The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-06-11
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.


Lie COUNCIL-PHILADEL a CEN
TURY AGO-REFORMED PRESBYTE-
RIANS-YORKTOwN PAGEANT-DE-
CLINEs a ARENoMINATION-A
MENT OF CONGRESS.
PHILADELPHIA, June Z, 1880.
To the Editor OF the Cambria Freeman:
As write the Presidential wrangle Is
still in progress, and as to the result at
Chicago everything is in doubt. Had
the nomination been forced on Saturday
night, Blaine would have been the vic
tor, but Just now all is uncertainty On
Saturday night everything was favorable
for Blaine. but his managers were not
equal to their opportunities 1t was
happy thing for the Republican party
I that Bob IngersOll was at Chicago. Had
/ he not been there the Presidential wran-
/ glers would no doubt have desecrated
/ the Sabbath But for that good man,
! Bob IngersOll, the party of great moral
! ideas would have fractured the third
commandment Had the wrang,e gone
on after u o'clock on Saturday night
/ Bob would have been awful angry about
( it. At this writing the Cameron Penn
/ sylvania ranks are shattered to frag-
ments.
THE DIVIDING OF NEW YORK.
In my last letter | spoke of New Ork
Z city talking about seeding from the
/ State of New York. The scheme is not
/ a new one. as it was talked about in the
/ days of Tweed. The public would be
surprised at the great number of prOmi-
nent citizens of both parties who are
identified with the movement. Party
politics. it is said, is not at tie bottom
/ of the movement, which is more in op-
position to the alleged persistent hostile
legislation of the rest of the State against
{ New York. As before stated, the pOliti-
cal reform society has been organized to
/ bring matters before the people in pub
/ lie address. The address viii be bust
! ness-like presentation of pOlitica! and
/ economical facts, going to show that it
is for the interest of the State entire that
/ the separation should be made.
Would it not he well, if the project of
dividing New York State be carried out,
to name the new State Tammany, mas
much as the scheme is not a new one,
but was talked Of in the days of Tweed.
BY the way, too. if Pennsylvania is di-
vided and Philadelphia city and Il few
adjoining counties be Incorporated into
4 a State. it wouldn't he bad idea to call
+ it Tammany also. as a century ago st.
/ Tammdny's Wigwam was famous re-
. sort on the banks of the Schuylldi, in
/ this city. ! es, 10y all means let both
new States be named Tammany. May
! we not have two Tammany States as
/ well as two NiTginias, two CaTOlinas,
I two GeOrgias, and two TeunesSeeS. The
/ proposed New York Tammany would be
/ composed Of the counties of New Y Ork,
/ Westchester and Richmond, together
with Long Island, which altogether have
more than One-haif the population of the
State, and what is more interesting, they
have one hundred thousand Democratic
majority. In spite of the bitter hostility
/ between the New York and Brooklyn
I rilgs, John Kelly would stand fair
/ chance Cf being It's first Governor.
THE CLOSING or TIE COUNCIL.
The ceremonies of the first Provincial
: Council of Philadelphia. the greatest
event III the annals OF this diocese, CON
cluded at the Cathedral with an ornate
ritual OF the most imposing character
! The Cathedral was packed with wor-
shippers. in some places persons being
obliged to stand on the pewS in order to
obtain a view of the altar. The altar
was prOfuSeIy decorated with flowers and
/ cleaned with many lights The drapery
was of rich lace. with gold trimmings,
and the ArchbishOp's tmOnc was hung
with heavy curtains of yellow silk, held
up by tassels Of green aud gold. The
. Archbishop and his suffragans were
rObed in full canOnicalS. The Council
officers and theOlOCians wore cOpeS heav-
. lily embroidered with gold, and the parish
! prieStSwOreWhite OTnamCnted ChaSuUleS
Bishop Mullen, of Erie, well known in
Cambria county, having years ago pre-
sided over the churches in JOhnStOWn
and Wilmore, preached the closing ser
mon, taking his text from the gospel of
the day-Luke. 18th chapter and 10Th to
oath verses-Which relate the parable OF
Christ in reference to those who offered
excuses for absenting themselves from
the marriage feast. The Right Rever-
end speaker concluded with a mastery
and eloquent argument in support Of the
doctrine of the chief of the Apostles
having been constituted the head of the
Church. The sermon was an able and
eloquent effort, and was listened to with
the greatest interest.
The various DEGREES agreed upOn by
the Council during its session were an
nOunced preparatory to being transmit
ted to Rome to receive the POpe's cOniir-
nation. Probably the most important
decree was that in regard 90 secret or
carnations. While the Council discuss.
ed at length Mollie Maguireism in con-
nectiOn with the Ancient Order of Hi.
bernians, it did not connect the latter
order nOmiually with the former in the
decree. The paper reiterated the fre.
queut warnings Of the clergy against the
evils wrought by secret societies or DO.
dies, and called attention to the action
. of Archbishop Wood ia refusing to ad-
minister the SacramentS of the Church tC
known members Of secret organization
in this diocese. In considering the sub
ject of the Archbishop's action in with.
holding the sacrament under such CIR
cumstances, there was general expression
of opinion among the clergy that the
Holy See would sanction the course ta-
Ken by the Archbishop
PHILADELPHIA \ CENTURY AGO.
In last week 5 letter the notes on Phil
adelphia in I1S5 were concluded by Civ.
ing the number of lawyers at that date
In l1Sj Philadelphia had serenteca min.
isters of the gospel, and of the seventeen
five were PresbyteTians. four Episcopa.
lianS, two Catholics, two BaptistS. one
Calyinist, one Lutheran and one Jewish
pastor. There are now in this citv near
ly SIX hundred churches, meeting houses
and SynagOgues The MethOdiSfS have
ll2 churches Presbyterians. 100: Pro
teStaUt EpiscOpals, a Baptists. 90
Catholics, II; Dutch and German Re-
formed, 20; Lutheran, 36 Friends. 13
Hebrews, Il; Reformed EpiScopalians,
3; UniversaliSts, 8 Christian Independ-
entS, I MOravians 3: Swedenborgians.
3; United Brethren in Christ, 3: Dunk
ards, ,; Church of Christ, , Bible
Christians, l. and Christadalphians /
From a series of systematic invest ira-
tiOnS of the Philadelphia Times into fhe