The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-12-23
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.

{ OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
THELATE COLONEL LFoRNEY-JoTTINGs UPor
: DIFFERENT TOPICs-NO EXTRA SESSION
HE HAS WEAKNESS OF THAT KIND
LIVELY TINE ExPECTED-THE GRANT
/ CROWD TO THE FRoNT-THE ERA OF IN
VEsTIGATION--THB ELECTRIC LIGHT
DEATHS OF CEETENARIANs-FROZE FISH
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Is, 1881.
Especial Correspondence OF the Freeman
DEAR HENRY-The death of John Weir
Forney was attended with more genera
manifestations of sorrow than the death OF
any man that has taken place in this CITY fol
many years, if indeed there ever was a death
/ in Philadelphia so universally regretted =
upwards OF SIX thousand people passed thro
the parlor to take last look at the face NJ
the man who for nearly half a century had
occupied prominent position in the historv
or the country, and when the doors were
finally closed, in order that the remains p,i9bt
be prepared for the grave. there v1ara s3iii
thousands on the street seeking TO obtain adj
mission and take a last look at the GREAT
american journalist. Nearly every trade
PIViessIoh tpS ana walk IN life was represented
III the moving line which passed around the
casket The features of the dead Journalist
( wore a singular life aSpect-so much so that
/ Ihere was even trace of the genial smile
WIZ VIII when wnich ne was wont to greet his friends
ana acqualntances. Never was any mans
death IN this city more sincerely depIored.
JoTTINGs UPON DIFFERENT TOPICS.
a silk fair is to be held at Georges Hall
! IN TINS city, from the 25th of January to the
/ oth OF FEBRUARY, which, it is claimed, will be
the granaeSt and most interesting exhibition
/ ever held IN this country.
A careful examination of the nhvsioono
/ Inles OF the Phiadelphians who persist in vi
oiatIhg the law OF decency by smoking on the
Platforms Oh street cars reveals the fact that
newspapers. N'N' VIC
those who have carefully and inteIlioent-
~ read the published reports of the proceed
!!ngs oI the Gulteau trial cannct have failed
10 come TO the conclusion that Guteau il a
bigger" man than Judge Cox
II Lieutenant Flipper has really not dis
graced himself, he discredited his race ana
MS career has not made it easier for ambi
army. " 0
Never was there 4 brighter prespect for a
SuccesSful race for the Speakership of the
houSe OF representatives than was opeDsd
up 1Or Mr. Hiscock last spring: but There
is many Slip twixt the cup and tbe lin .
Inc bitter cup that was pressed to the Inns
OF Garfield is now being pressed to the Tps
of all his friends w "E'
,,o IN n 3 speaking of Speaker Keifer the sarcas-
TIC New Y ork San says "He is the Iigbtest
weight eyer promoted to so heavy A piaca
Inc Philadelphia Record remarks "Dayv
DAVIS great game is teetOr. Which ever
way he goes he tits the other party -
Mrs. Langtry has stood a IRVING ordeal
ana mas now nothing to fear She has sue,
ceeded ln giving asucceSsful dramatic renre
sentatlon before an audience made up of her
own associates and friends.
70 EXTRA SESSION.
The refusal OF Governor Hovt to call ~,
extra session Of the Legislature together dur
ing the present winter renders il certain that
the Senatorial, Representative and ,Judiciai
districts OF the State will remain as they now
are until the meeting of the Legislature in
January, 1888. The refusal of the Governor
10 call the extra session will save the peopIe
some two hundred thousand dollars Bv nor
redistrlcting the State in 1882 no real harm
VIII oe done, for if the present CONGRESS-
should pass an appoItiOnment bill giyin1
iennSylyanIa one or two members they can .
be elected as candidates at large as was done .
on former occasion. Therefore no real or .
an extra session of the Legislature and nv /
clectlng Senators and Representatives in the (
present districts next November. but the .
good will be done OF saving the State nearly
two hundred thousand dollars.
he HAS A WEAKNESS OF THAT KIND.
1t has long been known that Gen. Logan /
mas been troubled with the weakness of de- :
SirlnG TO become President, ana it is believed (
by shrewd judges that Logan's real purpose
IS TO retire Grant third term candidate /
IN order to make room for himself for first !
term IN 1884. Although Logan failed in the
last Congress to get the Senate to pass bill /
placing Grant on the retired list of the army /
with full pay, he is determined to put tie
thing through this session, on the very first /
day OF which he rode the sar.-- noLby INTO
i5 1tie e Ie mas no enaIne in hIm or he 1
W0uId HoI De gritty of such a cheeky, shame !
ful Is.erTormance, and if Grant had the least !
sense OF shame in him he would not permit /
such dOinPs. Grant is richer to-day than
Washington, Jackson and Lincoln's fortunes /
combined, and if his love of money did not
50 !aESeiy oveE6aiance his self-respect he /
would promptly and peremptorily forbid the /
further consideration of Logans bill. Grant /
has now no more connection with the army
of the United States than a man who never !
was in the army; and, more than that,
man Ike Grant who is worth a million OF !
dollars, is not a proper person to be placed
upon the retired list. The generous gifts of
the people have made Grant pecuniarly indie
pendent for all time to come, and no Demo-
crdt worthy of the name would aid Logan in
his scheme to make himself President.
LIVELY TIME EXPECTED
A lively time is expected in the Democratic
ranks over the choice of delegates to the
State Convention. Some Of the friends of
City Controller PattisOn are working hard to
get him the delegates from this city for Gov
eInOT. Numerous Philadelphians, however,
think that he had better remain where he is.
Hence his candidacy will be opposed by
many of the most prominent Democrats in
the city. He is not tbs choice of the Demo-
cratic ranks of this city by any means
THE GRANT CROWD TO THE FRONT.
spired with the effort being made to launch
a carpetbag government in Mississippi
Moses, Patterson, and the rest of the fugi-
tive carpet-bag plunderers, are plucking up
courage with the conviction that there are
years OF good stealing in the Southern States
vet. All the old Grant regime thieves have
lively hope of spOis in the future under
the administration of the martyred GaTfeld'S
successor. The attempt to set up a rump
government in Mississippi, to be sustained
and supported by Federal bayonets. has re-
joiced the stalwarts, whose revel has begun
again with music by the full band.
THE ERA OF INVESTIGATION.
The revelations in the Tax Office inYesti-
cation confirm what was first stated. The
investigation of the Aims House has begun,
and the only apprehension felt is on account
of the Guardians of the Poor having employ
ed able and astute lawyers, who act as if
they intend to take charge of the case. In
the inquiry into the management of the Gas
Trust, the Judges have set it aside by a mere
technicality, the power of the City Solicitor
has been taken away, and the criminals are
screened by the statute of limitation. Judges
I are merely men subject to passions, and
their decisions are such at times as TO sug-
gest that their election might with prOpriety
be withdrawn from partisan influence. Per
! haps it is good for the order of society that
/ the decisions Of the Court are received as
. law.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Chestnut street at night is not as light as
day, but is lighter than it ever was before
/ The electric light on Chestnut street is fairly
/ satisfactory now, but after awhile the illu-
, mination will be even more brilliant. As it
/ is, everybody prefers the new light to the
gas light, and there is no doubt about the