the balloon was rr,-rt--.-..-- .,.'...-e-
rial was decIars5 g.. 1l. --''l.
doubtless was Ar an e '.as
bear the strain rrlt ,-no- u. gus,
teI-nrise is a fafjure H. H. H. '.-
On Saturday las- H. ...'4,'
dred ueopIe Suf.rrfn-- we.
fever in Sbrevezgnr5 Tn
deaths AVERAGE tLi,-r
ara on the fncrzasa o..
tion of affairs IL is fr,rr a
nroper attention f.~fI.a..-
. Howard Society are i. ~. .,...,,
bic under the circrrrz-a,.. ..
sent rhvsicfaus ,,,7-..s -
tbe infected Mace fror, ~
will continue 10 do so
needed. Funds are ars,
chase food and orber -.
sick. They sbould he sr--e
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

IF we were to attempt TO refute all
the false charges that are made by
Radical politicians against the candi-
dates on the Democratic ticket, we
would, have a busy time Of it. One Of
the latest efforts in that line is the al
legation that if Edward Glass is elect
ed County Commissioner he will forth
with commence the erection of 4 new
Court House. This silly report is
intended to Tighten and alarm the
taxpayers of the county. The simple
tons who started this bugbcar forgot
that the County Commissioners have
nothing to do with the erection of a
Court House, or any other public
building, until after tlr0 successive
Grand Juries have made a report or
presentment that such new building is
necessary for the accommodation of
the people. When all that is done. it
is then the duty Of the Commissioners
to carry the action of the Grand jury
into effect. There is no THOUGHT Of
building new Court House. and such
project is neither dreamed of in Eb-
ensburg or in any other portion Of the
county. If a Democrat were to assert
that James Conrad, the Republican
candidate, was in favor of erecting a
new Court House, it would simply he
deliberate talsehood, and it is just
that and nothing else when the same
design is attributed to Edward Glass.
Mr. Glass has already been a County
commissioner, and public opinion is
our warrant for saying that he was a
most competent and efficient officer.
and carefully guarded the interests of
the people. His past creditabls dis
charge Of his duties in the Office IS =
sufficient guarantee Of what ne viii do
i'll the hIturs
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

y CONGRESSMAN who voted for and
took the bac'I-pay steal, has evidently
hard road to travel in the Western
States. That Christian statesman .,
Ex-senator James Harlan, and John
A Logan, Of Illinois, were both en-
gagged by the Radical State Commit
tee Of Iowa to make several speeches
during the present campaign. Popu~
lar Indignation, however, in Iowa. as
everywhere else, is 50 Overwhelmingly
against the swindle, and' every man
connected with it, that the State Com
m'ttee has dispensed with the services
OF Harlan and Logan and notified
these eNtra-pay heroes that under cir
cumstances over which the committee
has no control they viii not be called
upon to waste their eloquence within
the boundaries of that State. 4 sim
liar fatality has befallen D. p. Lowe
Radical member of Congress from
Kansas, and notice has been served
upon him that in no event will he be
permitted to insult the people by ap-
pearing before them as a speaker dur
ing the canvass. The salary-grab in
fanny has ended the political career of
larger number of Congressman than
any other measure that ever passed
that body.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19


II any one candidate on the Radi-
ical county ticket should be elected
this falI--a result which we have no
reason to fear-it will necessarily have
been brought about by the aid of
Democratic votes. This proposition
is 50 self-evident, that it only needs to
be stated to be acquiesced in by every
intelligent man Of both parties. If,
therefore, any Democrat harbors the
thought of voting for any man on the
Radical ticket, let him ask himself
this simple question: "If the Demo
cratic party in this county was in the
minority, and if was a candidate on
that ticket, how many Radical votes
would receive ?7 The way the Rad
icals always vote in counties in which
they have the mG;O5jty will furnish
him with an auswer to such a ques-
ton. Do the Radicals in Blair, Indi-
ana, or Somerset counties ever elect
A'NiiiCNiSltS ONSi OlItlI Own pal " HOiIl-
inees? Not if they know themselves.
No epithet is too vile not to be applied
by Radicalism to the members of the
Democratic party. 1t stigmatizes and
denounces them as enemies and trai-
tors to their country and as unworthy
to hold Office, and yet it has the i'm.
( pudence to ask Democrats to vote fol
( its candidates. There is not a man on
! the Radical county ticket who would
vote fora Democrat FOR constable. il
there was a Radical candidate for the
same office. Hence it is that we are
always in favor of administering to
Radical candidates a strong dose OF
the same medicine which it affords
them such supreme pleasure, on elec.
( ton day, TO prescribe for sick Demo
Gratis. Acting on this rule, let Radi.
calism in this county, on the second
/ Tuesday Of October, be made to suffer
all the pains and penalties of regu,
lar, old fashioned Democratic p,lge
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

TFRRIBLE LAKE DISASI -'
Ter Sunk and S.rsrgL L'rF u Il
peller Ironsides. of the Ing n
one of the largest steamers - 4
foundered and sunk seven -V, NJ
Haven, Michigan, at noon o.. ~
Her signal of distress was 80.
that morning, but So trl..'5 Il &
that no assistance could Ie'.- t-
labOred in .he trough oi Las 4
1:3O A. N. till the time she .tst
sengers and crew. ot "l,.., .,sr
nineteen of the former anu ,s,
latter, prepared the boats u -.Ss
about 1880 4. ". and TIE i',. . Nj
at 1850 A. NJ. When the .a' ~. !.
about quarter of o nl..e rs,
went down. There were -,- ID
with the crew and TaSse1 =-.-r
having in it five mcn and l.5. f-s
sized and only one man Ee,...-
Four boats reached the s". mn q
time. The boat with zap lFl
and wife ard five PassenTs'5, 4
been heard from. II is , "A
among the lost. IhlE,l-.9- --
known to have been sA''U II
bodies have been Iee'lE.e,.-SS."f .,-S. f., /
bodies recovered was . me
wears Of ace. probably the h-, IS
Valentine, Of NIilwau.,r'- ,r-s n
dressed, had light ha" s. ..-
beautiful and iutcliiAe", D.
ccpt for its paleacSs- i'.'.'
Lad fallen quietly 1~.--t.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19
2-=-zS-s-s-~

THE Constitutional vention re-
assembled in Philadelphia on Tuesday
last. John IL. Walker of Erie county,
was unanimously elected President.
Gtce Hon. VIM. NJ Meredith, deceased.
Henry {. Carey pronounced an eIo-
!ueht eulogium on the life and pub
nc services of Mr.. Meredith, after
which the convention adjourned
nete Is no good reason why the con-
Neh1ion should not bring its Iabors to
a speedy close, and submit the copsti-
tuition to a popular vote at the earliest
possible day.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

other portions Of the West are most
cheering, and show that the people are
fully aroused to a sense of their rights
and duties. The money power has
received a reverse from which it will
seek in vain to recover. Banks, cor
porations and monopolists of every
sort have found themselves pOwerless
before the mighty arm Of an outraged
people.
All over the country the masses are
gathering strength and courage from
the result in the mighty West, and even
Pennsylvania is awakening to a sense
Of her duty in the coming campaign.
God speed the peoples cause, and
may the popular wave roll on until
our State and national governments
are restored to their pristine purity,
when princely salaries and official swim
ding will be banished from the land.
THE friends of Thomas Griffith,
Radical candidate for County Treas
urer, are industriously circulating the
report in portions Of the county where
they suppose it will do the most good,
that if 4. D. Criste, the Democratic
candidate, should be elected to that.
Office he would not be able TO execute
the necessary bond for the perform
ance of his duties We have only to
say that-any insinuation of the kind,
whether made openly or whispered Sc
cretly, is wickedly and maliciously
false, and that the towards who make
it know that it is without the shadow
of foundation. No citizen Of Munster
township has warmer or more stead
fast friends than A D. Criste, and when
he is elected some Of the most solid
and substantial farmers in that town
ship will show their faith in him by
willingly going on his bond to the full
extent required by the law It's true
that he is not q rich man like Griffith.
but it has 80 happened heretofore, and
will happen hereafter, that even a poor
man can make an honest, faithful
and efficient treasurer. Such an at
tempt to injure a political opponent
by the assertion Of an absolute, un-
qualified falsehood, is mean and con.
temptible beyond measure, and instead
of doing Mr., Criste an injury, will only
recoil on the political fortunes of those
who resort to it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

A WOMAN's SgAIF Io-E %
following terrible story Is H.1 %.
telegram from Oshkosh. N.sr 81
Chicago Trijtu. "iae e.
Grumeil. who had her scalp m.
shingle-mil. is still alive aaaF--
recover. She was working az
which was going at lAe ra.s
tiOuS per minute. whc9 a'-
was very long, CauEltin Oh. .s-
and in an instant il was t.- sti
her head, taking with il a- .- Z
muscles on her head. Er1a :.
around from each eyebrow ll d
left white and bare. without
blood or flesh. The sral-s
accident is that she felt no
that when il was torn ot a- -
lied was a tickling Seus71'l
She coolly walked ont Of Us
waited patiently for a hH-@
home. Her only regret Ea'
would give her mCtaer ID"
its beautiful long locks "l ....
and twisted around the s-a.. 3
and when tie mil. was
taken down, but un one -.- 50
ence Of mind to put il ya Iii
nearly perfect. and the o''.
mined to tan it with the bali f.
the girl reCoveUs, It may De
The case is one of the mos, y.
record, and has created a lce-'
horror here.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

GEN. Z. 6. 3f'CooK A--szzzs-
Yankton, Dakota. ou thea5-s. Z.
inst. an alteration occurred Ia.-
Z. s. McCook, Secretary If Dali
W. p. WinternIte. a broker ut .
in the brilliant parl5r of -.a $.
Hotel. WintoTmite used .-~-
guage, which was promptly -=
the General, who gave #-
thTashiUg. Nin'eTml-e. ssh
the blood from his face. -eu
stander that AIcCook could Vi
that he lWinternitel v0u m
and Immediately went five aa
a pistol and returned. 4 D..
was IN session IL the l.t-.
Nintermite entered the ay
McCook, unaware Of his u--
tered the room. when W-.r-
his arm. and. approach. bin 4
pistol, the shot taking a-- 10 "A
breast. The General -e-'sa ".
assassin, and 81 second s.E a
vixen W:ure-m5to was thrown % |
During the struggle two more
fired, one Of w.iya slightly w.7
stander. Only one Shot took 5=
proved fa.ai. Tie Genera. Ing
seven o. O'ci0cs next morning. H-a
pired.
He was fHIv conscious - he q
died like a II-s. man. Nrf-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-19

OVER one mile and half of frame build
lngs were burned in Chicago, Wednesday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-13

CORRESPONDENT of the Cincinnati
Commercial shows how Speaker Blaine was
whiiewashed by the Credit Mobilier Com
smittee. It VII be remembered that Cakes
Ames testified before the committee that
Mfr. Blaine's statement was substantially
correct; that he offered Mr.. B. stock, and
that the latter, after deliheration, declined
70 take it. The writer in the Commercial
asserts that as Ames walked out of the
room, he met fellow Congressman and
Republican. With dry, significant chuckle,
he said: "isl't it strange that they did not
ask me suhat reason Blaine gave for
not accepting the ssock?" "What would
you have said if the question had
been asked, Mr. Ames?" "Why, should
have answered by giving the reason as
Blaine gave it. Blaine said hsd not offer
ed him enough. That il he couldn't get
more be wouldn't have any of the id
stuff. These, were his precise words, and
go l should have told them if they had ask
ed me-" The writer adds that the men,
bers of the committee were again and again
told Of this conversation By different per-
sons, and urged to recall Ames and ask
that question. 1t was never asked, howev-
er. Verify, these Republican leaders are all
alike. 1t is impossible TO find one in whom
TO repose confidence.