LANCASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCE! THURSDAY MA11CH 18 1882. I; in 2LancasteT ft ntellffiencer. THUB8DAY EVEN'Q, MARCH 10, 1882. The Need of Uniform Laws. David Dudley Field, the eminent New Yerk lawyer, is mere prominent than any ether member e his profession as an exponent of the principle of legal cod ification, and te this work in his own state he has given very great attention. The codification there of the penal laws and of the laws of both criminal and civil procedure has been accomplished and in operation for some years with satisfactory results. In accordance with the mandate of the constitution, a codifi cation of the civil law was undertaken and finished se long age as 1SG5, but it has never yei been finally adopted as the supreme law of the commonwealth, though some years age the slate of California adopted it. In a letter te the newspapers, Mr. Field gives some excellent reasons why the cede should be adopted, which are less forci ble in their application te ether states, only because New Yerk is larger, elder and has mere complicated interests than her sister states of the Union. Of course, no cede can be framed that will meet the entire wants or command the un-. qualified approbation of the legal pro fession, but it is very certain that the accumulation of ill-considered legisla tion and the vagaries of courts have al most compelled the necessity of codifi cation in all of the larger and elder states. Until the adoption of the new constitution, our annual statutes were an immense volume, and no lawyer could keep informed of the drift of leg" islatien while laymen are yet left te grope in total ignorance of new statutes annually being passed te affect their property and liberty, the purport of which they never knew until they are awakened by the fact that they are af fected by them or have been uncon sciously violating them. Mr. Field quotes a late chief justice of England as r.tyling the condition -of law in that country as " chaos," thus poetically do de do ecribed by Tennyson : Tlie lawless science of the law. Tint oelele.-3 nij'i lcl et prcce'lents.. That wiUIeine'ss of single instance. All examination of the statutes, of our state ami a reading of the reports will show that in Pennsylvania the condition of things is little short of this, and we fancy that the time is net far off when one by one the elder states will yield te the necessity for codification, while the younger commonwealths will be glad te take the cedes ready-made, furnished by the experience of ethers. " Besides the immediate advantages te each common wealth from the adoption of this princi ple for it-elf. it has an important bear ing in their relations te each ether, and especially with regard te these subjects en which there should be correspondence between the different states. Mr. Field says : The diversity of laws between the differ ent states of this Union lias been found a serious inconvenience and has led te fre quent demands, growing stronger day by day, for an inter-slate cede or such concert in legislation as will lead te uniform laws of m.miage and divorce, testament and succession, negotiable paper, insurance, average, sale, cairiage, agency, trust and corporations, among many ethers afiect-" ing the daily life of an active and adven turous people. Comprehensive legislation en auy one of these subjects would be, te that extent, a cede. Uniformity of law cannot be enforced by a common supeiier, for we have none legally competent. It can be brought about only by the inliu enee of example. New Yerk is a natural leader of the states ; she has already wi ought a change in the civil procedure of hall of them indeed of a great part of the English speaking werkK )xe of the i etty abuses of the local administration of justice arises from the practice of the court in" appointing per sons in this city te the office of constable for some of the smaller townships of the county in which the office gee3 begging. The judges ought te knew, if ' they de net knew, that in the townships of East Lampeter, Lancaster, Pequea and maybe ethers, it has been the custom and in some if net ail of them it remains for persons te run for the office of constable who have no idea of filling the place, but whose purpose is te sell it out, gen erally te some cast-off policeman, in the city : they accept from S23 te S100 te refuse te take out their commissions, se that there may be a vacancy and that some hanger-en of the alderman ic offices in this city may. be appointed te " work up" criminal business for the benefit of the joint official con -cerh and at the expense of the county. We understand that a number of these bargains and sales have been arranged for the April court and only await rati fication by the judges. They will de well, before, they make auy such ap pointments, te inquire carefully into the circumstances attending them ; and te refuse te give their assent te the dis graceful huckstering 'which has been going en here for years, with- a view simply te multiplying the criminal busi ness of the county and the fat fees of ra pacious officials. Tin: report of the Senate committee proves the peculations in the treasury department under Sherman. The con tingent fund was stolen by his subordi nates, and a geed share of the stealings went te his benefit. His clerks, their families and mistresses- were well sup plied with luxuries paid out of the pub lic treasury, but his own house furnish ing, his stable repairs and the expanses of his campaign for the presidential nomination shared largely in the plun der. Of course all this was done behind his back and without his knowledge ; he swear3itwas. But Sherman has grown rich in a long career of public life, in ties his which his main opportuni epportuni oppertuni for making money have been position as 'chairman of the Henatc finance committee. It will be remembered that Geerge II. Wil liams' confirmation for chief justice was defeated by exposure of the fact that a landaulet for his family use was paid for out of the contingent fund of the attor ney general's office. There are a dozen incidents of Shermau's treasury manage, ment as disgraceful as this, and if he did net knew of them his ignorance was as convenient as It was profitable. Tie ciBviftten or LaMsea; ln tie oBlnipe of the New Yerk ,Tw7a,'whieh httf all along manifested an extraordinary degree of' interest in the trial of the American doctor, Lam son, in Londen, which .has just termi nated in a verdict of guilty and the sen tence of the prisoner te the gallows, " it is tolerably clear that a foreigner, has been deemed te death by a British jury en evidence which would scarcely have led te such a verdict had the prisoner been a British subject." Ourcentem. perary attributes this partly "te the na tural, dulness of the British mind and partly also te the virulence and malignity of the charge delivered by the judge." This latter the TFbr77 denounces as a "miracle of injustice," paraphrasing the sentiment expressed concerning the celebrated deliverance of Chief Justice Cockburn in the Tichborne trial. It declares that the judge abdicated the legitimate functions of his office for the purpose efmaking an. elaborate argu ment against the prisoner, and claims that he persistently ' slurred ever all the circumstances which went te show that Larason had taken no trouble what ever te conceal his treatment of his brother-in-law, and te have dwelt with stolid emphasis upon everything which could be" possibly cited in support of the theories and assumptions of the British medical pundit, Stevenson, whom the case seems te have been se managed as te advertise with extreme liberality." People who have followed the evidence will feel inclined te agree with our contemporary's judgment that there were points in the defense that seemed te by entitled te mere consideration than was accorded them- by the jury J who swept aside as of little or no weight the expert testi mony invoked during the progress of tiie trial. This latter went te show that the test of acenitine by taste was unreliable, because ether poisons have a similar flavor ; that ether physicians ha.l given the boy merphia, which it was' at lea-t possible might have produced death, and that he had a very weak censtitu tien ; it was also developed that the lad j was suffering from curvature of the spine and was liable te die at almost any time; j that among his numerous complaints j were neuralgia and rheumatism, for! which acenitine is a remedv. and that ' . ., , , ., moreover young jenn was in meuauit of experimenting with poisonous drugs iu his chemical studies. Even in the testimony of Stevenson, upon which the crown hinged its case, the admission ec curs that the symptoms of acenitine poi soning were unknown and that death might have resulted from the drugs used by tlie boy or from the merphia administered by another physician. Frem an examination of the meagre le ports of tlie evidence which have reached this country it seems tolerably clear that a reasonable doubt existed net only in one but in several of the theories and hypotheses which the crown sought te establish, and that the jury iu its hasty verdict, which old lawyers are said te have declared they saw expressed en the jurors' faces even before they left tlie box, failed te give the prisoner the baneflt of the doubt that seemed te sur round the vital phases of the case. Lam son may be guilty," but it is net at all certain that the evidences of it have been made se clear that a jury of his countrymen would have sent him se quickly te the gibbet. Speakeh Keifek has ahard time uf it. When he confines himself te the rights and duties of his" office he shows himself te beau incompetent blunderer ; and when he transcends them he has te submit te the ernphatic but well-merited rebuke of members whom he undertakes te reprimand, no is a complete failure j and, happily for the country, the jobs, te j accomplish which he was put into the chair, are likely te also fail by reason of the rules of the Heuse. Frem the oper ation of these rules, framed te protect minorities and prevent ill-considered legislation, the Republican majority is unable ei -unwilling te relieve its speakers There's safe. millions in it in Jay Gould's Wirmin linger these breasc medals for the brave GOG ? And where tarrieth Andy KaulYman's revenue collector's comuris cemuris comuris Men? The potato crop was short last year and persons who had any in stere and basket could have had their asking price for them, but for the large importations. There have been actually brought into this country since January 1, 224.2C3 sacks. "Did we hear any iron master ask for protection te the American gardener against the feicigu potato raiser? -Oun esteemed Republican daily con temporaries continue te engage in their amicable exchange of courtesies. The rod-het Examiner rattles off its "red headed lies" about' the JYVic Era, and the XciC'Era piously retorts that the Ex aminer has "resorted te the desperate ex pedient of employing a Bourbon Democrat and giving him full editorial license te in voke the death agonies" of "two daily papers, both of which choked te death en the regurgitation of their own malice ami personal abuse,.and were buried unwept-, unhonered aud unsung." As an earnest that the Burkhelder-bell letters te its penny fund are bona fide, the 2few Era publishes "among ethers," the names of 123 Republicans and Democrats from a'reuud Lititz alene, who subscribe te the fund. The total amount sent in te date is enough te buy a whole chime of bells with a kennel of " bleed hounds" thrown iu. The inspecterswill find that it would have been cheaper te have paid for the bell, as the movement in behalf of Burkhelder is likely te sicken them beyond relief from even Dr. Compten's 'treat ment. Tumi: was a time "once upon a time" when J. W. Jehnsen, esq., swere most lustily that the next time any paper called him "Picayune " he would sue it for libel.. Fer, he argued, It is a term calculated te bring him into " ridicule and contempt." Lest he may net read the Examiner a daily newspaper published in this city by his former political friend, Jno. A llies- tand we beg te inform him that he is new regularly referred te hi that journal by the sobriquet' which erstwhile was se objectionable te him. -While he lefiaius from bringing his suit does he mean te have it understood tLat his chacactex is below ridicule and contempt or that it is net worth a picayun?? ( Webster " A small coin of the value of G$ cents.") Tiiev mauage these things better in Can ada. Our Indian military expenses during the past-ten years have been mere than one hundred million dollars, and we have nothing te show for it bat the record of one mere decade in enr "century of dis honor." In Canada the- government has te deal with mo're than one hundred thous and Indians, scattered ever a vfitla terri tory, belonging te different tribes and of different degrees of civilization. A war with the Indians in Canada is almost uu . known. The Indian department report is taken up with the peaceful accounts of the establishment of schools, the .reclama tion of land, the cultivation of farms, the building Of churches, the advance- in the mechauical ait. With us Indian official literature consists mainly of rcpeits of massacres, wars, the swindling operations of railroad companies, miners and adventurers generally. Wn have net- yet met with a word of criticism en 'Tennyson's latest," which, it was asserted, was expressly cabled for a New Yeik paper. Was it beyond criti cism? We would like te knew. German town Telegraph. Our esteemed contemporary cither has a very short list of exchauges or it does net read them very closely for any ether pur pose thau te sec if they have appropriated its excellent agricultural articles witheut due credit. .Scarcely a paper of any standing in the country failed te criticise Tenny son's new peein. It was variously pro nounced geed, had and indifferent. Twe of the Lancaster dailies, which .are known te exchange with the Telegraph, rated it as far below Tennyson's best, and the ether intimated that the charge of his Three Hundred couldn't compare v ith the charge of the Three Hundred and Six at Chicago. The Tdegraph has no geed ground for its insinuation that the poem was net actually cabled te the Independent, and though it has been suggested that it was heavy enough te break the submarme wire had 5h nnf: l-.enn leid mi tln Itnttnm nf Mir km ., r ." . , . , . , .. . the Inacncndent get a big advertisement by furnishing the poem te the dailies. Tin; astute cominittee which drafted the new lu'es for the Republican party of this county provided in the schedule te them, ti:at the " first primary election of 1S32 shr. ! be held under the foregoing mles au.l legulaliens, at which election the quest um of their adoptieu or rejection shall be voted upon." This is probably the fir?t instance en record in which it was proposed te held an election under a new law which was te be submitted for adop tion or rejection at that same election. This is clearly ex postfaetefa.m a violation of the existing rules of the party. They are iu force until after adopted and cannot be out a popular vote, no such thing as new mles are changed with- They kuew the delegates proposed te be elected at the coming pii uiarics, and election officers sworn te con duct the primaries under the rules of the party will be bound te count all votes cast for such delegates as mill. Should it happen that one candidate for any office be elected byr a plurality of the popular vote, under the old system, and another candidate for the same place be chosen under '" the new rules,"" clearly the fiist will be entitled te claim the tegular nomi nation, even though the new rules pre vails. The cominittee wlie propezed the new rules even cached themselves and suggested a violation of law in scheduling theui for operation befere they arc adopted, PERSONAL. Mrs. Laxgtiiy net only retains her old t friends but her receptions are attended by the prominent dramatic artists, who aie by no means jealous of her micccss en the stage. It was fcaid by a clever Englishman of Lord Chiof-Justice Ceciciiur.x, after the conviction of the Tichborne claimant, that the judge's charge "was a miracle of talents and of injustice.'1 It is stated that Mr. Ciiauls Emeuv siriTir, the editor of the Philadelphia Press, may be an independent Republican candidate for Congress in he Second dis trict at the next election. X. Y. Herald : She was only ten years old ; aud when she was asked vtfiether she had a big piano at her heuse she sweetly replied, "Ne; but father's an Odd Fellow and he has been made a noble grand." Senater Camcuex and wife and his father Gen. Simen Camekex, who have been spending the last two weeks tegcth- I or in i Jencla, arriveu m Washington yes terday. Mrs. Cameren's health is greatly improved. Persons standing clesj te Jay Gould have declared that he has cash in bank or en lean at command te the amount of $21,000,030 in addition te his $53,000,000 of securities. IJcssel Sage keeps $5,00?, 000 or $0,000,000 en baud te take flyers with. Governer Cameiuw, of Virginia, thinks that the gubernatorial chair is net a veiy great elevation for. a mau who has been an editor of an influential newspaper, aud iu the capitol he ictaius the simple und affa ble manners which he 'formally cultivated in the journalistic sauctum. Senater Pendleton, of Ohie," though still somewhat ill from- a severe cold, is laboring in favor of a civil scrvice reform that will'seeure the election by the people of such federal eflBcsrs as postmasters, district attorneys, marshals, court clerks, customs collectors and internal revenue collectors. The New Yerk Times endeavors te show inter-communcatien between Pennsylvania why Messrs. Theiias and Maretzee left ! aml New Jersey. Cincinnati. The reasons given are plausi- j Murdered by a "terca Wemau. ble, and are bristling with percupine j ' yiinam a. Evans, a merchant of Sum proofs But, as the Herald reminds its j lncrficld, six miles from Macen, Pa., was contemporary, the latter forgets the rea- murdered in bed by a negre woman named bon why these worthy musicians left the Emma Jehnsen, alias Carrie Massey, te J wnnm l-.c.infi hurt kinrtlv mren n nirrlir. s Piggery Paris of America was given in the famous dispatch that they refused te beat time with a ham. The Germautewn Tdegrajjlt went out of politics some time age. But this much it ventures te prophesy ; " The next Democratic condidate for Governer of Pennsylvania will net be Rebert E. Patti Patti seu, nor Rebert E. Monaghan, nor Stan ley Woodward. It will be EcsletB. Coxe, of Luzerne county. He is both a very wealthy and very" able man, and has a first class record. We may be mistaken, but wait and sec." An Iowa woman has been found, who claims that in his salad days Gen. Ghaxt. was very "attentive" te tier. " Lhck, said she, " would say te me, Let's gather flowers and see which will have the most kinds when we get through.' Wealways called him "Ufick,' and while he was courting me and wanted te marry me my father used te plague me, saying, 'he is the greenest looking boy I ever saw,' "' and smiling te herself she added, "and he was a green looking fellow. When the flowers were gathered we would arrange them nicely and exchauge bequets." The villa which Queen Victekia has .se cured for her stay iu Mcntone is loftily situated at the extremity of the Eist bay, at no great distance from the Gerge of St. .Leuis, the present boundary of Frauce and Itaiy. It is net sufficiently large te accommodate the whole of- the queen's retinue, and two smaller villas close by have also been secured. Surrounded by olive- orchards and protected from the northern blasts bv the lefty lunjre of mountains at the rear, the royal resilience enjoys that perfect privacy her majesty se thoroughly appreciates at all times. The views from the terrace and flower gardens aie tiansccndcntly beautiful. On clear days the snow covered mountains of Corsica, some sixty miles distant, may be seen without the aid of a telescope ; while the Mediterranean, with its ever changing cerulean and malachite hues, af fords an incomparable picture both in an;, or and in calm. DEMOCRATIC CONGKIWSMKX. i.fiicr:il i;nccr:us i:ie:t;i'. ;;ii.-iii;iui et tl.e (jutix.iin Cemuiitlei.. After the adjournment of the Heuse en Wednesday a meeting of the members of the Democratic Congressional campaign committee (consisting of one member from each of the thirty-one. states and tei tei riteries having a Democratic representa tion in the Heuse) was held in the rooms of the Heuse committee en the judiciary, for the x'urpesc of selecting from their number an executive committee of seven mcnibeis, te cooperate with a similar com cem com initteo alrcadv selected by the Dcmcratic niemlfM f: nf t.t Sr cuate. General llose llese and Representative crans presided, Thompson, of Kentucky, acted as sccre taiy. General Resecians was elected chairman of the committee of thirty-one, and, after some discussion as te the man ner of-selecting the executive committee he was also elected by a'unauimeus vote, i chairman of the executive committee. A motion was made te empower the cuair iuau te select the ether six member.!, but pending the discussion a substitute was eil'ercd that Representative Flower of New Yerk, be selected as a member of the ex ecutive committee and the chairman (Gen. Resecians) and Mr. Flower he authorized te designate the ether five members. This substitute was unanimously adopted. A communication from the senateeenimittcc was read, formally announcing the names of the members of- the executive cominit ceminit cominit teo selected by tbe senatorial campaign committee, alter wiisult the cominittee ad ieurncd subtcct te the call of the cbair- mau. tt'i: RTTcsaiBu coxusaireirAiMKs. Tite I.ute He?;. Urgan Becomes an imlojiem! imlejiem! enc Journal. Laudate Dally Examiner, Itelermcil. When "Picayune" Jehnsen ceases te Lc the anestle of the Era's " Reform " move- menr, the Ilev. Mr. Geit, its mouthpiece, and Ciem Kennedy, its histeiian, we may respect it tiil this change comes, our praise will be measured by our contempt. We are independent. Independ ent iu our cheice ; opposed te Rings or Cliques like the Committee of " 72 ;'' in favor of enforcing the law against political trickery and resolved te use -our best en deavors te have a fair election, geed nominees-elected by the people "and for the peepie. Wants no Syinpattiy. Xuw Era. The editor of the 2,'ew Era. asks no "sympathy" from the Examiner, . its hired Bourbon Democratic editor, or these who believe in its methods. Scemiil I'itliile In tli Orc!05tiu. .W'ff Lia. The Exa:niucr lias quietly fallen into its proper piano by adopting the role of play ing second fiddle te the 2fae Era. Of course, it has been plainly visible for a long time that things were tending iu that direction, but hardly expected it te flop se quickly. A Bey Sulcliic. At Medoc, near Pctrelia. Archie," the 12-yeai-eld son of Jehn M. Aimstreng, was found in a fence corner with thccntiie top of his head blown e!f. A gun was discov ered securely lashed te a fence close by. Surroundings made it clear that he placed himself in front of the muzzle, and by the aid of the ramrod, touched the trigger; thus causing the discharge which scattered his brains iu every diicctien. The ramrod lay near the body when the latter was found. Eveiy indication shows it te have been a deliberate suicide, with all details arranged in a very careful and ingenious manner. Xe satisfactory theory has been advanced as te the probable cause of the levelting deed. --! The Kuiubergers' Scall'eln. The scaffold for the execution of the Rumbcrgcrs, at Harrisburg, which has been repaired, has received a coat of light drab paint, aud, if such a thing is possible, it presents a very neat appearance. One thing, however, was net lcmevc-d by the covering of paint. The cress beam upon which the ropes were secured has several indentations in it similar te these made by constant use of a rope en the windlass te a well. These are plainly discernible en the present scaffold, and naturally bring up recollections of the many peer fellows whose weight.- when they dropped into eternity, made the new terrible marks. Opposed te urldgin:; the Delaware. The Vessel Owners' and Captains' asso ciation held a special meeting yesterday, te consider a bill new before the United States Senate te give permission te certain parties te orieso tuc uciaware liver tic i twccn Philadelphia aud" Camden, and its i effect upon the shipping interests. A reso lution was adopted that such a bridge would be an obstruction te navigation, and detri mental te the commercial interests of the pert te an extent net justifiable or compen sated for by any increased facility for lodging, ner object wps robbery, but the groans of the dyinjj man brought assist ance, which prevented its consummation The woman was arrested and brought te Macou. At Summerfield the officers were surrounded by a mob of white aud colored people, but by strenuous efforts lynching was prevented. MAEING HEATHERS FLY. A VERY LIVELY SCEX IX THE HOUSE. The Speaker Undsrtakea te Keprliuand "a Democratic .Member who KeterM la Vigorous rashlen A Spicy Passage. In the United States Hou.-e of Represen tatives yesterday, during debate en the Mississippi relief resolution, Mr. Meney, of Mississippi, desired te speak, but Mr. Hiscock, having charge of the bill, refused te yield. Mr. Meney thereupon, amid tlie 1 ud rapping of the speaker's gavel, stated that it was unjust that the representatives from the section most nearly -effected by the bill should have no time te discuss it. Mr. Meney having taken his seat, the speaker said, sharply: "If gentlemen think they can impose en the Heuse and the chair, and r.ndortake te make speeches in violation of the rules of the Heuse, the chair will take pains te reprimand tliera, at least." . Subsequently, during debate en the Anti-Chinese bill, its consideration was su.s; pended, and Mr. Meney, of Mississispi, stating that he rose t j a privileged qucs tien, sent te the clerk's desk and had read the official notes of the Speaker's remarks made when he (Meney) was attempting te get the fleer yesterday afternoon te speak en the bill for the relief of the sufferers from the Mississippi overflow. "Mr. Speaker." I then said, I want t. stale the circumstances which attended this very remarkable declaration by the speaker." lie was nrt allowed te proceed further, but the speaker called him te order and said, "The chair understood the gentle nia'i te rise for the purpose of suggesting something that was privileged.", Mr. Meney I have, if the speaker will be patient. I want te he understood about this matter. The Speaker The chair also wants te be understood about the matter. The cnair desires te slata that it ilie ircnticman liscs for the purpese of making any cor rection the chair will recognize him but, if he'rises for the purpose of passing any ciitic!.-.ni en the chair, the chair will take occasion te call him. te erder. Mr. Meney I rise in my right as a mem bar of this Heuse, te pretest against the language used by the speaker as a gross bseach of decorum an 1 of the privileges of this house. " lf.-re he wa-i again interrupted by loud crit's of order oil the Republican side, and by the continuous rapping of the speaker's gave), while Mr. Camp, of New YerK, and several ether Republicans demanded that the words spoken should be taken down and read from the clerk's desk, te which demand Mr. Menny gae hi.? concur rence. The Speaker The chair will order the sergcaut-at-arms te see that the geutlo geutle mau new preserves order. The gentleman will be seated. The chair will stata again that he has no desire te be oppressive in auy sense upon auy member ; but, when any gentleman insists upon making a speech out of order, the chair reg'ards him self bound te call him te order. If the gentleman from Mississippi desires te make any explanation or correction in what he said, the chair will recognize him, but will net recognize him for the -purpese of making' an assault en the chair out of order. L Applause en the Republican side. Mr. Meney and the speaker continued' te discus the question sharply. Mr. McLauc I understand the gentle man te rise te question of privilege, and I submit te the chair that he must be allowed te statu his question e'f privilege, and that the chair must submit it te the Heuso te pass upon it. - A colloquy ensued between the speaker and Mr. McLaue, and the latter added : " While 1 have the most perfect respect for myself, and when I find the gentleman from Mississippi called te order b the gentleman from New Yeik ( Camp ) and taken te task by the Speaker, neither the gentleman from New i'erk nor the speak er, recognizing tnat lis took tiie lloer en a question of piivilegc, I lisete a question of privilege, and that is that it becomes the duty of the speaker te submit that question te the Heuse."' The Speakei The gentleman is mis taken. Mr. McLane (duly)--Well, I would like te kuew hew. Mr. Meney was permitted te make an explanation. In it he said: -'Just be fore that a Republican member (Mr. Marsh) spoke out of order, and in a voice se loud that it seemed hearse, and bran dished hi.s lh.r, aud nobody spoke of repri manding him. There is no mle that per mits a member of the Heuse te be repii manded. except by order of the Heuse, and no speaker has the right te arrogate te himt-elf and usurp the powers of the Heu?e. New take thf.t down, if you wish Appkiiim; en the Democratic side ' As laras I :.m concerned peiseaally, I simply wished te show the people I represent that I was incapable of submitting te a thing of this seit without pretesting asaiust it." Applause en the Democratic side. Mr. Hiscock then rese and, saying l.e supposed he would have te rise te a priv ileged question also, dccla ed that he Lad granted the fleer tepi!'"'-''"-? rcpiesenting the overflowed dis'trict3, instancing the fact that Mr. Hoeker, of Mississppi, had been permitted te speak. He stated, however, that he had accorded the fleer principally te members coining from ether portions of the country, thinking that thcieby lln're would bi less objection manifested te the bill. Mr. McLanc rose te a question of piiv ilegc, aud haying the titles read, suggested that the chair ought te lake hack the lan guage used in calling Mr. Meiuy te order. The language, in his judgment;, was a breach of the privileges of the Heuso, and any member who submitted te siuch a rcp limand would be unworthy te held his seat en the fleer. Applause en the Dem ocratic side. The speaker t-aid the chair had net rep limandcd the gentleman from Mississippi. The chair had simply insisted upon -his and ether gentlemen . ceasing. And the chair new wishes it qistiactly understood, without any pmpese of making any tiireat at all, that he would require the rules te be obeyed in future. It was due te the gentleman lrem Mississippi te say that se far as the chair -had any knowledge) of him in this and former Congresses, he had always behaved with the gicatest courte sy, with this exception. The matter was then dropped and the Heuse adjourned. .Saucy Serseunt Jiinen. J. C. liigelew, the cennsel for Seiceaut Masen, yesterday applied te Judge Wylie, of the criminal court, in Washington, for a writ of habeas corpus for his client. The judge refused the wiit, but. subsequently allowed Mr. Bigelow te withdraw the papers, for the purpese of renewing the application te the court in banc today. Iu the meantime Masen has been scut in irons te the Albany penitentiary. 3Iasea lias 'written an insolent letter, in which he says : "I must say that I de net want te be pardoned by no Guitcau president." Wishes II e Hadn't Signed it. At Scranton. yesterday, Prof. J. 11. Hawker, superintcnt of schools, was awaided-$4,000 damages iu a suit brought by him against Merris Geldsmiih, a prom inent merchant, for signing a libelleus petition te the state superintendent of hcboe's. A Cleric's Big Stealing. The -'defalcation" "of James T. Bc-jt. engineer's clerk iu the lighthouse dceart-i ment at San Francisce, is "already known te be upwards of $70,000." THE FLOOD OF -WATERS. LSOKMOUS IA3TA"GE IX Tilt: VAI.LKY. Whole i'irisIic- in I.etilijii!i, 3I!;alKsippi and Arkansas Inundate a. Ueuscs Cotten ami Stock llestreyed. The Mississippi river continued foiling at Memphis and Helena yesterday, while lower-down it rose slight'y or re mained stationary. Fourteen counties iu Mississippi De Sote, Tate, Quitman, Tuuica, Panela, Coahoma, Tallauatchee, Bolivar, Leflere, Sunflower, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo, Issaquena which aie flooded, produced 319,0'e3 bales of cotton in 1830. The town ei Austin, county scat of Tunica county, has been nearly a'l washed away. The court heuse and ether public buildings are going te pieces, and eh!v a few houses are left standing. All the damages at that ; placi has 1k-hi dena since Saturday last. Fifte n parishes in Louisiana East Carroli West CirieII, Madism. Tensas, t'ou t'eu t'ou cerdia, Morehouse, Richland, Cald well, Ouachita, Franklin, Catahoula, Point Ceupei, Avoyelles, St. Landry and La Fourche which produced 233,300 bales of cotton in 1S70, arc new wholly or p ir tially inundated, tin water in some places beiug 14 feet deep. Twe new breaks are reported, in ti:-- levees iu Point Coupee parish, and four mere in Tensas. The latter, if net stepped, will overflow nearly all of Iberville and West Jj.iten Kouire par ishesaud the eastern pirtieu efth'j Tc-che country a distiict jieliling about fifteen thousand hogshead.', of sugar annually. lit Tensas parish ten thou sand coleied people arc destitute. Live stock, coin, ether preducj .n l gen eral property in enormous quantities have been destroyed. Should the. waters -recede within the next 40 or 30 days, a fair crop of cotton ma;.' be raided, but it will b-j sort owing te the destruction of stock and fod der, la Beutheastarn Arkansas atnts sent te examine the st ite of affairs report that from Tripp's station te Ark.iuias City, the water is e te 50 feet deep, and the journey em only be m.ula bv beats. All along the route colored peeple were sura quartered in lefts of houses, with water running swiftly through the maia ie uns, while cats dogs and hogs gathered e i the reefs, and the cattle that hud ceijicd diewuing weie standing upon :iaiie Strips of dry ground or quarti .1 u.i n rafts net far distant. The Laber Tre::iIc.t. At a large meeting of the Trades Ase u bly of San Francisce en Tuesday evening, resolutions were adopted symp.vhiziiig with the strikers at Omaha, and ttrengly censuring the action of the civil authoii autheii lies in invoking military aid. The executive committee of t'leKuijjut of Laber in the Cumberland coal di-.tner, was in Mission at Frostburg, Maryland, en Tuesday and jv.stcr-l.iy, framing an ansv.vr te the coal companies' netiij- of a mine tien of wages. Net'iin ; f i;s ceutcht-t .s yet made public. There is no change iu th'j situation at Lawrence, Mass.- The total number ;t! ;t! ;t! cmployed inconsequence, of the stnk j i about JJjO. Edward Byru., a wi av.-r, charged with interfering '.villi weavers i:i the worsted department of the P.vuiJij mills, was arraigned yesterday hi the po lice court and fiucd $J and ct)3ts. The stove manufacturers of Trey, New Yerk, have dechicd togranSauinereaJef wages demanded by the MeuldcrV Union, and a strike is expected ameug the thou sands of men employed in thesrev loiin! leiin! ries there. .Phases (a Bus!nc6. Ralston, McQuade it Ce., bankets :.'. Fairview, near Pittsburgh, suspended v terday. Their liabilities are e-stimnte.l rt about $250,000 ; assets unknown. Judge Shipman, of the United bt.iU .- circuit court, in New Yerk, decided yf terday that imposed oleie 1 fa-hien ;'m! arc net liable te duty. The Pacific bank, of Bosten, b p ti.'" ti.'" bien of the controller of the cunc-r.i'y, v. til resume business en Me.id.iy ae-xt. A convention of taa tobacco m..uaf turcrs of the United State: beau ir. . siehs in Washington last night. Ge rgi W. Ilchuc, of New Yerk, presiding. Thu object of tlie gathering, as. stated by tlit' 4 chairman, is te decide r,hetlur they should cooperate with or antageniz" tjie fiee leaf men in their fight bSi'ure Cen gross. T. K. Spnuce, ei YCit'eiiinuti. was elected vice president ; J. V. Woedsiih, of Philadelphia, secretary : and Cliir!"s Seidlcr, of New Yerk, tre.ismer. At a uicetiug of the ciediters of the Ncwcemb-Buchanan company, in Lonis Lenis villo, yesterday, the company's liabilities were stated at $1 G10.000, and. the assets at $2,330,000. Piopesition were submit ted for the payment of the secured debts in one, two and three jem, at (J percent, and the unsecured debts iu tive years at J per cent, interest; the distillery property of the company and the private property of the Buchanans te be mortg.ige.i te secuie the unsecured debt. Dculli by I''lre anil "Water. By the slackening of a tepe while a beat was being lowered from the I'. S. steamer Tennessee, at New Orle.ui., yesteiday, three of the crew were thrown into the river and ene of thrill Nicholas Jehnsen, was drowned. Lars A. Slubciud and F. Senacu wcic suffocated te death by gas in a well, at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, en Tuesday. . Twe colored children were .suffocated in their sleep in Richnu nd, Vsiginia. l.it night, by Iutr.es from a cltaiceal furnace used te warm the loom. A li.re in Macen, Georgia, yesterday morning, dcstiej-cd the cotton warehouse of C. D. Andersen ite Sen, and the build ing occupied by Wolff !h ethers, pap'tr and lag dealers, causing a less of $30,000. A cotton buyer named Watsen, who loomed in Andersen's warehouse, is reported miss ing. l'e! ills in I'ulitlc- mill I.cialuti!'::. G. T. Stewart, chairman of the Na tienal pi ohibitien committee, has called a National convention of prohibitionists, te nicet in Chicago en the 23d of August next. In the Senate of New Jersey yer.terday bills were passed fixing the salary of the attorney general at $7,000, and legalizing oaths "by the uplifted hand." In the Heuse the bill for the holding of :i constitutional convention in Trenten en June 13th was passed. The convention is te consist of one delegate from each coun ceun tyand one from each assembly district. The township election in Bordcntewu, ZiOw Jersey, en Tuesday, was carried by the Democrats. There were no fewer than seven tickets in the field. ro;:i'j!e Xccr.ilej:y. Dr. James T. Caainplin, cx-pic-.i lent et the Celby University, died yesteiday ;.i Portland, Maine, in the seventy-first y.tr of his age. Rev. A. II. Esfev, Baptist minister .it , Cambridge, N. Y., dropped ileid dm Tuesday ccuiag, at a school meeting. Judge Jehn A. Meredith died last nigh in Richmond, Ya., aged G2 years. At ti.e time of his death he was president of tin; Richmond beard of aldermen. Munlllecnt llcijusst.. The will of Sarah Burr, enered for pro bate in New Yerk, en Tuesday, bequeaths nearly $3,000,000 te various religious and charitable institutions, the Episcopal church leceiviug the principal benef.i.'s benef.i.'s tiecr.. The largest bequest is ene of $200, 000. for the foundation of the " Geed Sa maritan Dispensary in the city of New Yeik." The .sum of .$20,000 is left te the Divinity Scheel of the" Protestant Episco pal church in Philadelphia. LOCAL EsTELLKfEXCE. NKlGHHUiaiOOl) EtVS. KveutB Acress the County Line. The mysterious disappearance of Rebert Carey, of West Chester, two months .age, war, "solved by finding his dead body at Uiiliugspert, en the Delaware. It is sup posed that lie fell into the Schuylkill and his bedj was carried te the place where it was found. Rafting en the Susquehanna river has assumed a brisk appearance, aud at Wiightsville, j-esterday, thirty rafts were tied up along the shore, and as many mere have passed en down the river within the pjst lew days. The newly elected beard of" directors ef the Yerk aud Peadi Bettem railroad com pan met and elected Mr. J. Y. Gccscy, late cashier of the Farmers' National bank, secretary, treasurer and general ticket agent ; Mr. S M. .Manifold, superintend out aud general freight agent ; .Mr. E. J. illaiii elected baggage mister ; Messrs. David E. Small and II. D. Schmidt wete selected te be trustees under the new mortgage about te be created. The reopening of the Alleutewn acid. l.iy of music, which wa.s destroyed by' fins last spring, took place en Tuesday evn iug, air! was a brilliant occasion. The heusi 1. s been greatly beautified and pro vided v.iih all the conveniences of theatre architecture, and is new ene of the pietti est places! f amusement in the interior. Charles Lockbiied, a helper at ene of the fm unces at the rolling triill, at Yerk, while trausfiuiug a ball of iron from a buggy te the anvil, was seriously injured, by the steam hammer striking the end ei the buggy which forced the handle against his neck, immediately under the left ear, with such ferca as te preduce total iitien scieusness for hours, and a saver; omen . . sieu of the brain. It is proposed by the Reading di.spens.ny association te erect a new hospital build ing hi that city. The laud was purchased some j'ears age. for $7,000. The ce-t el the new building is estimated at $30,000, but enlv one wing will be erected at pre sent. The cost of this wing will be about $10,000. . An infant child of Mis. Ware, residing en Dick street, Reading, get a pjrcussieu cap in its month and nearly strangled. I The cop ledged in the clild's threat and had te be pushed down into its stomach te save its life.' A boy named William Nell", employed at the car shops boiler works en Alii.-en's Hill, Ilanisburg, was badly burned while at work by a rod-het rivet, dropping into hi.s beet leg and burning its waj- down te his feet, searing the llesh of hi.s leg and resting en his feet, whcie it binned until the beet could be taken off. AliUllNES AT AL'CIUIN. jj.l er.i. IC. Magraw's fancy ;.-ittle. Annuel Hess & S.en. auctioned s, sold at public sale yesterday, for A. R. Magraw, af. the Lancaster driving park, Lancaster city, Pa., 27 head of AMerucy cat lie ;'t the following prices : ISnlN. Ne. 1, ' Sheik," bull, .1 ji-ars old, te D. P. Leeker, for $70 ; Ne. 2, ' Nuniee," bull, 3 months old, withdrawn at $73 ; Ne. 3, '"Legate" hull. 1 year old, te Wm. Gelispi, at $10; Ne. 3, "' Balden" bull, 6 mouths old. te Themas Uaumgardner, $30.30; Ne. 3. "Jail" bull. G months old, te D, Y. Faddi, $13 ; Ne. G. " Cecil" bull, 4 months old, te 1. Swigarr, $12 , N'i. 7, ' Kent" bull, 0 lueuths old, te I Frank Land is, $15: Cew anulle-ile'r. Ne. 1. "Cum Flera," 5 years old, te B J. McGrann, $100. Ne. 2. " Ela," 3 years old, te Win. Shiremait, $32. Ne. 3. "El gilh.i," Tycais old, te D. Y. Farfdi--, $83 Ne .I.,,'CoIera Belle," 2 yc;iv old. te I). i Leeker, $100. Ne. 3. "Guava,"" yeais old, te The. n.iumgaitiiu-r, $100 Ne 0. " tvndaur." li years old, te v. . Fuddle, $73.' Ne. 7. "Falka," 2 jcars jcars eld, te S. f Iambi ight, $103. Ne. S, " Ceunalf," aged cow, Wm. Ge ' li'-i'i, $33 ; Ne. 0, - Lady."- aged cow, Dr. Wctdler, $31 ; Ne. 10. ' Venne," age e net given, A. Raiick, $70.30 ; Ne. 11, ' " f'.' K-lr. T.nss IT " 4 vfiar old. T). Y. Fa'1 di.. $11 ; Ne. 12", "Nerma III," S years old. Themas Batinigaidncr. $7G ; Ne. 13. ' ('er.ua V," 3 yeais !:, Vm.Gelespi,$3G; Ne. 1 !. " Cenna VI.," 2 ycaiseld, te Win. Gelespi, $30 ; Ne. 13, 4" Anna III.," 1 year old, te D. Y. FaddK $30 ; Ne. 1G, " Pal sey II.," 2 years old, te David Jlubrr, $41 , Ne. 17. "Black Bess III.. " 1 vcar old, te D. Y. Faddis, $24 ; Ne. 18, "Rebinall., ' 2 years old, te Bavid Iluber, $45 ; Ne. 10, "Rebina IH.," 2 years old, te D. Y. Fad- ,?.- Ait . -- ni rT. Tir . i I ins, j-ii ; ie. e, ivoenia i ., i yeai old, te J. Frank Landis, $23. t , SAM SANrOKIVS UKASlAi'IC COiii'U, i The Trouble They UndUflttin: In jlr;isljui,. It is a cool day when old Sam Sanfeid docs net havp a .hew en the read. It mat ters little te him whether it is small or net. and he cares little whether the inem- t bers are possessed of talents or brains. The last venture ei bam is a company composed of five men, including himself, and two women, and they have been struggling with the powerful and very "fiesh" drama I'tititled "TenNights ina'Barroem."' La-t night the company appeared in Sti-isburg. They arrived at Leaman Place in the afJrrr.oen about 3 o'clock, and found te their disgust that then; was no trains uiniiing te Strasbiug. S.un wa.s bennd that he .would net disappoint. the citizens of that ancient borough, se he st euicd a hand cir en which he bearded hi.s baggage and the company. The male members took their turns in working the car, which had te be pushed, and se after four mill's of hard work they arrived safely at their destination. In the evening they appcp.red-ir, ihejiall te an audience which was fulfictetit te enable them te rt out of town. Shaw, the .Mi;ueu::i:i:. 2)hl tin 5i tn the Yerk County Aliii-,'ie;n.) -. La-.t evening Mayer MacGeiiglu ic ceived a telgram, of which the following is a copy :. Yeiik, March 13, 18S2 Jxe. T. M acGesigle, Mayer : I interred 'the body of a man this a. m., at the Yerk county almshouse, answering the deserip tien of the murderer. He was admitted Thursday last. Answer by American Rapid. Wm. iif.ucitTHOiii, Director of the poe. Mayer M.icGonigle fcent te Yerk tm morning Chief of Police Deichlci and Gee W. Hunter thtr last named of wh.m wis well acquainted with' Shaw. Tlie- -Uatlie-.llst fenferencj. . The ninety-fifth session of the Phi fade! pbia annual conference of the M. E. church epeucd .yesterday in the Paul street church, Frankfeid, Bishop Andrews rrc sidiiif. Standing committees were appoin ted and the report of the librarian of the Philadelphia conference historical secicty was icad and approved. Tn the afternoon the a-r ivcisary of the pastors' and ladies' cii'lstlaii .union was held, and at night then was an anniversary meeting of the Philadelphia conference education society. Rev W. C. Robinson, of the Duke street church this city, is en the cemmittee en woman's home missions. Tiie Snow Storm. The snow storm which' began yesteidav continued nearly all night, and by daj--brcak this morning there was a depth of four or five inches of snow en the streets. A few sleighs were out early in the morn ing, but a rising temperature and a clear sky neon made havoc with the slciching, leaving in its stead mud ankle deep in r-orae parts of the city. f
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