WT ityff''sWiir )r fc u V ! ! tVi. - Vttfi , Wifnr I S f s ,r ; J Irt1 1, t. f k j te Hfr' It. IK fr. IT V If rr' l'A K. ft Lancaster Jntclligcnccr. VR1UAY VVBN1NO, MARCH V, 1084. y, ..: ' ' iji: A PhMehs Decision, Th supreme court decision, Just made, that it Is within the power of Congress te nuke treasury notes a legal tender, In time of peaceRB well hs war, is received with disgust by the business nubile. who de net like te be informed that it Is at any time In the power of Congress te make them take premises te pay In ac quittance of the debts due them. The former decision affirming the censtltu uonniiiyei the legal tender act, was fondly thought te have been made be cause of the alleged necessity existing te empower Congress te de extraordinary things in extraedlnary emergencies ; and business men did net greatly disturb themselves ever the posslble difficulties of these occasions. But it moves them mero deeply te knew that at any time their accounts payable are at the mercy of Congress, which may trim them down or wholly confiscate them, just us It may please it te decide that they shall take payment for their accounts In its prom prem ises te pay, without interest, in a day or at the resurrection day, or at nny time intermediate. The decision that Congress has a con stitutional power te make its notes a legal tender for debts due te its citizens by its citizens, seems very absurd ; but the late decision nfilrming this power te exist in time of peace Is the logical con sequence of that which affirmed it in time of wnr. There is no conceivable reason why that which Is law in pence is net law in wnr. The law may be sus pended In time of war, either by the power of might or by virtue of author! ty given therefer te Congress or the ex ecutive by the constitution and the laws. But the constitution gives no greater authority te Congress te confiscate the people's property in war by forcing them te accept notes as money than It confers upon it in time of peace. There is, in fact, no specific authority given te de this at any tlme, and none is alleged te be In the consti'utlen. The biipreme court, however, has found that an implied power exis1 s ; and has net been able te discover that the Impli cation applies te any special period. It wasnotthere te discover. II strained Its penetration te discover the legal ten der power, and finally found It, net In the constitution, but in the alleged fact that when the constitution was framed the suverelgn nations of Eurepe claimed and exercised a like power, and there fore it must be presumed te exist in this nation. This is nearly the sale founda tion for the supreme court's judgment se far as we have been able te reach it. The opinion says a great deal and occupies several columns of small print ; but It is chielly occupied in discussing and nfilrming points of law that have long been settled and that are of no consequence te the point at issue, such as the power of Congress te issue notes and establish banks ; but when the opinion of Justice Grey reaches te wards the end, and has se far failed te find any constitutional authority for a legal tender issue, he jumps suddenly en te the back of the male en which he meaus te ride through, and declares that because the Eurepin sovereignties issued legal tender money, therefore, the power must be supposed te lurk in the United States constitution. The logic of the conclusion is mena1 reus thin, even though the fact be true; which we de net believe it te be. European sovereignties, when they issued legal tender money, did It by the power of might and net of rigiit. Of course the United States, and every ether power,has the right of mi?ht ; and of ceursa if, in time of emergency It get in a tight place, It would be likely te force its notes into currency among Its people by the power of Its bayonets, If the feres or the people's lejultydld net give them currency ; and their cunency was necessary te the country's safety. But that is uet the ques tlen at issue, which is whether the law can sanction a legal tinder issue General Jacksen violated the law when he defied a court te save disaster ; It was tte power of might rightly exuiclsed ; but he paid the penalty which the law exacted. Vigilance commit U-e are eemetlraes approved by the public jmlg meat, bec.iu3e of the emergo'iey ; but theyare never lawful. Just se a forced currency may Bometlmos be expedient, but It should never be lawful In any civ ilized country which guarantees te iti people the right of private prei erty. Some peeple say that because Congress has the power te deprociate the coluage, it has the right te turn its notes into money. But the constitution expressly authorizes Congress te coin money, while its express authority us te bills of credit is simply te "Issue" them and net te convert them into money by its flat. It may debase the currency, it Is true ; but that is no reason why It should be per initted te turn paper Inte money ; paper cauuet be coined. Accoiidine te the resolution proposed In councils the ether evening and adopted by that body a city tax of nine mills 1ms been laid for the coming year "four mills thereof te pay interest and prlucipal, and state tax en leans, and five mills thereof for city purposed." This would ralse for Interest, principal and state tax en leans, specifically, $18, COO. But, according te the budget pre pared by the finance committee, it is proposed te appropriate only $13,700 te this purpose as fellows : Te pay Interest en Jeaiie.lntluilliii; liikliiKiuml w10 u) Te pay principal oil leans, required toy law 8 1M oe Te pay Mate lax en leuus viwe CO l0UU SI3.7U0 xue ununce committee should revise Its figures. Hey. Powick, who believes that drunkenness is as bad as murder and that any ene who slgus an application for a hotel license is as unworthy as the keeper of a bawdy house, may take con solatjen from the fact that a geed Metho Methe dtet brother in the Wilmington con. ference has discovered and disclosed as wicked an institution as the tavern, with which, he says, if Satan's most sanguine expectations are net realized he must be unreasonable. Itev. Pewlck may or may net be surprised te learn that the object of Presiding Eldir Wilsen's fierce anath ema Is the modern campmeeting. Be gitslilua neii. Tun friends of Arthur and the sup porters of hh aspirations te re election are net letting grass grew under their feet. In Louisiana they have bagged the delegates te the national convention by the methods which will enable them In all probability te secure the votes from most of the Southern status ami territories, where the influence of federal patrenage is the most active element of political organization. In New Yerk c'ty they have unmistakably demon strated their power te capture and re tain the control of the local organization and the Barney Blgllus and Johnny O'Briens are en top us usual. Anglemania, is ou the Increase in Washington, anil Amorieaphobla grows dally greater lu Londen. A raOMtNENT me Heal authority aiserts that no child should be seut te school be fere the age of tan years au I tint twelve is a botter age. It is bayeud peradven peradven ture that the authority afereuid is a baohelor. MicVeaeh's testimony as te hi ceu ncctlen with the Star Itoule prosecutions is a ealcium light toreh showing up dearly the power of a baud of government robbers in opposing tin men who stepped lu between themselves and their prey. TiiKitK is a whole- cut lei'l of feed for rotlcctlen te the young mau desiring te get rieh iu the metheds by which Peter Mitchell, a resident of Charlestown, Ind., becatne wealthy. lie was leug noted for rigidly keeping his expenditure within fifty centa a day. orniMe Birr a is vt It was nothing but a roie I gie rur. Nothing bin a rese . Any wind mlijitt rob it of It mver- Any wind that blew?. As sl'e took It from my trembltui; Un jer. WiibKlmnitse chlif Ah tnut gentle teucli In memory lingers Tbrtlls uud haunts me still Fiuled. wrinkled, emitted beneath tliajeiMi'a. Wrinkled, told en told Oncii It lay upon nor heart, nnd sires Cannet muke It old ttfeiMarci. Had Abe Ruzzird known the elysium that Seuth Carolina eilers te criminals, he would have wasted very little time in Lancaster county. Thore is a young man down In the Palmetto state named Cash, who a short time age shot two meu ou the street of Cheraw. Sinee the murders the sheriff of the county has oalled en Cash socially, but made ua effort toward his arrest. Abe's talent would recoive due appreciation in that benighted commun ity. The Pennsylvania railroad propeso te adept a system of sleeping ear iuspoetion by which It will be rnide Incumbent en the oeuduotorof a train te examine iu the night oaeh berth te see whether It h eccu pled or net. The new arnuseinyut is made In order te provent frauds en the partef sloapleg car condue:ora. A prom inent offlelal of the read naively asserts that no discomfort or embarrasstnent will be oaused male or female bv tlie no- m?. as the oenduotor will only ha required te pull the curtain far enauh apart te sce whether or uet the harth is oeoud'o i. It is much te be feared that th remedy in this case is worse than the dUoise. Feiitune la a verv ciDricieus tfoildesn. In the troublous times that Germany siw Iu 1843, there were thrce young men who made themselves prominent in the rcvo rcve rcvo lutleuary movement. Sj conspicuous did they beceme that they wero forced te il-e the clutches of the government by a bur ried trip te the United States. One of them, Carl Scharz. went te Miss mn. wen seat te the United States Sauate and after wards uoeupied a cablnet portfolio. The second, Franz Steel, wen the hiirhest mil. Itary honors as a goner.il fighting for the preservation or the Union. The third, August Sehelpert. who had been nlwnv considered the brightest In his native laud went south, and the varying whcels of forluue changed him from an ardent rev- olutienist te an humble harbor in Atlanta, Ua. All of which cees tn show tint Hi.. bralnicbt wen of the world are net alwavb quickest te to.ze life's opportunities. Whun things are dull lu Italy a revolu tion is hatched up presumably te while away the time. The latest tidbit from this volcanic district Is te thu effect tba the ministers accredited te the foreign powers rcsideut In Italy lntend te ask the co operatlon of thelr home geierumentH In a demand en the United States te make aome strlugent legislation against dyna mlte omljsarles. Of ceurse the action Is aimed at the persons responsible for the recent oxpleaions In Ennlaud. and is miuin te scorn like an official demand en thn nirt of nil the Coutluental powers, wbeu la reaiuy it is tue bnglisli government speak lug through the mouths of an lusignifi. eant handful of ambassadors. Great Uritaiu is glveu every opportunity te luspeet the person and equipment of every ene landing ou English soil, and If these efforts fall she cauuet expect the Unitid States te embroil thomselvos lu order te act as her police officer. PMATDHEaeff THIS BfATB PKE33. The Wllkoabarre Union Leader ia out for Hand all for prosident. The Yerk Daily Tribune, it Is exported, will make its appoarance en the lfith lust. The Choster Herald will soeu be en larged by the addition of four columns te IU p ige. The medern tendency Is agahiht po litical mud throwing, says the Oil City DrnU The iue6tIeu of revising the tariff hav ing been made, the Bile Herald thinks It should be met. The Friends Journal thinks that the recent decision against a boquest for masses will net stand. UnoleJakoZolglor's Butler ITerald de. clares that true marrlage Is a marriage of mluds and net of bodies, and whenever and whorevor sueh a marrlage exists diverce Is utterly iraposslble, bocause soparntlen lu that eise Is rnental i1inti-i,. tlen, LANCASTER DAULY INTELL1QEN0EK, FRIDAY, MAKCII 7, 1884:. MACVEAGITS STORY OK T1IK STAIl ItOUTK t'KOSKUUTIONS. Tti hi-Atlernry (Itntral Mnkftuu Impor tant Contribution te thn liuitry el the rnmun Trlslt. Iu his further testimony bofero the Springer commit tee ex Atterney General MaeVeagh siid that It was one of the ml", foitunesof the Star Ketite ones, that at fltst no etlerU had beeu made te secure the ludtetmcnts of the three gentlemen met prominently mentioned Derccy, H raily and Kellogg. It was then almein teiy impossible te make any intelligent presentation of the cases. "I had said te Mr. Dersoy and his cotunel," Mr. Mae Veagh continued, " that we had no charges te formulate. We were net then in a position te de se. I had found cer tain records which ovldenced guilt We had al?e started a train of inspectors te investigate, but net until they reported oeuld we tell what ought te bi deue, I had no deaht that unless thore was some thing te cluuge the impression given by the records we would have te proceed ngiihkt these gentlemen." The witness euteied into the details of the proposed manner of conducting the prosecution. He said he found himself at the potetllco department with Pestmater Geueral James, Mr. Dersoy and Mr. Iugcrsell. It was then supposed that an Investigation through the regular channels wenld be possible "This prosecution," said Mr. MacVeagb, " was a seuieu of anxiety and, 1 might say, ditrcs te President Garfield. It was understood that he favored ptwecutlen In the courts. Other metheds, however, of correcting the wrenc we were pursuing were sucucsted. Darscy asked me if I proposed te disregard the wishes of the president. 1 answered that I had no knewledge that the presl dent wished auy ether method of preced ure than the ordinary channel. " I went te New England te sce my sous graduate. While there I received from somebody hore a telegram demand lug my immediate return te counteract an effort of Dersoy and ethers te have me turned out of the cabinet. If I replied at all I said that the object was uet near enough te my heart te shorten ray visit and did net cemn back until I expect cd te. When 1 fiilnrnprl t a f.il.l tli f vigorous efforts had boeu made te turn me out ou the ground of b.ise conduct, it eon uuiui; luumaieu mat i nail engaged in a plot te steal papers sent te the president I was OUltf Interested te knntr t tlm nrnal. dent had seen fit te recoive sueh charges. He said that he had declined thm These charges had been made by Iterdell." ine schemes ter Macveactr lteiuenl Thri Wltll.tftfl nfinrlfltltnrr aitil . I. efforts te rcmoe rae were made by thoae lrapncareu in tue Btar itoute fraud i could net inumte thelr motives. I mil just let the committce judge. They would say that they wanted me te get out because I was a bad mau. Until the ue.un ei the president I thought It my duty te remain with him. They wanted me te go out. After the death I thought It mv duty te leave and they said it vaa my duty te remain A torrent of abuse wa nenrpil unnn mn f.ir rfeMInlti.r n.wl the Star Reute men insisted, day after d w, that I should remaiu. Others ielnni iu the demaud for me te remain and be responsible for the prosecutions, aud re presented that the prosecutions were being left naked and defenseless aud that i a iuuuiuk jmj ireui mom, wiieu, as a matLer nf f.int. 114 vnti L-tins nnrl T bn.w ...y .... j w. ...aw.. U..V. ..W.1, there were four special ceuuel employed iu w.u C..AB3 iiuiie as many as could ee UHLflll la thri tlHrvirtmnnt .if tiiLtlnn T thought I was leaving the caeua iu safe Utktiun "Tin reason of the change in the attl tude of these eentlomen was n-rfejtlv an parent te me. I wa known te have been In very ardent political sympathy with President Garfield en all the question? about which the Republican party was se streuueusly divided, almost in two hestile weuips, hi, uuiuae. upon every ene 01 tuose question I had been iu as hearty accord with him a I had been In hearty and strenuous opposition te President Arthur. MHCenti and Arthur. " Mr. Arthur .vas well known te outer tail! unci telmvn nlvnn nTnraiilnn tn ft r..v low opinion of seutimenial politicians, of nuuiu i. was eue, ana 1 was Known te nave long entertained nnd frequently expressed a very low opinion of praotieal politicians, of whom he was ene ; aud theso geutlemeu certainly must have seen that the presi dent who had called me bore aud had buh taiued me under great obloquy and abuse in tnohe prosecution:, being uew dead and buried, I was In no position whatever te bilugte thesa cased the requtsite moral suppeit. The opinion of these gentlemen was intensified by newspipara edited by Hastings and Qerham. They had steadily taken the side of Arthur and as steadily had opposed ma with ns me in words as their tongues could express. When Arthur n.imn hunt T found him In oleso affiliation with these editors. When you, gentlemen, oensidor these things and when you add the condition of affairs as they existed in the arena of the District of Columbia, I think you will soe the impor imper impor priety of my remaining iu the prosecution against sueh gentlemen. Yeu can also tee why it was my duty lasoleotingoouusel te celsct geutlemeu In whom President Arthur would have confidence. " I think that he lelt at first ai I did, aud when I published my reasons for leav ing I had no reason te bolieve that I had anj thing but the cordial approval of the president iu my aotien. He made a short visit te New Yerk aud then, I think, came the ohange in his views. Subsequently he became mere convinced that 1 ought te remain, thinking the eases ought te go in the B.irne bauds as they had started." Thn UaBitlun el red The witness stated that he was en the bast el term with Arthur lu leaving the cablnet but deelared that he was net satis lied with Colonel Corkhill because of his known friendly relation!, with the dofend ants, aud he had suggested the appoint, raent of Mr. Riddle ns distriet atterney just bofero the president was wouuded. He suggested Cerkhlll's removal te Arthur, but wa answered that no change could be made until the Guiteau case was disposed of. Why he was net roraevod afterward wltnee did net knew. In employing Mr. I rewster, Mr. Ullss, Mr. Cook and Mr. Oibieu as extra oeunsol, It was stated, as usual, that the compensation would be llxed at the end of the trial by the atterney general. Witness said te thorn that they would be deoently aud houerably paid, occerdltig te the sorvleo required and performed. Hofero retiring from oilleo wltnesa Bald he had approved I.lni118. Pf oaeh rontleraau naraed for i' n. ; AIl0riI Mr- Urewster prosentod a bill for W 000, less $2,500, nnd Mr. Illiss ene for ee.000, less 13,000, whleh witness 1 VR ,.was roa80nble nnd the bills wero v..' .Witness also approved unoflleiallv of the bills or Oibsen and Cook for 5 000 each. Witness did net think 100 a'day oxerhitaut ler sueh eminent lawyers as miss nnd lirewater, and he nover knew of any nogleot en the part of any of the offi cials ougaged In the oae. Witness deelared that Goneral Oarfield had never attempted te werlr him nut i n. .i.,..l i... .: .1.. " ... " : "- v uiuet "" uu "'" oe'iirary, wnen he offered resign Garileld prevdlled upon him remain, te te Uultcitti Had Ne Acoaiupllei) Charles II. Rped, who was oeunsol for the auastlii Gulteau duilng the latter part the trial, In an lutorvlew said : Yes, I imve read lu the uowspapera the atatomeut ofex.Postmastor Goneral Jaraei before a oemmlttco In Washington, whleh conveys the impression that the Star Reuto proae. cutlens wero in beiuq measures the cause of the shoetlugof the late President Gar field. I nm, thcrofero willing te have published (or the first time seme oenvor satieu whleh occurred botween Guiteau . and myself whlle I aetcd ns his attorney. 1 On Koveral oeoaious when nlone with Guiteau I asked him if he had any accomplice, or if auy orseu knew that he thought of shoetiug the president. He always answered In a most omphitie inanner " Ne ; no ene but Ged and me knew any thing about it " On the day before he was executed, when 1 sw him for the last time, I said te him : ' Giiileau, all hepe of saving you i geue, and ou must die te-morrow. New I nsk jeu ng.ilu had you auy noeomplico, or ilid any person besides you knew atiythiug About your lutontlen te kill the presi dent?' With a wild light in hi 01 en. which was impossible of Mimult.itleu, he replied, Ne, no no ene but G nl and 1110 knew anything about it, a I have often told you. That is the truth, u I epeet te meet my Ged te morrow.' " MuAt'lNO FIUMI Ills Uliri'lM The l!ue liy IVIneh 11 Merlli Jrelln tint l.w (tnlnrit til, l.lbenjr. Lucky , loe Wilsen, the chief of a bind of herse thloves and outlaw., escaped from the jail of Wataugu county, N. C, en Thursday by a sharp ruse Wilsen was souteueed te the state prison for ten jenrs for his outlawry. Fer seme weeks past he has ptetended te be qmte 111. Last night heJVigned death, was hid out by the prison officials and prepared for burial . The coffin was ordered aud all ether prcpt rations made for the interment of the dead outlaw. The body was placed in an eutlmllilinir, where it was viowed by many of tue prison ors and officers of the j til. The ejtv were wide open aud seemingly glazed iu death. Bleed bad spurted from the mouth aud ran down ou the bed covering. A minister was sent for te preach the fuueral sormeu. The body was left nlone until the time ar rived for burial. When everything became quiet about the prison, Wilseu suddeuly resurrected himself, sprang up aud dashed out of the room, nnd made his esoape before any one was aware of what had oe curred. He dashed down the raeuuMiu aud lied towards Teuuesse. It is hardly possible that he will be captured A Farmrt'it l)linpeuriice KipUlued Oliver P. Uaker, one of the wealtbicst farmers In Dayton oeunty, Ohie, early In the year mysteriously disappeared. He was a man well advanced iu years, with a family of teu children, and, as it was kuewn at the tlme of his disappeirauj that he had considerable money about his person, it was generally aejeptcd that he had bceu w.iylvid aud murdered. The reason of his absence has just come te light by a lotter raaolved from the Seuth, written by a woman who is knewu iu this coetion, wherein she states Uaker i with her and will never return te his family. He met the wemau in the citv soraetime during the holidays. Baker never had any treuble with his family, aud was led te abanderu thorn by the fasoluatieu of the woman, who styles bcrself Grace Uarper. Mrs. Baker has beguu proceedings ia court te reserve her husband's extensive farm (or herself aud ohildreu. Tne Weman snirrnge Uonventlue. The National Weman Suffrage conven tion in sosslen at Washington en Thurs day, oleetcd the following officers for the ensuing year : President, Elizibeth Cady Stauten, New Yerk ; Vice Presidents nt Large, Susan B. Antheny, Rochester, New New Yerk ; Matilda Jeslyn Gage, Fayettes ville, New Yerk j Phcoebo W. Couzins, St Leuis ; Abigail Scott Duning, Portland, Oregon ; Treasurer, Jane II Spofford, Washington, D. C. , Auditors, Ruth C. Dcnisen and Julia A. Wilbur, Washing ten, D. C. At neon the members of the convention te the number of about 100, called upon the president and were re ceived in the Blue room. Miss Antheny, addressing the president, told him that "the woraen with her represented twenty states iu the Union," and tsbe appealed te him " as a caudidate for re eleotien, te ceme out equarcly for wemau suffrage." The president replied that " the conven tion was a very remarkable assemblage of wemen," and that "he bad observod that wheu the women wero determined te carry a point they always succeeded In getting all they ought te have." Twenty Men lilllea Id iiSnutt, Advices from Senera report a terrible accident in the Prletas tnine, caused by the caving In of a shaft. Twenty meu were killed. Their bodies have net been rccev ered. hehsemal. Ciiaiilie FeiTEii is for a bloody shirt campaign. Leenakd E Wales has been nomina ted te be U. 8. district judge -for Dola Dela ware. PiiiNcn Bisjiauck, whlle attempting te cress a railroad track in Berlin, yesterday, was ucarly struck by a passing ouglne. Mn. Jehn Meulkt, having in ene of his books, porsiated in spelliui; Ged with a amalt K. a rovlewcr upslt Merloy with a small m. W. D. Wasiiuuiin thinks there is no cbance for Arthur. Blaine, Edmunds, Sherman and all of thorn are mere or less objectionable. Hew would a Washburn lit' Anduisw Meueland, jury commissioner of Pittsburg, was killed yesterday morn ing in that elty, by slipping en an iron grating and striking his head against n curbstone. COUNTESS OK LcWUNIIAlrT is OCO of the prettiest wemen in thn foreign circle in Washington. She is a typiuil Swedi.sh baauty, with golden hair, blue oyes nnd fair white akin. Allan Airrnuit is said te be cugaged te Miss ICatle Bisach, of Washington a pretty little fairy,of geed family, whom he met uuuer romantic circumstances at the se a ehore lest summer. Mn. OacAn Fay Anuis Is visiting friends In Lancaster. Mr. Adams is de vetincr himself te literary work with sua cess and his publishers have new In press his " Handbook of American Literature." Mateii LATiienr., of Baltimore. In n published eard denies any bargain or premise made by him te Rebert Garrett in the matter of thn distribution of cfllcisl patronace. Mr. Garrett also makes a similar denial. Ruskin is descrlbed as 11 ve feet five inohes tall, with an iron gray beard ex tending up te his eyes, a low and retreat ing forehead and long hair, which, llke Tennyson's, has long since lest ncquaint ncquaint nnce with brush or comb. Gr-NKiiAL Ben Toexins just after the war wan living Iu Purls in easy style. A Yank 00 asked a frlend of the goneral hew he mauaeed te llve. 'Tell him.' replied the goneral, ' that I nm eating au acre of dirt a day.' He was soiling Texas lands at ?5 au aerc, wnleu was about hu dally expenses," Vanukudilt bolieves he Is the rlchest man in the world. Duke of Wcstmlnster has 4200.000.000. but he euly nets two ter oent. Intorest. Vanderbllt owns OSO.tilO shares of railway stoek, valued at 483,750, 000, his railway bends amount te 423,857,. 133, he holds 470,580,000 in government and a trills of 45.000,000 lu ethor securities wuieu average nlrn six per cent, iuoemo. Ilev, lr, MIlGiiell Convalescent. Rev. Dr. .T. Y. ATltflliAll. nattnr nt thn Presbvterlan ehureh. who has hnnn mifrr. ."B uvui iuiuuku, ia ou Jill UOIIY.UUSCUUt that he will he nhin te nnnilnnt dai-vlnn In Itlr ftttnr lilmK.Mf. In m t ...... 1 k. the chureh this evening preparatory te the iui.iuuuu communion servioes te no uciu ou eunuay, OWTUAMY. uiitK ni-.rn lie fKiitit .sieuu.Mistt. n t-. tt Hum tuiMitd h IM ilul hlimik In Hip llmnimitili) Milrhcn llnwn In III, I rliiii tit Itirr Mmiilrii liritth Seldom, ti ever, has this emnmunlty to te cei eit a mere pUuful shook than it expe rienced last evening, when it heatd the new of the sudden death of Petor McCnu eiii). at Ins residence iu the West Eud. Mr M Coneuiy, who wns the junior ttieui bcr of the firm or Recd, McGrauu it Ce., bankers, in Centre Square, was nt his place t f business aud completed his usual work ou Wednesday ; he ale hlR supper that evunlng, and only about 4 o'clock en Thumlay morning complained of feeling ill. Daring the day he exper ienced n umea and sickness of the stomach, and had modle.il attendance, but a late as 7 p. m Ids phjslclau saw nothing te excite serious apprehensions. Returning te visit him at I) e clock be ubcrved a very sei leus change for the worse; the patient seemed te he sleeping, but was really lu a death stupor nnd expired about quirter before ten o'clock of disease of the heart The news of his midden decease spread through the ceci.il circles iu which he was such a general favorlte ; kind friends volunteered thelr minis! ratleua of servioe and sympathy ; universal gloom settled upon the countenances and heart nt his friends and sincere condolence, with his stticken family was expressed ou every side Mr. Mct'oiiemy was the youngest seu nf the late Peter MoCeuomy, deceased, of this city- He was born iu Iiiioister, ed ucated in its soheols aud nt (lien Riddle seminary, in Delaware county. He yc pared himself for the banking busineSy sorvice as olerk in the home of RerjfMe Orauu & Ce , with which firm he oceanic associated us u partner lu 1878, and siuce that time hn bai glveu his personal atten tion te that bu8iuess,few persens oenuectod with the eommercl tl interests of the city being mere closely identified with thorn by strict aud uninterrupted dovetiou te duty. He nlue otigaged extensively lu the purebnse of tobacco. Soen alter the ik-ith el his father he was chesen by the Domeoratio party te the seat, which the elder McConemy bad long held with such credit te himselt and the elty, in the Lan caster sjhoel beard, aud he brought te the duties of tint p sitieu the sime oou eou oeu scientious zeal which distinguished him iu every relation of life. Ua was a prom inent member of St Mary's Catholic church ; had at oue time boeu secretary of St. Mary's erph in asylum bend of trus tees, ami wa a member of St. Bernard's beneficial society. He was an nctive member of the Jeffersen club, iu the founding and success of whieh he took an ardent interest aud was treasurer of it. In the social circle, ns in business walks and iu his nubile relations, there was tie mere uinversal f.nonte than Mr. Mc Mc Mc Coeomy, aud he eminently deserved the kindly feeling with whieh he was re garded. He w.i as Rcutle aud sympathetic as a woman, tender bearted and magnani meus, but brave and manly, couiugceus for the right aud conseiontious lu the discharge of every public and private obligatieu. His hospitality was uustintel and oue of his chief delictus in the elegant new mansion, which he had e recently erected nt the ejrner of Chestnut and Charlette streets, was in the pleasure it afforded him te receive aud entertain his friends. borue j ears age Mr. McCouemy was married te .Miss Alice, daughter of Jehn R McGevern, etq , of Overton, Bradford county, Pa , aud uioce of Mr. B. J. Me Graun, of thu eity. Tnree ohildreu, two httle girls and a boy, brightened thelr happy home, iu which he was the kindest and most consldento of husbands, fathers and hosts. The writer of these lines, whose rue priviloge It was te se lately bhare its boundless and genial host itahty and te have glimpses el the sunlight which irradiated it, cauuet trust himself te write of the oleud which has settled above Its pjrtals in this mournful event. It is a meltnoheiy gratification for tLes.0 whom it nfllieta most poig nantly te knew thit the death of ue person iu this city oeuld have eveked a mere general and mere sincere feel ing of personal less than that of Peter Me Conomy. Tuero ware literally noue who knew him but te love him, none named him but te praise. But far batter than te hae been the subject of such general esteem was te have mariUsl It , and that he did iu such a dogree that no funeral pmeuyrii can euhauce or fairly express the leve iu which he was held iu our heart of hearts. Mr. McCoueray's fuueral will tike place en Monday, at 8 a. in. ; rrqalum high mass at St. Mary's nt 0 o'clock. A spoelal iiueting of the Jeffersen elub will be held at 7J o'clock this evening te take action upeu his death ; and a special meeting of tlie school beard will nlke be oalled for tbe same purpose at 7 p. m. te morrow. Dentil ut .lauui, K. Moerlieuil. James K Moorhead, the promiueut Pittshurger, whose death wan reported by telegraph yohterday, was a raomberofan old Laucaster oeunty family. His father, William Moorhead, landed lu this country from Ireland, in the year 1703. He settled In Lancaster county, aud seen in irried a daughter of the Kenuedy family, whose progenitorf, coining from the north of fro land, had been among the first pale faoed inhabitants of the Pcquea valley ; but from Salisbury township Mr. Moerhoad'a pirentH romevod seen after their marriage te Dauphin oeunty, nud he was born in Halifax. Dauphin oeuuty.but spoilt most of his llfe lu Pittsburg. He was apprenticed te n tanner, but turned early Irem that pursuit te oennoot himself with punlin improvements tnen in prog ress. Hu built, as contractor, put of tbe Pennsylvania canal, nud when only 22 years of age was appolnted suporin'eudont of the Juuiata branch. He establishtd the Pioneer passenger packet, running between Pittsburg aud Philadelphia, soeu afterward, and the Union cotton mills in Allegheny. Frem that tlme he continued te be Identified with a variety et Import ant enterprises, including the Introduction of telcgrnph lines into this state, and the work of the Monongahela improvemont oempauy, whleh no was president of from 1810. In 18 JU no was appointed adjutant ieneral of the state, and hence the tttle by which he was always best known. Pre viously te 1850 Goneral Moerohoad was a Democrat. Alter mat no was a uopueit can, nnd was sent te Congress by that party for ten years 1858 08 after whleh he positively ueeiinctt a roeiootion. It was en December 17, 1820, that Gen, Moorhead was united iu marriage with Miss Jane Lecan. at "The Gap." in Lan caster oeunty. Nine ohildreu blessed the union, of whom flve survlve, viz: Max Moorhead, of the Soho iron works, Moor head, Madeanifc Ce. ; Miss Mary Moor Meor Moer hoad. Miiis Honrletta Moorhead, Majer William J. Moerhond, of the firms mentioned, ami Mrs, Dr. J. B, Murdoch. Mr. Max Moorhead and Majer Moerhoad nre men of family, the former marrying Miss Hoberton. of Philadelphia, nnd the latter marrylug Mlsi Black, daughter of the late Uolenol Bamuui iiiaeir. jaracs iv. Legan, oeal oporater en the Monongahela, nnd Jehn T. Logen, of Legan, Gregg & Ce., are brothers of Mrs. Moerhoad. Geueral Moorhead, in 1870, oelobratcd his golden wedding, wheu bis ohildreu, graudohlldren end great-grandchildren wero present, forming a large oempatiy. The Itonuedy family about the Gap, nud G. O. Kounedy, esq., of this elty, wero rolatlves of deoeased. Usittli ul iiehn Uaneicr Jehn Deanor, uged 20 years, a nophew of the late Jehn Deancr dled of typhoid pneumonia, last night at 11 o'clock nfter an llluesa of eight days, nt his rcsldonee, Ne. U05 L w ntrret. Mr. Deanor wa a hatter by trade, reived his apprenticeship with thn late firm of Sliult. Bres, and worked for thorn for a petind of fourteen VftATA ll.l Wild 1. tti.lllill.tr fit (tl.Wlttl iritlflM llre oempmy and of Hie Order of Atnrildtit Meehiules. Ue was married nud leave a wife and line child In inniiiii Ids Niiddeu death. liin nl Ml IUrKrrt lliiiiien. Miss Miinraret lliimnu. mi rtlil nml wi'll known resident of Hits city, died yester diy at the rrldoneo of her niece, Mrs iiuwtMiu, iu it uiiiiiKinn, i. u. aue was a daughter of (he late James Hume, pre prleter of the "old fuotery " ou the Cen ostegu, near Rockland stroet, nud a nlc co of thel.it.' I)r Sim'l Humes, of Mrs. Gee. B. Peiter mid sister In law of Robt. M. Ban-, a formei statu reporter. In her youth she w is regarded as one of the most beautiful uud uceoiiiplislied ladies iu Lancaster ; shu inevid in the highest elans et society ami noreonipiny was union sought, as she was n Intelligent and amiable, ns she wiih beautiful. She spent the gieutur ii.ut of her life in this city, where she had many Irlmulrt. who with u irmlv ntViiilunl l. li.tr She and her sister kept huiise for many yiars ou i,ime street, tins elty, and niter her sisters mania. e she bentded. She was a meiiiber of thn l'in.,livtirl,iri nl,nr..l, and was noted for her plety and Christian euarity. Seme two months age she went te Washington te nmsn her KUInr. nml tvl,ll.. iu porfertmuco of that duty was stricken uewn. iter twin siswr, aaraii, has leug bfeii deceased. MlssHumeH' body will be buried In the Lauoaster cemetery, the funeral taking place from the Presbyterlnu church, btturday nieiulng 10 o'cleok. I Hi: tMtAllA. rre.lfrl'k Wurde In Kiciisnl III The sroeiid appeiraucn of Fredurick Warde's company at the epera heiisa last evening was rewarded with a iiiueh better audionce thin en the night previous, although the merits of the present Ulen desorved a picked house. Shakespoare's play of "Riehard III." is illled with strong situ itieus and for many reasons is partic ularly trying ou an actor. Indeed it may be ha Id th it no severer test can be applied te ascertain the dogree of au actor's merit than that feuud lu the premutatien of this drama. Te say that Mr. Warde measured up te the requirements of the character of the mlsshateii demon Uletter is te state a simple fact. Morcevor the line of demar cation in this play butweeu iutulllgeiit act ing uud taut is se hard te distinguish, that it is great praise for Mr. Warde te say that ou ue occasion did he oversteptho require meuts of the Decision, Clearly and streugly wero the great outlines of ii'ieA ard's character drawn, and delicately, yet aoeuratoly, was the picture tlnlsutd. Mr. Warde's support did uet appear te such ndvantage as in the play of " Vlr glulus " owing te tbe fewer opportunities given, by reason of the fact that Qlei'.er is nearly the whele play. It was, hew ever, with low oxeeptious adequate te the drama's proper presentation. Mr. Warde was called bjfote the curtain nt the end of each net, and ut the oucero lu the fourth act made a neat little speech te the audicnoe. thanking them for their appre ciatiej of his efforts ami expressing the desire te ilslt Liueaster ngaiu at an early date Should he de se there Is little doubt that he will be greeted withlirger audleLcJs THK SIHKI'.I I,A3M- Nlaeteeu Ktectda nml Srtea U.uullun Nut Ifumlur;. Following i the report of the policnmen en duty last night rolat.ve t the tun burning lamps : Electric L-vnps West Iving and Wutcr from 7 o'clock j Eist King and Plum, Lima-icd Oraugu peer for a few hours ; Andrew and Prince, Seuth Qucen and Hazel out from 7 ; Orauge and Pine peer all night , Plum and Chestnut from 7 ; Chestiiut aud Duke from 0 , Lemen aud Duke peer from 11 , North aud Straw berry from 7 ; Lr.v and Freiberg out for two hours , High nud Filbert, High aud Derwart, High nnd Laurel, Maner nud Love Lane out from 7 ; Strawberry and Viue from 11 ; North Queen and Fred erick, North Queen and New, North Queen above Clay, .Mulberry nud James from 2 o'clock total 10 At 1 o'clock, all the lamps en the noutheru circuit weut out ou account of a pulley burn ing Gasoliue Lamps Water bstween An drew aud Hazel from 7 o'elook ; Boaver and Uager 12 o'elook ; Nevin between Orange nnd Chestnut 7 o'clock ; Grant and Concord 3 o'clock ; plke near St. Jeseph's hospital. Grunt between Char lotto nnd Mary !1:'50 o'clock ; Llrae and New 7 o'clock total 7 Acdleut nt the Klectrle Light bUtler, At 1 o'clock this morning the main driv ing pulley, operating the dynamo nt the clectiie light station, burst, demolishing a wludew aud creating quite a stir for a time. Fortunately no oue was hurt. The management sent for another pulley, which is expected this afternoon. Should it net arrive the northwest nnd southeast circuits will be without light until the pulley Is replaced. AUrin et I'lte. This morning about 10 o'elook fcmoke was seen issuing from boneath the toefof the building eoruer of East King and Christian ntrcet, occupied by Mrs. Holgart as a bearding house. Au alarm was at oncestruok from box 12, aud the firemen wero seen ou baud, but thelr Bervlccs were uet ncoded. It appears that the ohlmueys are rather faultily constructed, two of them, in different parts of the heuse, be lug joined together in the attie by ruuntng thorn diagonally, nud topping them with a seotleu of ireu pips which pretrudes only a few Inohes abevu the reef, aud can not be scen from the street. Near the union of the two chimneys, the eeal gas has eaten away tbe mortar se that uraoke can make Its way into the attic. This rnerniug a weed lire was built iu oue of tbe rooms, nnd the smeke, making its way into the nttle, was seen te Isaue therefrem between the top of the gable nud the reef, lleuce the alarm. Hherirr's Ifees in llerka Veui I, The fees of the sheriff of Berks oeunty, made under the new salary law amounted te only 4121 In January, being 433 less than sufUolent te pay the salaries of the deputies, The fees in February amounted te 4224, out of whleh the balanoe due the doputles for January must be paid, aud thore is left 437 for performing the duties of sheriff for two months. The present iueum. bout of the office, Goe. D. Beyor, thus un. burdened himself te n reporter of the Readlng Baglt : " The proeoeds of th ofileo are uet suflloleut te pay tlie oxpense of koeplng a single herse, whlle my pre decessors iu office have been able te drive flne pairs of horses. I ran as n eaudldate during threo campalgus before soeurlng tbe ofileo, nnd uew that I am lu the peM tlen I find that It does net pay me even a living. If the roeolpts of the ofileo de net exceed 41,850 per year I will net realize a single oent." This may fiighten off nil the candidates In Lancaster county. Hale et Henes, Samuel IIcbs & Sen, nuotleneers, sold at publle sale yesterday, ut Millcrsvllb, for Llutner& Gresh, 10 head of Virginia horses nt nn average prlea of 4201 13 per head. One pair brought 4500, Vitrewell nennoe. Itev. J. P. Smith will proaeh his fnrowell Bortnen at the U. B. ohrjreh, Manhelm.en Sunday next, In the morning in the Ger man and In the evenlng in tbe English language. HIE LONG TRIAL DlleUlltll.il' II. lit l I I 11 Ul'iit-.l.l), A (lluiiii nt New .Inmry Iiihimih LnMhy IIehI Oil Itirelim Oiiinictir for Vfr.ii it) Yesterday afternoon thn defense e illrd 1'h.nles P. Ferd.O. A. Kihbe, Henry B. Letlctts. William Eldilge, II. Conevnr, 1'etir J. Van Middlesworth nud A. M, Way, all residents of New Brunswick, N. J , who testified that Herman Gottsehalk'H chanielei for veracity wa bad when he lesided iu that town and they would nut believe him en oath Mr. Van Middlewnrth, ou cress examt nation, was nekrd whether lie had net been tiled en n criminal charge profeiod by Oottselmlk. He replied tint the latter had been nmstrd fur Inciting ut let nnd hn was tried nud acquitted. Chief Eugiiienr Hewell was recilled nnd hn ttstiflcd that the fringe (shown) was the H.ime that he found In the store nud It had coal oil en It. He showed lu te Rev. Dr. Mitchell. Jeseph Onodetidorf was recalled nud he testified that he first ills covered that this frlime had oeal oil upuu and he gain it te Hewell and ethers te examine. J, J Cunningham testified that he saw the cot'en wadding lu the store nnd he snielt coal oil ou it. Hiram Lulz was toddled ler e:e.-s ox ex ox nmluatlen. He donied having said te Jehn Slough, or iu his presence, in reply te questions as te winch side lie would swear en for 4200, that " meney would de n great deal." B. P. Eshlemnii, wq , was recalled, ih he desltcd te make a correction in his testimony. He Btatcd that thn ultltn whleh beheld ngnlnstOettschalk t Lr-der mau whh that of James ll.rtg for 417'S, Instead of Jonas Bres , ns he staled in his examination. The dofense here cloied and the counsel for the plaintiff's moved t lint the tistlmeny under the allegation of wilful binning he stricken out, ns uuiler the pleading it was net admissable. The court refused te sttike out the testimony. Urtlllttlll. Mr. Ilrusius, of the counsel for the plaintiff, opened tbe rebuttal nud stated what thev iutonded te prove. Jehn F. Babcock, postmaster of New Brunswick, testified that he knew Gott Gett sclialk for seven years ; he was In tils store frequently nud found that he kept ceeds of va ions kiuds aud qu ilitles ; w hat wit ness purchased were uoed, aud he thought that te be the mineral en tractor of thorn , during the 1S10 aud 1S31 Gottschalk & Blum advertised in a dally paper, owned by witness, te the oxteutof 4 100 per year , wttucss never heard Gottsehalk's character for veracity questioned before this trial, aud he would bdllove htm en eith. O.i cress examination witness said G it'rschalk still ewes him about 450 Win. Fulton, of New Bruuswieic, tustl tied that he dealt withGettschnlk , all the goods that he purchased or saw were of a goedgrado; witness never heard auy thing nisainst the character of Gottschalk for veraeity and would bolieve him ou oath Court adjourned until 0 o'clock this morning. Metne r.adlc leetlly The first witness called this morning by tbe plaintiff was Mlns Nellio Colwell of New-Brunswick. She t stilled that she was In the employ of Gottsehx'k & Blum of New UrutiBWIek ns gcuerul btleslady ; her employment closed when GeUtcbalk c itne te Laucaster : who assisted in making an Inventory of the goods, which were brought te Lancaster; wltners theuttht the value of the goods vas 48,000 or 410, GOO. The goods were packed lu the store ; witness knew Herman Gottschalk (or live years, and uever heard nuy thing agnlnst his character for veracity , weulJ bclleve him en oath. Miss Jounie High testified that she wan employed In the stere of Gettschallc & Blum lu New Bruuswick ler two years , she assisted in taking the inventory of tLe atoek, lu regard te whlcb witness correho rated Miss Colwell ; Herman Gottsehalk'H charaeter for veracity was go id. On cress examination witness said she did i.otkuew hew runny goods were sold afttr the inventory. Miss Annie Oolwell, nuother employ e of tbe firm of Gottschalk b Blum, corrobo rated the ethor witnesses. Alfred Might, a member of the firm of E. B. Might & Sin. tesMUed tint he assisted iu naekinir Gottaehalk's goods before they wero shipped te Lmcaster ; it wan a large stock of goods aud required a dozeu large cases te pack them ; the repu tation of Herman Gottschalk for veracity was very geed and witue would bolieve him en oath. Jehn Samson, of this city, tcstilkd that he was at the tire of Uetttchalk & Loiler Leilor man and saw Chief Engineer Hewell carry a torch into the store in the early part of the llre; Mr. Hewell wan ou the right tude of the row of easts, which steed In the ceutre of the store, wheu he lest his torch ; saw Hewell open the drawer from which he took the wadding ; that which witness saw and examined was dry nud hed no coal oil upon it ; witucta e told Mr. Hewell. Harry Huber testified that thn cornet drawer under the shelving was hurni.d uud he made n uew oue. Jehn Woltzell testified tint he was driver of hese cart Ne. 1 nt thn time e the llre, nod was proseut ut it ; he gave E. E. Snyder nn nxe with which the deer was pried open; the axe buleugc1 te the com pany and had coal oil upon thn handle before the 11 re ; witness wuh lu the stere nnd saw the ethor pereens who havn testl fled ns witnesses : (witness produced a fireman's toieh) nil torches of this kind will leak, nud it Is tmpossihle te haudle a torch without getting oil ou one's hand ; when torches of this kind me lighted iu n room a unroll is left behind. On the night of the fire goedH were wnahed out of the deer aud oarrled away ; witness was pesl tlve that fire torches were earrled bite the stere en thn night of the tire. On oreis examlnatlnn wltuest sill lei had been discharged from the fire depart meut en the report of Chief Hewell and he canie here for the purpose of proving that Mr. Hewell lied when be said that the wick would net absorb all of thu oil put in a toreh. William Deeu testified that he was a fireman 25 yearu ; he nover taw a torch in whleh tbe wick would absorb nil of thn oil ; tbe torehes alter being filled would all be oevored with oil Geergo W. Rote, of Truck A, was called, but nothing was elieited from him except that bad been sent this morning te the truek heuse for 4 toreh, whleh he pre duced. Isaae Klnear, Jehn Powell, M. A. Me Gllnn and Theodere McDounell testified that ic was itnpossible te clean torehes se thoroughly that they would net smell of coal oil. The same witnesses testified te the permeating qualities of coal oil. Adelph Straus, a moinber of otigine oerapany Ne. 1, testified that he beard the alarm for this fire, at twenty mluutfs of 13 o'elook and went at 01100 5 was there when Mr. Gottschalk arrived, and was standing at the south cud of the deer ; heard him say " My Ged, I knew iiethlng about this," but seme person had made a remark te htm bofero he said se ; witness did net hear Gotttehalk say anything after he fell ; he saw four or llve torches at the fire. On cress examination witness aid he did uet tell Mr. Bateman that he had an unole in New Yerk who was Inter ested In having plaintiffs gain this unit, belng orcdlterB. Jehn Gregery, a dotcctlve of New Bruits wbk, testified that he had known Herman Gottsehalk for several years ; htachnme r for veraeity Is geed and witness would bolieve bim en oath. On cress cxatuluntlun witness said he had been in J till once or M'
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