' vwttVM'as&Kjme LANCASTER DAILY INiiiLdLlGENCEK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOJ3EK 11, 1882. oaacasicr fnfclligmcci. WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. U, 1882. The Ohio Elcctloa. Ohio reverses her Republican majority of nearly tweotj-f five thousand in 1681, and elects the Democratic ticket by a decided majority. Ohio was the most doubtful of the three great states that, joining borders stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, and unfailingly indi cate the political state of the nation. In Ohio the Republican party was not seriously divided, and not a year ago its hold upon the state seemed to be firm. Now it has given way, and no one can be blind to the certain indication that in Xew York and Pennsylvania, -with the open differences there manifest ed in the Republican party, its defeat is a sure event of the coming month. In Pennsylvania this has been an obvious fact, and no result in Ohio could have affected the public confidence in a Dem ocratic victory here. There may have been doubts in Xew York; but they must be satisfied now. The question is what the Republican leaders are going to do under this show ing. "What can they do ? It is not easy to see how any degree of good judgment and self-sacrifice could now s.ive the day. The tide has turned too strongly. Saltpetre will not stay the progress of Republican disintegration. It is too far gone in corruption. There was a time lately in both Pennsylvania and Xew York, when good sense and good temper would have gone far to save tlir corrupting body, and would at least have served to give it a decent death and burial. It m'bt Lave gone down in honor with colors Hying and drums beating. with the resjtect of its opponents and amid the tears of its friends. Now it dies and there are none so poor as to do it reverence. Its followers are dis gusted with the folly of their leaders, and there are few among them who do not in their mortification feel that their party lias been killed i:i the homo of its friends and who care much to rescue it from its inevitable doom. The leaders who have ruined cannot save it how ever much they may be ready now, in the face of the certainty which the Ohio result brings them of its downfall, to sink their differences and sacrifice themselves. It is gone beyond redemp tion and they are gone with it. In their own ranks there is joy as well as in that of their opponents. The Republican masses, relieved by the certainty of their party's defeat, find substantial consola tion in it, because it relieves them from the incubus of men that no other result could shake from the hold they had upon the party. The defeat is one of the Republican administration- Arthur is now known to be a failure, as well as a party leader as a statesman. Fishing in the St. Lawrence while bis party was in the throes of its death agony, he returns to find his own place in history definitely fixed, lie is written down as an ass. There lias been a difference of opinion as to whether his ox-eyed visage indi cated power or weakness. There can be no question now that, he is more of an ox than a man. "With great opportuni ties he has dealt as a low politician would ; and a low politician he was, and of the worst metropolitan kind, before lie accidentally received a nomination that went begging at Chicago, and providen tially placed him on a pedestal to illus trate his baseness to the world. Why does the Lord afflict this country with the type of men who have lately as cended to the presidency ? Grant, to whom, as Judge Black says, it is the vainest of vanities to talk constitutional law ; Hayes, of whom a noble man would be as easily made as a silk purse out of a frog's ear Arthur, to whom an honest voice, a truthful look and a straightforward walk is as foreign as to any sneak thief. These are the men the Republican party has placed in the chief magistracy : Grant by the accident of his military success ; Hayes by the fraud of Bob Mackey and Bill Chandler ; Arthur by the bullet of Guiteau. The last effort was directly providential. It was the down fall ot the Republican party. It was its casting out into utter darkness. The Democratic party, threatened at the polls by military bayonets, cheated out of the vote of Southern states by villainous returning boards, defrauded by the par tisanship of supreme judges, swindled by every appliance of federal power, rises to its feet to-day to overthrow the men who sought to overthrow the insti tutions of the country to strangle it, and who failed, as Pharoah failed, when he undertook to slay the hope of the world. Moses lived. The Democratic party lives, and it is not irreverential to say it in this connection, for the hand of the Lord was in it all. Let us hope that the Democratic party will show jt-lf worthy of the trust that is confided to it. No one will ae greatly surprised at Mr. Beecher's formal severance of his connection with the Congregational asso ciation. The Plymouth pastor has long been known to have been at war witii many of the cardinal doctrines of the de nomination, and what lie now tells tho clergy of his views in regard to the dogmas of future punishment and of original sin is merely in accordance with what he has on frequent occasion spoken from his pulpit. The Plymouth people are ex pected to accompany their shepherd in his departure from the Congregational fold, and in view of the devotion they have manifested to him, in fair weather and in foul, daring his thirty years' pas torate of the congregation which he has made famous, such an anticipation is reasonable. Tiik fire of enthusiasm is glowing bravely In the Democratic camp. And this is it fihould be. It lias been long 'aithrA ftiriee the prospect of victory has been m Hallerlng in this state. It is difficult to 3ee uyon what possible ground the Republicans Ima the hope of vie lory tuilexf it bo the tricky de vices that are being exposed in rapid succession, and which fall crip pled and powerless before they are fairly started. It is gratifying to observe that our friends do not propose to abate one jot of earnest effort, but that on the other band the glorious news from Ohio has simply served tlo spur them to renewed action. The opening of a city headquarters tonight will give the Democrats of Lancaster ample op portunity to compare notes, and tell each other the size of the majority they pro pose to roll up for Pattison in their sev eral districts. e O IM o-o-o-o ! And now for Pennsylvania ! Quay says it's perfectly disgusting. It looks very much like another Demo cratic tidal wave. The Republicans went to bed early last night. And it's just as well thoy did. Coorr.n says he is still hopeful. Cooper is tho Tug Wilson of American politics ; he dou'tkuow when he is whipped. Quay's pitiful bid for tho Irish vote is already recoiling like a boomerang on the heads of its projectors. Beaver rode ou a locomotive yesterday. He can have a front seat in the cabiu when the boat starts for Salt River next month. President Aktiiuh might appropriate ly make Salt River tha administration Bumping ground during the balance of his fibbing trip. The pension clerks have h.vl their tsala ries raised, ami here somj meau spirited person up and gives tha whole thing away to llubbe'l. Tho highwayman is correspondingly happy. Dciiing the month of August 41,011,07-1 gallons of petroleum were expoited from tho United States, valued at $3,309,-1-10 ; and during tho right months ended Aug. 31, the exports were 330,098,730 gallons of a value of $30,9G4,85G. The Examiner, poiuting with piido at Republican succors in Maine, gleefully in formed tho loaders that Ohio would speak next. The Buckeye state has spokeu and its clarion tones, echoing from Lake 12 no to the Delaware, have SDundcd tho death knell of the bosses. Senator Stewart told his audience at Fulton opera house tho ether night that thuie was no Democratic paity except in Berks county aud up in tho Tenth Legion. 'Pears then the bars must have been let down aud somo af 'em straggled over into Ohio wonderful smart. Let the good work go briskly on. Sim ultaneously with the news of victory in Ohio, comes the announcement that Erd man has withdrawn iu the 10th district, leaving Congressman Mutckler a clear field for re-election. The united aggres sive Democracy of the state are moving like a resistless army on the works of the enemy. The handwriting on the wall is already visible, and the Republican ban quet boird will soou be deserted. Perhaps General Beaver, that Christian gentleman, who alluded to the Indcpend endents as "cringing hypocrits, without a single drop of manly bbod in their cow ardly carcasses," will be thunderstruck at the returns from the Ohio election. But Pennsylvania has a greater surprise in store for him iu November, when he wil1 be snowed under so deep that the thaws of next spriug will scarcely suffice to dis cover him. 'The abolition of unnecessary offices, the reduction of the number of public dependents, the nan owing of responsi bility and economy iu tho public expense, constitute an urgent and practical reform. This would be a substantial benefit to the people. To lessen the cost of government lightens the burdens of labor. The authors and abettors of tho evils under which the people suffer are now on their trial in this commonwealth. After a long stewardship tbey will be judged by deeds anil not by declaration.".. 1'iofessicns aro easily made ; but the J eop!c Lave been fed on such dry husks so long that thoy have resolved to determine who shall bo their servants, not what is promised for the future, but by what has been done ia the past." From PatthoiCs Commonwealth Club Speech. PERSONAL. The wife of the notorious Tichborne claimant, and two children, are inmates of a workhouse at Southampton, England. She still persists in calling herseli "Lady Tichborne." and her name stands as such on tho workhouse register. Arari Pacha is described by an Eng lish writer as " a tall, heavy-faced man,'" he writes, " sullen, swarthy, with only a pretty clear eye to softeu the general harshness of expression, and a black mous tache to hide a not particularly lino-curved mouth. His legs are as unattractive as his face. Tho underpinning looks toa frail for the rest of the body. Ho is a bulky man ; not pussy or Falstaftiau iu girth, but a broad, thick-chested fello'v, bmlt on the lobster pattern.'' mi A Terrible Railroad Collision. A passenger train on tho Atlanta divis ion of tho East Tennessee, Virginia j& Georgia railway collided with a freight train at Coltewah station. 20 miles from Chattanooga. Engineer James N. Waters and Pilot John Hobbs, on the passenger train, were killed and their bodies burned in a terrible manner. W hen the bodies were found Waters had hi, arm tightly clasped around Hobbs. T hero was miisu ;. dense fog that Hobbs lost his bearing and passed tho switch, which was only a few yards from where the freight train was standing. The fireman escaped by jump ing off. No one else received any serious injuries. Tne engine was demolished and the baggage car badly damaged. Hobbs lived in Chattanooga. Ho was a young man and just promoted from fireman. Father Matthew' IMrtbday. Upwards of 3,000 Father Matthew men and boys celebrated Tuesday as the anni versary of Father Matthew's birthday at Oliphant, a short distance from Scranton. The several societies of the Scranton di ocesan union, which extends over a num ber of counties, were represented ia the demonstration, which was a very credit able affair. Democratic Harmony. Erdman has written a letter to tho con ferees of Lehigh county, in tho Tenth con gressional district, stating that a continu ation of the present contest would elect a Republican ; that he is unwilling to fur ther such a result, . and withdraws as a candidate. This leaves Mr. Mutchler the Onlv Democratic candidate, and nucnroo his election. AN EARLY BIRD! GrowiigOrerilio Victory Tho Buckeye State Gross Democratic by 10.000 Majority- -Last Year's Republican Majority Swept Away. KEIMIIIMCAN tllllUANEUY I)1SPKATKI. Tne lufainiras Gerrymander of tne .Coueres- sloual District Falls ot Itit l'urpove and Mecolla on the llvwM ot IU Projector A ;uln ot heven Congressmen for Hie Deiiiu. crutN Now (or lVnnnyl- v.tntu. Tho returns from Ohio indicate that tho Domocrats have carried the stato by an average majority of 10,001) ou tho general ticket. Iu the congressional- elections clevcu Democrats aud ten Republicans have probably bouu successful. Iu 1880 tho Republicans clcctod fifteen congress men aud the Democrats live. Whon tho Ropublican Legislature rcdis t rioted tho stato last fall it calculated to capture the extra cougrcsunan allowed by tho congro-sioual appointment. To do so, however, it was necessary to mako. several of tho distiicts much closer thau usual, and the Democrats havo taken advantage of it. The most notable eveut of tho day was the defeat of the Republican candidate for Congress in the Cleveland district, which has been for many years one of tho Repub lican strongholds ol tho slate. Col. F. A. Burr, of the staff of tha Phil, adelphia I'ress, tebgraphs as follows to his paper : " Tne defeat is a serious one. and it will take some time to repair the damage to the party. At this hour it looks as though the Democratic majority iu tho stato would be 15,000. The Republican losses in tho cougiessiimal districts ara perhaps the most serious feature of tho disaster. Tho Democrats have doubtless gained seven congressmen, and perhaps more. Differences among Republican leaders upon tho temperauce question have made the campaign half-hearted, and defeat has come because the people could not believe in the honesty of a party whose leaders would not harmonize upon the only apparent issue in the contest. " I havo just seen Governor Foster and ho takes the defeat good naturedly. He says it is due in a great measure to the fact that the vote shows that there was great apathy in the rural districts, and Republicans did not go to the polls. The Democrats made an alliance with the liquor interests, and voted because they believed they could carry the state. Fie believes that the party has been beaten because it did not take a pronounced po sition upon the liquor question. It is feared that the defeat will cause a breaoh in the Republican party in some lo calities that it will take timo to heal. The Democrats are wild with delight, and the Republicans correspondingly depressed. The action of the Prohibitionists in voting their own ticket instead of helping the Republicans, and of tho temperance re presentatives in staying away from tho polls, is a great disappointment." Uniform Democratic Cams. Two hundred and sixty-three voting precincts give the Democrats a net gain of 4,250. As some of tho strong Ropuli can country districts show uniform Demo cratic gains, it i? hardly probable that the Democratic majority in the state will be less than 10,000. A dispatch received at Republican hea-lquirters gives them Cin cinnati by 8,090. Tho stiongest feature of the result in the Democratic gains on the western resarvc showing great apathy among the rural Republicans. Democratic lining In Cleveland. In Cleveland the Domocrats gain probably 5.000 and thereby elect Foran congress man iu the Twenty-fust district, and makes the election of McClute (Rep.) doubtful in the Twentieth district, though the usual Republican majority is about 3 500. Indications are that Major Me Kinloy (Rep.) has pulled througli with 1.000 majority in the Eighteenth district, in which tho usual Republican majority is o,iuu. iiorn uvjp.j is elected oy a small majority in the fourteenth district, whore the usual Republican majority is 2,500. A Heavy Vote In Cincinnati. The vote in Cincinnati was probably the largest over polled in the city, though re turns from a few country precincts show that the vote there was comparatively light. The weather was very lino and a quieter election never was held in Cincin nati. At 10 o'clock bulletins from in complete returns in six country precincts polling 1,500 votes, showed 170 Demo cratic gain, and returns from four city precincts, polling 2.400 votes, showed 200 Democratic gain. These returns are mostly from notes made before tho com pletion of tho count. None of tho city wards are distinctively known as German wards. Other wards not German show even greater gains. At the present hour it looks us if the city goes Democratic and that the Democrats will elect both con gressmen. Mr. McLean 'h Keuort ot tha Result. Cincinnati, O. Oct. 10. Cincinnati and Hamilton counties have gone largely Democratic, electing Follett and Jordan, Democrats to Congress, over Butterworth and Smith. The Democratic state ticket will have a majority in the state approach ing 10,000, according to reports received up to mmnignt. Several districts hereto fore regarded as surely Republican arc now reported Democratic, and there is justification for tho hope that a majority ofthnOnio congressional delegation will be Democratic. J. R. McLean, Editor Enquirer. Hurd CUInu a Majority of 1,000 for Con. great. My majority not loss thau 1,003. Stato probably Democratic. Frank II. Hurd. Governor roster uives it Up. Governor Fester concedes the state to the Democrats from five to ton thousand and twelve out of the twenty-one con gressmen, a gaiu of Beven Democratic congressmen. Trying to Account for it. Governor Foster was in his office until after midnight with lm private secretary iuu uuiuinu ui iririMiN, inciuning ifepre- sentative Swayne, of Toledo ; T. S. Nichol and a few others. The governor thought it extromely probable that the defeat of the party would have been larger in tho state if tne temperance issue had not been sprung. Swayne, wjho is a son of Chief Jnstice Swayne, expressed the opinion that Robe son and the Star Route thieves were enough to sink any party. Nicholas siid the re sult proved that an unpopular administra tion would sink any party and that tho defeat puts them back where Grant left them at the end of his administration. Better and Better Fourteen Democratlo Congressmen. The Democratic estimation on congress men is that they have elected fourteen out of twenty-one congressmen. At the Republican headquarters the few who remained until after midnight concede the election of fourteen Demo cratic congressmen, viz.: Follett over Butterworth, Jordau over Smith, Hill over Brigham, Campbell over Mor ey, Powell over Robinson, Hurd over King, Neal over Hart, Con verse over Dunklc, Warner over Dawes, Wilkins over Clarke and Foran over Everett. This leaves the Thiid discrict, where Murray, Democrat, is running against Shnltz, aud tho Fourteenth, whero Gcddes, Democrat is running against Horr, doubtful. Tho only Republican districts, accordiug to this estimate are thoo in which Updo graff, Kicfer, Taylor, McKinley and Ms Clnro wcro candidates. At Republican headquarters tho few who remained until aftor midnight, accede to this estimate savcasto tho defeat of Shnltz and Rob inson, whoso election they claim. WKST VIIUHN1A. oir elected to Cons-Ten) Irom tlio rlrnt III trlct llin other illMtriciH Democratic. Reports from tho interior counties indi cate tho election of Golf, Ropublican, to Congress, from the First district, by a majority of from 300 to 500. Tho same counties gave Hancock 1,181 majority. Tho Second and Fourth districts have been hotly contested and thero is not much doubt about both of them being carried by tha Democrats by majorities tanging Irom 1,000 to 1,500 each. A LUNATIC'S ISMMIuy ItKKl-'-i. Women IVilmlrlnnH In New York Atlaclced by it Cru.y Irencliiiian. An extraordinary soouo was unvoted ou Fourteenth street, New Yoik. At an hour of the afternoon when the stieut is most crowded with hhoppcrs, a demented Frenchman ran " amuck " through tho crowd aud with a pair of sharp-pointed j carpenters' compasses stabbed right aud lelt, his victims being women. I he wife of a policeman who patrolled tho block was one of the sufferers, aud when her husband arrested the lunatic he did not kuow that his wife had been assailed. The man was Ernest Dubourgue, a half idiotic painter, whose crazy autios have for year.4 made him a conspicuous charae ter. His victims aro more or less sevorely injured. Tliey are : Mis. Stolzeuberg. 422 East Ninth street, slightly wounded iu tho shoulder ; Miss Louise Checker, aged twenty-two, of 409 West Fifty-first street, stabbed iu tho back, slightly ; Miss M. L. King, of 429 East Fifty-seventh street, stabbed in the hip aud abdomen, severely hurt ; Miss Paulino Fiedler, aged nine teen, of 339 West Sixteenth street, stabbed in the right breast, wound not seiious ; Mrs. Thomas Worth, of COG Lex ington avenue, stabbed iu tho light side, dangerously injured. Mrs. Mary Hunley, the policeman's wife, of 110 Greenwich avenue, two stab wounds iu the left breast and dangerously, perhaps fatally, wounded. She was tako'.i to the New York hospital, and the others weio assigned to their homes. The luuatic began his work iu front of No. 8 Fouitcauth street, and, though it lasted but momont, it caused great terror among the ladies in danger. He was be spattered with blood when arrested. He said he felt dizzy aud admitted that ho had been drinking. He wore two hats, one over the other. He said he had stabbed the woman because .some man had threat ened his life. The prisoner, with his father, wandered for years through the city bearing piinrcd signs demanding jus tice from tho California authorities ior some real or imaginary wrong. They ac cepted enough iu charity to fcod them only. The father died in February last, but the son kept up his pilgrimage. TUB CARll-rllCKS IN THE WEST. A Urcat Deniori-atl! Knlly m Westmoreland Coumy. Fully a thousand pcup'o assembled in the court House at Groeusburg to hear tho issues of the campaign discussed from a Democratic standpoint. Charles E. Boyle, Democratic candidate for Congress, Ipd off in a strong speech, bristling with facts. He charged the Republican management of the Pennsylvania state government with profligacy aud urged a change as the only means of securing honest government. Adverting to his own candidacy, ho declared himself in favor of the tariff. Simuel J. Randall followed and spoke of the profligacy of tho Republican management ot national affairs and pointed out the enormous in crease of expenditures by the lato Re publican Congress. Tho vast tenitorial acquisitions, he said, had been secured under Democratic rule, and a Republican ndminstration has already given away enough of tho public land to furnish eleven millions of men with a hundred and sixty acre farms, lie dismissed tho objection made to Pattison that hn was a young m,in with tho pointed ohsoivation that William Pitt was nlianccllnr ol England at the age of twenty-ono years. In the evening, candidates J. Siin?on Africa aud Mortimer F. Elliott spoke. Uncle Sam ets n Legacy. A package was received at. the treasury department containing $950,000 in govern ment bonds, bequeathed by a Hoboken, N. Y., miser, named Joseph L. Lewis, to assist in extinguishing the public debt. The case has been before the courts in in Now York for some time, a claim hav ing been set up for the estate by a woman who alleged thnt she was tho wife of the testator. It was decided, however, that sho was au impostor and that the money belonged to tho government. Tho bonds havo becu temporarily deposited in tho loan division of the treasury department to await tho return of Secretary Folgcr or his successor. When they have been for mally turned over to tho secretary of tho treasury tho bonds will bo canceled and destroyed, thus wiping out ncaily a mil lion dollars public debt. Opening of the Democratic Ileadiruarters. This evening tha Democracy of tho city will open their headquarters in the second story of the now Doesch building, No. 113 North Qncen street. A full atteudanco of fcpresentativo Democrats and activo sym pathizers in the cause is desired, to give the local campaign a send-off and celebrate th3 great victory achieved in Ohio yester day. Let every ward havo its full quota of earnest ardent Democrats on hand. A movement has been organized for the formation of a Young Men's Democratic club, and persous desirious to connect themselves with it may leave their names at tho Intelligencer. The Comet Photographed. Mr. A. C. Killheffer, operator in Holton & Inman's photograph gallery, 43 North Queen street, succeeded yesterday morn ing in taking a very good photograph of the comet. Ho used a Keystone lightning dry-plate, which he exposed to the light GO seconds. The picture is interesting as a novelty in the photographic art, and is of value to scientists as presenting an abso lutely correct outline of tho mysterious C'lcsti-il varvlercr. Sales or Koal Estate. Jacob Gundaker, auctioneer, sold at the Cooper house on Tuesday evening, two ono and a half story brick dwellings, Nos. 337 and 333 Marion street, bslonfrinw t the estate of Catharine Rove:-. ' " '' j A,Fettlcb, for 3,250 ' C0YLE GETSANEWTEUL TPC MCKDER OPPOSITE MAKIKTrA. Krror Found by the Snpr9ine Court In tfudse IVlcke'a Charge The Differ- encn Between ITalrl-,-" and ' Clearly." Through the use of tho woul clearly, instead of the word (airly, John Coyle, jr., convicted of murder.iu the first degree for shooting Emily Myers, of York county, has been granted a new trial in au opin ion tiled by Jude Mercur, oi tho supremo court now sitting at Pittsburgh. Coyle is twenty-six years of age. Ho lived with his father and mother ou tho bauks of the Susquehanna river,' nearly opposite Ma rietta, in Lancaster county. Emily Myers his unfortunate victim, was an orphan gill, employed as a domestic in tho Coyle household, ami lived with the lamily. On tho morning of May 30 last, Mrs. Coyle called Emily to got up and milk the cows. Tho young womau repaired to tho barn and proceeded to perform her daily work. Young Coyle seems to havo heard tho call of his mother, and ho stealthily followed tho girl, and, meeting her in the barn, shot her dead. The mother heard reports from a pistol, and going down stairs, called for Emily, but was accosted by her sou, who told her that she needn't call, as Emily was dead. Ho told his mother tli.it he had shot the tiii I and then hiimelf, and that ho was going to die. IIo s lid Emily had ruined him ami set him er.izy. Sho had prom ised to many him, and lm went out to see if her word was good. Whcu ho went up to her hho told him no, sho wouldn't have him, nor any other m m, and then he said: "1 will :.hoot you, for no other man shall have you." Hho dated him to do it, and, thiowiiig hi'i.cli' li.tnic, said, as tho :niir deicr ;iitotv;uds alleged, " Shoot mo right heie ; hhoot inc quick." Tho young woman was instantly killed Coyle then turned I ho 10 vol ver on himself aud shot twice, although he did not do much dam age, excepting to cause tho blood to How. Ilo imineui.itcly lied to his bed, from which two or tluro hours afterward, ho was pulled out aud taken to jail. On the tiial it was admitted that Coyle had killed tho yoiig girl. Tho defense was thai Coylo was insane at tho time of the killing It was attempted to be shown that he was of feeble miud, subjected to fits and had previously attempted to shoot himself, and on another occasion had taken arsenic, which had been purchased to kill rats. Every posiible effort was made to prove him insane. Although the jury found him guilty without much de liberation, au appeal was taken to the .supremo sourt, four opacifications of error to tho judge's charge being assigned. The appeal was argued iu Philadelphia aud held uuder advisement. Iu disposing of the first specification of error taken to the charge of Judge Wickes, who said to tho jury that tho mania or insanity of Coyle ought to havo becu shown to have been habitual or at ht to havo evinced itself iu more thau a single instance. In a low iuterestiug words Judge Mer cur sustains tho lower court by saying "the attempted suicide of itself is not evidence of the fact of the insanity of tho prisoner, and it raises no legal presump tion thereof. But it may be considered by tho jury that all the other faots are circu instances hearing ou tho question ol insanity. Suicide may or may not be evi dence of insanity. Sometimes it may ha evidence of a wicked and depraved heart, familiar with crime. At other times it may be evidence of despondency and dis couragement, but perhaps more frequently it is of cowardice or a lack of courage to face ignominy and public disgrace or to submit to the punishment likely to be im posed ou him." Tho third assignment of error was to that pai tion of Judge Wicko's chaige, in which he said, "The law of the state is that when tho killing is admitted and insanity or want of legal responsibility is alleged as an excuse, it is the duty ol the defendant to satisfy the jury that insanity actually existed at the time of the act, and a doubt as to such iusanity will not satisfy the jury in acquitting ou that ground. The law presumes sanity when an act is done, and that presumption can only bo overthrown by clearly preponderating evi dence." Concerning this assignment the opinion of Judge Meicur siys that it is all correct and in strict conformity with the law excepting the lat sentence. A doubt, he says, is not sufficient to cause au acquit tal It must bo satisfactorily proved. Tho lower com t was evidently misled by the authorities iu charging in the words of tho last sentence mentioned. It had gone too far. Tho language used de manded a higher degico of proof than the law requires. It may bo satisfactorily proved by evidence which fairly prepon derated. To require it to "clearly pre ponderate " is practically saying it must bo proved Sieyoud all doubt or uncertainty. It is notucvessaty that the evidouco be so conclusive as to leniove all doubt when one is on 1 1 ia! lor his life. Care must be taken that he receives from the court that due protection which tho law has wisely thrown around him. The jury should have been charged that the evidence, if it fairly preponderated, would havo been sufficient. It was upon this exception that Coylo was giautcd a new dial. THIS .mi.L.KKS' CONVENTION. Representatives troni Many Farts or the State Cultivating Friendly Relations. The Pennsylvania Millers' state associa tion held two iuterestiug sessions in Har risburg. The object of tho association is to cultivate a more intimate and friendly relation among the millers of Pennsylva nia aud to promote the iutercsts of their business, and tho members present at tho convention generally felt that much good had been accomplished in those directions. Philadelphia, Huntingdon, Montgomery, Dauphin, Bedford, Chester, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Berks, Lycoming, Blair, York, Lehigh, Northampton, Northum berland, Carbon, Luzernoand Union coun ties wero represented by 131 members of the association. A large number of in teresting subjects wcie discussed during the session ol tho convention. Professor Grimshaw, of Philadelphia, delivered a lecture on milling needs and improvement which was highly instructive. Tho fol lowing named officers wcro elected to serve the coming year : President, B. F. Iscnberg, Huntingdon ; first vice presi dent, Jseob Walter, Easton ; second vice president, Cyrus Hoffcr, Union ; secretary and treasurer, Landis Levan, Lancaster. Committees wero appointed on patents, in surance, transportation, mill machinery aud process, grain for milling aud grading and inspecting. The convent ion ad journed to meet iu this city on the second Tuesday of October, 1883. A Curiosity. Wo wore shown to-day by Mr. G. Mc Ellbeuy, of Eden township, & curiosity consisting or four large and well propor tioned chestnut-burrs growing from a singlo stem, and so arranged that three of them form the base and the fourth the apex of a pyramid. They are supposed to symbolize tho four candidates for gov ernor, Beaver, Stewart and Armstrong being grouped at the bottom and Pattison perched on top. m increase or Salary. A number of promotions and increase of salaries in the pension department aro announced, among them being that of H. F. Shelly, of this county, whoso salary is raised from 900 to $1,200 per annum. Open at Night. To-night and every night hereafter tho . ...- fTchange in Centre Sqaaro will ijj i:e, v-" This will bo a -jrcat C0D. yeuicuco to our citizens, KAUl-raATff ACCK1TS. uewiUMak th right Against Stehataa. The following correspondence between the president of the late Independent con vention at Ephrata and Senator C. S. Kauffman has just taken place aud speaks for itself : Chairman Wiley's Letter. Locust Guovb Xkar Uaisbricok. Pa . ) October .1. 1S8. nox. C. S. Kavffman--ify Dear Sir : A convention representing the Indepen dent Republicans of the Fourteenth sena torial district was held at Ephrata on the 30th ult., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for senator. Your record in the Senate during the past four years is known to all. You have been recognized as an earnest and consistent Republican since tha organization of the party bowing to no master and recognizing no dictator. With your entire record before the con vention you wero unanimously nominated for re election to the office of state sena tor. Trusting that, in response to what is evidently tho popular will in our district, you may see your way clear to accept the nomination, I am Yours respectfully, Henky H. Wiley, President of the Convention. Col. Kaan'man'a Reply. Columbia, Oct. 9, 133.. Henhy II. Wiley, Esq., President Inde pendent Republican Convention : Deak Sir : I havo yours of the 3d iust. informing mo of my nomination for sena tor by tho Independent Republican con vention of the Northern or Fourteenth senatorial district. You say that with my entire record before the convention I was unanimously nominated, aud trust that, in response to what is evidently the popular will of the district, I may sco my way clear to accept the nomination. I had hoped that the honor would have becu conferred upon one of the very worthy geutlemen who had been named for tho place ; but as they all declined and wcro tho most activo iu placing my name beforo the peoplo, and gave assurance ol thoir good will and active support, at tho same timo expressing confidence that they represented tho feeling of their constitu ents, lean no longer hesitate. I hereby accept tho nomination and will use all honorable means to secure an election. Should I bo re-elected I hope through the expeiionce I have had to be more use ful to my constituents in the fature than I havo been in tho past ; I shall at least make an honest effort in that direction by supporting all measures of reform aud op posing all unjust legislation and tho lavish and wasteful appropriation of the people's mouoy. I am willing my future course shall bo judged by my past official record, and am not without hope that tho awak ening of the people all over the state may be tho means of sending a Logislature to Harrisburg whose work will bo approved by all good citizens. In 1879, with Messrs. Evcrhart and Lee of the Senate, and Wolfe and Mapcs of the Houfec, I refused to vote for J. Donald Cameron for United State senator. In 1881, with fifty-six other Republican senators aud members, I also opposed the election of Mr. Cameron's candidate, Henry W. Oliver. I have no reason to regret what I did then ; and as Mr. Cam eron has not improve 1 in his political methods siuce 1875), Twill oppose and vote against his ic-electiou in 1885, hoping that his i ejection, like my nomination, will be unauimous. Among tho most important measures that the next Legislature will be called to deliberate upon.will be the apportionment of the state iuto congressional and legisla tive districts. I shall favor single districts for members of the Jowr House, as far as practicable and in accord with theconstitu tion.In districting the state for members of Congress and stato senators caro should be taken in grouping counties that the geographical relations and industrial oo cupations of the population bo 'given proper consideration and not individual interests or the partisan complexion of the district. I believo that all apportionments should be made on a true and equitable basis, aud, if re-elected, I shall certainly vote out my convictions. Iu conclusion, I pledge myself to dis charge my duty, on all questions that may arise, to the best of my ability, and with a conscientious regard for the rights and interests of all the people. Very truly yours, C. S. Kuaffman. COBKT. What lii Going on in Common l'le.i. HEFOKE JUDCiE LIVINGSTON : I.i the caso of S. M. Ehler vs. Amos Moycr the jury rendered a verdict iu favor of the plaintiff for $58.91. l-EFOKE JUDGE rATTEKSON : J. Hummer aud Emanuel Shelly, for the use of tho former, of Ripho, vs. Francis Frank. This was an action to recover money alleged to bo duo from a tobacco transaction. It appeared, according to tho evidence of tho plaintiff, he sold a lot of tobacco to the defendant for a certain sum; whon it was delivered to the defendant in Manheim hn refused to receive it. Plaintiff then sold it to another party at a loss of $35.40 from what ho was to havo received from Frank. The defense was that the tobacco had not bcou properly handled nor had it been well assorted. Thejury found in favor of the plaintiff in tho sum of $30.08. Joseph Vauleer and Caroline Vauleer, formerly Carman, his wife, for the use of said wife, vs. Sidwell T. Wilson, and Needham N. Wilson, executors of Need ham Wilson, lato or Littlo Britain town ship, deceased. This is au action to re cover, for services rendered by Miss Caro liuo Carman (now Mrs. Vauleer), while in the employ of Needham Wilson, for thirteen yoars from 1852 to 1805. The plaintiff claimed ou quantum meruit and on tho following writiug, as au admission of indebtedness : "August 13, 18G3. I give these few lines to Caroline Car man to show that I want her to havo the sum of $1,200, at my death. Sho lived with me a number of years and got very little for if : so I thought it right to leave her this littlo 'sum to bo paid out of my property. From Needham Wilson." The testimony at hrst was principally confined to the last six years of the plain tiff's employment in the family of the de ceased and the vahia of her services during that time. The plaintiff offered tho writiug referred to in evidence, but the defense objected to it ou tho ground that, if anytbiog, the paper was testamentary in character and had not yet been probated, and therefore was not admissable as evidence in this case. The court overruled the objection and admitted the paper, deciding that it was not of a testamentary character. The paper was then read to tho jury. In Court. Edward Zieglar, esq., district attorney of York county, was in court this morning on business. A. New Voter. Albert Schnadcr, son of R. K. Schnader, became of age yesterday, just, in time to cast his vote for Pattison. Last evening he gave his friends a One entertainment at his father's homo ou West Orange street. They partook of au excellent supper, and had a splendid time. The young man was presented with a beautiful gold watch by his father. I'roperty Withdrawn. Last evening tha property owned by John R. Diffeabach, and used by him as a residence, situated at Orange and Lime street, was offered at public salo at the Leopard hotel but was withdrawn at 8M.W0. COLUMBIA XEW& IIVK KEGOi.Alt V01tKt4lONUISt; Events A loop the SuMiut-hmina Ilcai Interest in anil Around tne Borough fioktti tip by the IntelH i:ener's Reporter Mr. Joseph Bucher, of Lancaster, was in town among old friends to-day. Albert Ccuitm-y is repainting the ex terior of Mr. Jacob Minicb's residence, on Walnut street. St. Johu's Lutheran Sewiug society was held at the residence of Mr. George Find ley last evening. Large numbers of ducks are being shot on the river daily. Most of them are can vas backs ami icd bills. Mrs. J. Bonner, of Buffalo. N. Y., who has been visituig i datives ou Front street, returned home yesterday. Eight ladies and gentlemen of this place enjoyed the pf-!-a!itness of a horseback ride to Lancu-ter hut evening. Two rolling iu:llmc:i engaged in a fistic encounter on Fourth street this morning. Neither of them wt-:e badly injured. Trade was dull all over town this morn ing. The complaint amoug the busicers men was universal. Mrs. John Giveus, who has been a guest of Mrs. John Lundy, on Locust street, re turned to her homo in Stewart, Iowa, yes terday. Mr. Henry Snyder, of Philadelphia, who has been visiting his brother, Mr. Fieder erik Snyder, oi Walnut street, returned home yrstJiday via Lancaster. Miss Grace Yingliug aud Mrs. Frank Jordan, have oiie ou an extended tour. The latter lady b.t been a guest of the Rev. Samuel Yhigling fer some"time past. Two tramps were arrested by Officer Rodenbauscr list night. They wero prowling about iu a suspicions manner. Officer Gilbert took them to tho county jail this rooming. Four sections of hoso. was burst at a trial of the Vigilaut fire engine yesterday afternoon. The trial was held at the cor ner of Second and Walnut street. Lillio Hall's variety- combination, pei formedhero last uveuiug. lij reasou of tho fact that no orchestra had been pro vided, the euto.Uiument was not what had been expected. The show people blame the local mauagemrut for the failure to have an orchestra. Two ben roosts were robbed last night on Bethel street. Tho chickens belonging t- people living in retired parts of town are suffering from the depredations of thieves. Keep a bright lookout on the coops. Tho telegraph, poles suffered from ths storm last night. Quite a section of the line was blowu down between Falmouth and Keller's quarry. A pole," which was thrown across the railroad Waek at that point, was struck by a passing freight engine and split into two pieces. No dam age was uou9 tha engine. ' ? ' " s ths ei-jscofai. coxvjorxio. A l'rnpositlon to Divide the Diocese. In the Episcopal convention of the dio cese of Central Pennsylvania, in Reading, Mr. W. L. DungliuBou, the treasurer of the diocese, resigned his office on account of ill-health, and Mr. P. R.- Stetson, of Readiug, was elected to fill the vacancy. Jud;e Watts, lay deputy from Carlisle, moved au-.l it was so resolved, after a pro longed and somewhat excited discussion, " that it is not the desire of the people of the diocese that an election of au assistant bishop be made by this adjourned con vention." E irly in the morning there had been rumors that many of the clergy and lay deputies had been in consultation imme diately after their arrival, and it had been found th it a change b vi passed over tho minds of many churchmen ia the diocese as to thu truest aud best means of afford ing iclief in Episcopal duty to the bishop. Favor was largely mauifested to ward botne plan for the division of Ceatral Pennsylvania into two dio eeses. The mover of the original agitation for the division of the dio cese had sought for the erection of three uewseeioutof the existing jurisdiction, which should bo coterminous with tho bonds of the presaut convention, to bo known as " Williamsport," " Harris burg," and the " Northeast." At Mauch Chunk. i'i June last, this agitation was crushed by tho resolution of the conven tion exp-essed unanimously, with tho sinuio dhseutof Dr. John U. Hopkins, that the bishop sli3uld be given an assist ant. The partial i e;:ction was really in the nature of a coaipromise, two dioceses in central Pennsylvania with tho bishop's consent, ou the caujuioal requirements being met, iu lieu of the four which have been sought through the movement begun five years a.o by the rector of Christ church, Williamsport, Those who sym pathized with his ecclesiastical views in the ai'tcruo.Ki session with much good feeling and an air of relief from a long tried and often voxel question are much pleased at ;he conclusion reached. The convention after the passage of Judge Watts resolution, on motion of Kev. Dr. GillUt, resolved "that four clergymen and four laymen from each con vocation bo a c tmmittee, with the bishop as chairman ex officio, to report three lines of division, upon one of which tho diocese of Pennsylvania may be divided into two separate Episcopal jurisdictions, and report the same to the next annual convention for choice and adoption ; provided that before action shall be taken upon the question of said lines we recommend that the Conven tion then assembled shall pass upon the question, "Shall the diocese of Ceatral Pennsylvania bo divided '.'" t'ollce Cases. The m ivor had four customers one dis orderly was sent to jail for 15 days, one was made to pay costs and two itinerants were discharged. Alderman Spurrier committed Louisa Multz to jail for 20 days for drunken and disorderly conduct ; and held Wilhelnina Robinson to bail for a bearing on com plaint of Sucanna Greeu, who charges her with assault and battery. Edw. Eshleraan was held for a hearing ou a charge of larceny preferred against him by Ed. Kauffman, tho trouble grow ing out of a horse trade. Complaint was made this morning by Davis Ki'ch, jr., against two boys named Edward Fiy and Frederick Uavercamp, for malicious mischief. It appears that Fry clim'n .1 a city lamp post at the cor ner of Beaver aud Andrew streets, and the lamp fell or was knocked off, aftrr which Ilavere;.mp set fire to the oil in the lamp and burned it to pieces. Alderman McG'onomy committed Miller Wardley to answer at court a complaint made against him by Daniel W. Fraelicb, charging him with, surety of the peace, felonious assault aod battel y gn Daniel Fraelicb, jr., and also with carry ing concealed deadly weapons. Five young men arrested for disorderly conduct in Centre Square, on Saturday evening, had a hearing before Alderman McConorBy last evening and were dis charged on payment of costs. Frank Lenhart, charged with the lar ceny of money from Susan Coonley, hid a hearing before Alderman Samson latt cveninjr and wa discharged, there being insufficient v.U ucetohold him.. w .t'.itriinoDlal. Mr. ..: Hinder and Miss Kate KeueaUy weio married in St. Mary's church yesterday morning by RevT Dr. McCullagh. During the afternoon and evening a reception was held' at the resi dence of the bride's parents, Marystret, where many friends called to extend con gratulations. In tho evening the happy couple wcro serenaded. 31 i
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