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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-03-05

Tus Civil Rights bill rs it passed
the House, which we published two
weeks ago. passed the Senate on Sat
urd9y last by vote of 50 yeas 20 &c
nays-five Republican S nat1rs voting
in the negative with the Democrats
The effect OF its passage will tc to in
crease the ,lisorgaliziti Of the radi-
cal party in the Northern States and
to insure its certain defeat in every
Southern State ia the Union. Ever
since the close of the war the radicals
in Congress have been intent only on
legislation that would secure Il solid
negro vote in their favor While the
passage of the bill may retain the vast
bulk Of the colored vote, it will split
the Republican party in tie North
into fragments, and will prove to be
the last straw placed on the camel's
back.
What is known as the infamous
Force bill passed the House, after a
bitter strLggle, by vote of l3j yeas
TO III nays, on the same day the Civil
Rights bill passed the Senate-thir
ty-hree Republicans voting in the
negative. That part OF the bill au-
tLorizing the President to suspend the
writ Of hobeGs corpus was amended
so as 10 limit its operation to Louisi-
ana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Ala
hama. This bill, as Is well understood,
is intended to place the elections in
tie South under the absolute control
OF Grant, and thus enable him 70 carry
out bis third-terln project, which IS
now an open secret. 1t is not believed
that the bill can pass the Senate.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-03-05

TaE crnual election in New lIamp-
s!.ire will take place next Tuesday.
a Governor, Legislature and member $
of Congress will be chosen. For some
years past political parties in the Gran
tie State have been pretty nearly
equally divided. \ was to have been
expected the canvass in that cold and
trigid region has been a remarkably
quiet one, although the Democratic
press in the State very confidently pre-
diets Il victory for It's candidates. We
will see bow we'll OF how i'll founded
Is its judgment rs TO the result.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-03-05

The in;quitous Force bill did not get a
hearing in the Senate prior TO the final adj
jnarnmcnt yesterday, 4ih inst, at II o.
clock. Thus has most foul and wicked
conspiracy against personal liberty, with
Grant at its head, failed of its infamous
purpose.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-03-05
One of the events of the mast wo,, -

-one of the events of the past week in
Congressional circles was the somewhat
startling and significant course taken by
Gen. Joseph r. Hawicy, of Connecticut.
During the debate on what is termed the
Force Bill, this distinguished gentleman
took occasion to say that che had been all
his life radical in politics, but the time
mad come when he had seriously to CON
sicer whether he could go on with his rad
ical associates. He did not like TO pat
company with them, but he nad to do it.
lie could not agree to put any further or
greater power in the haEds of the Presi,
dent
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-03-05

y MINORITY REPORT on the Nichs-
burg troubles has been prepared hy
Representative Speer of this State
aud O'Brien of Maryland, who draw
strong picture of the cDrruptions and
expressions Of the cUlored officials,
aud say, among other things, that The
whites pay about 90 per cent of the
taxes, and that the negroes chiefly as
sess. collect and diSburse them also
that the debt of the city, which was
$l3, ,OGC in 1869, is nov, rs f,r as can
be ascertained, 81 zoe, 000; that Peter
Crosby. the sheriff and tax collector,
was tine political and personal friend
of the corrupt officials, AMI by his
power in summoLing juries their con-
viction was rendered practically i'm
possible. The conflict of December
Tth, resulting IN the killing Of two
whites and twenty -four colorcd per
sons, was solely and wholly caused iy
the armed attempt Of the negroes OF
Warren county to invade iichsbIrgI i;
that there is pot and has not been any
organized res istance at NickshurC on
the part of tie whites to lawful all
thci'G.N b"I Oii 'AS 1'iiI''' a. viz "i''NN
people, owning nearly all the property
and paying nearly all the taxes, are
sincerely DESTROYS of preserving peace
cn1 )od order. Their Interests, So
cill and bu iilcss, give strength te this
desire, and the patience they have cx-
hibited under accumulated wrongs and
outrages, such Us citizens of northern
city woald not Tolerate for day, is
the marvel OF our civilization.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-03-05

NO LEGAL MARRIAGE SINCE fS52-It
has just been discovered that the Indiana
marriage law of 1852 (under which ali mat
rl:nonIai contracts have been made since
that da!e) is unconstitutional, null and
void, and, consequently, ali marriages un-
der that law are Illegal.
The discovery was made by T. j. Truss
Ter aad .. y. Eddy, clerks employed in
the Secretary of States Office. Article
four of the constitution, on ;he legislative
oranch of tht governments, provides tina
all laws shall begin ''Bo it enacted Gy
the General Assembly of the Stale Of In
diana, &C. In some of the limited vol
Unes Of the statutes this enaciinc clause
E;tS been inserted, but IN the enrolled cony
oi the law III the archive of the Secretary
of States Office the enactiug clause has
been omitted in violation Of the cunstitu
ton, and hence the iilcgalitv of th. Law.
! he law was passed March 5, 1852, when
john w. Davis the present member from
fioyd, was the Speaker Of the IIouSe and
the lannon's Jim Lane President of the Sen
ate, and Joseph A. Wright Governor. and
II was signed by all these gentlemen, as
The constitution requires, without the dis
coVery OF the error. This act provides,
among Jther things, shat no white man
snail marry woman with one ne-eighth of
negro ulood IN her weir S and there are now
men serving in the penitentiary for violat
ing this provision, which is Illegal. Ry
proper legal process they can be released
immediately, and if the Old law of 1S43 is
binding. in view of the fact that an illegal
enactment cannot repeal d legal aud sound
law, then these men can be released for
the law Of 1843 permits marriage between
white and one-half negro 4 bill is to
DE introduced In the Legislature muedi-
htciy to lcealiZe all marriages since 1872
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-03-05

STARVED TO DEATH. a touching Incl
dent took place at Bellevue on Friday Of
last week, the sad reality of which sets ro-
nance completely in the shade.
A man named Dagger, living in that vi
cinity, who had been out of employment
for some time past, aud who has vainly
sought work until weary of the endeavor,
gravitated into a Lackawapna avenue base
ment, where he spent the greater part of
his nights and days, while his wife and
little ones were left to sit, cold, hungry and
unprovided for, by a neglected hearth. On
Friday last one of the children, who was
formerly d bright, interesting girl but
whose worn, sad face now told tale of
want and misery, worn out with hunger.
was stricken down on bed of sickness
A charitable neie hbor named Mrs. Hale,
hearing of the little one, called and brough
her something to eat, in the shape of an
oyster stew. The child devoured it raven
ously, until at length Mrs. Hale, seeing her
eat SO greediy, took the food awav and
laid the girl down to rest. The famshed
child clamorcd for more, but discretion die
tated that it would be dangerous for her
just then to get any more. A few minutes
later the child was seized with the parox.
ysms of a most acute pain. 1t was the pain
OF death. In less than half an hour AFTER
wards the little sufferer was corpse.
When the father returned home sad pic
ture met his gaze. His little one had died
of hunger, and his wife upbrlided him bit
terly on entering the scene was bitter
one, indeed, to which no words can do am
pie Justice.-Scrantoa Republican, 22d.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-03-05
i Terrible Ct.sastsophe.

An awful calamity occurred in New York
on Thursday evening OF last week. ST.
Andrew S church stands on the north side
of Duane street, near Chatham. just east
Of it, on Duane street, aud adjoining it, is
n tall, narrow store, six stories IN height,
whose interior was consumed oy fire on the
12th of January. leaving its iron front and
brick side walls standing. St. Andrew 5
church, a Catholic place Of worship, is a
low, large structure, seating about fifteen
hundred people. Between this low rooted
chuych and the western side-wall of the
tall, deep store left standing since the fire
OF January 18th vas a space OF some tTo
or three feet.
Thursday evening the congregation Of
the church assembled for services aud had
gone through the prayers and chants, aNC
Father Carroll, of -. Stephens church,
was in the pulpit, in the midst of 4 discourse
which rose to au unusual pitch of solemni-
ty. rs if some mysterious premonition were
operating on the mind of the preacher.
He speaking of dealh, and warning
the dense congregation Of the fearful dan>
ger of postponiHg preparation for that
event, when. with dreadful suddenness, his
discourse was interrupted by a loud, stupe
flying crash, followed III a second or two by
another. The wild amazement and frantic
terror which ensued dPiies description
Those stupendous crashes came through
the roof on the east side of the building,
bringing down portions of the roof and a
heavy. crushing mass Of bose bricks upon
the heads of the people in the gallery on
that side. In the CONSERVATION, aston:sh
rnent and horror which seized that crowd =
ed congregation, persons in the gallery
lCaped over upon the heads of the people in
the pewS, aud there was a tumultuOuS
rush towards The doors, in which many
were either squeezed and crushed to death
or dreadfully injured. In the confusion
nobody knew how many had been killed
or how many wounded in the gallery by
the weight which came down upon their
heads with the falling roof
On examination it was found that The
following persons had been killed: Mi
chael Murray, aged 30 Rose McGlynn,
aged 81 Michael McCarty, aged 60; Mary
A. Conner. aged % Catharine McGinneSS,
aged so; Michael Feeny, aged 10, and
twenty-six wounded.
The cause OF this horrible affiir, which
came without warning and with such ter
rible swiftness upon that peaceful religious
assembly, is apparent from the above de>
scrlp;ion of the locality. The long, high,
western wall of the six-story burned build
ing, left standing since the fire of the 18th
of January, had suddenly fallen upon the
low roof of the church, breaking through
and driving down The heavy incumbent
mass upon the heads of the people in the
gallery directly underneath.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-02
Havana Women.

writer in Lifpincotrs, speaking of Havana
society, SAYS:
"lLe uginess of the women amounts to q
vice, and is uuredeemel by any quality such as
sometimes paltiates plainness OF fea ures.
have cried aloud for the beautiful Cuban, but in
vain. am assured that she exists-am tod,
My dear fellow, You never made greater mis-
take in your life am pooh-poohed in var GUS
wa,s, but caUnot lind her. / hear it said that,
owing to the political chaos here, she has retired
from pubic view; but it IS not denied that she
will go to the carnival and the opera. l Was
warned not to expect her at the ball in Alfonso
honor at the 81. nish Club, and certainly it was a
tim aly warning.
Fancy long hall Of cnloIcd marble pillars
running the length Of it, forming arcades bal
comics on both sides hanging over the streets
and full Of young men smoking cigarettes, men
parading up and down the hail and quizzing the
wome n who were all seated-two rows of them.
hundreds alto enthusiastically contemplating
the male procession enameled, powdered,
attired in tie wealth of the Indies, saying no
thing, doing nothing, rot smiling nor blinking.
just sitting there, an awful array OF hideousness.
After the band struck up and the da, cling began,
| remained long enough to lose in the music tbs
horrible impression Of the opening scene, aud
then hurried home. At the opera and ca nival
it is not SO positively uncomfortable, but hand
some face. or pretty face, even an Intelligent,
expressive face, I have not seen in q woman in
Havana and at this season of the year. if ever,
Havana is Cuba. l don't condemn them
merely give my luck"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-02
Proverbs Refuted.

1t has been said of old that ga bird in the
hand is worth two III the BUSH" Try it. Take
a bird (any bird will do) in your hand, and hold
it securely; then take passage 10 the first YES
sci you can find (any vessel will do) and proceed
to the Antipodes, still retaining the bird in the
hand, where the bush is supposed to be. When
you arrive, examine the bird which you have in
your hand and compare it with any two birds you
Can lind IN the bush. Estimate their relative
value. You will lind that the pr0verb has led
you astray.
Again: 1t has been saidNthat 1T is the last
straw that breaks the camel's back Imprimis,
how long would man so about until he had sat.
istied himself that no had found the "last
straw! Put We will grant, for the sake of argu-
ment, that the ''last straw" has been found.
Now take your camel (any camel will do) and
cautiously deposit that straw upon the back OF
that camel and carefully observe whether the
spine Of that quadruped is dislocated. 1t is to
be imagined not. How then this proverb?
Once more: 1t has been spoken and written
that il you flake care of the pence, the pounds
will take care of themselves" Make the experi-
ment. Take pence (say three pence) and place
them in your purse, and put your purse in your
pocket. Button your pocket. it your pocket is
buttonable; or deposit the three pence with your
banker, or invest them in Canadian oil.well.
Next take sovereign (anybody's sovereign will
do) and place it carefully on the pavement 1.-THE
center of coal-plate is not bad spot,, and
after retiring up the stage and ''dissembling,"
observe how that sovereign will take care Of it.
self-Punch
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-02
A Bath i'm the Dead Sea.

G. A. Kingsbury writes as follows in Forest and
Stream, of a bath in the Dead Sea:
Reaching at length this most remarkable of
all seas and lakes on our globe, we prepared to
take bath-and such . bath can hsrdlv ex.
pect to take again. had previously bathed in
numerous seas, lakes and rivers, but never did T
enjoy such bath as this. The specific gravity
of the water is such, from it holding in solution
so large proportion Of salts (twenty-six and
half per cent? that one floats upon its surface
like cork. At the time there was oply gentle
ripple upon the sea, and being = good swimmer
I at once struck out into deep water.
soon found out that could not only swim
and float with wonderful ease, but that cond
aclua ly walk in the water, sinking onlv to the
armpits. Discovering this fact l made for the
shore, and taking Mr.. O., one Of the party. who
could not swim, by the hand. led him into the
sea where the water was many fathoms deep. AT
first he was quite reluctant to follow me hit he
soon gained confidence OH finding there was no
danger OF sinking, and he enjoyed the novel bath
az much az If he had been an expert swimmer.
Should the bather allow the water to get into
his eyes or mouth he would suffer considerable
abatement in his enjoyment, on account of it's
extremely soft, bitter and irritating nature. No
fish can live in this sea, but various kinds OF
ducks abound here at certain seasons of the
year. The water is as ordinary sea water, its
temperature was agreeable and it had an OILY
Il enns and altog sther its action on the surface
OF ne body was such as to develop those pleas
u1sDle sensations pertaining to the sense of
touch, accompanied by the most delightful ex-
hllaration. OF all the baths in the world give me
bath In the Dead Sea-"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-02
He Understood His Mother.
From the Detroit Free Press. |

From the Detroit Free Press
When Lacrosse street boy is playing shop
scotch" on the walk and his mother comes to the
door and asks him to split wood, he replies that
he will be along in just one minute. At the end
OF ten minutes she opens the door and says:
"Wlyum, want that wood"
"Tm coming right now" he replies, and then
goes on hopping here and there on one leg.
Another ten minutes flies away and she opens
the door and says:
"Wiyum, if you don't get that wood, you know
what your father will do!
Gust ten seconds" he calls back, and be en-
ters upon new game.
The next time she calls she says:
Young man, it's almost noon, and can't cook
dinner without that wood
81 know tim coming now, he replies, and
he stands on one foot and holds long discussion
with the johnson boy as to whether the game Of
chop scotch" is as good game as base ball. He
has started to hop when a boy whispers:
''Hi, Bill there's your old dad"
''Great snakes !" whispers Bill, and he goes
over the fence like flash, grabs the AK, and
during the next two minutes he strikes two hum
dred blows per minute. He gets into the house
ahead Of his father, and as he drops the wood,
he says:
Mother, the boys were just sayin' that had
the handsonest and best and coolest mother on
Lacrosse street, and want to kiss you.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-02
rooSr1yrED FROM r,rs1p Aax.l
Gold opened a. 115L.

Gold opened a. 115Hr ,:....rous fire
MosTrE,IEs, VI, May La .t1ee a'S is in ruins
T gEsnI lnsse1 l. .Se f fay .5e !5e
RocuI,TER. May The barge, Iaaen WIN ~
IRON ore. supposed to have been loss ~ an ~
tario during the gale ThuEsaay nisn. l'S IT,
Gnnessee RIVER. All hands on board arc safe
oY Nc, Ynnr. Nav Cardinal McCloskey, &C.
Unnamed by tho Papal envoys and = number Oh
bishops and clergymen ieft INC Guy .lis evening
lion Of the See of Boston to an Archdiocese
I'D DrTeoIT. May 1.-The straits Of Mackinaw are
'p sAn at May / The United statcs Hotel
sold tor $3.50 000 cash, which, with mortgages
makes tho value Of the property $4,000.
MONTPELIER, W., May l. sl5O,oOo hre &C.
cured here.
Visited here this afternoon. blowing down the
county bridge over the Tennessee river, and
damag;ng the Charleston Railroad bridge. Lose
10 tho county, $40 600
ference in Richmond on Tuesday to consider the
question of exchcqucr. J. X. Pistare, D. IL.
london. o. NJ. Frey OF New York, s. r. Wilson
Of Providence, X. l.. and representative men
from all sections Of tho state, are expected 10
take part Also, to urge 9 modification or reptal
Of the tax on tobacco and SPIRITS.
VIcgspr nG May 1.-The popular and efficient
Assistant Postmaster, under the late Postmaster,
Peter Casey, has resigned. Cause Ihs dls-
charge Of old white clerks. among them young
Peter CASEY, whose places are being filed with
negroes by the present 70 tmaster, Pcasc.
AUGUSTA, va, May IA fearful tornado struck
Columbia, s. O. at half pact O'Clock this even
ing. The stccple of tho Presbyterian Church
was demolished, the roof Of the market was
blown of, and although hundreds were around,
no enc was seriously injured. Tho dcpots OF the
Greenyille and Columbia and South Carolina
railroads were unroofed and otherwise damaged.
Trees were uprooted in every direction. only
one death reported.
JASEsvIILE, Wis, May 1.-THE First Congre-
gati,nal Church, the finest in this city, burned
,iis morning. Loss 100000; insurance SIS ,0Oo.
he fire resulted from defective fiuc.
OMAHA, May Lieut.. Col. A. J. Dodge has
ben appointed to command the escort TO Mr..
Janucy into the Black Hills. The expedition
/ Nv. 9 Fort Laramie on tho 18th inst.
NV York, May L. Jno. Clark, employed by
:hc nos sandy Hook Telegraph Company, while
j, tno dis large Of his duty, warming vessels
on, aucl",aee ON tho cable crossing tie North
ii v,r, was slo' at $50 y. NJ, to-day, by some
! err IN from he liooner Willow Harp. Of Brook
htvcn, rom J: u'.dout for Providence without
n vorl Of war,Ing. He now lies in ac,iticai
cou''I.on IT his home. foot Of 10Th street, North
River.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-02

The annual report of the Chief Of the Bureau
Of Statistics for the year 1874 gives some interest
ng statements relating to immigration to the
United States. The total number of immigrants
arrived during the year was 26O,814, OF whom
2Gl5 were OF professional occupations, 81, 4s2 OF
skilled occupations. 1Ol,3!S of miscellaneous
caIlinss, and l22. 45S were reported as having no
occupation. The latter class consisted mainly of
woman and children. There were added to our
population q ,4SO farmers, ATS farm laborers,
and 59,267 common laborers. We also drew
from the Old World the valuable services OF
billiard player, l equestrian, l letter carrier,
omnibus conductor, pensioner, and bath
keepers.
lhe addition to our professional classes in
clude 1888 actors, 12O artists and authors. The
clergy received 3Sl recruits, Of whom 8 were
women. This figure probably shows pretty near.
ly the added strength Of the Catholic Church.
Jou nalism received but ten additions from for
eign sources, while medicine was reinforced by
100, surger, by 80 and law by 81; 554 professors
and teachers immigrated to our shores, and II
scientific men took up their abode among US.
Wood engraving was enriched by the skill of 40
artists. Dentistry had s. additions and chemis-
try 81. Music gave US . regular bonanza of rich
ness no less than 1913 of it's devotees casting their
lot with us. How many Of this number we're of
the organ grinding spe.i is not stated. In all,
80 professions are represented Baltimore Amer
icUn
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-02
A Genuine Specimen.

EDITOR Of the Bulletin:
A few days ain g the papers announced that
skunk had selected az his place OF abode the top
Ok the Bunker Hill Monument, and no mode of
di.Iodging him had been discovered. As that
monulcent was resred in honor Of those heroic
subjects OF the late George III, who were dis
loyal" enough to resist his invasion Of their
rights thus rebsliirg agsinst certain measures
question the right Of the animal hero named to
the reputation Of beng genuine heb Rebel
few days earlier is it not probable that the legis-
lative investigation com" ittee would have util-
lied it in the prosecution of their arduous duties
Would not such knowledge have induce6them
to ascertain whether the astounding disparity
between the figures that should have been and
those that were found in our eminently pious
Auditors Office may not have been produced by
heavy expenditures in efforts to rid the historic
colunn Of the usurper SO audaciously holding
possession OF its summit? Since the contribu-
lions OF Maseac husetts in aid of our sufferers by
inundaton were 8, snunificent, is it not probable
that the distinguished patriot now adjoining one
Of our principal Offices deemed it the duty Of
Louisiana to manifest literally her appreciation
i'll a case SO urgent as that here commented upon?
QUEREST.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-02
ST.. LOUIS, July %. 1872.

ST. LOUIS, July %, 1872
Messrs: ]. & c. Mcguire:
Gent'emen-Some ten years ago was at
tackled with bleeding piles, which were sub
sequently aggravated by active service in the
army, becoming so bad that despaired of
relief, having exhausted all the ordinary rem
edies for this complaint. About two months
ago | began the use of your "White Rose
Pile Cure and Cundurange Liver and Blood
Bitters, and now feel that can congratu-
late myself upon being cured. I am also en-
tirely relieved of q constipated condition Of
the bowels, which had become chronic.
Respectfully. yours.
CHAs. j. Fox,
OF Fairchild & Fox, No. 5l2 Olive street.
For sale by all first class druggists.