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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

IN view Of the fact that Drew, Democrat,
was elected Governor of Florida last No
vonbcr, and is now dscharging his duties
as such, and in anticipation of the fact
that Nichols, Democrat, will soon be in
undisputed possession of the 6overnorship
If Louisiana, very interesting question
for debating societies at every cross roads
in the country would be the following :
Drew being the Democratic Governor of
Florida and Nichols the Democratic Gov
ernor of Louisiana. how the - does it
come to pass that Rutherford b. Hayes is
acting as President Of the United States?"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

PRESIDENT ELECT TILDEN took car
riage ride on last Monday evening, the two
horses, a very spirited and well known
team, being driven by Dennis 1--WE don't
know his other name), his coachman. Mr..
Tilden, noticing that one OF the horses was
very restive, desired to be driven slowly.
In going down Tweuty-fourth street, how
ever, the horses moved at rapid pace, and
turning a corner the carriage swung round,
the driver was thrown off the box his head
being badly cut, and the horses as conse-
quence ere left unrcstrained. Mr.. Tilden,
approaching his danger, opened the right
door of the carriage ana jumped to the
ground, the horses meantime running at
full speed lie fortunately esca bed with a
few slight bruises. Within the past three
years no less .han three horses have fallen
under Nh, Il. on hard pavements, and
each time lie escaped without injury, a
fact or facts which would seem to indicate
that he was not born to he counted out
Of life by the aid Of horse power.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

/ At the recent election in New Hamp-
shire several amendments TO the State Con
stitution were submitted to vote OF the
I people for their approval, or reJectloh.
: Among them was an amendment 10 stilNe
the word - Protestant from the bill OF
/ righLs, by which the right TO hold Office is
restricted to persons OF that particular
faith. The amendments were all adopted
by a majority of the popular vote, except,
as has been already stated in these col
umns, the one which proposed to abolish
the religious test as a qualification Tor
election to office. The Constitution of
the State has existed for ninety-three years,
aud so far as our know ledge extends, 1t is
the only State Consultation in the Union
which imposes religious test of this
character New Hampshire is an ultra
Republican State, aud the defeat OF tins
amendment displays deep seated and un-
compromising bigotTy which is disgraceiul
to her people, and was not to be locked for
under such a government as that OF the
United States towards the close ofthe nine
teenth century. This exhibition of stupid
intolerance will not add to the fair fame of
a State that claims Christopher Mason,
Daniel Webster and Lewis Cass as her Illus
trious sons, but will stand as an enduring
monument to her shame. In speaking OF
.his vote the New York Sun says:
Now that New Hampshire has voted down
an amendment To the Constitution intended to
remove the disqualification OF Catholics from
holding office, the inquiry is naturally suggest
81 "A republican l.
that State according 20 the spirit OF the Con
stjtuiinn OF the United States. This proscrip-
tion OF members of n certain church from the
rights of citizenship Is not only 81 Migrant Vlo-
hiion Of the fundaInentnI idea of free institu-
tions, but it is III open detiuuce of the Four
tecHth 4 Anendment which declares. NO state
shall make or enforce any law which shall
abi idge the privileges or immunitles OF citizens
oC the United States"
As New Hampshire denies the right of
any one but protestant" tn hold office,
another New England State (Ishode Island
carries its bgotry quite as far in another
direction and excludes citizens of foreign
birth from the right of suffrage, except
upon a property qualification. That is
foul stain upon the Constitution Of State
which was founded by Roger Williams,
doing" and persecution in a neighboring
province. 1t recalls the biting sarcasm of
DIR. Franklin, who, when an ignorant man
who owned .jackass offered his vote and
it vas received, asked whether it was the
man or the .jdckaSs that had voted. While
the Republicans Of Rhode Island maiutaiu
this unconstitutional provision excluding
an intelligent but poor Irishman, German,
Welshman, or other foreigner, from saying
by his vote who shall govern and make
laws for him, they looked on complacently
and approvingly when the right OF Suffrage
uneducated and ignorant negroes in the
Southern States. Surely this is the great
est and freerst country on the globe, and
New Hampshire and Rhode Island are its
two brightest jewels.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13
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On the 9Th instant, Packard's Louisiana
Senate adopted series of resolutions de-
nsuncing the pledges given by Hayes per-
sonal friends, Stanley Mathews and Charles
Foster. for the withdra wal of the troops from
the State House in New Orleans, as cor
rupt and dslIonOrable bargain, and at the
same time asserted that the legality Of
Packard's lee ion could not be questioned
by any one who does not question the title of
Hayes to the Presidency that Packard s
right to be Governor is the same as that of
uayes to be Pres ident. The same body
also recommended Packard to organize the
militia in every parish in the State to meet
anv emergency which might arise III the
future. Coming from the source it does,
all this will be anything but pleasant read
ing To Mr. Hayes, and will teach him tina.
no man who accepts the Presidency with
the least tain. Of fraud attached to it can
ever hope to enjoy the respect aud conf
depce of the country. much less to secure
tho f,,baarance Of such creatures as Pack
ard and his reck less crew, who aided the
Louisiana Returning Beard ia its Infamous
v,rk OF bnt,stjug Hayes into position
., inch he VA, ne,ei called upon 10y ma
i,,,;, of tic American people to occupy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

TIE l.. s. troops were Withdrawn from
the State lIeuse at Columbia ON Tuesday
last at II o'clock. No disturbance what
ever occurred. On the following day, the
Secretary OF Wade Hampton, through
Cilembcrlain's Secretary, was put in quiet
possession of the executive chamber i'll the
State House, Chamberlain issued an ad-
dress in hua bloody shirt phraseo'oGy, TO
tie Republicans of the State, in which he
unconG il ionally surrendered all claim to
the Governorsbip, but at the same time
bitterly denounced Hayes for deserving
him by the withdrawal Of the military, his
o Ily support. Hampton is now complete
master of the situation. and must there
fore be judged by his future acts. That
lie viii administer the affairs of his native
State wisely and in tie Interests of all
classes of her people, does not admit of a
reasonable doubt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

IT is a very handy thing to be relative
iu-law, is postmaster at Indianapolis; Bur
bank, another bI other in law, is n clerk in
the Post Office Department with 81, 800 a
year; John Norton, n son. is n government
fficer in Alaska, with good salary and
fine prospective pickiRgs and another SOD,
Walter ID. Morton, who was clerk i'll the
Pest Office Department at a salary of ST.
200, has been sent to join the United States
Engineers in Louisiana, bCttering his posi-
tiun thereby very materially. Great is
Norton, Of Indiana, and the Fraudulent
President is his profit.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

The Supreme Court of this State has
decided that dead man can inherit the
insurance on his own life. A man named
Haas insured his life in favor of his wife
for 81, ZOO but the wife died before him,
when he married again, and died not long
afterward. The second wife brought suit
for her share of the 81 900 realized from
the policy on the life of her husband, on
the ground that when his first wife died
the husband became from that time one of
her heirs, entitled to third Of her estate.
The Supreme Court endorses this theory
of the second wife holding that cit is not
stretching the construction Of the siatut @
beyond what is legitimate to hold that her
the fys! wife'sl estate included for pur-
pose OF distribution not only what was then
her own estate, bnt what nigh: become SO
on contingency thereafter happening.
The death Of her husband and the payment
of the policy on his life was such a contiu-
gency, and hence his executors are entitled
10 one third of the fund thus realized" "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

"A New York firm met with a terrible
dissolution on Thursday last. BY reason
of the Irregularities of Orville ID. Jewett,
he had been compelled to withdraw from
the firm of John Jewett & Sous, white lead
manufacturers, and is supposed to have
been maddened to insanity. lie went to
the Office Thursday morning armed with
two revovers and a dirk knife, and is sup
posed To have had a hand grenade shell
with him. Some angry words passed and
he pulled the grenade from his pocket and
threw it on the floor, causing an explosion.
He then drew pistol and attempted to
shoot himself through the head, but his aim
was ineffective. When the clerks rushed
in after the explosion they found Mr.. Geo.
w. Jewett dead, his left leg badly injured
near the knee, an artery having probably
been cut, two jagged wounds in his left
breast, and his clothes on fire. Mr. Or
vile ID. Jewett was wounded in the left
arm and breast and has since died Mr.
Joseph A. Dean, another partner. was
struck in the calf of the leg with frag-
ment Of the missile which by the explosion
had done the damage. lie was also wound
ed in the body.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

How WALTER WADE-D INTO THE AT
I FECTIONs OEs AN HFIREss.-Mis. Clara
/ Taylor, daughter of the late VIM. Taylor,
a wealthy t:nsnith, who resided at No. 154
! Bedford avenue, and an heiress in her ow II
right of 500. 600, has caused a fiutter of
excitement in fashionable cir cies by leaving &
her betrOthed, Mr.. a. Stewart Ross, a law
yer of this city, her home and her mother
and marrying young man named Walter
Wade.
The happy groom, who was librarian of
a Congregational Sunday school and man
ufactuIer of fiavoring extracts, made Miss
Iaylor's acquaintance through a sidewalk
fin tation, and he being of flue presence and
gifted with attractive manners, Won the af-
fections of the lady and persuaded her to
marry him. She accompanied him TO the
house of one of his relatives, the ceremony
was performed and they departed for Phil
adelphia, but caused notice of the we'd
ding to be advertised in a Brooklyn paper
a day or two ago. On this clew the family
lawyer, Mr.. T. Jackson, of No. A. Broad
way, Williamsburg. visited Philadelphia,
and on Friday obtained from the newly
welded couple stipulation that the prin-
cipal of her fortune should remain intact
for the benefit of her children, reserving TO
themselves only the interest. Mrs. Taylor
has been so shocked by the elopement of
her daughter that she has decided o leave
Williamsburg, and for that purpose the
elegant mansion and all it's contents will he
sold at auction on Tuesday next. Mr.
Ross is also suffering deeply at the treat
ment he thus received from he fair but to
him false young lady.-N. J. Herald,
AprU s.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

SINCE the arrival of Mr.. Hayes Louis
lana Commission of five at New Orleans,
Yesterday week, it's members have had
separate interviews with Packard and
Nichols. with committees of each LegiSla-
ture, judges of the courts, prominent mer-
chants, and leading business men, as well
as with influential citizens from different
por,i ms OF the State. What its conclusion
NAV be, or whether it will arrive at one at
all. is a mere matter of conjecture.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

SENATOR WALLACE struck that rare
plant Of modern journalism, the interview
ing CORES pondent, when in Washington
the other day, and, to quote the language
of the Phila. Times was made to stand and
deliver his opinion on things in general
and administration politics in particular.
lie takes the mountaineer's practical view
of the situation. Seeing the political waters
studded with rocks and cascades and whirls
and eddies, he naturally concludes that the
Hayes raft will have trouble on its voyage,
and that however completely the Southern
question may be settled before Congress
meets, it will be the prolific source of agita.
tion and Giscontent, because of the keen
disappointments of the friends who claim
that they made Hayes President aud should
have free chance at the spoils. lie says
that the administration has lost much by
delay on the Southern question, and that
when Don Cameron puts his foot down
about the Pennsylvania appointments
things will be likely to go pretty much his
way. Senator Bayard has expressed him
self relative to the Southern policy of tie
administration in general concurrence with
the views of Senator Wallace. Neither
look for any divisions in the Democracy,
however the Giscordaut clements of Repub-
licanism may fly into each others wool
over the policy of their President.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

WHEN Grant was in St. Louis last week
he was called upon by reporter of the
leading Republican paper in that city, and
among other questions was asked the fol
lowing:
REp.-''Doyou think Mr.. Hayes will withdraw
tue troops from South Carolina and Louisiaua? 2"
GRANT, expect him to. | should have
dohe so mac stnyed IN once. Not take Ithe
troops All away probably, but relieve them OF
their present duty. For neither the Chamber
lain nor the Packard governments can be sus-
tanned without the slow of military authority.
ana in this free country. and SO long after quiet
has been restored everywhere else, the cXer-
else ot military authority in civil MATTERS is
very repu2"ant 20 the people, and So, when
the troops are gone, the Nichols aud Hampton
governments VIII rule as matter OF acquies-
ccnce on the part Of the people of these two
Statcs.'
This is most singular statement to be
made 10y man who, two years ago, used
troops to drive the representatives of the
people from the State House at New Or
leans, and not four months ago placed a
corpOrars guard in the State House at
Columbia TO decide upon the legality of the
credentials Of members of the Legislature
of South Carolina. The Democrats have
/ been denounced as traitors for constantly
! protesting against all military interference
III the civil affairs of the South, but they
now see one RepublicanPresident, so called
Hayes, Withdrawing the military from The
+ support of Chamberlain, and another Re-
publican ex-Presdent, Grant, acknowledge
ing that ''the exercise of military authority
is very repugnant to the people, and that
when the troops are gone the Chamberlain
and Packard governments will disappear" "
Both Hayes and Grant thus admit, the one
that it was stupendous blunder, if not
something worse, to employ military foI ce
in organizing Legislatures, in any other
way interfering with the civil affairs of a
State, all of which is sound Democratic
doctrine.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

MR. WHEELER, the fraudulent Vice
President, confesses to surprise. HE
Malone Gazette, published i'll the village
where Mr.. Wheeler resides. up i'll New
York State, says in its last issue:
Mr. WAAGler intends to Keep cniIreIy clear
o. responsibility in the settlement OF the Louis
fIua cns,. upd we can say further, no man IN
the. tryunttt was mCIe surprised that i'oiisI-
INNS yot. was counted for Hayes than W IN.
A Wh,uier He expected and predicted thHt
I'M, Electoral Commission would throw 1t out
entirely This statement will! not be disputed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

''Grand National Union Republican Asso-
ciation of Christian Carpet-baggor, Presi-
dent-stealing Statesmen"
ALIUNDE,
an American whose occupation Hayes de-
parted.
THE WEATHER
hero to day is of the regular St. Patrick S
day oIder. Cold, clustering aud almost
freezing winds. "Adoo! adoo y
DEMOCkITBS.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13
In :ho New England Methodist Confer

In :ho New England Methodist Confer
ence, on Wednesday, says the Altoona
Mirror, great applause" followed the i'll
PRODUCTION of resolutions denouncing Gen.
VI. {. Butler as ''the Chief of Kuklux i'll
sugator of the Hamburg massacre" and
declaring that Wade Hampton ought long
since to have been hung for treason, land
who now by threats and intimidation, un-
der The very roof of the White House, as
well as on railroad platforms and in other
public places, defies the power of the gov
ernment and bullies the President into COM
pliance with his traitorous and wicked
usurpations.'' All of which moves the
Lancaster IateUtgencer to recommend the
taking in hand of these old fogies, or
worse, by the proper authority. 1t says
The men who inc II the cause of Christ by
declarations so renunc:a:ory Of His principles
aud who thus dishunOr the name ct the blessed
to turn the edge of the sword against his enc
mics, represent no true Christian cpnst ifucncy,
and i,o denomination nor individual member
OF II should be held responsible for whnt in
such case, amounts to blasphcuy. Bat occur
renccs q: this kind are becoming so common in
the Methodist councils of New England that the
respectable and sincere members of the Church
generally. who are CiScredited ny such actiO N
| and are opposed to it, should carry their pro-
tests into the general conference nd let it there
be tested how far the rihald demagogues of he
name of NJ ethodism in the mire of partisan
/ politics.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

BEN BUTLER says that Hayes is neither
cold nor hot; that compromises have al
ways failed and destroyed the men who
made them that they ruined Henry Clay
aud John Tyler, and that the admlnis;ra-
tion of Hayes will be no exception to the
rule.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

MIR. HAYES is .he first President, so
called in his case, who will commence his
administration with majority of the lower
branch of Congress opposed to him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

MIR. Hayes has what the World calls a
queer set Of opinions as to civil-servce re-
form in the concrete. If "a postmaster has
served four years accepiably he will be ap-
pointed four years more, and if lie serves
eight years acceptably he will have TO get
out. Mr.. Hayes also thinks that n Presi
dent should not he allowed to serve more
than fOui years. though il must take more
time To learn To discharge efficiently the
duties of the Presidency than those Of a
post office.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

Ten of the thirty-six crowned heads
are Catholic two are of the Greek Church
and twenty-four are Protestant.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13
SEGUIS, TEXAS. March l:

SEGUIS- TEXAS, March 10 1877.
DEAR SIR According to promise ] write You
a few lines to let you know how getting
along since leaN ing the Pennsylvania coal re-
giOu. There are fifty in All in otir coiouy-thir
ty-tour who came on the iGt OF February, four
on the lith. and twelve on the 18th. stopped
one day III Columbus, where / succeeded in
placing several of the men, some with farmers
some to farm on shares, ana some to work on
The railroad. j have no dpub1 that inside q I
twenty years every foot OF ground in this sec
ton will he taken up-if not hy Irshmcn, by
Germans, who are settling here in great num-
bers.
As it r3ined for two successive days after our
arrival at SCguin, we could not go TO see the
land some wished to purchase. During these
two days we were visited Wy men of all classes
some coming To offer employment to Our men
and others to disSuade them from making en-
gagementS. for Tear the country should soon be-
come so thickly settled ns to prevent thcm from
on lands they don't own, or stealing them from
others.
Am sorry TO learn that some of those who
returned home should have given such a dis
cOuraging account of things and prospects
here; those who have stayed arc almost salts
fled to man, This is decidedly the poor man E
PARADISE and hVe of our men are even now
sending for their families to join them. For
cOnvenicnCes they had North, this is not the
place. think Irishmcn III particular should
be willing to Undergo some Earships for a
time, whcn.thcy may have the assurance that
within Il lew years they max bc the owner OF
broad fields and snug little home, Mr. Erskine,
who in This region owns some 5000 acres of
land Is now selling il in small tracts on reason
able terms. He has granted us ten acres for
the 5encht of a churcn and school. We shall
lay II out in small lots. and cali the place Brc-
honyVlllc, after the founder of our colony Rev.
James Brehony, OF Summit Hill, Carbon county.
Yours truly, CHARLES l.. BOYLE.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

There is some doubt here as to whether
il would be better to incorporate the Re
publican party or put it on a reservation.
Now that the army is released from public
duty at the South il could be employed in
chasing the Republicans into a tract of
land on or about Salt River. aud ascertain
whether on not they were friendly or hostile
Republicans, known as the tribe Of the
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13
THE ADMINISTRATION.

The determination Of Hayes to remain in
Washington throughout the entire year,
the summer included, awakens very much
of the grateful in the hearts of onr business
men, for if carried into effect IT w i'll be of
great profit to them. Hayes may not
amount to much himself, but his presence
here means the continuance of executive
business, which is certain to insure a
healthy floating population and the expend-
iture of money within the limits Of our ten
miles square. Moreover, it is proper that
the executive officer should execute.the de-
mands of his Office at the national capitol,
instead of i'll a Grant-watering- place bar
room.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13
THE GRANT-DICTUM FARCE.

The Indictment Of Dom Piatt, editor Of
the Capitol here, for treason by a subservi-
ent grand jury because of an article which
appeared in his journal in connection with
the decision of tie electoral tribunal in
favor of Hayes, came 20 an appropriate
ending in our Criminal Conrt on Saturday.
which shows, however, the ready facility
with which officials here cringingly bow to
the dominant influence, whatever it may
be for the time. The dsgraceful farce
was ''nolle proseque''-ed by the District
Attorney. and the rebellion created by
DOM collapsed.
$50 soon was I done for,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13

A GooD WORD FOR TExAs.-The fol.
lowing extract frou letter TO Mr.. John
Crossan, of NesquehOning, Pa, is taken
from the Mauch Chunk Democrat
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13
THE SOUTH CAROLINA FIASCO.

The problem here now with the Cabinet
is the course to be taken after the soldiers
leave the State House. The removal of
the troops simply leaves matters where
their interference found them, and must he
taken up just there and followed out on
the tangled, endless line inaugurated i'll
the Southern policy Of Mr.. Hayes, which IT
is needless to say is somewhat i'll confused
and unsettled state at present.