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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-10-13

ENGLISH FooT- BAII.-Our English
games are, a. q rule, manly and healthy,
demanding courage, endurance, and fine
temper; but in some cases they can hard
ly be called sane. To the uninitiated on
locker, the game of football Is one of the
most mysterious performances which it is
possible to contemplate. 1t would ap-
pear to be called football, on the lucas a
non lucendo principle, because the ball Is
hardly ever kicked. After the first "kick
off, it is seized by one of the players,
who runs with it in his arms a. fast and
as far as he can. His opponents forth
with set upon him, and, if possible, knock
him down. Then there Is general strug-
gle for the ball. Of course, the posses.
sion of it lies between two or three men
in the centre of the throng; but all the
rest close around them with the exception
Of certain persons who, appointed for the
purpose, with hands ON knees intently
watch the 'scrimmage." Every one in
the main body pushes and struggles a.
vigorously as may be, and the outer ones
put down their heads, and butt like goats
against their friends. There is nothing
TO be seen but b writhing, swaying, con
fused mass Of humanity, from which a
column of steam rises into the wintry air.
At length, those in the centre are CON-
pelled to drop the ball, and after innu-
merable kicks at each others shins, it 10
pushed out of the little forest of legs,
whereupon one of the outside watchers
makes snatch at it and carries 1t few
yards, when he is in turn set upon by his
adversaries, and the same scene Is re-
peated. -Iinsley. .r Hta ,.f
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-11
REV. (?) MIR. VALENTINE.

When the reverend Mr.. Valentni, the Italian clergy
man OF many crecds, whose alleged vile career was
noticed in yesterdays HERALD left the court room on
Monday afternoon for his cherries cell IN the Tombs
his face was rosy ripe apple and appearance
that OF man accustomed to good living. Yesterday
when taken out Tor further examination, he was
marveIiously changed man. The rudy complexion
mad given place TO a dcath-likc hue HIS eyes were
wild anu haggard his cheeks sunkcn, and his cutire
form appeared 10 have shrunk more marked
change In twcnty-iour hours Is OF rare occurrence
Every feature oil his pale taco told OF the suffering he
had undergone during his brief Incarceration
The case made against him on the day previous by
the Society Tor The Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Children
was rendered Infinitely worse yesterday by the lcst.
mony OF BOY Oh thirteen years, who swore further
vile PRACTICES BY Vacnunl The lad told his story in
nm unblushinR manner, and admitted his ow compile
Ivy with such cooincss shat were dlcult to deter
mine which OF the tive. vacnt,ni or the boy snpuos.
ing the story to De- true, was the most degraded.
Alter brief examination Justice kbrcth Increased
the prisoners bail 600, making So 800 and m de-
fanlt of the same ne was again sent to prison.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-11
THE BURNED UNFORTUNATE.

At last the "unknown' party, who suspected
Of having set fire TO tho clothing OF his MISTRESS Lucy
Freeman, at house OF i-fame in Twenty seventh
street, on the Sd INST, and causing her death, was
taken into custody yesterday at the OF Houston
ind Mulberry streets by detectives Ferris and Adams
very excitabc temperament When relating his
connection with tho sad affair before Mr. ToaI tho
Coroners clerk no waved hts to and FRO and ges
tilaed wildly. His name is Henry Cooper; he Is a
native Of Holland; has strong foreign and has
lived No. LIZ East Houston street lie is pastry
cook and had been acquainted with the unfortunate
girl for some time and called her. according to his
own statement, on the Sd inst. The pair were smok.
through Lucy's own carclcssness. She twisted up n
piece OF paper eighteen inches long, lit 1t at tho gas
jet, passed II 10 Henry, who t his cigar with 1t and
then handed II back Lucy, VINO also lt cigarette
Then she dropped tue paper into the spittoon little
behind hcr, aud before she was aware OF her danger
her train had caught IRE aud she envelopcd In
hames To use Cooper's words:--
81 tried TO stamp and put out &c flame, mas | eau.
not; run to bath room get water do all possible
to stop re fire. II Is no use. 10 giri cry out; 70
house is alarm peuple come; am 'lraid; don't like
10 be caught IN such place; So fly; mas not by 70
bath room"
During this speech, made In the strongest or French
accents, which doubt accounts Tor his having been
described as Frencnman he was iaboring under the
most intense excitement He concIuucd:--
II did not make fire To dis girl. NcvareI Ncvarei
II re world sail no; believe mo, appeal TO Hcavenln
This sad with all the meodrainatic gesture cal
culated 10 add effect to tho words The was then
taken TO the Central Once TO be kept there until this
morning, when he will appear at the inquest
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-11

ON board the steamer Rhode Island Orrin r. Rug
giles, OF rioga county, Pennsylvania yesterday took
passage for Providence. orrin is young man, fresh
from his native heath and innocent OF guile. aud as ho
strobe the vessels deck yesterday he onged Tor
cheerful companion. Sucn Que presented himself in
the person OF Ed Nesbit. gentleman peculiar ''for
ways that dark, but who, In a vest and coat Of
clerical cut man OF singularly meek and sanity
presence. In such guise he yesterday and 10
Mr. Ruggics no impaired, with a show OF consequence,
that he was leather merchant who had cargo
Of hides on board. The young from
Tloga delighted 10 make reputable an acauant-
ance and when the latter showed him pocketbook
filed with gold coin his opinion OF the stranger be-
came still higher After absenting himself for while
10 look after hts merchandise the clerical looking
stranger reappeared and SAID nurredy that be was At
n loss Tor change 70 pay some freight charges, and
taxing out one hundred dollar bull he laiu Is on
Orrins lap and said
.will you loan $45 for IN hour two till we
change that bilif Keep II till then"
Mr. Ruggles was only too happy 10 be in position
to obgc his acquaintance aud he al once counted
out the required sum. The stranger took 4, smiled
his gratitude rose TO go and them as II an idea struck
.Ah. perhaps I could get some change for the bill
below. Let me have II u you can and take this, nj
the time producing the plethoric pocketbook in
which was The gold com. Take It, my dear str, be
ADDED, seeing that Mr. Ruggles hositated, At Is mere
form, OF course, but judcious sir, very judicous
among business men. one cannot tell nowadays
with whom one ID oeahng' take ~ SIT, VAL TO
turn.n
The stranger, smiling still more suavely. bowed him
self away and the Tosa youth placed the pocketoook
in his coat, thinking all tho time how precise and
formal these business In their dealings
There had been witness, however 70 this coloquy In
the person OF small but thoroughly posted darky,
who expressed his contempt OF the whole proceeding
by hallong out,
shay, Bossl Reckon you're sold. That 'ar olo
cuss dust away with tho sugar You're robbed boss,
shuah."
AT this Orrn =. Rugges, of Tioga. to his feet
and. his surprise and CONSERVATION hoarseiy aItic
ulatcd:-
Sonny, kin run some"
And he could Before the stranger had left the pier
Orrin had overhauled him. and with his hand hercey
clutching the coat OF clerical cut he demanded his
money HIS acquaintance Of the upper deck looked
up IN surprise
sir? II you did, sir, here is Now give me mine"
At this moment Sergeant Gastlin, oil the steamboat
SQUAD, appeared and arrested Orrins friend, who
no other than Edward Nesbit, alias Adams, well
known confidence operator.
Ii IS needless 10 rdd that the pleh0ric pocketbo0k
con tained a lot OF bogus com.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-11
LOVE VERSUS LAW.

The Brooklyn Board OF Health procured warrant
from Justice Walsh for the Of John Walsh,
siding IN Little Nassau street, near Kent avenue,
charging him with having resisted the efforts
OF the officer charge OF the smallpox ambulance TO
remove patient TO the County Hospital, Flatbush.
The patient IS his dauphter giri thirteen years Of
age, sick with the smallpox. The penalty Tor resist
ing sanitary officer under such circumstances Is i'm
prisonmcnt Tor rot more than thirty days, fine OF
not less than SO
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-11
A COSTLY CUSTOMER.

In the case OF Mrs Caroline Peterson, under tho
Civil Damages act against Charles Walker proprietor
tho W est End (Loug Isand) Hotel. whom she sued
ior $500 having sold ncr husband liquor Tho Jury
returned q vcrdics Ia her favor for S4O0
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-11
AMUSEM EyTs.

as week OF this beautiful Domestic Play playing 70
full and fashionable houses with magnificent cast OF
characters aud the original splendid from the
- UNION SQUARE THEATRE.
RESERVED SEATS In orchestra circle. so CENTS
MONDAi NEXT. in elegant STYLE the exquste Play,
ROSE MICHEL. with marvellous east of characters and
all the original scenery and effects ROSE MICHEL
Union SQUARE THEATRE.
Proprietor. ....................Mr SHERIDAN SHOOK
Manager.-.... ........-............M A. NJ PALMER
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-11

Dry Goods Hardware. Notions and Medical Suppiea
Also.
transportation Cor such Of the above supplies not be
contracted to be delivered the Indian agencies
schedules showing In detail the kinds aud quantities Of
all goods required each agency and In
tion time and place OF delivery, conditions
served by bidders terms Of payment
gether with blank proposals. forms OF contract bond. &c.
will be furnished on Application 20 THIS oce On Washing
ton. 30 Leonard New York; Il. NJ Kingsley.
30 clinton place, New York; to VIM H. Lyon ss3 BROAD
way, New York VIM Nicholson Indian
Affairs Lawrence Kansas to the Commsssres Of Subst
encc, u r. A. 81 Louis Chicago sioux City Leaven-
WORTH 81 Paul. Omaha and Cheyenne.
J. q. SMITH. Commissioner.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-11
POST oFFICE NOTICE.

DOSf OFFICE NOTICE ~~---->----~-~-
The foreign mails Tor the week ending Saturday. April
II. 1877 viii close Mt this Office tuesday At
Europe by steamer idaho via Queenstown: on Wedne,
day at IL NJ. Tor Europe, ny steamer Russia via
steamer uelier wa Plymouth Chcrbourg ana Hamburg;
Ncckar viz southampton and Bremen or
Great Britain ,ndFrancc to forwarded by this ste amer
by steamer CITY Of Richmond via 9ucentown corcspcn
dence tor Germany scotland and North ireland 20 he
forwarded by this must specially essedl
aud ~ II NJ for Scotland and North Of ireland ~ steamer
California Moviile and Glasgow Tho steamers Idann
Russia and city Of Richmond DO take Tor Den.
marx. sweden and Norway The mails the Yves, indies
va bermuda aud 81 Thomas leave New York AurI III
The malls tor Porto Rico direct New York April ia
The mai Tor Nassau. n r. leave New York Aprl IL The
mails Tor China and Japan leave san Francisco Aprl II
The IN Ills Tor Australia &C. leave New York for San Fran.
cisco April -. l.. JANEs pos,m.s,ar
NEw yoRH April Z. 1877. ~'.
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PROPOSALS.
DRoP0sXLs PoR INDfAs SUPPLIES. GOODS, And
I Transportation.
prrAnrusSr or rnn Txrrnron.

DEPARTMENT INTERIOR.
OfyfcK or INDIAN AYrAins.
WAsHfSGros, March 30 1877.
Sealed proposals, ndorscd proposals for Beef flour
Cothing alton Ac., the may be aud
directed to Commissioner OF Indian Affairs. No. 20
81 New York. will be received until ~ NJ Tues.
day. May 3 1877 for furnishing tho following supplies
required the Indian
Tar the fiscal YET n ending June -. 1872
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-09

tol yesterday over the Presidential oath of
Hayes. The fact is, there is such .
OF insecurity of title that Hayes and friends
ne disposed To be sworn i'll every fifteen
minutes, ard during the first year of his
bogus adminisl raton--if it lasts SO long
he sill probably take a little oath for break
fast, some FOR lunch, good deal ut dim
ner, and go to bed with "a big swear 10 last
him over night. 1t is little trying TO a
Christian statesman to call God to witness
that lie " i'll sustain and defend the consti-
tuition :hat has fairly been macadamiZed
under the hoofs of his reasonable party.
How ever, he swallows it like Il little man,
willing to accept stolen Office aud play at
being President amid the scnrn and CON
tempt OF the people who rcpudiated him at
the polls. Sic transit gloria .Nundi.
ANDERSON.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-09

On Saturday MI. Knott,rof Kentucky,
chairman of the select committee ON the
privileges Of the House. reported a prcain-
BILE and resolution reciti,Tg lii at it was not
disputed that 1874 electoral votes giving he
names Of the several States) had been legal
ly and constilutio ionally cast for Samuel j.
/ Tildeu that the evidence taken and re-
ported To the House in pursuance of its or
der showed conclusively that in Florida
and Louisiana the duly appointed electors
were those who had cast their votes for Til
icn that those pretended electors who
cast their votes for Hayes had never been
duly appointed that the truth of these
facts is a;tested by an overwhelming array
OF swoin testimony, as well as by the in
teliiGence Of the American people, and
therefore, resolving that it is the duty IF
this House 10 declare, and that it does SOL
emily declare, that Samuel j. Tildeu. of
Tie State of New York, received 1876 cleo
torai votes for he office Of President of the
United States, all Of which votes were cast
and lists thereof signed, certified and
tran snitted to the seat of government, di-
rccted to he President OF the Senate in
conformity with the constitution and law S
of the United States, Icy electors legally
eligible and qualified as SUCH each Of whom
had been duly appointed All elector in the
manner directed by the Legislature OF the
State in and for which he cast Iris votc c, and
;ha; said Samuel j. Tllen, having thus
received the votes of a ma aiority of all the
elect ors appointed, was thereby duly elect
ed President OF the United STATES of Amer
ica, FOR tie term OF four years. ennmeuc-
ing on The 4th of March, 1877 and furthe;
declaring that Thomas r. IIondricks, of
Indiana, having received the same number
of electoral votes for the office of Vice
President. il is The opinion of the House
that he was duly elected Vice President
FOR the term Of four years, commencing ON
the 4,h of Malc ch, 1877.
This preamble and resolution were adopt
ed by strict party voic-131 to So.
Mr.. Fields, of New York, flom the Sc
lect committee on privileges, repurted ia
resolution declaring (after a long preamble }
that, i'll the counting OF electoral votes OF
any State 1t Is the right and duty of Con-
gress and ofthis House to inquire whether
any votes parDorting to come from Il State
have been cast by persons daily appointed
by that State, and for that purpose to re-
ceive evidence of the forgery, falsehood or
. invalidity any certificate of any Cover
nor or canyasScr.
+ After an Intellectual attempt on the part
of the Republicans to amend it this resolu-
tion was adopted without call of the
House.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-09

Ir the partisan majority of the Electoral
Commission-we mean, of course, the eight
members Of it who sanctiiied and placed
their seal OF appreciation upon the Louisi-
aua fraud, concocted by Wells aud his Re
turning Board, and thus made Hayes, in
stead Of Tildeu, President of the United
States-ever had any appreciation of the
brains, honesty and common legal sense OF
such IA msu as jeremiah s. Black, of Ibis
STATE, they were made painfully aware Of
tine fact by plain story told by that dis
tiuguished gentleman on Tuesday of last
week, when he appeared before the Com
mission as counsel in the South Carolina
case. We publish his speech on our first
page and hope it will be read 10y every per-
son into whose hands our paper may fall.
1t is speech such as no man III this coun-
try except Judge Black could make. 1t
abounds i'll cloquence, sarcasm, ii6icule and
contempt, aud if Jerry Black, as lie is IA.
III iliaIly called, had never delivered any
other speech, or pronounced n judicial
opinion during his entire life, this speech
would serve to establish his integrity,
ability and Ienown as fearless and deter.
mined advocate of the rights of a betrayed
III ijprity OF the American people.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-09
m-A-eep ~

US Tuesday last, the day after Hayes had
been fraudulently put into the White
House, Wells and Anderson, the two white
members of The Louisiana Returning Board,
called upon him aud congratulated him on
the fact that they had made him President.
We have no doubt the interview was cor
dial and satisfactory, as it surely ought TO
have been. In the language of the witches
on the heath of Scotland, i'll their incanta-
tiyus To Macbeth
when shall we three meet again p
In thunder, lightning aud I'm rain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-09

On the day following Hayes inaugnra-
iiom, Blaine, in Il bitter speech in the L ).
Senate on the subject of Louisiana affairs,
took the broad but plain ground that il
Packard was not elected Governor of that
State, Hayes was not elected President nor
Wheeler Vice President, of tue United
States IL Hayes refuses to recognize
Packard there will he an aggressive war-
fare against him, by Blaine and seconded
by bis followers, which cannot fail to en-
barrass his administration al its very outset
and shatter the Republican party into fiag-
iueuts.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-09

TERRIBLE. SCANDAL AT MOEGANzA.-
Another dturtiou case, III which the victim
died while an inmate of the reform scIIoul
at MorganZa, has just come to the kucwl-
edge of the coroner. The deceased was ii
yoang girl NAMED Schriver, whose parents
live in the Twenty-iirst ward. Sue was
registered "a: the institution as being six.
teen years of age, bn, those who know her
say she was but fourteen. She was COM
mitted to the institution about two weeks
ago by Alderman Burke, at the instance of
her parents. who charged her with iucor-
rigibility. She was not well when admitted
to the school, and last Sunday she was
taken much worse aud died that evening
She left sworn statement just before she
died, in Which she charged her ruin upon
a married man, resident of Pittsburg, and
said that the drugs, which she knew must
soon cause her Geath, were administered
by her own hand The board of manae gers
of the school are said to be Investigating
the case. Coroner Thomas has taken no
action in the case because the death occur
red III W ashington county, and consequent
ly outside of his jurisdiction. The coIoucr
of Washington county, it seems, was not
notified, and the girl was buried without
an irquest.-Pitts6urgA Telegraph, 3D.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-09

AFTER a full nights session extending
until beyond 4 o clock on last Friday morn
ing, a day known the world over as hang
mans day, and after the certificate of tue
last State wisconsin had been opened
and declared, as it was right to do, for
Hayes, the Presiden. of the Senate, Ferry,
of Michigan, announced the following
merely publish it, after the fraud has been
accomplished, as the greatest and most
stupendous political crime Of the age
The whole number of electors appointed
to vote for President ard Nice-Presitient OF
the United States is ;;69, of hich q majority
is lSJ. The State of The vote for President
rs delivered by the teller aud as determined
under lhe act of Congress OF january 20,
1877, on this subject, is:
For rutherford B. Hayes............ 1s5 votes
For Samuel j. Tildcu ................. ] 81 votes
The state of the vote for Vice President OF
the United States as delivered by the teliers
and 5 determined under the act of Congress
approved January 80, 1877, on this subject, is:
For William A. .Wheeler............. 1856 votes
For Thomas y. Hendricks. 1Sl votes
Wherefore l do announce that Rutherford
Is. Hayes, of The State of Ohio, having re-
ceived IA majority of tie whole number of
electoral votes. is duly elected President of
ing the fourth day OF March, 1877 +; and
that William y. Wheeler, OF New York,
having received a majority OF the whole
number of electoral votes, is duly elected
ice-Presidcnt of the United States for four
years, commencing on the fourth day of
March, 1877. This announcement, together
with the list of the votes, will bo entered on
the journals OF the two houses.
There was no applause aud every honest
Republican hung his bead in very shame
at the fraudulent yet official declaration of
such palpable cheat. 1t was TIE su-
premacy of falsebood, Truth forever on
the scatfo,d, and wrong forever on the
THRONE AsJudge Black said in his speech
before The Commission published and re-
forred TO elsewhere
Newer had you better right to rejoice
Well may you say, We have made a cove
mart with death, and with hell are we at
agreement when the oveTfiowiue scourge
shall pass through, II shall no. come unto
Tvs for we have made lies our refuge, and
under talsehood have hid ourselves
But nevertheless wait little while. The
waters of truth will rise gradually, and
slowly but surely and then look out for the
oNertiowing scOurge. The refuge of lies
shall be swept away, and the hiding place
OF falsehoOd Shall lie uncovered This
miehtv aud pnsSant nation will vet raise
herself mp like strong man after Sleep and
shake her inviucibie locks in Il fashion you
, lit!lc think of now. Wait; rcIrihution will
come iii due time. Justice travels with a
lead"n heel but strikes with an iron hand
/ Gods mill grinds slow bnt drcadfully fine.
W ait TIL the Hood gate is lifted and full
head Of water comes rusiing on. Wait and
you Will see tine grinding then
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-09

In order to make assurance doubly sure,
Returning Board Hayes took the oath Of
office once before and once after assuming
tue duties Of position which honestly and
by the overwhelming voice of the people
belonged to another and better man. On
Saturday evening last, in company with
Chief Justice Waite, Mr.. Hayes vent to the
White House, where tie oath Of office was
administered to Kim by the Chief Justice
aforesaid, one day ahead Of the designated
time and on Monday, after the delivery o.:
his inaugural address, the same fUlnlality
was once more gone through with. All
that seems to be needed now is for Hayes
To get his faithful and all-powerful friend,
j. Madison Wells, of the infamous Louisi-
ana Returning Board, to administer to him
the same oath fOr the third time. TheIe is
luck in odd numbers, saith an old proverb.