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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

AARON a. SARGEANT, whose term
of Office as a Senator from California ex-
pired three years ago, was nominated by
Mr.. Arthur on Friday last to be Minis
ter to Germany. While in Congress,
Sergeant was the friend of any legisla-
tive job that would pay, and so Of
fensive did he become to the people of
California, that he was burnt in effigy
in various parts of the State. He COW
eted the Office of Secretary of the Inte-
rior, and it was believed for a time that
he would be appointed but the protest
against it was so universal that Mr.. Ar
thur recoiled from his alleged purpose
of making him member of his cabinet
Being in such bad Tepute in his own
country, upon what theory can Mr.. Ar
thur justify his selection Of him as the
representative Of this government at
Berlin The fact that he was in favor
of Grant for third term is the explain
alton. George W. Curtis, the so-called
civil service Teformer, says of the NOM
ination, 1T is pretty hard on Germany.
Brief, but comprehensive.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

PRESIDENT ARTHUR aStOniShed the
Senate, as well as the entire country,
by nominating on Friday last his best
friend, Roscoe Conkling, to be an AssO-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, in
the place of Ward Hunt, of New \ ork,
resigned. Is Conkling qualified to fill
the position ? His personal integrity
has never been questioned, and that is
the very highest tribute that can be paid
to a man who has spent fifteen or TWEEN
wears OF his life in Congress, while the
fact that he is gifted with great intel
lectual power. has been abundantiy es-
tablished by his career in the Senate.
These are two of the requisites in a COM
petent Judge Of the Supreme or any 9TH
er Court, and COnkling possesses both
of them. Nor does The fact that he has
always been an active politician prove
his unfitness. Roger b. Taney, next to
John Marshall the greatest Judge who
ever sat on the bench of the Supreme
Court, was a bitter politician and so
were Mclean, Story, Nelson, Woodbury.
Grier, Clifford and Chase, and yet they
were all able and conscientious Judges.
The stumbling-block in Conkling's nom
nation is that he has never been regard
ed as a profound lawyer either in New
York or in the Senate. How could he
be? A poet is said to be born such, but
that is not the case with a lawyer, who
must acquire greatness by hard study
and laborious application. Conkling
might have become a great lawyer had
he never gone to Congress. Twenty
years service N the two houses will ney-
er of itself fit a man for the proper dis
charge of high judicial functions. Who
would have ever thought of appointing
Henry Clay to a seat on the Supreme
bench OF course Henry Clay knew a
great deal about the law, but he was es-
sentially a party leader, and Conkling
occupies the same position. This is our
view of the nomination, and yet if Mr.
Conkling accepts possibly he may, as has
sometimes been done by others, 'signally
disappoinS those who now doubt the
propriety of his preferment.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

LOGAN's bill authorizing Grant to be
placed on the retired list of the army
with the rank and grade of General ana
with pay accordingly, passed the Senate
last week. Five Democrats voted for
if viz Brown. of Georgia Jones and
Call of Florida; Ransom, of North
Carolina. and Davis, of West Virginia.
David Davis. of Illinois, who prides
himself upon being politically neither
fish. flesh nor fowl, but party, and
very heavy one, all unto himself, also
voted for the bill. So much has been
said about this Grant pension grab dur
ing the last and present session OF Con-
gress that we will only now refer to the
part played by the Republican leader OF
the Senate, Edmunds, Of Vermont,
when a bill retiring Gen, Shields with
the rank of Brigadier General was be-
fore that body three or four years ago.
The bill passed the House with only SIX
votes in the negative, and when it went
to the Senate the Republican majority
amended it by adding the name of Grant
and retiring him in precisely the same
manner as provided for by Logan's bill.
Edmund's made n speech against the
bill as amended and defeated it. After
quoting the statute regulating the re-
tirement of army officers, he said:
'Does either Of these distinguished SOL
diers fall within the principle of this statute?
Every Senator who hears me must answer
4 s.F
the conditions which the statute imposes.
Neither of them has served for forty or for
thirty years in the regular army of the Uni
ted States neither Of them has become ply
sically ncapacitated to perform military
"TOo much cannot be said Of Gen. Shields.
He has been, as | believe; a good citizen and
a brave soldier and has served in two wars.
So have scores of other officers :; so have hun
dreds of subordinate officers in lower ranks
than he; so have thousands and tens Of
thousands private soldiers for whom the
law has made no provision and it can make
no provision and therefore this species Of
legislation is partial it is unequal, and it is.
therefore, unjust"
If the position taken by Edmunds
three years ago was sound, it is equally
valid now. but when the Logan bill was
before the Senate last week Edmunds
made it convenient to be absent. He
wasn't ashamed to raise his voice in op,
position to bill for the relief of poor
old General Shields, an Irishman and a
Democrat, whose body had been riddled
with bullets in two wars, but when it is
proposed to pay a yearly bonus of some
thing like fifteen thousand dollars to a
rich man like Grant. who only couple
of weeks ago tented pew for a year in
a church in New York at a thousand
dollars, he forgets all about the statute,
knows that Shields is dead and can't be
damned with his feint praise, stays out
the Senate and permits the measure tC
pass. The bill will probably receive the
sanction of the House, and then it viii
be in order TO ask. what the Pittsburgh
Chronicle, a Republican organ, wants tC
know, rs there anything more we car
do for General Grant ?''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

TIE RIGHT SPIRIT-The following from
the Clinton Democrat we commend 70 the Sc
rious attention of our readers. It Is so aupIf
cable that every one may profit thereby
The matter Of Improvement should be one rf
louesl pride on the part OF every citizen T--a g.,
@ class OF people who arc destitute or such pride
out these are lacking in the qualities that go Cd
make up good citizeus- when "a msu BE- So selfish
that he cares only for his own personal comforts oi
living. ne Is no longer worthy uIrrgtcrD society.
for society claims service from every inlivid-
ual member.
1t may be in accordance with the personal taste
OF a certain person 90 live iu % hut. % plant no
trees. 10 dispense with all aiu-uuCu-s iu the
building of his house and % live without the com
forts and convenience Uf Eas, water and the like
but this man BE- bad citizen because he is merely
consulting individual aud peculiar tastes and not
the interest and hCueht of the general public. It
may be agreeable % the feelings OF one man o.
pathyot his fellows and taking part i'm their en-
terHrises. whether financial, social literary be
neToient or religious such one does not c6uziI-
CT that he rs one OF community uf his fel11vIue
with whom he is bound iE common social bonds l.
obligation.
The fact is. are linked together in the ties OF
community that each one of MS is Justly expnrtel
70 90 his part towards making our common home
brighter, more prosperous, and a more a1vauta.
geous place in which 60 live. i is not more !
matter OF privilege than OF duty - aid by Iuivfd-
peEty OF ones own place Ol residence He -uhr
feels no desire that his own town shouII rank vel
among other towns Of similar age and opportunity
but s content that other places shall olIFrr0 20 In
all that makes live place. is deficient ln Iht
quantities OF an American citizen.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

Legislature five regularly elected mem
bers'of that body and seated five un-elec-
ted men in their places at the point of
the bayonet. Such a fraud was never
before attempted by the most reckless
politicians in that State or any other
State in the Union. When Grant was
President, he revolutionized the politics
Of Louisiana by ordering Gen. de Tro-
BRAND at the point of the bayOnet to I'M
seat regular members, and it was Grant
who while President set the example of
the returning boards of that Presiden-
tial election. 1t was the villainy of
Grants act in the Louisiana infamy that
inspired the gamblers in politics in the
States of Florida and South Carolina.
1t was through Grant that a large ma
jority of the voters of the Union were
deprived of their rightful President,
thus excluding thom from the rightful
control of the Executive power of the
government since the 18th March, 1877.
Grant is not half as deserving of the
honOrs heaped upon him as hundreds of
other Northern Generals and army Off
/ GERS. If all of Grants failures were as
/ fully and freely commented upon as has
| been his successes, instead of being
/ eulogized and extolled for his greatness
/ he would be deTided and scoffed at for
( his littleness. The fact that Gen. Grant
/ with a very large army, well supplied
and equipped, caused Gen. Lee with a
very small army without either arms or
| supplies to surrender, is rot at all Suffi-
cient to inspire theAmeTican people with
an undue estimate of his great general
ship. Gen. Grant did not fight it out on
/ the line he so vauntingly bOaSted he
would do, ''if it took him all summer, -
but he allowed General Lee with an
army of 20, 600 men to cause him with
( an army of 200 600 men. to take two
/ summers and two winters to swing
around the circle, and in edging his way
to Hatcher's Run, in series of disas-
ters and to sacrifice the lives of more
men than Gen. Lee had in his whole
army. 1t was not until after Gen. Sher-
mans successful march through the
Southern States to the sea, and cutting
I off all of General Lees supplies, that
, Gen. Grant with an army of 100, 900
men better armed and equipped than
any Union army ever was before forced
Gen. Lee with a mere skeleton Of an
7 army without either arms or supplies,
/ naked and starving, to evacuate Rich
( mOnd and surrender at AppOmati X.
, When David killed GOliah. it was a
genuine victory. David being mere
STRIPPING of a boy, and Goliah huge
giant, but when a giant whips little
boy. as in the case of Grant thrashing
/ Lee, the victory cannot be regarded as
either a genuine or brilliant one. The
. hOnOring Of Grant by placing him on
the retired list with the rank and pay Of
! q General, is an injustice and an insult
to hundreds of Drawer and more deServ-
ing Union soldiers.
Are there any Of the 3O6 brass collars
worn in Cambria county? G. y. 5.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

PRESIDENT ARTHUR last week sent
10 the Senate the nomination of ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor and ex-United States
Senator p. j. ). Pnchback, of Louis
lana, to be Surveyor of the Port of New
Orleans. In playing statesman and in
the wild pursuit of Office no other color
ed man in the South has been able to
hold candle to Pinchback. He was
prominent in the villainies of Louisiana
politics during the glorious days of re-
construction and wholesale pIunder un-
der Grant, and since then has been the
most efficient leader Of the Grant wing
of .he Republican party in that State.
John Sherman bid high for the Louis
lana delegation to the Chicago conven-
tion, but Pinchback controlled it, or the
most Of it, in the interest of Grant, and
Grants shadow, BTr, Arthur, has COW
recognized his important services, and
promptly discharged the debt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

IT was two months and half from
the day President Garfield was shot un-
til he died, and a committee Of the
House has agreed.to report a bill paying
the physicians who attended him as fol-
lows DR.. Bliss, $4,000; DR.. Agnew.
1900; DR.. Hamilton. $4,000; DR..
Boynton, $4,000; DR.. Reyburn. $40,
and Mrs. Edison S. 900. No pay will be
given to Surgeon General Barnes aud
Surgeon Woodward, as they are army
officers, but the first named Will be pro-
NOTED to the rank of Major General and
the other tothat of Lieutenant Colonel.
which will carry with it corresponding
increase Of their annual salary. As
suming that these amounts are not ex-
trayagant. at least twice as large as
they ought to be, can any man form an
Intelligent opinion of their proportions
If the President had recovered Z
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

THE st. Louis Ne1gS says that Mrs. Mary
J. Penn, Missouri widow, from Trenton
has been astonishing the new Pension Agent
at Topeka, Kansas. Her soldier husband
was disabled in the ''late unpleasantness," 1"
and drew pension until the time of his
death, in 1877, since which time his relict has
been drawing So per month for herself, and
81 per month for her fourteen children. And
here is the astonishing birth record Mary
F., June g. 1864 William 5, June 20. 1865 /;
Charles N, June 8, 1866; Maybell, July g.,
1867 John C., September 3, 1868 Alice and
Albert, December II. 1869 Oscar and Oliver,
July 20, 1871; Grace and George, August 6,
1872 Jessie, November 16, 1875 Lathe,
January Z, 1877 Ernest. March 9, 1873. Here
the record ends. The husband died in No
vember 1877, and his last child was borr the
March following. making in all fourteen in
fourteen years. Mrs. Penn married second
time year ago and moved to Kansas, and
her pension stopped, but the fourteen chill
dren are entitled to 81 n month until they are
sixteen years of age.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

II ever there was a young hero who
deserved a public testimonial, and big
one, it seems to us that La Vern Null
vey, aged 16 years, of Rochester, n. Y,
ought to be classed in that category.
OF young Mulvey it is related that while
at work in a laundry on Tuesday of last
week, his right arm was caught in some
of the machinery and literally torn from
his body. Racked with pain, almost his
first exclamation was ''What will be-
come of my mother? | am her only
support and what can I do with this 20
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

A NOTABLE FUNERAL.-A Governor, an
Ex-Governor, two Generals, an editor, cler-
gyman, banker and a merchant were the
pail bearers at the funeral of Margaret
HaugheTy, in New Orleans. Numerous so
cieties were officially represented in the pro-
cessiCn, which was hOuOred in various ways
on its route from st. Patrick's (CatholiC)
church to the cemetery, even the brokers
quitting the Stock Exchange to stand uncOv-
cred on the sidewalk as it passed by. Mrs
HaugheTy was of humble origin, uneducated,
and had bOasted of never wearing a silk dress
or a kid glove but she was famous and be
loved as a friend Of the poor children of Lou
ISiana. Many years ago she nurSed dying
man. He had little property which he left
to her for charity. She boaght with this
money a cheap eating house and bakery on
the river front, and sold wholesome food to
steamboat labOrers at little more than cost
'She gave them roll and a cup of coffee for
five cents, to keep them from spending a
quarter for whisky says the account, 'and
they took the roll and coffee, and then spent
twenty cents for whisky all the same. The
business prospered, and she might have &C
cumuated wealth but she established and
partly maintained three orphan asylums with
the profits, and died rich only in reputation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

II SAMUEL J. THDEN were to die
the occupation OF Republican newspaper
editors, like Othello, would be gone.
What Mr.. Tilden don't say, and what
he don't do, are the matters they con-
stantly discuss, one transparent lie
treading close upon the heels of anoth-
er. The latest invention Of these enter
prising gentlemen has just been dis
posed of by Ex-Governor Palmer, of Il
linois, who denies the story going the
rounds of the Republican press, that
Tilden had written to him proposing
that he should run for Vice President
on ticket with Tilden in 1884. Gov.
Palmer says he has not received a letter
of any sort from Mr.. Tilden, and that
he would not for a moment entertain a
proposition of the kind indicated. Mr..
Tilden is to old a politician to be caught
writing letters of that nature
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

HENRY WATERS. of Youngstown, Ohio,
believed in ghosts, and had peculiar dread
Of them. His weakness was known to his
acqUaintauces, some of whom planned a
practical joke at his expense. They man
aged to draw the bullets from the revolver
which he kept under his pillow, and then, in
the night, he awOke to see white robed fig
ure standing at the foot of his bed. Although
dreadfully frightened, he suspected that it
was a Joker. Drawing his weapon, he took
aim and said 81 shall fire when | count
three. One-two--three. 3" The intruder
made no response, and Waters pulled the
trigger. NOimpressiOn was made, of course
and five more shots were fired The mock
ghost laughed hoarsely, and threw six bullets
on the bed, as though he had supernaturaly
caught them. Waters shrieked in terror
Then the ghost threw of his disguise, and
the other meTrymakers burst into the room to
laugh at their victim. But he still gaZed fix
edly. The shock had made him insane
Three weeks have elapsed without restora-
ton of his reason. and it is not expected that
he will ever recover.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

The Committee on Elections has de-
cided the Utah contest between Cannon
and Campbell. The decision is against
Cannon, because he has three wives
more than any one man ought to have,
four being the number to whom he adj
mits he is ''sealed, - as the Mormons call
it, and it is against Campbell because he
received only about fifteen hundred
votes out of the twenty thousand poll
ed. The Committee for these reasons
will declare the seat vacant and new
election viii be held. The report of the
Committee will likely give rise to a
lengthy debate.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

4 NONPAEIEL PRIMER LESSON Our
long, iauks" to quote his own language,
and exceedingly amiabie friend, T.. =. Clark.
city editor of the Council B.urs Llwa5
Daily NCnpaTiel-a gentleman who gur his
"DrOu-lteu up iu this place-hls caU-.. the
prime ~ "a malady from the Denver Tribune,
as witness the following from Ais iae.le PEN
We DO rot often write Primer lgssll4. but are
constrained 10 venture on bue tLl> -be-u-.iul'
Sabbath morning We quote '1eautiiu-' q or
der that the joke intended may us more readily
apgreEeudet by the Naked eye What shall the
IrsJ lesson 5e or- y you lreicr j. vii loo On the
City Elitgr-Ae is such Good subject igr discus
What is that long, lank. Cldaver1us looking.
Emaciatei form Gliding swiftly uu street Ca z.uE
Two steps 90 the Block: That my dears. is tie
you Can. What is Ae good fore he is q sort 8f
ge1er4lissimo of a city al Lz--a= q Tree Lunch
dispenser Iheatcr dead beat; bl1ated pass
holder, feE"Hn- OH street car IIuesI- an ne-.-rrt
NUscc, and rgusrauulr and Deck hand geucraIlv-
a victim of the Fia.s of wrath of public lslagl-.
the central figure Iu IuIiau4tioI. meetings. -He
object Of praise, 4dmiratiuu. searl aud ua-e-au
institution that is regarded - 3 necessary ETfI
good luE anything E.s.2 Ir. YES ng IS .-.F -.-
Writing guIs fog people -ele-llIg. esuce.a.lv
those VINO borrow Their uC--lal--- Iiala- because
they Cau'l afford o. subscribe. That class IS inc
Most persistent lar-guars of -r. .9. sflr.- ~ r7
Iii DE has such thing. lie is ais. the mach ne
that Receives ami D-csrs alb tue 7H.Is. .F human
10y generally and Several counties e. Ierr f-l-l-
with Ute sE-1-r- f52l-i T.. 4 en- 4.
by the Other side il he fails fa give me acts
FrcEeu- y his ligel hood f- Partially remove from
ms ,rTasp 1t q uerHlup5grE demand Go sSlnal-l a
good Item. Is tho city editor ever rr.ra. ....T--
On yes. be is Sometime hauIEe-al. taken
around. And has his Vanity rilkIel Ln good STYLE.
Why is Ilisg Tie object Of this is Tla1n Il Is
generally done 10y .heltlr gers and on. raTErE
mon vs. hat does 10 ugEu- Good Sl5 notices and
T-l3 pulls Does Le -et af.EIH hing else ".- flr-l
es Ie gets O. gIEar and two reserved seat tickets
What does he do with che rfekef-E He gives
them % the beugars and then sueaks in Ike a
thief under the canvass Does he have many rr-
picant- for tickets Well fg7-geuaraTI Ir About
six for Each ticket. Thr must make him il Irr.rv .
Yes, very h1ppy-hc considers 10 half Uf tire trade
L no good Tor anything else7 Well vcz Ea-
WhatE tor a few more years OF This ter--sr--H 2
sphere. hat does hg Do tleus Hedfes. Whore
does Ire then EU2 We cannot Tell. svrar- that lie
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

WHILE nobody will be found to blame Mrs.
ScOvile for feeling a deep interest in the fate
of her blOther the wetched assassin Gui-
teau, most people will agree thai her letter
to Mrs Garfield, begging that lady to plead
for the murderer's pardon, was an outrageous
impeTtinence, nOwise redeemed by the wri-
ter's evident belief that 'the poor mOtherless
boy of forty has been more Sinned against
than SHINING. That he is now "shut away
from the world for months and that ''not a
ray of sunshine, not blade Of grass, not a
flower, not a bud, not friend TO speak q
kind word" are left him, are miSfOTtuneS
which only a Sentimentaist would thinZ of
using as plea to the lady whose husband
was brutally murdered by the creature now
languishing for those consultations. Mr. Gui-
teau and his interesting family have occupied
too much of the public attention for many
long months, and it would appear that they
take gloomy delight IN airing their disgrace
before the world. As a cold matter of fact,
the miserable scOundrel does not pine for
grass or flowers or kind words. He is su-
premely happy in receiving his numerous
visitors and supplying the increased demand
for his pictures and autographs. Instead of
pining in "tOmbIike CELL as he ought to
be doing, he occupies a position full of de-
light to his morbid vanity ard the only pity
is that he will occupy it for some months
longer Boston Pilot
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-03

UNDER the watchful vigilance of the
Committee of One Hundred" elections
in Philadelphia now elect, whereas
when the bosses had full swing the re-
turns were made to elect men regard
less of the votes as they had been cast.
At the election in that city last week,
eight members Of Councils were elected
by majorities ranging from p to 232
The bosses would have laughed at these
figures when they were il the full tide
Of successful experiment, and by their
peculiar methods would have made the
ballOt-boxes proclaim the defeat of every
candidate who was obHoxious to them,
That time, however, has passed away
and will never return.