The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-05-31
Oar U0sHip0tO1l Letter.

SALARY Y-TNTERNATIONAL CoURTEsIEs-
! OLD HANNIBAL, ErC.
, WAsHINGToN, D. C., May q, 1873.
) In spite of the machinaJious of the wori
3 the flesh, the devil aud John Sherman, tn
8 investigating committee have got to work
If il bad not commenced the Repu biican
wOEl1 have either bought up all the wit
3 nesses .0r ran them out of the country
o There was 30 shadow, or taint, or ever
suspicion in Tire title Of Andrew johnson
yet the Republicans did not think it revol
L utiOnary to impeach him for the crime o
,, differing with them in opinion. Now tht
I Democrats think it is not revolutionary x
. investigate the fraud which placed Nr
= Hayes in Mr.. Tilden place. They haw
> screwed up their courage to the sticking
S point at last,
HONEST (?) 5oHN DECLINES THE STUMP.
That homes. (?) and devoted servant O.
his impoverished country, the Secretary OF
the Treasury, declines to take the stump
in the coming canvass III Ohio, and says hC
cannot but regard the restoration of the
Democracy into power, as the only danger
that threatens the public peace and safety.
There is no subject which causes so general
a curiosity as to know Johns method OF
amassing two or three millions of dollars
in few years at a salary Of s., 00G year,
and living at the rate of so, 000 per an
mum John may well fear the advent of
the Democratic party into power, for it
would be signaliZed by measures calculated
10 threaten bis peace and money making
power.
THE SWORD AND THE PURSE.
The object and purpose of Republicanism
seems to be the establishment of ruling
. families, stfch the Sherman family,
which now holds the parse and sword of
the cOgBtry. All that is wanting now is
fatt tlFSIar Of
ESQ 600 men and the elevation of Grant to
the dictatOrshipfori life. If the Republican
party would throw of its dsguises and
take its stand openly in iCs trae colors, It
would not have this ghost of a show for
/ success.
STILL DRAWS TIE SALARY.
Rutherford 3. Hayes keeps drawing the
Presidents salary without any compunc
1 ton Of conscience. Regular as clock work
be walks up to the pay desk and smiIingly
/ takes the pleasant little SUN Of 81 IGg OF
course he has no right to do so, but he
says the Electoral Commission stands be-
tween him aud his conscience. He has no
more claim to the money, however, than he
wOuld have to draw his check Cor the same
amount upon the private banking balance
of Mr. Samuel j. Tilden. The admins
tTation organs keep as standing headline,
The President is cheerful" And why
t
year and found is a cheerful sa larry, and
that is about the only cheerful view Mr.
Hayes seems to take of the situation,
GRANT IS. SHIELDS.
After two days of hand to hand struggles
the Radicals in toe Senate succeeded in
defeating the House bill for the relief of
Gen. Shields in his old age. That gallant
veteran has very little reason to be proud
OF the gratitude of his country but he can
at least tlatter himself that while his
earthly comfort may to some extent be
within the power Of weak and malignant
| Radical Senators to abridge, his fame as
soldier and patriot is beyond the reach
OF any of the Peity agencies of partyism.
No political opponent of Gen. Grant has
ever done him so gross a wrong as his
Radical friends inflicted on him in the
Senate by using his name in an attempt to
defeat an act Of Justice towards an old
companion in arms. If there is one thing
that Radical Senators hate more than a
Democrat, it is an Irish Democrat. The
Republican Senate killed the bill because
Shields was an Irish Democrat Two Re
publican votes would have saved him, but
they were not forthcoming.
THE ANCIENT HANNIBAL.
We have selected for our pencil sketch
this week Senator Hannibal Hauilin
Tall, gaunt and grim, with long arms and
a long tailed coat, he presents a most un-
calmly appearance. He was first an Office
holding Dimjcr0i, bat deserted that party
when he saw il losing control Of his State
and boarded the Republican craft in time
to share its first victories. He is remarlza-
bile for his great tenacity Of political office
life. If old Hannibal didn't die in Office he
will expire on being releCated to private
life. OtheT nutriment but public pan
would be fatal to him, as he has subsis,ed
on that kind or food for half A ceUturv.
lie would be a messenger or court crier
rather than be out Of office. 1t is said Ibis
uncOuth looking office holder is a great
heart smasher among the fair sex As
one OF the Post Office juuketing party to
Havanna, ha is represented as having
made terrible inrOads on the hearts Of the
Spanish bellies, and was OvervShel lined with
tender missives from lIavana's fair dauob-
ters, addressed to Don JannibI Jam;liu.
Such is Senator lIamlin, who was once
Vice President. Unfortunately for this
chunk Of wisdom, the Posts nasal artist
felt incompetent to do full Justice i'm lis
case, and therefore this important feature
that emhellishes his Senatorial head has
not been cultured for a blissfuI immortal
ity, but in Justice to this ilIustriors
''chunk" of the 'fog bank We are pleas
ed to say that his nose is not one to be
sneezed at. Il is a nose that knows more
q
is way through the world to greater adj
vantage than millions Of much more ele-
CANT noses.
THE " M'ALLTsTER GUN.
Ii this wonderful death-dealinp weapon
meets with the success every good Judge
predicts for it, the science of war will be
simply reduced 30 the question which side
VIII DO 1t. This terrible weapon, Just pa
tented by DR.. a. II. McA lister. of Nissis-
sIppi, IS pronounced by the examiner of
patents, and by number of the most ex.
perIenced officers of The L. s. army an un-
doubted success. 1t is stated that sixteen
OF these guns, with sixty four men, could
defend any fort against an army of forty
thousand men. The gun, which reonires
only four men to man il, is Constructed of
100 to 200 barrels, and can be discharged
twenty times per minute. 4 gun of this
KIND with 200 barrels discharges 4, 600 balls
per minute.
RIFLE-TNG THE GOVERNMENT
WIN some one of our chunks of wisdom
rise up and explain why the Springfield
TIfie, which IS for sale all over the country
at the low price of SfS n Dieee cost ,ba