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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

DETERMINED DEMocnAT--The Mauch
Chunk Democrat relates the following in
cident of the late election
Near the limits of the borough OF White
Haven, but IN tine township OF Foster, re-
sides Mr. William Shavallia, a natEraliZed
citizen of the United States. The polling
place for the citizens of that township is
something over eleven miles from Mr.. SHAY
alias place Of residence, and, unknowa
to him, had been removed since a former
election. Upon reaching the place at
which the election had usually been bold
be was surprised to fiud the polls had been
removed, and either by mistake Or design
! was directed to mining village in IA dis
tant part of the township. This place was
reached by him enly to result as before
In his disappOintment. But receiving pro
ber information as to the correct location
of the polls, tired and weary from his long
walk he presented himself ut the window
shortly .:ftcr half past three p. m, when
TO lis deep chagrin and modification, and
although the entire election board was
aware that he was a qualified voter, his
vote WAS refused because &c bad neglected
to bring his certificate of naturalization
with him. Many of our adopted citizens,
under similar circumstances, we opine,
would at this stage of proceedings have
given in despair, since twenty-five miles
OF mountains now lay between himself and
the right Of suffrage; but not SO with this
brave and determined democrat. lie knew
that the head of a lumber Job was located
some six and one-half miles to the north
east, and reasoning that he might there
procure a horse, he started for that point
en- run. The lumber camp vas duly
reached, a horse hastily taken from one of
the teams, and away he went at a pace
that wsuld have done credit to Sheridan
Shortly after six . clock p. m, a blown
and tired horse was reined up at the cleo
tion window, and William Shavallia record
ed his vote as No. 116, having made the
unpreeeden.ed time for that mountainous
district, OF twenty-five mll.s in @ lttla
more than two and one half hours, nearly
ons-third of which had been performed on
foot, and giving him nearly one hour to
spare before the closing of the polls
When pluck and determination like this
are exhibited among the masses of the
people, who ask not for party honors, but
who do ask the blessings of good and hon
est government for themselves and their
children, deep sense of shame should ut
terly overwhelm those who aspire to the
position of leaders, should they under any
circumstances give way to dsspondsnt feel
ings.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

As THE QUESTION OF who will he the
next United States Senator from this State
is exciting more than usual interest, We
publish below the Act of Congress of 1866
fixing the time and prescribing the mooe
OF eiecting Senators. The Legislature
will meet ON Tuesday, January 5tb On
tuesday, the 18TH, separate vote will
oe taken in tho Senate md House for Tie
choice of a Senator, of which the Clerks of
the two Houses will keep 1ecord. On
the next day both Houses will meet in
joint convention, and if it appears that
the Senate aud House both voted for the
same person, he will be declared Senator.
Otherwise the joint convention will pro-
ceed to elect. AS the Senate is RepubIi-
can and the House Democratic each will
OF course elect its own candidate and the
joint convention must then choose the
Senator. The Act referred to provides as
follows:
THAT the Legislature of each State which
shall be chosen next preceding the expira-
ton OF the time for which any Senator was
elected TO represent said State in Congress-
shall on the second Tuesday after tho mset-
ing and crganizstioa thereof proceed TO
elect Senator in Congress, in the place of
such Senator so going out of Office, in the
following manner: Each house shall open
~, ny clud coce vote of each mem ber name
one person for Senator in Congress from
said State, and the name of the person 80
voted for who shall have q majority of III.
whole number OF votes cast in each house
shall os sentered on the journal feach house
by tho clerk or secretary thereof; but If
/ either house shall fail to give such majority
TO any person on said day, that fact shall
be entered on the journal. At twelve o.
clsck meridian of the day following that OH
which proceedings arc required to take
place. as Aforesaid, the memb bers of the two
houses shall convene in joint assembly and
the Journal OF each house shall then be read
and II the same person shall havo received a
aunjority of all the votes in each house such
person shall be declared duly elected Sepa-
tor to represent said State in tho CONGRESS
OF ihe United States; but il tho same per
son shall not have received majority of
I the votes in each house, or if either house
snail have failed TO take the proceedings as
required by this act, the joint assem- bIy shall
then proceed to choose. by ri,a roce vote of
e'ch member present, a person for the Dur-
/ pose aforesaid, and the person having ma
loTi'y OF all the votes of the said ioi int assem-
biy, majority of ali the me;uberx .lecta,,
TO both houses being present and votipg
shall be declared duly elected; and in CASA
/ no person shall receive such N naiority on the
/ hrst day tbs joint assembly shall meet at
twelve o'clock meridian of each succeed
/ Ing day during the session of the Leeisla
/ ture, snd take at least one vote until a Sen
/ ator shall be elected"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

THE Philadelphia Sunday Ianscript of
the editor gave y list of the names of Dem
ocrats fro various sections of the State
who will be applicants for the principal
and minor Offices of the House at the ap-
preaching session OF the Legislature, ac-
companied with it's estimate of the merits
and qualifications of the different aspir-
ants. For Speaker, the names Of W.
Cooper Talley, of Delaware county, DR..
Joseph S. Lusk, of Butler, F. w. Gunster.
Of Luzerne, I. w. Parker, of Miffiin, and
Samuel F. Patterson, Of Allegheny, are
prominently mentioned. For Resident
Clerk, John w. Brown, late one of the ed
itors aud propriotors of the Patriot. and
Gen. Joseph w. Kuipe both of Harris
burg, are candidates. For Chief Clerk,
Adam W allover, Of Lehigh, F. A. Beamish.
Of Luzerns, Charles P. Brockway, of Col
umbia, II. J. M'Ateer, of Huntingdon.
George McGowan, of Philadelphia, and
Jacob Ziegler, Familiarity known as "Uncle
Jake" OF Butler, are named by the Trons-
cript. These are all ex-members except
Dir. Ziegler, who states i'll his paper of last
week that he is not and will not he a can
didate. We have seen it stated in other
papers that George w. Skinner, of Fulton,
also an ex- mem Der, and Frank n. Hutch
iuson, of Allegheny, are candidates. For
sergeant-at- Arms, John G.. Harvey, of
Montgomery, and Michael Mccullough,
of Berks, are namea-both ex mem bars.
We will here state that the name of Major
John Brady, Of Harrisburg, has also been
mentioned in connection with the same
position. Major Brady is gentleman, q
lie long Democrat, aud as the popular
proprietor OF the well known BRADY
Houss is extensively and favorably known
throughout the State.
1t Will be seen from the above list that
none OF the offices specified are likely To 90
begging. We have no doubt there are
others willing to serve the State in most
Of the offices named, all OF whom siU I've
present in full fore. at the Capitol on the
9th Of January, waiting, like Micawbc
'tfor something to turn up
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

The Washington Capitol not only de-
MES ana recounts circumstances to MAIN
tam the denial of the .'infamous false
hoods" as it terms them, recently revived
oy the Boston Herald in regard to the al
legged suicide of the late Edwin M. Stanton.
but declares positively that Hon. jeremiah
;. Black never intimated that Mr.. Stanton
had procured his own death by cutting his
throat with razor 1t further alleges.
on the contrary, that Judge Black OH more
than one occasion assured the writer in the
CapstoG that Mr. Stanton had died from OK
haustion after leaving the overwork of his
oePartment, and that the story Of his sui
eide was without foundation in fact
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

We are unable % see the propriety Of
discussing at this sarly day ths question
Of the speskership OF the Forty fourth
Congress in rs much rs year will elapse
before il can assemble. And yet so,ns of
the prs ysstivc candidates are already in
the field aud are mIrshaling their forces
FOR the contest. Among others y. p.
Banks, Of Massachusetts, Fernando n cod,
Of New Isrk, aud Samuel J. Randall, of
Pennsylvania, have been widely named.
Banks, able and competent as he confess
edly is, is n political hsrmophrOdite, being
two-thiryis Democrat aud one third mildly
Republican. Hs voted first, last and all
the time for the salary grab, and Of course
took it. Wood voted for it three times
then lodged, bat took the s~ag. Randall
walked in Woods footsteps and pocketed
the plunder. The members Of that Con-
gress know that the Democratic press
from Maine to Oregon, with few excep-
tions, denounced the bill and the men
who availed themselves of it's benefits. If
they wish deliberately to insult the Dem
eeracy of the Union, and especially the
Democracy of New York or Pennsylvania,
both of whose State Conventions passed
resolutions denouncing the fraud, they can
effsctually do SO by comforting tAs honor
either on Fernando Wood or Sanuel J.
Randall. The election of either would
stultify the party on the back-ray infamy
and justly make it the laughing stock oi
it's enemies.
This early and unsecnly struggle for
the Speakership is conclusive evidence
that the present is not the age when the
sfiice seeks the man, but the age when
the man seeks the office.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

In Ecferencs to the letter of Governor
Seymour to Tie editor ef the Utica O5ssree-,
in which he expresses a preference for the
walks OF private life to seat in tho United
States Senate, with which the Democracy
Of New York propose to homer him, the
World has this to say:
Mr.. seymour's expression of his own
wishes in regard TO tho S.natorship is of
course sincere. 1t is, in fact, perfectly well
known that such offices as Nr. Seymour has
held. and adorned, have sought him, not he
them. But Mr.. Seymour does not say and
We trust does not mean, that he will not sub
ject his personal wishes to the decision
Of the people OF the State If they decide
that, among the many Democrats in New
York mt To ereceive the Seuatorshp, he
is precisely the hLtcst. On that point OF
course, We have nothing now 20 say. What
We have 10 say is that Nr. Seymour would
honor himself, HE party, aud his State in
the Senate OF the United States a. would
bring To the S-uatorship a-eepplishrnenss
which are now rare there, tho traditions Of
the best days ef Federal politic5, n personal
character aIiOIutely beyond reproasI, aud
high hearted patriotism. Is /. no griev-
Gus thing ~ we know Of ig recent politics
that o Insu - pure and 80 Rbls @s Governor
sey aiouL should Sc lOng have been Loaf 10
tho public service.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

THE OLD SToRY.-The Washington cor.
respondent of the Louisville Courier. Jour
nat writes {: To-day there walks with head
erect man whe, after rnining one innocent,
unsuspecting girl, married another, who
was almost her near neighbor. His wife is
very beautiful and attractive. When the
story reached her ears, and the poor little
babe was brought to her notice, her heart
almost broke and she resolved TO leave the
n'an, although he had only been her hus-
band few months. Relations thought il
best to take no steps in the matter, and she
was dissuaded from obtaining a divorce.
But the smooth-f faced villain was not CON
tent with the misery he had wrought but
sought to regain his power over the Girl
during tho temporary absence of bis wife.
foor thing, she was trying so hard to be
worthy at the forgiveness of her father and
sister who had not cast her off One dav. a
car filled with passengers was passing down
inc street. One young man in the car call
eu the attention of another 20 a beautiful
girl who was about entering q store and
named her as the mistress of - He had
mistaken the innocent young sister, and
woman In the car, who overheard the re-
mark and knew the girl, made it her bust
ness TO call at the house of TIE two sisters
and relate what occurred in the car. The
young laoy tnrned upon her unfortunate
sisIeI' ana with vehemence reproached her
for the disgrace she had brought upon the
family, and added that she would no Longer
I'VE IN the same house with her, but would
hereafter live with a relative in another citv
where she could escape insults. The Door
wounded heart gave way, and the forsa ken
one fell to the floor in strong commissions.
In three days she died. Her betrayer sat
upon the steps of his father-in-law s dwell
ing and watched the funeral as it passed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

"A correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dis
patch, writing from Waynesburg, Pa.
says Between tive and three p. NJ. Satur-
day Thos. Kent, respected and industri-
Gus citizen of this city, was run over By a
wagon heavily loaded, six miles north of
here, and died at eight O'Clock Saturday
night. He is the third one killed acciden-
tally in the Kent family. The same even
ing between six and seven o'clock Thomas
l"ok and Lawrence Clarke, on their way
nome: we're racing their horses When
near Sayers' bridge, one mile east of here,
both horses being spirited, ran away with
their riders. Zook was thrown against
the tImbers of the bridge and killed.
Ciarke was thrown and his foot caught in
the stirrup. He was dragged a consider
aoie distance, bat was relieved by the girth
breaking. he was seriously but not fatally
injured.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

IT has always been n mystery to us why
sI-members of the Legislature will rush
to Harrisburg at the opening OF session
and seek an election to some subordinate
Office We are awars that Harrisburg pos
sesses many aud pseuIiar attractions, bus
the practice to which we have referred be-
trays a want Of proper self-respect, and
would be much more honored in the
breach than in the observance. 1t Illus
trates, however, ths mania for ofice-seek-
ing which is the disgrace and curse Of the
politics of the country. Only few years
ago we were told Of an ex-memb Der who
went to Harrisburg aud sought and re-
csived the dignified position of folder and
pdster. 1t is sweet to serve ones country
as an office holder, which has now become
the highest type of patriotism.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

MISPLACED SVMPATHY.-Againa are we
tempted to- the verge of 4 sort of eccles,as-
ticism, and it is pleasant to feel that what
we said the other day as to the scandal of
publicity in the misdoings of the clergy, is
entirely in consonance with the criticism
We have to make to-day. The So called
Father Gerdemann, a fugitive from the
justice Of Pennsylvania, was arrested here
in Baltimore on the eve of his fight with
the companion of his folly or his crime. He
put a bold face on it and in published
statement sought to exculpate himself by
attributing his rsputed defalcation n-mak-
ing way with trust funds of his poor parish
ioners-to unlueky stock operations-the
stereotyped refuge of defaulters the world
over, aud, if true, hardly less discredltable
to n clergyman than the crime itself In
effectipg lis arrest, the Church authorities
did their simple duty as citizens. eubse-
quently we are told-and this is the point
of our criticism-that on being taken to
Philadelphia and prima facie case made
out against him, bail was offered and en-
tered to any amount by leading members
of the Young Mems Christian Association.
We have since learned that such was not
the case, and that what, for want of bet
ter phase, we must term sectarian contTo-
versial sympathy, is not to be intruded into
this wretched matter. These .'associa-
tions' in their way do good but if they
begin to involve themselves in such antag-
onisms, their capacity for benefcenes ceases
forever. There may be cases of injustice
to clergymen, but they are rare, and an
unfrocked ecelesiastic Of any denomination
is such one as prudent folks would natu-
rally not care to meddle with. The chances
are they deserve what they set-whether
they be Protestant Beecher or Glenden-
ming, or, to use too familiar nick name the
! ''Romish" Gsrdemann. Our Philadelphia
! friends ought to re-rsad a page of their own
| s,sry not very ancient. Some twenty OIL
more years ago a priest named Hagan was
| deposed by the authorities Of his Church for
some imputed wrong doing, we really for
! get what. Great and effusive was the sym
pathy, Doth within and without his own
communion. Had he been known to be
amenable to civil process he would have
got bail to any amount. Mobs were raised
ans lives were lost in his behalf-and
months, not years, rolled by. and proof be
eame patent that the fellow was stepped il
. crime of the deepest dye and the gross es
! character The Judgment of the Church
was vindicatsd, and the wretehed man flee
the country never to return. We trus
that IN the present case sym pathy may no
prove itself to be equally unmerited-BaL
inaore G0zetts.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27
CiCil Loyalty.
SHARP REILLY OF ARCHBISHOP BAILEY TO
MIR. GLADSTONE.

Archbishop Bailey. OF Baltimore,s has
written a short letter on the statement
n ade by Mr.. Gladstone in his late pamph-
let that since the Vatican Council defined
the dogma of lnfa lhbility of the Pope, sew
cry Catholic is called upon to ren0unce his
mental and moral freedom and place his
civil loyalty and duty at the mercy of an
Other.'
The Archbishop says: When person
tells me that my religion requires me to be
disloyal to my country, the old Adam comes
up in me, and feel more disposed to pull
his nose than answer him politely. The
only thing have to say against Gladstone's 8
declaration is that it is false, shameful
calumny, and l would appeal with perfect
confidence as to the truth of my assertion
to the conscience of every Catholic over the
face of the earth. L. has no foundation
either in the words Of the decree nor in any
possible logical deduction from those
words. The thought even that it would
have any such bearing | am certain never
entered into the mind Of any member of the
Council. The Vatican canon did not
change in one iOta the relations of Cath Olics
to the civil power any more than it changed
those of Protestants. 1t left that i'm por-
tant matter as connected with the order OF
civil society where the New Testament
leaves it, where our blessed Lord left it,
things that are Caesars and TO God the
things that are Gods
Ever since Gladstone committed political
harikari by dissolviDg Parliament he has
! been soured and disappointed man, and
there is no being OH this earth more mis-
| chievous and dangerous than an old politi
clan turned out to grass" Everything
he has done and said and written since
shows that hs is anxious to get back into
his cage as a Polar bear is anxious to ge
out of, his. And SO he has taken to wha
an old English divine used to call ''hi
Cheshire cheese" the "no Popery,' or,
which Little Johnny and others hav,
tried before him, and is endeavoring to rails,
the whirlwind in the hope that it may blow
him back on to tho treasury benches
| viii be more likely to blow him out to sea
| BY this publication Gladstone has pa ic
but poor compliment TO the good sens.
and intelligence Of the English people, ant
| have my doubts whether they will danc
20 his music. If he was situated like Bis
marck, and could put a soldier alongside o
every honest citizen to make him dance
''willhe, nillhe," then there would be som
sense in the thing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

The "doLLY MAGUIRE" Sensation
The Scranton Sunday Times takes the
York papers severely to task for their
sational and falsely distressing aecouns
murders and outrages reported in
Schuylkill mining region. That n
says of these accounts, that 'stIan
who read them and are unacquzinted 4
the facts here, would naturally hsE7|
idea tha. the coal regions are almost 4
to the western frontier-every pan e
law to suit himself and enforCes Il Is
he can. The truth of the matter seen
be that some young men, Whose r.
of Imagination have become Tsil dsFei
byS practice, have succeeded in bsS
occasional correspondents OF NsS
journals. and are bound TO make then
ny a-line amount to as large sum as
sible first by making, such ssnsal
account as viii ensure its being pm
and second to string it out As long a.
sible. The truth is that the state oi
ety is very much the same here as I'D
parts Of the country. SuSquehann~
Tioga arc supposed to be peaceful ag'
tural communities, and vet No Rave
no murder IN the coal region that eq''j
in cold bloode6 atrocity the murder o.
Hara's mother and sister, and no To
more bold and successful than that Z"
Wellsboro bank. We probably have
sonable share of rascals among - Du
think no more than other districts oi
proportions, and not so many as in%!
portionally be found in New oiA
Philadelphia. People who attend 70
business, and do not engage IN "a.
brawls, are as safe IL Scranton
barre or Pottsville as in any other Pa
the country"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

OUTER AND CHEESE are almost indis-
pensable articles Of food Pronerlv u,.d
they are nutritious and healthy but an in,
o.u'nate , use eft either causes Indigestion
Hhd dyspepsia. Parsons Puroafins pill
!uuloiousiy used, will remove both of these
HAVE You agus in the face? and "a i,
oadiy swollen? Havo you severe main Il,
the onest, back, or side? Have YOU cram ps
or pans IN the stomach or bowels . H.pa
you bilious collie or severe gripin, pains ,
IT s", ,'se Johnson's Anodyse Linfgs,.t in.
formally.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27
A simple accident near Rutland Va,

"A simple accident near Rutland, Yer
mont, had a remarkable semblance to m,r-
der; Mrs. McGuire, farm wife, took a
ioad OF butter to the village, sold it for forty
doiiars, and started alone to drive home.
aitsrward she was found lying dead on the
moor OF her carriage, with her head terribly
bruised and her money gone. The theory
oI robbery and murder found ready Gre
9ence. Later tho truth explained it all.
c cne had died of heart disease, and had
.aien n, on me wheel of the carriage, which
been spent in paying bills in the village.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27
THE CAMBRIA FnEEmlR.
HDENs sSac, Pa,
Frilhy NRnlng. Nov. 81. 1874

Or all the gentlemen nap,-d a. aSFirau's
for position at the hands Of tho Democrat
ic majority in the next House OF kepre-
sentatives Of this State, there is not one
whom we would rather see ''make the riff
fis,' than John W. Brown, Esq, Of Harris
burg. who is = candidate for the Office Of
Resident Clerk Of the IIouse. Ii long and
faithful service - the party, and entire
ability TO perform the duties OF the position
sought Tor, ar. duly considered, Mr.. Brown
shonid have no trouble in making his call
ing and sisejion SURE.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27
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HISTORY OF THE NEW .!o.' Ina ., ~ !.

The Secrets. Mysteries andfe1 ~ hsFit'
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-11-27

IHs following exhibit shows the names.
= poiI.ieai status ano majorities of the several
Oons ressinen elected in this State on the Sd ::