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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05
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The n. Y. Herald has been examining
the precedents in regard TO tho count Of
the electoral vote. 1t appears that as early
rs 1913, when Washington was unanimous
ly elected, the House ordered a committee
to join a similar one from the Senate "to
ascertain and report n ethod of examining
tho votes for President and Vice Presi-
dent thus plainly asserting the right of
Congress 10 scrutinize the vote. The Her.
aid concludes from its examination that
''the two Houses have never surrendered
their right to examine the electoral vote,
and that the President Of the Senate has
never exercised nor claimed the power to
determine the validity of States vote''
''In no case has .lie vote of State been
counted where either house has objected" :"
This comedies with the view we have pre-
viously expressed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

COUNTING THE ELECToRALNoTE.- How,
as far back as 1889, the electoral vote was
counted in the presence of the two houses
of congress III accordance with the consti-
tuition is shown by the following: On the
9th of April of that year, twelve senators
being present., John Langdon, of New
hampshire, was elected president of that
body ''for the sole purpose of opening and
counting the votes for President and Vice
President of the United States" A message
announcing the presence of a quorum and
the election of president for the purpose
above named, was sent TO the house of rep
resentatives. The house then repaired to
the senate chamber, where in the presence
of the two houses, the vote for President
and Vice President were examined by Mr..
Patterson, of New Jersey, acting as teller
on the part of the senate and Mr. Parker
of Virginia, and Mr.. Hester, of Pennsyl
vania, acting as tellers on the part of the
house, and the president of the senate de-
clared the result to be that George Wash
ington was unanimously elected President
and John Adams Vice President of the
United States. This is the only instance in
which this exact course was pursued. but
1t shows that il was recognized from the
first that the t,oo houses must ac. i'm the
count, and by such agents as they should
appoint-and it was not recognized that
the Vice President or president of the
senate had any duties in the matter of
counting the votes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05
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BILL organizing a new territory to be
~ proposed, ont of portion of the present
territory Of Dakota, and of course paving
the way for a new State i'll the distant fu-
ture, passed the L. s. Senate or the Goth of
December. If this bill should pass the
House, rs it never ought to do, it viii afford
an elegant opportunity for host Of ambi-
tious and patriotic Republicans ''to go
west aud quarter themselves on the pub
lie treasury. We trust that the House,
which is largely Democratic, will take
warning from the untimcly passage of the
Colorado bill at the session previous to the
last, and put its seal of condemnation on
this proposed Huron swindle.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

THE Sth of January, the anniversary of
the battle of New Orleans, is to be made an
exceptionally great day in several of the
States. The people without respect to
party are to assemble in convention for the
purpose OF impressing their will afresh upon
the Administration and Congress, and to
declare in unmistakable terms that they
will have the President inaugurated whom
they honestly elected, and will not submit
to the Inauguration of a candidate who
shall be declared elected by fraud and he
installed 10y force. There is no spirit Of
mcuance in these popular assemblies. The
people do not need TO employ any such
method when they choose simply to assert
their sovereignty. Violence is the natural
threat of conspirators and guilty men, and
these meetings propose to nip it in the bud.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

THE POLITICAL House THH
BUILT.-This is the soldier Nlo ora
the legislature of South Carolina W
bayonet. ..
This is the corporal who ordeFed !.
dier who organized the Legislature a'
Carolina with his bayonet.
This is Dennis who directed ne g
who ordered the soldier who oFga- I
legislature Of South Carolina VII -'
ouet.
This is Chamberlain who iDs;r1. 3
mis- who directed the corporal ~s !.
the soldier who organized the = '-
South Carolina with his bAyonel
This is General Ruger Hlo a. /.
Chamberlain who INSTRUCTED p'' =
directed the corporal who oTde''- ( /.
der who organized the legisla'''' u
Carolina with his bay"nei. =
This is Secretary Cameron vi ~,
General Ruger who anthoIiSfa ~ :.
lain who instructed DENNIS VIE - !.
the corporal who ordered 'he - -
organized the Legislature o. ''l
lima with his bayonet. "a
This is President Grant s Nh 4
Secretary Cameron who oi0ei,S I..
Ringer who authorized ! hanyl al,
instructed Dennis who diTeC',O ,, -.
raj who ordered TIVE soldier WIZ :
the Legislature Of South OaFOi'D'
bayonet. -.r VI
This is the republican parry, -,
Gorses President Grant VINO -'...-. ~
retary Cameron who ordered -lsas
who authorized Chamberlain W. !.
ed Dennis who directed the Gu /.
ordered the soldier who a.nnI;..r
islatnre of South Caroline VIZ"
Chicago Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

john s. PHELPS, 4 prominent citizen CT
Missouri and at ell times Union man,
foemerly distinguished member of Con-
gress and now the Governor elect of that
State, las announced his purpose of APP
pointing General james Shields, the hero
of Tie Mexican war and of the late rebellion,
as Adjutant General of Missouri. Gen.
Shields is an Irishman by birth and many
years ago was Senator of the United
States at different times, first fiom his
adopted State, Illinois, and next from the
Slate Of Minnesota. He is the same Cen
Shields who was shot through the body by
an cscOpstte ball near the city of Mexico
during the Mexican campaign, ard whose
remarkable recovery was the wonder OF all
scientific physicians throughout this coun-
try, and for that matter throughout the
civilized world. He lives in Carroll conn
tv, Missouri, on Il farm, and was the only
military officer in the late rebellion from
the North who, in a square fight, defeated
Stoncwall Jackson, feat which he accom-
plished at Winchester, Virginia, on which
bloody field fell Col. William G.. Murray, of
Holiday ysburg, we'll known here and uni
vcrsally respected everywhere as brave
soldier and an honest man. Gen. Shields
has been twice cheated, against all the facts
i'll the case, on. Of his seat i'll Congress as
representative of the district in which he
resides in Missouri. He is well remem-
bered here by several soldiers in the Mexi-
can war, now citizens of this place, all of
whom have a kind regard for him. The
office to which Gov. Phelps will appoint
him may not rocompense him according to
his merits, but it will be a recognition of
the ability and patriotism of as worthy and
pure 4 man as this broad land can boast or
be proud of.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05
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Hos. LUCIUs ROBINSON, who was elected
late election, was inaugura!ed at Albany
on Monday last in the presence of an i'm
mcnse concOurse of people. Governor
Tildcn made {, speech Of congratulation, TO
which Gov. Robcuson replied in brief
and eloquent address. On tue same day
Zebulon g. Vance, Democrat, was inaug-
uraled Governor Of North Carolina, ut
Raleigh, and delivered an able and concili-
atory address.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

The New York Journal Of Commerce,
in answer to a correspondent, says: The
first record I've have of diphtheria was Of
its ravages i'm Rome in A. d. $50. 1t was
an epidemic in Holland in 1887; in Paris
In 1876; in Naples in IT'S; aud more ex-
tensively in France in 1918 and 1885. It
prevailed as severe epidemic in England
in the years 1858, $50 and go. The Amer
lean Philosophical Society (vol. II notices
its first appearance in this country i'm 1771,
eut it was not generally recognized then or
for many years afterward, being confound-
ea with membranous Group. putrid sore
throat and similar diseases. It was noticed
mere III the latter part Of 1850, but it was
not fully and widely known until the early
part of 1887.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05
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II is now definitely settled that the
Hayes electoral ticket in South Carolina
was carried by majourity of about 600,
and that Wade Hampton and the entire
Democratic State ticket was elected by a
much larger majority. We gather this
from the report Of the Congressional
committee. consisting of Messrs Sayler
Abbott and Lawrence, the two first named
being Democrats and The last a Republi-
can, who completed their work at Colum-
bia, the capital of the State, on Saturday
last. This report must and viii be accepted
as conclusive Of the vote in that State. and
is accounted for by the well known fact
heretofore stated 10y as, that while large
Dumbers Of the colorcd voters supported
the Democratic State ticket in order to get
the eeHtrei OF .he State out Of the hands of
the carpct-bae crew, of which Gov. Cham
berlain is the head and ffont, they never
theless voted for the Hayes electors. II is
yet All undetermined question how the con-
rest between Chamberlain and Hampton
will be jadieialiy and fairly settled. but all
the Indications are that the voice of the
people Of South Carolina is in favor of
Hampton, and that an honest State govern
ment viii eventually prevail. When that
takes place there will be peace and con-
ientmept within her borders, aad pot un-
III then. ..-,...e
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

THE two Legislatures in Louisiana cam
vassed the vote for Governor and declared
the result on Tuesday last. The Kellogg
Legislature, taking the Returning Board
figures declared Packard Governor. while
General Nichols was proclaimed Governor
by the Democratic Legislature. in accord.
ance With the returns of the Republican
Commissioners of Election. There seems
to be no disposition to come to blows. and
we judge, says the Pittsburgh Post, that
both Legislatures will worry along until
the Presidential question is decided Kel-
log, Yarmouth and Pinchback are more
anxious about their election as Z. S. Sena.
tors than anything else
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

Gov. DREW, the Democratic candidate
for the gubeinatorial office, in Florida at
the November election, was inaugurated
at Tallahassee on Tuesday last. The Leg
iSi1ture is Democgafic in both bran nches
The vote OF the State for President remains
Il Undetermined 10y Congress on the 18th of
February next, as does also that "f Louisi-
ana, III which Tilden received eight h0us-
ant of majority according to the face of
the returns.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

THE Friendly Sons Of St. "a | a.
large and influential orgail.-II-'-'--.. -. AZ
York city. Among the me'ilgo, II.
John II. Brady, Henry l. ~, ~
dent of the Emigrant lhuus p
Bank. Eugene Kelly, ! lhon.-s5 hor5 e.s
President of the society a. 80.
known gentlemen. At the h-'.5.-. "a.
ner of the society the 'resilt - G
short after-dinner speech WI N Il
much for the encouragement .,r.s ], ID
i'm this country. lie ooNsf .
society upon the presence % M
number of Irish gem 'e''i',, ,,,,o,r..
been seen during the day : !, be,a
enough to make every iL'sn IT, .bsF
that their little Isle should e e. fss
so many representatives s. lSoali , I
4 high measure Of respect -" ,ls q
to the Irish workingmen - 'ii..riiss1
whose trials through 'no .n5 t5s
hard times had been sore "n1 rnssn ka
ing keen. but the one had Oo' sig
the other endured, wlil'"I; .n;s ! NJ 3
behavior. For myself yisG
81 have just returned iron 'ar thai 7
land. and I am happy 70 ;" =
dition of the people thels III tbs .
compare most favorabiy WI. VIZ 80.
of the working people o. a. "orpsap'
lam sure this fact. when he ssI
give great pleasure TO ,o.s 1ss ass
people in this country, "" coarr'
prosperity of their pam or. foT
eaualled by their endsssIp';sn ndt,a,.p;n fp
peri.y of this land. AIDED s.
sterling to the funds III
there.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

THE Governor's message. an abstract at
leas. of which will appear i'll our next num-
her, was delivered to both branches Of the
Legislature on Wednesday last.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05

The New York Sun considers it a mod
crate estimate that the attempt to count in
Hayes has already cost the country. i'm the
stoppage Of business, in the enforced pan
perIsn of laboriag people, aud The general
decline in values. a. least epe thousand
millions Of dollars. p
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05
A Canadian COnCent Burned.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING AND LOSS OF LIFE
THIRTEEN CHARRED BODIES RE-
CovERED--Loss S24, 600.

St. Elizabeth Convent, in Montreal, was
destroyed Dy fire on the morning OF the 26th
ult., and thirteen persons, all but two OF
whom, namely Angelo Dauphin, an old
maid of 60, and Elizabeth Grovel, aged 10.
were little girls ranging I'D "ge from 10
12 years. The fire WAS discovered by one
Of the Sisters shortly after midnight and
.hc inmates were Immediately aroused, but
SO rapidly did the flames spread that no
time was allowed for donning clothing ana
the frightened children and Sisters rushed
out in The cold night with nothing on but
their night clothes. The alarm soon
brought the fire department. to the scene,
and the firemen worked heroically III rescu-
ing the Inmates and saving the building,
but before the flames were exiting guisbed
the large building was almost entirely de-
stroyed. 1t was at first supposed That there
WAS no loss of life, but ut daybreak it be
came rumored that Il number OF lives had
been lost, aud in a short time the RUNS
were surrounded by an excited crowd, that
somewhat interfered with the working of
the men who were engaged i'll searching
for the bodies of the missing ones.
The fire is supposed to have been caused
by a defective fiue. The sc ffeIing of those
who escaped was terrible in many in
stances feet and hands were badly frozen
by the snow, the cold being very intense.
FLYING FOR LIFE.
One of the Sisters, who was the first to
hear the alarm, said that there was a great
deal of excitement all over the building,
ard she saw number jump from the
windows when the stairways were cut off by
the flames. No one had time 10 secure their
clothing, all being forced To- escape i'll their
night dresses. They were out in the snow
in their bare feet and many suffered terri
bly, She feared fatal results in many cases
from The severe shocks. Those who were
burned were on :he upper floors, aud II is
supposed that all escape was cut OF at the
time they were aroused. The excitement
in the city over the terrible calamity has
been intense. A number of places of bust
ness have been closed aud every eXertion
is being put forth to aid and make COM
Portable the sufferers.
The bodies of the dead at the Coroner S
office presented most horrible spectacle.
In many cases the bodies were So badly
charred that they bore but q very slight
resemb blance to human beings. Here and
there could be seen bodies minus legs and
arms, while in one instance the head of a
body of child was completely burned Oft.
/ The stfferiDgs of those burned must have
been awful, most of the bodies were
found i'll a cramped position, as if they had
died in agony. Nine bodies have been re-
covered flom the ruins so badly burned
that they could not be identified. Four
are still missing. The Coroner's inquest
resulted in a verdict Of accidental death.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05


SAD SroRY-Joseph w. Harrar, who
shot William r. Hess, in April last, has
just been convicted IT murder in the second
degree by a Philadelphia jury.
The circumstances Of the case convey Il
sad history. Some fifteen years ago, Har-
rar found Hess, then a boy, homeless and
friendless, hanging around Philadelphia
hose house. He gave him home in his
family, found him employment, and treated
him as he treated his own children. But
he was warming an adder. The boy grew
to manhood, and in the course of years re-
paid the kindness of his beuefactor by Sc
ducing his wife and alternating the affec-
tions of his children. The evidence of the
guilt of the woman and the migrate he had
nursed and cherished was palpable and be
yond dispute. larrar was driven from
home, blighted man, dsgraced and dis
honored. His children turned against him,
instigated by Hess and thei: mother. They
passed him in the street without IA sign of
recognition, or if they showed a conscious
ness of his presence it was by opprobrious
words ora sneer of contempt. Meanwhile,
Hess held the fort and was the ostensible
head of the family.
Driven to desperation by the magnitude
of his misery, Harrar walked into his
wretched home one morning. Hess was
there, finishing his toilet to go on duty as
a policeman. He saw the man whose
household gods he had shattered but he
showed no guilt. no embarrassment, no re-
morse. The children were at the break fast
table tile guilty mother was standing a
few feet from her paramOur. Hess, turn
ing his head towards tarrar, asked, what
is shat damned lOafer doing here ~ Har
rar's reply was n shot from his revolver
and Hess fell, mortally wounded. He lived
a few hours s--long enough 10 make his will
and leave what property he possessed To the
partner Of his guilt. Harrar surrendered
himself to magistrate and has had his
trial with the result as above stated
Legally. he has committed murder but
thousands of good men and women all over
the land will absolve him from crime It
would be righteous act to pardon him. for
the law has been vindcated by the verdict
and no wrong can be done TO society 10y al.
lowing poor Harrar to live out the remnant
of his unhappy life in undisturbed freedom
-Frdnkkin Spectator.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-01-05
special dispatch from Cleveland, dated
Sunday, gives the following additional par
ticuIars

Workmen at the wreck of the train at Ashta-
debris. Only two more bodies lave been re-
covered to-day which, with the thirty four
ever he found. The rest burned to ashes,
few of the charrnf and mangicd bodies have
been Identified. and were brought to Cleveland
Daniel McGuire engineer of the leading en-
gino the Socrates which broke loose from the
train anc was sa vcd. says that all the stations
between Erie and Ashtahua, with the excep-
non 2r tnree, were stopped at; me train was
when two car-lenths from the west end he felt
it settle down; had his hand on the throttle
Meeting he engines was snapped by the sudden
jerk. The tracks of his tank did not clear and
scttled.down but opening the wide of the throt-
tie saved the engine and the trucks were pulled
on. He ran up the track 100 yards and gave
the alarm by repeated whistles and ringing of
the bell He saw the engine Columbia sink
with the bridge and turn bottom upward. The
! express. baggage and passenger cars followed
( In hear, the passenger cars landing on the
express cars. and all went into the river The
swung over to one side and soon was i'm a blaze.
In two or three minutes the entire wreck was
the dying terrible to hear: but their
voices were soon hushed as the fire king en-
wreck. and pulled several out of the ice and
helped to extricate some from the debris
One woman was pinned down by her legs on a
burning Ger her cries for help were piteous.
and in DESPAIR. as the flames circied around
but 1t was impossible to reach her. and she was
consumed: The paint on the burning cars
SffHpptl ike fDnWueT- soaring many wOrkmpp.
i couldn't estimate the number burned hut
/ think 100 persisted by fame and water. some
were killed outright. A husband and wife in
the burning wreck were held down by obst ruc-
tions. and calmly awaited their fate. Their
lips moved as if in prayer. Neither pen nor
tongue can describe the horrors OF the scene
In twenty minutes after the fire started il was
impossible TO extricatc the passengers The
engineer of the Columbia, Pap" Folsom of
Cleveland SAYS his engine turned bottom up
ward He was thrown violently through the
window of the cab and was badly cut. Nc,
Guire helped pick him mp bruised and bleeding
and bis first words werei "Another Anglo hor-
ror, DAN" MEG uire thinks no
one would have escaped from the doomed train
had he not saved his engine thus enabling him
to give the alarm. Terrible indeed would have
been the result had the Socrates gone over, as
no one would have known of the disaster, ard
the next train due would undoubtedly have
beeuprecipitated iuto the river.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-11-09
FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 1877.

> 55D Il choice to double extra X 70 N 3 10
closing steady Receipts, iOl6 barrels sales, Il,
OrO barrels
RYE FLOUR, steady: sales ~ barrels at 4 ora
"a - for state.
CORN MEAL heavy. yellow Western, Jersey and
Pennsy lvania at , 6jGD 500
WIltAI-lHlc lower, moderate trade e4por. ant
city milling :air and speculative demand: / - a
! % Tor No spring 2i!al 80 for No Chicago
z9;GI %i fir No. Milwaukee, / 3O!GDl 81 for No
Chicago, 3ldi - for hard NO. / sptins; | $50
"a Tor Mol spring; 80 Tor No. Green bay; | 3
for steamer No winter red 80 Tor New Yni i
No. winter red; 5uGl - Tor white wester; | 1,
for No. New \ Ork winter red. Receipts "A -,
bushels; sales, 3ls uW hushcls.
hfE-steddy. sale "a, bushels at SAT fol
state; western rumured tor export Al =.
BARLEY hrm. IA rly active mating demand
1S.uOh bushels at !5Mijt Tor lowed state; g fol
No Canada; % for No do; sGAs-i Tor und graded
Canada.
BARLEY MALT Grm at 72@75 or e-rowed state
70 Tor prime Canada.
HAY heavy j5A6o for shipping
uOPS-steidy, unchanged tai FOR yearlings
sDl3 ior new crop eastern 6aI3 tor New Yors
state; l2G - FOR CaliUrniins
lgl in gold.
sUGAR-dull and heavy refining 7i0,I; prIm,
refined 81 moderated demand, luelUI standard A
siTih graduated ll.alli powdered lIiani FOL
crushel.
MoLAssES - grocery grades quiet. noderat,
demand.
RICE quiet at 6l6' for Louisiana; ea., fol
Carolina.
PETROLEUM-quiet crude at Qsi refined Al
10, united crude 1T / 91tM3i.
TALLoW- market sttuiy; sales 55O1 lbs. al
.iu7 ll-l6.
Eggs steady liaasc for State and pepnsvI
vsnia %. G2i i,r Canada,
PROFESSIONALISM shade easier and 81 II al
u 25sit . for new mess. Beef quiet anu steady
Cut meats western quiet MidGes quiet at 5 fol
western long clear; s; fer city do
LAIRD, BUTTER, Ere - Lard, better, closing
hrm prime steam ut 62ias c7!. Butter, choice
hrm' other trades heavy, prices unchanged, la
= Tor western l'a3O for state. Cheese dul at "a
i2ic.
LINSEED-quirt.
WHISkEY-nTm.r at l 10