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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09

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try that is read by so large number of
people as the New York Sun. Its con-
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and public measures. Its editor, Charles
A. Dana, is an experienced Journalists
most able and vigorous writer-and if he
does not always convince his readers, he
challenges respect for undoubted honesty
of purpose. No paper in the land has
waged a more determined warfare against
corruption wherever it is found to exist,
whether in national, State, or municipal
ard official profiigacy in
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09

JUDGE WILLIAM STRONG, one of the As
snciate Justices Of the Supreme Court of
tho Uuited States, and member of tho
Electoral CUmmissio that cheated Samuel
j. 1 ilden out OF the Presidency, many years
ago was Democratic member of Congress
from the Berks county district in this State
While serving in that capacity he and
George W. Jones, q Democratic member
fiom Tennessee, became warm personal
friends. During the sitting of the Elec-
toIal Commission last winter Mr. Jones ad-
dressed letter to Judge Strong in which,
among other things he said
When you aud ] were in Congress together
est nun, DO you believe that The people OF
Louisiana elected Ut voivd for the Hayes elec-
T. rst"
Mr.. Jones received a reply to his letter
from Judge Strong, dated February Goth,
1877, aud OH the 10Th of October he en-
closed a copy of IL to the editor of the New
York San, in which paper it appeared one
day last week, as will be seen by the letter
aud comments Of that journal published in
another column. There is nothing dis
credi:able to Judge Strong in his reply to
Mr.. Jones, because it shows that he acted
from conviction, believing, as he says, that
nei her Congress nor the Electoral Com
mission has any constitutional right to in
Guire into State elections for electors. lie
was controlled in his vote on the Florida
aud Louisiana certificates by this technichal
rule, although he admits that he feared a
great prong had been perpetrdted By Ns
Louisiana ReturHiHg Board. Judge Strong
therefore, blindly adhering to this techni-
ral;ty. cast his vote for the Hayes electors
in Louisiana, although lie evidently did not
helieve that Hayes had carried the State.
His letter shows the absolute necessity OF
I.y,slation by Congress which will forever
preyeut a crime iiAs tLat perpetrated by
the Louisiana Returning Board from de-
rrnding the le"pla out OF their honest
,huice OF President.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09

SHOCKING TRAGBDY.-A Sparta (Wis. J
special of Sunday says that news had Just
been received from Wilton of a horrible
affair which occurred there on Thursday
night. Mrs. VIM. Van Voorhees,. a youpo
woman with three children, and abont to
bccun,e mother again, had, after living
unhappily with her husband in their home,
on the outskirts of the village, been de-
serted and left desolate and Respondent.
She frequently spoke cf suicide To the
neighbors, aud was prevented from pur-
chasing poison by her neighbors. On
Thursday night about nine O'clock her
dwelling was discovered in flames, and
when the neigh bors reached the house and
burst in the doors they proceeded to the
bed room, where sickening spectacle
greeted their eyes. The mother, nearly
naked, lay face down in the bed, with her
two youngest children in the same posi-
ton by her side. The hair, scalp and por-
tions of the aims were burned off from
each, and the blazing :afters frcm above
were falling down upon them. The BODY
of the oldest boy, aged ten, was found be-
bind the bedroom door, burned to crisp,
Blood was found spaitercd upon the bed
clolh hes and upon the mothers garments.
Appearances indicated that the woman
poisoned herself and children, and that
life was extinct before the flames reached
them. No marks of violence could be dis
covered upon the bodies, but the matter is
being Iigidly Investigated.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09

Gov. WILLIAMS. of Indiana. has apnoint-
ed Hon Danic, w. Voorhees, United States
Senator for the uueypired term. ending
March 4th, 1879, Of ;he late Hou. O. Z.
Morton.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09


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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09

"A woodpecker bored a hole in the spire
of church in Jackson, Mississippi, last
spring, aud made his nest within it. Ia
the summer, however. swarm of bees
flew to the spire, drove ont the woodpecker.
and have since filled the interior with
honey. And now man. the sovereign ,les-
poiler. has discovered the hoard, and re-
solved to exhibit the spire, with its novel
con; ents, as the State Fair.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09


"1OS. CHARLES \. pANA-DeGr Sir: During
the sitting OF the Electoral Comm issiOu III Wash
iHg;on last winter, wrote TO Mr.. Justice Strong
OF the United States Supreme Court, and II
member of the Commission, with whom | had
been associated Formerly in Congress. ] did
not keep copy OF my letter, but addressing
hun, | wrote in substance follows:
"'W htn Yum and were in Congress together
you were a Democrat, and regarded as an hon
est mail- DO yOu believe that the people OF
Louisiana elected or voted for the Hayes elect
OrS?'
Il raClose herewith copy of Justice Strong ;
ieiter in response to minp. /: you think his
letter worth publishing at liberty to
give il to the public.
Ia my reply TO Justice Strong's letter I
wrote: BY the Constitution OF the Untcd
States il il provided hat Presidential electors
shall be appointed in snch manner US shall be
prescribed hy th" State Legislature; but the
returns OF the electoral votes are to he return
Ell 10 the President nf the Senate, and shall bc
opened in the presence of the two Houses or
Congress, and be then counted. Congress
clearly hats th- right to inquire and deter G.lI ne
whether ur mot The electors OF the several
states hsd been appointed in the manner pre-
scfibcu 10y their respective STATES.
Il never write secrets nor keep copies OF the
letters write. And DO not believe that the
GfhciaI ucts Of public servants and the rcasOn
Tor their acts si.;i toe regarded private aIi,!
secret. Very respectfully yuurs,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09
An It.cf,no7'sIinnry Letter from
Mr.. Justice Strong.

The Hon William Strong of Pennsylva-
MIA is one of the Associate justices of the
Supreme Court Of the United States lie
was ono OF the fifteen members wEo con :
s.ituted the Electoral Commission through
whose action Rutherford il. Hayes was de-
claIed to be elected President of the Uni
ted states. Had Judge Strong, as MEM
Der of that Commission, voted the other
way. Mr. HAYES would have been excluded
from the office Of President 1t is there
fore to The vote of Judge Strong that MIR.
Hayes owes his office. The Commission
consisted OF fifteen, of whom, leaving
Judge Strong in doubt, seven were for Mr..
Hayes and seven were against him. The
grand result depended upon the way Judge
Strong should vote. Uuder these circum-
stances, aud with such consequences hang
ing upon his vote, Judge Strong made up
his mind to vote for Mr.. Hayes.
1t now appears, however-and it appears
by letter under his own hand-ihat i'll ar.
riving at this conclusion, Judge Strong
was governed b. a strictly technical iule,
and hat although he cast the determining
vote in favor OF Nr. Hayes for President,
lie does not believe and never did believe
that Mr.. Hayes was lawfnlly elected to
that office The view taken by Judge
Strong was that Congress has no right to
inquire into State elect ions for State elcc
tors that the Electoral Commission had
no more power than Congress had ; and so
he vo:ed for Hayes aIthough he feared Il
great aor0pg hn6 been perpeirdtcd 6y M6
L0uiSiaRa BSdrd
All this fully appears in n letter address
ed 10y Mr. Justice Strong to an old personal
friend of his, the Hon. Geo. w, Jones of
Tennessee. This letter, being entirely
upon a public question of overshadowing
importance, has been forwarded to us by
Mr.. Jones for publication, and we print the
two letters, which are as follows III full
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09

The letter of Judge Strong is in one
sense Very cseditabie To him. 1t show 5
that hc acted from conviction. We can
not give our assent to the CORRECTNESS of
his conclusion. but wc can understand that
his view is one which might be hrncs ~
taken by technical lawyer. not much ad-
dlcted to equity ano To going TO the bottom
of things.
The great and momentons fact which
appears from the rrespoDdence, aud
which presses itself. by lis gigantic mag
nitude, upon the serious consideration of
the whole country, is that Rutherford b.
Hayes occupies the office Of President of
the United States by force Of the vote of a
man who does not believe lie was legally
elected. 1t stands forth uow, and gill
stand forever, rs an historical fact es,ab-
'ished by conclusive and umqnestionable
evidence.
To urge tha. every other vote in the
Electoral Com mission had the same po,en.
cy as that of Judge Strong does not at all
detract from the strength of our argument.
Conceding that, because i. is undeniab bl To-
the stubborn fact still remains that with
out Judge Strong the members of the Com
mission were equally divided, and that if
MIR. Hayes had not received the vote of
this member Of tht Commission. who did
not believe he WAS legally elected, he
IL.
1t seems, too, that this fresh and start
ling evidence imposes n new and solemn
duty upon Congress. The House of Rep
resentatives should raise committee to in
qure into the legality Of the election of
Rutherford b. Hayes. This committee
should have the customary power to send
for persons and papers. With the s;ate-
ment of Judge Strong added to the other
accessible evidence it would be settled be-
yond oavil in an official proceeding that
MIR. Hayes is not and never has been Pres
ident by right. All this goes upon official
records of the United States House of
Representatives, and after that, even al
though Mr.. Hayes crawls through his
whole four years in place to which inc
has no true title, the brand of fraud will
be ineffaoeabiy fixed upon him while he
elevation of his Office will serve only to
make more conspicuous the infamy of a
man who holds it not by right N. 7. Sun.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09
"VvAsaINGroN. Feb. -, is-

THE Hon. GEORGE w. JDNES-.HU Dfdr .SjT:
| was Democrat when you ana were toScth-
in tuHgicS>- | am Il Democrat now. | hold
to all the opinions the State Rights Democrats
have always held, and which the acknowledged
leaders NJ thc party have aVowpd Up the
present wIGtei-n er more clearly than III
1873 to 1873.
Il do not believe that Congress has any con-
stitutional right to iut IrU into State elections
for State electors.
Congress has of late years interf.r.d quite
200 much with the States The Electoral Conn
mission has no nUrr power than Congress has,
and I think il would he most dany cruus
usuTpation, were Il to do what the States alone
have a right to do. even To cure " hat fear
a great wrong OF the Louisiana Returning
BpnTd.
Il cannot Guu:s, That such will Sc your opin-
ION when Fuu rt Hcci To- what the Ss,'riiOn of
such power wOt!id lead. II w,I.id place the
rSht 81 tin states, respecting the choice Of
tivCltsrS, At the mercy O.: the Federal Govern
BIent, and be the greatest stI idc ever made to-
ward ceutrniiZ ,iiUn.
.iiciirT -UIcr Il present evil than open such
II fJur. better tkIn abandon a!i the IiInU hon
Or"d priucip;cS al the Democratic party.
II am SOuIS, NcTS respectfully,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-09

Rose over Easily, for Dist. Atty, 1915.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-21

ROUND DANCING Mrs. Sherman,
the Generals wife, has written a
letter in which she expresses her,
self freely about round dancing. She
says her soul revolts against it, that
very soon women Of self-respect will
blush at it, and that public opinion
will eventually drive it out of socie-
ty. She adds: The advocates
Of this dance have had their own
way long enough absorbing all en-
misunderstanding upon and
ridiculing those who quietly decline
to participate-openly and constant
ly insinuating of those who decline
it that they are therefore evil mind
ed, etc., or quoting impudently and
insinuatingly their only weapon,
'Honi soft ga NAL y pe'sse,' and then
throwing themselves in mems arms
to prove their own purity of mind. !"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-21
A BRAVE OLD MAN.

The following interesting particu
lars of the tragedy in Rush county,
Indiana, are received: The robber
was first met by Mrs. Bowling, who
heard a noise in the kitchen and
went down stairs to ascertain what
the cause was. She rushed back to
her sleeping room, followed closely
by the man who was armed with an
axe and a revolver Here the thief
made demand upon the aged cou
pie for their money, struck the old
lady with his pistol and knocked her
down, bruising her face terribly,
when she, to save her life, gave up
all the money sho had, but tho old
man stoutly refused. The thief then
proceeded to search the house, and
ordered them both up stairs before
him, still keeping the axe and re-
volver, which he fired three times in
the house, in his hands. After rum
maging through the rooms up stairs
he ordered the old gentleman and
lady down, still keeping them in
front Of him. He then took them
into the parlor and began to 6"
through the bureau. One drawer
of this was hard to open and he had
to use both hands, setting the axe
down for that purpose. Mr.. Bowl
ing who was watchir 6 for an opporn
tunity, picked up the axe, and with
one well aimed blow nearly severed
the burglars head from his body
The old man and woman then went
quietly back to bed and slept until
morning, leaving the bloody corpse
on the floor 10 front of the bureau.
In the morning he went and told his
son. The Coroner was then sent
for, and when he arrived late in the
day, he found the thief where the old
man had killed him, with his revolv-
err still cooked and in bis hand, now
Geld and stiff. He had entered the
house by knocking the kitchen win
dow in with an axe, which luckily
he kept with him until the unguard-
cd moment. The Gead body of the
robber was brought to Rushville but
had not been identified. Mr.. Bows
ling is seventy-eight years old.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-21
INFLUENCE or a LITERARY
TASTE.

To young man away from home,
friendless and alone in a great city,
the hours of peril are those between
sunset and bedtime-for the moon
and stars see more evil in a single
hour than the sun in his whole day 8
circuit The poets visions of even
ing are all composed of tender and
soothing images. 1t brings the wan
derer to his home, the child to his
mothers arms, the OK to his stall,
and the weary laborer to his rest.
But to the gentle hea ted youth who
is thrown upon the rock of pisiless
city, and Stands, homeless amid a
thousand homes" the approach of
evening brings with it an aching
sense Of loneliness and desolation,
which comes down upon the spirit
like darkness upon the earth. La
this mood, his best impulses become
snare to him, and he is led astray
because he is social, affectlonate,
sympathetic and warm hearted. If
there be young man thus circum-
stanced within the sound Of my
voice, let me say to him that books
are the friends of the friendless, and
that library is home to the home
less. A taste for reading will carry
you to converse with men who will
instruct you by their wisdom, and
charm you by their wit; who will
soethe you WREN weary, counsel you
wien perplexed, and sympathize
with you at all times. Evil spirits,
in the middle ages, were exercised
and driven away by bell, book and
candle; and you want but two OF
these agents, the book and the
candle.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-21
TIRED MOTHERS.

Throughout the length and breadth
of our land there are hundreds 0.
weary mothers who, day after day,
and many Of them night after night,
toll for their little ones. On the
altar of their love they are laying
the labor Of their lives, and they
would be willing to die for these
same little ones if need be. But
notwithstanding all this they often
get impatient, and scold, and per-
chance whip them. Then how sorry
they feel for it afterwards, and watch
them in their innocent slumbers, and
resolve in the future to be more kind,
tenoer and loving. Mothers have
SO many cares and responsibilities,
so many burdens to bear, especially
those who are poor and have neither
nurse nor help, that the great won.
der is how they get along at all, and
they often get out of patience and
speak Grossly to the little ones when
they do not mean it. But they should
endeayor with all the strength OF
their will and mothers heart, to Gull
tivate patience. Often some little
toy or game would amuse fretful
child for an hour or so oftentimes a
cup of bread and milk would restore
its good humr. The mission Of
motherhood is the hottest one in all
the world, and should not be neglect
ed, no matter what else is Fol
oftentimes when children are not
cared for and sympathized with as
they should be, the angel of death
grows sorry for shem and bears
them in his loving arms across the
portals of glory, to shine as sparkling
stars 10 the diadem that decks the
brow of the living God. Then how
the mother means and grieves over
the little waxen form lying SO
strangely still, rosebud elasped in
its tiny, pulseless had. There will
be no more little soiled, torn gar
ments to wash and mend, no more
noisy stamping Of little boots, or
muddy tracks on the floor. No, this
is all ended the little one is gone,
and how bleak, and bare, and DESC
late the world seems to the mothers
heart. Oh, tired, weary, wornout
mother! be more patient and affec-
tionate toward your children, for if
death does not take them from you
time will. Soon, all too soon, they
will 60 out into the great whirling
vortex of the world. Then when
many weary leagues of land and sea
lie between you and the little tangled
head resting so peacefully on your
heart to night, you will not regret
that you made for them all the SUM-
shine you could while they were
with you. The little busy pattering
feet, that are so ready to run into
mischief now, will meet with many
periIs aud pitfalls as they wander
through the by>paths of the earth
Let them bear with them the precious
memory of happy childhood and .
pure home education Pomeroy't
Democrat.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-21
STORY OF A TRAMP.

[Saratoga Correspondent Cincinnati Enq.I
We fell in with Colonel of the
late Confederate unpleasantness, the
other day, who gave us a curious
story of romantic and interesting
experience. The overflow of the
levees on the Mississippi drowned
out his store and goods, and reduced
him in short half hour from indie
pendence to poverty last SPRING
Then he came North, as to {. land OF
promise, where would find the friends
of his prosperity, and obtain assis
lance. He got as far as Baltimore
and from there became a tramp and
walked to New York. When he
arrived in that city he had thirteen
cents, which he invested in a clean
paper collar and had his boots black
ed. Having known Badly Smith it
better days, he called on our police
commissioner, and, poor and seedy
as he was, met with fine reception
and got some money, after other
friends had refused to recognize him
or give him a cold potato. Fol
some weeks he wandered about New
York seeking for something to do
and one of his friends Miss Kellogg,
remembering him in the days of ole
IS her friend and patron, present
ed him with a suit of clothes. A
last he met accidentally gentleman
formerly of ah6 Sodsh, WHO'S Wal
street broker, who gave him start
err in stocks, and to-day the Colone
is at Saratoga with fast horse and
several thousands in cash. Such are
the ups and downs of life. Lot u'
look carefully at tramp before We
kick him out.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-21
sPEAKERsHIP.

Don PIATT, Of the Washington
Capital, in speaking Of Randall's
chances, says:
"Mr. Sam Randall, to begin with,
will not be Speaker. lie is a gentle
man who belongs to close, compact
and unanimous political organization
called Sam Randall. and his consist
ency consists in being true to him
self"
If Don Piatt means that Mr.. Ran
dali is selfshly mean, with no liber ).
al concern for the welfare Of his
country, We do not believe it. If he
means that he tries to do as much
for himself as possible, then he does
no more than other aspirants fred
with ambition to be Speaker. That
Mr.. Randall is "true to himself, de
tracts nothing from his character
for he that is not true to himself, IL
not true to any man.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-21

In reply to numerous inquiries by
young bachelors as to the number of
widows left by Brigham Young, and
the amount they are severally worth,
we reply that he left seventeen
widows, and that, on a fair divide,
they will not represent over one
hundred and FIVE thousand dollars
apiece; but that, as Mormon law,
guaranteed under Congressional en-
actments, allows the marrying of
any quantity of wives in Utah, any
gentleman of good health and steady
habits could apply for several at a
time, thus making up handsome
purse or joint wife investment
Mobile Register.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-21

AT Arda, ILL.,, Sunday a twelve
year old son of Mrs. Speed attempt
ed kindling fire with kerosene
when the can exploded, burning the
house with the boy in it. Notwith-
standing we published quite mum :
Der such items in the JOURNAL, the
little boys and girls keep on trying
to build fires with matches and kero>
sene. They are generally always
successful.