The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-04-08
Our PHILADELPHIA LETTER.

PHILADELPHIA, April 4, 1881,
Dr,p NICPIKE-The lamb part of the /
,r-~-b uroEamme was left out, the month |
.-.,- -r,t after the same bonine fashion that Z
S1qrEed its entrance.
Gas TRUST CORRUPTION.
Al. the committee men appointed to inves-
. -1ta the management Of the Gas Trust }
TT5-e in finding losses Of Sl,250,VOO charged
In coal, sl25. 600 ON leakage, Sl5O,OoO on IA
s0r, and s., go on pine; When the cAiel Oh
4ha "CfIs RingsteTs,' Mr.. &cMauus, dstdS
sNlcNanes. admitted under oath that it de
Deuded upon mans politics as to whether
b. could procure q contract Tor furnishing
material for the EdS WORKS ne sCuhdeu Jhe
height, depth and breadth OF ne essential
f0tteuness Of Republican boss i1an4-g'neht-
fyery municipal department OF hiIade! Phla
has been transformed into party machine.
Twelve hUDGred puI7tl!rh "Le s11lu % against
pem1rra-v-sOme holding window books,
osEerl projecting rEpeaters, and others again
o,srruftfDc Democratic voters who wish TO
S9st Doruocratic ballots. Philadelphians are
rraduaHv learning that mixing their gas and
sater and street cleaning and municipal gov
eur=ut generally with politics Is a very
5s-.v mixture
a DISMISSAL THAT DIDS T EXCUEP ATE.
The dismissal of the complaint against
Nj SCuils the school teacher who was ac-
er--l Of diSparaging the Catholic religion in
be presence of Catholic pupils, is not by any
efneans q satisfactory eXculpatiOn. Complete
bud stUdioUs neutrality as between creeds in
the official utteTanceS of teachers, Is demand
+sed by the people. The schools are supported
by taxation levied indiscriminately upon cit
izeus OF different cTCedS, and whether Miss
Scuu intended 10 or not, the evidence con-
tcIUsivelv showed that her explanations on
certain religious points were taken, and very
properly, by a portion OF her pupils as reflect
Ing upon the faith in which they had been
Feared.
on THE Downward ROAD.
If we are to Judge from the expression Of
The leading representative Christians OF the
Several churches of the .'CitT of Churches"
there are good reasons for believing that the
EpeOpe of this land are growing worse instead
gf better. One of the eminent cIeTgymeu of
the city Of Brooklyn said iii last Sabbaths 5
Sermon "EUur-Gttls of the BruOkIyiteS are
gOiuE to hell" Another cIergymeu mourned
tLe fact that majority of the BrOOklyuites
went to the theatre, which was as bad as
1eIL" Another said Too many pulpits
are silent on the terrOrs of hell" Another
said There Is too much cUgitatiOn with the
world, " and another "that the church is al
tuEetUCr too worldly One Old stalwart
preacher declared that ''if anything could be
Hone to remedy the lamentabe condition of
tue times and of the people, that it ought to
b. done Immediately" The city Of Nineveh,
il the evil days when Jonah was sent to
preach 90 the people thereof, could hardly
have 8eeu much worse than these good Chris
tian men picture Brooklyn in these the duvs
Dt Christian Education, Propagation of Re
lIgIOus Faith, and Revised Scriptures. There
are times when the good people are called
upon TO Dewaii their shortcomings and con-
fess their sins Let us pray that matters
NvIl not grow worse and wUTse-that this IS
IoL the commencement OF the great dIsInte-
grafton OF All LiliSs social, poAtlcai aud le-
I--og=- Let an AraIl7 ne aroused 10 pray eE
Hud hope. However much ueH may diHer in
opinion. all hearts hunger and thirst for
i------ai4.r7- -r- us dilr t5-ci eiu!r q pLetcu
'itN.ty.t' li=-l -leo-'7i.sa.'s 'liu pllcLisS "i.tC
'e J. .lS... i-otS ny ugIEtool a. L"l se!i'
90. .-'- u g'.Iu y IL..al ti!u E.E1 10 I't poor
- 80 -, ',t" 20. '"-' 'N'''''s VI "
me il-e Oh ieu9ithI eHdiItN.
OUTRAGED PA \ JTEfOTs.
F+-r rav-fuer zI4.rrr piuH-r- Ea,-s u1s-+ f.Ife-
itou4iy. it wa. cruel outrage ON part of At
T. .tgrurr General Palmer tn mar the, nauuiua,s
or oar honorable. legislative uatri,,f, tx tell
iu.r them -hlt they cannot o.. nay for ul,,re
4tHau one hundred DAYS ii i NJ, wonder
the poor fellows of the Legislature, many of
whom u put 10 WORK at any other legitimate
1-'5'Ile79, Wo1Id Hgs oe aole To earn q tIous-
G" 'pt-ai9 III q lile etIiHSi were 20 ItttIluiiy
1l'lli'u ABOUT IT, rs u cohlpeIs theiH 20 get
S""H 10 "oih, "ulcI! lItE shoulu nave gone
.uAa '-"' '!u .gAye II outrageous IN Ihe tN-
tIeu'e- AItel lueae poor leI9WS had Put IN
I'lt titH lhIre AoiJIS dl rlv per Gay, III
va 700 1ad 10 De Iold jlat they "ouId nave
WI b lol 'i''l.iuL anu l!ilI themselves II
~ 80 lt.1.iii % %',.''1 ny uSl'll-Ic us
- -'. - - III TT.'uiUgyht. Plo'dHLtN
l--tiLSl lie olAcipuS- Especially are the
s--,-,5 81 -5,,li!G '.i" nav nc Ntslpie means OIL
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IL and let the siuUIIIaT Pauns,Irgril Iii,ri-rs
f. win, dnnrf yysut pitTar Ic SyLa,,,-l r
himself LET him .bs ,rafbar1sti5nJ -,
patrszt with t9a.t. oIrr.f,sa,I honCraIIe r.,t,i
o. when J reflect thaf Att1ruaI- C.iiraraf
Palmer rpruprubpringr his oath of oaica on
iec+.E rg fine fII4,II rlay.r1prlt rf tba 1,an,as =
iuor4- while hi- nI,iacrinn ,,,. rai,f,IiIa
th4f l. before tHp 11uI4,- vr.,s in IN. ,,,,,,,
faIroyy-- uocL.f. I .t-fuf,. f,e y,ifb DIN,
Hoo because their suaIr..sffDr That the Attor-
h., Generals action was based ON nm worthy
motives too thin to wear. and because the
reOUIa are satisfied that they have ,t last an
ofiter at Harrisburg who. when their inter
4csts are ut stake, dUc- not stand Oh courtesy
nam. g.r,- 10 ..-, 81, .r,- .,,,., -,
1HE III i7' Sill mr. NoNE
II no untOWaTd event shall happen to dis
4laIJ Lue harmony OF nations, nall million
#popualluu OF the United states during the
current year. lue stream Of immigration
1tetunE towards this country for 1881 Is of
Elger volume than ever before. In the
,uTse OF events 1t may happen that there
l-l De more English, ltish and Germans in
p tAlleu states than III England, Ireland
AAa Germany combined. The present pop
I lauJu OF Germany Is about forty five mil
on sous, ana the whole area OF land occu-
Pc ny 'He Germans IN Europe VIII not
.-l'llt9il support Jhe people now living
f-tie- MuliItudeS OF them are therefore
Baking their way to the United States
4 TRUE EEFORNER
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