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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

The Johustowu Tribune Of Monday last
says: "Gen. Grant is our choice for Minister
to England" He IS not our choice for scy-
eraI reasons. In the first place, Minister
from this country to England ought to know
how to write the English language correctly
AN accomplishment that Grant never pos
sesscd and never VIII possess. No public
man, however, in this country ever manifest
ed such an intense love for enormously rich
men as Grant. and if that is a leading quail
fcation of a Minister to England he undouht-
edIy ought to be sent there, for then he could
display his love for the 81. gotten wealth Of
Brijiau's aristocracy in all its length and
breadth. Bot for still another reason it
won't do to send Grant out of the country at
this particular time. He must be permitted
to remain here to work UP his third term in
1884. in doing which he viii, of course, have
the invaluable aid of the Tribune the same
as he had it before his late third term pre-
tensions were blasted by the Chicago con
vcntion oar choice for Niuistcrto England
under the administration of James y. Car
field Is that pure and virtUOus Christian
statesman, Schuyler CoIfaX. His selection
by Garfield would be peculiarly appropriate.
They were both bri5ed by Oakes Amcs, as
reported to the House by Committee Of
their own political friends One of the pair
is now President elect, and the other ought
to be sent TO the Court of St James, just To
show John Ball what this Nation, with a hig
Y, can really do when she undertakes to
spread herself.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

THE greatest calamity that could now hap
pen this country would be the refusal Of Gar
field to continue John sherman in his cabinet
as Secretary Of the Treasury. 1t was made
very evident during the late political cam
paign, both by sherman himself and the Re
publican organs, that he possesses a most
wonderful influence with Providence. 1t is
true that common sense man like IIoratio
Seymour said, in a speech delivered by him
at Utica, y. Y: ct was not the statesman
ship ofstbe cabinet but the craftsmanship Of
the plough, blessed by fruitful seasons. that
gave us our growing wealth; not the skill Of
tie Treasury Department, out of mechanics
and manufacturers, that makes the springs Of
our prosperity not the talk i'm Congress, but
the toll Of labor in all its varied fields. lie
(ShermJn) teaches the false and mischieyous
doctrine that Government policies and rot
honest toll and frugal care-that the schemes
Of the brain, not the sweat Of the brow-giye
competence to men" All this is plain
enough to men of ordinary comprehension,
but Notwithstanding that, the credit of such
abundant crops as were never known under
any other administration, and the high price
of all agricultural products, has been claimed
by Sherman and Indirectly by the Republican
party. Why, then, should Garfield bring to
a sudden end the beucfceut career Of such a
statesman as John sherman, OF why should
he dissolve the partnership which Sherman
has tried to make the country believe exists
between him and the Almighty? The con-
. sequences might be dreadfui-such as Nc
mind could conceive and no tongue could de
scribe
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

IT is not pleasant thing to contemplate
that while the popular vote Of the country
nearly equally divided between the two par
ties, General Hancock's defeat is entirely at
tributa5le to the two cities of New York and
Brooklyn That the Democrats, taking the
largely increased registration in both those
cities as the basis, had the strength to give
Hancock a majority of s., 600 in the one and
%, 600 in the other, as they proclaimed to the
country up to the very day OF the election
that they would do, does not admit of any
well founded doubt. Why the vote as count
ed gave Hancock in New York only II coo
majority and in Brooklyn only 1000, which
is 81, 600 less than the Democracy of the coun-
try had a right to expect, and was even %,
600 less than the Republicans themselves
conceded, is a matter that is now being fully
investigated in order that the responsibility
may be placed where it properly belongs.
That there was something ''rotten in Den
mark is as plain as the multiplication table,
The reduction Of HancOcks vote in New
York is attributed by some persons to John
Kelly's personal interests being wrapped up
in the election of Grace, the Democratic can
didate for Mayor, whose majority was only
about 5000, and the loss of 10000 votes to
Hancock in Brooklyn is laid at the door of
Boss Mclaughlin, the leader of one branch
Of the Democracy in that city. What truth,
if any, there is in these allegations will be
developed VIXEN the investigation to which
we have referred is concluded. If the re-
spOnsibiIity for Hancock's defeat is fastened
upon the two BOSSES, - Kelly and n Laugh
lin, it were far better for them, politically
speaking, that they had never been born.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

\ DESPER ATE FIEND NUrderiaq a no
man IN HIS Dgjag NoUeH,tS--The particulars
Of an unprecedented tragedy. in which rocks
guns and corn-cuttcrs played leading parts
are given in a Richmond (Va.) despatch of
the Sth inst, rs follows:
Intelligence has been received here Of one Of the
most desperate anil bloody crimes known in the
history 90 murders. and one which shows how
strong hatred auiWates human being even fu
the hour of death. Toe tragedy took place sat
urlay. near the village ui Green Springs. in Lou
II seems That Merrill Mott ou Saturday morning,
carly had quarrel with his wife's sister. who
lived in the Huu-e with them. Thoroughly infu-i %
ated- ne went out and got a large katie used for
cnttinG corn. "hd- coming back. assaUitrs. her
with the mUr,le-aus weapon. Iie pursued the uu-
fortunate woman into thc yard aud stabbed rnd
hacked her until hc thought she dead.
After this ne went into the house and taking his
gun discharged il iu the air lie then reloaded
Tue weapon and proceeding 10 within "a few feet
@; whore his victim lay weI5crju4 iu her blood Do
placed the muZzle oi the gun under his own cI q
HTd fired the load passing through his mouth.
teariag or the tongue and lodging ina tn: upr, :
part OF the law.
lie fell ia his own gore. and. while struggling
ON the ground gaspina tsr 'r"a5 D. De noticed signs
81 returning life ia his dying Sistcr-iu -iu-law. sum
In"Hing the fuil strength ot every muscle and con
almost sHperhUman effort. and then strus-
Cling !u the tHTueS OF dissolution. he .gr0vcled
about on tEe ground until he reached a large stone
W tch he caught in his clImmy hands. and thea
wrigglinV his distorted body over the ground with
almost wormIikc motion. Ee dragged it TO the side
of his dying SISter-iu-law Then. lifting himself
he raised the Stone high as he sould, and lei il
cd ia IL" skull ami nose Of the woman. but She
sftU struggled.
tn" ty ing Sccuudre!. with determine tiou which
did not leave him in his dying moments. reached
ont again tor the rock, with the design o dealing
another blow Al this stage Ui the tragedy his
vile appeared tu the yErd, aui She seeing aim
raacE tor the stone seized another. aud standing
over his body she dealt him a death-bIov. but too
lr.e To- saw" her sister. who died i'm minutes
after her murderer. II j. not known what CAUSED
thequarr"i between Mott aui his siStcr-jnlavy bat
it is uTie sGond that hc and his wife Gsd been
guarding and that his sistgriI-Iaw simply took
bis wiiC's part.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

TIE Republicans may now shout them
selves hoarse over General Hancock defeat,
but there was time, and that not many years
ago, iu the beginning Of July, 1s63, on tie de
Cisive field of Gettysburg, when the defeat Of
Hancock would have caused a Ioud wall Of
anguish and despair, not only throughout
Pennsylvania, but throughout the entire
North. Who would ever have imagined in
the widest fight of lis fancy on the 4th of
July, 1SG3, when the whole North was rejOic-
ing over Ulucock's victory over Lee and
Loug7treet, that on the day after the Presi-
dental election iu 1850, Wm. ". Evarts. Sec
retJry of State. would send from his office in
Washington, as he did, cable dispatch to
the same LonCstreet as Minister 90 Cor stan
tiHopie- announcing 90 him the no doubt
cheering news Of Haucock's defeat for the
Presidency Longstrcet doubtless recalled
the line
but time 40 last sets an things even
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

TIE Iates. teleEraphic news from Ireland
represents the social disorder affecting that
unhappy island as growing worse and worse
Threats are made Jy the rank and file Of the
Land League that bloody revenge will be
taken for every conviction of one Of its mem
bers against whom legal proceedings, as we
stated last week, have been commenced by
the English Government. and that for each
one found guilty landlord shall be shot
within the next ttweuty-fourh hours. Mr.. Par
nell expresses the opinion privately chat no
convictions will be obtained and that the
Government has been practically playing into
his hands from the very commencement of
the proceedings against him and his col
leagues. PameIl addressed a Land League
meeting at Athl0ue on Sunday last at which
twenty thousand people were present His
speech is pronounced bold and almost revoIu-
tfuuHrE
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

JACOB NJ CAMPBELL, Congressman elect
from this district, iu delivering an address in
Union Hall, Johnstown. last Saturday night
wheua banner and swords were presented to
post Of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
said From the dav tie colonies dissolved
their allegiance to the crown 9f Great Britain
20 the present hour, not ore of them has ever
exercised sovereign power" When q State,
Pennsylvania for instance, takes away the
life of mau Who has been found guilty of
murder i'm the first degree, does Gen. c. con
slider that summary proceeding an exercise of
'sovcteigu power" and if he don't by what
term does he designate it, This, and other
well known attributes OF State government
not necessary to mention, have always been
regarded as the very highest exercise of
sovereign power" but Gen. C., in the pleu-
itude Of his wisdom, may perhaps he able to
show that It is not suppose he essays the
task
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

A DISPATCH from London 20 New York on
saturday last says .'TEe news of Repub-
IicaH victory IN your Presidential contest has
been followed by a q marked faiIall round in
American securities. Every body ON this side
of the water had been led to believe that this
could only happen in the event Of the Dem
O,rats cIectiug their candidate to the Presi-
dcncy" Exactly, and acc0rdinGt to the New
York and Philadelphia papers stocks in the
market in this country are taking the same
direction. This is mot the entertainment that
was promised by the Republican press, and
although the decline both in England and at
home viii no doubt prove TO DE temporary,
Vet If Hancock had been elected the fail i'm
prices would all have Jeou attributed to that
causa and that alone. Such are the dish0n-
est methods Of BepubHcauism.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

DENNIS KEARNEY, who supported Weaver
for President. has retired from political life.
on Sunday last he repaired to- the '>and lot
in san Francisco, where he delivered his own
funeral Grafton to q small crowd Of Green
hackers, seven women, and a goOdly sprink-
ling of city s'rats." In his eUiogy on himself
Kearncy said "Whcn thevenomous tongue
of HYDRA headed sllnder is huShed-when
history and Justice are iuseperabIy welded
then viii my name be pointed to with
pride Friends aud business are now lost
because I champioHed the cause of the peo-
Die. who turned and stoned me to death
Will return to the quiet walks of life, but my
spare moments will be at the disposal Of the
people" Farewell, Dennis and may it be
a long aud lasting farewell.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

AT Land League meeting at Killiuall0ck,
Ireland. on the 23th Of last month, the Rev.
Nheehy, a Catholic priest, speaking OF land
tenure and landlOrdism. said
There f- nothing for the farmers and tiIIers Of
the existing condition of land tenure or else Co
start Oh rEc.r feet one man at last. md pledge
themselves in the iuTiucihle right of their con
qusriug manhood 90 sweep lTudlOrJism from their
midst cheers I-aEi vow that they viii refuse to
go- Jet the landlords 20 DO they please fCheer--)
No.n--ls1t them 20 90 -, where King VIII
1iam went 90.
Kew. 1Ir. Sieehy-LaudIoriism IS an incubus
tint presses down every faculty 5i mind and body
and straugIe- every energetic and oUferprisiuls
lrI-lfElu-
A yoce-Some Of the farmers are as bad as the
landlords.
Rev Mr. Sheehy-A voice has said from the
crowd that the landlords were better than the
farmers. Ihatis a Ifc. In 1888 the farmers shared
their last crust with the Ia5orers. and last year
the farmers did what they could % employ labor
What did the landlords dOY
A Noice-N0thing
Rev Mr.. Shechy-They borrowed once q million
OF money from the Government. of which ac-
count has been given. That money was subsidy
% maintain the English garrison in this country.
out 10 would not maintain IL now. nor the buck
shot nor bullets Of the police either. LaHdl0rdism
has had a track Of blood through centuries. and it
must disappear through the light Of flashing eyes
and flaming hearts fCheers-l IL has beggaTed,
butchcred and hanished millions Of our race.
tChee-s.l
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

TIE total vote p1lIed in this county at the
late election for the four Presidential candi-
dates was s,GaJ. while the total vote poIled at
the Presidential election in 1876 was 1851
showing an increased vote of 1874. The Re
publican vote increased 9s5. the Democratic
vote Dos. the Greenbacs vote 81. and the Pro
hibition vote o. The increase Of the Rrpub-
licau vote within the limits of the old District
Court is TsS, and the increase of the Demo
cratic vote within the same jurisdiction is
1g4. The increased vote in the balance OF the
county is 3G2. of which 195 is Republican, 10f
Democratic, q Greenback and9 Prohibition.
A careful study Of these figures viii throw
flood Of light on the result of the late election
in this county.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

THE editor of the Altoona Tribune, who is
always wise after the fact, complacently re-
fers to his political forecast Of Cambria
county, and claims that every prediction
made by him ''was fulfilled by the voters.
He predicted that BOggs would have ma
f0rfty Of 800 over Banner within the limits
of the District Court, which was fulfilled"
by the voters giving him a majority Of 656.
This was the only prediction, if we mistake
not. upon which he vcstured, and the result
shows that he don't know anything more
about the politics of this county than does
the Kingof the Cannibal islands. And yet
lie is not happy, and probably never Will be
I'M less he can get his readers TO believe that
the FREE,IAS called him q "liar."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

AS THE RETT rms of Tuesdays election
from this State approach completeness it be-
comes more and more manifest that Hancock
was defeated in the two cities of New York
and Brooklyn. Had those cities given the
democratic maiOrities which the party had a
right to expect from the registration and
which the best informed Republicans concc-
ded, General Hancock would have carried
the State OF New \ OTk and would have been
elected President Of the United States. All
the rubbish Of the Republican organs as to
the voice of the people sensible men take
at Its true value, and as neither in the city of
New York nor yet in the CITY of Brooklyn did
the Democratic votes recorded at the polls for
Hancock and English bear their natural and
Legitimate relation to the Democratic votes
registered before the election, the Democrats
OF the Union cannot be expected to dismiss
the national disaster of 1880 without grand
inquest into its causes 1t is absolutely Ger
tain that majority of the voters of the Uni
ted States are Democratic IL 1880 as they
were in 1876. We know how the majority
were defrauced Of their votes deposited for
their candidates in 1876. Why was the can
didate Of the majority in 1880 defraudcd of
the votes OF the majority ~ J. World
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

MUGGLETONIAN POLITICS.-A good many
centuries ago there was sect Of people who
declared that it was their right and power to
bless all who favored them and acted with
them, and that those whom they cursed or
opposed would surely suffer the blight Of
eternal damnatiOn. They were called Mag
gletOHians,' and were very fair prototypes
of the Republican party Of to-day. They
claimed that the Creator OF the universe had
gone to sleep in some obscure corner Of his
dominiuuS and had left them to be the au-
thOTS of every blessing. The sun, moon and
stars were Jut the messengers of their viii.
They claimed supremacy over the wind and
the rain. Likewise our Republican friends
roll up theIr eyes and thank themselves that
The people have voted ia favor Df their own
welfare and prosperity byy0tiHg to keep the
Republican party in power and they give
the assurance that the dynamic and atmos-
phcTic influences CScItcu from Republican
headquarters viii still be welded for the
benefit OF the country. II these naughty
Democrats had got into power, frcShets and
hurricanes and premature frosts would have
5iighted the crops and ruined the prosperity
of the country. The happieSt feature about
the 'MugEiCJonian' system Of politics is the
belief that their party can do no wrong
General Garfield publicly congratulatcS him
self tHat the result of the election is a Sindi-
cation OF his personal character from a cam
paiCn Of abuse and SlaHdcr-but il Is rather
a declaration of the Republican party in the
infaliiblity of its leaders. In their creed
Republican statesman can do no wrong
Democrats may be guilty OF all sorts of
crime, but the words which signify falsehoOd
theft, forgery and perjury are not found in
the ''MugElctonlau'' lexicon. He that Is a
''Mugglctoni8u' Is necessarily without sin
and crime Itself, such the purchase Of
votes, the forgery Of election returns and the
commission of perjury to OvertuTn the voice
OF the people becomes virtue when il is
committed in the interests OF the Republican
party Ia this cause vice of all kinds is
apothco>iZed as virtue and worshipped be
canSe IT has been successful, and the PTesi-
dent elect Concratuldtes the public that the
saints have once mnTe been triumphant over
the sinners POttSri}c Standard.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

ALMOST YcUNG AGAIS-NTv mother was
afflicted long time with neuralgia and a
dull, heavy, inactive condition Of the whole
system headache, nervous pru>tration, and
was almost helpless. No physician or medi-
clneS did lier any good. Three months ago
she hogan to use Hop Bitters, with such good
effect that she seems and feels young again
although over 40 years old. We think there
i no other medicine fit 10 uSe in the family
\ lady in Providence. II. /. yo.lrnaL
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

THERE Is a BALM N GTLEAD.-Thc sue
crs, which has marked the introduction OF
Cream Balm, Catarrh remedy, prepared by
Ely Bros, Owego, y. y, is indeed marvel
Gus Many persons in Pittston and vicinity
are using it wish most satisfactory results
A lady down town is recovering the sense Of
smell which she had not enjoyed for fifteen
given up her ease a. incurable. Mr.. Barber
the druggist has used it in his family and
commeuis il very highly. In another col
umu Young Tunkbannock lawyer, known
TO many of our readers, tcstifieS that hc was
cured OF partial deafness. lt is certainly n
very eflicacious remedy PutstoH (Pa.) Ga.
zefte, Aug. il, 1879.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12
Gambria freeman.
EsENssURc. PA,
FRIDAY. NOV. II. 1880.

IT is now defnately ascertained that Han
cocks majority in California is between t'co
and three hundred, but that one of the cleo
tors, Judge Terry, who killed David c. Bro
derrick in a duel over twenty years ago, iwas
scratched enough to defeat him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

How GEN. HANCCC!l TAEES IT,-As Gen
cral Hancock was walking from his residence
to the Army Headquarters huildng, ou Gov
eUnOr's Island. on Thursday morning. Ec was
met by New ! oTk Telegram reporter.
'WcH, General, may ask what YOU think
of the result Of the Presidential election 90
inquired the reporter.
1T would require too much space in the
Telegram to print all my thoughts; therefore
/ will content myself with saying: Personal
ly, do not feel badly because / am not elect
ed. OF course, | regret that the Democratic
party, OF which am proud to be 4 member,
has been defeated. 1t is great disappoiut-
mcHt to all Of us when we fail to gain a vic
tory i'm behalf of the faith and principles
which we advocate It Is my wish that il bc
understood that ] have no grief on nay own
account. The man who assumes the duties
pertaining to the Presidency Of the United
States has W0meut1U- task TO perform" "
"WhOm do you blame for your defeat 30
Certainly not nay friends, and il was per
feCtv natural that my political opponents
should work FOR their own interests
''Bus, General, some OF your friends have
STATED that
= "Oh, never mind" interrupted General
Hancock, the campaign is over, and the
true Christian spirit is 90 forgive and forget
To turn the subject the reporter remarked:
cit is claimed on yOuT behalf, General, that
although You will moi have sufficient votes in
the Electoral College TO make you President,
YOU have received the majority of the popu-
lar vote of the country
"That may be so. We shall know when
the exact returns are in from all the rural
districts in the different States. But, be that
as it may, l have the pleasure Of knowing
that ! have hundreds OF thousands Of true
friends who rendered me the compliment Of
their votes. To merit the esteem and kind
wishes Of these people Is the desire nearest
my heart. have always tried to faithfully
serve my country in the past, and it is my
earnest intention to pursue the same policy
in the future, whatever may be my station in
life
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-12

WHILE james Young, a coloTed man, who
occupied frame house on Eighth street,
Washington, was at church Friday night the
house caught fire and two children asleep in
the upper story were burned to death.