The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-03-21

Speaker, Samuel j. Randall, Of Penusyl
vau.a. received on the first and only ballot,
70 votes J, 3. c, Blackburn, ofKentucky,
81 J, A. Mcmahon, Of Ohio, 9; Wm, r.
Morrison, OF Illinois, 2; and s. S. Cox, Of
New York, 4. On the following day, Mr..
Rraiall was elected to the Speakership Of
tic House By he following vote Randall,
IA Garfield, Rep, of Ohio, 1875; Wright,
Grecuba5k. Of Pennsylvania, 13, and
Kelley, Of Pennsylvania, pig iron and anti
gold aud silver, /. After Mr. Randall de-
liysred o brief address thanking the mem
begs f1r tho honor conferred upon him, the
House adjourned. In The Senate nothing
was done except the swearing in Of the
new members, after which an adjournment
was had un.il Thursday, when the stand
ing committees viii be announced and a
Secretary and Sergeant at Arms will be
elected.
TIE Pittsburgh Critic, OF Sunday last,
published a most singular letter dated at
this place March II, 1879, and signed
Cambria The author of this remarlsa-
bly, iucohersnt production has conclusiyely
shown, as many others are in the habit Of
doing, tba. "a LHt's learning is danger
GUS thing" The letter is simply a coarse
and ungrammaticsl attack on the Barr
family in general, aud upon the candidacy
OF Daniel O, Barr for the. State Treasury
ship nomination in particular The 1ri-
ter speaks OF a conyersRtiOn he says he had
with Joseph Mcdonald and Joseph Scan
Ion, Esa-, of this village" and puts into
their mouths certain uncomylimentary de-
claratious regarding 'Ihe whole Of the Barr
family No man by the name Of "Joseph
5Cau.0u' lives in ''this village" but a we'll
known gentleman and Democrat, John Z.
Scarlau, Esq, does. and both he and Gen.
Mcdonald pronounce the statement of
Cambria" wholly false and untruthful.
This sort Of prcmeditated lying is not cal
culated to d. Daniel 0. Barr any special
injury, but rather to iuure to his benefit.
The Critic ought to take a sober second
thOught before it permits itself to be again
imposed upon by the loose and unreliable
utterauces Of Cambria" He is evidently
a very bad egg.
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IT would be impossible TO perpetra.e
meauer or more cruel hoax than the one
that has just been ri---
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famous scoundro,s on the unsuspecling
colored people in Mississippi and Louisiana
They have been led 10 believe that if they
could make their way to st. Louis, they
would be furnished With subsistence while
there aud provided with free transportation
to Kansas made to appear to them as the
land Of promise'. and after their arrival in
that State they would receive land from the
general government, money and all neces-
sary agricultural implements. COufdiug
in these presentations, several hundred
OF them had arrived at st. Louis up to Sat
urdly last, from Ficksburg and other
points on the lower Mississippi. On the
following day, last Sunday, about five hun
dred more reached The same city on th,
large steamboat Grand Tower. About one
half of the number were able to pay thei
fare on to Kansas, but The remainder wer
taken charge of by y cOlored BenevUlen
Society, and will be taken care Of unit
some disposition can DO made Of them. =
The railroad and steamboat compauie
protest agains. Having had any sEenc
whatever in originating this black emiEra
ti0u, and it is difficult u2on whom to Ii
the responsibility for the outrageous de
cepti0u. It is a most villaiuous and das
tardly fraud, aud il its guilty perpetrator
can be discovered no punishment that coul
be inflicted upon them would be too sever
or greater than they richly deserve.
THE census which will be taken next yea
under she provisions of the late act Of Cor
gress will be much more thorough and: con
prehcusive than the enumeration Of 1871
aud will be completed within a muC
shorter space Of time. 1t is estimated /
those who have given the subject speci
consideration, that it will show the pop,
Iation Of the country TO be between fort.
five millions aud fifty millions Of inhabi
ants. How will .LIs increase affect I'll
representation OF the different States
Congress and the different geographic
divisions q tle country? II the prese
ratio OF representation, which VIC belle
is 13f 900 inhabitants 10 each membe
should be retained, there would be an i
crease of 'irty-si- members Of the Hous
or 800, instead Of 2S3, the present uumbe
There cannot, however, be much doubt th
the basis VIII be increased, but that wou
not make any difference in the rel4,i5s
crease Of members of States that gain
their representation. Assuming the prt
ont basis to be still ia existence, the
would be ne increase in the foliowi
named eleven States, viz Colorado, Co
1ecticut. Delaware, Florida, Louisiar
blaine. Nevada, New hampshire, Rho
Island, South Carolina and Vermont. T
largest relative increase would be in Es
sas, whose delegation would be increas
from three, the present number, to seve
California would increase from four to 81
en-. and Texas would Increase from six
ten. Alabama, Georgia, kentucky, Ma
land. Efassacbuser Mississippi, New J
ssy. Oregon Tennessee, Firgiui3, and w
Virginia. would gain one each Arkau'
and Nebraska two; Indiana and Mime
IA, three Illinois, Iosa, Michigan, II
s0uu. Ohio, Pennsylvania, and N:scons
al Increase Of four each. and New YorI
gaiu Of five. Looking nc geographical
visions, the New England States gain @
member the Middle States ten, the We
srn States thisty-two, the Southern Sta