LANCASTER lMllA INTELLIGENCE! TUESDAY WAKOH 2i IS8! Hancastet f ntelltgencer. TUBSDAY(EVEMINO, MARCH 21, 18fi2. Garfield, Besecrans and L'hlckamanga. When publication was first made of the letter concerning Gen. Itesecrans, written te Secretary Chase in 1863 by Gen. Garfield, the tone of it was seen te be se strikingly at variance with the proper conception of the dnty of a chief of staff te his commander, and se incon sistent with all notions of personal fidel ity and military proprieties, that the authenticity of the document wasim pugned. Ne shadow has, however, been cast upon its genuineness by any proof adduced. On the ether hand, it has been identified and traced from its recipient te his contemplated biographer, who made it public. Te insist that the letter was bogus, was of course measurably te concede that if genuine it was discredit able. Since the apologists for it's writer find it no longer convenient te maintain that it was a fabrication, they are driven either te excuse or defend it. They who ascribe it te -impulsiveness or indiscre tion probably de Mr. Garfield the least harm, though they are hardly less fortu nate in their care for his memory than was Ilalstead, when he attributed the Credit Mebilier and DeGelycr circum stances te a "sensitiveness te poverty' They who defend it insist that the writer committed no breach of fidelity te his chief, and that from a military stand point Itesecrans merited the criticism of his subordinate. Ne one, we believe, has ventured te say that the writing of such a letter was .net a gross dffeuse against military discipline. "What" Mr. Garfield thought was the proper measure of his personal fidelity te Itesecrans is te be gathered net from the letter of 18G3, se lately brought te light, but from the letter written te Itesecrans in 1880, when lie said te him : Any charge, whether it comes fiem Dana or any ether liar, te the effect that I was iu any sense untrue te yea or un faithful te our friendship, his no particle of truth iu it. " It is true that I was au occasional cor respondent of Secretary Chase. Several times, while I was your chief of staff, lie wrete me in regard te this progress of the war" ami asked my opinions en various questions connected with it, hut I fear lessly challenge all the rascals iu the world te publish any such letters written by me. They are welcome te ail the cap ital they can make out of them. This language cannot be reconciled with the Chase letter. As te-the value of Garfield's criticism of Besecrans' military performances, happily for the truth of history and the fame of his old commander, he is en record en that subject tee. If his cen sure of Itesecrans and his seventeen generals as conveyed in the Chase let ter, was merited, there was net among them a " live and earnest determination te fling the creat weight of this army into the scale,and make its power felt in crushing the shell of the rebellion ; " and Gen. Itesecrans was " singularly .disin clined te grasp the situation with a strong hand and make the advantage his own ; " he indulged in ' almost fatal delay " and repaid an "indulgent " war department with " inaction " and by " hanging back while golden moments were passing." Seven months after that letter of com plaint was written, Gen. Garfield was a representative in Congress. "With all the ircidents of Itesecrans' military movements fresh in his mind he made a speech referring te them. What did he say ? The pending motion was a resolution of thanks te Majer General Geerge II. Themas and the officers and men who fought under his command at the battle of Chickamauga. Then it was that Garfield made an earnest plea for Itose Itese crans' name te be included in this motion aye, te beJ inserted before that of Themas ; and in support of his amend ment te that effect he made the fol lowing speech (Congressional Glebe, XXXVIII. Congress, Part 1, Page 713), which deals with Gen. Besecrans' gen eral character as a soldier : Ne man here is ready te say, and if there be such a mau I am ready te mcet him, that the thanks of this Congress are net due te Majer General W. S. Besecrans for the campaign which culminated iu the battle of Chickamauga. ,It is net uncom mon throughout the press of the country aud among many people te 'speak of that tattle as a disaster te the army of the United States and te treat of it as a de feat. If that battle was a defeat, we may welcome a Hundred such defeats. I should be glad if each of our armies would repeat Chickamauga. Twenty such would de strey the rebel army aud the Confederacy utterly and forever. What was that battle, terminating as it did a great campaign, whose object was te drive the rebel army beyond the Tennes see, and te obtain a foothold en the south bank of that river, which should form the basis of future operations in the Gulf states '? We had never yet crossed that river, except far below iu the jicighber- lioed el uennth. Chattanooga was the gateway of the Cumberland mountains, and until we crossed the river and held the gateway we could net commence op erations in Georgia! The army was or dered te cress the river, te grasp aud held the key of the Cumberland' mountains. It did cress in in the face of superior num bers, and after two days of fighting, mere terrible, I believe, than any since this war began, the Army of the Cumberland hurled back, discomfited, and repulsed the combined power of three rebel annies, gained the key te the Cumberland moun tains, gained Chattanooga, and held it agaiust every assault. If there lias been a mere substantial success against overwhelm ing odds since the war began, Thate net Fieardefit. We have had victories Ged be thanked all along the line, but in the history of this war I knew of no such battle against such numbers ; forty thousand against au army of net less .by a man than seventy five thousand. After the disaster te the right wing in the last bloody afternoon of September 20, twenty-five thousand men of the Army of the Cumberland steed and met seventy-five thousand hurled against them. And they steed iu their bloody tracks immovable and victorious when night' threw-its mantle around them. They had repelled the last assault of the rebel army. Who commanded the Army of the Cumberland? Who organized, disci plined and led it? Who planned its cam paigns ? T7ie gineml whose name is emitted in this resolution, Majer-Gensral W. S. Rosecrans. Who took command of the Army of the Cumberland, found that army at Bowling Green, in November, 1862, as it lay disorganized, disheartened, driven back from Alabama and Ten nessee, and led it across the Cumberland, planted it iu Nashville, and theucc, en (he first day of the new year, planted his banners at Murfreesbore1 in torrents of bleed, and in the moment of our extrem est peril, throwing' himself in the breach, saved by his personal valor the Army of the Cumberland and the hopes of- the re public ? It was General Besecrans. Frem the day he assumed command at Bowling Oreen tlie history of that army may bewrit ten in one sentence it advanced and main tained its advanced position, and its last campaign under the general it loved was the bloodiest and most brilliant. The fruits of Chickamauga were gathered in November .en the heights of Mission Bidge and among the clouds of Lookout Mountain. That battle at Chattanooga was a glorious one, and every loyal heart is proud of it But, sir, it was wen when we had nearly three times the number of the enemy. It ought te have been wen. Thank Ged that it was wen. I would take no laurel from the brew of the man who Wen it, but I would remind gentlemen here that while the bat bat tle of Chattanooga waa fought with vastly superior numbers en our part, the battle of Chickamauga was fenght with still vaster superiority against us. Chickamauga, be it remembered, was the termination of the "great cam paign," whose object Mr. Garfield points out se clearly, and the ' substantial suc cess "of which " against overwhelming odds " he pronounces unexcelled in the war. Te Besecrans in this speech he assigns .the high credit of organizing, disciplining, aud leading the army and planning a campaign which resulted in the most substantial success of the war. It was Besecrans whose " personal valor" saved " the hopes of the republic." Under him the army " advanced and maintained its advanced position "this army, whose commander, he had written te Chase, " lacked live and earnest de termination " " te make its power felt in crushing the rebellion." And "this last campaign," in which he had written te Chase that Besecrans was "singularly disinclined te grasp the situation with a strong hand," he declared seven months later en the fleer of Congress was the 'bloodiest and most brilliant" of an army whose history was one continual advance and maintenance of its position. The disparagement of Besecrans in the Chase letter, and the eulogy of him by the same person in the congressional speech, are as utterly irreconcilable as Mr. Garfield's profession of love for and fidelity te his commander are inconsist ent with his act of maintaining a cerres pendence with a cabinet officer ahkh led Id thai cummundcr's removal. If it be true, as is alleged, that the letter te Chase was followed by another from I lie same source, in which, referring te Gen. Besecransat the battle of Cluck nmaugn, Gen. Garfield said " his brain became crystallized ;" this second letter can btill less be read in the light of the speech in Congress without convicting their author of perfidious double-dealing. Certainly the persons and. newspapers which are new trying te defend the Gar- 1 field-Chase letter by aspersions en Bese , crans and his conduct at Chickamauga, and which praise Garfield for effecting the removal of a general whose " heart was net in the cause." will be silenced by the ! production of Gen. Garfield's speech, de j livered when he was fresh from the ! scenes te which he refers, and which has a tone of frankness and truthfulness that 1 does net pervade his meusing letter te Chase. i Is the wealth of honors which arc heaped upon Gniut, let it net be forgotten that ' Lancaster tee has a street named for him. Alas ! it leads from the lockup te the jail. Pnii..ui:i.t'UiA journalism has a right te : indulge in self-laudation. The history of the Times is a " seven years war " and an amplitude of triumphs ever manifold mu nicipal corruption. The Recerd razed the bogus medical colleges te the ground, and, with the Press, did geed work against graveyard insurance. The JV& has routed the detective thieves, expesed bogus license sureties and fought ether geed fights. There is plenty yet te de for all. Ai.nKY there are cheerful souls, peep ing out of garrets and sitting astride chim neys in the submerged regions of the Mississippi valley, who declare that "at a very early day the floods will be subsiding everywhere, and as usual it will be found that the crop-bearing capacity of the whole region has been materially benefitted by them." This view of the situation is, however, mere general with able New Yerk editors than with their professional brethren whose editorial rooms have been washed up into the forks of the cotton weed trees. !Ii:m:y Watteusen's article in the April Century, en " Oddities of Southern Life " is very much the same as the lect ure which he delivered ence in this city. The story of the killing of McKissick and of Billy Driver's scarred neck is the same which Procter Knett first told in a private company in Lancaster and Watterson afterwards related iu his lecture. It is tee geed te ever get stale, but it loses some thing in print which Knett and Watterson give it in their telling by their peculiar twang. Knett's inimitable) description of Driver as a "one gallus fellow" is also lacking in the story as told in'type. Jehn Shoktiieuse, "a manufacturer of chemical manures," in Birmingham, Eng., launched "his novo!," "Jehnlnglesant," en the Londen book market nearly two years age, and though Gladstone said it kept him up all night, the book was a dead failuic. Something has lately stirred uj) public attention te it ; under the lead ership of some clever womens' talk about it, the fashionable world hurried te the libraries for it, and Mudie's circulating library has 1,400 copies in circulation, while Mr. Bain, of the Ilaymarkct, has net. sold se many copies of a novel in tweuty years as of this very "r Jehn Iuglc sant." It is a romancCef tbe Catholic and Cavalier days in England. The pasteial peem ''Dorethy," which sings the coarse red hands of the female farm laborer, is another late literary sensation, and is hailed as the forerunner of the revolt against the Swinburne and aesthetic school. It seems te us that Judge Allisonef Philadelphia, is strictly correct in hisrul ing that a tax receipt is net valid, and does net qualify a voter unless it was paid for by the voter himself or the payment was authorized by him ; although courts of equal authority in the commonwealth have ruled that the possession of the tax receipt is prima facie evidence that the holder paid for it and entitles him te vote if he is otherwise qualified. Under this ruling tremendous abases have grown np and nobody will ba better satisfied than the political managers, who have had te pay the taxes of thousands of careless or impecunious voters if the latter view should prevail. Of coarse, even Judge Allisen's opinion can be easily cir cumvented ; but it will be a geed occasion for the parties te quit the business of pay ing taxes ; aud, while they are at it, let them agree te abolish the " poll commit tee" nuisance and thus cut ' down their campaign funds about 90 per cent. Tun Bepublicans are already trying te discount the exposure which ie likely te come from Democratic discoveries of hew a million and a -half dollars were raised by the Bepublicans te carry New Yerk in 1880. The list of subscribers aud benefici aries uf the fund has been captured, and it is te be shown hew Democrats were bought and hew they were sold, aud what Be publicans purchased them, and hew the ro re ro inarkable change in New Yerk and Brook Breok Broek lyn was effected. Ne such exposure of wholesale political corruption has ever yet been made as is coming. ' The Democrats have traced $300,000 te a bank in New Yerk, which was paid out directly en orders te men who used it iu reducing the natural Democratic majority in New Yerk city and Kings and Queens counties from 00,000 te 50,590. Seme of the people who were hunting the rascals down, were dis posed te quit wheu the trail get tee Ircsh, but the exposure must come, aud the list of bought Democrats will be as interest ing as that of Bepublicau purchasers. PERSONAL. Scevili.i: has firmly expressed his de termination te retire from the Guheau case immediately after the bill of exceptions is signed. Derse y has gene West te leek after his 15,000 cattle en the New Mexiean hills, while Brady is giving some diuncrs where they will de the most geed. The German newspapers with one ac. cord arc indignant at the appointment of Sahcext. It is te be. hoped that they have gent maikcd copies te the White Heuse. Husky Wakd Bekchek has been preaching a defense of the authenticity of the hooks of the New Testament, but there are people who suspect that Bucchcr stands mere in need of defense than the Scriptures. . The irrepressible Gee. C. Geuii.ym turns up .this time te contest with Euw. Mc: Mc: Pheksex for the secretaryship of the Be publican congressional committee. By all means Dorsay and Gerham should inn the Star Beute party. There will beat least one familiar faee in the next Democratic state convention. Peteh J. 'Pierce is sent from Mercer, presumably in charge of Judge McDer mitt's boom. Peter is a pilot in such waters. Our Turkish minister, Gen. Lew Wal lace, having lately been closeted for seven hours with that shameless old polygamist, the Sultan, is new qualified for appoint ment as one of the commissioners te gov gev gov ern L'ta-h under the Edmunds act. In a room of the Washington jail, which might he appropriately termed the "Cham ber of Horrors," is a collection of black caps and of ropes which have been sent for Gciteau from all parts of the country, the latter being of the best manilla. It is net te be forgotten that Grant signed a bill doubling his salary for the period for which he had been elected in 1872, and giving him one huudred thousand dollars iu clear money by his own official act. This bill was passed and signed after his second election. Matthew Arneld, straugely as it may appear, is a handsome man. He is aged CO ; upper part of face handsome ; head shapely ; fine brew ; eyes and nose par ticularly geed ; chin strong; large mouth; peevish expression ; hair black as a raven's wing, and mutton-chop whiskers equally dark and flossy. It was a little strange that iu the llo lle llo beken Hrcsbytcrian pulpit en Sunday, Bcv. Addison K. Streng, pastor, fell backwards te the fleer, striking his head en the side of the pulpit and bruising him. Belf severely just after he had announced this text : ' ' Thy shoes shall he of iron and brass, and as thy days se shall thy strength be." Apoplexy. Having tried every ether plan in vain, Wsi. E. Cuandler will new try te get the United States senatership from New Hampshire ae an anti-monopolist. Like Blaine, whom he formerly served, Chand ler has grown rich iu politics. He must be getting tired of reading the weekly report that he is te . go into the cabinet. If Arthur keeps him hanging much longer, Chandler's-eyelids will grew weary with the strain. A MlE POINT. Wlutt n Sharp Washington Lawyer Disco -ereil. The case of A. C. Sotelde, charged with the murder of his brother, and with as saulting with intent te kill Clarence M. Barten, came up .before Judge Wylie, in the criminal court at Washington yer.ter day. Counsel far the prisoner moved te quash the indictmcut en the ground that " it was found in violation of a law of Maryland of 1722. which he claimed is still in feica in the District of Columbia. This law provides that au indictment shall be sent te the grand jury by an. express order of the court ; that the prisoner shall be. bound ever te fcuch court, and that the grand jury shall find an indictment of their own knowledge." The judge said he would take the matter under advise ment and give his decision this mernins. It is claimed that, should the motion te quash be granted,' net only will another indictment be necessary in the Sotelde case, but in all the pending murder cases new awaiting trial, as well as the star route cases. The Way of the Transgressor. Fred Ncwbergh, late clerk of the Ohie beard of public works, who forged checks en the Btate treasury te the amount of 820,000, and against whom fifty-two in dictments were returned, yesterday had a hearing en a motion for a new trial, having been convicted en ene charge. The motion was overruled and he was sentenced te three years in the penitentiary. Singular Vase of Hydrophobia. Seme ten days age a deg bit a cow of a farmer in Plainfield Pa. The cow sub sequently showed symptoms of hydro phobia and was killed. A youth 19 years of age, who washed the cow's leg after the animal was bitten, and who had a sorftjen ene e his hnnds, new shows signs of -by- The residencebf Hen. Geerge S. Grim Grim Grim drophebia. I jner, at Chamcoek, N. B., with the con- THE LATEST NEWS. GLEANEU rxtVM. THE MOUSING MAILS. Events of the Pact Twenty-rear Hears lhat Have "Get Inte the Papers" The Tragedies, Comedies and Solva Selva Solva teons or a way. Lewis Hummel, aged SO, white going home, fell through a bridge near Shamo Shame kin and was killed. The report of an outbreak of Indian scouts en the Gila river in New Mexico, is untrue. Nothing is known by the people at the Government Heuse at Ottawa, Out., of the contemplated visit te Canada by the empress of Austria. Charles H. Smith, a bookkeeper of Heek & Hastings, at Bosten, who disappeared some days age, is found te be some $3,000 short in his accounts. Mrs. Miller, aged 60, while hanging out clothing from a fourth-story window at Ne. 48 Avenue A, New Yerk, fell te the ground, and was instantly killed. The New Yerk Legislature adopted res res res olutieus asking President Arthur te com- .mute the puuishment of Sergeant Masen te dismissal from the regular army. W. D. Leve, dry goods merchant at Columbia, S. C., has failed. Mortgages te the amount of $7,000, held by W. J. Yeung and Samuel Leve, were foreclosed. The liabilities are about $11,000. The as sets are stated te be between $6,000 aud $7,000. On au affidavit at Poughkeepsie of his counsel that an important witness was sickiu Philadelphia, the case of Alcxauder Barlew, the Fishkill (N. Y.) bank em bezzler, was again put off until the next scssieu of the court of eyer aud ter miner. Thema3 G. Alverd, of Syracuse, the eldest member el the New Yerk Assembly is seriously ill iu Albany. A little child was instantly killed at Pittsteu, its skull beiug crushed by a beer wagon en the main street. The grief of the stricken parents was terri ble. The governor of Connecticut appointed Friday, April 7, (Geed Friday), a day of public fasting and prayer. The Heuse cemmittee en private land claims agreed yesterday te report favor ably a bill practically confirming te Mc Garrahau the- title te the Banche Panoche Graude tract of land iu California. IfLuUD AND TiSULOSST. The Unruly Kleinents in the Strlcuen Seuth. The Mississippi river continues falling abeve Yicksburg ; below that place it is generally stationary. The levees at va rious points are crowded with refugees, and the steamers arc carrying large num bers of them te the cities. "Most of the refugees are sick,as well as destitute. The work of supplying the sufferers with rations and medicine is going en as rapidly as they can be reached. Reports from the overflowed parishes iu Louisiana, received yesterday at St. Leuis and New Orleans, are substantially a repetition of the previ eus reportsliem Mississippi and Arkansas, Tensas parish is new entirely inundated, Several additional lives are reported 'lest iu the flooded districts, but the stories of less of life told in the -special dispatches sent JNerth are declared grossly exagger ated. A tornado passed ever the northern per tien el Jjexiugten, Kentucky, yesterday aftcrnoeu, unroefing houses and demolish ing the round house of the Louisville & Nashville railroad. One man was severely injured. Heavy rains fell yesterday in portions of Ohie, causing heavy floods and doing much damage te property. I'eur Dollars' Vertu of Life. A shocking affray occurred at Caracas, Cel., rcsultiugin the killing of one Mexican and the dangerous wounding of another by F. P. Maubry, an employee of the Denver and Bie Grande railway. Maubry owed the Mexicans $4, and offered te pay it, but the latter claimed $8. The dispute resulted in the Mexicans beating Maubry, who shot in self defense. The high, posi tion of the Mexicans created a hitter feel ing among their countrymen, who were about te lynch Maubry. He was taken te the Cliama jail for safety, whence he has escaped. Lynchiug an Innocent Man. lusceu .Langden and a mau in his em ploy named Harrison, were arrested at Laugdon's residence en the charge of kill ing A. II. Creeks and S. J. Jery by a pesse of citizens, and turned ever te a deputy sheriff at Dalles, Oregon After reaching the hotel a party of masked men overpowered the guard and shot Laugdon dead. Harrison was hanged te the trestle work of the bridge. Nene of the perpe trators have been identified. Nothing has been ascertained te implicate Harri son in the murder of Creeks and Jery, and his only offense seems te be that he was in Langden'6 employ. Shet While Escaping from Jail. Jacob Wilkerson, colored, was shetr by a guard en Sunday night at Richmond, Va., while trying te escape from the Vir ginia penitentiary, in which he had served sixteen of a twenty years term for burg lary. Warring Telegraph Companies. The trouble between the New Jersey Mutual and Western Union telegraph companies in regard te the erection of poles near Trenten, reached such a climax yesterday that the sheriff ordered out his constables te prevent a riot. Twe parties of telegraph men had gathered about a mile from the city, ene party te put up the poles, the ether te tear them down. Four men were arrested, but afterwards discharged. Unable te .lect a Mayer. Yesterday, at the second trial te elect a mayor of Portland, Me., there was no choice. The matter will new go te the council, which is Bepublicau, and will elect Charles F. Libbey, the candidate of that party. Mr. Libbey had 184 plurality ever the Fusion candidate, but lacked two votes of a majority ever all. The Laber Disagreement. The compositors employed en the Even ing Journal, at Albany, New Yeik, will strike te-day, by order of the Typegraphi cal union, against a rcuuctien et nve cents per 1,000 ems. There is no change in the situation at Omaha. The grading en the railroad is carried en with a full ferce of laborers, and there are no interruptions or threats. Part of the regular troops and militia will be sent away teAIay. At a general meeting of carpenters held en Sunday in Chicago, it was decided te demand an advance of 25 cents per day after April 1st. This, if granted, will make the wages $3 per day. -Xhe Distinguished Ied. Very Bev. Dean Gressit died yesterday at Terente, Ont. Jehn Bumsey, a private banker at Ithica N. Y., and president of the Ithaca savings bank, died en Saturday, aged 60 years. Jehn Habliston, connected with the Baltimore Sun for forty two years, and its cashier since 1842, died yesterday, aged 60 years. " Judge Arrington, a prominent attorney of Indianapolis, dropped dead in his office yesterday. He was defendant in a suit of $30,000 damages, brought by his divorced wife. What Kept the firemen Busy. Freean's hotel, at Collece Point. L. T.. "was hnrned en flnnrlav. T.naa rnne tents, including a valuable law library ael law papers, waa'bwaiedijh Sauday. bleaet 125,00 Mr. land Mrs Grimmer Sre si si rieusly ill from expesure.5 V ." -' 7 A fire yesterday afternoon at Ne. 597 Broadway, New Zerk, occupied by Henry Bogers, importer of millinery goods, dam aged the stock te the amount of several thousand dollars by smoke. A large bara en Mrs. Mary Ely's stock farm at Holmdel, N. J., was burned en Sunday night. Less, $10,000. Three fine horses were burned te death. BEV. MK. DOWNEY'S GOOSE SERMON. Hew the llretbien of lfreatl Street M. E. Vburen " Set Up " a Committee. Philadelphia ICecenl. There is trouble among the geed breth ren of Bread street M. E. church, and it is all about a " goeso sermon." Three years age the Bev. Mr. Downey completed a full term of service at the church aud was popular among the congregation. He was a go-ahead preacher, with a head full of common sense, but his ideas of the new gospel of sanctifi sanctifi catien were net quite " progressive " enough for a few of the members. At a special meeting of the brothers who' believed that they had experienced the fullest blessings of holiness, ene of the sanctified iu a condition of ecstatic satis faction, exclaimed : "Brethren, my soul is full of joy. I feel as all who are truly sanctified should feel like a man who has just finished diuing te fulness upeu a geed, fat, juicy geese." Amen " was the. fer vent response. Mr. Downey heat d of this geed brothel's striking illustration, aud the geese simile proved tee tough entirely for his theolog ical digestieu, and in a sermon upon " Holiness " en a subsequeut Sunday he called the attention of his fioek te the manifest incongruity of comparing the exultation of a soul tilled with the uu uu speakable delight of the special blessing of the Hely Ghost te the carnal and gross pleasurp derived from a belly full of fat fowl. Although this sermon was net-gcnerally unpopular, it caused a geed deal of quiet Christian cusscdness among the sanctified brethren, as it has pictty nearly cooked the Bev. Mr. Downey's geese, se far, at least, as a return te Bread street church is concerned. A few weeks age the question of a new preacher came up, and there was au evi dent desire en the part of the church members te ask for the returu of Mr. Downey, who in the meantime has been filling the pulpit of Ebenezer church, en Christian street. A call was issued for a meeting of the official beard. - The oppeBersof "the geese sermon preacher" as he was called se it is claimed by a number of the trustees submitted without pretest te the passage of a reso lution for his recall, but quietly " setup" the committee'which yvas te he appointed te wait upon the bishop, and succeeded in slipping an anti-Downey majority en it. The matter cropped out, however, and one day last week, at a special meeting of the official beard, the committeemen were set aside aud a new commitfee of Downey men was put in their places. Since then a remonstrance paper has been gotten up, and some show of opposition is made te his return. This has been presented te the bishop, and it remains te be seen what will be the result. The situation has been complicated by the declaration of eight of the nine trustees of the church that if Mr, Downey is net sent back, they will resign and withdraw from the church. Entertaining ueneral Grant. Elaborate preparations have been made by President Aithur for the entertain ment of General aud Mrs. Grant at the White Heuse, where they arrive Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday afternoon a private dinner party will be given in-honor of the distinguished guests iu the private dining room, at which covers will be -laid for thirty persens and the menu will com prise everything that can be procured in the market of New Yerk, Philadelphia and Washington, The Marine band has received instruetiens te be present, and in order te prevent a repetition of the hitch which occurred en a former occasion it has been ordered te report at the White Heuse hereafter whenever told te de se by the president or any one else iu authority at the mansion. Although it is the sea son of Lent a number of parties will be given General and Mrs. Grant, and the week that they .remain in Washington will be a noteworthy one. The reception en Wednesday will, it is said, surpass in cle cle gance anything hitherto given in the man man sien,and the artists in charge of the affairs have been instructed te spare no expense in carrying out their designs. LOCAL JrmLLlSENCE. TnehECOBirtAlNTS FOKLIHi-JI..- 'lheyare Withdrawn Carter furCeKtu. .Prison Inspector Calviu Carter, who allowed himself te be deluded into the idea that he had been libelled by the In TCLLiGENCRit, has geno te Alderman Barr's office and withdrawn the complaints which he had made, but upon which his counsel had instructed the alderman te take no further proceedings. Mr Carter paid the cost, and, if net a wealthier, ha is a wiser man. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. Events Acress the Comity Line. Eva Eachus, of East Nantmeal, Chester county, who has been unable te speak save iu a whisper, fully recovered the use of her voice iu an instant recently. She was seized with a fit of coughing, when something in the threat Kcemed te give way, and she expectorated a hard sub stance, when she immediately found that she could speak audibly. Navigation en the Schuylkill canal opened yesterday, and boatmen have been engaged in leading their beats for mere than a week past. A WostChester man weighs 200 pounds, his wife 325 pounds and their six mouths old baby 30 pounds. The new- creamery at Warwick fur nace, Warwick township, Chester county, has been put in operation. The proprie tors are at present receiving 3,000 pounds of milk per day, and expect te mero than double that amount when the spring. fairly opens. The Cochran creamery, at Cochranville, Chester county, is new making about 140 pounds of butter and 4G0 pounds of checse per day. rroiesser Jacksen, at whose pyrotechnic factory at Chester the terrible explosion occurred a short time age, has purchased ground at Jenkintown, upon which te re build the works.. At Harrisburg, about 83 persons at tended the prayer meeting in the jail Sun day, for the benefit of the Bumbcrger murderers. It was the last Sunday en earth for the slayers of old farmer Trout man. Frank Bamberger wrete a letter te the Y. M. C. A., in which he warns all boys against sin, vice and Sabbath break ing. A special meeting of select council, of Beading, was called last night for ths pur pose of making an appropriation of $3,000 te build a smallpox hospital in Beading. This amount has been asked for by the beard of health, and the request has re ceived favorable action at the hands of the finance committee. There is a movement en feet among the Catholics of Beading for a second English church, which will make three Catholic congregations in mat city. Postal Appointment. Jac. Beese has been appointed postmas pestmas postmas ter at Rawlinsville. 'COLUMBIA NEWS. sOUsVRSeuIJUs "CUKRESreNMHCE. t AlTdlrs Aleug tbe Susquabaiina Gleanings lu and Around the Borough Plcfeert up by the InteUlgencer's Reporter. The Cerner Leafer Must Ge. Chief Burgess Sneath is determined te put a stopje corner leafing, He has issued his orders te the policemen and they must carry them out. Seme of them are doing it, especially Officers Bedenhauser and Dissinger. If these two men had a proper chance te work in day time, the nuisance would seen all be done away with,but they are night watchmeu and sieep part of the day. After eight o'clock net a man can be seen standing en he corners where they watch aud the inclusive several squares. The remainder of the policemen leek for higher came tramps and the small boy, for instance. We have frequently seen these officers stand en a corner, declaring their adv nt ures te a crowd of delighted admirers. Ne arrests were made, nor any attempted. We ask, "Are these the kind of officers te leek after our borough's interests and safety?" Most assuredly net, but what can be done ? Nothing. They are elected by our citizens and we must sutler iu cou ceu si'quencc. If our police ferce was ap pointed instead of elected we would then net have se much cause for complaint. Injustice, wc must speak of Chief Bur gess Sneath. He, of course, is elected, but this does net deter him from doing bis duties, and without fear. He has made some mistakes, but they are excusable under the circumstances. When a thing needs repairing Mr. Sneath is the first te find it out and report. And new he is net only urging the breaking up of cor ner leafing, but insists upeu it. Fer this he must be complimented and it is hoped he will he successful. Ce. C. te Held a Jubilee. Ce. C's five years are up the 24th of next month. Fer this occasion a hand- seme banquet is being prepared, also a pregramme. At the business meeting of the company last night, it was decided by the committee of arrangements, te invite the citizens band te furnish the instrumen tal music. Te have an exhibition drill, bayonet drill, by a squad, the history of the Ce., songs by the Ce's glee club, and whatever oxercise, the committee may deem necessary for the pleasure of these present. Short Locals. Nothing is "booked" for the opera heuse this week. Pay day en the.B. & C. railroad will be te-morrow. What has become of the prospect for the new It. & C. depot ? Yesterday was jy wet and disagreeable day, and the consequences were deserted stiects. Ifiumer is correct, the bteies at the opera heuse will seen be lighted Up with electric lights. A colored man from the " Hill" had his right hand severely buincd at the Susquehanna rolling mill. He was pick ing coke and get his hand iu a pile of het cinder. Lizzy -Fefcs was arrested by Officer Keech for obtaining goods from Mr. Fred Bucher under false pretences, but upon returning the things the case was dis missed. Mr. W. II- Fendrich while riding his bi cycle, collided with Filhcrt's'ceal wagon, and was thrown te the ground, slightly spraining hfs right arm. J. D.'CettrclI, esq., scut in his resigna tion as secretary and treasurer of the Washington turnpike company, en ac count of his removal te Mount Helly, this state. It was accepted and Mr. W. H. Fendrich elected instead. Mr. Frank McCauley, telegraph opera tor, is " subbing" at Mountville. Mr. S. S. Detwiler will please accept our thanks for the " mess " of fastnachts he se kindly gave us. They were excel lent and wc lelishcd them heartily. Mai ket was very peer, no doubt from the inclement weather. Butter was ex tremely scarce, there being only a few pounds for sale. Eugeue Couley fell off the roefoftbe new church, St. Jehn's Lutheran, yester day afternoon aud slightly hurt his leg and arm. It was a narrow escape. Mr. Allie McGinn is leaves Columbia this evening for Denver City, Cel. The best wishes of the community go with him. Mr. Jehn F. Heek, who for the past few months has been employed at the P. It; B. wareheuse depot, at Wright'sville, has been promoted, and is new passenger brake ma n from Hanover te Columbia. A valuable horse of Mr. Peter Melliert was found dead in his stall this morning. On Saturday afternoon the mule team of Elias Mumma, formerly owned by C. Ilershcy was sold at public sale at their stables en Fourth street, briuging iu prices from $52."i te $-j40 per pair. OBITUARY. lleatit of Charles Edwards. Charles Edwards, a well-known lebident of this city, died of dropsy this morning at 8 o'clock at the residence of his friend and fellow countryman, Bebert Feldon, Ne. 26 Conestoga street, where he has lived for seme time. Mr, Edwards was 59 years of age. He was born in England and came te this country a young man. Feldcn was en the same sail ing vessel and it was shipwrecked near the Breakwater, by which circum stance they -became acquainted, though later in life they were separated, and have lately renewed their old intimacy. Mr. Edwards came te this city and county some thirty years age ; he was frugal and industrious. Fer a time he was iu the rag business. In Strasburg, where he married his wife (Miss Bartholemew) lately deceased, they opened a store, and Mr. Edwards dreve the stage between that town and Lancaster. About the begin ning of the war he bought the building next below the IntellIeekceu office en Seuth Queen street, and resided there until a year or mero aje, when he sold it and removed te West King street, where they continued the millinery business until his wife's death dissolved their household. Mr. Edwards was a member of the Pres byterian church, and, -unlike most of his countrymen in America, was a Democrat. He leaves oue seu, Geergo. a printer, who. lives in Philadelphia, and te whose chil dren deceased has devised the principal of the estate which he had accumulated, some thirty theusaud dollars. Beld Larceny in DayUgtit. Yesterday afternoon, between a quarter five and live o'clock, a thief or thieves entered the residence of Mr. J. M. MarkF, North Duke street, while several members of the family were iu the house and stele from t!ie mantel in the parlor a handsome black Italian marble clock, ornamented in bronze and belonging te Mr. Jee U. Fritchcy, a son-in-law of Mr. Marks. The theft was about as cheeky an act a3 has lately been brought te the attention of the police. It is presumed that the rascals saw the young ladies of the family leave the house at quarter of five, and uetkuug the dead latch did net lock, deliberately walked into the parlor, picked up tiie handiest thins they saw, which happened te be the clock, and walked off vrli : it. When about five o'clock a member of the household came down stair?,thc front deer was standing wide epcu and the thf: t discovered. Appointed Notary Public. B. E. Hiestand, of Marietta, has been appointed a notary publie by the governor, and his commission awaits him at the re corder's office. "CALL SYSTEM." 803U2 Of THK GAMCWKLL BOXfS UP. The Mew i'lre Department Going Ahead MegolIaUens with the American com cem com pletedPeoviding Quarters ter the Sua Steamer. Last evening the American fire company held a meeting, at which final action was taken in regard te the transfer of their property and apparatus te the city for ser vice in the new department. It was agreed that the company would lease te the city for the period of IS months en the terms of $350 per year.the eity te purchase at the end of that time, or any time before that at its pleasure ; iu case ..the, new system should be abandoned at any time within the period named and the volunteer sys tem be restored, then the company will re ceive back its property, and the terms of the contract will be canceled. This action was e inimuuicatcd te the special commit tee of councils, who signified that the terms were satisfactory, and the necessary papers will be at once executed. The councils' committee also lastjnight entered into a contract with Peter B. Fordney for the lease of his building and ereund en Beaver street, between German and Cones Cenes toga, which will be at ence converted te the service of the department, Mr. Ford ney agreeing te make such alterations as required for storing an engine, stabling horses, etc. The rent is $250 per year, and the Suu stcamcrwillprebably.be quartered there. I " Several of the boxes for the' Gataewell electric lira alarm have been put up ; and mere of them would be in place by this time had net the inclement weather in terfered. However, the work will be speedily completed. The box at the court heuse corner ha been the ebjeet of a great deal of curieu interest. The special cemmittee express the 'opinion that the new department will be in Running order within a very short time. A number of horses have been bought.alteratiens of the eugine heuse are in progress, the harness and the hose cans are far en towards com pletion, the Empire truck has been shipped te Beading for alteration, and everything points te the speedy inauguration of the "call system," whose organization has been the subject of great popular interest and net a little contention during the past year. METHODISTS IN COUNCIL. A. Committee's Investigation of Rev. 1. Coombe's Case. Anether session of the annual Methodist conference of Philadelphia took place yes terday in the Paul street M. F, church, Frankford, Bishop Andrews presiding. The committee appointed te consider the bequest of the late Dr. Scott Stewart, offering te the conference $200,000 for the foundation of a Methodist hospital in Phi ladelphia, presented a repe'rt recommend ing the acceptance of, the: trust. A cemmittee appointed 'te investigate the charges agaiust Bev. Pennel Coembc.of maladministratien, reported that in their estimation the arbitration asked of him was just, and that, therefore, his refusal te take action was blameworthy. Presiding Elder Hensen moved that the report be recommitted en the ground that the committee had transcended its power. ' Bev. N. L. Gray supported this motion. He would have dene himself, under the circumstances, just what Rev; M. Coombe did. Mr. Coombe said that the matter was one of long standing, and if the reports of the committee were accepted Pert Rich mond and Kensington, where feeling ran the ether way, would become greatly ex cited. Bev. Geerge Cummins defended the re port of the committee, and insisted that there was no malice in the charges. On motion of Presiding Elder Swindells, the whele matter was laid e the table, effectually killing the charges. The hopeless insolvency of .the Wcs Icyan female college having been reported te the conference, a cemmittee was appoin ted te secure from the next Delaware assembly the revocation of the college charter. The commit lee appointed te investigate the financial condition of Messiah church presented a report stating that the church, having a debt of $10,700, was no ienccr self-supporting, and appeal was made for help from ether churches. Last night a missionary anniversary was held in the" First Presbyterian church, Frankford. Addresses were made by Bev. C." H. Fowler, D. D., and Bev. Dr. Hart zell. F. S. Geedman aud His Fire Company. Toe late for the correction te he made in yesterday's paper, tle Intei-ugencek received a postal card from P. S. Good Geed man te the effect that he did net appear before the fire committee of councils en behalf of the Shiftier or otherwise. He also complains that the animadversions of the city press upee the members of his company were unjust ; but seems te admit that they did net behave with de corum when he says : " The way iu which they were treated by our presiding officer will certainly afford seme extenuation for their conduct. The day has passed for an endeavor te gag free expression." Coming AttMMMens. Managers Hartmyer & Dailey, who have only recently entered the lists as theatrical caterers, have completed arrangements for tbe appearance here en Friday evening of next week of Miss Ada Gray in the thrill ing emotional drama " East Lynne," aud they have also a number of future attrac tions in store. Manager Yeeker has two first class entertainments this week Maggie Mitchell en Thursday and the famous Salsbury's Troubadours en Friday. Committed ter Trial. Daniel Brown, of West Earl township, had a hearing before Alderman Barr yes terday en the charge of entering the barn of J. N. Bogers and taking about $18 worth of tobacco. The tobacco was traced te the man's houses when he con fessed that he bad take'nit and-returned it. He waa arrested,-however, and the alderman committed him in default of bail for trial at court. Handsome Truck Wagons. Frank Mettftt, the well known oyster dealer, has placed" upon ear streets two very handsome truck wagon?, which he will use in his business in the city and throughout the county. Thcywere made by Philip Doersom, and, are.very substan tial looking. The runninggcars of both are painted a bright red and arc very neatly stripcd.and the curtains are in very bright colors, while the bodies of both are dark. Soldiers' Orpnn Sf"b""- The custom of holding examinations im- mediatelyibefere the ! of the scnoel term in Julywill be departed from this year, and the examination will he heul m May. CeL jucClure'sXectara lu Strasburg The lecture, by Cel. A.- .McClure, en "Lincoln " in Strasburg comes off en next Thursday evening, , net Friday, as erroneously printed yesteiday. Truck Shipped. The truck of thVEmpfiBlaebk and !ad !ad ier company was shipped te Readiug ye:- , erday, where it will be remodeled se that A it can be run by horses. ' rrldy's New link. Prothenotary Fridy has put up a very handsome walnut desk for his own use in his office. It is a great improvement ever the ether one, and Matt is proud of it. y
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