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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22

Two BILLS which deserve to be 6enoun-
ced from one end Of the State to the other
are just now passing through the different
stages Of legislation at Harrisburg. One
of them proposes to authorize the Governor
10 appo int Recorder for the city of Phil
adelpbia for the term Of ten gears, and it
is estimated by competent judges that the
fees OF the Office, if we'll farmed,s will
amount to between thirty and forty thous-
and dollars annually. 1t is no secret a.
Harrisburg that if The bill passes VI. S.
Quay, the present Secretary OF the Com
monwealth, will receive the appointment.
The other bill referred 10 creates new de-
partment, and is to be filed by Bank
Commissioner to be appointed bv the Gov
ernor for .fge gears at an annual salary of
$500. If this bill passes the Commits
soner will be Wm. B. Hart, who is CASH
ier of the State Treasurers Office and who
was defeated last fall by Col. Noyes.
Both Hart and Quay will soon retire from
Office, but before they DO so another and
more lucrative position must be created
for each of them, with terms longer than
are accorded to any other State officials
The Democrats in both houses are manful-
ly resisting the passage of both these out
rageOus measures, but their efforts will be
of no avail. There is just one way and
Only one, to cause these two luscious Har-
tranft apples to turn, like Dead Sea fruit,
to ashes on the lips of Quay and fart.
Under the new constitution it will require
a vote of tlco thirds of the Senate to confirm
the nominations. That body consists Of 81
Republicans and 10 Democrats. 1t will
therefore require three Democrats to vote
with the 81 Republican members to pro-
duce the requisite two thirds. The Dem
ocrats thus bave it in their power to crush
these scandalous jobs by voting against
Hartranfi's nominations, and if they refuse
to adopt that course and adhere to it To the
bitter end, they will prove recreant to their
duty, and will deserve the swift vengeance
of their constituents.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22

GovERNoR uoLLTDAT, of Virginia, aske d
the Legislature to reduce his salary frcm
fUe thousand dollars to four thousand, but
his offer could not be complied with OWN G
to constitutional prohibition. In order,
however, to accom- uodate him the House
amended The bill reducing the salaries of
State officers twenty per cent, so as to en-
able the Governor to pay his Secretary out
OF his own funds. In Pennsylvania these
things are done very differently. The last
bill signed by Governor Geary Was on the
day before the Inauguration of Kartranft
and it increased the salary Of the office Of
Governor from fire thousand to ten thous-
aud dollars. When \ Republi lioan Office
holder'comes to the surfGce and propOses
that his salary shall be reduced. the mil
lennium will not be very long i'll putting
in it's appearance.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22
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ALTHOUGH Governor Geary has been dead
about six years, there is no monument or even
mnrhle slab to Indicate the place of his burial.
Mr.. Long. of Allegheny. has introduced Il bill
! hppropriatlnE so'ooo TO purchase and erect
monument TO the memory of the late governor,
and the measure Will be passed as soon IS pos
( sib!e.
The above extract is taken from the
Harrisburg correspondence of city news
paper. What did John w. Geary ever do
to entitle him to the exceptional honor of
having monument erected to his memory
at the expense Of the people of this State {?
AS an officer in the late civil war, we are
not aware that he displayed more bravery
or acquired greater distinction than a score
Of other Pennsylvanians whose names will
! readily suggest themselves to the intelli-
gent reaoer. As Governor Of the State for
SIX years, for which he vas paid thirty
/ thousand dollars, be left no brilliant official
| record behind him, nor did his own poiti-
/ cal friends regard his administration with
! any special feeling of pride and exultation.
! Governor Wolf went out of office in Janua-
/ Ty, 1896, and all his successors are dead
/ with three eptions--J ames Pollock VIM.
! Bigler and Andrew G.. Curtin None of
these dead Governors has had a monument
erected to his memory by the State, and
although not even marble slab may indi-
cate the place where some of them are
/ buried, their friends have never appealed
to the Legislature for money to do what
! should have been done by others. The es-
tate of Governor Geary was abundanily
able to place suitable monumen, over his
grave, and if it WAS not done it is the fault
, of his personal representatives. Mr.. Long S
/ proposition, therefore, to take s., coo out of
the treasury for the purpose indicated is
without any merit, and ought not to be
sanctioned by the Legislature. 1t will es-
tabiish most dangerous precedent, and
will lead to constant appropriations for
similar purposes in The future.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22

The New POPE.-A correspondent Of
the London Times, writing from Rome
nn6er date of Feb 18th, furnishes the fol-
lowing in regard to Cardinal Pecci, who
bas just been elevated to the Holy See as
Pope Leo the Thirteenth
Pecci is tall, with fine head. high forehead,
narrowing at the temples, long face. straight t
features, large mouth prominent chin. cheer
lut, open countenance- and large, wei shaped
ears HIS face reminds me of Plus With. He
mas me, sonOrous voice, great dignity, even
10 austerIty OF manners, in public. but pIi yat
~ ne IS an"ctlOnate, unasSu!ning, sOciable. and
witty. As Cameriuga he has been the head OF
that party which without formally renouncing
tne sright or the Holy See, acknowledges the
VISION OF submitting to the DEGREES of Provi-
dence, accepting what seem to be irreyOca bly
accomplished facts. The general opinion ia
tnet tor learning tact. energy, dignity, amia-
oiIitS. real moral worth and sincere piety, the
Sacred College cDuld not find "A more deserving
Iate Cardlnrl RiVris SfOraza at Naples. He ad-
NIHed ROod Catholics fulfil their duties as cit
llens at thelmuncipal and provincial elections,
even when the clerical proSs was progressing to
interpret much~that the Vatican enjoined as a
pcicy or abs;entiOn. Cardinal Pecci spoke
win great effect against the proposal for the
removal of the Conciave from Rome. and OF her
measures advocated by the Reactionary party.
lie enjoys the confidence and support of the
& Liberals, or at least IL reasonable majority of
part as WIS sustained by Cardinal G zzi in the
( ConclaNe OF 1916. Cardinal Pecci'S private life
at All periods is above reproach. He has con-
/ sideraoie literary talent and has WRITE poetry.
functionaries of the present italian Govern
ment, but is esteemed by them ALL and those
Win whom the necessity of his duty brings him
INTO contact are perfectly charmed with him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22

THE conc'ave of Cardinals which as
sembled in the Vatican at Rome on Nor
day, for the purpose "f electing successor
to the late Plus the Ninth, made choice on
the third ballot, on wednesday morning,
of Cardinal Joachim Pecci, who las as
sumed the title of Leo tie Thifteenth.
The new Pope is an Italian by birth and is
sixty eight years old. He was created
Cardinal in 1853, is Archbishop of Perousr,
and was Chamberlain Of the late Pontiff
He is regarded as one of the very ablest of
the Card inals, aud his election was received
with great satisfaction by tho people of
Rome. The bells in all the chu ches were
rang as soon as the result became known
throughout the city.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22
The Allegheny Mail has the following

The Allegheny Mail has the following
in behalf of the National Guard of Penn
sylvania. There is scheme on foot to in
fuse spirit and patriotism into the Natinna
Guard of Pennsylvania by enforcing an OBJ
solete law to fine the boys So for everv
failure to attend parade, inspec ion, drill
or encampment when ordered to 90 so.
We take it that this is an adroit method
of cancelling the obligation the State owes
to the militia for last summers services.
A young man is an idiot to join military
company. If he wants to play the soldier.
better far to enlist in the regular service
where be Is properly taken care of and
regularly paid. Until the State pays the
militia what is coming to them for the Two
months service, it i'll becomes anybody to
indnlge in illiberal criticism The best
way To infuse patriotism into The National
Guard is to send along ths paymaster
The worst feature of the miserable mis-.
management of the military forces Of the
Commonwealth is the shameful iDiustica
and downright dishonesty in withholding
from them their hard earned pittance,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22

1t would appear from the terms uf the
compromise effected in the Lord Hicks af
fair, says the Phila. Record, that Mrs.
Hicks took the name of Lord in vain after
all, so far as the betteIin ing of her financial
condition is concerned. Mr.. Lords sons
insisted, during the progress of the settle
ment, that allowance should be made for
the large loans which Mrs. Lord had OBJ
tanned from the venerable bridegroom be.
lore marriage, amounting to nearly S700,
OOo and in the compromise these sums
were accounted for, and about wipe out
any dover interest she might have had in
the estate. Mr.. Lord will retain his estate
as cestui q1tt trust, and at his death his
sons inherit as they would had he not
married. Thus, we may presume, ends
the scandal that has kept the uppertendom
of Gotham in violent agitation and furnish
ed rich repast to sensational newspaper
reporters and scandal mongers generally
ever since New Years day.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22
The CAMBRIA FREEnAa.
E5ENSB BURG, PA,
FRIDAY. ---- FEB. %, 1878.

THE Harrisburg Patriot, having wisely
discarded its old suit, made its bow one
day last week i'll an entire new dress,
which gives it a very attractive appearance.
The Patriot since we first remember it was
always conducted with ability, but under
its present management it has attained a
very marked degree of excellence. 1t
would be difficult for the Democracy to be
more faithfully represented than they now
re by the Patriot, the able organ of the
party at the State capital.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22

y COLORED CLERGYNAS's IRIBC - n
THE DECEASED PoNTIFF.-RCv. u. "
Taylor, colored man. and = clever hs'E-
odist Episcopal Clergyman of OlncinI'..ll '.l
preached there the other day on tne G'H,. =.
or the Pope and the work of the NS'uD,
church in behalf of the colOred pe'ls,,
Tie declared that Plus N. began ioi ~
colored race movement calculated 70
cite profound gratitude in them. during g. =
civil war be gave his whole energy ,oIule 20 us'' q
ing means for amelioTating the conol'lVn
the American slave. ''Nben freedom
proclaimed to our race, - added M 70!
lor, ''the Pope ordered Archbishop u,
CardinaD Manning 10 select 800 oi tis "a ca
and bi igbtest colored youths he coniu ~ ~
and place them in the best colleges " -
world. for tie purpose of preparing -,
to lift up our race from the depths oi =
rance aud degradation in which Si"' ~.
had plunged us. And to help on r.,
work he added to .he sums iakeb "a
the revenues Cf the church frequeh'
liberal contributions from his own paIs
means. The Sisters of Charity ba's -
even to the Bucktowns and the flVe l Vi., -
and have accomplished wonders u =,
work of elevating our race. e ouA "a
proclaim on the wings of the "ino 'ut'
know these. things and appreciate IL IL
And then let our Protestant brethren a
mand-as they may-the same gi"'.,t.., -,
from us by banishing from among 80
the prejudice that exists towards !ne '''
man"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22
THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
"A dispatch from Iionton, Ohio, tells the
following horrible story.

One of the saddest events that ever occurred
In this section, or probably in Lawrence coun-
ty, happened Wednesday morning, between ten
and eleven o'clock. resulting in three children
being burned TO death, and so that 20 trace
whatever could he found OF them. They were
the children of Fenie Leftridge, q eolored man
living at Buckhorn Furnace, sixteen miles
PACK Gk OF this city. The facts in the case
AS far as could be learned during the excite
mont, Mrs, Iuftridge had gone to Mrs. Crac-
dolph's, about two hundred yards distant from
ncr home, to trade some soft soap for some bar
soap. which she wanted for Immediate use.
She had Iett the three children in the housa,
the youngest one being baby, which was left
In the bed. She states she stayed only few
In"fnente a; Mrs CTaddolph's, and as she started
home she discovered the house on fire. and ran.
but was too late 10 rescue any of her children.
S:'e couih near nothing OF the elder, and the
one next, neither could she see them, but
lett IXIng on the bed. She said the house was
so fun OF flames that il was impossible for her
honse from the coor. She ran TO the bank
where Mr. Leftridge was working, q mile Off,
thnt his three children, which composed his
family. with everything he had, except the
clothes which he wore, were consumed in the
fire.
The house was built of pine logs and was
| quite dry, and burned very rapidly. Every
tninS was burned TO ashes. 1t is not likely
that they will ever find bone o: their children
,hie rhe IRE was so severe and from the looks of
things, they were burned into ashes.
IATER.-Siuce the above was written the bo-
Gles OF the Oldest boy and the baby, which were
oLirhId I ~ the cnhiiagratiou, have been eXhuIn-
ed The boys body was burned in two Just be-
low ms waist His legs and arms were cOuSutrl-
! cd, and one side of his face had no flesh on
! just enough flesh was left to make him recou-
nlzable- The body of the infant had its head
: burned oil or nearly so also one arm and the
Z hand or the other, and both legs. 1t seems
/ evident now that the boy took the baby and
endeaVored 10 make their escape, as they were
! hlth round close together, and on the opposite
slde OF the house from where the body had
/ been lett. They could only find a few bones of
! tne mlinie aged child, just enough to confirm
fne dis sd sd fact Of her meeting similar fate as
/ did the other two. The oldest was four years
/ oId ana past, the next two years and tie young
I est but three months old
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22

NURDERoUs ASsAULT BT a NEeRo-
benjamin Ponsley, a colored man. commit
ted an assault upon Miss Matte Kane 0t
Lincoln Station, Chester county, Saturday
evening, leaving her in = diving condition.
Miss Kane Is young lady ut nineteen
years of age. She was formerly II Phlb-
delphia, but has been living with Ah
John Smith, at Lincoln station, fCr s1r9
time. Saturday evening, upon hsr return
from the store, where she had been i1-
provisions, she was met by PouSey, WDo
struck her over the head ard felled her U
the ground with a club. Having accom-
plished his purposes, lie dragged his Ei2,.n
for two hundred yards through the WOODS
with the intention of thIoW sug her INTO
well, but became frightened before carry
ing out his intention. The body was o-s-
covered by Frank Darlington, "ho gave
the alarm. The poor girl was taken 10 DE-,
home, but cannot live. POnsiey was piaoeu
under arrest by Constable HacAn ana nAl5
a fun confession. When it became known
that the would be murderer had pee.
found the excitement was intense, anH
when the man passed the railroad StaIi''
mob of about five hundred Of hls own
race gathered, with the Intention oi y ileA'
ing him. The officers were nearly over
powered, but succeeded in getting tlt',
prisoner to West Chester in safety S'u
putting him behind iron bars. PO1Se! >
a married man and has three children. il0
Is i've feet ten inches in height ana : =.
tween forty and forty-five years oI asS
The feeling against him is intense L''-
caster IutsVigsnrrr
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-22

"A dOgfish became eutanrleG in ,bs,..
OF sOne French fishermen near C.-,s -
lately, and, after dragging their b1st -.
during the entire night a the rate n
twelve miles an hour, was fiuallv c5Y.r-ai
and brought to land. It measured ovs-
sixteen feet in length, and weighed sb,-,
two thousand five hundred pounds T..
enormous stomach contained ;ba he's
feet, and several other portions Of a -,,rs
as we'll as two halfdigeS.ed tnunvfsb
The Elko New Post saws that
wealthy bachelor. while on an e,s-s-r.
hound train At Ogden, a few weeks 40,
Observed a yOnng giIl leading her ag-i
grandmother out for a walk. and was :,
deeply impressed with the spirit # dsr,.
tiOn exhibited toward the old lady by bs.
escort that be stepped of. sought an jnr-n.
duction to the giIl, and eventually married
heS. In consequence fthis. railroad men
say that every time a passenger train ppHs
into Ogden the track is found TO be lined
with young saintesses trottiug their old
grandmOthers mp aud down in view Of tbs
passengers.
Yesterday afternoon, saws the OIL City
Derrick of Friday last, at ConneautyIls.
Pa, prominent physician ATTEMPTED 10
outrage young lady patient in bis of8ca,
"nlch - Wlng OF the physician 5 house
and undoubtedly would have succeeded
had it not been for the doctors wife. vl1
heard the cries of the young lady aud burst
in The cffice door. when the scrundrel sab
sided. The lady proceeded before a JUS
tice Immediately and had ! warrant issued
and he was arrested last evening. lie
young lady Is Of an irrepruachable charao-
ter, which throws public sympathy alto
gCtber in her favor. Il is 70 be hoped tho
Law may have its full SWAY
In Philadelphia, on Thursday last N-
Hagert said that he proposed 20 Try the
bill OF indictment charging John s u E-
ton, Samuel p. lluhn and Benjamin F.
okes, respectively president, ueasu!eI
and secretary Of the Market street railway
Company with issuing and publishing
fraudulent certificates Of stock Il the Mar
ket street railway company, using one Of
four certificates given to nIezei { Co, by
Morton as security for $50, 900 In Septem-
beI, 1877. Mr.. Stokes, he said. vasnot0l
trial, being an inmate of an insane asy lum,
and, consequently, unable to plead TO .ho
bill. Morton and Huhn plead guilty. but
have not yet been sentenced.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-06
David Navarro, the Fat Boy.

The Rochester Union thus describes this overgrown American youth He was born in Rochelle, Illinois, seventeen years ago. At the time of his birth he weighed but eight pounds, and continued to be small child until he was six years old, when all of sudden he began to grow, and at seven he weighed eighty pounds. On his eighth birthday he weighed 112 pounds, and continued gradually to increase, till on his eleventh birthday he weighed PIP pounds. The next year he increased in weight to the tune of 155 pounds, and being weighed when twelve years old he was found to kick the beam at 325 pounds. In his thirteenth year he suffered severely from typhoid fever, which reduced him somewhat in flesh but on recovering from the disease he soon regained what he had lost and made up time at rapid rate, and on his last and seventeenth birthday he weighed 635 pounds. This was last winter, and it is probable, judging from past experience, that his avoirdupois has increased slightly since then. His health is perfectly good as a general thing, and his flesh, instead of being fabby, is quite solid to the touch, his arm, which measures twenty four inches round the biceps, being like bar of iron. His apparently sole com plaint is that the doors of the houses are too small for him.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-06
The St. CrOix InsurrectiOn.

The outbreak among the negroes ill the island of St. Croix was 8 most serious affair, and great amount of property was. destroyed. The condition of the field hands on the plantations of the island was scarcely step removed from the old time slavery. The re- muneration of ten cents per day, fixed by law, was a manifestly unjust one, considering that 8 central factory paid forty cents. The suspension of opera tions at this factory threw 8 number of hands out of work at the time when the so-called yearly contracts were being considered, and an effort was made by the laborers to secure higher pay. The attempt to hold these poor creatures on the island by charging them five dollars for o passport was a cruel outrage, and it is to be regretted that the authorities who sanctioned it were not the only sufferers. If the negroes were free men they had 8 right to form an estimate of the value of their labor. If they were slaves, then it was ridiculous to offer them passports for five dollars. Given large number of semi-savage negroes, who have been subjected to all the barbarous outrages that @ greedy associa- tion of West Indian planters could inaict upon them, let these poor wretches become wholly savage from drinking rum, and 1t is not to be wondered at oA ok Croix. A correspondent says The authorities now seek to remedy by executions the evils they provoked by injustice, and, although the re-establish- ment of order and security at St. Croix is necessity, it should not be reached by wholesale official slaughtcrings and war of extermination waged by the armed whites against the unarmed fugitive negroes.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-06
Murry's Idea of Heaven.

John, because his mind and the mind of h1s age could conceive of nothing more splendid than costly metal and material gems, pictured heaven as a metallic city, more glorious than the great kings of the East ever builded. He belonged to childish age, and was 0 child in his fancies. But the nine- teenth century, educated to truer con- ception of values, with it's soul uplifted to height of spiritual discernment which apprehended it to be above the beauty of matter, looks down with con- tempt or indifference upon gold and rubies, carbuncles and earthly gems, and realizes that heaven is above such symbollzation. There may be here and there one who interprets the,Apocalypse literally, but many there cannot be. To me, for instance, Christian home hap oily placed in relation to the surround ing landscape, whose wants are easily and surely supplied; in which the father and mother love each other supre- mely in which the children are con- tented, grow thin, loving; where the days come and go in peace and concord; where God is reverenced as the over- ruling parent and Jesus loved as an elder brother; to me such scene suggests a finer idea of heaven than Johns vision of barbaric splendor. What care for golden pavements beneath my feet, or the tiresome glitter of polished metals, or the monotonous flashing of gleamlng gems? What care for the splendor of the old barbaric heathen civilization cemented with tyranny and blood ? What refined, loving, kindly man or wo- man can read with any satisfaction the gorgeous capitalization by John? It is too ostentatious and garish too vulgar, to satisfy or please one who wishes to follow the footprints of Him whose king ship was the kingship of mind; whose royalty was the royalty of spirit; and who, even while his body was clothed with coarse garments, carries round in his breast the splendor that neither costly raiment nor kingIy surroundings could type.-Golden Rule.