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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-01-11
Balance in Treasury Nov. 90. 1876 9s4,997 SO

PUBLIC DEBT.
Funded Debt:
Overdue, not presented for payment, and
upon which interest Is stoppid ss5921 IS
Five per cent. gold loan, payable August
1877 2i55OO 90
1873 27sOOo 90
1879 100000 90
Five per cent. gold loan payable August,
1852 325 OOO 90
lsS2 $1,000 90
Six per cent. currency, redeemabe Feb
ruary, 1871, and payable within five
years SSS2 500 90
Six per cent. currency, redeemable Feb
ruary, 1882, and payable within ten
years 1895 500 90
Sis per cent currency, Agricultural Col
Iege loan, payable 1922 100000 90
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TpfundeCI debt :

Relief notes in circulation s96,Is2 90
Interest certificates outsiand-
ing l3,O3s 81
Interest certificates unclaimed 4,445 3S
Domestic creditor certificate % %
Chambersburg certificates out
standing 80 SO
Chambersburg certificates un-
claimed 14t 60
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

No POLITICAL EYENT has recently taken
place which was so unexpected and so re-
markable in its surroundings as the nomi-
uStion, last week, of Gen. George 81 NC
Clellan rs tie Democratic Candidate for
Governor of New Jersey. There we're sew
! eraI aspiran.s for the nomination, and the
canvass had been conducted with much
bitter nees BY The friends of The two most
prominent, John 2. Stockton, ex-Uuited
States Senator and State Senator Leon Alb
bett, between whom j. was believed the
choice would finally rest. Gen. Mcclellan
was not candidate, and on the day the
convention met was in Boston attending the
dedication Of soldiers monument. When
he was placed III nomination by delegate,
not from Gen. McClellan's own county. his
name was received with a perfect storm of
applause by the compact crowd in the gal
leries, and from that moment and all
through the first ballot the excitement was
intense and the cheering fo- Mcclellan
loud and continuous AS the ballot pro-
ceeded delegation after delegation deserted
its favorite and declared for Little Mac"
SO4 ; Albeit, 1856 Carter 81 Stockton, 2.
Leaving Gen. Mcclellan entirely out OF
view the nominee of the convention, who
ever he might have been, would have been
elected, and his nomi nation, together with
the whirlwind of enthusiasm attending it,
shows the strength and magic of his name
with the people of New Jersey. l. was
lie highest compliment that could have
been paid to the man whom Edwin NJ.
Stanton would not permit to take Rich
mond, and who, fifteen years ago, in COM
pliance with the earnest personal appeal of
President Lincoln, placed himself at the
head Of Pope's vanquished and demoralzed
army a: Bull Bun-reorganiZed its shattered
ranks and iE thirty days defeated Lee at
Ant:etam and saved Washington from cap
ture. Two years afterwards New Jersey
gave him her vote for President, and next
November " i'll make him her Governor.
The Republican who will be rash enough
to accept nomination against him will
possess an amount Of courage worthy Of a
better cause.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

LEWIS V. BoGY, senior Senator from
Missouri, died on the Goth inst. at his home
IN st. Louis, aged Ga years. Without great
abilities, Mr.. Bogy had successful career.
The key to this success may, perhaps, be
found in the following paper. which he
placed in his mothers hands when, a lad
- years, he left home to push his way in
the world
ST: GENEvIEvE, Jan. I8 IS;}o.-On this dpy
tft nome under charge OF Mr.. VIM. Shannau
an oid Trend OF my father, to go to Kaskaskj,
II read law in the Office of Judge Pope Mv
education is very limited, but with hard study
may overcome il. am determined to try IL
ana my intention is - return TO INV native
stare 10 practice If can qualify my SELF and
whlie doing so To work to becorle United Stutrs
senator from my native State. and to work for
lhls WI am sixty years old. will pray Cod
To give me the resolution to persevere in this
ihtcntion- j have communicated this To NV
mother, and given her this paper t6 keep So
help me, God. LEWIS V Rt,cv
The boy was good as his word. He
took his seat as Senator from Missouri ON
March 4, 1873, and he celebrated his sixtietb
birthday ON April eth of the same year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

GREAT NATURAL CURIosITY-TLe c
Sea1Ref, published ut Jack sOnviile, Oregon,
says Several Of our citizens have Ie-
turned from visit to the Great Sunkcn
Lake, situated in the Cascade Mountains.
about seventy-five miles north east from
jacksonville. This lake rivals the famous
valley of Sinbad the Sailor. 1t is thought
to average two Thousand feet down 20 the
water all round. The walls are almost per
pendicniar, running down into the water
and leaving no beach. The depth of the
wafer is unknown, and it's surface is smooth
aud unrut1ied, as it lies SO far below the sur
face OF the mountain that the air currents
do not affect it. Its length is estimated at
twelve miles and its breadth at ten There
is an island in the ceuter having trees upon
1t. No living man ever has, and probably
never will he able 70 reach the water's edge.
1t lies silent, still and mysterious in the
bosom of the Everlasting hills: like n
huge well scooped by the hands of the giant
genii of the mountains in the unknown
ages gone by, and around it primeval ror-
tsts watch and ward are keeping The Wis
iting party fired a rifle several times into the
water, AT an angle of forty five degrees and
were able to note several seconds of time
from tue report of the gun until the ball
struck the water. Such seems incredible
tut is vouched for by some of our most re-
liable citizens. The lake is certainly n
most remarkable curiosity.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

UP to last Wednesday week, every Re-
publican State convention that had been
held either gave only a qualGed approval
To the two leading features Of Mr.. Hayes
administratiou-we mean of course his
Southern policy and his civil service reform
or treated them with supreme contempt.
On that day, however, when Mr.. Hayes
and his cahinc. officers were delivering star
Spangled banner addresses in Nashville to
- sympathetic crowd, the Republican State
convention Of Massachusetts, met at Wor-
Cester, and gave to his admin ration, both
i'll the aggregate aud in the detail as full
aud complete an endorsement as even Mr.
Hayes himself could ask aud much more
cordial, we doubt not, than he had reason
to expect. There was no higgling or hest
tation about it, but the convention swal-
lowed everything with a perfect gtstO-
Southern policy, civil service reform, and
all that they imply. After the doubtful
praise he had received from other States,
this friendly action of the Massachusetts
Republicans is doubtless very gratifying TO
Mr. Hayes. 1t is peculiarly so to the Dem
/ bCIallC party, DeCtuSt II WAS " IcCDEl,lIlDl
I in the most emphatic terms Of the wisdom
/ and necessity of policy towards the South
I ern States which the Democratic party has
uniformly advocated froru the first day of
! Grants term of office down to the present
! time. BY the resistless force of public
opinion in the Northern and Western States
Mr.. Hayes has, fortunately for the country,
been the instrument by which that healing
policy has at last been successfully carried
out. And while the Democracy accord to
him full credit for placing himself on their
platform and boldly adopting their own
well understood line Of policy, :hey claim,
as they clearly have right to claim, that
| they planted the seeds of peace and good
will from which the country, through him,
is now reapiDg rich and abundant har-
{ vest,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

GREAT grief, says the Chicago Inter
Ocedn, has been shown in New York over
the death OF Rev. Thomas J. Mooney. of
St. Bridget's church. Father Mooney was
simple parish priest, but he was the
friend of all, and as the solemn service
echoed through the aisles of the mourning
church, the sobs of :heh umble Darishioners
became uncomfortable. Whatever may
be the faults of the Catholic Church as a
whole, the hold which her clergy have
upon their people is beautiful feature.
The parish priest is the friend Of the poor:
their joys aud Sorrows find a Judgment in
his breast. He is the much-l loved father
of his flock, and so long as he lives the
beggar need not heed his tatters, nor the
widow and orphan the cold worlds frown.
1t were well did some of our Protestant
clergy, who live in fine houses and repel
by their imposing appearance and surround
ngs, the advances of the lowly, take ex.
ample by this good and Christian man.
While the doors of the Catholic church are
always open to the burdened heart, the
portals of the fashionable Protestant
church aie too often barred to all save
those who come clothed in purple aud fine
linen.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

An CNFRECEDENTED SCENE.--For over
dozen years have attended conventions
and other public asScmblagcs both in New
Jersey and New York, as Il press represent
htive, my business being simply to note
what heard and describe what saw but
never have | witnessed the scene or rather
series OF scenes, presented to-day in Tay-
lor's opera house upon the nomination of
General George b. Mcclellan for governor
of New Jersey. The picture presented was
wildly. madly, thrillingly exciting. gray
headed, clear eyed Jerseyman from War
zen, veteran attendant on democratic
gatherings, stood by me on the stage and
saIu, This beats anything ! ever saw.
It's wonderful - And, assuredly it was.
1t has been li1cned to the picture presented
SIX years ago in the same place. when the
tall, handsome, manly form of J. Dagcett
Hunt (peace to his names > arose and in
the famous ''pit to dome speech, the name
N joel Parker was presented by him but
the likeness is not good one. The scene
attending Parker's nomination was excit-
ing and enthuSias iC even to dramatic
point but that which | and two thousand
others have just Witnessed was infinitely
more so. 1t was q very epidemic of ap.
riause. a contagion of excitement. whirL
wind of mans uncontrolla BILE enthusiasm.
-C0rrespORdence Ne1odrk Journal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

KENTUCKY MoNsTER.-A letter from
warren county. Ky, to the franklin Pa
T'ot says: This child, a girl was four
years OF age on the Goth day of last March.
she weighs one hundred pounds measures
eighteen inches across the chest, and is
four feet eight and une-half inches bich
There is thick growth of hair covering
her entire boGy, willie her face is covered
VIII whiskers, incluGing mustache. Tn
to about eighteen months ago she was a
healthy girl. At about that time her bodv
became very hot and was covered with n
heavy perspiration, lasting for several davs
The odor occasioned by the perspiratinn
was very offensive, and within fifteen min
utes after being cleanly dressed her body
and clothes would become saturated as If
by some black-colored liquid. When the
perspiration ceased the hair began growing.
only leaving the soles of her feet and the
palms of her hands bare. Her voice at.
tanned remarkable depth. sounding AS
though 1t came from the inside of n bar-
rel. Her strength is astonishing. She can
carry her ten-year-o ol6 sister under her ann
with apparent ease, and her mother states
That the child actually docs not know her
strength The statements herein made are
strictly true, and, if necessary, the testi-
mony of .he child's parents and many peo-
pie living in the neighborhood can be pro.
duced Tor confederation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

NATHANIEL HORNE was named and bal
lotcd for three times for Prothonutary in
tho workingmen's county convention on
Muuday last. Whether :his movement had
Mr.. Horne's consent we do not know. but
the presumption is that it had, as no dec
hnation i'll his behalf was interposed in the
convention. 1t proved to bo another illus
traiion of Mr.. Horne's recent political blum
ders. No delegate out of the forty three
from bis section Of the county hOnored him
with his support. aud the ten votes lie re-
eeived came from the following named
northern districts One from BIacklick
township, one from the West Ward of
Fbcnsbnrg, aud two each from Allegheny,
and Gallitzin townships, aud the bnrnughs
of Tunnelhill and Iuietto. Mr.. Horne,
however, in his wild and independent hunt
after the P:oihonotary's office, must not
Yet give up the chase in despair, as we have
been informed on good authority tha. the
Prohibition party will hold n convention
and nominate a county ticket about the
middle Of next month.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28
THE woRKINGNrN's CANnInArE.

JUDGE ELwELL has declined the nom-
nation for the Supreme Judgeship rendered
him 10y the Union Labor party at .Iar-
risburg on the 10th, and in doing SO he
gives To laboring men a word Of advice that
all should heed. Judge Elwell is Demo
crat. He believes the Democratic patty
can secure for working men all the reforms
they seek to accomplish by the new party
organization. The safety of both labor and
capital lies in the triumph of Democratic
principles. In his letter ofdeclination Judge
Elwell says
l regard and appreciate this action OF the
on the 10th instant, as a compliment and an
honor, but am not prepared 10 sever all con-
nectiOn with the party with which have hifh-
ertG acted. Having full faith i'm the disposition
and ability OF that party to effect all needed re-
forms, rs well on behalf the labOring classes as
of all others, cannot consent to become a
standard bearer Of any new party organization.
In fact, / have not desired to have my name
placed before the public :hs fall 10y any party ;
on the contrary. to every inquiry whether /
would consent to Toe a candidate the answer has
been in the negative.
Under the circumstances il would be indeIi-
cate in to discuss, approving ly or disapprov-
iugiy. the principles set forth i'm your plat form
bat this much | may be permitted to say in a
now. and always ready TO favor and suVpOrt
every legislative or other government tai reform
which may ten3 to benefit the a0pring classes,
promote all industrial Pursuits and guard with
Impartial justice the rights and interests OF
both cepia! and labor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

IN another part of our paper will be
found an extract from the dignifed and
well written letter of Judge Elwell, dcc!in-
ing the nomination tender him 10y the
United Labor Party" rs its candidate for
Judge of tho Supreme Court. Judge El-
well is An able man, and having always
acted with and sustained the Democratic
party. IL was not fair to presume that
for the most weghty and controlling rea-
sons. II will he seen that he has full faith
i'm the disposition and ability Of the Demo-
cratic party 'to effect all needed reform. as
well ON behalf Of the laboring classes as uf
all others. and therefore cannot consent to
become a standard bearer of any new party
organization. This is the view taken by
all Democrats who have watched the course
of both political parties rs closely as Judge
Elwell has. He is thoroughly cuuversant
with the constantly recurring disputes be-
tween labor and capital in lire anthracite
Cnal reg ion. and at one time acted as umpire
between the miners and their employers and
satisfactorily adjusted their differences
Enjoying as he does the eutire confidence
of the laborinG men throughout The State.
and having M more trusted adviser, they
ought to pnnder well and reflect over the
fensible visws expressed 10 hls excellent
letter.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

On the l1th OF February last, Mr.. Ro-
Zier, merchant of Sparta, Georgia, was
Killed. a negro was at first arrested as
tho murderer, and came near being CON
Victed, bat proved AN alibi. Then two
prominent citizens were arrested. put on
trial, convicted aud sentenced. An NO.
peal was made to the Supreme Court, bnt
The judgment was affirmed. At this juno
lure detective Murphy tnrned up with a
prisoner who had been connected with
liowe's London Circus He'proves bv tho
most conclusive testimony, that the mur-
"er was committed by two employees of the
circus. Great excitement prevails over
'his new development, Wv which the two
condemned men viii too saved.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

lHE statement going the rounds of the
Republican press that the Catholic Demo
Gratis Of Allegheny county are organizing A
strong opposition TO Col. Nuyes, ON the
ground that Daniel .. Barr, of Pittsburgh.
WAS defeated in the Democratic State con
vention fUr State Treasurer because he was
Catholic, is utterly destitute Of truth
The Pittsburgh Post, which is unGnubtCd
authority, explodes the calumny, and the
delegates from Allegheny to the State con
vention have published a card denying its
truth aud declaring that the entire Democ-
racy of the county will as heartily and COR
daily support Col. Noyes as they will Judge
Turnkey and VIM. p. Schell No one but
Il bigoted Republican could doubt it. No
Democrat worthy Of the name ever at
tempts TO drag religious differences into a
poll ical contest, aud it is the proud boast
of the Democratic party that it never sacri-
feed a candidate at the oallet-box on ac-
count Of his religious belief.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

A PROFOUND SENSATION vas caused
throughout business circles in PHILADELPHIA
on Saturday las. by the discovery that
John S. Morton, President Of the Market
Street Passenger Railway Company, had
fiaudu,ently issued and put upon the mar
ket II 900 shares Of the stock of the com
pany, worth At its selling price over a mil
lion and half of dollars. Mr. Morton was
one Of the foremost and best known men
in Philadelphia, and enjoyed the unbound
cd respect and confidence of its citizens.
The road of which he was the President
was the most profitable in the city, and
paid yearly cash dividend Of twenty per
cent. The cause Of his sudden fall is the
same old story. 1t began in 1870 by heavy
losses i'll the decline of Reading Railroad
stock, and the illegal issue by himself Of
the stock Of his own company to en- bark in
new stock specuations then more losses
in stocks and other business and more
fraudulent issues : next loans TO personal
friends, :he money being raised 10y de posit-
ing fraudulent stock with bank or broker.
And So the process went on, being re pcate ed
from time to time, until The crash came
last Saturday. Mr.. Morton acknowl lodges
IL all and puts most of the blame for his
guilty conduct upon his broker, VIM. r.
Ebert, all of which the latter denies.
Mr.. Morton was also President of the Phil
adelphia Permanent Exhibition, which it
is said will not he affected by his failure.
His downfall is another instructive illus
traton of the fa'al consequences which are
sure TO follow an inordinate greed for
gain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

JACOB KIRKPATRICK, of Chest township.
is the Democratic candidate for Poor House
Director, and Peter J. Little, of Loretto, is
the Workingmeu' candidate for .he same
office. Which of these two is the true
representative of the workingman? This
question will beanswercd by scorAing Dem
ocrats at the polls, whose votes will show
that there is not a little, but very Big diff
ference between them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

The Lancaster IntelHgoncer very truth
fui'y remarks that The suspicious recur-
renee of disastrous fires in the fire proof
government buildings, stored with inn
rortant archieves, justifies tie suspicion
that they are the incendiary work of those
anxious TO check damaging Investigations.
But II the thieves have to burn ont the de-
partment of the interior to avoid the con-
sequences of a Republican secretary's in
vestigation, what would have been The re-
suit lad an entire Democratic ,1iministra-
tion come in? The whole of the govern
ment buildings would probably have been
sacked aud the record Of sixteen years
villainy DESTROYED.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

THE Turks under Mehemct Al attacked
the Russian entertainments near Bela,
about forty five miles east of Plevna, on
last Friday. The fighting was severe and
lasted several hours. 1t was at first re-
ported that the Russians had suffered a
defeat, hut as they held their ground at
the end of the cuuftict, the advantage was
evidently with th"m. Preparations arc
being made 10y the Russians to construct
winter quarters. which shows that .he
present campaign has been Il failure.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

A FIRE broke out on Monday morning
last. caused by d" spontaneous combustion,
IN the attic over the Patent Office Museum
IN the Interior Department binding, Wash
ington. The fire spread thlonghout the
ives; and north wings of the building, dcs-
fr"ying them almost completely. The
greater part of the models in the Patent
Office Museun, have been burned. whilst
the business Of the Patent, Land and In
dian Offices is seriously enc barrassed, The
loss IS estimated AZ $3.50, 900.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

ABOUT three thousand coal miners in the
neighboIhood of Wilkesbarre have at last
agreed 10 resume work az an advance of
10 per cent. In order to protect them from
violence ut the hands of the other miners.
who refuse the same terms, the present
military force will be retained. 1t will
cost the State heavily, but as the peace
must be preserved, there is no other remedy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28
Democratic County Ticket.

JUDeE BLACK is preparing q reply to f.
w. Stoughton's personal attack upon him
SELF in his recent article in the North amer
icaE Recieo, which will appear in the next
number Of the same magazine.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-28

in the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad, for the pur.
pose of making him eligible as q director OF
friend of his early manhood whose confidence
in MS judgment and integrity imposed the trust
upon him. This is the only railroad stock OF
which ne is the owner
IN SYMPATHY tn woRKINGMEN.
In conclusion, I would say to those who are
now engaged IN WORKING out a pan , TO secure
daily toll for the necessary comfort and lux
Col. Moves is i'm fun sympathy with Them; not
only that, but he is a living model TO the young
est Integrity and daily toll can accomplish for
any who, tike him, determine TO succeed. Start
ing in active life at twenty-one years of age. he
commenced working In a saw mill in his native
State AT thirteen dollars per month, his salary
increasing with each years services AT the
eud OF three years ne was taken into partner
ship, and for three years after was the foreman
not only OF the work but foremost in having it
done. This position. attained no doubt by his
industry and capability, would have satisfied
the ambition Of most young men. Not so with
fered a more inviting field for his ambition,
and although many difficulties and privations
all, and now, in his 59th year ne can sit down
under his own vine and fig Tree, the work OF
his bands, and enjoy with bis family and friends
the fruits of his industry.
THE woRKINGNEN's CANDIDATE.
WorkinFmen of Pennsylvania you have a
candidate for State Treasurer on the Demo
cratic ticket who s one of yourselves, familiar
with all the tolls, disappointments aud trials
that fall TO the lot of those born to their
by the sweat of their brows-a whole souled,
big hearted gentleman; n fine type Of Ameri-
can manhood. who is ali and more than he as
sumes-ail thar honest men want in public
officer, nd whose life and energies thus far
hare been spent i'll doing good to others as well
s TO himself
THEN BE TRUETO YOURSELVES,
be true TO your order. and true to your State /:
let not demagogues interested only in their
own advancement lead you from the path or
duty. and you will in the election of Col Amos
c. Moves, OF Clinton, secure to the old Common
wealth Treasurer who viii re firm in the hon
est discharge of the duties OF his Office AMI add
a new lustre to the record OF the sons of toll.