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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

IT is very evident that the Republican
leaders intend to play their usual fraudu
lent game a. the election in Philadelphia,
unless prevented by the Judges of the
Courts, before whom the annual contest to
purge the registry lists commenced last
week, and will continue daily until a few
days previous to the election. The asses
soIs have returned total Of 1S9, $40 regis
tered voters in that city. New York con-
tains about 800, ,O00 more Inhabitants than
Philadelphia, but has never pOlled as many
votes IS are registered in the latter city.
1t is believed that nearly $1,000 more
names are on the Philadelphia lists than
ought to be. As nearly all the wards are
Republican, the assessors Of course belong
to that party, and as an instance of how
effcctually they do their fraudulent work,
it was shown in the Court of Common
Pleas, last Saturday, that eight voters were
put down on the list as living at No. 1866
Howard street, whereas a Mrs. Potts teS5i-
fed before the Court that she lived at thai
number with her husband and son, and that
there were no other men in the house, All
the efforts that the Democrats have made
in the Legislature to have one assessor of
each party elected in the different wards
have been defeated by the ring, for the ex-
press purpose of preventing an honest reg
istration. Last year 5000 illegal names
were stricken from the list by the two
Judges, and double that number would
have been erased had there been time.
The frauds i'll the city of rings at The next
election bid fair to exceed those perpetra-
ted in 1872 in the interest Of Hartranit.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18
Democratic !State TTcket.

FOR GOyERSOR,
ANDREW II. DILL, of Union County.
FOR LfEUTENAST GOVERNOR,
JOHN FEETIG, OF Crawford County.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE,
HENRY +. ROSS, of Montgomery County.
SECRETARY INTERNAL AFFAIRs,
J. SIMPSON AFRICA of Huntingdon.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

THE CANADA THIsTLE-iae Cana
da thistle, as it is called is -.~
pest and n great injury to tae farmer
1t multiplies immensely every F..-
How to get rid OF it Is a problem -
solve which Is worth jGoa5anNs-
Several agricultural journals give .--
following method. VIII any farmer
adopt it and get rid of this .n.rai..-
and curse? Cut off the thistle. a- ..-
time it begins to fulfil the nilsson o-
Its growth--the time of peIie--H- -7
seed. Let is remain during the season
up to the time undisturbed, and "-.-
Its greatest vitality Is in the wee.
which is the time of Towering. cut a
on. The roots are then i'm an cN.l.'7t
Ell condition, having contributed .--
vitality necessary for Ube plant 10
mature its seed. The lost vitality 7
returned to the roots through --'
leaves from the atmosphere, ana "-'.'
the plant is destroyed the 1oolS que
lett without the means 10 recupeia-
Possibly there may be enough vila'..,
Tor the roots to throw mp some h,'
sprouts, and if such should be ~,
case, cut them off during the '
Alter this treatment, If Won have guy
thlsties the next year, there VIII
lever OF them, and anotherappi. pi.e'-..
OF The same remedy viii plohaht .., =.
tlrely relieve the farm OF this leIIlo.
nuisance.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

Democratic Comfy Ticket.
ASSEMBLY,.
[. n. wOODRUFF. Conpnaugh Borough
JOHN FENLDN, EbeusbuTg-
REGISTER AND RECORDER.
JOHN G. LAKE., Ebensburg
TREASURED.
DIR. \. YEAGLEY, JohnstOvn.
COMMISSIONERS,
.H4fN CAMPBELL, COUemau2h Borough {;
GEORGES GURLET, Ehensburg.
poor DIRECTOR,
JESSE PATTERSON, Johnstown.
SURVEYOR,
HESRY sCANLAN, CarrOlltown-
AUDITORS,
PHILIP. y. SKEIT.Y, Portage Twp;
PATRICK DILLON, Elder Twp.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

POISONED SPEARS I'm m interest
ing series of letters of tIa L.'l
Field from the Mem I.lH.a-.
group Of islands uo-tl ut Australia
belonging to the Plarum -um.
whose inhabitants are eztmue.r ~ar-
age and think nothing OF masking 81
meal of n missionary. NE u l.rrI
describes the dreadful poisoned -..l.s
Of these Islanders, made with .a-
carved points of human bones. lae-e
points are made from the leg bone, e.
either friends or enemies. q ta.-.-a.a-
being split into four points. While
shin-bUne suliices for only two. The
natives are very particular aoon. Gre
selection of them. They say tla- file
hone of person under twenty Is t7'
weak and spongy: from ."en-y -'
forty they are at their best. At-e-
that age they become too brittle
Some spears have rs many rs t"'
hundred and fifty points and ~,.Ia.s.'
fastened on them-th1ee or Iour vastly
exceeding the others In size. .-.-
III fact the main points s iEagH-.
of one Of these remaining n .-.
wound Is almost sure 20 produce @
results. as the cellu.aretrueta-a .. ..-
bone is, Of course, imHre-uatet "...
the virus of the body that Gas ..'.E.
around it. They are used Tor arrows
also, barbed for the purrH-e oi beng
fixed in tho ,yafr-E i.r.r .-#U- ...
the poison TO mingie with the a.o1.'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18
IRABTW4Ty

As early as the year Ic-s
oak or other hard wood are sl.a.. ,a..s Q,
Mr.. Clark to have been IL ,.--'n ...o"n by
colliery districts Of Fr,la-S 'D lae
long after this time it har.rr' 40.
mon practice to nail dow, . e'ia-
wrought iron on the ton of IL '','9 oi
sleepers. i was found that .,07t '.l-07t
n horse upon the common ro,a
draw 8 bolls or LOO pounds ~ I'ull
his power Of draught upon the ,r ,.-r
way amounted to 70 bY,s ~ ,'....'
pounds. The wrought iron r.. '-aJ
being rigid enough 10 prave1r l.'s .'' .',
or breaking at the ends ma .-s
weight Of the truck. the rso ~ --4
iron was introduced by the Coil. -''.
Dale Iron Company in I-e- W..
rails were cast in lengths of = pug
inches wide and / inches tf.l, -.t
three holes whereby thev were nail ..., I,
down TO the Longitudinal 49,
sleepers, the whole being kent .-r. ~
gauge by cross sleepers of Nj
about the length of the orI-ns-- ..- W
riage or wagon axle. Here NO.. ..-
germ ofthe development of taa.,-r.-
locomotive system. On the sr.-rr--
ton Of steam it became usainr n--
the traffic should be kept from that -.
the common roads, and t'.rt t.. 80
tracks should be subject gralfsn. ...
and curves suited to the laram..fr.-
The main lines Of communication -.-
thus rapidly occupied bv na.v,-r- ~
RAILWAYS. A reaction however g., ..
on its being found that RAILWAYS r,
sides their vast expense. were la.-.f-.
indaptability to the subordinate rra5
of traffic which followed r4q1s er5
streets. The convenient and Hr--.
tentious tramwsv began % De rr.r-
4 thought Of worked rs Of OLD Ir l1-.-
4 power upon common roads. l. vs.
4 in the United States that tha m3ia-
tram-road was earliest EMPLOYED tr.
first section OF the New York -a.
4 Harlem line being laid down ig l,a
/ to q gauge Of + feet 81 inches. \
proved, however, unpopular aal u.
soon taken up. Twenty years late
VI. Lombat, a French engineer. OBJ.
tained leave to lay down q las .
street tramways in New Iuls. r.f.
/ rapidly expanded AM hleam. ..a q.
tinguishing feature of ..a.t. 10 ODD.
American cities and towns. lu wa.
| lhe : reefs are laid out in q way I.t
adapted to this mode of l1e4..H
than is the narrow anl w.u ling s--
of our older country, Will. Lne nam
Of other vehicles i comparatively G
/ less -SaiuTdgy Eag.tsr
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

We were entirely too liberal last week
in conceding that the Republican State
ticket in Ohio had been elected by prob
ably 1000 majority. Last Saturday the
Republicans cf Columbus claimed a ma
iuri.y Of only 1900, while the Democrats
would not concede more than 5000 Thus
las this great Republican victory dwindlrd
down almost to a drawn game, for which
the Democrats who voted tho GTGcu5ack
ticket have themselves alone to blame. If
they had stood by their political integrity,
IN addition to elcctiug eleJef out Of t5csHty
c ongressmcn, they would have had ma
jcriiy OF twenty thousand for their State
ticket.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

Tnr trne oharnoter OF William

THE true character of William Lilly, the
cadet broker of Washington city, and the
witness Of Jacob NJ. Campbelrs organ, the
Johnstown TSiJuae, in it's vile assaults
upon Gen. COffroth is now being more full
" developed IN it's rotteuness than even
Lilly himself stamped il in his trumped-up
story before the Congressional committee
two years ago. 1t seems that he was a
Brigade Quartelmaster III the army in 1863
aud we Will publish next week the official
record oT his conviction 10y Court Mar
tial, held at Hilton Head, S. c., in that
year, Oh three out Of .fcs charges preferred
against him, and his dismissal from the
service. That was tho kind Of hair-pin
Lily was in 1868. Has his character i'm
proved any since that eventfuI period?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

THEHE will not be any special regret ex-
pressed at the failure Of Gen. Banks last
week TO obtain denomination for Congress
in the Fifth Massachusetts district. lie
was defeated by one vote 10y 5. Il. Bowman.
Some years ago he formally buried the
bloody shirt, but not long aimee Tesurrected
ir.and vigorously Haunted it in the presence
of AT intelligent aLdieuce he WAS called
upon 70 address. lie has now received his
proper reward. and that too in the old abo
IiIiou State Of Massachusetts,. The same
swift and stern punishment sbould be me.
ted out to every public man who will at
tempt to preach the doctrine of hatred and
i'll will towards the people of the Southern
States
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

-Monsignor Felix Antoine Philippe
Dupanloup, Bishop of Orleans aud member
of-the French Senate, died suddenly on
Friday.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

"A Providence swindler coolly sold a
house to which lie bad 90 claim, and re-
ceived 81, 200 for the forged title. The
owner first learned Of the sale when the
supposed purchaser ordered HIN to move
out.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

WHEAT is selling for So cents 5
bushel in Illinois.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

FOR CONGRESS-,
GEs. n. Fl. COFFROTH, OF Somerset.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-10-18

Democratic District Ticket.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15

If the people have made mistakes in the sc.
lection of rulers or Representatives they
have no power to correct thcm-timc must
do that. Neither have the people any time
or ammunition to expend in contest over
appointments. The plane of controversy Is
elevated far above these. II is the welfare
of the nation, not the paltry question Of
oflice-holding now, that is to prompt the
Republican party to future action and ef-
fort, and we apprchend that no controversy
can or will arise between members Of Con-
grcss and the Executive over the mere
question of patronage which is in any de-
gree to affect the harmony or efficiency of
the Republican party in future. Hence the
Gazette belttlcs the situation when 1t begs
and introduces into the opening campaign
such questions and trihes as are involved in
Is inquiriDg diatribe.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15
South Carolina pacrnca,iou.

The present attitude of portion of the
people of South Carolina toward the Gov
eminent Of the United States is q symptom
of the real temper Of the Bourbons of that
section. They set the laws of the Govern
ment ut defiance. They liberate prisoners
when captured and put in prison; they
order the citizens not to afford food or
shelter to the officers of the Government.
In fine, they show a determination 10 disrc-
gard the Federal power and resist TO the
bitter end any attempt to enforce the law
and vindicate its majesty when arrayed
against the organized bands that have set it
ut defiance.
Thus far the Government is moving along
in the matter rather gingcrly, with a posse
instead OF the proper force-a portion of the
regular army. 1t occurs to us that
this system of temporizing with
the violators of law only gives en-
courngcment to the law-breakers and Gov
eminent dcfCrs, instead of SURPRISING the
rebellion and bringing the offenders to jus
ticc. II may be in accord with the policy
Of pacification, but it does not consist with
the majesty Of a strong and determined
Government. Neither is it calculated to in
spire the American people with confidence
in or respect Tor the proves of the Federal
power. Some decided and determined step
must he taken, or the law will be power
less. A temporizing or trifing policy on
the part Of the Government will end in its
defeat and disgrace. We are not disposed to
be prccipitate in INDUCING censurc or severe
criticism, but to hesitate will be regarded in
the part of timdity, and under such pol
icy the insurgents will grow in strength
and defiance. The United States troops are
the only defenders of the law that the
Bourbon element of South Carolina will re-
spect, and their withdrawal from the State,
or their being kept in barracks afford
HAMPToN's hosts of law-breakers ON assur-
ance of ultimate triumph. II We have a
Federal Government it should vindicate Its
fower to sustain the majesty Of its laws
1 and that, too, without delay
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15
PERSONAL.

Hon. +. RoCKwooD HoAR, of Massachu-
sets, is threatened with pulmonary disease.
J. NJ. BAILEY has bought the Danbury
News and will perpotrate jokes on his own
account.
VESTS are to be worn by the ladies, says
Harper's Basdr. Pull down your vests, girls
Boston Post.
THE sweet singer of Michigan compares
herself to Lord Byron; but we may at least
hope that she will let the girls alone.
JAMES MELDRUM, second-class clerk and for
a number of years connected with the Patent
Office, has resigned in order to engage in active
business.
WHEN James Gordon Bennett comes home
from Europe, it is said he will eschew polo
and yachting, and spend most of his time in
Washington.
CLEOPATRA Is mentioned by the Philadel-
phia Times as "the cow eyed Queen" We like
poetry, hut it seems to us that that's too real
istic.-Ba6dlo Express. Perhaps, then, Anthony
was a bulldoz-her.
We suppose If you should hit Whitelaw
Reids head with feather it would give out
sound like Chinese gong.-Bugdlo Express.
Or stab him with an eyebrow, and he'd squeal
like a real little woman.
THE p. |. man of the New York Herald
announces that Ex-Governor Shepherd, of
Washington, is in Cincinnati. There is a
convacsccnt, broken-legged gentleman in town
who denies this assertion. lie didn't even go
10 Cincinnati TO attend the convention which
glorfed itself by nominating Hayes.
SQUIRT WIKEs or Writ Skies, or whatever
his name is, American Consul at Cardiff Is in
trouble charged with making unlawful
demands upon American soamen. Soon as his
wife gets ready to defend the poor little
fellow, the cry will go abroad "Dnna We
Ion 10 4
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15
The Slnsh Eund.

The caption of this article is dpropos, if
taken in connection with the proposed ac-
ton of the House Appropriation Committee
with the amount of money to be allowed
the Agricultural Department to conduct its
operations for the next fiscal year. We UNI
derstand that in lieu of classifying the sums
of money appropriated with each specific
object it is proposed to simply lump" them
all, and appropriate, say, $4,000 for the
Commissioner of Agriculture to expend for
these several items in such manner as he
sees fit. Thus in the grades of clerks-five
of class one, four of class two, &c.-which
have had heretofore the amounts for those
classes specifically stated and appropriated,
il is now the design of the Appropriation
Committee to consolidate in one fund and
allow the Commissioner the privilege of en-
ploying and dismissing at his will any or
all clerks.
A precedent would here be established
dangerous to the official integrity of all the
Departments. Without impupninr apy
mans honesty, il is nevertheless wise and
prudent to place such checks and safeguards
upon the moneys used to carry on the work
of the several Departments, that none shall
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15

closely guarded from the scrutiny Of any
one who is not a Republican. OF course this
is all nonsense, for 1t is difficult under ex-
isting circumstances sometimes most always
to tell" who Is or is not Republican. But
1t is capable Of proof that Mr.. REAGAN, of
Texas, had memories of his treason re-
freshed at the War Department the other
day by personal inspection Of the records
of the Confederate Post-Ohice Department,
u privilege accorded TO him as il would
have been most cheeriully to any so-called
responsible official and he found the said
records to he worth more than they cost to
the Government.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15
The Political Future.

The Cincinnati Gazette has become very
inquistive about the political future. 1t
asks: What issue shall Republican Con-
gressmen present to the Republican party
in a conflict with the President? They can
not rally the party to their support by an
underhand opposition in the matter of the of
fees, nor by indirect and covert hostility
They must sound the trumpet if they pro-
pose to rally the party to their support
They must pronounce the issue. What is it !
A complaint that HAYES does not let them
dispose of the offices? That would not in
spire the Republican masses. And in this
HAYES could refer to the platform and his
letter of acceptance, and turn the tables on
them.
What Republican principle can they
set forth which they have maintained and
he has deserted? What great Republican
measure have they brought forward which
he has opposed? What have Republican
Representatives or Senators done that he
has left undone or has resisted? What have
Republican Congressman brought up or
brought forth in either branch that they can
present to the party as their cause, and as
emitting them to pronounce against the
President :"
The Gazette does not seem to comprehend
the fact that in the future contests of the
Republican party it will move along with
its mission rs though the Administration
was Democratic, and as if there was not
member of Congress in existence. 1t
elected President HAYES, and he is at the
head of the Government by its grace and
now 1t will move on with its work leaving
the Administration to keep in line or Gll!
out, just as its instincts may lead, The Re
publican party is for all slime, while the
President has lease Of only three years.
1t is for him, not the Republican party, to
decide whether he will act in harmony
with it or not. Members of Congress hold
position for a brief period, and then they
retire to private life as humble citizens,
while the Republican party and principles
live right on; hence mere Representatives
can make no issue with the President
which will be felt beyond the contestants.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15

IT NOW looks as If nIr. HINTON, of the
Eighth Congressional District of Virginia,
will find Jordan hard road to travel :"
next fall, with the probabilities of rctiracy.
Captain JAMES V. BROOKE, distinguished
lawyer of WGrrenton, and Mr.. c. NEAL, of
Alexandria, are spoken of as his successor.
1t would be q pity to lose HUNToS from
Congress, as his brother-in-law, Major T. Il.
FOSTER, of the Confederate army, against
whom suit is pending to recover $4,000
gold, which he has in his possession that
belongs to the United States Government,
by capture when LEEsurrendcred, will miss
his services. Then, again, the nest Of Con-
fedsrates quartercd on the government Of
this District will need his sustaining hand
biz they are not kicked ont, rs they ought to
be, before his term expires.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15

THE New York Times feels called upon to
chronicle quito prominently the circum-
stance that ABE" VAN VECrTEN, the
notorious Albany lobbyist, appeared in COM
pany with Mr.. JAY GOULD in the gallery
Of the United States Senate recently. The
Times will never forgive Mr.. GoULD's con-
nection with journalism in the Tribune
building. We rather admire his pluck in
identifying himself with Journalism in this
city. It shows some rcclilcssncss, but, after
all, is an evidence OF nerve. If we hated
him our revenge is now only matter OF
time.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15

HoS. CHARLES l.. WILSON, of Chicago,
died on the 9th instant, at San Antonio,
Texas. ,Ir. WILSON was for many years
editor aud proprietor of the Chicago EreH-
ing journal, his connection with that paper
having begun as far hack as lSi5. He was
born in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Dc
tobcr 10, 1878; was the son of JOIN QUTN-
TARp and MARIA LUSH WILSON, and was
descended from JOHN WILSON, who was q
passenger in the Maynower. In 1861 Presi-
dent LINCOLN appointed him Secretary of
the United States Legation at London. He
only served in this capacity for three years,
and then resumed his editorial duties. We
have known Mr.. WILSON intimately for
more than thirty years, and regard him as
among the most clever, courteous, and hon
orable men of his generation.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15
DIED.

DIED.
PENDERGAST.-on March 49, 1875 at $40 y. M,
JOHN PESDERaAsT, In the 9th year OF his age a ma.
tive Of the County Kilkenny, ireland.
Relatives and friends OF the family requested to
attend the funeral from his late residence No 49,
street. between First and Second streets northeast on
Friday, March u, at o'clock D. m.
WALSH,-On March Is, at 7 a. M, HELEN IyEY,
wife of DR.. John X. Walsh, Ill Thirteenth street
northwest.
Funeral at p. m. Friday. 18th Inst, from st. Alloy.
slus Church. Friends of the family respectfully In
yited. -
SKIPPON.-on Wednesday, March IA, 1873, after a
short Illness SARAH e SKIPPoS wife Of Charles NJ
SklppOn In the 18th year OF her age.
The relatives and friends OF the family are respect-
fully invited TO attend her funeral from her late res
dence j23 Eleventh street northwest on Friday the
18th inst, al O'Clock p. M. sF ,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15

THE New York Times, abiding especially
to THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, remarks
that Washington newspapers always were
cnterprising." There may be some grains
Of doubt in the minds OF the readers of our
city contemporaries regarding this assertion ;
but for ourselves we plead guilty.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15

A STORY is going the rounds of the press
about a Republican official breaking into
Delaware penitentiary for the purpose of
getting possession of his Office as keeper or
something Of the kind. This is very nat
ural. If he had been Democrat he would
have been compelled to break out-evcn to
get to Congress
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-15

THE New York Express thinks that Prcsi-
dent HAYES is afraid of ZACH CHANDLER
and doesn't propose to stir up the wild
beasts in the Senate Republican menagerie
more than he can help by making new ap-
pointments So when CHANDELIERS Collector
OF Detroit, who had attacked HAYES and
the Administration very bitterly in his
newspaper, went to Washington and told
the President he must not he removed, the
latter, reaching his hand toward one of his
pigeon-holes in his private Office and pull
ing out number of newspaper clippings,
remarked: Il sec, by these newspaper arti-
cles, that You notice us occasionally" The
Collector, having q perfect supply of cheek,
was nothing daunted at this, but made no
attempt to reply and offered no explana-
ton. The President at once proceeded
however, to relieve him of any possible en-
barrassment by remarking: Il have read all
your articles, but Of course you will under
stand that we are not going to treat you any
differently on account Of these things.
And ZACH CHANDELIERS man continues to
hold the fort, greatly to the disgust of the
HAYES Republicans in that quarter.