The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-27

EMIGRATION FROM PENNSYLVANIA
The departure on Thursday last of fifty
four fam lilies from Scranton for the far
West was the occasion for a demonStra-
tion such rs bias not been witnessed in that
city since the stirring scenes characteristic
of the civil war, when the "bnys'' were GO
ing to the front. The adieus at the depot
were of the most affecting character. No
fewer than 800 persons were pi esent To bid
the emigrants goodbye, and the scene was
most sorrowful one. Every workingman
in the valley who can muster together
enough funds Ia carry him away to the dis
tant farms of the wild West is preparing to
leave, and it is expected that before the 1st
of May 10 fewer than five hundred fa miles
will have left ,he Lackawanna and Wyon-
ing valleys. Those who left on this oc-
casiOn were of a sober. Industrious class
who cannot bear idleness, and who are
eager to face privation and poverty i'm order
to win a little home for themselves. Toll
has DO terro"s FOR them, and they are just
the very ones that a community regrets to
lose.
1t was touching sight to see the pain
full partings of the yOung husband and wife
i'll many cases. One instance in particular
was most affecting. woman with babe
at her breast bade her husband good bye,
and i'll an agony of grief she leaned her
head against the cars and wept bitterly
forgetting the danger to which she was
exposed. The train began to move, and
but for the timely assistance of by-staud-
er she and her baby would doubtless have
been dragged under the wheels.
The emigrants intend to take mp claims
of government land in central Nebraska.
! where General john O'Nien of Feuian
fame, is forming colonies of his country
men. O'Niell has stirred up "A strong fee /
ing in favor of western emigration and
= should the members nf the c,,l,,ny
satisfactorily thousands of discontented
miners viii seek their future home on
western farms. They arc willing to face
all the terrors of tie west to flee from thei;
! present poverty.
THE Lancaster Inteligencer Of Tuesday
evening last notices edItorially what i,
calls an honest confession alleged to have
been made by Mr.. Wayne MacVeigh, cit
! Izen of this State and a member Of Mr.
! Hayes Louisiana Commission. The paper
quoted says:
letter received in Washington from New
Orleans says that Wayne MacVeigh, one of TN,
Louisiana commissioners and Republican
has expressed the opinion there that be has be.
come satisfied. as the result of his investiga
| tions, that TilGeu and Hendricks carried Lou
isiana In November last by a fair and decide,
majority. Xr. MacVeigh, as q Southern pane
re,h,iarksd t,hn upon MS advent INTO that section
I eraity accounted very respectable man." ant
| we should nOt al all wonder IL he has cXpresSe,
JUST such All opinion as he is credited with r,
ne sure IT would be rather gratuitous opjpio,
Tor one OF Mr.. Hayes commissioners to Civ,
t.terance tn. but Mr.. MacV eigh has been know,
TO tell the truth at the expense of some of hi
party friends and il is diiiicult to see how n,
inteiiivent man could make the investigation
with which he and his associates were charge,
without arriving dt this conclusion. or cours
Mr.. Evarts' letter bade them beware of invests
eating the condition of the actual vote cast
put every other question involved depended a
I'm mehiateIy upon that one that ii was bonn,
10 meet them at every step. Willingly or I'm
Willingly, Mr.. MacVegh seems To have inyesti
gated IT, and he is so well ''sa tistied'' that n
has not hesitated to express the opinion tha
1iiden and Hendricks carried the State 1t
only upon this conviction that Mr.. MacVeivh'
com lssion can claim any credit for the resu,
Oi their iabors, and we do not wonder that ii he,
Ieei called upon thus to Justify it. 1t remain
10 be seen whether they will have the courap
10 publicly express This opinion. Ifthey shOuI
have too much regard for Hayes tender sensi
Dillles or Tor the strict letter of their instruc
tions to eQibody il in their official report the,
should at least not withhold their concIusion
from the public. Their evidence cannot adj
weight to the overwhelming proofs that In
Denocratic candidate for President CARRIE
Louisiana but IL may lead some bitter partisau
TO inquire into those proofs, and that once nc
comcnshed, the conviction OF the Republican
that Hayes WAS counted In will he far m ore ,Ir,
lVersal than their acquieScence IN his peicy