The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-31
oar JT0sHiss1tO,a Letter.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Aug. 81, 1877.
sHERMAN's SPEECH

sHERMAN's SPEECH
at Mansfield is a cause OF much talk here,
aud comments thereupon are as varied as
the wind, which demonstrates that more
attention has been given it than one would
have supposed. His quietness upon the
remonetiZation Of silver surprised his frien Is
here, and is greatly 10 be wonder ed at. It
is held that he did not come in contact it'll
'the Presidents order, the discussion of
such subjects as he INDUCED in are not so
much those of politics as of iufusing general
information to the people for their enlight-
ment in regard to the workings Of good,
sound government. How he could talk
some two hours and refrain from giving all
praise to the party of great moral ideas,
to which he has been harnessed so long,
can only be explained by the suggestion
that it was undoubtedly prepared here, as
Rutherford's soothingly quiet pen, pouring 9
oil Oh the troubled waters, can be seen all
through it.
THE ADMINISTRATION
has determined to permit but one of n
family to hold position in the same office,
and accordingly called on the different De-
partments to know what good there was in
keeping so many of the same kin in the
same bureau, and car eful investig alton of
the answers given satisfied Mr.. Hayes that
the nepotism must and shall be broken up
lti1n1cClaIeIy. DO. tue piHCtdl
will soon commence swinging around the
heads of many monopolizers Of government
pap.
THE RAIDS.
are running around town hunting up con-
ISOLATION for the ''luSi cause" in Ohio. The
last kick is for GaI field to take the stump
for the Senate, whilst the small fry do the
general shaking up in order to make the
campaign lively. 4 more forlorn, desolntc
not beer seen around here for 10 ! these
many days, and now is the time for our
friends to stir mp the Goals of Democratic
fire, and "buru 'en' ont root and branch -
4 result we shall expect to realize by such
big Democratic majority in the coming
October election that Il chrome will have 30
DE offered TO get sight at radical.
THE sPEAKERsHIP
bids fair to DC more closely contested than
we at first supposed as by private informa-
ton we learn that not more than fifty of
the Democratic members have SO far really
pledged themselves to vo e for any particu-
lar candidate, and we sIrinisa that the
suit will yet be a caucus combir ralion OF ''yc
grent unknown there being so many ivals
for this important positiotIof the leg gislatlve
branch of our government lnoeed it is
almost looked upon as the first place in the
country, instead of the White House, so
publican administrations. a strong intiu-
ence is at work against Randall, who is los
ing no opportunity to cliuch every thing
Ill his own behalf, relying to a great extent
upon the exertion of his friends in caucus.
THE RADICAL CUSTOM HOUSE
in New York has turned out to be so foul
with corruption that the report of the in
vestigaiing committee was held back for
some days. as il made such a bad showing
that 6ppDnaI inn nr,6ant =, al lio,x- h.,
public 10 become aware of its contents.
That corruption abounded in the Custom
House no one would pretend 10 deny, but
the Administration here was most astOund-
ingly surprised at the sweeping condemna-
tion made by the committee, as we'll as the
exposure Of so complete den of infamy as
the office had grown To be, and all under
the Iulc of SunstIOke Blaine, Old Para
Iytic Morton, ana the rest of the bright
and shining lights of the party with great
moral ideas, whose characters can he no
better illustrated than 10y repeating the re-
mark of a radical in the House who must
certainly have forgotten HIMSELF after
Ben Butler had sermonized on morality
when he exclaimed, "AnleB! lets all steal
soDacthtRg." The force of the language en-
ployed by the committee To express their
utter contempt for the whole affair, the
management Of the office particularly is Of
the strongest nature and most pointed in
its meaning, and entirely in keeping with
lis censure, and the committee, whilst re-
commeuding an entire cleaning out of the
whoie establishment, could not take leave
of the Secretary without saying that the
investigation did not commence a day too
soon.
THE SPANISH INSULT
TO our flag upon investigation seems to be
more serious than was at first reported, and
the firing of bomb shell, which exploded
short distance from our vessel being fol-
lowed up 10y a continuous discharge of
grapc-shot, determined the outra pc to have
been premedtatcd. This playing with such
missiles has become too common of late
with Spain, and we about tired of her
readiness with apologies. The explanation
of the Spanish Minister heIe that the firing
was the work Of an Over-Zealous officer is a
little too Cauzy in the eyes of Mr.. Evarts,
and our State Department does not excuse
the making Of American vessels targets
for Spanish gun boats.
Old P-ARAIYTIC MORTON
seems from private telegrams received here
to have a hard wrestle with grim Death,
with the chances in favor of Grim -
Death is often cheated of some of it's most
promising victims, and in this case if pro-
longation of life should by any unfortunate
circumstance occur, the Democracy would
be robbed OF two L. s. Senators and the
Radical Senatorial majority still be five.
through the refusal of this ola fossil to pay
nature her just debt by breathing his last.
ANDERSON.
MURDERS Hrs SWEETHEART Ann THEN
COMMITS SUICIDE IN A (UJ-RCU -fyn hnu