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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10
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IT has been the custom of radical stump
speakers and radical newspaper editors,
while arrogating to their party all the NOR
ais and decency of the country, to assail
TIE Democracy AS the ''whiskey party" and
as being hostile to ell measures looking to
temperance reform. While such man as
Chandler OF Michigan, is one Of the high
priests ministeTing 1T the radical altar, the
purest and best men of the Democratic
party have been wantonly denounced and
held up to public Teproach as daily wor-
shippers at the shrine of BaccLus. Even
during the late campaign for Governor i'll
this State, such an exemplary citl.nu az
Charles r. Buckalew, who, when co..
pared to his opponent, was as Hyperion to
Satyr, was meanly and falsely charged
by portion of the radical press as being a
man of Incorporate habits. The submis-
sion by the last Legislature of the Local
Option law to a vote of the people Of the
different counties in the State, for their
sanction rejection, will afford an oppor-
tunity of testing the sincerity OF parties on
this question of reform, assuming for the
present that the Local Option remedy,
wherever it is adopted, should eventually
prove TO be the great panacea against the
evils Of intsmperance claimed for it by its
advocates The first county to vote for or
against it was Clearfield, in which the
spring election, although it wasin the mid
die OF winter, took place on Friday, the
nth of December. We have not seen the
vote published, but learn that the law was
accepted by a majority of about $50
,leaIfield Is a strong Democratic county
aud in our Judgment is the most thorough
~ organized Democratic county in the
state.
Whiie we have b.t little faith in the
Temedlal influences of any measure like
the Local Option law, and while we will
not array the Freeman against If how
swift, had the result in CIearfield been Cif
fereDt, would the instincts nf rad;ca,ie,,,
have prompted it to denounce the starl;r1.
Democracy of that county az aiders 81
abettors of the curse of intemperance -
This verdict of her people proves AT Iea.t |
that she is willing to try doubtful exne,,;'
ment in order that the great evil with whici,
the whole State, nation and world is afEiict
{ d, may, so far as she is concerned he ar
Iested and if possible entirely destroyed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

GENERAL. HALKER, in the forthcoming
census report, which is a document of great
importance, says that of tie IS soc 900
people contained within our borders in he
year 1870, over $500, GEO reported them
selves OF foreign birth, while 9,734, $40
have both parents foreign, and that TO-
521, 1913 have a foreign father, and 10. fOj,-
G27 foreign mother. The nationality of
this element of our population and their
locations in the Union, are also marked
out III very interesting and instructive
manner by General Walker. He sets
down the number of Irish at ], 1855, ,S27,
and masses them in the greatest force in
massachusetts,, Connecticut and in New
York city and vicinity. The largest stretch
of country which they have peopled IL
considerable numbers extends from Svra-
cuse to Buffalo. Here their dor sity is
from six to fifteen to the squire mile
There is also an extensive district in
Northern Illinois, apG aLother in North
eastern Ohio, where tl.ey number from three
10 SIX to tie square mile. OF Germans
there are 1890, 40 in the United States
iron, all parts of Fatherland. They are
Numerous in the neighborhood of New
ork city, number six to the mile in this
State, between the Delaware and Susque-
hanna rivers; are quite dense III Phlladel-
phia, and also in and near Cincinnati and
west of Cincinnati is in the counties lying
along Lake Michigan, i'll Wisconsin, includ-
ing Milwaukee and the town of Sheboy-
gan and ManitOwOc, and extending west
ward to Watertown. There are two other
sections in the West where the German
element is noticeably strong. One extends
along the west bank of the Mississippi
from Dubuque to Keokuk, where it cross
es to the eastern side and runs south lit
tie further than Quincy, Illinois. The
other section lies around st. Louis, in Hi
nois as well "a Missouri. Our population
from England and Wales IS mostly distri-
huted around New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Providence and Cleveland, and
more sparsely scattered in the vicinity of
Rochester, Cincinnati, Chicago and Mil
waukee, and in the coal regions OF Penn
sylvania. The total of the English-born
population of the country is 55G, 004, and
OF the Welsh "a, 533. The immigration
from over the Canadian border is nearly
equal TO that from England and Wales,
and amounts to 493. 434. The French III
this country number only 116, 600. The
Spaniards number but 3, 701, and nearly
one-tIiird of them live in New Orleans. OF
Italians there are II, 149, of whom 5, 900 in
habit California Mexico gives us 41.30S,
over 10000 claiming residence in Texas
and California, and the rest of the Terri
tories. The Chinese number 62, the
map showing them to be scattered about
the mining districts of California and Ne
vada, and in the cities and towns of those
States.-1He Age.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

THE Legislature now IN session is per-
hans the last one that viii assemble under
the present State Constitution. As the
Constitutional Convention, in obedience to
an overwhelming popular demand, will
tear up by the roots the Upas tree of see-
cial legislation, and in other respects limit
the powers of the General Assembly, it is
not too violent presumption that the mem
bers of the present body, in view of the
coming change, will do their utmost at
making hay while the sun shines. That
important and influential branch of the
Legislature known as 'the lobby" and not
unfreGrently called the third house. will
be on hand plying it's corrupt VOCATION
He who was styled liking of the lobby
has recently ''shufied off this mortal coil''
rich in worldly goods, but those who were
taught by him the ways that are dark and
the tricks that arc vain will be there to
supply the place thus made vacant and to
vindicate their high and honorable calling.
1t would be idle to attempt to predict
what the Legislature will do, much less
what it will leave undone. IN the iuds-
rnent of the taxpayers, all that it ought to
do would be promptly TO pass the appropli-
alton bill necessary to keep the wheels of
/ the State government in motion and then
I adjourn. The members, however, who go
TO Harrisburg for the sole purpose of max
! ing money know a trick worth two of that
and rs it has been said that the devil will
! find work for idle hands to do, so the DIFF
fOrent rings as we'll inside as outside of
/ the two Houses, could concoct scheIaes' of
/ plunder and villainy vast enough to keep
them in session until tho dog days.
1t is anticipated that another and final
effort will be made to rob and despoil the
sinking fund of its treasure, now amount
/ ing to nfse end u AaLr millions Of dollars.
by appropriating it to purposes expressly
forbidden by the Constitution If this pal
pable fraud on the taxpayers of the COM
monwealth is attempted, there are few men
in the State who will not regret that the
Senate chamber cannot be made once more
to ring, as it did three years ago, with the
eloquent derupciations OF Charles r. Buck
alew against the foul and glaring wrong
II a man sat in the executive chamber who
was his own maSter-whO knew his duty
and had the moral courage to perform it
the people would be secure from Legislative
jobbery and fraud. But such man is not
John +. Hartranft, unless all his antece-
dents as Auditor General wofully belle
him. He was nominated by ring influence
and will be subseryient to its grasping and
selfish demands There is just a bare
possibility, however, that this Legislature
may put itself on its good behavior and
thus agreeably disapPoint public expecta-
ton 1t can prove to the people of the
State, if it only viii, that the days of legis-
lativs virtue. unlike the days of chivalry,
have not forever passed away in this grand
old State of William Penn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

A HUNTER in the vicinityZof Branting-
ham Lake, \. Y, recently shot at a large
buck, when the animal dropped as if dead
After cutting pole to hang the deer on.
and making other preparations for dress
ing the carcass, he approached the deer,
and with his left hand took hold of the ant
lers. The buck jumped to his feet and
charged upon the hunter, who clung to
the horns and struck at his antagoniS with
small hatchet. The hatchet struck one
OF the antlers, and glancing, fell from his
hand whereupOn the buck started off on
a run with the hunter clinging to his ant
lers. After tralnping about for some time
he was tossed upon log, the deer stand
ing close by and watching, but not offer
ing 10 make another attack. After eyeing
each other for short time. the hunter
again grasped the deer's autlers and shook
his head, but could not provoke him to At
tack. He then went in search of his rifle,
and found 1t so broken as to be unservice.
able. Having no arms to fight with he
abandonedsthe contest and reached his
shanty somewhat bruised and tired out.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

A PERILoUS PERCH ON THE CAPITOL.-
The recent storm rendered it necessary 10
remove some of the surplus snow from the
COTS of many buildings throughout Wash
irgton, to prevent the immense pressure
upon them. On Saturday afternoon last,
the 2Sth ult., a number of hands were en-
gagged shoveling off superfluous heaps Of
certified fakes" from the fiat portion of
the roof of the Capitol building. Harry
Smith, a lad of about fifteen years. whose
parents reside on North street. near Sec
oud, applied for q ',job' and was told to
go to work, but to be careful how he went
about it. Iie was at work on the north
wing Of the building, over the Senate Cham
beT, aud had commenced at the bottom of
a gutter, where he had a secure foothold,
instead Of beginning at the top, to shovel
away The snow.
While busy at work, and not noticing
tie gradual giving away or sliding down
of the snow, tho entire mass above him
came down like an avalanche, and showed
him down over the slate roof, some TWEEN
ty-five feet further, to the gutter on the
verge of the wall, where, fortunately, he
was held by his clothing, his legs hanging
out over the roof.
The distance from this point to the icy
Pavement below was at least sixty-five feet,
and the men Immediately above him, as
well as persons who moved up and down
Fourth and State streets, and witnessed
the perilous situation of the lad, shut their
eyes and turned their heads mOmentarily
expecting the boy to drop upon the pave
ment a mangled mass of flesh and bones.
The men upon the rouf, Messrs. Felger
Hitler and others, with commendable pre-
sence of mind, shouted to Harry to remain
perfectly quiet, that they could rescue him
in a very short time. a rope was procured
from d box somewhere Ia the upper pOr-
tion of the dome, and speedily let down to
where the boy sat, or was suspended But
he had become so cold and chilled, that he
would not trust his weight to he pulled up
by simply holding on with his hands.
He was then peremptorily ordered to
fasten the rope around his body, and to do
this speedily; but before the young man
could accomplish this, a half an hour had
elapsed, and he made five attempts to fas-
ten the rope about his waist before he was
hauled up To the top of the building, chilled
through and through and almost insensi-
BILE.
He was carried into the furnace rooms
in the basement of the Capitol and 10y
means of stimulants, rubbing and regu-
lar toasting, was placed upon his feet ''all
right The lad said that at one time he
thought it was ''all up'' with him, and eI-
pected to fall upon the pavement and be
dashed into pieces.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

II is well known statistical fact that
there is moro Intoxicating liquor consumed
in Scotland, in proportion to its population.
than i'll either England, Ireland, or y ales.
This is not the general idea entertained of
the habits Of the Scotch people, but such
is the undoubted fact. The following Gu
rious statement wGs recently made at q
meeting of the Town Council of the city of
Edinburg, by q man who had fully informed
himself on the subject, of the number of
persons seen by the police TO enter hard
ale" shop in one day. 1t seems almost in
credible, and yet the authority seems to be
reliable, that scores of women should hour
ly resort TO place for the purpose of
drinking "hard ale,' which, from what is
said Of it, is about equal to Jersey whisky
that kills at forty rods. When it is re-
membered that EdiEburg contains a popn-
lation of about 200 coo, and that the run
on only ons "hard ale'' establishment is
given, pretty correct idea can be formed
OF what is daily transpiring in that city,
which is the seat of Scotch learning and
refinement.
EOme little idea may be formed OF the Sc
we're injury " hiCh would be inflicted on trade
in Great Britain in the event of a general
movement in favor of Temperance by the fol-
lowing account given by Bailie Lewis, at a
meeting Of the Edinburg Town Council, of the
one OF the "hard ale shops in that city during
one day. a "hard ale shop is explained
TO be shop where customers may get drunk
Tor twopence-halfpenny One penny worth
of ''hard ale, followed by three balf-penny
worth of spirits, will, it is stated, reduce
even seasoned topper to q state of hopeless
stupefactlon. From 10 8 A. NJ. there en-
tered the establishment in question, on a
Saturday in July, 100 men and 3S women ::
from 9 20 10, 40 men and 65 women: from
10 to II, 80 men and 40 women from IL 10
u, noon, 40 men and As women; from u
to !, S5 men and 55 women from to . 1uI
men and TO women; from = to 3, 115 men
and 90 women from 3 to 4, 112 men and 60
omen; from 20 5, III men and 43 women. !.
fro TO g. 1O5 men and SO women; from 6
to Z, g men and 90 women from 10 g S5
men ana I. u women; from s to 9 I2O men and
50 women ; L 20 TO- 100 mon and So women =.
from 10 to H. 81 men and SS women-in ali
], ,5l1 men and 760 ', omen. II the proprietor
of this hard ale" shop made only profit of
one-half penny on each in~ Ivdual, he would,
as Bailie Lewis observed, ha e Total profit
of "a los per day, no less tilan 81, 4S2 a
year. 1t Is remarkable to observe by these
ngures how steadily the ''women" crank
throughout the day-there is but little Yali-
auon IN their numbers from hour to hour i'll
comparison with that to be seen in the case
o1 the men" The constancy of woman
peeps iorth III every transaction of life while
lnan, vile man, is iitful even in cups.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

VIZ hear rumors~~of phenomena in
Wheatland, which, if true, is certainly
very remarkable. 1t seems that = young
married woman in that place, who as
Dickens would say, was in ian interesting
condition" svisitod Banum's show while
it was in this city in June. She was at
tracted to the cage i'll which the sea lions
were kept, and, for some reason, became
fascinated with those monsters, which kept
her chained to the spot. She made several
attempts to with draw, but for along time
could not succeed, some irresistible influ-
ence having retained her at the place. At
the time this was not thought remarkable,
as the rarity of the animal, their peculiar
shape, habits, and everything else, con
tributing to make the thing..pstural. But
judge the surprise when the lady recently
gave birth to deformed child which bears
the features of a sea lion.-.SHGron TTnsss.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

RoBEgT p. ELLIOTT, one Of the colorsd
members Of Congress from South Carolina,
was the principal competitor OF 'honest"
John J. Patterson at the. recent election of
United States Senator by the negro LsgiS-
lature of that State. Elliott being negro
himself, and his main reliance for votes
having been based on the color of his skin,
may fairly be presumed to understand bet
ter than any other man the cause of his
defeat. John j. Patterson is the lit and
natural Senatorial spawn of the ignorant
and corrupt set Of negroes who now com
pose a majority of the Legislature which
has reduced that State TO a condition of
absolute bankruptcy, and has added insult
to injury by sending such notorious plum
derer and corTuptiOnist as Patterson to
represent her in part i'll the Senate of the
United States. Elliott AYERS that Patter-
son spent fifty thousand dollars in bribing
his (Elliott's) colored brethren to vote for
him, and that without this corrupt use of
money lie Patterson would not have re-
oeived a single vote in either branch of the
Legislature. He then adds the following
Now understand me. l am not saying
this out OF personal feeling. I was can
didate before the Legislature and WAS defeat
ed. can bear defeat, but the humiliation
the thing has brought upon our colored race
that's what hurts NE. Our race is now on
trial before the world as to its fitness to gov
ern. WHAT will be said after such = whole
sale buying up as this? The Colored men,
as you know, are in large majority in the
Legislature, and then for them TO deliberate
ly sell out by wholesale is a blow that We
can't get over for years. 1t is q blow at our
integrity, our honesty and cur manhood.
The report has gone 10 thes world that the
colored Legislators making laws for South
Carolina have been bribsd by wLol+saIe. and
the report is unfortunately true. What will
the world think of it?''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

GN last Wednesday week, John T. IIoF-
man retired from the Office OF Governor Of
New YORK, which he has filled with great
credit and acknowledged ability for four
years, and was succeeded by General John
A. Dix. John T. Hoffman is ore of the
most prominent and accomplished leaders
of the Young Democracy OF the country,
and his public life is without stain or blem-
ish. When better and wiser counsels pre-
vail in the administration OF the govern
ment, and when men of brains and honesty
are estimated at their proper value, he will
occupy deServedly high position among
the public men of the future whore task
will be 20 rescue the government from the
hands Of political charlatans and men Of
mediocrity and restore it to the original
design OF It's founders.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

Twelve Indians were hung in a row
in Texas, recently, for driving of surrup-
titious beef. After having their faces
washed, eleven ''panned OUT white men,
but they hung just as well.
Atlanta, Ca, January 2.-The up and
down passenger trains on the Macon and
Western Railroad came in collision about
thlrty-seven miles from this city this morn
ing. Eight negroes were killed, and ten
or twelve negroes and three whites wound
ed. Three cars and one engine were
wrecked Carlotta Patti and troupe were
on board. Their wardrobe and piano were
destroyed. The members of the troupe
were unhurt. Patti was active in giving
relief to the wounded. The negroes were
emigrating to Mississippi.
We saw piece Of wedding cake the
other day, says the. Bangor (Me.) Wig
of recent date, which had a somewhat
remarkable history. 1t was made on the
occasion of the marriage Of lady of this
city twenty-five years ago, and sealed up
to await the return of her brother. who
was then expected home in few weeks.
The lady died fifteen years ago, but the
cake was kept intact until Monday last,
when, as her brother is still in California,
and VIII probably never again come east,
1t was removed from the case where it had
remained so long and sent to him.
About nine O'clock on Monday morn
ing last, while Peter Sarrena, a laborer
employed by the contractors who are re-
moving the old railroad bridge at Daven-
port, Iowa, was assisting at some work on
the top chord of the bridge, he missed his
footing and fell Il distance Of over fifty feet:
striking the railroad cross-ties in his de-
scent, he was turned head downward fell
on the ice, his head striking with fearful
force. tie was picked up Immediately by
his comrades, but died before reaching
shore. He was Dane, and had lately ar
rived in this country.
AT twenty minutes OF twelve O'Clock
on Saturday night. he citizens in al parts of
Columbus, o., were disturbed by low,
rumbling noise as Of distant thunder, ac-
companied by three detonations that shook
the houses, ratified furniture and caused a
general alarm. Many persons left their
oeds IN search of supposed burglars, and
others came up the streets to learn the
| particulars of what they supposed was
/ some boiler explosion. 4 diligent canvass
! OF the city fails to give any reason for the
! shock, and many there believe that the noise
and vibration were caused by an earth
| quake.
| The ship R. c. Winthrop. from Ant.
werP, at New York, reports Nov. 81, about
one hundred miles west of Madeira Is
! lands, had a meteoric shower, commencing
! at dark and lasting two and half hours
| The first hour, as near as could be Judged
| there were from 9 to 1900, the second houl
! from to 600, and in the last half houl
! were gradually disappearing. About fouI
| hiths Of the meteorS appeared like small
/ balls OF fire moving through the air leisure
/ ly, but others moved with great velocity.
! leaving in their track trail of fire resem.
bllng that IN the wake ot an army rocket.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10

n REMARKABLE CAsF.-The Lancaster
Inquirer says: In one of the rural dis
trictS of this county lives a woman aged
about sixty-tiye years, who for the past five
years has been an invalid, and whose pres
ent condition is most remarkable. During
her previous life she has borne by no
means an enviable reputation, and strange
stories are rife in the community concern
ing her former life. The most current of
these is one to the effect, that years ago
She, with the assistance of her brother and
mother, i'll order to conceal the birth of a
child, roasted it alive i'll an oven. This
and many others are circulated, and gain
credence from her present condition
more than year ago, after having been
helpless invalid for about four years. she
arose one day in her bed and in firm
voice said: In this condition I must re-
mann Tor thousand years, though there
como FAMINE and starvation, yet will l
never i've or die With a spasmodic
witch and convulsive movement her limhs
were, doubled up in the most intricate man
ner, anu she sunk back upon the bed where
she has since remained, speechless and I'M
able to move. Whether her silence is to
be attributed to visitation of Providence.
or to stubbornsss, is not known. Her ap-
pear2nce is described by visitors to be
most fearful to behold. Her limbs are
twisted about her in wonderful manner
and her facial expression is almost demon
iacRl. She refGses to take food in the pres
ence of others, lat as soon as they leave
the room devours with the greatest avidi-
ty whatever is set before her. What rem
ders her case still moro remarkable, are
the facts that her brother, J ears ago, COM
mltted suicide, and that her mother lin
gered helpless invalid for nearly thirty
years"