LttCatiwLwgBaamfiwawajiH'.Cgwe-w ' uanwun'iwwav JHIMlJtJWHW'ftWJaWgEfcyil Mwgwjciw !.- LANCASTER DA1LI INTELLIGENCER FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1881. J niLM2MJiLJiaaskiJuaMaM Lancaster intzlhqmctz. FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 14, 1881. The Caucus. The peculiar proceedings at Hairisburg will excite general attention te the cau cus as a political instrument. It seems te be very imperfectly understood even by these who seek te use it; as was evi dent when less than two-thirds of the Republican representatives gravely met together and proceeded te held a caucus, te determine the party nominee. It was manifestly a very absurd proceeding ; but nobody seemed te see it se, and they went en te evolve Mr. Oliver, as the patty candidate, though a full third of the party representatives refused te par ticipate in the meeting. When it was ascertained at the meeting of the pre. posed caucus, that se many Republican members refused te- attend it, the at tempt te held a caucus should have been at once abandoned ; for the simple and geed reason that one could uet be held. Fer a caucus that does net embrace all the party representatives is net a caucus; and when it does net have enough of the members of the majority attending it te elect its candidates, it is nothing mere than a conference. The virtue and the vice of the cau cus as a political machine, is its power te bind all the members of a party te support a party man, even though they de net approve him. It is a yielding te the will of the majority of the party by the minority; just as the minority political party in the country yields te the ma jority. In the latter case it is compelled te de se by the laws ; but within a party such concession comes as a matter of mutual agreement, because of the neces sity of strengthening the party and en abling it te use its concentrated power. It has come te be a well-recognized law of honor which binds politicians of the most dishonorable kind and of every varying degree that these who assem ble in a party caucus are bound by its de cision. They are se bound because, by participating in a meeting in which it was understood that the majority voice should govern and in which every man was ready te claim the submission of the minority in case his side should be 8uceessful,he could net but submit when it was otherwise. Notwithstanding what may be se plausibly said in favor of the caucus as a msans of uniting a party, it is of very doubtful value. It would be better for the country if it was net numbered among its political machines. Te a party conference no objection can exist : but te the binding of all who attend it te yield their judgment te its decision there is very grave objection. It is te be remembered that here are the represent atives of the party and of the people met te consult as te their action in both capacities. If they were assembled sim ply te decide what was best for the party it might be easy te say that it was best for them te be solidly united en every course of action. But hew can an honest representative of the people consent te submit his judg- tuents require te the decision of a ma jority of his fellow partisans ? lie is net justified in doing it. The most that he can properly de is te surrender his judg ment in matters of miner consequence, or accommodate it when his convictions are net strongly adverse. But no inde pendent representative should relieve himself of responsibility for his vote, or cast it where he thoroughly believes it is wrongly cast, at the behest of any one ; and for this reason we condemn the cau cus that would bind every representa tive te vote as a majority of the mem bers' of his party decide. If the representatives are men of hon est intentions and geed judgment, as they should be, there will never be any difficulty in coming te an agreement as te party candidates, without insisting upon a prier agreement te abide by the majority's decision : and if the represen tatives are net honest and sensible men, certainly the honest and sensible among them cannot be rightly asked te submit te the dictation of dishonest or stupid associates, as the caucus system would oblige them te de. It is a facile instrument in the hands of political wire pullers, giving them but one mere than a half of the party representatives te whip in or buy in, te secure a senator, instead of such number as will amount te the half of the Legislature in joint convention; and it is net at all strange that party managers should esteem the caucus as of prime value. The people will net be likely te se re gard it. The Republican friends of Grew and enemies of the machine will be amply justified by these who sympathize with them, in defeating the holding of the Republican caucus that would have made Mr. Oliver the party nominee and the senator. It would have been the rankest felly for the anti-Cameren ele ment te permit itself te be caught in such a trap ; and everybody who at tended the caucus may certainly be labeled a machine man, an Oliver man, or an ass. Since the regular Republicans of Philadelphia refuse te endorse Hunter and Caven, the reformers discover that Stokley is net se much of a reformer atter all, and the Republican nomina tions of yesterday enter the canvass with no greater strength than the outcome of any et!ir machine management. Politics in that city, with Use reform kickers and the Keim belters assailing the Republi cans en either flank and the Democrats in front, are at all sixes and sevens, and ' Bess" McManes msiy find that while he was parting the raiment with Bess Cameren the people were parting with the uesec . Is Xew Yerk the machine pregramme encountered far less difficulty in the Re publican caucus than it has met inPenn sylvania. In fact in that state the com pel itien was only between candidates or mere or less intensely machine charac ter. By a happy adjustment of the ma chinery Mr. Conkling nominates the man most acceptable te -him, because the most servile ; bat by a bare majority of the cauens, se as te spare the feelings of the disappointed in the largest possible degree. The Press calmly says that if all the Republicans " who entered the caucus accept its action, it would take but a few Democrats te make an actual ma jority of the Legislature and they could probably be secured." Hew secured ? It would be interesting te knew the pro cess by which enough Democrats may be secured te elect the nominee of the Republican machine. Simen Cameren bought three Democrats once ; but that process would hardly be hopeful te secure thirty. TnE "Western Union telegraph com pany with forty millions of stock could be replaced with fifteen millions ; the American Union, whose stock is fif teen millions, cost four te build ; and the Atlantic and Pacific net much mere. These three companies are te be united, with eighty millions of stock, en which the public is te be taxed te pay divi dends. Has Congress nothing te say ? MINOR TOPICS. An official return puts the femiuine " models" in Paris at 675. The pay for a sitting is from 50 cents te $10. Most of the models arc Italian ; thirty are Americans ; 145 have been in the hands of the police. Loek out for Lawrence of Washington county Gee. V, who steed up and was counted among the " kickers" at Harris burg yesterday. He is weak, and may get into the Oliver beat before it leaves the shore. England has enjoyed a mild winter this season. On Christmas Day some gentle" men taking a ramble in the neighborhood of St. Budeaux, near Plymouth, picked no fewer than seven different varieties of wild flowers, all in full bloom ; and in front of a cottage and altogether unprotected, a fuchsia was noticed in full bloom. The grand jury of Essex county, New Jersey, pitting in Newark, closed the pre sentment by recommending the whipping whipping eost as a mode of punishment for wife- beating. They claim that the crime of wife-beating is en the increase ; that im prisenment is a punishment that results often te the injury of the wife and family of the accused without any corresponding reformation en his part, and that, en the whole, the wkipping-pnst should be set up. PERSONAL. Gen Grant has been made president Of the New Yerk world's fair scheme. One of Parson Neuman's jobs. II. R. Stepiiensen, collector of cus toms at Cincinnati for fourteen years, died suddenly yesterday morning, aged 01 yearr. He was first appointed by President Lin coln, was removed by Picsident Jehnsen, and reappointed by President Grant. Jehn Stewart, senator from Franklin and Huntingdon, is one of the strongest men in the anti-caucus movement. He is quiet and has been in the background se far. He may come te the front at any moment and show great speed for a dark horse, Cel. P. A. Benn, of the Philadelphia Press, an accomplished journalist, will ac vuuiniuy cameren .wm iuu)' ou uiuir Southern tour. He will take a steno grapher with him and write letters for his paper from all the leading Southern cities. They go down the Mississippi Valley te New Orleans, across the Gulf states te Key "West, thence te Cuba and back through the Atlantic coast states homo home ward. There has been a great deal of sport in Albany at the expense of Levi P. Morten. nc probably contributed mere substantial ly te the success of the Republican party last fall than airy half dozen of Piatt's or Crewley's friends. He, as chairman of the bankers' and brokers' Republican finance committee, raised the money that saved Indiana and carried New Yerk. His own contribution was very large, and it is said $30,000 of it was given te Mr. Piatt te make doubtful Assembly districts certain He was fooled out of the vice presidency at Chicago, and declined the navy depart ment when Hayes tendered il te him, with the intimation that he could remain under Garfield. New he loses the sena tership. It is a cold day and he is badly left. STATE ITEMS. By an explosion of gas at. the Lucy fur nace, Pittsburg, a bricklayer named Mer man was killed. The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania beard of agriculture will be held in Har risburg en Wednesday, January 26, open ing at 2 p. m. Fanner Geerge Smiley, of Erie county, accidently scratched a finger with a nail. Tuc next day it was terribly swollen, and te save his life the physician amputated the arm above the elbow. This proved unavailing, and he died in horrible agony. At Minersvillc a few days age, while two parties of girls and boys were coast ing ou one of the hilly streets of that town, two of the heavy sleds ran together, and two girls and three boys had their legs or arms broken. The census office furnishes a statement of the population of towns and cities that have a population of 10,000 and less than 30,000. Among them are the following in Pennsylvania : Erie, 27.730 ; Lancaster, se.iaa ; wiiKcsDarre, 23,339 ; Williams pert, 18,934 ; Alteena, 19.716 ; Allen town, 18,064 ; Chester, 14,996 : Yerk. 13, 940 ; Norristown, 13,084 ; Pottsville, 13, 233: Easten, 11,924, and Shenandoah, 10,148. STAUHUO AT A DANCE. Jealousy Induces One Virginia Yenth te tiui Anouier. At a society party-in Ashe county, Va., James Gentry and Dery Dicksen attended the gathering, and Gentry made himself rather mere agreeable te one of the young ladies present than was pleasaut te Dick Dick eon, who made some offensive remark be fore her. He was instantly called outside of the house by the offended youth and taken te task for his impertinence. Het words followed, and several of the ladies approached near enough te hear the talking, and from what could be gathered it seems that Gentry was endeavoring te show his companion hew contemptible his course has been and hew little cause he had te be jealous of the young lady's at tentions Dicksen, who had imbibed free ly of liquor, would net be appeased and drawing a long dirk-knife drove it into the side or Gentry several times. He was found later, lying uhiii the snow, dead, with half a dozen deep wounds in his chest and side. The murderer fied after the perpetration of the deed, but was afterward captured and committed te jail. The men were highly connected and each was about twenty years of age. Editorial Correspondence or IarrniieRfcsu. A KICK. OLIVER NUMUfATKD ELECTED. BUT NOT A Very Formidable Movement by the Anti Anti Cameren Faction. Harrisburc, Jan. 14, 1831. The machine managers of the Republi can party in Pennsylvania are thoroughly alarmed and have geed cause te be. Dis guise their apprehensions as they may, and inspire their subordinates with cenfi dence, they de net see clearly the final issue of yesterday's work. Everywhere you buttonhole Oliver men who te'l you tbat "it is all right," " Oliver will be sen ator," "the first vote next Wednesday will settle it," and the like ; but all this talk is based en simple faith in Quay's power as a political manager and net ou an analysis of the men who stayed out of the Republican caucus, and of whom Mr. Oliver must get 31 te vote for him before he can be elected. It is mortifying and aggravating te the leaders te find that what they supposed was the main fight proves te have only been a preliminary skirmish. The line which they have crossed has only been that of a few outer breastworks ; the stout fortress of the" opposition is yet te receive their attack. The Legislature yesterday morning was composed of two parties ; by evening there were a Left, Right and Cen tre. The delegation from KickerviHe, for once, shows up strong. On Wednesday night, when the news that McManes had carried his strength te Cameren reached Grew and his friends, they realized for the first time what they have hitherto been idiotically blind te, viz. : That the contest for Grew's nom ination within the party must be abandoned, and that all dependence for success based upon the steady support of Philadelphia for a Philadclphian had te be given up. At 12 a. m. yesterday Wolfe, Mapes, McKee and our own Johnny Lan dis agreed te force a movement te reduce the Republican caucus below a majority of the joint convention. Their first proposal was tee sweeping te secure general co operation, but at the caucus in Grew's room at 3 p. in., attended by the following gentlemen, the resolution te stay out of the caucus was arrived at : G. B. Scamans, Lackawanna ; I. D. Mc Kee, Philadelphia; Charle3 S. Wolle, Union ; Geerge E. Mapes, Venango ; Jehn II. Laudis, Laucaster ; Lewis Emery, Ve nango ; W. L. Hardison, McKean ; M. H. Silvcrthern, Erie ; W. B. Roberts, Mont gomery ; J. H. McClay, "Mifflin ; C, W. Ty ler, Crawford ; James Neill, Philadelphia ; Jehn M. Emery, Lawrence; William Rey nolds, Wyoming; J. B. Niles, Tiega; Charles Tubbs, Tiega; G. II. Hun Hun gcrferd, Susquehanna; C. II. Ellis, Susquehanna ; J. Millham, Wayne ; W. T. Davics, Bradfeid ; E. L. Hills, Bradford ; J. Themas. Bucks ; C. S. Kauffman, Lancaster ; G. W. Lee, Venango ; Norten McGinn), Washington; Themas Phillips, Lackawanna ; James Geerge, Luzerne ; Themas Perry, Mercer ; L. Taggert, Cameren ; Ellis Morrison, Lawrence ; James Sill, Erie ; Isaac B. Brown, Eric ; W. P. Braham, Butler ; R. L. White, Petter ; S. M. Leveland, Mer cer ; A. W. Hayes, Erie ; W. Wayne, Chester ; Theodere K. Stubbs, Chester ; Jeseph II. Mais!i, Bradford ; Jehn Stew ? , p-""'-': -":,, V. Lawrence, Washington ; W. B. H.un.,, r...H.i manna ; L. D. Tyler, Crawford. When the Grew rooms were thrown open at 6 p. m. a paper was freely exhibit ed, signed by all the above, declaiiug that in the present condition of things they deemed it inexpedient for the credit of the Republican party and the honor of the commonwealth te caucus en United States senator and declaring their purpose, te give expression te their preferences in the Senate, the Heuse and in joint conven tion. The news, of this movement struck the managers very hard. The young meu from Pittsburgh with fancy scarf-pins, who have been managing O iver's canvass, went around with rash oaths en their lips and whenever a Grew man put up his head it was hit with het argument. When Tem Cooper called his caucus te order, Law, of Philadelphia, "Quay's special investment," very quickly raised the point that the.-e present could uet elect a United States seuatei and he did net want te be bound by their choice unless he could command enough votes te elect him. He was post poned until after the roll call which show ed 98 members present 54 less thau the total Rcpnblican strength and 28 below the number required te e'ect a United States senator. All the a i eve named were missing ; in addition te them Senators Everhart and McCracken aud Representatives Britten. Dcricksen, Lewing and Potts claimed te be in accord with the anti-caucus move ment failed te answer ; and Heyer, Lat Lat euche, Montgomery, Pearce and Wilsen, whose absence vas net explained. Law renewed his agitation when Cooper met it with a resolution that no caucus nominee be declared until he receive a ma jority of all the Republicans in both Houses 77. Law still couldn't sec hew this would elect and quit the caucus. Rud diman, with profuse assurances of respect for the caucus and himself, went out also, I and an hour was given up te the worst sort of speeches putting the candidates iu nomination. Mr. Cooper named William Ward, of Delaware ; Mr. Newmycr , H. W. Oliver, of Alleghany, seconded by Senater Norris; Mr. Reynolds, Galusha A. Grew, of Sus quehanna ; Mr. Hulings, C. W. Gilfillan, of Venango : Mr. Pollock, II. II. Biugham of Philadelphia ; Mr. Flinu, J. K. Moor Moer Meer head, of Pittsburgh ; Mr. Benedict, C. W. Stene, of Warren ; Mr. Colburn, W. W. Koentz of Somerset ; Mr. Beggs, D. J. Meriell, of Cambria; Mr. Euewland, Geerge Sniras, of Pittsburgh. l lie ballets were then appealed te. I ne nrst ballet had this result : uiivcr. .... ......,.......,....... 51 Urew je Snowden 12 Mprrell 2 K entz 2 Stme 2 ninsluun 5 "fillun 5 White e There beiug no choice, a second ballet was i aken as fellows, Koeutz and Bingham having been with Irawn : Grew Snowden Merroll.. Stone i (Mlflllan v strii -...... 3 iiiic ..... 2 Mr. Merrell's name and that of Snowden were withdrawn aud a third ballet resulted: u live i ....,....., 9 Snewilen 2 Ward Wldte " Gilfillan... v.. ... 3 Stene .-. Oliver Nominated. The third and decisive ballet was in de tail as fellows : Fer Oliver Senators Arnholt, Beggs, Grady, Greer, Herr, Keefer, Lantx, Mc Knight, McNeill, Newell, Newmyar, Nor ris, Reyburn, Roberts, Reyer, Smith, Up perman. Representatives Baldwin, Bell, Billingsley, Boyce, Campbell, Clark, Col burn, Davis, Deveraux, Edwards, Eshle man, Flinn, French, Gehman, Gingrich, Graham, Hall, Harvey, Hazlet. Hcwit, Helman, Hoffnagle, Huhn, Klein, Kneas3, Knowland, Leng, Mausfield,Marsball, Mc- Clarran, McCleary, McCoy, ilyer, Mitch ell, Molineaux. Moere, Morrison, Myers, of Snyder, Nebinger, Nesbit, Parkhill, Patterson, Pollock, Pomeroy, Peit, Rice, Ringgold, Remig, Seely, Seidel, Slack, Souder, Spence, Stecs. Stewart, Thomp son, of Dauphin, aud Thompson, of Arm strong, Town, Veegtly Vegdes, Walker and Yerke 79. Fer Grew Senater Mylin, Representa tives Chadwick, Courtney, Peeples, Rey nolds and Snader. Fer Gilfillan Representatives Burch field, Hulings and Myers, of Venango. Fer Snowden Senater Jenes and Rep resentative Server. Fer Ward Senater Cooper and Repre sentative Garrett. Fer White Representatives Brown and Hill. Fer Stene Representative Benedict. Nothing was funnier than the zeal of the Laucaster county members te vote for Grew when it was certain that he could uet be elected. Mylin, Peeples, Ceuitney and Snader " carried out their iustruc iustruc tieus " most loyally ; Eshlemau couldn't be held away from Oliver longer than the first ballet ; and for the rest of the even ingthey felicitated themselves en their unflinching obedience te the will of their constituents, while Kauffman and Laudis had se shamefully deserted Grew's cause by net even going into the caucus te vote for him ! ' After the first ballet Bingham's with drawal enabled part of the Philadelphia delegation te pass peacefully ever te Oliver and Snowden's withdrawal com pleted the transfer. There was net much jubilation ever Oliver's nomination, nor any great glee in the vote te make it unanimous, seeing that the votes which made it se wcic scarcely mere than will be recorded for the Democratic nominee. Christ. Kncass wanted all piesent te sign a paper pledging themselves te never desert Oliver, but the suggestion was discussed as " unnecccssarj among men of honor." Before the balloting had begun, Senater Smiley, of Perry, took his hat aud an nounced that he couldn't stay ; Christ. Kncass could net sec hew the caucus could held him " against his conscience," and he departed in peace. After the caucus the theme of universal discussion was the kick. Ruuucrs from Cameren, Quay and Oliver reported them un terrified and certain of success. They were represented te be pleased that Grew had se utterly ruined himself in the party, aud had no lack of assurances te give that when it came te the final vote, enough of these who had stayed out of caucus would " give expression te their preference for Oliver," te elect him. The position of the Democrats was freely discussed, but there were few about te answer for them. As between Oliver aud Grew it was conceded they would let tlipm "pull Dick, pull DctII," but what they might de when either side came te them for a trade was admitted te be a question that could net be answered until the proposed terms weie announced. Speaker Hewit was in the caucus last night and boldly voted for Oliver He has net yet announced his committees. Their ap pointment is a lever of influence that may be used among the kickers. The appor tionment of the state is a stake that may be played with members of both parties ; and these influences the Oliver people control. On the ether hand the anti-cancus Republicans and Democrats can effect or defeat any measure and con trol the state legislation in both houses. It is a time for Democratic wisdom and the party needs te act cautiously, coolly and compactly, te reap the full advantages of the present situation. It leeks as if neither Oliver nor Grew could be elected without Democratic votes and likely net with them. But the raen who have Oliver's cause in hand are desperate and will play desperately te win. If the Dem ocrats ever get scattered they will set their forces in the field te pick up the floaters. It is hinted that Cameren cannot de better than let a Democrat be elected. He would be in a better position bv havinc undivided control, of the Republican poli ties and patronage ; he could threw the responsibility for such an event en the "kickers." I think if "Vally" Nicely, paster aud folder, could make the senator it would be Capt. McMclIcn. He swears by him. And why shouldn't he ? Vally gets 66 per day for 150 days, and hires a man te de his work for the session at $150 "Cap" doesn't take a cent off him, he assures me, and if he gets a railroad pass, te come up free, te draw his pay, he will quit $300 the winner. W. U. H. 3C.US.CITY OF OYSTERS. Dredging Under Difficulty Laden Oyster iseiits frozen ast. According te the accounts given by men in the oyster trade an oyster famine is impending in the Northern cities, owing te the severity of the frost. Net one ene thiid enough oysters are being brought te New Yerk, it was said, te satisfy the mar ket, and many saloons in the city are without any at all. At most of the great beds it is impossible te gather the bivalves and the only available source of supply is the comparatively small number that can be collected along the shorn by cutting the ice, at 1' rankun, va., Absecem, Prince's Bay and Merris river. Owing te the quan tities of drift ice also it is impossible for tne beats te get up the river te the city, and such oysters as reach here have te be brausjht by rail te the points mentioned. Seme, tee, arc taken te New Yerk by the Old Dominion steamers, and are brought te this city by rail. The supply, however, is se short that even the dealers who avail themselves of these sources have stepped selling at wholesale and supply ing families altogether and reserve all the fish they can get for the restaurant trade. Fifteen or twenty beats leaded with oys ters are frozen up at various points and only await a thaw te hasten te the city, but it would require ten or fifteen days' warm weather te entirely relieve the blockade. Though $15 a thousand is being offered here and there for oysters ordinar ily worth $0, it is grncrally stated that there is no fear of the price being raised ou the ceiisUtnwr, as such a proceeding would enlv drive away custom and injure the spring trade without in any way com pciisatiug the dealers for the tightness of I the market. Blr. Eby en " Water and Apple." Editors of Lancaster Daily-Entetlhjeugcr : A word in reply te the article in your is sue Of 13tii inst., taken from the Alteena Tribune. Blair and the adjoining ceuuties, from which the rural friend of the Tribune writes, have a forest area of from 27 te 58 per cent, according te Secretary Edge's .report en the subject, iu 1877. This we should judge was about the percentage of the forest area of Lancaster and the ad joining counties forty or fifty years age, when apple orchards flourished without difficulty and without much attention te cultivation : yielding fruit in abundance that kept without the aid of ice houses or refrigerateis until harvest time of the fol lowing season. Then we raised our own apples. Ter the forest area of Lancaster has been reduced, according te same re port, te 12.1 per cent, most of which is upon the borders of the county,leaving the interior with Ipss than five per cent. And new we ship apples for our use by the car lead from such counties which, like Blair, still have the requisite percentage of for est te keep the climate sufficiently humid and congenial for the growth of this fruit. At least this is our belief and we have many mere facts that could be produced in its support did time and space permit. We will make a preposition te the rural friend of the Tribune. We have a society that meets once a menMi te discuss horticultural matters, and if he will write out his reasons and the facts and observations en which they are based, leading te a different conclu sion, and send them en, we shall be happy te lay them before our society ; or. still better if he could find time te attend a meeting of our society and give us his views en this subject personally, we will premise him a hearty welceme and a patient hearing. We are always anxious te learn, and open te conviction if in error. Iv is the truth we are after. S. P. Eby. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. Isabella Stout, of Cranston, N. J., was fatally burned en Wednesday night while filling a coal oil lamp with a lighted lamp near by. The wife of Geerge Richards was burn ed te death while alone in her house at Newtonden, Conn., yesterday. It is be lieved she fell upon the stove in a fit. Jehn Voorhees, a wealthy farmer liv ing at S&illman station, en the Bound Broek railroad, was killed by the fast train while crossing the track. At the Republican senatorial caucus in New Yerk, Themas C. Piatt received 54 votes. Crowley 28, Rogers 10, Lapham 4, and Morten 1. Piatt's nomination was then made unanimous. Twe young men of Adair, Me., wanted te be photographed with pistols drawn en each ether. They wi-rc posed before the camera, and the artist was counting the seconds, when one of the pistols went off. The negative and one arm were spoiled. A middle aged couple visited Kansas City en their honeymoon journey, and stayed at the house of the bride's brother. There the bridegroom fell in leve with his wife's niece, wen her consent te an elope ment, and continued his journey with her. Great damage te the cotton aud rice crops in the Seuth is reported from pro tracted cold wet weather. It is estimated that of the cotton unpicked in December, half lias beeu lust uuil lliu icnmiiidcr damaged The rice harvest, according te the sarae authority, is one of the poorest en record. At Sandy Heek, N. J., ene thousand feet of the railway wharf has been carried away by the battering of the outflewing ice The ocean is frozen solid from the point of the Heek te the main channel, the ice being from twelve te fourteen inches thick, and an endless mass of floating ice from the bay renders navigation extremely perilous. The joint Republican caucus of Minne sota Legislature nominated Senater Mc Millan for re-election. On the first infor mal ballet the vote steed : McMillan, G4 ; Ramsey, 23 ; Davis. 16 ; Sa:born, 8, and Grinigar, 1. This vote settled the ques tion and the result of the formal vote was a foregone conclusion. It steed as fellows : McMillan, 78 ; Ramsey, 26 ; Davis, 10. JKWELRY ROUBERS CAUGHT. Failure or a Window Smashing Scheme In Philadelphia. The third jewelry store window-smashing robbery in Philadelphia within a month occurred last evening, but resulted less successfully than the two previous attempts, the thieves being arrested and most of their plunder recovered. About seven o'clock last night three men, who had been seen hovering about Samuel Aicljer's jewelry store, 112(1 North Second street, close by Girard avenue, sud denly clustered closely in front .F the bulk window. One of them smashed in the window with a stone or mallet, and while another held the doer-knb the fel low who had driven in the wiadbw pane and an accomplice thrust their arms through the aperture in the glass, and sweeping together all the jewelry conveniently within reach, dashed off up the street. The third man let go of the knob and ran, tee, the men attempting te run in opposite directions. Mr. Aicher ran out and cave the alarm. A citizen who had seen the exploit respond ed .and chased one of the men who had helped te clean out the window. Eighteenth District Policeman Yeung also joined in the pursuit. The fugitive drew a pistol and brought the citizen and the policeman te a standstill, and escaped. Tenth District Policeman Rusk and Po liceman Yeung then chased the two ether men succeeded in running them down. The prisoners were taken te the Tenth district police station, wh?re they gave their names as Henry Jene3 and (Jiiarles Drexel, both el which are believ ed te be assumed. Most of the jewelry was thi own away iu the flight and recov ered. They were te have a hearing at the central station this morning. An effort will be made te connect them with the re ceut robberies en Eleventh street and Seuth street. A Republican Mew of Thaddeus Stevens. Pittsburgh Time?. Thaddeus Stevens, te whom we alluded yesteiday as beset by a foible, was perhaps as open te ci iticism as any public man of his time. If he had begun te figure en the national stage earlier iu life, he would have been brought iute frequent contact with his intellectual equals, and he might thus have been delivered from some of his weaknesses. But he was an old man and incurable when he was first cent te Congress, where circumstances and the conditions of the time made him a leader whose will was scarcely questioned. He .did less- mischief upon the whole than misht have been expected. A man of powerful intellect thoroughly disciplined in se far as legal practice could discipline it, he knew nothing of history, for which, indeed, he cheiisbed utter contempt. In fact, out side of his profession, he had little posi tive knowledge of any kind, and he nreb- auiy never in ins me ler a moment sns peered his deficiency or thought that he uiigui, wmi iiiivautage, kuuw mere A STRANGE SCKN'E IN COCRT.. The YlalBtiflT, la a Salt for Damages, Testi fying from a Cot SSS.OOO Demanded. Mrs. Henrietta' Deputy, aged twenty eight, the plaintiff in. a suit for $25,000 damages for assault against William H. Hazzard, ex-commissioner of city works in Brooklyn, was eu"Wedncsday afternoon carried into the Brooklyn city ceurr upon a cot. She was wrapped in blankets, ar.d seemed te have been wasted by disease. Her hands were small and almost trans parent, and her dark eyes presented a contrast te her pale face. Her husband, a smooth-faced, black-haired young man, accompanied her.and a number of motherly-looking woman, including a kind-faced Quakeress, tneked the clethiug about her, turned down the ruffle of her night dress, and smoothed back her dark hair. The court room spectators were in stantly moved te sympathy with the afflicted woman, and the hush of a sick room spread ever the throng. The coun sel stepped softly about, and spoke in a low tone. Judge Reynolds transferred his seat from the bench te the witness stand, te be nearer the plaintiff, se that she need net ever-exert herself. Dr. Charles Cerey her physician, sat at her side, and a tum bler of water containing a bent glass tube was placed upon the reporters' table. Mr. Hazzard, the defendant, is a tall, bluii hearty man, with long curling black whiskers and curly hair, shghtlv mxed with grey. He is a wealthy builaer, and be constructed the Brighten Beach hotel. Until last summer he was commissioner of city works iu Brooklyn. He had B. F. Tracy, S. D. Merris and Richard Ingra ham as counsel, while Ceudit & Lamb ap peared for the plaintiff. Mrs. Deputy is the wife of David Deputy, a cousin of Mr. Hazzard. The latter had purchased a house from the de fendant, giving back a mortgage which be came due last spring, and the money was demanded. Mr. Deputy was unable te meet tne mortgage, aud iu response te a nete from Mr. Hazzard he wrote a sharp letter, saying that he had taken the house at Mr. Hazzard's urgent request, and had net expected te be pressed for the mort gage. He offered, however, te sm-icndcr the deed of the house. Mr. Hazzard did no' answer. Mrs. Deputy testified in a low tsne that she went te see Mr. Hazzard en June 4 hist about the mertgage. " I asked him," she said, "whether he had received a letter from my husband. He said he had, but that it wasn't worth an answer. The let ter, he said, was a pack of lies, and my husband was a scoundrel, a liar, and a thief. Hcjsaid that if I said that the con tents of the letter were true, I was a liar. I said that I did net coine heie te be abused, or te have my husband abused. He grew very angry, and threatened te strike me, cal ed me a hussy, and said that there was uet an honest hair iu my head, and that of the two my husband aud I I was the bigger rascal. He hitched his chair towards me as though te slap me, but he restrained himself, and said that if I was a man he would kick mc into the street. I told him that when we took the house there was some conversation about the foreclosure clause in the nieitgagc,aud he said te me, 'that clause shall never harm you, my child.' He further abused me, and said he did net want the deed, but his money. Then he became mero enraged thau ever, and seizing me by the shoulders raised me from the chair, and holding mc in his arms, shook me violently thn:i times. " Hew much did you weigh then ?" "Ninety-three pounds. He next whirled mc around se that my back was atr.unst. i his breast, and he bound me tightly in that position with his right arm, while with his left hand he covered my month and nose and drew my face te the left side se as te strain my neck. While holding me iu this position he pushed me ahead as he walked through the deer of the library te the inner vestibule deer at the entrance. With his right hand he opened the deer and with his knee against my back he pushed me through the inner deer, through the ves tibule and out upon the steep, a distance, of ten feet. I land id at the top of the steps and clasped the rail with my left hand. As I tinned I saw his feet was in the air. I lushed te the feet of the steep, and in a dazed conditieu made my way te my latner s house and at once sank help less upon a sofa. Mrs. Deputy gave a vivid description of her sufferings since. There secined te he an injury te her spine caused by the as sault, and she was almost ruined physic ally. She added : "I have had no feeling for a leug time, and since have been unable te stand, and have had te be supported en my feet. I have never lifted my feet since the af fair. My eyes have troubled me all the time, and; when I try te read the letters are blurred. My arms seem te be asleep,- and 1 have never been able te remain a long tiine in a sitting position with any degree of comfort. It is always with the great est pain that I held my head up. I have been able te sleep very little. I cannot tell new whether my feet are warm or cold. There is a constant pain along my spine, and applications that are net of the temperature of the body can se me pain. Before the assault I was in perfect health. Mr. Hazzard, in his answer te the suit, admits having )-ut the plaintiff out of his heuse ; but says that he did se gently and carefully, and with no mere force than was necessary. He alleges that she and her father came there, and that in an ox ex citcd tone she called him a liar and said that he had robbed her. He told her that he could net permit the use of such lan guage in the hearing of the family and he requested her te leave. She placed her feet against the deer, and endeavored te shut it and keep it shut, but he lifted het up, and placed her outside the house. ' MILT " SAVXER. Why a Brilliant 3Ian Lest the Guiden Op portunity. Louisville Courier-Journal. Hen. Milten Sayler, of Cincinnati, was, when he was a member of Congress, by no means an average congressman. He was very far above the average. Around the cradle of this spoilt child of nature all the fairies assembled; net a sprite was absent; one gave him intellect, another beauty, a third gracefulness ; and se ou te the end. There never appeared in the Heuse of Representatives a mere pleasing figure. In all points he was the fleer's best man ; as genial and gentlemanlike as Gar field, with a little mere dash and a little mere discretion ; as ready and intelligent as Sam Cox ; as manly as Joe Blackburn ; as sensible aud level-headed as Michael Kerr; and, though net as aggressive a fighter ji3 Sam Randall, nor as industri ous a worker as Cenger, Hale and Kassen, still se quick, se bright, se genuine as te be able te held his own when he was net prepared and te beat tue best el them, when he was. When, in 1870, Sam Cox quitted the speakership te go en what he must himself new feel was a feel's errand te St. Leuis, Milten Sayler was made speaker pre tern., and, but for the indiscretion directly traceable te this current scandal, he would ba the speaker of the Heuse te-day. The woman in the case cost him his career. It is perfectly understood in Washington society that he has been, from the first, the victim, and that, as te the main points in the affair, there is in truth and honor no case against him. He was, and 'still is, a handsome bachler. He was a weak, yieldieg crea ture ; she importunate and strong ; and he fell, "Frem morn te neon, Ireni neon te ctevrv cve, A summer's day" heedless of the maxim which a man less gifted might have heeded. In the end, if there is an end, it will turn out that he has been generous and wavering. Killed by KnUe and Flame. A horrible tragedy has occurred four miles from Oshkosh, where a wealthy German named Viskew lived en a farm. Wednesday night the neighbors discovered his barn te he en fire, and en arriving en the ground the barn, granary and house were found te have been locked and set en fire. Yiskew's daughter was lying near the gate, bleeding, with two large gashes in her head and her clothes partly burned. After the fire was extinguished the remains of Mrs. Viskew were found. Enough seemed te 'show that her threat had been cut from ear te car. Suspicion had been fastened en Viskew, but his body has since been found in the rains of the barn, burned te a crisp. The family had lived unhappily and it is thought that Viskew had attempted te kill his wife and daughter and then fired the premises, meeting his death in the flames. The daughter is insensible and will probably die. Seme of the neighbors lay the deed te tramps. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. A IMJIlMlCS ItAICD UONK. Dentil or the Ituckeye Blacksmith. Jehn W. Bear, political stump speaker and singer, who has been famous for forty years past as the " Buckeye Blacksmith," died suddenly while sitting in a chair at his home, 1123 Seuth 20th street, Philadel phia, en Wednesday morning about half past nine o'clock. Bear first gained the celebrity which clung te him afterwards in the great Harrison hard cider presiden tial campaign of 1340, when the name of the here of the Indian battles was em blazoned by the leg cabin clubs and her alded in their campaign song of " Tippe canoe and Tyler tee." Bear, who was then a worker at the forge, appear ed at a political meeting in Ohie and sang with lusty, stentorian vigor the well known lines of the ditty. The Whigs per ceived at once the popular furor his ap pearance created and induced him te con tinue his speech-making and singing through the contest. His fund of spicy aucedetes was inexhaustible and kept audiences in a uoed humor. He traveled all ever the United States, and in every subsequent presidential contest he reap peared. He was a rabid abolitionist and radical, and during the war improvised many Union songs. He was especially popular during President Lincoln's contest iu 1SS9, and made radical speeches in all the subsequent presidential campaigns, including the one recently closed, during which lis made speeches in this city and at various places iu the 'coun ty. Being 80 years of age he had, of coni'se.lost much of the spirit and tire that made him popular forty years age. Bear first became well-known in Laucas ter iu IS 16, when he came here te engage in the daguerreotype business. At that time C. M. Johnsten, known as the " Dru Dru merc Shoemaker, "' was engaged in the same business. The men were violent po litical enemies and had abused each ether without stint in their stump speeches, but after tunning separate places of business for a sheit time, they resolved te unite their establishments, and adopted the novel mede of advertising their business by "belling" the town and haranguing the people at the street corners. They did a large bushies-; duriug their partnership which lasted for some time. They then traveled the country in various districts, setting up their cameras in many town i and villages. Hear finally settled in Jrhil ! adclphia, where he died as above stated. Tllli IIRKMEN. iLlet'tieu it OUlcers of the Uuleii Ces pany. Last evening the Union fire cemnany elected the following officers : , president II. E. Slaymaker. Vice Presidents E. E. Snyder, J. L. L,yte. Secretary G. Edw. Hcgeuer. Assistant Secretary Jacob Keller. Treasurer C. A. ileinitsh. Finance Committee G. Edw. Hcgeuer, Jehn Albright, J. R. Waters. Captain Jeseph Smith. Chief Engineer J. It. Waters. Assistant Engineers William neline, Geerge Curry, Charles Seith, Frank Spicer. Chief Hose Director II. Wirth. Assistant IIo.se Directeis Adelph Strauss, J. R. Widmycr, Henry Prentiss, Jehn Dewling, A. Clinten. Collector D. L. Retliarmcl. Janitor J. R. Waters. The annual report of the beard of en gineers of the company was read at the meeting. It showed that the number of fires of all kinds during the year has been 30, en which the less has been $71,208.06 and the insurance was $53,047.7tf. The greatest les;s at any ene Arc was at the large warehouse owned by nenry Greff, the less being $40,000 and the insurance $20,000. The c-ngine and cart have been out 15 times, of which 2 were en account of false alarms. The engine and hose have been in service at six fires for ten hours. The less at these fires was 849, 018.3C and the insurance $37,298.30. The less at all ether fires was 822,249.70 and the insurance $15,249.43. The cost for heise hire during the year was 837.50. Mr. II. E. Slaymaker was elected presi dent of the company last evening for the twenty-fifth time. After the election, the officers who were chosen gave a set-out te the members of the company at the Cooper house. AH enjoyed themselves and the occasion was enlivened by D. L. Retharmel, who sang a number of songs'. TIIK DRAMA. Mr. Masauley as "Uncle Daa'l." A large audience looked upon the produc tion of "A Messenger from Jarvis Section" at Fulton opera house last evening. The play retains, in all its freshness, the quaint humor, and 13 pervaded by the same vein of tender pathos, that wen for it the early favor of the our people, and made Uncle Dan'l a welcome visitor here. Blr. Macauleys impersonation of this simple, hearted and gentle, yet withal ceur-" ageeus, old man, is a well-rounded piece of work, and the mere sight of his genial face and the sound of his hearty voice are enough te send a warm glow through the average audience and en list from the outset its sympathy with the sturdy Messenger from Jarvis Section, amid the perils that beset him upon his pilgrimage te that modern Babylon of Bosten, as he is pleaded te term it. The piece has undergone some slight altera tions in the second act that can scarcely be called improvements. Mr. Macauley re ceived pretty geed support, though as a whole the cast rather suffers by cempari son with the previous renditions of the play here. Miss Victory Creese was au engag ing little Clip and made plenty of friends by her artless portrayal of this character of the waif, who one instant confounds you by her bar-room slang, and the next appea'3 te your affections as the bright and innocent ingenue. A Stelen Ceat. Ou Wednesday J. B. Gardner, of Beaver street, had a coat stolen while in Schoen Scheen berger's park. Jack Stcadman, alias ''.Tack the Bum " was arrested by Officer Lcman and the coat was afterwards found in the possession of a man te whom Jack had sold it. He was linked up for a hearing before Alderman A. F. Dennelly. Stilt of Tub.icce. Jacob K.u'Miinn, of Ceucstnga township, has sejd te Jacob Grccnawalt, for Mcrfcld & Kemper, four acres of tobacco at 22, 8 and 3. The leavrs are large and free from white vein and Ilea bite, and net mere than oue-tliird of the crop will be fillers.
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