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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19
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1t is not credible, says the Philadelphia
Sunday Mercury, that the omission of
Judge Pershing to take the stump in the
late canvass and plead his own cause before
the people really contributed to his de feat
Even the suggestion is discr editable to the
voters of Pennsylvania. Indeed, the re-
turns show that the people of the state out
side of this county, gave him very consid-
cradle majority. But Philadelphia defeated
him, If 10y honest ballots he is really de-
featcd at All, and even his personal appeals
here Ill favor of pure government would not
have avcrtcG the result had lie made them
Did not Abraham tell Lazarus, who was
then in hell for his unbelief, that if his sur
viving brethren would not hear Moses and
the prophets, neither would they be per
suaded, though ore rose from the dead"
Not even the angel Gabriel, much less
Judge Pershing, had he exhprted the DO
litical Pharisees here to repent and be
converted To reform, could have beaten the
Pilgrims and their allies OH last Tuesday
And just here it occurs to us to suggest,
that perhaps the people of the interior will
not much longer like being continually
overi uled in state elections by the corrupt
votes of the political Sodom, that they may
soon Indignantly revolt against it, that they
may event iualiy find, or make, an opportu-
nifty to resent and effectualy emancipate
themselves from such an odious domination
and that, in the meantime, they will have a
chance TO make the city feel their power
pretty painfully in the state legislature
To fair, square, honest election here, the
voters of all tho rest of the comm on wealth,
numbering about five hundred and odd
thousand against one hundred and odd,
would, no doubt, patiently submit. But
when the fraud, money, and political pat
ronage of the city, state and national ad-
ministrations, concentrated at this point, are
constantly, Systematically, and notoriously
employed to swell the suffrage Of this com
munity and its power in the affairs of the
state largely beyond their legitimate meas
ure, it would be not only natural, but quite
reasonable, that the people of the interior
should rebel against such n wrong as an ac-
tual usurpation of their rights of self gov
ernment aud practical placing of the ad-
ministration of the affairs of more than five
hundred thousand of the electors and tax
payers outside of this county in the control
of but little more than fifty odd thousand,
which represents the republican vote here.
1t has long been desirable that the people
OF al .he rest of this commonwealth should
be h. c-ght into the warmest possible sym
patly with Philadelphia and her especial
interests, and it has always been the plain
est duty of this community to cultivate
such relations in al practicable ways and
by all proper means. B,:t this habit of
overbeaiing clear maj jority OF the people
of the country by manufactured majorities
here, is not precisely the best method of
establishing harmony between Philaacl-
phia and the interior. Perhaps our busi-
ness men will find this out some day,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

CERTAIN Democratic organs IN this
State are not now quite SO full of ex-
travapant adulation of Samuel d.
Randall and his superior claims to the
/ SpeakershIp OF the next House OF
Representatives as thev were lmmedl-
ateiy afterthe adjournmento OF Congress
on Che 4th of March. Judging from
the high, sounding praise that was then
so lavishlv poured out upon him, one
would have been led to believe that
PENNSYLVANIA possessed the foremost
parIiamentarian in the whole country,
and that Randall was the only Demo
cratic member of Congress from Maine
to Oregon capable of presiding over
it's deliberations. All this is now
changed. and instead of the torrent OF
paneovric which seemed to sweep him
resistlesslv onward last spring towards
the goal of his ambition, we only hear
modest utterances in his behalf The
business was ovcrdonc even ad nauscam
and Democratic integrity and party
consistency are now asserting their
demands for recognition. We will
again repeat what we have more than
once said before, that Randall's cleo
tion as Speaker, in view of his record
on the back-pay swindle, would be an
act of standardization by the repre-
sentatives in Congress Of the Demo-
cratic party. 1t would simply be a
case of political felo de Sc. Randall
was one of the chief cooks and bottle
washers in that Congressional infamv,
advocating it, voting for it, and of
course pocketing the plumber; and
although he and those who acted with
him may have flattered themselves into
the belief that the people would regard
it as only a nine days wonder, they
will find themselves laboring under a
fatal delusion. We do not say that
because a Democrat voted for and
took the back-pay booty be ought
therefore to be politically ostracised
but we Indignantly protest against
comforting upon him one of the most
responsible positions in the gift of the
party. There may come time when
the odium inseparably connected with
that measure will have teen forgotten,
but that day has rot yet arrived.
That Randall. as his hackers have
heretofore asserted, will be sustained
in caucus by the united vote Of the
Democratic members flom this State,
is sheer invention We know it to
he unfounded We are not aware what
are the views or feelings of our MEM
Der, Hon. John Reilly, on this,question,
but we undertake to say that if he
throws his influence in favor Of the
nomination of Samuel j. Randall he
will totally misrepresent the Democ-
racy, not only of this county, but of
the entire district. 1t would be a po-
l:tical blunder, which great man has
said is worse than crime.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

FRIGHFUL FATE OF A CHILD.-A spe-
cial dispatch to the st. Louis Globe Demo
crat says: "a Most heartrendng calami-
tv is reported to have occurred at Braman
Station, on the NJ, X. and T. r. r., six
miles from this city, on last Friday even
ing. Hon. L.. Mathews, who represent ed
Cooper county several years ago in the
Lower House of the Legislature, and who
now resides near Braman, better known
AS Martin Station, and a Mr. Haynes. also
resident at Braman, recently penned
some hogs that had been running i'm the
woods until they had become almost wild.
While Mrs. Haynes was out milking her
cows, last Friday evening, and while Mr.
Haynes was some distance away, thei, lit
tie son. about ten years old, climl,ed into
the pen where six of the wild hogs were
As soon as his feet touched the ground the
brutes seized him. The shrieks of the
poor child soon rcached the ears Of his
father and MOTHER who were near enough
to witness The awful sight. The frantic
mother first reached the pen, but not in
time to save the boy. Here was an arm
and there leg, and the poor child was
dead. What followed can be better inn
agined than described. Mr. Haynes and
his stricken wife have the sympathy of the
entire community"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

IT is ''given out'' by Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Times that
Senator Morton is in Washington hard at
work manufacturing anti-Popery thunder
for the Presidents forthcoming annual mes
sage. The willy Senator thinks he sees a
veritable bonanza for the Republican party
in this newly Matched bugaboo, and is
scouringtthe Congressional Library to OBJ
tain old Vatican DEGREES and other theologi-
cal lumber of like irrelevancy to American
political affairs. mo one need be sur
prised." the correspondent says, Eat the
Presidents displaying an unusual amount
of emotion on the subject of the Catholic
Church" since Morton is cramming on the
subject and will duly prime him, SO tba.
the message shall speak with no uncer-
tain sound." For the rest it is stated that
the message, while making no alusion to
the possibility of war, will urge the recog-
milton of the .belligercnt rights of the
Cubans, and have much to say about the
virtues Of hard money. These are probably
only shrewd guesses of man on the
ground, except as to the Indiana Senator
and his pious researches in quest of a new
and available issue upon which to conduct
the next Presidential canvass. There is
no doubt that Morton distrusts the further
efficacy of the ''bloody Shirt and is pre-
pairing for vigorous assault upon the
Popes toe.-Phild. Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

THE moral sense of the country is
again to be offended by a thorough
investigation of the Beecher-Tilton
scandal, by a committee of the Asso-
citation of Congregational Ministers of
New York and Brooklyn. This course
was determined upon very short
time ago, 1T meeting of the Associa-
ton, and a committee consisting of
five clergymeh was appointed to pros
ecute the work and 90 to the very
bottom of the subject, if that is poss.-
BILE. We had supposed that the coun-
trv had learned more than enough
about this disgusting business and that
it would not be publicly heard of
again. But it seems that the members
of the Congregational Association are
not satisfied with the failure of the jury
to agree upon a verdict in the trial of
Beecher for adultery, and demand a
re-exa mination of the charge. The
duties of the committee will be 10 de-
eide whether or not Beecher is fit
person to,be the pastor of a church
and member of the association. 1t
is believed that Beecher will decline to
appear before the committee IN his own
defence-an opinion arrived at from
portion of sermon delivered by him
after the appointment Of the commit
tee. in which he said that his future
course in reference to any and all
charges made against him would be
absolute silence If lie does not ap-
pear. and the committee should as the
result of its deliberations recommend
that he be expelled from the Associa-
tion, his friends can say that it was
only an erparte, or one-sided proceed
ing. and therefore is not entitled to
any public weight or consideration.
Tt will be long time get, if ever there
s an adjudication OF THIS celebrated
,ase which will carry conviction to the
,ablic mind.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19
TIE CAMBRIA FREEMAN.

THE next Speaker of the House of
Representatives will be the first Dem
ocrat in eighteen years who has oecu-
pied that position, and now the Pitts
burgh Post thinks that the willy Grant
and his minions who are doing their
utmost 70 smash the Democratic parry
and the civil and religious rights OF the
people Of this country, which the
Democrats always sustained when IN
power, will have to commence on the
Pope and ''put him down." before they
can ever elect one Of their thieves, or
a Credit Mobilier, to the Speakers
chair at Washington.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

IT is not very pleasant position for
an ex-member of Congress to have an
Indictment hanging over his head, like
tie sword of Damocles. charging him
with fraudulently obtaining money
from the government. And yet such
is the unpleasant predicament in which
General James S. Negley, ex-membcr
of Congress from the 22nd Allegheny
district in this State, anu the notorious
Roderie Random Butler, ex-membcr
from the lst Tennessee district, now
find themselves. True bills of indict-
m .nt have been found by the Grand
Jury of Washington against both of
these members OF the radical party for
the offence above stated. Negley is
charegd with having fraudulently OBJ
tained $4,000 from the national
treasury on claim of one Julius
Witkowski, which he had in charge.
Gen Negley may be entirely innocent
of any completely in the fraud. but
even if he is, the matter wears a very
ugly look in any aspect. The offence e
charged against Rodeiic Random But
ler is that he falsely and fraudulontly y
pushed through the accounting depart
ment at Washington a bogus claim for
several thousand dollars, made by a
man who glories in the name of Sugg
Fort, for large quantity of -four al
legged by Fort to have been taken from
/. his mill in Tennessee by Union troops
during the rebellion, when in fact he
did not lose any at all. Buffers
character during his whole Congress
ional career has been so infamous, that
every presumption of law is in favor OF
his q,tiH and not of his innocence, as
is the rule i'm all criminal proceedings
He ought 10 have been in the Peniten
tiary long ago, AMI if he can only be
sent there now he will be the right man
in the right place.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

SEVEN COUNTIES of this State in
creased their Democratic vote at the
late election over the vote cast for
Buckalew in 1872, as follows: Bedford
Increased l20, Butler 45l, Carbon l9o,
Jefferson |, Juniata 80, Mexican 26,
Northumberland n 2O4. In all the re-
maining counties Pershing had less
votes than Buckalew The heaviest
decrease was in Luzerne, 3,298. In
Allegheny the vote for Pershing was
3,243 below that given to Buckalew;
i'm Chester sos; in Lancaster ,4S3,
in Crawford 941; in Wayne S95; in
Northampton 873: in Greene 75l.
These eight counties had enough Dem
ocratic voters at home on election day
to have wiped out the majority for
Hartranlt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

AN INGFNIoUs CLocK.-An ingenious
piece of mechanism has been constructed
by gentleman residing at the southeast
corner of Eighth and Arch streets, where
the article is ON exhibition 1t is clock
in the shape of a pyramidal windmill tower,
thirty Inches high, having the dial-plate ON
one of it's faces and the works hidden at
the base. A variety of curious and laugh
able operations can, by one winding mp, be
made to contipae for twonty-four hours.
On The latfOrm, al the foot of the tower,
band of rotund Liliputian peasants, clad
in Continental costHnss, are earning their
bread by the sweat of their brows one,
with n formidable buck saw in a match
stick frame, is making hopeless headway
through an unpainted pen-holder, and an
assistant wood butcher, with rapidly sue
ceeding blows from an axey is savagely
cleaving block just Sawn from the log.
A buxom kitchen lass is filing a water pail
at Ike pump, from the spout of which pro
trudes round, corrugated bit of giass !,
made to revolve rapidly, thus causing the
illusion of flowing water. A sturdy chap
with impatient grimace is hoisting hogs
head to the top of the tower by means of n
rope and pulley arrangement, while close
by an anxious daddy is spanking n venture
some yOungster for standing in danger
from the falling weight. Now and then a
door in the upper story slowly opens, and
cautious old granny peers out, looks down
suspiciously at things below, and, seeming
ly displeased, quickly slams the door and
disappears. Her jolly featured ''old man"
goes through similar performance on the
other side of the house, leaning far out
over the window-sill, hugely enjoying the
contortions of the wood d-cutters below, and
then springing back to ask the old lady
how things go on her side of the house.
No mean amount of skill was required to
make these comical clowns movements so
life-like and regular. A large wind wheel
is continually revolving, and the weather
twitches with natural irregularity. The
inventor is not a Yankee.--Pkla. Times
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

THE last issue of Forney's Sunday
Chronicle has long article declaring
that Grant is the only man in the
country who can Save the Republican
party, and favoring him for third
term. 1t basis its hopes upon state
mant which it makes, and which de-
cide,lly squints Mt the new and ground
less issue which is to be forced by the
Republicans on the cour try. 1t says:
Governor Hayes, after the campaign
was over in Ohio, stated IN the Exec
utive Mansion, in Harrisburg, Pa,
while a guest of Governor Hartranft,
that the educational question mad given
the Republicans the victory in the
Buckeye State. 1t was Gran: who
made that question a Republican issue,
in a speech delivered few weeks pre-
vious to the Ohio election"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

Aston, SulIy, Neagh, Elliot, Kensett,
Cole. These, as well as the works offered
by living artists, will be passed .,pon by
the Committee of Selection, who viii visit
for the purpose, New York, Boston, Chi
cago, aud other leading cities, in order to
prevent the needless transportation to Phil
adelpbia of works of Art not up to the
standard of ati IN issiOn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19
for the Centennial

The Act of Congrss which provided Tor
Celebrating the one hundreth Anniversary
of American Independence. by ho.dlhg an
/ International Exhibition of Arts, Manufac-
lures and Products of the Soil aud Mine,
authorized the creation of the United states
Centennial Commission, and entrusted TO
il the management of the Exhibition.
| This body is composed of two Commission
CTS from each State and Territory, nomi-
mated by the respective Governors, aud
commissioned by the President of the
United States. The enterprise, therefore,
is distinctly IA national one, and not, as has
sometimes been stated, the work OF a prl-
vate corporation.
The Exhibition will be opened on May
10th, 1876, and remain open every day, eN-
cept Sunday, until November 10th. There
will be a fixed price of so cents for admis-
sion to all the buildings and grounds.
The Centennial grt'snds are situated on
the western bank of the Schuylkill River,
and wishn Fai-mont Park, the largest
public park in proximity to great city in
the world, and one OF the most beautiful IN
the country. The Park contains 3160
acres, 45O of which have been enclosed for
the Exhibition. Besides this tract, there
will be large yards near by for the Exhi-
bition Of stock, and a farm of AZ acres has
already been suitably planted for the tests
of ploughs, mowers, reapers, and other
agricultural machinery.
The Exhibition buildings are approached
by eight lines of street cars, which con-
meet with all the other lines IN the city,,
and by the Pennsylvania and Reading
railroads, over the tracks of which trains
will also run from the North Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Balti-
more railroads. Thus the Exhibition is i'll
immediate connection with the entire rail
road system of the country, and any one
within 90 miles of Philadelphia can visit 1T
at no greater cost than that of carriage hire
at the Paris or Vienna Exhibition.
The articles to be exhibited have been
classified in seven departments, which, for
the most part, will be located in appropriate
buildings, whose several areas are as fol-
lows:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

"A party of four girls, at East Bridge.
port, Conn, several days ago, on their way
home from school, came upon eight boys
who had captured a kitten, and. having
covered it with kerosene oil, proposed to
set it on fire. They begged the boys to
give them the kitten, aud were refused,
whereupon they offered to buy it. This
proposal also failed to meet the wishes of
the boys, and the girls then hailed a pass~
ing man and begged him to interfere. He
refused, saying he did not care what the
boys did with the cat. Rendered desper-
ate by repeated failures, the plucky girls
attacked the party of boys, and, although
they were outnumbered tw, to one, sue
ceeded in taking the kitten from them, and
carrying it away in triumph.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

"A Baltimore servant girl the other
morning tried that good old time>honorcd
plan of lighting the fire with kerosene
Nothing has benzjne Of her since.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

There is now living in Ottawa county,
Kansas. a boy thirteen years of age, who
was born further north than any other
child born of civilized parents on earth.
He was born at the northern extremity Of
the m"et northern fishiaE settlement on tao
coast # Norway. n5lr3f e
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-19

About midnight on Sunday last gang
of men attacked the house of John Ser
geant in the extreme lower part of the
city of Phiiadelphia. They stoned the
house and then entered ana tied the pro-
prietor, after which they threw the furni-
ture out Of doors aud smashed things gener-
ally. Thirteen of them then outraged the
wife of Sergeant. Her injuries are of a
serious character. The police next day
made three arrests, and are after the rest
of the gang, which is one OF the worst in
the city. The tavern contained about four
cart loads of bricks aud stones which had
been tL,owu into it by the rufiiaus.