The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-27
orR PHmAnELPHIA LETTER.


SEssED or THE DEyu-AN ADROIT
PERFoRMANCK-A RFTURN OF THE
vIsIT--LosTNG GOOD CAMPAIGN THUN-
DER-EATURALIZATI MILLS, ETC.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. %, 1880.
To the Editor of the Cambria Freeman:
Our Mayor comes from Long Branch
on Mondays and holds an hours court at
his Office. at the close of which he re-
Turns to the Branch to sport his fast
horses along the bluff for the remainder
of the week. So our country cousins
will see that Philadelphia has Long
/ Branch Mayor.
The Republican high-cOck-aloreIns are
/ having a grand poT-wow at Long
Branch. fixing up fol the nominations
next month. They say the people want
( a respectable ticket, and they propose to
give them an UneXceptionab!e one.
The Commonwealth will be issued dal-
/ ". and will be edited by Richard NauN
! So Philadelphia viii have enc simon pure
/ Democratic daily newspaper.
The Democrats propose having q Dig
/ demonstration on the evening Of sept.
1 18th, at which all the clubs Will turn
out.
/ Collector Uartranft is about to cause
I some weeping and wailing because OF ms
/ intention of bringing his son Upas a pol
iticiau bv making him a deputy collector
at salary of 8, coo year.
CAMPAIGN BIOGRAPHIES.
( Since the nomination of Garfield for
the Presidency there has been seven dlt-
ferent biographies published of his lie
. and public services all of which are Re
/ publican textbooks for the campaign OF
1850. There has also been three DIOSra-
phicS of Gen. HANCOCK puOlShed, anu
another is forthcoming at the hands OF
Colonel John w. Forney. No PreSl-
leutfaI campaign has been 80 thickly
soved with biographical essays on the
respective candidates rs the present one.
Hancock's forthcoming biography viii
be a book Gfpeculiar and special interest,
. on account of the authors recent return
to the Democratic fold.
4 BUCHANAN EosiAHCE.
II George Lippard were alive what a
romance he could make out OF the Bu-
chauan business. Would. indeed, that
George were alive y sUui-harroWlug
/ drama could be made out Of the Bu-
chanau case. The thrilling incidents OF
Buchanaa's hold dive for liberty should
be drdmatiZad 10y some euJerprising the
atrical genius.
THE HATTLE-sCAEEED KNIGHT TEMP
LARS.
The bold Knights enjoyed the glories
of war without enc0uutering any OF lis
dangers. Though they left us well arm
ed with swords and implements OF war
il is gratifying TO know that the warlikC
and battle-Scarred Knight Iemplars who
went TO Chicago returned without the
loss Of a single man. Happy, happy
Knights, 70 enjoy all the giorIes OF wal
b without any of It's dangers.
POSSESSED OF THE DEVIL.
, EIasius Pistorius, who i'm 1877 murder
ell q man near NOrristOwn. i'm MoutgOm
, cry county, and who was convicted OF
murder in the first degree, but after
wards had his punishment committed 1,
imprisonment for life, and is now seIv
r ing his sentence in the Eastern penitea
tiary, and who was so abusive Of Arch
bishop Wood and his attorneys, now say.
he is possessed OF the devil" That
was the general opinion when he com
. mitted the murder.
AN ADRoIT PERFORMANCE.
y corOneI's jury has not yet sat upoI
p . the body Oi DT. Buchanan, who jumped
, from u ferry boat into the Delaware river
on the night OF the 18th instant. FOI
upwards OF twenty years Buchanan w:u
= the greatest of American shams. A
= Dean of the Eclectic Medical College
of Philadelphia, the american Uni
yersitv, % the Philadelphia University,
{ and number OF other bogus institution
Z with imposing names, this man Buchan
@ an, by a single stroke of his pen, created
, doctors in America, England, Germany
. Brazil, Cuba, and indeed everywhere
thereby making large sums Of money auI
s living i'm prjucrlv uaCHIHcCnce, teeug
- the greatest lawyers and brlbing tht
y highest officials. The Philadelphia Roc
ls..r E..r-4 "a
face and completely exposed the imp05
e ture. and then it was that the pcnIgeu
{ tiary stared him iu the face But lHl
p Doctor rose to the height of the occasion
10y attempting his graudest Inpo5ture
Still the Doctors s bogus death VIII no
be accepted until it has been ''Oiiicially'
G signed, sealed and stamped by a coroner
& whose jury has sat upon his body, wiicI
. is nos likely soon to happen. 1t was al
adroi. performance, thas of jumping int
Z the Delaware, and the Doctor Is tO-da.
: enjoying the satisfaction of having fool
f , cd justice cut OF It's lawful victim.
S RETURN or THE VISIT
, \ return OF the visit made by the At
lanta company last fall is Go be made b,
3 the state Feucibles this fall. In OctO
i ber Captain Ryan, with the State Fenci
% bles, viii visit Atlanta. rs a result O
{ . The visit last year one mercantile hous
. in this city has sold Sj3. 900 worth o
goods in q section they never befor
reached. This proposed visit of tht
1 feuCIb.rS TO Atlanta viii DO more GOO.
- for Philadelphia than all the campaign
documents ever published. OF the WajV
ing of all the bloody shirts in Pennsyl
yauid.
4 LOSING GOOD THUNDER.
. The Democrats of this city are iOsiH.
much good campaign thunder in not us
. ing The rottou Republican Pardon Board
which, besides the pardon OF kenble AN.
other riot bribery bIil c5uvicts. Farll1ue,
= also tie water department thieves Of ihi
- city and set them loose long before the
served out thejTseuteuce These thing
seem 90 have been forgotten by the Dem
r. oerats aJ least. They don't appear to b
. using this excellent campaign thuude
4 . which IS ready made To their hand an,
r. lying around loose.
THE SATUE ALIZATION MILL
There is great activity in the natural
- izatiou market. There Is "a c0nstan
> stream OF foreigners anxious to becom
American citizens, and hence the HaJu
TdliZatiOG committees of both OrganiZa
2 tions are very busy. The activity of tn
Y committees shows that both parties ar
! actively at work, and mean TO Ieav
nothing uudone TO ''push along the col
umu, G.. y. :.
r GARFIELD denies that he was bribe,
e by Odkes Ames- but admits that III
\ borrowed" money from him. As Oh,
sam Weller. yvouil saw what sE1 Worn