S3SNSDURC. PA., T3DAY, DEC. 6, 1881. ; TriK John; town Tfibune, referring to , !hcI that the Philadelphia Ilecord ors tho noitiitiat ton of Thomas F. j Jrtlll il trie IlriU lirui"uiiv. for President . calls Uj Delaware j The trial of the aesassin Guiteau, which has now been in progress before Judge C'-nx in Washington a little over two weeks, has been abroad farce or. ju dicial proceedings in a criminal conrt, instead of a calm and orderly invest iga tion of an atrocious and inexcusable crime. This has been owing to the fact that as a prisoner on trial for his life, Charles J. Guiteau, take him all in all, stands without a parallel in the criminal dock of this or any other country in his conduct and in his utterances. His oc- OITK PHILADELPHIA LETTER. v. , . ,., I.- the verv reverse of i casmnal delivery 01 careiuny preparea s nil!'!" - - it Abraham Lincoln, abetter judge addresses to the court, intended for the i , - . t l C I U n . 1-l T-'l mil1 - t-,e premises than the editor of the P""e, m- imneacnmr.no. , 7-. .,,k, thought and said of Tims. F. of some of the witnesses, his frequent in ik2. It is the misfortune, , insults to the counsel both for and - -ever of great men to differ in their ?ain.t him, his side bar remarks, his , i )!s. j levity and attempts at wit in a word, ' j his conduct generally, while it may be IV it is true, as repotted from Wash- arau.sing atvj highly entertaining to the j'.iva, that the caucus choice of the spPCtHtors, is disgusting to the last de publicans for clerk of the House rests ' e and oniv caiCu.ated to bring the ad- I Clerk McFherson. of this r;.Vf, and ex-Congressman I?ainey (col ministration of justice by Judge Cox's court into supreme contempt. Such is . of South Carolina, it is easy to ; the yiew of the trial taken ty the coun. lirr. the end of the contest. Two y.tr ago, when the Republicans! or Jdn"t elect a Clerk because ihey were r. the minority, they nominated Rainey, f-jT that position and voted for him as a p to the colored Cerberus ; but now, ! en they have the votes to elect him, ; se will stand about s much chance of j -'ng nominated as hitting Bull, the ' -Ml Sioux chief; and yet the colored ::x.ps always fight bravely for the. Ru- Mican party. Then Grant was President in 1S70 .: 1 the then Attorney General, K. R. Ttrr, of Massachusetts, resigned, the r-y. ttij was completely bewildered when Hr it appointed as Hoar's successor an , -ure and unknown lawyer from Geor s named Amos T. Akerman, who held office something over a year and : retired, to the great relief of the S;ireme Court. II was a man that no : i r.j r imaginable President except Grant - uld ever have dreamed of app;:..iting d Mich a high and responsible position. -eral years ago Akerman died and - decently buried in the State from ".', V.railL uruuub mm m ii niuiiiK- v as one of his Cabinet advisers. We -j '.tion these facts, not because they :'.;sj any special interest just now, .-.I r.imply because certain prominent pa- iu this State are attributing to Mr. . fiur an intention of giving this de-f:..-.ct Attorney General a place in his j n Cabinet when he announces it. Mr. Vr: iur may possibly surprise the oun ;;v but he can't resurrect Akermaa. ir.THorcH the Deiucorats elected fir State ticket in Mississippi on the - ;f November by about 2.",XK ruajor- the Republican patriots of that -;tc- seem to think that under Mr. Ar j: the methods in administration. .vn as Grantisni during the glorious d of carpet-bag rule in the South, '.a- been fully re-established in AVaali n. They now propose to set up an .' 1 State government, not on the mice :'.-,-'iflieient allegation that the negro v ds were intimidated and driven from '.' r jvjl'.s by the old rebel element, but iv. 'lie flimsy pretext that llieir candi- i rs were counted out, and to call on Mr. Arthur for recognition, which in Grant's day meant the rule of the Lay ' -t. Even tl.ough Grant may be the I potent mpuiber of the "kitchen . il L ntfthat Htlrrounds Mr. Arthur, we ; ur.Uj think that the latter, being f.jre r led and therefore forearmed, will .' '.'.mit political ftfo Je by inaugurat- he rule of the bayonet at the South. '! . , mole of governing States di-j out t Grant's retirement from office in ! ; ch, 1877. Cdge Feteu C. Shaknox, w ho was sr. ointed Chief Justice of Dakota Ter r ; ry eight years ago Ly Grant, and t1. se commission is about to expire, is. j v C nw engaged in a lively contest r vur his reappointment. Shannon, who ? a native of Blairsville and is well V -jjvtn to many of our citizens, was or i. nally a hard-shelled Democrat, read Jvt in the office of Henry I). Foster, in Gr ensburg, and located in Pittsburgh, wt :e he served about a year as Judge ' the Courts under appointment by Gov. T.- er in Several vears alter- rd lie went to Yankton, Dakota, and I tne Chief Justice, as stated, eight " h:s ago. The opposition to his reap X : .tment is based on severai reasons af f r-ng Shannon personally, and is led bv I'. F. I'ettigrew, the delegate in Con ? ris from the. Territory. The fight is f.v.J to be very bitter and the rvsult '. - lbtful. Shannon has one big advan t.e over his enemies in the fact that !. was always a Grant man. This, his ?". ing hold, is worth a ton of recom mendations, and if h calls on Grant for p :'stance in his last hours of ofliciai ex ivTice, his appeal through him to Mr. :thur cannot but be successful. try, and Judge Cox has to bear all the blame for the unseemly proceedings. But what can he do ? The only way to silence Guiteau would be to put a gag in bis mouth, and the Judge has threat ened him that he would resort to that al ternative if he did not behave himself a threat which the court, we presume, had no serions intention of executing. In his address to the Court on Friday last, Guiteau said that in attempting to re move President Garfield he had only done what the Republican newspapers in New York and Washington said ought to be done, and that they must share with bini the odium of the Presi dent's death. He insisted also that he Lord bad inspired the act. which is a very convenient refuge for all scoundrels of murderous proclivities like Guiteau. The only defense relied on by his coun sel is his insanity, and as there are a large number of witnesses whose testi mony is relied on to establish this fact to the satisfaction of the jury, it is im possible to predict when the curtain will be rung down on Judge Cox's great and unrivalled Wts'Minjjt-m ?how. : John Kelly's despotic power in the government of Tammany Hall is as re morseless as the iron rule of the Emper or of all the Russias. At a meeting of the Committee cn Organization, hld on last Friday night, Henry D. Purroy and Andrew J. White, two of Kelly's most trusted and efficient managers, were ex pelled from the organization by a vote of , 152 to 33. Mr. Kelly, who presided at the ' meeting, gave as a reasou in defence of this summary proceeding, that Purroy had accepted from Mayor Grace the ap pointment of Fire Commissioner, and that While had secured from the same Mayor the .uTb-e of Police Justice with out the consent of the organization. This was .-nongh to brand them as trai tors to John Kelly and his Hall, and al though several members of the Com mittee defended them, their appeals were unheeded, and Purroy and White were made to step down and out. When the two expel V-d gentlemen walked out of the meeting they were followed by a number of the most prominent members of the Tammany Association. One would suppose that this kind of work, which Kelley h;n ben following for years, would speedily bring about his downfall, and yet at the late election his supporters polled about 4.",fX0 votes for the Tammany candidate for City Surro gate about as many votes as the candi date of the regular Democracy received, showing that Kelly Is quite as strong now in the city as he was two years ago, when he ran against and defeated Gov. Robinson. Johr. Kelly is still a great political power in New York, but he uses it only to divide and defeat the piu-ty which has heretofore honored him :'..t) o which he claims to be so sincere and devoted a member. '? AniSGTOX is fast becoming the Mecca of a class of persons fashioned -:'tr the Guiteau model, and known in ... common phrase of tb day as cranks. A':nost every week one, if not more, of t;:t kind of people find their way to the t itional capital, with a high and impor tant mission on hand. The latest in ia;iceof the kiad occurred very early n last Sunday mnrning, when a well-rL'.-ied man registered himself at the . ::::tgton Hotel as Albert Lyman, of N-v York. On the night of the same .--y he Rppe'. -d at the Ebbitt House s 1 after registering himself as HenryS. ..bbard, Providence, R. I., he asked 1 r ttie threw bev rooms in the house, r. .vougl; h '..adn't even a carpet-sack ; ae ha: of baggage. Owinf to his 2 ...I clothes and good looks he was giv s -i an elegant room on the fust floor. !;.if an hour iater he was found wan '. :i'ig about the hall with nothing on b-tt his shirt. He was induced by a j t e officer to go to the station-house, " "re he said he was toacertaiu exteat 1 xuiteau that he could tulve the Gar " 11 pr iblem that be had como to Washington to save the world, and that meant by playing ou the strings of t -e to let all mankind have the same J rty that, he h'tiilf enjoyed. A r r got abroad that he came to shoot ; .'sident Arthur, and a feeling of great ,citiuetit prevailed. When Comfves? .efts next Monday the nuiuler ! r.ii.ks" in Washington, we sptaU o! iirse only in a ixiliiical sense ; 1 ::- fri))r- n,i wonderf tdly ir."7!Csj..j( The first and therefore the long ses sion ot the Forty-seventh Congress will comments on Monday next, and will most probably lust until June. It so hap pens that although the Republicans ei.M-te,! their candidate for the Presi dency a ye;tr ho by a merely nominal nnaioiitv. thev failed to secure control of the House, having elected only 14i members, or just one less than 'he re quisite iiinnl-er. We do not doubt . how ever, that they will be able to i fl.tii iz that body by electing all its ofib ers, for the reason that eiht or ten Gieenb;i k ers ami a political preacher named Smith, from one of the Brooklyn dis tricts were elected, from whom the ne cessary aid and assistence can bedrwn, by way of a trade, to bring about th re sult predicted. A party that does not shrink from a disgraceful coalition with Mahone and his dishonest crew i:i Vir ginia will not stop at tiifles when the control of Congressional pat ronage and plunder constitute the stake to be con. '.ended for. There are several candi ibi'es for Speaker, an office f almost, overshadowing influence in moulding and controlling the legislation of the. House. th two most prominent being Hiscork. of New York, and Kasson. of Iowa., wiih tne chances largely in favor of the latter. Mr. Rand ill, of tins Statu, who was Speaker during five years, will no doubt receive the Democratic nomi nation, and the only regret is that he cannot be p-.it back in the. position be filled so ably and so creditably to him self and to the country. The corrupt lobby re'ired forn Washington when he was first elected and didn't return, but they will come back now to fresh fields nd pastures new. We publish elsewhere in our paper the prospect us of the New York Wifkly World for 1Q(2. 1 1 willfbe seen thai for the trifling sum of one dollar the veck ly edition will be sent to joinscribers for one year, with the postage prepaid. It 1 is useless to sp..;ik at length of the great ability ami enterprise with which the World is conducted, as the pubiie opin ion of the country is a unit in its fvor. In addition to this, it is now printed on new presses and with an entire new set of ty;', which give it a very attractive appearance. The World commends it self to all Democrats as an exceptional ly able and zealous advocate of the true principles of Democracy, as taught by i's vreat ap 'S'!", Thomas Jefferson, and to the gei,.-ral reader it is invaluable for I'm t .:'iess and accuracy of its news I ir1"!! 'U points of the crimp. TBK TAX OFFICE THIEVKS THANRWUVIISa DAT IN PHILADELPHIA C!TKAO AS A CRIMINAL PENSION ARKEAES--COS3TAHT VIGILANCE THK ttCBKRl ATOR1AI EDO Alt COW AS POU OOTKRSOB. Philadelphia, Nov. 2. rSpwlal Correspondence of th Frkemab. Deak McFike There were not ''forty thieves" in the Philadelphia Tax Office. : There were but fifteen. Hut the fifteen ! stole like ' forty." When the full story of 1 the Philadelphia Tax Office thieving is in ad public, it will tell a tale of crime of bewilder- iog magnitude. Yet the disclosures will be received bv a great many of our people as a piec of every day news which is put aside with a patient shrug of the shoulders. Less than half a century ago such an occurrence would have nwakened a blaze of indignation i from one end of the country to the other ; but in the last two decades the people have heen o surfeited with similar enormities that they have not only got used to it but ac quired a taste for it. The tolerance for crime and criminals in this country is alarm ing, and is proof of a rapid decay of public ' virtue. The decay in publte. virtue has kept more than even pace with the growth, pop ulation anil wealth of the United States. : ' The twelve vears of the Grant and Hayes j administrations willMive in the history of the United States as an era of speculation. The corruptions of these two men's administra tions will be sad themes for the historian. I The Tax Office in Philadelphia has been a school of thieves, and its disclosures indicate that a number of men with influential politi cal connections are likely to be called upon to stand up before a jury ; but that will pro bably be their only punishment, as they have stolen enough money to "fix a jury," and the jury fixer will have a tine time for plying his avocation. The sum totl of the Tax Office theft is not jet known, but that al ready reached is a startling sum. For years fifteen tax clerks have engaged in systematic, thievery, stealing at the rate of $4,000 pei diem. An ex-Ueputy Delinquent Tx Col lector named Vandusen, who is a brother-in-law of the ex-Tax Receiver Smith, acknowl edges that it was "a cold nay" when the clerks in the Tax Office did not cet away : with f,000, and gives an instance of one clerk, rrank M. Gresner, who alone in one day stole f 2,500. As yet the people of Phil adelphia are left uninformed ot the names of all the Tax Office thieves. It is to the inter est of everj tax-payer of Philadelphia to lend his personal assistance to the authori ties m going to the bottom of this rascality, no matter where or whom it s'.iikes. No scoundrel engaged in this enormous system atic steal should be suffered to escape svrift vengeance. The names of all the thieves cannot he made known loo soon, ami instead of holding place of preferment should be landed in l he penitentiary. But will they? 1 hope t'ie b KKF.MA5 is not "worried about the waste of the ten tonsot documents, print ed by order ot Congress, which a few days ago were carried to the junk shop and sold at two rents a pound, as some of its contem poraries are. Tins, it is true, is a great wate, but. it was much better to dispose of that kind of stuff in that way than to burden the mails with it. THAXKSOIVINO DAY I.f PHILADELPHIA. On Thursday last, Thanksgiving Day. the weather was of the cold, bracing order, and although I didn't partake of it, 1 know that the turkey, like the persimmon, tasted all the better alter a touch of incipient fiost. Throughout the city the day was appropri ately celebrated in slid out doors. Worship pers thronged the churches and were edified by eloquent sermons on the bounty of Provi dence, in the various charitable institutions poultry was the nucleus of the hill of fare. On account o) the cold the principal thor oughfare were to a greater extent than usu al berett of pronieiiaders until auotit 5 o' clock in the afternoon, when the churches disgorged their thousand-, of worshippers. Our festival of thanksgiving is past, but an other is near at hand in the promise of a merry Christmas. j fal'ITKAf AS A CKIMIHAL. You are now. 1 presume, satisfied of the fact that assassin Guiteau is crazy, since it has been given in evidence that one of his fe male relatives wore the .same style of bonnet for a number oi eais. Surely no further proof of Guiteau's insanity is needed than the story of that cranial apparel which made hi lady cousin so singular. There never was in this country, or in any country ot the world, a case in which public opinion was so unanimous in the conviction ot a pri-oiier's guiit, or in which there was so profound a detestation of both the crimi nal and his crime, as there are of Guiteau and his 'dastardly offense. Yet the murder er of our dead 1'iesnlvnt was in no danger from any illegal combination of our citizens. The attempts made upon his miserable life were the netsot individuaisjeprcsenting no bodv but themselves, ami w ho, ll. ere is every reason to believe, were not in their right" minds. That there were men in the commu nity eager to take tiie law into their own hands, anil especially in a; case which had exercised such a widespread feeling of indig- i nation, that of Guiteau's ts no reflection upon our American civilization, i.or does it brand the Americans with shame. The law abrying spirit is one of the unst commenda- , hie traits of the American character. To have allowed tuiteau to be taken out of the custody of his keepers by a mob and lynched would have been a disgrace to the country; but shouid he have been suddenly and vio lently shot or stabbed by some crank, in spite oi all possible precautions for his safe ty, such an occurrence would not bring dis grace or discredit to the Government or tho people ot the United States. Such a termi nation of the Gai field tragedy would, how ever, have been a matter of regret. That there were no organized attempts whatever : to wrest GuiteHU iroine the hvnds of the law and wreak vengeance upon him is a conspic uous proof ot popular forbearance and of the gnu, ral reliance upon the legally pro- ! crb-d metnods for dealing with assassins. PENSION ARREiKS AS.O PENSION FKACDS. ' The great demands on the National Treas uiv should move Congress to enact an ap propriate measure of the kind suggested by Dudley, the late Commissioner of Pensions, , and strenuously opposed by pension agents and their representatives in the Washington lobby. The arrears hill is consiitutionally irrepealable, and some other legislation shou-il be passed to protect the Government against pension frauds. The Pension Ar rertis act, which was passed by a weak Con gress and signed by a fraudulent President, has mad'- a huge addition to the public debt. The arrears act is an iniamous piece of legis lation, under wlnoh invalid soldiers, or the representatives of deceased soldiers, obtain a inert" ti action of the ya;U amount, of money expended "constant vinii-AXfE." ; Geasge. M. Dallas, in his talk to the Young ' Men's Democratic Association of this city, urges the yonng Democrats to stand by the psrty and to follow where the principles of the paity lead. Even if the party is com pelled to wait for twenty years, constant vigilance will bring it to success. The Dem cratic party is the conservative partv of the , countiv. All Democrats should stoutly op pose the efforts being made towards central ization, as such a form of government is in imical to our free institutions. THE CCP.ERNATOIUAI, ISSUE. The Gubernatorial issue in Pennsylvania i is prominently looming up. Many "are al ready looking for it, and a few are intriguing for it. The office of Governor for a four years' term, at f lO.OnO a year, is very desirn- 1 b!e If the people of Pennsylvania want ; the best kind of retonri thev should look over the fi.-lil carefully to find the best man for that high and responsible, office This is of far greater importance than following the lead of any special taction. Prominence in leadership in paities is not a matter of ma chinery, but of personal worth and ability. It is sincerely ro he hoped hat the next Democratic State Convention will not nomi nate a leader ot any faction for Governor. An embittered fight against partv leaders, even when they are right, tends to harm bv endangering party unity ; but a square fight against party leaders when they are wrong, the heading off of had candidates, or the pre sentation and urgency of conspicuouslv good men, does tend to elevate the party and compel pure methods and proper candidates. The great point of interest with the Demo crats of rennsylvama now is not who does or does not lead, but their candidate for Governor the grade and worth of the man presented for their suffrages is tlie real point. The principle affirmed to be involved is that of the right of the people to an untrammelled choice of candidates, which they cun now 1 ave if they will avail themselves of the op portunity. KDGAR COW AS FOR (.OTERNOH. There would be a peculiar pi opriety in the selection by the Democratic State Conven tion as its nominee for Governor of a man like ex Senator Edgar Cowan. No man of eust prominence In tlie country has pur sued a more uniform and, consistent course in tne United States .Senate than di.i Kdgar Cowan, lie was removed t once from tit ; ultiaism of the stalwart and the fire-eater, : and free from bids toward either Northern or Southern sectionalism. Mr. Cowan as l niteo states senator rrotested against ex tra constitutional methods in the conduct of the war, and discharged his duty as a North ern man to the Union with more true brave ry and stern honesty than any man in that 1 body. .Mr. Cowan stood a brave and able ! niedtnt-'ir betvoiMi the etrnn;et section. ' I lie heroically stood on the middle ground I between extremes, which was the happy mensof safety. In point of ability, patri- 1 otisra and statesmanship, Kdgar Cowan is the peer of any lanwithin the broad limits of j of Pike county KETTS AID OTHER HOTlJt. Small-noi. tvnhold fever and diphtbri are pievalent at' Hushkill, in the lower end ... j ------ . . issue our country, and in presenting mm io mc ! favorable consideration or tne peopin vi Tennsjlvania 9 a candidate for Governor i the Democracy will offer a statesman who ' embodies all that is best in the ideas and : traditions ot our honest former statesmen, ; and whose election to the Governorship , would open the way for return to an hon est State government. The Democracy or Pennsvlvania can advance to victory nr.der : the banner of Edgar Cowan. If the presen- tation of Air. Gowan's name should be the outcome of the Democratic State Convention, j the entire honest vote of the State will rally i to his support with a deeree of unanrnity ; that will be irresistable. Hon. Edgar Cow- . an's record is clean, his statesmanship is of the highest order, and it nominated by the , next Democratic State Convention he will be j the next Governor of Pennsylvania. i Let sons of Westmoreland, the mother of . all the counties of the State wef-tof the Alle- j gheny mountain, which was establifhed by tho Provisional Legislature of 1773, and . which county at that time included the whole J western portion of the State, and which was , an aimost unbroken wilderness the first county west of the mountains where iusMce . was dispensed according to the legal forms I of the white man arouse themselve and de mand recognition of their claims for Guner- , natorial honors. Let the people of West- , moreland, who have so long been tranquil, j arouse themselves and cause a sensation by producing a Gubernatorial aspirant, and de manding his nomination by the next Demo ciatic State Convention. Westmoreland lias . plenty of good material for the Chair of , State. There are at least three Westmore landers, ex-Senators Kdgar Cowan, Hon. ' John Latta, and Gen. Kichard Coulter, eith- j er of whom would leat the Democratic party ; to victory next November. THISOi TO UK HAPrT OTElt. The Philadelphia Time' Washington cor- : respondent, C. T. M., is happy over the Tu rner that General Sherman has ordered a court of inquiry, composed of distinguished : "official ladies," which court is to sit on a very delicate question of military etiquette, to wit : Whether a sergeant's mother-in-law is to return the call of a corporal's grand mother by card or in person- lie is also happv that tln-re is no need for the army, as it gives plenty of epaulets about Washing ton, and epaulets are very dear to Washing ton sociery. But what adds still more to his happiness is that the Star Itoute American Gentlemen with the big G are to come under the protecting wing of the administration, and that Brady and Dorsey and Guiteau are stalwarts of the stal warts.'and will be vindi cated and sit on the right hand. ITe is hap py that "Ohio Idee" was butied in Gar fleld's grave, and stalwartism had come to the front and the bosses were on top. G. N. S. Toui a Death-Bko, The Hanover CPa.,) Herald savs : One of the most start ling disclosures which even the mortal an guish of a dying criminal brought to light has been niadn known in Taneytown, by the chnfession, on his death-hed, of Patrick Tul lv, a well-known horse dealer in that sec tion About five years ago, at the Stone hotel in Taneytown. a man was found lying before the fireplace frightfully burned, but with a little life still left, lie was recognized as Heniy Ueiner. and it was supposed that in an intoxicated condition he had lain before the tire, that the flames had reached his clothes, and before he could call for help he wa? fatally injured. The sad affair occas ioned considerable talk for a few weeks and then passed away, and the event was well nigh forgotten. Wednesday nigr.t, lth. Patrick Tally, al so living in Taneytown, was reported to be in a dying condition ; and when he learned A six-weeks'-old child died in Allegheny i City the other night on account of having been vaccinated too young. A graveyard intiurance agent was cow hided at Cressona, Schuylkill county, the other day by one ot his victims. Ezekiel Smith, aged 73 years, and wife died at the same moment ou Saturday in Huntington, Vt. Poisoning is suspected. Michael Armstrong, of Brooklyn, fell down the stairway at his lodging house on Main street, on Saturday, breaking his neck. Matthias Berger, who has been a hermit on the Bine Mountains;for twenty -five years, persistently refuses to give ud his life of se clusion. The crushing of coke forfnel is now car ried on extensively in the coke regions and it is being largely introduced as n substitute for coal. The graveyard Insurance cases to be tried in the Quarter Sessions Court of Alle gheny county have gone over to the Decem ber term. Two small sons of James Sartln broke through the ice at Yostville, Lnzerne coun ty, on Saturday, whilst skating, and were drowned. Five persons wereseriously injured on Tuesday at F.ochest-r, N. V., by an explos sion in James Palmer's Sons' fireworks manufactory. Cora Moyer, of Chapman's Station, Le high eounty, fell to the floor in her father's house last Friday, bursting an artery In her neck and died instantly. Miss Bessie Norris, of Wilkesbarre, whose lover. James Weller, ran awav the pay thej were to have been married, ha3 be come a raving maniac. Willie Blake, aged three years, of Xew York, poured kerosene oil over an infant brother in the cradle, then set fire to the fluid and the child was burned to death John Booth's stone quarry at Wibur, X. Y., caved in on Monday, kilting Edward Kearney and Michael Gilheim and seriously injuring John Cassidy and Sandy Phalen. j The steam yacht Lucerne collided with I the Australian clipper Dundee, near Grave- send, England, ou Tuesday, and the loroier sank. Seven personi were drowned. I Dr. Uriel Ferrell , of Orange, Va., prob- ! ably is the oldest man in public life in the United States. He is a member of the new Legislature, a Bourbon and in his 90th year. The late Judge Wilber, of Troy. Brad ford cuuntv, who died a week or so ago, was thirteen years old wiien Washington died, and had lived through the terms of all the Presidents. A beautiful young woman named Flor ence Williams, from Binghamton, N. Y., who went to Easton a shoit time since and entered a house of ill-fame theie. has become a raving maniac. Colonel King, who ran one the Republi can ticket for Governor of Mississippi iu the recent cauipaiin, proposes to contest Gener : al Lowry's election. The latter only receiv- ed a majority of ii.'i.oon. ! Jonn Brodie and'Shadraek Hestor, color . ed, -barged with murder of T. M. Lvnch, i were taken from the jail at Oxford. N. C, ' on Wednesday night and hung near the spot where the murder was committed. Henry Somard Hubbard, of Providence, Tt. I., arrested in Washington on Sunday ' night on thr charge of being a crank, seenis 1 to have been on a big spee, and was dis charged as soon as he got over it. j Governor Hoyt has granted a reprieve : to Jonathan Meyer and Israel Erb, two Sny rfer county murderers, that, their cases may get before the Board of Pardons. They were to be hanged December 16th. Ii The dwelling of J. J. Funero, near Win terset, Iowa, was burned on Fridav at mid '. night. Three girls sleeping up stairs, aged nine, twelve and seventeen, were burned .o death. Their bodies were burned to a cinder. This One Foot Ru may chance to be of service in many homes! j- also serve us if it recalls the rules of OAK which arc: i These are the Rules ISt We never offer for sale any Gothlr.g v believe "will give thorough satisfaction who wear it. 2d. ( We stoutly maintain our custom have the largest stock of men's i- -clothing to show our customers. e do not allow our salti- mislead customers as to quality or kind of goods. u Id 1 ... live by every day, at any one can ce. Oak Hall is still the Largest Clothing House in America. 4th.We stick to c:.v like to ef- rkh and pocr. antee le c rr.t) 6th. from his phvsiciaim that there wi no hope F,ir freest tannery in the world it ju,t of his surviving, lie sent for Ilev. Mr. Lou. Tn eomr-lrfAl at Morris Tio-a county, a rierm-m Informed minister, and told him 1 hree fiigiiies and ten thirty-tw.. teet boil- lu ' i, i" ,i.,i Ji. Ti.,;r ers will lurnish steam and force the maehir.- the whole wretched storv about lleiner. It was to the effect that on the night of the murder Tullv and David Lieknat heard that Heiner had become possessed of a larze sum of money and they determined to rob him. After lying in wait for him for some time in vain, they went to the tavern, found cVery thinii closed, and saw lleiner sleeping near the fire. In searching him for the inoney thev supposed he had, but which they did not find, he awoke, whereupon they murder ed him, and tried to avoid the discovery of Iheir crime hy pivine the man the appear ance of beincr burned to death ; they satura ted the clothes with kerosene and applied tho flame. Telly died soon after making the confession. He was widely but not favor ably known and was Generally regarded as a radically wicked man. The'other party to the murder, David Lieknat. died sometime alio a terrible death. Quite a ripple of ex citement has Iwen occasioned in Taneytown hv the confession of Tullv. I Thkrk i a Balm ix (Iilhad. The nuc ccss which has marked the introduction of Cream Halm, a Catarrh remedy, prepared by Ely Bros., Osweeo, N. Y., is indeed marvef , ous. Many persons in Pitston and vicinity are using it with most satisfactory results. A lady down town is recovering the sense of smell which she had not enjoyed for fifteen years through the use of the Balm. She had clven up her case as incurable. Mr. Barber, : the Druecist. ha used it in his family and 1 commends it very hichly. In another col i nmn a young Tunkhannock lawyer, known to many of our readers, testifies that he was ery. It will grind one hundred cords of bark a day. The new depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Broad and Fifteenth . streets Philadelphia, will be opened on Sun- day next. T.'ie first train to leave the new , station will be the Cincinnati Express at . 0:10 r. M. Jacob Seigrist, azcd sixty-five, of Mill Creek township, Lebanon county, died Sun day niuht, alter a brief illness. Seigrist's lite was insured for over $100. ono in death bed companies by outside parties living in the vicinity. Joseph Stone, a painter, o'i years old, was instantly killed at Springfield, Mass., hy falling sixty feet from a slairim? on the ' new convent school building. He lost his balance while reaching after a brush and fell ! backward, breaking his neck. Prince Leopold, the Queen's youngest on, was born with only two of the three lay. ; ers of skin to which common mortals areen ! titled. Hence, his health is precarious, and i all the medicine men in the world cannot sapplv the missing cutis rem. , A respite has been granted to I-real Erb . and Jonathan Mover, sentenced to be hanc , ed this month at Middleburg. Snyder coun ty. It is for an indefinite time, the object being to allow their case to go befor the ' pardon hoard at the December nieetine. . At a recent concert it was the subject of . remark that in what fin "voire" the singers . were ; in commending his good judgment, i the leader will pardon us for whispering that ' he always recommends Ir. Bull's Cough Syr i up tor clearing and strengthening the voice On Saturday four men with a wagoi, Hoping to serve you thit Fall and Winter Yours truly, Wanamaker & Brown. OAK HALL, Sixth and Market Sts., Philadelphia. , th-r.::. am hi. . wish . thr- f . ir.v-fti v-. enred of partial deafness. Tt is certauilv a 1 very efficacious remedy. Pittston (Fa.) Gm- going to Arkonsas, camped three miles we-t tetf. Aug. 13, 179. " i of Aberdeen, Miss., and on Sunday eveniig Mv son. aged nine years, was afflicted ' they were found lying on mattresses, eovM with Catarrh : the use of Ely's Cream Balm ed with ouilts. and each with his head stilt effected a complete cure. V. E. Mammas, Druggist, Easton. Price 50 cents. Watch CAnKrri.l.T Voi r Hfai.th. Are your hands and feet cold '.' Does your pulse ; Ivat irregular? Does your heart quickly palpitate at the least exertion, worriment or nervous excitement'.' Does rour face often flush from a rush of blood to the had ? Are you troubled with dyspepsia, indigestion, or tome urinry disorder? Beware! Death may at any time suddenly ensue from apoplexy. Do not delay. Your system needs some true medicinal tonic. Nothing is so good as Brown's Iron Bitters. This excellent reme dy will assist nature in quickly regaining her lost hold on health and life. It strengthens every part of the system, and testores the different organs of life to their normal con dition. In diseases of an exhaustive nature, having a tendency to weaken both mind and body, it invariably acta like ac'iarm.-iour-nal. open as though with an axe. Noevidtjice of rohnery was visible. Miss Benson learned that Kandall, who was wooing her at Mount Vernon, U, al leady had a wife. She waited until henade a formal proposal of marriage, nd thin ap plied to 9 justice for his arrest on a chfrge of bigamy. Being told that the crime d biga my required a double marriage, she tept her secret, let the engagement result ira wed ding, and then riumphantly sent hUi to jail immediatelv after the ceiemony. James "P. Weller was to liavfl married Bessie Norris, at Wilkes-Barre, Pa, but was not there at the appointed time nd place. Instead of him came a note sayilg that ho would not keep the engagement, 1 iving de cided to go Went as a bachelor. Two days later he leturned, and said that le had again changed his mind. The girl go out of her pick bed, and rushed joyfully hao his arms ; hut her mother pulled them apt and drove Weller from the house. A special from Willspoint, Tex., of Nov. 27th, says : The jury in the cas of the State against Mrs. EBie ilaeock, tr the murder of her husband by administerrig strychnine, has returned a verdiH of murier in the first degree, and has fixe.i the purishment at Im prisonment in the penitentiary for life. Dr. Ball, her accomplice and perhaps abettor in the crime, was convicted ami sentenced for for life at the receat term of court, but made his escape. While tlie congregation in a Welsh vil lage were recently assembling for divine i ervice, a huge dog louiuied through the building and tk possession of the pulpit, , obstinately resil ing the efforts of the rainis 1 ter and several members 4 the congregation to dislodge liiii. In the end the minister 1 had to conten! himself with the reading desk, leaving lie doc in undisturbed posses sion of the ritrim, in which he quietly re mained whilethe service lasted. Arthur rnistrong, a half -crazy negro, wa taken iUna field at Houston, Tex., by three negro hieves, Frank and Joe Kandall and Bill Hkey, who had employed Uim to haul some t their plunder, where the three ! riddled hi with bullets, cut his throat from , ; eai to ear,and wrenched his head from the ; body, whir his still animatedlips half articu ; lated thoWord "pray." They were caught i as they srere about to place tht. mutilated ; body in..he Brazos river. iirif nsburg was greatly excited on Tues day tiigU by a disgraceful tigb between Jas. C (iufby and Aaron B. Kuhns. The diffi culty (rose in the billiard room, ami it was genenlly conceded that Wuhns was- the ag gressn". The assaulted boy was terribly ; heaui about the face, and the attending ! TihYfcian has not been able at latest ac- couits to determine the extent of his injur ies. The father of (iuflej is an ex-Sheriff of the county nd is chief of the coil and coke poice. "-The Chicago .Vfi thinks that the Eng llh papsis are making fools of themselves 01 the tioiteau question. Wht would they ro with him? lie Is on trial tor his life ! He an't be put out of court. He can't be gagged! He can't be tortured into silence! He - Jcan't be kept quiet 1 lie must be heard ; and A hesvt rain storm prevailed at the time 'perhaps. Judge Cox is right in listening to appointed for Frank Well ma.tiage, at' n'ln l certain or uncertain intervals, rather The Pittboro (N. C.) fror! says : Chath am boasts, among her other curiosities, of having the largest man in America. He is a mulatto, named James tiilbert, and is exact ly seven feet high. Since last March he has been on exhibition in Brnum's show, at a alary of one hundred dollars a week, and has traveled through the Northern and West ern States and into Mexico. He came direct ly from St. Louis to this county, a few days ago, on a short visit tofiis mother who lives near the irlf. He visited the Remrd office Inst Tuesday, and gave us some interesting incidents of Ins travels. Hecertainly has an easy time of tt, doing no work whatever, liv ing high, has all his expenses paid and pock ets Jinn a week. Moth bus Don't Know. How many chil dren are punished for being uncouth, wilful, and indifferent to instructions or rewards, : nimplv because they are out of health! An intelligent lady said cf a child of this kind : "Mother should know that if they would give the little ones moderate doses of Hop , Bitters for two or three weeks, the children , would be all a parent could desire." At the request of the Attorney (leneral. Judge Pearson of Duuphin countv Issued an order on Monday afternoon on the Mutual Insurance Companies against whom writs of quo warranto have been asked, making it mandatory on them to file their answer bv December 8th. This was done so that no delay ma he occasioned on December 15th, the time set for argnment. Anpw$r Thi Qi ESTtos. Why do o many people we see around n seem to pre fer to suffer and be made miserable by indi gestion, constipatiou, dizziness, loss of appe tite, coming up of food, yellow skin, etc., when for 75 ets. E. James. Druggist, Ebens burg. Pa., will sell them Shiloh s Vi'.alirer, which is guaranteed to cure in every in , etance? l4-l.-e.o.w.ly. Crawfordsville, Ind., and It may be that the oampness quenched his matrimonial ardor, for he borrowed fr, and an umbrella fromttv bride, walked off hurriedly toward the rat1 road station, afid has not since been seen h the towu. than hearing the mouthings of the idiot from the time the court opens until it closes, witliout intermission. Fanny Walter and Lena Wilson, who were convicted last week in Pittsburgh of keeping a pretty-waiter-girl saloon, failed to George Furness, aged nine, being acci dentally locked in school, at Erie, Pa., on Tuesday, was attacked by a swarm of rats. The brv fought desperately for some time, and wlen discovered was found lying sense less, tith the rats tearing at him. lie will live, rut the fright has probably dethroned his reason. At Oil Trough, Independence county, ArUinsas, Henry Ladd, a leading citizen, had some trouble with his wife, originating in i disagreement about a passage in the Bi blr. Ladd, after a bitter altercation with hi wife, drew a pistol and shot her through tie body. He then tried to kill himself, but vas prevented. Mrs. Ladd will die. The villagers of Green Bank, in New ."ersey, have een enjoying the sensation of A novel monster, which looks something like a bear when it runs in the swamps, but dis closes the body and tail of a fisb, when It jumps into the river. Two companies of huntrrs were organized to pursue the strange beast by night, and it was once fired at. The only thing agreed upon is that it resem bles nothing else ever seen upon land or sea. Terhaps one of tho signs of the Zodiac has tumbled down in New Jersey. In Philadelphia, on Saturday evening, the. horse attached to a steam fire engine ran away and rushed into the side of a street car on Fourth street, killing two young men, names nnknnwn, who were standing o-i the back platform. The car was crowded at the time, and great consternation prevailed among the passengers. Several others were slightly hurt. William Tyson, driver of the engine", has been arrested. The name of one of the young men killed is thought, from a oard found on his person, to have been Thomas F. Conarty. Seven persons from Kentucky, with an attorney, who hold policies in the graveyard insurance companies in Ilarrisbnrg anil vi cinity on persons who have died, aggregating tTO.000, have gone there to prosecute their claims. They fcavc thus far been unable to get satisfaction from the eompanies in which tqey had Insured their men. Some of the companies in which the Kentuckians feold policies of insarsince have paid as low as J."0 on a f 1.000 policy. One of the beneficiaries from Kentucky claims that he has paid about 1 300 in assessments on a policy of $r,000. Sunday afternoon laigt strange bull dog, pure white, bounded rnto Mount Olive church i colored), at Memphis, Ienn., broke for the pulpit, seized the visiting preacher and dragged him from the platform. The dog only let go when his brains had been beaten out. The congregation think the devil nenf the dog. In Avery chapel (color ' ed), at the same time, some heavy brothers oroke down a bench ano created a panic. The church is built on sti'.ts. over a bayou The congregation leaped fiom the window to tne oavou.ioarrymg sasn. ana all. Many were badly hurt, one woman fatally Another singular an futile attempt has been made on the life of the Czar of Kus sia, and. as usual, a great many arrests have been made, amoDg them two young ladies of high position, and two Jewish merchants, be sides a number of students. The plot was extraordinary- It was decided to cause a baloon to ascend near archina, cairving a quantity of dynamite and explosive fire balls together with applances to cause the baloon to fall within the palace yard, when it would explode and set the palace on fire, in the confusion it was intended to seize the Ctar and family. Machinery seized show that everything was in readiness for the execu tion of the plot. Mrs. Miller, widow of Fied Miller, who ' died at Waterloo Iowa,, three weeks ago. killed two of her childsen, one an Infant of three months and the other five years old, on Friday last, and attempted to kill the oth ers. The tragedy wa not discovered until Sunday morning, when her brother went to the house. She had put everything out ot the house, and had laid out the two dead children on a cot. Two of the childre who escaped had been bitten, and the other about fourteen years old, was bruised about his head and face. They say that the mother strangled the two younger children, and was going to kill the other, bnt for some reason abandoned her puruse. Mrs. Maier has been insane since her husband's death, but was tuought to re harmless. Father McCaitv. Darish nriest at Green field, Mas., was shot and seriously wounded on isaturoay even-wig at the parochial rew denee there by David Mc.Mellwu McMel- len's wife left hiiu several year ago becau.se lie treated ner badly, and has iccently been : acting as housekeeper at the priest s rest rte nee. He visited b,r on M.HKlay and urged her to live with him. but she refused ! Saturday night he called upon htr again. ! and she still refused to go with him. He re ; turned thre times to the priest's house. i ringing the bell violently and kicking at the ' door. Kather Mccarty finally came to the (jrticms cere mm jnniy Iksffswi1 nvd fr-e-" tilar 5u-(iHngt LEAD POISONING. Mr. AT rt KbvTT. k with bad bomur en iar ? tlcwj po'tm'n. (K i" 1 :s r would IT DII'.fK t1- Sl ' j' rmrn tb r,rh In Inrf- '..-. f -' lU ITEAL'S TP.UL Guiteau's appearance on th" witness stand hn naturally brought the exc-Vment In Washington over the tria! to a bo:l;i-g pc!r.t, and prodigious is the rnh to hear lonj. He has more than fulfilled his promise to appear as counsel as well as witness and prisoner in this law case. From time 1o time he has been reported a exhibiting Ind'erTce to the trial ; but, tor an Indifferent man. he has taken a remnrkably large share In the oro cee lings. Hi present attitude is the strang est of all as witness In Irs own defence, which defenre, as his counsel ha announced is that of Insanity. During the whole of yesterday's sesion of the court juiteii was on the stand as a wit ness for himself. He at first objected1 to tes- ifiving. saving he wns not well, and did not want to undergo cros-examinnlion jut i 'J ': ojli'nicrn i- now, but preferred to wait until he was m ' J ., . : ... a ii.:., ....j;:t, iri M - ii.wun began to question him about his ear.'y life, however, he appeared to forget hi fears of cinss-examinatiiH), aud described minutely, j and often graphically, the incidents of his j unhappy career. His mother died wnen rie was verv young, ana his ramer orposea ni aspirations, objected to his getting an educa- : Hon. and hnallv drove bun into the uueuia Cominui-iTy, where be fell under the influ ence of fanatical notions, bnt after two at tempts broke away from thtra. He studied law and was aamiiten to tne oar, out nan i - not much suecens as a la wyer. He practised 1 PSORIASIS. a little in this city ana Chicago ; out nere ne got into trouble and spent a month in the Toombs. His mind was divided ltetween religion and worldly scheme He tiied to buy a newspaper, became an usher at Moody and Sankey's meetings, spent months in a library studying about the second coming or iboald tend to ui Ict ton : Christ, and wrote a lecture on the subject, I which nobody would listen to. Finally, In his wretchedness he sought refuge with but sister, but in a fitot passion he attacked her. and then again be was rust upon the world He lieeame a sortof strolling evangelist aell og his lecture to whoever would buy it; and that was the happiest period in his" life. He did not reach in bis narr.tye the time when the idea of killing the President occur red to him, and so the most lntereeihg pait of the story remains to be to be to,d to-its tiinteau s appearance mdictii that told the truth when he said he was mt well; but at times he was roused to pas4on, and esjieeialiy when. In relating his experience iu the Oneida Community, he demvinrvd its leaders and its principles. He was watched, as be old his etory, by experts on insanity who had posted themselves In the court room. y. T. Sun, Wt. li WJ r r- Ik r fa in ) or M Vi da Ire of Pi fro oi XI he be tioi L fic t la tia Ion M lior in t ma i d 1 the iet: yair '.t e ikin wea reel tain and ha rot i.m tn.oMil o ilui.arj a. Tojut. lrcaii! - - eooi CREATEST ON EA- J. V. . ACaiof. Newark, OMc it '. l;Lias art the rrsarvil J- , Ha 1 the worn . slt rhanm :; ' molbar bad it twenty ytara. ac. Wl it. 1 r!ir imnni com rr My ftrmi. nreasi and l.tad w-t- rear, whfch uo'bini: rf) ir.f-e- tie ITT!(T Ktsi? It ST ic;?T CVRA and I'nilTM Swap axirt. H. K. Cir)ntet, . T-rt-'"-ot Psoriasis, or IpT c! 1:iR by ttal CTKCKA Ks- '"' CrTicra and "rTirr S mol wondtr'ul chip p- r. 'c betora a jutt of tta ! lot. All arr:eTa nn F. C of w T j ?naa .whe: is rr f tl 1CP "a v ied SALT RHEUM. ' Thos who taaa fB-: -s Sa t Khmm can a: irw " -y for Tars. unt'l curd f- wCr " lotenmliy acd C"VTi.rii a- year" ...inter itei reeor J Mrs. W Fi Ticraa Soar. SM " Kick Headache. Nervous neadaebe aid Uendaeue from sour stomach are all eired by I)H. MRTT AUK'S HEADACHE AD iYPEIVlA P1LI. IVHsi - owfci. j A nr.Af k bear weighing 4on pounds ws re cently Vi!fd'neer K'mnia, Warren cef.H'. appear for sentence on Saturday, and skip- i door himself and McMellen shot him twice oea tneir oau. wnien amoniiteil to S3 OOO f or i " mm ran ). wire in mttmi me the first named and ?2,000 for the second. I rnestR body near the navei and was removed As they are both well off, the former being ! from ,n lack- Sunday evening Father Mc worth $100,000, there is not much probabil- L'arty was in a dangerous condition, and Idwurd Davim arriTed destitute at Osh- i kosh, Wis., and said t! at he bad come from Wales to seek his fortune in America. He rrotested that he did not mind privation for himself, but felt keenly for his wife and children, whom be had left behind. He had not been able to send them any rrocey, ail feared they would starve. The WHeh peo ple of Oshkosh -cibtained employment for him. and he soon became popular among them, singing in their church choir, and tak ing an active part In their religic affair. His new friends tatsen fjio bv sorisrripnon to bring over his familv. and kept the matter l nun ms nnuwiPQ(p in oruer inai ii miK'ii be agreeably surprised. H was surprised, indeed, but not pieasurably by the arrival ot bis wife, for be tied fleertefj ner to elope with another woman, and bad rr.ade all the arrangements to introduce the latter at Osh kosh as his only consort. ShiToh' Consumption Cur. This Is t-avnnd ooostv.n the most surceful eoimh roxlclne we Iiivf fT KiM.'-sn'.M a prora lnnl dmx flrra. A fw (! mvanaMy rure the worst mr of Hourh. Cwop. m Itmnrhitia. whlla It windrtul aurees In n cure ot i oniorei'iion Is wtthont a parallel In the htrr ef nwsliclria Since Its first ili'eoverr It has bern "M on a mmr- awtee a fr which no other irie1-rii run nana f too hlT a roa?h we earnestly f-k yon o try it mce, VW., Wc. and $1. II your mnn are a.ra. or ynor etaesS or baok lame, n" Smiih'j fitiwi fas ten. Sold at t. James' Irur Store, I'miuBi'I, UbenM.urg. Ta. -Vl.-e.o.w.lj. ) w Tsistt Tts" Trial We wi aend Tr. IHf'i Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Felts and other Kleotne Appliances un trixl for thirty dv to Tonne men ana older persons who are afflicted wnn .siervou ietiui, ioei vitality, etr.. a-oar- nteeimi speedy rellei and eomroete restoration ol vlror and tnanbeod. Ainu for Kheumatora, T"ea ralla, Fnlyi. Uver and Kidncr dtfncUte. Ku.taree. and many other disease. ii:uiraieo ampniei aent, ire. AaareM onair wii i"., Jacob Oivbr. a dleatpsted aonof Starhen Oey- r, a wa',1 known lawyer el Aiie(rnsnT ciy, w Knocked down on Tedv anil u i tnougni w ly linursd white attempting to 'ah hit lather. CUTICURA and Crrirrn Soeer:e' oltkttt internal: w i V - ciesof Hnmor. frvttat 'n.-'1'-, " c Krlce uf I'mrrn. " T'ce e,l. "rTtcTK K' ' ' rH, bers i ows, X yon e nd t Mivir f hi . M'w. B ion a "r.. o CATARP.'; SANFORD'S BiECL. Complete Trei- ,trar For Clt-ar hesl and ?- - ' T hreath. prret atra.!. t-' aiM, cough. i ehalrui. " J "' -eondmot.a a- Prv-aht i a-t of t atar-h V V , rfw,, BOlTliral. (.ee.'v i t r . . SinroRB'i KnutL i'tl ItilalhMe t-r.ttrei't. f. m., ef the Kar-wai. O . Sitmt ai l en I w" for rir Rrir-tT" W, ha Ei ie't . ifnral Area US ar rrtn i --r; ';.i.t: m le l tun a'l Te' n'1 !r0' V "-'. vi-" .' 'tirtv -r-t it- - ' r .... T0 FAfji;-ir lltTTKB. Ti' n:ii'H. f" ny their bondftmen have suffered. If thev i have cone beyond the borders of the State : trey cannot be re-arrested, as the offences j wif miii pip mioerneaprirs. was repotted to be sinking. No TtEjtEDT except frurs a does always c'iniKie -with tee fs rfwTir -, CAUTION. Having left with Nich olas Nqlt, of AUearaen.T townthip. darlrc toy pleasure, a ilDgle trvd power thre.hin ma- cnina, an peravna are nwwuj r uvo. uw.i teriere or aiesvjie in any way wnu while In ! posiettion. JdSKPH F. DVBB1?, Mle;eas T we., Te . . M . I .T, Nov. Iri"d T"Tl': P-o!ii1' -r!r . li.-a t-e pi w. wsir " f e ' at. " .
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