LANCASTER JEAIL1 lTEIlGENCER MONDAY, MABCH14, 1881. i Lancaster utdUencet. MONDAY EVENING. MABCH 14, 1831. Tfce Assasslaatlca. The Russian Czar has been at length slain, after the failure of many attempts, and the consequences te flew from the act iwnttntfrWdevefaped. They ought te be of- great valne te the persistent as- Mstinaters if they have been wise men. rather than fanatics and feels ; for surely it is no small expectation of advantage that would justify a political faction in plotting the death of the nation's ruler. But the probability is that the gain for Which they have done and risked se much they 'will net get. Assassinations are net efteji profitable te political con spirators; and especially is it difficult te discover any' probable advantage te the Russian Nihilists in substituting the Czarcwitch for the Czar. The new ruler is no mere favorable te their designs than the old. He cannot be, since they aim te overthrew the government which it is his te maintain. The result of their suc cessful endeavor te slay the Czar is te put a younger and mere vigorous Czar in his place and one whose natural dis position is said te be far less gentle than that of his father. Alexander has been likened te Lincoln,because the actef each emancipated the slaves of their country. It is probable that a further similarity will be found in the results flowing from their violent dcatlrs. We all knew that the death of Lincoln was the greatest misfortune-that could have happened te the cause of the people whose wrongs Wilkes Beeth felt inspired te avenge. The government was thrown into the control of the radicals of Mr. Lincoln's party, whose aims he alone was powerful enough te combat. Se in Russia, this assassination will be likely te create such a feeling against its authors as te greatly strengthen the imperial hands. "With a stern heart te animate them, a father's slaughter te avenge, a world's sympathy te sustain him, an imperial throne te upheld and his own life te pro tect, it is most probable that the new Czar will prove te be a peer exchange te the Nihilists for the timid and broken Alexander, whose sceptre had already passed from his grasp into the hands of an able lieutenant, under whose firm rule the empire seemed te be prospering. It isabrutal instinct which inspires men te raise a lawless hand of violence against their governors. It is net a manly im pulse, nor therefore -a wise one. Te every oppressed people the right of revolt is given by their mar'ioed. But assassina tien is net a helpful instrument of rebel Hen ; and when it occurs witbeul a re bellion te substitute a new regime for the one whose destruction is sought, it is as vain as it is vile. The Senate Organization. Senater Conkling pretends te think that it would be very indecent for the Democratic majority in the Senate te proceed te organize the Senate commit tees while several Republican seats are vacant. Mr. Ceukling, in the expressive language ef.the street, talks a great deal mere solicitous te speak with sincerity -. and sense lie would command a far larger share of public esteem than lie new does. Even though the Democratic senators were taking a wrongful advan tage of their power, it does net lie in the mouth of any Republican senator te re buke them. That party has tee fully demonstrated .its disposition te Like every possible ad vantage te be in condition te threw stones. Even in this very matter of or ganizing the Senate it proposes te secure its sum through the vote of the vice president, who is net a senator and who is only g?ven a vote when the Senate is equally divided. It is net in the first in stance any of his business hew the body is organized ; and the Republican'effert te secure a delay until a tie can be ob tained and till the Senate, therefore, is unable te organize itself, se that the vice president may de the work, is in itself a fcharp attempt te secure a politi cal advantage. The proper course for the Democratic senators te pursue seems obvious. The Senate is in session and its committees should be organized. The senators pres ent should proceed with the work. It is net for them te await the filling of un filled seats. If the senators yet te come shall see fit te change the organization let them de se, if it is theirright and is in their power. The jVtic Era does net seem te be able te get ever the shock which it ex perienced from the opinion expressed in these columns that "Wayne MacVeagh was net a " great lawyer," and in tri umphant contradiction it quotes from Ferney's Progress the declaration that Mr. MacVeagh is at the head of the bar in this stale and country. There is nothing in Mr. MacVeagh's standing at the bar, nor in the history of his prac tice, te justify such extravagance oft ex pression, nor te gainsay the estimate we have placed upon him. He is net in the front rank of national lawyers, such as Black, Field and Evarts and O'Coner. He is a fair lawyer of scarcely mere than local reputation in his profession, outranked in eminence by a dozen mem bers of the Philadelphia bar, and alto gether equalled in ability by as many mere. He is lit, personally and profes sionally, for the place te which he has been appointed, and is superior te some who have occupied it without reproach, but he is net a " great lawyer." The dinner te Gen. Hancock in Xew Yerk ex; "viturda. -ve lingt-eems te have been a very pleasant social affair, and the speech of the guest of the evening was just such a sensible, pungent utter ance as we have been led te expect when Gen. Hancock opens his mouth or takes up his pen, and it disarmed the gather ing of any politico-personal significance. The most notable remark in the speeches of this occasion, however, was that of ex Gov. Jehn T. Heffman, who said: " When we have had a few mere Demo cratic funerals and a few mere resurrec tions of Democratic principles, we shall see the daivn of that era when w. shall have the country under the guidance of these rules of political science under which it was founded and under which alone it can exist." This is a very preg nant sentence. Hew far the Democracy have suffered in the past from the rivalry of personal interests te the exclusion of consideration for high Democratic prin ciples every intelligent member of the suffering party knows. It never before, however, se much as new, looked as if the lessen of some funerals was being heeded by the mourners. Ix answer te an appeal te the Phila delphia Timcc te verify its statement that Senater Mitchell favored the ap pointment of Harmer te a cabinet posi tion against MacVeagh, which asser tien of the Times has been se seriously called into question, that journal te-day ventures upon a greatly modified state ment of its first declaration, which it says was" true in substance, but net in form," while it proves by the facts it cites that it was neither 'true in substance nor form. These facts, admitted by it, are : Cameren and Mitchell uuited in a form al request te President Garfield before he left Menter, te delay his decision about a Pennsylvania cabinet officer until they could confer with him at Washiugten. Senater Cameren first saw Garfield en his arrival at the capital, and was then notified of .the intention te appoint Mac Veagh. The Pennsylvania delegation was then annealed te and the assurance given that Senators Cameren and MitcJtell would cordially support the man the delegation could unite upon, and would go together te the president te press the appointment against the claim of MacVeagh. It was upon this assurance that the delegation first tried ineffectually te unite en General Beaver and Mr. Armstrong, and finally united en Mr. Harmer. That Senater Mitchell nitscntcd te and commended the appointment of Mr. MacVeagh, is true, but it was net until he discovered that even with a united Pennsylvania delega tion against MacVeagh, his appointment could net be defeated. There is nothing in all this te indicate Mitchell's assent te Harmer 's appoint ment, or his opposition te MacVeagh, except the words we have put into italics. The weakness of this part of the story is that it does net give nor pretend te give the name of the person who gave an irresponsible and' unlikely as surance for Mr. Mitchell. It is evident that Mitchell gave no such assurance as was credited te him; but as the Times says, " Representative (Sam. F.) Barr, of Dauphin, was the active man in unit ing the delegation upon Harmer," it is very easy te conceive who has misre presented Mitchell and misled the Times. New answer will have te be given te the ehrtnquiry, " de men gather grapes of thorns," if the discovery announced from the California deserts be corrobo rated. If vines can be engrafted en the trunks of the cacti and vineyards be thus planted in the wilderness another start ling revision of the Scriptures may be warranted. Since Mr. Wickershani's defeat for governor the Examiner has exhibited no such grief as new disturbs it at the news of neyt's refusal te reappoint "Wickcr sham. PFRSONAL. lift I irt11T1tc '1V 1. 1.m...i . idymien," and Beacexsfield has TilllKl offered te compromise with them. The king of Bavaria has turned night into day, the court remaining up all night and going te bed in the forenoon. D. P. C. Beyeu, a well-known physi cian, a native of Philadelphia, has died of paralysis in New Orleans, aged 50 years. Mr. AsnsiEAD BAirri.ETT,the husband of Bareness Bnrdctt-Ceults. is threatened with, an action for breach of premise of marriage. There is a rumor Miat Count IlEnnEUT Vex Bismarck, the chancellor's son, has eloped te Italy with a German princess, the wife of a high official at the court of Berlin. James Gorden- Bexxet's latest eccen tric performance is that of hiring Johaun Strauss and his orchestra of eighty men te play for his special gratification at Pau for one month at a cost of nearly $30,000. Our Mr. and Mrs. Mack.vv, of bonanza fame, have lately given a ball at their resi dence en the Champs Elysees, which for costliness of decorations and elaborateness of detail exceeded anything that has been seen in Paris since the days of the first em pire. Mr. Hexrt Beiigh, humanitarian, did actually procure a restaurant keeper's ar rest for pinning the flippers of a turtle together and exposing him in front labelled: "I will be soup te-morrow." Net because it hurt the turtle's feet te be tied, but it pained his finer sensibilities te be thus labeled. Mr. Bcrgh has lately pro duced a play entitled "Leve's Alternative" and restaurant men will net go te see it. Time at last sets all things even. A mass-meeting was held last night at the Masonic temple, Brooklyn, under the auspices of the Ladies' Irish-American Land League. Seven hundred persons were present, the majority being ladies. Mrs. Dera Stewart Parxell, the agitator's mother, attended and spoke for half an hour en the land question. She was fre quently applauded. Will Carletex, who has written such sweet ballads of farms, farm life and families, never owned a farm, never lived en one and never had any wife or family. Ne man who ever lived and worked en a farm could extract poetry irem breaking your back with a scythe, wearing out your running gear behind a plow, breaking un ruly steers, milking dirty cows with the mercury below zero, picking dead sheep iu winter, and sleeping in a barn in summer te get rid of the mosquites. Mr. Jehx Hat, of the firm of Hay & Smith, Philadelphia leaf dealers, well known in Lancaster as a popular tobacco buyer, who has been confined te his home in that city for some time past by sickness, se far recovered as te venture re take a ride last week in the park with his wife. When en Girard avenue bridge a pair of furious runaway horses ran into and de molished his carriage, throwing his wife and himself out en their heads. They were taken te their home, where both parties have been confined since. Beth are new entirely out of danger. The "Fun en the Bristel" party were in Harrisburg Saturday night, and .dur ing the performance Miss Aexes Halleck (Mrs. Buck), formerly of that city, was made the recipient of a handsome floral tribute, the gift of Harrisburg friends. Its formation was that of a basket, above which was suspended a horseshoe, and it is described as one of the most magnificent testimonials of its kind ever presented ever the footlights in Harrisburg. In the centre of the basket were the words " "Welcome Heme," made of old geld immertelles imbedded in sweet alyssum and surrounded by the rarest of rose?, carnations and heliotropes, benrardia and mignonettes, tastily encir cled with an artistic border of smilax. The horseshoe design was also constructed of delicate and costlfflewers with a relief of smilax. Miss HlReck was also pre sented with two elegant bouquets. MINOR TOPICS. The Illinois Heuse, by 20 te 41, defeat ed the constitutional amendment prohibit ing the manufacture and sale of intoxica ting liquors within the state. The Radical element in the English cabinet is growing stronger, and if new bleed is taken into the ministry it will come from that section and net from the "Whigs. " Half-haked evangelists" is what a religious paper calls some of the peripatet ics who go from church te church with Turkey-morecco.lirop-backcd Bibles under their arms, putting en airs as if they were Meedy and Sankey. A miOKEN pane of glass in a cathedral library in England admitted the tendril of an ivy branch, which grew and grew until it attached itself te a row of books worth hundreds of pounds. Then in rainy weather it conducted water as though it was a pipe alens te the tops of the books, and soaked Jthcin through and through. It is estimated that net less thau 25,000 new books are published every year, run ning through editions numbering from 1,000 te 25,000 volumes. There arc new 1,100,000 printed books in the British Museum library, and there are 3,000,000 books in the Bibliothcque Nationale of Paris. Our American libraries arc won derfully large for a new country. At a meeting of Chicago's citizens te take some steps commemorative of the tenth anniversary of the great fire, it was decided te drop all ether plans and adept one which proposes the erection of a mag nificent building for the public library, te cost half a million dollars. This library is really a child of the fire. It has grown from the nucleus of some 7,000 volumes, which Tem Hughes secured as a gift from Euglish authors and publishers te the city immediately after the fire. These present at the meeting said there would be no difficulty in obtaining subscriptions te the desired amount. Professer Cyrus Norturep, collector of the pert of New Haven, at a $3,000 salary, has held the office for twelve years, and during the same paried has combined with the collection of duties upon double canned rum, imported tobacco, sugar, and molasses the mere assthetical duties at tached te the professorship of Rhetoric and English Literature in Yale college. He believes in civil service reform and will speech did he make for Garfield, and if he contributed te the campaign fund it was out of the modest salary which Yale allows its professors. Since the election the whisper among the politicians has been that he must leave the custom house and confine himself te his college duties. But his friends rely confidently en Garfield's patronage of the "literary fellers." New that some of the work of the revis revis ers'ef the New Testament has leaked out, the theologians and critics are engaging iu sharp work ever passages en which new disputes arise. One of these is the pas sage in the second chapter of Acts which, according te the old reading, says that the Lord "added te the church daily such as should be saved." The new version reads, "these that were being saved." The old reading has been one of the strongholds of the most severe advocates of the doctrine of the salvation of none but the elect, the idea being that only such as the Lord had chosen for everlasting life had any chance of salvation, and that the rest might take their chances of being damned. The new reauii.g presents tne matter in a sim ply historical light, conveying the idea that these who made profession of reli ion were really the saved, and net a let of hypocrites and imposters. This is but ene instance of the field which is opened up for new discussion. Theologians, whose pens have grown rusty for want of coutreversi al material will new be busily at work. One of the results of this will be the shed ding of a great deal of valuable light from a variety of standpoints en the true mean ing of many important passages of Scrip ture. STATE ITEMS. An old woman in the neighborhood of Millersbnrg, Dauphin county, has, it is said. $175,000 en her life in different com panies. An unknown man was found dead en eitLuiu.ijr ai, luurciiuuM iiirnacc, en Second avenue, Pittsburgh. It is supposed that he was suffocated by the gas. The funeral of Jehn W. Pilteck, of Pittsburgh, took place en Saturday after noon and it was veiy largely attended. The pall bearers were members of the press. Michael Lcntz, a resident of Logansville, Yerk county, was run ever by a' train of cars at Gladfclter's station en the Northern Central railroad. The station agent, found him lying en the track with his left leg cut entirely oil between the ankle and knee, and portions of the ankle and knee strewn iu all dircctienc ever the read-bed. His right hand was found near bv en tlm track ground te atoms. Rebcit Tayler, a negre hotel servant has been arrested in Alteena ler a felon ious assault te rob a Shippensburg miller. The victim after putting his horses away was just stepping out of the barn deer when Tayler sneaked up behind and dealt him a terrible blew with a hatchet inflict ing a ghastly and perhaps fatal wound in the shoulder. Tayler then attempted te rifle the miller's pockets, but was driven off by the miller's wife. In the court house tower of Norristown it uuvh. ui Buum diiuh uave 11VCU 10r OVCr five years, yet with every stroke of the bell announcing the hours as they passed the birds have never ceased te Icave the tower in the greatest consternation, but maintain their position in the air until tlie last srieke has fallen, when they at ence returned te the tower. Thus every hour has their rest been disturbed durinsr the entire period, without, however, causing them te seek another lodging. The befi weighs nearly 4,000 pounds. ASSASSINATION. THE BLOODY NIHILISTS. THE CZAK OF AM. THE KUSSIAS MtUl- UERED. His Carriage Shattered by aa Exploding Missile and HI Lire Takes toy a Second llemb Thrown Frem the street Excitement In St. Petersburg. As the Russian emperor was returning from a parade in the Michael Mauege,abeut 2 e clock en bunuay afternoon, a oemo was thrown, which exploded under the Czar's carriage, which was considerably damaged. The Czar alighted unhurt, but a second bomb exploded at his feet, shat tering both legs below the knee and in flicting ether terrible injuries. The Czar was immediately conveyed in an uncon scious state te the winter palace, where he died at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. . Twe persons were concerned in the crime, one of whom was seized immediately. The ex plosion also killed an officer and two Cos sacks. Many policemen and ether per sons were injured. Reuter's St. Petersburg correspondent says : "The imperial carriage was attack ed en the Ekatcronefsky canal, opposite the imperial stables, while the emperor -was returning with the Grand Duke Michael from the Michael palace, in a close carriage, escorted by eight Cossacks. The first bomb fell near the carriage destroy ing the back part of it. The Czar and his brother alighted uninjured. The assassin en being seized by a colonel of pelice drew a revolver, but was prevented from firing it. The second bomb was then thrown by another person and fell close te the Czar's feet, its explosion shattered both his legs. The Czar fell, call in ir for help. Colonel Derjibky, though himself much injured, raised the emperor, who was conveyed te the winter palace in Colonel Derjibky's sleiirh. Larue crowds assembled before the palace, but were kept back by a troop of Cossacks. The imperial family were all assembled at the death bed. The council of state was immediately conven ed. All places of public resort are closed." The Londen Standard's St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that the Czar's right leg was nearly tern from his body and lett leg was badly shattered. A Cos sack and a passer-by" were killed en the snot. The Grand Duke Michael was wounded. An officer of the escort and a Cossack have since died. The Czar lin rcrcd an hour and a half. All efforts te rally him failed. The only word he ut tered after being struck was the name of the Czarevitch. The latter en leaving the palace after the death of the Czar, was hailed as Emperor by the crowd, He was surrounded, contrary te his custom, by a strong mounted escort. The people are intensely excited and indignant. The soldiery, who fairly loved the Czar, arc furious. All of the officials hastened e the palace te inquire as te the condition of the Czar. Telegrams announcing tne death were sent te all foreign courts and te every part of the empire. It is stated that the bombs were made of thick glass, filled with nitre-glycorine. The assassins steed en opposite sides of the read. The carriage was moving fast and the first shell btruek the greuud behind it and -the back of the carriage was blown out. The coachman implored the Czar te enter the carriage again, but he moved a few paces from the carriage te see te the wounded of his escort. The assassin who threw the first bomb tried te point a revolver at the Czar, but the pistol was struck from his hand. The Czar seemed te recover con sciousness before his death, as he mo tioned away the doctors who wished te amputate his legs. The Czarevitch and Czarevna drove te their palace after the death, amid the sympathizing cries of the people. A company of guards surround A dispatch from St. Petersburg te the Times says that the Grand Duke Michael was net hurt. The assassins were disguised as peasants. One report states that one of them was se roughly handled that he has since died. All of the army officers have been ordered te remain in their barracks. The council of the empire, under the pres idency of the Czarevitch, was still sitting at midnight. A manifesto will be publish ed en Monday. The Cologne Gazette's St. Petersburg dispatch says : " The two assassins of the Czar were immediately arrested. The glasses of the gas lamps iu the Michael garden beside the canal were broken in pieces by the concussion of the explosion. A cordon of guards was drawn around the scene of the murder. The streets were densely thronged with excited crowds. The utmost sympathy for the imperial' family is everywhere expressed. The bells of the principal churches are telling." A Berlin dispatch says that the news of the Czar's death was a fearful shock te the Emperor William. The St. Petersburg Official Messenger makes the following announcement : " Ged's will has been done. At 3:25 o'clock this (Sunday) afternoon the Al mighty called the Emperor te himself. A few minutes before his death the Emperor received the sacrament." 1-1 re anil Times of the Late Emperor. Alexander, sixth Czar of the Heuse of Romaueff-IIolstein, eldest son of the late Emperor Nicholas I, and of the Princess Charlette of Prussia, was born April 17 29, 1818, while his uncle, Alexander I., was upon the throne. He was but seven years old when the death of his uncle and the renunciation of the succession by the Grand Duke Constantine, made his father Czar. But Nicholas did net assume the crown unopposed. A very considerable body of the Imperial Guards rebelled, be ing incited by a union of secret se cieties generally known under the name of Dekabrists, and for a while the Czar s suc cession, his. life and the existence of his house were in danger. The Dekabrists were a species . of constitutional revolu tionists, having in their composition a strong infusion of what in our own time is styled Nihilism. Their intention was te exterminate the imperial family, te divide Russia into a vast number of small states, and te unite these in seme sort of confederation that, while giving each independence internally, would be capa ble of resisting assaults from without. The scheme came near ackievinjr success. but ended by failing utterly. A few regi ments of the Guards remained loyal, aud these served as a nucleus around which te rally the pestively loyal and negatively conservative elements of the population, civil and military. By a series of bold measures, vigorous attacks followed up relentlessly, the insurrcctienwas crushed. State trials completed the work that the soldiers began ; hundred or men were executed, thousands, banished te die in the Siberian mines : for a time Russia was subject te a reign of terrer in the name of law. oeme te the throue through a sea of bleed, Nicholas ruled thenceforth a race of slaves. Alexander adopted a military life, but freed himself from it te ee te. Gnrm.inv and hunt a wife, whom he found in the Princess Maria, of Hcssc-Darmstadt. In stead of a state marriage of convenience, he made a love match a most rare priv- iieKu ier an emperor when, April 1(5-28, 1841, his Ccelcbs-like pilgrimage ended in his becoming a married man. Unluckily as all the world knows, the love did net last. Like a trae Muscovite, the Czar was a most wholesale levcr.and his peer wife's patience was sorely taxed by his flagrant infidelities. The last and most notorious of these was his connection with the Princess Olga consummated a little while back by a morganatic marriage before the breath was fairly out of his wile's body. Nicholas died and Alexander became emperor in the darkest hour the Crimean war. His first act was te issue a manifesto notifying his accession and declaring in generai'terms hit intention of upholding the glory' of the earpire as'it had been ap held by Peter, Catherine, Alexander and Nichelasand almost his'8ecbnd'actjwas te sign the treaty by which' Bessarabia" was ceded and the- Crimean war ingloriously brought te an end. Peace being estab lished, he set himself seriously te the task of introducing into his empire much-needed 'internal reforms. The army was cut down te the lowest limits compatible with the dignity and safety of the state ; vigor ous etfbrts were made tore-establish the shattered finances of the natijU and te promote commercial prosperity, and an earnest purpose was manifested te raise Russia out of its s!oeghbf primitive bar barism and te bring it abreast of the civili zation of the nineteenth century. The greatest of all the reforms that Alexander effected, and that which will through all time-give honor te his name, was his emancipation of the serfs. His great ukase of March 2-Pebruary 19, 1881, set twenty-three millions of human beings free. Nominally this emancipation proc lamation was issued with the unanimous consent of the Russian nobility ; in point of fact, a very large majority of the nobil ity opposed it, rightly perceiving in it a great abatement of their personal powers. In issuing it the Czar reached the climax of his reform movement. The ill will that it excited was se intense aud lasting that thereafter he found his hands mere or less tied. He vastly improved the equipment and discipline of the imperial army ; extended the lines of Russian. empire, whipped Tur key and regained Bessarabia. Had the Czar died then he would have died a here. Unfortunately for his own glory he has lived two years longer thau his time justjeng enough te lese by diplomacy al most all that he gained by war. Previous Atteinpls ou the Czar's lAle. The last, and successful, attempt te as sassinate Alexander is the sixth that has been made. Fourteen years age. April 10-28. 1866, he was fired at in St. Peters burg, jast as he was entering his carriage, by an ex-student, Karakosef. The pistol was knocked in the air by a workman named Komissaref, a native of Kostroma for which useful attention he was promptly ennobled. Again, at Paris, June 6-18, 1SG7, he was shot at by a Pele, Bere Bere ssewski te whom in grateful remem brance of this attempt at regicide a testi menial et respect in tlie the shape et a re volver was the ether day presented by cer tain of the reddest of the Paris Reds. On this occasion the Czar was driving with his two sons and the Emperor Napeleon. Berczewski, although firing into a fleck of sovereigns, missed clean. He was about te sheet again when his pistol burst in his hand. In April, 1877, a third attempt was made, this time in St. Petersburg, by a Nihilist named. Solejow. The shot missed aud Solejcw shortly there after was tried and executed. Then came, in the following December, the blowing up of the railroad track near Mos cow at the moment of the passage of what was believed te be the imperial train a failure because a goods train had by acci dent come up the line in advance of the ".special" bringing the Czar. Finally, just a year and a month age, came the famous, but still unsuccessful attempt te murder the empsrer by blowing tlnv Win ter Palace. But this time the Nihilists have wen. Alexander III. Alexander, second son of the late em peror, who new reigns in his father's stead,- waa born February 26-March 10, 1845, and was married, in 1866, te the Princess Eagmar, daughter of King Chris tian IX. of Denmark. Of his four chil dren, the eldest, Nicholas, born May 6-18. 1868, is new Czarevitch and heir-apparent, while two younger sons make the succes sion secure. In This Country. me uurtb ei tue tragic alfair created great excitement at the Russian delegation iu Washington. Secretary of State Blaine cabled te our Russian minister as follews: "Express te Minister of Foreign Affairs the sentiments of sorrow with which the president and the people of the United States have heard of the terrible crime of which the emperor has been tne victim, and their profound sympathy with the im perial family and the Russian peeple in their great affliction." It is notable that net long age Wendell Phillips said of the governmental problem of Russia : " At this distance I don't mean te criticize methods. I leek at Russia four thousand miles away and sec what incubus is resting en her people. I only hepe that somebody will lift it off their shoulders. If nothing will de it but the dagger, then wclcome the dagger ! Is there an American here who thinks that bad?" IjATESr NEWS BT MAIL. The First Baptist church, Elmira, joy- tuiiy takes its place among these which are emancipated from debt. The raising of $5,500 cleared off everything. James McFiggan, eldest son of the gen eral Western freight agent of the New Yerk Central railroad was instantly killed at Suspension Bridge. The Conservatives in the British Heuse of Commens have determined te offer strenuous opposition te Mr. Gladstone's proposal for voting "urgency" for sup ply. Daniel Dugan was shot three times, and probably fatally wounded, in Midway, Ky., by Jehn Cenncrs. They were break ing hemp togethcr, and, while thus en gaged, renewed an old quarrel. Jes. Miller, arcd 61, of Hepkins street. New "ierk, committed suicide by hang ing himself from a bedpost. He was de spondent because he could get no work. He leaves a widow and several children. Samuel L. Gales, secretary and superin tendent of the Memphis cotton exchange, has died of pneumonia. He was 53 years of age, and has been a prominent mer chant of Memphis for past thirty-eight years. The doctors who conducted the pest mortem examination of five persons who died in a Madrid hospital found abundant traces of trieihmu. The authorities have ordered very severe precautions te be taken te prevent further cases. X burglar who attempted te enter 453 West Madisen street, Chicago, at an early hour was shot in the mouth by h. Bigley, a .clerk wue slept in the store. The bur glar escaped, but lett a number of teeth and a section of his lower jaw. The Illinois Senate has adopted a reso lution thanking President Garfield for the appointment of Rebert T. Lincoln as sec retary of war, and also thanking the Sen ate " for its prompt, hearty and unani mous action in confirming the nemina tien.". The Orange Free State farmers are in a very unsettled condition and are only awaiting a sufficient excuse te join the Beers. Tiiey regard the strong rc-enfercc- ments coining lrem tiiiglanu with suspic ion, as indicating an intention te annex the Free State. The large paper mill of Tileston & IIoI IIeI IIoI liuswerth, at Hyde Park, Mass., was burned early yesterday morning. Much of the machinery aud aconsidcrable quan tity of paper, etc., were destroyed. The total less is estimated at $75,000 ; insur ance, $45,000. Geerge McBridc, a hostler in the employ of William B. Simpsen, Chicago, was shot and instantly killed by a well-known gam bler and thief named Harry Gil mere. Simpsen had been en a spree and McBridc was sent te hunt him up and found him in company of Gilmerc. McBride. tried te get his employer away but Gilmerc inter fered, and after seme words had passed shot McBride. A freight train ran into a yard train en the Pan-Handle bridge in Seuth Pittsburgh throwing three jjdadelas and the tender of the; yard, engine off the bridge into, the tnset,v fifty feet below. The conductor of the' yard train, Charles Carney, was jn stantly killed. Patrick Cullin, a brake man, had his skull fractured, legs broken and was otherwise injured, se that his re re cevery'is doubtful. . R. Harrison, another brakeman. had his legs broken and lingers cutoff. Feg prevented the signal opera ter from seeing the freight and warning it out of the block. On Friday evening as the sister-in-law of Rebert B. Thompson was entering the gate of Mr. Thompson's front yard in Elizabeth, N. J., a rne-xre asked her whether a man named Smith occupied the heuse. As she stepped te reply he knocked her down, kicked her, and, seiz ing her satchel, fled. It was some minutes before she recovered sufficiently te efvc the alarm, aud the robber was tfcen-oet'of sight. The satchel, besides ether articles, contained $162.90. ' The police tracked the rebbef te a weeds and feuud where he had stepped te rifle the satchel. He had thrown away unopened a little pocket which con tained $153. Tears, friends. Tears. Lancaster Examiner, late Wickcrsham Organ ler Governer. Wc are afraid this is a mistake. Dr. Wickcrsham's long connection with this department has made him thoreronghly master of the situation. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE SUDDEN DEATHS, IN TUE UbTESD OF Till: COVNTT. Conclusions of the Coroners Juries. Our Salisbury correspondent sends us further paiticulars of the two sudden deaths in Eastern Lancaster comity, one ou either side of the "Welsh mountain, of which note was made in the Istet.moen Istet.meen cer en Saturday. It seems that en Friday night " Gentle man" David Kurtz (whose dead body was found by the roadside), accompanied by his brother and some of his working men had gene te Mr. Weilcr's store, at White Herse, (Pcquca P. O.), te spend the even ing where they remained up te about half past eight or nine o'clock. When they started for home Mr. Elias Kurtz and the rest of the party took a near way across the fields, but David went by way of the read. When he reached Mr. Masen's hotel, he stepped a few minutes te listen te some music, as blind Jehn I'aster ei Lancaster was playing the accordcen for the entertainment of tiiose present. Mr. Kurtz appeared te be in per fect health aud geed spirits and as he was always of a jovial disposi tion he conversed and laughed freely with his neighbors who were present. After spending about half an hour at the hotel he started for home, having a few small boxes or packages under his arm. This was the last seen of him until he was found by his brother, who had reached home and waited up several hours for David. Net putting in an appear ance, Elias thought there must be some thing wrong, and with the assist ance of Alex. Lynch, the hired mar, went in search of David, whom they found about midway between his home and the White Herse. When found he had fallen. His fore head and face were resting en the ground, as also were his knees. The packages which he was carrying were lying under him, showing that he had died without a struggle. After finding the body Elias kept watch, and I.yiieIi proceeded te tlie White Herse te seek assistance. lie called Mr. Jehn Masen, Gcerge G. Worst, Abrani Kurtz, B. S. Weiler and several ethcis from their beds, and they went for the assistance of the physician aid Deputy Corener Hendersen. The body was conveyed te the home of Mr. Kurtz, and the verdict of the coroner's jury was that apoplexy was the cause of death. Mr. Kurtz will he buried en Thursday, March 17, from his late resi dence. Mr. Kurtz was highly esteemed iu his neighborhood as a geed citizen and a kind aud obliging neighbor. He will he greatly missed by his many friends and neighbors and his bounteous hand will no mere help the many who were accustomed te receive aid in the time of need. Mr. Kurtz was seventy years of age, but observers would net have taken him te have been mere than fifty-live or sixty. He was one of our best formed and best preserved old men. One of his most earnest hobbies was politics, being an indefatigable worker in the Demo cratic party, ever ready 'te lend a hand or give his money for thefurthcrfance of Dem ocratic interests, and very few county con ventions took place without Mr. Kurtz be ing a delegate from Salisbury. As one of his friends, aersenally and politically, we hope that he has gene te receive a higher reward than he could have reaped had he been spared te earth. The Other I'wst Mortem. The body of the wife of William Wat Wat eon, colored, serving a term in the county jail for chicken stealing, was found en Thursday, by Eli Duulap, in an old cedar field en the Welsh Mountain. It waa al most totally covered with water. Deputy Cerpner Weaver, of East Earl, held an in quest. The verdict was "death from expos ure." Mrs. "Watsen has been mere or less derangedever sincejher husband andjhis son wcre convicted for chicken stealing and sentenced te terms of imprisonment iu the Lancaster jail. She was very much re spected as a colored woman by her neigh bors, and it was thought by the people of this neighborhood that she did all she could te prevent her husband and son from leading the life they did. But since their conviction she has led a harmless life wandering about among her people and the last seen of her was just one week before she was found dead. There had been no search made' as it was supposed that she was with seme of her friends. The supposition is that' she wandered about the hill, lest her reckoning, and as night came ou and a blinding snow storm was raging, she lay down in this hollow te shelter herself from the storm and perished from the exposure. She will be buried at the county's ex pense. - Serious Acclcent. Mr. Geerge Gundaker, one of Lancas ter's eldest residents and well-known as a tipstaff of our courts for many years, met with an accident en Saturday afternoon at the residence of his son in-law. Mr. Jehn Kepncr, North Water street. While in the act of setting down en a large rocking chair, he missed the chair and fell heavily te the fleer, fracturing his tlrigh bone. Dr. Gee. R. Wclchans attended him, but as yet has been unable te set the fracture it being necessary te reduce the i swelling that has ensued. This is render ed all the mere difficult by the extreme age of the sufferer, and even if the opera tion is performed, for the same reason it will be doubtful of success. The Sew Doctors. Dr. J. J. Newpher, son of A. O. Now New pher. esq., returned te his home in Mil lcrsville en Saturday, from New Yerk, where he graduated, at Belleview hospital with high honors, standing near the head of a class of 118. Dr. Newpher has net yet determined where he will locate. Anions the veunz men graduated from Jeffersen medical college en Saturday were ThadM.Rehrer and Saml.C. Stewart of New Providence, this county. ItT. JOT NEWS. I (IKS REGULAR CORKESPOJUUENCl". The Owl Man Wings Ills Flhjhc Abroad. On Saturday Officer Eichholtz, of Lan caster, armed with a writ from the sheriff of Dauphin county, arrested L. 31. Gal lagher, ex-editor and founder of the Out, in which sheet the libelous Harrisburg items, which caused his arrest, appeared in the spring of '73. Shortly after the publication of the offensive personals he was arrested and entered bail en three in dictments in the sum of $1,500. Pending the trial he evaded it by seeking refuge in France.. On his return be was in this bor ough since last summer and his where- abeuts was known te the authorities. His arrest was evidently unexpected, but Lcn was equal te the emergency. The officer accompanied him te his home, and dinner ever, the prisoner asked te go np stairs for a change of cloths, and also asked his cus todian te go with him. He was permitted te go alone and the officer waited in vain for his return, and en instituting a search found " that the bird had flown." Eich holtz appeared exasperated and left mut tering all sorts of revenge. II. G. Hergelroth is erecting a building in the rear of his confectionery store. In it he will pnt an engine and improved machinery te manufacture toys, etc. A spelling "B" will be given in the Newtown school house, en next Thursday evening. Superintendent B. F. Shaub visited some of the schools of Raphe township en last Tuesday and Wednesday. The school in this township will close next week. Rcceutly "Wilfred Cheevers, of Chester county, bought a bay herse from Jacob Loram of this places, at $145. Cheevers took him te Chester county and sold him te a Wilmington, Delaware, man for $350. On Saturday afternoon C. H. Zeller, autienecr, sold forPciflley & Nissley, nine horses averaging $140 each. Schmit Bres., of Newark, last Monday bought a car lead of horses and next morning had them en the way for the Bos Bes Bos eon market. Considering the fact that they were bought at different places in the county it was exceedingly quick buying. Jeseph II. Strickler will seen start a cigar manufactory en West Main street. Lewis Weaver, who kept the Farmers' inn last year, has gene te Milten Greve ; Moses Gantz takes possession. ' Ames E. Baker will carry en black smithing at the half-way house en the Marietta turnpike. A herse tread upon and smashed two of Mat this Nissley's tees.inflicting very pain ful wounds. Rev. W. II. Aspril, of the M. E. denom ination, preached his farewell sermon last night. James P. Kelley is canvassing the bor ough for subscriptions te clearly rJriutcd and elegantly bound editions of Shak Shak speare's, Dickens's, Scott's, together with ether standard works. Miss Riley Snmmy has returned from a protracted visit in the West. it is stated that Rev. W. 11. Browne, formerly of this place, new of Columbia, has accepted a professorship in a West Chester institution. The occasional rains of last week have left the reads in a muddy condition. Peo Pee Pee peo travel with difficulty, and tobacco buy ers are less numerous than the preceding week. These sales have ceme te our notice : Jehn Ferry, of Raphe, 1 aero at 20, 8 and 3 ; Elizabeth Hellinger, 2 acres at 9 cents through, II. B. Grecnawalt, 1J acre at 17, 10 and C : Jehn Brandt, sr., 1J acre at 15, 6 and 3, and II. F. Brcncman, acre at 14, 6 and 3. Ames Grcider, of the farm' of B. M. Grcidcr & Ce., tobacconists, has moved te near Silver Springs, where he will engage at farming. Marsh X; Cemp's reaper works will be put in operation in a short time. Society has been shaken from centre te circumference, aud what was peace and 'harmony a short thre age new is-strife and discord. A serious rupture divides a ence cemented party iu two and there is "bleed en the moon. The factions have applied te each ether such endearing titles as these : The "Weuld-be's" and the "Kickers." Te-night the "Would-be's" will held a ball aud the " Kickers " will put forth efforts te surpass them in the near future. The ball should have been held en-Friday night, but owing te seme unexpected obstacle it was postponed until te-night. Numerically they are equal, in character, intelligence, etc., ditto. Keep it up, boys ; Tayler's orches tra is satisfied, if you are net. His num ber of engagements will be doubled at this place. A KUltMtsi; LECTCRJCK. At the First Ihiptlst Church Last Night. A large asscmblage congregated in the First Baptist church, en East Chestnut street, last evening te hear the lecture de- I livcrcd by the young converted Burmese. ban-Ah-Brah, en the condition of bis peo ple in Burmah. The lecture, properly, was but an introduction of a mere ex tended lecture which he will deliver this evening in the same church. After the reading of a portion of the scripture by the minister and prayer, San-Ah-Brah was introduced. The hymn, 'Frem Greenland's Icy Mountains," be ing sung, the lecturer sang several verses of the hymn in Burmese language te the English tune ; the words of which sound ed strangely musical. Iia his introduction the lecturer re marked tha"; the subject upon which we wish te speak " was ene which requires a great deal of care." The depth and im portance of the theme being of vast con cern te the Christum world. " The sys tem of India's religion were founded ages ere the the American people were dreamed of. The great tenacity of the people te their forms was net te be destroyed by lurht labor and in a short time." The hereditary questions of the religious ideas of idolatry in India are deep-seated, pro found and venerated, yet it is net real, for "among the Heathen religion is a matter of convenience and enforced by command." Iu a comparison between the observance of religious forms aud ceremonies in India, the lecturer remarked that, as no Sabbath was observed, men worked and worshiped when they desired. The custom of fast ing was observed by all, the observer ab staining from feed from morning until the evening. In their offerings te the geda they can take "all offerings te the idols hut money." In commenting upon the delusion of these offerings San-Ah-Brah re marked, " yet te the minds of the heathen it is as sincere as the religious observance of the Christian is te him." Suu-Ah-Brah thou entered into a de scription of the manner of going te wer ship, in which he said "the mere beauti fully you dress the better you are fitted for worship. A short description of the interior of a tempfc and its idols was given and then the lecturer described the mede of mourning and disposal of the dead. Mourners, who arc principally old women as, when women are tee old te de any thing else, they can cry" were hired and the body was laid en the bier en a funeral pyre aud burned, and then, according te the Hinde opinion, the spirit was trans mitted into different animals ; the deceas ed, having been a rich man, was turned into an animal of which no work was re quired, as a deg, a cat, or a bird ; if peer, into a horse, au ex, or an elephant, and then, having passed in the forms of animals or insects, entered into the state- of annihilation, in which state ?' ? V,c c?'enc was the existence of prolonged pleasure ,.',, , ;" TC incenfa ! t killed as they may be the spirits of your v 1U.1VVW 44t w
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