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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

THE question which in Europe to-day
cversha0ovs all others, is, "Will ;here be
war between England and Russia p The
best answer To it is the belief expressed by
the leading newspapers in London and st.
Petersburg, that hostilities are Inevitable.
The proposed congress Of the European
mowers TO discuss the terms Of the treaty
# Ieacc b,Ivecn Russia and Turkey may
be regarded rs abandoned, since Austria,
as well as England, has declared her dis
satisfaction with somo of the principal
stipulatious Of the treaty. There is still,
however, bare possibility hat satisfAc-
tory understanding may be reached by the
three governments named. and the peace
of Europe be preserved. The present un-
settled and threatening condition OF affairs
cannot last, but must result in peace or
war within the next ten Days. In the
meantime both nations are making the
most vigorous and extensive preparations
for The impending conflict.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

The Mo1et. bell punch experiment for
raising revenue from retail liquor sales has
proved so successful in Virginia, whore it
was first introduced about year ago, that
several other States propose TO adopt it,
and bill with that end in view, so far as
this State is concerned, has been favorably
reported by the Committee Of Ways and
Means in the lower branch Of our own Leg
isla.ure. The system takes its name from
its iuven.or, DIR. Moffe,t, an experienced
member Of the Virginia Legislature. New
er having seen one OF the machines we can
not OF course describe it further than to say
that each bar is supplied with two Of the
punches, one for egisteIing alcoholic drinks
aud the other for malt drinks, and when
ever bartender receives pay for a drink
he pulls a crank connected with the punch,
which registers the number OF the drink on
the face Of a dial, and gives notice Of the
/ fact by the tinkling of bell, The register
/ is always visible, and bar keeper whc
fails to perform his duty is subject to fine
; and Imprisonment. In Virginia the State
receives TWO and a half cents for every al
cuhoic drink, and half cent for each NAL
drink. The bill reported at Harrisburg
fixes the tax on strong or Fighting drinks a
one cent and at hGlf a cent on malI drinks
This system of course puts an end TO al
drinking on tick or credit aud iIsures hon
csty 0n the part of the bar tender. l
brought into the State treasury of NWgini
[ during the year sir hundred thousand dol
lars, aud some idea may therefore be fUrme
of the probable revenue it would yield in S
large State as Pennsylvania. The pric
of a drink would necessarily be increase
in order to enable the seller to meet the Ia
he must pay to the State. The experieuC
Of Virginia bids fair to insure the adop.io
OF the bell punch in every State in I'll
Union as novel but certain method
= adding immensely to the revenues of
State.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05
The Pittsburgh -AbOrti0n Case.
ARREST OF DIR. MARSHALL.

We copy the following from the Johns
town Tribune of Saturday last
Al Ravcnna. Ohio, on Thursday night, Dr.
Marshall th,. indivldiial no is believed TO have
hasleued the death of the unfortunate Mary
Alice Herman, OF Pittsburgh, 10y procuring an
ohnrtfnu ,tuIn her ,,ns ,afttlrtd iv t.ouStu bic
of That town, and yesterday Chiei Hague land
ed the accused In the jail Ut Allegheny county
When arrested he II said 10 have "ckn"" iedgcd
having TO run away from Pittsburgh owing to
"a woman scrupC = tnat he was guilty OF the
crime charged. and through his 3unEhng oper-
alton the woman died; but subsequently he
denied having uuy completely in the terrible
affair which We have already noticed in detail.
The Doctor was member OF the Legislature
Of this State in 1871, and u Is said his reputation
then none Of the best. as "a little money
medicine in Pittsburgh for Tour or i've years,
but dritted into Il common Gruukard' and his
dissipation. Having been degraded from his
manhood, the Doctor WAS plant tool in the
enough that the drunken, bCsutted wretch per-
petrItcd the crime wIth which be Is charged.
y number of letters were produced before
+ the COrunC~s jury yesterday, " hich bad been
found ia trunk oClUnging To the girl, and
from these, as well as from other evidence,
there is positive conviction ia the minds oi Tue
. pubic that StVoup was the instiVatOT Of the
whole business, and That Tor some Timc past be
had been Crimiuully intimate with the poor
victim of his lust. He has been the keeper oi
a saloon, and IL man of family, The lUquCSi
has at length been brought To close, and
enough testimony ~ already adduced To justin
the binding over OF StrOUp and Marshall tuT
/ trial. Threats of lynching the two wretchsS
have been freely INDUCED 10 10y some OF The
. IUtSDurEh people. but II Is not likely tOat al
attempt or this kind viii he made There i al
. intense eagcrueSs TO have This case fully de-
Veloped, and II the accused are guilty, theiI
. punishment viii ht incuSuratc with th,
+ enOrmify or The offence, in Tar the law
: can mete out the most extreme penalty.
The verdict OF the jury is that Mary a X 7
+ nan came to her death on Tuesday, March 26th
+ ut the Homeopathic Hospital, Pittsburgh, fruu
. the effects OF an abortion. procured and pro
dUceC 10y Dir. Marshall. The jury further hut
that John L Strnup aided and assisted Or. Mar
shall in prOvurii the abortion. The jury fur
ther rud that tue managers Os the Humeupat hit
F Hospital were grossly negligent ia pcrmijtin.
. an Intoxicated physician whom they did no
know To take charge pf patient admitted {,
the institution. aud in failing to notify the Cor
oncr Cor twenty hours after The death OF th
deceased.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

THE infamous career in Sontb Carolina
OF Simon Camerou's political pupil, John
J. Patterson, is being thoroughly ventilated
in The reports published from line to time
of The committee appointed year ago to
investigate the frauds that have been per-
petrated on the people of that State by
meu and the confederates of men occupy
ing high official positions. Their last re-
port was made ON the 18th Of March and
related to The Greenviile aud Columbia
Raihoad swindle perpetrated in 1870, in
which Patterson played a most couspicu-
GUS part. 1t IS one of the exceptional glo-
ries Of this model Republic that a venal
scOundIel like John J. Patterson can Ge
elected to scat in it's highest legislative
body and be permitted to ret ain it with i'm
punity. The two following paragraphs Ie
lating to Patterson are taken from the in
troductory part Of the report which pre-
cedes the publication of the evidence
Tho committee have had occasion here and
there To refer to the facts connected win the
career ui John J. Patterson, now United State,
possible 10 HvOi 1, and at the same time make a
lair ami truthful report Of The transactions Ia
reports tO follow, II WIZ he accessory to rcfei
more particularly to iIIu and the frauds perpc
trateu 10y him than we have done heretofore.
Slice me gay ol Tue c"mii'y OF this man e
South Carolina there nas been p"rpctIutcd
upon the people or the state II series of frauds
great anu small many ol which We have al
ready made the subject OF continent. aEd all o
which mark out together an era challenging
comparison Tor lis WiHmy with any period ii
the history Oi modern tiiutS. In each case tIt,
familiar fOotPriutS or ths man are TO h, seer
uud measured. aud mostly To- be fuuuG in In,
Tore front OF the muttici army OF piuud,.rer,
az the ycars of guud stealing in SUuth Carroll
uS have come aud gone"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

CUT OUT BY Ills Own SON.-A Rush-
vile correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
q'tireT, writing under date Of Maj ch 26th,
says a rather novel wedding was solemn
lied in our County Clerks office yesterday
evening. Charles Harak, a wealthy farmer
living near Ging's Station, in this county,
and whose locks have withstood the as
saults of seventy winters, wOoed and (as he
sUpposed) won the heart and hand of Miss
Mary j. Morris, neigh hbnring lady whose
golden tresses have been famed by the
gentle breezes of eighteen summers. He
proposed, was accepted, and yesterday
morning the wings of love waited him into
the Clerks office, where he obtained the
necessary license. He started home with
a light heart and smiling countenance.-
Blu; alas During his absence one of his
SONS visited the tickle maiden and so Wig
OrOusly beseged the citadel of her affections
J thai she surrendered, jumped into a vehicle
! with him, drove to town by a circuitous
/ route, and their hearts were beating in
/ unison as husband and wife before the old
! man reached home. 4 large crowd wit
messed the ceremony. 1t is said that the
old gentleman, when he discovered the
true state Of affairs, opened his mouth and
/ blaSphemed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

IT VIII nu,.create any surprise, for 1t was
articip ,tcd, that on Monday last the Su-
preme Court Of Louisiana refused re-
bearing, or a re-argumeut in the case OF
Thomas G. Anderson. \ certified copy OF
the decree Of the CoJrt was immediately
procured by Anderson's counsel and de-
Ifvered 10 Judge Whitaker, before whom
be had been tried. who at once ordered
Anderson to be released fIom the parish
prison. Thus ends the last scene III the
drama.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

II the Dom3cIatIc State Committee sup
posed that it was a shrewd political move
TO call the State convention Rt so early aud
unusual date as the 22d of May, it has
been beaten at its own game Of taking time
by the fOrelock by the State Committees
Of both the Republican and GreenbacE,
or National, parties. The Republican
State Committee has called its convention
to meet at Harrisburg on the 18th of May.
aud the Grecnback convention will meet
ut Philadelphia on the same day, or more
probably, as is stated 10y some Of the city
rapers, on the Sth Of May. 1t was lame
and impoteut conclusion that the result ot
the November election will depend in the
slightest degree upon the fact that the
State ticket has been nominated six months
in advance. At all events, II there was
any supposed advantage to result from It,
it has been efTectually neutIalizcd by the
action Of the committees of both the other
parties, and the lesson taught ought not
to be forgotten in the future.
2. 5. The Chairman OF Tie Greeubacb
or National patty, f. p. Devices, Of Potts
willie, has changed the time for holding the
State convention from the 18th to the Sti
If Msy-oue week in advance Of the Re
publican convention.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

After an uncommenly long, active and
useful life, General john Davis, of Davis
vile, Bucks county, died at his residence
i'm that place, on Monday last, in The
ninetieth year of his age. He came Of good
revolutionary parentage, his father having
fought through the whole ievolui ion and
assisted III carrying General Lafayette off
the field when severely wounded at the
battle Of Braudywine Decreased was a
prominent politician aud fa:her of General
W. Il. H. DAVIS, Of Doylestown.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05
gardiug as a precedent.


JUDG ED by the work It has accomplished,
the preseLt Republican Legislature, which
has been in session three months, can safe
" be pronounced useless aud inefficient
beyond all former precedent The whole
number uf bills passed and sent to the Gov
ernor did not, on Monday last, exceed
twenty. The Senate is a month in advance
of the House with business and for pure
lack Of something to do the former body
adjourned from yesterday week until next
Tuesday. The sole cause Of this dscredit-
able state of affairs was tie decision Of the
two houses when they met TO commence
business anew. instead of regularly pro-
ceediup with il from where il bad been left
at the adjournment Of the previous session.
The l,lly uF that decision is now very ap-
parent. aud has aGoIded the ring managers
who brought it about the necessary TIM
Get their tyu pet measures, the Phil: del
uhia Recorder bill and tlie Bank Commits
sionership bill, 80 far advanced as to insure
thcir final passage. The ono fuHdred days
of the session will expire on Wednesday
next. after which the members will receive
ten dollars per day, the extra time not to
exceed ffry days. 1t now remains To he
seen now much luugsr the Legislature will
try the pa,irnce OF the people by sitting
tbrep days la a week Instead Of six, tue pay.
however. running the whole seven, and
,,foInncing "a srssiion which ought 10 have
been brought SD "a C. - Ceic.e ,Le fist of
tLa u.esCLL mouth
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05
.AE CAMBRIA fREEMAH.
EBEHsRURc, PA,
friday. APRIL ,, 1873.

srYoHsE THAN ORrHASAGE," published
ON our fist rage, should have heen credit
ed to the Philadelphia Record Of Thursday
list. and "A ColoIed Debating Society" IS
from the Editors Drawer, in IlarPers.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05


The proceedings OF the Democratic
County Committee, Which net at the
Court House on Tuesday last, will be found
published clsew hore. 1t Is necessary that
we should briefly refer TO the action of the
Committee TO remove any imputation
against it Of having i'll one particular eX-
crcised a power which was not properly
cunHded to it. When the call for its meet-
ing was issued it vas not supposed by any
ono that the Committee would undertake
to elect delegates to the State convention,
but that il would remit that du:y to the
county convention, to which body it logit-
iHately belongs. The State Committee
having improvidently, as we believe, des-
ignated the 22d Of May for holding the
State convention, it would have been
necessary, so far as the selection OF
delegates to it was concerned, to call the
county convention together at least ten
dAys before that time. There was, how
ever, such a general feeling OF opposition
among Democrats to holding the county
convention at so early day, that tho Com
mittee postponed its meeting until th'
more acceptable time indicated in the pro
cecdiugs, and reluctantly assumed to itscl
the authority Of olecting the delegates t.
the State convention. OF two evils tht
Committee chose the least, aud under a.
the circumstances it will stand justified 70
the course adopted, which, it is to b
hoped. there will hereafter be no necessit
for regarding as precedent.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

SINGULAR CAsE.-The Marietta Rsgis-
ter is authority for the following strange
story:
Sume time ago there a barn burned in
YORK county, nearly opposite this place, but a
lew miles from the river. The circumstances
OF the burning were very suspicious. The
owner, who had gone to church prior to the
burning, laid the blame upon young man
VINO had been paying alterations TO his daugh-
ter and charged him with s;eiug The iucentiiarv
This he easily proved was false, The barn was
heavily Insured. aud the Insurance company
investigated the cause of the fire, aud finally
proved, through the young mun that was
charged With the crime. tiiut it was the owner
who had fired the building ere he went to
church.
Thus the farmer lost his insurance money
through the efforts Of tho man who he had "a r.
cuscd, and he laid plans TO toe rcvcnged Some
time al erward the daughter invited the vuuno
man 10 call upon her, which he did-no douht
the attraction yet beiT.g great him. White
mere she gave him some cake, OF which he att.
heartily On his way home he ielt very urwclI-
and when he arrived at home was taken vii IA
severe pain in the stomach. 1t was aTtery, ri
found Thar the cake had been poisoned. Hav-
Ing cat tcn too much, il acted as al emetic nm
: thc whule was cast up, or he doubt would
have died. No legal action was taken against
the young girl 10y bin and to- day that VCupr
man is as at tenttve to her as IL he had nrV er
been served by her with a dose of poison ar
course the girl was urged the act bV her
futhcri but she was coguiZant OF what the "a, !, q
Contained. Truth, verify, is often stranger
than fiction.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

WHERE there is not much else Heaven
sends plenty of wild pigeons. The Forest
county woods are swarming with them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

TIMOTHY Q. HOWE like unto bleatng
have been had Mr. Hayes only possessed
wisdom enough 10 select you as Judge Of
the Supreme Court of the United States
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

THE most important move for politicians
will be the whiskey bell punch. If the
Nationals in Philadelphia or the Rapubli-
cans in Harrisburg, on the 18th of May, do
not insert it in their platforms. the Pitts
burgh Post thinks that the Democracy will
certainly improve the opportunity in that
city on the 22d of May, 10y decIariu. in it's
favor. The New York Sun discourses of
it as follows:
Which is the visor plan, to tax property a.
O0D,osD n year in an attempt 20 punish men FOR
s-liing rum without a license, or to- tax the rum
itself from sj,0U0,000 to $40 OO0O for the priyi-
iege of being sod, and mus tighten to Thar eN-
tent the burden now on the taxpayers shout
ders2
Figures furnished by the President OF The
Wine and Liquor Traders Society Indicate the
sale OF 2D,uCU.OOJ EissSps of liquor in this CITY
IN one year Say that SOo.0to,uN1 OF these are
the Excise law, now III force in Virginia, The
city would derive an annual revenue or more
thHn Si2Uo,uOO all clear gain, nd RlI ot.t of the
pockets o. the hiauious classes But if Alco-
nOlic drinks were taxed only one cent each. in.
jead OF two and half cents. and malt drink.
one-quarter OF a cent instead Of half a cent. tho
returns wOuldsstill reach the sum Of $3.50 OC0
Add a moderate estimate or th. revenue from
SPECIFIC licenses, and the aggregate would b,
about S6,0O0,000 year.
BY The adoption OF Dr. Moffett'S system o
. taxing the rum itself instead OF the seller. TN,
o taxpayers OF New York utiid. therefore, n,
. about ten million dollars q year better off thar
{ they are at present. The system would in ,
{ measure discourage tippliug. Tor II makes IN,
ness interests II puts ali transactions over tn,
F bar counter on strictly cash basis 1t leave
little or no room for frauds on the revenu,
II compe!s men who drink up to the limit q
their financial ability, either to drink less nj
time or less often. Ii does its own police worl
at no expense TO the people.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

WM. P. SCHELI, Auditor General elect,
has appointed to the positions within his
gift the following named gentlemen, only
one of wnom, Mr.. Kerr, comes from Dem
ocratic county, though we, at least do not
urge that as any objection TO he list
Chief Clerk. Edward Hcrrick. Bndf0rd colIr-
iv Corporation Clerk. Edward T. Kerr Bed
ft-ri county: Clerks. +. 6. Churchill, Tiaga
county + l.. EVerhHrt, ! Huntingdon county
NJ l.. Shutwcil. Harrisburg; II. t. Ackcr, Mont
PpulPry county /; Messenger, B. &. J Johnson. Lu-
zcrnc county: Night Waterman, Thomas It'd
man. The following clerks now ia the Auditor
Generals oitic.' have bcen retained: John Me-
Murray, B. n. Mad, ". l. SHusOm, a. J. san.
deTsOn and Walter DiTenbach,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05
GENERAL GRANTS

use Of [. S. ship with which to do his
excursioning around Europe, calling on
Kings and Queens, is very bitterly de-
nOunced, even in the moro respectable
Republican quarters, and several members
of the House have been requested to Offer
a resolution as to the legal right of the
Administration to place a ship at his dis
DCS;l
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

continued confinement causes no little
uneasiness in Administration circles here,
as they seem to think it the purpose of the
authorizes in Louisiana To proung his
duress until April 9Th, that being the
technical time for an application for a
review of the decision to expire. Tele-
grams from officials here have been for
warded to New Orleans as to the probable
course the Atty General will pursue, but
/ with no reply as yet thereto.
THE SEATING OF DEAN, DEMOCRAT,
herein before alluded to, which, as the
/ Republicans claim, was caused only by
the vote of Speaker Randall, also causes
them to denouuce it as an outrageous
breach of propriety but as the real cause
WAS the vote of a prominent Republican,
Gen1 Butler, given 20 the Democrat. we
can retoTt, Thou cans not say we did itr'
ANDERSOS.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-05

There is as yet 40 proceeding of any kind
against Miss Hampton, who with her moth
er stood well in the esteem of the cCmmu-
nity. 1t is said that since her exposure tht
daughter has several times attempted sui
eide.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-01-26

abroad, nor can they, under a system which
cnacts that co%ry shell shall be dollar
proftably dispose at homo of objects pur.
chased abroni under system which pro-
vides that dollar shall be just dollar, and
nothing moro or less, Ifthe farmer is fool.
ish enough to accept cowry for dollar, in
tho sale Of his grain, he will find, when he
desires to expend it at the store, that he will
receive for it only what the storekeeper con-
sidcrs its intrinsic value, and not dollar'a
worth"
The Governor declares that il is the inter
est Of tho nation that the debt be funded at
tho lowest rate of interest, that lnrce por-
ton of our bonds be held abroad, in order
that the money paid for them may be used
in this country, that commercial relations
with other nations be extended, and that the
circulating medium be put beyond injurious
fluctuations. He expresses the opinion that
the people of the State will agree with him
in condemning a law declaring that "part
Of dollar shall be a whole dollar"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-01-26
-RTMARKABLE SUCCESS.

-RTMARKABLE SUCCESS.-The sue.
cess of the leading literary pal Ner ofthe West
The Chicago Lefqcr, is truly remarkable
Since its introduction to the rea ling public
six years ago, Tile Ledger has 81 eadily ad.
vanced in favor, and is now aclin, 'wledged
second to no paper of the kind in tn, coun'
try. Its circulation is national, ana has
been obtained through the efforts of its p, lb
fishers to produce a paper of high mora
character, and at the same time sell it at a
price consistent with the present hard times.
That they have succeeded, and well, too, the
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from Maine to Texas and from Oregon to
Florida will bear testimony. The Chicago
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and continued, in each number, written by
the best authors of the day, and a great
variety of information interesting to every
one. The subscription price of Tie Ledger
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will be sent to any one who sends 10 cents
and their address to The Ledger, Chicago,
Illinois.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-01-26

During a recent visit to Danville, Pa,
We paid visit to the Insane Asylum, and
after an introduction, to the Superintendent,
DR.. S. S. shultz, we were presented to Drs.
Massey and seip, the gentlemanly assistants,
and under the escort of DR.. Seip were shown
through the insttution-the kitchen, the
laundry, the bake-room, a number of the
wards, dining rooms, &C., and could but adj
mire the extreme good order and cleanliness
prevalent throughout the institution. There
ore at present no less than $50 inmates in
the asylum, (male and female), q few Of
whom are said to be at times very desperate
while the major portion of them are allowed
the free run of the wards, and under the
charge of nurses, in fine weather, have theil
sut door recreation on the large farm attach
ed to the asylum. DR.. Shultz and his as
sistants are undoubtedly the "right men ir
the right place"