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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22
WeGfth and Wickeduess.
PhIsoNHR COMING OUT OF THE PENIrEy
1IARY WITH FORTY THOUSAND DoLLARs

Among the 100 prisoners in the peui.
t"ntiary, says the Ohio State Journal
there are good many men and vone n
whose histories, if wIitten, would make in.
teresting reading. A good many of these
men OF stripes have records that are quite
romantic and interesting. Lewis Brandt
ID one of these. When a young man he
LETT his home in Germany and started fer
TINS country. On leaving his father gave
him $5O, 600 to start life on. He came to
this country, and being of rather profit
gate disposition, he travelled about and
soon went through his fortune. After
running out of money he was compelled to
work, and got the position Of night clerk
at the American While there he forged
check for $42, was arrested, tiled. con-
vlcted and sent TO the penitentiary for a
short term. After getting out he rambled
about while, and soon learned that his
father had died and left him $50, OOO.-
This he received and was fast making way
with it, when he turned up again as a
forger-this time in Cleveland-and was
sent to the penitentiary for term of five
years, which will terminate in about two
months. AT the time that he came last to
the prison he owned about $15, 900 worth
of stocks and bonds in New York, of which
he IS still the pOSSessor, and from them
draws an annual income
good many years ago he indorsed for
friend in Germany, and lost 500, Geo by
the operation, but he received letter a
few weeks ago from that friend, who is
now q wealthy merchant in Philadelphia
stating that if he would send in his ac-
count the money would all be paid up, and
arrangements are now being made SO that
when he gets out of prison he will get the
100000.
few weeks ago he received letter
from his mother, in Germany, in which
was inclosed list of his share of The house.
hold effects, his mother, having broken UP
was a long list of fine watches, jewelry,
and other valuables, amounting to over 81,
600 in value. These will be sent to him III
few days.
In addition to his wealth Brandt has an
excellent education. He speaks German,
French, Spanish, aud Euglish, is some
what proficient in Latin, and has consid-
cradle acquaintance with seven other Ian
guages. His conversation is learned and
profound. He at one time delivered a
speech before an audience in Cleveland,
in Latin, which is said TO have been an ex-
cellent production. lie is very generous
in his nature, giving away 10 oney to almost
any one who asks for it. The warden has
in his care several hundred dollars OF
Brandt's money, and out of this fund
Brandt has made handsome donations to
several discharged prisoners. He frequent
ly receives letters from friends in other
cities, asking for aid, and they never fail
TO get 1T. He acknowledges his folly in
the way of forgery, and intends when he
gets out to reform. He is about 45 years
OF age, and has never been married.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22
How He LOST HIS WIYE.--Matrimony

How He LOST HIS WIvE.-Matrimony
in Michigan seems to resemble the exhil>
arating game Of puss-in-th the corner. A
susceptible gentleman i'm that State having
found an affinity elsewhere shan in the ex-
listing partner Of his joys and SORROWS, and
being copditionaly accepted by the new
object of his alteration, at once instituted
proceedings for a divorce but, brief as is
the form for that purpose in Michigan, his
second intended was in too great hurry
to wait, and married another suitor on the
very day that bis former bonds were SUM-
dered. Thus forstalled in his proposed
change of seats, he naturally tried to run
back to the corner he bad just left, and
FASTENED home with the view Of rewed-
ding his original spouse but during his
absence an alert competitor had stepped
in. and she, too, was provided with ans
other husband. So now This donbly dis
J appointed player is, metaphorically speak
+ ing, standing in the middle of the CON-
munity watching for some neighbor to
leave his wife unmarried for few minutes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

BY reason of a defect in the present
election law tile assessors have had no
authority to make registry of voters
prior to the February elections. To
remedy this Senator Ermcntrout has
introduced into the Legislature a sup
plement to the present election law,
providing that
1t shall be the duty Of each of the asses
sors who are required to perform any du-
ties incident 10 the holding Of elections and
the registration of voters in the different
counties of this Commonwealth, of each
year, TO be present at the election house of
the election districts ofthis Commonwealth, h,
during the two secular days next preced-
ing the sixty first day before the ,hird
Tuesday in February in each year, from
8 a. IN. to 1 p. ~. and from 2 p. IN. to q
p. IN. Of each of said days, for the purpose
/ OF assessing and registering the name oi
voters and f0r the purpose of hearing and
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

DysPErsIA.-Dyspspsi il the most dis
to. American. are particularly subject TO
this disease and its effects. surii as sour stom-
ach, sick headache, habitual cost veness,
heartburn, water-brash, gnawing and burn
ing pains in the pit of the stomach, coming
up of the food, coated tongue, disa agreeable
taste in the mouth, impure blood, and all
diseases of the Stomach and Liver Two
doses of GREEN s AUGUST FLOWER will re-
lieve you at once, ald there positively is rot
n case in the United States il will not cure.
II you doubt this go to your Druggists, Lem
mon & Murray, or r. NJ. Woeslagle & Son q
Store, at Wilmore, and get a sampIs hottie
for 10 cents and tryit. Regular size IS cent?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

The word "bandi." is of Italian or
igin and in general sense signifies "a
rUbber :" and when Sheridan went to
New Orleans in search of fres', mill
ary fields ani pastur-c~ new, and in
his dispatch to t. . -crctary of War
stigmatized IT, members of the White
Leag,e, III Louisiana, Arkansas and
Mississippi, as "banditti," he was gull
ty of misapplication of the term. 1t
has never vet been charged against
the White League that its members
dered the people for their own person
al gain. That there are bandjHi in
the three Southern States named by
Sheridan, who have been a scourge to
the taxpayers, eating out their sub
stance and driving them to hopeless
despair, is unfortunately too true. -
This bandit horde in Louisiana is com
posed of such men as Kellogg, Casey.
Grants brother-in-law,) Packard.
aud other rapaCious leaders of the
Grant party. In Arkansas it is off
cered by such plunderers as CLAYTON,
Dorsey, Mcclure, et i'll genus omae,
and in Mississippi Ames and his greedy
understrsppers constitute its head and
front. These are the true bunddi. or
robbers, in the States which Sheridan
proposed that Congress Ivy a law or
. Grant by proclamation should hand
over To his tender mercies and the
swift and umrelenting decree of drum
lead court martial. These are the
brigsnds who have hstn robbing and
absolutely coniiscatirg 1y inordinate
and reckless taxation tho wealth OF the
landed prop'ietors Of the States in
which they have held Infamous SWAY.
until their very names have become a
stencil in the nostrils of the people.
I Clayton and Dorsey have been repu-
/ dated in arkansas, and just as soon
as the people of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi are permitted to control their
own State affairs without anv military
interference, Kellogg, Casey, Ames
aud their corrupt crews will disappear
before the wrath Of All outraged peo-
pie. That time will come when Grant
Is driven by the indignant verdict OF
OF the people from the White House,
and not until then.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

THE FoRTY-TOUETH CoNGREss.--Care-
full scrutiny of the list of Representatives
elect to .he Fourty,foulth Congress re-
veals but one Smith-a Georgia gentleman.
This is an unusually small representation
in the House OF large family. There is
but one Jones also, / homas L., of Ken
lucky. But the Williamses loom up
There are no less than six of them Jerry, of
Alabama James of Indiara, and AlplleuS
of Michiga Democrats and W illiain,
of Michigan Andrew of New York, aud
Charles of Wisconsin-all Republicans.
The Harrises come next three of them
Henry, of Georgia, and John of Virginia,
Democrats and Benjamin, of Massnchu-
sets, a Republican. Allo the other men,
bers who are not single travel in couples.
There are two Woods-Fernando, of New
York, Democrat and Allen, of Pennsyl-
vania, Republican. Two lIamiltons-An-
diew, of Indiana ana Robert, of New Jer-
Sey. both Democrats. Two Caldwells-
John, of Alabama, and William, of Ten
uessee, both Democrats. Two Wallaces--
John, of Pennsylvania, and Alexander Of
South Carolina, both Republicans. Two
Wisons-James, of Iowa, Republican
and Benjamin, of West Virginia, Demo
crat. Burchards -Horatio, of Illinois, and
Samu.l OF Wisconsin, both Republicans.
Two Reillys-John and James, of Pennsyl-
vauia both Democrats and two Bagleys
John and George, both of New York,
the first Democrat and the second a
Republican. There are two Clarks with
the same initials, John B., and both are
Democrats, one from Missouri and the
other from Texas. Another variation is a
similarity in peculiar given names an il
lustration Of it being furnished, in Scott
Wike, of Illinois, aud Scott Lord, of New
York, who arc both Democrats.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22
-1-~o->--

THg refusal of the Republican mem-
hers of the Legislature to give John
Scott a complimentary Tote for Uni
ted States Senator was as unkind a
blow as has been dealt to any promi-
nent politician in these latter days
1t was nothing less than a notice served
on him, that if they had the power of
electing a Senator, he at least need not
apply. Unlike sunflowers, they
"Did not turn to their god as he set
I he same look atthey gave when iIc rose" :"
In the language of Artemas Ward,
why is this, thus 2" Has not John
Scott been loyal to his party, and has
Ee not been 4 thick and thin supporter
of Grant and all his works? 4 fter his
pilgrimage through the South in search
of kuklux claus, and after his willing
support of the policy and acts of the
national administration, to be Il us
rudelv and contemptuously cast aside
is enough to cause one to believe not
cnly in the ingratitude of republics,
Int OF the Republican party. John
Scott deserved better treatment at the
hands of his political friends
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22
likewise q civilian

Lieut.-Ge Sheridan TO
the Secretary Of Var,
dated Headquarters
hilitdryDirisionNi Ms
souri,, NetC Orleans,
Ia, Jan y >, 1873.
| think the terror
ism now existing in
Louisiana, Mississippi
and Arkansas could
be entirely removed
and onfidence and
fair dealing establish
ed by the arrest and
trial of the riEgleaders
of the armed w hi,e
Leagues. II Congress
tCouId pass a lac deciGr-
ing them bdnditti, hey
could be tried bY militia
RI commission. THIS
banditti, who murder
ed men here OH the
1ith of last Septem-
Der, and also more re-
Gently at Nicksburg,
Miss, should, in JUS
tice to law and order.
and peace and pros
pcrity of this South
crn part of the couiI-
try, be punished. II
is possible that II the
President ,rOuld issue q
proclamation declaring
them bnndifti, no fur
ther action need be td-
Ken except that tChich
lcould deroIre upon n1e.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

acting upon applications to be made under
the provision of the laws OF tins common
wealth, or relating to names upon tne as
scssnept or that are sought to be placed
thereon or stricken tlerefrom.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

The Louisville Courier Journal gives
up in despair the attempt to charac,erize
in fit terms the conduct of Grant and his
clique toward the people of Louisiana and
says "a mere attempt tn do so beggars the
language and drives il a shirtless, shive-,
ing pauper to the poorhcuse."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

SEEDS, GRAIN, FEED, &C.-7he Fornevs
Interested. advertisement OF Me.rrs
Geo. j.. Peabody Il CO., in this paper. The
hrm named are extensive ard reliable deal
ers IN seeds, grain, etc, their speciality being
seeds. With them can bc found Mt all times
the best timothy and clover seeds, etc.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

Major General Winfield
| S. Hancock S General
! order No. 40, on 0S-
/ s,tn,ing command Of
he FyfthUiiitdrg.Dis-
/ trict, Dated -Nc,c Or
leans, L., Norentber
! 20, 1867.
The General COM
mandirg is gratified
TO learn rhat peace
and quiet reign in this
department. II Will
be his purpose % pre-
serve his order of
IhingT. As a means
TO This great end, he
regards the mainten-
nuce of the civil au-
thorities in the faith
f'ul execution Of the
laws as the most ef-
ficient under existing
circumstances.
In war il is indis-
pensahle to repcl force
by force and over
throw and destroy op-
position to lawful au-
.thority. But when
insurreetionary force
has been overthrown
and peace established,
and the civil authori-
ties are ready and
willing TO perform
their duties, the mil
itary power should
cease to lead, and the
civil administration
resume it's natural and
rightful dominion. -
Solemn.y impressed
with these views, the
General announces
that the great princi-
pies Of -4n'eric0rl ii5er-
~ are still the ldUttd
Inheritance gf His peO-
pie, and erer should DC.
The right Of trial by
jury, the hdbeds cor
pus, the liberty Of the
press, the freedom of
speech, the natural
rights Of persons. and
The rights Of property
must BE- preSeTUe.l.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

The Boston Post states, as an interest
ing fact to single gentlemen. that there
ate City. four widows of generals, and two
hundred and seventeen Of colonels, on the
pension rolls.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

AT the last session of the Legisla-
ture the Republican majority passed
an Act fixing the number, dutios and
compensation of the officers and en-
,,Ioyees i'm the two Houses. The num-
Der provided for in the House was AZ,
exclusive of fifteen pages, and IN the
Senate 2S, exclusive OF ten pages.
i hat ut least one-third of these subor-
dinstes are useless and unnecessary is
perfectly apparent, and time and again
has it been denounced by the Demo
cratic press oi the State as a profit
gate expenditure Of the peoples mon
ey. 1t was loudly proclaimed that
the Democracy would reform this
abuse IL they came into power, and
the last Democratic State Convention
explicitly declared IN its platform IL
favor of reducing the number of OF
fi.e-hUld,rs. 10 Was confidently eN-
pected. therefore that the present
House Of Representatives would make
this pledge good and thus save the
uiLlic treasury from being literally
robbed of thousands Of dollars in pay
ing the salaries % sincCuTe otlicers-
lint this has not been done by the
Democratic majority in the House, for
the hacked committee OF twenty-oue
reported candidates for all the offices
provided for in the act referred to and
the Democratic members endorsed the
report and elected them. This is not
the reform ia that direction that was
promised. nor clh the action OF the ma
i,rity i'm the House be defended. But
the fraud is not likely to stop here,
for we observe that a joint resolution
has been introduced in the Senate by
a Republican member, and has passed
two readings, providing for an in
crease Of the officers III both Housc5
We suppose that 4 few more eT-mem.
bers like Mccullough, or chronic of
fice-seckers from other sections Of the
State, are laying around loose at Har
risburg waiting for tue Legislature tc
provide winter quarters for them
When this joint resolution comes be
fore the House, we trust that the Dem
cerlts will have nerve enough 70 de
feat it, and that each member on a cal
for the yeas and nays will be COMPEL
ei to show his hand If the people
must be pluniered BY having a hord
of useless olIice-holders quartered OF
the treasury, they have right I,
know by whose agency it has. beef
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

Born branches of the Legislature
met in joint convention on Wednes-
day last TO elect United States Sen
ator as the successor of John Scott,
whose term Will expire on the 4th Of
March next. Hon. William A. Wal
lace, Democrat, received l25 votes,
and Hon. John Allison, Republican,
ll5 votes. 1t is not necessary that
we should enlarge on the result Mr.
Wallace's election has been forcgone
conclusion for some weeks, and will
not therefore create any surprise. He
is q gentleman of admitted ability
and is we'll known throughout the
State. His long and prominent career
in one branch of the Legislature af-
tords sure guaranty that he will lis
charge the responsible duties of the
higher position to which he has been
called with efficiency and ability.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

WHEN Andrew johnson was tried
for impeachment before the Senate Of
the United States, Hon. Reverdy
johnson, of Maryland, being member
of that body, was one of the Judges
to hear and decide the case. That the
charges preferred against him had no
foundation whatever on which to rest,
was at the time and still is the settled
conviction of the American people.
A meeting WAS held in Baltimore
last Friday night to express the in
Gignation of the frscmen of that city
ut the recent military outrage OF
Grants soldiers in expelling five mem
hers of the Louisiana Legislature from
their seats at the point OF the bavonet
Reverdv Johnson, who as an able and
profound constitutional lawyer has no
superior in the whole country. deliver
ed lengthy and carefully preps:cd
sneech from which we take the follow
ing extract 1t is valuable SIS express
ing his deliberate and matured judg-
lnent of the euormitv of Grants crime
against the constitution and liberties
of the country:
al think ! may say with positive certain
ty that if President johnson had used the
army. or sanctioned it's use. in eiecting from
the halls of the Legislature of u State any
uf its members, as has been done in this
instance, that act would have bccnmade the
subject of one of the articles Of imr-ach-
me t. and. if proven, every merIiner of the
court-many of whom are now Senators
would have found him guilty. Being one
of them, | know that l SHOULD have done
without the slightest hesitation, and
from an imperative sense of public duty"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22

WHENEVER an opportunity present
ed itself to him, General Sheridan has
not hesitated to make the civil power
subscrvieEt to military rule. He has
supreme contempt for civil law, and
believes that a disturbance or commO-
tion in a State can only be quieted by
a resort to military force. He was
commander of the military district
embracing Louisiana in 1867, and,
true to- his instincts, undertook to In
terfere with the action of the civil au-
thorities. Andrew Johnson, who was
President at the time, instantly re-
moved him, declaring with strong en-
phasis to his cabinet that he would do
so if it turned his administration up
side down. After the Chicago fire,
Sheridan, who then commanded in that
city, undertook to usurp the preroga-
tives ofthe Governor OF the State, but
Governor Palmer, who was a man of
brains and knew precisely the extent
OF his authority, protested against
Sheridan's assumption of military pow
er and soon brought him to grief Gen
eral Hancock succeeded Sheridan III
command at New Orleans. ANY one
who reads Sheridan's "banditti" dis
patch and Hancock's celebrated order
on assuming command, can form
just and correct estimate Of the two
men-the one trooper and nothing
else, the other not only a soldier but
likewise a civilian.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-01-22


nent.
The Trustees of the Public Library of
Kentucky have appointed G. NJ. Briggs,
Esq. to fill the place made vacant by the
death OF Gov Bramlette as manager of the
fifth and last gift concert. They also de-
termlned, by a unanimous resolution, that
there should be no further postponement,
but tina. this drawing sh all positively come
off on the 9th of February, as heretofore
announced.
All conductors on through trains on
the Pennsylvania railroad have an assistant
! to take up the tickets, in order fsays the
company to allow the conductor more time
! to attend to running the train. This has
/ been found necessary on account of the
! extra duties imposed by the adoption of
/ the ''block- system of running trains by
telegraph. The same plan will be adopted
on some Of the local trains.
On Wednesday morning Mr.. @. w.
! Church, of Cambridge boro, Crawford CO.,
/ had his arm caught in a circular saw, the
| effect OF which was to cause him to fall for
ward, his head striking the saw in such n
manner as to saw off the left side Of the
head, taking the left eye, left ear and nose
/ and leaving the brain exposed over the left
eye. lie was still living on Wednesday
evening, but apparently suffering intense
agony.
The tyrannical coursc. .Of Is smarck is
becoming still more intolerable, and makes
him the object of general cXecration among
a large portion of even German subjects
! The seizure of Roman Catholic seminary
by the Prusson authorities and the severe
punishment OF the bishop and clergy of the
diocese will add still more to the hatred
felt for Bismarck. lie is making martyrs
Of his opponents, and martyrdom never
fails to strengthen the cause i'll in which 1t
is endured.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-02-18
Prales brasilsky.

vseobecneIplatne vyliceni pralesu arci
je naprosto nemozne; nebof charakter je-
no meni Sc die toho, kde Sc rozklada: zda
podle bfeh6 rex nizinach neb ma upati
az ku zavratnym vysim nebetycnych po
hofi, ida pod rovnikem nebo jiz ma bliz-
ku mirntjsiho pasma, kde kazdorocni o.
padavani mnohych stromh pfipomina
jiz zimu naseho podnebi.
Sestonpime.i vysin pohofi And do
rovin Marahonu, poutaji lesich vyse le-
zicich obroyite orchidee Sc svymi dive
druznymi kvety, nescislne druhy kapra-
din 8 jemnymi, zaspicatelymi, obrovsky-
mi listy, stromdm podobne kopfivy, divu
pine bignonie jine pferozinanite rostli
ny 1ponkovite, tvofici houstiny neproEik
nutelne.
Doleji, kde je prales uz meme husty,
poutaji romantic palmy a jine hustoliste
stromy rostliny Sc svymi velkyni, opoj
nou v6ni dysicimi kvety carokraspyct
barev tvard. CHM hloub sestupujems
do rovin, tim vice nabyva prales vzezfe-
nj desne zasmuailosti. Hustle koruny
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-02-18
Pan professor a pOmO.
ranC.

Chodil jsem.. do tfeti latinske k ctihod.
nym bratfim fadu piaristd. Nell jsme
stareho bublaveho tfidniho, a prave 8
tim Sc mi stal vesely kousek, ieiz hodlam
tuto vypravovsri.
Bylo svateho Josefa - mdj, meho otce
i matinky svatek. 0 penize nebylo te-
dy zle. Radostne jecham do skoly, a
jelikoz mne costa vedla pies Josefske ma
mesti, kde Sc ten Gas kazdorocne velky
trh odbyva, nemohl .jsem odolati svddne-
mu volani jedne stare ,,sireny" perni-
KEN pomoranei a vsadil jsem diva ,,ha-
ky" ma ty rposledni.
Fortuna mi pfala: ia vyhral pomeranc
feel do skoly.
V iodine mi medal sotek dobfe delat;
vytahnu pomoranc a volam ticha ma sve-
no souseda: ,,Vid, Francku, to je CHA
pik"a Francek vsak byl podsitA kopa;
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Drevni trh.

Ze skladu pocita Sc tisic stfey. l. pa
palec ciste 1900, plank els. 2. p. 5000
H. cistte 1900, ciste plank 400. Iii
ciste l palec 41.oo. Box 1 palec 5000.
Fencing 1900. Cis. l. Stoks -
palcd Stroke 2O.Oo. Cis. Ii. 1900. Ciste
Commons 1O.O0-20.00.
tavebni potfeb y: Joist scant
ling tramy, kratsi nez Is stfevicd 1900
20 stf. dlouhe cena die delky dfeva.
Podlah Flooring cd 1900;
Common 5000, druha Common 24.O0;
Norway 5000, Siding (sajting) 5000
Sin del xxx 18 palcd fezany 500;
els. 1. neb cisty Butts 450; eis. 2. 2.50--
800. A. /. IS palcd iezany AIS.
Latky 2.25-250 tisic.
Cedrove posty male 90 ctd. pro
stfedni % ctd. ,velke 800 ctii kus.